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Afcastt Anther.
ru
Wfcy SO many bookl fail i
i Mm penele who wrote iium hv.
toUltur original to say, or what they
fay is uU badljr, says writer in Mur
ray's Magazine. Aiwtber reason is that
tow of thorn who can write know any
thing. They hart no invention. They
tot urn with their own eyes, but with
otter people i eye. They write book
boot other people's booki and have
'ittto of their own to tell us. Chamfort
gives another idea of authorship:
"What makea the success of numerous
Worka," he says, "is the alMmty between
the mediocrity of the ideas of t he author
knd the mediocrity of the ideas of the
ebuc"
When an author bas comnovri a work
U Mccaeariiy takes an interest iu it.
Every writer of books, says Shelley, I
likes to breech his bantlings. He may
have spent many years upon it and prob
ably forms an excessive estimate of its
value. He is under the impression that
- moat reader! of books will desire to pos
sess it. Lacking-ton, the bookseller, tells
ihe story of a gentleman who, not being
able to lind a purchaser for his manu
script, resolved to publish it at his
own expense. The publisher desired
to know how many copies should be
printed. The' gentleman began to
compute bow many families there
Were in Ureal Britain, and assured the
publisher that every family would at
least purchase one copy. He was of his
opinion that at the lowest IO,000 eopies
only might be printed of the first edi
tion. The publisher prevailed upon him,
much to his disgust, to print 1,250 in
stead of 60,000. The result was that only
100 copies were sold, not even enough to
pay for the advertisements, and the
author departed railing at the stupidity
of publisher, bookseller and public.
Book writing is quite as much aspecti
lation on the one baud as bookselling is
on the other. Only a small number of
' the books published pay their expenses,
and very few of them reach a second edi
tion. "Every year," says De Quiuey,
'buries its own literature." When an
author writes for money, he goes to the
publisher and endeavors to sell him the
manuscript for as much as he can get.
lie may get too little, or he
mav ant ton much. The niilv
j o t
lisher takes the risk, and incurs the
expense of printing, binding and ad
rertising. If the book sells and the
author thinks he has got too little, he
proclaims that he has been outwitted
and defrauded. But if the book does
not sell, it never enters the author's
head to refund the copy money or re
turn the amount of loss to the pub
lisher. Both have run the risks of the
speculation, and both must be content
so abide the issue. ,
- ; " W-r
A fttoker's Life.
The stokers on one of the great ocean
steamers work four hours at a stretch
in a temperature ranging from 120 to
tOO degrees, says the Popular Science
Monthly. Tlie quarters are close and
they must take care that while feeding
one furnace their arms are not bumed
on the one behind them. Ventilation
is furnished through a shaft reaching
down to the middle of the quarters.
Each stoker tends four furnaces,,
spending perhaps two or three minutes
at each, then dashes to the air pipe to
take his turn at cooling off and waits
for another call to his furnace. When
the watch is over the men go perspir
ing through long, cold passages to
the forecastle, where they turii in for
eight hours. One man, 28 years old,
who was interviewed by a reportr
had been employed at the furnaces
since he was 14 years old. He weighed
ISO pound and was ruddy and seem
ingly happy. He confessed that the
work was terribly hard, but "it came
hardest ou those who did not follow it
regularly. But If we get plenty to
i at, "he said, "and take care of ou r
telves we are all right Here's a mate of
mine nearly 70 years old, who has been
h stoker all his life and can do as good
work as 1 can, Stokers never hare the
consumption and rarely catch cold,
Their grog has been knocked off on the
English and American lines because
the men got drunk too often and the
grog did them much harm. When I
used to take my grog I'd throw in my
coal like a giant and not mind the heat
a bit, but when it worked off, as it did
in a very few minutes, I was that weak
that a child could upset me. Take a
man dead drunk before the Ores and
the heat would sober him off in half an
hour or give him a stroke of apoplexy."
He on Hand.
If you are going to do anything, do it
promptly.
'J be longer you wait and think about
it, and dread it, the worse it will be.
Be on hand. Life is a great deal
pleasstiter to the persons who promptly
does what be is required to do.
Don't keep your friends waiting.
You hare no right to waste the time of
other people. If you are one-half hour
behind time In fulfilling an engage
ment, yon may cause a dozen otlter
partial U break engagements, and
untold perplexities and delays may
come out of Just that little shortcom
ing of yours which you look upon as
a trlfllnt-thine
To an active, ensrittic. wlke-awake
pssaontbors is nothing more trying
and mora annoying than to be made to
wait ' .
' Hypnotism Xc Utrnd.
"If hypnotism ran be um-4 wi'.h gv J
effect iu extracting confioi. fiw
criminal or susuected ueoule '--a can
depend upon it that it will not I;- lon
before the Xew York police depart ment
has a thoroughly equipped force of
skilled hypnotists to do the work."
Inspector Byrnes never had much
faith in hypnotism until lie read tlw
Journal article describing ia detail tlte
phenomenon, the furor it has created in
medical circles in France and Germany,
and also to some extent in New York,
says the Xew York Morning Journal.
But what interested the inspector
more than anything eUw was the an
nouncement of its use by the Flinch po
lice iu placing Gabrielio Jkimbarii, the
beautiful accomplice of Evraud, tht
murderer, completely at their mercy.
The woman has shown herself wonder
fully susceptible to hypnotic influences,
and by an order of the court the police
were instructed to place her in a state
of hypnotism.
This has been done several times, and
she has been made to do several absurd
things, showing how completely site is
controlled by the peculiar power. There
is not the slightest doubt but that were
she asked to she would make a full con
fession of the cowardly murder, describ
ing each incident with realistic detail
When asked what he thought of hyp
notism as an adjunct of the Xew York
police, InsiecU)r Byrnes made the above
remark and added; "There is no doubt
that this phenomenon has wonderful
powers. This is shown by the extraor
dinary cures wrought by the French
and German physicians in the hospitals.
But in this country the subject is in too
crude a state to be permanently intro
duced in any official department.
"I have serious doubts as to its appli
cabilty with criminals except iu indi
vidual cases where th subject is pecul
iarly susceptible to hypnotical inllu
ences. i remember the case of the drug
clerk, Weschuug.who was mysteriously
hacked to pieces in a Third avenue drug
store two years ago. The sixteen-year-old
errand boy, Willie , Krulisch
was suspected of the crime, and was
locked up in the Fast Fifty-first street
station house. He was an awful liar
and although everything pointed to
him as the guilty one, lie steadfastly
refused to make anything like a con
fession. Thinking that he could be
made to gj over the murder if , placed
in a hypnotic trance, Dr. 8. Hammond
was called In. - The boy was very eie
crable, and although several attempts
were made he steadfastly resisted all
efforts to hypnotize him. If a half
grown boy can do this, a healthy man
can certainly do the same.
Hypnotism may be an admirable art,
but we must all know more about it
before trusting it absolutely."
Put or Shut l ;
Two reporters were standing
at
Fourth and Icace at midnight last night.
The fellow who approached them was
seedy and cheeky. He was , so seedy
that in a warmer clime lie might have
sprouted. He did not look like
banker, but he talked like one. "I say,
gents he remarked to the two young
men, "please gimme 10 cents, won'
yer?" "I gave you a dime on Vine
street not an hour ago," said one of the
reporters. "I'll bet yer 5 yer didn't,'
was the amazing report. "I haven'
that much money with me," the re
porter said aghast "Well," remarked
the seedy man, as a look of disgust slid
over his dirty face, "yer don't want ter
make any statements unless yer got de
money to back' em up. See ?" Cinciu
nutiCommtreuil Gazette.
Shaving Widows.
Shall the widows be shaved? asks the
Belfast Weekly Eraminer. That is the
great question that is at present cans
ing agitation amongst the barbers of
Bombay. To western ears the subject
sounds a trifle comic, but in the land
of the orient it lias a very different and
a very serious meaning. In India it
has always been customary to shave
the heads of widows Immediately on
the death of their husbands. ' Of late
murmurs and protests have been heurd,
and the native journals have been call
ing for reform. The barbers have com
menced to coincide with these more
enlightened views, and it is expected
will refuse to perform the required
tonsorial operation.
The Brahmans have threatened that
they will use the scissors themselves,
but this is believed to be impossible, as
it would result in their losing caste a
very important consideration with a
religious, self-respecting Brahman.
Up-country, says an Indian contem
porary, the practice of shaving the
widow's head is not so persistently en
forced as in Bombay. The hair is al
lowed to grow again, and the widow
has only to submit to u renewal of the
unwelcome ojteration when she visits a
shrine of special sanctity.
In Bombay widows are shaved regu
larly once a week, and this causes
them deep distress. It would really
appear as if the widow in India was
regarded with the same touching af
fection and reverential regard as the
mother-in-law in lands that lie more in
the direction of the retting sun.
1 Brace up and make an effort, you
shiftless, indolent, always behind-hand
folks, awl see if you cannot corns to
iUm
A Novel Literary
A man who bas enough impadeno
nid inventiveness to promise that bf
shall surged iu something recentli
rote to a Boston author and offeree
either to furnish him with plots fd
dories on the one hand for a moderate
ate or, on the other, to purchase any
tales which the author himself wished
to dispose of iu the germ. His ids
Kerned to be to establish a sort of re
tail business iu the raw material of
tict ton, to the end that any man who
uad a wish to write a story but found
himself without the requisite . plot
might buy it as lie would buy a pound I
wax had he intended to make was
flowers instead of novels; while the in-
ventive genius who is always having
ideas and never if able to work them
out properly is to be given a chance to
make something out of his crude ideas
and to have the satisfaction of seeing
them tricked out by the cleverness of
those that have the requisite literary
skill. The idea is suiticieiitly novel,
and it is not wholly out of keeping with
the spirit of the age. It has a certaiD
co-operative, utilitarian, materlalistie
flavor, and it has the characteristic ot
looking upon humanity as a mechanic
al contrivance, which should recom
mend it to the sympathies of the so-
called nationalist , movement The
Book Buyer. . ,
Wearing Out Shoes.
A writer, in answer to the question,
"Are m te shoes worn out in wet than
in dry weather?" says there. are more
actually worn out, particularly at the
bottoms, when the walking is fine; but
the destruction of shoes is at least 26
per cent greater during wet spells. In
the former case the shoes have not the
protection of the rubber, and they grind
out rapidly; but then, again, in stormy
seasons hundreds of p:urs of shoes are
caught in drenching rains without over
shoes they are more injured than they
would be in a mouth of walking in dry
weather. A long walk in a thoroughly
soaked shoe causes it irreparable dam
age. The straining motion of the foot
in this soft mass wreck damage that
could never be possible in tho same
shoe when dry. F.ven the soles of the
shoes worn much in the wet, especially
those of the poorer grades, have their
term of usefulness considerably cur
tailed. '
He Kci Posted.
Senator i'lumb, of Kansas, is said by a
Washington correspondent to receivo
more mail' than any other member of
congress. He is a subscriber to more
tlian 200 papers, nearly all of which are
published in his state. Some one asked
him if he ever read these papers. "In
deed, I do," he answered. "It is by
means of these publications that I am
kept in constant touch with the people
of my state, and am better prepared,
knowing their sentiments expressed
through the papers, to serve my con
stiluency." resides these papers he
receives hundreds of others. Nothing
is ever thrown from his desk unnoticed,
and when he is not engaged in pour
ing hot shot into the. enemy s camp
across the chamber he is up to his eyes
in the correspondence on his desk.
A Deaf Mute Chairman.
Probably the only leaf mute chairman
of any organization in the I nited State
is Anthony CapelJi, member of Typo
graphical union No. 0, and at present
holding the position of chairman of the
chapel in a Fulton street office I met
him ou Broadway as he was on his way
home from his employment He is a na
tive of this city, and was born June 23,
18R2. He entered the institution forth"
Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes,
and later the Xew 1 ork Institution at
Washington Heights where he learned
the trade of printing. He joined Big
Six in ISTrt, and has been a constant
ineitber ever since. Xew York Star.
Grafting; Skin.
A schoolboy in Edinburgh scalded
his left leg and foot from knee to toes
so badly that the skin peeled off and
the flesh ulcerated. There being no
signs of healing, the surgeon obtained
a grayhound puppy, 7 days old, chloro
formed it to death, shaved its body
closly, and with the skin grafted the
skin of the boy so as to cover all the
ulcerated spots. The result was sur
prising. The leg rapidly healed and
when the patient was discharged,
'The color of the grafted skin was
uniform and very similar to that of the
normal skin.
A Lazy Doc
There is a dog in Chester, Pa., which
will never walk when there is a chance
to jump on a street car and ride. He ir
a black Newfoundland. Much of his
time is spent at the stables. Althoh
his home is only two squares away he
never walks to it, but waits for a cor
going that way, on which he jutr.
He often goes off on a pleasure tilp, rid
ing to the different sections of the city
on different cars, always sitting on the
curbstone until the car he wants comes
along, showing remarkable Intelligence
in allowing to pass him those cars which
branch off indirections contarytothe
one he wishes to take. Pittsburg Dis
patch. If you have agreed to beat certain
place at a certain time be there, unless
you are tick or dead, Iu either ease
you might be excused but not otherwise,
LABOR AND ALLIANCE.
Industrial EataaelpaUm.
The Knights and Farmers, who have
struggled long and bard to establish the
Immutable principle that "every myn is
snuuea to the fruits of his labor, and
that whoever takes it from him. bv
physical force or legalized oppression,
s a robber, pure and simple oftentimes
.et discouraged, both at the indifference
ind apathy of their co-laborers as well
s the gigantic power of "money to op-
p-ess, whc-i wielded to combinations
of wicked an I seltish men. But this
long, persistent, unyielding effort of
God-fearing and man loving philan
thorpistsisberiugfruit The tide lias
pet in; the waters cannot be much long
er stayed. As the old abolition move
ment against black slavery was worth
the lives of its advocates, until all at
once its God like principles broke upon
the hearts of the neoule. so this trreat
industrial movement against white
slavery has cost the lives of many of
its martyrs and the forced starvation
of their children; but thanks be to our
Cod, the Divine light of industrial
mancipation is rapidly breaking
through the hard crusts of prejudice
and selfishness into the hearts of the
people. As evidence of this, many, who
are of the wealthy, aristocratic class,
come to me with hearts overflowing
with this new inspiration of industrial
emancipation. They act like young
converts to a new light and a new life.
Thsy preach upon that great fund
amental principle of Godhood and
jKuiglithood. "Moral worth, not wealth,
is the true standard of manhood."
Journal of United Labor.
The man th:it lias a mortgage on bis
home is worth more to old Shylock than
the blackest slave was to his master in
the days of African slavery. Every
hour, every day must he work to keep
the interest paid up, and besides this,
he must feed and clothe himself and
family, pay doctor bills, and stand all
manner of abuse. Farmer's Emancipa
tor. Mingle Tax.
General Master Workman I'owderly
in a recent interview expressed much
hope of the proposed alliance between
the farmers and the Knights of Labor.
Of the new utterance on the single tax,
,Mr. I'owderly said:
'Our present land plank expresses the
views of the order fully and clearly,
but it does not change them in the
least, for what we say now we have
always believed. We are opposed to
laud being held for speculation, and
have always favored the plan of turn
tug the revenue from the use of the
and to the use and benefit of the com
munity.' Tli is plank was adopted by
liio most cnthuiastic, unaminous , vote
Aor cast in a general assembly. To
jse the every d.iy expression, up to the
resent time we have been making up
the train, and we have had to do a
(rreat deal of shifting and side tracking
but all of the couplings are now made
Wc are out on the main line, and whil
(ve expect the usual number of red
lights will be swung in our facas and s
Tew obstructions placed on the track
We will land our train at the end of th
Journey."
Adam Coantjr Itaxolutton.
, At the meeting of the Adams county
alliance held in Hastings last Saturday
there were sixty-three delegates present
from twenty-two subordinate alliances.
Upon the basis of representation this
humber of delegates would indicate a
membership of over 900.
it A conference was held with a com
L'.ittee representing about 400 members
of the farmers' mutual benefit associa
tion and arrangements for a further
conference made. This conference has
in view the alliance of both organiza
tions for political influence and mutual
benefit. The meeting was harmonius
in every particular. The following,
among other resolutions, were reported
and adopted:
Itesolved. That we will not support
any man for the legislature who will
liot pledge himself not to secure or ride
upon a pass from any railroad company;
w who will not introduce or support, if
ntroduced, a bill making it a felony
for any elected or appointed official in
the state of Nebraska, senators and re
presentatives to congress included, to
receive or ride upon a railroad pass, or
who will not introduce or support a
railroad freight bill for this state pro
rata with the rates now charged from
the Missouri river to the seaboard,
Itesolved. That we are in favor of a
liberal service pensiou to the ex-soldiers
and sailors of the war of the rebellion,
based on the time actually served.
Itesolved, That we demand of out
next legislature the Australian ballot
system, the abolition of the appointed
railroad commissioners and a maximum
freight rate not higher than the rate
now in force in the state of Iowa.
How was the monopolistic empire
formed? By what means does that
great power hold In bondage the
known world?, How is it that a des
potlsw is established? How is it that
the few ensalve the many? How Is it
that the nobility live on the labor of
the peasants? The answer in one
word-Mrlganlzation. The organized
trimpuhover the unorganized many.
The few hold the sword and purse.
The unorganized are overcome k de'
toil, terrorized, brutalized, robbed,, oon
quereU.
YORK FOUNDRY
Mill and Elevator Supplies, Engines,
ing, Belting, Store fronts,
-pOn.clexi.oc Oolloltocl.
ONLY HUMAN.
A Li Ola Sketch trmm Waal Ufa Raad
It
II Ta
I am fond of admiration. I wouldn't
be a woman if I were not fond of it
I like men, when they praise me, and I ,
hate them when they seem indifferent
to the faet that my teeth are small and
regular, my ears pretty and pink, my
cheeks plump and dimpled. I am a
woman, and I like admiration."
Gussie Rundlette was a large, voluptu
ous, bright, vivacious and intense
blonde. Her figure would command at
tention and admiration anywhere. In
an evil hour, she hod given her hand
without her heart to George Pillsbury,
the wealthy manufacturer. He was
her senior by a full score of years. He
never danced, nor attended a boll; and
he was jealous of every attention which
was shown to his handsome wife1.
Gussie Rundlette Pillsbury was dis
creet, albeit she was outspoken and
fearless of criticism. Her husband was
accusing her of an over-fondness for so
ciety, and told her that she was fond of
admiration, and, as a wife, she ought
not to be.' She said:
"George Pillsbury, do you want a mar
ble imaee of womanhood for a wife ? I f
you do. why don't you have another
Greek Slave chiseled for you? I am
flesh and blood, full of life and vigor;
and I am a woman. If your flinty busi
ness heart had any intelligence behind
it or in it, you would understand what
I mean when I say to you that I am a1
woman. Being such I am fond of ad
miration; but I never yet have sought
it I did not seek yours, and I do not
seek it now, although you are my hus
band. Admiration comes to me sponta
neously, and I love it I never yet have
accepted the compliments nor the flat
tery of any one man, and I never will.
I am not only woman, but I am a wife,
and I never forget myself. You may
not be able to get the idea through your
hard, business sense, but it is true that
a woman may be a wife, love admira
tion, and yet be far better than her
husband."
"It is impossible, I tell you, Gussie,
for any wife to be the center of admira
tion and devotion in modem society
and be virtuous and true to her hus
band," said Mr. Pillsbury.
"It is impossible for a man to under
stand the heart of a woman, but it is
not impossible, Mr. Pillsbury, for a
woman to go through life yoked to a
tyrant, and uncomplainingly be honest,
true and pure before high Heaven. It
is impossible for a business man to ap
preciate the fact that when his wife is
attractive and makes herself so, she is
building her husband up aud making
him one of the envied men of the city;
but, being a woman, I understand my
duties in the world, or that portion of
it in which I am placed, and I shall
continue to receive admirotion, and I
shall not conceal the fact that I like it
and expect it from every one but my
husband."
She compelled him to acquiesce in
her judgment, imd then she went to her
own room for a long, long, womanly,
cry-baby cry. Meantime that woman,
unappreciated and misunderstood as
she was by the man whose name she
bore in honor, was almost daily coming
in contact at church, opera and every
where with the one man of all men
whom she loved and who hod plainly
showed his affection for her before her
marriage with George Pillsbury a
marriage which was planned by Gus
sie's mother and fulfilled by the daugh
ter against her will. But it was, as she
had said, possible for a woman to be
ti ue and spurn temptation even when
,-oked to an unappreciative tyrant.
The world does not know it, mayhap,
but there is a heroine in every family,
ilmost; a quiet, dignitied woman, who
Dtirns temptation, turning from glit
tring, gilded vice to meet discourage
ment, criticism, fault-finding and con
tumely. Yet these heroines live lives
divine right under the roofs of blind,
loulless men, many of whom join with
that ancient roue, who sneerlnely said:
"Who cn find a virtuous woman?"
8.D.E. ,
one of Railroad Dining1.
It i said that one of the great trunk
line railroads deliberately provides for a
loss ct many thousands of dollars a year
upon the meals served in its dining car,
and charges the loss to the advertising
accoi nt, in full knowledge that the talk
such i odigal outlay will create is as
good sis that amount of money's worth
in printer's ink. A friend told me that,
bs an illustration of how the loss is occa
sioned, he had for breakfast in one of
those cars, one day in April, a trout, a
game bird and a bowl of strawberries
and cream, besides coffee, rolls, butter
and a gloss of milk. The meal cost a
dollar, and his wife told him she could
not buy any one of the principal dishes
! the market for that sum of money.
Battar. .
& ENGINE CO.,
Boilers, Horse Powers, P alleys, Shaft
ana ail Kinas ot lasting.
Women More
Men.
Said a Washington street banker ton
reporter for the Chicago Tribune: Uf
observation brings me to tt conehstlow
that women who are thrown upon their
own exertions manage better than nsta
and will save a little oat of a small in
come where a man would give in, take
to drink or commit suicide. A maa
thinks it beneath his manhood to mnkn
a less deposit than 05. A poor woman
with two or three children to support
will wash, iron, cook, and nurse take ia
from $6 to 910 a week for the saouvmp
port her little household, buy h chil
dren on occasional toy or a little candy,
keep her house looking tidy, herself
presentable, pay her rent and make de
posit here weekly of from fifty cents to
91. We have several such depositors in
this bank. I never see one of these pole.
faced,tired- looking women at the win
dow that I do not feel like going out and
saying something to encourage her.
I don't have much time to read, but I
do not believe there are any such stories
in print as I could ten you if it were
proper to do so. Women stand misfor
tune better than men. I was in one of
the saving banks that went under in
this city several years ago. The poor
women who were the losers were the
heroines. While some of the men who
lost raved, went mad took to drink and,
some commited suicide.the poor women
went on silent and sorrowf ul.beginning
life again penniless.
A Senator's Knowing Dog.
One of the noted objects in animated
nature at the capital is Don Cameron's
Scotch collie. A long period of silent
observation of the appearance and
peculiarities of politicians, particularly
from Pennsylvania, has given Major a'
discriminating idea of their value as
they turn up at the bell pulL
Don's dog is a thoroughbred in more
ways than one. His position of mute
inquisitorial observation is from the
mat in the outer vestibule at the sena
tor's front door. He invariably lies
With his lower jaw resting on his pawl,
i As the senator's callers appear he gives
them a glance without raising his head.
If satisfactory he will get up with
dignified motion and step out on the
i pavement until the caller enters, and
will then resume his place.
He seems to know the difference be
tween t he callers who get in and those
i who don't, and draws a line on the latter
The regulars, who come in often, are
received with great consideration by
the Major, who, as soon as he spies
them at the vestibule door, jumps up
and wags a tail of welcome aud moves
out of the way.
Those who come and i eldou get in
are received by Major coldly. He keeps
his place on the mat, apparently asleep,
which makes it inconvenient to reach
the bell pull without stepping upon the
knowing - animal. When the unwel
come callers try to make their way
within the door he whines a doleful
Strain, and stands up on the mat and
gapes and stretches. , ,
The amusing animal has also assume
the guardianship of the ladies of the
family and invariable escorts them a
square or two when they leave the
house. Philadelphia Inquirer.
No Doubt True.
There are over eleven thousand appli
cations on file for positions in the Treas
ury Department at Washington. All of
them are filed carefully away in the ap
pointment division and there they Will
lie in pigeon holes,' growing yellow,
dusty and ancient Every four yean
they are taken out and filed away down
in the dungons,' and still the pigeon
holes are always full; for a new gener
ation of ofttce-seekers comes of ageeverr
four years. It is pitiable, pathetic one
amusing to witness the actions of those
who go to Washington to personalis
look after their aspirations. Some ot
them sidle into the room of the appoint
ment clerk, abashed, trembling with
fear and dread at their own temerityi
while others march boldly up to tho
desk of the Secretary himself, and de
mand that their commissions be made
out while they wait They act as
though all they have to do is to drew a
letter of recommendation into the de
partment slot,and see an appointment
come forth. Poor things! Many im
agine themselves called; but few are
chosen.
An Orthodox Vane.
A good story is told of the great Uni
tarian clergyman, Dr. Charming, o;
Boston. The doctor in his latter days,
was rather frail in body and very
antagonistic to going out in on east
wind. At one period when the weather
had been exceptionally good for three
weeks a friend called to see why be had
not been out on these fine , days.
"Why," exclaimed the good man, "the
weather vane on Pork Street churcn
has been pointing an east wind fof
nearly a month." When the friend
explained that the tndkator was rusty
and the wind bod really been from the
northwest, the merea geaUeaton'i Ira
was unbounded to think fte tsl teem
wrongly directed by on
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