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VOLUME XXY.-XUMBER 28.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1894.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,276.
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Paris in search of
something nets-.
A tourof the
provinces bad
somewhat dis-
nearteneu m e ,
but still 27 last
Cf"j""!"fft? :
me was not in
sijht and I
thought I would
be able to add to
it materially if I
cx-nld but find the thing I wanted.
Paris did not seem the old Paris. I
found some of the nn-e shade trees
cut down where the barricades had
been erected, and here and there on
the walls of the little houses in the
Rue Saniierre, where I lodged were ,
the marks of bullets the scars of the
race of the terrible commune.
I wanted a new drama something
that would nil the house and my
packets s. well
Just then this new drama seemed a
dream, a vision not to be realized, for
seme of the finest things in that line
had failed, and the dramatists vrere
taking their wares across the channel
and even to the Cnited states.
I advertised for manuscripts in the
proper channels and retired to the up
per rooms to wait. I knew it would
Le a lone time before I could nni just
what I needed, and when I tnought of
the stutl I would be expected to read
the useless dialogue and the poor
humor I fairly shuddered.
My one fnend and conncaut. Mon
sieur Jadet, a little man with the
blackest eyes that ever sparkled used
to climb to my room and walk over to
the table and run his hand through
the dramas that were accumulating
there.
"I told you so." he would sav. You
ret enocch. but not what you want.
It won't come- laris :s still shiver
ing over the commune, and it won"!
come out of the shadow of the barri
cades and such until a year has pass
ed. That one terror paralysed the
brain; it has palsied the hand, and
no drama, monsieur, no drama" sacre!
Why do we wait for that which can
not, cotae""
And then He wcrald walk to the win
dow and look out over the city with
his face darkly sober.
We waited for three weeks. Day af
ter day I picked up a new manuscript.
but soon laid it down. A dozen lines
were enough-
r One afternoon when 1 had come in
from a walk through the denuded
boulevards 1 found my ruoin occupied.
Pierre, my janitor, had let my v.s
itor into the room, and she sat in my
chair with her eyes rest.ng half jeal
ously upon the pile of rejected dramas
on the table-
I was struck at once with the beau
ty of the g-rL for ciri she wa-. not
past eirhteen. with a fracde but be
witchinc figure and a face almost
transparent in the sunlight.
"You are Monsieur M " she
asked, half timidly, showinc me two
rows of snow white teeth.
I replied in the amrmative an i she
seemed to smile arraiu.
'" am Mile- Vivien." she answered,
modestly takinc from benath her
shawl a little roll of paper at sight of
which I seemed to fall back
Was it another drama
"You have advertised for a drama "
she went on "And see! I have
brought you one
1 took the roll and was about to un
tie it when she interposed a hand.
When I am gone, if you please,
monsieur." she said. "I will leave it
with you. I will come when shall I
return for your verdict""
Pitying the cirL I told her I had re
ceived so many manuscripts and that
I feared hers would not be read f'r
some time, but she said quickly:
'I will come to-morrow Yos w.l'
read it to-night. It may be better
than strolling through the streets."
and before I could reply she had
arisen and was gone.
I heard iter footsteps on the stair
and then lost the sound of them.
Half an hour later I was lookinc up
from the manuscript with a startler
face. It had come' I felt that I held
in my hand the very thine i had
sought, and with the drama clutched
in my grip I went rrer to the window
and breathed hard, yet joyfully.
The drama was called "The Coun
tess Claire." and I saw at once that
the vounc heroine would cantivate
the hearts of
rts of the fickle Parisians if
anything could.
The girl who had brought the
crania had left a) address and I did
not know where to look for her. so su
I had to do was to wait, she said she
would come the next day.
I cared not show the play to Mon
sieur Jadet. but resolved to wait till I
had made arrangement for its pur
chase. I would keep the secret all to
The next day Vivien came back.
Modestly dressed and intellectual in
appearance I had taken to her, and
wondered if she were not the daugh
ter of the playwright.
I h
ive examinee vour crama.
, TV"
said L
"And you like it!" she started. 1
thought you would, mensieur."
"It is ttj good."
She clasped her thin hands and
looked at ce.
"Your father, the playwright
"I have no father: I came to Paris.
an orphan, from the district of Haute
Lorraine. I walked all the way save
when I was helped a little by the
Prussian soldiers."
"But the drama? How did you
bring it along without losing it?"
"I did not fetch it with me mon
sieur. It was prodncea hero, but let me
have that for my secret, won't you?
It is aU the one I care to possess."
"But if I should decide to purchase T"
"1 will negotiate." she answered.
"I am Mile. Vivien, and the drama
belongs to ue."
-To you. mademoiseUe?"
She touched her breast and bowed.
"To me Vrvien Noiles," she said.
That day Monsieur Jadet went into
ecstades over the purchase, but said
dubiously:
"Where shall we and a "Countess
Gaire?" It will become a famous
- character. What abut the girl who
brought the crama?""
I could not but start at the inspiration.
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"I will see her," I exclaimed "She
won't give me her address, but she is
to call again."
Vivien came once more, and I pro
posed that she take the title role.
Instantly her cheeks Pushed, and I
knew that I could have made no more
desirable proposition.
"I have had' a little training,"' said
the girL '"I have played in the prov
inces as a child, but
She paused and looked away.
"The character seems to fit me,
don't you think? The countess is
young and, what is more, she came
from the Haute Lorraine for you re
member what she says of the roses
there"
It was settled. Vivien was to be
come our Countess Claire," and forth
with we began.
Those were delightful rehearsals,
and the rest of the cast, with one or
two exceptions, took kindly to the
fragile girl with the dark skin and
deep, lustrous eyes, which Monsieur
Jadet insisted talked as fluently as
her tripping tongue
One night after the rehearsal, in
the midst of a pouring rain. Vivien
threw her threadbare cloak over her
head and stcoa waiting for a C3b in
the doorway.
"Shall I go with you to the Rue T
She did not let me finish.
"To my home? o. no" and she
darted across the sidewalk, spranc
into the vehicle, shut the door and
was rushed away.
The drama progressed amazincly
Day after day I saw it nearing its
readiness for the stace and Monsieur
Jadet who. with myself had unlim
ited faith in its success, invested all
his Lttle wealth in the future.
"The girl is mad." suddenly cried
the Lttle Frenchman one afternoon as
he rushed into my room and threw
himself into my chair.
"Wviea?" I exclaimed.
'The Countess Claire." he answered,
and then he proceeded to narrate a
street incident which he had just
witnessed.
Ja.:et said that he was strolling
alone the Eue Concorde when he saw
an oicer of the a-my. a youne man
in fJl uniform. struzrT'ing with a
youz.z girl. Ansiocs to see m-jre and
always chival-ous to defend innocence
and beauty, he hastened forward to
see tae cirl di-ourace herself from
the 'Seer's zrs.ip. and before break
ing away, deal him several blows
with a little whip which broucht the
bioo i.for the tiny lash cut like a razor.
"1 hat for the 1-th of July, and this!
and hfcr she er.cd as the blows fell
up-or the captain's cheek
Bet thegirP" cried L "You seem
to have me believe that she was the
conz.iess?
"I was V.T.en. monsieur! Her
littl arm seem -d a strong as steel.
but as ilexibte a- whalebone. Sacre!
how she struct the officer. He winced
at each strode and when she ran on"
bel'okedand showed his teeth, but
did lot follow."
A! this was strance. aye. unac
coui table to nu. I could not under
stani it at aL Taat Vivien, the fair
Ctrl from the Haute Lorraine, should
hav.- a dinica'.t" with a man on the
stre t was pat my comprehension
and almost "y ad belief
-hewill explain wh-n she comes."
said I. "But the Irth of July, mon
sieur?" Jadet shook his heal
"I don't know said h? "Then is
when they stod the commune up
aca ust wails and shot it to death
Bui she walked to Paris and the Ger
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" lv.en came back she was silent as to
the occurrence in the street. I fore-
hore question her. hoping that she
would enlighten me of ner own ac
cori. but she did not.
Again we fell to work on the drama.
and the night of the first performance
drew nich.
But I hai made auothew and an
aiarminc discovery. Tne girl was
wLily ambitizus. She was putting
her whole soul into the role of the
Countess Claire, and I could see that
it was taxiac her strength.
You must not work so hard." I
said to her out- day at my table. "You
are getting on all richt. but you will
overtax your powers, and ?-e can't af
ford to loose our countess, yozi see."
It was a wan smile that made her
features lovlier than ever, and -he
drew back xvith the sunlicut falliug
on her locks " hich looked more ether-
ea tnan ever.
It is a life's ambition, monsieur.
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-al i Vivien. "I had coupled it with
an "ther ambition, but that one is sat
isfied satisned forever. You did not
see me? No. I got away eluded the
police and she broke into such a
strange, wild laugh that I thought of
what Jadet had told me about her
mind.
This was the nearest she had come
to referring to her altercation with
the ofScer. and I did not press her to
tell me more.
The thrill of the openinc night of
"The Countess Claire" remains with
me stilL
I recall the crowded house, the
critics come to write the new drama
down and the throbbinc of my brain
as Vivien aooeared before the foot
lights. But it was a success.
The moment she spoke I knew
what would happen. Her grace, her
bewitching face and figure, her
; beauty, fragile but passionately
strong all these united to insure me
a triumph such as the little theater
i h3d not scored in years.
I - I found Vivien, brilliant eyed, in
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seemed to be waiting for no
one, and when I came forward to con
gratulate her she did not seem to see
me at alL
I spoke, but she did not look up.
I touched her arm and spoke again,
and then sh6 seemed to recall that
she owed me answer.
It was a success. Monsieur M ,"
she said. "You are satisfied with j
your 'countess? " j
How could I tell her how proud I j
was of her? How teU her that she j
had not only made her fortune, but i
my own, as well? i
"You shall go home with me to- i
night." said the girL "I believe the
time has come, but you will let me j
precede you a little." .
I told her that I would be delighted j
to see her at home, and below we j
called a cab. j
"It will be goine home with me if
we go in separate cabs, monsieur,"
spoke Vivien at the door. "You can
follow. I will direct the driver."
She called another cab and directed
the driver to take her to the Rue Bor
laise, mentioning the number in the
same breath. The man fell back and
looted at her.
Vivien was in the vehicle and the
door was shut, and in another minute
we were rattling over the streets of
Paris, but in different cabs.
Eaeer to see Vivien at home and to
note the route taken by my cab, I
leaned arainst the glass and took
note of the streets. I was not far
behind her. and I soon saw
that we were entering the poorest
quarter of Paris, the quarter where
the petroleuses and commune had
rasped and died before the bullets of
the soldiery
Eer cab halted and mine soon came
up. but Vivien was already out of sight.
I entered the tali house and ran up
the steps, for the girl rad told me that
I would nnd her on the third door
back, in a little room ten by twelve.
I heard the noise of a closinr door
as I started down the grimy corridor.
I was there in a moment.
In another instant I had opened the
door and stood on the t'nreshol L
A lizht wa buminc on a table, and
near it in a chair lay the form of an
old woman
Vivien was there, too. standing at
the chair, with her face as white as
death and her eyes riveted upon the
wrinkled face in the chair.
I advanced, but the girl threw up
her hand.
"She is dead, monsieur." she said
"She promised to live till I came back
successful and she kept her word.
This is my mother the little woman
who followed me from Haute Lor
raine, and whose son. my brother. I
avenged or cutting to pieces tae face
of the oncer who had him shot those
awful days- I have lived to achieve
the only triumph I ever panted for.
Oh. the long nights over the drama:
oh, the patching it took and the oil
we burned, and the bread we tried to
save till it was ready for joti. "
I seamed thunderstruck.
What, was it your work? th
drama1 "The Countess Claire?" "
Vivien smoothed the white hair
that straggled over the cold temples
of the dead an i smiled-
It was my work, but it took my
blood. Mother always said "nnd him
first." and I found him. Monsieur,
yoa have lost your countessi you can
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nnd another, but she will not be Viv
ien: no. not the little butterdy of the
Haute Lorraine."
I sprang forward to prevent her
from falling to the 5 oor in a faint,
but she was down already, and I ten
derly laid her upon the poorly draped
bed in one comer of the room.
The little doctor whom I summoned
looked once and then turned to me
with a shake of his head.
"It is too late, monsieur: they will
co side bv side to Pere la Chaise, if
they have money enough-
And they had money enough for
when the hour came tne little cortege
that wound in and out of eld Paris
carried mother and child, our Coun
tess Claire" and the widow of the
Haute Lorraine, to the most beautiful
city of the dead in the world.
And we lost her. lost our star on the
eveninrof its risinc-. and when we
rode back. Jadet and I in the same
cab. scarcelv sneakinr. we saw a man
stacker from a caooret. an
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ment the light fell on his face we
uttered exclamations of astonishment.
for it was covered with hideous red
scars, and Jadet, leaninc toward me.
said in a stage whisper:
The disgraced cantata, monsieur
the man who wears the autocraph of
our little countess."
Chinese Trade Cnioa.
The Chinese trade unions can trace
their history back for more than 4.0'
years. The Chinaman does not dis
cuss with his employer what he is to
receive for the work he dc-es: he
simply takes what he considers a fair
and proper remuneration. Ke levies
toll on every transaction aeeordinc to
laws laid down by his trade union, and
without for a moment takinc into con
sideration what his employer may
consider propter. He is. therefore,
cenerally called a thif. but h- is act
inc under due cuarantees. in obedience
t laws that are far better observed
and more strit than any the police
have been able to imrose.
VVnre Kip Was Tiirn.
Another change has taken place in
the old house on Sixth and Spruce
streets. Philadelphia, ia which Joseph
Jefferson wa bom. and now the very
dwellers in the house are icnorant of
his existence or of his clory. Until
recently the house was occupied by a
dealer in Florentine casts which is at
least one form of art. But now there
is a barber's pole at the side window
and a Russian peddler's stand at the
door, and the dwelling is a tenement
house civen over to the lower class of
Poles."
A Sore Ootioj-.
Hobson. wearily Dobson. co yon
know where I can go for an outing for
an afternoon?
Dobson Yes. Take a run down to
he races. A person can be more out
down there than any place I know oL
Puck.
They Are Seeesfn.
There are two small Jewish agricul
tural colonies in California, the first in
Orange Vale, opposite Folsom, and the
other in Portervilie. near Fresno.
Both have passed the experimental
stace and nromlse success.
WEDDDTO ACCIDENTS.
COURSE OF TRUE LOVE DIS
TURBED AT THE ALTAR.
What a Little Mow Cac Do Scare
Bridesmaid, Brides, and ETerybody
The Vast of a Heel a Serioo Miihip
Her Traia Tors OS.
"ot long ago an accident of a somes-hat
amusing kind accurred at a rus
tic wedding, says a London paper.
The bride fas attended by ico brides
maids, one of whom exhibited much
uneasiness during the ceremony.
She dropped her bouquet on rwo
separate occasions this in itsLf -K-as
suisdently aiarminc. as it is considered
a sign of ill omen in ozze country district.-
to crop anything durinsr the
wedding service and at a most un
likely moment the girl threw
up her hands and. shrieking hysteric
ally, fainted in the arms of the best
man.
And the cause of all this alarm was
an inn.-cent znase. which for some
minutes had b..n amusing itself by
r-.nninj' in and out of the altar rails.
a: no great distance from the afirighted
bridesmaids. This disturbance caused
a general uproar, the congregation
prssin up to the front to discover
the reason. Not until a vigorous fan
nine hai be n appL-i was the orig
inator of all this huSbub able to ex
plain her cause o affrieht-
The bride was so nervous after the
catastrophe that it was some Uttie
time before she wild respond to the
marria-re st.rvi.-e oTe"tIj. IUrtly
this reached it.- t..-rtninauon -he sat
down in the vestry and mduLri in a
.-.1 Ty.
Another disturbance at a rustle wd
dinc was due to the bride, who was
apparently a jrrr-at favorite with the
viliacrers. iudciuir by the nam:r of
people assembled, and the various
iu-'-:aj-s of rie whih they carried.
At he critical moment, wbyr. th rinir
-hould have S-n -lipp-d n tbv finder.
xhf hiirh fa 1 f the bride's new shoe"
cau-cd h-r to 5o-e her balanee. and in
her eSort to rstfv her equilibrium
she fell -in a heap." as the rustic
said, at th-1 Stride groom's feet.
A mf-z awkward avidoat truly, the
maiden -ine of portly build and re
q'lirine th- a-si-tan" o: two V.tvid
cals to lift h-r to an rX't pstur
Aft-r this -h appoan-i anything but
calm, and when the party turned away
from the aitar sh- -looped to pik up
her shoe, which hai otMn- oS during
the CKVurrence. and walked, like the
nursery rhyme hero, with "ce shoe
c. -n- shoe on." t the vtrv. amid
the amused utter- of th rood.
It L- reported that th- union of two
f ni hearts was aeted in a curious
manner at a cau'va at a manufactur
ing town in the north of England -otne
time ajo. The croom could not find
the coidea symbol that was to pledge
the solemn vow of the marrimre cere
mony. He put a nervi- Incer in th?
pvk-t of his V'-st. shook his handker
chief, felt in th- op-nia: of his rlove.
but the maci vin was not to he
found. As already -otne time had
r.-en io-t. ib s on pn-i'Kvi th-v-stry
key. the rinjr of which was
slipped over the confused ciri"? finrr.
and the two were proclaimed man and
wife.
If retort z- true, this is by no
means the only instance of the kind.
A; a fashionable weddinc in New York
last summer an accident of a painful
kind to the fair bride happened. In
stead of the customary bridesmaids
this lady had two little boy.. dressed
in Fauntleroy suits and curls, to at
tend her: and one laddie in his hurry
trod on the rich satin train which it
was his duty to support tearing it
quite apart and faliinc over it. The
consternation of the bride was gr.at.
but a few pin-, kindly supplied by a
guest. ho c-ftly attach-ni the train
in place, proved a satisfactory, if tem
porary arranevtn'-a: after whih the
lady walk-.-d down the aisle with ap
parent unconcern, though her feelings
must have been anything but pacific.
Yet another incident at an America
weddinc. which wa- of a more alarm
ing character than the former. Dur
inc the solemn hush which Usually
precedes the readinj' of the marriage
service, a roirh-iooking man pushed
timseii forward ani attempteti to
seize the bride a rich Canadian lady,
about to be married to a naval oSicer.
The lady was well known in fashion
able circles, and the Catherine was
composed chiefly of smart people,
therefore the appearance of s roueh
a character created an unusual Sutter.
some
minutes entreaties were
3vrv '
u.c. but. the man beeominc violent.
he was forcibly ejected. Ke declared
the lady was his step-iauchter. and he
wished to give her his blessinc- It was
afterwards proved that the fellow was
intoxicated, and had created the tu
mult for a wacer. He was imrrisonrrd
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for his pains, and it was declared the
same individual had been the cause of
an uproar some time previously at the
funeral of a notable city man. escap
inc punishment by bis adroitness in
making an exit at a convenient mo
ment. A mishap, with a happy termina
tion, took place at a viliace church in
a remote part of Cheshire. At the
appointed hour the bride was waitinc
at the altar and all was in readiness
for the ceremony, but no crcom was
forthcominc- 111 at ease, the ciri sent
a messenger to the house of the
dilatory one. but receivinc what she
deemed an unsatisfactory answer, she
founced out of church and a f-w
minutes later reappecr-ni with the iac
gard at her side, his face liberally due
orated with coiirtplaster. the result
of a battle in the viliace beer house
th nicht before, this beinc the reason
of his non-appearance at the import
ant moment.
QnetiOTi of the IToar-
-I presume you funny mea aim to
deal with questions of the hour, do
you not?"
-Oh. yes. I calculate that there
have been written no less than five
thousand xkes about the younc man
who does not know when it is time
for him to zo home."
Exclusion of the Foldia-r Be.
Mrs. De Fiat Have you anythinc
new in foldinc bds?
Dealer Only this, madame. and it
really is quite a suecess. On arisinc
in the morning oa touch a spring-,
and it turns into a washstand and
bath tab. After your bath, yon toneh
another spring, aad i becomes a
firesihg ease, with a French plate
rairr. 'If you breakfast in your
room; a slight pressure will transform
it iaio an extension table. After
breaMast, yon press these three bat
tons it once, and you have an upright
piano.' That's all it wfll do. except
that Shea you die it can be changed
into a rosewood comn.
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CASE3 OP SHARP PRACTICE.
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How jOae lawyer Catwitfed a skln2ln:
aavd How An o: her Was Footed.
!Ehe London Chronicle of January
11-13, 1781, gives an account of a
lawyer who dined on several occasions
with a client previous to a trial, and
charged him 6s d for each attendance
at dinner, which was allowed on taximr
KIs cuent shabbily thought that by in
vitation to dinner he would cet all
consultations free. The lawyer's host
thereupon sued him and recovered for
the-7iae of the food and wine. The
lawyer. howeTer. informeti again-t him
for dealing in wine without a ii-us.
and the client was obliged, to his in
tense disgust, to pay the penalty, much
of which went to the attorney as in
former. This whimsical instance of
sharp practice has been made the sub
ject of a song, which at one time was
popular, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The following incident really occurred
not so many years ao. not so far
from I "oleraine. In the north of Ireland -A
wealthy and miserly old man thought
he wa- near the point of death, and
snt for a smart lawyer to make his
will. The ia'vyer came and he cave him
elaborate directions for the disposal of
his property. A- the lawyer was
nni-hinu" his work, he said: -Now. I
wan; you to put in another clause.
Ya have always been a good and able
man in your "dealincs with m. I
wish to I'ave you 5 The lawyer.
after a little pretense of honest dmuT
inc did this. Whn th will was
sicn-M and mled the old man -aii
Business is business. I - tsh to have
all my transactions settled Up. Make
oat your bill for drawinc up this will
and I will pay you at once." The law
yer replied: "My cood sir. you hav.
been so cenenus more than cnrou-
th3t I could never think of eharc-tnc-
-Very well"" said the old skin
flint. -'You know your own business
I'st. but still I like everything settled
in a business like fashion. Make out
a bdl as you would have charced any
oth-r client and formally receipt it."
This was done. A couple of months
afterward the old man died. The
lawyer weat to the house to read the
wilL whih the executors handed him.
To hi- horror there was no cift to him
self in it at all. It turned out that th
old man had copied the will carefully
out when he left him. omitting the
- clause. The whole affair was a
dedee to ces a smart lawyer to make
out his wul without anv charge.
Salt-LoTin; I'lant.
The wild hibiscus bkms along the
salt shores of Pelham Bay park. It
' is a larce and c--autifuilv shared blos-
som of deli,ate pink, sad s?mettme
white. Larce as it is. it has none of
th- enarenes? of the slncle holly-ho-Sc.
whiv"i it ucirests. It is a u!--wattr
p'ant. bu it is found alone th
marsfaA- of eeyracuse. where salt
sprincs make the damp earth brackish
and s-em to furaish somethinc neees
sary to th- crowth of the plant. N
Y. Sun.
Atneriean Kailway tn Er.
The test American railways are r.m
more efScintly than any other on
earth. It has even been proved that
an Aavriean r?&i. thorouchly equlp-
I ped. will carry a creator weicht with
! the same power than an Fnciish owned
and manaced road. In this case the
advaatsce lay in the American methc-d
i of arrancing the road and applying
the cower.
Wanted a Fairy slory.
i Little Johnny Tell us a story, un-
cle.
Uncle Waybsck. from the West All
richt. children You want a true story.
I s'pose.
Little Johnny No. teli us one of
i those fairy stories about cyclones, and
crasshoppers and thincs you were tell
ing the company last evening.
MASCULINITIES.
A Danbury. Conn., suicide was the
father of twenty children-
The personal column i beinc intro
duced by newspapers in Germany.
Dr. Virchow, it is said, has fallen
into the habit of takinc only three
hours" sleep out of the twenty-four.
There are twenty-eight nationali
ties represented in the population of
Chicaco according to a receat ceasus.
"The other night I dreamed I was
in heaven. Do you suppose it is a
sicn I am goinc to die?" "WelL
hardly."
Marie Why is Mr. Pcffer in such a
nun
to marrv Maud? Jack He
promised her that he wouldn't smoke
a cigar while they were encaced.
Chance of ownership: "Are v'u in
charge of this house. Jone?- "I was
before the baby was bom. I am under
the impression the nurse owns it now."
At Gettysburg "Found any land
marks?7 "Yes! and I wa- thinking
how you must have expanded since
the war. Here's the tree you. stood
behind during the whole battle, and
it covered you well then"
The emperor of China, who is f,
years old, is now studyinc the French
and Enciish languages, while Prince
Yoshi Hito. the li-year-oid heir pre
sumptive to the Japanese throne, is
pursuing a course in German
Many old bachelors remain old
bachelors because they hear so much
complaint about babies. The fact is
that a baby is not one quarter the
trouble it is charged with beinc- Any
young couple can get along with one
if they try. Papa can sit up half the
night with it and ma-T-rna can sit up
the other half. What could be sim
pler? Old John was a shoemaker, an Irish
man, and an ardent admirer of the
cuKi of Wellington. To describe the
battle of Waterloo was his chief pIea--ure.
He always wound up the narra
tive, sittinc with his hammer poised.
his spectacles pushed back on his fore
h
head, and his whole aorearanee indi
cating the utmost enthusiasm, with
the words. "An the duke sez. sez he.
Cp. gyards. an at 'emr an" wid that
simultan-rously. at the same time, all
to occet. the cyards upped an at ted
at'em. An" that settled i.'
GEMSIS OF SLASO.!-
WORDS NOW INCORPORATED IN
THE LANGUAGE.
S4iae of the Terms Are Fopslar for a
Time, Bet Ereatsally Tall Into Dine
The Hardier Exsties Take Deep Boo:
la the Soil of the YeraaeoLir.
It is from, the jargon of parttcnlar
callings or classes in society that the
English language is slowly bat stead
ily enriched. The slang phrase nrst
brconr-es dignified with the term idiom,
and then it creeps into the new dic
tionary. Not all slang is destined to this apo
theosis: much of it is ephemeral, a
great deal of it is meaningless, silly,
or weak and dies in its childhood.
Actor folks are given to the invention
of new phrases more or less expressive
but short-lived. -The ghot walks'
is one of the feVrhstances of the
jargon of stacelanc that has survived
the years and become general. Many
years aco an actor cast for the ghost
in "Hamlet" refused to go on with his
part until his demands for a portion of
long-delayed salary were acceded to.
He was paid and went en. -The
ghost walked," and gradually the term
was adopted as expressive of the pay
ment of salaries, until to-iay it is
heard wherever larce numbers of men
sre employed on salaries. A well
known actor ret uraiac after a season
that was fruitful of ups and downs was
asked by a Iouncer. -Did the chest
walk?" "Y-s. h- rephVd. --but lame
ly at times." retVrrinc to the times
when only partial salaries were p-aki.
Tec theatrical term of -make-up" is
now in general Use as descriptive of
anythinc strikinc in personal adorn
ment, referrinc to the clothing and
no: the dL-cuise or enhancement of
the features as oricinaliy. says the
Chicaco Times, eeoacand dance men.
acrobats, serio comics, sketch teams,
and the lower order of theatrical folks
indulce in slanc th3t renders their
conversation almost uninteUicibte. For
instance, some knockout artist was
struck by the similarity of the words
pardon and poddinc. and to his bricht
mind the transition to "tapioca" was
not difficult, but there is no probability
that the expression - bee your tapioca
will supplant I iee your pardon" in
the lancuace of the polite world.
Circus slanc was the foreruaner of
the jareon of the variety stae4. and ia
the eoi days when the "cas-lit city
of tects" was planted up"n every vil
lage creen the circus folk had a lan
guage almost exclusively their own.
The roots of their veraacuiar were
the names of various parts of the teal
ana eauinment oi tne snow, ine doss
'.- :
or tne show was eaireu tne
anc tnis expression has to a certain
extent survived the decline of the cir
cus, and "the main guy" is frequently
heard of in workshops.
The creat cattle ranees of the West
have given to the world the term
round-up." It originally referred to
the annual Catherine tocether of the
cattle of various owner- that they
might r separated for shipment. To
day ia the business world it indicates
an inquiry into the affairs of a firm or
corporatioa. and has really the sicuia
cance of stock takinc.
In the composinc-rooms of the news
paper oricinated the term phat.now
in general use. as indicative of some
thing of r-riYJr-nrn remuneratioa for
rinimnn exertion.
Thieves have a cibberish so exten
sive as to almost constitute a "ancuace.
It is only understood among them
selves and by policemen who are
forced to acquire the knowledce of its
Lost his ctId." A terse, tathetic.
tost trscic
con junnc up.
coes. tne story o: wastea amrxtion.
blasted hopes, ruin and despair, in all
probability oricinat.-d ataonc lodce
people. A man who hai -lost his grip"
was temporarily in a dilemma.
From the mininc camps of the far
west came "struck it rich." which now
applies to any human success, -up the
name." signifyinc failure: hard pan."
which means a solid cavinc basis:
petered out." whih sucests a crad
ual decline and znal suspension of re
sources: "grubstake." for assistance
given a new business enterprise on
condition of a share in prospective or
possible profits. Bonanza has been a
good English word for twenty years,
and the Century dictionary ac- ,
cepted it along with such words as
"boon:." mea-fnc to manufacture sup
port and enthusiasm and s'lueaL"
meaninc to confess and betray com
panions. From the railroad yards came
"switched." with the meaninc of di
verted: -sidetracked." for temporary
failure and suspension, the result of
outside interference: ditched." as
expressinc ruin and collapse, and
wide open" came from the kvomo
tive. which referred to the throttle
and the extreme speed: now i: means
in full swine, reckless, and regardless
of interferenee.
-See that man on the hearse?" said
the funny man.
Yes." re&lied his victim.
"WeO. he Wt in It. Ha! ha! ha!
No. but the man in the coffin, he's
dead in it." was the convulsinc retort.
"Wheels in his head." ceseriptive
of a man with cranky notions, later
converted into -He has a Ferris." im
plyinc that the person under discus
sion has a very decided delusion, is of
doubtful oricin. bat unquestioned
popularity, but is not as expressive as
-off his trolley." which very terse and
descriptive trm comes from the
street-car world. "Hobos." the new
name for tramps, is a southern cor
ruption of hoe toys, and oricinaDv
meant peripatetic acricultnral laborers
who entered the south durinc the
cotton season.
lie Wa a Rack Xambe.
-Yocr majesty." reported the chief
imp, -Henry Vin. kicks on ci'rinc ud
his room on the Srst floor and goinc
into the attic"
-You just tell him." rejoined Pluto,
that he doesn't hold the divorce rec
ord any longer and that we've cot to
have his aiartments for a gentleman
from Sioux Falls." Kate Field's Wash
incton. I Am Early Esslbb Minister.
The eccentricities of Henry Stephen
Fox. an eariv Eluglish minister at
W'ashington. were the lacch of the
! T,
own. Fox cen-rallv cid not ari-
I cntil other ceo&ie were Imst readv
to o to bed. When duty compml
n to rise earlier. Fox wa4 Uko an
owl in the day-time. How strange.
said he to Mme. CaHeron. one morn
ing at a state "function "how
strange we look to each other by day
light. His debts compelled him to
economy, and he rarely gave dinners.
Ke once invited a large party to his
house Mr. Clay. Mr. Calhoun. Mr.
Webster, and all the giants and when
they were all assembled, he said:
Gentlemen, now be good enough to
put on your hats and follow me. And
thus sayiue. he led the way to a neigh
boring eating-house- Argonaut.
ALL LOVE THE THEATER.
I The stae More Generally TovaUr In
Spain Than ia Any Other Country.
In no other country is the theater
: as popular as in Spain. After the bull
ncht a Spaniard loves the theater best.
savs a writer in the North American
Review. A true Spanish home is so
i dviR that men and women alike
I scarcely ever spend a quiet evening in
1 their inner circle- It is not to be
wondered at. therefore, that they
should prefer to leave their urnxm-
fortable rooms to eet warmed and
cazzk-d for a few hours in the care of
the teatro. It is there, also, that they
see their friends and continue their
habitual tertulia or gossip. Even the
children love the drama, play or sain-
ete. and on enday afternoons and
feast days their mammas deck them up
in tinery ami take them to see
the latest sensational play. It is curi
ovl. indeed, to watch a box full of
baby faces keenly interested and de
vourinc a terrible drama full of har
rowinc scenes, or lauchinc at a short
play full of wi; and piquant jokes. It
dc-es not svem at all natural to see
children taken to these spectacles, but
Spanish children are little okl men and
i women, and a fairy pantomime wiud
be too duil for them. In Madrid
there are almost as many theaters as
churches. They are very commotio .-.
splendidly decorated and are built
after the same nx."lel. A larce stac--a
pit full of cosy red velvet bua4-a.- or
stalls, where ladies and central--: -it
tocether. and around the house :.v
paleos. or fcox-s. large and airy,
with Icokinc-class'es. chair-. and
carpets. Above the ti r- of
coxes is the paraiso paradise, or
cheap cailery which derive- its name
from its vicinity to the -ky. The
Madrid opera house is perhaps mailer
than the Grand opera or C'oveat Gar
dea. but is by far rnre coaveaient-
; It remind- one of a dainty lady's bou
1 doir it is so fresh and bricht. with
its red and cold de-oratioas. its soft
electric lichts. Its velvet carpets and
pretty freseoe-. The royal box itself
L a cent, with pink capetoonee walls
and the arms of Spain above the rni
and cokl curtain. This is onlv the
small royal ixas the queen never
Uses the immense one that cupies
the center of the house, except on
very crand occasions. Behind the
queen's box is a pretty saloon, where
she can retire to take refr-hments
between the ac.-. There is a tele
phone th-re. and it was thro-jch it
that her maestv received the rrw-s of
Monpen-i r"s death one night when
the opera wa- coirc on.
VARIOUS INDUSTRIES.
Tea cultivation is acominc industry
of Hawaii. j
A cood quality of rope is now being
made from pineapple nber.
The price of camphor ad vane -1 IO
per cent as a result of the Coreau war. ,
Parer is beginninc to crowd out
rubber as the material for bicvcie
tires. . ;
For the last two or three years Eng
land experienced a drouth so severe
that its acricultnral products were !
seriously injured. This year, how- ;
ever, crop conditions seemed favora
ble, and the greatest acreage yield in
the world was promised. But heavy
rains set in. and almost entirely
ruined the wheat emp of Great Britain.
There is a man in IJostn who makes
it part of his business to repair shirts.
and he nnds plenty to do. Shirts of
very respectable folks come to him to
Ce cured of their ills, and go forth
lc--kmc Ike new carments. If a man
of fashion be not content, like ordi
nary mortals, to bey his shirts at 51,
52. or S3 each, but must pay SoO per
dozen, when hard times overtake him
and duns pour in. his only recourse is
the shirt renairer. I
IN FOLLY'S WAKE.
Customer How do you u this in
sect powder ? New Clerk On the in
sects, ma'am.
V."i!Ietts """hat's Biobsoa doinc
now? Gilletts He isn't doing any
thing lie's got a government posi
tion. "Et about this cocaine prize fret-"
said the reporter. "Well ' " aske . the
pucilist. Is it to be fourht w.tit
bare mouths or telephoaes'"
Charlie llamaia, mayn't I co out
into the street for a b:f The boys
say there's a comet to be seen.
Mamma WelL yes: but don't go too
near.
"Hello. IJiibv! Still ia the patent
nreextinccisherbus'nes?" -N-o- Tae
fact L-. ipos the buildmc we were
doinc business in barne-1 down. We
lost everything."
Pat. just over Be aivins; who'd
cive a cuinea fer sleh pics as thim?
Mike Whfcsht. moa! They think no
more av a cuinea here than a sixpence
in Oirelandt shtilL it's dom dear pork.
Ittnaway And younc Blower, the
fellow who was always boestinc that
he would yet do somethinc to arouse
the country: what ever became of
him? retadehome Manufacturing
alarm clocks the last we heard.
"I tell you." said Mrs. Hankies, as
she let the illustrated paper dnop in
her lap. "our senator is gittia" ter be
biccer an" biccer ia national affairs."
-What makes you think so? ' "These (
here comic pictures air makin" him
uglier an uglier. "
CounseL for defendant Would it be .
contempt of court to say that yocr
honor has presided over this ease in a
manner which .s a discrace to the
bench? Judge Certainly it would. I j
should commit you at once. Counsel
Then I shall not say it.
"The ladies are all coinc to work !
and earn all they can to help pay off
the church debt." Mrs. Flaunt How .
Bob to pay me a quarter every time
his meals don't p!ea-e hisi." "WelL
for my part. I doa't ee auy use of th
others doing anytlUii
THE OLD RELIABLE
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