Brookings County sentinel., April 06, 1882, Image 1

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PUBLIBHEJ jWURSDAYS
BREED fjwiIIGHT.
Oflice in litdley lilouk.
TERMS Of PB8CBIFTION:
One Year L 91. n0
81* Month* I 75
Tbr«o Month* 1 50
Governor Hoy»>f Wyoming, in his
message, makes aLoruu* argument for
woman suffrage w*h will be of interest
to ttie opponents | the proposition as
well as to those wtyfavor it, as showing
the result of the ctjriment in his terri
tory. He says: ‘Ssewhere, objectors
persist in ealjiug th honorable statnte
of ours an “expi#ient.” Wo know
that it is not—that tier it we have bet
ter laws, better better morals,
and a higher social mlition in general,
than could otherwise ist—that not one
of the predicted evityteh as loss of na
tive delicacy and dikrliance of home
relations, has folio wot u its train—that
the great body of oq women, and the
best of them, have aa ited the elective
franchise us a precio# >oou, and exer
cise it as a patriotic «ty—iu a word,
that, after twelve year*’ happy experi
ence, woman suffrage go thoroughly
rooted and established |the minds and
hearts of this people tl, among them
all, no voice is ever in protest
against or iu question of ”
OUR FBOCRASTINATL COURTB.
After sutnmiug up tlie 1-greaa of in
ventors iu the efforts to Ip pace with
the hurry of American 1 The Hour
scores the courts for tcdife.caa in busi
ness. It says: The Wolf ( business
may move with aeceleratr speed, but
our courts will not be hurri The su
premecourtof the United $;.< H j 8 three
years in arrears of its culdir. Who- !
ever wishes to indulge iu thaxury of a
lawsuit which lias to lie tint’ decided
at the capital, must wait tha>ngth of
time before his case ean be lit 1. Not
withstanding the multiplicity judges
and lawyers in this and ot. cities,
there is no such thing us tkurompt
hearing and speedy disposal ot easing
cases. So tedious our
courts that our exehuugea hnv* make
it a forfeiture of his seat if an %. a [ is
made to the law by a member fot set
tlement of a dispute. The me. ants
also have an arbitration court oiheir
own to settle their differences. Ii ng
laud and France there are no sui.j c
lays in legal proceedings as are toktod
in this cjiut v. Dr. Luuxon, in.g.
land, is to be handed on April 4th,
iug been found guilty on March 14i-f
murdering his brother-in-law. The J
begau within n few weeks after his afct
and did not last over a week. Hut
taken place iu this country it would in
cousinned at least two months’ time, 1
there would have been an immense ms
of worthless expert testimony allow®
If a lunatic fires at the queen, he ;
promptly put out of the way and every j
thing is done to avoid making lam si
object of public interest. But Guitruo,
under our court procedures, was allowed
to administer to bis own diseased vanity
for mouths, uud though there was ud
question as to his guilt, a yeay will
elapse between the mur*ler at. J his exe
cution. A case was recently reported
of a controversy over u policy of insur
ance of $5,000, between the St. Nicholas
Insurance Compauy of New York and
the Merchants’ Insurance Company of
Newark. The case began in 1865, when
the plaiutiff obtained a verdict; where
upon the general term of the supreme
court granted a ucw trial. Again the
plaintiff prevailed. The case was then
carried to the court of appeals, which
reversed the judgment of the court be
low. Bev. uteen years have passed since
the litigation begau, four limes the
amount ot money involved in the case
;ms been wasted uud the controversy is
as far from settlement us ever. Thero
are literally thousands of such mon
strous instances upon the records of our
courts.
It is dear that this anomalous state of
affairs cannot last. Our courts aud con
gresses will in time he forced to recog
tl'c fact that this is uu age of rail
roads and telegraphs. If the courts can
not settle business disputes promptly,
the example of the stock exchange and
the chamber of commerce will be fol
lowed in other instances. Judges must
be made to realize that courts exist for
the benefit of tlie community, not for
the emolument of Hie legal profession.
The demand of the time is for more aud
speedier justice aud for a good deal less
law.
The recently discovered fraud by tbe
sanding of American ccton has led Con
bul Sinew of Mancheler. England, to
investigate the me* question. He
urges the necessity o improving the
methods by which the meat has hereto
fore been introduced iahe English mar
kets, and asserts that *‘linage is culled
for by the wide diffetuee in the price
paid for the meat to carters and that
demanded on the sale I retail. At the
present time, the con* ri presents, the
English butchers m|e a very large
protit out of tbe Amectn meat, and of
ten by reason of mis«|reseutation as to
the character of the fat they sell. It
is a common practicin' consul is in
formed, for the butfr to claim the
beef, muttou, etc., w*i he has for sale
is English, when, injbt, it is secured
directly from the African supply at
Liverpool. In one iftmce he himself
detected th ; s form of Jloeition. A eer
tain butcher iusistecl-at he was sell
ing English meat sir, when subse
qnently the lie was Ifrbare by the ac
cidental finding of bif 1 which was ex
clusively for America neat. The pre
judice against Ameii meat has died
out in*Eugland, undAc necessary that
steps should be takel.-gos the oouaul,
that these injurious t sof the butchers
nj>ou consumers she be stopped and
fair dealing compel! o that Ameiican
moat may be told U merits. Sev
eral years ago the el waa made to es
tablish special stow here the import
ed meat was sold, 1 he project failed
by reason of the pre ee then existing
to the American me iud owing to the
irregularity of tho ,|y. Now, how
ever, tha time is fav le to a repetition
of this experiment a üblishing Ameri
can meat stores an; h judicious man
agement it nould made a success.
The meat has woo I everywhere, and
ho consul finds no | ruaaou why ex-
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lOFFRAUE
AMERICAN NEAT.
BROOKINGS tgMto SENTINEL
VOLUME I.
porters should not obtain at least two
oents more for the meat at Liverpool
than at present, without materially in
terfering with the profit of the retail
dealer, which is estimated at a round
sum, aud at the same time enable the
consumer to buy the meat at a reduction
of from two to three oents per pound on
the present prices. The cheapening of
the purclmse price of good beef especial
ly would insure nn enormous iucrease in
the quantity consumed, and directly
lament the poorer classes. Further
more, by the establishment of the special
Btores the meat would be placed fairly
aud honestly liefore the public as Ameri
can, ard the producer and consumer
would reap n mutual benefit. The sup
ply of the meat from this country is
now so regular and its quality so excel
lent that no difficulty will be encounter
ed in disposing of it promptly and at
good prices. ,
CRIMINAL IMPOSITION.
The question of food adulteration sur
passes the liquor traffic iu its importance
and is iu much more need of vigorous
agitation. In the liquor warfare the
poison is unmasked aud can be prudently
avoided and pointed out, hut iu the mat
ter of food no one can tell what it pass
ing iufo his stomach without first going
to the trouble of uu analytical teat. In
infant food alone the New York Times
says there are about twenty European
preparations aud at least twice as many
American, all of which profess to furnish
a complete nutrition for the iufnnt dur
ing the first few months of its existeuee,
while yet the conversion of starch into
dextrine and sugar is lieyoud the ca
pacity of the untrained digestive func
tion. The examination of these w ith the
microscope, assisted by such simple
tests as iodine which turns starch cells
blue, and gluten (or albuminous) gran
ules yellow, has engaged the careful at
tention of Dr. Ephraim Cutter, of Cam
bridge, and bis results will startle most
mothers who have relied upon the ex
travagant pretenses set forth in the cir
culars of manufacturers. Eliza McDon
ough, who preceded Dr. Cutter in this
field, has been in a measure discredited;
but it appears that her assertion—that
the starch, so far from lieing transformed
into dextrine, was not sufficiently altered
to renter the reoognit ion of its source
difficult, whether*from wheat, rye, corn
or barlev—was strictly true and
that these pretentious foods are, without
exception, nearly valueless for diet tic
purposes Allot them consist of baked
Hour rnaiuly, either alone or mixed with
mgar, milk or salts. In some cases, the
>aking has been very inadequately per
oirae-J, ami the doctor found one that
merely of wheat and oats whose
tnreti cells were proximately in their
•itural condition. The general result
: D.. Cutter’sexamination may be stated
brief terms as iollows; There was
arcely a single one of ths so-oalleii in
it foods that contained a quantity of
ulen as large as that Contained in or
mry wheat Hour. That is to say, a
11-eompouuded wheat gruel is superior
any of them, particularly when boiled
h a little milk; and mothers are in
>or who place the slightest dependence
Silt them As respects one ve«y ex
i :-tive article, professing to possess
1 parts iu every 1,000 of pliosphatic
Is iu connection with gluten, Dr.
Iter was uuable to tiud any gluten at
• The thing was nearly pure starch,
* at uu exorbitant price as a nerve
f brain food and a great remedy for
f'ts. Bo all through the list. Some-
Ms a tract' of gluten was present; more
•leutly noun at all. In one case
t * were 90 parts of starch to 10 of
t 4 u; but this was exceptional, aud the
slrity were less valuable, ounce for
oit, than ordinary wheat Hour. Con
si|ug the semi-philanthropic preten
si*that have been put forth by the
mAfacturers of these foods, some of
thf sustained by the certificates of
ensut physicians, the report of Dr.
is one of the dreariest comments
upAunman nature that has recently
fallnndcr the notice of the journalist.
A Startling Discovery.
j (From tbs Nurtb Georgia Citizen.J
» men who live in the northern
pari Gilmore County, near theCohut
tahkuge, mode a startling discovery a
fewWsago. They had chased a depre
datl fox to his covert, which proved
to lan immense hollow tree truuk,
cha j and blackened by forest tires.
It v comparatively bat a huge stump,
beii not more than twenty feet high,
evil tly having been snapped iu twain
by ne fierce hurricane which had
Iwe that way. The wiley robber of
the nuery had entered a small aperture
ueai le base of the tree aud all efforts at
sain ag him oat had proved futile. As
a la resort one of them suggested bar
ring he fox’s mode of entrance, and then
'elli t the tree, which, owing to its age
ind lecayed condition would be on easy
ask. This plan was adopted and a few
igoima strokes of their axes sent the
Id skell crashing to the earth, and Rey
ard in endeavoring to make bis escape
ras summarily dispatched with an ax.
lb th»y were preparing to take their de
arture one of the men diaoerfied some
ring white gleaming in the old hollow
tump, and upon examination was hom
ed to baliold the bleached bones of s
ismemkertdhumau skeleton. The men
ere considerably startled by their
trange chtcovery, and on closer inspeo
on a powder horn and bullet pouch
rere brough to light, together with a few
loulderiug articles of (raiment, but
othing else was found that would
indicate who the person had been.
Many conjectures have been made as to
iiow the skeleton came, and how long it
had reposed in thia strange mausoleum,
tlie affair lews * profound mystery.
Mr. Harris’ Back Pay.
A Washington correspondent saya that
a very good story of liack pay is told by
ex Representative Harris, of Virginia.
“ I voted sguiuat the bill,’’he says, “but
I took the money. When I waa up for
re-election, they threw it up at me. I
told them I had tried to Mat the bill,
but had taken the money, yet I thought
that they would forgive me when they
heard wnat I had done with it * I took
that money down into Virginia,’ said I,
and gave it to a poor woman with aeven
ol ihireu, and I told her to use it for her-
M*lf and children, and the story is not a
bit worse because that woman is my
wife.’ I don't think 1 lost a vote by
that beck pay business.”
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
New Cardinal a.
On the 87th the pope created Archbi.hop
MoCabe, of Dublin, and six others, cardinals.
The Public Debs.
The March statement of tho condition of the
public debt shows a reduction for the month of
*18,492,946.
Oxford n. Cambridge.
The annual Oxford and Cambridge clght
oared match was rowed upon the Thames from
Putney to Mortlake on tho Ist iiut. The Ox
fords won by six boat lengths.
iHaana’w l aw.
Judge-Advocate-General bwsitn has decided
that the Hading of the court-martial in the case
of Sergeant Mason was invalid, and that there
fore tho imprisonment of Mason was illegal.
■flown to Atoms.
The Vulcan Powder Company's works op
positc Hau Francisco, Cal., were annihilated by
explosion oil the 27th. Eleven men were killed
outright and four w ere badly injured. Htx of
the killed w*re Chinamen.
I.unalirs Burned.
A temporary wooden building used by fho
Territorial Insane Asylum at Yankton, I). T.,
while the new brick structure is in process ot
erection, caught tire 011 tlie 2d inst.. and was
consumed. There were fifty-four patients iu
tbo structure and of these four lost their lives.
The pro|HTty destroyed was valued at tin, HOC.
Convicted Nihilists.
Official announcement is made of the com
mutation by the czar of all death sentenced
I sissed on tlie nihilists recently eouvieted, to
lai d lalxir in the mines for an indefinite period,
except in the case of Marine Lieutenant
Buchmoff, whose sentence was confirmed. The
latter however, was granted a military execu
tion.
Nulrldal.
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, brother of Wil
liam 11. Vanderbilt, shot himself at Glenliam
Hotel, New Y’ork city, on the 2d inst., and died
from tho effects of the wound . f sir hours after
ward. The cause of the act is said to have heen
mental derangement brought on by epilepsy.
James Tremaine, a wealthy broker of Boston,
Mass., committed sained, on tlie Slst ult.
Allen Fox. aged 81, a wealthv citizen of
Louisville, Ky., cut his throat on the 29th ult.
At Oraud Rapids, Midi., Ida South, aged li,
bought 5 ceuts worth of arsenic and committed
suicide with it because her mother had reproved
her.
V lei inis o( a l< Guard.
During a violent storm which swept a portion
of Dakota, recently, several pt r«ons Inst their
lives. A lieutenant from Fort Sisseton, Day
County, became lost on a journey to Watertown
and died from exhaustion shortly after being
found. A Mrs. Long and her sou Albert were
found dead three miles west of Goodwin. Pierre
Ducb&in succumbed to the elements near Cava
lier, and his body was found under the snow.
Eight laud explorers from Aberdeen for Water
town, started out before tbe blizzard. One or
two of their ponies bad been found at last ac
eounts, but the whereabouts of the |>arty was
not known.
A Monument Demolished.
The Andre monument erected by Cyrus W.
Field at Tappan, N. Y., on the sjs.i' w here the
notorious English spy was hung in revolution
ary days, and upon which was eugraved an iu
saription written by the !ate Dean Stanley, was
almost ruined on the night of the 30th ult., bv
sonic uuknowu tiersons who exploded a charge
of dynamite under it. The bast' was completely
shattered, hut the shaft still stands, partially dis
mounted. Hince the mutilation of the inscrip
tion of the monument on Washington’s birth
day, by Geo. Heudiix, who is now a refugee
from legal pursuit gnauls have been stationed
iu the neighborhood of the cenotaph, ami it is
a mystery how this la*t act of desecration was
accomplished.
Mhlpwreck.
The captain and crew of the brigantine Wil
liam, wrecked on Sable Intend, reached Halifax
on tin 2d inst. The vessel become locked iu
the ice, and provisions giving out, tho crew
worn compelled to subsist for 22 days on oats
that hail been in tbe crevices of the vessel for
years.
On the night of the Ist inst., a collision oc
curred off Capo Finisterrc, Hpain, lift wwu the
Spanish steamer Yerurac Bat and the Boval
Mail steamer Dourn, from Brazil. Both steam
ers snuk. Thirty of the crew of the Spanish
steamer, including tho captain and pilot were
drowned. The total number lost could not be
ascertained.
The coasting steamer IYltoo foundered in the
British Channel on the26ih. Eighteen persons
wore drowned.
A Ntenmboal Horror®
The steam* r Golden Eagle, eu route from
New Orleans for Cincinnati, was burned at
Memphis early on the morning of the 81st ult,,
and between thirty aud forty lives are reported
lost, mostly women and children. Ho rapidly
did the flames spread that live minutes after
discovering the tire amidships, the after port of
the steamer was all ablaze and those who es
caped had to flee iu (heir night clothes. As
near as can be ascertained there were twenty
tin ee UditM cm bnrd tin ill-fated steamer, two
of whom bo far *h kuowu, wt*iennved. Stowe’*
circus wuu on board. The entire outfit eou
hixting of *n cage* of animal*, the baud and
other wagon*, tent* and hornet* were <*ou*uim'd.
The fire wa> ocoaitioncd by a watchman acci
dentally Netting tire to a lot of jute, which waw
stored aimd-liij)*. Pecuniary lo«* aliout
000. Mr*. L. E. K 'untz, the wife of the
wealth> steamboat man, and her three children
are among the lout.
.79 or In ary.
L. 11. BalUnger, a prominent politician of
Galveaton, Texan, died from the efTecta of vac
cination
Geu. Hurl hurt, late United State* minister to
Peru, died at Lima, on the 28th alt., of heart
disease.
Mr. Joseph Ryris, on old citizen cf Chicago,
who was a proponent member of the board of
coantv commftsioners tome years ago, died ou
the night of the 20th ult., aged 50.
Henry B. Meyer, father of the late Gen.
Meyer, chief of the signal cervice, died at Chi
cago, on the 2tfth ult., at an advanced age. He
invented a sleeping car m 1854, and at the tune
of his death wa* engaged in perfecting a safety
car.
Judge Patton, of the West Virginia court of
appeal*, died at Wheeling, W. Va., ou the 80th
ult., of heart disease.
Captain Thomas IT. French, a retired oflicer
of the 7th cavalry, died suddenly at Leaven
worth, and was buried at the fort.
Francis Ashton, Br., oue of tlie pioneer reni
dt’Uts of Lima, 0., died on tbe 20th. aged 87
years.
A ©loar i:ipo«e«
Dick Little, the traiu robber, has made a con
fession giving al] the transactions of the Janie*
gang since Lis connection with it, together with
the names of the participants iu the Gad’s Hill,
Coalterviile, Glendale, Winston and Blue Cat
tram robberies. It was oa Little's testimony
that Clarence Hite was arrested in Keutacky
and taken to Gallatin, Mo., where he received
a twenty five year sent* nee for participation in
the WhisUtt traiu robbery, iu which Conductor
Westfall was killed. J. R. Timberlake, sheriff
of Clay Coantv, Mo., and H. H. Craig, a Kansas
City policeman, received $5,000 for capturing
Little.
Aa a Dequel to the Little confession, it trana
apirea that the following conditions were exact
ed hr the criminal ere be turned state's evi
dence: He wae to reoeive immunity from the
government, be paid *I.OOO on giving bimaelf
up, and *5,000 more in the event of the capture
of hie ooni|ianiona through hie inetrumentality.
Hhouid the other robbera lie arreeted, Commia
eioner Craig and Gov. Crittenden trill receive
in the neighborhood of *1)00,000, the aggregate
of reward* offered, minus the *5,000 paid Little.
Sliur Mtakapt,
Henry Burrougha and Voter Fogor were
drowned in the canal feeder at Trenton, N. J„
on the ltd iuat.
Three young non* of Lewi* Rowland, a rail
way engineer of Port Providence, Pa., were
auothered to death, on the lat lust., by the
caving iu of a eand-bauk under which they had
tunneled.
At Gay Head, near Bouton, Mas*., on the 3d
iuat., a woman lockad her three children in the
hotue, and went to a neighbor a. During her
aheenee the building took fire and all the chil
dren burned to death.
A number of people aought shelter under a
abed during a atorm near Reading, Pa., on the
3d iuat. A water tank toppled over and crua li
ed •* abed, killing four and severely wounding
eeverah
Truman Dunham, (ireeident of the Cleveland
Linseed Oil Works, an old and honored dtiaen,
war aught iu the machinery at the works, on
the 80th tilt., and killed
John Taylor waa killed and Mr. Alvia fatally
injured by the destruction of a bouse by a tor
nado. Is] Lee County, Ala., an the 38th ull.
W. Kmeline, a prominent farmer of Selina
township, IU., •« killed by an accidental blow
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BROOKINGS, DAKOTA, THURSDAY APRIL 6, 1882.
from a sledge In tho bands of his son white
driving fence posts,
Edward Henri was instantly killed and G.
Smithson fatally injnred by the explosion of a
boiler at Kemptou, Ind., on the 28th, amt a
similar accident at Corning, 0.. on the 28th,
resulted fatally to Reuben Deutro and four
others.
A hail-storm at Wheeling,’W. Va., on the
27th, riddled windows and did other damage to
the amount of 828,000.
A gale at Eranslmrg, Pa, demolished a three
story building, killing M. A. limit and Fraak
McDowell.
Two brothers named Ilassett, perished in a
fire which consumed a boarding house at West
Ansonia, Conn., on the 27th.
John McNulty, aged 18, and Wm. McClure
were killed by the fail of an elevator from the
fifth floor of tlie Hundcrlaad hnilding, Troy,
N. Y.. on the 27th.
Work of the I'lamet.
Tbe Ellanora Spring Hotel, a handsome
frame building at ITaysville, I’a., valued at
8138.000 was swe|B away by an incendiary fire
on the Ist inst.
Koch A Hons’ stationary house was dan need
♦75,1W0 worth by fire on the 2d inst. Loss
♦75,000.
A fire at Htockton, Cal., on the 2d inst., fipn
suincd Sperry & Co.'a mills aud several udjein
ing buildings. Loss *200,000. Insniinoe
♦BO,OOO, *•
Arrisou’s planing mills and Willeta. Oliver A
C-x’s box faetory at Kaighn'. Point, N. tP,
were reduced to ashes on the 31st ult. I sms
*40,000.
Nine bonnes were destroyed by fire at Forest
C'ilv, Aik., on the night of tlie SOtb nit. Loss
♦40,000.
Riesck’s safe factory, Pittsburg, Pa., was en
tirely destroyed on the 31st ult., together witti
live brick dwellings iu the rear. Loss *50,000.
The bark Graham’s Polly, laden with petro
leum, was burned to the water’s edge in New
Y rk harbor on the 31st ult. Loss *25,000.
The Canterbury payer mill at Norwich, Conn.,
burned on tlie 30th ult. Loss ♦30,000; insur
ance *20,000.
Jacob Borer's store, at Borancbtown suburb,
near Philadelphia, burned on the morning of
the 29th nit. Loss *50,000.
Toronto was visited by a serious fire on the
night of the 28th alt., which consumed the
Toronto Wagon-wheel Company’s works and
the Consolidated Purifvmg establishment. Lo«*
♦fit'oso.
Walker Hall, the finest of the Amherst Col
lege buildings, was destroyed by fire on the 29th
lilt. The building and contents were valued at
♦290,000. ’The Shepard mineral cabinet alone
was worth *BO,OOO. Insurance on all *72,000.
Tarthing’s distillery, Buffalo, N. Y., was re
duced to ashes on tho 291 b ult. laws *60,000.
The paper hotiso of Richards A Co., at Gar
diner, Me., burned on the 28tb. Loss *50,000.
Insured for *32,000.
The town of Grundy, near Lynchburg, Pa.,'
was almost entirely consumed )>v fire on the
28th.
The business portion of Hurdslsiro, Pt., was
swept away by tire on the 26th. Loss *16,000.
Conner A callin'- dry goods bouse aud Wiles
A Son’s drug store at Spencer, Ind., were
visited bv fire on tbe 28th. Damage *25,000.
The Aibion Springs Tooth Harrow Works at
Detroit, Mich., were partially destroyed by tire
on the 27tb. Loss *25,000.
Fires at Boeszenfa and Paks, Hungary, de
stroyed 110 buildings at the former place, uud
248 at the latter. Kcvcral hundred families arc
left destitute
numerous Deeds.
At a variety theater in Denver, Col., on the
let inst., James Mulligan, an actor, spoke dis
paragingly of the wife of Arthur Hhepperil, the
stage manager, aud was fatally stabbed by the
latter.
John N. Massey and James Hamhler, two
well-known Hau Francisco spurting characters,
had a quarrel on the 2d inst., when the latter
shot Maseev dead.
A. C. Patrick, of Seward, Neb., shot his
wife through the heart, fired at his two sons,
and esca|s il arrest and is being hotly pursued.
At an isolated ranch in’the state of Oaxaca,
Mexico, a woman and four children were
butchered /or money.
Three men named Ylaitm, Landers and
Franks, quarreled at Dunbar, I’a., on the 2d
mat. Franks was vanquishing Martin, whsre-
U[«>ll Lenders braine 1 him with a pick.
W. J. Phchns and Jay McEweu, cattle
thieve*, were Ivuchid at Pueblo, Col., ou the
31*1 ult.
Harvey H. Stern wa* murdered near Bluff ton,
Minn., on the night of the 20th ult., by William
Chester.
A lad named Joseph Smith was drowned iu a
canal at Lowell, Mas*., on the 30th ult., under
circumstances which led to tbe arrest of two
boys, Thomas Glynn and George Cook, for
manslaiighte*. \ seven-year-ole! eye-witnoas
accuses the Cook boy of | wishing young Smith in
to the water.
Robert Blacn, a Cleveland blacksmith, at
tempted to murder hi* wife, on the 3l*t ult.,
and then sent a bullet through hi* own brain.
Mr-. Blacn i« dangerously wounded.
Jo. eph Holt, a school-teacher, at Shelbyville,
Ky., was w aylaid and shot dead by Cals? Hun
ter, who was incensed because Holt interfered
and prevented him from whipping bis wife.
Goa. Streelnikoff, public proaccutor of the
nihilists at Kieff, Russia, wa* shot through the
bean while sitting on a boulevard at Odessa, on
the 31st ult.
Joseph Yerger, a wealthy store-keeper at Sul
phur Springs, Mo., was foully as*a**inated on
the mght of the 29th ult. The store and dwell
ing were Hint fired by tbe miscreants, aud as
the affrighted family • merged from the burn
ing building Yerger*s bodv was riddled with
buckshot. A man named *rn*ssler, whom Yer
ger had impriFoned for borse-stealirg, is *us
pccted of the crime.
Eugene Chilton visited Major Edgerton'a
daughter at the major's residence, near links
ptndenoe, Mo., on the night of the 28th ult., in
a state of intoxication. Trouble ensued, and
Clulton was shot di ad by Edgerton.
A Mrs. Ballard, residing in Lincoln County,
Kv., bad a disagreement with her husband, on
the 2*ith ult. Hue took her three children, aged
four mouths, 4 aud 7 year* ro*pectivulv, to a
neighboring nood, broke thi; necks of the twe
oldent aud threw their bodied into the i*ond
after which she jumped in with L* r infant and
wa.* drowned.
Alex C. Wingate, of Lexington, Ky., was as
sa-shiated ou a railway train between Sparks
ville and Modora. Ind.’ on the 99th ult., by >*r
unknown man. The murderer Jumped horn
the car* when they were speeding at the rate
of 40 mile* an hour and drowned himself in a
creek a short distance from tlm track.
In a fin’bt witli cow bov» u< ar Tombstone,
Arizona, on the 29th nit, John A. CHhexpie of
a KherifTM pome, Dcweug Hunt amt Billy
Oroumlx, cow-boy.*, were lulled. E. Allen anil
Jack Young, also of the sheriff’! party, were
badly wounded.
An old mau named Jacob Smith wax mur
dered at Crawford settlement, eight mile* south
of I’arwell, Mich., by Joseph Bucher.
John W. Killah a, for 18 ycaia clerk of the
New York City board of education, and lately
employed as longshoreman at San Francisco,
killed his wife on the night of Ibe 27th by
stabbing her while in a fit of jealousy
At Indianapolis, Ind. on the 28!h, Green
Burnett fatally shot Bob Alexander while re
turning from a dance. Both parlies are col
ored and quarreled concerning a du-ky maiden.
A young exprenauian named Win. Mitcliell
was killed by Edward Steelier, a saloon-keeper
at Chicago, on the 28th.
In a quarrel concerning the costs in a rcplev
in suit at Leadville, Col., ou the 28tb, J. C.
Earley, a prominent attorney and politician,
shot Policeman Sam Townsend dead. An at
tempt to lynch the murderer was frustrated.
Two men named Rider were killed in a qnar
rci at Wsverley, 0., on the 28th by a man
named Hhar[ietiuc.
An old man named John Henderson was shot
dead in a disreputable house at UrsnU Rapids.
Mich., by VV. H. Clark, a colorod harbor.
Six colored convicts working on the Texas
Pacific Railroad killed their guard and escaped
towards Mexico. Two got over the hue, bat the
others were overtaken, and in a light which en
sued two of the negroes were killed. Two wire
captared.
(Wasktastoa Oor. St Louis Olobe-Democrat.)
Mina Emily Beale, daughter of Oeu.
Beale, is possessed of tome treasures in
the way of jewels that alrnoet outshine
the historic pieces left the family by
their Mice*tors, and the massive ana Bar
baric gold oru aments worn by her at
several entertainments have created con
siderable interest. They comprise a
broad oollar and necklace of hammered
gold, the pendiiuta sot with precious
stones and linked together until they
oover the whole neck from shoulder to
shoulder and fall almost to the waist hue
in front. Three heavy bracelets of the
same workmanship aoeomisuiy this
golden breastplate, and all ol them were
onae the possession* of one of the royal
princesses of Bulgaria, who wus forced
to part with these heirlooms by the .for
tunes of war and the distress siul devas
tation that cam* upon their country five
Royal Jewels.
M **►*
year* ago. The Russian Prince Irktcheif,
sent to that province as governor anil
military occupant at the close of the war,
Snrchaaeil the jewels of one of these
inlgariau ladies and sent part of them
to the fair American wife of hia cousin,
M. Bakmeteflf, now first secretary of the
Russian legation at Paris. Mr.e. Bak
meteff divided the possessions with her
younger sister, anil these royal jewels of
Bulgaria now shine at the fetes of tho
two great republican courts of the
world.
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
He-n wee.
Monday, March 27. —The bill for the admix
»ion of Dakota was recommitted The bills
granting pensions to the widow, of Presidents
Garfield, lyler aod Polk were passed The
agricultural appropriation hill was reported
back Ad juurued.
Tubuiat. March 28.—The tariff commission
bill was taki u up. A number of amendments
were rejeetid and the bill was passed—yeas 38.
nay* IS. T'i* lull provides for a commission of
nine members, to be appointed by the President
and confirmed by the senate, w ho are to leeetvc
as compensation for then- service* *lO per day
when actually employed, and traveling and
orher necessary expenses. They arete invest
gate all the various questions relating to agri
eultural, common iai, mercantile, manufactur
ing, mining and industrial interests ui the
United Htates so that as the sone may be
necessary to establishment of a judicious tariff
or a revision of the existing tariff and existing
system of internal revenue laws upon a scale of
justice to all interests: and is to report to con
gress from t me to time and to make a final re
port not later than tlie Ist Monday in Januarv,
1883 Adjourned.
Wkijnehuay, March 29. The civil appropria
tion hill was reported and debated in committee
of tho whole. The senate then held an execu
tive session and immediately thereafter ad
journed.
TmmsDAY, March 30.—Williams introduced a
bill prohibiting the lmixirtatiou of neat cattle
from Canada... .The Indian appropriation bill
was debated for a short time After a short
exoenti ve session the seuate adjourned.
Friday, March BL—The Indian appropriation
hill w as taktn up ID committee of the whole and
an amendment appropriating *250,000 for the
education of Indian children was adopted.
The kill was then reported to the senate- and
passed After an executive session an ad
journment till Monday was takeu.
House.
Monday, March 27. —Bills introduced: To
establish a department of indtistev with a
secretary of industry; to authorize the depart
ment of justice to andit and allow for the set
vices of experts summoned by the government
in the Gin trail trial, provided they shall not be
[laid in excess of *25 |>er day, and provided
anv allowance heretofore made shall be de
ducted; appropriating *6,863,1X8) for the im
provement of the Mississippi Bivcr and for
continuing works already begun in accordance
with the recommendation of the Mississippi
River commission; to provide for an assistant
secretary of the navy to be selected from officers
of the navy under the rank of rear admiral,
aud to receive the highest rate of pay at Lu
grade, aud perform the duties of the s’lcretarv
of the navy in the absence of that officer; to
restore and tix the pav of inspector generals of
the department of the army; to change the
ail valorem tax of 86 |ier cent, on imports and
burlap and articles manufactured of tlax, jute
or hemp, or manufacture* of which these con
stitute the chief component; authorizing the
issue of *25.18X1,(8X1 fractional currency, in de
nominations of 25 and 50 cents, in exchange
for a like amount of legal tenders which shall
be cancelled... .Adjourned.
Tuesday, March 28.—The house considered
thi tariff commission bill in committee of the
whole. The Freliiighuysen-Trescott correspon
dence was submitted, and the se-cretary of war
informed the house that 85,000 more rations
wen needed for the sufferer* by the rt00d....
Adjourned.
Wednesday, March 29.—The senate amend
ment to the house- bill granting a ix-iislnii of
*5,600 per year to I.iieretia It. Garfield, was
concurred in. The amendment includes the
n-lines of Sarah C. Folk and Juba G. Tyler ...
The tariff commuittion bill wrn then dt
until adjournment.
Tihunday, Muvhftd.—Th* dav was "< Hummed
by debate on the tariff commission bill.
Friday. March 31.—A joint resolution pas* d,
appropriating SIOU t UM) to enable the aecretary
of war to imiue rations to ixrson* rendered
destitute by the overflow of the MiMissippi
River,... After ft Herndon in committee of the
whole on the army appropriation bill the house
adjourned.
Katukday. April 1. -The senate bill paaacd to
facilitate the payment of dividends lo cred
itors of till ri «t liu;i!i ■ and Tiu t
Company.... The bill making St. Vincent,
Minn., a * port of entry nan pas M-d.... Ad
journed. ‘
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK.
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BtRLEY -No. 2, 4 1 03
Rye ,4 82
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College Incident*.
(From the Bufhlo Commercial.;
A few jean ago one of the students at
Bowduin College tare the euphonious
title of “ Spud.” He was a fine scholar,
and after graduation was chosen an in
structor in the college. Of oourae, his
student name still clings to him. He
knew it and didn’t like it. He was very
dignified sud his professional chair did
not diminish the gravity of his demean
or. One day some boys playing ball
near the door of a recitation room in
which “ Spud ” was conducting a I .atin
exercise, annoyed the expounder of sub
jectives and the intricacies of iudireet
discourse, and calling a sophmore to
him, he said: "Please goto the door,
Mr. A.,and say (othose players that Ide
al re thnu to cease their play or make lees
noise.” A. went to the door, stuck bis
head ont and shouted in steutoriau tunes:
" Here, yon fellows 1 Spud says to dry
up 1” Another professor in the same
college bore the nickname " Kaxgar,”
from two common Greek words. In fact
very few professors iu any American col
lege escape familiar or opprobrious
nicknames an the bonds of the studenU.
One of the happiest hits of this sort was
at the expense of a certain Yale profes
sor who wss called “ Old Spoudee,—a
»j>ondr.c, in metrical versification consist
ing of two tony feet.
Tiibbe is a bachelor iu Ipswioh, Mass.,
85 years of sge, who has worn the same
bat for over 60 years. He baa never
used anything btft pent for fires and be
burns tallow dips for light.
EPISODE OF THE WAR.
A Mystery cf Mis Lennar Hudson—Haw Huntings
Ws* Alarms*. *
The New York Independent tell what
it says is “a true incident” of the
Lower Hmlaon which is worth rending:
A few honra after it was known that
Virginia had seceded from the Union, a
citizen of Norfolk had collected a few
valuablea and sailed for the north. He
went to Haatings-on-the-Hndaon and ea
tabliahed bin family in a cottage which
he rented for #IOO a year. Either from
choice or ueceimity, their atyle of liviDg
was modest and they did not seek
society, the latter, perhapw because they
were not welcomed by their neighbors.
We all know what wax the state of tbe
public miinl in the spring and summer
of 1861, and with what xuxpicion south
ern refugees were regarded. They might
have loxt everything by their devotion to
the Union, or they might be xpiex or in
centliarieti. Who c-anlil tell ? That man
wax from the aonth iuxnred him the
strictest scrutiny and deepest distric t.
Little wax kuowu of this particular
family, lmt this may have served to
sharpen the eyes of the watehc-rq. Two
facts were speedily ascertained; one,
that the head of the household wok fre
quently alxwTitfroin Hastings; the other,
that when at borne his favorite pastime
was walking tipou the Croton aqueduct.
Both were seized upon as of evil omen.
To lie sure, it may be difficult for us to
see why, as nothing was known of tlie
cause of his absence, aud the aqueduct
was a favorite promenade for old and
yonng, as who that has lived upon the
eastern bank of the lower Hudson does
not know ? Btill the fact that the grey
haired stranger followed the custom of
the older residents was the cause of a
general alarm. m
A rumor had started, and was whis
pered by old ladies over their tea, and
by young as they knitted ou the nnfaint
ing soldier’s socks, which were to the
girls then what high art embroidery and
feather-edged braid are now. The ru
mor was this: The stranger was an
emissary of the southern government.
His business was the blowing-up of the
Croton aqueduct and the producing of
water famine in New York, and bis fre
quent absences were to consult with his
colleagues. His walk to make needful
observations and arrange his plans.
Tbe suggestion was frightful and im
mediately the innocent old man assumed
in the eyes of the villagers the character
of a monster. The popular excitement
had reached a higher point when one
morning a fresh discovery was made. In
the top of the highest tree in a neighbor
ing grove was a glittering something.
What could it be? No one knew; but it
glittered and that was a sure sign it was
something evil. Agaiu rumor took
shape. It was a signal connected with
that diabolical plot. The time had come
for the destruction of the Aqueduct,
and the thirsty thousands of New York
were to lie left without drink. This bile
reached the ear of one of the pastors of
one of the churches. W'lth stern resolu
tion he took his gun aud sallied forth.
This thing should not go on. That sig
nal should be destroyed. Let us hope
that his preaching was as good as his
markmunship, for the glittering offender
was soon lail low, and the valiant defend
er of his country returned to bis study,
doubtless with a joyiul heart aud an ap
proving conscience.
Bo uiueh history relates; hut it
neglects to chrotiicle his feel lugs, when
a day or two after Dr. Draper »as heard
inquiring who hail been so unkind as to
destroy the test he had with much trou
ble arranged for the glasses of a new
telescope.
Nor does history recall the thoughts
of the sorely alarmed villagers, when a
few months later they learned that their
much susjieoted visitor was a naval of
ficer of life long standing; that even as a
boy he had distinguished himself in his
country's service; that his absence bad
been caused by visits to Washington;
aud that lie hod received his commission
us commander of the Beet iu the Gulf of
Mexico; that in short lie was Admiral
F arragub
The Tartar Medicine Man.
(Corr. N. Y. Humid.J
At noon of Sunday we stopped at Bau
uajtt, the first post station utter Orsk,
and being hungry determined to have
dinuer. The postmaster had uothiug to
ofter us, so we got out a can of prepared
soup from our stores. While my com
panions were preparing* the dish aud
cooking apparatus I took upon myself
the tusk ot opening the can with a primi
tive kind of can-opener, which we
taught in Orenburg. Not having serv
ed an apprenticeship iu can opening, I
suppose I was tolerably clumsy, for in
making the last cut 1 sucoeedeu iu let
ting the jagged edges of the tiu to make
a deep gush across the first two fingers
of my right hand c ear down to the bone.
The wound pained me aud bled profuse
ly; indeed, it seemed »s if the flow would
uever cense. I became slightly alarmed,
fearful that my writing fingers might be
rendered useless for a length of time and
that I should be quite incapacitated for
writing my letters. “ Well,” said my
compauion, “ I know of one thing that
can assist you. Shall I send for the
Tartar medicine man of the village?
These people really effect wonderful
cures. I was once cured of erysipelas
iu the foot by one at Irkutsk after the
doctors had quite given up luy case as
hopeless.” “All right,” said I, "any
body will do—man or woman, I don’t
care which, so long as they can stop the
blood.” They are very strange people,
these village doctors, mostly Tartars, and
this healing power is said to be transmit
ted from generation to generation in a
peculiar manner. A man doctor, lor in
stance, does not reveal the secrets of bis
formula to his male children, but to his
daughters, and these again never to their
danghters,but to their sons. The doc
tor was there sooner than we expected,
for the postmaster told ns that the yem
scliik who was to drive u* to the next sta
tion, was quite famous for his cure*.
So this person was called in—a compara
tively young man, clad in rough sheep
skins, having a kindly expression of
countenance. He came into the room,
looked at my wound for a moment and
then asked my companion for my name
pnd that of my father. " Ivan Ivano
vitch,” was the reply—John the son of
John —and that 1 Doped the wound
would heal up completely iu two days.
With the valuable piece of information
about my name ami parentage the aim
pie peasant put a linger lightly on Uie
tipa of my two wounded members, az»l,
liitiug his eyes to the ceiling, mutter jd,
Half audibly a mysterious formula or
prayer iu hia Tartar tongue, of whioh the
ouly words I could understand were Ivtu
lvanoviteb. Thin waa uIL He said tne
wounds would quickly heal within the
time specified. I looked at the wounds,
which up to that moment had been
bleeding profusely, so much that a small
pool of blood had formed on tbs floor,
and my aatoniahment waa great to find
that the flow had stopped aa if by magic,
and that a rad line of blood had already
congealed ou tbs margin of the torn
cuts. I waa struck with surprise; but
the work bad bean accomplished.
"Nothing else?” I enquired. "Noth
ing at aU/’ waa the response; bat keep
NUMBER 2.
the band qniet and the wound will heaL
I took the precaution, however, to place
some cotton wool over the cut* and then
bind the fingers with a handkerchief.
Two days afterward the cute were joined
together moet completely. I coul-1 again
use my fingers in making note* in my
Ixioks, and to-day us I am writing thin
letter only two red streaks across the
knuckle joints show that 1 was ever cut
at all, and the healing has been bo per
fect that my fingera are juat a« anpple
to-day na they were a week ago when I
made my bungling attempt to open the
can of prepared soup. Perhape tlie
atory of mv healed cuts may apjiear trivi
al or even foolish to you; it may be the
nanal thing for torn cuts aeroea the
kuneklea to knit themaelvea together in
a couple of days bo firmly that the fiu
gero may be used iu writing without
paiu and without dauger of hieukiug
agam, but, if go, Ido not "know it. In
deed, ahowing the gears yeaterday to a
German doctor in Omsk he declared that
the healing had been effected iu a re
markably short apace of time; teat each
jagged cut wouuda were generally trou
blesome for ten days or a fortnight, and
that reveler pr.vtiti«»ttcrv vi 't'beria rec
ognized the mysterious magnetic or
other power which the native doctor
Ishwssch. 1 cannot discuss the psychol
ogy of this subject; I desire simply to
record my experience with this
B t! cut healing young m.*n,
This woui.d min Alin* jrottnf man,
Tbi* cr*f»m of Tartary,
Ru>p up your artery.
Laying on your hanrtM young u.»u
The Proper Saddling of Horses.
[l-Vom the Hour.]
The traditional German professor who
insisted on going to the ancients for
everything has proved his wisdom again.
The strange and uncouth positions iu
which we saw horses at full gallop pic
tured in some old l,an reliefn, and which
we passed by with a smile of pity tor
the artist, are now found to be correct,
and the modern painter, who has de
picted the horse as making frantic efforts
to fling its four legs away into chaos,
must retite. The astonishing revela
tiousof Governor Stanford, of California,
in “The Horse in Motion,” the result of
the very extensive, miutite and painstak
ing instantaneous photographs of Mr.
Muybridge, prove the correctness of the
ancient draughtsmen. The camera
shows that the hind feet are the first to
leave the ground, aud that oue fore-foot
is used as a propelliug menus, after the
manner of the leapiug-jiole, and that in
stead of alighting on the other foie-foot,
the horse lands on its hind feet. At one
portion of thi elude the horse is entirely
in the air, not ns represented in paint
ings anil engravings, with its legs
stretched away from him, but with all
four gathered under him. The position
is certainly awkward aud cramped, but
there is no doubt alamt its truth.
As soou as these* discoveries come to
to Ire generally understood, they cauuot
fail to bring about a total revolution iu
the existing methods of traiuiug, sad
dling and riding racehorses. The fun
damental idea underlying training is to
get the greatest amount of speed out of
a lioisc with the bast possible exertion
of force. Now, the breaking down of
racehorses has been the dread of train
ers ever since the Is II summoned horses
to the j>ost. The fact that the hieakiug
down always occurred iu the forelegs
was attributed b> f '• e re;mist ok*- that
the animal alighted on them a* the end
of his stride, having laeu lifted into the
air bv the huniltgs. But, as t Im* plug*
gnipL shows, the “breaking down,” ot
giving way or breaking of the teuibius,
when it arises, occurs during the last
violent contraction of tin* muscles of the
forefoot. It is then so fir back that a
vertical line from it w ill fall behind the
saddle. The weight of the head, neck
aud shoulders of the auiuml is supple
mented l.y that of the rider, uli Iteing
borne in front of the foot, and conse
quently acting as d placed on the cud of
a lever which is to be raised by grasping
the short end. Of the whole weight—
horse, lider and saddle—at least Ftven
tenths are in front of the foot, and in
order to raise this at such a mechanical
disadvantage and hurl the whole of it
through the air, an immense expenditure
of force is required.
Trainers have, thus far, placed the
saddle as near the shoulders as possible,
and, iu addition, jockeys are taught to
lean forward, under the hitherto existing
notion that the speed of the horse was
increased by relieving the weight ou its
hind or propelling quarters. Mr. Muy
bridge’s photographs show that speed is
lessened by this means, by increasing
the weight ou the real propelling por
tions of the body, while, at the same
time, they arc more rapidly worn out.
Perhaps oue reason why the mustaug o.
the plaius lasts so much longer than the
saddlehorsc, and particularly the race
horse, of civilization, while laboring
harder and over ground which would
break down almost any uuirnai ridden iu
the civilized fashion, is that the vaquero
sets his saddle further buck, that the
"cinch,” instead of being fastened near
the elbow, comes around the swell of
the barret. The stirrups are placed
further from the pummel of the saddle,
and the rider not only throws himself
back on the cantel, but his Itody is ereot.
Longfellow's Romance.
Before leaving Europe in 1838 Long
fellow bad met, very mnch as described
in ‘ Hyperion,’ the lady who was destined
to be las second wife, then Miss Fuuny
Appleton, daughter of the late Nathan
Appleton of Boston, and sister of Mr.
Thomas Gold Appleton, the well-known
author and art critic of that city.
" Those who can lecall the second Mrs.
Lougfellow will never forget her distin
guished aud noble presence, or the lieau
ty of those deep, unutterable eyee,” the
poet sang, writes a frieud of the poet’s in
the N. Y. Poet. It is known that his
suit wss not at first acceptable to her,
and that she was not entirely gratified at
being the recognized theme of a romance
so highly wrought. There certainly
was some reluctant delay about the mat
ter, ss the romance was published in
1839, and it whs not until July, 1843,
that the aecoud marriage of Mr. Lougfel
low took place. It whs to him a source
of most numiugled liappiness for many
years, ending ut last in a tragedy as in
tense aud concentrated as ever uoet
dreamed. On July 9, 1861, his idolized
wife wis burned to death iu his very
presence, by her clethes inking fii«* in
apite of all efforts to extinguish the
Hlines. The shock to Mr. Longfellow
v;as so great that for some time iu seem
ed as if reason itself wss iu danger; aud
tkough he came gradually back to hts
accustomed life aud pursuits, he aeennsl
thenceforth au old mau. Yet he turned
again to hia work and tbeie was hardly
an abatement to his activity until within
three months of bis death.
It is always oaay to make a wrong
application of a good maxim. There is,
for instance, a cubic foot of solid truth in
the saying, " Never put off till to-mor
row what yon can do to-day." And
when bis mother uttered it in the pres
ence of bar little boy -little boys are al
ways empty—beat once replied. “ Then
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padding before we go to bed."
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Out of the reaping furnace flea*
A maw of luoften Miner oune;
Then, beaten into pieces three,
Went forth to meet 1U destiny.
The first e cruetfiz wes made,
Within a soldier's knapsack laid;
The eeoond wii e locket f»ir.
Where a mother kept her deed child's heir;
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SPICE AND ALLSPICE.
When a hase-lmll nine gets a goose
egg, is it laid to the fouls or by them ?
We are a nation of grit. Even the
cotton we ship is full of “ sand."— Hew
Haven Itcf/inlcr.
“To what base uses may we come at
last,’’ said the ball-player, as be plowed
the home plate with his none. .
Postman ; “Hay, sis, where’s Mrs.
Malley OSDmrmott?” His: “I d’nor;
she died last week au’ didn’t leave any
directions."
Widen you see au Irish mother sc-wing
the tears iu tier boy’s pantalooua. you
may put her down os being in favor of
the “ no-rent ” system.
Cajt. Boiio mors is a tremendous fel
low at glass-ballH, but we doubt if he
could destroy as many fish-balls as the
average New Englander.
In China they punish the man wbo
adulterates food with death. In this
country those who buy the food are the
ones killed. —Ponton f ont.
Camels are said to thrive in Arizona,
where they must create much astonish
ment, on account of being able to go so
long without drinking.— l/,well Citizen.
A Philadelphia coal-dealer recently
received from a prominent shoddyite,
who had bee a to Europe, au order for
five tons of coal delivered a la cart.—
Philadelphia News.
Qualifying the negative: Mrs. Hrnith
(emphatically)—“Poor Mre. Hireu !
They say that she has been ordered to a
wanner climate. Do you think she will
go?” Mrs. Brown (grimly)—“No, uot
while she lives. ”
“Yes," said the schoolboy, “ I sup
pose I ought to feel proud and glad that
I’m appointed a monitor to keep the
other boys in good behavior. But lam
not! You see it knocks me out of all
chance of raising blazes."
The grand scramble for appointments
under the municipal officers has just be
gun, and one of them has already bung
this sign iu his office: “Lady appli
cants for clerkships will please weep iu
the ante-room, as the recorder suffers
greatly from damp feet.”
Mcsic-tbachkb—“ O yes, Miss Clo
tilda likes playing tunes well enough,
but slie shudders at the very mention of
scales.” Retired cheese-iaonger’s wife
(loftily)—“I should hop** so, iudeed !
You’ll l<ear in mind, si *, that we’ve noth
ing to do with the business now.”
A sharp rejoiuder is an arrow that
buries itself in the target. A gentleman
who took to medicine late in life said to
his friend: “ You know the old proverb,
that at forty a man must Is* either a fool
or a physician?” “Yes,” was the re
ply; “ but, doctor, don’t you think he
cau be both ?”
When a Kentucky oougresamau wa-i
informed that be could bav** all the
gardtu-seeds he wanted from tie' agri
cultural department, he exclaimed:
“ Seeds; what do I wnut seeds for ? But
hold on ! Yes, yes. 1 believe Ido want
a few." And he forthwith sent for a half
bushel of cardamon needs, the only seeds
he had any use for.
“Is the doctor in? asked au anxious
looking young man. “No, sir," replied
the person addressed; “ but you can
leave an order ou the slate. Is it a very
urgent case?” “ Well, yes,” the young
man said—“rather urgent, I "think.
Just us I started away from home my
youngest brother was falling out of a
second-story window.”
A patient at the Taunton Insane
Asylum exhibited an automatic toy to
the legislative committee while ou a
visit recently. It was bis own inven
tion, aud it showed a prostrate man re
ceiving a severe kicking aud thumping
from others. “ Don’t you think it rath
er severe ou that poor fellow to be maul
ed aud kicked in that way ?” asked a leg
islator. “Oh, no,” was the reply; “you
can’t hurt him—he’s insane."
" Well, sir, I suppose you’ll go back
to school rested by your holiday?" said
a New Haven father to his “ chubbiest”
tay. " Yes, sir,” replied the boy, with
a brightened expression, "and I'm go
ing to ring the tall.” "IstLat so? I
thought Sammy Good boy rang the bell ?”
" Well, he used to, but I’m ringing it in
bis plaee now, don’t yon see?” "And
what does Sammy do?” “Sammy?
Why, he’s nothing but a scholar.”
An elderly Aberdeen woman, ou tamp
asked how her husband who was mnch
older than herself, employed himself,
repbed; “Oh, sir, he does uaething but
daunders tat and daunders in, an’ fan
he’s tired he jist gais sclyte till’s tad.”
The same wife when asked by one of her
neighbors " foo her anld man was keep
in’?” replied: “A’body’s deem’ but
him; and I wadna wonner gin ha was
siftin’ hostin’ there at tbe day of judg
meu’."
A ma_\ in a vleepiug&car on an eastern
railroad kept people awake two hours by
propounding ataut bed-time the query:
“ What is the best thing to brush a hat
with?” And the whole crowd stayed
awake and guessed, and one man who
came to his station and had to gt t off
without hearing the answer felt awfully.
And finally, after they had all given it
up, the questioner said he thought the
best thing to brush a hat with was a hat
brush. And it was painful to witness
the disgust of the crowd.
“ Tiik robbin has aml breast. Tbev
have a plaintiff song, and siDg as though
they were sorry for something. They
get their name from their great ability
for robbin’ a cherry tree. They kan also
rub a currant bush fust rate. If it was
not for these robbers we should all be
eaten up by caterpillars; but I think the
robins might let us have now and then
one of our own eherria, tew see how they
did taste. The bat. They fly very much
uns&rtin, and ackt aa though they had
taken a leetle too much gin. What they
are good for 1 kau’t tell, aud 1 don't
believe they can tell neither." — Joth
BiUingt.
A übovt of gentlemen were talking
over theatrical matteia the other day,
and one of them told a story in which a .
Hartford citizen of some celebrity figured
as hero. It waa iu tbe days of tbe old
Wvatt Theater at American Hall. There
was a funeral scene in the play, aud it
was the dot-- of our friend to exclaim iu
commanding tones, “ Stand aside and let
the- coffin pawi 1’ This waa all be had
to my, and a number of his friends bad
come to the theatre on purpose to hear
turn ear it. Judge of their dismay when,
with shaking knee's and blanched coun
tenance, he roared oat, “Stand aside,
and let tbe parson cough 1" That Bat
tled his career aa a "■upe."— Hartford
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