The Sentinel, 1883-02-02, Page 3•
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Tia :titter
.- Who in his, ctum Sits nrilate
'And strives, w)th sentence4of weight, --
to set torigltt affairs: of tiit4tc ? •
„" The editor-. admire
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Who deftly moulds tha-pu lic thought
leorxioneye.who cartme'cr •a bought? .
Whealwayg.-forethe right 4as fouglat ?
The editor- respect 'in .
Who -notes what great me do and pity ?
And ties obituaries away,
- When they shall die to prji.t rreit day 7
. The editor -revere- n
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Vhogveai.sTciirsforcoi, bor -cold-7 *t
Wile suffer patiently an
krid saldora use languag strong?-
* The lditor-doet c 1.0;hitu
Wh ignoranee rolist• heconeese
Atha know e or Ell things are or less-
-Or what he dont know s e can guess? .
Thaeditor-eensueeient
,Vhert youthful talent -seis to rise,
;mho- views'irs 'growth. wrtt friendly eyes1
le merits qrnck to recog e?,
The editor -Lee ble hun-
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AFTER.
eYto doth ood judgmen
vim-- .0 taste not e e
hi My aittle poe
epitoe-tonfe
fully laze
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ack ?
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'Their Fird A arance.
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Ineetthesia was disCo
• rhe first steel pen we'
rhe'first air pump w4
be first Wolfer mato
°hammed was born
e first kola steatesh
a firate balloon ase
176-
t ketches „were first u
150.
%e first itteel plate
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/a) flrat lsorse rail
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Franciseame Eirri
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4 %it first steambeat:p1
%iti entire Hebrew Bi
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first discove
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..KISS,Eg, ON THE STA
An Actress who kissed tO,`Natatally aFit
Fillibratt.-
.107.11.0•RIVES,1011. .STAGE KXSSP-f3--
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-Au actress. recently . withdrew from the
companyeiii which she was :playing:beeaUse:
the•star kissed her tee naturally. At 'emit
there was that siniulationof nature which
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Willie Winter habitually deseribes. as. -the-
-most eXquisiteerestilt . of art. - The . acting
was altegether too good for the actresseed
she removed_oht of .the reach .of the arms
which .were Wit spasiziocii6 and the lips that
were too eager. Since this ,oecurrence the
whole subject Of oeculatieeelaScome under
the entbnsiastic attention of enteepeisitig
e •journalists. Kisses . heve beepinvesti-
gated for their size and have •Iiiten eked-
fied. aecoeding :•, to length, breadth-- and
thickness; - they - have ben -examined for
t , quality of soend and haye. been -leuclek for
: their pictitresque character. e. - . .- e
Prompted by the -current provinciallour-•
nallatict ambition a Philadelphia; reporter
has been interviewing an .cda .“ yeung. Man,"
with_the following " reports :" " .. , : .e...
"It will doubtless seem strange to be-
t:Ail," said the.Thespiati, with a twinkle in
his' eye, "that very few people have any
idea*. how to embrace a -*email' gracefully
and effectively. • At he' firet !thought it
neces-
sary to show a fellow O
ii,2„_
would appear that he "tistructiOnis W to put his inn
around a pretty girl and pint a kiss -upon
her IiPs. But let the amateur -stage lover
try it before spectitees and he .will beverylikely to find himself- entangledin a train
of delicate silk that must be neither stepped
on nor steppecrover ; he will Stagger under.
the weieheofraehealthy female whose arina
are clasped tightly about his neck,. apd
When she walks be ewill. step . out With the
-wrong foot,- and ' the gait willibe.'imYthing
buta graceful glide:
"So the art - of kissing," continued the
old stager, "has been .carefully studied by
the leading actreeees of the day,. a-iid each
of them has - their .: peculiar:Methods Of
meeting lipseeith lips.... Pretty Miss./4'61;e
soil used to hang about Ilainee .neck with
ecstatie abandon - '.• that. '. was . almost
feantic ..:at times, and.ewhen the kise.
came it stayed for • ra 1Chg -e-While. -
Mrs. Langtry, it is said, .doesn4 impress
the spectator with the:idea that she Wants.
to be kissed,.as she allows her- lea.dieig teen
to touch her lips respectitelly, and seem
Very ill at ease While 'slid is in his arrneeMise
'Mary Anderson is rather - difficult to kiss.
nicely; because she is tootall to.. settle -
down .-nliOn •Nr.1)Owaing's. broad- chest:
She kiises, in a good, straightforward Way,
however, as though she isn't ashamed of it,
and there is no • nonsense about -the per-
formance. It's in the part, '. and she does
it without putting any very .- - delicate
touch to it: - MISS - Catherine . -Lewis,.
ewhose sprightly : Ways . - in eopera
bouffe win- for her hosts , of male
adenirere in every city she visits, hateevt-
dently'given it great deal - Of thought to the
art.- She wraps her arms about the heck
of her meek lover RS if . she wanted them.
. to go twice around, and when she is sure
of . her grip she &twee a hiingry. snap and
then all is. still fora•fdw seconds. Suddenly'
there ' is -aelcited, pop and the operation is
- Over. Her sister, glee. Jeffrees,Lewikeis
;something like her, but her methods are
more subdued. A favorite bit :of business
of hers is toelieve her lover Sit in a tahait.
and. she coree_e e before Iiiiii.. 'She. Walks
.eautiousty around hi& at first; as though:
she Was watching fora 'place: te light on.-
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With: a whirl: she falls, on: her knees and-
,
bends baoltward over his rightknee; tossing
e
her gime' abeut his neck tend drawing his
faceplose .. to. hers.' For a moment -- she
looks into - his eyes and then proceeds to
business. ' The kise! is., long,quiet and
, 7 '
'discovered in
was built: in
• in Englan.c1
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in
the Midway' 41:1
was .printeciin
r -bottomed" in
in California m
d in Boglahd
ed'into Japan
ade Nureh-
.
vil
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brought ..36
it.in.1 19..
almaiatie- printgby George Vonh 1460. -
• first uewspael eadvertiin
seetit
sed the' U.
oraotive in this
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roduced- in NA.
or lightirrg per-
,
in the United,
wiridows were introduced intl;
.• Englanin the eighth urye . . r•
. - e
• st steam wig u this continent
was broht from Eng! ill 1753.
. Pee fl-,-.. complete Es g.- rna,chine was
Patentee'," Ekkas Iiove le, in 18:16.
_ The fil $.0ciety f e Preneotion 051
CyristianturzleOge w ganizecl in 1698.
- The &fSt eMpt to faCT,Ure' pins. it
,
this e0Miti ioi made aft0' the voii.
of 1812-
The first eyer beak deter(' VI. came
into use b3Uthorit Parliament on
Whitsunday; -4,-.. ., _ ... _.
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. The firkifi nipe.ra. peiety- in tliie-
COulatiy' was cia,ize-d* ratoga county;
Netc,,:ea Merelle08 -.. ,
: i - The.first °pie je s
WRS 'brought
thither lo '1561,ehett Mary came dreamy, and weans *hole Volutnes. •
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"Medjeska -kisses -'. in an . atitelleetual
from Fre me" .- bel to Alexander :,;easblen. ShOPrefers terebe kissed ratber
Lord Seat D, .
• ,- , :.:thart1 to "kitiS,.aild ' her graceful movements
- The fire cfailyeeee
e.PPee...,r_eQt it.i, , make her ad. e'as-ipersorito antwith, There.
. 1.17:rt'edirghtslttle:B*rt anatv:Pt.}.11,4Eteott7n tohrie,;' is. no unnecessary catching and Clawing to
'
Sept. etth1790-' hold onto herlove. - She rests -upon his
, i,
' The litaieutectur" of a WR' le; intro.. bosom in a pie-tereeque . way - that: is very
' duced let the Erwin lLie ' pleasing. to the _eye. ellotta jest 'lecke at
from c -eaeu 1513,au -" ji-ilPil:14' a halaNet• face and isliableto strike eny-
• WaiP.- Still . where between, ..the eyes - and the -chin.
. beTarh5CiritstiM
The eeeeeZrll
ta:jor hisivepm.. ' There is a lal41Y, a .steack and that's ail.
pose of ireulating t
, It's the .Worse kind of a :kiss,' because it
he leati under the Lame
ee .
or_gttidzeg eani be anticipated, and the actor 'only
- Foreign 3ible Society:
ri-meh and x" realizes what. it isewhen it's all over. Clara
'
.- The ittell
teegrapuo in
,. , L t virEcouc. ' 21Orrile teeth have been diecoIora and ' dee
ct plated by ton Much Medicine', and her
ieePiriefuloklictif lAra3r4thl'uY.,thS, .orSe, the if mouth. Is not an, "inviting one efor. this.
el?. 8 n6t r';'; reason- There - ifs; nothing girli,i • about.
devainrettanteadt.tcootohke'fiWr 08 rtl
w;ng_ nail. a,. bo'ne, li beekieees. They. are womanly, , e.nd bUSi-
Janausohek r has very little
ahiti the i (5138: -like.
shell andione. When. t
nativeez ere
ozi 11.ilsk. usiness -to do, butshe never tarriea::. over
they famed them to be
p-, when it is to be .done,' .She Places her
very hal#.00d, mild, doi cl "'reel Favors on the forehead in a maternal sort
such it ads earreroodi eeutibg i f ii", way, and doesn'tiaPPear 'to. elicit nor
them ire irgardeei
Planted. ' esto* -Much ' Satisfaction. Sara -Jewett,
..
•'the leading -lady of the Union Square
-era+ ateteeieweo I Theatre, is said tq *tow a -kiss as softas
--: ' BellaeGreen, daughter ' i'lielvet, and has become nOted for the .grace
owner ' 'nth which she esti 'POO wiihin, it pair. of swee
'. ,-'astralla4t-Nwerwite'Intl:gliatrma•f that manly arras. ' Her scenes with Charles R. .iel-l-e-
turing Thorne are always pretty, -because she has -a. eel,
. ` cities 1, . °hanged.. eeta ithin. Obout the right relative height to his
ado.
e...___eemarety 'es- Those who
...77.'-..-.---accau!iy are now, ifi m Lucy -)tlandeiGrangee'e kisses .areegeherally bee- iv -he
.. _.. .1.3g gracertia afices1 stoweclivnth her head i reclining languidly
I Iegant On the shoulder of her linter and a raagnifl-
''- -7----- .home' illitide'' e•Pd orna •-what fkent peg of arms...e.ntWining him.. Fanny
__,, - - ----- ai _ r beg ..1Asetentiort is peuclitO6 large for a Man of
w -LflifitilD/141-N"hu YearAs Orclinarrsi turete leokewell_ with her in
e_pIAle ze_h-P h -a - th is an is . She :generally assumes the an-
i•,/f", .
----_-7-__:(0._ tir worked4ri
„:-.•_--- :-,------ Ms Of ;4' - li :. : resp.ongibilit of the kits. AliCe °idea
- - :... 0 e -her-eads her-;.,-. a ;--but wide, and goes- right
; I I ollv gar t . :. ..j-e-Ctive_ROint ..with a Will, and the
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-ihe run.cl-islis #,v-; .-I- ' a delfeate: When
. : : :.--:. een,. -a long -drawn sigh, -a
:-...), : : :„--.4- ----the, head,- And perhaps lie back-
, e:eard,itick indicate -her delight. There was
t ,' back-
-
uncertainty about S.olclentAkisses_
oral 'Which made-it:a-tees up Whether thirkiiigete
rtel ' -Jeeetuldehaerelit go on the .!ininsle or-reties:he_
an . eititlirdoors." .. • . - • •• -
- , -
ed, r- The Emperor of Russia ha's given 4;600
un- iiqublea in aid -of the sultan/it bY'' the -burn-
, mg of the circus at Berditscheff. . • -
-,,,--"---------------- --• ewe an , Or, ere
&• .a....7, - bi t 41 - ; A gentleman in Manchester, Eng., claims
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•
, hitlo_ntlk,, er lotma rtwe 'et) have shake:led in 'applying orange -peel
, . eConteuF,for use in ad a vs*" liseful. purpose: Orange -peel,.
e -e•-• The -1°5e order axid'ha after being dried • in an, oven until all the
* -wan Wt!ri , ----, .. •etedsture has been expelled, becomes readily
• inflammable and: serves admirably either
Tru?4,like sound he a fOZ lighting fares or for -resuscitating. them
villt4e 16vti. it until it iS 1 *ilea they have nearly gone. out. .Thor.
.. : . It eis,lict that men Otghly dried orange -peel Will keep for a
theiir Ri r; other. thin e Very -long time,. and e might be . collected
etttA.we -tio-tiot. .
At- „- yelaile the fruit is In season and stored tOt
Winter e. '
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41•11•0.
Ourn1 friend r.111,abert .Dayton, the.
1 A. cute costa Biriu
worth* proprietor 'of :Loch . Earn Head
HOtel,idne of the ni st. delightful and ' most
troutysr.resortein) veIy.ISootland; sends Int -
the follOWing catt t. iron° aiScotph paper,
litch is both interesting ' for 1 the students
o - fiatural history and i for its fine racy
.Scottiehtvning.. It is net often we . find- a
fellotivNeitizen of , J.6 n Gilpin, !
• ;\ Of famous(midi:in town, • _
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' ' . ' & North'
going se , r,,i ,, Mr.-Daytoithas gone .
and beeothin.g a i4:$3' 1 f verite- with Scots
old 'frie4quis of.. Bre,a, anine preferred him
a
and SOu hronik, -la, though horn; we be-
lieve, within i the 44:ai.ral ot Bow -Bells; the
to all. mein as hi* keWord, and thus he.
heearad rooted in t . -North,. and .delights
to seelis London:. r encle.at hiswell-spread
board.: I
_ .1- 1 ocii. rem' ei. . . .
• -!.- • ... .
'-t „iobic :et, •
' My -fits aequanit (se with Jock was net
one of my own.seek. ; On the catitrary, it
:was rather an 'at y 013. . It 'hitpTene4
thus: I was Seated ii-orie ..-Of. the, garden
forms 'ctuteide of ' on of tie roost "com&rt,
able hotels iii Soot ;and- ;. at. the 41aaa >3.k
.T.4och Earn, a spot surrounded by ohatming.
e
.and -.. romantic scenery, einbraeing ; Glen
Ogre,Ben ..Voitlieli .Edenample and ',.. the
far-famed Braes of' [Baiquhtdder. It Was
- . . f
t
on a bright suniee ,s mornieg. , Having
-folded one half of tO eon' of the Scotsman,
I laid it on. one: 'i e. -whilst reading the
oth - :Torten, i_and iteeei I sought for it;it
was neWhere to h leen';it had -raysteri-7
.ously vitii4hed. -111j ring a rustling noise
behind me, .I looke , and, 161 there 'wag
jock at -13(Me dista se:fuming. witheittge
and etamptiig ,eunderfoot my paper; whipli
he -had ter* into shreds. / totild-not fa.ncy'
for a 'moment the editorial article or
any political! bias . roused his ilidigi1R., -
tidal; yet therel ii stood, his eyes
flashing) • Afire; - fter ply- - Seed edefiantly
looking e !at ' the li - Wreck : he '. had_
made.: NOW, had Jock ' been a man like
" mysel"," I -.would ye.= instated.- on an
explanation, but Oat I was impossible,- for
Jock - was ;a rayeal;:l y,- and a.. splendid
raven he :was, larg strong and well
covered with :sable i,- &there, possessing a
bill fully three inehe inleiegth. By dint
of.coaxiee and tei4t g him with tit -bits
from the breakfast able, I goon gained
his confidence; seer eh :so that hewould
follotVine, eat 'frord ray : hind and -allow
'the .t0 Eeiatch his jet lack pow, and thus
.„ I ; •
we became friends. ,rara avia, truly, is
Jock, a queer,_ auld-f pant chip), who has
his likes ',. and clislik amongst the guid
folks at ilidhisato0 loph.. Next to his
_master- Joseph, his .le ler feteitrite is auld
John, the belt, tinan. ohn lives in a Snfite-
oottage al webitup! the hillside: . Puir
Man, lie.is...#oo_gettia -very frail:and sadly.
afflicted with the the' sties, and net being •
able to leave the hoos Jock often pays him
a;vieit,ivaotles up the prae,4oupe onthe sill,
and tapitWt' his beak bn the. -sma' Whitlow
penbe. e. John hirpIes. -.o the door, let's him
in, and then the twa . ' c a hit: creek 'the-
gither iii their ain way. 'Orin, though feet
erear.in',aWitt to the eti ,ols . pi the auldkirk-
Yard, is a cheery . bo, .. and tells- '..many
stories of Jock. Oad, , them is of Jocles.
: being inveigled into ' 'he boat one date- at
'the requsst f, a.fislai g 'party.- •They : lio
not -gone la on the i ',II when they 'Coin=
Minced to unfasten t eir .taitkle,' but not
before each had "“ a p oet o' the bottle,"
'which thee; then placed, with a packet- of
sandwichei, on the Step seat. Joek quietly
eyed their -nainmtivreg!, and, watehing his
cipportunity;( (thickly Oertuened the bottle
is
t -
t:
g -
s,
k,
g
n.
h
a
o''..
e
and its: dontents, eetze a.' sandeeich in h
.
bill flew aitereeand e the top of thii.boa
house chuckled as he , evoOred hiSeill-go
ten neva: 1. i '• ' ' • -) . -• -
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". One. dai. alllielitnnat , tired of walkip
up the side l'O' the 19 ;frati St. Pillari
sat down to rest on on of the seats; Joe
who was skulking me eriaeath; net likip
either' the :citteres - o,r , '‘ _.Rob Ito§ • tarts
whieh•covered them, in latecron thenpi sue
s. peck:that the pobr ' a. sprang up!-Wf.
yell-, and.danCed s, quip step-in the liteei
Tullechg*rci to a di ent tune from- th
original. 1 1.
- Another day our , o
• frey was lying basking
- out- on .Wr. . four lege
road. Jock, to _give
suddenly upon- his b
Without his heat, for h
theshaggy1coat of Cm
flew like lightning u
Jock a- gratuitous ga
gleit than he has ever
There is am. end to the
Jock. play* r:Not 1.
x01)-7), . having wip.
from laie btowereplace
outside pocket, and fel
the ;wars : in - Egypt..
.his silken - h -ndkerchief Jgreetiwas hig.. sure
piles to fin' , it pep, ali greater still his
astonishment :when, few, days after
Joseph brotightthe StO h article, which he
had. discovered in- t's hiding.. place;
Jock hetet .1a penny- tece, and- when. he
gets.... one i . ie. his bed he goes_ 'off -. to
the _ ' shop,: . lays i down - -.At. .. the
door, and in .- r rn ,receives .." a
t . biscuit -which he evoure with great
o. One lot his lated doiegewas to pay
it to the 1,Free II a few Sabbaths
• • The icongregati was assembled,-
ii;to the cansteraa on of ,'all; Jock put
in an appeaiiinee, and 'aped' from pew to
peer Where -eat hie il We kent freerts,"bnt
when the doer. at the fit the poopitatairs
opened,: and the Worthy - minieter and the
precentor/ wal cd in,. ff. he , -flew' like. , a ,
li
shot,. but' not before etching .iteepenny
from the plate, with ieli he made his.
be .,i such ...a 1 raisdemea ' iir by Saunders
13
Way to his favorite sho i , This was felt to
McLaren, the Oiling -el , r, that be sought
Jock'Sdestrnetien .. bu through theititer:
cession Of hitt: kind- naa er, :added to that
of his guidwile,ithe cri
--:-_Leaving. the . 'village
fr..aittgow--Lb
netheewitluiefton-f-Of
called out, iond-cays
'4'ized -pe;
wings, Said7,i a- o , 4, 3 ,
leas) as any raven cob y_iti " Good-bye,
goodbye." .1 -• . 1 ' R. H.
...-=P There-are:tat-any lave 110f the red in the
-Earn Head. • e -
,
Leather trade r, would large creels at Loch
• thy. host's favorite
thel sun stretched
the !middle Of the
fright,:spreeig,
• ; but he reckoned
°Isla stuck List in
, who, Starting up,••
the road,. 'Emd,Aave -
p "farther up the
en heforeeir since.
ranks our friend
age old Major
the :i perspiration:
is bandana . -in his.
into a -reverie .eyer.
n again. requiring
eilett-eans-,
• •
;ems
to- thi
•. „,MOre r their_moral au
• •'Netelfamsedto___T
, Rix
=Week, inoiu,:,
re1111-ri. espeanshly
- while ware is remarka
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• tIsLitttat4
• •-•;-,Afgfit.cti.:;4•;04...4,tittli
71,1
nal was pardoned.
t month, on my
Id Jock perched
seph'e cottage. I
nd, flapping his
•• • •
.A wife mutit be:likei ait lanibtelider
_
anti, nicely-dressed.ki rau:o.etequired. --
A man named Gardn illi has been on trial,
at the Greerigtehe Eng arid, Police -Court,
charged 'teitk deullee-te fikir.2°'"'
forty pigeons -1, *Otte d Ite, !e." '
a. Cow ; 'and, 1 seeott y or
pose and teri ttekC:i
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SEATING AN Olt
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A lii.ICearfOld liesoenger Mg* /144111
. . ' ' Vern' ThOlsand -DellerS. • _ -
The' Standard, Oil ',Company : has lately
been beaten by Mike- Keating, 16 years old,
-a messenger boy , of the .Western -Union.
Telegraph Oorepri/ey 'at'Oil City. Zdikeheis
been in the employ of the telegraph :Com-
pany since -he was old_ enough carry de;
spatches, and nearly all of• this: time he has
been carrying -ii, the Oil Exchange at Oil
City, ,tierryhig messages to and. from the
brokers: - The large operators in -petroleum
.send their despatches , in cipher. The boy
had carried eo many- messages' sent by the
Standard from its headquarters at 'Cleve-
land that he had unravelled. the ramie
- • , -
characters, and could.. read them . like ' a
printed page. - Just prior to the recent
extraordinary. adVanos in the petroleutai
• market, When the: price -jumped 111 a few.
days from $ :aentsto 0.35., Keating carried:
a eember of . telegrams to the Standard's -
brokers, Orderiag-::them:ta•buy large Weeks
Of 'atl: . The monopoly had laid itsplansto
boom the Market and its 'Oil City brokers
Were 'ordered to :buy everything. • "Buy
half : a million' barrels,":. "Buy a' Million
rrels," i'13uy two million barrels," were
th way these orders came in,' The* were
riddes to all -but. the hrOkeps' who received.
the* . 'and Nike Keating; Who 'delivered
thereEsating Anew • something extraordinary
\
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was Soop to ' appin..-' The. market, Which
;had. been like -.stagnant- pool for a year,
was already creeping up the scale. - Orders
for leanieniet block of eil-Wereeeill coming
freTh the Standard's eadquartere... 1.12ere,
waa no time to losik. But What. could e; boy•
do Without. a dollar in his pocket? Heat-
ing went to one of the largest opera -tors on
the floor of the Exchange, 'outside ef the
;Standard's agents, and told. likrk-he. had a -
"pointer." . The ,broker laughed at him.l.
The bay's earnestness finally*.coMmanded-
ettention; and the broker: agreed to . his
proposition, -which -. was that: the. broker
should furnish Money for a "deal," ;if he
was -satisfied with the information, and
.diVide. :the 'profits equally. There th
messenger told the broker what he had,
and of. the telegiaans he had beencarryingfrom theStandard's Clevelited- Office.. The
next message that fell into the boy's hands.
was carried speretly to the broker and
translated. - It was an order to buy every-
thing -
thing that Witgl -offered. The . broker Probe
• ably swallowed to : keep - his heart doWn.-
Aiiy Way,. he weat.-back..to the. Exchange
and began to buy.- • He saw the Standard's
agents buying right dud left ande Was
satisfied '; a big *deal . was .. in. progress:
He .-- took.: - everything he . could get
nail he had a found million, barrels. The
market was already jUmping fast, and his
'million barrels had been .secured at an
average cost Of Sevehty:two cents.- He was
loaded to the guards. . Orders to bay. wed
orders to ?ell werepouringhi from every
quarter, and the excitement, was becoming
intense. The -market was still bounding
upward, with the. usual fluctuations. Every.
time the.priee advanced a cent or declined
a mut the breker, sate a profit or a loss of
$10,000. - He kept his heed-, however, and
when' the market scored above eighty cents
he began to Unload.' The Standard men
were on hind to take anything, and he. got
rid of all his oil at an average price- of
eighty Cents a barrel. ' ,He had' bought at
seventy-two, and his profits were :therefore
eight,cepts a iterrel•or. $80,000 in' all. e
divided equally With: Mike -litatieg, the
messenger boy whe lied unravelled the
Standard's cipher, according tp, agreement..
It is -welleenough. t6‘ remember:that oil
touched $1.35 during this -ten days' spurt,
and if the broker had held'omuntil -the top
was reached the . profits of the -two would
have been $630;000. - •'
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.. It gees without saying that the Standard
Oil Company .has anew • cipher and one
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messenger boy is out of es job.--Cincineati
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Wnquirer. .
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• Affectation. •
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Affectation. is a. source of disconifort;
both to. those' whe are guilty- of it and to
those: who witness it. Ilothing makee
person more ridiculous than conceit. -Some
:people seem to think that a stateereein' must
always he intensely stately. and a minister
grave as. a grave:100mile- the man of .science
must appear ebeorbed in some treineufioue
problem; and thepotmust keen his. eyes
itt- a fide .frenzy rollieg." P -It one, thing
more thananotherdistingulsOe a truly
great man, ie is. natiiralnese: What ',God
inade Min, that hilivei out. A meta should
he real, and in ordev. to be BQ . he must be.
himself. We should not 'trouble ourselves
by thinking how we appear to observers.'
Theie, is no greater felly than .for people
without brains to affect yery wise
and people*. withontettiehey .to affect to be
-Very rich; and people without religieit
to affeet to be great saint. - If it is a
person's nature to with. languid
nonehalance, to maintain' the stiffnesg. of a
orow-bar, or the frown of Sphyexe- to- gaze.
THE CANADIAN NORTMLWENIN
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Outbreak ef,
- *caber.
. A Winnkeg,telegram sap!: 'Stnallpoihas
broken,outft two lumber canipselear Rat
•portage. A messenger has arrived in thile
city for needicalassistalice,
The "Saskatehewan Herald of the the 23rd
says: "What has 'gone wrong -with
ehliWeather ? The *inter 80 Wing; not
beensogevere.as usual, the therMometer
frequently ranging as high as forty degrees
above zero, and onthe 10th And 22nd lenart
showers of ram fell. One Venerable mit-
gionary,of thirty' five - years' residence in
the Country_ ?ears he never savi this pheno-
raption before. During the pest week the
prevailing warm winds cut away the MOW
considerably, and by • baring the hill sides
overcaniethe disadvintage to running stock
Caused by the crust on the 8IIQW. A couple •
of weeksago there were ducks on the
open creeksrunning into Tuttle Lake and
during the - present . week frogs have been
sporting -in the open Springs along the bot.!
tope -of ithelills near town." '
A- Winnipeg- despat° says: A gentle -
Man who arrived it this city:to-day reports
that smallpox has broken out aniong the
mekemPloyed on the Canada PaQi110 Rail-
way, about thirty . miles. east of Prince
Arthur's Landing, and -that the whole place
has been placed. under quarantine. The
Plague is also reported as haying broken
out among the men- working in the woods
&retitle! Itat Portage.- Stringent measures
are being taken to Stamp the disease out, •
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Word About Curving.
It is ••••• '
niSt. alone the fact that the amateur
oarver
misses. the -joints and tries to cut
through the largest bones that fill him with
regret and his lap full of sage and onions; •
it is the 'horrible, thought that the entire .
CoMPaii* is -looking- at him. NO matter
heve the perspiration may trickle down
between ;his ishoulder blades, or , the:
hof -flashes may chase the chill : up and
down his Spinal column, or how niuch his ,
.eyes MaY, be dimmed' by unshed tears, the
rest of theecempany never allows its intet--
est Ao flag a moment. We remember one '
time, were called to assume the man-
agement 4. a free-for-all .carving tourne-::
ment at the home of a do -ere -eyed -dumpling
*hese kind regard we desired • to catch on.
to :as fast as possible.. How clearly
conies back '• to :alit; -Ably the "smiling
faces of J. the ',guests the rippling laugh.
ter, :the :.bald-headed joke, the • thinks. °
giviag conundrum, and all Went merry as'a
marriage bell.. We call to Mind the girlish .
laughter of that one whose very existence, -
as She sat at- our left that day; seemed
cemented and glued to cnir own. As we
sharpened the glittering blade- on the -ring,
ing steel, Welelt.buoyant and proud. Proud
to think how -we could slice the White, cairn -
bosoni of that • deceased hen. . Proud to
think ho*,- in our 'railed, we had laid orlt
the differenepregnable pointsabout the old .
cackler, aha in the anticipation of applause,
glad and free, when we had accomplished
theWarfare, and victory ;and Stuffing had
perched upon our banner. we softly jabbed
the shimmering fork astradie of thebreaste •
bond, toreeeff a -few gook+, pimples from un-
der the Wings of the late lamented, gouged
Out a few -shattered fragments froni the
neck and tried to nut a sirloin steak off the
back!. An oppressive gloom seemed to Per-
viedst the air. The old hen didn't have her ..
• joints where we heed themlaid out ih • 011t
She was deforined. She seethed. to ,
be a': freak of- nature. It -rattled and A
-unnerved • dc.- We gouged wildly
et el the • remains,- squirting the
gravy . :right and left; and: filling •
the air with fragments of bread Crumbs
and Sage. eBy SOME! kind of omission or
'Miscalculation, we made a -wild stab at the
backof the late. lamented hen, and vvith a
frenzy boru. of repeated defeats and de- .•
pressieg lailurese, the knife struck the -
platter with a crash, and ceasIng not in r.
itsuntethed.fury;-glanced aside, and in an
instant buried itself, with a: sickening thud;
in -the corset of the hired girl: With difb.-'
ohltyi, we , drew out the glittering 'blade,.
now ensanguined with the. gore of a fellew-
cresapre, wiped it on the table cloth,. and .
fled. ; Out i into the. cold, unsympathetie •
World;:. out -into the crashand confusion'of
Struggling humanity, to battle on throng); •
-life under ALI &wanted flame. Thatis why
we!tremble and tfirn.- pale when our ,pitst •
life ii inquired into by biographers. That
is why a baked fold mikes us quail. That
Is wh* we always sigh our ebeit -de plumeto-
a promissory note. - That, tope is why we
always travel incog., and without beg-
gage.t2:pillkye, in .Boomerang.
Man down in Tentiessee has a dog that
crows like te rooster, at least go the
Tennessee Sentinel says. Some two yeirs
ago the dog began to practice this art, just -
as he hdardthe roosters, and every D:10111.•
ing as regular as could bit kept up the
practiceonitil now he is an expert °rower.
gees through all the motions of a
ert raising his head • and bringing it
r down. as he completes his crow.
story is vouched for by the local cler.
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Board and lodging -a plank pillow.
He
intently into vacancy when he 'knows:that racist
people are looking at him, to be grandly kwe
-oracular, mildly- simpering; or ridiculous This
generally; Why -let lira do these-thingS.; p47in`
but, remember(' they -are creditto him. ".
Let the eagle spread ills *Jogai but what
_folly for the rooster to- attempt to soar to
the gates of the suit! If you are a dunce,
'_doWt make the znatter.Worse- by tr:ying to
look like -a .sage: Without naturalness
there is no ',patine • nobleness': -On the
frOzen. .hoseni of lionle -14erthiern lake go -
build -;:your temple of ioe ; carve out ifreecor
pillar,'nave and dome. . How grand it looks
as it glitters theemornirig light - How
stately -it appears RS the. eters look down
upon it At the - first touch 'of spring's
warm breath; walls and roof, arch' and
-donee; sink ont of sight, and the fisherman
driVes.his skiff -along nor flride one frag:
ment leit -.Even so shall perish all that is
it0t real; nattiest and true:*
This 'life's contradietioneareeem
.Salt water .glyes us fresh fi.sh, and ho
-words produce, coolness. '
The feeble _tremble before opinion, the
tooliith defy it, the wise judge it, the skilful
direct it. - • -
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..,The end of the world, which, accord.
Rig to the false rhyme of Mother • ShiPtmn
Was to have occurred in 1881, -,having be
Unavoidably postponed, antitii
phecy has been. deg n
This distich
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Foolish and careless you'd be, very,
If 3,714.didn't!:,t one!) 7a. lbe. stow -
On that excellent dentirrice-"TEAshBRY."
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