National Republican., 1888-03-11
HERE AND THERE.
short and Entertaining sketches ON
r"' Different subjects.

! met genuine case uf injured iuuo-
ccuro the other day I'm conversation
with wnyH--or for am insurance com
pauy ho met my doubts of the -olycnry
of the concern hc represented 10y gcucr-
ally cuudrmuug others. particularly
those which he wa. pleased tptrrm those
-wiudIiug grave yard companies which
have recently been lpgi,utuI out of exist
curr' With charming iruukuCss hc
related how he had been "chi-clcd out of
quite "a neat little pot Of money not tu
mention barrel Of flour II appear,
that hc gave q man nl years old the barrel
uf flour in question for the privilege ut
iuNrug his uho old mans life in q
Baltimore Speculative insurance com
pany lIcpaiutivcly told how, after he
had paid i'm lUO as premiums, the THEY
ing concern had ililcd The old
man, whose existence had been thus
bcttcd upon acted very incunsidcr-
atcly i'm thi, connection, was led tu nm
dcr,luud hy this injured innocent for he
had all of twelve months I'm which tu com
iurtahly die and enable the daring ,pcuu-
IHtur to handsomely rcalizcun hiSyCuturv,
but such is thcp porycr-ity of human nature
that hc uuiuEly when the barrel Of flour
h. considered heightened Uut the irail
thread ui his miserable existence for soy
rral week, after the company had failed.
In ,prakiug of the arrest of a Boston
preacher for prc~uming tu du,ccrl,c liuS-
ton Common by delivering It religious dis
course thereon friend told me Of % man
who ram faro game whatever tlml may
mean under the very uu-u- of the police
in Mississippi town for a number of
wears without mOlu>tatiuu, hut when hr
experienced religion and undertook tu
conduct u revival service uu u vacant lot
he wa, promptly arrested for disturbing
the peace and >ummarly fined
\ new poison ha, been discovered in
the wildS of Africa and chr~tcutcd 10y
matuali>t~ Struphanir IT. only rival in
the known list Of suicidal agents is Alex
uudra whisky. aud it pu~>r~-u~ a merit
the whisky lark~-dcath is painless and r.
unurrumpaucl 10y green and yellow
striped turrupiu~ crawling uu the ceilings
and guudy y.hucd lizards griuung from the
bed posts
About the most prO~aic occupation i'm
thi> life is ~huc.blackug and ordinarily
u man i- the reverse of interested while
undergoing the operation of being thus
attended lu. liul around the corner ui
Icuth and u ~tror>t at times can hc seen
u grutucl looking white man with
Il sandy muu~tLchu and gOaiUr, whose
appearance i~ not in strict accord
anrr with his rr-twhilr calling
Net this man j. u type of class ul great
value lo u community the rln~~ that Ut
torlN refuses Ia be- fed and lodged at private
ur public expense. and ~, an q preference
to charity would ougag" in amy task. lie
Is n baker and cook 10y occupation, and i>
ont ut work because hi> religious -rruplc~
forbid hj- working in Il restaurant.
and because he will NOT labor
rn the sabbath lie docs not
bcmoau hi- latcuur ~rrb tn parade himself
a, Il martyr tu his conscientious ~cruplcs
Wilhul hr b, ycrilahlc Mark Taplcy in
hi> chrrriillnu~>, aud ono day last week
lac ruulidud tu me his belief that the Lord
had called him lp hi> present mrnial orcu-
patton tu illustrate the bcautirs of religion
and to furnish am example tothcwrtrhrd
class with whom he Is forced tO lodge.
lie ycuturcd the assertion also that
"a man is never above his iucliuutuu~,
and invariably pur>urN and seeks To- cmu-
late his highest ideal Rather u lofty
sentiment tu be- advanced 10y a Shucblurk,
that, Jay IA SEA.