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VOLUME XXIL
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE, OCTOBER 3, 1880.
NUMBER 31.
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GENERAL NEWS.
Tub now cotton factory nt Birmingham
will cover over four acres, i ost JTOO.fWO
ami employ 500 operatives.
Tho number of patents witheld for
nonpnymcnt of tho final fees was 2,050;
the nmnlior of patents expired was 7,171.
Tho receipts from nil sourees was $1,
095,81; expenditures including j riming
S377,fi28, urj)liut, $518,255. Increase in
Ihc receipts over 1882, $155,01:0
The I'm It Coal and Coko Company, of
Alalmmn, lnivo bought ten milling mu
chiix'H and have them cutting coal in tho
haft. Tliey will cut nlxnit 100 tons per
day.
Tho nmnlier of cavonts filed was 2,
(W8; tlio mmilier of patent granted, in
eluding reissues and designs, 21,185; tho
number of tra lo murks registered win
KI3- (lie number of 1 rials registered wrs
C18; total 22,(iH(5,
Arkansas DemiMTiit: There will lie a
a considerable falling off in the cotton
crop, hut the poplo run I ear it lunch
bolter than they ioulri have done last
year. They are more nearly out of debt
and so aro better Jcualdod to "live at
home."
Vi'MMi tho past year ever a third of n
milliru of dollars was received in the
United Stalin land ofllco at Gainesville,
Flu., mid lieni-ly a half n million acres of
Inml wen? disposed of. There were also
l,ff3 li mrstoad entries, mid the iniin
heruf ri'sh entries was 2.1H1.
A itaii orchard iu Thomas ecenty,
fin., was Mild five jn.is ago f t JflfiO, It
was next sold for tl,HX, the $(i50 hav
ing 1 cen rwoverrd fit m eiittines in the
meantime. A month iiftcnvard f'i.M'O
wnsofleris.1 for it, and now it could rot
bo iHHudit for $25X00.
Tho lumber of applications awaiting
action nn tho port of the office, July ,
188.1, was 4,7'.)!), an' increase of 28 per
cent, over 1882. Tim Commissioner
My Hie ImsinoFS of the i flice is steadily
andrnppidly inert i sing, but nearly two
and i half Million dollars now stands to
the credit of tho cilice in th.i Treasury.
A man by the name, of Gitllinn, living
near Low (lap, furry iinty, N. C.
shilo quarrelling with n noighlior a few
days ago, threw an ax at him, cutting
his clothing slightly and killing his own
child instantly. The ax leiiuiined in the
child's herd fir snoal minutes in, til
Ihoy got thr. ugh fighting. Mrs. Gallia i
tho child's mother, became greatly exci
ted, and it is fenred she, will die,
AVnu.E lh'' amount of cotton consumed
by Southern mills last year was only one
sPAenth of the entire consumption in the
United States, tho increased consump
tion in tho United States was nearly 25
ler cent, of that for the whole c nntry
thus allowing that tho southMs prcgress
ing much moro rappidly iu cotton lnan
nfnuliiring than tho North.
JACKsoNvitii.K, Fla., is to have n pal
met to factory. The machinery will all
lie new, for tho meat part recent invent
ions, and will consist of eight fibre inn-
hiues, six machines for preparing tho
lea' for mnttrasBs, etc., an immense, pal
metto crusher, steam dyers and other ma
chinery for rminufiiftiiring palmetto pulp
and for rmvciling pine straw into
fibre for tho upholsters, for mnttrnsscs,
etc.
Tho Commissioner of patents has Mili
mitted ft report of the business
of tho patent ollico for tho fis
cal year ended. June !10. The report
hds that the number of applications
t r patents received was 112,815 tho num
ber of applications for design patents re
ceived was 1,038; the number of applica
tions for ro-issuo of patents received was
217, tho number of applica! ions for the
registration of trade-marks was 854; the
Dumbo rot applications for tho registra
tion of labels waB 740; total 35,734, as
.against 30,720.
,' Ciiattanoooa Times: Considerable ap
prchinsu n is cxprisicd by the press of
tiie State as well as tho prominent stock
"were at tho proviiilancj of murrain
among tho cattle in certain sections.
Tto disease hns mado its appearance in
tmj localities, and is not confined to
ujone grand division of the State. To
'fge extent the cattle raisers of tho
State havo discorded tho old thorough
bred scrub stock and havo expended
considerable wealth and time iu improv
ing their herds. Conscmtentlv an epi
demic of this dread disease would be of
'"Mlctilfthle injury to the State in a Anna
' cisl point of view.
Macon Telcirranh: Tho Savannah
Track farmers are investigating fruitcans
establishments for the benefit of
"CT association. Tbn iron solution of
the truck quostion lies in this direction,
latl (cason, experience, if it taught nny
ftiig, taughttbat tnick is of too perish
able a nature to bo shipped long distan
at owner's risk. Tho demand for
""ned, fniita we are told, has nover
1)601 sully supplied, and should the sup
Ply for, the time exceed the demand,
towe is Uo danger 0f -tt giutted market
pke cotton, canned fruit can bo held
,0' an active market,
"Tiierh is no telling what a news
paper reporter is going to say next," re-
. osrks an exchange. And nobody feels
this fact moro paiuMlv than tko re-
Potter.
sunday eve at sea.
Bitting aluno at the Suimet hour,
With my good ship moored In a foreign
hay,
Comes a lml lowed thought with memories
fraught,
Of the loved ones far away.
Faces familiar upon me smile,
While my hoart with the sweet remembrano
swells,
And I seem to hear the musio clear
Of Jubilant marriage bells.
Of marriage bells on a 8abbath day,
In a beautiful village by the sea,
When the world was bright, all filled with
dollght,
For my own Annie and me.
A score of years havo passed slnco then,
And I've anchored my ship in many a bay,
But my loved ones, dear, ever seem more
rear
Tho farther I sail away.
Moments there are when I may forget
To think of one spot o'er the sea afar,
Of the Joy and light of a homo mado bright
By love, where my treasures are;
But whenover tho Sunday evening comes,
An J the waves aro fierce and the night is
drear,
Like angels of love, as if sent from above,
My loved ones seem hovering near.
I behold them, then, my treasures clear,
As at this moment tliey como to me;
For sail where I will their Images still
My companions are at sea.
Calm Ddks.
The Irish Seer.
Sipiire Ormbsy's pantry wns broken
nto and robbed of n largo nmnunt of
uluublo plates. Mr. Ormsby distrusted
he police and publicity in 'these cases,
and ins wifo prevnilcd on him to send for
Patrick O'Kuflerty, tho village seer.
That worthy came, mid heard the
dory. IIo looked nt tho liuly and gen
t toman, and his self-deception begiui to
nozo out of him. To humbug his hum
bio neighbors was not dillieult nor dan
gerous, but to deceive and Undeceive
and disappoint his landlord was quite
another mutter.
Ho put ou humility, and said this was
a mutter beyond him entirely. Then the
Squire was angry, and said bitterly,
"No doubt he would rather oblige his
neighbors, or a shopkeeper who was a
stranger to him, than tho ninu whose
hind had fed him and his for fifty years."
IIo was proceeding in the snme strain
when poor Pat, with that dismal whine
tho merry sonl was subject to occasion
ally, implored him not to murder him
'Uittreiy with, hard words; lie would do
his best.
"No mnn can (to more," said Mr.
Ormsby. "Now, how will von proceed ?
Can we render you any assistance?"
rntnek said, humbly, ami m a down
cast way, he would like to seo the place
where the thieves got in.
He was taken to tho pantry window,
iml examined it inside and out, and all
the servants peeped at him.
"What next ? asked the squire.
Then Patrick inwardly resolved to get
n good dinner out of this business, how
ever huuiilntiug the end might lie.
"Sorr, said ho, "yo 11 have to givo mo a
win nil to myself, and a romp-steak and
onions; and after that your servants
miiHt bring mo .threo pipes and three
nints of homo-browed ale. Brewers' alt
hasn't tho samo spiritual effect on a
seer's mind."
Whou the first pipe and pint were to
go to him a discussion took place between
the magnates ol tho Kitcnou wno should
tako it up. At Inst tho but ler and the
housekeeper insisted on tho footman tak
ing it. Accordingly he did so.
Alcantimo ratrieK sat in state digesting
the irood food. Ho began to feed a physi
cal complacency, and to defy tho future;
ho only regretted that lie hud connncd
his demand to ono dinner and tlircopots.
To him in this frame of mind entered the
footman with pipe and pint of alo as
clear ns Maderia.
Says Patrick, looking at the pipe,
"That's tho first of 'em.'-
The footman put tho things down
father hurriedly and vanished.
"Humph," said Pat to himself, "you
don't seem to care for my company.'
Ho sipped and smoked, and his mind
worked.
Tho footman wont to tho bntler with
a scared face, and said, "I won't go ncoi
him again; he said I was one."
"Nonsense I" said tho butler : " I'll
take up the next." ' . , . ,
no did so. Patrick gazed in his face,
took the pipe, and said, sotto voce.
"This is the souond ;" then, very re
gretfully, "Only ono moro to come."
The butler went away much discon
posed, and told tho housokceper.
"I can't believe it," said she. " Any.
wv. I'll know tho worst."
So in duo course she took up tho third
pipe and pmt, and wore propitiatory
smiles.
"This is tho lost of 'cm," said Patrick,
solemnly, and looked at the gloss.
Tho housekeeper wont down all in
flutter. "We aro found out, we are
mined," said she. "Thore is nothing to
bn done now but Yes there is ; we
must buy him, or put the comothcr on
him beforo he sees tho master."
Patrick was half dozing over his last
icon when he hoard a rnstlo and a com
motion, and lo I three culprits on their
knees to him. With that instinctive sa
gacity which was his ono real giftso he
underrated it -ce saia, wim u iwumuug
RVfl !
"6ch, thin, you've come to mako a
lnn brist of it. the throe Chrischin vor-
tues and haythen graces that ye are. Ye
mav save yourselves the troublo. Sure
I know all about it"
"Wo see you do. Y'are wiser than
" niil the housekeeper. "But
- . ,
sure yo wouldn't abuse your wisdom to
rain throe poor bodies like us?"
'Toor I" cried Patrick. ."Is it poor ye
-..II mwlves ? Yo ate and drink like
tHiting cocks; y'are clothed in silk and
pfush and broadcloth, and your wages
s all pocket money and pm-raonoy. Yet
... ...... tbn man Unit feeds and
VP lliuou "
w. t1 ":" t it is truel" cried the
butler.
"He BPaief like
priest," (aid fr?
WOtnntl tlftll nlotiliA I rlnn'i lu 1ifr,1 mi
us; it is all the devil's doings; ho tiniptod
us. Oh I oh I oh I"
"Whisht, now, and spake sinso," said
Patrick, roughly.
"It is not,1'
"la it ineltod V"
"Can you lay your hands on it?"
"We can, every stiver of it, Wo in
tinded to put it back."
"That's a lie," said Patrick, firmly,
but not in tho least reproachfully, "Kow
look at mo, tho whole elan of ye male
and faymule. Which would you rathei
dohelp mo find tho gimcracks, everv
artido of 'em, or bo lagged mid scragged
and stretched on a gibbet and such like
ihgant divaiaions?"
They snatched eagerly at tho plank of
safety held out to them, mid from that
minuto acted under Mr. O'llafl'erty's
orders.
"i'etch mo another pint," was his first
behest,
"Ay, a doBcn, if yo'll do ns the honor
to drink it,"
"To tho divil widyonr blarney Now
tell tho master I'm lit his sarvieV'
"Oh, murder I what will becomo of us ?
Would you tell him, after all?"
"Yo oniadhiiuns, can't yo listen at tho
dure ai.d hear what I tell him V"
With this understanding Squire Orms
by was ushered in, nil expectation,
"Yer honor," said Patrick, " I think
tho power is laving mo. I am only ablu
to see tho half of it. Now, if you plazo,
would you like to catch tho thieves mid
lose the Bilvcr, or to find the silver and
uot (bid the thieves?"
"Why, the silver, to bo sure."
"Then you and my lady must go to
mass to-morrow morning, and when you
como back wo will look fur tho Bilvcr,
and maybe, if wu li.nl it, your honor will
give mo that little bit of a lease I've been
wanting so long."
"Ono thing at a time, Pat; you haven't
found tho silver yet."
At uino o'clock next morning Mr. nnd
Mrs. Ormsby returned from muss, and
found O'ltaffertv wailing for them nt
their door. He had a long walking-stick
with n shining knob, and informed them,
very solemnly, tlint the prioht had sprin
kled it for him with holy water.
Thus armed, he commenced the search.
IIo penerated into out-houses, nnd ap
plied his stick to chimneys and fagots
ami cold ovens, and all possible places.
No luck.
Then ho proceeded to tho stablo-yard,
and searched every corner; then intc
lio shrubbery; then into tho tool-house.
No luck. Then on to the lawn, liy
this tinio there whero nbout thirty at his
heels.
Disgusted at this fruitless search, Pat
rick apostrophized his stick;
"Bad cess to you, y'are only good
to bum. Yfi kapo tinning away from
every place; but yo don't turn to any
anything whatever. Stop a bit I Oh,
holy Moses ! what is thin V"
As ho spoko, tho stick seemed to rise
and point like a gun. Patrick marched
in the direction indicated, and after a
while seemed to bo forced by the stick
into a run. He began to shout excited
ly, and they all ran after him. Ho ran
full tilt agaiust a dismounted water bar
rel, and tho end of tho stick struck it
with such impetus that it knocked tho
barrel over, then flew out of Patrick's
hand to tho right, who himself mado a
spring the other way, and stood glaring
with all tho n'st at tho glittering objects
that strewed tho lawn, neither moro iu r
less than the missing plate.
Shouts mid seroamsof delight. Every
body shaking hands with Patrick, who,
icing a consummato actor, seemed daz
zled and mystified, as ono who had snc
Jccdod far bovond his expectations.
To make a long story short, they nil
-tettlod in their minds thnt thn thieves
had been alarmed, and hidden tho jilrito
for a tinio, intending to return and fetch
it away.
Mr. Ormsby took tho seer into his
study, and gavo him ft piece of paper
ntating that for a great servieo rendered
to him by Mr. Patrick O'Hall'erty ho
hod, in tho name of him and his, prom
ised him undisturbed possession of tho
farm so long as ho or his should farm
it themselves, and pay tho present rent.
Pat's modesty vanished nt the Squire V
gate; ho bragged up nnd down the vil
lage, nnd henceforth nobody disputed
his seership in thoso pnrts.
A neighbors estate, mortgaged np to
tho eyes, was sold under tho hammer,
nnd !ir Honry Steele bought it, and laid
some of it down in grass. Ho was n
breeder of stock. IIo marked out a
park wall, and did not include a certain
little orchard find a triangnlar pWit.
Patrick O' lbiflerty observed, and ap
plied for them. Sir Henry, who did
his om business, received tho appli
cation, noted it down, nnd asked lu'm
tor a good reiereuco. no gavo oipure
Ormsby.
"I will mako inquiries," said Sir
Henry. "Good morning."
He knew Ormsby in London, nnd
when ho became his neighbor the Irish
gentleuinu wns nil hospitality. Ono dny
Sir Honry told him of O'RnfTcrty's ap
plication, and naked nbout him.
"Oh," said Ormsby, "that is our
seer."
"Yonrwhnt?"
"Our wiso man, our divinor of so
crots; and some wonderful things ho has
dono."
Ho then related tho loss of his plate,
and its supernatural recovery.
Then Sir nenry said that he would
put these pretensions to tho test.
At his request Patrick was informed
that next Thursday, at one o'clock, if ho
cIiobo to submit to a fair test of his
diviuing powers, the parcel of land ho
had asked for should bo lot him on easy
terras. . .
Patrick assented jauntily. But in Ins
secret soul ho felt uneasy.
However, he camo up to the scratch
liko a man. After nil, he hod nothing
to lose this time, nnd ho vowed to sub
mit to no test that was not preceded by
a good dinner. Ho was ushered into
Sir Henry Steele's study, and there ho
found that gentleman and Mr. Ormsby.
Ono comfort, there was a cloth laid, and
certain silver dishes on the hobs and in
thefendor.
"Well, Mr. O'Rafterty," said his host,
"I believe you liko a good dinner?"
"Thrne for you, sorr," said Pat.
"Well, then, we can combine business
with pleasure ; you shall have a good
dinner."
"Long life to your honor j"
"I cooked it for you my'iicit.'1
"God bless your honor for your con-
deseinsiou."
"You aro to ent tho dinner fir-d, and
then just tell mo whnt tho meat in, ond
tho parcel of hind la yours on ca.-j-termsi"
'
rntriek'i confidence rose. "Slue,
thin, it is a fair bargain," sold ho.
Tho dishes were uncovered, there
were vegetables cooked most dclicionsly;
tho meat wns n chef-d'imvrt; a sort id
rich ragout done to a turn, and eo fra
frrant thut the very odor made the mouth
water.
Patrick seated himself, nnd helped
himself, and tootj ft tiiiltlthrnl; thai
mouthful had ft double ofiVcl. lio real
ized iu ono and tho siiino moment that
this was n more heavenly compound than
he had ever expected to taste upon earth,
and that he cmild not and never should
divine what bird or '.'east lio Was eating,
lie looked for tho bones; thero were
nine, lie yielded himself to desicrato
'hioymeut, When he had nearly cleaned
l.'ii! plate ho said that even tlio best
'ookod meat was none the worso for a
I'lin t of good alo to wash it down.
Sir Henry Steele rang n bell and or-
li'ird a quart of nle.
Patrick enjoyed this too, and did not
imry; be felt 'it was his lost diulier in
i hat house, as well as his first.
The gentlemen watched him nnd gave
in time. But nt last Ormsby said,
"Well, Patrick-."
Now Patrick, whilst ho sipped, had
"en asking himself what lino ho had
oettcr take; and ho had como to a con
clusion creditable to that sagacity and
knowledge of human nature ho really
ll'ISSCSHcd Rllll llllllerriileil nivtr,lili,rlv
IIo would compliment the gentlemen on
their superior wisdom, and own he could
not throw dust iu such eyes ax theirs:
I hen ho would l)eg them not to make hih
humble neighbors as wiso ns they were;
but let him still pass fur a wiso man iu
the parish, whilst they laughed in their
superior sleeves. To carry out this ho
impregnated ins lirnzen matures with
world of comic humility.
"And," said he, in cnjoling accents,
"ah, your honors, tlio old fox uiaiU
many a turn, hut tho dogs were too
many for him at lust."
What more of self-depreciation and ca
jnlcry he .would have added is not known,
fur Sir Henry Htee'e broke in loudly,
'(lood heavens I Well, ho is an extra
ordinary mnn. It was an old dog-fox 1
eiiokcd for him."
"Didn't I tell you?" cried Onm-by.
delighted at the success of his com i try.
man.
"Well, sir," said Sir Henry, whose
emotions seldom lasted long, "n bargain's
i bargain. I let you tho orchard and
Held for let me see yon must bring me
a stoat, a weasel, and ft polecat every
year. I mean to get np tho game."
Mr. OTliuTcrty first stared stupidly,
then winked cunningly, then blandly
absorbed laudation and land; then
retired invoking solemn blessings;
I hen, being outside., executed n tan
dango, nnd wont homo on wings; from
that hour tho village could not hold
him. nis speech was of acciiniuhiliiig
farms on peppercorn rents, till a slice of
of the country should bo his. To bear
him, ho could see through ft deal board,
and luck was his monopoly. He be;;an
to be envied, nnd was on the way to be
hated, when, confiding in his star, be
married Norah Blake, a beautiful fill,
but a most notorious vixen.
Then the unlucky ones forgave him a
great deal j for sure wouldn't Norah re
vengo them? Alas! tho traitress fell in
love with her husband after marriage,
and let him mold her into a sort of
ungelio duck.
This was tho climax. So Paddy Luck
is now numbered among the lasting in
stitutions of old Ireland (if any).
May he live till tho skirls of his cunt
knock his brains out, -mid him dancing
in Irish lling to "tho wind that shakes
the 1 al ley I" JIarpcr't Mayazinr..
Fighting: general Crook.
George Crook entered West Point in
1848, so thnt. he is, I judgo, about fifty
one years old. He was put out in Cali
fornia as soon as he graduated, and served
nt once against thn Indians whom bo
has now known for thirty years. Ho
was wounded with nn arrow twenty-five
years ago. Tho rebellion called him
away from cightycarsof Indian encoun
ters to tho contest of civilized forces, and
ho began in West Virginia, was wounded
thero, was promoted for gallant services
at Antietiam, then served in the Western
nrmies at the head of a division of
cavalry, was at Chienniaugii, broke up
tho guerillas, went on several raids,
served under Sheridan and was taken
prisoner by his subsequent brother-in-law
most inhospitably at Cumberland,
but very soon released. He was in nil
Sheridan's great ba 'ties, commanded nil
tho cavalry of tho Army of tho Potomac
for a while, and was in tho big pursuit
to Appomattox. At tho close of the war
he wns a Licutennnt-Colonel, and from
that timo to this has been the cnglu of
lnd.ftn lighters.
When I saw him last he wim a long,
can man, loosely put together, w.'th
rathor a shy, strange face, as if ho had
partly turned into an Indian. He is nu
Ohio boy. Anything wild seems tanM
to Crook. He wants no friends, and can
do with very little family. During the
war lie became mnoh interested in Mary
I)aileyt a young lady of good family,
living in Western Maryland, but from
Virginia people living nbout Moorefield.
Her people sympathized with tho South,
and she had a brother a member of Mc
Neill's semi-guerilla band. This young
senpegrnce, finding; that Gonernl Crook
and General Kelly slopped at his father's
hotel in Cumberland the former paying
attention to his sister slipped into that
hotel and captured the two generals in
the midst of their troops, forced them
out of thou- lines at the point of the
pistol and took them to Richmond
Crook wna soon released, probably
through the intercession of his captor,
lie afterward married Miss Dailey, and
she, has lieen wuu mm iu a good many
-Iningo places in the West. His younc
j qitor afterward became a sutler at his
camp, not wnony to urook 8 liking, for
lie wus very sensitive about connucticg
his reputation witn commercial schemes.
AX KJid.USEU SEAT.
Tlie Travi-llna H t'toyrtt) Ki t ikrit.
It was a dar when everybody was tired
and anxious to sit down that ft largo
i"an, oarrying ft gripsack, boarded an
l.astcf'i fit hind train, nnd idler walk
ing throngli several crowded ears, finally
found the olio vat-ant seal, sent loft
liuisclf, ho plneNl his bng on the
cushion at his side. Jnrt as the train
was about to start another man ( Dred
and made the samo journey in senieii of
a seat. Art lie stooped tnijiiirmg liciore
the huge mall the latter hatd;
"This scat is engaged, sir; a fni'ii jur.t
stepped out, but will return in n :io
nicnlj hs left bis baggage here as a claim
to the sent"
"Well," said llle rcr-tnid traveler,
f":inkly, "I'm pretty tired, anil If you
don't object I'll i it down here and hold
his Iiiik for him till he returns,"
And without further ceremony this be
proceeded b do. 'J hen the large man,
who was bound for Ijyitil, earnestly
prayed within (he iiiiiKist Chambers oi his
little heart that his Companion might
get off at Soinel'ville, or Kverelt or ('lid
sea anywhere but Iiyo:i or ti station
beyond. And the tired man thanked
his stars for even n moment's re.it, ex
pecting every second to bo ousted by
the owner of the gripsack.
The train moved out from the sta
tion. In vain did the large man try to
read the si ranger's ticket to seo what his
destination Tra.". Somcrville was reached,
but the stranger sat quietly in his place,
mid the large mnn grew nervous, Tho
train stopped at Kvcrctt, nnd still the
stranger gazed peacefully ahead, never
budding, and the largo mnn began to
perspire. Then eanm Chelsea, but the
htraiiL'er still held fast lo the bug nnd
m ver offered to stir. The agony of the
large man was simply frightful, but he
saw ho eoiilil do nothing luit grin mid
bear it. and L'et oct of the fix ns best ho
could. But tho stranger had by this
time fully grasped the situation, and
thonuli thankful for the seat, de
termined to punish the unaccommodat
ing pig for his scllish deception. Ho,
when Lynn was reached, the large man
put ha lh bis hand for the bag, but the
stranger drew back tho same with an
expression (if surprise, saying, "I ls'g
your pardon, sir, Din mis is not your
baggage."
"But if isn't yours," stammered the
owner, blushing.
"To bo sure ; but I pnrposo to see it
rein rued to the proper person. Here,
conductor, here's a mall who wants to
run off with this baggago that doesn't
belong to him. Somebody put it in the
seat to secure a place, ami evidently got
left at Boston, for he hasn't claimed it,
and now this man wants to run away
with it," and ho gave tho conductor n
wink, and as that olVicial knew the
stranger personally, he understood the
wink, and promptly replied :
"The only thing to do is to return li e
bag to I ! ist i hi, and store it among the
unclaimed baggage."
"Put," expostulated the large man.
"Hold on there," said tho conductor,
showing a police badge, "none of this.
What kind of a man was it who left tho
bag?"
And then the si ranger and the con
ductor nnd one or two sympathizing pas
sengers combined to confuse the large
man, and be, hating to confess to his
piggishness, and knowing not what fo
do, precipitately fled nmid the frowns
mid sighs of the observers id his wicked
ness, lint the Mniuvei', with a happy
contented smile, bad the bag returned to
lio-.ton, where the lar"e mail had to
come next dav, and identity it. The
moral of this trim tale is obvious. iW
ton Globe.
Born in .Tail.
The birth of n girl baby in Ludlow
street Jail, says a New York paper, the
first child ever born within the walls ol
l ho grim and ill-kept structure, recalls
I hat pathetic chapter iu one of Diekens'i
strongest novels which tells the story ol
the birth of Amy Worrit in tho Marshal
sen. From what wo iiavo learned of the
interior of Ludlow street Jail and the
lif,. f its inmates, from tho published
statements of prisoners and reports of
investigating coiunnttees, wo may almost
itimeiiiH that the incidents preceding the
tir.-d appearance in t his dismal and wicked
world ot tho Uliild ot tm aiarsiiiiiscii
w ere reproduced in tho New York jail.
The KV.iipathy of tho jailors was surely
not wauling, 'and the fellow-prisoners of
the happy (or afflicted) parents were,
perhaps, as officious in their desirotodo
something useful, as they wero certainly
as dirty and unkempt ns the pisir debt
inH in thn Marshalsea. It is not likely,
iiowever as the inhabitants of Ludlow
street .Tail in this enlightened ngo and
this fre country include scarcely so many
varieties of human nature as an English
debtors' prison sixty or seventy years
ago that no outside aid was necessary
in ushering into life tho daughter of
Michael Colctto. In tho Marshalsea the
doctor was iu hand, grimy and shabby
ns all tho other prisoners, and culled for
the occasion from the billiards and rum of
tho "snuecerv. whence no wire wim
him a pungent odor of stalo alcohol and
tobacco to poison tho f1. whitsb tho in-
fniit first hreatlieu. umino
lit the Colette baby is not dostined to
w un 4o womanhood behind the walls
of a iail. Her parents aro not neuters,
..J. ... ..,,,! nf counterfeiting: they
'"" r Amoved for triaC and if
convicted, the IWy.0'
will not be shared by tho infant, al hough
its consequences havo already fallen so
heavily upon her. It no crime to be
born in. jail.but it is a terrible affl.c
tii in.
Smokt. In Mexico nearly everyone
it a smoker. Tho school children who
have done woll iu their studies are re
warded by being allowed to smot ie a
cigar as they stand or sit at their lessons.
The schoolmaster is seldom without a
cigar in his mouth. In the law courts
all persons commonly enjoy their to
bacco freely, and even the acemted in a
eHununl trial is not denied, th.s indub
Hence, but is allowed, if his cigore te goes
lull iuftl OWCd. 11 HIS UllftuetlOKVJCO
'tte beat ol the argument, tolght
nut in
ii n,.oin hv borrowing thai ot mo omoei
hTstani at & & to guard him.
VY.U.T tVIIITJIAN O.N AMERICA.
rhe UmiI limy Pari4 tl ni am Pup.
Inllou ami our future
Walt Wflilttmi sent tlio following
letter to the manag"rri of tho tcrtio
millennial celebration in hanlrt 'e, New
Mexico;
pEAn Sins: lmir kind invitation to
Visit Jot! and deliver a poem for the
threo hundred nnd tlnrt v-tlnr.l ni.niver-
stiy of founding Santa IV has n ached
(To vf late mat i nave to ueenne, with
sincere f"ft"i. But I will say a few
words off hand.
Wo Americans havo vet to really
learn our own nnlecedeiits and sort
tlicnl, f unify them. Xhcy wiU lie
found nmplcf fbnn lias been Supposed,
nnd m widely dillorelit otirecs. ItUis
far, impressed by New Eugiiltid writers
and st'lioohnosters, wo tacitly abandon
ourselves to thl notion that our United
Slates have been fashioned frjin tho
British Islands only, aim pssentinlly
form a second England only which is
a very great mistake. Many leading
traits 'of our future national personality,
ami some of the best ones, will certainly
provo to hnvo originated from other
than Britisii stock. As it is, British
and Germans, valuable nn they are in
iho concrete, already threaten excess.
Or rather, I should say, they have
certainly reached that excess, To
day something outside of them and
to' Ctitlnicrbiilauce them is seriously
needed.
The seething mafertnlistio and busi
ness vortices of the United States, in
heir present devouring relations, con
trolling nnd be'.ittling everything else,
arc, iu my opinion, but n vast and in
lispedssblo stage in the New World's
levclopmeiit and aro certainly to bo fol
lowed by something entirely different,
it leant by immense modifications. Char
acter, literature, n society worthy the
name, are yet to be established, through
nationality of noblest spiritual, heroic
and demis-ratio attributes not oltti of
which at present definitely exists en
tirely different from tho past, though
unerringly founded ou it nnd to justify
it.
To that composite American identity
xf tho future Spanish character will sup
ply some of the most needed parts. Nu
stock shows n grander historic retro
spect grander iu religiousness nnd loy
alty, or for patriot ism, courage, decorum,
gravity, nnd honor. It is time to dismiss
utterly the illusion-compound, half raw-hcad-and-hloody-honcs
nnd half Mys-tories-of-Udolplio,
inherited from the
English writers of tho past 200 years.
Itts timo to realize for it is certainly
true that there will uot lie found any
moro cruelty, tyranny, superstition, etc.,
iu the resume of past Spanish history
than iu tho corresponding resume of An
glo-Nortnnn history. Nny, I think
there will not be found so much.
Then another point, relating to Amer
ican ethnology, past and to come, I will
hero touch u'hiii at a venture. An to
our aboriginal or Indian population
the Aztec in the South and many n tribe
in tho North and West I know it seems
to bo agreed that they must gradually
dwindle as timo rolls on, and in a few
generations moro leave only the rem
iniscence, a lilank. jjut l am not at
nil clear about that. As America,
from its many far-back sources and cur
rent supplies, dovclopos, adapts, en
twines, faithfully identifies its own, are
ivo to seo it cheerfully accepting nnd
using all tho contributions of foreign
lauds from tho whole otttsido globe, nnd
then rejecting thu only ones distinctive
ly its own the nutnehthonia ones?
" As to tho Spanish stock of our South
west, it is certain to mo that wo do not
begin to nppreeiate tho splendor nnd
sterling value of its rnce element. Who
knows but thnt clement, like the course of
some subterranean river, dipping invis
ibly for a hundred or two years, is now
to emcrgo in broadest flow and perma
nent action ?
If I might assume to do so, I would
hko t sond you tho most cordial,
heartfelt congratulations of your Amer
ican fellow countrymou hero. You hnvo
moro friends in tho Northern nnd Atlan
tic regions tl.au yon suppose, and they
are deeply interested in tho development
of the great Southwestern interior, nnd
iu what your festival would nrotiso to
public attention. Very respectfully, eta,
WALT WHITMAN.
Look Out Tor tlio IIo Crust.
The Chicago Triltuw. says a reportet
tor that paper met 111, T. 1). Williams
lately and asked him about the poss-i-
M:.r -.L.n i: i i
unities ot lUllllierilioiK nun.
"Oh, it can bo adulterated with water.
Missouri clay, tallow and other things.''
"Havo you ever run across adulterated
lard?"
"Yes. I examined quite a number ot
samples. I found ten or twelve p i
cent, of water when thero should have
tiecn only two per cent. That quantity
can be put in without detection; and
water seemed to bo the great adultera
tion when I was investigating the sul-
met. I refer to stcniu-rcnilercd Jivrd.
Water is introduced by the condensation
nf leuni nomine in contact with the
fat."
"What do you know aliotit Missouri
"I never found any of it in lnrd; bnt
I heard that ono very prominent ronderer
in Chicago received 210 barrels of it and
I saw a samplo. It is sent as an adul
terant, and is used not only in lard but
in almost everything else, where term
alba could not cut any figure. It bo
no texture, and has a granulated appear
ance under the microscope when pulver
ized for the markot It is a hotter adul
terant than tho white earth for lard, be
cause terra alba would bo precipitated
In this climate, and be found at the bot
tom of the package. Tho olay is not so
dense, though quite heavy, and could be
,ai1 with success to the extent of ten or
fifteen ner cent. Ita presence can bo
deteofrjd with the tniorosoope. By tli i
use of water and the clay, lard nan lis
adulterated twenty-five per cent."
Mart Tnrrr, of Abingdon Miss.,
wanted to be a mnn, so she wore trows
em lor seven yours, men, as a natu
ral consequence, she Btole horse. Yon
.,;u .,,l,..t 11k W,.Urn nnH T.nev
1 ncc, siiii-i - .
Stone will lead you to Yo , M
I me jereevs uim ict w r---
1 ing pipe-htems.-i?rVo tfatrtjf
TTIT AlfD WISDOM.
AnflTAWmo) from food, it is snid, will
euro rheumatism. If yon hove rhennuv
Usui go live in a boarding house.
TnF.nn is so much snnd in tho straw
berries that aro brought to market nor
that they seem quito lit for the desert
Loom Is logic, and it does not follow)
that Noah brewed lieer in the ark bo
cuuso tho kftiigaroo went on board with
hops.
"Ybs," said tho gilded youth, "I hate
to mako tho sacrifice, but I will. My
tailor must wait for his money ami she
gets tie bouquets."
Tun City of Houston, Tex., offered ta
pay Ingersoll moro to lecture one night
on' infidelity than it pays a singlo ono of
its ministers for n year's work.
Si'pakino of thonvoeation of tho heav
enly bodies, thero is no doubt bnt
that tho sun is a tanner. Oil City Dct'
rU'Jt.
"Wnr are tliesn flats called French
Hals?" "To distinguish them from
American flats." "What nro American
ilats ?" ' 'The people that live in French
fiats."
Tub "gentlo reader" is supposod to be
ono that doesn't get on his car and swear
whutievcr tlio newspaper man is lucky
enough to got a full-page advertismenv.
Wheeling Leader.
"BKMitvnRR who you aro talking to,
sir," said ft father to his fractious tioy.
"I am your father." "Well, who's to
lihimo for that?" asked young imperii
netioo ; "It ain't mo."
Tub meanest man wo have heard o!
'his Benson is tho fellow who telegraphed
his sympathy to a friend who had just
lost everything in speculation, and mado
liim pay for tho message.
Commp.hoiatj traveler "My name Is
Mullcr. I nm ngont for Schultzc, in
llcrlin." Merchant "Scliultze, in Ber
lin? In that caso I must lsg you to
shut the door from the outside."
It Is a very small villago indeed thnt
doesn't contain a billiard champion of
the United States. Thero are moro bib
li.ird chnmpions in this country to-day
than there aro billiard tables by a long
chalk,
A NEtino baby was born in Goorgi
recently which weighed only a pound
nnd n qunrtcr, and ft "literary feller.
hearing of tho circumstance, remarked
that It was funny how anything so dark
could bo so light.
Tub other day a Taris lady abruptly
entered her kitchen, nnd sho saw the
cook skimming tho soup with a silver
spoon. She snid to her, "Froncoise, I
expressly forbade you to uso silver in
the kitchen." "But, madam, the spoon
was dirty."
Oen contemporaries nro now ranking
the timo-honorcd snying: "Whnt is so
rare as n day in J une." There, is some
thing far moro ruro, nnd that is an ad
vertiser who does not want his notioe at
the top of tho column nnd next to the
rending mntter.
"Tine Inst link is broken." tho fellow
said when ho kissed his girl good-by for
ever nt her request, because her parents
wished ft dissolution. A tow uftys laior,
ho received a note saying "Dear Goorgo:
There nro pleuty more links ; como ana
break them."
F.pitoii to city merchant: "Colonel,
I'd like very much for yon to advertise
with me. Suppose you put inn small
card for six mouths? Shan't cost yon
much." "I don't believe it would help
mo." "That's not tho question. I want
it to help me."
A soaniul, or quarrel, or murder, is
often explained by tho statement that
"thero is a woman nt tho bottom of it"
ns tho man said when his wifo fell into
tho well. Thero is generally a woman
at tho bottom of everything; but tho Cai
itol nt Washington is a notable excep
tion. Thore is a woman ot the top ol
thnt. Notrislown Herald,
Boys and Trades.
"biiJi Anr" talks a short rnicB.
I beliavo in thoso schools where boys
can learn trades. Peter tho Great quit
liis throne and went off to learn how to
build a ship, and he learned from stem
to stem, from hull 10 mast, and that wns
the beginning ot his greutness.
I know a young man who was poor
and smart, and a friend scut him to ono
of three schools up North, and ho stayed
two years, nnd came linek ns a niuung
engineer and a bridge builder, and hist
year ho planned nnd built a cotton fac
tory, and is getting a largo salary.
l'low many collego boys aro there in
Georgia who can tell what kind of native
timber will bear the heaviest burdens,
or why you tako white oak for one port
of a wagon and nsh for another, or what
timbor will last longest under water?
How many know sandstone from limo
stone, or iron from manganese F
How many know Jiow loouta niter
or a brace without put fern f
mnv know which turns the
i..tDha tnn of thn wheel or the
bottom as the wagon moves along the
How many know how steel is made,
and a snske can climb a tree ?
TTow many know that a horse gets up
before and a cow gets up behind, and
the cow cats grass from her and the
horse eats to him.
How many know that a surveyor
mark upon a troo never gets any higher
from the ground; or wlint tree bears iruit
without bloom?
There is a power of comfort in knowl
edge, bnt a boy is not going to got it
unless he wants it nail, ami that is tlio
troublo with most college boys; they
don't wnnt it. They are loo busy, and
haven't got time. There is more hope
of a dull boy who wants knowledge, than
of a genius, for a genius generally know
it all without study. The clo; observ
ers are the world's benefactor
AwomaUohllyhsditwraoved
oL m , Planed off its ijisonption,
Ed J 1 'iitteS sin to suit the m
Sqairemeatoolhfwulr.