Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, May 21, 1892, Image 2

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    CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 189?
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his ronnowFUL 3tory.
Il V " I'O'l'y ',,lr MIo'Ti All but Ik
h, ImniliiK llalli,
"Before j on turn mo nwny frtmi your
4oor, sir," hewm tho battered soolmcn of
MMiood on tlu Iwirk mrch, "I nsk n n
ftktor tlml yon hear my story."
"I It n long Moryi" asked the man nf
the house,
"To nnriate It In detail would requlro
omcthlng llkonn hour mid n hnlf, lint I
Mi) ulvo tho principal h)IiiI of It In n few
similes '
"You uiiij give It to tuo In lu nbbrt
vlated form '
"I was iKim In Ohio"
"llowohl uroju" miwr"
"Koiiy t liif. '
"I'lruM-hklp lmt forty-two yrnnt nnd
liven months."
Across the face of tho rickety looking
tourist Unshed 11 spasniof pain, but ho ieso.
lately brought his mtrruthii down to iiiimI
to times.
"Inserting n row of Mr," Im wtlil, "to
represent tlml Krtlon of my history which
mny bo U-KcrltHt ns my childhood, grow th,
Mturlty"
, "Ami decay," suggested tho listener.
"Ami decay," nsscnted the clcemosynnry
wanderer, "I will como to the uvriita Hint
'lute shaped my career for the hint few
liaya."
"If you lluil thnt thu recital of thn fact
agitato you tot much," wild tho master of
the house feelingly, "you can lean up
against thu side of tho porch.1'
"Thanks, " replied the man, drawing
himself up with dignity. "I am hccum
tomed to nil kinds of trrntmoiit. Your
sarcasm In not lost upon me, sir, hut I am
loured to hardships of this description,
ShfUof satin' do not penetnile, If I may
ao express myself, the nrinor the
Uw"
"Thu Incrustation," "aid thu other, com
lug to hi rullof.
"The moral coat of nmll thnt protects my
Inner self from hurt nml Injury," proceeded
the traveler, Ignoring thu suggestion
"They do not pierce It. It may Interest
you mul It may not to learn thnt 1 am a
nfUKAII."
"From Huiwlnf"
"No, Mir. From Mississippi. I nm Hood
afferer."
"Boaoonr"
Th refugee coughed a depreciating
Mough.
"I could easily explain me celerity 01
mj movement," he replied, "hut lit your
request I have drawn a veil over my liln
itorr almost up to the present moment,
uftlce It to say I was it Hood milTervr u
faw days ago. Today I nm here. A few
days iiko I was u happy, contented dweller
la Mississippi, Today I nut a homeless
'Wanderer. Unprepared for disaster, not
dreaming of the horroni to come, I walked
About my little plantation In the valley cf
the Oklahooehee"
"It wiih the Tombighcu, wasn't Itf"
"You nro right. It was theTomblglKT.
Life was a dreamy Idyl Care free I
'roamed the woodland, the meadow, the
cultivated Held, possessed of Miftlclent
mean to enjoy life without the depressing
McenMltyof engaging In manual lalior. It
was too bright to lastl The enchanting
dream was followed liyn swift awakening.
The rains descended, the Hoods came and
the lovely Tallahatch Tontblglioe lio
earne a roaring Hood. It swept nwny the
accumulation of years. It reduced me to
Saaury In a moment. Yet I did not alum
on my home until driven to the last ex
tremity. Am the roarhiK waters mounted
1 climbed to the roof of my dwellUm- I re
mained there until the topmost brick In
the highest chimney wiih submerged, and
then I fearlessly committed myself to tlir
water. I awnm"
"Hold ont You fearlessly committed
yourself to the water, did you?"
"I did, sir. I Hwnm until"
"That will do, my friend. I have listened
patleutly to your story. I havu nceeptod
without argument your statements con
cernlug your former prosperity and pres
ent adversity. I have been much Interested
la the abbreviated history of your life and
aafforlnga. I have thrilled with sympathy
for you, my friend. My generouslmpuNes
have been stlrrvd to their Inmost depths,
aad I have felt the team of compassion
walling up from their hidden source, but
If you don't climb down off this (torch and
take yourself out of these premises In less
than no time, you Inxy, dirty, lying, worth
laaa, rum nosed vagabond I'll kick you
clear up through your greasy old hatl Oct
outl"
"The next time 1 work off thnt atory,"
nattered the grimy tnurUt to himself nf
tar be had got safely outside the gate and
started on down the street, "I'll omit thnt
awiatmlng bath. It didn't seem to wash."
Chicago Tribune.
' Hot Certain.
He I nee that old Mr. Dentley was
burled yesterday.
Wife (shocked)-Why, is old Mr. Ucntley
dead?
He (who had just been "sat upon") The
paper doesn't say whether he is (lend or
BOt. simply thnt ho was buried yesterday.
Brooklyn Life.
Ths Adjustable llmeball lleport.
1 As the true baseball reporter Is sure
either to boll over with enthusiasm or com
pletely evaporate in despair, this form Is
offered for his convenience, to be filled in
according to thu score:
Our Bre(jllon of Ailed the heart
of all true admirers of tho national Kama with
Intense by their work )otcrdsy utter
Boon, If such a term bo not too mild to be ap
plled to tho playing witnessed yesterday
by couconnto of seclator to their keen
and . We hardly expect to seo again
during tne entire season anotuer such exnmi
Hon of , even tbouuh the who Ate
covering the nauio of Pluukvllle with
should do theig very .
Indianapolis Journal.
The Retort Discourteous.
Flop How did your courtship with Miss
Cretans tum outf
Flip Not quite as I expected. I applied
to bar father for her hand and he answered
awwithbUloot.-L'lk. .
lUrnnilng.
Clara That's an awfully becoming veil
you have on.
t Maude What makes you think so?
CfttraUeeauae It's ao thlck.-Cloak Review.
OEMS IN ERSE.
(looil MkM.
(IikhI nltihll I havu lo say kihmI nlitht
To such n host of peerless tliln!
(IihmI nlijlit linlii Hint fmulln hand
All o in-only with lis t'llil of rlngsi
tl(sst lilnlil to fond, npllrted eyes;
(IiksI nlulit loehestiiiil hrnlilsof Imln
(IimkI nlirtit unto thn perfect mouth
And nil thu sweetness nestled thero.
Thn snowy hntid ilelnlns met then
I'll have lo say good nlulit nitnlnl
lint them will eottin a time, my love,
When, If I rend our stars arhtht,
I slmll nut Hotter by this xirch
With my alliens. Till then uihsI nluhtl
Yon vtlsli the time were nun? And I.
You do not liltt'h lo w Mi It so7
S'ou would hae lilnslieil )onrself to death
To own ns niiii'h a ) ear nun,
Whntl Isith these snowy hands? Ah,
then
I'll hnvu tosayiMssl nlulit nKidnt
-Thomas llnlley Aldrleh.
Itermmlilrrril l.ovr.
"Five )i-nrs to wnlll" Don't do It,
My llitim-cnt lilnu oyed mnld,
For tho ) ears mny Inst a llfvtlmn,
Willie )our )oulliful roses finlo,
While) our eyesnrn red with weeping
And watching Ihu treacherous sent
Till )oii hIiic thu snug of tho lonootio,
"lln never came bnnk to mo."
Five yenrs to wait, whllu others
Arudnnehig thodnnruof youth,
And thu oiio perhnps )ou am trusting
Is breaking III" vows forsooth.
"I shall wait for my love, my dnrllug,
Who bus sailed fivr over thn sen,
Flvo years or ten or twenty,"
Hnld tho blnu e)ed mnld to mo.
Bo shn wnitu her sweet lovu letters,
Or tended her garden (lowers,
Or wal ehed tho restless billows
On the Instiling elllT for hours:
Whllu slin turned her suitors pining
Away from thucottagodisir,
And waited, patiently walled,
Olio long, lung year or morn.
MTI very wtmry walling,"
Hnld thu liluu eyed mnld to mn,
And shu glanced at her Inst now suitor
And then at thu rustless sen;
As sliu glanced nt thu roves fading
lu her garden fnlr nuiLbrlght;
Tw Ice coiuu, twleu gonu slneu ho loft nor
Two yeurs buforu thnt night.
And shu married her Inst now suitor
Ilcfnru thu winter spcil;
And shu wrote to her nbsent lover
On thu day thnt shu wns wedi
".Shu hoped hu would not surfer,
Thnt thu shock would soon bo o'er,"
And thu answer soon Informed her
Mo had married a )ear before!
Telepathy.
Last night wu met, wlioro others meet.
To I'urt as others part;
And greeted but as others greet,
Who greet not heart to heart.
Wu talked of other things, and then
Toother folk passitl by;
You turned and snt w Ith other men.
With other women I.
And cl a world of things unsaid
Meanwhile between Us pnsMid;
Your check my phantom kiss Mushed ted,
And )ou looked up at last.
And then our glume met initio midway
Across the chattering crowd;
And all that heart to heart run say
Was In that glance mowed.
Owen Meredith.
I.eeille Yaw cob Htruuas.
I hnf von funny leedlu siy
Yot gomes M-hut to mlnu knee,
Uer ipieerest hi Imp, dor erentesl roguo
Asefer youdll see.
Ho runs und seliiuupsuudschuinshesdlnga
In all harts olT der liousu
But vol tiff dot? Ilu vas inlno son,
Mlnu Imille Yawcob Ktrauss.
lie gets der measles und der mumbs,
Und eferydlug dot's omit;
llu sbllls mlnu glnss oil lager beer.
Toots schntitT Indo mlnu kraut:
llu (Ills mine pliu uilt l.liuhurg cheese
Dot vos der roughest cliouso
I'd dnku dot vrom no oder boy
lint li-rille Yawcob Strauss.
llu dnkes der mllkbnu for a dhrum,
Und cuts mlnu ennu In dwo
To maku der sticks to lient It mlt
Ml no craclous, dot vas druul
I dinks mine bed vas schpllt alwirt,
llu kicks oup sooch a touse-
llut nefer mind, der his vas few
Like dot young Yawcob Strauss.
llu asks mu quusttoiu such us dosoi
Who balnts inliui nosu so red?
Who vos It cuts dot sclimiMidth blace oudt
Yroiu der hair upon my lied?
Und hero der ptazu goes vrom der lamp
Vunu'ur der glim I douse?
How gun I all doso dings eggsblaln
To dot schmall Yawcob Strauss?
I somediincs dink I schall go vlld
Mlt sM)ch a graxy oy,
Und vlsh oncu moro I gould hnf rest
Und la-aceful dimes enshoy;
But von ho vas ashleep In pod,
So quiet as a mouse.
1 prays der t.ord, "Dnku anydlngs.
But leaf dot Yawcob Strauss."
-Charles Pollen Adams.
A Maudenlng Mistake.
I lounge and listen In the gloom;
A dainty footfall as light as down,
A subtlu porfumo In the room,
The whisper of a silken gown.
I dimly fool a presuneo ucar.
My heart beats high In sudden hope,
And then, although no word I hear,
I know 'tis shu, my Penelope!
She steals In sllunco to my side,
I feel her breath upon my face:
What though a hell were yawning wide!
I.tfu, Heaven, all, for one embrace!
I clasp her swiftly In my arms,
I hold her closely to my breast.
And she is mlnu and all her charms,
And passion Is no more repressed.
Exultlngty I think of ulut-
Of Holllngwoml, who loves In vain:
If he but know, from gay to grim
Would pn his uiissl In Jealous pain.
Oh, moments of a mad delight!
Nonu so sweet as she, I know:
The nxnii grows darker with tho night,
"My Hnlllngwoodl" sho murmurs low.
That voice! a light! In quick imnze
1 turn to look, and by my life,
Thu f.u-o that meets my starthsl gaze
Is that of-dosh It nlll-iny wlful
Itfitrlbutlou.
1 came, 1 saw-, I pressed her hand;
I beggi-d her for a kiss.
She blushed, looked down I stole tho prize.
It was a dream of bliss.
I've wakened from my dream since then
That Mas has cost mede-ar.
I'm pa) It g alimony now
For It twelve times a )ear. Judge.
At Nighttime.
We soothe the child for some wlthholdeo
pleasure.
Till sweet eyns smile that weru so faints
weep:
"Tomorrow -my wait until tomorrow
After ) fill sleep.''
Bo we are soolhrtl with solumu dreams of
heaven,
When earthly days no further solace keep;
Hope tell us thuro shall he a happy morrow
After we sleep.
-Anne Heave Aldrlck.
ROOM DECORATION.
Orarrful Hangings and Com fort aids Ap
pointment (live an Air nf Luxury.
In tho decoration nf it room n gunornl
air of luxury Is Imparted by graceful
lintiglngH ami coiiifortuliloiniK)lntim'iitH.
Hiicli nit elTcct can Ik: aveompHsliod by n
wonmn of tiiHto without much uxtruvn
guiico. In tho ii) of curtnliiM nvory vn
rlt.'ty of docoratlon la-conics jioRsiblo,
mill so intich tiwto mill skill cnti Ihj
nhown in thu selection of tnutorlals, tin;
mlniitutioii of puttortm nml tho choice of
coloring thnt It Im not Nurprlsing dm
jKirioH of ovory kind rucuivo IticreiiHlng
nttuntlon.
Tho hIiikIow silk, with Its clintigciililc
Imukgrotitnl and design of I'ohca, hops
mid clematis blending in micli harmony
of natural color, Is most dcHirnhlu, not
only for curtains ami tortieres, but for
wall hntigiugH as well. Thin mnkcH pic
ttircH in n room unnecessary ns wall
ndortimuntH. Tho plantation cloth in
olivu, browns ami grays also tniikes very
ilt'fllrublo (lraHjrlcH. Tho green cloth,
with cat tails, miu1 IIUch, etc., worked
in whito upon it, maku very pretty de
signs for curtains, jiortiorvH nml table
cloths, A room done in Madagascar grass
cloth is odd ami cool. Tho cloth comes
in strips, every ono dllTerent, yet nil har
monizing: tho ctirtuiiiM ami ortlcrc.H
hung lengthwise, ciiHhiontMtml tidicH o:i
tho bias. Thu latent is an English nov
elty cloth, thu prettletd being hoii green
in huu, with a waving lino in cream
color running through it, resembling the
waves of thu sea. It comes lu square
with designs of shell ami ilsh in each
comer. For curtains, portiorea nml bed
spreads theso are united with n fancy
stitch. Mantels aro to bo guiltless of
draperies. Many of olishel wood have
a row of gilt hooks, utioii which are
hung souvenirs. Duck or linen, with
pretty designs of tlowers, is now being
used ns n friezu. Curtains should hang
straight at thu right side, ami with tho
draiied effect at thu left.
For a door panel, or in fact any kind
of a panel, cloth of coppor or silver i
very beautiful. Ono sceno having a de
sign acrosH thu top worked in gold was
a draiied llshuut: at thu bottom rushes
ami shells. It was attached to a door;
above ami at tho sides in artistic folds
fell a green plantation cloth curtain; the
effect given was that of looking into a
great distance.
That audacious bounty, Lady Teazle,
has been handed down to famu asso
ciated with a screen, but it is with the
use, not abuse, of this ornamental arti
cle that wo wish to deal. From being
merely unwieldy contrivances to shelter
from thu draft thu screens have become
among the greatest ornaments of the
homo, nml no room seems to bo furnished
without onu or moro. The threefold
parlor screen is tho most fashionable:
for summer the bamboo or whito enam
el frame is very desirablu. Thu panels
may bu of figured silk or to match tin
draperies of thu room.
One can be used to shut in a cozy nook
in the sitting room. In a corner it is
fashiouablo to swing a hummock, well
filled with cushions, where the fair
members of the family may enjoy the
lutest novel or slumber undisturbed by
chance intruder. Abundance of cush
ions should next bo supplied for couch,
window sent and easy chairs; also head
rests, to take tho place of tidies. Those
of linen, plantation cloth nml denim,
with designs of flowers, llsh and love
knots upi them, aro cool and inviting
ns well as artistic.
lu tho window should bo u Japanese
hanging vasu filled with flowers or
leaves, ns tho fresh green mid natural
plants aro a reliof to tho eye. A hollow
seated Indian stool with a cushion tijion
it: a fow easy chairs: a table with at:
afternoon tea set, ono for papers and
books; a few old fashioned ornaments
on tho mantel: a little open cabinet in
whito enamel and gold, with bric-a-brac
upon it: a catchall in linen of banner
form; u pretty wall ornament in the
shnpo of a largo palm leaf fan cov
ered with silk; a Bplder wub with a
spider worked upon it, with a bunch of
reeds und grasses caught in tho center,
will mnko a very pretty, nrtistic, invit-
iug summer room. I. Holland.
Paris Fashions.
Varnishing day at tho salon is an oc
casion for tho displuy of our prettiest
cotumcs, and wo must plead guilty of
trying to outdo our neighbors in the
matter of haudsoino costumes, and in
my opinion tho living figures thnt puss
serenely along looking at tho paintings
are moro interesting than tho pictures.
Tho dresses aro so pretty, tho parasols so
light and airy, nmdo as they aro of filmy
chiffon lightly festooned over a framo of
pale silk, and the hats nro so becoming,
and tho wraps so rich with gold em
broidery, and tho laco and ribbon so
much of it is used now, moro, I think,
than over beforo.
Tho spring wraps simply rovel in rich
embroidery in metal threads, and almost
every costnmo which will staim u bos
moro or less gold
or silver em
broidery. Figaro
jackets of rich
whito or black
velvet aro stiffly,;
embroidered in
gold thread, and
many costumes
have vest front,
culTs and collars
in thu same valu
able embroidery.
Somo of them are
imulo posticho so
as to chaugo
from ono cos
tumo to another.
Handsome dress
es for visit, home
or reception are
often mado like
thu illustration,
with a deep vel
vet foot pieo, richly embroidered with
goid or silver, or sometimes a mixture of
both. The girdle is sotnetimes embroid
ered to mulch thu skirt and sometime
left plain.
Ribbons are holding high carnival
and flutter o very w hero.
t . i .. it -a esA
2mrwl ur
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J1 1 11 -JiiPsnill A7?Ii'il'
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HOW TIME WILL FLY.
It Was No t7 for Tliem to Try to I'niil
as Old Singers,
Tho hand of fate, oioratiiig through
tho head waiter, seated them at tho
most conspicuous table in tho dlniiK,'
room.
"Don't stnto at mo so lovingly," he
fiercely hissed, "or you'll give it all
away."
Tho fair young girl at his sido blushed
and looked very much confused.
"Iium," coughed ho, ostensibly oyiti(?
tho menu.
Hut ho was overdoing it. Nobody was
deceived.
"Urlng its Romo mock turtle," ho com
manded, attempting a growl, but realiz
ing only n tremolo gasp.
"Don't call mo any pet names hero,"
ho whispered from tho side of his mouth.
Hho tried to look unconcerned, but be
camo redder in thu face every moment.
Ho essayed to look suvugo, but uiado a
distinct failttru of it.
"Er lovely morning," ho suddenly
observed aloud, with a sickly attempt at
nonchalance.
"Yes yes, my I"
"Shi Don't call mo nny pet nnmen.
Why, you'd givo us away in a minute."
Ho assumed a feeble imitation of lofty
indifference. Sho seemed about ready
to sink through tho floor.
"Georgo," vory softly.
Ho tried to frown prodigiously, with
only indifferent success.
"1 think," extremely pianissimo,
"everyliody is looking at us."
Ho was uneasy, and his hands wero
much in his way. But inspiration came
at last.
"It doesn't seem," ho suddenly ex
claimed very ntuliby, thu look of in
credulity on his faco was a fair simu
lation of tho real thing, "ns if wo had
been married four yeurs, does it?"
"N-no, Georgo."
Tho baldhcnded individual near the
door got choked with his soup, but with
thnt exception thero wub not n soul in
tho room that did not smile.
Presently tho bridal couplo retired;
their nppetitcs appeared to bo not of tho
most robust. Cincinnati Enquirer.
All Tilings Coiiiu Around.
Bttllinch That's a true saying, isn't
it, that things couto around to thoso who
wait?
Woodon 1 don't know, I'm sure.
What makes you think of that now?
Dtilfiuch Well, there is Hardup; ho
used to say that ho would never bu con
tent with his condition in lifo until lib
could keep a carriage.
Wooden Well, he'll never have one.
Ho never was known to have a dollar to
his mime, and on top of that ho went and
got married.
Uulfinch Yes, but ho's got his car
riage. 1 saw him out tho other day.
Wooden You don't tell mo!
DiiUIiicIy It's a beauty too; ono he
pushes himself. Boston Courier.
A Dreuil Alternntlte.
M. Do L , though still young, was
dying of consumption. Ho lay grasping
tho hand of his wife, who sat by tho side
of tho lied.
"1 feol that all is over," ho snid, "and
I bitterly regret my little quarrels with
you, tho scenes of jealousy, tho suspi
cious, which sometimes blighted our af
fection. You may uow tell mo without
reservo if you did not think 1 was mad.
and utterly wrong. My dour!" said ho,
with quivering accents, "I want to know
all."
Sho (in a gentlo voice) But supjwso
you got well again? Main Jauno.
German Discipline.
Thero was to bo a grand review and
inspection of tho troops of a German
garrison. A corporal gavo tho following
orders to tho soldiers:
"Now, men, if tho major asks you
how you liko your grub, you say 'Good.'
If a colonel asks you, you must reply,
'Very good.' If tho general asks you,
you must speak up and say, 'It couldn't
bo better.' "Texas Sittings.
Hart Ills Self Love.
Murilla Who is that gentleman yon
intioduced me to a little whilo ago; I
didn't catch his name.
Millicent That is tho distinguished
poot, Mr. Scrawlor.
Murilla Indeed! Now 1 understand
why ho seemed to get angry when ho
asked mo who is my favorito poet, nnd
I replied, "Shakespeare" Now York
8un.
Exhausted by Ills Profession.
Seeker Who is tho follow that comes
out of your boarding houso every morn
ing nnd takes tho cartorido threo blocks
to his placo of business?
Sageman Is it possiblo you don't
know him? Why, that's Samson, tho
champion runner of tho Olympian Ath
letic club. Boston Courier.
Overheard.
"Mrs. Devere-Huwkins is a widow, U
ahenot?"
"Temporarily." Harper's Bazar.
Clearly Uutrue.
"What do yon think of that artist
who painted cobwebs on his ceiling vo
truthfully thnt tho'lMrdd girl woro her
self into un uttack of nervous prostra
tion trying to sweep them down?"
"Thero may havo been such an artist,
bat never such n hired girl." Indianap
olis Journal.
A KINO COMING TO THE FAIR.
The Itiilim if Slum Having Yacht Hull!
fir the Long .lonriirjr.
Somdetcli 1'lira I'nramiudo Mnhn Khoul-
nlonkoru, king of Hlani, Is having built In
Scotland n splendid private yacht In which
hu proposes to make a tour of the world.
Ilu will come to America during tha
World's fnlr, and doubtless visit ninny
other places besides Chicago, llu will bo
tho first eastern poteutntc, If wo except
King Knlakuuu of Hawaii, to visit tha
TIIK KINO OF SIAM'fl YACHT.
United States, nml probably hu tokos this
time for Ids visit on account of tho fntu of
thu larger part of tho Siamese exhibit nt
thu Centennial exhibition In 18Tti K ar
rived on thu grounds one dny after tho ex
hibition had closed. What tho king had
to any to his commissioners nlxmt this Is
not known, but ns ho Is an nbsolttu mon
arch It Is likely thnt ho nmdo It warm for
them In true oriental style. Thu king is
now In his thirty-ninth year nml hns
reigned ever since hu wns fifteen, so it Is
likely thnt by this timu hu Is well used to
his job.
Tho British have recently annexed Bur
mall, which thu Siamese feel is getting
pretty close to them, where for a long time
the English have tried to exert a prepon
derating lulliieuce. Thu king evidently
wishes to get some personal knowledge of
Kurnpcun and especially of Kugllsh meth
ods. In 1837 ho sent two of his brothers to
tho queen's jubilee in London. They were
educated men of most charming manners,
and their polished courtesy reminded those
who met them of thu cultivated Japanese
who havu traveled through Kuropo and
America.
Thu yacht that thu king has ordered is
to bo of 2,U00 tons burden, nlmost twlco tho
size of thu largest private yacht yet built
In Kit rope. It is also to bu something of a
wnr vessel, as It will enrry brondsidu guns
and guns of large caliber in broadside tur
rets, whllu on tlio decks machine gnus will
bu mounted. Thu king's Instructions to
thu builders wero thnt they should maku
him thu fattest and most luxurious ship
afloat. With thu best Intentions the build
ers mny not bo able to do this, for speed in
ships llku speed in horses is a mighty un
certain thing. In ships it cannot bo at
tained by mathematical calculations in
designing either hull, boilers or engines.
Of two ships laid upon thu samu Hues ami
with exactly the samu power, ono may be
5M per cent, faster than the other.
It would bu interesting to know what
tho king of Siiiiu will think of crowded
Europe and bustling America after leav
ing his own country of only nbout 0,000,000
inhabitants. 'Hut his capital city of Bang
kok with Its 000,0(10 people is a largo place,
for they aru not lodged, as are tho people in
modern cities, in towering buildings that
like beehives swarm with life, Hour over
lloor. But royal met', like savages, rarely
express surprise and it is likely that King
Khoululou'coru will so nil thu wonders of
western civilization nnd maku no sign.
.Sniokii.g Kclentll'cutly Considered.
Dr. Jules Itochard, of the French Acad
emy of Medicine, has published lu The
Kuvuu des Deux Mnndes a popular pres
entation of the good and evil effects of to
bacco smoking. The good effects, thu nil
tlior thinks, are so negative ns to bu of
little account, us theru is nothing healthy
In thu habit, whllu thu evil effects aro so
many that thu most hardened smokerafter
reading thu article will feel like throwing
away his cigarettes, cigars nnd pipes, nnd
stimulating his nerves with tea. In thu
first place, nicotine, ns every ono knows, is
an active poison which sometimes hns
fatal effects. Thu writer finds that most
smokers aro dyspeptic; that excessive
smokers tiro disposed toward heart disease,
nnd especially angina pectoris, and thnt
pipo smokers lire likely to hnvu cancer of
thu lips nnd tongue. But, after nil, Dr.
Hochard does not think thnt, considering
thu pleasure to lie derived from smoking,
thu moderate use of the weed Is hurtful
enough to urgu its totnl abandonment.
Ilurlals In Westminster Abbey.
Two hundred years or so ngo there wns
still plenty of room for burials in West
minster abbey, and at thnt time there
were fixed burial fees. For Instnnce, a
gentleman pnld 10, n knight 13, a baron
M, nn enrl 30, n innrquls 35, a duke
W, a bishop 30, nn archbishop 40, nnd
a lndy by courtesy tho sumo as a bnron.
Now there are no fees, as only those can
bu burled there who are so distinguished
that such a burial Is looked upon us due
to tho deceased. In thu poets' corner
thero is only room for four or five more
bodies.
The Work of 1'hllntlelpiiU Artist.
F. E. Elwell is a young Philadelphia
sculptor, and ho has recently finished a
group in bronze thnt is receiving high
praise. It is called "Charles Dickens nnd
Llttlu Null," ami thu figures are those of
the famous novelist and of one of his most
THE COMPLETED DESION.
noted charnctcrH. Iloth arc considerably
larger than life size and the totnl height of
the work'wheA it Is mounted on thu pedestal
will bu 14 feet. J. Cleveland hns designed
thu base, which will !o 4 feet 0 Inches high,
und composed of red Knoxvllle granite,
standing ou it platform and step 18 inches
high, of darker shade of granite. The cost
if tlio irrouu is nid to bo llf.0x.
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