THE SCHAETON TitlJilJA'E-SATUliDAY -MOEXIJfa... . JULY 21. 18!4.
1IIS FIRST LAW CASE,
HOW DANIl.'L WEBSTER BROUGHT
, SOME SELECTMEN TO TIME.
D Was a Vouui; Student in the Law
Ollice of Judge Ihompnn In Eoacawen.
The Story Told by the Son or the En
gineer Who Built an Old Turnpike Roud.
I can probulily furnish to readers Daniel
Webster's earliest experience in mnnnKinK
a difficult lef ;al cilso. I Rive it on the au
thority of my father, for tlio scene dates
back to 1805.
At that period there wits no rockI road
from what were called the "Ports," to wit.
the towns of Huston, Salem, Xewburyport
nnd I'ortsmoutli, through the State of New
Hampshire to the Connecticut river at the
point now known aw White Hiver Junc
tion. The menu of communication were
so wretchedly bad that the merchants
could not send goods to the interior ocept
Bt a treat inconvenience. '1,'ho Lef;i!l:ituro
of New Hampshire linally chartettHl thu
"Fourth New Hampshire Turnpike" to lie
constructed over the route mentioned. The
Btock was principally taken in the towns
on the seaboard, and tho corporation nf
Portsmout h itself subscribed lawly to tho
undertaking. A special tax was levied to
meet the subscription, the money collected
and paid into the treasury. This money
H-as only to bo paid over to the turnpike
eonipany when the rjad bad been litiished
to a certain point.
My father was the engineer for the upper
part of tho roud, and when ull was ready
the proper documents were prepared to
verify what had been done. These were
taken by him to the ollice of Judj;e Thomp
son in Uoscaweu. the at torney for tho turn
pike company. I give what follows in my
lather's own words:
STOUT OF THE CASE.
"On handing thcpaperstoJudxeThomp
eonhetold me ho would send his son-in-law,
who was his partner, immediately to
Portsmouth, and requested me to call in a
couple of days, when the money would lie
ready for me. At tho appointed time I was
at his office. His partner had returned
without the money. It seems there had
been a change of political parties, and the
new selectmen decided that the action of
their predecessors was unconstitutional,
nnd declared they intended to test the ques
tions In the court.
"I wnsdumfouuded. I had felt sure of
tho money. The company was in great
need of It, and I know bow much this fail
ure would embarrass- them. My face
must have- exhibited intense disappoint
ment. Suddenly Judge Thompson ex
claimed: " 'I believe I will send Dan.'
"At this a thin face was turned up from
a desk near by, showing a pair of immense
black eyes and a swarthy visage. It was
Daniel Webster, then twenty-two or twenty-three
years old. Ho was a law student
In Judgo Thompson's office and had nearly
finished his course.
' 'Yes, 1 will send Dan,' Judge Thomp
son repeated. 'Come again in three days.'
"AH this timo 'Dan' did not utter a
word, but continued bis reading.
"At tho end of three days I returned.
Young Webster hud collected tho money.
I exchanged but a few words with him nt
tho time. When in Judge Thompson's
private office. I asked how it was done.
Tins was his explanation:
"Taking a letter ot introduction to tho
Judge's correspondent in Portsmouth,
young Webster presented himself and
asked permission to use bis ollice to trans
act a little business. Ho at once proceeded
to issue, iu Judge Thompson's name,
separate writs for each of tho town officials,
holding each to bail, after tho practice of
that time, in his individual capacity. Tho
skcriif was bout for, the writs put in-his -hands
with directions to serve immediately
and to inform the persons against whom
they ran that Judgo Thompson's repre
sentative would be, for that day, at tho
office designated.
( wjiBSTEn wi:;s.
I In a short time they camo running in."
"'Young man,' snid tho spokesman,
' you are making a mistake. You should
sue tho corporation. Wo as individuals
Lave nothing to do with the matter.'
" 'You arc yourselves mistaken, gentle
men,' was the reply. 'Tho corporation has
nothing to do with it, for the corporation
has done its duty. I prosccuto you indi
vidually for malfeasance in office! The
money has lecu paid in for this specillc
purpose, and the turnpike company will
hold each of you personally responsible for
heavy damages for obstructing its works.'
"Tho result was that tho proper order
was liigued and tho money paid the next
morning."
My fattier afterward saw much of young
Webster, and it was in this way their ac
quaintance commenced.
What gives a special value to this anec
dote is that many years later, after I my
self had ljeeomo intimate with Mr. Web
ster, I repeated It to him. lie recalled the
affair distinctly, and even corrected me in
one trifling particular.
During the later years of his life I was
often at Mr. Waiter's house, especially
when he visited his Xcw Hampshire homo
at Franklin. I have frequently been with
Lim when he was quite alone, but gen
erally tho placo whs enlivened by the pros-'
tnce of congenial friends. He was fond of
sitting on the piazza in the summer even
ings, mid enjoyed and entered into the
pleasantries of the company.
When at Franklin his habits were primi
tive and temperate. He always nskeil a
Messing at the Libit- standing, lie did not
Blight the service by uttering a few unin
telligible words. His naturo was devout.
No one can fully appreciato tho Psalms
of David until he is past fifty," he said to
1110 one evening. On another occasion,
after he had been making a Rcarch for a
second cousin, who ho thought lived near
Franklin, ho said: "Wl?en wo nro young
every one is for himself. We give little
thought to relatives. As we grow old and
approach the confines of age wo cast about
for kindred." Ilichard 13. Kimball in N'ow
York Times.
He Fnmped the Organ.
F.li Saunders was a tall, thin, gawky man
nho had always lived in a little village,
and had never accomplished anything
worth mentluuing; but he had a little
monej-, more than most of his neighbors,
and considered himseif a very valuable
member of society.
He was decidedly eccentric, and there
were peoplo who contended that his "head
wasn't right." However this might be, ho
went his way, regardless of criticism. He
was fond of music, and insisted on "pump
ing" the littlo organ In the church, Sunday
after Sunday, year in and year out, "just
for love," as he said.
"What's tho uso of hirin' a flighty boy
that most likely won't pumpeven strokes "
he inquired, "when here I be, ready an'
Willin'?"
As ho grew older he became more aud
more convinced that his part in the music
on Sundays was one of great importance,
and often spoke of the skill it required to
pump an organ as It should bo dono nci
thcir too fast nor too slow.
Ono day a fine organist from adu-taut
City came to the little place and playtd on
the organ on Sunday. He held a short
conversation after church with Eli, who
went homo muoh olated.
"Ho said I pumped stlddy an' aura as
anybody he'd over had," announced Ell in
triumph to his meek, admiring wife.
"Sposin' I had give up pumpln', as somo
of 'cm have sujested, I'd like to know how
you think that hop skippln' Mason boy's
manner of pumpln' would have struck
this city man? Throwed him all off his
buso, nioro'n likely.
. "Cut I let him seo I
know I puniDed bet-
ter'n common. So when he'd passed me a
few coniaUnionts, 1 jest said:
" 'I'm used to it, an' there can't nobody
beat me at it, I presume to say. Jest let
i mo gft my bearin's, an' a little insight into
tho tune, an' I can pump any piece you've
a mind to yluv.'
"An' ho said," added Eli, "that was
. more'n ho could say, fer no donbt there
i was any number of pieces I could pump
,that ho couldn't play. .So what d' you
: think of that, Sarah?" Youth's Compan
ion. , '
AN ANECDOTE OF "UNSER FRITZ."
lie Saved for Flllppe Hie Cow Which
Ilia Soldiers Were About to Knt.
A contributor to The Sunday School
, Visitor relates the following characteristic
incident of Frederick William, crown
prince nt the time tho iueident occurred
and afterward emperor of Germany: It
was during the war of 1S70, when tho Ger
man troops were marching on Paris, Fillppo
herouge, a young French girl living not
far from the city, had a petcow, Fauchette,
which was almost the only support of her
family. To save the animal from the Ger
mans she was taken out to grazo only at
: night and kept hidden in the daytime.
j it was Filippe's task, ns soon as she had
cleared away the supper things, to take
Fauclietto to tho meadow where sho
grazed, and stand guard over her for the
hours necessary to give her sufficient time
for her meal. It was a lonely and dreary
vigil, and many times Filippe felt her
heart sink while undergoing it.
Uno night, wheu the new moon gave just
enough light to make out objects clearly,
Filippo was suddenly startled by the sound
of horses' feet coming along tho road. It
needed no glance in that direct ion to know
that a body of horsemen were upproaching
at a slow gallop.
Willi the swiftness of the wind she flew
to Fauchette's side, and, with her hand on
the gentle creature's shoulder, was about
to push her away toward a clump of tall
bushes. Hut through sonic carelessness
the bell had not been removed, and either
it gave out a tinkling sound or Filippe's
swift running had drawn attention to her
self. At any rate, before she could move
the cow, a gruff voice called to her iu her
own tongue:
"Hold on, there! We see youl Don't
take that cow away!"
Overcome with terror, Filippe could only
stand with her hand against the cow's
shoulder, looking in the direction whence
the gruff voice had come.
The soldiers had halted. Some had al
ready dismounted and wero climbing tho
fence. Others tore a wide gap and entered
through it on thetr horses. How their
guns and sabers glittered iu the moon
light! "Oh, Fauchette!" exclaimed Pilippe, with
a burst of tears, as ho threw her arms
around her dear cow's neck, "I am afraid
they are going to kill you!"' Then with a
sudden determination she cried, "But if
they do they shall kill me first!"
"Let go that cow, girl!" said tho samo
harsh voice, now unpleasantly near to her.
"We must have her."
"What do you want of her?" said Filippe,
raising her head and wondering at her own
bravery.
"To cat!" was the gruff response.
At these words Filippe burst into tears.
To eatl Her beautiful Fauchette? No, no,
nol
"Are you going to get away or not?" the
man asked agaiu. "If you do not I shall
take you away by force. Come!"
She did not move, but stood with her
arms firmly clasped about the neck of
Fauchette. The officer turned to two of
the men, who had dismounted and wero
standing near.
"Seize her!" he said.
They started to obey orders. Filippo saw
them coming, and her screams rang far
and near,. They were echoed by an ans;ry
exclamation from the direction of the road,
and the next moment a horseman on a
powerful horse tamo galloping through
tho gap into the field.
He was a man iu the prime of life, with
an air that bespoke the commander. When
they saw him tho men who had been about
to seize Filippo moved away. Only the
officer held his ground, looking confused.
"What does this mean?" sternly de
manded the new comer. But ho didn't
wait for an answer; he seemed to compre
hend the situat ion at a glance.
"There, little girl, do not cry!" he said in
the kindest tones. "They shall not take
your cow. Go home with her. It is late
for a little girl like you to bo out."
Then while Filippe, smiling through her
tears and courtesylng, drew Fauchetto
away, the commander turned and she could
hear him, niter she had gone somo dis
tance, angrily reprimanding the soldiers.
Filippe did not know until long after
ward that the noble looking horseman who
had come just in time tosavo her dear
Fauchette was no less a personage than
Frederick William, crown prince of Ger
many the good "L'nser Fritz," as he was
called, who clietl so universally loved and
regretted.
Ho II e f Tor Rheumatism.
"This information," said a well known
physician to me, "may savo many lives; at
any rate it will prove an invaluable boon
to people suffering from rheumatism in
any shne or form. Uhcuniaiism, as prob
ably nearly everybody knows, is caused by
acidity of the blood, it should never bo
neglected. This remedy, us I know by
long practice, is very efficacious, aud it is
as simple us it is powerful.
"llweit is," he added. "When u rheu
matic twinge is experienced the patient
Kliould proceed to a drug store aud buy
fifteen or twenty-live cent' worth of oil of
gaulterialoil of wiiitergreen), ptit ten drops
on a lump of sugar, place it iu the mouth,
permit it to dissolve slowly and swallow it.
This should be repeated at intervals of two
hours until the last vestige of the malady
has disappeared. In the meantime take a
dose or two of Itochellu salts.
"That," said the physician, "is all there
is to it, but if taken as I have prescribed it
will save suffering humanity many dollars
in doctor' bills, to say nothing of paius,
aches and swellings. , No, I charge nothing
for this advice, it is simply given for the
benefit of mankind." New York Herald.
A 1'raliJo Dog's Well.
A Wyoming man lias settled tho ques
tion of how the prairio dugs obtain the
water they drink. Hosuystiiey dig their
own wells, each villago having one with a
concealed opening. He says ho knows of
scvcrul of these wells from 50 to UOO feet
deep, each having a circular stairway lead
ing down to the water. St. Louis Republic.
The fig is the favorite fruit among ani
mals, and horses, cows, hogs, sheep and
goats will eat this fruit as rem lily us man.
The elephant considers it a dainty, while
all the fowl greedily devour llgs.
CHANGE.
Darling, you bavo changed so ofton
Since I mot you, long ai;o;
I so oft havq anon you sof ton
When your lips atill murmured "no."
But, lo! now the day are going.
And no word, sweat or unkind, '.
Comes from you for Bicual, showing
You again Lave changed your miudl
Yes, I knew your "mlnrt was faltering,"
That you held mo "tltforont now;"
And I know your "heart was altering,"
You wera changed, you "scarce lme
how." . ,
But, tny darling, 0 lay dourest, "
I ask only ono stop rnoro
Tako tho stop that la the nearest- ' "
Change, u yon have chougod before!
Dvr!in5' you have Changed Bo'ofUn
1 is but now, or then- '.i. t-,,.
Can you. n your dour heart soften
And.idiaiifjuutipoosuin? . ,,
7' VW" lu Arkpsuw Traveler,
NEW CONQUEST OF EGYPT.
Modern English Society Hits Accomplish
ed Blare Than Ancient Heroes.
When the khalif of Granada returned
from the conquest of Cordova, in which he
, had humiliated a rival khulif by the aid of
I Christian allies, and rodo in triumph
through the streets of his palace, tho Al
hanibra, he was hailed as a conqueror by
tho populous. "Alas!" said the weary
monarch, with a pathetic recognition ot
the fact that ho had only aided the down
fall of his own religion In the subjection
i.f a rival, "alas! God is the only conquor
tr." Tho pious monarch had nuexperieneo
r another foreo which is neither Moslem
nor Christian nor pagan, aud whose deities
are of this world, lie would understand
the matter better if lie could bo in Egypt
iu the year of grace lS'll.
llu would see that Egypt is for the first
timo conquered, hut not by arms, and not
by religion. What was accomplished
neither by the Hyksos nor by the Ethiop
ians; neither by Nimrod nor Shishak nor
Tiglath; not by Shabek or Esarhaddon or
Sardunnpulus, by I'aammeliehtis, by Cam
byses, or Uarlns Ilystaspes; not by Alexan
der the Great or by Ptolemy Soter; not by
Cipsar or Anthony; not even by Omar nnd
All; not by the Memlooks or the great Na
poleon, nor by Mohammed Ali what none
of these illustrious warriors could accom
plish lias been effected by tho fashionable
youug women and tho delightful young
men out of England.
It is not any Gladstone or Salisbury or
Sir Garnet Wol.scley who has done this
thing, or ever could do it, any more than
Cambyses or Haroiin ill Kasehid. The As
syrian, the Persian, tho Arab, havo con
quered Egypt and overrun it nnd occupied
it and enslaved it time and again for Ji.lKiO
years, nnd Egypt has always remained es
sentially the same, conquering its con
querors by the'inertia of its traditions nnd
thu persistence nf Its customs. And the
English, most stubborn to resist nnything
not of their own island, might have en
camped here and absorbed the riches of
the land, as the invaders of Egypt for ages
before have done, and left not so much
impression on the country as theanuual
riso and full of the Nile.
Hut one day English society conceived
the idea that Egypt would be a good win
ter resort, and the young man and tho
young woman, w ith their fixed ideas of the
enjoyment of life, descended on it and set
up the worship of their goddess beside tho
aucient temples aud tho sacred mosques.
In teu short yours they have accomplished
what tho great conquerors could not effect
in centuries before. The English tax
gatherers could not have done it, nor the
railways, nor the electric lights. Both
Fellah and Arab are powerless before tho
new goddess, Fashion. Charles Dudley
Warner iu Harper's.
Intentional Taking of Diseases.
We learn tat the inducement of a first
attack of smallpox was an antique prac
tice in Africa, l'ersia and China, and that
the method of inoculation was brought
from there to Constantinople in 1073, nnd
from that town to England by Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu. The idea was evident ly
to produce a mild attack of thedisease iu in
dividuals placed under circumstances most
favorable to recovery in order to induce
immunity. Thu practice, although open
to serious objections, must havo had no
littlo success, aud was much resorted to in
the middle of the last century.
Another practice which is not so rare as
one might be inclined to believe is tho
inducement of measles. Many people aro
under the impression that unless children
have had all tho ordinary exanthematous
fevers it is almost desirable that an oppor
tunity should occur for them to havo mild
attacks of these fevers; and I have known
of instances iu which, one out of several
children being attacked with measles, no
attempt has been maJo to isolate tho sick
child, for, it was argued, it was as well for
the other children to havo the fever ulso
aud bo done with it as soon ns possible.
Since this has been done under the influ
ence of a popular belief, I think I am jus
tified in suspecting that tho practice of
inducing measles for protective purposes
is far from uncommon, although not gen
erally carried out by professional men.
Sheridan Delepine, M. 13., in Popular
Science Monthly.
Emorsoii's Lust Sitting.
The last time that Emerson ever sat for
his picture was just before bis mind gave
way. He came into the gallery one day
' with somo relatives, who assisted him with
: his wraps and in making ready for the
photographer. It was very difficult tlint
i day to make a picture of the great man
that would suit the relatives who were
with hint. It wasn't becauso Emerson was
j fussy or nervous; he was, in fact, a most
delightful sitter, and on this occasion his
I courtesy was no less marked than at other
times. But when he directed his gaze
steudily at the object which the artist se
lected the features relaxed very peculiarly,
and the expression of the eyes and month
was strongly irrational, if that word may
be used iu such a connection.
The relatives, who wero accustomed to
his features and their expression, saw iu
the negatives what they couldn't see in tho
original of tho picture. So they ordered
that the negative be not developed, but de
stroyed. Aud tho visit was paid for, but
no photographs wero ever delivered. It
was noticed that as Emerson left the gal
lery that day his eyes were bent steadily on
the floor and he smiled continually. Very
soon after the -story of his mental trouble
was published, but this story of the last
sitting rioo-cevcr heard. St. Louis Globe
Democrat. I'ostponiiij; tho Duttlc.
A bright suburban youngster in kilts,
who for some time has been promised his
first trousers, enmo across a set ting hen lit
j ids homo the other day. Tho aroused
I chicken made for the boy, pecked his legs,
i Happed him generally, but not without fro
I queut couragoous stands and returns from
j tho boy. Once he screamed. Then he cried
I and kicked, then he ran agaiu with tho
! chicken tugging at his kilts. And so the
battle went on until the urchiu was driven
indoors. But no sooner had ho reached it
place of safety than he turned on his feath
ered pursuer with tears in his eyes and
passion in his voice, and shaking his fist
threateningly he cried:
"You just wait till I wear pants; I'll kill
you." Kansas City Times.
The Dug Salutes the Steamers.
The keeper ot the Bear Island light is
the owner of an intelligent dog. When a
steamer passes the light It whisttos its
salute, and iu rcsponso tho liglitkeeper
rings ids bell, or rather did ring before the
dog took the job out of his hand. Seeing
that the passing of a boat and the ringing
of the bell wero two things that went to
gether, tho dog took it into his own hands
or mouth to ring the bell, and when a
boat comes along, without waiting for her
whistle, he seizes the bell ropo with his
teeth and rings a vigorous salute. Rock
land Free Press.
Dr. Messenger Monsey, who was physi
cian to Chelsea college, and a noted wit in
London society In the last contury, was a
struggling country doctor until Lord
Godolphln, son of Queen Anne's treasurer,
was seized with illness near the place whero
he lived. Monsey wad?1 called in, and his
noblo patient was so charmed with his
conversation that ho took him to London.
To the young, ways and means are of tho
nature of the spontaneously generated.
They come of themselves wbno wanted,
the demand creating the supply; and there
was never a crux in politics or morals
which could not be made as straight as a
die if only these young reformers might
put their hand to the work.
BACK TO HONEST LIVES.
GOOD WORK DONE BY THE BIBLE
AND FRUIT MISSION. '
Convicts Uetiimlng from Prison Are
Taken Cure of, Given Kmpliiyment,
Kept Away from Had Influences Aud
Helped to Muko a Now Start.'
An age of penology Is this, and tho ques
tion arises, how much is New York city
contributing toward the correct treatment
uf the criminal classes? An ounce of pre
vention Is certainly better than a pound of
cure, hut, ti.eu, the cure is needed just tho
sumo. Penologists are agreed that tho
classification of prisoners is Imperative,
but while this reform Is being carried into
effect what is being dono to classify men
and women just released from prison?
! It is conceded that young and old crimi
nals ought to lie separated while in con
finement, but the inlluence of penologists
must bo carried beyond the prison to havo
lasting effects. Any policeman can tell
the old story of the up hill fight which the
ex-convict must wage when ho leaves the
scene of his disgrace. Ho Is a brnndei)
man, and the hand of society is against him.
But he has other discouragements lot
contend with. His old companions dog
him If he tries to lead an honest life. They
blackmail him; perhaps they expose him;
and nine tinifs out of ten, when the story
of his shame is known, ho loses his place,
no matter how well he may have filled it.
What can the poor wretch du? Naturally
ho is driven to return to bis old life.
With tho professional criminal we have
nothing to do here. Ho has found hi3
place, and society has put a lock on it.
a saii ii:t of a wo citv.
But. let us consider the condition of the
young man who has served his first term
in the penitentiary on Blacknell's island.
It does not follow that he is irreclaimable
because he has been shut up for a year on
the island. lint, lie might think so were it
not for the work of several philanthropic
institutions in tha city, and the one upper
most in mind is a modest littlo mission
which lias taken hold In n most practical
way of the laborious task of reclaiming ex
convicts. This is the Bible and Fruit mission, and
the field of its labors i3 in the lower part of
East Twenty-sixth street, a section which
is a material reminder of the ups and
downs of life. It is only one block from
First aveuuc in Twenty-sixth street to the
East river, but sorrow, sick ness.shnmcntid
death stare at one another down that little
stretch of land.
The tiellevue hospital rears its grim edi
fice along the north side of tho street, nnd
is relieved only by the sightly building of
the Training School fur Nurses which ad
joins it. But. the morgue, with all its
ghastly horrors, ciiiues next, resting upon
the river bank, in charge of the city's
Charon. Across the street from the 'hos
pital aro several undertakers' establish
ments. Below them are the Medical
School of the University of the City of New
York.
Next come the modest but substantial
buildings of the Bible and Fruit mission,
und theu at the end of the street is, appro
priately euough. the pier of the commission
of charities and correction. Here is where
the Black Maria unloads its charges who
are doomed Tor incarceration on the island.
Here is where the outcast takes his fare
well from his family und friends, if he 1ms
any, and here is whero he first steps on
shore as a free man when his term expires.
FACILITIES FOR TIIK WollK.
A disheartened man would dud no en
couragement if it wero not for the Biblo
and Fruit mission, tho City Prison associa
tion, the Home of Industry and other prac
tical philanthropic institutions. This ter
ritory belongs more properly to the mission
on account of its situation there, though
philanthropy of the right kind knows no
bounds or limit iu it's work; But the mis
sion devotes one of its branches to reclaim
ing ex-convicts who havo just returned
from the island.
The main objects of tiio mission are to
care for the sick in the city hospitals and
prisons, and ulso to furnish food and lodg
ing lor poor but honest men. The mission
is succeeding in this line of work, but from
a broader point of view it would seem that
its more modest endeavor, that of assisting
released prisoners, was more deserving of
encouragement iu tills eminently practical
age.
Judged by results, the mission has ac
complished a great deal in this direction.
But it is an institution of a symmetrical
scope, and leaves little undone iu the way
of getting at tho unfortunate peoplo who
need the proper kind of help. It has an
organization that includes many practical
and wealthy philanthropists,' and it sup
ports an eating aud lodging house, a broom
factory und a chapel. The buildings are
modest, but not unattractive.
The coll'eo bouse, as tho eating houso is
called, can seat ISO people, and serves 40U
or 5t)0 meals a day at prices 1 hat are within
tilt reach of the poorest patrons in the neigh
borhood. The lodging house can accom
modate 1 10 men, and they lrive to pay only
fifteen cent for a night's lodging. Tho
broom factory stands behind the other
buildings, where its charges work in seclu
sion. linn MtN Alii: i:i:c i.aimi:u.
Now, the system employed iu reaching
criminals is simple, but it requires grit
and p!nty of compassion. The mis.,iou is
conducted by women, some of whom aro
well known in society. They havo u com
mittee which Visits the charitable and pe
tuil institutions of the city. The members
of the committee give food, booksand flow
ers in the inmates of these placesiind iu this
way they find opportunities to sec and talk
with convicts who can be drawn under
better influences.
There Is iio gush or sentimentalism in
the business. The prisoner is told that if
he honestly desires In lead an upright life
Hint the mission will assist hi1n in every
way that, it can, but that ho must work
honestly and faithfully. Wheu the new
charge is released he comes to tho broom
factory nnd is set at work.
This littlo place M in charge of nn ex
perienced superintendent, and it can turn
out a Iniiidred down brooms a week with
a full force employed. First, the uew
i."iner Is taught how to sort tho broom
Fin IK Next l:e learns how to sew, then
to clean, anil l.i.t to wind.
After tho pupil has become " master
of I, is urt," and If lie si'ows every desire to
reform, ha is sent on th: streets to peddle
his wares. If he is trustworthy his oppor
tunities for improving his condition are
increased as rapidly as circumstances jus
tify. The men aro urged to save their
money, and encouraged to deposit it in
banks. Somo men have saved up consider
able sums of money before leaving tn
factory.
While this training Is going on the ex
convicts are requested to attend daily serv
ices in the chapel. Tho exercises are often
conducted by men who have led criminal
lives, and it is intereMng to hear their
confessions aud experiences. New Vork
Advertiser.
Is Culture lioreilltnryf
The wholo point at issuo is whether there
is a casual relation between the cultivation
of tho mental faculties aud their develop
ment; in other words, whether the incre
ment gained by their exercise is transmit
ted to posterity. Professor Woismaun
and most of his followers, constituting
what is uow gonernlly known as tho school
of Neo-Darwinians, deny such transmis
sion. If they aro right, education has no
value for the future of mankind, aud its
benefits aro confined exclusively to the
generation receiving it.
So far as the inoculation of knowledge
is concerned this has always been ad
mitted to bo the case, and the fact that
each new individual must begin at tho be
ginning and acquire all knowledge over
agttin for himself is sufficiently discourag
ing and has often been deplored. But the
belief, though vague, has been somewhat
general that .a part at least of what is
gained in tho direction of developing und
slrcpgthetdng thu faculties of tho mind.
,, through their lifelong ewciso In special
Ileitis, Is permanently preserved to the ruco
by hereditary transmission to posterity of
the acquired increment..
We have seen that nil the fuels of his
tory and of personal observation sustain
this comforting popular belief, and until
the doctors of science shall ceaso to differ
on .this point, and shall reduce the laws of
heredity to a degree of exactness which
shall amount to something more like a
demonstration than tho current specula
tions, it may perhaps bo as well to con
tinue for n timo to hug the delusion. Pro
fessor Lester F! Ward in Forum.
SLOVENLY AMERICANS,
Scathing Words About tho Appearance of
tho Average Uuslnens Man.
Tbo Americau, and I allude only to tho
male, is lamentably untidy I hesitate to
say unclean, but I do not hesitate to assert
ami to assert it vehemently, that the first
clause is true of our men of ull classes,
stations, vocations and degrees of wealth.
Its evidences parade themselves In our
palaces, where a lack of means cannot ex-
"rllllHLtc. Ill fact, cleanlines. fifinlm.vu mwl
money have nothing whatever to do with
sacn oiner.
Animals can teach men Important les
ions in self respect.' An American lady re
dding In lindon a part of each year, when
Rsked stiddeuly what especial superiority
the found in tho Hrifish over her own peo
ple, replied naively, "Oh, their men are so
clean!" Tho t hrust was as unconscious as
It was unstudied. It were well for our men
to accept it, its such.
Take one of oty morning trains and fer
ries carrying an average American crowd
to the city of a morning. Here we have u
fairly representative variety of types and
of classes, and a sorry enough spectacle it
is which presents itself to our view even at
this early hour. ..Spotted clothes, un
brushed shoulders, frowsy hair and frayed
shirt cuffs aro not uncommon. When this
herd returns at 5 o'clock, after the struggle
of the day, we will draw the veil.
If I meet a man la the late afternoon
with uncertain finger nails, depressed col
lar and soiled cravat, aud ho laboriously
exnlains to me that bo taken bin en 1,1 nir
bath every morning at 0 and a sea dip
upon his return to his country home be
fore his lute dinner, I refuse to be im
j pressed. His assurances, carry no convic
jtion, even though I do not for an instant
doubt their veracity. I do not care to be
informed that ho was clean early and will
be clean again anon. His present aspect is
none the less revolting. L desire him to bo
niean now, while I am in the way with him,
and not poison my, day with his present
. forlorn performance.
The average American. He shuffles with
his feet. His head is sunk and held low
between his shoulders. His urms are car
j ried like the grocer boy's, busy in ids con
scientious delivery of the brown paper
parcel. If he. bows to you, he will either
give you a griu and an imperceptible nod,
orshovohis headgear back and forth on
his head without dignity. Nothing less
impressive nnd distinguished can be im-
i agined than nn American's salute.
There has been a trood deal nf rir.ii.,,a
wrath covering the ill concealed pin pricks
of a foolish jealousy in the tirades of our
countrymen against the American woman's
predilection for foreign lovers aud hus
bands. Pray remember, my indignant
gentlemen, that feminine creatures are al
ways allured by externals. The male bird
found it out Vmg ago, if you did not. Nor
have I always discovered it a certain as
surance of mental brilliancy nnd moral
rectitude thut the poor body should be
neglected. This, however, is the prevalent
opiniou, and it seems hard to persuade our
countrymen that it is an error.
It may be said that our women, on the
whole, are extremely clean in their per
sons, their clothes and their houses. They
are even daintv. Prolmblv no satniiHei,.
; meuts are more scrupulously well kept,
mm iins uuuur mac peculiar restriction as.
to a proper number of domestics which re
mains a tradition even in our upper classes,
and which so greatly increases the difficul
ties of housekeeping. This is a digression.
If the American woman bo a martinet iu
the ordering of her home and so careful in
matter of her costume, is it not a lack of
respect for her fastidiousness Hint her hus
buud, father aud brother should, as they
must do, so constantly shock her delicacy?
There is a much abused creature going
about in our streets and drawing rooms,
. uooceu, jeereu at, made the laughing Btock
I of the club and tho scapegoat of tho the
I nter, a harmless, mild creature euough as
, to retaliation possibly because bo is so
perfectlyself salisfied-tho dudo. Now the
dudo has done for usn great deal more than
we deserve, for all the abuse that is heaped
on his good humored defenscssness. Tho
dude has helped to iiu titutu out of door
nie among us, wincn is excellent, and over
nnd beyond, this the dude keeps himself
clean. All honor therefore to tLu dude,
say I. Julien Gordon iu Cosmopolitan,
Tho Omnipresent Microbe.
Not many years ago few persons, if any,
Btirmised that -certain microscopic living
beings microbia, or micro-organisms-could
be powerful agents of combination
aud decomposition, not merely in living
plants and animals, and not alone in dead
organic matter, but even in the mineral
kingdom. Some time ago tho researches of
Schloesiug nnd Muutz, of Marcagno, of
P. F. Franklaud and of others showed that
tlic decomposition of dead organisms into
their components depends mainly on the
action of microbia, which break up blood,
flesh, leaves and even wood Into carbonic
acid nnd ammonia.,
Living organisms further convert tho
ammonia into nitric acid, which, if potash
is present, forms saltpeter. By a due se
lection of different ferments all of them
living organisms we can produce iu a so
lution of sugar or a decoction of malt al
coholic liquors having the actual aroma
and flavor of tho choicest wines. More re
markable still, It is now proved that tho
green nlst on antique bronzes is a product
of microscopic plant life. Professor Will
iam Crookes in Forum.
Men Who Hare Acted II millet.
The best Hamlet of tho past twenty
years is that of Edwin Booth. Among tho
greatest impersonators of tho character in
earlier days were Betterton, Garrick, John
Philip Mumble and Fdmund and Charles
Kean. Richard Burbuge, who was one of
tho flint men to tako tho part, is said to
have, pleased his contemporaries, among
whom was Shakespeare, himself, but, so far
as we are aware, no critical estimate of his
powers hns come down to our time. Mac
ready gained some little distinction In tlio
part, and sodlfl his old rival Forrest, and
Charles Edward Fcchtor, and the samo
may bo said of Irving and Snlvinl, among
living actors. -rSt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Accompanied with Horse Laugh.
Joker (to friend with sore throat) One
would think you were a professional turf
man. Friend-Why?
Joker Oh, you're always talking hoarse!
Kate Field's Wasuingtou.
it ,i
Time to Pay. i
"You'll have to pay half furs for that
boy, madam," Bald a conductor. "lieu,
sertaiuly over five years old." ,
"Indeed he isn't!" replied the passeugor.
"I have taken that child freo for over six
years, I'd have you understand, and Idoti't
intent', to begin paying f.i-e for him uow."
-Epoch.
THE MAGISTRATE'S MULE.
Ols Honor Thought lie II ad a Bargain,
bnt It Did Not Pan Out Well.
Winn ft rough frontiersman of tho
genus cowboy Is tho perpetrator of a Joke
upon n certain erudite justice of the peace,
urd the tale will bear repentiug. His bouie
is in the quiet town of Richfield, and when
ho visits the settlement he celebrates by
painting the town a (laming cardinal. On
one of these occasions ho took a hand at
mme simple game played w ith live cards,
Df which the first is buried. 1 think they
tall it ".stud." Something about tho game
ivas forbidden, and, under tho kind super
riaiouof the marshal, Winn, with five com
panions, found himself before the bur of ,
justice.
Denials und defense were useless. Jus
tice Orrick solemnly perused tho statutes
and fined each olleudcr $12.50. Wiun found
that be had but ten dollars, und this he
offered to the magistrate, but no compro
mise could be effected with the city treas
ury. It was $12.50 or twelve and one-half
days in durance vile. Finally a happy
thought struck the young man.
"Say, judge, I'll give you a bill of sale of
my mule, and if I don't bring you the
money within five days I'll bring the crit
ter and it's yours."
Now an average mule is worth forty dol
lars, nnd the justice thought he had a good
bargain; so did Wiun, although ho never
cracked a smile until the bill was drawn
up, signed and delivered, theu something
in his countenance warned tho grave Or
rick of impending trouble.
'Winn, how old is that nr mewl?"
"Old enough to vote, judgo, old enough
to vote," una tlio door was closed from tho
outside.
Now, Richfield justice caunot be lightly
treated. .Straightway the justice hied him
to the constable und together they visited
Winn's home.
"Well, Winn, I have awarraut for you."
"What fer?"
"Tho judge says an you ain't settled that
flue."
"Ain't sattled that flue? You try and
make me settle it agin and it'll cost you
three or four mules."
"How's that?"
"Well, I give tho judge a bill of sale for
my mule and he let me go."
"Is thut so, Brother Orrick?"
The judge, ufter much hesitation, con
fessed that such was the case.
"Well, then, you can't do nothing more
with Wiun."
"But, Winn, you'll let meseethe mewl?"
"Cert. Come uloug."
Out to the old corral they went, nnd there
upon the ground lay tho ungainly hybrid,
patriarch of all the mules iu Utah. Wtnn
kicked it and It slowly rose und tottered to
its feet.
"IiOok out, gentlemen, it may fall on you,
and I cuu't be responsible for accident."
"Now, Wiun," whined the baffled Or
rick, "I meant to do the right thing by you,
but I guess I stretched the law a leetle.
The law wou't let me take anything that
will cut or run away."
"You're all right, judge. You're all
right. That mule can't do neither one."
Five days later there was a procession
through the uiuiu street of Richfield. Winn
drove a curt, und behind wus tied Brother
Orrick's mule. Two of his boou com
panions marched on either side to steady
its feeble steps, and the fifth brought up
the rear and gave tho beast a push when
ever it seemed that it must surely fall.
Tho uext morning there was a funeral in
Justice Orrick's corral, and the worthy
magistrate, liavingjust deposited 812.50 of
hi' owu hard earned cash iu the city treas
ury, was the sole mourner. Forest and
Stream.
Why an Amputated Limb Feels.
A very singular form of neuralgia is that
affecting tho nerves of amputated limbs.
It not rureiy happens that after an ampu
tated stump has healed the nerves of the
stump, being compressed in the scar, be
come exceedingly painful. Curiously
enough tho puiu is not felt in the stump,
but secmiuglsin tbecxtremity of the limb,
which has probably been buried for a year
or moro. Iu one case coming under the
tho notice of tho writer a muo whose arm
had been amputated above tho elbow often
referred to the pain he felt iu the little
finger of the severed member for years
after the operation. An old one legged sol
dier, applying fur nn increase of pension,
said, "I have more pain in the foot that
aiut thun in the one that are." This was
his terse way of saying that he continued
to have pain in the foot which was lost on
the battle field years before.
The explanation of this curious phenom
ena consists iu JLlie fact that the terminal
filaments of a uciVe aro its most sensitive
parts; they are the "feelers," the points
from which' the seusatious start ou their
course to the brain, where they gh'e notice
that something is wrong with tire outlying
districts. When the nerve is injured iu
this continuity tho sensation is often re
ferred to tho terminal ends. Every one
who has struck his "crazy bone" the point
above the elbow, where tho ulnar nerve is
very superficial and easily injured must
havo noticed how much the sensation was
affected iu the little llnger,the pain being of
ten greater than thut ut the point where tho
blow was struck. St. Louis Republic.
Why lie Demanded a RiiIhc.
Speaking of theatrical managers, one of
them who is very successful iu his enter
prises, but who is very nervous and absent
minded and also nearsighted, was leaving
his theater one night after a "first produc
tion" W'hcu ho stumbled into a strauger.
"Oh, I beg your pardon," he said. "1 beg
your pardon, Mr. X ."said the stranger.
"Y'ou see," explained the manager, "I was
thinking about some one. 1 was tliiuking
that B was a good hit. Have you ever
seen him?" The stranger looked at him.
"Yes," he said dryly, "I think he's the best
man in the piece, don't you?" "Y'es, I do,"
answered the manager, and the conversa
tion ended there. But afterward, when
contracts wero to bo renewed, H de
manded nn increase of salary. He got it,
and when the papers were signed he said
with n laugh: "Thank you for the hint
you gave me that night you ran into me.
I'm glad you told mo that you liked my
uctinn." The ntmvcr ought not to be
priutoik New York Tribune.
t Ojtito Prohnblo.
Old Chappie No. 1 My dear fellow, you
arc too fascinating for a mau ot your
years.
O. C. No. 2-Flatteryl Well, I guess I
was born fascinating. But you keep your
youth wonderfully, dear fellow.
O. C. No. 1-Flattcrerl Well, I cuess I
must have been born young. Pittsburg
Bulletin,
Stood Corrected.
Weeks Ah, that fellow Lushlcy leads a
fast life.
Wentmnn No; you mean he follows a
last enrcer. Lush ley never leads in any
ihlng. American Grocer.
THE RIVER.
For oenturlos ocean ward It has flowed on.
Through moorland wild, boneatu the hill's
great foot.
Past orchards rich, nnd flowored meadows
swoet,
Singing Its happy Inyi the sun has shone
In silvor Bplcnilur o'er It, and the muou
Hue blazoned sliver etchings here und there
Upon lu glancing waters; tho soft air
Has crisped it, and the winds uuulo sullen
tnoftiv.
Above it, into weird spirits seeking rest
bo flows my life through scenes of joy and
woo;
Around me now ewoot summer flowers
blow.
And now I seem tho dreary desert's gueatt
Yet, llko the river, ever on i move
To the vast ocean of Eternal Lore..
William Cowan in Chambers' Journal
pQUEYSQAP
H
IS
Is an Improvement in Soap.
In the Trolley Soap old methods
and materials are superseded by oev
ones. The Trolley Soap leaves the
clothes sweet and clean and lasts longer
than other soaps.
Ask Your Grocer for It.
If he docs not keep it send us order for
20 BARS FOR TRIAL FOR $1.00,
or for a Box 100 cakes 75 pounds $4.50.
Joseph jl Thorny Elinton,
227 Chestnut Street, PhUa. "
Bank of Scranton.
ORGANIZED 1872.
CAPITAL, $200,000
SURPLUS, $250,000
This hank oflfers to depositors ever
facility w.rrsutrl by their baiuoM, btlsfe
Bess and responsibility.
Special attention given to bnslaeaa aaa
couuts. lute re. t paid on time deposits,
YVIX1.IAM COKNRLI, President
CtO. H. CATXI-f, V lea-President
WILLIAM U. PUCK, Caehia
DIRECTORS,
William Council, George IT. Catlla,
Alfred Mend. James Archbsld, Memr
llelia, Jr William X eBitb, Latiiee
THHJ
f? ITOfe A RTOa Ba H"to aa.
1 r&Ay&iid
National Bank: of Scranton
organized ma.
CAPITAL $250,000,
SURPLUS $30,000.
FA MITEL HINES.IPresIdent
W . W. WATSON, Vice President
A. E W lM.lAMa Cashier.
D1RICTORS.
SAMntL HTirrs. james li' Everha to,
lnviNO A. Finch, Pikrck R Fiwut,
Joseph J. Jeruvs, M. H. Kimirkh,,
Cuab, t. Matthews, John T. Pouiia.
W. W. WAXaoa.
PROMPT, ENtRGETIC,
CONSERVATlVEand LIBERAL
Cbls bank Invites the patronage ot business
men and firms generally.
SPRING
HOUSE
Third National
HEART LAKE, Susquehanna Co.
U. E. CROFCT Proprietor.
ri HIS HOt'SE is strictly temperAncs, Isnew ;
I aid well furnished and OPEtJil) TO
HK PUBLIC TUB YEAR BOUND; 1 '
located midway between Mont row an 1 Scran
ton, on .Montroae and ljcawannt Railroad,
fix miles from D., I, & W. R R. at Alford
Station, and five milo. from Mmtroio; e
rni tty, eighty-five; three minutes' walk rod
H. K. station.
t,OOt) lit AT. FISHING TACKLE, &0-,
FREE Tl ULKSIB.
Altitude, about 2.000 feet, equalling in this
respect the Adirondack aud Oatikul Moun
tains. I Ine prove, plenty of shale and beautiful
scenery, making a Summer -Resort uaex
co.led In beauty and eheipnesa
Dancing pavilion, swings, eroqnst gr onnds,
Ac Cvld Spring Water and plenty of Milk.
lixtet, 7to 10 per week. tl.fiO par
dny.
K'xcurftlrn tickets sold at all station on IX
U & W. line
Porter meets all trains. ,
nrcnrn, snoK co.. tnc'p. ctpitaU i,oo,ooo.
BEST Sl.GO KUOK IN THE WORLD,
"A dollar tand it a dollar tantd."
Thl.T.adles' Solid French Dongola KM But
ton Root delivered free inywnore In tke U.S., on
reeeiptolsiB, uoaeyuraer,
or Postal Note for U0.
Eausls everv way the beet
sold In all retail stores for
$2.50. We mske this boot
our.olrr., therefore guar
antor tlis fit, ttylt and icir.
and if an one is nol eaitafled
we will refund the noeey
lend anothsr pair. Open
oo or Common Stnae,
widths .!, . K, k KK,
and half
four tit;
fit yeu.
lfu.tr. Wd
Cata
logue itf1-' FRCC
Dexter Shoe Ci,SL&
EntcM frm. to DitUr:
MT. PLEASANT
AT RETAIL.
rv! of the best quality for domsstte use, and
if all sizes, delivered In an part of in oil
at lowest price.
Orders loft at my offloa,
NO. 118, WYOMING AVEYCTK,
Rear room, first floor, Third National Bank,
or sent by mail or telephone to the mine, will
receive prompt attention.
Special eoutracta will be made for the salt
anU delivery of Buckwheat (Joai.
VOL T. SMITH.
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and vigor sskkly
rtond.VarloMle,
itltrbtlr .minima,
f trophy, etc.. .urely enrod by INOAHII. tht craal
Hindoo Remedy. With wrlltaaseamMMMMrak Boll W
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