The Washington critic., 1889-03-26
MATTER WORTH READING.


chOly at times. One OF the committee went
back OF the scenes to see him, and the de-
pressed humorist welcomed him as scene
of unusually good sunshine. They shook
hands-Nye earnestly, the committeeman
decorously.
"Mr. Nye," he said, gravely, "you uwill
find this an unusually healthy city,"
"Ahln said the hihorst.
eyes; the death rate IN only one a day"
At this juncture Nye took the committee
man by the arm and hurriedly asked;
'Is he dead P'i
"Dead !" calculated the committeeman
i"wbodead ~
."why, the man for to-day,n was the
grayereply.
The committeeman stared with all his
might into the immovable face of the
lecturer.
"Isn't there clerk, or register, or coro-
ncr, or something like that, OF whom you
could find out whether man for to-day
has diedS'
"Why, yes; suppose So" slowly replied
the committeeman.
"Would you be SO good, then, as TO find
out, and before commence the lecture II
possible, whether the man is dead9 II he
is dead am all right, for we leave the city
early tomorrow morning; but II he is not
dead can not but feel uneasy about myself,
as am not well tonight"
The kiud-hearted committeeman hurried
away to get the information.
When Nye and Riley were in their room
that night bell-boy told Nye that gen
| tn Il 10,
into the parlor of the hotel and there met
the committeeman.
| 'J'm sorry to disturb you, Mr.. Nye," he
said, "but could not get the Information
earlier. It is all right. That death rate
spoke of was only an average, and q man
died this morning NJ Minneapolis Tribune.
Logging By steam.
Forest Commissioner Theodore b. Bas-
selin has introduced logging by steam into
the woods Of Lewis County, New York.
He has built steam sleigh which is capa-
BILE of carrying $4,000 feet of logs, equiva-
lent to the loads OF fifteen teams of horses.
| The contrivance resembles a box car The
motive power is furnished by boiler seven
feet high and weighing four tons and two
engines OF 300-horse power each. There
are four drive-wheels weighing two tons
each, and an arrangement by which the ex-
haust steam, condensed into water, falls
continually before the runners of the
sleigh, turning the snow into ice. The
machine costs $1,000, but is expected to be
profitable investment on account of the
saving in cost Of teams and men.
| His First Appearance.
| A paragraph going the rounds of Georgia
| papers tells OF the first appearance OF a col
ored lawyer in Atlanta. 1t was when Aaron
] Alpeoria Bradley went to the State Senate
Bradley was a kind-hearted mulatto, a
sharp fellow, too, and when he rose unex-
pectedly In the courtroom one day to de-
fend case the lawyer on the other side was
SO indignant at his impudence that he i'm
mediately forgot everything he knew. The
mulatto lawyer called for the papers In the
case, looked ut them through his eyeglasses,
and made motion to dismiss upon some
technicality. The Court granted the mo-
tion, and Bradley, with an aggravating
twist Of his mustache, staggered off, leav-
ing the white lawyer so full of rage and
modification that he would not open his
mouth.
She Was Alarmed.
One Of the American girls who was pre-
sented at the Queens drawing-room wns
SO embarrassed. that she made quite fdur
pas. She wholly ignored the Queen until
after she had saluted the Princess Of Wales,
when she suddenly turned around and as
tonished Her Majesty by saying: "Oh, I
beg your pardon, madam" grabbed her
royal hand, kissed 1t, and then hurried
along the line. The Queen, whoiis terri
BILE stiekler about matters Of etiquette, at
first looked angry, then, catching sight of
the amused smile Of the Princess OF Wales,
she burst into pleasant laugh and sent
the disoomhtted debutante away with a
few kindly words
Stuffed Eggs.
Hard boil six eggs, cut them into halves
lengthwise, take out the yelks carefully,
mash them fine, add tablespoonful of
melted butter, a half teaspoonful of salt, a
tablespoonful Of chopped ham or tongue,
and dash OF pepper; rub until smooth.
Fill the whites with this mixture aud press
the corresponding halves together; hold
them for moment until there IL no danger
of their falling apart. Now dip them
carefully in beaten egg and then In bread,
then again In egg, and then In bread crumbs
and fry In smoking hot fat. Serve with
cream sauce poured around them. March
Table Talk,
Tho Oldest Obelisis.
The Oldest of all the obelisks Is the
beautiful one Of rosy granite which stands
alone among the green fields upon the
banks of the Nile, not far from Cairo II
is the gravestoDe of a great ancient city
which has vanished and left only this relic
behind. Tho city was the Bethshemesh OF
the scriptures, the famous On, which il
memorable TO all Bible readers as the resi-
dence Of the priest Of Potipherah, whose
daughter, Asenath, Joseph married. The
Greeks called 1t Heliopolis, the city Of the
sun, because there the worship of the sur
had its chief centre and It's most sacred
shrines. a n.f
Not the Oldest Postmaster.
s. E. Palmer of Terry, N. Y, thought he
was the Oldest postmaster In this country
till the boast was published. Since ther
the oldest postmaster Ton the face Of the re-
turns) has reported. He is Roswell
Beardsly of North Lansing, Tompkini
County, N. Y, appointed during the ad
ministration of John Quincy Adams, ant
continued during oil the changes Of admins
tration from that time TO this, period OF
sixty-three years. He is now nearly 0t
years Of age and is hale and hearty, and, tC
all appearances, will live to complete hit
term of office under President Harrison,
Hard ON the Women.
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