| A Hand at Poker
\ By JAMES JOHNSON. >
| Copy right. 190t>, by E. C. Pareells. \
At the age of twenty Thomas Ap
pleby, Jr., was generally referred to
as "Soft Tommy." While his father,
who was one of the largest railroad
contractors In the country, was known
as a level headed man, his only son,
Tommy, was playing "going to col
lege" and making a fool of himself
whenever occasion offered. A compila
tion of the idiotic things Tommy did
in the course of two years would make
a small volume of statistics. He got
drunk, hu bet on horses, he played pok
er, he fell iu love with his laundress,
be got into jail, he ran himself and
his father into debt to the tune of thou
sands. As a windup he fell in love
with a chorus girl at a New York the
ater, weut on a drunk lasting two
weeks and was disgracefully expelled
from college. His old man stopped
building the Colorado Midland long
enough to come east and bribe the
chorus girl to let go, pay up Tommy's
debts, talk to him In vigorous Eng
lish and then take him west to fill
some unimportant position where he
could keep an eye on him.
Tommy's halcyon days were over.
He had to knuckle down and be good.
In the course of two years he became
so good and so sensible that he was
permitted togo east and marry the
daughter of a locomotive builder, with
whom he had become acquainted while
she was making a tour of the west. It
was conceded on all sides that Tommy
was no longer "soft." He had become
Interested In his father's work, been
given a partnership, and he was looked
upon as a coming mau in the business
of constructing and outfitting railroads.
Tommy and his bride were to "do"
the east and then bring up In their fu
ture home In Denver, and everything
went according to programme until
they headed for the west. Then Tom
my received word to bring along a
•urn of money from Wall street. The
fact that he had $f»0,000 buttoned up
behind his coat caused a relapse from
virtue on Tommy's part. He became
"soft" agaiu. He drank and swag
gered and told everybody what a big
man he was in the Colorado Midland,
and soon after leaving Ashley on his
home coming he fell Into the hands of
the FhllUtlnes. Three thieves and a
gambler had spotted blm and were
after his money. They didn't care how
they got hold of it. but after awhile
found that the game of poker would be
the easiest way. When Tommy began
drluklng he became obstinate, and,
leaving his tearful bride In the parlor
car, be took a hand In the game start
ed elsewhere for his particular benefit.
Then the chorus girl made her en
trance. She had let goof Tommy for
good. She had never cared for him In
a sentimental way. She had drifted
from the chorus In New York to the
vaudeville lu a western town of hard
repute and was on her return from a
trip to Chicago when she ran across
Tommy and his wile. Her first emo
tions were those of Jealousy to think
that he had married, and she thirsted
for revenge against the child faced
bride. Then she reasoned that she
never intended to marry Tommy any
way end that he and his papa had
treated her very liberally, and she
gave over her idea of revenge. Tommy
didn't recognize her during the long
day that she occupied a seat directly
across the aide, but she saw that he
had something on his mind and was
drinking himself up to It. The gam
blers were going to make up a game
for the night, and he wanted to be
counted In and arrive in Denver with
a few extra hundred dollars in his
pocket. The protecting bride was or
dered to the stateroom, and Tommy
vrent la search of the game, lie soon
found It The ex-chorus girl had sized
np the newly married couple and the
situation, and she reasoned them out
aa follows:
•Tommy the 'soft* Is not as big a fool
aa he was, but he Is fool enough to be
taken In by those card sharps. From
his swtgger be has evidently got a lot
•112 money with him. He has gone and
forgotten me and got married Instead
9t pining along in single blessedness,
but I won't bo'd that up against him
That wife of his is a little innocent
■he may have seen a circus once or
twice in her life, but her knowledge of
the world stops there. If she would
take Tommy by the ear, as I used to
do, Instead of playing the baby, she
could bring him to the mark. But she
hasn't the piuck. Tommy will gamble,
lose bis money, and there will l>e a
scene when he faces his father. I
must do something for the helpless In
fants." ,
The game was going on in the smok
er. There were only two or three pas
sengers In the car, and it may have
been that the conductor stood in with
the blacklegs. At any rate, when the
ex-chorus girl made her appearance in
the car he politely hinted that she had
made a mistake.
"Not If the court knows herself," was
her reply. "I came In here to get a
smell of this smoke and watch the
game, and I don't think there is any
rule to bar me out."
Tommy was drinking with one hand
and playing poker with the other. He
also kept his mouth going as to what
a great man he was in connection with
the Colorado Midland. The line would
have never been thought of nor sur- j
veyed nor constructed but for him. He j
had played poker since he was ten
years old. He was no chicken. lb*
had the money, and money taik«
From her nearby seat the woman lis
tened to bis vaporings and saw the
gamblers fleecing him at every hand,
and she said to herself:
"I used to get about a hundred dol
lars a day out of Tommy when he was
struck on me, but these sharpers are
doing a heap l>etter. If be was born
without brains it's not my fault, and
yet I feel sorry tor that little wife of
bis. This is all new on her. She is in
her stateroom crylntc her eyes out when
a wife of spunk would be in here rais
ing old Ned. It's none of my business,
and yet I can't help but feel sorry for
her. It's no use togo and speak to her,
for she's one of the weeping, helpless
sort. What is wanted Is to
give Tommy a jar."
A few minutes later the porter of the
sleeping car came into the smoker and
whispered to Tommy that his wife
wanted to see him. At that the gam- ]
biers sneered aud Tommy swore. He
sent back word that he would come
when he got ready and continued his
play. The ex-chorus girl went back
in bis place, and when the stateroom
door opened at her knock she said to
the anxious and weeping bride;
"Your husband is drinking and gam
bling lu the car ahead. Are you woman
enough to walk in there and fetch him
I "Mercy, nor gasped the wife.
"Then don't make a fool of yourself
by sending messages. 1 know your
Tommy of old. He's soft in the head,
and I don't believe he'll ever get over
It. You are only a baby wife, and your
mother ought to have kept hold of one
end of the string. Don't sob and wring
j your hands that way. I'm going back
I to watch the game and save your Tom
i my. ITe'll probably come along In the
| course of an hour and dump himself
! down on the floor. 1 may come later." j
"But I don't uuderstand," protested
i the bride as she struggled with her j
sobs.
' j "There's no need for you to. Just re
-1 j main right here and leave the rest to
1 me."
"And who are you?"
I "Nobody or nothing."
[ When the woman returned to the
, smoker Tommy had lost all his own
. money and had broken Into what lie
was carrying to his father. lie was
as dough in the hands of the sharpers.
In five hands lie lost SJ,OOO. Then the
' woman stepped to his side and took
him by the arm and said:
i "Tommy, you are wanted in the i
sleeping car. Come along."
► "What are you doing here?" demand- j
[ ed one of the gamblers of the woman
I as Tommy obediently rose up and
; lurched about.
"They call me Wild Rose in Chey
i enne," she replied, "and it is said that
I play poker as good as any man.
I This man Is going back to his wife,
» and I'm going to take his hand In the
game."
The men cursed and growled, but
. when Tommy had been landed in his
( stateroom the woman returned and
i sat down with such nonchalance and
i produced such a large "roll" that the
i sharpers winked at each other and
( then turned lu to beat her. They
: palmed the cards; they bluffed; they
■ conspired; they resorted to all the
i tricks of the trade, but they reaped
i nothing by it. The woman was posted
[ lu all their moves und had some new
i ones to show them. They became
afraid of her after awhile, and then
she used taunts to keep the game go
lug. They lost steadily from the start,
and if there was cheating on her part
they were not sharp enough to detect
It. When she had won back every dol
lar lost by Tommy the "soft," she
rose up and carried her winnings back
to the wife. The husband was asleep j
on the lloor. The ex-chorus girl looked
at him and nodded her head and said; j
"Seems like old times to see him
that way. Here's the money he lost to
the gamblers. Take care of It and go
through his pockets for the rest of his
boodle. We are getting near Cheyenne, j
I leave the train there."
"But your name? You will tell me >
that and let me thank you over and |
over again for what you have done?" j
"Don't mention it. Good night and j
good by."
Tribal Suicide.
All students of Malay and Hindoo i
history know that one of the most hor
rid customs in those countries Is the
"poopootan," what I should like to call
the tribal suicide, says C. Tliieme, cor
respondent of De Nlewe (Niurant, The
Hague. A Ball prluce, with the in
stincts of his warrior race, declines to
surrender, but prefers death, and he
and all his people seek death. The
Prince of Badoeng did this. He turn
ed a deaf ear to all suggestion of a
settlement, but he and all connected
with him, men, women and children,
committed suicide. Nearly the same
thing happened in 1805 in Lombok, a I
neighboring island. The old king had
surrendered, but one of his sons, a
cripple, walked out with all his rela
tions dressed iu gorgeous garments,
bedecked with all their Jewelry, and
with their swords and lances attacked
the Dutch army, only to find the death
thej* courted. Those who were not
killed in the fight were afterward
found to have also killed themselves.
As Good as *a Knot.
A little north side boy likes to play
with needles and thread and pretend
he Is sewing. To please him and to
keep him quiet his mother has been in
the habit of letting hlni have the arti
cles for ills amusement while she Is
busy with her household duties and
especially while she herself is sewing.
One afternoon recently the boy was
busily engaged In his favorite domestic
pursuit when suddenly the knot came
out of the thread and It slipped
through the needle.
"Mamma," said he, handing the nee
dle and thread to her, "pta.se put the
thread In the needle and then pease
put another lump in the thread.•
Columbus Dispatch.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Remember that the money you
squander won't work for you.
We are always too young to have
known better if our mothers are the
Judges.
Men do a lot of things just as fool
ish as having their clothes button In j
the back.
Dreaming of what you would do If |
you had a large income is probably |
about the slowest way to get one.
The man who fails in his efforts to j
do something well is still more of a j
success than the one who never tries, i
A mother worries if her daughters !
are not Invited to parties and then sits
up and worries because they are out j
late when they are invited.
Ever occur to you that you ought to (
dress up more and brush your dothes
oftener? Most people as they become
old neglect their personal appearance
too much.—Atchison Clob.
—■
Jury Friendships.
"The eleven men in the world for j
whom I entertain a feeling of peculiar
friendliness are those with whom I
served on a jury once," said a broker.
| "There isn't any other human tie Just
like that existing among jurors In a
i criminal case. There we are, twelve
I men. all perfect strangers to each oth
er, with different tastes, tempera
ments and habits, picked up and bound
j together for days In the most trying '■
circumstances. The hardships, tho 1
j tragic phases of the situation, reveal
; us In a new light. Hitherto unsuspect- J
ed traits crop out. We argue, we quar
: rel, we sympathize, we make up. In a
manner that would surprise our closest !
friends. The responsibility that we
! share sets up apart from everybody
else and establishes n bond of interest
and sympathy that is pretty sure to
last."—New York Sun.
Made it Homelike.
i Recently a district visitor in the east
| end of London asked the wife of a no
j torious drinker why she did not keep
her husband from the public house.
"Well." she answered, "I 'ave done
j my best, ma'am, but lie will go there." j
"Why don't you make your home look
I more attractive?"
! "I'm sure I've tried 'ard to make It
'omelike, ma'am," was the reply. "I've
took up the parlor carpet and sprinkled
sawdust on the floor and put a beer
barrel in the corner. But, lor', ma'am,
• It ahi't made a bit of difference."— j
| The Pursers
Confidence
By HUNTLEY WEYMAN
I Copyrighted l>y E. C. l'arcclls ![
It was spoken of as the slickest rob
bery ever perpetrated on a London
Jewelry house. Lady Stanton was
looking at a diamond tiara and being
waited on by one of the partners when
a gentleman lounged forward, famil
iarly addressed her and, picking up
the tiara, walked out of the store with
it. The act was so audacious that he
was given time to mix with the throng
iu the street and get safely away.
It was a jewelry house that had
never been robbed before, and the de
cision was immediate to spare no ex
pense to run the robber down. The
case was given to the police, with a
grand reward attached, and Scotland
Yard put its best detectives at work.
Two or three private agencies took up
the trail for the reward there was in it,
and when a clew seemed to lead to
Faris a French detective prepared to
follow it. From some line of reasoning !
not made public all the otiicers came to !
an agreement that the robber was an
American and that he would seek to
get away on the Blue Star liner Mon
arch. The press didn't say anything
about trails, but four of the detectives
followed their noses at least and se
cured passage on the Monarch, nad
one of the male passengers come to
them half an hour before sailing and
admitted that lie was the robber and
held out his hands for the bracelets
none of the four would have sailed. As
it was, no one came forward, and tliey
felt it a duty to make the voyage to
New York and keep an eye on every
fellow passenger. They knew nothing
of each other's presence in an official
way. If any one of them was to give
his confidence to any one, the purser
was the man to unbosom to, and it was
uot long before lie had a call It was
a Scotland Yard man. lie was wear
ing false side whiskers and passing
himself off as a retired English retail
grocer who was making the trip to see
his sister in New York.
"I think I have a clew already," he
said as the purser promised to respect
his confidence and assist him in any
way he could. "There is a Frenchman
aboard calling himself Dubois. He
speaks English passably well and
claims to be going over in the inter
ests of the wine business, but he isn't
fooling Inspector Saunders a little bit.
ne's my man or I don't know a crook
when I see one."
The next burst of confidence came
from Dubois. lie Identified himself as
belonging to the Faris bureau and
added:
"Fist! It was easy enough. I pick
ed him out from the 300 passengers al
most at a glance. He is an English
man and claims to be a retired grocer,
and I shall give him rope until we
reach quarantine on the other side.
Should he suspect me and try to jump
overboard 1 hope I may have your as
sistance."
Mr. Dubois was assured that the
purser and all the other officers of the
boat stood ready to lend justice all
possible assistance, and he then made
way for a detective from a private
London agency. The man wore a false
stomach ami a wig aud used the Lan
cashire dialect. He introduced himself
as John Stone and asked for the purs
er's confidence at once.
"I've got him right between my
thumb and linger, this way," he said,
with a grin. "The trail led me as
straight as a turnpike. I can't ask the
Monarch to turn back, of course, but
I'll have the darbies on the fellow as
soon as we sight Sandy Hook. Lord,
but it was dead easy! lie calls himself
a French name and tries to disguise his
English, but any child could spot him
off. Help me to keep an eye on Du
bois and there will be something in it
for you."
The purser smiled inwardly and gave
his promise. He thought there were
others to come, and he was not mis
taken. Mr. Hiram Wilkinson next in
troduced himself as being from a pri
vate Liverpool agency. He had a wig
and goggles and was trying to talk
through his nose and be taken for a
New Englander. He felt that he had
come to the right party In coming to
the purser, anil he didn't shut his
mouth until his secret was out.
"It's the feller as calls hisself Stoue,"
he whispered. "I spotted him the in- i
staut he came up the gangplank, but I j
dasn't tackle him on sight. I am mak- |
ing the voyage to play my fish. I'll
bet pounds to shillings I make him
trap hisself in less than three days,
ne claims to have a brother lu the
butcher business at Albany, but of
course that's all in your eye."
"You think lie's the man?" queried
the purser in an absent way as be be
gan to see the humorous side of the
situation.
"Say, now, take a good long look at
him yourself. He looks the thief from
head to heel. Haven't you noticed his
nervousness? He's afraid he's been
followed. He'll make a light of it
when we sight the American coast, but
I'll have the irons on him before he can
say Jack Robinson. Mum is the word,
and you will get your whack of the re
ward."
There was no fifth detective aboard
to ask the purser for his confidence
and assistance, but after a day or two
Mr. Abijah Absalom Barnes, as lie
gave his name, asked the official to
take charge of a package for him.
"It's only some glmcraeks I've been
buying abroad." he explained, "but
Martha and the children will be look
ing for presents when I get home.
That Yurup is a great country, but I
hain't seen no spot like old New Hamp
shire since I went away. Ever get up
that far?"
"I never have," replied the purser as
lie wondered how Uncle Abijah had
escaped the pitfalls that must have
been set for his feet.
"If you ever have u chance, come up
and stay with me for a week, and it
Shan't cost you a red cent. If you've
pot a wife and children, bring 'em j
along. If you could come in the win
ter, I'd take you to hnlf a dozen spell- j
Ing schools, and we'd slide down hills !
on hand sled- I own n bill over a mile
long, and my old woman can make
buckwheat cakes to beat the band. !
Say, now, is there any danger of any
one stealing my p:i«_Lage from you?"
"Not the slightest."
"Because there are jiome suspicious
characters aboard. I've run across
four different men that I wouldn't
trust togo to my barn and get a peek
measure of oats. They call themselves
Stone, Dubois, Saunders and Wilkin- I
son. We've got tin peddlers up In my
state that look more honest than these
men do. I'm right onto "em, however, [
and they can't fool me."
At least once a dajr during the rest .
of the voyage each of the four detec
tives sought out the purser and report-
eu progress aim piauneu wnui suoue
be done when quarautlne was reached.
While each one had only suspected
one another on the start, oily three
days had passed when each man's siis
plclons Included the three others in the
quartet. Uncle Abljah bothered them
front the start. He instated on butting
in at all times and under all circum
stances. If one detective had another
aside to pump him, the old man from
New Hampshire presently appeared
and carelessly said:
"Gentlemen, I hope I don't intrude,
but were either of you ever up in Sock
county, X. 11. ?"
"Never," was the reply.
"Then you've missed a great thing.
We hain't got no Niagara falls up
there, but sliding down hill in the
winter beats anything you can find
outdoors. You load up a big shed
with gals and boys and head her down
hill aud let her go, and the first thing
you know you are two miles away. I
hain't got but one spare bed In the
house, but Martha aud mo will sleep
on the floor if you'll come up."
Sometimes the four sleuths would
play cards together and pretend to be
very jovial aud friendly. Before tho
game was fairly under way Uncle
Abijah would stroll into the smoking
room and say:
"I dunuo whether any of you fellers
! heard about that big robbery In I.ou
i don or not, but it was a corker. Feller
I walked into a jewelry store and picked
\ up a bushel of diamonds and walked
; out ag'in as cool as a hired man going
to work. I happened to be right nigh
the store at the time, aud I didn't
know but what they would arrest me.
The feller got away, but I'm purty sure
I saw him and would know him ag'in."
He would then lounge out on deck,
and the game would soon break up, and
one of the officers would hunt up Uncle
Abijah to get further particulars. He
would intimate that he had seen tin
robber among the passengers aboard
and that he might give him away on
landing, and thus the four officers
would be further puzzled and mysti
fied. Each oue was invited up to New
Hampshire over and over again, aud
before Sandy Ho >k was sighted each
one knew the old man's history from
the day he was born. No arrests were
made at quarantine. It had been left
to the purser, and he had telephoned
up. Four interviews had been held
with him, and as a result four different
men were arrested when the steamer
made her dock. The victims were
Messrs. Saunders, Dubois, Wilkinson
and Stone. Uncle Abijah saw them
taken into custody and smiled and
winked. He had also worked out a lit
tle plan.
Three hours later the four men, ac
companied by two detectives from
headquarters, boarded the Monarch to
ask of the purser:
"What do you know of the old fellow
who called himself Barnes?"
"Nice old man and innocent as a
child," replied the official. "Say, now,
he's gone off and forgotten his pack
age."
"If he returns for it.tie a string
around his wrist and hold liitu fast,"
laughed oue of the headquarters men.
"He's the chap th.it took the <!!:»-
monds!"
The Value of Lifeboats.
Considerably more shipwrecked sail
ors are saved by their own boats than
by any other means, says London An
swers. Thus of 2,159 persons saved
on the coasts of the United Kingdom
in 1903-04. 165 were saved by the
rocket apparatus and assistance from
the bhoi'e, t >v lifeboats, i i.~> t._.
coast guard boats and other craft, 041
by passing ships and 7.'i."> by their own
boats.
The total number of seamen and pas
sengers saved from wrecks of British
vessels everywhere and of foreign ves
sels on or near the coasts of British
territory during the year 1903-04 was
0,086, of whom 2.1.7.* were saved on
the coasts of the United Kingdom,
1,782 on the coasts of British posses
sions abroad, 1,343 on the coasts of
foreign countries—all from British
wrecks, be it remembered—and 802 on
the high seas. Of the 3,027 persons
saved from British wrecks abroad
2,562 were saved by their own boats
and 059 by passing ships, while onh
28 were saved by lifeboat.; and 140 by
rocket apparatus.
An I inpreNNion.
"Did that lawyer get a clear view of
the case?" inquired the litigant's friend.
"No. I'm afraid he didn't. I told him
that my trouble was about money, aud
he seemed to be proceeding on the the
ory that by relieving me of my money
he would cause the trouble to dlsap
pear."
Animals That Are Trained.
The animal trainer paused in his
midnight supper.
"It Is strange," he said, "how train
ing increases an animal's value. I
can buy a young lion for SIOO, train it
and sell it for SSOO afterward. Take
the group I performed with tonight--
three lions, three tigers, two leopards,
four bears and four boarhouuds. They
are all young adults in the pink of con
dition, but untrained they wouldn't be
worth more than $1,500 or $2,000 at
the outside. Yet the boss was offered
SOO,OOO for them last week. The train
ing sets the price, and no wonder. It
took four years to train this group of
mine, and, though there are only six
teen animals In it now, no less than
seventy had to be tried and discarded
before we got together the sixteen we
wanted."
The «*lf" In Itather Important.
Here's something that may save
your life when a bull gets after you:
When a bull charges, just before the
final lurch he shuts his eyes, and if
yott have the presence of mind to
stand stock still until he Is about two
or three feet from you all you have to
do is to step aside, and he mioses vox;.
Any child with sufficient presence of
mind to do this can let a bnll charge
all day with perfect safety. This is
not a new thing, as it is one of these
crets of the bullfighter in tho coun
tries where the sport Is practiced. Tha
bullfighters say that a cow does not
do this, and they would never try any
such tricks with a mad cow.
The Ilnnf.
Rich Aunt—Why do you bring ma
tills dust, Tommy? Tommy Because
I want you to bite It. Rich Aunt- Why
do you want me to bite it? Tommy—
Because I heard papa say that when
you bite the dust we shall get £20,000.
—London Tit-Bits.
ilea*»urliiK.
The Lender—All right. I'll lend you
$5, but don't forget that you owe It to
me. The Borrower My dear fellow, 1
shall never forget It as long as 1 live.—
Brooklyn I.lfe.
JUKI Ice.
"Why is Justice represented with a
bandage over her brow?"
"There is a classical reason for it,"
said the lawyer, "but to my mind it
serves chiefly to impress the frequency
with which Justice gets a black eye."—
Washington Star.
THE EXPIATORY DEAD.
inexplicable Fate of the Enemies of
Dreyfus Revision.
"Always the dead!" Beinach cried
bitterly. "Whenever we find a for
gery, a crime, always it Is set to the
account "112 a dead man!"
And he drew up a list, horrible iu its
eloquence, of the dead who strewed
the dark path of this monstrous case
of crime and cruelty and infamy. Yet
there had fallen so many of the ene
mies of truth and justice that he might
have called them the expiatory dead.
Three 1 have told you <»f—that poor
wretch. Lemercier-Piciird, "found dead"
In his room in the Itue de Sevres; Hen
ri, "found dead," witli a closed razor
near by; Felix Faure. "found dead"
and smuggled into his palace.
There were many others. Captain
d'Attel. who claimed to have heard
Dreyfus avow his guilt to Lebrun-Re
nault the day or his degradation, was
"found dead" in a railway train, his
corpse blue and already on tlie way to
decomposition, though his journey had
lasted but an hour. This pretended
confession, which Dreyfus never made,
D'Attel confided to his friend, Chaulin-
Serviuiere, a memlier of the chamber
of deputies. Now, the deputy took
train one day to visit his home. An
hour later he was "found dead'* on the
railway tracks between two stations.
And itoclier of the prison guards, who
also claimed to have heard Dreyfus
say, "I am guilty, but 1 am not the
only 011 c!" died, and to this day no ono
knows where or how. It was as
though eternal truth had reached down
and slain this lie wherever it lifted Its
evil head.
The prefect Barreme was summoned
to Paris by his government chief. He
was "found dead" In his compartment
when the train arrived at the Care St.
Lazare. Laurenceau, prefect of the
north, was called to I'arls to give evi
dence regarding the spy system on the
German frontier. There was no acci
dent on the journey. The next day he
was "found dead" in his room at the
Hotel Terminus.
Lorimer, one of Henri's most tire
less agents of forgery and crime, was
"found dead," hanged in a lonely barn;
another, Guenee, was ••found dead" on
the tloor of his room in Paris. Then
there was Munier. His part in the con
spiracy had been to falsify the mean
ing of a cryptic telegram sent by Pa
nizzardl to the Italian government, so
that it affirmed the guilt of Dreyfus.
And Munier was "found dead" In a
railway train. Was it any wonder the
martyr's friends began to see in these
mysterious and opportune deaths the
work of an avenging destiny? With
grim emphasis Relnach declared, "De
cldement la fatallte est Dreyfusarde!"
—the very stars in their courses fought
against the lie.—Vance Thompson In
Success Magazine.
i lie l ypewriter.
Although hi? was not the first to de
vise a machine for typewriting, John
Pratt won the distinction of inventing
the first working typewriter that se
cured a sale He was born In Unlon
ville, S. C, on April 14, 1831, and In
ISO 4, with his wife, he went to Eng
land, Pratt d -voting his time to the In
vention of a mechanism which he des
ignated the ••pterotype," the first prac
tical typewriter. Provisional protection
to the invention was granted by the
British government in February, 186-1,
and on Dec. 1, 18*36, letters patent No.
3163 were granted to Pratt. On re
turning to tlit- T'nttcil States, Iu ISOS,
he secured letters patent In this coun
try. Mr. Pratt was the first inventor
of a machine in which a type wheel
was moved by key levers, and he was
the first man to make aud sell type
writers, having sold several In Loudon
in 1867.
Piccadilly.
A tfceorj as to the origin of Picca
dilly was put forward by Archdeacon
Bickersteth many years ago. He had
discovered a Piccadilly among the
Chilterns, the central one of three con
ical hills near Ivinghoe, and he learn
ed that this hill had at one time been
known also as Peaked hill. Might not
London's Piccadilly likewise be a
Peaked hillV No doubt the hill In Pic
cadilly Is not remarkably peaky, but,
then, the same thing might be said of
the Derbyshire peak itself. There la
another Piccadilly near Aberystwyth,
and yet another near Bolton. But iu
the provinces one always suspects bor
rowing from London in such cases.
There arc Hy<h- Park Corners in pro
vincial towns that have no Hyde park
to justify them— London Chronicle.
- Little Surcnatlp,
An old woman went into a grocer's
and ordered a pennyworth of carrots.
After being served she inquired, "D'ye
not thraw something in wi' them?"
"Oh, yis," replied the greengrocer; "if
ye wait a minute I'll thraw in a seek
o' tetties an* a barrel o' apples an' a
hundredweight o' turnips an' a box of
oranges! An'," he shouted as the old
woman flounced out of the shop,"when
I'm busy I'll thraw in the horse an'
calrt! If yor not satisfied then, coma
back for the shop!"— London Mall.
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BELLS IN (HLRCHES.
FIRST USED BY PAULINUS, BISHOP
OF NOLA, ABOUT 400.
The Karl> llrfltiali ChrintlaiiM Iyd
WoimU'ii ItattleM In < nil tlie Pec^l©
Together For Wornliip un<l
Thunder and LiKlitnlng.
Church bells are of ancient origin. ■
The ancients had bells for both
ami profane purposes. Strabo says!
that market time was announced by!
their sound and Pliny that the tomb j
of an ancient king of Tuscany was i
hung round with bells. The hour of i
bathing was made known in ancient j
Home by tho sound of a bell. The
night watchman carried one, and it;
served to call tip the servants in great
houses. Sheep had them tied about
their necks to frighten away wolves,
or. rather, by way of amulet.
Paulinus, bishop of Nola, is general
ly considered the first person who in
troduced bells into ecclesiastical serv
ice about the year 400. Historians say 1
that in CIO the bishop of Orleans, being |
at Seno, then in a state of siege, fright- j
cued away the besieging army by ring
ing St. Stephen's church bells, which is !
a clear proof that they were not at that j
time generally known in France. The ;
first large bells are mentioned by j
Bede in the year 080. Before that pe-!
riod the early British Christians made
use of wooden rattles to call the con '
gregatiou of the faithful together.'
Hand bells probably first appeared at |
religious processions and were after-,
ward used by the seculars. The small 1
bells were not always held in the
hand. They were sometimes suspend
ed upon a stake and struck with ham
niers.
The arrival of kings and great per
sonages was anciently greeted by ring
ing the church hells. Inguiohus, abbot
of Croylaud, who died about 1109.
speaks of them as being well known in
his time and says that "the first abbot
of Croylaud gave six bells to that mon
astery—that Is to say, two great ones,
which he named Bartholomew aud Bel
ndine; two of a medium size, called
Turketulium and Bettrine; two small
ones, denominated Pega and Bega. He
also caused the great bell to be made
called Gudla, which was tuned to the
other bell and produced an admirable
harmony not to be equaled in Eng
land."
The bells used in the monasteries
were sometimes rung with ropes hav
ing brass or silver rings at the ends j
for the hand. They were anciently I
rung by the priests themselves, after- j
ward by the servants and sometimes |
by those incapable of other duties, as
persons who were blind.
The doctrine of the Church of Rome
concerning l>ells is that they have mer
it and pray God for the living and the
dead; secouil, that they produce devo
tion In the hearts of the faithful. The
dislike of evil spirits to bells Is well
expressed by Wynken de Worde in the
"Golden Legend." The passing bell was
anciently rtiug for two good purposes. 1
one to bespeak the prayers of all good
Christian people for a soul just depart- |
ing and the other to drive away the |
evil spirits who stood at the foot of the
bed or about the house. Such was the :
general opinion respecting the efficacy I
of l>ells before the reformation, but I
since that period "it has been the usual
course in the Church of England that \
when any sick person lay dying a j
bell should toll to give notice to the
neighbors that they pray for the |
dying party, which was commonly j
called a passing bell, because the sick j
person was passing hence to another j
world, and when his breath was ex- |
pired the bell rung out that the neigh- '
bors might cease their prayers, for that
the party was dead." It is now only
tolled after death.
The saint's bell was not so called
from the name of the saint that was
Inscribed on it or of the church to.,
which it belonged, but because it was
always rung out when the priest came
to that part of the service, "Sanctus,
Sanctus, Sanctus, Domine Deus Sab
baotb," purposely that those persons
■who could not come to church might
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i. mm- la what a solemn olflce tbe con
gregation were at that Instant engag
ed and so, even In their absence, be
once, at least, moved to lift up their
hearts to him who made them. Bells
at one time were thought an effectual
charm against lightning The frequent
tiring of abbey churches by lightning
confuted the proud motto commonly
written on their bells in the steeples,
wuerem earn ennneu risen io a Six
fold efficacy-- viz:
Men's death 1 tell by doleful knell;
lightning and thunder I break asunder;
On Sabbath all to church I call;
The sleepy head I raise from bed;
The winds bo fierce 1 dost disperse;
Men's cruel rage I do assuage.
It has anciently been reported, ob
served Lord Bacon, ami is still re
ceived that extreme applause and
shouting of people assembled In multi
tudes have ho rarefied and broken tbe
air that birds flying over have fallen
down, the air not being able to sup
port them, and it is belteved by some
that great ringing of bells in popu
lous cities has chased away thunder
jmd also dissipated pestilent air.—New
York Herald.
Molarity's Answer.
Eugene Moriarity, who seemed to be
a fixture in the Massachusetts legisla
ture some years ago, was at one time
on the Worcester school board. A fel
low member, Rev. D. O. Mears, more
than hinted at one meeting that there
were altogether too many Irish namM
on the list of Worcester teachers. The
charge passed unchallenged at the
time, but at the next meeting tin rose
Mr. Moriarity with this exquisite little
gem;
"Mr. President, at the last meeting
of the board some one intimated that
there were too many Irish names on
our list of teachers. The next day I
went up to the* public library and saw
Librarian Green and asked if he had a
dictionary of American names.
" 'I have,' he said.
" 'ls it complete?' I asked.
" 'lt is,' was the answer.
" 'Can I take it home?'
" 'You can,' he said.
"Mr. President. I took It home. 1
searched It ihrough from cover to cov
er. I found no Mears in the book, but
I found that Michael Moriarity was one
of the bodyguards of General Wash
ington."—Judge's Library.
Near Glory.
"Most any of us," remarked Uncle
Gllderoy Sklte, "kin reach fur enough
to touch the hem of the mantle of
fame. Abraham Lincoln used to split
rails fur a man that a cousin of mine
only twict removed on the mother'*
side afterward stole a dog offen."—
Louisville Courier Journal.
A Misused Wife.
A lady complained to the Willesden
magistrates the other day that her
husband "wiped his feet on her and
walked over her." It is a case of In
compatibility of temperament. He
should have married a door mat.—Lon
don Globe.
Unicfue Advertising-
A tale is told of Robert Bonner and
of his«*ieilef In advertising. One day
he engaged a whole page of a newspa
per and repeated a two ltne advertise
ment upon it over and over again. It
must have been repeated 5,000 times
upon the page in tbe smallest type.
"Why d<» you waste your money,
Robert?" asked a friend. "I noticed
that same line so often. Would not
half a page have answered your pur
pose?"
"Half a puge would never have
caused you to ask the question," re
plied Mr. Bonner. "At least five peo
ple will ask that to every line was the
way I figured It."
Quarantine.
Tho Lombardians were the first peo
ple to use effectual quarantine meth
ods against the plague and other in
fectious diseases, and mention of a
quarantine Is made in Lombardy and
Milan In the years 1374, 1383 and 1899.
Prior to that time the Christian com
munities resigucd to the visitation of
the plague, regarding the dread disease
as a divine punishment.—Westminster
Gazette.
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