The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, February 21, 1884, Image 1
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KINO OOLXX
On, gnat Is King Gold; from the days of u'd
All Um norl 1 liath bout before him,
And million* to- ? lay aro protul of hi* sway
And ibo shining banner* o'er lilm .
At hi* high co.nn a-.id arinlos, marshaled
krand, jf,
A ro carried oYr !r\nd and oooan, *>
"VVhilo monarchy are u:ale whero hi* hoata
By hl*.scc[tro'? royal motion.
In his j>r i<lo of heart ho standeth a par
And wrappeth liis ermine round him
White the poor and low in tholr Umo of .roe
Still callous and stem hare found him.
. He buildeth fir famo and a sounding name,
That the rich may stare and wender,
But r.o vr r a oaro hath his heart to spar*
For the lowly current mkl sr.
Stand aside, yo knavoi, a king's banner
wares;
Now raise your triumphal arches,
Bhont fiom your towers, strew the ground
with flowers
Where his statoly preeenco marches.
From the holy shrine, from senate and mine,
Come worshiper*, wildly pressing;
Oh, they would uot miss that king's hand to
klM,
Though life were paid for tho blessing.
Goto, mighty king; pray, why bhoukl we
, . bring
Ouch offerings to thy glory !
Let the truth be told, your majesty's gold
Btath only a lowly story.
Though haughty thy mien, and gleaming in
* sheen
From hemlet to Jeweled sabre,
Wot rfgal thy birth? thou was born of earth,
And tby fathor's nam* was Lab jr.
?Boston Transcript,
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- Ail Arabian Mystery.
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,?> For two thousnlid years travelers across
the Desert of Arabia, from the Gulf of ,
Akabnh to Damascus and Orceco, have i
pursued tho one mountainous oath that I
loads its tortuous w ay, now along the
dry bed of a water course, and again ,
threading a rooky ravine.or winding its |
*ig/-ng way up and along tho promonto
ries of the Mount Bier region, only to
lose itself again in tho trackless waste
of bowldorcd oanon or sandy ocean.
Loss than midway of this journey, and
concealed from tho oyo of man, is an
ancient city, tho mysteries of which are
seemingly unfathomable. The secrets of
its r construction have never been re
vealed, if, indeed, they were ever xSade
it matter of historio record. For one
thousand years it stood alono in a
desert land. Its splendid temples with
stood storm and earthquakes, tne wreck
ing hand of time and the changes of na
turo equiKty well, and all tho time gath
ered to thomselvos new l>eoutie9. Tho
children of Israel turned aside to gain
rofugo and sholter within its rock-bound
fastnesses, and to this day the Arabic
logend reads that the narrow cleft in the
mountains, through wbioh one must go
to vlow its grandour, was made by a
stroke from tho miraclc-workinff rod of
tho law-giver, MftScS.' Crt 'hls lollowers |
had been ropulBcd by tho Edomitos, who
, possess ed it as their oapital city.
Petra was tho great dopot of supplloo '
and place of oxchango botweon tho mor
ohnnta of tho North and their equally
ontcrprlsing brethren from the Red sea
country in the roign of Solomon, and on
this accoitnt it seems an added causo for
marvel that generations should have
passed it by Unnoticed? a wonder of thi
world. And oven now tho superstition
?aid avaricious fear of tho savage lords
of the soil, who hold squattor sovereignty
there, keop in abeyanco tho avorago ox
plorer, so u^uch so indeed that for nine
veto* uo white mah' had viewed its '
? beauties until tho advent of Mr. Edward
L. Wilson, the lecturer. His descriptions
of the Arab eharactcr, as shown through
Bnia connected with his trip, are
them amusing,. -;\ '
le experience of former ouriositv i
;ora had warned him ngaipst attempt- J
, !n? to treat squarely with tho Bedouins,
vho reside iu tho littlo village of Eljy
narrow gorgo of tbi
lowering
i foot in the
'/romcmborod," said ho, "the treat"
with these soomincrlv all-potent docu
ments, sought Bhelfcn Balimat Eljy, and
showing him the papers, and possibly
with some pomposity, said : 'I have come
to see Petra fnd here is my authority.'
, Balim read the '&commimication4\ tip
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hew. Baekshoosh/ H
_ jdoulna have fed idea Of
I monoy, and whon asked the
how much, invariably men
?t sum that ontors their heads,
^ which there is no rebate. Bo
when the Englishman qnerled how much
Salim said: $10,000.' Needless to ItaU
the Englishman went hot in. From the
?? entering Petra they first exact
English word they havi
somowhero, atfd whloh is in
m fee. They oharged
eh of my companions
and double jnico for my
maglo signs in his cheeks, but Which
were, nothing itoore than tatoo marks
made by his mother when he wa? an in
fant to keop oft sickness and the powers
'.olesaesfcffc.
are ignoran
iof ?'baokihoesh" are as
ilv the tflty Arab know*
I "rVour Afihifrilt not
he gets a good > Oha
prlnclplo that it he
can take it it is his.
I except when
" .the
\ flood thiritf nod
one
ng from i
?until he went
Bum canal, and
taught him
| There is sometimes Ik tholv unbounded
1 tilth in Allah. ntul hU power that is some
? ti-uos ludicrous, ?nd As often oxospertt
. 1 1|. When any thing falls down they
I vhw tho catastrophe and murmur. '
"Allah is groat," and sot down ana
s uoko. Often my caraora would fall and
?\) tumbling down tho hills, with its long
ega dangling at internals in the air, ana
instead of running aftor it those lazy
rasoals would sit down and light thoir
pipes and discourso on tho groutness of
Allah, and discuss tho chanccs of his
bringing bock my camora. If It did not
com? thoy thought it was his will that it
should remain where it fell. Thoy sorao
times swear, and for profane purposes
have a sort of India-rubber oath that
serves the purpose for all gradations of
passion. This term is ? Uallaho,' and is
pronounced as though it was spoiled wal,
this iotterbolng wanting in tnolr alpha
bet.
"Arab hospitality is a queer thing,
too," continued Mr. Wilson. " Wo had
an experience of this sort at Azazeiuah,
in the Beershobah country. When wo had
arrived within a short dlstanco of the
place tho Sheikh mot us with his staff.
They compelled us to alight, pitchod our
camp for us much against our will, and
then marched us into tho vil
lage and into a tent, whore thoy sat down
and smoked in our faccs, wliilo they
discussed what disposal thoy should
make of us. Finally thoy concluded to
give us a feast. 'Ono of thom loft tho
tent and returned soon after bearing in
his arms a lamb, which ho signified was
in our honor. Ho again departed, and
in a little whilo the animal, stowed, was
placed in the mtddlo 01 tho circle wo
formed about tho center of tho tont.
Around tho edge of tho immense bowl
containing it was a row of pancakes.
When all was ready, tho Sheikh gave tho
word 'tehfodol' (eat). Each man then
broke off a piece of pancako with his
lingers, dipped it into tho gravy, aud
then transferred it to his mouth. During
this meal coffoo was served scvon or eight
times, and each time it was made fresh.
Aftor we had tohfodeled dessert was
brought in in tie shape of a largo, bowl,
containing curdled camel's milk, and,
ohl how It did smoll. This mess was
passed around tho circle, and each one
was expocted to drink in turn until all
had been exhausted. I was iudospoir;
but, fortunately for mo, Hadayah, who
had utisscd tho meal, entered, very hun
gry, and J handed it to him, with the re
mark, 'Drink, Hadayah.' Ho seizod it,
and to my intcnao relief, rcturnod it
nearly empty. Thi9 banquet lasted nearly
four hours."
Alluding to another point, ho said:
"Around tho head thoy first wrap a cloth
something like a handkerchief, which is
known as a kufr; and to hold that in
place they employ a Bhortrope of twisted
camera hair, callod tho agal. For an
Arab to loso his agal in a contest is a dis
grace which ho cannot outlive. And this
reminds mo of a funny incident that hap
pened to an old morchant on tho street
callod Straight, in Damascus. To a trav
eler in tho aoscrt a not uncommon sight
between Damascus and tho Meditorranoan
is a caravan of froiji tl>kty tp sixty cam
els loaded with small piiyj boxes filled
with sealed cans of American coal-oil,
whioh is sold extensively there. Well,
this merchnnt thought ho saw a way by
which he might snvo the oxpenso of a
lamp; ?m> ho took his agal, and. aftor
running it down into one of tho cans,
lighted tho outward end. Soon it burned
oft, dropped kto the flajd, -and In. an In
st ant there was a torrific explosion, fol
lowed by a conflagration that caused him
to stretch tho capacity of his . favorite
oath in an offort to do justico to tho oc
casion." ? Cincinnati Enquirer .
A Stampedo on the Fining.
Tho following incident in tho exciting
business of horning cattloon tho Woatorn
plain* is aivon by a correspondent of tho
Germantown Tefcpruph :
'? I onco tmveled with a drive a few
days while passing through the .Yellow
stone country. At night men wero told
oil to night-herd? about half the outfit
generally? and thoy slept whllo'ho other
naif-horded the noxt day. One night we
camped on a small stream tributary to
tho Yellowstouo. It was n beautiful star
lit night, and when wo rollod into our
blanket* we remarked how still tho herd
was, for we could see thoblaok mass at a
Httle distance from our camp fire, and
the night herdors riding slowly around
them. Wo turned in, and had been
aslop but a short time whon we were
awake nod by a teiyiflc noise impoMiblo
to dosoribo. Tou can judge. The herd
of 5,000 had stampeded, and eaoh one
fflPKbellowing ftg thoy runlicd madly
away. ' A stampodo 1* yelled the boss.
' Saddle, boys, qulok P Picket ropes
wero c\lt and saddles thrown on the homes
in an instant almost, and away we road
hard after tho oloud of dust, which we
could see far down the valloy. In about
half an hour wo were up with the tail end
of tho herd, and tho boss ordered us all
to ride on to tho leaders and gradu
ally turn thom to tho loft. I followed
arid saw the immense- herd of maddened
brutes turn from the shouts and yolps of
cowboys, and still turn hour after hour
until tho leaders were turned all the way
round to tho taU;,endi forming aoom
plete oircle, and joining in continued:
their mad gallop. An hour's ti|ne passed
and with lolling tongues they still toro
on, and the Cowboys sat on their horses
In an outer circle surrounding them.
They had stoppod bellowing, and no
sound could be heard exoept tne thundor
Of their tramping and labored breathing.
It wn? a weird, as well as curious, sight
to see that huge mass moving in a circlo
and the silent and motionless horsemon
guarding them. It was what in stock
ungo is called a 'mill.' As we sat there
watching they stopped, not slowly, but
abruptly, %s if at a word of command,
and in ten minutes they were all lying
doWn again. , I looked over tho ground
in tho morning and saw the great show
ring which they had mado, and oounted
the dead that had boon trampled to
death] I think about eighty head.
"we found that we were about twen
ty mile* from our camp, which was any- ,
thing but satiifactory. but it came along
about 10 o'clock. I think no one bnt a
trained cowboy could have saved that.
~ that night. The night herders
that they started as suddenly as
they stopped, and without any apparent
?* ' "'ijt >'? I
A Chinese regiment* drilled in the
Buropean way, and , commanded by an
Englishman, was stationed at Fooohoir.
Th?V officer was irerv proud of them,
and by way, of showing thcit perfeet
discipline had the "assembly" sounded
at midnight; |?d&Jho men dtow op to
rank . i^piftndld, Otdor. But. bo tried
" * a second time, and the soldiers, in
d of hurrying to the parado ground,
to the Urtndowt and greeted thei*
ander tUch laughter and cries ?
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A S A II, OU'S BILL OF f ABE.
Whnt Jock Ctot? (? I'nt on ""I'ly
Sblpr -Xfow Heal* an Scrrodi
- Cabin passengers on mail steamship*,
alfliough confined to narrow quarters,
are, aa a rule, provided with the best of
faro.- Tho saloon tables are covered with
tho luxuries of tho saason. and contain
every dclicacy which could tompt sea
sick voyagers into forgetting for tue tirao
their misery. An abundanco of whole
some food of an inferior description is
given out to the stecrago passengers and
sailors. But on sailing ships, which
mako long voyages, anv sort of provisions
that will kocp is considered good enough
for seamen. Even tho cabin fare on such
vessels is of a description inferior to that
which is to be found on tho tables of tho
tenement house poor in this city. Tho
ordinary sea cook docs not give the pal
ates of the seamen a thought. Eating is
in his opinion an operation which should
bo performed solely for tho purpose of
appeasing hunger. Ho only takes prido i
in tho simplicity of hiu cookery. IIo
docs not think it necessary either to ob
serve neatness in cooking or to pay any
attention to tho flavoring of tho food.
Tho fire in tho galley stovo should always
bo well mado, but boyond this very little
care is required iu preparing tho sailor's
meal.
Tho sea cook prepares for tho sailor
. several dishes which tiro rarely met with
on shore. "Dandyfunk" is tno naiuo by
tohich one of these compounds is known.
This is mado of ship biscuits and mo
lasses. Tho biscuits aro placed in a bag
and beaten with an iron bolaying pin or
a hammer until thoy crumble. The ada
mantine, qualities of tho biscuits are such
that much physical force must bo called
into play in order to crumblo them- As
this work is more than the cook wishes
to undertake, ho usually dolcgates it to
one of the ship's boys. Tno fragments
of tho biscuits aro mixed with molasses,
and tuo compound is placed in a largo
pan and baked. It is immaterial to tho
cook how long it remains in tho oven. It
is usually served out to tho sailors at sup
per, and when the hour for that meal ar
rives tho dandyfunk comos out of tho
oven. It is much more digestible when
it has been well burned than when undcr
dono. In the latter state it is somewhat
trying to tho stomach. A very hungry
sailor will novcr rcfuso dandyfunk, al
though ho does not regard that dish as a
luxury. But thoro is something about
Jack's countenance when engaged in
masticating dandyfunk which would lead
an obsorving philosopher to fancy that if
tho choico wore given him he would pre
fer to cat something else.
"Cracker-scouso" is another of tho
dishes which aro rarely eaten oxcopt in
the forecastlo of a ship. TIub is mado
out of tho fragments ol biscuit and odds
and ends in the beef or pork line. Tho
biscuits aro earful ly soaked until they
acquire some of tho pcculiaritios of soft
ness. Then they aro mixed with tho
meat scraps and placed in a kottlo. The
compound is heated, and is served in tho
kottlo in which tho form of cooking has
j boon gono through. The cook usually
selects tho fat scraps of meat which can
not bo disposed of in any other maur.er,
for scouse. Tho biscuit aro usually tho
Eoorest in his stores, and apt to bo in
abitcd by small whito creatures, which
aro particularly obnoxious to> tho palato
when eaten raw, but when cookcd in
8COUBO are less objectionable. Somo fas
1 tidious sailors nttenipt to roraovo tho lit
tle creatures, but they find it very diffi
cult to do this work thoroughly. "Lob
scouso" is somewhat similar to oracker
6001180. Tho only dilTcrenco between the
two ir, that in th<# former potatoes aro
used, instead of bisouit. "Crackcr
haah Js another sailor's dish. Crushed
bisouits and meat scraps aro hashed to
gether, and, after being moistened with
warm water, are placed in a pan and
bakod. . Jack profors this dish to dandy
funk. "Sca-pio" is a favorite of his. This is
a stow of meat and vegetables, which
Is covered over with a thick crust and
baked in a largo kettlo. As vegetables
aro not plonty at sea, Jack rarely gets
sea-pio unless his ship is in port.
" Duff'* is flour which |ias been boilod in
a canvas bag. To obtain "plum duft"
it Is simply necessary to throw a handful
of unstoned raisins into tho flour. Plum
duff is served only on grand occasions.
Canned meat ana hot wntor is a luxury
which tho sailor speaks of as "soun-and
bully," .
The beef oonsumed in tho forecastle
is called "ealt-horso," and is usually of
an inferior quality when it is pickled. It
does not improve with age, and tovrard
the end of a long voyago it is apt to bo
come very uppalatablo, Jack's meat diet
whilo at Bea is confined to salt horse and
rk, which sometimes becomes rancid.
k coffee is a compound of chiccory and
ground biscuit, while his toa is a mixture
Of leaves whlcir nevor came from China.
Molasses takps tho place of sugar, and
condensed milk and Dutter aro unknown.
Vinugar 1b divided in Umitod quantities,
and on English vessels the seamen are
given llmo juice to oounteroct the evil
effects of tho salt provisions. The sailor
somotimos steals a few potatoes and
slice! them up In vinegar. This is tie
only salad which ho gets at sea, and this
how obliged to steal. Beans are a lux
ury of which Jack is vory fond, and as
they are cheap and kocp well, he is
somotimos allowed to make a dinner of
them. Fed soup is the only dish oOn
cooted In tho forecastle which the lands
man likes, but that tho sailor detestA.
'The doep-rooted antipathy of the latter
for this wholesorao Compound has novor
boor, aocounted for. Pea soup and pork
art frequently set bofore .Tack, and he as
frequently grnmblos and swears. Some
times when in very bad humor ho will
leave the pea soup and pork, and mako
his meal out of dry biscuits.
Tho manner of serving meals in the
forecastle U as slmplo as is tho system of
cookery in vogue in tho galley. The
cook gives Out tho mado alshes in the
Sins Ift which they havo l>cen prepared,
no man in oach watch is appointed to
f(o to tho galley for the food, lie places
t on the dcck in tho middle of tho foro
i castle and the mon tflke their shnrcs pno
by one. Tho man who takes more than
his just share is not rognrded with favor
by his shipmates. If ho persist* In his
piggish method of holptng himself, his
shipmates *ill not only remonstrate with
him. but will go to tho length of reduc
ing his share to its proper limits; and if
he protests against tV s treatment, a com
mittee of ono or moro, according to his
?ize, is appointed to thrash him. The
sailors sit On their chests while at their
meals. No tables are provided for them.
The captain and his officers are, as a
rulo, well satisfied with plain fare. Thov
are furnished with genuine tea and cof
fee, but the balance of their faro is not
much superior to thst whioh is given to
the sailor. They, however, indulge in
the luxury of sitting at a tablo while at
their meals. The captain always seems
In a hurry to appeosO hia hunger, and
i,; v r
rushes to bl* pipe as soon at he can get
through his meal, tils officers copy film
in this particular if in nothing else. On
somo vessels whero pigs are kept these
animals receive on tho whole better fare
than do the sailors. This Is probably
owing to tho fact that it pays better to
fatten a pig thau it does* a seaman. A
pig-killing on ship-board is a great event.
The seamen are then treated to a good
dinner out of the least select portions of
the pig. For somo days afterward they
are at liberty to linger around tho gallej
and en joy the savory smell of frying pork
chops, which aro designed for tho cabin
table only. ? New York Timet.
Know Thyself.
Tho average number of teeth is thirty
wo.
Tho average weight of an adult i9 140
pounds, six ounces.
Tho weight of tho circulating blood is
about twenty-eight pounds.
Tho brain of a man exceeds twice that
of any other animal.
A man annually contributes to vegeta
tion 124 pounds of carbon.
One thousand ounces of blood passes
through tho kidneys in ono hour.
A man breathes" about twonty times
in a minute, or 1,200 times in an hour.
The skeleton measures ono inch less
than the height of tho living man.
Tho average weight of- a skeleton is
about fourteen pounds. Number of bones,
240.
Tho avcrngo weight of tho brain of u
man is threo 'and a half pounds; of a
woman, two pounds, eleven ounces.
A man breathes about oightcon pints ol
air in a minute, or upward of sevon
hogsheads a day.
Five hundred and forty pounds, or ono
hogshead, ono and a quarter pints of
blbod pass through tho heart, in ono hour.
Twelvo thousand pounds, or twenty
four hogshouds, four gallons, or 10,782 J
Sints pass through tho heart In two
ours.
Tho avorago height of an Englishman
is five feet nino Inches; of a Frenchman,
five feot four inches; of a Belgian, flvo
feet six and tlireo-miarter inches.
Tho average of tno pulso in infancy is
120 per minute; in manhood, eighty; at
sixty years, sixty. Tho pulso or females
is more frequent than of males.
One hundred and seventy-fivo million
holes or colls are in tho lungs, \yhich
would cover a surface thirty times greater
than the human body.
Tho heart beats 6Cventy-flvo timos a
minuto; sends nearly ton pounds of blood
through tho veins and urteries each beat;
makes four beats while wo breathe once.
Aman gives off 4.08 per cent, carbonic
gas of the air he respires ;,rC6pires 10,000
cubio feet of carbonic acia ^ns in twonty
four hours; consumes 20,000 cubic feot
of oxygefi in twenty-four hours, equal to
125 cuoio inches of common air. ?
Among tho various substances found
on tho human tongue, as shown by tho
microscopo, aro tho following: Fibres
of wool, linen nnd cotton, fibres of ipiral
vessels and fibres of musclc, starch grains,
clicoso mold, portions of' potato ekin,
scalos, moths, etc., hairs from legs of
bees, hairs from legs of spiders, potion
of various flowers, stamens of various
llowors, hairs of cats, quite common;
hairs of mouse, once only; hairs from
various loavos, wing of mosquito, once:
fragments from loaves of tobacco, of
chamomllo flowors, otc.
Tho human pulso has rather a widn
rango, but tho gonoral avorago may bo
pat about as follows: At birth, 140; at
two yoars, 100; at from sixteen to nino
toen years, eighty: at manhood, soventy
fivo; old ago, sixty. There aro, how
ever, groat variations consistent with
health. Napoleon's pulso is said to havo
been only forty-four in tho minute. A
case. is also related of a healthy man
of eighty-seven whoso pulso was seldom
over thirty during tho last two years of
his life, and sometimes not over twonty
six. Another man of olghty-sovon yoars.
of ago onioyed good health and spirits
with a pulso of twenty-nino, and thoro is
also on record tho curious instance of a
man whose pfflse in health was novor
moro than forty-five, and to bo consistent
in his inconsistency, when ho had f&vor
his pulso fell to forty, instead of rising,
as is usual.
An Indian's Way to Cure * Headaohe.
Every one who has been in British
Guianahas heard of theKenaimas, human
and spiritual powers of evil, who are the
bano and terror of the Indian's existence.
To counteract the maloflb influonco of the
Konalmos, each larger Indian village
keeps its poaiman or modioine-man. One
of Mr. im Thurn's most interesting nd
venturea was that in whioh he placed
himself in the hands of a peatman who
undertook to cure him of a headache,
and who, to judge from the author's
description, had in him the making of
an admirable Spiritualist professor or of
a thought-reader. Mr. im Thurn sub*
mittod for six long hour-, In a hut on
the savannah, to tno process of "post
ing." By ventriloquism were produced
tho most terrible noises, and an ex
tremely clever imitation of the animals
of Guiana in whose bodies the Kenaimas
who had bestowed the hoadacho wore
supposed to lurk. Tho pationt describes
himself as being all the while in a sort of
mesmeric trance, feeling at times the air
diivon over his face, 44 as if some big
winged thing carao from afar toward the
house, passed through the roof, and then
settled heavily on the floor; and again,
after an interval, as if the same winged
thing roso and passed away m it had
come." It was interesting; oven wonder
ful ; but ho was not cured. He rushed
at Inst into the open savannah and "a
wild and pitch-dark night" ; and, 44 bare
headed, bare-footod, and eoatloss," with
the lightning flashing now and then he*
hind the distant mountains, waited for
the dawn. The peatman insisted that a
cure had been effected, and demanded
payment; and as he produced in proof
the kenalma, a caterpillar which had
boon extracted from Mr. ltn Thurn's
body, his feo, a looking-glass which had
cost fourponce," could not be donted.?
Bi. Jamef* Gateitt.
A Big Mlstak<?~
4 4 Ah! how de dot" oxotaimed tho hotel
clerk, delightedly, grouping the hand ol
a stranger and giving it a vigorous shako.
44 1 suppose you will profor tho second
floor front suite; magnificent apartmonts
and cheap, too, only |H0 a day."
44 Eighty dollars a what?" gasped tho
stronger.
44A day. Will you go up now!"
44 Not so fast, not so fast, young man,"
said the stranger. "Don't you think
terms are just a little high? I am a
banker, but my Income Is only $80,000 a
year."
4 4 Oh I I see, I see," said the clerk;
44 then a fifth floor $4 room will suit yow.
I mistook you t6r an editor. ~-PMUtd*b
phia Call. >??.> ;; ? , |
Detroit, Mich,, has a dog ell factory.
The prodifot 1? used by consnniptftss.
HUliOBOUS sketches"
. wu) Ho Pnucd Ifllui.
Tao superintendent of a certain rail
road called up a conductor ono day and
slid to him:
"So, sir, I understand you passed a
man over our lino recently on your own
authority. ' Is it true, sir?"
"Yes, sir; it is."
^ "Didn't you know, sir, that you were
violating tho regulations?"
"Yes."
"Then, sir, why did you do it, I should
like to ask?"
"Well, captain, you seo, I cot so dang
lonesome ridiug back and forth overy
day all by myself, th:it I gavo a friond of
minq a pass just for company."
Tho conductor wao looking for a job
tho noxt day. ? Merchant- Traveler.
A Hard Kjfjf.
A commercial traveler jumped from
the train at a small station and shouted
to tho proprietor of tho lunch couutcr to
givo him a hard-boiled egg and a picco
of minco pic.
Ho ato tho pio hurriedly, and was at
tempting to break tho egg when tho con
ductor gavo tho signal for starting.
"What in Grout C&'sar's namo is tho
matter with this egg?" lie yelled.
"Is it rotteu?" asked tho proprietor.
"Rotten? no, but I cant mako any im
pression on it, and hero I am as hungry as
a wolf and tho train half way out of the
yard and ho made a dash for tho back
platform of tho rear oar, which ho just
succeeded in reaching. ,
"Well, I'm blo\ved,"said the proprietor
of tho lunch counter, .poking it with a
knife, "if I didn't givo tho young man a
china nest egi?."
Why They Parted Company#1,
An excellent story is told about a
young taian whoso attentions to a young
lady b9camo the subject of comment.
She was his companion in his daily rides,
and apparoutly they both enjoyed tho
propinquity. 8uddonly tho rides coasod,
and tho youni? follow^was asked tho rea
son. Ho rcpliod that sho had called him
a jackass, and that ho would not ask auy
girl to rido with him after that. The
lady's friends woro shockod^'and asked
for particulars. This was his explana
tion : "You sge, wo had boon so much to
gether that I gave out in topics for con
versation, aria whon I took ner out last I
couldn't think of anything but the
weather, and I said: 'I boliovoit is going
to rain; I felt a drop on 'my ear.' She
looked at mo and carolcssly said : 'That
rain is a half mile off.1 Now, did not
that . mean that I was a jackass- with
long ears I I hnvc'nevor been near her
since. "
A Corner on Kce.
Tho first man to striko tho cornor
j where tho port or hiul thrown a pail of
I water over tlio flag-stoncs and produced
a glare of?ico .was an insuranco agont.
Ho slid to tho right, clawed to tho loft,
clutched at a sunbeam, and went down
with tho exclamation : ' "Hanged if I
j don't 1" IIo rose up to jaw and threaten j
and collect a crowd and almost lick
somebody, and ho went away stirred up
for all day.
The next man was a tailor? tall, spare
and solemn. His toes all of a suddon
turned out, his left leg was lifted, an$,"he
epun onco and a haif around boforo 'ho
went down, with tho remark: "I knew
'twould happonl" Ho got up to hurry
along out of sight, and it was easy to seo
that ho had calculated on about so many
falls for tho wintor. x
Tho noxt was a fleshy man with a
smiling faco und an air of good nature.
Ho didn't lose any timo going down, and
whon bo struck ho realized that ho had
hit something. And yot what ho said
was 1 'Is it possiblo?" Ho got up slowly,
forccd a grin as tho boys chaffed him,
and looKed back thrco times to mak*
Buro that ho hadn't made a holo which
would prove a man-trap for other pedes
trians.
Tho noxt was a bank oterk with a
pencil over his oar and a preoccupied
mind. He was swinging his right hand
and rushing right ahead, whon ho sud
denly saw billions of stars shining in tho
morning sky. His first taught was that
somobody was colebrating Fourth of
July : his noxt was to scrabble up and
search for an asylum whoro he could
hunt<up his collar button and splice his
suspenders. Not a word ?scaped him
Until ho was a block away. Then ho re
marked: "At six per cent, it would bo
$854.17."
The next man was a strapping big fol
low with an ulstor on, area silk handker
chief hanging out of a pocket. He be
gan a sort of shuffle as ho struck tho spot,
increased it in a minuto to a regular
"breakdown," and finally wont down
with a whoop tho*. was heard half a block
away. He was v j> in a moment. Diag
onally across tho street ho saw a man in
an oxtnress wagon. Tho boy* called to
him that ho had lost his red handker
chief, and that his nose would sadly miss
It, but ho would not "wait. He strodo
across tho street and up to the wagon,
and m ho hauled off and hit tho drivor a
stinger on tho ear, ho growled out:
"There, hang youT That makes us
even
"Whatovonl" shouted tjio victim, as
ho rose up and adjusted his oap, but tho
other was gono.?JPVe?,I*r?s*, *
Thrleo Sold*
A Philadelphia book agent Importuned
James Watson, a rich Now York man,
living out at'EnXabeth, until ho bought
a book? tho u Early Christian Martyrs.".
Mr. Watson didn't want tho book, but ho
bought it to ?et rid of the agent; then
tAking it under his arm, ho started for
the train which takes him to his New
York office.
Mr. Watson hadn't boon gono long bo
foro Mrs. Watson camo homo from n
neighbor's. Tho book agent sow her, and
went in and persuaded the wife to buy
another cony of the same book. Bho was
ignorant or the fact that her husband had
bought tho same book in tho morning.
When Mr. Watson canto homo from Now
York at night Mrs. Watson showed him
the book. . , s .
"I don't want to see it," said Watson,
frowning terribly.
"Why, husband}" ask<*d his wlfo.
"Bocauso that rascally book agont sold
me the ftamo book this morning. Now
we're got two copies of the same l>r>ok? ~
two copics of the 'Eavly Christian Mar
tyrs ' and?"
"But, husband, we can?"
"No, we can't either 1" interrupted M r
Watson. "Tho man is of* on the train
before this. I could kill the fellow.
? ??
"Why, there he goes to the depot
now." ejold Mrs. Watsoh, pointing out of
the window at tho retreat nig form of the
book agent making for tho trrtfn.
?'But it's tod lato to catch hind, and I'm
not drotficd Tv? taken off my boots,
i and-" /
Just then Mr. Stephens, a neighbor of
Mr. Watson, drove by, when Watson
pounded on tho window, pano in a frantic
manner, almost friffhtoning tho horse.
" Horo, Stevens, he shouted, " you'ro
hitched up; won't you run your horse
down {n tho trein and hold that book
agent till I come? Hun! Catch hi in
now I"
"All right." said Mr. Stevens, whip
ying up his horse and tearing dowu tho
roau.
?'Mr. Stevons reached tho train just a-j
the conductor shouted " all aboard!"
"Book agent 1" he yelled, as tho book
agent steupo J on tho train. " Hook <\gcnt !
hold on! Mr. Watson wants to 6CO you.*'
" Watson? Watson wants to see mo?"
ropeated tho seomingly puzzled book
agent. " Oh, I know what he wants; ho
wants to buy ono of my books; but I
can't miss the train to sell it to him."
"If that is all ho wants, I'can pay for
it and take it back to him. IIow much
is it?"
" Two dollars for tho ' Early Christian
Martyrs,' said tho book agent, as ho
reached for tho money and passed tho
book out through the car window.
Just then Mr. Watson arrived, pufitng
and blowing, in his shirt sleeves. As ho
saw tho tram pull out ho was too full for
utterance.
"Well, I got it for you," said Stovcns;
" just got it and that's all."
" Got what?" yelled Watson.
" Why, I got tho book ? 'Early Christian
Martyrs,1 and ? "
" By ? tho ? groat ? guns I" moaned
Watson, as ho placed his hand to his
brow and swooned right in tho middlo of
tho street. ? Eli Perbiiis.
Copper Coins,
Our copper coins, as well as those of
other countries, in numbors exceeding
all other coins, nave beon subjected to
many fantastical changes. Kudo ovory
whoro, as thoy originally appeared, the
most . oxtensivo fabrication lias added
little graco to relievo them from boing
overywhero "common and unclean."
Tho copper, coins issued in England by
Charles II. possessed intrinsic valuo
equal to their nominal value. Charles
XTI., ef Sweden, however, mado copper
coins of less weight than that of our
earliest copper cent, and then piid them
to Ills army as tho valuo of a silver dol
lar. It is somo gratification to find our
trcatmont of copper a littlo less heroic
than that of tho owedo.
Tho earliest American copper coins
mado by any State wero mado at Rupert.,
in Vermont, and beforo Vermont had
bocn admitted into tho Union. A mint
was tlioro established for eight or ten
years, having a capacity to stamp sixty
coppers per minute, upon which tho so
called "uaby-hcad" goddess of liberty
appeared ; but truth compols mo to Bay
that this goddess was no more comely
than that on the coins of the present day,
although she was 100 years younger. Tho
owner of the mint, Itcubcn Harmon, was
bound to pay the State two and one-half
por cent, for his privilogo. At first theso
coins passed two for a penny, then four
and then eight, when they no longer paid
for the cost, mainly on account of tho
sudden competition of other States, and
of tho largo importation of Birmingham
hardwaro, commonly called "Bungtov/n
coppers." Wo had lie protective tariff
then, and wo have noiio now, against
"Bungtowns," whether of copper or
silver.
In 1787, by authority of Cou
ress, a contract was mado with
amcs Jarvis for 800 tons of
copper coin, of tho fcdoral (standard,
and conts wore coined at tho Now
Haven mint of the following descrip
tion : On ono sido thirteen circlos linked
togethor, a small circlo in tho middle,
with tho words, "Wo aro ono;" on the
other sido a sun-dlnl, and below tho diui
tho words, "Mind your business."
In 1702 Congress authorized tho coin
age of a copper cent weighing 20 4 grains,
which was reduced in 1702 to 208 g.-ains,
again reduced in 1790 to 108 grains, niter
to 140 grains, on which tho so-cullcd
"booby-head" appears, and in 1857 to
seventy-two grains, of which eighty
eight por cent, was to bo copper and
tweivo por cent, nickel. In 1804 it was
onco more reduced to forty-eight grains
? ninety-five per cent, of copper ana five
per cent, of tin or sine. Finally, in
1882, tho last chango was mado to three
fourths of copper and ?no-fourth ' of
nlckol, but tho woight remains at forty
eight grains. The importance of tho
cent coinage will be realized when we
find that over 4 o,o 00, 000 pieces woro
coined the past year.
Tho Chinese and Japanese bronze
coins aro of very light weight, of annu
lar form, with a square holo in tho center,
and some of them are quito equal to
other exhibitions of oriontal art which
are now rocoived with publio favor. Tho
specimen of an unauthorized cent mado
by our mint in 1850, with a round holo
in the conter, suggests what might bo
dono, if not with a nickol cent, perhaps
with a half-dime of silver. Tho present
nickel half-dimes aro so nearly of the
same diamoter and thickness of a quarter
dollar that tEoy aro ofton not readily dis
tinguished? but with a perforation,
square or round, in the conter, all con
fusion would bo romcdfcd as woll by
touch as by sight. Th? three-cent nickel
coin, no longer being tho amount of let
ter postage Stamps, in no longer wanted,
and might woll givo place to a two ccnt
nickel. ? Senator Morrill.
Admonitions.
'?'A merchant said to a Now York Tribuno
writer: "I cam? over to America when
X wns pretty well grown, from the north
of Ireland, where wo hAd a religious fight
ovory now and then. Tho way wo fought
over thei^ was to atampon a man's foot
and at tHe samo timo nit him -with, tho
flat, when he wm pretty Mire to go down.
Having rollgiotta instlnots, aftor 1 came
out to this country I taught a Sunday
school and becamo a church communl
oant, but one day a brother called mo n
liar and tho old trick I learned in Bel font
returned to me liko lghtning, and I
stamped on his foot ana knocked him
down. Immediately afterward I went to
him penitently, and said I : 'Lot us leave
thin to some arbitration and not make a
scandal of it.' 'No,' said ho, 4I am
going to havo you turned out of tho
church. ' 0o ho brought the case boforo
tho minister, who is now president of ono
of the colleges in tho interior of tho
8tato. The minister said to him : 'Is it
possible that he struck you? What did
you call him 1* 'I called him a liar.*
'Very well,' said tho minister, 'lot his
knocking you down bo an admonition
from the Almighty never to ?nil a man a
liar again;' The minister camo to mo
and said, gravely : 'Let this boon ad
monition from tho Almighty to you, if
yOU ftro ever compelled to knook a man
down, not to neglect that Kabbath- school
of yours, whero 1 oxpoot to see you next'
FACTS FOR TIIE CURIOUS.
A. log cut in Suwanuec county, Flo., re
quired sixteen mules to haul It, ami mado
50,000 feet of lumber.
Now York city contuins over -100 indi
viduals whose wealth is estimated from
$1,000,000 to $100,000,000.
Tho Yuma Indians, on the Colorado,
bury watermelons in the dry dosert sand,
and preserve them oil winter, fresh and
crisp.
Bread is made out of sea-grass in Dev
onshire, England. The grass is cleansed,
boiled, chopped up and mixed with a small
pro]K>rtion of oat meal, after which it is
baked into loaves.
A young giaut is Jack Shields, of Iluut
county, Texas, lie is twentv-ono years
old, 8oveu feet eight inches high, and
weighs 201 pounds, flo has six brothers,
all over seven feet iu height.
Aeronauts say that in passing over a
lake or sea in a balloon the bottom can bo
distinctly seen, the water ln-in# no hin
drance whatever. This knowlcdgo will
hereafter bo put to good use in gctiing
charts of tho ocean.
Tho Moorish Jows ovado tho law which
forbids them to kindle a firo on tho
Sabbath by putting their dinner in a
jar and setting it in a hot oven Friday
night. Tho dinner consists of salted
locusts very often, but it is hot.
A curious fact was noticed in connec
tion with tho late earthouako in Java.
Two hundred 'ailcs away from tho sceno
of tho disaster the tele phono wires wero
so violently disturbed that messages could
not bo carried. On raising tho tubes a
porfect roar as of a waterfall was hoard,
and by shouting at the top of one's voico
tho clork at the other end heard tho voice,
but of tho whole not one singlo sentenco
was audible. Sometimes, whilo listening
to tho instrument, a report like a pistol
was heard.
In Sussex, England, even tho most
Sotted cat is instantly turned out of
oors if it snooze?; for, should slio stay
and sncezo three times in the house, every
ono within its walls will havo colds and
coughs. To quoto a few lines of tho
sneezing superstitions prevalent among
distant nations, it is said that whon a
Hindoo sneezes, the bystanders at once
exclaim: "Live," whereupon the sneezer
replies: "With you." Tho Moslem, when
he sneezes, cries out: "I'raiso to Allah?"
and tho Jewish sneezing formula is "Good?
lifo."
A letter from Los Angeles, Cal., says:
" A curious reason is assigned for what
has heretofore been tho inferiority of tho
lig. It appears that this gcntlo and
prolty tree is peculiarly susceptible to tho
deprivation of tho society to which it is
entitled. Ignorant of this trait of tho
female character, tho gardeners have set
out wholo orchards of femalo lig trees by
themsolvcs, and then wondered that they
did not bear. Sinco they havo discovered
their mistake, thoyjiovo imported a malo
variety and distributed it through tho
orchards at tho rate of one to overy
twenty females, with astonishing success.
Perhaps if each female fig tree had her
exclusivo mate there might bo more and
better fig?!, but they seem to rocognizo
tho fact that ono-twentioth of a husband
is better than no husband at all."
WORDS OF WISDOM.
lie who loses hope may then part with
anything.
Ho who has lost his honor can loao
nothing more.
All those who know their mind do not
know their henrt.
Solid love, whoso root in virtue, can no
more die than virtue itself.
He that cares only for himself linn but
few pleasures, find those lire of tho lowest
order.
Tho balls of sight arc so formed that
one man's eyes are spectacles to anothor
to read his henrt with.
Tho premeditation of death is tho pro
mcditation of liberty; he who has learned
to dio hus forgot to servo.
Simplicity, of all things, is the hardest
to bo copied, nnd.enso is only to bo nc
quirod with the greatest labor.
"Whon wo aro alone, wo havo our
thoughts to watch ? in our familios our
tempers, and in society our tongues.
Whon two pcoplo compliment each
other with tho chotco of anything, each of
them generally gets what ho likes lenst.
Knowledge, perfected by practico, is
as different h'6m moro speculation as tho
skill of doing a thing is from being told
how tho thing is to bo dono.
Thoso men who destroy a healthful
constitution of body by intcrapcranco as
manifestly kill themselves os thoso who
hung, orpoison, or drown thomselves.
By agoneral mistako ill-nnturo as often
passos for wit as cunning docs for wisdom ;
though, in truth, they uro not in tho least
akin to ench othor, but as far distant as
virtue is from vice.
Good lempar is tho philosophy of tho
heart ? a geipin tho treasurv within,
whoso rays are reflected on all outward
objects? a perpotual sunshine, imparting
warmth, light, nnd life, to all within tho
sphere, of its influenco.
To complain that lifo has no joys,
while thoro is a sin^lo creature whom wo
can roliovo by our bounty, assist by our
counsel*; or enliven by our presenco, is
to lament tho losa of that which wo pos
sess, and is just aa irrational as to dio of
thirst with tho cup in our hand.
-?? * I " ?
"Comin' Thro' the Rye."
A pictorial published an illustration of
"Comin' Thro tho Rye." and blundorod
into what wo prosumo is tho popular mis
conception of tho ditty, giving a laddio
and losslo mooting and kissing in a field
?f grain. Tho linos:
If a laddio mo?fc ft lassie
Comin' thro' tho rye,
and especially tho othor Couploti
A* tho lad* smllo on mo
Wbeti eontin' thro tho ryo,
seem to imply that traversing the ryo was
an habitual or common thing. Tho song,
perhaps, suggests a harvest scone, where
both soxos, as is the custom, aro at work
reaping, and whero they would Come and
go throngh thO fields, indeed; but not
through tne ryo itself, so as to meet nnd
kiss in it. Tho truth Is, the Ryo in this
caso is not eroin at all, it boing tho nnmo
of a smoll shallow stroam, near Ayr,
Scotland, which, having noither brlago
nor ferrv, was fordod by the pcoplo going
to And from tho market, custom allowing
a Ud to stem a kiss from any lass of his
acquaintance whom ho might meet in
mid-stream. That this is tho true expla
nation any one may see who will refer to
Iturns' Original ballad, in which tho fitrst
verse refers to the lass wetting her clothes
in tho stream :
Jenny 1* a' wat, pulr .boddlon;
Jenny's seldom dry;
She draglifc a* her Dpttloo+tleft
Oomlrr thro' the ftys"
1 y - y .
. THE GENTLEMAN PABMBa
Ho owned tho farm? at lvast H?u though*
He QwnoJ it sin co bo lived upon It;
A. ml when ho catue there, with him brought
Tho men whom be hid hired to run It
Ho had been bred to city life
And had ac juiced a 11 tt!o inouoyv
But strango oonccit> himself and wife
Tltougbt fanning must be?on)^lh!rjr,(HQATV
Ho did no work himself at all,
But g|H3nt bis timo in rroreatlor ?
In pitching quoits ami playing ban.
And such mild forms of dissipation.
Ho kept his ''rod*" and trolling spoons,
His guns and dog* ot var!ou? habits,--*
While in tho fall hn hunted ooous,
And in tho winter t-kuiik* and rabbits.
, His hired holp wore quick to losm
| 1 ho liiiert ics that might bo taken,
And through the ?oaM>u scaroo would earn
Tho sa t It took to savo their bacon.
Ho know no mrro than a child unborn,
Ono half tho tinio what- they we;*e doing.
Whether they stuck to booing oarn,
Ur had on hnnd so:no misohiof browing.
His crop*, although they wore but few,
Withproier food wore selloiu nourifhed,
While cockle instead of bar'.oy ijrow,
And noxious wo-'ds and thistle i flourished,
?
His cows in spring looked moro like raiU
Sot up on leg", than living cMtlo;
And when they t>witchod tholr dried-up tail^
Tho vory bones would in them rattle.
At length tho sheriff camo al&isr, 1
Who soon relievo I him of his labors,
Wliilo ho bocamo tho jo^ and song
Of his moro enterprising nolghbors
Back to tho plaoo whore life began,
Back to ttio homo from wliouoa ho wan*
derod, ? ?
A fad, if not a wiser maw.
Ho went with all his monoy squandered
MORAL.
On any sail, bo it loam or clay,
Mollow and light, or rough aud stony,
Those nion who bost mnko farming pay.
Kind use for brains as well as mouey.
?Tribune and Farmer.
PUNtJENT PARAGRAPHS.
Groat cry Mid littlo "wool ? A npwly
born lamb. ... . ..
Bulwcr was corrcct; there is no such
word as fail. It is modified into assign
ment . ? lhuckeyo.
"The bravest is the tenderost" is war
ticularly true of cclory that has stood up
against frost. ? Pioayune.
The trade dollar is not popular, but tha
trade holler passes through the telophbna
very often. ? Boston Bulletin.
Conductor? "I can't use trade dollars,
sir!" Passenger ? '?Well, give this opo
to the company, then." ? 2 'ne Jwiye.
To pay as you go is the beat plan; es
pecially if tho man in charge will not let
you go until you do pay. ? Bitty una.
Translated froratho Omnibus : ''Mam
ma, the Frit* lets mo
bed 1" "No
t lie half have
he wants his
aud I must upon
"What a
in jay, "thcro is
the man !" "Well.
that," responded
was short when I
been short ever
P VA9.
Tho newspaper
notice among a lot
rors cf 1 8Bi3, '' and when tho editor
loarnud that tho groom's inooino wan only
sovon dollars a woek, ho s:iid ithad better
remain under that head. ? Jforrutowih
Herald. ,
ODE TO THE TAILOR.
Sheer folly 't;s for him to e!lrnft
Who pants t' invent in rlohct^
And he whoso fortune ne<xla a patch . '
Must out ii way to mako a matuh,
Or write elosc-Jlnoi dUtlelws;.
Ah none wlil over-quote his rhyme,
Ho ought to take a stitch in tltne,
Bo ho ean time his stitches.
fe'ow long, good-bye, fnrowoll to tbee,
Ta ta, iny trusting tailor I
Far, far beyond the rowing tide m
I rail to canvass for a bride,
. And if she's rich I'll nail her.
My suit 111 press ftcrosrf the spa; ,
No nioro you'll prate a suit for me,
Oh tailor, wail a sailor!
Pensatlona Wlillo Hanging,
Tho following "letter on tho .question '
whether hanging Is painful, appears In
tho Pull Mall Gfuetto: "Tho following ?
facts, as rolatcd to mo by a lato dls
tingulshcd ofllcer who died high in rank
in her majesty's service, may qo of aooto
Jiubllc interest. Many years ago, when a
ng nt a public school, ho wis ordered
by his master to get Iiis silk stocking?
ready for an evening party,, but, unw
tunately, only ono could ho found. Vafci
wcro tho excuses offered by thi), littlo fag.
His master, iu a rago, throw tho silk
stocking round his neck and held him
suspended in tho air a sufficient time to
produco unoonsciousnosfl, and to make it
a doubtful mntter if vitality could again
bo restored. Ho therefore oxporienced
nil tho sansalions of being hanged, but
ho suffered no pain, and used to say ho
had ho iccollection of anything happen
ing to him from tno moment tlte stocking
was thrown round his nock until h6 felt
life returning,
Snowy I,atltudo*.
Ono of the stations of tho woathor sor*
vice of Great Britain is on Bon N6vls, A.
lady nnd gentleman rocontly ancondcd
the mountain without great difficulty.
After four hours' climbing thoy reached
tho top, but no trace of tho observatory
could be seen. Knowing they wore at
tho right spot, thoy ke^on shouting, Mid
wcro answered by tho rising of a man
out of a hole nt their fdH, who con
ducted them into a snug station com
pletely buried In tho snow.
Parallel with this Is a story from
Colorado, vouched for as true. A
traveler walking on snowshoes to ono of
tho higher camps in the Klk hills met a,
man about where hn thought the settle
ment ought to bo, and inquired ifs posi
tion. " You'ro in tho town now," waa
the reply. " That there hole is the post
office, this 'ere Ono's tho saloon, nnd If
you go down that ono ovor the rock *
you'll strlko my cabin " The Elk moun
tains surely lie In a snowy latitude.
The pen may be mightier > ffran ,tjh?
sword, but if you get a hair fh it ydu bo
6 in to bolievo that it may sometime* out->
n its usofulnosa. ? * > ' ? >> j