The Brussels Post, 1891-5-8, Page 7MAY 1, 1S01, TnB BRITS$ELS PO$T,
REMINISCENCES OF BARNUM,
Stones Dinatrating the Great ShOWinan'a
Nature,
-110 Loved The Children and They Lovett
Sitin--ite Loved Joking Amil Never COI
Anere—The Enigramtnatie choose-
nhy " or sue Lin.,
There is perhaps no IMMO that it would be
harder to erase from the 'Mode of the people
Ilion that uf Phinems Taylor Barnum, the
great showman, There are few mon who du
not, retain throngh life the distint improts•
Mons made on their inhuls hi youth, and
Since the old men of to.clay wore boys the
advent of Barnurn's circus has been an
event in the life of young Amorket and Can -
'Wm Barnum, with his wild beards and his
wonders, has been the connecting link be.
tween thechildren and the land of their atory
books.
While to millions Barnum was only a
mime that was synonymous with eines. the
man himself had to hundrede of thousands
been a personal preaence of familiar form
and feature& Until a few years ago, when
the pressure of the hand of Lime became so
heavy as to check his enthnairism, it was
his pleasure to appear itt the performances
of his °frees in the larger cities of the coun-
try. In this way Ise formeda slight acquain.
Vance with perhaps more persons than any
American ot hie tine,
The life of Barnum is a familiar story to
the public. Enough has been printed con
-
coring him to till a library, and Ms death
has resulted hi a (lettings; of anecdote aud
reminiscence. The ways and wherefores of
his suocess have been assigned by a thou•
sand pens. That is his encase was 'genuine
one, who can deny? Born with no inheri-
tance Rave Yankee shrewdness, he made
millions in a business that it remained for
him to raise from a disreputable to a legiti.
mate standard, and he died honored and
loved by those who knew him well, and re.
epected by all. At this time, therefore, it
IS libting to tell tl lose wl to ha it not a p0114011111
acquaintance with him /101110thing, of those
chartacteristies jic him which were most pro
unused to those who did.
No phase of Barn um's character was iv,
fol of 11 CI Mall id crest OH his love for chil-
dren and hie apparently innate power of Re-
treating children to him. A happy amile 011
a Child s face iteted like a Leith.: on the old
than. TO be surrounded by a group of such
was his pii radise en earth. 3 -lis face would
light up, his eyes sparkle, aud he would rub
his halide weather delightedly. No title
e given to him pleased him nearly as
much 101 that of ."I'lle Children's Frieml,"
a name Inc reeeived many yeare ago. With
him it was not a case ot liking some °U.
dren. He loveil them all, black and white,
homely anti pretty, so long as there v ere
miles on their faces. Asa the afteedon of
children seemed to go oat to him at Best.
sight. Barnum Wad probably never more'
*sincere than when Ire wrote what he was
pleased to call his '' Philosophy." wide,. wile
printed in the appendix of his bank. It
consists of the following epigrammatic sem
tences :
,If you would boas happy as a ellild, please
one.
Childish wonder is the first ettp in human
wisdom.
To best please a child is the highest
truiinph of philoeophy.
.A happy child is iikely to make an honest
111/111.
To stimulate wholesome curiosity in the
mind of child is to plant golden soest.
I would teatime be vtlled the childrou's
friend than tho world's King.
Amusement to children is like rain to
flowers.
Ho that niakes useful -knowledge most at-
tractive to the young is the king of sages.
Childish laughter is the echo of .heavenly
music
The noblest art is that of making others'
haPPY.
Wholesome recreation compere evil.
thoughts„
innocent amusement transforms tears into
rainbows.
The author of harmless mirth is a public
benefautor.
In the old days the matinee performances
in Madison Square Garden were Bernum's
special de iglu, because the children were
there, He rdweys reservocl IL box for him-
self in the centre on the south side of I be
garden. The happiest mon-lents of Inc life
seemed to be those when ha was walk ug
wren the arena to his box. " There
Barnum," would go riround, The children
would all clap their little hande and Barnum
taking off his hat, would bow to the right
and the left, einiling to the ears. After one
of these receptions be remarked with a
chuckle, es he took his seat in the box :
. " I don't value the applause of the adults
half so 100011 os that of the children. The
clapping of their little hands and their shrill
laughter is a whole symphony to me."
Barnum know how to talk to children,
and it was 15 pleasure to him to do it. No
Sunday school entertainment in Bridgeport,
his home, was complete unless Barnum went
and addressed the children. On a soore of
occasions at the matinees in Madison Square
Garden, he used to mount the stage before
tho performance and talk. In what he said
he never considered the adulta. It was the
boys and girls to whom Ire spoke, in words
that all °Mild rinderstand, telling them
storiess about manuals and birds in the mena-
gerie, and asking them to go after the pee -
fertileness and soo partittilarly the bliels or
animals of which he spoke, so that what ho
told them mightbe impressed on their ininds.
13arnum believed whmt he said when he as-
sorted that his show was a great educator to
young minds,
Any feature of the show that, could be
made particularly interesting to eliildren,
Barnum wits quick to tiner to their enjoy -
men e It was tut his suggestion that a groat
saddle ,vas built for Jumbo, on which twenty
children nuld lie seated. It WW1 pretty
sight avhen the great elephant used to 'little
trips around the gmeden before the perfor.
Man 000 With a score of laughing youngsters
on its Imola 11 eery animals wore bore in
the menagerie Bareum at ones issued orders
that the Mauldin of 1 he children be special-
ly called to the "babies"
Two stories; that ere now will illustrate
more feroibly than anything else could tho
bond of affection that existed between Bar-
num and the children. Throe years ago,
when the show was about to open at the
ordeal, it most pathetic letter, addressed to
Mr. Beam" ono from a little trine -sneer -
Old boy on tho Sae side, It was printed on a
scrap of paper, mod is given hero verbatim
Dime hlrco, Bantenu :1 am a little boy an
I am verry sic in.bed, I hex bon waiting a
long thno for yinie circus to nine an now
ite come I can not go the doetur safe.
Dere Mr. Barnum please lot the peraid go
by my hone.
Barnum at once ordered the parade
'Ino :seldom its route to that isiek boy's Wiala
though it wee four bleats out of the line
originally laid down.
Another story, hoWingtho children% Jove
fot: Barnum, is told in onneetion with the
Stay of his deathbed, MOntlitY a wOat ago
10 pindvage arrived at Mr. Barnum'o Bridge-
port house, 11 was opeued and found ,
to contain a little folio with twenty
orude little sketeines illustrating the Mecum.
There was also a letter addressed Lo r.
Barnum. IL came from a ten-pastel:1 girl
In Now York. She said elie had been to his
cirene asul had liked it very much, She
heard that he was Melt and could not come
to an his (arena, 00 8110 IOW drawn him the
pictures about it, aa she hoped they would
plsctss ,
Barnum WaS an inmate joker, and a joke
did 11011 1030 its filV10r to him if it was turned
against himeelf. He loved to relate the
practioaljokes in which Inc had participeted.
One of his last jokes was played on a perey
of good (Unicorns and elders, pillars of the
cinirelr of which he Wakl 11, member. They
were allotted his private yacht, and early
one Numbly morning were steaming toward
New York, intending to go to church there.
Two of them needed shaving. Barnum also
wanted a shave. Bttruum had the only vazor
on board. They drew tote to see who should
shave first, Thallium was the lucky man.
"I'll tell yon what Pll do," Raid Barnum
with a chuckle. " 131 shave one side of my
face and pass the razor along to you. You
both shave one side of your face then.
While Tarn 'shaving the other side of nay face
you can be lathering the other side of your's
and well get through quick."
The good Deacons fell into Ma Boanum's
trap without a struggle, Each shaved one
aide of his face. Barnum etarted in and
finished his shave. As Inc did so Inc turned
and threw the razor out of his stateroom
window. His merriment and that of the
rest of the party at the plight of
the two half -shaved men restered their
good -nature. Making the beat ol the situa-
tion, they washed the lather off their faces
and finished the trip with one-half of their
faces beacelleas and the other half cove.ed
with a heavy srub
Barninn's last joke was perpetrated on his
legal advisor two ((aye before his death. He
turned to that gentleman and very seriously
said: My neighbor here has a lot of pea.
cocks. Seppose they enme over in my garden
cinrl lay eggs. Are the eggs mine el. his?"
the lawyer innocently responded,
" tSitt is au isitricitte point. The next time
hie peacocks come 0V01here and lay eggs
we'll erratic° them sue to recoeme them."
Barnum chuckled and asked : " 13111; +sup-
pose his peahens come ?" The accent he put
on the " hens " showed the lawyer how he
hitil been caught. and he turned from likt
client with: " Confound youe neighbor's pea.
cloche and peahens 1"
No 111011 ill the world was closer to Barnum
than lieu Fish, his secret:ley. Three days
before he died Fieh was standing beside Ins
bod. Suddenly Barnuin turned to him and
said, in his high.pitched voice :
'1100, I am going to (lie this time."
" Oh, whataro you talkiug about ?" Fish
answered with feigned indignation. "You
know you ain't going to die, Mr. Barnum.
You know it !LB well -as 1 do. You'll be ap
around making plans for the Summer in a
w"..kNo
.", Ben," Mr. Barnum answered slowly,
" T am going to die."
Fish made no answer, and for a moment
there was silence. Then Barnum turned to
him again and said brusquely :
" I say, Ben, you had better see the con-
tractor about pneting up some houses on
those shore lots. I've got too much money
ill the bank, Ben, too much money in the
bank."
" Why, Mr. Barnum," Fish answered in
surprise, "you said you wore going to die 1"
" Yes, Ben, yes," Barnum responded with
a twinkle in Iris eye, "bub I ain't dead yet,
13011, -ani Pr'
The man has yet to make himself known
who ever saw Barnum angry. He exhibited
his displeasure by getting•sesty once Inc
while, and when in that mood he 15080 hard
man to swerve from an idea. Where moat
men would take offense, howover, Barnum
would turn the tables on the offender. On
one occasion, in the Madison Square Garden
office, he said to an employe who ranked as
Inc agent.:
" Well, Mr. Blank, this work is in your
department, you know. Leek to ie right
away, right; away, You are the bill -poster,
you know."
" No, 1 ain't no bill -poster," hotly answer-
ed she man addressed, his (agility offended ;
" and you kuow, Mr. Bateitim, I ain't no
bill poster 1"
" Oh, ain't you, ain't you ?" Barnum
snapped ont. " What are you then, what are
you ?"
"1 am an agent, Mr. Barnum. That's
what I am and you know it," the employe
reeponded.
" 011, excuse me, Mr. Agent," said Bar.
num, taking off his hat and bowing low ;
" excnse 1110. Do what you're told to do
just the same ; do what you're 1.0111 I"
Barnum was my proud of the way he
had habnobbed with loyalty when in
Europe ; but he hated to have it thought
here in America that he bencled his knee at
all 'to Princes and pears. On the °cousin
of his last trip over, (Inc Prioce ot \Vales
mine to the show. Barnum had met him
before. The Prinoe Wita very cordial, and,
extending his hand, said :
." Mr. 'Barnum, 1 am very glad to see you
again."
According to the reports of that meeting
Barnum took the proffered hand, bowed
very low, thanked then:ince very profuse.
ly, and answered :
" Ala your Hightitas, you hitve nurclo oo
old Marl very happy."
Barnum went great lengths to contras:0ot
any impression that he had been °vet: -
obsequious to the Prince, and insisted that
instead of saying, " You have 100110 au old
man very happy," he haul said, " You have
1115410 all Old Mond vete: happy."
Though Barnum in Ilia life showed his big.
heartechiess by giving ttway hundreds of
dollare to his children, to institutione and
charities, there was a streak of closet -listed.
miss in his character that bordered on neon -
Welty, Ile was mon screpulonsly particu-
lar inc eatting every. fivmeent piece that he
thonglit he was entitled to, and, in spite of
Ids open.handedneiss, he was as quiak inc
lightning 10 000 au opportunity to turn an
lumest penny. 011811 lie came down to Now -
York on show buisiness, the best that the
-Murray Hill Hotel coulIl give him was what
Ire wanted yob ho would tum in to tho
Treasueer al' tho show an expense hill for his
cae end cal) fame. One jest:lame is also eclat -
ed where. on Thursday he borrowed $30,000
mash of it partner, On Setorday evening he
handed the partner a cheek for the $30,000,
with two days' interest, liaelving hours
were over. Tho check was not available
until :Monday. 103,11', 13itenum saved huneelf
two days' interest on the money, or about
$13.
In Barnum% nature, however, there Nvits
everything to admire and little to °Obtain,
His acquaintance with the Rev. Dr, Chapin,
the Timers:diet orator, began when both
men were 111 their prime. It non ripened
into warm feiendahip. Mr, Barnuin attend-
ed, whenever in the oity, the Cleueoh of the
DlYine Paternity, of winch Dr. Chapin WOA
pastor, and the clergyman and showman
found time to OiliOY 0O011 other's company
when either needed relaxation, as Die Chap.
in'a liking foie. joke equalled the ehiswman's
When One of them got 0 ChAt100 to play
pawl( on the other, tho story wont the round.
of their friende,
1/r Chapin leetured 1 ems - Weal in. Isle best.
days within a limited cumin of New York,
It wits of lam that the stm:y wail first tohl
that, when some ono milted lain why lie
hollered with Imam es, having a ruill perith
aud comfortable home, he replied : ''1 lec-
ture for fereeme, fifty, 1001 1111' expenses,'
In Wall Led lunt to lecture at Bridge-
port. It took euveral year's of persuasion
before he would cement. When itt last the
day wits sot Mr, Barnum arrenged that the
lecturee should troth° the Barnum lenne his
stopping place during the stay in the Com
neetieut town,
Befoim leaving home on that overran]. day,
Mr. &mum avid to hie wife : "Busineas
may 110140n ine late in the eity. I must ask
you to receive Dr. Chapin. Von will find Iiiin
a MOOG airablO mud pleasant man, but he has
0110 great infirmity. He bias (leaf as a post.
And, like ell deaf people, he is very sensitive
about his affliction, . Speak loud to him but
on no account let him think that you notioe
his deafnees."
Arriving in town, Mr, Barnum sought
out Dr. Chapin. He informed him that he
doubted his ability eo return to Bridgeport
with the doctor, but assured him that all
preparations' had been made at home for Iris
entertainment. Ho would find Mrs. Barnum,
at the hones to receive him. Then Ile spun
for Dr, Chapin a pathetic fairy tale about
Mrs. Barnum's deafness, warning him that
she was exeeedingly sensitive about it and
that he would need only to speak loud with -
(Mb appearing to notices that she woe deaf.
Dr, Chapin arrived at the 13nanum house
as had been planned. Mrs. lhernum wee
waiting to receive him.
Dr. Oha-pin-I-be-lieve,"ecreamed diet
good lady in tones like a shrill elarionet.
"I am de -light ed -to -meet -Mrs. Bar-
num," roared the pastor in return.
" You fonnd your way here eas-i-ly, I
hope," the hostess :shrieked, as it the !reuse
wits on fire.
" Mr. Bar -num was kind e-nongli to give
ate ell -roc -Lions," replied the pastor with
the voice of a Rea Captain in a storm.
As the conversation proceeded oath seemed
to think it necessary to incense the volume
of tone for the other's benefit. When they
evore both on the point of vocal collapse a
boisterous guffaw from behind a pair of
curtains revealed the presence of the show-
man, who was unable any longer to contain
himself. After laying his deaf trap he had
takea an early train back to Bridgeport, and
managed to slip uneeen into his house, to
overhear these exhaustive greetings. Dr.
Chapin was never able to square 6ff that
practical joke.
"THE GHOST EXPRESS."
The Latest Sensation ta itailreading.
The superiority of the accommodations
generally provided by railways for the t alma-
dian and American travelling publics is fre-
quently commented upon by European vis-
itors. It is to be remembered, too, that the
comparisons usually made on this score are
with the first-class passenger service of
foreign countries, neglecting entirely the
third and fourth class :paasenger cars, which
carry three-fourths or the passengers, as
with us rbstantielly all the travel is what
is known as first class. In most foreign
countries it is never possible to be oblivious
of the numerous class distinctions among the
people, and the cerrespondiug variations in
1110 service are very numerous.
A noteble new brain of Pullman cars has
just been put into service, and which Inas
been styled by the railway met] the " ghosb
train," because it is composed throughoat
of cars which are exteriorly of a creamy
white. The lettering and outside decors&
tion is don?. 111 gold, and tho cars present
striking I:anti:list with the cars of all other
trains on the road. This train leaves New
York for Boston at 3 o'clook every afternoon,
except Sunday, over tho consolidated road
of the New York and New Haven and New
York and Now England lines, artieeng in
Boston at 9 P. 11. A mean: truin, made
up exclusively of the same style of oars,
leaves Boston at 3 o'clock every afternoon,
arriving in New York at 9 P. iof. As the
distance between the two places, hy the
route traveled, is only 227 miles, it will be
seen that no special effort is made to attain
a high speed, thereto of travel being a little
under thirty.eight miles an hour, inoluding
stoppages, but for km clock -like regularity
and comfort the service leaves nothing to bo
chimed.
Theae oars have paper wheels, whiell is
said to contribute to their easy running,
and are brilliantly lighted by gas at night,
their platforms also having special burners,
The gas stipply is carried in cylinders nine
feet long under each car. No bell cords aro
employed, but each car has a conductor's
signal connecting with the engine, there be-
ing just over the door a ahoet lever working
111 a pipe connecting with a rubber hose
under the car supplied with compressed air,
whereby a whistle may be blown in the
engine cab. Near this lever is another levor
by means of which the conductor or nue
passenger can open a valve to operitte the
air brakes for stopping the train. The cars
are at present fitted wall the Baker hertters.
Each train has a combination car, rapier
pessenger coaehes, arid drawing room care,
there being thirteen in all of these specially
built cam provided for the dnolly makceup of
the tavo trains, Tho combinetion car lute a
small portion of its fot ward end adapted for
a baggage room, the remainder being fitted tip
for a smoking mom, with upholstered willow
chairs, a Holt carpet on tho floor, and the
windows filled with white shades and drap-
eries:. Thq drawing room cars have emelt
twenty revolving eludes and six reclining
chairs, and itll modem conveniences to pro-
mote condoeb in traveling are provided; The
oars eost about 88.1mo each.
SOWING 'HUMAN TEEM.
A. Discovery made by a eiescow Inenitst or
interest to Ali Who Suffer.
11 510 can only rely open a statement in a
Ressinn journal, a dentist of Moscow has
discovered a toothed of mutually planting
meant tooth in the mouth 111 such a manner
that they will in a short time grow into the
gnins, and become Inc all hi tents end purposes
real ouea, with the culditionol a:leakage of
being free from nerves. Here, indeed, is a
graod diseovoey, if it only turns out to be
genuine I To escape the horrible ficletting
alternative of " epriogs" or "plate and,
to have a third set of praotically real tooth
that; never echo and can never come out
mama to Inc a dremm of detariatry too fasoin-
ating Le luave its aright in fact.
I,gather from tho description that the pre.
Ilinnutry process is not altogedther A °horrid
one, as it app,00.111 to be necessaey to bore
holes in the Jaw ; buts that, of ammo, ia
Merely a 'transitory ona incident:a diseom-
era Hitherto we have only heard of " goer:-
ing la eon's teethe" but if the prooess can
le. .ly extended to Inman molars, and
they ecu be set, "Like etneslips, all of a
row," in the mouth of the dental patent),
there will havo to be an international sub.
scription to Tith10 a monunient—fit ivory, of
eoutee—to tho Muscovite dentist to .‘vhom
is duo the oredit of tho invention,
RUSSIA'S GREATEST CONQUEST,
-
The immir IA 11 41 or Ber Trons•Siberlatt
ItattrOad has Bees Surveyed,
Rieiro is oultivating the erts of peace tie
Well OS those of war. While her agents am
nteiguing in Bulgaria Anemia, and
her armies 11111110i Lig ou tie. A 'let rin is frontier,
her 1 0.0)100N are pi:cueing fore ard cilt
entorprin of fox greeter import than the
dethronement 'if Ferdinand or the d11111[110•
1101 of Stamboul, Thus is cicctl,icig Ion than
the cons:emotion of the trans -Siberian rail.
road, 0111011 hos been (Summed of and Milted
of foe yearn, nail generally iliM1118.
soul as an impractimbility. That it
is, however, entirely practicable has
low been detsionetrated. The whole
lino line been surveye 1, and the e051,
estimated with reasonable acouracy. And
during the present spriog the work of actual
conetruotion on the longest railroad in the
world will he begun.
The avostem extremity of the roma will be
at the ;Miring town of Mink, 111 the north-
ern pavt of the province of Orenberg, on the
(eastern side of the Ural mountains. Russian
:calends Meeatly extend to 7,1atoust, on the
westein side of the Urals, only twenty miles
front hliaelc, and a connecting line between
the two towns will soon be built. From
Iliaele the road will run to Chelabinek, sixty.
four miles; theece to Tukalinsk, ceonsing
the It:08h river, to Kfteesk, to the River
Dim, a branclo of the Obi, 987 miles; thence
to Krasnojarek, to 1Cansk, to Nijni Oudinsk,
on the Upper Tungopee river, the ohief
branch of the Yamnrei, 760 miles; theme up
the river bo Irkutsk, 322miles thence around
the eouthern end of Lake Baikal to Mwees.
offsky Pier, 194 miles ; thence northeast to
Srjetiusk, on the Shellva river, 060 miles;
thence along the Amoor river to the junction
of the Uesin 1, where ie will cross the Amoor
and run in almost a straight line southa est
to Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan, 1.780
miles. The total length, from aliask to
Vladivostuk, is thus 4,785 miles, or iearly
twice that of the Canadian Pacific railroad.
The country through which this ronte
runs is, on the whole, favorable to railroad
building. It ia generally well populated.
Much of 11 10 phenomenally rieli for agricul.
tuml peep:fees, and the rest of it is egeally
rich 111 metals. Excellent timber is plenti-
ful, and there is no leek of water. There
'ill be some bridge Wilding and some moun-
tein tunneling, but them will also bo hum
deeds of miles across plains, where seereely
any grading is required. Tlce estimated
maximum met, including surveys, grading.
building stations, rolling stook, and indeed
everything needed for the construction and
equipmenb of the road ranges from $33,450
per mile from Miask to Chelabinsk, to 808,•
000 on the short section around Lake 13,tikal,
and of the whole road, $ 183,825,000—a
large sum, but how small in comparison
w.ieteh. the cost of a war with the triple alli.
.
This route, it will be observed, entirely
ignores and abandons the magnificent pro-
ject of an Americo-Asiatio railroad system
with its two great divisions in conjunction
at Behring strata 'The Pacific terminus is
thousands of miles from the shores of that
strait, to which desohtte region no railroad
is likely ever to make its way. The road will
cross three of the great rivers of Siberia,
securing the already enormous comnierce
thereon. And it will place the whole north.
ern frontier of the Chinese empire at the
mercy of Russia, whenever the conflict for
the nutstery in eastern Asia ispreeipitat ed. In.
deed, the commercial, industrial, and pelitical
possibilities which the enterprise brings into
immediate contemplation are itelescribably
great; so great as to dwarf, by comparison,
all plans ot Russian conquest in the Balkas,
iu 1011ht, and in frau. Ibis Annenkoff,
the engineer, rather than any of her gem
era's, who will inalve the greatest mark on
the current pages of Russia's history.
Couldn't Help But Admire Him.
An enraged 111100 10001 into a butcher shop
kept by a negro. "You old hound 1" ex-
claimed the man, "1 have a good notion to
1011 you,"
" Why, what fur, cap -n?"
"What for? You good for nothing
scronndrel, that beef you sold me yesterday
was from a cow that died,"
" Now, jest Bastin ter dab white man's
tally. De cow didn't do no siobi o' a thing."
" 13u1 I heard a man say that he saw her
drop down in your lot"
" all, I do 'Oar ter goodness. Ain't
folks got nuthin' ter do 'cop' go er bout
talkin'erbout der neighbor's cattle ? It uster
be 1101 (10 talked or bout folks au' now da
has 'gnu ter talk °Mout de cattle. Die
do beat any country ober lived in since de
day I wuz horned."
" But I toll you this man saw the cow
drop dead in your lot. How do you aceount
for that ?"
" Why, de ow did drap can she was
knocked in de head."
" Bu1 the man says that there WM no one
near her when she fell. Hoav about that?"
" Now, lemtne tell you. Dat was do
wildes' cow I cher seed in my life. W'y, salt,
she didn' want ter do nothin'but run all Is
time. And the udder clay she had er 1000-
5010 runnin' fit on her an do fest thing she
knowed, ker bip, she run or gin do end o' a
rail, De rail Int her Scaolvly 'tween de eyes
an' killed her in er minia I hated i b might'ly,
too fur site wuz °ale fines' stock an' I wins
gwine tor keep her. W'y, sail, you englaser
Inc grate's:Ain' yo'se3 dab you es:et some o' slat
fine meat 'stead o' roun' 7515 11700' ter
reise or row wid or man chits is tryin' ter ack
agent: witl ever'body, an' l'se got do rheum-
naiz so bad eight 11050 dot I doan hardly
know win11 1111 (10 C10 dO0tOP 110 111111 t010
me dire lessen I anus keerful I wa'n't gwine
live bnt sr mi (slay short time, an' my folks all
sick an' dun buried my wife yisterday an'
my son hatter be set up wid all night an'
daughter dun inarvied er man ditt beaks her
like she wtiz a dog. 1 doan think I gwino
live long maze de Lewd Ho sorter whisperin,
ter mo dna my time dun alums' coma "
Tho white man looked steadily at the
negro foe a moment awl then said "
ought to knock row heed off, lint you tweet/
replete a rascal and so thrilling a liar
that, I cannot help admiring you."
To Ciroep From Russia to Paris.
A Paris teilegram says :.-The prevailing
fashion of making cetraord Mary journeye on
foot, which WM 111'0t Introduced in Paris by
Lioutenent mans every day an ad.
ditional adherent. 'Do Figaro has ennouno.
ed the somewhat incredible informetion that
a Russian olTieer intended to proceed from
the Russian frontier to Paris on all fours and
to eeturn ho the saano matinee, .A, glazier
from the village of Figarieres is now said to
have made it wager of 300 francs that he will
walk backwards froin Marseilles to Paris on
foot in order to salute thoashos of Napoleon
I. Should ha fail, M. Cartagne—for suoh is
the name of the eccentric glazier—offers to
present 1300 francs to the museum of rare
modals at $t. Helena. M. Sylvitin Dornon,
the LandaAs baker, who is on his way to
Moseow on stilts, reached Ilorsberg on Sa-
turday. Ile comphams of having,tnet With
*saline dilfieulties in the Red Mount:eine,
being covered with deop snow.
ESKIMO klJNISIIMENTS.
1;1:T;:inldt'int (‘Ir" 4"
(1sntI1yA; It4f.
A ems:ding Lo the ensue of 1504 1 here were
10,221 13:skim:e0 scattered ill 1111,, OM [P-
11101110 Irian Cape Fereweil to Ilperietvils.
Foe the peep:one al governiunt the en et 13'bs IliV1'1011 111 1,0 tWO /1001,10104, V./110d Olt
North 1101))00111Pate 014 WO 340111 11 Inepe....
torate, each of which has a gor.tro,,r called
the inepector, who le respoileible only to
the eoloniel depertinent lib Copenhagesh
The:North limp:saturate 115110111111 Mtn seven
(Betel:am— Uperunvik, Llincurak, Codhavii,
it (*Out) k, .hteoissintve , 1 hrietiensietels end
Egedeemitele ; in the South Inispectmate
ctre live districts -11 olaLL111:11/011t, Sukk or tem -
pen, Codtheab, Freelerickelinale and :Julian.
'111aaaboh
3districe has a ruler or governor is.
sponsible to the inspector, while every little
settlement within the district has its resi-
dent, government agorae who is responsible
to the dietrict governor.
The ISskiencie are a peaceful race, with the
hearts of children, and good children atehat.
In the ahl days they used to kill ono an -
alum under the vendetta prineiple, but, that
has long eine died oub. They will still
steal if good opportunity offers they will
quarrel over game taken ; they will commit
adultery ; they will sell furs to other than
government agents if the market happens to
come to them propei:ly. Fo.: these thread
the governor, after Judicial inveetigatimi,
may punish the men by flnes up to about
$12 by tying them to the flagstaff in front
of his house while the fia,g of the nation
floats above, and flogging them, the number
of blows being limited. .A woman when
proven to be chiefly guilty in a case of
adultery has her hair cut off.
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DID TEE BEAR CARRY HIM OFP ?
Hurter es of Ben 11 in Bug fur Little 11 Id 1e
The disappearance of little five,yeat.old
Eddie Lips has caused great excitement in
Hart, IBoli, ale was one of ten obit:hen be.
longing to John Lips, a. Gorman farmer liv•
ing four miles northeast of that place.
Monday afternoon Eddie went with two
older brothers into the sugar bush, half a
mile east of the house where the boys were
gathering sap. The older boys worked on
opposite Rides of the camp and each thought
that the ether was looking after the little
fellow. Thus it was that the boy was realty
lost two hours before itbeetuneknown, when
the two elder boys reached the house.
As diligent a search as possible was insti-
1,ted that night, and the next morning n
general alarm was given. A large number
of neighbors joined in the search, but all
without avail. Yesterday fully throe hun-
dred men were on the ground, and forming
O lino eight feet apart, swept the woods for
several miles about the place where the boy
was last seen.
No trace of the child was found, but well.
defined bear tracks were seen a little way
from the camp going into the swamp. The
most tenable theory now is that the bear
took the child.
A Wonderful Carpet.
Au exhibition of Oriental carpets is now
iu pragress in Vienna. All the exhibits
yield the palm to 0110 speoitnen, which has
no equal in the world. This is the °eke
brated carpet from the Palace of Schen-
brunn, which was presented by Peter the
Great to the Emperor Charles VI. It is
known to have been in possession of the
Russian Court 300 yeare ago. Judging by
nine details of the design, it appears to
have been made in a part of Conteal Asia,
borderine on Thibet, if not in that province
of the ehinese Empire itself. Its dimen-
siona 'about eight yards long by three -
and a -half yards wide. As to the value,
that is something fabulous. Since it is the
property of the Austrian Emperor, it is, of
eourse, not likely to be 1/1 the market. But
were it otherwise, oven the South Kensing-
ton Museum woold consider it a bargain at
twenty their:maul poends. This article is
eirtirely hand.matle, of pure silk interwoven
with gold and silver thram(IS 121 the tapestry
manner. Four artists inust have worked on
it at the mune time, mob at one of the
earners. The four corner designs of the
body of the carpet represent a pair of dem.
gous and a pair of plicenix birds, with beet&
Wel plumage. In the centre there is a
group of four pairs of dragons and fourpoire
of pluenis birds. The intervening space
between the corners and the oentre is
closely (lotted with groups of huntsmen
on hornbook, porsumg alli1111L1S of all
descriptions—lions, bears, gazelles, and even
hares—in a word, big and small game, the
riders being armed with bows and arrows.
The perspective is primitive, and the dew-
ing so naive that the riders and horses, as
well 0.0 the animals, seem, as it were, to be
pasted on the groundwork. and to have no
connection with each other. Flowers of
varions colours mol shades, some of fantastic
shape, form the groundwoelv, and the
branches and blessonis intertwine among
animals ancl riders, so as to give the i0-
pression—which appears, however, spoiled
by the lack ef perspective—of a hunt tak-
ing place icu 101 extensive field of flowers,
The ceepet has three borders, the broadest,
in tho Initiate, consisting of whiged genii,
some kneeling and some eitting cross-legged,
They are arranged always in pairs, ono fee-
ing the other, and the on presenting a
siterificial cup to his companion. Of those
groups, cull appears to be surpassed by the
usixt, They aro divided be, fa»tastio Idea
in gorgeone colours, (Inc smeller borders are
rich lions' heads, boars' heads, and so
in each with an individnal expression,
and, of course, with flowers and ornaments
an they suggested themselvee to the faney
of tho W011:00.
LATE CABLE NEWS
The British Parliament ta Diseolve jES
Pew Weeks --Tainell and Ireland- Grief
of Germany Over Iklolthe's Death,
LosooN, April 2.1. Suddeidy out of a
Mg which, if not helly clear, looked most
inoffensively dull mei hazy, has descended
holt ot the first magnitude. Tins
two big English parties have been so um
evenly 111111 .'hod :luring the preeent Parlia-
ment, at least moneeieally, that their
prolonged sparring end baciking for posi-
tin against another life and death
grapple had palled cm popular ourioeity
even before Mr, Parnell's treason had fere
thee depleted the Gledstonian ranks. Since,
that (saint the Liberals themselves had
grown negligent, and they confess them-
selves now to have been taken by surprise.
Apparently the Government is going to dis-
solve within Ole oext month or six weeks
and go to the country on a cry of free edu-
ce
ti°10"
Iar 10.1107 that Mr. Gladstone is in
great spirits over the prospect of an early
dissolution and is both eeger for the fight
and confident of the result. Whether the
contest comes or is postponed till next year
the remainder of the 1S/tenementary session,.
which, in an ordinary course, would stretch,
into August, will be f ull of striking episode&
"di
IbamPr
ee°5ita
re1111 ilel'
leIatasTt two weeks in Ire-
land, covering a good deal of ground in
Leinster und Munster, and talking the situ-
abion over at first hand with scores of rep-
resentative poisons, priests, merchants,
professioual men, and landlords. There are
just two taw's in Ireland where Mr. Par-
nell has probably 0, majority following.
Ono is Dublin, where the PrE•inaa's Jour-
nal has exerted tremendous influence in
his favor, and the other side 1mi since been.
tillable le get an intelligent hearing. The
other is Thurles, where Mr. Parnell is to
epoult on his way to Clonmel. The
secret of the Thurlee attitude is as, curious
as it is characteristic. Archuiebop Croke
there, and, as Mr. Parnell% most .
powerful opponent atnong Irishmen genet,-
elly, -might be expected to exert paxamount
influence in tho town. The feet Is just the -
reverse. His (4ran is a Cork men, and
through all the years of his episcopal reel- '
deuce hits had all his groceries and other
provisions brought daily by railway from
Cork. This has made every merchant in
Thurles his enemy, and the town at large
ything momen-
retoilc, tathipcisosnatuinti,,nn.
ii,etetv.r
Malty overehadowecl by the death ef Count
von Molmke, Demth came with absolute pain-
lessness, just as ono wonld have preferred the
grvaid old figure should depart from among
seen, and in a restful evening after a busy
dey. Apparently,there Mid been no warning,
but it is found that the venerable soldier's
work was all done, and his matounts wore in
order. His position is ideally secure in the
hearts of his countrymen.
it, is impossible to describe to you ihe
sweetnt 83 and purity of affection with which.
:luring these last few days this son of the
first year of the century had come to be re-
garded all 0000 Germany. It became great-
ly heightened and strengthened, of evaise,
by the neceesary contrast between his
simple, knightly, loyal behavior to the
young Kaiser'his old sovereign's grandson,
and Bismarek's froward, stupid behavior.
Moltke never really liked Bismarck. He
had no sympathy with the Chancellor'e
splenetic egotism, whIch lad hini to regard
himself as more important even than the
empire and openly to 1130 all the powers of
the Governmene to hunt down and pmeeeute
every German who dared to critioiae Lim or
his acts.
The Census.
A dos:patch freer Ottawa says i—Columes
could be written respecting the peculimr
experiences of Canadian census enumerators. ,
In the older portions of 1110 Dominion the
county of Ottawa is, perhaps, the most die..
finny notioe of country to gel: through,
mut from all neounte the census men have
Orrick anything but a bonanaza. Out on
rho Pacific :mast two mon will take an open
boat with a ssitilly of provisions ancl go to I
Howe mord to enumerate the population:a
of the Indian villager and logging camps.
'Prom there they will go northwarcb along
the coast as far as the 11911111 011(1 of !Knight's
inlet, a distance of upwards of 300 miles.
'Elroy understand the Chinook language well
end aro expert boatmen.
In Vancouver ono enumerator 10 spending
his Ono taking tho census of the Chinese,
In his worlt be is assisted by the Govern-
ment interpreter. Tho enumerator finds
that 011111e8e names bear seem relation to
those of Europeans, at least with regard to
the frequeney with which they occur. There
Is, however, the dIfferonee that in Chinese
the family AMMO nomes first. On one ocs,
elusion he had to take down stroll Mines aa
Wo, Ab Sin, Ah Wung and several
others with the same beginning. He re,
'marked, "You seem to have A lot 01 Alm
among your people," " Vas," a philologioal
Chinaman replied, "Ah, alloe umne 'white
Man Smith,"
A DEVILI6If DEED.
A Butcher RBIs Hhcc WM, and Two 6111141-'
ren -A. strange Letter Lett Behind Bun.
A despatch from KausasCity, Tie., says e—
The police last night received from Archie,.
Mo., the details of a horrible crime, the
murder by 13. 13. Soper of his wife and two.
children. On Tuesday night he bought a.
ticket arra left for Keane City on a Mis-
souri Pacific train. His absence en Wednes-
day and ninthly caused suepicion, andthe
city marshal looke into his house to make
an investigation. When he burst open the
door he witnessed a terrible sight. In the
middle of the sietine room floor lay the ,
holy 01 15 youeg child', a boy with his head .
crushed into a shapeless mass, and through
the open bedroom door was seon the dead
bodies of Mrs. 110901 11111 another cbiid. Mra.
Sopers's head and face were chopped nearly
to pieces, and the head of the chilcl was
split in twain, An axe staiang in the
corner of the room, the blat10 COV••••:+d with
blood and matted hair, toll the method of
the murderer. A letter on a table in the:
sitting -room addressed 1—' To te
TotitlLe abodies,utiiori
tied, or whoever may iii
present." In the letter (mound this pass-
age :—" It was best for me thus to act
rather than to desert, them. I have slain,
them. What could they have done for a.
living 1 They would have lived miserable.
The letter wee signed by the husband of the
murdered woman and the father of the
children, Soper WaS a bateher. Although
poor he was regarded favourable by the
community. No mot:ye for (Inc Cr11110, be-
yond that hinted at in the letter has boon
discovered.
Love Shall be Crowned.
Love shall he crowned by you anel
For over Love our Lord ehiailnh::11, wine
We'll hure our 01,01105 11,1 his seerne,
Well oat his broad, and drl
And Ito shall hold our beerts in fee,
To eam dany bond the knee
And 01111 11 nonerous s5rttroign0
Within your hear 1 me: sweet end mlne
Love elia bo crowned.
Lim', Mahn,: hollildiess 05 the ,,ett,
31(5 litimbiest va,saInge ne froc
AA nom' eters brood exilnum, ht 'itro
To love lo to be half inviter,
Therefore through all al orri:ty
o'lmoll 111 eroe ma.
Awrittra ISItanoull.M.: 10,7:1`80:1.
Whitewater, Mee., clanight,
Rough on Undo Item,
Mr. Brown—Uncle Mose, I hear that
your son has been arrested for stealing a
pair of boots from in front of a store.
Uncle Mose---Yes, sah. Inc sorry to any
that hit am a, tack,
It must be very hard to have such a. son.
Itit am, sah, Indeed. An' 1 tole the,
-blame' fool to be powerful keerful or they'd
catch him, too 1 L reekon nox' tins 1 want
a pair o' boot:: ril snatch 'cm myself I
Stopped Calling.
"What has become of yea*, old Sans
Martin, Cook? I haven't non him itronnd
inueb. lately."
"Nol mum, Martin. Wine rouncl
much now, he's married." .
" Oh, ho ES'S married, oh'? Whores
to ?"
"Ivto, mum,"