UK ADVERTISER.
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. U IMIKIHtOTIIKJt V.C:n,v
f'uhlither ?! l'rrftnt
tt'lllT IN FLOWERS.
In nil Iho lilcflivd i"mioim whnn the Mowers
Di-ok with niro beauty this brown earth of
(III t-H.
Iii my small garden everyday I Mini
Some lovely blooms Hint bring ili'iir friends to
iiilml,
Not only friends who ycnr by your hiivo
grown
Into my heart, but iiiimy friends unknown,
Savo In the. spirit, who huve dent to in
(lifts lliitt. awhile IniprlHoned, when let free,
lliirHt Into wordH In "iingol iilphnliet,"
In which the glvor'M memory wus Hot.
In snow-drops while us In the snow: In blue
And graceful selllu bells whoso heiivenly hue
Seems to have dropped upon them Itom tho
a f it a
In roues which eueh mom glvo glad surprise
Of wondniiit colors; In tht) tulips gay;
In pink thrift blossoms; In Die bright iirrny
Of velvet piuiHlui Mulling to themselves
(Powers lou'd best by merry llower olvosi;
In lilies, these obeil like iiyoiiihlul bride.
And tlio-e pranked out In garments tidily
dvod
In gold and crimson: In forgol-me-nots
l'coplng with buby eyes liom slmdy spots:
In honey-suckles whh their brillhiut show
or fnlry trumpets, whi h unreining blow
Most fragrant ln llutlons to thut gem
Or blids, the humming-bird, to vMI them;
In dainty mignonette and violets shy:
In daisies ever gu.lnif lit the sky;
In spicy pinks mid lit'kspurs blue I rend
Thai which gives Httonglh, and innkoi mo
Kind, indeed.
For sure no sweeter messages could bo
Than those mylrlonds huve wilt In llowors
lor me.
MODERN DKTKCTIVK WORK.
A I'rolVmloii l(li I. Idle ICiiiiiiincc or .Mv
(cry AIhiiiI II Tlu lni'tlluiilui' mill (lir
ICoprr.
How do nion heroine detectives,
what Hort of mull are detectives, and
what wort of lives do llioy load?" asked
a reporter of Mr. Uobort II. I'inkerton.
"Tlioro seems to ho just enough of sup
io.s(id mystery mid ronmiK'o about tho
defective s ending to make il attractive
to the average eiti.on, and especially to
tlio younger citizen. "
Moli" 1'inkortou. as ho is nrultv
gcnmallv called, a squure-shou tiered,
WUII-IMIIIb
youii" man, with a pleasant
slight lisp, smiled as ho re
lace and s
plied: "There's precious little ro
mance about detective work nowadays
The modern detective is the 1 ist man
for romance or mystery. Wo loavo
that for the French novofsaud the blood
and thunder stage. Crime has become
scientific; it keeps up with the progress
of tho limes, and the detective has got
to keep Up, too. So thai the detectives
of to-day 'are very difl'orcut from tho
inouchards of Paris, the old How street
runners of Loudon, and the "shadows"
of tho old American police svstom.
Men of intelligence and strong will de
vote their lives to the study of means
for getting hold 01 tho property of oth
ers. To meet such nion tho detective
must bo intelligent, olear-lieaded, acute,
persistent, honest, anil physically vig
orous. "To begin with, I'll say that dotoe
tivos are divided into three general
olassos: shadows, investigators and
ropers. When a man begins tho busi
ness he is nut at shadowing. It is an
excellent way to try him and soo what
stuff there is in him. If he will watch
u house night after night, in all sorts of
weather, or a man day after day, with
. out exciting suspicion, it is pretty safo
to employ him regularly. A good shad
ow is an important part of a detective
force. In a great many eases of crime
there is no clue to tho criminal, but only
a suspicion. Tho shadow is told to
watch such a man and see what he dons,
what sort of company ho keeps, whore
ho resorts; or ho Is' told to watch a
house, see who goes in and out. what
tho character of tho inmates is,
what hours they keep. Now, in or
der to do this, a man must have
tact, intelligence, perseverance. Ho
must not only not oxoitu tho suspicions
of tho suspected parlies, but ho must
not oxcito the suspicions of tho police.
It is very awkward for a detective to
have to give an account of himself to a
policeman. While tho policeman may
bo tho most honest and fa thfid in tho
world, it ondangorsthocaso if lie knows
a detective is around and mentions it
casually to a brother policeman. You
can soo that to do his worn well u
shadow must bo a man whose appear-
aneo will not provoke comment or at-
aotivo Wo have had ollico boss who
developed considerable talent for that
sort oi work. Sometimes a boy can bo
used where a man cannot. Ho can
hang around a house, make the ao
qurintanoo of other boys in tho neigh
borhood, and the criminal, who may "bo
watching from inside tho house for a
chance to steal out unobserved, may
think tho ooast oloar when ho sees that
there is no ono around except two or
threo boys playing marbles on tho side
walk. Wo had a ease of this kind in
Haiti more at tho time of the robbery of
tho Third Nnt onal Bank tlioro. 'Wo
wanted to watoh a house in Poirv
street, and wo couldn't do it with any '
oi our rouiar suauows. so wo out a
boy there, lie was playing marbles
when tho man camo out, and thon gave
tho signal that resulted in his capture.
Hut boys, as a rulo. aro not safo. Thoy
aro likely to become too important in
their own ostim itiou, and thoy may
talk. Somo groat oriminn's have boon
captured by ineuns of sha lows. Tho
Northhampton Hank robbers wore
shadowed months bofore Scott and
Dunlup wore arrested. Billy Connors
was shadowed two months, and Hod
Loan , boforo his last arrest, was shad
owed nine weeks by throe dlll'oront de
tective. "Tho investigator," continued Mr.
l'inkonon, "is tho mau who, a. tor a
mult Huuimuii. iu, u mn iiiuKo a goou ono or tho chances of their business. If
shadow ouro too tall. A very you have the law on vour side and go I
short man won't do. In act. a thor- ut them m a proper manner, you'll win
oughly coninionplaco.looking man is ovory tlmo. ' T loro is 0V0vthinK iu
tho very best. Um 3hould be vouui! and ;..,,. 0..... .i. if .. .i: .. , V'
crime is committed, makes a prelimin
ary investigation. He usually works
with tho local olliccrs. Ho seldom pro
tends to work in secret. Ho looks the
ground over, mingles with civilians,
talks with overy one, and forms his
conclnnions. lie must he a man of
greater intelligence than is nooossary
to make a good shadow. He reports
the results of his investigations, and
on his report is decided tho course to
he pursued. Perhaps one result of his
report will bo that a shadow is put on
a certain man, and an cflbrl is made in
that way to reach the truth in the mat
ter. The preliminary investigator,- in
short, opens tho way for private in
vestigation. "The roper must, to speak plainly,
rope' men in. Ho comes nearest to
the dime novel detective of any in the
list, but ho is a groat way oil' from
that romantic hero. Tho roper is sim
ply a gentlemanly person, social, of
good address, able to frame excuses
lor anything ho iimv do or say, and
able to turn tho conversation in any
way he pleases. Ho must have travel
ed, must have a good knowledgo of
men, must be an easy talker, but a bet
ter listener. You remember tho mur
der of the Norwalk miser, old Kohultz.
His servant, Bucho!., was imprisoned,
on the Coroner's jury's verdict, in
Bridgeport jail, it was morally oor
ta n that he did the murder, but there
was not the legal proof. Bucholz was
a (icrman, well educated, a man of tin
usual intelligence. He would have
nothing'to do with tho oilier prisoners.
Wo put one of our men, Stark, on the
case. Hut you 'were at tho trial ami
know all about that case."
The reporter did roinombor. No one
who was present is likely to forgot tho
look on tho prisoner's face when, in
answer to tho call for Kdward Somen,
a slender, well-dressed, gentlemanly
person slowly walked to tho witness
stand and was sworn as a witness for
tho Slate. The case is worth repeating
as an illustration of tho roper's meth
ods. An express agent in this city was
taken into thecoulidenceof Mr. I'inkor-
ton. A package of paper, alleged to bo
Iv 1)!l0cilj,0 of 9m i ,10iioy, was sent
10 isriuguport. iho police tlioro wore i
telegraphed to arrest Iho man who .
called for the money. Stark had boon
hanging around imdgoport a day or
two. Ho looked seedy. Ho called for
tho package, and wus promptly arrest
ed. Ho appeared confused, contra
dicted himself, and the upshot was that
lie was lodged In jail, pending trial, un
der the niiino of Kdwurd Soniors. He
wus months in juil. By degrees ho so-
cured lirst tho acquaintance, then the
friendship, then tho confidence of tho I
prisoner, Huoholz. Kvery night, after !
a day of conversation with Bucholz, tho j
detective in his coll wroto a full report
of all that had been said. The strain on
him was such that ho became ill. Hut
ho persevered until at last tho prisoner
told him where tho money taken from
tho murdered man was concealed. Then
Soniors had no trouble in getting bail.
Ho lod tho proper persons to the spot
designated uv tho prisoner, and they
found some SGO.OuO buried in tho earth.
I Stark remained in Bridgeport until tho
, trial. Ho made many lrionds tlioro, as
Ed Soniors, and the little episodo of the
.ffiOO package seemed to bo forgotten.
When ho was called to tho witness
stand that memorable day, there was
murder in Buchol.'s heart, or his face
belied him, and when Soniors, laying
down tho Bible, said that he was Stark,
a detective, a young woman among tho
spectators tainted. Stark was tho last
man to bo taken for a detective. To all
uiipoaranees ho was a 'Gorman gentle
man, possibly a teacher of music, or a
professor of tho languages.
"You remember the case," said Mr.
Pinkoitnn. "Well, Stark's proceed
ings then illustrated tho work of tho
roper bettor than anything 1 can say to
you."
" Is a dotootivo's life particularly
dangerous?"
" Not in tho East. No more so than
yours. When a man has tho law on his
side and attempts to arrest a criminal,
there is not much danger. Criminals
are very often cowards, especially our
Eastern thieves and burglars. Occa
sionally aoungand reokless thief will
attempt to shoot, but such men aro of
the lower order of criminals. Burglars.
counterfeiters, for
' take the chance ol
ers, and the like,
f being arrested as
foolish enough to go single-handed into
athiovos' resort, he's bound to have
trouble, no matior who the criminal is
But in tho West and South a detective
takes his life in hi3 hand. Tho dcteet
ivos who aro sent into Arkansas, Texas,
Missouri, Western Tennessee. Miss s
sippi, Alabama, tho Indian Territory,
and into tho great South and West
generally, run a tremendous risk. Wo
lost live men In Missouri in eight
months in loo ing up tho ilamos and
Younger brothers. Our men wore
working for the Adams Express Com
pany a' the time. The men who go out
after such criminals earn their money
overv time, 1 can a -sure you."
"That suggests tho question of pay."
"Well, the pay runs all the way from
915 and i?'JO a week to ijr.l.oOO a year.
The man that goes on a dangerous
mission dooMi't noeessaiiy got higher
wages. In fa t, he does not got them.
Ho works for so much, and does what
ho is ordered to do. But, at the sumo
timo, a man is not asked to do a dau
gorous pioco of work against his will,
it ho hesitates, ho need not go. To
succeed, a man must go willingly. Of
courso tho fact that u mau succeeds in
a dangerous pieces of work is often tho
means of an incieaso of his salary.
Why, it's liko any other business,
exactly. Kaoh man has his value. It
won t do to work ior reward. Human
ILY.i.i; Obi Willi i IIIJIIUU. 11 il UUltlUL VU 1 I
uaturo is human nature, and when a
man sees a big pile of money coming as
tho result of iixlng a crime on somo
man well, it's dangerous for that man,
guilty or innocent. The work should
bo done for so much, whatever the re
sult." " What is the average life of a do
teetivo?" "Well, I don't know as to that. I
think, though, thoy stick to tho work
on an average, say lifteen years. Then
thoy got tired of traveling, and want to
settle down. Thoy get situations iu
banks, hotels and other institutions."
"Aro female detectives much om
ployod or depondcil upon?''
"It is dilllcult lo get a respectablo
woman to do detective work. There
are lots of that claim to be detectives,
but thoy must be employed with cau
tion. Thoy aie occasionally useful to
work up a case against a woman. In
such cases wo usually employ a fomalo
relative of some ono of our men a
woman who knows what detective work
is, and who is respectablo. But wo
have to bo very careful always hi cm
ploying women."
"As a rulo. detectives are jealous of
each other. It is human nature. I sup
pose, especially where a reward is of
fered. A reward stirs up overy man
that thinks he is a detective. Tho
Charlov Boss case is a striking exam
ple. We hud a turn at it, and we had a
very curious oxperience. Wo thought
surely wo were on tho track of a woman
with tho boy. We followed her to Mon
treal, then to Quebec, then across tho
Atlantic to England, then to Aberdeen,
Scotland, thon back through Loudon
and Liverpool, and then back again to
Quoboo; and when at last wo caught up
with hor, wo found that she was a
woman who was trying to got her boy
awav from her husband. It is vorv fre
quently tho ease that in working up one
crime wo run across tho perpetrators of
another. This is natural, sinco all
classc3 of professional criminals work
in gangs. Each gang usually bears the
niiino of its leader. You would be sur
prised to know how exclusively each
class attends to its own line of work.
There aro the ' iron men,' who do
nothing but safo burglary. There
aro tho store burglars, who de
vote their ontiro attention to silks,
kid gloves and luces. There uro
the house robbers, who begin in the
full and work through the winter.
Thoy aro also known as 'second-story
men,' or 'climbers.1 Then thoy aro
tho highor class, the counterfeiters and
forgers. Some of them mako plenty of
money, but it goes as fast as it comes,
and none of them dies rich. There is
ono exception that comes to my mind
as I speak, Max Shinbourn. lie was
tho best safo burglar that over operated,
and he made some tremendous hauls.
Ho went into the safes of tho Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company in
Whitehaven, Pa., three times; twice as
preliminary steiis, just looking over tho
ground you kiPi ,v. Tho lust time ho
found $17,000, and then he took it.
Ho robbed tho Westmoreland Bank of
Maryland, and ho bioke the Ocean
Bank in this city. He and George
Miles educated tho best class of bank
burglars. Shinbourn took ..rj00,000 out
of this country, and to day is said to be
a successful business man in Belgium,
employing .ion men."
"Aro disguises much used?11
" Not nearly as often as the student
of Gaboriau would imag'ufe. It's all
nonsonse, this talking of a man's so
disguising himself by false whiskers, a
wig and paint, that he can pass un
recognized in daylight, lie might not
bo recognized, but lie would surely bo
detected. The police will pounce on a
man at once if thoy see him wearing u
fnlsu beard, and it's eusy enough to toll
u l'ulso beard much cusier than a
wig, and they aro easily detected.
Tho shadows usually carry a soft cap or
hat, or both in their pockets to use in
case of necessity; and sometimes in the
night a beurd can bo used, but not
often. If tho criminal has 'dropped on'
a shadow, the best plan is to put an
other man on him. As L said in the
start, there's very littlo romance or
mystery about a detective's life." N.
Y. (Sun.
Brown's Benefice.
It is some years now sinco an old
clergyman died wo' forget his name,
but Brown will do of whom a story was
told which even then scorned incredi
ble; it would seem more so now. Mr.
Brown had been in the army, and, lind
ing his occupation gone after Waterloo,
gladly accepted an oiler of a fat living
down in Cornwall. "You neodn't re
side you know," his friend tho patron
said, "you can get a curate to do tho
work for eighty pounds a year or so,
and you can live about town on the
root." luoro was u littlo dilhculty
about procuring ordination, but the
Duke of York overcame that. He
gavo tho candidate a note to take to the
Bishop of Cork: "Dear Cork Ordain
Brown. Yours. York." In a few days
Mr. Brown presented himself bofore tho
Commander-in-Chief with a note:
"Dear York Brown's ordained. Yours,
Cork."
Tho thing wus done. Brown wont
down to Cornwall, read himself in, and
returned to London. Ho lived sumo
til ty years more, and never visited his
bonolice again! When such things
wore, wo need not wonder that a Bishop
of Llandutr could reside permanently
on tho banks of Windermere, never vis
iting his diocoso. Hut happily the ab
sentee is an impossibility in tWso bet
tor days, ami tho more sporting parson
is a rara avis. lion on Society.
In Groat Britain, more porsons
were killod during last year by horses
than by all tho railways of tho United
Kingdom. Tho number of violent
deaths registered, from all causes,
reached 2:1,000.
Youths' Department.
I'JONJO SAM.
You younjfstors who haven't hoard of Picnic
Sam,
Just hiiddlo up around here where I am,
And listen sharp whllo inotnory wanders to
hi in,
And brings out what he seemed liko when I
know him.
Ho lived In ono of thoso hlffh-stro'chcd nrfairs
Culled tenements, up any amount of stairs:
Ills room there, when tho tired streets ho for
sook, Was Just what room ho crowded In and took.
'Jhoiufh ho "lived hljfli," ho never had tho
KOUt,
And lor tho most part took his dinners out;
llrenklast and supper were not In his way;
Ills motto nlwayB was, Ono meal per day;
Or rather, may lie, when you squarely met It,
One moid per day, providing I eau fret It.
Ills Kui'iuotits-well, you'vo stood and looked,
perhaps,
At those plump, littlo, beamltiir, tnude-up
chaps,
With nobby coats, and smiling painted faces,
'J'hoclothliiK dealer In his window places
(To mako meet children envious, I suppose);
V oil, Sum wasn't dressed at all liko ono of
thoc.
Halmont liko his no lively lad enjoys;
It hud been cut for several ditrerout boys;
And, inking Karments as they eomo and o,
Ho hud about ono suit or nearly so.
Still, dry-goods aro of life asmail-sled part;
A bad coatoftcii hides u Ihst-elass heart.
His face suggested, to tho casual sight,
A bull-dog's whon he's waiting lorn light;
And on It might bo traced fud many a streak,
Ah though It wero not laundered onco it
week.
And yet his eyes wero handsome, for n fact
(That Is, of course, tho ono Unit was not
blacked,
For ho had lighting more or less to do);
Hut his well eye looked rather good and true.
You youngsters, huddle round horo whero I
ain
111 tell you why thoy called him l'lcnlo Sum.
This young home heathen hud, by day and
night.
A regular Ilrst-class picnic appotito;
And, with u zeal good children stood In fear
or,
Attended every picnic ho could hear of.
When Sunday-schools wero going to havo "u
sprfciid, '
Ho'd al ways Join, a wcok or two ahead;
And thiuigh no ' verses" ho had over learned,
Tried to look serious liko and deep concerned,
And (it somo go d boy ho was sitting uean
Would answer every iiuostloii, loud mid clear.
'Twiib strange, when near tho time of feastlug
came,
How suro a school was to get Samuel's namo.
"Why. " said a teacher, rathor prone to scoif,
" llo'll smoll a picnic full a fortulgnt olf."
"i'was strange, In dltleront schools ho ravaged
round In,
What various kinds of classes ho'd bo found
iu.
Threo times ho actually tried to pass
As member of an old folks' Bible class;
And onco appeared (rough brick-bat among
pcnrls)
In a small, timid Infant class of girls'
Hut hi whatever company he came,
His appetite stood by him all iho same.
No plcnlo no r, In weather font or pleasant,
Hut Sam and stomach munugod to bo present.
And wnun, with Innocent, uncon-clous air,
He iilaccd himself at tab. o. thin audsiiiiare.
With ono oye partly closed, tho other io lc ng
Intently at tho different styles or cooking,
And when, whh savage-gleaming knife and
fork.
Ho brought himself down seriously to work,
And marched through overy dish In eonquor-
lnggloiy.
And ravaged ull tho adjacent territory,
Mukiiur tho tablo for some distance round
Look liko a lloicely hard-foifght battle-ground,
A smile upon his placid face would fall,
As If life wasn't a failure, utter all.
Hut when tho exciting dinner hour was
gone,
Sam always felt qulto uncalled-for and alone;
Felt snubood and f ro.cn and niado qulto game
of
Slights that ho didn't oven know tho namo of,
Hut which ho sensed us keenly (do not doubt
Ab If somo foo had to'd him all about it.
Ho always lelt by that vaguo tccllug haunted
That hangs around folks when they aro not
wanted.
Ilecauso a boy Is greedy, dull and droll,
It needn't loilow that ho hasn't a soul;
Ilecauso his htomach craves moro than Its
part,
It's no sign ho was born without a heart:
Though ragged, poor, or coarse, or impolite-,
iiu um icsuiii u wrung or icei a siigiit,
"i'ls dangerous worn, this making g
folks.
making gamo of
Thinking, perhaps, thoy do not heed your
Jokes.
Don't fool yourself; for, tentoone, they know
And feel It worso In laboring not to show It.
Well, on on' day particularly line,
Sum lelt himself invited to help dlno
In u small grove, green, shady, fresh and cool,
A recently-discovered Sunday-school:
Which, when hod joined, ho'd muttered,
"Thlsll pass;
It'R ft RWnll OIVIWil. thn linn..!1!! 1 fl..a. !.. ,.
And sp it was; and tor an hour or moro
Ham slew things as ho never did boforo,
ondoilng. with a gastronomic sinlio,
V horo al these vlctuuls'd been all this long
while;
And made the teachers feel a great surprise
'1 hut they'd so underrated their supplies:
ni11' ' "lastomuo i could not butconfcsi
lhat llto to-day was one good, square success.
Then, ujtor dinner, feeling pork and smart,
Ho 'lo,to jiuike a littlo social start,
Am frisk and lrollc round, liko any other,
And bo accepted us u boy and brother.
Hut ah tho children shrank, with scarce-hid
loathing,
From a strango lad In such imperrectclothlng;
And soon fcam's lace a misty sadno h wore,
As if to say, "i b'llovo ltn snubbed onco
more. '
Ho tried to put them under obligations
With street accomplishments and faeclna-
tions;
In turning somersaults and lmnd-sprlngs lod,
Whistled and sang, danced, stood upon his
head;
Uvea tried a friendly spurring match, till
taken
Might hi the act, misunderstood, and shaken
J.1.?.. 10 8,'(,"K mother or tho lad ho buttled),
'1111 tho piovlslous li hint fairly rattled.
Hut whatsoe'er ho did, discreet or bold,
It scorned to drive him rurther In tho cold.
Tho grovo was near a river; on whoso brink
bamuol sat down, with lots of time to think,
And watch some light boats swlltly past him
an.
With happy childron lllttlnirto and fro.
Content to voo linn sato and dry on land.
nu no i ougiit, "M), I ain't
much hi do-
ilium).
Just then a trim young miss camo tripping
With goldon hair, mid moro than handsomo
And
ovo:
Sum
romarked. his fueo full nf trimi
creases,
"That s the smart girl that scoopod 'em speak
In pieces:
I wonder If she learned hers like a song,
Or Hindu tho spoech up its sho wont along.
Hhoeiiine out lirst, though last upon tho track.
Hut spouo so long It hold tho dinner buck;
Still, what sho said was sweet an' soothln'
nil hor.
bout how 'We all aro children of one Father,
u that s so, she's half-slsto unto mo
At least I think I'll spoan to her. and soo."
ihon, thinking pleasantly to clear tho way,
He shouted "Miss, t is 'ore's a pleasant day."
ii,t flhe llounced on, moro haughty than he-
And hum romarked, "I b'llovo I'm snubbod
once moro."
1Iwlnllo-1roKhlysad, tho boy snt musi gyct,
Ho titMtnli Hliuut. "Ilolpl help! our boat b up.
And, loliowlng with his oyes tho feur-odged
scream, "
Sam saw threo children struggling in tho
st renin.
And two wore rescued; ono went 'uouth a
Tho waters closed above her liko ugravo.
Shy miik. apparently to rise ao more,
Whllo frnntlo crowds ran up and nown the
(horo.
And, 'mid tho turmoil, each ono did hH bint,
Shouting llrst-clnsi instructions to the rent,
"It's the swell girl," thought Snm, "thut'i
tnndo this row;
I wonder how sho likes tho weather now.
I'd savo her If It wasn't too much bother
'Good deeds for evil -chlldy-ou of ono father.'
I rather think she's gone down thero to stay;
8he can't bo mUcd lit), if th.iv trv nil ilnw
Wonder, If I should savo hor, 'twould be bold
I've dovo lor pennies sposo I dlvo for gold.'
'1 hen throwing olf his coat what thero was ol
of
It-
Ho plunged Into tho water, roso above It,
Plunged in again, and camo onco moro to air,
Cl rasping a pretty, golden tress of hair,
And a lino, stylish, shapely girl attached,
With pale, sweet face, and lips that with it
matched.
Ho held her up till strong arms came from
slioro:
And soon sho raised her eyes, and lived onco
more.
Hut Sam, poor boy, exhausted, choked and
beaten
With tho prodldous dlnnor ho had eaten.
Strangled and nnk beneath tho river's brim;
And no ono seemed to euro to dlvo for him.
Indeed, 'twas hard from tho cold waves to win
him,
With such a 'argo part or tho plcnlo In him:
And when at lust ho camo out with "a haul,"
The school had ono dead pupil, alter all.
Poor, drenched, dead hero! In his tattered
dress
Sam now was a society success.
The v crowded round tho dead boy as ho lay,
And talked about bl in lu u mournful way;
And lrom tlvo teachers etrorts did not lack
To resurrect and bring their scholar buck;
Thoy thronged about him, kept from li.in tho
air.
l'outidcd him, pumped him, shook him up with,
caro:
Hut useless was their toll, do all they could;
Sam mid his dinner had gone on for good.
Nothing too nleo that could bo dono and
pti d
For this poor fellow now that he was dead.
His casket was tho llnest and tho best;
Ho went to his own luuoral richlv dressed.
hoy rigged him out in very pretty trim:
A rich, Ilrst-class procession followed him,
Tlmt reached tho farthest distance up and
down,
Of nny often witnessed In that town;
And nil the children, shedding tears half hid,
Threw evergreens upon Sum's collln lid.
Now when you're- tempted scornfully to
smile.
If a poor boy doesn't como up to your style.
Or shrink from hlni as though, porhaps, he'll
blto you,
Hecauso ho has somo points that don't delight
you,
Or think, because your "sot" can do without
him,
There's nothing much desirable about him,
.Just recollect that squo imlshness Is sham,
And drop a kind thought on poor i'iciilc Sam.
H'iH CuWetoii, in llaricr' l'tmtiu i'cojilc.
A Scliool-Ih oin Incident.
Tho Now York School-Journal re
cords a caso showing a well-educated
sense of truth and honor among boys
a sense which has often been made to
assist a teacher in his task of govern
ment and discipline:
Tho teacher had threatened to punish
with six blows of a heavy ferule the
first boy detected in whispering, and
appointed detectives. Shortly after,
one of them shouted, "Master, John
Zigler, is whispering!" John who was
a lavoritc both with his teuehei and his
schoolmates, was called up and asked
if this was true.
"Yes," answered John, "I was not
awaro what I was about. I was inteiJrt
on working out a sum, and requested
tho boy who sat next to hand 'mean
arithmetic that contained tht" rulo
which I wished to see."
Tho teacher regretted his hasty
threat, but told John that ho could
not sull'er him to whisper, or escape
tho punishment; and continued, "I
wish I could avoid it, but cannot with
out a forfeiture of my word. I will,"
he continued, "leave it to any three
scholars you may chooso, to say
whether or not 1 omit the punishment."
John said ho would agree to that,
and immediately called out threo boys.
The teacher told them to return a ver
dict, which they soon did, after con
sultation, as follows: "The master's
word must be kept inviolate. John
must receive tho threatened six blows
of tho ferule, but it must bo indicted
on voluntary proxies, and we, tho
arbitrators, will share the punishment
by receiving each of us two of tho
blows."
John, who had heard the verdict,
stopped up to the teacher, and, with
outstretched hand, exclaimed, "Teach
er, hero is my hand; thoy shan't be
struck a blow. I will roeoivo tho
punishment."
now tho caso wus decided we aro
not told, but wo should say tho ends of
justice and discipline had been
suHiciontly vindicated at this point.
John's manliness supplemented tho
verdict of iho boys, and loft matters as
thoy wore before the oll'onso, without
the nocossity of striking any blows.
Youth's Companion.
Women In Journalism.
Tho influence of woman in journal
ism in tho United States is far greater
than appears on tho surface. 'Hie fact
that thero aro sixty papors and periodi
cals openly edited and published by
women gives but a very small fraction
al idea of the extent ofthoir connection
with journalism. The number of fe
male contributors to all classes of pa
pers and magazines is not known to the
genoral public, and not always oven to
the publishers, from tho fact that in tho
highest class of periodicals thoy fre
quently adopt male 7Wn.i dc plume,
while many othors form part of tho ed
itorial stuff of iniluoutial journals,
whore, as impersonal contributors, sex
is not recognized.
It is probably not generally known
that Virginia is becoming a cotton
State. Cotton is now cultivated in
nourly every southern county in the
State, and the crop has crept up from
nothing n fow yours ugo to sevorul
thousand bales last season. Tho Vir
ginians propose to go into its culture
still further, and mako it a staple crop,
lhoy give as a reason that tobacco will
not pay for its production, beside great
ly impoverishing tho land.
The "Thousand Islands'
1,851 by actual count.
number
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