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-. of God, and consequently the infallible cen
sors of the human nice. To attempt to pro-
tect my profession from the stings of such
insects would be as useless as it would be
undignified and ridiculous. In answer to
the busy buzzing oi these gnats, which
swarm in the haunts where Pecksniff poses
with success, it is enough to say that many
of the most honored members of the other
professions admit that an honest investiga
tion of the private lives and unnttered con
victions of the painter, sculptor, musician,
lawyer, doctor, journalist, or parson, would
probably prove that there was quite as much
faith in good, more charity to the unfortun
ate and less hypocrisy toward the world in
general, on the stage, than at the bar, on the
rostrum, in the laboratory, studio, or even
the pulpit
Kb one will assert that there is any class
of workers before the public, who, in pro
portion to their numbers, have demonstrated
their belief in the sacred cause of human
charity so spontaneously and forcibly, as
dramatic artists. This is so true 'that
churches, hospitals, and suffering individ
uals whenever thev are in need seek imme
diate assistance from the stage, and never in
Tain, when their need is pressing and their
cause is worthy.
If practicing the virtues which the Great
blaster declared above all others is less evi
dence of sound belief than merely preach
ing them, then the members of my profes
sion will welcome with pride the stigma of
unbelief so often applied to them by the
self-righteous prater or this much-mixed
world.
"What wonld happen, if, for once, profes
sors of Christianity should look to the beam
in their own eve before they busied them
selves so much with the mote that lurks in
the optic of the less pretentious pro.essors
of the stage? The world would stand
aghast with amazement at any such exhibi
tion of Christ-like humility on tne part of
His much-professing followers.
SXUABT KOBSOST.
LILI LASGIEI'S BELIEFS.
BIio Hai a Decided Leaning Toirard the
Catholic Church.
"When approached on the subject of her
religious views, Mrs. Langtry dictated the
following for publication:
"I accept in full the Christian faith as ex
plained in the Apostles' Creed. I cannot
imagine anything more dreadful than to be
in a state of doubt or unbelief; to feel
when some great joy or happiness comes,
that there is nothing more powerful or
greater than a human being to tu;n to to
;ive thanks or to ask help. For my own
part my belief in prayer is thoroughly a
part of my life. When I am in doubt of
the success of my daily work I do not hesi
tate to go down on my knees in my dressing
room and ask the help of God in that which
I have undertaken. What Church? Of
course I was born in the Church of England
my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather
all having been Beans oi the
Jersey. But I mnst confess to a
decided leaning toward the Catholic
Church. It has always seemed to
me to so thoroughly understand poor
humanity to so penectly grasp the truth
that special temptations surround each in
dividual and that where there is no special
grace in one withstanding them, there is
great victory for another in conquering.
Then, too, I nave always felt a great ten
derness toward a belief that made the
Mother of God the chief among other
women, and I cannot but accept as a truth
that she watches and prays for all living
women. I like to give the best of the beau
tiful things in this world to the service of
God I want the flowers to send forth their
perfume in His honor, tne sweetest music to
sing His praises, and the loveliest colors in
pictures and in fine cloths to decorate His
nouse. Religious authors? I only care for
one, and that is dear old Thomas a-Kempis.
Yon know now what I believe, and I say,
God help the woman who has no faith!"
FAKNI DATNFORrS COIsYICTJOXS.
fche Believe That Sin ! Punished Upon
Tl.Ii Earth.
- There are but few who know how much
religious feeling there is in the actress'
heart. And gladly would she show it more
and demonstrate it to a larger extent, if it
were not that she feared to be stared at, and
her actions construed into "an advertise
ment" For myself: As children, we were al
ways allowed to follow our individual feel
ings, and accompany our old nurse and
friend on Sunday morning to church, or re
main at home, when mother would read
prayers. Our prayer books were given us
as rewards of merit for good behavior, and
to-day I possess mine, with the inscription:
"To our dear danchter
Fankt,
on her cijutu birthday,"
with the quotation underneath,
"Honor thy father and thy mother."
My constant companion on all my jour
neyings is: "The Imitation of Christ," and
from its verses I giean my most satisfying
comioru
Sly mother is a true, consistent Christian
woman of the Episcopalian faith. My father
was a Swedenborgian, ana died in that
faith.
As for my personal convictions: I do not
believe in the existence of a bell, or in future
punishment My conviction is strong that
our sufferings for the sins of our lives arc on
this earth, and that every seed sown bears
its fruit
I believe that charity is a religion in
itself, and that God is the best iudge of our
inmost mind and heart I believe that God
does not always punish the wicked nor re
ward the good, but that we ourselves do this
within our own hearts and minds
FA2rsr Dayektobt.
BALTINI, THE TEAGEDIAN,
Gives a Reason for the Fobllc Prejudice
Acainut Actor.
Afv YTMP?1A nt AH VMM M 4lio .m
cuiiviuircauio lusi iuc &iac iBuot caicmaiea
to mate a man or woman forget his religious
obligations. It is absurd to suppose that
actors are not religious, because from mv
long observation I have fonnd that Abey are
apt to be very religious. By the word re
ligious I mean people who are really gentle
men or ladies by action and honest by heart,
without which I do not attach importance to
a person's Christianity. At the same time
I have found that actors, as a rule, are very
religious. "While I am a member of the
Catholic Church I respect all people,
regardless of their religious denom
ination, whether they are attached
to the Greek, Jewish, or Christian
Church. Regarding the widespread belief
that actors, as a rule, are withont religious
convictions, I think that public prejudice
in this direction arises irom the fact that
some actors do not please the public, and
that some of the characters which they por
tray are likely to create a wrong impression.
On the stage the actions of all actors are, of
course, given publicity, while off the stage
the actor's wrong-doings are given a greater
degree of publicity than those of other peo
ple in Drivate life; and this is the case with
all public personages. I can only add that
in my opinion the artist that expresses and
feels human passions cannot but be con
vinced that there is a Supreme Being that
shapes and guides his religious sentiments.
Tomsiaso Salvinl
TtflAT THE ACTOR'S EfcLIGIM IS.
BtUr Florence Says It 1 to Love God and be
Merry.
Actors and actresses are neither better nor
worse than other people. They are liable to
the same emotions, have the same sensibil
ity and are moved by the same "touch of
nature that makes the world akin." Their
great knowledge of human nature, their rare
intelligence and they are as intelligent as
any class fit them for noble purposes.
Among the members of the dramatio pro
fession I have never met any who did not
believe in the existence of a Snnreme
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Power. "IhaveTound among them loving
sisters and brothers, devoted mothers and
fathers, loyal husbands and wives, and fond
and faithful sons and daughters, a God
fearing and law-abiding people, who would
blash to stoop to manr practices indulged
in by som Pharisaical preachers and stage
condemning maw-worms, who periodically
attack the honorable and ancient calling oi
the actor. To do good, to battle for the
glorious light of truth and reason, to show
vice in its shaded and debasing sense, to
warn mankind of the peril incurred in out
raging law and nature, to love God and be
merry, is the player's religion and mine.
William J. Flobknck.
SHEA'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
She Find That Actor Religiously Observe
the Goldon Kale.
What is the sign of a good Christian?
To follow the laws of Christ What does
He teach above all things? Charity! And
where will rou find more charitable people,
who are less ostentatious in their charities,
than actors? They cannot, unfortunately,
attend divine service with the same regu
larity as those in other professions yet,
how'often, after a week of hard work and
constant traveling, have I seen the young
men and women of my company rise early
on Sunday morning and attendchurch.
I bave now been seven years in this coun
try, and I have yet to hear the first word
spoken against religion, or the first oath
uttered by any member of my company.
On the contrary, I have seen several of
them at their devotions earnest and sincere
believers and followers of the Church and
its teachings.
The actors, I, believe, are better, reli
giously, than those who seek to criticise
them. That is my opinion. Rhea.
A TOICE FROM THE GRAVE.
The Tenerable John Gilbert' Opinion of the
Dramatic Profession.
The deep-rooted impression of the public
and intelligent classes that our actors have
no respect for sacred things relating to re
ligion and the Church, was always a source
of wonder to me. I believe and know that
the professors of my art have, as our great
Master says, "a tear lor pity and a hand
open as day for melting chanty," as well as
our brothers and sisters of other professions.
Bnt why such extraordinary interest should
be felt by a portion of the public for the re
ligious views of the dramatic profession,
any more than those of other callings and
arts, likewise passes my comprehension.
John Gilbert.
The above was written by Mr. Gilbert but a
fortnight previous to bis death.
A DETODT CHDRCHTfOMAIf.
Koe Cogblan Tell How Sunday Travel In
terfere With Religions Dalle.
Stage life is of such a character that it is
often impossible for the actor to get an op
portunity to attend church service. Three
quarters of us spend many more than half
the Sundays in the year on the cars. Sun
day is the one day set apart for theatrical
companies-to move from one town or city to
another. We will play in a city from Mon
day until Saturday, and the next Monday
night we are billed to play in a city 200
miles away. How shall we reach there if
we do not travel on the Sabbath? Hence,
we are almost invariably on the cars on Sun
days. I believe in the Church. I think it
is the greatest institution for good of which
the world is possessed, and would be glad if
I had more opportunities to attend its
services. Eose Coohlak.
Sir. Bower I an Episcopalian.
I am a member of the Episcopal Church,
though I realize a most unworthy one. I
believe in the Holy Creed of that church. I
need say no more as to myself. Formy pro
fession, as a whole, I do not believe that
actors are, as a class, irreligions, any more
so than the men and women of any other
calling. MB3. D. P. BOWEBS.
Bllnnio Palmer I u Catholic.
I received my earliest education at the
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattan
ville, N. Y., and have never ceased to be
lieve in the Church and its teachings. Nor
do I ever lose a single opportunity to attend
whenever possible. Minnie Palmer.
A PRINCE'S CARELESSNESS.
How a Broken Piece of China Became a
Valuable Memento.
Vashlnjrton Post.:
There is a man in this city whose chief
business is mending china.
"The mending of china in this city is in
creasing in proportion to the amount of
fine china being introduced into the bouses
of the wealthy," said Henry Forrester.
"In Europe the art of mending china is
one that occupies a great many people and
that calls forth the greatest degree of skill.
This is so from the fact that heirlooms in
a family cannot be replaced, and every
effort is made to preserve them after being
broken when they are in the form of
china. You would think that the break
ing of a bowl would reduce its value a
great deal, but there are pieces of such
cbina in Europe that have been broken
into a doien pieces, put together again and
are then worth more than before the ca
lamity. "Of course such cases have arisen only
when the breaking was connected with some
historic event that created a relic of the
broken piece. There was a punch bowl, I
remember, for sale in a china store of Ber
lin some years ago. The present Emperor,
then a Prince, visited the store and in look
ing over the goods accidentally broke one of
the handsomest pieces of chinaware there.
He at once offered to.pay for it at any price
the dealer should name, but the latter being
equal to the occasion insisted that he could
not take money for it, but said that if the
Prince would but write a line saying that
he had accidentally broken the Dowl it
would cause no loss. The note was written
and without the Prince's knowledge was
attached on the mended china. The price
that had formerly been on it was increased
fourfold, the bowl was sold, and after the
Prince became Emperor it was worth
manv times what it had brought at the
last sale."
MAJOR JOKES' TRODD BOAST.
A Story of a War Experience Told to In-
crednlon Hearer.
Lewlston Journal.!
Major Jones, who served with credit in
the late war, is no liar, yet when he tells a
story he generally manages to astonish his
hearers just the same. He is fond of boast
ing that he participated in numerous battles
without receiving a wound of any descrip
tion. Bemembering this tact his com
rades were astonished when he remarked the
other evening at a Grand Army meeting:
"Gentlemen, the battle of Antietam was
the hottest engagement I ever saw. My
regiment as some of you aie aware, was ex
posed to a galling fire for more than two
hours without even the poor satisfaction of
firing a shot in return. During this trying
season, while I was receiving an order Irom
the colonel, a cannon ball came straight for
me, mowing a swath through the tall grass.
I have good reason to remember that shot,
gentlemen, for it took off bothjlegs."
"Whatl" cried an astonished listener, as
he glanced at the speaker's shapely limbs.
"Of my horse," added the imperturbable
Major, while a sigh of relief went up from
the assembled veterans.
Xot In Their Line.
Detroit Free Press J
A Baltimore Anarchist says he has in
vented a sort of percussion cap, so larger
than a 3-cent piece, which, when filled with
the new explosive, extralite, and scattered
on the sidewalk, will blow up every man
who treads on one. It has never occurred
to any Anarchist to invent a new kind of
working tool or to manufacture a new brand
of soap.
LIFE IN CHINATOWN.
Thousands of Almond-Eyed Celestials
Packed Like Sardines in
THE HEART OP SAN FRANCISCO.
A Tisit to the Opium Joss Houses and the
Theater.
HIGHBINDERS AND THEIR DARK DEEDS
tCOKBISrOITPEXCE 01" THB DISPATCH.!
San Fbancisco, November 22. China
town proper comprises six blocks running
north and south and from east to west three.
It occupies one of the finest sites in San
Francisco, as the streets infested by the
"Asiatic curse" are on a gentle slope, rising
almost from the bay, and from the top story
windows oi the celestial dwellings a beauti
ful view of the bay, Oakland and all its
pretty suburbs can be had. Night in the
Chinese quarters is rather picturesque on
the exterior, and its streets are rile with
colored lanterns and promenading pigtails.
A conservative estimate has placed the num
ber of souls habitating these few blocks at
40,000. A faint idea of the Chinese superior
facnlty for economizing space canbegleaned
from the fact that there are quartered, at the
present time, in the old Globe Hotel, 1,100
people in 200 rooms.' Those rooms having a
10 or 12-toot ceiling have been ceiled a
second time half way down, each room
having, as it were, an attic. A ladder leads
to a hole cut through the floor of this second
story, which is used as an entrance and exit
for 'the family or families occupying it
This building has been condemned time and
again, but the authorities seem loth to rid
the earth of this filth and disease-breeding
hole.
THE CHINESE QUABTER.
A visit was paid to the Chinese quarter
last evening. We entered an alley way,
dark as Stygia, and after a few stumbles
were landed in a kind ot court An oil
lamp against the wall sent flickering lights
and dancing shadows among a lot of old
sheds, and one had to wonder that even
shadows permitted themselves to be seen in
such an ill-smelling space. The buildings
which backed on this space reminded
one of a rickety old jail. They
were three stories high, with base
ments level with the space in the
court, which was some feet lower than the
pavement To each story of the surround
ing buildings hung ancient and drooping
stoops, ana everv window in tne place was
barred with thick wooden slabs. This is a
very necessary precaution, as the people,
from experience, have learned not to trust
one another. Honesty is so rare an excep
tion to the rule, and its existence
is so speculative a matter among
themselves that the precaution was general.
Opening into this court were a number of
opium dens in cellars or basements. As we
passed along we came upon an old China
man kneeling on the ground over a small
blaze built of kindling, on which was placed
an old tin can. He was brewing his supper.
His bending attitude, claw-like fingers and
nails, his yellow withered face, scraggly
ehin whiskers and pigtail, seen by the fitful
light of his fire, which lit the squalid sur
roundings faintly now and then by fits and
starts, lent a demoniac air to the old fellow.
IN AN OPIUM DEN.
At a door further along our gnide rapped
and spoke a word in Chinese which seemed
to be the "sesame." "We stepped inside,
and found ourselves in a typical opium
"joint," of whicn there are hundreds. The
celling could be touched with no effort by a
person of medium height, and it was in
keeping with the walls, which encompassed
a space not exceeding nine feet square,
ebnnized by dirt and smoke. On a small
filth-encrusted deal table a wick spluttered
in some oil in a bowl, and served to light
the spacious dwelling. Between ceiling
and floor were three layers of bunks bnilt
wide enough to accommodate a man re
clining head to the wall. This freak of
architecture brought our heads in dangerous
proximity to several pairs of dirlv booted
and unbooted feet which dangled over
the sides of the bunk, but as they
remained motionless we presumed the
attached trunks and craniums were hap
pily in the "fiends' " heaven of fantastical
dreams. There were twelve men sleeping
or smooking themselves to sleep in this
place, while one sat on an old soap box and
gazed at us and another stood by the door.
None of us spoke, and after a lew breaths
of the atmosphere, which can be better
imagined than described, we went into the
dark court again, and closed the door on the
"fiends" who, the gnide said, were "Lappy
as lords."
"We looked into dozens of such places, of
which the" above-described is a fair speci
men. Many were much worse, but with
few exceptions were any an improvement
THE CHINESE THEATER.
"We next visited the Chinese theater. The
interior of the place was a labyrinth of tiny
rooms, honeycombed up and down, cross
wise and lengthwise and in every direction
by halls scarcely wide enough to admit of a
passage.
The actors' apartments were very nobbyjin
their "little artless Chinese fashion," and
generally very clean; furnished with oil
cloths on the floors, matting-covered couches
and rows of small chairs. Theiropinm out
fits very dudisb, the pipes and other necessi
ties being pearl inlaid,and in one cozy den a
life-sized Chinese beauty gave us a bias-eyed
smile irom an ebony frame, on the wall, and
by her hnng a musical instrument
not unlike a gnitar. "We traversed below
stairs, and on accidentally opening a door
leading into a cellar under the pavement,
we were confronted by a coffin containing
the remains of a Chinaman. The
clothes which had been tatcen from him
were thrown on the ground beside
The coffin, and the everlasting wick burned
by a bowl of rice and some chop stick, there
was not even a chair in the hole they had
poked him, and so he was left alone in his
glorv, while occasional! v the faint tinkling
of the music overhead in the theater stole
down the stairs to keep him company.
"When misfortune or illness overtakes
their fellow countrymen, the Chinese have
no farther use for them, and in illness, when
they are known to be beyond recovery, they
are deserted and left to die, or taken to the
Chinese undertaker and left to wait, un
attended, for the inevitable, and not seldom
are they thrown into the streets. One of the
San Francisco dailies contained an account
not long since of such a case. A man,
swollen beyond semblance to anything
human by dropsy, was carried out, thrown
in the gutter and left to die. The unfortu
nate wretch was discovered by a police
officer and removed to the receiving hospital,
where he died on arrival.
After leaving the poor fellow who had
"gone before," we went up several flights of
stairs and were landed by the sudden
termination of one of them in the green
room of the theater. It was a large room,
and at least 50 people were in it, a number
of white men among them. The actors were
waiting their turns to go on; painting their
faces and arranging the most obvious of
false whiskers. We were conducted through
a curtained door and found ourselves
ON THE STAGE
facing an audience of 500 or 600 heathens.
"We were seated a little to one side, and
the play went on.
There is no scenery. The only shifting
done on a Chinese stage is the removal of a
large rue after the wealthy or mighty are
done declaiming, and when the poorer class
are simulated the actors tread the boards.
Properties there are none. The stage is
famished with a couple of awkward wooden
chairs, which are placed and removed by an
ugly fat old fellow in his everyday clothes,
when the occasion required. The actors
come in one door, pow-wow at one another
and pass out on the opposite side. It is just
as possible to understand from the panto
mime of the play what is happening as from
the language. The best idea of what Chi
nese drama is like can be gleaned from the
pictures on the Chinese fans. The acton
strike just such tangled attitudes, and
the commingling of trouser legs and
sleeves until one is dazed to dis
cern which is which, is the same in
the costumes and postures of the drama as
on the fans. The ladies are personated by
men who rock around on minnto wooden
soles, in disguises which do not deceive
anyone but themselves. The performance
is anything but satisfactory to a person not
educated up to its fine points. Aside from
this, the orchestra, which is seated at the
back: of the stage, keeps up an appalling
ciamor. js.u nscenc-iooitiug vmnaman
banged with all his might and main on a
pair of cymbals; another thumped on what
seemed to be an inverted dinner pot; an
other plucked hysterical shrieks from a
stringed instrument, while a fourth patiently
hammered with chopsticks on a hardwood
block, and among them they made consider
able noise.
The ladies who attend the drama are
cooped in a gallery by themselves. They
are not permitted to mix with the male por
tion of the audience, who keep their hats
on and smoke and chew sugar cane, which
is hawked among them by a prototype of
the peanut boy of the circus.
The later the hour grows the less the ad
mission fee gets. As there was no possi
bility of waiting for the climax of the play,
that being some time the next evening, we
hastened to remove our hearing from the
tender mercies of the orchestra.
A BAND OF ASSASSINS.
Next we went to the Joss house of a so
ciety who claim to be Masons, "alle same
like Melican," but they are nothing less
than a powerful clan of Highbinders. They
have a gorgeously fitted uplodgeroom where
thev meet to conspire, and in it an altar, on
which rests an effigy of the founder of their
society, who, they claim, lived to be 150
years old, grew very rich and died with all
his teeth intact An incense lamp is kept
constantly alight before the altar, and the
place is strewn with paper flowers, and all
the paraphernalia and gimcracks peculiar
to heathen worship.
There is a joss in Chinatown for all oc
casions, and every one has his own private
God to whom he pa- s devotion From the
temple of the God of Charity they take
paper money and scatter it before their
doors to keep out the devils of poverty, be
lieving the imps will be too busv gathering
up the bits of paper to think of venturing
iq. A smart devil would certainly venture
still nearer, taking such reckless generosity
as a pointer to stay right along with so
much wealth.
There are several factions of Highbinders,
and their murderous enmity to one another
causes them to slaughter right and left in
the dark, and not seldom does an open out
break or riot place some of them behind the
bars. They are the most rascally setof thieves
and murderers that ever populated a fair
city, and though their crimes, in general,
are confined among their own countrvmen,
an occasional outsider gets a stab in the
dark, and their strength and numbers make
the matter of detection rather a difficult
undertaking.
We visited, too, the swell tea house, or
restaurant, and were paid for the effort of
climbing many stairs to reach the banquet
hall by seeing some splendidly executed
wood carvings which decorate its walls. It
is here that the merchants and bloods have
their feasts, and from its verandas can be
seen one of the most beautiful views of San
Francisco. Mabie Lane.
A BIRD WITNESSES A MURDER.
Tbe WblpporvflU' Mind I Affected by What
Ho See.
New York Ban. 1
I tell the story as it came to me from the
lips of a reputable citizen of Austin, Tex.:
"In the suburbs of the city there stands in
what is known as Horses' Pasture a solitary
oak, under which atl o'clock upon a dark
and quiet night a man was foully murdered.
He was in the possession of money,which he
had foolishly displayed in a saloon, and
when he started for home he was followed
by two men, who offered to drive him to his
destination. Too drunk to be cautious, he
accepted and was taken into their wagon.
Tbey drove aimlessly abont until he fell
asleep, and then proceeded to this gaunt
oak, under whose branches the deed of
death was done.
"There happened to be in the branches at
the time a whippoorwill that saw the foul
deed, watching each motion with an interest
so intense that it attracted the attention ot
the murderers. And since then upon every
night at the stroke of 1 the bird comes back
to his resting place, and, in a note that is
far more plaintive than the usual utterance
of its kind, sends forth the peculiar 'whip-poor-will!'
that is the note of its kind. He
never fails, his song is heard upon no other
time, and no other bird is ever seen upon
that tree. I do not attempt to account for
this. I only tell it as it is."
A PRETTY SWEDISH CUSTOM.
Asking; Forclvenea for Fault Committed
before Gains to Church.
Detroit Free Press, j
The family of a clergyman in this city
employs a simple Swede girl as a domestic
who has not yet mastered all the intricacies
of the English language. One evening re
cently she appeared before the mistress and
asked for money to pay for dressmaking.
"Did you have your dresses made before
you came to this country, Christine?" asked
her mistress.
"I make some parts there, but not all. I
never make a fool dress like you wear in
America."
The same girl has continued the pretty
custom of her people -regarding church
going on communion days. Before leaving
tier employer's house to attend the place of
worship sho shakes hands with each member
of the family and asks forgiveness if she has
left any duty undone, and gives her blessing
to them all. Then she goes off with a light
heart to make her peace with heaven.
ARE YOUR FEET MATES?
If Yon Think They Are, Most Likely You're
Dllitnken.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Are your feet mates? is a street query, but
every shoemaker will tell you it is a most
reasonable one. Mauy people buy their
shoes already made, and find it exceedingly
disagreeable to "break them in." A new
shoe, unless too tight or too loose, should
never be painful to wear. Unless you have
a last of your own, or your feet are the same
size, you will always have trouble until the
ready-made shoe is worn to the foot. This
follows because one of your feet is smaller
than the other, and while one of a pair of
shoes fits, the other does not.
"While few may know it, only about 8 per
cent have feet of the same size. Generally
the left foot is larger than the right, though
of course it is not uncommon to see the lat
ter the larger. "Why this is, would be tiard
to say, bnt if you have a last look at it the
next time you go to your shoemaker.
FAILING SIGHT QUICKLY CURED.
A Wacalsh Scotchman' Base to Get HI
Dread Battered.
Scottish American.!
A farmer's wife near Kirriemuir was
noted for her scrimp dietary to her farm
hands. A waggish plowboy resolved to
make one desperate effort to improve matters.
Accordingly one day at breakfast he sud
denly uttered a howl, and holding his hands
over his eyes cried out: "I'm turnin' blin','
on guiasaxe, canna see. us, mercy tne!
this is awfu'l"
His master, alarmed, asked the lad how it
had happened.
"I dinna ken; it was lust a' at anee," was
the reply, "for when I looked at my breid I
couldna see ony butter on't"
The master saw how the land lay, and asked
his wife to give the lad a slice of cheese.
Upon this being done he asked if his eyes
were any better now. "Ay, they're a' richt
noo." he returned, "and I think better than
ever, for I can see the breid through the
cheese noo,"
CLOSE OF THE 'FAIK.
Americans Whose Services Were
Becognized by Decorations.
A PITTSBUEG CITIZEN .HONORED.
Financial
Results of the
Exposition.
Great Paris
CHICAGO BEING BOOMED BY THE PBEHCH
fCOURESrOXDENCE OF TUX DISPATCH.
Pabis, November 7. We knew who of
the Americans had beejf decorated with the
Cross of the Legion of Honor before the Ex
hibition closed its doors for ever. Tbe one
was made public last Sunday, the other took
place yesterday. Between these two dates
those exhibitors, jurors and intriguers who
had hoped for the red ribbon, but did not
secure it, had plenty of time to indulge in
considerable kicking. Some of the decora
tions were deserved and some were not As
things go General Franklin was entitled to
the Cross of Grand Officer, but Jlr. Somer
ville PinkneyTuck, the Assistant Commis
sioner General, shonld have been made more
than mere Officer. "What he should have
had was Commander, for not only was he
second in rank, but he really did most of the
work. The other Officers were General Francis
"Walker, of the Boston Institute of Tech
nology; Mr. Elihu Thomson, the electrician;
Bailly-BIanchard, Secretary to the Com
mission, and Bush Hawkins, who called
himself expert of the art department, but
whose expertness consisted from the begin
ning in being as cruel as possible to all
women and most discourteous in his treat
ment of journalists. The new Chevaliers
in the Legion of Honor are "William Gun
nell, of the Commission he is kicking be
cause ne was not made an Officer; Mr.
Abdank, a foreign gentleman not yet an
American citizen, but who has been of in
calculable aid as an expert and juryman;
Captain Henry Cochrane, commander ot
the detachment of marines, a splendid
officer; Captain Lyle, of the army, expert;
Lieutenant "Ward, of the navy; Mr. David
Cahn, juror a capitalist formerly of San
Francisco; Max Hellman, of the house of
Seligman Brothers, juror; A. L. Botch,
juror; D. Urquhart, Jr., expert in furniture
department, rather young for the position,
bnt aided in his endeavors by his uncle,
Robert MacLane, ex-Minister to France
from the United States, a brother, I believe,
of Mrs. Jame's Brown Potter; "William T.
Dallatt, juror, an exhibitor of paintings;
Edward Moore, exhibitor, member of the
house of Tiffany & Company; "Warren C.
Healev. maker "of carriages: Nathaniel
"Wheeler, maker of sewing machines; "Will
Sellers, maker of tools; L. "W. Fairchild,
maker of pens; W. H. Done, maker of ma
chinery, and John La Farze, maker of glass.
You will notice that the manufacturers
are away ahead of art, that science shows
up once only and that education is well
placed.
A PITTSBT7KOEE HONORED.
There were some other recompenses be
stowed on experts, exhibitors and jurymen',
and these were -called Officers of Public
Instruction and Officers of the Academy;
Among.those of Public Instruction were
Lieutenant Buckingham, of the Navy, who
is kicking because he was not promoted in
the Legion of Honor, where he was ap
pointed Chevalier a few years back; Alex
ander Harrison, a painter of some talent,
bnt not particularly great, except in his
own estimation, which, by the way, is an
estimation that most artists have
of. their modest selves he scorn
fully, refuses to be an Officer of
Pub'lio Instruction, Doctor "W.H. Chandler.
Mr. Spencer B. Newbery, Mr. Arthur
Stace, Mr. Thurstone, Mr. Wellman Parks,
Mr. Silvanus Gotendorf, Mr. W. T. Harris,
Mr. Charles S. Hastings and Mr. Charles
Sumner Taintor also received the violet ro
sette. Tbe Officers of the Academy include
Mr. George J. Luckey, of Pittsquag, who,
however, so I am told, has not been near tbe
Exhibition, as is also the case with Mr.
James MacAlkster, of Philadelphia, another
new Officer of the Academy. In the list is
Van de Stucken, a musician, who came over
here with money furnished him by a rich
New York lady, and gave a concert at the
Trocadero which only a few persons attended
and those who did have been regretting it
ever since.
Yesterday was the last day, and we hsd
glorious weather for the windup of the
grandest exhibition the world has yet known.
Not a cloud was seen in the azure sky, the
sunset was the most resplendent of the year,
and a round silvery moon lent its light to
the evening scenes. The President and
Madame Carnot were among tbe 500,000
persons present at the close ot the great fair
organized in commemoration of the centen
nary of French liberty. Just six months to
a day had passed since the President had
officially opened it, and during these 185
days the earth has sent its people in crowds
to see its wonders. Competitors and rivals
from all countries exposed their works and
manufactures; the New "World showed, ex
traordinary vitality, and the marvels of the
Champ de Mars and the Esplanade des In
valides drew forth an admiring and co-fraternal
outburst of praise from every
body. .The Eiffel Tower, the Gallery
of machinery, the domes, all the etceteras
withont precedent as wonders, were admired
by millions upon millions of visitors, and
for the first time in the annals of exhibi
tions the extraordinary fact happened that
never once was there any relaxation of the
world's people's enthusiasm. For six
months France and Paris feted the entire
universe, and this exhibition has been a re
publican triumph as well as a national sol
emnity. To rural and provincial France,
Paris has presented the spectacle of a teem
ing hive where industry, art and science
shone with incomparable brilliancy. To
strangers, foreigners from nigh and far off,
France has appeared resplendent in her
great national qualities of courteous hos
pitality, order, liberalism and universal ex
cellence. THE MONET SPENT,
Opened on the 6th of May, this exhibition
closed the 6th of November, six months to a
day, 185 days and evenings of uninterrupted
and unalloyed greatness. Seven million
visitors from the provinces of France came
to Paris to see it, and as it is
estimated that each one df these
persons spent at least $20, a total of
$140,000,000 left- in Paris by persons from
tbe departments alone. As for foreigners,
the estimate is that 1,500,000 have been in
Pans during these six months. If the aver
age amount spent by each of these is ac
cepted at $100, we find another $150,000,000
were thus poured into the capital. The po
lice divide these foreigners by nationality
as follows: English, 390,000; Belgians.
225,400; Germans, 160,000; Americans
(North), 90,000; Spaniards, 56,000; Swiss,
55,000; Italians, 38,000; Austnans, 35.000;
Americans (South), 25,000; from Africa,
12,000; Asiatics, 8,500; Russians, 10,000;
Greeks, Turks and Roumanians, 6,000;
Portuguese, 4,500; Oceanica (Java, etc.).
3,000; Swedes and Norwegians, 2,500; divers
nations, 12,000. Between the 6th of May
and tbe 6th of November there were 25,428,
254 paying entries. The statistics of dead
heads are not yet known, but the number of
cams reserved to the press, exniDitors, em
ployes, etc., amounted to 29,000, which
means at least 4,000,000 free entries.
Moreover, the exhibition has been profit
able for exposants, for they have sold vast
quantities of goods, as well as made them
selves known to everybody. "Wherever we
went we saw placards "Sold" attached to
their articles. I saw a vase with "Vendue
quatre-vingt dix-hnit fois" sold 93 times
and the article cost each buyer $30. Any
number of .things were ticketed as having
been sold 50, 60 and 80 times over. You
unit understand, however, that visitors
bdught on the model exhibited; the taking
away of objects was absolutely forbidden
until the fair was closed. Americans and
English people boueht largely, and
most ot the tickeU bora tfetj
i from the other side of the
Channel and from the United States. The
Eiffel Tower has been a success from the
day when the public were first permitted to
mount it, that is to say, from the 15th of
May last. In round figures that structure
cost $1,000,000; its elevators have taken in
$300,000 more than that amount since they
commenced running. Tbe shares rep
resent $20 each, and 'the capital stock
was returned to every shareholder as long
ago as the 15th of September. The com
pany now own the tower, and all taken in
after this will he profit, for their original
subscription was handed back to them at
the date indicated. Tbe restaurants inside
the exhibition grounds have all done well.
One company, which has three establish
ments of the cheaper kind, has cleared
$100,000 profit There is not a reastaurateur
in the grounds but who has cleared his
$40,000 or $50,000. Brebant, the Rouman
ian restaurant, and the Alsatian dining
room, all three on the first platform of the
Eiffel tower, have each gained a profit of
$400 daily. The bars did a thriving busi
ness, so too did the bakers, and the pork
sellers, and the wine dealers everybody in
fact who had anything to sell or any way
whatever of making money.
A BOOM FOB" CHICAGO.
Some of the leading French journals are
"pulling" hard for Chicago ior the Exhibi
tion of 1892. The Journal des Debats, un
doubtedly one of the most serious and
powerful newspapers in Europe, says:
At tne present moment, tne great question in
America Is to create an immense Universal
Exhibition in 1892 and which will be the sequel
of onrs ot 1SS9. Two large cities are disputing
which shall have the honor of organizing this
great Exhibition. On One hand, New York,
the financial center, on the other, Chicago, the
commercial center. In this pacific, but very
keen strife, it was believed at first that tbe
former city would come off victor, hut from re
cent and private information, and which we
guarantee tbe authenticity of, we are led to be
lieve tbe "giant of the great lakes," Chicago,
will obtain more voices in Congress than taer
elder, richer and better placed rival. From
now, it Is almost certain that Chicago will be
the city selected at which the universal exhi
bition of 1892 will be held. We confess that
tbis conclusion bas all our sympathies as al
though we bave not a voice lathe matter, we
do not think that our New YorK friends re-
quire telling that an exhibition ought to be in
the city which furnishes the best tjpe of the
civilization and progress made by the great
Republic The choice of Chicago, therefore,
appears to be compulsory. Each universal ex
hibition up to the present bas been dis
tinguished Dy tbe particular genius of the na
tion which took the Initiative In the matter.
This was logical. Thus, at Paris, we were de
sirous that the unrivaled attractions which we
offered to foreigners should be of an essential
ly French character and not over cosmopoli
tan. "We willingly recognize the part that
Belgium. Spain, England and America have
taken in the exhibition, but we are, of
conrse, happy to thins: It was mainly French
everywhere. So, too, ought the Americans
to see that the Exhibition of 1892 Is, above
all, American, and it is for this reason that
Chicago, the typical city of tbe United States,
should be designated as the one in which tbe
civilization of young America should be
incarnate, if we may use such a term. Which
ever may be the site choseD, France will, un
doubtedly, endeavor to contiibuto to the suc
cess of this exnibitfon. It will afford her an
opportunity of securing fresh triumphs for her
Industry, and it will enable tbe two nations to
unite more closely the bonds of friendship
which already exists between them.
Hesby Hatote.
A 6EEAT MORAL LESSON.
If Ton Are Not n Fool, Never Get Had at
Yonr Best Girl.
New York Sun.l
It was agreed by everybody in the car that
she was the homeliest woman they ever saw,
and the man in the seat with her probably
noticed the sly glances and heard some of
the whispered exclamations. He became
restless and uneasy, and by and by got up
and walked back to where a couple ot drum
mers sat and said:
"Boys, she's my wife."
"Yes!" responded one.
"I allow that she's homly 'nnff to scare a
hungry bear out of a hog pen, but it's all
uiy fault."
- "Indeedl"
"And I'll tell you the story, because there
is a great moral lesson in it. We was en
gaged to be married. I took her into Sary
cuse to a Fourth of July. There she met
Bill Prime, an old bean of hers, and to make
me jealous., as some eals will, vou know, she
agreed to ride home with him. It hit me
hard, as you may believe, and so I went ont
to the stable and drove tacks into Bill's har
ness. "When they came to start ont tbe
horse ran away. Bill jumped out and didn't
cet a scratch, but Mary stayed till the buggy
struck a bridge and was all smashed upj
She lost 12 teeth, had her nose broken, her
mouth torn out at the corner, an eye cocked
up, her toes turned in, her tongue bit hal'f
in two, and the color of her hair changed to
the brindle you now see before you."
"I see tbe moral lesson."
"Not yit, you don'tl That came in when
I tried to give her the shake and crawl out
of the marriage. Her old dad put on tbe
screws, and I had to come to time or lose
my farm, and so I walked chalk. The great
moral lesson is, never get mad at your best
gal. If you do get mad don't make a fule
of yourself. That's all, hoys, and X hope
the warning will sink deep into yer
hearts."
INVENTED BY A PAEMBR'S B0I.
A Machine That Ha Broacht Mlllloni to III
Owner' Pockets.
Iiewlston Jonrnsl.l
One of the richest and one of the most
modest men in York county, is Horace
"Woodman, of Saco, who was born a far
mer's boy in the little town of Hollis and
began life as an apprentice in a machine
shop in Saco. He subsequently went to
Lowell, and while there, in the year 1S50,
saw that the mills needed a self-stripping
cotton card. He invented one, and asked
the agent of the Lowell mills to give his in
vention a trial, but was ignored. He then
sought Saco as the place to introduce his
patent and the directors of the York mills
examined it carefully and gladly gave him
permission to set it up to be tried by them.
He made an improvement on it, which in
creased its value, and then its final success
was assured.
For 12 years he fought over two score cor
porations throughout New England for in
fringing upon his patent, finally winning
his suits. The manufacturer oi the patent
has realized $7,000,000. Mr. "Woodman has
also invented a knitting machine and a
shingle machine, which are used from the
Atlantio to the Pacific, and in 1877 the
English Government granted him a patent
on a cotton loom. He is still frisky and
may "yet give the world another big thing.
names or persons
wilt ease it in peat so
lSv, &e
cake
!CbpVBIOMT
0
SAPOLIO is a solid, handsome cake of house-claming soap, which has no
equal for all scouring purposes except the' laundry. To ue it is to value it.
What will SAPOLIO do?
give the doors, tables and
the dishes and off the pots
it, and mate the tin things shine brightly. The wash-bMin, the bath-tub, even
the greasy kitchen-sink will be as clean as a new pta if you uee SAPOLIO."
One cake will prove all we
imitations. OThereJs butcirt.SAEJOUO,
-v " "wrtwi
DIFE fifTflE AZORES;
Edgar Wakemam Plaj3 a Solo on His
Chamber Furniture and
FILLS HIS HOSTS WITH ALAKM.
Process of Preparing Breakfast in Quaint
St. Michael.
HANDSOME MBS AND BEAUTIFUL 6IBLB
ICOBBXSrOKSZSCX OI THE PISPATCn.l
St. Michaei,, Azobes, October 30.
"Qnero can tar a Salola
J a que cutra moda nao set
Hinba mai era Salola
En com ella me crlel!"
This lugubrious song about a Lisbon market-maiden
awoke me from restful slumber
on the morning after my arrival at Ponta
Delgada. A young woman was singing in
the patio beneath.( The wind, balmy and
warm as in our June mornings, pulsed into
and out of the old alcoba, twaying the cor
tinas pleasantly. It was a qneer place, bnt
dreamful and" idyllic as one might wish to
know. I found convenient for use water for
washing in a huge vessel of pottery such as
I had seen on the strange craft from St.
Mary's in the harbor, a wash bowl of pewter,
centuries old, and a coarse linen towel am
ple enough to have formed arespectable toga
in lien of other garments. The one chair,
or stool, of the room was constructed of raw
hide thongs over a hollow frame-work so
ponderous that curiosity as to its possible
service as a drum possessed me. With my
two hobheeled shoes I so well succeeded in
beating a resounding reveille upon it, that
in a twinkling Senhor. Senhora. Senhorita.
and a delegation of wonderinl numbers
from the street responded with great alacrity
and trepidation. In the name of tbe Virgin,
was Senhor in peril? No, only in good
health, and like the average American,
characteristically lively. They were re
lieved and so was I; they of alarm, protesta
tions and blessings, which, in the Azores
are delicious, cheap and musical, and my
self of small change as an agreeable back
door out of an embarrassing dilemma, which,
in turn, engendered much excitement in the
street below. But soon the maiden's song
about tbe Lisbon maiden was resumed; cer
tain odors stealing from the patio disclosed
that my breakfast was being prepared, and
other odors from the street told that the pop
ulace had invested my money in tobacco
possessing qualities of unusual vigor and
penetration.
A GROTESQUE GBOUF.
Both scenes furnished little Azorean
pictures in their way. Below the balcony
stood the- aged Senhor, Manuel, my host a
regular jarretta as to his old-fashioned dress,
and grandly conscious of his dignity in the
possession of a genuine traveler under his
roof. "With Manuel a score of swarthy ar
rieiros or donkey drivers, and cocheiros or
cabmen, were liumoly arguing and pleading
for opportunity of profit from bis guest; as
many market women loitered to enjoy the
arguments and learn the outcome; while
double the number of bright, happy, bnt
half-naked children squatted upon the
ground or grouped themselves in all manner
of unconsciously grotesque postures and
made merry comment upon the hidden
estrangeiro who carried thunder in his bag
gage and beat the timbales that he might
scatter "money among them. Nearly all
were smoking odd-looking and vile cigar
ettes, rolled in cornjhusks, which, whenever
vehement periods of protestations or argu
ment were being approached, were invari
ably deposited with great dignity and pre
cision behind their swarthy ears.
Opposite my chamber, along the shadowy
end of the court was the surest sign of equa
ble clime and summery days. That was my
breakfast cooking in the open air not upon
a stone, nor in a fire place, nor vet br anv
of the ruder devices our American grand
mothers knew. Heavy flat stones furnished
a sort of raised rockyjUIs as ,high as' sen
hora's knees. On this furze fagots were
burning in two tiny-fires no bigger than your
fists. Above one ofthese on a triangular
piece of iron something was grilling. Above
the other, in a copper pot, held there from a
long distance by a wooden pike beneath its
bail or handle, something was stewing. Be
tween bars and snatches of senhoritas's song,
the maiden with ample bust and hip, with
arms akimbo and hands pressing against the
sides of her scarlet bodice, converted herself
into
A HUMAX BLOW PIPE.
feeding the flame of furze with such
blasts from her powerful lungs as would ior
the time completely hide the two females in
a kind of volcanic shower of ashes, the vol
umes of smoke swirling away toward the
clouds through tbe ever-open roof of the
court. Thus for an hour came song and
smoke and strange dissolving views of
breakfast, women and fire, when gray old
Manuel most ceremoniously conducted me
to my almoco or breakfast, set, I was inter
ested to find, in his songful daughter's
bondoir, which, among other common ob
jects or use and decoration, provided room
in one pleasant corner for the family hen
roost and a fragrant bed of rushes for sev
eral demure and grave-faced members of the
gentle herd of family goats.
The table was bare of covering, but
amends were made in dishes and their eon
tents. A tremendous frasca para vinho or
wine flagon of glass with a pewter goblet at
its side was suggestive of the lost vineyard
glories of the Azores. A brown earthen
plate before me held a slice of grilled Con
ger eel of mighty "proportions. A sweet po
tato or yam, big as a cuspidor, stood steam
ing alongside. A basin containing some
mysterious stew flanked the yam; and piled
before me in an actual recklessness of mu
nificence was a mountain of corn-meal bread,
yellow as saffron and hard as rock. Even
this sumptuous repast had its added little cer
emonial. Manuel filling a goblet with the
"passado," or sweet wine of Fayal, set it be
fore me. Then he filled other goblets of
pewter or pottery, and, handing one to his
wife and another to his buxom daughter,
gave the toast, "May the peace or God rest
on this house for you, stranger and friend 1"
I responded with "a hearty "Amenl" but de
clined the wine, as I belong to quite a
numerous alumni of honorable graduates as
wine drinkers; whereupon my host ex-
Eressed tbe greatest alarm regarding my
ealth, but was fully reassured before I had
'
best isnofee&sy-
d.s asy as you
in youtnext bouse-cleaningn
Why, it will clean paint,
shelves a new appearance.
and pans. You can scour
say. Be a clever, housekeeper and try it, BewareM
done with the strange tfcongh;notJunsvory
food before me. ?Xf"'WST
A KINDLY ECI.E.
In form and feature Azoreans are neither
so delicate nor classic as the Spanish- If
Citizen Train's assertion that "Fat is
Death I" be true, then death forks ia these
sunny isles. Both men and women are
short, plump and over fed In appearance,
though glimpses now and then upon street
or balcony of senoritas of face and form
divine may olten be had. But the taller,
lither, more willowy, oriental and romantic
types are oftener wm .r, th mllr
Jiandsome peasantry and the lowly classes
in the miias
The latter, after all, furnish the most
interesting studies. -iheyare the kindliest
people on earth. Among the 20,000 of them
in Ponta Delgada no human could suffer
insult or fear any known danger. From the
naked child playing in the gutter or by the.
fountains, past all manner of servitors ia
every calling, to the beggars who. s warm
every plaza, mn court or church door, to tha
most abandoned Jont sunning himself upon
the auays or at wineshop entrances, there ia
naught but kindliness in act, wora or look.
And this look in the faces of the lowly ia
worth a word. Make an inquiry, offer
trifling alms, request a service, bestow a
greeting, and every soul here in the Azorea
will lilt a face of such radiant and sunny
good nature, beaming with a smile ofsnea
extraordinary sweetness, that the strangerja
whole heart, if he have one, grows and
glows in genial content and gratitude. Ia
this is one of the liveliest pleasures of a
visit to the Azores.
The most characteristio street-scenes owe
their color wholly to the lowly. The fisher
folk from whom we secure lor New Bedford
and Gloucester service our most valued
fishermen, are more picturesque than tha
Pescadores of Havana. The cocheiros with
their broad hats, short jackets, short baggy
trowsers' bare feet and tremendous whips or
goads, are a Wonderful set of fellows, volu
me to distraction, full of mighty oaths,
harmless as kittens and honest beyond all
belief. The city brings its water from moun
tain lakes to innumerable fountains which
spout, babble and sing day and night long.
MODELS FOB ABIISTS.
At every one of these old moss-covered
jetties groups of barefooted men and women
constantly gather These are the water car
riers of Ponta Delzada, and an artist can at
any time of the day find as picturesque mod
els as the Biviera can anywhere lurnish.
What muscular swarthy fellows they are,
and what graceful attitudes and nosings they
unconsciously assume as they loiter a bit for
chatter and gossip before they shoulder tha
great wooden casks and trot gaily away with,
their mighty loads, with tbe air of a mount
aineer without an ounce of burden to encum
ber his wiry limbs. And see these Azofeanf
girls great dancing eyes, pouting lips ever
parting from dazzling white teeth, their
tongues ceaselessly running in musical stac
cato, ond their supple forms ever in irrepres
sible movement from the boundless life with
in them. Their short skirts disclose limbs:
and feet which outrival the Venus of Cos in'
delicate symmetry. Their smart bodices
vainly hide busts of marvelous rounduesa
and amplitude, with full arching neck bared
above, and crowning it such a dainty and
dimpled chin as even Tuscany cannot match;
while the line from tip of little finger up
their brown round arms to beyond tha
dimpled elbow is a marvelous study in na
ture's only perfect mobile bronze. But they
have dallied and chatted long enough. "Witb.
a whisk a little pad of rushes or cloth is
slapped on their dainty shapely heads; in a
twinkling the huge", reed earthen jar. half
as tall and quite as big as they, is resting on
the pad; and with a song or roguish laugh
they are away, tripping homeward as dainti
ly and airily as in measures of the contra
danza or waltz. Esoab L. "Wakeman.
A JEST KILLED HIif.
How n Professional Joker Wna Scared M
Death by Hl Blaster. ,
Cornhlll Magazine. 3
Entertaining are some anecdotes told of
Gonella, jester to Borso, Duke ofFerrara,'
in the fifteenth century. As Gonella waal
on his way to mass three blind beggars' im- ' '
plored an alms of him. "Here, is jt "floria-.
for you said the Jester, "divldefr anTonjjp
you." He gave'nothlng and wenfon." Thas"
beggars invoked blessings on him, each sup. ,
posing that one of his fellows was in posr
session of the coin. When they wished to
divide the gift not one of them would allow
that he held it, and they mutually accused
each other of cheating, and from words pro
ceeded to blows. Gonella watched (he fray
with great complacency, and when the beg
gars were all bruised and bleeding be went
on to church with a clear and calm con
science. The Duke of Ferrara fell ill, and tha
doctors declared that only a sudden fright,,
would restore him to health. He was too
great a man for any one to play tricks oat
except his fool. Gonella was with him in a
boat, and cleverly pushed the Dnke into
the water. Aid had been previously pro
vided, and the Prince was drawn ashore and
put to bed. The frigbt and the bath and
the bed cured the invalid, but he was so en
raged with Gonella that he exiled the man
who was both a fool and a physician.- Go
nella returned in a cart filled with Paduaa
soil; an evasion of tbe edict of banishment
said to have been practiced by manv a
jester.
The Duke ordered him to be beheaded,
but savingprivateljr that he would onlyre
pay fright with fright he directed the exe
cutioner not to use the ax, but to Iet.fallia'j,
single drop of water oo the culprit's f neek.
Gonella was led to the scaffold; all the usaal
gloomy preparations were made. He was
blindfolded and made to lay his head on tha
block. The executioner, from a vialSlet
fall a drop of water on Gonella's neck;
Then amid shouts of laughter tha jester,
silent now, was bidden to rise and thank, tha,
Duke for his clemency. But Gonella never
moved; he was dead killed by his master's
jest.
A Tale of Two WUtailk.
Detroit Journal. J
Mosherville was somewhat excited a day
or two ago. A stranger came there selling
territory for a patent kitchen appliance. Ha
talked so fast that a stenographer could not
get on word in a dozen. He came Into
town talking and went out talking, and for
all they know is still talking. He talked
both arms off a stranger in riding five mil
with him, and set a farmer's windmill go
ing so fast that the wheel blew off.
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