The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, May 14, 1885, Image 1
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VOL. XII.
CAMDEN, 8. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1885.
NO. :34.
Win*. fiolct?.
You n?k roc why my eyes are filled with tear*.
Wheno'er I meet tho violets of tho Spring?
You can not tell hut thoughts bjgono
years
Those simple (lowers havo n?ver failed to
bring.
I had a brother ?"??* ? hi* gravo I* preon.
And Ion-/ ugo w?j curved tho hendstono's
date;
Out fresh hU tueinoi v ?? i 1?I havo not seon
One like him, sinoj ho left nie desolate.
For we wore twl ? and bound by tlos so
strong.
It seemed that net- ?cr eou'.d exist apart;
Yet ho wus taken ?Ah! what memories
throng
E'en to this day, r i my boronvod heart.
He fndod from tis hi tho Winter time,
>vht?n nil t'\o warmth from his rays do
purls.
Sometimes nt f.ifer a more genial clime
Might ht.vo r?. stored him to our unxious
hearts.
My mother prayed him toll her was there
Htiirht
That rol(l could purchase. or that love could
W'i xeslrod; so tenderly sho sought
crln^; buck t tulles upon tho hoi.ow check.
'* *ro there no vlo'etJ yet?" ho answered low.
We sent out im-sscngcrs tho country round:
,ii villii. In vain, t.io. hills wore deep with
Know,
And cruel fr< ft lay cu tho level ground.
?"Will not the violets coino beforo tho Spring?"
How plaintive enmo tho question?day by
day:
Nooo could bo found; It only served to wrlncr
Our loving hearts to answor always "Nay."
At last ono day he 'woke revived from sleep
Andsmiling thanked us forlhem; but wo
?old
It wns a dieam, for still tho snow lay deep.
Not o'en a snowdrop dived to lift Its hoad.
\
71* he averred their perfurao tilled tho air! ?
"How could ho doubt It??suro tho flowers
were nlKh!"
Alnsl we knew no violets oould bo there?
Yet ?coined ttaoy pro.out to his fervid eye.
8o spake he, till ha slept?ho 'woko no more;
8woet lirother, wns It worthy of regrets.
That the next morn, from distant parts they
bore
To our Bttd homo, tho longed-for vlolots?
Was he by fancy hnpplly docolved?
Or were his dying senses rarefied.
And actual knowledge blissfully achlevod,
Tustlng tho fragranco as bo softly died?
I wept whllo bending o'er his oofflnod rest.
Hushing my anguish for a lost enress;
I strew'd tho violets on his pallid breast
Perhaps still conscious or their lovellnoss.
CONGRESS.
Pen I'totarrs of the Houso In BmiIud
Tlio Kttq?rk'te of tits Amorlcnn
The national houso of representa
tives! How fow people in tho Unitod
;Statos hnvo soon it, writes a corre
spondent to the Cloveland Leader, and
how different is tholr idea of it from tho
ueality. It is now 3 o'ciook in tho aftor
moon. Tho houso is in tlio midst of
iits daily session, and a din liko that of
a. boiler-factory surrounds mo as I sit
In the press gallery and writo as nonrly
as I emi u photograph of tho scones bo
foro m?, Itan 1 i.monso room, this
houso chamber, Jt Is tho largest losr
.islatlvo hall ia nrpfld.
Its floor cover* fiaarly. ono-flfth of
aero, and its hoight from floor to
roof is thirty-six feet. It Jooks tho
smaller for tho hundreds that aro in it.
It is composed of a great oootral pit
About liftoon feet deop, with deep gal
Jprles rising from its top and going up.
ward by five graduated Hoes of bonohos
mm? ?
green paper of tho outer wall. Those
gallerios will soat 2,600 people, and tho
seats within them look down upon tho
boar garden of tho arona In the same
way as doos thoso from which tho
spectators watch a Spanish bull-fight.
Tho walls of this pit aro paneled in
pink nnd volvoty flowered buff, and
around onch panel is'a gilt frame flno
onougli to blind a Raplmol or a Van
dyck. In two of thoso panels aro pict
tures of hlstorlo scenes by Bicrstadt,
? and on oilhor sido of tho epoakor's
.desk aro pictures of Washington by
Vanderlyn and of Lafayotto by Ary
?.?Schofltir.
in this wall, oponingijut of tho oon
sgussslonal pit, aro aroliod door-holos
-.all ornamented with carving and gold.
, Somo of thoso load to cloak roomi,
kothors to tho barbor shops of tho eapl
itol, one to tho houso library, and six
?to tho outsido corridors, whoro the
Jobbvists and othor bores hnvo to wait
inntll tholr friends como out to boo
tthOm.
SitUng In tho press gallery von oan
look Into the oloak rooms and barbor
?hops. .Judgo Keaganrof Texas, is in
the harbor"'#<ehair at this momont, and
bi? awnrihy fuoonhinoa out at mo from
the midst of white lather. Thero aro
a crowd of congressmen in tho oloak
rooms, and among thom I soo Tom
Ochiltree'* rod faco wreathed In smoko,
and Judge Poland's royal oountonanco
convulsed with laughter The 826
overcoats and hats of the little great
mon who aro performing below me
lmng In thoso oloak rooms. Some of
thom aro vory seedy-looking, Indeed,
and not one out of ten would bo worth
iMfcoallng. Tho doors loading out of the
dittMso into tho corridors are double.
*..ThU to koop tho outs out and tho
linsiiiv Each is also guardod by two
?doorkQipora, a?)le-bo< ;.)d mon who !
iholdttlnftr chairs down in those woll
vWflrr?ie?l|Ml? for $1,2 :0 por-Annrtm.
!?ac)tvQf t|ie gallory doors also has a
tUoqtkoepeo though there is little no
eesaityifor.if, .and tho Oflloors of tho
? liotiee, ?oro thinks from Iholr numbnrn,
aro mono inptnefcous 'tlmij tho mem
bers.
But to return,to the bear pit. The
Kress gallery Is tJb? oentral one at tho
ack. It is shut ?$'/rom the othor gal- .
lorios bv a wire 1 utJi#e work, and is
dovoteu to eorrosnondeots nololy, Fif- '
icon foot bolow thoso galleries is the
floor of tho houso. It is 116 feet long
ifry 97 feet wldo. If you could tuk? the
f*ea{ts out ton would "see that It la Made
W *4 *}* half-moons of rostrums, ru?
wJng aboflt a space as wide as tho front
oi HU ordinary olty houso. on which the
spaaknr 4 and oleik's desks are looatr
ed, ana rising by a gradation of four
inches, until It reaohns tho laat half
ring of rostrums, whom a flat floor
goes back from this to the walls.
In tho oontor of this half moon, at
the front of 'iio bull, Is the speaker'*
desk. This la iv series of throo white
marble desks rising one above the oth
er. Tao llrat, about three feet high, l:<
for the stenographers of congress, who
get $5,000 ^earty. "The tops of tholr
deeka are oovored with miry-blue bslao,
tod they have mahogany drawer# in
whloh to keep their writing materials.
Baok of theni are th* reading clerks
of the houso, snobbish young men with
metallic voices, and above tnom On a
higher rostrum of whlto marble out In
and out like an elaborately-oartrod pul
Pj'aJfa the speaker. This to-day Is
Mr. Carlisle, a dark-faced, rougb-foa
itured man, with no whiskers, who con
tinually ohows tohaoco aa he sits on
ibis spine and presides over, the house,
/Hll ehalr Is a swinging walnut ofte.
.He has an ivory hammor or mallet In
jbie hand, and this ho uses with energy
:to keep the noisy crowd below him in
?ordor.
Beside the speaker's desk, on a pe
destal of Vermont marble, stands the
mace, or Insigniaof the speaker's royal
ty. It is a bundle of llotor's rods
? '?& :<'A * vt * h
bound with silver cords, mounted on a
silver globo and crownod with an
American eagle.
The members of tho house sit on six
half-moons of seats, riaiug and growing
larger as they go baokward, in front of
the spcakor. These seats are ranged
on littlo ranges of rostums. and the
edges of tlieso rostrums are bound with
shining brass, and are, as in the whole
lloor. carpeted with a rich carpet of
red Brussels, on which are llowored
llgures of blue and yellow. On each
range is a row of soats and desks. The
desks arc small affairs of whito wood,
having lids covered with bluo baize, :
which are raised whenever the owner
gets at tho $125 worth of stationery he
is allowed annually. Behind each row
of desks is a row of whito cano-soatcd
office chairs, each on a swivel and
each so fixed on springs that tho sitter
can lciin back and put his fcot cn his
desk if he will. This is a favorite pos
turo with some congressmen, and I
havo seen certain sleepy ones snoro
away so for hours at a time. Half of
tho chairs aro oh the average empty,
and.somo of them have been known to
continue so for an entire congressional
session. The ovvnors are paid $5,000 a
yoar to lill them. They draw tho mon
ey and leave tho chairs empty. Tho
seventh and last half moon of chairs
backs up against curtains or iire-scroens
of blue baine on frames of bright brass
rods. Back of these screens there is
room to walk about the house, and in
the two corners at either end, whoro
the grate liros are, arc half a dozen
sofns which aro generally fillod by
lounging, sleoping, and smoking con
gressmen.
Do congressmen smoko during ses
sion? Why, bless you, yos! I have
seen ladies grow sick in tho galloriea
from tho vile odors of tho tobacco
which rose from tho^ two-for-6 cent ci
gars glowing iu tho mouths of tho so
culiod gontlcmauly congressmen be
neath. I havo soon members smoking
in their very seats, and havo watched
through the wreaths of smoko to catch
tho eye of tho mombors behind them.
They chow, too. Theso godlike con
gressmen do chow! They spit! and
oyery desk hti3 a spitoon of pink and
gold china beside it to catch tho filth
from tho statesman's mouth. It costs
at least $100 a year to care for tho
spittings of tho house, and your avor
ago congressman will disregard tho
spittoon and spit upon the fioor.
They aro a neat set! Tho houso at
this moment is littered with Bcraps of
paper like a garret. In front of tho
speaker's desk aro scraps of lotters,
torn nowspapors, and other littors, and
and undor tho desks of most of the
members are heaps of tho same nature.
Thoro is a spittoon beside tho clmir of
tho speaker, for Mr. Carlislo is an in
votorato chewor of tobacco, and his
heavy jaws caross the cud as joyfully
as thoy do freo-trado statistics.
As far as order in tho houso is con
cerned, thoro is none. If an ordinary
mombor has tho floor a bedlam straight
way risos. His fellow-members talk
out loud to oach other, and oach goes
on with his business as if ho was alone.
Dozons of mombors uro writing letters;
others aro mailing documents to their
conitituonU; others aro reading news
papers; aouu will bo gloopiqg, and
^
a mombor wants io cross fTTTT^fftfW ? A\p
does not hesitate to rush between
tho congressman spoaklng and the
spoaker, and if another wants a page,
no mattor if his brother congressman
spoaklng bosldo him is in tho midst of
his tinost poriod, ho will clap his hands
liko tho shot of a pistol.
i navo seen mombors sleeping wlion
their noxt-soal mombor was speaking,
and it is no uncommon thing for a
mombor to bo talking with not single
follow-mombor listening to him! The
spcakor gonerallv pays attontion, but
not always. Ho favors whom ho
pleases to a cortain extent, and has the
opportunity to display considerable
power.
Tho cei'ing of tho houso chamber is
a wonderful structure, mado of glass
and cast-iron. Through this tho house
is lighted?in tho davtlmo by tho light
of dav.vand during tho ovonlng by Hf
teon hundred gas-jots, which aro light
od by ulootricity. J his coiling is made
in panels, and those are pnintod and
gilded, and oach bears tho coat of arms
of ono of tho states of tho uniou.
Just over tho ontranco door of the
houso is a largo, round-facod olock,
which rogulatoH tho tlmo of opening
the session and which limits tho time
allowed to oach speaker. It is a sober.
Judicial-looking oid clock, and its face
is a terror to tho avcrago Itmgrwindod
congressman.
Just over the spo.iker's desk and op
posite tMs clock under tho press gal
lofy is a gold ea^lo looking out over
tho speaker's head, and apparently
ro.idy to lly, On oaoli side of it hangs
a dingy American Hag, covorod with
du?t. and discolored with ago.
Tiio two doors in tho walls at the
sldo of tho speaker lead to tho mem
hers' retiring-rooms, in which are hung
crayon nor traits of :?1) tho apoakors
since the organization of oongress.
ThOy oost tiio government $50 aploco,
and some of thotu are falrN" food liko
q04sos. This room is wnll-furnUhod,
It has a numbor of sofas and eaay
thalrs, with two doorkeopors at an ex
ponse of a couple of thousand a
year to koep tho barbarous publlo
out of thom.
Such is a brlof description of our na
tional houso of representative*. It is
a linn fltruotnro, and 1 nomotimos think
far too good for tho men who havo the
right fo scats in It.
Tho old houso was in the hall of the
statutes, as it is now called, which lies
hotwoon this houxc chamber and the
domo. It was In that all of our
greatest efforts at orutory wore made,
wbor* (Olny, (tallioun, and Wobstor
fought tholr foronslo battles, and where
for thirty-two yoars history was made.
It accommodated seats for 282 mem
bers, and Its ffallories seated about 700
spectators. Tho merobors desks were
of mahogany, and oach had an arm
ohalr. Tho roporters to tho extent of
twenty wcro accommodated with sofaa
and deslf*, and the speaker had a drap
ery of rloh orlntsot) at his back. It
was in 1857 that tho houso was moved
Into Its prosont quarters, nnd In 1864
the old house Wft* dedicated to its ptoh
ent use at a statuary ball.
' The avorage congressman considers
blmtolf $ great man, but lie is only a
olork after all. Ho is paid by the
country to come here and apportion
oat tnt publlo funds to the running of
tho government. Other men dooide
how much the government needs, and
they furnish the congressmen the fig
ures. Tho avorage mombor knows
nothing about It, and the best member
for the oountry perhaps is he who
kftAWs the least, >Vo morely pay them
to divide our money for us. The gov*
ernmont Is already organised. We
have all the laws we need, and the
United States, If It wore not for the
necessity of the formality of passing
the appropriations, oonld do better
without oongress than with it. Still
We have It, and we hfive to pay for it.
Wo pay well, too. Tha estimato tor.
the legislative expenses for tho current
YO&r is put at moro than threo million
and a half of dollars, ami the houso of ,
representatives alono will cost noarlf
two and one-half millons. It lakes
$413,000 a year to pay the salaries of
our sonatorj, $1,800,000 to pay.Jho
mileage and salaries of tho repres^iUl
tives, and the understrappers about
the houso and sonato got salaries of
$700,000 and moro at each congression
al session.
Eipcrio uce of a Ronton CJIrl.
Two well-known yof.u r ladies?first
family ones nl that ?hai-pened to ruoet
in the bo^s dry good* s'uee of the place
tho other day. (Vie of them whs mak
ing a purclia-"* which only the day be
fore she had said slii ?i?<!n*t think she
could afford to make. She was ques
tioned by her fair coirpa::iou as to why
she had changed her mml. NVhat fol
lowed is on the word of I ho store own
er:
"Jack called last night,'' said tho
lady who had changed lier mind, "anil
by and by olhor company cf.tne in. and
after awhle soniebodv ?ugg*!stud a lit
tle game, and ?> ?? made up a board?
anto five, ten to cvtine in, and twenty
live limit. We played till 10, and I was
10 ceuts on:, and 1 felt jml awful.
Somo one said: 'Piuv one jack pot for
a half and (|uit.'s Everybody agreed.
There were $."> in the pot before anyone
opened. J.u-k opened for a half, tho
mean thin", and all 1 had to draw to
was a mousey Hush. Wasn't that law
ful? Well, everybody came in, and I
made up mv mind I wasn't going to bo
scared, and so I chipped along. Jack
only took two cards. All tho rest took
threo. I threw mine all away and took
live. Wasn't I horribleP Jack bet a
half. Everybody else saw him. I
looked at my hand and raised this bet a
half more. There wcro $8 in the pot.
Jack says, 'What, on a five-card draw?'
I said, 'Yes.' Then ho saw tno and
raised another half. All tho rest drop
ped out, tho moan things. I look an
other peop at my hand and raised Mr.
Jack nnother half. 'See here, Jonny,'
ho said, 'if it was any one else I'd think
they were giving mo a blufT, but I guess
you'vo got tho beating of mo, and su I
won't invest any more. Tnko tho pot.
I oponed on threo aces,' said Jack,
showing 'em down, nnd I drew in tho
money. Wasn't it sweet in Jack to
think I wouldn't bluff him?"
"Pcrfootly sweet," cxclaimod tho
fair companion. "What did vou
holdP"
"I only had ono littlo pair of deucos,
Allio," said tho innocent manipulator
of the Jaok-pot,
"Wasn't it just too lovely for any
thingP So I thought I'd ooroo ovor
and ouy tho roods to-day. Isn't It a
bargainP"?Socicty column of a Boston
paper.
Tho Witching Weed.
Cigars wore not known until about
1816- Previous to that timo pipes wero
used exclusively.
Chowing had been in vogue to a lim
Itod extent for some time, whilo snuff
ing datos back almost as far as smok
,n&
- Thoflrtt packago sent to Catherine
do Mpaiol vas in line powder. She
found that smolling it iu tho box nflOW
ed her similarly to smoking, which led
liar to fill 0110 of hpv swolliug-bottlos
with tho dust llor courtiers adopted
the habit of sniifllng small portions of
UP ^'10 nostrils,'and as tho precious
stuff bocame more plentiful the snuttlng
habit, becamo moro general, until at
last a man or a woman was not consid
ered as in proper form unless thev
snuffed.
J ho custom became so common iu
Kngland that a snuff-box was no longer
a sign of rank. Thon it was tho law
prohibiting tho culturo of tho plant, ex
copt for modicino, was passed, About
the samo timo a heavy tariff was placed
on tho importod article, thereby prac
tically placing it boyond tho reach of
tho common nord and giving royalty a
com pie to monopoly.
Sinoo it iiist began to bo used as a
luxury thoro have boon conllicting opin
ions in rogard to its effoots. Tho Rom
ish ohuroh once forbado its uso, and tho
Church of Kngland dcolaimod against
The Wesley* opposed it hotly, and at
ono time it was considered so unclean
as to unfit mon for momborsldp in tho
Methodist church.
Iluptlst and Prosbytorian ministers
proaoliod against it, and sooiotios wero
orgaqizod to opposo tho spread of tho
habit, but aH to no purpose. Paronts
disownod and dlsinhontod their chll
dron booauso they usod it,and husbands
divorced their wires on accountof their
having contraoted tho habit of smok
insr.
It is singular that when women got
into the habit of smoking a pipo they
profor a strong ono.
Thoro aro fow mon who havo nervo
onough to smoke a pipo such as a wo
man likes when she has boconio a con
lirmod smokor. Whon thoy first begin
pulling cigars they prefer thom very
mild, but it is not long until thoy want
thom blaok and strong and lots of
them. ? I'itlsbury Dispatch.
Huoccndcd Too Well.
??Now," said the bride, "Henry, 1
want you to understand distinctly that
I do not wish to be taken for a brido.
I am going to bohavo exactly as if I
was an old married woman. So, dear
ost, do not think inn cold and unloving
if I troat you. very practically whon
thoro is anybody by."
"I don't belluvo I can pass for nil old
marrlod man. I am ho fond of you
that I am bound to show it. I am sure
lo give tho snap away."
"NO, you mustn't. It's easy enough.
And I insist that you behave just like
all old married men do. ])0 you
hearP"
"Well, darling. I'll try, but I know I
will not succeed."
Tho first evening of their arrival the
brldo retired to her ohambor and the
groom fell in with a poker party, with
whom ho sat playing cards until 4
o clook in tho morning. His wife spent
tho weary hours wooplng. At last he
turned up and mot his grief-stricken
bride with tho hilarious miestlon:
"Well, aln t I doing tho old married
man like a dalsyP"
She never roforrod to the subjoot
again, and everybody knew after that
that thoy had Just boon married. ? San
Francisco Chronicle.
Tho water of a small lake near the
mouth of the Sutro Tunnel, in Nevada,
ia kept continuously warm by the hot
WMer whloh flows Into it from the
mines. Recently the mino superin
tendent sent to Florida for two alllga
tora. When they arrived at the plaoo
tho tomporaturo of tho place was 12 de
gieot below r.ero and tho alligators
were barely alive. Upon being put In
to the warm lake, however, they rovlr
ed and aro now growing raoldly.
AKK INDIAN.
Hill Njre'? JDj>|uloii? of Hliofhunm, their
Maitnvr* Rn<1 Cuftotna.
!1 5^'JiQta^ k*? 4>?A '6,0.0 Snako or
Slroslioue loamris now extant, tho
greater pkrt being in Utah anil Nevada,
though thera ?<r:? veseryaUyi in Idaho
and another ir.VfcjLOifcijndr ?
THe Shoiho'ie Indian i?f rolnctant ^o
iccept of civi'i/. it!on on rtitf European
c,filan. He pr'cterS jtriP'l*
which have beenMl\andod
frvtlior to sort alonjf; wT0>'olher hair-*'
looms. 1 u?o tho ivor^ li?irlyc9us in its
L'ioadest*0ttt?.
There ara the Shoshoncs proper and
liio Uto* <&hd vJCEItJfe, to which have
Iron added by sonm authorities tho
..Comanche*. *" and Mo<iuis of New
Mexico and Arizona, the Netclas and
*>lher tribiys of California. Tho Sho
shone, wherever found, is clothed in
buckskin and blanket in winter, but
dressed more lightly in summer, wear
ing nothing but an air of iutenso gloom
in August. To Iliis lie adds on holi
ilnya a necklace made from tho storo
teeth of the hardy pioneer.
The Snake or Shoshone Indian is
passionately fond of the game known
poker among us, and which, I learn,
is ployed with cards. It is a qame of
chance, though skill a::d a thorough
knowledge of lircarms arc of great use.
The Indians enter into this game with
groat zeal and lend to it the wonderful
energy which they have preserved
from vcar to year by abstaining from
the dclibitating efl'ects of manual labor.
Ail day lo g llio red warrior sits in his
bkin boudoir, nursing tho sickly and
reluctant "flu h," > aticnt, silent and
hopeful. Through the cold of winter,
in the desolate mountains, lie continues
to
"Hope on. hope rrer,"
That he will "draw to fill.* * l'ar away
tin the canyon ho hears tho sturdy
blows of his wife's tomahawk as she
slaughters tho grease wood and tho
sago brush for the lire in his gildod
hell where he sits and woos tho lazy
(ioddess of Fortune.
With tho Shoshone, poker is not
alono a relaxation, tho game wherewith
to wear out a long and listless evening,
but it is a passion, a duty and a devo
tion. He lias a face designed especial
ly for pokoy. Jt never shows a sign of
good or evil fortune. You might aa
well try to win a smilo from a railroad
right of way. Tho full hand, tho fours,
threes, pairs and bobtail Mushes aro all
the same to him, if you judge by his
face.
When ho gets hungry ho cinchos
himself a little tighter and continues to
"rastio" with fate. You look at his
smoky, old copper cent of a face and
you seo no change. You watch him as
ho coins tho l:u?t buckshot of his tribo
and later on when ho goes forth a pau?
nor, and the corners -of his famino*
breeding mouth have neyer moved,
llis littln black, smoko-inllamod oyos
havo never lighted with triumph or
Joy. He is tho groat abqriginal stoic
nnd sylvan dude. Ho doos not smilo.
Ho docs not weep. It cortainlv must
bo intensely pleasant to bo a wild, free,
lawless, irresponsible, natural born
fool
Mountain btieep Ivors' a? .fr^M
wwA'i;Kliors
0 KnlvoR, sometimes culled D]?.
l? , Ul?b?l<lt ilivor "nil tl?o
Great Salt Luke basin. Probably t o
llokandikahs, Yahooskins and tho
? lAbF" rrU of U?e Dig
t '( J am "?? s,"? of 1 his, but I
wail not hu.spcijd !Uv business till I
it a^'r:1,^0111 '/? ].M get
Iv hh") f , n'*1,t ' wait jmtient
* Tl o Sh/V" "" Rawing my salary.
1 Itc ?Sl.o-hoiiu.i live on the irovorn
mnnt ami ojjior :<ui::li game. Thoy will
uat _ lUiWnnig when hungry, frou, ,.
Jui:a.o (Knvu <? a woodlick. The
r V'"" things
tn l.V I 1,1 ??y Ho loves
make pets oftiiem and to study
their habits in his home lifu.
ffwS0?3''. W.l,0n a Font Shoshono
Jifa over0?' y ki,k(1 hifl favorite
J'1? ???\ ,,lfl P?avo so that sho could
6LbS?lMPPy.h"ntln* ^roumls with
riT/i V ? not 80 ??8tomary no\y. I
brave 1?? t?r?ss1 on an ol(1 Shoshono
thnt T ? t? i . , y ?"Sht not ^ do
hat. I tried to show him that It would
,n0CXT CK,ibA7 ftnd (,09tr?y Jomos
?V his tribe. S nee that thore
amono- ?qU nTstrU,? l?ward reform
th0r?; I?stoad of killing tho
tho hn?)>n \h?, f0lth of llor h??hand,
hi?i fJ?. takos Rood oare of
failWf ft.nd nvo,t'8 nM kinds of in
that late * ,?r pl,yslonl 'Atigue,
but whnJ ?ni8. 11010 aro no widows,
the " ^,sl ficom t0 Mvarra In
of them J h? woods aro '"H
widow?r? th<tf wo,,I(l on,y kiU tl'?
Indian J fn\?r g'?V0 of tho wi,e- tho
dofinito shapo? W?Uld aMI,IM ft mo"
Kn^linh Hplnster*.
Tho numbor of singlo women In En
j? and constantly Incroases. Many
ownTvTnl i W?"?0n hflvo to earn thoir
hn.hili?* !? i,lncoof "ponding rind
ll. aJ ?! earnings of men. Thoy
pnss thoir time in an lncomploto and
separate cxistenco of their own. Instead
o completing and erabolliahJng tho ox
istonoo of others. From the ?xco"s |n
tho numbor of womon thousands tnko
sorvlco in faotorlos, wltllo otho s over
crowd tho ill paid ranks of noodlowo
. , ftm,1 ?oamstro,so,. Kvon in tho
richer classes thoro is the samoinoaual.
f> ?' "timbers, nnd those who aro ro?
lievod from tho necessity of workincr
for thoir daily broad havo yot to boo^
"omoofcupatioft, some interest in life
to relievo tho tedium of an objectless
oxlstonoo Homo pursue pleasure more
ly, though this soon pnlls upon tho an
pet I to; Others ?Rke to cbaStabio P?,?
n\iit9, doing, porohnnco, an eotml
amount of goo?i atid of mischief. Those !
whose tastes load them to literary o*
artistic pursuits are perhaps the least
unhappy, ilint a redundnnoy of un
manned women exists is evidont* hut It
must not bo regarded ns caused Wholly
or mainly by a disparity in tho numbor
of tho sexes. I bin <lin,irenco doos not
at tho most amount to six per cont
whereas the number of unmarried It
nen in Kngland amounts not to six but
actually to thirty per cont.--that ia to
i<3> only two out of every throo womon
are ever marrlod. womon
tAZ?\?J Un* !>00n formo,, in" Boston
com in et! n a vlorV,,or,, P|""ohaso a home or
commehoo btislness whon thoy are mar
r ?d. EIWMIlty t? m?mb.r;h*? "oil
"Imply In iKiIng nnmnrrtocl. Thin
surprising scheme nrovidos that a mem
bor needTmvo paid in only $2fi0 to bo
0(1T?!*?"?, ?l?/ho ,al1 bonoflt of$l,
T ?! oiKhto?n months. As
the association has juat begun ottofa
rh will become dneTnt.l
ihfn', f m *.eo,,,,[ory ? member
"hip of 100 already, and hopefully
?l?0aM.0n0 W,U,in th?
itchlnR Uto Morning Trixln.
i that ono of the most serious ob
to living out of towu lios in tho
alty experienced in catching tho
grooming train by which 1 must
tho city and my busincts*. It is
means a pleasant matter, under
iroumstances. t-j havo one's move
jTOgulated by a time-table, and to
lligod to riso to breakfast and to
I hoKrO at a certaiu hour.no mut
bovv dirong tho temptation to
niay be. But sometime* tho
)lo punctuality of the train is pro
du&fvo of absolute sulYoring. For iu
1 look at my watch when I
it of bod." and 5ind that I havo
apparently plenty of time, so I dross
)ly and sit down to the morning
a frame of mind which is calm
irone. Just as 1 crack my lirst
rhcar tho down train from Wil
li). I start in alarm; and taking
watch I compare it with tho
nd find that it is eleven minutes
nd that I havo only live m nutes
l which to get to the depot.
1 got to tho gate I lind that I
>rgotton my duster and tho buu
dlofty wife wanted mo to take up to tho
oftjQp 'lcr aunt. Charging back 1
them up and tear down tho
gTtjjlft walk in a frenzy. I do not like j
^through tho village; it is undig
Fitnd it attracts attention; but 1
uriously. I go faster and faster
away from tho main strert.
half tho distance is accomplished
do hoar tho whistle; there
no doubt nbout it this time. I
lopjfo) run, but 1 know tliat if I do 1
wil^j pcite that abominable speckled
tling by the sidewalk a little dis
fikhoad o( inc. Th n 1 really nee
_fttin coming around the curve
.oKPy the depot, and I fool that I
lake better time; aim I do. Tho
imcdiatoly manifests au interest
in (?r movements. IIo tears after mo
speedily joined by live or six
jtdogs, which frolic about my legs
>urk furiously. Sundry small
I go plunging past, contribute
lo fHp excitemcnt by whistling with
and tho men who arc at
Ipou tho now mooting house stop
to at mo and exchange jocular re
mfllei with eneh other. 1 do feel ridic
tl?ut I must catch that train at
all Wizards.
forno desperate when I havo to
my pace until two or thro wo
jho are standing on tho sidewalk
ling the infamous price of bu'.ter,
:to let mo pas ?. I arrive within
fttrds of the station with my
Mug in tho wind, with my coat
horizontal position, and with
bklod dog nipping at my heels,
train begins to move. I put
ttra pressure, resolving to get
or perish, and I reach it just
1st car is going by 1 seize tho
I am jerked violently around,
after a desperate otVort, I
^tho stop with my knees, and
led in by tho brakeman, hot,
* mad, with my trousers torn
knees, my logs bruised, and
of my umbrolla broken,
el roach a comfortable scat in
iq^train stops and then backs
tihiing. whoro it remains for
jur while tho engineer repairs
jllvo, Tho Angor which
380tnwi 1 wileotmowyon.
wvwrwJ to lipflri
?afc raco, is increased as I look out
c; window and observo tho spock
i<jg engaged with his companions
ln( au altercation over a bono. A man
Whb permits his dog to roam about tho
strcots nipping tho logs of every ono
whU happens to go at a more rapid
gait than a walk, is unlit for associating
with civilized beings, ilo ought to bo
placod on a desert island in mid-ocoan,
and bo compelled to stay thero.?Max
Aiieler, in Exchange.
Truth in a I'latn Hult.
Elder Toots having got most of his
feot under the redhot stove, and Colo
nol Cahoots havingsucccodod in knock
ing down a bust of I'lato and wrecking
$500 worth of rolics, Brother Gnrdnor
arose and said:
"What I liankor arter am to inert a
plumb up an' down man. Dar' am
pussons in dls club who wobblo about
(iko a Ioobo wagon wheel. Ono day
doy groot yo\i w?d a grin, ns soft as
June-, an' do nox' day (ley doan' know
you as you pass on do stroot. I doan'
mean to hurt no man's foclin's, but I
wioan to bo plumb.
"II Whaloo ono Howker should como
obor to my house an' ax do loan of a
dollar I wouldn't keep him on do hooks
fur half an hour fur adocision. I should
at onoe roply to him: 'Whalebone, do
matt' who usos monoy aimed by his
wife at do wash-tub to buy lottery tick
ets can't got no dollar outer mo}' When
a man axos my religion I doan' beat
nroun' do bush to find out if ho litis
found h short cut to hoabon, but 1 de
nounce ruysolf as a BaptUt an' take my
chances by do olo road.
"When you th'i.k ves or no doan'
hesitate to rav so. I)oan' bo loan in'
one way o;io day an' some odder way
op, do nox'. l)o man who knows whar
to find you won't go away mad, ebon if
vfod decide agin him, Our Samuol
%ia am ono (Jay gwino to bo a statos
raan, an' on do up*' ho's tfwino to open
<a; saloon wid a gilded coifin'. Ono day
you will find him a Methodist nn do
nOx' you will soo him devourin' a Uni
versnllst sormon. Moot him in do
rQaWnln' an' ho am a foroshus Kopub
Iloan5 cotch him in de afternoon an' ho
good Dimoerat.
| "Bo plumb up an' down. If you am
*>t on noin' good stick to it. If you am
?rot on boin'bad doan' lot do purleeco
bluff you off. If you liko a man tell
Mm ho can have do uso of your snow
Shovel nil summer. If you can't hoe
^o'n wid him, ax him to buy or soil out
in* take some odder cow-pnth. Do
ivobbly man am a puston to bo slum
bod. Tryln' to do bl/ncss wid him am
Wanted labor trown away."? -I.imc Kthi
Club in Detroit Frrx Press.
i Reaching for the Public..
* "Talk about hard time*!" be scoffer!
M ho loaned back in his chair at one o
'the down town restaurants. "Why,
(gentlemen, it's all in knowing how to
roach tho public."
|'-l "You used to speculate in grain, I
i beliovoP" observed the inait at his
(tight.
( 7*1 did, nnd I lost money. I was in a
hole olevon months in,a year and hard
liQp tho remainder. I didn't know how
I,to reach tho public."
!}- "And nowP"
"Well, I am on the road exhibiting a
fat woman who weighs H70 pounds
admission 16 cents, t have no margins
to put up, dividends are declared with
the most annoying regularity, nnd if
.anybody disputes her weight she has a
load corset weighing 210 pounds to
bring her up to the mark." - Wttll
Street Mew*.
I Queen Victoria, according to an of
| fioial announcement, has never oaten n
piece of eake.
Ill: GOT A SKAT.
How u )Thll(?upiilotl lr!%!inu') Stcured m
S??.it i 11 :i Ki!!wir Car#
There wore .v number of parlor-cars
and two ordinary pas-emjcr coaches on
a 'rain whi li loll New York for Phila
delphia at 7 o'cln.'k a lew nights ago.
'ivory beat in the pas-eii^er-eoach.'s ;
was occupied in one way and an* j
other when the last boat arrived from
New York. Among the people who (
'r.rno at the* last moment was a liery I
and untamed Irishman, who-e face was |
fringed with a wealth of ecru hair, llo |
walked through the ?moking-ear, found
?very seat occupied by two men. and j
then bur-t into the next car impetuous- |
ly. The air at once became redolent j
>f rum He cast his o\e up aud clown j
)ti cither -ide of the ear and saw that
?vcrv scat was occupied by parcels, i
'uggage, feet, or the sprawling tonus of j
pas-enters. One v two seats'had been
turned, ami one gray-haired man who
hail a specially lank complement of
le^s, succeed d i:i oc. upyin^ two bench
es by din' of siretelling himself out like !
an octopus, and ingeniously liiling in the
'paces not occupied by himself on the I
benches with bits of luggage. The irish
man directed toward him a glare of un- '
usual ferocity. He walked the long
length of the car twice, but the passen- j
sors carefully avoided his ga/.e. Appar- :
i*nt'.y they were all rdecpic.g -vreu< ly. ,
I'hen he leaned a:t.'.it:<t the door and
? ire'.e sly placed his hatul on the -in'.e.
lie removed tin? hatul. walked to tie*
other end of the ear, and wa-hod hi<
hands carelessly with water from ti e '
iee-t:fnk. Tt.e train was now spec i n r |
across tho .Jersey meadows. Stiii i:oo::e j
otlW'ed to share hi- >eit with tho latc-t
arrival, and the Irishman we::t back and
leaned again-t thedoor once more. l,-in- \
ally he raised hi- voice *o that it could '
be heard a consider.the di.tar.ee into '
the next ear and remarked, with an air j
of philosophical obs rva.ion:
"lVopledon't seen; to realize that this j
hero is second-class. It is ju*t the sam*\
and tho iirst-ci iss ears are in the re,?r. !
1 he second-class chumps which i- now j
occupying tiie sa.'es puts <>;i tv.iee as I
many lugs a; ih ' liivt-r'nss 1 ?:T?*s an 1 i
gintler.j'n behind ?is. That i ?> because !
they are no! Sirs.-class lalic.- and gitule- j
men themseiv ?? ?. but -imply second-class |
cluimps."
A sjlenee of several in:mite? followed
this speech, which was liually broken
by two or three ".ten m><> iug.towards
t'ne e ini.t's of t:. .r stv/.s and placing
their Iv.gs ami satchel.- on the. lloor.
Then the voice of tii" man in ilie rear
rose .""gain above the hum of the wheels.
??There is no hog like an old hog,"
ho remarked, sentenlionsly. "A man
would think that a gray beard and bald
head would go along with wisdom aud
experience, but it ain't always tho case.
There is oald-headed men in this world
who wouldn't, give a man a lift to sa\e
their sowls, though their own busine-s
may be saving sow Is. Any bald-headed
man with a gray beard who will wear a
preacher's clothes and occupy four seats
In a second-class car, while workingmen
are stand in' up, is a large, fat, bevel
ed ged hog.M
I l'ho gray-haired man who occupied
tho two benches and who wore tho
habilimcntssof a clergyman roso here,
looking vory red in two facc, and hur
rlod forward into tho Xmofcitijr car. J A
momont later ho "came back, followed
by tho braivetrrrtfTriWro wo to (he est;#}
oasy-going nonchalent, ami blase ex
pression of a man of his calling.
"This man," sputtered the clergy
man, angrily, pointing to the red-head
ed Irishman, "has been indulging in the
grossest sort of personal abuse toward
tho passengers in this car, directing the
bulk of it toward me."
Tho brakoman dived down into tho
inner recesses of his clothes, produced a
paper of tobacco, partook thereof gen
erously, and said pleasantly to the man
in tho red wiskers;
"What's tin. Irish?"
"1 was making a few general re
marks about tho hogs I hat travel oa
this roail ami occupy four scat* when
they only have a rijrht to occupy one."
"Who docs it?"
"Your frind, tho praist there."
Tho brakeman glanced down, turned
tho forward sent back into it? proper
form, tossed tho clergyman's burdlos
on tho rear scat, and then said to that
gentleman:
"Yoifro traveling on a free pass,
anyhow, aren't you? Yes? Now
you bchavo yourself just exactly as if
you wore paying your fare, will you?
That's all the road asks of you."?M
Y. turn.
Tliry {Jot tlicYl'ino.
"Of course it is awfully funny to
shout 'Lock up the wine cellar, Alary,
for tho plumber U coining,' " said ono
of tho big-bill gontlenien to a reporter,
"but it isn't a pleasant remark for a
plumber to hear."
| "Is it truo that a plumber can empty
a barrel of whisky while ho is soldering
; up a pin-hole in a water pipe?"
| "Nonsense! Mind, I don't say that
I when a plumber is wor.ing in a rich
I man's collar where thorn are barro's of
| liquor that he won't tal:o a drink now
and then that is, some of I hem will."
"How is it with yourself?"
"Oh, I sometimes turn Ihe faucet, but
never to take more than a drink or two
in a day, excepting oner."
"When was I hat ?"
"You won't put that in the pat or,
will you?"
"Sure."
"Then I'll tell you all about. Threo
or four years ago .lim and I had a job
up on Woodward avenue. When wo
went down into Ihe collar (ho servant
girl followed 01, took a bra.?s key that
was hanging on a nail and carried it
up stairs. There was a cask of French
brandy, a barrel of bourbon, another
of port and another of sherry, and
thoro was a barrel-room locked, full of
bottled liquors. It made us smack our
lips, just to look around at I ho barrels
and bottles, but when it came to tak
ing a drink, the liqror might as well
have been in the moon. The barrels
all hail thesii patent lock faucets in
them, and the girl had curried oft' the
key.
"We worked away all the foronoon
with nothing but wntor to drink, but
Jim swore that hi' would have some of
that wine in the afternoon, though I
couldn't see how he was going to p;ot
it; I hadn't, got my tratio learned then.
Pretty soon after we went to work in
the afternoon Jim pulled about a yard
of small rubber tubing out of his
pocket, hunted up an empty fruit jar,
knocked out a bunjf ami siphoned out
a couple quarts of port. Maybe wo
didn't get st> drunk that we had to quit
work!' Detroit /'Vn- I'rr.tft
The proportion of those who attend \
Imlii.c worship to the hulk t>f the j.onu- !
ation in the following four European !
/?itie-t is: Itorliu tf-i.OOO, population
1 ,MH).(>00; llani' iirtr .? ?*ki. population I
400,000; London .'t,Oi xi.OOO, population j
1,000,000, (ihisgow ;'?0 i,(.I'M), population j
7(M, 000.
The Kullnv; Passion.
"Just before the battle of Fredrieks
bui'i;. knowing ti;at a large number
of rennsy 1 vauia troops were with Hurn
side, ami that a general engagement
between the two armies was imminent,
I went to Washington atul asked for
transportation to front. A tug w.i>
placed at mv di?pi?-al. and 1 reached
the armv in time in witness the battle.
Tho terrible si:.???_;!::of our troops on
that disastrous ,i iy v.e all know.
??Wiieti o'jr d ?ea^*as beyond ip>e?
tion 1 boarded ':.e tug and hastened to
Washington. hop.n.;. as railroad cow
numication w;i- iiii|n?>i!'!o. to forestall
the exaggerated rumor* that might be
expected. and to a.leviaie even in only
a slight ?' gree k id unweleome
tiding-. 1'. o .;:?.dcraM?' pa>t mid
night wh.-t: ! iv .? In d Washington. but
I proceeded o,i>vt'.y to the White
lluu?f. It w:.- !?..? -ui't ii-e to me to
to learn tii r. t.e i':-?i had not re
t.ivd. 1 :,.:ni dia'.e'.y ushered into
bis i ?. < \? lie ::eeo>t? ! me and
re ;d Hi". ' ? the i ::araeter of the
Hi'" - 1 i .. i i ?-11:.. ?. i'.?? In* sank
into .1 I- ;...1 * ; . _ii of ?l;-l |"? ss."
? - ? . \. vn. v?" -aid lie.
" i ? i' \ .
"'I I-., ni . :<? ' i li'.-i itead on
1: - i; ,r. N -A !.i!? ? I ga. ? tl.e outi.ne and
t'i ? te' : t' ?' ' atle. 11 ? l^eawd a
li. a'i ;? ? a- i ? ! : me with an
i ' i * ? 1 ;< . ' ? r -e ? u.ie; mg, and 1
r? :i:;? \ I
"1 . ?? .r: .'y v. ;? a 1 nii;.v!it le a wel
e ? ?:i ? m ? ?< r of -oo i r. "A - instead
?.hat I ? ;'?! !? \oii how' to eo:i<|;ier
of . t ' ' : i;l li. e l el elii.-;;. States."
!. w in a marked
el;.. ; v. Lincoln -:i:>1:
:? i :enr.i;d?> <d the two boys in
I a ? \\ ,.o t ? * a 1 -'i.e.: eut ... r? an
off'.: : and di.l ;.?<! Utvii!" aware id
t;?!'< ??'i.iv of a \i?\ou.< do.; until it
w a ? too l.iie to reaeh either fenee. One
\. a . -i r;. ? :."ii;li to en ape the att.u k
ty >. :11a t:v>\ but the other
-t.K'o ! :r>'..: d the tree, with the dog
1 i.i 1. ?. 1, until. by making sinaii
e.- e'.i'i '.li .i it was possible for his
' pur- a .' :<? 'i'.ai.e, he gained sulliciently
to gv;.?p tii" < o.r's tail, r.nd luld with
deeper..te ;;i in until nearly exhausted,
when la- it.tiled his companion and
i called to iiim to eo i e down.
| " 'What lor." .-aid the boy .
?? d v. aul you to help me li t this dog
I r?-'
i "il 1 cot.ld Ivt them go. s.v.d the
! rie-..'ienl, in edielusioii: "but tha'. is
! t.i If able. 1 am compelled to hald
on t ) tiiei.i and. make tlieni st.iv. .W'.v
rc/v ,\i .
Tho e>t>*oet ('.it- Fiend.
These Congressmen arc .juito like
other people. They enjoy their little
jokes nud like to imj? one another 011
what may se* :n tender s> ?? ts, occasion
ally. l{ni>crt?on. of Kentucky, who
succeeds JVnctor Ku >lt. is. in \he ab
sence of llclford. of Colorado, the red
dest headed, reddest faced, reddest
whwkcred man in tlie* House.
Killing up to the Capitol in a bob-tail
ear a day or two ago were Robertson
and a number of other member*, most
ly from the \\ est. Tliey were passing
jokes in a proihiscnous way, killing
time as the raw-lfoimd car horso drag
ged them slowly top tho hill.
"i don't kno.v whether you ovwr
heard of ift gentlemen,'' said ono of tho
parly, "butthey nave a law out in Kcn
tiii K.y ?|ui(e pveuliar to the state, and
which has mail my friend Robertson
hero i|uito famous in a certain way. It
is rather a peculiar law," hcoon'inucd,
:;?! everybody in tho enr, including
some ladies who chanced to be along,
began to look toward Robertson >vith
interest, "and i-, in brief, that any wo
rn.in who may be sentenced to bo hand
ed may be pardoned it anybody will, at
the last moment, come forward and
marry her. It happened," he contin
ued with M>mo gusto, as the inter.-st
began to grow with more intense and
Robertson began to grow more embar
rassed as the center of observation,
"that a woman was to be hanged there
(<ne day. At the last moment, when
they had her upon the cart under tho
gallows, the usn.il (,uc>tion was asked
whether there was any man there who
wculd save her from death bv marry
ing her. Robertson was there, and,
tender-hearted fellow that ho is, caino
to I ho front and said, 'Yes. I will.'
The woman was blindfolded. She was
told of the oiler, and began, naturally,
to ask for :\ description of the man she
was to marry to esoauo death. They
described him as well as they could ?
h:s age, his size, his shapely hand and
exquisite foot, and manly form, when
s"dd' .1 ly she ns1' d the color of his hair
and beard. An attendant whispered
tho truth in her oar. ' I lien drive, on
the kvarl, please,' < he said, find that
ended Robertson's matrimonial vent
ures."
'I hero was a roarof laughter in which
Robertson, who knows how to tako a
joke, joined and the crowd hurried out
as tho car reached the foot of tho Capi
tol steps. IIVtali;nylon I,'or, SI. Ltmix
I'ofl-//(.t/Kltr/i.
Ifive I*i>hItIoiim.
Vanderbilt is determined that his
sons-in-law shall become business-men.
As soon as young Twonibley married
his daughter ho gave him the job of
loading and unloading the freight in
New York. 'I bis is really an extensive
department in tho railway system and
requires a large force of clerks and la
borers. and also a number of steamers
and barges. The profit from this spec
ialty is estimated at J&IO,(MX) a year,ami
this puts Twonibley 011 an independent
basis. Tho two other sons-in-law
(Shepard and Sloan) are both able and
prosperous business men, the former
having a lucrative law practice, while
tho latter is one of the most extensive
carpet-dealers in the country. Dr.
Seward \\ ebb, ?I10 married t he vounv
est. of the daughters, has never made
medical practic* a success, mid his
father-in-law hi. been desirous of pro
viding for him out of that vast railway
patronage which lie Mill controls. The
recent resignation ??f Tillinghast, Presi
dent <>f Ih" sleeping car company, has
atl'oriled a .mil ili'.e opening, and the
doctor now nband' ns his profession in
fav r of a'-iiiecme I? -1111 worth Ylo.ooi)
a \ear. '1 here are f"W men that can
make vneli rich Movi-lon for those who
marr\ into I he f iniily.
A I" I encii in i? ? 111 :\ c i rci 11 :i r t o ill I
his fr.end a ? i:i ; why ihcy cultivated
a I ?e-i 11! A ? tic nvwfn nino
Hl-il>'<!, 1 lieca'i ?? I e. i !] |,, ? \ o.? I ".h iv
ing," I e U e ? ; . ? ;. .. | . ?, , | j,\\ is|| If,
catch cold " I;', i ' i- c-io -? | v\ j ), to
CO llce;i I It.id ti'-'li. I \\ i ? ? 11 ???uise I
wish to coli cc 11 the let.eth 'if 111" nose;"
Kil "bee ri ?c I : 111 :i sold e*r. I We || I y
If III se I VMS a -oiler ' sixty.
live "bee Ills" in-, Wife lilies it; ' I Well
t\ , /'it "iier ill e in, love likej it,"
filecn nivv. "i e I tin' t bey ivorn no
beards.
A calf with fife legs is one of (hn
curiosities to lie seen at l>.iflon, (.a.
<; mamngs.
I"or l::i f a century no Cabinet oiTlcer
has readied the Presidency.
I 1v?ii ( ounly.West Virginia, boasts
of a live-legged two-failed horse.
1 he pulsation of a cat's heart is said
to ue from 110 to 12U per minute.
Statistic.; show that clergymen livo
.ibout two H';irs longer than lawyors.
It is estimated that the forosts of
Scotland ield 10,000 deer annually.
The Arab compels his horso to fcod
torn t.;o ground in order to maintain
.lie ciirs e of the backbone.
1 lie latest rumor regarding tho earth
is th it it n i l be one huge globo of ico
in :t.u Mt/xiii ye u s from date.
I he longed continuous fiber known
!.m ' Au ort,inary cocoon of
a we.l-fed s.ikworn will ofton reel 1,000
yard.-.
Queen \ u toiia s private fortune is
o!n\ >?.'' ?'. "<). It is believed it will
Mih.ee to p y the debts of tho l'rineo of
>\ alc?.
"W ith a pen of gold dipped in tho
Oil ot ::i:;.lnc>s"is the wav the Nebras
ka e i : introduced his New Year's
I'd; tot: a 1.
Senater Seweil, of New Jersey, is
sa.d to u-c more ink in signing his
?rime t!: \ : any man in that brandi ,of
tlie C-m-.v-s.
liill I he great market
tiiroug:, wn.eh London buys her priu
1 l':K 1 supply, delivers monthly an
a\cr::-_e . f 1 l.itoo tons.
1 ;e e? >!?!??-! w eather ever experienced
!" ?' ' ti? w e>t was at Kort Benton,
111 '? w.,.-:> tho thermometer marked
>.- ;iees below Zero.
A ;; ?'? el ground for divorce is oftered
> ???' I - ? M'.a husband, who counts up
<';gh!y-one times when his wife has
s?ii'd him w.t . hot tea.
< ,iii:e e exjiorts of^tea to Great Uri
tain l.i< u.ir l.;:i ? 11.000,(XX) pounds,
and to t i.e United States 4,000,000
pound-., as compared with 188:5.
At Hie Calcutta exhibition tho second
prize ^ f<,:- I utter was awarded to a lino
vtmp.e of American oleomargarine.
Some one spoiled a good joko anil tho
judires reconsidered the award.
Not high-toned, but human ? tho
'piivt -ati>iact':on with which tho in
diiMiious editor beholds his ruthless
contemporaries stealing his glaring er
ror-. along with his valuable fuels.
l ennessec has 10,000 scjuaro miles of
timber land which is as vol practically
untouched: a tract larger by 1,500
--piare miles than Massachusetts.Rhode
'-land and Connecticut put together.
Statistics published by tho Ohio Di
vorce Reform league show that over
two thousand divorces are now grante*!
annually in that State. This is an in
crease of per cent, in nineteen
years.
1 he City of Mexico has livo railroads,
a sph ml id street car system, tolegraph
wires to aH the world," a telephone ser
vice with 70) subscribers, six daily
newspapers, electric lights and the best
bath houses in America.
Tho Brtish drink bill for 1883 foots
up ;$*<>,37o. The quantity agtrro
gatos 1,0.12; 142,158 gallons. This would
make u: lako a mile Ion
-4vM?Trffl
suftlclo
TJf'o iyTnc
eflect that tho American Government
has advanced claims to land In tho Fiji
Islands, in behalf of its subjects who
settled there before tho annexation of
the territory by this British.
London mail carriers now call at
piivate residences for parcols, tho sanio
as do express messengers in this coun
try. A scarlet card is furnished by tho
postal authorities, which,when display
ed in the window, insures a call from
tho postman.
A mechanical curiosity has just boon
eoinjth \ 1 by a shoemaker in Utica,
N. \ ., consisting of two houses, each
six feet >.piare, and containing wooden
figures working at trade*. There aro
nearly 200 of those figures, and tho
moti\o power is a small tliroe-horso
power engine.
A pamphlet has lately beon published
in London advocating tho fining ol
people who have more than threo chil
dren. There is no question hut that
the theories advanced by Mrs. llesnnt
have gradually taken n very strong
ln>ld on tin? people of England.
When a Thibetan lovor parts from
his sweetheart, after oalling upon her,
he twirls his cap over his head, bows in
rovereice, and then puts out his tonguo
jtoits full length.the lattor performance
having l :.e-nine allectionato significance
a1? the parting kiss between lovors ol
other countries.
A properly developed, full-grown man
weighing 1.01 pounds ought, according
to Professor Ituxloy, to consume daily
/j.doo grains of lean beefsteak, 6,000
grains of bread, 7,0 )0 grains of milk,
3,000 grains of potatoes, 000 grains of
buttor and 'J'J/.H)) grains of water.
Outside of 2,0<M) or 3,000 German and
Frenchmen who bronght communistic
theories with them from Kurope, the
New York > un does not beliovo that
there nre.'jO'M' mimunists in Now York,
and in the Union as a whole tho num
ber is insignificantly small In compari
son with the total body of workers.
In a Dakota town a curiosity in tho
shape of a chicken heart was, from its
large and peculiar size, opened for ex
amination. ami in the center of tho
heart was found a grain of whont or
rice, with sprout* shooting out from
the small whilo gram, which, ol course,
caused the enlarged, odd-looking honrt.
The marble trade of San Francisco iFt
worth ?|,ooi),o:?o annually, one-fourth
of which sum lias heretofore been paid
to the C.irrara Quarry, of Italy. With
the new San Francisco company ope
rating in the Alaska quarries, tuo city
hopes to purchase hereafter its ontiro
supply from it*.own citizens, and at the
same time to got a marble of frqual
beauty as lieretofore.
Alf i'r.iter, of Gainesville, (?n., has
con-.!rtieied a model of t)ie Brooklyn
brii|e??. It is four feet wide, thirty fovt
long, and weighs 7.V? pounds Three
hundred :t>? <I lifly figures are kept mov
ing on it. representing men, women,
draVs, e uriages, ears, etc., and nndor
the brid;'e are boats in real water, mak
ing the -.(???ne wonderfully like tho real
bri?kge.
I He height of tli" Arabian camel at
the shoiihler-i is bet .veen six and seven
feet, and the eolor of I lie rather coarse
hair is of various shades of brown.
The first attempt to amo mt one cnlls
for no little deteritv.as the usual mode
i-i to be-triii" t'?_[? animal while he is on
his knees, and^t a no easy matter for
a novjee to tririinlaiii the correct "con
ter of gnVVtfy" when the animal rfsns.
The British soldiers, howovor, have
entered ihis novel service with consid
erable enthusiasm, and have been din
posed to make pets of their new com
panions, although they report thus far
it seems i ?> tie a most "unsocial beast."
Toronio (ilohc.