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VOLUME IV. VIDALIA. LOUISIANA;:,ATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1877. NUMBER 27.
BELLOT MIBOELLAN Y.
KINtNESS TO ANIMALS.
Be kind to the lion and study his will,
And anenis in "inmerting the claw+,"
And don't interrupt himu -keep perfectly e
still, t
No wateer how awkward his paws.
Bie kind to the watmlat and ta,pir so mild;
Re kind to the winsme jackdaw; a
Ile kind to the tiger, and don't make hint
wild,
Or he'll give you too much of his Jaw. e
BB kint to the eyster ihkneumýa, and mail; i
Bethld to the brhiak kagatte:'
Be kind to the leopard-and don't tread on
tall,
1)r he'll spot you at once if yotu do. h
Be kind to the gantarpod, gmrnard aqnl Ilat;
Re kind to the jtri.,r trunFtlor;
Re kind to the row, pIl.du.srs, and cat;
Re kind to the Itnhcrcemlntor.
Be kind to the bull-fish, the gont sod the
noape,
To the yak, whelk, and leaner peewit;l d
Re kind to the chanle odoriferous are,
To the beaver, the perch, and tomtit.
Be kind to thie friendly and vigorous tit: 1
te kind to the hold cockatoo:
Be kind to the pusaycat, bealame,, audI gee; 11
Alld Ie kind t to the bow.wow and moo.
eir kind to the phasolome, yarrell, and bolk, tL
To the buosovitch, guflin, and skoo; d
Be kind to the chuq cnlngn and bold plrairi d
hok,
"To the wlMa, the smoke, and the spoo.
MICHAEL STROGOFF. e
'1IL );EMARKAItLE ADVENTURE OF A 1l
COURIER OF THE C(ZAR.
At the czar's brilliant fete at. the
new palace of Moscow a shadow sat i
t, osn the face of the imperial host,
who every now and then withdrew to
hold a hurried consultation with a
trusted counselor. Siberia had been c
invaded by theTartar hordes of Feofar r
Khan, Emir of Bokhara, and the sin- 0
gle telegraphic wire which connected "
Russia with her most distant Asiatic 0
provinces had been cut that night in P
two places in western Siberia. The
czar had just received secret informa
tion that Colonel Ivan Ogareff, an able ft
but unscrupulous officer of semi-Tartar k
origin, had been the instigator of the e1
S-., ~4 was the. qp. his way to the
Auhtic froutier to assume command d
of the barbarian forces of Feofar
Khan. Ivan Ogarefi cherished an
undying hate toward the ,.zar's brother h
who, though unacquainted personally h1
with him, had orce inflicted a humil- h
ation upon him. This prince would n
soon be at Irkutsk, the capital of west
ern Siberia, and it was the traitor u
Ogareff', intention, relying on the C
grand iuks's ignorance of his appear- to
ance, to enter that city during its ap- h
proachi,,g siege and seek an opportu-.
nity to betray the grand duke to his
savage enemies.
To warn the unconscious prince of
the treachery which threatened him,
a mesenger must be found who united c
extreme hokiness to extreme caution,
and the utmost loyalty to the ut
most physical endurance. If any-i'
hody could elude death, discovery
or capture through the 5,200 a
vents which divided Irkusk from dl
Moscow it was Michael Strogoff, the 1i
handsome captain of the couriers of
the czar. So said the czar, when he
withdrew from his guests and handetl d
him an autographic letter for the
grand duke, receiving his pronmise
to deliver the dispatch in the prince's
hand.
Possessed of a podorojine, or im
perial permit, empowering Nicholas t
korpanoff, ,merchant, to engage horses
at all pot stages on his route, clad in :
a disguise befitted his assumed char
acter, and with ample tunds. Strogof
ook the train to Nijni-Novgorod,
which he reached when the great an- t
unal fair hadl drawn thither strangera
from all parts of Europe antd Asia.
Just ater his arrival there the fair
was broken up by an imperial decree
(intended to prevent Ogaretf from
crossinr the Urali firbidding Europe
ans and conuanumitg Asiatics to leave
the province at once. Strogotf's po
dorojna of course exempted him from
the operation of this edict, and partly
thb rough pity, partly as means of avert
ing susptcion, he took with him ant in
tercsti.ng girl whom he had met on the
cars, and who would otherwise have
been unable to continue her journey to
Irkotsk, where she wished to join her
jather, a Russian exile.
S A Siberian himself, and acquainted
with most dialects of the stepper, he
ad heard a tall gypsy at Novgorodr
aking a mysterious remark, and he
terward noticed the same gypsy dis
tarking with a troupe of Tsiganes
>n a steamer on the Kama ata
ce whence lay a road over the Urals
htly more circuitous than the one
had selected for himself. In pass
over the Urals during a terrific
, his fair companion, Nadian,
n he had clatioited to address
- *brother, performed her first
)t herolm by atintog a hear into
a lr the hal been roaed to
,h5sI$r, Thatope bO wen o( by
relays of horses with the speed of a
second Phineas Fogg, at one place pas
sively enduring a hiow from a haughty
Russian officer rather than endanger
the success of his mission. Little did
be fancy that his insulter was the
gypsy who had before attracted hi. at.
tention. and that gypsy was Ivan
Ogaref'!
In crossing the Irtych the raft was
attacked by Tartar boats and Nadia
captured; hut Strogoff, though wound
ed with a lance, escaped by swimming
under water. Without lesing an hour
in attemptingStuoiLes eId though he
was wounded, he was deeply interested
in her, the devoted courier dragged
himself on to Omak,which be found her
in the hands of Ivan Ogareff; Here
heA recognized in public by his
inler, Marta, who lived there, ald
we unfiortunately, known to have a
son in the corps of the czar's courier;
bbut by disclaiming all he managed to
disarm immediate suspicions and to
make his escape on a swift horse which
he had purchased. After baffling the
Tartar horsemen dispatched in pursuit
by Ivan Ogareff, who had arrested and
imprisonedMarfa Strogof,; he was cap
tured byh the main lHody of the inva
ders unler Feofar Khan, who had just
detfeated a Russian division and takel
Kolyvan.
A few days later Ogareff joined the
emir, with his troops anm captives.
Among the latter, and thrown together
by the merest chance, were Maria and
Nadia, who were jealously watched by a
female gypsy devoted to Ogareff. This
untiring spy was present when Marfa
noticed her son among a crowd of cap
tives, end though the old woman in
stantly controlled her emotion, the
circumstance was renorted to the arch
rebel. The latter, to discover which
of the captives was the courier Strog
off. adopted the inhuman expedient of
ordering his mother to be knouted in
public. As the cruel instrument was
about to fall on the bare shoulders of
the heroic woman, Michael sprang
from the crowd, and seizing the
knout from the executioner's hand,
struck Ogaref across the face; thus
repaying the blow he had once en
daed from'te ge.
The punishment of Michael was de
cided, according to a Tartar custom,
by a priest opening the koran at ran
dom. The chief of the Uleonas thrust
his finger on the text: "And he will
no more see the things of this earth."
Blindness was, therefore, the penalty
imposed by the emir; and at the
close or a barbaric pageant the sen
tence was inflicted by drawing a red,
hot saber across his eyes. At the con
clusion of this savage act, Ogareff,
with supreme irony, held the letter of
the czar before Michael's eves, saying:
" Read now, and go to Irkutsk, and
repeat what you have read. The true
courier of the czar is Ivan Ocarefl."
The crowd had dispersed, and the
noises of a wild' debauch were heard
in the distance. Michael dragged
himself over to his Insensible mother
and kissed her white locks. As he
did so, a hand grasped his and he
heard a voice:
"Brother !" it said.
SNadia!" mlurmured Michael, " Na
dia !"
" Come, brother," replaid Nadia, "use
my eyes while your eyes sleep. I will
lead you to Irkutsk."
Three Tartar armies were concen
trated before the capital of' western
Siberia, and the garrison was further
depressed by the gloomy tidings
hrought by a courier, calling himself
Michael Stragof, who had given the
grand duke an autograph letter from
the czar, warning him to beware of
ta..ako7.- Ti'h. igLti e hd -when
the false courier, Ivan Ogareff, was to
consummate his treachery hy opening
a gate while the mrarrison were distract
ed by a hlstile demonstration in an
other qu9rter, and by the firing of
,iaptha s~ the surface of the river
Augara, ~hich flows through Irkutek.
An heur before the traitor was
about to give his preconcerted signal
to the Iiegera, a raft which had heen
worked y Siberian fugitives, amid
the levr et hardships, across lake
Baikal, d down the Augura, had
inadlly n stopped by the ice within
~half avt of Irkutak. Fired at by
the Tar from both banks, a man
and a gi had stepped upon a detach
ed block f Iee, and holdly launched
it on th current, The adventurous
couple, had now ceased to call
each ot " brother" and "sister,"
Sreached city just soon enough to
escape t burning naphtha, and to
a enable . by its light to slay the
ebhatffled tor Ogareif; for Michael
-had ney been blinded, though he
e had tho t it neceary to pretend
, that afsi . He had been raved by
a the tearn hadstartea, just before
Sthe exee of his sentence, at the
a speotacle is mother's depair, The
vo 10rl ? by them had aterpo~sd
v 11etn ilc.in rasr anl hii
eves and annihilated the action of
heat.
A few days later the Tartars retire
wefore an imposng Russian force, tb"
insurrection was over, and the road 1t
Moscow lay open once more.
Enormous Growth of Austrmalia
That a great English-speaking *.
pire is fast growing up in the Austr.
ilis is apparent from the marveleo
showing those colonies already mke*,'
Their total amount of trade i S45*
(00),000, dug from the howels of th
earth or gatred from its .urfse. ,
that total one-halt, or 8'2'25,000,0W,
consists of the precious metals. There
are gold, copiper, tin, and iron in all
the colonies, and silver in New Zealand.
In miscellaneous products they have
wo00l, tallow, sugar, hides, preserved
meats, and wine. In all the colonies
there were last year 65,(00,000,000 sheep
and 7,000,0() cattle. The population
of' Australia miand Tasmania numbers
2,000,000 and New Zealand 400,000.
The pubhic revenue of the whole group i
is $6r.,000,000 annually. Comparing
these colonies with Canada we fin
that the population in the new domin
ion is .1,300,000 and her total trade
amounts to $225,000),000, as conmpar
with 84.30,000,000 of the Australis,
which gives the latter double as much,
with a population only one-half as aa.
merous. The dominion's exports
but $95,000,000, against $22.,,000,
from the Australias. and the domin'
revenue is but $25,000,000 agti
their 865,000,000. Going furt I
afield we find that the Indian em I
with a total population of 240,000,001
has a total trade of $435,000,000, a 1
her exports are $275,00000, agal I
$225,000,000 from the Autralia. '
The colonies have borrowed conside ,
ably, but every cent. except in a
ca'e of New Zealand, has been spen
in usefiul and well-conceived pu I
works. Victoria has borrowed $70, 1
000,(000) at a little over four per cent, I1
and has nearly one thousand miles I
railroads and numerous water suppli
to show for it. Already the railt I
are paying their working expense I
th. intaret Upe abe se.'d
tion, besides which her public 4
are worth at least ten times her tol I
indebtedness. The same is true df
New South Wales, Q~ueensland, ail 4
South Australia. and is also tru~ I
though in a less deree, of New Zeal
and, Tasmania, and western Australia. i
These figures indicate the unmistakas I
Mle elements of a great empire.--a I
Fracis#e Nwe,, Irfter.
Business Feeling at Fall River.
The Fall River manufacturers gen
erallv believe that their hardest ex- 4
riences are over, and look for a live 4
ly spring trade. Though the expense
of running by steam and the la I
amount necessary to pay the yearly i& I
terest of costly and extensive mill ha.
eaten up what little profit they hav
made during the jast three years, the 4
present busmness of nearly all the
porations is remunerative, and the 1
prospect is oi a steady increase. The I
dronught during the past winter has i
stopped many mills which are depend.
ent entirely upon water, and the grow
ing confidence in a satisfactory solu
tion of the political situation has cre
ated a demand for cloths which the
Fall River manutecturers are prepared
to take advantage of. The present
production of all the Fall River milk
amounts to 5,850,000 yards per week,
on which there is a net profit of $58,
500, and prices show signs of improv.
ing. It is a noteworthy fact that,
though Fall River manufacturers made
the first export of gools to England
and can compete with her in loreiga
countriea, the home demand is
present so great that they cannot at
present follow up the advantage, and
this branch of the trade is at present
practically monopolized, as far as New
England is concerned. hv Rhode island
makers. Every indication points to
the fact that the hard times in the dry
goods trade are over, and it is fair to
suppose trhat this new and encouraging
state of things will extend to other
lines of manufacture also.-BoPio
Journal.
A Cheap Fuel.
The proprietors of a.large steam
flouring mill in Minnesota are using
hay as a cheap fuel. In that regioa
hay can be put in the stack at each
man's door at two dollars per ton, and
ten tons, it is said, will furnish fuel for
one stove during a winter season. Har
hurning stoves and machines for twiit
ing the hay into knots or sticks have
already been patented. Ini sections
where hay ranges from fifteen to thir
ty dollars per ton the new fuel will
not be found so cheap as m Minnesota.
Is. the ecotomy of nature nothing
is lost. The inside of an orange mq
Srelresh oae man, while the nutside d
Ithe samm fruit nm sarve to hreak sa
iothe r an') eg,.
MAUsREEN COMIII DNAd.
Masliiee Cos thahs !
Yet the purtteot lts
L*er walked she leather or o dbrove a boy naad ;
For yelr wee little fret.
AsteAed yerlyr soeweet
e too meek for the brain of a poor Irish lad.
Miunme Ceeba Dbha !
latsatabove I afaid lat i't'eo Ilpray;
And the erews o' my rt
Whet leek into teat
year paty lame there, with the dimples at Ilay.
I your father's e b tt the bill.
Theno viwe'm teM.
a woman- - di were te petters lotll still
Mper " p' toe erie," this ye'll o o
aut yer purty eysa dance
And ye give me a glance
That n, t" 'ito, agra! have e nothing tossy :"
Mauren 'irhla Dh!s !
I'II not let ye p
9h' next time I nmue you at fair or at wake,
Neites y" destroy,
An that's hard on a bov
That 'ldt It;ht a whole faction and die for yer sake.
Mtaareea CoshaL Iu!
We'llldt oat the gra,
Wid nme a r rmin' ye waint, and a Iter tn yet ye;
And ye'll my," ierit Itinnlh I
,!fpte k. Vsthr Mtagnonl;
Shure I'd ather do that, now, nor think that ye'd
die."
A PLSTILENTIAL DRUG.
The Processes to Which Opium is Sub
jected Before Reaching the
Oanossian Oonsumer.
There are some facts connected wi ith
he habit ot opium smoking, as prac
tlced in this city, which are not
known to the general public, and
which have hitherto found no place in
the annals of the history of that vice,
and an appreciation of which is calcu
lated to startle those who are dritting
under the spell wrought by the drowsy
drug of the levant. The general pub
lie only knew that opium is extracted
somehow from the poppy, and the
scientists, to speak exactly, that it is
the inspissated juice of the )prpaver
somtfetr'nt. But the article sa smoked,
and of which this article is intended to
treat, is something mole than this. It
Is prepared, according to accepted
Chinese formula, by these people, and
save in one place hereafter mentioned,
o opium is thus prepared except in
gruda .puu as l known. I
meree, i- a yellowish green resin.
P-epared opium, of "Opieu Yen," in a
dpll black tan in color, and is of the
consistency of thick honey. It is im
ported in tins of five tacl and upward.
Accepting this quantity as thestandard,
according to accurate authority it can
not be laid down at this port, duty t
paid, at a cost of less than nine dollars,
and yet the present market price is
but seven dollars. This circumstance
would seem to point to an extended
evasioi of the duty; but there is an
other explanation for it, viz. the su. t
cessful estabtlishing of a factory for
the preparation of this drtg in Oregon,
the product of which enters into ac
tive competition with the imported
rtile. This mixture it i4 that is
smoked, not by the Caucasian, how
ever, but by the Chinese themselves.
The outside barbarian who affects this
vice is rarely if ever permitted to in
hale the seductive and sedative aroma
opien yen. This privilege is reserved to
the haughty Mongolian, whose celestial
breath first taints the lfethal drug. W hat
is it, then, that the Caucasian devotee
nuhales? There is'the residence of a
ealthy Chinese merchant, and here
he place of business of a prosperous
'hinese firm. In each will be found
n inner room fitted up with divan
nd pillows, pipes, lamp and tray,
d thUse little etceteras which corn
lete the usual paraphernalia of the
picm-semoker. Hither the Mongrel
tnsitor, bent on business of a friendly
tall, will be conducted; and usually
etween alternate whifft of opium the
business will be arranged or the visit
concluded. These places to the Cau
i easian visitor, unless he comes with
per credentials, are inaecessible.
e' Chinese merchant keeps no opium
lten for profit; he asks his friends to
Ismoke much the same as an American
proffers his visitor a cigar. Fri m the
bowls of the smokers pipes at such
places as these. is gathered the yen
chee, or second opium, which with
still viler stuff forms the product dealt
out in the only quarters readily ac
cessible to those Americans who pur
sue this pernicious habit. As all know
who lhave investigated the subject,
opium is not burned in smoking, as is
tobacco. A gentle heat is applied.
the enthralling vapor is inhaled, and
the residue gum, when the moisture is I
r expelled, drops in a semi-crysthlized
state in the hollow bowl of the pipe.
This, as before intimated, is garnered,
Sand the total product, after the pipe
Sis passed mayv be through fifty Asritic
mouths, is mixed in a pasty mare, and
Sis dealt out for the use of Caucasian
customers and the lowest class of
cloolies. Again smoked in the vilet
des tf Mongol dpravity, breathed
1 upon by the ttid breath of hideott
il pr py·arta wreteohs, huldlnll the
i pestatinl shaleans of the loath.
Iome vtlat of venereal plairgue, at~.
ing the noisome salival drippings of
ceolie hawds in dens shut out from air
and sunlight, this polluted map is
again mixed in a fe:tering compound,
and is put to the lips of cbristian im
itators of a fatal pagan vice. These
are the cold, unyielding facts. The
farce of the English language cannot
adequately portray the situation.
What inaidious and mysterious dis.
eases find their origin in the use of
this doublyv-infected drug, thus dis
tilled in all that is noxious, gentlemen I
of scientific attainments may tell us ;
what hitherto unexplainable ailment I
immy be trasie to iwsugie ia thns
charnel houses of opium the medical
fraternity may yet record, and to this
branch of the subject ii invited the
careful attention of those who minis
ter to the public health. The tacts a
here given, while anveying an im- I
portant and salutatory admonition, I
may profitably form the basis of a
thorough investigation.--San Framui.
ro (.,romile.
Patti's oUx.
Patti's contemplated divorce has oc
casioned a flood ,t gossip concerning
the Marquis de Caux. The marquil
first met the diva at the grand omncert
given by the emperor Napoleon, in the
palace of the Tuilleries in January,
1865. Thete was the emperor in the
very zenith of his popularity and pow-.
er, and the empress in all her beauty 1
literally covered with diamonds. As
the imperial party were departing an
ecuyer who stood behind them offered
to escort Adelina to her carriage. This I
gentleman was the Marquis de Caux,
a descendant of one of the few old mao
ble French families which had become I
reconciled to the empire. On the fol- 1
lowing day the marquis came with a
splendid pair of diamond ear-rings
and a superb bracelet. In spite, how-.
ever, of the kindest attentions, the
flowers and gallantries the marquis
showered upon her. Patti conceived for
him an antipathy almost invincible.
But the marquis persisted in his at
tentions, and contrived in one way or
another to be forever by her side. If I
she drove on the Bois de Boulogne, i
medattipped herrarrhteto take a -
tie promenade, he would be sure to be I
on the same promenade, and would a
find a way to approach her. When P
she was invited to a ball or a dinner t
party, or went to the theater Francais, N
somehow he managed to he there too.
De Caux is a very eloquent conversa
tionalist, an excellent horseman, and
an incomparable dancer" Patti had
then a great nianv admirers in Paris,
and had three different offers of mar
riage, and all brilliant offers, too. All
of them she declined in succession, in
timating that she desired to live only
for her art. Finally, at a concert, the
empress approached her and asked,
"Are you not tired of being single?
Why don't you marry?" and then and
there the empress told her she ought I
to marry the Marqluis de Caux. IThis
was the turning point, and the mar
riage took place at thy French embas.
sv in London, in the summer of 1868.
'then began all the terrible stories about
De Caux which have circulated all over
Europe, and which have at last caused
the separation.
The Green Three-Cent Stamp.
By about the middle of next May
the public will have seen the last of
the present three-cent stamp, and will
become to get accustomed to some
thing red, and possibly a new tint.
The best and fastest color known
the green three-has proved a placer
for stamp-washers, who take off the
oily cancellations with-ut acid or al
kali, and set the stamp afloat agaSin.
So far the post-office department has
eund no way out ot the difficulty,
and the long series of experiments
just completed has result, d in nothing
more than asrsurance that green is the
poorest of stamp colors. With the
change of color, May 1, there will be
a change of design. The medallion
head of Washington will he retained;
but it will be relieved with an open
space of white, the acroll-work will
have a different pattern. Altogether,
the new st 'mp will hear some resemo
blance to a stamp of sixteen years
ago, which moct Ipeople mve forgot
ten. The white background is
adopted in the hope tkat, any attempt
to wash the stamp will leave this part
irretrievably spoiled.
SThe state penitentiary of western
Pennsylvania has a library of 4,100
volumes. The average daily ixpula
tion during the inst year was six hun
dred and thirty-seven. To these there
were issued from the library 2l,843
volumes, including 7,482 works of
Sficotion, 3.151 biographies, 1,017
Ipoems, 2,753 bistoriesand ,7;7 books
Sof travels. The resualts of this read
Iiang have been most encoumragting;
many of the prisoners bhae taken a
s aotlve interest in literary uurslts, ad
a few have ma done aredlta$ble wark
f o tberl own sooount,
GRAVE AND GAY.
PI,:Aet: keep your eye on the fact
that medical men pronounce cigarettes
a great promoter of consumption.
" Ir you can't be a lighthouse," says
Mr. Moody, "' be a candle." Plenty
of the girls would rather be half a
match.
A'Nw YoRK druggist has six cal/l
per week from women who want to
suicide. He gives them powders in
place of poison, and they are terribly
sick, desire to live, and do live, and
some of them marry rich coal mer
chants.
THE Cincinnati Commercial says:
" Why is it that editors never commit
suicide?" The Burlington Hawkey}
has investigated thi' subject a little.
and tbinks at is because the druggists
won't sell strychnine on long time.
" PA, I guess your man Ralph is a
good christian." "How so, my boy ' *
' Why, pa, I read in the Bible that
the wicked shall not live out half his
clays; and Ralph says he has lived
out ever since he was a little boy."
O,.i, Mrs. Simpleigh read that it
c(et .i0,0(N) to move " Cleopatra's
needle " from Egypt to London. sad
now she would like to know about
how much it would cost to move Cle',
patra's sewing machine the same dis
tance.
Faowrr swell-" I really think )e '
Johnstone the best natured fellak I
know. Never once heard him say ill
word of anybody." Second ditto
"Quite right, dear boy; but did you
ever once hear him say a word of say
body but himself?"
Mrs. Hasley, of Trenton, Ouachita
parish, Ia., proposes to build a house
of worship for the Baptists of Mon
roe, who have never yet had one of
their own. The building will be a
wooden structure, ot the Gothic style,
and apart from the lot, wilcostS 4,200.
A sewu. Fifth avenue (New York)
tailor will charge from $70 to 800 for
a winter overcoat, and from 890 to
0 for a sut of hde . Iie dol.
lars for a hat is asked now, the same
as was paid four years ago. A pair of
shoes made to order will cost from $12
to $16. In a word, the old prices sub
stantially prevail.
How Rubber Boots are Made.
The gum used is imported directly
from At'rica, f'uth America and Cen
tral America, that from Central Amer
ica being the best, while the African
gum is the poorest. The raw gum.
which is nearly white, is ground sever
al times between immense fluted iron
rollers, after which it passes through
the composition room, which process
is secret, but when it con es out the
gum has the black appearance of com
mon rubber. The next process is that
of passing the rubber between chilled
iron cylinders of many tons weight,
which are kept very hot and very
smooth. A part of the rubber intended
for "uppers is here spread upon and
fastened to long sheets of cloth. The
heels addl tap are stamped out of sheets
of gumi of the required thickness. The
rubber cloth is now carried to the cut
ter's rooms, where it is cut out and
sent to the hootmakers. The boots are
made byhv men, the sloes or ordinary
rubbers by girls, while the overshoes
are made by either. One man will
make twelve or fourteen pairs of boots
a day, and receive twenty cents a pair.
An active girl will make from twenty.
ive to thirty iairs of rubbers. After
the bootmaker is through they are
placed in an even, where for twelve
hours they are subjected t:o a tempers
ture of three hundred degrees. They
are then ready for boxing and bshil
ping. In one factory about four
thousand painrs of bots, rubbers and
overshoes are turned out daily.
Teaouching Scone in a CourtrRoou.
There was a scene from the "Bohe
mian Girl" with slight variations
from the original text at the Virginia
(Nev.) piolice court the other day. A
fair-hair d young miss wuas arraigned
for pounding a rival with a wash.
pitcher. " What'a your naame"asked
the court. " Clara Spud," was the
answer. " What!" said the court,
shivering with emotion, "are you re
lated to the puds o:' New York ? Is
it possible that you are the child I
Sonce adopted in infancy and lost on a
Srailroad train in Pennsylvania fourteen
years ago? IH:ve you got a hecket
about your neck with a picture of
fBoas Tweed in it and a strawlerry
mark on your left arm f" " You dont
aget your hands on any Jewelry of
mine, and I hain't got any strawberry
marks on my arm or elsewhere." The
Scourt contemplated her for a moment
i and mrurmum: "'Ta not shea! Tis
lint C)w'" uni e'it )t fr hi'rtn
days,