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PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECMBER 6, 1889. 1^%T'\ Oldest T'ewsDaDer in the Wyoming Valley. A Weekly Local and Family t »».»• pics AUIK i M*«M* AOS l(k The child who plays amid the nodding grass— The wild-flower's hone, the butterfly's dear •tuning arter us. At tn«j iams moment Van Hoeck, starting forward, cried: iue protracted absence of Brace and I Van Hoeck excited my misgivings, and, despite the Judge's promise, I already reproached myself with having abandoned my blind partmDr. The Judge's notions of justice were peculiar, and based upon "t he tough usage\)f California miners in the days, when they made and executed their own laws. I believed Him capable of applying torture, only atop. ping short of actual murder, to wring from Van Hoeck the secret which he be, lieved Jam tx» hold with respect to the lost diamond. I retraced my steps to the spot where I had helped to conceal Van Hoeck. The broken brake marked a distinct trail, and in a pit jess than a hundred yards from that point the undergrowth was beaten down, as if a struggle had taken place. • Was it not possible that Brace had gone further than he intended, and killed Van Hoeck? Had he ooucealed the body, and fled with his daughter to escape the consequences of his act? Asking myself these questions, I followed a track from the pit that brought me into the bridle-way. Looking for traces of a passage through the brake, I made my way down toward the road. Again I perceived broken brake, and following the line, I threaded my way betw«en the trees upon the slope of the hill until I emerged from the wood upon the high back that edged the abbey road at that part. It was as nearly as possible the point where Van Hoeck had stopped me in the moruing upon hearing Brace in our rew, Looking up the road, I saw the finger-port at the cross-roads; looking down, I saw that which to«k my breath away with amazement—Brace 'was tnidgingalong the'Toad toward the abbey, with Van Hoeck holding his arm on one side, and Lola his hand upon the other—an incomprehensible picture of unity, friendly assistance, and reliance. It was true that without assistance Van Hoeck could not have found his way along the rood, and very possible that, without the restraint of her father's hand, Lola would not have walked by his aide; . but all doubt as to the existence of a friendly understanding between the two men was dispelled from my mind by what followed. TUe Modern Photograph. The impression is quite general oniy oetween tno acts out even wnue Sig. was doing some of his best work. Afterward I found that it was partially due to the fact that I had thoughtlessly chewed gum through the first two acts. One of the saddest scenes is tne one where Delilah, in order to secure some valuable silver ware and clothing, seeks out the secret of Samson's great strength. She speaks very pleasantly to him and gives him a Manhattan cocktail which he ought to know would go to his head for there is about a quart of It. the Earl of Kin tore presiled. wnec -about to introduce me the booming of cannons incidental to the ceremonies could be distinctly beard all over the hall. A bush came upon the meeting. The earl arose and in his introductory remarks very feelingly and eloquently alluded to the home now broken up and devoid of all that could make it a 'happy home' to the lonely widowed hVart of the ex-Einprvea Eugenie.'' TALMAGB IN ENGLAND, r-s activity, tin Deiongea to tae wesleyan denomination, in which he was an exhorter. Such knowledge of English as he and his wife possessed they had gained exclusively through their efforts to read, the Tabernacle sermons, and he was*proud of the fact that, though he spoke English but brokenly, he could both read and write it correctly and flatly. Fronj. the columns of the paper named he had learned that Dr. Talmage would leave New York on tbe City of Paris on Oct. 30, and arrive in I/jndon the following Wednesday, and that the next day be would start for Rome on his way to Palestine. The Worthy couple had cAmlated that he weald take the 11 a. m. train from London, and filled with a burning desire to see the man whose sermons had done them so much good-, they had decided t6 go to the dock at Calais and there await his arrival. To make sure of recognizing him, they had, before they left home, ttkdiaf very carefully the feat' urea of aDb*&it (hat adorned the waHs of their home. Thus prepared, they scanned the hundreds of faces of people who left the boat, until they were quite sure that they had found the original erf the likeness. The train stopped, the story came to an end, and with many additional assurances of never ending gratitude and a thousand apologies for tlieir intrusion, husband and wife wended their way towards the city, I am quite sure exceedingly pleased with the unique visit they had made. They left a neat box of exquisite biscuits, which were a particularly grateful acquisition on our long journey as well as an evidence ot kind thoughtfulness on the part of the given. Before they had passed fully out of sight they turned and waved a final adieu. Dr. Talmage, who surely more than any other living man could substantiate a claim to the world as his parish, was visibly affected. We reached Paris, tired and hungry, at 7 in the evening. Seated at the table, discussing plans for the most profitable use of the few hours we could command in the gay capital, before departing for Rome the next morning at 10, we were interrupted in a manner somewhat similar to our London experience of visitation, but on a much smaller scale. A few visitors were warmly received, but others had to be disappointed. As we arrived the day after the World's exhibition closed, we were unfortunately not able to see it m its glory. Getting up early in the morning, however, we took a coach and drove over to the grounds in order to see the famous Eiffel tower. Dr. Talmage was quite °nraptured with the gracefulness of the structure, but expressed the opinion that, should such a building be considered desirable for the World's fair of 1)892, the American people would experience no difficulty in excelling it. In the language of Wall street, he is a bull on American genius, and feels certain that no other people equals the American. When questioned as to his impressions of the tower, he said: "It surpasses my expectations. I never before saw the exquisite and majestic so effectively combined. The way to look at it is to let your eye start at the base and very slowly ascend, and by the time your sight has traveled to the top you will find yourself out of breath with emotion. A man who could build that tower could build a world if he had the haunt— Bears la the softly-scented winds that pass Echoes of voices tar and sad which chant: "Quick, quick—he sees us—he is coming down upoB Usr* and then, after another dozen yards, "do you watft him to overtake us that you stick to this fcursed road?" That people are to day More highly intellectual Thau in ages paired away; But the notion in erroneous "Not yet." I am steatffastly convinced, And I think a retrogression Has been recently evinced. Then there was another reason also. George Francis Train had just been liberated from the Boston jail and, clothed in a seersucker Buit, he had gone about all day distributing handbills announcing that he would lecture on the following evening. At the top of the handbill in big black lotters were the words: Here Is a Graphic Letter from His Traveling Companion. JThe yonth who pores o'er many a ponderous hook Till daylight sparkles in the distant sky, Dreaming of fame with fond, enraptured look. Hears In their footsteps as the years pass by "Not yet." "I am looking for a path; we cannot push through the brake," I replied. Glancing over my shoulder, I saw the Judge, his shoulders bene forward, his arms swinging from side 40 si dp, bearing down upon t» with long strides, ana rapidly diminishing the distance between us. "He is gaining upon us. |Iow far are we from the abbey*" asked A an Hoeek.: "Nearly two miles; we will run for it, if you like." W ran for some distance. Again looking back, I saw the Jodpe still plodding on, with the same rtiythmic swing of his long arms. Running had given us no sensible advantage; Van Hoeck's ear told him this. Drops of moisture stood on his livid face, the result of terror rather than exertion. Now, we have some strange conceptions As to ways of dress and walk, And the strangeness Is extending Even to ideas and talk; Things have turned so topsy turvy, And are changing so of late That old-timers lose .their bearings " And can hardly navigate. There are mtoy funny fancies- Some are lit to make one langb— But the oddest is the fashion Of the latest photograph; Formerly they took your picture Front face, eyes upon a eraok. Nowaday s the proper caper , ' Is to photograph your back. ' ' —Frank B. Welch, in Tima. Gradually Samson gets more talkative and finally he becomes sleepy. Before he goes to sleep, however, he manages to tell what he knows, which does not take him but a little while. PENALTY OF POPULABITY. The old man, whom kind Death, with gentle hand*. Beckons to sleep, looks back o'er all his year?, Bathers their few poor sheaves and humbly What the I'l.vliig Fox Brouglit at Qn««»»- town—The Landing »t Unrpaol fnd the Bun to London—Something Like a Welcome.Dr. Taimage is an early rwer, and was up and about the next morning by- 7, although he had gone to bed so late the previous night. He was cleanly shaven when he came down, his invariable habit being to shave himself, wherever he happens to be—aboard ship crowing the Atlantic, or in the sleeping car crossing the western continent, at home, or a guest at a hotel. After entertaining an almost endless number of visitors, many 9t whom fcft their cards too late to insnte attention the night before, or caused lett ters requesting interviews to be stuck tmflei'fTte Cfo8r dtiring the eaily morning hoars, with here and there a reporter who wanted the details of the entire trip in a nutshell, the doctor and his party managed to reach the London, Dover and Calais railway station, where, after paying a small fortune for the transportation of our baggage, we entered a private compartment specially reserved through the kind efforts of some unknown friend, and speeded onward on the way to Paris, our next stopping place. Thence I shall write you again. Louis Kiopsch. JUST OUT OF JAIL. She sends out for a pair of shears and while the orchestra softly plays ''Chippy Get Your Hair Cut," Delilah docks him. Finally he awakes and feels real miserable. Be calls Delilah a "huckster of filthy kisses"— VendUriee d* Loan bad quato capo mio—are his exact words at this time. stands, Tor at the portal waiting still he hean: "Not yet." —Margaret Thomas, In Youth's Companion. 7hen I got homo from the theater 1 London, Nov. 8.—There is no mistaking the fact that the British people love Dr. Talmage. The abundance of hiB welcome is apt to surprise an American who possibly lias inherited the traditional belief that the people of the tight little island are cold and undemonstrative. I must confess that no greater rnisooncep- THE GREAT HESPER. ■ To make a long story short, he next appears as the blind and humiliated champion of Israel. His hands are manacled together with a trick chain which , he breaks when he remembers that his hair is grown. He now; sees a way to fulfill the prophecy made at his birth, for while the Philistines are banqueting in the temple, he can hear their laughter BY FRANK BARRETT. NYE SEES "SAMSON." X narrated oneny uie events ox roe night while he completed dressing. Lola, standing by the window, listened in silence. There was just enough light to reveal the mischievous exultation that sparkled in Iter eves. * "Here's a Vigilance Committee job, if ever there was (me," said the Judge, hastily lacing his boot. "I ain't lighted on anything so much like Californey since "the good old days. Now, sir, if you air ready, we'll hunt up Israel." the prophet. He's got to tell us i. tun thin* more about this than we know on." It was striking five when we quitted the house. The Judge left me to look about the garden and its vicinity for Van Hoeck; he nimself struck out at once for the wood, taking Lola with him. The girl would have stayed with me, but her father had her hand in his, and there was no getting away from that grip. After exploring the garden, I took the path that led to the lodjge, as being one that Van Hoeck frequently walked in when alone. The lodge-keeper was not up, but, passing through the open wicket into the road, I came upon a laborer, trudging along to his work with a picfe upon his shoulder, and a tin flask in his hand. "There is no one in sight—no one we can call to for help?" he asked. "No one. I see a footpath thrpugh the wood;if you think that will be safer." "Yes, yes—anything is batter thai) this oped road!'' We-took the path I had caught Bight of. It was a good sound bridle-way» covered with short turf; we ran along"noiselessly. The angle we made shut off th« view from the road. Brace could not cut off the corner without getting entangled in the undergrowth of brier* interwoven with the tall brako, i C He must follow iaour steps to overtake us. The danger lay hi the straightness of the rath; which -kept the view open from the road. Onr escape depended upon our flhding a by-path that might deceive him as t6 the course we had taken ; I explained this to Van Hoeck as wf ran on. "It is time we found one now if weare to escape," he answered. The w it step brought as to a footpath that cut the bridle-way at right angles. Looking down the green alley toward the road, as we turned off from it, 1 could see nothing of the Judge. I thought we had beaten him. But we advanced now with great difficulty. There was room only for one in the path, yet I had to fceephofd of Yah Hoeck's hand and guide him, foe the brake met before us; the trailing brambles that crossed the. patlr caugh£ his feet; at every step he stumbled. It was hopeless to continue. Already I fancied I caught a glimpse through the trees of the Judge swinging along the bridle-way. "Your only chance is tb get among the brake, and throw vauiwlf down while Igo on," I said, "1 can go quicker alone, and coming behind, he may imagine that you are still before me." "Show me where to go." I I opened a way the brake, led him behind a thicket, and hade him lie down. As he carried oat this instruction, I got back into the footpath, and was then enabled to trot along at ft br&k pace. fitmea It was only just in tine, for looking back a couple of minutes later, I perceived the Judge ploughing his way through brake and bramble, which came well up to the level of his breast, with as; little difficulty as though it had been meadow-grass, and with the same steady swing of his bent shoulders. He had caught sight of me from the bridle-way, and struck out at once into the thick of the undergrowth. '."""""J, J I did not in the slightest degree participate in Van Hoeck's suspicions and fears, and having, as I hoped, succeeded in diverting from him the object of his dread, I was indifferent as to whether the Judge overtook me or not. Had I been in the humor to enjoy a joke. I think I should have enjoyed giving him a long chase for nothing; but circumstances were too grave for that. I pursued the path until it dipped down into a hollow, and there finding a fallen tree across the path, I sat down and watted for the Judge to come up. In a few minutes he stood before me with his arms folded on hie chest, his feet planted apart, and a particularly stern look on his gaunt, weather-beaten face. "He has given me the slip; has he given ft.to vou likewise?" he asked. "No," 1 replied; "1 gave it to mm. I helped him to escape. '•Stand up, Gentleman Thorne, and let us look each other in the face." he said. tion was ever made, for 1 cannot but believe juy own observations, and in simple justice to our cousins must assert, after witnessing the welcome they have given Dr. Talmage, that they are a large hearted people. Of this I was convinced before setting my foot on British soil. HOW The Show Giant and Delilah Woo Each Other. She Betrays Him for m Tea-Gown and Some Silverware—Salvini Brings Down the House—A Stage Full of People Dressed in Bath Robes. and the stories of the after-dinner speakers as they take advantage of the drunkenness of the people, to tell them . some feeble anecdotes of the prehistoric variety. When we arrived in Queenstown harbor the tugboat Flying Fox delivered mail to the passengers on board the magnificent flyer on which we had crossed the Atlantic. The letters, telegrams and cablegrams received wero innumerable, and I need not say that the great Brooklyn preacher got the lion's share of them. There were letters of condolence, dently fresh from hearts deeply stirred with sympathy, that the Brooklyn Tabernacle had .been destroyed. Accompanying were tributes of grateful acknowledgment for religious blessings which the writers had .'experienced while reading or listening to the matchless Bermons of the American divine. Benedictions invoked God's choicest blessings on the preacher and the members of liis party, while pursuing their pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Offers of assistance in the raising of funds for the new and larger Tabernacle were a whole avalanche of epistolary arrival. Letters not a. few embodied invitations for the doctor's assistance in breaking up ground now barren of religious fruitage. But I must stop revealing the secrets of a mail which gladdened Dr. Talmage's heart and caused his eyes to beam with joy as he reviewed the expressions of reverential affection with which his name i3 cherished by the generous hearts of Christian England. [Copyright, 1889, by Edgar W. Nye.] He knows that thousands of these people are there and as the jaw-bone of Old Pro-Bono Publico is not at hand, he layB hold of the papier mache pillars of the temple and by a dextrous movement, brings down the house. On The Wing, Nov. 28.—In seeking to elevate the stage by means of our justly celebrated entertainments, which I. believe Mr. Thomas Bailey Aldrich has happily characterized as a higher order of literary minstrelsy, we meet a good many people. We meet a great many, of them as we go to our work in the . evening1 and when we come away weDmeet others while on our way home. But those are not the ones I refer to especially. I refer more especially to the eminent men whose homes are in the cities we visit and who courteously shake hands with us and bid .us godspeed, often going so far as to introduce us to the audience. I WONDERED WHY THEY LAUGHED. found that some one had thoughtlessly pinned the above line to the back of my coat. This should teach us that too often we are apt to misunderstand the attentions showered upon us by the public and misconstrue the motive itself which prompts them. The Story is a thrilling one, though I fear I have not been able to make it seem so, and Sig. Salvini makes a deep Impression on the audience, even on thoee who do not understand his language.Jiov. 11.—1 date this where it i; mailed, hard travel preventing the completion of my letter relating to Talmagein France before our arrival here. The Tremont Theater is managed by Mr. Henry E. Abbey and John B. Schoeffel. The acting stage manager is Mr. William Seymour, Tho business representative is Mr. Nat Childs. The treasurer is Mr. Phillip A. Shea. The leader of the orchestra is Mr. E. N. Catlin. The bass violinist, I am told, is Mr. Lawrence G. Paugborn. The snare drummer, who also plays on the sleigh bells, tambourine, triangle and general hardware store, is Mr. Cecil Barttell. The scenic artists are, Mr. Charles Witham, Mr. Wm. GilL The stage carpenter is Mr. Edward Mess. The gas and electric light superintendent is Mr. William J. Kelly. The engineer is Mr. John Carpenter. Mr. Charles Elliott is the publisher of the programme. The cabinet organ used in the performance of "Samson," and which no doubt has something to do with his burst of temper in the last act, is furnished by Hason A Mamblin. The sewing-machine used by Delilah in the second act is from the well-known factory of Messrs. Tucker & Feller, of Milk street. The shears used by Delilah in gfiawing off the hair of Samson are from the hardware store of 8hingle, Nail & Co., of East Boston. The shampoo mixture used afterward, and the hair encourager which starts the giant's new hair, come from the tonsorial emporium of Messrs. Confersezzione Bros. But why go into detail. The fine old town of Dover and its noble cliffs suggested to Dr. Taimage "any quantity of interesting references, with which royally not only his own party, but everybody else within the sound of his voiqe. His post of vantage was on the upper deck of the squatty but powerful steamer which carried us across the English channel to France. On the lower deck seasickness was, as usual, so I understood, the order of the day, but on the upper deck everybody was listening eagerly to the doctor's eloquence. Lunch was neglected, and people who had called for ginger ale and sandwiches permitted their effervescing beverage to spoil rather than, in the eagerness of their attention, to lose what was being said. To show his wonderful recuperative powers, though now over sixty, I will add that after his death, he came before the curtain and bowed twice in the Italian tongue. It then was half past fire, or perhaps a little later. Arrived opposite the bridle-path leading up ftito the wood they stopped, and consultation ensued between the two men. T could npt hear their voices at that distance, but I saw by their gesticulations that they were discussing soma point; it ended by Brace's going to the side of the road, and craning bis neck to see if anyone were in sight. I crouched down beside the thicket, which partly concealed me. When I cautiously raised my head and looked again, Brace, still standing op* posite tike bridle-way, was drawing hit arm out of the sandy hank thaP there skirted the road. I ducked my head an once more he peered to the right and left. They were gone, ail three, when £ looked again. When I thought it mtfe to venture, I went to the spot where Brace had stood. There was a rabbit-hole hi the sandy cut-; ting, partly hiddefibythetraiting growth from the overhanging edge. I look off my coat, turned back my sleeve, thrust in my arm, and drew out—the leather case w whicfr the diamond had been taken from mu wriat! It was empty. « I again thrust my arm in and explored the hole, thinking—though it was little likely—that the diamond had slipped out of the casCD of been put in separately. It was a kind of cul-de-sac—the earth had. fallen In from above and blocked the passage at less than the length of my arm from the entrance;' but I did not give up the search until I was absolutely certain that the Great Hen per was not there. It was not probable they would place the diamond m such an open place; the leather case was different. It was unsafe to keep that, but it -was of little consequence where they abandoned it. But why had they taken the diamond; from the case, ami what had they done with it?" A dew to this mystery also I discovered before long. When I got back to the abbey. Brace, Van Hoeck and Lola were in the library .with the police-officer. Sir Edmund, Mr. Wray—his lawyer—and a couple of friends, justices of the peace, who had been brought by the rumors which were already widely spread. Lola" was still under examination. She was stubbornly silent. with the greatest difficulty that any response to the questions put could be drawn from, her. But she admitted seeing the man drop from the oriel; and, asked if it was one of the servants, she replied firmly, "No." But more than thtt could not be got out of her on this point. To the inquiry how she had discovered the means of getting from the bay into the oriel, for it was by that way she had come to my assistance, she replied that site "had seen it done before,'• but she would not say whom she had seen. The police-officer asked me to go into! the adjoining dining-room with him. "May I ask," he said, "if you have any reason to suspect that you have been robbed by your friends—your partner? in the diamond? because they profess to have been in the woods all the morning, whereas I have good causa to believe that they have been in the town of Southampton! part of the time." "Are you sure of that?" _ "I win take my oath that I saw the; little savage in the red petticoat in the High Street an I started to come here." "Have you passed a blind gentleman on the road?" I asked. "I ain't passed 'im,n he answered; "bat as I come by the cross-roads I see some 'un, as looked gentleman-like, kind 'er fumbling his wav along the road ddwn by Harley bottom." I knew the cross-roads; they were nearly two miles distant. It was incomprehensible to me how Van Hoeck" had strayed so far from the abbey; but this laborer's description left little room for doubt that it was Van Hoeck he had seen, and I started at once in the direction indicated. A little while ago we had Mr. Powderly 'on the platform with us and he took occasion to remind me that he was among my early subscribers to the old Laramie Boomerang, a paper which I had the honor of* foundering some years ago. In the rash of scampering years I had forgotten it, but I remembered it at once When he recurred to the fact. I do not remember the name of the other subscriber, biit I can not well forget Mr. Powderly, because he was the one who paid me. A man with a heart like that can not help having friends, and Terrence will find tae over grateful. Any time I can give him a good reading notioe 1 will be glad to do so. I may not be oursed with the fatal gift of beauty, but a man can be grateful without being beautiful. We also met the other day Mr. McKee, who has risen to the notioe which he little courted or oared for, because he was the father of Baby McKee. He is a handsome, modest young man, with a very straightforward way which indicates his own worth aside from tho honor of being the father of Baby Mc- Kee. His case is a mild repetition of history. Judge Conkling was a man of recognized ability and this reputation was not confined to his own city or State. Onoe, however, in later years he was introduced as "the father of Roscoe Conkling." He said: "There was a time, , NOTES ON NOTABLES. 8abah Bernhardt has a magnificent bomb in the oemetory of Pere la Chaise. Sib Charles Russell receives the largest income from his practice of any man in the world and lives like a Prince. - As it appeared, long before when the trip was expected to end, the boat was fastened to the stone pier at Calais, and a small aruay of porters had infested it. These fussy fellows insisted on dissecting our luggage and taking ashore piecemeal at the rate of two centimes apiece. We were quite in despair as to how to make a clearing through the babbling crowd that surrounded us on every side, when a gentleman, his eye beaming with joy, laid hold of Dr. Talmage's arm, and, with the air of a man confident that be had found the object of- bis search, very politely inquired if he had the "honneur of addressing Mons. le Docteur Talmache." Having received an affirmative answer, with gesticulations expressive of ecstatic delight, he shouted enthusiastically: "Paidon, I call my wife," and off he hurried , evidently impelled by the laudable desire to double his joy by sharing it with his wife. In less time than it takes to pen these words he returned with a bright, cheerful looking lady, who at once shook both of Dr. Talmage's hands' (and mine also), and then bestowed thje same mode of appreciation on each of the balance of the party. In the meantime, her husband, quickly apprehending the difficulty we were in, owing to our ignorance of French, straightened out matters in the twinkling of an eye to our entire satisfaction, insisting in paying out of his own pock* i such trifling fees as biaterially assLi one's way in a country 'where prospective gratuities constitute no mean item in the computation of salaries. Then, taking as much of the hand baggage as he could manage to handle, he led the way to the waiting room, where he begged permission to supply the ladies with luscious pears and grapes there on sale, and without waiting for a reply bought sufficient for the party. The acceptance of his friendly offering made him feel proud as a king. Thus encouraged, he again took the lead, carrying baggage in both hands and under both arms to the train, where, taking the guard;or, as we say in America, the conductor, to a corner, he managed, by the aid of arguments, gesticulations and fees, to secure for us the advantages of a private compartment from Calais to Paris, thus greatly adding to the oomfort of Dr. Talmage, who is a most voracious reader, and who in .traveling takes care to acquaint himself with whatever of historic7 interest may be attached to the locality through which he is passing. Our Frenchman was an entire stranger to the party, and thus far all we had managed to ascertain with regard to him was that he was "so glad of the honneur to meet Mons. la Docteur Talmache." Fearing that he would vanish as suddenly and as unexpectedly as he had come, and anxious, in some way, to acknowledge our indebtedness and express our appreciation of his disinterested and timely services, Dr. Talmage was about to say that he was very thankful, etc., when the Frenchman promptly interrupted him by saying: "Oh, ve ride a little vay," and, suiting the action to the word, he and his wife, after politely bowing us all into the compartment, followed and closed the door behind them. In another moment the train began to move and we were off. Miss Amelia B. Edwards is descended from the older branch of the Fitz- Gerald family, whose head is the Earl of Leicester. I could not see Van Hoeek from the cross-roads, but on turning the angle of the lane at the foot of the hill, I perceived him feeling the way with painful slowness, and on the side of the hedgerow, a hundred yards in advance. Hearing my step, he turned, and recognizing, it, came to meet me He seemed to forget the danger of making a false step, and advanced with eager quickness—his whole body partaking the expression of anxiety imprinted on his features. "Is it vou, Thome?" he called. "Yes, I replied. i "What has happened?" I waited until I got up to him, then putting my hand orfhis shoulder, I said: "I have bad news for you, Van Hoeck." He trembled violently under my hand, and opened his lips to speak, but no sound came; his condition waa pitiable, and to keep him no longer in suspense, I said: "I have lost it. It has been taken from me." "Who has taken itT he asked, in a thick, husky voice. "I cannot say. I could not see the man who robbed me." Our time in Liverpool was short and barren of particular incident. London was reached after a rapid and pleasant run on the Midland railway. The great metropolis gave the doctor a welcome as it seemed to me commensurate with the majestic vastness of the capital of the world. It was not only great in its representative comprehensiveness, but cordial beyond expression. Gentlemen representing different churches vied with each other to assure Dr. Talm&ge of the high esteem in which he is held by them personally as well as by the societies to wliich they belonged. As I looked on the scene I felt proud that all England, a3 it seemed, was present to honor one of America's foremost citizens. Greetings had been exchanged in profusion when we thought of taking supper and retiring for the night, the journey to Plaris awaiting us on the morrow. Going for a light refreshment to the noble dfning room of the hotel where we were stopping, the ovation took a new start, and card after card was presented. There was no use in fighting an inevitable destiny. After hastily taking a few bites, Dr. Talmage made his way to the reception room, where invitations to preach or lecture were extended to him from nearly every part of the British empire. A representative of one of the foremost religious journals of the world came prepared to close an arrangement for a month's preaching tour through England, suggesting that the English people would cheerfully respond to the amount of five thousand pounds (twenty-five thousand dollars) towards the tabernacle to be built in Brooklyn, if Dr. Talmage would spend that length of time with them. However tempting such a munificent offer must have appeared to him, he could not be persuaded to entertain it, nor any of the numerous invitations literally showered upon him. His speech of declination was happily expressed, breathing a candor which admitted of no further attempt to influence his deaision to carry out bis prearranged plans without deviation. He said: • V * Mr. Edison has been granted 403 patents on his inventions, and has over S00 applications pending. Most of these are electrical devioes. Miss Sanger, the President's typewriter, is said to be more Useful to him than any clerk ia his employ. She is a rapid worker and can copy on her machine 120 letters a day. Tue head of the Mormon church, President Woodruff, is eighty-two years old. He is solidly built and his head looks lflce that of General Grant. He wears his hair and beard close cropped and does not have a ministerial air at all. The play opens with an argument which is read by those who wish to know more about it than they can gather from what Sig. Salvini Bays, all of which is in Italian. Clara Morris owns a very pretty piece of property on the line which divides the city of New York from Yonkers. The boundary divides her bed, and when she is asleep her head rests in New York while her feet are in Yonkers. It appears that at the time of the incident the Jews were under subjections to the Philistines and discriminated against them in the matter of rates on freight, both through and way freight. If they wanted to examine a car-load of Jewish freight and it happened to be sealed up, they would break it open in the yard and then report it "in bad order." * 7 material* and machinery requisite. Nothing that will ever be built on either continent can take anything from the originality and splendor of the intellect that planned that marvel before yet itn two first bars of iron were interlaced. But the idea I have seen in some newspapers that we cannot equal that structure for our American exposition of 1892 is an absurdity as high as Eiffel tower. Our American architects anCJ engineers are as talented, our building materials as strong, our foundations as solid, our skies as lofty. Surely the lines of beauty are not all exhausted. I warrant you there are already a dozen American artists who have a tower more graceful than this, either in then- brain or actually put in diagram. Give our American genius a Chance for such a structure. The history of this Eiffel tower proves not only that the thing can be done, but that it will be financially remunerative. As sure as we live, we shall see in America, in 1892, a tower higher, stronger, more delicately graceful and with larger financial income. If the Eiffel tower is l,d00 feet high, we can have a tower 1,900 feet high; if that weighs 150,000,000 pounds, we can have one weighing 800,- 000,000 pounds; if 10,000 persons can stand in-it at one time, we can have 15,- 000 in ours. As America has the greatest cataract coming down, she might as well have the greatest tower going up," Louis Klopsch. He was silent for a time, and then his feelings found expression, at first in execration then in incoherent sentences, broken up with words of Dutch where the English tongue failed to give sufficient force to his anger and mortification. He assailed, me with every kind of invective, accused me of cowardice, of complicity in robbing him, of I know not what baseness and heartlessneas—indeed, it seemed as though the blow had deprived him of reason for a moment. At length, when his passion was somewhat exhausted, he said: Tippoo Tib, the great African slavo dealer, is getting tired of his wandering and dangerous existence and proposes to settle down as a solid citizen on his estate at Casingo, 800 miles above Stanley Falls, where he has built for himself a large and fine stono mansion. His son, however, will carry on his father's trade, in which he has already been quite successful, as on his last expedition he returned with forty tons of ivory, worth $350,000. The Philistines had picked on the Jews till patience ceased to be virtuous. Samson had been regarded as a sort of middle-weight champion, he had failed somehow to do what they had expected of him. He had talked a good deal down at the store about what he could do and how ho had run his hand down the hot and feverish throat of an irritated lion and turned him wrong side out so quickly that before he ooold recover from the surprise he had caught such ■ a cold in his exposed digestive economy that he died from his injuries. I stood up. He held out his hand and I gave him mine. "And what is your defence?" I took bis arm, and as I led him np the hill toward the cross-roads, I went over the story once more. When I was telling him how Lola had come to my rescue, he stopped me. ''That is a he!" he said; "fdr she has been with me." ••Impossible!" I exclaimed. "Impossible, according to your story, but it is the truth for all that. 1 got pif the path, Mid could" not find my way back. She led me to a road—God knows where!—and left me." "Now, stanUin' here hand in hand and face to faoe, say, air we the noblest works of natnr" or air we not?" Kabt, Fai.kknsteix is the name of the inventor of smokeless powder. Three years ago he was an unknown chemist in Vienna. He offered his invention to the Austrian war office, but no investigation of his device was made. Discouraged by this refusal he went to Berlin and had an interview with the Emperor and Count Waldersee. His invention was thoroughly tested by experts, and the smokeless powder was pronounced a success. He sold his rights to the German Government for a large sum and is now living in luxury. I conld not go so far as to admit that his appearance realized my highest ideal of nobility, but I understood his allusion, and replied. « ' 'I believe you are an honest man, if that is what you mean, Brace." "It is; and that is my opinion of you, like wise. Let us sit down and hold a committee. Now, pardner, will you tell me why yon let Israel git?" • 'Because the poor wretch is half distracted with the loss of the diamondand his fear of you." "Why do he fear me?'' "He believe* that too-took, the diamond, and intend-to have his life, in erderto get the. reversionary share, or something of that kind. And now, tell me whv vou pursued him when you saw he wished to avoid ytfar "Because he did so wish for one thing," and he added,with emphasis,' "becausc he's got to speak. Israel's got to speak," he repeated, with still greater decision. "A man what has presentiments as a tiling is going to be took so accurate as hisu, must nat'r&liy -have prenuntiments Samson had therefore shaken the confidence of those who were about him WE TOO MEET MAST PEOPLE. gentlemen, when I was known as Judge Conkling, a man of some ability, Now, God help me, I am simply the father of Boscoe Conkling." Hon. Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, was one of the wildly-delighted audience at oar spectacular show in Portland tha other evening. He still looks like a large guileless boy, and at this writing I am impressed with the idea that those who wish to catch the eye of the Speaker this winter in Congress will do well to get the address of Mr. Eeed. "When?" "How can I tell? The night has been an age." "Granting she led 70a for an hoor— and Ton would scarcely suffer her to lead you longer—that would allow her to return to the abbey, ana come to my rescue at the time I speak of." "Have it asyou will; it makes no difference now. She got me put of the way, and that was her object in being there. Go on." j came to tne ena ot my narrative, »nu then suggested that the theft might be traced to one of the servants. "Anything to shield Brace," he said, bitterly; ana then, stamping his foot, he added, "You know he took it!" It was oeolcsg reasoning with him in his present condition. "You stand convicted by your own statement," he continued; "what ordinary thief would be fool enough, having obtained the diamond, to wait there, risking discovery and jeopardise his own life—for the sake of butohoring you? If Brace was the thief, such a thing is possible; for he must kill both you and me to profit by thenoesession of the diamond. Where is he now?' "With Lola, in the woods lopking for you." "What? already!" he exclaimed, in alarm. "He is toeing no time. Where are the woodB?" BOTANICAL BREVITIES. The sweet-scented Peruvian heliotrope, or "cherry pie," was introduced from South America in 1740, having been discovered by the celebrated Jussieu when botanizing among the Cordilleras. "While I am profoundly grateful for these emulative manifestations of cordial sympathy and sincere affection on the part of this with whom I have in the past spent three delightful summer vacations, 1 must decline to entertain any proposition the conditions of which would be likely at all to interfere with the object of my trip, which is to personally go over the ground rendered sacred by our Saviour's presence during his ministry in the flesh, in order to better fit myself for my life's mission, which is to preach the Gospel of the blessed Son of God, as well as to aid me in the accurate preparation of a life of Christ that I feel called to write, and which must be completed the coming spring." I-heard two prominent men conversing with each other on Washington street, Boston, the other day, as to the relative demerits of Boston and Philadelphia. It was a good-natured fight, hut the language used, was quite plain. Finally the Philadelphia man said: "You Boston people are too oold for me. Especially the business men. I know a Baltimorean man who has been in business here for forty years, but he says he ia going back to Baltimore when his race is run, because ho hates to die among strangers." "Well," said the Boston man, "any one has a right to loeate his death-bed where he likes, but for living purposes Boston seems to please a great many people first rate. New York is a good plaoe to make money in—sometimes. It is also noted for its public-spirited poor people and gently parsimonious rich ones, but for a laree, wide waste of holy oalm and high,-Intellectual sweep of eold white front door-steps, give me Philadelphia. As ever-blooming rose of dwarf habit with bright pink semi-donble flowers, called Bosa semperflorena Fellenberg, is used largely in Berlin for the decoration of flower-beds in public squares and private gardens. HYGIENIC HINTS. COAPTSR XUI. "I advise you, sir,''said the officer, "to take the ad vice of Sir Edmund's solicitor, Mr. Wray. ' I agreed, and he cialled in the lawyer. I told him, without reserve, all that had happened! allowing him the leather case I had taken from the hole where Brace had placed it" Thxbe are many men who get on beet with two meals a day. But for the average healthy man who is working three meals axe beet Evxby one who prizes good health and intends to maintain it should indulge in a dry rub upon going to bed. A flesh brush is good for the purpose, but a good rough towel is better. The object is to keep the pores open and in healthy activity. DEI.ILAH WALKED OFF WITH IIIS IIAIi: what's gone of it When it's took." "Androoposehe cannot tell yon?" "Well, then, he's got to try till ho do. As a jedge, I've had to try a nretty considerable number of bad lots, but a more durned unprepossessing lot titan Israel I never yet sentenced to a well aimed gallus. End mark this, pardner, et Israel was charged with this crime, and it was my dntjr to direc' the jury as to the r«r-dic' they should well and trnly And, I should direc* them'to bring him in guilty, or I'd lock 'em up till they did." "You are as unreasonable m your suspicion* as Van HiDeck is in his. but you nave not his excuse—you are not under the influence at fear.'' and people were beginning to clamor for a new giant. In the first act we see Zorah a high table land which gives upon the plain below. Many Israelists are discovered assembled around a biasing pyre, furnished by the Boston Gaslight & Coke Company. Manoah, a remarkable man with white lamb-skin eyebrows, opened the play with prayer. The odor of incense arises from time to time, varied by the whiff of cardamon seeds from the front row. One of the reasons for the strong hold the chrysanthemum has upon popular regard lies in the fact that it is an oldfashioned flower. It has a claim upon the affections of many people through early associations and childhood remembrances that the later triumphs of tho florist's art can never obtain. "A couple of cunning scoundrels!" he exclaimed; "their pretended suspicion of each other was, or course, intended to blind yon to their complicity, while each, by implicating the other, diverted suspicion from himself." "I was never in my life so completely deceived," I said. "Brace seemed tb me the embodiment of rough honesty. 1 liked the man, and it was a painful shock to lire when I found him unfaithful and a thief." A new Persian dye plant, the zalil, has been discovered in India. It grows freely in Afghanistan and Khorassan, and its flowers, which are of a bright yellow color, are dried and used as a dye throughout Persia and Upper India. It is a perennial, and tho blossoms grow on spikes two ffeet high. They are used as medicine as well as for dyeing purposed.This decision being evidently intended as final, it was so received by the committees present, who, with the expression of many regrets that they could not prevail on Dr. Talmage to comply with the requests they had set before him, withdrew repeating their assurances of their continued good will and expressing the hope that on his way home he might see hie way clear to favor them. As a rule eggs must be regarded as one of the most valuable articles of food for basiness men. They are of highly concentrated nutritive elements,'and for the stomach of a man engaged in intellectual pursuits they should form a staple article. Omc key to enduring health will be the religious observance of rest after The peoplo are dressed in oriental bath robes and rich smoking gowns from Askelon and over against Twenty-third street, while they are discussing him and his failure to sign articles for a set-to with the Philistines, Samson appears suddeily among them, dressed in a hectic smoking jacket and carrying over his pelt of a lion. Ho addresses them briefly in Italian, to which thev reply in English. "Because I liev nothing to lie afeer'd on, Uentleman Thorne." "He is worse than thit, Mr. Thorne; he is a murderer at heart; for there can be no doubt it was he who attempted youi life; it was a sheer impossibility for the other man to do it. We have neard the story of (he robbery from Sir Edmund. The intelligence that planned the attack was doubtless Van Hoeck's. He lool*s like a man of subtle intellect. I do not see what other part he could have played in this affair." "We are in them now," I replied, for we had pamed the crosa-road«. He ■topped short." Bkakte off my "Tell me how on earth It is possible for a man in Van Hoeck's condition—a man absolutely helpless, atD we know him to be—to accomplish a feat of this kind." "I n't say he did it, pardner—I don't say he took the Great Hesper; on the other hand, I don't say he didn't. But I am free to maintain that he knows all about it. If you ask me how he knows it, I'd tell von as 1 don't know. There's a many things we don't know, but that's no reason why we shouldn't try fur to find out. We ain't so everlasting clever that there's nothiu' more to be Larat out of this almighty universe, take my- word for it. Ana though we hev drawed a pretty good lot of truth out of the well, we ain t yet come to the last bucket-full —not by a lona; way. One of the things we hev got to larn concerns Israel'* presentiments, and," he added, emphatically, "I'm going to larn it." "We must get back to the house. The police must be sent for." "I don't see what harm they can do, and it's the rtg'lar thing, and so they ought to be called in," l.e said, rising from the trunk on which we had been holding this discussion. "I am going for Israel. So long!" I hesitated to separate from the Judge. "You must promise me. Bracp, not to tjommit violence on Van Hoeck." "If yoa mean by violence taking of his life away, I will giro you my word not to be violent with him. There's my hand on it." On this understanding we shook hands »nd parted. He plunged again into the WOu f turned to the abbey. That was between seven and eight o'clock. dinner. be for relax** hand, be ■Buttered, in * tone CD. dmd "Are you three hunting together?" "Be reasonable, Van Hoeck," I said. "I am," be replied; "leare me here.'' I made no we stoodthere ii fear and tomfng his head from •!C!£ *tC side to catch the sound that might con firm his fean. He looked like a hintfec beast, that knows not which way to w"What's that?" he asked, under bis breath ouickly. "There's someone on While I was turning to look up the roaC*' *®*ee ** bis tears were justified, he groped about uatll he caught hold of my arm The water lily is largely used in some parts of India as food stuff. This fruit of one spccics that grows plentifully in the lakes of Cashmere is rich in starch and has much the flavor of a chestnut. If the nuts are dried they will keep for a long time, and when ground may be made into cakes or porridge, or they may bo soaked for some hours and then boiled. This business over, we concluded that | it would be best to retire to our rooms at once, and were preparing to separate for the night, when lo! another batch of cards was presented and another procession of visitors made their appearance. They were very cordially received by Dr. Talmage, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour and the intense weariness of which he was obviously the subject. Our strange friend, who spoke English imperfectly, was intensely fervent in his utterance, and accompanied liis words witH eloquently corroborative glances flashing from a pair of keen, jet black eyes. He addressed Dr. Talmage exclusively at the rate of a volume a minute, and never stopped till the train arrived at ancient Calais, which is ten minutes distant from the landing place, known as new Calais. tion, not only for the sake of rest to the mind, but ont of fair treatment to the stomach, when, if the dinner be at night, it is doing its hardest work. "Why, only last month a man from Philadelphia came over here and consulted a Boston physioian, begging him to do something for his Insomnia. The doctor thought he ought not to worry about it. Said the case was not very severe yet or his pulse would show the effects ot tWo loss of sleep. He prescribed for him and the man went home. After a week he came baok. He was no better." Big. Saivini takes the part of Samson In this'play and is said to be as good a tragedian as ever acted out on the stage. I can not give his exact language here but it was very good indeed I thought. I did not find the place in my ibretto, however, till the next to the last aot and then the lights were all turned off so that I could not get at the drift of his remarks exactly. Thb men who smokes or chews must know whether It is hurting him or not and how much. Those who find them* selves exceedingly nervous after smoking and who find their heart's action violently accelerated and rendered uneven by tobacco do not need to be told, that it Is a habit they should stop or' moderate. "Str Elmund told me, sir," said the of fleer, "that on your return from the left wing, you Leiu d snoring in Bract's room.' "I certainly did." "That coiil.l very well have been Van Hoeck, who had taken Brace's place while he slipped off into your room—another proof that the two "were actine together.""Precisely," said Mr. Wray; and then with an air of business—' Well, now, what ia to be done? that is the question. The evidence is insufficient to charge either of the men even with being concerned in the robbery. The leather ease prove* nothing. They might declare they found it empty, and have concealed it through fear of accusation, or they might all three swear your statement to he false, and jflwoliitel*- accuse you of being yourself the thief. And until we can substantiate the charge by positive proof, we must be careful to conoeal our suspicions from them. If they think they are likely to be brought to justice, they will quit tho country by the first steamer that leaves Southampton—and we cannot stop them. The tning must be done at once is to search lor the diamond. " "That is your affair," he said, addressing the officer; "undoubtedly they have placed it souwvhere in Southampton, in readiness to takejf flight Wima ni*v*a+rr." Tiie distillation of essential oils from various species of plants, such as lavender, thyme, fennel, rosemary, etc., is quite profitable in Southeastern France, The country is here very arid and sterile, and these humblest of plants arc, by industry and careful management, made to give prosperity to a large number of people. The Unitod States is the largest consumer of these oils, and in time they will doubtless be produced In our own oountry. The still required for distillation is simple and inexpensive. I am no stranger to the opinion held by some that Dr. Talmage lacks in physical gracefulness, nor do I claim for him the captivating: airs of the dancing master, when I say that he does know how to receive graciously, and to make even the most awkward and bashful visitor feel perfectly at liberty and at hopae in his presence. I could not fail to observe that bis quiet simplicity during the numerous interviews I have detailed contrasted much to his advantage with the grave dignity and reserve maintained by some other gentlemen who happened to be in the room at the time. Mrs. Talmage, who is a charming iaay ot an exceedingly amiable disposition, assists her husband on such occasions as I have described, thus contributing in no small degree to his social popularity. His wife, on the other hand, addressed the whole party. I see the dear woman before me as I write these words. She had so much to say and was so antaous that nothing should be left unsaid that she fairly choked in her efforts to make herself understood. Her English was awfully broken, and in her great anxiety to say all that was in her mind to say she just jammed her words together as if they were under hydraulic pressure, utterly ignoring all" rules of punctuation or pronunciation. Every half minute her memory or tongue failed her in her attempts to utter the suitable word in English, but she would promptly extricate herself by using the French equivalent, when she would sweetly smile, winking at the same time, as much as to say, "Do you catch on?" 44 'Why,' says the doctor, 'you are in fair health. Your tongue is one ot the most attractive tongues I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Your also is the regular Philadelphia pulse, which we regard as the best working model of a chronometer balance, split second and fly back pulso in the world. It seems very odd to* me s that you can not sleep nights.' Woolen materials make the best underclothing. Silk is good, but not bo good as wool, especially for sufferers from rheumatism. Silk is too close and hard a fabrio, and doesn't hold as much air as wool. The secret of beneficial clothing to keep the person warmisthat it most be something whose meshes will hold the air, whioh is the hest non-oonduotor of heat. Food needs to be thoroughly mixed with saliva as well as to be crushed and softened and torn apart by the teeth. D it is not sufficiently chewed the stom ach needs either to be overloaded li order to extract sufficient nutriment bj imperfect prooesses, or if only an ordi nary quantity is eaten, it can not pro vide nutriment enough. Food that if bolted irritates tfte stomach and ttt pain the digestive organs, so that th« Big. Saivini is a large, powerful looking man with a deep voice and large sub-chest. Ho wears a long, black wig wherein his muscle is supposed to reside.I had heard no sound, bat lug finer sense was not at fault. On the brow of the hill—which we were now descending —«tood the gaunt figure of Brace. The light of the rising sun shone upon him, bat we stood In the shadow of the wood, where th$mist still hung over the sodden earth. "I do not hear him; where is he now?" Tan Hoeck whispered. "He is standing on the hill, a couple ot hundred yards behind us. He does not «ee us." In an evil hour he meets a Philistine girl named Delilah who has been a great deal talked adout and falls in love with her. He stDeaks to her in Italian, to wnicn sue replies in gooa All their courtship is oondueted in this way without the aid of an interpreter. Finally to quiet the tongue of gossip he marries Delilah and they take a little bridal tour by canal. " 'Sleep nights?' says the Philadelphia man. 'Tush, tush. It is aot that. I can not sleep daytimes.' " H« Didn't Walt for the Vacancy. The other evening I went to the now and beautiful Tremont Theater in Boston to hear Sig. Saivini in a delightful little skit called "Samson." It was written by Ipfoolits D'Aste and translated by 'William Dean nowells, author of "April Hopes." I think the play has been greatly improved by translation. It seems to appeal much more strongly to me, at least. The reason that the author did not write the play in English at first was that be didn't D'Aste do it, I presume. Applicant for Position (to Manager of New York Electrio Light Company) —I saw your advertisement for linemen in this morning's paper, Mr. Carbon, and have called to make application for a place. Manager—Well! Dm! Er! The fact Is, we have no vaoancy at present, but if you will sit down for half an hour one of our men is sure to get hold of a live wire, and you can take his tools and go right to work.—Muaaey's Weekly. "If we could but get to the abbey! Forget what I said, Thome. Have pky on me," ha murmured. "What do you want me to do?" "Lead me back to the abbey. If I escape from that man now, I may protect In the meantime he proposes a riddle to the Philistines which they are about to give up when the idea of securing the co-oporation of Delilah occurs to them. They give her a new tea gown and she, while Samson is sleeping off a large jag, goes to his trunk, finds the joke book from which it is taken and tells the Philistines the answer. Among later callers, and one whom Dr. Talmage received in his own rooms, was a gentleman who urged him to deliver at least one address in Exeter hall before continuing his trip. In declining to do so, for reasons already stated, Dr. Talmage alluded to his previous visit in which he addressed a vast throng from the platform of that famed edifice. "I remember well," said he, "the last time I spoke at Exeter hall. The young Prince •Napoleon had been killed by the Zulus and funeral services were being conducted at Chislehurst. The subject of mr discourse was 'HaDOV Homes,' and We gathered from her extraordinary discourse and her husband's address to Dr. Talmage that they had been greatly profited by reading the Brooklyn sermons in The London Christian Herald. Not understanding English, they had managed to - carry themselves through them with the aid of a dictionary. Although an engineer in a cracker bakery, the good man found considerable opportunity to do missionary work among his fellow townsmen, ana ne touna JJr. Tannage s sermons exceedingly helpful to him in bis Chris- nyself «fter." I saw no possible reason for refusing compliance with this request, and, takthl S£^! before we had gone n dozen yj£ds, -Ictlai falls ill as a dyspeptic or worse. The Great PUmml Swamp if Yirgini*, is ooa enormous quagmire of decayed vegeta'ioo, a region of (floors and desolation; but notooreao than the human «sten when blocked np bp decayed animial matter, which poison# the blood and brims fbm to ai oU»erwije happy household. Dp Pierce's aehMwtoSiW8^ , - - - , _ . . "—r~ . ____ PEEKLEM BYES kS&SS At twoonkiok I went once more into the wood! Lola was want**!. The police-officer from Southampton, f.n W 8t«ry. declared at once that the theft had been cowuiitUid bv a servant, and that Lola miwt be found at once, to know if she had seen the thief as he eecaped by the window, ami £•£ identify him. (to mm eowntxjwo) (shifc The Tremont Theater is very tastefully and beautifully made up now. The QOlora axe soft and subdued, the lights gentte a*d restful and the effeot extoe nwOy grueaful to the eye. I sat in a mspMoMOot ana-attracted mucn earnest attention frpsj the audience, opt This naturally provokes Slg. Samson, who starts out and kills quite a quantity of Philistines with the jawbone of a man named Veritas. They do not mind being killed, of course, so much as they do the humiliation of having their brains knocked out by the jawbone of a man who had none A Lawyer*! Admiration. . "There Is one thing admirable about the raih,"said an old lawyer, "insplte oi its disagreeable qualities." "What is that?" asked his junior partner.Why wit! yru cooab when PblloTiX Cbm re'ifjf. pis,60 c!8 , and & &UM ill . ju.wS . .. .j»W "■' !«'» y-" "H» JD"*» Our uaubmire ot aoora and window are the beat, and oar late prleea an theleww "It always oovers th# ground."—Merchant »
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 41 Number 6, December 06, 1889 |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 6 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1889-12-06 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
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Language | English |
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Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 41 Number 6, December 06, 1889 |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 6 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1889-12-06 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_18891206_001.tif |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the West Pittston Public Library, 200 Exeter Ave, West Pittston, PA 18643. Phone: (570) 654-9847. Email: wplibrary@luzernelibraries.org |
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Full Text | PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECMBER 6, 1889. 1^%T'\ Oldest T'ewsDaDer in the Wyoming Valley. A Weekly Local and Family t »».»• pics AUIK i M*«M* AOS l(k The child who plays amid the nodding grass— The wild-flower's hone, the butterfly's dear •tuning arter us. At tn«j iams moment Van Hoeck, starting forward, cried: iue protracted absence of Brace and I Van Hoeck excited my misgivings, and, despite the Judge's promise, I already reproached myself with having abandoned my blind partmDr. The Judge's notions of justice were peculiar, and based upon "t he tough usage\)f California miners in the days, when they made and executed their own laws. I believed Him capable of applying torture, only atop. ping short of actual murder, to wring from Van Hoeck the secret which he be, lieved Jam tx» hold with respect to the lost diamond. I retraced my steps to the spot where I had helped to conceal Van Hoeck. The broken brake marked a distinct trail, and in a pit jess than a hundred yards from that point the undergrowth was beaten down, as if a struggle had taken place. • Was it not possible that Brace had gone further than he intended, and killed Van Hoeck? Had he ooucealed the body, and fled with his daughter to escape the consequences of his act? Asking myself these questions, I followed a track from the pit that brought me into the bridle-way. Looking for traces of a passage through the brake, I made my way down toward the road. Again I perceived broken brake, and following the line, I threaded my way betw«en the trees upon the slope of the hill until I emerged from the wood upon the high back that edged the abbey road at that part. It was as nearly as possible the point where Van Hoeck had stopped me in the moruing upon hearing Brace in our rew, Looking up the road, I saw the finger-port at the cross-roads; looking down, I saw that which to«k my breath away with amazement—Brace 'was tnidgingalong the'Toad toward the abbey, with Van Hoeck holding his arm on one side, and Lola his hand upon the other—an incomprehensible picture of unity, friendly assistance, and reliance. It was true that without assistance Van Hoeck could not have found his way along the rood, and very possible that, without the restraint of her father's hand, Lola would not have walked by his aide; . but all doubt as to the existence of a friendly understanding between the two men was dispelled from my mind by what followed. TUe Modern Photograph. The impression is quite general oniy oetween tno acts out even wnue Sig. was doing some of his best work. Afterward I found that it was partially due to the fact that I had thoughtlessly chewed gum through the first two acts. One of the saddest scenes is tne one where Delilah, in order to secure some valuable silver ware and clothing, seeks out the secret of Samson's great strength. She speaks very pleasantly to him and gives him a Manhattan cocktail which he ought to know would go to his head for there is about a quart of It. the Earl of Kin tore presiled. wnec -about to introduce me the booming of cannons incidental to the ceremonies could be distinctly beard all over the hall. A bush came upon the meeting. The earl arose and in his introductory remarks very feelingly and eloquently alluded to the home now broken up and devoid of all that could make it a 'happy home' to the lonely widowed hVart of the ex-Einprvea Eugenie.'' TALMAGB IN ENGLAND, r-s activity, tin Deiongea to tae wesleyan denomination, in which he was an exhorter. Such knowledge of English as he and his wife possessed they had gained exclusively through their efforts to read, the Tabernacle sermons, and he was*proud of the fact that, though he spoke English but brokenly, he could both read and write it correctly and flatly. Fronj. the columns of the paper named he had learned that Dr. Talmage would leave New York on tbe City of Paris on Oct. 30, and arrive in I/jndon the following Wednesday, and that the next day be would start for Rome on his way to Palestine. The Worthy couple had cAmlated that he weald take the 11 a. m. train from London, and filled with a burning desire to see the man whose sermons had done them so much good-, they had decided t6 go to the dock at Calais and there await his arrival. To make sure of recognizing him, they had, before they left home, ttkdiaf very carefully the feat' urea of aDb*&it (hat adorned the waHs of their home. Thus prepared, they scanned the hundreds of faces of people who left the boat, until they were quite sure that they had found the original erf the likeness. The train stopped, the story came to an end, and with many additional assurances of never ending gratitude and a thousand apologies for tlieir intrusion, husband and wife wended their way towards the city, I am quite sure exceedingly pleased with the unique visit they had made. They left a neat box of exquisite biscuits, which were a particularly grateful acquisition on our long journey as well as an evidence ot kind thoughtfulness on the part of the given. Before they had passed fully out of sight they turned and waved a final adieu. Dr. Talmage, who surely more than any other living man could substantiate a claim to the world as his parish, was visibly affected. We reached Paris, tired and hungry, at 7 in the evening. Seated at the table, discussing plans for the most profitable use of the few hours we could command in the gay capital, before departing for Rome the next morning at 10, we were interrupted in a manner somewhat similar to our London experience of visitation, but on a much smaller scale. A few visitors were warmly received, but others had to be disappointed. As we arrived the day after the World's exhibition closed, we were unfortunately not able to see it m its glory. Getting up early in the morning, however, we took a coach and drove over to the grounds in order to see the famous Eiffel tower. Dr. Talmage was quite °nraptured with the gracefulness of the structure, but expressed the opinion that, should such a building be considered desirable for the World's fair of 1)892, the American people would experience no difficulty in excelling it. In the language of Wall street, he is a bull on American genius, and feels certain that no other people equals the American. When questioned as to his impressions of the tower, he said: "It surpasses my expectations. I never before saw the exquisite and majestic so effectively combined. The way to look at it is to let your eye start at the base and very slowly ascend, and by the time your sight has traveled to the top you will find yourself out of breath with emotion. A man who could build that tower could build a world if he had the haunt— Bears la the softly-scented winds that pass Echoes of voices tar and sad which chant: "Quick, quick—he sees us—he is coming down upoB Usr* and then, after another dozen yards, "do you watft him to overtake us that you stick to this fcursed road?" That people are to day More highly intellectual Thau in ages paired away; But the notion in erroneous "Not yet." I am steatffastly convinced, And I think a retrogression Has been recently evinced. Then there was another reason also. George Francis Train had just been liberated from the Boston jail and, clothed in a seersucker Buit, he had gone about all day distributing handbills announcing that he would lecture on the following evening. At the top of the handbill in big black lotters were the words: Here Is a Graphic Letter from His Traveling Companion. JThe yonth who pores o'er many a ponderous hook Till daylight sparkles in the distant sky, Dreaming of fame with fond, enraptured look. Hears In their footsteps as the years pass by "Not yet." "I am looking for a path; we cannot push through the brake," I replied. Glancing over my shoulder, I saw the Judge, his shoulders bene forward, his arms swinging from side 40 si dp, bearing down upon t» with long strides, ana rapidly diminishing the distance between us. "He is gaining upon us. |Iow far are we from the abbey*" asked A an Hoeek.: "Nearly two miles; we will run for it, if you like." W ran for some distance. Again looking back, I saw the Jodpe still plodding on, with the same rtiythmic swing of his long arms. Running had given us no sensible advantage; Van Hoeck's ear told him this. Drops of moisture stood on his livid face, the result of terror rather than exertion. Now, we have some strange conceptions As to ways of dress and walk, And the strangeness Is extending Even to ideas and talk; Things have turned so topsy turvy, And are changing so of late That old-timers lose .their bearings " And can hardly navigate. There are mtoy funny fancies- Some are lit to make one langb— But the oddest is the fashion Of the latest photograph; Formerly they took your picture Front face, eyes upon a eraok. Nowaday s the proper caper , ' Is to photograph your back. ' ' —Frank B. Welch, in Tima. Gradually Samson gets more talkative and finally he becomes sleepy. Before he goes to sleep, however, he manages to tell what he knows, which does not take him but a little while. PENALTY OF POPULABITY. The old man, whom kind Death, with gentle hand*. Beckons to sleep, looks back o'er all his year?, Bathers their few poor sheaves and humbly What the I'l.vliig Fox Brouglit at Qn««»»- town—The Landing »t Unrpaol fnd the Bun to London—Something Like a Welcome.Dr. Taimage is an early rwer, and was up and about the next morning by- 7, although he had gone to bed so late the previous night. He was cleanly shaven when he came down, his invariable habit being to shave himself, wherever he happens to be—aboard ship crowing the Atlantic, or in the sleeping car crossing the western continent, at home, or a guest at a hotel. After entertaining an almost endless number of visitors, many 9t whom fcft their cards too late to insnte attention the night before, or caused lett ters requesting interviews to be stuck tmflei'fTte Cfo8r dtiring the eaily morning hoars, with here and there a reporter who wanted the details of the entire trip in a nutshell, the doctor and his party managed to reach the London, Dover and Calais railway station, where, after paying a small fortune for the transportation of our baggage, we entered a private compartment specially reserved through the kind efforts of some unknown friend, and speeded onward on the way to Paris, our next stopping place. Thence I shall write you again. Louis Kiopsch. JUST OUT OF JAIL. She sends out for a pair of shears and while the orchestra softly plays ''Chippy Get Your Hair Cut," Delilah docks him. Finally he awakes and feels real miserable. Be calls Delilah a "huckster of filthy kisses"— VendUriee d* Loan bad quato capo mio—are his exact words at this time. stands, Tor at the portal waiting still he hean: "Not yet." —Margaret Thomas, In Youth's Companion. 7hen I got homo from the theater 1 London, Nov. 8.—There is no mistaking the fact that the British people love Dr. Talmage. The abundance of hiB welcome is apt to surprise an American who possibly lias inherited the traditional belief that the people of the tight little island are cold and undemonstrative. I must confess that no greater rnisooncep- THE GREAT HESPER. ■ To make a long story short, he next appears as the blind and humiliated champion of Israel. His hands are manacled together with a trick chain which , he breaks when he remembers that his hair is grown. He now; sees a way to fulfill the prophecy made at his birth, for while the Philistines are banqueting in the temple, he can hear their laughter BY FRANK BARRETT. NYE SEES "SAMSON." X narrated oneny uie events ox roe night while he completed dressing. Lola, standing by the window, listened in silence. There was just enough light to reveal the mischievous exultation that sparkled in Iter eves. * "Here's a Vigilance Committee job, if ever there was (me," said the Judge, hastily lacing his boot. "I ain't lighted on anything so much like Californey since "the good old days. Now, sir, if you air ready, we'll hunt up Israel." the prophet. He's got to tell us i. tun thin* more about this than we know on." It was striking five when we quitted the house. The Judge left me to look about the garden and its vicinity for Van Hoeck; he nimself struck out at once for the wood, taking Lola with him. The girl would have stayed with me, but her father had her hand in his, and there was no getting away from that grip. After exploring the garden, I took the path that led to the lodjge, as being one that Van Hoeck frequently walked in when alone. The lodge-keeper was not up, but, passing through the open wicket into the road, I came upon a laborer, trudging along to his work with a picfe upon his shoulder, and a tin flask in his hand. "There is no one in sight—no one we can call to for help?" he asked. "No one. I see a footpath thrpugh the wood;if you think that will be safer." "Yes, yes—anything is batter thai) this oped road!'' We-took the path I had caught Bight of. It was a good sound bridle-way» covered with short turf; we ran along"noiselessly. The angle we made shut off th« view from the road. Brace could not cut off the corner without getting entangled in the undergrowth of brier* interwoven with the tall brako, i C He must follow iaour steps to overtake us. The danger lay hi the straightness of the rath; which -kept the view open from the road. Onr escape depended upon our flhding a by-path that might deceive him as t6 the course we had taken ; I explained this to Van Hoeck as wf ran on. "It is time we found one now if weare to escape," he answered. The w it step brought as to a footpath that cut the bridle-way at right angles. Looking down the green alley toward the road, as we turned off from it, 1 could see nothing of the Judge. I thought we had beaten him. But we advanced now with great difficulty. There was room only for one in the path, yet I had to fceephofd of Yah Hoeck's hand and guide him, foe the brake met before us; the trailing brambles that crossed the. patlr caugh£ his feet; at every step he stumbled. It was hopeless to continue. Already I fancied I caught a glimpse through the trees of the Judge swinging along the bridle-way. "Your only chance is tb get among the brake, and throw vauiwlf down while Igo on," I said, "1 can go quicker alone, and coming behind, he may imagine that you are still before me." "Show me where to go." I I opened a way the brake, led him behind a thicket, and hade him lie down. As he carried oat this instruction, I got back into the footpath, and was then enabled to trot along at ft br&k pace. fitmea It was only just in tine, for looking back a couple of minutes later, I perceived the Judge ploughing his way through brake and bramble, which came well up to the level of his breast, with as; little difficulty as though it had been meadow-grass, and with the same steady swing of his bent shoulders. He had caught sight of me from the bridle-way, and struck out at once into the thick of the undergrowth. '."""""J, J I did not in the slightest degree participate in Van Hoeck's suspicions and fears, and having, as I hoped, succeeded in diverting from him the object of his dread, I was indifferent as to whether the Judge overtook me or not. Had I been in the humor to enjoy a joke. I think I should have enjoyed giving him a long chase for nothing; but circumstances were too grave for that. I pursued the path until it dipped down into a hollow, and there finding a fallen tree across the path, I sat down and watted for the Judge to come up. In a few minutes he stood before me with his arms folded on hie chest, his feet planted apart, and a particularly stern look on his gaunt, weather-beaten face. "He has given me the slip; has he given ft.to vou likewise?" he asked. "No," 1 replied; "1 gave it to mm. I helped him to escape. '•Stand up, Gentleman Thorne, and let us look each other in the face." he said. tion was ever made, for 1 cannot but believe juy own observations, and in simple justice to our cousins must assert, after witnessing the welcome they have given Dr. Talmage, that they are a large hearted people. Of this I was convinced before setting my foot on British soil. HOW The Show Giant and Delilah Woo Each Other. She Betrays Him for m Tea-Gown and Some Silverware—Salvini Brings Down the House—A Stage Full of People Dressed in Bath Robes. and the stories of the after-dinner speakers as they take advantage of the drunkenness of the people, to tell them . some feeble anecdotes of the prehistoric variety. When we arrived in Queenstown harbor the tugboat Flying Fox delivered mail to the passengers on board the magnificent flyer on which we had crossed the Atlantic. The letters, telegrams and cablegrams received wero innumerable, and I need not say that the great Brooklyn preacher got the lion's share of them. There were letters of condolence, dently fresh from hearts deeply stirred with sympathy, that the Brooklyn Tabernacle had .been destroyed. Accompanying were tributes of grateful acknowledgment for religious blessings which the writers had .'experienced while reading or listening to the matchless Bermons of the American divine. Benedictions invoked God's choicest blessings on the preacher and the members of liis party, while pursuing their pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Offers of assistance in the raising of funds for the new and larger Tabernacle were a whole avalanche of epistolary arrival. Letters not a. few embodied invitations for the doctor's assistance in breaking up ground now barren of religious fruitage. But I must stop revealing the secrets of a mail which gladdened Dr. Talmage's heart and caused his eyes to beam with joy as he reviewed the expressions of reverential affection with which his name i3 cherished by the generous hearts of Christian England. [Copyright, 1889, by Edgar W. Nye.] He knows that thousands of these people are there and as the jaw-bone of Old Pro-Bono Publico is not at hand, he layB hold of the papier mache pillars of the temple and by a dextrous movement, brings down the house. On The Wing, Nov. 28.—In seeking to elevate the stage by means of our justly celebrated entertainments, which I. believe Mr. Thomas Bailey Aldrich has happily characterized as a higher order of literary minstrelsy, we meet a good many people. We meet a great many, of them as we go to our work in the . evening1 and when we come away weDmeet others while on our way home. But those are not the ones I refer to especially. I refer more especially to the eminent men whose homes are in the cities we visit and who courteously shake hands with us and bid .us godspeed, often going so far as to introduce us to the audience. I WONDERED WHY THEY LAUGHED. found that some one had thoughtlessly pinned the above line to the back of my coat. This should teach us that too often we are apt to misunderstand the attentions showered upon us by the public and misconstrue the motive itself which prompts them. The Story is a thrilling one, though I fear I have not been able to make it seem so, and Sig. Salvini makes a deep Impression on the audience, even on thoee who do not understand his language.Jiov. 11.—1 date this where it i; mailed, hard travel preventing the completion of my letter relating to Talmagein France before our arrival here. The Tremont Theater is managed by Mr. Henry E. Abbey and John B. Schoeffel. The acting stage manager is Mr. William Seymour, Tho business representative is Mr. Nat Childs. The treasurer is Mr. Phillip A. Shea. The leader of the orchestra is Mr. E. N. Catlin. The bass violinist, I am told, is Mr. Lawrence G. Paugborn. The snare drummer, who also plays on the sleigh bells, tambourine, triangle and general hardware store, is Mr. Cecil Barttell. The scenic artists are, Mr. Charles Witham, Mr. Wm. GilL The stage carpenter is Mr. Edward Mess. The gas and electric light superintendent is Mr. William J. Kelly. The engineer is Mr. John Carpenter. Mr. Charles Elliott is the publisher of the programme. The cabinet organ used in the performance of "Samson," and which no doubt has something to do with his burst of temper in the last act, is furnished by Hason A Mamblin. The sewing-machine used by Delilah in the second act is from the well-known factory of Messrs. Tucker & Feller, of Milk street. The shears used by Delilah in gfiawing off the hair of Samson are from the hardware store of 8hingle, Nail & Co., of East Boston. The shampoo mixture used afterward, and the hair encourager which starts the giant's new hair, come from the tonsorial emporium of Messrs. Confersezzione Bros. But why go into detail. The fine old town of Dover and its noble cliffs suggested to Dr. Taimage "any quantity of interesting references, with which royally not only his own party, but everybody else within the sound of his voiqe. His post of vantage was on the upper deck of the squatty but powerful steamer which carried us across the English channel to France. On the lower deck seasickness was, as usual, so I understood, the order of the day, but on the upper deck everybody was listening eagerly to the doctor's eloquence. Lunch was neglected, and people who had called for ginger ale and sandwiches permitted their effervescing beverage to spoil rather than, in the eagerness of their attention, to lose what was being said. To show his wonderful recuperative powers, though now over sixty, I will add that after his death, he came before the curtain and bowed twice in the Italian tongue. It then was half past fire, or perhaps a little later. Arrived opposite the bridle-path leading up ftito the wood they stopped, and consultation ensued between the two men. T could npt hear their voices at that distance, but I saw by their gesticulations that they were discussing soma point; it ended by Brace's going to the side of the road, and craning bis neck to see if anyone were in sight. I crouched down beside the thicket, which partly concealed me. When I cautiously raised my head and looked again, Brace, still standing op* posite tike bridle-way, was drawing hit arm out of the sandy hank thaP there skirted the road. I ducked my head an once more he peered to the right and left. They were gone, ail three, when £ looked again. When I thought it mtfe to venture, I went to the spot where Brace had stood. There was a rabbit-hole hi the sandy cut-; ting, partly hiddefibythetraiting growth from the overhanging edge. I look off my coat, turned back my sleeve, thrust in my arm, and drew out—the leather case w whicfr the diamond had been taken from mu wriat! It was empty. « I again thrust my arm in and explored the hole, thinking—though it was little likely—that the diamond had slipped out of the casCD of been put in separately. It was a kind of cul-de-sac—the earth had. fallen In from above and blocked the passage at less than the length of my arm from the entrance;' but I did not give up the search until I was absolutely certain that the Great Hen per was not there. It was not probable they would place the diamond m such an open place; the leather case was different. It was unsafe to keep that, but it -was of little consequence where they abandoned it. But why had they taken the diamond; from the case, ami what had they done with it?" A dew to this mystery also I discovered before long. When I got back to the abbey. Brace, Van Hoeck and Lola were in the library .with the police-officer. Sir Edmund, Mr. Wray—his lawyer—and a couple of friends, justices of the peace, who had been brought by the rumors which were already widely spread. Lola" was still under examination. She was stubbornly silent. with the greatest difficulty that any response to the questions put could be drawn from, her. But she admitted seeing the man drop from the oriel; and, asked if it was one of the servants, she replied firmly, "No." But more than thtt could not be got out of her on this point. To the inquiry how she had discovered the means of getting from the bay into the oriel, for it was by that way she had come to my assistance, she replied that site "had seen it done before,'• but she would not say whom she had seen. The police-officer asked me to go into! the adjoining dining-room with him. "May I ask," he said, "if you have any reason to suspect that you have been robbed by your friends—your partner? in the diamond? because they profess to have been in the woods all the morning, whereas I have good causa to believe that they have been in the town of Southampton! part of the time." "Are you sure of that?" _ "I win take my oath that I saw the; little savage in the red petticoat in the High Street an I started to come here." "Have you passed a blind gentleman on the road?" I asked. "I ain't passed 'im,n he answered; "bat as I come by the cross-roads I see some 'un, as looked gentleman-like, kind 'er fumbling his wav along the road ddwn by Harley bottom." I knew the cross-roads; they were nearly two miles distant. It was incomprehensible to me how Van Hoeck" had strayed so far from the abbey; but this laborer's description left little room for doubt that it was Van Hoeck he had seen, and I started at once in the direction indicated. A little while ago we had Mr. Powderly 'on the platform with us and he took occasion to remind me that he was among my early subscribers to the old Laramie Boomerang, a paper which I had the honor of* foundering some years ago. In the rash of scampering years I had forgotten it, but I remembered it at once When he recurred to the fact. I do not remember the name of the other subscriber, biit I can not well forget Mr. Powderly, because he was the one who paid me. A man with a heart like that can not help having friends, and Terrence will find tae over grateful. Any time I can give him a good reading notioe 1 will be glad to do so. I may not be oursed with the fatal gift of beauty, but a man can be grateful without being beautiful. We also met the other day Mr. McKee, who has risen to the notioe which he little courted or oared for, because he was the father of Baby McKee. He is a handsome, modest young man, with a very straightforward way which indicates his own worth aside from tho honor of being the father of Baby Mc- Kee. His case is a mild repetition of history. Judge Conkling was a man of recognized ability and this reputation was not confined to his own city or State. Onoe, however, in later years he was introduced as "the father of Roscoe Conkling." He said: "There was a time, , NOTES ON NOTABLES. 8abah Bernhardt has a magnificent bomb in the oemetory of Pere la Chaise. Sib Charles Russell receives the largest income from his practice of any man in the world and lives like a Prince. - As it appeared, long before when the trip was expected to end, the boat was fastened to the stone pier at Calais, and a small aruay of porters had infested it. These fussy fellows insisted on dissecting our luggage and taking ashore piecemeal at the rate of two centimes apiece. We were quite in despair as to how to make a clearing through the babbling crowd that surrounded us on every side, when a gentleman, his eye beaming with joy, laid hold of Dr. Talmage's arm, and, with the air of a man confident that be had found the object of- bis search, very politely inquired if he had the "honneur of addressing Mons. le Docteur Talmache." Having received an affirmative answer, with gesticulations expressive of ecstatic delight, he shouted enthusiastically: "Paidon, I call my wife," and off he hurried , evidently impelled by the laudable desire to double his joy by sharing it with his wife. In less time than it takes to pen these words he returned with a bright, cheerful looking lady, who at once shook both of Dr. Talmage's hands' (and mine also), and then bestowed thje same mode of appreciation on each of the balance of the party. In the meantime, her husband, quickly apprehending the difficulty we were in, owing to our ignorance of French, straightened out matters in the twinkling of an eye to our entire satisfaction, insisting in paying out of his own pock* i such trifling fees as biaterially assLi one's way in a country 'where prospective gratuities constitute no mean item in the computation of salaries. Then, taking as much of the hand baggage as he could manage to handle, he led the way to the waiting room, where he begged permission to supply the ladies with luscious pears and grapes there on sale, and without waiting for a reply bought sufficient for the party. The acceptance of his friendly offering made him feel proud as a king. Thus encouraged, he again took the lead, carrying baggage in both hands and under both arms to the train, where, taking the guard;or, as we say in America, the conductor, to a corner, he managed, by the aid of arguments, gesticulations and fees, to secure for us the advantages of a private compartment from Calais to Paris, thus greatly adding to the oomfort of Dr. Talmage, who is a most voracious reader, and who in .traveling takes care to acquaint himself with whatever of historic7 interest may be attached to the locality through which he is passing. Our Frenchman was an entire stranger to the party, and thus far all we had managed to ascertain with regard to him was that he was "so glad of the honneur to meet Mons. la Docteur Talmache." Fearing that he would vanish as suddenly and as unexpectedly as he had come, and anxious, in some way, to acknowledge our indebtedness and express our appreciation of his disinterested and timely services, Dr. Talmage was about to say that he was very thankful, etc., when the Frenchman promptly interrupted him by saying: "Oh, ve ride a little vay," and, suiting the action to the word, he and his wife, after politely bowing us all into the compartment, followed and closed the door behind them. In another moment the train began to move and we were off. Miss Amelia B. Edwards is descended from the older branch of the Fitz- Gerald family, whose head is the Earl of Leicester. I could not see Van Hoeek from the cross-roads, but on turning the angle of the lane at the foot of the hill, I perceived him feeling the way with painful slowness, and on the side of the hedgerow, a hundred yards in advance. Hearing my step, he turned, and recognizing, it, came to meet me He seemed to forget the danger of making a false step, and advanced with eager quickness—his whole body partaking the expression of anxiety imprinted on his features. "Is it vou, Thome?" he called. "Yes, I replied. i "What has happened?" I waited until I got up to him, then putting my hand orfhis shoulder, I said: "I have bad news for you, Van Hoeck." He trembled violently under my hand, and opened his lips to speak, but no sound came; his condition waa pitiable, and to keep him no longer in suspense, I said: "I have lost it. It has been taken from me." "Who has taken itT he asked, in a thick, husky voice. "I cannot say. I could not see the man who robbed me." Our time in Liverpool was short and barren of particular incident. London was reached after a rapid and pleasant run on the Midland railway. The great metropolis gave the doctor a welcome as it seemed to me commensurate with the majestic vastness of the capital of the world. It was not only great in its representative comprehensiveness, but cordial beyond expression. Gentlemen representing different churches vied with each other to assure Dr. Talm&ge of the high esteem in which he is held by them personally as well as by the societies to wliich they belonged. As I looked on the scene I felt proud that all England, a3 it seemed, was present to honor one of America's foremost citizens. Greetings had been exchanged in profusion when we thought of taking supper and retiring for the night, the journey to Plaris awaiting us on the morrow. Going for a light refreshment to the noble dfning room of the hotel where we were stopping, the ovation took a new start, and card after card was presented. There was no use in fighting an inevitable destiny. After hastily taking a few bites, Dr. Talmage made his way to the reception room, where invitations to preach or lecture were extended to him from nearly every part of the British empire. A representative of one of the foremost religious journals of the world came prepared to close an arrangement for a month's preaching tour through England, suggesting that the English people would cheerfully respond to the amount of five thousand pounds (twenty-five thousand dollars) towards the tabernacle to be built in Brooklyn, if Dr. Talmage would spend that length of time with them. However tempting such a munificent offer must have appeared to him, he could not be persuaded to entertain it, nor any of the numerous invitations literally showered upon him. His speech of declination was happily expressed, breathing a candor which admitted of no further attempt to influence his deaision to carry out bis prearranged plans without deviation. He said: • V * Mr. Edison has been granted 403 patents on his inventions, and has over S00 applications pending. Most of these are electrical devioes. Miss Sanger, the President's typewriter, is said to be more Useful to him than any clerk ia his employ. She is a rapid worker and can copy on her machine 120 letters a day. Tue head of the Mormon church, President Woodruff, is eighty-two years old. He is solidly built and his head looks lflce that of General Grant. He wears his hair and beard close cropped and does not have a ministerial air at all. The play opens with an argument which is read by those who wish to know more about it than they can gather from what Sig. Salvini Bays, all of which is in Italian. Clara Morris owns a very pretty piece of property on the line which divides the city of New York from Yonkers. The boundary divides her bed, and when she is asleep her head rests in New York while her feet are in Yonkers. It appears that at the time of the incident the Jews were under subjections to the Philistines and discriminated against them in the matter of rates on freight, both through and way freight. If they wanted to examine a car-load of Jewish freight and it happened to be sealed up, they would break it open in the yard and then report it "in bad order." * 7 material* and machinery requisite. Nothing that will ever be built on either continent can take anything from the originality and splendor of the intellect that planned that marvel before yet itn two first bars of iron were interlaced. But the idea I have seen in some newspapers that we cannot equal that structure for our American exposition of 1892 is an absurdity as high as Eiffel tower. Our American architects anCJ engineers are as talented, our building materials as strong, our foundations as solid, our skies as lofty. Surely the lines of beauty are not all exhausted. I warrant you there are already a dozen American artists who have a tower more graceful than this, either in then- brain or actually put in diagram. Give our American genius a Chance for such a structure. The history of this Eiffel tower proves not only that the thing can be done, but that it will be financially remunerative. As sure as we live, we shall see in America, in 1892, a tower higher, stronger, more delicately graceful and with larger financial income. If the Eiffel tower is l,d00 feet high, we can have a tower 1,900 feet high; if that weighs 150,000,000 pounds, we can have one weighing 800,- 000,000 pounds; if 10,000 persons can stand in-it at one time, we can have 15,- 000 in ours. As America has the greatest cataract coming down, she might as well have the greatest tower going up," Louis Klopsch. He was silent for a time, and then his feelings found expression, at first in execration then in incoherent sentences, broken up with words of Dutch where the English tongue failed to give sufficient force to his anger and mortification. He assailed, me with every kind of invective, accused me of cowardice, of complicity in robbing him, of I know not what baseness and heartlessneas—indeed, it seemed as though the blow had deprived him of reason for a moment. At length, when his passion was somewhat exhausted, he said: Tippoo Tib, the great African slavo dealer, is getting tired of his wandering and dangerous existence and proposes to settle down as a solid citizen on his estate at Casingo, 800 miles above Stanley Falls, where he has built for himself a large and fine stono mansion. His son, however, will carry on his father's trade, in which he has already been quite successful, as on his last expedition he returned with forty tons of ivory, worth $350,000. The Philistines had picked on the Jews till patience ceased to be virtuous. Samson had been regarded as a sort of middle-weight champion, he had failed somehow to do what they had expected of him. He had talked a good deal down at the store about what he could do and how ho had run his hand down the hot and feverish throat of an irritated lion and turned him wrong side out so quickly that before he ooold recover from the surprise he had caught such ■ a cold in his exposed digestive economy that he died from his injuries. I stood up. He held out his hand and I gave him mine. "And what is your defence?" I took bis arm, and as I led him np the hill toward the cross-roads, I went over the story once more. When I was telling him how Lola had come to my rescue, he stopped me. ''That is a he!" he said; "fdr she has been with me." ••Impossible!" I exclaimed. "Impossible, according to your story, but it is the truth for all that. 1 got pif the path, Mid could" not find my way back. She led me to a road—God knows where!—and left me." "Now, stanUin' here hand in hand and face to faoe, say, air we the noblest works of natnr" or air we not?" Kabt, Fai.kknsteix is the name of the inventor of smokeless powder. Three years ago he was an unknown chemist in Vienna. He offered his invention to the Austrian war office, but no investigation of his device was made. Discouraged by this refusal he went to Berlin and had an interview with the Emperor and Count Waldersee. His invention was thoroughly tested by experts, and the smokeless powder was pronounced a success. He sold his rights to the German Government for a large sum and is now living in luxury. I conld not go so far as to admit that his appearance realized my highest ideal of nobility, but I understood his allusion, and replied. « ' 'I believe you are an honest man, if that is what you mean, Brace." "It is; and that is my opinion of you, like wise. Let us sit down and hold a committee. Now, pardner, will you tell me why yon let Israel git?" • 'Because the poor wretch is half distracted with the loss of the diamondand his fear of you." "Why do he fear me?'' "He believe* that too-took, the diamond, and intend-to have his life, in erderto get the. reversionary share, or something of that kind. And now, tell me whv vou pursued him when you saw he wished to avoid ytfar "Because he did so wish for one thing," and he added,with emphasis,' "becausc he's got to speak. Israel's got to speak," he repeated, with still greater decision. "A man what has presentiments as a tiling is going to be took so accurate as hisu, must nat'r&liy -have prenuntiments Samson had therefore shaken the confidence of those who were about him WE TOO MEET MAST PEOPLE. gentlemen, when I was known as Judge Conkling, a man of some ability, Now, God help me, I am simply the father of Boscoe Conkling." Hon. Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, was one of the wildly-delighted audience at oar spectacular show in Portland tha other evening. He still looks like a large guileless boy, and at this writing I am impressed with the idea that those who wish to catch the eye of the Speaker this winter in Congress will do well to get the address of Mr. Eeed. "When?" "How can I tell? The night has been an age." "Granting she led 70a for an hoor— and Ton would scarcely suffer her to lead you longer—that would allow her to return to the abbey, ana come to my rescue at the time I speak of." "Have it asyou will; it makes no difference now. She got me put of the way, and that was her object in being there. Go on." j came to tne ena ot my narrative, »nu then suggested that the theft might be traced to one of the servants. "Anything to shield Brace," he said, bitterly; ana then, stamping his foot, he added, "You know he took it!" It was oeolcsg reasoning with him in his present condition. "You stand convicted by your own statement," he continued; "what ordinary thief would be fool enough, having obtained the diamond, to wait there, risking discovery and jeopardise his own life—for the sake of butohoring you? If Brace was the thief, such a thing is possible; for he must kill both you and me to profit by thenoesession of the diamond. Where is he now?' "With Lola, in the woods lopking for you." "What? already!" he exclaimed, in alarm. "He is toeing no time. Where are the woodB?" BOTANICAL BREVITIES. The sweet-scented Peruvian heliotrope, or "cherry pie," was introduced from South America in 1740, having been discovered by the celebrated Jussieu when botanizing among the Cordilleras. "While I am profoundly grateful for these emulative manifestations of cordial sympathy and sincere affection on the part of this with whom I have in the past spent three delightful summer vacations, 1 must decline to entertain any proposition the conditions of which would be likely at all to interfere with the object of my trip, which is to personally go over the ground rendered sacred by our Saviour's presence during his ministry in the flesh, in order to better fit myself for my life's mission, which is to preach the Gospel of the blessed Son of God, as well as to aid me in the accurate preparation of a life of Christ that I feel called to write, and which must be completed the coming spring." I-heard two prominent men conversing with each other on Washington street, Boston, the other day, as to the relative demerits of Boston and Philadelphia. It was a good-natured fight, hut the language used, was quite plain. Finally the Philadelphia man said: "You Boston people are too oold for me. Especially the business men. I know a Baltimorean man who has been in business here for forty years, but he says he ia going back to Baltimore when his race is run, because ho hates to die among strangers." "Well," said the Boston man, "any one has a right to loeate his death-bed where he likes, but for living purposes Boston seems to please a great many people first rate. New York is a good plaoe to make money in—sometimes. It is also noted for its public-spirited poor people and gently parsimonious rich ones, but for a laree, wide waste of holy oalm and high,-Intellectual sweep of eold white front door-steps, give me Philadelphia. As ever-blooming rose of dwarf habit with bright pink semi-donble flowers, called Bosa semperflorena Fellenberg, is used largely in Berlin for the decoration of flower-beds in public squares and private gardens. HYGIENIC HINTS. COAPTSR XUI. "I advise you, sir,''said the officer, "to take the ad vice of Sir Edmund's solicitor, Mr. Wray. ' I agreed, and he cialled in the lawyer. I told him, without reserve, all that had happened! allowing him the leather case I had taken from the hole where Brace had placed it" Thxbe are many men who get on beet with two meals a day. But for the average healthy man who is working three meals axe beet Evxby one who prizes good health and intends to maintain it should indulge in a dry rub upon going to bed. A flesh brush is good for the purpose, but a good rough towel is better. The object is to keep the pores open and in healthy activity. DEI.ILAH WALKED OFF WITH IIIS IIAIi: what's gone of it When it's took." "Androoposehe cannot tell yon?" "Well, then, he's got to try till ho do. As a jedge, I've had to try a nretty considerable number of bad lots, but a more durned unprepossessing lot titan Israel I never yet sentenced to a well aimed gallus. End mark this, pardner, et Israel was charged with this crime, and it was my dntjr to direc' the jury as to the r«r-dic' they should well and trnly And, I should direc* them'to bring him in guilty, or I'd lock 'em up till they did." "You are as unreasonable m your suspicion* as Van HiDeck is in his. but you nave not his excuse—you are not under the influence at fear.'' and people were beginning to clamor for a new giant. In the first act we see Zorah a high table land which gives upon the plain below. Many Israelists are discovered assembled around a biasing pyre, furnished by the Boston Gaslight & Coke Company. Manoah, a remarkable man with white lamb-skin eyebrows, opened the play with prayer. The odor of incense arises from time to time, varied by the whiff of cardamon seeds from the front row. One of the reasons for the strong hold the chrysanthemum has upon popular regard lies in the fact that it is an oldfashioned flower. It has a claim upon the affections of many people through early associations and childhood remembrances that the later triumphs of tho florist's art can never obtain. "A couple of cunning scoundrels!" he exclaimed; "their pretended suspicion of each other was, or course, intended to blind yon to their complicity, while each, by implicating the other, diverted suspicion from himself." "I was never in my life so completely deceived," I said. "Brace seemed tb me the embodiment of rough honesty. 1 liked the man, and it was a painful shock to lire when I found him unfaithful and a thief." A new Persian dye plant, the zalil, has been discovered in India. It grows freely in Afghanistan and Khorassan, and its flowers, which are of a bright yellow color, are dried and used as a dye throughout Persia and Upper India. It is a perennial, and tho blossoms grow on spikes two ffeet high. They are used as medicine as well as for dyeing purposed.This decision being evidently intended as final, it was so received by the committees present, who, with the expression of many regrets that they could not prevail on Dr. Talmage to comply with the requests they had set before him, withdrew repeating their assurances of their continued good will and expressing the hope that on his way home he might see hie way clear to favor them. As a rule eggs must be regarded as one of the most valuable articles of food for basiness men. They are of highly concentrated nutritive elements,'and for the stomach of a man engaged in intellectual pursuits they should form a staple article. Omc key to enduring health will be the religious observance of rest after The peoplo are dressed in oriental bath robes and rich smoking gowns from Askelon and over against Twenty-third street, while they are discussing him and his failure to sign articles for a set-to with the Philistines, Samson appears suddeily among them, dressed in a hectic smoking jacket and carrying over his pelt of a lion. Ho addresses them briefly in Italian, to which thev reply in English. "Because I liev nothing to lie afeer'd on, Uentleman Thorne." "He is worse than thit, Mr. Thorne; he is a murderer at heart; for there can be no doubt it was he who attempted youi life; it was a sheer impossibility for the other man to do it. We have neard the story of (he robbery from Sir Edmund. The intelligence that planned the attack was doubtless Van Hoeck's. He lool*s like a man of subtle intellect. I do not see what other part he could have played in this affair." "We are in them now," I replied, for we had pamed the crosa-road«. He ■topped short." Bkakte off my "Tell me how on earth It is possible for a man in Van Hoeck's condition—a man absolutely helpless, atD we know him to be—to accomplish a feat of this kind." "I n't say he did it, pardner—I don't say he took the Great Hesper; on the other hand, I don't say he didn't. But I am free to maintain that he knows all about it. If you ask me how he knows it, I'd tell von as 1 don't know. There's a many things we don't know, but that's no reason why we shouldn't try fur to find out. We ain't so everlasting clever that there's nothiu' more to be Larat out of this almighty universe, take my- word for it. Ana though we hev drawed a pretty good lot of truth out of the well, we ain t yet come to the last bucket-full —not by a lona; way. One of the things we hev got to larn concerns Israel'* presentiments, and," he added, emphatically, "I'm going to larn it." "We must get back to the house. The police must be sent for." "I don't see what harm they can do, and it's the rtg'lar thing, and so they ought to be called in," l.e said, rising from the trunk on which we had been holding this discussion. "I am going for Israel. So long!" I hesitated to separate from the Judge. "You must promise me. Bracp, not to tjommit violence on Van Hoeck." "If yoa mean by violence taking of his life away, I will giro you my word not to be violent with him. There's my hand on it." On this understanding we shook hands »nd parted. He plunged again into the WOu f turned to the abbey. That was between seven and eight o'clock. dinner. be for relax** hand, be ■Buttered, in * tone CD. dmd "Are you three hunting together?" "Be reasonable, Van Hoeck," I said. "I am," be replied; "leare me here.'' I made no we stoodthere ii fear and tomfng his head from •!C!£ *tC side to catch the sound that might con firm his fean. He looked like a hintfec beast, that knows not which way to w"What's that?" he asked, under bis breath ouickly. "There's someone on While I was turning to look up the roaC*' *®*ee ** bis tears were justified, he groped about uatll he caught hold of my arm The water lily is largely used in some parts of India as food stuff. This fruit of one spccics that grows plentifully in the lakes of Cashmere is rich in starch and has much the flavor of a chestnut. If the nuts are dried they will keep for a long time, and when ground may be made into cakes or porridge, or they may bo soaked for some hours and then boiled. This business over, we concluded that | it would be best to retire to our rooms at once, and were preparing to separate for the night, when lo! another batch of cards was presented and another procession of visitors made their appearance. They were very cordially received by Dr. Talmage, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour and the intense weariness of which he was obviously the subject. Our strange friend, who spoke English imperfectly, was intensely fervent in his utterance, and accompanied liis words witH eloquently corroborative glances flashing from a pair of keen, jet black eyes. He addressed Dr. Talmage exclusively at the rate of a volume a minute, and never stopped till the train arrived at ancient Calais, which is ten minutes distant from the landing place, known as new Calais. tion, not only for the sake of rest to the mind, but ont of fair treatment to the stomach, when, if the dinner be at night, it is doing its hardest work. "Why, only last month a man from Philadelphia came over here and consulted a Boston physioian, begging him to do something for his Insomnia. The doctor thought he ought not to worry about it. Said the case was not very severe yet or his pulse would show the effects ot tWo loss of sleep. He prescribed for him and the man went home. After a week he came baok. He was no better." Big. Saivini takes the part of Samson In this'play and is said to be as good a tragedian as ever acted out on the stage. I can not give his exact language here but it was very good indeed I thought. I did not find the place in my ibretto, however, till the next to the last aot and then the lights were all turned off so that I could not get at the drift of his remarks exactly. Thb men who smokes or chews must know whether It is hurting him or not and how much. Those who find them* selves exceedingly nervous after smoking and who find their heart's action violently accelerated and rendered uneven by tobacco do not need to be told, that it Is a habit they should stop or' moderate. "Str Elmund told me, sir," said the of fleer, "that on your return from the left wing, you Leiu d snoring in Bract's room.' "I certainly did." "That coiil.l very well have been Van Hoeck, who had taken Brace's place while he slipped off into your room—another proof that the two "were actine together.""Precisely," said Mr. Wray; and then with an air of business—' Well, now, what ia to be done? that is the question. The evidence is insufficient to charge either of the men even with being concerned in the robbery. The leather ease prove* nothing. They might declare they found it empty, and have concealed it through fear of accusation, or they might all three swear your statement to he false, and jflwoliitel*- accuse you of being yourself the thief. And until we can substantiate the charge by positive proof, we must be careful to conoeal our suspicions from them. If they think they are likely to be brought to justice, they will quit tho country by the first steamer that leaves Southampton—and we cannot stop them. The tning must be done at once is to search lor the diamond. " "That is your affair," he said, addressing the officer; "undoubtedly they have placed it souwvhere in Southampton, in readiness to takejf flight Wima ni*v*a+rr." Tiie distillation of essential oils from various species of plants, such as lavender, thyme, fennel, rosemary, etc., is quite profitable in Southeastern France, The country is here very arid and sterile, and these humblest of plants arc, by industry and careful management, made to give prosperity to a large number of people. The Unitod States is the largest consumer of these oils, and in time they will doubtless be produced In our own oountry. The still required for distillation is simple and inexpensive. I am no stranger to the opinion held by some that Dr. Talmage lacks in physical gracefulness, nor do I claim for him the captivating: airs of the dancing master, when I say that he does know how to receive graciously, and to make even the most awkward and bashful visitor feel perfectly at liberty and at hopae in his presence. I could not fail to observe that bis quiet simplicity during the numerous interviews I have detailed contrasted much to his advantage with the grave dignity and reserve maintained by some other gentlemen who happened to be in the room at the time. Mrs. Talmage, who is a charming iaay ot an exceedingly amiable disposition, assists her husband on such occasions as I have described, thus contributing in no small degree to his social popularity. His wife, on the other hand, addressed the whole party. I see the dear woman before me as I write these words. She had so much to say and was so antaous that nothing should be left unsaid that she fairly choked in her efforts to make herself understood. Her English was awfully broken, and in her great anxiety to say all that was in her mind to say she just jammed her words together as if they were under hydraulic pressure, utterly ignoring all" rules of punctuation or pronunciation. Every half minute her memory or tongue failed her in her attempts to utter the suitable word in English, but she would promptly extricate herself by using the French equivalent, when she would sweetly smile, winking at the same time, as much as to say, "Do you catch on?" 44 'Why,' says the doctor, 'you are in fair health. Your tongue is one ot the most attractive tongues I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Your also is the regular Philadelphia pulse, which we regard as the best working model of a chronometer balance, split second and fly back pulso in the world. It seems very odd to* me s that you can not sleep nights.' Woolen materials make the best underclothing. Silk is good, but not bo good as wool, especially for sufferers from rheumatism. Silk is too close and hard a fabrio, and doesn't hold as much air as wool. The secret of beneficial clothing to keep the person warmisthat it most be something whose meshes will hold the air, whioh is the hest non-oonduotor of heat. Food needs to be thoroughly mixed with saliva as well as to be crushed and softened and torn apart by the teeth. D it is not sufficiently chewed the stom ach needs either to be overloaded li order to extract sufficient nutriment bj imperfect prooesses, or if only an ordi nary quantity is eaten, it can not pro vide nutriment enough. Food that if bolted irritates tfte stomach and ttt pain the digestive organs, so that th« Big. Saivini is a large, powerful looking man with a deep voice and large sub-chest. Ho wears a long, black wig wherein his muscle is supposed to reside.I had heard no sound, bat lug finer sense was not at fault. On the brow of the hill—which we were now descending —«tood the gaunt figure of Brace. The light of the rising sun shone upon him, bat we stood In the shadow of the wood, where th$mist still hung over the sodden earth. "I do not hear him; where is he now?" Tan Hoeck whispered. "He is standing on the hill, a couple ot hundred yards behind us. He does not «ee us." In an evil hour he meets a Philistine girl named Delilah who has been a great deal talked adout and falls in love with her. He stDeaks to her in Italian, to wnicn sue replies in gooa All their courtship is oondueted in this way without the aid of an interpreter. Finally to quiet the tongue of gossip he marries Delilah and they take a little bridal tour by canal. " 'Sleep nights?' says the Philadelphia man. 'Tush, tush. It is aot that. I can not sleep daytimes.' " H« Didn't Walt for the Vacancy. The other evening I went to the now and beautiful Tremont Theater in Boston to hear Sig. Saivini in a delightful little skit called "Samson." It was written by Ipfoolits D'Aste and translated by 'William Dean nowells, author of "April Hopes." I think the play has been greatly improved by translation. It seems to appeal much more strongly to me, at least. The reason that the author did not write the play in English at first was that be didn't D'Aste do it, I presume. Applicant for Position (to Manager of New York Electrio Light Company) —I saw your advertisement for linemen in this morning's paper, Mr. Carbon, and have called to make application for a place. Manager—Well! Dm! Er! The fact Is, we have no vaoancy at present, but if you will sit down for half an hour one of our men is sure to get hold of a live wire, and you can take his tools and go right to work.—Muaaey's Weekly. "If we could but get to the abbey! Forget what I said, Thome. Have pky on me," ha murmured. "What do you want me to do?" "Lead me back to the abbey. If I escape from that man now, I may protect In the meantime he proposes a riddle to the Philistines which they are about to give up when the idea of securing the co-oporation of Delilah occurs to them. They give her a new tea gown and she, while Samson is sleeping off a large jag, goes to his trunk, finds the joke book from which it is taken and tells the Philistines the answer. Among later callers, and one whom Dr. Talmage received in his own rooms, was a gentleman who urged him to deliver at least one address in Exeter hall before continuing his trip. In declining to do so, for reasons already stated, Dr. Talmage alluded to his previous visit in which he addressed a vast throng from the platform of that famed edifice. "I remember well," said he, "the last time I spoke at Exeter hall. The young Prince •Napoleon had been killed by the Zulus and funeral services were being conducted at Chislehurst. The subject of mr discourse was 'HaDOV Homes,' and We gathered from her extraordinary discourse and her husband's address to Dr. Talmage that they had been greatly profited by reading the Brooklyn sermons in The London Christian Herald. Not understanding English, they had managed to - carry themselves through them with the aid of a dictionary. Although an engineer in a cracker bakery, the good man found considerable opportunity to do missionary work among his fellow townsmen, ana ne touna JJr. Tannage s sermons exceedingly helpful to him in bis Chris- nyself «fter." I saw no possible reason for refusing compliance with this request, and, takthl S£^! before we had gone n dozen yj£ds, -Ictlai falls ill as a dyspeptic or worse. The Great PUmml Swamp if Yirgini*, is ooa enormous quagmire of decayed vegeta'ioo, a region of (floors and desolation; but notooreao than the human «sten when blocked np bp decayed animial matter, which poison# the blood and brims fbm to ai oU»erwije happy household. Dp Pierce's aehMwtoSiW8^ , - - - , _ . . "—r~ . ____ PEEKLEM BYES kS&SS At twoonkiok I went once more into the wood! Lola was want**!. The police-officer from Southampton, f.n W 8t«ry. declared at once that the theft had been cowuiitUid bv a servant, and that Lola miwt be found at once, to know if she had seen the thief as he eecaped by the window, ami £•£ identify him. (to mm eowntxjwo) (shifc The Tremont Theater is very tastefully and beautifully made up now. The QOlora axe soft and subdued, the lights gentte a*d restful and the effeot extoe nwOy grueaful to the eye. I sat in a mspMoMOot ana-attracted mucn earnest attention frpsj the audience, opt This naturally provokes Slg. Samson, who starts out and kills quite a quantity of Philistines with the jawbone of a man named Veritas. They do not mind being killed, of course, so much as they do the humiliation of having their brains knocked out by the jawbone of a man who had none A Lawyer*! Admiration. . "There Is one thing admirable about the raih,"said an old lawyer, "insplte oi its disagreeable qualities." "What is that?" asked his junior partner.Why wit! yru cooab when PblloTiX Cbm re'ifjf. pis,60 c!8 , and & &UM ill . ju.wS . .. .j»W "■' !«'» y-" "H» JD"*» Our uaubmire ot aoora and window are the beat, and oar late prleea an theleww "It always oovers th# ground."—Merchant » |
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