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can-lens.
How “:1 l 0.2.; :1 3 pray for thee? Somewhere
In God‘s gr' ' : universe thou art today.
Can he not r ace. 1 ti. ee with histender care?
Can he not. hcal' me when for thee I pray?
What marten; it to him who holds within
The hollow of his hand all worlds, all space.
That thou art done with earthly pain and sin?
Somewhere within his ken thou hast a place.
Somewhere thou livest and hast need of him
1.01.10 where thy soul seeshigher heights toclimb',
And somewhere still there may be valleys dim
That thou must pass to reach the hills sublime.
Then all the 11101 e because thou coast not hear
I Poor human words of blessing. will I pray. '
Oh true, brave heart. God bless th1x2,33hercsoc‘er
In God s great universe thou art today
—Julia C. R. Dorr in Trev e131" 3 Record.
A TRUE GEOST STORY.
Ghost stories are now so much out of
fashion that I am rather diffident about
telling mine; only as I know it is true I am
strong in conscious innocence. It all hap—
pened in 11 little village in wales where I
li3ed, and as I do not wish to expose its
real 11111110 let us call it l‘riceville
On the night my stor3 begins four young
men were seated in “aimer Pinno’ s par-
lor. The first '1'13s Charles Jones, a rather
good In Aging young fellow, with light hair.
The second w: .5 Robert Ly 10, who would
113.3 0 been handsome if it had not been for
a 119:13'3' under jaw, which gave an un-
pleasuit character to his face. Harry
Grihith vas the third person. The
son of an army ofi'iccr he had shown
marked ability at college, both for study
and for unruly conduct in the town, for
which last he was expelled, and his father
soon a 't-erward dying he w as left with very
small means and with the fixed determina—
tion not to do any more work than he was
obliged to do Handsome and gentlemanh'
he would 11113 '0 stood 11 f1.i1 chance for the
hand of the ch11 rm'ng Miss Plnno if he had
ishcd it, but he no» '01' seemed in love with
her 111 the least, and used really to spend
his time at the house citl er in chatting
with the fa11nc' and his wife or watching
. with keen enjoyment the maneuvers of the
two suitors, J ones vs. Lyle, as each tried to
interest Miss Pin .10 more than the other,
with 11 view of finally ousting his rival.
The four “oh man was your 11 umble scrv—
ant, who plays no more important part in
this story than to narrate it, so no descrip-
tion is needed, and we will pass to Miss
Pinno, ‘he most important- person in the
room.
For 1'...ile 1 around she vas known as the
pretty Bliss Pinno, and she did not belie
her 11111110. A tall, fair girl 3 'ith blue eyes,
:'ej01L1:.,, in the. name of Gwcndoline, short—
ened to Gwen, she looked what she really
33'1'15, 11 good and beautiful type of English
girlhood.
"‘1‘hc f1: rmer and l': is 33' Me 31'ez'c 11. lso ther,c
“1t as they 111213 no part i1. ~. this drama I
21111 llnct speak i111 f1.111 of the-1n.
The conversation had turned 021.1 ghosts,
r ‘l s
and story after story was poured forth by
6
the 3'111 .11 s 301.1‘11 ., each one more grew—
somc 121'. l bloc :l ' iridl 11g than the 111st.
Fl 13: Robert Lyle said with n. sl1i3cr
1'; h at 1;. Lg‘ut have been real or intended, “I
1193' 01' 1:01: 11 ghost, and I hope and believe
{never shall, but if' 7-. should c3 01' chance
on one I 'hould imnn "(sly retreat to the
sin—”07' of my happy 110' c aud ref '15.: over
to 3'1'1'1'112: .711 that r1 1:111 again at- night."
“Ab. ‘ '1ut 30'1'1 i1:rgc‘c,"sziid Miss Gwcm
"i:l:11t':osts can come into hous cs without
0:301... ' the dot -'1, so 3011 would not be safe
13‘ 13:1 1‘ :l‘c "
“No. lerhm-s 1 1;»1 but I think 11 well
light; 0111 3101.111 l'righte'. any ghost, so
s : l l' to 1113'1'ccipe until I know of 11
"11011 changed, but (1111'.
cnxncc 1'1 mischievous,
. 1:012:1- into Joncs' eyes,
2201’. away almost as
- I130 one appeared
1"1‘. in: t ' zysclf. made no 11221111111
21:: '11:. .' '31: 1.2 :'.:3, but oftc' .1 thought of it
.:1l'l'cr'-.'."E
lobe: .
~1.,.‘—l‘-. -
(finely, 1.
to Hoff-
Lyle soon afterward took his
19:131. , refusing unvoiicr to walk home with
him, 11:: l I shortly followed him, not much
put- our. :1: his surliness, for he was always
~t1'i"t eculiar. And now my story real-
Some of it I know for a fact;
.115 not hard to fill in.
Jones 9.11:1 Griffith left soon after I did.
Once 1' irside ti 10 door Jones turned to his
comp: . 1:1 and requested him to help him
in :1 way he would explain, or, if he did not
1.
care 1.4» .11) so, at least to keep his plan 11.
pericc 'ct. Griffith gave the required
proi: ,-_._ 11d ‘ 12:01:, standing under the ice
of :1 1.- ', Jones unfolded his project,
33 1.11.11 more and no less than to
‘ :11)
show . ‘10 11 ghost the next night that he
01113.0 1:. "{‘ll'lL‘l‘ Pinno‘s.
The 1. .cnrents were absurdly simple.
They 'v _, that Grizn‘th should dress in
lst1= -nd in the church yard until
1, when he should give ventto
his most unearth ly yell, jump the railings
and d' ;'-. 'nc.11 to v 1rd the village. This
was to‘. only :1 :1;- rt of byplay to unsteady
Ly le's : 01'13'05. Tones was suddenly to ap-
pca 1', 111:) dressed in 3' hits, on the bridge
ovr-r L: 0’5 own mill stream. Inside the
sheet he wore he 3v..s to carry a dark lau-
tern, 111 '1 he we s then to wait until Lyle
11.111117091011011 within 11 few yards of him,
when: slide 311-113 to he suddenly opened,
and 111 was expected to be more than
enough for our friend’s nerves, already
ranks
.L’lfter' this small matter had been settled
the t3" :1 conspirators separated. Jones go-
ing ho: 121 along the road and Griffith tak-
ing a 33'. or ter cut to the 3ill1.ge 11111.
Aft; " the-3 had both disappeared Lyle
jumpei up from where he had been lying
behind; the hecgc and also went Lome
along 17:11: read. N ext day Lyle met Jones
about soon, and casually remarked that
he thought of going over to Farmer Pin-
o’s that night. Jones imparted this to
his ally. and they got ready for action. So
did Lyle.
About 7 that evening Lyle left his house
and passed the graveyard on his way. The
foolish scheme now began,11nd after the
first ghost, alias Griffith, had shown itself
and disappeared, Lyle, pretending to be
frightened, began to run along the road
toward the bridge, well knowing that Grif-
th was behind some hedge nearly choking
himself with delight over the supposed
success of the scheme. As Lyle came to
the bridge his pace slackened and he began,
to cross it, when on the other side from
under the shadow of the parapets emerged
a white figure with a dim' light shining
from it and uttering weird groans which,
howe «301 were unexpectedly interrupted
by a co 191s of pistol shots fired by Lyle in
quick succession.
Jones gave one scream and fell dead.
Lyle bent over him to assure himself. that
he was really ”dead, and then, supporting
his head, shoutedjor help
This call was quick answered, for Grif-
fith, who had follow the whole proceed-
from a small knoll as well as he could .
iii' the darkness, new ran up; having taken
the precaution to throw away his sheet,
and together they slowly carried the body
ome. ‘3
Of course Lyle was attested, but the jury
decided that Jones .had 0111’;- 111mm; to
thank for his untimely death, added 11.
rider to the effort that all practical joking
should be stopped, and sympathir .edwith
the defendant Lyle, who appeared heart-
broken
The whole neighborhood took the same
view as the jury, and Lyle found himself
as much feted as if Jones had been a clan-
gerous robber instead of a pleasant, jovial
young fellow.
The Pinnos were rather cold for the
first few weeks, but finally they thawed
toward Lyle, who still appeared over-
whelmed by the unfortunate occurrence.
Miss Gwen, though she also said Lyle had
been only within his rights, still refused to
marry him, but encouraged him to hope
by saying that she would think it over.
And so time passed away, and the un-
fortunate ghost‘s death was looked upon
as old history. In the meantime Griffith,
who was now seldom sober, was getting
into difficulties in many matters. Finally
his bill grew to such an extent that the
inn keeper threatened to turn him out. In
his difficulty Griffith applied to Lyle for
money and was not unnaturally refused,
as he had already borrowed largely from
him. Griffith then snwthat nothing re
umincd but to surrender his small effects
to the landlord and start out afresh to
make his way in the world; but before he
went. he maliciously dete rinincd to give
Lyle 11 real frig ht, forgetting entirely in
his selfishness how much Lyle had already
given him in small loans which he must
11-13 0 known 33 ould 1103 or be repaid. Strange
to say, he dctcrmincd to play the ghost
again, but as he had no (11er to be: shot he
10101 mined to be 3' cryL 0 mile: 13 about it.
Fortune played into his hands.
Lyle came into the inn that evening
after mansuctinrr some bz.1siucss in the vil-
lage, and 11ft1r hanging up his overcoat
went into the parlor, where he found
Farmer Pluno just preparing' for a start '
11011103111211. lie was pmvuiled on to stay
for a few minutes and helpto sample a
bottleof port- Then Ly 10' in his tur nv as in-
vited to drive home 111 Farmer Pinno’ 8 tax
c 1rt and have Lsup; r at his house. He ac-
cepted, nothing 10th, and they went out
together and droveoif. In tl 1e meantime
Gn'ffith had been very busy. In some way
he had discovered that ever since that
memorable night Lyle carried a. revolver
in his pocket at night, and he rightly
judged that one day when he had busi—
ness in the village and was likely to be de-
tained he would carry his revolver into
the village with him. The momentLy '10
had him up his coat Griffith came out,
and searching the pockets soon found the
revolvic, and after some little trouble
he succeeded in c: 'trectlng the bulle
from the 011.1 "trldgcs. He then replaced
the 11.3 olvu' loaded now with prac-
tliculiy blank cartridgcs, and then with—
drew to 11's ‘1'0-0ll'1t0 prepare himself for
hi; “lostly ail-1'41. He had heard Farmer
1’1 .1110 s invitzitlo: given and acccntcd, and
l: in '3'3' that 11310 would most pmba-mbly
turn about‘ 1'. is usual hcur. lie 111r21ycd
himself 0:1'ax.'Llyl:'l;0 poor Jones luzzl'done,
with :ldm'k lz-iutLru 211 1d sheet, the only
(11;?1 1'01ch being tli11t he stained the breast
oi the sheet with red paint, ton-present
the l'>l1yo<l.i"10n1 Lyle’s revolver shots, and,
having made everything into a bundle, he
sulli0<101.:t. On his arrival at the bridge
he notic'd that the parapets on either side
3v ere being 1 epaircd, and that the workmen
bet: re 10 1'2 'i1' lie-(1 1113,0211 11. board over the
1:11;) in the walls to be some sort of protec-
ti 1 n 11) .velutcd 1)‘lS:§(3l‘S by. Liethcn waited,
shi voting '. until he heard Lle footsteps
111mm 1.1111135, when he too; his place 0):-
act 1}; wrhc re loncs had been shot twelve
1111.:nths before. Lyle approached and look-
C3l about him with a half frightened 1001:.
He was brave enough, but “conscience
doth make cowanls of us all,” and he was
no exception to the rule.
As he came on to the bridge Griffith
:'.11 '11! .1 his lantern slide on and: remained
at: tlonlcss, with 11. bullet from Lyle s own
r03 3"0l3 01' in each hand.
Lylc’s heart stopped Mating for one 1110-
mcnt, then his hand instinctively sought
his revolver and he forced his trembling
lips to ask. “\Vho are you and what do
y ou 33.11113“
The only reply he got was 11 groan, and
1111 arm waved 1n the air and then pointed
toward the led patch in the breast “Speak
or I will fire," came from Lyle, Who was
fast regaining his courage. No answer,
and be pressed the trigger. A mocking
laugh was the only response, and the ghost
1‘ new sou «'thing at him which hit him in
the-chest. Now thoroughly alarmed, Lyle
fired two shots in quick succession, and
might have followed them up by :1 personal
c‘z;.~.1r;_:cou the ghost, when an unforeseen
(iv-nut took place. The ghost threw anoth-
0; bullet at him with abetter aim, and this
hit him heavily in the eye. Lyle jumped
back with 11 cry of surprise and his head
striking against some of the loose stones
of the broken wall upset him and he fell
against the plank across the gap, which
being loose afforded him no support, and
together they went over on to the me is,
twenty-five feet below. Grimth, thorough-
ly frightened, took to his heels, and never
stopped runninrr until he found himself
safely in his room in the inn, having
enough sense left him, however, to take
off, as he ran, his disguise and make it up
into 11 bundle.
After 11 few minutes’ reflection in his
1':o am be determined "0 go back to dc ) what
he could to find Ly 10. On his arrival at
the bridge he made his way down the
banks with grea t di-nculty and found Lyle
lying in 1'. she 110w pool perfectly dead, as
he had been stunnccl' by the fall1 and then
dr 0w ned
The coroner’s jury returned an open ver-
dict of “found dead,” as the deccased’s rc-
volvcr was found lying 011 the bridge with
three chambers discharged, thus looking
as if there had been more in the case than
appeared from the evidence.
Before leaving the village Griffith con-
fided the whole story to me and faithfully
promised to reform. He enlisted and was
rapidly advanced in the non-commissioned
ranks, as his education helped him.
I heard from him occasionally until one
day there came another tale of English-
men who were not afraid to die at duty’s
call, and among the rocks of Afghanistan
Griflith lies buried beside hundreds more
of the gallant Sixty-sixth, who made such _
:1 glorious stand at Miawand.
DMy story is now finished.
Ghosts have long been out of fashion,
and this latest attempt at a revival was
not so successful that there need be any
fear of them again coming into favor.—
Jinx in Toronto'Empire.
Crowfoot’s Letter of Thanks.
The seductive rail pass hath newer to
soothe the savage. breast, particularly when
it is a perpetual pass such as the Canadian
Pacific railroad sent to Crowfoot, chief of
2 the Blackfoot Indians. The savage breast
was melted to tenderness and he sat cloWn
and
Of the Railways” “I salute, you. O chief,
'0 great“; Iain pleased with railroad key,
_ opening Theehamsand:
rich covering or your name Writing, its
read ’free to me.
wonde‘fful power to open the road, show
the greatness of your chiéfiiess. I have
done.”eNew York World. ,-
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this note to the ‘ Great Chief"
SLANG OF THE STAGE.
SOME TERSE AND EXPRESSIVE,
NOT ELEGANT, WORDS.
IF
De ‘Volf Hopper Acts as Translator—The
Hog Not pnknown Behind the Foot-
lights—Terms in Common Use Among
Actors L‘: 'plaiued- -—Queer Expressions.
“It is a. case of extra frappe,” said De
Wolf Hopper during one interval, “and
enough to give you pneumonia just to look
at them.”
“What on earth do you mean?” asked
one of the little party.
“I mean it’s a bitterl cold audience,”
replied the comedian, an be continued in
a monologue, which was broken by occa-
sional mad rushes to the stage, from which
he returned prespirihg and crosser than
ever, if Hopper ever could be cross.
“Frappe is a bit of stage slang which is
gradually coming into general use. As
its originator I flatter myself it is some-
what expressive and a trifle neat.
“H ave you ever thought, by the way,
how terse and expressive the generality of
stage slang is? No? W ell, let me give
you a few of the most common of our pro
fessional expressions, appending thereto
a translation into the vulgar tongue, and
then I think you will agree with me.
“To ‘hog,’ for instance means to try and
rrct the 11111 hter and applause which in the
nature of t ings belong to your fellow per-
formers—a more easy task to the experi—
en actor than an outsider would ima‘g-
ine, and one which is an cepecial favorite
of some stain, who would take a fit if one
of their company were to ‘get a hand.’
”There, that is another expressive term.
\Vhat can be more significant of applause?
A ‘jay’ is an outsider of any description.
THE “ANGEL” 11x1) rm: ”TOUT.”
“ ‘An angel’ is, I think, a delicious term.
The angel is the meritorious individual
who is backing acompany or a star, and
who, as a general rule, is gaining experi-
ence and losing a little hard cash in the
course of the operation.
“ ‘Paper’——tout simple, as we say inGaul,
means the printed bills or lithographs of
every description which herald forth to a
suffering public that Mr. Crummles’ Ag-
gregation of Comical Comedians, and SO
forth, can be seen at or are coming to the
Oshkosh opera house on such and such a
night. “To paper a housc,’ on the contrary,
means to fill it with apathetic individuals
who are afraid to applaud because their
seats have cost them nothing. When the
dc” adheads are once inside the building
they are referred to as ‘snow,’ concerning
the origin of which phrase they say—but,
as Mr. Rudyard Kipling would remark,
‘that is another story}
“‘th. 1 a. play fails it is a ‘post’: when it
succeeds it is a hit,’ and in the latter case
the chm. 00:; are that the ‘ghcst will 33' all.,’
or in other words, that salaries will be
pmmptly paid or: ‘treus ury day‘, as the
day of the week sacred to this :011. mu rite
is termed.
"When an actor does not know his part
07:1. "-13 ‘lincs,’ as we call it, he is ‘I’iuily',’
and is li able ‘to quccr' his fellow perform-
crs. He may also perform this feat l. y
‘dry'ing up’ or forgetting a portion of his
part, as freriueutly happens to every one,
no matter hm ' oft 11 they have played that.
articular 0111'1"":-t01. A11 cxpericmcul 110—
1301, however, cv cu if he is not perfect in
his lines, will g'Lt 1' long and deceive his au-
dience l"' ".\'i' ng‘lug it,’ which means on toll-
ing enough 01 it, and his‘ cues’ in particu:
1111', from the promp‘tcr, 33 ho stands at the
‘33'ings,’ 11:29 the old fashioned side scene-1
were calls-:‘..
"ox-10:11:10" AND "GU 'Ixo.”
“1'33 <11 3' actor, except, of course, 1'. comic
opera comedian, will occasionally take lib-
crties with the author’s text and interpo-
late lines or phrases of his own; then be is
‘gagging.’ Vthn he finds the lines so bad
that he thinks he would lose his self re-
spect by speaking them with serious intent
he burlesques them slightly in the deliv-
cry, and if he does it cleverly the audience
are given to snigg oer at his ‘guying,’ as we
term it ‘Guying’ is just about one degree
more serious 11 crime than ‘gagging.’ A
short engagement is a ‘snap,’ and some un-
fortunates who can never get a regular on-
gagement support 11 precarious existence
on ‘snups’ alone. Then they are termed
‘turkey actors,’ for their richest pickings
are to be found about Thanksgiving day,
than. e'."er3 little town or village 3vi l sup-
port one show at least however bad.
“An actor’s part is divided into ‘lengths’
of forty-two lines each, and if he learns it
quickly he is said to be‘ a (I study;’ if
not, he is naturally ‘11. study. The
auditorium is always ‘in front.’ and actors
are always anxious to know how ‘the piece
3v ent’ ‘in front.’ Next day they look for
‘notic cs’ 01' criticisms in the papers.
‘An actor who alwa 's ‘wants the center,’
or tries to get continually in the middle of
the stage near the footlights, is abhorred
by all his fellows. So is the fellow who
always tries ‘to get above,’ or to stand so
far up the stage as to compel his compan-
ions to turn their backs to the audience in
order to address him.
“The actor who‘ makes a hit, ’ or suc-
ceeds in a part and unmodiately wants his
salary raised from $25 to $250 a week, is
said to have ‘a big head,’ or an ‘elephan-
tine caput,’ as we nowadays put it when
we speak Bostonese.
“But if I here you much longer you will
be askinrr me, as we are wont to tenderly
inquire of our fellow actor who has just
stepped off the stage amid a. whirlwind of
applause, ‘Have you been on yet?’ and
' now I come to think of it, I shall have to
‘11111110 :1 break,’ for I hear my ‘cue,’ ” and
Hopper waddled off to put life into his
frappc audience.-Ncw York Tribune.
Drew :1 Long Breath and Cheercd.
A throng of spectators witnessed a
thrilling re '0110 at a railroad crossing in
Jersey; City one \Vednesday evening. A
train was running at a lively rate when a
woman with a baby carriage attempted to
cross the track in advance of it. A young
girl who was with her tripped and fell be-
neath the tracks over which the train was
approaching. Henry Fleigauf and War-
ren Kennedy sprang to her rescue. Flei-
gauf reached her first, and, as he lifted
her, he slipped and fell against Kennedy.
The latter, however, seized the girl and
rolled out of the way of the train, pulling
Fleigauf along. The pming cars just
grazed Fleigam‘, but he escaped injuries.
The crowd cheered the rescuers when it
was able to draw a long breath. —Philadel-
phia Ledger.
. A Big Clock.
A Brookb'n than, Mr. Bisland. of the
firm at B'Lshmd 811 Holt. of the New York
Stock Exchange, is said to own the biggest
clock intthis country. It is in the office of
the ii
Iaci-osit 6 face, and the' second hands, are
as tar apart as the hour ~h’an‘da onan ordi-
nary timepiece.
1; Rick w made by a youth who is not 21
‘ 0%: and ”1's said 'to keep excellent
£1119 me—Brmklyn Eagle.
_ aiid may carry deadly virus from. decaying,
on Wall street. It is four feet ~,
. Wm“; careless fellow—i Can’t you
"dme out falling? ' '
This really mmarkab’l'e' '
‘Pardbn '-me, "but I merely stumbled over
“Go West, Young Man.”
“Do you know,” said an old timer at the
Chicago club, “that that epigrammatic bit
of adrice to young men, ‘Go west,’ so gem
orally attributed to Horace Greeley, was
not original with him? No? Well, it
wasn’t. It all came about this way: John
L. B Soule was the editor of The Terre
Haute Express back' in the ’50’s, and one
day in ’51, if I remember right, he and
Dick Thompson, afterward secretary of
war, were conversing in the former' s sanc-
tum. Thompson had just finished advis-
ing Souls to go west and grow up with the
country, undo was praising his talents as a
writer.
“ ‘Why, John’ he said, you could write
111 article that would be attributed to Hor-
we Greeley if. yo ou tried.’
"‘ ‘No, I couldn’t,’ responded Mr. Soule
modestly. ‘I’ll bet I couldn’t.’
“ ‘Pll bet a barrel of flour you can if
you’ll promise to try your best, the flour
to go to some deserving poor person.’
“ ‘All right. I’ll try,’ responded Soule.
“He did try, writing a column editorial
m the subject of discussion—the oppor-
vanities Ouered to young men by the west.
He started in by saying Horace Greeley
could never have given a young -man bet-
ter advice than that contained in the
words, “Go wcst, young man.’
“Of course the advice wasn’t quoted
from Greeley, merely compared to what
he might have said, but in a few weeks
the. exchanges beg an coming into The Ex -
press office with the epigram reprinted and
accredited to Greeley almost universally.
So wide a circulation did it obtain that at
last The New York Tribune came out ed—
itorially, reprinted T he Express article,
and said in a. foot note:
“The expression of this sentiment has
been attributed to the editor of The Trib—
une erroneously. But so heartily does he
concur in the advice it gives that he in-
dorses most heartily the epigrammatic ad—
vice of The Terra I-Iaute Express, and joins
in saying ‘Go west, young m1n, go west. ”’
-—Chicago Mail.
Aficr Many Years.
There is a lite1 my woman in N ew York
U whose name now is known to every person
irl'terostcd in literary matters. Eight
years ago, however, the world had never
heard or read her name. Among her first
efforts was 11 verse of which then in her
amateurish enthusiasm, she was quite
proud. After revising it in one or two
places at the sugoestion of a Jew York
editor she had it accepted by one of the
popular magazines of thcday. Since then
she has been a close literary student, and
today herwork can be measured by the
highwt literary standards Six weeks ago
some one inside happened to remark that
he had seen a poem by her included in the
“forms” of the forthcoming issue of the
She wondered at this, for although
she had sold several prose 1-1'1iclLs to this
particular {ci'lodical 5110 0011.11 11 )t rc-
member” 1111': 111;; sent them any 3 erse.
Piqued byc'111'l1'1sity1-Lho L'allml upon the
editor, and found that it was her poem ac-
cepted eight 3'012'1s ago. She beggidpcr-
mission to read it, 11nd at 1.1111 '0 saw 1101"
immeasurably it fell below her pungent
work. She pleaded with the editor to with—
draw its publication, but the “form” con-
taining it had been running on the presses-
fcr over three weeks, and thousands of
copies were printed. So nothing could be
done. The magazine is out with the poem,
while the author’s feelings can bcimag~
incd. And as one reads the poem, and com-
pares it with the present work of this
woman, the wonder is not only how such
crudcncss could have existed where there
is now so much polish, but how the editor
could have accepted it for good verse. The
author’s friends know the circumstances
and they laugh over it, but the great public
is not on the inside, and a sensitive femi—
nine nature is not waterproof against this
publlc’s criticism.-Z‘Iew York Letter.
France Duties All Its Citizens.
It is the law in 1: r111: 00 for the govern-
ment to bur 1y all of its citiscns. In that
country funerals are a governmcr t monop—
oly, and the u1de1'takers are military of-
{leer-s, ranki 1; usually as majors or cap—
tains. The nor the funeral the higher
the rank of the ofilcial in charge, who is
dressed, as a rule, in black velvet, with
much gold lace. a sword and acockadc.
The burial "urcau in Paris occupies one of
the largest buildings in the world. If you
die there your relatives and friends are not
consulted at all as to your funeral. The
bureau upon receiving report of your death
through the police takes its own-steps to
find out the social Vcsiticn and means of
your family.
In accordance with its information on
these points the funeral is ordered. If the
bureau decides that you ought to have a
first class fur .crnl you are compelled to
have it whet-hex or no,11nd if it is not paid
for promptly the family goods will be con-
fiscated. The sort of funeral chosen for
you will be one of eleven classes, as the bu-
reau may direct, the c: pense descending
from $5. 000 for a a first (lass burial to 81:2
for :1 tenth class interment. Paupers come
in the eleventh class and are put under-
ground for nothing. ——Cor. Washington
Star.
Disposal of Sewage.
For many years the only important ob-
ject in regard to sewage seemed to be how
to get it out of the way, and that, indeed,
with some variation, is still the burden of
the inquiries on the subject in all populous
places where the retention of ofiensive re-
fuse is recognized as an evil, and where
-m11uy other things are postponed to the
rust cause of public health. In some
communities the solution of this problem,
even in very ancient times, was substan-
tially what it is now in the best scwered
cities; that is, sewage was carried to dis-
tant points by a current of water flowing
through close pipes. Even in the city of
Jerusalem this system was in operation in
the (la-'3 of Solomon, and modern engin-
eers have discovered the remains of the
system, and thus proved an interesting
fact as to which history was silent save for
a few vague phrases here and there—Har-
per’s fWeekly.
The House Fly.
A house fly is born fully grown and of
mature size, and there are no little files of
the same species, the small ones occasion-
ally observcd being diflerent' 1n kind from
the large ones. The house fly does not bite
n‘or pierce the skin, but gathers its food by
a. comb or rake, or brush like tongue, with
which it is able to scrape the varnish from
covers of books, and it thus tickles the skin
of persons upon which it alights to feed.
uponthe perspiration. A fly is a semen-i
get. ahd isa'. vehicle by which licontaglons 5'
diseases are spread It. pOisons moods.
organic matter into feed. ——N ew York Tele-
gram. _ .
'Hk Excuse;
hated rival is a Br1t1sher)—-
theh’c dropped by your Cockney admirer.
~Pittsbur-g Bulletin. ,
THE CAT SAVED ‘THE TRAIN.
flow It Was Done, as Related by the
Honest Young Fireman.
As the train was about to pull out of the
Broad Street station I recognized an old
friend in the engineer. He nodded to me
and I jumped into the cab. Dick and I
shook hands, and he introduced me to his
fireman, a young fellow, with large, truth-
ful, honest eyes, and the most innocent
looking face I ever saw. Perched on the
seat was a. huge black cat, ugly, soraggy,
and with a ground plan of fur that looked
like a railroad map, it was so plowed and
cut up. Naturally I noticed the cat, and
asked what it was doing there.
“That’s a wonderful cat,” said the youth-
ful fireman, “and thereby hangs a tale. Do
you want it?”
“Of course.”
“W'cll, about a week ago wee—Dick and
Inc—were making the run between Philar
delphia. and Trenton. It was a dirty, black
night—cold enda driving rain, and we
were—that is, Dick was—behind time, and
we were—that is, Dick was—making her
hum for all she was worth. IVe—that is,
Dick—had a. clear track and the right of
way. A few feet ahead of the pilot it was
as black as nothing. Iv 0 were driving into
the chaos at the rate of sixty miles an
hour. I could not help thinking that if
'.'0 ran into anything we’d know more
about the other world than was ever writ-
ten in books, and I said a little prayer that
I learned in Sunday school. The prayer
didn’t seem to do me much good, and I
asked Dick if it was necessary to run so
fast. Dick gave me a. look of mild con-
tempt, and then I got on my dignity and
felt as if I’d rather like to strike something
just to change that look of Dick’ 3 to one of
su1prisc This was Wicked, I knew, but I
couldn’t help it
‘Suddcnly there was an 2133' f '11 crash di-
1'cct'1in front of me a s' 1lintering of glass
in the cal) window, and this cat came tum-
bling in. My heart got right up in my
throat and I thought I’d choke. I saw
Dick turn pale, and, terrified as I was, I re-
member being glad of it. He didn’t lose
his head, though—Dick never docs—but
reversed the machine, and when the train
was stopped wc—that is, Dick—got out to
investigate. And what do you think?
There was 21 rail misplaced within 11 dozen
feet of where we had stopped. The flag-
mau at the switch had seen it, and had sta—
tioned himself up the track to signal us.
He had 11 pet cat which followed him
wherever he went. The cat was with
him as usual. “’hen he heard us thunder-
ing down upon him his lantern went out.
He laid it down to relight it; a gust of wind
caught it and it rolled down the embank—
ment. Here was a state of things. The
fiagmun was quick to not, however,- and
grabbing his faithful cat by the tail he
hui led it at the cab as. we rattled by. Heie
is the cat that saved our train. D1111 f
you, Danger.”
The c1". tli‘ 111')c1"l.L- 111' 13' 11110.1 in rcco-:—
‘ ni1ion, 11.111111031011111 t11: 11'1111l-:,'1111'10L'::1t
3-3-l,
LIL
face of tbL boy . ill:l‘r'iflill‘l101lfllclm‘l'; 3'.
wide open, truthful 0y L'n'
“Shanks of .‘uount V or non! “but 11 1.311:
thu'ti 'cllow is!" said Dick to me in 11 3'1' his-
pcr. ‘He has the re putation of being the
biggest liar on the road. He’d finish first
ina race with Tom Ochiltrce. That cat
story is his latest ‘51'13'011 the train’ busi-
ness. I saw him fish that cat out of 11
ditch two days ago. ”—Pliiludelphia In-
quircr.
A True Story.
A well known English joc 1103' on his
death bed was lately asked by his only son
if he had anything on his mind, and also
for such parental parting ad 'ice as he
could think of. “Yes, ’Arry,” said the
poor voyager, “I ’uve got suthin’ on my
mind, boy, and I can give yer advice as
will be useful to yer all yer days. 'What’s
on my mind is this. When Lord Boots
backed his mare Catch-eni-Alive, as you’v
heard me tell 011, against Sir J amcs Toots’
horse Scurvygo for ten thousand, I rode
the mare as you know, and Charley Snig<
gins, as you’ve often heard mcgoou about,
he rides the horse. Well, you see, I’d come
to an understandin’ with Sir James, and
was to get a whole couple of thou. if so be
as I could only lose the race, ’cos, of course,
Catch-cm-Alive, as I rode, was out and
away the fastest of the two.
““7011, just as we gets within about three
or four ’undred yards of the post I leans
over to Charley as was 11 punishing Scur-
vy go aw ful, and I says. ‘Charley, ole man,
I 11in ’t spinning.’ ‘Ain’ty yer? he says;
3‘v ell, then, no more 11ml’11nd blow me,
’Arry, if he didn’t there and then go and
chuck hissclf off, and I was obliged to win.
I lost two thousand by that bit of villainy,
’Arry, and you‘re the worse off for it to-
day. And your advice, dad?“ said the du-
tiful son as soon as his parent- had recov-
ered from 1'. fit of coughing which the re-
membrance of Mr. Sniggins’ wickedness
had brought on. “My advice, boy, is this:
always} 'cep your bloomin’ mouth shut.”
—-Toronto Tn oil.
The “Yellow Day. ”
Sept. 6, 1881, is well remembered in N cw
England and parts of New York and Penn-
sylvania as the “yellow day.” Southern
Canada took or some of the characteris-
tics noted in the states above mentioned,
the 3cllo'1v in the atmo 'phere having a more
greenisl. cast, which accounts for the Ca
nucks refer ring to it as “the green day.”
In the mornin" the sl-'1"had the appearance
of being clouded, but as the sun arose it
was plainly visible, and of the color of
brass. About midday a much darker yel-
low appearance prevailed; everything ex-
ccpt leaves and grass had the intense yel-
low look, they appearing of a rich velvety
green. The cause of the phenomenon,
which lasted but one day, .1815 never been
satisfactorily explained. —St. Louis Repub-
lic.
Socially Inquisitive.
A little child, seeing another somewhat
older than herself looking into the garden
gate, ran to her in a most friendly man-
ner.
‘il‘i’hat is 00 name?” she asked several
times without receiving an answer.
"Where do 00 lib?” she continued, with the
same effect.
The visitor then slowly walked away,
and the socially inclined child called after
her: .
“Dib my lub to 00 mamma, oo toopidl”
—New York Ledger.
The Prices on Desks.
It is a difficult thing to buy a good
second hand desk at moderate price.
Whenever an auction takes place desks
and tables suitable for office furniture are
promptly snapped up, and the retail de.
mand fer such articles is was at and
get. Bargains. ih such things. amt
in New York, and of course the older
deg provided it is of good' material, the
higher the price. Not long sin'ce the slabs
of mahoganyi
yond repair soul~
‘52” An Opinion. "'“ , ,
" “new do you like that cigar?” 2 ‘
“Well, candidly, Harkins, 1’ (1 rather
smoke a ham or a red herripg. ’«’——Epoc‘h._. ‘
_—N6_w York Sun.
i
1&6]!!le damaged be: I '
LINIM
“UKE ANY OTHEQ
As much
to: INTERNAL as maxim. use.
In. 1810
originate! by an Old Family Physician.
Think Of It. 1.1111111011111111 “ME 5%...
Years, and still leads.
ration after Generation have used andb ssed it.
Every Traveler should have a bottle in his‘3 satchel.
Every Suffe rer s,,;::,,m§:§:;,gm,,
Nerv rvous Headache Diphtheria, Coughs, Catarrh ”Bron
chltis. Asthma, Cholera-Morbué, Diarrhoea, La! Lieness.
Soreness in Body or Limbs, tit! Joints or :Strains,
wil lflnd in this old Anodyneh relief and speed y cure.
Should have Jo anson n’s
E V6 r y M 0t h e r Anodyne Liniment in the
u Colds
Sore Throat Tonsilltis, Colic oCuts, fBruisesP'Cramps
and Pains liablet to occur 11 an mil without
notimce. Delays may cost a. life. Be ieves a lSummer
Wutslikem i.c Price,35ctsa>ost~pa16bot-
.Expresspfi ..I S. Johnson& Boston,Mase.
inhuman.
.100
Tonsci Hay and
Straw.
Highest 811.31 P1118
firm “in if. ,-
Grain.
Pail.
r1011,
Feed.
Small 1.111711 Coal.
"Peat Slices iii. able
Bedding.
Drain Pipe.
Fire Brick,
he. he.
5.-..‘3‘ ”ii?
I" 3,
South Norwaik.
To inventors.
GEO. B... BIINGTON
OFFICE '.
Cor. inuisiana 115.3111 iii] 31.
Washington, 1). 0., ~
{gives his PersonaiAttention to Procnring
1111111111- inventions
: the 1113. Patent Ofice and all Fol-elm
Countries.
(,2
An experience 01 nearly ten years in the Patch
Othce has given him a perfect famlliariiy wiih
every classification of invention and the p111 ticur‘il
EXAMINERS AND BUREAUS, to which saw
and every invention 13 referred. He has a con.-
picte fa1n1.iarity with the Rules of Practice
the Records, Models, 1%.. &c., 1%., and
everydetailoithe office. and GIV Eb‘ Ills PER-
SONAL A'l"l‘E\’l‘IO\’ to the interests of his
Clients. Being on the ground, and Visiting the
Patent Office daily, he can some Imentors
securing their Leuers Parent far mmc advania
120011st than Solicitors who do no. reside in
Washington.
Searches and ilejcr on.
Applications
A. Specialty. To all those Whose applications
have been rejected. he 33'111 make an examination
and report on the same gratuitously. l’1elimin-
ary examination of the Patent Ollice Records,
priorto an application fora paten1,w1.1 i) made
foravery small charge. and advice or informa-
tion in regard to patents will be given 1n full
detail in acircuiar which will be mailed free of
charge to every apnlicant. He has specia'
tacilitiesaisoior ,
Procuring Patents in Foreign
Countries
He refers to any officer of the Patent Office, and
othe many Connecticut Inventors for Whom he
in urine business and taken out LETTERS PATENT
Norwalli~z~ Gazette
1013 PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.
Wed' g Cards, Posters,
V181. gCards, Handbillg‘,
' Business Cards, Programmes, '3
Fancy Show- Chrds, Dodgers,
Ball Cards. j“ . Biliheads,
, , , Statements, 2- , Circulars,
" Tag Cards, Receipts
' 'Town and Probate Rotor-(ls, flatter Headings
Booksand Pamphlets, Note‘ Headings, ‘
Hegel Registers. - ' ' Milk Ticketa'
rintedin the seatest Styles mm at the Lowes
Pr :ce'a.
Norwalk Chronicler