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Philadelphia.—While ' New Yorkers
were jubilating over the centennial of
the historic journey of Robert Ful
ton’s steamboat Clermont, which made
the trip from New York city to Albany
under her own steam, on August 7.
1S')7, Pennsylvanians have a more
than ordinary interest in the honors
to be paid to the inventor, for he was
a son of this commonwealth, and it
was here that he obtained his first
ideas of a method of propelling boats
by the use of steam.
In some quarters Fulton, rather in
correctly, has been lauded as the in
ventor of the steamboat. As has been
well said, neither the steam engine
nor the steamboat was, in the strict
sense of the word, invented. Fulton
was not the inventor of the steam
boat, but neither can any other person
be so characterized. The steamboat
was a good many years being invented
and there were many hands at the
work. This fact, however, does not
lessen the brightness of Fulton's
achievement., for. had he never been
connected with the inauguration of
- steam navigation, he showed so many
other evidences of mechanical invent
iveness and of artistic effort that it is
extremely probable that his name
would not be forgotten.
Projects Before Fulton’s.
More than 100 years before Fulton
began his experiments the idea had
possessed inventors in other parts of
the world. In 1690 Papin proposed
the use of a steam engine for the pur
pose of propelling boats through the
water, and exactly a century before
the Clermont made its famous run the
inventor actually constructed such a
boat, which he used on the River Ful
da, at Cassel. The boat was of rude
construction, and the method of pro
pulsion consisted of raising water by
means of a steam pump, which water
was then applied to a water wheel
and drove a set of paddles on the same
shaft. What influence this invention
might have had upon the commerce of
the world will never be known, for it
was not allowed to prosper, being de
stroyed by some ignorant fanatics.
In the century which intervened
there was considerable talk of apply
ing the steam engine to the use of
boats. Nothing came of it in a prac
tical way until an American blazed
the way. The first of these pioneers
was also a Pennsylvanian—William
Henry, a native of Chester county, but
at the time of his experiment a resi
dent of Lancaster county. About 1763
Henry, who had just returned from a
visit to England, took up the subject
of a steamboat. He constructed a
small boat, or rather attached an en
gine to an old bateau. This consisted
of a pair of paddles, and with this
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primitive contrivance he boldly es
sayed to steam down the Conestoga
river. From what can be learned of
the attempt, it was far from being un
successful, but by an accident the
boat was sunk, and the steamboat had
to wait another quarter of a century
before it was to be given practical
shape.
Distinction Due Fitch.
This time it was a resident of Phil
adelphia, John Fitch, who from all ap
pearances lacked only support to be
known for all time as the man to
whom modern steam navigation is
due. Fitch had an adventurous ca
reer. He was born in Connecticut.
At the time of the revolution he was
a watchmaker at Trenton, but the
British destroyed his stock and he is
William Henry, and to have visited
his home to see some of the earliest
efforts of Benjamin West, of whose
painting he was, as were all artistical
ly inclined Americans in those days
enamored.
At the age of 17 Robert was brought
to Philadelphia and put as an appren
tice with Duffield. There he finished
his trade, but his artistic instincts
getting the better of him, he decided
to abandon his trade and take up art.
Although he had a widowed mother
to support, he managed in some man
ner to save enough to take him to
London, where he placed himself at
the feet of his master in painting,
Benjamin West.
As a youth he showed talents in
many directions, and was undoubtedly
WEIGH MAIL ON CARS.
Done Every Four Years as a Basis for
Railroad Contracts.
The railroads are paid for carrying
the mails on the basis of a contract
running four years. Once during this
period additional men are put on the
mail cars, whose duty is to weigh all
mail received and delivered at each
station.
The figures thus secured are as
sumed to represent an average of the
amount of mail carried on that route,
and become the basis of the contract.
Four years later a new period of
weighing is begun, and the contract is
revised in accordance with the new
figures.
The United States is divided into
four contract districts, says System,
and the weighing is carried on simul
taneously in all parts of a district. The
following year some other district is
weighed, and thus the circuit of the
country is covered in the four year
period.
It Ib in the tabulation ant} compila
weighers that the system devised by
Carle C. Hungerford of the railway
mall service is employed.
“The weighing of the mails for the
purpose of awarding the contract is
not a new departure,” said Mr. Hun
gerford. “That was part of the old
system. The mail weighers have
cards on which they record the weight
of the mail taken on at each station
on the route, and also the weight put
off. Another card records the weight
on the return trip between the same
points.
“This process cif daily weighing is
kept up for 90 days, and the totals
must he footed at the end of each
week and the end of uhe whole period.
Formerly each day's report was en
tered by the clerks on a large tabu
lating sheet three feet long and two
feet wide, and figures had to be totaled
vertically and horison tally.
“The size of the ;ob can be seen
when. I tell you that the report of just
two trains on a long run for the period
of 90 days took up 13 of these large
sheets.
“The work kept 25 men busy in the
Chict«st tieadquarters during tl* Urn*
next found as an officer in the Con
tinental army. The Indians took hint
prisoner, and he was removed into
the Northwest territory. He made a
map of the then little known country
west of the Alleghenies, and subse
quently came to Philadelphia. Here
at one time he lived on Second street,
near Vine, but began his inquiry into
steam navigation at his place at Xe
shaminy.
With Fitch the idea was not orig
inal any more than it was with any of
his predecessors, or with those who
followed him. While he was engaged
as a civil engineer in the southeastern
part of Pennsylvania, he came into
contact with William Henry, and if he
did not see the latter's invention he
at least met him and heard of it. At
any rate, in 17S7 Fitch did construct
a steamboat which he set iu motion
on the Delaware river.
Fitch’s Scheme Languished.
Two years before Fitch had ap
peared before the American Philo
sophical society and showed a model
of a steamboat which he intended to
construct, and in 1790 he had a steam
boat on the river that could make
eight miles an hour, and was adver
tised to make regular runs between
this city and Trenton three days a
week.
A Virginian, Janies Rumsey, at the
time Fitch was requesting various
state legislatures to grant him assist
ance, claimed to have invented a
steamboat prior to that of Fitch.
Rumsey s claim, however, was discred
ited, even by his own state. Fitch's
lack of support and the coolness with
which the country viewed the project,
although one small boat had made no
fewer than 21 advertised trips without
accident, permitted Fitch's scheme to
become quiescent.
Fulton never disclaimed the obliga
tion he owed to Fitch's steamboat. At
the time the first Fitch boat was
shown here Fulton was an apprentice
to Edward Duffield, a silversmith, who
was in business on Second street be
low Chestnut. The old frame build
ing, lately numbered 121, was standing
until 25 years ago. It is only natural
to infer that the active young appren
tice should have enough curiosity to
see the invention, especially as he was
something of an ingenious mechanic
himself.
Robert Fulton’s Career.
Robert Fulton was born in Little
Britain township, Lancaster county,
November 14, 1765, his father being a
native of Kilkenny, Ireland. The Ful
tons moved to Lancaster city when
Robert was an infant, and it was in
the schools of that city that the in
genious young inventor received his
education. He is said to have known
something of a genius. It is told of
him that at the age of ten years he
had made for himself his own lead
pencils. They were crude affairs, of
course, but at that time they were
nearly as good as could be purchased.
At 14 he devised a skyrocket, and had
invented an airgun. His biographer
says that it was at this time that the
idea of steam propulsion for vessels
first took possession of him, and that
he actually made a model of a boat
that could be propelled by means of
paddles.
Experiments on the Hudson.
After he went to England, where he
studied painting, in which art the nu
merous examples of his work extant
show him to have been proficient, he
went to France. There he became
busy on a plan for steam navigation,
which he succeeded in getting pre
sented to the first consul; but the
French government was_too much pre
occupied to pay much attention to the
young American's representations. A
friendship, however, most important
for- the future of steam navigation,
sprang up between Fulton and our min
ister to France. Robert R. Livingston,
formerly chancellor of the state of
New York. Livingston had become in
terested in steam, and had built a ves
sel and made experiments on the Hud
son. In 1798 the New York legislature
gave him a monopoly of navigating
the waters of New York by steam,
provided that within one year he
should propel by steam a vessel of 20
tons four miles an hour. This he
failed to do. but his interest in the
problem never flagged. The two men
formed a partnership and made an ex
periment on the Seine, which, how
ever, proved a failure. Then they de
cided to make experiments on the
Hudson, and the New York legisla
ture granted another potential monop
oly similar to that granted to Liv
ingston.
Another vessel was built at a ship
yard on the East river, according to
plans carefully worked out by Fulton, j
Rqbz&t FuiroN
The Clermont, as she was called, was
160 tons burden, 130 feet long, 16 feet
wide and four, feet deep. Her engine
had a steam cylinder 24 inches In di
ameter. her wheels were 15 feet in di
ameter and uncovered.
Description of the Voyage.
Here is Fulton’s description of
the voyage which revolutionized navi
gation, in the form of a letter to the
American Citizen:
“I left New York on Monday at one
o’clock, and arrived at Clermont, the
seat of Chancellor Livingston, at one
o’clock on Tuesday—time, 24 hours,
distance 110 miles. On Wednesday I
departed from the chancellor’s at nine
in the morning and arrived at Albany
at five in the afternoon—distance 40
miles, time eight hours. The sum is
150 miles in 32 hours, equal to near
five miles an hour. On Thursday at
nine o’clock in the morning I left Al
bany, and arrived at the chancellor’s
at six in the evening. I started from
thence at seven and arrived at New
York at four in the afternoon—time
30 hours, space run 150 miles, equal to
five miles an hour. Throughout my
whole way both going and returning,
the wind was ahead; no advantage
could be derived from my sails; the
whole has therefore been performed
by the power of the steam engine.”
Memorial to Fulton.
The task of erecting an adequate
monument to commemorate the great
inventor is in the hands of an associ
ation of public-spirited men, incorpor
ated under the laws of New York,
known as. the Robert Fulton Monu
ment association. The association
has determined that the monument
shall take the form of a water gate
and mausoleum to be erected at One
Hundred and Sixteenth street and the
Hudson river. A bill has been passed
by the legislature making the neces
sary grant of land. It Is Intended to
provide a place where distinguished
foreign visitors to our shores may be
fittingly received by the municipal,
state or federal authorities; in a word,
to give New York a front door. It is
expected that ground for the construc
tion will be broken on the next an
niversary of Fulton's birthday, No
vember 14.
of the weighing, and for three months
afterward. Then there was liability oi
error in the footings.
“So we developed the plan of doing
away with the tabulating sheet alto
gether. We used the adding machine
and make its record strip the perma
nent record of the weights. Instead
of first entering the figures on the
large sheet and then transferring them
to the machine, one man reads the
amounts from the weighing report and
another operates the machine.
“The figures for a week are kept to
gether, and totals taken for each town
At the end the totals are taken for the
whole route.
“The cipher in the middle of the col
umn marks the dividing line between
the columns for mail put off the trair
and mail taken on. At the end of the
weighing period the totals for the varl
ous weeks are footed on the machine
"We can do the work with half tfeg
clerks that were formerly needed, ii
takes three months to finish the re
ports after the weighing closes. Here
tofore we bad to keep 26 men at work
tabulating and adding; now half the
. number can do the work." *
F<n>r Mndsunmiimer
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Some women have what the French call “the sense of clothes,” so much
more correctly discriminating than others, that they are able to command a
most respectful attention from their fashionable, and sometimes envious sis
ters. Hard indeed, is it for the women_of wealth and fashion to And herself
beaten by some talented rival of less means, and perhaps of less beauty,
whose exquisite appearance is brought about by an eye for lines, color and
detail in dress. It is these that count, and one should never make the mis
take the supposing that money can supply the lack of them, except in those in
stances, when it is content to purchase clothes of some one’s else choosing, j
and even thus loose individual distinction. For only the woman who knows
how to choose the proper costume, knows just how to wear it properly.
These gowns illustrated here are moderate in price, and may be copied
at a very reasonable expenditure. They leave nothing to wish for, being |
beautiful, and perfectly adapted to the purpose for which thev are made.
DESCRIPTIONS.
Fig. 1.—Gown of blue and green voile is an indistinct plaid, with decora- >
tion of dark green taffeta silk and a fancy braid in black, having touches of
white on edges. Cream colored lace and small decorative medallions of gold
are introduced in the bodice.
Fig. 2.—Hat of black milan braid, appropriate for wear with a variety of
gowns. The shape is edged with white brtUd, and supported by silk wires.
A group of pale blue wings is mounted at the front with a touch of La France
roses, set close to the crown. Illue ribbon trims the bandeau.
Fig. 3.—Hat ol' silk braid with simple trimming of three quills, made in
shades of grey. This is worn with a street gown, that is the illustration,
being of black taffeta silk.
The pictures are from The Illustrated Milliner.
FOR AUTUMN GOWN
Paris Correspondent Sends Descrip
tion of Charming Gown in
Simple Design.
An idea which could be well re
served for an autumn gown is
carried out in a simple but rather
heavy rose pink silk toilet, trimmed
with white silk soutache and the fash
ionable touch of black, writes a Paris
correspondent. Three inches from the
border of the long, round skirt is a
band of braiding eight to ten inches
deep, with the upper edge arranged
in points. The fitted redingote but
tons in a curved line across the bust
and fastens with two black satin but
tons aud loops. This part of the
garment cuts off in little points at
the waist line so that the skirts open
a good deal; they fall in points in
front and are longer there than be
hind. The large armholes are edged
with a fold of black and the pelerine
sleeves, which fall in points well over
the elbows, are covered with braiding,
with the exception of a four-inch band
about the edge. A line of black edges
the braiding, so the plain part appears
like a set-in border, and it is deco
rated with black buttons and loops.
FOR CHILD’S FROCK
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Child’s frock of. white batiste elab
orately made with tucks, bands of
embroidery and frills or Valenciennes
lace.
The bretelles are made in the same
way; the collar and girdle, the latter
prettily knotted, are of soft satin rib
bon.
Big Black Bow Is “Parisian.”
A recent cry from Paris proclaims
the newness and smartness of large
black taffeta bows on millinery, these
bows monopolizing the place of flow
ers and feathers. A white chip hat,
the brim turning slightly up from
the face in front and drooping in the
approved form at the back, had the
brim bound with black ribbon velvet,
and carried enormous massed bows of
rich black taffeta ribbon as its sole
exterior decoration, a tenderly-tinted
pink rose giving a gracious touch of
color beneath the brim at the left
aide.
SOME MODISH HATS
Styles Now Being Worn Possess
Real Beauty—Feathers Are Giv
ing Place to Flowers.
The picture hat that stands for true
elegance has a wide limber brim that
droops into the most bewitching lines,
showing the hair and brow in all their
beauty. Its chic trimming is a band
of velvet, taffeta or ribbon the height
of the crown and large roses or
peonies then set into a wreath, each
flower apart showing the band be
tween. Feathers continue to give
place to flowers, and have no longer
the same monopoly as in the seasons
past. The newest hat, in the sense
that it stands for midsummer wear
especially, is of tulle-dotted net, or
all-over lace shirred into a straight
brim, sailor shape, like the fashion- i
able straws, and is trimmed with 1
transparent lace bows, three pairs
across the front, increasing in width.
This hat to be smart is especially
hand-made. Cheaply made it shows
what it is, thereby undesirable. The
bows should be made of a wide, fine
lace insertion with a narrower one
on either side to reach the width of j
ribbon and must have a fine edging :
of lace upon the edge for a finish.
These bows are wired softly, but the
art required lies in the posing and
shaping of them. A white maline
plaited cachepeigne is needed at the
back to fill up the space unless one
fills It up with hair puffs and short
curls.—Vogue.
Sweet Odors.
The scent used to fill satchets is, of
course, a matter of personal taste.
The fragrance of orange blossoms is
thought appropriate for a bride’s sach
ets, and orris and violet mixed togeth
er fill the majority of those that mere
mundane mortals lay among lingerie.
The scent of jessamine is particularly
fashionable this season, and many af
fect it altogether for personal use.
Sondalwood has its particular adher
ents, although it is not generally pop
ular. It is used, as well as violet,
for combining with orris. In fact,
to combine sachet powders, striving
to get an individual'result, is the
after charm of making their attractive
coverings.
Useful Coffee Coat.
The mission of the coffee coat is to
give one a garment for dressy wear
in the house. And the woman who is
clever will provide herself with half
a dozen to wear in case of emergency.
In the summer time such a coat is
positively priceless, for it can be worn
with one s old waists and odd skirts,
and it has the merit of always looking
dressed up. In case of a sudden call,
one can dash into one's coffee coat
and come into the drawing-room look
ing cool and well dressed. So much
for the famous little coat, which is
holding the whole of fashionable Lon
don in its spell.
Gowns of Cretonne for the Country.
For those who like something odd
for th<fcountry there are amusing lit
tle costumes of flowered cretonne,
trimmed with English embroidery
and some touch of black. These are
prettiest when cut out a good deal
at the neck and worn over a lace'
guimpe. 1
Mrs. Bailey’s Mistake
By LILLIAN GREY
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
One June afternoon there was a
gentle knock at the hall door of a cer
tain farmhouse in the back country.
“You go.to the door, Dell,” said her
mother; “I do hope it ain’t nobody to
hinder us!”
The girl obeyed, and on opening
the door found an elderly man stand
ing in the vine-shaded porch.
“Will you be so kind as to tell me
if I am on the direct road to Clifton,
and also how far it is?”
“Yes, sir, and it's about three
miles.”
“Three miles yet? Dear me! And
is there any hotel or place where i
can get a meal on the way?”
“No, only farmhouses like this."
“Well, can I get something here?
Even a glass of milk will be very ac
ceptable."
"Tell him we don’t keep a board
in' house!” called a sharp voice from
the kitchen.
The girl’s face flushed, and she re
plied:
“If you'll just wait a minute. I’ll
ask about it; we’re very busy just
now.”
She went down the hall and pulled
the door shut after her.
"We might give him a lunch, moth
er; he don’t look like a real tramp,
and he seems so warm and tired
out.”
The mother impatiently dusted the
flour off her hands and stepped into
the hall, followed by two older girls
than Della.
“We ain’t in the habit of givin’
meals to strangers; we’ve got work
enough besides that!” she said.
"I presume you are a busy woman,
but 1 expected to pay for whatever
An Elderly Man Standing in the
Vine-Shaded Porch.
T had. 1 beg pardon for troubling
you!" he said, turning to go down the
steps.
"Oh, hold on!" said Mrs. Bailey.
"You can come in if you’ll be suited
with a 25-cent lunch in the kitchen.
We’ve got our dinner all cleared away,
and we’re fixin' for company, an'
ain't got no time to fuss about any
thing else.”
The man wiped his feet carefully
and followed her into the room, which
was filled with the pleasant odor of
baking cake. She pushed a chair to
ward him saying: “Set down there till
it's ready, and Dell, you set that little
side table for him. You'll have to dip
into a fresh pan of milk, I s'pose;
we've used up one whole panful al
ready to-day.”
The young girl came tripping up
the cellar stairs with a bowl of milk,
a loaf of bread and a plate of golden
butter.
“Shall I cut some of the boiled ham,
mother?’ she asked, in a low tone.
“No, indeed; git that piece of fried
ham left over from our dinner, an' I
guess there’s a scrap of cheese in the
cupboard, an’ that's plenty enough for
a lunch.”
“But surely I can get a piece of
pie?”
"No, you won’t! I ain’t a-goin' to
have all my company vittles cut into
like that.”
The girl sliced some bread, and
placing a chair, said: “Sit down,
please!” then taking a sunbonnet from
a naii, she hastily left the house.
"Are you lookin’ for work?” asked
Mrs. Bailey, after a moment or so of
silence.
“No'm; I’m tired of work!” said the
man, meekly. I was calculating to rest
a spell.”
At this one of the girls laughed out
right,'and said with a toss of her
head:
“I'm tired of work, too, and I don't
mean to do much more of i£. We ex
pect a rich uncle here, an’ I’m plannin’
to be his favorite niece an’ go an'
live with him when he settles in the
city, an' be his heiress. That's the
kind of a life suits me!”
“He'll soon get sick of you, an'
choose me instead!” said the other
girl.
“No fear of that. I m the oldest, an
I mean to keep on the right side of
Uncle Oliver. I’ve been half wild
thinkin' of it.”
“Just then Dell came in with a dish
of garden strawberries which she had
hurriedly picked and hulled, and cov
ering them with sugar, placed them
before him.
“They are of my own cultivation,”
she said proudly, and a hit defiantly;
“they aTe lovely, and you are wel
come to them!”
“They are beautiful indeed, and you
are very kind to offer me such a
treat!” answered the man, looking up
at her sweet, flushed face and then at
her sisters, ^.whose countenances bore
such unmistakable signs of scorn and
displeasure.
“Dell Is always such a fool!” said
one of them in an audible tone.
The meal was finished even to the
last strawberry, and the man arose
and placed the silver quarter on the
table beside his hostess, very politely
expressed nis tnanics, a.na stepping
over to the open door of the kitchen
where Dell stood, placed a coin in her
hand, saying: "Here's a trifle for your
kindness in waiting on me, my little
friend.”
He strode hastily out and away, and
the girl in her surprise let the coin
slip from her fingers, when it went
rolling across the door stone and out
into the grass. They all dropped their
work and came out to help look for
it, and Kate, the eldest of the sisters,
found it.
“Gold! as true as I’m a livin' sin
ner!”
All crowded around, and the moth
er reached out and took it in her eager
hand.
"Yes, it’s a ten-dollar piece, I do
declare! You’re in luck for once,
Dell!” but the girl was flying down
toward the gate. “Child! come back!
why, I do believe she's crazy enough
to try an' give it back!"
That had been her first thought, but
the wayfarer so newly rested and re
freshed, had made wonderful speed
and was out of sight.
"Oh, dear! he’s got away over the
hill, and he must have made a mis
take. 'Here’s a trifle,’ he said. If
I hadn’t dropped it, I should have had
time to return it to him, but now what
can I do?”
“Why, keep it, of course, you little
goose!” said one sister.
“Oh, girls!” gasped their mother.
“I do believe with all my heart an'
soul that was your Uncle Oliver!” and
in the shock of the terrible conviction
she sat herself down flat on the kitch
en floor.
Good grashus, mother! you can t
mean it?”
“I’m—I'm deathly afraid it was! an'
if it’s re'ly him, we're outdone for
ever!
“An’ to think how I talked to him,”
moaned the mother rocking herself
back and forth.
“Do you s'pose he’ll come back
again, mother?”
"Back? No, indeed! We’ve lost him
forever—money an’ all; an' what will
your father say? He's sot sech store
by his cornin' ever sence we got that
letter about it, an’ so have I.”
“Don't you think pa had better go
over to the village and see if he can
find him? I guess he could coax him
to come back.”
When Mr. Bailey came in the ap
pearance of the stranger had to be
minutely described again and again,
and then he said:
“Yes, Uncle Oliver always was a
dretful quiet, soft-spoken sort of a
man; but yet I can’t seem to think it
could have been him—though I do sup
pose he might have grown round
shouldered an' gray in 20 year. Bui
why didn’t you ask him right in?”
“ ’Cause we never had a suspicion
till he was clean out of sight, an'
we see the gold piece he give Della;
then we put some bits he said along
with that; an' yet we don’t know for
certain, only we’re afraid ’twas him.”
Dell went out when her father was
harnessing and handed him the gold
coin.
“If you find the man, and he isn’t
Uncle Oliver, I want you to give him
the money, for I know he must have
mistaken it for a silver piece, and
tell him he was perfectly welcome to
the little I did for him.”
Toward evening Mr. Bailey returned
with the same person who had so un
expectedly called on them. The men
came in the house together, and the
duly-presented uncle, whom he proved
to be. was very smiling and gracious,
and seemed to all appearances totally
oblivious of the fact of his previous
call; but when Mr. Bailey went out
to care for the horses, his wife began
a profuse and abject apology, second
ed by her two elder daughters.
But the good uncle begged them
not to distress themselves, and said
that he bore no malice, and it was
partly his fault in coming in such
a manner, though he had no suspicion ,
at first that it was his nephew's
house; and then giving them no
chance for further speech, he went
on to tell how glad he was to see
his nephew, and how many changes
had taken place in the village, and
so on, until Mr. Bailey came in, and
then the mother and daughters .pro
ceeded to set the supper table load
ing it with a profusion of good things,
but it was a very subdued circle who
sat around it.
But in the course of the evening he
found a chance to slip again into Del
la’s hand the ten-dollar gold piece,
saying with a genuine feeling:
“It was no mistake, my dear child,
although I was not positive that you
were my niece until I made inquiries
at the village; but you were kind and
tender hearted when you thought me
a common wayfarer—as indeed I was.-’
BASE-BAWLED NURSERY RHYMES
(By a fanatical fan.)
Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
The ball- game for to see.
They sat up there
Because this pair
Lacked the admission fee.
Rock-a-bye, baby,
On the tree-top.
When the wind blows the cradle will
rock;
When the bough breaks
The cradle will fall.
And next time baby will know better
than to climb up there to watch
A game of baseball.
Little Bo-Peep
l Has lost her sheep.
And I know w'here she’ll find them
(This poor little dame).
Up at the ball-game.
With a lot of ’’rooters” behind them.
‘-Judge.
If a college course began at com
mencement and ran backwards for
four years to the start, the finish of
many students might be considerably
improved.
