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rUBLIHIIKD IN CKNTHI COUNTY.
GUITEAU'S WTATI'E.
WHAT A SCCI.ITOR HAYS Of TIIK ASSASSIN
—A HUMAN BATTI.ISNAKE.
Wuhlngtun Cor. Chicago Tlme-a.
Upou tho fifth floor of the Corcoran
building, on Fifteenth street, across
from the Treasury Department, a curi
ous group were gathered about a figure
posed in tho attitude of Guiteau, the
assassin, just before he fired the fatal
shot at President Garfield. A photog
rapher pointed his camera at this
threatening figure, while a tall man in
his shirt sleeves, a tall silk hat pushed
back upon bis irou-grav hair, danced
about, three-quarters hidden in a huge
blue checked apron, as he cast loving
glances upou the figure, betraying the
artist in his looks of approval. The
thermometer stood at 85 degrees. The
warm air from the south and the hud
ding shoots ou the trees outside de
monstrated to the sharp, active-looking
youug man in the back-ground that
the tenting season was at hand, and
that it was high time that all his circus
curiosities were ready and upon the
road.
To-morrow night an exact reproduc
tion of Charles Guiteau, the assassin,
dressed in the clothes worn bv him
when he made the attack at the Sixth
street depot, will be shipped to New-
York. The figure was modeled by
McDonald, the sculptor, who designed
the statue of General Custer at West
Point. McDonald has spent three
weeks at the jail-studying the assassin,
aided by Clark Mills, and his cost of
the prisoner Guiteau will be on a star
ring tour with a circus within a week
or so. Great diplomatic schemes have
been carried on at the jail to procure
Guiteau's clothes worn at the time of
the assassination. Rival shows have
struggled for the possession of these
rag*. „ .
The successful agent gave Guiteau
a cheek for 8-' SO for the suit worn at
the time of the assassination and the
one worn during the trial. Guiteau
intended to pocket the money himself,
hut Charley Reed forced him to give
8150 to Scoville for his services. The
rest of the check contained Reed's fee
and pocket money for the prisoner.
Just how it was divided is not known.
McDonald, the sculptor, is a curi
ous roan. His high cheek bones, blue
gray eyes, sharp nose, his blue-black,
close cropped side whiskers, and a tall,
angular figure stood out as typical
features in the man who looks like a
professor in some country university.
He is many sided and full of theories.
To use his own language, he has been
making "an anatomical, psychological
and meutal study" of the assassin. To
the Time* correspondent the elderly
sculptor talked easily aud fluently.
"How did you find Guiteau's
figu re?" was asked.
"He has the figure of an athlete.
You know I strip|>ed him and meas
ured him carefully at all |M>ints. He
has a very thick, stout neck ; his chest
is splendid, deep and full; his arms
are very long for his body and very
sinewy. Under favorable conditions
he might have la-en a great athlete.
As it is, he is a very powerful man."
"Do you think him sane?"
"Certainly, hut he is a human ani
mal iu bis appetites and his passions.
In order to learn the habits and pecu
liarities of an animal confined, you
must go to his keepers. I have been
with his keepers for three weeks, and
I now understand all about him. He
is a human rattlesnake."
"A rattlesnake?"
"Yes, sir, there are men in that
prison who have grown gray in watch
ing prisoners made up from all classes
of criminals. In the entire history of
all these men they have never had a
prisoner like this. Never has there
been a criminal under their rare be
fore who has not had some friend or
some attractive trait to win sympathy
from some one about him. This man
has not a single friend, lie knows no
gratitude, ami there is in
the prison who can conjure up one
small kind thing to say of the least
incident of his life in the prison."
"I have," added the Professor, "ex
amined his head from a phrenological
standpoint. He has absolutely no
love, no gratitude, no sense of decency,
no courage, while self-esteem is en
larged abnormally. He is cruel, ab
solutely having no heart. In short, he
ia a human rattlesnake."
"Was he patient under your exami
nation V
Oh, yes, just because it gratified bis
vanity, lie thinks that the American
people are anxious to see him, and be
waa proud to get out on exhibition, if
it waa only in effigy. He expects to
be out aooo himself, and this will pave
the way for bis lecture tour."
Do you think I am a fool?" a vio
lent man onoe asked ot the Rev. Dr.
Betbune. "Really," replied the Doc
tor,"! would not venture the assertion,
but now that you ask my opinion, I
must aay that I am' not prepared to
deny it.
I—i ♦ <—■ ■■
WHEW a couple make up their
minds to get married it may be called
a tie vote. >
A FALSE charge of stealing twenty
five cents drove an Illinois girl insane.
"Ilurp ofu Thousand String."
Ontury for April.
About thirty years ago there appear
ed in the New Orleaiw Picayune a ser
mou which attracted immediate atten
tion and secured wido currency, it
was at once recoguized aa a genuine
transcription. It purported to have
been delivered by a volunteer preach
er, who, making his livelihood as cap
tain ol" a tint-boat, happened to "lay
up" over Sunday by a Mississippi
landing. An idle crowd being collect
ed he organized an impromptu con
gregation, and produced a discourse
which has obtained a standard place
in our comic literuture. He begun :
"I may say to you, my brethering,
that I am not an edicated man, an' 1
am not one o* them as believes uu edi
eation is necessary in a minister ol the
Gosple; for I believe the Lord cdi
cutes his preachers jest as he wants
'era to be edicated; and although 1
says it as ought not to say it, in the
Stute of Alabamy, where I live, there's
no man what gits bigger congrega
shuns nor what I gits.
"There may be some here to-day,
my brethering, as don't know what
persuasion I am uv. \\ ell, I must say
to you that I am a Hard-shell llaptist,
Thar is some folks as don t like the
Hard-shell Baptists, but, as fur as I
sees, it's letter to have a hard shell
than no shell at all. ou see me here
to-day, my brethering, dreaw d up in
fine clothes; you mout think 1 ro proud.
But I am not proud, my blethering.
For, although I've been a preacher
of nighly twenty year, an' am capting
of that flat-boat at your landing, I am
not proud, my brethering.
"1 am not a-gwiue to tell you ad
zaetly whar my tex is to be found ;
suffice it to say it's in the leds of the
Bible, and you'll find it somewhere be
twecu the first chapter of the book of
Generations and the last chupter of
the book of Revolution ; and ef you'll
go an' search the scripters, you 11 find
not only my tex thar but a good
many other texes as will do you g'ssl
to read, and when you shall find my
tex you shall find it to read thus :
•"An be played upon a harp of a
thousand strings —sjierritaof just men
made perfick.'
"My tex, my brethering, leads me,
in the'lust place, to sje-ak of sperrits.
Thar is a great many kinds of sjM-rrits
in the world. In the fust place, thar s
sperrits as some folks rails ghosts and
thar's sperrits of turpentine, and thar's
I sperrits as some tolks calls li<pior, an
I've got as good a article of them
kind o' sperriis on my flat-boat a* was
ever fetched down the Mississippi
Biver but thar's a good many other
kin' o' spirrits, for the tex says 'he play
ed upon a harp of a thousand strings
sjierrits of just men made perfick.'^
"But, 111 tell you what kind of
sperrits as are ment in the tex, my
brethering. It's FIBB. That's the
kind of sperrits as is meant in the tex,
my breathering. Now, of course thar
is a great many kinds of tire in the
world. In the fust place, there's the
common sort of tire you light your
pipe with, and there's fox fire and
camphire, fire afore you're ready and
fire-aii'-fall-hack.aiid many other kinds
of fire; for the text says 'he played
upon a harp of a thousand strings —
sperrits of just men made perfick.
"But I'll tell you the kind of fire a*
is meant in the tex, my brethering.
It is Hell-fire ! An'that's the kind of
fire a ginid many of you are coming to
ef you don't do better nor what you
have been doiu' 'he played upon a
harp of n thousand strings —sja-rrilsof
just men made perfick.'
"Now, the different sort o' fire in
the world may IK- likened to the dif
ferent persuasion of Christians in the
world. In the fust place, we have the
'Piscnpalian*. And they are a high
sailiu' an' a hifalutin set, and may lie
likened onto a turkey-buzzard a flying
up in the air, an' he goes up, an' up,
ontil lie looks no bigger'n your
finger-nail' an' the fust thing you
know he comes down and dowu, and
is a-fillin' hisnelf on the carcass of a
dead boss by the side of the road, for
the tex says 'he played upon a harp of
a thousand strings —spirreU of just
men made perfick.'
"Then thar is the Methodist and
they may be likened unto a squirrel a
climbin' up into a tree, for the Meth
odist believes in gwine on from grace
to grace till they gits to perfection ;
an' so the squirrel goes up an' jumps
from liinb to limb and from branch to
branch, and the fust thing you know he
falls, an' down he comes, kerflumix,
for they is always fallin' from grace ;
for the tex says'he played upon a harp
of a thousand strings—sperrits of just
men made perfick.'
"An* then, my brethering, thar's
the Baptists, ah. An' they have been
likened to a 'possumon a simmon-tree;
and thunders may roll and (he yearth
may quake; but that 'poasom clings
thar still, ah ; and you may shake one
foot loose, an' the other's thar, ahj
and you map shake all feet lose, an be
wraps his tail around the limb, an'
clings, an' clings forever, for 'be play
ed upon a harp of a thousand strings
—sperrits of just men made perfick.'
Irreligious as this may seem, grotes
que and preposterous, It is not over
stated. In the old time, and on the
borders of civilization, such sermons
were by no means uncommon. Tbey
are still to be heard in the "back set
tlements,'* as tbey are called; and,
while those who make them pass for
what they are worth as preachers, tkeir
sincerity goes unchallenged and un
questioned.
Electricity vs. Steam.
ELECTRIC RAILROAD* LIKELY SOON TO ILE AN
ACCOMPLISH*!) FACT.
To all intelligent peraonn it becomes
every day more clearly evident that
electricity is to be in the future the
great controlling force of the world—
the source of light, of heat, of power,
of motion. In different parts of the
world scientist# are at work upon the
vast and complicated problems in
volved,and by degree# slow, but steady,
important progress i# being made.
Some time ago the Scientific Times
made some observation# upon the ex
periment# looking to the divisibility
of the electric light that were being
made by Mr. Hathaway, of the corner
of Grove and Tenth streets, Jersey
City. Those experiment# are not yet
concluded, but tiii# paper lm# now the
pleasure of announcing that the same
geutlemau ha# devised an even more
important system still, whereby elec
tricity can be made to take the place
of steam on surface and elevated rail
roads. This system i# possessed of
capabilities that will result in revolu
tionizing the railroad system of the
world, and Mr. Hathaway'# name is
destined to go down to posterity cm
blazoned with fame such as now be
longs to Isaac Watts, Franklin and
Stephenson. Hi# method of trunsit is
governed by electricity in every parti
cular. The electric power is contained
in the locomotive that draw# the ears,
and the latter are to be lighted and
heated by electricity. The electricity
will not be stored, a* proposed by some
experimenters, but will lie generated
as required. It is calculated that with
a train of sixteen loaded passenger
cars a speed of from sixty to eighty
miles an hour will IK: attained. At
the same time the mechanical appli
ance# will IK* SO perfectly under con
trol that collisions will lie wholly out
of the question. The saving of cost,
it is estimated, will be largely reduced
it# compared with steaiu. \ ariou#
sources of annoyance and danger will
also be wholly done away with, in
cluding the hi-ing and puffing of
steam, the danger of tire from sparks,
ami so on. Mr. Hathaway ha# de
voted a gn at amount of study and
experiment to the solution of the pro
blem involved and be ha# scientifically
demonstrated the feasibility of his sys
tem. It is probable that a company
will lie formed to introduce it into
practical u<", and fortunate indeed
will be those capitalist# who first per
ceive the tremendous money-making
possibilities that are involved in the
solution of the problem of electric rail
road#. — S. Y. Scientific Times.
Success.
IIY 11. W. LOS(iPIXU)'.
Every man must [Mitiently bide
hi* time. lie must wait. More par
ticularly in laud*, like my native laud,
where (lie pulse ot life l-al* with such
feverish and impaticut llirutm, is the
lesson needful. Our national charac
ter wants the dignity of re|x>sc. We
seem to live in the midst of a battle—
there is such a din —such a hurrying
to ami fro. In the streets of a crowded
city it is difficult to walk slowly. Yon
feel the rushing of the crowd, and rush
with it onward. In the press of our
life it is difficult to le calm. In this
stress of wind and tide, all professions
seem to drag their anchors, and are
swept out into the main. The voire*
of the I'resent say, (..Yunc ! Hut the
voice* of the I'ast say, Wait! With
calm and solemn footstep* the rising
tide Ix-ar* against the rushing torrent
lip stream, and pushes back the hurry
ing waters. \\ ith no less caliu and
solemn footsteps, nor less certainly,
does a great mind bear up against pub
lic opinion, and push back it* hurry
ing stream. Therefore should every
man wait —should bide his time. Not
in listless idleness —not in useless
pastime —not in querulous dejection;
but in constant, steady, cheerful en
deavors, always willing, and fulfilling,
and accomplishing his task, that when
the occasion conies, he may lie equal
to the occasion. And'if it never comes,
what matters it ? What matters it to
the world whether I, or you, or an
other man did such a deed, or wrote
such a liook, so be it the deed and
book were well done ? It is the part
of an indiscreet aud troublesome am
bition, to care 100 much about fame—
about what the world says of us. To
lie always looking into the faces of
others for approval; to be always
auxious for the effect of what we do
and say ; to be always shouting to
hear the echo of our own voices !
Believe me, the talent of success is
nothing more than doing what you can
do well; and doing well what you do
—without a thought of fame. If it
come at all, it will come because it is
deserved, not because it is sought after.
And, moreover, there will be no mis-
E'vings— uodisappoinlment—' "no nasty,
verish, exhausting excitement" —
Hyperion.
Registered Letters.
The question is ofleu asked, "What
is the difference between a registered
letter and any other V The difference
is that a registered letter does not go
in the mail proper. It passea from
hand to hand outside the mail-pouches
every person through whom hands it
paasm wing required to sign a receipt
for it on passing it over to the next
transit. The person holding the last
receipt is thus always liable to show
who is accountable for its loas The
responsibility rests on the man who
has signed a receipt for the registered
package, and who is not able to pro
duce the package or a receipt from
somebody else for it. The safest way
to send money is by money order.
Where it does not go to a money order
office, it #hoiild always be sent in a
regisleredjpackage. Money ought not
to be sent iu an ordinary letter under
any cireuinstances. There is no J>OH
sible way of tracking such a letter.
JOHN I'E.NVH limits.
VALCAUi.e i-Korztcrr AWAITINU TIIEIK
CLAIM IN EASTON.
A sensation was caused at Eantou
on Saturday by the discovery of a very
ancient deed, the terms of which re
veal the fact that "The Circle" which,
with its fountain and shade trees,
adorns Centre square, i# really the pro
perty of the heir# of John Perm. From
the spot where "The Circle" now is,
twenty yenrs ago the county commis
sioner# removed the court house build
ings, nnd in doing so they made a
breach in the condition of the grant
and caused a reverter of the eslatewto
the heirs of John Peon. The <Jee<T i
dated September 2*. 17fi4 —the fourth
year of the reign of King George 111,
—and i# under the hand and seal of
John Perm, Lieutenant Governor of
the Province. The property is de
scribed as part of the manor of Fermor,
in the then newly erected county of
I Northampton, ami is granted to John
i Jones, Thomas Armstrong, James
Martin, .John Kinker and Henry Alls
| house,and their heirs,"in trust, never
: thclcss, to and for the erecting thereon
l of u court house for the public use
and service of the #aid county, and for
no other use, intent or purpose what
soever." It was to be held iu free nnd
common usage by fealty only in lieu
of ull other services, "yielding and
paying yearly unto u#, our heirs and
successors," upon the first day of
March in every year "one red rose."
: The law is well settled that such a
deed conveys a base or determinable
j fee —determinable in the non-perfor
mance of the u*e. And ii vested in
the heirs of John Penn a reversionary
interest in the whole fee simple, which
In-caiiie the absolute fee wheu the court
house wa# removed. The Circle in
; the public square in the Imrough of
Has ton, Northampton county, evident
ly belong# to the heir# of John Penn.
some of whom nrc living iu the city of
Philadelphia, the descendautl of the
Livingstones, who intermarried with
the Penn family. These Philadelphia
heirs lately averted their rights a# re
versioner# in the ea*e of a property in
the city of Alleutowii, granted by
Wiliiam Peon for the purpose of erec
ting and maintaining thereon a county
jail. The jail wa# removed ami the
property reverted. It wa* necessary
to clear the title that tlie Penn heir#
should sign a release. It is quite like
ly that they will a*ert their rights as
reversioners with regard to "The Cir
cle," which with it# fountain and shade
trees,ornament Eaton's public square.
TACT.
History, it is said, repeat# itself—so
do stories. "Pshaw!" exclaims sonic
h arm d man, a# he sees in the morn
ing paper a fresh anecdote, "I read
that fifty years ago, and it was then
ancient." Perhaps ho did, and yet
the anecdote may IM true a# told,
though not singular. The critic should
remember the rule, a# true of men as
of mechanics, that like causes under
similar circumstances always produce
the same effects.
Some years ago a story went the
rounds, which told how one of the
keepers of the Hartford Insane Asy
lum saver! his life by his ready wit.
The keeper had taken a patient, sup
posed to have lie en cured, to the roof
of the Asylum. While they were en
joying the magnificent prospect, the
patient, who was a large man, seized
the keeper's arm.
"I#t us jump down and surprise the
folk# below !" he said.
The keeper, seeing that the man had
suffered a relapse, coolly replied :
"Nonsense! any fool can jump down.
Let's descend and jump up. That'll
astonish them."
"Won't that he jolly! Come along,"
answered the patient, thrown off his
guard. Ik-fore he could try the feat,
he was securely confined.
Now, a similar story, with different
details, however, is told of Sir Thomas
More, the good Lord Chancellor whose
head Henry VIII took off. He was
seated one day on the roof of his
house, when a madman suddenly ap
peared at his side.
"I/eap, Tom, leap!" be shouted,
seizing More by the shoulder.
Looking hiiu calmly in the eye, the
Lord Chancellor said, "Let us first
throw my little dog down, and see
what sport that will he."
In a moment tbo dog was tumbled
over the parapet,
"Good!" said More, with feigned
delight, "now run down, fetch the dog,
and we'll throw him off again."
The maniac ran down, and More
summoned his servants to secure him.
KALAMAZOO, according to Eli Per
kins, appears to have peculiar clergy
men to any the least. One is said to
have announced that "services will he
beld in this church next Sabbath,
Providence permitting, and it isn't
good fishing in the river;" while an
other gave out a notice as follows:
"The Lord willing, and there being on
minstrel troupe in town, there will be
a prayer meeting in this church next
I Thursday evening."
lien. Albert Pike.
Albert Pike is a wonderful old man,
being now fur advanced iu life and of
a most striking and venerable appear
ance, with Itis long, snow-white hair
and beard, and his tall, erect and state
ly figure. A great lawyer, "the great
est Free Mason in the world," a poet,
journalist, historian and soldier—hav
ing commanded a brigade of Indians
iu the Confederate army during the
first year of the war—his life has lieen
so checkered and eventful, so full of
incident, adventure and versatile
achievement, that his biography, when
properly written, will read more like
some Oriental romance, some "wond
rous tale of Araby," or story of the
"Admirable Chrichto," grown old in
wonderful successes, than the actual
biography of an American backwoods
man—"a fine old Arkansas gentleman,
all of the modern time," to parody the
title of one of his celebrated convivial
songs.
Among his many titles to fame was
that of a Niturod—a mighty hunter of
the Southwest —and it was hereby that
he became a great hero among the In
dians west of Arkansas, who voted
hint the freedom of their splendid
hunting grounds, always giving him
! a rousing tribal or national welcome
on his annual visits, and finally mak
ing him "great chief" over them.
Tln-y called him "Big Thunder," or
something of that s >rt, because in his
hunting ex (seditions be always carried
along a four or six-pound howit
zer, regularly mounted, with which he
: mowed the gregarious prairie game of
all kinds by the hundred* and thous
ands. Although a native of I'uriLau
| New England, Gen. I'ike lias always
been like Sergeant Prentiss and other
Northern men who came South before
, the war, more of a "Southerner," ap
parent!)', iu feeling, tastes, habits and
J opinions than .!< If i)avis or Aleck
| "*lepheu—as much MI, IU fact, a that
royal roystcrer, that miraculous para
dox, Bob looms, himself. — liichmond
| Stale.
I/ord Itearoufield's Social ({ualitle*.
Of loyalty to his political friends he
was a model, and nothing did more to
-• cure his command of the parly than
it* sense that his professional honor, MI
! to sjieak. could be implicitly relied
| upon. Toward his wife, a warm hear
! led women older than himself, and in
terior to him both in birth and cduca
j tion, he was uniformly kind and in
• deed devoted. The first use he made
j of his jMjw.-r as Prime Minister was to
; procure for her the title of viscountess.
A story Used to be told how, long ago,
; when his political position was still
tar Irom as-ured, he and hi* wife hap
[-ned to be with the chief of the party
and that chief MI far forgot good man
ners as to quiz Mrs. Disraeli at the
dinner table —not malignantly, but
with n spice of satire. Next morning
Mr. Disraeli, whose visit was to have
la*ted for some day* longer, anuoun
: red that he must leave immediately.
The host besought him to stay, and
mad- all possible apologies. But Dis
raeli wa- inexorable, and carried his
wife otr forthwith. To literary men,
whatever their opinions, hewasalway*
i ready to give a helping hand, repre
| *eniing himself a* one of their profes
; sion. Success did not turn his head,
| nor make him assume the airs of a
grand eeigneur. In paying compli
ments he wa* singularly expert, and
marie good use of his skill to win
friends and disarm enemies. He knew
how to please Englishmen, and especi
ally the young, by entering into their
taste* and pleasure*, and, without be
ing what would be genial, wa* never
wanting in bonhommie. In society he
was a perfect man of the world —told
his anecdotes apropos, wound up a
discussion by some happy epigram,
talker] to the guest next him as he
would to an old friend. In short, he
was excellent company. But he had
few intimates; nor did his apparent
frankness unveil anything more than
he chose to reveal. — JAMES IIRYCE,
M. I'., in The Centvry for March.
ferry Belmont In Congress.
The greatest surprise in Congress is
Ferry flelmont, of Long Island. His
father is August Belmont, the rich
banker and agent of the Itolh child*. It
wa*sup|t*ed that the money of Bel
mont here secured his election, and
that the young man was as big an ass,
a* namby-pamby as the sons of rich
men usually are. People who believ
ed this expected nothing from him
beyond lolling in his seat and owling
the pretty girls in the gallery. Well,
he isn't any such a roan. He is a
young fellow, about thirty years of age
medium hoight, slender in figure, dark
complexion, and rather distingue in
appearance. He is as modest as a
girl and as studious as a bookworm.
This will doubtless surprise people
who have known him only as a society
man. lis is a fair lawyer and a hard
worker. He speaks several languages
fluently, and is just the kind of aiau to
be trained in diplomatic circles. He
is not hide-bound in politics, though a
Democrat. My word for it, Belmont
will make his mirk here, not because
he has money, but by virtue of dose
application and good common sense.
TitKgnost popular religion is that
which teaches us to walk quietly along,
what the negro called " the broad road
and narrer paf of life."
Is you must dabble in sharea, try
plowshare. Now other kind pays so
regular dividends.
An Agnostic Prayer.
I lie liev. George C. Miln, of the
Unity Church, Chicago, ojiened his
service last Sunday with the follow
ing prayer: g
"We turned our feet froru the com-1
mon path of life into the seclusion of
this sacred hour, made sacred to us hy
our own intentions. At hast for a
little while we hid farewell to the fret
and worry of our daily life, to the
i burdens which we in silence earrv, und
j to the trivial pleasures which do so
much to dissipate our fine energies and
purposes. We came here to find rest,#
to fiud light, to gain strength for the
duties which are before us. We come
here that hy the planting of holy pur
poses we may grow stronger and no
bler iu all the ways of life. May the
stillness of this moment breathe a
sweet serenity into every heart. look
ing backward, we may learn to regret
with scorn all that has been unworthy
of us all pettiness, all littleness, all
counselling with the ignoble and time
serving motives. Cooking "forward,
may our aspirations reach after the
highest ideals for ourselves and
for our follows. May we be
above hopeles-ncsa, above despair.
May we look into the future with
calmness and determination, prepared
for its duties and for whatever conflict
may await us. And may our inter
communication lilt us into a realm
where we shall be emancipated frotn
suspicion and misinterpretation of each
other. W'e do not forget the poor.
1 hey are ALWAYS with us. Mav men
help the [xior, the blind, the sick, and
they who are beaten down by the
trampling of many feet in all the ways
of life. O, that our Inarts may at
least be full of sympathy and our
hands always full "of help for such!
And may we look with yearning eyes
for the coming of that day in which
there shall In- no pain, nor crying, nor
weariuess of heart! Amen."
A Sympathizing Caller. |
How the President enjoys his office
i- told in a story just out,of a Mis-mri
politic ian and lawyer w ho, in company
with a Senator from this Stale, called
on the President a day or two ago.
The western politician, after he had
been introduced to the Presideut, said :
"Mr. President, I am very glad to
meet you. It is the first time I ever
had the pleasure of siting you; in fact,
you are the fir-t President I ever saw.
You look fatigued."
"Yes," the President replied, "I am
annoyed very much, hut the rush will
be over pretty soon, I hope."
The western statesman then resum
ed :
"I have often heard of vou, Mr.
President a- being a very fine ward
politician. 1 presume you had raiher
lie out whooping the boys up than
here, being a you are annoyed beyond
measure for office?"
The President laughed and said
"Yes."
A LAND WHERE MEN WERE THE
W KAKI.K \ ESSTIA —The London
Time* in summing up the condition of
men under the civilization of ancient
Kgvpt. remarks: J'This is a picture
to which no pendant can be found in
the history ol any other highlv-civil
iied race, whether ancient or modern.
In it we behold a world in which the
balance of domestic power is reversed.
The woman owns ail and rules all;
the man is a helpless dependent, and
both are the property of the priest.
A more insignificant and pitiable ob- •
ject than the Egyptian paterfamilias (
can hardly be conceived. As a child
he was the property of his mother ; as
a married mau he was the pensioner
of his wife; a* a corpse he belonged
to his Choachyte ( priest,i who could
sell him, mortgage him, or will him
away at pleasure. Horn or unborn,
married or single, living or dead, he
was never bis own property or his own
master. To speak of him as a man
and a citizen would be a figurative ex
pression. He was a marketable in
vestment, like a bouse, or a piece of
laud, or a Government annuity."
"AwTTUt.No taken place, to day V
asked Mr. Freliughuyseu, as be walk
ed in and elevated his boots to the top
of the cabinet table. "Nothing," re
plied Mr. Arthur, without looking up
from the tantalizing pages of the pat
ent office report. "There were lots of
fellows here who wanted to take it
however." Thus doth the oasis of in
nocent mirth lighten up the barreu
waste of official life.— Button Iran
ecript.
"W ELE, said a child, "if the hairs of
our heads are ail numbered, the num.
Iters must get awfully mixed up, for
lota of womeu wear hair that grew ou
same one else's head."
DR.STROTHKR, a KentucW lecturer, J
holds that the Garden of Edeu was
the Mississippi Valley, and that Ndeh'tfl
ark started from Mau hat ton island. '
UP in Wisconsin it costs $240 TO'
sell a cow as "gentle," and then have
her kick the dairy maid clean
the window of the barn.
"WHY do you bide, Johnny F said 9
one boy to anothe. "I hide to aaWfl
my hide," replied the other, as he hied
away to a secret spot
"MAMMA, do you know what the
largest species of anu are? You
shake your head. Well, I'll tell you.
They are elephants."
NEVER judge a man by bia clothes.
His uilor may probably have a suit
against him.