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VOL. XLII. -'/' .... WINNSBORO, S. C.. WBBNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 1885. NO. 21. >|
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WN > Classes,"
"No c'asses" hero? Why. that is iile t%lk.
The vil!a<o twau fneer- at the country boor;
The importuning mendicants who walk
Our city streets despise tho parish poor. *
The ilnH.v toiler- fit some noisy loom
HyJds back her garments from the kitchen
maid:
Mcanwhiie the latter Jeans upon her broom, *
I', c/Mic, i,tiw <> 11>?. v.!-vv 1 li?. !?iinfirf>R<5 made.
'1 he tracer's dr.ushtcr eyes the fanner's lass
With httughty gianccs. while tlic lawyer's
wife
Would pay no visits from the trading class
Jf policy were not her crced in life.
U:o merchant s son nod< coldly at the clerk;
The proud possessor of a pedigree
H Ignores the youth whtsc father rcs? by
' work?
The titl^cekin.y inniden scorns all three.
Th?. *.i is. of blood looks down
tTpon f s nouveaux riches ar.d in disdain
The love~< of the intellectual frown
On bo" i. and worship at the sbritieof Brain.
".in v..rt?es hero," the drrsrymnn has said;
"We are oik- family." You sec his rasre
And horror when bis favorite son would wed
Sctne pure and petty player on the stage.
SsJg !he v;tin. and natural human way
Of vaunsing our weak selves, our pride, our
worth!
Not till the lonj: flelnyod millennial day
Sl'-ttii w?'belio:?l "Ni-elapses" onGod'searth.
? E la W| re er Wj c x. in Town Topios.
MY WIDOW.
She was the meekest ami most docile
little personage you ever saw. That,
of course, was before she became my
widow.
IIow could she become my widow,
when I'm hero alive and flourishing
to teii my own story? Just wait uutil
I've linislicd. and you wili sc?.
Snc was very pretty, too, with pink
apple cheeks. ::tid eyes of that peculiar
translucent beryl-green that you
o.IiIiimi o lithft fi'rtire.
ovi JV .. ? -e and
a step as noiseless as if she wore
tbe famous shoes of silence. There
was something cat-like about .her?at
least, so Fitz-lirown said, but FitzBrown
was always prejudiced against
Lucilla.
Depend upon it. oid lellow. she's
married you for your money," said I
Fitz-Brown. "It doesn't stand to reasw
on that a <;irl of eighteen should tie
v herself to a fat o!d heathen of lifty-four
? aniens there is some motive lurking nnf
dementi)."
"Fitz-Brown." I broke in irritably,
you're a fool!''
"i may be a fool," answered that
gentleman calmly, "but a singlo fool
is not so bad as a married fool, in any
point of view yt ti choose to take it."
'J here was no use arguing with FitaBnnvn.
He was a stubborn, opinionuted
old fellow at best, and he was de
termined not to like Luciila from tbe
very lirst. H >w he did exult when he
came down to ray offiec and told mo
that Harry Sykes was spending the
evening with Luciila?that same reckless
youuir good-for-n:;ught who had
been wont to iianjr around her before
we were married. Aud Luciila had told
me she was going to take lea with her
mother.
Nevertheless 1 put on a bold face.
Well, let him spend the evening,"
said I. ; "Where's the harm?"
"Yes; but?but the curtains were not
drawn, and?and it isn't necessary for
him to sit on the same sofa, with his
arm round her waist."
I went straight home, but Mr. Sykes
. had departed, and Lucilla ^was darning
^ my stockings by the-lire.
"Lucilla," said I sternly. "1 must
forbid any more of Henry Sykes's visits
here."
-Yes, Josiah," said my wife; "Harrr
is rather troublesome."
"And you will please receive no more
"young gentlemen Yisitors in my absence."
"No, Josiah."
"The fact is, Lucilla, lam afraid yon
read too many novels."
"Perhaps 1 do," said my wife meekly.
"1 will bring up a set of 'Kollins'
Ancient History' to-morrow ana some
sermons for you to read. All ligfcter
literature must be banished at once."
"Certainly, Josiah."
Could Fitz-Brown himself have expcctcd
mor-> complete and dutiful acquaintance
in all mv demands?
Lucilla wa> preternnturally affectiouate
the next two or tlirec days. Sho
hung round me in the most bewitching
manner, sowed my shirubuttons on,
ran for my slippers, and would insist
on toast:-ig the oread herself, until her
pretty faee wa< the coior of a scarlet
tomato, "because cooki;is so careless,
and dear Josiah likesiiis tDast browned
just CO,"
"Wl.nf cleill I nrdf>r for dinner.dear?
The butcher's man is here. Steaks or
a roasting ph-ce? '
"I don't cir<\" I answered mechanically.
* Suit yourself."
"But you know your wishes are my
w* " pleasure, iovc."
"Steaks iben."
"Aud about the pudding, sweet?
Shall I tell cook to make a real old
English phtiu. or would you prefer
baked suet?"
Really it was very nice to hear one's
wishes consulted in this sort of manner.
And when 1 departed from the
office, Lue.Ila herself stood on tiptoe
to tie the worsted muffler round my
?i. i
iiuu r\.
"For if you should take cold, dearest,
and anything should happen, it
would break your dear little wife's
heart."
Under these harmonious circumstances
that sudden voyage to Indis came
like a thunderbolt across the serene
hcvizon of onr matrimonial life.
I?o*v shall 1 live without you six
months, my dearest?" sobbed Lucilla,
her lovely beryl eyes swimming in
tears.
' J5ut we cannot always control ne^esiity,
and. :;fter a mournful farewell,
in which my wife fairly succumbed and
wentiiiio hysterics. 1 departed on no- ]
.cessajry i'ijsiness for tiic firm of Miner
.and Morillcie,I myself being the aforesaid
Mojrtia&v >
yo.w it b?uu*B<ed that my name was
ejroneo.visly lugged into tho details of
that massacru in which tho barbarous
coolies murdered so many of the foreigc
population. whe.n 1 was actually
tejt wiles ?irther up the .country, I
never fcneV, .-and then my long ferer,
during which ? found it impossible to
write or obtain a a amanuensis, served
to complicate matters. When I recovered.
I resolved to proceed immediately
back to my native land.
"I'll not write," I mentally decided,
"I'll surprise Lueiila. bless her dear
little hear:! liow delighted she will
So I took passage in the first Eng'
lish steamer that sailed, pretty well
cured of ail my romantic ideas of trav*
elingin foreign clime?, and thoroughly
convinced tiiat when a man has lived
fifty odd years in the world his best
place is at home.
Half-way across, we hailed an English
craft, outward-bound, and there
was an exchange of newspapers and
u>ther civilities.
h? As I unfolded a London paper.scarce
"!y tiicre tliyji six weeks old, 1 saw,
under lie obituary notices, my own
> r
t
! name.
S i I was supposed be dead.
A curious sensation, iike the runuiajr
of coid water, crept down my spinal
cokimu?an involuntary shudder.
It is a sudden shock to read of your
.own death, and calculate how ion you
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nave oeeu uuuer grouuu, ami nut u_v
any means an agreeable one.
"I don't tnink I'm dead." said I,
stretching out ruy arms and iega, giving
my so if a pinch, and feeling the
strong pulses that projected healthy
currents through my veins, "and yet
this evidence is certainly vcrv convincing?that
1 was murdered by b.iruarous
natives on the night of the25lh of Mny.
Poor, dear littie Lucilla! how inconsolable
she must be!-'
S i it happened, you sec, that 1 was
going Home lo comiort my wutow.
It was :i cunciH experience, to bo
landing :.i last?to shrink away :rom
the observation of one's fellow-mortals,
as if one li.i.i no ousiness in mis created
world; lo Jeel like a ditf-m bodied spirit,
come baek to revisit ihe >ceues of its
mortality, or a yhost, provylinj aoroad
by garish daylight.
I si Jink thronzh by-ways of back
lanes towards my home, not altogether
certain whether someone would not
attempt to exorcise me.
It ivas late in the afternoou when we
entered port, and tiie shadows of the
autumn evening were gathering round
as I crept up the doorsteps of my own
mansion, and entered, stealthily as a
robber.
Were the shutters down, the windows
draped, the house dressed in
seemly h -.bilimonts of woo? Not at all;
lights glowed brilliantly behind the
curtains, gay voices echoed from the
parlor, and?eould my car have deceived
me? No. surely that was Lucilla's
laugh ringing merrily on the air.
*A little hysterical, peril a p.^' I
thought, but nevertheless instead of
Doutiy entering ine urawing-ruum :mu
confronting mv wife, 1 instinctively
passed on lo tho giaced extension room
behind, communicating. u * draperies
of purple silk, with tiic largtf apartment?a
room where I had been wont
to keep niy book*. and which I diguiHed
by the title of 'library.'
. It was but faintly lighted by t .0 borrowed
lustre of the draw inn-room
chandelier, and as I entered I stum
plea over somemmg?u was iuy u
portrait, ignpminiou-dy turned1 with its
face to the" wail.
- i crept forward with an omiuous
forebodiu*?a sudden 'i <a^reeable recoileetiou
of Fitz-B.* nvn's croaking
predictions. But as 1 put aside tho
'Syrian folds of tho curtain a most tia*
welcome vision met my eye.
L ;citla in her widow's weeds.
j S.ie looked very pretty in them, to
j be sure; the close crimped cap could
| not nide her clustering ripples of gold
en-brown hair,:md her beautiful greeuj
gray eyes certainly did not xi;eiu to
have wept themselves dim. Moreover,
tbet wcro dimpled roses in her cheeks,
and smiles upon her lips; and her dress
of sombre blaek only seemed to relieve
the fair, transparent style of her waxdoll
beauty.
But she was not alons. Close beside
her on the sofa, actually playing with
her soft ifttle White hand, and bundiug
devotedly -bver the border of the
widow's cat), sat Harry Sykes!
"Come, L icilla,'' lie said impatiently,
"you have tantalised me long
?"nougb. When will you give me tbis
liitift triinsurii of a hand, and lot me
call you miue?"
"What nonswnse, Harry?" said my
widow coqueltishly, but she didn't
withdraw her hand, "wncn you know
that my husband hasn't been dead six
months." . ;
*Oh, hang the old duffer! Who cares
whether he has been deacl six days or
six month's? He's gone, thanks to the
on.) vvillei) will .ill fhft
cash. You know very well you never
cared for him, Lucilia."
My widow did not contradict this
sweeping statement.
Bnt the look of the thing,you know',
Harry d'c'ur. Dou't squeeze my hand
so."
I : '-Lucllla* don't you love me?"
I ."Oi course I.do," with a charming
little pout: - i
"Tueu, my heart's qaeea, what is
the nse of keeping me in suspense?"
"Realiy, Harry." she murmured,
don't know \yha"t to say."
"Th?n' s:s.v ves."
Lucilia's head dropped until the
widow's cap nearly toueiied her companion's
shoulder.
**Yes," she murmured at last.
| . .Human. nature could stand this
no lonirer. I dashed aside the purple
silk draperies, and entered precipitately.
on-lhe sc^nc?quite- au unexpected
addition to the d unuitis personam.
"Not so fast,madame,if you please!"
I cricd with a sort of demoniac exultation.
"I may be an 'old duffer,' and
you may 'never have cared' for me. but
nevertheless you and Mr. Sykes here
are gettiug along altogether to smoothly.
4 Lucilia sprang to her feet with an
cluritca scream.
"It's a ghost! it's Josiah's ghost!"
Mr. Harry Syktjs stared helplessly
at me,'a? it he had been paralysed.
"No, madame,iL'3 not Josiah's ghost
?it's his living self. You thought you
had got rid of mc, did you? An awfcward
mistake to make, under the circumstances.
Walk out of this house,
sir, and never let me see your counte- |
nance ag3in!"
Mr. Sykes obeyed sheepishly onough.
If there had but'becn something of the
supernatural inscrutably mingled in j
my sudden appearance" and vehement i
adjurations, he might have stood by ;
his colors andLueilia. As it was, however,
he adjonrnod sine die, without a
word of apology to me or farewell to
Lucilla.
as lor you, madame," I said sternly,
turning to my sobbing wife?no
lonsror widow?4*vou may go home to.
your mother. I want no more of your
treacherous wiles. Fitz-Brown was
right!"
Vehera?ntly ringing the beli, I ordered
a carriage and packed the bewildered
woman o?F before she conlti
remonstrate.
That was the end of my matrimoni.il
expcriencc, for Lucilla has never yet
yrutured to ruiuru to the shadow of
?sy root
Fitz-Brown and I arc keeping house
together, after an orthodox bachelor
fashion. I think Fiiz is sincerely sorrrfqgme.but
he hus never yet insulted
m? wiG? the truism:
I toul you sol"
"I am very tirod," said the lady at
the head of the boarding-house lablo
Monday iuorain2 to lint good.-uatiired
minister who sat at" the other end, j
"You should n?t be," said the parson; j
"you didn't preach a sermon yesterday."
"No." said tins iady, almost
uncousciously, "but 1 listeued to one."
Then followed an oppressive silence,
which gave tho minister lime to reflect
that he had come out oniy.second best, j
?I hiladdvkia Bulletin.
ADUi/n :j \ i i> si>:ci:s.
Z* i>per, Cloves. <J *: ", :* ??! MiuUrd A1
D >cr<?r--'l .'<>r (?iin.
TJie greater par: <>!' tin; spices sole
in this city arc :t?:::i;t?**i. Adulloration
lias bvcoiiii* :.;i :ti t in which I lie
knowledge o: :in : I no ingenuity
of trade are fivviy <-x reiscd. Pure
spices are debased for pecuniary i>r??!it
by adding to ill- hi iut>r;or or spurious
articles. or by hiking (rem !hem one
or more of u;?*!r con?; hucnts. The
objects of adulteration :ao to increase
the bulk or weight of the :?riic!??. to
improve its appearance. to g.vo it a
false strength. and to rob it. of its most
t.t,'I'll.. nv.u.tu.,,
ViUUUUlU tVUH.iutui'. i IJV
has grown uith the competition oi
trade, and in spile of severe laws prohibiting
it.
People know so little about spicc
that it can be adulterated with very
slight chance of discovery. An expert,
however, can tell it at once. The head
of the spice department of a grocery
? lirrn in -tnis city, says the New York
"tin, said:
"To be sure of adulteration, one
needs only to look at the price-lists
issued by firms which sell spices. The
price of a ground spice is often iess
than that of the unground article,
wh'ch is absurd on its face. Unground
}) pper can not be sold for less than 14
cents a pound, and yet we find ground
pepper offered for 5 and. 6 cents a
pound. Ground ginger is offered at 5
cents a pound, while the unground is S
cents. This humus that the ground
spice has been heavily adulterated with
some cheap material. Sumo linns go
so far as to advertise adulterated
goods, and evade the law by calliug
tlieiu compounds.
"Biack pepper is adulterated with a
substance cal ed pepper dust, made
from coconnuL shells, and also with
buckwheat hulls, charcoal, white meal,
and mustard bran. Cocoanut shells,
when ground up very line, arc used very
g^ncraljy :-s an adulterant of spices, as
mere is no taste to interfere with the
flavor of the spice. Buckwheat hulls.
??;liorwiso worthless, are :i source of
piolit to millers, as they arc worth 2J
fevfts a pound for adulterating purposes.
J he charcoal five's a black appcarauee
to the pepper."
Tfie informant; put a sample of the
bjst:.Malaga... pepper beside a -poor
I quality of black pepper. Ttie Malaga
prppti* could readily bj distin<ruNhed
in cause of its lighter color. Mr. Miller
mixed some white meal with the
ciinmion nenner and it became so like
" I~ li ?
tiiu best pepper that it could hardly be
told apart.
"You see," he said, "that I have not
only adultered the pepper, but I have,
to all appearances, improved its
quality."
"White pepper is adulterated with
white meal, terra alba, and rice flour.
Terra alba is line marble dust, ami
enormous quantities are exported from
Italy for purposes of adulteration.
Gypsum, sand, starch, mustard, husks,
and various kinds ot meal are aiso used
for adulterating pepper, but not to so
great an extent, as the things I have
mentioned. Cayenne pepper is adul
terated with white meal, Venetian red,
.and salt, the three being ground together.'
The" salt gives a brighturcoior
to the red, which is itseif a poisonous
article. This doctoring is practiced on
African pepper, a dull red pepper,
worth only 8 cents a pound, in order
to bring it up to the brilliant color of
Natal pepper, worth 30 cents a pound.
The fraudulent article can be detected
by placing a small quantity on a siieet
of white paper and ruubing it with the
finger. The Venetian red wui make
red marks on the paper.
"Ginger is adulterated with meal,
rice ilour, starch, cayenne pepper, and
uianila rope. ; Ginger root has a very
line, hair-like fiber running through it,
and this is found, in the ground article.
Country'people will not buy it unless
they sec the fibers, and bits of uianila
rope arc used to take their place in the
false article. The cayenne pepper
makes the laste sharper. A drop of
ammonia wiil expose this compound
by turning it red. Chrome yellow, a
poisonous substance, is sometimes
used for coloring.
"Cloves, worth 20 cents a pound, are
adulterated with ciove-siems worth 2
cents a pound. These clove-^stems are
twiffo
UIO XifctAV? U ?? 'o? IV MIVII v.-w
cloves are pluckcd. Cloves are also
ad altered w-iih;:peppcr-d;ist, and all
spice is also treated in the same way."
"Considerable ingenuity is shown in
..adulterating cinnamon :md nutmeg
Old crackers or Hour are baked brown
in an oven and. ground up line, and
this is mixed with the gronnd cmoa-.
moil and nutmeg. In adulterating
mace Venetian red is mixed with the
cracker dust.
"Mustard is adulterated with sago,
flour, starch, rice Hour, and wheat.
!flour, and coiorcd with aniline colorings.
The fraud cau readily be d^.,
tecled, as the compound becomes bluewhen
treated with a solution of iodine.-The
common German and French ruus}tard
is made up of a compound of
.mustard, cracker dust, and cayenne;
pepper, and is flavored with sugar, oil,'
and vinegar to suit the taste.
"Another method of abusing cloves
is by extracting their essential oils..
This is done in Europe by boiling therm,
and in this country t.y pressing out the
oil."
''An llT-Timod Visit.
Prof. Jacques, as everybody knows.
has been investigating psychical phenomena.
. The professor has a brother
who isn't so much interested in psychical
phenomena as he is. This
brother called the other evening to
make a faternal visit- He entered*the
house, and struck, naturally enough,
for the back parlor. The professor
stopped him at the door.
"Sh-h, sh-h," said the. professor,
"don't come in?don't make a noise?
there's a lady in here in a trance!"
The visitor started back and attempted
to go into the front parlor.
[ At the door he was juet by somebody
ho didn't know, who said:
"Sii-h, sh-h?don't come in: there is
i a man in here who is just going under
the influence!"'
Then he started for the library.
Somebody else met him as he swung
open the door:
"Sh-h, sh-li, be careful; there's a
seance going on, and you'll spoil the
conditions if you come in that way!"
| He rushed up-stairs and rapped
! rather briskly at the door of the fauiij
ly sittiug-room. It was his sister-iulaw
who met him this time, and she
| said:
c5i.li don't mnke a noise? !
| you'll wake the baby!''
i ~ Then he darted down-stairs took his |
I hat andcanc, aad left the honsc.-JJos- i
| ton- liccord.
Mrs. Tabor, the iirst wife -of. Col or a- I
do's millionaire, probably has more |
money at command now than her j
former husband. She is set down for
| S2.000.000.
i
?
An IronrC'ad Contract.""
The actor's lot is not happy one,
especially if he be a star actor, respon-sible
for salaries to the usuai'^igaatic
dramatic combination which -supports
him at an average cost of $2Q'aw?ek
per individual. It is not Ion?since a'
scrimmage between the deputj^sheriff"
r%*A +!>/-* f n^on/l nn/iW hnnEA
J anu IUC ilUUI/ VA bUV V?? ?
i made quite a 3tir. and the mattd? is
' still somewhere about the courts* The
courts resemble a trunkmaker's yard?
^ they are full of cases, and a great majiy
! rot before they are called into action.
! I should not wonder if that one went
I the same way. There is a moral, in
' this story. A noted star, having failed
! to draw at $1.50, made up his miodto
i try a week at "popular prices" before
leaving town, and he thought ho would
secure himself. The theatre he 8?r
lected had been a prey to sheriflk'
officers. So at some expense he&red
a lawyer to draw up an ironclad,
riveted contract, which should prevent
the ubiquitous deputy sheriff from
grabbing the receipts for what debts
were outstanding. This contract jjas
indeed an iron-clad one. It gave him
charge of the box-office, charge of the
tickct entrance, charge ef all the
money that came in, and charge of all
the property within a four-mile radius.
This document ho posted np .in a
prominent place, and/theo* he began to
sell tickets. The orchestra was playing
its wild, independent music,'each
instrument having chance. Tn$ tfombone
is not allowed there to blow louder
than the date, unless the man with the
flute can blow as hard as tho trombone.
The violinists are at liberty to
play what thoy darn please as long as
they don't drown the 'cello. It is a
go-as-you-please orchestra and gives
an enormous variety of music at tho
same moment.
Well, this ..match among the instruments
was about through on the first
night when three* deputy sheriffs danced
up, to tho box office -window, singing
Throf! Little DuDuties Are We.T' As
they prepared to grab their six eyes
fell on the iron-clad contract- It was
too much for them. They stood dumb.
Just then a roan came up to'buy a
ticket. He planked down four bits.
The coin was taken by.the ticket-seller,
placed in: a tin-cup, and?flip?by
mer.ns of 5a rubber attachment it dis-^
appeared, banging faco toward a holein
the wall. 'The coin vanished and
the cup came back. The deputies
stared with very open eyes at this new
dodge. Then one of them turned to,'
the others. v7r-1
"This beats us. They've got an attachment
stronger than any we've got." j
The ticket-seller smiled blandly upon
them as they left. The star was safe. 1
A hole had _ been bored between the
bar-room "and the box-office and each
coin as it was taken in disappeared in- j
to the charge of a man at tne otner
I side of the hole. The receipts came in
undisturbed by the sheriff, and
agent counted up the house with his
employer with as much satisfaction as
could be derived from $40. 'The
schcrue was quite successful but. fur
onj thing: Tne man at the other side
of the^h6le had skipped with the.
tuonc}".?*an Francisco Citroncle.
?Hearer* UTiw With Him.
"I was in Custer City three years
ago, and as dead bro.ve as a skinned
wolf," he said, as the boys pumped
him to tell how ho got such a scar on
his face. . .
"No. sir, I hadn't a blessed nickel,
and I didn't kiiow a human being in.
that town. There was no wockr no
way to gfetrout; and I leatfod against a
dead wall and wondered how much
my revolver would sell for. and which
way I should head if I had $10. Tell
you, gents, I was foeiing powerful
hliirt wlrnn Hone cum scooliuir >aroU'id
the corncr to pat mo on tiie-T>aek and
give me a boost. Jf you remember,
the poet says its. always the darkest
just afore dawn, ami somebody has
written that Proridence never goes
back on a man who means to do the
squar' thing." ' \
Who was llopc?" asked one.
"She was a female?a woman. I
don't rememut^whctlier she was as
pirrty as an anjrel' or :fif homely as a
Diirger squaw. Sue flew up to me and
says, says she: '
'Do I address a gentleman?'
Madam, you I.nven't made any
i L'i? '. ?.** ! ,4r?.
^ *Ektve yx)tV.-got s:i ml H'
-madam.'
"" ^2E^p\Vid^ wuut to make $50?'
r- ~ 'if I: doS^tV?0??ir^Tt^4ajun never
bfea?fccfcii [
r ' With Uwt j^itNj|jnri5ji^^jfeii-dollar
;brils in mypaSv, fcai^GSJo.the corner,
"atttl, pi 111ijiir the Sl
[ Louis lied Front ^ibfoiirT^nn'ners:
p'~:; ^ He's in limrtjp (i? and shoot
^ r zL$V "
*.> 'W'ho might3t:'b$ nia'.nn?1
' ' . My:.iiusband! ..'lie's a urate and a
mo outdoor* at
-ftlie ny^e^r**i(;i^f<jftv?*r! He's a big,
^d-^ac^-^l?o!<tJWtii a broken nose.
' Go, an^.^y'h'eiw^ii be with ton.'
" certingly,' saja
I; and! makes-dPbee -ftne for the Rod
Front.
'The-tyrannical husband was prepared
for me. When I waj a hundred
l'eel away he takes a dead squint on
me and pops off his gun. The bullet
rips open niv cheek, as this 'ere scar
makes affidavy. 1 was whirled around
and sent to grass, but 1 whips over on
ray stomach, gets a quick sigfo on
him. and before lie- could squint agin
he was my meat. That 'e^o woman's
appeal to heaven was answered."
"Kill him at once?"
"As dead as this 'ere eurbstun! He
never kicked around or mussed up the
saloon abit. T?einjoorcd wife climbed
over him and took possession, the
coroner canic to eonduot the' funeral,
and a chap with a lot of slicking*
plaster lixed up' my hurt and said
Custer's great need was a dozen
Romans like myself."?X Y. Sun.
Growth <>f H tir on a Dead Body.
Two years ago Willi^n? A. Walters
was buried in the Stone Chapel cemetery,
in Woodcock valley, Huntingdon
county, Md. The other day the body
w:.s exhumed to bo taken by friends of
the deceased to Williamsport for reinterment.
When the coffin was reached
by diggers they discovered that it had
sprung at the joints, and out of the
crevices the'huir on the skull protrud
oil in all directions. ua opening uie
casket the Iiuir on the head was found
to measure eighteen inches, the whiskers
eight inches, and tho growth on
the breast six inches, notwithstanding
tho body had been cleanly shaved when
prepared lor burial. .' A similar inr
stance occurred in 18?2, at the Cassor
viHe ccmetery, -fifteen mil-cg froqj't herer
Upon e^huij)ing the reining of Jagob
Bresswoil tho skeleton, " which had bee#
buried lor teu years, had ..hair on it ten'
to twelve incites in length and as firm
as during life.
*
STOCK-TIJ AN* ACT IONS.
Cash V*la? of Anitinl Tr*nH5?ctlon-? In tlir
Jf-.-w York Stock Exchange.
The cash value of thu annual transactions
of New York stock-brokers denes
ordinary comj.r -:ii??nsion. On Feb.
25. 18S1. 721.30:5 sir r*s of stocks, on
tno regular iist were soi.l on the Hoot
of the i?xchuti?c. 848.9-10 shares on No^.
vember 22. 1882. asui 3 022.407 in the
week ending Marc* 26. 1881. The
lar;ro*t single sale recorded is that ol
IV II ... _
if* xju r ?iuuuiviit i\; *i iiuiuuiv vx
American and foreign bankers and
.'railroad operators. Pub ic sentiment
being decidediy averse to tiie control
of the N?w York Central Railroad by
a siuglo family, he, in dfftsrenec to it.
sold less than haif his intercut in it.
But what he did sell amounted to Hie
enormous sum of thirty miilion dollars.
One hundred and fifty thousand shares,
at 120. were sold outright, and the option
of a hundred thousand more at
'the same price was subscqueutiy taken
tip by the same purchasers. The securities
dailr bousht and loaned are ?:ii<J
for by ehccks on city banks. Tiio
yearly business of the Now York Clear
lug-house' exceeds lil'ty billion dollars,
and. the principal part of thisls from
the transactions of the New York
Stock Exchange. The London system
of .settlement twica a month by the
payments of differences has failed of
adoption in our chief money mart, and
is certainly neither so safe nor so judicious
as that of cash payments.
' The .methods of business in this
nnuonai monetary institution arc precise.
positive, and suited to its nature.
At 9.50 A. m. the members may enter
the lioard Room; :it 10 the gavel of the
presiding officer announces that it is
open for business; at S p. M., precisely,
it is closed. Ji line 01 lifly dollars is
imposed for each oiFense in public trading
before or after these hours, and
nuy contract thus made will not be recognized
or enforced by the Governiug
Goinmittee.
Collected in groups, like spring
chickens in a rural boarding-house
keeper's hen-yard, New York Central,
Northwestern, Milwaukee fr St. Paul,
ueing special points of attraction, no
sootier does the omvci fall than a dozen
bieuding thunder-storms break loose.
'Hie 3ir is rent by explosive cries,
shrieks, yells, noots, irregularly rising
and falliug in gust ungovernable,
brokeu ouly by the deep bedowings of
broad-chested sons of Boanerges. And
tliiw for live long hours the icmpest
rage*, with accompaniments of Hitting
fv/rm.*, fierce gestures, uplifted bauds,
tossing heads and other inexplicable
confusions that shroud the innocent
spectator in appalling mystery. Here
and there arc individuals cool and collected
as if in church, but they only
throw the anarchic uproar into more
strikiu? relief. "Alad, sirs!?mad. as
?? ? T tn "t>-.*. 41 ?k-'.i
ftiarcn flares: jdul mere is wouuruus
tuethod ia this madness. Each offers
the slock he has to sell?cries itloudiy,
number of shares, price. Buyers name
i be prices and conditions, they bid for
do?Hed stocks. Hundreds arc vociferating
at the same moment; every ear
is attent to what the owuer wishes to
catch.. The brokers take it all in, sometimes
buy and sell without looking at
each, cither, so familiar are they with
f each other's voices; cry out whilescrib
bling memoranda, "Take 'em."
Sold," "I bought500 of you at 97,"
and afterward report to principals wno
the active traffickers were, thus supplying
them with di'ta for guessing at
the trend of the market In the Bond
iioom comparative order reigns. All
;are seated. Occasionally manners are
free, laughter loud, and jokes practical.
The bids and oilers to sell are intelligible.
Between bond calls the brokers
who deal in these securities transact
, business in one corner of the Board
I Koom, to which they descend by an
elevator, with the stock-brokers from
wnom they receive orders. There the
; voices of the traffickers are torn into
| tattered shreds of sound, which convey.no
more meaning to the uneducated
ear thau the gutturals of so many
Cuoctaws. 1 At times the noise is terrible,
especially ki -panics.
Heard by participants in tho crushing
throng, the sounds arc distinct
onmiork "TTir* hundred fNew York
Central] at 85?at 4f." "Take 'em,"
shouts a buyer, "One hundred [Chicago
and Northwestern] at 84, cash.1'
"Eighty-three and three-quarters for
100,'\with shako of uplifted hand fror&
buyer. "Sold."* rejoins the seller.
"Five thousand [Northern Pacific Preferred]
at 42, buyer 30." "I'll give 41
for the lot." "Sold." Hundred [Lake
Shore] a&J, buyer 3." "Three-eighths,
seller 3, for 100*" (Delaware, Lackawana,
and Western) "?any part of
1000 at J cash." "One hundred at
"I will give 117 for 500" (Chicago,
Burlington, &Quincy). "Sold tne lot."
"I'll give J [41 J] for 300." (New Jersey
Central) "I'llloan 200." "I'll take
100, flat." "Fifty [Rock Island] at
; '10}." "Hundrad at f." "I'll sell 500
more." "Take 'em." "Give it for
500 more." ?'Sold." "What's the
price?" (Lake Shore). "Three-eighths
"What f?" "*Vhy, 64?." "I'll
3 #/v?. 1 AAA V fKrt 1 r?r " TCiHa
I giTC f IVi IVVv*. * K/ViU wuu
aro monosyllabic as possible. Names
of stocks are not vocalized in the localities
where the stocks are sold.
Brokers waste no breath in trading.
All offers made and accepted are binding.
The securities on the free list are
not called unless asked for.
Sales are either; for cash, in which
case delivery is made on the same day
at or before ?.15 p.m., or in the regular
way, when delivery is made on the
l/rmin/v ai* nh tirrna 1>cn??]lr fhrAP
\xaj vi vu wixiv,
ten, thirty, or sixty days. More frequently
option sales are for three days:
when stock is cliqued they may be for
thirty or sixty days. In option sales
the delivery of the stock within the
specified time may' be at the buyer's
option or at the seller's option. It
must be wipbin sixty days at the longest.
In ail option contracts e*tendin?;
over threo days twenty-four hours
notice must be given, not later than 2
p. h., before securities can be delivered
or demanded.?R., lVficulley,in Harper's
Magazine fur November.
A pretty Ijttlo st?ry is told of the
way Herr Cohn. the private banker oJ.
the Emperor of Germany, gained the
imperial favor. Years ago, when the
present Empress was still a Princess
n( Prnccifi clio turnip n lviilw.1V inlirtlGV
to Dessau. On the way i.er feet got
cold, so she sent, out au attendant at
the next station to procure a flask oj
. hot water. Unfortunately the cook at
the railway restaurant had just used
up every drop of hot water in making
fresh poffee for those who had just
arrived on the train. The respaijrateui
was in despair, when one of the guests
suddenly got up, seized the pot ol
fresty coffee, and poured it into the
imperial flask. The attendant hastened
away \yith it, but soon returned, as the
gmpress wished to l^now the name oJ
the man who had h^4 ihp happy
thought of utilizing the cofl'ce- A.nd
she did not forget him.
I
I
Ail OM-Time Southern Supper.
It was a treat to sit down to a Southern,
supper the other da}*, where there
. were half a dozen ladies of tho old s
. school?their respective a^cs being be- t
tween 70 and 85. Ah, there were rem- t
, injscences for you! Courteous of man- e
ner. happy and with no thought of yet v
. yieldiuir up their days; dressed in black i
with snfr. lnees; everv head silver- t
. crowned?indeed ilicy were a joy, and I
; presented a picture worthy of prcscr- r
vation. Four of tliena had" been neigh- i
bors and intimate friends of General v
Jackson, and all had the kindliest ap- r
precision of his uiuch-wonnded wife, r
whom he so loved. The uncle of one e
had something io do with Jackson's o
duel, and a relative of another per- I
formed one 01 Ulil Hickory's marriage i
ceremonies. A lady, hale in her a
eighties, who rejoices in her sccond o
sight, :md reads everything, scorning t
spectacles, and possesses line couver- o
saiional powers, related reiuembrances u
of Aaron Burr. He had come to Ten- L
nessce, ::ud was. wined and dined about p
all the srrand plantations. Her uncle s
entertain ml him. and she well reiucm- y
hers her father and mother being in- ti
vitcd to dinner during the time. They *1
rode' oFer ,on horseback, her father o
carrying her in front of him. She was rt
four or live years of age, and it was at si
an era when parents "went abroad" n
(as they denominated visiting), and s
the children were never left at home, b
Siie was perched up at the table beside o
her mother, and stared to her content ii
at the handsome lion of the day. h
This was after his retirement from q
the Vice Presidency?JefTersan -having b
been President? and -his maneuvers in a
the Southwest gavw rise to the snspi- f(
cion that lie was organizing an cxpedi- c
tion lo invade Mrxico, with the pur- y
i.f jiof.il.iLdiiitif r? 1 liurn tl
jn/.iv vi iMitbwuowiu^ an ?>
winch should embrace some1 of the a
S >uthwestern Slates of this confcuh-ni- o
i*y. lie v.rre-sSed for treason at w
Iiicitmou-1, Vii., nuil tried for treason
be:or.; Justico Marshall and ac- r
qu.tted iu 1807. p
Tne stately matron, who continue I si
lu };rutv iui;ic i-iutjuuui. u?ui uiu liimuuo
Adonis and statesman, betran after tl
awhile to give mucu interesting history w
ot Jefferson's private life?her departs b
ed husband having been an inmate of li
that great man's home for several years li
oi Jus boyhood. c:
Another of the dames had been a so- d
cial leader at Washington?had dined p
frequently at the Wuite House with r;
moiv Iliaii one President and had en- h
tertained distinguished people from all e:
lands, including heirs to thrones. - vt
And Jut husband was Congressman B
during Buchanan's Administration, and t<
yet another related to that President I
and to his magniliccnfc niece, who presided
so grandly over the White House, si
and was so admired by Victoria at the o
Cuurt of St. J.imcs. T ;ey gave vivitl a:
(le.-crij?tious of Miss Iiarr.et L ine uuit n
Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. W.;ii- r ami Mrs. a;
McClellun sind others who queened it n
ever the realm, and witnessed every Ji
move mad:.}- ilx.; Piiuce of Wales li
wnen lie- was a ga.;st ol li:e President a
?zuu Franc. Cj / oaf. < 11
M <r
&
Giving PccpleT- ffy I).?es no Good. .Mi
My son, If I sTio'uld publish a daily j'j
paper for twenty years?if }-ou can just l(
strain your credulity to the point of w
believing that I co:i!d keep a daily pa- n
per going longer than s'x weeks?if I u.
should publish adaiiy p i:?cr for twenty
rears. and in all that time take ocea- ,,
sioii to mention yon about twice a j'
week as "our distinguis icd fellow L
townsman" ami "that eminent man of *
letters and merchant prince," ami **
should say every time you crossed the ^
ri\r( r on the ferrv that you had "de- j
parted" for the East, and when you u
cam" back I should notice that "our
justly-popular fellow-citizen" had "rc- _
turned;" if I should in all these years
praise your do^. your horse, year
goods, your wife and babies, your
clothes, and your character, and then
some day, when 1 was away attending cl
a conversation, my local o iitor should es
call the attention of the Town Marshal h'
I to the tiltliy comution or 1110 sirooiaiiu ??
sidewalk in front of s'.o:v, would in
3*ou ever forgive me? Would. you? w
You would denounce the panel as a I
"scurrilous sheet'7 and its editor as a al
"iyiug scaadai-niongcr that ought to hi
be whipped out of the "community." In
That is the reason my son why there,
are but two kinds of editors. One is a b'
meek, smiling', timid littie scrivener, ei
wiio pays ali the bills and allows his M
neighbors to edit the paper; the other t-1
editor is a truculent savage, who .vi- ...pj
ciously scratches out the nice little .in
personal the local editor has written' "?v
about your arrival home, and sends it ;pi
in?"By some inscrutable decree of a l>i
* - * - v* 1 ?i t 1
stern and relentless rrovmcncc,. om | *?.'
J.ikc Diffenbaugh has been-permitted lc
to come b:ick homo alive," ami then' g;
meets you at the head of the stairs w
with a blackjack ami pounds the top tl
of your head i:i when you come to see si
about it.?Burdcllc iu Brooklyn Juij-'e. sc
Couldn't Account for It. sc
,bv
Two gentlemen of color, interested ij,
in a living in North Minneapolis, were pj
recently overheard having the follow- jl;
ing conversation: "Sam, I hear dat .
daVs a good many spring chickuns sc
bein' tuk from de roosts in Highlan'
Park. 'JSuat so?" U;
"Yes, niggah, dat am de sad fac.' in
An' ise berry sorry that such cr .rep- jji
.oration is a-gittin out 'bout dat subub: c;
1 libs dar mysel'." iD
*Dat so? It am do truff den." :
"Yes, Sam, it am the truff. I hab fj-n
seen de proof will dese berry oeuler ; sc
Uemcrstrations mysei. . . , ; vc
"How's dat?" -j.te
"Well, ycr sec olc man, Ise got,a i fc
smart string ob ciiickuns mysei' an' I | st
reckons dey's a-in-ereasin' right 'long ! n<
all de time. "Most cbery mawuin'l la
linds two or three moali uhick'uns in a
my ooop dc-n da v,-as do night befoali. he
How's dat? Why it makes dem chicle- to
uns, specially do spring uns, so scart-j fu
to tinks dey's gwine lo bo stole dat fu
dey just sueaks 'way in de night an', ch
comes ober to my roost whar (leys
safe. jSobodyM ;ink ob lookiri' darfoah
spring (. iiiykuns tor .steal, an'
when iley g??n ?lar Ise bound tcr
pahtcc 'inn. 1>jats nil now scaht <Jem j
ehiekuns giis!" ?Minneapolis Mail. '
' -st S1
A novel use is being made out of ovStcr
shells by a Hartford, Conn., man, j?
who is coining money in iiis new cn- j ei
tcrprise. Tiie s' sis are placed in a j vv
patented mill and ground. It has a j f:1
capacity of live tons a day. By an in- | ja
genious arrangement sieves are kept i eI
at work assorting the dust into fine, j c;
! pqarsc and insufficiently treated. The j
line and the coarse arc taken by elc- j j0
; vator belts to the floor below, where m
I fhv/Min-h nnnrnc n'hnfoc iVxrtllntoH hv I
wooden slides, barrels are rapidly fill- wj
ed. The product "is sold for chicken j f0
feed. Twenty tons and more are sent bl
yearly to San Francisco, orders are. till- ! p,
ed from Western states, and Bermuda j ]c
and the Sandwich Islands have been j p(
supplied. j
HOW NOT TO DROWN.
Keep Cool :?n<* IStraggle.
Fonr years ago i was floating in the
urf at Atlantic City, gazing up into
be sky and thinking oaly of its beauias.
when. ff?elinor somewhat tired. I
ssayed to stand up, but failed for the
cry excellent reason that I had nothng
to stand on- I had, without noicing
it, floated out beyond my depth.
am a very indifferent swimmer, and
ake it a rule not to venture into the
vater when I cannot secure a foothold
rhen I need onf>. Yet I found myself,
lot through any foolish venturesomeless,
beyond the furthest lineofbathrs.
Of course I immediately struck
mt for shore.* After swimming until
f/Jh flinrniT?r;ilv T fnnnH
hat I had made very little progress,
nd I also discovered that the bottom
f the ocean was too far beneath me
o be of any practical benefit as a basis
f traveling. Now what would you do
nder-such circnmstanccs? 'Shout for
telp, you say. Exactly! That, I suppose,
is what any well-conditioned,
ecsible human being would do, and
et I found myself actually ashamed j
o do it. I was positively morally j
rc:iK enpugn tp permit a consiaerauon
f what my fellow-men would think of ;
jc to overpower the natural sense of * 1
elf-preservation. I fancied that I' j
light be laughed at for crying for asistance
before 1 was .actually sinking ]
eneath the waves, and so I struggled (
u until a sudden convulsive twitching ]
1 the calf of my leg told me that I
ad a cramp. Then I shouted Help!"
mto lustily, and shouted thrice.; No- 1
ody heard me, and nobody, paid any ,
itentioa tome. Thanks to my good ?
:mujic, nowever, i rercamea periecuy
oo!, else I would not be talking to 1
ou now. I was able to recognize.on t
ae shore the faces of people I knew, i
nd, although I experienced : no sense
f fear, I felt fully satisfied that I x
ronid never see them again. # j
Now,".by all recognized. rules and- 'j
emulations in such cases : mad,jif*labd
rovided, the events of my entire life ^
hould have passed before me in in- ^
tantaneoiis review. I'll .guarantee c
:iat you never read a novel 'dot that,
hen the hero or villain was sinking
iinosfli. tli0 tCfiCAa V>A t.Mntc tcith t
ghtning-like rapidity, of every, aotia *
is career. "And, as Reginald" felt*the s
rnel waters closing abovo^him, all the 1
ceds of his life, both good^and bad,
assed before bim as Siough a pano- 1
una was being moved by some magic t
and." That is about the way it gen-, a
rally reads, you know, and that is I
'k*t. shnnM hw? 'Viannenpri tn me.
ut I am iconoclastic and cruel enough ^
> say that I had no such experience. E
found that my mind was absorbed ^
rith but one thought, to the exclu- s
.on of all other sensations. I thought
? absolutely nothing but of getting
shore just as soon as possible. After ,
ly lirst unheeded cries for help I ,
gain felt ashamed to call again, but
i:idc another effort at swimming. In
ly cramped condition I found this
uitiess, and so I again cried out for
ssistance, but kept perfectly still in n
ic water while 1 did it Had I strug- 0
ieu 1 would have, lost breath,, and 0
ilk it ..my life. My. last shout was 0
card. JTsaw. a sudden ,excitement on E
ic beach? I saw nTen point their arms s
>ward me. I saw othersrnn inV>/the
ater. I saw a man bring a coil of z
jpc. I could identify the individuals i<
ho were doing these things. I watch- i<
.1 them coming toward me and sim- o
iy emleavored to keep as quiet h
ussible. In this way 1 managed.,to p
ccp afloat until they got meanddrag- t
ud meashore. p
What 1 wish to demonstrate is that a
ie very poorest swimmer among you c
perfectly safe, iu the water if he.only s
. cps cooi and docs uot struggle when" ti
-*r liinn- !o f/\ K?? (roin/wl l?v ennh nfTnrfc n
J wv WW VJ KIUVU V?^
Fhiladclj-hia hews.
; J,
The Problem of Huiuau Flight. .
'The subject of- my^aper?flylng-raa- ^
lines?in. a general way. is of inter- a
it to everybody. But, ...to-.tlio-w who b
ive given it more particular attention,' n
is not only interesting but faseinat- E
ig, and a little dangerous. The path- V
ay has. been .strewn .with wrecks; and e
fear there is.a,.fce]ing prevalent t ;at. t(
'ter ail, it leads nowhere in narticu- a
r, unless it be to the almshouse - or, P
malic asylum, .... ' a
^liik-.thoro :ito times rvhen we hearti-: b
envy the bmte, their wonderful pow- 2
. I remember iiT'r^iiUng:,' U think. ^
!r. Wallace's book'bii the Amazons, r<
iat he was once standing on the siioire k
: the mighty river, :.confrontcd by an' d
iipetieir.iblc \vajl of green, concealing
itliin itself doubtless no end of ,ne,w h
lanis and beetles; and when a ga.vjy' n
:iinted\.macaw cmuc sailing iazRV E
.ong and. disappeared bcl}jj>d.tho tree- "
ps witfiput any sort jifr rouble, 'the- a
iVc vent-emplf.ftlBally to the general ii
ish to fly,- and to a'feuling of surprise it
tat apparently so simple'.a problem cl
lould have ' remained so long un- n
)ived. h
I prop'ose here to give ail account pf tl
?me of.the attempts to liy that have e<
2cn madc..in the.past, .and are ncrw is
ing made; and to.)ryr {^explain the' c
rinciples involved,'and w'Ijv ' success. is
:is? not been achieved. tl
The old;Greeks and * Romans very p
iisib]y.4X>pear ;to _ha\je, been. content li
? give.tliu gods and.birds.aiuJ abutter- e<
cs a monopoly of liie air; Jor, except- ,.
g the story of' Dai.kiiui and Icarus, ^
ttle mentioa-has-beeu^madc b-y classi- ^
il writers of aUpmp.ts to fly,.p/r.o? fly-' 'd
ig-machines. /_ . *. II,,. si
Dajdalus, it seems, had-'killed a man C;
Athens, and with* his unfortunate
in fled,to,Crete, where K^ng Minos ??
;ry property uetameu mm; out, ue- p
rmined to-escape,'he made wings, of 0
tiiers.cemented,with.wax, and, iu- ti
ructing.Icarus.to lly neither. too liigh ^
K- too low,1 Tillt lb closelyjlbllow him,**
unched Himself into'tHe air, and took'' <j
boo^ijit*.forjtieeece; The young man, n
jwever, was .ambitious, and, T flying, 0
o near the sun., the wax incited, and' ^
: perished1 iir'the sea?a warning "to r?
in re -r 'generations. ? "2''lyihg-Ma- a
iucs,:i 6.7 TyrW:-. Mathert -in Popular ^
z.cncc Moi\tklijjas\.Xav(uiiba\- j.
Statistics show til it tlio.people of the o
- ? 1 'C?.. .*\f ft,A
U llCU OUUU>'iIUlU UU1 ii^-vuv V/l 144W
irdcsftlriiil^ulj ri'atVons.arc becoming
uoug t-iic iitoit sparine- consumers of' ,fi
>irittiQus liquors.. W.iica Dr. liusii," b
1785, bc^ati hidattack upon intern- n
irance, whisky and 'rtiiii were regard- t<
1 us among the necessaries of life, and b
uri> ?v>Tmi\ct >\s.. f! ??!? n? writer." In S
nil labor ardent spirits were a regu- n
r daily r:\tion- Jt is related by writ- I
\s of the period that "in the 'country n
ergymon drank as'hard as their par- n
hioners; that women and children h
ined.iti tiie revels, ami that it was no h
ore uncommon lo meettipsy cler- a
. man thau to see a woman or half:o\vn
bov slavering under an'.over"
' --? i j i? K
:ut ol spirits, or a iaira nana lying
iiui drank by tiiu roadside." In i'
winsyvvanin there Were in 1790 hq <x
as than o.OOO siiiis in operaUo3 in a *s
jpui.iliun oi 4:34.373^ ay aae still for ai
rerv eightv-jspven or the inhabitants. C1
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MISSING LINKS.
The prison population of Great Britain
was twice as large in ISoO a? it is
now.
Levi P. Morton has .nine daughters
everyone of whom is, said to be a
beauty. ! '
It is reported that the Princess Kung
of China has been converted to Christianity.
Miss Lillian Kussell says she lias received
as many love letters from ladies as
from gentlemen.
Lady; Carnarvon, wife of the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, is diligently
studying the Irish language.
The hair of President Cievaland is
thinning rapidly, and it is prophesied
he will yet be as bald as Bismarck or
Ben Butier.
The skull of Douglass, the Ute In
yy t\k Jvii 10 aotu iio a
weight by the editor of the Gicnwood,
(Col.) Echo. . ; .
Dr. Butler, who retiresfrom the head
mastership of Harrow worth $500,000,
is "the most successful school-teacher
in the world."
Sarah Bernhardt is said.to-be still
8150,000 in debt She hopes to make
the amount with h^snrplus in her coming
American totjr.
The best gravedigger in Yirginia is
named McNamara arid^he is 83 years
jld. He has buried, over 7/000 persons.
He gathers theifi
Beacoasfield talked-Jo. a soft, low
roice*. Gladstone in medium tones,
ivhiie Lord Salisbury, not t being so
jreat. talks moro loudly.
A North Carolina farmer recently
jought a tract df .land for ?2,200, and
he very next daysoid from it a towerng
walnut tree for $1,800.
Old Spot, the horse -tfyat Gen. Grant
iscd at Vicksburg,1 was sold last year
[or ?11,' by order of theQriartermaster,
ind has "now pitied a circus.
Mr. Isb, of Waco, Tex., wears as a
vatch-charm a bit of ore dug 2,000 feet
)elow the surface, and that assays
},200 worth of gold to the.tQu.
It is curious that General Curtis Lee.
hough a grandson of Mrs. Curtis,
)c:?rs a most marked and striking reemblance
to the pictures of Wusliingon.
A dashy girl at one of the Saratoga
totels wore a white silk bali' dress on
he folds of which were hand-painted
cenos "from our country seat in Caliornia."
An American girl, traveling in lu[ia,
gqt hot water with which to mix a
Doming toddy, by stepping, mug in
tand, to the locomotive and serenely
eeking it of the astounded stoker. " ..... ;
The prominent sheep raisers in Tcntessec
have resolved to abandon the
msiness, owing to the want of a dog
aw, asserting that-300,000 sheep cuniot
be maintained against 500,100
10?5.
President Cleveland is a prudent
aan. He lias liad insurance policies
m his life for some time to the-amount
if $16,000. Recently a policy for.$10.00
more, was taken out. Insurance - nen
have considered presidential lives
omewhat hazardous.
M. Grevy," president of the French
epubiic, is said to be rather parsimon3US.
The latest, anecdote about him
3 to the effect that at Vthc.Odeon the
thcr evening a stranger presented
imself and asked at what time be exacted
the president lo arrive at the
ueatre. "The president is not extViic
ovpniii<r " v/?r*iin/] flirt
ger. "Who told you''that he was
oming?" ' "No one," returned the
tranger, "but I had seen in the paper
hat you were giving a performance toight
at reduced rates."
A correspondent says,of Lester Walick,
the veteran- gallant and actor:
:Very. careful is Lester Wallack about
Lie usages of good society. He ran
way with the daugher of an English
obleman, whose acquaintance he had
lade while an officer in a crack regilent
of the; English army. When
Wallack lost Montague, who gave him
tire satisfaction, ne was compeueu
3 lake Osmond Tcarle. One morning
t rehearsal Tcarle committed the faux
as of lilting his coat-tails as he sat
own to. make love to a young lady in
er drawing-room. - Wallack was disusted.with
the act. 'Let me tell you,
tr. Tcarle. that a gentleman's wardobe
is sufficiently large to permit of
is rumpling as many coat-taiis in a
ay as lie pleases.-'*"
"From what I have seen," said the
eir to tho titles of the.Rmian Coloixas/whcf,
with iiis.wife (formerly Miss
!va Ma. key), is now in San Francisco,
this country lias resources incomparbly.surccHjr/
to. those of any country
l.the. old world. As regards sceuery,
has many striking features. Tftc
hief feature of American scenery, H1
lay call'' it so, is its originality. J.
ave visited the Rocky mountains, seen
jose tremendous canyons, and ciimbd
some of the highest peaks. There
i a severity of aspect, a rug^edness of
haracter in the landscape. Everything
i conducted on a scale of immensity,
ic lines arc bold, and the cffect of tho
icture sometimes astounds the sense,
a Europe there is less of this conducti
on a magnificent sealc.*'
When"Mr. Forties','who recently camc
UUiC XI Vlil s\ >I3JV CV tuu idlUUUd JJIU?
1 the "dark purpied spin res of sen,"
rew near Timor L-.uit his steamer was
addenly surrounded by a tieet, of
anoes. All at once Use wild Papuan
oatmen set up. the cry, "Laru. land'*
Giu, .gin!'' The village wns found
alisaded all round. A small portion
f the fortification was removable 0:1
ic shore side in iho daytime, and the
roiuul outside was closely set with
amtipo spikes, the place being on its
cfence. From a branch of a high tree
ear by hung-a 'human' arm, hacked
uL by the shoulder blade. The money
xere is a kind; of bead, made of soft
2ii stone. IJolu sexes eicatnve their
rms and shoulders with sniali. spots
v means of red hot stones. This is
lid to" be :m "iihitation of small-pox
larks, with the intention of warding
ff that disease.
'i'he Indiaus^f .Alaska are said to be
ine silversmiths, and their silvci
racelets in partiotilar are in great demand.
A lame workman has an cxsasivo
repute, a.iu he selis dozeus oi
racelets, upon the arrival of cach
teamcr, at $3 per pair. Some specimens
he gets $25 a pair for. The lame
ndian artilicer is a very rapid workian,
and will from a piece of coin
lake.a beautifully chased ring in an
our or so with his rude tools. The
iv j _ - * ; - - i r.. ? t
oaus ox aunuais auu.iuuian characters
re included in his designs. i
Chorus choirs -of male voices have
eeo.mc tho fashionable church niusic
l New York. There arc six or seven
jngregations which will begin this
ill their first experience in male ehoirs,
ad the chorus of boys' voices is inreasing
in popularity. It is quite Enlish.
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