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New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
TWO TALES OF TIPPING.

I told once of an extraordinary ".l,, eNper,r
ence undergone by lady to whom @ ecoItos w.
was rendered none the less necessary IroIi -
fact that circumstances compelled her 10 49, Sn,
much among relations and frlendS ~ -
this most irkSome form of ignomlny WtS "t -
known She was paying a defnlte n.ons 4l t,o,se
Friday visit at large. Iuxuri0us country Ir,, I
and to her delight she found IN her -
a neat little afiche, a duplicate OF wnicn We" 80
in each guest chamber. to the erect tnat 'I nc
host and hostess earnestly requeSleu thhN
tips should be given to any OF the ser
To her dismay, however. when all the suSst;s
assembling in the hall previous to nc
imminent departure in the various BRAKES car
riages and flies that were waiting reaoy ~ -
vey them to the station. she perceived tne
ly and dignifed groom of the chambers stanuiis
statuesquely near the front door' noiuiie oi
plate resembling those used in church FOR COZ
ections, in which several gold pieces W. St
ready cleaning. In answer to my lrlenuS - 80
rified gaze: her hostess stepPea tpi ,pi much
said sweetly, Yes. we consider TINS IiioU I
fairer way of dealing with the presents -. o
guests are kind enough TO wish 10 give tt unI
servants. Anything they like TO give Is uis ~,
utad fairly between those who really nave hdu
extra work to do for large party or thiS hiiiu
otherwise only those who are en- eVioehce' aiiu
who really do nothing extra, are given dtiS
thing" The little gift which the poor i'oS i',d
heen concentrating herself she would De dDie
to take home to her child was swailoWeu up III
this brazen receptacle. .,- -
A gallant little midshpman once bravery re
sisted the onslaught of one OF the pf'iiip.i' p
oyerfed harpies whose depredatfons we suppose
the good lady referred to above trieu " 7top
by so mistaken method he oieieu IL tile i1i5 80
two and sixpence on leaving; but that dignl-
tary threw up his hand, saying, never ny naS-
cept hanythink but gold Whereupoh tne hliu
d,-'' returned the half crown TO his pOckel, eA-
claiming What a brick you are! hnd nan
crowns awfllly useful Perhaps thiS was tnt
first youth the creature had not peen successiul
in intinidating into giving up half sovereign
of his precious little store.-d-ady Grove In the
COrnhilI Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
An INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE.

The structure of the language Is simple: It's
roots few. There only seventeen grammar
cal rules which, for reading purposes. may De
ignored The time in which 1t can be acquired
NAV be reckOned in hours. Invented by a Rus
sian physician. Zamenhof in 1884, II mas
of late made vast strides and its adherents-to
be found mainly but not exclusively, IN I1aCh
countries: France. Spain. Canada, &c-haNe
been estimated at 10000. 1t is patronlzed oy
the Touring Club de France, and betWlxt It's
professors of whatever kindred or nation, there
has come to subsist that sort of friendly inter
est or cousinly sentiment which we denote oy
the term ''freemasOnry-
Critics no doubt, Will readily concede the pos
sibjlity of constructing language comrnensu-
rate with the needs OF pilgrims and strangers
The veriest tyro in phonetics could compass
sequence of sounds pronounCeable by all human
beings which might represent such simple re-
1uireuents as Il want some dinner, i want
a he'd even II want stabling for my bicycle
But those who allow this may honestly DOUBT
whether ingenuity can rise to the task OF elan
ora atfng a machine capable of defining ideas IN
n s,vle satisfactory the man of science ana
The man of letters We told, however. that
there is no longer room for EainSaying, as the
ming is a fait accompli. eve are assured that
the translation of Hamlet" into Esperanto is
a far finer performance than the best other
version: and then. what is one to say TO the
contention that the propagation OF the language
is carried on in five reviews: the "Esperantlste
France) the "Lingao Internacia (Hungaryl
the 'I,uno' Canada the "Rondiranto' tBul-
raria) and the Esperanto" -(Spatn)? At the
outset II appears. Esperanto was affected by
neople of limited education. but all that has
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
SIZE OF cOFFIys FOR CHINESE.

.It is a curious fact that the Httlest people an
called upon TO bury require the biggest coHns"
said an undertaken Ply Httlest. mean the Hules,
as a -ace-fn other words. the Chinese. I suppose
I have officiated at more Chinese funerals than all
the rest of the undertakers down here put together
and never yet have furnished Chlnaman with
n coffin that wasn't several sizes to big for him
Whether their religion demands this loose fit an
not prepared to say hut certain it is that bagness
is virtue in their collins. Just as 1t IS In their
bIouses and trousers and that every properly con-
stituted Chnaman selects his last mouse win tnat
TAKE n man who is feet inches high and
of proportionate girth. for example. Naturally a
fellow OF that size could never cut much OF a
splurge in life vet when he comes 20 die he takes
lip as much room giant Not one incn less
than six and one-half feet will satisfy FOR
the length OF his coffin. the width must be two and
ors-haIf or three feet. the depth about three and
one-ha!f feet and the walls OF the coffin al least
two Inches thick And these dimensions are Tor an
understood man. For Chinaman of the regulation
Occidental proportions the size of his coffin n
reases in direct ratio to his stature and bulk.
and the consequence Is that some Of our funerals
W. seem TO be burying treasure chests instead OK
receptaCles for human beings
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
An OID-TIME WILTSHIRE SHEPHERD

c,.orha, cherished AN admiration and rever-
ance for his fathers memory which were al
,noct a Worship and he loved 10 describe him
as he appeared in his old age, When upward
six feet two in height, well proporuoned with
clean shaven, forid face. clear dark eyes
ana silver white hair; and at this late period
NJ his life he always wore the dress OF an oid
or6er of pensioners to which ne had been ad-
,-,-tad-a soft broad, white felt hat, thlcK oootS
and brown leather legglngs. ana d very ioiis
fawn colored cloth overcoat with brass but
tons. . ,. , ~
According to Stephen, he must nave been an
axcaedingly fine specimen OF man, Dotn physl-
IN, and morally Born III 1900. he began fol-
loving a flock as boy. and continued as shep-
herd on the same farm until ne vas Sixty,
never rising TO more than seven shillings a
Iyaek and nothing found since he lived in the
.ot+apa where he born and which he IN
berjted from his father. That man OF his
1na nowers a head shepherd on a large hill
farr, sbouId have had no better pay than that
down TO the year lSbo, after nearly halt a
century of work in place, seems almost in
cra6ibie Even his sons. they grew up TO
mans estate advised him to ask for an in
crease but he would not. Seven Shllllngs ne
had alwavs had: and that small sum. with
sornethinp his wife earned by making highly
finished smock frocks. had been suttlclent TO
keen them all in a decent way; and his sons
,rere now all earning their own living. But
Stephen got married, and resolved to leave the
old farm at Luton to take better place at q
distance from home, at Warminster. which had
been offered him
Meanwhile at that humble home at Luton.
great things had happened, and old Isaac, was
no Longer shepherding the downs but living
very comfortably in his own cottage in the
village.
It happened that the squire of the
trustees of ancient charity which provided
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

cient warrantee deed containing the usual cove
nants in such deeds contained of all the tract OF
land situated in Stratford, and bounded and de-
scribed follows viz: Northerly by land of Thad-
erly by land Of Thaddeus E Peck and Sarah c.
Peck. hundred feet, more less: southerly
by land formerly owned by Ashbel Curtis. but now
owned by Mrs Sarah Williamson. thirty feet: west
copal Church hundred feet, more or less. the
said land being subject to incumbrance of a
paSsa way the south side ten feet wide to the
grantors and proprietors of the Methodist burying
ground. now known the Union Cemetery.
In consideration whereof the said party OF the
with the said party of the first part that they Will
before the fifteenth day of October. 1902 pay
the said party of the first part the further sum
of 1920. in addition to the sum already paid being
upon the said tract of land in manner and form
follows, viz: 1t is mutually agreed between the
parties TO this agreement that said Royal W.
Raymond. pastor of the Stratford Methodist Epis-
reasonably and honestly listen to Thaddeus +. Peck
Of the party of the first part, for the period OF
eleven hours. in such periods of time as shall De
arranged by and convenient to the said parties
for the purpose of study and mutual investigation
in questions of science and theology. and further
more that the said party of the first part shall
credit the party of the second part with the sum OF
$50 per hour for eleven hours making total credit
of S220. upon the consideration of this agreement
and is further mutually agreed by the parties OF
a part OF this agreement. paid to the party of the
first part in cash. shall be applied to banquet to
be arranged by the parties.
And il is further agreed that II said party OF the
second part shall fail TO make the several payments
any of them. to keep the agreement as here
inbefore stated they shall forfeit all claims to the
premises described herein and all moneys paid in
pursuance Of this agreement.
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

Bangor Me- Sept. IS (SpeciaD--The deer shoot
ing season in Maine. which will begin on October
and continue to December Is. promises 10 bs sue
cessfuI this year. every man who comes down 10
Bangor from the north woods reporting the game
20 be more plentiful than for ten years past
C;reat herds Of deer are seen every day in the
vicinity Of the sporting camps and hotels ana
moose also are reported in greater numbers thar
last year and of larger size Sportsmen are al
ready engaging quarters and guides. and the ran
road managers expect travel to the woods to begin
n week or two earlier than usual. as II mas been
learned that even il the shooting Is not always 50
r-cod a later on the month between september 10
md October l. is the most delightful season or me
year IN Maine. Many tourists and nShermen are
now in the woods. camps and hotels. ana some OK
them VIII remain until the beginning OF the hunt
ing season
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

avoiding lately / could not get chance TO
talk with you on religion. Now. you want that
land for the church, and / want 10 talk to YOU so
attentively for much an hour in pay-
nlent-" Mr. Raymond laid the proposition before
the church committee and after considerable de-
liberation ii was decided that Pastor RAYMOND
should accept Mr. Pecks proposition. Appraisers
were appointed 10 place value the land They
decided that il worth $50 1t was further de-
cided that all OF the land to be paid for by
Pastor Raymond's listening Mr.. Peck except
$50 Of IL, which be in cash. and go to pay
ing for e banquet which would be held after the
listening ordeal was
Thursday night Of last week the first instalrneut
OF the talk given by NJ. Peck In the parson-
age parior. where few of the deacons whose
views OF Nethodism firmly rooted as to be
proof against Chemist Pecks arguments gathered
with Pastor Raymond listen. Mr.. Peck talked
for two hours and quarter. and at the end of the
discourse Pastor Raymond credited with si5
The talks take place when II is convenient for
the pastor and tie chemist to play the respective
parts CT listener and talker.
The church committee voted at their last
ing 10 give Pastor Raymond a leave of absence
after he had earned the land by passing through
the listening ordeal Both Mr.. Peck and Pastor
Raymond are extremely IN earnest about the
ter and not all inclined TO look upon Ii
q joke, many in the community do.
--ad for in listening by Pastor Raymond win be
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
THE SULTAN OF PERAK.

4 man of ffty-three years OF age ne mas
passed almost exactly half his life under Malay
rule and half under the new regime lnaugurated
hv Great Britain. a man with eyes WhereWlth
to see and mind wherewith to judge, compare
and think he probably among the most en-
lightened rulers of the native states OF the
East and a convinced apostle OF British RUE
He has seen in his own time his country pass
from q mere wilderness of forest threaded
sparsely by sorry foOtpaths into a land SurpriS-
ingly wealthy and prosperous. over the race Oh
which roads and railways run crlsScrosS IKE
the meshes of net. He has seen lawleSsness,
brigandage rapne and constant interneclne
strife vanish and be replaced by peacefulneSS
unequalled in Piccadilly. He mas seen the spear
and the kris, which once ruled his world Iald
aside in the glass cases of museums, or brought
out ONLY on state occasions to deck courty
cerenonias. Moreover. he has seen MS own
ancestral lands. which of old lay fallow under
dense Jungle, opened up and made TO produce
rich revenues: blaCkest ignorance replaced oy
education lack of sanitation by q wise respect
for the laws of hygiene. and dire poverty by
wealth and comfort. Though the sentimentalist
may mourn the disappearance of much that was
picturesque, of much that was attractive, yet
these be wonderful changes for any man 10
have witnessed. still to have had a big
hand in bringing to pass: and without disparas-
ing the wisdom and self-devotiOn Of his Euro
pean advisers. ii must be admitted that Perak
owes a large share of its prosperity to the per
sonal efforts of its present Sultan--CHugh Cliff
ford in Blackwood's Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
PAID FOR LISTENING.
NOVEL HAMMER IN WHICH a
RPJDGEpORT PASTOR GETS
LAND FOR CHURCH.
HF AGREES TO HEAR A CHRISTIAN
pEIST SET FORTH HIS VIEWS fo-
ELEVEN HOURS AT 500 AN HOUR

bridgeport, Conn. Sept IS (speciaD.-spread upon upon
a.. -p,r clerks records Of the town of Stratforo
.. an agreement TO transfer property Wflch Is
,5estined 10 become interesting chapReF IN 'ii0
,,.etorv OF Methodsm of the quiet old town 1heIe
have been many martyrs 10 the CAUSE Vi w
ism but 1T remained for modern preacheF o1 'ie
Methodist Church to go on record as a martyr by
being talked to for eleven hours at the rare Oh S-0
an hour The Rev. Royal w Raymond, the pastor
f tbe Methodist Episcopal Church of Stratford, is
the MARTYR. Thaddeus Z Peck is the man WHO -
to talk eleven hours.
The novel agreement came about in This way;
The congregation OF the Methodist chutch
came TO the conclusion that they needed a larger
church. So they prepared TO erect more nooeili
house of worship on the lot where the old church
stood. When the plans fer the new church were
completed and foundation laid it was discovered
that more ground really needed Next door 10
the church Thaddeus +. Peck, who is one OF the
best chemists in the State. has laboratory On
this plot OF land MIR. Peck born. and it is the
Peck homestead, though Mr.. Peck now lives in a
fine house with his family in Bridgeport, gong 10
and from his laboratory each morning and night
Mr. Peck is not believer in religion as taught by
the Methndists. He is by means an infdel. as
many have supposed since this strange compact
between the minister and the chemist was entered
into. He is believer in God. and. as Pastor Ray
mond himself says believes in God much more sin
cerey devoutly than half the processing Chris
tians. Mr.. Peck is 4 rational Deist- Beside the
church is the parsonage, where Pastor Raymond
lives. Naturally the pastor and the chemist be
came acquainted. and naturally also they fell into
conversation, and the result has been that MI
Peck and Pastor Raymond have held many lengthy
and spirited debates upon religion, science and
nature.
Pastor Raymond finally avoided Nj. Peck, in SO
fsr as lengthy talking sessions were concerned for
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
A MONUMENT AT ANTIETAM
TO COMMEMORATE THE BRAVERY OF
THE THIRTEENTH NEW-JERSE4
REGIMENT On THE FAMOUS
BATTLEFIELD.

Next Wednesday the monument erected by New
Jersey at Antietam commemorate the part
played by her troops in that memorable battie
will be unveiled. The stone Is plain SHAFT OF
Vermont granite forty feet in height surmounted
by the bronze figure of Captain Hugh c irish OF
Company K 18th New-Jersey, and 1t is placed on
the spot where Captain Irish fell. mortaly wound
ed. Hexamer's Battery, of Hoboken. and the lSth
New-Jersey did valiant work in the battle OF An
tietam- Franklin Murphy, now Governor OF New
Jersey then boy in his teens, fought in the ranks
OF the 18th, and he may be present at the dedica-
ton cf the monument Besides the battery and
the 18th four other New-Jersey regiments were on
the outskirts of Antietam the day of the battle;
though they did take part in the hshtns, their
names on the pedestal
The monument selected by STATE comnais-
sion consisting of James o. smith, OF tersa,
Morning Call and Colonel John j. Tofey' OF Jer-
sey City. All three veterans, and Messrs.
Murphy in the 18th The design the joint
idea of James H. Walng, OF New-York, and John
IL H. ana William Passmore Meeker' exc OF Newark anu
lne price agreed upon was soSr:
On Monday morning. September lS, the three
commissioners named. together with their score score
York and the Messrs. Meeker of Newark. Will start
Tor Antietam. The party will be further Represented
OF the 18th Regiment), and by Deputy FACTORY IN
spector Heber Wells. of Paterson. who was orderly
sergeant Of Company X at the battle OF Antietan1
bles from the enemy. Washington the COM
missioners will be Joined by General Ezra Car
heau former colonel of the 18th Regiment, no"
commissioner in charge of the National Park.
ne party viii reach keadySrile on the evening
of the 18th. and days will be spent going
.55ettysolrg TO join Governor Murphy and party al
IN o1e -oecication of the General Slocum monument
at Settysburg on the 18th.
he Antietam monument will be dedicated on the
anniversary OF the battle, September Il. 1903
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

between Thaddeus E. Peck and Sarah G Peck,
husband and wife. both of the city OF Bridgeport.
county OF Fairfield and State OF Connecticut party
OF the first part and George w. Carey and George
Meachen. both of Stratford. constituted committee
OF board OF trustees Of the Stratford Methodist
Episcopal Church of Stratford, and Royal w Kay,
uond, pastor OF the Stratford Methodist Episcopal
Church, OF Stratford. party of the second part: t.,
Witnesses that the said party of the first part IN
consideration OF thirty dollars (s3o) paid to them
by the said party OF the second part (the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged. and in further
consideration OF the promises OF the party Of the
second part hereinafter contained, hereby promises
and agrees to and with the said party OF the sec
ond part, that Immediately upon the faithful per.
formance by the said party of the second part OF
the agreement hereinafter made they, the SAID
party OF the first part. will. before the M
the said party Of the second part good and suff-
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

he soon came TO the conclusion that his logic and
wisdom being thrown away upon Mr.. Peck.
Mr.. Peck however did desist He felt that he
ought convert the minister to his way of think
ing and one day he told Mrs Raymond that he
would give her husband s. an hour if he would
consent listen to him. The next time the pastor
and the chemist met the pastor said he valued his
time at more than s. an hour for such a purpose.
For time nothing said, but when Pas
tor Raymond went TO MI Peck TO purchase the
plot Of land needed for the new church Mr.. Peck
refused entertain the proposition of parting
with it under any conditions. For weeks
nothing more was said, and Pastor Raymond kept
on excavating the cellar Of the church, for he is a
strenuous young man and loves outdoor work
One morning as Pastor Raymond digging in
the cellar. the chemist happened along.
Say. Mr.. Raymond said the chemist. Il tell
Won what I'll do about that land You have been
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
VASES. HoMING INSTINCT.

How do wasps and bees which wander far
afeld in their expeditions find their way home
again with such certainty? Undoubtedly they
have. in common perhaps with all anlinais
yonderfuI memories hut it is prOba BILE that they
also make careful note of the surroundings or
the nest and do not at their first flights travel
far from the entry. / had an opportunity
of seeing how wasps take their bearings:
lucky accident revealed nest in an old meat
tin that had been thrown into a ditch Wish
ing to observe the operations somewhat more
comfortably than was possible when prone IN
the ditch l cautiously lifted the tin on 10 the
hank a distance of two three yards. The
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

at the Atlantic Hotel. this city, and among
these present Mr.. Peck says he will have the
Rev Josiah Strong, the author Of THE Next
Great Awakening to make the principal address.
The cornerstone to the church was laid
last Sunday. the principal address being made by
the Rev. Charles H. Buck, of Brooklyn, pastor
of the New-York Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Following is a copy of the agreement that is
recorded with the Town Clerk of Stratford
This agreement, made and concluded this fourth
day Of September, A D. 1902, at Stratford. Conn.,.
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
AN OLD LONDON HOTEL.

oa Generally to go to the Tavistock in
Covent Garden. 1t was much aHected py young
,,niyarsitv men, when they ran down Tor a
a,,nIa of davs' lark and by line officers of
comparatfvely quiet haHits, VINO "ouiu nave
a ~ the Slaughters Coffee House in the
So So ,,,bon Dohbin and George Osborne came to
80, from chatham; also by manufacturers and
sr,ar+ commission agents from the North so
+hara was an agreeably mixed company, II one
carad to dine at the early table d hote. Located
~ the centre of the theatres both hour and
1i,ce we're convenient. 1t was typical Eng
P;t atnnar with everything solid and of the
bae+ from the nullgatawny or mock turtle,
tbroueb turbot saddle or sirloin to the Stilton.
T. ,,a,.er mass the doors under the piazza now
u;thout a pleasant rush OF associations sue
oaade6 nv a gentle melancholy The general
otmosnhere was sombre, and yet how jolly II
80 The bedrooms for the most part looked
o,,t IN deadwal1s, and were dark at noon, but
+ba hall with its porter as well preserved as
Qua Tobn of the Saughters, was full of life and
letters parcels, portmanteaus and gun cases.
rohc we're continually being whistled for and
1ashine, ND to the door. Nothing In mid-London
",id ha brighter than the breakfast room with
i+s n,anv windows. You came down with ap
natita rather whetted by late chops or lobster
salad and the catering was on the famous
nrincinle OF calling for what you liked and pay
ipg ali the same. The SideboardS groaned under
hans and tongues and joints There
bacon came like a breath of primroses in spring
connices as Lord Beaconstield tdealzed them
IN "Coningsby." The morning papers were
strevyn about In profusion. and fondly remem-
har the handleless basins for tea or cofee-l
believe they are still to the fore-and the ticket
the total Of the bill. without condescending to
details There an air Of romance about the
TIA vistoCk-the romance OF the country and the
tropics.-(Saturday Review.