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NOW FOB MAYOR 11 ARY
There is no gamble for the people of
Boston, there is nothing of the lottery
in Mr. Hart’s assumption ef the office of
Major, They know him and he knows
the place. His service will give no
•urprises except those of detail, it will
be neither dramatic nor pyrotechnical.
In the difficult, laborious and trying
task which he has taken up only ex
perience, integrity, industry, tact and
business ability will bo worth a cent.
The gift of oratory would be a little
worse than useless, because it would be
a temptation lo waste time and strength
fmaginat.on wou.d be dangerous, for
Imagination already has let the city in
for some luxuries which it could not
afford at first, but now cannot do with
out, Personal ambition would be a
constant burden and perplexity, for
ambition in such a place often destroys
the sense of public duty.
Mayor Hart will have to play politics
every day ot his life, but he will olay
for the city’s good not for his own ad
vantage, and ibank the Lord he is old
enough to know the game. Now what
will become of the Negroes who worked
and made such a fuss for his election.
I guess they will decide with the Couk.
ANT that they swapped the devil for the
witch. It will be throwing the Negro,
who is the Republican party’s lamb to a
Qftgeful of tigers. Let us wait and see
what the colored man will get. He
ought to do better than Mayor Quincy.
We did get some janitor’s jobs from the
Democratic party. Let us wait and see
Some people are never so happy as
when they have bad news to tell.
Record of Lynrtiing in 1899
The Courant’s statistics of lynchiug for tne past year:
The work of lynchers, notwithstanding some instances of special barbarity in
Georgia, Louisiana and Kentucky, has decreased during 1839, being much
smaller than in any year since and including 1885. I here were 107 persons
lynched during the year.
The following figures show the numuer j f lynchings t >rough a series of ••ears:
1885, 184; 1886, 138; 1887. 122; 1888. i 42 ; 18*9, 176; 1890 127; 1891. 192;
1892. 286; 1893, 200; 1894, 190; 181-5. 171: 1836. 131: 1897, 166; 189-'. 127
and 18'9, 107
The lynchings in the various States and territories were as follows: Alabama.
6- Aikansas, 11; California, nom ; Colorado, none; Connecticut, none; Dele,
ware, none; Florida, 6; Georgia, 28; New York, none; Idaho, none; Illinois
none; Indiana, none; lowa, none; Kansas, 3; Nevada, none, Nortu Carolina,
3; isorth Dakota, none; Onio. none; Oregon, none; Pennsylvania, 1; Rhode
Island, none; South Carolina, 1; Scuth Dakota, none; Tennessee, 4; Texas, 8:
Vermont, noDe; Kentucky. 3; Louisiana, 13; A: nine, none; Maryland, none;
Massachusetts, none, Michigan, none; Minnesota, none; Mississippi, 14; Mis
souri, 3; Montana, none; Nebraska, noue; New Jersey, none; New Hampshire,
noue; Virgima, l; West Virgicia, 1; Wisconsin, none; Washington, none;
Arizona, none; Dis.net of Columbia, none; New Mexico, none; Utah, none;
Indian Territoiy, nene; Oklahoma. 1; Alaska, none.
Of these lynchings 103 occurred in the South and 4in the North. Of the total
number 84 were Negroes and 23 whites Ihe alleged crimes for which they
were lynched were as follows: Murder. 46; complicity iu mnrder, 11; assault,
17 ; bad reputation, 5; arson, 6; race prejudice. 5; robbery. 5. unknown offences |
4; aiding criminals to escape, 3; suspected arson, 1; inflammatory language, l ; I
no offence alleged, 1; mistaken identity, 1; highway robbery, 1; arson and I
murder 1.
tieo.gia is the Banner Lynching State.
is on the cards that Congressman
Roberts will be declared ine.igible to
take his seat in Congress on the ground
that has been a polygamist siuce 1885
This is ail right and strictly in accord
with the law and tne facts, but some of
the men who will sit in judgment upon
the case of this Utah statesman must
make many mental reservations when
the vote Is being taken, and don’t any
body forget it either. It will be a case
of several pots calling one kettle black.
Well, Speaker to be James J Myers,
you have got there after being in a fight
whose scars you will wear for many a
day. The Coukant profoundly regrets
the victory you have been enabled to
win by reason of the dog.in.the.manger
policy of your leading opponent. If
ever a man deserved defeat yeu did.
By placing you in the third highest
place in the commonwea.th the Kepub.
lican legislative majority has betrayed
the best interests of the party, and will
regret an act of inconceivable folly.
The Negro has for many years stood
in his own light. He has allowed him.
self to oe humored and petted by pliti.
cal highwaymen who are Kepublicans
for no other reason than a chance for
office. He is beginning to get over this
foolishness and straighten up his spinal
column.
Tae Republicans who are tormulatiag
a plan to reduce the representation in
congress of the Southern States which
have laws to prevent the b acks from
exercising the right of suffrage, are
meddling with a dangerous question.
Betier let sleeping dogs lie gentlemen.
It will be cheaper in the end.
Good afternoon. Mayor Hart. Good
luck to you and a happy New Year.
The financial condition of things at city
hall is not such as to make many peo.
pie envy you your job. And every man
of them knows you will do your level
best to straighten things out.
I here are some hearts in and around
City Hall that were bleeding last Mon.
day evening, but let them take courage.
Other years are coming.
Men who hold city jobs hope that
their income this year will not be repre.
seuted by the last two figures of 19C0.
If you are overwhelmed by a sense
of your own importance just remember
that you will never live to date your
letters 2COO
Are you living in the 19th or the 20th
ceDtury? This depends on how you
calculate or which of the college pro
fessors you wish to believe.
Did you make a mistake aud write it
;829? Nev.'r mied. Try again. Practice
makes perfect.
Set a bad example and it will hatch
out mischief.
Narrow minds overlook a charitable
act and search for the motive
A fool may be able to answer ques
tions that a wise man wouldn’t ask.
OUR LEADING REAL ESTATE MAN.
O A Newton, our next common coun.
oilman from ward 10, has moved his
real estate business from 15 Burbank
street, to 116 Conrt street, where he
wrill be found ready to attend to busi
ness.
SENATOR HOAR’S RESOLUTIONS.
Senator Hoar introduced the follow
ing resolution: f
•'Whereas, The American people and
the several btutes in the Union have
in times past, at important periods in
their history, especially when declaring
their independence, establishing the
Constitution, or undertaking new and
great re ponsibilities, seen at to declate
the purposes for which the nation or
State was founded, and the important
objects the people intended to pursue in
their political action; and.J
“Whereas, Thcctoseof a great war.
the liberation by the United States of
the people of Cuba and Porto Rico in
the Western Hemisphere, and the Phil,
ippine Islands in the far east, and the
reduction of ihose peoples to a condition
of practical dependence upon the Uni;ed
States, constitute an occasion which
makes such a declaration proper; there,
fore, be it
Declaration of Independence
Recalled,
“Resolved, That this republic ad
heres to the dcctrines which were in
the past set forth injthe Declaration of
Independence and in its national and
State constitutions: that the purpose of
its existence and the objects to which
Jts political action ought to be directed
are the ennobling of humanity, the
raising from the dust of its humblest
and coarsest members, and the enabling
01 persons coming lawfully under its
power of influence to live in freedom
and in honor under governments whose
forms they are to have a share in de
termining. and in whose administration
they have an equal vo.ee. Its most
important and pressing obligations are :
1. i'o solve the difficult problem pre
sented by the presence of diflerent raoes
on our own soil with equal constitution
al rights; to make the Negro safe in
his home, secure in his vote, equal in
his opportunity for education and em.
ployment; and to bring the Indian to a
civilisation and culture in .accordance
with his need and capacity.
“‘2 To enable great cities to govern
tnemselves in freedom, in honor and in
purity.
3. lo make the ballot box as pure
as a sacramental.vessel, and the election
return as perfectly in accord with the
law and the truth as the judgment of
the Supreme Court.
Forcing Freedom by Bavonefcs.
‘ 4 To banish illiteracy and ignor.
ance from the land.
‘•5. I'o secure for every workman
and for every working woman, wages
enough to support a life of comfort and
an old age of leisure and quiet, as befits
those who have an equal share ir. a self
governing State.
6. lo govern and expand, over the
continent, and over the islands of the
fia ’ ju-t so fast, faster, as we
can br.ng into equality and self govern,
ment, under our Constitution, peoples
and races who will share these ideals
aD p help make them realities.
*7* se * a peaceful example of
freedom which mankind will be glad
to follow, but never to foice even free,
dom upon unwilling nations at the
point of the bayonet or at the cannoa’s
mouth.”
Watch the Voting
Contest.
i A Tl«erV Rite.
I have more than once heard of a
man defending himself from the on
tdaught of a lion or tiger by thrusting
his rifle barrels down its throat in the
last resort. Poor Major Sandbacb of
the artillery came to his death in So
maliland a few years ago in attempting
to thus hold off a lioness, which never
theless managed to inflict on his hand
and arm bites which proved fatal. A
curious story of the same kind comes
from the Khaudwa of northern
India.
Mr. Bayley. also an artillery officer,
was charged by a wounded tiger which
he was following up. He missed it
with his first barrel, and the second
failed to go off. The tiger sprang, and
Mr. Bayley jumped to one side, thrust
ing out his rifle to keep the brute off.
The tiger, it is stated, seized the bar
rels and drove his teeth through them
and, being unable to withdraw them,
was shot by Captain Harrison, Mr.
Bayley's companion.
In his death struggle the tiger drag
ged the rifle from the owner’s hands,
and the jar caused by the stock strik
ing the ground broke off two teeth
which were imbedded in the steel. This
story is said to be absolutely true; but.
with the profoundest respect for the
strength of the tiger’s jaws and teeth.
I venture to think it wants explana
tion.—London Sketch.
Womrn of a Dutch Village.
The village women of Holland take
| special care to keep the tips of their
' white lace hoods stiff with starch.
. which is as necessary a perfection in
! their toilet as polished linen and spot
| less collars with ours. This delicate
hood is worn over a black skullcap
that fits the closely clipped head very
much like the headgear of a nun. The
elderly women, widows, often wear a
straw bonnet over It. A jacket of dark
blue, with a breastpiece of cream cloth
and dark blue border of the same cloth
at the hips, constitutes the dress of
the women and the girls.
The skirts protrude at the hips iu a
grotesque fashion on account of the
many flannels which they wind about
the body, evidently a fad with them
as with many peasants of the Black
forest, where the custom prevails to
wear as many skirts as the spare box
will allow, adding at least one skirt
every year. They all dress alike, and
the talk about dress therefore does not
slip into their conversations, and on
that score they are at eternal peace
with one another, for no change of
dress has occurred among them for
centuries and will not for years to
come.—Donahoe’s.
An Odd Stage Wager.
The late Signor Foli, the well known
vocalist, once made a very curious
wager with some of his companion
singers at Iler Majesty’s Opera House.
Some 20 years ago Mephistopheles in
Gounod’s “Faust” was among his fa
vorite impersonations. In the garden
scene his strides when attempting to
avoid the elderly Martha formed an
Important feature of the humorous
business.
One night, the length of his legs be
ing a subject of chaff as he was stand
ing at the wings, he declared his
ability to cross the stage iu three
bounds. The comments that ensued re
sulted in a bet.
When the proper moment for the ex
periment came, he retreated a few
paces, and then, to the surprise of the
audience as well as to the representa
tive of Martha, leaped from side to
side. The scene never evoked more
laughter, and Foli was acknowledged
to have won the wager.
Equally Divided.
“During the civil war.” says the
Boston Transcript, “the Law school at
Cambridge was presided over by Pro
fessors Parsons, Parker and Wash
burn. They were divided in their po
litical views, and each did his best
to maintain his opinion.
“Professor Parker was one day ask
ed, ‘How do you get along on politics
at the Law school?’
“ ‘Nicely,’ he answered. ‘We are
equally divided.’
“‘But how can that be?’ continued
the inquirer. ’There are three of you?’
“ ‘Easy enough,’ replied the profess
or. ‘Parsons writes on one side and I
on the other, and Washburn -he speaks
on one side and votes on the other.’ ”
American News Via London.
Another case of going abroad to get
the news. A London paper said the
other day* * is on the eve
of a fie,,.* nuvmi ow'uggle. The per
sistence with which ‘Boss’ Croker,
Mayor \an Wyck and the other mag
nates of Tammany have been ignored
by the Vanderbilts, the Astors. the
Gerrys, the Goelets, the Livingstons
and the other members of New York’s
exclusive hour Hundred has so galled
and irritated the families of the for
mer that they have resolved upon
founding a new and still more exclu
sive society of their own, which is to
take the sails out of its rival.”
Degenerate Cockney.
The language of the lower Londoner
Is changing:
"Getcb trine?”
“Now. Trine gawn, ent it?”
Translated:
“Get your train?”
“No. Train gone, hasn’t it?”
Ent (the obi ain t) seems to covei
Isn’t, wasn’t, weren’t has, hasn’t, have,
haven’t, had, hadn’t.—Notes and Que
ries.
A I rilllant I'lnUh.
1 saw hit) kiss you just before he
was leaving said the sour visaged
aunt, and she said It in a regular dull
thuji tone.
“Yes, aunti
"Well, I ca i realize that it would he
the last thing he would think of.” And
she sailed out as though she had scored
every possit 'e point—Detroit Free
A Mysterious Password.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts was
once shopping in Paris and was passed
from one department to another by
the shopmen, always with the remark,
“Two ten ” She was escorted from
counter to counter, and everywhere the
cabalistic words “two ten" were re
peated.
Struck by the peculiarity of this re
frain, the baroness asked the proprietor
as she left the establishment: “Pray
what does ‘two ten' mean? I noticed
each assistant said It to the other
wherever 1 went in your shop.”
“Oh. it is nothing.” he replied, “mere
ly a password that they are in the hab
it of exchanging.”
But the baroness was not satisfied
with this explanation. So in the even
ing, when the porter, a young boy,
brought home her purchases, she said:
“My boy. would you like to earn 5
francs ?”
Of course he had no objection.
“Tell me,” said the lady, “what does
*two ten’ mean, and I will give you 5
francs.”
“Why. don’t you know, ma’am?” said
he, evidently astounded at her Igno
rance. “It means, ‘Keep your two
eyes on her ten fingers.’ ”
The mystery was solved. The shop
men of the Trols Quartiers had taken
the richest and the most generous wo
man in Great Britain for a shoplifter, i
—Tit-Bits.
Where Everything Grows.
The tuberose flourishes amazingly In
the open air in the Transvaal with but
the smallest attention and cultivation.
The bulbs shoot up their three or four
foot stems, each bearing very sweet
smelling flowers, in an incredibly short
space of time.
In Pretoria roses are prolific—ln fact,
most of the streets are bounded by rose
hedges throughout their length, and
they bloom with a frail, pink monthly
rose blossom for three quarters of the
year. In public places, such as the
Burghers’ park, the profusion of roses,
lilies, carnations and tuberoses is be
wilderingly beautiful.
The wild orchids of Swaziland are
famous. They are of at least 20 differ
ent kinds. They are extremely curious,
and with a little care and extra heat
they can be induced to develop Into
very wonderful plants.
Everything grows in the Transvaal if
the trouble is taken to plant it. The soli
being all virgin and naturally rich, the
very smallest amount of attention is
required.
Thrift.
“Speaking of thrift.” said the promi
nent clergyman, “I remember one man
who was as good an example of
shrewdness as 1 have ever seen. It
was when I began preaching that I
met him. 1 was young and struggling,
’ my salary was small, and the man was
a member of my church. He used to do
work on a scroll saw, and one of his
specialties was a sort of plant stand
with two shelves and with scroll work
ornamentation. Two or three times he
tried to sell me one, but as I had no
need or use for it I told him so.
“The time for the annual donation
party drew near, when everything that
was given counted toward that limited
salary. I was not altogether pleased,
therefore, when the man with a plant
stand appeared at the door.
“’Here, parson,’ he said, ‘is a plant
stand. It’s worth $lO, and I’d like to
give $3 of it toward your donation.’
“There was no way out of It. I gave
him the other $3.” —New York Sun.
GJvlnis a Super a Chance.
This is how a super, thus given an
opportunity of distinguishing himself,
once delivered a few short lines de
scriptive of a man being picked up aft
er a cab accident: “The hansom cab
was picked up off the esplanade with
a handkerchief tightly tied around its
mouth. When removed, it was found
to be perfectly dead.”
Still the manager gave him another
trial the following evening, when he
acquitted himself gs follows: “The
esplanade was picked up off the man.
with the hansom cab tightly tied
around his mouth,” etc.
He was sent to the back row again,
or maybe farther. This Is not an un
usual sample of what the average su
per can do. Naturally, therefore, man
agers look askance at training him.—
Criterion.
Italian Bnblea.
Babies seem to be no trouble In Italy,
and one cannot but be struck by the
number of them. These bainbinos are
often hung upon pegs in the f*ront of
the house, where they look out of their
little black, beady eyes like papooses.
I unhooked one of these babies once
and held it awhile. Its back and little
feet were held tightly against a strip
o f board so that it was quite stiff
from its feet to its shoulders. It did
uot seem to object or to be at all un
comfortable. as it only bowled while I
was holding it. I have an idea that,
except when invaded by foreigners,
the bambino’s existence is quite hap
py.—Lilian Bell In Woman’s Home
Companion.
An Electric Dance.
Take a pane of glass—a broken one
will do—and secure it by placing the
ends between the leaves of two large
books, letting the glass be two inches
from the table. Cut from lightweight
writing paper, or. better still, from tis
sue paper, dolls, dogs and other fig
ures. Place them on the table be
neath the glass. Rub the glass vigor
ously with a silk handkerchief, and the
figures will cut all kinds of antics.
He Hcdfccd.
She—To think that you once declared
that you would love me as long as you
lived! And now, hardly a year married,
and you care nothing at all about me!
He—But you see when 1 told you l
would love you as long as I lived 1
wasn’t feeling very well, and 1 really
didn’t think I would live long.—Boston
Transcript.
A Pumu Fotion Kyatcry.
England had a famous poison mystery
l quarter of n century ago. Two mem
bers of a great club in Manchester, both
men of position and keen politicians,
each receive 1. apparently as a New
Year’s gift, small boxes containing a
few cigars of the very highest quality
apparently Both were taken fearfully
111 after smoking, and one of them sub
■equently died.
The cigars were found to be loaded
with poison, and it was said that the
man who recovered only did eo because
he used a cigar holder. The facts were
at first hushed up, because, as was said,
the suspected sender, whose motive was
revenge on account of a lady, was a
man of wealth and power.
But this object was cleared, and the
mystery vr* leepened by the following
circumstatrfjes: A rich Manchester mer
chant, traveling one day in a railway
car about the time of the incident re
lated, got in+o conversation with a most
agreeably and highly cultivated stran
ger, who finally offered his cigar case.
The Manchester man was found at
Leeds almost unconscious and the only
occupant of the carriage. He gras* - id in
one of his convulsed hands the cigar he
had been smoking and after analysis
Bhowed it to be identical with the oth
era. He recovered, but the stranger was
never discovered.
A Bad Place For Fat Hci.
Among the ancient Spartans every
thing was considered secondary to mil
itary efficiency, and with a view to se
curing this the boys and men were by
law kept in a continual state of “train
ing.” No deformed child was allowed
to live. The boys were taken from their
homes and subjected to military regu
lations at the age of ?. They were com
pelled to wear the same single garment
winter and summer. At 20 they joined
the ranks, and from that age till they
reached 60 were required to dine at the
public tables, where only a certain
quantity was supplied for each man.
The magistrates interfered in absurdly
small matters. They regulated the de
gree of fatness to which it was lawful
for any citizen to extend his body.
Those who dared to grow too fat or
too soft for military service and exer
cise were sometimes soundly flogged.
Aelian, in his history, relates that
Nauclis, son of Polytua, was brought
before the ephors (magistrates) and the
whole assembly of Sparta, and “his un
lawful fatnees” was publicly exposed,
and he was threatened with perpetual
banishment if he did not bring his body
within the regular Spartan compass
and give up the culpable mode of living,
which was declared to be more worthy
of an lonian than a Spartan. ”
Reed and Stront.
Thomas B. Reed served in the navy
during the civil war, and in 1866 b«
returned to Portland to practice law.
As a young lawyer he displayed the
same qualities of ability and aggres
siveness which have been a conspicu
ous characteristic of his political life
One of the strongest men at the Port
land bar at the time was A. A. Stront.
Before beginning the trial of a suit
it was Stront’s b! i(i itto inquire of every
juror as to the r 1 b of his health and
impress each wi<M a he idea that the law
yer was solicit*- that juror’s per
■onal welfare. es re >
Reed and Strout were constantly an
tagonizing each other, though they
were very good friends. In nearly every
case of importance Strout and Reea
were on opposite sidea
It was annoying, indeed, for the suave
Btrout to hear Reed drawl out before
the opening of a case:
“Well, your honor. Brother Strout
having finished his morning task of
shaking hands with the jury, we may
now, I hope, proceed with the business
of the court. ” —Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
Hardly Wortli the Agony.
An artist of more than national fame
chose the most beautiful girl in fail
town for a rnata Before they were
married he said: “Mydear, yon are al
most perfect Yon lack but two things
—your mouth is a little too small, and
you are a little too thin. I wish that
before we are married you would cor
rect those two and become absolute per
fection. ” For six months the poor girl
wore a brass fixture in her mouth to
Btretch her jaw and ate fattening food
Then she was married. To an intimate
friend she has since confessed that the
agony of that six months’ jaw stretch
ing was not worth all she since has en
joyed as the w-ife of a distinguished
artist.—New York Commercial Adver
tiser
Who Whips!
The clergyman’s little son was tell
ing the small son of a parishioner of
the dreadful fights which he and his
sister indulged in.
“Yon don’t mean to say that minis
ters' children fight?” replied the horri
fied little layman
“Oh, yes. ”
“Who whips?’
“Mamma Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Chained Books*
The finest known collection of chained
books is that in Hereford cathedral. It
Includes about 2,000 volumes, arranged
in five bookcases, of which not less than
1,500 are secured by chains three or
four feet long, each with a swivel in
the center A small collection of chained
books, long forgotten, has just come to
ught in the vestry of the church at
Sleaford. Lincolnshire.
Tuscan boys, like most others, delight
in fly ing kites, but custom does not per
nut them to do so except dnring Lent
If they flew in the face of this custom,
their kites would be torn up by the oth
er boys.
In 187? FaVon island, in the Friend
ly group, began as a smoking shoal.
Ten y -ars later it was a volcanic island
about 3UO feet high and over 1 % mile
Now it >■ Aiitajupearing
A Pfrttftn Romance.
A Persian plaque In the South K>-
■ington museum, London, bears y
means of clever relief and brilliant Co f
or a romantic tale, part legend ani
part history. Nobody knows the D ro.
portion of each.
At all events. It is declared to be an
incident in the life of Baharam v 0 f
the Sassanian dynasty. Baharam ar
cording to legend and plaque. was .
wonderful archer. During one of hi*
hunting expeditions, on which his f a
vorite wife had accompanied him he
shot a sleeping antelope with such pre
cision as to graze the animal’s ear
The antelope awoke and, believing
himself annoyed by a fly, put his hind
hoof to his ear to strike off the fly. A
second arrow sent by the royal hand
fixed the antelope’s hoof to his horn.
The king’s wife merely said, *‘Pra c .
tlce makes perfect,” which touched the
pride of her royal spouse.
Indeed, as the penalty for her plain
speaking, she was sent out into the
mountains to perish, but instead found
shelter In a village. Here she lodged
In an upper room ascended by 20 steps
and, having bought a calf, carried it
up and down every day. The king
passing by four years later, was amaz
ed at seeing a young woman carrying
a cow up a flight of 20 steps. The lady
again took occasion to remark, "Prac
tlce makes perfect,” whereupon she
unveiled, was recognized and restored
to favor.
An Inanlt Well Handled.
You cau always trust the American
woman to take care of herself. Th*
friends of a girl who lives In Eight
eenth street are telling these days of
an adventure which befell her one aft
ernoon w ithin the fortnight. She was
standing, this Eighteenth street girl, at
the corner of F and Eleventh streets
waiting for a girl friend. A very dap
per young man. a stranger doubtless In
the town—for most Washingtonians are
too well aware of the girl’s social emi
nence to venture on any Impertinence
to her—stepped up, bowed and said
airily:
“Waiting for somebody?”
The girl turned to look at him.
“Guess you’ve forgotten me.” be
went on with growing familiarity. “I
saw you at a dinner last week.”
The girl looked at him steadily for a
moment.
“Oh. I remember now,” she said. “It
was at- Colonel Blank’s. You are Colo
nel Blank’s butler, of course. No, I
don’t know' of anybody who wants a
butler. Have you tried the employ
ment agencies?”
And then, slowly and calmly, she
walked away.—Washington Post
Tallow Candle* an Medicine.
In France the peasantry still stick to
medicines calculated to turn the aver
age doctor’s hair gray with horror.
Wine is an Ingredient of every pr*
scription. In fever cases it Is always
the predominant one. The French
peasant’s faith in fermented grape
Juice is truly beautiful.
• If his children are stricken with the
measles, he gives them wine well
sweetened with honey and highly spic
ed with pepper. For a severe cold he
administers a quart of red wine and i
melted tallow candle mixed. For scar
let or brain fever he gives eggs, white
wine and soot well beaten together.
Not all their superstitions are curi
ous. Some are pathetic. A mother, for
Instance, often buries her dead child
with Its favorite toy or a lock of her
own hair in ihe coffin, “that it may not
feel quite alone.”
The Wrong Day.
The heartless landlord has come te
evict the widow with 18 children,
many of whom are teething.
But at the threshold the woman
waves hlfci back imperiously.
“Not today!” she cries.
“Why not?” asks the landlord, with
pardonable curiosity,
“Because,” the woman replied, “no
pitiless storm of rain mingled with Icy
sleet rages without!”
The landlord grinds his teeth In im
potent rage. He may trample under
foot the promptings of his better na
ture, but not the conventionalities es
tablished by long usage.—Detroit Jour
nal.
Not Hln Dmllnntion.
A steamer was stopped in the mouth
of the river owing to a dense sea fog.
An old lady inquired of the captain the
cause of the delay.
“Can’t see up the river,” replied the
captain.
“But I can see the stars overhead,”
continued the old lady.
es; but until the boilers bust we
ain’t a-going that way.”—World’s Com
ic.
Happiness.
Human happiness, according to the
most received notions, seems to consist
of three Ingredients, action, pleasure
and indolence. And though these in
gredients ought to be mixed In differ
ent proportions, according to the par
ticular disposition of the persou, yet no
one ingredient can be entirely wanting
without destroying In some measure
the relish of the whole composition.
Habit.
Habit hath so vast a prevalence over
the human mind that there is scarcely
anything too strange or too strong to
be asserted of It. The story of the
miser who, from being long accustom
ed to cheat others, came at last to
cheat himself and with great delight
and triumph picked his own pocket of
a guinea to convey to his hoard is no*
Impossible or Improbable.
Russian families, when moving to
a new home, kindle the fire on th#
hearth with coal brought from the old
residence.
It Is strange, but true, tha. today
will be yesterday tomorrow.—Cbicaf*
News.