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that no voice could make Itself hear
above the clatter. Bragg sat down to
wait for the rain to cease and the band
struck up the "baby song" from "Wang.
The entire Pennaylvania delegatini
jumped upon their chaire and sang
"Grover. Grover, four years more toi
Grover."
"In he goes, out they go. then we wil
be in clover." The cheers and shouts
that accompanied the catchy music were
hearty. The band was compelled by
cheers and calls for more to keep the aft
constantly going for ten minutes. Then
they played "Dixie" and "Hornpipe" and
the crowd yelled and cheered and all the
while the rain poured down from black
clouds so dense that without electric arc
lights recognition of persons three feet
away would not have been possible in
the hall. The lightning was vivid and
the rain penetrated the flat roof of the
great wigwam, which resembles a Hud
son ice house, and trickling threads and
streams of water tell upon the delegates
and spectators. Umbrellas were hoisted
all about the hall and club banners were
stowed away for safety against drowning.
Finally after nearly three-quarters of an
hour. Bragg resumed his speech for
Mitchell. Nobody heard it save the
s:enographers. Then nominations being
concluded the roll call begun.
Alabama led off without a skip for
Morse. Arkansas came in with her il
for Gray: California split equarely in the
middle. nine each for Gray and Steven
son: Illin~ie 4$ was plumped into the
Stevenson basket but Iowa first stirred
the crowd. "We cost our solid vote for
Henry WVatlerson." said the chairman
owd there were cheers. The biggest
Irceze of the roll call swept the conven
tion when (4ov. flower stool on his feet
'nd stated that New York was solid for
fr Stevenson. The breeze grew to a
sale of applause. It subsided only to
eise again when North Carolina stepped
into the Stevenson column. When Ohio
shook out 3e of her 40 votes for Steven
son the excitement grew and when the
Keystone state dropped 61 votes into the
hat of Gray a counter current of cheer
ing caused a cloudburst of confusion over
the convention floor. Wisconsin vast
htr 28 votes for John L. "Make it Sul
:ivau" shot in a voice from the gallery
and the convention roared with laughter.
When the noise subsided Wisconsin gave
her vote to Mhitchell. Stevenson 402 and
Gray 243. no choice.
Then began changes. Iowa first camne
into the Stevenson camp. Montana next.
followed by Nebraska. Ohio got into
line amid great cheers. Missouri climbed
ever the wall. Georgia was close behind.
and Kentucky caine next. The flock of
states outside the Stevenson coops came
to cover with a rush of wincs and feath
ves. It became only a question of time
and when the two-thirds vote Stevenson
hadi been obtained the nomination was
announced.
The usual resolutions of thanks to the
olicers were passed then the national
'-oammittee notifications were made. Gen.
Patrick Collins of Massachusetts then
took the platform and moved that the
lemocratic national convention provide
accommodation only for delegates, alter
nates, the press. national committees. and 1
for rio others. This was demanded in
:iew of the gallery interruptions that
nave been demonstrative. The resolu
ti.m was before the house when one of
toe electric lamps fell among the dole I
fates and a stampede was imminent for
i brief time. No harm, however. was
lone. Collins' resolutions, after the con
fusion subsided. was referred to the ex
ecutive conimittee of the new national t
coumittee with an attirmative recom- n
ruendation. At 3:L0 the convention ad- I
journed sine die. I n
IThLENSON A %TItONu CANI)ItAT1.
The News of His Nomiiastoun Received
With Approval at Washington.
W waIistTON. June ":_L--The nomina
tion by the Chicago democratic conven
tion of the Hun. A. E. Stevenson as the
candidate of the party for vice president
was received in Washington with every
manifestation of popular approval. He
was, while in 1 ashington equally
popular with both political parties and
possessed the confidence and friendship
of President Cleveland and every mem
ber of his cabinet and had the regard
and estecm of the democrats and re
publicans in congress alike. At the
postotilce department where he was first
postmaster- general under the Cleveland
a (ministration. many of the employes
tPday expressed their gratification that
'us great honor had been conferred up.
toe.ir former chief. Stevenson's admin
-tration of postoftice affairs was able and
thorough and lie gained for himself an
nviable record fur efficiency and execu
tive ability. Democrats of this city con
oiler him an exceptionally stroung candi
TilE it.a E ItiNt.
Hill It)miocrata Will Make a HIot Fight
for Cleveland in New York.
tuo s o. June f3.-Flower of New
'tork said he had no criticism to make
upon the work of the convention. "We
can only adopt its conclusion and do all
the work we can to elect the candidate.
The judgment of our party we accept
fully and finally and we will do all for
Cleveland that we would have done for
Ifill or Gorman or Gray. I do not like
to make any promises but it the state
can be carried for Cleveland by loyal
and faithful work then nobody more
than ourselves will be glad to know that
our fears were foundless."
Burke Cochrane of New York said the
New York democracy will not sulk. It
will do the best it can. WVe are demo
crats and as democrats we propose to
make the hottest campaign that has
been known in that state for a long
time.
Conaidence Is New York Democracy.
NEW YoaK, June 21.-The Times will
say editorially tomorrow: "The best
democratic citizenship has spoken at
Chicago as the beat republican citizen.
ship spoke at Minneapolis. There was a
great casting out of devils al both con
ventions. The nomination of Cleveland
is a vote of confidence In the democracy
of the state of New York.
Remains to Be Neon.
NEW YoRK, June 23.-The Herald will
say editorially: "We have not favored
this nomination and have given ample
reasons for our opposition. Whether the
eountry will favor It and whether the
democrats have invited defeat remains
to be sen."
NOTr DENOUNCED.
Marrison and Cleveland Arraigned a
Eaemies of Free silver.
I CHimeAo, June 23.-Tonight after the
adjournment of the national conventior
the following significant document wai
framed and wired to the west: To the
democrat voters of Colorado: The nomi.
nation of Cleveland and palpable evasive
declarations upon the silver question by
the national democratic convention con
fronts the democratic party of Colorado
with a serious prcblem. If the conven
tion had declared that free bi-metallic
coinage was a tenet of the party and had
Mr. Cleveland accepted the nomination
upon such a platform we might have re
stored upon his reputation for honesty
and believed that he would, in response
to obligations thereby imposed, sign a
free coinage bill should congress pass one.
But with a platform that is intended to
be quoted in the east as not binding the
party in any degree to free coinage and
in the west as being favorable to it, and
with a candidate for the presidency
whose past utterances and official acts
show him to be unalterably opposed to
free coinage. it is plain that with Mr.
Cleveland as president. free coinage
cannot be realized during the term
of his administration. As between
Mr. Cleveland and ilr. Harrison there
can be no choice to free coinage men.
Both have acted and spoken with rec
ords that embody their judgments.
These records show themi to be enemies
to the cause so dear to Colorado hearts,
and unless free coinage can be cast aside
as of secondary importance to the coun
try's welfare the plain question is pre
sented to both democrat and republicin
voters: Can they honestly. with full sense
of their obligation to self, home. state.
and party aid either of them to the pres
dency' This is not a question for us to
answer. It is for the party. We assume
no responsibility except to speak the
truth without paltering. We simply
make a plain statement for
the party to consider and act
upon. This far. under the peculiar cir
cumstances. we deem it our duty to go.
It is for the party after a full considera
tion to determine the rest. That this
may be done as speedily as possible we
recommend that the proper authorities
shall call the party together in delegate
convention that the matters involved
may be acted upon.
T'. M. P %rrv t.oy.
TIP.NmY PA L L.
T. B. O'Dousi:t.i..
M. I). Crutu.1%,
I). C. DoN.tv.iN.
Wut. B.i iv.
Delegates from Colorado to the national
WANT GRESHAM Ti) RUN.
Farmuers' Alliance and Labor People Pro
pose to Nominate Him for
President.
Culoo oo. June 21.-The Inter-Ocean
will publish a statement tomorrow that
the convention committee representing
the people's party and Knights of Labor
leaders called on Judge Walter Q.
Gresham at his house tonight with a
view to obtaining permission of the judge
to use his name at the head of the peo
ple's party ticket to be nominated at
Omat July 2. He was assured of the
united support of the farm and labor
organizations throughout the country.
Ben Terrell of Texas assured him his
nomination would be acceptable to the
south and that the nomination of Cleve
land made it sure that six southern
states would give the people's party
their electoral vote. Henry Vincent of
Indianapolis, non-conformist; Lester C.
Hubbard of Chicago, van guard; H. M.
Gilbert. president of the Illinois Farm
ers' alliance; D. M. Fullwater and a
number of Knights of Labor assured
Judge Gresbam that if he would accept
this nomination he would be made the
nominee by acclamation. Ignatius Don
nelly. Joseph Weaver. T. V. Powderly
and other leaders will be in favor of the
movement.
Republican Press Coumments,
PHIt.AunLt-si. June 213-The En
quirer (reps speaking of Clevelandlanom
ination says he represents a bad cause
and a divided party.
S. i Fii;.\ciso. June 213.-The Chron
icle Irep.) says: The democrats hate
nominated a ticket which will give satis
faction to holders of all shadesor opinion
on the money question.
The Examiner (dent. says: The con
vention in making Cleveland its nomi
nee acted in response to the de
wand. to the widespread and
enthusiastic desire that could
not he resisted. The demand had be
hind it confidences of the democratic
masses, in his ability and their belief
that he. more than any other man rep
resents democratic policies and purposes.
Blomuinugton Wild With Delight.
Bi.ooullm.ToNo, Ill.. June 23.-News of
the nomination of Stevenson were re
ceived here a few minutes after the
nomination of the convention. The
greatest enthusiasm prevailed through
out the entire county. all parties alike
almost going wild over the honor be
stowed on Bloomington's favorite son.
Whitney Satisfied.
Cmio-.o. June 23.- Ex-Secretary Vhit
ney had nothing but satisfaction to ex
press about the whole ticket. "The
nomination of Cleveland was a foregone
conclusion," he said, "and putting Stev
enson's name upon the ticket means
that Illinois will this year be added to
the democratic column.'
Roles' Defeat a Olsappoiitment to Iowa.
DES MoiNEs, June "3.-The news of
the nominations of Cleveland and Stev
enson was received here without any
p articular demonstration. The defeat of
Boles was a distinct disappointment to
Iowa democrats. Gov. Boles, in an in
terview. stated he was satistied with the
nominations. He said he realized the
contest would be hard fought and close.
Insure with Chowen & Wilcox.
Hunt Bros. wish to announce to the
public that they are now ready to supply
anything in the line of first-class station
ary or office supplies. They also carry a
large number of eastern newspapers and
a stock of good cigars. Between La
peyer Bros.' drug store and the post
office.
AN ABLE JOURNALIST.
INTERESTIN3 INCIDENTS IN THE CA
ie REER OF WATTERSON'S PARTNER.
as Eow W. N. Haldemasn Established the
1B Loaueville Courier-The Paper Had a
Preearious Existence During the War.
Ve News Gathering Under Didnnuities.
lSiopeclal Correspondence.I
D LoUIsvILEi, June 16.-One of the most
lo valuable newspaper properties in the
t- south is the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Ic Its influence in public matters through
,d out the south and southwest is perhaps
n greater than that of any other journal.
In the budding up of such a newspa
per there has been called into play t :e
y highest order of executive skill and t'.e
e most thorough knowledge of the busi
a ness of newspaper publishing. The Cou
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SVAiLTIE N. IlALntDI MN.
rier-J urnal could never have liven what
it is without the brilliant editorial pen
of Henry Watterson; it wouid have is-n
quite ns iunch of an impossibility with
out thlle nnngetio and sagacious mnantnge
ment of Walter Newman Haldeman.
Though well known mon;g newspaper
publishers everywhere, and to all people
of his native state, Mr. Haldemanas life
of business has made imu less familiar
ly known to the general public than his
colaborer. Mr. Warterson, lint he is in
man of remarkable character and with a
career as full of intinrest as it is of sn
cess.
April 27 Mr. Hallenain celebrated hi
seventy-first birtnhay. His yena, sit
well uponn hinn, and in spite of theil he is
still a constant and tireless worker lie
is a native of Maysville. Ky. His father
was of Swiss origin, but both his pir
ents came to Kentucky from Pennsyl
vania. He began life as clerk in a Louis
villo business house, having received his
education in the schools at Alaysville.
General Grant was his schoolnate dur
ing part of the time. In 15(40 he joindI
the newspaper workers as bookkeeper f
for tine Louisville Journinl, diteeper
the brilliant Georgn D. Prentice. Iu
1814 he became owner of The Daily
Dime, a paper which had been unsutn
cesfnnlly run for about eleven monnthn
and which he took to secure it debt. l-HI
thus began by accident his career as a
newspaper publisher.
In June, 1844, he enlarged The Dinne
and elhangeul its namne to Tine MIornninig
Courier, a paper whose name is still pre
served in that of The Courier-Journal.
During the next ten years he took in nt a
different times a number of partners.
but always bought back the interest he
had sold. The task of establishing the
paper required patience and hard work.
and only one of his indomitable pluck
would have stuck to it. By 15i%4 he hdin n
it on a paying basis, and in 1J9 he in
corporated a publication conlpain. MIr. n
Haldeman's time was mainly divote-i to
the business interests of t he paper, a
though he wrote a great deal uitn wrote,
well. There are few better paragraphers,
and his close supervision of every part
of the paper and his energy and liberal
ity in gathering news under the difficult
conditions then prevailing in the west
won success.
In 1861 The Courier, which sided with
the south, was suppressed by General
Robert Anderson and the office seized.
Ur. Haldenman avoided arrest through
the timely warning of one of his employ
ees, who overheard two Federal officers
Siscussing the plans for capturing him.
He made his way to General Uuckner's
headquarters at Bowling Green, Ky., in
September, 1l01, and soon after, at the
direction of the Confederate authorities,
began the publication of The Courier
within the Confederate lines. He es
tablished an office and an associate ed
itor at Bowling Green and went himself
to Nashville, where the paper was set
up and printed, because of the impossi
bility of securing the necessary outfit at
the smaller place. The paper retained
its Kentucly identity by its Bowling
Green date line, and the Louisville-Bowl
ing Green-Nashville Courier furnished
many a merry jest to the Federals and
the northern papers.
The paper, which was issued wholly
from Nashville after the Confederate
evacuation of Kentucky, was a success
from the first. It became instantly a
favorite with the army and the people
of the south, and attained a circulation
limited only by its mechanical facilities.
Securing reliable news from the north
was a difficult matter, but that was
what was wanted within the Confeder
ate lines, and Mr. Haldeman met the
demand. He gained in those trying
times an experience both of the value of
news and of the possibilities of an or
ganized news service which has since
been valuable to him. A number of ac
tive men wer- employed in the danger
ous service of procuring files of northern
newspapers for The Courier, and so per
fect and regular was the service that
the military authorities relied on The
tourier for information. The adven
tures of these messengers in passing
through the lines in search of news were
often ex-iting.
After the war Mr. Haldeman re
sumed the publication of The Courier
at Louisville, and in 1808 it was consoli
dated with The Journal, which had
then passed from the control of Mr.
Prentio. to that of Mr. Watterson. The
consolidated paper, called The Courier
Journal, has enjoyed uninterrupted
prcsperity, repaying its ewnere so hand.
somely that Mr. Haldeman has been en.
abled to become a large investor is
other enterprises and to accumulate a
splendid fortune.
Personally Mr. Haldeman is the most
agreeable of men. Business cares do not
sour him. He is at his desk more hours
it the day than his most faithful em
?loyee, attending personally to a large
correspondence, receiving at the same
time a constant stream of callers and
supervising every detail of The Courier.
Journal. Every winter he runs off to
his southern residence at Naples, on the
Florida coast, for several months of rest
and tarpon fishing. He is modest and
unostentatious in his life and the most
approachable of men. He really enjoys
his work, and interruptions never annoy
hint. His manifold interests in bust
ness-for no man is more ready to go
into a new enterprise-his known lib
erality in giving to church and charity,
his political interests and his newspaper
work make him much sought after, but
he has always refused to interpose any
ceremony to prevent callers from coming
unannounced to his private office. Noth
ing in The Courier-Journal escapes his
eye, and he is quick to note and reward
faithful service.
Mr. Haildnman spefds money lavishly
to tlroeure n-ws and to provide the latest
improved machinery for his papers, pnt
lishing The Evening Times in addition
to The Conrier-Journal. He was one of
the first to try the type setting imachines
and is largely interested in the lmergen
thaler. Hi' papers. except a-iveritise
nents and headlines. art- entirely set up
by miclthin-s. and lie has the best of
prl(ess in the bitsniemnt of the lair
Conrier-,tournal building. lie atlays
c-ada every stock enbstsiption for the
benefit of his city and state, and his
gills to the cause of charity and religion
are munificent. lie is liv-d in the great
est esteem and affection in his city, and
though his hair and beard are silvered
with age he tids fair to be in the liar
ness for milatvy years loingmt-.
A. Y. Fott.
FOR THE DOG DAYS.
A slurvelo.u. 5Iladlstoneu In IIInoits Amid
i. Cure iHydroho1I3blu.
ISpecial Cori'espamdetee.I
(' itriutni:. Ills., June lfl.-,Bitten by
a tullt 1g1" is the startling headline
1 llit will soon begin to attract the eyes
of readers of the daily press. It is in.
deed a horrible experience. and the av
erage person shrinks instinctively front
the thoughts of such a fate. Is there it
cure for hydrophobia? It is said that
Pasteur its discovered one, and if this
celebrated Paris physician has really
succeeded in providing a remedy for the
poisonous bite of a rabid dog. he will
certainly be untitled to the thanks of all
hunuikind. It is said that few persons
bit tin Irv dogs and who flie in spasms
are realfly viftimts of rabies, but of iln
ugifatiof. lie this as it may. the death
of i person who imagines all lie sefs
and who is evidently sufffring all the
toirents of the diuffel, is a mtfost terri
1fe one. Of all filllgefd furls ifor hydro
photia the nffdstonf." so called, is the
most noted.
Thera is certainly a litri kaifle mifd
stone inf thI plfinn'-51f of Thof ts Orton,
aI pioneer farffer living if t he lit tIe town
of Denver, Hancock county. Ills. Mr.
Orton is at iloneer of ,tle Kfiftuck,"
and ff m( to Illinois along in the thirties.
1te brought with him the Orton atad
stone which has been in the posssstuion
of his family for zmany years. The stone
has a history. It was found in an In
diant mound in a southern state many
years ago by a voudoo Indian doctor,
and by hint given to a negress who, as
said, paid the penalty of its use int cur
THtE SlADSTONI.
rig shake and dog bites with her life, ffs
she was regarded as a witch. The stone
fell into the possession of a minister
named Hoagland, who was a neighbor
of the Ortots in Kentucky. Hoagiatd's
boy was a schoolIfmute of one of the Or
ton boys and traded the stone to Orton s
father, then i Iad, for a jackknife.
While this stone remained in Ken
tucky it was used in curing innutfer
able cases of snake and dog fite. Since
it has been in the possession of Mr.
Thomas Orton, at Ifenver, fully 11l0 nmen,
women and children have tested its vir
tues, and it is a matter of record that in
one instance only did the stone fail to
prevent the occurrence of the horrible
disease. The case in question was that
of a farmer living in Fulton county.
Ills., who had been bitten by a mad dog,
and who had neglected to have the
wound properly attended to, as stated.
He was in the incipient throes of the
horrible malady when the stone was ap
plied. Two others bitten by the same
dog, who applied the madstofe at once,
suffered no inconvenience from their
wounds. It is known that in a majority
of the cases treated the victims had been
bitten by dogs afflicted with rabies.
The accompanying illustrations are from
photographs of both sides of the Orton
madstone.
Before applying the stone a physician
scariles the wound. The stone is then
boiled for some time in milk and water,
and becomes soft and spongy. The
smooth side of the stone is then applied.
In every instance it adheres instantly
Ind remains clinging to the wound for
several hours. Often the green, slimy
blood and water drawn from the wound
soaks through the stone, running out
upon the floor through the little pores,
or honeycombs, shown on one side of
the stone. All patients speak of ex
periencing a drawing sensation when
the stone is applied.
GAY DAMsoN.
SINGING TO CONVICTS.
- YOUNG WOMEN WHO DEVOTE THEIR
TALENTS TO CHARITY.
Mary and Lisnle Doraeman'. Helpful
t Work in Brooklyn's Prisons-lnbterest
B Ing Details of Their Experleene Among
the Outaents of Soelety.
There are two young women in Brook.
I lyn who have laid out for themselves a
- most unusual line of duty, and who have
so modestly and quietly pursued it that
this is probably the first time their
names have ever come before the public.
I These noble young women are the
Misses Mary and Lizzie Borneman, who
have consecrated their lives to work
among prisoners and the very poor of
the city. They were born in the old
part of the city lying beyond Willough
by street and Adams, and in that vicin
ity their lives have been spent. For the
last five years they have lived with their
parents and sisters at 811 Jay street, and
are very domestic, indusvti, ",s girls, car.
ing for their younger sistern sad siding
their mother in a goou old tashioned
way so seldom in vogue now.
Of all the family they wa,' alone are
endowed with the gift of song, Mary
having a strong, cinar soprano and Liz
zie a contralto of wonderful strength
and beauty. To them the gift seemed
to be divinely given, and they decided
even while children that it must be used
for some good end, some purpose.
For a time they sang in churches, re
ceiving large jsalasries for their services,
but this seemed a selfish use of their
beautiful voices, and even against the
wishes of their parents they began on
Easter Sunday, ten years ago, to sing in
Raymond Street jail at Chaplain Bass'
morning services, and from that time
their talents have been devoted entirely
to this work. Every Sunday morning
at io oclock they are admitted to the
corridor of the jail, and every Tuesday
evening, and no prisonet' who has been
locked within those walls during the
past ten years but has been comforted
by the sound of their voices. Once in
the month always, sometimes twice,
they sing in the Kings County peniten
tiary in the afternoon, and since the In
dustrial home has been started they
sing there Sunday ant Thursday even
ings. Aside from these services they
sing often in concerts given for chari
table purposes.
Nor are their duties entirely confined
to singing. Often they are sent for by
souse poor prisoner-, and never a call I
comes in vain. At any time they are
ready to go with words of comfort or
little gifts of some kind to the darkest I
cell, to the most desperate prisoner. I
Next to Rev. Mr. Bass himself, these I
two young women are best known and I
best beloved of any persons in Brooklyn r
by the outtasts of society.
"Not a few times," said Miss Lizzie to t
a reporter, "have we acted as brides- I
maids in the jail and penitentiary, and a
have signed our names as witnesses to
the marriage contracts. Quite as often, c
too, have we stood as godmothers to e
poor little prison born tabes, We are I
often sent for to sit beside the sick prig. e
oners, and have seen deaths, too, within t
the prison walls."
--nave you ever known many of the
fanu us crinduals here?"
"Oh, yes. The saddest duty we ever
had to perform in our lives has been to
visit some of the condemned men in
Raymond Street jail. I shall never for
get the morning Mills was hanged. He
was convicted of wife murder, and be
fore his death was converted to Chris
tianity through Mr. Bass' efforts. He
often wanted us to sing for him, and to
the last we went. The little organ was
placed just outside his cell door, and
there we would sing and Mr. Bass would
talk to him. It seemed always to cheer
him until the day before the execution,
when, while we were there, the clothes
he was to wear, even to the slippers and
hose, were brought to him, and then he
seemed stunned and was like one turned
to stone. He seemed then to fully realize
his position, and from that moment lost
all of his cheerfulness. It was his wish
that we come again in the morning, and
at course we went and sang as long as
we were permitted to stay."
"Were you with any others at such a
time?"
"Yes, we were with Jefferson before
that.
"We were afraid to go near McElvaine's
cell. He was so coarse and brutal that
Iris language was not lit for us to hear.
le is the only prisoner we have met who
sasqnot behaved like a gentleman In our
presence. When we were visiting Mills,
avery day Kramer, the burglar, occu
pied an adjoining cell and used to hang
" blanket up to his door that he might
ant see nu, and we were very careful
lever to look toward his cell. One day,
towever, Mills told us that Kramer
'anted to speak to us, and we noticed
hen that there was no screen at the bars
if his cell. He asked us to sing some
avorite hymn of his, and from that time
seemed very friendly. He afterward was
entenced to two years and a half In the
)enitentiary, and while there sent for us
o come to see him. He was a desperate
nan, antd had broken out of every prison
n which he had ever been confined and
tad won for himself the sobriquet of
Bolts and Bars.'"
Few young women truly have wit
aessed such scenes as have these young
inging missionaries. and their home is
ilied with little gifts. tokensof gratitude
rom prisoners.-New York World.
He Never Lost a Book.
I once heard of a fine old bibliophile
who had the price put inside all his vol.
imes. When asked to lend one he
would look inside it and say: "Yes,
sith great pleasure. I see the price is
hirty shillings, which will be refunded
when the volume is returned." He ar
ned that if the book were really required
he money would be cheerfully paid;
nt he found these occasions were few
ad far between, and, what is more, he
ever lost any of his books or had them
eturned in a dilapidated condition.
A"mdo Graphic.
xe maid resttagu.
A man about fortyf* years oflpe,
lug three new sacythe stones t
t with a string under his arm, goy a
the train at Smith's Centre, and
passed down the oar to fnd a h
passenger who was considerably yta
o er, and who i.lso appeared to be7ý
-mer, called out:
"Wall, I declar', but who expected
see you here! How are ye, Jih Tton
son?"eq
" "Oh, toler'ble well, considerin,"
I the reply of the newcomer. "How'
s yourfolksrl
"Able to be around, thank ye. Get
tin ready to sharpen up, I see?"
"Ya-aa."
"Look here, Jim, I want to talk to
a bit. Folks is tellin 'round that yasta
me is mad at each other an ready to
fight."
"Ya-as, I've heard it."
"But it ain't so. I ain't load, anti
don't know what you've got to git mad
over."
"Oh, I never thought of gittin nadr'
"It's jest the gossips, who want suin.
phin to blow about. I married Mary
Jane Hopkins. We didn't hitch ve
well, and I got a divorce. Then R;1
married you, and that set folks
thinkin we orter be mad at each other
Lands alive! but it would take more'
that to make me mad!"
"And here too."
"How is Mary Jane now?"
"Fust rate-fast rate."
"Does she git mad and go into hylyter.
icks?"
"Hasn't yit.'t
"How's her breath:'
"Improvin right along all t:" ti'ooe"
"Glad to hear it. Willin to git upoa
the mornin?"
"Perfectly willing?"
"Kick any 'bout swilkin I he c(0w' awl
feedin the hogs?"
"Not a kick."
"Waal, I'm glad on it. We couldn't
hitch. but I nisuL got a wovol to ear agin
Mary. Somelbody had to warry her.
and it might as well be you as an' one
else. Don't you mind what folks sac.
I ain't mad nor goin to git mnod jeco
'cause you married my old wife. 1"w
after another, and as soon no I git her
you'n Mary come over and stay all day,
and we'll make it pleasant fur ve."_
New York Herald.
Lust a valuable lRelie.
When the Army of the Pototma.
in the spring of 1862. llI0ove' inta the
fortification at Manassas ;rail ('entr'.
ville, the boys spent much of their thn'
gathering relic' from the larttlefiljdf
Bull Run to send home to their friends.
One day a gawky member of the
Fourth New York brought in an iun.
ploded bomb and started to easrrtth.
load before sending it away. He ehal
have taken it to an artilleryman, butin
stead took it to a blacksmtith elhop ant,
with a hammer and col! chisel, oat
down on the floor, took the bhomb he.
tween his legs, placed the bra". crew
at the point and gave it a heavy blow,
The next instant the atmsosthere wae
dense with disintegrated blacksmith
shop. A section of the batting roof had
business over in another country. and a
chunk of the side wall went down ti.
visit the neighboring camp. Pie,'e, of
iron and steel that were (!w," tool- tro
ant imediate vacation and fleol '' oarts
an immediate vacation and fled vi iarts
unknown.
When the boys rushed to aew what
was the matter there the naon sat l .:
upright in the midst of the debris, with
his legs stretched out, a hammer in u,
hand and a chisel in the other.
"Gosh," he said, as he slowly crawled
to his feet, "I guess the folks 't hore11
have to get along 'thont that shell.
The only injury that had been done
him was the singeing of his hair and
whiskers. He wasn't even very much
frightened till the next day.-New
York Recorder.
A Dinner at an instailation.
If the dictum of the Vicar of Bray be
true, that he *w.ho lives a goal life Is
sure to live well," then George Neill.
who was archbishop of York, imst hate
been a very good wan indeed. At hie
installation a big banquet was prepared.
and the mere perusal of the bill 14 fare
is calculated to give one an appetitt. it
reads:
Three hundred quarters of wheat.
tuns of ale, 104 tune of wine. 1 pups <
spiced wine, 80 fat oxen, 0 wild llat,
1,004 wethers, 800 hogs, 300 calves. J-t10
geese, 1,000 capons, 3400 pigs, 10 peii
cocks, 200 cranes, 200 kids, 2,000 ath
ens, 4,000 pigeons, 4,000 rabbits, " it
terns, 4.000 ducks, 200 pheasant-, 5k
partridges, 4,000 woodcocks, 400 p1 tr.
100 curlews, 100 quails, 1,000 egret-.
rees, above 400 bucks, does and te'
bucks, 1,506 hot venison pasties. l.0t'
cold venison pasties, 1,000 dishes of jell1
pastes, 4,000 dishes of plain jelly. 4.u"'
cold custards, 2,000 hot custards, Ittt
pike, 800 bream, 8 seals, 4 porpoises and
400 tarts. The waiters numbered 1,40.
the cooks 62. and the kitcheners 515.
London Tit-Bits.
A Chameleea's Bate.
The bite even of the largest chauae
leon does not fetch blood, though the
teeth leave indentations. I often pro
voke them to bite mse in order to
observe their habits, and only once.
when one caught me between the fingers
where the skin is tender, was I really
hurt. On this occasion the thing held
on so persistently and firmly that I
could not for some time free my finger.
At last I was obliged to call some one to
get it of by forcibly opening its mouth.
Even then it did not pierce the skin; its
teeth are too fine and regular, but the
dotted triangular impression of the lit
tle teeth was very red and distinct for
some minutes.-Cor. Forest and Stream.
The Ihuention of Paper.
The invention of paper was perhalt
more useful to the world than that vi
printing. It vastly increased the spread
of knowledge, making possible the pler
session, upon the payment of a fen
cents, of knowledge which in the Four*
teenth century, the day of rare and cost
ly manuscripts, could only be procured
upon the payment of a large sum of
money. -New York World.