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' > CLASS IO BUSTS.
the mystery of fine busts explained
to a bashful reporter?a great cal1
ifornia invention.
. [Prom the San Francisco Chronicle.]
In this modern aud artificial age, when
. ladies; so love to stuff, pad. lace and twist tho
~ ' human form divine as to make it graceful,
ok- i dMnite ativ little short-comings of n&tnrc in ;
VOL. YYVtT. '^AMDEW. S. O , THTOSP^ NOVEMBER 211872. NO. Iti,
way of an imperfect figure, we are not
natoni|hed to bear doily of new patents and
aiding the dressmaker in her
worts to' improve nature's . hand*Believing
that something new was needed
to give additional prominence?contour, dedelopwent,
embonpointment, or what you
' will?to the female fortnr a modiste of this
city has lately invented and patented a tin
bust. A Chronicle reporter sought the inventress
at her manufacturing rooms.?
^ Climbing a flight of stairs, he rapped timidly
at her door, for what man does not feel a
4 little shaky when about to explore the mysteries
of the feminine toilet? A plump,
bright looking little woman, with rosy cheeks
and a smile that bespoke good humored
cuteness, opened the door and said :
"well, sir v
Reporter?Madam, I am a?I heard?excuse
me?I understand that you are the inventress
of a tiu?a tin b-b-b?that is a tin
model for ladies, madam. 1
r '"Modiste?1*08, sirj; patent tin. busts. Bo
'you wish to purchase one ?
. The reporter explained his occupation,
and informed the lady that he had merely
called, thinking that some inijjrmation con
: rrrnnf i n iron f inn would nrOVe Of
CCI U HIq lllC glVUV IU(VUV?^M .. ? ,
interest to the lady readers of the Chroniclp.
^Oh, dear, so you are a ^reporter ? .Well I,
declare I don't knot? whether I ou?ht to
show yea uiy patent bust or not. You newspaper
men?and especially the Chronicle
mer*?aye so saucy; land then you are so
cruelly sarcastic sometimes that I really am
afraid of the Chronicle, though I would not
do without it for the world. Now, I know
you oame up here to make fun of this bust
of mine; diarist you ?"
Reporter?No, Madam. I assure you I
* came to write something in the cause of
science and improvement.
Modi9te?Well, then, I suppose I must
show it to you. So walk right in.
IN THE LION'S DEtf.
. >s. v >The reporter turned as red as a beet as he
VVentoxed a room where -some comely girls
dp busy catting and sewing something.?
j He\took 8 neat, yearly missing the chair,
ventress retired into anotherroom to getthe"
* wonderful bust. gThe girls cast mischeivous
glances at him that made him feel like a cat
"-4 * in a strange garret. Presently the invent*
? * ,
ress returned, bearing in ber bands a tin
thing that resembled John McCullongh's
breastplate when he does "Richard III."
She piaeed itio the reporter's lap,--which
started the girls to-giggling again, and made
him feel like two strange oats in a garret.
Modiste?You see this is just like the
b6dy of a lady. It is made of tin, and wo
mafce them to any size.
A HORRIBLE BLUNDER.
Reporter?How in the world ?an a lady
wear one of these stiff, uncomfortable^
things? "--v. Modiste?Why,
dear me, they do not wear
them at all. They are dummies?models on
which to fit dresses. v
At this point the girls screeched, and the
inventress had to quiet them by a reprimand.
Reporter?Oh! I see; you only adjust
tho pattern on this?this bust.
Modiste?Yes; its just like fitting a dress
on a live'woman, you seo, only it does not
fidget like some of them. It's convenient.
You can take it in your lap while you are
fitting on the dress, and you can't do that
with a live w.omau, you know.
The reporter blushed, and said he rather
thought not. . j . .
Modiste?Of course not; it's not a bit inconvenient
to carry around, though it is so
large! See here, I ymt my hat in it. It
makes- a splendid hat-box to put in your
trunks while you are traveling?a hat can't
get inashed a bit. We make them of all
sizes and furnish patterns, wire-stand and
everything complete, so that a lady can ad?
just her bust to the hoighth of her figure,
and make a dress fit-exactly. Oh, it if extremely
convenient, I assure you. If you
are rich, and don't want to bother with running
to your dress-maker so.oftcn to get your
dress tried on to see how it's being made,
why all you need to do is to get a bnst and
leave it at the dress-maker's with your order.
3 JfiQH ''' Raporter?I
see, madam. Very nice ar-.
rangement.
THE ECONOMY OP THE THING.
Modiste?Yes, and if you are only respectable,
and like to wear neat-fitting dresses,
and can't afford to pay a dress-maker
twenty-five dollars for making one, why you
can get one of my patent tin busts and cut
and fit your own dresses. Then, too, if you
are a professional dress-makeir and wish to
make a favorable display of your goods,
these arc the best things you can get* See
there (laying her hand on two very visible
proturberancptou the model) thatjupsets
off a bodice Or* fcact chattfingly.- *
Reporter?Suppose that those who order
these?ur-ah?these inventions?are not?
ur-ah?well developed, tall and-straight ?
Modiste?Oh, that's the beauty of these
busts. W the purchaser is not well-formed,
we make Ihe bust so ahyhow-; and'wheh the
dress is fitted to it and padded, it's l^eal
graceful, I assure you. We never have any
trouble about that.
A SUPrOSABLE CAS?.
Reporter?If a young lady should purchase
oue of these, would she not outgrow it
and the dresses fitted to it become too small ?
Modiste?All that they have to do is to
send ' ft back add get it enlarged. If it's a
very fa? womaiaa&d she growsfean, we can
* make her "tin b'ust smaller. .* -? ;
9 Here the reporter rose to go, expressing
I
the belief that the madam's great invention
would prove a success. He was politely
bowed out, and passed dow'n the stairs.?
When he reached the bottom he stood for a
moment pondering on the deceits of the
world, and of the fickle fiairin particular.
Just as he stepped into the street he felt,
something strike him on the head, and heard
a peal of silvery laughter from tie window
above. He picked up the soft missile with
which he had been struck. It was a lot of
Cotton rolled in paper. And this the parting
salute that the tin bust girls gave the
bashful Chronicle man.- %
A Railroad Raoe (
SINGULAR COLLISION AND A LIGHTNING
' ' RAQE.
Onrt nf the most sineular accidents in the
annals of the railway occured in this city
yesterday morning?startling the staid old
town out of its propriety and furnishing
material for conversation during the succeeding
twenty-four hours.
THE COLLI8ION.
Yesterday morning, between the hours of
seven and eight o'clock, as the engine M. P.
Stovall?belonging to the Georgia Railroad
Company?was coming down the railroad
track, near the Augusta Factory; the engineer
attempted to slacken speed and the throttle
valve broke. This accident caused the engineer
to Ipse all control over the locomotive,
and both Himself and the fireman jumped
from the train, as to have remained on board
would have been to needlessly endanger their
lives. The engine kept the track, and came
rapidly along the track into the Georgia Rail
road yard. In the. meantime the Ashley?a
shifting engine belonging to the South
Carolina Railroad Company?had left the
yard of that company, and was pushing several
freight cars to the Union Depot. When
the engine and cars reached Jackson street
the engineer and fireman saw the M. P.
Stovall coming rapidly towards them. As
they leaned out of the side of the cab the
Georgia Railroad engine struck the freight
/iom front nf the Ashlev. The shock
threw both the engineer and the fireman to
the groud. The freight ears were badly
crushed, and the M. P! Stovall was thrown
from the track with great violence, together
with the tender. The tendor fell very near
the spot whore the engineer of the Ashley
lay, and the latter only escaped death by a
few, inches. IWfore the Engineer jumped,,
however, he reversed his.engine ; the shock
broke tbe draw bar, the. engine and tender
were loosed from the cars and began to move
rapidly b*ckwarda,dam> Washington street.
and towar<fi chfe SaVannahrriverr "
THE BACK. ,.V
The engine and tender were now free?
the engine reversed, the throttle valve open,
and the engineer and fireman lying on the
ground. The Arther it j^ent Jhe faster was
the rate of speed. It went down "Washingstreet
like Deiter or the American Girl on
the home-stretch. The early risers were
astonished and .alarmed, while afew sanguine
Greeley men, who Jiad^ot lost all hope, im
agined that the Liberal Republicans bad
earried Dade county and the Ashley was.
carrying the returns to Washington City.
Near Reynolds street, a hand car; belonging
to the Caroling Road, came around the corner.
In the car were seyeral workmen, a
quantity of boards and carpenter's material,
and a longancfe^erv heavy stick of timber
placed lengthway, and hanging over a little
in front. When the men saw the locomotive
coming they smelt danger, and after attempting
unsuccesslhlly to get th^car off the track,
they made a most .rapid" and masterly retreat.
The tender struck the beam, which ran
under it, wedged itself firmly to the car, and
carried the latter on with it. The Ashley
and its new attachment went through the
railroad yard like the comet. Fortunately
the track was clear and the switches all right,
and it dashed over the bridge and across the
river without let or hindrance. The runaway
machine did not stop until nearly three
miles from the bridge, when the steam gave
out and it came to a halt. When the engine
had passed the bridge, Col. Meredith,
manifesting his usual energy and vigi.ance,
dispatched a hand car after it, and the fugitive
locomotive was brought back to the city in
safety. No damage was done except to the
M. P. Stovall, which fell from the track, and
the freight cars, which were crushed by the
collision. It was the most novel runaway
accident on record.?Augusta Chronicle.
/ j : : , ' \ ?*
Classification of Fashionable Women.?A
lively correspondent, writing from
New York upon the subject of fashionable
women in that city, sub divides thorn into
sir well-defined varieties. First we have
the woman who wishes to combine fashion
with godliness, and who is always uncertain
which of the two should be paramount.
Grace Church and Fifth avenue arc the
termini of the littl? of this class. - "In one
she worships, and in the other she is worshipped,"
ne>atly observes the dissecting letter-writer.
The next type is the literary woman
of fashion, who makes books?the rarer
and the more ancient the better?her hobby,
and who discourses learnedly on authors of
whom she knows nothing about, or else
knows only through newspapers and maga
zine criticism. "She is sure she would have
adored Dante or Shakspearc," says our social
anatomist; "and yet it will be revealed
some morning that she is engaged
to Mr. Simpson Sugarhouse, the wholesale
grocer, and as Mrs. Sugarhouse she will
drop her affectations and become the mother
of matter-of-fact- children." Another variety
of these charming enthusiasts is the musical
wonder of the salons?the young lady who
from the ago of six, has had Becthoven'f
sontse, Mozart's masses, and Gluck's figure!
drummed into- her, and who renders then
mechanically, and without in the least com
prehending their spirit; who plays pieces o)
her "composition," which are believed tc
have beep the work of her old^German mu
sid master^ and who frighte'ns away suitor!
by dwelling too persistently upon octaves
staffs and counter points when she well
knows that the young m&n have more taste
for negro uiinistrelsy than for symphonies.
Other types are the art belle, who has caught
the infection of the pre-Rephaclite school,
and who passes her time in chatting about
. the Old Master and in painting poor pictures;
the benevolent wotuen of fashiou, with whom
benevolence means to drive about in the
poor districts?to the House of Industry,
the Five Poiuts Mission, the Newsboy's
Home?and although without any genuinq ?'
generosity in her comjttsitiQn, to make ureat j
ado over her pQrfoinm*ices; and finally,^ thg. '
wiss^thro^io.. he^^ret^n^y^l, ^w|| ^
if ?B .?? 5
? Lady Pillula.' *
RY TI1E AUTHOR OP "OINX's BABY." 1
Lady Pillula was nearly eighty years of J
age, with the withering marks of time deep - .
ly written on her features and mittened '
hands. Yet no small vitality remained in
her frame. She had nothing to do. so she 1
took medicine. With little interest in those ^
who were about her to attract attention, she 1
fixed it on herself, and that part of the body '
which be came the sole and specific object J
of her regard was her intestines. It is J
affirmed by physicians that one may, by '
nervous concentration of thought npou one 1
spot of the body, induce or aggravate a local 1
morbid action. This was Lady Pillula's 1
peculiarity. Her passion was pills.., Of '
these she was at onco an artist, a connoisseur, *
and a miser. Vast collections of empty pill- '
boxes lumbered her room. She took pills (
?1 m mrp In the moraine, before break- ;
fast, at eleven in the forenoon, at one.* She ]
took Holloway's as an appetizer for lunch, J
and counteracted the effects of that untime- (
ly meal with the oelebratef^nti-bilious pills 1
of Cockle. Her dinner was inaugurated by {
three boluses of rhubarb, and concluded with *
aloe. Tier nocturnal podophyllin was never *
omitted. She scanned the newspaper every *
morning for one purpose, the discovery of <
new pills; while her sister. Lady, W.,songht
the columns of fashonablc intelligence, and 1
Lord W. perused the stock lists, she was {
busy registering the latest novelty in pillular 1
invention. On the first occasion of her 1
reading the advertisement of the notorious 1
Rcvulcnta Arabica, headed, "No more fulls ]
or anv other medicine," the announcement 1
proved too much for her, and she fainted. 1
She only recovered on the exhibition of a (
whole box of "Brandreth's." One form of ^
pill she abhorred, namely, the minute glob- '
ules of the Jiomaepatlustfl. These ^ Bho c^n^ 1
adnlt interior.
The most agreeable surprise you could (
pass upon her was to present her wi^i a box '
of new pills. She w?uld take them the 1
???? auAiiii>? nml nrnnonnce on their nuali- *
v.-liun.g r._ ,
tics the next day with the precision and 1
gusto of a connoisseur. Indeed, the mania 1
affected her morality. She became morbid 1
in pursuit of her fancy; invading her sister's
boudoir, or even Lord W.'s dressing-room,
in the hope of finding some stray box of her 1
condiments. If a visitor happened to carry '
such specifies about with him, or left tbem '
in his room, Lady Pillula took tithe of them. <
She had several times been u&rly p oisoned. J
Once she swallowed a num$r\of .Buckshot '
which an incautious sports&an^had turned 1
into an empty pill-box on unloading hisgnn. *
In anothor instance some glass beads met *
with a similar accident. \
One item of comfort to be extracted from 1
this strange but authentic case, should not 1
pass unmarked. Notwithstanding the vast 1
numbers of portentous patents, fr^m the exhi- J
bition of winch innumerable consequonceB 1
were pledged to ensue, Lady Pillula's organs
seemed contrived to resist them all. It was '
onlv affected by the blue pill in unusual 1
quantities, or prescriptions administered by 1
her physicians; the harmlcssness of most patent
pills was a source of vexation to her though
it proved the simplicity of materials with
which people are gammoned.
Lord W. used to amuse himself occasionally
at his sister-in-law's expense. He asked
Savory of Corbyn for their latest inventions,
and brought home boxes of them. He himself
slily mixed some, rare and monstrous
compositions, ranging from pitch to beeswax
or broad, and was entertained to find that
the old lady placed some of these higher in
her standard of excellence. When, however,
he twitted her with her credulity, and
with the perils to which sho was exposing
herself by her unreasonable addiction to such
fraudulent devices, she replied upon him
vathcT. sharply:
'Everybody takes pills of some some sort,"
she said. "Some swallow opinions wholesale
without knowing much of what is in them.
Some people take their priest's prescription
as if it were certain to contain a specifio for
their souls.r?Others take their political
ideas from political quacks, and gulp them '
with the most credulous simpllcty. I have
soen you take for granted any pill the editbr
of the Chimes makes up for you of a morning,
and having known you to be the worse fof
/~4*1 ?1-" !.?? nta IflAlrnil vifllrMl.
ir. uincr pcupic ?ucig ouv iw^w^ ?* ?? ?.
ly at her brother-in-law?"are not so simple."
A newspaper man in Boston, a member
i iu good standing of the Bachelor Club, who,
from the nature of his business, never attempts
to effect a capture of the early worm,
was a few mornings since, awakened by a
i diligent rapping upon the door of his suit of
| rooms, and after rubbing his eyes for a mo
mentj went to the door and asked what was
wanted. The applicant for admission proved
[ to be a person engaged in gathering certain
, census statistics, and the following dialogue
i ensued:
j Census Man?"Have you any children
i that have been born within a year ?"
Newspaper Man?"No!"
f C. M.?" How old is your youngest child?"
> N. M.?" Seventy-eight years."
. . ' C. SL?"?Want tabuy any soothing syrup
j. for him?" . ' ,
N. M. (fojuiVor)?" (3old, by Jove!" -
4b'0|M Uftd of CholeraThe
latfcji|^ort3 by the cable of cholera
in Hangaw^Ui Prusasia, and in Ireland lend
a speciwSgTOt to the evident earnestness
with whi(ffift?e English public have begun
to press more direct commtuica*
tion witKqfndia. A Parliamentary Committee
latljysat to investigate the various
plans prbVKd -for rnrining rails from the
shores of ffieHa to the head of the Persiad
Gnlf, andji report favoring two out of the
many prelected routes is the twin offspring of
its labors^.'. As it is notposible for bot^b tbd
plaowwammended to develop into iealthjr
raztid&Sh- Darwin will be gratified' witq
anctKermrtancc to illlustrate his theory that
6nly the,:?test arc destined to survive. But
whethefj|e route by Scandaroon to Basaora
be nltimtfely adopted, of the alternative!
Bcheihewbidh will travel direct to Koweyt,]
It appeaweertain that the lapse of a very
few yeafi trill see the Porsian Fmpire and
British Ifidia brought into direct railway;
commupiS&oli with the West.
The mercantile world in Europe, will feel;
a just satisfaction when this result shall have"
beon attained. But there is one point of
rital importance to the great mass of the in-:
habitants wEurope, and for that matter to!
this country as well, which a money-loving]
Railway tympany may be inclined to over
look. Cqoljtfa, like a pale spectre,- will step
uninvited feto the car, and descend with the
returning^travelers to explore every city
ilong thb'^mte. * This is no imaginary (evil.
Six times sine? the year 1823 has thef. destroying
angel breathed on the face of Europe,
ind in eMK oUe science has distinctly framed
the In deduction of the epidemic to the
Pilgrim Cfdwds carrying back.the prophet's
blessing and Cholera's curse to their homes
in T?flotM)nuPti*Arvo ' TTin linmo nf Aft A
jaae in l&dostnn, and thence it waa conreyed
by Mussulinen to Mecca! , and other
dirines iwthe East. Mohommedan devotees
fronjffinrope catch the infection from
heir Indian fellow idol-worshippers, .and, |
has the pestilence is carried to the homes
)f the Wp..
When # has once established itself in 'a- j
?rticnlar locality the seeds of .the malady
ure diffoaed by water. It is found impossible
o preventllight infiltration from.the drain-,
ige 8yste?6fa town into its wells. Even in
riaoes WMl ao drains exist there are e^ll
:>eoj>le whoWbe and wash . their garments
vhen a sArer from Cholera has bathed bat
)tioe in a^hroiMi whole community has
bronghraoTmn^^BOpfcdj hMllny plains"
>f Colorado.Wherever those soldiers haltad
they left the seeds of the dlser^e behind,
ind every paving caravan suffered from an
fltoAaiiA nrt/3 a mon f\V tVft
J UVUIOAK. VI OUQ UUTVBO^) UIJU w uu*u v* vmw
route along which the regiment had marched
night have been drawn by simply noting
die spots in which cholera had appeared.
Curious Trlqraphic Facts.?In the
working of the telgraph some curious facts
save been observed. A message sent through
land lines and under sea cables, travels
quicker to the place whichhas the longer land
line than to the shorter. From Amsterdam
to London with greater speed than in the
reverso direction; the reason being that on
the English side is a wire oi one hundred
ind', thirty ifailes; then a cable of one hundred
jmd twenty, and on the Dutch side a
cable of thirty mi'es. This difference howver,
can be rectified by a scientific contrivance.
Another fact arrived at by observation
is, that on wires stretched east and west,
the speed is decreased every day about noon.
The cause we are informed is not clear; but
it is supposed to be due to the diurnal variation
inearth currents. It is a fact that gut
ta percha decays rapidly, and becomes brittle
and porou* when exposed to the light, but
under water appear^ to undergo no change
whatever. Gotta percha when it is sunk
into the sea for twenty years, shows no sign
of decay, which must be regarded as a condition
in which nature comes to the aid of
mechanical and electrical science.
Many attempts have been made to devise
a tell-tale to show whether a watcher has
gone his rotmd faithfully during the night;
but not many have succeeded". Among the
latest and best is the one now in use in the
Penitentiary, Lousanne, invented by Mr.
Cauderoy, which effects its object by electricity.
A disk of paper divided into twelve
hours, ip set in movement by clock work. A
number of electric magnets are fixed in front
of the disk, and these are connected in the
usual way with buttons or keys placed in
different parts of the building. These buttons
indicate the stations on the watchman's
round, and he is expected to push at each
one as he passes it. The push excites the
electro-magnet and releases a pricker, which
starts forward and makes "a hole in the pa
per disk. This disk may be placed id any
part of the building?m the Inspector's office
or Governor's room; conaequently, auy
neglect or evasion on the part of the watchman
is immediately detected.
"Waiter 1"?A European correspondent
of the Syracuse Journal relates the following
touching experience:
I have just had an experience which
leads me to a subject on which I have
thought deeply, vie: "Foreign waiters."
A volume might be written on the subject.
These waiters are fearfully and wonderfully
made. I would like to anatomise several of
them and choose my own subjects. They
know no such word as "haste." No matter
1 ? > loowno fkn a?ma firaoainp
UUW DUUU tuo U?1U reaivoj, vuu umu.w vWVH.v
formality moat be passed through before one
can satisfy the cra7ings of the appetite.?
After ordering food in seven different languages
and waiting some time, a fork will be
placed before yon. Yon have ample time to
examine the fork minutely?also to clean it.
.A,t the proper time a knife is brought; and
you begin-to dbaer up/ Then the waiters
assemble in convention, hold sevoreh prize
debates and disease various topics, social
and political, after which it may oceur to
them that you have ordered food; if so; and
you understand the order, you may get.it in
the course of time. Any traveler wiH oo>
dorse that description. Sometimes it is even
worse than this. If any one is regardless of
his reputation, the best way is to act like the
so called nobility?look fierce aod make all
| the noise you can. We tried this plan once
and it worked well, As soon as we saw thrf
hotel we stood up in the carriage and shouted
at the top of our voices: "Food, food, the fanquet
food prepare." When we reached the
hotel we found tlie hotel in arms ready to
receive us. They probably mistook us for
"queen dowagers," or members of the royal
family. Entering the house we took each;
waiter aside and told him confidentially we
were suffering for rood on a plate. Then looked
more fierce and made noise, no servant1
escaped us, and4fceplan was successful. I
rather poded . frsolf on this device. Bj
speaking Jto each one confidentially, yon will;
observe that we led him to think he was the
favored one and would receive the fee where-;
as they were all victims of misplaoed confi-'
dence. I
It is said the following letter was wiitten
to a lady in Pittsburg by a bereaved and
stricken widow in Cincinnati:
Dearest Louisa:?Darling John died
last night* Congestion of the Inftgs. Our loss
is hisgain. I will join him on the other shore
I have ordered the loveliest mohair for the
funeral?made wiph polonaise and trimnUfcl
with real point lace. Loss covered by insurance
on the ten year plan; wiH be paid in
sixty days.-. I know you sorrow with me
We lutf four doctors at two dollars A visit.
Aunt Maria will hot go into pnournjng, bertvrrBA
bPip Iibb insf. hnucht licr wintflr th intra.
Her bonnet?is a gtrav?. There is a balm in
Gilead; but my heart is .almost broken.?
Send tae a <mt'patter pattern of that sacque
ofyoore. Yonrirderotedly. - Sah^jt
If We may be permitted to say.a word respecting
the afflicted widow, it would. be to,
the effect that she will probably sope in*5
fresh man within twelve months, and pay Ibr
her wedding, garments ont of the cash provided
by darling John upori" the ten-year
plan.. v.
- j: - ' ' r V - \nrpsj . U? '
; "Please, Lend Me Ten Cents.'?We
were very much surprised the other day to
w
tbo yohng man when be was.a. bright, promising
yontli ^t school; and we remember,
too/when hfi! made a good- attempt at business.
.. His father left him- something, and
he had. what was quite as vaToable as money,
the confldenco of the public. Tbe old story
is interwoven with his misfortunes. He
was convivial, and company and the flowing
bowl bad greater fascinations than either tbe
substantial friends or the claims of bosinessEven
bis mother, who bad been left a widow
for some years, kind and tender as she was,
forbearing in regard to his growing vioe,
even' to a fault?covering many times his
ninlifW anraiaa wifVi fVio manfla nf fthftrif.w And
forgiveness, had no power to awaken him to
his danger. Indeed, it was a long time before
she saw any. The delicate hints of
friends on the subject were not kindly received.
"It ain't so," was the frequent
abrupt reply, until it was found that a suggestion
on the subject was always followed
by the loss of friendship. "I will say no
more," was the resolution of many a warm
friend who had found that even a hint was
followed by a frown. But the truth is now
sadly apparent. The hopeful mother doubts
no more; friends who were all the time hoping
for the best, have given up all hope.
The object of solicitude is a mere street
loafer, importuning every passer by for the
loan of ' ten cents." His business long ago
broken up, public confidence withdrawn, his
mother broken-spirited, his friends covered
with shame, he wanders about, the poor victim
of a social habit, which- to-day is held
up as respectable, and even sanctioned by
law. That manly step and fine personal
form, which only a few years ago, was the
admiration of ail, baa been changed into tne
repulsive mendicant asking for the pitiful
sum of "ten cents," and when offered a bowl
of soup or a cup of coffee and a sandwich
instead, he trembliugly says, "They will do
me no good?I must have something to
strengthen my nerves, or die."
It is only necessary, by way of admonition,
to say that there is hot a young man
to-day in the city of Trenton, who is in the
habit of indulging in the convivial practices
to which we have referred, who can say that
he is less liable to fall into the same degration,
or who has stronger motives, or more
respectable friends, to shield him from the
sad fate of the "ten cent beggar.
Trenton Gazette.
Strange Instance of Presentiment.
?A gentleman who is temporarily absent
from home and stopping in the city,, relates
to us that after retiring to bed night before
last, and before going to Bleep, he seemed all
at once to be in a room at home. Everything
about the room seemed as real and
tangible as if he were that moment in it. It
could not be a dream, because he had never
for a moment Tost his consciousness. Upon
a bed in the room lay his brother, and leaning
over the bed stood his mother in great
seemiug distress. All day yesterday he
coald not banish the incident from his mind,
and last night came the sequel. He received
a letter from home saying that his brother
had fallen from a high wiudow, and ever
since had lain in an unconscious state in the
room which he had so plainly sden the night
betore, find that his mother had scarcely left
his bedside. We have this information
from a geptleman of intelligence and a dia
b?liever -iir&tt'spiritual "manifestations.
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1 - A man of letters?the postmaster. # *
Painter's epitaph: "He died anif made
no sign." f
' A Burlington, Iowa, firm advertises Bibles
"superior to say other." -Y :* jt. ?
Punch has found a m&n too laxj,to labor
nnder ttimpwoo,.,,
A school board that isrpever elected?A
blackboard. l?
Who ia the ftqst boy mentioned fa fifoe .
Bible?-chep.i r(.
Iowa infants are curtailing their preoiogs
mniw livaa (nA Tndi't rnnluir cmTVfl
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White law Keid says that on the koine
stretch "we were stretched very much top
thin" .*
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When does a man look like a cannon
ball? Whdl he looks iwuid.!
JS&,4a mh # fH }?&i w
lfs in a hogshead. ' J' b 11
The jouthwho wooldhsre a will of hiaown
has been' struck' etf df tGt of hufiftirl7 f
Brilliant ideas are; like shirt buttons, jtli^
?e
When ? fromA.WWfl^hf
Tlin Usf ofinV^ fnr KicrllAf Vft^nui NlVWWtiJ.
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if that of the prize fighters.
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The. blegraph wire not pphr-epiide* .the
earth, bat extends it from, pole to pole.
kiuV? *. i>:*77.r^u.ita*,'.?t OWi
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surprised, astonished, taken all aback, bat
never dumbfounded.
A fssbiomble Chicago girl,C4mes'?*tIie
i rag on buttoned glovss.. tsbe^jaa 63 buttons
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j The proof-reader-at-J. R. Osgood k Co.'s
'is a great traveler; he goastttf tfetfAIMrfio
montblyi' ' >" ' ' >!? i* -n^A.
I' An. .undertaker's. office reoedfly/Jams the.'
'following J inscription "Griff for a dead
man--^Sck sbon.' 1
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The. following is the proposal.
bent of a Western tailpr: Wanbi-r^fp;
or three steady girls to puton pants "
- An editor who received* letter .in which .
feather was written "wothalr^' sap lb was'
pe worst speu of weatfcerriio had,oversee*o
"A.'witonce asked a peasant whit part he ,
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do you use for your wld ?" "Five handkefdriefiaday,aa<km*
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A watering-place correapondent writes that
"very, few bathers bathe at the West End," ,
whereupon Mrs. Partington says she "hadan,
idea that they bathed all over."
A knowing one aays it may beset down
as a rule that the sentimental young ladies >
y rho scratch off poems about.death, and the
{ rave have holes in their stocking* ;
"Bobby, why don't your mother sew your
trowsersf" " 'Cause she's at the votary sewing
for the heathen!"
Clarion, Ky., can boast of the champion
gormandizer, in the person of a youth, who,
after despatching a hearty Bupper, put away
?atAtra nn^AP Uiu vroof in an lirttlW
aiA ujOMJi flvgna uuwa UU IWV^ ?U ?H MVM*
and a half, at a ladies' fair, and he still'
lives.
Here is a good business-like epitaph: . ,
"Here Has Jane Smith, wife of Thomas
Smith, marble-cutter. This monument ~ was
erected by her husband as a tribute to her
memory and a specimen of his work. Monuments
of the same style $250."
! I talked with a minion from her Majesty's
dominions. Says I, Where are you goiig?"
Says he, "To hide a.hpe^j.,Says I, "What ;
are you going to hide t hoe for V' Says he, .
"I didn't say hide a hoe, I said hide a hoe."
SaysT, "Spell. it."' Says he, ?I-4-a,hb." .
"Oh I" says I, "Idaho." "Yes," say he,
"Hide a hoe," "
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The editor of the Alabama State Journal
mildly rebukes the heartless compositors for
setting up, "apples and oranges" Jfcr, "Alpha ,
and Omega." The
Cincinnati Enquirer has reduced 1
itemizing to a scienoe. Here is a late ex- - >
ample: Henry Layman, shoemaker, Terre ?
Haute?bed-cord. Jadousy. -.:\i n .; I ,v..f
The trnth is unconsciously told in the foL
lowine line from an advertisement: "Babies, -1
after having taken one bottle of my soothing f
syrup, will never cry any more/'-'" a ?
, Annio Campbell, a Canadian dairy-maid,
lately died, aged one hundred and thirty-one '
years. She had' pulled the juice out of
fifteen generations of cows in her time. ' -
"Boy," said an ill-tempered old man to a
noisy lad, "what are you holleriri'' for when
I am going by?" "Humph!" returned the
boy, "what are you going by for when I ata
, hollerin' ?" ' . 'rr .1
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A Chicago merchant advertised recently f
"a boy wanted," and before he got dowjj
town his clerk met him, breathless, and told- ,
him that his wife had twin boys. It pays to ? .
advertise!
A Pennsylvania farmer at an auction
bought an old hearse because he'd "been
wanting a rig of some kind to take Mariar . .
and the children to circusses and fairs, and
haul taturs in."
It requires, more delicacy ot couco, a Dec* - t
ter acquaintance with the inner emotions o? r a
the heart, and grander pathos of sentiment ?
to make a declaration of love than it does to
. .."or ,'u-' .: ) z.- -run
put up a stove. ;
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Indian affairs are becoming more and more ' ~t
, complicated. A perfidious chief has elpped., *
with a Detroit #