The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-06-18
MATTER woRTH READING.


cabin.
Gentlemen, you know our condi-
ton. we are driving on the breakers.
] acknowledge that can do nothing
more. If any of you can make n sug
gestion now is the time.
There was unbroken silence.
"Then there smoothing to be done but
to wait our fate" He touched the bell.
Pierre, bring up the Coffee
A story came from Switzerland n
year ago Of a mountain guide whose
name was not preserved lie with two
others was leading a party over one of
the most precipitous passes Of the higher
Alps. The men, as usual, were tied to
each other by long rope.
AS they scaled the wall Of ice they
slipped on the edge Of n frightful chasm.
This man was at the end Of the rope.
Without his weight there was chance
for the others TO regain their footing;
with II there was none.
He cast glance down at the dark
abyss, filed with fathomless SHOWS
then drew his knife from his belt, say.
ing quietly to the man next to him;
"Tell mother how II was, Jose"
He cut the rope and fell, never to be
seen OF mortal man again,
what One Couple, Do,
There Is in this city an able. bodied
young man who in these times goes TO
bed at dusk, or about 8 o'clock, and
| gets up In the dawn, or soon after 4
o'clock. He is married man, and his
wife follows his example in this respect.
| About the time the sun begins to shine
they strike out for Central Park, where
they give an hour to pedestrianism and
fun, after which they get home in time
TO enjoy an early breakfast, scan the
papers, and get ready for the work Of
the day. They say that the masses Of
people who sit up late at night and
sleep late In the morning are blind TO
the pleasures that may be experienced
through the practice of the habit which
they have adopted. They tell Of the
balmness Of the air, the. beauty of the
foliage, the fragrance of the flowers.
the carols OF the birds, the loveliness of
the sunshine, and the exuberance Of
their own minds in the dawning hours
of the morning They say that the
people who give these hours TO slum-
Der, after sitting uphill nearly midnight,
do not know what they miss, or how
enjoyable II is TO sleep in the hours of
darkness and get up at the break of
day True II is, true indeed, as all men
and women who can follow the exam
pie Of this able. bodied young couple
may find out. IN. Y. Sun.
The Ship OF the Desert.
"a Broadway car is the modern ship
of the desert, said s. b. England to
me yesterday as we stood In Madison
Square, Mr.. England has travelled In
the far East, where camels are the
principal means of traversing the coun-
try, and ms the orange colored cars came
by us he went on to say "Look at
those cars as soon as they get in rapid
motion. Do you see how they go up
and down with see.saw motion
They are not running fast now, but
you get ON one at night when tho driver
is behind time, the front platform is
heavy with smokers and few people in.
side. You will feel the cat rock like q
ship on the ocean, only the rolling is
from end to end, instead of sidewise.
Yes, sir, it's like the camels motion iex-
aotly. I'm. Y. Graphic.
, Real Pigs In Glover.
In large window of a ST. Louis
clothing store is q pigs in clover"
puzzle that is attracting crowd of In
terested people every day, The window
is transformed into semblance of the
puzzle the partitions being low fences,
and running about In the passages are
four small pigs ornamented with bows
of delicately colored ribbons. A little
boy in the guise Of farmer endeavors
to drive them into the pen, while the
crowd OF people watch outside. just
as he succeeds in getting them into the
inner ring one or two of them will Jump
the railing and trot leisurely In the OPP
posite direction, after the customary
perverse manner of pigs. No one has
ever seen all the pigs in the pen at
once, and the amount Of money that
has been wagered on those pigs and
their juvenile driver would build the
centennial arch and relieve the Johns.
town sufferers.
2 The Oldest Horse.
DR.. Just of Coral, Mich, thinks that
he has one of the Oldest horses in the
United States. Twenty-four years ago
he bought him of Dan Rice, the show
man, and then the horse was said to be
r22 years old. Undoubtedly he was all
OF that, for horses ages are seldom
overstated up to twenty-five years. The
other day State Veterinarian Grange
made careful examination of the
48-yoar-o and pronounced him per.
fectly sound OF body, wind and limb
and apparently good for twenty years
more. DR.. just uses the old fellow
| daily in his practice and he shows not
the slightest signs of his great age.
A Quiet Life. ,,ra
If any sea captain has had more un.
eventful and successful life than Cap
tain Nathaniel II. Falker, Of Biddeford,
Me-, let him say so. Captain Falker,
who the other day sold his last vessel,
the schooner Messenger, and retired
from business, was born sixty-nine
years ago When nine years old he
went 90 sea, and has followed il steadily
ever since During forty OF these sixty
years he has been captain. In these
forty years he has never lost man,
never had man die at sea, never lost
a spar or a sail, and never called upon
the underwriters for cent of insurance
money:
The official statistics read at the last
Mormon conference in Salt Lake City
show that "the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints has now twelve
apostles, seventy patriarchs, 3,919 high
priests, II ,S05 elders, 2,060 priests
2,292 teachers, II, $40 deacons, 81 ,S99
! families, 1895 officers and members
and 40,303 children under. wears OF
age, total Mormon population OF
l53,9l1 The number of marriages fol
the six months ended April 8, 1889, was
$50; number of births, 1854; new mem
bers baptized, 4SS; excommunications
113, . tre
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