, 1890-06-19

that ono now exclusively and uni.
vcrally signiiying n mysterious,
dubious, yet powerful aud all-suiil-
cient influence with, or over, politl.
cal combinations or dispensers Of
political patronage. Its usc Is quite
ns common aud comprehensive In
all active business, aud not unusual
ly In social, and even In cccleslasti-
cal, affairs. refer TO the word
pull" One has "pulW at the
White house; another has "pulp'
In municipal affairs; n clever
clergyman has "pulr at
local or general conferences
with presbyteres In church
and missionary boards, indeed with
his bishop or archbishop; and the
schoolboy Of ten strives for ''pulP'
with his teacher or among the juve-
nile crowds whose affairs comprise
the most important conscientious
of his daily life. The word has been
edltorlally dcplored, assailcd and
Numerically -courgcd and pursued
bat always comes out uppermost and
goes straight OH It's sententious work
aud uses with hardy knuckles and
sturdy legs. Like one Of those grim
and hardy wallis OF the street, that,
homeless, parentlcss and without
ancestry, pushes himself, from the
very aggressive power OF his useful
ness into position aud place, "pull''
may now be regarded as natural
lied American, and important
enough In its hard-fisted place to do
serve attention to Its ancestry. Va
fious phi biologists have already writ
ten essays giving "puIl'' distinct
lively American origin. by the
purest accident of research upon an
other subject | discovered this TO be
Incorrect. For Its immediate pa
rentage we must Charge Its obluquy,
or credit Its merits, to the Irish.
While recently Ia Ireland, engaged
In an investigation upon certain OF
work entitled, ~ statistical Survey
OF koscunimon," printed at Dublin,
In lSJ2. Among the quaint aud in-
teresling recitais OF IA local nature
to he found In this survey" Is an
account Of the ri-c and fall OF the
Angina Coal Il Iron Company III ls2i,
known vs. the "Dubule year,
of English and Irish speculation
ana particularly of the remarkable
niaulpulu,iOns among London mo-
biiity and capitalists In II nearly
successful effort on ihe part of un
ir'sh enElnser' arcni,ect ana
] E,at,or, ~ n nna, , s nnSca,nr,,n b bn,, ~
and hoIn in tho gro,,nd man on
dom inyestors for II. $40 'tsIO. Fiat
tcry's share OF which booty was to
be slOO,OOO. Although IL was up
hiil WORK, ana eventually becanie so
g.h,ins mu,t .nut p,,,',,,, par,,n,,en. Ill in-
has hasts.i'.,n'a h ,ho a r'd,"u,t th ,tan,hnsiaSn, an,
of Mr.. EImltery lound irealIent vent.
by letter, to his Ruscorninon friends.
In one of these, dated London,
November 30, 1921 appendix p.
"pulW In all It's robust force
of application and incislveness.
Mr.. bluttery writes: III have
not siqHfled anything for them yet,
tho 1 have huDibuJed them out
of e2j0, and got them 10 send Of the
work of the engine, which comes To
1000. I hare nOW a J3uH on them,
aud ipM make them do whats ritc.h
The announcement OF Stanley's
engagement OF marriage to Miss
Dorothy Teunnnt. the London
painter will recnll In tho memory
~ ,IJor ,.o,.l,i,,,, ,c,,,,,,I,s,. -, NJ,
> ,'' -.
iorA' ms eaiiest hho"" "'e"ih VI
domestlc bliss. Ills inaniornu. was
a truly sweet Philadelphia girl,
daughter of n well-known family of
that city, IL was IA wonderful love
,n,tch a.niu, ,,lorlo,.lv alone
,hrn,,,.h so- inS "a ,no ,,.ls,ia So
"'ous" - w ""'' 20, "''' '7'""
iey was s',hPiy an ordinary soIt Vi
corresponde1 ana utility man
on the New York Herald. He was
II furious and ardent lover; kept the
New York and Philadelphia visit
ing his bctrothed; and the balance
oi the time drove Felix DE Fontine
and the rest Of his companions
among the oid-tine Herald boys
wild with his rosy schennes
for future domestic Joys. The
greatest source of their discomiit-
ure was III his perennial
and gorgeous architectural funcies
lie uicw hundreds upon hundreds
oi plaus, each one for residence 10
cost amy here rom SlOO,W1 I" 5000,
900, though the generous and I'M
providvnt fellow seldom had more
than enough money on hand
for "a bowP at "Cobweb hali''
and bcIofe lac would mail
.hcse to ms ihiladelphia sweet
hetirt, ~ lie almost daily did, his
set among the Herald boys must iu-
varabiy examine aud pass Judg-
mcnt upon them. "GOing over to