Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1893, Page 12

De] GERMAN EMBASSY. Emperor William’s Representative and His Official Family. THEIR WASHINGTON HOM The Personality of Baron Saurma and the Attaches. A DISTINGUISHED CORPS. OR MANY YEARS the German minister and the members of the legation occupied the arrack-like building on 15th street, but in 1892, when the mission was raised to that of ‘ambassador, and Baron Anton Von Saurma Jeltsch was sent by Emperor William to represent the German empire, ® more suitable home for the embassy be- came necessary. Negotiations resulted in the exchange of the old building for the spacious edifice Row occupied on Highland terrace, Massa- chusetts avenue, No. 1485. This mansion was erected by Maj. Thomas B. Furguson some years ago and has been celebrated in ‘Washirgton social life. Mrs. Jane Byrd Furguszon, whose accidental death is fresh in the minds of Washingtonians, enter- tained here in great style. Later Mrs. Hearst, the wife of the millionaire Senator from Caltfornia, occupied the mansion. Upon acquiring the building the German government purchased the lot adjoining and erected thereon one of the finest ball Fooms at the national capital. The Remodeled Legatio: This legation now covers a frontage of upward of a hundred feet. In the basement is the main entrance with the chancellory on either side. The servants’ offices and kitchens are in the rear. On the main floor is the reception room of the ambassador and the drawing room of the baroness, his @aughter. The library and dining room complete the suite. The receiving apart- ™ents open into the ball room. The ball room {is finished in polished woods, includ- ing artistic wainscoting. The furnishings are in gold and red and the lighting by electric candelabra, chandeliers and brack- ets. When lighted «he apartment, which is spacious, is gorgeous im brilliancy and color. The floor above is occupied by the living suites of the ambassador and his daughter. In the rear of the building are stables for tea horses. His Excellency, Baron Von Saurma,. Baron Anton Von Saurma Jeltsch reached Washington and took charge of the new embassy about four months ago. He be- Jongs to an ancient Silesian family. He has @ castle on the ancient family estate, near Brealau, where he was born, which he Keeps up and visits during his leaves of absence from his post. The large park @round the castle is full of game and also has some fine fishing. The emperor has been a visitor to the baron’s castle and has enjoyed the hunt in the adjacent moun- tains. The baron is a great sportsman, and while in the United States he will try his skill upon the large game of the wild re- gions of this continent. He is also a man of the highest culture. He combines with his skill in diplomacy a fondness for scien- and archaeological researches. He was born in 1836, and is therefore in the prime of life. While at the university at the celebrated college dueling corps known as the Bonissia. The baron entered the diplomatic service of Prussia in 1862, and was attache or sec- retary of legation or embassy at St. Peters- burg. Paris, Munich,. Madrid, Copenhagen, Dresden and Stockholm, and finally first secretary of the German embassy at Con- THE EVENING STAR tended the Convent of the Sacre Coeur near Aix la Chapelle, and is still pursuing her drawing. music and She has a lady com and teachers ipanion in the different branches, and is becoming Proficient in English. Baron Kettler. The chief officer in charge of the adminis- trative duties of the embassy is Baron Clemens August Von Kettler. He was born in 1853 at Potsdam and belongs to one of the most ancient of the Westphalian fam- flies. In the sixth century his ancestor Kettler was the King of Courland, now part of the realms of the czar. He received a military education in Westphalia and Belgium, and entered the army in 1874. He entered the foreign office and was assigned to Peking. He applied himself to the study of the dialect, which he mastered, and was assigned to the German consulate at Canton, and distinguished himself there during the serious riots in September, 1883. He was thence transferred to Peking as secretary of legation. After service in the foreign office he was made charge at Morocco, and thence first secretary of lega- tion at Mesigton in 1892. When the legation was raised, he b> elevated to the dignity of first secretary of embassy. Besides being a man of easy address and exceptionally good looks, he is a distinguish- ed linguist, speaking German, English, French, Spanish, Itallan and Chinese. He is fond of horseback riding, and is very Popular in the diplomatic corps, as well as social circles. He has his suite of rooms and servants in the embassy, and is the only member. who resides there. The entire management of the embassy is in his hands. He conducts all correspon- dence, makes all reports to the ambassador, who signs them. The correspondence is enormous, apg my LP ga pen) and papers a year to the fo office and per- sons in Germany and the United States, re- lating to American and German pensions, inquiries concerning parents or persons and on miscellaneous subjects. Baron Kettler is a member of the imperial household, filling an honorary office similar to that of chamberlain. Assistants. In addition to the first secretary are other officers. Hans Von Flotow, second secretary, belongs to a Mecklenburg fam- ily. He was born in 1862 at Felsenhagen, the family estate in Brandenburg; studied law at Heldelburg and Berlin, and was a barrister until 1892, when he was admitted to the foreign office at Berlin and thence transferred to Washington in 18u3. Capt. Albrecht Heese is attache in charge of military and naval affairs. He was born im Berlin in 1861, and entered the artillery Mr. Waliwits. guards garrisoned at Spadan in 1890; after service as lieutenant he was assigned to the legation at Washington in 1891 and pro- moted to captain in 1893. The many inven- tions in military and naval matters brought before the embassy are referred to him for report. Lieut. Von Kummer of the fifteenth royal hussars has been assigned to duty at the embassy. He is not only a great sports- man, but is a noted horseman. He gained a world-wide reputation as one of the com- petitors among the 130 German officers in the long-distance ride from Berlin to Vienna. He was the seventh to arrive, making the journey on his horse, 350 miles, in eighty-three hours. His horse survived the strain. The lieutenant has also ridden some famous steeplechases. Mr. Karl Von Nostitz Wallwitz, attache, is a son of Oswald Von Nostitz Wallwitz, former Saxon minister to Berlin. He was born in Dresden in 18u3, and studied at Lusanne, Leipsic and Strasburg. He was attache to the Saxon law courts and lieu- tenant in the reserves of the second Saxon lanciers. He is proprietor of the Manor cf Schwelkershain. He was married to the Countess S. Von Bassewitz of Mecklen- burg. Her death occurred before iis de- parture for the United States. Mr. G. M. Hoech, the technical attache, belongs to the department of public works, and was sent to the United States to in- spect improvements in bridges, railroads, irrigation and other engineering works. The Chancellors. The chancellory of the eribassy is where | the accounts are kept, mails dispatched and all the clerical work is done. The chief of chancellory, Mr. P. W. | Buddecke, is a native of Versmold, Prus- Bonn, where he graduated, he belonged to | sia, where he was born in 1823, and enter- ed the government service in 1860. In 1863 he became chancellor of the Prussian lega- tion at Washington. He was made hofrath (imperial counsellor of the court) in 189 and chief of chancellory in 1893. He was honored by a special decoration from the emperor in recognition of twenty-five years’ atantinople. In 1872 he was raised to consul general | and diplomatic agent at Belgrade. He was the German repr Egypt, during the bombardment of that city, and distinguished himself in looking after the interests of other nationalities. In 1882 he was raised to envoy at Bu- charest, the Hague and Stuttgart, from which post he was promoted to the head of the newly-created embassy at Washington. He has also seen service in war. In 1866 he served in a regiment of dragoons, and in the Franco-German conflict. In 1870-1 he Was on duty as lieutenant in a cuirrasseur Fegiment of the guard. In his service in the diplomatic corps Baron Saurma remembers with great pride his connection with Prince Bismarck as secretary of the legation at St. Petersburg. This brought him later the important post of confidential secretary to the prince, in the forein office. ‘The ambassador adds English, French and Spanish to his native tongue. The Things That Interest Him. The particular branch of archaeology in which he takes the deepest interest is in implements of chase and arts of the Ameri- can Indians. In his Silesian castle he has @ large collection of implements, armor, tapestry and panelings which he gathered i) during his many years’ service in Europe. } He is now maki: ean sources. In his library at the embassy are some fine specimens of ancient armor and swords, while in the ball room is some costly tapes- Z a collection from Ameri- His recreation is devoted to muste, being and driving and walk- he prizes & superior pi ing. He has orders, but what highly is the title of private couns ferred upon him by the emperor a few y which gives him the right of being 3 Gressed his excellency. Ambassadors nist, are led to this form by courtesy, but he is so by law. His Deushter. He is accompanied to this efty by his @aughter, Baroness Carmen Von ‘ma. She is nineteen years of age, a blonde of medium height, but will not enter ety during the coming official season. She at- sentative at Alexandria, | service at Washington. It is said during that time he was at his desk from 10 a.m. til 6 p.m. He married Miss Margaret E. Bruehl of Washington in 1s71. Mr. Carl Von der Weth. assistant chancel- | closely the bleating of a ten-cent rubber | order,” unknown to children; unfortunately | ,» SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1893-TWENTY PAGES, PATENTS FOR TOYS. Ingenious Playthings That Are Made for Children. HARD 10 TELL WHICH WILL SUCCEED. Toys That Were Popular and Now Are Forgotten. FORTUNES IN PLAYTHINGS. Written for The Evening Star. HERE ARH MEN who make it a regu- f) lar profession to plan 1 -==Jand devise toys for children. It is an oc- cupation often so very profitable as to be tempting. Records of a simple toy or puzzle Profiting its inventor a generous fortune are not wanting. So Uncle Sam is kept busy in the patent office puzzling over the toys, granting patents rather indiscrimi- nately, and piling up a goodly collection of toy models, plans and drawings. Old Santa the best for his appreciative children and leaves the rest to the dusty oblivion of the patent office shelves. Some toys and games work their way slowly into favor, eventually becoming standard amusements. Others spring into immediate, all-pervading popularity, daz- zling others out of sight and mind for a few weeks or months, then dying out as com- pletely. Ten years ago the blocks of the “14-15" puzzle were shifted around by*the trembling, palsied fingers of grandfathers, by the slender digits of young ladies who were neglecting their piano practice; the small boy forsook shooting his marbles to compete with his father, the mother laid aside her needle and the puzzle was tri- umphant. Now it ts forgotten. Four years ago, or thereabouts, “Pigs in Clover” absorbed public attention and “‘frit- tered” away the precious American mo- ments. Newspapers were as full of accounts of it as of the summer girl during a three months’ reign. Senators and editors had as much difficulty in conducting the elusive “pigs” around their circular paths as did plain people. Then it too was dropped. Mr. Crandall, the inventor, is said to have profit- ed to the extent of a million dollars or more from the little toy. Crandall must have made a good deal of money out of his toys. His building blocks brought him in a permanent fortune. He began planning toys when he was twelve years old. Over twenty years ago he got the idea for his blocks. He was making croquet sets and sending them away. He had contrived boxes for them held together with groove and tongue fastenings instead of with nails. One night, after he had fin- ished his work, he took home a lot of waste blocks and gave them to his sick child to play with. The child had so much fun with them that he worked up the idea and the elaborate building blocks was the result. The Skating Rink Craze. A man invented the roller skate. Rinks were built for the skaters, the craze became universal and the man made a half million out of it. The day of the roller skates is not yet over, either. Anyone who has been much about Washington’s smooth streets has seen eight or ten little darkies having @ blissful afternoon with one, and only one, old roller skate. The one skate may have lost a roller, invariably a strap is gone and an apron string or hair ribbon takes its place; but it is passed from one to the other and by dint of much shoving and hopping and pulling the exhilarating sport is kept up. They do errands, “go for clo’s” and tend the baby much more cheerfully when there a skate to make the time and dis- tance seem shorter. ‘The little wooden returning ball, fastened to a rubber string, with a ring for over the finger, costs only a penny, delights the chil- dren and makes life luxurious for the in- ventor. Edison has turned his attention to toys, and crying dolls, purring cats, bark- ing dogs and singing birds—all with phono- graphic interiors—have been produced. But these toys are too expensive for the ordin- ary purchaser, and the cry of a ten-cent rubber baby, although it may resemble, lamb, yet contents the anxious, small moth- ers who hasten to hush and sooth. But, in the patent office, besides the suc- cessful ideas, there is the record of many | laboriousiy planned devices that probably | are destined to remain on file, “in due! for the inventors, fortunately for the chil- dren, perhaps. There are some that deserve only childish scorn and rejection; an “imita- tion Christmas tree.” for instance, to be made with “detachable branches” covered with green chenille to give pine-like color Claus passes judgment on the lot, sorts out/ and softness. A child who has had such a| tree perpetrated on him at Christmas time) would be excusable in having a blighted! future. To be the victim of the sort of! economy that another inventor practices is another most horrible fate. His title, reads “A combined jelly-glass and money- box.” This glass, with its twofold duty, is, molded with a deep notch in one end. Over! the other fits an ordinary metal top. The glass must first be used for jelly. When this is consumed the tin bottom is to be fastened on and the little thin glass strip at the other end broken through. This forms a slot where the coin may enter. A thrifty mind might arrange the glass so the slot could be resealed. Then it could be used indefinitely. When “jell* time comes round, it only need be sealed and used again. The money saved during its existence as a bank might be used for the further production of jelly, the scheme elaborated and a perma-| nent jelly fund established. | The Habit of Regular Saving. To instill into the youthful mind and heart the habit of “laying by,” there are many attractive inducements. Banks and boxes of every possible description, repre- senting nearly every phase of life, have been thought of and patented. There is one that might convey rather dangerous | ideas to a fresh and imitative young mind. It has two figures, a nurse who recetves | the coin on a spoon and u tender infant in her charge who is forced to swallow the money. Beside this there is a phenomenal elephant that, as far as my knowledge of elephants go, gives an incorrect lesson in natural history. He takes the coin up sc con |in his trunk and feeds himself in the fore. | aieuneng, teen Ge tee ee Sachsen | head in @ manner most remarkable. ‘The | man consular service in 1880, and was made @ thorough education he entered the Ger- | aughing negro, who swallows the coin, the | man shooting at a tree, the old-time little secretary of the consul general at New | house, painted in brightest colors and offer- York till 1887, when he w: | ing admittance for the pennies through the [ waakintet Ee once Teel Meiig? | chimney, all have been through the patent Reinhold of Brooklyn. } cook, valet, | Servants. presiding lady until the young baroness has her coming out, which his excellency says will not be for another year. In that tim | she will have finished her studies and wi also be more familiar with her American surroundings. aeseeeeey nue Not Suffictently Hideous. From the Chicago Record. At the dog show: Miss Spokrtio—Oh, don’t you think my | dear little pug stands a show of getting a prize?” Keeper—“Well, mum, he’s pretty ugly, but I wouldn’t encourage no false hopes, mum.” a “Wheel and Woe.” From Puck. The ambassador will give some fine en-| tertainments during the season, but the | embassy will not have the presence of a| office routine before they became so famil- | The domestic affairs of the ambassador | ‘aT to us. With them are more elaborate are under a hans meister and wife, similar | to a steward, a French cook and assistant | laundry woman and several | ones that look as though they never could be persuaded to work after the first one or two coins have been deposited. One has two clerks, who come out to receive the moneys, carry them back to the desk and drop them into the bank. There is a chicken-stealing negro, who is almost with- in reach of the desired fowl when the atchful owner and his faithful dog dart around the corners of the chicken house, and sad is the fate of the thief. Most of these work by pressing a little lever, as the coin is placed in position, and ail per- form their parts for a nickel, more or less. Among the games intended to be instruc- tive as well as amusing there is a de- cided tendency toward realism. A cow, that by means of various and sundry tuc- tionary arrangements can be milked, even as real cows are, and a doll infant that draws lacteal nourishment from g tiny bottle, are instances of this. A game there is which represents an explosion—a powder mill explosion. All goes along peaceably in the mill for a few minutes, then the whole thing blows up, to the delight of the spectators. A similar idea is a toy man, who, by means of a firecracker ar- ranged in’ his interior, is blown up and falls in fragments. These can be put to- gether again—a new man, new firecracker d a new explosion. He might be quite artistically used as corroborative detail to the other game. There are idealists, too, mong toy inventors. One has produced @ running messenger boy. Realistic Toys. There are creeping, crying, creeping and crying, movable-headed, jointed, walking, singing, corseted dolls. Dolls that dance up-to-date skirt dances, and dolls that waltz, There are horses that prance for- | of a man wh | deranged, causing paralysis, which extends ! to the heart and the organs of respiration. ever on their little wheeled platforms, wob- bly-kneed horses and horses that can be made to trot round in a most lifelike man. ner, wiggling in every joint. An elephaat that is run,or walked,rather, by clock work (that does not show under his red blanket), is so constructed that every joint works “Tress, play. in toys, ‘rogs play an important part in particularly in and mechanical fig- ures. Sometimes are so conventional- ized as to never tempt a small boy to throw stones at them. The monkeys generally climb a stick or string, even as in the song, but the arrangements for his climbing involve quite a Little ingenious arrange- ment. Moving toys are the most delight- ful to inventors, but really they frequently perform but once, and then die. Yet they find a ready sale. Among the models there are mothers rocking babies, daughters churning or waltzing, fathers hunting or raising their hats in interminable polite salutes, and sporty sons racing or boxing. Of course there are “‘thaumatropes.” One, described in the patent as being “very funny,” has an open-mouthed face on one side of the card, a closed mouth on the other. The card is twirled round very rapidly and the eye sees only the face of a man who is opening and shutting his mouth vigorously. Another, also a thaumatrope, has a cage printed on one side and a bird on the other. When it is twirled it really seems as though the bird were in the cage. According to the dictionary, a thaumatrope is “an optical toy, based upon the fact that the eye retains the impression of an image, even after the object has passed out of the actual range of vision. The two sides ap- pear so rapidly, one after another, as to seem simultaneous, A Miniature Bottle. A “surprise card" pictures a fort fully armed with cannon, and about a quarter of an inch away, opposing it, is another row of cannon. One of the fort guns 1s fired and then comes a terrific warfare on the six inches of pasteboard. Another card, evidently designed by a funny man, shows three kinds of butter, “fresh daisy butter,” “screamery butter” and “bogus butter.” The parts are taken respectively by two intelligent goats and sturdy keg of oleomargarine. A string animates the whole. Those playing the title roles per- form their parts. The bogus butter, or oleo- margarine, representing wrong, is triumph- ed over by the true butters, the goats. Ducks that swim across tiny pools of water are usually moved by clock work, but one man thought to make a hit with his scheme, and has a graceful tin swan arranged that a lump of camphor is placed under the floating bird. As the camphor dissolves the gas created moves the swan—only it doesn’t. The cat of pasteboard, painted with phos- phorescent paint, “intended to scare mice and rats away from their favorite haunts,” has been patented in all seriousness. The patent for a cloth cat pattern, to be cut out, sewed together and stuffed, has been very successful, and other creatures are being likewise made. But after all, it is the man who invented the round ball, the one-storied Noah’s ark and the woolly baa-lamb that has given the most pleasure. There is no whistle that can equal in volume and variety the one that a boy makes with his own fingers, no automatic, electric, clock work, pneu- matic or falling sand dog that is so jolly as the forlornest and raggedest street curs, and no stilts with metal stirrups, padded arm rests or spring supports that are so much fun as those made out of the clothes props on wash day, somehow or other. ELSIE POMEROY McELROY. ——_+ 0+ —_____ Life History of Corals. From the Edinbarg Review. To Reaumur !s due the improving legend that coral fslands are built by the accumu- lated efforts of an industrious insect. Pliny, in like manner, quite gravely records the ancient belief that a little sucker fish could hold a ship against the impelling violence of a storm, and apostrophizes the deplorable vanity of mankind when confronted with the fact that their armored vessels could be held bound and immovable by a little fish six inches long! The wonders of nature do not really need these imaginary embellish- ments. ‘ The life history of corals is sufficiently re- markable in its sober facts. Like other ani- mals, they produce eggs, from which free- swimming young are hatched. But they have two other methods of propagation— namely, gemmation and fissiparity. Be- tween animals and plants in general there is no distinction which makes itself more prominent and obtrusive than the free indi- vidual life of the one and the fixed colonial life of the other. By gemmation, the suc- cessive putting forth of buds, an industrious vegetable, starting with a seed of insignifi- cant size, may build a massive structure, sometimes 400 feet tn height, the resultant of individuals almost innumerable, belong- ing to hundreds or thousands of genera- tions, all of the living members of a single family, successively sacrificing their indi- viduality to promote the common good and share it. This procedure in plant life 1s illustrated by an endless diversity of examples, great and small. Whatever exceptions there may be, this, to the ordinary observer, is the customary, the commonplace, the distinctive habit in the vegetable kingdom. Thus it came to pass that men did not believe their own eyes when they met with animals be- having in a wey that seemed to be the patent right of vegetables. The isolated sea anemone was well understood) but crea- tures of precisely similar structure, which took to sprouting out of stems and branches, had to be incontinently handed over to the botanist. ——__+ 0+ ______ Alive With a Broken Neck. From the Brooklyn Eagle. Carpenter E. J. Jenks, who was taken to St. Mary's Hospital about six weeks ago with a broken neck, Is resting easily and still progressing toward complete recovery. his head is still stretched upward by a weight running backward over the head of the bed; he has to lie still in one position. Beyond the discomfort attending these facts | he is not troubled in any way. In two weeks | more they will rig up a jury mast to sup- port the head, and taking the weight off will let him get up and walk. All traces of paralysis have disappeared. It is regarded | as certain by the doctors at St. Mary’s that} Jenks’ cervical vertebrae was not compiete-| ly broken—there was only a partial fracture, | and miletus, or inflammation of the spinal} cord, was never set up. | Jenks’ case is the fourth of the kind St. Mary’s Hospital has had in six months. Three cases were there on and shortly after the Fourth of July last. One was the case} fell from the thirteenth regi- ment armory; another that of a man who fell from a load of hay, boys having thrown fire crackers at the horses, which suddenly ran away; the third case was that of a man} who was struck by a heavy beam. In each| case the cervical vertebrae was completely fractured and miletus followed, death in| each case taking place in two days after the accident. These deaths are caused directly by the inflammation of the spinal cord. It thickens and the whole nervous system is eee Wisht I Could. From the Atlanta Constitution. Wisht I could go back a little while, ‘n be a boy agin, A-Jerkin’ o° the minners with a little crooked pin: "N bear the frogs a-gruntin’ as I git ‘em on the Jump, 'N me skeered wusser'n they was, when they hit the water plump. Wisht I could go loafin’, cross the medder smellin’ sweet, 'N feel the sassy datal ticklin’ o' my feet, All the while a-noddin’ "a a-smilin’ up at_me— Wisht I could ge back ’n be like I uster be. Wisht I could go t'morrow, 'n find ‘em all the same As they was the day I lef’ t’ make a bigge : *N see dear old mother—always skeery—at the gate, Like she uster wait fer me, Whenever I was late. Wisht I cou N git a t J look in heaven 'n see her thare t’day, ler smile o’ love, like when I went away I feel like it ‘ud help me to battle here with sin— Wisht I could go back a little while, 'n be a boy agin. a A Surprised Twin Brother. From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. A young man at Bangor was the most surprised person in that city Saturday, when he was informed that he had a twin sister, who is married and living in Provi- dence, R. I, that being the first time he had ever heard of her existence. ‘Their mother died when the twins were five months old, and the two were adopted by Bangor families. Those who took the girl moved out of the state, and, though the father and five other brothers and sisters kept track of the boy, it seems they never took pains to tell him about his twin sister. a ee Dr. Depew’s story of his Euzopean trip re- minds us of a famous Chicagoan who was telling a similar story of travel. “As the queen and Princess Beatrice approached in the state carriage,” he nar-ated, “I stepped into the street and raised my hat. Both ladies bowed most sweetly.” “Did you hear AN AUGUST MORNING TALK. BY LUCY D. HAR&IS. Written for The Evening Star. Our burly, good-natured Yankee host at Block Island and I fell into conversation one morning as he was dusting the piazza outside my window—e task which his little sharp-voiced wife had evidently assigned him. The window being open, he asked (waving his feather duster out toward the ocean): “What d’ye think o’ our view?” To which I replied that we chose *he house because the view was so fine. “Yes,” he said, “it's the best view ye kin git, ‘cept,p’aps, up t’ the Ocean View House, but they git big prices up there. It’s ’ston- ishin’ what lots of money people has to spend nowadays, but mebbe it's better they shud spend it, sence they hev so much, fur then it does other folks some good.” “And,” I added, “leaves less to ruin their children.” The old man felt the force of this re-! mark. He beamed, a tide of reminiscences rushed over him, he forgot all about his as- signed duties end sat down on the bench outside the window and the floodgate rose. “That's as sure as ye’re bawn,” said he. “I allus wo’ked in a cotton mill till I was a young man, an’ right in the same place,too, an’ one summer a man come who was git- tin’ up a paatent, an’ he hed the privilege o' usin’ one o’ the wo’k rooms, an’ I noticed he paid consid’able ‘tention to me an’ talked with me whenever he got a chance. An’ one day he sez to me, he sez: ‘How long you ben wo'kin’ here? An’ I sez: ‘Ever sence I was bawn.’ An’ he sez: ‘Would ye like to go away from here? I think I know Jest the place for ye.’ “I sez: “That's jest what I'd like to do. I allus meant to git out into the world an’ See more of it.’ Well, I guess ‘twas "bout three month after that, one day a man come into the kyardin’ room an’ sez to the super: ‘Hev ye got a man by the name o° Oney Butman here? ‘Yes, sir,’ sez the super, “Kin I see him?’ sez he.’ ‘Yes, sir,’ sez the super, ‘he’s right over there.’ An’ he come up to me an’ he sez: @ man by the name of- hain’t furgot his name, it’s so long sence’ I thought of it). ‘No, sir,’ sez 1. ‘Well, how is it that he knows you ef you don’t know him? ‘I don't know,’ sez 1. ‘Well, do you reckleck a man what was wo’kin’ on paat- ents her a while ago?” ‘O, yes,’ sez L, ‘I re- member him.’ ‘Well, sez he, ‘there's ben a new cotton mill started over to Webster, Mass., an’ he sez you're jest the man fur the head of the kyardin’ room.’ “I was awful pleased, but I sez: ‘I can't go *thout givin’ our super good, reasonable notice,’ an’ the upshot of it was that I give notice an’ at the end of it I went to Web- ster, Yes, I was to @ ben there the fust day of April, but I went there the 20th day ae because the fust day of April was @ Sunday. “Well, I liked the place from the minit I set foot into it. It was pleasant, an’ I liked it, an’ I went to wo’k on Monday. “Well, I wo’ked there bout six months an’ then I got married to my fust wife’ and here a shadow passed over the old man’, face). “I ved with her forty-four year an’ four month, an’ then” (here he lingered for (well, now, ef I @ moment, and then, bringing himself back | THE HOLY BIBLE AS 0} to his story), “well, as I was sayin’, I sez to the super after I'd ben wo'kin "bout six months (it was Sat'day night an’ he was payin’ me my wages), I sez, ‘Super, I'd like to hev Monday fur myself. I'm goin’ to Brewster village tonight an’ 1'd like to hev Monday fur to be with my company.’ ‘All right,’ the super sez. ‘This is one o° the ’cesions when a man hez to hev a lit- Ue extry time, I ‘spose, Oney.’ “82 I was back to wo’k Tuesday mornin’ an‘ the super come up to me an’ he ses: ‘Oney, I s’pose you feel thet your H’bilities is a leetle heavier then they was Sat’day, an’ after this your wages will be a — e half a week.” “Well, so it went on, an’ one day, jest as I was goin’ t’ eat my dinner, one of the men come in an’ sez, ‘Oney, Mr. (be was the owner of the mill) an’ the “eee is down stairs an’ want t’ see ye.’ ‘'Fore I eat ray dinner? sez L. ‘This minit,’ sez he. ‘Hold on,’ sez I, an’ I left my din- ner an’ went down stairs, an’ there was Mr. Brown an’ the super, an’ the super sez: ‘Oney, I s’pose you know I'm goin’ to leave an’ my place is open, an’ I've recommended py Mr. Brown as the right man to “I was took aback, but I sez to Mr. Brown, I sez, ‘I got a good place thet suits. me an’ I suit the place, an’ the super's place is a hard one, an’ I don’t know as I'd git along, fur ye know I’ve ben right in with those men as one of ‘em an’ I dunno as they'd stan’ it to hev me put over ‘em.’ “I'll resk that,’ sez the super, ‘an’ ef it's a hard place, you know you'll git more money,’ “Well, the upshot of it was 1 100k the Place an’ kep it eleven year, an’ then 1 re- signed an’ went into the saloon business. I’ve done a good many things for a livin’. I teached singin’ school for a good many year. Yes, I hed charge of a church choir an’ the choir used to meet round to each other’s houses an’ we hed a good deal of enjyment in't. I come over from Providence this summer jest t’ keep summer boarders, but 1 don’t think I'l stay through the win- ter. I've had an offer to stay an’ teach School, but my wife don’t much itke It here an’ I don’t much think 1’°ll take up with it. Them cotton mill times was about the best times I ever see in my life.” Then the old man gave a dab at the dust on the bench where he sat and partly rose to go away, with a pnzzied look on his coun- tenance, as !f he had not brought things out as he had expected. ‘Then a looX of relief came into his face and he seated himself again, with: “Oh! 1 was goin’ to tell ye of a case where money ruined a young feller 1 knew. “He wo'ked in the same room where i was in the factory an” his folks hed cast him off, "cause he was so reckless dissipated. He was a good wo'ker, but "bout onct in three months he'd go on a reg’lar spree an’ | look like a dead man come to life agin when he came back to wo'k. “Well, one day he come in an’ sez, ‘Oney,’ sez he, ‘I'm goin’ to leave ye.” Jonn,’ sez I, ‘what's the matter?” ‘Well, I've come into $10,000,” sez he, ‘an now I'm goin’ to hev a good time.” “I jest dropped everythin’ an’ I ketched holt of his hand an’ I sez, ‘John, I con- gratoolate ye. Now make good use of your money an’ live as ye ought ter.’ ‘I'm goin’ ter’, sez he; but in three months he was back agin wantin’ a place. Bless ye! He'd gambled an’ drunk an’ dog-an’-chicken- fighted every cent of it away, an’ then he wanted wo'k agin. “We tuk him back, fur he was a good han’ to "k, Jonn was, ef he'd let liquor alone, an’, by gum! in a little while an- other aunt died (it was another aunt thet \ left him the fust money) an’ left him $50,- 009 cash—no real ‘state nur nothin’ but cash, an’ thet went jest as 'tother done, an’ back he come a second time. “Well, we give him a place agin, an’ one day he come in an’ he sez, ‘Oney! I'm dead man this time, fur my grandmother's up an’ died an’ left me enough to finish me up! ‘Now, John,” sez I, ‘what kin we do fur ye?’ an’ jest then Mr. Brown come along, an’ I sez, ‘Mr. Brown,’ sez I, ‘here’s John come into $60,000, through his grandmother, an’ can’t ye do” suthin’ fur to keep him from spendin’ on 't?’ (You see he really ought to a had a gardeen to keep him from spendin’ his money.) “Well, Mr. Brown offered to do what he could, an’ ‘twas finally fixed so’s he hed charge of it an’ give John the intres’. “Now, ye see, there's jest a case where if thet young man hedn’t hed-so much money *twould hev ben better fur him. “Well, I guess I'd better git to wo'’k,” said the old man, as he went to his dusting again, and , as he disappered down the hall I heard the sharp voice of his little wife say, “Oney! be you doin’ your dust- in’?” And he answered in a very apologet- ie way: “Yes, mom! I’m busy now. 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