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It pays to have a pedigree. Horseflesh
sold in three counties of Kentucky the
past year yielded *3.000,000 to the farmers.
The Russian Emperor as he grows j
older becomes in appearance more and
more a typical Cossack; colossal iu figure,
entirely bald, flat-nosed, and enormously
mustacued and bearded. I
According to the New York Tribune I
the paupers of the Blockley Almshouse,
Philadelphia, can't complain that their
lives are monotonous. White they are
sleeping the sleep of the pauper, largo
nnd hungry rats nimble their toes, and
while they are partaking of their dinners,
the resident physician and other officials
engage iu rat-shooting contests.
According to a French newspaper" the
Germans iu Berlin, under the direction
of the editor, Paul ITennig, arc about to
install a museum devoted to Bismarck,
and which is to contain ouly articles
which have been associated with the
Prince, such as books, biographies,
newspaper extracts relating to him,
photographs, busts, statues, autographs,
caricatures, utensils and articles of toilet
which have been used by the great man.
Another woman of respectable position
lias been seized in a New York city dry
goods store and bundled to the police
station charged with shoplifting. There
is grave doubt of her guilt, but be that
.sis it mnv. it would be far more seemlv.
dn the opinion of the Detroit Free Press.
to aak a woman so suspected to step into
a private room and give her an opportunity
to explain before publicly disgracing
her. "It is a fact beyond question
that in certain New York shops the
most honest and respectable woman may
by reason of some inadvertence, absent
Handedness or mistake of her own be just
so placed. In one of these stores a lady
was some tine since arrested and narrowly
escaped being locked up because a
lace handkerchief had caught on a button
of her gown and she was quite unconsciously
carrying it away. But then
the floor walking private detectives must
earn their salaries."
Both North and South Dakota are having
a hard struggle with poverty in their
'first days of Statehood. Great as have
been reported the agricultural resources
of these new States, at least 20,000 people
are now destitute of food, and without
means to buy anv. At least three
~ 1
counties of South Dakota did cot grow
enough wheat for their own use, on account
of frost. The failure was still
worse in North Dakota. These regions
will conic out all right in time, but their
pioneers arc suffering, as did the early j
pioneers in older sections, and actually j
need help to-day.
1 ? I
! It is dangerous to let a man die in a '
/ . 1
hotel in Paris. A queer French law enables
the landlord to present his bill to ,
the relatives for the death. The sum of j
Si40 was the item recently demanded |
from au American family for the decease '
* I
of one of its members in a well-known |
hotel. This extortion would have been j
three times as great if the person had
died of a contagious disease, and doubled j
if the deceased had been a Prince or a :
member of any rich old aristocratic
family. The allowances bv the Judges, I
? ' I
however, are generally much less thau
the claims of the landlords.
The New York Tihics thinks "it rather
reinarkabie tnat mis country suouiu hold
the record' for the leaping of horses.
This accomplishment comes into play only
in hunting, and the hunting in this country
is of course very trifling in comparison
with that in the British islands. Nevertheless,
Ac <? ;ican-bred horses have for
some years beaten the records made
abroad. The performance in Chicago in
which two Canadian animals cleared a bar j
six feet ten and a quarter inches from the ;
ground is by far the most remarkable yet :
achieved. Such a leap would be unusual
for a horse at liberty, while lor a horse
and rider it is wonderful. ]f the Canadians
can succeed in breeding horses that
combine speed and stoutness with the
this capacity for jumping, the market for
them in London will be practically un- j
limited, and the prices what in Canada it- .
self would seem fabulous." Since tho j
foregoing was penned, one of the Cana- 1
dian horses referred to has beaten our
record, jumping six feet eleven and threequarter
inches.
Through the generosity of various persons
interested in this subject, the American
Economic Association of Baltimore,
>Id., has received the sum of $500 to be I
awarded as prizes for the best essays oa j
the subject of women wage-earners. The j
money is to be awarded in the propor
tion of $300 for the first prize and $200 j
for the second prize. Any person is eii- j
gible to competition. While the ex pericnce
of foreign countries will not be
excluded, it is expected that competitors
will deal principally with the American
aspect of the subject. It is desired to
know the early and present condition of
women wage-earners, their growth in
numbers both absolutely and in proportion
to population, the present extent of
itheir sphere of labor, the economic and
social evils connected with their various
occupations as wage-earners, and remedies
for these evils. The essay must not
exceed 25,000 words, and must bo in
the hands of the Secretary of the association
previous to Nov. 1, 1890. Each
paper must be type-written, sigued by a
fictitious name, and accompanied by a |
sealed envelope containing the name assumed
as well as the address of the author.
I
MOT WITHOUT CARE.
You may build you au elegant mansion
And fence it around with gold.
Set it all with diamonds and rubies;
You may keep out the wind and cold.
You may banish from it all intruders,
Have music and levity there:
You may shut out Discord and EnvyBut
you cannot shut out Care.
You may build you a lowly cottage,
You may paint it all in white,
Grow vines and shade-trees about it,
Let in only sunshine and light;
You may keep out the envy and malice
That wrinkle the faces we wear,
You may keep Love -inside, and Contentment?
But
you cannot keep out Care.
V/vi mn** n-itVi tho vnira of mi nntrel.
You may dance with a fniry's feet.
You may laugh till your laughter makes !
music j
For every oue that you meet;
You may dance till your feet .seem twinkling.
Till the roses fade in your hair,
You may dance till the world dies of envy? i
But you cannot dance away Care.
You may smile in the face of women
Who envy your very life,
As you hide from their eyes all the burdens, j
The weariness, heart-aches and strife;
You may live so the poor will adore you,
Live a life that the world calls fair;
You may let love be conquered by Duty?
But you cannotrlivcwithdut Care. "
?Ella Hi'jginson, in Demorest.
A WOMAN'S STRUGGLE, j
i'v ir.xEs r.rpvnnn. .
U4I do not see why/' said Octaviu; but
she said it dubiously.
For a roomcut she thought Gilbert j
Fralcby would laugh. She hoped he j
would. The dogged steadiness with j
which he met her resistance at every j
point threw her helplessly back upon he:-1
self. If he had relaxed from his direct
insistancc for one moment she could have j
gathered her forces together lor another i
effort at defense. He gave her no chance. '
All her arguments, cogent as they had j
been, as she urged them against her own
heart in her solitude, seemed to fall j
scattered and impotent to the ground under
the thraldom of the man's ovcrweeu- j
iug personal influence. Her goaded !
sensibilities whirled suddenly and she j
flashed upon him angrily:
4-Xo, I do not sec why a man should j
not permit his wife to be an actress. I !
do not see why he should put a womau,
if lie pretends to love her, to the alterna- j
tive of choosing between him and a ca- '
reer for which she feels in every fibre of j
her being that she has a vocation."
"A man probably wants the woman he
loves to himself."
"Some men." she distinguished, with J
the flush still on her cheek. "Not all
men are selfish enough to wish to bury i
away forever n spark of the divine live !
a woman may have received in order
that they may possess her, as they imagine,
the more fully."
Octavia was trembling, but Gilbert j
Fraleby only looked at her as though she !
were raving.
"If you really loved me," she burst j
forth again, "you would not ask such a !
sacrifice of me."
llis silence seemed to put that question
away as though it were not worth
discussing. She could erect no barriers
that his attitude did not throw down.
When he left her Octavia had made no
headway. Her problem stared her in the
face, as uusolvablc now as it had been }
for days and weeks. She had reached '
the point where aid of some sort must j
come from without. If she should lay j
her case before one who could judge of '
its bearings from the outside?
She hastily put on outdoor apparel aud j
left the house. Her purpose carried her
strangely enough, it would have seemed I
to some people, to a woman compara- i
tirely a stranger to her. But Octavia'.* j
instincts did not mislead her. She found >:
in this woman, much older than herself, '
that wonderful quality of perfectly in- ;
telligcnt human sympathy which is one of
the rarest as it is the most sacred our race i
falls heir to. She listened to Octavia in I
a deep-eyed silence which gave the girl, !
as she went in with a tremulous eager- j
uess, a sense of keen and absolute com- |
prchcusiou and of that respect aud rever- ,
ence at the same time for the trouble of J
any soul which is the keynote of the
power for help that such people possess, j
She had a varied experience. She had ;
seeu life in many aspects.
"My dear child, you put upon me a ;
grave responsibility," she said. "I I
should not feel that I could advise you. i
We must all stand for ourselves."
"Yes, I kuow what you mean. But ;
generally?-impersonally "
"Impersonally?generally- -my dear j
child, when a woman hesitates between
ambition and love *'
"No, no, not ambition!"
"Ah, yes," said the older woman, :
gently. "There is ambition, too, though
if may seem but the weaker part. I shall
say, though, when a womau hesitates be- j
tween the love of her art and the love for
the one man who could make her'
wretched or blessed " She paused J
and Octavia raised her eyes.
"Yes, ldo Jove him so, she murmured J
beneath her breath.
"Then, my child, believe me?marry i
him. Yes," she continued, as Octavia j
turned her face impetuously away, 1
"marry him. I know what is going on ;
iuyour soul now. You are young; you I
have beauty; I believe you have genius.
If you choose this career that lies before ,
you, I also believe that you would win j
its fairest and its greatest prizes. But j
arc such things enough for us women? !
Out of my own experience let me warn j
you, child?no! To some, perhaps, to ,
whom it is given to love lightly, there !
might be some compensation some day
for what you would give up now. But |
you are not, I think, of that order of
souls."
Octavia had covered her eyes with her J
hands.
"Yes, yes, I know I should suffer! Oh, |
I believe I should suffer always if I gave (
him up. But such power as I feel in myself
is surely a divine gift! It is rightthat
I should suffer and sacrifice my happiness
for its sake. I cannot fling it .
away."
She had ariseu to her feet, as though '
to escape from the counselor she had j
sought. The elder woman's worn, ten- j
der, placid gaze rested on her in that
saddened patience with such exaltations |
which comes to those who have seen toe i
often the bitter ashes of dead enthusiauis. ;
She kissed the girl gently and let .her go.
Then she sighed softly to herself*
"And thus it will be with women to ;
the end of the world. Only in youth ,
they will never know how sad it is for ;
womeu to sit by silent firesides alone and
bear the nations praising them afar."
t Octavia fled homeward as though trying
to escape from herself. There she
drew off her gloves with feverish haste
and passed her hands repeatedly over her
forehead. The thought, of Gilbert
Frale!?y now only presented itseif to her
in the light of an immense temptation.
By just so much as she felt herself precipitated
toward him by her love and the
inexorable impetus of a woman's fate did
she struggle against the tide that was
bearing her away and fasten herself blindly
to the one thought that tliis sacrifice
must be made, laid on the altar of that
divine gift of which she felt herself only
the receptacle", the- rejjository. 'Many
other considerations had entered heretofore
into her battles with herself* The
fear that Gilbert would thiDk it .u weakhearted
shrinking from poverty withhim,
an ignoble desire for the riches which she
could command if she went upon the
staire had been one of them. Now noth
ing remained but a desperate determina- j
t ion to hold fast to an ideal?such determination
as might have inspired the
vestal virgins, also custodians of a holy
flame. And sitting down, without giv- j
ing herself time for hesitation, she wrote |
the few lines following with a flying j
pen:
H H Dear Sir?I have decided
to accept your offers for an engagement. I
should be glad to be able to see you, with a
view to the settling ot" certain details, and
with as little delay as possible.
# j* ~ t. if * * *
When Gilbert Fraleby left the office
of Fielding, Homer & Co., lawyers, he
left it a ruined man. A man whom one I
speaks of as ruined is usually understood }
to have fallen from some at least moderate I
height. But this was not the case with
Gilbert Fraleby. lie had always been a !
poor man and he expected to remain a j
poor man. He had always had a saturn- i
iue contempt for the greed of wealth.
Walkiug-aJong the crowded down-towothoroughfare
now he asked himself
whether lie had been in his right mind ;
? i
the past year that he had so far departed !
from the customs of his whole life as to |
lie drawn iuto these speculative transnc- !
tions which, through the rascality of one |
who had called himself his friend, had !
' j
suddenly left him literally beggared. It j
seemed lo him that he must have lost ins
mental balance. Well, the retribution
for his folly had come upon him swiftly:
lie thought of it with a half whimsical j
bitterness, lie should have to begin
again'now from the beginning. Gilbert I
suddenly winced. Octavia's name had j
confronted him, staring conspicuously i
from a poster. It was not the first time.
She was being well advertised for her first
metropolitan appearance. He went 011 j
blindly enough for a moment and uncoil- j
scions of the surging crowd around him.
He found himself at a ferry before he |
realized the direction he had taken: '
Mechanically he passed his money through
to th:; ticket taker and walked 011 to the j
ferry-boat and lo the extreme forward,
part of it. j
It was at the crowded evening hour, |
and the men stood closely packed to the j
furthermost edge. A breeze blew stffly i
in Gilbert Fraleby's face and the slanting j
sun rays dazzled him. He leaned over J
the railing and siarcd down at the churned '
track of white and green waters beneath, j
A sort of daze had come over him. A j
veil seemed to cover the future, lie!
realized that his life, which had seemed
to break sharply that day, had really j
broken a year ago. It did not seem to I
matter much how he ever took it up
again. lie felt himself suddenly pushed
froin behind, and the crowd surged forward.
As he raised himself there was shriek ,
from the throats of the terrified women.
A dark form had thrown itself over the !
edge. A glimpse of one outfiing arm, >
of a tattered plaid shawl, rose above the
water. Gilbert Fraleby,, tore oft his coat
and plunged after it.
There was a moment of wild confusion
on board. A bell rang. The engines
stopped. Gilbert Fraleby rose once to j
the surface and again disappeared. The
second time he clutched the woman. A j
small boat had been put out. A rope j
was lowered. The woman was dragged j
up. Gilbert Fraleby, exhausted, sank ;
again. As he came to the surface for :
the third time, he struck, with head and !
shoulders, against the side of the boat, j
Then followed unconsciousness.
Life returned to him in the ambulance j
and drifted away afresh, to renew itself j
once more in the narrow hospital cot. !
Cleau, white curtains surrounded him, :
and a tall, straight, middle aged woman, j
with a stout face and a white apron and
some white about her neck, hovered over |
some bandages and bottles near his bed, i
which was the last one in the ward. Then j
everything grew confused, and intervals I
of delirium followed sanity after what I
seemed ages. j
One morning, at lust, sinity remained.
An ugly, snub faced, good humored
looking young doctor was smiling broadly i
down into Gilbert Fralcby's eyes. ;
' Well, you'll pull through now; that
was a tine thing you did. The woman's
case has got in the newspapers, too. :
Guess I'll have to let the reporters know j
you'll soon be on your feet again, as well, j
Good deal of interest felt about it. '
There's been a subscription raised for the :
woman. Guess she won't be trying to j
make way with herself immediately j
again.''
"Poor wretch! The best thing I could ,
have done for her would have been to let j
her go down."
The young doctor stared, then laughed ;
at his patient's whimsicality.
The slow hours dragged away. A dc- ,
termincd looking young woman, fashion- j
ably dressed, waiked with a business-like [
pace through the ward carrying some j
papers under her arm. She and the sister j
in charge had a whispered chat by the i
door and then the young lady disap- i
pearcd. After a while the nurse came to j
him and offered him a paper.
An hour later she passed by.
"The lignt is gcxung ramcr poor to ;
read," she suggested good naturally.
"I was not reading," said Fraleby.
lie laid the paper down and turned his
face to the wall.
Another day of interminable hours j
passed. Some vistors came in to sit by
the bedside of mothers, husbands and I
fathers. They talked little. They looked j
about them with dull eyes.
After a while Gilbert Fraleby closed !
his
"Gilbert 1"
He thought he was dreaming.
Octavia's voice was in his ear, Octavia's
face, tense with a passion too deep
for words, leaned over his?after nvear.
"Oh, Gilbert, Gilbert!"
The ward was empty now, save of its
patients. With a <juick gesture she
pulled the curtains that his face and
hers might be screened The tears had
started now and were pouring down her
cheeks.
*'I have been rending about your triI
umphn," Gilbert Fraleby said after a
I pause.
She started forward and the palm of
I licr hand closed over his lips.
' My triumphs! I shall never act
again!"
She never did. She married Gilbert
Fraleby. Thus ended her Woman's struggle.
?New York Mercury.
Fish and Bird in a Death Grapple.
A kiugfisher sat on a branch of a dead
tree, on the edge of Lake Kcuka. the
other day, near Fairchild's Point, N. Y.,
watching for his dinner. A black bass
fisherman was in his boct in the cove
only two/ or'tlirefi-rods -fitaeve the spot,
where the bird was sitting. He quit
fishing, and kept his eye-on the kingfisher,
curious to sec the bird dive for its
fish when the .time came. He had to
* l r-_ - rtoU ,.?mn
wait out a snort unit-, jur ? mu
within the line of the kingfisher's vision,
and the bird dropped like a stone into
the water and disappeared beneath the
surr'acc. It reappeared almost immediately
with a fish impaled in its strong,
spear-like beak. ThcAird's body had
scarcely come to the ffil'acc, however,
when it disappeared agfwi with a sudden ness
that left no doubt mat it had been
jerked back by something that had
seized it. The kingfisher did not come
up again, and the fisherman rowed to the
spot where it had gone down to see if he
could find an explanation of the bird's
extraordinary disappearance. A dead
pickerel, about eight inches long, was
floating on the water. A hole through
its body below the dorsel fin showed
plainly enough that the pickerel was the
fish the kingfisher had speared. The
fisherman drifted about the spot for some
time, but beiug unable to discover anything
that would solve the mystery of the
bird's disappearance, was turning his
,bpat to rajv back to the qQve when something
came w the 'stifface 'near the shore
twenty-five yards below. The fisherman
rowed down to the spot, and to his surprise
found an immense pickerel and
with it the kingfisher. One of the kingfisher's
legs was between the great jaws
of the pickerel, the latter's long teeth
! --x xL L xl ?V, ,-f Thn
UL']D?r llliUU^U miU ujiuu^u it. * ***,
kingfisher's long, keen bill was thrust
through the pickerel's body from side to
side, six inches below the head. The.
situation explained itself. The pickerel
had seized the kingfisher as it was rising
from the water with the small fish .and
pulled it back beneath the surface, expecting
to dine on it. The big bird had
instinctively turned and jabbed its beak
through the pickerel, inflicting u fatal
wound. The pickerel, with the bulldog
tenacity of its kind, had kept its
hold on the bird's leg, and the two had
died together and floated to the surface.
The position of thojtwo was not changed,
and they have been sent a Rochester
taxidermist to be preserved and mounted
as they appear in their death embrace.?
-Y<?e York Svn.
Marriage Among the Kadi's.
Marriages in China and India are bad
enough, but it seems the Kaffir brides
have even worse hardships to undergo.
A Kaflir having fixed his affcctious
upon some female, acquaints his parents
with his intentions. They apply to the
firl's via rents, and if the latter flo not
consent to the union a fight is inevita- j
blc. If the parents agree, the next proceeding
is to appoint*-two expert female
negotiators who obtain access by stratcgem
to the house, with the object of
broaching the subject to the young lady.
They carefully avoid any sudden or
abrupt mention of the awful subject of
their mission, but launch out in praises
of the man who seeks her hand. They
speak of his possessions, his courage and
accomplishments. The girl, pretending
to be affronted at these remote hints,
grows refractory and runs away, tearing
the ringlets of her hair as she retires.
The female embassadors, having got the
consent of the parents, drag her from her
concealment and carry her by force to the
house of her destined husband and there
leave her. She is compelled to live here
several days, silent aud dejected, refusing
food, till at last, if kind entreaties
do not prevail, she is made to submit byblows
to the uuion. The Kaffir who has
the reputation of having committed a
number of murders of Mohammedans enjoys
exceptional privileges; he is re- |
spected by all the neighborhood, and ex- I
periences little or no difficulty in procur- J
ing a wife. The Kaffir woman is doomed
to a life of toil and drudgery, and the
husband can discard her whenever lie
feels so disposed.
They Live in Tree Tops.
The natives of Ken Guinea live in rccInnnrnlnt*
lmfc wllifh t.hcv build of tile
"*"'J " j
trunks of trees, bamboo, leaves and ribs
of leaves and bast made of lianas. In
the mountains, where rain is a frequent
occurrence, the thick, high roofs of these
huts reach almost to the ground, making
them much more clumsy in appearance
than those situated nearer the warmer
coast.
But the most astonishing peculiarity
which strikes the explorer is that of the
tree-houses," which, however, are not
U3cd for habitations in the ordinary sense
of the word, but serve as fortresses and
places of retreat in case of war. It is
scarcely safe to visit these i;castles in the
tree-tops," for the weak, sky-high ropeladder.-,
made of the bast of lianas would j
scarcely inspire any one with confidence
enough for the undertaking.
In some parts along tiie coast me nuts
arc built on posts, which is not done to j
make them easily defensible, but to pro- i
tcct them from the dangers of Hood. Toward
the inland, these houses are unknown,
and the villages are built upon
high ridges of mountains, which arc almost
inaccessible and easily protected
against enemies. The water which they
use has to be carried from long distances
by the women, who occupy the place of
slaves.?St. Louis Poit-DixpaV'h.
Bismarck's Last Cigar.
"Whit Bismarck did witli his last cigar
at the battle of Konigratz Br. Kohut in a
recent work has allowed hint to tell in
his own words.
4'I honrded my last cigar during the
battle as a miser hoards his treasure. I
painted in glowing colors the delightful
hour when, after the battle was won. I
could smoke it in peace. But I had miscalculated.
I saw a poor wounded
dragoon. He lay there on the field helpless,
with both arms smashed, and
whimpered for some kind of relief. I
went through my pockets but found
only numcy, and that would not help
him. But wait; I ha:l still a fine cigar!
This I lighted for him and stuck it. between
his teeth. You ought to have
seen that poor fellow's grateful smile!
No cigar ever tasted so good to ma as
this one which I did not smoke."'
THE SANDBAG.
WORK OP A DEADLY WEAPON
IN NEW YORK.
Inspector Byrnes Talks About Sandbags?How
They Are MadeOther
Strange Weapons
Used By Footpads.
HE recent cuses
' irt4C$r$V ?* sandbagging
SSEgj ffvl > iu New York city
\W Ug . have caused a
ra great deal of
'7^^? WyU^comincht. Sonic
weeks ago two
\ men were stnick
f ' //'} down in prorni///
I nent thorougliy/'l
fares in the city
' ! I hy this silent
' *j A H weapon and died
^O' without being
able to say anything about their assailants.
Later two more men were assaulted in one
evening.
Police Inspector Byrnes was seen by a
reporter for the Mail and Express. He
said that these recent cases of sandbagging
which have excited the attention ol
the people of New York are but a revival
of a form of crime which appears every
fifteen or twenty years, and which is much
more prevalent in other parts of the world
than it ever has been in the United
States. - j
' The principle of sandbagging," said
the Inspector, "is thc.application of concussion
to the human body in such a way
as to produce a terrific shock without
breaking or even abrading the skin. In
America and England the back of the
head and neck or the upper part of the
spine arc and have-'been the favorite
ppints of attack by the criminals who employ
this style of assailing a man. The
original sandbag was, as its name implies,
a small bag filled with sand. The simplest
one known to the police is a small
.Mb*
A VARIETY OF SANDBAGS.
strong stocking filled ivith sand. The
advantage of this primitive affair is that,
the moment after it has been used, the
sand can be thrown away and the stocking
kept without exciting any suspicion.
Soma oris made in the shape of clubs.
The material used is cotton or woolen
cloth, bed ticking, crash, heavj silk,
sausage skins, eel skins, leather, and
even snake skins.
'A number of famous sandbags,
which have been captured by the police,
arc worthy of mention. One was n
handsome eel skin, tilled with sand,close
up to the end, and thence with bird shot
to the end itself. This arrangement
gave the effect of a slungsliot to the affair
and added to the strength of the
arm which wielded it the awful effect of
a swift rotary motion.
"Another,owned by a French murderer,
was of silk, handsomely embroiderer!
and finished with silk-wound leather
thongs. A third, of Spanish origin, was
of tine sheepskin, so carefully finished as
to be as soft .13 the best chamois.
'The most impressive quality of the
sandbag lies in its not abradiug the skin
of the person who is struck by it. There
was a case only a short time ago where a
man's skull had been fractured, and yet
there was no indication of injury, so far
as the cuticle was concerned, not even to
the medical ey< The skull was very
thick and hard, so that the blow must
have required a terrific amount of force,
probably representing the combination
of a heavy sandbag and a powerful assailant.
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REVOLVER-DIRK AND PAN-DAGGER.
"Sandbagging is not as rare as is commonly
believed. Criminals, especially
those of foreign origiu, carry these instruments
of death quite frequently,
i There is, however, a seeming periodicity
| in their use, just as there is in other
| forms of crime. There is something so
i brutal, ferocious and cowardly in saudj
bagging that it excites a feeling of disi
gust in minds familiarized with crime.
"The odd sandbags described arc but
! a few of the long list which are discovI
crcd by the police. Recently an English
: seamnn was arrested who was carrying
! about as murderous a tool as can be im|
agined. It was a set of brass knuckles.
heavier and uglier than usual.
"At the top, opposite the thumb,there
was attached to it a revolver, and at the
bottom a sharp, double-edged dirk projected
three inches below the lower Hue
of the hand. Its owner could shoot,
strike or stab in almost the same movement.
"Another, a cauc, is so arranged with
a knife blade in the handle that a slight
jar converts it into a short spear. The
same principle is applied to umbrellas,
panisols and even fans, and enables a
woman to convert her paraphernalia into
i traveling arsenal.
The most horrible weapon among the
novelties is the creation of some American
brain or freak, it is hard to say
which. In external appearance the inilrument
i.i a good imitation of a police
club. It is made, however, of hollow
metal, and not of wood. A handcuff at
tachmcnt, with steel chains, fastens it to
the owner's wrist in the firmest manner.
"A spring in the handle operates a
valve in the lower end of the club, open- I
ing a scries of minute holes iu the handle
and permitting the free escape of some (
red pepoer stored there with the pleasant
intention of blinding the victim. A second
spring in the handle throws a hundred
razor-edged lancets from within the
UMBRELLA SPEAR?PEPPER LANCET CLUB."
. '
interior to varyiug position^ on the exterior
of the club.
"A man catching hold of the club
would have his hand cut to rags the moment
the spring was touched, and, if
struck by it with even the smallest
amount of force, would die from 'loss of
blood ehsuing upon the opening of so
many veins aud arteries."
"The principle of the air-cane gun has
been likewise extended in many direci*
lions. 4 "VVe now have an air pistol, as
well as disguised derringers and revolvers
Df various sorts, and have them coh.
sealed in as many forms as the cane spear
ind umbrella lancc mentioned.
Odd 9Iusical Instruments.
No one would imagine that harmony
could be produced from these curiouslooking
affairs, but to the almond-eyed
heathen fancy they "discourse most eloquent
music." The Chinese instruments
CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
resembles, respectfully, an hour-glass
and an extracted molar, while the Siamese
harp looks like the sk eleton of a gondola. I
, These queer instruments are among the i
rpnpnt additions to the Metropolitan ;
Museum of Art in New York. I
Too Stout to See His Shoes.
"Want a shine. Boss?"
' "I don't know. Do I need it?"?Life.
Both Hands Wore Engaged.
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1 Man in the Moon?"Pull down your
; vest!" _ _____
"A Brown Study."
The meaning of "brown study" is !
given as "a gloomy reverie." Brown is j
; a dark color, being derived from the '
Saxon "brun," meaning "burned," and j
1 the adjective was given to the state of '
1 mind cither because of its supposed dark J
i and" brooding nature, or more probably
i because of the shadowed aspect of the
countenance while one is in a !'brown I
I study."
| A Paris shop-keeper, when he advertises
goods 4iat cost." is promptly called
upon by n Government official, whose
business it is to sec that the merchant is
doing what lie advertises, and if he is !
detected in fraud of any kind, speedy j
punishment is inflicted. In other words,
they will permit him to sell his own ;
: goods, which he has paid for. "at cost,"
but if he is lying in his advertisement, or
defrauding his creditors, they expose
him.
No one loves to tell a tale of scandal (
! but to hint that loves to hear it. Learn, j
theu, to rebuke aud sileucc the detract- :
ing tongue by refusing to hear. Never ;
make your ear the grave of another's I
good name.
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WORDS OF W1SD03L
Don't blame the world because tlic
thorna arc found among the rosea.
A sound discretion is not so much indicated
by never making a mistake as by
never repeating it.
It has been observed that the man with
the fewest failings is the man most tolerant
of those of his neighbors.
Beware of him who meets with a
friendly mien, and, in the midst of a cordial
salutation,seeks to avoid your glance.
Although it is-dangerous to have too
mnch knowledge of certain subjects, it is
still more dangerous to Tje totally ignorant
of thein.
Conquer thyself. Till thou hast done
that, thou art a slave; for it is almost as
well for thee to be in subjection to an-*
other's appetite as thine own. ^
Look not mournfully into the past ; it ^
comes not back again. Wisely improve .. |
the present; it is thine. Go forth to meet i
the shadowy future without fear and a
manly heart. Nothing
hinders the constant agree
ment of people ..who .live together but
vanity and selfishness. Let the spirit of'
humanity and beuevdlehce prevail, ana
discord and disagreement would be banished
from the household. _
Life never seems so clear and easy as
when the heart is beating faster at the
8ipfht ot some generous, self-risking deed."
"We feel no doubt then what is the highest
prize the soul can wiu, and almqet.be-.lieve
in our power to attain it. r
The Origin of " Hurrah."
Writing to the London Timet, with
reference to the remark of its Berlin cor- ''
respondent that the exclammation "Hur- '
rah!"'")5 said to be of Slavonic origin,
Dr. C. A. Buchheim, of Kiug's College, t .
London, says. "I presume your corrc- '!
spondent must have some authority for
this assertion; but I hope you will allow
rac to point out that,' as far as I iknow, 1
the record is of purely German origin. , -J.
It is generally assumed to.be derived from
the imitative interjection hurr, describing
a rapid movement, from which word the v
middle High-German hurren, 'to move '
rapidly,'or rather to hurry, has be^n
formed. Hurrah is, therefore, nothing
else but an enlarged form of hurr, and,
as I said, of purely Teutonic origin. In
Grimm's 'Worterbuch' we find the interjection
'(juoted from a Minnesinger, .j It
also occurs in Danish and Swedish; and .,.f
it would.be interesting to kuow when it
was first introduced in this country in
the Angleeiscd form of 'hurry.' In Ger'1
* 'liiwn/v Iho
many it was irequentiy uacvi u>UiUg .....
Napoleonic wars by the Prussian soldiers,
and it also occurs in sonic political and t
martial songs of those days. Since then
it seems to have been adopted also by ,
other nations, even by the French in the
form of hourra. That the interjection
did not become so popular in Germany
as a cheer at convivial gatherings as in
this country is probably owing to the circumstance
thatprefereuce was given there
to the brief exclamation 'Hoch!' forming
respectively the cud and the beginning
of the phrases lEr lebe hoch' and 'Hoch
soli er Jcben.' Of late the word hurrah
seems to have beoome rather popular in
Germany. It is just possible that the
English reimportcd it three or that it was
revived through the magnificent poem of
'Hurrah, Germania!'written by the poet
Jauratc of German people, Ferdiqftftfl
Freiligrath." (
Tea Tasting Extraordinary. V
The managing director of a big tea
dealing firm, who is a tea taster and
blender of twenty-five years' experience,
savs the Pall Mall GazMe, has lately
stated that he once saw a leading broker
have sixty teas, ranging within a penny
per pound in value, weighed up in rlupH
catc, the 120 pots numbered and mixed
up, he then picking out the sixty duplicates
without a single mistake. As regards
educating the sense of smell, wiites
the tea dealer, 4 4I am strongly of opinion
that it is possible, with constant practice,
to value teas as correctly by smelling the
infused leaf as by fasting. I Live bought
thousands of chests in public sale by
smelling the infused leaf only, and have
constantly valued public sale teas on the
same plau. Nevertheless, for blending
purposes, it is absolutely necessary to
taste. I had fourteen years' experience
in tasting on the market, and left it
eleven years ago to enter the blended tea
trade. I then had to begin to learn what
I never knew before?the art of blending
tea?and I am convinced that, for
this growing department of the trade, it
is not only necessary that a man should
have a good palate and a keen sense of ,
smell; but that he should, by constant at- j
ton+inn understand the art of selecting /
.such teas as will blend with each other.
A man may have ever so keen a palate
and sense of smell, aud be able to value
tea to a farthing per pound, and yet be
no blender.' Having produced a blend
successfully, the abilities of a blender are
severely tried by his having to maintain r '
its quality and character, and nothing but
constant practice, indomitable perseverance
and skill will enable him to succeed."
Proving His Sanity.
A gentlemau from an adjoining towu,
who passed through Milledgeville, Ga.,
the other day, says the Chronicle of that
place, told our correspondent of a little
scene in the Ordinary's Court of his native
county a few days ago that demonstrates
the truth of the assertion that '-great
matters are often kindled from small
fires." The case in question was against
a young colored man charged with
lunacy, and twelve prominent gentlemen
were sworn to investigate into his mental
condition aud give a verdict in accordance
with the facts deduced.
The foreman of the jury, though a
prominent gentleman, had failed to gain
enviable reputation as a paymaster, and
u-Wrp. tin nine'.: came. In the
cross-examination, usually attendant on
such trials, the foreman propounded a
few questions to the simplc-inindeci colored
man that were readily answered.
"I)o you know me?" asked the peer.
"Certainly I do," was the quick retort.
"Then, what, is my name and where
did you know me?"
The lad souzed at him with the air of
confidence and then replied: "Your
name is 3Ir. John Blank. J worked for
you all of year before last, and I swar'
'fore God you has nebber paid me a cent
for it. Of course, I knows you." In
the laughter and confusion that followed,
a verdict of "not crazy" was made, but
3Ir. Blank vows that he will never serve
on another jury, especially to test the
mental strength of a colored man, which
lie likens unto gauging the kickiug
capacity of a mule.
A company has been organized in St.
Louis to manufacture granite shingles.
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