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GRIEFS.
Tho raimrof winter scourged "the weald,
Far days they darkened on the field;
Now, where the wings of winter
The poppies ripple in the wheat.
And pitilew grief* n»w thick and fast—
Life’s bough was naked in the blast—
Till silently amid the gloom
They blew the wintry heart to bloom.
i —Charles E. Markham ., in Xeribnor.
f JOHN.
“Do you need a man to work about
your place, sir?”
books Judge Parker looked up from his law
and papers to the Questioner n
stalwart man, abouffthirty years of age
poor, but genteel, in appearance and
Bpectful in ’
manner and speech
•Tako a chair,”mid the Judge, polite-
ly, motioning to one near him.
“No, thank you, sir; I prefer to stand
if you please. The door was open and I
made bold to walk in. I knocked several
times on the door frame but vou didn’t
hear me. I came just to ask if you need
a man to do any sort of work about your
phice? If you do not, I’41 not take up
any more of your time, as I see you’re
busy. Bub I hope you do, sir ; I need
work badly ”
“You are a stranger in Pixlcy, buck’ are you
;.otr-,,,kcd Jim r*}i*11r thc Judge, leaning in
» “Partly so. I lived here years ago.”
“Your name?”
“John.”
“Your surname?”
“I would like you to call me just John,
sir, if you please?”
“Don’t you know, my man, that with¬
holding your name is not a good recom¬
mendation, and very likely to make an
unfavorable impression?”
“I know it, sir, but if you’ll only try
hie, I think you’ll find that my faithful
ness and desire to do everything
will make up for the rest of my name ”
Something about the man’s bearing
and appearance strongly impressed Judge
Parker, inspiring a desire to know more
uf him, and he said:
“Well, i’ll tell you candidly that I
like j’our appearance and manner, but
tvhen a man refuses to give his name,
there’s always something wrong.”
“There is something wrong, sir—I’ll
be honest with you—there is something
wrong with the name, but not with me—
not now. I could easily give you a false
name. Ain’t the fact that I don’t give
one some sign of honesty, and won’t vou
please look at that as a recommendation,
uir?”
“It is an indication, certainly, re¬
sponded the Judge. “Nowit just hap¬
pens that I do need a mnn about my
country place here: need one badly
Bummer is upon us, brinirinfr a ureat deal
of work to be done about the grounds. 1
have a man for the stable and horses, so
the new hand would have to do the
rough work, mowing the lawn, raking,
weeding, sawing wood, keeping the
grounds in good order, running errands,
»nd so on. Would you be willing to do
that?”
“Certainly, sir,” John hopefully re¬
sponded. “I’ll be only too glad if you’ll
try mo.”
“But you are an able bodied young
fellow who could make at some trade
much more than I could give you for the
work mentioned, and if I mistake not
your appearance, you have had higher
aims than this sort of work.”
“That is all true, sir; I could make
more at other work, and I have had higher
aims, hut you’ve seen how misfortune
steps in sometimes on our aims. But I’d
be glad to do such work as you said for
the summer, if you’ll only give me a
trial.”
I “’’Vhat are your terms?”
“That is not important, sir-”
“Not important? Why, my man, it is
becoming plain to me that you have some
object other than this work; some plan
which such a position is to subserve.
Haven’t you?”
“Not exactly plan, but I have a rea¬
son for coming to you that I’d rather not
tell, if you please. It’s not a wrong pur¬
pose, and I hope you won’t refuse me the
work on its account.”
“It gives rise to unfavorable suspic-
ions, though. An unusual number of
things are against you. Y'ou refuse to give
your name, you seek work plainly be-
ueath your abilities, wages are unimport-
ant, and lastly, the work is not your chief
object. You must certainly be aware
that these would be good grounds for
turning you away.”
“1 am aware of that, sir, aud was
afraid that when I came to you that I
would appear in a bad light, but I con-
eluded to be honest about it anyhow.
Try me, though, sir; you’ll not regret it.
I want the place sorely; more than I dare
tell. I’m in distress. I have nothing
else to say. My appearance is my .only
recommendation. If that won’t do, I
must go.”
lie looked pleadingly at the Judge,
who. rising, came from behind the desk,
and standing close to the applicant, said:
“Well, John, let me tell you that your
candor and evident truthfulness have im-
pressed me very strongly in your favor,
despite the appearance against you. I'll
try you for a month, but you must not
complain if you are denied certain free-
dom and privileges that would be ac-
corded to a man who has proven himself
trustworthy, or if your actions are more
closely watched. ’
“I ve seen those consequences, sir, and
it’s all right. They are to be expected
under thc circumstances, and 1 won't
complain. l)o as you please with me till
you feel I can be trusted. Show me the
work at once, sir. if you can. I couldn't
tiud word to thank you, sir. even if you
had time to hear thorn. My work must
show you how grateful I am.”
Donuiifg a broad-brimmed straw hat,
Judgc Parker conducted the new man
out over his spacious estate, indicating
what work would be expected of him,
and set him to do some weeding at a
spot in sight of his study w indows.
He then returned to his papers
books, but as the afternoon wore on. he
cast frequent glances through the win-
dow at John. It was plain that he had
become deeply interested in the man whose
history had been so candidly aud honestly
withheld. He could uot fathom the
mystery with which the applicant chose
to envelop himself, but he trusted that
his purposes were honorable, though lr.
was somewhat suspicious.
Judge Parker was a large-hearted man,
widely known and beloved for his genial-
by, benevolence and uniform justice,
The humblest citizen, if worthy, might
apply to him for help, certain of a patient
and responsive hearing. Knowing that
his liberality had drawn to him many un-
worthy suppliants, he now suspected that
John had some design upon his pliilan-
thiopy, and accordingly believed he
needed watching
Bui each glance through the window
showed John working industriously,
with an earnest vigor and care that cut
the sharp edges from this suspicion.
And so he worked throughout the trial
month. Faithfulness and a pains-taking
interest were stamped upon each
of his work, and many persona comment-
cd to the Judge upon thejunproved ap-
pearance of the place.
John was an unusually quiet and rmoi>
trusive man. He seldom volunteered re-
marks save to ask instructions concerning
work ? he never presented himself un-
bidden. Judge Parker’s several efforts
elicit 50111(3 account of his failod 5
lle was res P ectfulJ J candid in answering
at he did not wish to tel1 anything
° ut lumself . > f&jing that be entirely
rested his hope of continued employment
"P™ '» rk -
When the month ended he was re ‘ en -
gaged ’ and StiU he mantaiaed the same
* crupulous car « in ever J P i<)Ce of work >
triV)al - He was not a “new
1,room - 1Ie never left lhe place v unless
“ nt UpOT1 errands ’ and ’ retirin g earl y t(J
roora ’ spent blS eveuia 8 3 “ V™*
pU U,tS ' i
™ Thc Jud T . , interest . , . , hlm , “to .
2 e 8 in
g him, f nUme and /ondne». found him He well liked posted to talk and to
shrewd } n the ways of th( ; w ° rld J and
•—iu*j Tf pa"h7",L“ ijiwv mt, tiiuv t-L vvdo ftaS u cLdim
book.
The summer wore uneventfully away
until one morning, late in August, a vis¬
itor entered the Judge’s study. It was
Joshua Skiles, a member of one of the
bars in the judicial district over which
Judge Parker presided. His face indicat¬
ed an important mission.
“Judge,” he said, after a few remarks
on general subjects: “you have a new
man at work on your place.”
“Yes, indeed I have. I don’t wonder
>' ou ve not,ced . , . Man y others have
s l K)ken to me of the improvement. But
ho ’ 8 no eye-server; he’s thorough-going
smallest detail.
Skiles G ri uned expectantly at this en-
thusiasm, as he asked:
“ What is Misname?”
“He calls himself John,
“No surname, eh!”
“No—well, the truth is, he declined
to give it, and he’s been so faithful that
I have respected his reasons for conceal¬
ing it, whatever they are.”
“Is it possible you don’t remember
him, Judge?”
“No, I don’t; yet several times I’ve
thou S ht th ere was something familiar
about him, either in motions or looks, I
can’t tell which.”
“Well, I've just got back from a trip
to Euro P c > been most a11 over the old
coua ^ r yt the moment I set eyes on
>’ our new mun 1 knew the f< ; Uow, if he
has disguised himself with whiskers.
I’m not often deceived in people, I tell
you.”
“I dare say not, but I am if I’ve ever
seen him before.”
“Well, then, Judge,” said Skiles, with
manifest pleasure, “you sentenced him
ten years ago to the penitentiary.”
Judge Parker looked closely at Skiles
before replying or showing any feeling of
the statement. The man was not a fa-
vorite at the bar. He bore a reputation
for pettiness, his cases usually being
trivial, most of them plainly trumped up
himself upon trifling disputes between
parties, aud he was given to volunteer¬
ing services as bids for favor.
So the Judge looked at him, secretly
displeased at the disclosure, He didn’t
w'nnt to hear evil of John; ho liked him,
and was disposed to believe this one of
Skiles’s designs upon his favor.
“His name, Mr. Skiles?”
“Jchn Dorker,” replied Skiles, effu¬
sively. “Y r ou sentenced him ten years
ago last March for burglary, which was
proved beyond the slightest shadow of
doubt. There wasn’t a scintilla of evi-
dence in his favor. Why the jury were
out only about ten minutes. I was
present during the trial, and I can truth¬
fully say it was the plainest case of guilt
in my legal experience. You sent him up
for five years.”
“Are you certain of this, Mr. Skiles?”
the Judge asked, coldly. “It’s a very
serious matter to brand a man as a con-
vict. lie is doing well here. May you
uot be mistaken?”
“No, indeed, I never forget a face.”
“It seems that I do, then. What is
your purpose?”
“Simply to warn you, sir.”
“What good will it do you if I dis-
charge him?”
These questions cut close, and Skiles
winced a little as he replied:
“None at all, sir. I didn’t expect it to
—except that inward consciousness of
doing a service. I thought you would
certainly not wish to have a man sleeping
in your house whom you sentenced your-
self, and who served his term in prison.”
“Well, now, Mr. Skiles, to be frank
with you, I don’t, believe in always put-
ting the foot of virtuous scorn on a man’s
neck because he was once a criminal,
There's no reason why such a man
shouldn’t or couldn't reform, and lead an
honest life. I’ve sentenced many men to
prison, but have never had a good
chance to do one a kindness. I honestly
believe that many a criminal would rise
to rectitude if helped, and John is one
of them.”
“We generally try to get rid of a
stumbling horse.Judge,” said Skiles.with
a weak laugh. “If you doubt my story
call the man in and face him with it.”
This was exactly what Judge Parker
did not wish to do. He believed the
story, but did not want to give Skiles
the expected satisfaction of seeing John's
disgrace laid bare. A sincere sorrow for
him arose, and he said:
“2so. Mr. Skiles, I'll not confront him
with it now.”
The pettifogger thereupon bowed him-
self out, somewhat crestfallen, as lie had
confidently expected to win the Judge's
influence in an appointment he aspired
to, and to have seen the criminal ignom-
iniously dismissed.
Looking after him Judge Parker mused
—“1 do wonder why some people love so
much more to find evil than good in a
person. A noble enaracter is to them as
a whitewashed fence against which they
delight to throw mud. I hate to tell
Johu of this, but I suppose it must be
done."
Johu promptly obeyed the summons,
entering respectfully aud inquiringly. A
shade of distrust upon the Judge's face
made him uneasy, but he calmly and with
manly dignity awaited the communica-
tion.
“Sit down, John, the Judge began
kindly; “it may be a long interview"
He complied, and began nervously
volviag his straw hat. by shifting his fin-
gers along the edge of the brim, but he
looked firmly at Ms employer.
'WS~i l“th D
lace, as he replied:
“It is, si*. You have remembered me
at last.”
“You expected me toi”
“I did, yes, sir.”
“No, I didn’t recognize you, John,”
said the Judge, with a note of disappoint-
ment in his voice, “but a lawyer at the
bar told me who you were.”
“Always some one to give a fellow a
kick, no matter how hard he's trying to
get up."
“Yes, it seems so. Now, John, he
says I sentenced you ten years ago to the
penitentiary. Is it true?”
“It is, sir,” was the humble reply,
“And you served your full term of five
years?”
“Lacking the time of commutation l
did.”
“What have you done since your re-
lease?”
“Nothing but try, sir; shifting about
from place to place. I’ve tried hard,
desperate hard to lead a true, honest life,
but it’s up-hill work. There's a weight
on a man like me, sir. The opening
penitentiary door is at the very foot of
a hill, and when a poor fellow’ comes out
and tries to walk up, there’s always some
one glad to push him back again.”
“Were you guilty of the burglary?”
“I was, It w’as my first crime.
The easy gam , looking , . tempting, . and I T
fell. I needed money; but there is n^ux-
cuse, I deserved the punishment, tci puts ^.e
awful years sir, #ve me time cts a
tion, and I determined that ^ wh<|.
out, with God’s help to pick m;f ,s a
It’s been hard; cruelly, fearfully farm
I haven't fallen again. I’m an Vonest
man in my heart, sir, if the world won't
acknowledge it ”
“But why didn’t you J tail me this when
you came? It would have been better.”
“I suppose it would, sir. But I was
too weak. I needed work so badly, and
if you had turned me away then, why
“What, John?”
“Never mind, if you"please, sir; you
didn’t turn me off.”
“Very well, John, I’ll not ask j r ou.
But you said you had a special purpose
in coming to me. Can you tell me that?”
John Dorker arose, laid his hat upon
the chair, and facing the Judge said im¬
pressively :
“Do you remember, sir, W’hat you said
when you sentenced me?”
“No, I do not.”
“Well, sir, your words burnt them¬
selves into my heart as if they’d been
sparks. I used to fancy I saw them writ¬
ten in fiery letters at night upon the black
wall of my cell. You spoke feelingly,
sir, like you pitied me, and that’s what
made them take such a hold on me.
They were: ‘Young man, you have set
your foot on a dangerous path. The way
of crime never leads upward, always
down, down to the unknown depths.
The pure sunlight of heaven never smiles
upon it. It is crowded with wrecks of
noble lives. When you tread it, you
leave mother, true friends, light, peace,
heaven and God behind you. You are
going to prison. In the quiet years you
shall spend there, look over this life of
yours, and think if you can afford to
spend the smallest possible portion of it
on this path. Come out a pure man.
You will still be young, with much of
your life before you; many years to be
useful and good in, and to retrieve this
false step. Let me say from my heart,
young man, don’t blight your life.
He dashed the tears from his eyes,
and proceeded:
“My mother sat weeping . behind me,
sir, as I stood at the rail. I was her
only support. God alone knew how she
was to live during those years. Your
words were knife-thrusts, sir. I did
me to pray to. And I did reflect, sir, in
those quiet years, and I came out a pure
man God knows how I’ve tried not to
let that false step blight my life. But
wherever I went, someone spread the
truth: ‘Employing that man, that John
Dorker; why, he s a convict. ’
“I became desperate; a temptation
stared me in the face. I felt myself
weakening. Starvation, gloom, despair,
a broken-hearted mother w T ere about me,
and I wavered, sir, when a thought
came: ‘Surely, surely, the Judge who
spoke those words would help me; he
wouldn’t turn me away.’ And I came.
It was my last chance.' Too much de-
pended upon my getting work, dr to
risk telling you my story. But now I’m
found out, aud I’m ready for your de-
cision- Can you trust a convicted
burglar in your house? Will you give
me a trial? If not, I’ll go awayand try
*
it again, sir, but I don’t know—”
Judge Parker sprang up aud warmly
grasped the trembling hand.
“Trust you, John? Give you a trial?
You have been tried, and I again sentence
you, John Dorker. to five years in my
service, in mj most earnest help, in my
best effort to place you on the road to
prosperity. God bless you! '
And when the sentence was served,
John Dorker was an honest and useful
citizen.— Yankee Blade.
A Millionaire’s House-Boat.
Alexander Graham Bell, the millionaire
inventor of the telephone, is going to en¬
joy his summer in a novel fashion. A
Baltimore boat-builder has built for him
the most singular looking craft that has
ever been put afloat, jMterned somewhat
after Mr. Noah's historic craft. Mr.
Bell calls it a house-boat. I am told it
is an immense catamaran, housed over
with a charming cottage that contains
double parlors, dining room, billiard
room and spacious sleeping apartments,
besides kiteken, bath rooms and servants’
quarters. The house is elaborately fur¬
nished and fitted up with every comfort
and convenience that can be found in a
modern residence. It is propelled by two
powerful screws, and in smooth water it
is estimated that the boat will attain a
speed of fifteen miles an hour. It was
put together in Nova Scotia.— Xew York
G-raphic.
A Queer Relic,
Once upon a time a car containingi^old
and silver coin was burned on its way
from the mint to Washington % aud in the
ruins the searchers found wo silver dol-
lars held firmly together by a ten-cent
piece. The coins were badly discolored
and twisted, but nearly in the centre of
one of the silver dollars was imbedded a
shining $5 gold piece as bright and oer-
feet as when it came from the mint. The
explanation given bv the Norwalk,
(Conn.) Hour is, that just at the right
time the gold coin dropped upon the
silver, the latter still in a half* melted
state. The queer relic is the property of
ex- Uni ted States Treasurer Jsctes W.
Hyatt.—Boston Herald.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Hot Weather Advice—His Head Was
a Void—He Found an Opening—*
A W Oman’s Spite—Reflex
Repentance, Etc., Etc.
5-
What though the blazer lies &
Unused upon the shelf;
What though the lemon sighs
For glory for himself;
What though the swimmer's sprawl
What Ripples no frigid pool;
Keep though the rain drops fall,
cooll
—Buffalo Courier.
ms HEAD WAS A VOID.
“I often feel an aching void,” re¬
marked young Fitzpercy to Miss Susie.
“I am sorry you are troubled with
chronic headache,” replied the girl,
sympathetically .-^Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph. m
HE FOUND AN OPENING.
Would-be Reporter (sliding into the
sanctum)—“Have you got an opening for
me?”
Editor—“Yes, indeed. Take hold of
that ring s in the floor and ^n’t pull. There’s
a t doQr tliere . It hurt you
much .”—Lawrence American.
A woman’s SPITE.
an awfully small mouth Miss
Bagly has, remarked Jennie.
“That w only a deceptive tnck ^ she has
acquired,’^replied Miss Snyder. “You
ought to just see her out in the yard on
wash da Y witk five clothes-pins in her
mouth.”— , Epoch.
REFLEX REPENTANCE.
Parkson—“I’ll bet fifty cents that
Melville’s girl lias jilted him.”
Richford-—“What makes you think
60?”
Parkson—“Why he’s out under the
trees, looking for that pipe he threw
away last month. ”—Burlington Free Press.
THEIR PICTURES.
“Hurry to the door, Mary, and let
Mr. Smith in. He has rung twice.”
‘ ‘That isn’t Mr. Smith, it is the other
young gentleman.”
“YVell, wait a minute, then. I must
change the photographs on the mantel.”
—Life.
A CRUEL DASHING OF HOPES.
Father—“Bobby, are you too lame
and tired to walk a mile and a half to
the circus?”
Bobby—“No indeed, father.”
Father—“Well, then, you will go into
the yard and run the lawn mower until
bedtime. I’ve no circus money this
year .”—Omaha World.
NATURAL HISTORY.
Frog (to elephant)—“How far can you
jump, you big lummix?”
Elephant—“I can’t jump atall,froggy-
woggy.”
Frog (hoisting his shoulders)—‘ ‘You’re
unlucky. When I see an enemy approach¬
ing, with a few jumps I’m out of danger.”
Elephant—“When I see an enemy ap¬
proaching I don’t have to jump.”—
Harper's Bazar.
TRAINING FOR IIIS CANE.
Swell Boy—‘ Feel that muscle, Char-
ley.”
Dudeley—“Good gracious! How did
y 0U „ e ^
“Gymnasium. Dumb-bells, sand-bags,
Indian clubs, and all that sort o’thing,
y °“whj-
Willie! What do you wautto
get fLrhri'r up your J muscle for ? You’re no
”
^ De ‘ah boy, I’ve heard from London
that canes will be i arger than ever. Don’t
you see ? I’m in training for my cane.
Chicago Herald.
_
mixed , the certificates. ^ t
Government Clerk (to friend)—“I’m in .
a frightful hole. I went to see two doc-
tors yesterday and got a medical certifi-
catefrom each - One was a certificate of
health for a life insurance company and
the other was a certificate of illness to
send to the cldef with my petition for a
^nend— Well I ve done ^ that myself.
What'S the matter?
G- G- —“Matter? Great Scott, I
mixed the certificates in mailing them,
The insurance company has my certifi-
ca * e of ill health and the chief has my
certificate of good health !”—Boston
Beacon.
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her choice of craft.
They were sitting on the piazza that
faced the sea, watching the white-sailed
yachts as they crossed the moon’s track,
when suddenly he said:
“I think it must be delightful sailing °
on such a lovelv night.”
“Oh! lovely,'I o'wned should think.”
“I wish I one for your sake ' I
would take vou sailing every night.”
“That would be just lovely ?”
“What kind of a yacht would you pre-
fer—a steam yacht or a sailing one?”
“I think,” she murmured, as she
glanced around, “I think I would like a
little smack.”
She got it.— Boston Courier.
A MODEST WOOER.
“Mabel, said the young man bashful-
ly, “do you know I think your mother is
a wonderfully fine woman.”
“I am glad to know' that she has won
your esteem.
“Do you think that I have succeeded
in making a favorable impression on
her?”
“I don t know'of any reason to believe
the contrary. Why do you ask?
“I was only wondering.”
“Wondering what?”
“Whether she could ever think enough
of me to accept me for a son-in-law.”
And Mabel did her best to give him
confidence .—Merchant Traveler.
FINE SENTIMENTS.
“Yes, gentlemen,” he said eloquently,
and with a patriotic thrill in his voice,
“I think that when an American citizen
is tendered a nomination to office by his
fellow men, it is his sacred duty to ac-
cept it. Let him put aside all thoughts
of self. A man can serve his country in
times of peace as DoW.- Triends, as he can in times
of tear. Gentlemen. I thank you
for the honor you have conferred upon
me, and even though the salary may be
*
»m?ll. I will_”
“It is not a salaried, office, Colonel,”
explained one of his admirers.
,r Wha-a-ail no salary. Then Frrv
durubdd if I accept it!”— Texas Siftings.
A coincidexce.
“I’m interested in that young man,"
said stransfer Number One.
'•So am I,” Mid Number Two; “quite q
a coincidence uv! ! !’ isn't it?”
Yes, so it is. Vi I ve watched , v him . for .
a
number of years, and I think he has the
making of a smart man in him. In fact f
I have taken quite a fancy to him.”
“And I lent him five dollars over a
year ago, and I’m quite interested to
know when he intends to pay it. Yes,
we are both of us quite interested in him
and as I remarked before, it’s quite a coin-
cidence.”
Then each looked fiercely at the other,
and turned on his heel simultaneouslv;
which was quite a coincidence.— Yankee
Blade.
PROGRESS VS. PREJUDICE.
have “Laura,” said the old man, “will you
some taters?”
‘ ‘If you refer to the farinaceous tubers
which pertain to the solanum tuberosum,
and which are commonly a known as pota^ B
h!> (! ^ V ee ff 1 *' , 1 graduate,
“I I would would be pleased i , to , be helped to a
modicum of the same. But taters?
1 aters? Ini quite sure, papa, they are
something of which I never before had
the pleasure of hearing. ”
The old man hammered on the table
till the pepper castor lay down for a rest,
and then remarked iu. a voice of icy calm-
*
ness:
taters?” “Laura, will you have some of the
“Y r es, papa.”
Is our boasted high school system a
failure or is it not ?—Terre Haute Ex¬
press.
AN EPISODE OF TRAVEL.
He had on a high collar with lurid
stripes and a vest which for colors would
have dimmed the glories of Joseph’s
famous garment. He was eating at the
same table with a middle-aged, bald-
headed man who appeared to be doing
pretty much as he pleased. He helped
himself to water out of the young man’s
decanter and had remained apparently ob¬
livious to the indignant glances that fol¬
lowed the proceeding. He had given
orders to the young man’s waiter and the
latter had hastened to fill them in prefer¬
ence to all others. At length a dispute
arose as to an opeu window.
“Put it down,” said the young man.
“Leave it up,” said the other.
“Who are you, anyhow?” spluttered
the young man, who was thoroughly
aroused. “Do you own this hotel?”
“Yes, sir,” was the bland response.
“I am the landlord .”—Merchant Traveler.
“tipping” a waiter.
“I had the greatest time at the hotel
I stopped at while I was down to the
city,” remarked Uncle Josh to the admir¬
ing crowd who collected at the store to
hear of his journey. “They had a great,
big dining-room there, and more than a
hundred waiters, but none of ’em came
around where I was. I sot there as much
as a hour, an’ none of ’em paid the least
bit ot attention to me. Finally a man
at the table with me, who was just fin-
ishin’ his dinner, says: ‘You’ll have to
tip one of the waiters if you want to get
any attention here.’
“Wall, I ’lowed I cud do that fast
enuf, fer I felt about mad jest then, so
the very next waiter that came skipping
by with a hul raft o’ dishes up over his
head, I put out my foot and tipped him
up quicker’n wink. That was the quick¬
est way to get attention I ever seed.
Why, I hed the whole hotel, boss an’ all,
there in about ten seconds.”— Peek's Sun.
_ There ls . b oth mone y and { un “f™ rd *
fishing. „ , A A few c years ago few f fished for
the big wiley, wicked and solitary pirate
°. f tb « ocean; then smacksmen chased
hmi in their swift crafts for the sport the
novel cruise afforded to idlers at summer
resorts, who paid §1 a head to see tho
fishermen stand up to a swordfish and
stick a harpoon into him. Finally, since
the dietary merits of broiled swordfish
were recognized, swordfishing became a
steady and lucrative vocation.
New London, Stonington, and espe-
cially Block Island are the home of
swordfishmen. To open the swordfishing
season it is necessary only for a smacks-
of the f bowsprit, » b ° ard where l valk a “P*? little cage is
erected for the harpooner to stand in and
lash a long-tailed harpoon along the side
of the bowsprit; then he is ready to
cruise. He sails right out toward the
gulf stream, twenty, thirty or forty miles,
near whose tepid waters the swordfish
loves to float lazily near the surface, his
dorsal fin just showing above and cut-
ting the water like the cutter of a sod ;
pl °^' The smack swims smoothly up
to the fin an I the harpooner drives his
Jong-handled en(i trident tu^spar into is attached the big by fish. a !
stout cord a floatin g buoy, which the
harpooner lets go overboard as soon as
he strikes the fish. No sooner does the
C(dd stee * v i ta ^ s
he is off in a furious rush into the wide
oc ? ai b dragging along the buoy, which
P°^ n ^ ou ^ to the fishermen the course he
is taking. The smacksmen sail after the
the fish until he tires himself out; then
they kill him at their leisure, lift him
aboard, and go cruising for more game.
A smitten swordfish does not always
die ignominiotisly, and when the notion
pops into his head, as it frequently does,
that he will make it lively for the enemy,
be j s an ugly antagonist. Twice last
summer wounded swordfish drove their
long, sharp swords clean through the
sjq e s of smacks, and in one instance the
vesssel barely escaped going to the bot-
tom, the sea pouring in through the
bro ken planks. In another instance a
b i g swordfish towed a smack several
miles, the harpoon line being fastened
to the vessel .—New York Sun.
A Dying One Reviews His Whole Life.
A I rench scientist affirms that a dying
person in his last moments thinks of the
chief events of his life. Persons resus¬
citated from drowning, epileptics with
grave attacks, persons dying and already
unconscious but momentarily brought
back to consciousness by ether injections
to utter their last thoughts, all confirm
this remarkable fact. Brown-Sequard
mentions the indisputable fact that per¬
sons who, inconsequence of cerebral af-
fections, have been paralyzed for years,
get bock when dying their sensibility,
mobility and intelligence. Such facts
clearly show that at the moment of dis-
solution important changes take place, re-
acting on the composition of the blood
and the functions of the organs. — Chi-
cago Times.
A Chiropodist Has His Say
“Year before last Iliad two wome n
patrons to one man,” said a chiropodist.
f lld 80 f ar this year,
n £ "“i t Img ° fl ln former Peonage
as m ° re one h ? U - Bu ‘
there has been no decrease in . the num-
ber of my male customers. How do I
account for all this? Easily. Fashion
in shoes is responsible for it. A year
and a half ago the high, narrow French
heels were the fashion in woman’s shoes,
atu I they are one of the best friends a
chiropodist * can have. They are re
ar and rapid breeders of corns.
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woman wltllout can wear a pair of such shoes
B\ lt ^ Iow looking up a corn doctor,
heel I s now the
fashion. If , the rest of the shoe fits the
foot, the heels are the natural enemy of
corns ami the chiropodist has to suffer.
It is generally believed that woman are
more vain of their feet than men are of
theirs, but niv experience has shown
me that quite the contrary is the fact.
Men will insist in making their foot
look small, and anv shoe that will do
J hat j 3 tbe d ° f fasbio toothplck “ { ?\ £hem* s fi’ le Tbe of men nar- «
“Vi"' aS ev< ?> WlU
alwavs insure the corn doctor a living
especially A leather if the shoes are patent leather.
patent shoe, for some reason,
Will call a corn into being much quicker
than an ordinary shoe:
The fellows who don’t have corns are
those who wear roomy-toed shoes.
But they musn’t be too large, a shoo
too large is as bad as one too small. An
overs ^ zed shoe makes corns on tho bot-
tom of the feet, aud they are the worst
kind. The late war was the greatest
com-curer ever known. I never knew
of a single case of a soldier in that war
who suffered from corns, and I was all
through it. If a law should be passed
that no shoe should be worn in this
country but the pattern army shoe of
the rebellion, the corn doctor s occupa¬
tion would be gone. ”
The Prince Imperial of Japan.
Compared to his imperial father, even
ftt the present day, Prince Haru is much
more emancipated, and none of the old
traditions seem to have any weight in
regulating his conduct. There was no
precedent to follow in the education of
a Japanese prince in the modern way,
and Prince Haru has made many laws
for himself. He is a wonderfully bright
and precocious little fellow’, and his
small, twinkling black eyes are full of
mischief and see everything. Ho is
hardly taller than an American boy of
six years of age, but he lias at times the
dignity, the pride of birth, and con¬
sciousness of station and power, of a
man of sixty. His eyes are not slant¬
ing, nor indeed does one often see in a
Japanese face the wonderful oblique
eyes beloved of the caricaturists. The
peculiarity in toe expression of their
eye is given by the eyelids being fast¬
ened in either corner, as if a few stiches
had been taken there. This makes it
impossible for them to lift the eyelids
as high as we do, and gives tho narrower
slits, through which they gaze, the pec¬
uliar Oriental look. One often sees
Japanese with as round, wide-open eyes
as those of our race, and it gives an
especial beauty Haru to has their the countenances. exquisitely
Prince
smooth, fine yellow skin that is one of
the points of greatest beauty in Japanese
children, and a bright color sometimes
shows in the pale yellow of his little
oheeks. He has the rank oft a colonel in
the Japanese army, and wears his mili¬
tary’ uniform and his cap with the gold
star all the time, his clothes being dark-
blue cloth 1 in winter and white duck in
summer. He is fond of riding, and, when
mounted, the miniature colonel trots
along at a fine gait, giving and return¬
ing the military salute as he passes an
officer or a sentry, like a young marti¬
net.—[St. Nicholas.
“ "= * ““
X T 8aw saw fcwo two women jugglers at Jeypore, w,
were
g ’ ^ f ’ of °
wh m a almost nou h to b e
the mother of the other. They did many
•wonderful things, one of which wasmix
ing the up sand in water and then putting
hand into the discolored fluid, thev
brought a handful of sand, which they
filtered hrougli their fingers as dry
as before it went in. The youngest
fp She these was tall, girls well-formed vas perhaps and fine-look- fifteen,
^e had bracelets on arms and on
f£ liTur? et) ai i d & 8 Uer a ? el eyes e One were of as her beautiful tncks was as
‘ -
lids, the fhonght^hth" iSfodf’LK
my eves sore. The chair was a heavy
mahogany one which staying? belonged to the
room in which I was She tied
two strong strings to the b p of this and
affixed the ends of these strings to her
eyes size by little round cups, each about
the of a nickel. These fitted over the
eyeballs hent and tinder the lids, and she
over while they were so fastened.
Baming herseli, she pulled up the chair
her eyehds''and carried it from outside
©f the room to the other. It was a hor-
r j b i e sight, and as she took the metal
cups from her eyes they filled with water
ftn( j she almost snnk to the floor. I told
her the trickywas disgusting, and that she
ought never to try it again. Still for all
this and the rest of the show there girls
w about « r « ^11 70 cents. satisfied with two rupees or
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Cosily.
“If I gave you a pound of metal and
ordered you to make the most out of i\
vliat kind of metal would you select?”
asked a well known jeweler. “Gold of
cour-c,” was the prompt reply. “I’d
prefer a pound of steel,” said the jeweler,
“and I’d have it made into hair springs
for watches. A p uud of such springs
would sell for an even $140,000.”—
Buffalo Express.
'1 HE world is casting about for cheap
raw material for paper. The discoverer
will be in rate hick while lie will bestow
a favor on mankind.
Ask yotir drugget for “Tan*ill’s Punch.”
Do You
Have that extreme tire-1 feeling, languor, without
appetite or strength, impaired digestion, and a gen-
eral feeling of misery it Is Impossible to describe ;
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a wonderful medicine for
creating an appetite, promoting digestion and ton¬
ing up the whole system, giving strength and aettv
ity in place of weakness and debility. Be sure to
get Hood's.
“I take Hood's Sarsaparilla every year as a tonic
with most satisfactory results. I recommend
Hood’s Sarsaparilla to ail who have that miserable
tired feeling.”—C. PsnjtzLxn, S4& Bridge St., Brook¬
lyn, N. Y.
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G. \V. Mt s-t r. Bowe l's X Roads, Ga., writes:*
“I was afflicted nine years with sores. All the*
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Jas. L. Boswortb, Atlanta, Ga., writes: “Somo
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up my limbs so I could hardly wain, my
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it may seem, the use of five bottles cured me.”
developed Belgium’s zinc manufacturing industry has’
until one-thud of all tho zinc used
in Europe is made in that country.
It Don’t Fay
To use uncertain moans when suffering from
diseases of the liver, blood or longs, suoh as
biliousness, or “liver complaint,” skin dis¬
eases, scrofulous sores or swellings, or from
lung tion of scrofula the lungs! (commonly known l)r. Pierce's as consump¬ Golden
when
Medical Disoovery is guaranteed to care all
these affections, by if taken in time, or money
paid for ft will prom pti y refunded.
(500 offered for an incurable case of Catarrh
in Remedy. the Head, by tho proprietors of Dr. Sage’s
_
A out a new
senutive flame burner, which i ca be ext n-
guished entirely by a loud noise.
What do vou chew ?
‘ LUCY HINTON!”
Because Why?
it is tho best I can And.
Who makes it? •
T. C. Williams Co., Richmond, Va.
Who sells it ?
All dealers.
llow can I recognize it ?
'lhe name Lucy Hinton is on every plug.
How Nice!
A child who has once taken Hamburg Figs as
a cathartic will never again look on them as
medicine, but will be likely to ask for them,
under served the fruit. impression 25 that Dose they are Fig. simply Mack pre¬
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WlU raejvcoaluatde _
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Local A gouts X7V«xitcd
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I prescribe and fully oaly i-u-
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_ Cure, to WLW specific tor the certain cu
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