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he Wyoming Valley. ] PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1890. " A Oldest rewsoaoer in t WeeKly Local and lamilv-Journal. | DESCENT OF M'GINTY. 3 CHs.D«:ua CHICAGO THEN AND NOW. the idea that a handsome building, private or public, needs lots of ground to give it a proper setting. Ground gets so valuable, however, that a beautiful building nearly always in our country where land is plenty, on tbe start, finds itself surrounded by bakeries, rum holes and livery stables. 1 am only surprised that that the Capitol at Washington isn't engulfed in candy; confectionery, undertaking, embalming and ice cream, instead of facing a thousand cheap boarding houses, with the city and tlie treasury at its back. INTH HOLY LAND. __| Arrival of r. Talmage at the Famou City of Joppa. then, as now, tlie port of tlie Holy Citj. It was at Joppa, too, that Hnah took ship when he made the foolish effort to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. I supposo what tho prophet saw then as he made his way to tho vessel was pretty much what I saw by the sea. Then, as now, huge bales of goods obstructed the way, and a crowd of merchants, sailors and porters of various race and nationality, with camels and mules in great number, formed a diversified and ever changing picture. pebbled lie Mippobetl were tiio choice of David three thousand years before. Down went JJcGinty to tho bottom of the jail— Ho » tald exactly six, and his board it cost THE MEANEST MAN. Mayor: Will you "kindly Inform your ad* vlsers tb at I, Richard Frothington, pronouAOflfl by Messrs.—(here he Inserted bis list of names) —to be tbe meanest man in New York City, Intend to take op my abode In your town at onoa unless I receive by tbe next mall the sum of fifty dollars. I inclose the full text of my cr*D dentials. I am a blight to any community. Positively no reduction for cash. . fcim nix; Above tlie brook at the foot of the hills of Judea i3 the village which is pointed out as the birthplaco of John the Baptist, whero the blessed Virgin Mary paid her cousin Elizabeth, his mother, a visit, and where she "said" the Mauificat, the most magnificent hymn in all 6acred literature. Here Dr. Talmage spent considerable time in making inquiries, and, Bible open for references, entered in his notebook new materials for his "Life of Christ." Tired and heated, he chose for his seat while he/iid so the shade of a rock, which recalled to his mind tho passage: "Tho shadow of a great rock in a weary land." A. Version of the Legend with Six lorg cionths, for nobody went his bail— Dreascd in his best Sunday clothes. BILL NYE WRITES ON THE WE8T- Unique Story About a Poison Who Cuts After Holbein. ERN METROPOLIS. Syndicated Himself Whtu hia half year was spent they let Mo. Ginty wcr.t. And to dressed himself as in the days of yore; But ior.jlno his surprise, he could scarce ball? vo hi3 eyes When he found his wife had skipped the day before. The Song That ITaa Hade the Greatest Hit Since the War — How Dan Het a Friend, Made a Bet and Fell. How Looloo, the Daughter of the Great Chiet Has Given Place to the Pale Faee Beauty—Interesting Experience at the Writer With la Grippe. THK SORRO 9 OF EARLY RISING. PICHARD FROTHINGTON, handsome, clever, young and reckless, was "on his uppers." This,in his opinion, was not his fault, 'but was due to the cruel world. It is true he realized that he was indolent hy nature and extravagant by habit, that he had neglected certain golden opportunities and had been careless where he should have been attentive; but in his present mood he did not dwell upon these unpleasant facts, but shook his fist at the throng of humanity beneath his window and denounced society, civilization, law, order and every thing which in the most remote degreo tends to reward effort and punish laziness. He worked away for hours writing letters, addressing envelopes and cudgeling his brains for the names of growing towns in the Westand Southwest. Final-J his task was completed to his satisfaction. He mailed his letters, pawned h.'« cane and sleeve-buttons and ate a hearty dinner. When his cigar ml A man lately sen t an appeal to the New York Evening Sun to cry down public interest in the touching story of the adventures, untimely death and grizzly ghost of the late Daniel Mc- Ginty. This person was so unfeoling as to refer to these happenings, collectively, as "the McGinty gag." To loss his wife and child—O, such grief would drive him wild— And to drown himself ho went down to the [Copyright, 1800, by Edgar W. Nye.] A View fram tbe Sea—Leading Under Dlfftenltiee—The Heaee at "Simon a Tao- The city of Chicago has undoubtedly suffered a good deal by reason of the unintentionally light and flippant manner in which her society and literature have been treated by Eugene Field during the past five years. Mr. Field has not done this maliciously, but thoughtlessly, for be has a warm heart, though rather cold feet, it is said. He has at various times touched upon the foibles of a few of the Parvenu people of Chicago and conveyed the idea that there were more of them than there really are perhaps. All of this has been done, however, in a pleasant spirit of banter well calculated to awaken mirth and harmless laughter among those who were not referred to and a hollow, ghostly smile on the facts of those who were. Joppa has niany crooked streets today, as it had when the one of Peter's residence was distinguished from the rest and called "Straight." Many of it3 houseswere built of mud, and there is a great deal of squalor to be seen in the city. The suburbs are beautiful. Many gardens, ornamented with stately trees, adorn the prospect and delight the observer. I noticed palm trees, cypresses, orange and lemon trees. The hedges seem to be exclusively a rich growth of cactus. Everywhere are evidences of exceeding fertility. Tlie soil from which such abundance springs has been brought down by streams swollen by heavy rains. Nature has "been bountiful to Joppa, which, under Rood government and inhabited by an enlightened and go ahead population, would rank high among Oriental cities. It will always possess the universal interest of a place eminently renowned in both sacred and profane history. Louis Klopsch. And ho jumped la, like a fool, for he couldn't swim, and you'll Hear in mind that water Dan no'er took be- Tbe grippe is getting -to be an old theme, and so I will touch lightly on it here. Fm just convalescing, and if it will let me alone I will let it alone. Avoid it, gentle reader, if you can. Do not laugh at it or treat it lightly. Fight sby of it, pass by it add light out. I was the picture of health when it came along and touched me gently on the larynx. Now I am pale and sad. 'ine doctors did not exactly know how to deal with it at first. They had to look about a little and see for themselves. I could not eat anything for several weeks. It was not for the same reason that I did not eat when I was publishing a paper in Wyoming, however. This time I had the opportunity without tbe desire. Then I had the desire without the opportunity.aer** aad the Brooklyn Divine's Die-. coarse T1 kmoked out he returned to his room, aat * meditation for awhile, and then* • '*ry with the sustained effort of the went to bed and was soon sound .v'eep. i foro. [Copyright, 1990, by Louis Klopech, New York.] Jerusalem, Deo. 8.—The steamer on which we embar*pd for Joppa, as related in my last letter, was palatial in its accommodations. It was provided with the electric light and every modern convenience. The staterooms of this magnificent specimen of naval architecture were as large aa the'double bedroom of an ordinary hotel, and comfortably, not to say luxuriously, furnished. We enjoyed sumptuous fare at dinner, which was served soon after we went aboard. The subeequqpt promenade on deck was in a deliciously balmy moonlit atmosphere ; and it was infinitely refreshing before "turning in" for the night to luxuriate in a sea bath. Bed was welcome after a weary day which closed thus delightfully.CHOKL'S. We resume our ride for the last stage, and soon appear the evidences that we are approaching a great city. Right bofore us rise the walls of Jerusalem. Our hearts beat faster as we seo them and faster still as our approach becomes neareri Tho sun was just setting, gilding the walls and domes of tlio city, as at 5 o'clock exactly we entered Jerusalem tlirough the Joppa gate. Hvb inappreciative, not to say indecent, proposition met with an instant refusal in the editorial columns of.this paper. MoGinty was defended as tjjo representative of tho great and pathetio class of men who go down instead of going up, and in whoso lives are tho great tryths of human nature revealed. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the say, Tlicy haven't found him yet. For the water it wet— iiow he existed for the next few days it is hard to tell. "I lived on myuncle," he would have said himself, and it is a fact that even his overcoat «f ell a sacrifice to his vulgar craving for food—and cigars. He told his landlady that he expected a remittance from the West, and from the eager way in which he watched the postman she was inclined to believe him. A week went by and he began to fear that his syndicate was a failure. "Collapse in the Richard Frothington Trust," he imagined as a headline in the newspapers, and a wan smile overspread his pale face at the thought. * And ticy at br y Lij weary ghost haunts the docks licof d-y— Dreo-ed in his b ct Sunday clothes. EXPLICIT DOWN WENT M'GINTT. UHOICE bits of verse. i On further thought tho Evening Sun feels bound to serve humanity and to instruct a waiting world quick to sympa- Association. A waft of perfume—a refrain of song— A glance — a color — yes! some lovely flower— Louis Klopsch. A Oft brings to mind a half-forgotten liour And calls tip thoughts that have been buried A "NEGRESS 108 YEARS OLD. Then he lighted a cigar, sat down pon the edge of his bed and counted cng; And memory waki-ns, and about us drift Fair faces that perchance have long been dust. Her Progeny in Four Generations Number This symptom was followed by feverhay fever, cough, heaves, dimness of sight, loss of sleep and hair, pains in the joints, back and chest. Everything that was discouraging. Then I began to hear about people who committed suicide because they had the grip. Friends came in and said I looked kind of flighty and desperate. My wife hid my revolver and gave the Tough on Rats to the delighted and overjoyed rats. I imagined that I was going to die of heart failure or softening of the brain. I thought 1 could hear my brain softening. When I turned over I thought 1 could hear ii slosh up against the rafters of ray head. Beneath the shelteringj-oof of a faithful ion, in the outskirts of St. Joseph, lives a colored woman, Jane Harvey, who is 108 years of age. She was born in Bourbon county, Ky., on Oct. 17, 1781, to '"Mammy Harvey," a negro woman ownod by CoL Harvey. For thirteen years Jane Harvey, who, like most other negroes, took the name of her master, lived about the Kentucky plantation. Then Col. Harvey made up his mind to leave Kentucky and venture still further west. So he .gathered his family, consisting of about fifteen negroes, several sons and daughters, and started. On they pushed until he halted bis caravan where Glasgow, Howard county, Mo., now stands, and staked off his land and patiently waited for the country to grow up with him. But the colonel paid nature's debt long ere the country was grown, and all his property reverted to his eldest son, Dr. Henry Harvey, whom "mammy" affectionately refers to as "gle raassa." One Hundred and Ninety-six. Eyes s:nilo again in ours—we must—we must Live o'er those scenes so madly sweet, so swift. Ind so, whene'er I hear a certain strain. My heart is stirred where its old sorrow lies: We were announced to reach Joppa at 4 the next morning. As the steamer was booked to stay in the harbor all day, the hour of disembarkation might be set to suit the convenience of passengers. This was as pleasant an arrangement for people going to bed as could be devised, but Dr. Talmage was so excited at the idea that in a few hours he would see the Holy Land that he could hardly bear to wait; and when he retired he gave positive instructions that he be called at 8, and, if land were in sight before that hour, to notify him of it at once. The result of this unseasonable arrangement was that we were all aroused at the time mentioned, with the prospect of waiting several hours before land could be sighted. Dr. Talma je paced the deck impatiently 4uring the time that elapsed from his first appearance until 8 o'clock, when the coast of Palestine first came into view. One day, as he had just arisen and was wondering where he could obtain credit for a breakfast, a rap came to his door and a servant handed him three letters. One was from a town in Alabama, another from an ambitions city in Nebraska and the third from Bigtown, Mont. His heart beat rapidly and his hands trembled as he opened the epistle from the South. It was very short: Jerusalem, Dec. 10.—The next morning after our arrival in Joppa tbe Talmage party left for Jerusalem, having secured the services of David Jamal. a Nazarene, as dragoman. He is the man who served in the same capacity Dean Stanley, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh and many other persons of distinction in their vists to Palestine. Jamal haatx-en eminent among local dragomen during the past twenty years. It was under his guidance that wo inspected the site of the resurrection of Tabitlia, "which by interpretation is called Dorcas." This lady bountiful lived at Joppa, and her restoration to the infant church of that city by Peters stupendous miracle of her revival from the dead occasioned great excitement and led to the widespread acceptance of the apostle's teaching, as related at the end of the ninth chapter of the Acts. And calling bic'.c a joy mingled with pain. The scent of violets brings tears into my eyes. -Edith Sessions Tupper, In Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Tho Incidence of Greatness. tt was a jovial banquet board, Great pun3 were feasted free, Great Generals, groat Senators, Mr. Frothington. Great counselior3-at-f ;e; And In the special honor seat, Sir: Your communication received. Go to the devil. Per order of the Common Council. To seo the great well fed. There sat a groat—what shall I sayt— That'sJt 1 Qreat head—groat head. All my life came lock to tue in a moment. I remembered a good deal that 1 would have paid something to forget. 1 saw the statement of my account and noticed that large discounts had been made on the credit side, charged to collections." Several hundred new entries had also been made on the debit side. "Whew!" exclaimed frothington. "Ia this Southern courtesy? But I'll have my revenge. I'll disobey the order of the common council." down west m'gixty. thlze with a fallen tnan as to the precise 4 '5 circumstances attending the McGinty catastrophe. To this whole text of the poem is hero printed, together with such striking illustrations of the leading situations in the tragedy' as may serve to point the mournful moral and adorn the tearful tale. Great toasts were drank, great mots wer» Umod, And so were viands rare. Great tanks of C:iaia—b it let that past; That's neither here nor there. WHAT A HALF CEHTUBT HAS WROUGHT. Then he. opened the letter from Nebraska. It was not quite as harsh as tho preceding: Chicago is in latitude 41 degs., 52 min., 20 sec.; longitude, 87 degs., 85 min. w., with a lake exposure which is especially noticeable at that oeason of the year when the small boys do most go in bathing. The site of Chicago was determined by the Chicago river, up the south branch of which, the historian says, the Ipdian paddled his canoe, ages before Sir George Pullman invented his justly celebrated hingeless sleeping car blankets or Philip Armour introduced his juicy side meats and succulent leaf lard into the great seething marts of trade. Here, where once the rank thistle nodded in the wynd and the dusky warrior, innocent eyether of the knowledge of gunpowder or Persian powder, warred with the turbulent Sioux or the more peaceful Chippewa, now a mighty metropolis, laying hold upon the entire national system of railway traffic, sits calmly at the foot of a great chain of lakes and calls attention to herself by means of good reading notices in the press, prepared by the skillful hand of such men as Charles Dudley Warner, of Hartford, Oonn., and published by our esteemed contemporary, Mr. Harper, whose neat little journal of civilization is printed at the west end of the bridge. The climate of Missouri seemed to agree with Jane Harvey, for her strength, agility and stHrdiness increased witli each passing day. She worked in the fields, assisted tiia choppers in the woods, feaked the hoe cake, fetched the water, minded the children and rode horseback into the settlement, with never a complaint. John Harvey was another slave, and a good slave he was, too, If mammy is to be believed. Jane was about 20 years old when John realized the first throbs of a new born love. He was assiduous tn his attentions, and the Qrst thing she knew John had entered her young life so thoroughly and completely that she hailed with joy massa's permission for her to become John's wife. "Bo one bright May morning she took her dusky lover's hand and made the vows that bound her to him until death did them part. The union was fraught with blessings in tbe shape of divers and several pickaninnies, and when John had seen his Jane become a mother for the fifth time, he died. • FIGURING IT UP. the change which remained from his "absolutely farewell" dollar. He figured thus: Dear Sir: Thanks for your favor of the —th. Can not entertain your proposition, as our funds are completely exhausted by our effort to obtain the "World's Fair of 1802. Might make you a feature of the show, if wo get It. Keep us Informed of your future movements. And when a great one spouted some, And sat him down flashed red. The savants clapped him great applause, And cried: "Great head I Great head I" Seen from the deck of the approaching steamer, Joppa presents a very pleasing appearance. Its stone houses have the substantial and venerable look proper to a town of such antiquity and historic interest; and the lofty trees here and there in the city augment the enjoyment felt in the picture, while the morning sunlight gives the best effect to its attractiveness. At such a time it is not well to reflect that oriental cities as a rule excite, aa seen from the distance, expectations that are sadly disappointing in the fulfillment The festival of Tabitha is celebrated near Joppa, when the women of the neighborhood, dressed all in white, gather round a fountain surrounded by orange trees and 6acred to the memory of that sainted woman and called by her name. Our guide took us to the Jewish colony under the direction of Baron Bothschild, where Hebrew youths are educated as mechanics, thus giving a practical turn to the. liopo of every faithful Israelite that Palestine will yet become the country and homo of the chosen people. The bright and healthy looking Hebrew schoolboys ono sees in Joppa and the neighborhood give encouragement to the expectation that the night of the race will be succeeded by a bright morning. Breakfast 60 Two cigars.'. 85 Newspaper 03 They tell us beauty's but skin deep; Well, so Is greatness, too. The cuticle of greatness holds No more than I or you. And so next day each great one lay Within his own great bed, And ran his fingers through his locks. And groaned: "Greet head I Groat head t" —Lipplneott's Magazine. Total 87 "I ought to have thirteen cents left, and I find only three. O, yes; I remember—I gave a begger ten cents. Gad, that was foolish I He's now seven cents richer than I am. Bat away with these gloomy thoughts. I ll read my paper and1 forget my cares.\ He drew his only chair to the window and gazed down upon the crowded street for a moment. Then, with a calm indifference to his wretched financial condition, he began his perusal of the day's This was not bo bad, but oould not bo turned into cash. Heartsick, Froth ington opened th* communication from Bigtown, Meat. To his delight and astonishment—for he had lost faith in his scheme—a check for fifty dollars fell into his hand. The letter read; God's Way Is Best. Past the portals of to-day; Something waits us down the way, Mr. Frothington. Dtar Sir: As our town now holds the meanest man in the West we feel that your presence would be ruinous. Please lend us at onoo a sworn affidavit to the effect that you will never visit Bigtown. Frothington jumped about the room in ecstacy. He tad sent out forty-five letters. If he obtained fifty dollars apiece from one-third of them he would have seven hundred and fifty dollars at his command, enough to last him until again inspired. That afternoon, however, his delight was somewhat dashed by the receipt of two letters threatening him with prose* cution for blackmail. But with them was another epistle containing * fiftydollar check, bo he cast dull care away and spent the evepjag at the theater. Ten letters reached him in the morning. Only three of them contained money. One town in South Dakota sent hii» twenty-five dollars. "Not," said the mayor, "because we recognize your claim, but as a reward for originality." - Joys, perhaps, for you and m» Some fond dreams to realize, Waits for us, a glad surprise; We may guess bat can not see. When at last land came into view Dr. Talmage stood as near the bow of the ▼easel as the rules governing the conduct of its passengers permitted, and with uncovered bead looked eagerly forward to the promised land. In common with other ports on the Syrian coast, Joppa has no harbor. To land there is sometimes hazardous, even impossible, and at best row boats have to be used in the conveyance of people from ships to tbe city. We were in good luck in that this means was practicable, and escaped the experience of being carried ashore on tbe shoulders of brawny residents, whose financial interests depend largely on the discomforts of other people. Her widowhood was of brief duration, for as sho recalls it, in 1807 she again became a wife, and by this union had nine children, seven sons and two daughters. The sons grew to manhood, and were strong'j healthy men with progeny when the war broke out. Five of these sons entered the Union army, and two ofthem died on the battle field. Her oldest living son is now 80 years of age, and lives in Sheridan county. Mo. At the closs of the war he chose the name of George Washington, and possesses that proud name even now. Until six weeks ago mammy lived with him and her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, but then Robert, who is 57 years old, went down to visit her, and brought her back here to his home, at 2,013 Mulberry street She relates with positive humor her journoy to this city. In the 108 years of her existence she had never ridden on a railroad train, and, as she expressed it, "I war skeered at fnst, but liked it tol'able well after." news. "Rubber trust," he murmured, between puffs. "Corner in Wheat," "Talk of a New Salt Syndicate," "Reported Consolidation of Southwestern Roads." Just beyond the misty screen Of the vail Time drops between. ✓ Something waits us, joy or woe, Throbs of heartache, thrills of bliss, Echoes of a parting kiss, Life or death. We do not know. Well out of Joppa on our pilgrimage Jerusalemward, we looked back on a city presenting a lofty, castellated appearance as seen from the land side. The city slopes down toward the sea. At this season of the year the loveliness of Sharon, through which we passed, is less obvious than in the spring time, but the fig tree and its supported vine, the numerous olive trees and the general aspect of fertility brought to the mind passages dear to the memory of the Bible student. On our way we encountered quite a good many people going to Joppa, among them women in the blue cotton garb of poverty and without veils, sad looking, many of them, but with good features and graceful figures. 0ONVALE8CKNC*. Throwing down the journal, he watched the smoke from his cigar musingly.Wait, thou shrouded mystery I It Is well we can net see. Finally I lost consciousness and axpec ted to awake in some new and undiscovered country. When Idid awake it was 1890. The boy who brings my telegrams wished me a happy New Year, the district messenger boy, nine of him, did the same. It oost me fifty cents apiece. The expressmen who had worked nights to bring gifts to the house went away $2 ahead. The boy who said he delivered The World to me every morning wanted to wish me a happy New Year, also The Sun boy and The Herald boy and The Tribune and Times boy, also several other hoys who lied. "Monopoly," he soliloquized, "that is the key-note to success. Control something that everybody wants—put up the price—aad there you are. What can I get hold of? I own nothing but myself —hardly in the list of available assets. Nobody wants me. Th ere is no demand tor me. I oan't sell myself to an English, syndicate. "I can't even pawn myself. But, hold! Don't these capitalists work in a narrow groove? They monopolize only those things for which there is a great demand. Why would it not be practicable to oorner something that nobody wants? For instance, the world has no use for me. Why not make the world pay for my absence? By Jove, I'll syndicate myself I Talk about Napoleons of finance 1 Ye gods, I'll be Alexander, Ceesar and Sergeant tSilhooly all combined! Whoop! Where's my pen? Here's paper! Good! Now for it!" It is well we do not know. Life and lore are ours to-day. God, in mercy, hides to-day. We must tread in joy or woe. —Boss Hart wick Thorpe. Sunday morning Ust, at nine, Dan ItcGlnty, dressed so fine. Was looking at a very high stone wall. When along came Pat McCann, and says: 'Til bet five dollars, Dan, I can lave you at the top without a fall V On his back he got poor Dau—to climb the ladder be began, Although the location of Chicago is to all appearance on a low, flat piece of land, it is as a matter of fact a sort of watershed none the less and the dividing line between the great valley of the St Lawrence and the Mississippi. This makes it healthful and fills the air with vigor, for the city is fully eighteen feet above the level of the lake. Climbing this height by easy stages, one is enabled to look down upon the lake which lies at his feet, and a sunrise viewed from the crest of Michigan avenue is well worth getting up to witness, even though one has been up until quite late the evening before. "WVaat Fools Then* Mortals Bo." The poet racks his weary brain And burns the midnight oil. That he may worldly notice gain For all his grinding toil, Quite satisfied if he his name In public print may see. He clutches at the bubble fame— "What fools these mortals be." Until he'd very nearly reached the top; But for fear he'd lose his five—just as sure as you're alive Dan let go his hold, not thinking of the drop I As soon as we reached land the voice of the Brooklyn preacher was heard: "Thank God,' w« are here at last," he said. We took but a short time to our breakfast, and Mon started out to visit points named prominently in sacred history, Dr. Talmagt's engagements rendering it impossible for him to devote any of the afternoon to that purpose. CHORDS. It was not until two days later that le was handed the communication which decided fate. It was dated from Slashington, Kan., and ran as follows:Down went McCinty to the bottom or the wall— Although he won his five, he more dead than alive, The miser adds to tbe amount He'll lose when death shall call. The heiress weds a foreign count Who's no account at all And all the world Is crazy quite— At least to some degree. We're chasing phantoms day and sight"What foois these mortals be." Then a boy. who mid he held my horse last rear while I went into tbe postoflSce, wished me a happy New Year; I bought him off. A poor woman, who said she had a lame boy who mowed my lawn two years ago, wished me a happy New Year and got a pair of checkered trousers, almost as good as new. An old miner,whom 1 had grubstaked on Douglas' creek six years ago, steadied himself by the door and wished me a happy New Year; said he had «een by the papers that jny income was so much greater than Vanderbilt's that Van had gone away ashamed iff himself. I broke into one of the children's banks and gave him the money they had saved to buy a donkey. A reporter called on Mammy Harvey ths other afternoon and found that 6he was out visiting at the homo of her other son, Wil-11m Bunco (who had adopted the namo of a former master). William lives back of his brother Robert, and is 74 years old. An inquiry addressed to her regarding the number of her direct descendants rather puzzled the old lady. They carried burdens on their heads of fuel, vegetables, etc., and walked with the proud poise which these descendants of Rebekah possess without the need of its conscious cultivation. Turkish soldiers at guard houses, line, stalwart fellows, cigarette in mouth, were passed at intervals, and strings of camels loaded with goods. Everywhere along the villages on the road we saw large numbers of Hebrew people. This circumstance deeply interested Dr. Talmage. It seems tliat they are rapidly increasing in numbers, and the effect is a natural one of increasing their confidence that in the future they will again possess the land. With kicks and bruises on his face from such a fearful fall— Dressed in his best Sunday clothes. Off to hntnital thev booked him, and (or dead the doctors booked him, But McGlnty gave the doctors a surprise. For be soon began to shout: "Say, ye blackguards, let me out!" Though his head was twice Its ordinary size. Bound to see his wife and child, with delight he near went wild; The identical house on the seaside occupied by "Simon a tanner" has long since succumbed to the decay wrought by the long lapse of time, but there is good reason to believe that tradition does not err in pointing out the exact spot where it stood and on which another house now stands. As we stood on the roof of this building, which probably is exactly like the one in which the Apostle Peter lodged, Dr. Talmage read and expounded Acts x, which, my reader will remember, is the cliapter giving a wonderfully graphic account of the vision of Cornelius, the trance which taught Peter that the Roman centurion was a proper subject of hia ministrations, and which prepared the way for the recognition by the pioneers of Christianity that Cod is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him. This "democracy of religion," including all nations,* was a subject apt to the preacher whose words have a world wide distribution. Referring to this fact, he said: "We have at home in America a cosmopolitan population, and through the kindness of the press my sermons are weekly read by people of all nationalities. I have often wished to visit the fatherland of these people and to become more intimately acquainted with them, their peculiarities and their customs. When I shall have completed this tour I shall have been at the home of nearly every nation on the face of the earth. Thus far I am delighted with my journey. 1 have found many warm hearted, genial, agreeable and good people, and very few bad ones. My heart has learned to take in all mankind, and in the breaking of the bread of- life I shall hereafter endeavor so to break it that all nations may eat and be nourished." Richard Frothington. Honored Sir: Yon have doubtless heard of the riproaring posh and get-there energy which characterize onr town. We have now a church, three drag stores, eleven houses, fourteen aldermen and a mayor. 11 you are, aa yonr let* ter asserts, the meanest man in New York, we want you to come here at once. Your service* are needed in booming this place and selling town-lots. Inclosed you will find a ticket from New York to Slashington. Telegraph us when you leave and we'll have a band ready to meet you. Marquette, the Jesuit missionary, in 1873, was the first white man to set foot on the site where since so many eminent and extensive feet have been set He was on his way to catch a Milwaukee train and got bridged there. Subsequently he, La Salle, Joiiet and Hennepin passed down from the lake via the south branch of the Chicago river to the Mississippi.The soldier in the raining lead His bravery employs To die lor that which when he's di He nevermore enjoys. Men would be kings, kings would None are from folly free; Peas discontented with their pods— "What fools these mortals be." "Well," she said slowly, "I don' 'zactly know how many I hev got. I counted over a hundred gran'chillun one day when I got ter thinkin' 'bout it. I've had fourteen chillun, an' all ob 'em' hed lots o' chillun, too. My youngest darter's got fo'teen, an' she aint but fifty-fo' years ole." eaa . bogqto/ * f I We, the undersigned, knowing Richard Frothingtom, pronounce him themeanest man in New York City. He has taken food from the hands of hungry babes, robbed blind beggars and treated his friends to domestio cigars. Even in as large a place as the metropolis his presence is considered a public calamity. Beware of him. Carefully brushing his hat pnd. overcoat, seizing his cane and casting an amused glance at himself iff a small mirror, left his room, looked the door after him, dodged his landlady in the hall and was soon in the street. He looked like a young man of wealth and leisure as he strolled along, a smile on his well-cut faco ahd an air of selfsatisfaction in his jaunty step. He entered a famous uptown bank, after a short stroll, whose presidert he had known irr happier days. Thereupon he write the following: Wc fancy all the world looks on And marvels at our deeds; Yet it, when we from men are gow Our going seldom heeds. And he mast be a stolo quite ¥ Who does not smile to see Bow cross-eyed is all human sight— "What fools these mortals bo." -Chicago Herald. Here her son Robert interrupted her and stated that she has 123 grandchildren, with several precincts to be heard from. Mammy was not quite sure about it, but believed at last accounts that she had forty-six greatgrandchildren and twelve great-great-grandchildren. It' this is so, and there is no reason to doubt it, then she is responsible for 196 people in four generations, a record of which the old woman feels justly proud. Mammy has never worn glasses in her life, and she eats about everything, notwithstanding the absence of all but three teeth. She only partakes of two meals a day, and entertains a devoted fondness for corned beef hash, hoe cake and mush. She goes to bed nightly at 9 o'clock and arises promptly with the light of day. Her figure is stout, and her weight is about 170 pounds.—St. Joseph (Mo.) Telegram in New York Sun. In 1804 the government built Fort Dearborn at the mouth of the river, and later on some Indians, whose stock* of Caucasian pelts was running quite low, killed the garrison and sent in their report.The letter was signed by the mayor and fourteen aldermen. We stopped at Ramlch for breakfast. This pretty little, town, which boasts of several thousandinhabitants, is claimed to have been Arimathea, the birthplace and residence of the loyal man who begged the body of Jesus and provided for its sepulture. Its most conspicuous feature is its tower, a structure rising 120 feet from the midst of an olive plantation. The history of this building is not known perfectly. At one time it was part of a mosque, and there are traces in the neighborhood that Ramleh in a remote past waa a far more important place than it is now. If we had had time we should have climbed the winding staircase to its summit and feasted our eyes with the sight of the country of the ancient Philistines, and the scene of so many bloody struggles. Frothington looked pensively from his window. "What is New York to me that I should weep for her?" he mnsed. "Farewell, metropolis, I go to Kansas, to 81ashington, where appreciation, fame, friends and fortune await me." Then he- went forth, redeemed his overcoat, paid a few bills, telegraphed to Slashington and started for the West. Richard Frothington is now one of the richest men in Kansas, and under his guidance Slashington has become a great town. He is convinced that it sometimes pays to corner a thing the publio does not want.—Edward S. Van Zile, In New York World. Theu 1 went back to bed again. Everybody wishes me a happy New Year—at so much per wish. The Golden Dijn. . Aug. 10, 1833, Chicago decided to become incorporated, as twenty-eight people had arrived there since the massacre of 1812, and, after incorporating, the entire population decided to hold the World's fair at that point in 1892. Chicago was then getting one mail per week via Niles, Mich. Now Nilee is glad to get the most of her mail from Chicago. But I do not murmur or repine. The year 1889 has been good to me, and cheerfully I pay my assessment, only glad that with its other victims the grip did not, as it wanted to. gather me in. I hope, however, that as America grows older she will not build up, as other older countries have, an army of whining holiday beggars, so that, instead of days rD( rejoicing, the holidays will take away our appetites and bring out the accumulated cripples of five hundred years. Something of Eden's golden hour remains Our earth to bless. 'Tis found In golden days When beauty adds to light a softened hue; Revealing all our universe contains. As tho' it were a bride whose blushing galas A deeper charm because her blush betrays To Love, love's secret; while her artless ways Beguiling arc, and win love's sweetest strains. But holy is this golden hour when found In human lives, made beautiful by years Of faithful love. .When two true hearts are bound As one, with service each to each endears. "Will you kindly sign that, Mr. C ?" asked Frothington, stepping boldly into the president's room and The first newspaper was issued by John Calhoun Nov. 26, 1833. This was rapidly followed by another copy of the same, which appeared Dec. 3. Some of the old subscribers and advertisers are still alive and point to themselves with pride. . He walked along as prond as John the Great; In the sidewalk was a hole to receive a load of coal— For such may golden bells of earth resound Vnd Heaven's smile, at last, replace earth's tears. "ProTerblal Philosophy." PARAGRAPHIC PLEASANTRY. McOinty never saw until too late t The holidays in Paris are the most sad and sickening of the year, for then all the sad and sore ejed multitude are turned loose on the streets, and the man who works and perspires and bathes is the only one who doesn't make anything out of it or feel like eating when dinner comes. The secret of Mr. Tupper's success in selling his only very successful work was, we believe, only this—that the less educated middle class is far less thoughtful than it appears to be. A contributor, whom we know to have unusually extensive and practical experience of the subject, recently explained in our columns one of the literary needs of shop girls, factory- girls and other young women in their mental condition. A book to attract theui must be what critics would call a poor book—that is, a book full of well worn thoughts, strung together in the most.ordinary manner, with commonplace incidents and reflections of the regular copy book kind. As A brother, much given to making long, dry, speeches, arose, the moderator said: "Be short, but brief." C —Mary Mathews Barnes, in Independent. Down went McOinty to the bottom of the hole, The driver of the cart gave the load of coal a start— It took an hour'n' a half to dig McOinty from It was at about this time that $5 was paid, or were paid rather, perhaps as a lawyer's bill by the new city. Since that prices have advanced, however, and now Chicago pays more than that to lawyers every week. Hon. J. D. Caton was paid for legal services for 1833-4 |75. This sum, together with what he got for his mqskrat skins, kept him in good style. It was about this time that a large black bear was killed in front of the board of trade building, and William Bross saw a large gray wolf run by his house on Michigan avpnue. After leaving Ramleh we drove through the valley of Ajalon, which is about three miles from Latronc, a village named in memory of the penitent thief. The country thereabout is rugged to admiration. Pursuers as well us pursued must have endured great fatigue after the battle in which the Amorites were defeated by Joshua when he said, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." Our faithful Jaiuul pointed out Gibecn in the distance as we speeded along on our way. The sun was now very hot and we found our ordinary clothing exceedingly burdensome. In the early morning, however, our heavy overcoats were necessary to comfort. rvo pralsod thoe, love, In ell the ways I know, I've called thoe sweeter than the sweetest song. In~ratitud«. If some man could only invent a chimney which would draw like an elevator shaft when a fire is started he woald make a fortune. the coal, Dressed in his best Sunday clothes. I've said all graces unto thee belong, And yet no trace of passion dost thou show; Ah me I dear maid, love's Ichor doth not flow Within thy sluggish veins—while on m« throng (Then they dug McOinty out Irad for rm geance he did shout, Dos't be cast down by misfortune. Go to the dog, thou grumbler, and observe how, when his tail is cut off, ha cheerfully waggeth the stump thereof. An Irish barrister was once asked to explain the secret of his success with juries. "When I make a good point," he replied, "I never say any thing to jostle it." I hope that cheap rates across the Atlantic and ill advised generosity on this side will not build up this Coyote industry in the land of freedom. Most ardent fancies, earnest, deep and strong, Thou e'er art cold and doth indifferent grow. Consid'rlng how for months I've bought for thee Fans, tco-cream, oysters, bon-bons by the ton, •Quaint bric-a-brac, and strings of shiny pearls, Tis hard to find thee frowning thus on me, When with such bait I'm sure I might hav« won The sweet affections of a dozen girls I —Nathan M. Levy, in Munsey's Weekly. Is Before leaving tliis interesting place we drank from the water of the same well at which St. Peter quenched hia thirst. The sights and odors of this part of Joppa are remindful that the apostle's host was a tanner. I need scarcely say that that worthy and the present generation of his successfffB in his useful labor differ little or not at all in the methods by which they pursue it. His Maala. After-Dinner Speaker. — "Unprepared as I am—unprepared as I or unprepared as—" His wife to him across the table: "Why, Tom, you had it all by heart this afternoon. Go on, do." Within half a century how all thia has changed. The little paper which then briefly announced the death by zaassacre of its choicest subscribers or joyfully referred to the arrival of the mail from Niles for the current week, has given place to mammoth and handsome journals representing every party and every industry. Where old Chief Bolkadott, dressed like a dish of salad, vis., with oil, addressed the multitude, npw such men as James Russell Lowell speak briefly on some occult subject like bs&K.espeare and tuun regret alterwara that they did not speak on the subject they agreed to speak on. Where once Looloo, daughter of the chintz- bug-that-clcan8-out-the-oornfield, was wont to deck herself out in the coon stin snouider cape and burlap legglns at a crude civilization, now beauty in Pariiia a gowns and the rich gear of Ur. Vfortli, dazzles the eye of the savant and ptoves that half a century in the history of a typical American city means a good d«l. Chicago does not pity herself. 8be does not feel sorry for herself. She accepts her humble lot, pays the park tax on it and goes on about her business. Sh« has been burned out once and, like Boston, made a big hit by it So the kerosene lamp of Mrs. McGinty, or whatever her name may have been, was the beacon light to show the city in which direction beaaty and prosperity lay. The stranger who has witnessed exciting games at the baseball park, and who bar beard tbe frantic yells of the cranks in "Sec ticm A," has, doubtless, thought it but natural that the asylum at Kankakee should be tested to it* utmost capacity. But the truth is that men who bare gone daft on the subject of baseball are very rare, at least in this community. Up to the present time there has been developed but one man who is crazy on baseball, and his hallucination is harmless. Every morning, along about 11 o'clock, be walks into Spalding's place and trots back to the counter where grand stand tickets are •old during the League season. There be lays down a silver dollar and asks for a good seat "just behind tbe catcher." He is politely informed by tbe attendant that there is "no game today," and then be looks disappointed, pockets h s well worn dollar and walks slowly out Once In a while be stops and talks baseball with CoL 8tebbins, who is always ready to humor him, and then he goes away to show up at the same hour tbe next day and be disappointed again.—Chicago Herald. Anything which is not simple puzzles and slightly worries them; anything allusivo is unintelligible to them; while anything original creates in them the faint irritation with which a certain class of mind receives a joke, and especially a joke implying something of a jeer. They resent surprise as we should resent a new taste in the loaf. Fifty years ago minds in the condition of these shop girls were in the majority among the middle class, and even now they are more numerous than is suspected, no modern art having been so successfully and generally acquired as that of concealing your mental backwardness, and it was their possessors who bought, and who, when they happen not to be aware; that their betters ridicule the book, still buy "Proverbial - Philosophy." — The Spectator. "GO TO THE DEVlL." thrusting his paper before the busy capitalist. The president looked up, recognized Froth ington, glanced over the paper without seeming to grasp its significance, scrawled his name beneath the legend, "Beware of him," answered the "young man's "good morning" with a bow and was at once hard at work again. The Child Moslclan. I may be permitted to break off here and to say that our trip in thi3 sacred land is the pioneer trip of the season, the last one ending in June, since when no tourists have appeared until our ad- Tent. This accounted for the fact that we were regarded with universal interest as we passed through the roughly built and rockily situated villages on our way. Our horses proved to be marvels of surefootedne83. They sagaciously picked their way over slippery surfaces which seemed to us appallingly dangerous, much of the rock being loose as well as slippery. Sometimes we found a grateful change from the sight of rocky caves and glens, high terraced slopes and rocky ways, in vales dotted with symmetrical olive trees; but the general character of the country through which we'passed is sterility. There was a time, however, when "the paths dropped fatness," for the now bare terraces were then covered with fertile soil and highly cultivated. He had played for his Lordship's levee, A traveler, being asked whethei one could get a good luncheon at a certain restaurant, replied: "Yes, an average meal. The tea is always weak and the butter is always strong." He had played for her Ladyship's whim, Till the poor lUtle head was weary. And the poor little brain would swim. When we returned to the1 hotel to lunch we found that our host outdid himself in the warmth and abundance of his hospitality. The principal dish set before us was a turkey, the symbol of American good fare, and the Stars and Stripes waved above the building. Mr. Landlord expressed himself delighted with the privilege of entertaining Dr. Talmage, many of whose sermons he had read with much interest. At his urgent request tbe doctor entered bis name ou the hotel register, making an addition which had not been expected. It is as follows: "We last night made our exodus from Egypt and this morning enter the Promised Land. We came through the sea dry shod. May our entrance of the heavenly Canaan be as placid and glorious a disembarkation." The author of tliis inscription modestly regretted that it was not in verse, saying that he never wrote poetry in his life. To this revelation the host replied that Dr. Talmage's prose was as good poetry as ever was written. In the assignment of rooms for the party, my illustrious friend got No. 83, which is known as "Chinese Gordon's room," the hero of Khartoum having once occupied it. And the face grew peaked and eerie, And the large eyes straage and bright, And they Bald—too late—"He Is weary, Ho Bhall rest for at least to-nlfht I" McQttillen—"Do you believe that thaosophy is a remedy for the mundane ills that clog the esoteric development of our inner selves?" Miss Foote—"I Mamma always uses gooae g L. —"I see that Biohard Warner's gondola has been sold in Venioe," Mrs. 0.—"Why, I thought that Wagner was the sleeping-car man." ' Mrs. St. L. —"Oh, no; Wagner, the composer, yon know. The gondola was his favorite la* •tromnnt." Frothington smiled more gayly than before as he returned to the street. He realized that a most important step had cost him but little effort. Going at onoe to the lobby of the R Hotel he sent up his card to a celebrated p#litician. A Jew moments later his paper bore a name or .National reputation. The politician had not even looked at the screed, having read the name of the bank president at the first glance. But at dawn when the Hrds were waking, As they w&tohed in the silent room. With the sound of a strained oord breaking, A something snapped in the gloom. And the driver of the eart he then did spy; He plekcd up half a brick and he hit him such a lick v That it caused a tumefaction of his Then he kicked up such a fuss that tte cops got in the muss, They arrested Dan for being very drunk; And next morn the Judge did say: "No toe you'll have to pay, Bvt fill months you'll sleep upon a prison bank." Twas a string of his violincello, And they heard him stir in his bed; "Make room for a tired little fellow, • Kind God !" was the last he said. —Austin Dobson. The Lawyer and the Burglar. Abou Ben Lcgls, may his tribe decrease I— Awoke one nijht from a sweet dream of fees And saw, within the precincts of his room, Cautiously groping in the midnight gloom, A burglar, helping himself to Abou's gold. Defending rogues had made Ben Legls bold, So, quiet-like, he to the rascal spoke: "My precious friend, aren't you the self-same 'bloke New Street Cleansing Machine. Frothington's task was now an easy one. Before business hours were over his document bore twenty-seven signatures, each one of them a name known to all men from Maine to Texas. Nobody had read his scroll in such a way as to gather i ts full meaning. He had been rationed now and then, but his smilinj countenance had reassured all doubv«;s. and the firsfcnameon hispaper was a m«Dgne1 not to be resisted. Just like la an Opera. I A new street cleansing machine has just been tried very successfully in the London streets. It is a combination of water cart and circular squeegee. " The water from a wrought iron tank is delivered by a perforated tube, which directs it on to the roadway in fine jets,: the object of which is to combine with the mud and loosen it Behind the jets is a rotary brush, set at an angle to the roadway, and formed of short pieces of' rubber arranged in a screwlike manner. These rubber pieces brush or rub thei roadway and deliver the mud sideways; towards the gutter, leaving, it quite clean. The India rubber brushes are claimed to do 6ix months' constant work, and can be renewed at moderate coet. This machine can in summer lay and collect the dust into the gutters,, while in winter, by the use of salt water, it can melt the snow and flush it down! the sewers.—London Letter. THROWING THE SHOE. A short time ago a young student applied for admission as pupil to the priests' seminary at Kalocsa, Hungary, and, being duly provided with examination certificates, was at once received. The new pupil led exactly the same life as the other inmates of the establishment, and showed a marked disposition for study. A few days ago Cardinal Haynald visited tbe seminary, and in the garden met the newcomer, who bowed respectfully, bat, contrary to custom, did not kiss the cardinal's hand. His eminence not only noticed the omission, but it lad him to examine tbe candidate priest somewhat closer. The effeminate face of the young student turned scarlet trader the cardinal's scrutinising gase, whereupon the prelate uttered a few words in a low too* that caused the former to return quickly to the house. Five minutes afterward this mysterious personage had left the premises, and has not si) toe gone back. Rumor ayi the individual it as a lady, who felt aa irresistible vocation to bioomi a The Emperor of the Abyssinian*, according to Castell, used the casting of aj ■hoe as a sign of dominion. 1 Throwing the shoe was, and is, a synj-i' bol of renunciation of dominion and anthority over the bride by her father of guardian. Iw some parts of New England c4 shoes are thrown after fishing and ' ing vessels as an omen of theaL safe and successful return. Royalty has not esc?&- Aoei of throwing the old jTn * ticed on Queen wh° 'fffl tered the new ' ( 1 GermanD the brid'" amor or To return: We stopped for luncheon at the gate of the valley of Ajalon. There, too, we changed horses and rested about an hour, after which we resumed our journey. Very soon we reached the hills on which David tended his father's flocks and where he successfully defended his charges from the lion and the bear. A 6hort distance beyond is the brook Elah, whence that ruddy youth took the live smooth stones, with one of ■which ho slew the giant who defied the God of Israel. Here was an opportunity for Dr. Talmage to enrich his collection of curiosities. Accordingly he dismounted from his horse, and, going down to the brook, selected a number of just such I saved from sentence of ten years or so For such a Job as this?" "I am the same," Replied the rdgfte. -You alibied from blame For the performance of that little Jab." "And now, ungratefully, you come to rob Your benefactor 1" angry Abou cried. "Business is business!" the cool soamp replied; "With cash I bought the good defense yon And now a horrible thought entered his mind as he turned homeward. Had he onough stamps to complete his dosign? For the first time since he set out the confident smile left his face, and his features grew set and stern as he quietened his pace. Rushing to «*»m he nervously unlocked hi* Joor, threw open his desk arid fiDund ■ 0, twocent stamps and « pile ojt biting-paper and envelov' hlmself as thouPvW JrD° effort he the j She has tried various kinds of pavement with sorrow and loss and discouragement, but now she is on the right track. You can ride about Chicago now for a day at a time without jolting your soul is to the soles of your boots, and yon will tee some handsome houses and magnificent public and commercial buildings, too. 1 would like to see one American city, howeter, start off with made, And now must rob to get back what I paidl" "But now the law shall hold you in its toils; To prison you'll go I" "Not so; for now my Strolling along the seaside, my memory recalled the friendship of Hiram, king of Tyre, with David and his son Solomon, and the cordial assistance he rendered in the construction of the templet and other buildings at Jerusalem, in sending huge rahs of timber from Lebanon to Joppa^ spoils Amply will me enable to employ A better lawyer! So, good-by, old boy I Will see you later 1" Here the rogue withdrew,' And Ben remarked, as he disappeared from "This reclamation plainly doth record That legal virtue la its owa reward T" . view: /D f iH"- &■ . wl
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 41 Number 12, January 24, 1890 |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 12 |
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 | 1890-01-24 |
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 12, January 24, 1890 |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 12 |
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 | 1890-01-24 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Identifier | PGZ_18900124_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 |
Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | he Wyoming Valley. ] PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1890. " A Oldest rewsoaoer in t WeeKly Local and lamilv-Journal. | DESCENT OF M'GINTY. 3 CHs.D«:ua CHICAGO THEN AND NOW. the idea that a handsome building, private or public, needs lots of ground to give it a proper setting. Ground gets so valuable, however, that a beautiful building nearly always in our country where land is plenty, on tbe start, finds itself surrounded by bakeries, rum holes and livery stables. 1 am only surprised that that the Capitol at Washington isn't engulfed in candy; confectionery, undertaking, embalming and ice cream, instead of facing a thousand cheap boarding houses, with the city and tlie treasury at its back. INTH HOLY LAND. __| Arrival of r. Talmage at the Famou City of Joppa. then, as now, tlie port of tlie Holy Citj. It was at Joppa, too, that Hnah took ship when he made the foolish effort to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. I supposo what tho prophet saw then as he made his way to tho vessel was pretty much what I saw by the sea. Then, as now, huge bales of goods obstructed the way, and a crowd of merchants, sailors and porters of various race and nationality, with camels and mules in great number, formed a diversified and ever changing picture. pebbled lie Mippobetl were tiio choice of David three thousand years before. Down went JJcGinty to tho bottom of the jail— Ho » tald exactly six, and his board it cost THE MEANEST MAN. Mayor: Will you "kindly Inform your ad* vlsers tb at I, Richard Frothington, pronouAOflfl by Messrs.—(here he Inserted bis list of names) —to be tbe meanest man in New York City, Intend to take op my abode In your town at onoa unless I receive by tbe next mall the sum of fifty dollars. I inclose the full text of my cr*D dentials. I am a blight to any community. Positively no reduction for cash. . fcim nix; Above tlie brook at the foot of the hills of Judea i3 the village which is pointed out as the birthplaco of John the Baptist, whero the blessed Virgin Mary paid her cousin Elizabeth, his mother, a visit, and where she "said" the Mauificat, the most magnificent hymn in all 6acred literature. Here Dr. Talmage spent considerable time in making inquiries, and, Bible open for references, entered in his notebook new materials for his "Life of Christ." Tired and heated, he chose for his seat while he/iid so the shade of a rock, which recalled to his mind tho passage: "Tho shadow of a great rock in a weary land." A. Version of the Legend with Six lorg cionths, for nobody went his bail— Dreascd in his best Sunday clothes. BILL NYE WRITES ON THE WE8T- Unique Story About a Poison Who Cuts After Holbein. ERN METROPOLIS. Syndicated Himself Whtu hia half year was spent they let Mo. Ginty wcr.t. And to dressed himself as in the days of yore; But ior.jlno his surprise, he could scarce ball? vo hi3 eyes When he found his wife had skipped the day before. The Song That ITaa Hade the Greatest Hit Since the War — How Dan Het a Friend, Made a Bet and Fell. How Looloo, the Daughter of the Great Chiet Has Given Place to the Pale Faee Beauty—Interesting Experience at the Writer With la Grippe. THK SORRO 9 OF EARLY RISING. PICHARD FROTHINGTON, handsome, clever, young and reckless, was "on his uppers." This,in his opinion, was not his fault, 'but was due to the cruel world. It is true he realized that he was indolent hy nature and extravagant by habit, that he had neglected certain golden opportunities and had been careless where he should have been attentive; but in his present mood he did not dwell upon these unpleasant facts, but shook his fist at the throng of humanity beneath his window and denounced society, civilization, law, order and every thing which in the most remote degreo tends to reward effort and punish laziness. He worked away for hours writing letters, addressing envelopes and cudgeling his brains for the names of growing towns in the Westand Southwest. Final-J his task was completed to his satisfaction. He mailed his letters, pawned h.'« cane and sleeve-buttons and ate a hearty dinner. When his cigar ml A man lately sen t an appeal to the New York Evening Sun to cry down public interest in the touching story of the adventures, untimely death and grizzly ghost of the late Daniel Mc- Ginty. This person was so unfeoling as to refer to these happenings, collectively, as "the McGinty gag." To loss his wife and child—O, such grief would drive him wild— And to drown himself ho went down to the [Copyright, 1800, by Edgar W. Nye.] A View fram tbe Sea—Leading Under Dlfftenltiee—The Heaee at "Simon a Tao- The city of Chicago has undoubtedly suffered a good deal by reason of the unintentionally light and flippant manner in which her society and literature have been treated by Eugene Field during the past five years. Mr. Field has not done this maliciously, but thoughtlessly, for be has a warm heart, though rather cold feet, it is said. He has at various times touched upon the foibles of a few of the Parvenu people of Chicago and conveyed the idea that there were more of them than there really are perhaps. All of this has been done, however, in a pleasant spirit of banter well calculated to awaken mirth and harmless laughter among those who were not referred to and a hollow, ghostly smile on the facts of those who were. Joppa has niany crooked streets today, as it had when the one of Peter's residence was distinguished from the rest and called "Straight." Many of it3 houseswere built of mud, and there is a great deal of squalor to be seen in the city. The suburbs are beautiful. Many gardens, ornamented with stately trees, adorn the prospect and delight the observer. I noticed palm trees, cypresses, orange and lemon trees. The hedges seem to be exclusively a rich growth of cactus. Everywhere are evidences of exceeding fertility. Tlie soil from which such abundance springs has been brought down by streams swollen by heavy rains. Nature has "been bountiful to Joppa, which, under Rood government and inhabited by an enlightened and go ahead population, would rank high among Oriental cities. It will always possess the universal interest of a place eminently renowned in both sacred and profane history. Louis Klopsch. And ho jumped la, like a fool, for he couldn't swim, and you'll Hear in mind that water Dan no'er took be- Tbe grippe is getting -to be an old theme, and so I will touch lightly on it here. Fm just convalescing, and if it will let me alone I will let it alone. Avoid it, gentle reader, if you can. Do not laugh at it or treat it lightly. Fight sby of it, pass by it add light out. I was the picture of health when it came along and touched me gently on the larynx. Now I am pale and sad. 'ine doctors did not exactly know how to deal with it at first. They had to look about a little and see for themselves. I could not eat anything for several weeks. It was not for the same reason that I did not eat when I was publishing a paper in Wyoming, however. This time I had the opportunity without tbe desire. Then I had the desire without the opportunity.aer** aad the Brooklyn Divine's Die-. coarse T1 kmoked out he returned to his room, aat * meditation for awhile, and then* • '*ry with the sustained effort of the went to bed and was soon sound .v'eep. i foro. [Copyright, 1990, by Louis Klopech, New York.] Jerusalem, Deo. 8.—The steamer on which we embar*pd for Joppa, as related in my last letter, was palatial in its accommodations. It was provided with the electric light and every modern convenience. The staterooms of this magnificent specimen of naval architecture were as large aa the'double bedroom of an ordinary hotel, and comfortably, not to say luxuriously, furnished. We enjoyed sumptuous fare at dinner, which was served soon after we went aboard. The subeequqpt promenade on deck was in a deliciously balmy moonlit atmosphere ; and it was infinitely refreshing before "turning in" for the night to luxuriate in a sea bath. Bed was welcome after a weary day which closed thus delightfully.CHOKL'S. We resume our ride for the last stage, and soon appear the evidences that we are approaching a great city. Right bofore us rise the walls of Jerusalem. Our hearts beat faster as we seo them and faster still as our approach becomes neareri Tho sun was just setting, gilding the walls and domes of tlio city, as at 5 o'clock exactly we entered Jerusalem tlirough the Joppa gate. Hvb inappreciative, not to say indecent, proposition met with an instant refusal in the editorial columns of.this paper. MoGinty was defended as tjjo representative of tho great and pathetio class of men who go down instead of going up, and in whoso lives are tho great tryths of human nature revealed. Down went McGinty to the bottom of the say, Tlicy haven't found him yet. For the water it wet— iiow he existed for the next few days it is hard to tell. "I lived on myuncle," he would have said himself, and it is a fact that even his overcoat «f ell a sacrifice to his vulgar craving for food—and cigars. He told his landlady that he expected a remittance from the West, and from the eager way in which he watched the postman she was inclined to believe him. A week went by and he began to fear that his syndicate was a failure. "Collapse in the Richard Frothington Trust," he imagined as a headline in the newspapers, and a wan smile overspread his pale face at the thought. * And ticy at br y Lij weary ghost haunts the docks licof d-y— Dreo-ed in his b ct Sunday clothes. EXPLICIT DOWN WENT M'GINTT. UHOICE bits of verse. i On further thought tho Evening Sun feels bound to serve humanity and to instruct a waiting world quick to sympa- Association. A waft of perfume—a refrain of song— A glance — a color — yes! some lovely flower— Louis Klopsch. A Oft brings to mind a half-forgotten liour And calls tip thoughts that have been buried A "NEGRESS 108 YEARS OLD. Then he lighted a cigar, sat down pon the edge of his bed and counted cng; And memory waki-ns, and about us drift Fair faces that perchance have long been dust. Her Progeny in Four Generations Number This symptom was followed by feverhay fever, cough, heaves, dimness of sight, loss of sleep and hair, pains in the joints, back and chest. Everything that was discouraging. Then I began to hear about people who committed suicide because they had the grip. Friends came in and said I looked kind of flighty and desperate. My wife hid my revolver and gave the Tough on Rats to the delighted and overjoyed rats. I imagined that I was going to die of heart failure or softening of the brain. I thought 1 could hear my brain softening. When I turned over I thought 1 could hear ii slosh up against the rafters of ray head. Beneath the shelteringj-oof of a faithful ion, in the outskirts of St. Joseph, lives a colored woman, Jane Harvey, who is 108 years of age. She was born in Bourbon county, Ky., on Oct. 17, 1781, to '"Mammy Harvey," a negro woman ownod by CoL Harvey. For thirteen years Jane Harvey, who, like most other negroes, took the name of her master, lived about the Kentucky plantation. Then Col. Harvey made up his mind to leave Kentucky and venture still further west. So he .gathered his family, consisting of about fifteen negroes, several sons and daughters, and started. On they pushed until he halted bis caravan where Glasgow, Howard county, Mo., now stands, and staked off his land and patiently waited for the country to grow up with him. But the colonel paid nature's debt long ere the country was grown, and all his property reverted to his eldest son, Dr. Henry Harvey, whom "mammy" affectionately refers to as "gle raassa." One Hundred and Ninety-six. Eyes s:nilo again in ours—we must—we must Live o'er those scenes so madly sweet, so swift. Ind so, whene'er I hear a certain strain. My heart is stirred where its old sorrow lies: We were announced to reach Joppa at 4 the next morning. As the steamer was booked to stay in the harbor all day, the hour of disembarkation might be set to suit the convenience of passengers. This was as pleasant an arrangement for people going to bed as could be devised, but Dr. Talmage was so excited at the idea that in a few hours he would see the Holy Land that he could hardly bear to wait; and when he retired he gave positive instructions that he be called at 8, and, if land were in sight before that hour, to notify him of it at once. The result of this unseasonable arrangement was that we were all aroused at the time mentioned, with the prospect of waiting several hours before land could be sighted. Dr. Talma je paced the deck impatiently 4uring the time that elapsed from his first appearance until 8 o'clock, when the coast of Palestine first came into view. One day, as he had just arisen and was wondering where he could obtain credit for a breakfast, a rap came to his door and a servant handed him three letters. One was from a town in Alabama, another from an ambitions city in Nebraska and the third from Bigtown, Mont. His heart beat rapidly and his hands trembled as he opened the epistle from the South. It was very short: Jerusalem, Dec. 10.—The next morning after our arrival in Joppa tbe Talmage party left for Jerusalem, having secured the services of David Jamal. a Nazarene, as dragoman. He is the man who served in the same capacity Dean Stanley, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh and many other persons of distinction in their vists to Palestine. Jamal haatx-en eminent among local dragomen during the past twenty years. It was under his guidance that wo inspected the site of the resurrection of Tabitlia, "which by interpretation is called Dorcas." This lady bountiful lived at Joppa, and her restoration to the infant church of that city by Peters stupendous miracle of her revival from the dead occasioned great excitement and led to the widespread acceptance of the apostle's teaching, as related at the end of the ninth chapter of the Acts. And calling bic'.c a joy mingled with pain. The scent of violets brings tears into my eyes. -Edith Sessions Tupper, In Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Tho Incidence of Greatness. tt was a jovial banquet board, Great pun3 were feasted free, Great Generals, groat Senators, Mr. Frothington. Great counselior3-at-f ;e; And In the special honor seat, Sir: Your communication received. Go to the devil. Per order of the Common Council. To seo the great well fed. There sat a groat—what shall I sayt— That'sJt 1 Qreat head—groat head. All my life came lock to tue in a moment. I remembered a good deal that 1 would have paid something to forget. 1 saw the statement of my account and noticed that large discounts had been made on the credit side, charged to collections." Several hundred new entries had also been made on the debit side. "Whew!" exclaimed frothington. "Ia this Southern courtesy? But I'll have my revenge. I'll disobey the order of the common council." down west m'gixty. thlze with a fallen tnan as to the precise 4 '5 circumstances attending the McGinty catastrophe. To this whole text of the poem is hero printed, together with such striking illustrations of the leading situations in the tragedy' as may serve to point the mournful moral and adorn the tearful tale. Great toasts were drank, great mots wer» Umod, And so were viands rare. Great tanks of C:iaia—b it let that past; That's neither here nor there. WHAT A HALF CEHTUBT HAS WROUGHT. Then he. opened the letter from Nebraska. It was not quite as harsh as tho preceding: Chicago is in latitude 41 degs., 52 min., 20 sec.; longitude, 87 degs., 85 min. w., with a lake exposure which is especially noticeable at that oeason of the year when the small boys do most go in bathing. The site of Chicago was determined by the Chicago river, up the south branch of which, the historian says, the Ipdian paddled his canoe, ages before Sir George Pullman invented his justly celebrated hingeless sleeping car blankets or Philip Armour introduced his juicy side meats and succulent leaf lard into the great seething marts of trade. Here, where once the rank thistle nodded in the wynd and the dusky warrior, innocent eyether of the knowledge of gunpowder or Persian powder, warred with the turbulent Sioux or the more peaceful Chippewa, now a mighty metropolis, laying hold upon the entire national system of railway traffic, sits calmly at the foot of a great chain of lakes and calls attention to herself by means of good reading notices in the press, prepared by the skillful hand of such men as Charles Dudley Warner, of Hartford, Oonn., and published by our esteemed contemporary, Mr. Harper, whose neat little journal of civilization is printed at the west end of the bridge. The climate of Missouri seemed to agree with Jane Harvey, for her strength, agility and stHrdiness increased witli each passing day. She worked in the fields, assisted tiia choppers in the woods, feaked the hoe cake, fetched the water, minded the children and rode horseback into the settlement, with never a complaint. John Harvey was another slave, and a good slave he was, too, If mammy is to be believed. Jane was about 20 years old when John realized the first throbs of a new born love. He was assiduous tn his attentions, and the Qrst thing she knew John had entered her young life so thoroughly and completely that she hailed with joy massa's permission for her to become John's wife. "Bo one bright May morning she took her dusky lover's hand and made the vows that bound her to him until death did them part. The union was fraught with blessings in tbe shape of divers and several pickaninnies, and when John had seen his Jane become a mother for the fifth time, he died. • FIGURING IT UP. the change which remained from his "absolutely farewell" dollar. He figured thus: Dear Sir: Thanks for your favor of the —th. Can not entertain your proposition, as our funds are completely exhausted by our effort to obtain the "World's Fair of 1802. Might make you a feature of the show, if wo get It. Keep us Informed of your future movements. And when a great one spouted some, And sat him down flashed red. The savants clapped him great applause, And cried: "Great head I Great head I" Seen from the deck of the approaching steamer, Joppa presents a very pleasing appearance. Its stone houses have the substantial and venerable look proper to a town of such antiquity and historic interest; and the lofty trees here and there in the city augment the enjoyment felt in the picture, while the morning sunlight gives the best effect to its attractiveness. At such a time it is not well to reflect that oriental cities as a rule excite, aa seen from the distance, expectations that are sadly disappointing in the fulfillment The festival of Tabitha is celebrated near Joppa, when the women of the neighborhood, dressed all in white, gather round a fountain surrounded by orange trees and 6acred to the memory of that sainted woman and called by her name. Our guide took us to the Jewish colony under the direction of Baron Bothschild, where Hebrew youths are educated as mechanics, thus giving a practical turn to the. liopo of every faithful Israelite that Palestine will yet become the country and homo of the chosen people. The bright and healthy looking Hebrew schoolboys ono sees in Joppa and the neighborhood give encouragement to the expectation that the night of the race will be succeeded by a bright morning. Breakfast 60 Two cigars.'. 85 Newspaper 03 They tell us beauty's but skin deep; Well, so Is greatness, too. The cuticle of greatness holds No more than I or you. And so next day each great one lay Within his own great bed, And ran his fingers through his locks. And groaned: "Greet head I Groat head t" —Lipplneott's Magazine. Total 87 "I ought to have thirteen cents left, and I find only three. O, yes; I remember—I gave a begger ten cents. Gad, that was foolish I He's now seven cents richer than I am. Bat away with these gloomy thoughts. I ll read my paper and1 forget my cares.\ He drew his only chair to the window and gazed down upon the crowded street for a moment. Then, with a calm indifference to his wretched financial condition, he began his perusal of the day's This was not bo bad, but oould not bo turned into cash. Heartsick, Froth ington opened th* communication from Bigtown, Meat. To his delight and astonishment—for he had lost faith in his scheme—a check for fifty dollars fell into his hand. The letter read; God's Way Is Best. Past the portals of to-day; Something waits us down the way, Mr. Frothington. Dtar Sir: As our town now holds the meanest man in the West we feel that your presence would be ruinous. Please lend us at onoo a sworn affidavit to the effect that you will never visit Bigtown. Frothington jumped about the room in ecstacy. He tad sent out forty-five letters. If he obtained fifty dollars apiece from one-third of them he would have seven hundred and fifty dollars at his command, enough to last him until again inspired. That afternoon, however, his delight was somewhat dashed by the receipt of two letters threatening him with prose* cution for blackmail. But with them was another epistle containing * fiftydollar check, bo he cast dull care away and spent the evepjag at the theater. Ten letters reached him in the morning. Only three of them contained money. One town in South Dakota sent hii» twenty-five dollars. "Not," said the mayor, "because we recognize your claim, but as a reward for originality." - Joys, perhaps, for you and m» Some fond dreams to realize, Waits for us, a glad surprise; We may guess bat can not see. When at last land came into view Dr. Talmage stood as near the bow of the ▼easel as the rules governing the conduct of its passengers permitted, and with uncovered bead looked eagerly forward to the promised land. In common with other ports on the Syrian coast, Joppa has no harbor. To land there is sometimes hazardous, even impossible, and at best row boats have to be used in the conveyance of people from ships to tbe city. We were in good luck in that this means was practicable, and escaped the experience of being carried ashore on tbe shoulders of brawny residents, whose financial interests depend largely on the discomforts of other people. Her widowhood was of brief duration, for as sho recalls it, in 1807 she again became a wife, and by this union had nine children, seven sons and two daughters. The sons grew to manhood, and were strong'j healthy men with progeny when the war broke out. Five of these sons entered the Union army, and two ofthem died on the battle field. Her oldest living son is now 80 years of age, and lives in Sheridan county. Mo. At the closs of the war he chose the name of George Washington, and possesses that proud name even now. Until six weeks ago mammy lived with him and her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, but then Robert, who is 57 years old, went down to visit her, and brought her back here to his home, at 2,013 Mulberry street She relates with positive humor her journoy to this city. In the 108 years of her existence she had never ridden on a railroad train, and, as she expressed it, "I war skeered at fnst, but liked it tol'able well after." news. "Rubber trust," he murmured, between puffs. "Corner in Wheat," "Talk of a New Salt Syndicate," "Reported Consolidation of Southwestern Roads." Just beyond the misty screen Of the vail Time drops between. ✓ Something waits us, joy or woe, Throbs of heartache, thrills of bliss, Echoes of a parting kiss, Life or death. We do not know. Well out of Joppa on our pilgrimage Jerusalemward, we looked back on a city presenting a lofty, castellated appearance as seen from the land side. The city slopes down toward the sea. At this season of the year the loveliness of Sharon, through which we passed, is less obvious than in the spring time, but the fig tree and its supported vine, the numerous olive trees and the general aspect of fertility brought to the mind passages dear to the memory of the Bible student. On our way we encountered quite a good many people going to Joppa, among them women in the blue cotton garb of poverty and without veils, sad looking, many of them, but with good features and graceful figures. 0ONVALE8CKNC*. Throwing down the journal, he watched the smoke from his cigar musingly.Wait, thou shrouded mystery I It Is well we can net see. Finally I lost consciousness and axpec ted to awake in some new and undiscovered country. When Idid awake it was 1890. The boy who brings my telegrams wished me a happy New Year, the district messenger boy, nine of him, did the same. It oost me fifty cents apiece. The expressmen who had worked nights to bring gifts to the house went away $2 ahead. The boy who said he delivered The World to me every morning wanted to wish me a happy New Year, also The Sun boy and The Herald boy and The Tribune and Times boy, also several other hoys who lied. "Monopoly," he soliloquized, "that is the key-note to success. Control something that everybody wants—put up the price—aad there you are. What can I get hold of? I own nothing but myself —hardly in the list of available assets. Nobody wants me. Th ere is no demand tor me. I oan't sell myself to an English, syndicate. "I can't even pawn myself. But, hold! Don't these capitalists work in a narrow groove? They monopolize only those things for which there is a great demand. Why would it not be practicable to oorner something that nobody wants? For instance, the world has no use for me. Why not make the world pay for my absence? By Jove, I'll syndicate myself I Talk about Napoleons of finance 1 Ye gods, I'll be Alexander, Ceesar and Sergeant tSilhooly all combined! Whoop! Where's my pen? Here's paper! Good! Now for it!" It is well we do not know. Life and lore are ours to-day. God, in mercy, hides to-day. We must tread in joy or woe. —Boss Hart wick Thorpe. Sunday morning Ust, at nine, Dan ItcGlnty, dressed so fine. Was looking at a very high stone wall. When along came Pat McCann, and says: 'Til bet five dollars, Dan, I can lave you at the top without a fall V On his back he got poor Dau—to climb the ladder be began, Although the location of Chicago is to all appearance on a low, flat piece of land, it is as a matter of fact a sort of watershed none the less and the dividing line between the great valley of the St Lawrence and the Mississippi. This makes it healthful and fills the air with vigor, for the city is fully eighteen feet above the level of the lake. Climbing this height by easy stages, one is enabled to look down upon the lake which lies at his feet, and a sunrise viewed from the crest of Michigan avenue is well worth getting up to witness, even though one has been up until quite late the evening before. "WVaat Fools Then* Mortals Bo." The poet racks his weary brain And burns the midnight oil. That he may worldly notice gain For all his grinding toil, Quite satisfied if he his name In public print may see. He clutches at the bubble fame— "What fools these mortals be." Until he'd very nearly reached the top; But for fear he'd lose his five—just as sure as you're alive Dan let go his hold, not thinking of the drop I As soon as we reached land the voice of the Brooklyn preacher was heard: "Thank God,' w« are here at last," he said. We took but a short time to our breakfast, and Mon started out to visit points named prominently in sacred history, Dr. Talmagt's engagements rendering it impossible for him to devote any of the afternoon to that purpose. CHORDS. It was not until two days later that le was handed the communication which decided fate. It was dated from Slashington, Kan., and ran as follows:Down went McCinty to the bottom or the wall— Although he won his five, he more dead than alive, The miser adds to tbe amount He'll lose when death shall call. The heiress weds a foreign count Who's no account at all And all the world Is crazy quite— At least to some degree. We're chasing phantoms day and sight"What foois these mortals be." Then a boy. who mid he held my horse last rear while I went into tbe postoflSce, wished me a happy New Year; I bought him off. A poor woman, who said she had a lame boy who mowed my lawn two years ago, wished me a happy New Year and got a pair of checkered trousers, almost as good as new. An old miner,whom 1 had grubstaked on Douglas' creek six years ago, steadied himself by the door and wished me a happy New Year; said he had «een by the papers that jny income was so much greater than Vanderbilt's that Van had gone away ashamed iff himself. I broke into one of the children's banks and gave him the money they had saved to buy a donkey. A reporter called on Mammy Harvey ths other afternoon and found that 6he was out visiting at the homo of her other son, Wil-11m Bunco (who had adopted the namo of a former master). William lives back of his brother Robert, and is 74 years old. An inquiry addressed to her regarding the number of her direct descendants rather puzzled the old lady. They carried burdens on their heads of fuel, vegetables, etc., and walked with the proud poise which these descendants of Rebekah possess without the need of its conscious cultivation. Turkish soldiers at guard houses, line, stalwart fellows, cigarette in mouth, were passed at intervals, and strings of camels loaded with goods. Everywhere along the villages on the road we saw large numbers of Hebrew people. This circumstance deeply interested Dr. Talmage. It seems tliat they are rapidly increasing in numbers, and the effect is a natural one of increasing their confidence that in the future they will again possess the land. With kicks and bruises on his face from such a fearful fall— Dressed in his best Sunday clothes. Off to hntnital thev booked him, and (or dead the doctors booked him, But McGlnty gave the doctors a surprise. For be soon began to shout: "Say, ye blackguards, let me out!" Though his head was twice Its ordinary size. Bound to see his wife and child, with delight he near went wild; The identical house on the seaside occupied by "Simon a tanner" has long since succumbed to the decay wrought by the long lapse of time, but there is good reason to believe that tradition does not err in pointing out the exact spot where it stood and on which another house now stands. As we stood on the roof of this building, which probably is exactly like the one in which the Apostle Peter lodged, Dr. Talmage read and expounded Acts x, which, my reader will remember, is the cliapter giving a wonderfully graphic account of the vision of Cornelius, the trance which taught Peter that the Roman centurion was a proper subject of hia ministrations, and which prepared the way for the recognition by the pioneers of Christianity that Cod is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him. This "democracy of religion," including all nations,* was a subject apt to the preacher whose words have a world wide distribution. Referring to this fact, he said: "We have at home in America a cosmopolitan population, and through the kindness of the press my sermons are weekly read by people of all nationalities. I have often wished to visit the fatherland of these people and to become more intimately acquainted with them, their peculiarities and their customs. When I shall have completed this tour I shall have been at the home of nearly every nation on the face of the earth. Thus far I am delighted with my journey. 1 have found many warm hearted, genial, agreeable and good people, and very few bad ones. My heart has learned to take in all mankind, and in the breaking of the bread of- life I shall hereafter endeavor so to break it that all nations may eat and be nourished." Richard Frothington. Honored Sir: Yon have doubtless heard of the riproaring posh and get-there energy which characterize onr town. We have now a church, three drag stores, eleven houses, fourteen aldermen and a mayor. 11 you are, aa yonr let* ter asserts, the meanest man in New York, we want you to come here at once. Your service* are needed in booming this place and selling town-lots. Inclosed you will find a ticket from New York to Slashington. Telegraph us when you leave and we'll have a band ready to meet you. Marquette, the Jesuit missionary, in 1873, was the first white man to set foot on the site where since so many eminent and extensive feet have been set He was on his way to catch a Milwaukee train and got bridged there. Subsequently he, La Salle, Joiiet and Hennepin passed down from the lake via the south branch of the Chicago river to the Mississippi.The soldier in the raining lead His bravery employs To die lor that which when he's di He nevermore enjoys. Men would be kings, kings would None are from folly free; Peas discontented with their pods— "What fools these mortals be." "Well," she said slowly, "I don' 'zactly know how many I hev got. I counted over a hundred gran'chillun one day when I got ter thinkin' 'bout it. I've had fourteen chillun, an' all ob 'em' hed lots o' chillun, too. My youngest darter's got fo'teen, an' she aint but fifty-fo' years ole." eaa . bogqto/ * f I We, the undersigned, knowing Richard Frothingtom, pronounce him themeanest man in New York City. He has taken food from the hands of hungry babes, robbed blind beggars and treated his friends to domestio cigars. Even in as large a place as the metropolis his presence is considered a public calamity. Beware of him. Carefully brushing his hat pnd. overcoat, seizing his cane and casting an amused glance at himself iff a small mirror, left his room, looked the door after him, dodged his landlady in the hall and was soon in the street. He looked like a young man of wealth and leisure as he strolled along, a smile on his well-cut faco ahd an air of selfsatisfaction in his jaunty step. He entered a famous uptown bank, after a short stroll, whose presidert he had known irr happier days. Thereupon he write the following: Wc fancy all the world looks on And marvels at our deeds; Yet it, when we from men are gow Our going seldom heeds. And he mast be a stolo quite ¥ Who does not smile to see Bow cross-eyed is all human sight— "What fools these mortals bo." -Chicago Herald. Here her son Robert interrupted her and stated that she has 123 grandchildren, with several precincts to be heard from. Mammy was not quite sure about it, but believed at last accounts that she had forty-six greatgrandchildren and twelve great-great-grandchildren. It' this is so, and there is no reason to doubt it, then she is responsible for 196 people in four generations, a record of which the old woman feels justly proud. Mammy has never worn glasses in her life, and she eats about everything, notwithstanding the absence of all but three teeth. She only partakes of two meals a day, and entertains a devoted fondness for corned beef hash, hoe cake and mush. She goes to bed nightly at 9 o'clock and arises promptly with the light of day. Her figure is stout, and her weight is about 170 pounds.—St. Joseph (Mo.) Telegram in New York Sun. In 1804 the government built Fort Dearborn at the mouth of the river, and later on some Indians, whose stock* of Caucasian pelts was running quite low, killed the garrison and sent in their report.The letter was signed by the mayor and fourteen aldermen. We stopped at Ramlch for breakfast. This pretty little, town, which boasts of several thousandinhabitants, is claimed to have been Arimathea, the birthplace and residence of the loyal man who begged the body of Jesus and provided for its sepulture. Its most conspicuous feature is its tower, a structure rising 120 feet from the midst of an olive plantation. The history of this building is not known perfectly. At one time it was part of a mosque, and there are traces in the neighborhood that Ramleh in a remote past waa a far more important place than it is now. If we had had time we should have climbed the winding staircase to its summit and feasted our eyes with the sight of the country of the ancient Philistines, and the scene of so many bloody struggles. Frothington looked pensively from his window. "What is New York to me that I should weep for her?" he mnsed. "Farewell, metropolis, I go to Kansas, to 81ashington, where appreciation, fame, friends and fortune await me." Then he- went forth, redeemed his overcoat, paid a few bills, telegraphed to Slashington and started for the West. Richard Frothington is now one of the richest men in Kansas, and under his guidance Slashington has become a great town. He is convinced that it sometimes pays to corner a thing the publio does not want.—Edward S. Van Zile, In New York World. Theu 1 went back to bed again. Everybody wishes me a happy New Year—at so much per wish. The Golden Dijn. . Aug. 10, 1833, Chicago decided to become incorporated, as twenty-eight people had arrived there since the massacre of 1812, and, after incorporating, the entire population decided to hold the World's fair at that point in 1892. Chicago was then getting one mail per week via Niles, Mich. Now Nilee is glad to get the most of her mail from Chicago. But I do not murmur or repine. The year 1889 has been good to me, and cheerfully I pay my assessment, only glad that with its other victims the grip did not, as it wanted to. gather me in. I hope, however, that as America grows older she will not build up, as other older countries have, an army of whining holiday beggars, so that, instead of days rD( rejoicing, the holidays will take away our appetites and bring out the accumulated cripples of five hundred years. Something of Eden's golden hour remains Our earth to bless. 'Tis found In golden days When beauty adds to light a softened hue; Revealing all our universe contains. As tho' it were a bride whose blushing galas A deeper charm because her blush betrays To Love, love's secret; while her artless ways Beguiling arc, and win love's sweetest strains. But holy is this golden hour when found In human lives, made beautiful by years Of faithful love. .When two true hearts are bound As one, with service each to each endears. "Will you kindly sign that, Mr. C ?" asked Frothington, stepping boldly into the president's room and The first newspaper was issued by John Calhoun Nov. 26, 1833. This was rapidly followed by another copy of the same, which appeared Dec. 3. Some of the old subscribers and advertisers are still alive and point to themselves with pride. . He walked along as prond as John the Great; In the sidewalk was a hole to receive a load of coal— For such may golden bells of earth resound Vnd Heaven's smile, at last, replace earth's tears. "ProTerblal Philosophy." PARAGRAPHIC PLEASANTRY. McOinty never saw until too late t The holidays in Paris are the most sad and sickening of the year, for then all the sad and sore ejed multitude are turned loose on the streets, and the man who works and perspires and bathes is the only one who doesn't make anything out of it or feel like eating when dinner comes. The secret of Mr. Tupper's success in selling his only very successful work was, we believe, only this—that the less educated middle class is far less thoughtful than it appears to be. A contributor, whom we know to have unusually extensive and practical experience of the subject, recently explained in our columns one of the literary needs of shop girls, factory- girls and other young women in their mental condition. A book to attract theui must be what critics would call a poor book—that is, a book full of well worn thoughts, strung together in the most.ordinary manner, with commonplace incidents and reflections of the regular copy book kind. As A brother, much given to making long, dry, speeches, arose, the moderator said: "Be short, but brief." C —Mary Mathews Barnes, in Independent. Down went McOinty to the bottom of the hole, The driver of the cart gave the load of coal a start— It took an hour'n' a half to dig McOinty from It was at about this time that $5 was paid, or were paid rather, perhaps as a lawyer's bill by the new city. Since that prices have advanced, however, and now Chicago pays more than that to lawyers every week. Hon. J. D. Caton was paid for legal services for 1833-4 |75. This sum, together with what he got for his mqskrat skins, kept him in good style. It was about this time that a large black bear was killed in front of the board of trade building, and William Bross saw a large gray wolf run by his house on Michigan avpnue. After leaving Ramleh we drove through the valley of Ajalon, which is about three miles from Latronc, a village named in memory of the penitent thief. The country thereabout is rugged to admiration. Pursuers as well us pursued must have endured great fatigue after the battle in which the Amorites were defeated by Joshua when he said, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." Our faithful Jaiuul pointed out Gibecn in the distance as we speeded along on our way. The sun was now very hot and we found our ordinary clothing exceedingly burdensome. In the early morning, however, our heavy overcoats were necessary to comfort. rvo pralsod thoe, love, In ell the ways I know, I've called thoe sweeter than the sweetest song. In~ratitud«. If some man could only invent a chimney which would draw like an elevator shaft when a fire is started he woald make a fortune. the coal, Dressed in his best Sunday clothes. I've said all graces unto thee belong, And yet no trace of passion dost thou show; Ah me I dear maid, love's Ichor doth not flow Within thy sluggish veins—while on m« throng (Then they dug McOinty out Irad for rm geance he did shout, Dos't be cast down by misfortune. Go to the dog, thou grumbler, and observe how, when his tail is cut off, ha cheerfully waggeth the stump thereof. An Irish barrister was once asked to explain the secret of his success with juries. "When I make a good point," he replied, "I never say any thing to jostle it." I hope that cheap rates across the Atlantic and ill advised generosity on this side will not build up this Coyote industry in the land of freedom. Most ardent fancies, earnest, deep and strong, Thou e'er art cold and doth indifferent grow. Consid'rlng how for months I've bought for thee Fans, tco-cream, oysters, bon-bons by the ton, •Quaint bric-a-brac, and strings of shiny pearls, Tis hard to find thee frowning thus on me, When with such bait I'm sure I might hav« won The sweet affections of a dozen girls I —Nathan M. Levy, in Munsey's Weekly. Is Before leaving tliis interesting place we drank from the water of the same well at which St. Peter quenched hia thirst. The sights and odors of this part of Joppa are remindful that the apostle's host was a tanner. I need scarcely say that that worthy and the present generation of his successfffB in his useful labor differ little or not at all in the methods by which they pursue it. His Maala. After-Dinner Speaker. — "Unprepared as I am—unprepared as I or unprepared as—" His wife to him across the table: "Why, Tom, you had it all by heart this afternoon. Go on, do." Within half a century how all thia has changed. The little paper which then briefly announced the death by zaassacre of its choicest subscribers or joyfully referred to the arrival of the mail from Niles for the current week, has given place to mammoth and handsome journals representing every party and every industry. Where old Chief Bolkadott, dressed like a dish of salad, vis., with oil, addressed the multitude, npw such men as James Russell Lowell speak briefly on some occult subject like bs&K.espeare and tuun regret alterwara that they did not speak on the subject they agreed to speak on. Where once Looloo, daughter of the chintz- bug-that-clcan8-out-the-oornfield, was wont to deck herself out in the coon stin snouider cape and burlap legglns at a crude civilization, now beauty in Pariiia a gowns and the rich gear of Ur. Vfortli, dazzles the eye of the savant and ptoves that half a century in the history of a typical American city means a good d«l. Chicago does not pity herself. 8be does not feel sorry for herself. She accepts her humble lot, pays the park tax on it and goes on about her business. Sh« has been burned out once and, like Boston, made a big hit by it So the kerosene lamp of Mrs. McGinty, or whatever her name may have been, was the beacon light to show the city in which direction beaaty and prosperity lay. The stranger who has witnessed exciting games at the baseball park, and who bar beard tbe frantic yells of the cranks in "Sec ticm A," has, doubtless, thought it but natural that the asylum at Kankakee should be tested to it* utmost capacity. But the truth is that men who bare gone daft on the subject of baseball are very rare, at least in this community. Up to the present time there has been developed but one man who is crazy on baseball, and his hallucination is harmless. Every morning, along about 11 o'clock, be walks into Spalding's place and trots back to the counter where grand stand tickets are •old during the League season. There be lays down a silver dollar and asks for a good seat "just behind tbe catcher." He is politely informed by tbe attendant that there is "no game today," and then be looks disappointed, pockets h s well worn dollar and walks slowly out Once In a while be stops and talks baseball with CoL 8tebbins, who is always ready to humor him, and then he goes away to show up at the same hour tbe next day and be disappointed again.—Chicago Herald. Anything which is not simple puzzles and slightly worries them; anything allusivo is unintelligible to them; while anything original creates in them the faint irritation with which a certain class of mind receives a joke, and especially a joke implying something of a jeer. They resent surprise as we should resent a new taste in the loaf. Fifty years ago minds in the condition of these shop girls were in the majority among the middle class, and even now they are more numerous than is suspected, no modern art having been so successfully and generally acquired as that of concealing your mental backwardness, and it was their possessors who bought, and who, when they happen not to be aware; that their betters ridicule the book, still buy "Proverbial - Philosophy." — The Spectator. "GO TO THE DEVlL." thrusting his paper before the busy capitalist. The president looked up, recognized Froth ington, glanced over the paper without seeming to grasp its significance, scrawled his name beneath the legend, "Beware of him," answered the "young man's "good morning" with a bow and was at once hard at work again. The Child Moslclan. I may be permitted to break off here and to say that our trip in thi3 sacred land is the pioneer trip of the season, the last one ending in June, since when no tourists have appeared until our ad- Tent. This accounted for the fact that we were regarded with universal interest as we passed through the roughly built and rockily situated villages on our way. Our horses proved to be marvels of surefootedne83. They sagaciously picked their way over slippery surfaces which seemed to us appallingly dangerous, much of the rock being loose as well as slippery. Sometimes we found a grateful change from the sight of rocky caves and glens, high terraced slopes and rocky ways, in vales dotted with symmetrical olive trees; but the general character of the country through which we'passed is sterility. There was a time, however, when "the paths dropped fatness," for the now bare terraces were then covered with fertile soil and highly cultivated. He had played for his Lordship's levee, A traveler, being asked whethei one could get a good luncheon at a certain restaurant, replied: "Yes, an average meal. The tea is always weak and the butter is always strong." He had played for her Ladyship's whim, Till the poor lUtle head was weary. And the poor little brain would swim. When we returned to the1 hotel to lunch we found that our host outdid himself in the warmth and abundance of his hospitality. The principal dish set before us was a turkey, the symbol of American good fare, and the Stars and Stripes waved above the building. Mr. Landlord expressed himself delighted with the privilege of entertaining Dr. Talmage, many of whose sermons he had read with much interest. At his urgent request tbe doctor entered bis name ou the hotel register, making an addition which had not been expected. It is as follows: "We last night made our exodus from Egypt and this morning enter the Promised Land. We came through the sea dry shod. May our entrance of the heavenly Canaan be as placid and glorious a disembarkation." The author of tliis inscription modestly regretted that it was not in verse, saying that he never wrote poetry in his life. To this revelation the host replied that Dr. Talmage's prose was as good poetry as ever was written. In the assignment of rooms for the party, my illustrious friend got No. 83, which is known as "Chinese Gordon's room," the hero of Khartoum having once occupied it. And the face grew peaked and eerie, And the large eyes straage and bright, And they Bald—too late—"He Is weary, Ho Bhall rest for at least to-nlfht I" McQttillen—"Do you believe that thaosophy is a remedy for the mundane ills that clog the esoteric development of our inner selves?" Miss Foote—"I Mamma always uses gooae g L. —"I see that Biohard Warner's gondola has been sold in Venioe," Mrs. 0.—"Why, I thought that Wagner was the sleeping-car man." ' Mrs. St. L. —"Oh, no; Wagner, the composer, yon know. The gondola was his favorite la* •tromnnt." Frothington smiled more gayly than before as he returned to the street. He realized that a most important step had cost him but little effort. Going at onoe to the lobby of the R Hotel he sent up his card to a celebrated p#litician. A Jew moments later his paper bore a name or .National reputation. The politician had not even looked at the screed, having read the name of the bank president at the first glance. But at dawn when the Hrds were waking, As they w&tohed in the silent room. With the sound of a strained oord breaking, A something snapped in the gloom. And the driver of the eart he then did spy; He plekcd up half a brick and he hit him such a lick v That it caused a tumefaction of his Then he kicked up such a fuss that tte cops got in the muss, They arrested Dan for being very drunk; And next morn the Judge did say: "No toe you'll have to pay, Bvt fill months you'll sleep upon a prison bank." Twas a string of his violincello, And they heard him stir in his bed; "Make room for a tired little fellow, • Kind God !" was the last he said. —Austin Dobson. The Lawyer and the Burglar. Abou Ben Lcgls, may his tribe decrease I— Awoke one nijht from a sweet dream of fees And saw, within the precincts of his room, Cautiously groping in the midnight gloom, A burglar, helping himself to Abou's gold. Defending rogues had made Ben Legls bold, So, quiet-like, he to the rascal spoke: "My precious friend, aren't you the self-same 'bloke New Street Cleansing Machine. Frothington's task was now an easy one. Before business hours were over his document bore twenty-seven signatures, each one of them a name known to all men from Maine to Texas. Nobody had read his scroll in such a way as to gather i ts full meaning. He had been rationed now and then, but his smilinj countenance had reassured all doubv«;s. and the firsfcnameon hispaper was a m«Dgne1 not to be resisted. Just like la an Opera. I A new street cleansing machine has just been tried very successfully in the London streets. It is a combination of water cart and circular squeegee. " The water from a wrought iron tank is delivered by a perforated tube, which directs it on to the roadway in fine jets,: the object of which is to combine with the mud and loosen it Behind the jets is a rotary brush, set at an angle to the roadway, and formed of short pieces of' rubber arranged in a screwlike manner. These rubber pieces brush or rub thei roadway and deliver the mud sideways; towards the gutter, leaving, it quite clean. The India rubber brushes are claimed to do 6ix months' constant work, and can be renewed at moderate coet. This machine can in summer lay and collect the dust into the gutters,, while in winter, by the use of salt water, it can melt the snow and flush it down! the sewers.—London Letter. THROWING THE SHOE. A short time ago a young student applied for admission as pupil to the priests' seminary at Kalocsa, Hungary, and, being duly provided with examination certificates, was at once received. The new pupil led exactly the same life as the other inmates of the establishment, and showed a marked disposition for study. A few days ago Cardinal Haynald visited tbe seminary, and in the garden met the newcomer, who bowed respectfully, bat, contrary to custom, did not kiss the cardinal's hand. His eminence not only noticed the omission, but it lad him to examine tbe candidate priest somewhat closer. The effeminate face of the young student turned scarlet trader the cardinal's scrutinising gase, whereupon the prelate uttered a few words in a low too* that caused the former to return quickly to the house. Five minutes afterward this mysterious personage had left the premises, and has not si) toe gone back. Rumor ayi the individual it as a lady, who felt aa irresistible vocation to bioomi a The Emperor of the Abyssinian*, according to Castell, used the casting of aj ■hoe as a sign of dominion. 1 Throwing the shoe was, and is, a synj-i' bol of renunciation of dominion and anthority over the bride by her father of guardian. Iw some parts of New England c4 shoes are thrown after fishing and ' ing vessels as an omen of theaL safe and successful return. Royalty has not esc?&- Aoei of throwing the old jTn * ticed on Queen wh° 'fffl tered the new ' ( 1 GermanD the brid'" amor or To return: We stopped for luncheon at the gate of the valley of Ajalon. There, too, we changed horses and rested about an hour, after which we resumed our journey. Very soon we reached the hills on which David tended his father's flocks and where he successfully defended his charges from the lion and the bear. A 6hort distance beyond is the brook Elah, whence that ruddy youth took the live smooth stones, with one of ■which ho slew the giant who defied the God of Israel. Here was an opportunity for Dr. Talmage to enrich his collection of curiosities. Accordingly he dismounted from his horse, and, going down to the brook, selected a number of just such I saved from sentence of ten years or so For such a Job as this?" "I am the same," Replied the rdgfte. -You alibied from blame For the performance of that little Jab." "And now, ungratefully, you come to rob Your benefactor 1" angry Abou cried. "Business is business!" the cool soamp replied; "With cash I bought the good defense yon And now a horrible thought entered his mind as he turned homeward. Had he onough stamps to complete his dosign? For the first time since he set out the confident smile left his face, and his features grew set and stern as he quietened his pace. Rushing to «*»m he nervously unlocked hi* Joor, threw open his desk arid fiDund ■ 0, twocent stamps and « pile ojt biting-paper and envelov' hlmself as thouPvW JrD° effort he the j She has tried various kinds of pavement with sorrow and loss and discouragement, but now she is on the right track. You can ride about Chicago now for a day at a time without jolting your soul is to the soles of your boots, and yon will tee some handsome houses and magnificent public and commercial buildings, too. 1 would like to see one American city, howeter, start off with made, And now must rob to get back what I paidl" "But now the law shall hold you in its toils; To prison you'll go I" "Not so; for now my Strolling along the seaside, my memory recalled the friendship of Hiram, king of Tyre, with David and his son Solomon, and the cordial assistance he rendered in the construction of the templet and other buildings at Jerusalem, in sending huge rahs of timber from Lebanon to Joppa^ spoils Amply will me enable to employ A better lawyer! So, good-by, old boy I Will see you later 1" Here the rogue withdrew,' And Ben remarked, as he disappeared from "This reclamation plainly doth record That legal virtue la its owa reward T" . view: /D f iH"- &■ . wl |
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