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DISCOVERY.
Whn the bugler morn shall wind his horn
And we wake to the wild to be,
Eball are open our eyes on the selfsame skies
And stare at the selfsame sea?
O new, new day! though you bring no stay
To the strain of the sameness prim,
Tou are new, new, new new through and
thro uz h.
And strange as a lawless drearr.
WtU the driftwood float by the lonely boat
And our prisoner hearts unbar.
As it tells of the strand of an unseen land
That lies not far. lot far?
O new, new hope: 3 sweep and scope
Of the glad uclyit g sea!
Tou are new, i w. new with the promise trtie
Of the dreamiund isles to be.
TVill the land-birds fly across the sky.
Though the lxnJ is not to s-e?
Eave they dipped and parsed in the sea-line
VAdt?
Have we left th land a-lee?
O new despair! ihou-'b the hopeless air
Grow Toul with the calm und grieves,
Tou are new, new, new and we c:eave to you
As a soul to its freedom cleaves.
Does the faUinsr nisht hide fiends to fight
Aud phun lotus to ufTraj?
Vhiit demons lurk in the prislymtrk.
As the niirut watch waits for dart
O stranpe new gloom! we await tho doom.
And what doom none may deem:
But it's new. new, new and well sail it
through,
"While the mocking seagulls scream.
A lit; b t, a l'pbt, in The dead of night.
Tuat lifts and sinks in the waves!
What fink are the who hve kindled its ray
Men or the pbouls of proves?
O new. new fear' near, neur and near.
And you tear us weal or woe!
But you're new. new, new so a cheer for you!
And onward friend or foe! ,
Ehall the lookout call from the foretoptall
"I.und. land!" with a maddened scream,
And the crew in glee from the taffrail see
AY here the islajid palm-trees dream?
Kew heart, new eyes! For the morning skies
Are a-chant with their gr-en and gold!
JTc-w, new. new, new new through and
through!
Kev, new till the dawn is old!
Kichard Hover, in N. Y. Independent-
A CHOKED CHBLXEY.
An Engineer" b Way of Securing a
Rich Wife.
In the highest part of a large and im
posing: building-, situated on the street
Chaussee d'Antin, a young' man by the
name of I'asseraud perched like a spar
row on the topmost branch of a poplar
tree. The manners of this young' man
were peaceful and orderly; his temper
was gentle; his bearing modest: his
clothes were patched. The janitor had
expressly forbidden this insignificant
tenant to have in his possession a dog.
a violin, a sewing1 machine, anything1,
no matter what, which was cumber
some or noisy. lie was enjoined to
come in very early at night It was a
question in the neighborhood how he
managed to keep his hands clean, for
the janitor had forbidden him to take
up any water, because this liquid, car
ried carelessly in jugs by his youthful
hands, might damp the stairs. Flow
ever, by good will and trood humor,
Passeraud had succeeded in making his
presence supportable, although only a
poor devil in a house inhabiied by
bankers, favorite tenors, diplomates
and commissioners of accounts.
He had recently left the Ecole Cen
trale with an honorable standing, and
almost immediately the Calcium Min
ing company of the Upper Peloponne
sus had offered him a position one
hundred dollars a month to begin with
which would have put him out of the
reach of want; but as he dreamed of
inventing an automatic brake, which
would prevent locomotives from com
ing into collision on. the railroad, or at
least would reduce the force of the
shock, he had refused the offers of the
mining company, to give himself night
and day to the drawing of innumera
ble diagrams of the brake in question.
Therefore, he looked forward to glory
and fortune, but while he waited he
was dying of hunger. That mattered
not to him; his invention he was ab
solutely sure of that his invention
was on the point of succeeding.
One day, on the first flight of the
staircase, he encountered a young girl,
blonde and exquisitely dressed, and so
graceful that a scholar would immedi
ately have called her a goddess as
shown by her bearing. She went foi
ward and disappeared, light and sup
ple, leaving behind her a subtle odor of
lemon vertena, and I'asseraud, aston
ished, remained motionless in the mid
dle of the landing for live minutes with
his mouth open, as though he ex
pected that the vision of his peerless
neighbor would present itself to him
anew.
The next aay, by a coincidence which
we would like to believe quite fortui
tous. Passeraud was on the same land
ing exactly at the same hour a?ain.
The younir girl passed, and, as it
seemed, blushed in passing. Fearing
that he had wounded her Passeraud
resolved never to come down the stair
case at that hour again.
The following day, however, he re
membered that urgent business com
pelled him to go out at a moment ex
actly identical with that wheu leaving
the house was quite forbidden him by
his decision of the day before. He
took up his hat, annoyed at this busi
ness which exposetl him to the danger of
embarrassing with his prosecco a per
son whom he would not have troubled
i.ir the world. What he dreaded hap
pened; a new meeting took place, and
Passeraud was inconsolable, the fnir
maid having blushed more thu oefore.
He was accordingly enrtig-l t
himself; the un mown one. .sc.
at being1 thus followed v'onJu very
probably tatie steps to keep herself out
of his way. In order to convince hiro-
K.lf ft f fTiic miGrittiintt I'.it . urn it
sot:gnt tne same place everyday at the
same hour, and every day drew aside
on the staircase to let his neigh bor
pass. Drought up politely by his
mother, he bowed at each meeting.
At the end of some time, it seemed to
him that the slight inclinatio n of the
hea-l which he leceived in return took
on an aspect almost friendly.
Having noticed this he "Aent to look
at himself in tlsv mirror of a ihop in
his room there was nothing of the sort
in order to know if his person was
such that it might please bo accom
plished a young girL Then he saw
that, even though the cut of his over
coat was bad. there was nothing repul
sive about his looks. Next he inquired,
with caution, concerning the first name
of the pretty young lady on the first
floor. He did not know why, but he
had a strong desire to know her
first name. When he had learned that
it was Valentine he was quite en
chanted. These comings and goings were not
of advantage to the automatic brake;
the diagrams were neglecUi-
At last I'asseraud took a decided
step; he dressed himself as well as
possible, went to the apartments of
Valentine's father, who was no less a
personage than M. Lamantin. owner of
the large and imposing building, and
said to hlin: "Sir, 1 have the honor to
ask for your daughter's hand-"
"My daughter's hand:" said the
astonish. d old pentleman, eyeing
Passeraud from head to foot. "For
whom, if you please?"
"For myself, sir."
'For yourself! Why, are you not my
little t-nant of the garret, up there
under the roof?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then what
daughter has ei;
do you mean? My
rht hundred thousand
dollars,
of that
I am
fact.
willing to inform you
Do you take it in?
Eight hundred thousand.
t.-liut Vi-.ivat wnii'"
And
you,
The engineer answered frankly; then
he added:
"I am not actually rich, but if you
will give me Mile. Valentine, believe
that ray work, my humble acquire
ments "
"Stop talking! your conversation is
of no interest to me. Will you please
take your departure at once! It makes
me die of laughing to have you come to
usk me for my daughter. I have only
to add: 'Good evening. "
"But, sir. if I do not present my suit
until after my automatic brake has
made me a millionaire I risk finding
Mile. Valentine married to another.
Now, sir, I do not wish to run any such
risk.-
"So much the worse. What do you
want me to do about it?"
Passeraud retired in much distress.
Banging the doors after him, M. Laman
tin exclaimed:
"Not a cent! No position! Asks for
mj daughter. Ah! really, it is quite
interesting1."
IL
This visit, which had such an unfa
vorable result as regards our friend,
left very slight traces on the mind of
M. Lamantin. Wha t brought, several
days later, an anxious look to the lat
lcr's face was simpiy the fact that his
parlor chimney smoked.
In the middle of the month of De
cember and just as he was preparing to
arrange a reception in honor of his
daughter's nineteenth birthday his
parlor chimney began to smoke, A
householder could scarcely have had
a more disagreeable thing hapjen to
him M. Lamantin sent for his archi
tect, wh.i hastened to come, smelling
au ordr-r.
"Is that all?" he said, vexed when he
learned what the mattter was.
1 think that is quite enongh. It is
not amusing to own a chimney that
makes mv wife and mvself weep all
day
long, like a family recently af-
Aided.
"Your chimney was built on my
plans. That means it does not smoke."
"But it does smoke."
"Because you burn Mons coal; don't
burn Mons. Burn wood, and you will
have a clear fire."
"Perhaps you are right."
The change to wood in plaee of coal
did not make the chimney's breathing
easier. M. Lamantin, who was a reso
lute man, sent for the best architect in
Paris and begged him to deign to come
in person to study the question.
The architect, after having minutely
examined the chimney, did not scruple
to restrain this cruel reflection on his
brother in art: "What ass built this
chimney?"
"It tv as Ledente, my architect"
"It wafi well said; an ass. Have the
flue made four inches higher, in order
to increase the draught. It will be all
right then."
"What a simple matter it is, after
all."
"It only needed a little thought"
The operation completed, the chim
ney smoked as before. But the great
architect took care of his bilL
"liangit: what a bill!" M. Lamantin i
could not help sighing as he paid it
Disgusted with architects the house
holder 1 urned to bricklavers The first ,
one called in ordered the addition to the
flue of a piece of sheet iron, in the form
of a serpent
The chimney continued to send out
its smoke into the parlor.
A second bricklayer arrived; with '
disgust he had hi colleajrue's serpent
removed, and substituted for it a sort j
of helmet of the same material. j
The chimney did not pay any atten- j
tion to the helmet, but smoked, worse ;
than ever.
But here the concierge interposed j
with these consoline words: "Sir, you
are wrong to despair; I was just this :
moment talking with one of the ten- j
ants oh! I must say it, such a nice I
trnant! He told me that he would un
dertake to dis-jnehant your chimney in
live minutes."
"Let him come to me instantly, or I
grie him noiice to leave."
p j, i : o-V-1 r i "i VpRf-prpn'T pvt
!!..',.:' t..i. wiM-r; oi Zvl. Laiiiantlu.
He found u.s landlord tramping up and
down Ids parlor, which was as cold as
ice.
"At, it is you, young man, who flat
ter yourself you can cure in five min
utes chimneys incurably ilL Try; 1
am curious to see you do it"
"Five minutes is a little too short a
time, s:.r. I v antra hour."
"Very vceil au hour. Her is a
chimney given up by all the doctors.
f you make it agree to send its smoke
tp into the skies instead of down into
uy apartments I will give you what
;ou wish. I am quite out of patience,
i do not wish to bargain. Name your
rice."
"Sir, answered Passeraud with dig'
lily, "you will give me the hand of
Mile. Valentine. That is my price to
oe paiil nny after 1 have succeeded."
"For a chimneyl You wander in
vour talk, my dear sir."
"This chitnnej sir? Send for M.
Gamier, the architect of the opera; add
to him a picked jury of engineers,
chemists, members of the institute, pro
fessors from the Ecole des Uautes
Etudes, and if these gentlemen can do
in three months what I undertake to do
in an hour, that is to say, prevent it
from smoking as also to prevent from
smoking all chimneys with the same
trouble, I agree that you shall treat
me as though I were indeed raving."
"The hand of my daughter! That is
a high price. However, if really you
do possess such a Becret, you will be
abie to make money, a great deal of
money, and "
"I have a secret, in reality; and, as I
have a high opinion of it, you will give
me authority to shut myself alone in
this parlor for au hour anJ you wi.l
give me your word not to look through
the keyhole. I only go to work on that
condition."
"As you please. But why have you
not simply taken out a patent? Y'ou
would avoid these childisn precau
tions." "I am not rich enough to pay the
first premium on a patent"
"Borrow the money. This is a case
for borrowing, if ever there was one."
"Cir, I hate borrowing."
"Well, I am going. Perform your
mysterious operations in peace and
tranquillity."
"Y'ou will not look through the key
hole?" "1 give you my most solemn prom
ise." "And I have your word If I suc
ceed?" "We will see. I do not wan t to yield
on compulsion, but I am a just man."
Once alone, Passeraud wasted the
time in foolish proceedings rather out
of place, the gravity of the circum
stances considered. An attentive spec
tator but Passeraud had banished
spectators would have heard him hum
the air:
"Cest ici que Rose respire!"
The 6ame surprised spectator would
have seen him go from one piece of fur
niture to another with a delighted air,
walking as in a dream among the beau
tiful furniture, extend himself at full
length upon the sofa here Valentine
must havo sat; then install himself in a
small chair this low seat is without
doubt the one she prefers; then gaze for
a long while at a young girl's portrait;
that is her dear picture, and throw
kisses to it to you, ever to you! These
frivolous proceedings having consumed
the appointed sixty minutes, Pas
seraud opened the doors and called
everyone.
"Have a fire made, sir?"
Pa-sseraud was obeyed. The chimney
had now a clear strong draught A
gentle warmth breathed through the
chilled and frosty room. There was not
the least smoke. Passeraud's genius
shone out like the sun; he who could
not see it was blind.
"It is too delightful!" exclaimed M.
Lamantin, radiantly. "Valentine, this
dear young man is a great engineer.
Ue shall be my Bon-in-law with your
consent"
"Oh! yes, papa."
m.
A year after these miraculous events
lime. I'asseraud nee Lamantin had
a son as beautiful as the morning.
Upon this occasion M. Lamantin made
the following speech:
"My dear son. explain one thing to
me; three mouths ago the railroad com
panies adopted your automatic brake;
gold showered upon you from all sides;
the right to use your patent is pur
chased in Enjrland. America, Italy,
Australia, the Indies and Spain. Y'ou
are now rich, not from your wife's
dowry, but of yourself! Does not that
make you think seriously? But to come
to what is troubling me; you have on
hand another invention, and you do
nothing with it"
"To what invention do you allude,
sir?"
"Why. what else could it be but your
secret for preventing chimneys from
smokinp. Ah! you are not going to tell
me now that you are too poor to pay
the premium?"
"Pshaw! that would not bring in
much."
"It would be a spoke in the wheel;
why neglect a profit ready to your
hand?"
"Father, do not let us talk about it"
"Yes, yes, I wish to."
"Father you will oblige me to tell
you tningo 1 would ratner ueep 10 my
self." "Speak out, sptak out"
"Well then, know that I did not cure
your chimney of smoking, simply
stopped making it smoke. There is a
shade of difference between these two
things. My room then was up un
der the roof. I had only to put out
my hand to check the draught, by
placing something, no matter what
over the flue a plate, for example. It
was your fault too; ever since the world
was made, cruel fathers have fortyd
lovers to carry off their daughters oy
stratasrem. I did as every one does; 1
improvised a little comedy. My e
cuse is. that Valentine helped me; it was
she who commissioned the concierge to
represent me as the greatest chimney
builder of the vicinity. Forgive us
both, and console yourself by thinking
that it s fate which so rules, for those
who love each other must succeed in
tiieir pians; that is a law. When a
prudent marriage is happy, it is the ex
ception which proves the rule. So then,
my son, born this morning, is rich; be
sure that he will fall madly in love with
an honorable but poor girL Only he
will not have the pleasure of playing a
trick on me; I declare to you in advance
that I will give him this maiden with
out a cent certain as I am that if 1 did
not give her to him he would take
her." From the French, in Omaha Bea
PEHSONAL AND LITERARY.
The new president elect of tn
Rwiss federal council, who takes his
seat without any elaborate ceremony,
is well known to the Swiss colony of
this country. Jsot only was he once
Swiss minister to the United States,
but he has relatives in both Kew York
and Chicago.
Miss Alice Stona Black well is da
roting most of her time to the writing
of a biography of her famous mother,
the late Lucy Sone. M iss Blackwell is a
young woman of unusual force and
tteauty of character, bred in her moth
er's ways and purposes, and greatly in
terested in the cause of woman's suf
frage. The will of the late William I.
Coleman, the famous ferty-niner a
sketch of whose career appeared in the
papers not long ago which has been
tied in San Francisco, shows that the
estate is worth eight hundred thou
sand dollars. With the exception of
fifty thousand dollars each to his sons,
the testator leaves all his fortune to
his widow.
Father Kenelm Vaughan, of En
gland, a Catholic priest who spent
three years in a missionary journey
through South America, from Panama
to Patagonia, addressed the students
of John Hopkins university the other
day on the subject of his adventures.
The journey was made on muleback,
on the backs of Indians, in canoes, in
hammocks and on foot
It is said that Lady Jeune, who has
written so much on the "con" side of
the society question, can seldom stray
beyond the limits of a short sentence
without endangering her grammar.
She has written a preface for a new
volume about women, and, unfortu
nately, suffers some of her worst liter
ary shipwrecks in trying to express her
appreciation for the work of women
authors and journalists.
The Princess Mand of Wales is
credited with an original freak. A
little while ago she slipped away from
state and went to spend a week with a
lady to whom she is much attached,
who had been in attendance on her,
but since married. She preserved a
strict incognito as Miss Wells, and en
joyed herself amazingly at tetnis
parties and other country house fes
tivities. She was immeusely popular.
The "last will and testament" of
Lord Byron was sold at auction in
London recently for S13. At the same
sale a characteristic letter of Carlyle
to Mrs. Austin brought t0, and a let
ter of Byron to Coleridge $35. A letter
of George Eliot, complaining of the lit
erary criticism of certain persons, was
sold for J25; a letter from Nelson to Sir
William Hamilton for $40, and a num
ber of letters written by American
presidents and statesmen for $125.
Capt Ben Thompson, of Kenne
bunkport. Me., was one hundred years
old recently. The old skipper is living
in the hous.e in which he was born
December 20, 1T93. His oldest son is
seventy-one years old and lives with
him. He is erect and vigorous and at
wrestling at side holds or "arms
length" his son Evan to-day would be
no match for him. He shaves himself
resrularly and during the first fall of
snow this reason he was engaged in
making repairs of the road in payment
for his county tax. With the excep
tion of extreme deafness all the cap
tain's faculties seem to be intact
HUMOROUS.
A plain dinner to-day is better than
a banquet next week. Truth.
The best remedy for self-conceit is
to be well introduced to yourself.
Ram's Horn.
"Y'our neighbor appears to have
failed a good manv times." "Just
twenty-four times. The next will be
his silver bankruptcy." Fliegende
Blaetter.
"How can you be certain that it
was as late as two o'clock when Harry
came in last night?" May Because
he stumbled over a chair without
swearing out loud.
"Stiggles says he doesn't care for
public.prominence and is content to live
n a little world of his own." "That's
Stiggles all over. Everlastingly want
ing the earth." Buffalo Courier.
Postal Clerk "This letter is too
heavy. Miss; you want to put another
two-cent stamp on it" Miss Innocence
"But won't that make it heavier
still?" Raymond's Monthly.
Young Man "I want an engage
ment ring." Jeweler "Yes, sir. About
what size?" Young Man "I don't
know exactly, but she can twist me
around her little finger." Tit-Bits.
At the Salon. "Can you tell ne
what that picture represents?" "That
is Queen Cleopatra. Have you never
heard ol her?" "Never in my life. I
seldom read the papers." L'lntran
sigeant "I wouldn't think marriage would
seem much like a lottery to Catch
many." "Well. I would. He's been
married three times and each time a
fortune." "I know, but every time he
had to take a wife, too."
"I hear Parker has written
novel." "Y'es." "Successful?" "Very.
Whole edition sold in two hours." "In
deed! That's fine." "Oh no.
father-in-law bought it in for
daughter's sake." Harper's Bazar.
Mushman "Do you know that
His
his
if J
drink a single glass of that beer it goes
to my head?" fharp "Intelligent
beer?" Mushnvan "How's that?
Sharp "Why, it seems to know where
to find the most room." Yokers Ga
zette. Mrs. Xuwed "I want to confess
something to 2r"ou, dearest I deceived
you about m age; it is more that I,
told you." Mr. Nuwed "Then 1 may'
as well reciprocate, darling. I de
ceived you about my income; it is less
than I told you." Harper's Batar.
Dimllng (telling his story) "Well,
sir, when I reached the river the last
ferry-boat was gone. I could see it
approaching the opposite side. S I
sat down to think it oyer." Totling
(with deep interest) "And did you suc
ceed in getting it back by that method?"
Brooklyn Life.
BENES1S OF THE STEAM BOAT.
aaoUnt Craft That Formhadowed th
Modern Greyhound of th Sea.
The first steamboat was built by Den
nis Papin, who navigated it safely
down the Fulda as long ago as 1707.
Unfortunately this pioneer craft was
destroyed by jealous sailors, and even
the very memory of it was lost for
three-quarters of a century In 1775
Perrier, another Frenchman, t'uilt an
experimental steam vessel a Paris.
Eight years later, in 1783, Jouff roy took
up th; idea that had been evolved by
Papin and Perrier and built a steam
boat which did good service for some
tim on the Saone.
The first American to attempt to ap
ply steam to navigation was John Fitch,
a Connecticut mechanic, who made his
initial experiments in the year 1785.
To what extent Fitch was indebted to
the three illustrious French inventors
named above we are not informed, but
that his models were original there is
not the least doubt In the first he em
ployed a large pipe kettle for generating
the steam, the motive power being side
paddles working after the fashion of
oars on a common rowboat In the
the second Fitch craft the same mode
of propulsion wr.s adopted, with the
exception that the paddles were made
to imitate a revolving wheel and were
fixed to the stern clearly foreshadow
ing the present sternwheeler.
This last mentioned boat was thd
first American steam vessel that can be
pronounced a success. It made its
first trip to Burlington in July, 17S3.
But after all, it was not until after the
opening of the present century that
steam navigation started into actual
life. In 1807 Robert Fulton (who every
school child knows was an American),
in conjunction with one Robert IL Liv
ingston, built the Clermont and estab
lished a regular packet service between
New York and Albany.
The success of this undertaking was
so satisfactory that four new boats
were built before the end of 1611, at
least two of them being designed for
service in other rivers. St Louis Re
public. HOW PAT TOOK THE PLEDGE.
Bound Himself Not to Irlnk and Yet Left
Convenient Loophole.
Pat Cahill and Bridget, his wife,
were two well-known characters less
than a score of years ago in Lansing
burg. Both liked a "wee drop" at
times, and once in a great while Pat
would come home on Saturday night
decidedly the worse for wear.
This would scandalize Bridget, but
her solicitude for her husband's habits
apparently arose not so much from his
cond ition of intoxication as that she
was deprived from any participation in
the conviviality.
At last one day came a temperance
orator, who made a great impression
on the towns-people. The man was
somewhat more liberal in his views
ths-n others who had preceded him,
and if h'i could not seenre a pledge for
total abstinence would compromise
upon some other terms.
Among those who went to hear the
advocate one night was Pat and his
wife. The former appeared much af
fected by the arguments, and finally
pressed forward from his seat to sign
the pledge. His wife trailed on be
hind. "Don't be afther making it too
sthrong, Pat," she whispered loud
enough for every one to hear.
"Don't tempt me, Biddy," he re
marked as he advanced to the plat
form. "Write down there," said he to the
temperance man, "that Pat Cahill
will not taste a drop of liquor"
"Write down there, as I tell you,"
continued Pat, wavering a bit, "that
Pat Cahill will not taste a drop of
liquor except at a christening, a wed
ding or a wake and when he meets a
friend."
These terms were liberal enough to
satisfy Biddy, and Pat, too, for that
matter, but, strange to say. he ever
afterward boasted of taking the
pledge, but it did not prevent him hav
ing many a glorious spree without
ever violating his terms. N. Y Herald.
Millinery Shop Snperntltln.
The only remarkable superstition in
the millinery business is the suspicion
that gives the little black pin dignity.
With the exception of wemen in
mourning, customers would rather go
unpinned than use a black pin to
fasten a veil or a bonnet string. Black
pins are always to be founi in the
cushions of fashionable shops, but so
strong is the aversion to them that
many women will refuse to t ke coods
that have been ordered if bj any ac
cident the ominous pin gets into a loop
or rosette. N. Y. World.
" How These Men Lot Each Other!"
Scribbley Clubb says he shot five
hundred glass balls in lorty minutes
the other day.
Dribbley Didn't he shoot 'm with a
long bow? Judge.
Th Drncirldt's Smile.
"Do you have any scrupl-;s about
drink?" he asked the stranger.
"No," was the reply, though I usual
lv take mine in drams." Truth.
Paul Bennevue, who is La a New
Hampshire poorhouse. a physical
wreck, has been a diplomat, editor,
publisher, orator, politician and
banker. He began his public life in
France as secretary to Alexander
Dumas the elder, and in that capacity
edited the copy of many of the novel
ist's books. He is now 70 years old.
To find out your own ag, or that
of any other person. nultiply the nim
lnr of tht month of your birth by 2,
add 5. multiply by 50, add your age (or
the other man's or woman's), subtract
SG5, add 115, and the lasf two numbers :
of the restlt will indicae the exct age.
"MPton is a regular mouse in dis
position, isn't he?" "Great Jupiter,
no; his wife hasn't an idea of being
afraid of him." Inter-Ocean.
The largest library is in Paris. It '
ban 1,400,000 volumes, 175,030 mano
aoripts, "SCO, 00 maps and 150,000 coin,
SCHOOL. AND CHURCH-
The Woman a Foreign Missionary
society of the M. E. church, at its re
cent meeting at St PauL appropriated
$31t,000 the coming year.
A New South Wales society has an
"open air committee," which conducts
an open air Gospel meeting every Sun
day before church services.
The remarkable statement is made
that ten Yale students have been
stricken with appendicitis within a
year. This looks as if some dietary
problem were involved in the case.
The Bridgraan school for irirls at
Peking, China, has recently determined
.o receive do more girls with bound
feet The native Christi ns at Peking,
as the result of an enthusiastic meet
ing, have formed an anti-foot-binding;
society.
Nearly 11,000 women have regis
tered in Boston, a substantial increase
over last year. The women in Deer
field, Mass., who sued the assessors for
refusing to register her has obtained
$42.04 damages, and now all the other
Deerfield women are registering. School
suffrage in Massachusetts is looking up.
When Winifred of Devonshire (030
754 A. D. ) went to Germany to convert
the heathen his first act was to fell a
sacred oak which had Wen dedicated
to Thor. A great storm assisted him
in laying the giaut prone upon the
earth, and the heathen, regarding it as
a miracle, were converted by hundreds.
Of the 4,239 girls attendmg the
various high schools of Berlin 1,003 be
long to Jewish families, that is. S3 per
cent Of the 8,725 pupils attending the
gymnasia (colleges) l.'.09 are Jews, a
percentage of 24. While the total at
tendance of t.ie Berlin gymnasia has
decreased, thatcf Jewish pupils has in
creased. Missionaries of the English church
engaged in itinerating in southern In
dia find numerous instances of edu
cated men and Brahmins who are con
vinced of the truth of Christi -nity. In
one plac a whole Brahmin street was
found to be in a state of dissatisfaction
with Hindooism, their leader confess
ing: "The more I read of it the less I
believe it"
One of the most picturesque ec
clesiastical structures in Kew Y'ork is
St John's German Evangelical Lu
theran church in Christopher street Its
brown-stone front is ornamented with
quaint carvings in the colonial taste,
and its low steeple bears for weather
vane a giided arrow, that looks as if it
had been whittled out of a shingle by
6ome choir boy in an idle hour. Ad
joining the church is a substantial
brick parish structure, having a look
that, bespeaks a handson.e endowment.
The executive committee of the
Western Reserve university has ap
pointed Mrs. Mary Nojes Colvin pro
fessor of romance languages in the col
lege for women. Mrs. Colvin was
graduated from Mount nolyoke, and
after studying and teaching1 several
years she entered for a degree at the
university of Znrich. In February,
18SS, that university bestowned upon
her the degree of Ph. D.. summa cum
laude, she having been the first woman
to receive the doctors degree from
the institution.
The state of Michigan has taken an
important step in the treatment of con
sumption by deciding to quarantine the
disease. The idea is that while every
thing should be done in the way of pro
viding for those affected with the dis
ease, and are endeavoring to lessen
their sufferings, especial care should
be taken to isolate them, and thus di
minish the danger of their propagating
the disease among those who are
healthful. Michigan will establish,
therefore, separate hospitals for con
sumptives. The physicians of tnat
state declare further that a quarantine
against consumption will give the best
opportunity for prosecuting the study
of this malady. New Orleans Times
Democrat NATURAL GRACE.
A Beautiful Quality. I5ut Whto Assumed
a iM'trimeut.
Gracefulness, when natural, is a very
pretty accompaniment to youth and
beauty in women, but when it is as
sumed, or rather imitated in an exag
gerated form by women of mature
years for purposes of coquetry and
flirtation, it becomes most distasteful tc
those possessed of any refinement
Naturally graceful women in this coun
try are by no means common nowadays.
Indeed, the compression of corsets
and the relig.ously tijrht-fitting
tailor-made gown appear almost in
compatible with gracefulness. Grace
fulness belongs essentially to freedom
and nature, and, ns a rule, it is easy to
discover when only accquired. Xic
manners are far preferable to acquired
gracefulness, which requires a contin
ual effort to keep up. Doubtless much
of the grace of the ancient Greek and
Roman women was due to their loose
style of dress, the corset being an un
known infliction of later years. How
ever this may be, certain it is that the
women of to-day do not possess the
gracefulness of Helen of Troy or Cleo
patra. Chicago Post
Biblical.
The other day I was told of a little
girl who attended a distribution of
prizes given by the society for the pre-,
vention of cruelty to animals. She
h:id won. you must know, a book as a
reward for writing the best essay on
the subject given, and with the other
successful children was undergoing1 a
viva voce examination.
"Well, my dear," said the gentleman
who hid given away the prizes, "can
you tell me why it is cruel to dock
horses' tails and trim dogs' ears'?-'
"Because." m-v-'re- i'i ""''c -li!.
"what Go.l lias jo'ised l-. -ir irt no
man put asunder." Leisure Hour.
Tamll ar villi rijarM.
Stranger Y'ou are a native of this
town, I presume?
Boy (in cigar store) Iso, I'm from
Pennsylvania.
"Ah! A great manufacturing state."
"Yes. sir. Pennsylvania producef
more Havana cigars than any othe
state in the U uiom. " G ood Raw
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