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VOL. III.
IIILLSIJOIJOUGII, SIERRA COUNTY, N. M., FEMiUAIlV 1 1880.
NO. 52.
AT THE MORNING SERVICE.
The sermon was long and the preacher wn
I'rusy.
u lie cushion was soft and the corner wii
cosy ;
And, miiHlntr, I knew,
lly my aide In the peif
Wa a dear little face thui was dimpled and
A otrny bit of laee and the curl of a feather
Ijiy dose to luy clioelt, and 1 didn't care
whether
'1'he service mm loinr,
Or Hirlinif was wrong
to a lonely hack pew, as we knelt down
together.
In reading-the prayers we had one bonk be
tween us;
Po sweet whs her smile tlmt, had nobody
seeu ii.
White bent on our knees
(O tiow Cupid ditl tease!)
1 hud stolen fi kiss, Willi the prny(?r-book to
screen us.
In (ho or.cl window the sunlight was gleam
bjr. In my drowsy old brain 1 felt love fancies
tecininif ;
Thru mv henrt pave a thump
lly my head got a bump
(In tho back of the pew i bad only been
tll'CUIll.Htf.
-Life.
iiUNmrr tiTeTiger.
"Jack" Alor'a Storioa About the
King of Grace and Strength.
A short, thick-set man with a dark
mustache, in which the gray hairs were
beginning to appear pretty thickly, sat
in the rotunda of the. Palmer House the
oilier evening. ' To look at him one
would not think that there was any
thing very remarkable in his appear
ance, but he was, all the same, one of
this bent known shikarris of the far
East, famous throughout India and
Bitrniah as the most deadly tiger shot
since the days of Gordon dimming.
Wherever the camp tire js lit and the
day's sport is being talked over some
anecdote of "Jack"' Alger is sure to be
introduced, lie was on his way to the
old country via .San Francisco and
Chicago, and the last time the writer
met him was in the hall of the Great
Eastern Hotel, at Calcutta, when he
was preparing to start on one of bin
hunting expeditions to the Tcrai.
"Tell you . something ubout tigers
that will interest Chicago people?
Why, certainly, my boy," and "Jack"
settled himself in his eliair preparatory
to a "yarn." "My tirst acquaintance
with the tiger in his natural state,"
Mid Mr. Alger, "was made in the
jungles of the Terai. They are hard
beasts to tackle, especially the man
caters, and those who haveengaged in
tiger shooting, either on foot or on ele-
. phants, know full well how many shots
the brute sometimes takes. Where
population is exceedingly scarce the
tiger loses much of his skulking, hiding
disposition, ana attacks his prey in the
open. 1 knew once of a lad herding
cattle who was pursued over a meadow
and through the herd, and was killed
by the tiger, who had begun to eat him
when scared away by the villagers. 1
saw the body; it lay in the midst of nn
open lield, at least two hundred yards
iioiu any cover, li was disemboweled,
with the chest ton wide open, but. the
f.ice was as that of one who lies in
pleasant sleep.
"The enormous forearm of the tiger
has attracted attention. You have
seen a cat pat a dead mouse or the face
of a dog that was teasing "her, and it is
easy to understand what a tremendous
blow a tiger could give in the same
manner, but I believe it is a mistake to
suppose that he strikes down his prey
with his paw. He strikes in self-defense
and when fighting, but not when
seizing his victim. have seen many
carcasses of deer, cattle, buffaloes anil
horses which had been killed by tigers,
and theyall had the s anio appearance
four deep holes at the back of the
neck made by the animal's incisor
teeth; no other mark, and if the tiger
had begun to feed on the body it was
extensively lacerated. And if 'the prey
had struggled much and had succeeded
in dragging the tiger a few yards the
chest and forelegs would bear the im
pression of the (daws and the tremen
dous grip, but these, as far as my ex
perience goes, wero exceptional cases.
It is evident that the tiger, in seizing
his prey, rushes on to its back, grips
the neck with its jaws as with a vise,
and, with his arms contining the ani
mal's struggles, lies there upon his
victim until it is suffocated. With a
human being it is different. A tiger
has been seen to seize and carry off a
man by the neck, or the arm, or thirh.
indifferently. Iu the well-known cases
of Major Anderson and Captain Fen ton
they were both seized by the thigh and
carried off, it is said, on the animal's
back. I was out once after a tiger on
foot, and, having wounded him se
verely, was searching for him in the
jungfe with a number of beaters.
Three times we came upon him, and
each time, he broke cover by charging
through the mob of us. Oneo he
Btruck a man on the chest, knocking
him over and scratching him severely.
Next time he seized one of the beaters
in his jaws, by thy thigh, giving him a
rapid shake and passing on. Hut these
are all cases in which the animal was
acting in self-defense, or iu retaliation.
What 1 have said before refers to its
usual mode of capturing food.
"We are told in 'natural history'books
t hat the tiger disdains to touch carrion.
This is not. so. The same thing is said
in regard to the eagle, and is equally
erroneous. The lion also is, I believe,
as little scrupulous as any other eat in
this particular. 1 have told you how
the tiger captures and kills his prey.
When, dead, if the body be convenient
to his covert, he lets it remain: if it be
too far out in the open it is dragged
further in toward tin; jungle and there
lies until dawn. Sometimes the body
is -disemboweled after lieing removed a
little way, and is then drawn away to
some hidden spot, A tiger has fx'cn
seen to disembowel a goat, holding it
by the throat, lying on its back under
neath the body and ripping it open by
repeated kicks with the hind claws.
He appears to prefer a rump steak, or
a round, to any other portion. These
are almost always the tirst part eaten,
then the ribs, rarely the foremiarters
and never, within my knowledge, the
head.
"ilore i a M)tl story," continued
Jack, settling himself anew, "that af
fords a pretty good specimen of t ho
tiger's cautioii, of the silence of his ap
proach, and of his immense strength.
Near a village a herd lioy had been
killed, and 1 was one day shown the
body of a cow which a tiger had just
struck down. It lay close to somu
rather thin jungle, near a ridge of low
rocks, a few large trees, such as man
goes, were interspersed in the brush
wood, and the ground was covered
with di'ied-up leaves so crisp that it
seemed impossible for nn insect even to
fass over them without being heard,
t was then about noon, and I deter
mined to sit. up for the tiger, who, we.
knew, would come again at nightfall
or before next morning to devour the
carcass. A charpoy or small bedstead
was speedily procured from the village
and lashed across the fork of a mango
tree, within a few paces of the carcass
of the cow. Before sunset 1 and my
companion were escorted to the spot
by a body of armed natives. 1 disem
barrassed myself of a huge sola, or pith
hat, which 1 placed on the ground near
the live, and in it I deposited a braco
of revolvers which I thought would be
Useless in our elevated position. 1 also
took off, and left at the foot of the tree,
a pair of thick shoot ing-shoes, and then,
Willi the help of my village friends,
gained the charpoy and prepared to
wait for the tiger. How patient
ly we waited! Loins, and back
bones, and necks and legs grew stiller
and stiller, and ached wearily, but not
a sound did we utter, and still we nt.
At last we got tired of waiting and a
few remarks were whisperingly uttered:
'1 don t U'uiik he s coining, '1 think
he heard those fellows and he is oil','
etc., etc. Gradually such feeble sug
gestions gave way to positive asser
tions, delivered in a tolerably audible
tone, and at last I declared that I
would wait no longer and descended to
the ground. My tirst act was to get
my shoes, and w hile putting them on
and chatting w ithout further restraint,
I remarked that it would be as well to
call the guides, and accordingly did
so. Hardly had the word passed my
lips w hen an abrupt startling roar from
a thicket within a few feet of nie petri
fied nie with amazement. Never had I
been so wretchedly helpless. Stand
ing unarmed at the, foot of the tree, I
had one shoo offline! was about to put
on the other. While expecting every
minute to be my last, I felt sure that
any attempt to climb back to my porch
would be the signal for the tiger to
seize me. To remain standing there
was equally disagreeable. My levolv-.
ers came to my recollection. Then
were lying in my hat, but the hat lay
somewhat in the direction of the thicket.
It was a trying moment, bill iu another
moment I found my self striding toward
the, hat, one shoe off and the other on,
and hardly conscious of what I did. 1
remember grasping (he revolvers, cock
ing them, and, with the barrels leveled
toward the bush, which i steadily faced,
shuffling sideways to the tree. The
feel of the trusty weapons in my hand
was comforting, and at length I
reached the tree on the side furl lies!)
from the thicket, and went up it like a
lamp-lighter, although on my first
arrival 1 had required the assistance of
other people's arms and shoulders.
When 1 got up I (ired right into the
bush, just as our ( scorf came up w ith
lighted torches, and we returned to our
lent in the village. :
"Next morning I repaired to the
scene of our night's vigil. The cow
"was gone, and a broad trail showed
which way she had been dragged. At
about a hundred yards from our mangn
tree, and near the foot of the rocks,
lay the stomach and entrails and a pool
of blood. Further on was a spot!
where the tiger had been rolling. Tim
marks were plain, with some of his
hair lying where the ground had been
pressed down. Ami on a ledge oil the
summit, of a perpendicular rock lay the
carcass of the cow, partly eaten away.
The tiger must have jumped upon the
ledge with the cow in his mouth; there
were no other means of ascent. The
prodigious power of the animal may bo
conceived trom such a feat. 1 didn't
get the tiger that day, but I did a few
lays afterward,
"lean not call to mind having met
in any book with an accurate descrip
tion of the tiger's cries. The snarling
and growling of the animal when
'stirred up with a long polo' is familiar
to all who have visited a menagerie,
and appears to be the oulv noise, the
creature makes when iu a state of cap
tivity; but in his native forest, in the
long nights of the cold season when the
woods on the hills seem to sleep in the
moonlight, the tiger striding along in
his native forest mews like an old torn
cat or rather liku a hundred old torn
rats in chorus. It is a loud and harsh
and grating mew. It is seldom heard
more than twice or thrice. When the
tiger is on the lookout for food, usually
in tho evening, he lies silent and mo
tionless in some, dense covert close to
water, where animals resort to drink,
and when one of these approaches near
enough he bounds out on his prey in
perfect silence, or with an abrupt, son
orous grunt, terribly startling, which
appears to paralyze the victim and do
prive it of all power to fly or resist.
"Of tiger snooting in the orthodox
way that is to say, mounted on how
dahed elephants so much has been
told and written that I have nothing
left to add. Safe as this amusement is
it has its dangers. To be on a run
away elephant in a mango grove., or a
forest of middle-sized trees, is some
thing like being taken aback in a hurri
cane. And Crossing the 'duldul' or
quicksands of the Gunducli river has
made stout-hearted men turn pale.
Tho tiger is now almost eradicated
from the borders of Guruckpore and
Pirhoot, and may tho same fate await
him bv and by in the Tcrai." Chicago
Herald.
Only a few days ago the Transcript
took the to tsk for its mistake
in putting the wrong name under
Banker McNeil's picture. And now
comes the Tranxcri)l with the notice of
a prominent citizen's funeral undei
"Local Fires." That is worse than the
treatment we served George E. McNeil,
for we did not consign him to the plact
of fires, local or otherwise. The Tram
cript will please make the amende lion
orable. Boston Ulebt.
COLUMBUS CENTENARY.
A Mighty Content Over the tireat Navi
gator's lUrthplaep.
Seven cities contended for the honor
of having given birth to Homer. There
are as many claimants for the glory
of Christopher Columbus Genoa,
Oneglia, ISoggiasco, Savona and sev
eral others. Posterity, however, has
not as yet granted delinite possession
to any of them; but in presence of the
discovery of very recent and very au
thentic titles, it inclines more and
more to admit the claim of a new
comer for the inheritance of honor.
This new pretender is none other than
the town of, Calvi, Corsica, Christo
pher Columbus was not then a Genoese,
but a Corsican, It is to the Abbe Casa
nova, a learned investigator, that the
honor is due of having called a halt to
what threatened to soon become the
prescription of the ages. This nine--teenth
century Benedict ine has con
secrated his whole life to the accom
plishment of this great work; the old
archives of the Italian republics, the
dusty registers of tho libraries of the
KemiissHiieo have at last yielded unthe
secret that race spirit has kept hidden
so long. J'.vcn the Italian historians,
staggered and convinced in spile of
themselves, now only ask for a brief
delay of grace to make Wwamemle lion
or'tble to the little eortnt'.y so long
robbed of her great son. The origin of
this historical erru- is easily found
Corsica, subject or rather in a slate
of rebellion against Genoese domina
tion before, during and afler the fif
teenth century, sought no other glory
than to be found on the battle-tielu.
under its heroes, the Ornanos and
Sanipieros.while Abbe Casanovas of the
day taught their countrymen that their
highest good w as to die bravely. These
poor people lived fighting, and so could
give no attention to the glory of uis
covery.
The most serene republic, always on
the lookout for gain, appropriated
Christopher t.oliniibus. J His jewel
was an ample compensation for the
tribute which litlle Corsica stoutly re
fused to pay. The piece of robbery
passed unobserved, all the more easily
as the town of Calvi, to winch Genoa
had left its magistrates, its customs
and a certain autonomy, had ended by
contentedly accepting Genoese domi
nation. Whence the famous inscrip
tion still carved over its g:ite, "Civitas
Calvi semper fidelis." A citizen of
Calvi, especially if ho brought any
prestige to the republic, was appropri
ated without ceremony, and the confis
cation of the great sailor, by letters
patent so to speak, chimed in harmo
niously with t lie character of that com
mercial and speculative people.
Tin; litlle town of Calvi, now making
preparations for the celebration of this
great centenary, will at last sec its
name redeemed from an unjust ob
livion. Perched on a rock, on the west
coast of the island, Calvi was long
deemed impregnable. Nelson thought
it worth his while to come, and attack
it in person, and lost an eye for his
pains. The English succeeded in cap
turing it, but the Corsicans beat them
out of it again. In the clear autumn
evenings one can see from the summit
of its citadel the dim outlines of the
shore of the continent and the spurs of
the Maritime Alps. J'ttri.i t'iijaro.
A GLIMPSE OF INDIA.
A Iillwi Trip from the t'lly of Itaroda to
Alimedtthatl.
We left, Baroda by the mail train for
Ahtnedabad and Blianaogar, via YViidb
wan, starting in the pleasant coolness
of an Indian dawn. Guzerat is kn.wn
as the "gulden of India," and Bmoda
is the best wooded part of Guzerat, so
that the day broke upon endless groves
of clustered trees and broad stretches of
fields green with many crops. The
popularity of the railway is remarkable.
The third-class carriages, divided into
compart mcntsjor male and female pas
sengers, arc crowded with chattering,
friendly swarms of natives, who have,
apparently, heaps of relations and ac
quaintances at every station, and an
immense deal to say to them. As soon
as the train stops, the pani-wallahs
the men w ith water come round, and
dispense a fresh supply of the clement
to Ihirsiy io. for it soon grows h'jt
and dust y. The high-caste Hindoo can
not drink from the station chatty: a
lota is emptied into his hands,
and he quaffs from his hollowed palms,
and then washes his perspiring but ex
clusive face. Nevertheless, for all
their caste, the Hindoos are a demo-,
cralic and easy -going people, so that
you will see a Thakoor s son, in turban
of red and gold, with coat of delicately
embroidered muslin, and strings of
precious pearls around his neck, jost
ling amicably among coolies, cattle
drivers and bunia folk, llewould not,
however, eat a morsel of bread with
one of them, or, for the matter of that,
with ourselves, if he were, pinched with
hunger. As a rule, the natives here
abouts are remarkably ood-looking.
One hardly observes an ill-favored face
many have countenances of the high
est refinement and gentleness of ex
pression; while some of the chil
dren of from eight to twelve are posi
tively beautiful. But the mothers do
not like to have them too openly ad
mired. For this reason they introduce
into their dress some common article
as a foil and counter-charm tothe "evil
eye," just as they plant one ugly,
rough, wooden post among the stone
pillars of a house-front, and hang an
old shoe round the neck of the most
comely cow in a herd. As the train
proceeds between Mchniulahad and
Admedabad it comes into a country
lull of apes- Shylock's "wilderness of
monkeys." At tirst the traveler can
hardly believe that they are not grey I
oid men, squatted under the hedges, or
grouped upon the embankments.
Soon, however, ho sees no end of mon
keys "lolloping off on either side of tho
advancing train in half dozens and doz
ens, their long tails erect in the air,
their puckered faces scrutinizing the
passing carriages. There are two
kinds the black-faced and Hanuman
and hundreds of them are to be seen
from the windows of the train, walking
meditatively ahead on the rails, jump-
ing over the cactus fences, perched
w ith long, pendent tails on the branches
of the trees, or solemnly assembled on j
some open lield iu a grave parliament
of "four-handed folk?' discussing the :
next plunderingexpedition. They steal j
a good deal of fruit and grain, but the i
natives seldom or never molest them
thanks to the legend which recites how
the monkey-god helped Homa to re
cover Sitannd it is tho oddest thing
to watch a knot of peasants walking
through another knot of monkeys as if
all alike were fellow-citizens. Cor.
London Telegraph.
ABOUT DRUMMERS.
What It CoM to Maintain lite Army of
t'mnmcrrlal Traveler.
One of the leading dry-goods .sales
men of the United Slates tells me t.hat
there are now about wi.ooo traveling
salesmen on the road in this country,
and that their expense accounts alone
will average $l,ot0 a year each. This
for expenses alone means an on I lay of
1 20,000,0011 a year, and if you will
count in an average salary of ?1,ihi(j a
year each it will swell the total to
$'.'tMi,(KKl.lKMI a year. This immense
sum is scattered all over the I'nited
Stales. It keeps up the hotels, and is
one of the most important items of
railroad passenger receipts. The char
acter of the traveling salesman has
changed within a decade past. Vou
will find very few boys ami fewer
drunkards upon the road. The com
petition is so great and the expense so
heavy that firms have to send out their
best men, and salaries of $:l.000 and
.o,000 a year arc by no means uncom
mon. Said this salesman: "These traveling
men sell all sorts of goods. Some of
them carry a half dozen trunks, and
others carry their samples in their
overcoat pockets. One man I know
gets 93,000 a year for selling the skins
which butchers put around sausages.
He dresses like a Broadway swell and
carries his samples in a bag no larger
than a lady's shopping satchel. The
best of such skins are made in Europe,
and butchers buy of him everywhere.
Then there is a man I know who trav
els from Boston to San Francisco
and sells nothing but one grade of
boot-blacking. Some travelers sell
by pictures of the articles they
have to sell. Clothing forms the larg
est class of drummers, and next come
those who sell boots ami shoes. Then
we have the dry goods salesmen, the
grocer, hardware man, hats and caps
and others as numerous as there are
trades and factories.
"Traveling men," this gentleman
continued, "are, ns a rule, bright, gen
erous fellows. They spend freely, and
many of them, when they become old
and leave the road, lind themselves
poor. Wo have now a project to take
care of disabled traveling men. It is a
traveling man's home, to be endowed
by traveling men and to be devoted to
their use. The idea is that each one of
the eighty thousand travelers is to give
one dollar a year for the next three
years to such an institution. This will
make a total of two hundred anil forty
thousand dollars, and from this we will
buy a farm in Kentucky, or some other
good locality, and erect comfortable
buildings, with reading rooms, parlors
and chambers, so that Ihe occupants
can have all the comforts of life din ing
their declining years. We will further
endow the home by a year or two more
of contributions, and the institution
will be under the care of a competent,
board of managers. This project is, I
understand, to bo submitted to the next
annual meeting of merchant travelers.
It has many supporters among travel
ing salesmen, and 1 will not. be sur
prised if it is carried out." Cur. Ch t'o
html l.tmkr.
AN AID TO JUSTICE.
Comitonlte IMiottigriiphy n( a Meu of
Tenting Mgnat lire.
A novel application of a recent sci
entific discovery was made before the
orphans' court by Dr. Persifor Frazier.
During the audit of the account of
Samuel Clark, Jr., as administrator of
the estate of his father, who was a
large mill-owner in the northeastern
part of the city, some questions of
checks and ehaiges upon partnership
accounts arose, in connection with
which it was necessary to settle the
validity of some signatures.
Instead of resorting to tho old and
unsatisfactory method of the testimony
of handwriting experts, Dr. Frazier
was induced to try the principle of
composite photography. Ibis princi
ple was discovered recently by an
Englishman named Gallon, and con
sists in producing a photograph w hich
is an embodiment of a number of origi
nals. It is done by taking photographs
of each subject separately, giving each
plate, however, only a proportionate
Amount of the time requisite for its
proper dovik'opment. In this way
only the features which are in all of the
originals appear distinctly in the com
posite, while the exceptions and irreg
ularities are lost. The discoverer ob
tained remarkable results in securing
types of criminals, persons afllieled
with pulmonary troubles, family like
nesses, etc.
Dr. Frazier was given eighteen
checks admittedly signed by the dece
dent, which he divided into three
groups, according to the size of the
handwriting. Some cheeks were used
in two groups, so that each one of the
three composites was made up from
about a dozen checks. The result w af
that in each one of the plates the signa
ture "Clark & Co,' was quite distinct,
the only indistinct and superfluous
lines being about the first two letters.
Judge Haniia, la-fore whom the audil
took" place, said that the plates Wen
certainly liuslwoiiiiy guides, and that
he regarded the discovery' ns a vey
important one in connection with (In
identity of handwriting. l'hiladitfltia
. .
Merchants of Western New York
propose hereafter to sell uncolicctabu
accounts at public auction. It is be
lieved that fewer bills will be uncol
Icctablo under this kystem. huffnU,
rwes.
NAMES OF STATES.
From What They Are
.Meaning ami Their
Derived, Their
Nleliiiauiea.
Alabama -The name is of Greek
origin, signifying "Here We Best."
Arizona Territory An Indian word,
meaning "Sand Hills."
Arkansas -French and Italian words
signifying "Bow of Smoky Waters."
! The licticinus name of the Atalu is
Bear
State," from the number of the animal
formerly found there.
California From Spanish words
meaning "Hot Furnace." The fictitious
name is "Golden Stale."
Colorado - Spanish word meaning
"Colored."
Connecticut An Indian name signi
fying "The Long Uiver." The nick
names are "Freestone Slate," "Nutmeg
Stale" and "Land of Steady Habits."
Dakota Indian word meaning "Al
lied." Delaware -Named in honor of Lord
De La Ware. Il is called "The Diamond
Stale," from its small size and iis in
trinsic value: also, "Blue Hen Stale."
Florida-From the Spanish, meaning
"Flowery;" so called from the abund
ance of 'flowers and the day (Easter
Sunday, upon which it w as discovered.
From its shape it is sometimes called
the "Peninsula State."
Georgia Named in honor of King
George II. of England. 'The nieknanio
is "I'.inpne Male ot the Eolith.
Illinois An Indian word signifying
"Tribe of men." The sobriquet is
"Frame Mate; also, "Sticker State.
Indiana Is so called from the In
dians. The original meaning of the
word Indian is "river." Tho nickname
is "The Hoosier State."
Iowa An Indian word meaning
"The Sleepcyoues." The fictitious nnnio
is "Hawkeve Stale.'
Kansas An Indian word: signifying
"Smoky water." The sobriquet la
(iai'don ol the West."
Kentucky An Indian name, signify
ing "The Dark, and Bloody Ground.1
The nickname is "Tho ( orn-Cl'aeker
Mate."
Louisiana-Named in honor of King
Louis XIV. of Fiance. Tho sobriquet is
"( i t ole slate.
Mainu So called trom Maine in
France. Tho fictitious nnnio is "Tho
Pine Tree Slate."
JMarvlaiut - J amen 111 Honor ol Oiiecll
Henrietta Maria of England,
Massachusetts An Indian name, sig
nifying "Blue Hills." The fanciful
inline is "The Bay State."
Michigan An lud an word, meaning
The Lake Country.'1 Il is nicknamed
"The Lake Slate." also "The Wolver
ine Slate."
Minnesota -From Indian words mean
ing "Cloudy Water." It is called
The Gopher Slate."
Mississippi An Indian, word for
"Father of Waters." It is nicknamed
"The Bayou Slate."
Missouri An Indian word meaning
"Muddy Water."
Nebraska An Indian word meaning
"Shallow Uiver."
Nevada - Spanish, signifying "Snow
Clad." The fictitious name is "Sage
II. '11 Slate."
New Hampshire Named from Hamp
shire County. England, 'I he sobriquet
is "The Granite Stale."
New Jersey -Named for the Isle of
Jersey. The sobriquet is "The Jersey
lilne.-" J
New Mexico Spanish; named from
lln country of Mexico, meaning "Tho
Place of Aztec (iod of War."
New York Named in honor of tho
Duke of York and Albany. It iscalled
"The Excelsior Stale" and "The Em
pire Slate."
North Carolina Named, with South
Carolina, in honor of Charles L, of Eng
land. The fictitious names are "The
Oh! North Slate, "The Tar Stale" and
"The Turpentine Slate."
Ohio An Indian word signifying
"Beautiful." - It is nicknamed "Tim
Buckeye Slate."
Oregon Signilics VJIie Iliver of the
West."
Pennsylvania Pen it's
the signilicalion. The
' Tbc Keystone Slate.'1
I'hode Island -Named
woodland
sobriquet
from Ihe Islo
of Rhodes in the Meditorraiu
signilics "A Use." It is
"Little Ithodv."
all. UhodeS
nicknamed
South Carolina Named in tho same
manner as North Carolina, w hich see.
The sohriqucl is "The Palmetto State.'1
Tennessee Derived from Indian
words signifying "Uiver of the Big
Bend." It is nicknamed "The Big Bend
Slate."
Texas - Spanish. said to signify
"Friend." It is nicknamed "The lmo
Star Slate."
I'tah Named from tho
Utah Indians.
Vermont - From tho French
ing "Green Mountains." It
"Tb 'r"on Mountain Slate."
I'tes or
; wgiiifv
is called
Virginia Named for Elizabeth,
Queen of England, the "Virgin t.'iieen."
It is- nickname ! "The Mother ot Presi
dents;" also, "The Old Dominion."
Washington Territory Named for
President Washingt n.
West Virginia See Virginia. It is
nicknamed "Tim Panhandle State."
Wisconsin - Named from its principal
river, and that from the French: mean
ing "Flowing Westward." The ficti
tious name is "The Badger Slate."
Wyoming Territory Ar, Indian
term meaning "Large Plains."- A'x-
The Vintage of France.
The vintage returns of France have
jtist lieen published. They show that
the vintage of IHK'i was '.( per cent, bo
Ww that of Wt namely 2S.5SC.C0O
icctolilros, against S f,7,MH hectoli
res, and nearly twice as much below
he AVrrage of the 10 years iH70-4
aniely. 42,i'.,IHlt hectolitre. The
jtiality was generally good. The cid-r
rop. on the other hand, though not
qtinl to that of 1SM4. the most boi.iitiful
;nv IS:'", amounted to 4!.!.'yi.lsKI hee
olilres. being ,(' ! t.lk"! hceto litre
ugher than tout of lust, ami 7,t:l:(.(i0
i-ctolilres higher than the last dect n
lial average. The 14 crop was 23,
laT.Ouy hectolitres. A". J". liuL
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL
Lotta thinks, or savs sho thinks,
America is far ahead ol Europe in cul
ture. "How to Be Happy Though Mar-
rled" is the alarming title of a volume
that has been presented to tno iTincess no win nave 10 consume or waste wiy
Beatrioo. i three bushels. Chicago Herald.
Tho judge who passed the first I A snow-melting machine which,
death sentence in California is now it is claimed, will melt snow M
pastor of tho Baptist Church in Cam- fast as fifteen men can shovel it in, was
bridge, Ud.Haltitnort Hun. tried in New York the other day. - X
Queen Victoria is said to be so fond
of children that she keeps a record of From tests made by Dr. Fisher, the
all the bright sayings and doings of the German chemist, it appears that in or
little ones that como to her notice. ' dinary stoves not more than twenty
The name of the new Swedish Mins V? c,n,t' ot the -fuel consumed is
ister to the United Stales is Kjolu He ,lllild 'n warmingjjhe rooms,
isn't as skittish iis a votino ciolt. but is 1 A prize obituary noem on General
said to have a powerful hjolt on the
English ljanguage. MiMmnioli Jour-
nat,
The Boston Herald calls J. Mont-
gonicrv Sears tho Astor and Nathaniel
'ri u .1... v..i..-i. u ... ,. tow i
I'liiivi.r itiu Vamlerbtlt of that citv.
Mr. Sears1 wealth is put at from
tKHi.tiiH) to $13,000,000, and Mr. Thay
er's somewhat less.
A man in Doddridge County, Va.,
not satislied with being accused of two
felonies, two straw bonds, two wives,
who were sisters, and with being the.
father of nineteen children, has run oil
with a young girl. Washington foul.
A man named Spencer settled in
North Gainesville, Ca., recently, to
gether with his wife and twenty-four
children. Nine of their off-spring trav
eled in a wagon from their former
home in Kentucky, and arrived at their
destination looking well. Atlanta C'on-t
stilutwn.
A Philadelphia girl declined to
"kiss the book before a magistrate
because, the witness who preceded her
had sore lips and tho one before that
chewed tobacco. She was sensible and,
her testimony could be relied upon
without this formula of a forgotten,
a.gv.J'hilailclphiti Vrtm.
Tho late Mr. J. U. Lippineott, of
Philadelphia, is fidto have been worth
$20.0tKi,(K. Ho was one of the richest
men in Philadelphia, and probably one
of the fifty richest men in the Ignited
States, as it U doubtful if there are fifty (
men in me tiniicn mates worm more
than $:'0,(X)O,0oO each. His two sons
succeed him in his publishing business.
Chicago Hun.
A Cleveland speculator sent his
son fo Wisconsin to buy hops, telling
him to kcep his eye open for any other
speculation. After a few days a dis
patch came, saying: "A widow has gob
a corner on tho hop market of this: mailed two letters at the Onconto post
state. Shall 1 marry herf" "Cer- oflice the other dav. His strange man
taiirty," was tho reply sent over the ner in buying the stamps, and his.
wires. Twelve hours'later the son an- query as to what to do with the stamps
pounced: "Got. the hops, the widow after he had bought them, excited curi
am! seven step-children, and shall go osity, and inquiry brought out the tin
to Chicago to-morrow to see about a gular fact that although lifty-tive years
divorce.
- Wall Street AVu's.
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
In Washington: "Mr. Congress
man, allow me to introduce mv son
William. I believe tho paper said this
was the day for the introduction of
Bills." l.oui.iville u rier-Journal.
Tho turkey is, on the whole, a
lucky creature. Ho isn't stuffed with
chestnuts until afler his demise.
fellow must he a goose who wouldn't!
like to be a turkey. Jtoston Transcript.
Washington Irving would not
stoop to the literary baseness of a pun,'
which leads us to believe that, it was
an oversight when the distinguished
writer spoke of "Captain Kidd ami
others of like kidney. Arkansaw
Traveler.
Sir Digbv (going round to tho
mews finds his new coachman's chil
dren playing about, and Introduces;
himself) "Well, my little man, and
do you know who I am?" Boy "Yes;1
vou re the man us rides in father s car
riage." Harper Hazar.
Landlady Did you like tho tur
key we had yesterday, Mr. Smith P,
Mr. Smith D'id 1 like himP Yes. in
deed; why, 1 loved him! I used to
think when I was a little child that
lerhaps, after all, 1 should live the
ongest, and the thought made me
sad. llonton I'oxl.
Claire felt as if the ground were
giving way beneath her tee.., and tier
heart seemed to swell as if to choke,
her. .YcM-sHiirr Novel. Claire has
robably trodden on a banana-skin.
iViien she strikes tho sidewalk her
head will probably swidl as big as her
livurt.Jlotttm Commercial Bulletin.
"You're looking badly, Mr. Ellis.
Why not try tho hot-water cure? Din
Lew is says it will cure every com-
IdainS." "That shows how little ho
nows, then." "But vou haven't tried
it." "Oh, I haven't, eh? I've been in
hot water ever since I'm married, andj
I ain't getting no better very fast."
1'hilailelphia Cull.
Wife What makes you so late
to-night, my dear? Husband (with in
dignation) I have been arrested."
Wife Arrested? Husband Yes.
1 bought an umbrella to-dav, ami
marked on if'Stolen from John iSmith.1
The tirst policeman I met arrested mo.
I told him mv name was Smith, but hq
wouldn't believe mo. N. Y.Telegrami
"Father," he said, as ho looked up
from the paper to the old man paring
apples, "here is an interesting -item.
"What is it, Ben?" "Cotton is the
lowest it has been for thirty years."
'Lands save us, is that so? If you
look over them ten bushels of 'taiers
to-night, and finish shelling that corn
and splitting them rails to-morrow, you
might go to town and get me enough
cotton lo make a new back to this vest.
A prudent man will take advantage of
such a crisis as this." Watt ttlreet
"I'rofossor" Hale, of Kmghamton,
N. Y., rccently"hroke the world's rec
ord" by swinging Indian clubs four
hours and fifty niiniiles. A oung man
in this town swung Indian clubs in his
mother's parlor a few days ago, and,
although ho didn't break the world's
record, lie broke nearly everything else
in the room, including the (Aandelier,
mantel ornaments, two plaqMca, a stat
uette of Minerva, his own head, and
one of the commandments. If the
world's record had been within reach
of his clubs, he would have broken that
too. XorritUnun Herald.
I OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Michigan dentist advertise
"Laffin Gas Ten cents a Ha Ha!"
Detroit Tribune.
If every inhabitant of the country
rU bis share of the year grain crop
Grant is entitled "X Cadfridojr-Grant."'
It is in Welsh and the tirst line con-
slsts of the sonorious sentiment.
Du
1 J'M aryt Vnol Dalaethian."
i. ... ...
J It may be remarked, for the com-
fort of honest poverty, that avarice
reigns most in those who have but few
good qualities to recommend them.
This is a weed that will only grow in
barren soil. Hughe).
An English medical publication
says that turnips, beets, onions, carrots
and parsnips are go completely mada
up of water ant! waste materials thai
they can not bo depended upon for
nourishment, but are valuable aids in
digesting the more concentrated foods.
A very sail allair is reported from
Ridgelield Park. N. J. A bridt groom
died of lockjaw within a fort
night after marriage. His death was
caused by a slight wound from a nail,
and his funeral service was read in the
same room which a few days ao was
gay with the bridal party. A'. Jr. Trib
une. On the first day of January, IKS,1!,
a contribution box was placed in tho
conversation room of the Working
Men's Institute, jt Millvillc, N. J.,
the object being lo raise six hundred
dollars to place a town clock in the Del- i
fry. I he oilier day the box was opened,
and was found to contain fifteen cents.
Buffalo Exprtw.
A man who was sued in Charles
County, Md., last summer by a
neighbor for killing his dog. and paid a
penally of ten dollars, has found the
dog alive and well, except having be
come thin from exposure. Where tho
dog has been is a mystery. The dog ia
a beagle, and some of tho witnesses at
the trial valued it at fifty dollars.
JlaJtimore Hun.
A man from New Lisbon, N. Y..
of ago he had never before mailed a let
ter. ItR'U IJeraia.
At a dinner of fifty covers, given
bv a resident of North Broad street.
' Philadelphia, the other night at tho
Bellevue Hotel in that city, the cur
tains at the windows of tho banqueting
hall were removed, and curtains of
natural flowers, costing over one hun
dred rfn liars each, were hung in their
, place. Tho cost of tho dinner was;
about two thousand fivo hundred dol-
lars. 1'hiladelphia Press.
Peter Cummings drove tho first,
boat that made tho trip from Buffalo'
over the Erie Canal in 1825. Do Witt
Clinton stood at the bow of the boat
and gave tho word lo start. Tho boat
was called the Young Lion of titc West,
and was drawn by ulno liorscs gaily
caparisoned. Cummings drove until ho.
was seventy-five, when he wasdrowiicd
at Pendleton. He is buried at Tona
wauda, and Erie Canal bout men are
now raising a fund to erect a nior.u
ment over his grave. Buffalo Courier.,
Tho friends of a certain man in
this city, who occasionally lingers with
the wine-cup far too long for his owm
good or that of his family, are just,
now having a laugh at his expense.
His son, poor little innocent, chanced,
to hear some older people talkingaboutj
sleep, and piped in his childest treble
after this fashion: "Pa gets awful
sleepy sometimes; ho camu homo tho(
other nigh and was so sleepy that he
couldn't get in the house, but just laid
down by tho wood-pile right out of
doors." Portland Itrcijouian.
A new incandescent electric light
has been invented by Frederick
Schaefer, a young German of Boston.
Silk thread carbonized is employed in
the globes, and it is found to lie as en
durable and flexible as platinum wire.
The invention has been patented and
is in use. It is evident that there is
abundant field for new inventions in
electric lighting. Thecnergy with w hich
American inventors have pursued this
subject is quite remarkable. The old
world can learn much from the suc
cesses of American experimenters.
Boston Journal.
Tho small boy who teaches theol
ogy to the historiaii was very bad, in
deed, at the table tho other day so
naughty, in fact, that his sister said to
him seriously: "You seem to get worse
every day. Are vou ever going to bo
any better?" "To-morrow," asserted
the small bov with emmo-in certainty.
"I'm going to pray to God to-night
when I go to bed to please make mo
good, and then I'll get up early in tho
morning and be good all day.11 "You'd
better pray now, and begin right off.
God can hear now just as well as at
bedtime." "O, may lie Ho can hear
me now, but, ! ain't poinr to prav now.
"Taint polite to God to pray except at
bed-time." Boston Record.
Tho wonderful stories told of grain
which had been made to grow after
having 2ia dormant for thousands of -years
in the hands of mummies do not
seem to have any foundation in fact.
Mr. 11. K. Parks states in the Journal
of Science that ho has investigated all
the cases ho can find, and shows that
there is not a single authenticated in
stance of corn found in a mummy hav
ing been grown. Some of the seeds
found in mummies have germinated,
but as they produced plauts nuts. fs
instance not known to the Arabs
three thousand years ago, it seems evi
dent that they were systematically put
i.i the hands of the munuiiics by tint '
avaricious Arabs of modern day.
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