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THE PARISH SCHOOL

THE PARISH SCHOOL.
Two little nuns are teaching school
Near by on O. sy street;
pass each morning as rule,
And now and then we meet.
The humble house is small aud low;
It's walls are rude and bare;
And yet loiter by, for. oh.
It seems so peaceful there.
l never liked to go to school.
l always rather play;
/ hated any kind of rule,
And sometimes ran away.
But when pass that little door,
Aud breath that holy air.
! want to be boy once more,
And learn my lessons here.
Oh, little nuns, with wimples white,
And hearts of purest gold,
My soul is troubled sore tonight,
My heart is growing cold.
Oh, little nuns of sable dress,
And souls Of drifting snow,
Teach me the way Of righteousness,
And l can learn I know.
Albert B. Paine, in Harper's Weekly.
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TIME TABLES.

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THE LITTLE THING.

THE LITTLE THING.
How doth the busy little wasp
Alight upon a COW,
And make her yell and jump and gasp,
And raise an awful row?
How doth the busy little pin
Get point up ON a chair,
And cause man his soulto sin
Because he sal down there.
How doth the busy little lie
Get round our friends 30 quick =?
Without a leg or wing It will fly
Ats rate that makes US sick ?
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TO HIS RESCUE.

TO HIS RESCUE.
Alack for him | the night he called,
By fortunes cruel joke,
While he was telling her good night
His new suspender broke.
But, with the truest courtesy,
She did not let him roam
Away without support, and so
She made him wear hers home.
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Powdered were her cheeks of tan,
AS forth she wandered with a man,
y
His other girl cried when he came back,
"Who powered your facei Alacki Alackp'
"The barber" he cried-thsre are many
slips
''But BARRIERS" she cried, "don't powder
the lips"
TIT
THE FEMALE IMPERsoNAToR's EXCUSE.
She dressed up in tights and things,
And does the best she can
To make the audience, when she, sings,
Imagine she's O man.
'Twould seem the latest fashion, then
A change all round denotes,
II women wear the breeches, men
Must wear the petticoats.
TT
THR COPPER
Now that the nights are growing cold.
The copper on his beat,
Will pause before the gin-milI door
And stamp to warm his feet.
Then he will look from left to right,
His head thrust quickly in,
Politely ask the time OF night,
And thea-wipe off his chin.
TT
A FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY.
The feast you never quite enjoy,
Although you may be starving,
If ysu are called upon my boy,
To undertake the carving.
III
PHILOSOPHY.
We must sup OF the sorrows within LIES
cup,
Be patient meath fortunes frown;
But let us live that, when we are up
Wen forget we have been down.
t4t
WHAT KILLED HIM.
The doctors had attended him,
Had cured him Of every Ill,
Yet the man dropped dead at the doctors
When he saw the doctor bill.
ut
The hale it hailed,
The snow it snewd;
The lightning flashed,
And killed-a dude.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-12-15
A I come properly introducea~ the

As I come properly introduced" the
ticket was issued without question
He handed me a marking brush, and
marked out ten of the eighty characters
These are the numbers ! wanted to
win. He marked out the same charac-
tcrs on another ticket, which duplicate
he kept as check against fraud
The drawing is conducted by placing
In bowl eighty characters correspond
ing to those printed on the ticket.
twenty of these characters are drawn
out, and are the winning numbers As
there are eighty characters on the
ticket, the percentage would seem to be
largely in favor of the game to begin
with: but the player must have guessed
five of the twenty drawn out in order to
win twenty cents; six numbers wins 81;
seven numbers, $3.50; eight numbers,
$50; nine numbers, SIT; ten numbers,
sS15; less the commission of ten per
cent. which is deducted from all prizes
over g. There are numerous combina-
tons, as in other games, and the pur.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-12-15

One morning in Glenorchy Prof VIII
son (sNChrissopher North''l started out
early TO fish in Loeb Tolla. Its nearest
point was thirteen miles from his lo6g-
ing. On reaching it and unscrewing
the butt end of his fishing rod TO get the
top he found he had forgotten IT. Moth
ing daunted- he walked back break.
tasted made his rod complete and
walked again to Loeb TollaA All the
hong summer day he Sshei- and after
sunset started for home with full
basket. Feeling somewhat tzsigued
and passing familiar farmhouse he
stopped to ask for food Ii WAS near
midnight and he routed the family from
bed The mistress brought him . full
bottle of whisky and can of milk He
poured half the whisky into half the
milk and drank il of at n drzu-hc.
While his hostess WAS still Stzrlrs- in
aEazzenent he poured the remaining
milk and whisky together and finished
the mixture lie then proceeded home
ward having performed a Journey Of
over Efty-swo miles - Nsuchesssa
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SUMMER is OVER.

Summer IS over. the winds blowing chill
Wake In my bosom an answering thrill
Nuaic and fragrance and beauty were hcre,
Warm with The breath of the perfected year.
bright with the radiant midsummer glow,
When did they vanish and where did they go,
Sad means the wind in the tops OF the trees,
Thistlc-iowu floats on the autur1nal breeze.
rsickcts Of goldcurod fame on the hill,
Loud chirp the crickcts, and picrcingly shrin
Summer IS ovcr-liic's summcr-tor me,
Season Of hopefulness, romance and glec,
Brilliant with rhantoms Of future delight
Fair as the summer clouds, chanscfully bright;
Entcrcth autumn the harhinger sage,
chilly precursor Of win,ery ago.
when the last flowerct shall fade on the hill.
When the shrtll ch;rp Of the cricket is still.
Then the cold snow In its whi,cness will fall
silently folding the earth in its pail
Only little, spirit, he brave,
Why must thou shudder at acc and the gravel
Summer is over, eu, change Il not death,
Nor Is life ended when faileth the breath
Beautiful seasons are vet 10 unfold:
Lille is eternal, though forms may grow old
Look, q my SOUL from this autumnal plant -
After the winter comes spr,ne,ime again
Mary H. Wheeler, in Boston Transcript
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QUEER CHINESE GAMES.
Fan-Tan, Pool and Lottery In Greai
Favor.
How the Games Are Played-A Chimes
Pool Room and Its Habitues-How
Lottery Winners Lose - The
Game of Fan-Tan.
Especial Los Angeles tcal) letter.

Especial Los Angeles tCai) letter..
On the opposite side of the plaza, fac
ing the old cathedral, and where the
aristocracy dwelt in the days of Mex
lean rule, is chinatown" The crum-
bling adobe houses where the dark-eyed
senoritas and gay cavaliers made merry
are now used as opium dens, and even
for baser purposes. The Chinese quar-
ter has population of about 8 1000, only
about 200 being women. 1t requires ten
lotteries and about twenty-five gaming
houses to meet the demands of these in
veterate gamesters. Fan-tan, the lot
terry and pool are the principal games.
Fan-tan is the "gentleman's game" an
swering to our great American game Of
faro. The dealer empties from q bowl
large pile of Chinese checkers, or
buttons, in the center of n large square
table, around which are seated and
stand the betters. There are four crou-
piers, each of whom rakes to his corner
of the table a pile of the checkers. At
each corner of the table space OF abeut
four inches is marked off, into which
the checkers are brought.
Then the spectators begin betting
whether there is an odd or even number
of checkers in a particular corner.
After all bets are made, thecheckers
are told off two at each tune Unit. there
remains either two or one-odt or even.
As the pile decreases the excitement
increases. and the confusion seems to
the uninitiated to be the beginning of
riot To Caucasian this seems a long
way round. very slow and very tame,
but to the Chinese it is as exciting as is
faro to the American. A prison can bet
on the odd or even number appearing at
one corner, two, three. or four corners,
and is paid in proportion to the chances.
This is their national game, and the
'bloods" often bet $50 Or 500. A per
centagc, or commission, Is charged for
each game, according to the amount OF
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SWEDISH CLOVER.
A Surprising Instance OF Foreign Travel In
Plant.

Possibly the mos: remarkable in
stance of foreign travel in a plant is in
oonnectioa with Nke Swedish clover.
When Liuuzus first saw 1t in Sweden
IL WAS comparatively scarce. and he
supposed II to be = hybrid between the
red and the white clover and named /,
TrifolIuu hybriium He could no,
have been . believer in 4 modern prop
os5t6nn that hybr5ds are sterile. though
there are = few sterile instances. a.
TINS clover Is abGuGzatly productive.
whether receiving the attention of bees
O. not In America 1t was barely known
ten or fifteen years ago At that time
some shzrP-eyei and zimhle-Ie -~si
bc1a1EsNs were Cverloyed al seeing .
plant here and there about Montreal
Now the rrzvel@-. with his ewes out
OF the car window, may see IL II zbu nd
A1oe every where On Mount Desert
island II l. nearly as ccZ-0u a. The
white O. rad elOverS Its notified white
and red d0wers and particularly svres.
C30C make II t2rorit wild Sowe-
bunch for the ladies' II Is IN most Of
tse hotel vases a. Pzrao- o-uz-eutS.-
Pa5-zde1F1lz Ledge
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STUCK BY A PIN.
Queer Spectacle on the Great New
York and Brooklyn Bridge

- Spectacle on the treat New
York and Brooklyn Bridge
With an agonized. painful and tor
| tured expression on her countenance.
and with few small parcels in her
hands. she was jostIed, pushed and
showed on board 4 bridge train which
was just about to start from the New
York side the other evening during the
| flush of the evening traffic She had
evidently been shopping all day and
, she was tired Her light spring coat
was open. revealing trim tight fitting
suit of brown and a waist Sd slender
and steul-like that you felt like leaning
her your arm for a reinforcement She
wore hat that beggared description
and her feet were encased in tiny patent
leather ties Yet she was anxious.
cross or vexed about something and the
crowd disturbed her and the noise and
confusion Jared on her spirit More
through luck than courtesy she gained
seat, and as she dropped into it she
hezved sigh No one seemed to notice
her sigh. however. and she heaved
louder. Her second sigh had the effect
of attracting the weIl-bred stare of the
few women in the immediate vicinity
and of arresting the attention of few
men from their all-absorbing evening
papers Just then the train began TO
move and she got up. couzhed and
looked sick She glazed wildly around
the car and then earnestly scrutinized
the tlOOr- With = gasp she fell back
into her seat and tore of her coat and
began TO violently loosen the collar of
her dress In an instant several men
were at her side. each in his own help
less manner Offering his services and
tuquIring the nature OF the attack
Was It vertigo. hemOrrhaye. heart fail
ure or nausea ApPezlingly she looked
up into the face of an elderly woman
bending over her and siyuiSed q desire
In whisper But the whisper proved to
be just audible, for the bystanders over
heard a hollow voice utter There Is =
pin sticking right into NV back And
su-e enough the elderly woman found
the pin in her book put there h- s.one-
body TO hold rip caused by the strain
ing Of the over tightly drawn cloth
With profound utterzncv-s Of gratitude
the woman walked out Of the car with
Gsr 1enef2ctresss and the other wit
7esse> dispersed IN their different di-
oe,tsO1S vaguely conscious Of feeling
o. regret that one Of their own rzc1,
even though of the opposite ser- should
exhibit herself a. such benign fool,
1rsS IN Swapping herself so tightly and
S-ssoae IN reporting damages with pima
-SrOO&Iyu Eagle
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On celebrated Oc,zs6o1 IN Vienna
when there WAS much excitement IN al
the European courts over zfzzirs OF IN
teruzzn0lzl @olS1t. the French am
hsSsa6or WAS suddenly recalled hy his
vOvs--@eut- 1t rs very grave affair.
Is ia nOt.- Prlrsoe Meateru6eh Vas zssse,!
IT . lady al 4 c91r1 ball this rvsczN
Of the s-hzss.a4ore'- Not SO grave
assure yo1- zlsdz-s-- the Erin.ae -
Spo2fe1- as Ia would have been Il ia
lad been the French z@bzsszdo-7s cook
wAo w7As recalled The ambassador cza
easily be replaced. bot not lis coo<--
ArgozAzl
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the stakes, as in the American games al
rondo and pool.
Chinese pool is . combination of pool
and roulette. After going through .
dark alleyway q dark room is entered:
sleepy Chinaman at the door admits
the visitor. As soon as the smoke lifts
or the eyes become accustomed to the
mass of mist which overhangs the dingy
room. the visitor sees a congress of
all nations-several types of the Amer.
lean. the young clerk. the loafer. the
hobo" the hoodlum. the bunko-steer-
er. and the tourist seeing the sights:
also various types of the negro-the
waiter in his check suit. the sport
from ''NiSger alley" with black
SLOUGH hat and braggadocia air. also
the corresponding types of Mexicans.
and Chinese of all degrees and condi.
tons Around an old billiard table
which has seven much bad use, stand
this mass If motley humanity - the
Caucasian leaning against the darby
from Niger alley. and the Chinaman
exchanging the cigarette of peace with
the Mexican from sSSoncratawn~-the
Mexican quarter of the city. At the
head OF the billiard table stands the
ganeSeeper with a box of ticlxesS-eaeh
about an inch in length. upon which Is
written Chinese characters
A check costs ten cents and entities
the player TO three shots About the
center of the table. iu,Siny out from
the head, Is . board about two feet
square. sNcpSng downward On this
Inclined board are twenty-five holes.
scocped out large enough to hold a
billiard ball At the bottom Of each
Aole is painted q number. ranging from
one To twenty-tive-tAe highest mum.
hers generally adjoining the lowest.
The player stands .. the side Of the
dealer. and shoots the billiard ball 10
the opposite end of the sahles il re-
bounds and rolls upon the Incline.
rolls around slowly rs If heSitasinS
which hole TO take During this irving
moment the excitement is intense. and
the Noise 6eAtenine. until finally the
ball Aove-s over large number and
settles upon = smaller one adjoining.
And then everyone laughs and seers.
excepting the player There are usuallv
from ten to fifteen players, and usually
some one WINS the DO. before the
Fifteenth man gets q shot. The hSzarss
number made Of course wins.
When there are less than ten -lave-s
the g2maeseepcr takes ten CENTS oat Of
the stakes which Is one dollar or less,
1eoC'e than ten he takes twenty cents.
As ID takes only from ave to- ten MIN
niles DO sell the tickets and puzv . rxrn..
Tins u rather good Pcrce11zge. In
three hours ten players v7ozls h,
brooke and the gzznekeeper woaId
n1ave ali ct uihedr mooney
There are ten lo1secv rzz.es i'm -.
Chinese Quarters which HIS xAnws
three 1@ougSa1d Inhabitants Each h-,.
Terry has u1ao drawings d16ly-za-e--or-
and evening The tickets arr sauws
( four and u half inches square. s.aseA ,,o-v.
tanning eighty Chinese eh.s-,yessrS.
marked IN green on THIN Light bruwr
euPer- M the 'FRONT.' w5z6ovr Of 4 ,,ou..
onl11Dc1 shore sal 3 h,euera1t-s-sana-
Chinese Aoosz1zg orer the ru-1-r-ss OF ~
4A<i drawing I Laid DOWN ten rr-sx
e2.s SG4asG s1F ~-saekss Coz ss,zivis. :
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ASH BARREL PHILOSOPHY.

The Comedy and Tragedy of Household
Recalled by Its Receptacle for Debris.
An ash barrel overlooking with house
hold refuse,
Not very tempting object, but
volume of philosophy is slowed away
among the curious debris of this fat
receptacle on the curbstone. Near the
top is bit of dainty fabric-a mere
fragment of a woman's handkerchief
1t has fiuttered in the brisk sea breeze
of Newport or Long Branch, a pretty
vehicle of gay flirtations- A sad spec
tacle it is now with its torn and soiled
lace edging. Beneath this relic of the
flown summer lies the ferruled end of
heavy walking stick-the gift of fond
mamma to her fair-haired boy, who is
considered a great swell among his fell
low chappies The cane was bit out
of fashion, when the youngsters mother
presented it, and 1.-The fellows of the
club" you know, guyed him about the
stick. In a fit of anger he broke the
thing over his knee Ia wondrous feat Of
strength), and it found its way next
morning to the ash barrel
Peeping from beneath broken fruit
dish is the tiny toe of a dilapidated pat
ent leather boot The graceful lines of a
feminine foot are still there, despite the
shabbiness Do you think this sandal
of a modern Venus still remembers the
night that Harry Highfyer begged to
drink in champagne the health of his
adored one from this same cast-off piece
of footgear?
A battered, torn and glossless silk hat
of date long past next comes to light
Through what vicissitudes has this dis
carded tile" accompanied paterfamil-
las. 1t would still be reposing in a
corner of an attic closet had not the
wife of the wearer's bosom thrown it in
the rubbish pile.
What tumble of broken objects are
overturned by the prodding hook-a
young girls glove; a bunch of wilted
roses. with a card attached (compli-
men,s of Dick Doveleyl: fragment of
mirror. with the end of a spray of for
get-me-nots painted on itt silver sur
met. Vi
dress: shattered Nankeen vase; a badly
cracked billiard ball, and the remnants
of schoolboy's slate.
All. but here is a symbol of gaiety-
the green nose of pot-pellied demi-
john-rotund and robust, and not a
mite disconnected b. its present unfor-
tunate position. Its fiery contents,
long since disappeared down the Threats
: OF men, has helped to cheer as well as
make foolish the drinkers at its font.
The scrap of rug. which stands like a
soft wall between a sharpened brick
and the willow-clad sides of the demi-
john, had saved the latter from destruc-
ton Good luck usually attends the
wicked and unthinking.
Some scraps of paper are blown up
ward by the strong autumn breeze.
They are fragments of a letter. Must
have money Immediately
been foolish lost
all gambling mean
! to reform your refusal .
will be ruined
Here is another scrap of paper. with
a girlish scrawl on its much soiled sur
face: Dearest Harry never
thought cared for me
very happy call soon .
your OWN. Y. Recorder.
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@W@6)zk
WING LEE UM NIGHT TINE

ArES-sPoT WINNER, $S75 FOR TEN CENTS
chaser can mark out as few or as many
characters as he wishes, and the prizes
are about in the same proportion to the
above, according to the risk. But the
ordinary way is marking out ten num-
bers, at from ten cents to 81 ticket
The ticket bears the name of the COM
pany selling it, printed in large red
letters: wing Lee Yuen; night time. "
On the side of the ticket the seller
marks the date of the drawing. as he
sells il. The drawings are conducted
in secret-which is another advantage
in favor of the dealers Eighty charac-
tiers, similar to those printed upon the
ticket, are placed in a large vessel, and,
after being thoroughly mixed, twenty
are drawn out. These are the winning
characters.
These twenty winning characters ara
then painted ont with red ink. The re
turns ,or winning numbers arc posted up
for the inspection of patrons The pur-
chaser compares his ticket with the
ten numbers marked out, with the
official returns, and he is paid in pro-
portion to the number of characters he
has guessed.
Ticket selling stops twenty minutes
before each drawing. so as to allow the
agencies time in which to make their
returns to the main Office. This gives
the proprietors an opportunity of max
ing rough estimate" of the run on
particular characters. and they will thus
know which ones not to take out of the
bowl rs winners. This is the reverse
of not placing winning numbers in the
American lottery wheel Agents ped.
die tickets throughout the city. visiting
places apparently seeking work. The
ticket is made payable to the agent,
which fact the innocent purchaser does
not know. and should he, by chance.