The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, December 21, 1888, Image 4
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1888 ia drawing '
9 General Assembl hero not bean bora .
H 224 until early en where hearans are deep and
BE Whether it will L? , t *
adjourn un, du, bu?<*
M The Legislature it?i1tJl ,*hcr K,<m tba" hore:
9 , Mpattiure itij^ autumn In the circling
V unknown quantity
B popular branch ia rer and palm trees waro on
over the record o
In that time tw auch on atmosphere,
I neither of which i* northern sky
House enters upoi00 uc* J?f? but gloom' and
row (Monday) wit...
MB printed pages, nnd glaciers round mo spread,
I three hundred bills lo6ttbo mountain's hood,
H kinds. WhU has b io baffled eyo
bod/ in ih ^pB^*nfaU>omahio bod.
H summed u^B^K ?Joseph John Murphy.
cepted thejjg^^^
I SiSS V, WMMOUTCAST.
I er?l pprcpBW-;
I At far a&MB emigration" of Slinks
I lbIi occurred because tho
m iLw>d grown tired of having
o^Abg ^ j,l?nd. Slinks was a failure at
B-. i. TbeoO but slinking. His walk,
W. ' '2. Tha toit, his appearanco and miniV
8. Tho Stpstory. all conspired to his
I 4. Tho pem, and had not only robbed
J 6. Tho CJgjoct and credit, but even of
queatioa o^placo. IIo had slunk into
/ 6. Tho no pcrKon know exactly
" ion- ,ut when ho slunk out of it,
7- 1,ieorsou in tho settlement who
^ " 1 *. ? t},0 years of under\
This *g was apprised of his going,
might w- 0f th0 more enterprising oitionlysixjio
self appointed emigration
Caroli^tt???followed liini.
tho cr,^^ casc?t, tho undcsirablo man
"> ??tally given twenty-four hours in
I Te up liisatl'airs and placo
L iOunty li^ aotwecn himself and
5 ^^ UHapprc'uativo community. In
case Of Slinks, tlicro wcro no affaffaMwlo.
: Itlb lino was ton miles away, and as
fae committee had but littlo faith in
Blinks as a nedeKtriun n lisin
fen of mounted men lind left ih-airio
tptar with Slinks, round shouldered
jtod discouraged looking, riding ahead.
Vhen the line was reached, Iho dis
Banco to Boomopolis was nbouTa milo
ess than that to Prairio City, and the
flkommittoo reasoned that Slinks would
:eop on, and thus savo a clear mile's
ourneying.
T "Wal, yoro wo air " said Long Jcs3
MMostors, as they reacncd the lono jack
M Smbk just beyond the county boundary.
M. 'T reckon you know tho penalty,
M Blinks?"
B "Beckon I do."
Perhaps a previous experience had
tnado Inm familiar with tho unplcasW
luat,penalty bestowed upon a "runout"
H tnan found within tho county conlincs
m titer the expiration of his timo of
B m IP^?lCe Wllcn kad dismounted,
l\v BHnksstrodo slouchiugly away.
"Wal, good-by, Slinks," called Long
Jess.
Vx 1 *?'??? n *"u
H riicav-. v
mS He looked uno'a jo a.\oi j
V the fo'r ^i?irio pictuio, ^ ^ A
ftOrasion' of wild flowers springing
B ?. nun the soft, undulating carpet, or
B Men. His hat drooped dejectedly,
boots woro run ovor, and his garB
HiLsmviii undecided whcth< r to i.tll
B or stay on. There was less color in t
his faco tlian usual, und tho riidavscnr I
on liis check was moro marked by tho
contrast.
RHk\ ^or ft littlo wliilo tlio committco i
SBfatcliod him, dragging Ris feet as if J
Jbey woro almost too heavy for liia*.
HBBhen,. iust. J?s thoy turned, t^.ridn 1
i <"
ilTey saw him stoop ns if pluck- <
^uo ?* *bo bright prairio llowcrs. j
(S hoi'dv tho blossoms heard him mutter: ^
ju? Dini"h, >oks liko tho flowers that grew by c
L moro door of tho kitchen at"-:? I
^ f tneoHo slouched away faster than before. j
ia wjere was moro color in his facq now, j
B menid tho scar on his chcck<showed less A
W ? ?t inly. .
m arc nc'Flowcrs, and ft mm out rrinn? j
w law!" ho muttered, with moro ^
J Naii'gy than ho had displayed for ,
get ticks. *"&, u . j
pus iTho caamut^SG-wftl'jhrd- him if liffTo j
mger, but they were galloping toward |
Sirairio City when ho lialf turned and ]
Aln.azcd after them with a lookj that was ]
witbjmost wistful. " ,
subj Nono of tho horsemen spr-*o for j
Thoicvcral minutes. Then Col Senior, tho (
^"aolf elected wit of tho settlement, re- .
''"marked, with ft prefatory "wal:" i
?! "Good riddance to had rubbish, as I
b?ld 'cm when tho bViud dog was
(!ur etold,"
'' Tho committee scarcely grinned, and
u Long Jess Masters did not appear to
E hear. This inattention upon tho part
C of tho elongated citi'/.e-i v.a > all iho
, moro depressing to tho humorist bc(
cause Joss was usually tho lirst and
loudest to laugh at his cfl'orts.
1 "When a man's got to go, w'y, ho's
got to," Jesa said, presently. "An'
hvhen ho gits so's ho sets around till la*
Imighty nigh grows fust, an' sneaks
loi-nniKi fill nvnrabfldv is tired <>' scoiu'
> ^ him, an' borrys his tobacco, an' never
ibuys nuth'n', an' pays no taxes, an'
I won't vote, nn' never does nur says
_ nuth'n' to help llio l>oom along, an'
I 'lows it's nuth'n'to liiui whether the
} milroad comes yero or goes to lioomojiolis?w'y,
when a man {.its that fur
v gwiic, I reckon h^'s got. to go, or"
"Or be buried," interrupted Cal.
"That's it," Jess went on. "Prairie
City h'ain't got no use fer that kind o'
I jicoplo. Put, somehow"'
1 "What's that over thru-.'" interruplod
another committeeman.
A covered wagon, drawn by a]-air
of skinny horses, round .1 the slopo of
a slight "liso" half a milo distant.
".Uust come middlin' fur by the way
the team crawlc," said .less.
"What air they doin' out yore, away
off from any road?"
(.'banging their course, llio committer
galloped towards tho slow moving
veliiclo. As they ncarcd it they mado
a discovery. There seemed to bo no
driver, and tho reins were dragging.
i iic SiiUUiy ICUlli
r.iHji came up. Long Jess lifted 0110 of
tho tattered curt;*i us and looked iuto
the wagon.
"Oh, havo you found my boy J" a
faint voico quavered, eagerly.
Tho other members of the commit?
tee peered into the wagon. A woman,
Willi tangled wliito hair about her
wrinkled face, that was wan and
ghastly, turned her delirium brightened
eyes, full of a pitiful, unreasonr.
and improved head to Slinks' aequlsi^01
tions.
Bk The sick woman did not look so
MB thanks to tho kind ofliees of
Col and Jerry, who had ad mini >t?rrd
Some of the brandy that the latter had
brought from Prairio City, and had
' iSlodc a doubtful quality of beef tea
over a littlo flro down in the hollow.
LWitli awkward gentleness they had
pushed back the gray hair and had
placed fragrant flowers all about her
iiead.
"I>p vou think you will find my l>oy
.
*
?
,#?onf nor iairn voico prpea, us A>rag I
Jew looked into tbo wagon.
"Ho'll bo yero right 80on, gran'- '
maw " ho answered. . "I saw him jest
& little bit ago." 1
Her wrinkled faco lit up with such
look of gladness, that for an instant 1
Joes' heart sinoto him at the thought 1
of tho deception they wcro about to
practico upon tho sick woman. <
"But it's for tho best," ho muttered,
as ho turned awav. "It's a shame, 1
bat it's tho best wo kin do."
Every face in tlio circlo that gath- t
dred about tho outcast was hard and 1
storn. In a few pointed words Long <
Jess told tho story.
"If she don't find her boy right >
soon, sho never will. If slio thinks 1
for a few weeks slio's found him, wo
reckon sho may pull through to health 1
.an' bo ablo to go on with lior search. ?
Blinks, you look nearest uv any uv us
like her son's picture. You look liko s
him, an1 if you don't act liko liiuj,
we'll?wal, you understand 1" t
Only Ixmg Jess accompanied Slinks, v
tho outcast, to tho wagon.
"Well, yer boy's como, gran'maw,"
ho said, and turned away. 8
It was evident that tho deception
was a success, for tho committee heard v
tho faint, glad cry of tho old woman
1 i i? *
.wj iitv v/ II bVUOli LAU ill/ u vur xiur. _
"Paul I My lx>y 1^ my boy 1" *'
Then tlio committco turned their
backs and walked away out of hear- c
ing. No 0110 said anything for several
moments. Presently Cal spoke, J'
gravely: *'
"I never 'lowed Slinks had no fccTin's.
but?did you see his facol" K
"I siiw it," answered Long Jess,
shortly. P
After nearly a quarter of an hour v
had passed, Jess went to tho wagon. 11
Ho was gone a long time, but'vnien
he rejoined tho group Slinks remained "
at tho vragon. ?
"Boys," said Long Jess, "it'll work! "
You ort to have seen tho gladness in
her ole wrinkled face! I reckon sho'll h
live to find her boy yit. But I havo
tho idy of tho timo when we've got to C
tell?wal, maybe we'll had him 'foro c<
that." * * V
"An' Slinks?" questioned Cal.
"lies pot fcolin's! If I hadn't a- g}
knowed, I'd a-'lowcd ho found his olo si
mother, Scar 011 liis elicek must he
sorto like tlie one on her hoy's, for she w
was a-uoticin' it, an' u-sayin' sumthin' ki
'bout Bcssio's 'menibcrinv how Paul'd d<
saved licr life at tlio risk of his own. st
When slio had said that, I'll swear lx
Slinks' eyes were full uv team! llo's
got fcclin's, Slinks has." fa
It was nearly a week later, after tlio sc
sick woman had been provided with of
eomfortablo quarters in Prairio City, tli
wlicro sho was rapidly improving hi
under the son like ministrations of hi
Slinks, the outcast, that tlio cmigra- Ci
ion committeo wero holding a meet- ur
ing in tlio shade of Marshall's "general hi
itoro." gi
"I believe Slinks is sick," Long
vas saying. "Not bnt that bo works "*ag
?works like a redhead to doe veryLing
in tlio world to make tho sick to
vonian happy. But. someway, lie acts ca
;o blamed queer! laves red like lio'd Pi
xiTn cry in'. Don't pay 110 attention to or
vliat a body says to him 'less it's tlio hi
>io lady, fsiio don't hafto much more
linn whisper before-lie hoars licr." ca
''Sick, I reckon," agreed Cal. "But
f I could git bauds oil that thar shore th
liougli son that stays away an' leaves tit
lis mother to the kocr uv Slinks I'd nil
uako him siclccr'n Slinks is!" he
"His tracks wonIdu't stop this sale
iT*TTTu "shno" line!" said J_iong .loss. wt
'Must a-tliouglit a heap uv him. ha
lor longin' to see him was so strong a?g
hat she sold out what 1 ittlo she had, ov
in', half s;ck, started west to hunt for u?a
lim. When she reached tlio end of "I
ho railroad it took the best part uv her d
ittlo money to buy tho team an'
.vngon. No idy wliur to lind liim. No on
vord from him in many a long day; bo
jut she started with the determiua- If'
ion, woman like, to look all over tho au
vest to lind her hoy. Took sick an' to
it-ffittrrr' worse, 'out kept right 011 ki
n the hunt for her boy. Then tho ca
valance is a Manic to her. Clot out of a
lior head. Don't know wliur nor how of
Long tho team wandered ar'und. But tli
now she's happy, thii|kin' at last she's iu
found her hoy. Jt 1 could git u-holt in
of tho feller?roumin' around in tho ci
west at liis ease, while his olo mother's tii
novo nil' needy, and brcakin' licr heart on
tor liim?I'd" si
\ iwrni'A enmn nmuiul tho corner. ol
It was Slinks. lv
"Maybe lie clitl not know liow bad u;
her condition was," lie raid, abruptly.
"Perhaps, when ho left, misfortuno 1)
had not taken the most of her pro))- 1>
crty. Perhaps, discouraged, heart- "\v
broken, ho had gone west, where mis- c<
fortune nu t him at every turn, till li
ho Minlc?sunk?well, perhaps the ri
thoughts of homo served still moro to 11
dishearten him, and" c<
"Wouldn't thoughts of his mother V
an' of Pessio" n
"Pessio died beforo ho left homo," v.
Baid J links, gravely. "She was his o
BWeetheait in thoso old, happy days?
Well, ho was unlucky, heartsick, dis- o
/ Miii'iwivwl e-jnlr" h
vv><> ?
"Do you reckon ho\l try to lift#bim- a
self up if lio had n olu mother 'an' a ti
gang uv friends, which gang hain't t<
Iireeiscly express all their teeiins,
>ut"
"Ho would try," said Slinks earnestly.
Long .Toss put out liis hard paw. ?
"Paul Emery," was all ho said. n
r> ho members of 1 ho emigration com- f'
mitteo shook hauuls with Slinks, the f
outcast, for the last time. Q
"Hoys," said Long Jes ;, "I a-'lowed, t
p little bit ago, that Slinks was sick. '
Put he's dead, now an' " *
"11(5 will never rise again I" said
Paul Emery, gravely.?T. P. Morgan B
in Frank Leslie's.
tng pleading, slowly trem onf to aYr- j1
other of the bearded faces ns they !
looked down ppon her where slio lay, *
on a rude bed of quilts, in the bottom F
of tbo wagon body, 1
"Have you found my boy yet?" sho <!
piped, ft only, with eager beseeching. *
"Oh, have you found him?"
"Wo hain't"? began Carl Sentor. 1
"1 lush!" whispered Jess. "Wo oxjwet
to lind him soon, gran'maw. Ho
hain't l>o fur oil'," ho added, soothingly.
1
"Oh, I am so glad!" thesiek woman (.
wlii.~ jH'i't (1. "1 was afraid that sonio- !
thing had happeued toliini. Put you'll '
lind him, won't you?" sho went on,
anxiously. '
"Wo'li try," answered Jess. J
"She's elost to dyin', I'm afeard," ho
said, when tho eoinmiltee had with- j
drawn a ; b.ort distance from tho wagon
for a consultation. "Out of her head
I an' dyiu'l" ]
\ "What air wo gt>in' to do?" qucxtioned
Cal.
"Wliat wo kin!" replied Jess. "Slio's
stnrvin', too, 1 believe I"
I Two minute:* later ouo of t!u> oud
rjration cowmitteo was nurfryTng-towards
Prairio City as fast as Lis horse
xmld carry him.
"Mebby licr boy lives somewero yeribouts,"
suggested Carl Seiiter.
: "Have you found himf' tho faint
roice quivered, as tho bearded faces
looked wito tho wagon again. #
"What did you say lus name was?"
juestioncd Jess. 1 'It sorto'sl ij>pcd me."
jl uui| iiiiu ner voico avrcn iovngly
upon the uamo?"Fhul Emery.'t
Tho shaggy heads wero solemnly
ihakon. No one knew Paul Emery,
frizzled, they withdrew for another
:onsultation.
"I'm afenrd she'll never sec her b6y.
f ho hjaiu't found mighty soon,'.' saju
Lrtriig Jess.
"Wonder if wo couldn't sorto find
liui, anyhow," said Cal. "Mebby she
wouldn't tell"
" 'Twouldn't mako her 110 worse,"
poko Jess, "an' it might"
Tho others grasped tho idea. Again
ho bearded faces looked into tho
vagon.
"Know liim at tirst sight if" quesioned
Jess, "Might liavo changed a
;ood deal."
Tho siek woman babbled on a littlo
rhilo of liow sho would know lior hoy
-her Paul. Then sho produced a batered
tintypo from beueath lier pilow.
"Tliat is Paul, my boy 1" sho said,
agcrly?"Puull"
Tho picture dimly revealod a slender
oung fellow, honest faced and bcardjss.
rru . ,.i * i
j. uu suuggy neaus wero gravely
baleen.
"The scar don't show much in the
icturo," the sick woman piped,
realdy. "Tlio doctor said it'would
lways remain thero. And Beksio
lid *sho never wanted it to fade from
is chcclc, bccduse it would always ho
reminder of how ho had risked liis
fo to savo hers. Bcssio"
The committee hoard no more. They
ad hastily withdrawn.
"I'll stay yero an'wait fur Jerry,"
'al Scntor said, after a fownnoincnts'
inference was held. "Takomy lioss.
lTal, I reckon"
The rest of tlio committeemen wore
illoping away, and ho was nlono bode
tlio wagon.
"Looks like imposin' on tlio pore
onian," ho muttered. "But, if we
ain't iind the rig-lit soil wo'vo got to
> tlio uoxt Lest thing, llo'll look
>metliing like lier Paul when tlio
iys hev got through with him."
Slinks, tlio outcast, lay stretched
lco downwards in tlio shade of a few
raggy persimmon trees, near the head
! a little "draw," two miles beyond
10 spot wlioro tlio comniitteo had left
im. Thero was moire b? despair in
s faco than any citizen of Praii'ie
ity had ever seen there. But when,
ouscd by the hoof beats, ho found
msclf again in tho hands of tho emi ation
committee, the old and almost
:pressionless mask fell over his fuco
fain. " *? i
Ho made no comment when ordered (
"pile on" to Cat's horse, and the
vnleade took the back track towards i
?irio City, at a headlong speed. But ]
tee, Long- Jess, closo at hand, heard |
m mutter:
"It's all right, anyhow. Nobody 11 t
rc 1" (
Cal Senter, Squatting in the shade of t
o sick woman's ymgon, saw tlio little i
>op pass, a quart?? of a niilo away, i
dgrumbled: "Blamed imposition on l
r, but it's the best wo kin do."
Jerry was passed by tlie cavalcade, o
ck to the wagon with several pack- l
cs in his hands and pockets. It was i
ident that he comprehended the sit- i
lion, for lie said, addressing himself, t
yjolcs like a great shame, but inebby
s tlio best the boys kin do." (
Slinks' look of stolidity changed to ;
lc of mystification and astonishment <
on after Prairie City was reached, i
o was hurried into iho barber shop i
id thrust into a chair, and, in response c
a stern command from Long .1 ess,tlio :
light of the razor trimmed tlio out- <
st's hair and removed his beard with I
celerity that threatened to rob him i
his ciitielo at the sanio time. While i
lis was going on several of the comittccmcn
wi re rushing about, to the
ilenso inyf tilica.tion of the unoiTicial
tizeus, who asked a Inm *,'!, \ qvics- *
ens, and wcro shamefully snubbed
tcli time. When the "rushing" reilted
in the producing of a misfit suit
: clothes, into which Slinks was
ustled, ho was i:i a stale of open
louthed wonder.
As nil hands wcro mounting, Slinks
card Old Man Barry inform a ncighoa,
ia a mysterious hut very loud
liispcr, that it was his belief that the
ymmittoo liad captured .dinks red
untied in some atrocity, and were arlying
him decently that (ho outcast
light make a presentable looking
arpsc. Tlio neighbor nodded a coilincctl
head, and fc>links, lor want of a
iovc pleasant solution to C e mystery,
:as forced to accept the direful thorv,
So great had been tlio chnngo in tlio
utcast'y appearance, resulting l'rom
is experience with the com nut too
nd tlio burlier, that when the littlo
roop reached tiie wagon (.' ! professed
e behove that tlioy had added a now
Study Hours for Children.
According to Dr. Nowell. "for children
f 10 or 12 years tho capacity for bright
nd voluntary attention is exhausted by
our varied lessons requiring mental efort
of half an hour each, with intervals
f relief in tho forenoon. In tlio afternoon
his capacity is reduced one-half. Two
lours in tlio forenoon and one hour in
he afternoon is as long a tinio as cliil
iren can do proniaoiy cmpioycu 111
chojl."
Dr. Chancellor supports this view, and
sdvocates eighteen hours a week as the
imit for school children under 12.
iaginskey, author of a German work on
chool hygiene, takes tho same view, and
n demonstration of its effectiveness it is
illeged that half time pupils in the
higiish schools learn as much asthochillren
who are in school tho full number
>f hours.?Hall's Journal of Health.
tiio "Public" of London.
Tho London "public?" is a system of
porui and compartments concentrating
>n a singlo bar. There is tho "oar parol"
and tho "family entrance," which
las Ixjen imported to New York; tho
"holtlo and jug department," and one or
two o'Jk r roouis, somtiincs nntucd, sonictitnes
not, l'Veo lunches are not ia order,
n.o lunch i t tho British public iniv-t be
|inid lor. If ia cold weatliT von v.ant
vcur r.l.< v anned t!.o barmaid n'.ks \os
if jcu v. id huvo it "chilled." The chilliii
; i>r< c. v. iiicli warms it, consists in
pouring i. into tho funnel of a quia r
looking i.no which stands on tho
cc.inter, /..u application of heat within
warms it, and it is turned out of a faucet
at tho lK>tiom.?lhrenticoMulford inNow
York Kkr
J
' f?' /tV:
SIGHT 9 SEEN IN STOCKHOLM.
,Group of tl*e Cinllo Duelists?BrcgarV
C'lnba?Otlicr Curiosities.
Man/ fcfonia statues to Swotfah's kings
stand ux tho Mtrious squares and sparks,
and tliero is one bronzo group that holds
tho attention longer than any of these.
It is planed in tho grounds of tho Najtiinul
museum, and is tho tnasterpioce
of tho Swedish sculptor Moleri, the group
if the Qirdk) Duelists. According to the
-fcirbarous old ca torn in Scandinavia,
"rose betvroen two men,
fFiy Weri^TErrmtr together by a gndle,
pnvided with knives, and allowed to
tight,out tho duel until one or both had
fallen. This group is worthy of the nntiqtio
Xor tiie splendid physique of the
| actors anu leariui interest or the strir?.
| Each has seized with his left hand the
right hand of his foe, which grasps the
murderous short knife, and both wrestle
for life with terrible energy. It is 6aid
that these corubats wero so universally
fatal that women carried winding sheets
with them to the banquets, whero their
husbands might bo slain.
Four baa reliefs on tiro pedestal with
Runic insc; iptidns show such a scene?
two men drinking together, whilo the
lovely wif j of one of them stands by.
Tho jealon anger roused by somo unduo
attention on tjio part of tho guest, tho
wife on her leuees endeavoring to prevent
tho qua* rel, and lastly the poor thing
weeping alono by tho gravestone of her
husband. A memorial such as this of
ancient customs has always an' interest
independent of its artistio value; and this
iutercat attaches to a great many objects
in tho collection of the Northern Museum,
an institution devoted to tho preservation
ofe?^ii.ndin^vian ralics and cariosities.
Yfu-.soo liero a c? t^dtnll pikes uud
battle axes so formidable of old?cruel,
murd'Tous looking instruments ten feet
long, their blades and heads rusted as If
with tho blood of enemies; ancient swords
1 ^.,.1 1.^1 t- A <i * ? - -
mm iiuiuk'ih, rogeuier wiui innumerable 1
articles of more peaceful household use;
rtido louuia that might havo woven tlio
garments of tho Vikings, and tho odd 1
hand mangles used for smoothing linen?
heavy pieces of wood, polished on tho
under side, and elaliorately carved above, j
with handles usually representing horses.
It seems impossible that such tlat irons I
should havo been very cfllcacious, but <
hero they nro by tho hundred. <
Odder still nro tho kubbestols?chairs <
mado of tho trunks of trees?or kubbes i
(whence our 'stubs," I 6upjK)so), tho 1
edge3 of tho seats ornamented with, of <
all things in tho world, human teeth,
driven into the solid wood. These are i
not relics of liattle, ns ono might sup- 1
pose, but tho teeth lost by tho family of ?
the owner of tho Chair, preserved in this i
manner as a charm against future tooth- 1
ache. Litilo white milk teeth mako an 1
agreeablo variety wit^ hugo molars that 1
e. i achrr. enough beforo they came I
to this end. Hero, too, is another relic 1
of ancient manners?beggars' clubs. <
These formidable weapons were given to I
beggars to enable them to obtain relief 1
at tho next hotlsc they came to. - What <
a comfortable thing it would bo if ono of *<
us could got rid of an importunate tramp a
by giving ltim a club to compel our next E
neighbor to on pertain liim! Yonder is a l'
bundle of Runio Btaves?canes or long v
pieces of wood carved with runes, or sen- s
fences in Runic characters, usually o
juotcd from ono of tho sages. "Whether
heso were considered as charms, or only, "V
ilco tho Jewish phylacteries, used to keep E
n mind como sacred text, wo could not &
earn. ? g
Ono roorJis filed up in comnai*tments,
nch repreSmting a kitchen or a living
ooM f>r d-wefling la i i??
and, or Icekuul pes linns; with life size
Iguros in appropriat i costumes, sur- _
uMi.wlnrl ir.itl-1 llw> 1 r"\- Ciivnimi n nnd linr
vuew-" I? 1
.cry brought from eucli houses, all in 1
iomo interesting position. A man re- ^
:civing an official message brought by J
m envoy in one of tho old "bud stikker," *
>r mcssngo sticks, which ho in his turn ^
s bound to carry for a certain distance,
tnd if no ono is at hand to tako it, to P
>tick it in tho earth until someone comes ^
dong, ay if our mail bag3 should be laid K
an a roclc at a certain place and left for c
the next passer to tako chargo of! An- ?
other group shows a girl receiving pres- i
onts when tho bans of her marriage are 4
proclaimed; a third, a Lapland family 1
mourning over a dead child. All tho
fi-ra arc very lifelike. But timo would 1
-.r~.spen i- the various museums 1
and their trcnorlros.'^Siw.l:u'"i Cor. ban ]
Francisco Chronicle. "j
Smncjllng rrcctous^Stones.
Ono of tho favorite places wherein to
hido precious stones aro in tho small tele- '
scopes i'sed in connection tvith tho inaster
o sextant. Tho {lasses aro unscrewed, 1
slonrs picked cecu-ely in tho cylinders
and o\ n lac 1. But font customs
officials would venture to trouble a
valuable fcientioO instrument.
Another method is to havo a malacca 1
/-.nh tlivAiio-li liwi \UAn.lnrftill\r
skilled hands of a Chtnesomeclinnic. The
spneo in then filled in with precious stones
packed in cot tort, the joint replaced and
detection is nlino.it impossible. I will
chow you a l*>ot heel made of iron, to
which is attached an iron clamp. Tho
leather heel is removed, then Iho iron
ouo, filled with diamonds, is secured to
tho clamp. It is an old trick, but might
have passed muster, except that tho
srmirr;,'' r's courage failed and his nore
he'ra?"? him. Tho government
was richer by $!),000 duties in goiu coin.
?Nov/ York Star.
V/U.l or /issai.i.
Wlicrcvcr dogs run wild, as in Australia
and in India, they show many
of tho characteristics of wolves. They
havo a similar habit of hunting in
packs. Tho pcoplo of Assam tell wonderful
stories of tho cunning and saI
pacity of the o wild bounds when in
pursuit of gnmo.
They say that when a pack go^s out
to hunt, an old dog goes in front and
r.earohcs for fresh scent of a deer.
ILiving found this, ho starts oil' alone,
and when ho lias ascertained tho
wlicreid outa of tho quarry returns to
tho j ack, which ho then disposes in a
circle of a milo in diameter round it;
each member of tho pack has a part
allotted to him.
These precautions having heen
tlio old j, moral starts alono
V''| more in ?c ircli of tho victim,
\ w-[r u (i'lcliug ^Lves chase. Tho fetartr"r(V
r-?' -b flleafrbm his enemy.
\,nfiT'; lving tO;iguo asa signal
t > (lie r .-st ci the pack.- Tho deer, far
Outstripping tlio dog, rushes on, but is
v dde.n'y met in f.out by ono of tho
0 itlying tlogu, who gives chase, 'i'no
thr, ( f course, turning to tho right
01 left, fain rur lic3 oil, only to bo |
t and turned by another dog. ,
Thus, turned at every point, the \
poor r.tiima. becomes n-.oro u;v\ ii< ;o
e: haustcd, wliiio tho pack gradually j
cloaca in upi n it, leaving no avenuoj
of tscapo, ai d dozens of sharp huiga '
soon feast on tho victim Y.'iuchjfp'"
tin's way been run to death '
Companion. / v?>.
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QUIET AFFAIRS.
Pttwruhop* Which Do Not llang Oat thi
Three Sljrnlfloiuit Halls.
In my rambles around this grea
metropolis I liavo been surprised at th<
many methods of making a living
writes a New York correspondent o
Tho DetroitTribune. Certainly if one
half tho world do not know now th<
other half live, thev just as little knov
how tho other half mako their living
There is on Fourteenth street a placx
i which gets its patronage from tho verj
swellest and most exclusive circles ol
society. Tho placo has no sign, noth
lug to give it away as a pawnbroker'!
shop; but such it is, notwithstanding
its liandsouie ontronco and liveriec
door tender, who ushers the visitors oi
patrons into an elegantly furnished
drawing room, decora tea with ran
uno-u-UIW ttllU VUU1UO IKUDUDgS. in(
woman who keeps it, for the proprie
tor is a woman, is dressod in the latest
stylo, and receives her customer as i]
a guesb It is not until after tho usual
exchange of morning salutations that
she asks:
"What can I do for madamo this
morning?"
Tho madamo displays a set of jewelry,
diamonds, perhaps, or bric-abrac,
on which slio wishes a loan.
Sometimes a noto is givon at tho rate
of 15 or 20 iicr conk. Theso notes,
however, seldom go to protest, for the
givers do not caro to have theso transactions
known to their husbands: but,
apart from tliat, they caro but little,
as it is generally understood that a
woman frequently exceeds lior allowance
and makes it up on tho next,
while tho obliging broker makos a
good prolit from tho necessities of
fashionablo women.
Tho "duplicate gift" woman who
calls at tho liaiulsomo "brown front"
house just after a fashionablo wedding
is known to tho neighbors, who
seo nor descend from a carriage or barouclio
only as a caller, but she makes
quite a living in buying up tho duplicnto
gifts. Every ono knows that tho
wedding gifts of a season run in
grooves, and that most brides, on
looking over their possessions, find a
largo proportion of tlioir gifts duplicated.
Tho brido who wept herself ill
on finding that slio had seven butter
iishes, every ono alike, with a cow on
the cover, had not tho advantage of
the brido of today, who calls to her
lid llio buyer of such duplicates.
Ono of tho popular briuos of last season
found among her 700 wedding
presents 15 silver plated candlesticks,
1 bronzo busts of Shakespeare, 4 etchings
of Millet's "Angelus," 10 silver
laud mirrors, 3 engravings of ono piclirv>
P. L'liitrne Ol ni/iirl a yv I
'orks, 1G fans, 11 jewel boxes. 8 bon
ion boxes and 7 table crumb knives.
What did sho do with them? Tho exihango
women came to her aid and
ook most of tho duplicates off her
lands. Of courso tlicy were disposed
>f at a sacrilioo, and the young orido
vorried for weeks for fear tho trans*
ictiou would leak out, but what "could
ho do? Sho could not litter up her
ooms with duplicates. I think it
vould bo a good idea, when ono is
ending out invitations for a fashionblo
wedding, to add to each what ono
? desired to present, or else to do away
?-ith gifts by saying, "Gifts not doircd."
I ain suro either method would
aVo any amount of aunoyanco to both
Ivor oud receiver.
Peru'** Curoo of Wealth*
If. 1 H 1IHJ ncdlttl vr - x VI x*
Bolivia which was their curso from
lio timo of rizarro to that of modern
Jhili. Guano has been exported sinco
8-1 ('. from Peru, and tho annual ship
nents aro said to lmvo amounted to
20,000,000 and $30,000,000, wlieroas
ho whole population of tho country
ras not greater than Pennsylvania,
'ho epidemic of riches broke oolk tho
;overnment and tho people, and
irought in foreign enemies. How
aueh better aro wo off in somo parts
if this country with all our riches and
o littlo fortitude? Tho guano ruhning
lown, nitrato of soda was found in tho
loserls, and Chili eamo in to get this,
uid destroyed Peru.
It was discovered in 1833, in South
Imcrica, by an old Englishman
lamed Gcorgo Smith. They say it
tvill take eight or ten centuries to dig
t away. Nobody knows ltow tho nitrate
was formed under tho sands of
this desert. Shoveling off tho sand.
j,rou conio to a coin-so of sun bakcu
clay, and under this is a bed of white
material, like melting marble, and soft
Fis cheese. It is about four or five feet
thick, anil is broken un by crowbars
and ground. A solution from it is
run into vats of sea water, and crystallization
is caused. The ultimato result
is an iodine of commerce costing
ns much per ottneo as the saltpeter
brings ncr hundred weight. Tho highest
grade goes to tho powder mills, tho
next to tho chemical works, and tho
third to tho fertilizer factories.?Ciu
cinnati Enquirer.
Wliut Cigarettes Are Mario of.
For somo timo past Tho Chicago
Journal and Tho Evening News have
been waging vigorous warfare against
cigarettes. Tho Journal has printed a
series of articles showing llio large
number of cigarettes thatwero sold by
small shopkeepers to tho public school
pupils, and has had interviews with
tho principals of tho various schools
and with physicians, showing tho exTent
and injury of tho cigarctto practico
among young boys. Tho Now?
has been investigating tho composi
tion cud ell'ect of cigarettos generally,
With this cud in view a number ol
packages of each brand commonly
used wcro purchased and stripped ol
tho boxes, cards and ovory distinguish
ing marie. Each kind was put into i
pasteboard box, tho lid of which wai
inscribed with a letter. Theso wer<
taken for analysis to Professor Dola
fontaine, a well known chemist.
IIo found that tho cigarettes Ik
tested wcro generally mado of to
bacco "imperfectly fermented," whicl
means that an unusually largo amoun
of nicotino was present in tliem. II'
fnundtliatnearlvail had nnunnatura
proportion of insoluble asli, that sov
eral kinds woro steeped in an injuriou
substance, and wcro impregnated vvitl
dirt in varying proportions.?Nov
York Tribune.
Head* Tticir Namcn Publicly.
One of tlio most successful mini?tog
of our wholo connection hnsinaugii
rated tho follow in": pi-. <uoe in t"1
(!.i! I. i;e\< ilrnt roiiQutMtltf* **
by nninc from then''' 0>
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Low Life Boidaoi in Pule.
n Nomadic Russians, with beetling
eyebrows, shaggy hair and a generally
t greasy appearance, may sometimes be
3 seen wandering in drovte along the
brilliant boulevards. They look like
| peasants or Moujiks out of tne dramatic
adaptations in French of the works of
3 the Russian realists. You are often
r surprised to see these children of tho
snow and tho steppes so for away from
j homo, and are apt to wonder ai their
r business in the most expensive city in
p the world. Some interesting particulars,
however, havo just becu nub
* lished respecting tho low life memocn
. of tho large Russian colony in Paris in
[ connoctiou with the registration ol
. foreigners I? taking placo.
I at tho prefecture of police. They fore.
gathor, it seems, in tlio Latin quarter,
j where they havo a kind of political nope,
or patriarch in tho jicrson of Fetor
^ Lavrof, on old nihilist, who has been
f expelled from Russia. His room in
I the Rue Saint Jacques is piled from
^ floor to ceiling with hooka This place
is tho rendezvous of tho maid and to,
male Students of Russian nationality,
who are attending lectures in tho Paris
medical schools, and they delight in
discussing politics, literature, medi
cino and mathematics with their patriarchal
compatriot. Lavrof lias had
an eventful career. He was born at
i Pskof in 1823, and went through a
courso of studies in the Russian scnool
of artillery, in which ho succeeded
Ostroj^radsky in tlio professorial chair.
In 1866 ho was arrested in connection
with the Karakosof affair, and was
imprisoned, but escaped in 1870. After
having lived in Switzerland and Enjy
gland no camo to Paris in 1877, and is
now busy with a tremendous
treatise on modern thought. AJl
tho students and refugees gathered
round Lavrof, work liard
jit teaching, translating and copying
in order to support themselves
whilo in Paris, and nearly every ono
of them has a sovero strugglo in order
to mako both ends meet. Thoro is
also a largo colony of Russian and
Polish students who attend the lectures,
but who depend to a great extent
on tho assistance given to them
by the Alliance Israelite. Most of
tho poorest students, male and female,
livo in community in an establishment
in tho Rue Flatters, where thero
uiu oupaiaiu uuriililurit'S iur IHO BOXC5
and a common 100m for study. Thoy
tako their meals in a kind of co-operative
restaurant in the Avenue des
Gobelins, where they act as their own
cashiers, cooks and waiters. The
prices of tlio meals aro reduced to the
minimum figure, only horsellesh being
consumed, with cheap bread, vegetables
and tea or coffee, wino being as i
rigidlv excluded from the repasts as if
tho 1 Muscovite wanderers were membora
of tho Bluo Ribbon movement.?
London Telegraph.
Ralfllna ou the Paclflo Cooat.
Tho raisin industry of tho Pacific
coast is growing rapidly, and grape
raising is, as a consequence, profitable.
A vineyard of good average bearing
will yield six tons of grapes to the
acre, with a value of $20 a ton on tho
vines, or $120 an acre. Older vineyards
produce from eight to ten tons,
and tho fruit brings a higher prico
than tho product of younger vines, as
it is better adapted to tho larger or
bunch styles of high priced raisins.
Thus a forty aero vinoyard in full
bearing at. six years of ago would fnr$6,000.
Labor, however, is vory high,
and growers liavo found it dillicult to
obtain a full complement of hands to
euro a crop needing such nromnt attention.
This difficulty will bo lessened
as newcomers thicken. California
produces in quantities only the raisijis
that compote with tho famous Malaga
varieties. Tlio Pacific raisin crop of
1R88 is expected to approximate 1,000,
000 boxes. Somo of this has gone
abroad, owing to tho small crops of
Malaga this year, and tho latter fact
will lielp to distribute tho domestic
crop through this country.?Leslie's
Newspaper.
Hygienic Aspects of Hypnotism.
Upon the hygienic sido wo find tho
discussion of tho prohibition of public
hypnotic performances. Tho Academy
or Mcdicino of Belgium held a long
discussion upon tho question, and
finally voted to recommend a law
abolishing it. Tho chief advocate in
favor of tho exhibitions was M. Delbocuf.
Belgium thus follows iho
action of Austria, Italy, Denmark,
Germany mid most of tho Swiss cantons.
Tho people havo been strongly
impressed with tho dangers of an unskilled
use of hypnotism, and a healthy
sentiment to havo it restricted to experts
prevails. At tho last session of
tho E rcnch Association for tho Advancement
of Scictico, M. BerilIon introduced
a similar measure, nnd it was
voted as tho sentiment of tho section
of hygieno and public medicine that
all puolio exhibitions of hypnotism
should bo legally prohibited in Franco.
> ?Kovue do l'Hypnotismo.
. A dozen trees planted each year may I
i change the npi>earanco of n farm greatly
? in a generation and laid along to income,
' Tory satisfactory, as well.
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f especially in cases of Croup, Pneumonia,
r and other throat and lung troubles,
f Hence, no family should ho without a
bottlo of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
V which has proved itself, in thousands of
3 cases, the best Emergency Medicine
} ever discovered. It gives prompt relief
r and prepares the way for a thorough
euro, which is certain to bo effected by
3 its continued use.
8. n. Latimer, M. P., Mt. v< mon,
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3 cases. I havo known tlio worst cases
1 relieved in a very short time by its use;
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A. J. Kidson, M. P., Middletown,
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