Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 January 1896 — Page 6

THE MAN FOR SANDY.

I wo'j'Jna gie a copper plack For oay man that turns his back On duty clear; I wouldna tak his word or note, 1 rrouldna trust him for a groat. Which ho might steer. fSVhen things are just as thins should be, An.i fortune gios a man the plea, Where'er he be It Isaa hard to understand How he may w alk through hous. and land iWl cheerful face and open hand Continually. But when, i" 5pite o' work and care, A miia must loss and failure bear, He merits praise: "Wha will not to misfortune bow. Who rocks his bonnet on his brow And Gents and tights. he kcnsna how. Through lang, hard days. I wouldna gie nn auld bawbee For ony man that I could see Wha didna hold The sweetness o his mither's nam", The kindness o' his brother's claim, The honor ' a woman's fame, I'nr mair than gold. Ts or U it hard for him to do. .Wha kens his friends are leal and true, Love sweet and strong. Whose hearth knows nt from year to year The shadow of a doubt or fear, Or feels the falling of a tear I'or only wrong. Xt'it gie hint praise whose love is pain, IVha, wrongM, forgives mid loves again, And, though he grieves, 1Ws not the dear ono from his rare, 2jt loves him mair. ami mair. and mair. And bides his time wi' hope and prayer. And still believes. Ay, gie him praise who doesna f.ir Th up hill light from year to year And who grips fast Jlis ain dear ones through gool or ill, Wiia, If they wander, loves them still; u:ue day of joy he'll get his till; He'll win at last. Pittsburg Tost. DAFT JiKT. "Mluchteddo, fanioPs for ye flow re? (Tardens: infamous for ye fay re." That is how :in ohl chronicler sums up the character of the village. The llouvr jcardens remain unto this day; so does the fair, llut the fame of the one and the infamy of the other have long been merged in a decent obscurity. Miiichtead has, indeed, shared tin, fate of a It mid red other villages. It has succumbed to an age of railways. Formerly, Londoners used to visit Minehtead fur change of air. They then "took as Ions reaching it by roach or by Iost chaise as they now take over a railway journey to St. Leonards or East bourne. Hath chairs and donkey rhaises were quite abundant on Minchto.nl common then. Children and muses thronged it. It was a popular ayiug iu the place that "seven airs ' met there" meaning thereby seven distinct characters of atmosphere. How that number was arrived at is scarcely wbvious. ISut, at any rale, the common -was, and Is, particularly bracing, and ;i Uy spent upon it cannot fail to invig rate the spender. Now, however, Ichabod.' No one I to le met there save the ubiquitous jrolfer, the loafer, who lives upon bis lost balls, and the dingiest sheep and most odoriferous goats that are to 1 found within the twelve-mile radius. The fair, as we have said, still remains. It Is held at P.artlemytide on .the old village green. There is an old and there is a new green at M inchHead. The latter deserves the name, for It has a line expanse of turf; witli !llto former It is otherwise, livery Wade of grass has longdisappoa red from It. It is a bare, worn space of gravel nd sand, trodden to the consistency of road by playing children and loafing sncn and women. It is here that tho lenizens, whose houses lie around the fcreen. are full of cursing and bitterness ior three whole days in every August. The strident music of the lnerry-go-T-uiids, the nauseous odors of their oilled engines, the oaths of drunken men. .Che shrieks of drunken women, the general rowdyism ami disorders which are vain pant after dark may serve as some xcuse even for cursing and bitterness. Slany Minehsteadites have tried to get the nuisance put down, but without avail. The fair is held by royal charter. An act of Parliament alone ran abolish it. And Parliament liua its lauds too full already to be passing acts or the abatement of mere local nuisances. The fair, therefore, continues. In the daytime It Is finite respectable; it Is ren aristocratic, as aristocracy In 3Ilncbstead goes. Ladies-no mere Iydies have been seen in the swinging boats before dusk; gentlemen -and rthosc not simply gents stroll up there to while away an hour of the afternoon Sn cocoa nut skies and rille shooting. .There Is a famous shooting range, kept &y one Amos Dunkley, which lias graced Minchstead fair regularly since ;tle early öo's. You do not simply shoot 'down a tule at glass bottles, but you Aave a sort of miniature junglo wherein to practice your markma'jship -a Jungle full of moving rabbits and Hying rds for, the experts, of stationary j targets and bottles for the. Inexperienced. To those Minehsteadites who used to patronize this gallery a few years ago nc figure must have beeiuvery fam'dxr. It was that of a middle-aged woman, belonging evhlently to tho poorer dttsses, who used to stand Just at the trance of 4 Dunkley's gallery all rshrougli the three days of the fair. She prent by the name of "Daft liet." . Pas, rs by would nod to her In a pitying ort of Tway, and give her coppers or mal I silver coins. She did not, however, pay much heed to any of them, or reu seem to care whether they gave er money or not. Her eyes were all fe while, fixed upon the entrance of She shooting gallery, with a set, eager ipresslou, 33 though she were anxiousff watching for some one to come out.

So she was. So she had been now for thirty years. When eleven struck, and Dunkley came to the door to close his gallery for the night, she would ask hi ni. eagerly: "How about Tom? Will he be coming home to-night?" And Dunkley would say. with a kindly gravity that did credit to his felings: "No, lass, no! Tom must stay tonight to take care of the show." "Hut you'll not keep him to-morrow night, Mr. Dunkley, sir you'll not keep to-morrow?" "Nay, lass! I'll not keep him to-morrow." I'or thirty years had this same dialogue taken place on each of the three nights of Minchstead ISartlemy fair. Daft Ilet's story was a suflieiently sad one. In the year 1S.V, a bride of six weeks' standiug, she had lost her busband in the following tragic way: Dunkley, one of whose assistants had been unexpectedly laid up. had engaged Tom Pilcber, a resident of Minchstead, to help him with Ids shooting gallery during the three days of the fair. Toward evening, on the last of the three days, something went wrong with one of the running rabbits, and Tom crept into the jungle to put the thing in order. The shooting was stopped while he did so, but the gallery was very full just then; there was great confusion and crowding among the would-be marksmen, and somehow one of the attendants did not observe that Tom Pilcber was in the juiigle, for be was stooping very low and was hidden by the artificial grass and rushes. The attendanthandedaloaded gun to a gentleman who stretched out his hand for if. The latter, also never seeing Tom, took aim at one of the rabbits in the grass, and before be could be .stopped--lired. There came a sharp cry from tin? jungle, followed by an ominous groan. Dunkley sprang ever the barrier and rushed forward. He found poor Tom Pilcber huddled upoiKthe ground, just breathing his last, An ugly wound in the forehead showed where the ball bad penetrated. I 'very body present was horror-stricken by this tragical accident. The gentleman who had fired the shot, especially, was in a perfect agony of distress, llut the affair was rendered sadder still by what followed. Tom's young wife, who bad come there to walk home with him, was actually waiting for hint at the entrance at the time when the accident occurred. Some excited and thoughtless witness of the catastrophe went out and told her never attempting to break it gently, or in any way to prepare the poor girl for the shock. She ran wildly in. She forced her way through the crowd to her dead husband. She threw herself upon bis body, with a terrible wail. When she at length raised her eyes from the dead they were fixed and strange. The light of reason was gone from them. It never returned. This is bow it was that ever afterward, during the Minchstead P.artlemy fair, you would find her at the door of Dunkley's gallery waiting for Tom; never quitting her post, never growing weary, always receiving with patient acquiescence Dunkley's intimation that Tom could not be spared from the show that night, ami buoying herself r.p with th? promise that he would surely be allowed to come with her tomorrow. The gentleman who bad fired the fatal shot made what amends were' possible to this alllicted creature. He called upon the vicar of the parish and arranged to pay the widow, through him, a sufficient weekly allowance to keep her in comfort for her life, or--supposing such a course should be held necessary to defray the cost of her maintenance in a good private asylum. The former course was adopted, for the doctors pronounced her quite harmless, and declared that there was no reason for shutting her up. And so poor Daft Het lived on in Minchstead for thirty years, pilied and kindly used by all; not unhappj, never complaining, but supported from first to last by her merciful delusion, and always confident that she should see her Tom to-morrow. It was exactly thirty years after the fatal accident in the August of 1S.S5that a party of young fellows who had come over with a cricket team to play a match against the famous Minchstead Club strolled down to the fair in tho evening on the lookout for a littlo amusement. Some betook themselves to one show, some to another. Three or four went into Dunkley's world-renowned shooting gallery. One of them, a good-looking, merry young fellow of alout -0, seemed to attract Daft Bet'd attention as he went by, for she suddenly fixed her great, lud low eyes upon him and followed him into tho gallery with an eager glance. Ity and by she went up to the doorkeeper. "Just let me in. I want to speak to Tom," she said, coaxingly. "Xay, Ilet," said the man. with more kindness than might have been expected from bis rough appearance. "You cannot come in now, lass. Tom's busy, lie has no time to be speaking to you." "Do let ine in. there's a dear," she persisted, earnestly. The doorkeeper shook his head. "I müssen, lass," be said decidedly. Oh, there is Mr. Dunkley!" she cried. "Let me ask Mr. Dunkley. Mr. Dunkley, sir." Amos was standing near (he entrance. lie turned round at the sound 'of bis name, and liet preferred her request

to him. "Mr. Dunkley, sir; let me come in for a minute to speak to Tom," she pleaded. "Tom's busy, lass," said Amos, using the same excuse as the doorkeeper had done. "lie can't be spared from his work at present." "Hut let me just come in and wait Insidw till lie Is ready to speak to nie." cried liet, c lasping her hands. "Oh, do let me, Mr. Dunkley, sir!" Amos Dunkley was a soft-hearted man. He had always been very kind

to Het, and it went against him to refuse her this small and easily granted favor, by which, moreover, tho poor, mad creature seemed to set such store. "Well, lass, if you do come inside," be said, "you must just stand still and wait patiently. We cannot have business interfered with, you know." "Oh. Mr. Dunkley, sir, I'll be as good as gold. I'll stand inside and never move or speak till Tom is ready. Maybe I shall see Tom when I'm inside?" she added with half wistful inquiry la her tone. "No. no, lass; you'll not see him. lie's busy at the back," said Amos Dunkley. "Hut I'll see him when he's done, Mr. Dunkley, sir?" "Oh. yes. Het. You'll see him when he's done." She came Inside the gallery and stood quietly in a corner. 1 1 er eye roamed about the tent until they fell upon the young man already mentioned, and on him they remained fixed. She followed all his movements eagerly. Never for a second did she allow her gaze to wander from him. Xow she seemed to be growing agitated. She could not stand still. She was twisting both her hands in a corner of her apron, then untwisting them, and so on, rapidly. IWv feet shuffled and fidgeted on the ground. No one, however, observed her. The place was full. Amos and liN assistants were all busy. At last Daft Het could remain In her place no longer. She glided swiftly forward and mingled with the ihroi.g. Soon she was close to the barrier w here the marksmen stood and was almost rubbing shoulders with the young man, on w hom her eyes had been neverceasingly fixed. They were glittering now with a peculiar light. She lifted her hand ami plucked the young man by the sleeve. "Ililloa, mother: What is it?" no said, turning round and regarding her go d-naturedly. "Where Is Tom?" she asked, almost In a whisper. "My good woman, really I cannot tell you." was the laughing rejoinder. "You know where be is you do know where he is," she persisted, with a certain fierceness in her tone. "I assure you you are quite mistaken," said the young man. still laughing, for he supposed that it was sonn kind of joke. "1 know nothing about hint." "You shall tell me!" she cried, passionately. "You shall tell me where ho is!" At this point one of the assistant, who was standing at the barrier loading rifles for use, turned round and saw Daft Het clutching the young mail's arm. "Xow then, lass," he said, sharply, "none of that. You've no business here annoying our customers. Come, clear out of it!" The woman's eyes blazed. With Incredible swiftness, and before he could prevent her, she reached forward and caught up one of the weapons which ho bail just loaded. She pointed it straight at the young man's forehead. Sin pulled tho trigger. It was all the work of a second. Crack! flash! smoke! a heavy thud; and then a moment's awful silence. In that moment, while dismay si ill held every onlooker paralyzed, Het threw down the discharged gun and snatched up another loaded, ready for use. She held the muzzle against her own forehead and, crying, "He does know be does; be shall take me to my Tom!" so fired, and fell. "Oood (Jod!" said Amos Dunkley a few minutes lab-r, to one of the dead

man s companions. tiood doii: llieji that explains it." "How? What do you mean?" exclaimed the other, who was nearly beside himself with mingled grief and horror. T mean, young man,"' answered Amos very solemnly, "that the hand of fate is clearly present in this dreadful thing. Thirty years ago her busband was accidentally shot in my gallery on this very green. The one as shot him was your poor friend's father." London Truth. PECULIAR RETAINING FEE. John Chinaman. Had It Arranged Hefore He Perpetrated the Crime. Col. A. T. Vogelsang, the attorney, is regarded as one of the best raconteurs of the legal profession. In the Palace grillroom yesterday he let out a string of anecdotes. He said that a few weeks ago Dennis Spencer, the Xapa luminary, was railed upon by a Chinaman one evening, when the following dialogue ensued: " 'One Chinaman kill another Chinaman with a hatchet; how much you charge make him clear? " 'I'll take the case,' said Mr. Spencer, 'for $1,000 "Allee right said the Chinaman, 'I be back after while "In about a week he returned to Mr.' Spencer's oilier and laid down $ 1,00t in gold coin on his table. Mr. Spencer swept the money into the drawer. " 'Well, the Chinaman, he dead " 'Who killed him' " I did 44 'When did you kill him?' " 'Last night There was some curiosity on the part of the audience for further light on tho disposition of the ?$000, but Mr. Vogelsang immediately spun off on to another story. Sau Francisco Call. liuffalocs Help I'nch Other. When an'Afrlcan buffalo is wounded by a hunter It Is surrounded by several otJitVs, who 'nunediately group themselves round him and help him along In their midst by shoving ngalnst his side until they have reached a place of safety. Father of" CÄU. 7 One of the chief ineu In a Mohammedan caravan is the cat-shelk, or "Father of Cats," who rides a camel carrying dozens of baskets filled with caU.

MUTINY IN THE AIÜIY

SALVATIONISTS REBEL AGAINST THEIR ENGLISH GENERAL. The b'oldicra in America Do Not Want to Have llHllltitoii Uuuth Co Away What the I'opuler Leader und 111 Wife Huve Done. Lesson of '71 Airuiu. The peremptory order from Cen. Hooth, ! commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, relieving ISallingtou lloulli of the' command in America lias called forlh protest from the ."'.o.om soldiers fairly worship the commander a--' n's wife. The army was tstunne ''.v ,,u' news. It asked for au expla?"1'-'. !l VviX son why its leader should 1,1 takn away, lie answered sadly the-' he knew nothing more than what brief order contained. Not a wo-1 f information accompanied it. '.'here was no news of f.v.x. wm. r.ooiii. where he was to go or who Would be his successor. l am a soldier. I must obey." sai-l the commander. "1 nk you nil to make my burden as light as possible." The army refuses to listen to his entreaties or to accept the order. Meetings are being arranged in every part of the country. Protests and petitions of all kinds will le forwarded to the international headquarters in London. The seeds of mutiny have been set. :md if a conciliatory answer is m,t rece'ned from (Jen. 1 ooth the members of the army in America may form an independent win, with lialliiitott Hooth as sole leader. Nine years ao Hallinpton Hooth. son of Oen. William llo.ith. the founder and

MIL AND MKS. HALLINC'IOX TOOTH.

nbsobite commander of the Salvation Army, was sent to this country to take charge of the scattered forces, w ho were making little progress heve. lie was an I'.nglishnian born and bred, lie brought with him his wife, the daughter of a Church of Kurland clergyman. Thy entered at once upon the work and have accomplished wonderful things. Mrs. Hooth is as much of a commander as her husband, and in every undertaking she has had an equal share. They found here about UiHl otlicers and (J.imki soldiers, poorly organized and standing very low in public estimation. To-day there arc lMn otlicers and ;j.."oo local ollicers, the latter being men and women who work at their various callings in the daytime and devote their evenings and Sundays to army work. There are l'S0 corps and Ü0.0OO soldiers. Of institutions the army has 1(1 slum posts, G rescue homes, training garrisons for cadets, 1 food and hhelter dejMits, numerous ho uses of relief in various cities, and 1 outrider circuits in the mining camps of the West. In addition to this there is Ihe War Cry, with a weekly circulation oT 1H).im.. In the larger cities the army has gradually been acquiring property, the headquarters building in Xew York City being the largest and finest. One r"sult of which the Hooths are promlest is the rise of the army in public estimation. At first churches and people generally gave no approval or supiNtrt. Having got their hosts thoroughly organized and accomplished tilling results. Commander and Mrs. Hooth commenced work among the higher social classes. An auxiliary corps was started and it now numbers among its members leading ministers, (Jovcrnors, Senators and many men of wealth. The army hail distinctly risen in the social scale when (Jen. William Hooth came to this country last year. The progress of the American army iu popular esteem seemed especially to displease him. ami he preached continually about the necessity of keeping down every tendency to rise above the gutter. The independence of the America ii army and its evident tendency to cut loose from Fnglish rule and methods caused many sharp talks to olHccrs. lie saw that a continuation meant ultimate separation. He said the army whs too much Americanized. After leading Iiis country !en. Hooth started on a tour of the world to investigate the wings of the army iu various regions. He sent from India the order relieving Halliuglon Hooth of the command in America. At the same time he relieved the commanders iu several other countries. He is determined that the armies shall feel that they are all under his command and that every country shall be subservient to 1'nglish rule. International headquarters in London have continually Interfered in the affairs of the American irniy, countermanding orders and giving

directions that seemed unwise to the leafl. ers here. No nnjiointtiiont to Inch rank 'ni be made without approval of Londe j All these things have been lorn' n '

f the ofli. ers. but the order rer ,,n UIC commander and his wife . lW;f lt1hft" "iiers talk of they could endure. Tin ihe revolution nf 177; .d say it is time for 1he Ameri. ans t..-ain iniso !,-'.ins;t the l-'iijjish. If tli rders are not rescind ed the ainiv wi take measures to declare itself indejie ent of London domination. FwTH IN BAKESHOPS. jj. tliujj DiMirovrricM liy New York Hak cry Inspector?. Sine th new law leijuirin inspectin;; of the liukcsliops of New York went into effect, about half a year ago, many startling discoveries have been made by the inspectors of that city, llut it was not until the other nilit 1 lint the State authorities wen- rien ;iu insight into the liltlliliess of some of the bakesliops of the metropolis. Pcpttty Slate Factory inspector 1'raiiey and Itakcshop Inspector 1 (anion started out together to take n peep at some of the city's bakeries. Whatever doubts Mr. I'raney miht have had as to the necessity of the hnkrshor. law they were removed. The shop, the condition of which produced the strongest impression on Mr. I'raney's mind, is located in ltaynrd street, and is kept hy an Italian. It is n cellar shop. Its lloor jura is small, its ceiling is low. and. mi the ni.ht of the expedition, the place was exccedirgly dirty. Nt only is the baking of bread, cnl os. pics and other Hour products carried on in the cellar in question, but the boss baker's entire family, together with the workmen in the shop, make ir their conslant abode. It was the middle of the evening when they entered the shop. In the front part of the cellar, in a little store partitioned o.T from the shop, the boss baker's wife w:i selling bread and other baked things. In the shop, nenr the door conned inc it and the store. t o workmen were asleep on a col. in a lorg, coliin-like bread bo. such r.s Italinn and French bakers use iu preference to the Hpia.e ones used by bakers of other nationalities, another workman was asleep. These were "day hands." At the molding board the two night hands, stripped to the waist, were busy mixing douprh. On a cot near ihe board two children of from 7 to 10 years were slumbering peacefully, while in the douüh trough was a chihl less than a year old. Mr. llanlon has encountered stranger ihinirs. however, than babies in doujrh troughs. In one shop an open barrel stood in the mid-lie of the floor. From the top of the barrel there was rising at the moment of his entrance a thin, whitish cloud, evidently of dust, steam, smoke or Hour. Investigation showed it to bo of Hour, and that it was caused b.r ti e imttering and scratching of a hen m the Hour that was soon to be made into bread. The operation of the law will be rendered even more effective by the passage of certain amendments which are now be-" for the Legislature. CONDITION OF NATIONAL BANKS General Improvement Marked in the Financial Hi s'ness. Tho abstract from the reports made 1o the Controller of the Currency by the .'t.TO'i national banks in the United States showing their condition Iee. 1.'. IS! 13, shows loans and discounts, amounting to $2.1 11 1.! 5 1 .7! J. n ga i ns t ?1 Cii. K S, 10 J Sept. JS, ls'.r, the date of the last report. The gold coin held by the national banks Dee. i: amounted to n:.Slo400, against .110.;7S.oO Sept. LVS. The gold treasury certificates on hand amounted to $20,93'.0:iit. to be compared with ?ll,.Vk0,0"0 Sept. IN. The gold clearing house certificates aggregated J?.'!.'!, K.,(to0, compared with S'Il.ii-'l.iHH at the last report. The silver treasury certificates amounted to $'JÖ.S7S.:;Lo. to be compared with SIT.:,! 14.1 SO in September. The total specie on hand Dec. VA was S'JOlkTlLMlO, compared with i?l!('..'J:i7.:il I Sept. 2S. The legal tender notes on hand Dec. 13 amounted to ?.HVjm.4Ü. against ?!V.,!)t;.ft.STt Sept. -.X. The United States certificates of deposit for legal tender notes on hand aggregated J?oL-140,(XX), against S4!.!rJi ,( ai the time of the September report. The reports snow that between Sept. 1!S, ISJi-'t. and Dec. 1." the national banks increased their individual deposits from 5f 1 ,70 l.i Xi.7l 1 to $1 ,7'J( .."tO.'Jl 1 . CUSHMAN K. DAVIS. Made Prominent by His Monroe Doctrine Ivcsolut ion. The resolution fathered by Senator C. K. Davis, of Minnesota, to extend tho workings of the Monroe doctrine beyond the mainland of this continent so as to include nil the islands adjacent thereto, makes the originator n marked man these days. The bill goes much farther than the President intended in his recent message on Venezuela nnd will be vetoed should it reach the White a k. DAvis. House. Ihe author is said to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Masked roblers held up four passengers in the Falls City, Neb., depot, relieved them of their valuables and then escaped.

S t!r .v'OTWfe

-TALENTS OF THE JEW.

famous in Finuncct IMiilosopliTt Med iciuci and Music. Soneone has been at the pains recently to make an analysis of the. characteristics of more than thirty thousand prominent men of modern limes with special reference to the Jewish lace. The results are curious and interesting. They bear testimony also to the remarkable versatility ami adaptability of the Jewish people and their tenacity of purpose, even under the most adverse conditions. Although Mösts, the greatest of lawgivers, and Joshua, one of the most brilliant and successful generals, wen of the Jewish race, in modern times ihn Jews are less distinguished than men of other creeds generally as Matcsmci and soldiers. They have no distinction whatever as agriculturists, engravers, sailors ami explorers. Their greatest service to the wmid has been accomplished in the capacity of actors, doctors, financiers, metaphysicians, musicians, poets and philosophers. In all tin so lints of luiina.' thought and endeavor they have contributed many illustrious immortal names. Astronomical science has no brighter name upon its roll than Hörschel, tho Jew, and mathematics boasts no greater service than that which il received at the bands of Jneobi Cremona. In biology also the olic; despised Hebrew lias made his mark. Hornstein. Heinak, Hoseiithal and Valentine have done large service as physiologists; Cobubeim. Hirsch. Liebreich. Loinbroso and Tnuibe as pathologists will, perhaps, be recognized, while F. Cohn h. perhaps, the third greatest botanist in lermany to-day. Hut it is iu the realm of music tl; it tho genius of the .It w has had its largest ili-vi lopim lit and accomplished tin' most brilliant and original results. On lias only to think of the u-ondcrful achievements of such masters of tin nil divine as Mendelssohn. Meyerbeer and llubinsteiti. to say nothing of Moscheles and Haley, to realize how poor the world would be had not these men of the Jewish race lived and wrought ns they did. Surely the mantle of David, the poet king of Israel and ihn great master id' the sacred song, has fallen on not one. but many, of bis descendants in these later days. Jacksonville Metropolis. 'Dreams: Dreams:" Soon after Disraeli had quilted tli netive arena of the House of Common for the "gilded mausoleum" of tho House of Lords be was visited at Iiis bouse by his friend, Lord lower. Tho two men sat by the lire iu the grate, and the ex-Premier talked of his ow a political career. At last ho ceased talking, nnd gazing abstractedly into th burning coals, muttered: 'Dreams: dreams!" The mournful, half-audible exclamation is suggestive. Apparently it indicated that he who had for long. laborious years devoted himself to his country found in that fact no solid satisfaction. Is that the usual fate of rotitvd statesmen? The incident is quoted by Mr. Tuc-;-erman as a thought-provoking aiidiiioii to his account of :i n interview wit!i William II. Seward, published in "Personal Recollections of Notable People." While Mr. Seward, in lS7i was suffering from paralysis at bis home in Auburn, New York, Mr. Tuckeruiau wont out of bis way to pay bis respects to tho veteran statesman. He found him unable to use his arms and legs, but with Iiis mental faculties unimpaired. For the two days the guest enjoyed the statesman's hospiiality he was entertained with remiuisc-enoes and anecdotes. When he was departing Mr. Seward took him aside and said: "Now teil nie what I can do for you. If I po.-sess any fulluenee wit!i the present administration, I am at your service." Mr. Tuckerman replied that ihe only service be could do for liim was to get better health nt his earliest convenience, and to let the world bear from him occasionally. "Do you mean to say," asked M; Seward, "that you came out of your way to visit a br d;en-tow n old man lik,i me without a single interested motivo beyond thai of seeing me":" lie noticed that his guest was annoyed by the implication, nnd added, with emotion: "I do not have many such visitors nowadays." Those last words lingered iti tin guest's cars. "Was his." be asked himself, "no exception to the fate that too often overtakes the retired statesman':" Scaling No Longer lay. Although the Sealers' Association of Vancouver passed a unanimous resolution a few weeks ago not to send out any sealing schooners until next August, nearly all the vessels are now Utting out to start on a cruise as is customary at this time. Only ono schooner made expenses last year, but all are going to try it again this year. It was stated some weeks ago that most of the San Francisco soalirg schooners had actually gone into other business. Koine being at that time outward bound with general cargoes fop southern ports, while others were titling out to go otter bunting. ! The Lougest Iii veil Animals. It is generally agreed among naturalists that the tortoise is the longest lived of all animals. There are many Instances of them attaining the extraordinary age of LWl years, while one 1 actually mentioned as reaching the unparalleled age of 4oö years. Notwithstanding these examples, which, of course, are exceptionally rare, the ordinary tortoise only lives, on an average, from 100 to iro years. t t Coopers' Wages. Coopers iu England receive $7.E) per week; in Uennany, $.1.1)7; and iu New Bouth Wales, $12.90.

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