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AFex In His own rrap.

Uncle Remus, the old Georgia darkey, who
diSpenSeS with S0lOmon-like folks lore In the
plantation dialect, loved to dwell upon the
antics OF "Brer Fox" and "Brer Rabbit" II
he would happen round In Connecticut he
might ind 2 tame fox. kept BY family In
fox cunning and artfulness, and whose amusing
antics and playful disposition have made him
family pet. But, just before the late polar
wave this fox met with q curious little miShap
which showed that his reasoning powers fail 70
take In all natural phenomena. Being I'M
provided with any better home than q dog
kennel and not being up to the labor OF
himself ut IS said foxes never dig holes
doned woodchuck holes,, he has been
accustomed to sit, and even sleep, In all but
extremely cold weather, In the open air. One
cold morning, just before the recent SHOWS. he
had been sleeping. "all cured up In q little
heap" on the ground over nlght-his Sharply
tail His breath, congeaiing, froze the end OF
that tail firmly to the ground. When he walked
up next morning, and sought to caper around
a little Just to keep warm, he was prob ably the
most astonished fox In Tolland county; like the
negro minstrels bullfrOg at the bottom Of the
spIing, which found i5 too cold TO sing, and
which therefore very sensibly tied what tall he
pitched but he couldn't make aJump." Finally
" Brer Fox" "jeS done busted de situation" he
tore that caudal appendage out of Natures
snare and ever since has pranced round with
out brush. Since that experience he sleeps
under c0ver-a sadder but q wiser fox. He was
not so smart as Emerson's man Guy, who
chad so sped his wise affair
That he caught Mature iu his snares;"
Tor Nature, that time, undenfably rather had
MIN. "-HurtfOrd CONN., Times.
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London and New York.

Despite the updoubted vastness of London,
wilderness OF brick populated by over 1000
QUO OF people, It looked dark, dIngy. and small
better paved, yet they looked muddier, than
those OF New York. The houses appeared to
De smaller, the thoroughfares narrower, the
stores meaner. There is no street in London
as picturesqe as Broadway. There is no res
taurant as bright Tor as dear, thank goodness,
as Delmonico's. One misses the oyster saloons,
the clean, luxurious looking drug stores, the
dToWsy tlnglfpg OF the street-car bells, the
lucid atmosphere, the bright blue Sky. The
London poor are poorer than the New York
poor; the street arabs are more ragged and
more numerous; the drunkards are drunken,
New York. We are great, grand City,
with splendid history. but Manhattan
has many delightful features which London
a9es not. aId never can possess. The atmos
ginning to occupy the serious attention OF
scientists and governing bodies. IL New York
burned SOFT, smoky coal, such as Is In general
use here, the blue sky would often be cIouded.
On calm days. when the currents OF air above
were comparatively quiet, you would have a
curtain OF smoke between you and the sun,
and shroud OF 'blacks" on your windows.
Your natural atmosphere being clearer than
ours the nuisance could never become very
serious, as 1t Is In London, but 1t would be
trouble, nevertheless. With US 1t is often
ness which afflicted Egypt when Pharaoh would
not let the children OF Israel go. The smoke
combines with our fogs the exhalations often
or low lands on the Thames. and the result is
horrible. This week conference upon the
subject has been held at the CannOn-street
Hotel between special committees of the Ma
tlonal Health and Kyrle Societies They pro-
pose to take action for mitigating "the evils
resulting from the excessive production OF
smoke III and about the metropolis In the
CRATE OF the room q fire Of anthracite coal was
burning. Ito show that, with the aid of a
blower this not easily ignited fuel may be
utilized in ordinary English CRATES" The
meeting was presided over by DR.. Ernest Hart,
and fund was opened for the purpose
OF making trials OF various fuels, and conduct
Ing experiments With a view to reduce the
production OF smoke. The fOgs OF London be.
come year by year more serious. and as the
smoke OF the metropolis is the Chief cause Of
their density. this must necessarily be the case,
since the growth OF the population is as great
10 proportion as that OF the new cities OF the
New World. There seems to be no limit to the
spreading OF London. 1t Is going out day by
day further a1ield, swallowing up towns and
villages In Its march, covering green meadows
with new buildings, and only pausing now and
then to bridge water courses, and make new
railways and new highroads. The London
fog 1s nOConly grave trouble in the metrop-
Oils, but now and then 1t has habit OF travel
Ing into the country. 1t has been known to
push its way before gentle breeze as far as %
miles, moving mass OF smoke and dirt, the
nayOr OF which cannot be mistaken.
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The widowed dame of Hubbard's ancient line
turned to her cupboard. cornered angle*ise
To satisfy the craving of Sir Tray.
Prlck-eared companion Of her solitude,
Who followed at her high and patterlng heels
Prayer in his eye. prayer in his Sinking gait
Prayer in his pendulons, pulsating tail.
Wide on its creaking jaws revolved the door.
The cupboard ya.ned. deep-throated. thinIy set
For teeth. with bottles ancient canisters
And plates of various patterns, blue and white,
Deep in the void she thrust her hooked nose.
PeepinY. near-sighted. for the wished for bone
While her white robe of samite, tilted high
The thrifty dawning of her hose displayed,
The pointed feature travelled O. or the deli,
Greasing its tip, but bone or bread found none
Wherefore Sir Tray abode still dinnerless.
Licking bis paws beneath the spinning Wheel
And meditating much on sayory meats.
fLiterIrU World,
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How Some People Do Their Shop.
rs ping.

.,1Le shops are filed as they have never been
before In holiday season. but yet the clerks
are lot happy, ana why Should they b.: What
extreme OF their power OF endurance: These
are beset on all sides; OF course each purchaser
Is IN hnny to be waited upon, but cannot
imagine that any other purchasers time is of
the least value. here, for instance, is an ana
BILE, easy going female Of mature years. who
wants to buy a present for some grandson or
has carefully examined the contents OF the
showcase. The tired clerk patiently waits,
trying oetlmes to move in the d.
Here, can't wait minute; what is the price
OF this?" The answer is made and thus does
the maid MARBLE: 80, dear; it seems all nom
have got more than they want now; and they
never keep anything. Why, last Water their
Uncle Jim gave Aleck a beautiful scarf pin. and
wasn't it. Wen, perhaps not But il was lost
all the same How much is thiss Do you believe
a boy would like that7 Well, he amt a boy.
though ansS we always call , him So ana
boy till he is old enough to vote. Here, don't
go away. shant stay minute. and shan't
nave chance 10 come in again. How much
don't suppose 1t makes any difference, for
don't suppose the fellow will keep it six weeks
He thinks the hired girl stole the last one. and
likely as not she did. l never liked the girl
from the time set eyes on her, and then She
took care OF Alexis room, and he knows the pin
was on one Of his scarfs when he saw It last.
What's that' .. thought you were waiting
On me. can't stay all day, and have such a
heap to do that land only knows when can
come again. How much Is thiSe How do you
think that Will look? Well. perhaps it will.
Well guess l will give Aleck the money and
let hIm buy what he wants. l won't take one
to-day anyway. just as like as not shall be In
to morrow"
And the veteran shopper passes on to the
next counter, and to the next without the most
remote idea OF purchasing an article OF any
kind, and perfectly, selhshly Indifferent to the
know what they want and are ready to pur-
chase II they can get chance.-AIbany Err
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Thanks to the Com IN listeners

EI,tor Sd:-The citizens living In the vicin-
ity OF the street market are expressing their
tbankfulness to the Commissioners OF the Dis
trict, for the promptness displayed by rebuild
Ing tie lower portion of the market.
House keepers especially are congratulating
themselves that they can nov attend market
On rainy day. without having a stream of
water tIickling down their neck while making
their purchases. Many OF them saying
(and with truth) the Commissioners are not
as bad as the parsons would make them.
the fact Is the Commissioners have done a good
and much needed work. The sheds have been
In dilapidated condition for many months
making them, since the snow, quite dangerous
but now, with all the boosted negligence of our
city authorities. we look about US and lind that
street market Is again safe to enter and
being one OF the best In the city, will now prob
ably receive It's full share OF patronage. With
the echo OF many voices we again express our
sincere thanks. MAC
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GarficId's Administration and the
COlOred People.
WHAT rHB CoLoRED VOTERS DESIRE.

WHAT THB C0LoRED VOTERS DESIRE
Editor .Sar-There has been so much talk
upon the question OF senator Bruce's candidacy
fer q seat In General Garfleld's Cabinet and the
desirabiiiiy Of giving the colored voters repre-
Sentation commensurate with their services Ia
the hate campaign. that even the democratic
press and their statesmen With remarkable
unanimity concede the business OF their claim
In advance OF its formal presentation. In re
gard 10 the first proposition. SO far as the
writer has been able TO ascertain by converse
tion with the men whose education and abilist
give weight TO their opinion on so important
question the selection Of Senator Bruce for a
Cabinet position would give great satisfac
ton, but only as means 10 an end.
What the colored voters want Is 10
see their leaders treated With the same
consideration as is accorded TO other people;
Ike the Germans and Irish WHO hold a relation
10 the party, based largely upon their nation
ality. They want 10 see their leaders placed In
positions OF responsibility and trust, where
they will have the disposition of patronage.
Too long the 3olored people have been neld as
the absolute property or the republican party,
OF what the republican party had done for
them, and upon this basis the leaders reasoned
The negroes are with Us always. So, il Is not
necessary TO do any thing to conciltate them;
but the German and Irish voters must be held
by the Judiclous distribution OF patronage.
Schurz was made Secretary OF the Interior, and
great stress was laid upon the fact. Ia Ohio a
German was put upon the ticket TO catch the
German element. and In numerous other cases
patronage was and will be distributed
upon the basis OF nationality. Viewed
In this light, Is 1t unreasonable
for the colored people TO desire similar treat
ment at the hands OF the party whom they love
so well and who has always manifested dis
position TO do the right thing by them, short OF
giving them that representation In the councils
id Ofiices OF the party which their fidelity TO
the party ertitle them TO. The Post OF this
CITY has from time to time urged this course
upon the republicans. for what reason Is be-
yond the comprehension OF the writer. 1t Is
lalr 70 assume, noWeseg, that the Posf Is SIN
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Too Cold for the Fish

with the recent cold snap Was the effect OF the
nsh along the coast, large schools being driven
III shore and In shallow water. Strange as tC
may seem, lt Is asserted that the fish, part,cu-
larry bass and trout, were observed TO throy
themselves bodily out OF the water on land, An
old negro caught thirty one very f. ne large ISIS
ID this way al RaccOon Key, near Warsaw On
almost instantly ii led by fire large ii III, ami
fishermen found some difficulty In hauling the
nets H. Others We're observed to Kill them 10
the water with cars This novel occurrence
was witnessed generally all along the islands to
the southwark and In the rivers near the coast.
ff,n
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Fishing i'm Lapland.

Inc water is very clear at Hamerfe5t, in Lap
land; you may see everything that goes on
among the fish: few feet down you may see
the young cod swapping at your hook, II you
have one; little lower down the coaltiSh, and
the huge plaice and the halibut On the white
sand at the bottom; In other places the starfish,
as large as plate. and purple and green she'll
fish OF all sizes The plaice Is taken in the
following manner: In calm weather the fisher
man takes strong, fine cord, to which he has
fastened heaHg-spearhe head, like a whale har-
poon. This he holds ready over the bow of the
boat, while another person paddles it forward
slowly. When the fish is seen at the bottom
the boat Is stopped and the harpoon is suddenly
dropped upon him. and thus the fish Is caught.
In two hours the fishermen will get boatlOad.
The halibut are caught with hooks. They
sometimes weigh 500 pounds, and II drawn up
carelessly will overturn the boat. In many Of
the mountainous districts the rivers swarm
with trout, the habit Of which is to conceal
themselves beneath the boulder rocks In the
bed OF the stream, venturing out to feed only
at night. Men, each with q heavy hammer,
Will enter these waters and strike one or two
blows on the stones, when the fish run from
their lurking place partly stunned and are
easily caught.-Sed World.
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MRS. HAYES PORTRAIT FBND.-Mtss Pugh of
New York, the treasurer OF the fund for placing
q portrait of Mrs. Hayes In the White House In
honor Of her devotion to temperance principles,
western trio. The picture and frame are to
cost about s, 900. The frame viii be of oak,
ten feet high and four or five feet wide. The
with laurels, the emblem Of victory. Oak Is
the emblem OF power, and the sides Will be
carved with lilies, the emblem OF purity. The
bottom OF the frame win bear English haw.
thorne and water lilies, the emblemS OF poetry
and beauty. The monogram OF Mrs. Hayes,
I'll W. ii. will be exquisitety carved at the
bottom OF the frame on q ahteld.
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The Truth About '.Oliyer Old.
AchOO1.ss

Edtt0' Sdr:-The writer's OF two or three
notes in morning paper having stated that
'Ollyer OidSchool" was no other than Mr.. Nd
than Sargent, former commissioner of Gus
toms, and resident until he deceased, in tnis
city. IL Is proper TO clear up the confusion
which such statements have left In the minds
OF many readers. A five minutes search in
biographical dictionaries rs Sufficient to eStab-
iiSh the following facts, viz: that Joseph Den
ME. Journalist 70. Boston, 116S: d. Philadelphia
1929 was the first to assume and has hitherto
always worn the nom de plume which Is now
claimed for Nathan Sargent. We shall see
known as the LAY Preacher In the Farmers
Museum" published at Walpole, N. II 1893
1929. In the last-named year he removed to
Timothy Pickering. secretary Of state. In 1900,
after editing awhile the United States Gazette
he began the P'rttotto, to which he devoted the
he was large part of this journal under the
style and title OF "Oliver Oldschool. esq.,"
The name was distinction. because under It
the writer gained whatever fame he had In his
lifetime, and by which he Is known to-day In
every library containing volume of the Port
TOTO. Drake says IL was the rirst presumably
in point OF time) literary journal In America
He was hailed as the Addison OF his time and
famous In their way as the spectators" had
been. In connection with bis journal, Dennie
established the Tuesday Club" which assem-
There are not many now who know even the
name OF the first literary journal In America !"
douot the priority; but be that as IL may, it Is
TOO late to seek to rob Joseph Dennie OF hts
laurels won under the name OF Oliver OldScho0L
Yet, IL appears that another individual subse-
quently assumed..thiS name, and actually wrote
under it, for five or six years, series OF letters
to the paper which Dennie edited before start.
ing the Portfolio. This Is what Nathan Sargent
says In the Introduction to his "Puouc Men
and Events" q work in two octave volumes
published by Lippincott & Co, 1876:
"From 1Sfl TO 1916 inclusive, / was the Wash
ington correspondent OF the Philadelphia Uni.
TED states Gazette, writing over the signature OF
'.Oliver OldschoOL" 1t Is impossible to dis
pute the statement for "he himself has said
IT. But venture TO say that the literary world
knows but one ''Oliver Oldschool,' and that one
is our old friend Dennie, of Portfolio fame.
Nathan Sargent Is not yet known to fame. not
enough even to secure the insertion OF his name
in the Biographical Dictionaries Probably not
one reader Ia q million ever heard OF him.
And except by his recent work, he Is equally
unknown TO librarians and photographers.
Thus. though Nathan Sargent borrowed the
name. II Is quite certain that he Ia not the "Ol
liver OldschOOL" He wrote letters for news.
paper which persisted In the using. But these
are not literature. And those who attempt &c
Ialm him Of as the veritable original and 81.
mon pure ..Oliyer Oldschool" are guilty either
! OF gross ignorance or fraud. or both. is.
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IN OHIO during the past year az school
houses have been bsilt which cost In the aggre-
gaze & u, ss6 AT the close or the school year
There were .046 225 children OF school age or
which Is, 654 were colored.
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Chambers Journal describes factory where
the hammering OF nifty coppersmiths was
scarcely audible In the room below their
benches having under each leg rubber
CUSHION.
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AN eXuberant youth halls a supposed acduain-
lance with Hello, joe but. finding hts mis-
tase, adds; 20, excuse me; thought you were
aLoiher man." Laconic stranger answers, 81
am. "-BHf alo Express.
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The Vretchcd Transfer system.

Editor Sar:-I wish to avail myself of the
use OF your Peoples" column to call atten-
ton to an existing evil. and suggest q
rcmedy.-first, the rrH. l reside in tue north
ern pat of the city. c,ose to l4th Street aud au
mon With many OF my fellow clerks there and
in the Post Office department. a.
well IA gentlemen having Offices In the
lie DrOt and st. Cloud buildings. and the sec
ton all about there. l have to depend on the
18th street cars, and the wretched transfer syS
TEN, in order TO ride to my work. Ii the weather
Is very stormy. we often change at 14th
and II streets into one Of the IF street"
CATS, as neither company has the decency
TO provide waiting stations, or shelter. In bad
weather. This Is most disagreeable and pre-
vents may ladies from using the cars Now for
the remedy: The new ''HerdicH coaches have as
yet been introduced only upon the avenue, and
few In number, but they seem to be clean ana
cess when the snow has disappeared. Could
not their manager be prevailed upon to estab.
ltsh line, running from somewhere near the
boundary, down I4th or a contiguous street, to
G street, and from that point follow the old
chariot route past the Patent and Post Offices.
and then. say, past the City post Office (Which
IS now out OF the way OF every line) and 80 on
10 the Capitol? This would accommodate q
vast number OF people. j have talked With q
large number OF my neighbors. and they are
quite enthusiastic about this plan. / state the
simple truth when / say that at the hour
clerks are going to, or coming from, the de-
street cars once week-in addition to the
other discomfort5 specified. Please publish
this and agltate it in your columns.
AETI-N ONOPOIJaT
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The Inauguration.

Editor Stdr:-I crave little space In THB
STAR to make, as l deeIn, reasonable and
needed complaint. The journals OF your City
TEEN almost daily with accounts Of the prepare
lions being made to tnaugurate the President
eject. AS heretofore, the purpose seems to be
to surround or envelOp. to swamp out OF sight
OF the body OF the peOple-the sovereignty OF
proper ceremony of Installing the principal
officer OF the government, and by clique, close
arrangement, ticket dignitaries, high public
WlGass and I'D preferred PREF persons
added the offensive features of fustian
and fine feathers, parade and pageautry. 1
have been sojourner In and around Washing
been permitted to witness the exercises OF this
quadrenn1al occurrence, for the reason that
have not been the object of the grace OF these
assumed TO be-proprietors of the inaugural oc-
casiOn. The military always have been par
AIDED In the open ground along the east front Of
the Capitol, and not one citizen was permitted
to quietly occupy any Of the abundant space on
knowledge OF rights, the people of this coun-
try have the right to occupy without let
or hindrance the space round about
the cite Ute Of the Installation ceremony
What right has any set OF persons TO set I'D
such an insulting traveSty OF the prophecies
OF this Installation ceremony? This viii be
the more queStionable,-if that can beat the
coming performance OF the ceremony, for no
one preceding the present President-elect
made during the canvass such frequent refer
ences to and recognltions OF the sovereignty OF
the nation as he has. Now, II l comprehend
the significance OF the extraordinary efforts
being put forth In the preparations tt Is that
the Objectionable features heretofore given 10
the occasion are to be repeated
next fourth OF March greatly EN-.
belliShed and aggravated. Our inaugural
occasions, In ones conception, bear striking
sim1iitude to the scene on the royal fete day ia
Paris under the last usurper. They are hate
full things to patriotic man, under Our popu-
lar government. AS very humble int
grail part OF the sovereignty Of my country I
protest against this most offensive ignoring OF
the people at the Inauguration OF their presi-
dent When will the people, disrtnctvely, come
10 the front on Inauguration Day and at the
Executive Mansion on New Years Day: PLgB
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u To obtain any Of these Letters the applicant
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