The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, April 02, 1884, Image 1
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' ^-*T- TI A iTrvmo , , , ;
The Family Ghost.
At the Old Manor House and ancestral Hall,
Where the ivy climbs over the gable-end
wall,
A Rookery lends the domain a charm.
And the rats and the mice, within-door
swarm:
And, time out of mind, as the talk bath been,
There's a spectral Thing to be heard and
seen.
0, the Family Ghost!
O, the Family Ghost!
A sound, as it were, of a rustling train,
L. That sweeps into the chambers and out |
Byjk again,
Wr And anon there appcareth an ancient dape, I
Like a figure stept out of a p >ture frame,
In a stomacher, frill and farthingale,
And her eyes glimmer through au antiqus I
lace-veiL
O, the Family Ghostl
0, the Family Ghostl
There'- room where the Ghost is siren to
keep,
60 In that one apartment that none dare
sleep.
No man-servant, maid-servant, girl, or
groom, __
Will advent ore a night in the Hannted Boom. !
Should the Host any Stranger away there
t stow,
trL The Ghost of the Family lets him know.
- . ? O, the Family Ghost!
" O, the Family Ghost!
A something In sooth it may be to boast,
JThat eHow^bg^go 1 ten ^a^ai^jy
~ ~imn imii imnin iw iiiiin
v. . .
Or?ggrar
^iHb&ftrrhtg:a^aart . o?-3fre-aB6rp s
- irnev-ialfced - to rest-sad-refrerh^ti the
I gga-ggfrhorees-at a^saga^f -^gQfe&ge - sot
Fv'_y?H C\fi hf1 r?iHnw t$ffar
4OI. 11 V*H-T1IVvxjlvvi Ui uuV linnnr* 2U*vl
casual
-^wd^tmtefiG otTtid breqa^^reg, be
what ;sr&s--gom^-on.
' w?s-'tcfiing
^fs^fo^uqe/ " T.r": : : _ '" ~
"Sop . of- .foe -jfeciibc;1" ;;?a;d.- 8he,
*% wir" tfay s~arg; gggrfaereiL ffira. .and
steel have sparedYou thxti^-^tttft the
knlletLid' siSSt-~3iisit^^^Q^^fi)x. the
'--fe jOireo l
EZgfinp. "hage. a#d .Ka^e^ t^1Q
0OT86 and to6f-^MHrted
^mnggfyll "Tneoid
soT4ief--4graed^aaws^from
tbe prop^ptes?,ig^^t;blank looE
<-r ^^^TW^t^dp^oyjof ojij-froops
5 ffitffiegtenant?*~afyl \a?, ^c^rtissar,.
touching his cap to the "Baron, ""if the:
woman speakstxufc She
raSpy. "Who is snei"* asfed^tbe Baron. :
mm "A yivandier e, "-^?jpU?i\ the hussar.
"Faith! ake sells ?ood-wln^and brandy
they say?and gives credit sometimes,
r on good security." She never losei I
I fancy?and then she turns a penny by
p telling fortunes."
"Who comes next for/ his fortune?"
asked the Bohemian, glancing her
^ brilliant, snake-like eyes around the as??VI?
itWlin AiwTrbo IrnfMclM^iro ft#
OCiUUlV* II UV ViMTVa *4**V .|*VW^V ;v?
the wise Zela?" - . ^
That do I, mistress,1' said the Barr
' on, orayly, advancing and ungkfirlng'his
hand. "I have no wilh itfjotifc forev
bodings, though my fire-eaters seem 30
daunted by them." !
The fortune-teller curiously scanned
the lines on the Baron's palm. r The
twentieth of August!? saidshc.
- "The twentieth of August!** repeated
the Baron; 'that's wonderfully explicit
What am I to make of that? i
ask you for my fortune, and you r?-pij?"
" <:
"The twentieth of August!" repeated
the fortune-teller, dismissing him
with a ware of her hand. "I teH; no
more to-night But forget net; tjhe
f- date?you will have occasion to- remember
it"
And with these words she turned in
to a tent where her merchandise was
stored, and drew the canvas over the
opening: The deep voice of the sorceress,
her striking face, figure and
manner, the oracular 1 aeon ism and
mystery of her reply, contributedtd fix
^ her words on the Count's memory, and
I mingling with his prayers that- night,
"the twentieth of August" seemed
. whispered by a busy demon.
In due time the Count reached th?
army, whose fatigue and dangers heshared.
It is well known that in this
war the Turks made no prisoners.
Their leaders had set the price of a ducat
on each head brought into camp,
and spahis and janissaries neglected
no opportunity of earning it. ^his arrangement-was
fatal to the?Anstriair
outposts.. Xb?e_-^a? eearcefca^mght
that thes&g^^^y^ gome- in super
Sfe mem? the
;
<>f AagSBfc^- A^w skin^hes
frequently seen her by the way, and
jKU^iptsed. pwrnskma . of ; her, and
t^Bgh-;^er manner was strangely
'^^^gjSe4.^epdlaat at. ?rat,-s^ll^ he
ana i
"You should do so," said the Bohemian,
gravely. "The twentieth of ,
I August is g$ar at hand.1'
"Ah! what is to happen on the twentieth
of August?"
"You arc destined to fall on that
day?the stare have declared it"
"I shall cheat the stars, then," said
the Baron. ".t?.ud I shan't make my
will. You talk of your poverty, too.
Don't I know you're making two hundred
per cent, and turning your money
every week, my good woman? Don't
talk of your poverty to me. You say I
shall be killed on the 20th of August?
I maintain the contraiy. Now an opinion
is worth nothing if it isn't worth
backing, and I'll bet you two of my
best horses and fifty ducats against a
hrunner of Tokav wine, that I snail sur
vive the twentieth of August"
"Agreed," said the Bohemian.
"We'll have it in writing," exclaimed
the Count; and he called the auditor
of the regiment, who- happened to be
(passing. The bet was recorded, amid
the laughter of the twa Austrian*,
while the Bohemian, looked on gravely, *
%nd then withdrew, with a stately reverence.
The twentieth of August came. It
was the turn of the Baron's regiment
to furnish a picket for the night; but
two of his comrades were on duty before
him, and the Baron was to pass the
night, in his tent Evening came?the
horses, were saddled, the hussars
mounted, and ready to march, when
the regimental surgeon appeared on
the ground.
- .TT71 ? 1.1 .oVo.4 (liA
"Tl U3L S UiC illBbbCli tuavu >uv
Baron.
"Your friend Max, who was detailed
I for the command, has been taken dangerously
sick."
j "Indeed! then Lieutenant Arnold
| takes command."- L :
"He has jest be?n apprised of it"
Lieutenant Arnold hastily dressed
himself, buckled on his saber, and prepared
to mount. But no sooner was he
in the saddle than his horse, though
ordinarily perfectly gentle and steady,
began to rear and plunge violently.
Every effort to calm and conquer him
was fruitless, and he wound up his
mean acts by flinging his rider an
breaking his leg.
"It is your turn now, Baron," said
bUV ^Ui^wu.
"There is a fatality in this," thought
the Baron, as he armed himself.
"That cursed fortnne-teUer." And,
though brave as steel, it must be confessed
that he mounted his horse and
put himself at the head of his men in a
frame of mind far different from his ordinary
mood.
The night was chill and starless.
The Baron commanded eighty men,
who were joined by a hundred and
twenty from another regiment, which,
brought the complement up to two
hundred, all told. The detachment
COOS post a inousana paces in auvajicw
of the line of the right wing, and rested
on a marsh, filled with very tall
reeds. There were no sentinels in front,
but not a man left his saddle. The
carbineers sat with their pieces unslung
at full cock, and the hussars
with drawn sabers, to gaard against
surprises. -All was quiet -till abotft a.
quarter of two o'clock, and the Baron,
wf? hmnninr to think tftnf,
would pass over witnout an attach
when a sudden shout of "Allah! il Allah:"
burst on the silence, and in one
minute all the horses in the front rank
were hurled to the ground, either by
pistol shots fired at point blank, or the
shock of seven or eight hundred Turkish
horses, as
"Bending1 to battle
O'er each high saddle-bow,
With the sword of Azrael .
They swept down the foe."
On their side, at least an eqaal number
fell, either from the impetuosity of
their own charge or the deadly-fire of
the Austrian carbines. But they knew
the ground, and the Austrians were enveloped
and cut to pieces. Saber '
strokes flew thick and fast?fire-arms
were discharged at random?it was almost
impossible to distinguish friend
from foe.; The Baron received no fewer
than eight saber strokes in themelee,
both from the Turks and from his own
men. His horse,. seventy wounded,
fell with him, rolled over on his right
leg, and nailed him to the spot. The
flames of the Turkish pistols lit up at
intervals the scene of strife and butoherv.
The Baron raised his eyes and saw
his brave hussars defending themselves
with the courage of despair; but the
Turks, drunk with opium, made a horrible
massacre. In a few minutes not
a single Austrian was left standing.
The victors seized on the few horses
that had escaped unhurt; first plundered
the dead and wounded, and aftqr-,
ward began to cut off their heads and
stow them away in sacks they had
brought expressly for the purpose.
The Baron's situation was by no means
a? enviable ono. ' In; Czeklers's corps
they almost all knew the Turkish' language.
' The Baron heard the ruffians
encourage eacn otner to mase an ena
before succor arrived, and not to leave
a ducat behind, and adding that there
ought to be two hundred. He knew by
I this that they were perfectly welL informed
as to the strength of the picket.
* While" balls were whistling overhead,
the Baron's horse received a shot
t which caused him to make a convulsive
movement, and enabled his rider
to extricate his leg. He thenconoeived
the idea.of throwing himself, if possible,
into- the marsh, and thus escape
the fate of his command. He had seen
several of his command who attempted
this maneuver 'taken, but the fire had
olaoVaiKu) (?WM?riT7 nnv juii) t\RTRr
ness inspired him with hope. He. had
only twenty paces to traverse, but there
I was danger of sinking. Still he sprang
' oyer men and horses, overturning more
I than one Turk. Arms were extended/.
! to seize him, and saber-strokes dealthim,
but his good star and youthful a<>
| tivity enabled! him to gain the marsh.
I At first he sank only up to Ms knees?
he toiled on a little farther, and then
stopped, . exhausted by fatigue. He
heard one Turk exclaim: "It is impossible
to do so in the marsh." : After
I this a dead silence ensued. The blood
| he had lost caused the Baron to fall in;
to a state of insensibility which lasted
i ? T !>???,, u/lian /xms tn Kim.
dOVOJLOU. LLSJU?&. ii uvu uv v?mmv
self the-son was high tip in the heavens.
; '
He had sunk: up to his hips in the
marsh. Eis hair stood erect' upon- his
head, when he recalled the fearful-'images
of the past: night, and the l>twentieth.
of August" was first among.: his
thoughts. He counted his wounds?
they were eight in number, but not on&
of them was dangerous. Theyrwera?,
saber-strokes on breast, back and
arms. As-the nights were very fresh
in that region, he had worn his furred
pelisse, and.ita thickness, as well-as its
silk lining, had deadened the blows.
Still ho was in a very weak condition.
rr- 1 Tn,Vo
He usieuuu ?lLCLlU?eijr. xuu
! had long since departed. From time
to time the moans of wounded horses
were yrafted to him from the field of
"battle?as for his -men^ t&e Turks had
taken care-of them.
The Baron began to think of extricating
himself from the place in which
he was, but he was so much exhausted
by the loss of blood that it-was a whole
hour before he stood upon firm ground.
Though war had deadened his sensibil- ,
ity, still, alone as he was, it -vyas not I
without a sensatoin of fear that he '
emerged from the reeds and looked
cautiously about him. He advanced
slowly, his eyes resting on the field of
death; but who could depict his fright
when he found himself suddenly seized
by the arm. He turned and beheld a
gigantic Arnaut, six feet high, who had
returned, doubtless, in the hope of finding
something valuable to reward his
trouble. Never was hope more cruelly
deceived. Yet the Baron addressed his
captor in the Turkish language.
"Take my watch, my money, my
uniform, but. spare my life."
- "All that belongs to.jnev^nd your
head too!" replied the savage giant
And with that he unfastened- the
chinstrap of the Baron's* hussar cap,
and Chen proceeded to triufle'-h is 'ir ay al~,
im:: T? ;
JLUU. J32U.U1L _ n ao QUA?Ui^--WftMvm -9r0mBup?0? .
and had no weapon. . At the slightest
movement of resistance his enemy
would have immediately sheathed his
broad cutlass in his bosom. Yet "he
clung to the Arnaut by the. waist, and |
continued to implore him, while he was
baring his throat. ;
"Take pity on me. .My family is 1
rich. Make me your prisoner?you
will earn a large ransom.'*
"I should have to wait too long for
my money,'' replied the ruffian. 4Only
hold still for mo to cut.!'. .And he
removed the Baron's short-pin. <
Still the Baron clung to him, and. he
did not seek to free himself from the
clasp, doubtless because he relied upon
his strength and his arms,, and per
HivpB uctauao uc *? ouguv
emotion of pity, though not strong
enough to counterbalance theiope of a
ducat. As
He was removing the pin Conrad
felt something hard in his belt. It was
an iron hammer. He kept repeating
'Keep quiet!1' and these were doubtless
the last words the Baron would
have heard if the dread of death so horrible
had not inspired3um to seize up>n
the hammer. The Arnaut paid no
attention to it He was already holding
the Baron's head in one hand and
his cutlass in the other, when his intended
victim jerked himself free, and,
without losing an instant, dealt a blow
with all his force on the forehead of his
antagonist The hammer' was Heavy
and the aim sure. Hie'Arnaut reded.
The Baron repeated the blow. Es
went down,: ana as he fell his cutlass
escaped his: grasp. It is unnecessary
to add that the Baron seized it and
plunged it several times into hi3 body.
Free!?saved??the soldier ran to the
outposts, whose arms were glittering in
the morning sun, that had never seemed
so bright and glorious to him before,
and succeeded in reaching the camp.
xne soldiers nea as irom a gnosc. ?a?
same day he was attacked oy a raging
fever, and carried to the hospital.
At the end of six weeks he was cured
of,- his fever and his -wounds,; and returned
to the army. On his arrival the
Bohemi^gr^y ba?~
his comrades:thai,;duringrhis- absence,
she had predicted ?. great many occurrences,
all of which hadcome to pass
exactly as she had foretold, andthishad
brought .her; a great-many consuls
tations and numerous bequests. Thewhole
affair was strange and inexplicable,
and shook the skepticism of the
most incredulous. >
In the meanwhile there came .to them;
from the enemy's lines two Servian.
Christians, who nad been employed in',
the baggage train* ofthe Turkish army,^
and deserted to-avoid a punishment
with which thev had been threatened.^
As soon as they saw the Bohemian"?
prophetess they recognized her, andst
osO a/nasl a Via nftftn RamA trt thflT
Turkish Camp in the night, to reader
art account of the movements ^-of- their*
enemies.. This surprisedtheAustrians
very much,'for theyhad often avaSe<?
themselves of this woman** services, :
and had admired the 4exteri?y withi
which, shehad.executed the most peril-ous
commissions. Bat the deserter*'persisted
in their statement, sod added,
that they had been present on several
occasionsKhen>this = woman was describing
the Austrian positions to the
Turks, unfolding their projects, and
urging them to make the attacks which'
took place. A Turkish cipher served
her as a passport This convincing
proof wis? ftnmir upon-her, and shewas-*
threatened to die as a spy* v
. BeforeTwrexecutionthe Baron-?ues^*
tioned her-about the fortune, she had
predictec-to him. She-confessed thai
by means of pTaying th*e spy to both par<^
ties she had often-learned what was undertaken
on both-aid es; that those who
secretly consiiltedherabout their horoscopes
had 'confided to her many
things, and that she also trusted a good
deal to gue$s work. As to what concerned
tKe Barpn-particiriarly, she had;
selected him as a striking example to'
strengthen her authority, fixing the fa*
tal"period a long-time beforehand. At
the-approach of the - time she had excited
tne enemy to make an attack on
the post of hi3 regiment on the tweny.
tieth of August Her relations witfc
the officers enabled her to discover thatthere
were two on the list before the*
Baron. To one of them she sold drug-/
ged wine that caused his sickness, and
getting near the otiier to sen mm something
just as he had mounted, she con
trived to thro^a piece.oi- burning tinder
into the horse s nostrils, which rendered
him furious and unmanageable.
This was the whole secret of her foreknowledge.
Her punishment waa the
halter.- rfihe;went - to-She gafioi^s^with
&: ;bol&, ';im|>ertinen6'. and, "defianfcif air^ i
lea?mg*ttbV a- r ehklve^behmi"her to'
mourn the death ot the gipsy spy.
"Almost every day," says the London
Truth, "oris reads how this landlord
has Ifiniriy' returned 20 per cent
of thft ha.lf-Yf.arlv rents to his tenants.
and how another has remitted 10 per I
cent Fractical people in the country j
know very well that these abatements,
on which so much ignorant eulogy is
lavished, arc forced upon the landlords,
for if they insisted on extorting
the ful?aiia?unts dae ^ they-would lose!
their tenants and find their farms
thrown -upon their hands.-". ... . ,
m m '
Lieutenant Rhodes, of the United
States revenue cutter Dexter, who dis?:
languished hfenself at the wreck of the
City of Columbus recently, is -described
as "a man slightly under the average
size, trimly and compactly built, and
with bronzed/and regular features, de^
noting energy and determination."
He was in the great tornacUy hurricane
and tidal wave which devastated' St
Thomas thirteen years ago. Thera'
were eight vessels in the harbor, and
ho was on board one of the only two
which were. sayed.
.. J>r._ George Fordjce,. the anatomist
and-ctezaroai lectawr^ -twenty
years lived on one meal a day. Eta
bad excellent health. , , T m
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The Kiel Rebellion.
A Winnipeg letter says: The here|
tofore unwritten -chapter of history is^
jast given regarding the ^provisional
government under the presidency of:
Louis Kiel. After the rebellion at1869
and 1870 Riel, Le P:?l> and 0*Do*
noghue, with a few followers, seized?
Fort Garry and the Hudson Bay Company's
stores, and established anal-;
leged government, which was nearly
overthrown by the loyalist ' settlers
under the leadership of Dr. Schultz^
J)r. -Browiv~AL*jor' -Wallace awLi-Mr.
Scott Riel and his comjanions determined
to make an example of the lead*
ers, and Schultz. now a.member of. the:
Dominion parliament, would have been;
shot had he not escaped to "the Unitdd
States. Scott waaaman of ungovernable
temper, and-tfcis furnished a protest-for
his taking oft The freezing
and starving process* the praOirers
wei^ sttbjecfed toVdid" fiot im^rere his
temper, and one day, in a fit of pa&?:
sion, he crowned bis acts of i&subcrdination
by a violent assault upon a sentry
who came within his reach. This
sealed-his doom.- A court-martial was
hastily summoned; at which Adj. Gen.
Le Fine presided, and the prisoner,
who could not comprehend a ward' of
the proceedings, was condemned to be
shot forthwith. All efforts of the Hon.
D. A. Smith Bannatyne and 'the Bier.
Mr. Young to proeure even a respite
proved/unavailing.. Kiel and Le Pine,
inflamed by rum and resentment and
incited by O'Donoghae, determined to
carry out the programme The doomed
man was led out into the barrack-yard,
and, after two volleys from the clcmsv
and inexperienced firing party, fell
back on the rude box which was to
j serve as bis coffin. Riel refused to
?ive up the body, and what became of
it is a mystery to this day. A
man who was at that time connected
with the Fori Garry New No-tion,
the organ of the provisional government,
relates for the first time the
' particulars of the murder of Scott,
showing that he was thrust into hi*
coffin, and lay there five hours terribly
wounded, with the mercury below zero,
4. .W TkA
UtJiUro 1CUC1VXUK uu uoauu OUUM Aug
editor of the New Nation was-*a old
countryman,Maj. H.M. Eo bias on. Oa
the afternoon of the death of-Scott,
Maj; Robinson was sent for from the?
fort by Scott. He returned some two
hours afterward utterly unnerved and;
horror-stricken, and in an intense stateof
nervousness. He said that Kiel had
desired him to defend in the New Nation
the -shooting of Scott ss an act of
necessity to the provisional governs !
meat Major Robinson could not credit
that the deed of blood had actually:'
been done, and expressed his incredulity.
Seeing this, Kiel led the major
intn thfl onnrt.. and.to one of the sheda
which lined the interior walla, wherestood
a sentry. As they approached.
box, tatbodi;
into tltti^ow.%Harifly &d^e|major
iorrified by fefealfa?*K37oice proceeding
:&6m within ifresfccasakclaiming in die- ;
a T-T J. i + ! -?. jvff v Z~ *'ic
9BSHWBBS ?s ?
the' "inapor re'trcatecL from the spot.
Kiel entered.-'the
?ied~asd ^dBedthe<<dcor.
A- ja^?at;^^i, thereim'a^^d of aLaI^-^h^^iaiuSedtt'
*sa*^>robab]y
re&weS fwas^torttzre.- ^iet-retnrned
ho
DameznbsrBdn^&st- .th2s -occurred 'five
cofiLiied,; aad - mflal- ^'^thermometer.
many" Heroes -^eerow^ ^sero. -axujur:
?.-3.'-^'3*- 1tlL-!g?'I* OI.il - r
John Chinami&i g^mr^fcoosta.1'
r.*-~ - . i v- ?-?* " ?jTv ?
^>m ^0
jngYwyntly.
I "3T?> can. "mm one.1'
- Jfci^pttseiied a small pee? ho!(: in
Mf: 4n&*?tiW of the'
I \ r" . v [
steckaboartt this t^^f^^rauinded
ilte^arBiEWwuL - * ' * :
[- "ifo-sabe." -
I . .' "Whist'oher got him-in: a- bag;
Ifdr?"" S| / ;?, ' ' .;?; Io?
I ?- "S'pose; no s pitrt 'in# ur Mgi ino let;
Hop'&ee go through gate."' ' s
j. 'Well, yer got to get off with it.
D'ye-hear?" ana the brakeman pulled?
his hat over ,his eyesand returned to:
the doon * . 'A j<
The chicken sfucOIs" head through
the hole in the ba?r and looked around. The
view pleased lam. The bag spHt?.
and his red,- speckled breast appeared.
The bag sKt further, and'he st?p?ed:
out of his prison. JoWdivedfbrhjTn, aa^
win/* on/? lm/u>VAif Aff/trtA
! high hats. Men struck at the fowl
.with canes, women "shooed" iV and'the
Chinaman chased it . if
The train slowed np, and -therteafcexaaa
opened the door. Ha had got his^
mouth.open to say "Ninth street; when
the" chicken, m "a ' dash fdr outdoors*;
flew in his face and disappeared over
the. rail* into tibestreet;. a
"Stopec tlain- Stopee tlain!" yelledthe.
Chinaman, as the train stopped.
> He ran out of the-door and off on the
platform, harrying after-his bird,: and :
the daaed brakemaihyelfed after Mm:
"D'ye hear me, ye heathen? You've
got to get tight this -ffein With yer
poultry!' '?ffieq? Yorkjtun.
Time to Sell.
Anlndlana fanner whowas "holding,
on" to SQO-bushelaof cetn last fall to,
secure a better price/csme rushing into
his house one evening, after a call at a
neighbors, and gasped out: "
"Joseph?John?William, we*ve got
to load tnree wagons with corn before
we go to bed to-night."
"' Why, fathe'r, what's happened?"
"What's rhappened? Why. . Jim
Sheets^ he, takes -a'Chicago paper, and>?o4
fn ma as ?"
UO TT ttO J UJ U iUUUiUg VV 1MW Mkl MV T? jf,
schooner loaded?with 36,000 bushels ofcorn
has gone to the bottom of Laktf
Michigan!'^
"And-what'of it?** * '
"Why," yon three idiots, corn will"
jump SO cents a bushel before laidv
night, and we must be in Indianapolis
before ^npoeir-Tbe, tizne-ha%af3peiw tosell
every ear weVc.got, and scrape in.
all the empty-?otftcwe kin find kicking
around"?Wall Street News.
The- A1 bauy Argus attempted th&
ather day to publish a letter from ft"
A# AlKftnv nTl^^P
QiaVIXlgUiOUWU v*
the -heading: - "The Income Tax?A
-Jurist's View of'a?tr-Interesting Ma*-'
ter." The exasperating-; types got fctv
"A Peevish View of an Interestu^
Matter."
. mm' , & ^ * *-*
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I
Counterfeiting in Prison.
^WhpaLwSs head deeper in?iag Siiig^jaid
Police-Captain Waihbtifra, <
**a nmnaamed Ulricn wa3 Irving a
term-^fsr-xonaUrfeidag. He was an
engr&ver by trade, and soloed* Workman
;tfeirt;the Warden employed hint in
making dies.. LTiricb -was taken erfery
dayto a-large xeU specially used - in
the-prison far, thdt class of work. Be-'
Idre being locked in he was searched,
aadra&mBai times, and at.the- hour of
goxn*lo:hisawn veil at night he was
searched; again. By day a keeper stood'
ontside his cell, watching through a
loopahKle in-the strong door. Uhdch
was faithful and attentiveto his work,
and. 3rd ^walL Wiea <tbe Wsoden
-was fefc?*ned:bjr a?pnsotter "that Ulrich
~was engeamga ptafefepaletHuiatfnat
banknote he was surprbed. .Jafefrifcen,
youllee, the Whigs were inpasfressk^
of thprison, and the Democrats were,
trying^o tarh theiD aaL The Wirden
and #5>?rc Whigs,andrtedidn't profeitnj&
ctoinpritfoii**
We - =*Hswed Ulfich to .c&ntiaue iMs. |
work 'As nsnaL After the prisoners
had heen Joefeed up one oighVwe-^rent
to the wort-rOom, sounded the<#sHs,
floor, Bad ceiling, sad examined his
tools. We couldn't findany^ing/ahd
concluded that we had been misinformed.
- We didn't-kaow then -what a akillful
man Ulrich Was. He -hadn't-made
his reputation. .One day three Scotland"
l[?r4-=detefctives eame, to the prison.
jttiey aad teen sent oyer uy tne tsanjc
of E^glandto talk with1 Umtjh. I was
present at the interview, and learned
lor tip first time that TJiiich had been
emggpped by the Bank of England m
its j&per nails. He got the-secret of
the qunttfactnre and water-mark^ and:
ran away, and forged-Bank of England
notes appeared ,: It . was. four years
alter that the -detectives heard-of his
arrest here for counterfeiting. They
offered Ulrich aH. manner of inducement?to
tell them how he had -Bftana^-i?
get the paper from the mills.'
He laoghed at them, and said he iaid
stolen no paper. Pattis^ his -handob
;a s?He bandkorehief on the neck of one
of the detectives, he. said: *Give me
that, and certain chemical preparations,
tools, 'and: presses, and I will'
-m*k}S:, yon a perfect Bank of England
note.': They went away disappointed- '
"V^fter learning what a formidable
fellow Ulrich was we watched him
closerthan ever. He nerer gave a sign
that ne snspocteafre naa oeen waraea.
One day the convict who had first informed
the Warden- asked to see him.
ana told him that Ulricas counterfeit
platehadleft the prison. It had been
coveredwith.jaJlow, wrapped in oilsilk
taken fcom the prison hospital,
and sent to New York in a pickel barrel
Pickels were made by contractor
the.prison. Yon mav just bet your life
that the Warden and I were scared. We
watched the newspapers, and it itiBZ
notloog before we read, the announcement
-that a remarkably well executeid
counterfeit $3 note, of the ConnectaCTt
{State Bank'had been discovered. Ton
may rest assured that neither the
Warden nor I let the secret out until
we left the prison.11?ivT. F.
A Raven's Amusement.
SaVens are -amusing thieves, Who
steal for the pleasure of-hiding the
'stolen' articles. An English gentleman
wlKK>wned- a' pe traven-fcst dotal a rotplum-tree.
It was -found :to have
been hdHo^ to the core,- rfhd the hollowwa^diseovfered
to be'a sort of robTiinf^
IAW' ^WA . nda f/vf
UOf V tttw iyi" mo woo VA ?MV 4mt VM?
Out Of this hollow was taken a basketful
of things?the aeetimulation of
months?thaft-bad been stolen and hidden
tway "by-'the;-ttrven. The 'bofirfl
waff cft :the mc^t mlseellaneous cb*t*cter?s^Oon^.-kiiivea,
thimbles and pefts;
apairOf scis^bfs, a comb/ a bondie of
boofc -lacfes, a' meersbhtfum; pipe, Wo
vesta boxes, etc. t
?J5e tte^Hen'4^<we got boidof Mbnsiew^rt?
^*?-aa<f -laidhim down
-quieiiy beside these proofs'Of his dk-'
<a6eStjr, wondering what he would
hate te>sayto-it
And i3ie-rf?cai'was qfcite-equal to the
occasion. -He^ti'^gfatT^^Maned an
arid unfcbfefcBttL
With oneejfe''fixed 'upon ^OUr face, he
sesrS^^lhaMrfr what It wassail about,
tod'to "a&k'^Wrt-'in the World be had todo
With it,' while witbthe otfcerhe
glanced at the things spread upfta the
ground, with many a merry blink and
twinkle, that very unmistakably indicated
*' lively recollectioaof the de-'
light whJeh'tae stealing of them aSorded'hira.
Wo hid OursfeLves. When he fotmd
hitaself alono, the raven, lookingkeei-'
ly Uronad; eroaked twice fcdteep^-gut'
teral croak, and walked around and
^onnd.thecBs entombed articles, as if
iidmiring them.
He?th?i took up a spoon in hia'bUi,
;and .-carryinjr it? wita quick, decided
step tertfcerogppsite side of lie garden,
Jh(L it-cateJ-aiiy awayunuer ine oroaa
leaves of &-gigantic rhubarb plant; and
this he dn? and vocy. quicsly, with
erety; article of tie hoard.
When he had finished the .job heufctered
a favorite exclamation of bis
when he imagined he had just done'
something exceedingly, clever, and wai'
perfectly satisfied with-himself?a curi*
ous: combination of laugh, chuckleand
croak, that seemed specially reserved
for stJfch occasions.?Whitehall Review;
"Wafeted It Shingfed.
*4 v"NextI"said a hairdresser in a fashionable
shopon State street,-, and some
surprise was created when; a young'
woman seated herself and said: "?<
want my hair shingled."
The attendant, from his looks, evidently.
disliked the task, as he said;
rather despondently: "How do you
want it done?" _
"I want it shingled."
"Yes, but howr l can shingle ft three
or; fotsr ways, mfrs," and the scissor*
were VoYering over her head, keeping
up a" mburhfm1 dirgtfas if feftieiitingfibe
loss. bf the locks. * \
cM-rit ft/aHivwtfM? 11 ?h<T ftToIaSuiBd. !
Votce;; and fief' temper
evidently rising, as she^dntiiiUed, *?ufr]
|Tyou cahiiot' do it I' must go to sciae
hairdresser that can**
''Very, well, miss," exclaimed thro'-:
operator, "a3 ytm please," and
hastfyr&atfchedthe. wrapper frtftixw
heras if in*^ear;of her changing';hdr
mind. The young lady spnmg -frbfli
the chair and' left the shop, banging
the door. i i
" IWat^ shoTtsnt?" asked" one :0f<
yfitrrfktr'friVg triWiWr<?
. "Oi Sfr&rtfie "s^eirAnffeS Her.
fcaJ^tliiilufed, but.-m $&&' fcesfd tfie
tetttr ^McgteiT; used, aad- din ttcrt$SDjf-1
- . Vi'Mji- /x. : *-i.,.'l-'i//t 1 1
xniUBrBtona wjgjx it TTDtont:
^tiyoxim&i many -itfcfc eaacs?"'1;
g&te\iiimDttrr_ *btit: I 'dlslftfe sri^iois.'.
OcmionAHT' -1
wt^jdo *a6tr-vf^^&rf'yriteb''meiL1'
?Hartford Telegram, I
?
The Lime-Kiln Club.
I Long enough before the triangle
! sounded the veteran members were
whispering to each other that some-thing
was up". Just what was to happen '
no * one could say, but-Brother Gardn'et
: looked solemn, Sir Isaac Walpole had
his left eye .shut, ei*d Elder Toots made
no preparations to'fall asleep and tangle
his less up with'the stove. ' . .
' Cfm'len, ' said the'President; &s
the meetingopened, "word has reached .
jpav ears. dat .Neisontjiaiw- an' Judge
Congo do an' lie down togeder lire 'spring'
lambs in de clover. I should
likebbsf braddfers tost'ep in dis way."
"Tire pair! walked to tic platform,
shambldW aiong as i| going to the gallows,
-and B rot her. Gardner continued:
"" "I uhde'r'stari*" dat Mrs. Judge Congo 0
gave a party a few nights ago;^m' aid
not* ifiwite;any of de Slabs faraily.; Am
<dag so, Nelson?" I * J
"Yes, sah: dev had de most brilliant
1diidJ oi a blbw-out 'over jdKrV and '^1ttOtisrh'tfre-has'
binde bes' of friends.
furyTafr^reTvasEotaxed tolend-our
presence to grace de occashcn."
. '"Has you, axed fur any explana- V
iHn^sr' .
?8<y, sfch. I rtckon de 'Judge's
hu&hr'%elsftb^ hs,-ki? deyhasgot
a,:sewih- mas^ie^en an, haStf i " 14:1
?&eisbn Sfabs.hadyou gotie tode
-.fudge1 an,; ax6d de reason why you was
left-out dis- hardness of feelin' would
notrhSve oecufrM. I ^-ascfar'widmy
ole woman, an' I knew *11 'bout it.
YouWStf^btt-'dS lis^Wberlnvited, but it
was suddenly disiabfered by Mrs. Con- :
go dat she'hadn't WfrtwentjMjne plates
mnie house. She cotfldn^t borry but
eightfeen cheelfs. She hadortfy sixteen
fcilps an'sa?S?fs. She had already inrvited
twenty-two pussons,; an1 radder
: dan see'ybur tstnrty stSndin' around on
ofte leg, "wid no {States tor eat? on, an'
fittffin'tb drink out of she concluded to
gin you' de skip and make a speshul
oyster supper fur you some time soon, '
Dar's de null reasons, and what has '
fph'n crot'trt'ftav?"
r "dofcn' BOtdOWn," continued the
Ifresitfeht, ^an' let dis be a solemn
"wSfnin* to you an' to all de rest Life
sa f ull of trifles dat kih be magnified to
moa&atos. De man who journeys
'alon^ de highway mus' not stop to pick ;
up ebery ciip an inspect ebery straw. fce
t ug;nowproceedtodebi2ness which
hasenabledus togeder."
' * HEJLRD ASIGWC.
T4at::?mtte?<iion brought the Rev.
-Pensiockrta his feet "with tie inquiry:
*?>id I onderstan' de Chair to gay}
'Which has enabled us togeder?''
. "Ssrtinly,: you did!'! . - . T-cfr^an?enabled
us togeder!"
"Btadder Penstock, am dar' anyfin': ;
wrong wid dat expreshunB". .
f'lrsall'wrong, sah! 1 is surprised,
TOh, dafc de President of dis club would
.-makeuse !"..
"Sotrdown, sah! We has been ena- j
bled heah tfeeder, an' doan'you forgit i
it!.if you hasn't bin enabled wid' de i
rest of us you can step down sta'rsl" * 1
'Yes, sah, but de " *! - *
"Sot down! Brudder Penstock am i
fined $2,700 for disfuptin.de meetin'!". j
Brother Penstock-not only sat down,
but it became Necessary to give him a ;
niorav inn hand, and 1
to pour apm^^ ^iA"?&er7?owii-TaKrr: -i
back of his-neck.Unless his Sue Id remitted
the coming sunixker will be a
dreary one to him.?Detroit Free Press.
How to Keep the Witches Away.
1 A'policeman was searching a negro
house in Campbell's Block yesterday,
and "turning over a pillow on the bed
*ouud a'case-knife under it.
"What is this knife here for?" he
asKea,'sterniy. 'Kjifltine
dat!" cfxcitedly shouted the
negro woman, who was in the room.
"Dat'smine!^
"What is it'under here for?" asked
the officer.
"Ter-keep witches from riden1 me.n
mat!"
"Yessnr- 'eftpm' Ihas dat knife under
jcy "he ad de witches rides me all night
1 War fblks say if you put a sifter on 'de^fctot
ctf the bed de wftches can't ricle'yer;
but I tried dat?sifter don't * stop
no witch. It takes'a sharp knife under
yer head ter Tt'eep de "witches o? H
knife ain't sharp, old witch lights on
yer and she ride yer. If knife is sharp
aLm /vamH am T
Blit? uaii v iiguv uu j uu. uvmvuiiivo A
lay and hearold witch coqje' in' de win-der.
She gozing, zing, zip? but she
can't light on me, 'cause I got d8 knife
undermy head." ^
The officer was taken back, but be- .
gan to understand the situation when
the woman showed him that all the
beds in the house were supplied with .
knives to keep the old witch ofE< The
woman said the white folks told her
'the "old witch" was the hl^h'tmarey
wfcenner Diooe <nu not circulate, out
the Colored people did not believe that,
but thought they were ridden i% their
sleep by an old witch. An inquiry de^
veloped the fact that the superstition *
exists to a;very considerable extent
among negroes.?Atlanta Constitution.
That Easy Chair.
. A few evenings 3go a furniture de- .
livery wagon was driven, up in front of
f a prominent Newport man s residence,
j and the driver, taking 'a fine,' large
softfy cushioned easy chair from it to '
i therfrontdooiv rfcfcg. the bell The mistress
of the premises happening near,
opened the door. .
"Are-ybu Mrs. Stayup?* asked*
MSn.--'" r
. " flK? r?nhnndfiA
"Well,.here's an easy cheerioryon."
"An easycTuurT Why,1 neverordered
it ftom anyone.'" "
' NO,'Ifat^our husband did.7* :
- 44Hedid? What!. I never told him ;
to get one! There must be some mis- ..
take about it What did he say?"
' "Well, Ionly heard hfm teU the bosstfcal
be often; got home purty late and
that ?OU always, sot up. for him without
sleejpm1 any, and you had no easy
chair, and he thought' mebby if you.
hay ar^ht1 soft; ea&yone liketms you'd
H a-r*A Via nnnM o)m rtn.
gU'W 81CCJJ m il) auu uw Buy U?rstairs
and crawl in bed without wakin1
.you." , !.... :.
. "Ah,' th'atvs Lis scheme, is it? Well,
you just: taie that chair right -back
again, and: when he comes Home tonighty
if it's-to-morrow morning, I'H
be there as usual*-oh. my same old.,
ch'air, andTll teach.'him how to injure *
my ctftitwSitie'before1 the public.31 Then, '
^fclaio ised^thedoor. ?Kentucky StafoJournal.
. , ,
Slavery ' bid fair soon to be a thing
:of the past- iu Oiba. Sixteen years
ago & iaw was passeu prvviuixxg m/jt vuxr
gradual manumission, of slaves on the
island, Of wBpm there were at thait"
time about" 385, $55. -So well has this
law heen administered, the planters in.
B^any pases showing a willingness to
ac,t even in anticipation of its provisions,
ffiat 235,000 slaves have been already
g^t freei afid thett are-good grounds'
for hoping; that during;the year the
-trade will 4>e entirely wiped out.
BootBacis are called ,4l>oot1)rbna?
era" in California
Recommendations.
There are few details of modern
domestic life more annoying than those
connected with servants, and of these
a very large proportion might bo avoided-were
people bold enough to be hon-'
est in the matter of recommendations.
A girl comes to a house strongly and
warmly recommended. Dy ner last mistress,
and with excellent reasons falling
glibly from the tongue why she left
her recent situation- Tier former employer,
when seen, dwells upon the
girl's virtues and has nothing to say of
her faults; when'the domestic has proved
herself dishonest, untidy, disrespect- ,
ful or of ungoyerned temper, the lady
'if remonstrated with is apt to declare
thit 'she could not bear to'prevent the
^frl's - having a chance to earn a living.
and that she. had told only the truth,
although not the whole .of it,, in recommending.
her. The sentiment of not
being willing" to injure a servant's
chances of ftfrtaihing ^situation is "both
:rtrt*g_an&w*la-sprefcd, and is npt^zncoupled^with.
& weai desire to aroidT'
unpleasant iiwuesl "T&e other side of
the question; the'claims'of employers,
seldom seems to obtrude ifeelf unon
the consciousness of these easy-going
and dishonest people .who recommend
servants. whom they have discharged
for glaring faults,' and who evade questions
a* cleverly as if they had a personal
interest- in concealing the truth
"Oh, cheer up, girl,".one servant was.
overheard, saying to another who had
been discharged for stealing. "You'll
get another place, easy; mistress is too
soft-hearted to tell on you." .
Aside from the perfectly obvious fact j
that employers have some rights as j
well as employed, it is: doubtful if ai
false recommendation is of any real j
senrice to -the one it is designed to aid. i
At best; it merely postpones the discovery
of inefficiency or unfitness,
while*at worst it'confirms 'the' servant
in bad habits or evilcourses by condoniii'g
whatever is wrong. In any case it
is dishonest and unkind, and none aire
more virtuouslvindlgnant than these
veryTi'tterers of false recommendations, !
if by an evil chanCe they are themselves J
imposed upon by ,an unfair character.
Beware .of Mrs. X.1 s recommendations,"
was said recently of a lady well
Known in tne oest social circles or jNew
York. ' 'She is so. tender of the feelings
of the servants she discharges that the '
characters She'gives are absolutely unreliable."
* :
Dishonest as this wicked old world
seems, civilization , depends for its ex- ;
istence upon,niutual irust and the pre- ,
Gumption of integrity of intention on
the part of the individual members of
society; and' many of the very people
who aro the most Hagrant offenders in
the matter of which we speak are members
of innumerable societies for the .
r\roT70tvt>r*r> nf rtriH- tVi <*t and tVio I ,
fostering of the other, all with a view .
to the elevation and improvement of
society. The absolute results for good .
would perhaps be greater did they de- i
vote themselves to the seeking for ab- :
solute honesty in their dealings with
[eUow-members of the social world, in
no detail of which is there better op- ;
portuhity for reform than in that of
the recommendations which are given '
1 1 PrWnw
On & Scientific Bast.
- A fewyears ago if-a man were seen
helloing at a box set in the wall, an- ;
swering it with ''Yes?" "Yon don't :
Pttr it t s. ji 1
sayi" "weu, 1 aeciare: ouu i
won he would have been thought "
crazy. Now it would be known as a
Simple ease of telephone. A man must i
keep track of scientific improvement !
before he judges too harshly of his fellowman.
Last night as policeman Baton was '
walking up Lafayette avenue he heard .j
female screams and a tremendous
crashing of bottles and glassware.
? 1 * J il- 1 1- " I.A
\jn rusmng arouuu tne u;w;j&. rtay u\>
found a man acting like mad and \
smashing soda-water bottles promiscu- ously
in the back kitchen. Baton did ,
not want to bring Mr. to the ,
station, for that gentleman was one of
Lafayette's most respected citizens, so'
he tried to calm him* down and get him
to reason. He was. astonished to find
Mr. quite rational, even if a
little'out of breath. Although the so?a
Was all around there was no trace of .
the brandy. "No,
officer," said he to Mr. Baton.
"It is hot a case for the Police Department,
but rather for the Fire Department
The kitchen was in a blaze and
so I was merely mashing these patent
bottled up lire extinguishers. You see
this globe contains some liquid which
has a depressing effect on a fire. I
guess I smashed them a little too lively
but then this wa3 our first fire ana we
were all a little excited."
"Oh, certainly. It's all right You
were doing jour duty. Don't mention
it Good night Ah, by the way, you
needn't let this get? into the papers,
you know.?Detroit Free Press. < K
Royalty and Commoners.
The relations between royal person-'
ages and literary 'men have alwaysr
been unfconventionat There is a'stoiy,
now going' about that the laureate,
meeting the Princess of Walea and her
sister, the Express of .Russia, frankly
explained Tiis difficulty to them, and .
said he did- not know What to call *
them. -. The prmcess replied, "Why,
Minnie and Alec, of course." That is
IIxq story, ana it proDaaiy is oniy a-r
story. - Carlyle's unccnventiottality
seem3 to hare more ground for ere-;
dence. had an interview with her majesty,
ftnd the position of Prussia as '
a European power came'up for discus- ;
sibn. The queen has a well known
aversion to sit down. Carlyle was ao-.
customed to sit and talk, and, perhaps,
a-little to dogmatize. "I think, your
majesty^ as this is likely to be a "big :
subject, we bad better be seated before-:
we discuss it'- The queen sat and. 2
listened, and,was delighted with; the '
historian. But then Carlyle had a '
frankness about him that may have
been a relief after so many" courSers.
I hear that the young prince at Oxford
is winning golden, opinions amongst i
Eds feUow-students, though his igno-'
ianoe about common life and eariyllis- tory
has considerably surprised his tu- J:<
tor: i am tola tftat n was necessary tOJ:
explain to him the existence of a dog
tax as a source of national revenue,
and of the' Magna Cliarta as one of the
(jreat factors in the working of the constitution.
Outside the limits of this*1
book-room his knowledge seems to be *
more extensive. When he got on the
river he sbught to show a new stroke
to a fellow-student. That undergraduate
was not respectful to his prince.
"You teach your grandmother to?"
The speaker did not finish the sentence,
remembering who that august relative
actually was. - *- -
According to the figures of the 1'
ricultural Department, the. average
yield of whest-per acre in the United
States in 188? aivas 11. o bushels, and of
corn, 22.7 bushels. _
UJUJCiAil JLi>UO? '
Kansas last year produced 107,550
pounds of cotton valued at $9,"680.
Coon skins pass current in Calhoun,
Ky., at 50 cents apicce.
A Chinamrtn is one of the laige real
estate holders in Council Blufis.
The Colorado historical society wants
a mountain I on to stuff ; r.
Susie .. s, oi Clinton, Me., twelve
years old, weighs 189 pounds.
Hundreds of men, out of work aaid
money, are j&^in&irom door to door
in Portland, Oregon... . ? ?
A newsj): per printed at the little
\li.,!r>wi m MAnf*M fa /MrTTorl
WffU vi iu*A?via, iu invMwimn w wiv>*
the Bad Laud Cow Boy. '>
The-needed expenditures cm- roads in
theYellowslcme jfrrk this year are estimated
at $210,0001
A pearl wcighirg nearly, two hundred
grains' has lately been found on the Bno
ofthePanama-eariid. '*
* The London Saturday Review says
our tenth census was the best ever made
in any country. : ?
Hiram Badci^^reekise who died
recently at Ifctngston, N. TM: iBft -per?
sonal property worth $150,000, including
a half-barrel of pennies
A citizen . of Gainsville, Ga., now 'r
worth $50,000, never wore a ^iair of ?.
shoes until after he was tWenty-one
vears of axre. e
J Q ?
The Arizona Legislature afters $2 lor
every Apache scalp brought island it
is asserted that4 'a Connecticut genius
in that section of the country invented
and made a scalp which very nearly
passed muster." t
Frances Hodgson Burnett is still under
thirty. She is foil of life, likes so- . '
ciety, and Is a vivacious add. interest- ^
ing talker. She is of medinm. height, N?
has dark auburn hair, &bro?r**f0rehead,
and pleasant blue eyes.
rrh. . _r J:
XUU X>Ui;iiC53 VI XAUULiLUg ?a tuuiuucied
the talker in the English royal family.
She is said to be very strong willed,
the only person who dares to oppose
Victoria, or even say "I won't"
to her, and to care nothing for* popularity.
. !* :';A
Vermont physician who -found a
neighbor in the road too drunk to walk
and invited him .to crawl into his sleigh
was astonished by the query: "Say,
Doctor, my family physician isDr.
; do you'think "jour carrying me
home will mike any difference?"
The London Daily ;New$ say's of the
late Wendell Phillips that he "was an
orator of impassioned movement* which
stirred the public mind to its profoudest
depths, and Americans have reason
to be glad that' such men have been
among them." ;
A paintaer mde a contract fi? fresco
the interior of a church in MW?hlg*TiThe
design was left to his own taste,
which proved unsound, for he covered
the' walls with mythological ahd idolatrous
pictures. The tmsteesnot only
refused to pay him, but demanded that
i?flr?ATro hit s
Manners impiess as they indicate
real power. Nature forever puts * premium
on reality. What is done for
effect is seen to be done for effect; what
is done for love is felt to be done for A
man ^ inspires action agd ^4
Four cents a piece was the price
promised a sewing-girl in Brooklyn for
making eight dozen shirts, and then
she had to bring suit to get the money,
her employer alleging that the sewing
was defective. Judgment for the full
amount and $5 costs was rendered in \
her favor.
A wiow ? % r,A?AAr?^ XT 'TT o
III Of L4 1U WUW4U) i.1* WU(V1?U7V\*
for a boy to learn the shoe business,
and received twenty-seven answers,
the ages of the applicants ranging from
13 years to 62. He says he believes in
advertising, but he wishes' some of the
New Hampshire boys were not quite so
old.
A vender of a nostrum in Baltimore
takes a position on a street comer,
rolls up his shirt sleeves, disclosing
very muscular arms, and- exercises
with a heavy dumb-belL A crowd is
quickly attracted, and to them he sells
a medicine which, he declares, will make
anybody as strong as he is.
A San Francisco man estimates the
property of the three bonanza men of
that city as follows: Flood, $100,000,*
000; Mackey, $60,000,000; Fair, $40,
000,000. Probably, if there should be
a sudden necessity for an honest liquid
auuu, tuese iuuuuuus nuiuu oiuiiAUiw
a million or two each.
Wages are steadily increasing la
Mexi.o. In the capital common labor
receives.$1.25 a day. Mechanics gel
froru. $1.75 to $2.25. Along the railroad
lines the prices are . aborit. $1 a
day for unskilled laborers and $1.50 to
$2 for mechanics.- The laborers from
the rural districts are coming into the
railroad districts in large numbers.
A convict who escaped from the
Louisiana state prison, walked hard all
night, and by daylight was forty miles
away. Fearing detection by means of
his striped garb he went boldly into a
negro farmhouse, told the'owner that
he was a circus performer disabled by
rheumatism, and offered to. swap the
costume for any old suit of ordinary
clothes. The bargain was made, ana
wnoTTfotr (lfwit in
safety. - ^
A married couple , perished ia the
City of (^lumbu3 disaster, leaTiiig no
children, bat' considerable property.
As it is impossible to'siy sorelywhich
one died first the title to the estate will
hare to be determined by i&fgrence.
The courts haveheld in. cases oi shipwreck
that the woman beix^g'the weaker
the law warrants the ;'ConSnsibn 'that
she dies first, andj therefore, the husband's
heirs are. entitled to the prop*
ertj.. i&iixa.-M make
me thh&ofjO&BBl]*"
remarked Mrs. Soft&nsweri as the
violinist concluded a "most perspiring
rendition of De Beriot'j seventh 4dr.
"Yes," replied- the delighted arost,
"and in wnat^^espectP'l,. "He was the
best fiddler I eyer. heard," said Mrs.
Softanswer, "andyon are "The yrorBt."
A Chinaman in Taylbr^has revived
the" latest China papers giviiife an account
of the figKt ai Sontay^-; - His version
of the Homeric conflict reads
something like this: "FlencL nigger
sleyen eight :eet high! Cloatr SSee
same elephant sklinl - Chinaman clat
him knife and sford; no clut him!
Chinaman shoot Mm; ball no glow in. ^
ntrmaman Inn like hell!*'
f A deserving young man of moderate
means had an engagement "with a
young lady to escortherto the opera
house recently, and when the raip continued
to pour down he loofcedfprward
with dismay to the,hade hire;'which,
added to the cost .of the tickets, -would
run his bill fearfulfr^gh.' Bis mind
was relieved in the/afternoon Tjjr a note
from the young lady-sta&irg' that she
wished to^ppstpone'-.th^;jeng^ement
the situation, and,- like asettfiSlS girl,
solved the difficulty.
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