THUS OMATTA DAILY BE 12 : SI'S" DAY 0 , 18DS. 1 i THE CAT AND ThE CIGAR SIGN. ShcFollovVcd Her Iiullnn to the Hitter Knd nnd Died of Star vation at Ills Charred Feet. A nun of the name of Carter leased the basement of a house In Market street , New ' York , and converted the front pa-t of It into a cigar store. He procured a Gorgeous wooden Indian with uplifted tomihawk and beaded moccasins aiid act It up In front of the door as a sign to all that the best aud cheapest tobacco on earth was to be had Inside. Mr. Carter had a black cat which he took over with other appurtenances of the tisemcnt. As cats arc more attached to houses than to their tenants this particular one , called Terry , domesticated herself at once , nnd from the first toik a strange fancy to the cigar sign. When It rained Terry used to find shelter under the Indian , and during last summer's fierce liu.it curled herself Into a circle and slept voluptuously on his shady side. Business was not profitable In the store THIS IS THE CAT THAT WAS FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. and Carter moved over to Powell street , Brooklyn , taking the Indian with him , but leaving Terry fcehlnd , much to the sorrow of the young Carters , who , however , agreed that It wasn't lucky to take a cat across a river. Three daya after their establishment ( n Powell street the youngsters were de lighted to ses the cat walk up to the Indian Just as be was placed on bis pedestal tbo first thing In the morning and take her place , this tlmo on the sunny side , as the weather waa cool. In orltr to go from New York to Brooklyn Terry must have either stolen a rldo on one of the ferryboats or walked over the big brlJgo , thus In cither case defying the hoary old superstition. The Carters flattered themselves that Terry had performed this rcmarl.nble feat frr love of < hem , but In this they were greatly mis taken ; It was on account of her affection for the Indian , as the sequel to this story goes to chow. In September last the block In Powell street In which the Carter Cigar store was located fell a prey to the flames and Carter mo\eil to Delmont avenue , two or three blocks away. He had to purchase another cigar sign for his new store , the old one having been half destroyed by the fire and left behind among the debris. The new nlgn represented a festive-looking young princess with very red hair and a bundle of cigars clasped In her hand. Terry never went near the princess. She took up her position day and night on the charred re mains of her beloved Indian nnd when re peatedly captured by the juvenile Carters and taken home Invariably escaped and re turned to the ruins. Finally they put her In a hencoop , but she honied BO loudly and continuously that they were compelled tenet not her at liberty , after which she resumed her heartbreaking vigils until she starved or was worried to death by the dogs. At all events tbo body of the poor thing was found etrctcbed at full length on all that was left of the sign. It Is not the whole truth to any that they loved In life and In death were not divided , but It Is half the truth. "Torry was always a fool cat , " observed the dlszuated cigar dealer , "though , after all , some people I Know set their hearts on objects as wooden and worthless 04 a to bacco sign. " CHINESE ] WAYS AT SCHOOL. Hovr They Study , I'lny anil Drenn Oilil rrntiirt'B of School Life. It la not Improbable that of all their studies , the almond-eyed joungsters of China 11 nil writing tbo most enjoyable. They use a small brush Instead of a pen and daub on the Ink with a lavlshness dear to the juvenile heart. They write one letter over another till the page Is as black aa a cook ing stove , and tbo copy-books become so wet that It Is necessary to hang them over the fence to dry. A comical sight , truly , ami one which proclaims to the passerby his proximity to a school houso. It may bio remarked that blotting-paper Is unknown In the Flow cry Land , There are no public schools In China , or. Indeed , school bouses of any kind. But the boys and girls of the Flowery Land repair Sores us BKATERofLavvrenccburfrKy.says : "Foryears 1 suffered intensely from a running sere on my leg , caused by a \vound received in the army. I was treated by a number of doctors , and took many blood medicines , without the slightest benefit. 8. 8. 8. was recommended , nnd the first bottle produced a great improve ment. Tha poison waa forced out , Y and the sere healed up completely. " ( Swift's Specific ) is thobest blood reme dy because it cures the worst cases. It is guaranteed purely \tyttable , and com pletely eliminates eery trace of impure blood. Valuable booVs mailed free by Swift Specific Company , Atlanta , Ga. : to the house of their teacher to pursue their studies. They do not sit upon the floor , as Is commonly supposed , for although they bnvo no school furniture such as Is used In this country , the/ are provided with common I ' chairs , upon -which they sit while studying During recitations they stand around their teacher. Long before reaching the schoolroom vis itors may hear the pupils vociferously shouting their tcflsonn nnd making a din which Is , to say the least , confusion to one unaccustomed to this method of study , nut when one realizes what an arduous task It In to learn one's A 11 C'H In China It Is no longer a matter of surprise that studyIng - Ing aloud In permitted Think of commit ting to memory 21J elementary characters ! alphabet , for the Chinese language has no alphabet llko ours ) . That Is what tbo Chi- ( Those characters take the place of our ncso boys and girls must do ; and that Is only the beginning of trouble , for these characters ore grouped together to form words , of which there are more than 50,000 In the Mongolian language. Morco\er , some of these words have forty different meanIngs - Ings , the significance of a word varying with Us inflection. Another peculiarity of the Chinese written language Is that the be ginning of the book corresponds to the end of one of ours , so that the pupil appears to us to begin at the end of the last line saya the man who turned 'em loose In Washington ought to bo hung ! " "I'd hate to be so Ignorant ! Duets you don't know old Peter , who waa gardener at the Whlto House long before Mr. Lin coln's time. I tan Introduce you to him myself ! " School was out. A group of boys leaned on tbo eouth fence of the Whlto House grounds , gossiping. "It waa President Grant hlmeelf , " de clared Jim. "Ho let the rittlo fellers fly right under these cares , and In these old trees , and there they are yet. I deeplso a boy that'll kill 'cm ! ' ' "Well , wril , Jim , go on ; however did such a great man as Grant do such a fool thing ? " "Ono day Peter was working the flowers , and the president Bald : 'Peter , come here. ' When ho got up to tbo porch bo eaw a large champagne basket full of something , and the president said : 'Peter , eomo friend bus sent us these sparrows from England ; they'll cat the bugs and be company for other bird ? . Take 'cm out on the lawu and let 'en roose. ' Peter says : "I'd much rather wrung their nrcks , and I mentioned to Mr. Grant , them durned things Is worse nor no birds at all. They are wutblcse In our nice parks. That's just the way tbo English people docs , If I do say It myself , an' a born Engllshmab , too. They ups an' sends over to America Jest what worries 'cm to death. " The bojs laughed at Jlin'a good Imita tion of old Peter's story. "There was that champagne bucket filled with them pesky sparrows , a-squawkln and a-gn/bblln llko a Preab'ter'ln 'sembly. I thought when I left the old country flfty- flvo years ago I'd seen the last on 'cm. An * now they're a follcrln' me like a ghost. Of course , 'twasnt none o' my business ob- Jectln1. When the president o' these United States says a thing , It gln'lly goes 'thout further commentations. They're pot-pies , and I said , 'Jes' you say the word , Mr. President ; I'll have you a pot-pie better'n honey. ' "Ho laugbed a little an' said so long as I'd give him quail he wouldn't kick , an' then Mr. Grant went Into the house , leavln * mo the basket ; so I knowed It wa'nt no use , for when Ulysses Grant said a thing he meant It right from the collar ! So I said to Peter : 'Peter , take 'em along on' quit fuss'n. ' "Ther" was thirty pair In that basket. I took 'em down on that lawn , an' opened the door , an * they flocked out In a bunch , an' took to them ellums an' maples like they was born In 'em , an * In half an hour they was all at work bulldln' nests ! That was In ' 71 , an * now look at 'em ! " pointing to the Ivies , roofs and trees. "They's mil lions. " Peter sighed. In brief Jim told Peter's story to the boys , who listened attentively. "That don't change my mind about the torments , " said Sam" and I'll bet Grant lived to s o the day ho was sorry. " "You are much mistaken , " Jim added. "Tho very last time he walked through these grounds General Bealewas with him , and General Grant said : "Our busy little sparrows eeem to be a despised race. Now I like them ! They do make so much out of their small opportunities , and think lite is worth living under all circumstances. ' "Father heard him say that , and after General Grant died , father told It at a G. Army meeting , and they sold : 'Just llko General Grant.1 " PMATTM3 OP THE YOUNGSTERS. Flve-Teir-Old : "Pretty useful , ain't I , mamma ? " "Yes , dear. " "Almost as useful as a man ? " "Era , ye-es. " "I don't mean Santa Claus or God , but any ordinary man. " Sunday School Teacher Why , Willie Wil son ! righting again ? Didn't last Sunday's lesson teach that when you are struck on one cheek you ought to turn the other to the striker ? Willie Yea-m ; but he hit me on the nose , an' I've only got one. In a Utlca kindergarten school a few daj ago the subject before the class waa the hen. masters and then even with n single leg } ou can say , "With this simple thing I will do my duty. " A Nelson himself said , "E\en though you are only man you can do jour duty " In Oermantown , Pa. , there Is a youngster 12 years old who pits at the head of the table and sa > s grace whenever his father Is anay. Recently his mother gave a ladles' luncheon. Tbe boy , having been forewarned , appeared In the dining room In his most brilliant toilet and , taking his seat , hushed the feminine chatter and anuojcd his mother not a little by assuming a tremendously solemn look and , extending both hands over the board , In Imitation of a clergyman pro nouncing a benediction. Then ho chanted , not In his clear , childish treble , but In bass tones , a string of unintelligible sjllablcn , which occupied nearly flvo minutes. Ills mother rebuked blm severely , for It seemed to her that he was trying to turn her ladles' luncheon Into ridicule. He became \cry angry at the rebuke. He had anticipated , instead , many expressions of surprise and congratulation. The grace , he explained , was lu Latin. Ho had learned it from his tutor. "Nobody hero understood It but mo and God , " ho concluded , scornfully. WAKi : , MY CimiA'HIJAU , WAKE ! Kansas City Journal. The ilcneH aie preening their wings their wines. By the lilac hedge on the lawn. And a thrush In the nmples merrily elngE A puean of Joy to the dawn ; The sun Is sailing the fnr v.iy east In a. silver and crimson lake , And Hover hua called you an hour , at leant , Bo wake , my Curl > head , T\ako ! The Island of Dreams Is fair Is fair , And a reiilm of perfect delight : My bonnlo Is smiling nnd happy there. Uut its Rlorles fade with the night. And the beautiful shallop In which he floats Strikes the shore at home with a nunko , The hobbv-horso neighs for his breakfast of oats , So wake , my Curljhcad , uake ! My Curlyhead's eyes are blue ir Mue , AH the waves of a sun-KI'.sed n-a , And his snillo Is us fresh as the mornir g'a drw , As ho holds up his n'nu ti me. And I clasp him with thougnt of th < 3 sac- rillco Tluit some morn I may "TIVJ < o umke , If a Voice should wake him m With "Wake , my CurlyhoaJ. DO not drink foreign Champagnes. OU will flnd better at home. DRINK Cook's Imperial Champagne. OUT OP THE OHDINAHY. Rabbit fur Is now an important commer cial nitlcle. It is known to the trade as electric seal nnd when dyed so closely resem bles the genuine article us to defy detection except among experts. It Is said that $500- 000 is Imestcd in rabbit culture lu England. New Zealand's House of Romesentatlvea has passed the old ugc pensions bill. Every person of the age of 63 years end of good moral character , who has Ihed for twentj- flvo years in the colony , whoso income docs not exceed $170 a year , becomes entitled tea a pension of $90 a year. Wlltwyck Hose company of Kingston , N. Y. . thinks it has the finest parade carriage in America , It cost $10.000. Is decorated In gold and silver , with a lot of Imported stat uettes , fire bells , nine signal lamps nnd a mass of carving and filigree work. Of course It la useless for lire purposes , but it is "a daisy" at parades. Nashville. 111. , boasts of a hen that laid the largest egg on record , us hens' eggs go. The egg weighed flve and one-half ounces when laid which Is four ounces above the average was ten Inches long and flvo nnd three-quarter Inches In circumference. Of course the monstrosity was named Chicago as soon ns It was discovered. Four weeks ago a party of deer hunters on the California coast range killed the flrst white deer seen In that country for many years. The following week a Connecticut hunter went Into the Malno forests and brought down one of the purest albino doors ever killed there. A big white deer was seen by several hunting parties In New Hampshire Hst week , but he has thus far * scap d the scores of bullets that have been 'lot In his direction. Under the "collective mourner" system In tJorraany , all the relatives of the deceased LEARNING THE CHINESE ALPHABET. on the last page , and to bo reading back ward. In studying at arithmetic Chinese pupils use the abacus , or counting apparatus , a frame strung with wires on which are gaily- colored balls , such as we see In the pri mary schools In our country , and which \\o have copied from the Chinese. 1 They do not stud > geography , for tbo reason that the Chinese think there Is no country besides their own that Is of any , Importance. On their maps , China is represented - ' resented as occupying the greater part of the earth ; other countries being grouped around the Middle Kingdom as the Chinese neso are accustomed to speak of their coun- tr > and made to appear as Insignificant as possible. Girls and boys dress exactly nllke ex cept that the boys wear their hair In a pig tails while the clrls have a funny little wisp on top of their heads. In some pans of China It Is very cold , and as the bouses are not warmed like ours In winter , the children and grown people , too keep com fortable by putting on one dress over an other till they are so bundled up that they can scarcely move. Possibly this may seem n very uncomfortable way of Keeping com fortable , but the Chinese little folka ore not glvan to complaining. "Sl'AIHlOW JIM. " Tnrneil I.OOBP the Flmt Eitelliili Swr- | ro oil Aiiirrlrnii hull. "I'd be ashamed to ehoot sparrows ! and I don't care a cent how much you call mo Sparrow Jim * either ! I'lr bet there isn't one of this crowd can tell who set the first English sparrow loose In these grounds ! " "That's rich ! Some fool ! Father offers us 10 cents aple-o for all we'll ehoot , and Among other questions asked by the teacher was , "What docs the hen have that we have ? " the teacher at the same time plac ing both her lianJs on her head to indicate the portion of the body referred to. The teacher was much surprised as well as amused when a lltlle girl quickly answered , "A comb1" The teacher had placed one hand on a comb in her hair. Out in the East End there Is a sharp lit tle girl who has a very handsome auntie , says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The lat ter went to a photograph gallery eomo time ago and came back In a very indignant frame of mind. | "Those people , " she said , "advertised to take pictures for (3 a dozen , cabinet size , and today they wanted to charge me Ji lt's a shame. They had no business to ad vertise them for $3. " ] "But , auntie , " said the sharp little girl , "don't you see how It Is ? They hadn't seen you when they advertised them for $3. " She got uoundly spanked for tt , but no doubt considered It cheap at the price. ; This , sajH the Scottish Leader , is a genu ine extract from a schoolboy's recent "Es say on Nelson : " "Oh ! Harding , kiss me again , " were the butefulwords , of a berolk mortal who won a grate battle- with one eye and a wooden , leg. Before the bloody context this motto was uttered by him , "Tho Queen expects every man to do bis duty. " Nelson waa a brave man but bis morrals was not re spectable. Once a lady whoso name waa Mrs. Hamblngton nursed him , and be said , "Oh heavlns heavlns why do I love. " When be died the queen met him In a boat and he went to St. Paul's and was burled. Thl It a marvellous lesson to me and all school * bo > s. Do jour duty to your paretors and bind UieiuMhcB together to mourn his loai and to defray collectively the cost of ad vertisement The case of Mrs. Reglna Wer- BClmu Is an instance in point She lived ti the age of 111 and left behind her manj relatives whose testimony , quoted textual ! ; from the Wcrschau Gazette , reads as fol lows "Filled with sorrow wo announce t < all our relations nnd acquaintances the Departure parture of our Inncrmostly loved Mother Mother-in-law , Grandmother. Great-Grand mother , Great-Grcat-Grandmothcr am Orcat-Great-Great-Grandmothor , who de parted this life on August 22 , IS'JS ' " Th < flgnaturea of the parties affected follow. Thi German for the last title is "Urururuross- mutter. " The last private house that was direct ! ; connected with the episode of the Boston te. party In the great struggle for liberty li b"lng torn down to make room for a busi ness block Tbe old Uradleo bouse , for ai such It Is Known , has stood at the corner oi Tremont and Hollla streets for 127 years and tbo land , which when the building wa : built was a part of a pasture , Is today wortt 1100,000. Tbe bouse Is one of the most In teresting historic landmarks In Boston , In Its wide old kitchen the ringleaders of the Boston tea party disguised themselves a * Indians on the evening of December 1C , 1773 , before going to the wharf where the cargo of tea way thrown Into the waters of the harbor. The Old South church and Faneull hall are the only two buildings be sides thin hoimo now left that sheltered the patriots on that eventful < lay. Although built In 1771 the house Is strong enough to stand together another 100 years , and It would doubtless have been left as a land mark were It not for the city's growth around It. The land comprised In Its site nnd the vard have risen m much In vnluo that a building productive of proportionate revenue must bo put up to meet the increase In taxes. It is owned by the Doggett family , who were descendants of Elizabeth Bradlee , only daughter of Nathaniel llrud- lee , Its builder , who married Noah Doggett. GOSSIP AIIOUT Milnn pnoi'n : . "It Is said that once when Bismarck WAS leaving homo In 1SCG , " snjs the Philadel phia Record , "his joungest son asked him how long ho was to bo away. Ho replied that he did not Kuow. At that moment a servant came lu to Inquire how many bottles of Cognao were to be packed up In the prince's luggage. 'Twenty-four , ' was the answer.fAh , papa , ' cried out the 'terrible Infant , ' 'now I know how loug you are to bo from home twenty-four das ! ' " Caleb Arnold Wall , who has just died , was actively connected with the Worcester Spy for nearly sixty years and was said to be tbo oldest newspaper man In Now England In point ot service. "Ho was a careful stu dent of the early history of the town and city of Worcester , " sa > s the Spy. "Ho had given many entertaining addresses before various clu'bs and organizations , moat of which have been published In pamphlet form. Ono of the most valuable publications Is an account , 'The Puritans versus the Quakers , ' read before the Society of An tiquity. 'Mr. ' Wall published 'Reminiscences of Worcester' In 1S77. " One day while ( Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner wore walking together they happened to begin a discussion of tbo modern novel , and one or the other sug gested that It might bo a good plan to bur lesque It. Later , while journeylug together to Boston , this suggestion took definite shape and on their return the work was begun , one author writing a chapter , the other tak ing up the threads of the story the next day and both critically examining the result each evening , and asking the opinion of their wives as to the success of each stage of the undertaking. Finally they collected all the manuscript , of which there waa too great a quantity and jointly condensed It It was owing to a suggestion by Olr. Warner that thn chief character In the tnlo was called Colonel Eschol Sellers , and It Is a fact that the man whoso name was taken a man supposed to bo long dead made a flory demand for satisfaction , visiting Hartford for that purpose. In later editions of the story the name "Eschol" was changed to "Mulberry. " Worthlugton C. Ford , who Is known as one of the foremost statisticians of the world , has been called to the head of the historical and statistical work of the Boston public library. Mr. Ford was for nine years chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the Unite 1 States Treasury department end Is therefore eminently lilted for his new place. Ills po sition Is that of a consulting expert rather than that of an administrative assistant li brarian. His function Includes that of see ing that the library is supplied with the full complement of works of history and statistics and of being at the service ot scholars In utlll/lng the riches of this famous library to the best advantage. Three cx-mlulsters of the French republic , whose numbers are beginning to bo legion , are devoting their enforced leisure to lit erary pursuits far from the madding crowd. M. Hanotaux approaches the completion of the third volume of Cardinal Richelieu's bi ography and In Idle moments amuses hlm- eelf by a day's shooting. M. Cavalgnac Is engaged In tracing the growth ot contem porary Germany. R. Rambaud has returned to his monumental work on general history and hopes soon to finish the closing vol ume. Another candidate for literary fame is Mile. Lucle Faure , who Is understood to bo writing ber father's memoirs with his own sanction nnd assistance. She has al ready made her debut , anonymously lu two or three volumes of verse. Mrs. Mary Ljon Dame Hall , president for some time of the New York Sorosls , has been compelled to resign because , according to the allegation , she permitted a shoo man ufacturer to use the name of the society as an advertisement for his footwear. The trouble has been brewing for some time , but when It was announced that soon a rhymed advertisement would bo printed running llko this : "Here's your shoelets , Soroslsters , Void of corns and scant of blisters , " the resignation was demanded forthwith. M. S. Prime of California Is a rather remarkable - markablo person In that he Is the president , secretary and treasurer , Board of Directors and manager of the Paso do Roblas Street Railway company. Ho Is also the driver and conductor of the slnglo car run on the road , and Is perfectly happy when the out fit brings him In $1.GO a day. The road , three miles tn length , runs from the rail road station to a locally famous mud bath , and Mr. Prime traded a house and lot in Alamcda county for the whole outflt. When he was a Harvard student the late Sherman Hoar became famous ns a miker of epigrams. Ono evening ho had been Indulg ing In bis usual style of conversation In the rooms ot Prof. D , a man after his own heart , but too apt to Interlard his lectures with apparently original wltlcisms taken , after the manner of Mollere , wherever he found them. When Hoar and a fellow stu dent hid left the academic presence the latter enthusiastically cried : "By Jove , Sherman' How do you manage It' I wish I could remember all the bright thlngsi jou said just now. " "Go to D 's lecture to morrow and take notes , " said Hoar ; "you'll get them then. " The recent action of Governor Tanner of Illinois In regard to the negro workmen Im ported to work 1n the Vlrdcn mines recalls the fact that when General John M Palmer brought home from Tennessee a joimjj negro Hcrvant hln townsmen tried to compel him to Bend the boy back. Palmer defied prosecu tion and made a fuss which led to the repeal of the anti-negro law. It was to General Palmer , as ho faced a committee which waited upon him , that John Hay referred In his poem on "Banty 'Tim' . " Von may resolute till the cows come home , But If one o' > ou toches that boy He will rastlo his hash In hell tonight , Or my name Is not Tillman Joy. 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