THE WHITE HOUSE CHINA
All the Presidential Households to Be Represented
in the Collection Mr9. Roosevelt Is Getting Together
Widespread interest has been shown
In the undertaking which Mrs. Roose
velt has started of collecting, as far as
it ip possible, and preserving at the
White House specimen pieces of all
the china which has been used by the
Presidents of the United States.
There is probably more Washington
china of indisputable authenticity in
existence to-day than china which can
he identified as having been used by
all the other early presidents com
bined. This is doubtless due to the
fact that both George and Martha
Washington described the ware in de
tail in their wills.
Miss Mary Leo, daughter of Robert
E. Lee, now possesses a greater quan
tity of this ware than any other per
son in the country. Her collection in
cludes many pieces of the Cincinnati
end Van Bran at sets, a quantity of the
French gold rimmed white china set,
some blue and white earthenware and
L number of unclassified pieces.
Mi's. Kennon’s collection of Wash- 1
ington china contains many other i
things besides china. She has some
fine plate, several sconces and can
delabra, some of the furniture ami pic- j
lures that were at Mount Vernon dur
ing Washington's lifetime, and the
old brass andirons which steed in the j
wide mouthed fireplace of the room j
In which be died. The Ladies' Mount j
Vcmon association has succeeded in
bringing back to Mount Vernon a
number of interesting pieces of the
Washington ware, among which is a
big punch bowl.
The National Museum has a large I
collection of Washington china which j
the government bought of the Lewis
heirs. It includes many pieces of
blue earthenware, others of the gold
and white china set. besides a hand
some Neiderweiler bowl, and a very
»ld ai d quaint plate containing an j
Ancient Chinese battle scene in its 1
center.
Aside frqm those collections some
« f the presidential china will of course i
b*1 found in private homes throughout
the country, and from one or all of !
these sources Mrs. Roosevelt hopes to i
nhiain specimens for the cabinets ,
Which she has recently placed in the i
While House. It will be difficult to |
Secure specimens of all the presiden
•ITal ware, hut it is believed that those
who own such china will be glad to
lend it to the White House for the
purpose of exhibiting it there.
The matter ot preserving the presi
dential china has been seriously con
sidered by several of the presidents’
wives Mrs. Harrison, who was per
haps more interested in American
history and ui preserving the things
White House Relics.
The Dolly Madison Frtnt Bowl, two dancing girls of Sevres presented by President
Lou bet of Prance, and some historic silverware.
w* historical value in the White House
^fcian any of her predecessors, felt the
Necessity of placing some safeguard
fcbont them. For this reason she tried
to unraye! the history of the oldest
furniture in the executive mansion,
and wanted to place on each side of
it a small label that would identify
and explain if
She also designed an elaliorate cabi
net, that she planned to have built in
of the private dining room at the
White House, but when another cabi
net is added for the exhibition of the
Presidential ware it is intended to give
the piece the place of honor. Its
shapely bowl is held by a standard,
on the upright shaft of which are the
figures of the Three Graces, and in its
entirety—bowl and standard—it meas
ures fully two feet in height.
Its decorations are in blue and gold,
LIGHTNING RODS ON SHIPS.
Experiments Have Proved Them to
Be of No Value.
Several European shipping periodi
cals arc advocating the use Of light
ning rods on ships which convey ex
plosive compounds, says American
Syren and Shipping. One of these pa
pers notes that on a recent voyage
the foremast of the Umbria was
struck by lightning, which shattered
It to hits. The writer of the article
stated that “if the ship had been fitted
with lightning conductors tbe current
would have been deflected from the
ship.”
The value of lightning rpds for ships
was investigated by Capt. Folger of
Nantucket, Mass., a brother-in-law of
, Benjamin Franklin, the inventor of
the types of lightning rods in common
wse the world over until a few years
ago.
After Folger many other Americans
and British shipmasters studied the
lightning-rod question, With the final
resalt that thousands «f experiments
with masts fitted with lightning rods
adduced the belief that {they are of no
value in warding of lightning. .
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As a matter of fact abundant evi
dence exists in the archives of Amer
ican. British and French scientific so
cieties that thousands of ships pro
vided with lightning rods were struck
by lightning. Time was when naval
and army magazines were fitted with
lightning rods. That practice ended
years ago. It is only among believers
in the efficacy of plasters for the back
and side, blood purifiers, divining rods
and fortune tellers that confidence in
lightning rods exists.
Where Czars Are Buried.
It is not generally known that the
remains of all the Czars of Russia
since Peter the Great lie in a memo
rial chapel built on one of the islands
of the Neva. All the cenotaphs are
exactly alike, each being a block of
white marble, without any decoration
whatever. The only distinction by
which one is marked is the name of
thev deceased emperor.
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Money in Canteloupes.
Gropers of the famous Rockyford
cantaloupe, at Rockyford,- Colo., report
so* av4raice.net return of $150 an aero,
for th* season <*1903.
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the walls of the state dining room,
where all of the presidential china
would have been placed. Mrs. Harri
son did not succeed in putting her
plan into execution, but she did suc
ceed in restoring many of the dis
doubtful historical associations was
carded pieces of china and plate, and
while she was its mistress none of the
first a wide band of gold, then a nar
rower curved rim of the blue, followed
by a wide band of small gold dots,
outlined with threads of blue and gold
Medallions of gold decorate the bot
tom of the bowl and the same design
is carried out on its standard.
At this time some of the china oi
eight administrations is still in use
at the White House, besides a num
her of pieces unidentified.
Two cabinets have been secured tc
display the specimens of the china oi
the eight administrations. They have
dark walnut frames with glass doors
aud sides. Were they entirely ot
glass with glass shelving the china
would show to far greater advantage
Where the Presidential China is Shown in the White House.
old furnishings cf the house of even
allowed to he sold or thrown into stor
age.
One day In rummaging through the
garret of the White House, she found
the three pieces of a high and classi
cal fruit, howl which was evidently of
great age, but which at that time
could not. be identified. Capt. Pen
dell. the oldest, employe of the house,
remembered seeing it in the state din
ing room during the Lincoln axlminis
tration. It probably, at that time, be
came disjointed and wa: laid aside
in the garret and forgotten.
Through Col. William H. Crook, who
ha? been connected with the clerical
force of the White House for forty
years and who has made a compre
hensive study of its china, this piece
was identified by the late Mrs. Nealey
of Georgetown. In searching some old
Virginia records she was able to iden
tify the fruit howl as belonging to the
set of Dolly Madison china that was
destroyed when the British burned the
White House in 1814.
Tills bowl now graces the sideboard
but as it is they have awakened the
interest of hundreds of sightseers who
daily throng the public part of the
White House.
They stand in the east ground floor
hall of the mansion, one on its north,
just at the entrance of what is known
as the picture gallery of the house.
Hanging on the walls near them are
the paintings of Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs.
| Harrison. Mrs. Hayes, the second Mrs.
Tyler, and Mrs. Polk.
On the upper shelf of the cabinet
| on the north side of the hall are
j specimens of the latest additions to
the Presidential ware—the Kooseveit
set. it is beautiful china in both tex
ture and design. It is Wedgwood,
and each piece bears a simple Colo
nial device in gold, with the observe
| of the Great Seal of the United States
■ enameled in color as the decorative
; feature. The display includes a large
dinner platter, a dinner and breakfast
plate, an exquisite round dish for
chilled oysters, and a coffee and tea
' cup in their saucers.
Mrs. McKinley selected but little
china while she was mistress of the
Executive Mansion, but the cabinets
include three of her plates, two with
green and gold borders, and one hav
>ng a deep wild rose design outlining
it. There are also two tea cups and
saucers matching them.
Like President Arthur. Mrs. Cleve
land selected a large number of plates
to supply the White House table, and
of these there are displayed in the
cabinets specimens of what are known
as the Cleveland red. green, gold and
porcelain plates. Besides these there
are a cup and saucer decorated with
rosebuds and a gravy bowl bordered
in red.
Six plates of what was called the
gypsy set and two dainty cups repre
sent the Arthur selection in the cabi
nets. Mrs. Harrison was nothing it
not patriotic, and this was shown even
in the decorations of the dishes which
she designed for the White House.
The margin of each dish of the set
bears the American golden rod and
Indian corn, as well as the coat of
arras of the United States. She also
selected a quantity of cut glass, and
two or three pieces of it are included
in the cabinets with the dishes of her
selection.
The Grant china is white French
ware with a pale yellow border, and
each piece of the original set bears
the coat of arms in its border and
an American wild flower in its center.
Of this set a long fish platter, a large
openwork fruit dish, a small compote,
a breakfast plate, a tea plate, and
small butter plates are shown in the
cabinets.
Of the Lincoln china, with its red
dish purple border and dainty seal of
the United States, there is compara
tively little left in the White House,
but Mrs. Roosevelt has put into the
cabinets a large fish platter, a tall
fruit dish, one of three remaining
.water pitchers and two plates.
This completes the collection as it
now stands, but as the way opens tc
secure more of the historic ware othet
cabinets will be added, and it is the
earnest desire of the mistress of the
White House to make' the collection
complete by including some dish from
the administration of each of the Pres
idents.—New York Sun.
Rather Than Pay Rent.
Blox—Does Rover move in good so
ciety?
Knox—I don’t know about the so
ciety, but I know he’s always moving
Plenty Going On.
Mrs. Greene—You’ll excuse me,
Mrs. Gray, but they tell me this is
not a very popular neighborhood.
Mrs. Gray—Nothing could be fur
ther from the truth. Why, it is aw
fully popular; people are moving in
and out all the time. And then it is
so interesting here! One can’t be
lonely, so much of one’s time is taken
up criticising other people’s furniture
as it is being put into a house or ta
ken out.—Stray Stories.
Pike’s Peak Electric Line.
The famous cog railroad up Pike’s
Peak, in Colorado, may soon be sup
planted by an electric road, plans for
the building of which are now under
consideration.
Failures in Germany.
Commercial failures to the number
of 11,952 were reported in Germany
in 1903. The average amount of each
failure was $10,856.
Big ‘ Gain in Churohes.
The Methodist Year Book for 1904
reports a gain of nearly a thousand
churchaa during the last year. .
Jt is a sad commentary upon our
scholarship and our civilization that
lie average life of a man to-day
should be somewhere between 30 and
15 years, says What to Eat. With
•ill our scientific advance and our
<nowledge of hygiene and sanitation,
we have cut down the life of man
to nearly one-sixth since the days of
*\braham and Isaac. We have it on
good authority that Abraham lived
175 years and that Isaac died at the
ripe old age of 180, being “full of
years and of days.” Job’s life was
full of trials, boils and vicissitudes,
and yet he was 120 years old when
he gave up the ghost. Prof. Eli
Met:hnikoff of the Pasteur institute
has fixed the minimum limit of man’s
life at 140 years. Having lived a
natural and scientific life from birth,
indeed, man need not expect to shuf
fle off this mortal coil at 140 years.
At that time of life he.will merely
begin to feel himself “full of days.”
Prof. Metchnikoft shows that man's
vermiform appendix is a moral dis
harmony, for whose useful existence
we must go back to herb-eating crea
tures like the rabbit, in which it ful
fils a notable function in_ the diges
tion of raw vegetable matter. In
man it is nothing but a deathtrap, one
Paris hospital having treated 443
cases of appendicitis in five years.
And what is the scientific conclu
sion from all this? Man cannot wait
for his great intestine to disappear
in the course of the ages, and he
does not care to run the risk of hav- !
ing it cut out. And yet it»is the the
ory of Prof. Metchnikoff that the phe
nomena of senility and old age is
due directly to the microbes of the
large intestines, which are continually
breaking down the higher cells of our
structure. The only cour.e is to fight
the Intestinal microbe, and as there
are 128,000,000.000.C0U of him formed
each day it will be seen that the job
is no summer-day picnic. The pro
fessor speaks highly of buttermilk,
and warns us to beware of all un
cooked -products of the microbe-in
fested earth—salads, artichokes,
strawberries, melons, onions, cucum
bers, celery, radishes, turnips, carrots,
cabbage. Unless they are thoroughly
cooked they should not enter into
the human organism. By rigid ad
herence to this theory of alimenta
tion. and with the aid of certain cy
totoxic serums prepared in the Pas
teur institute, man may fight off old
age. He will nor “grow old-’ at HO,
70 and 80. as he does now. Whether
the theories of Prof. Metchnikoff are
scientifically sound or not. there is
little doubt that man was designed
to live to a much greater age than
he now attains, and that longevity is
even now a question of rational, hy
I gienic living.
To the unknown south, across the
mighty steppes to Vladikavkaz, nes
tling below the snow-cloaked moun
tains of the Caucasus, a world of his
tory and romance, lies our route;
and within two days we are in real
Russia—the Russia untouched by for
eign influence.
Unexpectedly one finds here in the
wilds of Russia a coterie of refined,
charming people. The women intelli
gent, well educated, some of them
speaking four or five languages; and
many of them excellent musicians;
the men, mostly officers or titled dig
citaries of one branch of the govern
ment or another, for nearly every man
of position in Russia is connected
with the government. The bureauc
racy and the army constitute the no
bility. House parties, merry informal
dances and musical matinees, are
some of the features which tend to
make the life of a great land pro
prietor in Russia pleasant in the sum
mer. On the other hand, the attend
ant duties and trials are severe, with
crops to be planted and reaped by
methods more or less old-fashioned,
although American harvesting ma
chinery is now being introduced very
extensively.
Northward, (southward, eastward,
westward, have grown the dominions
of the great white "Tsar." Not more
than 2nd miles to the southward of
the aroient capital of the grand dukes
of Muscovy are yet to be seen re
mains of beacon mounds where warn
ing fires against the raids of the Tar
tars were burned not 300 years ago.
and the-Tartars are the faithful Cos
sacks of the empire to-day.
Ten decades and more it took, but
the southern boundary of Russia to
day is marked only by the hoary head
of Mt. Ararat. 70" verst to the south
of Vladikavkaz os flies the gray
winged crow.—Outing.
I Words in the Language
>.'o one can say how many words
there are in the English language,
because there are so many words of
doubtful standing. The Century Dic
tionary contains 225.000 words, and j
the new edition of the Standard Die-|
tionary lays claim to over 300.000. Of j
these many are obsolete, and many j
others are rarely us^d. Science has j
added a vast vocabulary of polysylla- j
bles that are scientific formulae j
rather than real words. They have
no place in general literature. The
.ordinary English vocabulary may be
said to contain from 30,000 to 50,000
words, the latter estimate being large, j
No single writer of literature has used
so many as the lower number named, j
Shakespeare, whose vocabulary is !
larger than that of any other English
poet, unless it be Browning, used :
about 15,000 words, while Milton, i
whose range was narrower, employed i
only about half that number. The
vocabulary of the illiterate has been
set as low as 300 words, but this
must be exceptional. It is more like
ly that the “ordinary workingman"
uses from 2,000 to 3,000 words, while
of course he is familiar with several
thousand more, which he recogigzes
in print, but does not himself use.
The common estimate of the aver
age vocabulary of educated people is
from 5.000 to 6,000. but in this case
the number of words which are not
used is enormously increased. A
well-read college graduate should be
familiar with perhaps 100,000 words,
while in the course of a year he
might not use 5.000 of them in his
writing or conversation. Shorthand
reporters find about 2.500 word signs
and contractions ample for represent
ing the words which are commonly
used in public speaking.—Springfield
Republican.
| See Interior of Eye j
A highly important invention af- ,
fecting optical science in general, and
the further development of the eye
specialist's profession in treating eye,
diseases and faulty vision in particu
lar. was recently made in Berlin. Ac
cording to a German exchange, the as
sistant of the university clinic of the
Royal Charity hospital. Dr. Walther
Thorner. has succeeded in solving a
problem which had received much at
tention from many others before him,
but with little or no success. He has
managed to photograph the back
ground of the eye and obtain good pic
tures of it, too. His invention repre
sents a material improvement on the
ophthalmoscope Invented by Helm
holtz in 1850. The latter, however,
only admitted of viewing the back
ground of the eye.
The fact that all attempts to pho
tograph the interior or the back
ground of the eye had remained fruit
less so far. was due to the peculiar
construction of the eye. It is difficult
to light up the interior to such an ex
tent as to enable one to take a pho
tograph of it, and even in the use of
strong sources of light the exposure
would require so much time that the
eye would have to be fixed, which
would mean great inconvenience to
the patient. Now Dr. Thorner has con
structed an apparatus with which he
first succeeded in photographing the
eyes of animals, especially cats.—
Jewelers’ Circular-Weekly.
| A Little Further On j
There will be time—I shall find rest
anon;
Thus do we say. while eager youth in
vites
Young hope to try her wings in wanton
flights.
And nimble fancy builds the soul a nest
On some far crag; but soon youth’s
flame Is gone—
Burned lightly out—while we repeat the
Jest
With smiling confidence—I shall find rest
A little further on.
A little further on—
I shall find rest; half-flercely we avow
When noon beats on the dusty field, and
care
Threats to unjoint our armor, and the
glare
Throbs with the pulse of battle, while
life’s best
Flies with the flitting stars; the frenzied
brow
Pains for the laurel more than tor the
breast
Where Love soft-nestling waits. Not
now. not now.
With feverish breath we cry. I shall find
rest
A little further on.
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A little further on—
I shall tind rest; half sad, at last, we
say.
When sorrow's setting cloud blurs out
the gleam
Of glory's torch, and to a vanished dream
Love's palace hath been turned, then
all depressed.
Despairing, sick at heart—we may not
stay
Our weary feet, so lonely then doth seem
This shadow-haunted world. We, so
unblest.
Weep not to see the grave which waits
its guest;
And feeling round our feet the cool,
sweet clay.
We speak the fading world fhrewell and
say;
Not on this side—alas!—I shall find rest
A little further on.
. —Robert Burns Wilson.
Coal Consumption by Czar’s Plant.
The coal bill of the Russian Pacific
squadron at anchor is said to be $1,
£30*000 a year. One ironclad used
twelve tons of coal daily for electric
lighting. It is principally Cardiff coal*
which costs $17.51 a ton.
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Criminals IjCept in Suspense.
In France, when a convict is sen
tenced to death by the guillotine, the
day of his execution is not named in
his presence, and he knows not when
he is to be led forth until within fif
teen minutes of the fatal moment
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Spilkins is a man with a father-in
law. He has not been married a
great while, but being a philosophical
sort of a fellow lie has about the salme
regard for the opinions of his newly
acquired dad as a country boy has
for a bird’s nest. This father-in-law
is not a bad fellow. In fact, he is a
very congenial sort of an old codger,
who thinks the world of Spilkins. He
likes his daughter’s cooking pretty
well, too, considering everything, and
every Sunday he goes out to the new
ly wed couple’s little flat for din
ner.
Spilkins' one objection to this
father-in-law is the stale old jokes
and stories he is always working off
as brand new material. The old man
has told the young fellow the same
stories time and time again. During
Spilkins' courtship he heard them re
peatedly, and since the wedding they
lave become intolerable.
Last Sunday afternoon the old
dodger rang the bell at Spilkins' flat.'
Spilkins, wearing a demoniacal smile,
mshed to the door, grabbed the old
•'eilow by the arm and dragged him
nto the little parlor.
"Oh. I must tell you. father, I must
ell you before 1 forget it. Did you
ever hear—no. you haven't. It'* a
new one. Well—a young Irishman by
the name of Pat—”
Spilkins stopped to laugh, and the
old man laughed too. Then the young
fellow continued his yarn.
"Here, here." said the old fellow,
as soon as he recognized his favorite
story, one he had told Spilkins a hun
dred times. "Here, what are you try
ing on me now. l told you that
once.”
"No. it’s a brand new one," said
Spilkins.
But the story was told ami then
came another one of the old moss
grown yarns, and then another am!
still others, until the father-in-law be
gan to get a little ruffled.
"Confound if, boy. what is the mat
ter with you?” he said. “Those are
my stories. I've told them all to you
time and time again."
"Oh, have you?" said Spilk.i
“Then 1 beg your pardon. I’ll n r
tell another one, but say, have y>
heard about—”
"Yes, yes. I’ve heard It,” said tl.<
old man. throwing up his hands, "am
I'll never tell you another one either
And Spilkins feels relieved.—Cl -
cago Inter Ocean.
Got Rid of Agent
Blivins had learned by many years i
>f experience that one of the sure
signs of spring is the activity of the
ife insurance agents. He has for a
rood many years been paying premi
1ms on several thousand dollars more
insurance than he feels like he is
ible to do. and for that reason, he
considers the spring insurance solic
itor as one of the worst ills of the
season.
Ingenuity has always been the one
narked characteristic of Blivins. and
if ter the first one of the agents
tackled him the other day and began
telling him how soon he was to die
and in what an awful state he would
leave his family and creditors. Blivins
dit upon a new scheme.
The next morning Blivins took to
his office all the old photographs he
■ouId find. On each one he tied a
i 'ittle crepe rosette and then hung
them on the wall, stood them on his
iesk and put them at every point
R the office where they could be
seen.
Blivins had not been in his office
for an hour when an insurance agent
came in and began reading Biivir
obituary. The latter lengthened hi<
face out an inch or two and drew
out his handkerchief and mopped his
eyes.
‘ I fully realize the value of insur
anee," said Blivins. as blue as indigo
‘and I wish I could get a million do!
lars on my life, but-"
“You are the man I like to talk to '
said the agent enthusiastically. "Our
company will write a million dollars
on your life and-”
“Isn't that too bad?" said Biivir.
“I am sorry, but I can't get a polic
for a cent. See that dear face?" h*
said, pointing to one old pictur.
“That’s dear Uncle Ephraim. Cor
sumption did it. There 13 dear Cou
sin Seth. Consumption. And there is
grandfather. Consumption. And
there is-**
The life insurance agent had turned
purple. He arose, bowed, and told
Blivins there was no hope. As the
agent went through the doorway Bliv
ins leaned back in his chair, laughed
and then arose and picked up a 2e<>.
pound letter press and swung it un
der the tabje.
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Scraps Are Worth Money
In the successful management of
the railways of the country there are
many seemingly insignificant matters
that require constant attention. Thou
sands of dollars are saved to the com
panies each year by detailing men to
look after and care for their scrap,
the pieces of iron and steel that fall
off moving cars, that come from aban
doned machinery or from broken
pieces of equipment.
Almost all the big transportation
companies in the United States main
tain what they call scrap departments.
At two or three points on the road,
generally where there are any con
struction or extensive repair shops,
this scrap is gathered from all parts
af the system.
One of the duties of the trackwalk
ers and repair gangs is to pick up and
brow into little heaps along the track
ill bits of iron and steel that may be
ound along the right cf way or that
may be left whenever any piece of
.vork is completed. At irregular
intervals a scrap train is sent over
the road for the purpose of gathering
up these odds and ends. They are
taken to the gathering point and there
carefully sorted.
Some ingenious mechanics have de
vised machinery to separate and
handle these scraps. After being run
through a sort of hopper that divides
the small and the large from the oth
er different sizes men are put to work
to pick out from the various heaps
what may again be utilized. Bolts,
nuts. bars, couplings and the like
which may be used again are worked
over for further use.
Tho refuse, amounting to thousands
of pounds, is shipped to some iron
works that has a contract with the
company for using all this waste iron
and steel.
This plan of systematically caring
for the waste iron of railroads is of
recent origin. It is one really of slow
growth. Of course, pieces of iron aud
steel waste material or the refuse of
shops or wrecks has been taken care
of for years, but only in a desultory,
haphazard way.
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On the Paris ’Change
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It may be said that a seat among
he Seventy (they call it a charge)
?osts about 3,000,000 francs ($600,000)
>r sometimes 2.500,000. a charge earns
Yom 5 to 15 per cent (net! a year, so
hat the annual profits are from $30,
>00 to $90,000, or more in exceptional
rears. But these are usually divided
>raong several associates, for it rare
fy happens that an agent is the sole
>wner of his seat. More often he has
paid for only half of it, or a third of
it. and has three or four silent part
ners who o.vn the rest and who maj
again have sub-partners, so that you
will hear of a person owning an
vighth or a sixteenth of a seat, or
?ven a thirty-second, these being sarn
oie investments that carry no rights
)i' privileges on the bourse.
As to procuring a charge, the thing
aas none of the Stock Exchange sim
ilicitv, where the main requirement
ior getting a seat is to be able to pay
for it. Here a candidate must be a
Frenchman and at least 25 years old.
He must have served four years In
certain forms of business. He must
be personally acceptable to the agent
from whom be would purchase the
seat, and often to his family, including
the ladies. He must be passed upon
by the Seventy with formal voting, as
if he were joining some select club,
which he is. There must be no stain
on his business record and no slur on
his personal character. A candidate
I vas rejected recently for bad habUs.
'.ml another for no fault of his own.
nit because his brother had been con
cerned in questionable transactions.
With all this faborably settled, there
is till needed the tipproval of the min
ister of finances and the approval of
the president. This makes it clear
enough why many of the ablest on
the bourse have not been members of
the parquet, but of the coulisse. They
could not get into the parquet.—Cen
tury.
f Stray Poem of Moore’s
H. J. H. Petry of Trinity College
School, Port Hope, Canada, claims to
lave discovered a copy of some verses
iy Thomas Moore, hitherto unpublished.
‘I found them,” he says, "some little
:ime ago among the papers of my uncle,
.he late Wentworth O. Petry of Quebec,
ogether with a memorandum to the
iffect that they had been copied for him
n 1870 by Major Johnston, to whom they
lad been given by Moore. Major John
iton was a British officer, who lived for
■ome time in Quebec and who after he
eft the army was appointed stipendiary
naglstrate in that city. Ife was a
lepnew of Lord Palmerston.”
When Time, who steals our years away.
Shall steal our pleasures, too;
The memory of the past will stay
And half our Joys renew.
Then. Chloe. when thy beauty's flower
Shall feel the wintry air.
Remembrance shall recall the hour
When thou alone were fair.
Then talk no more of future gloom.
Our Jogs shall always last;
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For hope shall brighten days to come.
And memory gild the past.
Come, Chloe. fill the genial bowl;
I drink to love *nd thee!
Thou never canst decay in soul.
Thou’lt still be young to me.
And as my lips the tear drops chase
Which on your cheeks they find.
So hope shall steal away the trace
Which sorrow leaves behind.
Then fill the bowl, away with gloom;
Our Joys shall always last:
For hope shall brighten days to come.
Whilst memory gilds the past.
But mark, at thought of future years,
Wh«n love shall,lose Its soul;
Mv Chloe drops her timid team.
They mingle with my bowl.
How like this bowl of wine, my fair.
Our loving life shall fleet,
Tho' tears may sometimes mingle there.
The draught shall still be sweet.
Then fill the bowl, away with gloom;
Our Joys shall always last;
For hope v«tU brighten daye to coma.
Whilst fesmory glide the peel.
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