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QOIcSS U*DOi W l.^l MU11.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
Illinois Central Railroad.
GOING NORTH.
! Kxpkkshs—Leaves N. O.. .0:15 a. m.
Arrive* Hronkliuven, 2:5H p. in.
Arrives nt Jackson, 5:40 p. in
4 Express—LeavenN.JO,..7:00 p. in
Arrives Brookhaven, 11:40 p. ni.
Arrives at Jarksou, 1:40 a. in.
. fi .VaII.—Leaves O.. .5:30 p. m.
Arrive* Brookhaven, 10:27 p. m.
Arrives at Jackson, 12:30 a. in.
GOING SOCTH.
. 1 KXPII.—L’ves. Jackson. .10:25 p. in.
Leaves}Brookhaven,12:57 a. in.
Arrives at N'. O., 7:00 n. m.
. 5. Exi'lt.—Leaves Jackson. .1:13 p. in.
Leaves Brookhaveu, 3:27 |>. la
Arrives at N. Orleans,W:45 p. iu.
. 3 .Vail—Leaves Jackson. . 1-47 a. m.
Leaves Brookhaven, 3:50 a. in.
Arrives New Orleans. 0:00 a. ni.
s . 3 anil 4 make stops only at Canton,
kson. Crystal Springs, Haxlchurst,
lokhaven, VcComlj City, Tangipahoa,
I^ite anil llaiiimonil.
to. 6 w ill not stop at flag stations,
tos. 1, 2 anil 5 do the local travel.
FREIGHT TRAINS.
k'o 8 mixed going north leaves Brook
lyn at 0:05 a. m.
i’o. 7 mixed going south leaves Brook
urn at 2:5* p. M.
x* Mixed Freights do not run on .Sun
r ami none goes south on Monday.
J.C. CJ.AKKK. »Scn. Manager.
W. ( OLFMAN, A. 0. P.
itchez, Jackson & Columbus R. R.
WE>T.
il leaves Jackson.5:30 a. m.
“ Harriston.Shite* n. m.
rives nt Natchez.11:15 a. in.
EAST.
il leaves Natcliez.1:0(1 o. m
*' Harriston.5:45 p. in
•ives at Jackson.10:00 p. in
A c McJiAllt.
TTORNEY AT LAW,
BROOKHAVEN, miss.
fill practice in the courts of Lincoln
I adjoining counties, and in the Su
nte and Federal t'ourts at Jackson,
mar <W-ly
ti. S. .TIf.«#LC/.V.
TTORNEY AT LAW.
— A 1ST ID —
)LICiT0R IN CHANCERY.
ipreial attention givm to Troi r and man
y busmens, nml the Collection if Claims in
»«‘oln mid Lawrence connties.
Ifllce In Bm khaven. over luick a tore.
ri<erof luilroad Avenue and Monticeilo si.
\f !ft-« m.
1W. R. SPENCER,
ttorney at Law,
Brookhaven, Mississippi.
ill practice in all the courts of Lin
i and adjoining counties,
mi k.—At the Storm building.
R. Ml. Thompson,
.TTORNEY IT LAW,
BROOKHAVEN, MILS.
wh 11 ’•
!)if. j- JiowKX*
'HYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
lirookliaven, Mins,
■eriCK.—Daughtry it Smvlie's Drug
-
DR J. 0. FRILICK
UROOKHAVEN, MISS.
Teeth extracted without patn.hv use of lanirti
Hraa, aud all work done aft. r most approved
floods of the D fatal Professiou.
Antal Kooms—Lhemkee Street, East ride of
Hlailroad. March t-tf
flOOKHAVEN FOUNDRY
AND
|.f (IS /.Vi * II O /’.
J03 CONRERLY. Proprietor.
■ rould Inform the public that 1 have purchased
■ I'ou miry formerly owned by Cupl. Hoskins,
■ am prepared to do all work In as good style,
I etter than heretofore.
VORK ALL FIRST CLASS,
Hi business attended to promptly; also satis
■lion guaranteed in every instance. 1 would ti
■tsed to have mr friends and former patron
■ ou me ami promise them work promptly,
a march kg-tv
■ —-;
j. o. road ii*#;#;,
■ oOKHAVEN, - - - Ml«S.
1 fr*t- Class STO VE
and TIN WARE Store.
Ml kinds of Cooking and Heating
Stoves Always on Hand.
me Charter Oak Taken
The Lead.
Im.SO Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and
Beet Ironware. Rooting, Guttering,
tutting anil Repairing promptly uttend
to.
I Stove Repairing a specialty.
I Mao Agent for Ov lei's Western Cano
I 11.
■'.NtimaUfa in ado on la, go ovdais Cor
trk. Oct 23-3 u
Monuments.
. i_
Mr. A. T. Benedict, of Woodville, Miss.,
the only authorised agent for the Mon
lental Bronze Co., of Bridgeport, Con
cticut, for the comities of Lincoln,
aukliii, Andie ami Wilkinson. White
cute is the only material that will
thstand the action of the atmosphere
eeuturies and retain all of its beauty
changed. i;'or specilueirsec tlie moon
lit erected to the memory of Mrs. J. B.
nsuian in Brooklinveti cemetery,
'pecimeti C.nt* may also be seen at TtlK
ADKK office. Will also contract for j
n fencing. Address all oommnnira
ns to V. T. Mini nii T. Woodville, MisR.
Thli modIHne, combining Iron with pure
vegetable tonics, Quickly and completely
Cure# Dyftpegftlii, indigfMion, W enkurMii,
Impure Blood, Malarin,( kllitaud Fc\er«,
I LB n N>urm*i«.
It is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the
Itldncvs nad I.lrrr.
It is Invaluable for IHseasca peculiar to
Women, and all who lead sedentary live*.
It does no! injure the teeth, cause headache or
produce constipation—olh<r Iron mnlieintnUt
It enriches arid purifies the blood, stimulates
the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re
lieves Heartburn and helching, and strength
ens the lunacies and nerves.
For Intermittent Fevers, lassitude, lack of
Energy, Ac., it ha* no equal.
*A- The genuine has «t>ove trsde mark and
crossed red lilies on wrapj-er. Take no other,
■u. osItV, rboh.s cmairu (o.. iu lt is oil ■».
EXPOSITION
ii o.i if it i.v« if o i;s i:.
139 Poydrae Si., New Orleans.
Tin- undersigned, of .Jackson, Miss,
haa opened a lilst-eliiss Hoarding House in
New Orleans. at 131* l’oydras street, be
tween Sr. diaries and Camp streets. One
of the most convenient locations in the
; City. Hu the same block with the St.
Charles Theatre and the Academy of Mu
sic. Street cars from the ltailrom! depot
put yon off within a few yaids of the
door at a cost of five cents, and street
cars pass the door to the Exposition.
I Hoard and Lodging, fcl.nO per day.
Night's Lodging, do tents. 1’ati mage so
| I it-ited.
Mrs. K. D. CHANDLER.
mrliJ-Vm
L. E- Ratliff J. H. Marion.
Ratliff & Marion.
General Oamraissiou Merchants and P ir
chasing Agents,
l.TS llet-utur Street, New Orleans, La.
- Will attend fn the sale of cotton, rice, sngar,
i molasses, wool, I-.lies, furs, bees wax, tallow,
' moss, cbickeb-s eggs, eic. Consignments of all
kinds toilette-!, which will recrive prmupt atten
tion. P. O. Box, 15U. Mar l»-*ui.
EXPOSITION VISITORS
Will tiuil is to their interest to purchse
their
Ml L L I N E R Y
-A-T*—
M’me Rosa Reynoir’s
Elegant and Popular Establishment,
No. 9 Chartres Street., Now Orleans, La.
Where they ran select from the Largest
Variety, Latest Styles and most Fashion
able GihmIs in the cite at Lower Prices
than elsewhere.
BERLIN ZEPHYRS
oftlie very best quality mailed free ol
postage at 9 cts. per ounce.
IF* Orders promptly tilled, goods
cheerfully exchanged or money refunded
if proferod.
lmv 11 -Cm
JA8- 8- KNAP® AND FEED- J. KNAPP
Dental Surgeons.
WILL ATTK.NI> TO THK PKACTICK OF
Dentistry in all its Branches
AT THK OLD KSTAJlI.IStlKD I'LACK OF
DR. F. H. KNAPP AND SON.
13 RaroneWl., iKew Orleans I.a
The wise, if they wish to save their
teeth, are particular in their choice of a
dentist, and they do not delay their visit
to him till driven by pain.
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR
Spectacles of Us.
We have a. most complete assortment.
The quality of the glasses is the best the
world can produce.
We have the best optician in the South
ern country (Mr. L>. Loll lie), lie tills the
most diilteult orders of our celebrated
oculists for Cataract Glasses, Compound
cylindrical Glasses, etc.
On r prices are uo higher, but often much
cheaper than those of spectacle vendors
who are totally ignorant of the business. '
We keep on hand the largest assortment
in the South of Artificial Human Eyes.
Send for Test Types and Price List.
A, B. GRISWOLD & CO.,
Jewelers and Opticians.
1 lit.Cmosl Street.11#
CITY HOTEL,
Corner Camp and Common Streets,
.VJ2If* ORL.EA.TTS,
MUMFOED & WATSON,
Proprietors.
Board, ^4.30 Per Day.
DAVID UlLMOHK. U. J. UKKUEK.
Royal Lunch House,
Restaurant and Coffee 8aloon.
OYSTERS IS EVERY STYLE.
18 Roval St. and 19 Exchange Alley.
Nsw Orleans, La.,
WSPKCIAL SALOONS FOR LADIES.jg%
0|>cii <lny ami ui{>lil.
Nutr.l .*»If
HEYONTI CRITICISM. |
--■
I‘‘A R ” la Philadelphia Call.)
“You are not in earnest, Mr. Theo
dore'”
•‘of course I am in earnest, Della.
You’ro the prettiest little piece of roses j
nnd dimples I ever saw. Don’t vour
Ten I
, . as the |
time slipped to? I ought to have been
down town half an hour ago. It s all
your fault, Della.”
And Mr. Theodore St. Volens hurried
off, dun king Della Stephens under the
chiu as he went by.
”1 wonder.” thought Della, ‘‘if he
really loves me. 1 wonder-”
‘‘Della! Della! what are you loiter
ing about;” cried a shrill, high-pitched
voice. “Ten o’clock, and the poodle not
washed, the canaries neglected, and the
drawing-room not dusted: Deally, Del
la, I don’t know what’s come to you of
late.”
”1—I was detained. I’m just through
here, maam,” faltered Della, Hushing
crimson up to the very roots of her hair j
as she hurried out of the room
Della Mephens was Mrs. St. Volens’!
parlormaid and especial attendant, she
had been a milliner s apprentice before
the rich lady saw her and took a fancy
to her, when she—Mrs. St. \ olens—was
dictating as to the trimming ot a fall ,
UAL.
“How mud) do you get here?” said 1
Mrs. St. Voiens, and Della answered ]
meekly:
"Only my board, ma'am.”
“I’ll give you $10 a month, said Mrs.
St. Voiens.
And Della Stephens abandoned Lor
trade and came to live with the rich
lady.
She was a fanner’s daughter from a
little inland village, and now that she
had obtained the tine situation, as it
seemed to her, she wrote home a letter
ot triumph.
“I might have stayed there in the
wilderness all my days,” wrote Della,
“aDd never earn anything more than
my board.”
It was half an hour or so afterward,
and Della was busy fixing some wide
Valenciennes lace for her mistress, when
Mrs. St. Voiens’ shrill voice summoued
her up-statrs. And Della knew from
the very accent that something was
wrong.
Mrs. St. Voiens stood in the middle
of the room as Della entered it, a rod
spot on either cheek, and a bit of card
board in her hand.
"Look here, Della Stephens,” said j
she. “The housekeeper has just brought
this to me—a photograph of my nephew,
Theodore. She says she found it in your
room!”
Della turned scarlet, and felt instinc
tively in her bosom.
“1—1 must have dropped it,” said ,
she, scarce considering her words.
“Then it is yours?”
“Yo«,” faltered Della
“How came you by it,” sternly
catechised Mrs St. Voiens.
“He gave it to me.”
“He? Who?”
“Mr. Theodore ”
Mrs. St. Voiens’ face grew grim and !
hard as adamant. “V oil are dis J
charged," said she, turn ng on her heels. j
And Della, stunned and bewildered, j
went up to her room to pack her few
belongings aud think what she should
do next.
Mr. Theodore St. Voiens was con
siderably suprised that afternoon to see
bis aunt's maid walk into the down
town oftiee.
"Little Della,” cried he, clapping a
pair of eye glasses to his eyes. “It isn’t
possible!”
“Yes," said Della, “it is I. Oh, Mr. j
Theodore, what am I to do? Your aunt
has dismissed me.”
"Dismissed you! And why?" de
manded the young man.
"hhe—she found your picture in ray
possession,” faltered Della, teginuing to
cry.
“And what a precious fool you have
been to let her find it, said he impa
tiently. “What else could you expect,
Della?”
"Ana what am I toao now? she ques- ;
tinned, piteously.
"Do?” repeated Mr. St. Volens.
“Why, get another situation to be :
sure.”
“How cau I with no reference? And I
if
“Now, look here,” said Theodoro, irri- |
bly, “all this is no business of mine, i
don't see why you should come here j
bothering me!’
“No business of yours?” vaguely re
peated Della.
“Not at all.”
“But it was your fault that I lost the
place.”
“My fault!” echoed Mr. Theodore,
with a strident laugh. “My fault, be
cause 1 just told you what a pretty little
thing you are, ard Aunt Anastasia got
mad with jealo isy and spite. Come,
that is a little tto good.”
“But—but—,” hesitated Della, with
a deadly chill setting around her heart,
“didn’t you mean anything all the
tine?”
“Mean! No; what should I mean?
Ileally, Della, this is becoming annoy
ing. Now you are crying again! Oh,
confound it all!”
“You need not go, Mr. 8t Volens,”
said Della with what dignity she could
command. “I shall rid you of my pres
ence at onne. Excuse me for making
such a mistake as to suppose you were
an honorable gentleman. ”
Mr. 8t Volens winced a little under
the cutting irony of her words as she
walked out of the office and went to
Mademoiselle Ferromier, the milliner.
“Perhaps,” thought Della, “she will
take me on again, for I can't starve.”
But Mrs. bt. Volens, as she discovered
to her grief, had been beforehand with !
her. Mademoiselle Ferromiere rolled
up her eyes.
She was sorry for Miss Stephens—but
really it was a very improper thing to
be making eyes at her mistress' nephew, f
And she couldn't afford to lose a cus
tomer like Madame 8k. Volens-and be
sides she had the characters of her
young women to look to, and'-”
But Della, who was as innocent ot
any guilty thought or deed as a white
dove, turned away with a shudder.
“Do-^do they think I hare done any
thing wrong!” she askod herself. “Oh,
has it come to this.”
Della went home to the little brown
farmhouse in the country—but even
there a letter »*vm the indignant Mrs.
Ft. Totals had precede! her. Her
father met her with cold, averted eyes
- her mother burst into tears
**Uh, Della, to think that you should
come home so’ And we afl thought
your fortune was made ”
“ 1 ou are welcome to stay for a night
or two, Della.'' said Mr. Stephens,
coldly; “but after the way in which you
have treated your confiding mis
tress-”
“Father,’ burst out Della, "what have
they been telling you?”
“Facts speak for tbemsolvoa," said the
old man, grimly.
In the middle of D'e night Della came
to her mothers bedside, looking as
white as a ghost
“I tear me, child,” said Mrs. Stephens,
half asleep what is the matter?”
“Mother,” said Della,” where is your
laudanum bottle? I've got such a
dreadful toothache!”
“It's on the clock shelf,” said Mrs.
Stephens, drowsily.
In the morning Della was found dead
among her pillows. Dead and cold.
Aud the shocked parents never knew
whether it was an overdose of laudan um
or a deliberate act of suicide that o,»cnod
Die gates of another world to their
! stricken child.
However, she was beyond all criticism
or carping now, thank ilearen!
iVhy loriand Don't DiUnlr.
!WajCiinyflon Cor Chicago Journal.]
Senator (iurlaud drinks little, if any
thing. Some people say he is a t<>eto
taler, but this is probably putting it
pretty strong! . Anyhow he is a very
temperate man And he tells frankly
how ho came ho “I know all about
the taste of it,” he said, one time, ex
plaining why he kept hands off, “but
I'm done. I’ll tell you why. 1 had a
pretty hot canvass in our state a tew
years ago, and took the stump, travel
ing pretty well over the state. In a
gooa many places that 1 hacln t been for
years, 1 found a goo 1 many graves o(
men who started in Itfe with me, and a
good many wrecks of men who were
jolly good follows when I started out a
few years liefore. They had come here
from whisky. It set me to thinking. 1
concluded to quit. 1 made a little cal
culation, too, and found that I had al
ready drunk a barrel an la half more
than my share, and that every drink
that I too'c was,ust robbing some otliei
fehow out of his share. And so I quit.”
*‘3fln« Kven !Im« Sfin the Glory.”
[Globe-Democrat.]
The first line “The Rattle Hymn of
the Republic,-* the greatest poem of the
late war, by Julia Ward Howe, was
written early one morning, and it is
said .-he penned the lines with her eyes
shut. The night before she had been
out riding in the country near Washing
ton, and her party had narrowly escaped
being captured by a troop of Confeder
ates. As they came into Washington
they sang "John Hrown's Ro ly,’’ and
the tune kept ringing in M-s. Howe s
liiad all night. H lien she awoke be
fore daylight she began to make verses
of it, and in the fear that she would
forget them she wrote them of, accord
ing to a habit she had forme i to save
her eyes, without looking at the paper.
Mrs. Howe is still living, r.nd she ranks
among the leaders of the woman s rights
movement.
A Gjrfooui Mpeotarle.
|N’e «v Yor < Freuia# Post ]
The Vienna Skating club had a great
success with its fancy ball held on the
ice by tho light of twenty electri: arc
lamps and before an audien e numoering
over 1,000 within the mclosure an 1
several thousand be. ond. 'I he ice was
thronged with mas jueradersof all kinds.
About vOo first-rate skaters performed*
pantomime, the scenes for which were
formed by grottoes of ice and plants em 1
bellished w ith co ossal icicles and fro en
spray. A score of lady skaters personi
fied nymphs and godd-sses. A gorgeous
procession, about half a mile in length,
of cars, like those of the Italian carni
val, repres. nling tne seasons and other
sub.octs, concluded the pantomime.
l.urope*. Inhabitants.
IK.xehanif*.]
The Almanack de Gotha for 188a
shows that A or way lias the smallest i
number of inhal tants to tho s |Uaro !
mile, with Russia second, of all the;
countries of Europe. Portugal has;
1.084 women to o»ery 1,000 men, the
largest preponderance of any country
Germany comes next, with 1,027 women
to every 1,000 men. The greatvst
surplusage of man is found in Greece,
where to every 1,000 men there are
only 908 wrmen.
A New CUu FropoMiL
llxmdon Letter.]
Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the ]
member of Mr. Gla.istone’a cabinet who
preaches socialism for votes only and ;
practices mono.ioly for profit, wants1
members of parliament lo be paid ]
salaries, and favors the creation of a ,
class of "professional politicians," who
shah have no other business than office
holding and thus grow rich in their
country’s service.
Shoo* far California Mine*.
Ikxch mice.]
Shoes are made in Athol, Mass., for
use in the mines of California and else
where, that involve an amount of labor
that is somewhat astonishing. The num
ber of Hungarian nails in each pair is
882; the number of blows struck is malt
ing a pair, 2,374. The shoes when ready
for use weighs 5J pounds, and looks as
if able to stand any amount of wear and
tear.
Water on the Lvrj I'lalut.
[Chicago Journal.)
The lava plains of Idaho have for
years been a terrtor to emigrants itecause
of the supposed lack of water, the fluid
having often to be hauled a distance of
twenty miles, but, by chance the other !
day, a lake which never goes dry was dis
covered, and now the route is to be al
tered so as to pass tbe lake and the ter
ror and danger of the route are reduced
to a minimum.
N««v in the Sermon.
[Ifchanm!
“In your sermon this morning I heard
something that I never heard in any
sermon before,’ said tae deacon's widow
to a clergy mm who had tried the pa
tience of his congregation to the utter
most. “And pray what was that, my
dear madam?” inquired the minister,
highly flattered. “1 hoard the clock
.trike the hour twice.’’
FIVE O’CLOCK TEA IN FOO-CHOW.
In a ChlnMM Homf-Th* Iadl««— Melon
Swh—Kixlnr»b|« Ntuic.
[f'ornbll! Magazine.)
At last we reached a high Hank wall
forming one aide of a dingy street an«l
on being admitted within its ponderous
wooden gates we found ourselves in the
courtyard of a purely Chinese house.
The sudden change from the dirt and
squalor and dense population of the
streets to the large inelosure with
luxurious houses and pleasure
grounds, which form a sort of jiatn
archal encampment for the family of a
wealthy great man, is most startling.
Uur host came to receive us in the outer
court, where we left our chairs and
coolies, then passed the kitchen aud
crossed another court, when we reached
the great reception hall decorated with
the usual handsome small tables aud
ponderous chairs of polished black
wood, with slabs of marble lorming the
scat and back. In honor of our ex
I peeled visit, seats, divans, tables and
walls were decorated with the riehly
, embroidered scarlet cloth covers which
1 are always produced on ceremonious
ocensous.
The weather being hot. wo fully ap
preciated the cool snade of a small dark
room, in which we were invited to sit
awhile, ere being con JuctoJ to the pres
ence of the ladies. Tea was, of lourse,
brought in in the usual small co ered
cups without saucers; the use o: the
cover is to prevent the leaves from en
tering the mouth in drinking, as the
correct way to make tea is to put a
pinch of leaves in each cup and pour on
lo ling water, thus making every cup
ful separately. < f course sugar or mi.k
is never used. < u the little tuUb s were
set the invariable plates oi sweet-meats
and small cakes.
but the quaintest addition to these
arc the little plates o: melon seeds,
which all the Chinese delight m picking
open and nibbling in accordance with a
Chinese proverb which expresses the
satisfaction of always having something
iu the mouth. In this nspect the race
are like squirrels, except that rich m< n s
long pointed nails do the work even
more ehectually than teeth. In every
idle moment the whole populat on de
votes itself tocracking me on seeds. As
they walk iu the streets or at the so ial
chat, to beguile the tedium of a journey
or to lighten the cares of business, tin
infallible remedy is melon seeds, bum
at the theaters the spectators are pro
vided with little plates of water
u elon seeds, and an attendant walks
about with a large basket to
replenish them again and again, so that
the sound of the cracking seeds >s heard
incessantly, and the floor is invariably
strewn with them. They are ottered for
sale everywhere. In the districts where
melons grow abundantly the refreshing
fruits are freely o ered to all comers on
condition of their saving and restoring
the seeds These are collected in great
bales as articles of commerce, and form
the chief cargo of many ji uks on the
rivers. Mnall children, busy mechan
ics and great mandarins delight in (
them. The j oorest coolie, notwith
standing the disadvantage of his short j
nails, contrives to spare a few cash for
tho putcha.se of this luxury 1 am told j
that this curious | assion for melon- .
seeds prevails throughout tho empire, |
and that the 40u.U0(»,0b0 of Chinamen
are all insatiable for these dainties.
One entertainment provided for us
was a musical-box, made in Hong Kong,
which played all the fa orte purely
Chinese airs, end we were astonished to
find that several struck us as really
pretty. As a general rule Chinese
music is so terribly loud, and is played
by so many utterly discordant instru
ments of various sorts, that the name
only suggests car torture, castanets and
drums utterly drowning whatever
melody may be produced by guitars,
flutes and violins, which arc supposed
to play in unison with shrill human
voices, but, as neither voiees nor in
struments are over strictly in tune, the
combination is never harmonious,
whether heard in theatres or temples, or
shrieked by street musicians There
fore, to hear a real ( hi nose air rendered
on a musical-box with no such ad
ditions was a most unusual treat.
Where Bobo! nk« Go In Winter.
[Hearth and Home.]
Bobolink is .1 very dandy-looking fel
low. proud as a belle who has danced
with the prince of Wales or the Duke
Alexis, lie has a habit of singing his
rattliug notes in the air and hovering
until his rollicking solo is finished; or, if
he. commences his song on a stake or
tree he never rises until the rnusie is
completed. Many writers have tried to
imitate his song. Bryant and Irving
loth give him a prominent place in their
written picture gal.eries.
When 1 was a Loy on a farm we used
to call him the corn planting bird, and,
as we read his song, he said. “Big a
hole, dig a hole, put it in, covor't up,
covert up, stamp ou't, stamp on t. step
along.’’ lie wore his parti-colored suit,
the main portion of a genteel black, a
little whitish yellow powder in his hair,
as if he had poked his head into a lily
sometime and carried away the pollen,
and a shoulder-strap of the same on each
side of the neck, proving nim a briga- 1
dier in the army of peace. In the au
turan the bobolinks go south ou a fur- j
lough, take off their gaudy uniform, put 1
on suits of rusty black, change their
name aud become either reed birds or
rice birds._
Interviewing Mr*. Gla<l*tonr.
|F«rv?Tn Letter. 1
Mrs Gladstone was going for a walk
at Ha Warden not long ago, when a party
of visitors just approacniug the castle
met her. “1 say, is the old gentleman
at home?” said one oi them. “10s,”
said Mrs. Gladstone. "W e want to see
him,” said be. “Follow me,” was her
reply: “111 take you to him.” She led
the way to the frontdoor and called out:
"William, you’re wanted.” "By golly,”
whispered one of them,” she must be his
wife.” _
(bangtiig th. Tanas.
|C1 !c go Tribune.I,
A northern contractor grading a rail-;
road in the south ha;i considerable
trouble with his negro laborers ait. com
plained to a friend of thsir slowness.
“Discharge the leader of the gang,' said
the latter, "and gel you a mar. Who can
sing lively songs. ' it was done, aud
the design bad the dashed effect, the
negroes’ picks and shovels moving obe
diently to the melody..
TIm Vatican IJbtary.
(Exchange. I
Mr. John Sherwood, writing from
Home, says “We Were taken through
tiie V atican library by a chamberlain of
the pope, who was able to obtain en
trance for us to the rooms and access
to the rarely-seen manuscripts. It is a
wonderful senes of room*, magnifl
cciiily frescoed, and containing the gifts
of sovereigns
' But it is for the number, rarity and
importance of its manuscripts that the
v atican is famous Here is the largest
and most prec.Ois of collections of im
portant palimpsests. We saw one famous
manseript, deciphered by (ardinal
Angcio Mai, which contains the *. e
1 epubica' of ( icero, the discourse
of K Augustine, upon the
psalms, and iragur-nis of Terence of the
fourtu century, an l is believed to be
the most anc ent manuscript in exis
tence. In th ■ same room we were per
mitted to see an autograpu letter of
poor Anne Boleyn 10 Henry v 1II, toe
1,00k of Henry \ III, against Lather,
the manuscript autographs by Petrarch
aud Tor piata 'lasso, with miniatures
tiy Perngino. an i so on—the richness is
interminable. The pope throws op**n
the vast treasures of the library under
certain restrictions' to s liolars •<!
repute who bring him acerc .ted pro'..;;,
of their sincere desire to ..se IS.cs pr.
vileges for the purposes of histoi .
"I stopped before an extr'-n • rich
case of illuminated tnanscripts, v.i c " i
found the vignettes of one now att ib
uted to Raphael, and also of cnotner as
eribed to nante, wrntcu on and coni
nienteJ upon by ioccac ic. also idle
breviary of Mathias torvinut, the la*>i
king of Hungary, tie famous bible of
the fourth century, the sermons of the
monk Jacques, with minmtuies, an t
songs aud prayers in the Japan se char
acters. Around me stood the ages of
this vast and noble coin part cunt, the
grand gallery of the Vatican ii. rary.”
Crsuiafrd n 1 flirty-11 v Minnt***.
New York Mail an Ex^ie-w.J
At least thirty bodies are deposited in
vaults in ttie cemeteries of New York
await.ng incineration at the new cre
matory shortly to be ojiened. .N>une of
them belong to very prominent famine-.
The incineration will lie a triumph over
previous records. The furtmee will be
heated to 2,‘>no degrees Fahrenheit
The bo ly placed on tne cata alque will
descend to the furnace in the basement, !
and in a few minutes several pounds o' I
ashes in beautiful terra cotta vases will I
rise where the corpse ouce rested. .The
audience will not oe aware ihit the in
cincralion has ta -.cn place, as the cata- 1
tal pie is eo ered a:i 1 tue body descends
unnoticed. The funeral ser.ices can,
still proceed and not be in.errnnted.
The relatives < an wait and tret tne ashes, i
Any religious services in the world |
can be conducted, for the crematory will
not be ortho lox. Incense, myrrh and i
high-tiavored spiees will uot tie used, i
There is no necessity, as no odor waat
ever exhales from the furnace. Al
ready two pottery manufacturers have i
put in bids for the terra cott.i vases, j
i if course rich people eau furnish their
own vases if they desire The cretna- j
torv will furnish only tho terra cotta j
vases Two rare specimens of Etruscan ;
vases called ivdicul.e, over 2,0)0 years I
old, will lie placed in the crematory i
oriiee as specimens of anti ,ue art and
taste They came from Capua, Italy, j
and were purchased by the company at
a round sum of money.
A common sized vase will hold the i
ashes. There are only four potiuds of j
ashes to every 100 pounds of tiesh The j
ashes will • e bleached to a pearly white- j
nes< by the process of a superior heat
generator._
^ufen V c oria.
[Pa*-!* Amen a i ResriflU* 1
Few people know the queen was once
called Alexandrina \ ietoria: but it is a t
fait, nevertheless, that her majesty was
originally proclaimed and the oaths of
allegiance administered to her in tha
name of “Alexandrina \ ietoria,” anil
she would have been .-o called to this
day had it not been for a c urious acei
dent On the occasion of the council i
meeting held “at the court ol
Kensington,” the 2 th of June,
18d?, it was discovered that
she had affixed her signature as
“Victoria” to the h.si of the pn y coun
cilors present Ale andrina was, there
fore, immediately omitted, although
during the ceremonies in th-city an.
elsewhere tho qu.-en was always :.d
dressed as her Most ricioti !a;;- y
Alexandria Victoria it is n-.t
generally known either that iV q ci u
of England never we rs, o i i,d y. any
state ro‘>es, exceptiluror.l i at hermro ■ -
tion, when she goes to Westminster i
abbey in crimson, and is there :uvested ,
with pur. le, and when she visits parlia 1
ment, w hen slie is attirod in red.
Ilrlilng Without Knnrti.
ICasHtfir* Family Magixinv)
A new method of driving horses liy ,
means of the feet, so as to keep the j
hands warm in stormy weather, has !
ocen introduced recently. 1 he method;
can be used either witn or without the
ordinary plan of hand driving, the lat- j
ter being resorted to in genial weather 1
if prefered. 1 he feet rest on a firm
board, and the horse is guided by j
raising or lowering the toes, thus I
bearing on one or the other rein j
by means of straps in connec tion with !
them, which pass over a pulley j
mounted on the front lioard of the vehi- i
ele. 1 he driver's hands are quite free,:
and may be insert.-d in the pockets of !
his great coat. The apparatus can be i
attached to any veh, e in a very few ;
minutes and can used by a very I
young person. When the driver leaves 1
the vehicle there is a gentle bearing on j
the horse’s inouth which tends to keep
him quiet.
Nothin- llrt'er Th»n Water.
[Kichaafe.)
The campaign m the Soudan has
shown that the greatest hardships can 1
be carried on tar better without the use i
of intoxicating drink than with it. i
Dm quart of muddy water a day is
doled out to the army, and there has
been scarcely an invalid.
George Alfred Townsend: No man in
thia life must expect promotion in the
outward and tue evident, because bis
mucous tucm rane is like an old- |
fashioned trunk, peered all over the
inside with unsold cooks.
Whitehall Times Wisdom is the boat
locomotive for a train of thought.
Coafty F»nc!*a In fl*lafp«.
, I New Y’ rfer Trtb me. I
“What is the latest thing in whip«t
asked a reporter, as he entered the o.~v«
of a well known manufacturer.
| “Well, English holly holds its o*a
' yet,” replies 1 the tnak'sr of scourges,
j “English holly or yew, with k tight
lash. For a gentleman's whip to go
with a dog cart this u a very neat
thing,” holding up a whip whose stocw
was of native whalebone, polished ant
mottled, with an ebony handle and
; gold mountings. “That will to.-'t
you about *!•“. Her 's a He.it
one for aliout twice the rnone*.
Not so much goid on it, but the handle
is a species of basket-v.ork. formed with
wbaiebone interwoven. The highest
prieed whips riin up to $ioo or $12 .
They are sticks which nature has shaped
to the band, crabbit-sticks, as they are
called by tl e trade This is a four in
hand whip, a body stock with a sixteen*
1 foot lash of horse hide. Malacca canes
1 and w h mgo—w-h a n-g-e—>cs. tha! s
right — are used a good deal now; iu
■ tinm you get length and strength witli
lightness. A good whip of English
! holly or yew costs about $o.
Those tilings that you are looking at
' ;n the ease are .nglisii hunting-crooks
'O man who respects himself will bo
8*-en on horsetiai k without one. This
loop of white kid on the end is tho
keejier. When an T nglisbman rides hi
the hounds he has a long lash attached
to the keeper, with which lie punishes
tiie hounds w hen necessary. As then,
are no houins in Broadway or in the
park, we dispense with the lash but re
tain the keeper. Thebuuting-crook lias
altogether taken the place of the ruling
whip, which is uow only used by ladie*.
The highest priced riding-whip we hut i
made in si.xtv vear* of business cost
Before going, the reporter was shown
through the factory, where were whips
in all stages of preparation. In on*
corner was a machine which, upon turn
ing the crank, moves a web more intri
cate than that ot the fates. This fur
nisiies the covering for the wlmlebont
whips. These are formed by glueing
four pieces of wood about a long strip
of whalebone. The whole is then worst'd
down to the requisite size and taper,
after which it is put through the cover
ing machine and tomes out a fullflcdgttf
whip.
C>rai.«l ath«r*4 Clock.
|F»»p 1 r fn icuce Month y.)
That ‘ the best power for a clock it
weight i.>* beyond dispute. The in>en
tion of the coil spring came near anni
hilating the race of good corainou clucks.
“Granufather s clock, with its woodeu
wheels and other crudities, is still the
superior of the grandson's clock as a
timekeeper, for “grandfathers clock’
had the great advantage of a uniform
power suti.c-ient and jUst euffleent to pro
lyl the clock when it was properly
cleaned and oiled. The grandson's clock
has a coiled spring as a motive jiower,
having, when it is tightly wound, not
less ttian three times the hmount ol
power required to drive the clock, and
diminishing in amount, thereby alter.ng
Ihe rate of the clock with each succes
sive hour, Ihe grandson's clock will
march on, oiled orlmoiled aud there
fore usually unoiledi until it comes to
a premature end as complete as that of
the “one hoss shay.''
The “grandfather’s clock,” on th«
other hand, which declined to go unless
its rations of oil were doled out to it
once in a year or less by the peripatetic
ticker, is good for another century,
since its liearings have been saved frouf
cutting themselves away from lack of
oil. The kitchen do-k to-day can only
be made to keep respectable time by so
regulating it that the gain, it makes
when tightly wound shall be offset by
the loss as it runs down.
Why Natural Can la. I)aii«eron«.
i**(r4thV' letter.)
A Cincinnati reader sends mo tbid
idea- “A friend told me yesterday, in
speaking of the natural gas explosions,
that they were due to the heavy pressure
from tjie reservoir, it being often forty
five pounds, while artificial light com
panies permit as a standard less than
one-half of a pound. There may b*
other causes, but this, he claims, is the
greatest cause of leaks in the pqies. lie
told me of a welt in Kentucky, owned
by a man named liusing, a Third street
broker in C inciun *ti, which has a
pressure of GOO or 100 pounds to th*
square inct, and that for months it has
been wast ng h.OUO.OOo or 10.000,WO
cubic feet to tho twerty-four hours.
This, he says, repress nts #2,000 or
$.->,000 per day wasted, and that the
owner intended some day to pipe it to a
market. I am satisfied that this tufor
tnatiou is correct.”
1 m **r I afU of th« liltlu*.
!' hicago 1 im »*.)
The timber rafts of the Rhine nre a
xoticeable characteristic of that r.\er.
Ihey consist of timber felled m tho
mountain forests and brought down to
the Rhine by the .Nockar, Mato, Moselle,
md other river*. The single logs ar«»
first hulled down from the heights into
Ihe mountain torrent, then a few are
tied together, and us they tlo.it down
the streamlet grow like a snowtwlt, t 11
in the Rhino itself they are made into
hujie floating fabrics, which are care
fully navigated to Dorhecht and sol I.
A raft has often eight or ten small
houses on it, an i from 400 to otto work
men, rowers and j dots. The vast i ile
is steered by moans' of immense oars,
and is so constructed as to twist like a
huge snake i?i the narrow channels.
The sale of a single raft at the cud of
the voyage often realizes about *150.«
000. _
Fourteen-Inch Sparks.
Aria law Traveler. I
Tbo largest electrical influence ma
chinery in the world Infs just been made
for the physical laboratory at South
Kensington Its dis s are seven feet in
diameter, of plate-glass three-eighths of
an inch thick, and weigh 280 pound»
jach. Tested under unfavorable condi
tions, the machine has given a constant
stream of s(>arks fourteen incites long.
L iikIuu*! Heat.
The artificial heat of London has been
estimated suUieient to raise the tem^ier
sture of an air stratum 100 tat toi.tc
>ver the entire city two and one-half
degree* overy hour.
A Texas paper calla attention to t!.*«
fact that th-j Lone btur state i= larger
thau 211 Rhode Islands.