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Sic.
IHHi^^^accents fPn«i with of the day
the far-receding throng
Gf joys that passed us on the way.
—Lulu Curran, in Youth's Companion.
A DUKE IN DISGUISE.
BY HORATIO ALGER, ,TR,
Philip in the Good, Duke of Burgundy,
ts the habit of throwing oil his
court costume at times, and iu various
disguises going forth to seek such ad
ventures as might present themselves,
On one occasion, being overtaken by a
■form, he took refuge in a small house
just on J.he onUkiTu of the city of
but Bruges. The hou « was neatly furnished,
still in a plain, inexpensive manner,
The door was opened by a matronly look
ing woman, to whom the Duko ad
dressed his petition:
“My good dame, J have been suddenl
overtaken by the storm—will you in
your kindness allow me to tarry with
you until it is over?”
“With pleasure” was the rcpl”
“Yet, ns there arc those who go about
with evil designs j slmuld feel the mme
willing if 1 knew your name and condi
tion.”
“You may judge from my dress ” said
the Duke, evasively, “that 1 am a inerch
ant, and for my name, * you may call me
Philip F'rcndrnu.” '
“Do you do business hero in Primes?
Methinks I have never heard of Uiat
name.”
“Hero and elsewhere. My business
calls me to different parts of the King
dom.”
“You should carry on an extensive
business, '
then?”
“So. HO,” said the Duke. “At nnv
rate, 1 manage to gain a comfort abb
Sll pport. ) ou are a widow?”
“Alas! yes, sir. My husband died a
year or more since.”
“Have you any children?”
“1 Hie a son of twenty-one ”
“What business does he foilow?”
“1 fear he will never follow any.”
“And wherefore not ”
“Because, sir, he is at this moment
Violently in love, and his suit does not
prosper. ”
“The lady docs not smile upon him
then .” ’
“Not so,” said the widow -i litt],.
proudly. “ 8 he must indeed ’be blind
not to lien ry but it is
t
it is, but t M
“Ifa:” said tin* .Juke <'iowim.- more
attentive. me know how that
“You must know then, fair sir, that
Gaspar and my husbuml were part
n » 1 > to the time when my hus and
doN They were engaged “in a pros
i; Drous trade, and were l oih thought to
bo rich - -equally ao, for both bernm xvt'b a'
flm same c ipita!, ami lm ex wmb J
^rhUlmd^uiddenSa^Mt liiuch for l i \ i ii. as «-e nut when 1 e ^
Gaspar to settle up Ins all airs, it was
found that only one-tenth of the whole
establishment behmued to h:m. whde M.
Gaspar claimed tho rest. ’
,,M llC *“•* U0> ' 1 ' U '“ ti0 “
this great different e.”
“None.”
And “Humph! declines tills must be looked
now ho your son’s suit?”
“Yes.”
“On the score of his poverty?”
“That is what he says.
“And is the daughter really worthy of
his love?”
, i •
father.”
. ... , ,
...... . ...
h dau ’hti ” ‘
s o'know r
“ do he’told but I hear he has
sworn—in fact my son so the
«.W.Uv--.Mh.„ r «
ot the young hmD of tlm court lor her.
“Ha. he is ambitious; and yet thue is
n ore than otu tlm’ would prove Lu: uu"
worthy of her. if .ho is really, shear, l.ful
”' M .'G.....
■V.'.qGi^-r! _ 11 11,1 ...... 1^1 ( 1 11
■ ■■■ 1
. . ,. , .
‘ ,kot ‘ M ii:ul - a,3d •' 1 ta ' t>a bt'.c.v - ’
him. who knows but I may advai .
su iV, “lie is • even now coming . up d the road.
He will be here in a moment.’”
The Duke n , . kept his eye fixed , , upon the ,
door through which there presently
entered a young man of fine form and
handsome features, but the las; wore
overc .st by a gloomy exon -Mum 1 o
entered the room with a down, a-f air,
and dnl not even gmace at the strung r,
but threw liimse f wearily upon a settle
m one corner, and bur ed his lace in his
k nd '' -
•Henry, said his mother, “do you
not J see nV° our guest”
0keaUP ‘ glltljf ’ aQduodded ’
*",h' n , rac , kl3t b° or company
motlnr. r i 1 had m be-t .cave him to you.”
tLinW-hf. k'’ Lie!> ' od * n vol! ' and
-
e .
told u k him PJ °.‘ the !! 'y° ur
a story:”
•
..V -
“Then lie will see that it is hope! css,
unless he shows me how 1 can multiply
our r “Perki-; TVNV,..a.L .. ,
m<>-therwise,*’' M ,7 Ui-SJd A-, , theDuke* , -
to to- eu un. Duke,
~
ro .,, n . t , ji v
“There » no Lone ' of ......’ ....... baid .
XJeurv.
“I'ossiblv I mav br'r - wmn 7
to be..r up‘n him that Irm vou know n * Vr >'
iTahurd “You not know ,1 u, J '
aud .d -
He has cheated man man a cares cares only onlv for f.,r , monev W,:
me out ‘
because 1 am poor, he would M reject my
suit”
“Yes: I understand all that, but >till
lami.ot dsotm.-ed. I have th u- t
of a plai whuh 1 could wish to dtscu-s
‘ with you in private. My gv.od lady,”
he coin mud, turning to the mother,
" could iou ' urnish ~ * i,h 1
wu
oa€
‘Even so; but arise, I call for no
while in disguise, and you must
st me t if I were a merchant,
Tell ne, o } i now consider your case
us
“I do not doubt your power, my Lord
Duke.”
“Spare titles. Call me only sir. AY’ith
cut detailing my p an, I will merely say
that it will re juire you to go back with
me court, and as soon as the storm is
i u:i render
some excus
care not to teli her the truth.”
“You shall be obeyed,” said the youth,
j bowing.
j The merchant, . . Gaspar, „ was seated , , .
m
his warehouse, his mmd intent upon a
contemplated >’’It--ruUve, venture which promised
*” when h.s attention
attracted rich y dressed by the tn court entrance livery of who a page, ad
y af3 ; ed toward hun, and said, inquir-
1 lll 8 l y ■
“ * ‘. hl . * yL < as P ar ’’
“Then 11 ' ’ n MTied the merchant. t
I have a missive for you,” said
the page.
“i rmn whom do you come?”
“From the court.”
“And youv missive?” said the mer
chant > sur Pri«ed.
“Is from , the I'uke.”
IF rewith, he pr. scnted a missive, di
rect30 g t'he merchant to accompany the
n | es:sei 3 gPr, ax the Duke desired an inter
view xvith him. Gaspar was surprised
arul perplexed, hardly knowing whether
tu 1 gw. DA d or apprehensive at the
sudden summons.
““now you why I am summoned?” he
of fIiC '
: My master is not in the habit of
! communicating the brief and to me his secrets,” was
A: length they unsatisfactory reply.
reached the audience
charab. r id tlm Duke and the merchant
w » s ;lnn0,3,1( c ! - 1 hlli P was seated upon
a,bron ® at ; >nc V" 1 of tiie apartment,
Gaspar bent , his knee.
summons,” su l'l )OSC said you are surprised at my
acknowledged Philip, abruptly.
Gaspar that such was
the ease.
“J am told that you have a beautiful
(I:U!: ' llter ’”‘ ad lllL! 1 )uk e, after a brief
P ause '
1,1 n,n willing to leave you to decide
lIp< ? n tbat P oint »” said the proud and
ambitious father, in whose breast a wild
hope aro-e that the Duke might seek her
lo ‘ h 111 '
Iris’. 1 o testimony,”
; tlm Duke, “or are her af
mm
“Cut mcthmks I have heard of an at
ta, ' ,mient between herself and a certain
:i : m ’
. ‘ :t s 'Ay’’broken up, said Gaspar, ,
, t,;i 1 y V : " as urr.vorthy of hftr. |
“ Hen '; ' have nothing to object to
you
th * : 1 ^ 1 l ”’ 11 ° e?»
“Mi.' I inquire who is the young °° gen- |
tlcimm?”
“•* it not on ugh,” said the Duke,
harghtily, “that it is one in whom I
take an in f e e -t.”
“Y vs; vcitainly,” responded Gaspar,
dve
■ 1 a °^ r asked
Gnsj er, .......... win b.’lf AAoA' ’ AS
ambitious for ITs daughter.
“It 1 s enough. 1 wish the marriage to
take p see to morrow'.'’
“T-' o-morrow . So c oon”’ on ; reneated repeated
,, ,, ,
' /. . . t ui } tuat she ,
, : : : ?' M-s’,:
h tho p„,co.
Z\ lb-7 Kl;
*n’vAlbLXT; 5h.^ wm ' 1 -
“jt ...... vb • . ....... «aid isner Low
ir
“And mind you bre.the no word to
her of Bio P -c for wki h site is called
to court.
“Iv. i. o 3 •. y your Lord-h p m all re
spe't-.'’ a: d ; • er, g' ..1 to hive the
w. which he foresaw
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;• ’ vo ' rh to-morrow at
-
.
‘ I H OM :ya:;d hastened
<ome, h:s hci-t , s-vel ,ng with exulta
live ton, greatness at ^hat he of considered lr.s family. the
* or who knows,” he thought, “but
that the D ke will ennoble me, when my
da : hur i-wedded to a noble of the
com t " at •? he privately decided o urge
uponlus dauguter. at a proper season, to
m wh tm- cnee she might be able to
ocar upon 1 map tor the attainment of
thishignly vk- result.
^
“My presence required , at court!” ex
claimed F. i e utbul Constance, as her
father commun • ate i the Duke’s mes
sa -- e -
“Yes. my daughter. , ,
“And wberekie.’
“I La: i know not; but as Philip is .
fond ot beauty, he has. perhaps, re
solved to r. ike y -u a lady of the court”
“l kn xv n-'t w'. ether that be cle
sirab’u ” - i Constance, the thoughtfully;
*‘but I xvill at lea-t obey summons.” ;
*• ‘ d " thought the father, well sat- j
I'' ivu 05 wma ’ i "l 'li! • the d Duke ^ ive will seething be success- t° i
“ k aw v.pli..hi«g wliat I have not
been able to do—reconcile her to giving
up IIjury Pu out."
iae uext ' 3 Y> mindful of his engage
: “ er ‘ r - ' usi ir took h:s way to the palace
t 0 ^' 1 7 w d: i,h 7 g: V; knew cr ‘ s wed who } is a S- to ^ be " the bride
.
Sroorn.’'he ’It may be
De Courcy again, young Beaumont.”
eredVto’- V 7^ ""U L '^ a ain U5h *
Unu audience - “
e-mt 7. 1 [ To n room. the A
- nd ' r view lower
-if, 1 - bes de him
K man v n tLe‘“cour'
tached to ud
F tc
! ee
PcaTv waiting to hi? i>
't rumen i.m. Ilvev5ng one
a: 6 n I 3t f er >” !. r -T be ‘Vuont. w
Mould rather sw.j,
from you hav» ; ^fsted
you?”
“But is tifat just' ci” said (k
sulkily. isper
! ‘‘I* 33 3 us t that h who
should make restitution lkj
was * v My
re ply
Gaspar seized the pen '^ii!
signature. The conscic! \ C ,. a - ill
made him a coward.
Need it be said that T,
afl ^ i‘ ; " fa r bride lived
t*4H|H^tiM^>ukePlj| P^”Jo®dusly, under the t| si-o
.be
'
all
guise. which lc^ Yn
; —
The corn extu
- _
Paris Exposition is recei
deal of attentioi on the 3 rodj id
change where designs for m .\
palace to be snown at the * n->rn
i have b <*n displayed for some dM c -xon
I supervision of the exhibit vaM
; the control of tlAe
ment of the American Commis*
| though it is expected fo raise t®
000 estimated to be needed to me n "
expenses by subscriptions. Thee: If
1 will include a pavilion, the roof, col,
and chimney of which will be be
(the corn fodder, and the interio^^
exterior will be covered with the c
stalk and ear. A good deal of moa', •
work ^ with corn grains of varied coliU
an a number of figures and emblem^
a!l of corn, will be shown.. ’
From an American V' - i v'..c,n!,vA
with tribute America free of . ’v- . •oo! Wl3 - z.^(
preparations of corn as
m the shape of bread, gif m P’i Uddi-}
! etc. A competent marl W3 p delive
, short lectures ev.-, n« . uses oi
} h ®’^ ■
3t ; aa ' llts ^ Qe ‘ “
"tide of d.et. ^ amphlcts
j the same facts in English
, merman xviil also be distributed.,,
F'or the exhibit, its promoters say that
the use of corn as food is hardly appre
dated at all in Europe, and that if the
possibilities of the grain were under
stood, exports of it from this country
' would quickly be increased manyfold,
To introduce corn to the people of Eu
rope is the great object of the exhibitors,
who say that Germany last year bought
I 03 us only f,058,1G7 bushels of grain ind
Darrels of cornmeal, while France,
to ok ( ; ni Y bushels and OU ba
rels , of meal. I ast year the total
the
a
*- ^ ^
ed bem, ary 1
.
work. enhance If earned out as you Woposc
the valueoLg^fcry ac ro
feet ^ fro tfi nt ®^ibit _g e ^ kuo -l^^secuie
..
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Prussian Economy.
The traditions 1
I he traditions of of thn the p Prussian r „„ lan court,
a ™Y aad ser ™ e » favor an bo 33 f'
able and even severe parsimony. Ae
; n life aeouired monev 1 m i nt ’m! r>
j t ‘J? to tAw^chi^ snend if ofirWitvoS he “cmibl 'rnt
said V h’a e
n hone- ” i’rn«i. ktl ' * , !
—
I
««7ta William «««».»» I. After the i:ng;
peror pay ng a visit tc
the house of one of his generals he com
phi ned ou his return to his aide-de-camp
that bis study was dimly lighted com
paied artjsastKis* with the rooms in which his sub- ;
the 'Srw; general burns mineral oil which iris gives
Bu
1 rst tke aide-de-camp could not under
T*v £ 4Ttv°s * the. confidential valet of
s't ’dy luroert faTt ’the whenever lamp he Te?t h
he low Th
aide de- amp ventured to point this out
to the Kniser ‘T have done it „ii tnv ,
nf c Vete ’’was his reply pfoL “Wh fter Jena nevcb ■
wc verj mv ,er
?Ai^r;;.: ... if SH3|
IJJJM i* was the
ie , v «« itma t‘. ,t • . ,'a um
but it makes
burn colza oiU g i- • ! wi ot gi-e
U pthe practi e ; f ' . 1 is the
aat estoe enzol
iems and all the -. L ?. Ur.v , md on
Telegraph ‘ * * 1
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A Sheriff’s First “Hanging.”
The feelings of a Sheriff when he has
his first hanging to peform are varied.
Es . S heriff Fredericks, of Camden, N.
j in ,elating his experience, said;
“I was only Sheriff two weeks when
I had my first banning. Of course, I
knew I had to perform mv duty, and it
was constantly before me. The day the
hanging the took court-yard place I remember very
welk In of the jail there
were a great many well.known men, and
as I glanced to the condemned man on
the sea fold my heart failed me. Lifting
my eyes to the window of my house I
saw my wife ghost. standing there: she was as
pale as a By this time everything
was in readiness, the cap had been pulled
over the condemned man’s head, and all
that was to be done was the severing of
the rope that would cast the man into
eternity. I picked up the hatcher, and
then I felt as I never fe it before; great
beads of perspiration rolled from my
forehead; though it was a cold day I
off my hat, swung the hatchet,
heard a scream, and knew no more until
I found some friend administering
whisky to me. My friends afterward
took me to a big supper, and this, per
helped to throw the scene off my
mind -”
Mrs. Fredericks said: “When I saw
my husband lift the hatchet 1 screamed
and then fainted. My husbaud after
this had several hemorrhages. I never
*
ff, GA., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1889.—EIGHT PAGES.
BUDGET OF FUN.
MOROTS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS sources.
* Suitable Reason—-It Certainly
! was Peenliar—Getting Even
f with Him—A Matter
of JLocation, Etc. &
“ Wha f ig the meaning of the throng
j ' In yonder clothing store?
j There surely must be something wrong—
What are they gathered fort”
< *‘ The cause is plain it seems to me,”
“ Some Replied the passing wit,
person in there, don’t you see
Is taken with a fit!”
It Certainly was Peculiar.
‘‘Mamma!”
< t Well, my dear?”
“What awfully queer ways these
Western folks do have, don't they? I
have bceu keading an article in the
Stock Breeder's Gazette that papa brought
home and it says that cows should have
their corn fed to them in the ear.”—
Boston Boacc n.
Getting Even.
K “I don’t like that snob Briukerson,”
Raid omkmed^ al student to another.
■ “Neither*db I. I would like to fix
™im for his s^ jrciliousness.”
I ■ “Thera is v ly one way that we can
get even wfit. ’m.”
“What is t’ at?” asked the other.
“We will cut him dead,” was the
! .significant regly.—Merchant Traveler.
; A Matter of Location.
| Husband fat an evening entertainment)
— “My dear, what a charming manner
young Airs de Courcv has. I admire
temper anti spirit in a woman.”
Wife—“Haven’t I temper and spirit,
John?”
Husband—“Yes, but I mean when
they are possessed by other men’s
wives. ”— Epoch.
How He Lost Time.
Pedestrian—“B-b-boy, can you t-t
tell me how f-f-far it is to the po-po
bostoiliee?”
1 | Newsboy—“What Pedestrian “I-I-reckon d’ye say, mister?”
iluw —- f-f-!ar is you-you
it to the po
jiostomee?” Newsboy—“Only half
a block, mister,
v you hadn’t a stopped to ask me vou’d
„ been there a’ready.”— Life.
j His Method of Revengy.
that (to dejected, tramp)—’“Why pleading do you
I in atti-
1 tudo? Ain’t the pie oood?”
“ ma’am, the pie is all
r.ght, but I used >s, ^
g°t the lmb of t . be waiter natheVie and I
whih taif • n . ‘ : r>n<?- 1 '
tore f r 0 ”
Woman . a j
when you a’. id J vou do
brushed Tramp— ait c\ do ? t i us +
a mb „ ■ ae customer’s
lap or let h <’.op thim go ”—
New lork ,. t , ^ " •
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HP
b.Ue’ly. H
___
^^SkwlylStd defeated
himself together; himself “that up and”g a
was done
ver J scientifically. May I ask of which
class of pugilists 1 ^plied you are ilie champion
( ttQ{ „ the victor “I
B n>.simply a Main man who won’t let
himself °‘“In li^lTsp^our be thrashed this ” Hand,- of champions, returned
kind age
Jien ^ther of your are so scarce that it is
‘liked \ by pleasant than otherwise to be
one of them.”
a ^ tb ® 7 «er with you?;’asked
i0U
job "iMu a^® 3Ufc t 1 cap IT t S e f lL Ilost ti f m Y
“Pisl H m ourn ago. ,
your “Idon®l dutijf no °, ubt; f * 11 ^, 1-6 to atteud to
sssfasa “What® erest ' * si's
rJ w ~ B lnes
First TranD „ ,2 ’. ,
nightr ^-“Where’d <(W , yer sleep . last ,
JV** T'amp-“Had W” ' a hard nmht *
hIv! »’
terwith ter w .tu hajL„ n P-“ Well » what ’ 8 the mat '
F^Trai ^ramp—“It was baled hay '
sl “P ! ’’
j?J^-P-~rber,B. I Tramp No, bed. _ .
SaV) lt - asparagus
g ° mt ° basme3s ge ther ~
d lramp_ " d , of busx „ . *
^FirA'-r-imn a-wW‘ 7 T ” “
D * r6lt *™ Pr « !
H "* le e xx H wi Fnr * or leat
me’H^.pen'm ^ “A^HClara, ” , at atelv, me
LV '? 1 hav ®
J!” 1 °™*^ pre n l0men me T 1 t
'n * ’
ha 77
J T “ Udl3iJ i^lhe ,
dig r m and they haste, tLir7
• f , After iftpr rp 3 e=ummg nmintf the ]r seats, f he
'
m r h’m—singular o“r convi“rsatioJi*hen _wb At
the subb ct of wp
were omTk inter-uoted? mkueat Ab yes aw^rt I remember ^rP^;
F r dlwkedTnonie vnuf IhTve lE
7 ..S T . 0 “ r^nrer m - k7 e ” ’ °
JXTrl be ’ Mr “Yn?^^ rha’t ” k rn
nlie Jb=ent-mi"ded.”_ firmlv FrJrh
“ The
Th«n«*ht ?Caller_«T, Him a Cniwto* ?
^ cieric Qm J* a Is Mr,. Paynothing P# n t i.
tw, lan ‘- «\ ^ r rB ® . 16 “, an
_7 ‘ 7,, n n rD S ert
-A * ' • machine , .
7 ,*" 5 “
* 7 T—“Dov<m
D come from the nlaro pace
-.u™ 8 i,. c„ f lirn ;*„. o! : -i
p k_ t f. ,. ,
T ,‘ F <<n;ri * x>-ui i
instklmeTtel” T.“V
. .« f . c this’-ue^ionhi^ 0 T did nnt And he!
underStli0( i ~ I am
p . I> she at homer’
p \ - -“Faith I feared reu were a
i0 teii ot ttl5m ttlat 6he out - j
Step into the parlor, sir, and I’ll tell her
jou are there ."—Baton Budget.
The Duel of the Future
•Scene—At a telephone.
Ling a-ling a ling.
First Citizen—“Hello, exchange;
give me seventeen thousand and ten.
Hello, is this seventeen thousand and
ten.' Is Blanky in? Tell him to step to
telephone, please. Is this Blanky Well,
I called you up, Mr. Blanky, to tell you
that I know what you have been saying
about me, and I wish to remark right
here to your face that you are a liar.”"
Second Citizen at the other end of
the wire)—“Under those •ireumstnnees
I will be compelled to challenge you.
W ill name Gatling guns as weapons, and
will request your attendance on the roof
of the club house at I :U 0 this afternoon.
I will add, however, that you are much
mistaken; I am not a liar.”
First citizen—“Will you give me your
'word as a gentleman that you are not?”
Second citizen—“I will.”
First citizen—“Then, of course, I
cffhsuitdo otherwise than accept the ex¬
planation, and Withdraw the challenge.”
Vtcond citizen—“That will be entirely
satisfactory. when Call around and see me
you get time. Good bye.”
First citizen—“Good-bye.”
eler. Ding a-ling a-ling .”—Merchant Trav
A Slip Snmev^re.
AYe were humping along at the rate
of thirty miles an hour on a train bound
into Nashville, when I spotted a couple
of three-card monte men in the car.
They had made up to a farmer-like chap
and had things all their own way. One
of them tossed the cards' and the other
acted as a capper and made a hit of $20
the first thing. This was to egg the
farmer on, and he was willing to be
egged.
“Reckon I’ve got a leetle money that
says and I he kin pick that yerekeerd,” lie said,
bills. slowly counted out three $10
“You pick the ace of hearts, do you?”
asked the thrower.
“She’s the one.”
“And which is it?”
“This ar’ the one.”
“And vou bet $30 on it?”
“I do.”
The card was turned ove.r, and lo! it
was the ace of hearts and the old man
had won. L‘ e pocketed the money and
the monte man retired in disgust. Later
on I asked the thrower how lie came to
make such a mistake.
“Why, I paid a feller $20 to learn me
the business the other da y, and this is
my first trip. There’s $50 clean cash
gone to Goshen, and I’m going back
home to farm it for the old man at $18
a month .”—Detroit Free Press.
Gratitude.
“Good morning, sir.”
“I glanced from my desk at a tall, ca
daverous looking individual, clad in ‘
faded brown ulster.”
“I hope I dou’t disturb you?”
“You haven’t yet,” I observed,
“Thank you, very much. If it isn’t
troubling you, would you be
enough to permit me to show you
advance sheets of our new work on “Art
i in the Middle Ages:”
“I don’t want it.”
“Thank but I don’t atk you
it, to
oxer
bint
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“it scem.tabtUVv P r, n / good
showing ' <; ". ll! - fc w ■ i ' ( | i for the
of it to you.”
Hccsheet / -
mdu fc 1 ou 8 some indice¬
Mn’tl'vwi 0 terms? . ,
m 1 3 on any terms at
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rir P ,,
’
1 sorry, ,,, he said, ., as he started re
l , 1 uctantl owe you y to a "T* debt rd th of « door3 gratitude “but, forper- asitis,
^ 'f 7 0U .^utit. Vhe
a ) 0 oka s ent , sir, is hard; and it
ls,lkeal j oasis in a desert to meet a man
jvhowill mok. Good permit moining. an agent su. to describe his
whe^he ca°me"back°L“T „*!
'’No,” r said, with a touch of imp,.
tience; “I cau’t buy it at any price I’m
too busy to talk about it now, anyhow ”
“Well, good morning, sir. I’m sorrv
to have disturbed you; but I’m more
-rfry-sas than obliged to vou for the onnortunitv
I started down the column of ^¥ fimirps
^ ^ ^ ' ap gchcallj
’
iffttu
leisure possible that you will be likely to have
to examine the work a little more
^roughlyr J STjTcZu ^t^TZLT,
xisnor visits^bv oy the tne col collar, kr and ana led led h him m out into
bad and to tke bead of the stairs.
tl pr,etiA" Ykfeked^him'dowtJJ <>ng
»^
h a n way> A moment later the book
agent 'picked himself up, slowly and
painfully, and called back to mein a
broken but grateful voice, as he limped
away:
“Thank you, sir; I am ever so much
obliged to you for letting me off alive.”
— Pack.
Town-Life as a Cause of Degeneracy
The general unfitness and incapability
of the dwellers in our large hive U of in
dustry to undergo continued violent
exertion, or to sustain lon^r endurance
° f fati ?- ue ’ is a fact squiring little evi
dence to establish; nor can they tolerate
the withdrawal of food under sustained
phvsical effort with for the any dwellers prolonged period
as compared in rural
distr3Cts - It may be a'firmed also that
night°and through the day various the factors constitution at work
upon of
the poorer class of town-dwellers, various
forms of disease are developed, of which
pulmonary consumption is the most
familiar, and which is doing its fatal
work in a lavish and unerring fashion,
Thus it may be conceded as an estab
lished fact that the townsman is, on the
who i e , constitutionaUy dwarfed in tone
and his life, man for man, shorter, weaker,
and more uncertain than the country
man’s. I hold the opinion that the de
terioration is more in physique, as im
plied in the loss of physical or muscular
of the body, the attenuation of
mu scular fiber . th e loss of integrity of
ce n. , s tructure, and consequent liability
to the invasion of disease, rather than in
actual stature of inch-measurement. The
true causes of this deterioration are
oeither very obscure nor far to seek,
They are bad air and bad habits. To
these may be added a prolific factor
l *rgely to produce degenera
lous affinities .—Popular Science Monthly.
BOYS IN BATTLE.
AN EX-CONFEDERATE CARETS
STORY OF THE WAR.
Graphic Account of an Engagement
in Which Fifty Six Oat of
225 Cadets Were Killed.—
Charging a Battery.
Hon. John S. Wise, son of Governor
and General Henry A. Wise, of Yir
ginia, contrioutcs to the Century some of
his reminiscences of life as a cadet at
“The West Point of the Confederacy, h
and gives a vivid account Of boys in
battle at New Market, ah ‘engagement in
which fifty-sis of the boys out of a corps
of 225 were killed: “l’p to this time 1
was still corporal of Hie guard, in charge
of the baggage "Rea^^^^«>tandard a detail Of
three men, noWeen and
Woodlief. We had relieved, in
the general bustle and confusion. My
orders were to remain with the wagons
at the bend in the pike, unless our
forces were driven back: in which case
we were to retire to a point of safety,
When it became evident that a battle
was imminent, a single thought took
possession of me, and that was, that
I would never be able to look tay
father in the face agaiu if I sat on a
in baggage-wa'gon first, perhaps while my command was
its only,engagement,
He was a grim old fighter, at that mo
ment commanding at Petersburg, and a
month later fighting at odds against
‘Baldy’ Smith until Lee could come up.
He had a tongue of satire and ridicule
like a lash of scorpions. Iliad nearly
worried him out of tiis life with appliea
tions to leave the Institute and enter the
army. If, now that I had the oppor
tunity, I should fail to take part in the
fight, I knew what was in store for me.
Napoleon in Egypt pointed to the Pyra
mids and told his soldiers that from
their heights fnri^auinturies looked
down upon delivered
from the tone,^^^|^^^^»hat t
vated in thnj^^^^^^^^Vhe
I r ^^^^^^^HHftghtmg i
to go into
better thai^HpPf|Hsc. i ut I have
an enemy in my rear as dreadful as any
before us. If I return home and tell my
father that I was on the baggage guard
when my comrades were fighting, I know
W °,L e
command J l 7 forthwith. • Any A 1 one J01n who 1
gua d f °V ,?n ? rC T n ol TL h ay wagon 80 hV ' C l} °
iTv. who thus went, tLp w, one was A 'l killed, r -u rt and n \ f two
were wounded
“We rejoined the battalion as it
fistonfin Hns of blltle^’oar rigl.t 'near
mediate front concealed us from the
enemy. The command was given to
strip for action. Knapsacks, blankets,
everything but guns, canteens, and cart¬
ridge-boxes were thrown down upon
the ground. Our boys were silent then.
Every lip was tightly drawn, every
cheek was pale; but not with fear. With
a peculiar nervous jerk we pulled our ....
shell cream-ed Wiuu tipping 4 ° usw the *
8 over us as,
hill-crest in our own front, ' they bounded
over our lieadHHHML 36 P’ ke to ” 33 :'
MHHV started. (
A
of the
'posted sprang Mil’ll, uift.or vTOodbridge, in anti
himself directiriTiguide. forty pastes front of
the Brave
Evans, standing ouY over 7^ two, un
furled colors for days
had hung limp ^ and bedraggled
about the stall, ' and every ca
det in the Institute leaped forward,
ing dressing to the ensign, elate and thrill
with the consciousness that ‘this is
war!’ AVe reached the hill-crest in our
front, where xve were abreast of our
smoking the battery and in full sight and
range of enemy. AVe were pressing
toxxaru him at ‘arms port’ with the
light tripping gait of the French infan
try. The enemy had obtained our range,
and began to drop liis shell under our
noses along the slope. Echols’s brigade
rose up and were charging on our right
with the rebel yell.
“Woodbridge, who was holding his
position as directing sergeant, was or
dered to resume his place in the line.
“Down the green slope we went, an
swering the wild cry of our comrades as
their musketry rattled out its opening
volleys. In another moment we should
expect a pelting rain of lead from the
blue line crouching behind the stone
wall at the lane. Then < ame a sound
more stunning than thunder, that
burst directly in my face; lightnings
leaped; whirled fire t’rshed; the earth rocked;
the sky around, and I stumbled,
My gun pitched forward and I fell upon
my knees. Se geant Cabell looked back
at me sternly, pityingly, and called out:
‘Close as he on.
“I knew no more. AVheu conscious
ness returned it was raining in torrents,
I was lying on the ground, which all
about was torn aDd plowed with shell
which were still screeching in the air
and bounding on the earth.
“Poor little Captain Hill of ‘C’ com
pany, was lying near, bathed in blood,
with a fearful gash over the temple, and
was gasping like a dying fish. Read,
Merritt and another, also badly shot,
were near at hand.
“The battalion was three hundred
yards away, clouded in smoke and hotly
engaged. They had crossed the lane
the enemy held, and the Federal battery
in the graveyard had fallen back to the
high ground beyond ‘How came they
there.” I thought, and ‘Why am I here?’
Then I saw that I was bleeding from a
deep villainous and ugly ga'-h in my head. That
rified-shell that burst in our
faces brought five of us to the ground.
‘Hurrah!’ I though, ‘youth’s dream is
realized at last. I’ve got a wound and
am not dead yeti’ And so, realizing the
savory truth, another moment found me
on my feet trudging along to the hos
pital, thought almost whistling with delight at
the that the next mail would
bear the glorious news to the old folks
at home, with a rather taunting suggea
tion that after all their trouble they had
not been able to keep me from having
my share in the fun.”
A Gigantic Chinese Brigand.
Ho Ta Lao-hu (Big Tiger), a noted
brigand chief, concerned in twenty-one
robberies with loss of life, has been cap
tured, and although he has died of
wounds received in his last fight, the
body will be beheaded when the judicial
inquiry is finished. He was seven feet
two inches high, and burly made in propor
tion. The capture was by the
T’ung-yung Taotai and the tu-yung of
sanho, under directions from the \ ice
roy Li Hung-chang. Amongst his daring
leeTs is mentioned the robbery of a cow
md donkey from bhe-t’ow Chen, a town
in AA'u-ts’ing Hien, Chihli, in broad
laylight, assisted by forty mounted
laterans.— San Franckco Chronicle.
What One Farmer Can Do.
The farm of M. L. Grant ha« few
equala in Passadumkeag, of ; work, nd tvlien there it
comes to talk men ttho
are few in that burg or any other, who
can follow Mr. Graut himself, writes a
I.ewiston (Me.) correspondent. found slight The
farm is alwavs to be on a
eminence overlooking the river and com¬
manding round a splendid and the view of the is country
about, mnu gmertv
found here, too. Severny fo^tfHH
age; aitlicted with brond| nr^H
chronic rheumatism tl^HI
plaint, wholly necessitating eatmeajH 2
laborer in upon the vinevm^H 1
the past ame
ble amount of I
Living alone, ho^H^I
household duties, such
being very expert at it, too—
meudihg, successful dairy, etc , and turning runs a llHf s|H
out; comma! a,
article of butter, which
ready market.
In the spring of 1888 he put in a or®
of nearly four acres, from which nl
raised eighty-eight bushels of oats amt
seventy bushels of potatoes, which be
hoed and cultivated himself.
In addition to this he had a small
garden of nearly h if an acre, which w|
an example of good management 'H
neatness, from which ho raised
seventy bushels of turnips of huge
and superior quality, two bushels
wheat, three bushels of parsnips, 1 ,
bushels of beans, three bushels of swi
corn profitable and half fifty 'cabbages During A the pro’
acre! tii
the grain ariVl vegetables wcrt^gtfMri
maturity, winter, being Mr. Grant actively was prcP^B l||
enga e b>H
ting which meadow hay, some fifteen witliou^B
lie cut aid stacked
help from either man or ho re,
two of the stacks contained over, t hre
tons each, it will be , " lived it
was no easy task for ( itia 1 1 . ... i 1
alone. Indomitable j
so much,
Mr. Grant keeps I* ho rse*
rattle v. 1
00 wei f
industry ami
a Revolution S 1 v I 1.
“The rage for liv . u . >• ,« ;v
large New York T si: uk! gbtf7 a
S ar reporter, “ha qu a iu
rimi8 thang0 7 in s01) lh j, n , , u r
businc8s . h(; d ,„ , ‘comparatively v - , ur -
Idune that will take up
330 M> UaUor, a ' 0 . As rooms hav e grown smaller
and we iurnitmc innkcv. have
had todev.se bids . 1 , t « .ke the place of
a wiiole set of furniture of the old stylo.
Home of the beds made nowadays f look
15 llke ,- a , ,__. bookcase • when , not , 111 . use 1 r Meep- , „„
^ P'‘ r l>oses. You touch a spring and
f” 0 " 1 " f’""® " nd a wasl.
another recess. Then there are dining 1
room tables that fold up against the wall
afterthemeal is over, the sideboard Le
comes a scat for several people, and camp
chairs enable the guests to crowd arou nd /
the festive board after the laid ■ is in "
place. In the parlor the rame sort of de- ^
vices are in use. 'I he sofa f • i \* -f*
ceuter table folds dowa ^
a '\lP, a ? *
k S “0 lOoms in most fiats have
, mere,
C0 J ne y g° od -si ed closets
,
^ S8i!j!e to ^ et a »y>b ng for tlm Cm:
. lh 1 iast
8 0 « generation. Y., Uiil
. tlla , bods and tabic
™ u Ula 1 *'’-* SC P r ”°" 3303,10 s :li all. l 'r.^^^H
0 ;
P L,8tcrs , going at aucti in for
j Cure for Stooped Shoiiu^^^^B remark
Ilow oflen one hears the
“What a fine, big fellow Mr. Mo arid-so
would be if he didn’t stoop?” And still
such a misfortune can easily bo euicd.
The stooping figure and halting gait,
a compan.ed of the lungs, by the unavoidable be attended weak-j and'
cess can to
finally cured by the very simple ai j
easily performed cxe.che of raisb g out
self upon the toes in a perfectly pD
pendicular manner several times da 1
To take th s exercise properly ore mi:
take a perfect position, with the he. 1
gether and the tuts at an angle of lor.
five degrees. Then drop the arms lit
icssly by the sides, animating and ntia
ing the che t muscuhirly to its lull ca
paeity; the chin should be well drawn
in and the crown of the head feeling as
if attached to a string suspended from
the ceding above. Slowly raise upon the
balls of both Jeet to the gre.t -t po si
ble height, thereby exercising all the
muscles of the legs and b dy; this done,
then rea-suming the standing position
without swaying the body baouw.ird out
of the perfect line. Repeat thi exercise
first on one foot and then on the other,
The result will be a su:prise to many to
know what a powerful stm ghtening-out
power this exercise has upon 1 und and
stooped shoulders, and it will soon be
apparent that the lungs will begin to
show expansive development.— Phila -
delphia Telegraph.
Snow White Hair in Youth.
Three young men were out in a skiff
watching the yacht race between the
Enright and City of the Straits last
November when a puff of wind over
turned the skiff and two of the occu
pants, named Young and Jacobs, were
drowned. The third, Will am 1 adue
was picked up by some fishermen, and
after a hard battle his life was restored.
Since the accident L?idue ha 3 been very
sick, and yesterday he was out for the
first time. He was a robust young fel
low, with let black hair, and was one of
the best glass-blowers at the Toledo
AA r indow-Glass Company. His appear
anc-e on the street since his narrow es
cape has created quite a sensation, for
his hair is now snow-w’liite .—Venciimati
Enquirer.
The Champion Goose Picker.
George B. Randall, of Dighfon, Mass.,
claims to be the champion goose-picker
of America. Some have been incl.ned
to dispute the title with him, and the
result of this was a wager that Randall
could kill and dry pick 100 gee e in ten
hours. The best previous record was
eighty geese. The novelty of the con
test brought together a great crowd,
Randall went confidently to his work,
and from the time he started little could
be seen of him in the cloud of feathers
which enveloped him. He won, how
ever, the record at the end of u hours
and 55 minutes being 105 geese, averag
ing eleven and one-half pounds.
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The statistics relative to insanity iu
New York State are startling. The in¬
stitutions for the insane are all crowded
to their utmost capacity, the aggregate
number of inmates being about i 5,000.
And here is a feature of the statistics
that is well worth pondering. Nearly
one-half of the insane are persons of
foreign birth or parentage. In New York
city there is about one insane person to
every ;50 of population, while in the in
terior counties, where the foreign popu
J#stion is comparatively light, the rate is
as low as one in 190).