Bloomington Progress, Volume 18, Number 42, Bloomington, Monroe County, 17 December 1884 — Page 1
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;A. jtSpsT"""' TtetlrftifootmlB-iofthe8t.Mdpoet8. I adore poetry, 1 thaa7 I fullytermined upon it, I WHT ACTORS JAXED. I ' v ENLITCKI .TMVBHIBf.
IRmnOb baby, pntouwrf 0ga assftMascs sessssKL
HsatiMeriia
If
i the house
!tnay search eaeh nook aad
I? 3
Aad the art liar's face agewpanst
as eyes grew ana;
An tha baby's lost! WtaBimrt"
0 tteakt wellta the oretaurd HboftttHt cattle used to
Tliey hgrrawar to ti orchard.
aeaetaroe weak U Berr.
ityaarese: y -r over the nffi B
ZB USMBOt 1
dream, to the voice of the footman an-
mning his name. The MnoCabes were very particular
friends of bis, and Mrs. MeCabe, a pretty, fashionable woman of two-and-thirty, immediately took possession of
-Bad boy," said she, playfully tap-
hia shoulder with bar fan. "Where you kept warself, and why are
you so late?" "Don edd," said young Ctilfil, languidly, taking bold of the pearl and RoUtableta twingmg at her wrist "My dear Mrs. MacCabe, may I have a dawnce? ' ' "Two of them," returned his amiable hostess.
Mr. OOfll immediately put itimaeii
down for a couple of waltzes and a red-
ji JWssaw tana
Wfi ' BigBsMr haM las fast.
. I nut to bete fear oat.
Ana take her tan to to.
Awaar yon imisWr Rot t Ob! wbraiToaaytaxae:
Awl re, 1 Jlcks your hand! Xto&nraE.' BtbTatraekhtm, lit gtaadma nndentood: Slu aaM nf hard to thsak ta
lirho thwaits iw
Ib. 6ara$ Maieoyeh
ST at. 0. AXT. It wasa legulaz nmsh. Hot one of the "dew fWe hnndred"
ItBd senta exeuse, bat, to the last man amd tiiA luat woman, had rat in an ar-
nee. And tbe result was some-
(unprecc dented, even to
from a two
03fiL Junior, just returned
years absence m Kurope,
pvoted tbe whole thing a
"aaw hoW as he leisuTely ascended
Jto broad marble steps and made bis way to tbe gentlameris dressrng-room. A nun m wait jig hastened to bis as-
it, ami not?" asked Mr.
"I am all
UUni, languiary. -Bwbt as a tenet, air," ssid theTifet,
ly, jus eye resting approvi the talland well-built fitrure,
E m izreproadiabbf eveaing eoa-
TnTOT u yoor. noosa, ma, was imrered trifle to tbe left " He ftw the seatence by hastily adjusting the spray of moss rosebads in VmV required poiitioD.
.Jgf&S&l was watching' the opera-
iawlru
MUltW
tfbetitiealb- in tbe lone: mirror.
itt yes, thank yon," aaid he, earelaaaly rsnning his white fingers through bis perfained locks. Th:t is decidedly oettau. Here's coba for you, my
' He afipiwd
jnltroi.aBd
pi
a aflrer roeee into the
g palm, and, taking one of Ms appearance in the
(rktently satined with the
eesfeotHto tha be aw there, turned
i s stowtr aoout. ana
I. tax.
'vmetj late betog, m tact, tlie tost
to arrm, out tnere n nowng
m being Jate at a swell re-
ndeed, a. Mr. Gilfil badno i tbe bast EngUah society to
awa am was aracn too weu
vhis
xroritt to ne asrtiiinff
dtarrmtne btowaI of turn
vimm upon society, now that be had
poors ere he found some deeured
ilwbaek. andander thear breath.
Mr. GOMEL bad eomeback to 'Aner-
iaaoebaaatliatinmauBers
Mrs. MacGabe oonaulted her tablets i he dropped them. She looked
ploaood. . .
"'raen two. oarero lorxtmen, saux
she, laughing softly, as her quick eye
took m tne danoee ne naa marxeu opposite his name. "Haw," returned Mr. Gilfil, easily, "it avis not possible to forget the fact that yon axe one of the most elegant dawncers in America. And my prefer-
is for round dawnces, if yon re
member." His big biiie-gray eyes were roTmg rastktisly qtot tbe sea of faces about bin, as if in searoh of some particular one. that be did not find.
Tatterer!"
At that instant the band broke into a
test of entrancing melody. Unconsciously Mre. MoCabe's foot beat time to the music
The Cornflower, is it not? and our
waltz, if I am not mistaken," said Gilfil, claiming her hand. Mrs. MeCabe was an admirable dancer; ditto-Mr. Gilfil ; and they were soon the "'observed of all observers," as they went oiroling orer the polished floor.
The iafi. fair young girl m tne
pearls and white sQk gown, who was stfll leaninsr on the arm of the gray-
haired gentleman in the general's uni
form, stood watenmg tne dancers irom
a shadowy alcore. "Who's the geutleman 'with Mrs. MacOabe, Atjs? growled the reteran.
m a deep undertone. "I think be is a Mr. Gilfll, papa,"
Laajd Avis, hex fair face flushingslighfcly.
"Sot that dd Kuglish snob yon
imet in Belgramf
"1 am told ne is an American, papa. "English or American, Aris, a snob's a snob, nothing more nor less," retorted the disgruntled General, savagely. "And by the holy nose of Moses, he wont be allowed to come monkeying around you." "No, papa. said Avis, faintly.
"I havent the pleasure of his ao-
quaintanoe, and am not dying to have
it either. Fve heard of him, and hearsay evidence is enough for me, and for
you, toe, ATM. MM) yon unoerstana
"Tea." Miss Avis had turned quite
white, and unconsciously began palling her bouquet to pieces. "Pm dead against snobs. English snobs are, bad .enough,, but American snobs are fifty 'per cent, worse, snd they shan't come hanging about you, my dear. Yon are my only daugh-
and m nave a eon-in-jaw to
mr notion, or x wont nave any.
No American Mr. Gilfils, with patent
Br;
Aefliim
P-
was aore,jMMHBn ibbb sme
Maaaab wmuefnseive
fiMs
AmtL to the essoaf -observer.
to be so; for there was
SHISISII unu wnissw , fcao w
eoKtempt f or the
r .axji a iwwiomiaanoe of
at the exti
AWL as if to erown the
' whole, jcpsr the onrioos defeetion of
aaeaoK Oobjec4B0ftable wbisker, and
tls' brtsfnl jetettest worse titan aU
at them combtneil was the- cold.
jjsvme, cfaflling English indifference of aanse that noir seemed to be one of
-'anew eh sracasristies of the returned
laretwnriltiB gsgtsia
Itttw
manners and patent English garments.
can ssmre to vour band, avis.
' "Why do von hate him so, papa? He
saved mv life dont von remember ?'
XT IU1 . X t WWU WIS JRUHUUUU4 V& the whole affiur, and for a well-train ed
Yankee girl I must say, Avis, that you
raced year countrywomen. Any
rirl could have waded from that creek
onaidea. Saved pah !"
Miss Avis nneonsoioualy made a pit"
ore as sne stood tttere loosing ure a tall, white lily against the dark velvet draperies behind her. Mr. OSfifs -roving glance suddenly
spied her.
would you mmd teuing mewno tne
tall party is in the uniform there by that fovely girl?" asked he of his partner as tifcey ceased circling about the teem and leisurely approached the refreshment salon.
"lien, wmfield; tbe lady is bis only
Hurbter. Shall I introduce yon?
Smw ' nid OHfll. lanarhine. "I
rfawncv the pleasure would not be niu-
taat; tnatis, not agrees Die to tne otner
As to tbe -lady, i met ner
Waxtngli
HlsMlv IUItHlioi6a
m
Bat Mr. Gflfifs faadaeezs unjustly
Down wader tne cruet oi
rh doibes and his Englisfe
tne mexte
Ue love cf home aad'aative land, and, tt jolisaww bad re4nired, Mr. Oiml ewoid ' arid would have hurrahed for
IHMle Sam and brave old "Yankee
" an iastBr as avrw- of them.
GB1 bad bean introduced to
toewtr or Juord Baudoipn
OkwrcbilL and the said society had
given hint a- eotdial reeeptke. 'But while he bad hobnobbed withoownto
SBtsv be had at heart rewjaf
ItmWM io Yankee tradnooas. and
coved us iaithf unless by
tore with aiair eoonsryiaan, whom he
aketwbile onabttie tear fa An one of a guardian had
' . amieared upon the sceno. however.
radelT nipped Mr. Gil&IV love affair
bi the bod, by disappearing with the
wawag lady., The disappointed lover
laid nado many fable effects to trace tbjsnt; bat at last desisted, aad, rather tired of everythmg his Britirh friends ineladed had tamed his back upon
Mae homwv
&in tint met him opoa
w w- ta3wtio to the
$laBefsm-
16acf!alie retention.
his wffl, be had dressed and fowd bis way to tbe MeCabe inawriowT He
Utored oB the raaioafleent litoirrasB,
iw down at tbe suxcanir tide of hu
y, as it drifted btwiath him, the
sdeawamg iewels,
fts bMHa flowers, - nwAe a jpsttore se aj
2. anon ana iau toremesi
Mr. GOBI gradually
J:KMm btepe. As be di
mVL in whit, sflk
'l. leaBina
doihM
silks.
an
could
bar.
.-eaohed the bot-
il ssv talL fair
: on the arm of
t veteran hi a Ctonerars
Avis."
Wiih difSeoltyMr.
r Hw exclamation thatwas OOOB
as it it was. h banted after, bar.
atsisS''atstm'
ltos;
sm ..mm. m jutiit. mjm mmm
Mr. Gilfil looked expressively into
hii companion's eyes and tapped his
left breast significantly.
"You are not serious," said Mrs.
MacGabe. smothering a lansh.
'.Never more so in my life,' returned
Mr. GiljBl quietly, "and we were getting
when that odious ola gen
eral came swooping down upon as from
some unknown corner oi tne eaxta ana
spirited Avis away."
"tie la determined Avis snail marry
a man who knows how to work. He took yon for an Englishman, and he hates the Enghsh like poison. You may dupenoV Mr. Gilnl, that nobody but a horny-handed son of toil will be per
mitted to marry theGenerers daughter.
Mr. Gufil's large, languid, blue gray
eyes rested for a moment anon his eompanaonw "own.
"I would be willing to wager a good
round sum, that I'll officiate yet as the
General's son-in-law, said ne, softly.
'
Gen-i Winfleld rose one morning, not
)ong, after, feeling very maeb oat of
sorts.
was a plain man and lived m
ovJet manner, abboring affectation and
snobbery of any sort; but for some rea
son be had retained in his service tor years a faithful old man, who served
him by tarns, and as occasion required,
as valet, ooacuman, gardener, ana com
panion as well.
isut uus rtaragon was gone.
Quite unexpectedly Tibbs had received a letter from a lawyer, setting forth the fact that a snug legacy had been left to him, and forthwith Tibbs excused himself from the General's service, and set op for a gentleman on
Ats own account. The General waxed wroth at this
sten on Tibbs part.
"wouldn't have thought it of Tibbs,
the ungrateful scamp," cried the irrita
ble out veteran, "bat ill be even witb
him 111 get me another man.
' He advertised in the Daily Times,
and no sooner had he dope so than he repented, it for it seemed as if every able-bodied man in the country was in March of that partionlar situation. "Bow, ther," said the General to the score or so of men who appeared before
htm, "I want a sort of general purpose man, and I shan't hire any one who cannot drive my coach in good shape round the square." Twenty voices vociferated the proficiency of their owners as tirst-claes
"He moat pe a gooa anvev
of the standard poets. I adore poetry, particular ly Homer' s. Stand out, now, all you who have read Homer." Barely one responded. "By the Lo d Harry, only one," roared the General; "and perhaps you are shammir g. Til test your knowledge. Who was Penelope, tell me that?" A tall, English-appearing young fellow, who was the one admitting a knowledge of Homer's works, answered :
"The wife of Ulysses." "And Telemachus?" "The child of the Trojan hero." "Yon oan drive?" "Like Jehu." " Good. Have yon references ? "In my pocket " "By Jove! I guess youHdo. And that reminds me who was Jove?" "It has been insinuated that he wasa heathen god." "The rest of you may go, cried the General, waving his hand in dismissal to the disappointed .crowd. "This is
the man for me. " The General led the way to the breakfast-room. The mail had just been brought in, and Avis sat carelessly looking it over. "Avis," cried the veteran, "this is my new man. and I believe he's a treasure.
What is your name I forgot to ask it
before?" "Tawmus."
Avis started suddenly at the sound
of the voice, and glanced at the new
arrival, the color coming and going in her face. -
"Thomas! very well. Thomas, you
may begin your duties by reading the
letters to me this morning."
Thomas darted a quick and expressive glance at the General's daugh ter, and
opened tbe correspondence.
it was a nnsoeusneouB lot. xucro
. . i, l ii 12 2
was a don irom tne natter, iiaewise one from the batcher, and a long begging letter from the Chairman of a political committee a couple of pithy
communications irom an oia army cnum
of the General's; and, last ,of all, a
thick, sanare envelope, directed in a
scrawling hand, and stamped with
coat-of-arms. The General listened to this communication in blank amaze
ment.
"What in the d enee do I bear?
Bead that again, Thomas!" roared he.
Thomas looked for a moment over the top of the sheet at the General's
daughter, who bad grown as red as a
rose,, and read again:
Qkn. Wikfieud; Have I tout permission
to pay my addresses to your dauffBter? I made her acquaintance in Belgium a year
ago, and I find that time has only made cer image dearer to me. My fortune is ample, and I oan refer you to my aolloitaru, Messrs.
Besse iJeale, -woo win answer ry question
you may like tojask concenuoff me. xours,
hoping for a apeedy reply,
The General was black with passion.
" Thomas !' "Yes, sir." "Do you see the tongs yonder?" "Plainlv."
"WelL sir, pick that letter up with
those tongs and put it on. the coals in
the grate there-, at once, sin
Thomas consigned the offending
missive to the. flames. "Old fool," he
muttered, as the letter biased up in his
face, "a cantankerous old fool!
"What's that?" roared the General
"Cool, sir: the Impudence of the
thing, you know; very cool.
un, very wen l itowtnen, xnomasr" "I hear vou."
"If this d d Mr. Gilfll dares to
present himself at my door I am not at
home to him."
"No?"
"If he asks for Miss Avis, yon are to
tell him that Miss Avis is out; and, if
yon will punctuate your statement by
kicking luni off the doorsteps, you'll
not only place me under great personal n!tlimtirtM vam will Mmi a iMnAv '
at the same time."
A week passed by.
The General was infatuated with his
new man, and blessed trie day that
Tibbs left his service to set up as an
ornament to society.
Tibbs had been well enough in his
day, and on compulsion had been known
to read Homer, but xibbs could not oe
compared 'with Thomas. .Besides
some tilings libra was coarse, tie
had an elderly habit of dropping oft to sleep at unexpected times, and a
.beastly snore that was certainly very trying to a person of the General's
temperament. Thomas, on the contra
ry, was a gentleman with a gentleman's refined taste. Moreover, he was- a scholar, and had Homer at his tongue's
end, and he delighted in reciting whole
pages of the Odyssey to the enthusias
tic old soldier, who, in listening to the
burning story of the Hellenic wais,
seemed to fight his own battles over
again.
In the second week of Thomas' advent, the General was taken with an
attack of malaria, and if the "new man
had seemed a treasure before, the veteran found him invaluabfo now. No son could have tended a beloved father more tenderly than Thomas tended the battered old soldier. "By cad." eiaoulated the patient, one
day, ai he found himself convalescent and sitting up once more in his favorite chair by the fire, "Thomas, I don't understand how a man with your attain
ments is contented to occupy an in
ferior position. By gad, sir, you are an ornament to the best society, if you could only realize it "In my time, sir, I have mingled in
tbe best society, roturnea Tnomas,
quietly. "I believe you, by gad, I do, and
sure as my name is Wintlel.d, you shall
again. "The best society is something of bore at times." "There's nothing truer; still it's
good thing for a man to have an entree in what the world is pleased to call 'aristocratic circles.' I suppose you
lost your fortune and your friends for
sook you, as a natural consequence.
But you'll rind a friend in me, by gad
a friend in foul weather as well as fair.
There is my hand on that. I alwy
wanted a son, and never had one; but
you shall be that son."
"Thank you. I appreciate your kindness. My fortune, however, in still my own, and it is not from poverty that I am in my present situation." The General was in the act of spreading his handkerchief over his face, preparatory to taking a nap. Be paused in the operation and stared iimasedly at his man. "Not poverty!" said he, in intense surprise. "Then what on earth was your reason, if I may ask?" "Before I tall you my motive in assuming this position, I want to remind vou of what vou said a littile while
asro
"Remind nothing," cried the General; "have no fear. I shan't go back on my promise, for I fancy thfctl know an honest man when I see him- My word is as good as my bond, bo prf"You were so bitterly 'cpotftjato ae
that, as I was fully determined upon it,
1 have been forced to resort to strategy iu order to make your acquaintance." " "Stop ! " roared the warrior, waving his handkerchief frantically. "Call Avis." "I'm here, papa," said that young lady, coming out from behind a curtain. "Thomas, you've cheated me," cried the General, -tfitb. some heat, "Avip,
who is this man 7
Oh, papa!" faltered Avis, deprecat-
ingly.
"Speak!" "He is is Mr. Gilfil." . "P-r-e-o-i-s-e-l-y," grunted the Gen
eral; "why in the deuce didn't I recognize hta in the first place? I saw him
at the JvoOabe reception.
lie atudjed Thomas' race for a mo
ment
"I know the reason," he oried; "Mr. Giffll, where is that abominable English whisker that you ware at that prMl
Mrt uum rubbed us nana over nu
smoothly snaven'.iace.
"Thntywhisker Is one of tho sacrifices made upon the shrine of success,"
said he, msakt
The Genend looked askance from one
to the other.
You're a paiof 'em, said he, with
withering sarcaira; "a pair of 'em, I mno4 eotr "
1UUOI OWJi . .
With that be snow out tbe folds oi
his red bandana, andy spreading it over his face, composed huuell; to sleep.
Mr. Guru sat down ukou one side t t
the doughty warrior, arid motioned to Avis to sit down upon the hther, where
they quietly waited for him v awake It was not long. The liandaa sud
denly dropped to the floor, dnclosing
a trrrnmns:. rubiound countenam
"Thomas," aned tne General, unuuy,
"Yes. sir,
"If Mr. GUrU should happen to oi
time, tell him that Gen. Will
in, aad will be happy to see
at any
field a him"
"I will, sir, and tnauk you."' "And if he should inquire for Miss
Avis, you ara to tell him that Miss
Avis is in the parlor, and sne will ue
de-lighted mark that now de-lighted to receive the gentleman."
"I am to understand from this'
Mr. Gilfil, with some agitation.
That the best of success attends
Mr. Gilfil's maneuver," interrupted the General, blandly. "And you may step round nnd notify Mr. Gilfil's solicitors to confer with my lawyer at once; we will arrangothe preliminaries for the marriage settlements without
delay."
Teach Them to Speak Properly. One has only to hear the children of
any family spiiak to know what language is' used by their superiors. It is not necessary to study the rules and principles of grammar in order to b) a correct speaker. It is habit, and . me that is acquired from early infancy.1 Of course the stud y of grammar is a g. at help to a proper use of words and -f xpressions, as it gives reasons why au sb
and such wordii are used in a partii ular sense. But it is not an uncoupi -a thing to hear educated men and won in, who should know better, inakog've mistakes iu the use of language It cannot be because they are ignore it of the principles of grammar, sine they
aro always able- to correct tueir eives after a little thought. It must br then, that thev have accustomed the .selves
since childhood, to a oertain set of ex
pressions, which will cling them through lifo unless a great ffort is made to rid themselves t them. Parents have the means in t ir power of rendering their little f es good grammatical sieakers. If ?. Uers and mothers would use sensible jhnguage in talbinorto their babies whn they are
3rst learning to speak, the.obild would
never know any better and 'Ould speak correctly iust iis easily as "V would in
correctly. For instance iW the use of personal pronouns alrno very child will sav "mu wants piece of
bread and butter" instd,of i want" etc., and very often py uiw no iirsonal nrnnoim. but Jheiir own name.
I have always heard ii test it was
almost an impossibiliy eoh little
ones the use of proiJ'". out mat is
tin reason why we. a- m others, should
not try. I kne w peiJOniidly of cases of
children only three w age wno do use pronou ns, ad g;eneTally in the proper place. Of ar-se a great many mistakes are mad daily, but if they are corrected ever' tica'e they are made the children will tatarally fall into the
habit of e-ztnerfing themselves in a
proper manner, mV ke pride in it, too. Anv one tho has had any experi
ence with cibil'e knows that it is a common thing aar from the lips of girls and boys perhaps ten or twelve years of age. uoh expressions as "I
knowed it." "I seen it" "Hain't got
nothing." "Jl bring it," and all the forms of thprorb to be are generally naad in som) wrong manner. It takes
timn unit nttience to stop them when
ever they make a mistake, but it will save a greft dl of labor for them af
terward, sad afford us a large amount
of present gratification. Tell the child to repeat the proper expression after you, and. one or two repetitions of the correction, they will not be apt to moke Sesame error again. Children make ue of the expressions that thoy
hear athomo, t nd if tneir elders will al
wav use good Language the little ones
will do the same. Some mothers have an idea that any affection for the baby cannt be expressed in good language, but they must "Sell their love iu what is
knon as baby talk. Now tbio same
bab talk, although it sounds very cun
ning for awhile, soon loses its charm
especially wnou vne cuuu in ui ur four years old, and we wish then that)
Explanation vOdafe Mwuu. in Short That It la BeauMsrh"y Lk to Brink. Now let the men I have selected do
as McUuiiougu was none lor many
years. The hard mental, physical work of the profession J hikve named is almost beyond the belie t of outsiders. So let it be omitted, McCullough would have to be at the theater at not much later than 7 o'clock in most plays. His servant (or "dresser;? ast he in called) prepares the coativnes and dresses him,
anolsboiate attan;.,in many piays "Riohelieu" for exatnple. There are always Saturday autinoes, and frequently Wednesday bo es. The tragedy parts are most laborious and fat guing not like driving a borne, nailing a bos or making a pair of shoes. There must be brains and action. An oldfarmer.celebrated for his superior products, was once asked what kkd of manure he used to produce suoh line crops. He
answe red mnommti "Bra.'us." So
withtlie great actor, or lawyer, or journalist. Very well. Tom Jones, Jim Young, Ned Brooks a:id half a dozen others, important characters and great friends to McCullougli, go to his dessing room between nctf. He is glad to ., . 1 1 . .- 3 - .1
see litiem, nr tne aresimg-room isuii-iy and the waits tedious. It is a relief in most cases to see his friends. Whav follows? Why, a few bottles of champagne, or a bottle or two of brandy or whisky. The "dresser" fetches it from the near saloon. The , performance is over. The great actor has been called before the curtain again knd again, and the hearty greetings make him forget his tawdry tinsel and imitation ermine and jewels. He taken off the dress of kings, he washes tho paint from bis face, he puts on citisien's raiment and goes out with "the boys," or to "work the press" if his wife happens to be witb him. A big supper follows, with
lofai of wine and cigars, and the small hours come and go nearly ererydaybe-
the actor finds bu bed. no is not soling so very well in thi morningltkikyou, but he pulls himself logetu,
er, ciowds down an u a willing turoat a light Dratkiastt and goes round to tho thoaternd rehearsal:. Woe to the BubofUnte act.r that forgets his lines or tali the stag in 'the wrong place,
for th -tune m cimmon attire is very
bad-naured this isy t noon. The re
hearsal 53 over in tn liour. Mow, where are "thfeWoyaV A champagne wck-
tail, a dvflse, call, more wine or bran
dy, andbjwWner "Richard is hinwelf
w bad talked, to them in a propon-
wanner, and hd done all that we pos-
aihlv could to make them correoti
beakers. It :s a rarity and also
great pleasure to have a child of five ir six, and sometimes even older, speak
so an to be inderstood by any one. Parents leave too much to teachers,
thinkingthat all enora will be rectified when, under their -harge. Bat. habits
of several years' standing are hard to
break, and a uhild who says i seen during childhood will be apt to use the expression when fully matured. I
know of many cases of ladies who use this and similar phrases, simply from force of habit, not from ignorance. Ther are conscious of having used a
wrong word, and have often bcon mor
HfWI for so doing. Cirown-ui) people
Who use wrong words should put a watch upon themselves, and make up
their minds to use only eorroot lan
vgunoe. And now mucin easier it win
oe lor our otiys auu giria, wnsu wiojr are men and women, if we have in
stilled in their minds only tbu proper forms of language, so that epeakmg correctly will be as natural to them as
eating their dinners. Ex.
H4Savi$ never h($i will ifct act "SofWc
again. 1
the thing re,
1 do not
but many, na; vini, greatest
knew him
to go to his dr
drinks nor
and be eats he;
i the theater again, and
isayt
, well
smol
great actors do this, iost of them, do. Sal11, is an exception. T
at I have never dared
ing-ioom. He neither
except at dinner.
ly only once a day. Is
it auy wonder, ben, that he is almost sixty years old, pd lcoks as young as
McOullougu? ir. irving is a very light drinker ; ui is Mr. Barrett; but they like to meej the "old dogs," not "the boys," at sfpper after the play. By the "old dog( I mean the aristocrats, the Presidnts, the Cabinets, the
H nn atom. Kar.'jMutV never tttKeo
drink at anv tim. Uoucicault yes.
heartily; but Bou:ca a! tis nearly sixty-
five years old. Sodhern and ed Adams, both wha are known as "glorious fellows," die1 from too much living, but I can't gtovtir the list of LrillianS intellects in aiy of the professions I referred to that aava gone the same
way Mr. McCullagh is going. 1M lives of certain dstinguished lawyers, doctors, newspajer men and other actors are spent Ike MeOullougu's. It is fine for a time my masters, but look out! Forrest, V believe, loved the pleasure of the tojtoe.but he was moder
ate and lived to tp sis ty-six. xoo many believe, or appe to believe, that
phy sic their cobbfyr is, i.nd death at last.
Cor. PhiladethiaPres8.
lish Wit. There will always be, an abundance
of stories of Iiish wit and Irish blun
ders as long as ihere is an Irish race.
Here are a few fresh ones irom an Eng
lish newspaper t A car-driver who bad charged bis passenger too much was reproached by the latter for lying. "I wonder you haven't more regard for the truth than, to be dragging her out on eveiy pal thry occasion," was the reply. Speaking of a neighbor who was a dtiring rather than an expert mariner, a certain country doctor re
lated how his yacht bad "stuck fast
and loose in the mud."
Again, at a meeting of eburon-
waidens, when it was debated whet er the pew of a gentleman who had seceded to Revivalism should be retained
for him or not, tbe doctor urged that it should, adding as a reason, " 'Tis un
beknownst but one oi ms ancestors
might want it."
An Jnsb newspaper, gmng an so count of a burglary, said:
"After a fruitless searob, au tne
money Was recovered, exoept one pair of boots."
Surely Mr. Matthew Arnold will not
quarrel with the laok of lucidity which gave the following to the world:
(JUT mOBC iamous jig-aanuer onuw by his death in a faction fight at a vil
lage fair. An inquest was held, at
which a verdict was Drougnt in mat ne met his death by the visitation of God under suspicious circumstances."
A New Species ot Horses. A new species of horse from Central
Asia has been discovered by the Russian traveler, Prejevalski, and he has been
named by naturalist in Honor oi tbe
discoverer, Equus Prejevalski. This animal, apart from certain peculiarities of structure, is interesting as being the
only known form of living norse wnion stilt exiits in a natiurally wild state, and which differs specifically from the domestio animal (Ecuus Gbballus). A correspondent of Nature points out the very close resemblance existing between the outlines of this animal and the rep
resentations found incised on antlers from the famous can) of La Madelaine, which figure so extensively in works on arohicology. "There is the same massive head, the same hog mane, absence of forelock, pointed ears, short body, and powerful legs, while there seems even an indication that the long hairs of the tail spring first from the middle of that organ. In that (prehistoric representation) from Creswell Crags, as well as those from La Madelaine, tho jaw is heavier than in the recent specimen." Boston Herald, Alseiinon Charlies SwrsBunsB, the post, detests tob&ouo. One day at the Arts Olub, after going from room to room in the vain hope ot: finding a clear atmosphere to write is, he ex-, claimed. Impatiently : "J ames tslie First was a knave, a tyrant, a fool, a liar, a coward. But I loe him, I worship
I him. because he slit the throat of that
the mijn who I blackguard ftskigh, who invented this
mttty swoiMigf
Whks a boy of IB runs away ifSth a girl of the same age the proceedings may be called a verdant slopa . In this country the home rube is usually the housewife, while at school it is the ferrule. -Carl PreUeVs Weekly. Boxing-matches are becoming more frequent, and the cry of the lovers of pugilism is: "Pinna ye hear thenluggin'?" There is not a single lawyer among the 1,000 oonviots in the Virginia Penitentiary. Virginia lawyers seldom get found out. Instead of saluting your silveryhnired friend as "ail old dog," why not address him as a "greyhound?" Carl FrelzePs Weekly. Said a servant, presenting herself to a London housekeeper, "I'm a hatpnoslio, if you ploaiie, 'm, bat no objection to u Christian family!" A trrrr.it boy complained to bis mother that the teacher couldn't remember his name. "When she speaks to me," he says, "shealways calls ms Silence." A Philadelphia clergyman says the horse-race is "nn ojien door to heil. It is inferred that the reverend gentleman bet on the wrong horse. Norris town Herald. "Do cats think?" queries a writer. Xes, thev sometimes think that the
man up in the window with the nightcap on is a mighty poor shot with a bootjack. A .vashioh item Kays: "A polonaise for dimer is cut square." Every one to his taste, of course, bnt we want no polonaiie for our dinner, no matter how it is cut. We'd just as lief eat a princess overskirt on toast. "What it more awful to contemplate, " said the lecturer, glaring about him, "than the relentless power of the maelstrom?" And a hen-pected looking man in the rea.- of the building so&ly replied, "The fonialestrom." A obeat Irish orator and wit was asked what an Iruli friend of his, who bad iust arrived in London, could mean
by putting out his tongue. "I suppose
bos trying to catch the English accent," said the wit. "Fellow-citizesh," said an orator,
standing on a burre'l anvd the glare and amoka of many torches, "my position
uixra this question is a peculiar one.
And just then, when the barrel caved iu and let him down in the shape of a letter V. gripped by the neck and
heels, the crowd rather thought it was,
"Pa, you will hare to give my teach
er a talking to." said johnny J uzletop,
on his return from ttchooL " WLat hits
he been doing?" "Just look at my cer
tificate. It is worse than last week's.
Ee will keep right on giving me hd certificates unless you say something to him about it. He needs taking down a
peg or so." Texas StjUngs.
"For heaven's sake, what are you do
ing, Mr. Schnciideivrow?" exclaimed the leader of tho orchestra tothesecond violin; "you're not keeping time at all ; nnnnt-. tlie luud-ji man. nnnnt the beata."
Mr. Sohneidlrvxow- tuoppwr bts -tjow-,
looked over the auilien 0 deadhead: and exclaimed ill despair : 'ia vas impossible !" He had misapprehended bub
leader's meaning. Jsostoii xranscrtpi. Two spouts bi en were on a journey on a hot summer's, day. "Have you anything with you, John?" "Yes, ft bottle of wine! And what have yoti got?" "A dry tongue." "Good; then wo'ii iliviiln mtr provisions." "Very
good, begin." John drew his bottle of wine out of his wallet, and its contentoi were honorably divided. After thai
had been done, John wqied his moutn, and asked his fellow-traveler to bring forth Ids provisions. "It" answered the other. "Why, yes; your dry tongue " "I haven't got a dry tongue any more," was the little com-
A Little Bock, Mississippi Biver ml Texas Baiiway Train Bobbed in A1 i
Five Eobliert Invite toe PasBtmgeri to
Hold Up Their Hasan
Plunder Tlient.
fXittl Book tetaaTjm.1 The passenger train on th Little Book, Mississippi Biver and Txas Bsttwcv was stopped, between 10 and 11 o'clock latt night, at a point three milss below this place by five masked robbers, who ran tho train on a switch and then proceeded ti Slander it The conductor, FatBics, and to express messenger, Honeyoutt, vers ill the baggage-car, and when Bice started toward the engine the robbers opened At.. shooting at him five times. Both he and the messenger v-ere then covered with revolvers, as were the passengers in thsirtnt otu:; , The rear car carried soma forty peoplu. The rapid discharge of fire-arms and the sudden stopping of ihe train created ijrit alarm, and an indescribable panic enul.
Suddenly tbe cioor opened ana a aianacir-
forting answer.
COMIMfl TJP TO THE SCRATCH.
The light of her ey was a mmn Dine,
The cast of her lips i
a rnbv red:
And this was aU that he thought to do, Ah he placed hiii haad on her well-poised herd . To stel one lone, trans ient klm; And he bended overwind on hi toes, Bnt aU the remembranoi of hia blis. Je the ocara of nnger-MUa on hia nose. Gherubttseo People. i Tonn too so. Aealn he I hem. With flciidlh Unr. . The fellow wl,om you all doth knows In mnn:r wise Ho irtnkii his eyes And sweetly nay. "I told you so." We'll get a crab, An'J. rub-a-dub. Well mash Kim w ith a mighty blow. Let's hang Urn high! He oughii to die Thj wretch who snys, "I told yon so. AW 1'or Journal
looking white man appeared, aud, covering the passergers with a six-shooter, order ei them to "hold no ihefr hands." No opposition was offered. ITp went tbo hands of id L While this was taking place three of the robbers were at work upon the safe in the baggage car, and the ringing blows dealt upon it conld be distinctly heard. The wber who guarded the door talked constantly and in a jocular strain, saying that he was a relative of Jesse James, and that he had fifteen men guarding he train and intended to make a clean ' sweep of all the money and valuables belonging to the passengers. "If on whU," said li-, "have a chance to contribute to the missionaries.'' As he spoke he was joinodby second robber, who, rloirishing a pistol, began snatching watches and pockewocka indiscriminately and tossing them into it sack he carried. He wnt through the ear in about ten minutes. By the time he had finished the safe was burst open and plundered, and the passe-ngnrs in tho roar cars having bean relieved oil their money, the robbers told the passengers to remain in the car for ten minutes, as it would bo unhealthy for them to v tutors forth before that tin e. They then plunged into thti woods, ensappearingia a westerly direction. The following is a list of tho principal victims: H. B. Dow, of the firm of Cole & Dow, of little Book, lost nearly 9500. L. Thompson, of Pine BltuY, Ark., lost a gold watch and $10 in f Stiver. Z. T, Hedges, of Little Bock, lost a gold, watch and a small sum of money. .W. RiohardH, of Little Bock, lost a gold watoli and money. W. Dyer, engineer of thi snag-boat Beese, lost a sum of money. 3. MBlair and wife, lost $10 or $15. Math Coen, i t Little Bock, lost $7. Johu W. Billon, of the firm of William Besot & Co.. of St. Louis, could not tell, how much he lost, J. C. Duncan, of San Antonio, Tex., a stockmnn, lost $60. Mr. Duncan saved a largo sum by tiding it under his seat-cushion. Geo. W. Atkins, of Pine Bluff, lost $20. T. B. Martin, ot' Little Bock, lost $5. Freeman Smith, of the firm of H. Waterman A Co., of St
Louis, lost $2. He saved a package containing $600 by hiding it in his boot J. W. D. Cook, of Atlantis Oa., lost only $1, Hobert Allen, of Litl; Bock, lost $10.50, 0. Z. Williams, of the Cole Mannftiftuihwf Company, of Memvihts, Term,, lost jtt?",
watch. J. S. Whiting, or isaf'
am nuiwra ""'in tr. 1IV1 Th., ot-..
press ,mL5 oouthrn Express Company is said to have contained about $2,000. The total amount secured by the robbers is estimated ivt $6,000. Little I'ock has been in a snte of gea'l exoitemerv all day on account cf the aj&vir Early thie worning bloodhounds were put on the trail of the robbers, and followed them straigh1, into th city. Before nooti Joseph Cook, J. C. Jcnes, John Clifford, Charles Campooll, and a boy named Parker, five in all, had been arrested. Jones will probably be rehvised. Throe of those ar rested have been identified a among tho robbers. Tho Sfc te has offered $1,000 foi; the capture of thvi roljbers, to which the railroad lomptmy jW added a like som. Circumstances poin," strongly against Cook, Clifford and young Parker, in additron to their binng identtilvid, it is proven that they were away from ibeir boirding-house until 2 o'clock this meaning.
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QDE Q0VEOK0BS. A XJst or tbo Ezentlve,i In tarn Thirtyeight states and nlw lneloBtf AipotntMm In ttw TerrtloriM. The following is list cf i ll tho present Governors, several of whom oold ovor, and of ihe Oovemora-eloct thioughont tho thirty-eight States, tojrothsr wivh tho President's appointees in the Territories: Pr$efU Holdover or Stale. incumbent. Goeei wor-iMSofc AlabanukK A. O'Nenl, W...E. A. O'KoO, D. ArkauZiJaa. H. Berr, D. . .Blmoa P. HM:he.I r.HftTiiaOeo. Btonrmnri. D.Oeo. Stom man D.
Colorado.Jatnsn B. Grant. I.B. H. Eaton, R.
Everett Not a Magnetic Orator.
Edward Everett was not a magnetis orator, who so old sway masses with his imnassioned words and stirring ges
tures. His sentences, always carefully constructed and committed to memory, were uttered with precision, clearness, and force. His gestures, though sometimes too uniform and measured, wero yet expressive and graceful. His toneii were rich and varied, and his languaga
was chaste, elegant, and, at times, po
etical. His nature was too ittstioious, his temperament too cold, his' sensitiveness to reproach too keen, his constitutional reserve too habitual and ripelling, to succeed in those arenas of
public debate wnero neavy mows worn given nnd taken, aud where the loud voice, the rustic manner, tho hail-fel
low socially and reomess daring uau
oiten more to do with results than the
most exquisite and polished pnrases and a charming voice. In Congress I. e failed. He faited not only to acquire the influence due to his superiority as a scholar and speaker, but ho failed also in tho simplest perceptions of statesmanship. Be shrank from responsibility; he dreaded innovation; he could not encounter, in a bold, manly wav, the hostile sentiment of u clique
or party, much less of a nation, and he fell into an almost abject timidity and irresolution, which was hardly disiguised under the nnme of conservatism. He did not grapple with the great quwitions of the day with vny discernment; ho bowed almost obsequiously toward the past and great traditional names ; he trembled like one ignorant and superstitious before the future. He took counsol rather of his apprehensions than his conscience. Ben: Perley Poort. Make the Best of It Bather than indifference one might pray tho gods for u power of facile atljustniontto tho inevitable; tho power of making the best rather than the worst of tho daily disappointments of life, and of gathering up the fragment!!, collecting the broken threads, readjusting the laiamatohed plans and getting what good one may out of them. Doing this, one finds that the law ai compensation pvevaiht -5oa ton JVoi!-aIer.
Conneo vinos u. wauox.u.a. Belaw're.a O. Btockley, D..O. C. BtookLin T). Florida ..W. D Bloxhaat, D.E. A Perry, u.
Illinois.. .J. M. Hamilton, . K. J. wuesoy . Iudlana. .A. G. Potter, II. . . .saoc P. Gray. D.
Kanaaa'.'.a W. elk. . .John A. Martte, B.
MoKnery. v.
KenfokyJ. P. Knott.
I xi am a la o v. aDcuen, v-tB- .
Maine.. ..F.-ederiok KoWo,Kler KOMe,..Harvl'lidR. M. HoKne. D..B. M. MoUw, D. MankottaG. D. Robin on,B.'J. D. Robmeon, &.
V Xunnla HuaBell A. AlaUE. I .
mniANAiST
'
Wilutai Jrtslt, WW
prematdre lisohargeot
Sun, died.
The celebrated
stallion batongtng tft fla
Plfcinfield, and valued af
colic. ;"
ft Co., of Washington, -nwasoi
Its liabilities are estiBaod;at!:
ft4M$f. ..-- W
The SbOiand pony slbVlia;;
legedto be tb finest iu the (TJi
has been purchased by ,W,-J v of Jjo.diaaapor. ' ; ..'
Qovernor Porter.
tenceof Koemer, the
murderer, who-was to
to unpriaononmont
. C.ani V. P.. I
ykr man. ttaoVK,
owner of a number of
.boats; aad disd a
Henry L. Wik?4at5;
ttu T f.mttii .Tnmrmhl. baa- hm
to take possesinonoi toe pratpssn
under tne mortgage, now w wii
soldIn the Circuit Court, at
ry Stanley was fined .-jp MatiliiM ftanroa TTnllliaill ; lit inmaiJ
the lower aemiiiary, for -Mi&klMf)
dangnter. .. 'SMtfM
Contractors or, too new tol having deei led to aoe tadt
its constraction, an ijMwaiiMl
the product of Georgia mgBjigJt
stead, but tbe Legh!'a'W,valfloi monsly indorsed th gskiowjiijij
which me State
change. Colonel Gray, tts
will be iiiaugurated on tte ,
in January. His Private
his son, Pierre, whoiga
University, and has bsB
bis fa tiler's office, at
The Grand
pendent Order of Odd Fi
yesterday AM a good
profitably be imitated by
has amended Ite oosli-Wuji
worthy," "most exesooav
thy" will no more be tOftiaiteJE
day may not ne mr awsas,Wfawt: s worthy illustrions goutd sabaastl sssl
peme exterior warderirtri b:isi doorkeeper, and, ta uwiipwiaiatingi
of titT, wia he irlI W wmsr x,
highly maasiad anrons, pm.
behind. Jnmmtmm
Ae AasooUtion wf&b;
the 29th and 30th of
y fail to interest and u The inaugural address
on ttio eTeaioK w. ";"Jii
Clark Bidpath, rreatdeftt ot jas.
tion. On the precedtDg i
dent 0. EL Kiracofe,of B
sity, will read a paper
PnitHm.' This simtept wiB' l
cussed by Dr. A. B. WW.Pf&L
and Prof. A. B. Ohaam.WWa-aafl
next paper win be by
Warder, of Purdoe,
of "The Tree Ptaoe
Education." Brief
topic will be
dent Thompson, of ties BpSe..;
and Prof. J. . woJaowe, ox 1
next regular paper 1
"Native and Voni(gtr!
UIngaages.- by
BeFaaw Untvarsity.- ms 1 discussed byProt Cisttes
aver an aowm w r-farcSWfl
and that subject y. 9mfM9m
Dr. Philip 8. IMm, .glBWfcMWSffa . n - litidia ir-iiWKa? 'mm Haai'1-'- wfl
"Conditions of WmOtmM
at Indiana." bv Dr. John
Wabash College, 'UNl. I.:iffg
Bmton. ox tne lnaunav saw,. mm-
o. o. Hmytho. mmm
thviiBa m4 -Smwawni'Ma
that no pr.rlous
tion has presented a mote l
of topics, and tn
hear what oar IssNtl
say. iHdiatapothi
llmmmlmmmtSmaSm
rtsvflto nlvt
mm
Siin? Zli. F. Hubbafd. B...I F. Hubbatd, R
Miss Robert liowry, u.hbpctj J,"-MUaooi-LT. T. CrltUndea,D.J. 8. Marmaliike,D Nebms-W. W. Dawee. D....J. W. Dawea. D.
Sevadi...W. Adams, D J. w. Aaam u SIw H. .Samuel W.aU, R.Moody terrier. R. N. Jerasyleon Abbett. D. . .. Joi Abbott, D. KewYoxkGroTerCleiTeWDGroveraeTelaaoU K. Car'a.Thomaa J. JarvteJ) Alfred K ScaleaJD Ohio... .George HoadlrVp. .George Hoadhr.U Oreron.Zenaa F. Moody. B..Zenaa FJIopdy, B M. ..Robt. E. I'attUon.D RobLK.mt4MM,D Rhode I.Aug. O. Bourne, ft .Aug. O. Bourne. a Caro .h!b. Tbompeoa, D.H. aThompon.D TemL. ...Wot M. BatT... ..Wm. M. Bate. Texas.. ..John IreUnd, D. . . .John Ireland, D. Vermont. John UBaratow, B, Sana E. Pingreo, B A'f rginia.W.E. Camiroti, Read. W. li Cameron, W...JaoolJaclcn.D.....B.W.WUiioii)IX
lacon njero. u. ansa, n m. 'prritortf. Prment Appointee.
Alaska... John H. Sanortd of Ko-.
Anzoua. .freacnoa; a. ixiwo ivyw Dakota. .GUbert A Pieros ol IUinola. UUho. . . . William IX. Buna ol Pennsylvania.
N fc .ex.. Lionel A Sheldon ot Chto, TJta!i.....Uli H, Murray ot Kentucky. Waahn.. Watson C. Squire of Mew York. Wyomi'g Wiilihm 1W ot Iowa.. . . 'Re-elected. tW Jll resign in January ant", be succeeded by David B. Htll. at present tienwnant Governor, t John Bohyler Crosby, late Governor, is now Ftrat Assistant Postmaster GenergO. Hia snOKWCit has not yet been appointed. CHIPS. BoWBTJa has played out as a pedestrian, Dakota has more postomces than Massachnsotts. Howgate, tho signal service embaarior, owes the Government $133,000. AiiioATOR stenks are to be on the bill ot fare at a New Orleans restaurant during Exposition. Steps have been taken in New York toward erecting a $50,000 monument to Father Math-aw, of temperance fame. Pope Urban VIII. issued a bull against the use ot tobacoo in churches, and urged the priesthood to abstain from it entirely. "Ovid a" complains that the papers IU about her. She says one enterprising correspondent describes her housekeeper under the impression he, was writing up "Ouida" herself. STbb number of sheep in the United States Is 51,000,000. That is about a sheep
apiece for utv; bat we were obliged to im
port during the post year OTerTS
The annwil report
Ohiaf Of the
show tha annual
wheat, oom, bailey,
tnto4s from 187 to XI fxillowa: ''
iifiiPllilllll
State BmuotWsa,
""'- ami 1 1 "n 'iii
j" "sr 17 Hij:(fe4fe ' 'fifSlMlaf uw....,.,.,... JftSt,) fWMpjEnH ""''nnmbet e.JbiiyJH Marion ' im jigafeBfltBsMaSW . nu ti,ls