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York Herald, 2 Jan 1890, p. 4

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H'uabnndâ€"Bo I lmngined ; that’s why I .gidn’t come. Modern Editorâ€"Did MoGinnis get the 1,000 " want " ads I sant him to beg, bor- row or steal ? Assistantâ€"A1105 them. Modern Editorâ€"Very good. Now write a. few columns about our increasing circula- tion, and we will go to press.â€"New York Weekly. , Modern Editorâ€"How many answers Invasion reaeived to our question, “ Which wo_nl _yon :mllgr b9. u yoogjauk up a cow ” Aaeiétantâ€"Five hundred; make seven. teen pages. Modern Editorâ€"Are they all in type? AssiasanSâ€"Yea. air. Modern Editorâ€"Did you write a. ten- oolum article about our new building? _ Assistantâ€"Yes, sir; makes tencénd a half. ' Loving Wifeâ€"Why didn’t you come home last night, my dear ? I sat up and waited lor_yon. Professor Anderson had another daughter beside the unfortunately lady referred to above. She used to take a prominent part in the performance, and regularly accom- lished some really marvellous mnemonic eats. Every day she used to learn 01f by heart the contents of three newspapers. At night her father would blindfold her and invite people in the audience to indi- cate any paragraph in either of those papers which they would like the young ady to read by second sight. She would repeat it word for word without ever mak- ing a mistake. This is, perhaps, the most remarkable feat of memory on record. She is a middle aged woman now, and is engaged in literary work in Leeds.â€" Glapgow Mail. If any one brought him a new piece of trick apparatus that showed ingenuity he would contrive in examining it to break it. Then the artful wizard would send for the inventor to repair it, and it he showed any cleverness would keep him hanging about till he had found out what ingenious ideas the unsuspecting inventor had got floating about in his head. The professor always had his own workshop in every town he visited. and to this he would retire with such ideas as he had managed to pick up and work them out as his own inventions. He was very canny, was Professor Anderson, and apart from the merits of his perform- ance he is accounted one o! the oleverest showman that ever lived. The wizardwas a remarkable man in many way s. He was a cook by trade and practiced his profession as chef at a hotel in Aberdeen. He left his hotel to become a wizard. The tricks by which he made his fame would hardly puzzle a schoolboy now- adays. But those were the early days of electricity,and when people saw candles suddenly light up without a match being put to them and heard rapping and hen ringings and drum beatings coming in the most mysterious manner from all parts of the hall they were a little frightened as wellas being astonished. Some of what were accounted the professor’s most mar- velous tricks werelaccomplxshed by con- cealing underneath thecarpet on thestage a copper plate communicating with an electric batter y. In the heels of his boots were fixed spurs in such amanner that whenever he liked he could drive them through the carpet and make electrical connection with the copper plate under- neath. When people did uct know of the ingenious little arrangment the easily pro- duced electrical phenomena was sufliuiently marvsllous. He used to give his audiences shocks and do a little in the electric faith healing line by way of varying the per- formance. The wizard was a born mechanic. and used to manuiacture his own apparatus as far as possible. He possessed also a large measure of that great quality of the successlul inventor, the psiwer oi appropriating other people’s I sue. Something About His 'Irlchs-Sad. Story of His Favorite Daughter. There was a wretched woman singing for pence in the slums recently who had a his tory. She was none other than the favorite daughter of Professor Anderson, the Wizard of the North, who used to mystify the last generation with the wonders of elementary electricity. Many peeple who marveled at the professor’s showâ€"and who did not mar vel at it in those days ?â€"will remember his handsome daughter. She used to have little to do with th e performance beyond playing the piano sometimes, but she was always on View, and she was always seen about with her father. He left a good deal of money behind him, and she had her share. but by this time she had married a New York professional man, and he quickly made ducks and drakes of it. She lett him and sought to make a living on the stage. The first pair of boots that I were when a. boy. The copper-teed treasures, the brighu red-topped treasuresâ€" !l‘he man-making boots that I wore when a. boy. I've gems from the land of the Emerald Moun- tain _ I‘ve peerle from the coral caves under the wane And sapphires found by fer Indin’e fountain. And rubles that came tram a. Pharoah's grave. I’ve diamonds I prize and rich jewels I treasure, I’ve silver and gold tree tram dress and alloy, Blitz nothing I'h01_d_can efiorg 'me the gleasuge 7 The arm; pair of boots that. I were when a boy. The copper-coed beauties, the bright redâ€"topped beautiesâ€" The first; pair of boots that I were when a. boy. â€"Ch1;cago herald. How (karate my heart were the boots of my boy- 00 . 11y 3m pair of boots with the bright copper 095. I prized them as highly as ever a. boy could, And boldly I ventured through floods and through snows. rrhe tops were illumined with pretty red leather, Whose exquisite besuty I cherished with joy, I Iggpt that}: aâ€"gohgg m‘alt‘go‘rt's of Vyveatherr,‘ A good mueien and a fair singer, she mamged to geon pretty well for a time, and came to England ; but a run of ill luck arms and her engagements failed her. She parted with her wardrobe and came dowu at last to singing in the streets. Later oeme worse still. ‘ Her strength gave way, her voice failed and even this wretchedest meens of subsistence was lost. For two days she had nothing at all to eat and for two nights she slept in the park. Then, and not till then, she overcame her pride. and called to see a. gemleman who in the old days knew her and her father very well. She is bemg cared for now and is bei_ng put in ghe way to earn a livelihood. TEE WIZARD OF THE NORTH. The Questions of the Hour. PHYLLIS, Loq.: Should tariff now be high or low ’2 Was Hamlet mad or was he sane ? Did Bonaparte e’er live or no ‘2 Is Shakapeare really on the wane ? How long win kings and princes reign ‘P T119259 prqplqms mind I not at all, , L .. ....4_ ‘3'filsur‘iaally I 001111th refrain From wondering what to wear this fan. n nu. nun-um. .--°-. .___o a What has become 1 wandering Cain ? W11 ’6 rapid transit alwy- a slow ? by do all pretty mm s grow plain, While home 61399 their looks retain ‘? These pro a mind I not at all, But really l'cannot refrain From Wondering what to wear this fall. ENVOY. Ava.th ye questions empty, vein 1 These roblema mind I not Mall, 311% real y I ganpot {again ,, “,5. Ln 73R" féafif"fiifii€c mer From won arias mm to wear this fall. Who dealt B_. Patterfion the tglqwn? Who can that mystery explain ? Why is thi-l world so full of woe ? And what’s the use of tears and pain .9 Was it the tiger or the J Mae ‘2 Tlgese prqple'ms minAd I Peg at 9.11, “from w'onderlngfihétr tor wear this fall. ~John Kendrick Bangs in Harper‘s Bazar. Six Months After Man-Iago. One Kind of Journalism. My First Pair of Boats. Ben,Butler was consulted. but he said the will could not be broken, and therefore no attempt was made to break it. The property was in a great measure in land in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa, and has in- creased so greatly in value that the estate must now amount to more than $12000,- 000 The time of division is still far of}. All of the children are in sound health, and one of the sons has made a second marriage with a young wife which will extend the time very con- siderably, as no one can now foresee who will be the youngest grandchild. The old- est grandchildren will certainly be past middle- age when the time of division comes, and the millions are apportioned out among the grandchildren. There is no predicting to what amount the estate may have grown at that time, for every year there is some new development either in the property or in locations adjoining. This incident in real life offers some analogy to the story by Eugene Sue called “ The Wandering Jew,” which turns up an estate left in morta- main, as the lawyers term it. The news of this will spread through Lynn like wildfire, and the house, large as it was, couldn't contain the people who flocked to the funeral ceremonies. Being Friends there was no formal service, but as usual one of the friends, an old Quaker, ‘arose to say a few words about the de- ceased, when he was sternly checked by a scn-in-law, who cried “ Stop 1” in a tone that terrified all the women present. “ It,” said the son-in-law, “thee means to con- dole with this widow and this family over the wrong to them, thee may speak. But if thee intends to say something in praise of that old villain ”â€"â€"and here his face grew white with passion, and he shook his fist at the cofiinâ€"" I will not sufler it. He has outraged that dear lady, his wife, he has outraged his whole family, and he has made his will a means of hurting us through our own children, which wicked- ness I hope the Lord will turn away from them. Speak praises of him, then, thee shall not, if I have to close thy mouth with my own hand.” After this extraordinary address he sat down. The friend who pr)- posed to speak locked pleadingly at the sons, but they turned away from him, and then he sat ddwn. A sign was made, and the undertaker‘s men lifted the cofiin and carried it out to the hearse. Those who liked followed, but none of the family did. The widow was too ill, and the rest too angry. THE TRICK HE PLAYED. And so he did, but he kept the word of promise to the ear to break it to the sense. 10119 of his sons-iu-law always mistrusted him after the affair of his first will, and predicted that he would play them atrick, which proved to be the case. When he died the will was examined before he was buried, and it was found that he had indeed left every cent to his family, but in such a cunning way that they eculd not profit by it. He seemed to have studied for their especial benefit the table of Tantalue, and he added insult to injury by the explanation that he had done this thing to rebuke them for their persistence in thwarting his pious intentions. and to punish them for hanker- ing after his money. He left his whole fortune in trust for the benefit of his family, the wife to receive $5,000 a year, each child to receive $350 a year. and each grandchild to receive $350 a year, the estate to remain undivided until all his next heirs should be dead, and the youngest grandchild that might be born should be 21 years old. In the accounts of the great fire at Lynn, Mass, readers must have noticed that among the heaviest losers are many per- sons of the name of Breed. It would be untrue to say that they belong to the leading family of the place, because there is no one leading family there, but they are among those who are most conspicuous by their wealth and social position. In the next generation, however, there will be some millionaires among them, owing to the peculiar character of old Mr. Breed‘s will, which many years ago sent a thrill through all the Quakers of New Eng- land and New York State. It was the sensation of the time, but like other sensa- tions, gradually ceased to be the one absorbing topic of conversation. Old Mr. Breed, who made this famous will, hailed from Boston, and settled in Lynn before it was the great centre of the shoe trade, and before its rich men had built their cottages on Nahant neck. He prospered exceedingly, and became a leading mer- ohant in Lynn and a prominent man among the Friends. He had an amiable wife, sons who were settled in business and prosperous, and daughters who were well married, one of them to William Bradford, the famous painter of arctic scenes. THE HUSBAND'S WILL. Everything was going along as pleasantly as possible, when one morning when Mrs Breed was shopping in Lynn she was stopped by a banker of the name of Buffum, also a friend, who said to her : Sister Breed, thee knows, I guess, that thee hus- band has made his will 7” “Why, no," she replied, “ I did not know it. What of it ‘2” “ Doesn't thee know thee husband's mind in this matter ‘I It thee does, and it thee and he are of one mind, I have naught to say. But if thee knows naught of it, I think for the sake of theeself and thy children, thee had better find out." Which Made the Heirs Refuse to Attend the Funeral. Mrs. Breed was both startled and alarmed. She said: “Brother Buffum, don't thee keep me in suspense. If there is something I ought to know, won’t thee please tell me ‘2': . -1 ..-. 3-,4; ____ ‘Wfiw “ No, sister,” he said, “it isn't my place to tell thee, but it is thy place to ask thy husband, and to. make him tell thee,” and here he grasped her hand and gave it amost significant shake. “ I tell thee, sister Breed, all is not right, not right,” and so he passed on and want his way, leaving her overwhelmed with anxiety’ for it was’ plain that there was something which had disturbed him, the quiet banker, so greatly that he had become quite em- phatio. The frightened wife consulted her sons and sons-in-law, and it was there and then agreed that she should question her hus- band ceaselessly until he told her what were the dispositions of his will. Mr. Breed for a week resisted all importuuity, but at last he was overborne by his wife’s pleadings and gentle reproaohes, and he made to her the astounding confession that with the exception of a Very moderate pro- vision for herself, in addition to the house in which they lived, he had left the whole of his estate in trust for the founding of a Home for Indigent Friends. Mrs. Breed asked if she or any of his family had ever done anything to offend him, and he re- plied in the negative. All had been loving and dutiful. But he said it was a debt he owed to God. When he was poor he had knelt down and prayed to God to give him wealth, promising that whatever he acquired he would leave for God’s service when he died. Then Mrs. Breed, in spite of her gentleness, became angry, and asked if God required him to leave his family in indigenoe, and if that was his idea of serv- ing the Almighty. She told the family of what had happened, and they all reasoned with Mr. Breed, and finally he burned his will before them all, and said that he would make another and that he would leave to his family every cent he pos- sessed. A STRANGE STORY. A 'QUAKBB’S WILL, CUT OFF HIS FAMILY. BEN C ONSULTED. AT THE FUNERAL. " Run, now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, is it well with thee? Is it well with thy father ? is it well with the child? ggd she animated, ' n is well.” Scriptural Congratulations. The scriptures, as every one knows, con- tain many apt and happy expressions for all occasions, says on exchange. Its pes- sages have been culled time and time again for expressions of felicitation and sym- pnthy, but a young couple living at the North end were lost Wednesday the re- cipients of one of the best and most apt quotations from the Bible recently heard of. The occasion was the advent of a son, end note rend : " Congratulations, II. Kings, iv., 26. ” Youre,â€"-â€" â€"â€".” The particular verse in the II. Kings re- ferred to, reads : The hearing of two appeals arising out of the disputed sale of the estates of Murthly, Grsutully, Strethbrean. and others, in Perthshire, by Sir A. Douglas Stewart to Mr. John S. Kennedy, banker, New York, was commenced in the House of Lords on the 6th inst. The death is announced at Bothwell of Mr. Donald R. Macgregor, formerly mem- ber of Pulmment for Leith. During recent years Mr Mncgregor occupied an important pOSition in the Fairfield Ship- building nnd Engineering Company. The freedom of the city of Dundee was on the 4th inst. presented to Mr. William Arrol, the builder of the Forth and Tey bridges. Provost Hunter, who presided, peid a. high tribute to the engineering skill displayed by Mr. Arrol in the erection of the Tey Bridge, and said the public were perfectly satisfied as to its stability, and all felt a. sense of absolute security. The Very Rev. John Muir, formerly Dean of Breohin, and from 1878 till this year Dean of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, died on 1113 6th instant at Newport, Fife, in his 76m year. A bust. in bronze, of Thomas Carlyle was on the 4th instant presented by the subscribers to the citizens of Glasgow. It ins been plsoed in the Corporation Gal- eries. 0n the 4th instant, in consequence of ill health, Mr. Donald McPhee, Procurstor Fiscal for the City Police Courts, tendered his resignation to the Glasgow Town Council. Notes from Scotland. The contracts entered into last month by 01338 shipbuildera were the largest on reoor . Mr. Andrew Young, retired teacher, Edinburgh, author of “ There is a Happy Land,” one of the most popular hymns ever sung by children, died on the 30th alt. I have taken much interest in the study 1 of botany during my sojourn in this} country, the flora of which presents one of ‘ the richest fields for scientists in the world, and have wandered some distance from the town of Chihuahua on several occasions in; my search for specimen. On one of these expeditions I noticed a dark object on one of the outlying spurs of the Sierra Madre Mountains, which object excited my curiosity so much that I examined it care- fully through my field glass. This revealed that the object was a tree or shrub of such an unusual appearance that I resolved to visit the spot. I rode to the mountain, the sides of which sloped sulficiently for me to make my way on horseback to within a few rods of the summit. But here I was stopped by an abrupt rise so steep that I despaired of reaching it even on foot. I went around it several times, seeeking for some way to climb up, but the jagged, beetling rocks afforded not the slightest foothold. On the top of this knob stands the tree I had seen. From the spot on which l now stood I could see that it somewhat resembled in form the weeping willow, but the long, drooping whip-like limbs were of a dark and ap- parently slimy appearance, and seemed possessed of a horrible life-like power of coiling and unooiling. Occasionally the whole tree would seem a writhing, squirm- ing mass. My desire to investigate this strange vegetable product increased on each of the many expeditions I made to the spot, and at last I sawa sight one day which made me believe I had certainly discovered an unheard-of thing. A bird which. I had watched circling about for some time finally settled on the top of the tree, when the branches began to awaken, as it were, and to curl upward. They twined and twisted like snakes about the bird, which began to scream, and drew it down in its tearful embrace until I lost sight of it. Horror stricken, I seized the nearest rock in an attempt to climb the knob. I had so often tried in vain to do this that I was not surprised when I fell back, but the rook was loosened and fell also. It narrowly missed me, but I sprang up unhnrt, and saw that the fallen ruck had left a considerable cavity. I put my face to it and looked in. Something like a cavern, the floor of which had an upward tendency. met my sight, and I felt a current of fresh air blowing on me, with a dry, earthly smell. Evidently there was another opening somewhere, un- doubtedly at the summit. Using mytrowal, which I always carried on my botanizing expeditions, l enlarged the hole, and then pushed my way up through the passage. When I had nearly reached thetop Ilocked out cautiously to seee if I should emerge within reach of that diabolical tree. But I found it nowhere near the aperture. so I sprang out. I was just in time to see the flattened carcass of the bird drop to the ground, which was covered with bones and feathers. I approached as closely as 1 dared and ex- amined the tree. It was low in size, not more than twenty feet high, but covering agreat area. Its trunk was of prodigous thickness, knotted and scaly. From the top of this trunk, a few feet from the ground, its slimy branches curved upward and downward, nearly touching the ground with their tapering tips. Its appearance was that of a gigantic tarantula awaiting its prey. On my venturing to lightly touch one of the limbs, it closed upon my hand with such force that when Itore it loose the skin came with it. I descended then, and closing the passage returned home. I went back next‘day carrying half a dozen chickens with which to feed the tree. The moment I tossed it the fowls a violent agitation shook its branches which swayed to and fro with a sinuous, shaky motion. After devouring the fowls, these branches, fully gorged, dropped to the former position, and the tree giving no sign of animation, I dared approach it and take the'nmos in my hand. They were covered with suckers, resembling the tentacles of an octapus. The blood of the fowls had been absorbed by these suckers, leaving crimson stains on the dark surface. There was no foliage, of course, of any kind. Without speaking of my discovery to any one about, I wrote an account of it to the world- famous botanist, Prof. Wordenhaupt, of the University of Heidelberg. His reply states that my tree is the Arbor Diabolx, only two specimens of which have ever been knownâ€"one on a peak of the Hima- layas and the other on the Island of Suma- tra. Mine is the third. Prof. Worden- haupt says that the Arbor Diabcli and the plant known as Venus fly-trap, are the only known specimens, growing on the land, of these forms of life which partake of the nature of both the animal and vege- table kingdoms, although there are instances too numerous to mention, found of this class in the sea. The Portu. guese man-of-war may be mentioned,‘ however, as one, and the sponge as the best l known specimensâ€"St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Mexican Tree that Devours Chickens. STARTLING PHENO MENON. Friend from Pike Countyâ€"Why are all those people watching that man '2 New Yorkerâ€"He is an electric light com- pany lineman and they are waiting to see him killed. Trampâ€"Well, I don’t want it {or myself, mum. I'm just collecting a. little money here and there. the same as the test of the profeslion. and when we get enough we’re going to found a home for destitute trumps. A Phllanthropist. Trampâ€"Thank you, very much, for the lunch, mum; but could you spare me 25 cents ? Womanâ€"Mercy! What do you want with 25 cents ‘I Whereas the other smaller rivers of Lake Superior are “ black-water" rivers, that is to say. having turbid or stained water, the Nepigon is a clear and beautiful river of the same azure, sea-green and marine-blue water which one sees at Niagara. and in the St. Lawrence.â€"â€"Youth’s Companion. Lhe Nepigon riverâ€"the outlet of the lakeâ€"may be fairly termed the northerly and upper course of the St. anrence, not only from its size, exceeding greatly all other rivers flowing into Luke Superior, but: from the clearnesa and color of its water, and other general pharacterist‘ics. Twelve rivers of considerable size, four of them rising far up on the ” divide” to- wards James Bay flow into it, and its waters rival those of Lake George in purity and olearness. It literally swarms with Whitefish and trout. Until recently Lake Nepigon has been but little known. On our maps in is figured as a. smaller lake than in really is. he actual dlmensions are about seventy-three miles in length by fifty-one in bread‘h. These figures give but an inadequate idea. of its size, for there are five great bays varying from twenty to ten miles in length. The name] coesn line at the lake is not much less than six hundred miles. Beyond Lake Superior, to the northward, there is still another portion of its course, called the Nepigon, a noble stream of clear, azure-tinted water nearly as large as the Hudeor in volume, which flows down from the great Lake Nepigon in the heart of the Canadian wilderness. -80 the St. Lawrence, between Lake Erie and Lake Omario, is called the Niagara, between Lake Erie and Lake Huron the Sta. Clair and Detroit rivers, and between Lake Enron and Lake Superior the St. Mary’s River. Yet are these all one and the same river, the lakes being bufi so many expansions of ite~wetere. Like the Amazon, this river has a differ- em name for each part of its course. The lower part of the great South American river is called by the natives the Amazonas, the middle part is the Solimoel, and the upper yhe_Ma_mnon. Moral Training of the German and Eng- lish Soldier. It may be well to compare the- moral aspect of the situation as it aflmcts the posi- tion of the soldiers of the English and Ger- man armies respectively. The young Ger- man, as soon as he gets his uniform and is duly domiciled in his barrack-room, finds himself the subject of a perfect moral. mili- tary and industrial training. He has no Option in the matter. The State, while using him freely for its own requirements, has a large idea of its duties and ultimate interests. He is consigned to the charge of an older and steady soldier, who is res on- sible {or his general behavior, and in w one company and‘nnder whose guidance alone he is at the outset of his career allowed to move abroad. He is worked hard, and has no time for idle thoughts. His average duties are about nine hours a day. The time is subdivided in such a manner that there is a constant change ol! occupation under the personal and immediate super- vision oi his captain and lieutenants. When he is not at drill or lecture, he is handed over to the military tradesmen and artifi- cers, taughttc mend his clothes. to make himself useful in every requirement of military life, to cook, to trench and to work at some trade, which acquirements, while rendering him a more serviceable item in his regiment, may benefit his future career, which is a point the German authorities never lose sight of. As his self-control and experience are recognizsd, he is freed from the tutelage of his guardian,and in his turn has juniors put under his protecting wing. For thirty-four months this training goes on, until he is sent back to his home, a finished soldier, thoroughly well up in all the duties of his station. with morals, at any rate, not deteriorated by his military career, strengthened and braced in body and mind, and imbued with habits of dis- cipline and, above _all, industry. Where Does It Rise ? Where does the River SLLawrenoe rise? How many readers of the Companion can answer this question in geogrnyhy ‘2 Some will probably any in Lake Ontario; others, in Lake Superior. Neither answer is quite correct. The German reserveman, returning to his home, finds, in most instances, little diificnlty in settling down into civil life again. In the first place, to have finished his army service is in itself a strong recom- mendation. He has rendered service to the Fatherland, and this, in the eyes of the average German, constitutes a claim to consideration. The man has only been away about two and three-quarter years, and then nqt far away. The English reserveman, it remembered. has been from six to ei t years away, probably a good portionioi the time abroad. His training has not fitted him for any position in civil life. His place, supposing him to have had any, has long since been filleda up in the social world. Boys have grown into men since he left his native town or village. The years waster} in finitenth at the tail-end of the procession. He is twenty- six or twenty-eight years of age, and he has, generally speaking, no trade. His habits have become fairly set, and they are those of an aimless idler. He comes into a social system where the very fact of his having been asoldier is against him. He has to compete, wherescever he turns, with men who have‘ been thoroughly trained to the work he seeks. We cannot think it good, either for the army or the nation, that young men should be, as our soldiers are, encouraged in idleness for years, and then be sent back to civil life to compete for an existence against all the forces which trade organizations can bring against them. â€"Army and Navy Gazette. The English soldier, on the other hand, is treated with no such paternal care. When his recruit drills are over, he be- comes a comparatively idle men. For many hours each day. on which he is off guard, he has nothing to do but to “ loaf." He duly hates his turn of guardmounting, and supplements his leisure with a fair amount of malingering. With the fear of the guardroom before his eyes, he either keeps out of mischief orlgets into it, just in proportion as fear or inclination may predominate. This goes on from year to year, whether his station be at home or abroad, until, when his time of discharge arrives, he is turned out upon the world again, with enough money in his pocket to suggest unlimited drink, with no prospect of the picket or the provost cell behind it. The country has had the best years of his life. During that period the authorities have insisted on his doing acertain amount of military duty. Moreover, they have placed at his disposal many chances of self- improvement. But they have not trained him to be a good citizen. In fact, they have thought of themselves only, and be- yond making the man very moderately efiicient in the routine of his duty, have left him to himself to contract habits of idleness and profligacy if so inclined._ Why They Waited and Watched. IN THE ARMY. The doctors who attended the late King of Portugal during the last ten weeks of his illness presented bills for their services amounting to nearly $100,000. One of them demanded $14,000 for ten visits, another demanded $17,000 for fifteen, while a third thought that $30,000 was not too much to ask for his attendance at eighteen consulietions. Eventually the new King succeeded in eHeoting s. settle- ment of their claims by means of a. lump sum of $60,000. Bow to Sell Goods. How to sell goods. It depends upon the man. That is the whole secret. Like the old parody on Victor Hugo, “ If you want to be a good salesman you must educate your grandmother." A good salesman is born, not made. In the first place you must be able to “ size up” your purchaser all through. If you tell a racy story to a church deacon, or if you offer a prohibi- tion candidate for justice a drink out of your private bottle, or if you try to get the village freethinker to direct you to prayer meeting you will make an ex ensive mis- take. You must, like St. aul, be all things to all men, and more than that, the right things to the right man. You can’t sell to two men in the same way. You must attack each man differently. You must catch a man when he is not busy and when he is not tired. When you do go for a man go for him horse, foot and dragoons. Don’t give him a chance to get away from you, but hold on to him until you land him. You have got to know your own goods like you know your prayers to do this, and you have got to know what your competitors are doing. too. You must be prepared for every possible reception. and for every pos- sible and impossible objection, and sud- denly you find you have sold a big bill, and you have to go over the thing slowly after- ward to find out how you did it.â€"â€"New York Star. Customer thinks if possible, and wearin leaves the store. N. B.â€"The butter plates never came. Mr. Tibbitsâ€"Oh, certainly, madam, Miss Flanigan recalls taking the parcel. Your number, please, Miss Flum‘gan. Thanks. That is all, madam, I behave. It will not be necessary to detain you. I have the matter fully in )1qu now. Senautfim among saleslndieE; sur‘iound- ing shoppers look up, wondering at custom- er'_a_tam_eg_i§x. Miss Flanigau (carelessly jabbing a. pen- cil into her Psyche knowâ€"Oh, I thinkI took it. Customer (quietly)â€"â€"I am certain she did. I remember distinctly noticing her digmondpin and emegalgl finger-rings. Man (with an air of explanatory patience) â€"We have to trace from the beginning, madam. Customer goes off with Mr. Tibbits. Mr. Tibbits (at Japanese counter. to one- tomer)-â€"-Do you perohanoe recall which saleelady waited upon you ? 77 Other customers look up. Customer (very tired)â€"That young woman there. Mr. Tibbits~Miss Burke. Miss Burke (glaring)â€"Yes. Mr. Tibbitsâ€"Did you sell six butter plates at three cents to Mrs. A B0. Blank. â€"â€" West Forty-fourth street, on Friday last, the 18th ? Miss Burke (looking over oheok-bookâ€"I sold six butter plates, goods delivered. Customer (wearily)â€"â€"â€"I told you so. Mr. Tibbitsâ€"Very good, madam ; we have made a start, you see. Your num- ber, please, Miss Burke. Miss Burke gave it. Mr. Tibbitsâ€"At what counter did you leave the parcel? Customerâ€"The umbrella counter. Mr. Tibbitsâ€"Ah, we will go there, please. They go. Mr. rl.‘ibbiteâ€"Do you see the salesledy who waited upon you? Customerâ€"That young person there. Mr. Tibbitsâ€"Ab I Miss Flauigau, please refer to your cheek-book, and see if you re- ceived a parcel containing six butter plates at three cents each, to be sent with other goods to Mrs. A. B. 0. Blank, â€" West Forty-fourth street. Sale-sladyâ€"Mr. Higgins! -A dollar twenty-five. No. Ribbon counter in the next room. Customerfto saleslndy with Psyche kn0§)â€"A parcel I bought here two days ugg (41¢th come. â€"Snlealad re urdin her stonil â€" Oahah! y ( g g Y) Customer (again)â€"-I did not receive a 811131! 1394361 which: . Customer (once more)â€"A small parcel which â€"â€" Salesladyâ€"Mr. Higgins 1 Mr. Higgins (an imposing floor-walker)â€" Did you wish to speak to me, Miss Flani- gm 7 Customers all about look up. Miss Flaniganâ€"This lady says she has lost a. parcel. Mr. Higgan (patronizingly)â€"It will be all right, madam. Miss Flanigan cannot. of oopgae, tiercnllrall of her sales. - Mr. Huggins (to onetomet)â€"‘I‘his way, please. Marches off wilh a stage trend which is a. cross between that of the ghost in “ Hamlet” and Irving in ” The Bells,” down one aisle. up another, to a remote corner where a man is seated at a desk wrjying; Mr. Higgins (beginning to write)â€"â€"tht was in the parcel? Customerâ€"Some Japanese butter plates. Mr. Higginsâ€"How many '1’ Customer (flushing slightly)â€"0nly six. I got them with other purchases, and-â€" Mr. Higgins (lonily)â€"Yes, what price, please ? Customer-Eighteen cents, Miss Flanigan (wiih illcuncenled acorn) â€"-â€"I don’t sell butter plums. Miss Flsnigan tosses her Psyche knot with a. superior air, and viciously shoots a small metal cone through a neighboring pneumatic tube. Mr. Higgins (waving thelndy with a mag- nificent gesture to man at desk)â€"This gen- tleman will attend to you, madam. Starts on his return grip. Customerâ€"I pin-chased some things here a few days ago, and one small parcel did not came. Man at desk (who has continued writing, looks up thoughtfullyâ€"Now, madam, what can Ido for you ‘I Customer repeats. Man strokes his chin, takes up long note- book, and asks : Your name, please? Customer gives it. Manâ€"And address, please ? Customer gives it. Manâ€"What day did you buy the goods? Customerâ€"0n Friday last. Manâ€"What were they ? Customerâ€"Six Japanese butter plates. Man-Price, please ? Customerâ€"Eighteen oents (adding apologetioally), It i a trifle, of course, bntI was passing the store and thought I might as Well look them up. A Mn-Higginsâ€"Ah! (I‘gkes out a note- bogk.) ’ Cnébomer (turning to Mr. Higgins) -I bongm some things here a few days ago, anions-19mg“ ppmgl fgiled to oqmg. Customerâ€"I bouglft them as the J apumsa counter, and gave them to you to be sent wi_t}_1 oflzgr pntphaes._ _ Man (magnificenufl â€"Certainly, madam, the house accounts for every spool of thread. ( ailing) Mr. Tibbits. Mr. Tibbitsâ€"Yes, air. Man (handing him note-book)â€"Go with this lady to the Japanese counter, and find the saleslady who sold fihese goods. Customefâ€"But I cook their: from that counter and gave them to the young woman in_t_he quqbpella. dppaytmgnt. _ (Philip B. Welch in Harper's Bazar.) A Tale of a Sixth Avenue Shop. LED ASTRAY. Signs of the jay abroad: He has a quarrel with the ticket agent before getting his ticket; he says good-by to every one in hailing distance before getting on the train, and ‘then says the same things through the car window; he leaves his final instructions with the solemnity and importance of making a will ; he asks the conductor and all the passengers around him twenty different times if they are sure he is on the right train ; he puts up the window, only to put it down again. and then to hoist it up again ; he finds out all about his neighbor’s business; he piles his valises around him like a barricade; he prepares to take a nap, but can't go to sleep for [ear some one will rob him; he begins to collect his baggage and sit nervously on the edge of the Beat, for fear he will not have time to get out, half an hour before the train reaches his station. and, finally, at the end of an hour’s journey, when he reaches his destination and gets out, he rushes bauk after the train has started to pick up something he had forgotten. The jay is a great traveller.â€" Atcht'lon Globe. " I want your daughter Molly.” “ Humph 1 That’s difierent. Go and take her and be hanged to you! I thought you were fishing for a. raise of salary! "â€"- Detroit Free Press. at? “ That you have been with this house for four years. Yes, sir, I am aware of that fact. Want to leave? ” “ Oh, no.” “ Dian know but you had had a better offer. If so, you can go." ” That’s not it, sir." “ Oh, it isn’t ? Want an increase of salary, do you? Well. you won’t get it. We are now paying you all you are worth and a. little more.” “ It isn’t that. air.” “ It isn't I Then what are you driving “ Can 1â€"1 have a word with you in private? ” stammered the young man, as her 5:006 a1} flag doo_r_ of. t_he_priyat_a pfl‘ige. " Come in! ” replied the Head of the firm. “ Now, what is it ? " “ anâ€"you are aware of the fact that Blaokfish net makes an excellent under. skirt for a black tulle ball gown, composed of many skirts of black tulle falling one over the other, the topmost one illumi- nated with silver or steel tinsel, or with gold or copper tinsel if the wearer is a dark brunette. ' In the art needlework stores are found fine and artistic embroidery patterns on articles suitable for Christmas presents, the work partly done to show the purchaser the stitches and materials, and how to use the same in finishing the piece. Millions Lost to Employer and Employed in Three Years. We compile this table from the great mass of statistics touching strikes and boycotts in the Stnte of New York during the past three years, which are furnished in the report of the commissioner of the bureau of etetiati cs of labor : Minerver of fine grsy squirrel fur is again worn fashionably in Paris. But the gray hairs are all slightly tipped with ruddy brown, which makes this old favorite of forty years agos very becom- ing fur. Number of strikes, Number of stnkes, 1887... Number of strikes, 1886 Successful strikes, 1888 Unsuccessful strikes. Compromised Number of persons (1, Number or persons engaged, 1887 Number of persons engaged, 1886 Number refused work after 1888 Number refusrd work after 1887 Gain in wages by strikes, 1888... Gain in wages by strikes, 1887 Gain in we.ng by strikes, 1886 Wages lost, 1888.... . . Wages 10st. 1887. Wages lost, 1885.... Cost to labor organizations, 1 Cost to labor organizations, 1887.. Cost to labor organizations, 1888 . Loss to employers. 1888... Loss to employers, 1887 Loss to employers, 1886 Number boycotts, 1888... Successful . Unsuccessful. Pending Number boycotts, 1887 Successful ....... u. The red hunting coat opening over a. white or gray corduroy waistcoat, and worn with any kind of skirt, blue, gray, green or black, is the correct hunt habit. The red jockey cap is the correct head- gear for the girl who follows the bounds in the hunt habit, made up of a scarlet coat, a dark shirt and a corduroy waist- coat. This table shows in actual figures the enormous wastefulness of strikes, and it is therefore well worth the careful study 0! all wage earmrs. The facts which it presents have already impressed themselvas on the l on «t and intelligent leaders of the work- uigmen, with the result of a decrease of more than one half in the number of strikes since 1887, and of more than four- flfths in the number of individuals engaged in them. There has also been a falling off in the frequency of boycotts, that method of revenge and intimidation having failed to produce the results expected from it, both because‘ of judicial interpretations of the conspiracy law and the ill success in driving 05 custom where it was adopted. The great- est number of boycotts last year was in the trades of the bakers and brewers, the trades which can most easily secure the sympathy of the people most likely to sympathize with such undertakings. Yet even the bakers and brewers made little by their boycmts. The great majority of them were unsuccessful or were still pend ing at the time of the preparation of the rep_ort. The Prevailing Styles of Dress J ust Suit Her Figure. The lean and lithe girl is favored by the stylgs of drain; now in yogue._ The Figaro jacket is a. thing of the past. The Celtic and Moorish jackets have taken its_pla99. Sfirplice draperies, sash belts and buckles have developed into proportions too im- me_na§ (on: fat gigla: Both high and low coiffures are worn, but the mom fashionable girl dress their looks low and band them with fillets or rih-hon or silyer or gold 9. la Grecque. These statistics suggest that in the evo- lution of the organization of the trades some more philosophical and less wasteful method than attempts at compulsion by strikes must be devised by the working- men. Strikes have had their day. Though they were undoubtedly necessary at the beginning to awaken employers to the rights and the strength of labor, they seem now to have served their purpose and to have prepared the way for more reasonable methods of settling the disputes between employers and employed. Already the plan of arbitration is tried to a considerable extent, and. with much sucoess. The trades and their leaders have learned a lesson by which they are profiting now and are sure to profit more in the futureâ€"New York Sun. 'They any that AatrakHan is going out of favor in Paris. But it is not here. The efleet of the strikes on the wages of the striking trades was not more encour- aging. Out of strikes affecting 716 estab- liahments. an increase of wages was obtained in only 253 ; in 422 no change was brought about, and in 41 there was an actual decrease after the strikes‘ As to hours of labor, 64 out of 538 reported a decrease, in 48 there was an increase, and in 426 there was no change. _ um: uu umynuyc-u. ulna... nss to employers, 1887. can to employers, 1886. umber boycotts, 1888. Successful ..... Unsuccessful. Pending ........ .. umber boycotts, 1887. Successful Unsuccessful" Pending... Pending. TEE LEAN, LITEE GIRL. That Was Difl‘erent. LABOR STRIKES. 1119 Jay Abroad. 93 24,054 51,731 127,392 2,270 8.176 $359,551 $944,632 $1,420,885 $1083.65?) $2,013,229 $2,552,554 $135,357 $217,069 $329,080 $464,230 $1,102,676 $1,642,131}; 1,0 ‘1 1,604 2.69; '489 101 113 A with us. Band 200. for terms. Aobiored rug pattern and 50 colored designs. W. &F B SH, St. Thomas, Ont. “ Here‘s a go! Johnson, the murdere; has just been found innocent, ‘and 'the Governor has telegraphed a pardon. We’v’le got the whole account of the hanging slat up, with illustrations, and the form is on the press! "â€"Life. ‘ “Any startling news in the pope; thig morning, Mr. Homerun ‘I " asked his wife M; the breakfast table. “ Startling ‘2 Well, I should any sol ” exclaimed her husband; excitedly. ' " Here is an arucle headed, ‘Mulvey Signs with the Brotherhood) ” " I do hope it won’t rain to-morrow.” “ Well, Idon't know ; it’s very dubious. All signs points to a. clear day and the gig; mil-service predicm ‘ fair weather! ” THE COOK’S BEST FRIEND GriggBâ€"I don’t know. I may have t9 hang up a whole suit. . ‘ ' Briggsâ€"Are you going to hung up you}: stogkmg fog Christmas ? “ Yes. but now that he is leaving ,the rents will go up." It’s too bad that the Bloffeta are mov- ing out of the neighboxhuod, isn’t it? ” " Too bad ? Wny, Bluffet was a terrible nuisance with his comet.” Butcherâ€"Sorry, ma‘am, tfien. We’re all out or buuuexflxea’ wings and moaquitoes' tongues 10-day. The ltfl‘ects of Good and Bad Treatment on Horses. The whip is the parent of stubbornness. This is especially true of high-spirited animals, remalks an ethange; while kindness and gentleness will win obedience and at the same time attach the horse to his driver. It is the easiest thing in the world to win the affections of an animal. and this is especially true of a horse. An apple, a potato or a lump of sugar given from the band now and then will cause a horse to prick up his ears at the sound of his owner’s footsteps, not with fear and trembling, but with a whinnying note of pleasure. And the confidence of the noble beast thus gained will lead him to obey the slightest intelligent tone of the voice or indication of the bit. There is no such thing as balkiness in the horse treated from the first with uniform kindness. He rapidly shows a desire to obey, whereas a few blows of the whip smartly applied, if he be a horse worth having, wul at once arouse in him a spirit of retal- iation and stubbornness that may cause the owner hours of trouble, and perhaps endanger life and limb. There is no doubt that horses are made gentle by kindness ; thousands of (Xamples go to prove it. while the reverse of this is equally well established. The horse has faith in the master he loves, and his voice, when heard in gentle tones, will soothe his fears when he has been frightened, or cause him to struggle onward with a lead which he would utterly refuse to carry it whipped. No one knows the true value of his horse until he has won his regard by kind treat- ment. The whip can never accomplish this, but will have the opposite effect. A kind hand and gentle voice act like magic. These facts especially apply to the breaking of colts, something which the Arab of the desert understands better than we, and might give the best of us alesson. An ‘Arab would as soon strike his wife or ‘ daughter as his horse, and an Arab steed is the model of gentleness and docilitv as well , as endurance. Winicuaâ€"Oh, indead, your are mistaken. I know a. sailor who spends all his time coasting. Miss Alice (incredulous)â€"On the water? Wittiouaâ€"Uertainly. You’ve heard of the bobstay, have you not ? Miss AllEéâ€"Wh}, how stupid of me 1- of course. But, do you know, I never sup- posed they used the bobstay for that. Butcherâ€"Anything I can do for you to- day! majgm Mrs. Newlywedâ€"Well, I am not very much experienced at ordering meats. You see“. we_have just been married, andâ€"â€" Miss Alice (waiting for the “bob” to atan)â€"Do you know, I always think 0! xhe poor sailors at sea on Christmas eve. It must be so awfully dreary. They haven’t any of our pleasuresâ€"like this, for instance Tried for years, severely tested, and still growing in popular favor and use,is the rcoord enjoyed by Dr. Pieroe’s Pleasant Purgative Pelletsâ€"the little sugar-comm! laxative granules, sold by druggiats, anti- bilions and. cathartic. “ A San Francisco belle. She wanted to cross the dusty road and held it up to keep 1% clear.” by taking Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip- tionâ€" a remedy no satisfactory for all those weaknesses and diseases peeuhar to women, that they need no longer suffer from them if they will but use this world-famed remedy. " The subject for debate this evening, ladies and gentlemen,” sand the president otrthf sopiefy, “_ Is the old maid.” “ Ready féi the question I" humorously shouted everybody m the hall at once. " N or love, nor honor, wealth, not power, Can give the heart a cheerful hourâ€"â€" When health 14 loss. Be tim Aly vise; Winn ill health n.11 taste of pleasure flies.” So sr eaketn “my, and who dcnieu ? no surer fact beuamh thu skies. Alas! for him whu early dlefl Becnuue he is n t timely wine. Arms! for him who will andure The iAls he might so quickly cure; NAght-sweacammd cough, auu hard-caught breath, Consurupuou‘s hurald's, signs of dcabh. To be cured, take Dr. Pxerce's Golden Medical Discovery. Thousands have been cured by it who, otherwise, would now be fining untimely graves. For all liver, blood, and lung diseaiu, it is specific. The “ Discovery” is guaranteed to cute in all cases of diseases for which it is recum- mended, or money paid for it; will be re- unded. Waterâ€"Hear the news from down be- low ? ‘ Chnpmanâ€"No. What ? “A lady down there near Santa Cruz, unaided and alone, held up an entire train." “ Heavens I Whav great nerve I Who was she ? " GENTS MAJKE $100 A Mom]; F 8.1116 15 a. word ambition loves. A nd art has ne’er its portrait painted, V irlue the heart. of avnrxce moves, . O bl.vioua to the “ rhekels" minted; it met chem even these, by far, I a health,defy ing poet's dlction. '1‘ hen wmh it trifle) not, nor mar-â€" E nd ins that female measures bar “limer Wise 1" for sharp Eyes. ABUSE OF THE WHIP. Knew flow it Would Be. Time-tried, Truly Tested. D. 0. N. In 1. 90. A Unanimous Joke. New Troubles. A Possibility. A Train Holder. 0n the Hill. Uncertain. Favorite.

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