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XLIX. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1890. - , -? NO, 6.v -
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AT THE PARADE.
Amid the taugle of damask roses
That shook their petal# over the grass, !
In the diamond dews of the July morning,
She stood to look at the soldiers pass.
" See the banners." sho said, "that beckon, j
Stars of silver against the blue,
Settiug my soul in flame to follow.
Ah! but what can a maiden do?
" Hear the voices of long-dead heroes
Call to arms in the trumpet's blare!
Oh, to put by my skirts of satin!
Oh, to cut off my flowing hair,
Gird my with a shining sabre,
Spur my steed with a bold halloo
Into the thick of tho bursting battle?
Ob, but what can a maiden do?
"Yonder youth with the sash of crimson
Looks from under his waving plirno
Up this way at the glowing roses.
What if I flung him one in bloom.
See! the flower to his lips he pressesHappy
the girl he wills to woo.
Would that he found my face the finest?
Ah, but what can a maiden do?
" Wait, and wait, with a hopeless passion,
Fever daring a word to sayHeart
be still, for the youth is breaking
Out of the ranks and comes this way,
Lo! in his eyes the light of laughter,
Bright on his breast the rose I throw.
Pray, when a handsome lad comes courting,
Tell me, what should a maiden do?
Over the hills the fireflies glittered,
Rockets flashed in the purple air
All unheeding among the roses
Walk together tho youthful pair.
" Chill a lover, he cried, "with scorning,
Cruelly break his heart in two,
Lift him up to tho heights of rapture,
All of these can a maiden do."
" How to bo there in your place I panted
Only a few short hours ago,
Under the flag to ride," she murmured,
44 Now I would never have it so.
Shed sweet tears for the fallen heroes,
Love and be loved by the brave ana true,
Praise with smiles and reward with kisse3?
This is the-best for a maid to do!"
?Minna Irving.
OUTLAWED BY INDIANS
In the fall of 1866, while I was attached
to Port Hays as a Government
scout and dispatch rider, the Sioux and
Cheycnnes were consolidating for the war
which opened in the spring. Bands of
stragglers were riding about the country,
stealiug and murdering whenever opportunity
offered, and one day in October,
while returning to the fort from a long
nde . to the north after some missing
horses, I encountered one of those predatory
bands. It numbered twelve men
and a son of the Cheyenne Chief, known
as Pawnee Killer, was in command.
While war had not be m declared, and
while the Indians did not hesitate to appear
at the forts and trading posts, some
ouc was being butchered every day. I
had been on the watch for prowlers, and
was a wells prepared as a lone man could
be. I had a Winchester and two revolvers,
and the only drawback was that
I had found two of the horses aud had
them with me. As thev would not drive,
I had roped them together anth then
made them fast to my saddle.
J was skirting a long, nurrcw ridge,
badly broken by outcroppings of rock,
and the time was 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
All of a sudden I caught sight of
Indians about half a mile away coming
on the same side of the ridge. Indeed,
I heard them yelling before I saw them,
and' I turned sharp to the left and forced
the horses up the ridge among a mass of
boulders and outcropping. The redskins
caught sight of me as I went up,
but did not immediately approach. I
could see that they were coufused, and a
dozen or more 6hots were fired, and I
was puzzling over the matter when I
heard some one clattering over the stony
ground, and next moment a white man
jumped down beside me and exclaimed:
"Stranger, for God's sake stand 'em
oil until I can get my wind. They are
Cheycnncs, and have killed my brother!"
Three young bucks, on foot, had been
in chase of the?fugitivc, and they were
within 200 feet of me as I rose up. The
levelled rifle brought them to a sudden
halt, and after gazing at me fqr a momAnf
fnrno/1 nrt/1 /locrknnrlorl f Kn pirlrrn
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to join the rest of the band. My visitor
lay down, and it was five minutes before
he could get breath to explain.
"We were out looking for cattle which
stampeded from our emigrant camp on
the Saline Fork. These brutes killed
ray brother and took me prisoner. This
was yesterday, and about a mile below
here they had gone into camp and built
a fire to torture me, when I made a break.
Give me your revolver, for they'll be sure
to charge us."
I gave him cne of the weapons, and
600n after an Indian appeared on the foot
of the ridge, made signs of peace, and
asked for a talk. Those on the level below
me drew away about forty rods to
convince me they mcaut fair, and I left
my shelter and advanced a few paces to
ask the errand of the yo.ung warrior.
While I was thus engaged the man behind
me was rolling the loose rocks together
to strengthen the position.
The redskin said he came to demand a
prisoner. They bad no quarrel with me,
but the prisoner had shot one of their
number in cold blood and must die.
They only asked for justice. I had their
word that I might ride away in safety,
but the prisoner they would have at any
sacrifice. I did not wait an instant before
replying that the man would not be
given up, aud that I was ready for any
move on their part to take him. The
buck had left his rifle behind him, and I
stood there also apparently unarmed.
As a matter of fact, each of us had a revolver.
We were about half pistol shot
apart and as I gave him my ultimatum
he half turned, whipping out a revolver,
and fired a bullet which passed within
an inch of my head. Theu he uttered a
yell and started to run, but he was too
late. My bullet struck him under the
right arm and went clear through
him, and he fell and curled up by a
boulder to die.
The situation was understood by the
jfryfiqna below me almost instantly, and J
the entire crowd dismounted and charged
up the ridge. It was a very foobsh move
on their part, and proved the excitability
of young buck:. We had them dead
under our fire, and we killed three of
them with as inauy bullets. I got a bead
ou Pawnee Killer's son with my revolver
as he urged his hesitating band to push
up the ridge, and when he went down 1
thought I had killed him. With his fall
the fighting ceased. The survivors made
a rush for their horsc3 and then disappeared
to the cast, leaving the four
dead ones where they fell. I was puzzled
at their conduct, and at first regarded it
a ruse, but when I came to stand up and
look around I saw a party of thirteen
men?hunters, trappers, stockmcu and
adventurers?coming up from the north
on their way to the fort.
The name of the young man who so
cleverly escaped was Austin Bricc, and
for the next year he was in Government
employ at the fort. lie had not shot au
Iudian, as stated by the flag-of-truce
bearer, but the murder of bis brother
was entirely unprovoked and coldblooded,
and the Indians meant to torture
him to death.
The bullet which struck the young
chief did not kill him, as I at first supposed.
It struck him alongside the
nose, ran down to the corner of his
mouth, followed the line of the lips
down to the left-hand corner, and passed
over the chin. The result was to give
him a most horrible-looking mouth,
making him an object of ridicule and
contempt; and he not only swore to
have my life, but Pawnee Killer proclaimed
the fact that he would give five
ponies aud a revolver to any oue who
would bring him my scalp. Thereforo,
while actual hostilities had not yet begun,
there was a price set upon my
head, and I was in more personal danger
than if the redskins were on the warpath.
The first attempt was made about two
weeks after the fight on the ridge. A
Sioux Indian, who claimed to have been
outlawed from his tribe because he
favored peace with the whites, came into
Fort Hays, ostensibly for protection.
lie had no weapons, seemca to oc uuaesi
and straightforward, and all the men
had a good word for him. On the third
day he came to me and asked my assistance
to recover his rifle, blanket, a lot of
powder and lead, and various other articles
which he said ho had cached at a
spot about twelve miles down the Smoky
Hill Fork in a grove. "When he described
the spot I remembered it very
well, and next morning, having permission
of the commandant, we set out. I
was on horseback, and the Indian
afoot. I had my usual 'weapons, while
he had an army musket. He gave us
his nume us Little Smoke, and was a
typical warrior iu build and demeanor.
Before we left the fort an old hunter
called me aside and said:
"Do you be lieve thar' is a cache?"
"Why not?"
"Bekase an Injun says thar1 is. Alius
take ?cm contrary to what they say. Is
your scalp nailed on?"
"Do you mistrust the man?"
"Never saw one yit that I didn't. I'm
going to bet my rifle agin a keg of powder
that you don't couic back."
As soon as wo were out of sight of the
fort I motioned for the Indian to take
the lead. He seemed to take it as a matter
of course, and he led off with a lope
and held it for six or seven miles without
a halt. I had not only to keep nu eye on
him, but scan the country as well. He
nnnpurnd to be on the lookout, as well
he might be if his story was true, and
about 11 o'clock wc approached the spot
where he claimed to have hidden his
property. I had kept him in the lead all
the time, nud wc had had more or less
shelter along the bank of the stream.
Half a mile from the grove I drew rein
and said:
"I will wait hero while my brother
goes forward after his property."
"Is the Swift Rider tired with his
ride?" he sarcastically unswcrcd.
"One must keep watch for danger. I
will do that, for you will be busy."
"If my white brother is afraid he need
not go."
"If my red brother has a cache in the
grove let him look for it. If not, we
will return to the fort."
He hesitated a moment, and then, satisfied
that I was 011 my guard, he walked
away and soou disappeared in the grove.
I had every confidence that the trees
sheltered a band of redskins,and it would
not have surprised mc in the least to have
seen a body of them dash out. I was
therefore taken aback, at the end. of
about a quarter of an hou.\ to see Little
Smoke reappear with a backload of stuff
from his cache. He came straight toward
me, but very slowly, and halted every
few yards to adjust his burden. I was
carefully watching him wheu my horse
snilfed the air uneasily, and all at once it
came to me that I was being stalked. I
left the shelter of the cottonwoods for
the open ground, and as I rode away two
bullets zipped close to my head, having
been fired from the opposite bank of the
stream. At the same moment Little
Smoke dropped his goods and fired on
me with his musket. While half a dozen
Indians in my rear were yelling and
shootiug, I rode down to within 200 feet
of the smooth-tongue traitor and dropped
him dead iu his tracks. There were five
Indians in the ambuscade, and they
mounted their ponies and pursued me for
three or four miles, but I got safely
away.
The second attempt was made in December.
A half-breed Cheyenne?an old
mau with a very houcst faee?came into
the fort and reported that a white nuin,
a trapper, was in camp on the river
above us with a broken leg, and he volunteered
to come in and report the case.
The distance was not over five miles,
but the snow lay deep on the ground
and it was very sharp weather. The old
man probably reasoned that I would be
sent out to guide the relief party. He
was asked to do so, but refused, even
under promise of a gallon of whiskey.
This refusal aroused my suspicions, and
instead of going out as a relief corps a
dozen men were armed to the teeth. The
place designated was a grove,and we approached
it as near as possible under
cover and then made a sadden dash.
Eight mounted Indians rushed out on the
other side. There were evidences that
they had been thcro in camp for two
or three days.
In the spring, when war had been
formally declared, most of my work was
along the Smoky Uill stage route. When
the stages finally ceased running I carried
food and ammunition to the station
employes, or guided them safely to
the posts. Lookout Stution, 20 miles
beyond Fort Kays, was more exposed to
attack than any other on the rontc. Tho
hut for the shelter of the men was half
wood, half mud. Two stables filled
with hay and oats flanked it, and stood
dangerously near. "While at every other
station the men had made dug-outs for
their protection, this precaution had
been neglected at Lookout. Small bands
of Indians hud appeared and been stood
off by tho well-armed men, and they had
come to believe that they could defeat
any force likely to appear. On tne
morning of April 15, I was approaching
Lookout with 600 Winchester cartridge.'
for the men, when, just as day fairly
broke, I was discovered and pursued by
a band of about fifty Indians. I got into
the station after ^lively chase, and within
an hour it was surrounded by over a
hundred redskins. I had been recognized,
and they sent a flag of truce to
offer the three men their lives if they
would hand me over. This offer was
twice repeated, and then the Indians
settled down to besiege the station.
During the day the firing was kept up al
long range. All the horses in the stables
were killed before noon, but none of us
was wounded. As night came, I determined
to get away, being under orders
to report at Hays as soon as possible.
The men encouraged me to go, saying
they could hold the place until I sent assistance.
At about 9 o'clock, I crept out of the
hut, crawled on my hands and knees
into the darkness, and after twice almost
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their liues and headed for the fort. I
was only three miles away when I saw
the glare of the burning stables, which
the redskins had crept up to and fired.
The hut caught from the stables, and as
the three brave fellows were finally
driven out, they were shot down by the
horde in waiting, and thus every vestige
of the station was wiped out. ?Neio York
Sun.
Clond Bands of the GloTe.
Until recently but little has been done
to determine the distribution of cloudiness
on the globe. But M. Teisserenc
dc Bort, a French meteorologist, has
earnestly attempted to supply this deficiency
of knowledge. The results of
his novel and great labor, published in
the American Meteorological Mag mine,tire.
very interesting, and when mapped, enable
one to imagine how our planet,
with its cloud bauds,would appear to au
observer at some remote point in space.
He finds that in all months the earth's
clouds arrange themselves in a very orderly
way, as Jupiter's cloud forms, iu
streaks or zones parallel with the equator,
on or near which occurs a maximum
of cloudiness. Between latitude 15 degrees
and 45 degrees north or south the
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stilus lire uuiiipuiiitivuijr viuiUy uui uutwcen
the thirty-fifth and fiftieth parallels
there is a zone of cloude'd sky, north
of which the atmosphere grows more
transparent. Other things being equal,
clouds arc more abundant over the sea
and on elevated sea coasts exposed to a
prevailing sea wind than on the continents.
Over the whole globe November
is the month of greatest cloudiness, and
March the clearest month.
These and other instructive data obtained
by 31. Teisscrcnc dc Bort arc of
great value to meteorology and medical
climatology. On-the plateaus and mountain
ranges of India (where in winter tho
sky is remarkably clear), when in May
the sun heats up the Asiatic continent,
causing an indraught of uir from the Iudian
Ocean the multiplication of clouds
announces days beforehand the advance
of the south-monsoon, which rules tho
weather of the entire summer and decides
the fate of all the crops. In the
tropics generally, the "equatorial cloud
ring," swinging north and south with
the sun in declination, is the herald of
the rainy seasons. If the laws of cloud
distribution were better known tho
work of forecasting great hot and cold
spoils and the course and intensity of
storms would be considerably facilitated.
?New York Herald.
How to Keep Fish When Canght.
The angler should take care of his fish
after he has caught thera. It is discreditable
to fetch back a lot of sun and wind
dried fish, all curled up and stiff. Put
a handful of grass or ferns in the bottom
of the creel and kill the fish as soon as
caught by hitting them a sharp blow on
the back of the head. If the weather is
hot, clean the raorniug catch at noon,
and every few hours dip the creel in the
stream. The best way to keep fish to
take home is as follows: Clean them
thoroughly, taking care to remove the
gills and the blood under the back-bone,
wipe dry inside and out, but do not wash
them; sprinklo them inside with black
pepper, but on no nccount use salt.
Pack in cool, fresh grass and keep them
iu the shade. If ice is used it should be
put in a tin can or at least at the bottom
of the creel, for it spoils the fiavor of
fish to have them soaking in water?
Forest and Stream.
A Good Hone.
A good hone is one of the most valu"1.1
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UUiU Ci5UUiiai3 ui u \>uiiviuaa o uuiu^ aitu
one of the best methods of making it is
the following: Take the best gelatine,
which melts in ati equal quantity of
water, keeping it iu the dark, as daylight
is injurious to it. Dissolve one and
a half per cent, of bi-carbonnto of potash
and add it to the thoroughly melted
gelatine. Then take very fine emery und
pulverized flint stones, equal to nine
times the weight of gelatine used, and
mix in thoroughly. Mould the paste to
the desired shape and press it as hard as
possible to consolidate the mass well,
afterward drying it in the """ ?Com- .
mercial Advertiser. I
- LONG BR0CII.
PICTURES OF SUMMER LIFE AT
THE^SE ASIDE.
The Surf and Its Perils ? Feminine
Bathers?One Woman's Sumptuous
Private Bath?Politicians,
Dandies and Big Hats.
T
Long Branch, says a letter to the Chicago
Herald, is a great favorite with all
sorts of people. In has two great advantages.
It is near to New York city,and
quite wicked enough to suit the most desirous.
The surf is magnificent. Father
Neptune comes in raging and foaming at
the mouth. His usual demand from the
Jersey coast is about a man a week, and,
although the beach is thoroughly patrolled
and the life ropes are plentiful,
vet down the victim goes, sucked under
WANTS TO BE THE SENSATION.
by the terrible swirt of the retreating
breaker and is carried out, bobbing up
and down like a water-soaked log. He
rarely makes any outcry. The people on
the beach do this. The bathing masters
plunge in, the catamarans are launched,
and although everything is done quick
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58 a H&811, aid oiren comes too into, uuc
soul less in the world than five minutes
before.
Do they omit the hop that evening?
Docs the giddy throng fail to gather on
the hotel verandas after dinner? Is there
anything to show that a human being lost
his life in the.surf that morning? Oh,
dear no 1 We don't come down here to
go into mourning.
One day Harry McElroy, one of the
best amateur swimmers of the New York
Athletic, was disporting in the water, exhibiting
his superb phjsjque to a, grcup
of admirers on the beach, when the cry
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now THIN'OS ARE DIVIDED.
wns heard: "A mnn drowning!" Harry
struck out for him with a pair of arms
that had carried joy to many a fair
waltzer?white a3 i vory and strong as
steel?and before the guard was anywhere
near, Henry tumbled the fellow
through the surf, tossed him on the sand
and waa back into the water again,
flashing his fine limbs in the air like
Glaucus in pursuit of a nereid. At dinner
the following colloquy took place:
"Say, Harry, in heaven's name, what
did you want to risk your life saving that
worthless fellow for? His family feel
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tjuiie uucuucu uu'jui mi uu .j a~~
He's determined 1o die drunk."
"May be," drawled Harry,as he raieed
a stalk of asparagus to his mouth, "but
the bathing suit was worth 52.75. I
didn't know who was in it."
This place is a favorite resort of leading
actresses, those who support establishments
of their own?the few who make
aukn't there for the surf.
ten to fifty thousand a year. Mrs. John
*T ? ' fluo foo^inn Thp.
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maguifiecnt drives are well qualified to
show oil a fine turnout, and there are always
notables, noble and ignoble, foreign
and domestic, at the hotels to make it
interesting. Langtry was here last
year, but she didn't ufe the surf. 8he
"tubbed it" in her apartments. Your
genuine woman of fashion, especially if
she is a bit passce, never goes into the
| surf. She has been told that salt water
makes wrinkles. That settles it. No
woman wants to be wrinkled, now does j
she? Ocean brine cuts the moisture out
of the skin and hardens the flesh. Look
at the old salts. Try a piece of salt pork
j along with your broiled chicken and sec
for yourself. Chickens never touch salt,
j It is death to them.
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Married women who love their, husbands
go into the ocean brine, but young
widows never! Yorng girls go in, but
with them surf bathing is only a means
to nn end, and we all know what the
chief end of a girl's life is?a rich husband,
of course! It is the end of her fun
and the commencement of his.
Mrs. M. Estcllc du Bois-Long h:is arrived
with twenty-seven trunks, some of
them large enough to set up housekeeping
in. She is popularly kuown as "the
woman with the hundred dresses." She
is a widow, and there arc two things
about her that no fellow will ever find
out: What the "M" stands for, and how
old she is. Mrs. M. Du Bois-Long is
what is known as a "well preserved woman."
Some say she is sixty and some
thirty-five. It cost nothing but the effort
to make your choice. Well, Mrs.
Du Bois-Long never goe3 into the brine.
She is a "tubber," and such a "tubber!"
TTnr nTirnfo hath nsinaiafa nf a nnrA?lftin
tub with silver mountings. It is surrounded
by mirrors to enable her to discover
any lines or shrinkages in her
figure, which is wonderfully round and
white, whether you call her thirty-five or
sixty. This sumptuous tub is filled twice
a day with spring water brought in barrels
from two miles away. Its temperature
is raised to 80 and it is then softened
by boric acid and milk of almonds, and
and perfumed with cologne. There is
no rubbing done and no soap used on the
wonderful skin, of the "woman with a
hundred dresses." Oh, no, that would
be a sacrilege? Her maid simply pats
the skin while it is thoroughly moistened,
and dashes the water gently against it.
CEASED TO EE SEI.F-SUPPOKTINa.
After rising from her bath, a French
preparation, pate du scrail, is applied to
shield the skiu irom too rapiu evaporation,
which means wrinkles. Such
is the Bccrct of this modern beauty who
comes to the salt seaside to keep fresh.
Long Branch has always exerted a peculiar
fascination upon statesmen, political
bosses, ring masters, ward magnates
and that ilk generally. Polities needs a
greaf deal of salt to check decomposition.
The political leader is not always
what you would think him to be?something
towering and impressive. Somo
of the strongest of them are about as injiguifioant
looking as a last year's mullein
stalk. But the Branch is alive with
all sorts of politicians, impressive and
otherwise, from the real statesman to the
New York saloon Alderman, whose dyed
moustache, diamond pin, flash tie, new
clothes and vulgar manner stamp him at
once as a product of rank soil?a quick
growth, neither fruit, flower, vegetable,
odorous or edible! What good is he?
Well, he is a monev snender, and great
summer resorts wouldn't be possible without
him. He drops his money in showers
.is gently as Jupiter did his on the backs
of the Dance, and quite as generously,
too. Money may be the root of all evil,
but it is never an unmitigated evil. The
political manager comes here to continue
the game of chance, to bet on the color
of cards as he does on the complexion of
parties, for no roulette in its rotations
ever equaled the fickleness of tho
sovereign people. Now, where tho
King goes, there goes the jester. That
is to say, the political boss is always at*
tended by the political bummer, who
never earns a dollar, never pays for anything,
never does a stroke of work, never
drinks a glass of water, and yet he is an
important factor in machine politics.
He's the grease.
Every dandy here wears a sash. Now,
a sash may look very well on a slim man,
but to increase a rotundity of sixty inches
by adding a Gordon sash shows to what
profundity of absurdity men descend
when once infected with a craze. They
wear it in place and out of place; at the
races, in church, on the beach, with
evening dress and negligee, all the same.
The only regret seems to be that they
cannot be worn into the water. Thus far
the guests at the hotels have the sashes
to themselves, but next week is expected
that the waiters will don them, and after
that the porters and hotel hands generally.
The women have their craze, too.
They run to big hats. Brims arc so broad
that they have ceased to be self-supporting.
One very indulgent husband, to
gnitffy his wife, has invented a brim
supporter. It may be atttachcd to any
carriage and, so he says, is bound to become
very popular.
Wrong' Identifications.
It sometimes happens that bodies are
wrongly identified at the Morgue. Such
mistakes seldom occur, owiug to the
great carefulness of the present Morgue
officials. A woman who lived in l'rovi-.
dence wrote several years ago to her
children in this city that she intended
to spend Thanksgiving with them. She
stated that she was oil her way, ana
would arrive 011 u certain day. The day
came, hut she did not appear. The
children became alarmed when several
days had passed without hearing from
her, and a visit was made to the Morgue.
A body in a coffin was identified from the
appearance and clothiug as that of their
mother, nnd it was placed in charge of
an undertaker for burial. The funeral
was held, and it was interred in Calvary
Cemetery. Their door-hell rang two
days afterward, while they were at supper,
arid in walked the supposed dead
woman. She hud missed her train and
had not left Providence.?Nuo York
) World.
CURIOUS FACTS.
Tb3 Khedive of Egypt has hut one
wife.
French wine growers have a superstitious
appreciation of comets.
About fourteen years is as Jong as cats
live under favorablo conditions.
It is believed that betting 13 more
prevalent in Australia than anywhere
else.
A Senator must bo thirty years old
and a Representative it least twenty-five
yearn old.
California was conquered from Mexico
in 1847. New Mexico was added by
treaty in 1854.
The Postoffice Department was organized
by Benjamin Franklin before the
Revolution, 1775.
The Bible is now translated into 800
tongues. The number of languages spoken
in the world is upward of 3000. Evcrv
pound of asphalt used in the
United States comes from Trinidad, West
Indies, and two firms control the importation.
The Chinese, according to the Governor
of Hong Kong, are firm believers in
vaccination^ and submit to the ordeal
with cheerfulness.
An order from Florida for 150,000
reams of tissue paper, to be used ia
wrapping oranges, has been received by
a Bergen County (N. J.) man.
Marshall Pass, on the Denver and Rio"
Grande Railroad, 10,851 feet above the
sea level, is the highest point crossed by
a railroad inside the limits of the United
States.
About 1500 different kinds of dream
books are in the market, and all of them
find buyers, while sales steadily increaseabout
in proportion to the increase of
people.
A man at Brownfield, Me., who has
been married sixteen years, and has
moved thirty-five times during that pe
rioi, thinks he has beaten the record as
a rolling stohe.
Quails are so numerous and tame in
the vicinity of Grass Lake, "Wis., that
they fly into the village in flocks and sit
around on the lawns like robins. The
law protecting them lasts two years
more.
Not a Friday passes but what some
ship sails from some port for some other
port. Yet thousands of intelligent people
prefer to believe that no sailor goes
to sea on Friday. Columbus sailed on
Friday.
The Spartans, who were physically the
most incessantly and thoroughly trained
men in Greeco, were formidable soldiers
and competent generals; but they cannot
be credited with a single achievement in
literature and art.
A mad ox was killed at Daviston,Ga.,
which had broken through every barrier,
* and was hard to keep up with. The men
shot him twenty-seven times before killing
him. He was bitten by a mad dog
three weeks before.
Procious stones arc much more widely
distributed than formerly. There are
many families who own jewels to tho
value of half a million, while few
wealthy people had even $100,000 invested
in diamonds ten years ago.
There is little difference between the
6and of the sea and that of the desert.
There is none in formation, for both are
composed of quartz. The sand of the
sea is due to the transport of the material
by rivers, and grinding by the waves on
the sea shore. In the Sahara and other
African regions, as well as in CWntral
Asia, the daily range of temperature is
very great.
A Jumper's Feats.
Darby, the Irish athlete, goes through
no exceptional training, unless for a
spcciul contest. Ho keeps himself in
trim by a little boxing, careful dietary
and keeping clear of alcohol almost to the
I extent of tectotalism.
He jumps in clogs tipped with steel,
the most unsuitable footgear, the uninitiated
might suppose, for the purpose.
Joseph Darby is advertised as champion
jumper of the world, but this scarcely
conveys an idea of what he accomplishes,
for most people would suppose that he
did nothing beyond ordinary broad and
high jumps.
How mistaken they would be may be
gathered from the following, which are
but a fraction of his feats: Standing
high jump, five feet six inches, with ankles
f nr/> efnnrlinrr liimna flVflntV-Sl*
.Wjj j ... j
seven aud a half inches; three standing
jumps, forty-one feet seven inches; four
standing jumps, fifty feet four inches,
clearing fifteen feet five inches in the lost
jump; six backward jumps, fifty-four
feet; jumping from an ordinary brick,
end up, over bedroom chair, on to another
brick, end up, thence over bar five
feet six inches; three jump3, clearing
chair standing on table in last jump;
jumping from brick over two horses;
clearing twenty-three feet eight inches in
two jumps, jumping over chair on to
man's face without hurting man.
Where arc our "champions," who
scramble over five feet six or eight and
perhaps clcar.twenty or twenty-one feet?
Tho point in the brick and tumbler jumps
is that the jumper must not upset either,
and in this Darby docs not fail once. ?
New York Journal.
A Boy Builds n Steamer.
A trim aud handsome li'tle steamer
was tied up at the Merrill-Stevens Com-1
pnny's wharf the other day, with a gang
.of men busy at work on her. She is the
Marmion, of Picolnta, owned by N. R.
Fitzhugh, of that place, where she was
built out of Florida timber.
The Marmion is forty feet long, handsomoly
proportioned and strongly constructed,
and was built by 3Ir. FifzhugU't
eon, only eighteen years of age, Isaac by
name. His father is justly proud of the
work, which would do credit to a skilful
shipbuilder, surrounded by every convenience.
The boat will have a twenty
horse power boiler and a Colt Dice engine
put in her by the Mecril Stevens
Company. She will be usednu towing
around . Picolnta. ? Jadao.ivivc (Fl-t.)
Times-Union.
A COMPARISON. I.
- *
Td ruther lay out here among the'treat
With the singing biids and' the "buiu'l bees, f. *
A-knowing that I can "do a?"I plaise, . . . ."*
Than to live what-folkscoli a lifo pf ease
Up tharin the city.
Fer I really don'J;'xactly Undersfatf - . **'
Where the comfort Is fer any jpan v
In walkin' hot bricks an' usin'.a fan, /" v. *
a- 7 " - *
An' en joyin' himself as he says he can, - *
Up thar in the city. '" .f '* i
? ? . UV- v 4 y
It's kinder lonesome, mebbe you'll say. ;
A-llvtn' out hore clay after day
In this kinder easy, careless way; .. . s"_?
But a hour out here is better'n a day "V >
Up thar in the city/
As for that, jus' look at the fibwefll <roii~Y
A-peepin' their heads up all ovef thtTSfcouu',
An' the fruit a-bendin' the trees 'way dtrmi.
You don't find such things as these in towif
Or, ruther, in the city. * ,'"*"* '*
. ? .
As I said afore, such things as-theso,
The flowers, the birds and the bumT bees,
An'adivin'out here among the trees, ^ :
Where you can take your ease an' do as you
please,
Makes it better'n the city.
Aow, all the talk don't 'mount to snuff *
'Bout this kinder life a-bein' rough.
An' I'm sure it's plenty good enough,
An' 'tween you an' me, 't ain't half as rough
Aslivin' in tho city. . . ^
?James Whitcomb Rilef.
PITH AND POINT.
> *' f.
The after-clap?An encore. '?
Out for a sale?The auctioneer's flag.
Only fit for a dog to live in?A kennel.
The expressman puts on a great many
lugs.
The poor man can always get prompt
justice when he is to be punished.?
Puck. '"e" * ? >
0 %t , m 4 /
It is perfectly legitimate for a cattle
trust to water its stock.?Richmond Recorder.
A tennis suit is not very loud, but a
racket nearly "always goes with it.?
Washington Star. ~
Hailstones intended for publication \
are usually as big as hen's eggs.?Netb
Orleans Picayune. " *
Don't try to drown your sorrows in a
jug; troubles are great swimmers.?Ashe- ' '
viilc (JV. 0.) Citizen. > ?* v ;
A boy never so thoroughly realizes
that quarrelling is Binful as when he is
getting licked in a fight. . ..
"I don't like ray calling," as the apprentice
remarked'on being compelled to * '
get up at 4 a. m.?Louell Citizen. , ^
If Mr. Stanley and his wife over quarrel
it is quite possible that they will carry
the war into Africa.?Pitlzbury Chroni- dc.
He wrote: "I luv you. You hare
throne a spell around me.'r And sfi6 jo-, *
plied: "Why don't you use it?"?Baton
Transcript. . .
The tramp now seeks tbo pond ocJaka -?
Aysomo untraveled path,
And in some sheltered nook doth take-* * '
Again his yearly bath.
?Boston Courier.
"I tell you, travel devolops a man. If
he has anything in him, it's bound To '
come out iitravcl." "Particulary ocean **"
travel."?iPiick.
The man who can attend to his own
affairs carries with him a business qualification
that is recognizable the world
over.?Prison Mirror. ? ...
Though actors may quarrel,
Howe'er they may rage
They are suro to "make up"
When they go on the stage.
?Judge* .. . ,.;
Very many people who are taking in
summer boarders are people who have . .
seen better days and lived better^ So
have their boarders.?New Orleans'Pica
yune. .
A Priucc who recently married a very
rich American heiress is an expert on "the
violin; and doubtless tho young-lady
who dances to his humor is willing to
pay the fiddlor.?Judge.
First Senator?"I have a scheme to
which I wish to give the widest publicity.
"What do you suggest as the best
method?" Second Senator?"Discuss.it.in
secret session, of course."?Racket.
He who courts and runs away
May live to court another day;
But he who courts and wilt not wed,
May find himself in court instead. *
?Chatter. ...
An icemau who has lost part of his
crop says, "There's no use of crying over
spilled milk." It's a pity that this ra,au
can't be philosophical without a covert
thrust at a business which, after all, is as
good as his is.?Judge.
"It's very strange that they do not
have the bridegroom given away at weddings
tho same as the bride is," re- - * '
marked Mrs. Trotter. Jlr. T.?1,iho? ' ^
need to give him away?he's the -one . " >
that is generally sold."?New York llsr
aid.
It's enough to kind of sour a man on
human nature," said the tramp, "when
you stop to consider how often you're
called lazy because you won't do a sov,enty-five-ceut
job nt sawin' wood for a '
fifteen-cent breakfast." ? Washington
Post. Maiden
Lady?"Wow! Gracious mo!
What in the world are you doing there?"
Man Under the Bed?"If you please,ma'am,
I am the man you got the Governor
to pardon out of the pen t'othpr
.1.... T iict- tlinmrlit T wmilff mmi>
May, ?uu X WW
around uud thank yc, ma'ain."?Tcrre
Haute Exprm. ; ~ ^ r.
At the Chinese theater the female parte :
are performed by meti in disguise. jOne 4 :?
evening the play was slow in commenc- . '
ing and the audience grew impatient. At;. ' .
leugth the manager advanced to- the footlights
and 6aid, "I must ask the spectators
to excuse us a few minutes; the
Queen is not yet shaved!"?Oil Bias.
Yearling Bride?"Mr. Jones, I have
always been in the habit of indulging in
the last word, and I do not wish to
change my habits at this time of life."
Mr. Jones?"Well, dear, I have been
praying for about a year that you would
finally come to that delectable word. I
am weary, and would rest. Simpiy
^oeak it."?American Grocer.