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Evening star., 1897-04-17
HIS PRESENCE OF MIND.
How . Stage Carpenter AverteA Q
Probable Tragedy.

TN time Of an emergency" remarked an
elderly man in . group Of takers, 81
would rather have presence Of mind than
a,gpn."
II fancy the gun might do more harm
| than good If there were no presence of
| mind with it." admitted another.
Which reminds me Of a story corrob-
Grating the wisdom Of the first state
ment," said third. who on an appeal
from the others continued. Something
like ten or dozen years ago." he said,
Il was in western town of ten thou
sand people or so, and it happened that a
SHOW was billed for that night. Having
nothing to do. and not knowing anybody in
town. l took In the show. 1t was a barn
stormfng troupe of Thespians doing a rep
ertoire OF Observation-Disclosures and the con-
sequence was they had nearly a full house.
ft'Nerything went along very nicely ex-
cept the peculiar actions of the leading
Tan, VINO seemed to be drunk or getting
that way very fast
"'AS no effort was made by the MANAGE
ment to suppress him, the audience after
while took a hand and began to hiss. This
Drought matters to climax at once and
with an oath the actor stepped to the
center or the stage, and whipping ont of
his clothes pair of revolvers he an
nounced to the audience and the people on
the stage in the calmest and coolest man.
ner possible that the time had come when
not yet decided who 1t should be. Some
BODY started at this. but he said that the
hrst person who rose to go out would
De shot. Everybody in the house seemed
to be paralyzed by the mans GOODNESS and
nobody moved. l know 1 sat well down
toward the front. and would have given up
my place willingly to anybody who asked
Tor 1t. but when 1 looked I'D at that cold
race and those two guns pointing down my
way preferred to take chances on re-
naming as 1 was.
For at least minute the actor address,
eu e himsei1 TO his trembling audience, and
tnen deliberately selecting conspicuousy
Whlte-haired man in the very center of
the house, he commanded him to rise and
De snot Otherwise he would shoot pro-
nlscuously into &he crowd. At this point
III the proceedings. ! am willing to state
without bias that l never was in the midst
Oh so much suppressed excitement For q
second the house was as still as death, and
tnen as the white-haired man began to
twist about as If he We're going to obey
the actors command, woman shreked
ana as half dozen followed suit and
1a1nted the actor suddenly disappeared
from the stage, nobody knew where but
he was gone and the panic was averted
though everybody made a break to get
out as fast as possible.
THE curtain went down quick then. and
the manager. white and scared, came out
ana announced that the actor had gone
crazy over the loss of his wife, and that
| thanks to the presence of mind of the stage
carpenter, that gentleman had hurried un-
der the stage and pulled the trap on
which, fortunately, the crazy man stood
The fall had rendered him helpless, and he
was then waiting at the stage door to be
taken away by the authorities
which proves what l said in the first
place.. said the elderly man with an air of
PRIDE and the proof was accepted.
Evening star., 1897-04-17
A New Definition,

One morning last week the representa-
tive came to his Office with smiling cold
In his head, and the first letter he dictated
was to his wife at home-a delight, by the
way, he INDUCED in every day, whatever
may be said of congressman in general
In which he told her that owing to the fact
that he had slept the night before in a
draught and the wind had blown through
his pajamas, he had caught a pretty Sc
we're cold. The word "pajamas'' was a new
one Tor the typewriter. and he stalled at It,
Quired.
'P-a-j-a-m-a-s." spelled the representa-
tive slowly. and added: Didn't you ever
have to write it before?'
NO. SIR
In that case. I'll bet you dollar you
don't know what 1t MEANS
i don't bet, SIR he hesitated, but
guess know what it means"
well, what Is it?"
ITS French for whiskers'' and the rep
resentative, in the kindness Of his heart,
smiled sweetly and told the young man he
had guessed 1T the very first time.
Evening star., 1897-04-17
The Antiquity of May.


Our biologists rarely use the term
"quaternary." By European writers it is
understood to mean the period which fol-
lowed the Tertiary, and includes the pres
ent time. Archaeologically it is divided
into two epochs, the older including the
pre-glacial. the glacial and the post-glacfaI
ages. all characterized by a chipped-stone
industry; the latter beginning with the
neolithic culture and continuing till now.
Prof. Gabriel de Mortillet, in the Revue
Mensuelle. of the Paris School of Anthro-
pology January 15), succinctly explains
these divisions and sets forth with his usual
clearness the typical products and the
fauna which characterize them. He has
found no reason materially to modify the
opinions he advanced in his earlier works,
and still maintains that a careful study of
the geological data bearing on the ques-
ton of the antiquity of man does not allow
US to assign it a more recent date than
100000 years ago.
Evening star., 1897-04-17
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A Nodded Destiny.

Under the spreading chestnut tree
The village blacksmith stood.
This trade is pretty fair" quoth he,
But I'd have it understood
That it doesn't suit me. No, Stree! For
this I'm far too good"
He cast his anvil forth and smote
punching bag instead;
He studied carefully and wrote
With ink bright, bright red.
AS champion soon in line he came with a
brass band at the head.
No more to him in accents grand
A band will sing his lay:
But his name is known throughout the
land
And he has the cash to pay,
And good press agents better than a
poet any day.
Evening star., 1897-04-17
Extenuating Cfrcumstnnce..


The head bookkeeper looked up every
now and then at the clock, and at last re-
marked, impatientIy:
This Is the third time that man has
been behind hand in getting to the office
this week, and it's only Wednesday morn
ing"
Hes a very efficient employe in some
respects" observed the proprietor
Eyes: when he once gets started he works
very we'll"
Il have noticed that he very frequently
fingers after business hours"
That's another of his characteristics.
The proprietor looked thoughtful for a.
few minutes and then said resiynedly:
Il guess we'll have to be a little lenientl
With him and see If he doesn't improve
He's an example of what early training
Will do. There's nothing that will stick
to man like habit. and well have to give
him little time"
But 1 don't see how anything can ac-'
count for this peculiar style of delin-.
quency.'
1t was mystery to me for a long time.
But l made some inquiries and discovered
plains it."
did he get into the way of staying up
late at night?"
mo. He used to be a base ball player"
Most of them are very careful In their
habits. as matter of business"
THAT Is true. But he used to play on
the Louisville nine and he got SO accus-l
toned to being last that it'll take him
years to get over the tendency"
Evening star., 1897-04-17
A Serious Love Spell,

rom the Norwich (N. " Telegraph
A young lady sings in our choir
Whose hair Is the color of phoir
But her charm - unique,
She has such a fair chique,
1t is really JOY to be nhoir.
Whenever she looks down the aisle
She gives me beautiful smaisle
And of all of her beaux
l am certain she sheaux
She likes me the best ali the whaisle.
Last Sunday she Wore a new sacuue
Low cut at the front aud the bacuue,
And lovely bouquet
Worn In such q cute wuet
As only few girls have the knacque
Some day, ere she grows too antique,
In marriage her hand shall sique;
II she's not a ,coquette.
Which. Id greatly regruette.
She shall Siare my six dollars 4 wiaue.
Evening star., 1897-04-17

PaStOral.

AS the tender leaves look shyly
From the boughs that long were tare,
Whose dead foliage rustled iryly,
Withered hopes, still clinging there,
Southern winds again are breathing.
Soft reminders of the charm
That Is blossoming and wreathing
Over Jack and Mollie's farm.
White the sunlt roadway glimmers,
Tiny gems in myriads gleam;
Meath the bridge Of planks there shinmers
Languidly, a lettering stream
And water snake is oasking,
Confident that none will harm:
All make free without the asking
There at Jack and Mollies farm.
Sheltering boughs nave spread and height
ened
Where the ivy's tresses fall;
Year by year its clutch has frightened
AS 1t hugs the old stone wall.
Flowers grow in smiling splendor,
For rugged, tireless arm
Toward these things is kind and tender.
Out at Jack and Moliie's farm
Jack and Mollie, Jack and Mollie,
From your nook SO far away,
You may watch the world of folly,
Fleeting madly. day by day.
Over you the years descending
Lightly fall without alarm,
Radiant still nd softly blending,
Like the twilight DER the farm.
Evening star., 1897-04-17

work at all in a campaign. But those who
have the least right to talk on a subject
always seem to have the most to say He
shuts himself up and spends his time paint
ing pictures and then expects to tell how
the country ought to be rum"
Did you convince him that he was mis-
taken?"
He didn't have a word to say when 1
got through. l walked right into the mid
die OF the argument and told him he ought
to be ashamed of himself to want to bring
all these foreign-painted pictures over here
In competition with our home manufac-
lures. Haven't We got the paint? Haven't
we got the brushes? And haven't we got
the canvas and the cigar-box lids and the
Hrns and all the other things that pictures
are customarily put onto? Then what un-
der the sun is the use of going to Europe
for picture-painting? That's the way I
put the question to him."
did he make any reply?"
He said something about its being a mis-
fortune for this country to be deprived of
the many old masters that might be
brought over under more liberal arrange
ments. But / silenced him when l told
him that what l proposed to do was to
encourage the business by keeping out for
elgn competition, so that In few years We
would be turning out old masters Just as
cheap as Europe ever dared to. That set
tied him. He said there wasn't any more
use of arguing with me, and went home"
Evening star., 1897-04-17

greater reproach till
a parent than havin'
a son afraid av i'm,
an OF give ye fair
warnin', there's MOTH
in Ord lick yez fur
Quickerr"
Thus encouraged,
Mfcky approached,
and Mr.. Dolan reach
ed irto his pocket
and drew out a 30
cent piece.
Take thot," he
said. "an' go till the
theayter. Tell 'em
yez VANITY see the
play called Carmen
an make sure ye
give up yer money
f,1r NOT him alSa %
Evening star., 1897-04-17
Mental Science.

From Life.
Enthusiast-"All disease comes from the
fear Of it,"
Disputant-"But children have no thought
of sickness" So. t5s 7sF
oh. they are surrounded by an atmos-'
phere Of anxiety. Children would never be
sick If it were not for their mothers worry
ing about them.''
'Yes. see. Then please account for a
recent epidemic of scarlet fever In an or
phal asylum"
Evening star., 1897-04-17

where cigarettes wor manufactured IL wor
eret temptation ty shmoke a pack
or TWO be way av experience, an
thots what done the damage Ye could
see Inn gittin' paler an paler an thinner
an thinner an carelesser an carelesser
anout ms clothes livery tonne the curtain
Wint up. an foinally in the lasht act he
furgits 'imself so far as ty hit a lady, an
there's nothn' ty do but hand i'm over
permanent ty the police. It's a terrible
wsrhln, Rafferty,. an Oi wouldn't hov
M.cky miss II fur a months payr''
Evening star., 1897-04-17

they want You to do,
and nine times out of
ten your best efforts
are misconstrued."
What has hap
Dened?"
"One of my con-
stituents has been
criticisfng my atti-
tude on the tariff.
I'm what respect?"
He says I'm
wrong in wanting to
tax works of art"
rs he competent to
soeak?"
"Of course he isn't.
He doesn't pay any
taxes to speak of and
dnao coo~cal
Evening star., 1897-04-17
A Dead Failure,

From the Indianapolis Journal. .. ..- 90
This is the most cruel yet" walled the
rising young poet. a"
What is?" asked the common-sense per-
son who had dropped in to smoke few
of the poets cigarettes .-.-r
The Gabbock says 1 do not exhibit q
single stigma of degeneration
Evening star., 1897-04-17
Mr.. Dolnn Points q Moral,

"Micky"' said Mr.. Dolan to his son.
sharply, "c'mere ty me-"
The boy hung back apprehensively, and
his father exclaimed: Don't be actin
loike ye wor afraid av me, There's no
Evening star., 1897-04-17
An Objection StIencea

It's an old saying and true one." re-
marked Senator Sorghum with pensiye
sadness, that republics are ungrateful.
People don't seem to know their own
minds. The more you do for them the more
Evening star., 1897-04-17

If you want anything, try an ad. In Tha
Star. III anybody has what you wish, YOU
Will get answer.
Evening star., 1897-04-17
= =
a VfndicatiOn.

II want to take the first opportunity to
introduce you to my friend. the general"
said Col. Stilwell. He is a puffect gentle
man and ve'y excellent company"
Il thank yoh exceedingly foh yoh polite
Intentions" replied Major Mott, land
hope you Will not misconstrue my meaning
when I say that do not care to meet the
man to whom you allude as the gen.
eraly'' NEs
"A statement like that, suh," returned
Evening star., 1897-04-17
Impending Disaster.

Impending Disaster, .,
From Life.
Darkside-'I see one of .our- warshlpss "a !.
doomed
Fenilworth-"How's that
She's been ordered to sea-"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26
at THE
DRUG STORE,
le0HkRDT0WN,

You can buy al the ingredients necessary
for picking, such as
Green Ginger. White Mustard, Celery Seed. &c
and are sure Of securing the best quality at
q reasonable price.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26
TIMING.

'ThIS is 10 not y the public, that have
Il taken up The tin business OF my father,
the late I,shu L. Welt, and am prepared
10 do ell kinds al Tin Work, such ~ Roof
ing. Spoating. Grtserin.s. Renairing and
everything Ia the line Of Tin Work.
:. KEMPER A. VTErF.
March 26-tf1
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26

N0TlCE.-This Is to noti- -
IN Nv my friends and the pub
lie that / viii be at my place of
business 10 attend to il proper -
ly. Boots shoes and harness repairing
promptly done.
J. L. CONNOLLY,
Practical Shoemaker-tf.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26

.That man will need mon-
ument to make him live in the
memories OF the people after he il
dead
Indeed Is he. then. A great
poet 2
No; he is not poet? p
Perhaps an artist
Nor yet an artist.
sAh, then he must be states
man:'
Again you are wrong. lie 10 just
leading 5000 life on 81 ,Oo0
income, and owes nearly everybody
in town
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26

Some time ago. little bottle Of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera ana Diarrhoea
Remedy fell into my hands. Just at :
time when my two year-old boy was ter
ribiy afflicted. His bowels were beyond
control. We had tried many remedies.
TO no purpose, but the little bottle Of
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Resnedv
speedily cured him. William r. Jones.
Ogiesby, Ga For sale by VIM. F.
Greenyell & Son, Leonardtown Jos. 3.
Matthews. Valley Lee.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-26

t. Prescriptions carefully and accu-
rately compounded-Dr. A. JACK SPALp-
TSa giving his personal attention 10 the
business. Aug Tiff.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-08-21
Herr Schneider Talks.

''Do enchoy life began Mr. Schnei-
der, as the butcher drew up at the gate.
"Nein not. l don't even lif like dog.
Tere is mine dog Fritz Ven he gets oop
in der morgen he eats his breakfast. After
he is too he lies linn down und schleep.
Ven he wakes him oop he blays some und
hat his dinner. Alter dinner he goes ter
call NIT der odder dogs und blays some
moe. Ven he gets home he has his
sooper, und after sooper he goes to bedt
,und schleeps. De next morgen ven he
wakes oop he does de same ting all oter
all ofer alretty. Und ven he dies he is
troo. Dot is all. He is dead. Amt it i?
''Und do hat SO gut dime as mine
dog Fritz Ven get -oop l work. After
dinnet l 60 und vork-vork some more,
und after sooper work. Ven l wakes oor
in de next morgen l do de same ting ofel
yoost like yesterday. Und ven l tie, i.
dot all No! got to 60 to hell yeti
New York Press.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-08-21
NORTH CHESTER.

Mrs. G. H. Gibson and Miss Edna visited
Mrs. L. M. Gibson recently.
Mrs. G. b. Dana of Keene, n. H., is pass
ing the week with friends in town.
Mrs. Angie Gutterson of Rutland made
Mrs. Clay short visit on Saturday last.
Miss Dora Barber from Rutland has been
spending several days at L. S. Richardson's. $.
George Billings of Leominster, Mass, is
a guest of William O. and Jesse II. Hosmer.
Mrs. Daniel Allen of Waterloo, P. O., has
recently visited her aunt Mrs. M. A. Sher-
win.
Henry c. Howe of New York City has Wis
tied his brother, G F. Howe, for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb of Newfane were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. 2. Pollard this
week.
DIR. w. L. Havens's wife and two children
have returned from their visit to Connecticut
friends.
Mrs. Hunt and daughter of Worcester
Mass, are guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Levlus Gee.
Mrs. Arthur M. Abel of Orwell, who has
been i'll at her mothers, Mrs. Mattock's, is
better, she rides out.
James j. Richardson was at home from
Hartland for short time, and is now at Lake
Sunapee with party OF friends.
Mrs. Agnes Wilkins and daughter OF
Washington, d. G are passing two or three
weeks with their cousin, Mrs. c. NJ. Powell
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nutting of Bellows
| Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Moore and
| son of Wallingford were guests at G. M
| Powell $ last week.
| Mrs. ellison, Mr.. and Mrs. Washburn ana
| Mrs. Orlando Sherwin of Felchville and two
ladies from Cornish, N. H., stayed through
| the muster at E. IL. Rounds.
| Among the many people in town last Fri,
day were Amos Gould and wife, Rosalvo
Bradish and wife, Frank Pratt, wife and Miss
Ada, all of Perkinsville, stopping with Mr.
and Mrs. James Hunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rogers and four chill
dren of Hartland, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Allen
and son Of Reading, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Round of Rutland, were guests of their par.
ents, E. H. Round and wife, last week.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-08-21
Death of Hon. Henry J. Parker.

WOODSTOCK, VT, August 10, 1897.
The sudden death of Judge Parker has
made profound impression here. He had
been upon the bench attending to his duties
as usual in the county court, until about
fix o'clock P. NJ. on the 10Th inst, and
was en- route to his lodgings at the College
Hill house when he was met by a sudden
and severe storm of wind and rain. He
started to run to avoid the storm and fell
dead on the sidewalk. Friends who were
near saw him fall and fastened to him, but
life was extinct and his body was at once
taken to the nearest house and ply sician
summoned. The cause of death was heart
disease, from which he had been a sufferer
tor some time, as was known only to his
more intimate friends.
Judge Parker was born in Plainfeld, n.
H., but had been resider of Andover
for many years. He was about 60 years
of age. He had been a farmer of
great activity and intelligence, dealer in
agricultural implements, and prominent in
the po.it cal affairs of his town and county
Tor many years. He was member Of the
Congregational church in Andover, had
h-ld many positions of honor and trust in
his town. was the town representative in
1874, was a state senator from Windsor
county in 1888, and was appointed an
assistant Judge OF Windsor county court
by Governor Woodbury. in May, 1896, and
was elected to that position in September,
1896.
Judge Parker had impres sed the mem
bers of the bar and attendants upon the
court as an intelligent and careful Judge,
thoroughly conscientious and non-partsan.
He was pleasant and affable gentleman
in soc al intercourse. He was a veteran
OF the Union army
A wife and son survive him, and have
the tender sympathies of ALL The county
count on Friday morning adjourned out Of
respect to his memory.
An impressive ceremony took place in
the county court on the forenoon of the
20th. States Attorney James G Harvey
presented to the court in behalf Of the
members of the bar series of resolutions
commencing the public and private char
acter Of Judge Parker, exp, essing the
great loss felt at his sudden death, and ten
dering to his widow and family the tender
est sympathies.
Judge Start, on hehalf of the court, ex-
pressed their appreciation tf the integrity
and intelligence Ct their associate and the
respect they had for him as a Judge. Ap-
propriate remarks were then made by W..
w. Stickney, William E. johnson, John
G. Sargent, w. B. G. Stickney, E b.
Finn, George L. Fletcher and Gilbert
A. Davis.
The court ordered the resolutions spread
upon The records, that copy be forwarded
the widow and family, aud furnished to
the newspapers CT the county for publica-
ton, and then ordered that out OF respect
to his memory the court stand adjourned.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-08-21
New Hampshire News.

Groveton has only one church; Methodists,
Episcopalians and Unitarians meet peacefully
in this one structure.
During the especially hot spell last month,
work was suspended in the granite quarries
at Concord because the stone had become so
hot
The new board of pension examiners in
the Claremont district consists of DR.. E. G..
Fisher of Sunapee, DR.. Leonard Jarvis of
Claremont and DR.. H. L. Stickney of New
port.
Col John G. Linehan of Concord has been
selected by the Boston Record as one of the
judges in its new prize contest, which is to
determine the most gallant deed in the late
civil war.
John Freeman Of Plainfield is drilling a
6-inch artesan well on his premises, through
seemingly bottomless blue ledge. The well
is now l30 feet in depth, and the workmen
are still drilling.