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Why tho Figures wer. Wrong.

Prof Truman Henry Stafford, o.
Williams college. IS said 70 be one Of
the most remarkable lightning calc1la-
tors now living. One day gentleman
who had heard Of bis powers and wished
10 make a test, said 20 hIni
81 have a little problem for you Prof
Stafford l WIS born August Is, 1882, at
8 o'clock In the afternoon: this is June
20. 1883 and il Is just O'Clock Now,
can yop tel ne my age In seconds"
The professor frovned. bent his head
and began 70 walk rapidly up and
down. twis&iDg his Inustaehe, and
claspfnZ and unclAspkng his hands in a
nervous ray. After q moment or 50
be returned the answer, which was
somewhere IN the billions.
The gentleman produced a paper cor
tanning ,he problem worked ont and
said. wifh a superior smile
We'll. professor, III give yea the
credit for graf gemEs, bat you're sew
crsl thousands out
The professor stretched out his hand
for tho paper, and. running over tA4
calculation. sa5o. contsnptuously.
--HumDh. you've left cut ths leap
years F'-E2Sstoa Globe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-10

WORKING FOR SUCCESS.
19ov,sYou1r Actor Cutting Proposes to
AchISve Diszfnotion.

How Young Actor Cutting Proposes to
Achieve DissfRotion.
Robert Livingstone Cutting, Jr., who
bestowed his distinguished name upon
the actress, Minnie Sehgnan, and Is
now a member Of her supporting COM
DAIRY In my Official Wife" is said to
he charming and polished gentleman.
He is szriking5y handsome and carries
himself with the air of an athlete,
though he does not Look 80 herculean
off che stage as he does on it More
over he is very modest, 81 have been
amused" he said recently in San Fran
cisco, "to SEQ that some papers have re-
5erred TO me as a young New York mil
lionaire>' I wish l were SO fortunate as
that, bus I'm not, you see, and have to
earn my living llks anybody else. My
father is reputed 70 be wealthy, but
am not. / did not join the professional
ranks merely for amusement, bat went
on tho stage 10 earn a salary. / had
always lived at home, bat when got
married Thought ought to do some
thing myself. 4 always had a strong
fancy for the stage and was an euJhusi-
astic amateur ana played many parts.
j have found that the work required OF
q professional actor, though, is hard
and exactiDg. There is such an infinite
amount OF detail that must be carefully
Needed. One has 20 be regular, and
above all there can be no success with
out hard study. / am working at my
part all the time, trying 10 improve.
and you voslld be surprised 70 know
how mach there is in this constant en-
deavor. No one need hope, as I said. to
become q good actor in moment; the
price of success Is hard toll Were it
not so, acting would not be an art and
fhe stage would never rise higher than
to depict coarre and in2ne buffoonery.
] do not hope to be rated as a tirst-class
actor for some time to come: but II
conscientious endeavor will bring sue
cess, some day, trust, you may find nv
name pretty well to tho front am
young yet-only twenty-four-and can
therefore afford to wait for fame" Mr..
Cutting expresses himself as greatly
pleased with his wife's success "a a star
and declares that his marriage has not
estranged his family.
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tried the paper racket But it didn't
work. They got scared too often A
couple of fellows got in, and the old
women screamed, but the fellows went
right along and went through every
blessed thing in the house with the old
women screaming murder and thief at
the top of their voices. The boys didn't
care. They knew nobody would
come. The old women had been try
ing papers for week, and every night
they had walked up the ueighborhood
Yelling if a breeze stirred a paper.
The men got tired O. goin' over an
never finding any body there, an so
they stopped. an let the old women
yell all they wanted to. The papers
didn't work that time. But in ordinary
cases if woman who was alone in
house got whiffet dog an baby, an
spread papers around, no thief, unless
he was murderer, too, would 60 near
that house.
The best way for woman to do If
she woke up and found man at work
in her room would be to keep very still
and pretend she was still sleeping, or,
if he knew that she had seen him, to
obey his orders and keep still II he
thought she had submitted he wouldn't
watch her SO hard, and it would give
her time to think what to do. There's
one thing, though, that would be bad
for woman. If burglar left her
room by the door she ought 10 listen to
his footsteps or watch the light o his
lantern, an she don't want 10 get out
o. bed or move until he is well out of
hearing a man who goes out that
way will always stop when he has
gone few feet from the door where a
woman is, and, if he hears her jump
cut of bed at onct, he suspects what
she's up to, and would then escape by
the nearest window and be out OF her
reach, or else he would 60 back an
make it dangerous for her She wants
ter be cunnin'. Then she can catch
him. 1t was a smart girl and cool
girl that got away with a fellow l
know. He had got into the second
story window and had just about
landed, when he heard two women
comm. He crawled under the bed and
got out O. sight. The women came IN
and undressed and got into bed. When
he thought they had been in bed long
enough to get asleep he began to work
out. A dim light had been left in the
room. He had just got his head to
the edge of the bed and his arm and
hand were sticking out beyond the
bed, when he found one of the women
was getting out of bed. She stepped
square on his arm, and, looking down,
saw him, so it seemed, draw it back.
She went across the room, turned up
the gas and began looking around the
dressing table In minute she called
to the other woman: Mary, wake up
The woman got awake, an the other
says: what did do with that letter
thai came this afteruoon? The one
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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


We do not have to be great in any
thing except faith TO obtain great favor
with God.-Ram's Bern.
There IS no sex line drawn IN sin.
ard should be none in the punishment
OF REV. o. p Clifford.
The New York college of pharmacy
has the most complete ferbariun III the
United States. II en- braces over so.o09
specimens
England, with ninety-four UNIVERSE
ties. has 2, rs more professors and 5l,sl4
more students than the SEQ universities
OF the United States
The students in and about Chicago
VIII be given a chance - run the 10000
persmbulating chairs which viii "a
operated ON the Worlds fair grounds
Mrs W. II. williams, OF Shreve-
port, La, originated the movement for
the Louisiana Chaatau9ua. which was
opened for the first tia1e this season &c
huston
Power from On high, Is the prom
ise- 1t comes Only from ON high. for
hunsa power Is weakness N the EFFORT
- rise or lift others above the world
United PreSbyteFiSH-
-Fxrssian edxeztioa Ks 1o-s thor
oI1yh than that of any esher oguntry,
Every child is IN schooi frem Eve 70
fou<tcoa years OF age Parents must
obey the law, pay a fms, o. 80 90
prison
Mrs Regal LelCdtasl, Of she Society
Of Friends. HIS gene from New York
20 found SECOND schSaI for girls IN
Palestine, one hunS;rsS uaiArs from Je-
r1saleIn. AR. LeiSttaa IS now over
sixty years of age. but d remarkably
successful in her wcrE
The honorary degree 81 Goctor -
divinity was conferred en- ProG Philip
Schaff. of the UEkoSa Theoleescal sarnin-
ary, by the University az New York.
This makes the &hIrd tilas the 6txrce
of d. ID. has been conferred upsyn the
professor. The first time was by tbs
University Of Berlin, t55s; tbs second
by the University GO E3iaeuEy, tsS5-
The professor is seventy three ycarsolA.
There is more money IN voeu-lSepr
Sabbath than IN any week DAY OF hard
work. In the thick OF the battle, il
the midst az ysearSners and anxiety.
one can not see business ar okEser c0udi-
toms thai are sen ro<hs away, Let hiaf
go 80 church, hear good Sermon geb
the spiritual and u.Ital rsIliit. and ne
can see more elear}y on M9pdEy u1oCn-
ing ten utlrs, than M could on the tired
Saturday night zee two no<ls>
The ag> 81 whsoh pupils are allow.
ed TO enter puhac schools tfieler greatly.
OF the forsy-nine states and tg.rritoriss.
six admit them At four y.krs 81 age,
nineteen at FIVE, twenty AZ six three 90
seven, and one ateigaI The states ad-
hitting them at -four are Mszrae. Con-
necticut Florida and Montana The
schools Of Aka haIna and North and
South Dakota do not receive thnIn t1l
they are seven, and those of Texas eS-
cIude them tall they are eigha
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Mrs. Trappe hobbled back, mute, TO
her old place by the fre-she knew
very.well that her will was to Timothy's
futile force against the solid rock of
the shore-and relapsed once more into
silence. But, perhaps-who kno~s?-
the impulse of good which had momen-
tarily stirred the sluggish tides of her
heart might have counted for some
thing in the pearly pages of the Record
ing Angels book!
The next morning. when Timothy
Trappe got up. the snow was piled
breast-high against the door, the
fences were AL hidden and the out
houses seemed all to be floating IN
sea of white. The tempest was over;
the sun was feebly striving to break
through waste of watery clouds. and
the wind was as keen SIS knife.
E'Bless mel" said Timothy, as he
wound a red-and-black worsted COM
forter around his neck and shouldered
his snow-shovel, this 'ere's regular
old-fashioned fall, We hain't had
such a storm in twenty year! halo.
front gate, ''yeu amt never tryin' to
break the road by yourself! Business
must be preSsiu', if"
Business Is pressing" Neighbor
Jexon made reply-a tall, rourd-Shoul-
dered man with kindly gray eyes inst
visible above the wrappings in which
he was enshrouded-"I W ant you, limo
thy TrapPe."
Want g'xi And what, IN the name
ne?" cried out the amazed farmer.
There was a woman found froze 10
death last night, under the stone wall
of the appie-orchard by Miles Hawley's
cider mill. with little girl crying be-
side her," spoke Jexon, slowly.
What of that?'' said Trappe, recoil-
ing little as he recellected the child
in the worn scarlet shawl and the hair
flowing over her face. '1t's no bust
ness OF mine"
ut was your daughter, Bessy Brig
gan, and her child
You're telling me a liel7 shouted
Timothy Trappe, ciutching at the
fence-post for support You're aide
ceivin' of me! Do you suppose I'm goin'
to believe any such story as that?"
''Come and sec for yourself" said
Jexon, pisyingly. "a man who was
bringin' load of barrels to the mill
found her there at nine O'Clock. Mrs.
HGwley took her in, n OF knowing who
she was, and sent for the doctor. The
doctor was at my house, with our little
croupy Billy, and took him there in
my sleigh. And l knew her the minute
1 set eyes on her."
'tJexonp' Trappe had clasped his
mittened hands before his eyes. But
it amt true! 1t can't be! If it was my
Bessy, why didn't she ccme to me-to
her own father?"
Man alive, you forgetl7 said Jexon,
compession2tely. ia such a night as
last night there wasn't q soul could
make their way or tell one point of the
compass from another. And when
your Bessy was girl, you lived IN the
old stone house by the cross roads, if
you remem ber."
True! Truer' Trappe spoke faint
ly, like man in dream ''Yes, III
60 with you, Neighbor Jexon, and it
viii be mere matter of form. Ny
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-10
a M n .1sszA q
.jglll I: agile
BOOTH HIT THE PIPE.
How the Great Trazedian Outwittcd
Suspicious 4iaaaGer.

Suspicious Manager.
81 knew the elder Booth quite well"
said s'lSncle Joe" Brown to an Indian
apotis Journal reporter, his eyes closed
and oneshend nerveusly pulling at his
stubby'w hite mustache- He was the
greatest actor ever saw. and / have
seen most of the great ones of this
country and Europe, bat his great fail
ding was that lie would get drunk. He
was a most indifferent man, both as to
his appearance and manners. When |
knew him he resided on a little farm
Just outside of Baltimore, where he
used to raise garden truck. He would
take IL to town to sell himself clad in
trough<garments and an old SLOUGH hat.
Many is the time l have seen him
standing on the market place in Balti-
more as eager to sell a quart of berries
as any Of his neighbors, though perhaps
that night he would make thousands of
dollars in the theater in which he
would appear. He would hang around
the marl1et untiI.it was time to go and
dress for his part, and then he would
1eave his wagh. in somebody's charge,
"
over, perhaps 20 find it and perhaps
not. He was generally drunk when he
came TO search for it and seldom got
home rn7sch before daylight. There is
one story Of his, intemperance which al
ways arsnscd me. A certain manager
brought him 10 Washington to play for
one night. Fearing that he would get
drunk before the performance. he took
the actor to a hotel about noon and,
inveiCizn9 him into d room, locked him
in It and put the key in his pocket He
then went away satisfied that when it
was time fer the tragedian to go to the
fheater he-would be AL right. About
half-past seven the manager went TO
release theprisoner. To his conStePna-
tio1a and absolute disgust he found
Booth lying In heHniddle of the floor
dead drunk. Itremained mystery for
q long time how hesgot his liquOr, as he
had none on his person when he entered
the room and no one had been able to
get TO him. Finally Booth himself gave
the story AWAY. He said that he rang
the bell and when the waiter came ne
told him To go and get a clay pipe and
a pint of brandy. When the waiter
appeared the prisoner told him to stick
the stem Of the pipe Through the key
hole, and then to slowly pour the
brandy into6lae-bowI of it. The waiter
did SO, and the great Junius Brutus
Booth sucked the fire water from the
other end
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''And to think that it was our own

''And to think that it was our own
little grandchild as Timothy shut the
door upon walled Mrs Trappe, rock
ing herself from side to side. ITO
think that he let Bessy die in al the
snow and tenn pest, and Us sitting snug
and warm by the 6re"'
And she relapsed into sobs and tears,
while Timothy, sitting opposite her,
with a gray pallor on his cheeks and
lips set close together, never stirred or
spoke.
His mind is a little touched, I
think" said Neighbor Jexon, appro-
hensively; but Timothy turned and
looked him in the face
mo" said he; mo it amt; but I've
a queer feeling here touching his
forehead. Like l fancy a clock must
feel when it's machinery stops for
good and all"
Timothy Trappe was stricken down
by paralysis that night, and they
buried him IN month
And when the next snow fell. IL wove
cold and sparkling wreath over the
old farmers grave.-AmJ Randolph, ~
y. 7. Ledger.
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In bed didn't seem to recall the letter,
but finally she seemed to and the girl
on the floor said: 1T worries me. l
can't sleep. must go downstairs and
see if / left 1t in the parlor.' The other
one said: All right an the first girl
calmly took lot Of matches, just as if
she meant 80 light the gas, and went
out of the room, but she didn't go any
further than the room where a man
was sleeping. She told him she had
found man under her bed. He
thought at first it was that same old
man women are always finding. She
convinced him finally, and he went out
an got help. She came back into the
room alone, and IN few minutes the
men burst in and snaked the fellow
from under the bed. He was q COM
pletely fooled man, an said that
woman was SO cool an natural about
it that he never should have sus-
pected her in the world But the best
part Of it was that, after the first wom-
an left the room, the other was just as
quiet and happy there as a baby. She
NANll U SuSEC eilAL4Ss' al "lACh SAlC
found that there had been a man under
the bed all the time she just up and
tainted away. That's how woman
can fool burglar if she keeps her wits
about her.
"One foolish thing that women do is
in getting their husbands to get up at
any noise and go chasing around the
house to locate it. Half the men who
hear noise in the house would think
it had some good explanation, an turn
over an go to sleep again. But their
wives won't let EN-. They make EN-
get out OF bed and go roaming around
hunting for possible thieves, That's
where the mischief comes in The man
don't stand as good show as the worn-
an does. If the woman would only turn
over an go to sleep herself she'd save a
good many of the lives that are lost
through burglars
'All thieves know that women are
their greatest dangers, an nine-tenths
Of the burglars who are captured are
caught through women; bu- it depends,
as l said. on the woman's keeping cool
an usin' her wit After all, l guess
you've got what ye wanted. IN. y.
Recorder
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-10
PAL As A SAILOR.
From the Lookout He Thinks he Sees I
Drug store Sailing Head On.

From the Lookout He Thinks he Sees
Drug store sailing Head On.
There was curious mixture of thu
deep-water sailor and the 'longshoremsn
in the rigging Of this coasewfse captain
as he neditatively leaned up against a
projecting Spite on the dock where his
schooner lay unloading. A similar
figure was bearing down the dock to-
ward the schooner when he was hailed
By the captain, and coming about made
alongside the spile and the two seafar-
ing men exchanged hearty greeting.
We'll, cap'en." said the newcomer.
prosperous trip
Fair to miadlin'; fair winds mostly
and easy water" answered she skipper
''Nothin' unusual in the way of excite
meat unless it was che goings on of
grampus that shipped in Phi4odeiphis
on the home trip. While we was tied
up at the Reading wharves koading
with coal TN Irishnan walked aboard
looking for a jon He was anxious for
work and l was short-hsnde&. so took
him on. Il was the first time ! ever
shipped a green lubbsr, nor yet an
Irishman, bu. if that fellow didn't
know less about the ways Of vessel
than wooden IndiSD, then this river
don't smell lie worked al right in
the hold, but when we were under way
had mind to try him on the loolsoat
after we struck clear water. az he
couldn't tell a haihsrd frJum sheet
line. There RiR't mach fer the man
forward to do where we WAS outside.
but instructed him plain enough what
to DO, and he was tielsled with the job,
Long about dark l stayed On deck. the
mate at the wheel, so as could tell Just
about what the new man was doing and
what he was good for.
Pretty soon the lookout comes aft
the boat, SORT.
What is it?' I says, at the same
time motioning to the mate at the
wheel
x don't know, sorr,' says the man
"'Well, 90 back and End ont and re-
port, says then, and back he goes A
few minutes and back he comes AFT
~ don't know what it Is yet he
says, but it's coming this way. and We
can find it out for sure in little
while
You 60 for'ard, and don't come
back till you know what it is says L,
gettin' mad He goes up again but is
back again in q minute and all smiling.
"'Well?' says L
"Tf you please. sorr, 1 don't know
for sure what it is says ne, bot what
ever it :, 1t has red hight and 4 green
light, and | think IL must be drug
store "-PhiladelP North American.
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PATIENCE.

Mother, why do all these yesrs
Sit SO lightly on thy brow?
Prithee, tell US why no tears
Ever dim thy sweet eyes now,
And the burrows, it appears,
Father Time vii rot allow.
Why the single threads are few
Mingled with thy nut-bro1n EaiI;
For OF sorrow blight, tbs rrue,
Thou hast had more than thy share,
And we know lies somber hue
Often traces lines OF care.
Al, its patience that has wrought
Al this sweetness in thy lie,
Ana with soothing fingers brought
Strength to meet thy every strife;
Patience toned thy every thought
Though each day with care was rife.
And thy Christian life has been
An example Won0Teus rare,
An example that must win
ADMIR- ton everywhere.
Thou hast let the sunlight in
Thy brave heart TO banisA care.
Patience sweet IS still thy guest,
Though the middle line is pass'd
On the journey 20 thy rest,
Rest which thou shalt win at last
May thy pathway yet be best,
And with thornless roses mass'd!
--Ens Martin, in Ho;lseikeeper.
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Caif0ruta's Big Tree.

The section from one Of the big Cali
fornia redwood trees which the govern
ment viii exhibit in is building al the
worlds fair has arrived at the fair
grounds. Eleven freight cars were re
quired TO convey il across the continent.
Il measures thirty feet long By twenty
three feet n diameter. The section IS
followed out. and when placed on end
divided INTO two stories and lighted. a.
/: VII &c. 1t VIII form rustic house
large enough for family 70 1--we IN
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Drill Sergeant-I say, Smith, have
you any idea of how slow and stupid
you are?
Private SMITH don't know.
D. SCI course you don't: but let ne
tell You that an Egyptian mummy is
iriSky compared with YOU
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What she F,emAsasie q.

She-You will love me always won't
you. dear?
He-Always> darling,
She tpetulantly)-oh--
He-What in the world Is the natter
She-E'Ey on earth don't you say
twice as long as alwaysa-Boston
Globe.
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Not Engaged-The lady occupied
the seat IN the car alone. The man
stopped and with srEilo and bow he
inquired: "Engsged9' No, married"
she responded. and he backed Of
Detroit Free Press.
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-Crummer-"Do you believe with
Pope that we should shoot folly as it
fies?'" GIliland-"Yes; but the dif-
fcuIty is that nowadays folly is too fy
10 be shot-"-N. Y. Herald.
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5 It yet,
Timothy?"
Mrs Trappe
asked the ques-
ton with a lit
tie shlver, as
she spread out
her thin fingers
over the blaze
of the wood
Ere, W = 0 5 Q
CHEEKY spires OF
flame req
halfway up the
large, old-fash-
toned chimney.
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NJ yer expect me
ter tell yer how
a woman can
catch a burglar?
Z h a t. s t h e
gre ates : yet
Yer % a k e me
laf. "
It's q tradition
with women to
bee ON c scared
merely at the
IN e n tion of a
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Bessy would never come home here
and perish in a snow-driit almost III
sight of her fathers house. There's a
mistake here-the-e must be-"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-02

Lizzie Butterfeld went with her brother
Henry 10 Boston last week.
Mrs. Pierce Of SO. Royalton is spending
some time with friends in town.
Mrs. Preston Of Lowell, Mass,swas in
town Saturday, visiting Mrs. Chas .spaid-
ing.
DR.. jackson OF Barre consulted with Or.
Fletcher last week Monday, on the case
of +. w. Spalding. Both doctors agreed
that chronic gastritis was the disease from
which he is suffering.
Mrs. Mason was taken seriously III OF
heart trouble one evening last week. Dr.
Fletcher attended with his usual prompt
tude, and she is now conyalescent'
sylvanus Rich wentto Granville one day
last week.
Gilman Spaldiug met with quite an &C
cident last week when Singing ms shop.
The staging broke, letting him fall with
great force to the ground, but fortunately
he escaped without serious injury.
Mrs. Nellie Ellis has just received fine
line OF outing wrappers; also the most
complete and stylish line OF millinery ever
shown in town.
Dennis O'Grady is repairing his house.
D. l.. Nichols is showing specially fine
line Of dress goods this season.