‘ 1.1'li-lr 1'; is l. 316‘: (x 1‘ '1 TE BISHOP A TRAMP. How A CLERGYMAN PUT IN TWO _WEEKS AS A “WEARY WILLIE.” Had Many Adventures—One Time a Hotel Keeper Refused a Night’s Lodging and Another Time He Was Taken fora Gov- ernment Inspector by Moonshincrs. For years the venerable Episcopal bishop of Delaware, Right Rev. Leighton Coleman, has aimed to put in a portion of his summer vacation in getting close down to the people. For two weeks inSeptembcr he was lost to the world, and in the guise of an aged tramp hoboes have it. Two hundred and thirty-five miles he traversed at an average rate of something more than twentv-two miles a day, and once registered the record of twenty-six. Travel with him a few days and you-will see more of,rcal life as it is lived by the common people than you will see pictured in books or lived in the crowded cities. \‘ight comes on and he turns in at a farmer’s \gate and a'skes for a place to sleep. There was room for him'that first night out from the comforts of Bishopstead, as his home is called, and he found a w:..',come among those he had never krnvn before. Supper "of corn bread aid salt pork and good fresh butter 1:.1d home made bread, and then a «can straw tick to sleep on. Morn- 311g came and with it breakfast. Trudging on in the dust he stopped frequently during the morning to talk with laborers in the field. Sometimes they took kindly; to his dignified man- ner and venerable appearance, some- ’ 25:1" . gffi“ RIG-HT REV. LEIGHTON 65%.EMAN. times not. Night came again 1and clouds lowered. Tired. and tearing rain, the old man hurried to a country tavern. The landlord was looking 11p for the night. He surveyed the stranger at a glance and then spoke up abruptly: “'No’p. chuck full t‘uight." "Can’t I sleep on the floor." the tramp. “I’ve traveled since morning and I’m tired our." asked early “’Fraid not.” and that settled the discussion. Then he sought :1 near by farm- house. The lights were out; the farm— househo-ld doubtless were asleep. but the dogs on guard certainly were not. They met him at the gate and the tramp bishop was running down the road as fast as his legs could carry him. Anothei night followed a day of varied experiences. A farmer kindly gave him entrance to a hay loft. :znd there he passed the night. A woodman’s but came in his p.111) another day. and the tramp spent the night in the same room with a num- ber of children. for there was. in fact. but two rooms in the house. As he was eating dinner at a. farmhouse miles down the road the following day the bishop noticed an old-fashioned clock on the mantelpieee; and was told that it had not been running for years. Every member of the family gathered around him on the back porch while he took the wheels apart or and his um 50mm or n uncmmc A! ”one A Fm“: CHICK ., antl'set‘ the works'together again so that they would do the work for which they were made. So the day went by and the clothes from the attic at Bishopstead grew old- ermnd dustier and more ragged. Before it had not been so easy to disguise the kindly bearing and the betraying si‘gne of education, but in the last of those eventful ten and a half days the bishop declared that few of the per- sons whom he met thought of him as ether than a poor unfortunate.‘ Perhaps his most dangerous experi: once was while tramping in the moun- tains. Unexpectedly for both parties concerned, he came out upon a com- pany of moonshiners. They suspect. ed him as a revenue officer in disguise and threatened personal violence, but the bishop's story got him away in safety. At othe1 times there w- 1s wood to chop for meals and chores to do £01 a night’s lodging, By pel- forming whatever work was suggogl. ed in these cases Bishop Coleman won his way to the hearts of 1111' "hot-footed it,” as the mountaineers and the farm people. and likewise have shatteied the na- ditions which have for years hove1ed about the undisturbed heads of pro- fessional tramps. Asked to tell the chief impressions of these common people he ha brought back from the country with him. he replied: “Oxlike patience. A wonderful cor.— t-entment with hard conditions. ,No soft beds, no tempting food, no car- pets, no love 01' comprehension of- the beautiful, no comfort and yet- with i‘ all a kind of happiness.” At home Bishop Coleman is fairly worshiped, not only by his immediate parisioners, but by the members of the surrounding parishes and towns- people generally. He has a kind word energy is remarkable. His home and grounds look like a bit of old England. Back to Bishopstead, his mansion, the trees stand thick to the shore of Brandywine. The mansion is full of rare paintings, quaint old clocks and bric—a-brac, and there are whole roomsful of books. Everything breathes an artistic and beautiful at- mosphere. There is no vanity in his nature. He works because he loves to work, and he makes people happy without knowing that he is doing it. and he is happy because they seem to be pleased. He takes those annual rambles simply because he loves to be with nature, and he wears the garb of a tramp, as he says, because “people are apt to play a part in the presence of a clergyman.” Anyway his queer wanderings make him-all the dearer to his friends, and while they fear to see him go away, they were more than willing to flock around him on his return to hear the detailed account of his journey.— Chicago Times-Hearld. ONE ON GENERAL WHEELER. AGood Joke of a Country School Boy at His Expense. “You can’t most always swear to the stories you hear,” remarked the Philadelphia drummer, “and I am not -swearing to the one I heard the other day on General Joe W'heeler in Alabama, but it is just as good as if I did swear to it, so what’s the differ- ence? It seem-s that once the gen- eral, whom you all know is only a boy’s size, and note. big boy at that. had, in the course of his travels on one of his electioneering tours, brought up in a remote school house, where, of course, he was called upon to make a. few remarks to the" schol- ars This he did in his best style. and when he had finished he stood by few thins, among them that time. worn suggestion to the efiect that when the boys of the school grew 11p they, too, might be congressmen. like General Wheeler, such are the wonderful' possibilities of this great and glorious ”country of ours. “At this point a long, good-natured, gangling gawk of a boy, about four- teen years old and about fourteen feet tall, stuck 11p his hand. grinning sheepishly the meanwhile. “ ‘Me, too?’ he inquired. “ ‘Certainly. Henry,’ replied the teacher assuringly, ‘just as much as any other boy.’ “‘I reckon not,’ insisted the boy. ‘I reckon 11—11 have to ungrow ef I ever run on that there ticket,’ nodding Io- ward the general in a way that brought down the house. amidst the embarrassment of the teacher and the great delight of the general.” Court Etiquette :1. Puzzle. A young woman of reputation as a singer. who was commanded to appear before her Majesty at Bal- moral on the occasion of her last visit to Deeside, suffered in her feelings from an ignorance of court etique.te which might easily have been rem- edied. The singer. escorted by the ladies in waiting and an usher. descended to an ante-room, where presently Prince Henry of Battcnburg informed them that her Majesty was seated. and then all proceeded to the drawing room. where the Queen sat in the center. 11r1a1lv fifty guests standing aiound near the w.alls Aftei making obeisance, the arti t sung the songs selected by her Majesvi from a list. They were all Scotch songs. and evidently afforded great pleasure. Tea and champagne were offered to the singer; and then an attendant handed the Queen a morocco box, and the artist took advantage of the small commoton thu-s caused and retired, bowing. This was a mistake, as the Queen‘s secre- tary, who had followed her to the ante-room informed her. She should have waited until royal permission had been given for her to leave the room. The dowager- Duchess Rox- burgh afterward brought her a hand- some bracelet—a present fxom the Queen, which had been contained in the morocco box, and which had been intended to be presented by her Majesty in the drawing room—— Chicago Record. WIT ANDHUMOR. .._.._a._ “I feel like a store with a bargain sale,” groaned Tommy, as be ap- proached from the direction of the pantry, the. immediate surroundings of his mouth being a suspicious dark red. "What’s t193 matter. my dear?” “Jam inside."—-Detroit Free Press. The Cuban shook his head sadly. “And is it for this we have been fighting?” he asked. “What's the matter?" said his com- panion. ‘ “The Americans say we must go to work.”—~North American. insurgent . always for everyone, and his tireless, the teacher while that worthy said a» 1 South Norwalk, says : RATHER PECULIAR. You Have Noticed This Fact Many. a Time and Probably Have Spoken About it. To publish in th is paper an endorse- tiou like that. which follows withollli the endorse’s permission would be fraud 211161.10 publish it without. his knowledge would be impossible. Both , could be done repeatedly if this publi- cation Were printed in Kalamazoo, Mich, for the chances are a. thous 1nd to one that few people in Norwalk, (112., ever see a Kalamazoo paper. Now. look through the columns of this p1pe1- at. the statements which appezu in the advert tisements about medical p. .- para- tions. Notice this peculiarity. I‘veI-y one of them was 01 iginally obtained— if obtained at. all—in some distant part of the Union, here, there and every- where, except your own corner of the state. Read this and mark the dif— felent impression it. makes. Mr. (.180! 0e N. VVaIIen, oyster plant- er and dealer, of No.2. Chestnut sheet “I have been subjected to inclement weather, and it. is quite possible that exposme while superintending difierent bIanches of my business induced kidney troubles. At. all events, when consignments me being shipped to Europe, and this is the busiesn part- of the season, I feel my back troubling me most. I knew I had kidney complaint tor a long time. and chancinpr to see Doan’ s Kidney Pills advertised as a. kidney Iemedy and not. acme-(111,1 had confidence enough in them to get a box at a drug store and trv them. The Eli st. box conv inc ed me that they were just what I needed so I took another, and I did not. 1equi1e any more after that for my back he- came well. I pI-esmibed them foi my son, who has had :1. weak back fiom boyhood. They owed him.’ You can obtain incontrovertible proof from Glendening. the dluggist, thtt Dean's Kidney Pills do just. as 1ep1 esented Call and see him. Doan’s Pills for sale. by all deal- ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by b‘oste1- Milburn (10., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan’s and take no substitute. A Rare Relic for the Professor. T": A certain professor in the Chicago University is an enthusiastic anti- quarian. He loves to communicate his tastes in this direction to others. and always encourages the members of his history class to collect curios of historic interest. During the spring quarter one of the seniors in the class stood in im- minent danger of “dunking.” Heroic measures were necessary in order to pass, but he was equal to the oc- casion. One day, after class, he approached the professor with a curious fabric made of woven rings in his hand. ' “Professor.” he said, “I have here a valuable relic of the Indian wars. It is a piece of chain armor worn by General Dearborn in the memorable siege of Fort Dearborn. It was used by the general to ,‘p1otect himself against the ar1ows of his Indian foes. My on the site of the old fort. I wish you would accept it as a present and place it in the museum.” The professor was overcome with delight, and placed the curio in the college museum, and saw that the donor got a good mark in his final ex- amination. 0 Later the professor learned that the “chain armor” was in reality nothing more than that useful domestic uten- sil, an iron dishrag.——Chicago Chron- lcle. How to llIake 3 Savage Your Friend. Mr. Bougemont, the modern Robin- son Crusoe, who has lived so long among the aborigines that he learned to understand them thoroughly, pleads against the ignorant habit ‘which white men have of shooting at black men as soon as they see them. All that is necessary to do, if you wish to make a black man your friend is to clap the hands smartly on the back of one’s trousers, at the same time putting out one’s tongue. This is a universal sign, in the sign lan- guage which all the blacks understand 'that the stranger wishes to sit with them and to hob nob with the-m gener- ally. If to these signs the stranger will only add a few steps of a livelv jig, accompanying himself, if possible, upon a whistle, the severest savage will be instantly placated and will abandon his hostile attitude. -—..-_— ,r... am» New Speaking mocks. In Switzerland they 'have begun making phonographic , clocks and watches, which, it appears. leave any- thing heretofore accomplished far in the shade. \By merely pressing the button on the new timepiece it an- nounces, the" hour distinctly. Tue alarms‘call to the sleeper: “It’s 6 o’clock;_1"get : up.” There" are some which "even add the words: “Now. don’t got‘o sleepagain.” The form can be changed to suit the buyer and make the warning-more '01- less emphatic. This application ,or the phonographic principle is due to a French'- watchma- ker settled at Geneva. He introduces into clocks and watches little slabs of vulcanized rubber, on which the de sired words are tit-gem“. ' uCan’t TE‘I‘TE Beu Sick as ERS if you keep the y_ LEBRATED Soloed p 11 re. the n e r v e s steady and the bowels-health- fully regular with Hostet- er’s Stomach iii I ters. It w i ll m a k 9 your muscles strong. your head cl 0 a r. \our sl e c p 1'.~e t-Iul. it and 5me STOMACH hi I‘r‘i 1:112:11 grandfather dug it 11p years ago. 1‘ 1' y _ THE “BELLS" ON BOARD SHIP. How the Snilormen Keep Track of the ' Time of Day. Everyone who has read stories of the sea has' wondered why sailors keep time by “bells” instead of by hours. The “sad sea dog” of the tale says, “It’s eight bells, and all’s well,” and the reader wonders why he call:I them “eight bells,” instead of the hour. There are people who think “ eight bells” is 8 o’clock, and so with all the hours told off by be‘lls. At sea “bell” is equivalent to o’clock on shore. A bell is struck every half hour. 'The day, beginning at~ mid- night, is divided into watches of four hours, except the watch from 4 to 8 o’clock p. n1., which is divided into two dog watches. A full watch thus consists of eight half hours and its progress is noted by the number of strokes on the'bell. For instance, be- ginming at midnight, the end of a watch, the bell is struck eight times: half past 12 is one hell, 1 o’clock is two bells, 1.30 o’clock is three bells, 2 o’clock is four bells, 3 o’clock is six bells, 4vo’c10ek is eight bells, and so on. 1 The bells, except the odd bells, are struck in pairs, thus: Three bells are. struck clang-clang, clang. Four bells are struck clang-clang, clang-clang. It is a pleasant diversion on ship board to hear the officer of the watch strike the bells on the bridge and to hear them answered by the bells in the fo’c’sle, and all over the ship.— Chicago Inter-Ocean. ,THE REINDEER MOSS. It Flourishes in New England as I‘Vell as n Lapland and Siberia.’ Though the commomname of this little plant of a gray tint is reindeer moss—cladonis rangife1‘nia—it really belongs, says the Boston Transcript, to the family of lichens. These are a little lower in the scale of life than the mosses, which have roots and leaves, and may grow flat upon the surface of the trees, rocks or ground. or may, as in the present case, grow up in numerous thread-like parts. The reindeer moss is very common in the old pastures and open woods of "New England Where the'soil is poor. Indeed; it often covers the ground so closely with itscompact masses, that it would seem as if cows put out to pasture would find it a hard task to get a sufficient quantity of grass for their daily meal. It fairly tinges the ground with a. whitish gray hue. When dry it is quite brittle and very pretty, its stem-like parts being hollow like little tubes. They branch out and stand up some four or five inches high. After a rain this lichen is soft to the touch. It makes a beautiful addition to a fernery, where it needs “no care. Theereindeer lichen grows in other parts of the world as well as, in New 'England. It covers the barren plains of Lapland and the northern parts of Siberia, growing well where nothing else would. There it forms the principal food of the reindeer, from which fact it has received the name of reindeer moss. “my His Heart “’11s Light. He gazed with unseeing eyes out of the window and whistled softly with a time broken now and then by 11 smile that crossed his beard-ed lips. The young girl- directly opposite thought him handsome, and ascribed his preoccupied air to romantic rea- sons. And the older woman who sat with her glanced sharplyacrossfrom time to time, to see what the young man meant by rudely whistling in a public conveyance. But the looks of youth and age were alike lost on him. and after awhile he turned his face toward the light and sang with such hearty untunefulness that his specta1 cled neighbor felt bound to remon- strate. “Young man,” she said, grimly. “have you hired this car for your own use?" He stared at her blankly a minute. and then flushed to the roots of his hair. “W'as—-—was I singing?” tioned shamefacedly. “You were making a horrible noise," she repligd, tartly. Then he laughed a wholesome, honest guffaw, and lean ed forward confidentially. “The joke’s on me,” he owned. “Tell the truth, my baby has just cut a tooth. and—and I was thinking how cunning the little chap looked when he grinned.” The war light faded in the woman‘s eyes and a smile touched the corner: of her mouth as she beamed on thn young father and questioned. with deep interest: “L-pper or under?”—Ohicago Jour- 1111]. he ques- Lm'gest Map in the World. The Ordnance Survey map of Eng- landcontains over 108,000 sheets, and 0031.111. preparation $1,000,000 11 year for? twenty years; The scale varies from ten feet to one-tenth of an inch to the mile.‘ 'The details‘are so minute that maps having a scale of 25 inches “show every hedge, fence, wall, build- ing and even every isolated tree lnthe country. The plans show not only the exact shape of every building, but ev- ery porch, area, doorstep, lamppost, railing and fire-plug,"—New York World. . - - \Vlt for the Occasion. Nora—Ah, Pat, Oi can‘t foind won rude to. tell yez 110w much 0i am in- debted' to yez for this lovely watch. Pat—Sure, Nora, an‘ it‘s meself that is in debt for it dape enough for both av usl—Jeweler's Weekly. Mrs. Church—“I hardly ever see Tom Backslld at church any more—— he must be falling from grace." Mr. Church—“Well, ‘he won’t land with much. of a thump.”-—I’uck. '1 1 1 l Q- .3 ’-——-— N. Y. W THE YEAR BY ING . FOR THE ll LAZETTB AND LY TRIBUNE. BOTH PAPERS. sent to any Address One FOR — Dollar! Address All Orders to “Gazette.”
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