Show miscellaneous WARK amme ArcE 11 rys its HIGH life lire it is ru in certai rf circles that the great little people now on exhibition at the museum gen green at a d bliss amer are coi coo t a patrimonial alliance general green ia is the son of a substantial farmer in lincoln illinois a man roan of wealth of marriageable age if not of mar nagebie stature statute and favorably tavor lavota ably bly inclines 0 the little woman mib mis amer is a native of philadelphia a briah intelligent good looking womanly little creature and if she bhe and the general choose to strike up a match the public need not trouble es about it except in the wal ual of congratulation it a in in accordance with the fitness ot of that tuat thebe these diminutive people marry and we hope to 10 record the incident and attend the cerenio ceremony ny tom thumb was once a candidate for miss aayers an erb era hand and barnum offered her it she would woula have him but the little worm worn n said would not riot tempt her to marry an id ot Y u kno know barnum she said that tom thumb is not smart and I 1 should be throwing myself aay to tie my neif belf to him for such a paltry sum 2 well lizzle lizzie said the fim prett grett pre gre rett reit tt showman what will you aak dak to marry him the little woman hesitated a moment and then sali ball 1 barnum marriage is a solemn undertaking I 1 must have a day to consider next day she came into the office nd laid be ore the showman a paper on which ehe ebe had bad ritten written A her terms so mewing something like the follow ing 1 I will mady many tom thumb for 25 I 1 wll wib u 1 live with blui him and try to bean affect iori ate and dutiful wife ard ald aid hope to be able to respect him I 1 e cash in hand band may remain on first ceass chy cry security for tor one year antl anil the remaining may remain for ten years on approved ral r rai al estate city security at seven per cent interest upon these terms and non none other will I 1 conff cons nt fir to marry the general it is under tood that yoh you are lo 10 0 o furnish the wedding outfit barnum saw that he was it maxcil for tor the little woman and decline 1 be he alliance the general subsequently married lavir it warren hilss miss amer is the eldest of or four sisters all of whom wilom at the death of iter 1 er mother were dependant upon her exertions forup rorup fon for up port yem yet she said she bad them all married and off her hands bands and was now about to think of looking out for herself both in affairs ot 01 money and in matters of affection she looks upon the generals suit with complacency barkis is willing and the a liance ilance is not only possible but probable chicago tribune march lith THE philosophy or TRAINING it Is of paramount importance that we ve should bear in mind what are tle hoie whole hole results of training that in one special direction great vigor is achieved is la true and we admiring this result reau t are too apt to genera ise from it and infer inter that ID in all directions the success hag has been equal bat but it is not so tnie toe muscular system has been forced in 0 undue development and this development has be n at the expense of the general vitality all forcin forcini is majuri injurious except for the special object oba act which is bought the fighter has bis his muscular mus mua cular system in splendid condition but his bis other systems are robbed to enricki enrich that ne just as the nervous system of the student is in a state of intense activity at the expense of the muscles or glands nay and the fact is worth emphasis poe pobe ful athlete is less able than the feeble student to stand the wear and tear ef of life it was noted at rome that the were short lived lable labie lati leas leab as Sili sli clair idair admits rupture to toru pure of blood vessel vesel to appo alexy and lethargic complaints and it has sine aine been observed that not only do prize fighters rapidly become aged and very rarely live long iong long iong but even the famous oarsman oarsmen of the universo universities aties show a surp surprising g mortality it has ben b ben en urged that the amblers and arid fi fighters titers are carried off by dissipation without claiming for such men any peculiar moderation we must still claim for fo them that they are not more dissolute than their companions who ought to succumb more easily to excesses if the popular notions about st strength bength were ac curte but the truth is that the strength of a prize fighter 11 is to a great extent an abnormal condition produced at the expel expense ise lse of the general system the amount of vital energy which should be distributed among several organs hai bai been so unequal ly apportioned that some are starved while others are overfed it was known of old that f r certain functions the athi fes were almost totally incapacitated that they have always been unfit for intellectual and moral activities is equally A man may have iribe inherited a powerful brain with a powerful powe power rul rui tui tul muscular system the union is rare rate but there is no physiological reason against it there is however no possibility of even thia this mans mana preserving bib bis intellectual vigor durins during a course of of hit bis muscles all excess in one direction being compensated by a deficiency in the othel other fr perfect I 1 i health both should be kept keht active neither stimulated to excess in be ca care case 8 e of tr training a in inc ing where as we said the objects object is to work up the muscular system to its biggest Lii lil khaet sheet pitch the man may be magnificent to look upon alid and formidable to contend against but be hag has been unfitted for the work of life and is doomed to wither early toe training system is a forcing system were it continued loi iong long g it would kill even or lor a brief brier space it Is iuri luri ous it is a an excel ional lonal process for an exceptional result rot lot biot the norm normal a process for a healthy organism cornhill Corn hlll magazine AGES of or SOME sobie AMERICAN amerman writer TEits ban cr ft ill be 64 years of age the ad of next october Al motley otley oiley 50 the of april arili emerson 61 the of may alay bryant 70 the 3 31 1 of november longfellow 57 the of febra ary whittier whittler 57 in december holmes 55 the 29 h of Ai angust august laust L well 45 in febbi ary mitchell ik marve 42 in april curtis 40 the of february stoddard 39 in J ly and bayard T alor was 39 the lih lah of january all were born in new england elc except t eie ege one no less than eight of the twelve saw t the light in massachusetts a A maine blaine rhode island connecticut and pennsylvania each produced one A voice from the pat parit assures us that he be who goeth to battle for the right simply is are ol 01 victory ae as althou h be he shoud be b himself overpowered and his work for a beacon defeated be has yet thereby contribute contri hut but d to he the final triumph of the right in its proper stoper time constant success shows chows but one side to the world for it surrounds ua with who will tell teil ua us only our mer ts te and silence our enemies from whom alone abune we might learn our defects the charivari publishes a caricature representing a large caldron bladed on a blazing fire and e titled the germanic confederation 1 austria and ariu prussia sla sia are sitting on the lid id and trying with all their force to keep it down but it already bab baa risen at one side and a number of small personages are seen below heaving beaving it gradually up an inscription underneath der neath declares that the boiling p t no ion ger respects the pressure on the cover |