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FRANK I'. VOL. XI. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. NO. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1883. . ? _ ! ... * THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. rmiuio at oiMDKii, ?. o. FRANK P. BEARD. Publisher ?mi.'1- .J- .1 . . . 1 , .i. . 1 ? . l, ? .1 . f v l'o lorrcMitoutleuti. AM communications for t)iU paper should be ao Compatilod l?y the name of .Uto author, not mm* jarttjr (or publication, bat M m tfttHN of goof faith on tbe port of the ml tor. Write only on one aide of tb? paper. lit pirtlnltrlr Mndlla |hln| name* and tlx tea to Uav* the Utter* plain and dis tinct. ?I ?-p* Ihe Gazette Job Printing Office Is hitter pr?i<*r?d than uxy oth w ofllco la town, to exocutc In the mo?t iUtkUtc itylN ^Ttry dtMriy Uou of Job PrliUni, surh m puyhM), Unlets Bill llwils letter ?ni] Not? IImiU I .aw Hritli, Fosters, IKnlfpr*, OtmiUr*, Hunt III Us, WdMJti, Vla'.tlugavd Addrwara'ds, BuslueaaOard*. L?b?U 4k. Work done I n Bronte, ltort, Blue Ana Black. Ttio iHtbtlc must rvmember that the boat l( tlwt/t the cboapcet. We do work at CharWvton Prices, aud guarantee eutliv satisfaction to our patrons. We kwp constantly on baud the largest stock ot i^Sfxrri and ifertls tu town. HIS OIRL. tier eyes are k>v?ly. I won** toll. What ho* their loveliness may show Bar brafcled hair become* her well, In color like? but ah, no I no I JThat to my aeorcfr? rod or brown, It la the prettiest hair in town I M >?) Bhe walks with such a dainty ohari: But whether she bo abort or tall, Of rounded limb or sylph-like form, Her figure suits mo ? that is all t If or do I ohoose the world Co know jlf aOk her drees, or calloo. (My precious girl is worth her weight, Wot in rough gold, but diamonds fine, ? And whether that be small or great I leave the reader to divine. Ask me to guage her solid worth She would outweigh the whole round earth I To rhyme her praise is such delight '? That I must keep it to myself, X> at one should better verves write And lay me gently on the shelf. I am not Jealous, but you soo This charming girl? belongs to me. ? M. 8. Bridges, <? the Continent. ? BANK ROBBERY. The little city of Linton, a place re markable for the sobriety, industry and morality of Its people, is just emerging from a thrilling scene which f-hook the whole community with nervous excite ment, and that came near to destroy ing the fire of faith in humanity which has so long turned brightly in the bosomB pf those easy-going, hohcBt country folk. The journey I have just completed Was one of haste, and my f-.tay in Lin ton was much shorter than I had hoped it might be; but 1 wat there suiH ciently long to witness the closing scenes of a renarkable trial, and one | that will be long remembered by the people of that quiet town, and be talked of as the city's tragedy. The Linton bank is one of the inter esting institutions not only of Linton, but of the whole country in which it is situated. It has long been noted for its financial stability, und its ollicers and clerks have many years borne the fcame of "Linton's Conservatives," Which was given them for their perfect honesty and 11 rm adherence to ptrict banking principles. One of my ttrst movements after I had arrived and partaken of a whole some noonday meal waB to visit the bank for the purpose of having achpck cashed. As the teller liandei me a small package of greenbacks, I observed that my old friend, President Goodnow, who was Bitting near the huge door* of the Iron vault, was look'ng me alihrply in the fa?e. He seemed t > have observed that the new iron and wire railing separating the teller's corner from the outer part of the room had strongly attracted my attention, and from my looks Judged that X was noting the changed appearance of things, and, therefore, naturally inferred that I was not a stranger at the countor. ljut the teller's face was a strange one to me, and that, with tho now railing and wirework, had createi within mo a Reeling of inqulsitlveness which I could not hide. The bank president arose from hi j chair, raised his glasses from his eyes, and walktd toward tho railing which separated us. He soon recogni'/od mo, and I was greeted in his usually warm and friend y style. " I saw you were interested to un derstand why all these radical changes in our little bank," said Mr. Cloodnow, f* and, from tho manner in which you looked at the btrange face at the to'ler's desk, and tho wirework surrounding {t, I concluded at once that you were lot a stranger to us." v " Yes," said I, " it looke I so strangtf to me that I almost doubted for a mo* eont that 1 was in the plaod that I mi supposed it to be. But I got a ! glimpse of your familiar face and my doubts were dispelled. Tell me, Mr. MOoodnow," I Continue:!, "what is the toufee of this change V" " Yes, I will," replied the old gen tleman, in tones which assured me that his tender sympathies were aroused on the subject. " I will tell vfou the circumstances as far as they hate gon\" he said, with deep feelings ?'and I can assure you that it is a sad toory you shall hear. Hut, as we tfclk, I will ask you to tfatfcwith me* I Siust be at the comt-room promptly at wo.* ^Indeed," Mr. Goodnow," I an swered, "it will be a pleasure to ac company you. I will most happily accept your Invitation." > "Poor John Earnest is in jail for] theft. I would almost as easily expect to be there myself as to see John Sarnest in jail. X could scarcely have believed it had the fa ts not oome be fore my own eyes, and oven now it almost seems as though it must be a dream." The tones in whloh these <trords were uttered were fiufflclent to tell me of deep sadness in the old man's heart as he was speaking. ** Yes," Mr. Goodnow continued, ?? John it In jail, and his poor Widow mother It almost crushed with grief. John was her only support, her idol and her p*t? She la a noble woman, a true mother, I can tell you, and even to thin day, in spite of all the evidence , which has been produced, she declares that John Is innocent." ** But what are the charges against Mm, Mr. Goodnow ? Do I understand John Earnest, that faithful, in ent man, Who has served yon so and *o Wdl, lsnow In jail fot f* :e Is," was the reply. "He is bank." "Is It possible? And what are. the circumstances, pray let me know?" "The circttmstanoes," said my friend, "ate that a package containing $6,000 was missed from our bank, and we have never been able to aooount for its disappearance upon any theory or ,ar - save that John must have It was on a busy Saturday that the Shofrtatfe occurred- or, at least, so far ,i<as any of us know. In closing busi ness at the bank Saturday John asked our cashier, Mr. -r,__ If he had put away a package of money from the teller's deek. Mr. tytetman said he had not, and John I IMS *.>?<>? E?ii|S3??ttB "veJtm6 r'8ht Mr^uw3, 40(1 When the bank - sJS&js "vr1"1 Jul count ana wini?2!d^h! *J BM* fflVSa&tf3 naked lr''ean|,'!ieni I"10"' had balanced the cash book but thnf tr^sssS'SS the m?.?Ukf wm' mE? 8,h?,w w"?" Sr=i'i=?K SfS"5??Sa ? no doubt MStSSSSSg* tTo rn?^"ov?ly,?c^ ?"<o was nlacfid in tL ?T The mf*ttor otJ P1?0?" m the hands of detective* and John was arreted. It w? ? covered that soon after th? ? was missed' John pa^ oT^ bondsmen came forward and offered to EftM" the l0f"> but John Suv^ % a5 ? 5p4^rt,7.70S mortgage. H0 would ratlufr ?.,??! Imprisonment and a irini th?n ? ?u?6r ?SSS3S; probably bis last day In court t no chance whatever for thft^i, boy to escape the Xu MnLtv VffI ?jl?rissrs? ^mSSSS* in* SSh ??g hewKl uroun;1 the build 25L ^ lon Wo entered the coim ?? i *?'e 01,11(1 11 completely packed lurlli i awarded to Snymi lurther ingress of ii?e crowf S StaS CTl*oTo?l JwSL nm^xinXrt' """' at the counter where I w.,t^ t? sc,? check cashed. Th? 'Sne? ??l?if?p ??Meoceian2\?iVn?J:,";?Ult|: &"**!<? nn artlat as every* eye was th? nnd ,n R whisper eaM the tears came to his eyos : ? wJ' u irs".s;rs'Ms''i'tt'r agjasssissti Before I could ask any question though I was now more thoroughl; than before awakened in the case, th judge took his seat, the iury were es nor ted to tbelr box, and the court wa called to order. Just then a small bo; came tiptoeing through the crowd am beokoned to the deputy sheriff, heard. him say: "Here's a message to Mr. Earnest." The telegram was placed in th prisoner's hands. He nervously opene the wrapper, read it, and passed it t hie counsel. Tho attorn >y for th State had jUBt arisen and asked to r< call the expert who had examined th books. The request was granted. 1 series of wliat seemed to me quite un important questions were asked an answered. The witne e wa* excused and Just ?s the (State attorney wa about to arise the counscl for the prlc oner sprang to hi s feet and address* the court: " May it please your honor, I hold ii my hand material testimony in thl case* It la a telegram from ah in portant witness, who will be here U morrow to testify in the prisoner's b< half. I desire to nsk your honor for stay of proceedings until the wltnec arrives. It there ho no objection shall he thankful for tho privilege o reading the ttf4gruift/'< ' ? The judge informed tho attorne that he could lir>t ; how the paper t the attorney for t ie Htate, and If h did not object it could then be rea< This WM done; consent was giver and the telegram, dated St. Louis, wa read as follows: "JobmBarni**, Linton i Delayed by a< oldent. W1U bother* to-morrow to jiroi your innocence snd corroborate yotir*t?t< m*lit Of w>v be<|ue>i T?kn <onrn??) n nhtiii be we I Paris JPoa-ian.'' Attct < bo telegram had been rea the Btate attorney arose and add r esse tho court: ? I see no reason, your honor, wh this trial should be delayed on th strength of this telegram. Theio is n evidence to show that it is genulm and if that point be admitted there i no evidence to show that the Jteitl mony to be thus secured will establis the innocence of the prisoner. Kvo though it be proved tiiat the author t the telegram is the unole of tho prli oner, as is alleged, and that he will I: able to satisfactorily prove how th prisoner came with the money to pa off the mfrtgage, that will remove onl one of thV Montf ctrdutosMncev thi go to prove his guilt. There are oth< strong circumstances, as your honor 1 aware, upon which he may be oot U I trust, your honor, that thl not be> deemed of snillolent in to grant a postponement < counsel for the prlson< id with an eloquent argi ?KP ?? W'M . meat In favor of a postponement* Whileho was talking a beautiful young lady entered the court-room, bhe was at onoe the observed of all observers, and an almost deathlike silence stole over the Immense audience as- she carefully, though evidently under great excitement, followed an officer of the court until they reached the railing within which sat the counsel and wit nesscs. ?? As soon as the young lady's pres ence was observed by my elderly com panion he arosj quickly and hastened toward her, siiowing signs of surprise tosee her there The two held a short whispered conversation, t, he young lady pointing to a small package which she held in ner hand. My elderly friend evinced by his movements, excitement. He opened the little gate leading through the railing, the young lady stepped inside and took a Beat near the counsel for the prisoner. "When the lawyer had finished his re marks ho turned round and bowed gracefully to the young lady, and they shook hands. A few whispers passed between them, and tl;e attorney, amid the breathless suspense of the specta tors, and while every eye in the room was upon the person who last entered, arose and said: "If your honor please, and with the consent of the learned counsel ior the State, while 1 was speaking an important witness in this case entered this room. That witness is now here willing to testify, and I beg the privilege of introducing further testimony." At this tho attornoy. for, the State arose and ^ld: " 1 have no objection, your honor, to receiving any testimony which is important to a fair and im partial trial of the accused. 1 oonsent to tho gentleman's request -of course, upon his honor that the testimony is important and material." "I call Miss Nettie Goodnow," the prisoner's attorney said. The judge bowed very politely as the young lady arose, and he said : " Miss Goodnow, you will please take this chair," pointing to the witness stand. The directions were obeyed, and the oath administered. Tho ubuuI ques tions as to acqualntant e with the case and the prisoner followed. Then came the question : ?' Will you please iniorin the court and the jury as to the nature of the package you hold In your hand, Miss Goodnow V ? The witness carefully unfolded the package as sho replied : ?? This is the packago of money, sir, which was taken from tho Linton bank on Satur day, the 10th day of last month? $5,0001" and she hold it up that tho court might get a view of it. " From whom, or where, did you get this money, Miss Goodnow V" demanded the counsel. " I found it to-day at the house of Mr. Henry illack, and among a bundle of papers l.olonging to George West man, the brother of Cashier Westman, of l<inton bank I" This reply came like a thunderbolt from heaven, and the excitement which folio wod was so gre it that the court rappe I vigorously up m his desk before order could bo restored. Tho counsel for the accused stepped forward, and, taking the package of money, plaoo.l It before tho court, say ing: ??If your honor please, we do sire to oiler thi s package of monoy as a part of our evidence In the case." A paper held In tho young lady's hand was a hitter from George West man ad drowsed to her, which gave a clue to tho true history of the case. Young Westman was the brother of tho cashier. He was in love with Nettle Goodnow, the daughter of President Goodnow, and knowing that John Earnest was tho young lady's favurito, he planned nnd carried out a schfjmo to steal t! o monev in such a way that suspicion would' rest upon the young teller, and Jthrough the dis grace thus produced tho attachment between the couplo would be broken off. Tho letter in the young lad/S hand was from George Westman, con fessing to her his crime, telling her where the money was, and begging her to got it an I not Inform on him. It contained direful threats if ahe Khouhl dare to reveal the truth or re fuse him the monev. As soon as tho letter had been exam ined by the counsel an agreement was made for a postponement, Young Earnest allowed his friends to give bonds for his appearance the next day, and there was not a dry eye in the court-room when the aocused man started toward the door and was stopped by the sweet voice of the young lady who approached him With an extended hand, sympathetically say ing; '* Wo havo never lost confldonce in your honesty, John. You shall be free to morrow." The r^ma'nder of my story can be asea9ily imagined as to'.d. John Earn est is again toller of Linton bank. Csshior Westman is one of his beet friends, The cash is no longer short, and though George Westman is not to be found, his honorable brother has paid all the costs in the suit, and no chargos have been preferred against the guilty person, I shall not be sur prised to receive, ere long, cards in viting me to witness an interesting ceremony, which, I understand, is to tako place at the restdence of President OoOdnow.? American Cowiting-Hoom. k Dog That Takes Dp a Collection. The Sootoh coi icy dog Help, which collects funds in almost ovory part of the kingdom for tho orphan fund of tho Amalgamated Society of Hallway Servants, has just returnel to nls headquarters at tho chlof office of the society, City road, from atrip to France, whero he has been getting money for tho orphans of rallwny men. In troduced by Mr. Braggctt, chief oflloer of the steamship Brittany, to the vice consul at Dieppe, tho H Railway Bog of England " reeoived in a short time 188 francs; on his Journey back to England Help got 17s. lid. and 26 francs while at Nowhaven, and on board the steamer he collected ?3 Is. 6d. The general secretary of the so ciety, Mr. E. Harford, has now on nunwitous invitations to the ani mal, distributed over the leading rail way system*. Help, trained by Mr. John Cltmpson, guard of tho night boat train on the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, is expected to' be the me llum of collecting some hundreds of poUb Is for the orplian fund during the present year.? London Quern, J rffi r ? ' ' * .j'-v i V\ ' An Operatic Manager's CxperiMM. 1 New York la overrun with young' ladies ambitious to shine in the operatic 1 world. They come mostly from the West, Wisconsin sending the grvftt; majority. The Journal estimates the number of these stage-struck beauties at 2,51 0 ; but a gray-haired manager I says it seems to him thero are 60, 000, t U00 of tbein. He is p&rhaps a cipher ! or two out of the way. Ma < Strakosch thus relates his experience with one of these girls : ; Every woman I moet has some new song to sing me, and do what I may I can't get away froai her until I ha e listened to every verse. I met a young lady yest-rday on Fourteenth Btrect. Oh, she was so beautiful? like a rosd* bush. "Why, Mr. Strakosch," she say, " how well you do look I How have you been all the while V Of I course, I think, maybe I know her mother or I was her godfather or some thing like that, and I ask her to comc and see me. Mie came right along to the house, and the moment she got inside sho made a dive for tho piano. ?' Ho, ho," I sny, "You was a singer I" "Yes," she ? ay, "I came all thi way from Kalamazoo to sing for you, be cause 1 know you want one prima donna." " My dear lady," I say, " I J have more prime donne as I could pack into a double-horse furniture car, and they was all singing in the chorus, waiting for the head one to die." "Ha, ha," she say, "it was very evident that you don't ever hear ma" Aft *r that she pull about twenty-five sheets of muslo out of her pocket, and she began to sing. Oh, how she do sing ! If I live 500 year I will never forget how that young lady sing. She untie her bonnet-strings, and by'n'by she take oft her shawl. Sho got so excited over that "Heart liowed Down" or ''Star 8pangled Banner," or whatever it was that she was hollerin' at, that I think maybe she would burst her head off. Every time I try to get out of the room she be gins to scream, so that I was afra d maybe she would blow her brains out, bo I go backVid ait down a little while longer. When she was through she ask me how I like It, and like a fool I told her that was better as Fatti. "Cara mio, cara mio I" exclaimed Mr. Strakosch. wringing his hands and tear ing his hair, " it was the mistake of my life when I told that to that lady. She don't do nothing ever since but ohase me up one street and down another. I tell you, my friend, it's an awful thing to be an improssario." "I)o you understand music your self?" "That's the funny part of it. I don't know ono note from another. Before I engage anybody I have to Bend the singer to my director; but it Is of no use tor roe to tell them that, for they would not believe me." Proportions In Unman Figures. Clara Belle, the New York fashion correspondent, inquired of nn artist concerning the proportions of human figures, and received for reply: "In well proportioned figures it is usual to And the length of the body from head to foot to be about eight times the length of the fa e. The length of the hand bears a certain pro portion to the forearm, and this to the arm from the elbow to tiie shoulder. The foot is in length shorter than the leg from the ankle to the knqe-joint, and this is shorter than the leg from tho knee to the hip. An idea of the proportion which the limbs bear to each other may bo inferred from tho following numbers, which appertain to a figure measuring Aye feet ten inches from head to foot; front ground to ankle, two inches and seven-eighths; from ankle to knee, eighteen inches; from knee to hip, nineteen and two eighths; frotn hip to collar-bone, six teen and six eighths; from collar-bone to top of h( ad, thirteen and one-eighth; length of foot, from heel to toe, t?n and five-eighths; hand, Anger-end to wrist-joint, eight and three-eighths; wrist-joint to elbow- joint, ten inches; elbow to shoulders, twelve inches." . Taking a long stiok, or alpenstock, that some pedestrian had abandoned (n a corner of the yard, the artist said: "It you wish to tent your own symme try here's a good method. Out this stick to exactly your own length. Then mark it oft Into twenty-fohr equal parts. Number one should mark about the ankle-joint from the bottom of your foot; number seven the knee, thirteen the hip, twenty the shoulder and twenty-four the top of the head. The length of your foot should be somewhere between three and four parts, from your middle finger's end to wrist-joint three parts, to elbow six and one half, and to shoulder ten. The female head is smaller titan tho mate head." " Because it holds less ?" "I didn't say that Only, to meas ure the body by lengths of the head is a methol, though eotnmon, by ho means infallible. The body is longer in tho child than in the adolt figure, to whhh alone the foregoing measure ments apply. The growth Is greater in the limbs during youth until wo manhood. There can be no settled or Axed measurements omployed to decide what should be the widths or circum ference of the chest compared with tho. height of tho Agure or of the limbs/' (Mold's Library. Jay Gould's library Is one of tho moftt remarkable things about that re markable man. Not only doe* it con tain All the standard classic al works ? n history, science, finance, and the|usua\ colic: tlon of romance, -fiction and poetry, but In certain glasi < ases, well guard* d with strong wire network outside, tomes of immense value and great ag\ and many an Indltloprin cops wh oh would delight the h< a?*t < f a bibliophile. This room is th;> < no place which Is thoroughly sacred. It is the Holy of Hollei or the mllllnnat e, the mysterious chamber whl h Blue beard forbade even the wife of his Vbsnm to enter. No person except Mr. Gould IS allowed to touch his pro clous l ooks, evfft his fast t-im, M< ro slnl, av Idlng that dangerous gr.uind. With all his business cares Mr. Gould Is a close student, i ml Is singularly well versed in gt n r.U lit rat r >. A well kn wn New York law er once sa d of him that he was tho. best an ! t iority on the law of corpoiatloAs In | the United States, Becky Koantaln Pack Trains. Anyone who travels through the country west of the Hooky mountains, will tin J cause for wonder at seeing, lb places moet difficult of access, towns of substantial buildings, of ?which the material oould not have come from anywhere in the neighbor hood. And yct-they may be hundreds of miles from a railroad. Tneso townc do not differ in appcarance or in their interior equipments irom thoso in the 1'mt, except by tho natural distinctions resulting from a different sort of in habitants. Of course, nearer the At lantic, wo do not meet with the pon derous machinery so frequently seen in the mountain*, but in the moun tain hotels will he found the same furniture, heavy and light, which i< used in the Kast. Indeed, every thing tl: at b provided in places having easy < omniunication with all manu facturing centers, can be found up in tho mountains, where it would Beem that only a practiced climber could go, or an aniiual entirely free from bur dens. One articlo is certain to be mot with in such places in greater profu sion than is ever drep.med of in the Kast, namely, the ivory checks used for gambling. For gambling goes on in most of the buildings, and in certain cases it never stops. There are some paloons which opened their door a ten years ago, and have never once closed them, or put by the r gambling tables, night or day. And yet tho whole of that town has been carried the e, and most of It on the backs of horses and mules. In what are called pack trains they liavo carried the bricks that made thehousei and all that the houses contain, in cluding billiard tables and poker checks, over journeys that may have taken weeks to make, and through placts where the chances were that, before tho train got past, some of tho ani mals would go over a precipices, and perhaps spoil a whole billiard tabio by dashing to pieces part of its bed. Pack trains are of course gradually retreating before tho introduction of railroads, but It will be many years before they entirely go out of uso; and in some parts of the country they are likely to remain the on'y means of transporting freight. For many years there have been large companies which have owned and managed freight routes I y means of pack trains, In tho i same manner that other companies have controlled the various stage lines. A regular freight train will Homo times hav3 fifty animals, generally all mules, although horses are us-d. Mules nro to bo preferred, not because of greater surene<s of foot, but for tho reason that their backs are more lovol, their hips lesi prominent, -in I their withers lower than is usually the case with horses, so that they are not so liable to be chafed by their loads. A nfule can carry from two hundred to six hundred pounds, but those that can bear the greater weight aro ex ceptional aniina's. ? Niw York Sun, Pr psring Sealskins. In a small, gloomy room at the top of a dingy building in a downtown 8tre?t in New York eight girls sat working stolidly. The light seemed dusty and hot as it shone dimly through the soot- intrusted window pants, and the rumblo of machinery IkIow jarred the lloors incessantly. Tho girls sat in little groups. They were fhablily clad, though there were touches of i bright color here and there, and their faces all looked pinched and careworn. Their backs were bent in a weary way as they leant over the work. Each girl held a sealskin stretched across Tier lap, and picked at it with great rapid ity. Their hands were quite black. They seldom spoke, and when a stranger entered they looked at him listlessly for a moment, and then dropped their eyo3 on their work again. "They are picking the long black hairs out of the skin," said the fore I man, rubbing his hand over ono of tho glossy pieces of fur. "We get all of our sedskins from London, where they are taken direct from the arctio regions. Sealskins cannot be oolored outside of England. They not only have a pe culiar process there, but the climatto Influences result in better coloring than can be done here. So the skins go to England first. After they have been oolored they are shipped all over the world and made Into sa^ks, dol mans, muffs, gloves and hats when they arrive (Ct their destination." ?"Why nre the long black hairs you speak of not taken out in London ?" "Well, I don't know that there Is any particular reason except the economical one. The London concerns charge quite heavily for the work, and the result Is we prefer to do it here whore it doesn't cost us much. It does not require highly Bkilled labor. The black halm y? u sets are not so very much longer than the re ?t of tho fur. There is a difference of perhaps a sixteenth of an inch. By blowing against the grain of the fur the black hairs can all be made to stand out." "How many hours dotheglrls work a day?" "They come at 7 o'clock and leave at six. They are pi'd fair wages. Of courso they do not make their fortunes, but still the pay is fair." " Monotonous workY" "Oh, It's overpoweringly so," said the chattv foreman, shrugging his shoulders impatiently. "Tho incessant nicking almost drives me mad at times; but then, I suppose It's worse for the giris." Interesting Hello*. Some interesting relics of antiquity were lately received at llorlin from Mayence. They consist of tho remains of piles belonging to the bridge which once lod from Onstel to Mayence, and | which is proved to havo been in use ' m i v ? in en years before the Christian , era. The pieces of wood are trunks of I various trees, Including oak, elm, and white and red beeoh. Internally they I are qulto sound. At one end there are j pie es of iron. Some of the wood is i lobe devoted to tho manufacture of 1 a piano criso. Prince Alexander, of II esse, "has * had pome ornamental pieces of furniture made from oak dis covered at the sjx)t referred to, anil (hose articles he has presented to his son, Princo Alexander, of Bulgaria. The" weekly production of steel pens for this country and Europe cannot number less pens than from 22,000,000 to 28,000,000. HUMOROUS SKETCHES HIiiaed the n?.tN. Mr* Jamieson is a Brooklyn lady, I and atxe had a very sore finger, caused By-striking the wrong nail while lay ing carpets. She had procured the ' finger of an old kid glove and used It | for a finger-stall. Thereby hangs a tale. While cleaning house the other day she disturbed a mouse and it ran Into one of the bureau drawers which was lying on the fioor. Mrs. Jamieson is not a tlmi 1 wo. nan by any means, but. woman-like, she called lor her husband, lie was shaving himself, aD(l be came in with hi* faco covered with lather. *"8matterV" he asked, with his mouth full of soap. " There's * mouse In that drawer, and I want you to help me kill it," she answered. Mr. Jamieson isn't at all fond of mice, and he'd rather go without them than pay an exorbitant rate for them, j but he didn't want to appear afraid, so he went out into the kitchen and pro- j cured littlo Tommy's baseball hat. lie climbed up on top of the bureau, and told Mrs. J. to ' fetch on her mice." ' "I'll lift the clothes out." Bho said, "and when the mouse jumps you squash him." Sho grabbed the clothes out one by one, and finally Jamieson saw the mouse jump. Then he struck at it, upBet the bureau and went through the looking-glass, while Mrs.- J. went into the kitchen to howl. They don't commune at the same table now, for what Jam'eson mistook for the mouse was the finger stall on Mrs. J.'b finger. Honora at Wliolennle. It is said that while James Keene, generally referred to by the boys as Jim Keene, wi.., ? rosident ot t.'ie -Pacific coast, a California farmer bvirst in upon him ono day with : "Say. Kurnol, my wife has got a bran-new baby, and we've named it Jim Keene Thompson." " Y-e-s," slowly answered the gentle man, as be parsed over a twenty dollar gold piece. In about an hour another man from the same neighborhood entered with the salutation : "Say, Keene, what do you think? We have built a church up our w.iy and named it the Jim Keene cbapel. Can't- you coino down with a shiner or two V" " Well, I suppose I'll have to," replio l Keene as ho sholled out a ten dollar piece. Thirty minut s hail scarcely passed when in came a third man with : " tiood-morning, ju .b'e. We are building a schooluouso over the creek to be called the Jim Keeno school. Want to contribute a fow?" " Y-e-s," was the reply, as a five was passed out. It wasn't over twenty minutes be foro a fourth man bustled in and called out : " Keene, I discovered a new canon up the country the other day, and I dedicated it to you." " Look here, said tho gentleman, as heturne l in his chair; "1 want you to o back and bunt up all tho new ba les, school hous, s, trotting horses, < an ons, lunatic aavlums. burying grounds and berry-patches in your county which are to be .)im Keened, an 1 come back here and give me tho lot at wholesale, for I'm blamed if I'm going to fool with the retail business any longer, Good day, sir 1" ? Wall Stnet Neios. A nothrr'i DlNnppointmont. A Detroit lawyer who bacl business in one of the northern countios a short time alnco put in a night at a farm house- It was a long structure con taining two rooms, and such furniture as pioneers get along with. The family consisted of an old mnn, his wifo and a girl of twenty, who was slashing around barefooted and had a fist like a slugger. After supper the old woman took a seat in front of the lawyer and suddenly asked : "Do you wear slch flno duds all the time'r" " All tho time, madame." ?'Is that a real diamond in your shirt?" ?'It is." "And I heard you tell the old man you had a horse and buggy at home " Yes, ma'am." " And that watch and chain are real gold, I suppose?" "Yes, the real stuff." "Cost as much as $'200?" " Yes, over $U00." " My stars 1 Why, you must gtft as much as $40 a month and buard r' she gasped. " Madame, I sometimes make $50 por day," he placidly replied. "Shoo I Why, you are worth a thousand dollars!" "Yes, ten times that." "Stars and stars 1" There was an interval of silenco as she recovered from hor ama.ement. Then she tiptoed to tho corner of tho house to see If there were any eaves droppers. Coming back she walked up to tho lawyer and dropped her voice to a whisper and said: " Hay ! Wo've bin saving Rally these last two years for tho boss of a saw mill four miles up thocreek,but if you are struck on her and she is struck on you, I'll run the old man six miles through the brush after a preacher to do tho splicing I" The lawyer had to declino on tho grounds of having a wife in Detroit, and the old woman felt so bad that t!>o husband had to rise at midnight and make her a mustard plaster. ? Free PrMf. TK? l.lmt-K la (tlnk. * If Clarence de Moll vi lie Dungs am present wid us to-night, I should like to spoke to him," said Brother (lard ner as the meeting oponcd. Brother Dungs was on the back row with a looking-glass in his hands and a new brana of hair-oil on his hair. HoToeehp with a scrape and a bow, made a great spread of a blue silk handkerchief, and finally stood before the president's desk. " Drudder Bungs," reuufiod the old man, " 1 reckon you am de purtiest member of de Lime-Ktin club. Y"U ?uts He on yer ha'r, wax on yer mus jcho, an' -de perfume on yer clothes reminds me of de wild roses of Var ginny. Ye?? you am de purtiest * sweetest one of dt lot" < ' <. "Yes, Bah," replied the brother, while his face betrayed tho fact that he was tickled half to death. "But? byde way, lira 'dcr Rungs, what am your present bi 'ness?'1 " I'ze out of a job jlst now, sah." *' Wl>en you work now much do you airu ?" " As high as seben dollars a week. Hah." ? ?Mist ro. Am dat suit o' clothes a'l paid fur?" " No, sah." ?*An' y >u am how m;iny weeks be nlnd on ver board?'' "Not ober si.\, sah." ??An' \ou owe t lis lodge throe dol lars dues? ' " Y e>", sali." " At\' }ou owo members hero as much a? twenty dollars fur borrowed money. ' "? Ize borrowed some, sah." ?'Brudder Hung', l\o had some 'sperienee w\d purty in n, an' I nebber s-eel one \ et win wa n't a fiaud on do word manh >ed. W hen a man sols out to be purty all de ho s st use leaves his head. No man kin labor and I e purty too. He darfo lets work alone, lie beats hi ; board, his tailor, his shoe maker, an' all hii friends, lie looks klllin', an' smells like a cologne fac tory, but ho doan' pay up. lCbery smile bea's somebody outer twenty live cents, an' ebery giggle co>'ts sotnebo Iv half a dollar. I'ze had my eye on you fur some time." ?? Yes, sah." "Six months ago you had steady work, good pay, respectab'e clothes an' was outer debt. You got out to be purty, an* to day you wouldn't sell fur nulr to pay yer del its. You smell awful nice, but you owe a twenty s x-dollar board bill. Your ha'r curl? beautifully, but do tailor am whistling fur his money fuj dat suit. Your form am elegant, but you has borrowed money nntil one will len 1 you anoder ^mt. You smile like a buttorcup an' raisoyerhat like a Ch-ster field, but yor butes ain't paid fur ." " Ize gwine to squar' up, sah." " Maybe you is, Brudder Ihings, but it am too lat<\ so fur as (lis club am construed. Secretary !" " Yes, sah." "Scratch do name of Brudder Clar ence de Melyi le Bungs off do roll I" ".Si.o's dun s ratched. sah." ? Jan tor !" " Yea, sah." " Ks ort dis pusson to de alloy doah ! He am too purty to rema n heah wid us. lie am gwine out owin' us fur dues, an'? wall, nebber mind." There was no need to post the janitor. Kvery one could picture him as ho cleared a -pace to swing his right leg, and if anybody doubted that Claroneo do Melville llungs was "lifted" into the alley ho ha only to listen to tho labored br. athing of tho janitor as ho ! returned to his scat. ? Free Pross, ? His ory of Fishing1. Fishing wa* a fur earlier mode of supporting humaii life than agricul ture. However far back in the stream of terrestrial events wo may suppose it allowable to (late man's appearance on the scene, still ho mu.-t have been preceded by lish. The river.-*, lakes and seas, when he first looked upon them, must have been peopled vory much m they aro at this day. There was as great a variety of Bpec'os, and proba bly much the sumo lnlin tu>le of indi viduals in some of tlieso specien. And, as a savage population must be always Bparso, and in any locality few in num ber, their supply of food from this source could only havo been limited by their inability to capture it. What tho wild game of the forest and of the open plains were to the inland hunting trllies, the fish of tlio fresh and of tho salt water woro to tho riverine and the maritime tribes. Between these sarly days and tho first beginnings of agri culture vast periods of time must havo elapsed. First, because in these, and more or less in all latitudes, naturo offored to man no plant that in its un improved stato was worth cultivating. Tho suit able form had to beevolvod by long processes of observation. This is why we know nothing of tho parentage of wheat, barley, oats, ryo, beans or mal/e, and why the tropical broad fruit, p antain, banana and sujjar-cnno havo lost tho power of producing sood, and so of repro lucing themselves; this must havo boen a result of long ages of hun.'^n seloctb n. Nothing of the kind had to be dono for fish. Thoro If, was as Dt for human fo' d on tho first day that man stood on (ho river bank or tho seashore as it is at this day. Agriculture also required implements to clear and stir tho ground, and to f[athor in tho crops with, and those mpto uontt wo know wero the result of a long series of discoveries, Im provements and advances. 1'rlmoval man, thereforo, as wo now read his history, could not have lived by or known anything of agrieulturo. Nor could ho havo llvod by wild fruits, for they are not continuous throughout tho yoar. They have their season, and that a brief one. Ho must then havo lived by hunting and fishing, and, of tho two, fbhlng would ho tho most continuous and unfailing throughout tho changing seasons, tho most valua ble of all qualities for those 111 supplied times. It would not be more difficult to hook, and spoar, and not, and tiap fish, and to gather inollusks from tho j rocks and sand banks, than to trnp or fderce with arrows wild game. Our mmediato comparison, howover, Is i with agriculture; and we nmv bo sure I that not in it were tho foundations of society laid, but in hunting an<\ fish ing, and that of these two, as tho great carnivors at first had possession of tho forest and plain against intru ling man, fishing was th'> main primeval occupa tion and means of subsistence. ? -Man m (t fan. ** Largo snfl Respectable." i Tho story has been related of tho Hon. Hannibal Hamlin that once, In Ids active political days, ho attended a party caucus at which there was only one man present beside himself. Ho promptly elected tho other man chair man, nad himself appoint d secretary, and then transacted all the business in hand; and when he made out the ore dentials of the delegates chosen, he wroto in tiiem that tho dclegatos wero elected at a "la go and respectable j caucus because," he explained to the chairman, " you a<ro large and I am re?Deot?bK" here: and yondbr, I walk in tlio crowded city, Aiul tlio i?vcment jialtis my tout. And nothing but piles of buildings Shut in the stones of the street; But I only see tho meadow And tho wood bo cool and swoot. i walk in tho crowdod city, And mix with tlio noisy throng, And tho din is like to the beating Of a great, incessant gong; But I only hear tho brook flow And tho brown wood thrush's song. I walk tn the crowdod city, A nd t'aily the many grow more, And they 1111 up the street liko a mill race As hither and thither tlioy pour; But I on'y see a cottago And a maiden at tho door. I walk in the crowdod city, And bny and toll in tho mart, But stjll in it? crush and clamor I feel that I hirvo no jxirt; For theswo t, fresh life of tho country Forever abides in my heart. I walk in the crowded city, But st e tho green meadow still, And look through tho piles of buildings To the wood that crowns the hill, And alono with tho cottago maiden I wander afar at wilL ? Edward Willed, in Nexo A ork Sun. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. " How shall wo ^->p tho groat evil of lying V" a ks a rellglom weekly. Don't know, give it up. It's a habit you outfit never to have fallen into. ? Saturday iS 'ight. Mrs. Homespun, who has a terrible Hme ovo.y morning to get her young brood out of tho r beds, say * she cannot understand why children are called tho ris ng generation. ? Boston Transcript. An exchango ha< an article entltlod "A Halt' Hour with the Fathers." That's what the ri ing gem ration needs, and it should be out in tho back shed and thirty- >no minute* long. ? ? litirliiiylon Fre ? J'r ss. "Have you heard any bad news?" asked a minister's wife of hor hus band, as ho entered tho house, looking a little despondent. 4,Yos," tho good man replied, 14 1 havo; tho marriage of young Smith and the Begloygirl is put off until next year." " Will there bo a hop to night?" asked a summer sojourner of another who had loved tho stock market ?? not wisely but too woll." "Don't know about the hop, but there will bo a skip if I can get my trunk out," was tho reply. ? Jlwslun Ji ulle'. in. A report t hat the bones of a mastodon bad been discovered was circu'ated the other day, but a close inspection proved the relics to be a sunken foundatipn of a cornerib. It is a blessing that cool and clear-headed men inhabit tho country. ? Ar/mnsa'P Trawler. A man makos a row if his wifo takes his ra or to trim a littlo maize on her littlo too or sharpen a load poncil, but he thinks it is all right, and scofl's at her, if she shrieks hor feeblo protests when ho takes her little embroidery scissors to rut a copper telephone wire, i "Don't hurt tho scissors at all," ho says. ? Uawhcye. Tho mother of tho high-school girl having occas on to bo emphatic yester day, close I a litt'o specch with the re mark, "That's the word with the bark on." Tho high-school girl said tho ex pression was not genteol, and told hor mother she should havo said, " That is tho exogenous combination of articu late and vocal sounds." ? Oil Citj/ Der rick. "Charlie," remarked Fogg, "you wero born to bo a writer." "Ah," re plied Charlie, blushing slightly at tho compliment, "you have seon somo of tho things I havo turned olT?" <-< "No," i said Fogg, "I wasn't reforring to what you had writton; I was simply think ing what a splendid ear you had for I carrying a pon. Immonso, Charllo, simply immenso." ? Boston Transcript. Hkuinka, chief of the Umatilla tribe in Orogon, mistook Jamaica ginger for a new kind of boverago that both cheers and Inebriates, and drank twonty bottlos of tho stuff. A low moments later a moro surprised Indian was never seon. Ho thought a volcanlo eruption from .lava had struck him whero ho livo-?, and before dying ho urged all his braves to look not upon tho Jamaica ginger whon It burnetii like a prairie on 11 ro. ? NorrUtown llcrald. A Prisoner's Ingenuity* A Detroit convict showod raro In genuity in planning an e oapo from prl on. Ho collectod tho tin foil in which tobacco was wrappod, and with this made an 'imprcsdon of the key that, locked the door of tho corridor loading to tho cell". IIo thon waltod until workmen wero summoned to re pair the clo et In tho ward, and con trivod to recreto a j ieco of tho lead pi I o used by thorn. This ho moltod in an old tin can over a gas burner, at which the, prisoner < lighted tholr pipes during tho hours whon smoking wa< nllowod. Ho had previously nocrotod tho handlo of an old knifo, in which a small fragment of a blade remained, and with thh ho fashioned a mold out I of a pio o of wood, poured In tho molten lead, and turnod out a key that with a littlo whittling flttod tho corri dor door perfectly. A leg was then wronchod from an Iron bedstead for u<o as a club, tho other prl onors wero ' takon in tho plot, and agenoral lail de livery was agro-d upon. Tho keeper was to bo called upon sotno pretext to the door of tho corridor, which waito bo unlocked previously, and at a signal a ru h wai to ho made for him by tho convicts. ThopUitwas disrovored In tho nick i f tiino by a mf.ro accident. (Jmiftiinlly Young Mothers. A remarkable feature of acaso In an Indiana court was the youthfulno?s of 1 a mothor present who had, at the ago ' of only thirteen, given birth tohoMlthy twins. Youthful maternity seonls to have beon Inherited, for this mother was herself born when her mothor was thirteen, sho In turn hAVlng been born when her mothor was thlrtffcn/> In court was tho remarknble ftpeotoclo of a ftreat-grandmothor, grandmbther and mother of twins, tho great-grftnd mother now b.iing forty years old, tin) grandmother twenty-goven, and tho mothor fourteen.--? Cftlcinmtl ComtncroUtl-Uatetie,