Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1892 — Page 12

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1892.

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COURT-HOUSE PSYCHICS.

▲ COltLEGIi. aTUDEXT EXPLORES j THE TEMPLE OF JUSTICE.

it mar be. He eon!d find nothin? io his ptreholog-e hr which to measure them, and ta reluctantly gt ve them up. Beventl discontented looking persons

stood and lean ed

Fntlla Attempt to Apply Book-Laarn-latf to Real Life—Men Who Haunt the Court*—Prole»«lonal Jurymon — Rome Queer Pnaae*.

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,LAVirS Throekmorton Jones (•tilled open the automatically elos* io? duor of the eoart - boose and stepped briskly into tiie temi-darkness of the corridor. Than he paued

Until bis eyes became accustomed to the gloom and began to look curiously at the people bornriog along the tile floors with a tytling and shuffling noise, or standing

about, talking.

Flavins is a tbininr light in the senior class at Butler f'mversitr and in the cour.e of bis e'aw) work in tbs alluring and ah•tract study of psychology he had been as•igoed by the professor to visit the Marion eonnty court-house, and prepare a paper Upon the mental phenomena which he saw Bianifeeted there. The professor made •ome edifyiug remarks about the fine field for observing the play of emot.one and the favorable conditions for a study of the paslions and weaknestes of nieu, which tbs

court-house affords.

Accordingly, when Flavius stepped into the temple of justice he had bright anticipatJous. He fancied himself niakin? original discoveries in the underlying priucples of* mental processes, lie had laid a -good foundation for this, bis first essay m the field of original inves*pgftti<»o. Iho constituent elements of mind were a- f^ miliar to him a* to any ore,perhaps. He h ad bad eKperietice in extruding the ego. I he relation <ff feeling to cognition and conation bid become simple to him. Ho l ad ideas concerning the continuity of C' n iciousness—or thought he had. He c'»u!d talk glibly about obliviscenee, and could side-track a tram of ideas and reduce it to its original elements. He could tell you, without stopping to think, whether time is discrete or continuous, and wa» on familiar term" with ideation and intellection. Ho could make u qualitative Analvsis of pain and pleasure, and could tell you why you feel bad when little hoys on the street make sport of you. .In short, Flavius Throckmorton Jones was expected, to take the honors of his class, and, if the truth must be revealed, he intended to write a

around a door. Flavius was informed that they were witoesses waiting to &e railed into the grand jury room. As they seemed to have a good th al of ucocmpied time on their bauds, he sauntered over near them to get. perebance, a f<-w ideas for his thesis. As he drew near, Flavius heard a

AN attttt;pe of inTEEKST.

tall, heavy man, with a pipe in hi* mouth

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‘ leaned over an area rail ng and thought deeply a Ionjr time. A weazened old man : was slowly touching the wall here and there with a dust-brush. He was working | just enouga to keep his job, but not enough P» cause fatigue. Several men down beiow were gathered around a big spittoon, and the sound of their voices was mingled with the steady plunk of the saliva expectorated ! with violence and precision into the receptacle for such cases made and provided. A sheriff’s deputy went along the corridor with two prisoners baud-cuffed together, the shackles Hanking as they wa’ked. But Flavius neither heard nor saw any of these th.ne*. Ha was submerged in j thought. A revelation had been made to i him. For the 6r«t time in his weli-bred J life of school going he realized that there are j many things which can not be learned of in books. An entire new world had been i opened to him. and it was altogether reali istic. If the idea; were there, it was beyond his power of recognition. Flavins Throckmorton Jones will write h's graduating thesis upon some purely non-psychoiogical subject.

SUN RISE CLUB ON SKATES

FIRST SEASON FOR KKATIXG PARTIES FOR MANY YEARS.

Tho Usual Fun and the Usual AirHo’.o Accident-* — Member Fined lor Ur aklng Up the Fun—Good Story About lee Skaiiaff.

u 'TIB PCBTY COLD: AIN’T IT?”

IIIIIXI U" revriii*;.,. I.u ... .. - graduating tlisus upon the discoveries t: at he made In this comt-hoiuc exploraiiou.

“Havin’ quite a cold spell.” “Ye*,” responded an old farmer near. “ ’tiii purtv cold; ain’t it? it reminds me the winter o’ ’o7, except that thxt winter wa« a heap coldar'n this. I recollect that on ht. Jackson’s day that year, the mercu rv in our the raometer drapped *kl' in fitteen minutes. The apple trees in our orchard froze up an’ t>u*t»-'l wide open, an’ for about two hours it sounded like a battle with cannons a-- u-bein' fit out there.” Flavius stepped closer and looked scrutiiiiz ngly into tne o d man’s face. It was ns siniere and sober as though he had *a d the mo«t ordinary thing in tiie world. The c>-liege student’s scheme of intellectual processes d itn’t provide lor anything like this, and Irom that moment lie began to doubt whether all know ledge is contained in hooks, lie turned away disappointed. A burly mao without nooat wa* mopping the pools nt tohacuo-spit oti the tiles, ami as Flavius pnssed the mop deftly removed the p dish fr-on both his shoes and mottled the lower part ot l*is new trousers with dirty water.

For the first time in year* here it is safe to organize skating parties and count on there being ice. It is this fact which makea a tale recited herein in order. The Sunrise club met at its accustomed haunt, in the rear room of J. Will Pantzer'a drug-store,anti several members congratulated themselves and

if I got my head into it,” loftily answered Bobbie, as he started for homo to dry out. This accident, of coorse, broke an the partr, and at its meeting last night the SunriseClab fined Bobbie Gmbem $8i25 for awkwardness and $3 for spoiling the club’s pleasure.

FOUND THE MEANEST TOWN.

Wouldn’t Trust ‘Anythlne But L'mboraer Cheese to Indlannpolltaii*.

THE EMPEROR REMEMBERED.

One Who Know Him a* n Prln His Views of America.

RAILROADERS’ Ti l FOR TAT.

Mr. Jordan Mnde Sud and Th*>n Deco in* s Funny—A Tableau.

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WRIGHT .IORDAN.

If Wright Jordan, traveling”passenger agent of the Big Four, had not been a man of great good nature and even temper, be would have massacred a few ot his acquaintance: recently. This Mr. Jordan had received a

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RADIATOR.

Whan Flavius had beenma accustomed then, to tha gloom of the court-house, he bafan to oast about for subjects to which to apply his psychological probe. As he had come prepared to spend the day, he went about the job with some deliberation. Three ro4n leaned against a radiator and he went over and stood near them to hear what thsy were talking about. “Kind o’ wintetibh ■’mornln’” one of

the three remarked.

“Yes, and Kitten colder,” replied a second. ‘Turty suddent cold spell, wusu’t it?”

put in the third.

Flavius Throckmorton Jones walked awuy in disgust. No trains of thought to analyte there. He soou discovered that Aha men who had business to attend to in the court-house hurried in and away,

or were busy iu the

oflices. He had little opportunity to .protitany by studying them. He went upstairs where the oourt-fooins nro and eucourfte n procession ot eh ib* J by men uf ah ages shulUiug along the t corridor. The pro- j cession tiled into a ] court-room uud sat down iu the chairs iu the rear. A divorce trial was in progress, and the seedy men listened eagerly to the story of a w i f e’"s wrongs. In a lit*

Three well-dressed men with heads close together were reading a newspaper. As the searcher for psychological phenomena drew near, he found the men had taken part in a political meeting the night before, and were looking to see what the paper haul about them and whether it had their panics spelled right. “That was a great hit I made in my speech when I said that Blaine’s name will lie Chilbluine if he lets ns get another whack at him, wasn’t it?” one of the meu said. “Y'ou bet.” answered another, “and I brought down the house in mv speech when 1 said ” but Flavius bad flown. He again entered a court room and sat down. A lawyer was addressing a tired-looking jury. “X o w, gentlemen,” the lawyer was saying, “1 have shown you clearly that every witness on the otner side has perjured himself, That old grayhaired man li«d. 1 would have expected better things of so old a man hut he lied. You couldn’t expect much, though from u cause represented by such THREE WKI.I.*DRESSED counsel ns that for MEN. the plaintiff in this case. I am only surprised that the case has pot best! thrown out of court. If the counsel lor the other side had a thimbleful of brains, he would know a jury of handsome, sensible men like this would not be blinded by bis false words and perjured witnesses.

special nv-tation from five young lad-es to call, and bring with him some ot his railroad friends. The company was then to form a little so<-ia! party. Mr. Jordan extended tne invitation t > his intimate associates, and thev agreed to meet him at the Bpenc-r House u r d go in a body to see tiie young ladies. Tii-t party was at the appointed spot at the proper hour. Wright had sent word that the party would sureir he there, aud arrived at th<- Spencer House dressed in his very best eiotues and carrying a box o; flowers for his friends. When he had pinned a “butt-wi-hole boqueF’on the coat of oac!’. he remarked, chincing nt tiie clock, “Well, boys, I guess we had better start. ’ “I am awfully sorry,” mournfully remarked Blackman, of the Cincinnati, WaLash & Michigan, ‘but n will be impossible for me to go. 1 just received word of the death of a relative, and it wouldn’t looit ju-d right, you knew.” “You—you ain’t agoin’? ’ gasped Jordan, “No. I am awful;/ sorry, but it can’t be helped.” “And 1 ju«t got a dispatch from Mr. Charlton telling me to go to Cincinnati, nnd-1 have only half an hour to make the train,” remarked Berry, of the Chicago & Alton, hauling out a d;*|>ateh a month old. “It s a great disappointment, Wright, I assure you ” "Bu-bu-but—I told them that you were coming,” said Jordan in despair. “< >h, well you can fix that all right. I wish, however, you had spoken to me before you made any engagements on my account.” Jordon was dumbfounded and turned to Hollenbeck, of tiie Indianapolis, .Decatur & Western, who was almost in tears. "I feel satisfied that we would have an enjoyable evening,” sighed that hypocritical individual, “but 1 can not go cither. Y ou see we have a lot of company at the house this evening and, of course. I have to be there. I have no words to express my disappointment w “Well, are any of you going?” asked Jordon, with a great effort. Every man in the party had some excuse that prevented him from attending and JiSrdon was at the acme of misery. Not one in tho party could go, and finally, just at dusk, ho started off alone. Having arrived at his friend’s house, he explained the absence of the boys bv saying with regret that Blackman ha«i been arrested for violating the interstate commerce law; I’errv was threatened with an attack of St. Vitus’s dance; Hollenbeck was down with the r.mali-pox, and all the others were forbidden to appear on the streets by their physicians and the police, this charming fiction was woraiug beautifuilv, when all the “ boys,” who had hastened in advance to the house, filed in, forming a tableau, over which the curtain here shall fall.

Brother Quinins that they were still alive. £. Hammersley Assurance, out of gratitude at : being relieved from j the code duello, ! had presented the club with a lifesized oil-painting of hbnself. The trouble of this particular session all came from a desire on the part of Roscoe Ally to have

THE ILLINOIS SKATER, the club go up the canal and do a little skating. None of the members were experts in tne art of gliding ‘ “ Ally, • *•

over a sea of ice, but Ally, who, in hi* younger days, had cut wild figures and dashes on a pair of roller skates in a rink, insisted that skating was as easy as failing

off a barn, and iu au

GRINDING OUT (I KEEN BACKS.

A Smooth Trick AViilc): n Cigar-Stand Man Works Often.

A hotel-cigar-stand keeper wlio conies in touen with all kinds of people and spends much time in giving and taking jokes, astonished some of Ins friends, last night, by taking from under the counter a machine looking something like this:

tie while the Rial ended and the procession re-formed, filed down the cor-

ONK OF TTIK PROFS.*- ridorand into an8IOX. other court-ro«>ai,

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Here a young man was on trial for sU-aiing, •ud the shabby crowd immediately lell into

attitudes of much interest. That trial ended, the procession ac&iu took up its line ot march to atill another court room, and there heard with eager curiosity a story of •iu in which a wretched woman was impli-

cated.

A FROFKSSIOSAL JURYMAN.

Flavine watched the crowd ot men march-

ing from room to room until hi* love for

sw i«

lent.So investigation gave war to a natu-

ral wonderment.

“Who are these men and what is their business here*” he asked of an officer of oae of tbe court*. • “They are loafer* and professional jurraaen. aad they have no business here nor anywhere else,” tbe officer answered. On further inquiry, Fiavius learned that these men haunt tbe courts tbe year round, borne of them pick up an occasional dollar by manaciag to get on a jary< They know no other pleasure than gratifying t*eir morbid curiosity by listening to the •ad tale ef other people’s misfortunes and

lie explained that this was the secret of his great wealth. “It’s ou account of this that I am able to wear diamonds. I’ll show you.” Taking a common, ‘ordinary piece of blank paper, he inserted it between tho rolls, gave the handle a taru, and out came a brand uew one-dollar note. “I can make any denomination you please. See, here is a tec-doilar note.” Icure enough instead of tho blank paper out came a

“saw buck.”

unsophisticated moment the club listened to him ami started out to borrow tiie nect'Ssary skates. Brother Quinine was tiie butt of many jokes wnen he appeared with a pa r of

old-fashioned, acorntipped steel runners that he used on the frozeu river when be lived at Alton, III. But he stood the chaffing good-na-turediy,for be knew that he woultj be in demand before that night’s skate was

ended. AT. ROME ON THE ICE. When the canal was reached, Roseoe Ally remarked that the first priticip*® of skating was to maintain a perpendicular position, and when he laughed ttie hardest at his joke, Jimmie Graball threw bimsclt into convulsions of merriment by hoping that no member of the club “would strap bis skates on his hands and try to make a

circus of himself.”

It required some little time to get the skates properly fastened to the Presiding Elder’s feet, and even when that was done his pedal extremities took an aversion to each other that caused them to want to start in opposite directions. It is on the club’s minutes that the Presiding

THE ELDER’S FEET'S FEAT. Elder has beaten the world’s record by having seven tails in six minutes, and the last oue was of such force that when lie started home he was wrapped in a horse blanket to prevent an unwarranted display of his underclothing. Brother Quinine did fairly well. Of course, his Illinois style was not Indiana style, and when he sat down in front of a young lady and geutiemau who were skating hand in hand, and allowed them to tumble gracefully in a heap over him, he was profuse in his apologies, and loaned the lady bis best silk handkerchief to stanch the blood from her nose. Jimmy Graball was at home on the iec—he was sitting down a good deal of bis time fastening the clasps of his skates, it was a noticeable fact that whenever Jimmy went to the ice his skates needed attention. There probably never was a pair of skates so continual jr out of order as the pair that Mr. Graoall had on his No. 9 boots. Roseoe Ally was the enemy of the large crowd of skaters who had come out to glide on the frozen canal. He could cut tiie figure e ght, make long sweeping curves and swing urotiud like a sail-boat in a gale. The other skaters stood

off at a distance and admired him. lie was a perfect cyclone on skstes. Everything he came near went down, and w hen he struck the bridge two beams were broken, lie seemed to he

playing a game of “cocked bat” with

TUB OPPOSING READ A NEWSPAPER.

Flavins looked apprehensively at the counsel for the other side, and was surprised to see him sitting unconcernedly reading a newspaper. When the trial ended a few minutes later Flavius was yet more sur-

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FLAVIUS THINKS AWHILE.

•ins, or vitldiag thsir parasitic seals up to >t)iln« flattery of voto-hantmg candi-

tbe soot

dstos who frequent the hnilding. if these ■son are of aay nee to the world or them•alvsa. Flavins was noabio to disoovor what

prised to see the opposing lawyers walk awsv arm »n arm apparently the best of friends. Again the representative of Butler’s senior class ran over hi* knowledge of book psychology and failed to find anything there to fit this case. Then bo west out in tbe corridor and

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‘Are you not afraid that tlic Government will i;et after you for making imitation

money?” asketl one of the party.

“Tliat’s not imitation money; it’s the genuine stuff.” vas the reply. A banker who came in was shown the bills, and he pronounced them genuine; and so they were. The operator’s method of converting blank paper into real money is simply a trick, but ;t is a very smooth one. He loads the

machine with good money in advance.

INCIDENTAL.

Wliy a Yonnsjster Wunred a Pin— A Tennees-e-nn Buys n Book.

“Give me a pin, papa,” said a cute little miss. “What do you want with it’” “I want to pick out the splinters from your face.” Rapa uad a three-days’ stubble on bis Chin. — A tall man with a soft, old-fashioned hat shading his eyes went into the liowenMt rriil book store to make a purchase. “I want a book lifce my neignbor got for his boy,” he said to Mr. Kantz. “What hook was it?” “Weil, 1 don't know, ’cept it was big, had pictures in it and cost $3.” ‘•\Ya« it Beecher's Life of Christ?” tbe clerk said at a venture. “That’s :t, by gosh.” The book w as wrapped up and paid for, but beiore taking it awav tho customer said: “Ha* it a place for birthsaud marriages?” “No; the only book that has blanks lor family record is the Bible.” “Well, now. that’s just what I want. I forgot the name of it, but it’s the Bible. M e had one once when 1 lived down in Tennessee, lint I haven’t seen one since. Give me a Bibieinstead of this Beech wood’s life of what you may call ’em?”

human beings for THE CYCLONE’S DIZZY ten pins. When be DROP. started across tha pond he didn’t stop until he ran up on dry land, and several persons who had met him en route declared thev would thump him as soon as he got back down town. They w re afraid to come near him when he hail spates on. In his wild career he accumu-latc-u a large collection of bumps, swelled places and black and blue spots, of which be at this writing is painfully proud. E. liammerslev Assurance had tried it for a while, but the exercise was too violent and he walked out on the bank and took a seat at a lire some boys had lighted. Suddenly the chilly air was rent by shrill-edged shrieks and double-toned calls for help, police, murder. The skaters ail stood still except the Presiding Elder, who made one of his extraordinary fails, that c acked tbe thick frozen ice. The yells continued. They came from near tbe left shore. Sioon they were explained. Bobbie Grabem bad excited the admiration of a number of young ladies by the eel-like motions he fnade skating backward and had skated into an air-hoie. “Sav, what’s the matter with yon? Do you want a see a feller drown? Give me a hand here. Police! police—oh, if Jim Metford was only here now—heliup, heliup, he! lup —” The Sunrise Club recognized the voice of a brother in distress, and started to hissneoor. Thereader should beat in mind thutthey started. The Pre-idiog Elder went through a number of evolutions aud then crawled ! ashore on his hands and knees. Brother | Quinine was tobogganing most of the time, I and Roseoe Alley had so much momentum : that he went fortv feet tbe other side of the air-hole and rested on the other aide of tbe ' hern hank. Bobbie Grabem’s yelis continned until he was pulled out bytwo boys.

SPOILED THE FCX.

“Thanks, boys, thanks/’ gasped Bobbie, “you have saved me from a watery grave. Come down town and have a hot tomalay.” “The water there ain’t bat two feet deep,” snickered one of the rescuers. “Well, it’s deep enough to drownd me

rcorrespondenee of The Indianapolis N#ws.l Berlin, January 2.—Everybody in Berlin knows Conn teas Fritz Hohenau. Berlin society conld not get along withont her. Her hope and ambition that the empire will transform Berlin into the Paris of Germany exhausts her entire strength, and she finds it an absolute necessity to travel six months of every year in the Orient, resting from the social dnties she has to perform daring the remainder. It was at her residence, having succeeded in gaining admittance to one of her costume balls, that I met the present Emperor of Germany, still in fiis Prince Hal days, spending money with a lavish hand, though he was already married, with the object of settling down. Like ail Ilohenzollern princes, he was a Amscientious, hard-working student, and, though he was imperious and haughty in his manner, all his associates of that period concur in saying that he used every opportunity to instruct himself, to acquire a wide rouge of observation, and to become in Knowledge superior to his surroundings, though he had not the slightest idea of being called to the throne so soon. I saw the yonug man standing leisurely against tbe back of a chair telling an anecdote to a young countess disguised as a shepherdess. Gossip asserted that the prince was aiwavs prepared to tell anecdotes in two versions—one for men and another for women. The lady listened with eager eyes upon his face to his “quick, short phrases dazzling like fireworks,” and when he had ended she concealed her laughter in an embroidered handkerchief. 1 found bat little to admire in his outside appearance. With his erect figure forced into a tight-fitting evening dress, his seedy complexion and hazel mustache, his military gait and his dictatorial deportment, he looked more like a lieutenant in civilian’s dress than a Hohenzollern prince. But occasionally a nervous shiver seemed to pass over his frame, and a strange tire bamed within his eyes, while his lips affected a faint satirical smile. His movements were somewhat abrupt and awkward, yet he showed great skill in maneuvering around the trailing skirts of ladies on the polished parquet floor. However, he did not seem to care particularly for the dancing, but soon left for the large buffet with its decanters of wine. Entering the smoking-room I found him sitting on a divan watching the whist and roulette players, and softly humming a melody from “Lohengrin;” he was known as an ardent admirer of Wagner, and never failed at any representation of his operas. I took a seat .quite near the Prince, desirous o f finding an opportunity to enter into a conversation with him. This wish was granted to me after a few minutes’ waiting. This conversation, which I endeavor to give word for word as it was actually spoken, can not help being of particular interest in a time when the private character of the Emperor is so much commented upon. “Bad players,” he murmured; then, turning to me: “A pood whist player should know where all cards are after playing his fifth; is that not also your opinion ?” "Undoubtedly, but few are initiated into memories to such au extent.” I forgot to address him with his title. He took notice of it, and, with a side look, asked somewhat cynically: “If I am not mistaken, sir, you’ore an American.” 1 nodded uud he burst lorth: “The Americans have still—” Then he stopped abruptly and continued in a different strain: "Europe, aud in particular Germany, know but little of the social life prevailing iu the States; but one thing is certain, they have not yet produced a remarkable personality.” “President Lincoln,” I suggested. “ITm!” aud the Prince shrugged his shoulders, touched his eye as if it irritated him, which until to-day is one of his peculiar habits, took a golden cigar-case from his pocket and offered me a cigar of German make, which I refused, as 1 was not in the habit of smoking. “Lincoln is the most Interesting and dignified character of American history, that’s certain, but his so-called^martyrdom, which nigkes him especially dear to Americans, can make but little impression upon me. It is out of question to compare him with a character like Bismarck.” Now it was my turn to shrug my shoulders, “I admire Bismarck; he is like a combination of Cromwell and — Kickelien; nevertheless—” I expected something very interesting, butghe did not finish the sentence. Before I could find a suitable answer my attention was attracted by tbe following interlude. One of the Prince’s attaches, followed by a young, faultlessly-dressed baron, approached tbe divan where Prince Wilhelm was seated. The introduction took place. The Prince, angry at being disturbed (he is known lor his quick temper), made a sudden jerk with his head and gave a frowning look to his attache. “Y’our Highness, l feel myself flattered beyond—” stammered the young baronial dude. The Prince did not answer, bat calmly gianced.at him from head to foot in a rude, contemptible manner, and then resumed his conversation with me without paying the slightest attention to the others. ) felt in no way flattered, as the same thing might have happened to me. “You would oblige me in telling me something about recent American literature!” 1 mentioned several novelties. He simply no«tded t “l know them.” “Y’our Highness seems well posted.” * “You forggt who I am,” he answered in a tone as if he wished to confer, “I am the futnre Emperor of Germany, and obliged to know everything.” “It i« my opinion,” he continued, “that Dem atio principles can only create weak and u corrupt pillap of society. A society > only strong if it recognizes the fact of natural superiorities, in particular that of birth, for spiritual and moral superiority are but a germ of life which develops under special favorable conditions.” As my idea was vastly different from his I did not venture to contradict, and he continned: “France committed a suicide when it guillotined its king. • * * A great king is better than a corrupt government. * * • Education of the higher classes of society and virtue* of the rest are the only levers to light a—” At that moment he raw the court painter, A. V. Werner, enter tbe smoking-room, and with a “Yon have to excuse me,” he joined the artist, who was painting his portrait at the time. Later on during the evening i met him in lively conversations with Reingcnd von Begas, the sculptor, on a recent art ex bibition; with Helmholtz, the physicist, on a new invention; with Connt *voh Waldersee, on some book of strategy- 1 did not And another opportunity to speak to him; the last time I saw Prince Wilhelm he was standing near the bn Act, with a champagne glass in his hand, paying courtesies to the beautiful Countese von Moorenburg.

Hope.

Men talk and dream of better day*-

Of a golden time to come; ’oward a happy and shining goal They run with a ceaseless ham.

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TUsiFi - - -. ..

The world grows old and yonna again. Still hope of tbe better is bright to men.

Hope leads ns in at the gate of iifit; Sne crowns tbe boyish bead; Her bright lamp lores tbe stalwart youth. Nor burns out with tbe gray-haired dead; For the grave closes over his trouble and care. But see—on the grave—Hope is planted tbezel

’Tis not an empty and flattering deceit. Begot in a foolish brain; For the heart speaks loud with its ceaseless throbs; “We are not born in vain;” And tbe words that oat oi tho heart-throbs roll. They can not deceive the hoping souL —[From the German of Schiller.

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He stood in front of tbs postoffiee waiting for n College-avenue electric ear. When the ear finally arrived, loaded to the dash, and made only n bluff at stopping, merely slacking n little for the crossing, and then sped away without taking any new passengers, it was more than he oonld stand, and he turned to another woold-he passenger, aod said: “This is the worst town I ever struck. I’ve bin all over the United States, ’specially in Ohio, Kansas. Oregon and lUinoy, bat Indinny, ’specially Indianapolis, makes all the rest of ’em grow dim for mrsnness. Now in them there places the people seem j

eveFthing in sight. Now I was raised with a feller named Alexander, an’ when we quit school he learned to be a den’ist, an’ I learned the moldin’ business. He come here to work for a man, an’ the man will tell yonr bisself, that he was the finest he •ver see. He oonld onll teeth, work at the chair, do the labbertory business; but, b’gosh, Aleck jest had to leave here ’cause the people was so onery he couldn’t rub up against ’em. I’ve had business ‘dealin’s with some of your best men, and they ain’t one of ’em ’at won’t take yonr head it they can git it. “0 »ery, I should say so; why, they ain’t a roan in this town I’d trust to carry my dinner, b’gosh, ’less it had limberg’ cheese

When the next car came along he was so mad he would not ride, although there was plenty of room.

RHINESTONES.

The rich they ride In cutters. And poor walk In the BUttera. He is a very credulous man who believes all that-he saYS. Pleasure met wears a brighter emilt than pleasure overtaken. Too oontinuons a diet of hope is apt to cause mental dyspepsia. It was the man who was petrified with astonishment that died hard. The world is no flatterer; the leu a man hears about himself the happier he .is. This is the weather that makes yon both hot and cold for a man to go oat and leave the door open. 0 A man never so folly realizes what a gny he has been as when he puts on a hat that he wore five years ago. Too many people judge the size and character of the world by their own immediate circle of acquaintances. The idea that noise is the concomitant to energy aud industry is a mistake; look at the burglar, how quiet he ia Don’t depend on wliat people “ought to have sense enongh to know;” in this they are generally woefully deficient. Don’t think that a single good deed will make you a reputation; it takea more than one insertion of an “ad” to establish a business.

No Doubt ot It* identity.

I Ft. Wayne Press.]

If anybody thinks the grip is likely to be mistaken for a severe cold, a genuine attack of the prevailing epidemic will soon relieve him of any such impression. A

good, square-toed case of tbe grip has more different kinds of aches to the square inch

ainerent Kinas oi acne* to the square inch of anatomical surfaoe than any disease this side of small-pox aud cholera. It carries around with it more pneumonia, bronchitis, laryngitis, tonsilitis, quinsy, sore throat, lame hack and tired feeling than a patent medicine advertisement. It prodncea more nausea, dizziness, loss of appetite, Insomnia aud nervous prostration than a case of delirium tremens. If you don’t know that you’ve had the grip, ‘just say you haven’t had it; for when you get it, you’ll never mistako it for anything short of a case of spontaneous combination of yonr physical

anatomy.

The Grippe Responsible for More After Recovery Than Daring IU , How to Avoid tho Danger. Grippe, In itaelfr la bad enough, debilitating enongh, hot it ia the after effecte, tbe slowneee of recovery that give it its great danger. In most cases, the person did not have sufficient vitality to rally after the disease itself had passed. The foroea of nature were too weak to contend with the debility which the Grippe had left. « it is sad to thina how many people have died who might have been saved if nature had been properly assisted and fortified after the Grippe had been driven from the system. Many physicians realised this fhet^nd assisted their patients over the’ dangerous after effect* by bmcing op and stimulating their systems. This was, and can be done in but one way, and that is by the steady and moderate nee of some pare yet powerful etimalant. There to but one absolutely pare and medicinal stuntlant known to the profession and to tbe public, and that is Duffy's Pare Melt Whiskey. Tbe most prominent scientists and physicians oi the land Indorse its parity and value. It it not a new whiskey; it has been before the pablio for year*. It is not a\heap decoction, bat a pore distillation. It imparts a tone to the system possible ia no other manner, and Bends the blood coursing through the veins with renewed vigor. Itls superior in every respect, and however much any unscrupulous druggist or grocer may seek to lead yon to believe to the contrary, do not be deceived.

KIRK’S

SOAP

A LAUHDRY SOAP, PURE AND SANITARY. BESS BOS _ General Household Uso.

Unlucky Days of the Tear.

fPittsburg Dispatch.)

In Grafton’s manual of his Chronicles, 15*15, the unlucky days, according to the opinions of the astronomers, are named aa follows: January 1, 2, 4, B, 10,15, 17 and 20 are unlucky; February 26, 27 and 28 un-

lucky, 8, 10 and 17 very nnlocky; March 16. 17 and 20 very unlucky; April* 7, 8,10 and 20 unlucky; May 3 and 6 unlncky, 7, 15 and

Vile cod-liver oil has lost its vileness in Scott’s Emulsion and gained a good deal in efficiency. It is broken up into tiny* drops which are covered with glycerine, just as quinine in pills is coated with sugar or gelatine. You do not get the taste at all. The hypophosphites of lime and soda add tneir tonic effect to that of the half-di-gested cod-liver oil. Let us send you a book on CAREFUL LIVING—free.

^Scott * Boww*, Chemist*, >]* South sth Avenue,

Your druggist keep* Scott's Emulsion of cod-Uv •tt—oil druggists every whsrs do. gj.

20 very unlucky; June 10 and 22 unlucky

6 and 8 very unlucky; August 29 a/id unlucky, 19 and 20 very nnluoky; September 3, 4, 21 and 23 unluckv, 6 and 7 very nnlucky; October 4, 16 and 24 unlucky, *6 very unlucky; Novembers, 6, 20 and 30 unlucky. 15 and 20 very unlncky; December 15 and 22 unlucky, 6, 7 and 9 very nnluoky.

A Big Enterprise on Foot. I Philadelphia Ledger.) John A. Botzum, a newspaper reporter of Akron, O., has started to walk around the world. He has a big enterprise on foot

Mrs. Stanley’* Ambition. Mrs. Stanley wants her husband to write his biography and stand for the House of Commons.

Bemoaning.

A retail grocer was bemoaning his failure to get along prosperously in business, and seemed to think it was not’ his fault. The gentleman to whom he was talking was ait ex-grocer who had retired with a snug fortune made out of the business. The exgrocer, in order to illustrate one of the reasons why a better trade was lacking, called for a bottle of Dr. Price’s Plavoring Extract of Vanilla. 4 T do not keep it.” said the grocer, “but I have an extract just as good which I can sell ' at a less price.” Here was a ' convincing proof that there were very good reasons why trade was poor. The ex-gro-cer says, “I was successful because I kept the best and finest goods and sold them at a fair profit Poor goods, no matter at what price sold, will help to make your trade dwindle. The acquisition or loss of trade goes on silently and steadily in proportion as the grocer sells goods that please those who patronize him. I always sold Dr. Price’s Flavoring Extracts, as my customers did not want cheapness at the expense of quality.”

MX east Washington ,st. n

Detect!v• Agincy”pr*p*n»d uT*invs« ?*»»• '■U classes ot cfvU amt criminal oasss. BusInvM

>i. a wwwrwt, cbui.

Liebig Company’!

Extract of Beef

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own price.

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65 South Illinois Street

USE “PERFECTION’ HEAD-LIGHT t>XL.

LATEST STYLES WEDDING CARDS

Visiting and Menne Cards. Programs find order of dances. Great variety. Moderate prices. Mail orders rseoiva prompt attorn tion.

FRANR H. SMITH, 22 N. Pennsylvania St. ^ar-All kinds of Mereantiio Printing.

V NEW LINE OP HAIR ORNAMENTS. Tbs vary bast Instrumanu; latest improva* menu. For coloring tbs hair use “Tho Rogoa-

traior” the best preparation.

Tbs Massacs Treatment ts a posttl vs rsllof tbs facs. and clear* up the complexion, new branch has become Justly popular ia Bis stoct of Hair Ornaments at tha hair storm

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Great reduction sale on Cloaks. Every garment in our house goe now at one third less than value, Plush Cloaks and Jackets at your

M. E. EHEE^N.

WILDER & CO.

Z20 DsTonahirs 8L, Bostoa, Mss* . Manufacturers-of a superior grade of ] or newspapers, in rolls and roasss. paper to printed on quality adv Correspondence eolicitcd.

Rupture mechanically cured by practical ee)f-tre« ment, aad artistic sur without use of the us ted on I