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WASHINGTON'S CALL TO ARMS.
lstcretias Bfanaacript 1b the
k Psaaeaalon of a New Jersey Man.
William H. Weeks, of Newark, N. J.,
baa an original document from the pen
f George Washington that la of far
greater Interest than the usual old man
narriptj of the Father of hl Country
discovered from time to time. This
letter never appeared in print until it
appeared In the columns of a local
newspaper a few days ago.
The document is a call to Jersey men
to take up arms in the defense of the
country. It was written In Trenton
live days after the celebrated capture
of the town by the American forces. In
commemoration of which the Trenton
Battle Monument was raised a little
over a year ago. It wu written on a
sheet of paper eight inches wide and
ten long, and an accurate copy of it Is
as follows:
"To the Friends In the State of New
Jersey;
"The army of the American States un
der my command, l-ing lately greatly
reinforced, and having entered the
State of New Jersey, I most warmly re
quest the Militia of Said State at this
Important crisis to Evince their love to
their Country by boldly Stepping forth
and" defending the Cause of Freedom.
The Inhabitants may be assured that
by a manly and spirited Conduct thw
may now relieve their Distressed State
from the Depredations of our Enemies
1 have therefore despatched Coll.
Nellson. Majors Taylor. Van Einburgh.
and Frelinghtiyseu, together with some
other Gentlemen of your State, to call
together and Embody your Militia, not
doubting but Success will attend their
endeavours.
-- "GEORGE WASHINGTON.
"Trenton, 31 Dec., 1775." -The
continental army was flushed
with Its success at Trenton, but the
master mind of the commander was
alert and as watchful as ever. He was
looking iuto the future, and knew full
well that the battle ground was to shift
to places further up the State. If Jer
seymen were lukewarm the American
arms would le very seriously In jeop
ardy. It was the crisis, as he called it,
and he tried to make the people of the
Slate appreciate it, appealing to their
test and highest sentiments of patriot
Ism. The Major Frelinghuysen whom
the diM'tiruent alludes to had taken
charge of a battery of artillery at Tren
ton five days before, and was a tried
and trusted officer of the militia. He
afterwards became a colonel of militia,
and at the close of the war was sent to
the Un! ' ?d States Senate from this
State. ! e was a professor at Rutgers
during ? .e greater part of the revolu
tion, a i his direct descendants are
well kt -wn and highly esteemed In this
-city to ay. Washington's call to Jer
aeyap: was gallantly responded to,
and n -ruits Socked to his standard
.from : 1 over the State.
' It is a problem what became of the
letter after It was written, and where it
has Ljen through all the years since.
Mr. Weeks got the document from a
Xriex lu the South, and it seemed to
i.ive 1een found among Washington's
Iap"8 after his death. It was original
ly tulded through the center In both
Erections, or, in other words, folded
r i j, so that it made a small and com
yajs. parcel. One corner, the upper left
U:ni, is soiled, as If it ha 1 been opened
fn i the center very frequently. The
w;.; It was folded would lead one to
napeet that it was given Into the care
of a horseman, who tucked it away in
bis pocket in the smallest possible com
pass. It may have leen carried through
the towns by some messenger, who
read It to the people as he went aloug.
His mission over, he may have returned
with it to his chief. Whatever was done
-with It. there can lie no question as to
Its genuineness. Mr. Weeks has shown
the document, to one o:-1 wo of the lead
ing autograph experts in the country
and they agree to its p.uthenticity.
Earthquake iven.
Some of our readers may remember
that the pulsations of the great earth
quake In Greece last April were per
ceived in England and, it was believed,
at the Cape of Good Hope, by means of
cry delicate instruments contrived for
the purpose of registering any slight
shaking of the earth's crust In like
manner the shock of the Constantinople
earthquake of July last was perceived
at various meteorological observatories
lu Austria, Russia, Germany, Holland,
Stance and England.
By a comparison of times, combined
with the distances from Constantinople
of the places where pulsations were ob
served, a fairly accurate estimate of the
Telocity with which the earthquake
waves traveled was obtained.
The average speed was about two
mllea per second. This is si most exact
ly the same velocity as that which was
z-aU-ulated for the pulsations of the
Greek earthquake in April. At this
rate. If It were continued without dim
inution, the wave would pass complete
ly round the earth, along a great circle,
In about three hours and a half.
One of the English Instruments which
registered these pulsations Is at the bot
tom of a deep mine near Newcastle-on-Tyne,
and Its delicacy may be judged
from the fact that It has recorded the
beating of the waves on the sea coast
"n miles away.
In the Tenement Houses.
'Je Inspectors working In the inter
natoC a benevolent association In Bos
ton recently found a family of eight
fafswT toother and six children bud
Hesl into two dark, damp rooms In a
house, wnere as many as
work wars engaged In finishing
(trooasrs and other garments for laleer
adjte pay, alter taw fashion known aa
by a lam.
a CS at
Ily paid a higher nt than Is pa'd for
rooms In spa do as and comfortable
houses In the fashionable quarters of
the same city.
Other families were found living In
Ingle rooms, where they cooked, ate,
slept and worked on garments brought
them to be finished. If they suffered
from infectious diseases, as they often
did, the garments they finished must
almost certainly have become Infected.
A woman who supported her children
by her labor was found working In one
of these places for a maximum amount
per day of sixty cents.
All people are concerned in the cir
cumstances of life of such wretched
denizens of the tenement house quar
ters of our great cities. More Impor
tant still than the danger of physical
contagion is the moral miasma that
such a region exhales. It represents a
disease a "sore upon the tody politic"
which If society is to last It must learn
how to cure.
PERIL OF PLAYING WITH FIRE.
What a St. Louis Doctor Think of
Cocaine aa an Ana-sthetic.
Dr. J. M. F. Wells, of St. Louis. Is In
all probability the most uucompromU
Ing opponent of cocaine as an amies
thetic in the United States. He Is as
bitterly opposed to It as the anti-vao-cinists
are to Jenner, and he loses no
opjMirtunlty to express bis opinion
whether his bearer be a layman or a
professional brother. "I would prob
ably be regarded as a crank on the sub
ject If I gave all my reasons for the
stand I have so long maintained," said
Dr. Wells to a writer for the New York
Mall and Express. "Do not take my
word for It. You have right here in
Brooklyn a man as qualified to speak
as I am. He can cite Instances enough
to convince any Intelligent physician
that he is playing with fire when be Is
handling cocaine. I refer to Dr. .1.
Mattison, who Is an accepted author
ity on the subject. It was Dr. Mattison
who challenged the statement made by
Dr. William A. Hammond In lswi that
he did dot believe any dose of cocaine
that could be taken whs dangerous.
This was said In an address to the
members of the New York Neurologi
cal Society and attracted wide atten
tion and considerable criticism, it
took Dr. Hammond live years to find
that he had made an error, and he
frankly acknowledged It, and I am
glad to say that his words have done
much toward diminishing the use of
this poison for It cannot be classed us
anything else. I hoie to see the day
when It will be eliminated from our
pharmacopoeia and not recognized any
more than dried dragon's blood or
mouse's heart That Is a little extrava
gant perhaps, but I am an enthusiast
on the subject and get a little warmed
up when it Is under discussion.
"There Is a case on record It Is one
of the first of the lethal cocaine poison
ing cases, which was most deplorable.
A young physician, thoroughly skillful,
not at all presumptuous, and generally
not at all presumptious, and generally
regarded as careful, depended upon the
assertion that cocaine In large doses
was not fatal. He administered It to a
patient, a young mother. She died
under its effects. The doctor was so
frenzied at what he falsely believed to
be his own carelessness that he com
mitted suicide, and his father, a vener
able man, died of a broken heart.
There Is a case on record in Wheeling,
W. Ya., where a strong, healthy man
walked Into the Bellevue Hospital for
treatment He was given one drachm
of a 4 per cent, solution. In four min
utes he was dead. Dr. Mattison re
ports a case no later than last October.
A Jersey City physician gave twenty
minims a little more than twenty
drops of a 4 per cent, solution to a
patient who was about to undergo an
operation Unconsciousness ensued
within three minutes and death within
five minutes. There was no autopsy.
It is rather surprising that the news
papers did not tell about that cae. I
expect to have professional discussions
while I am here on the subject of co
caine and the danger of its use, even In
careful hands. I expect to receive cool
treatment
in some quarters, but It
doesn't matter. I believe I am right
and believe I can convince others."
A Cowboy at 6.
The youngest cowboy and herd
owner In the world Is said to be Logan
Mulhall, who lives In Indian Terri
tory, and who has lately passed his
sixth birthday. He owns a herd of
over a hundred head of cattle, which
are distinguished by bis private brand,
and the brand Is duly registered as his.
In accordance with the laws of the ter
ritory. The little cowboy became a
herd-owner only a few months ago,
but be Is a bright and energetic lltue
chap, and seems to be well acquainted
with his business. He has bis own
bunch of horses and hires bis own
help, though he does a good deal of the
work on the ranch himself. Not a day
passes but he rides at least three miles
about his herd. He is reported to be
worth fl,200, and "persons who ought
to know" estimate that his profits will
not be less than $000 a year, which
would be fabulous wealth to moot 6-year-old
boys. In order to live up to
his character of cowboy he has had
a little Winchester rifle and revolver
made for him, with both of which
arms he Is very expert
The cowboys and cattlemen In his
neighborhood are as proud of little slo
gan Mulhall as musicians are of Josef
Hofmann, and think he "can't be deat"
' Kanlaeatly Flttta.
Aa ft curious Instance of the associa
tion of namaa It la stated that there la
iuftt8ia la Vlagasl called Purga-
irt wMcfcV Oaaria Oodbethere
fUi-oiefiroaaayd-p
span; tf bsmatva ftfl 0M wsemaa ftftf
ysaj aaa't banara tklmg tktmmmy. ,
LAFAYETTE LEADS A MOB.
Htarvtag Parisians Force Louis to
Hrtara to Paris.
In the preceding autumn famine was
actually stalking abroad. In Paris the
populace grew gaunt and dismal, but
at Versailles there was food In plenty,
and the contrast was heightened by a
lavish display. The royal family was
betrayed by one of Its own house, the
despicable Phlllp'"Egallte," who sought
to stir up the basest dregs of society,
that In the ferment he might rise to the
top; hungry Paris, stung to action by
rumors which be spread and by brIl-
he lavished, put Lafayette at Its bead,
and on October 5 marched out to the
gates of the royal residence In order to
make conspicuous the contrast !etween
Its own sufferings and the wasteful
comfort of its servants. Louis and the
National Assembly yielded to the men
ace. the court returned to I'aris. jioll
tics grew hotter and more bitter, the
fickleness of the mob ttecame a strong
er power. Soon the Jacobin Club Iwgan
to wield the mightiest single Influence
and as it did so It grew more radical.
Throughout the long anil trying win
ter the masses remained, nevertheless
quietly exjetaiit. There was much tu
multuous talk, but action was suspend
ed w hile the Assembly sat and latorei
to solve Its problem, making a fim
paper constitution. Unfortunately, tut
provisions of the document had no re
latlon to the political habits of the
French nation, or to the exierlence ol
England and the United States, the only
free governments then In existence
Feudal privilege, feudal provinces, fen
dal names having been obliterated, the
whole of France was rearranged Iuto
administrative departments, with geo
graphical In place of historical boun
darles.
It was felt that the ecclesiastical do
mains, the holders of which were con
side red as mere trustees, shonld b
adapted to the same plan. Both eocle
slastlcal and aristocratic bodies wen
thus overwhelmed by the stroke of n
Ien. The king was denied all lnltla
tlve, being granted merely a si;seiisiv
veto, and In the reform of the judicial
system the power of the lawyers wax
also destroyed. Every form of the guar
dianship to which for centuries the peo
ple had been accustomed was thus re
moved royal, aristocratic, eccleslasti
cal and judicial. Untrained to self
control, they were the German Ana
baptists after the Reformation or tin
English sectaries after the execution of
Charles. Prof. Sloane's New Life of
Napoleon In the Ontury.
BONAPARTE AT THE BARRICADE
No Proof that He Took Part In the
Terrible Excesses of Ann. 10.
It has been asserted that on the dread
ful day of Aug. 10 Bonaparte's assume)
philosophy wag laid aside, and that he
was a mob leader at the barricades.
His own account of the matter does not
bear this out "I felt," said be, "as If I
should have defended the King if called
to do so. I was opposed to those who
would found the republic by means of
the populace. Besides, I saw civilians
attacking men In uniforms; that gave
me a shock." Neither the fact of the
Incident nor the truth of the statement
can be established.
It Is not likely that an ardent radical
leader like Bonaparte, well known and
Influential In the Rhone Valley, re
mained a stranger to the Marseilles
deputation. Joseph, In his memoirs,
declares that his brother was present
at the conflict of Aug. 10, and that Na
poleon wrote him at the time: "If Louis
XVI. has appeared on horseback, he
would have conquered. After the vic
tory of the Marselllals," continues the
passage quoted from the letter, "I saw
a man about to kill a soldier of the
guard. I raid to him, 'Southron, let tin
spare the unfortunate!' 'Art thou from
the South f 'Yes.' 'Well, then, we will
spare him.' "
Moreover It Is a fact that Snnterre,
the notorious leader of the mob on that
day, was three years later, on 13 Ven
demlalre, most nsful to Bonaparte; that
though degraded from the office of gen
eral to which he was appointed In the
revolutionary army, be was in 1800 re
stored to his rank by the first consuL
All this Is consistent with Napoleon's
assertion, and proves nothing conclu
slvely ; but there Is certainly ground for
suspicion when we reflect that these
events were ultimately decisive of Bou
apart' fortunes. I'rof. Sloane's Life
of Napoleon, In the Century.
Another African Eaplorer.
M. de la Kethulle de Rybove, a Bel
glan carbineer officer In the service of
the Congo state, has Just completed an
Important exploration Into an unknown
part of Africa. Starting from the Lb
r ngi-Uelll Blver, and establishing post
as he proceeded, he first followed to lis
sources the river Cblnko, where he
found the Sultan Rafay, one of th
most powerful chiefs of the Nlam
Mams, who had formerly served unde
Lupton Bey, governor for Egypt of the
Bahrel-Ohazal province. W Ith him he
formed an alliance, and aided by hi in.
crossed the watershed that divides the
Congo from the Nile, and established n
post at Hoffrab-en-Nabas, (he city of
copper, noted for Its mines, and sltua
led north of 9 degrees north latitude.
400 hundred miles north of the Uelle.
He was In a region where no European
had penetrated before, and with tht
l.elp of native caravans, which was of
fered him, might nave planted the Bel
plan flag on the shores of Lake Tchad.
He had reached, however, the boundary
4-stabllsbed by the convention with En
gland made last May and since a ban
doned, and felt obliged to turn back
Ik Avsra&Te FaasUv.
Taw ftrartf Bbf peraom to ft
dwelling bonne at tbe last eataava was
If ft wotaaa baft fapa af bar ova ft
pa44kr stand ft batter chance of get-
or it tnftft mt Doavftaa.
WHITE PELLETS OF ARSENIC.
Their l ae for Cosmetic KflVcta
comlng Prevalent Among; Women.
Arsenic, of all drugs, Is wonderful In
Its cosmetic e IT ecu. After a few
months' dosing the cuticle scquirei a
pellucid clearness free from spot or
blemish, beneath which the fine tracing
of a vein or the unrestricted play of an
emotion Is exquisitely pictured. To be
sure there are some obstinate skins
which will yield only to a prolonged
dosing, but there Is a further compensa
tion in such cases through the softening
of harshness In the visage and a gen
eral rounding out of what In this way,
Itecomes a lovely countenance. Now
this pleasing state of things, like the
ugliness of the sibyl. Is external only,
says the New Y'ork Advertiser. The
woman who uses arsenic for any length
of time draws draft upon the near
future, which are onlv redeemed In the
iinkruptcy of her health. The languor
w hich externally Is ellelous proves In
wardly a torture. That exquisite whlt.
ncss of brow, cheek, nose ami neck Is
concomitant only with an organic agony
n comparison with which the path of
virtue Is triumph of the flesh. And
when the repose of the pillow affords to
an ugly girl the solace of dreams or
sleep, her fair, drugged sister tosses like
a skiff In a storm, fighting vivid night
mares. The devil, according to St Cyp
rian, makes women pay for their beau
ty. Arsenic, In this resject, is like thr
devil. It may not be known to many
men, although It undoubtedly is to most
women, that an Immense business has
grown up all over the country lu th-.
manufacture and sale of what are
known as arsenic complexion wafers.
n New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
ami Boston these goods are delivered In
wagons to the retail druggists, so great
has the trade become. The wafers arc
white pellets, which must be taken
morning and night Indefinitely. Now,
these goods contain very little arsenic,
but when a woman whose system does
not yield reBdlly becomes Impatient for
results she has another resource at com
mand. This Is to persuade a medical
friend to give her a prescription for the
drug or to purchase It on some pretense
at a store.
Young girls are the most frequent vic
tims of this sort. It Is a curious fact
that very few women over 30 are ar
senic fiends In this country, which shows
the habit to be comparatively recent
here. But when a woman once becomes
user of the drug In this way there
seems no escape for her. The horrors
set forth In "The Confessions of an
)plutn Eater" are nothing compared to
the ordeal of the woman who Is battling
the craving for arsenic. Even a few
weeks' abandonment of the drug will
convert her langourous beauty Into
faded ugliness. The skin assumes the
tint of ancient whitewash. The nose
grows flabby, and the hue which so
adorns the cheek capriciously estab
lishes Itself at the tip of that olfactory
organ. The head grows heavy aud the.
nervous system, like the heroine of any
paper-covered romance, is torn with
contending emotions. A "Ingle Iook
In the mirror makes this wretched crea
ture an arsenic consumer once more.
Does any man deem this an exagger
ated picture, or that we are not suffer-
ng nationally from the habit which Is
responsible for It? Ask an authority
on the drug trade or any active member
of the board of health of any metropoli
tan center. Moreover, the legislation of
the States Is not uniform. But now It
la Intended to prevent the sale of th)
drug unless specially prescribed and to
break up the trade In arsenleated nos
trums. A bill has been prepared and
will shortly be Introduced Into various
Legislature to this end.
It was Surgeon General Wyman who
pointed out when the antl-arsenlc agl
taliou began, that there Is danger from
slavery to the drug In another direction.
It gives occasion for a murderous use of
arsenic, and will complicate the Inves
tigation of suspicious deaths. Traces
of arsenical polsonlug are now very
weak as evidences of murder. The vic
tim may have been a "flend." Indeed,
some of the most Interesting murder
cases have been complicated In this
way. Mrs. Maybrlck owed her peculiar
type of beauty to Indulgence In the lur
ing poison, and one of the most famous
of Wtlkle Collins' novels blnged upon
the same enslavement of the heroin.
Dr. D aland 'a Haematocrlt.
Dr. Judson Deland exhibited bis
"Haematocrlt" yesterday afternoon at
tbe pharmaceutical meeting In tbe
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
This Instrument consists of a capillary
tube mounted upon a small machine
by whleh It may be given 10,000 revo
lutions per minute. Tbe power Is ap
plied by band. requiring seventy-seven
turns per mlnutr Tbe centrifugal
force separates tbe component parts
of tbe blood In the order of their spe
cific gravity, the heavy blood cells go
ing to tbe outside and the plasma re
maining in the center. By comparing
tbe relative quantities of each the con
dition of the blood can be quickly de
tennlued. A single drop Is sufficient
for uje experiment Dr. Daland ex
hlblted his Invention before the Inter
national congress at Home In Octo!er
and It was highly commended. Pblla
ielphla Inquirer.
Didn't Have Any Cheese,
One of the best story tellers In Con
gress Is John Allen, of Mississippi, and
this Is one he tells of himself: As a
youth be lived on a farm In Tlshomln
go County, and received only a common
school education, the beat to be bad
then. He was no more fonj of Sunday
school and the church thf.n be waa of
leaving bla play In tbe fields and going
to day school, and be waa nearly lo
year of age when ha first attended tbe
country PrwbyMrtyn storco with bla
parents one Bandar at tse conclusion
of tba waokof prayer, CoBmnnlon aer-
vtcaa watabla tWftrnlag. Little
Joba wag1 anfaxnmftr ka tbe way be
I should oaedoct blmaeif. Ha says: "It
was a long sermon that Btornlag and at
the conclusion 1 was prelty well worn
out and tired. Tbe sermon wa over at
last, however, and the elders of the
Presbyterian church were distributing
the bread and wine. Not kur uiug that
such things were only for the members
of tbe church. I partook heartily of both
articles, much to the trepidation of my
father and mother. Still I did not un
derstand for what purpose these things
were done, and boylike, I received th
peculiar Impression that they were
served as refreshments to be partaken
of after long sermons. Thoroughly Im
bued with this Idea, when the elder
came aro'tnd again I accosted him thus:
Say, Elder, you haven't got a little
cheese, have you?" It Is only necessary
to adil that my parents were greatly
mortilied. and It took a good mouth of
tall talking to their friends to explain
my Ignorance and Innocence." Phila
delphia Times.
A PRIEST'S NOBLE WORK.
Jim Hoot Not the On jr Hero of the
Forest Klrea.
The exploit of the brave engineer
who piloted his train through the tor
rudo of flame lu the Minnesota forest
fires and rescued swarms of terror
stricken refugees has made him fa
mous; but. says the Youth's Compan
ion, the self saerlfle of a pixr parish
priest In Hinckley has hardly lx-eu men
tioned, although there was lu It much
of the finest quality of heroism.
From the moment when the destruc
tion of the town was menaced by the
rapidly advancing wave of flame he
ceased to think of himself, and devot
ed himself and all his energies of mind
aud body to the protection and rescue
of others.
He went from house to house, warn
'ug the Inmates of their ieril, aud beg
ging them to take refuge In sand-pits
where there was water. While panlc
b'rfcken men were harnessing horses
mid frantically seeking to escape Into
the burning woods, he was calm and
collected, reasnrlng everyone whom he
met, yet pointing out the only chance
of safety.
Ho led one group after another to the
sand pits when they were lteslde them
reives from fear and excitement When
one place of refuge was over-crowded,
he found another, and liegged the strag
glers to follow him.
The woods were flaming on every
side, and the refugees standing In the
water felt In their faces the scorching
breath of the storm of fire. The good
t-rlest had words of encouragement for
rll He held children In his arms, be
supported fainting women when they
were falling from fright and fatigue;
he put the stoutest-hearted man to
shame by his coolness, cheerfulness
and energy.
With his hat he poured water on the
hiads of women and children In that
fiery furnace. He took the coat from
his back and tore It In half. One frag
t lent he dipped In water, and bandaged
the forehead of a woman with a child
clinging to her. The other half be
wound around the heads of two help
less children whose faces were scorch
ed with the heat of the burning forest.
Bareheaded and In shirt-sleeves he
st kxI among the dying, and ministered
to them while he had strength to stand,
ryes to see, and a voice to utter words
of comfort and hope. His was the
spirit of self-sacrifloe and of ministry
to the needy, aud whether shown In
Catholic or In Protestant It is worthy of
high commendation.
The flight of the train through the
burning forest was the more stirring
story In print, but what could have
bt n nobler or more heroic than this
devoted man's work among his flock!
There were deeds of valor and chiv
alry before the walls of Zutphen In
Flanders, but otie act of self-sacrifice
al'ne Is rememlered. Sir Philip 8ld
ny, wounded, dying and burning with
thirst put away from his own lips tho
lwittle of water which had been brought
to hlin lu his agony, and gave it to a
common soldier covered with gore who
had glanced at him wistfully.
Luck In Fairy Stones.
Fairy stones are the latest and a
young woman from the South has set
her friends sending around for them.
Tbey are said to bring tbelr owners
luck, "but If you let any one touch It"
continued this believer In luck pieces,
'you spoil the charm." This fairy stono
seems to be a bit of petrified earth with
what looks like a cross marked upon It
and la said to come from St Patrick, Id
Virginia, where there la a mountain full
of them, supposed to have been planted
there by the fairies as far back as the
dajs of the crucifixion. Believers In
such things or folks who love to pick
up fads are having these fairy stones
mounted as pins, watch charms, etc.
Feminine Thief-Takers.
At Copenhagen a young woman who
seized a thief and held blm until tbe po
lice came was presented with a dla
mond brooch and a flattering letter of
thanks from the Director of Police, and
received an offer of marriage from a
well known Journalist Women thief
catchers are so numerous In this couu
try It has been suggested that It would
bankrupt the Police Department to at
tempt to reward them all, not to men
t n exhausting the supply of marriage
able journalists.
France Does Not Do It That Way.
Bvhanxln, the king of Dahomey, who
Is Imprisoned In Martinique, was In
great terror when be beard of President
Carnot's death. He expected the French
to follow the custom of Dahomey and
put him and hta wlvea to death, wlUi
all other prisoners, for tbe Inaugural of
the new president.
It Pastled Her,
To-Day tells of a pour woman who
waa talking to tba dlatrtct visitor about
bar Tftrtova aflmenta, and bow tba doc
tor bad rrMcrlooa for bar SNagl
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HARD LUCK.
Onsof fle Wssdvsstaa-esof f araiaT
la the West.
Tbe man In the corner f tbe car seat
was looking so extreaiely despondent
that the drummer, who wss feeling
pretty comfortable across the aisle,
thought be would go over and cheer
him up a bit -'-f
"Excuse me," be said, sitting dewn
behind him and resting his arms on the
back of the seat "you look lonesome
snd I feel that wsy. and I thought I
might come over aud see If we couldn't
combine our burden and both of us
take a lift at It"
The despondent one turned a pair of
grateful eyes upon the intruder.
"Much obliged, I'm sure." he re
sponded with a washedut kind of a
smile; "but I reckon you can't do me
no great amount of good. I'm chronic
this way."
"What's the matter? Slckr
"No; Just kind of run down at tbe
heel for lack of encouragemeut Every
thing I lay hand to seems to go the
other way. It's got so bad that I start
up stairs sometimes and the next thing
I know I'm In the cellar."
"What's your buslnessT
"Farmin'."
"Your crops must be backward,
then?" laughed the drummer, but !hJ
despondent one showed no sign of ap
probation of the drummer's wit
"I should say so," was the extent of
his speech.
"Where Is your farm?"
"Martin County, Indiana."
"No wonder you feel as you do," said
the drummer earnestly.
"But I haven't lived there always,"
explained the desMndent one with a
faint smile of understanding.
"Is that so?'
"I used to live out West," the man
went on to explain, "but bad luck fol
lowed me there, too. I-et me tell yon
one case for Instance," and the chroulc
gloomer manifested more Interest than
at any time previously. "I lived out
there where there are petrified forests
way down In the ground, and as all
my neighbors had good water from ar
tesian wells, I thought I'd have one.
too. As a fact, the well was a necesl
ty that couldn't be done without; so I
borrowed enough money to sink It and
went to boring on my own hiok Instead
of letting the contract. Well, I ought
to have struck water In three weeks,
but I didn't After I had gone down
about fifty feet I struck solid rock, au.l
by jlmtnlny, I kept drill In' light
through It for three months and It whi
the hardest rock you ever saw a 8-Inch
hole put through. I kept on working,
though, till I run out of money, and
then I mortgaged my place for mors
and used up that, and then I called In
one of my neighbors to talk about It
He was posted on well digging and 'us
went out with me to look at It He
took up a handful of the borln'a, which
were as dry as If they had come onl
of an oven, aud after examining theta
a minute, he began to laugh. It wasn't
any laughing matter to me and -fast
mad aud come back at him right
smart
" 'How deep have you gone?" aald he.
"Two hundred feet' said I; 'a bun
Ired and fifty of It through the solid
rock.'
' 'Do you know what you've done 7
said he, laughing some more.
' 'No, said I, 'what?
' 'Well, you've struck the top of on
of them petrified trees down there with
yourdrill and have bored a hole mighty
nigh through It I should say. If you vs
gone down through a hundred and fifty
feet of rock.' "
The despondeut one sighed profound
ly.
'And It was a true bill, mister," lis
concluded, "and If I had Just set that
drill two feet further over In any dlrec-
tlou, I'd 'a' got water easy In seventy
live feet and plenty of It and bad mou
ey to spare." Free Press.
He Nailed the Central Thought-
Into a Maine village where be bad
preached when be was a licentiate wltk
more hope than fame there came a few
Sundays ago an elderly and proaperout
doctor of divinity. After the morning
service an old, white-haired mail ap
proacbed the doctor and, holding onl
bis band, said;
"Glad to see ye. I want to thank yt
for what ye aald this morning, and t
tell ye that ye preached a sermon ben
years ago I've never forgotten."
Pleased by such remembrance, th
doctor grasped the proffered nans'
heartily and said:
"By tbe way, what waa that sermon
I don't seem to remember.'
"Well," answered tbe old man, "I
don't remember the text, nor I don't
remember what you called tbe subject
but the central thought waa that tba
ology ain't religion; no, not by a d i
sight!" Lewlston Journal
Olven to the Charon.
There Is a curious custom among th
daughters of tbe house of Hapsburg
whose bridal trains, Instead of finish
Ing an honorable career In the ball
room, are bestowed after the ceremonj
on tbe church whose sacred floor the
have swept Only the other day, dnr
Ing the centenary celebration at Renn
weg, tbe altar floor was covered wit)
a sheen of satin and silver, mellow
by the breath of age, that bad onoi
foimed part of Marie Antoinette's wed
ding garment
Wanted Ut ham pie the Poos.
Brahms dined one day with one ol
his fanatic admlrera, and tba latter
knowing the master's predilection foi
Cue wine, bad a bottle of renowned
quality brought to tba tabic toward Um
end of tba repast "Thte," b exclaim
ed, 'la tbe Brahms among my wlnea!
1U fveat sipped of It, aarlatt:"Exol
tent, wonderful' Now brfcj spaj
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