Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 January 1889 — Page 7

-WEEKLY COURIER,

C. DOANK, Pultkkr. JASPER. JNIUAXA THE "HOHKID GRIND.TIM fMBSJ MM atMUt hk MM 4f AaJ afcacaraae k fcaas. Tkfa tai4 to wfa wk all kto atajkt Ta wad l a rail aaeaj: Fur Um awaaenm Mr. atfea, la plauiMClfc war tkatSar it 4 mM a aleaa ta k k.aa. To drtrc doll rape r Frvw rea4t' atian," k-l kraa To f ruwi a eataaut trf kwi4aMa fax He roo aa k! worn a4 tkreadtat seat, Tata s)aae4 at kla akafcHr at, Aat qa rklr. wltk arru fcaa4. kt wrote A liwihW Joke aw tkat; He tkokt of ki Mdtenac kate at keen. Aad kl ejr kegaa l ritam "Wlk kawof brrkt 3 ki kaaii M riVi Smw fas tkat wouM at'e mms wyaaa; Tkea k ttosffkt f ks a .?" aaxleet Man, Jkad wrote o J J tkat wvwm nr He wkh kk. J-jka. aal . pm, I hire coia frota kiaat m.M. Jff patd 'till Ifcf a laartf . MA h3 kd HatakM k Wfti; Tftea n r " " "iakt, A4 koaw k a4-ry4 wrfe. At4 vita ktr k watk4 teriieaifcte iaatM Hi am tm I tfc tit?; For wk 1 Rt kai lrt Ur Ve I Ht 5rla vm II ki wit a eff.! Aa4 It kaav1 tnat tke very aest a. WkUe raar Ja- ae-l wis laushirt T T " kai m ka4tH war, Hs t at a mai Tke worts moi in; fct H:?J it wektrl - I Ik kjttow efet aaI kea; Ta tra foJk faa wa H tkeyM eiat Ptwaa l! bw h'.trs. wfaiai Soteix aaawaire ki3l ika U Ufl4 kki 4tTO to xria J a?in. U.rrfJ. Hit'l'miit, ii. JmTt, EARNING AN EDUCATION. Bow Mark Triumphed aad Mads Hi School a StxaoMS. Wlien Murk J a per was a0iitoaior in a Jck KnajIaiHl collej: be ud tu look forward with much plcawaitt anlicipaUoA to lh day of his jfr4 tuition. After that h would be on hU own hook, aad he could et to work W make hb fortune. As J oar a he could remember he had always been anxious to be engmged in that under taking. Hut it happened quite unexpectedly one day while he was still sroihomore that Mark's father died and he left without money, lie sat before the W with his chum. Joe Trari, several evening, wondering what he could do. "Ws all up with me. he aald. dejrt?d, "I m'i graduate with the cla." 'Borrow money, old fellow,' Joe insisted. "Get your Ills injured and give the policy a security." ; "There in't a oul who will lend me a dollar. I nave ' got to give up and go home-" It turned out, however, that instead of going home, Mark et off one December morning resolved to tench a district school during the winter on one of the island aloe;? the Maine coast. "Prooably I ha veat't got muscle enough to keep order. he admitted; but I am going to try it t any rate." He was small and slender; the Reboot wat! reported to be difficult to manage, and the undertaking he knew wn not a trifling one. While being whirled along in the eats all of the morning and part of the afternoon he had pleatyof leisure time to think of it, worry orer it, and wonder what sort of h place the island would prove to be. First wa the journey in the ears seventy miles or more, then a long ride in an old rattlebox stage over a rough, frozen rood, and finally a transfer to a wheeav little steamboat which carried him away from the mnialaad about dark. When he w the light begin to disappear behind he felt a though he was taking leave of all the world, aad he hastened down to the miniature cabin homesick and gloomy enough. But there happened to be in this smoky little place an odd-looking, jovial, sea-faring old man who before many minute put Mark's melaaeboly to flight Wal. yes, now, you see, that's juet the way it was," he wa- saying in a onoroui voice to three burly fishermen when Mark caught stht of him. Tho4e pesky crabs climb up the riggin, to the cro6tree aad sot down for the rest of the voyage." "Oh. no, now. you don't mean it. Uncle Seth," said one of the listeners, break lag into a loud laugh. Ye I do." the old maa declared yee I do." He was sitting under the gltmnwrof a lantern, and Mark could see that he had a broad, weather-beaten face fringed with a short white beard. Ho were a tarpaulin hat, a loose pea-jacket, aad he had a wooden leg which he rested across a stool. The sailor's yam he had begun to spin he went on with, protesting now and then that every word of it was the honest truth; and Mark was so amused by the narrative that he soon joined the fishermen in laughing heartily. Indeed, the extraordinary adventures of those erabe were worth remembering. The maa who eeuld tell a story so well was a pleasant one to meet; and Mark wad much pleased, when he arrived at the island and inquired for the school agent, to discover that the old maa was the identical person. ' Sure" you live I'm the man." he said. "Hooker Uncle Seth Hooker, that's who I am: and I'm the keeper m khe Point Iiarht ever yonder. Gatber up your traps and sail right over. mskjaj a ttthJLiauaa iikaaLaalA 'Lhjbl.a f Mjtimjmm ft Mark swung his heavy carpet-bar nver his shoulder and started off with him across a rough, stony field in the direction of the light-house, which 9bty vislhie erorj time iU rs

rolring light fiaahed toward them. He was going to see aomethiaz n Utile strange at nay rat?, he thought, rather pleaded with the expectation of a new experience. " I sapp-me you expected me to-day, Mr, Ifooker?'' he naked, when they had pick ad their way along in silence a few moment. " Wal, ye; now I coma to think of it, we did." the old maa aatwered. "itot I rsekonet you d be nigger, you see. aad I didn't notice you much in the beat. Kver been down m these pa Ha" ulore?" Mark eoafeesed that ae had not. ' Ever kept school among the fishermen nay whore?'

Mr. Hooker hobbled on and said nothing more for some moments, evi dently thinking that Mark wa not the sort of teacher to try hU hand in that region. "The boys menzt us here are a tough set." be said. "Takes a.stocky mm of a fellow to whollop "them. Mebby you'll do. tuo. Ti.n't always the biasest toad in the puddte that's the spryeit." Thev had arrivett at the door of the house attached to the lighthouse, and Mark did not, attempt to reply, but followed him in silently. ' "This k the teacher. Sis" the old maa id, introducing him to an elderly woman with a thin, rharp face and faded red hair, who wa. rej)ariH the table for supper. My siller Cynthy, Mr. Mr. " 4 "Jasper, said Mark. "Ye .lasper. Wal, I hope I make you both acquainted." Mark took off his overcoat and sat down before a Waxing wood Ore in a large old-fashioned fireplace; and while the old maa wns bustling around aad the sister rattled the dishes in a neighboring closet, he had an opportunity to look around. What "attracted hU attention first was the floor, which was painted to represent waves dashing here and tnere. Next he noticed that every thing was lashed either to the floor or to the wall, the same as in the cabin of a ship, and as if a gale might be expected any moment to upset the house. The brass door-knob were polished, and there was nothing that showed the, slightest hint of dirt- A cleaner room could not be imagined, and Mark began to feci comfortable nnd at home before he had been seated in it five minutes. The tall, ancient clock in a distant corner seemed to have a friendly tick; the iire was hospitable and tho table looked inviting. At lat the Old man. or Uncle Seth, as it wa soon discovered be wa called by every body, announced that SU said supper was ready and invited Mark to move up and help himself. Sister Cynthia soon joined them, and thee Uncle Seth fell to eatlag and talklar. He had sailed the sea ever since tb youth and was full of stories. anecdotes and good nature. Mark laughed until he was red in the face. and s-oon became the best of friends with him. Br the time the meal was finished Uncle Seth had become so confidential that he bean to confide to him much of his personal history. Sitting at one corner of the hearth and resting his wooden leg across a chair, be smoked and toM about a long cnuVe in a whaling ship and then of a vnvage to Australia during which a water cask rolled on him and crushed his leg. Since then he bad been aground, he said, pultad up high and dry. itefore Mark was aware of it the evening bad slipped away and the clock was striking ten. Uncle Seth then inquired of Sister Cynthia whether the teacher was to sleep for'ard' or up aloft," and, learning her preference, led Mark to a spare room, opening off the parlor. There were green paper curtains at the win dows, a peacock's feather drooping over a small looking-zlase, three or four shells on the mantel-piece, and collection of daguerreotypes, framed ia a group, hanging above it, The room was so chilly, however, that Mark did not pass many moments cx amtntng these details. He looked at the daguerreotypes long enough to discover thnt one of them was a pict ure ot uncle etn, taken when he was a young man, ana tnnt another repre sented his sister in the bloom of vooth. Then, nattily undressing, he blew out the light, jumped into plump, oM-lasnionee bed. and soon afterward was sound asleep. His first thoughts in the morning were, of course, about the school. He could see the drab-colorel old building on a small hill a short distance away. The smoke was beginning to curl up from its chimney when he sat down to breakfast, signifying that one pupil. at least, was already on hand. With some anxiety Mark watched the clock until it was a quarter of nine, and then be started to begin his work. While he walked leisurely up the hill toward the school-house, he saw the boys and girls crowd around the door to look at him: and as he drew near them they giggled so much he became confused Itot his embarrassment soon passed eft when be had gone among them aad called them to order. They numbered thirty-nine big aad little, short aad stout, ami they all watched him the most of the forenoon. Three of the larger boys In the back row were the pupil?, Mark decided, who would probably cause him the most annoyaace. No indication of trouble appeared, however, during the day. Everything glided on very smoothly; and Mark, sitting near one of the windows, watehed the ships in the distance dreawHy while he award tke big and

the little recite their lestontf. It would

not be. such a difficult undertaking after nil, he fancied. The location of the school'bouse was picturesque and rowan tic; it was pleasant to be so near Um ocean; and the effort to tench was certainly not great Hut it came to pass that these refieetions were the result of inexperience. On the third day the "tough set," whom Uncle beta had spoken of, began the attack, and Mark had no more peace until the term was nearly completed. "He ain't no ways big enough to learn us," a oouplu of the largest and most stupid boys declared. "He again to be put til right spry." "It's their old game, young man," said Undo Seth, rubbing his wooden kg thought fully. "Their great idee la life is to put somebody out; and 1 ve alwavs said thnt the teachor who could I master them would be lit to govern ltottia." Mark's first feeling was disgust. To wrangle with ignorant bullies was not to his taste; and lie was undecided whether he would not give up the school. at once. They could easily put him out, of course, if they determined to do so; itnd to attempt to fight with them was no part ot discretion. He av awake most of one night thinking about it and got up in tha morning desperately miserable. He could not return to tho college without money and ho did not like to go homo defeat ed. "If I could be a giant about a week I would give a great deal." he said to Uncle Seth and Sister Cynthia. Hrains is worth a heap raore'n mnwle. thousrh. in the long run. an swered Uncle Seth. "When you find humn vou can t walk right over vou must nnd a way to go rouml n. you know. That's what I've learned in mv time. Jost irit around it aotne way or another." That was. in fact, the only way he could hope to continue the sehool. Mark understood plainly; but so far he had not discovered how to proceed. He began immediately, however, to study the characters of the pupils who amoved him and to adapt himself to the necessities of the occasion, lly making an effort to keep them in good humor he gained time to begin with; then be managed at recess and after school to draw them into friendly conversation about their trips to the fish-' ns banks told a good story which get them laughing, and finally succeeded in capturing one, named Jake Clinch, to go iHhing with him that night Though not quite the seknowledjjed leader of the school, Jake was the stoutest and strongest of them all; and Mark decided that if he could make a stanch friend of him the future would be safe. Sitting out on one of the ledges in the moonlight angling, he found an opportunity to become very social with him. Jake at the first of the evening. It fell out, took a fancy to a pearl-handled jak-knife Mark cut the Wit with; and after awhile Mark made him a present of it, asking him to keep it to remember him by. This proved a great stroke of diplomacy. The next dav Jake said the teacher wa a better little "feller" than he had supposed, and he believed they ought to give him a show before thoy pitched into him. The others did not quite agree with him; but they hesitated to do anv thing that he Would not take part in. and revolutionary proceedings were, therefore, suspended for awhile. "We'll tackle him spellin'-school night," said Jim Nixon, the most pugnacious one among those dissatisfied. "That'll be the time. Kvery body will be around then to see us do it." Having received a hint from Jake, Mark exercised all the tact he could muster in obtaining a postponement of the customary spelling-school, and, to the surprise of Uncle Seth and the neighborhood, a month passed without there being any riot in the schoolhouse, i be slim teacher was a cuter fellow than any body had supposed, it began to be said; and when Uncle Seth and Sister Cynthia let it be known that the little fellow was poor as Job's tur key and a-tryin' to scrape something together to get an education with, some of the rough old fishermen, who hwl warm hearts under their peajackets, said: "Those ere boys had better luff it a little and not carry quite so much topsail." Mark found each day difficult to manage, though, notwithstanding the apparent tranquility, and he knew that the dreaded spelling-school must take place sooner or later. The best he could do was to keen Jake on his aide and put it off as long ae possible. The anxietv he suffered from day to day was more than he had even imagined before; but he was beginning to have confidence in himself, and he moent now to continue the school to the clost). happen what might The strurirle terminated at the end of the seventh week, one snowy Friday aUfht Kverv body, it seemed to Mark, had turned and crowded into the school-house. The spelling-school was at last about to take place. Laa terns were hung from the calling to light up the odd assembly, the stove was got into a red-hot condition to drive out the cold, sides for tho spelling-match were chosen, and the undertaking began under Mark's direction. Httt it was evident to him bofore be had proceeded very far that the attention of the majority of those present was not Axed on the words in the spelling-book. Out-doors somebody was heaping up fnow against the window nearest him and an uneasy feeling appeared to prevail within. When a half hour had passed and he had become so nervous that it was difficult for him to pronounce the words he was giving out the oiimax

arrived. First there was a loud eat call out-doors; next two of the lights were extinguished, then suddenly the window at his left was pushed in and Instantly Jim Nixon with three or four others leaped ovsr the seats and rushed toward him. "Out with him! Itory him head first! " he heard thorn shout and then a great confusion followed. Just how it all occurred nobody ever knew; but by the time Mark recovered his wits he found himself squeened Into n corner behind Jake Clinch, vho was striking out from the shoulder and saying llercely: "Now, then, Jim Nixon, I gin you fair warnla' I'd stanu up for him. and I will!" In another moment two big fishermen seixsd Jim and threw him headlong out the win

dow into the snow. That put an end to the strife at onco. The lanterns were relighted, the overturned benches arranged and things in general restored to order. I jest want to ink," said Jake, red ,i as a bee anu gasping lor nream, "how many there bo in this 'ere school who want this teacher we ve gut to ty, and how many there be who don't? The first will stand up if they've gut anypunk in them." Mark's friends having prevailed, tho popular sentiment Was in his favor, and every one stood up immediately. Then, at somebody's suggestion, the crowd gave three hearty cheers for the teacher, which threatened to bring down the building, and afterward dispersed, all laughing and talking together. Three more weeks completed the term; but they passed so pleasantly that Mark was not really so full of joy when the school was finished as he had believed he would be. He had grown to like Uncle Seth. Sister Cynthia, and the little community one way and another. At last, however, "tho horses of the sun brought round the long-expected day." as the Latin poet bays, and Mark stood on the wharf early in the morning, bidding every body goodbye. A crowd of the fishermen with their wives and the scholars were on hand to see him off. He had shaken hand? and was stepping aboard the steamboat when Uncle Seth, .rather flushed and flurried, hobbled up and aught him by tho arm. "Here's a little Minthin' Sis knit. young man, ' ne sntu, in a wnisper; and the folks hereabouts have had a mind to put a trifle of bullast in it to keep you afloat N ot much, you know, but jest, a little sun thin'." One of the silver pieces which was . . , . . , , , - t i. in tliat OHl-iasnioneu purse .uarit nw kept to this day.'. JL Stanford, i X 1' I'ttlttKHikKL A CURIOUS BOOK. A. VolHme Which In Worth More Than m Wrljcht Ih CM. A very curious and interesting as well as extremely rare book, in Boston ruWic Library, if. that inscribed "Joannes Latinus, Uarnataj 157,1." It is so rare that the llritlsh Museum has not a copy. Some years ago an old gentleman from Philadelphia asked Mr. Knapp. the curator of periodicals Hall, if this and pamphlets in Ilatei book was in the library, much surprised to learn He spent a long time and he was that it was. reading it. and about three years later he returned and asked Mr. Knapp if he remembered him. When answered in the affirmative the old gentleman again expressed a desire to see tlw book, and he took it and read it very carefully. Nothing else in the library seemed to interest him in the least. Some two years ago there appeared in one of the public prints an article en titled, "Latin John, the Negro Scholar, Critic and Poet," in which. among many other interesting facts. it was stated that " the name of this singular historical personage was Juan Latino. His name was first made familiar to a world of readers bv Cervantes in the 'Sonnet ol Urganda, to the Hook of Don Quixote do laMancha,' which, when translated. runs thus: Stace Heaven's will hath kept thse sack From turn I nR oat a clastic Dea, Tutks Jaaa Latlae. ke, tke block. Leave tkou tatiaity aleae. "Unlike Urganda, however, Latin John was a real man and a negro, not a 'tinted Moor,' as Diego Ximenes de Kncisco would make us believe in his drama, but a genuine blackamoor, an Ethiopian." Latin John is mentioned by all the groat bibliographers in the highest terms. His Latin poems wero printed in Grenada in 157.1, and not long aftorward he appears to have died and was buried in the famous church of Santa Ana of that city. The inscription on his monument calls him "Fillus Athiopum, prolesque nigerrima patrum." "His book has been long out of print, and is one of the rarest in the world. Latin John was not only a famous professor of Greek and Latin in the Cathedral School of Grenada, but an accomplished swordsman, a lover, a wit and a musician. He fell in love with one of the beauties of Grenada, and they were married by the Hishop of the cathedral in the presence of no less a personage than Don John of Austria." 9U .-Lshm A Dressing for Duoks antnSGeese. Soak sufficient whlta bread"! cold water. v henthoreughly soaker" .ress out firmly wiln the hand, removing all

superflous water. Add salt, a lltVe WSB""1 W grated nutmeg, two eggs and ilie llveW1 e?; P11 wiU '" scran! or chopped very fine, lhe.1 f?Ver 9 nxm ?f

add tho chesnttte.whlck have previously been peeled, boiled and cut in halves or pieces. Mix thoroughly, fill the fowl with the dressing and roast a ueunl. -MurtU Xew Yvrker.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There has just been oetecrated ta Philadelphia a church for the exclusive use of the deaf. It is the first and only place of worship in this country, if not In the world, that in managed entirely by deaf mutes. The Pope addressed a letter to tits Roman Catholic ltlshops Ih the United States, expressing great solicitude as to the spiritual welfare of Italians in tliis country, and announcing that priests will Ira sent from Italy to localities inhabited by Italian emigrants. Canon Knox-Little, the English preacher who is now holding gerviues at Trinity Church, New York, has adopted what is known as the Quaker style of seating his congregation. The middle door of the church is closed, and the people enter from the side doors, the women taking one side and the mon taking the other. It is said that the trustees of a heavily mortgaged church in Lincoln, Neb., in order to raise money to clear the debt, M)ld advertising space on the walls of the auditorium and that " handsome advertising cards appear In conspicuous places, tho charge being j5, and the agreement including an Indorsement from tho pulpit" A wealthy man, whose identity la not disclosed, has subscribed 0.O0O for the establishment of a Christian university at Nanking, China. Mr. Arlington, of Leeds. England, has offered $7o.(XK) for tho beginning of mis sion work among the Indian tribes in the valley of the Amazon. A single donor has sent $l7,500 to the English Church Missionary Society. There is a certain town in Connecticut which has a Congregational and an Episcopal Church with pastors. Some few weeks neo these two pastors started out to gether, and visited in company every family within the bounds of two parishes, bringing to the jMjoplo in their homes Christian admonition and comfort; also reading Scripture and praying with each family. At first the peoplo looked on in amaacment, as if some strange thing were about to happen, but after a little they begun to admire and rejoice in tho work. Ilishop Donne, of Albany, N. Y., through whose exertions an Episcopal cathedral has been erected in that city, is a son of the lato Ilishop William Croswcll Doane, of New Jersey, who founded the famous bt. Mary s Hall School for Girls at Burlington. In that State. Another son of the New Jersey Ilishop is the Roman Catholic Vicnr-General Doane, of Newark. In personal appearance Ilishop Doane, of Albany, is thoroughly an Episcopal Bishop, while his brother bears an equally strong resemblance to the Roman Catholic clergy. The brothers nre excellent friends. i m m m A WISE EMPLOYER. Hew He Gave Stimuli te the Ambltlea of III WorklBie-Mrn. Breguet. the best and most scientific watch-maker of Paris, was frequently visited by NaH)leon. who came dls guieed to tho workshop, that ho might converse with the master about im provement in cannon and fire-arms. When the Allies occupied Paris in 1815, Breguet's fame made the EmIeror Alexander and the Duke of Wellington his customers. Ho made for the Duke a watch which, on touching a spring at any time, struck the hsur and the minute. Its cost was fifteen hundred dollars. The accuracy; of Breguet's watches as time-keepers wa partly due to the fact that ho employed only the best workmen, and paid them lilerally. Some of them received six dollars a day, enormous wages at that period. So many of the journeymen watchmakers wero drunkards, and there were only fifteen or twenty in Paris to whom Breguet dared to trust the execution of tho delicate work necessary for such watches as he made. Another cause of his success was the goodhumor and skill and tact with which he encouraged his meritorious workmen. "Don't be discouraged," he would say to a young working-man, "or allow a failure to dishearten you. Accidents will happon, miscalculations can not be avoided. Be persevering, industrious, honest, and, above all, sober." The high wages he paid, and the stimulus he gave to merit, excited the ambition of tho workmen to turn out tho best watches in the world. They knew that it was tho highest praise to be commended by tho best watch-maker of Europe, and his words, instead of making them self-satisfied, taught them what sort of working-men they ought to become. Youth's CompsmoH. Typheid Fever in Franca. A report on typhoid fever was recently presented by tho Board of Health in France by Prof. Brouardel. From 1872 to 1884 there wove 151,319 cases of tho disease in tho army, 17,642 of which terminated fatally. The mortality constituted about one-third of the total from all causes. The following resolutions were adopted by the board: (1) The conditions of the propagation of typhoid fever, and the means of arresting It are now so well understood that it is possible effectually to stay the spread of the disease which counts annually 1,300 victims in the National army and about 20,000 in the civil population of tho country, and which threatens to endanger the National defense: f2) The sanitation tfonal importance, and ought to be the work of the State. Prof. Brouardel recommends especially the use of water and Improved works of drain age. X 1. i'ssf.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Robert Louis Stevenson's father was an engineer, and was much en nged at his son's determination to adopt literature as a profession. In the present century Soott, Maeaulay and Dlekene ha7e gained the greatest rewards as writers. Anthony Trollops won til'S.OOO in twenty years by his pen. Mr. Gladstone has been examining his oorrespoadenoe, and, after having destroyed a very large number of letters, has set aide 0,000 for preservation in a tiro-proof room which he has had built Carlo Pellegrini, the celebrated caricaturist, will not be interviewed nor photographed. He adopted his well-known signature, "Ape," he says, because when caricaturing he "apes" the peculiarities of his subject The mother of tho late Princess KolUow-Messalskl ("Dora IVIstria") was the first woman author who wrote in the Roumanian tongue. Tho Princess spent her last years in great seclusion at Florence, receiving only visitors eminent in the world of letters. Mrs. Margaret Wilson Oliphant, the novelist, better known simply as Mrs. Oliphant, is now sixty years of age. She makes her home in tho town of Windsor, adjoining Queen Victoria's favorite palace. Tho fact that sho is a Scotchwoman has made her quite a favorite of tho Queen, who reads all her novels and takes ovory occasion to praise their healthy moral tone. Coleridge declares that tho book most frequently in his hands was Southoy's "Life of Wesley?" and to Southey ho bequeathed his copy of it, on account of, its marginal annotations. One of those contains the grateful apostrophe: "0, dear and honored Southey, this is tho favorite of my library among many favoritos; this is the book which I can road for tho twentieth time with delight, when can read nothing olso at all." Zieti's Ihrald. John Bright, at tho outlet of his public career, whs, as one of his townsmen said, a vehement spenkor. f His words flowed from his Hps liko a torrent of flame. His impetuosity was electrifying. Metaphor and illustra tion were almost superabundant; but his choice ot words wero always masterly. His English Is almost IHbllcnl in its purity of stylo and simplicity of Anglo-Saxon range. A short period of public activity had a marked influ-. once on the young orator, whoso speech soberly solidified into a restrained gravity and power. In all senses John Bright has been an orutor rather than a debater, and in tho public tribune before the peoplo greater than in the Parllanientary forum. HUMOROUS. You can not judge of a man's wealth by the gold-headed umbrolla ho curries. Ho may have finished his lunch first Jeweler's WctkJy. Damascus blades wore possessed of a wonderfully good temper. How thoy managed to preserve this we don't know, as thoy were used to carve in Turkey. i'wc. At the minstrels. Mr ranglo 'Well, that's tho richest lot of dry okes I ever heard." Mrs. Fanglo 'Is that tho reason you had to irrigate so often?" Drake's Magazine. It doesn't exactly say so in the Bible, but when you kiss a pretty girl . . , , - on ono cneeic. anu sue is quae sure thoro isn't anybody looking, sho is often known to turn to you tho other, also. Somerville Journal. Discouraged Husband "Well, I've walked this town over and over; but. alas! got no work yet and nothing in tho houso to oat" Wife "Then there is but ono thing loft for us to do we will take in a few boarders." Judge. "Long live the turkey!" says an enthusiastic contemporary. W o do not ndorso tho sentiment Iho turkey already lives too long in nianycasos. Two years is tho extreme limit of old ago which should be permitted In a turkov. JJoiton Otobt. Clem "How's de doctah gettin . a a a ..t. la on, llaeiusr itasuis "tie yam t no iMsttah, Clem, an1 ho had to call in a brudder physician." Clem "Why don't he cure hlsself?" Rastus "Kase doctors is jes like odder folkoses; wen dey'a sick doy's got tor hab a physician and won dey ain't sick dey kin cure doresclvos," Epoch. "Why, sir," said the fireman, tho ingratitude of some people ia away beyond understanding. At the Skvhi flats last week I saved a stock broker's daughter carried her down spliced ladder seventy feet long. And now," tho honest follow gasped for broath, "I'm blowed if he don't want me to marry hor." Burdelte. Doctor (to Bobby) "So you'ra sick again, aro you, my little man?" Bobby (whodoosn t like medicine) "I don't think I am; Idon't leeislcK." Doctor " Well, we'll see. Show ma your tonguo, ploase." Hobby" won. now, doctor, you can t always ton mat way. I've had a busy day of it to-day and If my tongue looks bad I guess it's only because It's tired and needs a good uight's rest" JIarpers liazar. Mrs. Swadklns "Ell. Dr. Pillsbury (is going to leave hero and lo cate soniowhoro in tuo aouin. tie starts next Mon-lay." Mr. Swadkins " When did you see Plllsbury?" " Thin afternoon. -He brought his bill for attendance on Nellie." "What did you toll him?" " 1 had a little money In tVe house, nnd I paid htm in full." " You haven't got m much sense as w last year's bird's nest Chances ara that he never would havo presented thnt bill asralu." TwrtUauU Mmr

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