The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, April 15, 1885, Image 1
- "===== WINNSBORO, S. CM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1885. ,
A Bachelor's Neckties.
They lie on my tabic, red. purpx- and errecn; j
, Jn fact, ail the colors that ever were seen.
Some bright as a daisy, some crumpled and !
soiled.
Like my desolate heart, of their freshness despoiled.
jl find them in cupboards, in corners and ]
nooks,
I find them in drawers, in boxes and books. j
The wrecks of past fashion, they clearn on j
my sight, ,
Each one a reminder of hours sad or bright. J
jgtk Ah! well I remember, poor ribbon of blue.
Hfc How my heart beat with hope as I proudly
Km donned you.
||& How two lovely eyes on your bright wings
were cast.
'Twas a glancc of delight, but 'tis over and
BBS* And, royal tie of purple and showy tie of red, (
HHSS5r Beneath you has nest ed a lair, sunny head.
rW hope tresses of gold once tne cnarm oi my
Now shine on the head cf another man's wife.
Andyoar fo^ds of satin, oh, dainty tie white.
Were woven expressly for my wedding night.
And you. like the others, have been laid aside.
And still I am waiting?but where is my bride?
HI {rather you all in pay. colored heap.
And into the fire you shall go with a sweep:
Like my dreams. I am sure you will never
come back.
And henceforth my neckties shall only be j
black.
SPOOPENDYKL'S PIE.
f
2Ee Shows Mrs. 8. How His Mother Used
to Hake 'Em. w
My dear," saut Mr. Spoopendvke,'
folding his napkin and pushing his
chair back from the table; "my dear,
. you are a pretty good housekeeper, and
^ once in a while you contrive to cook up
a fair meal, but you have no business
fooling around a mince-pie. There
never was but one woman that could
make a mince pie, and that was my j
or
"I thought this was nice.'" returned
Mrs. Spoopcndyke, with jnst a little
N quiver resting on her lip. got it out
of the cook-book "
"And you'd better put it right -br&k
in the book as a warning to other amateurs."
continued Mr. Spoopendyke.
^ "I don't say that this is especially bad,
only it doesn't meet with all the requirements
of pie as they were instilled
into my young mmd. i ou raigni wont j
it on foundling hospitals tuat never
had any mother, but it hasn't :he soul i
I used to get out of pic when 1 lived at
home."
"How did your mother make the
mince-pies, dear?"' asked Mrs. Spoopendyke.
"If I knew what she used
perhaps I could get up one of whieh
you would eat six slices instead of
four." And with this purely feminine
dig Mrs. Spoopendyke looked modestly
downward and bega^i folding kaifeplaitings
in the table-cloth.
"Come!" exclaimed Mr. Spoopendyke,
jumping impetuously from his
chair. "If you've got the ingredients
I'll show you how to make a pie that
will draw howls of envy from the neighbors,"
and Mr. Spoopendyke led the
way to the kitchen. "Where's your
chopping-tray and the apples! Fetch
me the hand guillotine and the beef!
Look alive now, my dear, and we'll
startle the world with some new revelations
on th.? abtruse subject of
ji? mince-pie!"
'y*- "Let me put this big towel around
" "your neck, so you won't grease your
clothes," suggested Mrs. Spoopendyke,
drag?i:ig out a huge crash towel.
"What's that for?" demanded her
rfnntftmnlntimr it With no
uuduauut wii .-0 -- ??
" amount of favor. "Which end of the
pie is that thing supposed to have influence
with? If I make up my mind
when I get through that this pie wants
to be shaved I'll put on this skirt, but
in the meantime I want room for all
my limbs. Now,1' he continued, as he
dumped the beef and apples into the
" * ? --S 1? ?4.l_
tray and wen: at tnem vigorously witu
the chopping-knifc; "now, you watch
the proceedings and note how the pie
begins to assume proportions."
"Didn't your mother peel the apples
before she chopped them?" asked Mrs.
Spoopendyke, quietly.
"Eh!" ejaculated Sir. Spoopendyke,
slowing up a little and looking into
N the tray distrustfully. "Of course
cot," and he resumed his labors with
still more energy. "If you did, there's
where you made your mistake. I sup..
pose you peeled the beef, too, didn't
ye? Though I don't know," and he
stopped short and regarded his work
attentively. "It strikes me this meat
would chop finer if sotrc one had dropped
a pile-driver on it once or twice.
Anyway, you don't want your meat too
fine, and I guess this wiil'do," and Mr.
Spoopcndykc set the tr;?y full' of lumps
on the table and rolled up his sleeves.
"What will you have now, dear?"
inquired his wife tenderly.
"Some Hour and water," replied
% Mr. SpoopenJyke cheerily. "It's the
crust of a pie that is its genius, and
I'm going to turn out a slab of pastry
that will be a monument to the artist
who is weaving this job. Gimme the
flour and water while I feel as one up
on whom the spirit of a successful pie
rests visibly!'*
"Anything el>e. dear?"' she asked,
as Mr. Spoopendyke wet down his
flour and jammed his Ji<ts into the
paste.
? "Nothing but profound silence," retorted
her husband. "The chief trouble
"with the crust to your pie is that you
allow your attention to be distracted
from it at the critical moment. I, on,
- the contrary, vrill stop boxing this
overcoat for that mince-meat just at
the second it reaches flakiness," and
he slammed in more flour and nlunered
(again into his ambitious effort in "the
j way of crust. There!" said he, when
he had fought it to the consistency of
sand and mucilage and rolled it out
into two thick chunks. "Tnerc is the
triumph of pie over puttering! Lend
out the pan whom the gods would honor,
and let's see how this combination
of hereditary intelligence and acquired
| brains will go when it is cooked!''
I Mrs. Spoopcndykc handed him a pieK.
r>an into which he dropped his bottom
crust and then ponrcll in his mince"Got
to lift your teeth pretty hifjh
to get around some of that meat." he
observed, as he tried to poke the lumps
into position with :i stick. "I'm not
sure whether mother used to grate the
meat or crack it with a. hammer, but
it don't make much difference. It's \
the crnst that talks, wher you come to I
1 * conversation on pie. Now, you do -J
this," and he marked out a sprig on
the top crust with hU thumb; and
t when you get it on, thus, you pinch it
around the edges, so. See? My mother
used to have an old wheel out of a
wooden clock, and she printed land- j
scapes in holes all over the pie. Bnt
that isn't necessary. It adds lustre, j
but no dignity, to the performance. I
Now, we put ic in the oren, this wise, j
and in a short time we will have ac- i
complished results in the immediate |
lino nf j
"It is really wonderful bow well you
^ remember how your mother made
theni." smiled Mrs. Spoopendyke.
"You won't feel badiy because it
beats yours?" said Mr. Spoopendyke,
f
?
kindly. "You won't cry?" and he j
chuc?ed her under the chin and open- !
ed the stove door, cautiously to see how
affairs were progressing.
"I'll try not to," replied Mrs. Spoop- j
endykc, casting her eyes do*vn and j
suppressing something that sounded j
like a sob.
"Let's see. You stick in a broom- j
splint, don't yoa;. when you want to j
know if the pc is* "done? Where's
your broom? t>how me the happy
"broom that is to be immortalized by
testing this grand-apothesU of pie!" j
Mrs. Spoopendyke. produced the :
broom, rind Her husband, carefully se- I
lecting one of the splints, jammed
away at the upper crust.
"It won't go in," he remarked, rather
dolefully,- .selecting another with
similar results. "The trouble is with i
the broom. Haven't you got-a broom
that Jcnows something about its business^
or is this 'one of those pious
brooms t'.at won't work Sundays?"
and he broke up several more splints j
in a vain: endeavor to penetrate the I
pie.
"Hadn't you better try the handle, ;
dear?" suggested Mrs. Spoopeadykc.
"No, I hadn't better try the handle,
dear!" mimicked Mr. Spoopendyke. i
44Comc out here and let's see what's j
the occasion for this uncalled-for re- j
sistanec!" and Mr. Spoopendyke haul- |
ed his pic out of the gfcen and fired it I
down on.the tabic.' "Got an idea you
are going to be assassinated with abroom j
splint, haven't ye? Think yon're a
sort of bulwark of American" liberties
and bound to resent foreign intervention,
don't ye.- Well, yoirahrt; you're
only a measly pie, and you are going |
to l>ave something slock into - ye, if it j
n i nnnnnn!"' rtlld !
Mr. Spoopendyke stabbed at it with a
fork, and then with a chopping-knife,
without producing the faintest impression.
' You're up in pie, what
d'ye s'pose is the matter with the
tlnn":?" he asked, turning to his
? o
wife.
"If I'd been your mother I should
have put some lard in the crust,"
returned Mrs. Spoopendyke complacently.
"I don't know how you are going to
get lard into a crust that you can t penetrate
with a, bayonet!*" retorted Mr.
Spoopendyke, upon whom it began to
dawn that there was a hitch somewhere.
"I've almost forgotten how
mot'.er did try pies to see it they were
done."
"Did she ever try a club?" inquired
Mrs. Spoopondyke, timidly.
"Xo. she didn't try a eitib!" roared
Mr. Spoopondyke. "Come hither, my
geuth? pie!" hy howled, planting his .
ti*t in the middle of the apparatus.
"Listen to the voice of the siren inquiring
witiiin!" and he dropped it on
tin; floor and planted his heel on it.
"Front door closed for repairs; entrance
at the back!*' and he kicked the
business to the ceiling.
"Your mother mn*t have been very
vigorous for her age." observed Mrs.
Snoopendyke, calmly.
"It's those <r:i?tod lumps of meat,"
snarled Mr. S:>'?o;v:i.Ivke. picking up
the pie and ex.uniuing its kiobs and
bumps attentive y. thought" they'd
melt when subjected to intense heat.
Anyway, the inside of that pie is all
TMovif if f onnlii o.ilv t!ie lid off.
Got anything I can get under the edge"
and lift the roof oft* this business?
Gimme that can-opener! Give way.
now! Whoop! Once more! Ki yah!
All together, now! Whe-e-c! There
she comes!" And the crust gave way,-"
revealing chunks of beef and applcparings,
half-cooked and still steaming.
" *4I suppose your mother put in the
spices and cider after the hired man
had wrenched ti:c pic open," remarked
Mrs. Spoopendyke, solemnly.
. "You do, do ye?" squealed Mr.
Spoopendyke. squatting down and
resting his hands on his knees, while
he grinned in his wife's face. "Thai
lump of quicksilver you caii your mind
has jrot around to where it transacts
the supposing' business, has it? P'raps
you don't like the pic! I s'pose you've
got some fashionable notion that. you
don't care to associate with this pic!
Well, you needn't. 1 don't force un- pleasant
acquaintances on my wife!
I beiieve i:i making home a paradise, I
do! Go forth, pie!" and he shied it'
through the window, glass, sash, and
all. "Tnat suits you?" he yelled.
"Does your moral nature "led reiieveu
by the absence of the pie you have been
instrumental in casting upon the chilled
charities of an unsympathetic
world?''
"I guess that pie can take care of
itself, suggested Mrs. Spoopendyke,
soothingly. "The next time i make
one I'll try and have it just as your
mother used to."
"You'll fetch it!" roared Mr. SpOopendyke.
stamping up nud down the
kitchen and slapping the Hour ofF his
coat. "You never have any trouble
with things after I have shown you
?nr?n r].iv- T* 11 r?niir lint in vnnr
..W?. . v..v .. .. ^ j .
ear. and spice in your eye. and leave
you in the oven to reflect on how you'd
like to be cut off from intellectual social
intercourse, just because you ain't
hilf b:iked!M and Mr. Spoopendyke
slammed the d^or after him and mounted
the stairs with heavy tread.
"I don't care," murmured Mrs.
Spoopendyke, as she swept up the de-J
bris; "Idon't care. If that is the j
way his mother made pie I don't won- I
der it left a strong impression on his j
mind."
tl.ic />!,.?rif-ihln nf I
biilO VllUitVUViV ? 'V .. w
situation Mrs. Spoo cndykc sat down
to the consideration of wiJether she'd
better make p. false irain for her new
blaek silk.?Drake's Traveler's Magazine.
Wasn't Libelous.
"Do you want a case, Mr. S nedes?"
"Certainly, if there's money in it
and any show for winning," replied J
the lawyer.
"Well,, it's for libel. I propose to j
sue this infernal newspaper for trajuc- j
ing ray character.''
"What has it said?"' inquired the !
lawyer.
"Why, it has stated that I am worse
than a hog in my family, that I beat
my wife and starve my children, and
lie when I get a chance, and don't
steal because everybody locks the door
when I come around, and a whole lot
more of the same kind, and I want j
damages for it."
"Is~that all?"
"Isn't that enough?"
"Hardly. Yon see there's nothing
in the statute against a newspaper tell- 1
ing the truth. When the paper tells j
a lie on you come around, :.nd I'll see j
what I can do for 3-ou. Good morn- 1
ling." '
The leading bandmaster and' most
accomplished violinist of Indianapolis
U ic
is a uuiitu nt.n^i ii.iii. iiv u
the author of a dozpu of the most popular
minstrel soiigs'in existence, among
which are "Cyarve ^atTossUjaT' and
"Daphne Do You Love Mo?1'
;t*i-iW.vc
j i: : r: u: . x.
His WoimI tiV! Fii-i-.il I) so \Wst i
I ::it. ;
Ti e folioninsr sSnry in regard <o j
Lieut. J)(?r'iv (John Ph??:h>:.i ? 'itimorist)
was tol ! six! by (.Jen. WilK-.ini I'.
Sherno:::;: Yo:i k-ow, there was a f>-w
miles from West Point a place known
as Benny Haven's. wh<?rcthe boys n-e.l j
to go to eat flapjacks and drink !lip.
Benny Haven's l!i:> had a i::;tional :??]> j
illation, and h's Jla jacks were deli- j
cipns. The cadets, however, patronized i
I,, -in cvciss i
the officers <;f the military school :it- i
tempted tojjr.t a stop to it, and very !
few permissions were g ranted them to ,
go outside of ill.' walls <>f the instilu- j
lion. LVr'jy was in especial ba.l favor, j
and he know that he could not on or- '
dinary grounds g t a permit. One J
time, afier he had been a week or n ore !
without a drink of Ileimy Haven's Hip, j
he pretended ;i ?re..t repen-Cisnee as *o
his studies :in<i guw out that he w&*
going to do Letter. The professor of
geology w:is :t cirioiH ol.I follow whom
he haii carloone i un croifniiy. and
who had a honor of him. To him
Derby went, :;n<i with t'-irs 111 i.h eyes i
said he was mmtv that iic had wasted j
his time i:s {.': past, and lir.it in the |
future he intended lo <io better. lie I
feared as jt \va-- l-.s would not be able |
to pass his e\ minations, Lni t al iio
wished to u<e iii< remaining iinu in the
academy so li:.-.: when he went out lie
would be tit:?d ; > I tattle with She j
jyorid. ami i.e :n!en Ji'U to pay special |
attention to ^?-?*is?vy. This geological ;
professor \va> a:i cut u-;ast, ami very
simple ami innocvm -WiMal. He embraced
Derby ami co:ir r ttilat<-(l him
on his best resolution. Dur.ng li;e next
few days Derby came i:;-:o tiie ciassroom
wills t lie be>t of lessons. Ke asked
many questions and* showed great
interest in the subject, thus winning
glowing opinions from his professor.
lie remained in thcclass-room after the
.. .
ivs-on ol i: c sourtii nay. ami ioiu ine
professor that' one of tins milkmen who
supplied the academy hail been tellinghim
of some uonderiul petrifactions at
a point away uo in tii mountains. He
had spoken ot lishes anil the tracks of
birds anil other specimens which Derby.
having carefully posted himself by
the book's, said he supposed belonged
to such and such an age.
The professor rubbed his hands during
the relation, saying "Yes,11 yes,'"
' Very likely, very likely!'' And when
Derbv concluded bv savins the milk
man bad ollcred to conduct him to the
place, he was eager to have him go.
On Derby's asserting the doubt that lie
would not be permitted to leave the
academy, the professor said there
would be no trouble about that, and
that he would get the countersign and
the permit. This ife did, and the next
day Derby started out early and struck
out at once for Benny Haven's.
Here he lay around all that day eating
ilapjacks and drinking flip, and
carried on his carouse far into the
ni<rht. Early in the morning lie camc
back to the academy very mellow indeed,
but succeeded in passing the
guard and tumbling into his room. As
he lay down on his bed he happened to i
think that he must have. an .explanation.!
to give to the geological professor for
not having the specimens. He bethought
himself a moment and then
went down and picked up a couple of
stones from a pile which lay by the river
side. He brought these to his room,
and with a chisel cut into them a number
of what looked very much like bird
tracks. Going out again he rubbed
these with dirt and then came back,
laid-them on his table, and went to
After breakfast lie took the stones to
the professor of geology, who, by the
way, was very near-sighted. He told
him that the milkmun had failed to
keep his appointment, and that he had
attempted to find the place himself.
He had not discovered the petrified
.fishes nor the other fossils described by
the milkman, but he had found these
stones, with their curious tracks, and
he thereupon gave the professor a lucid
explanation of the bygone age to which
the stones belonged, and how antediluvian
birds of a character not now
known had made these curious tracks.
His disquisition was so well put that
the professor coincided with him. He
took the stones into the class-room that
day, and related Derby's wonderful
discoveries. The affair was for a,few
days the talk of the class, but Derby
could not keep his secret to himself and
told it to one or two of his friends. It
went all over college, and the result
was that Derbv was suspended. He
got back again, however, after a time
and was graduated.?Cleveland Ladcr.
His Idea of a Kangaroo.
They are telling a rather amusing
story of Mr. PatricK Rooney and Mr.
Addison Ryman. Mr. Rooney is a gentleman
known to a certain portion of
the public as a delineator of Irish characters.
Some seasons ago Mr. Rooney
became involved in difficulties with Mr.
Miner, his manager at the time, and it
began to look as though Mr. Miner
- - - , C . ^ m m ,
would certainly get the Dest or me
matter. One day when Mr. Rooney
put in an appearance on Union-Square
he was in. a particularly gloomy mood.
In this condition he met Mr. Ryraan,
who courteously inquired after his
health.
"Sure," observed Mr. Rooney, "it's
mighty bad I'm feelin". What with
quarreiin' ana annKin j. m siu*. ;mu
disgusted intirelv. Be heavens, I've
half a mind to lave the country."
"Indeed?" pursued Mr. liyman,"and
where will you go?"
"To Austhralia, I believe. It's &
fine business I'd be doin' there, so it
IS.
"Nonsense. There's nothing in the
country to play to but kangaroos."
"The divil a bit do I care," exclaimed
the Ilibernia-i actor. "A kangaroo's
money is as good as any other
man's."
When a young man, Mr. Hastings,
the legitimate heir of the Earl of Huntington,
met a pretty chambermaid
named Betsy Warner, and, becoming
enamored of her. vowed to marry her
if ever he got possession of the family
livinsr. Thirty years passed by. I\lr.
Hastings forgot his early love,married,
ii! - li-- ?: 1 ii..
lost ins WHO. ana nanny gameu. tuu
living lie had always desired. One day
the venerable old pastor was astounded
by the arrival of Miss Warner, who
calmly told him she came to claim the
fullillment of his promise, as she had
never swerved from her engagement.
The result was that the reverend gentleman,
landing upon inquiry that his
betrothed's conduct had been exemplary
r?nns<?nt:od. miblishcd the banns himself
in his own church, and married his
early love.
The Governor of Ihe Island of Samos
has discovered a tunnel measuring o,000
feet in length, and constructed at !
least nine centuries before the Chris- j
iian era. 1
Lctmi a Trade.
I'uring a conversation with a foreman
of a large manufacturing company
lie said incidentally: "We have had
no American apprentices in tvvoyears,"
and in reply to my interrogation said
that Allien an parents ?ere more desirous
of their sons learning to despise
labor than to adorn it. Looking the
matter over carefully I have reached
the conclusion that lie is right. It is a
pity. Young man iook forward a few
years. You huve good homes today
and homes where every comfort possible
to have is in your gras . Yon do
not appreciate these tilings. They come
to you without effort, they arc retained
:o you without effort on your part and
you permit yourself to slide along on
the greased" pole of confidence in the
ability of your parents to provide. Did
you ever think that money, sometimes,
yes, often, takes wings? Well, it does;,
it goes in the twinkling of an eye somelimes
and then your father has to work,
and you, if you have anything in yonr
composition and make up which has
the appearance of a man, will go to
ivork to help out your father. Now, if
you had learned a trade you would not
be obliged to search for six-dollar
positions as clerks, but could step into,
places that are waiting for jnst snch/
men as you might be at a fair salary.
Don't think when you light your
cigarette and walk down the streot
tliot rnn mt thnn iirsrhndr
Don't imagine that rhe mechanic as ho
passes you envies you. Don't imagine
that society eouM not get along without
you. You must know that society
thinks only of your money and nothing
of you, and if your fai her was to lose
his dollars to-day that to-morrow
would find you knockiug at society's
closed doors. And t e mechanic pities
you and says, "Well, I would not exchange
places with him,1' and he
means it.
Suppose you put on an old suit of
clothes and go down to the machine
shop or the factory, or the printing
otlice and commcncc at the bottom
round and work up. There will be boys
that will laugh at your white skin and
delicate looks and yet secretly they
will admire you for having the good
sense to do what you ought to do.
l'our employer will advancc you as
fast as you deserve and with your natural
ability there is no reason why you
should not reach the top of the ladder
"in a few years. Ttien if your parents
should have money and you feel a desire
to do something else, do it; and if
days of adversity come, as it is very
probable they will you will have something
to fall back on which will support
you una your wiie ana Daoies in comfort.
What this country needs is more
of its voting: men to learn trades. There
::re enough who will be bound to make
fools of themselves aud try to navigate
iife without it, and look to the professions
for a dry and uncertain living.
It is no disgrace to be poor, but it is a
disgrace to any young man who, having
the opportunity to learn a trade
which will be of use to him in after
years, throws it away and with it his
comfort and that of those dependent or
him, to satisfy tbe pride of society
which looks simply upon the wealth
PJ'd I -of arC<
Davis in Arkansaw Traveler. " "
The "Good Old Days."
"I <ruess these farmers who are groaning
about low prices and high taxes,
and who are lunging for the good old
times, don't remember much about
the good old times," said a well-known
Orange county farmer of Goshen, N. Y.
,4I can remember when we used to
haul our grain, butter, pork, and eggs
all the way to Ncwburgh, going one
day and coming back the next. We
generally got lo cents a bushel tor oats,
ant! 10 cents a pound for butter. Seventy-live
cents a bushel for wheat was
a fancy price. If wc got 6 or 8 cents
a dozen for eggs we thought we were
doing well. Nice corn-fed pork, dressed,
we carted to market for $2 a hundred.
The butter wc put on the market
in those days was the genuine Orange
county article, yellow as gold and
as hard as a walnut I have sold tubfull
after tubfull of butter for 10 cents a
round that would net me 75 cents easy,
if I had it, or any Jike it, to sell now.
That was before the Eric railway came
through here and put us up to selling
our milk instead of making it into butter.
We didn't have any lime-kept
eggs to sell in those days, either. As
for taxes I paid $100 for my farm of
one hundred acres when I was getting
10 cents a pound for butter. On the
same farm now I pay $42.50. and Iinve
sold my c itire dairy of milk for what is
eq.al to more than throe times 10 cects
a pound for butter. There is a good
deal of humbug in this mourning after
the good old days, and I know it"
A Tale of Two Dogs.
A friend of the Rccofd has a - very
original dog. He came to the family a
little, scrawny, mangy, timid yalier
dog. He is now a large, fat, well conditioned,
consequential yalier dog.
There is a beer shop about two blocks
from the residence which this dog
adopted'for his own, and Buff goes
there occnsionallv and drinks the drip
pings thai fall from the faucet of the
beer ke<r into a tub kept for the purpose.
Sometimes he drinks so much
of this fascinating liquid that he becomes
very drunk and <rocs home in a
sad state. When, at dinner time, a
long. deep. stentcroiK- grunt is heard
from underneath the table at the back
of the room and a visitor gives a look
of surprise the explanation is., "Oh,
Buff is drunk again."
Next door lives a handsome setter
named Captain. Buff had always
whipped him in their chance hostile
encounters until Captain learned to
give him a wide berth But one day
Captain happened to see Buff going
home from tiie beer shop in a shocking
state of inebriety. He knew that the
moment for his revenge had come, and
rushed upon the incapable Buff like a
wolf on a lamb. Buff made an exceed
ingly unsteady and inadequate defense.
The"tyrant of the neighborhood was as
effectually disarmed as Sullivan was
disarmed before Mitchell. He went
home dreadfully whipped, and with
such a sense of humiliation that he has
quite let of? going to the beer shop?
until the next time?and has not since
molested Captain.
The best thing about this story is
that it is absolutely true. ? Boston Even
ing Iiccord.
Gypsies are particularly superstitious
regarding portraits, and it is a rarity to.
find the photograph of a true Bohemian
decorating any art gallery or
store window. They consider it most ,
unlucky to be photographed, and will
onlv submit to have their profiles taken
in consideration of receiving, without .
asking for it, an old shoestring with
whifrh thnv can bind thesniritof ill luck
certain topursue the person whose likeness
has been reproduced.
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THE POW*-:tS OF DYNA3IITJ:. !
It is Greatly OVi-rcstim-i.e I :?a-l s:>'>n to :
be Superseded as an K.v;>I-is!v;>.
Dynamite in its simplest form closely j
resembles moist brown sugar ami is |
n:tro-glycerine absorbed in any inert |
Iiocm If iu tint- vi>f tvviMitr vonr< nlil.
? . j
having been lirst offered for .sale in !
June, 1867. In the form in which it is 1
licensed, dynamite must consist cf 75 {
per cent, of nilro-glycerine and 25 p r I
cent, of an infusorial earth known as
kicselgukr.
Of dynamite, properly so calitd. ;
there arc only two kin 's. distinguished
V i 1 -v- n ^ x-_ i
;is uyniuiuie i^n?. i a;m .m>. -><j. i ;
Ls composed o!' 75 pt.-r cent, of nitro- j
glycerine and 25 per cent, of tiie in- I
fusorial earth kicscUjuhr; No. 2 of IS j
per cent, nitroglycerine and 82 per j
cent, of a pulverized j reparation com- |
posed of nitrate <>f poiash, charcoal, |
and paralfine; a ra'xlure introduced to
replace gttn-powder i i coal-working
A \T~ 1 imifAl*.
fill.
Nitro-glycerine is a very pale-yellov. i
liquid, about half as heavy again awater.
It is simply a cold mixture of
one part of nitric acid and llirce parts
of sulphuric acid. It lias no smell, but
a sweet aromatic taste, and, though it
is not in a strict sense poisonous, yet a
single drop placed on the tongue will
filniAct nrnf?iif?r> n vimnnf
headache; even the handling it. before
the dynamite cartridges were in 1870
wrapped in parchment, would do the
same. The "dynamite headache" is a
disorder very well known in the trade.
The dis ovcry of dynamite was not
due, as has been generally supposed, to
accident, but to direct experiment.
The first made consisted of charcoal
and nitro-?lvcerine. and. be'orex the
porous siiica known as kiesclgtihr was
finally adopted, numerous trials were
made of various other absorbents, such
as porous terra cotta, sawdust, and ordinary
and nitrated paper soaked in
the liquid explosive and rolled into
cartridges. During the siege of Paris,
when the kicsclguhr ran short, the
l icu^u ivuiau wwi oiiv^ir
tute to lie iu the ashes of Boghead
coal, and. next to that in pounded
su<iar.
The hours of the supremacy of dynamite
are numbered. The explosive of
the future is undoubtedly gelatine, the
latest invention of Mr. Alfred Nobel,
of Edinburgh. Alreadv on the eonli- i
neat the manufacture of this new agent
has assumed important dimensions.
Many of the later operations of the St.
G-othard were carried out with pure
blasting gelatine, and in Austria, the
richest of all the European countries
in mines except Great Britain, the factories
whei'e dynamite was formerly
made are now given over to its manufacture.
It is simply dynamite (a base
actif) containing 93 percent, of nitroglycerine,
with a base of 7 per cent, of
collodion wool, that is itself an explosive
in place of the inert kicselrjuhr. As
a blasting agent it is more homogeneous
than dynamite, and on account of
its elasticity is less sensible to outward
impjjessions, while in handling or cuttin?.|hc
carl ridges there is no \^?s of
the matcriiih as sometimes occtus w?'h
dynamite. *Tls'forther advantage* are
"Mat the gTtses- -explosion are .
lighter and thinner and leave no dust,
UCV'UlUlSUlg tU catuv wuoiuuiable
more power. Taking the power
of dynamite at 1,000 and nitro-gly erine
at 1,411, blasting gelatine is represented
by the ligures 3,555, in addition
to which superiority iL is capable, unlike
dynamite, of retaining its nitroglycerine
whc.s brought into contact
with water.
The destructive power of dynamite,
which, contrary to the common opinion,
does i:ot>act downward, but equally in
all directions, and with tlte greatest
violence where ti.ere is the greatest resistance,
h::s been greatIv exaggerated.
Although it has from 'live to seven
C #
times the explosive power of gun
pOWUPI", 1L js uoiii|i;u;um:;v muiu^ ill
its cllecia :it even short distances. The
dynamiter, willi :ill his (hiring and
cunning, has, al'ler all. succeeded in
doing us no more damage than gas has
often done before. Jt would be better
for him, if he desires to continue his
warfare, to return to his ancient allv
gunpowder, wYieh above grourd is a
much more noisy and demoralizing
agent.
Dynamiters <-an not by any'means at
their disposal lay a whole oitv in ruins
?nor even a sti*eet. They may injure
special buildings, and that is the most
they can do. The dynamite employed
for these purposes is, in the majority of
cases, of the kind known as Iignindynamite,
a wholly unlicensed explosive,
composed of sawdust and nitroglycerine,
and in its effects considerably
weaker tlmn that in common use.
?CornhiU Magazine.
Norwegian Honesty.
In the house where I am now writing
there stands in th* dining-room, ana
accessible at a7! Limes of the day, an
open case of cigars and cigarettes,
postage stamps, and stationery. On
the sideboard are bottles of seltzer
water and wines. When the bills arc
made out the guests report how many
they have used. On a steamer trip a
friend went to tiie pursers office to
pay for his tickct. Being suddenly
called oiu, me purser uncouix-muuiv
left the gentleman alone in the office
with piles.of loose money lying about
him on the desk. At another place, 1
overheard' the proprietor of the hotel
saying to a party that they need not
change their plans for want -of ready
money, for he would very willingly
lend them some without security until
they should arrive at Christiana. At
the same place, arriving and leaving
again in the night, I wished to have a
teiegram sent for me the next day. My
telegram and money were laid on tiie
center-table over night. Other bits of
money were also upon the table, probably
for other errand?.
In Norway the doors of rooms have
for the most part no loi-ks. We have i
found in some places locks, but the |
Keys coma De useu oniy irora me omside,
in ca5c the people are :ill absent (
for several weeks: but to lock a door
and remain inside is to them foolishness.
In Bergen, at the public eoncerts
and entertainments, the outer
garments and appurtenances are laid
aside in an outer room, ns otherwheres
in Europe: but there is no checking (
system in Bergen, not even any one in
attendance that I could find. After an j;
entertainment- we attended, the men j
went to a corner of umbrellas and ]
canes, and each took his own. It must
have been so, and must usually be so; I
omerwise sncn a svsieui, tu jatu <_>l I ,
system, would not exist. I took my j i
hat, coat, and cane, and crept out, j <
feeling as if I had stolen something, j <
and longing to tell somebody officially j
that they were really mine.?lion's j
Herald.
In Dakota on a frosty day a conver- j
sation can be carried on with perfect j
ease between persons a mile apart
Str.>>:r '';t Kisjlity.
Mr. D.ivid Policy Field: "My tveipe
for self-preservation is cxcrci.se. 1 am
a iirm believer in exercise. I will tell
you my mo:!e of life. I am a very temperate
man. ami have always i eon so.
I have taken care of myself, and as I
li:ive a ?joo:I constitution I suppose
i \xf tlw* T nr\-% on \\ /* 1 Vaii i
must ask the Almighty why I have
lived so long. and how long 1 shall
iive. I am perfectly healthy and
strong, and. though I have nominally
retired from trie law, I am busy as you
see from morning until night. Another
reason I am so well is that my mind
has always been occupied. I am never
idle: in fact I have no time to be ill.
"When I was a young man I had
very severe headaches. In 1846 I
bought a horse, and I have not had a
headache since. Every morning I arise
' > (I a'/iIaaU r CA
years. 1 take an ice-cold bath, dress
myself, jump on a horse at 7 o'clock,
and rsdv.- for an hour. I then breakfast
and work at my house until 11 o'clock,
when I walk d->wn-towu, a distance of
four mile*. I remai i at my ollice until
3 o'clock, then waik home, and dine at
6. At 7 I sleep for an half hour after
which. I am ready for anything. I retire
between 10 and 11 o'clock. I have
clone this lor over forty years, i attribute
my hardihood to horsebackri
!i:j;r. Have I ever taken a drink?
No. sir, never, except a glass of claret
at dinner. Like Pere Hyacinthe, I
must have my claret at dinner. Whisky, \
brar.dy, or any liquid of that kind I
ni'vnr fr>iir?Ii.
"My :u!vice to young men is to get |
ci^ht hours sloop every night, and j
drink o:ily chocolate. eollee, and tea. I
The young men of to-day arc too fast.
Tin: candle can not burn at both ends
and last long, i have never smoked
lobaceo in any shape and never will.
Do as I have done, and you will be
strong at JSO. i.iui probably at 90."
Mr. Field was at his oillco busy with
so: no* details of his civil code now before
ti.o legislature. "The code," he
said, "is favored by a ?reat number of
lawyers. There are some old fellows,
to be si;r.\ who are opposed to it.
What they w:inL is a large library. I
'i ij-;v- seiMn to think tliat a civil code is
a:; alteration of existing things. By no
ii'i -.ins; ii is a condensation, and is caieuiiled
to save much labor and re'I1.?... ??
.?1?J laornn/1
Lliii law in o.;o way, and they believe
in a civii co !? about as much as a -VI ohaiunr-dan
b.'lit'Vi*.* in C'hris;ianity. ?
_ York i'un.mcrr.iftl Ad:crli*cr.
Poor Economy.
When you make a brea I pudding of
your stale crusts, my dear young housewife.
you fancy you ha\e done an ceo
noraicai tiling, auuougu nan me puuding
is thrown away, bccause "John"
doesn't like plain puddings. It would
be better economy to throw the tread
away instead of wasting your time in
making something no "one wishes to
eat. Now, although I don't adviso
anyone to throw away a plateful of
stale bread, it is sometimes the most
eoocofirieal thing to do with it, especiaito%h?t
weather, when it is very
.antjj^iould. At other times T_shon5d_
tmvise tot: to- cut-off -rmy "brown cmsts,
break in small pieces, and dry, not
toast, it in the oven when the lire is
very low. men pounu or von it miner
line, ami put it in a paper bag which
should be hung in a cool, dry corner
of your pantry. You will find it
very convenient to use in preparing
scalloped oysters, meat, eggs or tomatoes.
for all of which it is much
nicer than cracker crumbs, for bread
sauce, and many other things. The
bread may be used in various ways. If
the slices arc not broken or too thick,
they make delicious browned sandwiches.
which I make very often.
Spre; d each slice of bread with chopv\rwl
rvirkof AAl'nr Wlfh O nf
VV/I V4 ItikU ?.?, 4UVV V* VAV??V?.
and press together. Proceed in this
manner tiii all the meat and bread is
used, and cut each sandwich in halves.
Piacc them on a plafe and pour the
mill; and e^s: over them until it is all
absorbed. Put a heaping teas?oonful
of butter on a largo griddle or fryingpan,
and when it begins to brown place
the sandwichcs carefully upon it. When
niccly browned add :i liLtic more but- .
ter and turn tlicm. lot tin i them brown
quickly on the other side. Serve as
soon as possible. This makes a delicious
breakfast dish, and may be used
to advantage to "help out-" a scanty
dinner. Wo often use the stale slices
of bread without the meat, just soaking
them in the egg and milk and
browning nicely. It is one of the favorite
methods of using stale bread in
our family. Indeed, a plate of stale '
Uieau is a puriccri ijjujo ui uumiiin surprises.
*?- - -<?
The Highland Feather.
Highland regira^nis are at ia-t easy
in their minds. The feather bonnet,
for the .present at any rate, re. to be
retained. Col. Stockwcli, commanding
<<>0<%*? ? U T-T i ?r!i l?i )i?w
an oiHciiil intimation that the feather
bonnet will this year be given to his
battalion. Then; is a great deal r.o
doubt in cs/>rit <i'c coriis. But it is a
little hard to understand why Highlanders
should consider it a part of
their national cult to wear a bonnet of
ostrich feathers. The ostrich is not indigenous
to Scotland, and its plumes,
were certainly not carried in their bonnets
bv the .Scots \v..o bled with Wal
lace :md were led by Bruce. lint there
is 110 accounting for these quasi-heraldic
fancies. Tin-re is not an Irishman?
not a single Mulligan or O'Donovan?
in the whole of I he Scots guards who
would not become patriotically indignant
if the red and white checked tartan
were taken from his forage cap.
And, after all. there is a good deal of
human nature in thvj.sc fancies ajid
whims. Uniformity of uniform is ihc- !
ful enough i:i actual warfare; but
every regiment iikes it own distinctive !
badges upon parade.?St. fiiities's dazeit'':.
<
msp- *
In remembrances of George Eliot re- ! :
ccntly published it is stated that at one
time she was much interested in phrc- i
noloory. and had a cast of her head
taken. Her head was a very large one,
twenty-two and one-quarter inches
round. Tho tempeiumont was nervous
lymphatic- liiat is. active without endurance?a:::
I her working hours were
never more than from a. m. to 1 p. <
I. hi her hrain development the In- j:
te:lcct :Iv predominated. In the j ;
feel'ngs ti;e iniinai and moral regions :
wore about eipial. Tiio social feelings I ]
wore very active, particularly the ad- j ?
' L_' . . > rt I 1
fit "Si VCULVSr?. OiU? w iirs KJI ;i iuv^L am U" I
tionatc disposition, always rr-rjuir'is^ ;
some one to Iran ;:pon. She saw ah j '
sides intellcctuallv. j <
_ ]
A oiler oi sJO'j has been refused by ]
a citizen of Taomas C'o;inry. Georgia, j
for a i?adstone which he found in | ,
Montgomery County while on a visit
there recently. it is eg^-shaped and
about half the size of a hen's egg.
Expert Counterfeiting.
U. S. Detective W. G. Bauer, who ;
secured the arrest and conviction of the |
celebrated counterfeiter Martin Ogle, ;
recently explained to a reporter of the }
Louisville Post the processes of this |
accomplished felon which certainly display
a wonderful amount of ingenuity
and delicate workmanship.
Ogle had procured a genuine 810 bill
and split this in halves, this being in
if-splf a remarkable oneration. The two
sheets thus made were so thin that they j
were transparent. He made a plate of |
copper and brass, a little larger than i
the bill, and spread one of the sheets j
on top of it. With a steel tracing pen- j
cil of his own manufacture he engraved
through the sheet its exact counterpart j
on the plate. The other half was engraved
on a different plate in a similar
manner, and then he was ready for
printing his spurious money. This
method of workmanship looks very
simple, but it is the iirst time it ha;?
been done by a counterfeiter, as it is
almost impossible to split the bill.
The method always before used is as
follows: The workman took, say, a
SUA lit!! onil enrnid nvar if o r.f
transparent gelatine paper, and traced
the figures of the former on the latter.
The metal plate was next put in use,
and was coated with a solution of
shellac. On this the gelatine was pasted,
and when torn off it left on the
shellac the outline of its fibres. By
MJllUWill" lliL'SU JiJ tilC S?J*UUUU tllCJr
were also traced in delicate lines on the
plate. The shellac then being washed
oil" the latter they could be cut to the
right depth, and the counterfeiter was
ready for his work. Ogle's method
obviated these three or four methods
and rendered the engraving on the
plate far more accurate, as the correctness
of the lines was necsssarily lost
through so many transfers. 'J his man
thus accomplished a piece of work
alone and unaided, with, tools of his
own manufacture, when the National
Government paid over >!100,000 for a
steam machine to do the same thing.
Detective Bauer showed Ogle's tools,
which were tilted to roi.gh wooden
handles, but possessed points as sharp
it cI-pa! He nlsn riisnlnveri thp conning
bill split in two sheets, and perfectly j
transparent. He had on a table several!
packages of bills of Ogle's manufacture, |
amounting in all to $30,000, in tens j
and twenties. They were all on the
Third National Bank of Cincinnati, but
the new plates were intended for the
Queen City Bank.
"Ogle,"'said Detective Bauer, "is the
first man who has issued any spurious
money during the last six years, and
he has shown an almost unexampled
skill and astuteness. His brr.iher, who
has been returned to the ' Pennsylvania
Penitanthirv. knew nolhin<? about this I
/ T o I
workmanship, but was merely a kind
of head servant to Martin. The latter
did all his work on a liatboat, and scattered
the money chiefly at river points.
He turned over to me in all >$180,000 of
about (he best counterfeiting I ever
saw."
Th<? Wntnin Who Wint Hftmfl.
I notice, s:iys a Chicago lady, that in
ail of this talk about what is "designattine
work of the housekeeper is ignored.
There is no reference to the work
of the women whose lives arc passed in
home-making and home-keeping. They
arc not considered as active workers.
They arc regarded as a negative, nonproductive
class. Yet the profession
of the house-keeper is regarded as the
most natural aud proper avocation of
women. Th?*re is no other trade so
complex. None more difficult. Add
to thi-i the cares of motherhood and
what else can a woman engage in which
will as completelv absorb every energy
Ui WliUJU iO V^iV^MViV. XV i*> ^wu
housewife and mother is by no means
the occupation of an idler. Perhaps
my notions are obsolete, but I think
the woman who creates a comfortable
home and raises children worthy manhood
and womanhood is the noblest
work of God, and is unite as much of a
producer as l!i*; woman who writes a
book, invents some machine, or follows
a profession.
1^
Tar in the Deacon's Hat.
Col. Yergcr. meeting the Rev.
Wharigdoodie Baxter on Austin avenue,
asked him:
"How is A'our congregation coming
on?"
'We am goin* right ahead, sah.
Since we lias quit passin' de hat we has
taken in lots o'o money. De Kcrlecshuns
has increased wonderfully, sah,
wonderfully."
"I dor t understand how you can
take up collections if you don't pass the
hat."
"We passes de plate now."
"Well, that's the same thing as passing
the hat, isn't it?"
"Xo. sah. hit hain't de same thing.
Deacon Webster passed de hat for moah
dan .1 yeah, and do kerlcc.shuns was
mighty small :but now I passes de plate
myself, ami de money just rolls in.
Deplate am much more reliable dan de
bat."
' How is thai?"
'Deacon Webster put tar in de top
ob his hat."
^ - * <*? ,
The Belle of WasJiinjton.
ti.? at/?. i
x liv; v^i. i! JO
Falls, and she is as beautiful as an
houri, whatever that might be. She
has the real Titian gold -hair, and it
ripples and curls ail over her shapely
head. She has violet eyes, large and
clear, shaded by long, silken, black
lashes, and her oval face is tinted like
a red, red rose. The rosy lips arch in
a Cupid's bow over perfect teeth, and
her smile and gracious sweetness complete
her ab-olute sway. She has a
lithe and willowy ligure, rounded to
perfection, and altogether she is as
bonny as ever was maiden in any age.
Small danger that her dancing card
would remain long unfilled, and as
she moved over tlie iloor, ner blue satin |
train over her arm and her satin-shod j
feet showing beneath her white satin |
petticoat, she was as lovely as a pout's j
dream, howsoever extravagant.? Wash- !
ingloii Xcivs.
Three performing seals are to be
seen at the Westminster Aquarium in !
London. They perform on -ueh music- j :
:il instruments as tin: banjo, guitar, | '
drum and cymbals: ti;oy smoK'.\ a:ia, ;
in the comic part of tusiir performance.
a blind member plays the part of the ! <
needy knife-grinder, while another, ! <
left to rock a cradle.overturns its baby- j
charge into the tank. They dive fro a- .
heights carrying sticks out of the water !
as retriever dogs do, and catch lish and J j
take them unhurt to their master. And :
one of them has been taught to save |
life. A man is launched on a raft into j !
Llie tank, and when the raft capsizes j
1 cniim liim liv nf hi<5 i
coat and. swimming on its back, so as | ,
with the lower portion of his body to I
keep the man's head above the water, j
lows him to shore.
' * "WINGS. '
Dy n amite has thirteen times the force
of gunpowder.
In the spermaceti whale the teeth are
fixed to the gum.
uiiuauA v* in u.iu. >r a
distance of sixty miles a day.
In Southern California the pomegranate
flourishes as it does in Italy or
in the Holy Land.
George ilurst, proprietor of the San
Francisco Examiner, owns 48,000 acres
of land in CaliforniaIn
Thibet one woman may have two,
three, or even four husbands, but never
more than the last number.
i\ove!s constitute nme-tentns 01 tne
books read in England, and nineteentwentieths
of the books read in the
It was formerly the prevailing opinion
that the bodies of persons killed by
lightning did not decompose and become
coviupf.
A French scientist has written s
pamphlet which proves theoretically
that the fu :ure man will have a large
brain, but no natural teeth.
At the University of Virginia there
is no proscribed course of study, no
Antrnn/irt n/N T?OAofinr* AV
cept the summer one, and but six holidays."
The C.nilian miner is considered the
strongest man in the world, and he
lives principally on the lentil, the
cheapest and most nutricioas food
known for its weight.
Over 300 styles of stoves are now in
actual use, and the number is Constantly
tu?? inn
JLUC1C <110 1JCU.1 lj ,-LVV
kinds of fireplace heaters, differing
from one another mainly as regards the
grate.
The late Mark Pattison, speaking of
the desirability of condensing as much
as possible in writing, once said: "I
think it must have been thescantysup- r ,
ply of pap%r which made the classics
wiiat they arc."
A Onn.o A'* i >\o rl" KafnrAnw
-x. hvvmv.iv [/*u iuiun aj vvu
Minneapolis and St. Paul, now in process
of construction, will be the only
neutral ground between those two
cities, which were fifteen "nles apart
ten years ago.
The musk beetle, according to an
English observer, has the power of
emitting or suppressing its odor at
pleasure, but when dying the scent is
continuous and after death more powerful
than :it any time during life.
The discovery has been made in London
that .-nails, wi en bruised in milk
and boiled, are used in the manufacture
of cream. A milkman who has retired
from, the business pronounces them to
UL ui'J ixiw ? iuiii-aciuu MIU>> U.
A Beren County N. J., farmer has in *
his possess'0:1 between $500 and $600
in Continental money, which he found.
It is supposed that the father of the
present owner received the money from
Washington's army for supplies when
it passed through {he Saddle River Vailev.
The so-;*:'.iled tlving-iish, contrary to
the general opinion, are not capable of
living, ami liiO mjjiglso to whlok. they
owe?TfiETr long ""sUooting passage " J
through tho air is delivered, while they
are still it: the water, by the powerful
masses of muscle on both sides of their ^
botly.
Susan I>. Anthony is cow sixty-four
years o!>!, and her face is do more
wrinkled than when she was fifty. Her
Ii-im- ii"> ! few orav strands mivp?? with
its black. ar.d she combs it down over
lie:* cars in an artistic curve, and winds
it up into a -rood-sized waterfall at the
back.
On Cape Cod anil in other districts
along the New England coast it is firmly
believed that a sick man cannot die
until the ebb tide begins to run. Watchers
by beds of sickness anxiously note
the change of the tides, and if the pa
tient lives until the nooa begins to set
in again ho wiil live until the next ebb.
Dr. Fiualy, the Cuban physician, believes
that he has demonstrated that inoculation
with yellow fever may bo
made by the sting of the Cuban day
mosquito, and that the fever thus imparted
will vary in duration and intensity
in proportion to the number of
punctures and the quantity of poison
retained by the insect's sting.
A Newville, Md., man has a $1 note
oi Vyonunuuuu iuonev, -upuu wutcu is
printed the following: "This bill of $1
shall entitle the bearer hereof to receive
gold or silver at the rate of four
shillings and sixpence sterling per dollar
for"the said bill, according to the
resolve of the Provincial convention ~of
Maryland, held at the city of Annapolis,
the 7th day of December,
1775."
a i.\e\v uneans aocior cans attention
to a very simple fact which merits attention
from medicine takers. If the
medicine is mixed with veiy cold water.
and a few swallows of the water
be taken as a preparatory dose, the
nerves of the organ of taste become
sufficiently benumbed to make the medicine
nearly tasteless. The method
will not disguise bitter tastes, but acts
well in oils and saiines.
It has been discovered by a Dutch
scientist that the gum which collects on
the branches ox certain trees?especially
the cherry, peach plum and others
bearing stone fruit?is due to disease of
the tree. The disease is produced by a
highly organized fungus, whose action
cause the formation of the gum, and it
is quickly reproduced in sound trees
when they are inoculated with pieces
of the gum containing any of the fungus.
In spite of the annual expenditure of
over $730,000 for repairs and the building
of new jails, Russia is much exercised
how to find room for the overgrowing
number of prisoners, who
amounted in 1S82, to 95,509, and in
1883 to 97,837. In Siberia great suffering
is caused by the want of accommodation
for the 12,000 convicts distributed
over the mining districts, especially
as the enormous number of exiles
crowd the houses of correction.
Hezekhdi Williams, colored, was exhibited
::t a Philadelphia museum as
"the wilii man from the jungles of Africa."
He was chained to the floor,
onil t'l.-i iinlinfl in trtvforrtrl r>n ennnn.
sition that he was a maltreated idiot.
Tnc removal of his false hair and beard
revealed a perfectly sane negro. The
magistrate sani that Williams could
exhibit himself as a wiluman or any
other kind of a m:m as he hurt no one.
Dr. Dio Lewis is quoted as saying
that some years ago he laid some 1,000
feet of paper pipe two inches in diameter.
to convev water from a SDrin?r to
his house and barn in the country. It
Iras never leaked, and has never imparted
any perceptible taste to the water.
This pipe is made of strong paper
wound into pipe form and thoroughly
soaked in tar. It becomes so hard and
strong that it will bear a pressure almost
eaual to iron.