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Ilenry W ard Beecher, whose death and funeral service* have lately drawn the atten¬ tion of the country, inherited from his parents, Lyman and Roxana Foote Beecher, the two greatest blessing* of an earthly nature—a pel fectly sound body and a cheerful dispo¬ sition. It was remarked from the start that in body, mind and disposition ho was almost a perfect blending of both parents, while his nine brothers and Bisters—for it was truly a patriarciial fPf '1 -31 «l Si m Im L SSI Ml)! 'I m i'S cji W ru- htm £ Ki (A mm ~\\ n 7;/i J4h /, ; M my ij m *-vw . . . x . mu and Mrs. beeoher. . family—partook more of the father’s or the m»»i u. r’s nature. Tlie family was thoroughly American. Iu 1033a yeoman named Andrew Wind and a widow, Hannah Beecher, came to New Haven in the same vessel from Eng- land; from the latter lioxana Foote, from the former L\ ni in Beecher, descended, and these two united i.i marriage Sept. ID, 1 ?.*>, Jocafc- ing first at East Hampton, L. I., ami after- w.,: d crossing to Litchfield, Conn. Henry Ward was their eighth child. The family was not, only thoroughly Ameri- Can, but also thoroughly Calvinistic—thor- oughly New England in blood, faith and inaimcrs. It was a family of talent, too. If Henry Ward 1 ud died in infancy, the name of Beecher would stiil have been enrolled for- ever i in American history; his if he had be*>n a bAvycr or a doctor, father would have held a still higher rank as the great pi t idler than lie now does as Dr. Lyman I> >• if**. Noted as ho was in his time, he is now lowntosnos; young Americans chiefly ns ii,.. fa h r of the great Brooklyn divine. A <1 cmi *nt as other members of t he family w fk-'v separate walks, their eminence is mut ative obscurity, and they are - ‘ - e 1 to merely as the brothers or ,onry Ward. To this general state- is one brilliant exception—the . of Harriet F eclier Stowe will shine ic great o:i” of earth and she will 1 ! Ii l LI l«»\ I as long as the English 1 u ; ; * is read and human hearts beat in sympathy with the oppressed. For it was Iu i pen that rouse*I the heart and conscience Oi the common jieoplo against slavery. 1 he children of Dr. Beecher were reared in n rather strict, old fashioned way. Festivals for children, fancy toys and story books were unknown in the Connecticut of that day; but they had a severe moral training, and with it much freedom in the open air, in the woods and the fields. Of this exjierience Mr. Beecher said; “I think I was well brought up, be- cans ■ I was let alone. Except here and there, I baldly came under the parental baud; but I know where the sweet flag was, where the ■< Tc fcrr f'VjjSLU-- . - i. s ■v *>1. - Beecher's birthplace, Litchfield,~conn. hickory trees ^ere, where the chestnut and the sassafras ami the squirrels were_so I had n world of things to do.” The good effects of this close familiarity with nature a m ear in all of Mr. Beecher’s piixluctlons. When Henry was but three yeai-s old his mother died, and little more than a year after bis father mar- l ied again. The now mother did all a moth- er’s part to the children and Henry Ward always spoke of her with the utmost rever- enoe; but be confesses that she was a woman to be veuemted rather thau warmlv Airly loved, and strangely severe and sotemn kind He con- fesse^l that he could not open his heart to her, and often felt his emotions chillevL The family discipline was somewhat less severe than was usual at that day in New England, but there was strictness enough. Especially were the children trained to habits of truth¬ fulness; duplicity in any form was the one unpardonable offense in a true New England household. » was while he was attending a mat he- Statical school, which his father had per- sanded him would be necessary if he went to sea, as he at one time wished to do, that Il- nry Waul Beecher professed religion and uuiteil witli his father's cliutch in Boston. All his thoughts now turned toward the min¬ istry, and as soon as he could prepare there¬ for he entered Amherst college. Hi s OCCOA NEWS VOL. NIV. \\M & <71 V kdl J 'MwSmM mfX : m £jmkm -U' BSiBsieEaEstf BEECHER'S FIRST CHURCH, BATAVIA, O. His classmates were not impressed with his scholarship, but in the debating club he soon took high rank. He also became an enthusi- a- st on the subject of phrenology, and was very early distinguished as an ardent speaker against slavery. Here, too, his religious views underwent a peculiar change. Dr. Lyman Beecher was .Uen tho great orthodox divine of New England, and Henrv Ward has rec- orded tho tcrriblo stifiggles h*s own mind went tlirougn in revising and finally reject¬ ing some of tho harsh features of tho old creod. After his graduation in 1834 he followed his father’s family to Cincinnati, where Dr. Beecher had become a professor in Lane seminary. He entered at once upon the study of theology in that institution, but as the divergence of views between him and his father became more marked, he fell into another state of deep depression. Ilis older brother had just withdrawn from the min¬ istry on the ground of unbelief in the stan¬ dards set up, and for a season Henry Ward suffered great darkness aixl confusion of mind. From this he emerged with an en- tbusiastic conviction of the truth of (he more liberal views ho had previously held only tentatively. The congregation at Lawrenceburg, Ind., of which he was first made pastor, was poor; the lower part of the town was subject to over- flows, and there was sickness and want of energy. But Mr. Beecher acted as his own sexton, and by enthusiastic devotion to duty ivas building up a church when he received a call to Indianapolis. In that city, he says, he dropped the study of theology and began the ®^ ut ly °f mankind; the effect on his preach- ' vas so marked as to attract wide attention - IIe became a magnetic and P°P ldar preacher. He had married just before leaving Cincinnati, and in Indianapolis be and his wife led very active lives for a * ittJe ovcr seven y ears > " lien lie received his c ? n and made his last change to the Plymouth Congregational church of Brooklyn, with " bicli his name and fame have been identified for nearly forty years. On Sunday, Oct. 10, 1847, Iie preached his first sermon in Brooklyn, ^en a city of 60,000 people, with but two Con- & re gatioiml churches and thirty-nine of all ot J® His r denominations. first sermon at Plymouth created a 8ei,sation - Jn be declared with extreme P la, nness bis i>osition on all the leading natlonal . Questions—slavery, the Mexican war, temperance and other issues; but as to theology, contented himself with saying that ^ e *bould strive to make his preaching “a nduistr . y of Christ.” He was publicly in¬ 8talled pastor Nov. 11, 1847, and in the nex t ten years Plymouth church grew rapidly, £ r ©w to l>e not only one of the great churches f" lb41> ) al ‘ d » Beecher a great suffered center his of first liberality. severe dlll ess» which left him enfeebled for a long S” le ’ and iu 18 f° the socl ©ty s©nt him to Europe, where , he remained three months. JJ taat is next £ re at visit work there m England was in 1863, which when made he him did dear to all Union loving Americans. This ^" no P lace to relate that wonderful story. S u ffi'‘ e it to say that American statesmen ci'edit him with having “converted the _ ^ ^ ^^ ''■ 3 '^^ h Lol f** V* £5*+) 0% -.’a!? j . '1'%“ I iU'-t n wm fj 7- ,J i r Saftr fi k m m | jj * 1 £ 4 \ w \ rs. t ¥ m - ______ THE body LYING in STATE. British jveople to a just view of the American Civil War.” Mr. Beecher himself always | <K) ^ ed experience u P° n this of as his the life, most though try- he ^ ad t* 2 © 11 very active and prominent in the an ti-ria v ery agitation preceding the war, and ha<i fou 5 ht for freedom of speech in the dark- *** l,oul ' s ; one of tlie gatherings he ad- d,VSSrt ^ * u England he said: “The uproar would come ou and drown my voice—then I would wait and S et iu fiv © minutes or so. The , * e P orte, ' s would get that down. Occa- Bionall y I would see things that amused me and laugh outright; the crowd would stop to I was laughing at and I would sail 1° with a sentence or two.” Mr. Beecher returned home to be welcomed returning Amencan had ever been, and to remain for nine years the great representa- tive American, the honored patriot, the iu- fluential politician and the one pulpit orator whose life was an almost constant ovation, Then came tb© great cloud upon his fame, which had lifud, indeed, but was not entirely cleared away even at his death. Iu this space it can only be touched u,x>u ty a large volume would be needed to ^ ive tl,e details of the “Great Brooklyn Scandal” of 1872-75. It was em- pbutiealJy a Brooklyn scandal, not exclu- sivcly a Iiecehi r scamlal; for its destructive fury made havoc in many circles, sundered lifetime friendships, destroyed the peace of families, tynkrupted business men, jioisoned schools and churches and wrought a moral desokuion which eveu now we canuot esti- Devoted to News, Politics, Agriculture and General Progress. TOCCOA, GA., MARCH 18, 1887. n IP I j i | i j|jg( j p mm p 7; i « rt £ Ippl fwm I, mm m i^unrr m rm m ^» r - rT:r7 ?*.,, nn- rur^f^X^' A ecorations. , ' * a a, iy view we can of it, some J* I,®*, e , 1x1611 crufell y wronged; place the f man y peopie have per- K . trat , t treachery and some the most unblushing perjury. In fact, the 6a ' emn S conclusions which logically follow any verdict are so depressing that many good men shrink from them and refuse to make up their minds at all. But in spite of this blot Henry Ward Beecher will live in American history as one of the really great men of his age. We do well to honor him as a patriot, orator and friend of tho oppressed, ignoring any pei’sonal weakness; his monument is in the hearts of millions, and his career will long remain as a bright chapter in tho history of Brooklyn. The steadfast devotion of Mi's. Beecher to her husband and family is well known. She was a teacher before marriage, and was noted for conscientious devotion to duty. It is not too much to say that the funeral of the dead pastor was unique. In accordance with his wish, flowers were everywhere—the very pall was covered with flowers, and no near friend wore mourning. There was a private service at the house Thui sdaj-, and on Friday a pub¬ lic service at Plymouth church, where the floral decorations were the most profuse. The body lay in state part of Thursday, all of Friday and part of Saturday. Nearly 100,000 people viewed it. CHARLES W. FOSTER. The Versatile Humorist „ of The Omaha " orld> Charles W. Foster, the humorist of The Omaha \\ orld, is very generally regarded as a new writer, his paragraphs and dialogues in that paper having sprung into popularity at the moment of their first appearance, but the fact is that ho was trained for the work by years of arduous and responsible service in U m & ' /, 1 'L Wy' I CHARLES w. FOSTER, Press, News and Call of that city; and during this long term as a general worker had no opportunity or desire to give his humorous faculties full play. In The News and The Call he conducted “ funny col- minis ” which were widely quoted, but man¬ agerial responsibilities prevented him from doing himself justice. On The Omaha World he is not thus handicapped, and hence the marked difference in results. He is a devoted student of human nature. Mankind is his hobby. Given a chaiacter and an occa- fi° ib n would 3t 3S Be eaty natural for him for to that guess character what to do - ^ r - Foster’s humor is thus full °* revelations, his little surprises seeming in- exhaustible. Born and reared in the anthra¬ cite coal and canal regions of Pennsylvania, spending many of his early years in mining towns, he had the double advantage of asso- ciation with people of the highest refinement and personal acquaintance with characters such as could only be found there. For months he was one of the denizens of a min- ing district, one-lialf of w hose inhabitants were arrayed against the other, the law abid- ing portion tying drilled and uniformed in regular military organizations and many places being practically under martial law. Following his natural bent, he did his best to probe the cause of dissaffection to the bottom, often taking long tramps through the gang infested forests at night in hopes of adding to his stock of information, the points publicly presented being apparently of little moment. Men were being shadowed, beaten and shot seemingly without motive and a reign of terror bail begun, which con- tiuued with little interruption for years. From such scenes he was suddenly transferred to an academy iu a large city. After a few years he returned to his mountain home at Mauch Chunk, Pa., revisited the mining towns and w as then sent to Dio Lewis’ gymn- astic school near Boston, where outside of the hours of exercise he had nothing to do but study the universal Yankee as he exists in New England. After preparing for college, entering and remaining a few terms he abandoned the classics and spent sev- eral yeai-s in business pursuits, which took him into adjoining states and threw him among people of every imaginable sort His journalisticexperience in Philadel- phia embraced every duty which a newspaper worker can be called on to perform, an i led him into ail grades of society, from the fre queiiters of the lowest dives and denizens of the most revolting slums to the visiting wearers of coronets and their cultured American hosts. His rcportorial duties for- tunatcly happened to extend over the Centea- nial Year, and. being at the Exposition daily, lie acquired a familiarity with national traits and customs only po& ibie to the carefully ob- serving traveler. It will be seen, therefore, tliat The Onnba Woi'lU man has not achieved popularity nt a hound. He has labored as only journalises can or will labor at his chosen profession, and his bright sallies are but the glintings of sunshiny drollery along the rough but diversified hedges of wide ex- perieace. the most trying de- partmeuts of jour- nalism, his writ- ings showing in every line the broad scope of an “all around news- paper man.” He served for fifteen yeai-s on Philadel- phia papers, begin- nin « 08 a reporter ulfcimate] y b ©- condu g successive- ly the managing editor of three daily publications, The THE CALHOUN MONUMENT. It Will lie ITnveiletl at Charleston on the 26 th of April. The 26th of April next will t>e a day of im¬ portance in Charleston, S. G'., for on that date will there be unveiled the monument to John C. Calhoun that has been made by Mr. Albert E. Harmisch. Calhoun was a great figure in the history of South Carolina, and, indeed, his name is written in large characters upon the pages of the annals of the nation. The movement tc erect the monument was set on foot in 1854, when eleven ladies met, formed an associa* tion for the purpose of raising funds and set to work - By the end of the >' ear 5^,000 had been raised, ami canvassers were sent out tc augment this sum. By 1860 it had been ill- creased to $20,000, and the monev came from rich and poor alike. Then came the war, and of course there was a cessation of efforts in behalf of the fund. But it was not lost in the general wreck of fortunes which i^ accompanied * the struggle, ’ and ana this this hanov happy , e- —ST; ms£ !i M 1 i a m m }P •U ;: HJ A ; StfVV‘ CC I w. i lr mSm %, \\e HUL ___ THE CALHOUN STATUE. suit was due to the intelligent zeal of Mrs. M. A. Snowden, treasurer of the association, and in 1880 the market value of the securities in which the money had been invested was $.54 - 194.77. Four 3 'ears before this time rhe actual work of building the monument was resolved U P° 31 ' Thirteen gentlemen of Charleston were made a commiteee, with Maj. Henry E. Young chairman, and the contract was made with Mr. Harnisch to ex¬ ©cute the statue and design the ped- estal for $44,000. The contract called for a bronze statue of Calhoun, to be placed on a peuestal of Carolina granite, and four allegorical figures of Truth, Justice, Consti- Bition and History. The figure of Calhoun is fourteen feet high, and represents him ad- dressing the senate. Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar will make the dedicatory address. The moiiu- nient is placed in Marion square, opjiosite the South Carolina military academy, on Cal- houn street. MR. ALFRED SULLY. Sketch of a Railroad Man 4VI»o Has Slid* denly Become I’l oininent. Alfred Sully has not been especially prominent before the American public until lately. But his reported deal with Mr. Robert Garrett for a controlling interest in Baltimore and Ohio railroad—that mag- nificetit heritage of the Garrett (k W i k MP f/ /j vr y \>. Alfred sully. railway service. He was educated ior law and was duly admitted. In 1871 he became counsel for the Davenport an d St. Paul Railroad comp tiy, but occupied this post but one year. From 1S77 to 1SSO he was counsel for the New York and Man¬ hattan Beach Railroad company, and held a position on the directorate of this road from 1877 to 3883. From 1879 to 3S83 8© was secretary and member of the execu- tive committee of the Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railroad company, ami was later made vice president of the same com- pany. Hehasalsoatvarionstimesbeencon- nected with the financial and executive de- partmeuts of the Long Island City and Flusb- Big Railroad company, the Ohio and South- ©}‘ !1 Railroad company, the Central Iowa, the ^ e ' v York, Susquehanna and Western, and other lines. Mr. Sully has a keen, shrewd, strongly marked face and keen ©y©s. A Prairie Yacht. The prairie yacht, which should not by any means be confounded with the prairie schooner of emigrant days, is about the strangest sailing craft of which there is any record. Dr. H. M. Wheeler, of Grand Forks, D. T., is the genius who conceived tlie ^ ., °f , sbmmmg . ovei- the s.j ov r covered P a!ns °f the west b\ the aid of the omd, and, 4 a ftbe picture wffi make apparent, he mod- ^ 1S machine on the ice yachts of the - lu dson. ike chief difference between * lie icc 3 'acht and the prairie yacht, mdeed, is . that whereas the runners of the * J^S^fTN J j _ // frit- / / /V / 4' ^ “ jh; -f\\\ «*W\ V\ *\ : rnm v /? ___ c—-w ***" —~ brought him into the people’s view, and his every ac¬ tion and his every characteristic is likely to be scrut¬ inized with the closest attention for some time to come. Alfred Sully was born in Ot¬ tawa, Canada, May 2, 1841. It was not until he was 30 years of age that he went into thI prairie yacht. former craft are thiu and metal shod, the runners of the latter are practically tobog- gans. Dr. Wheeler’s yacht is lid feet long, with a beam of 14 feet; her mast is 20 feet hmg au<l is provided with fenders, which raise telegr aph wires so that the yacht may pass under them when they are encountered. The main boom is 22 feet long; gaff, 12 feet; jib- boom, 11}' feet; frame, 2 by 8 feet, set ver- ticallv. The runner planks are 0 inches apart 12 feet long by 2 feet in width. There ij plenty of land for prairie yachting in Dakota and, especially to the north, plenty of snow. 1 he sport must be very exciting. “Pet” Names in London. The use of “pet” names is said to lie the cause of much trouble in London. {Several ladies of position have been married recently under sobriquets that do not bear the slightest resemblance to their baptismal names. And. more curiously, jieople attempt to ignore or vary the designations of their ancestors who bore Christian names that are not considered fashionable now.—Chicago Times. WILLIAM T. COLEMAN. A Kentuckian Who Has Become a Cali¬ fornia Millionaire. The New York San has in its day aimed to start many booms. Among them is one for \\ illinm T. Coleman, of California, for the presidency. What it will amount to remains to lie seen, Mr. Coleman was born in Ken¬ tucky. The Louisville Courier Journal has this to say of his father: “More than forty years when the est of Kentuckians, taking Clay as an example, wero farmers, one of tho best farmers in central Kentucky was Napoleon Bon- apart© Coleman, of Harrison county. He represented that county from 1828 to 1831 in the legislature, when a man might belong to that body and be esteemed by his neighbors a gentle- man. By the way, numerous other members of the Coleman family in Harrison became legislators, and all were accounted honorable men. N. B. Coleman was likewise a lawyer of prominence, having an office in Cynthiana. His remains were placed in the neat little cemetery near that place. It is the son of this gentleman who is suggested for the presi¬ dency.” W illiam T. Coleman was a pioneer on the Pacific coast, buying 43,000 acre s, including the site of San Rafael, the capital of Marin county, which city by him afterward, shade trees on ‘S of Sau Rafael, now a pleasant resort for those who desire a constant wavm ^treat winds and of a San change Francisco. from the Mr. cool Cole- and man has large and controlling interests in the salmon canning establishments of the Pacific coast, besides which he has valuable gold mimug stocks, an interest in one of the few hoi ax mines m the Tjnitcd States, and men- New Sw v \ ork in and London. t“ f“ i"' His success cb in ^». man- aging all these varied interests marks him as u man of wkU. e«cnt.ve ability. He i»a larueil man, with a son, also net it led, m business m ban Francisco, and another sou, younger , just returned from study and travel in Europe. The fortune of Mr. Coleman is estimated variously at from $3,000,000 to $20,000,000. Sharing the Profits. The plan of sharing profits among the cm- ployos of productive establishments is re¬ ceiving more and more attention from em- ployers of labor, and the announcements of the intention to carry on business upon this basis are constantly increasing in number. If the system grows in popularity at its pree- ent rate of increase in two or three years m p re it will perhaps te found to have sup- ph pd a solution to some of the most vexatious of labor problems.—Boston Herald, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. How the Sunday Opeuing Plan Is Pro¬ gressing. When the question of opening the New York museums to the public on Sundays was first proposed it had many less adherents than it has now. At that time—several years ago —even those citizens inclined to liberalism felt very delicate about handling the Sun¬ day question. It was an untried and seemingly dangerous experiment, a com¬ plete change from old customs, opposed to old laws and old sentiments. Since then, however, the public has either grown a long way toward the Sunday open- ing or it has grown nearer to them. Perhaps its progress was helped along by the success which met the introduction of music into Central park on Sundays. This is now an established Sunday amusement, and a de- corous one withal. “Sunday,” say those^vho favor Sunday opening, “is the laboring ma]Q,s da >'- Art and music are educators; no ^ only educators, but apostles and makers proselytes. There is no way during the wben t wa ‘ “ l 1 ^ 11 et shond a,ld mu ^ °™ e togetuei. On the otucr hand it is heal that the proposed innovation will tend to greatly increa-e the desecration of the Fai/bath, which the opponents of the plan already too general in New York. J? eviojjolitan Moseum is almost inat is, aii admission fee of twenty-five cvnts 011 - '^ 1( “y^anu i ucsitays,while the . - .i* mum > i.o enaige is maoe. It i* suuateil m one of the most l>eautiful parts of Central pai'k, almost directly opposite the Obelisk, that Egyptian monolith that cost one of the Vanderbilts $1GO,OCO to bring to this country. The Museum building Ls of red brick, with white marble trimming's. It does not pp^ent at all a handsome appearance, the :^ le of a rebitecture tying urn,upmove, and the marb.c tninmnp are stained w ith the Io * ,ae of Tbe building, however, NO. 32. % ! j Jm. 'ri. 1 til ■ Y/ t.' \ william coleman. [Photo by Taber, cisco.) San Fran- TOCCOA NEWS JOB OFFICE We are Prepared to Print LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, STATEMENTS CIRCULARS. LAND DEEDS, MORTGAGE NOTE MARRIAGE LICENSE, &C. is not flllish(M C as a new wing is ^ added on the side shown in the P lotar ®- Th ^ basement floor contains f co ^ ect * 011 of laces* tapestries, etc., caleu- ^° attract and hold the admiring eyes of Iady visiton \ There is also on this floor a ni °st interesting exhibition of Mexican and ^bdian art. On tlie first floor the statuary fillds room - Handsome cases, containing col- Iections of rarc old Rlass and silver ware, are run ^ etI aroimti the room, and at one end are a nund>er Indian tombs and idols. Tho actors ’ monument to Edgar Allan Poe is at ^he main entrance to the floor. J aSSg*fayas &» : i sSHsaBIk J S$%l&£frZl * /;(] -» 1 0 j 1 fflafc 7i -■V x a« METUOPOLITAX MUSEUM OF ART. Above are the galleries of paintings, tho east devote*i to the old masters and the west to tho modern school. Between these two are long cases of rare pipes, snuff boxes, cutlery, porcelain ware. etc. And the people w ho go there are as varied as the objects to bo found therein. There is the bright, bustling school girl, striving to crowd a whole day’s work into half an hour. Tho open eyed, smudge faced street gamin, with his ever ready criticism. The young iierson whose education has been neglected and who finds this an awful boro. The cultured young lady, who has been there time and again, who always gushes over the same “ Madonna and Child.” The professional artist, with his quiet appreciation or condemnatory expres¬ sion of countenance. The old connoisseur, the park policeman, the nursemaid, tho baby, the unemploj-ed young man ami the retired old one, all flock here Oil the free days. For lie it known, the i*»y days are favored by my lady in her car- l iage, who disburses twenty-five cents on Mon¬ days and Tuesdays for what she could view gratis on other days- Some things are rushed by, some are dwelt before for an hour. In some is found a reminiscence of the country lane, or the stretch of sea shore of childhood’s •lays. Here, in a pictured face, may lxi t,ko counter! eit presentment of living countenance there the perfect expression of something we have dreamt or thought. The old Bibles, too, with their gaudily colored and impossi¬ bly formed prophets and good men, are often and curiously viewed. The museum has increased greatly in sire and interest since it found its present abiding place i i Central park. Formerly it occupied quarters the museum had visitors in a week ^ vate philanthropy took the strugglunr worhl travel infanV to its arms. Foreign consuls, aesthetically inclined merchants and dilet- tante bankers, who found recreation and pride in scouring the earth for the^ artistic trea^ troas- ures, generously dumped into the vacant OI . i . 2; merely loaned, while- others have been mfta and bequests witbin'it, outright. All is not tmod that i., conteme,! gay , f lom gran d to mediocre, its rontents range. Many of the directors of the museum are averse to opening it on Sundays, while the board of aldermen has issued a resolution in its favor. No matter how the question is de¬ cided the institution, while not equaling the Corcoran Art gallery and one or two other collections in some particular department, i» without doubt the best in our part of the world. A Serl-ms Difficulty In Annam. The French company which is putting tele¬ graph lines in Annam finds itself confronted with a serious difficulty. Recently one of the lines ceased working, and a party was sent out to locate the break. At the gates of an Aunamite village the Frenchmen were met by an amiable deputation of the inhabitants. “Wo are very poor,” said the bead man of the village, and. we have felt it necessary to take the wires ou the poles in our territory and sell them; but in order that your excellencies need not be subjected to any inconvenience, we have replaced the wire by the neatest bamboo rods that we could find, all neatly fitted together. We trust that you are satis¬ fied with the change.”—Boston Transcript. George C. Milo's Skull. hen George C. Miln, the Chicago preach¬ er, gave up the pulpit to go on the stage- many of his friends made him presents Among these was a skull whose cheek bones 'vere abnormally large. Miln asked tho donors where they got the ghastly relic. Ho was told that the skull once held the vicious brain of a murderer who was hanged for bis crime; but not one pr< etsed to know the felon’s name or the manner in which the skull was obtained. Mr. Miln has since made many efforts to discover the nr,me of the murderer, bufc without success. He uses tho skull when he plays Hamlet.—New York Suil “Do you believe in witchcraft, Mr. Pon- “ , r . , T _ lr - ’ ur ‘ V. an , UI1 ^©^ . r e ' er » until . 1 met responded Pon- V ty- uia t you, . On an average 30XM) books a year are now pu ,.. ls , , S*rer S mi«n» Concernl.^ Cate Tliero are numerous quaint superstitions connected with cats: "Blood from a black cats tail will cure tits.” “To cure a felon. bold the finger affected in a cat's ear for a qua iter of an Lour each day.” “If a man swallow two or three cat’s hairs they will cause him to faint” “If one dreams of lighte ing with a cat that scratches him he will be sick or in affliction.” The belief nothingbut^ that cots “suck the breath” of infants is cat^mouth “suf^rstition,” the formation of a being such that the thing is an utter uiipossi- bility.—Cosmopolitan.