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The herald., 1893-05-16
HOW a saber Cut Feels,

"Ihardly know how it feels to be she,
but well realize how it feels to be cuti
said Mr.. o. D. Reeves of indianapolis a
the Lindell. II enlisted in caval1j
regiment when I was 10 and put in fo,j
years for Uncle Sam. Do you see tb
scarf That was done at Nashville" ar
he held up his left hand, which was al
most encircled by deep scar. "Tii
boys were ordered to charge, and ha
emptied my pistols and had just draws
my saber when saw bearing down upoi
me one of the largest men l ever saw.
"Our horses were both going at ful
speed, and he was headed directly fd
me. He launched his blow first, and /
instinctively threw up my hand anj
lowered my head. The saber struck IN,
hand, which fell helplessly by my side
The man few past me, and / turned mi
horse to one side and rode fara enougj
away to examine my wound. No blooi
escaped, neither did feel any pain unit
the wound was dressed half hour later
The reaction set in, and the ,strongeA
opiates were used for days to give me rg
lief from pain. ''-St. Louis Republic.
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Well Acted.

In the school l attended it was the Gus
tom for tho girls to write plays, and, one,
entitled "The Successful Accident, was
prepared for our class to be acted in
school. 1t was customary for the pupils
to have dramas and invite their friends,
The histrionic talent of almost every girl
attending the school had been shown of
to great advantage, but there We're two
who had never succeeded, and they weyJ
chosen to act conspicuous parts in o.
scene of this play-that of governess al
excited mother of her pupils. The Oh
lady had to enter the room hurriedly an
speak sharply to the governess. Agar
and again they were drilled, but at everY
rehearsal they failed, and all feared the
would not succeed.
When the curtain rose there sat the
poor, trembling governess with book in
hand. The stage floor had been newly
waxed, and when the elder lady came
sweeping in she lost her step and slipped
all the way across the stage, carrying be-
fore her the astonished governess, who
remained where she fell, off the opposite
side of the stage. But her employer
arose, Strengthened her gray wig and
walked with stately step to the entrance.
The curtain fell, and the audience ap-
plauded, thinking it the best acted part
Of the play.-Wa ashington News.
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ever lived. When there was no society
for her to join she organized one. The
walls of her apartment were covered
with framed certificates of membership
In societies in all parts of the world. She
was the originator Of the Home for the
Friendless and the Half Orphan society,
the Colonial DANES and numerous 9TH
ers. When she attended O meeting Of
historians last year at Montreal she was
granted the freedom Of the city-some-
thing never given before to woman.
Although most enthusiastic in all mat
ters Of woman's work, Mrs. Lamb her.
self most enjoyed toework with men.
She made The Magazine Of American
History pay-a miraculous accomplish
ment in the eyes Of publishers.
"The History Of the City of New
York" won for Mrs. Lamb her spurs as
historian. Many consider it the most
complete and accurate record ever com
piled. Afterward she published half a
dozen historical works which were re-
ceived and are looked upon as coming
from high authority. What she has
done in her magazine toward preserving
American historical references cannot
fail to be- Of value to the future historian
In his work.-New York Press.
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MRS. LAMBS QUEER WAYS.
She Was the Only Woman Historian I'm
America, Perhaps In the World.

she Was the Only Woman Historian I'm
America, Perhaps in the World.
Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, editress of The
Magazine Of American History, was n
singular and remarkable woman. She
was something of q writer, something of
business woman, something of phi
lanthropist, something of an organizer
and great deal Of q historian.
Mrs. Lamb was the one woman who
has written history successfully, She
took as much delight in hunting through
musty letters, manuscripts and records
and in digging into ancient ruins as the
late Mr.. Bancroft. Not only did she
take interest in historical matters--an
easy enough and common enough thing
to debut she won the respect and ad-
miration Of eminent and erudite histor-
ical scholars ON both sides Of the Allan
tic, and cnme to be recognized as an at,-
thority on American historical matters.
Mrs Lambs strong, kindly, womanly
face was familiar in all of the book stores,
libraries and these out of the way book
marts in the city, the existence Of which
is unknown to most busy New Workers.,
where literary people, book lovers and
entiquarians congregate to follow their
studies and fancies. Although sixty
three years of age, for years, regularly
vacations were quite unknown to her
at s o'clock in the morning she arrived
at her Office in the building occupied by
tho Scribners. Indeed she brought on
her death by persistence in attendance to
her duties when her health would not
permit it. In the details of her work she
was as systematic as a bank clerk, and
she would brook nothing else on the part
of her assistants.
Editress and business manager Of the
magazine, an active participant in the af-
fairs of numerous societies devoted to
historical research and the advancement
of women, an author Of historical works.
constant writer on historical themes,
she accomplished all with the aid of but
one stenographer, and sho had been heard
to say that this stenographer was lux
ury, There's an example of activity and
devotion to duty to be admired by man
| and woman alikel
Mrs. Lamb began writing at IN early
age. AS girl.she was shy, modest, un-
assuming and never accessible to stran-
gers. When she was fifteen years Of age
she went to visit the birthplace OF. her
mother, who died when she was child
She wrote long account of the impress
sions she received and sent it unsigned
to paper at Northampton, Mass, near
by where she was living. The editor
learned who the author was and pub
Gshed it ovF her signature. Before she
was twenty she had q number of stories
for children accepted by magazines and
periodicals, and during her lifetime she
! wrote eight books for children.
She was often abrupt~and original in
! her decisions. She would advance pc
culiar opinion upon subject, and upon
being asked for her reason would answer
simply that she had none, but she knew
what she stated to be true.
Mrs. Lamb had her hobby. 1t was So
cieties. Shewas a member of more or
ganizatiops than any;other woman who
The herald., 1893-05-16
Rcmarhabie renaoi.y of Life.

The pious DIR. Shirley Palmer tells q
fish story that is calculated to.maket the
members Of the St. Louis Hunting and
Fishing association Ito use a strictly
original expression) ''turr green with
envy" By some hook or crook-hook
no doubt-Mr. Palmer came into pos
session of fine brace of tench. They
were lively pair of finny beauties when
the doctor took them home with theidea
of slaughtering them for hisSunday din
ner. Placing them in pail of water, he
put them into the larder and thought no
moro about the matter. That night at
midnight he was aroused, so he says, by
a groan proceeding from the aforesaid
larder. Inspection of the room explained
the mystery.
One Of the fish had sprung from the
basin or pail and lay gasping upon the
floor, every now and then uttsring
sounds similar to those which had dis
turbed Mr.. Palmer. Next day both fish
were prepared for dinner, but such was
their tenacity Of life that both, afterhav-
4, ing undergone the process of scahngand
ievisceration, sprang from the pan and
wriegled about on the floor as though
they had but recently been removed from
their native element.
This is told as scientific fact, not as
''fish story" or in the way of joke
st. Louis Republic.
The herald., 1893-05-16
A Poet WHO rold "stories. +,

The poet Shelley as boy Wa pos
sessed of a marvellous imagination So
wonderful, indeed, was it that it gave
his parents many an anxious hour. He
would recount imaginary scenes and
conversations as though they were ac-
tual, and it really seemed as though he
were unable to distinguish between the
little fctions of his imagination and
actual fact. This characteristic was
strong with Shelley throughout his not
very long life, and frequently gave rise
to unfortunate complications between
himself and those who did not under
stand his nature and habit.-Harpers
Young People.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Are spats FashionabIe9

There is one point on which consider
able doubt exists in various quarterl
Are spats fashionable? is the query j,
which this doubt is sometimes expressed
The fact that some we'll dressed mel
persevere in wearing them does not ezII
actly answer the question in the affirmst
tive, for there are old army men anI
others who will continue all their liveI
to wear the same sortof things they wor|
some 10 or 10 years since. That spaaa
since then have descended in the soci:l
scale may be otherwise conceded.
don News,
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Patents and what rhey,Protect.

A business man in this city who is UP
to his ears in the work necessary to
gather capital to float an enterprise, and
at the same time to keep information Of
the nature of it away from busy rivals,
found time last week to say: "Did you
ever think that patent does not patent
In this country? Well, it's fact. All
that the patent Office does is to give you
paper with some writing on it, but If
another man steals your idea and goes
to manufacturing your invention the
patent office will not lift finger to pro-
tect you OF to stand by its own decision.
The fact that you've got patent is a
point in your favor, but you've got to
hire lawyers and fight the thief in the
courts, and if he can stand 1t to hire
lawyers longer than you can that settles
you, and you might as well make him
present of your invention. There are lots
of men in the country who are getting
rich on the discoveries Of other people.
All they had to do was to take 'em and
fight the real discoverers into poverty.
The patent Office, to be respected and to
be of.any use, ought to have the power
to cause the stealer of patent to be sent
to prison. New Y York Sun.
The herald., 1893-05-16
AMusEmxsrs OF pAupeRs.
How khe Inmates of English AImshoussa
Got Their Eutortninmept,

Got Their Entertainment,
1--WE have far better amusements In the
workhpuse than most people Think said
an old inmate TO one Of our representatives
the other day. II don't meap such things
as cards. dominoes and the hke, but real.
first class, professional affairs. But you
have to pay for 'em-oh, yes.
"Now, there's an old fellow in my house,
He was &Wctor, and can still remembef
every line of Shakespeare. We often make
up an ounce Of tobacco among us, and
he'll give us whole act of Hamlet He
is not above taking half an ounce for the
recital Of q scene or two. Only last week
he was in grand form. Twenty of us man
aged to subscribe matter of fifteen pence,
and we sat during the whole afternoon lis
tening to a complete recital of The Mer-
chant of Venice
II know of an old Crimean' hero He
goes on another tack. He has wonderful
appetite. For a.bit of his next door neigh.
boris meat orpuddfng, or portion of his
soup at dinner, he will take him in cor
ner and tell him stories Of the war for hall
az hour. He always winds up with CAPT
tai rendering of The Charge of the Light
Brigade in which a brother of his was
killed.
II have seen thirty little screws OF tobac
co put In an old sailors cap-making alto
gether perhaps an ounce and half or SO
lin return for which he will spin see
yarns by the mile. He never tells the same
yarn twice. We call him Sea Serpent Sam,
and l don't know q man who better de-
serves the title. He's masterpiecel
"The womens Oh, yes, they are not for
gotten. can tell you this: There are a
couple of old ladies in our house. One has
been an operate chorus singer. She knows
a score Of operas, and for a trihe will sing
you anything you like, both in Italian and
English. Bless you, her voice isn't half
bad, and l should say she once had very
good one.
'But give me the old lady who dances.
She says she was once a principal dancer.
She's sixty-fve If she's day, but I've
seen her dance highland fling to perfee-
tion. remember once couple of us old
fellows laid down our two sticks on the
pavement of the exercise ground. Believe
me, sir, she set all our feet going with hes
sword dance. e."-London Tit-Bits.
The herald., 1893-05-16
How Some New Varieties Nav
Be Obtained.
The Gift the Herald
n

By special arrangement with Of the leading seed
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included valuable
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trial No seeds sent without The following
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firm al beauifu
very pro16c
flesh
SIBERIAN Cucu!BERVey
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reported DR. H.W
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l
The herald., 1893-05-16
A Model Husband

II defy you to find man who love-
his wife as dearly as love mine. ri
render her happy would undertake ID
go and live alone at the top of a noun
tain"
"But you would never come up tt
Puntolini's uncle, who, when he ascer
tanned that his wifelooked bestin mourn
ing, went and committed suicide. Con
riere della Sera.
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An Ocean Mystery.

One Of the saddest of ocean mysteries
was the fate of the 100 souls who sailed
from Philadelphia on Dec. 1, 1889, in the
ironclad Atlanta, or Triumfo, as she was
rechristened. She had been purchased
by the government of Hayti, and she
sailed for-Port au Prince. She had two
Haytian- senators on board, the wife of a
commanding officer and crew of over
00young men recruited in Philadelphia.
Nothing has ever been heard Of the ves-
sci from that day.-New York World.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Brave Children.

A pretty incident in connection with
the Umbria's delay relates to the chill
dren Of one of its prominent passengers.
They were counting ON ''papa's" arrival
on Christmas morning, and decided tho
night before not to open the stockings
which Santa Claus should fill until he
came, anticipating at the most wait OF
q few hours. Even these seemed hard
to endure when the plump stockings
were actually in evidence before their
eager eyes, but desire was Loyalty re-
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strained and the day passed. Other days
came and went with the traveller still
out of harbor, but the self imposed or
deal was unhinchingly borne till the
blissful Saturday when their ship came
in, and joyous reunion and realization
rewarded their faithfulness.
There should be stuff in these young
sters of which heroes are made To
child full Christmas stocking tempts
like Cesar's crown.-Her Point of View
in New York Times.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Philosophy.o of Grumbling.

'You may call US confirmed grum-
blers." said a regular John Bull sort of
Britisher the other day, ''but / tell you
our grumbling pays. When things go
wrong with you Americans, you make
fun of it and laugh at it and endure it!
When things go wrong with us, we keep
on grumbling until theyare set tstraight.
If you grumhled more and joked less,
you would be o bit better off. New
York Herald. rAf
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The Color of the Hat.

Centuries ago tho color of hat or cap
habits significance. Cardinals first be-
gan to wear red hats in 1858. In Italy
for ages s1e,members Of the Hebrew race
wereknownby the yellow cap they wore,
it being mandatory for them to wear
them. PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
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30 place For . Conscience.

Applicant For Situation(to grocer)-
I'm honest, truthful, Industrious, and I
nave conscience, sir.
Grocer-Have consciencei Good gra-
cicus, young man, you'll never do for
shis businessl- Exchange. -..------..
The herald., 1893-05-16
= Love as a Disease.

May-Why is it that people really
know SO little about love?
Frank-Becauso it is disease thai
leaves its victims in such pitiful con,
dition of i1nbecility that they are whoIls
incapable of rationally describing theii
esmptoms. New York Herald.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Strong Enough.

Small Son-Mamma, may go skatinf
Mamma-Tha ice is very thin yet.
Small Son-Well, I'm pretty thin too,
Good News
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REPRooF IN LOVE.

Because we are shut out from light,
Each of the others look and smile;
Because the arms and lips delight
Are past and deada q weary while;
Because the dawn that JOY has brought
Brings now but certainty of pain,
Nothing for you and me has bought
The right TO live our lives In vain.
Take not away the only lure
That leads me ON my lonely way
To know you noble, sweet and pure,
Great inleast service day by day.
Wives and Daughters.
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Ashamed of II.

Mamma-Well, did you tell God how
naughty you have beenp
Lily-No, was ashamed. I thought
it had better not get out of the family
Catholic World.
The herald., 1893-05-16

forks, opposite to each other, with the
handles inclining downward. If the rim
of the coin be then placed upon the point
of the needle, it may be turned around
without any risk of falling off, as the
center Of gravity is below the center of
euspension.
The herald., 1893-05-16

Professor Bell, of telephone fame, is a
large, strongly built man who looks as
though he-enjoys life. He has most
contagious smile.
The herald., 1893-05-16

The carnation by reason of its real
merit has since 1850 rapidly forced it
self into animportant place in theAfower
trade of the northern and central parts
of our country.
The herald., 1893-05-16

experimental agricultural fairs throughout the
IoNcsrNpe shape this variety resembles the White Seeded
variety Its and delicious
TREE-A the
dryes land
is brilliant cardinal red,
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FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
Spinning q Coin.

Take wine or porter bottle and insert
IN the mouth cork, with needle in 8
perpendicular pos, s,tion, says an exchange
Then cut nick on tho face of another
cork, in which fix silver quarter, and
into the Same cork fix two common table
The herald., 1893-05-16

1t was not until 1925 that the New
England mackerel fisheries were prose-
cuted with. any ppreciable success. !,
The herald., 1893-05-16
little Sisters.

Baby totters when she walks
(She is only two, you know,
Twists the words up when she talks,
But like to hear them so,
Cause can always find them out
And tell nurse what she talks about.
Baby always comes TO me
To help her dress, to help her play.
lam half past four you see,
And growing bigger every day,
And I'm learning A &c,
And tables up to times 8.
The herald., 1893-05-16
THE shuPMAN's TALE.

Listen, my masters speak naught but truth.
From dawn to dawn they drifted ON and on,
Not knowing whittier or to what dark end.
Now the north froze them, now the hot south
scorched.
Some caLled to God and found great comfort 80;
Some gnashcd their teeth with curses, and some
laughed
An empty laughter seeing that they lived,
30 sweet was breath between their foolish lips.
Day after day the same relentless sun;
Night after night the same unpitying stars.
At intervals fierce lightnings tore the clouds,
Showing vast, hollow spaces, and the sleet
Missed, and the torrents of the sky were loosed.
From time to time hand relaxed its grip,
And some pale wretch slid down into the dark
With stifed moan, and transient horror seized
The rest who waited, knowing what must be.
AT every turn strange shapes reached up and
olutched
The whirling wreck, held on awhile, and then
S1ipt back again into that blackness whence
they came.
All, hapless folk, to be so tost and torn,
So racked by hunger, fever, fire and wave,
And swept at last into the nameless void
Frail girls, strong men and mothers with their
babes!
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And I've got painting book,
A box of paints and brushes tool
] turn the leaves for her TO look
And show her red and prussian blue.
She knows them now and gives them ms
When paint roofs or skies and sea.
When I'm six I'll learn to sew,
Mend and darn as mother does,
Knit my socks right 70 the toe,
And make coats and hats for US,
And teach dear babyal do,
And mothertn and watch US tive. -
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And were none saveds
My masters, not a SOUL

Oh, shipman, woeful. woefu1 is thy taleI
Our hearts are heavy, and our eyes are dimmed.
What ship is this that suffered such i'll fate2
What ship, my masters? Know ye 'not?-the
World.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich In Harper'a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-13

RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Reports of the Interstate Com merce Cor
mission for 1892.

Reports of the 1nterstate Com merce Com.
mission for 1892.
WAsHISGroS. Oct. G.-The fifth sta
~tistical report of the interstate com
merce commission for the year ended
June 30, 1892, has just been submit
ted. The total railway mileage of the
country was 17l,563. SO miles, being
an increase during the year OF
SHOOTS miles. the smallest in
crease for a number Of years.
The railways which during the
year were added to the class Of
railways operating n mileage in excess
Of 1000 miles are the Philadelphia Il
Reading railroad. the Atlantic Coast
Line association, and the Union Pacific.
Denver and Gulf railroad. The total
number of employees in the service Of
railways was s2i,4i5. being an increase
of 81. 1870 over the previous year. The
capitalization Of the 1872, 3o.. 30 miles
covered by the report was Sl0,2 26, .4s.-
1874.
The total number of passengers ear
ried by the railways during the year
wa $50. 95s.2lI. The gross earnings
from operation Of railways Were ST.
III. 407. 3i3. The operating expenses
were $3.50. 997. 800.
The number Of railway employees
killed was asst. being less than the
number killed during the previous
year. The number of employees in.
jured. however. was in excess OF the
number injured during the previous
year. being -. 2C7. The number Of pas
scngcrs killed was largely in excess OF
the number killed during the previous
year. being 316 in isg2, as against 29S
in 1891; while the number of passcn-
gers injured was 3.221 in 1892. az
against 2.oT2 in 1891.