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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-12
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Following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince 6 Whitely, bankers and brokers, AS Broadway, New York. and 15 Center street, New Haven:
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A Nook I'm the wood..

While still not far in the woods We
came to a dear, hospitable nook under
a projecting bank, where q tinkline
spring, descending to meet a quiet
stream, kept the MOSES green, though
1t was so near frosty December. Az
we listened to the gentle music Of the
spring" tinkle, tinkle"-the same notes
came repeated from distance to us.
We had to think twice before we de.
etded that what we heard was the
sound Of sheep. bells in pasture some
those who listen well, the various
voices in nature both living and IN,
conscious voices-have much that is IN
common; and my sweet child-comraov
told me how she had once heard1 v
sparrow singing like running brd Y
as he perched on willow branch GU ts
by!-"When the Leaves Are Gone" BIZ
Edith II. Thomas In st. Nicholas. =
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NEW USE OF sHAkEsPEARE.
A Panaramis Music Han Admiration
Of Henry "

A Panaramis Music Han Adaptation
Of Henry v.
OF late years you have heard many
brave things concerning the notions
held by the good people who are re-
solved on elevating the tastes of those
Others who will go to music halls, but
not the most daring Of them oil would
have ventured to suggest a little while
ago that the end in view might be APP
preached by the adaptation of Shakes
pearean plays for the variety stage.
Yet this, or something like it, is what
Mr.. George Legion has achieved, and
for many nights the applause Of big
audiences at the Oxford has proved
that the daring deed is justified by its
success. 1t must be said, however,
that Henry v. at the Oxford, simply
amounts to set of tableaux illustrat-
ing the life Of the hero Of AgincOurt,
during whose exhibition Mr.. Legion,
who plays the leading part, sings suit
able verses. To begin with, yon have
scene at the Bears Head Tavern,
where Talstaff, Nym, Pistol and others
are spending on drink the proceeds Of
highway robbery. The new king,
late their boon companion, enters. COM
pels them to dig0rge their ilIgotten
gains, and the crown Is brought to him
there and then.
Next come tableau, Before Agin-
court" in which you miss that splen-
old outbreak of the kings, "Oh, God of
battles! steel my soldiers hearts, -
which ought to go admirably even with
q popular audience. Then comes the
actual battle; then scene upon the
field Of fight at nightfall; and, finally,
a representation Of the triumphal en-
try of the king into London. The
scenes follow one another swiftly; at
the end of each there is O moment
darkness, and obscure figures move
mysteriously on the stage. Then the
!. lights 60 up and you have the next
| picture.-London Black and White.
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.Harper's Bazaar.
His Words struck Home

His Words Struck Home.
The temperance apostle was walking
along the sidewalk, serene IN the. con
sciousness Of his own goodness, when u
well dressed man stopped him ani
shook his hand.
"Guess you don't remember mo-" said
the well dressed man.
"Why-ah-"
'Three years ago I attended one Of
your meetings and heard you draw a
graphic picture Of the able mechanic
whose children went ragged, while the
children of the salDonkee Der with whs m
he spent his wages, were dressed IN
silks. The story fitted my case to q T."
"And you reformedg'
SHOULD say did reform. Went into
the saloon business myself. -Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
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It: Wouldn,t. Come nm. yy.v

IL: W0ulOniG Come Hts. WAY.
~ he walked around the block. When
he returned he pulled! and. tugged and
sweat his collar in vain and finally
got SO mad that he consigned old Dol
by and his daughter to, q climate
where ice becomes water in ten min
utes. The man; who wanted to borrow
SO Of Dolby opened the door, and hes
itated;. and skatedl around to get his
nerve up. When he returned the door
would not open, though he disintegrat-t
ed his suspenders in pulling. The man
who read "Pull" as he went up the
street found "Push' staring him in the
eyes as he returned, and he. lodged
around q corner to see IL he was too
drunk to- walk a line: Canvassers, and
solicitors and tramps got Knocked out
by that door until they lodged across
the street In passing, and old Dolby
chuckled and caokledl and laughed TIL
his weight increased twenty pounds.
But one day he looked out to see
grim and determined man standing be-
fore the place. 1t was man who had
tried q hundred times to get past that
door to sell Dolby o. hat-rack. He had
always found Push" and ssPnlIs SO
badly mixed up. that he couldn't work
the door. Now he had desperation in,
his eyes and screwdriver in his hand.
He pulled and he pushed, and he final
" struck IT. Then he held the door
open with his knee, unscrewed the
hinges, and taking the outfit on his
shoulders, he walked off up the street
and on and on until lost sight Of in the
misty distance. BY and by the police
pursued. but they were too late. ON
the bank Of turgid river they found
"Pull'' and ''Push," and, floating on
the stream. a storm-door. but the grim
and determined man, still clutching his
screwdriver, rested in the ooze Of the
bottom. with a smile of triumph on
his pallf0 face.-Detroit Free Press.
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D,olLBY's Doois.I
n Cavsel . Great Deal of Trouble
while lt Lasted.

Il Caused Great Deal Of Tfoublo
while &c Lasted.
/ When Dolby got ready to put up q
storm-door for the winter he rat and
thought and smiled and reflected for a
long time. Then he went over to o
carpenter shop and had long ana
confidential talk with the carpenter.
When 1t was concluded. both grlnned
and patted each other on the back.
"Therell be more fun than . horse
kin drawn chuckled Dolby.
"Betcher tife!" cackled the carpen-
ter.
"It'll aid the cause Of temperance"
.'And work for moral reform
"And cause men to reflect on the 90.
robustness of life"
"And rip and tear and cuss."
When the door was hung In place
there was q sign out Of Pull" The
meaning was so obvious that q child
could catch on. The idea was to take
hold of the handle and pull the door
open. There was q popularity about
the hinges Of that door, and the sign
was fastened on so that It could be de-
tached in five seconds, burt with that
the public had nothing to do. The car
penter Ind scarcely departed when
along came an eminent citizen who
had business with Dolby. He took a
good look at the storm door. He
spelled out the sign quill" pull.
Then he stepped up and pushed on it
pushed, and pushed, md pushed,
and because he could not push his way
in he called Dolby an ass, an idiot and
lots of other gentle and endearing
names. He was so mad that he went
away, but he hadn't gone two blocks
before his guardian angel whispered to
him that all storm doors should be
pulled instead of pushed. He had been
hasty about the matter, and he felt
chagrined that so small q thing should
have put him out. He therefore, de-
cided to return. Old Dolby knew he
would come back. and lie, therefore.
took q pin out of the top hinge and
substituted the sign of "Push" for
quill" When the eminent citizen re-
turned and pulled on that door 1t
wouldn't come his way. He was an
gered until he. saw the. sign. Then he.
demanded Of himself:
"Am blind? Am drnnk?. Am I a
full-fedged idiot? Am such. q dolt
that I can't tell the difference be-
tween push and pulp Now, by the.
beard Of my father, but am wroth;
Old Dolby can take his storm door and
go to Ballyh:ck with 1t, and I will do
business with him no more!'
And for weeks and weeks 1t was the
same way with others. The young
man who wanted to ask Dolby for his.
daughters hand in marriage pulled tho.
door open all right but, being too ears
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On. the Bridge Of Signs.

"Geew
A howl Of anguish arose from the
man with the pale pink whiskers.
"I've an awful stitch in my side!'
The Brooklynite beside him held fast
to the handrail.
"That comes from"
He helped the sufferer through the
surging throng as he spoke.
getting hemmed in q crowd"
The other said nothing, and in H.
lence they threaded their way through
the devious mazes Of the new bridge
terminal.-New York World.
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~ ,;'',s'&,
fH1ms;!e :
G.a
Almost n Acoiaent.

Speaking Of narrow escapes" OBJ
served Mr.. Chugwater, reaching for
his second cup Of coffee, did I tell you
I was on a train the other day that
came within three feet Of running into
another train going at full speed?'
For mercy's sake, no!' exclaimed
Mrs. Chugwater. "How did 1t hap
pen!'
.The train that came 90 near run
ming into ours" he rejoined, buttering
a biscuit, twas on the other track and
going the other way"
1t was several minutes before Mrs.
Chugwater broke loose, but when she
did she made up for lost time.-Ohio
State Journal.
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TIC WAC Thouehtful.

Smart Young 'Un-Mother, can I dig
up the garden for you to plant your
flowers?
Mother-What thoughtful boy!
Yes, dear; and here's twopence; I'm
sure no other woman in the neighbor-
hood has such kind, thoughtful boy
as mine.
And then that kind, thoughtful,
mothers boy goes triumphantly forth
and says: Murray! I didn't at first
see how I was to get them worms
without her finding out that was go
ing f1shin'."-Pearson's.
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"And so, your friend has been to
Africa" she said to Derringer Dan.
sThat's what he has, ma'am."
Looking for GamondsY
eyes; ma'aMA Diamonds er clubs er
spades or any old thing he happened
ter feel the need Of at the time
Washington Star.
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Her, Little. sorrow.

''Of course shouldn't want to stand
in the way Of anything that you feel
Hike doing in the WY Of New Years
reformation" she said, ''but it does
seem to bad"
what seems too bad, my dear?"
asked her husband,
"That you should; feel obliged to stop
smoking just after T have given you
those lovely Christmas Cigars
Washington Star.
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CHATTER Nv.

OuIlAS lA0 uClSuL Gu0 SkedSOu
the year 1860 London society was
moved with pleasurable excitement
by one of those occurrences which
make real life more sensational than
fiction.
The aged earl Of Cleve had died in
the course of the previous year. His
two elder sons had been killed in a ter
rible railway accident, and the old no.
bleman, thoroughly Frustrated by the
shock, was soon laid by their side in
the family vault at Chauncey Towers.
The earl's youngest son, the Hon. Her
bert Chauncey, had succeeded to the
titles and estates Of his forefathers,
but the young man had gone abroad
some years previously, and his family
had been left without tidings from
him for some time. 1t was only after
he was discovered leading nomadic
life on the Northwestern prairies. He
was recognized beyond possibility Of q
fict of which he had no recollection,
received some terrible wounds on the
head, and had entirely lost the faculty
of memory. The past was blank to
him. He had no remembrance when
he came to the West, where he was
| wounded, by whom, or under what
circumstances. He could not even COM
pei his mind to unburden itself of some
Of the commonplace secrets of his ear
lier life. He had no remembrance Of
! father, mother, brother, nor of his own
boyhood.
With all that. so said, report, he was
cheerful, blithe and pleasant young
fellow, extremely intelligent and kind
ly, and as straight and handsome as
an athlete of heroic times.
| Eleven o'clock had already struck,
one beautiful June morning, and Lady
Evelyne Wynter, only daughter Of the
Marquis and Warehouses of Gwen
dale, was still tossing sleeplessly on
her downy pillows. The golden day
was peering cheerily through q little
chink Of the drawn curtains, and O
bright streak Of opal light fell upon
the lady's face, as she turned and
rolled, throwing or the blue satin quilt.
| ed coverlet which fell upon the Aubus-
son carpet, and left her in all the
white glory of the rich lace that en-
veloped her rounded limbs. Yawning,
like meaner mortals, she stretched q
| pair of creamy, velvet arms and locked
her dainty fingers above her mead, add
ing second frame to the handsome
face, which was already surrounded
by her wealth of glossy brown, silken
hair. One rosy foot was peeping shy
ly from beneath the clinging, half.
transparent fabric. The big, gray-blue,
dreamy eyes were gazing into vacancy,
and a sigh, scarcely audible, but still
distinct and unmistakable, escaped
from my lady's lips.
4 The fact was that Lady Evelyne was
perplexed. Conflicting currents Of
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Time Il Money.

TING ~ Honey.
Gent-What is the reason you charge
twice as much for my cuffs as you did
formerly?
make? II
Washerwoman-My daughters waste
so much time in trying to mslke them
out.-Spare Moments.
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II have too much respect for myself
to go to the poorhouse or to apply to
the county for help" he said, drawing
himself up proudly.
'"Then how do you manage to live?"
"Oh, I steal occasionally."-Ch Chicago
Post. ss
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EeaH Year.

"Win you be miney he suddenly ex.
claimed.
"Sir" returned the woman haughtily
He trembled and stood with mantline
cheeks.
'.It is leap year; you know" he muir.
INJURED, Observation-Disclosures Trib,
une.
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From the Irish. Standpoint,

From the Irish Standpoint.
Timothy O'Holligan was carrying on
\ clandestine correspondence with q
certain young lady Of his acquaintance
pnd he called at the postofiice to see IL
there were any letters for him.
Have ye any letters for me?" he
asked.
what name, sir?" asked the clerk.
"Tim Murphy"
''No, there are no letters for that
name"
.:And do you think I'd be afther
tellin' We me roit name, We spalpeen,"
returned Tim, angrily.-Pick-Me-Up.
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Another. .yiew.

"And finally" said the retired bust.
ness man to his son., who was just en-
tering on business hfe, 'don't be too
prompt in keeping your engagements.
II you are always there sharp to the:
second you will waste O lot of time
waiting for the, other fellow"
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"Ma1x = True word" Etc

Mu11 1E0S WOFu, Etc.
The Office Boy-Der editorlis busy;
fist drop yer stuff in der slot.
Miss Posey (thc Sweet Singer Of
Sing Sing)-Tell me, does he ret many
poems?
The ONCE Boy (disgustedly)-poems?
Why, he's got 'em to burnt
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she's Mad Then.

Neighbor- BERTHE, your mother 10
calling you.
Bertie-Yes'm, 1 know; but fancy
she don't want me very bad.
Neighbor-She has called you seven
times already.
Bertie-Yes, know; but she hasn't
called albert" yet = Gloucester
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A De.cript,xe Aiiment.

Jiggs-I hear old Bragg has the IT,.
phoon fever.
Biggs-You mean the typhoid fever,
don't you?
Jiggs-No, I mean the typhoon. He
centers everything In himself, and he's
all wind.-New York World,
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Formal Prote.t.

Day after day the little boy had gone
to the postoffice and found Box No. 81
empty, while the boxes on either side
Of 1t were always full. One morning
he went around to the side window
and called ont to the postmaster.
"Say, Mr.. Leepery'
"Well, Johnny?'' said the postmas-
ter.
my paw voted for Cleveland. Did
you know that?"
Il presume he did, Johnny"
"Well, I'm goin' to write to Mr..
Cleveland, an tell him you've give
me paw q box that hain't never got
no letters In ft."-L&ramie Boomer
ing.
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How she Led Rfm On

How She Led BfM On.
"Josiar," said Mrs. !Corntossel, would
you fight ef they was ware"
"Yes-sir-ree," was the earnest reply.
Every time"
can git up in the gray dawn ter the
sound of a bugle an not make any fuss
cause ye didn't hev nothin' but hard
tack fur breakfas'?''
"'Course.''
"Well, I'm glad to hear 1t. IF ye're
willin' ter do oil that ye surely won't
have no fault ter fin bout gittin' up at
B o'clock Tomorrow mornin' an light
n the fire, SOS I kin, cook We some
pancakes thet wouldn't be despised by
nobody." -Washington Star.
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Sunday Morning.

Aunt Dorothy-How many command.
ments are there, Johnny?
Johnny (glibly)-Ten.
Aunt Dorothy-And now, suppose
you were to break one Of them7
Johnny (tentatively)-Then there'd
be nine.-Truth.
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A Pattern &C; cleanliness.

Frau A.-Frau Neumann is an ex-
tremely tidy sort Of person, don't you
think?
Frau B. should think she was!
The other day a burglar got into her
house and the first thing she did was
to ask the man if he had wiped his
feet on the mat.-Unsere Gesellschaft
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Tl,at,s So.

May-I hear that Mrs. swells is 20
ing to get q divorce from her husband.
Isn't that remarkable?
Suzanne-Not SO very. From whose
husband did you expect her to get it1-
New York World.
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II have" replied to young man.
proudly. sss
at drst, supposed"
"a little"
ssOf course; but It'll wear OF. You'll
be calling yourself judge inside Ut
thirty days. They all do that now
Chicago Post.
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Means Of Escape

Downtown-Here comes Binkcrs.
He's got new baby. and he'll talk us
to death.
Upton-Well, here comes neighbor
Of mine who has a new dog. Let's In
troduce them to each other and leave
them to their fate.-London Answers.
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Il Wears on.

$50 you have been admitted to the
Bar, have your said the old cynic,
pleasantly. - s....
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Observation-Disclosures
By HENRY HERMAN.

assumed the shape OF q Wild BIRDS
claws. His head shrank down upon
his shoulders, and his whole body
seemed to CULVER with fury. He made
painting step toward his daughter.
'Yew'l raise the plains agin us,
would yew? Yew'd have us lynched,
would yew? WAL, I amt so dernation
sartin-his rage stopped his speech;
he seemed to foam at the mouth, and
stretched out his arm as IL in COM
mand to his nephew.
Lucy stood there, solemn and
queenlike as before. Her face shone
in the moonlight with white
and brilliant glory. and the
younger ruffian bowed his head before
her glance.
"I'll do all that. dad" she said. "Tll
do it all. Yew daren't kill me as yew
killed him"
George Maclane raised both his
arms above his head and clenched his
fists. He drew up his long, gaunt
figure until he stood on tiptoe. Then
he opened his hands and stretched out
his bony fingers. In the meantime his
face was alive with muscular distor-
lions; his teeth were clenched hard,
and. his thin lips drawn out full. He
made several convulSive efforts toward
his daughter. his long arms waving
wildly. until at last, with cry which
seemed to make the night horrible, he
rushed upon the girl and caught her
by the shoulder. A slight sound of
pain escaped her as her tender flesh
was bruised by the brutal contact, but
she stood still and looked him straight
in the face, eve to eve.
The murderer shrank before that
brave glance, and his wretched pur-
pose trickled from him and left him q
tfoaming coward, as he met his child's
calm gaze. His fingers loosened slow
~ and his arm dropped by his side.
With heaving breast, and clawing his
head with his long nails, he retreated
a step or two, and the pent-up savage
ry in his breast found an outlet in
nearly hysterical sobs.
Il reckon view know what yew're
threatenin'," Dave said quietly.
He was no less Infatuated than his
uncle, but he knew better how to sup
press his rage. "If this man is lowed
to live the first thing he'll do on get
tin to the plains is to denounce us,
and don't see as it's much better to
be told on by him than by yew."
Lucy stopped down and knelt by
Chauncey's side. Her dainty fingers
Travelled over the wounded and blood
besmeared face. and gently brushed
the gore-clotted hair from his battered
forehead.
It'll be weeks and weeks" she said,
''afore he can move. Yew can get
sacks Of gold from hyar, an be off
away East long afore he can say a
word agin yew. I'll stay behind and
see It all out when yew're gone"
She rose and walked to the waters
edge and dipped her handkerchief in
the cool, rushing stream; then she re-
turned and began to moisten the suf-
ferer's face.
The elder Maclane had stood by
grim and voiceless.
Let her have her way, George"
Dave said quietly. II guess it'll be
best to let her have her way"
The tall frontiersman cast one saw
age glance at his daughter, then he
turned on his heel and strobe away.
CHAPTER Nv.
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'.Lsokins Dewn i'm the Mouth
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-12-04
DEALT IN CORPSES
The New York Morgue-Keeper
Arrested.
SAID TO HAVE SOLD MANY BODIES
The Illegal Traffic Believed To Have
Assumed Enormous Proportions.
Thousands of Dollars Re.
Ess~~ Ceived Annually.

New York, Dec. 2.-The commission
ers of charities decided after a CONSUL
tation at Bellevue hospital to turn over
the case of Morgue-KeeperW White, who
is accused of wrongfully disposing of
three bodies entrusted to his care, to
the district attorney and the corpora
ton counsel. The commissioners after
the conference laid the case before the
district attorney. In accordance with
the action of the commissioners Keeper
White was arrested on charges made
by the charities board and locked up
at police headquarters Silas C. Croft,
president of the board of commission
ers of charities, when seen said that in
the early part of this year a suspicion
arose than an extensive traffic in the
bodies received at the morgue existed
and had been carried on for years.
Positive proof was very hard to get as
there was collusion among various Of
fcials connected with Bellevue hospi-
tai and the morgue, but Morgue-
Keeper White was the suspected party
and he would have been suspended at
once, but, being a veteran, it was
necessary to secure positive evidence
against him before taking action. An
investigation was begun and Supt.
Murphy was placed in charge of the
hospital and proved an efficient aid.
The investigation bore little fruit un-
til recently when three bodies were
directly traced as having been taken
from the morgue without authority.
The traffic in bodies having thus been
proven, Morgue Keeper White was sus-
pended and a thorough investigation
was ordered with view of summoning
as witnesses certain hospital authori-
ties and embalmers who were believed
to have purchased bodies from White.
On Monday night the commissioner of
charities got possession of the checks
alleged to have been paid to White for
bodies for purposes of dissection and
evidence was obtained to show that
the illegal sale of bodies from the NOR
que had assumed enormous proportions
and that many thousand dollars had
been annually paid for them. Commis-
sioner Croft added that the investiga-
ton to corr would probably inculpate
others beside White.