The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, August 11, 1887, Image 2
The wise men of the country are tell- i
ing speculators to go slow and look out j
for squalls. There is too much loading
up with fictitious values, and the rush
of speculation is certain to bring on a j
smash-up. When things are booming is
the time to be prudent.
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| In criticising Henry George's land
theories, Prof. Dwight of Columbia Col- j
lege, says: "Without private property j
in land no man ean have an assured ,
birth-place or burial-place. No tred'can -j
be planted that he can call his own, Tipr j
can any dwelling be erected that wml
give him assured shelter."
| Tha Congregational minister at Rockport,
Mass., duiing twenty-two months,
buried from his congregation, sixteen
people, the eldest of whom was 85, the
youngest 60, and the average of their
oges is 76 years. It is doubtful if any
other town in the country can show a
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BJUiiiur rt'curu ui ucatus wuw v*
church, of so many elderly people in so
short a time "with so high an avcrojrn
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l An English paper calls attention to ,
th? movement toward building ship ^
canals. As showing the extent and |
nature of the movement, it instances the
Panama- and the North Sea canals, on
which work is being actively pushed.
It also mentions the canal across the
J'"1""13 "LgmfAj'j'iielii"
The fact that trade interests, large as
they are, bear only a secondary part in
the construction of the North Sea canal,
is noted as showing the interest which
Germany takes in her navy. The canal
really is a military road in case of war.
To make her fleet more effective
Germany is willing to spend nearly ?8,000,000
on a canal.
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May bridge, the photographer of
horeesin motion, has finished his long
scries of experiments at the University of
Pennsylvania, and has a collection of i
700 pictures, covering a very large
variety of subjects, animal and human, i
One of the pictures shows twelve dis- (
tinct photographs of a professional 1
catcher, in the act of catching a ball ]
pitched to him with all the speed of <
which a crack "twirlcr1' is capable. In ]
the fraction of a second which passed,
the camera shows that the catcher's <
expression changed from deep anxiety, i
tinged with a suspicion of expectancy (
and terror, to absolute content and hap- j
Tkinncc tvKnn IVio Kail woo 4*rmnr? oofo in -
bis grip. r
During our civil war inducements
were held out for Mexicans to raise fcotton
in competition with our southern f
states. From the climate and temperaturo
of Mexico it would seem, says the s
Cultivator, that something might be Q
dope in this direction. The first receipts ^
of Mexican cotton m Great Britain wero
<~~C<;reditecL In lSei^H^Pp^S^over Q
3,000,000 pounds, of E
19,000,000 pounds, i5^-i&t^^-fJ,000 t
pounds, and in 1865 nearly 37,000,000; 0
yet in 1806 the Mexican shipment of cot- (
ton to Great Britain dropped to 352.240 a
pounds, and in 1867 to only 2464 f
pounds. Since 1867 the highest figure
during any year was 93,032 pounds in <
1880. In point of fact, Mexico has t
fi ialiy become a cotton-consuming coun- r
try, and the" prospect is that for many j
years to come she will go on increasing x
her cotton acreage, and striving mainly
to supply her own needs as far as
possible. The southeru states stand in
little fear of competition from Mexico
in cotton raising.
M .ny of the public arc not aware how
great arc the profits made from directing
the game ,of base ball as a business in j
somo of the cities of the country. For j
the amount of capital invested, there is
probably nothing like it in any form of
ammement. The expenses of base .ball
are, first in hiring and fitting up the (
grounds upon which it is played; next,
in the salaries paid the players; third, ^
in the traveling expenses of the clubs, j
e.f rnnnirn mnr?V? -nrnliminflnf
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outlay. There must bo a guaranteo as ,
regards some of them, but tho ,
game generally more than pays its
way after the season opens.
Boston, say3 tho Herald of that city,
affords a good example the present year
of what may be made by base ball.
There will be about sixty-t^reo games of
baseball played in the National League
during the season, of which about
twenty have been played. The attendance
at them has averaged 4000 people.
This, nt fifty cents a ticket, yields considerably
more than $2000 a game, foi
thero are reserved seats, to the aixiouut
of 1200 in number, at twenty-five and
fifty; cents cacb, the most of which are
generally sold, and there are perquisites
of the grounds which bring in money.
It is a low estimate to set down the re
ccipts of the season at $123,000. Out
of this are to be taken, perhaps, $35,000
.or salaries of players, $2500 for ground I
expenses, and a considerable sum for the j
cost of transporting the players from:
one city to another. It will be liberal ;
to call this altogether $50,000. The
fhftt. thA season of five i
UIUUCOj lUWlWWAVy ? ?
months will represent will be $75,000.
Funeral Customs in Panama.
It is tho custom among the poorer
classes in Panama to hire coffins to
transport their dead to the grave, after
which tho body is deposited in tho
earth and tho coffin brought back with
. t:io mourners. Tho following is the
form of a Panama undertaker's advertisement:
"From this date hearses will
be hired from our establishment at the
following rates: $2, $5, $15 and $20.
Coffin wiUbcsol^a^M^^possi^e
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Few Will Miss Theet
. Few will miss tcee, friend, when thou
For a month in dust hast lain,.*r?Skilful
hand and anxious brow,
Tongue of wisdom, busy brainAll
thou wert shall be forgot,
And thy plaoo shall know thee not
Some sweet bird may sit and sing
On the marble of tby tomb,
Soon to flit on joyous wing^^y^
From that place oLflettmaad gloom,
On some bough*Wwarble clear;
But these son^s thou shalt not hear.
Some kindi'voice may sing thy praise,
Passing near thy place of rest,
_FondIy talk of ' other days '?
But no throb within thy breast
Shall i ejpond to word* of praise,
Or old thoughts of "other days."
Since so fleeting is thy name,
Talent, beauty, power and wit,
It were well that without shamo
Thou in God's great book were writ,
There is golden words to be
Graven for eternity.
?[Chambers' Journal.
The Russian Bloodhound,
In crossing the Strand, London, I
dodged the pole of one vehicle just in
time to be struck by the shafts of another,
and, as the pavement was slippery,
I went down, and the vehicle
wont over me, breaking my left leg below
the knee. An hour later I was in
my.bachelor apartments (the work of tho
surgeon finfohpdi. npd,- feeling that I
-wngmrro De thankful tu ham pome vir
with my life. I was in for a siege of
many weeks, and I had some business
which must bo attended to by an outsider.
Therefore, after a day or two, I
sent for Captain Jack Williams, an old
acquaintance. He answered promptly
enough, and we soon made very satisfactory
arrangements. He was a bluff,
honest fellow, out of activo service, nnd
having nothing to do, and the only unpleasant
feature about his friendship was
the fact of his owning a monster Russian
bloodhound. The brute was his
shadow. Where the dog could not go
the Captain would not go. Ho refusod
nil parties and receptions because of the
log. Ho refrained from excursions by
land or sea because he would be temporarily
separated from Czar, as he
:allad the animal. The pair were well
icnown in London, and the captain was
as safe at midnight in the BlumaJther
man would be in the Strand at
loonday. One glance at the dog was
enough to show that he 'was as danjerous
as a tiger. He made no friends
other among dogs or men, and had
niraculously escaped a dozen well-laid
raps to bring about his death.
I hated Czar, and on two or three oc:asions
I had reason to believe that the
celing was returned. "When the Captain
called and found me laid up, ho had
ense enough to know that the presence
if the bruto might annoy mo, and he
herefore shut hira up in the servant's
oom for a few minutes. The do<y was1,
isrnmy prompt m uueuieuue. on ilifS
iccasion ho obeyed in a grudging, sulky.
aanncr, and before leaving the room
hrcatened me so plainly that I became
.pprchensive. The Captain agreed that
?zar should not enter my sick room
igain, and in a couple of weeks I had
orgotten all about tbo incident.
T Vinrl anerfmonfe ATI fVtf* fl.TAAnd flftfir.
<H,?vu.vu? 1
brco rooms in a row, with a hall . along
he front of the Inst two. Tho first
oom was for my servnnt, a man who
ind been with mo for many years. The
lcxt was the reception room, and the
hird my sleeping room. One coming
lown the hall could enter at the door of
ither room. Tho bedroom and recepion
room were connected, but the serrant's
room was entirely shut off. It
ivas a hot day in August, with all doors
ind windows open, i was icimg
pretty smart, although the pain was couiiderable,
and a couple of my friends
lad just departed, after a brief call,
when Henry, my servant, came in to see
what he could do for me. I was flat on
nyback, as you know, with no chance
to turn over on account of the leg, but
[ had him "prop me up with two or three
pillows. I then sent him for ice. He
had but a few steps to go, and the doors
were left open behind him. He had
been gone about five minutes when in
walked Capt. Williams' Russian bloodhound.
I shouldn't have said walked;
on tho contrary he came running in,
head up, tongue out, and his eyes as red
as live coals. I saw him th.o moment he
entered, and it passed through my brain
like a flash that he was mad.
The door leading into tho hall was
open. Twice as the dog circled around
the room he seemed on the point of going
out, but each time changed his
mind, whined in an uneasy way, and
then continued his circling. He did
not look for me, nor at me. It wa3 a
larec room, with the bed against the
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wall, and from the way the brute
bumped against the chairs I believe he
was nearly blind. He had been with
me two or three miniates when the hall
door was caught by a draught of wind
and slowly pulled to. It did not quite
shut. The dog noticed the movement,
sprang to get out, and the result was
that- ho pushed the door shut and
snapped the spring lock. The door leading
into the reception room was still
open, but tho door from that into the
hall was shut. The animal rushed into
this room, upset a chair and bumped
the table, and then came back whining,
his tail down and his courage
gone, and slunk under my bed. That
the dog was suffering with hydrophobia
there could be no doubt. As he
returned from tho reception room there
was foam on his .jaws, and he was so
weak he stagsjercd.
Had I been a well man and fully
armed my situation would have been
bad enough. There I was, perfectlj
I
turned he would open it and walk in
There was not the -slightest questioi
but that the dog would at once attacl
him. I had two or three minutes ii
which to thick, and it was wonderfu
how clear headed I was. I looked upoi
4 my own chances as hopeless, and there
fore determined that when Henry re
turned I would call out to him before hi
got the door open. I wa3 also concerned
for fear the dog would get out of thi
building. It was a crowded neighbor
hood, and he might bite a score of pco
pie before he was destroyed.
' It is said that the presence 01 a grea
danger sharpens the sense of hearing. ]
believe this to bo true, for I have hac
several personal experiences. As I la]
there waiting for my servant to return !
plainly heard sounds which could noi
have come to my ears under ordinar]
circumstances. At the foot of tho second
flight of stairs, a distance of fully 70 feet
from my bed, Henry was stopped by i
young man who lodged on that floor. I
heard him say:
"I was waiting hero to tell you thai
Capt. William's brute of a dog passed
up stairs a short time ago. Is the cap
tain there?"
'He wa3 not there when I left."
"And he has not come in after th<
dog The animal had a scaly look, and
you'd better be careful how you drive
him out." '
"Thank von "T '
I heard my man^ome up stairs and
along the halL A" soon as ho saw that
mv bedroom door was shut ha saemnd tc
suspect the worst, and he acted like a
hero. He came down the hall on tiptoe,
put his face close to the door, and
sang out:
4 'Colonel, I know the big dog is in
your room and I am going for help. If
he comes near you shut your eyes and
pretend to be dead."
The sound of his voice put the dog
into a frenzy. Ho growled and snarled
and snapped, and as tho man hurried
down the hall tho beast rushed from
under the bod with a dreadful howl and
began rushing around tho room as before.
After making the circle of tho
bedroom four or five times, he dashed
into tho reception room. There he
quite overturned the centre tablo, and
ip his IULY-ba-xe??
nisMteeth and destroyed the upholstering'
of the sofa. I was terribly excited, and
had I given way to my feelings I
should have screamed out liko a woman.
T _1 a. u -3 ??
J. Buut wy eyes iiguuy, uruteu my uci vca
by chiding myself for a coward, and
when the climax came I was fairly ready
for it. I knew that the dog would
sooner or later turn to me, and as he
left the reception room he was on the
foot of the bed in two bounds. Then
was an open book lying there, and he
seized and worried this for a moment.
Then came walking up to my face,
bearing his full weight on my broken
arms and hands were on the cover, and
the foam from his mouth fell upon my
bare flesh. He put both paws on my
chest, and ran his noso over my face to
snuff at me, and ho was all the time
snarling and whining in a way to take
the nerve away from tho stoutest man.
I don't know whether he would have
bitten me or not, could I have remained
quiet, but such a thing as holding my
nerves steady ior over a mm me
utterly impossible. I was feeling that 1
must throw up my hands and scream out
when the beast leaped off the bed. Ho
had heard people in the hall. He ranabout
the room whining and snarling,
and all at once made a spring for tbo
door of the reception room, which was
being shut to by human hands. A space
six or eight inches wido was Jeft, and
when the dog attempted to push his
head into this, a couple of bullets were
fired into him and he backed out to fall
dead. Henry, had summoned two policemen,
and while the brute stood over
me on the bed the faithful servant had
entered the reception room and pushed
the door as nearly shut t they wanted
it, having believed that the dog would
behave just as he did. That Czar was
suffering with hydrophobia none could
doubt from his looks and conduct. Inside
of twenty days two house dogs
which he had snapped at as he came up
went mad, and then there was no further
question that I had had a close shave
from a horrible death.?r[New York Sun*
Unveiling an Indian Image.
A rogk which the Sioux Indians near
Fort Yates, D. T., have worshipped for
generations as the petrified form of a
young squaw was formally unveiled the
11 J -?-3 /5 innlnr] 4/% r\fl Q OO finfl
ocner uuv aim uvuiuiku ? ??
plenty. It appears that the white settlers
of the place have long supposed
that this specimen of nature's art work
exerted a restraining influence on the
Indians, but of late the rock was removed
from its original resting place,
and it was feared that with its removal
its charm had disappeared. 80 the suggestion
was made to Sitting Bull that
the statue be placed upon a permanent
pedestal and unveiled with appropriate
ceremonies. This pleased the chieftain,
and 500 Indians assembled to take pari
in the strange medley of Christian and
pagan rite3 by which tho unveiling was
accompanied.
For tho Children.
Tf .nn want to make a srood imitation
monkey that will please the children,
here are the directions: Make a Jarg<
rag doll, and on one side of the head glut
1 the half of a cocoanut shell that has i
1 good imitation face. Put on the head i
1 red knitted cap, or one made from rc<
flannel, so that it covers the top and bacl
' of the rag head. Cover the hands am
feet with any kind of dark brown cloth
' Make a red flannel jacket, trimmed wit!
1 small gilt buttons, and black velvc
the doll in these clothes
, lar to Ofrlental Climes.
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. Opium-Grazed Mm Seized With a Suddei
" Deiire to ZiiL
9 T^T
1 Two instances omI Recently appeare
3 in our columns of mat 'strange and san
. guinary custom cf tmSfcast called "run
- ning amuck." "Running amuck" is
phrase derived jrom the Malay wor
t "amok" ("kitting") and constitutes
well marked?hysterical affection of cer
1 tain races inhabiting Oriental countries.
j It is rarely if <ver, manifested among
I the Indian Mussilmans, while, whenever
t it does occur in jlindoo3tan, the malady
j may generally b( traced to the abuse ol
I opium or the .Atract of hemp called
; bhang, ganja, 6 charras. The Hindoo
i tobacconist sell a special confection
~ :
Luuutj up ui iuuu^, up j urn, uuiura,
cloves, mastic cinnamoD, and carda:
mums, which, i mixed with milk and
[ sugar and eate; as a sweetmeat. This
. diabolical cake^ known as majum?will
drive a man ijd about as soon as anything.
Withle Malays, however, who
5 have given a mne to tho terrible mental
1 aberration of "hich we speak, and who
) are by far the ij>st addicted to it of all
Eastern . peopl^ there is seldom any
> such mtpTaihiJdM^the outbreak. Sudl
denly, withoul^^mo of reason, a man
will spring up jom his shop board or
i couch, draw hfikrls?the wave-bladed
, dagger which ^y all carry?and, with
a screamoi "AJok! Amok!" striko its
point into tbeJhti of tho Nearest wayfarer
and darfcpwn the crowded bazaar j
liko the Inn atit which he is, stabbing
and cutting lj aU sides. "Amok!
Amok!" echoe^rom a hundred mouths,
and everybodjrtjurries for a place of
refuge, fleeing ^11 directions, except
thoBe bolder i^Kts who snatch up
weapons of dcipse- and join tho armed
throng which pursues the desperado.
The path of ti chase is soon strewn
with bodies ofiien, women and children,
dead or feeding to death, until
some lucky sfuor daring thrust disables
tho murderer,jh"-. is pierced with a
dozen bladeg X^^V^^/^yV^^^"
J^^'amoker^ receivecNwme personal
affront oi ljury or was hopelessly
in debt or di jpointed in love; but
more commonl; here is nothing whatever
to accounior the Wild fury of his
proceedings, 'ftl the Street sweepers
drag his carcataway as carelessly as if
a lconard had 1en slain in tho trablic
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streets. So o?nar^indeed, is the occurrence
that, many/towns and cities
where there lis a Ujjjqje Malay population
an instiTlfcfliljM kept in readiness at :
every police stafh called the "amoker
catcher." It jsjSmething liko an eel i
spear with a C&long handle, and so ]
close round ffpadman's neck and so-- "
cure him hf*tssly when the iron
prongs are jffcd against his nape
from behjtfcDr4^. >
Neither rai nor- wealth keops a
i Malay from tb sudden access of homiI
cidal mania ifp has the predisposition
! or has been grltly excited. Thero was
' an instanco atalatiga, in tho island of
1 Java, where tf Regent was celebrating
| the marriage 1 two of his daughters,
and everybodyras in a festive and joy!
ous mood. Jt, .however, at tho gayest
moment"of th'ccremonies tho Regent's
^''Tfrether-in-latf a high . ofRcial, came
rushfifg thr^jhthe procession, stabbing
everybof ho could get at with
his jeweled kit Tho Regent himself,
coming up tooquiro into tho uproar,
was killed bya single thrust, and it
I was the broth' of the Prince who ran
tho "amoker".brough tho back with a
spear and bro^ht him down, yet not
I before he hadlaughtcred nine of the
palaco pecplead wounded six others
! more or less sevcly. It might be supposed
; that a race subset to such ferocious fits
would be rturally excitablo and
nervous in maner; but the contrary is
{ the case. The Malay is of all men tho
! most quiet, digificd, and slow ofspeech
and action in Is ordinary life. He seldom
speaks ludly or quickly, has the
most courteo* and even gentle demeanor,
and uarrels very rarely with
his fellows. Jfct he is coldly and
Bilently. cruejf no regard for human
; life, and derives from tho Mohammedan
I faith which he jrofesses its .bitterest and
j most relentless d>gmas. Once started on
j the 4'death run! by insult, aespair, w
; some brain troube, his only thought is
to "kill, and kilj and kill," and in thtf
fierce exultation his insanity he does
not feel the blot which lets out his
burning blood jnd puts a stop to bis
j dreadful career.-{[London Telegraph.
Aristocratic Hens.
Neighbor?What beautiful hens you
have, Mrs. Stucktip.
Mrs. Stuckup?Yes, they are all im1
portod fowls.
Neighbor?You don't tell me so! ]
1 suppose they lay eggs every day?
Mrs. Stuckup (proudly)?They coulc
' do so if they saw proper, but our circum
f. ? ? tinno orn
stances are suca.iuai< mj u?ua ... ?
1 required to la/ eggs every day.?[Texa
Siftings. '
For tbe Summer.
"Haven't seen your brother for tb
' last week or two. Is he away?"
^ "Yes; Bill has gone off for the sum
mer."
H "Long Branch?"
"No, not quite. I guess the Judg
^ meant the Work-houso when he sai
j ninety days."--[Detroit Free Press.
A Possible Patient.
^ "There goes Dr. Jones with a fli
water melon. I See hinr over there?"
? "Yes. He raust^Tje going to mal
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Cautions Turkish Usurers*
It is related that a young Perote, th
_ only son of a very wealthy man, wh
led a rery fast lifo, presented himsel
one day to a saraf, and asked him t
^ loan him a round sum of money. H
offered the saraf as security the seriou
illness and approaching death of hi
. father, and the inheritance that woul<
follow.
''But your father may recover,'? saic
the saraf.
* "Impossible," replied the younj
Perote; "hq has chronic dropsy; ho cai
1 not live more than five days."
"No one knows this. Do not pu
your trust in it. Everything depend
1 upon the physician."
"The physician is Mr. L?," repliec
, the tender-hearted son.
"Exactiy so; he is a very skillful physician,
and you will see that he will
pull his patient through all right. Ic
any event, I can not loan that sum al
this moment. Come again day after tomorrow."
They saraf utilized this delay by going
to the house of the physician named at
the time that tho latter made his visits
in tho city. He found the servant, and
offered him a 'generous gratuity if he
would learn from his master the disease
with which Mr. Y?, the patient of the
physician, was stricken; whether it was
mortal, and if so. how manv dava atill
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remained to the patient. The Bcy7ant
obtained very quickly from his master all
that the saraf desired to know, and he
went immediately to assure the .atter
upon tho prompt and latal issue lot the
disease. When the young man psturned,
he found the money ready, slf.nod tho
note for a sum nearly double that given
to him, and six weeks after/paid tho
debt from the patrimony that he had
just received.?[Cosmopolitan.
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The Homes of England, i.
It is very delightful to find one'^ self
in ono of these English country residences.
says Oliver Wondall Holmes in^o
Atlantic, The house is commonly olchand
has a history. It is oftentimes itself
a record, like that old farmhouse
my friend John Bellows wrote to me
about, which chronicled half a dozen
reigns by architectural marks
"The statel^iomfi^n?n5l5na"
see them at Wilton and Longford Castle
are not more admirable in their splendors
than the "blessed homes of England"
in their modest beauty. Everywhere
one may seo here old parsonages
by the sido of ivy-mantled churches, and
the comfortable mansions where generations
of country squires havo lived in
peace, while their sons have gone forth
to fight England's battles, and^carry her
flags of war and commerce all over tho
world. We in America can hardly be
said to have such a possession 'as a family
home. We encamp?n*it under .
lasting materials which are pulled xTown
after a brief occupancy, by the builders,
and possibly their children, or are modernized
so that the former dwellers in
them would never recognizo their old
habitations.
Varieties of Marble.
There are many different varieties of
marble in use, both domestic and imported,
and most of them are very expensive.
Tho whito Italian is the commonest
kind used, but white is rather
going out of fashion now and colored
marbles are becoming more popular,
Tho most widelv used is the Tennesseo
marble, which is a very beautiful stbtfer
and as extensive as many of the imported
varieties. The most popular foreign
- ? /IUU V./I.H.
marble is tne l'ormosu ^ liiQ uwuu- 1
tiful"), a stone of pretty purple-brown
hue, slightly marked and clouded, no
two shades being a'.ike. The Mexican
onyx is the most> beautiful and most expensive
of all, and is worth twentyfive
cents per pound in the block. Jasper
is also popular perhaps because it is
suggestivo of the new Jerusalem, and
coral marble, from the Pacific Islands, is
also much in favor. "We also get a good
many fine varieties from Algeria, but
most of the foreign marbles come from
Italy. America, I should add, also produces
an excellent black marble.?[Boston
Traveller.
Death on a Street Tooth.'
A medical plant is found in India
which destroys the power of tasting sugar.
This plant, the gymnema sylvestre,
grows in the Deccon and in Assam and
on the Coromnndcl coast. By chewing
two or three leaves of it a person may
extinguish his susceptibility to sweet
savors. Morbid cravings for sweetmeats
that injure digestion may tnus do corrected.
As the gyranema is said, also,
to diminish the power of eDjoyiug s
cigar, great benefit may probably be
dorived from it by intemperate smokers.
Candy and cigarettes being the bane ol
the small boy, prudent parents may b<
expected to stock themselves promptly
^ with gymnema sylvestre.? [Nature.
A Victim of Uver*Stu<ly.
I Mrs. DeGarmo?I understand you
- son is quite sick at college, Mrs
fc Smythe?
' Mrs. Smythe?Yes. Poor John! Th
president writes me that ho entered int
his work with too much ardor and h
has brokon down.
0 Mrs. DcGarmo?What seems to be th
nature of the troubte?
' . Mrs. Smythe?He was hit on the hca
by a foul ball, I believe they call it.[Harper's
Bazar.
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(j Striking: An Average.
Employer (to clerk)?Can't you g
around a little earlier in the mornin,
James?
le James (doubtfully)?N-no, I don't fc
lievo I can, sir. (Struck with a brig
ce idea) But I'll tell you what I can do, si
v- I can leave a little eorUqg in the eve
inn;
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
0 The heart has reasons that reason do
? not understand.
0 Means are always in our power; cm
very seldom so.
a Make children love you if you wii
a them to obey'you.J
1 Every day brings with it some o
portunity to do good;
1 Sow good services; sweet remembrai
ces will grow.-from thorn.
5 Lamentation without effort, betray
1 weakness and wickedness.
Purposes, like eggs, unless they t
hatched into action, will run into deem
j ? .
Commerce defies every wind, outridi
I every tempest and invades every zone.
Don't seem to be on the lookout f<
crows, else you'll set other people watel
I ingt
If good pe.ople would but made gooc
ness agreeable, and smile instead c
. frowning in their virtue, how man
would they gain to tho good cause 1
Consume little time in regret. Th
best repentance is reformation. Whs
tears of contrition are powerless t
effect "an altered life easily accomplishes.
.
This life is but the betrinninv of a lifi
O o
that is to bo broader, better, longer anc
far more pleasurable than this; a lif<
where happiness is secured by beinj
good continually.
Children havo full use of their oyes anc
ears before their tongues have mastered
language, and, consequently, are learning
lessons of good or evil sooner than
many suppose.
Qrit is the grain of character.. It maj
generally bo described as heroism materialized,
spirit and will thrust into
heart, brain and backbone, so as to
form part of the physical substance ol
the man. '
The path of truth is as straight as an
arrow. It never swerves to the right or
left, and will no sooner bend to the
I mightiest than to the meanest of mortals.
The moment truth tries to accommodate
itself to circumstances it ceases
tij> be truth.
this city. It con!^^^S8B8^jPB|
some other meat, potatoes and bread"
and butter. These are well served and
a sufficient quantity is given to satisfy an
ordinary appetite. Of course the profit
to the restaurant proprietor is small and
a great number of these meals must be
sold each day to make the business pay.
A Park row proprietor gives the following
idea of how it is conducted:
"The profit in fifteen cent meals is
very small," he said. "Two or three
cents is all .that wo calcclate to make
under tbfmost favorablo circumstances.'
Tmrrgurirv?,? , ;?r. i 3
market. Our standard has to be maintained
at all hazards. There is no money
in the business at any time unless you
have a large number of customers. To
make an exact estimate of our profits
week by week or day by day would bo
impossible. We hare to go by an averago
for the year. But there are other
articles served with theso meals which
leave a very fair margin for profit, such
as coffee, tea, pudding, etc. We calculate
to make money at all times in selling
them, and they make the fifteen cent
meals a possibility, There is also a good
profit in side dishes of Vegetables, beets,
pens; ihwwmwhi, ma.
we may be losing money on our meats
our general average is pretty well maintained
throughout the yoar. Ono thing,
however, you may bo sure of, you will
rarely get a wholesome fifteen cent meal
in a small place. They cannot afford to
?. rvr? if?{| nn^ -pv_
serve tnera.'?[new xuia iUUII MUM MM'
press. % ' .
Buffalo Bill Cowboys.
I should greatly like to say a few
words respecting a topic which I much
regret to find is understood in the inverso
proportion to which it is discussed,
says Buffalo Bill to a London Globe Interviewer.
I refer to that unique specimen
of humanity, the cowboy of to-day.
In order to be brief I will, liko a cowboy,
take the bull by the horns, and Ia>
down tho axiom, once for ail, and most
emphatically, that a cowboy is not i
blackguard; nay, more, he is in nin
cases out of ten better than his fellows
more especially as in nine casj
out of ten his fellows are tho off
of nn effete civilization. He ho
?
certain attributes that commend him t(
creation. He is manly, generous am
brave. He is not merely a creature c
impulse, but uses tho gifts given him b
t his Maker with a discretion whic
, might wefl be copied by more of us. I
putting in these few words for a class c
men who havo only to be understood t
3 be admired, I speak after years of stud
j resulting in a conviction which notbin
can shake.
Paper Doors.
Paper doors are coming into use, anc
as compared with those of wood, posse:
the advantage of neither shrinkinj
swelling, cracking, or warping. It
formed of two thick paper board
j ?j ?infft nanels. ai
^ stampeu anu uuumv<* ?? , t
glazjd together with glue and potas
ie and then rolled through heavy rolling
After being covered with a waterpro
cj coating and then with one that is fii
_ proof, it is painted, varnished and hui
iu the usual way.
Sees Him Often.
et "Yes," said Dumlcy, "I only see i
tr landlord when ho comes for the rei
D>
He comes promptly the 1st of ev<
,e. month."
hi "And then you don't see him agi
ir; till next month?"
iV "Oh, yes, I do. I see him often d
in fir the month.
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' Stability.
Last year, above the village church there
swung *
Upon the low-peaked tower a gilded vanet
la Respondent to the lightest breeze it bang,
i The sport of every gust that swept the
1 plain;
Through-night and day, in sunshine and
i in shade,
p. Its restless, undetermined part it played.
To sloping eaves below an ivy dung,
_ And strove the vane's h igh vantage-ground
to gala;
To-day, I see its emerald pennons flung
If a J5Va*T? ftff fliA nAlnf h
Its tendrils stoutly grasp the Tearing
blade
That steady toward the sunrise now it
f* stayed.
-s Bo thou, my heart, by changing impulse
wrung,
)r Scarce for one hour thy purpose canrst
maintain; jyg
Would that Faith's shoots might twin^MKs^H
cells among,
And to Hope's dawn-flushed
reetran;
y " No more should all-disturbiod^BaB|^B^H
Or dire mistrust to dnll dei^HKSN^H^EHi
-[C. 21 H&rgeM
HUMOROUS.VjHHflS
Oa bis metal?A newly
A friend in nedd?An omH^HhB^R
An engaging smile?A
> it is a wise child that HHHH
richest relatives. f
' The question of the (twilignfjTfiJWr-I
I Are you sure the dog ia tied?
The oyster is like a man in one respect..,
lie is of little use until you- get him out
of hie bed.
What is tho worst sinner, the man
who can sing and won't, or the man
1 -who can't and will.
The insane men who handle firearms
never seem to miss aim. This
may bo because they aro "cracked"
shots.
The baby believes in tho motto; "A
place for everything and everything in
ils place," and her place for everything
is her mouth.
The only reason tho world tolerates
a ii Idler is because a cat has to be killed
MV
dangerous^tne proicuuluu WKijuuk
burglar may be, he Is,.unquestionably, a . /
safe man.
A Vassar graduate out in the couniT "
went into the stable of a f?rm' "Iiouse.
"Dc?r me, how close the poor cows ire
crowded together," she remarked.
"Yes, ma'm, but we havo to do it."
"Why so?" "To get condensed milk."
Mexican Criminals.
Thq criminal classes in Mexico are
among the most ^ accomplfahojk artists in ?**
a marvellous power of simulating innocence,
which enables them to impose
upon the most incredulous. They employ
tho latter faculty to great advantage
in securing situations as servants,
in which capacity they find ample scope
for their genius. If you detect them in
thieving and dischargo or punish them
their vindictiveness knaaa^no bounds,
and they will boldly threalen^
vengeance. Nor are they slow in con^~ m
cocting schemes to that end with feundry
gentlemen of tho garroto or the .
stiletto, who?outwardly_ as respect'
uaplumigii g
of their employers. The pleasant possibilities
are that some fine evening when
you least expect it?perhaps as you aro
returning from the opera, humming a
favorite morcoau, or rovolving sweet
plana for love or lucre, such fancies will
be dispelled by a sudden rain of cudgels
upon your dovoted head, or, worse yet,
by the keen thrust of a nabaja into the
back of your best claw-hamracr coat
just between the shoulders. If you be
not killed outright and yell for tho police,
the chances are ten to one (you be
Ing a foreigner) that the as?&ssins will
assert, in voluble Spanish, that you attempted
to murder them, and the police
- 11 finish what they failed to accom
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j plish.?[Philadelphia Record.
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a An Aristocratic Fai
B "I tell you, I've moved in mighty
swell society," said the boastful travel?
. ?
3 mg man."
"I've moved in some pretty tony sca
ciety myself," remarked the quiet lookj
ing man to whom the remark was nd-(
dressed. "I was introduced to the S.a*
,f meso twins."
y "The Siamese twins 1 You don't call
h them swell people do you?"
- I "Why Tes. At all events you can't
"I
(f deny that they were well connected."-?
0 [Merchant Traveler.
* * Sizing Him Up.
"Aw, waitah," said a dizzy-pated
dude at an up-town hotel the other
morning, "bwing me, aw, one boiled
}? egg, aw."
93 "Hard or soft boiled, sir?"
j, "Aw, let me think," murmured the
1 "chappie" as he pressed both hands to
s, his bead.
jd "Soft, I see," said the waiter. "All
b, ' right, sir," and he hurrie? off without
[8. J waiting to hear the result of the dude's
of | cogitation.?[Hotel Mail.
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lg Diet for Athletes.
A less restricted diet in athletic train*
ing is being favored in England, andf
instead of the large proportion of meat
ny formerly rigidly insisted on, physiololt.
gists now consider a variety of food
jry essential to the best results. The Camj
bridge boat crew, in training for the
jiu race with Oxford, were this year per|
mitted to eat fish, pudding and dessert,
ur- though still forbidden sugar with pastry.