The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, September 21, 1886, Image 6
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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Princc Bismarck has seventy-six decorations
and a monument. A granite
obelisk has just been erected at Lipipehne,
in Prussia, to commemorate the
ifact that on the 2uth of June. 1842, BisIraarck,
at that time a mere sub-licutontant'in
a cavalry regiment, threw himself
jiiiio mo ihkc cu w cimci~oc anu ai me
irisk of his own life saved a drowning
Isoldior. The man of blood and iron
ieaysthat lie is prouder of that little silver
jmedal conferred on him for this act of
ibravery than of all his seventy-six decorations.
Mrs. Ciovcland's marriago certificate
ia thus described by tho Washington
I Critic; "Mrs. Cleveland's marriage certificate
is a very interesting document.
It rests on a bed of blue velvet, in an allligator
portfolio about twelve inches
'long and eight inches wide. In the
mppor left hand corner of tho certificate
'is a very pretty picture of the White
|Housc, drawn by that eminent artist.
iMr. O. L. Pruden, the President's assistant
secretary. The certificate was sent
around to all who who were at the wedding
so that they could sign it as witnesses,"
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Harry McCabe, child of Henry and
Hattic McCabe, resident New Yorkers, j
was given, ten years ago, by his mother ;
to a circus performer after her husband j
had deserted her. They were afterward
reunited, and, searching for the little
.fellow, only four years old, discovered
that he was being trained in a circus
company in California and cruelly
treated. The machinery of the law was
iput in motion, and he was finally rescued
from his unnatural guardians and
retnrned here. But; his parents having
once abandoned him, he was not surrendered
to them, but to the keeping of !
the President of the Society for the Pre- I
vention of Cruelty to Children. The !
late Edward D. C. Kittrcdge, a rich New j
^ork lawyer, bccame interested in the \
tiny waif, who was very pretty aud in- j
telligent, and, having no children of his ;
own, adopted him. His widow has since j
{removed from New York to Concord, N. \
tH., and, as she is worth about $2,000,000,
he will probably inherit the bulk j
of the property in seven years, when lie I
shall have roaclied his majority. His ;
early misfortune will prove his good for j
tune after all. .
If any evidence was wanted as to the
continued and growing popularity of diaraonds
as ornaments it would be furnished
alone by the statistics of the United
States Treasury department. In 18G7
the total valuation of precious stones im- ,
ported into the United States was $1,- j
318,017. In 1872, five years later, the j
valuation had nearly doubled, being $2,- j
350,731. In 1880 it was $0,870,000; in j
1884 it had reached $9,139,000; in 18S5 j
11 excecaea ^n,uuu,uuu, ana wnen tno |
figures for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1886, are given to the public it will be
found that there has been a still larger
increase^ the aggregate coming close to
$14,000,000. The diamond is to precious '
stones 'what gold is to metals. It is in- j
destructible. Further than that, it is a
convenient form in which to consolidate j
wealth for storage. Many leading jew- j
dry houses enter into special agreements
with their customers, agreeing to pay in
cash the full amount paid for the jewels,
!esd ten per cent, and the cost of the settings,
upon the return to them of tbe
dfiamonds within one year from the date
flpf the purchase. They futhermore agree
^ ' ito pay a fair proportionate price for the
^ Bettings if in good condition. In times
of financial uncertainty the diamond
1 business always enjoys a boom.
A number of very curious Indian relics, J
says the Chicago Times, have just been i
unearthed in "Wabash County, Indiana.
|They have been in possession of members
of the Miami tribe of Indians, to whom
.alone their existence was known. Among
iamoom * TT* -
liiuui ao iuv cruas worn uy r ranees oio,cum,
the famous female captive, who,
with a very few other whites, escaped
alive in the Wyoming massacre. The
cross is eleven and one-half inches long
and seven inches wide, and u of solid
I '
ailvcr. It has been in the Miami tribe
;for more than a century. A medal presented
to the Wyandotte tribe by George
[Washington and afterward presented by
-the Wyandotte chieftain to William Peiconda,
a Miami, has also been discovered,
,This medal, also of silver, is oblong in
!lorm, measuring seven by live inches.
On one side occurs the words: ''George
yvasnington, President," and a medallion
representing an Indian holding the pipe
of peaec to a colonist, while a tomahawk
i k is carelessly thrown aside. In the background
is seen a pioneer at the plow.
Un the reverse is the coat of arms of the
United Stales. An offer of $500 hai
been refused for this medal. Another
medal, circular in form and two and
one-half inchcs in diameter, is also held
by a Miami. A pipo and a tomahawk,
with the words: "Peace and Friendshin.
r I
; A. Jackson, President, 1829," arc shown
on one side, white two hands clasped
ornament tha reverse. The relics are
regarded with great veneration by the
Indians and unfeigned curiosity by the
whites, and nothing can induce the red
p; won to p:irt with their treasures.
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A NEW TRADE.
THE ART OF MAKING NEW FURNITURE
LOOK L.IKE OLD.
Catering to the Taste for the Antique
- ?Operators of ihc TruquajjcProduction
of Old I'oiatial
Furniture.
Truqungc, although a term probably
unfamiliar to many of ovir readers, nevertheless
deserves to rank among the finer
arts of modern civilization, iuch is tho
industry and skill and ing&nuity with
"which it is carried out. Burns' cottar |
mother was chiefly admirable for the skill j
with which she "gar'd auld things look !
inaistas well as new," but the truqueur [
devotes himself, on the contrary, to the '
art of making things look quite as good
as old. The connoisseur in furniture of
the present day is well aware that, for
certain important qualities of soundness,
good workmanship aud good taste, the
"old is better," with valid reason also
for his opinion. But the crowd, who
have neither his leisure, his knowledge
or his experience, naturally fall into the
hands of flie scientific experts of truquage,
an easy prey to the spoiler.
The stock-in-trade of the French truqueur
and his English congener?quite |
as expert as he?need not be large. "Wal- j
nut juice?which gives an agreeable mcl- j
lowncss of tone?and nitric acid are
neither of them expensive. The latter
imitatc3 pretty closely tho ravages of ants, |
and holes bored with a fine augur easily i
give3 a worm-eaten ap' --ance whica appeals
to the lover of the antique in carved
furniture. The writer was informed by
a workingmau's wife that her husband
was one of these solely employed in the
boring or augur business; but in Paris
live worms are kept to do the work, and
do it even better, and to order, which is
more surprising. New oak can be stained
by a solution of old iron in hot ..vinegar,
which darkens it to a deeper tone; it is
then carefully oiled and polished. The
price demanded, however, is such that
"bargains" can be boasted of by the inexperienced,
while really fine work always
commands its value in the open
market.
The unhappy pieces of furniture which j
have to date from the sixteenth century ;
i t a 1 Li.. J i
ure severely oeiuen wiin neavy uiuu- i
geons, which serves to give them the j
worn appearance necessary to three centuries
of existence. A common device
is to paint the panels of cupboard!?,
roughly cawed on the premises, with
white paint; they arc then dried in the
sun, and, after keeping some months, are
washed in potash, which removes the
paint in patehe?, and the exquisite finish
of the carving beneath is apt to be taken
for granted by the buyer; who is aware
that in the last century much good paneling
was thus painted, and preserved to
our generation? in consequence of all its
pristine freshness of cutting an outline.
Buhl of a very ordinary description is
ornamented by French dealers with brass
scroll work, after the designs of Gillot.,
who succeeded Buhl. Those who can
be taken in by these mechanical repro
ductions must be left to their fate. In
porcelain and faience one can only say
caveat emptor, so clever are the triclts
by which even the learned are deceived.
At Cage's manufactory at Versailles the
faience de Nevers is reproduced to perfection;
but here all is fair and open
dealing. If the buyer prefers his purchase
"antique," M. Cage will bake it
for him until the glaze crackers. It is t
further mellowed in a manure heap, and |
j a slight extra charge is imposed. The
special rnarkB of favorite potters are
easily imitated, and as much pains is
taken with spurious ware, with intent to
deceive, as would suffice to give value to
real specimens. The character of the
early decoration is carefully preserved?
the even white of the MouBtiers ware;
I the dead, dull -white of the Marsellaise, I
and the careful finish of the old Delft j
potters.
At Venice the reproduction of the old '
palatial furniture is a thriving industry,
and the same at Florence; but it possesses
little or no artistic value. The
ebony is black stained wood; the stipi
are bone, and not ivory; the shapes and
patterns are, however, carefully copied,
and the prices are not excessive, and
good patterns are a distinct gain in furniture;
but the modern production will
not have the lasting qualities of the old.
Ivory triptychs are manufactured at Versailles.
Ths golden tint is gained by
boiling in oil, then plunging into boiling
water and drying before a hot fire, which
cracks the ivory to perfection. These
require a skilled eye to detect, as the
carving is often meritorious. Even
works of the highest art do not escape
! the truqueur. Clodion, the late eminent
| French sculptor, discovered that a group
bearing his signature had been sold for !
j 4,500 franco. Legal proceedings were !
j instituted accordingly. It was brought
1 to light that the work in question was
| due to one Lebroc, who had made it his
i study to imitate Clodion. Nevertheless, j
three eminent judges?Millett, Chapu
and Guilloume?after careful examinaj
tion, and in spite of the signature, de|
tided that, in their opinion, it was not
the handling of Clodion. So the sales
i were annulled, and damages were not al!
lowed by the courts. Clodion*3 real name
was Michel, and somo of his earliest and
finest works are thus signed. The arts
of truquagc extend themselves even to lit*
, y \ \ v .'''T T :^s;. >craturo.
As long ago as the seventeenth
century we find the printers of Lyons
and Rouen simulating princeps editions
of Racine and Moliere. The type, the
paper, the colophons, all being reproduced
with unscrupulous accuracy,
and then palmed off :is genuine
upon the unwary purchaser. The
manufacture still prosper.?, aided
with the photogravure process and
the arts of fac simile. So also are
old letters and autographs successfully
floated, signed by Cardinal de Retz or
Pnlhorf or vnn ?\lnnon f?
WVAIkSVsAV) VI HUVUl J VU j/lVJUOCj U I
good price, and almost challenging scru- I
tiny. The history of the Shapira, forgeries
of the Pentateuch are fresh in the recollection
of our readers. They were offered
at the moderate price of AM,00(),OUO sterling.
So also the famous vernis Martin
can still be bought at Paris, very like,but
still not genuine; and clever painters,
whose work is as good as Lancrets, can
be found to figure as Watteaus with no
mean success. Put at present the secret
of the real Martin vernis remains as impenetrable
as it is exquisite.
In buying old oak furniture, the buyer
should notice the presence or absence of
the "tics" or cross-bars near the floor,
which are invariably in the construction
of the seventeenth-century joiners. The
forger is apt to forget this, and thus
himself brand the work as spurious. j
Dccoration was formerly the proper art I
of a guild of Florentine artists in the j
fourteenth century. Painters, jewelers,
engravers and metal workers lived in a
happy state of co-operative harmony, no
that a coffer or casket might bear the
Buccessive impress of many clev*r hands;
is the enamel, the setting, the lock, the
jewel work, would cach be executed by
in artist-craftnr.au, skilled at Dello, or
Collini, or Ghiberti. It will scarcely do
to contrast the revived mode of painting
on furniture, as webchold it in tlie shops,
with this delicate and masterly work.
Yet many of our young painters might be
wor.'c employed than in spending real
thought and putting real good work on
articles of daily use, which we have come ;
to regard, unhappily, as necessarily ugly ;
because utilitarian.?London Queen.
Doctoring the Maoris. '
I was told that a real medical mis- i
sior.ary would be likely to do an immense
deal of good iu New Zealand, on account '
of the great fancy the Maoris have for
being doctored. They do not mind pain.
If you give them one mustard plaster
they are not contented; they must have
one on every part that feels uncomfortable,
and have been seen with as many
as five or six on at once. They are particularly
fond of having their teeth
drawn; that is their delight; and when a j
tooth is out they take it outside the j
house, and get a stone, and hammer away !
till it is reduced to powder. They j
miito nn.'n. it..'. _ il -IJ
<jwnb bujuj iuio icvciigu upuu luuir uiu
enemy.
"I want you to pull out this tooth," a
Maori said one day to Mr. Taylor.
"There is nothing the matter with it."
"Yes, there is; it gives me great |
pain."
"It is not your tooth gives you pain,
it i? something else."
"But it is my tooth, and you must take
it out. I suppose you tell me you won't
bocause you can't."
And he roared so loud to shov how
bad the pain was, and got altogether so
excited,that at last the missionary agreed
to take the tooth out on the full under
standing that it was done simply to
please the patient.
"There," he said afterward, "you see
it is as I said; there is nothing at all the
matter with it."
Then why did you touch itf" asked
the tiresome invalid. "You say it is
quite good, and yet you took it out. Put
it in again!"
What was the good of reasoning with
the man? "Open your mouth," said the
missionary, "and I'll see what I can do."
And, strange to say, the tooth went back
into its place, and does not seem to have
given its owner any further trouble, while
the missionary gained great credit with
the natives for being able, not only to
tako teeth out, but to put them back
again! But it is little wonder that when
the man turned round and said: "Now,
then, take out this other one; it must be
this one huats me," the request was
steadily refused.?"Glimpses of Maori
Land."
Gush.
Don't gush. Avoid extremes, superlatives
and?gusli. Don't exaggerate the
significance of trifles; don't describe
moltt-hills as mountains. If a raindrop
wets your face, don't say that
the storm was terrible; if a person is
polite to you, or does you a favor, don't
immcdiutclv conclude that he adores
: you and would die for you; if, on the
j other hand, ho seems somewhat uneffu;
sive, don't infer that he hates and would
' lik? to kill you. Appreciate all good
| things, but don't sentimentalize over
them. Don't run when walking would
be just as well, and probably better; and
| don't just pour yourself out when, perj
haps, it would be better to contain yourIself.
Gush is doubtless enjoyed by an
individual here aud there who is himself
effusive, but by the world in general it
I U usually received as one of the things
I to be endured with other afflictions.?
\\ atchman.
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THE HOME DOCTOR.
If tho feet are tender and painful after
long standing or walking, great relief
may be obtained by bathing them in warm >
salt and water. A largo handful of salt j
to a gallon of water as warm as can bo I
borne is the proper proportion. The feet
should be immersed and the water thrown
over them with the hand and also over
the legs as far as the knees. When the
water becomes too cool, dry the feet an \
legs, rubbing with a rough towel upward.
Neuralgia of the feet has been cured bv
pcrsevcrance in this method night and
morning. Mrs. T., who knows of the
efficacy of the fo^^ing, writes that per- j
eons with weak lungs or bronchia, as j
well as weak throats, nre wonderfully j
benefited by gargling every morning with 1
strong salt and water.
A Few Fallacies.
Perhaps the formulation'of a few popu- j
lar fallacies may not be without interest
to our readers at this time, even if they
be indisposed to accept the statements
without some qualification. Lt is a fallacy
to suppose:
That alcoholic drinks support pliysi- j
cal strength during excessively hot !
weather.
That men and women should eat the
same kind and amount of food when
their manner of life is entirely different, j
That pic is really indigestible, or, in :
general, that the quality of indigestibility
can be logically affirmed of any
article of food absolutely and apart from
the consideration of the digestive capacity
of the particular stomach the powers
of which are to be tested.
That disease, in any given case, con- j
sists simply in the group of symptoms |
rnmnlftinorl nf hv fhn nr !
signs detected by the physician.
That all morbid processes are necessarily
destructive in their nature, and are
never conservative. Disease in certain
cases may be nature's method of righting
a wrong or overcoming the effects of
some disturbing agent. A certain portion
of the clinical picture of a disease
is therefore made up of evidences of reaction
as well as of direct morbid action.
That, in the production of cholera infantum,
the elevation of the atmospheric
temperature plays tlic most important
or furnishes the principal indication for
reatment.
j That a person is well who feels well,
and that sickness consists in feeling sick. 1
That specifics can bo said to exist in j
modern medicine.
That the actual number of years of a :
man's life bears any direct relation to the !
conditions of the physical frame known ;
as senile degeneration.
That the conditions of modern life in ,
I
our highest civilization are most favora- '
ble for the development of a large, i
healthyand vigorous population.
That there are such things as "laws of
! health."?Philadelphia Medical Timea.
How to Swim.* ^ j
j In nine cases out of ten, Mr. Sur.d- j
! strom says, a boy who wants to make a
j first-class and scientific swimmer should I
i begin by forgetting what he already
knows, so as to learn over nmnn in the
i right way. The first thing to master is !
j the breast stroke. That is the stroke
i which frogs use, and always have used, i
I and it seems to bo the natural way of
I swimming. Imitate a frog as closely as
! you can, and you will need no better
teacher. But a frog's legs and fe;*t form
one straight line, and his lingers are fastened
tcg; t' er so as to form a very fine ;
paddle, llold your fingers close together
when you strike out so as to imitate the
webbed feet of a duck; and when you
draw up your legs for a fresh kick, be
careful to straighten out your feet,so as to
avoid the resistance of the water against !
your insteps. In kicking out, strike the
| soles of your feet against the water, as
I though you were pushing yourself up in
bed. Spread your legs far apart as you
kick, and then, when they are fully extended,
comes an important point in
swimming. Do not jerk them up for
another kick, as ignorant swimmers
do, bnt draw them tight together,
as though your legs were a pair of
shears with which you wanted to cut
I the water. By thus closing your
legs on the water you will add almost as
much to your speed as by the first kick.
Kick out as your arms are being extended
for a stroke, and draw up your
legs while making ihe stroke. That is
i the moment at which to get your breath,
i as the water is then smooth in front of
' you, and less apt to get into your mouth,
i It is well to accustom yourself to breathe
only at every third stroke, as it will help
you very much in rough water. It is imi
portant to draw the brecth in quickly,
' and so breathing through the mouth,
: which ought not to be practiced in other
I exercises, is good iu swimming.?Ilarj
Youny People.
Regard for the Aged.
Let us revere the aged, and treat then
with irreat consideration. They are some
times sensitive, and tempted to thint
they are neglected. We can't be to<
considerate of their wants, and speak to<
kindly to them and of them. They should
be dealt with tenderly, and affectionately
caressed. As they pass down the darl
valley, let us throw a ray of light acros;
their path.?Hohston Methodist
The owner's photograph must now appear
on all passports in Turkey.
POLISH JEWS. j
HOW AND WHF.RR THEY L.1VE I
IN MOW YORK.
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Interest i iifi Peculiarities of a Unique
People?A Worltl i>y Themselves
?Ilusy Scenes in a Swarm*
iiii; Community.
Although much has been written con- j
corning the Polish Jews in this city, |
many of their characteristics have never
been described. There arc between 80,- j
uuu mm ;tu,uuu .jcws in incw York, two- :
thirds of whom arc probably Polos, they !
having no less than 11JG Congregations :
of their own.
Although they can be found in many |
other localities, their great centre is on
the east side of the city, where, just J
north of East Broadway, in Ludlow, |
Hester, Essex, Norfolk, Forsyth and j
Broome streets, they manage somehow 1
to pack the greatest number of living (
souls within the smallest given space. A '
thrifty Pole rents a room in a tenement !
on Broome street, which in dimensions is !
about six feet by fifteen. lie determines i
to take boarders and make money. The i
inconvenience to his family is a small ;
consideration when weighed with the j
profits of his undertaking. lie takes, |
therefore, from eight to ten boarders, as
the case may be, furnishing them with
mattresses to sleep upon, and a bowl of ,
coffee every morning for one dollar per
head a week. It they wish milk and
sugar in their coffee, and a roll to eat
with it they must supply that them- l
selves. This is no exaggeration. Three j
rooms arc often occupied by thirty-eight \
persons.
The Polish Jew has the economy of
livinr* /lmwn fr* or* nvo/*f
aa*?u^ MVHM VVS HU OUICULC. VJ LUC" j
times the boarders club together to obtain
for a small consideration the privi- j
lege of cooking upon the premises of i
their lio?t. Imagine eight or ten men,
congregated around an oven or stove, in
a room which is used as kitchen, parlor j
and general bcdchamber, each cooking \
in his private saucepan fish, potatoes, '
garlic, turnips and various other edibles ;
'and you will have the quintessence of
the odor peculiar to the Polish Jews.
The streets in the Polish quarter are ,
at all times crowded. Licensed vender
wagons occupy the corners. Men with
old clothing for sale, peddlers of notions .
and lemonade venders walk in the middle
of the street crying their wares. The
sidewalks arc obstructed by tailors looking
for work. Past and west of Ludlow |
street. Hester street is a busy *cene. The
shops arc mostly sidewalk affairs,tended
by old men or women, and in some instances
young girls.
It is a common tiling to see two veucrable
Hebrews accentuating their speech
with bony fingers in the vain hope of
gaining an advantage over each other in i
the trading of commodities. It is on !
Friday and Saturday nights that this :
neighborhood puts on its busiest aspect. ;
The Streets are then so crowded with
swarming life that the pedestrian has
great difficulty in threading his way i
through them. The .Tews are out in holi- 1
day attire. Every man, even the poorest,
sports a huge watch and chain. The \
women are decked with necklaces, lock- (
ets, breastpins and flashy rings. One .
j would think they had despoiled all the |
jewelry shop* in the city, in imitation of J
i the feat of their foiefathers in despoil- !
ing the Egyptians. The Pole must have
, chicken upon holy days. He is content
to live upon dried herring and scraps all
I the rest of the week. Knowing this
| propensity, some cunning Hebrews buy
up chickens at cheap wholesale prices, j
and sell them at a great advance.
The traits described are the dark char;
acteristic of the Pole. Let us look a i
L little into his better nature. The writer
j chanced to bs passing down Broome j
street when his attention was attracted >
i by a large crowd in front of the tene- '
ment No 203. A hearse and two car- |
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uo^vo OIUUU 1U 11UIU. 1 I1U WiUUUWS UU |
both 6ides of the street were thronged ,
with Jewish faces. On the sidewalk an '
old Jewess, bent with nge, was walking
[ back and forth, jimgling a little tin box
J in her hand. Into this the bystanders
| were unsparingly throwing small coin,
! although some, from their appearance, i
| could hardly adord the charity. This is ,
t a custom of the Jews, who at every fuI
neral solicit aid in this manner for the
i poor, in order that they may bury their j
! dead. A small pine coffin was carried j
! Anf 4nrrt lion rrl nrl mnn on<^ in t
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the hearse. Presently a woman appeared <
in the doorway of the tenement with a j
shawl thrown over her shoulders and !
wearing a dirty calico gown. She wore j
! no hat to cover the dishevelled hnir, '
which fell in disorder upon her 1
shoulders. She was a widow,
' and her only son, a hoy of twelve,
years, had been taken from her. She
i was poor, pitiaoiy so, out at ner side, ia
i this hour of hnr trial, were many svmpa
thetic women, whose eves were stream- ;
I
: ing with tears, lending her all the aid in
their power. Hatless she entered the
second carriage and followed her son to
the grave. It was an everyday occur- ,
renee, but it showed how closely these (
poor Jews stand together in times of
aflliction.
Another fine trait is their hospitality. >
A man must be poor indeed, who has not i
his domijohn or bottle of brandy to offer \
his visitor. Tho Polish. Jew always
drinks first, offering his guest afterward
M?? same beverage from the same glass.
This is to show that the liquor is not
poisoned.
Veneration is still another fine quality.
The Jew always honors and respects big
parents and the parents struggle for the
welfare of their offspring. In this respoct
no raeo on the earth surpasses them.
.Many an old fellow going about driving
shrewd bargains lias this for a motive in
his dealings.
The Pole is also as quick in acquiring
languages as he is acute in making bar.
gains. Jle can learn more of the English
language in three months than a
German Jew can in three years, and he
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o|icuiva it n iiuuui, lim OUSCUTC UCCCUt lllllt
marks the speech of the latter. In Hester
and Ludlow streets there are booksellers
who sell Hebrew books. Hebrew
is the language of the Polish Jew.
Among these books is a grammar for
those desiring to master the English
tongue. It is different from other grammars
of n like nature, in that the English
words representing the Hebrew arc
written in the Hebrew alphabet. From
it the student may gain the pronunciation
and meaning of a word, but that is all.!
Hence few of the Poles can write in English.
Those who have savings bank accounts
generally sign their bank books
with marks, such as crosses and circles.Anotlier
feature of the Pole's character
is his mendicancy. Although seldom or
never seen in the streets as a public beggar,
he is nevertheless addicted to the'
practice. The Hebrew relief societies
furnish many instances of this. One old;
woman applied to one of these for aid,
and after receiving money und household
supplies, returned for more. Upon
being denied, she replied: "Well, you
may not choose to aid me, but I'll send
my four children up here to be fed." Many
of the Poles take advantage of the benevolence
of the rich Jews, in order that
they may save money. The charity bostowed
upon them enables them to roll
up a neat bank account, and jo long as it
does not come from actual begging they
are satisfied. But even at begging they
will not hesitate, under certain circumstances.
It is the custom of all classes
of Jews in this city upon certain days to
visit the Cypress Hills Cemetery and pay ^
honor to their dead; upon such occasions
the Pole3 turn out in force as beggars.
Upon August 10, the date of the destruction
of Jerusalem, anybody who is
curious on the subject may ascertain for
himself, for then all the Jews pay respect
to the dead. Thousands of Jewish
beggars line the way, holding up their
hauds for alms. It is a wonderful sight,
well worth a visit to the cemetery.?New
York Mail and Express.
Terrific Encounter With a Snake.
The reptile, when he saw he was dis-?
covered, lifted his scaly head above the
grass an instant to lay his course, and with
fire sparkling from his wicked eyes came
straight toward us. When he was within
a few yards, however, a well directed
shot from a revolver and a shower of
stones turned him aside, a little. As he
paused, with the evident intention of renewing
his charge, 1 fired another shot,
my last cartridge, and grasping the club
with both hands, determined to sell my
life dearly. As he came on again, I
struck at the monster twice, missing him
both times, but turning him back. Afl
ho fled crashing through the underbrush,
his hideous figure gleaming in terrible
undulations, I was after him. He shot
out of the woods, however, and swept
into the road far in advance of me. Less
than ten feet away from him a little girl
was picking berries at the road side, unconscious
of her danger. , I shouted to
her with all my strength, calling upon
her to fly, and screamed: "The snake!
The snake!" The child saw the scaly
monster, and heading him off as he
crossed the road, put her bare foot upan
him and killed him with a switch shs
broke from a bush near by. She then
went on picking raspberries while I
measured the snake. He was nearly sevea
inches long, but you need not say anything
nbout that. ? Burdette. in Broolc.lvn.
K'loU.
Boiled Clam Juice.
A fashionable hotel in an up-towa
segion, where the facilities for obtaining
an enlargement of the head are more
ample, probably, than anywhere else in
the city, has given a permanent place in
its bill-of-fare to "boiled clam juice."
The secret of the potency of this preparation,
which is simply what its name
calls it?the juice of the clam boiled?
has long been known in London swelldom,
and the pleasing decoction is the
regular thing at some of the big spreads
in Boston, but here it is comparatively
new. It is the only thing in the world
that will safely, surely, and quickly restore
the normal equilibrium of u system
upset by overmuch of "a good time with
the boys." It is pleasant to tako, perfectly
harmless, and never fails, even in
the most hardened case. It has none of
the deletrious after-effects of bromide
and the other drugs usually applied aa
nerve-soothers and constitution-bracers.
Another form of the same thing is the
, clam cocktail, and thin also is dispensed
at the modish bar.?Jiew York Lct'tr.
It is said that there is a movement on*
foot to establish a land league in Scot-.
land, similar to the Irish league. Dis?(
content among the Scotch farmers has1
been growing of late. ^
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