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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 4.m
| VENTRILOQUISM.- J*
i
REAL SECRET OF THE ART OF
"THROWING THE VOICE."
Ventriloquial Sounds Produced by the
{ Vocal Organs Alone?IIow Astonish ins
Ell'octs Aro Produced ? Instructions
'Which Any One Can Follow.
Ventriloijuial sounds are produced by
means of the vocal organs alono. The expression,
"talking down the throat," is soniotimos
used when alluding to the subject of
ventriloquism, as well as "talking in tbo
stomach." Neither conveys a proper idea
of the art, ttie lirst being only partly true,
and the latter having no claim whatever to
our attention. Sometimes it may be found
nocessary to coniino the sounds to the
region of the laruya: in ordar to produce
certain effects; tho little service tho stomach,
or moro properly tho abdomen, is called
upon to perform is in aiding the lungs by
muscular action.
Tho art is divided into two parts?ventriloquism
proper and polyphonism. Tho
former comprises those imitations in which
an illusion as to remoteness is intended;
whereas, the latter means imitations of
voices indillerent persons close at hand,
crii's of animals, etc. Most modern ventriloquists
belong to that class. The ear is
easily deceived with regard to tho sources
of sound. Such noises are often beard as
tho beating of a drum, ringing of a bell,
rumbling of a carriage, etc., and tho listener
is uncertain at lirst as to their truo
direction. But afier a whilo, when tho ear
becomes familiarised with a particular
sound, tho location is easily determined,
ana it is not again reauuy cueuieu uy mo
bamo sound undor feimilar circumstances. :
vjo it is with ventriloquism. Tho parl'orruor
changes tho tono of his voice, disguising it
ia many ways, and offering many obstacles i
to its tree egress by tho tongue, to^-th and ;
lips, as the aforesaid sounds are obstructed j
In their passage by rows of buildings, etc.,
causing them to bound from object to object
until, when they reach tho ear of tho
listener, they seem to coino from any direc- j
tion but the true cno.
TO lUtODlCE ASTONISHING EFFECTS.
Much sti ois Las been laid by somo von- |
trilo iuists upon tho fact that it is possibio j
to face an audience during their perform- i
ciuoss, and w.thout betraying any perceptible
movement of the lips or musclos of tho j
tace. JSuch performances greatly detract
fiom tlia success of their intended vocal
illusions by thus directing tho attention of
imt t.n Urn ennimsn.l sonrcoi of ,
the sound, but to the real source, tiie ventriloquist
himself. It is simply a challenge
to the &tuUouce to detect, if they can,
whether the performer realty does taik without
moving his lips, borne ventriloquists
claim to be superior to others upon tho
ground that they always face s juarely to 1
tho front; but while this is au easy matter,
other and far more skilled performers frequently
turn thfir backs to the audience, j
ana very scl :om present more than a pre- 1
Jile view of their faces. In order to protluce
astonishing ellect.s, it is sometimes
found necessary lor even tho mo.t proli- |
<ieut ventriloquist to conceal him,elf alto j
Jjether from tho view of the audience. In
every case where tbe \ cntriloquUt fac<.s
tue audience they will discover that his lips
tlo move, all assertions to the contrary i.otwitbstund.
It should at all times be th-j
aim of tho ventriloquist to divert tho attention
of tho audicnce from himseif entirely.
Ctf late years a largo number of ventrilo
<iuists have come to tho front, each one b,ing
in most respects an imitator of his
predecessor, and their exhibitions consisting
gouerally of a dialogue between two or
inure puppets and tho performer himself.
&uvh performances are witbin tbe power of
any person who has talent for mimicry, a
leasoaably good voice, and tho courage to
lace en audience. Practice will do it all in
a short times. Not so, howover, with truo
ventrilo.jui m, for no one can become a proficient
iii this ai t without devoting to it
much study and years of practice. It i3
essential that tho student should have an
tar to well attuned as to readily distinguish
the different qualities of sound; he should
also possess a voice of great liexibility,
ranging in compass lroin tho deepest bass ,
to ialactio, uuJ Uis bump or imitation
should be largely developed. All this docs
not imply that thero s-hquld bo any peculiar
construction of tho vo;\il organs, and any
who assert that ventriloquists necessarily
tinier in this respect from other individuals
either do so for a purpose or theroby expose
their ignorance of tLo subject
HEAL .SIX'KET Or' TM1S AllT,
The real secret of veuiriloqyistn can be
very briefly explained, viz.: Ventriloquism
is the imitation of sounds so that they seen,
to come from a distance from tho person
vpoaicing; or, the imitation of sounds as they
are heard on coming irom a distance. This
is the vvh .lo secret of the art, and tho accomplishment
depends upou practice and
dexterity.
Any person possessing a good voico,
sound lungs anil a mod-ruto amount of
mime tic talent, may, with perseverance,
ocijuire more or less proficiency in thj ventriioquial
art, according to thotimo devoted
to its study. Tho student should always
<opy alter nature, either familiar human
voices or cries of animals. Always tallc
during expiration instead of inspiration, as
utwloitvrif it\ SifMvrl cif ar.'ft.
expand the chest and inliate the lungs before
talking in the ventrilocjuial voice, Select
short sentences and control tho air in the
Jungs so as to have sullicient to finish each
one before taking anoth -r Lreat't. Take
ample tiiu * Lotween each question and answer
for breathing purp&ses, and lot tho
laiobtions given in tlio natural \ofeo l'e of
sullici. lit length to allow time to fully overcome
tho fatigue which necessarily follows
this manner of speaking. Tho student is
advised in all cases relating to distant
sounds to let tho ear bo his guide as to tone,
pitch, loudness, et for he can not bo goverened
correctly by any fixed rules in such
matters. The practice of listening to various
sounds in tho open air, and noting attentively
thoir peculiarities, will in a short
time enable tlie ear to determine with considerable
accuracy all that is essential for
tho study of ventriloquism. A great variety
Af eA.iniL mov lax llfHkl With 1?131*. ?li?r|:fc
changes of tho to.'.guo and lips and their
action uj>on tlio teeth. A little practice
will, however, do inoro in this rosp ct than
long explanations or rules. The professional
ventriloquist requires great coiiiidunce and
seif-poascssion, with a ready ilow of small
talk to keep up t~e interest.
It will ps-olably appear s'rango to tlso
uninitiated wlion they aro informed that
the voice from above, tho voico below aud
the voico at a distance aud on a lino from
the performer aro produced precisely in too
same manner. Tho ventriloquist iu either
oaso bimpJy directs the attention of his
liearer.-. to tho supposed source or tho sound.
"Lv... I im vn -rt I i jirn roti
traded una a iiuo. clear tone produced, ia
loudness representing tho distance. Any
further written explanations woul-1 ha of no
practical valiu in tiia study oC ventrilo<ji!isii).
Experience has iltliuai strut-d tluit
the art can Lo successfully taught, lUon^b
tLo Li.-Iie: bus g. neraily L?t.eu tj L_u contrary.?SSan
J-rancisto CalL
Tho lilac: season has been an unusually
6uct?0s.'ul eno in Jfow York this year.
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REAL ESTATE TRICKERY.
Whjr Xcw Baildingo Fill Up for a Jlonth [
and TUen Stand Empty.
"It is very strange that tliosa new buildings
fill up so quickiy with tenants and then
! get empty again," said a lawyer in an up|
town real estato office.
"Not strange at all when you know that
; il> is Uiuj u. uitiu? i/i it-n. uu avii i uui cauuuu,
said another.
"What have theso migratory tenants to j
do with selling real estate?''
"They Lave everything to do with it j
They aro the decoys, as it were. Simple j
enough. As soon as the row of now build-1
ings is finished the speculative builder is
anxious to sell lie bus mechanics' liens to
clear, money on call to pay, invested capita]
that ho wishes to use iu some new enterprise, j
all of which are pushing him to make a
quick said of the property. Of course he
, wants to show that it is paying property, j
j If he can liil up with tenants it will be a
simple thing for tbo purchaser to see exactly j
: what prokt ho is to got on the investment. ,
j Re goes to a house agent and says, 'Fill up
theso houses. I don't care how vou do it:
but fill them. You may let the tenants have
the? first month's rent iree. Only get a lease
i signed wiih ea.-h.'
'Of course, these leasas without socurity
| amount to nothing, as the tenant is p:ac- j
tieally free to move at will. Uut when the
purchaser comes along, the leases make a
good show. Tnere is the first lloor with a
tenant in paying so much rent, and with a
j lease. There is tue second tloor ditto, and
1 so on throughout tho building or the row
of buildings. Tho looting looks well, aud
showing a oig margin of profit on tho in- j
vestment.
"It-. i? nnmrrmHv t> Hat- of <iimr>1n firith
metie. bo much for cost of buildings, so
much for Croton water rent, taxos, interest
on mortgage, and ?o on. So much solid .
chunks of cash coining in every month fcr !
rent. The purch iser jumps at the clianci !
He has apparently got a sure thing. Ho
buys lor a liberal cash payment and a liberal
margin of mortgage, and calmly awaits
his first month's collections, and the seller j
with equal calmnoss awaiting iuteresS oa ;
his mortgage.
"'lbe ilrst rent day exposes the trick. Tho
tenants oith r move out, play thj same gamo
in soino other new building or tliey La\ e
to bo ejected, or they show that they have
h;id a private understanding to pay io^s tliau
the lease calls for. They refuse to pay
more and are ordered out. Tho purchaser
soon lin ls that his house is nearly empty, |
and that he must wait lot the city to grow
up to him before he 0.111 realize on his investment.
Tho trick that has been played
is one that could not bo p.aiished by law, ac
least not without .great expense. Tho seller
has got his cash down and his mortgage, j
and a lawsuit would only tie up tho prop- :
erty or give it all to the la wyers. Tho pur- j
puciv^cS uid iu>a aii'4 ujjutiaioo a*v??
easy it is for li^uroj to iio. uud how a uiau |
do?;s not always kuow when ho has gat a.
sure thing.''
"And iho tonants.'"
' They prove tho truth of a familiar say- ;
ing, that it is elica; or to uio.o thau to pay
rent"?.New York bun.
Improvement Mu.io in I>iutcoin~.
"Tho rising genoratiou or bunco st'orers,"
said a detective tho other day, "has improved
ou tho rackets oL' tho ol I tuners. '
everybody knows that they work ia p.iirs,
and when they meet a greeny, one bra.es
him, gets isis naiuo and the town from which
ho bails, apologues lor mistaking him lor i
Mr. tSinith or Jones, of Coho.s or Kouaha,
and goes back an 1 posts his pal, who usually
waits around tUe corner for bi n. The pal
tbon taciilos th < hayseeder, alter consulting
his guide took, getiing tae population, ban*
president's nam. a, and tlio n un s of a few
leading merchants of the town tue 'hay- j
Boeder came from, it oi't.n happened ti.at
tl.o countryman grew suspicious us soon us
the first bunco man left him, yftor getting ,
his name, and when tl:o second tackled him
shortly aiterward chocx. full of knuwicJgo
about tho town lie camo from, would iaugu 1
ut uuu, anu ii uu itiii'W uujf i.ua^ ui uu
wouli remark, 'Too thin:'
Tils new gnmo is not to prove more sue- 1
cess ul. Two men working together now '
learn the dumb alphabet bei'cre they start
out. '1 ho iirit man to strike the stranger
throws his l.lt hand hehini his back, an.I i
with the dumb alphaLeb teiograplis liia I
stranger's name and whatever else ho has
learned to his pal, who is clo^o behind him
In this way the second man is aide to brace
tho stranger tioioio the lirst man has lione
shaking hands with him, and t..ere is no
room left for hi:n to bjlievo that tho men
are acting together. Then tho lirst man
apologizes and waiks away and tLo socond
mtm works the strange:*, ii' ho can, on the
envelope, lottery or sawdust cum.'."?Sew ]
Y ork .Sun.
Sketching Priiwe IJtsm.ivck in Action.
An artist has, liko o;hor peonl?, to oxo.'cir.e
iujenuity an I even Loidnoss in tho pursuit
ot his caiiiiiv' it is well known tiiat i'rineo
JJi; march uous not visit tho roichstag now- I
it-lays ns otto a as be u*jd to do. fcjiietchin^
tho elianaollor in action is therefore a ui.'.icnit
n.a:t.*r, but tho feat lias juiti e.-n accomi'li-iii'jJ
i<y Ariou V'oa Wenier, thodiroc
tor of thj Academy ol' Arts. Weru.u* en- I
t-.'rod throiclistag with pencil and sketch
look a tow days ago, nna tcok h:s j>!?cb j
ar.io.igjt ordinary spectator.! '1 ho mom . tit
bo soi/.ed for bio j?urj>o.o wa> whan Jiisumrck,
having lhiisbo.l a long and llery speech, was
engaged in conversation with his son and
several ministers, his facj and nervous ,
movements tearing evidence of tho straiu
bo had ?;u t undergone. Werno had just
well l esun his sketch when the chan ellor j
moved to another place and seltlei himself
as if for a lon^ time.
Tbo artist, no bing danntel, at once w?nt
dnu'n ctuir* Ami t ?lr hi ft c.?nh nmnnff?t. tin)
deputies, for ho <.o:ill now only obtain ld>
sketch by entering the sacred space allotted
the members of tho liou~e. Admission to
this part of the house is strictly forbidden,
bur Werner's boldness rescued him, for bo
was not disturbed, an 1 fini hod his work in
ease. It is exj.eeted that Wernor will uviko
Dismarck in tho reichstog tho subject of an
important pnihtin;;. It is worthy of noto
that tho artist Lcnl.ach s.etched Moltko on
his introducing tha military pension law a
sh >rt tirue ago. O.i this oeca ion l.cubach
actually so jure 1 a set at the ministerial
table, an extraordinary coaeessiou. ?Art
J ournaL
Treatment of tlio li 11111:111 I'vvU
To those aA'icted with feet too & roti? in
ouor for the comfort of their neighbors, 10i
Kttrdies3 of the three or four thorough washI
iii^s and fro :u.-nt changes of hose tuey aro
subject to each day, wo would advice a
sinipl : aui harmless remedy, many times
advised by tho physician, which is e<jual
; parts of pulverl.e I burned alum and salicylic
acid. Lathe and dry tho feet well,
then rub theui troely with the powder and
fur p. few ilitv-i k''i'ii the stocking's aiso well
dust*! with it. Ti:o you can proparo
at fcutno an I your drrnvrist ftill supply t.':o
cti.er i:i{jivdifnf. lienw h.-r iliis i?nuta
ciirc all, L>at ii v/Jl improve ino?t iwsoi autl
euro uiany.? We^ty;n Jor.ia::! .. ? ILaith.
Mr--. C3cv? laud's l.alin 31n|to.
i J.Irs. (.'levelund, nre? Folsoni, nsos sfa|
tioucry with hor monogram ia heraldic
I fashion and tho motto in Latin, "Where the
a:-es arc thoro is honey." 1
" NOT WEAK-BODIED.
3ITY PEOPLE QUITE AS R03U3
AS AGRICULTURISTS.
/In Academy Which Mon Attend for I:
struction Ju Muscular J'.xercisfc?T1
Course of Training Which a Fat I'uji
Must Undergo.
It is a common idea that peoplo of mcai
in a groat city are weak-bodi <i There a
certain woll established rhatorical pliras
which are responsible ior tho nation parti.
Orators and writers, generalizing in an ep
granimatic and irresponsible manner, hai
wade it easy to thin!: of all agricuituris
a* lusty, sinewy and robust, clear-cyo
horny-handed: and all of the city people i
pale, effeminate, light-waisted, round sliou
dered. consumptive and without calves. XI
facts are much to tho contrary, but poop
are not accustomed to roly for their irnpro
6ions altogether upon facta Again, it
natural, perhaps, to presume that a mc
with plenty of money would bo eacouragc
to taico his ea^o"; that, having coupoi
enough, bo would bo ready to omit ti
habit of eating his broad in the sweat of h
brow, and be satisfied to coniine his attei
tion to his senses and let his muscles tal
care of themselves. 15uc, in point of fac
this is not tho case with tho city man <
means, as a rulo. borne of the leisu:
classes, of course, do nothing but pandor i
their senses, but it has been l'ouud a drat
back to unstinted gratification of this soi
that tho people who practice it do not lii
long. What is money bauclicapped wil
dyspepsia, or with nerves tuat are out (
time. And really tho achievement of
proper physical and muscular conditio
amounts 10 a gratification of tho senso.
A SL'UTKUiiAJ; JEAN ACADilM V.
There aro many places in tho town wlie;
a man can go in tor muscular cultivatio:
but it.is su.'lieient to consider one. Th
place is in Fifth avenue, in the basement <
on2 of those old-thno brown stone mausioi
now given over to trade. The liupil has c
appointed hour, and if li<: doesn't appear 1
has to pay all tho samo at the rate of aboi
a lesson. Lat us suppo.se ha appear
Diving down a broad set of basement ste]
he opens the door of this subtorraaoa
academy, and simultaneously a brazen goi
abovo his hoad operates with a trem;nJoi
clang. Ho is in a room lifty feet loug an
twenty-live wide, with a hard wood llooriuj
polished ! y wear. About tho walls hang
lot of sporting prints, and in ono sectio
stuck behind the top of tho wains.-ot ai
tacked to tho wall abovo it, there is a co;
stellation of bdxers in photograph, po=ed i
so as to show their muscies to tho best a<
vantage. For furniture tho academy coi
i. ran'.- nf wri :i1,:ii Unnib-bolls and ski
ping ropo, a ten-pound wooden ball th.
wou;d till a bushel basket, and a whv/lo groi
ol boxing giovos.
From a room at tho back peers out a d
corous-looking bead ga nulled with gm
btir aud spectacles. As be steps fori
and says good morning ho reveals tho som
what poriiy person of a mau Hearing i
years of age, ii.e l'eeu ten incites in heigh
weighing -Oj pounds, a.id clad in a i.cec
white "sweater' or jersey, a pair o? trouse
buttoned ubout tbi ankles, socks and s i
per.;. Tiio pupil oniers tie back root
strips aud dons bi3 working togs. Tiw
vary according to bis fancy or bis mean
koine of tbe swells have beautiful lightsai:
trunks, and others are careless about tl
c'otUes lh.it they do tho work in. If tl
pupil is fat, however, be must bury hiuisc
111 i.aunels. Tbe last article he a sun us
tho sw.ater, which is clos-.dy woven of wuc
of great thickness, ai:d gives him the aspe
of a polar bear.
Thus aitired, tho pupil returns to tl
main room and begins hi* work. First 1
swiugs an cight-jio.m.l cbsb in a pnrticuli
ni"nivr lit'Lv tiiiit>s in each hand. 'i'h'11 ll
swings a li.tjou-pou.ul club lil'ty times wit
both UAuj.;, and do&s l.iU ra;jid mctioi
Willi 11 pair of live-pound dtimo-be'U Is'ex
upou the treailu uu arrangement of pulley
bo puils himse.f up to bis chin forty time
rais.ng what wou.d bo o juivulout to oa
thiru of liis weight ouch time, u:id po.fom
a compound motion of anus and legs li
times.
kx;:kc!.sing alt. tiie muscles.
Noxt ho pulls tho rowing weight fift
times, ri-:Oi and falls s owly upou his to
100 timi?s, s ju.iti upon his heels and slow]
ri es to an orect ] osture four times, and
then ready for work with the boxing glove
If ho lias taken no rest he has boa tweaf
minutes at the preliminary exorcise, 'i'l
skipping rope and bad arc extras, which ai
taken occasionally by some. The tweni
minutes' work that has bejn described
supposed to ad'ord a uo.-onr, oxercisi of a
the m isclcscf the btiinau boJy, and I ma
say after experience that any man who tri
it for tho lir3t time will seek in vain for
square inch of bimsjU' which doas not f&
us if it had not b^O'i cudgeled.
i<ut it is ilia boxing whiuli really cal
upon tho muscles of tho individual. T!
subject does not dream of the work that 1
id doing or that i> being dor.o to him. T1
master skill; uliy lua.is hun 011, otlVriiig hill
self as a sacriiice. H lion one has su.ceedc
in catching bismastc-roa the peak of the ja
one feels a.-? though ho could go on boxit
forever. The muster understands this, at
makes tbo poak of his jaw stand too raelco
'lbo consojueneo is that trie subject-pits if
business a wreck, lie can not lift his arm
His lungs are burning and apparently burs
,ia!,r. llo totters to tno back room anil fal
upon a couch. A deft attendant piles Li
u yard high with blankets. How ho sweat
At too and of tell minutes ho comes out lil
a spaniel from a pond, iio is still amazing!
weak as iio is hoisted to his foot and assist*
to u room still further back, where there
a not stove and no end of towels. Here 1
is stripped in a jiil'y and rubbed dry, ai
when ho is dry ho is led still further alon
and put into a bath of ?>> degree
Hero ho 13 kneaded and rubbed, and wh(
ho comas out ho feels a triilo better.
lie is carefully dried again and lod bat
to tlio hot room, where the skilled attendiu
dons a pair of hair mittens and heats a ta
tno all over him. It is an astonishingly o
hilarating process. All tho blood in tl
bo 1 y leaps to tho surface and stops ther
tingling, Tho sub bet is lobster rod, ar
feHs like a king. In another minute ho feu
like all tho kin.^s in the pack. The attondai
has soused him with bay rum. The subje
robes himself, and walks forth as ona wl
treaties on air. A man who has novor tru
I oxin r, hair-mittens and bay rum can lnti
llo liOliOa Ol WIIUI hij n;u
Jii;e. It is heaven, and no niistako. la eo:
elusion, lot mo say that tiio city mou wl
kro tlii'nUj;h this porforraaiuo daily aro in
woak-uoiiciL 'J iity tiva-i tho llaijstoues lil
j.;o and horny-nanded a.-.ricuiturisis ni;i
taKo note li:at a blow l'roai ouo of Ihoin
like tho kic.; oi a, luuio.?.Xciv York Co
Cuica^o iiordkL
<)ii?mmi of ilatva:!.
(,'r.o u Kn^oli::?, t'.ia c >ruort of Kir
K.?l.i :a;:a oi il:i>v.tiil will a rav i,t S:i
1 r iii- i-w naxt August, wlnm ?;:a will U'ji
t. Ion;* t.f tli-j i.';iiu.nl l.-i ;*fii ? inter 1 >ci?aiL
.V. l':?s!iM:r s?ii:l lils 5>.?':ira!Io!v<.
Doi rtr.'i! ions from foreign coniUrK'a sti
pour in I'asNjur, who can not veznembi
tlw bait of tlujui and who navcr weara ai!
of tLuin.
A SHAMELESS, RASCALLY CREW.
A Young lloo.rult'a Expcrlonco with
T Gang of llouiity-Jumpors.
The war fever seized mo in 1863. All tt
6ummer and fall I had fretted and burne
to be off. That winter, and before I was ]
a- years old, I ran away from my father
l0 high-lying Hudson river valley farm,
i went to Albany and enlisted in tlie Elevent
New York battery, then nt the front i
' nnrl ? ?I. . 1 nnAnmfltT OftMf nilt trt f V
I Vil ^llUC*} UUU ?1 ttl ^>1 UUi^UiJ OCUV VUV kV vu
i penitentiary buildiug. There, to my utt
113 astonishmont, I found SOU or 1,000 ru'Iian:
ra closely guarded by a heavy line of soutinel:
03 who paced to and fro, day and night, riu
>' in hand, to keep them from running nwaj
ll" | When I entered tho barracks these rocruii
ro gathered around mo and asked: "lIow muc
ts | bounty did you get." How many tirnf
have you jumped the bounty?" I ai
xs Bwerod that I had not bargained for bountj
that I had novor jumped a bounty, an
10 that; I had enlisted to go to tho front an
!o fight.
f" I I was instantly assailed with abuse. Irn
13 claimable blackguards, thieves, and rulliai
ln gathered ia a boisterous circle around m
>c* and called me foul names. I was roube
13 while in theso barracks of all I possessed?
^ pipe, a piece of tobacco, and a knife.
13 remained in this nasty prison for a montl
u" I became thoroughly acquainted with m
i& comrades. A recruit's social standiug i
the barracks was determined by the acts c
^ villainy he had performed, supplemented b
flia numhnr nf tiirms hrt liR.i liimnoil tl
to bounty. The social standing of a hari
v* faced, crafty pickpocket, who bad jumpe
the bounty in, say, half a do/en cities, wt
ro assuroJ. Ho shamelessly boasted of h:
' J rascally agility. Light, active bountj
jumpers looked up to him a* to a leadei
a lio commanded their profound respec
,a Wtom he talked men gathered around hii
I in crowds and listened attoutively to wort
! of v/isdom concerning bounty-jumping the
ro dropjjed from his toiiacco-staiueJ lips. Ii
u, right to occupy tho most? desirablo bunk c
is to stand at tlio head of the column when W
of prepared to march to the kitchen for on
as rations was undisputed.
in 1 If there was ? man in all that sbamelei
ie crow who had enlisted froai patriotic mi
it tives 1 did not see him. There was not
s. man of them who was not eag:-r to ru
;>s away. ISot a man who did not quake wbe
m bo thought of tho front. Almost to a ma
ig ^icy wero bullios and cowards, and aluio.
is to a man they belonged to tho crimins
id classes.?Frank Wilkoson in Chicago 'lime
5> j
a j foiling a Curious War licok.
ll> I "In the store of a dealor in rare book3
1 saw Jienjamin J". iiutlor iooking at a war bou
51" tuat had beon interleaved with engravin-.
s.? illastrativo of battles described in tho lex
lie csked tho pric.- and wa* told 1J
ll* remarked that possibiy ho might come i
later to buv it. and sauntered out. Tl
bulky volume still my on tho counter whe
1,0 a stylish young man entered and glance
| at it.
c*; '"There's something you ought to put inl
^ your library," said tho iuerchau* -It
, uui'iuo and curious"
j "iiow much:' asked tho fellow, as ho car*
J , lussly turned tho leaves.
y ! "eighty dollars," was the bland reply.
I The interest of thecysiouier palpably ro.
rs at the prico, and within livo minutes ho ws
P" the owner of the book. 1 asked the solle
l{| a lauiidar acquaintance, how ho cou!
briug his conscience to taut sort o; doubli
dealing. ?
"It is a perfectly legitimate foaturo of m
10 business," bo roplioJ, "to get the most I en
^ for curiosities like tiiaL Go a llutler is
regular cu^oiucr, uud I was well aware tin
I : he knew the value of such things. Thoi
'' was no chance of selling to lnm unless
, named a rea^ouab.o liguro. Uuo in tl
1 other ca>o 1 knew tho man too. Ho wouldn
1J have looked twice at tho book if 1 lia
" named the same price that 1 had given 1
11 iJutlor, but the high cost struct his foucy,
lf f ?.New York Uoi'. ivansiis City .Star.
;h:
^ j Social CIassilication in J:UI.
/
] Th ro is no place in tho world whei
s there is such a distinct cla.-siiicutiuu of s
ciety as in jail. 1 found "that out wheu
113 was cultivating 31r. Maxwell's society an
i;i pumping u coule sioli out of him. Ti.
I aristocracy are tbo tallows in for inurde
! Thoy, as a rule, maintain a dignilied r
, ! serve, ail i aro addivsrcd as Mr. So and-J:
^ by tho other prisoners. On tho oth'.'r ham
" th y call their iel low-prisoners John or 1UI
^ Tiu next gr&io a:o tlu professional crooko
^ . men. Th.re is a great rivalry betwec
. theiu and the murderers as to which roail
form thj crome-do-Ja-creuie, and tho consi
(juenco is a coldness oxisti They speak c
each other's crimes in a slighting luanut
and depreciate one another's villainy.
^ The lower classes are represented by tli
sneak-thieves, the tramp crooks a:id am.'
tjui's. They are looked upon with coi
a tempt by those who have progrossel t'u
ther in crimes, and not associated with. (J
"" their paflSf.-tiicy r-..cogni::o their uaworth
,, ness ami are meek and lowly, esteeming it
lavor to do the loss criminals somo Jilt
service. There is aa unwritt n law estul
lisliing these grades, aa I it is never vi
latcd.?Detective in ('lobe-Democrat
11
Story of a Hospital Mailt.
12 An old'Huston lawyer tells the fol'owin
story: -U110 of my neighbors is an arch
t tect, tall, dark, handsome, and little moi
than middle-aged, liis wifo is a charmin
woman, lair and beautiful. Tho hu-.ban
t_ was a private in a Massachusetts regimei
13 during the rebellion. Ho was desporatol
B( wounded in an engagement and for to von
, months altorwards was an iniuato of a ho
?Q pital. Upon the cot which ho occupied wj
lv a quilt with the names of thirteen girls en
broidcivd on its edges, together with that <
<!?.? /.itvr f ? /?>** xtrhinh if. hn/1 1 ?o/i
13 LUV UVI .III.. "
1Q sent \\ hen tho patient grow well enoug
l(j ho wroto a lett.r to each of tho thirtec
? misses, thanking thym for tho quilt an
? telling the story of his illuoss. Ho rcceivc
)Q kind replies from all of thorn. Olio oi! tho;
letters interested him particularly tind 1
,jj kept up a corr-jdpoudonce with tho write
)C lor sumo mouths; Un his return to tl
t north Lo caile.l upon her, and before auothi
year passoi they woro married. Althoug
je twenty years havo gone by siuco their woi
u ding they aro still tho haudiomssfc couple
. j ever saw."?Chicago 2\ews
I'uttlni; liulu Vt'ntcr in IVlilslcy.
ct Absolutely paro whisky, as purchased b
jo tho best li -uor dealers of St l'aul, is coi
}J si'lered too raw to l?o palatable, so it
adulterate I. Xow the average drinkt
Is tlnur.s? that when his whisky slip3 down h
a- throat ;iko oil it is tho pure article, but L
l0 is sadly mistaken To give whisky this oi
L,t liko quality, tho best saloon nun oi tho cit,
;tJ udaUe.atu tvery live or sa\en gallons (
- t-l.,.!.. vi-lii-L-1/ ivitli IHI1> fii!!o:i of ruin w:if,L'l
is ixot tlio raiu wator that is aiujrhc in barro
p. or in cisterns, but lneitod ico, boiled u:i
strained through towels an I u white slu'o
until, whon it reaches tao whisky, Ir. is In
from aU visibJo taint. This il is t!:nt -cut!
ti>.u whis'cy a':.I produces the toper's favuril
in beverage, either as 11 t-, :u'!:iia ; <\> k,;.l:1 c
hi straight."?i'ioaeor i'ress i-ji*.'1
I - ?
Tlio in lils "iJ.irTc !> 'ir.11."
Tho o? i!us>ia has taken to nmntcu
;il | holography, anil 1:0 minister d-iro intei
r nipt him when at work in his "dark room,
y evoa on thu most inoiaciuotu a lairs (
. stuta? inter Ocean,
" HONESTY IN PERSIA.
a
A LAND WHERE THE OFFICES ARE
FARMED OUT.
,i> I
8 The Kntlro Persian Government Ilonoyj
combed with Corruption?The 1'oor the
q Only Taxpayers ? Condition of tho
:0 j Lower Classes--Might lie Worse.
r I ?
3 j Honesty tnere isn't mucn or in i ersia.
i j Political services are always paid for?oitieo
0 on delivery. Here is, for instance, the son
r ! or the prcsont mourshoer-ed-tlowieh, a boy
ts of 14, not quite live feet high. His father
h ; bad done the shah a little service some tiuie
>3 ! n8?? ancl 50 the young follow got a job as
x-1 governor of Ghaserin, an important and
r tertile province. He didn't rule any worse
d than his predecessors?that's true. As a
j general thing the oilicos are all farmed out,
so much cash down and so much every year
3. as long as the ollico holds good, which is not
l3 long. For the^ight divine to misgovern
10 some of the mor? important provinces enord
1 mou3 suras are paid. Thus, the Zil-es-Sultan
,a ! pays bis royal papa aunually a matter of
11 6UW,00J tomans, and the other princo at
x | Tabreez pays 2.;U,000. Tho governor of
y j Khorassan, aUhoagh bossing it over a
n thinly peopled and sadly-impovorishod |
i country exposed to continual inroads of the
y ! Turcomans,, yet has to liiid the wherewithal |
i0 ' to replenish tho coders of his master every j
j. : year lo tho tune of -10,000 tomans $::0,(;0U), I
d ! aud so it goos on in proportion iu all the ,
L3 other oilices down to tiio very scullioa3 who |
tS Lave to bi ibe their superiors to Lo allowed
r. j to stay another term.
r. | Everything goes by brihery, corruption,
t, and stealing here, either direct or indiroct. ;
u ice wuoie country, irom me compucaicu ;
Is govornaient machinery down to the smallest |
Lu iiiess, is so honeycombed with this thing |
i3 that I doubt if a thorough reform coula !
)r ever be accomplished here in this slow-going, 1
ra conservative country, even if sumo shah or I
lf a succession of shahs should attempt it. The I
j present shah is, for instance, fully aware of [
53 ' this dreary state of things, as numbers of
y. j his sayings prove, but he has never tried to !
a remedy it. Thus ho gives tho fattest jobs j
a within his giit always to his favorites. [
n ! Every Xoon-llouz (Xuw Year's), about 11 arch i
a 21, ho sends out a number of them, who j
il have to Lear the khalats (robes of honor) to '
the big oliiceholders in tho provinces. This |
i ! is a sjgu that they will le allowed to bang
j on to their otticts at least one year longer.
The messenger bearing this mystic gift trav.
els with almost royal pomp, and a large
, relinue of servants, horses, mulos, camels,
r etc. All this splendor and tho gigantic
>J bribe paid the messenger to report to the
, i shah that the province is in npplo-pio order,
J ' und that all ilia inhabitants thereof are as
11 happy as tho ciay is long, lias to come out
of the governor or oilicer, and indirectly, of
'J course, out of the poor taxpayer, and when
>a ; I say "poor taxpayer" I mean ''poor tax:
payer," lor Lore tue only taxpayers are the
1? poor?the artisans, the peasants, tuo small
tradesp. oplo.
I .nut a roon man's paitadrss.
I The rich don't pay any taxes whatever.
I That is why a great many rich folks here, 1
Q w'ith whom tho fear of being despoiled is
'i;i greater than their lo\ e of display (and that
? i is one of the leading traits ot tho Persian? j
tho love of display) live in mud hovels, go
9_ about on tho Lack ot lamo donkeys, and
| waar shabby clothes. As soon as a peasant, j
| for iustunco, has had a plentiful crop? j
^ pre.-to: the thumb screw is upplied to him,
' und lie is made to jiay twice his usual taxos.
lt i.odress, there is noiio. A refractory tax- j
payer is simply bastinadoed till he gives iu.
^ it is astonishing that there is any people
w left herj at ad to raise taxes from, iJut I
j century aiter century of this misgovern- i
j meat and oppression has ajcustomo.l them I
,Q to it, so that ti.ey uon't know any better, |
and iliinii it is as it ou^ht to bo. i\owhere !
I).SO lil 11113 WOl'lU, I UU l?0?J0V0, UIC tiiti J/UU- ;
pie such tUo.ougu believers in the old taw; |
"iVhatover is, is right!" lSos ides, vhcy can't i
lwlp themselves. Tuejr are intensely lgnor- |
0 aui, and have but ti;? lilmiest uuil must'
ausur.i ideas of other countries. They don't .
* know lint what Persia /is really the ' poor i
'd j man's paradise,'' us 1 onc-j saw Persia called ;
10 in a book written by .Dr. Willis. Emigrate 1
r* ' they can't?there is a law against it, and I
f' ! the government prevents it. iLven the poor :
'? (.iuebies, tortured and oppressed beyond en* i
durance, hud t j tmigrate to India on the
^ ! s^y, and those caught were punished cruelly. j
^ j In spiio oi all tins, the poor hero, as far;
a as tho actual necessities of lifu are con- j
y i cirned, ur_* ready belter oil than in soma ;
a' otl.'-r countries?as in the south of.ltaly, for |
: instance, or even Iho west of lrelaml. Tliey j
'r have enough to cat and drink, -nd the <
! shelter they havo is ample three-fourths of
10 j the yrar. '1 he soii, when cultivated, is usul"
ally extremely rich, tho climate not rigor- i
l* ous, and tho clothes tliey wear and food
r* they eat inn ba supplied for no.%t to noth-j
n ing. Their wants are not those of civilised j
beings, but of poor, dow:i-t: o.Meu slaves, j
a . who have be. n under tho heel of the conlo
quern' for thou.-amis o;' years. V. ho knows
J" but what it comes in appropriately hero to !
O- ...... F??ilv tn
Lo wis-.-/ At least, 1 mu.sc say that it is
but very seldom t-uat one meets a i'ertian- ,
no matter bow bumble, even the beggar by
5 the road-si do? who wears the dejected, ties- j
i- j olate, miserable air one may see so often de- [
'? jiictod on tue laces of the toiling masses of
S England, Frame, Germany or Italy. It
'd seems the gayety of heart, the elasticity o? 1
mind wo iiud in a llalix, a Saadi, have not
y wholly faded out of the national character. ;
*1 ?Wolf von bchiorbrand's Teheran Letter.
s
is Tho Oecurrenco of l'ctrifiori l-'lcsh.
l" Of frogs nnd toads inclosed in solid rock
^ , and other ful/ioa o? the same nature froa
quently app.-ar in the daily and weekly
k papers. i'ne not dissimilar, though vastly
!n more absurd, of tho finding of two living
^ bats imbedded in a solid lump of bitumin^
ous coal from a coal mino in .Maryland is
ia now going tho rounds, and will probably >
,e , not rest till the piojs from iiaiue to Cali?r
fornia lias given publication to it It is very
strange with what jicrsteieiu'o sucu myius
;jr and fables retain their hold on popular
J; credence. Men of high intelligence will
| aver their belief in petrified human bodies,
* j and wo have known a shrewd business man
j to exhibit what he linnly believed was a
| largo mass of fossil buil'nlo liesli, sinews,
| muscles, blood and all. What more natural
y thin^ could thero be than tin finding of a
toad or bat, dead, hibernating or active, in
is tho crevices of a coal mine.' and yet, doubt>r
Jess, to 0110 wholly unacquainted with geois
logical mid zoological principles, or carb^niie
ferous fossil lish or living bat se.'ins e ually
1- inexplicable and wonderful, truch iiuuilnl
Y light; of imagination might pas; unnoticed
were they not : o industriously circulated in
" the columns of even the liigiiest ciuas of
s metropolitan newspapers.? icieuc.'.
| The of tii?iivlTrrfw.
:o In the latitude of New York, 1'rofessorP.
>' 1 \ U'iil.:ilk)w lias fcum ! tbo proportion of
'J water i : ti e e. an-l sh. u:>!i to vary according
>r i.) t!,e : I laws: I. The water in
woo.ly plants is not emi :tr?nt lor n l
i I Hi !> npon < oii'titio!>s ??f growth.
J: in ^' iit'-t amount lat<! i:i .May or early
if i:i Jtr.i1', utul !vn>t in .';-n:i:iry. It ia in
r- great f j i i-m in lh;> sup wooJ; Wst in
fiat which i? ollor. 4. When pUntn grow i
' , mo<t jupi.Uy they Lavo rcos'1 ffatx? j
I Arkanui.v Traveler. i
... t
dandelion.
A. dandelion in a meadow grow,
Among the waving grass and cowslips pi
yellow;
Dining on sunshine, breakfasting on dewHe
was a right contented little fellow.
"Jach morn his golden bead he lifted straight A
To cat.-h the flrst sweet breath of coming
day;
Each evening closed his sleepy eyes, to wait
Until tho long, dark night should pass
away.
*)ne afternoon, iasa:l, unquiet mood, eei
I passol beside this tiny, brightfacod it
l'ower, i pr
And begged that he would Ml me, if he an
could, i a
The secret of his joy through sun and ( Hi
shower.
I
jlo looked at me with open eyes, and said? in
' I know the sua is somewhere shining he
clear; de
And when I cannot see him overhead, kr
I try to bo a little sun right here." It
?Willis Boyd Allea m
Y
SELLING PAINTINGS AT AUCTION. at
;:i
A Good Donl of Diook-Ridding?A "Skin
Gittuo"?Stencil l'lnto Pictures. nc
"Wo crossed over to Broadway, where
from the inner depths of a small store we j
heard the cries of an auctioneer. There !
was a rod iiag at the door, and showed ! _
several paintings in the windows. In the j rc
inside were a lot of daubs of all sizes and or
all manner of subject". The room was half
full of people. Five or six were sharp- !.
looking tellows, fairly dressed, who watched
every one that came in with eyes like hawka^ c<]
My companion winked at thera, but they .
looked curiously at me. 0
1 noticed that the auctioneer always put
up two pictures and rather mixed things up c
so tbat I did not know whether he was sell- ur
ing one or two. The impression of a .
stranger would be that he .was bidding on 111
the pair. There was a good deal of mock- y
bidding I could see very plainly, on the
part of the sharp-looking men of whom I ^
have written. It finally engaged a woman 111
in the ciowd to make a single bid, by raL>- .
ing that of the men, from $-1.51) to So, and r '
in less than a second tLe picture-seller had
declared her the purchaser of the pair at $ >
each. They were worth at the outside not
over a pair. But she might have been
satisiied lh.it sbe had got a genuine MeisBoner
at i j for the two, which she declared
w as the price which she thought she had
ollered. 111
Tho sharper looking on made an outcry *
that they wore being cheated, and that she
was going to get a picture lor oue-half the ,.
price they thought they were oilering, and .
swore the bidding was lor the pair. She got 1
so excited that sba actually paid $10 for tho.
pair. "Skin game," said my friend, and we ^
went out "Thoso follows take in from $1<W ^
to *.,UU a day," said hj. ''These pictures are '
in ado liy the hundred at a factory where 1 jj?
they employ over a hundred men. When a
picture is determined upon the copy is separated
in as many canvases as there are
colors in tho painting. For each canvas a ^
stencil plate is made, and tlioy are ready
for work. The stencil plate is laid on the
prepared canvas and brushea ovor, an 1
when it is dry another plate is put on, and
so on till all tbe coiors have been put on.
Then an artist comas along with a hand- ^
brush and touches it up to tako away im- or
perfections tbat in.iy have existed. The j
framo is of dry pino wo.m1, with cheap .
gilding.?New York Cor. Cincinnati En- 0
quirer.
Judge Kclley as a iVoilor. 'fl
".Tudgo Kelley, 'the Father of tho House,'' 111
has tho most romnrkab.o appotito in con- ''1
gres9," said tbo representative of ono of the
rural constituencies ot central New 1'ork
as he stood talking with a group of local
statesmen. "As a general thing he docs not ?
cat much more than the average healthy 0
man, but wuen bo maxos a speech in com- ar
mittee or beforo the house it p.its an edge [ m
upon his appetite which takes a powerful lu
- * TKa nirt oil !tu ta I ba I
UlliUUIlb U1 1UUU IU uillb auu *uvi w uu i .
tbe hungrier it appears to make him. I've
seen the old gentleman walk into an iui- . .
portaut committee meeting directly after
disposing of a hearty luucheon and talk t?
steauiiy for an hour, after which
ho would at once hurry to y,
the r< stacrant and have some js
iKoro lunclwon. Sometimes when ho had a j,v
long speecu to make the ..waiters would have
orders to keep him supplied at intervals )a
with such dainty tidbits as broiled chicken* tjt
or pa.to da foi gras sandwiches, and 1 once jj,
saw him astonish evon the gen tie men who j!(
had grown used to his peculiarity by eating w
two broiled chickens after making a tariil' y,
?peOv h of an hour. Talkijig seems to have 01]
the same oli'ect oa him as a sharp walk on a q
crisp winter morning does uponau ordinary gt
man or a tlireoiuile trot before breakfast on pe
a | ri/.e-iightor training for a mill." p,
"Uoos speech-makiug make him corros- J0
pondingly thirstyasked another of the
group.
".No, but tolling about it has that effect
on ras," laughel the New York congressman,
and tno entire party ranged ih^m- en
selves in a lino and mentioned what tueyu i "
taka ? Philadelphia lienor J.
Jurtlc's J'ct Mexican ISeetlc. Tl
Judic has been holding a series of "draw- Sl
ing-rooms'' at her littlo palace in the Kue i
Nouveilo since her return One of her I
rooms Las been transformed into a perfect {so
menagerie. During her travels in Mexico P'
and tlie states she collect.d a kind of "happy
family," including a masti;^ a cattish, sev- C'l
eral diminutive turtles, a pair of juvenile
alligators, a mocking bird, and a Mexican
bee'.le. This microscopic pet has a little
glass case all to itself, utnl is fastened to a I
dainty gold chain The diva feeds it with i
her own prctvy hands?chiolly on sugar and i lj(
water. The soa voyage has not iinjvired its I
vigor. Indeed it has suil'orod far less from ' w,
its transatlantic roaming than Judic, who ,
looks a good deal thinner and paler than 1 ^
when sho loi't Paris. 1 hear she did not1 .,
i. ? i..j. It
make bait us liiuou as sue o.\|h>cpju?uuh cj.
still, as sue has cieare.i quilo 4? U,!XW francs cj.
Ly her ci ,ii'u mou'.h.i' trip, slio wilt no douot
lnana^o to coiuolo herself, {.001* creature.?
Paris Cox*. New (.Means Times-Democrat
w
"Hill Arp" in :i Cigarette FiUilory. I ?.
JIaj. Charles II. Smith, known c.s "Bill re
Arp," was returning from a month's tour of jo
the Caro.iTias. lio talked oi' tlio go.ni peo- ; T1
p!o of tbonj states as if they wore liltio less in
than impels. lie discoursed 011 tobacco, its ' wi
culture and manufacture. re
"Wh)'," he said, "over in North Carolina j
at Durham, I saw the prettiest sight in the j
world. 1 went into thu givut la-tory and '
b.'iicld spread out before 1110 like a pano- gr
rauia an immense 1 all o cupicd by iOU ^
pretty girls. Tney wero making cigarott >s? tlj
. - -I. II .1 ,1. .... 1 li,
ia?'J UUikiJT biivau utiHwtu nu-ii
flavors they sunj; ono of the hymns so often hi
usud by Moody and San key in their r.l g- at
ions service* I don't think I ever beard ?f
vocal 111 jsic half so sweet. J t almost re^on- ^
eiiod mo to tho fuel th.it the tobacco in tho
cigAJt'.tos is steepo I in I\e\v i.upland rum.
Tlie chocks o: iho.-o j;irls were li.co roindit-atiu^
h -aith ami sj'iriti 1 tell yon,
my frivii I, it was a si.^ht io!.e loinoinbjivd. ^
?A'.lantu Constitution. '
As man grows in wis-Iom ho learns hov?
independent IUj world b ui' iiim. ,1
I
A SEAT OR NO FARE. i}
iGHTS AND RISKS OF A TRAVELER
ON THE RAILROAD.
Member of the Rochester Bar Tells
Wlint the I?gal Status of a Persou la
When Aboard a Train?Decision*
Quoted as Authority.
The first thing yon s?t about is to find a
it Now it is a well recognized rule that > .
is a part or tho contract of carriage ti !
oviae a proper seat ror every passenger, r^gi
id if the company fails to do this there If
breach of the contract on its part?13 * :
an. (X. Y.) 70. ?i Wis. 45a . ^
Hut obsorve carefully that your procedure ?'
ould be in order to comply with the law, v '
case no .-eat is furnished you. It has '
en held that you may decline to surren- ../)
r your ticket until seated. "Everybody lows
that," says a reader. Not too fa*t
has been further hold that you'cannot To- '
ain on the train and still keep your ticket > '
ou cannot rida standing, you mus", get off ^
the first suitable opportunity.?63 Ma *
And if you do get off because a seat h j -:./5
>t furnished you, you may retain your
:ket, and you have an action for breach xm
contract?Id. / reSg
Until the suitable opportunity to get oft J- vja
presented, you are, of course, entitled to ; .J|
main alKjard, and may stand in the aisli ->
ride on tho platform.?34 N. Y. G7U. . j
It is your sovereign right, also, to go into - >
? drawing-room cars in search of a, seat? -
, there are hone vacant in the ordinary '
laches.?Hi N. Y. 402. , ' ,
Nor are you bound to ask the conductor > v
r a seat, or to exert your own manual J
roo in removing some piggish passenger'stggage,
before going into a drawing-room s
palace car in search of-a seat?Id.
If you should exercise your right to go
to a drawing-room .car, the- conductor '
ill likely demand tho extra fare from you:" ' ou
may justly rofuse to pay it, and if .:
Beted for non-payment, you may sue for i
an assault.?Jd
(Circumstances may bo such that H>''horj>>> *;
1" man would be a.lowod to go into a ladies' "?
r in search of a seat, and it has been held
at a railway company may set apart, a
adies' car," and exclude others therefrom., ' "
'<1) N. Y., 557. - "
At loast, if there are no seats in tho ordi- ~
iry coaches, and there are vacant seats in :
ie ladies' car, tha servants of the company
ay exercise their discretion in selecting ""
irsons to put there?W Hun., (N. Y.) 70. ; > '
Anyone who takes umbrage because they '
e left, when the employes exorcise this
scretion in selecting, have an action for ;
each of contract of carriage.?14
Sup|?osliig you have got a seat at last, it '
ou'd be we.l to bear in miud some further
ities which are incumbent upon you.* It '
is been said that the seat is for the passen- ' *
ir to sit in and the window to admit air 5 . . ^
id light, and if you sit with your plbow or . J
in in or out of the window, you do so at
>u peril. ?Mi IJa. St 2:4.
And yet tho courts will not compel yoa ^ rf
sit bolt upright, as though your t-ody waJ ."*?
cast irou, and to k-jep your olbow froui - J .
otruding the smallest traction of an inch
itsido tho window, if thero was no appant
danger.?17 Wis. 487.
?..? tf 4.1? 4..: .
U UL UL, iUJ 1U3W1UV/C, buu uuiu rrixa yaomut^*
rough a switch yard, and you saw switch '
signal posts flying by, it would be manistly
dangerous for you to put your armor
lad out of the window, and you would do
at your peril?10 Barb (N. Y.) 11:1. "V - V
However, you are not, as a matter of
w, compelled to remain in your seat from
10 beginning of your journey until yon
rive at your destination or the destination
the train. If that wero so, you might dW. ? , j
thirst ? [a. U. I?-, CJ. B. 101. ' ;"-V 4
And it is aqu^stian to be left for a jury * I
say whether you are negligent if, while V
o dng for a seat, you pass from one car to -I
icnher, following the direction of'a train- ]
:in, who tells you tlioro are vacant seau '
a rear c ar. ?o7 X Y. 2S7.
An.! whether it is negligence to stand up
the aisle and look for a seat, has been left
a jury also.?121 -Masa A-'li?Myron T.
y in the Ialhfiudcr.
)n-Drinl<ins Australia nn<1 New Zealand:
Tho popular beliof that llu^sia and Great
ritain are the greatest tea drinking nations >
de.-lared an erroneous one in one of the
ist Indian journals, which states time too *
ustrulian colouies and New Zoaland drink *
r more tea per head of population than -??.
e ilritir-b islands. Tho Australians coma
st, with 7.<>o pounds per head; Now Zeanders
next, with 7.:si pounds per head;
iiilo tbo population of Great Bfitain;
ougli appearing third in the list, consumes
ily 4.'.U pounds each. Newfoundland and
tnada como next, while in the United
ates tho consumption is only 1..7) pounds
r head, and in Russia, which is always rd^
tided as a great tea drinking country, the
nsumptiou is only 0.01 pounds per head.?
Kchan^e.
Jolimin Strauss and His Gump.
Johann Strauss, of Vienna, \fas recently
igaged as chief of orchestra to conduct a
ries of < oncerts at St. Petersburg; KtS
nditions wero 100,000 francs, with hotel
id traveling expenses for three persons.
do last stipulation was cxacted by the
eat musician ou account of h? inordiite
p-.ssion for tarok. a game which rear
os four persons to play it Strauss id
foud of his favorite tar ok that he must
ay it while traveling in the cars as well
when en.oying himself in his rooms.?
licago Herald. \
Decidedly A^.iilist Hm Ballet.
I never attended t-ut one ballet in my
'e. it was tao opera, of Faust, with Nilsn
in the cast. 1 did not know the ballet
us coining, and I never l'elt so ashamed in
y life. 1 understand that when Maplen'u
mninnnv ni'odacad i-'aujt here last
inter ttiere was no ballet in it. Now,
Ijjit u the need of it a)W Do 1 think that
is agitation against the ballet will drivai
oik of Aaioricau opera? I do, most detally.?
Father Theian in Globe-Demo1
ac.
lient of Young America's Mind.
The bent of tbo young American mind
as strongly illustrated in the fet Louis
gh school, where the scholars were dieted
to prepare a list oi the five greatest
urnuluts dead and five greatest living. *?
10 boys were nearly unanimous in head
g their lists of greatest living journalists
it-li the name of a well known base ball
porter.?C hicago UeraliL
Tho Apostasy of l)liuloc|i Singli.
The English church papers express a
??at dial of disgust at tlio apota<y of
tiuloop Singh, lie was brought up und^r
e iutiuenco of hor majesty's court, and
red like a nobleman in Sult'olk; but ho
is failed financially and started for India,
mouncing to the Sikba his renunciation
Christianity and acceptance of the worip
oi iho ao i of Sutguru.
Do-:'! T.i??< to Arkliowlfil;;o It.
The lutu'St s- lierne for people who want
ar sea's at -! in i?referoiice to front si-at<
?!.'(), is to say: "Give me a soat near
0 door: I r.m so afraid of firo." You s. o
greas many [>oop!c> would really prefer
1 apor 3?au> but don't like to ncknowioilgd
. Foolish, iaa't it? Chicago Trituue.