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11LE GENTLE SPUING.
POET ROUSED TO FRENZY
GLAD SEASON.
BY THE
filntnorlst of the Baltimore American
Striae Together a, Few Vagrant
Tories to Celebrate the Advent of the
Crocus Bads nnd Other Things.
Behold the robin Blngeth from early
dawn till night; and thoy that sell tho
.gnrdon seeds do work with main and
might to cultivate the custom of tho
Jooi suburbanite.
Yea, verily, the bluebird atop tho
.garden fence, to chirp his merry mel
ody doth eagerly commence but stop
poth for tho Insect that tempts his
hungry eonse.
Tho peach crop in Hew Jorsoy is
Irosted as of yore 'til told in daily
telegrams and messages galore and
thus wo know that gontle Bpring Is lu
our midst onco more.
Tho gontle poet eeoketh for "mouth"
to Qnd a rhyme, und,writeth gladBomo
ditties about tho Joyous time; and
frlskoth all his pockets to And a way
ward dime.
Tho livoly Iris tlnteth tho breast of
burnished dove in ballads ponnod as
parodies and winding up with lovo
tho which to tho wasto basket got tho
eamo Insistent shove.
The fancy of tho youthful to tender
channels turns; and for some giddy
damsel every eoulful swain now
yearns; while on tho wayside alley tho
winter garbage burns.
Tho wily haberdasher dtspiayeth'
"latest stock"; the crafty man who
makoth hats announceth newer blocks,
and In the shirts tho ribald tint some
other color mocks.
Tho pink and crimson blossom lends
luster to the trees, where sigh tlio
soothing cadences of drowsing honey
bees and pessimistic weathermen
glvo warning of a freeze.
Tho ladles flutter wildly from homo
to shop and store; they purchase lace
Nand Bilks and things of shape and hue
galore, until tho cruel husband says
Tie can't pay any more.
The milliner triumphant concocteth
Paris hats In pyramids and up-and-downs
in pancackes, rounds and Hats
and fondly of tho elevated prlco she
calmly chats.
Tho proud and bloated coal man,
with countenance benign, declareth
that tho weather Is wonderfully fine,
and hath tho legond "Ice" Installed
-where "Coal" was on his sign.
At Crown Point Indiana, they have a
Tain of froga; tho Bkeeters In New
Jersey tuno up In all tho bogs; and
tip In Pennsylvania are snakes as big
4is logs.
The Custervllle Palladium asserteth
jthat Bill White Is painting up his barn
again with all his main and might,
and that the gutters should be cleaned,
as they're an awful sight
Tho politicians cunning their wily
nyays resume, and lend an air of joy
'fulness to erstwhile winter gloom by
"harping on tho merits of the presiden
tial boom.
Tho man who wrlteth jokes takes up
"his trusty fountain pen and babbleth
of house-cleaning woes that pester alj
.the men and rlngeth In "tired feeling"
for tho thousandth time again.
Tho landlord getteth busy and ask
eth every day if there be any more re
pairs that ought to come his way, for
well he knoweth folks will movo about
tha first of May.
Aye, verily 'Us true, Indeed, as truo
as anything, 'that this, my child, Ib
now tho time whereof tho poets sing
by all these signs and symptoms it
Is now the gentle spring.
Josh Wink In Baltimore American.
Lecturing to Women's Clubs.
A remarkable phase of this era of
-woman's cluba Is tne profit such or
ganizations are to a certain type of
men. Sometimes tho enterprise takes
the form of running the club; all ex
penditures, Investments and other
question of a commercial nature are
-referred to the man; h It Is, in fact,
who has charge of tho business Bide
of the organization, being paid a sal
ary to relievo tho women of such
drudgery. A second way by which
more man profits by the woman's club
is by lecturing to It Given a man of
leasing or eccentric address and a
well chosen necktie, and It really does
not matter what the subject matter of
his dlBCourso Is, so long as It Is suffi
ciently esoteric. A revelation of the
amount earned yearly by men lectur
ers in this way would stagger a good
many persons unfamiliar with the sit
uation. Able-bodied clergymen, college
professors and instructors, artists, edi
tors and authors, havo all found It far
jnoro profitable to give up their pro
fessions and take to telling the
women's clubs about It from tho platform.
Drugi of Great Value.
"The price of many drugs used In
medicine 1b astonishing to those who
ire not acquainted with the subject,"
remarked a. druggist. "There are sev
eral that are worth their weight In
gold (about 20 an ounce) while $2, $3
and $5 an ounce are quite common
prices In pharmacy. But thero 1b one
drug that I recall which is worth more
than its weight in gold. That la
pseudo physostlgmino. I don't think
"hat It has a popular namo. It 1b too
-Ich for that In the pharmacists list
it is quoted at ?1 a grain, ?437 an
ounce. The seed from which the drug
is made grows in India and Brazil, as
well as In parts of South Africa. This
seed, tradition says, was once used by
native chiefs as an ordeal. The ordeal
generally resulted in the death of the
man upon whom it was tried, and so
- -was considered as a great truth finder,
v The prepared drug is somotimeB used
sow in prescriptions for the treatment
of heart disease."
"HUtory i the true poeti?." Car-tyle.
OLD-TIME STATESMAN FORGOTTEN
Vet (Hirer Ellsworth itendered Valuable
Service to the Nation.
Why Is it that Oliver Ellsworth has
received bo little attention from biog
raphers and historians? asks Frank
Gaylord Cook in tho April Atlantic
He was not born In Massachusetts or
Virginia. In Connecticut, like Penn
Bylvnnia, tho historic field has bcon
mcogorly tilled. Moreover, tho dra
matic and opportuno quality of his
work has been porcolvcd only through
the perspective of subsequent yoara.
To negotiate an unpopular convention
for n party Just retiring from otneo In
defeat and Ignominy !a not conduelvo
to Immediate fame. Nevertheless ho
has not been wholly overlooked by
subsequent statesmon. Wobstor said
of him: "For strength of wisdom, for
sagacity, wisdom and sound good
sense In tho conduct ot affairs, for
moderation of tompor, nnd general
ability. It may bo doubted It Now Eng
land Iirb yet produced his superior."
What ho said, as chief justlco of the
United States, to tho grand Jury at
Savannah, In 170G, was tho aim of his
life: "So let us rear an empire sacred
to the rights of men; nnd command a
government of reason to the nations of
he earth."
. ROFESSOR LEAIUJED HER NAME
lut the Answer Was Not Kxnotlr What
, Ho Kxpcctnd.
An. Instructor in English in tho Shef
field Scientific school tells the follow
ing story at tho oxpenso of a professdr
at Yalo. The Incident happened at a
faculty tea, where Prof. Blank was
adorning tho occasion in his usual Ir
resistible way. Tho professor, It Is
claimed, docs not reallzo Just how ef
fective his charming talk and romantic
eyes are. In the course of tho after
noon he was Introduced to an especial
ly attractive young woman, whoso
name, being mumbled In tho presenta
tion, he did not catch. The two re
paired to a sofa, where Prof. Blank
was so thoroughly pleased with his
new acquaintance that he determined
to find out to whom ho wns talking.
"You must forgive me," ho began,
tactfully, "but I am going to ask you a
personal question. Please do tell mo
what your name Is."
The young woman looked at him
with large, timid eyes a moment, and
then whispered sweetly, "Ethel."
Rich and Industrious Woman.
Mrs. Emma E. Forsytho, whoso fath
er was an American citizen and whoso
mother was tho daughter of a Samoan
chief, is believed td bo tho richest
woman of all living in the South .Paci
fic islands. Her father was American
consul in Samoa many years ago, and
sho was born thero. At the ago of 18,
having been well educated, sho mar
ried an Englishman, who soon died,
leaving her a small estate. This was
thirty years ago. Mrs. Forsytho began
trading In different parts of the south
seas and made money fast. She now
lives on tho island of Neu Pommern,
ono of the Bismarck archipelago
owned by Germany, where she has a
plantation of 120,000 acres, with fifty
European employes and hundreds of
natives. Other lands on- the Islands
are also owned by Mrs. Forsytho, who
is a very rich woman thoroughly con
tented to live in her beautiful inland
home. f
Ills Opinion of UK Hale.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, who
recently celebrated his eightieth birth
day, has a fund of humor on which he
draws during his few moments ot ease,
A little while ago, while riding in a
railroad train to a point distant from
Boston, he was approached by tho
train news agent, who. laid several
books and magazines In tho seat be
side him. The old gentleman paid no
attention to them, and tho agent, prob
ably assuming that ho wanted some
thing better presented to him one of
his own works. Dr. Hale, assuming
a gruffness he did not fcol, said; "I
don't want It; it's trash."
The newB agont looked at him for a
moment disgustedly and blurted out;
"I guess you are a little too Ignorant
to appreciate a good book." New
York Times.
Loyal to America.
It Is interesting to find how anxious
the children of foreign parentage are
to become tmo Americans and resent
any Inference to tho contrary. This
was practically illustiated not long
ago In tho Hancock school at tho
North End In Boston, where almost 9S
per cent of the children are of foreign
birth or parentage.
Mrs. Mary A. Llverraore was once a
pupil ot tho Hancock school In the
North End. After the annual alumni
banquet the old pupils visit the school
and addresses are made. As Mrs. Lty
ermore rose to speak, not long ago, she
addressed the girls as "my little for
eign sisters," when a small Italian girl
sprang to her feet and said, "O lady,
we ain't foreigners now, we are Amer
icans." Mrs. Llverraore was Intensely
pleased with the answer.
The Scepter.
The scepter was tho emblem of
power. As the silver wand, so familiar
In cathedrals, was once hollow, con
taining tho "vlrgo," or rod with whleh
chastlsoment was inflicted upon the
choristers and younger members of the
foundation, so tho royal scepter repre
sented tho right to Inflict punishment
Hence tho expression "to sway the
scepter" implied the holding of regal
dignity. The Bcepter with tho dovo
possessed the additional signification
of the Holy Ghost, as controlling the
actions of tho sovereign. The. same
tdea was conveyed at Rbelms by the
beautiful ceremony of letting loose a
number of doves at tho coroaatlon of
the French kings.
I'et Word In Literature.
There are pet words In literature
words which becomo tho fashion foi
a ttmo and then take rank again In
obscurity. Thus in the elghtenth cen
tury wo find such words as "vastly,"
"hugely," "tho quality," "genteel,"
etc. "Elegant" still llngorB conspicu
ously in America, nnd In England nt
tho present tlmo especial favor seems
to bo shown to "convincing," "weird"
nnd "strenuous;" Notes and Queries.
Bonn Examination Answer.
Examination answors: "Puritans
wero a class of people that cumo Into
nxletenco nnd wanted the church's
sweeping done morp rapidly." "Tho
Pilgrims wore a religious sect that did
uot believe In tho doctrine of tho
Church of England." "Tho only moans
of communication tho colonists had
vm by horseback, and In thifj wny It
took a Ion tlmo for a letter to go to
Europe." Literary Digest
To 0o lHsnhiod Rlilp.
South Shields, Shigtaud. IntonUu
turning to a novel use the ship that
was driven nshoro during the gale of a
tovf weeks r&o by converting hor Inte
rior into a refreshment saloon for the
rtimmor months, while the deck will
im tttitieed as a platform for outdoor
et'vntnJnments. The ship is wntor
tlj ' t and stands on an oven keel, but
her relaunching Is pronounced to bo
Impracticable.
ninnj- Hocus "Oorol" Pictures.
"Corot," said a Philadelphia artist,
"Is known to havo painted 8,000 pic
tures, but thero are 28,000 Corots in
oxlstenco, for this man was vory wide
ly counterfeited after his death. There
was, you know, a French painter of a
really exquisite talent who got flvo
years in Jail for counterfeiting him,
nnd the dealers who sold tho fako Co
rots got ten years.
Wit of Chnrles Lniub.
In olden days strong languago was'
not considered lmpollto, even In the
presenco of ladleB. It was a lady who
bored Charles Lamb with her extrava
gant praise of a friend. "I know him,
bless him I" tho lady could not forbear
exclaiming, and Lamb could not resist
tho tomptatlon to reply, "Well, I don't,
butd n hlra at a hazard!"
Great Britain's Natlonnl Debt.
The national debt of "tat Britain
was reduced during tho rolgn of Queen
Victoria by about 5760,000,000. Tho
cost of fighting tho Boers has so far
been about $800,000,000, so that Great
Britain has expended in less than
three years moro than waB saved dur
ing tho entire slxty-threo years of tho
Victorian period.
A National Monument.
At a recent meeting tho French pop
ulation of Chicago comploted arrange
ments for the erection of a national
monument In tho form of a ?100,000
building. The building will consist of
a theator, lodge hall, club house, and
gymnasium, and will bo erected in tho
center of the French colony.
Czar Dislikes Blaxlni Gorki.
It is stated in well-informed quarters
that the czar has refused to sanction
the recent election as honorary mem
ber of the Belles Lottres section of the
Imperial Academy of Science of tho
well-known popular writer Alexis
Peachkoff, better known by his pseudo
nym of Maxim Gorki.
The Force of Example.
It is well known that yawning Is in
a way contagious, and occasionally a
practical joker will make use of tho
fact in a Btreet car. By yawning onco
or twice he is sure to Bet his fellow
passengers agape, much to his own
amusement and their embarrassment
Bad Sendoff.
Since his appointment as Commis
sioner of Pensions Mr. Waro of Kan
sas has begun to pay some of tho ter
rible penalties of greatness. Some of
his earliest and worst poetry Is being
printed by the newspapers. Milwau
kee Sentinel.
Jews In India.
According to a census taken there
are 17,180 Jews In India. Scarcely one
third of them are European Jews. Tho
rest are descendants of those who
claim to havo emigrated to India dur
ing tho reign of Solomon.
Matter of Mcainretnent.
It may he observed In pojslng that
the clothlng-storo clerk who was elect
ed mayor of Hartford by a vote of (5,
648 against his opponent's C.134 took
the other man's measute In good
Bhape. Buffalo Express
Hansom Mono; at Wcrk,
From the fact that a Macedonian re
volt is stepping jauntily down toward
the footlights, It may be Inferred that
while the ransom money was npt nl"
that could be desired it was ma-Jr
to do.
French Journalist in America.
Bunau Varilla, president ot La
Matin, Paris, has ai rived in Now York
the obiect of his visit being to rtt
from his editorial work and make
extended tour of tbo country
Blemor'al to Quorn "ifctnrla.
In memory of their royal l t -
COO servants of tho late Qine.i v ..
torla's household havo pndow tl - 'j
In Clewer Convalescent Hoiyilal.
Iniporlatlrm t ( O ti iik
Ginseng to the value ot aosut i -'
000 is exported to Horg Kons v .
year from thla o'iatr It Is i -
a medicine and stimulant
HEIGHT OF THE WAVES.
Thlrt7-Klght Feet Is About the Limit
and Is Seldom Benched.
You often hear peoplo who go down
to tho Bea In ships talk about "waves
mountain high," but such waves oxlst
In tho Imagination only, or nro hypor
bolic, for tho purposo of adorning a
tale. If on tho land you aco an eleva
tion thirty-eight foot high you wouldn't
call It much of a mountain, yet It Is
vory seldom that an ocean wavo
reaches that holght.
A sclontlst of nn inquiring turn of
mind has recently been measuring
waves, nnd has given nn interesting ro
port on tholr proportions.
Ho didn't measure with his Imagina
tion or his sansatiuns whon being vio
lently rocked in tho cradlo of ,tho deep,
whllo on a wavo washed deck, but ho
used Imaginative, unimpressive, mnt-lor-of-fnot
Instruments that recorded
Impressions only In meters nnd hun
dredths of motor.
In the Southern Indian ocean, bo
tweon tho Cape of Good Hope nnd tho
Island of St Paul, ho measured thirty
wavos, during a violent northwest gale,
and thoy avorngod 20.53 feet In height.
Th largest of thorn wnB 37.53 feet
high. Of these latter six followed oncb
other with remarkable regularity.
In tho open ocoan a quito strong
wind caused waves 1G.1 feet high.
East of tho Capo of Good Hope, dur
ing strong west winds, which blow
with great regularity for four days, tho
height of tho waves only Increased
from 19.69 to 22.97 feet
Such waves as these lattor aro vory
rare on tho usunl transatlantic routo,
nnd persons who toll tales about tho
great seas should bo modcrato in their
cstlmato of height
FAST RAILWAY TRAVELING.
Bngllih Suhurbnn Linos Do Bettor Work
Thnu Our Own.
Fancy running up by train to Peek
skill in thirty minutes. That la about
as far from this city as Brighton Is
from London. Many wealthy men who
do business in tho vicinity of the tlault
of England, but live in tho pretty sea
side resort, now havo to spond an hout
in making tho journey, but are soon
to bo enabled to do It in thirty min
utes. That Is tho running time for tho
proposed elcctrlo railway. Tho dis
tance from London is forty-soven miles
so that tho spcod is some thing to mar
vol at. With a train each way every
twenty minutes a London buslncsi
man will bo ahlo to go from his ofilca
to Brighton moro comfortably and In
less time than It now takos to reach
the suburbs ot tho metropolis by 'bus
or cab. Now Yorkers at ono tlmo ex
pected to see electric traction instilled
at least on their hideous elovated road:
jurlng tho Hfo of tho present genera
tion, but thoy have abandoned tho
hope. Now York Herald.
Tho President's Hilary.
By tho act of congress of Septembci
24, 1793, and ngain on Fobruary 18,
1798, tho salary of the president of the
United States was fixed at $25,000, and
that-, of tho vice president at $5,000.
That of the president continued the
samo until March 3, 1873, when It was
raised to $50,000, at which tlmo V. S.
Grant was president Tho salary ol
tho vlco president was raised to $8,O0G
In 1853, to $10,000 March 3, 1873, and
January 20, 1874, It was again reducca
to 8,000. Tho constitution of tht
United States Bays: "Tho president
shall, at stated times, receive for theli
services a compensation which shall
neither bo increased nor diminished
during tho period for which he shall
havo been elected."
Mrs. .tlcKlnler In Good Ilenlth.
John B. K. Connelly of Columbus,
O., who has known tho McKlnleys for
many years recently said: "Mrs. Mc
Klnloy r have seen very recently, and
she Is ao well as she has been for a
great many years, Though sho visits
her husband's grave nearly every day,
and though her grief has marked hor
face n littlo more, sho looks and acts
tho samo sweet woman sho has alwayB
been. I have a souvenir of tho dead
president that I would not part with
for lovo nor money. It la a key to tho
sido door of his house in Canton. I
have had It covered with gold leaf and
marked with tho dates of his birth
and assassination, and I keep it hung
over my dressing case, a remembrance
of tho greatest and tho best man I over
knew."
An Hutorlo Town Oldlterated.
Remarkable evidence of tho need for
e. Jamestown tercentenary anniversary
Is furnished by tho ignoranco of most
Americans with regard to the status of
Jamestown itself. This cradle ot the
nation, as all Virginians know, ls no
longer inhabited by any person except
those who. keep guard over tho ruins
there. Jamestown Is nothing but a
name and a remnant If It wero not
for the caro with which the society for
tho Preservation of Virginia Antiqui
ties preserves tho old walls and othei
relics, not a raco of tho famous town,
wo daro say, would be left Norfolk
Landmark.
Food Preservatives.
A Belgian doctor claims to have dls.
covered a wonderful method of pro
serving the body ot dead persons
against the natural law of decay.
Briefly stated, the process consists in
placing the body in a closed receptacle,
whero It is exposed to air heavily
charged with formaline. Formaline,
which is used so extensively nowadays
in food products, ls doubtless a good
thing to preserve bodies from decay,
but it Is a very bad thing to tako IbU
the stomach.
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S. A. Miller will take charge of them; store them
in a nice, dry and cool place and pack and ship
wherever uesirea. -wiiarges reasonaDie.
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