Bloomington Telephone, Volume 13, Number 38, Bloomington, Monroe County, 5 April 1889 — Page 2

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I"ra Ioata! ! Could yon find me, please? Poor Utile frightened baby i The wind hns tossed t.er golden fleece, The atone has scratched her dimpled kn9S, I topped and lifted hr with ease, And softly whispered, "Maybe." Tell me your name, my little maid ; I can't find yon without it." "My name 1 Shiney-eyes," ehe said : Yes, but your last V She shook her head ; Up to my house 'ey never said A single fing about it." But, dear, I said, "what U your name?" Why. didn't you hear me tell you? Bust Shiney-eyes." A bright thought came; "Tea, when you're good ; but when they blame Ton. Uttle one it's just the same," When mamma has to scold your9 aMy mamma never scolds," she moans, A Uttle blush ensuing. Cept when I've been iwfrowing stones, And then ehe says (tho culprit owns) ; 'Mehitable SappMra Jones, What has you been a-doingr

RETRIBUTION.

BY JAMES FKANKUN fTTTS. I.

It seems cruel to destroy the cher

ished idols of youth and experience; it

is hard to hold up first love to ridicule,

and to portray marriage as merely a commercial transaction. Yet what is otir experience good for, if not to become a gxude to others, who probably are as

green and foolish as we were in our

young and callow days? Of course the

iconoclasts are hated; none of them

get credit for ruthlessly destroying the

darling images of youth and hope; and

I shall gain no friends by the very

frank avowal of personal experience that I am about to make. Very well; ho be it Let me be very candid. Let me

confess that I take a grim pleasure in telling this brief story and its brief se

quel, to illustrate the revenges of tame.

Just now, as I sat in my office, watch

ing the small army of my clerks mak

ing out bills of merchandise to be

shipped all over the country, and show

ing samples to wholesale purchasers, I

heard a timid knock at the office-door.

Nobody knocks at such doors except

those unused to visit there; and so when

I said "come in !" I knew that this was

no customary visitor.

She was not. I had seen her. rears

before; but not here. I had last seen

her so many veara before, that I did

not at first recognize her. But it was

evident that she knew me immediately.

She was a pale and careworn woman

of 50, shabbily dressed. If she had

ever possessed charms of person, there

were no indications now of the fact.

She looked like one to whom life had

become a weariness, and to whom duty

Tras a bondage. Yet she had that un

mistakable air of gentility that neither

poverty, nor misfortune, nor both can

suppress. I greeted her civilly, and

offered her a chair. You are Mr. Bonton?" she said.

ies. ma'am. What can I do for vou ?

"Yoirkave put my husband in jail, on

a charge of forgery. Will you not re

lease him 7; "Do you mean Morris Alton? "He is my husband.9 I had been impressed by her appearance and address; but my heart hardened at once when I heard her appeal.

"I regret to say, madam, that it is im

possible. Your husband pardon me for saying it is a dangerous scoundrel He is probably the author of many . forgeries which have brought loss and embarrassment upon business-circles. This one, he is certainly the author of. The amount is only live hundred dollars ; but he cannot be allowed to escape. It would be a dangerous and costly experiment to release him He must go to State prison.9 She sank wearily in a chair. "H13 poor children!" she murmured. "Such things are hard," I said. But the law must take its course. There is no safety in any other way." Her sorrowful eyes were fixed on my face. "Do not say so, Mr. Bonton. Can you not grant this request for me? Do you jiotknowme?" I looked steadily at her. There was met a feature, not a lineament that I toould recognize. I reluctantly told her so. Her eyes were down-cast, her voice foembled as she spoke her name. And I sat there, dumb for a moment with amazement. rr. It was in my twentieth year that I became persuaded that Annice DeWolf was made for me, &nd that I was made for her. I knew everything that it is possible for a young jackanapes of that age to know. I was overflowing with wisdom. I foresaw that I was to be a great and a rich man. Moreover, I had read the "Scottish Chiefs," "Thaddeus of Warsaw,9 Moore and Byron, and I thought it the correct tiling to fall in love. The object of my affection was about my own age, beautiful, refined, and intelligent. Her parents had once been wealthy, but were now much reduced. My attentions to Annice were not encouraged by them. They were seeking a wealthy alliance for their daughter, and they regarded me as an obstacle in

the way of their plans. But with Annice and me. everything was understood. We should be married some day. We were together half the time. We walked by moonlight, quoting poetry, and vowing eternal constancy, with all the extras that have prevailed between lovers since the wondering eyes of Adam in the Garden first beheld a woman. It was a very sweet dream while it lasted. If I remember correctly, it lasted about three months, I was not in the habit of visiting at the DeWolf residence; the prejudices of the parents made this impossible. I usually waited outside in the evening, after dark, till Annice could get an opKrtnnity to join me. One night as I rked about in this way, the door was thrown open, and the harsh voice of Mr. DeWolf summoned, me to a brief conference on the steps. "Look here, young fellow, he said, yon might as well understand that you've not to run after Annice any more. If I catch you wdking with her cn the street, Til horsewhip you. D'ye understand ? She's engaged to be married to Mr. Morris Alton, and 111 not be troubled with anv of tout nonsense."

The door was slammed in my face be

fore I conld say h word. Stunned arid heart-broken, I wandered off I hardly knew where. I remember walking a long distance beyond the radius of the gas -lamps, and throwing myself down in the long grass, and crying, H Annies I how could you ? I have no recollection as to when I came home; my sympathizing mother told me that she let me into the house at 2 o'clock in the mora-ing.

nr. Morris Alton was the dissolute son of the wealthiest man in town. I understood at once that here was a mere matter of bargain and sale. I knew that Amice had not freely consented to such a sacrifice ; she could not. I passed the month that intervened before the wedding in a state of almost sleepless frenzy. I grew, then, pale and hollow-eyed. I wrote numerous frantic letters to Annice; all were returned to me unopened. She was not permitted to see them. I called at the house; the door was rudely shut in my face. I came home in a desperate, almost a suicidal mood. My dear, fonl mother sat by me and tried to comfort me, as I writhed and moaned on my bed. Don't take it so to heart, Ellis, she said. 44 Such disappointments are the common lot; you must bear yours bravely. There are just as nice girls in the world as Annice De Wolf," Poor woman ! What did she think that experience and knowledge of the world counted when proffered to a

your,h of twenty, heart-broken over his

first love? So I answered her: "No it is not so. No man ever had

soc:.mela blow; there is in the wide world only one Annice."

IV. Some way or other the sun rose and

set, and the globe continued to swing

eastward, notwithstanding my myserv.

So the day, or the night, came round

for Vibe Morris-DeWolf wedding.

The ceremonv was performed at the

church at I o'clock; the reception wan

at the house, from 9 to 11.

My dear mother had called in the

doctor to prescribe for me. The doctoi

recommended mild morphine even

night. I took the dose, down to the night of the weddine?, then I threw it;

out of the window. I went to bed at;

7 o'clock and pretented to sleep. My

moltier came in and put her hand on my forehead, kissed me, and murmured a

prayer for my distracted soul. Half an hour later I had dressed myself and

softly slipped out of the house.

I went to the church. I was in time

to see the bridal party emerge from it

and take their carriages. I saw the

bride radiant with happiness and a

horrible suspicion crept into my fevered

brain that perhaps she was not an unwilling victim. I saw the man who filled the place where I should be, and

if a pistol had been put in my hand, 1

certainly should have killed him bv her

side. I walked the streets till 9 o'clock.

and people stared at me as thev passed,

fl.nd some drew away from the wild face they saw. Then I stood on the opposite side of the way from the

DeWolf mansion, saw the lights,

and heard the music, the laughter, the buzz of talk. When the farewells had been said, and the carriages were about

driving away, I could restrain myself no

longer. I rushed across the street with aloud cry, and threw myself under the

horses' hoofs. A policeman dragged me out with no other injury than a few brunies. I was taken home and put to

bed, where I lay between life and death

with a brain-fever for weeks. When the

world began again wish me, I was told that Morris Alton and his bride had removed to a distant city.

Ali, well! all this happened thirty

years ago. I had forgotten the man's name ; Annice DeWolf I had long ceased to think of, and had never seen her from the evening of her bridal until the day

that she came to my office to beg for her

criminal husband.

v. . And this was she over whose loots I

had once been heart-broken and alm ost

insar e! this sad, aged, sickly creature

I nade her sit down again, and leu

her to talk about herself. When her embfrrassment had worn off she told me a pitiable tale of poverty, suffering,

the birth and death of children, &nd

what she had endured at the hands of

the rambler and scoundrel whom she

called her husband. Yet he was her husband, and she could not bear to

think of his going to State's prison.

I treated her with the utmost delw , 1 t T 111

icacy. x assured ner uiat wouia cry to have him released; (though I haven't the least idea that he can be) and as

she arose to go, I put five double eagles

in her hand.

"Don't refuse it, Annice," I said. "I

am rich and will not miss it your sick

child will need it."

She looked at the gold at me and

began to cry.

The moment was propitious for a

question; some embers of the old romance were stirring in my heart, and I was prompted to the folly of asking it.

Annice, you were prevailed upon

against your will to marrv that man.

Your heart was somewhere else wasn't it?"

"No. I was as eager for the money

that we thought he had, as my parents were. I acted shamefully toward you, and I am well punished for it." VI. These modern novels," said my wife that night, throwing down the one she had t een reading, "are dreadful silly. I

think I know better than that myself." i The boys had gone to bed ; I was J alone with this good-tempered acd I rather erood-lookincr matron, She has I

her full share of Eve's infirmity; else I should have spoken out my thought, "I ce::tainly knew better."

A Literary (Jrave-Diarger. In a remote part of downtown Tfe v York, where one would be more apt to look for dealers in old clothes than for ti literary critic, lives a man who unconsciously is the grave-digger of many m author's hopes and ambitions. He is the "reader" for one of the largest mblishing houses, and often has the 'nanuscripts of several houses on his desk. His literary judgement is marvelously good, and the opinions of few "readers" are more relied upon. His decision is invariably the law with the publisher. To his favorable report is line ruanv of the most famous books of the day, as the literary shelves of his room testify, No other man in America could tell n:ore literary secrets than he, hut to all entreaties for a talk he is dumb. Occassional!, however, he emits a few thoughts when in an especially talkative mood. In such a frame of mind he was found the other evening. "My life is becoming burden-

some, 9 was his opening remark. When

asked the cause he replied: "Because of this thirst for passionate writing which has entered our literature since the success of that Hives girl. Why, it seems as if all the feebleminded young women in the country have got possessed with the idea that if they can once publish a truly "fleshy" novel their fortunes are made. As a result scores of illspelled, execrably written stories are thrust upon me, and there is no stopping it. For the most part the deluded women who write them try to be very gross with a little dainty wickedness to enliven it all; the effect is dreadful. I am sure that if tho reading public suspected the service I do them by reading and crushing these literary atrocities, I would be canonized. Another sort of cheerful idiot from

whom I am suffering is the woman who composes epics and poems of passion, which she wants published in book form. I have frequently hail the same MS. submitted to me three times. The title being changed each time, a new examination of the book is assured, but I never jorget that sort of a MS. ; it is

all too horrible would to Heaven that

1 could." In reply to the question, "How large a proportion of the MS. is examined and accepted?" this well-informed man replied, "Seldom more than 2 per cent. often only 1 per cent." Sere is encouragement indeed for the ambitious young author. New York Mail and Express.

The World's Great Railroads. The four greatest railroads in the world, in respect to mileage are: The Atchison, Tojekaand Santa Fe system, 7.530 miles; jjhe Pennsylvania Railroad system, 7,830 miles; the Missouri Pacific, 7.115 miles; the Chicago and Northwestern system, 7,082 miles. The Canadian Pacific system comes onlj eighth in the list with 4,960 miles. Teacher Late again, Johnny I Re member, Johnny, it is the early bird that catches the worn. Johnny (eoI amnly) Tve already got 'em.

A Pair of Dont's. The little book calledwDon't" suggests many excellent Don'ts, but the Don't ibout the use of the table napkin don't seem quite reasonable. Says the author: "Don't tuck your napkin under your chin or spread it upon your breast. Bibbs and tuckers are for the nursery." Now, for gentlemen whose upper lips re shaven this is verv well; but how about those who wear mustaches ? It is simply impossible to prevent soup or )ther fluids from adhering to the beard rod dropping thence down to the shirt 'rout, waistcoat, and coat lapels. By spreading the napkin on the breast the apparel is shielded. Is it really true chat etiquette denies this decent and easonable privilege? But read the oregoing don't in connection with the don't which stands at the top of page 20 : "Don't be so careless as to soil your shirt front with egg or coffee drippings, r your coat lapels with grease spots. A little caution will prevent these accilents. Few things are more distasteful han to see a gentleman bearing upon his apparel ocular evidence of having breakfasted or dined." These rules place the mustached man betwixt the devil and the deep sea.' He can onlv protect his clothing by the

use of the napkin, but he is warned ihat it is impolite to do so. In cbser 7ing the first requirement he unavoidably violates the second. The former is at war with fairness and common sense ; the latter comes well-nigh adding insult to injury. If the author insists upon these rules his book stands in need of the following: "Don't wear mustaches. They are offensive to polite society." If the don ts we have criticised are ap proved and permanent, it would seem that gentlemen who wear mustaches must shave their lips or stand condemned as bad mannered. Texan Siftings. Progress In Mexico. Railroads are doing a great deal now for Mexico. About four years ago I made a very extensive trip through that country, and I have just returned from

covering practically the same ground. I was hardly prepared for the changes made, but can now see what roads now projected and being constructed will do in the next few years. The railroad people, however have had considerable uphill work, as the people were hardly ready for such means of conveyance and had to be educated. In the course of this education some novel ideas and expedients have been employed. The small farmers and vegetable producers, for instance could not get over the old idea of loading up their burrows and trudging into the city of Mexico with their products. Thus the spectacle of a train of empty cars and a long line of heavily laden and slow moving burros, driven by the patient farmer, was furnished. Finally some one hit upon the happy idea of offering a low rate for hauling the burros. It was gradually accepted, the farmers loading up their burros as usual and driving them on the cars bound for the city. In this way they began to see the value of rapid transportation, and gradually awakened to the fact that the burros were useless. Now the railroads are receiving the business very much as in uuy other country, though some of tho smaller farming class still stick to the long eared burro. St Louis Globe-Democrat.

Building Fires. When the tire dies out or bums out fit will not do either if one attends to her business) there is a crest on top witli either a vacant space or a bulk of ashes and cinders below. In eitbtase do not touch the stove with si ;er or poker. Take some thin pieces pine, long enough for the purpose trust a piece here and there through p crust m far as you can, as you t . stick pins in a piu-cushioa. Tuq ,;r end of the sticks should reach ' ds the

bottom of the ashe. The topa should project a few inches above the crust. Fill the spaces between the projecting sticks on top of the crust with paper; put a little larger and harder wood on top, light the paper, and when the fire lias run down the sticks you can riddle the stove slightly and put on the coal. How to et Quick Mail Service. The first great need of the Railway Mail Service is an adequate appropriation by Congress to extend its usefulness and to keep it up to the demands, and the needs of the public. Where speed is required to make connections, the Department should have tiie cash on hand to buy what is necessary. The railways are business institutions, managed as such, and when the Department desires extra facilities it should be prepared to pay in coin and not in talk. In this connection it is a pleasant duty for tho writer of this very imperfect sketch to say that during his term of service in the postoffice at New York, and at tho Department, he al ways found Mr. William H. Vanderbilt, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. J. H. R atter, of the New York Central, Mr. John Newell, of the Lake Shore, Mr. George B. Roberts, Mr. A. J. Cassatt, and Mr. Frank Thomson, of the Pennsylvania svstcm, Mr. Bridgers, and Mr. H. B.

Plant, of the Atlantic Coast Line, ready to grant any reasonable request for the improvement and extension of the service. Time after time Mr. Roberts has run a special train with the Australian trans-continental mail from Pittsburgh to New York, that it might catch an

put-going steamer; and he and Mr. Vanderbilt practically re-established the fast mail, by taking letters on their limited trains. Mr. Roberts gave, in addition, an extra mail train from Philadelphia west at 4 o'clock in the morn

ing, and Mr. Vanderbilt placed a postal car on the 4 p. m. train from New York, receiving in return what they had a right to demand an extra weighing of the mails, Gen. Thos, L. James, in Scribner's. Electric Pleasure Boats. What is stated to be the largest electric pleasure boat in the world has just been launched on the Thames. This is the Viscountess Bury, which is mahogany built, and will carry between sixty and seventy passengers. She is 65 feet in length, with a beam of 10 feet, a mean draft of 22 inches and a displacement of 12 tons. The launch is worked by twin propellers which obtain their impetus from two immisch motors, each of 7 horse power and driven by 200 accumulators placed underneath the foot of the boat. The whole deck space, from stem to stern, is thus left free for passengers. There is a cabin amidship, which occupies that portion of the boat usually appropriated to the furnace and the boiler in a steam launch. The accumulators are of-suincient capacity to store power for a full day's run at the highest speed allowed under the Thames conservancy by-laws, which is ten miles an hour. This speed was fully reached on her trial run, but a higher speed can be attained for special purposes if required by joining up the cells of the batterv in series instead of in parallel, as now joined up. The

accumulators can be recharged during the night after a day's work, and the boat thus made ready "for the next day's run. This recharging is to be effected at any one of a series of charging stations which are in course of constructions at various points along the river, the intention being to construct a number of launches of this type for pleasurable purposes. The Grotesque Arizona Cactus.

Foremost among the sights which call forth exclamations ot astonishment from the tourist is that of the grotesque cactus of Arizona Territory. Like othet tropical productions, it is totally unlike any preconceived notions of what nature could design. The plant is leafless, having a bare, fleshy stalk, protected everywhere by sharp and venomous barbs. Its flowers are considered among the choicest, varying from white and yellow to deeri crimson or purple. These blossoms, capitulum, are waxlike, and their inflorescence calls to mind Aladdin's fabled experience among the fairy plants, with their sparlding fruits of diamonds and other gems. The fruit is egg-shaped, with a crown on The upper side, and is generally delicious, presenting as varied colors as the flowers. It contains a large quantity is seeds, surrounded by a nicely flavored juicy substance. In different species the fruit in size is all the way up from a canary's to an ostrich's egg. The cactus is almost imperishable, and can live njany months without water, although it is only seen in it3 perfection under a plentiful supply. So hardy is the plant that a piece from any part will take root and grow if placed in the ground, even though it has lain around for a time. It thrives equally well on a piece of bare rock in a scorching tropical sun as it would packed in ice in a Northern zone. It is a paradox a curiosity in the vegetable kingdom. Corona Hews. A Urand Institution. A German organization of scientific men has for its chief object the spread of astronomical, geographical, and physical knowledge. The society is called ' Urania," and it has begun its work by establishing a unique popular observatory, with an illustrated journal in connection. Instructions will commence in the scientific theater, where will be represented eclipses, the motions and appearances of planets, comets, meteors, etc. In an exhibition hall the phenomena of sound, heat, light, and electricity will be explained by a variety of apparatus, models of many machines will be shown, together with instruments of precision, and fifty microscopes will aid the knowledge-seeing public. A lecture-room and a reading-room are provided. The observatory proper will contain a number of smaller instruments, and in addition will have the most powerful telescope in Berlin a refractor with a lens twelve inches in diameter. Arkansaw Traveler. "Were it not for the game of poker," said the President of the Punsters' Club, "manv a not of puns chipped in

to flush a full paragraph wo lid be lost j straight from the deal"

Young Men from the Country. "I believe that the general tendency ht this age is from tb. country to the city," remarked the head of a prominent wholesale house to a Balti more re orter. "This is evidenced by the movement cityward discernable in almost every plane of life, from the awkward country boy to the prominent merchant or lawyer of the town or small city, who seeks in the metropolis an enlargement of what is considered a too contracted field. "My country customers tell me that there is a scarcity of young men in the rural districts, and fewer than ever are beginning farming or going into business in the coun try, and that there is a general exodus toward the city. This I believe to be ho, because the number of strange young men seeking employment here is much larger !of late, and we find the majority of them to bv. from the country- This is partly because the hard times have been particularly felt in the rural districts. Farming operations have been unremunerative, and young men have got hold of the idea that fortune and probably fame awaits them in tho metropolis. This movement has also been pronounced among men of locall prominence also, as the number of lawyers and e thers who have been removing from country towns to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, such

as ex-Grovernor Hoadly, of Ohio; John S. Wise, ex-Judge Perry Wickes, and others. Notwithstanding the cry that the cities are crowded, I say let them come. There is plenty of room for men with pluck and ability to rise. Many of the most prominent business men of Baltimore came here as poor country boys. The crowding is all at the bottom.

"There is on& thing, however, that the man or boy ;rrom the rural district has to ligh: against in the city, an i that is the oppressive feeling of individual shrinkage when he is brought in actual contact with a nass of rushing, bustling, busy competitors. No matter how prominent a young man may be in his country homo, or how much confidence previous plain sailing has given him in his own ability, the first few yeais experience in a city is to the average newcomer like the chilling, disheartening rush of a shower bath in February. The young man who soonest overcomes this feeling succeeds more promptly and effectually. n A f earless Churchman. The venerable John Allen, Archdeacon of Salop, was a frank, fearless man. One of his rules of life was, that if he said anything seriously condemratory of any person, he was bound to tell him of it. Obedience to this rule gob him into more than one serious difficulty. On one occasion he was told l hat a bishop, second to none in influence and ability, who .was accustomed to write when he traveled, had kept some people out of a railway carriage by saying: Occupied," when in reality the seat next to him was only tenanted by his papers. "Then he told a lie," said the Archdeacon. On his reburn home, he wrote to the Bishop what he had said, and ended the letter with the words, "I am sorry that, if mv information is correct. I cm not

withdraw the statement." The victim of the Archdeacon's candor at once wrote to Mr. Allen's Bishop, the Bishop of Linchfield, a letter of complaint, and Mr. Allen was advised to make an apology. He complie d by

writing the following note: "Mr Lord: The Bishop of LitchfleM tell me I ought to apologize for my lotrcr to Your Lordship. Therefore, I do. Your Lordship's fakhful servant. mJoh Atxex," The fearless Archdeacon was no respector ofj persons. A nobleman once subscribed toward the building of a church. The money was not forth coming, and the Archdeacon wrote for it, but received no reply. He then called on the nobleman, and, after being kept waiting some time, was admitted to an interview. The nobleman, on ieing asked to pay the subscription, dec lined to do so. "Then, as I hold your written promise," saict the Archdeacon, ! shall, put Your LordsMp into the County Court. w His Lordsship did not like the prospect, and accordingly gave a cheek for the amount of his. subscription. "God loves a cheerful giver, an 1 has no regaril for offerings extorted by i ear," said thfi Archdeacon, tearing up the check and throwing it in the fire. The Euobloman having learned lesson throuarh the encounter, afterwards

sent the money to the fearless ;Vrchdeacon, with an apology. Youth's Companion. If hat is Courage. The one first, best, highest qnality that we recognize in man is moral courage. Physical courage may be a n atter of physical condition, and is common to animals. The bravest animal only lights when it is hungry or called upon tc protect its young, or to defend itself, or in the mating season. There never was a man born of woman brave enoug h to light a black cat in a dark room voluntarily, with no one to have knowledge of the encounter or to look on and applaud. Moral courage is the growth of principle; physical courage is the result of pride. The best fcrait or at least one of the best trans of the human character is pride ; it is the synonym of a thor sand virtues. A proud man will go openeyed to deliberate death, no other animal that lives will willingly encounter destruction. The dude is a hero on the battle-field because h is a dude. The man who is proud, well born anil moves in good society, viho is ambitious of the esteem of men, the love of women, th3 honors of life, will expose himself at the head of figiating squadrons, on decks where bui sting shells are hurtling, and on the fie .d of honor, mid conflagrations and storms, to do a duty that will win applause. San Francisco Argonaut. Cure for Hydrophobia. Chance has led to the discovery of a cure for hydrophobia. In Ayaoitho, Peru, a man was bitten by a mad dog, and shortly after the dreaded disease developed. In his madness the man rushed from the house, and felling among a lot of "peuca" plants, some of the juice of these plants entered his

mouth and h swallowed it. A moment of reason see.ns to have followed, d aring which he seized some 'A the leaves, broke them, and drank of the milky and glutinous sap with which they are generally saturated. When his friends found him he was senseless, with the "peucEk" or "maguey" leaves clutched in his. hand. He was carried to hia home, and soon regained his healnh. Experience has long since taught the Indians that "peuca" juice or sap invariably acta as a cure upon dogs suffering from hydrophobia. Misuse of Ordinary Word. A short time ago the word "potwalloper" was used, and a school teacher objected to it as slang. The one who used it contended that it was Queen's English, and referred her to any dictionary. A. glance at Webster's showed the

word there and defined as a voter in certain boroughs in England where all who boil (wallop) a pot are entitled to vote." A similar term in fliis country is the "mattress voter" of New York, i. eM men who ostensibly live at two or three different places about election time. The ignorance of the correct meaning of words is more universal than one would suppose. Should you ask a person the meaningof "transpire" he would say it would meant "to happen, n and it would be very hard to make him believe it also meant "to sweat. M He would e positive that is you who are wrongp thinking you have the two words perspire and transpire mixed up. Hut when they hunt up the word they will be convinced. Ask a person the meaning of livid" and they will, say "pale, ghastly;" they are surprised that it means black and blue. The word u lurid" is also very generally misunderstood. Tho proper interpretation of the word is very different from its real meaning. When we read of a lurid sky as from a fire, we think it generally as bright red, Thq 'word "lurid" means ghastly, pale, etc A great many other instances could be cited of the misuse of words. The above instances will show you what little reliance can be placed on any impression one can have of the meaning of a word. A small dictionary glanced at occasionally will do much to correct these erroneons impressions. Hartford Globe. Elizabeth's Gracious Clemency.

On one Christmas Eve in the early part of her reign, Queen Elizabeth entertained a party of nobles at the palace It had happened unfortunately that the First Lady of Her Majesty's Laundry had failed to keep her appointment, ana the Queen appeared at the dinner in one of her unofficial collars. Shortly after the boars head had been served, the Queen turned to the Earl of Leicester, who sat at her right hand, and remarked that she was very uncomfortable. "And why, meliegesa?" queried the handsome courtier. Because me collar befitteth not the hour. It hath no jewels, and sore doth vex me for that it is upon the edge frayed." "By me halidom," quoth Raleigh, who sat upon her Majesty's left, "but that is ruff." As may be well imagined, this 31timed jest threw the table into an uproar, and the Queen's anger knew bo bounds. "To the block at dawn," she cried, and swooned away. It would have fared ill with Ralaigh had her Majesty not been brought tr and in honor of the season been induced to pardon the offender. Raleigh was sent to represent the Court of England in Siberia for a year, and tboae who were in the confidence of the Queen at the time assert that but for his uncalled for affront to her Majesty the well-remembered statesman would have found the Order of the Garter in his stocking the following morning. Editor's Drawer of Harper's Magazine

The Farmers Pet, the Heathen Dread, It is a remarkable fact that the ancient Jewish regulations respecting- articles of diet,, seem to have descended in some manner to barbarous or half -civile ized tribes and nations found in widelyseparated portions of the globe. For example, while the American farmer counts his riches by the number of hia

hogs, and fittriy dotes upon his fattening pigs, the Hottentot despises the scavenger, and turns from the beast with loathing, to dine upon a monkey or an ant-e&ter. The Hindoo would as soon think of becoming a caanibal as of eating swine's flesh. It is stated that the Indian mutiny so frightful in its results, originated in a fear among the Sepoys that they were to be forced to eat pork. A lady had an amusing experience in India which illustrates the Hindoo sentiment on the subject of th$ pig. Arriving very late at a grand dinner party, she and her husband saw the first course being carried in as they went down the hall. A row of kitmagars were drawn up, waiting to follow the dish into the dining-room, and serve their respective employers; and as the dish of ham was carried by, each man gravely and deliberately spat upon it! Needless to say, Mrs. B and her lord waited for the second course.

Boys of Brain and Brawn In the recent meeting of Yale men at Delmonico's, New York, remarks made by eminent graduates upn the value of athletics and its bearing upon mental training are well worth attention. The "alrnoet unlimited liberty" of Yale in

this respect was claimed to be nothing more than a sensible union of brain and muscle. It would be we A if all of our New England colleges would adopt a less conservative policy in regard to athletics, and let physics, training take its place along-side of German and Greek. The lack of a thoroughly appointed gymnasium or proper means of exercise iu a college to-day is inexcusable, and it should be the aim of every faculty and governing hoard to allow the greatest xssible freedom in athletics consistent with college duties, Boston Advertiser A London surgeon says that business men who occupy offices above the third story get flighty after a few years, and unless making a change, become mildly insane.