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tgjclinwhn ilvcrtiaer.
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CALVKliT. . : : N'KMtASICA.
MUtilNUS IN THE TWILIGHT.
In Urn twll ght nlnti" I aiti Hlttlny,
Ami fiwt through mv inninnry nru Hitting
Tlio ilretittiR of youth.
The filturo I -4 mulling buloro me,
And hope's bright vihIoih limit i'iir mo
Hlmll I doubt th ilr truth?
I know ttml my Iioi-h rimy proo bubbles,
Too frail to nudum,
And thick-strowii bo tho cares itiidtho troiiblui
That lifo him In store.
Hut 'tin bnst wo know not Jhu eorrnw
'J'lmt comes with ii longed-for to-morrow,
And I lie anguish Mini cKn;:
If the veil from my lutum wero lifted,
l'urhiips at the sight I hud driftud
Down Into d npilr.
If I knew nil tho woo Hint awaited
Mv hurrying foet,
My plciwur h might nltemir ho freighted
Willi Miter tlliin sweet.
And yet, though my life Iiiih beou lonolv,
Homo tlowors 1 Imve plurked tlnit could only
J'Voin trials liiue sprung;
Homo Joy 1 have known Hint Old hoi row
Their brightness from coutr.ist with Borrow
Tlmt over tint liutig.
For tho moonbeam urn brighter In scorning
When eloiidsum gono by,
If only n moment tholr gleaming
He hid fioin the eye.
Pud, Indeed, would be Ufo's dewy morning,
If, nil Hollo s bright promises scorning,
O'orhiirdotied with fears,
We saw but the won and the narrow
That would enmn to our lioaits nil tho morrow,
TheslglH mid tho tears.
Ho'tlrtboHt tlnit we limy not dlcovor
What I'lilth Inith In store,
Nor lift up tho vfdl tlnit hangs uvor
Wlint lluth before.
-Uuimbri' Journal.
tiii: knhmsii pakson.
In England tho Parson" is tho par
ish clergyman Kpiseopuliun, of course,
Nonconformist piouohers of all kinds
being lurnii'ri " ministers," tho title of
" clergyman" denied thorn, and that of
" Hovorond" ghen with a grudge
legally they liave it not; neither, bylaw,
any ecclesiastical eonnection w it'll tho
parish, nor suv in its secular nfi'uirs.
Legislation anif adjudication upon these
last tiro done by I ho parishioners as
sembled in vestry, thoir execution being
intuisled to two'church-wardens, ono of
whom is oloeted by the vestry, tho other
appointed by tlio clergyman himself,
and known as hl.s church-warden. The
latter Ih usually tho Squire, or other
'gentleman" belonging to tho uhnreh
congregation. Dissenters, however,
hao the same right of voice and vote in
the vestry as other parishioners. Jn tho
holding of his olllee mid administration
of it, tlio liaison is altogether free of re
sponsibility to tlio people. Ho holds it
independent of tlieni, and for life, or
during good boluu ior. Hut ho must bo
have Imdh, indeed, to lose it; and then
its loss would come through tho Bishop,
and not by any net or power of tlio par
ishioners. As those have no say in
innkiug, neither can tliey unmake film.
Tlio appointment of Church clergy
men to their benoiioos. or, as tiiov are
more commonly culled, "livings, ' pro
ceeds from various .sources. Some are
in tho gift of tlio Crown, through the
Lord Chancellor; others at tlio (lispostil
of the Bishops: still others where cor
ponite institutions have tho right of be
stowal; while of tho lii.OOO odd livings
tho total number in England ami
Wales more titan half are tho property
of private individuals, just as much as
their houses or lands! These last
named owners or "patrons" of church
temporalities, tiro of every class and
kind; though oltiellv heads of groat
houses titled families some of whoso
ancestors owned thorn by undent man
orial right; while upon others thoywero
bestowed by Henry VI II., being part of
tlio spoils taken from tho suppressed
monasteries. Many graudoos, us tho
Duke of Bedford, have encli a score or
two of ohurelrlivings at their disposal,
and can give or sell them to whomsoever
they pleuso, unloss under entail, as their
hinds, or other portions of thoir estates.
Independent of those noble proprietors,
hundreds, nay thousands, of benefices
tiro in tho hands of men of
ovory rank and degree; in short,
of all who have tho money,
with tlio inclination to .speculate in
them. Scores of "advowsons" anoth
er naino for this marketable commodity
aro over in tho market, barefacedly
iiuiuiiuiuu in mo uowspupors, nought
and sold like houses, horses or any
other merchantable thing. It is not un
common to see advertisements of livings
in tho "George Bobins .style" painted
cottlcur-dc-rosc; tlio parish described us
having only a few hundred inhabitants
lioneo tlio less trouble with tho euro of
its souls tho rectory, or vicarage, as a
hundsomo house with ornamental
grounds, tho scenovy of tho neighbor
hood picturesque, its clltnato salubrious
and soeioty of tho best. If tlio living
ho a roversiou instead of ono to bo inr
inedlutely entered upon, its occupying
incumbent is depicted us tin aged man
old us tho advertiser dure make him,
possibly in poor health and feeble in
short, on ids lust logs! Half a column
of huoh advertisements frequently ap
pears in papers that aro tlio special or
gans of tlio Established Church! Of
courso there is outcry against this
shamoful tratllo trading in souls, as it
woro still it continues, and will con
tinue so long us England's State Church
stands on her present footing.
Taking advantage of this condition
of things, not unfroquontly n mun who
has tho means and knows himself to bo
saddled with a half-imbecilo son, has
tlio inttor trained up for tho church,
buys him an advowson, and so fixes
him for lifo. It needs only institution
by tho Bishop or his ordinary; but this
tho purchaser of tlio living thence
forth its patron may demand if no ob
Jootion can be urged against his ap
lointoo on the score of morals.
Tho parish clergyman is either a
f'JRootor" or a "Vicar," tho chief dis
tinction between their titles being that
tlio rector is for lifo full proprietor of
tho church living and receives tho
" great tithos " thnt is, all tho emolu
ment attached to it; while tho vicur
holds his beuelico vicariously, though
for life, too, and is paid only a portion
of its omolumonts the "small tithes"
so-culled tho reiti proprietor f" lay
impropriator" or "lay rector"') re
taining tlio rest. In some cases, now
over, vicars also receive tlio great
tithes, and though tho title Hector
Hounds bigger and is more esteemed
than that of Vicar, in point of re
muneration there is not much diflbr
enco between I hem; socially, tliero is
none. There aro poor rectors and rich
vicars nearly as often as tho other way.
This leads to a mention of thoir in
comes, which tire not, as many people
suppose, grossly extruvugunt. Livings
that yield 1.000 per annum nro raro
and looked upon us tlio plums of tho
church pudding. A few are worth more,
some nearly double; but the majority
are infinitely less, and tt lurgo minority
yield the parson, everything included,
less than J'UOOaycar. For a great num
ber of them, perhaps tlio plurality, .C-fiO
mlghtbe named us an average. Of eourso
there are rich clergymen, with incomes
independent of what they derive from
thoir livings, some who keep up high
squire style, dwelling, in rectorial
mansions, and maintaining a rctiuuo
of servants. And from tlio same out
side aid there are many olliets who aro
moderately well oil'. But for those, tlio
great many, who bine only tlio -'00 a
year rectory or vicarage, with globe
lands included it is a pinched life and
a tough struggle to live it comfortably,
to say nothing of genteelly. Even in
the remotest ilistrict of England, where
household commodities are cheapest,
2(10 a year will barely sttllico to keep
tho roof over a gentleman's head, and
the puron must needs play tho
role of gentleman. When so circum
stanced, tis lie often is, burdened with a
family to boot, his out-door establish
ment is restricted to a pony carriage,
with a boy in nondescript and some
what shabby livery to attend to it, tlio
indoor domestics being a cook and
housemaid. As those clergymen, to be
come such, have all been ut'lho evpenso
of a university education a costly ail'tiir
in England, to say nothing of oilier
dillieulties attending it it may bo
wondered at, and asked why they
should .settle down to a career of lifo so
little remunerative, sacrificing, as many
of thorn certainly do, other and bettor
chances. Captain Mamie Ikid, in N.
Y. Tribune.
Leoiiomy and Philosophy.
As soon as tho Limekiln Club had
opened in due form Brother CSardncr
announced that the Hon. Cutteraugus
Tompkins, of Montreal, was in tlio
ante-room and desirous of addressing
tho meeting. Tlio Visiting Commiteo
were instructed to bring him in, and
after a short delay a broud-lmoked black
man, with an eyo like an eagle ami a
mouth betraying great decision . of
character, madohis appearance anil was
given a general introduction. In tak
ing tho platform ho announced that ho
had made tlio tour of tho world three
times, reeoived the forty-seventh degree
in the Sons of Malta, and would address
tlio club for a few minutes on tlio sub
jects of economy and philosophy.
" What am. economy ?"k ho began, as
ho got a brace for his foot and looked
Pickles Smith square in tho loft eye. "I
answer dat economy am do art of ox
tructiti1 do most wtiluo fur do least
money. Economy tun do art of making
time count. Tnko do plumnier, fur in
stance. All ho wants to begin lifo on
tun a soldorin'-iron, a tiro-pot an' a bur
of solder. Economy does do rest. Ho
gits pay fur do hours ho sleeps as well
as fur ilo hours ho works. Likewise,
moreober, fur ids helper. Time am
euBh to him. Ebory live minutes gono
while ho am hunt hi' fur a leak am so
much added to his capital. Take do
house-painter.
If lie can kill fo' liiin-
us irwmo mi a
luddor
ho knows he
kin kill soben comin' down. Eborv
minit ho gains tun dend cash. Ho would
savo ten coats a day by eeononiizin' on
cigars, but ho doiin' have to. JIo enn
savo fifty by ooononiizin' on do man
who biros him half a day.
" Practice economy, but lot philoso
phy outer into de practice. Doun' scold
do olo woman fur parin' do pertatej-s so
thick when you have just traded a grind
stun, which eats nullin' an' am alius on'
baud, fur a dog which outs till do time
tin' mn niissiu' when a trump comes
tilong. A shot-gun may bo worf mo1
dan a watch, but when you git do 'im
you inns' buy fodder fur it.
" As fur philosophy, do mo' of it you
have de less you fool do want of nionoy.
Philosophy buys green wood an' lets it
season in do stove. Philosophy gives a
boss water jistbefo' foedin' time to savo
1 oats. Philosophy puts throo chill'un in
a bed to savo kivors. Philosophy is in
no hurry to pay debts. It reasons dat
do man who has owed a bill fur iv
months receives a wanner welcomo when
ho comes to pay up dan do ohap who
got trusted only yesterday. Use philos
ophy in your families. 1 f do olo woman
wants a new bonnet toll her dat sho
mus have a dross an' cloak an' parasol
to mutch. By goiu' widout do bonnet
sho saves do oxponso of all do rest. If
do chilhm cry tur intiplo sugar feed 'om
wid fifty-cent syrup. Do sweet am what
doy ory fur. Do same ruin storm which
stops your work in do garden will wash
wlntowash oil' do walls an' fences, so
what you lose by do wot you mako in do
sunshino. True economy will adultor
ato castor ilo wid kerosene, so dat do doso
will act ou do stomach an' cure a soro
front ut do same time. Truo philosophy
will uobbor waste breath in statin do oaso
artor do Judgo has passed sentence.
Wid doso few disaffected imprudences I
will now expand. Detroit ircc Press
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Twenty Methodist churches of tho
New York East Conference have re
moved their indebtedness within a year
Rochester University has recelvod a
gift of 8100,000 for the purpose of add
ing a ladles' department to tho institu
tion. Tho four weeks' revival work of
tho Widow Van Colt nt Oswego, N. Y.,
resulted in over 600 conversions. DC'
troil Post.
A missionary collection recently
taken in Calvary Baptist Church, Now
York, amounted to over fifty-one thou
sand dollars.
Tho English Presbyterians nro to
have a new Hymn-book. A dr.tft of ono
has been prepared. It contains GOO
hymns, of which sixty-nine are for chil
tircn. Chicuijo Journal.
Chicago has tlio largest pro rata
.Jewish population of any city in tho
world. There aro fifteen synagogues
with About 20,000 in the aggregate con
gregations. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Dr. Deems, of Now York, litis late
ly mudo the statement that there tiro
enough Christians in that city with neg
lected church letters in tiioir pockets to
mako two of tho largest churches in
Now York.
Thomas II. McGruw, of Pough
keopsie, N. Y.. has given $50,000 to
endow tho President's chair at Amherst,
a post now filled b Julius II. Seelye, of
national reputation as a man and. singu
lar power as an educator.
A teacher can hardly show worso
stupidity than in imposing on a naughty
pupil an extra lesson as a punishment.
The learning of a lesson ought properly
to bo full of interest and enjoyment,
and anything tendiijg to make it u
weariness is a mistake. N. J". Tribune.
Tlio Catholics mako a good show
ing of educational facilities in tlio
Archdiocese of Baltimore. There are
seven colleges and twent,-two acade
mies, seminaries and institutes, be
sides numerous male and female
sehooh. Tho total of pupils is 19,111,
requiring 180 teachers. iV. Y. Inde
pendent. Tho fifty-second annual conference
of the Mormon Church bus recently
completed its session at Salt Lake City.
From tlio statistical report read, it ap
peurs that there are 111,191 members of
tlio church in tlio Territory. This cal
culation, however, includes children un
der live years of u;jo. During tho hist
six months 1,3 1 new members, inclu
ding infants bupti.od, were Admitted to
tlio fold. Chicago Xtws.
A careful examination of tlio
changes made in revising the Now Tes
tament shows that there are 18,!Jj8
words changed by a substituted render
ing of tlio received text; 4,0.; 1 words
added in translation of tlio received
text; fi0 words in translation of addi
tions in tlio Greek text; 1,00 1 words
which translate an altered Greek text,
and U22 words taken from tlio margin
into the text; in all, 25,338 words
changed out of 179,911, or 17 por cent.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho Recent Auroral Displsvy.
Tho magnificent auroral display of
Sunday night, which was seen over a
large part of tlio continent, has scarcely
a parallel in the history of the oldest in
habitant. Nearer tlio polos tliero is not
seldom a gorgeous display of auroral
grandeur; but in this climate ono seldom
sees anything of tho kind which more
nearly resonibles that of Sunday night
than the shadow resembles tho object
that ousts it. Wo certainly have not
had one so grand since tlio groat tiro.
Tlio question was asked yesterday by
thousands: "What is it?" Physicists
huvo found it ditlieult to define or ex
pluin. But they now genorallv agree
that the aurora is-an electrical phenom
enon. That this is corrrcct receives
positivo proof from tho disturbances in
tlio linos of telegraphic communication
during the display. In some cases tho
wires actually worked without tlio aid
of tlio usual batteries, and even reversed
their action. The electricians state that
it was tlio greatest electrical storm ex
perienced in many years, and the great
est ovor known unaccompanied by other
storm.
Probably tho most interesting point
in connection with tlio aurora is tlio
growing certitude that it is closely
associated with tlio phenomena of solar
eruption. Tlio auroras aro known to bo
most frequent and most brilliant when
tlio sun's surfaco is most violently
agitated; and it seems probable that tho
storm on tho sun causes tho electrical
storm bore, of which tho aurora is ono
form of maifostation. It is well known
that woiiro now near tho maximum point
in tho cloven ( 111) year oyclo of sun-
spot activity, tho spots being now largo
and numorous. It is not at present
known that there was any particular
spasm of activity on tlio solar surface
during last Sunday. Prof. Young, of
Princeton, did not ninko any special ob
servation of tlio sun on that dav. Tho
big telescope of tho Dearborn Observa
tory was turned upon him, but did not
show anything widely different from tlio
nppearanco ot a short time previously.
There was, however, amplo timo for a
storm to brow'ou.,., Jho vsun during tho
twelve hours that 'elapsed between tho
observation ami tho display.
The aurora testifies rathor forcibly
to the existence of nn Atmosphere
to tho earth far ousldo tho limits
usually assignod to it by text
book writers. Tho display of
Sunday night could scarcely have
boon obsorved us it wus hud it not ex
tended ut least 150 miles nbovotho
earth's surface; and it is scarcely pos
sible to conceivo that tho phenomenon
is not one of electrical excitation
among air particles at that distance
from tho sea IoyoI. Chicago Tribune.
Youths' Department.
BOW BABY OOE8.
lion tloo our biby jrct over tho Hoor?
Iluby In tw lvo ni'ion old, iiml moro;
l'lumptuid rosy. sturUllV kocs ho.
Now ujn n two Minim, now" upon Mur;
Now on his kivcfi, nnd nov on h noao, ho
Tumbl'8 lion fi-itn door to iloorl
Ulim tin d 'iir ht'iirt ot him I
Vos, I can K'-t hint up,
I ein hnlp ot hlin up,
I, with myllvoKood yenrfl the Mart of hlmi
Rhnklnif h h curls, that an- Jut bko u girl's,
Hewiy, "No, no; I cm: 1 ko!"
And away ho slarta with a merry crow.
"Never (rive up!" la the tune that ho kom to.
" Try iikii n, Il.uiy I" ho thinks, wlu-n It may bo,
Ovor ho rolls from tho Htiitidliiff ho mso to,
Plump on tho floor; lut Justin happy
A bravo httlo chap, ho
Clings to th unroot with flngors and toes, too,
Bound for tho tiliico that hctlrst set his noso
to I
Jumping, and stumping, nnd dumping, nnd
buniplntr,
Kalllntr, and sprawling, nnd crawling not
bawling.
Wnddl ng, and toddling, nnd staying, nnd sway
In IT,
Start tiff, and dnrtlng, and slacking, and buck
li'ir, Contrlunjf, nnd diving, nnd d rhino:.
And tilppluir. nud flipping, and t pplng,
lloolln, and wuhollnir. nnd locllinc,
Hprciidliiu-, and treadiuif, uud working, and
Joiklmr,
And hopping, and stopping, and dropping,
And tumbling, and tumbling,
And yut uoicr grumbling,
Along moro and more, on two. throo, or four,
Till ho roaches tho place that ho wont to ex
plore And this way tho baby get" over the lloorl
Ucuiue . Ilurlctuh, (n Our LUtU Ohm.
iiacmTauies.
When I was a little girl, about seven
years old, 1 used to spend a groat many
happy hours under the taVlc, playing
with my rag-babies.
There were not many dolls in thoso
days in the town where 1 lived, but
children did not feel the want of them
who had plenty of rag-babies. Every
now ana then mother made me a now
one
fhey were very simnlo. Mother
i
rolled up a piece of white cloth to tho
right si.o, sewed tlio top together to
round tho head off, tied a thread about
the neck to make it slender, and then
sewed another roll of cloth, long ami
thin, tight to the back for nrnis. There
were no feet, but as tho dresses were
always made to touch the lloor, that
was no matter.
At ono time I was tlio happy posses
sor of twelve rag-babies, more or less
beautiful. Many of the little girls I
played with had rag-babies, too, but
initio were thought tlio prettiest, be
cause, whenever mother made mo one,
she always took her water-colors and
painted a fnco on it. So mine ulwuys
hud brown hair curling about tlieir fore
heads, little eyebrows, blue eyes, rosy
cheeks and red lips, and were always
smiling.
They all hud names, but I can only
remember now Susanna and Alice.
Susanna wus rather largo, and had a
pink artificial rose sewetlon tho top of
her betid, which made her look always
dressed for a. party.
But Alice Was my darling. Sho was
tlio smallest rag-baby of all, and- had
tho sweetest little lace, and a litlio
blue dress. I do believe she would
look pretty to me now if I had her back
again.
Susie Bradley used to come, some
times with her rug-babies, and we
played house on different figures on tlio
carpet. Julia Davitt came, too, but
she had a doll, and liked to play
queen.
One day they were both at niyhouo,
and tho Cohen girls eanio in a little
whi.o after becuitac it wus wet, nnd thoir
mother would not let them play out of
doors.
"Wo haven't brought any rag
babies," said Fanny Cohen. . "But
you'll let us play with yours, won't you,
Maidio?"
So I let them each take two of niino
to play with, and wo had a beautiful
time.
Julia took the easy-chair for hor
houso. 1 had niino under tho table,
Sadie and Funny clioso figures on the
carpet, and Lotty Cohen took tho
hearth-rug, becauso hor mother hud
said she must stay where it was warm,
for she had a sore throat. 1 remember
sho looked pale.
She seemed very fond of the two rag
babies I lent hor, and' said:
"I never had any so pretty us yours,
Maidio."
Wo went visiting each other, and
mother let us have cookies and sliced
apples to pins around. My rug-bubios
appeared to great advantage, and Su
sanna looked really brilliant with hor
pink roses on her head.
"I have a rag-baby bigger' n she is, at
home," said Fanny, "but I'll change
with you if jou'll givo mo Susanna."
But I hud seen Fanny's, and I
wouldn't change, would you? For a
rag-baby with no oyos nnd 'mouth, and
with llngor-marks whero .her cheeks
ought to bo! 1 didn't care if her dress
was ma do out of an old silk apron.
At last the little girls had to go. Julia
carried her doll in her arms, and Sadio
huddled all herrag-btibies into hor apron.
"Como along, Lottie," said Fanny
Cohen. i
Lotty laid down my two rag-babies ro
gretfplly, and said:
" I lovo 'em dearly, and I most huto
toletivo 'om!"
However she did loavo thorn, and I
sot up the whole twolvo in a row, with
Susanna at ono end and Alice at tlio
other. Andyou don't know how cuiiniii"
and pretty Alico looked. "
Sho had a moro timid smilo than tho
others, and her arms kept down, while
the rest held theirs straight out. If I
had known what wus going to happen,
I should have hid her!
Tlio next morning I was sitting, inno
cont and unsuspecting, at tlio window,
sewing some patch-work, when Lotty
Cohen camo in and stood around. Sho
did not want to take her bonnet on", and
sho seemed to havo something on hor
mind.
I wasn't very well hist night," sho
said, slowly, after a while, coining near
er to mo. y
I felt sorry for her, and she looked nt
mo with a hesitating smile.
"I-had to take castor oil," she went
on, "and I didn't want to take it, but
mother hired mo."
" What did she givo youP" I asked,
with interest.
" Oh, nothing, but sliusaid if I would
take it she gtlesed Maidio, Bolles would
give mo one of her rug-bubios, so I took
it. and sho told mo this morning I could
conic over for tho rag-baby."
There was a minute ' of awkward
silence. I did not See then, and I don't
see now, what business Mrs. Cohen
had to hire her little girl to lako bad
medicine uy promising her one of my
rag-babies.
I felt a s'ort of shyness about object
ing, and had a queer feeling that if I
'did not givo Lotty a pig-baby,' then her
mother would have deceived her, and it
would be my fault.
My own mother had gono ovor to
Aunt. Ann's on. an errand, so there wns
no one to consult with, ami when Lotty
said, hopefully:
" May 1 pick out the one I want
now?" it seemed to mo that thero was
no help for it, and I crosssed the room
with her to whoro'iny twelve rag-lhibies
sut in u row. 1 litidso many, surely V
could spare her one.
But 1 thought of course sho would
pick out one of the two sho had loved
so dearly tho day before. 1 almost
knew which one it would be, the ono
with the reddest chocks.
She hesitated,, sho Rooked, up and
down the row. I began to be afraid sho
would choose Susanna; I never thought
of anything worse tlian that! But sho
looked up and down, nnd she tool;
Alice!
I remember how badly 1 felt, and how
I never tliouglit'of resisting. I suppose
I thought I must not. Perhaps I felt it
would not be polite.
At all events, she took Alice and went
home radiant.
And to this day I am sorry siie did it.
I don't remember ever caring so much
for a lag-buby again.
But I hope sho loved it, and played
nicely with it. I was afraid she would
get finger-marks on it, but perhaps she
didn't.
May lie you will think this is a ridicu
lous httlo story to tell, there aro so many
tilings in lifo to think about besides rag
babies, but my own little gill likes to
hear about pink-checked Alice, and I
havo rolled up a piece of cloth oh, tho
pretty, simple old fashion! -iiid painted
a little face on it, and made it .as near
like Alico as 1 can, for her. Mary L.
Holies Branch, in Youth's Companion.
The Trouble Betucen (Jullatrhcr and
Syinoniis.
Tlio circumstances in connection wi'Jj
tlio trouble between Gallagher and
young Syinonds were these: Young
Symonds hud u seat directly bcJliml
Gallagher, at tho last swell concert.
Now (jtilluglier woro overshoes as did
young Symonds, the weather being
rough. Gallagher took off his over
shoes and stalled theni under his seat,
but Symonds preferred to let his corns
get heated up and kept his overshoes
on. Throughout tho concert, Symonds
was deeply intere.tod while Gallagher
wus terribly bored and wanted to go
home. At tlio first sign of anybody's
starting, during tlio finale. Gallagher
made a dive for his overshoes. Now
Symonds was so deeply interested that
he had slid forward till he barelv rested
on tho edge of tho seat, and his feet
wore way under Gallagher's seat. Gal
lagher, being pretty fat, bent over with
dillicultv and clawed. Ho got hold of
Symonds' foot, thought it wns an over
shoe, and gave it u yank. The result
was wretched. It raked Symonds' shin
against the back edge of the chair seat
and scraped tho hide all off, and hurt
him fearfullv. and nioremnr In wn
I yanked off his scat, nnd came down
sona on tlio lloor. Then Gallagher lost
his grip on the foot and the astonished
and injured Symonds struggled to got
back to his seat. Gallagher had his
head about on a loud with his knees,
and with a thick: overcoat on was per
spiring freely and snorting for breath.
Ho made another dive, clawed with
both hands, and got both of Symonds'
feet. Symonds had got part 'back to
his chair, when Gallagher began to
pull on him again. He hung to the
arms and held on for dear life, and
Gallagher, who wus nearly strangled
and couldn't conceive what had caught
his overshoes,- tugged away like mad
and nearly broke Symonds' legs.
Symond yollqd, but Gallagher didn't
hear, though 'everybody else did, and
at last, a desperate yank tore Symonds
from his grip, and lie wns jerked under
the seat, nnd Gallagher straightened up
sulliciently to seo that a pair of feet
woro in tlio overshoes. Then tho au
dience interfered. Symonds was
hauled out and nn explanation made.
Gallaghor apologized and said it was a
mistake, but Symonds was not to bo
mollified, and said ho must be a durned
fool not to know the difference between
a pair of overshoes and a human being.
Boston Post.
Tliero bus been organized in Now
York a " church and stage guild." Its
purpose is to vindicate the right of
church peoplo to take part in theatrical
amusements, either as spectators or
actors, ami to promote religious and
social sympathy between members of
tho dramatic profession "and tho olory.
It is modeled after a similar organiza
tion in London. Tho ninmhnr)n,, .nm.
prises ladies and gentlemen of various
religious beliefs.
uticago A'ews.
Water-gas is now used in fifty cities
and towns in tho United States.
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