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Just wtien we think, we've fixed the'golilcu
The dlnmond point,' oa watch to bakmcn
Jiiir ' j
Llfo, aiul life's lofty Issues weighing there,
With fractional precision, close mid keen,
TliouuLt, motive, word and deod, there cornea
' bet ..-on. -t . , - ,
Some vnyward circumstances, some jostling
Cfe:-f, - - ,
Some temper's fret, soma mood's unwise do.
Si-vlr, ' , - '. '
, 'mar tlio equilibrium, unforeseen, "'
And our mcu HiJjnstrnont! Happy ha
yv noso Hours calm equipoise eua know no j:ir,
f
jocaitbe uio unwavermg hand that holds tkv
U the M'.e hand that weighed each steadfast
seal
star
- Is t)yi saino hand that on the sacred tree
Core 9 it his eako tho aiifruish of tUo nails! .
., (Margaret J. Prestoo.
A' VJSBY - QUIET EUBBER,
BY JAMES PAYN2S.
I the meditation of Mr. Gray had .oo-
curred to him in the churchyard of Tat- : epects, was- given to 'finesses that mado
bury, ; Burks; his "Elegy M would ha vo one's blood curdle, y-' ' '-,
talon a different ton, orctt least thero Mr, Newton felt that he .had none of
would have been a supplementary verso -L these weaknesses, and .was worthy to bo
or two not quite in accordance -with its the partner .of any one of the four. But
general, tone. If ho had. had (as' in my though envious of , them, he was not ma
boyhood I had) the advantage of tho no-. licious. It was from his lips that I first
quaintauca of Mr. John Newton, of Tat- - heard of their virtues; he had como pro-'
bury, he would li&ve obtained some new , fessionally to "measure" my grandfather;
material, which,, though not. precisely end over a glass of drfcfeherry discoursed
poetic, perhaps, might have been "worked - 'ix tho housekeeper in my presence con
upn in to soma startling stansas. ' . Mr. "cerning them La a manner which, to my
Newton was the gi eat "auctioneer and, childish ears, considering the solemnity
upholder" of those parts, but incidentally - - of the occasion, sounded somewhat secti
on undertaker also, and knew a great
deal more about churchyards than Mr.
Gray did. Ho knewy p.t all events, all
those within. 30 miles -of him, and moi-i
of those who had beetl in tho' occupation
of ' tliem for DO veara. v Itconld hardly
have been eaid of a Berkshire gentleman V-tiguons to our own house, afforded mo
of any position, during that period, that . . many opportunities of,, conversing with
he was "happy?' tmless Mr; John New ton i';liira, when on the eve of any great en
had conducted his obsequies ; it was like- ; gagement lie came, like a prudent gen-
having no burial"at all., iy:. - ;& : reral, to' survey Hie groirad and make Ids
When even tho Marquis of Berks wai dispositions beforehand in advance of
gathered to "his forefathers, no' London tli sextonr ' J"- '' , '. . . .
firm- was employed to -place Jura: in tho After many years' absence from tho
family . vauitv'at ; Tatbitry ; Mr; Nevtou- ' home of my fathers' I returned to Tat
was felt iby the executors) to bo equal to bury th3 other day and found. my friend
the emergency. ' In the-marquis's will it '-.of -v the scarf ..and . hatband Jitillvabovo
was known beforehand that he had " Vjound and .busy, as usual. Hi.i waa a
pressed a wish that luV heaxsa should ba ; trade, as. I ventured to observe to him,
!ran by. hiV own -carriage horHOS,.and ' that never fails, and which , such bad
Mr. New tt.n liad tho foifeight (when hi i " limes as theseeyen promote by occabional
lonlship was given over by Dr-.Fnuaj'. ot cuicides,' - .' " U '
Tstbuvy, wl-oie vvid vvj.fe k-.y-and ph.vs.io shook his head. -,, Folks die, Master
In one) to luivetliom e.YovcUed every 'day ? James, of course," he said; "there is no
me) to have them cxe-rcucd every cay
in plumoH, lost they should bo rcotiv& tm- '
der ' them on the - ttatcly occatuoa for '
"tvliich llipir-frervices were required. . . (
Of coarse, there were poo; !v even in
Tatbury, r.o lo&t lo nil sise 6? f.nthori'y :
und wdrmnily fts t nutka li-htlof Mr.'
John Newton.. At the Town Club, for ..
example, which was held at the "Berk. A
Lhire Arms, aud where ho was accu:)-"
tomed to play whist, on one occasion it
was under the' regency when, he -had
won tlireo bumpers - running,- a loser had ;
sarcastically observed . to him,' "Why,
this is better; old man, than burying tho
prince regent 5 n but the observation had
fallen flat, as being - profane .when? ad
dressed to a man of his grave position, as
'well as slightly fiq pant with respect to
a leading member of the royal family.
Yet if Mr. Newton could ever be said to
unbend liimself at - all, it was at long
whifitj when; his manner of saying
'Hush!" and "vWe are playing at whist,
if you please,." was justly pronounced to
be porfeft'in its gentlemanly bearing.
Tho way in which he would set down his
cards (with -their faces downward, you
v,nv h.-. i-oTtain. for thero were filiarn
players in the Town Club), and fold his
hands till conversation idiould cease, was
;omcthir.,j that tho lord .-.chancellor of
Kngland, or tUo Fx?aker of tha hoase of
commons, might have copied with, ad
van'ago as a lesson in the dignity of ru
p:ach. - ' . - : -'
If a man so well established and re
spected as MivNe.wtou of Tatbury. could
1)0 said to have an -ambition unsatisfied,
if was that his scientific genius as a
. hist f liyor was confined to the Town
Club, ad forbidden to exercise itself i?i
private circles. But trade, even in iti
Giiietest and gva vest form, winch surely
ir,n bo rj id of undertaking, was tabon! - i
timong t':o gentry of Tatbury; their ia-" -
cornea were microscopic, but they made
im for thiifc by being exclusive and select.
i;ven thf local banker was only ad
mitted ii-So their society on sufferance,
end it " was thought a piece, of imperii
lience in him. (iw it certainly one of
Buperfluity) to win at whiJt. , , K,
There was ono e- pecial cliqtio, .consist
ing of two Ladies and two gentlemen who
filayed tho gamo with .rigor every lawful
li'ght of their lives, to which Mr. Newton
vrticul:uly aspimi, but in vain. ' Mr.
A-s'iton and Mr. C5 roves, Miss Lake ari l
jjiKS Sut. 'U were tho names of this littles
roterie, who had been partners and ojp-:-
r.ral livt
Their pomts were but thr-'-
.it th. . Vc-ieiieo w;--i great; iC
mi .t:,L- in play, tliey acknowl.
;n, a'i away from the carl
frrnnic'
(heyma-i
t igfd t'
1 1U9 tli'
f J imel'
ti'.cir lit.
.'U they
believe,
would in
demorah
Mr.
t 'Torts i
2 rem"
Hie poc-is
t-'r.r ,-
it: Tb.ir
.o look.. 1 1
I it wasai !
p'u'i'jWhk'
iM mi. th
u t givat
ty.
n h:l
.i-l.f'.'l-.-
Li,,-;
have lriw
tho cour,
Lives., wer
'lily r."
i'.-ygr.
f n i
i. 1 1 r;
m tO li.-:,
1 M:',
; they .
LlbOl IS, O.r
oa to th.
If they
t liave I.
-dTal1i
Ne'N
i pnter 1
red out
, i'.e c'-'
ored .
not rrom penitents out it would havo
availed him nothing. They knew ho
was quiet in his manners, an Excellent
whist player, and .would , hare given
them first rate suppers when his. turn to
invito them came round for they played
alternately at each other's bouses but
their doors were closed against him.
They refused' to 5:connected, however,
unofllcially, with a man who sold by !
retail, even though it waa but coiLus to "
I the great. On the other hand, they very j
eagerly welcomed the information h j
had to give them concerning tho demise '
of eminent persona in the neighborhood,
..nd odmitted him to a certtun degree of ,
familiarity; . He knew from each one's
mcount of the. others all their different
styles of play, and wh was the favorite
: partner- of each.- The temptation tlrat
b?set Mr. Ashton,- when his hand was
fall of trumps (otherwise, he would have
scorned it) was to lead a single card ;
;Mr. Groves- played too much for his own
hand: Miss Lake, would lead trumps on
too slight a provocation; and Miss Sut-
ton, an admirable rx?rformer in other re
Mar. in later days . 1 was better-able:, to
grasp Air. JNewton s cliaracter (which was
iany thing but profane), and to appreciate,
liis observations ;upon( human nature,
Ilia lecture room was most commonly
- the graveyard itselfwhich, being con-
falling off thero. " lie was about to add
'"tliauk Heaven, "but perceiving with fine
: tact that the ejaculation was too profes
. clonal and might have been misunder
stood, he efTeqtcU the following subhtibu-'
tion: "But when they dio they are not
buried as they used to ber " - u.- : :
... t'Dear rao !"- said. I, "has cremation
mado such strides, then?"
He smiled contemptuously. , ' "In ,n
--Christian land, ir, that will never sue-:
''coed. ' .What sort of a future can bo
- looked for as begins, so to speak, with
burning? T.Thes: parson says ; 'Ashes "to
ashes,' it is -truoj but that is quite an
othor 1 tiling from: 'cremation. ; Folks'
.know they will bo reduced to .dust, but
lliey don't see the1; operation, and there
fore do not realize it; it they did, it
would be-harder for them , to imagino
their friends' saints and angels ; and there-
fore they don t want to see it. . : . .
V "There is sometning in that," I as
sented, "no doubt.".- -. "; s ' " r
, ; rMr. New ton smiled benignly, as though
.lie would have said, "There is generally
'something in .what I fifty, if you will
only favor me wLh your attention;
- inen aaueu reiiecuvejy, v ny tiiurt? was
i old Lady Braddon: the Mother, day, sho
wouldn't bo put udo the family vault,
' nor yet into a brick grave, because, said
she, 'llotv ain I to get out again T Sho
was tho(bost of Christians, but in that re-
; rrpect she had material views. And here.
. Bhe lies" wo wero standing - in tho
churchyard '"flmorg the mero common
people accordingly." v -'
"It must bo ratlier-sad ox you to hare
to come hero . so often, " said 1, and on
cuch melancholy eirands. " , , -"I
felt tlie observation was a foolish ono
directly it had mssed my lips : but it . is
- Q to know wliat Js commonplaco
and another to know how to avoid it.
r - .uoiancxiuiyt ne exciaimeu, hoc. u
: bit of it. The "great ..majority of my
. friends lie here, and I have no disincllna
' lion to join tliem. You sea tliaf sminra
: green grave with "the ,four stones about.
- . t .1 . . I. Jt. . 1 1. 1 . T . . 1... t
It; mere ne ine oest iieopio 1 aver Knew j
'.- In Tatbury, and i tho lxt whist players; !
"two of. them bachelors, two of tliem!
spinsters; Mr. Ashton and Miss -Lake,
(
- Mr. Groves and Miss Sutton. . , There they.
lie, opposite to ono another, just as they
, eat in life j you remember them, Master
James, of course?". .'
: .."I remember who they were,! I -said."
"I was but a hoy in their time. You
used to tell me about them." , "
"Ay, I' daro say. " When Mr. Ashton
"went I had pouip hopes ff tilliivT lus. I
. i .i . 3 .1 .1... m.
Diace: irus wiev in-tierreu uumuy. uw t
three met together every r.Uht for years,
with that vaeaii peRt at tho old Ublei
" it wit- a very touching spectacle. Nona
of them would ever lead a tingle card
afL-r they had lot t him, 110 matter how
d v ; u' Ou Ir condition ; it was f 1 ' to"
Ih 'f.-prereiit. and, so 'to ppeak, an in-,
f. ; ---iit cf e:---yright. ft w." i:at
- ' ii - li-ii-'i - .''---i'h . 'i
! -- - r, I
I eoui
re tU
of
. t 1
fe
th'v
reduced to two double d urn by. Miss Lake oiwlogies, the old 'man frantically brand
used to say, 1 We can't help playing for islnng his umbrella and making, violent
pur own handa now, dear,- can we, as - whacks at the head of his assailant The
jxior Mr. Groves used to do They were younger man reached the door, in ad
obliged to infripgo his copyright from vance, however, and darting through it
necessity.,, A man , as couldn't drop a slammed it in the old man's face. As
tear to ey those two ladies without part- . the wrathful old- gentleman was return
nere, evening .. after evening, wasn't - lg to his seat, red and panting," three
worthy to be called & man. And .'in my young men without consciences were let
opinion it hastened . their end ; double liQS ut howls of laughter. " v v . ' -'
dumby is a great strain upon the mind, : ;. --
Master James. " - . 4. . ... - Eqnal to th Occasion,
The undertaker was so moved that if .- The barber - drew his fingers gently
he had seen the same demonstrativenesa across the face of his victim and said:
in one of his own mutes he would have r"; "You have .a strong beard, sir." . -
given mm a smumg. it was always a
principle with him to encourage emotion.
"Then Miss Lake, she was. the third to
go..'; A good woman, if ever there was
one. The poor' lost a friend in her, and
the 'church' a constant attendant. She
riftver touched a card aftr 12 nVhvlr v
Saturday nights, though only a few pec- .
pie knew what it cost her to resist the
temptation." There s been a note of it
kept in tlie" proper: place, I've not a
doubt.' - " '
: Here the undertaker gave a sigh sosig-
nificant tliat I could not for the life of me
help observing, "There are few -whist
players can say as mucn, JJir. JNewton.",.,
"No, you aro wrong there. Master
James, leastways, if you thick as con
science is pricking me, I have' never ,-
fdayed " into Sunday mornmg. though it
is true 1 havo sat up till after 12 on Sun
day nights and begun then.' Well, when
Miss Lake 'went, Miss Sutton was left
alone! - the last leaf, as ono might say, of
that 'green table. ..There was nothing for
her,' poor soul, but patience ; and sha
played Patience accordingly every night.
, When her turn came, as she expressed it, v
to cut out' sue sent tor me. it was omy Poland came the stately polonaise -; or
a few hours before her demise, and she'd polacca and the inazourka,
already seen the clergyman. ' 'Mr.'New- f ; ,. ; . .. .. . . . ,
ton,:naid she, I knew you wanted to -.- Mr., John Bland, a chess player, pro
join our little party years ago; but it was ' poses to revolutionize the game by mak
not to be.' Still, I feel you had a kindness ig : the board ,nina squares wide,' and
for us, There are some good people in ' adding besides a pawn another piece, to
rue wonu wno , mane. oojecuouH 10 our ;
innocent game. . I hope they may have j
-nothing i worse upon their own con
sciences to answer for than having played
a quiet rubber. ." .But I don't want to be a
.stumbling block. , You need not' there
fore make, public what I am about to? ask
you at least, not until I am forgotten,
which won't be long. Mr. Ashton and
Mr. Grovfis lie at ri: at angles to one -another,
as you well know, and dear. Miss
Lake opposite to Mr. Ashton; bury mo
opposite to Mr. Groves, so that I shall
mako up the oia'party!" ; ; -
, "I assure you,-Master James, she said
It so pitiful that I couldn'-t ' answer her
for tears. I only nodded my head and
looked mournful, like one of, my hearso
horses..'"1'.,'' ' " ' -
"Then she added 'And if you dont
think it would be wrong, Mr. Newton, I
fsbould like the vo packs of cards wo
List played with we always used r to
make them last three months, you know
put into my coilin. Would you mind
ceeing to that yourself?' "t?
J Of 'course I said it should bo done, and
it was done with my own' hands. There
are some folks a would think it irrever
ent, though ; I have known" the hsamo,
people drop ft toy into a child's coilin,
with tears ready to break .their hearts;
jet,' what ore cards but toys, and wo but
children ? Well, I buried tho poor.-old.
lady just as 6he wished, and there they
lie, all four of 'em. "
We were standing by the -place ho indi
cated, and I noticed that one greongravo
which contained tho whole party had
been somewhat flattened at tho top.
- ? That was your doing also, I suppose?"
1 inquired.
"Yes. No one has observed it but your
self but I thought if I made it tabular
it would look more like tlie real tiling.
It is a very quiet rubber .
lit Clapped Slau ou th Bade."
It was not a kind tiling to do, but ho
was a young newspaper reporter and was,
whether justly or unjustly, regarded, as
"fresh.". His city editor sent him up to
a meeting, and he started out a little too
eagerly, for he got tho address wrong.
He was not sc familiar with ' New York
as reporters generally are; and by tlie
time he got the address straightened out
and found " tho cornet ono the meeting
was over and he looked only upon closed
doors. .
On lhd elevated train ho met three
Other reporters gf-ing down to their
Offices, and he told them his dilemma. .
- ."Oh, it's lucky you got on this train,"
6aid one brother newsgathercr. "Tho
very man you want to see is on this
train. .There ha1 sits down there in tho
cross seat the old' man with the ran
brella and tlie gray beard." . ' -:
1 " And lie's a peculiar old chap, said a
eecondman. "You have to know how
to treat him. He's tho president of tho
Eociety, you know.
"You v.-nnt to bo diplomatic, " put in
the third conspirator. " You've got to let
him see that you know him. Yon want
to como up b hind him, clap him on tho
back a good, rousing whack, you know.
Vk-and say, 'Hello, Jenkins, Old lty, how
did tlie little shindy come off t-night'r'
Then he'll thirik ho kn.wa you :-,nd will
teifyou tho .-whole story. "
"Bo sure you eiTick him on tha back,"
w as related. . . i-
"Oh, tru.-t r.u, " sa; 1 tho ymig re-
r-'-rtcr with a, coiifidi.:.fc tmiie.
Down .
ig th '
t' o
aule he
went, f'
save lii)
I reai'
a lei'i I
ooad
"Jei.
vt I.
. t
umi ;
t -i tho Icuk. I
- u- fe.l
ri- I ' '
r on.
. T!
.;:rd
;-r? wa
. M. Ol
If-
' -i l -
! There was no reply. . Ho caressed the
silky locks and queried ; '
:- "Have a shampoo, sir? Your head
really needs it. " -"- - " . , ,.' ;
? The stillness remained unbroken. ;'..
."Shall I wax your mustache, sir?" ."
Io reply. y
;"Seafoam,sir?" z.
The - man in the chair drew a small
; tablet from his pocket and wrote on it :
;."I am deaf and dumb." . s
On the wall beside the mirror hung a
: large "No Credit" caxd.'-v;:The'.- barber
- turned it and pointed to tho motto on the
reverse side. .The inscription was this:
Deaf and Dumb Men Double Price. "
l "No shampoo, no wax, no seafoam!"
eaid the disgusted man in the chair sud
denly finding a voice. , ,
' ."All right, sir," rejoined 'the barber.
."Thought I'd fetch you round. Fine
day isn't it?" Chicago Tribune...
The waltz had its beginning in Ger
many and thenoe was taken to France,
shortly after which it . waa . introduced
into England.- Hungary ;was the birth-
place ; of galopade or galop, and from
00 called the rremier," possessing the
combined powers of oueen and knight.
i Tliere is value in experiment," . , - :
C Love is mutual nndewtanding.
Tho -reward, of one duty done Is the
: power to fulfil unother. . , ' r . .
.. . Magnanimity owes no account to pru
dence of its motives. ,-., .
. General tidiness not only pays on itj
own account, but because to be tidy is to
be ejouomical..; .-- . .. - ' , ,
' If . everybody . knew- what one said of
ranother, there, would not be four friend3
deft in the world." - -U -
' Tliere " probably never . wo9. a man so
good; that he did not hop- in his heart
that his successor would be a failure. j ;
To be alwas intendijig to lead a new
life,' but never to lind time to eH. about
:it, is as if a roan should put Qff eatiug
and drinking from one day to another,
till he is starved and destroy ed.,- - v. ,.
-.; Some people scorn to be taught, others
Are '.-ashamed of Jt, as-they, would be of
going to school when they aro old; but
it is never too late to learn what it is ah
ways necessaiy to know.. And it is no
shame to learn so long as wc are ignorant
jthat is to say, so long as we live. .,,
" Punislimeut is fruit that, imstiKpected,
ripens: within the flower of the pleasuro
which concealed it. Cause and effect,
means and end, seed and fruit can not
be severed, for the effect already blooms
in the cause; tho end preexists1, in tho
means, the fruit in the seed, - ' . .
'i Every individual owes obedionce to
EOmetliing, and there 'can be no obedi
ence without authority.''. Indeed freedom,
rightly -understood, imposes the most
solemn obligations of all.- Wliau bo
human control binds a man, he is bound
with the greater stress to oley the right,
to bow to tlie authority, of conscience,-,
to live up to his highest ideal. ; :.
.. Of no use are the men who study ; to
do exactly as was done before, who can
never understand . that to-day is anew
day. We want men of original action,
who can open their eyes wider than to a
nationality, namely, to considerations of
benefit to the human race, can act in tho
interest- of civilization; men of elastic,
men of moral mind, who can live in tho !
moment and take a step forward. j
There are things that could never grow !
familiar. Daybreak is ono. There jsal
.ways mystery 'about it, - It is like com
ing to life again after death, - You havo.
been away you don't know where, and
you come back again to the world," and
when: you And it as it is now, belonging
almost to yourself, all the other ieople
a good as out of it, it is very strange.
No, I ' am not afraid - of becoming too
familiar with bea. lif ul things. ' ,
There has been bo much justly said
about the prejudicial effects of overwork,
I especially in using up tho powers of man
' and cutting short hia lift, that it may be
'.hastily as.sj.med by some that work itself
wis opposed to length of days: This, how--t
ever, is a fital mktuke.. Whatever may
"be proved concern ing tho comparative,
tendencies of different employments to
shorten life, it will always be. fouad that
a life-of Idleness i'd surplus them all.
Tlie faculties of man, us-d and m-t
f abused, ..t servo iiot only to bene ifit the
wcrld, wit
' Ili.3 health,
n deiTiul lur.
.'-( n m
li'irpii"
e!y up..
-Jt exots
He
them !
! U bone fit himself.
aud h-agth of life
"ho lTnl.-ir, t toady.
'e "i ; '...yLut cf
rogl.'.T th'-i law,
1 run. to w.sie, lead-
-.u'lt l(f'. k'rp
. nu -h i'-i h:.i owr.
' tU ! ..diii' i.
li ! I" . " -, ... I,
ai. I full
ui-i powe.
pu.T
an :i
-n:
u tl'.V
AN INTEKEiJTISO - OPIXIOJf.
Same Ia formation WhteU Old Hatch
'- : - 1 Amloui to Acquire. , . ... jt :
A laxly we shall not tell her name
had a most amusing" experience with
Benjamin P. "Hutchinson the other day,"
This lady i3 deeply interested in charita
blowork, and ever and anon she lends
herself to the diagreeablo task of solicit
ing money contributions to such worthy
causes as she may happen to have in
hand.' .'.., '. - '
, This is rather ungrateful employment,,
but this lady applies herself cheerfully to
it, for she recognises it as a part of her
Christian duty. ; It befell that this worthy .
woman had occasion to approach Mr.
Hutchinson the other afternoon, aud ho
did -so in the spirit of charming good
nature, which is, perhaps, her most coa
spicuous characteristic. Now, Mr, Hutch- .
inson is a wary bird, and seldom it is that
he is caught ia a corner by anybody 7
But this particular lady wa3 bo exception-'.-ally
bright and exuberant that the crafty -millionaire
gave 7 up a crisp $30 bill al
most before he was aware of it. And ;
then, as we can easily suppose, he began,
to regret it. .... . .
. On her part tlie fair solicitor was con
siderably surprised ; she had heard ; that
he was a hard,"unfeeiing man, yet had he
not resppnded promptly and generously
to her appeal? ; She was so gratef id that
she insisted on shaking hands with tho
old man, and as she did so sho remarked
feelingly ' v. . ,
"We do not always get our -reward
here, Mr. Hutchinson, but we should re- ",
memlier tliat tlie Lord loyeth a cheerful .
giver." - .
"Yes, I've often heerd tell," answered
Mr.Hutehinson dryly ;,"but I'm more
interested in fiodin',out the Lord's opin
ion . of . a cheerful beggar. "Chicago
,N0W8.- . . ' . .' :
A Woman Impreisioii of tVebgtcr.
- .The fdlkming is the description Mrs. j
Jefferson Da-is gives of DAniel Wcbrst'?r -.
in her ' "Memoir " of ,her husband j " No
words," says Mrs, Davis "cau'.desertba
the first impression he mado iipon me. I '
liad heard of him and spent long hours in 1
reading aloud his speeches in the National f
Intelligencer when a mere child, and to
eeO him was like looking at the Jangf ran ;
or any other splendid natural . phenoms-
non. ' Thero was no . doubt . as to where i
ho sat, for tlie conviction of his identity
was forced upon ono when he turned his ...
massive, overhanging ' forehead,- with
those great, specu...tive, observant eyes
full of lambent fire.. : He" was as careful ,
as a woman about tlie delicate nealuess A
of his attira. ' He, like Mr. Ca!- j
houn, always listened most attentively to--!
any Senator who was speaking; but Mr.
Webster, except when Mr. - Calhoun or
romo other intellectual giant had 'the
floor, had the air of protecting indul
geflce that a superior bein;-might.1 "wear
to an inferior.' He was rarely offensive,
but sometimes showed a digniiietl indul
gence to weakness that" was hard to bear.
Voluble he never was. " .' Of Calhoun she
says : M lie wore his thick hair all tho
same length . and rather Jong," combed
fitraigbt back from, his forehead. Tliis,
with his brilliant eyes and-u nflinching
gaze, gave his head the express Ym of an
eagle's. Ilia' mouth .was wide, and
straight ; he rarely smiled, and t'io firm,
square chin and gravo manner made a
personality striking in the extremo. lie
was tall and "slenderly made, quick and
alert in both Bpeech and movement.
' - Failed to Dour. .
Tie was waiting' for liijji turn in a Grand
Iiiver avenue barber shop, and he quietly
remarked to the barber that he had been
Out in tho Indian country. :. . -'
"Yes. Huntiu' rabbits, J suppose?" re
plied the barber, seemingly not the least
interested. - ....
- "Rabbits! ' No, sir Indians!" -" -
"Oh! Find any?". .;
J' Of course I did! I was all through
the late troubles at Pine Ridge. ".
""Yen. Get frostbitten?" . . :
" "Frostbitten? Why.hang it,". I. was
wounded in three places!?
"Gun go off accidentally?' , ; -
. "No, it didn't! What - sort of jv; man
are you, anyhow?" - :.-
"Beg jiardon, bufi can they raise arti
choke out there?" ,
u Arti-Halifax! Wliy don't yon ar.k
how many Indians I killed at Wounded
Knee?" . .;. - "
"Anybody wounded in the knee out
there?" asked the barber as ho reached
for the water bottle. "Bad .place to bo
wounded in. v I broke my knee cao pnee.
Next!" , -
"Not by a jugful!" exclaimed the
waiting man as he reached for liis over
coat."1 "I was intending to have a hair
cut; shave, and get my whiskers dyed,
but you are not the man to do it! I'll go
to some shop whero they know some
thing and have gumption enough to draw
a feller outl" Detroit Freo Press.. zs
, ' T't Ieeco V Tlkftll ',
. The importance of thinking before you
rpeak recently received an amusing illus
tration at a meeting held in a well known
town not a hundred miles from tho
banks Of the Hudson, says tlie NewYrrk
Ledger. One of the persons who occu-.
pied - - the-- stags, was : an . enthusiastic
deacon, wlw frtKjueutly interrupted the
Hjcaken by yclnug: "Thank goodm
lor tl;::t." One gentleman was .call
upon v ho arose and said : .
Ladles and get icemen, I am heart a
Fouliath'S cans , and ft el ll-.at it
I a a gv -:t bene'lt to the pe.i; !o of I
piact." --
"Th '. coo I- f-'-r tl'.it V- s ell? 1 '. '
1
oeacwu.' i- : . . .... - ,
"But, ladies and gentlemen, " be corv
linucd, ul am going to say that it will b :
impossible; for me to address you thia',
evening "
". "Thank goodness for that 1" broke ia'
tho absentminded deacon, amid great
laughter. ' -
'-r-'-; ?' - '-'-" "-V' :.-v '" J ' "-fV' ) . . k J'r:'
Oarenstve Farttsanshtv.
Dr. Prayery Search tlio history of thei
jvwhola world, and you will find nowhere
elso so Inspiring an example of bold, fear
less enterprise combined with gentle
godliness as you find in St. Paul ' : -
Minneapolis (picling 'up lus hat)
Tliat thafs" just a little more than I caa .
tit under.- Truck. - ;
; sil!:.';: at , asj , artists. -'gp,t!;;;
-. Thu'ty thousand dollars will be spent at
Trieste on a monnment to Dante. '
, Verestchagin was 30years painting tliof
120 pictures of his fanious collectkm. :;
": Alexander Harrison's "La Vague" has
boensoldto the Pm'ladolphia Academy
for $3,000. '-,;. j; - -:-The
American painters in Paris will
rend their works in a body to the Berlin '
Exhibition and have a section to theii
selves.
. Meissonier isto'have a statue, but h
will in a bcrse pay for it himself, aa tli
money is to bo raic?-.! by an exhibition of'
his works. ' , .A "-sJ
, ,The Art Club of Plukdelphia!is-Cif-'
ing from popularity and will 1 havo
- spend $25,000 at once in order to prosido ..
- space for its members and guests. '-
Hampton, N. H., has voted to erect a '
monument to the. memory of -General '
llemy--Dearborn of the Revolutionary-
war. who was bora in, that town in 175L ; ..
1 v t Verestcliagin's pictures, after leaving";
. Now York, will - be "taken to Cliicago, ' ;
where in all probability they will fonn
portion of the Russian department at tho .
..World's Fair. .v "'
i Pmfessor Halsey C. Ives, who has been
' selected to manage the art department of :
' , tlie World's Fair; hasb?en . connected"
" with Washington University School olT
-Fine Arts for 17 years, ,' . . - "
''M. Munlrax-By hgs'received a commis-
.sion for a large picture for the chamber' -Of
deputies in the new parliament palaco .
at Buila-Per.th. xTho sum voted to tlio.
xrtist is said to be equal to $10,000. . r.
A "Gallery for British Art, or " a soTt ,
of London " Luxembourg, " is td - be built .
jat South .. Kensington, opposite the
- museum; to cost 80,000, tlie gift of an'
annoaymous dBor t the British govern- J
ment He has since been revealed ia tho .
person . of a prominent sugar ' re finer,
Henry Tute. ' - j .' , . . "
-'.Tlie principal picture galleries cf Eu-
- rope are ranked aC?Yir4ir',m'!ber :
of pictures they contain: 1, V''ei'ia-.'."?T?y,
-Dresden;- 8. Madrid) 4, -Louvre;. 5, Lou-
'don; 6. St. Petersburg; 7, Berhn; 8, Vi- .
enna; 9, Munich; b1); Florencs;. 11, N- :
ides; 12,' Venice; 3, Antwerp; 14, Tarin.
;" On thoniomiment over the grave of tlio-.
famous Davy Crockett of Tennessee,, who. -
'among other wonderful things, killed 103. ,
.hears, the emblematic? bear Ls to have a
conspicuous ilace.-But wa, do'ivt eoo
that any arrangement has been made for
the historic coon, which gracefully cam
down from the tree when Colonel Davy
appeared, without waiting for him to use
amniunitiononashot.---,CincinnatiCoin- :
mcrciaJU '-,.
The statjuo "of tlie' late nenry Ward
Beecher; on which the sculptor, J. Q. A. :
Ward, has been working mom- than a
year, is nearly completed, andthcBeeclicr '
statue committee of Brooklyn1-has ar-.
ranged to "have (ho monument unveiled
.Wednesday, Juno 21, in City Hail Parky :
a email -triangular " inclosore7 iacfiig thi "
City Hall at Vomt and 1 Fulton street.
The monument is finished, except tho
bronze Casting of two of the four auxil-
iary figures The podestal is .'finishodi'T
More than. $;5,000 have, beenraisevi for.i
the monumenti Tlie occasion of tho un-
j veiling will bo the seventy -eighth annir,,,
r.vcrsary of Mr. Beecher's birth. Now
York 'I'imcs.' ,. ' " , , ' , ' . "
'. John Deery, an attorney and . art con-.-v-noiseur
of Dubuque, Iowa, has just come
inU tioasessiou of a retmukable picture! ..-
I which was taken from the inins of an old '
v Spanish mission near Santa Fe, N. M. It
h is paiutoil on wood ahd is believeil to bea .
) work by ono of tlie great' masters. - It w
. -evidently intended for ono of the 4 J sta
( " tions of tlie cross, and , represents Christ
bowed down with his heavy burden, whiio
St. Veromca has just wiped his face with
"a- handkerchief, leaving a faint impres
- tion upon it of the face of Jesus. It is ;i '
4 remarkably well exeiiitsd painting aud-
contains over 50 figures. The sizo tf t!u
picture is 5 by 3 f eefc. It i attracting great
attention. ; j -
:1 T DeflolMB Ills Disease.
; Mr. Jolmson W tiat's the matter w it-
jou, Abram ? V'hen you iirst cam ? v, -; ; u
ine you seemed to!ke to work j.now yeu
seera to shirk it aliv.,j tinie.
" ' Abe Yo tuk notice cr dat, ha? yo'i
Well, yo' see, loss, I don- tot w'i dcy
calls de w'uk dysjH?psy.
Mr. J.'Worl 4i'sp.psia ? Neve r .".ird
of such a thiug.
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er dt .n now Veazes da !..., as :
.'bCoverin' all d; timo. D-.L'v.
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