Year: 1874

loud enough to be heard ten steps from where
he stands. Eaves-droppers cannot catch even
the sound of his voice. He shakes hands
with you cordially, nay, even warmly. lie
is politeness and courtesy itself His conver-
saton is always couched in the refined Ian
guage of the educated gentleman; he uses no
slang he is witty, and at times vivaclous he
is no teetotaller, hut drinks only at meal
hours his favorite wines are Johannisberg,
from Prince Metternich's private vineyard,
the like of which is not easily found in this
country; he is fond of Sherry and Madeira !;
his wine-cellar contains the choicest collection
of wine in America This mans wealth is es-
timated at one hundred millions of dollars,
made BY him since 1884, in New York city.
He has no children, nor single relative on
the face of the earth. He is the last OF his
race. It is A. T. Stewart


PRAISE THE CH1LDREN.-There is an idea
that praise is too good thing to be given to
children that it is too rich for their mental
and moral digestion. Some parents are so
fearful that child will grow proud that they
never praise him, and this course is often dis.
astrous. 1t is apt to produce too much self
assertion-for selfassertion is a legitimate
outgrowth of Withholding commendation from
one who is entitled to it, or it will engender
selfdstrust or melancholy hopelessness of dis
position. Praise is sunshine to child, and
there is no child that does not need it. 1t is
the high reward of ones struggle to do right.
Thomas Hughes says that you can never get
a mans best out of him without praise. You
certainly car never get childs best out OF
him without praise. Many sensitive child,
we believe, dies of hunger for lack of kind
commentator. Many child starving for
the praise q parent should give, runs off
eagerly after the designing Aattery of others.
To withhold praise where it is due is dishon-
est, and, in the case of child, such course
often leaves sting ing sense of injustice:
Motives Of common justice as we'll as regard
for the future of the child should influence
the parent to give generous praise to all who
deserve it. Of course there is a difference in
the constitutions Of children f.; some cannot
bear so much praise as others, and some need
great deal. 1t should never be indiscrimi-
nate. We remember wonderful woman who
taught school in one village until she had ed.
ucated pars Of three generations. She was
one of the most successful of teachers, but her
success lay in her gift of praising with dis.
elimination. A bad boy who was a good
scholar, got praises for his brilliancy sand:
wiched between her abomipation of his bad
behavior, and so was won to better life and
we recall good girl who had no gift for
learning rapidly, but who was saved from Ut
ter despair by the praise she got for her unit
ring industry. Into the discouraged heart Of
the children the praise of the teacher came
like sunlight; and the virtues, like fruit, can
only ripen in sunshine.


WHERE THE LAUGH CAME IN.-One of
the professors Of college was very fond
of telling funny stories to the class by way Of
illustration. After a time the class laid their
heads together in private, and hit upon plan
of operations which they anticipated would
confound the story-loving "prof." According.
ly on the following day, when the latter had
introduced his invariable anecdote with 'and
that reminds me, young gentlemen, of very
facetous illustration" the class sat bolt up
right to man, and listened to the telling ola
really funny story without so much as smile.
The professor concluded with loud "ha!
ha !" in which not another voice joined.


The poor man was dumtounded. What
could be the matter? The anecdote was fun
ny enough; and why didn't the boys laugh,
as usual? He raised his spectacles from his
nose and looked at them, sitting there before
him as dumb and vacant-faced as so many
oysters. Plainly, they did not get the point
of the joke. So at it he went again.


"You will see, gentlemen, that the fun of
this little story lies in the very absurd idea
that-ha! ha !-tbe man should carry the
donkey, and not the donkey carry the man."


And still there was not a smile; his audience
looked the perfection of hopeless stupidity.
Gradually it dawned upon the puzzled "prof."
that the boys were making fool of him ; and
he thundered, in no gentle tones, "Let the re.
citation proceed" 1t did proceed; but not
three minutes later when some trivial little
mistake occurred, which ordinarily would not
have been considered in the least laughable,
the whole class burst out in one tremendous
prolonged peal of laughter, which quickly ap-
prised the "prof." of the full extent Of the de-
liberatc cruelty Of the joke. He dismissed the
class in rage and Of course abandoned his
habit of illustration but it was long before
ANYTHING like amicable relations were restored
between him and the boys.


DANIEL IN THE HANDS OF A FRIEND
Nantucket people enjoy reputation for
smartness and even Daniel Webster found
his match there. The story as told by Mr..
Webster himself, is as follows: The court
held g term on the island periodically. There
was not much litigation; but the suits were
heavy, relating to ships, whale fishing and oil.
The Judges and lawyers usually went over
from the continent and spent week or ten
days, and finished the business Of the session.
One day one of the Friends of the island
called at my office in Boston, and said,
"Friend Daniel, what will thee ask to come
down to Nantucket next week and plead a
case for me before the judges?"


81 will 20 for thousand dollars"


"That is too much, Friend Daniel"


"But 1 will have to go down Saturday, and
perhaps remain the whole week following. l
would as soon argue the whole docket"


"Well, Friend Daniel, if thee will argue
such cases as l will present to thee before my
case is called, will give thee thousand dol
lars," and so the bargain was struck.


"My client went to Nantucket and found his
case at the foot of the docket. He went from
man to man and saw all who had cases on
the docket, and said, "What will thee give
me if I'll get the great Daniel Webster to
plead thy cause?" He took retainers from a
dozen men. Some gave him hundred dol
lars, and some FIVE hundred dollars. He had
grace enough to give me the thousand dollars
as agreed, and paid my expenses into the bar
gain. argued the docket right through, for