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The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

practiced his calling in both America
and England, young Mccarthy began
to be newspaper man when he was
little more than a school boy. and he
brings to his position as dramatic critic
Of the Pail Mall Gazette a cultured
style, love of the play and proper
sense of responsibility. Mr.. Mccarthy
was for long time the youngest mem
Der of the British parliament. He
went through several sessions as the
repesen Of an Irish borough at
the same time that his father was doing
able work in parliament. But he does
not seem to have cared for political
life. Dramatic poetry is his chief love,
and he would turn to it readily and
work at it strenuously if his profession
Of dramatic critic allowed him any leis-
ure. His adaptations from the French
have all been characterized by neatness
of Eumor and felicity Of expression. In
the four volumes Of verse which he has
published, dainty fancy and purity Of
rhythm prevail. Although still young,
Mr.. Mccarthy has been an extensive
writer Of history. In all that he does
he shows the artists gift.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
ters in London is known as the "cha-

ters in London is known as the 'cha-
pei cadger."
She is dressed in a stuff gown, a
shawl always a shawl-and a bonnet
which is a species Of Salvation army
compromise. She has no outward and
visible means of support, but it needs
no very astute fancy to conclude that
she makes a tidy living out of her var
ious religious irons which she has on
the fire. England, like all countries
with an established church has the bet
ter class Of it's poor as members of that
church. The NOncOnfOrmiSt or chapel
people as they are called, are worthy
folk, but numbers many members Of
rather dubious ecclesiastic views, who
use the chapel as convenient cloak.
Of course the title ''cadger" Is word
Of thieves slang coinage. She is the
sort Of woman who prays in sick rooms
and reads the Bible and exhorts sim
ncrs to repentance. Sometimes. despite
the ironical name she has long since
been given by unwritten law, she is
earnest and conscientious in doing good
selling few matches or boot laces and
doing odd bits of needlework to exc
out her poor pittance.
But generally she is a fraud. Her
religion is always most repellant. Fire
and birthstone she gloats over The
vengeance Of God she administers by
word of mouth, as a sort of deputy
Providence. was once lectured by a
chapel cadger for a solid hour, until I
felt as if the wra th of God was pursu-
ing me like hot shot I Mortified her
when I assured her that ':the God
thor 4Jo
one she espoused the cause off,
I followed up this woman and found
her to be a stupendous humbug and hy-
pocrite.
She neglected her husband and child
rem leaving them all day Sunday din
nerless, while she went to chapel
prayer meetings. Her two eldest
daughters were in domestic service.
Every summer she got them each one
two weeks in the country as holiday,
at convalescent homes by inventing lies
as to their recent illness to deceive
the elect, who are ladies and gentlemen
of the Church of England religious per-
suasion. I should say these lazy,
healthy louts Of girls have been in
every noted home in the kingdom.
These homes are established to enable
poor bodiesss men and women, to have
a little country air and good food in
the early days Of convalescence after
some dangerous hospital illness, and
this is one Of the many ways in which
England's noble charities are abused
The eadger stops at nothing Some
times she takes up ''baby farming"
If the baby b0arders die off too numer-
ously she gets found out and brought
int! into =. a police court Then she disap-
pears for a time. But she is not at a
convalescent home She is "doing
time' in prison, and for period longer
or shorter, as the case may be, society
is rid of the chapel cadger. ."-Bostoa
Herald.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

pied the pulpit Of the church named,
and his work has met with great sue
cess. He caused the building of the
present structure, one of the finest in
the country, and the congregation now
numbers 700, With a Sabbath school of
800 pupils. The new church cost $780,
600, ond has a seating capacity of
1000. In personal appearance. says the
New York Recorder, Mr.. Beecher is
tall and broad-shouldered A plentiful
brown beard well tinged with white,
full, genial brown eyes, with a direct,
kindly look, and hair worn long and
brushed back from a broad, intellectual
forehead, form a personality to which
stranger would give more than a
passing glance. Mr.. Beecher is an ex-
pert in the mechanical arts. In his
earlier years he worked in an optical
instrument factory in Connecticut. Ell
mirians are fond of. talking of the &C.
cens rfcities Of their dear Father 7Tom.'''e
Callers at his home often find the min
lister with his overalls on and deep in
the intricacies Of some delicate Job"
He is a good plumber, can build a barn
and was once found enacting the role
of a practical paperhanger as if it was
his only trade. Mr. Reecher is also a
wheelman, plays a good game Of bill
iards and tenpins, and is often Seen to-
take a hand with the boys when they
are having a good time. The kitchen,
adjoining the dining room, is a favorite
resort of the pastor. He is quite a
cook. Mr.. Beecller declares that the
hired girl does not understand the sci
ence of washing fannels, and so he in
sists on taking a hand in the regular
Monday morning washing, and that
day always finds him doubled over the
tub, washing his own underwear
Mrs Beecher is in every sense a tit
companion for a Beecher. She as we'll
as her husband, can boast Of belonging
to an illustrious family She is
granddaughter Of Noah Webster, and
formerly resided in Bridgeport Conn.
Mrs. Beecher has thrown all her en-
thusasm and ability into her husbands
work, and has been very prominent in
church and Sunday school work. MI.
and Mrs. Beecher have never had any
children of their own, but have adopted
several. Mr.. Beecher is literary man.
but has never consented to take sutti-
cent time from his church to do much
work in this line. This brother of Hen
ry Ward Beecher is often without mon
ey to defray his personal expenses, ow-
ing to- his generosity to others. The
greater part of his salary goes for char
ity. The members of his congregation
have to watch him closely in order to
be sure that he does not deny himself
too seriously.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
The Phonophore System.

A company has been started in Eng
land for the purpose of introducing
the phonophore system, whereby the
carrying capacity of the existing tele-
graph wires can be doubled. 70 meet
the requirements Of several of the rail-
road companies it has taken up the
question of working a single instru-
ment by the phonophore method. This
has been successfully accomplished;
and, as yearly all telegraphists read
by the sound from the needle, they
will be able to use to advantage a new
sounder, worked by q handle similar
to a single needle instrument, by which
an entire circuit can be duplicated.
This instrument Cor phonophore te1e~
phone for speaking, with special bell
call on the same wire) can also be at
tached to the block, bell or train staff
wires without any interference with
their working. If the needle nstru-
ment is preferred to this new sounder
1t can be applied to existing wires, but
two wires will be required. A mixed
circuit can be formed of the two sys-
TENS, saunders and needles. Phono-
phore telephones can be attached to
Ordinary telegraph and block wires.
ana conversation can be carried on dis
tlnctly in spite of ordinary induction.
On several occasions when a wire WAS
broken or become defective, and the
ordinary telegraph wires in conse-
quence became unworkable, it is stated
that the phonophore telegraph re-
mained undisturbed and continued to
work satisfactorily, although on the de,
fective wire.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
FEARED HIS WIFE THE MOST

The Juror Knew His Spouse and
Therefore Disobeyed the Court.
On one occasion Judge Andrew FL
llson was trying an important case at
Macon City and was desired to rush it
through in order to make way for an
other case coming up next morning,
says the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. The
court instructed the jury and court Of
hclals to return after supper that night
as it was intended to hold night ses-
sion. At o'clock all the officers, num-
erous witnesses and the jury, with one
exception, were promptly on hand. Of
course, nothing could be done without
the absent juryman The minutes ran
into hours and still the prodigal didn't
return. At a late hour court adjourned
without having accomplished any thing.
Next morning sharp at 8 o'clock the
twelve juryTmen were in the box His
honor scanned the crowd and asked for
the truant. He was pointed out and
the court ordered him to stand up.
''Mr-,! said the judge, addressing
the derelict, ''didn't you understand the
order of the court last night requiring
the jury to be on hand after superb
'Yes, your honor" said the juryman,
explaining, "brlt you see I live quite a
ways out Of town and my wife gave
me an order prior to the courts order
and her order was that I shouldn't stay
in town over night. I considered the
matter and concluded it was safer to
risk your honor's displeasure than hern
because" he added, earnestly, Il know
herr'
The court looked solemnly a moment,
as if weighing some mighty problem,
then smile started across his face, and
the bar, court officers and spectators
broke out in tumultuous laughter. The
ju1yman was forgiven; there We're
many there who could appreciate his
position.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
HE SHOCKED BOSTON.
Sculptor st. Gaudens, the Designer
of the Worlds Fair Medal.

Sculptor St. Gaudens, the Designer
of the Worlds Fair Medal.
Augustus st. Gaudens, the sculptor,
who Sc design for worlds fair medal
was so severely criticised by the Dr11d-
ish Bostonese and eventually failed to
meet government approval, is 4 New
Yorker in everything but the actual
accident Of birth. He was born in
Dublin and brought to the United
States when only six weeks Did. His
mother was an Irish woman and his
father a Frenchlnan, who had to work
hard for the support of his family.
At thirteen he had to leave school and
was apprenticed to cameo cutter He
spent his days at the bench and his
evenings at the Cooper Union art
schools in New York. Within three
years he had a reputation as one of
the best cameo cutters in that city.
At nineteen, having saved some money,
he went to Paris to perfect his knoWl-
edge of cameo cutting. But he had an
ambition to be an artist In a larger
way and entered the study Of Jouffroy,
the sculptor, where, says the Adver-
tier, he worked with an enregy that
made him q favorite with his master.
The war with Germany interrupted his
studies and he went to Rome, where
he opened his first studio. There he
modelled ''Hiawatha," which ex-Gov.
Morgan of New York admired and had
cut in marble. Then his success be-
gan. He made a bust Of William M.
Evarts, and after that ord ers fairly
flowed in upon him. The Farragut
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
Cataract ard It's Cure.

The presumable cause Of Mr.. Glad
stones retirement from political life
the affection Of his eyesight, has elicted
a great deal Of information IN regard
to the treatment of cataract. It is graft
flying to be assured by the leading Or
gans of English opticians that cataract
is one of the few serious diseases of
the eye which are more readily amen
able to surgical treatment, and OF
which the subsequent inconvenience can
be very fully removed with the aid Of
proper glasses. Ninety-fve per cent Of
the cases operated on for cataract do
well; the others go wrong either from
hemOrrhage into the eye, iritiS or sup
puration. Although demanding abso-
lutte -abstention from the use OF
the eye-for considerable period, the
operation is not one Of that serious
character to which advanced age is any
bar. In fact, although the disease is
eminently one Of the latter period OF
life, its radical treatment should not as
a rule, be resorted to until after appre-
ciable progress has been made toward
the complete loss of useful vision. Dur
ing the first period Of "ripening'' it
can be well understood that vision is
clearer in a feeble sight-with dilated
iris. And, in a case of emergency,
medical means can be employed for the
maintenance of such dilitant state of
the iris under ordinary conditions of H.
Elimination. The proper conditions for
reading and writing during this period
are that spectacles should be Worn to
accommodate for rather over the usual
reading distance"-if, Of course, this
be consistent with the size of the type
and the acuteness Of vision, which last
is purely function Of the nervous ap-
paratus Of the eye. Then the room
should be darkened; the book or paper
should be laid upon a desk covered
with dark cloth and it should be strong
ly illuminated by a projecting lamp.
The spectacles which have to be used
after an operation for cataract are not
Of the most slightly description, but the
ugliness due to their excessive convex
ity may be somewhat modified by the
use of heavier glass, or of a double lens
before each eye.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

part Of town, to which he comes on his
regular semi-weekly rounds. He is a
Jew. He carries an old hat in one
hand, and with the other grasps a bag
over his left shoulder
The bag is full Of emptiness I have
never seen any one selling clothes to
him, and am curious as to whether
his professed calling is not a mere
mask for other more lucrative jobs.
He might be a detective Or even a phil
anthrOpist I entered into conversation
with him one day. This seemed to sur
prise him very much. learned that he
had always been in the ''old clo' busi-
ness since he could remember. That
he had been twenty-five years at it in
North London, and on being questioned
as to his revenue, said that he 'made q
fairish bit at it, "But,' he added,
"business is not what it was. It is the
hat blockers and pressers and clothes
repairers that have ruined our business.
I'm sure I don't know what the people
are coming to-" with which bit Of pes
simism he moved on, touching his hat
to me as he did so. He is a man Of cor
rect speech, never once dropping an
''h'' in his utterances.
It is a strange circumstance that the
English Jew street seller is usually a
man of better education than the ordin-
ary lower class London cOckney, nor
have I ever seen a Jew beggar about
the thoroughfares. AS business with
my friend is now so bad, I presume
when it was good he had at least three
hats in his hand, and some few cast
off clothes in that greasy looking old
bag.
Hello! what's this? A CHEEKY "pipe-
ity-pipe" call, general hurried assem-
bling Of children about the square, and
we have in our midst a punch and
judy show. Of this particular street
amusement Gladstone is very fond.
T once saw him stand before one in
Piccadilly for fully twenty minutes,
paying out generously of his pennies,
seemingly obvious to the circumstance
that he was himself attracting much
greater attention than the show. The
street became soon blocked and the
venerable gentleman than walked brisk
ly off. Earl Rosebery, [ have heard
also likes to listen to Punch and Judy
show. I wonder what it is that seems
so to amuse great statesmen in these
perambulating whimsicalities, for a
friend assures me that the late Earl
Beaconsfeld WAS devoted to them.
Meantime our own show is giving us
the old story Of the rows of Punch and
Judy in the falsetto voice Of the ven
triloquial Snowman, while the man
drum beats out his periods to this elo-
cution, and pipes his lay like an cratic
comma. hope the improvements Incl
dent to all times and all countries, even
conservative old Eng land, that q Punch
and Judy" will never be swept off the
moving scene of life, and men and
manners. Personally cannot imagine
London thus bereft.
''Punch and judy is a part Of the
amusement provided at the annual ju-
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

Listen! A strange CRY bursts on the ear.
Presently we make it out. It is Dust
hoi! Dust-hoiv' Then a man appears
walking beside a huge cart and plod-
ding horse. He is one Of the regular
parish collectors of dust and cinders.
He has his rounds in this particular
veStry twice Il week. He comes to
your side house entrance door, which
is also your servants or tradesman's
door, and removes your refuse in big
baskets The tradition is that you pay
him nothing, as you are entit i ed, being
householder and ratepayer to have
your dust bin cleared at such times as
you wish Ordinarily this once in about
three weeks You must not empty
green vegetable parings in the bin
These must be burned. Like most tra-
ditions, it is honored better in the
breach than in the observance, for the
fact is, you pay the "dust-hoi man. 2
pence gratuity for beer. If he invested
his daily tal1ings thus he would go
home fairly inebriated. When Christ
mas comes he will, perhaps, ask for hi:
Christmas "box," which is a few pen
nies whatever you like to present.
Why, ''hoi,'' don't know, as the cry
is ''dust." But once when I inquired
the man replied: well, I'm blessed if I
know. 1t allus been 'hoi' since ever
was, and come from a whole family
o dust hois, I do. Me father and me
grandfather was a dust hoi men,
The reason for the existence of most
customs in England is because ''it has
always been So" The dust-hoi man
has grimy gray appearance and an
ash-colored complexion, and he wears
a smock jacket, hauled over his turn
ed-up-at-the-knee trousers. The latter
are cotton velvet corduroys mostly
They always seem half worn out.
never recollect to have observed a new
pair on one Of these men, so I conclude
''they allus was" The dust-hoi is a
serious person. He never jokes with
the scullery maid, who regards him as
being quite lower in class than the cook
but much above her social rank. I
wonder if dustmen usually marry SOUL
lery maids? But I am not able to get
statistics on this head.
Having collected my November dust
and pocketed my two nimble pence,
'the dust-hoI' moves off to fresh fields
his not unmusical call growing fainter
and fainter as he seeks other squares.
Meantime the sparrows twitter, and
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
The London CostermonSer.

venile lord mayors ball at the Masion
house, while the queen, in her Christ
mas tree revels at Windsor castle. has
a punch and judy for her large par
ty Of grandchildren and great grand
children. But all good times must end,
so our show concludes it's confab, and
the wooden skeleton domicile Of the
quarreling punch and judy with the
little knowing mongrel dog, are carried
away to SOME other quarter followed
by a troop Of youngsters as z body
guard.
The. London cOStermOnger has often
been written Of in these columns, but
one day mean to write more of him
and his ways. For the present, let us
look on the vegetable coster.
He drives donkey cart and he is
great chums with that same donkey,
let me tell you. He is also accompan-
led by a smaller coster, a juvenile re-
plica of himself. The three are on the
best possible terms One wonders il
there are people enough in the world
to consume all these turnips, for he has
his large stock in trade made UP of
this somewhat insipitl vegetable He
is a merry hearted fellow and the lad
is very full Of odd sayings and a great
whistler. of music hall airs. Sometimes
as now he sings hastily, while his dad
dy measures out Il recent sale of veg
for that is what they call it, abbrevia-
ton in the mind of the coster being the
soul Of wit, Of truth. This is the song
he still prefers:
Daisy, Daisy, gime me your answer, do;
Me, 'eart's just breakin' all for the love
of you,
1t won't be a very grand marriage,
I carnt give you kerrodge,
But you'll look sweet
Set Up on seat
In a bicycle built for two.
One Of the greatest compliments AL
bert Chevalier, the star music hall sing
er Of costermonger songs, Or, rather
songs descriptive of this type of life,
ever received was when a sdeputation
of London costers applauded him from
the pit, and later on waited at the stage
door to cheer him as he drove home
"Ee a1nows wot a workin' mans life
is, zee do.'' ~% =.
Of course, Chevalier studied his peo-
pie from fountain head-the streets. @
One of the most interesting charac-
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

TO look at Rev. Thomas X. Becher Of
Ehnira, N. Y, as he sturdily walks
around town on his daily errand of
clarity or other church work no one
would imagine that about a month ago
he reached the ripe old age Of seventy.
Mr.. Beecher is pastor of the Park Con-
greGational church in the city named
and is one of the most energetic, liberal
minded and hard-working clergymen in
the land. For forty years he has occu-
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
A Love Match,

Friend-Edith married for money,
didn't s1e?"
Clara-No, indeed. He is rich, but
she is dreakfully in love with him.
Why, he comes in late, she sits and
sscolds him by the hour.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
Dust HOi! Dust HOf!

then again is silence It is soon broken.
One of the most extra ordinary street
hawkers in North London comes tramp
ing around the corner. He also has a
call, and it is given in most melancholy
minor keys, each one lower and sadder
than the preceding one. Three times
he repeats, half questioningly, "Clo,
Clio, Clo," then paa1ses, looks about,
and resumes his call. ...I
Il There are many of these dealers in
London, but I present you the portrait
OF the only one have ever seen in this
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
Electricity in the Production of Sill
yer.

Great economy has followed the in
PRODUCTION of electricity for the pump
ing, haulagc and lighting of coal mines,
and it is now proposed to apply it on a
large scale to the working of silver
mines. It is believed that this will SO
cheaper the cost of mining that Amer
lea will be able to produce silver profit
ably, not only at 60 cents an ounce, but
even at so cents or 45 cents.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

Justin Huntley Mccarthy, son of the
celebrated Irish novelist, journalist and
politician, Justin Mccarthy, says the
New York Journal He has had a
unique training and experience. The
son OF a Journalist who learned and
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
SON OF A NOTED SIRE.

Justin Huntley Mccarthy Doing
Clever Work as an Author and
Critic.
One of the youngest of the great
army Of literary workers in London is
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

Augustus St. Gaudens
STATUE IN Madison Square, New York
city' was his first great public commits
son. Inc critics at once pronounced
IL masterpiece, as they afterwards
aid ms "Lincoln,' his Pilgrim" and
his 'Sherman.'
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
KNOWNFAR AND NEAR
SOME GOSSIP ABOUT OUR NOTABLE
MEN.

Thomas *. Beecher, Brother of the
Famous Pastor, Still Hale and
Hearty Mt Seventy-CalIed 'Father
Tom" by His NeighbOrs.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
in LONDON'S STREETS
THE DUSTNIAN, THE COSTER AND
THE OLD CLO' MAN.
They Have not Changed in Many
Years, the Same Clothes, the Same
Cries, Because it ''IIas A11us Been
So"-The "Chapcl Cadger."

Come to London in imagination, my
reader, sit here as my guest, where
you may overlook a quaint quiet square
one of the sort seen at interv ais like a.
green oasis in the gloom of the metro
polls. By afternoon country quietude
will reign supreme.
AS it is now morning, we shall see
some Dickens like character. What
American fails to find such of interest.