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The picture la by Leon August.! n 1'Herinltte and was purchased by
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, o New York City, In 1905, from the In
come o the Catharine Lorlllard Wolte Fund. In a letter to the directors
of the museum, at time ot the purchase, M. l'Herraltte says: "I have en
deavored to bring to all the figures In the scene the varieties of emotions
proper to each but united as one In the expression of confidence respect
ful In the old, searchtngly so In the young."
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THc day more, denoroua ia of iov-
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Teach us Thy hol name "to blcaa
with, tuller hearts thoit t-h&y!
HEARTENING THE SUPERINTENDENT
VP I2ICHAQ.D DAHKEIi SHELTON TSK
THE superintendent was a
tall, thin young man, with
slightly stooping shoulders
and near-sighted eyes which
peered keenly through the
heavy lenses of his eyeglasses.
Mr. Crawford," as he was
"Our
always
called by the general manager of the
Perfection Electric Switch Company,
had been transferred from his place
as foreman of the wiring department
to be superintendent of the factory at
a" time when an Iron hand was needed
to remedy the mischief which the lat
methods and general inefficiency of
his departing predecessor bad created.
It was a difficult problem of reor
ganization that he had been called
upon to face, but time had proved
that the general manager's faith he
had Btoutly advocated Crawford
against the firm's opposition had
not been misplaced. The new super
intendent had entered upon his du
ties quietly, unassumingly, but with
a tenacity of purpose nnd an unre
lenting energy that bent all things to
his will. Three of the best years of
his life he gave unhesitatingly and
uncomplainingly to the work beforo
him. At the end of that time the
factory was running with a smooth-
ord realized that It was be
cause of his ceaseless vigi
lance and the firmness with
which he held the employes at
work.
There were times when he was
tired, especially when It seemed to
him that he had merely developed
Into a successful slave driver.
Sometimes at C o'clock, when the
big gong had sounded, he would sit
by the time-machine and watch the
men file down the stairs. He would
have given much If here and there In
the long line a face had been lifted to
his with a nod or a comprehending
smile, but the "hands" rang In their
time In sullen silence. His very pres
ence seemed to chill their spirits, and
when one of them looked at him It
was either with bitterness or a blank
stare.
Meanwhile the Perfection Electric
Switch Company prospered amazing
ly, and at the samo time tho superin
tendent grew a little more stoop
shouldered, a little more reserved, a
little more heavy of eye.
In November of tho third year It
happened that "Our Mr. Crawford"
was taken sick. At the time ho was
putting forth strenuous efforts to
have an Increase of pay for the em
ployes, In consequence of which he
was at the office several days when
! he should have been In bed. Ho
wanted the hands to understand that
their work had been appreciated, and
although he had to grind his teeth
to keep from crying out with the
pain he went dally to the office and
argued with the general manager and
the members of the firm.
The firm was obdurate. It was de
cided finally that. In view of the ex
tensive additions that were to be
made to the plant the Increase could
not be granted for another year. Sick
at heart and racked with pain the su
perintendent staggered to his apart
ments In the gray November dusk,
went to bed and sent for a doctor.
The physician came, chlded the young
man for his carelessness of his health
and said a slight operation wonld be
necessary the next day.
The operation was successful, and
tho physician assured the anxious
general manager that the patient
would be at the factory In a couple of
weeks. But the physician had not
reckoned on many things tho weari
ness of mind nnd body In his patient,
tho bitterness of his recent failure to
Induce the firm to increase the pay of
the hands, nnd the dragging lond un
der which ho had struggled silently
for the past threo years.
Tho wound caused by tho opera
tion healed rapidly, but with the heal
ing came no strength. Crawford sat
dally propped up In a chair by the
window, listless nnd uninterested In
his surroundings. Tho physician was
puzzled and not n little Irritated; tho
general manager, who came dally, be
gan to show signs of nlarm.
"It's the pace of modern business,
sir!" the physician snapped angrily
to the attendant, who had been sent
up from tho hospital. "Oct him In
terested In something. It's his only
chance."
The man tried everything his fer
tile mind and thorough training could
suggest, but with no results. Craw
ford sat silently by the window day
after day, looking vacantly at tho
bare branches of the trees nnd tho
patches of dull cloud drifting across
the early winter sky.
Christmas time found Crawford
propped In his chair, looking out over
a world newly swathed in spotless
white. The doctor declared that now
It was only a question of time, and
the attendant had long since ceased
trying to rouse tho sick man's dor
mant Interest. On Christmas Day
Crawford opened an envelope from
the factory, and found It enclosed a
substantial check. He smiled bitter
ly and handed It to the attendant.
"Here, take It! Merry Christmas!"
he said, In a colorless voice.
At dusk It was snowing again, and
just after the lights began to twinkle
through the gloom Crawford, In his
chair, fell Into a heavy slumber. He
was awakened by a lusty rapping at
the door. The attendant went Into
the little hall and presently returned.
"Two ladles and three gentlemen
to see you, sir," he said.
The visitors were ushered In, and
as they entered the room Crawford
gripped the arms of his chair and
stared with wide opened eyes. There
were two giggling girls from the wir
ing department at tho factory, two
men from the assembling bench and
the foreman of the brass room.
The girls tittered and tho men
looked 111 at ease. Crawford sat up
in his chair. Two spots of color came
Into his wan cheeks. The foreman
advanced and cleared his throat.
"We've come, sir," he said, looking
at the ceiling, "to show you that, even
If you're not with us, you're not for
gotten. Perhaps we haven't always
understood you, but anyway we know
you're the right sort. We've heard
all about your fight for an lncrense
for us, and even if wo didn't get It,
we know It wasn't because you didn't
do your best for us. So to show our
respect for you and your efforts In
our behalf we've brought you this."
He tore tho covering from a parcel
he bore and held out a silk umbrella
with a large pearl and silver handle
"And and Merry Christmas!" he
finished.
"Merry Christmas!" echoed the
two other men and the two girls.
A lump rose In Crawford's throat.
He could only beam upon them and
mutter feebly, "Merry Christmas tc
you!"
"Some few minutes after the com
mittee from the factory had gone the
doctor came bustling into the hall.
The attendant met him and shook a
warning finger at him. Tho doctoi
craned his neck and peeped cautious
ly Into the room.
Crawford sat unde" the light. Hli
head was hidden In the crook of one
arm that rested on the window sill
Clutched tightly In the other was a
silk umbrella with a large pearl and
silver handle. Crawford's shoulders
rose and fell convulsively; he was
sobbing like a child.
The doctor smiled in comprehen
sion. "Good!" he declared, emphati
cally. "That's something like!"
And turning on his heel he stole
softly down thestalrs. From Youth'i
Companion.
THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY PROBLEM.
Jack-ln-the-Box "Hands oft
there! "
Alice "Why his hands are off,
silly!"
Crawford's Shoulders Rose and Fell
' Convulsively.
ness thut-took several wrinkles out
of the general manager's brow and
made tho firm think seriously of In
creasing the plant.
"Our Mr. Crawford" tho firm
poke of him proudly In this manner
now" had male himself necessary to
the Perfection Eloctrlc Switch Com
pany, but bis success had not been
entirely satisfactory to himself. With
all his quiet forco, tho superintend
ent was a very human young man.
He hnd hoped to gain tho complete
confidence of the men and women
under him. It was respect he wanted
rather than fear.
The lax, easy going regime of the
former superintendent had made that
careless individual very popular with
the factory hands. They had given
him an sorts of presents on his birth
day, and at Christmas time. The
teP 'r8'entlon"-ob, euphonic
lermihad gone into effect they had
cha.m. and when, red In tho face and
embu rrasHed he had tried to stammer
roumiw thuy hud CD0Brt,u lm
hake his hand. Powell had undoubt
ed hu P7Ular wlth hl" employes,
but his popularity had been gained at
Ctory0' r08UU" 1D -pul
.J''"!8' the n8w ''Perlutendent the
output u satisfactory-and more.
The question that continually nre
Cd m,,U?,r 10 tbe yUn man' tfou
ests of the firm he had not been too
harsh with the employe., ,n erad
OHtlug the evils Jim Powel, t'rt
jrof bt he had found ft necessary
to be ?JT '? "W-Woodl fashion,
praise eaTLWUh b,laU' ttnd
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O the Solitary, the dwellers apart, by choice or by
chance, with hearth-fire that for one burn dull and
for two would (low and sing to all of these,
n riHrry efyltMM and 4 fiappv 1tw Veir i
y0 Them that are set in Families, where love, be
Cfl stowed with no thought of its return, passes back
ana lunn uuunuanuy uciwcon open nearu 10 ail
of thee, parents, children, kinsmen, friendt,
n merry Chrlsia.s and happy nw year I
IVMO the Poor and the Rich, envying each the others'
UadU freedom from the cares of too little and too much,
yet learning year by year that without health and
enthuuiaam and faith and love, none can be rich,
and with them none can be poor to these,
K merry ehritinat and a happy new year'
O the Workers, the vast fortunate majority, in hum
ble places and in high, often baffled and disheart
ened, questioning if there is not somewhere for them
a greater work with a greater reward ; yet happy at
the last, if they will have it so, in seeing the figure they hnvv
wrought in the fabric of living, a figure drawn by the great
Designer for their weaving and none other's to all of these,
n merry Chrliimas and a happy Mew yean
O Old and Young, with the years behind and the
years ahead, years- that show but a span in the
centuries since the Light first ahone from Bethlehem
upon the paths of service, humility and sacrifice, and
gave to all the ages a spirit that has made them one , to Young
and Old, treading with gladness these lighted paths, even
though not always knowing whence the Light comes to all,
H merry thrinwai and a happy flew yean
M. A DrW S SHf
HOW TROLLEY LINES LOSE MILLIONS IN FARES'.
Dishonesty of Conductors and Failure to Collect Blamed For
Ten Per Cent. Loss.
From the New York Times.
A 1'UZZLKK.
-From the Cleveland Leader.
ABOLITION OF POOLROOMS MAY BE ABSOLUTE SOON.
Expected That Louisiana and California Will Prohibit Sending of News
--Jockey Club's Bitter Flght--Every Means Used, Including
Refined Violence, to Keep Information Secret.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Abolition ot tho
poolroom for good r.nd nil throughout
the country is expected soon after
January 1 next. Action begun by the
Jockey Club of New York State, in
conforming to the now famous Bel-mont-Slicer
agreement made in 1906
to keep news from tho tracks, has
been followed officially in other States
permitting racing and probably will
pe In tho last two strongholds of the
poolroom meu Louisiana and Cali
fornia. In both these States the Legisla
tures are expected to pass acts creat
ing Stato racing commissions mod
eled along the lines of the New York
and Kentucky bodies. These in turn
probably will be asked to refuse li
censes to tracks which do not agree
to suppress information to tho rooms.
If this bo done poolrooms will be
things of the past.
New York and Brooklyn folk who
are betting this winter on the New
Orleans races, or on the Oakland con
tests, are doing so on tho English sys
tem or handbook way. They get
no ndvanco information except in a
few instances, and rely entirely on
tho mornlns papers for tho prices.
Following of the Belmont-Slicer
agreement hns cost tho Jockey Club
thousands of dollars and has taxed
the ingenuity of the best detective
forces In tho country. Violence has
been used unscrupulously in tho war
fare, though no nctual deathB have oc
curred as far ns is known. The whole
story of tho war between the tracks
and poolrooms probably never will be
told, but If written v,ould make the
Old Sleuth and jleadwood Dick stories
look like Sunday-Bchool books.
Armo 1 invasion of premises where
poles overlooking tho tracks were
erected; cutting down of these ob
servation towers while men with
drawn pistols stood over the work
men; blowing up a steel tower near
Belmont Park with dynamite, and the I
cutting of every wire leading from
a town (Saratoga), were only parts
of the fight. For weeks armed patrols
guarded every foot of every wire lead
ing into tho tracks, and dozens of
spies were employed to ferret out
rooms and from there trace tho
sources of Information if it was at all
complete.
The heliograph and tho wireless;
the wigwag system of army and navy
signals; kite flying and the old prin
ciple of the camera obscura all were
resorted to to get the news, and In
fighting these and other methods the
Jockey Club agents even enlisted tho
elements. Mirrors throwing the sun's
rays In tho eyes of the heliograph
men spoiled that scheme; heavy cur
rents of electricity thrown Into the air
at various "attunements" broke up
the wireless; arrest of tho wlgwag
gers on nil Borts of charges, and othor
kites spoiled thoao schemes, vlillo
probably the most daring was tho
sending of heavy electric currents
over 'phone wires used by poolroom
men. It was a fight to the death, and
if tho frequenters of tho poolrooms
of the past are to bo believed, the
Jockey Club won. The Belmont
Slicer agreement will be enforced just
as rigorously In tho racing season of
1908, If necessary.
DEAF MUTE DAUGHTER OF A
MILLIONAIRE TO BECOME FARMER
Mils Mary J. Crane, Heiress of a Chicago Iron Manufacturer, After
Study ia Ready For Her Life Work.
Chicago. Announcement that
Mary Josephine Crane, daughter of
the multi-millionaire iron manufac
turer, Charles It. Crane, Intends to
become a farmer, Is arousing much
interest in Chicago.
Miss Crane, who has been deaf r.nd
dumb from birth, is twenty years old.
She is about to finish a three years'
course in agriculture In the Univer
sity ot Wisconsin, at Madison. Her
proficiency ns a student has attracted
favorable attention from the members
of tho university faculty uud stu
dents. Miss Crane's companion, Miss
Camp, who acts as an Interpreter
when necessary, accompanies the
young woman into the classrooms and
takes notes for her, although the lat
ter can understand almost every word
of a speaker by watching the motions
of tho mouth. Miss Crane, however,
attends examinations alone, and lias
not yet failed to pass with high grade.
She has made a special study of how
to diet sheep and care for their wool.
Recently Miss Crane's father gave
her a farm near the Crane summer
home at Lake Geneva. She intends
personally to direct the work there
next summer.
INTERVIEWS WITH LEADING EDITORS
SHOW NEW ENGLAND PROSPEROUS
Financial Trouble Has Had No Real Effeot Upon Induatrial Activ ty, and
the Situation ia More Encouraging Than For Years,
Boston. The Boston Herald pub
lishes a symposium of reports of tho
business conditions throughout New
England, gathered from the leading
editors of this section ot the country.
These show that the recent flurry in
the money market had small effect
upon Industries.
Thoro has been no serious letup
of the wheels of activity. The Indus
trial situation In some places is more
encouraging this winter than in for
mer years. Orders for goods from
the West nnd South are as large as
heretofore. There has been no con
siderable reduction of force in any
of the places of employment. Many
orders for goods are fully as large as
a year ago, when the demand was ab
normal. The effect of the money
stringency in Holyoke was so small aa
to bo unnotlceable.
Portsmouth, N. H.. exnects to have
the busiest winter in Its hiatnrv whllu
from Rutland and Barre, Vt., the
situation Is described as busy, thlfty,
I confident.
I From Brockton, tho largest shoe
manufacturing place In the world,
j comes the report that the output for
i eleven months of the year will be
greater than the whole of laBt year.
Lynn and Lawrence and Holyoke
have the same story to tell.
Kilbouiiie Commi-ndcd For
Fine Work In Target Practice.
Washington.- Official enmmeuda
tlon has been made of Captain C. B.
Kill if. In command of the Thirty
fifth Company of Coast Artillery at
Fort Monroe, Virginia, for results
achieved In target practice at Battery
Parrott, (two twelve-inch rifles); 100
por cent, of hits wa made, the mean
range being C041 yards.
Four shots were fired In one mln
uto nnd nino seconds. Th:'?o of the
four shots would have passed through
a rectangular target 5 by 10 yards.
Tho Field of Sport.
Cy Young, the grand old man of
the twlrlers' box, will have a conge
nial task In the early spring. He Is
to coach the nine of the West Point
Military Academy.
Something like twenty baseball
players who have seen service In the
major leagues and then been shipped
to the minors will be given n chance
with the majors again next season.
It Is announced that Robert Deady.
of Philadelphia, is to lease tho large
new rink adjolniug Brandywlue
Springs, Delaware, for the purpose
of giving teu-iound boiiog matches.
liepublics Howard Officer
Who Averted War.
Washington. D. C. The President
sent to the Senate ii list of decora
tions sought to be conveyed by the
foreign powers to American officials.
Included in the list is a gift in the
shapo ot a large sliver urn presented
by tho Central American republics to
Commander R. Richard Mulligan, in
command of the Yorktown when the
friction arose between the Central
American republics last summer,
which he was largely Instrumental
In removing.
The Directors of the Interborough
Metropolltan Company have come to
rerognlr.e that the loss of fnres due
to dishonesty of conductors and their
failure to collect Is tho most Impor
tant factor with which they have to
deal In reorganizing the surface rail
ways of Manhattan nnd the Bronx.
Th realization has come to them
as a result of investigations that
have been going on for months of
the extent of tho pilfering among the
men, and It Is ono of the reasons why
the traction managers look with par
ticular interest to tho coming triuls
of the Montreal, or pay-as-you-enter
car, on the Madison avenue line, for
this car is supposed to make dishon
esty on the part of conductors as
near an impossibility as anything can
be when a mere mechanical device Is
Jltted against human Ingenuity.
Several months ago thero was n
:nse In the divorce courts here which
jpened the eyes of a good many of
tho Interborough-Metropolltan direc
tors who had not previously looked
Into this phaRe of the situation. The
wife of a New York City Railway
r.onductor was suing for alimony, and
In her bill alleged that, although her
hushand's snlary from tho company
was but $18 a week, he ought to pay
alimony on a $50 a week basis, ns
he "knocked down" $35 a week on
the side. Thera was a disposition to
believe at first that this was an exag
geration, but subsequent results have
contradicted such a conclusion.
Loss More Thnn Ten Per Cent.
The official estimate Is that the
New York City Railway Company,
under the conditions that prevail at
present, loses more than ten per cent,
of Its gross Income by reason of the
loss of fares through dishonesty and
failures to collect. For the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1900 the latest
for which figures have been issued
In detail the gross earnings of the
New York City Railway were $21,
937,943, its operating expenses $12,
624,782, and ita deficit, after paying
charges Including the rental of seven
per cent, on the stock of the Metro
politan Street Railway, was $2,212,
997. It has been testified In the Inves
tigation of traffic conditions by the
Public .tervlce Commission that the
deficit was over $3,000,000 in the
fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1907, after
the company had paid its rental of
$3,629,000. Inasmuch as the loss In
surplus all charges having been
paid out of tho fares actually re
ceived by the road the ten per cent,
of gross receipts which the New York
City Railway did not get contributed
upward of $2,000,000 of the aggre
gate deficit. In other words, had it
been received the New York City
Railway would have earned upward
of four per cent, on the stock of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany on tho basis of the official esti
mate. Applied to the finnnclal condition
of tho holding company, the Inter-lorough-Metropolltnn,
this lost $2,
000,000 or more of money would
have produced an even more interest
ing result. The Interborough-Metropolltan,
according to Its report for
tho fiscal year ended March 31 last,
showed a deficit of $1,347,489 after
payment of the dividend of five per
cent, on its preferred stock. Had
the company enjoyed the full receipts
of the surface lines it could have
paid Its preferred dividend and have
had upward of $600,000 surplus In
addition not a very large amount,
to be sure, on $100,000,000 of com
mon stock, but still something better
than a deficit of a million and a third
after paying the dividend on tho
preferred.
"Discharged For Dishonesty."
What part of these enormous
losses Is due to failure to collect
fares and what part to the dishonesty
of employes is entirely a matter of
estimate and was admitted to be such
by officials of the Interborough-Metropolltan
Company, who discussed
tho subject yesterday. A compilation
of figures showing the number of con
ductors discharged by the New York
City Railway during the last three
years and a half throws a good deal
of light on the subject, however, and
Far Kastern Notes.
The Russo-Chlnese Bank hat made
good profits since the war closed.
Korea has borrowed ir. i nnn
from the Hypotheo Bank of Japan.
Nearly all ot India's large annual
production of cottonseed goes out of
the country.
The Full naner mill, nf .lyn.n u
being fitted with Amuricau paper mill
machinery ot the latest type.
A I in st ion it & Co.. tit Kulanl
establishing a branch cordite factorv
In Japan. This is officially unuouueed
by the Jup.uu.-.' Ululster of Marine.
Indicates an enormous increase of
theft in the present year. In which
the affairs of the company have been
prominently in the public eyo.
There are 3050 conductors em
ployed on the Now York City Rail
way lines. In 190 4 14 5 conductors
resigned and 3491 were discharged.
3436 of the latter being less than a
year In the service. In 1905 1332 re
signed and 3019 vere discharged, of
whom 1864 had been less than a year
In the serwici'. In 1906 1634 re
signed and 4!i76 were discharged, of
whom 4776 had boon less than n
year In the service. In the first six
months of 1907 922 resigned and
3265 were discharged, of whom 3144
had been less than a year In the ser
vice. That Is at the rate of 1844 resig
nations and 6530 discharges of con
ductors for the year 1907, a total ot
8374, or nearly three times the en
tlro force of conductors employed
on the surface lines in one year. The
tremendous extent to which these
discharges have been for stealing if
Indicated by these figures:
Discharged
Total for
Year. Discharges. Dinhonmtv.
1004 3.401 3.(117
19fV 3.ilf 3
1906 4.076 3.924
1907 (nix months) 4.26T, 2.702
1907 (estimated year) . .6.51 !,.-s4
In the present year, therefore, If
the average for the first six months
Is carried out, tho entire force of
conductors on the atirface lines will
be discharged virtually twice over for
dishonesty alone. These ratios have
enabled some of the Inter-Met. di
rectors to appreclato with a warmer
Interest than ever before the humor
of the divorce case In which alimony
on a $50 a week basis was asked
from an $18 a week man because be
was a conductor on the New York
City Railway
Dividing the Ornft.
Various statements of what this
system of graft was worth to Indi
vidual men have been made up. but
only as estimates. One man high up
in Inter-Met councils said that a for
mer valet, who was put In on the
road as a motorman found that his
share of tho dally graft was from
$2 to $3 under normal conditions.
It is explained In this connection
that it is wise for a conductor to
have a motorman In his confidence,
inasmuch as the latter is in a posi
tion to "drag" the car that is. make
it get behind on Its schedule suffi
ciently to fill up very full of passen
gers. Knocking down fares Is a much
easier matter In a crowded car than
It is In a relatively emptv one where
passengers can see the cash register.
When tho loss of fares has been
reduced to terms of a percentage of
the gross Income of the road, and
runs in the estimates as high as In
the present case, it becomes an Im
portant factor in the schemes of re
organization. Leading interests in
tho board of the Inter-Met. make no
bones of admitting this to be the
fact and are therefore moved to place
the more importance upon tho Intro
duction of the pay-as-you-enter car,
under the new traffic regulations
proposed by the company and recom
mended in the main by the police et
perts whom the Public Service Com
mission has been examining. The
new car, according to the plans, will
be operated on the basis of a seat
for every passenger, so that both
the company and the traveling public
will enjoy whatever benefits may fol
low its introduction. ,
There Is another thing that com
plicates the situation, according to
information from Inside the traction
merger. That is the very large in
crease of transfers used, properly
and Improperly, which has steadily
reduced the return to the company
per passenger carried until In recent
times It has run as low as 3.25 cents
per five cent fare. With this is com
bined an increasing competition with
the Subway, which brings in Its own
results to the Intorboiough-Metro-pollian
Company, but dops not sim
plify the management of the Now
York Railway as an independent
proposition supposed to take care of
its own affairs in the system
LACONICS OF NOTED MEN.
Origin of the Word and Many Illus
trations. Laconians, whose chief was Snarta,
were famous in ancient Greece, not
only for their success in war, but for
their scorn of luxuries and their brev
ity of speech. When King Philip of
Macedonia, father of Alexander the
Great, threatened thorn, saying: "If I
enter Laconla I will level your city to
the dust," they sent back the reply:
"If." Their short answers give to
the English language the word "la
conic." There wore not u few famous la
conicisms of later times. Talley
rand, when told on one occasion that
a certain notorious personage, nick
and In great pain, was suffering the
torments of the lost, made the wicked
reply, "Already."
John Wesley once met a blustering
fellow In u narrow path, who con
fronted him, snying: "I never make
way for a fool." "I always do," re
turned Wesley, quietly stepping aside.
Uean Hole, -being in a railway car
riage with a man who bored him with
many stupid questions, was finally
asked by him: "What comes after
itchln'?" "Scratchln'," replied the
dean, wearily.
Douglas Jerrold, meetl.-g a bore in
the street, found himself promptly
buttonholed by the latter. "What's
golpg on?" asked the bore. "I am,"
aid Jerrold, and did m.
Tb un opponent in argument who
denied the existence ot purgatory a
Catholic cleric replied: "You might
go farther and fare worse." Chi
cago News.
An Overbalanced Waut.
The vicar of a large country town
In England visited a parishioner, a
widow, seventy-five years old, who
had had ten children, all of whom ex
cept one daughter had married ant)
left her. Now this daughter also was
about to be married. The old lady
would then be left quite alope,- and
the clergyman endeavored to sympa
thize witu her. "Well, Mrs. Higgius,"
he said, "you must feel lonely now,
after having had so large a family."
"Yea, sir," she said, "I do feel It 'one
some. I've brought up a larje :v.m
ily, and here I am living alone. An'
I misses 'em an' I wants 'em; but I
misses 'em more than I rant 'em.
Bellman.
Prompt.
"Thero Is no toollsuness about
ligi'Jii ill Southwestern M : . i . ;, '
said a St. Louis man. "I bad occa
sion, recently, In visit a town l:i tbttt
section, and, while waiting tUa r!auk
ure of the president or Hi - bank 1 hn l
business with, caught Bight of tiie
following notice posted on the door of
a church across tho way:
" 'There will be preaching here
next Sunday, Providance perm,
and there will bo preaching iic.o
whether or no on tao Sunday follo-w.
lng upon the subject, 11 a taat bu
Ueveth and is bapiiza.hall bu savtJ.,
and he that believeth not shall be
damned at 11. So a. m ' " Hajrpsr'i
Momhlv.
Thero haB been a revival of
whaling Industry. A few years
the aununl Industry 'v.ir Ii ! lo I
Inquisitive.
Why did you lovo that sirl iu.;caJ
of so do other girl? Way don i yua
love hr ulster? Way dot sou lure
you instead of lev lit your t:ot
friend? You lovo somobodv. V.'sat