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HOSES OF THE GREAT.
Hip GHmpseBof "Proboscides That Adorn
the Faces of Public Hen at
the Capital City.
- TEESIDESTS ALL HAYE BIG ONES.
Jac kon and Polk, Like GoTernor Beaver
Are Xoted for Having Had Tieir
Smellers Foiled.
BESET CUT'S WEAKNESS FOE SKUFF.
A Jelly md Jfrtii Garni, Whose Eosy Crgtn Wu
Ones Ejttksa for a Kuk.
CORBESrOXDEXCE OP THE DISPATCH.!
Washington, Jan. 3. The nose is the
emblem of the soul. It is only a wad ol
cartilage and flesh, but by it you may read
its owner as though he were an open boot,
and its extent and shape give the measure
ot the statesman and the tool. The Greeks
added an inch to the human nose and made
their marble heroes gods.
Of the great men of the past sot one in a
score had a snub nose or a pug, and of the
mighty men of Washington to-day the
probosces of nine out of ten are enormous.
Where will you find a bigger nose than that
of Blaine? It dominates his face and It has
all the characteristics of the Eoman patri
cian. It is the nose of a leader, and it is
the nose that Plato says is indicative of
cower. It is the signpost of Blaine's per
sonal magnetism and of his intellectual
lorce, and if it stood alone in an anatomical
collection you would feel that it was the
nose of a great man. It was bigger when
Blaine was a boy than it is now, and it gave
Blaine at college the nickname of "Nosey
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All of our Presidents have had big noses,
end President Harrison's nose is no excep
tion. At first sight it seems to be rather
short, but as you look again you see that it
is long and drooping. It seems to hug his
face, and there is considerable strength in
the nostrils. It is a conservative nose, and
it belongs to the class of sell-appreciative
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noses. You can see that its owner has con
fidence in himself, but you do not find in it
the pugnacious, obstinate indeuendence
which is lound in the nose of ex-President
Cleveland.
Cleveland's nose is too fat for beauty. His
complexion is rough, and his nose has not
the smooth, velvety appearance of that ot
Blaine. "It has, however, great strength,
and it is a short Boniau in shape. Arthur
had a good-sized nose, and the great big
nose of Abe Lincoln has become historic.
John Tyler had an immense proboscis and
Andrew Jackson had one of the biggest and
one of the handsomestamong the Presidents.
He is one of the two Presidents who had
their noses pulled while they were here. He
was on a Potomac boat going dour the ri'cr
and had stopped at Alexandria, when a man
rushed iu and
GEABBED HIM BY THE NOSE
and gave it a terrible pull. Old Hickory
raised his cane, but before he could get at
the miu he had escaped. This man was a
lieutenant in the nary, who had been dis
graced, and who considered the President
the cause of his trouble. James K. Polk had
Ms nose pulled while he was Speaker of the
House of Eepresentatives, and it was expect
ed that he would fight the man who pulled
it. He claimed, however, that the man had
only attempted to pull his nose, and had not
succeeded, and the matter was dropped.
Jackson looked upon Polk as a coward be
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told, a secret dislike for him on this account
for years afterward.
I wish I could paint the nose of Uncle
Jerry Busk, the head of the Department of
Agriculture. It is a big nose and a rollick
ing nose. It shows strength and good nature,
and it fairly dances between Secretary
Rusk's blue eyes when he tells one of his
stories. Wanatnaker has a fat nose, very
thick at the nostrils, but it is strong and
clean-cut, and it bears the lines of executive
ability. It is
THE NOSE OF A FINANCIEB
and it has been worth millions to the
Postmaster General. It would make a bet
ter nose for the Secretary of the Treasury
than that of Windoni, and it is with the ex"
ception of Blaine's the best nose in Harri
son's Cabinet. Windom's nose is short and
pudgy. It looks as though it might have
no bone in it, and it does not indicate the
strcngtli that the man really possesses. The
noses of Noble, Tracy-and Proctor are very
ordinary noses good enough and big
enough but indicative of nothing in par
ticular. They show their owners to be
evenly balanced men, but they do not at
first glance impress you.
It is in the Supreme Court you will find
the big noses of Washington. Justice Ful
ler has tue nose of a Roman. It stands well
up from his cheeks. It sets off his classic
features and makes his pale face almost
noble as it stands out in front of his leonine
grav hair above his nerce silver mustache
and over his toga-like black gown. Judge
Field lias a nose that might have been trans
planted from ancient Greece. It is straight,
. 'large and lull, with scholarly lines about its
sensitive nostrils and it indicates that
its owner is a thinker and a scholar. Judge
SlatcbTord'snose is another scholarly one,
and I can never look at Bradley's clean-cut
beak without thinking of figures. The
'great mathematician and the great jurist is
written all over it, and it is so big that it
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seems to be running away with the face.
Judge Harlan has a head which would do
FOR A MODEL OP JOVE,
and bis nose is that of a god. It is a nose
that sculptors would rave over, and it has
that delicate rosy hue of Judge Harlan's
complexion which corresponds with the
best efforts Of Rubens in color. It is one of
the strong noses of Washington, and it
comes out in fine contrast with the weak
fleshly nose of Justice Grav whom nature
modeled on her grandest plan with this one
exception. Gray is considered a great
Judge, but he is somewhat of a snob and
his nose is a snub. It is the smallest nose
on the bench, and Judge Brewer's nose
would make two of it.
The great judges of the past have all had
big noses and Jnstice Marshall, when he
was at the head of the Court, frequently
called attention to his Roman nose by the
habit of snuffing. One day Henry Clay,
who had a nose as big as your fist, was mak
ing a speech before him, and as lie .saw the
Chief Justice take up a pinch of the titil
lating powder, he could not resist the in
clination to do the same, and he stopped
his argument, walke'd up to the bench and
asked for a pinch of snuff. This he snuffed
up his great nose with gusto and then went
on with bis speech. I doubt not that some
of the Judges snuff to-day, and there are a
half dozen Senators who suck tobacco into
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their nostrils and say they prefer the habit
to chewing or smoking.
PAINTED BT BACCHUS.
I saw a nose last night that must hare cost
at least $10,000 in its coloring alone. It whs
fastened, above the mouth of one of the most
noted diners-out of Washington society, and
it shows what men can do as to the making
of their noses. The nose of the high liver is
far different from him who lives on oat
meal, and this man is noted for his love of
terrapin and champagne. He has held a
high rant in the army of the United States,
and he has one of the biggest heads and the
most beauti'ul silver hair in Washington.
His nose, however, is a wonder. It is fat,
large and of a bluish red. It looks like a
rose-colored pincushion, and you can lead
champagne, chartreuse and Old Bourbon all
over it It is so prominent, indeed, that its
owner, who is one of the jolliest fellows of
Washington, was thonght to be wearing it
as a mask at a fancy ball of a year or two
ago. He here me: a charming young lady
who was makiug her debut at the capital
that season, and who pleaded him very
much. She wore a mask, and she chatted
coquettishly with him from behind it.
Toward the close of the evening he asked
her to unmask. She did so, and General
Blank found she was as beautiful as she was
witty, and while he was complimenting her
upon her charms, the lady turned to him
and said:
TO FULL OrF niS NOSE.
"I thank you much for your compliments,
but I would like to know to whom I am
talking. I have taken off my mask, and
now I want you to take off yours."
"But," replied the General, "my dear
girl! I am not masked! It is my natural
face that gazes enrapturedly on yours!"
"I don't believe it," said the gay young
lady, "you are wouderfully well made up
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but I can see that that nose is false. Come
now, please do take off your nose."
The General's face grew red, his nose be
came more plum-colored than ever, and it
was some time before he could persuade the
young lady that his nose was not a false
one.
I went into the press gallery this after
noon and took a look 'at the noses of
the Senate. What a handsome proboscis
Senator Edmunds "has. It stands out like a
great rosy bow between those red cheeks and'
there is a striking Roman curve between its
tip and its roots at the forehead. Edmunds'
head is as bald at the top as a billiard ball
and from his silvery whiskers behind his
crown his skin is as fair as that of a two-year-old
baby. His nose has this complex
ion, and though it is charged that at times
he takes
A LITTLE OLD BE ANDY
for his stomach's sake, this has never dis
colored bis face and he looks as though he
fed on grits and spring water. He has a re
markably sensitive nose and physiognomists
would call the nostrils fretful and irritable.
It is a judicial nose and a legal nose, and
when it smells at the law it swells for pay.
Itbtingsiu its owner many a 53,000 fee
and, it has made him one of the rich states
men of-a State which runs more to brains
than to money.
As to golden noses, however, there are a
dozen in the Senate Chamber which would
bring gold galore if their owners were in the
hands of brigands. Senator Sherman made
a trip to Cuba a few vears ago, and while
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His nose Is a strong one, and I don't sup
pose he would say it was worth $500,000 to
him, but had they caught him, and, with
razor in hand, told him that they would
slice that nose off Into pieces the size of Sara
toga potato chips, I imagine they would
hare gotten their money.
Look at the nose of Senator Stanford.
Tou could put it in a wine-glass, but Stan
ford would not sell it for 30, 000,000, and the
same is true of the long, thin smeller of
Senator Hearst The noses of
THESE TWO MONEY MAKEES
are entirely different Stanford's is fat,
with large nostrils. Hearst's is secretive
and thin, and it is said to be the best nose
for mines in the country. It is not, how
ever, the nose of a statesman, and it has not
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the pugnacity nor the cruelty of that nose
which sits above the snow-white collar and
the red necktie of John J. Ingalls and defies
the world, the flesh and the devil. , There is
a fighting nose for youl That nose'mightbc
the nose of a pirate. It might be the nose
of a reformer, of a great writer or a poet
It is the nose of an orator and a genius. It
is thin and sensitive, and nt the same time
strong. It has all of the Roman aggressive
ness, combined .with all the Greek intel
lectuality, and' its sensitive nostrils are
those of a patrician. It is the great and
only nose of the great and only Ingalls, and
it is a nose which some Senators I'know
would like to pull, but dare not
Another fighting nose, but one of a dif
ferent make is that of Senator Vest It is
smaller than that of Ingalls, and as it trots
around the Senate In front of Vest's cheeks
and between his pugnacious eyes, it makes
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me think of the bad man from Bitter Creek,
who walked around with' a chip on his
shoulder yelling that he was a terror and
that he could whip anv blanked man in the
house. Vest likes to fight as well as he
does to eat He is. a man of remarkable
ability and behind his pugnacious nose he
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carries a very good-natured soul. If he
thinks his corns are stepped upon, however,
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his shoulders droop more than ever, his
bead jumps an inch farther out from his
shoulders and his enemies need to look out
Senator Gorman has a classic nose. It is
large, straight and Grecian, and it looks
very much like the nose of Senator Gray,
savethat.it shows more power. Senator
Cockrell's nose is long aud thin. It is a
typical American nose and Cockrell keens
it well down on the grindstone of Senatorial
bard work. I seldom get fair look at it
from the press gallery as he is always bend
ing over his pavers, and Cockrell seems to
work from morning till night.
Next to him sits Senator Coke, who has a
magnificent nose, but who seems to do little
else than polish it; and back of him is Sen
ator George, who has a fnt, shapeless pro
boscis, which will not hold spectacles, and
upon the end of which a pair of gold glasses
usually rides. Senator Carlisle has what is
called the inquisitive nose. It looks as if it
were cut out by nature's chisel, but left in
the rough. It runs straight from the fore
head for an inch toward the mouth at the
proper angle for the" correct nose, and here
breaks off in a kind of button, ending in
rather sensitive nostrils. It is a curious
nose, and we all know that it is the nose of
a statesman.
A GOOD-NATUEED NOSE.
Senator Reagan's nose is fat and bunchy,
and that of Vance is one of the best-uatured,
all-around noses In the chamber. I would
ralhtr liveftbebiud Vance's nose than behind
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that of any other Democratic Senator. It
has all the lines of, good nature and . good
fellowship, and, like contentment, it is bet
ter than great riches.
One ot the most remarkable beaks In the
Senate ts that of Senttor Ev.irts. I use the
word beaks advisedly, for Evarts has a nose
like that of an eagle." It is big and strong,
and it makes pronounced curves as it stands
well out from one of the strongest and one
of the most homely faces in the United
States Senate. It is' tlie king nose of the
Republican side of the chamber, and it is a
good-natured nose as well as a big one. It
is a deliberate nose, and' all. of the lines
about it indicate conservative thought. It
is a nose capible ofi judging a good dinner,
and the nostrils are those of a gastronome.
It has snielled barrels of terrapin and has
felt the effervescing gases of o;eans of cham
pagne. Still there is not a blotch nor a
stain upon it, and it shows that its owner,
with all his
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is either a Spartan or is possessed of a re
markable stomach. Senator Cullom has n
long, high-shouldered nose. It is like the
rest o his features, rugged and honest, and
as it carries lnni about the chamber it
makes one think of the nose of Abe Lincoln.
It has not, however, -the strength of
Lincoln's nose, aud it is. longer than it is
large.
I'rank Hiscock, of New STork, has a at;
well-made nose, the nostrils of which show
out over thick lips and arc rather conceited
in their outlines, and it is the nose of a man
who estimates himself as highly as lie is
worth. It is rather a sneering nose, and it
doesn't strike me as au.anstocratic nose. It
stands out in strong contrast, as I look, with
that of Senator Sawyer, who, short and
portly, has one of the best business noses in
the Senate. Every line in Sawyer's pro
boscis is strong. It comes out from the eyes
with a prominent curve and goes down
toward the mouth as though it meant busi
ness. It does mean business, too, for Saw
yer, quiet as he is, is one of the ablest men
in the chamber. He -made a big fortune,
and he has made a good business Senator.
He moves around 'quietly, but he "gets
there just the same."
HE -WEAE3 NAPOLEON'S NOSE.
Among the hundred of noses in the
House you will find all kinds, all sizes, all
shapes. McKinley has a handsome nose,
inclined to be Roman. It is conservative
and thoughtful, and its owner does not like
to be told thut it looks like the nose of Na
poleon. It is broad at the top, has a specta
cle bridge at the eyes, and it droop3 just
enough as it comes down to make it serious
and tnoughtful. It is a watchful nose, and
it U a nose that works for McKrhley, and
works to win. j ,'
It is a far finer proboscis than that of Tom
Reed, and Reed's nose is one of the excep
tions which proves the rule that all great
men have big noses. Reed's nose is not
more than an inch long'- It is a lump of
fat on a great big round lace, and its most
remarkable feature is its distended nostrils.
Taken, however, with Reed's face, it makes
you feel thatthe man has more power than
a first glance" would give him credit for, and
as you hear his squeaking Yankee voice fil
tered through it, you soon know that this in
significant nose is that of a genius and a
giant Feank G. Caepentee.
A JAPAHES3 THEATEE.
Everybody Cries on Occasion and Appland
by Fixing tlie Jialary List.
New York TIracs.2
The interiors of all the theaters In Japan
are rude and unsightly, almost entirely free
from any kind of decoration. The sombr
ness of the blue, that is the characteristic
color of the dress of the mass of the play
goers, i3 relieved loward evening, for they
play all day, by bits ol bright color in the
kimonos of the geisha1 and of the denizens
of the yoshiwara, who then put in their ap
pearance. The audience is attentive, en
thusiastic and quick to' perceive the fine
points of the play. It is, too, very sympa
thetic and 'susceptible of being stirred to the
depths by some (from' a native standpoint)
pathetic scene. "
The whole house is moved to tears, men
aud women alike. Sobs and sniffles are
heard in every direction, and some arc
stirred to a verr passion of grief, and all at
a scene that to the foreign eye is ridiculous.
Applause by clapping of the hands is be
coming common, but isa modern innovation.
Satisfaction is pioclaimed by shouting out
the name of the actor jor by the words, "Ten
riyo, 1,000 riyo" (a liyo is a yen, a silver
dollar, 85 cents), expressive of the cash
value of the acting, iu the estimation of the
crier.
What the Indians Jlaye Done, .
Possibly it is -the Indian' excitement
which has given ichc an impetus to- the
canoe as a modelJor ornamental knick
knacks. It is adapleifto varied ' purposes
and lends itself to all with its native grace.
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SER7INGF0M AUGHT
The Ideal. Religion Is That Wtiich
Involves Duty and Devotion.
BARGAINS JACOB TK1ED TO MAKE.
The Commercial Spirit of the Time Affects
tbe Church Too Mach.
EXAMPLES FE0M VEETDAT LIFE
IWIUTTEN FOB THZ DISFATCH.I
"If God will keep me in the way that I
go and will give ma bread to eat and rai
ment to put on, so that I come again to my
father's house in peace, then shall the Lord
be my God."
That was the bargain which Jacob made
with God. Jacob was just then running
away from the consequences of one over
cunning bargain, and it came to pass as he
stopped to say his prayers, that the phrases
of trade crept in among the phrases of peti
tion. And ho tried to make a contract with
God. He was like some business men who
come to church to-day and plan their Mon
day work in prayer time and do snms in
mental arithmetic daring the sermon. Even
that is better than to imitate the people of
tbe parable, who went their ways, one to his
farm, another to his merchandise, one to his
leisure at home, another to his accounts at
tbe store, and missed the service altogether.
Jacob was a shrewd and crafty money
maker. Even religion, he thought, might
be made to minister to a man's material
advancement If God would give him
bread to eat and raimemt to put on, if God
would burld him a good house and furnish
it, if God' would give him a fair measure of
success in bis mercantile adventurings, why,
then, far bis part, he would be perfectly
willing to recite his prayers, and sing his
praises, and to be on the side of God. So
much prosperity, so much praise, so much
wealth, so much worship, "Then shall the
Lord be my God." It would be a paying
bargain. It would be worth while.
A SAXON PEIEST'S IDEA.
That was. the idea of God which that
Saxon priest of Odin had, who listened to
the good Bishop Paulinus as he preached
the promises of the new religion and said:
"The old gods have -profited me little.
Tnese long years have I served them, no
man more diligently, and yet many are
richer and more prosperous 'than I am. I
will try the new." And thereat he rode
full-tilt into Odin's temple, and with his
lance tumbled the great statue of tbe god
over into the dust
That was the idea of God which men had
in those days when the favorite deity among
the Romans was that fickle goddess For
tuna. There arc no more pathetic and
significant relics of that old religion thin
tbe little battered and broken altars dedi
cated to Fortune. "Let us say our prayers,"
men said. "To rfie great god, Good Luck.
Let us get him to give us this and that."
Toward the end, nothing remained of that
ancient fmth but this a serving of the gods
to ward ofi evil and to get good.
To-day, "the uegro of Guinea beats his
gods when they no not gratify his wishes,
and the New Zealander threatens to kill
and eat them." Indeed, it was the opinion
of the devil in that wonderful play of
"Job," that godliness everywhere is merely
for the sake of gain. In comes Satan
amoug the sons of 3od, weary with a long
journey. ' He has been going to and fro in
the earth, and walking up and down iu it.
"And the Lord said unto Satin, Hast
thou considered my servant Job,- that there
is none like him in the earth, a perfect and
an upright man, one that (eareth God and
escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the
Lord and said, Doth Job fear God for
naught?"
SEEVICE FOE GOOD PAY.
It was the opinion ot the devil that any
man will serve God faithfully so: long as he
gets good pay for it. If the Lord gives him
bread to eat and raiment to put on any
man will choose the Lord for his God. But
let adversity come and then seel Doth
any man serve God for naught?
I am afraid that Jacob's bargains has its
parallels in Christian communities. I am
afraid that the devil's sneering question
must in some instances be answered in tbe
devil's way. The most evident instances
are of course to be looked for in connection
with the great troubles, of life Adversity
conies, and it is not everybody who meets it
as faithfully as Job did. People lose their
money, or they lose their health, or they
lose their friends; and then because they
are poor, or sick, or lull of loneliness 'and
sorrow, they lose their faith. They begin
to stay away from the sacrament, and to be
missed out of theirplaces ia the church, and
presently they are fond to say that God docs
not care for them, ana perhaps there is no
God at all. It there is a God, why do thev
suffer? Why does He not send prosperity?
What is God for if not to help us? A God
who does not serve us, why should we serve
Him?
That was not what Job said. No doubt
there were plecty of imperfections in Job's
religion, but, at least, it was not founded
'upon selfishness. It was not built upon that
shifting sand. It was not constructed out
of such materials that it stood np and made
a brave show iu the snushine, and toppled
over and went to pieces when it raised. Job
said, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust
hiui." Jacob said, ""If he pay me, then
will I trust him." There is some differ
ence! COMMEECIAL SPIEII OF TnE DAY.
It is said that in these days the commer
cial spirit of our time has got into religion;
that Jacob is still bargaining with God; aud
this not ouly in the great adversities which
try men's souls, but in lesser matters in
some of the ordinary duties ol the Christian
lift. Thus there is a general complaint
among the clergy that people nowadays
must he paid for everything.
Jacob will give money for Christian uses,
he will help -tbe cause of missions, he will
assist the poor, he will do his part in build
ing tbe church and maintaining the parish
if you pay him, if you get up a grea't sup
per, and give him something good to eat, or
a concert, and let him hear sweet music,
Jacob will come to church if he is welt
paid lor coming, it there is a popular
preacher and a fine choir. Provide enough
"attraction." Make the services "taking,"
"interesting," and not too religious, and
Jacob will never miss a meeting.
"If God will keep me in the way that I
go, and will give me bread to eat and rai
ment to put on, so that I conie again to my
father's house, then shall the Lord be my
God."
But we ought to think a great deal more
about what we owe to God, than about what
God owes to us. The central tact of our re
ligion ought to be tbe fact of God, rather
than the tact of self. The sovereignty of
God and the sniallness of man, the omnipo
tence of God andthe weakness of mnn, tbe
inexpressible pre-eminence of God we
ought to think of. .It used to be asked of
converts, in one of the greit religious com
munions, it they so set God first that they
were even willing, if it were for God's glory,
to be forever damned. That is a strong way
of putting it But there is a great truth
underlying that given question, neverthe
less. It is an essential condition of Christian
ity to look utterly away from self toward
God.
DUTY AND DEVOTION.
There are accordingly two words which
we all need to emphasize in our religious
life. One word is 'duty, the other is devo
tion. There are a great many things which
we ought to do, whether they are pleasing to
us or .not, simply because they are among
our duties. I tear that the good word
"dutvhas not the place which it should
have in the vocabulary of modern life. -People
'live in the direction of their inclina
tions. Whatever good work interests them,
they do as long as it interests them! When
It gets to 'be tiresome or unpleasant, they
put it away, like a child. They go where
they like, and when they like, and as long
as thev like. And they take small counsel
of that stout imperative "must"
But God expects every Christian to do his
duty. Nelson reminded his sailors that
England expected that of every Englishman.
Napoleon reminded his soldiers, at the
Battle of the Nile, that from yonder pyra
mids forty centuries looked down upon
them. There are the two motives. Shall
we work to give something, to give our
allegiance and our lives to the Power that is
over us? or shall we work to get something,
to get somebody's good opinion, or to get a
gratification of ourown pleasure? Shall our
offering be a sacrifice, or a baigain?
God desires us to do our duty. And one
of the characteristics of duty is that it is a
thing done out of a sense of obligation. It
is our duty, for example, to obey the will
of Christ And that means that we are to
do jnst what He tells us to do, whether we
want to or not; obeying not our own incli
nations but his positive commandments.
Take foriostance
THE MATTEE OF FOEGITENESS,
upon which He laid such frequent empha
sis. When iff is easy for us to forgive, we
are probably , not obeying Christ nor doing
our duty at all; we are obeying our own
selves and doing onr own pleasure. When
it seems almost Impossible to forgive, and
vet we forgive hen we are following the
Master along the hard path of duty.
ludeed, tbe test of duty is nearly always
the presence of difficulty. When inclina
tion says "I don't want to do that," and
conscience says "You must," there is a case
of duty. Let me illustrate this by two or
three every dav applications.
I would say that it is the duty of all
Christian people, who are in health and are
not imperatively hindered, to present them
selves before God in His home upon every
Lord's day. This is one of the things which
man owes to God. ' When you are tired with
your week's work, or the way is long, or'
the sky is overcast, or the rain falls, then
the test comes. You can go to church, and
you don't want to go to church, but you
ought to go to church. That is the syllo
gism of duty. Now you will discover
whether your attendance is a matter of duty
with you, or not When there are empty
seats upon a rainy Sunday, one-third of
those who are absent are infirm in body, the
other two-thirds are only infirm in duty.
I wouldsay; further, that it is the duty of
every Christian who has time to do some
Christian work. This applies to every
Christian, but especially to women, because
they have most time. The societies of a
parish never enroll all the members of a
parish; often the members are but a minority
of the congregation. ' This is partly because
some of the people have no time. They are
mothers who must take care pf their chil
dren, or who must do their household work.
In their case, the call of duty is to stay at
home. But there are always a great many
other people in every parish who are never
seen helping with the good work because
they are deficient in a sense of dnty. They
are doing what they like, not what they
ought
TnE CONTEIBUTION BOX.
It is also a universal Christian duty to
give not only time bnt money. And this
applies chiefly to the men, because they
have most money. But every offering in
every congregation discovers a lack of the
sense of duty. Whoever sees it, and notices
what kind of coins compose it, knows that
the larger part of it was given simply at
haphazard. The plate came by, and the
giver lelt constrained to give something,
and he put his hand in his pocket and gave
the first small coin which his fingers lighted
upon. That was no honest, Christian giving.
That did not count, in God's sight, for any
thing. These men did not say to them
selves: Here is this good cause, how much
ought I to give? They knew that if they
gave nothing, somebody would notice it.
And so they gave perhaps a three-cent
piece which looks so much like a dime.
Ask the Treasurer of the church how otten
people come to him, after the day of some
special offering, and say: "I could not be
at church last Sunday, here is my part of
the contribution." That is a measure. of
the sense of duty.
Bnt there is a better word than duty," and
that is devotion.
"When ye shall have done all those
things which are commanded you, say,. We
are unprofitable servants; we have done
that which was. our dutv to do." Whatl
Unprofitable servants still, with all our
duties done? Yes; for there is a defect in
duty. Duty has plenty of conscience, but
no heart The essential characteristic of it,
as I said, is obligation. But that is not the
ideal kind of service. "I will take the
Lord for my God, because I want to; be
cause I love Him." That Is the
ideal Vat of seevino god.
Love is better than obligation. Better
than duty is devotion. For it is love which
enriches, and beautifies, and inspires and
consecrates devotion, and lifts it high above
all the duty-doing in the world. Love
drives no bargains. Love knows no mea
suring of give And take. It is love's privi
lege to give. By and by Jacob came to
love God; he came to realize his own imper
fect service and God's great infinate love
and boundless goodness; he came to see that
a balancing of dlyine blessing with human
obedience would be the most disastrous
thing that could happen to a sinful man.
God is our loving Father. What devo
tion is too great-fur us to give Him? Christ
from His cross cries: "This have I done
for thee." Who sh ill set a bound or a meas
ure or an end to uur willingness and eager
ness to do whatever thing we can for Him?
For all who love God the terms of that old
bargain are writtcu over again, with a dif
ferent meaning. Though God lead me nlong
a narrow wav, where it is hard to go, and
give me of bread and raiment but a scanty
measure, aud tribulation with it, vet will I
serve Him, yet will Ldevote myself to Him
body and soul, and couut no sacrifice prec
ious enough lor Him, yet will I love Him
with all the love of my whole heart, aad the
Lord'shall be my God.
Geobge Hodges.
HELPIHG BIRDS TO EAT.
A Novel Food Cap to be Fitted Into' the
Cage of tbe Songster.
St. LouUl'ost-DlspatclO
The care that must be given to the little
feathered warblers who enliven our homes,
requires time and thoughtfulness, at least if
the tiny inhabitants of brass and tin cages
are expected to keep well and comfortable.
Cleanliness and proper food are the chief
essentials? Both requirements will be
furthered by the new feed-cup, because it
not only prevents the scattering of the
grains, but also the over-feeding of the bird.
The cup (A) has a little hook (B) by which
The Food Cup.
it is hung to the outside ot the cage. The
bottom (C) of the cup inclines towxrd the
cage. It can be filled from the outside, the
cage need not be opened nor the cun un
hooked. At tli point "where the bottom (C)
inclines the nfost the cup (A) is cut nut
enough to receive a small trough (D),
which "evolves around the axis (F). At the
top (E) this trough is open. The trough ii
regulated by a weight Inside the feed cup
that keeps it in the proper position for the
grain from the outside cup to flow into it in
small quantities. From the trough to the
inside of the cage stretches the bar (Hand
I), and as tht bird jumps on the bar the lat
ter inclines enough to allow the animal to
get to tbe opening (E) ot tbe trough. As
soon as the bird jumps off the bar again the
trough adjustsltself to its former position,
and fresh feed flaws into It
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THE PQQR MAN'S MEAT
Is Fit for Royal Palates and Fopular
Wilh Kveryone.
THE VIRTUES OP CURED BACON.
Not Only Good in and of Itself.bnt Desirable
in Flavoring.
ELL1CE SEKESA'S GKXEEAIi EECIPES.
iwrtrrnsx ron the dispatch. 1
Bacon has been called the "poor man's
aneat;" but 'when we understand that this
appellation is of European origin, and when
we know how general the use of this food is
in America, we can readily see, while iu
regaid to its chcapnpss, it is a veritable poor
man's food, yet, in regard to its quality,
and in respect to those who are fond of it, it
is almost every man's food.
Salted meats, and especially cured pork
or bacon, are of course much more commonly
regarded iu Europe than in America .as the
meat for the laboring people. In some par-
lions oi me oia country tney ao not, per
haps, get any other kind of flesh meat from
from one end of the year to the other. Thope
who acquire a taste for cooked salt por,
either as flitch or as the finest cured ham,
find it hard to forego the temptation of using
it if they are denied the privilege by any
restraint put on their appetite.
IN ABE LINCOLN'S DAT.
In a current life of Abraham Lincoln a
story is told to the effect that members of the
early Illinois Legislature bitterly com
plained that they were starving for some of
the food of civilization. They had abund
ance of venison, grouse and wild turkeyj
but thev clamored for bacon. Prof. Atwater
in the Century Magazine relates that a lot
of Woodchoppcrs working in the Maine
forests, who bad been fed on fresh meat for a
length of time, became so dissatisfied witt
their diet that their efficiency as workmen
was much impaired. They "demanded salt
pork, and all went well thereafter when
they were given this meat three times a day.
In buying bacon observe that the lean is
red, the fat white and firm, tinged with red,
and the rind fine .and thin. If sheathed
with yellow it is rusty and' unfit for use.
The flavor of bacon depends on the manner
in which it is cured.. A very fine flavor is
imparted when it is smoked with black birch
chips.
POPULAE FOB FLATOBINO.
' B.i con may bs classed with the "essen
tials" in keeping honse. It is much used
for larding fish, flesh and fowl, and for flav
oring certain dishes. Bacon drippings are
regarded by many cooks as superior to but
ter or lard "for frying eggs, potatoes, apples
and parsnips. These drippings are also used
for flavoring bean soup, or boiled beans of
anv kind.
Good, sweet bacon boiled until it is trans
parent, it is said, may be eaten by the dys
peptic with impunity. It is wholesome and
digestible. Bacon boiled with fresh vege
tables is a popular and appetizing dish, and
onetbat agrees with most stomachs. We
append here but a few of the choice dishes
in which bacon is used:
BROILED BACON.
Cat into thin, even slice good, sweet bacon,
Frt'e from rind and rust and Droll over a
moderate are until brown, bnt not crisp.
BACON WITH APPLES.
Fry the bacon until It begins to curl.
Pare, core and slice tart aprl-'S, dredge with
L ur and fry in the dripping- 1,-f t In the pan.
Corer tho meat with the apples and serve hot
BACON WITH CALF'S LIVER.
Fry the bacon, remove from the parr and set
wbero it will keep hot.
Slice tbe lirer. roll in cracker meal and fry
brown in the drippings of the bacon.
Serve tbe bacon and liver, arranged in alter
nate slices, on a hot platter.
BACON WITH MUSHROOMS.
Fry some slices of sweet breakfast bacon,
well streaked with lean, and when the edges
begin to curl, putin a dozen of mushrooms and
cook slowly.
Season with salt and pepper.
BACON WITH POTATOES.
Take large, sound potatoes, wash through
several waters and tben rnb dry.
Gash each potato and lard with thin strips ot
baron.
Place in a covered Dan in a quick oven.
BACON OMELET.
Put two tablespoonfuls of batter into a pan
with some minced bacon.
When it begins to brown pour in eight eggs,
barelv broken, and mixed with a little milk.
Shake the pan without ceasing oUl the
omelet is done.
Fold and turn out on a warm plate.
BOILED SALT PORK.
Select two or three pounds of lean, salt pork.
Soak for an hour or two in cold water.
Wash welt, remove rind, trim, put to boll in
cold water, and change the water after the
meat has boiled an hour.
Cover with boiling water and cook an hour
longer.
Place in a pan on meat rack in a hot oven,
and bake half an Dour.
This is a tempting dish for tbe laboring man.
SALT PORK BEOILED.
Cut lean, salt pork in thin slices. Let soak in
cold water.ualf. an hour before cooking.
Wipe dry, roll in flour and broil.
Hero are some general receipts:
BBEAKTAST CAKES.
Two cnpfuls of sifted flour, two cnpfuls of
milk; two well beaten eggs and a little salt
Bake in gem pans.
APPLES BAKED IN SAUCE.
Fare and coro six or eight tart apples, put in
a baking pan and pour over tbe following
sauce.
Run together a tablespoonfnl each of flour
and butter, add a coffee cup of boilinc water,
a half cupful of sugar and nutmeg or cinnamon
to taste.
Bake slowly until tbe apples are tender.
FAIRY GINGERBREAD.
Beat one cupful of butter to a cream and add
gradually two cuotuls of sugar.
When very light stir in a level tablespoonfnl
of ginger, a cupful of milk with three-fourths
ot a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in It. and
fonrcupfuls of sifted Hour. Turn baking pans
upside down, wipe clean, butter and spread tbe
mixture very thin, on them.
Bake in a moderate oven. until brown, and
while still hot cut into squares and slip from
tbe pan.
Keep in a tin box.
YOLK CAKE.
Cream together a cnpTul of sifted sugar and
a half cupful of washed batter.
Add the yolks of seven eggs and beat briskly
until very light.
Stir in a half cupful of sweet milk, a cap and
a half of sifted flour, a level teaspoon! ul of
cream of tartar, and a half teaspoonf ul ol soda
dissolved in a little hot water. . .
Bake in a moderate oven.
CODFISH WITH CHEESE.
Put a piece of salt codfish to soak over night
in plenty of cold water.
In the morning shred it, rejecting the bits of
skin and bODe.
Thicken a cupfnl of boiling water with a
tablespoonfui each of floor and batter
rubbed together, throw in tbe codUsh, and
when it becomes quite hot pour it into a well
greased dish, strew with thin slices of rich
cheese and bake until brown. -
DATE PIE.'
Remove tbe seeds from half a pound of
daces.
Cover with water, boil until tender and press
through a colander.
Stir in one beaten egg, a tablespoonfui of
corn starch and a pint of new milk.
Prepare a crnst as tor custard.
VEAL PATE.
Take three poundsbf veal cutlet, free from
boue, fat and gristle.
Mince very fine, and add to it six fresh soda
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crackers, rolled, seasoning to taste, two egg
well beaten, and a large tablespoonfui o
butter. x
Mix and press firmly in a deep dfsb, then
loosen gently, and turn into a shallow pan.
Strew with bread crumbs, tufc with butter,
and bake slowly lor two hours, bastlnc fre
quently with hot water with a little batter in
It
Make a rich stock of the bones and trim
miDgs of tbe veal abont a pint is necessary.
Strain, cooland remove the fat.
Reheat and stir in two tablespoon! uls of gela
tine. ,.
Carefully remove the pate to a deep dish
large enough to admit of the jelly being poured
around It.
Set aside to stiffen, and when cold serve in
neat slices,
DRIED BEEF RELISH.
Heat in a stew-pan small cupful of cream
and a cupful ol dried beef, grated.
Add fuur beaten eggs, a little pepper, and
stir until thick.
Serve on toasted bread.
TO CSE TIP COLD MEATS.
Take fragments of any sort of cold meats,
slice tbiu'and place in a baking-dish.
beasoa to taste with salt, pepper and sweet
herbs.
Add somo meat gravy or stock and a pint of
seasoned tomatoes.
Stew with bits of batter, cover with bread1
ciuoibs, &nd bake In a moderate oven.
TOASTED CRACKERS.
Take a half dozen Boston butter crackers,
split, cover witn cold water, and let stand until
tbey oegln to swell.
Pour oil the water, drain, and arrange on a
shallow pan, well butiered, crust side down.
Bake until lightly browned, spread with but
ter, and send to the table on a warm dish.
APPLE CUSTARD.
Select half a dozen large tart apples, wipe
then! with a damp cloth, pare and core.
Drop into a pan of cold water.
Pat to boil with very little water and a slice
of lemon.
When tender press through a sieve and
sweeten to taste.
Beat thoroughly four cgs, mix with a quart
of rich milk and add to the apples.
Ponr into a pudding dish and bake or steam
for 30 minutes.
Serve cold.
APPLE FRITTERS.
Add to a quart of milk the beaten yolks of
four eggs.
gift in flour enough to make a stiff batter,
sifting with tbe flour two teaspoonf nls of bak
,ing powder if soda is used a level teaspoonf nl,
with two of cream of tartar, is required.
Mix some apnles. cnt in tbin. even slices,
with the batter, and fry in smoking hot lard.
CREAM PUDDING.
Heat a quart of milk, stir in one large table
spoonfnl of corn starch, dissolved, the beaten
yolks of five eggs, one cupful of sifted sugar
and a large cupful of steamed rice.
Cook carefully until the mixture thickens,
flavor, and bake in a battered padding disb.
Sweeten and flavor, the whites beaten stiff
and spread over the pudding.
Place in an open oven long enough to set the
meriDgue.
Prepare the day before, and serve very cold.
, "VERMICELLI PUDDING.
'Bring to the boiling pointa pint and a half
of milk,pQtrloap!ncb of salt and add the ver
micelli a quarter nf a pound.
Simmer slowly fur 10 minutes, sweeten to
taste, and stir In two tablespoonfuls of butter.
When partly cooled mix with four beaten
eggs, flavor with lemon and bake 45 minutes.
SPONGE CAKE PUDDING.
To a.cnpfnr and a half of powdered sugar
add the beaten yolks of five eggs.
Stir thoroughly, sift in gradually a cup and a
quarter of flour, and add tbe whites beaten to
a stiff XrotL.
Bake in. a moderate oven and serve with cus
tard sadce.
Hert are some pudding sauces:
CREAM SAUCE.
Cream together one-quarter cup of butter
and one-hall cup of powuered sugar.
Stir in four tablespoonfuls of cream and
flavor to taste.
HARD SAUCE.
Beat until Creamy a half cupful of fresh but
ter. Stir in gradually a cupful of powdered sugar,
flavor and set In a cool place until needed.
LEMON SAUCE.
Cream together a cupful of sugar and a half
cupful of batter.
Stir in one well-beaten egg. a level teaspoon
ful of grated nutmeg, tbe juice ot one lemon
and a half cupful ot boiling water.
VANILLA SAUCE.
Pit a half pint of milk into a double boiler.
When about to boil stir in tbe yolks ot two
eggs beaten with a small cupful or powdered
sugar, and stir constantly until thick as boiled
custard.
When cool flavor with vanilla.
When about to serve whisk in gently the
beaten whites.
CUSTARD SAUCE.
Take the yolfcs ot four eggs, stir not beat
until well broken, add two tablespoonfuls of
powdered sugar, a pinch of salt, and a glas3 of
sherry or whue wine.
Put tbeso ingredients in a double boiler, and
stir briskly until of proper consistency.
Ellicb Serena.
STAHLETS TOSTEE rATHE&V
Something About the Han Who Gave the
explorer His Name.
Many New Orleans citizens remember
Henry Hope Stanley, who adopted Stanley,
the explorer, and gave him his first upward
start in life, says a New Orleans letter.
Very few, however, have any recollection of
Stanley, the famous traveler in Africa.
Henry Hope Stanley was born in England
in 1S15. He came of good family aud was
highly educated. After bis father's death,
which occurred early in Stanley's life, his
mother marrjed an Episcopal minister. She
is said to be still living, and her son by the
second marriage inherited Stanley's fortune.
The young Eoglishniau was of independent
mind, and determined to carve bis own way
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a
Foster Father of H. 31. Stanley.
to success. Accordingly he came to Amer
ica about 1337, first lauding In Charleston,
S. C. There the young man heard of the
great West, and.made his way to Texas. He
found a wife in the Lone Star State, but lit
tle in the way of fortune, and tbe cnuplef de
termined to remove to the Southern
metropolis.
Althonefi Stanley was twice married
neither wife bore him children. Their kind
hearts hungered for the touch of baby fin
gers, and at various times the household
adopted little orphans and bestowed as
much love aud care upon them as if of their
own Mood. Strange to say, none of these
fatherless ones remained to com ort the clos
ing years of their benefactor's life.
Joanna, the first adopted child, died after
her marriage to, a local druggist, who has
also passed away. Henry "Stanley Afri
cauus" went into the world against his fos
ter father's will, and was never forgiven.
While Annie, who shared the home with
the explorer, is said to have eloped with the
coachman. .
In 1S7S 3fr. Stanley went up to a planta
tion to look after the crops, in which he was
interested, suddenly became 'ill, and in 24
hours was dead.
The Homliest Man in Pittsbtjbg
The. handsomest, and others, are invited to
call on any druggist to-dav for a freesamnle
bottle of Kemp's Balsam, the best cough cure j
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From date of this papjr. Wishing to introduce our
HOUSE, BROADWAY THEATER BTJILTISG,2fEW YORK.,
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7ERT AUTIYE ELSE
A Species That Can fly and Anothei
That Can Climb Trees.
E0W THEY G&T THEIR 0IY6E5.
Salmon Often Leap Fifteen Feet in Ail
in Goinij Up Stream.
8T0EI OF THE STAR OF BBTHLEH
rwEITTES FOE TOE DtSfATCH.1
If a sportsmna on the seashore, watch,
for a flock of ducks, should, instead, s:
der.ly see a "flock" of fish, flying past hi
through the air, he wduld probably dro.
bis gun and rub his eyes, with thoughts o
nightmare, unless he was a remarkably
well-seasoned old sport. And, again, if he
should be gunning in the woods, aud sud
denly come upon a fish in the act of climb
ing a tree well, at the very least he would
mentally promise to sign the temperance
pledge.
No "sportsman would see these two amaz
ing sights in the same neighborhood; but
both the flying and the climbing fish are
well known to naturalists. And there is no
freak of nature in these peculiar fishes. All
vertebrate animals, from man to the fish,
have four limbs, though sometimes certain
of the limbs are only rudimentary. In birds
the wings are tbe equivalents of the arms in
man, and iu fishes tne fins answer for both
arms and legs. In the case ot the flying
fish the forward fins are wonderfully en
larged and very strong. Like the feather
less bat it can work these fin wings effect
ively enough to rise from the water and fly
several hundred yards.
caught by the bibds.
Plying fishes are abundant iu the warmer
parts of tbe Atlantic Ocean, and in the
Mediterranean Sea, and they are also found
in various other bodies of salt water. They
travel in shoals, and it is not an uncommon
sight for mariners (o see a hundred or mors
of themsiinuItaneously leave tbe water,
dart away 200 or 300 yards, return to tbe
water for a moment, and then fly away
again. Sometimes these queer flyers become
tbe victims of fish-eating sea birds, while
on these'flights. and they often fall help
lessly on the decks of ships, being unable to
rise except from their native element.
But the climhiug fish, asa natural
'curiosity, is probably the most
astonishing of all the finny tribe.
There is only one kind, so far as our
present knowledge goes, that can actually
climb trees, although there are several
varieties with sufficient-power of land loco
motion to leave a dried up pond or lake and
travel considerable distances in search of
water. The tree-climber is a species of our
familiar perch, and so far as we know it
exists only in certain parts of the East
Indies. There seems to be uo reasonable
doubt that this fish really has the agility of
a country boy in chestnut time, for repu
table travelers have seen tbe finny creature
in the act of tree-climbing, and its anat
omical structure proves its capability for
such abnormal adventure. The climbing
fish performs its strange feat in this way: It
has peculiar gill covers by which it can
cling to the bark of a tree, and then it is
equipped with a queer rear fin, with which
it can push its bouy upward.
leaping feoji the wateb.
In the matter of agility, however, there
are fishes in our own markets that have
well earned reputations. Tbe shad aud the
salmon can perform acrobatic feats the pride
of the circus never dreamed of. Salmon,
lor instance, leave the sea 3nd go up tbe
rivers when tbe spawning season approaches.
In making these journeys they often jump
upward at dams and cascades to a height of
12 and 15 feet, and thus continue their
course toward the headwaters.
An evidence of feminine superiority,
which might be utilized by female suf
fragists, is found in these migrations of the
salmon. They form two long lines in as
cending rivers, with the largest female of
the group in the lead, the other females fol
lowing next and the males meekly bringing
up the rear.
Bnt how can a lungless fish live Ion;;
enough out of water to play either duck or
squirrel? Here is the explanation: Pish
cannot live without air. There is enough
air in the water for fish life, and they inhale
it with the water, the gill system providing
for the outflow oi the water taken in with
the air. This is true of fishes that inhabit
the deepest waters. There is some air at the
very bottom of the deep sea. When a fish
is taken out of water it doesn't die for want
of its native element: it dies for wint of air. .
This is becanse the fringes of the gills,
which are kept apart by water, become dry
when the animal is in the dry air, and, 'thus
adhering, respiration is prevented.
THE STAB OF BETHLEHEM.
In the gospel according to St. Matthew,
we are told that the birth of Jesus at Beth
lehem was heralded by the appearance of a
strange star in the sky. This mysterious
stellar appearance has been a fruitful sub
ject of discussion between the faithful be
lievers in the Scriptures on one hand, and
the material believers iu astronomical facts
on tbe other hand.
Astionnmcrs are forced to admit, how
ever, that "strange stars have appeared in
the heavens, and tben disappear again as
mysteriously as they came. One of tbe most
remarkable of them was first noticed about
300 years ago. It is in the constellation
Cetus, and it appears at intervals of a little
les3 than a year. When at its greatest
brightness it resembles a star of the second
magnitude. It thus continues about two
week", then its brilliancy gradually de-"
creases for about three months, when it be
comes entirely invisible. Perhaps the most
wonderful of all the strange stars of which
we have accurate knowledge was that of
1372. It suddenly appeared us the bright
est star in the firmament, outshining
even Jupiter and Venus, and for a time
was visible at midday. Tbis amazing visit
ant remained 17 months. Its color was suc
cessively white, yellow, red and white
again, and its position in the heavens was
unchanged during the time it remained
visible. The whole subject of these stellar
peculiarities may be summed up by saying
that in the present stage of astronomical
knowledge n e know nothing positively about
the matter; aud so far as concerns the narra
tive about the Star of Bethlehem the ad
vanced schemer of our day has not saccees
fully impugned the record in the second
chapter ot the gospel according to St. Mat
thew. J. H. Webb.
SOME CUaiODS FEXC13.
One Made of Pew Doors and Another of
the Swords of Swordfljli.
Harden and Forest.!
Freaks in fence building are not uncom
mon in New England. Not many miles
from New Bedford, for instance, is a solid
fence with a curiously curved upper line
and here and there a number painted upon
It in white. On examination it proves to be
built ot pew doors from a dismantled
church. And a man attached to the life
saving station at Small Point, Bath, Me.,
has amassed enough swords of ibeswordfiih
to build a picket fence 40 feet in length.
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