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Evening journal., 1893-05-26
lem prace's Son Preaching.

Alfred Mace is a character worth study
ing His father was the once famous pugil-
list Jem Mace, and the boy Alfred was born
amid the surroundings Of prizefighters and
gamblers, who congregated about the senior
Mace's saloon in London. His mother was
a woman of extraordinary refinement and
strong domestic character. She could not
bear to have the boy brought up amid such
scenes and had him sent to live with an
aunt in Yorkshire.
There he was educated, and at the age Of
16 was converted and began his evangelistic
work among the poor and outcast in the
slums of London, working with other mis-
sionaries. For 20 years he has been preach
ing. He came to America about four years
ago. previous to that time doing all his
work in the British isles. His travels have
been extensive, and he has preached in near
ly every city on this continent
Mace is probably 40 to 45 years Of age, a
strongly built man with firmly knit
frame and very quick in his movements.
His hair is black, slightly tinged with gray
and brushed back from a broad forehead,
white and somewhat retreating His eyes
are black and twinkle like stars, and when
ho becomes very earnest they glow like a
fame.-Indianapolis Sentinel.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
a neanl,len of samnambnll.m.

IN the earlier days it was the common
" accepted idea that the somnambulist
was possessed. Anything and every.
thing that could not be understood OF
explained was of the supernatural. TIC
see an individual apparently asleep and
utterly obliTous to the greater number
Of surrounding objects and yet so keen
ly awake to others as to be able TO per.
form the most intricate actions without
the aid Of the senses was so greatly at
variance with tho common experience
of mankind as to call up feelings of as.
tonishment and awe, not alone TO the
minds of the vulgar or laymen, but to
those accustomed to scientific investiga.
ton. Modern science has at least dis.
PEELED this idea OF the supernatural,
though It has not yet been able to fur
nish q rational theory which will ac.
count for all of the manifestations Of the
affection It has done much, however,
toward elucidating the functions of diff.
ferent parts Of the nervous system and
in that way prepared the mind for q
fuller understanding.
Thus, in 1915, came q definition Of
somnambulism as "a condition in which
certain senses and faculties are sup.
pressed or rendered thoroughly impas.
sive, while others prevail in most un-
wonted exaltation, in which an indiyid-
ual, though asleep, feels and acts most
energetically, holding an anomalous
species Of communication with the ex-
ternal world, awake TO objects Of atton-
ton and most profoundly torpid to
things at the time indifferent, a eondi-
tion respecting which most commonly
the patient on awakening retains no rec
objection. but on any relapse into which
train of thought and feeling related to
and associated with the antecedent par
oxysm viii very often develop. st
Louis Globe-Democrat
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An Artists Views.

"My own training has been a very
thorough one" said Sir George Reid, p.
r. S. ~, in reply to a question 1 put
him, as he rehlled his churchwarden and
stretched himself at full length on his
sofa. "At 12t years Of age l was ap-
prenticed TO a photographer in Aberdeen.
! came to Edinburgh in 1861 and entered
the board Of trustees school of painting
at the Royal institution on my twentieth
birthday. 1 started my artistic career
as a landscape painter and would have
secuted the idea of painting portraits.
"Iowever, / gradually came to the
realization that as q rule the drawing in
landscape was very faulty and weak. ]
felt that a landscape painter should 20
in for a good figure education, and so be
able to draw anything. / therefore went
in carefully for that branch Of art, re-
turned to Aberdeen and began landscape
painting and occasional portraits. Grad
ually my portraits elbowed my land
scapes out of the field, which show.
how little command a man has over des
tiny" thoughtfully remarked my host
Il don't regret it. Portrait painting has
been most interesting to me and Ia.
brought me many friends. Casselrs.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Through ChlIdhood,s Eres.

wonder if we wouldn't like to 20 back
again and see how it feels to be years
old To feel the dance in our feet and the
morning in our faces; to look at the big
world again through baby eyesl Some of
us have forgotten all about it and are gold
plated so heavily that our souls can't get
out to get a breath Of air. But some of us
remember.
We remember how we looked out Of life's
east windows and saw the dawn angels pull
back the curtains Of pink and gold to wake
up the sun. We listened wide eyed and
wondering when the brook told us about
the water sprites that emptied their pitchers
awas up ON the hillside. Why, we knew
all that the birds said to each other then.
How is it we cannot understand now? We
knew just rs well when Mrs Robin went
down into the garden TO do some shopping
and left her husband to keep house, because
we heard him scolding about it all to him
self up in the pear tree.
And there used to be fairies then. Why,
once ] knew where fairyland wasl 1t was
in a corner of the old rail fence. An apple
tree stretched its long, knotted arms over
It; the grass stood about with its long, deli
cate ears pricked up to listen.
There were many little bowers in fairy
land, winding walks and groves Of cedar
and evergreen twigs bits of flower beds
and choice clumps of moss. In the midst
was a lovely lake, and only the grownuI
/ people imagined it to be piece of looking
| glass. That was because they couldn't see
And on moonlight nights the fairies came
for there used to be fairies then.-Dorothy
Deane in Chicago News-Record.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
women should Try Raising violets.

Such has been the rage for violets this
season that the wholesale dealers have
hardly been able TO supply the retailers,
who have paid as high as S1.c5 n hundred
for them through Lent and have paid
since at times a penny apiece. just be-
fore Easter one florist sold 5000 punches
in a single day. It seems to me there is
a suggestion in these facts for some re-
fined, capable woman, who would like to
add to her income. Ask any gardener,
and he viii tell you violets are easily
raised; that tho forcing Of them in frames
through the winter is not at all difficult,
and if one can carry the Same direct to
tine retailer during the busy season a big
profit is assured. What one can do an.
other may attempt, and it is certain that
this season q certain clerk living in the
suburbs brought into the city every
morning freshly picked lunches Of vio
lets which greatly increased his income
Brooklyn Eagle.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Tho Wise nrldecroom.

Fastening old shoes TO the trunks Of
young people starting on a bridal tour, dec
Grating their baggage with white ribbons,
filling their umbrellas with rice and per
forming other idiotic acts are stale jokes
that may endure for centuries. A Connect
icut couple has just gone through an un-
usually painful ordeal of this kind. 1t is
bad enough to endure the torture Of the
marriage ceremony without the after at
tack of the friendly enemy. The bride
groom who depends on his friends 20 settle
the little details Of travel runs a deadly
risk. The wise man attends to all the pre-
liminary matters, checks his own trunks
and keeps his destination a sccret.-New
York World
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
The religious Faith of the Presidents.

Everybody in New York has heard of the
remark recently made by Colonel Robert
G.. Ingersoll to the effect that Abraham
Lincoln was no more Christian than Vol
taire was. This has given rise to discus
sion of the religious views Of the martyr
president which promises to have alongrun.
1t is a remarkable fact that of the %
presidents of the United States very little
is recorded by the biographers of the ma
iority Of them as to their religious faith.
1t is further remarkable that as to all Of
the greatest Of them, Washington except
ed, there was much doubt during their
lives and much discussion after their deaths
as to whether they were Christians at all,
and if they were, to what classification Of
Christians they properly belonged. BY
common consent the greatest presidential
names are those Of Washington, jefferson.
jackson, Lincoln and Grant. The religion
belief of all these men, except Washington
was a matter of doubt during the create
part of their lives, and in the cases of JET
ferson and Lincoln-the two greatest Of all
our presidents in the judgment of the most
critical and discriminating authOrities-the
controversy is still an open one.
As to both of the last named presidents
the assertion has been made broadly, as
Colonel Ingersoll has quite recently made
it in regard to Lincoln, that they were not
Christians The panorama of the presi-
dents presents some curious contrasts in
the matter Of religious professions, utter
ances and practices Of the successive incum.
bents Of the White House.-New York Her
aid
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Thev seldom Bathe In yyinter.

People in moderate circumstances at Ber-
lin, Dresden, Vienna, etc, have no such
thing as a bathroom in their establish
ments, and are content to go through the
entire winter without Tubing They make
up for It, however, in summer by plunging
daily into the rivers, lakes and ponds that
may happen to be anywhere in the vicinity.
Nearly all the men and boys ARE excellent
swimmers, natatory instruction being COM
pulsory not only in the army, but even at
all the public schools. The people there
fore may be said to be imbued with taste
for cold water-in summer. But in winter,
alasl they are content to remain unwashed.
New York Tribune.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Tho Tools of the Errptians.

The ancient Egyptians had tools for stone
working equal to anything in use today.
They used both solid and tubular drills and
straight and circular saws. The drills were
set with jewels, probably corundum, and
even lathe tools had such cutting edges
So remarkably was the quality Of the tubu-
lar drills, it is said, and the skill Of the
workmen, that the cutting marks in the
hard granite give no indication of the wear
of the tool, while cut Of a tenth part Of
an inch was made in the hardest rock at
each revolution, and a hole through both
the hardest and softest material was bored
perfectly smooth and uniform throughout.
OF the material and method of making the
tools nothing is known.-New York Jour
nal
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
REsuRREcTIoN.

Eome wounds, first deep. are deeper every year,
Although our eyes no longer I'LL and weep,
Or watch no more at night when Otrcls sleep,
And find not, like new grief, the ready tear.
No transient sOlace touches suck wounds here;
No other hearts can know the anguish deep
OF hearts that higher hearts in memory keep;
Time passes but TO show their loss more clear.
The way is weary and the wall is thick
That keeps us from the waiting souls beyond.
All. sages, poets, have you not, too, lied
Unto our fancies that are faint and sick?
For answer, clasp one & -th, no dream phase
fond.
One Man came up from hell-the Crucifed.
M. +. Egan in New York Independent.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Tho Hidden Llfe orn ,.an.

The young man who made an unhappy
marriage and was divorced was for years
a mystery to his creditors, because ho
did not pay his debts, though he worked
hard day and night. His reputation in
that time suffered terribly, and he lost
caste with many people who had former
lyadmired him. When the woman from
whom he had been divorced died some
time later from an excruciatingly pain
ful disease. he began to pay his debts.
There are exceedingly few people who
know that all the money which he could
earn he rGve to make her life less mis-
erable.-New Yorl; Tribune.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
snnerstitlon In ENGLAND.

Good housewives in the coal regions mark
their bread loaves with "A cross, and house
maids insure a brisk kindling Of a newly
lit fire by making the samesacred sign over
the CRATE. As to fortune telling, the Black
country has for at least half century been
a>hnppy hunting ground for the black
tressed and dark eyed sibyls who disguise
their real calling from all but likely Gus
toners by the pretense of hawking hand
cut clothes pegs, skewers, etc. And, more
audacious still, in several towns are resi-
dent magicians, who rule planets and re-
veal secrets fora consideration. And when
woman misses an ornament or other val
liable she hies to a wizard or else to a
''wise woman" TO learn who is the thief.
One of these star students was so success
full in unraveling hidden secrets that his
skill was attributed to his dealings with
the evil one, and as he had a more than To-
cal reputation he was known far and wide
as ''the Dudley devil. Leisure Hour.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
How p,, nenew oot rn a sneeeh.


Before his death DR.. Vermilye had for
many years spoken TO the toast Holland"
at the annual dinner of the organization.
Some 4 years ago, and on the morning Of
the day set for the banquet, he was taken
i'll and notified the dinner committee that
he would be unable to make his wonted
Grafton.
At o'clock on the same day Depew en-
tered the Office Of John A. Nichols at II
Broadway, New York, wearing worried
expression and a perspiratiOn bedewed fore
head.
Nichols" he said, "I'm in a fix, and
want you to help me out. These st. Nicho-
las people have just wired me that in the
absence of DR.. Vermilye they look TO me TO
respond TO Holland j don't know the
lirst thing about the subject, and it's
o'clock"
"Well" said Mr.. Nicholas.
"Now," went on Depew, "just you take
me by the arm and walk me up Broadway
to Twenty-third street Don't talk to me
and don't expect me to talk TO you. just
steer me clear Of people, mind 1 don't get
run over at the crossings and go slow.
That's all want you to do"
Mr.. Nichols did as requested, and the pair
did not exchange a word until Twenty
third street was reached at 5:15 p. m.
"Thankee," said Depew as he parted with
his friend. II guess Pm all right"
At 1880 p. m. the first thing that the eye
Of Mr. Nichols met as he sat down at the
dinner table was the bland unruiiled,
smoothly shaven face Of Depew. The
speech that he made later is yet a delight
full tradition in the annals Of the st. Mich
olas society. 1t was chock full Of wit. fact,
! figures and sentiment. Nobody but Mr..
Nichols dreamed that it had been conceived,
shaped and born amid the riot and roar OF
Broadway. Brooklyn Chronicle.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
International cnnriesr.

The want of cordial feeling between
France and Germany makes itself apparent
on all occasions. A German periodical de-
scribes a little scene at the dinner tableof a
Swiss hotel, where a Frenchman and Ger
man sat opposite each other.
you are a Frenchman, l suppose" said
the German when the meal was half over.
yes" was the reply. But how did you
find it outi"
because you eat so much bread " said
the German.
Then there was silence till the dinner was
nearly done, when the lrenchman said:
"You are a German presumed"
81 am, but what made you think sofn
Because you ate so much of everything, u
was the amiable retort.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
HntnIsI chinn.

Travellers in China return with marvel
Gus tales of discomfort in the Celestial
inns. The buildings are of sun dried brick
and usually are about 20 crumble. Rows
of small rooms front on the four sides Of 3
square, and each contains a brick bed, a
rough chair and occasionally a table. The
windows are covered with paper The
courtyard swarms with dogs. cats, fowls,
pigs, donkeys, camels and mules. and the
rooms are alive with scorpions and small
centipeds The waiter at the table uses a
small napkin indiscriminately upon the
table, plates, chopsticks and his perspiring
brow or shoulders. But everything is
cheap York Recorder
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Fi.ted Tor tho Post.

Hotel Proprietor-Yes, 1 want a clerk
at once. What do you know about no
tel keeping:
Apphcaat-Enow? See herel Unless
you've got four or fvo years to spare foi
q little chat, asl; me what don't know
It.l t2Lo less ti-nc What do I know
about hotel keeping? Wen. 7 shonll
smile. / know it all-more than all.
could run 40 Eotelsand play 10 games Of
chess bliudfol3cl. Why, man, used &.
De commercial traveller. New Ycrl
Weekly.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Rnfnsinrnc Challenge.

When invited by the Protestant contro-
versialist known as "Tribulation Cum
ming to dispute with him before the pub
lie at Birmingham, Cardinal Newman re-
piled to the effect that be had small ability
in controversy and could not venture to meet
SO redoubtable an opponent in that field
but he added, My friends are kind enough
to say that have some skill on the violin,
and if agreeable / shall be happy to enter
into a contest with you on that instru-
ment San Francisco Argonaut.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
To rhIIadelphIa vIa RoyaI nIue LIne.

Because of its largely increased and greatly
improved passenger terminals az lhiladel-
phla the Royal Blue Line should be % more
Commencing May 18th, an New York trains
of the Royal Blue Line, excepting the Limited
leaving Wilmington at l22i p. M, will enter
the new Terminal station of the Reading
Railroad at Twelfth and Market streets. Phil
adclphia. An these trains. with the evCep-
tion noted above, will also stop AZ Spring
Garden street and at Ninth and Columbia
avenue stations. All the Royal Blue Line
trains will make the stop al Twenty-fOurt b
and Chestnut streets ns heretofore.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
when travelling

Whether on pleasure bent. or business,
take on every trip bottle Of Syrup of
Figs, as II acts most pleasantly and ef
fectively on the kidneys. liver and bowels,
preventing fevers, headaches aud other
forms Of sickness. For sale in 90 cen Is
and 81 bottles by all leading druggists.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
rne nnttnm of Tho pnelne.

Scientists say that if the bed of the Pa
cilc ocean could De seen it would disclose
TO view several mountains, with truncated
tops, scattered over it. These mountains
would be perfectly bare at their bases, and
all around their tops tLcy would be COW
cred with a bcaatifal growth oicoral polypi.
New York Tribune
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
FeIl From n Waron,

Eddie Laws, an 1i-year old colored
bow. had his head cut by falling from
Frank A. Mitchell's wagon yesterday
afternoon at Fourth and King streets.
He was taken 70 W. c. Taylor's drug
store and DR. Quinn sum noned. His in
iuries were not serious, and after they
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Into the Heart Of philadelphia.

On and after May 18th passengers 10 Phila
adelphia via all Royal Blue Line trains, eX
cept the limited leaving Wilmington at II p
p. M. viii have the option of leaving the
train at the new terminal station of the
Reading railroad, az Twelfth and Market
streets, in the heart OF the city. All trainl
will continue TO stop az Twenty fourth ant
Chestnut streets, as heretofore.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
The chndren,.

The children's health must not be me-
elected. Cold in the head causes catarrh. Hlys
Cream Balm cures at once. IL Is perfectly
safe and Us easily applied into the nostrils.
The worst cases yielding 10 10. Price zoe.
One of my children had "a very bad dis
charge from her nose. Two physicians pre-
scrlhed, hut without benefit. We tried fiys
Cream Balm, and much 10 our surprise, there
was marked improvement. We continued
the balm and I'M short time the discharge
was cured.-O. a. Cary, Corning, y. y.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

The fact that sunlight is inimical to bac-
)eria has long been known, but Professor
Wards experiments indicate that sunshine
may be the most effective agent in keeping
lir and water free of infection.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Tho Tirst prlnted nnnlL.

The first book printed on movable types
was the book of Psalms, by Faust and
Schoeffer, which was completed Aug H.
1857 Several plate or block" works were
printed before this, but the secret of theiI
production was known only to the print.
ers, who sold the books as manuscripts
getting a very high price for them.-St
Louis Republic.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

The London Lancet calls attention again
20 the fact that stamps and envelopes are
often to be blamed for numerous petty i'll
nesses, which are certainly worth the small
ounce of prevention needed.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

The oldest coin in the world is an Egian
piece of the year eco B. c. 1t is not dated
of course, the dating system being modern
invention, dating back less than $50 years.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

Members Of the English Life guards can
not be tried by court martial unless tie
members Of it belong either to their own or
one of the other household regiments.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

Nothing so cements and holds together
all the parts of "A society as faith or credit,
which can never be kept up unless men are
under some force or necessity of honestly
paying what they owe one another.-Cicero.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
Rev. sNlvnnns limo

OF the Cincinnati NJ. r. conference, says
I'VE have for years used Hoods Sarsapa
rilla I'm our family of five, and find II fully
equal 10 all that is claimed for 10.
Hood pills cure Liver Ills.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

had been dressed ne was taken to his
home on French street, between Eighth
and Ninth
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

d, You know about our pricAs9 Fully
q third less than others rate. New York
Clothing uouse, 3l6 Market street
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

IL the Princess Fulalia wants TO have "a re-.
cherche rose-colored reception. with gilt
buttons, let her visit Philadelphia.-SteeI
Brook BazoO
Evening journal., 1893-05-26
ITEMS: oFalNTEREsT.

OF course the resignation OF Mr. Leech. di-
rector OF the Mint. was voluntary. SO was the
act OF the coon I'm coming down Providence
journal.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

There Is a wild. weird rumor that Ignatiul
DOnnelly has discovered poetic cipher 10
John Ruskin's prose works. Chicago Irib
une.
Evening journal., 1893-05-26

by 'the way. didn't somebody mention
American tinY What IS American tin, any
how, and where is III swansea Gazette.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-14
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Excerpts From the Columns of Our Daily
 Exchanges.

Excerpts From the Columns of Our Daily
 Exchanges.
 Track Walker Thomas Begley found six ties and two casks of railroad spikes on the north bound track Wednesday night, just prior to the passing of the midnight Boston express at Windsor Locks. 4 drunken farm hand was arrested Thursday night near Woods station, but 1t is doubt full if he knows anything about it.
 Arthur w.. the four year old son of Henry Meyers of Norwalk, died last night AS the result of burns received yesterday The little fellows clothing caught fire while he was playing with matches.
 John Bostwick, aged 75 years, dropped dead on Main street at Stamford yesterday afternoon from heart disease.
 Frederick C. Mullins, city clerk of Bridgeport. last evening received appoint ment papers from Washington, D. C., naming him as postmaster to succeed J, w. Knowlton, the present incumbent in office.
 In the superior court at New Haven yes tcrday Gaetano Pisistrato, charged with stabbing Gaetano Celintino in the back. in Bethany, on September l0, received a sen tcncc of five years. The two men quar- relied and Pisistrato's Italian blood waxcd too warm to be controlled.