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W. H, KIT CHIN, Owner.
WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE.
SUBSCRIPTION: Sl.RO PER YEAR.
VOLUME III.
.SCOTLAND XLCK. X. (... FRIDAY. SKIT EM BKR 1. IS7
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DEMOCRAT
Throe millions of pounds, or 875 car
loads of feathers aie yet consumed every
yi .tr iu America for bedding purposes.
The vcse yielding three feathers arc
ni'.-tly south of the Oliio and Missouri
Rivers,
Dr. A. Dc Ransset, of Chicago, pro--'-s
to construct an air ship upon a
!iO(kl built by himself, in which lie pro
to make1 a trip to tlic North I'olo
aid year. The public will be nskl t
(...: ; II iitc to hi scheme.
Kng'and is to have a silver dollar, or
I colli Valent. A nror l i m i t ii-m 1.-- tl.n
en appears in the London (ir:rfft.
iting that it lias been thought tit to
'h e that a new coin, to be called a
mbV florin, should he coined. It will
igh three hundred and forty-tune
aias, and pa-s current at the rate ol
;r .-hillings, or one-tifth of one pound.
The long-def ried abolition of slavery
: r.r.i.il is to be hastened. A recent
i-v leases all slaves al ter two years, and
v are to receive wages during this
-riod. Rniil is the last country laying
to civilization that still maintains
.ivery. It is not sixty years since
ivt ry was abolished in the British
hordes, and less than half that time
j ce this country rid itself of the evil.
It
1 p. '
I r '
! , e '." i
fed"
Sl s,
Y .:.
s, cm-, according to the statement of
eminent Southern politician who wa3
Confederate Congress, that there
r was any Supreme Court of the Con
:ate. States. A bill providing lor
a tribunal passed the House, he
but was defeated in the Senate by
e and others, who insisted that it
antagonistic to the Confederate idea
t.ite sovereignty, which they had
t d !'r.. ,:n the I'ntou to maintain. And
he attempted new Govt aliment ran
ventftil (our--" with only State courts
i-s upon tun enforce its laws.
- , t
Ib re i a chance for the great American
avli-t. In Is "To a sheriff in Kentucky
t-rv.A his cash box $3,000 short. He
' d a deputy, but c-uld prove
nothing. He made good the deficit, but
y oving so hankrubted himself, and has
"- ";" da s wages ever since, lie--v
i'y his wife, who was in an insane
-yium. was overheard talking about
:::: y "-he ha 1 hid in a smoke-h' use.
irm-tl,i",lt:OI! Was l'l;lde. :ind Sure
.: gi; s:!."Jt' was nd in greenbacks,
which she had a'e-sracted and hid away
i.i'e inl ine. Tuis dieoveiy ha- put
,e .!;. : i:i' aliead again, and cleared the
:: -::a: io;: of all patties.
A -t:!king m-tar.ee of iabor-saving
ry is that which m tkes tin viiw.
-; ': i i the machines used in the process
. ! rs 1 1 e I .i;-; tudinal -earns of t he cans
.' ::ile id liiiy a minute, th,' can;
ii::g along ia a continuous stream; of
a drc ( r tw of s -hh r is left on
. a::. The drop on the outside is
h wiped off, but it is n -t o easy to
: the droo left on the inside. An
: . ge :'. iou workman l;as patented an ar
: a-e.ent for wiiing the in-id of tlic can
'itiiorjt stepping the machinery. Result :
-' r,i tlmu-aud doliars in royalties in
:i i-o -kt t and a saving of $15 worth
f s 'der p(r dav to th.e firm that uses it.
Tiiiity thousand cans is a day's work for
ti.i- r;.a hine.
ader the luaeiing " Disabled Great
. the '!. ic't! .'( gives the fol
:.g: The Emperor Willi un is sutTer
:;i un ad va .ced senility : the Crown
from laryngeal papilloma and
a- k from t iteumatism : Mr. (dad
has catarrhal troubles of hisrespira-
. rgans; Sir Michae! II i--ks-Reach has
ae-s ; Mr. Darnell has sojne unknow n
;y whi.-h makes him an mvalid;
I Han doiph Cliurehiil married an
r:e,n lad, v. and has the American
ise. ne;ira-:lei)i i : Mr. iihiine Is re--d
to be a brightipie; Mr. Manning
emtp'cgic; I'resid-.-nt CIevela;:d is
a: gic and ii p...mat o-ie ; the Kmt-eror
!a--ia is suffering from mental de--i
a: Mr. .--harp is reported to be
eti-, while Dr. McOlynn and Mr.
', ien .are i.ot a; well as they
id be.
j.i.
''!.. a . a of the thisty eight States and
rit-.ries occluding Ala-k i) is 1,S"0,
o. 4i.0 ,-.er( s. ( ' this '.M.tj Jer cent., or
7. J-o.ooo acre, was, according to the
: to i.'-ral cen-us, covered with forest,
tie States west of the ninety-fifth
idiiti. and (excluding the Indian
:at rv whi'ii cov r .5.5 percent, of
- ,1 area of the I'nited States, there
a v i V.' p-r cent, of forest, and if
a. ;hi, is ;..!.e a California, Montana,
!i. Wadiitt-.ft -ii ami Texas the re-.;-,der
'.se-. of ih- tiinely-lifth meriditm
-t long,!, id- has only X. 1 per cent.
e: thirt v States east of that meridian
e :,i e i of G lO.o! M,000 acres, or
O 1; t .
.1 r .
of the whole, und the cen-
per cent, of this as forest.
;.i group the twenty Kastern and
!.. in St ites. including as such
'. .a i a.,-1 West Virginia, have an
! ::i;5.517,20u acres, of which 44.4
- i t. was timber. The ten Southern
- o :i.i- group have almort the sktme
t!:e Northern and I'.astrrn twenty,
" 1 .' ,t;oo a res, of which 50. 0 per
.. - ft.r-t. The vrouo cast of the
' litt i meridian, eont iniug only 34.C
eat. of the whole area, had yet 62.2
.at. of the whole forest space -
THE CLE AIM NO L'P.
-nt dawn there was no shred of pink,
No ploughing up in clouds of p ,ld
Ol' that gray field, the east.-: n sy:
but dim-defined, and white and cold.
The fogs wtt j,1,,s i -,.w , ,.n. (uul ,.1(.'re
The plaintive rain sounds (il!,-d the air.
And all the loitering morning hoars,
And all th- lag-an- afternoon,
We've wat- hed the swift, unswervmgkne;
And listened to the meilow croon;
Rut now tho tidal turn is near--
Some change pervades the at m. .sphere.
The crowing of a barnyard fowl
Conies clear and .-!n id and jubilant,
Borne from some fences dripping top;
And broken is th.
silvery slant
Of slender, westward di ivo, tlireada
Across tlie n-ekine; fcard. n ..ls.
A brcHe springs up brimful of s-eu
And esseuee-;!d warm and wet,
Of savory herb and spi-y wecnl,
And rose and pink and mignonette,
And rain steeped si,,-,.;, a;,d odorous root.
And mellow, ov r rip. tied fruit.
From out a white, dissolving cloud
An ami ht arrow of the M1ii
Conies tl.isiiiirj, , jtii ve: ing thn ,ugh the mists
The rainy day is ahno t done.
The west grows pink, the. arth crows fair,
And rain wrou-ht fr a!a). s-- tills the air.
( V 11 .?',!. 'y, in the Current.
j30erowed"plumes.
An odd-looking figme, arrayed in a
shabby cloak ami a green veil, "appeared
befoiet ' uric; Lorraine, junior partner in
the hrm of . tenine Jt Lorraine, book
publi-lera.
" I h ive a hook here I would like to
offer you, sir."
Iheie was a tpiiver in the girlish voice
and the cotton glovt d liand holding the
ntanux riiit tit ndiii il in .; ..e i..fl r
torts tc
e calm
"es, 1 suppose so; much obliged,
but we are le t needing anvthing just at
1"; . -ou .tir. Lorraine wen
with his w rii ing.
on
surely, sir, you uo not
mean that
H'U win not even 1o,,r at it.'
"Ccii-dnly lima.nit; w e have no time
to waste over manuscripts we do not
want."1
" Rut how do you know mine would
not be aoepu-I without seeing it? I have
spent months years, I mav sav "
" No doubt ; so have others who might
have been better employed." "
" Rut I liave traveled far, at some ex
oense. 3Iy case is a jseculiar one."
"So are they all; auh one has a
special plea to urge in offering in a book ;
so really, madam or miss, you are wast
ing your time and mine, f must beg you
to excuse me from further discussion"; I
am busy."
"Order me out at once !" came hyster
ically from the folds of the green veil.
"Ol;. what will become of m; What
shall 1 dor" And turning around, as
though in ansuer to her own question,
he ran straight into the arms of the
senior partner, Horace Stearnc, who was
coming in at that moment.
lie had a vision of quivering red lips,
startle, 1 brown eyes and tear-wet lashes,
and then, before he could recover from
his a-tonishmeiit, she was gone.
"Confound it!" Charley was saying.
"Can't a man refuse to buy a bundle of
grimy manuscript without raising a tem
pest," Ry Jove! that young woman has
missed her fate by choosing literature
she should go on the stage in hhdi
tragedy."
"Did you look at her offering,
Charlie."
"I looked at her; that was enough 1"
"You should have allowed her to
leave it here a little while, just to satisfy
her, you know. I'oor child, I suppose
she has built upon its acceptance."
He turned to the door and looked up
and down the street.
"She is out of sight entirely, now," he
added regret fully.
Upon leaving the publishing house the
girl kept h i eil closely drawn, and,
turning into a side street, walked rapidly,
but aimles-ly, until she reached the out
skirts of the city; then, seating herself
upon a stone by the wayside, withdrew
her veil.
She was not noticeably handsome. Jjcr
eyes, although a beautiful brown, were
dull with agony; her face was tear-stained
and swollen, and her yellow hair dis
hevelled. It was in the latter part of
November, and night was coming on,
but this wretched gul w.as homeless.
Her pitiful story is quickly told. Her
father, the only parent she could remem
ber, had been a poor schoolmaster, her
mother having died aW her birth. lie
had educated his child himself, with
particular care, so at eighteen she was
far in advance of most girls of her age,
and from her narrow experience, by the
aid of aiid fancy, she had written a
novel.
Then suddenly she found herself father
less, .and when the funeral expenses were
paid she was the possessor of a library of
well thumbed volumes, six dollars in
money and her precious novel.
Rut this in itself was her fortune, and
though dazed by her sudden bereave
ment, she determined to go to the city
and turn it into hard ( ash as speedily as
possible.
"J dare not buy a bit of decent mourn
intr vet," she sobbed. "I must save the
six dollars to pay my expen-es until I get
my money."
Door child ! she never dreamed of dis
appointment. She knew so little of life
as it read v is of its hard struggles for
small triumphs, its sharp competition
and crowded marts. She knew not
that
''For one who wins the ero.vn.
Hundreds go dov.n. go down!'
S6, a Ludne--- card from tho publishing
house of Stearnc A; Lorraine having
fallen into her pos-cs-ion. she had carried
her precious manuscript straight to them,
with what rc-uit we already know.
A siua M duelling wa
ll ear where she
sat, and several cows were gathering the
scant herbage by the wayside. The
tinkle of their be lis had a soothing effect,
and v, hen they turned their meek eyes
upon her, she'ahnost felt as though they
pitied her misery.
The cotta"'e doou opened, anda woman
came toward her wdth a couple of milk
pails, and as she knelt, to heita-k, she
glanced over her shoulder at the silent
f -ure, looking so pitiful and desolate.
Sh i iii-hci h r milking, hesiiated a
m inent, and then remaikt d,
"Aieu t you cold sitting thero'i" ;
Yes."
Wr n't you come into my house, and
warm yourself? This is a poor nlace to
rest' 1
'1 he young girl arose and silently fol
low ed her.
"What is your name?" she asked,
kindly but curiously, as they entered the
tiny duelling. :,n,l she procced-d to
make her guest comfortable.
"Jennie Moni-.m, I
lint tear
rest of th
and
s choked
back the
hour the
nan, who
knew the
he should
1 be done,
carrv the
1, hrf-klv.
S. Il!eef.,. In an
thoughtful, kind-hearted wo:
was a spinster living all alone,
whole sad story, and d ehtred .
stay there until some' hit g couh
"You can keep hou-e until I
milk to in v ( u-tomers" he .-ai-
Ye
and
I'll sell the milk for vou. or
do anything I can. I'm not afraid to
work." And so the poor noel was put
away, and the authoress lo-t in a milk
maid. One morning, late in February, as
Messrs. Lorraine Sc Stearnc sat in "their
private oliiee, an elegant carriage drew
up before the door, and the liveried foot
man assisted to the pavement a lady,
velvet rolled and ermine wrapped. She
ascended the steps, and in a few seconds
stood iu the presence of the two voung
publishers. With quiet dignity she ar
cepted the proffered seat, and then threw
back her cloak, displaying costly jewels
at throat, wrist3 and girdle.
'I he footman who accompanied her
carried in his hand a square package.
"I have brought a book," she" said,
motioning toward it, "which I w ish you
to examine."
"Certainly; shall be happy to do so,"
smiled Mr. Lorraine, coming forward
and taking the package from the servant's
hand.
"Let me know your opinion at your
earliest.convenience," she said, rising
and dropping a dainty card into the re
ceiver as she turned awav.
Mr. Lorraine followed her to the car
riage, and then watched it disappear.
"Hey, Charlie, struck?' asked Mr.
Stearnc, as he re-entered.
"Struck? Yes, by Jove! if you choose
to call it that. Rut did you ever see
such a vision of loveliness?"
"Vision of dry goods, you mean. Do
you really suppose such a creature could
write anything the public would care to
read
"She is be autiful, rich, and no doubt
talented," declared Ch trlie, eagerly scan
ning the white enameled and gold card
she had left. "Miss Dollie Williams, -OS
Dark street. Dollie Williams; not highly ,
romantic, Charlie, and you dote on
names, you know." j
The gentlemen addressed looked a lit- j
tie crestfallen, but he tore open the man- j
uscript. ;
"We'll see what it is like," he said, !
for I want an excuse for calling at JN'o. I
20S at my 'earliest convenience.' "
Mr. Stearne said nothing. He knew
his partner to be a superficial observer,
although he prided himself on his dis-
Cciniuciit, but l.otli were SUIpil.se-I .n
they perused the work. It was not prac
tical and sadly needed revision, but the
web of fancy was exquisite, showingthat
the young authoress possessed no com
mon talent.
"Wre must make her an offer of some
kind," declared Charlie, "though I sup
pose what we do will seem beggarly."
"Then perhaps we had better donoth- I
ing," said Mr. Stearne, who could not I
reconcile the over-dressed fashionable
lady with the evidence of intellect and j
careful training displayed in her work.
"Then I shall make her an individual
offer one of these days, which I hope she
will not have the heart to refuse."
"Well. We'll drive out to No. 203
this afternoon. Let us settle this imsi
ness first, and then your individual offer
will be in order.
No. 208. Could it lie that mean -looking
dwelling, the single door of which
was surrounded by cows, while a milk
maid was busily plying her task?
Mr. Lorraine's face was a study as they
drove up to the door.
"There's some mistake," said he, and
his companion could only smile broadly
to keep from laughing outright.
"We are looking for Miss Dollie Will
iams," said Mr. Sterne, politely, to the
middle-aged woman who answered their
knock.
"I am Miss Dollie Williams, sir," an
swered she, briskly. " 'alk in, gentle
men."' "Really, madam, you must be mis
taken," said Mr. Lorraine, aghast.
"Mistaken! Don't I know my own
name, hey You are printers, Stearne
fc Lorraine, aren't you?"
"Well, yes, but"
"Its all l ight, then. Didn't expect you
to call. Thought you would write, but
no harm done. I hope "
At this moment the milkmaid entered,
bearing in each hand a foam-capped pail.
She looked startled and confused, first at
one then the other, then, placing her
milk-pails on the floor, slie faced them
defiantly. The vivid scarlet in her ch eks
and lips, and the proud light iu her dark
eyes, gave her a beauty no embellishment
could brighten.
" I did not mean you to see me thus,"
she said, candidly, "but perhaps it is
just as well."
."Yes, perhaps," said Mr. Lorraine,
with an assumption of dignity. " Rut
how came you to appear as you, did at
our office ? "
" Cannot the jackdaw pin on the pea
cock's feathers'" she retorted, haughtily.
" You. sir, have been kind enough to
show me how vast is the difference be
tween the two birds. Had I obtained a
hearing in my own character I would
never have dreamed of assuming that of
another did not dream of doing so, un
til the lady herself suggested it, and in
sisted on "placing everything at my dis
posal to try the experiment. She has
kindly interested herself in me is one
of our best milk customers isn't she,
Dollie?"
Mr. Lorraine sat in helpless silence,
wdiile his partner in business negotiated
with the young authoress, congratulating
her on her unquestionable ta'ent as a
writer.
Roth young men were silent during
the drive homeward, though from differ
ent emotions. For the image of the
voting girl, as he had imagined her, was
shattered in the shallow heart of Charles
Lorraine by the same master stroke that
had now 'enshrined it forever in the
true, noble one of Horace Stearne.
One vcar later Mr. Stearne led the girl
he loved to the altar, looking, not like a
peacock, but a snow-white dove.
The rich, eccentric lady had
made a
net of her. and introduced her to society
and introduced her t(
ft
as a rising
young authoress. Rut Dollie,
first true
nd, was tievcr forgot-
(iainhlirig at Monte Carlo.
Rehire play eommen. es, wh'n h it does
at il or l'J o" lock, according to the. sea
son, solemn pro, essiwiis may be seen o:i
their way to the salon. Kir-t oiinc two
attendants in livery, carrying between
th'.m a money chest, and close behind
march the croupiers win ate to bi gin
work, and of whom thee are s. ven to
'nil table. Four of these sit facing
"aeh other on cither side of the roulette
board in the eutrc, .and one at ea h end.
The seventh, the c'"i--l -i-irHc.
as he is
ailed, per; la s himself on a hi
h stool
close in-hind one of the pairs,. f , roupieis
at the centre, keeps a look out all around,
and is appeal, d to in case of any dispute.
vt' ,."'," are the words in which he
expresses his position.
iiaeh of the croupiers, the lirt'-ih-,ijrtip
excepted, is anno! with a long handled
rake, which, as it has so much work to
do. is strengthened at the foot by a plate
of brass. The bank notes aie pla ed in
boxes, the money counted out, and the
louia and five-franc pieces arranged in
long rows standing on their edges, so
that they look like gold and silver
snakes. F.aeh of the four croupiers at
the centre has snakes of both colors to
look after, Those at the ends of the ta
bles have nothing to do with raking in
or paying out the money lost or w on ;
their business is to put stake s on, or rake
winnings off, for those who, unable to
secure seats at the table, are crowding
around outside ; to get change for them
as required, and to keep order.
And now is the time to begin; the
rake of the croupiers facing each other
at the centre are laid across the table
head to head, their long, thin haudles
appearing beyond the elbows of the
men about to wield them with so much
skill. The croupiers at the top and
bottom lay their instruments close in
front of them at right angles to the
length of the table, which is long enough
to accommodate about twenty players
beside the croupiers, and eight shorter
rakes unshod with brass are placed ready
for the use of the players. All is now
prepared for the attack, the garrison is
perfectly supplied with the sinews of
war. The table and men together form
form one machine, a machine that plays
without committing a mistake, never
made reckless by disaster, never rendered
foolash by stnaess. j
Open the doors then, and let all wdio
will approach and do battle. Daily the
challenge is accepted, the chairs are !
seized at once, the forces are ready to re- j
new the assault. Many of the players j
produced pocketbooks or sheets of paper
ruled in every conceivable way; these
are the believers in the systems of mar- ;
tingales. Others are content to use the
cards and pins supplied by the atten- i
dants; others again neither know nor
care whit color or number last came up,
but "play haphazard as the fancy takes
n.,. u i.o. k... -o who mean to play
have put on their stakes, tlie cioupKi
charge of the roulette board, wdio has
several times uttered the warning: "JA-.i-li'i
, juitf s ro ,'cv.r,"' gives the ball a
spin in one dire-lion, the revolving disk
a twist in the other and the battle begins
in earnest. it n
Faiicy Fowls and Fancy Prices.
Robtrt Colgate, Piesident of the At
lantic White Lead Vompany, is rapidly
stocking Sandaere, as his country seat
at (,'uogue, !,. L, is called. He has lately
bought sixty fowls of the bla-"k Minorca
breed. lie paid $20 apiece for them.
He is about to add about $500 worth of
black Leghorns, lie has a number of
Plymouth Rocks that cost $10 each. Mr.
Colgate has bought live incubators and
eight brooders. One of the incubators
holds 500 eggs, lie has $S, 000 invested
so far in fowls, incubators anil brooders.
W. K. Yanderbilt has the largest stuck
of fancy fowls in this country, having
invested $15,000. He is the only rich
man that makes money out iff the busi
ness. It pays him five per cent. He
has :?,000 fowls ami a full assortment of
incubators and brooders. Some of the
latter were set out in the snow last
winter when the thermometer indicated
zero and brought their stock of chicks
through all right. He has 100 English
pheasants. Their eggs are being used in
incubators. The cliicks will be raised
in brooders. Pheasants will not hatch
in confinement. At Tuxedo Park, where
1,000 pheasants were introduced last year,
the result has not been satisfactory.
Only 700 (hicks were hatched. These
proved to be weak and spiiitlcss. They
were hatched by bantams. These cannot
take care of pheasants, which run almost
as soon as they pick the shell. When
once out of the coop they are lost, as no
body can find them any more than they
can mice. It is said that every pheasant
raided at Tuxedo Park cost $10. Xew
York Sun.
Shrewd Buzzards.
While a party wTas out fishing at Loch
looa a short time since a large alligator
was shot, which sank to the bottom and
remained there until it died. When the
carcass came to the surface the buzzards
soon discovered it, and they swarmed
about in large numbers. The breeze
keep the lake in such a ripple, however,
that they could not keep a foothold on
the body of the 'gator, as it turned and
floated with every wave. The Florida
buzzard is a shrewd bird, and his reason
ing powers are much greater than he has
ever gained credit for. Rallied by the
wind and wave, and hungry from fruit
less efforts to anchor the 'gator, the birds
held a consultation. As a result two of
them flew at the 'gator, and fastening
their talons on the body they spread
their wings sail-fashion, and piloted the
carcass to the shore of the lake, where
the flock made a hear.y meal. The
buzzard is not a pretty bird, nor is he
known in song and story like the Ameri
can eagle. His none brings up sugges
tions of bad o lot s, and he is never
made a pet of nor shown that kindness or
consideration accorded more favored
birds, but when it comes down to good,
hard mule sense, and practical and calcug
lating ingenuity, he can discount all his
kin, "notwithstanding his well known
reputation for dullness and stupidity.
The Florida buzzard is entitled to the
chromo. Paint ka ' Fi't. ) X ic.
The voung woman who read the escay
at o-raduation upon "The stern duties of
life upon which' we are about entering"
was last seen in the hammock reading a
Seaside novel, while her mother was
washing the dinner dishes in the hot
kitchen. Boston Transcript.
her
ten.
BUDGET OF FUN.
VAitiors sot i;t i:s.
So met h i ii g Surprising The Trials of
a liaziil loi-it Ei .M ll.c
lieeu Worse t'.iiuc to
tirief, Cte.. I.ic.
Daughter "There is only one thir g
mop a-tonSliing that: the readiness- with
whic h Ned gave up tobacco v. h, n we be
came engaged."
Mother "What is that a-toui-hhg
thing f
"The rapidity with whi, h he took it
up again as son as we were married.'"
bir't iii.
The Trials of hainllonl.
Summer Tourist (to land hard "Do
you allow dogs in your hotel?"
Landlord "Yes, sir, bring all the dogs
you want to."
Summer Tourist "Fll have to go
somewhere else. I can't stand dogs."
Another Summer Tourist "Do you
allow dogs in your hotel ("
"Landlord "No, sir, won't have a
dog about the place."
Tourist "Fin sorry. My wife has a
dog that she thinks more of than she
does of me."- New York Sun.
It Mijrht Have Iteen Worse.
A Philadelphian, who was the father
of very cross twins, was enjoying a brief
rest about midnight, when he was aroused
by a vigorous pounding upon the door
and the jangling of the bell.
"What's the matter?"' he yelled, as he
stuck his head out of the window and
saw a policeman.
"Your house is on fire," was the reply.
"Oh, is that all." I thought from the
noise you have been making that both
babies had the colic again. PUiLulclphii
Chronicle.
Came to Grief.
First Omaha Man "What's the
matter; not out of business again, are
you?"
Second Omaha Man "Yes, my last
venture busted the first week."
"That's queer. I thought you started
a little factory to darn stockings for
young men, old bachelors and others
with no women foiks to look after them.
That ought to pay."
"Pay! I got more orders than I could
fill; hired a whole lot of nice girls who
knew how to darn stockings, and they
did their work beautifully but then the
enterprise busted."
"Why, what happened?"
"Girls all left."
"Dissatisfied?''
"No, the whole crowd of customers
hunted 'em up Sunday and married
them." Omaha Worhi.
Al Croat Imvrovomont.
A Dakota young lady was visiting a
friend in the Last who had visited her
in Dakota last summer.
"You don't know how I miss our
lovely Dakota moonlight," said the terri
torial maiden.
"Don't you think the moon is as nice
here as at your home:" asked her friend.
"Oh, it isn't half so lovely. You ought
to seeit it's perfectly elegant and makes
it almost as light as day."
"I did see it last summer, and it didn't
seem to me to be any brighter than it is
her.'."
"Oh, well, last summer of course it
wasn't, but you ought to see it this sum
mer since the boom struck our place ! It
is fifty per cent, brighter." Bakota Bell.
Excused With Knorjjy.
"Say I you!" he called, as he stood on
the Postotfice steps.
A very solid man halted in his tracks
until the other came up.
"Calling to me?" he queried.
"Yes, sir. Do you notice my hair? It's
ft sort of grizzly gray, which makes me
look ten years older than I really am. '
"What have I got to do with your
hair, sir?" demanded the other.
"I happened to stand beside you in
.he Postorlice, and no"
"Supposing you did stand beside me
in the Posf.ollice !"
"I saw that you were a man of about
sixty years old, but as you had "
"Suppose 1 am sixty!"
"Rut as you had dyed your hair you
din't look a day over forty-five. What
I want is the name of the dye you use.
You will excuse me, but '
He was excused. He knew he was by
the way the other raised his cane and
junrped at him and offered to mop the
street with him for two cents. Detroit
Free Press.
A IjOffical View.
" Tompkinson," said a somewhat
rapid traveling man to a friend, whose
tastes and habits were much like his
own, "I'm very much worried."'
"I wouldn't cultivate it. my dear fel
low. Rut what's the troub'e."
"Debts. I'm overwhelmed with them.
I can't turn a corner without running
into a creditor. There's the hatter, and
the tailor, and the gents' furnisher, and
the florist, and the livery man in fact I
don't see but one way out the difficulty."
"What is that ? " "
"I've a good notion to commit sui
cide." "And add the undertaker to the list!
.My dear fellow, at least be reasonable."
Merchant Trat'b.r.
The Indian and tlie tuicksi!vcr.
Captain John, an old Indian who lives
on the Rancho Chieo and is a we.l
known figure about our streets, w as the
centre of an amused crowd of citizens on
Broadway to-day. Some one, for a joke,
had dropped some quicksilver on the
stone pavement in front of the post
office and waited developments. Captain
John and Oid Daniel, the one-eyed In
dian, soon hove in -ught, and t lie glitter
ing but seductive ouick-ilver caught
their attention. John made a grab for
it with his thumb and finger, and he
was astonished when he found he
couldn't lick it up. Re was determined
to have that quicksilver anyway, so he
unwound the bandanna handkerchief
from his neck, and, spreading it down,
got a chip and sctaiu'd the quicksilver
into it. A look ot triumph shot from his
eagle eye as ha ga'hered up the four
corners and emptied it into his poeker.
but it v. as repla -ed by one of terror and
disgust when the metal ran through h'
Docket and trickled d ;wn his leg to ;h
sidewa'k. Looking at t h- v -.! f r 3
!notsie!i:, -v it ! . on tl - gr . i . - i
; o ; !'. I s. ,ft l 1 ; W i V . i i . . . o v . :
a k tt it. and t.tt- i d .;.:: th
; .-. p f -r- iga t his ! ; . , o : - ,i s r ' b
g. '. ' en "v 1. . c i". j.s i' i - ! : . '
He turned , . ;.. , ; , .: ' ; ;.
: r s,
tie f p -1 N. cp- !.!:?.: .' U. '..
All He Was W ot i
i Some few da'.s ;s i '. . , . ;
, i n 1 1 1 w i r. w , , f a i , i . . . -j
on ashinct, s; e. t . i : .; .
I CI , ofi'.oe. whi. 1; !- ...
white surface, in leek ' '
leg, nd, "II iv wanted." In ?
this e.dl for h". lp a r;t !.'
w , tit into the stote, a a j . : ; .
junior metiib. i of the t'.tm -a d
" I came in b see a' !h '.'
" Well, said the ptopri.-' .r". : i g
tlie little rngamutiin oer tn-m i d :.
font, "yon know v c don't p :
much here, and ! sides that, if . a - .. a.
to work in a n: c -tore like t', - .-u
would have to do -s bet:, r.''
"Oh, yes, I kn.n that." r-po-..hd
the gamin, "but how n.';. h i- r
pay er wet k ? "
" Two dollars awa,k," r turned ti.e
proprietor.
" 1 couldn't think of wotkiti f.-r th :f."
said the gamin, "for 1 c.m m.d.e ;n i
every week now."
"'ell." said the pro; -i. ! " I do
not think yu could. 1 ut ul , : I la-!
went to work I got onlv s i . y i .. ,
ine Arao sized tin- speak, r up ; :n
; head to foot, and tlc n gisiier hi- , a i a
' toss and edging to the door, h - .; i
"Well! perhaps that -a- .11 wt
worth." Jiv.-toii ( ,7.
i CouM Hold np Their Meads
! There was an odd incident at :.e of
! the seashore places la-t week. A uph
of ladies, who do md live in Rout n, and
wdiose unpretent iou - w ay of ! ', had
perhaps led them to bar that :hy
; might be looked down upon b . R -;.:
j people, had taken board at a le t' i mu. a
j patronized by Rostoniae.s of an x, c 1. a.t
sort. Walking about the .; ridor .d ! i.e
house on the first ev, ning after ti . ii ar
rival, and observing wi:h an in' r -t
natural in new-comers the
1'
'!.! ;.: .out
them, they happened to .!, a e two
ladies standing in the eorr'nio.- not !ar
away. It struck th.'' vounuer o the two
new-comers, who is a 1 it tie -h-u t
that these two had i s whom -h
the corridor were ouite shahic
i
in
.p.
oil
I !1
pearance. She turned to her como a
und whispered :
"Well, I guess we can hold up our
heads with this sort of people. "
The elder seized her liandkeo hief in a
vain attempt to smother a le ariy laugh.
They had been looking at tln-ir own re
flection in a big mirror. P,-.-t,i., 7'run
scrijit. Washington and the Colt.
"While the bey Washington was a d ulv
vtoitorat beinavcn lie es'ioju-neo :.i cfu
village and its neighborho A a rep nation
for iron-like power of endurance aad a
sp;ringy vigor of steel, an invincible wid
and a knack of going straight through
difficulties. The boy had u wuil-inl
skill in the control of horses. Re never
met one he was afraid to mount and he
broke the most fiery to his p in.
An incident of his boyhood current in
the chat of the place has i-eaped
Wecms :
Ralph "Wormley. a man of some conse
quence in the Colony, had brought ;; ao-s
the ferry from Maryland to la II a . , n a
number of voung horses, amon-i iln ni a
colt that had throw n a
-ci a c
I cnlorei
jockeys. The boys about the w arehouse
were all willing to wager that the colt
could not throw Ceorge Washington.
Whatever may have been the lui-un,
everybody in the neighborhood said that
Wormley had no good blood for the
Yv'ashingtons or the Fairfaxes, and al
though lie gave out that he would give
the colt to George Washington if ho
could ride it, nobody believed him.
When, however, Washington did come
to the warehouse, Mr. Wormley said:
"Now you're a sprightly boy, Mr. Wash
ington, but there's a colt that's too much
for you. If you back him to Mount Ver
non, back you need never bring him."
Which meant if the colt did not throw
him the colt should be his ow n.
So Mr. Wormley kept his word ; but
when the groom saddled the . . 1 1 and
Washington, after seeing that tin- girth
was firm and the bit and bridle proper,
jumped into the saddle and went aop.-a
"White Oak Swamp like an ura.w, then
everybody in the village said Wormh y
hated the Washington. and the Faiitaes
so that he was trying to young
George Washington's neck broken..
Washington came back next day wdh
the same horse, and at the village u.u re
turned the colt to Mr. Wormh y. "K'-eo
him, my boy, you've won him," said
Wormley.
"No, I have not, sir," replied Washing
ton; "he threw rue in the woods and
dragged me, but I got the bridle round a
tree and held him."
"Well, you may have him," said
Wormley. .
"'s"o, sir," replied the 1 ,d, a he handed
over the bridle of the coit. "I w--uid n't
take him as a gift. I did not w.n the
bet. and he is vour horc. "
"Why," cried out Wormley
"if there was a bet vou owe n.r
IOC,
'a !
!7.
horse.
in a
i:n. so
he.a r.
Where is my horse?"
"Oh, no." retorted Wa-hin at .
louder voice than was u-ual v.i'h i
that all the bvstaud'-r.- might
"You bet your colt again -t my lead.
You've got your colt and I'v my 1 -ad -it
is a drawn bet. Go..-d morning, sir:"
and he went off with the stride- of an
Indian chief. Wid( Airnke.
Antlqnlty of Ropes.
Before the beginning of the historical
period, considerable skill in rope making
had been acquired, so that it mu.d be
classed among tlie olde.-t of the arts.
The existing relics of the am ient Kgyp
tians include sculptures showing toe
process of manufacture practiced more
than 4,000 years ago, while the o'.e s
iecordof that people repre-ent we .1
made ropes of great strength. Flax ad
the fibres of the date tree were employed
for these ropes, but grasses and the hides
of animals were probably among the first
materials used.
San Francisco now re-eive3 mail in
thirteen days from London.
Ignorance is less remote from tie-truth
than brejudic".
r . ' . . t ;
A X v-rn-r ) i ;- n t-.--i
Tl v I. a - ' ..' 1 ; -, I f: 1 I rv-jv
(ha,. a a', . ;h i.I 'aii.-,-ii '
,. ,.-,!,,. 1 1 . ir-: r, :; .in ! I.
An! - . , ' g a , .; ; -: 1-t;
A ' I - i" -a J, - .
M i' h ig v :-a- i -a.; an ! hroi'-n.
" ' --a I :.!'.y sj-.V.-!!;
Th-:i. i .-ir?, tag la.! ' - k "fl
r..r--w . el: ' al ! v t in I n;.
H " eg,!,, ,1 , o, . .. v g If'W
Tl ' io-s that I 1- I r thr-.,h
As w; r, , a r rv. rr dV,
Par j.,.t s div. ! . i ! friend, I prny
That a ). ' . saicu.-r !
I 1!1 ItlV lout- i ! s. -i ' cm', i Jell"
r.; thou w. (a 'i ..; '..' rl -r;n-.
II . i: tie' g., hg'.e. -t . ! inai''
- . o ; " ; iv
I'lTII AM) I'OINT.
A rli se race ; M :..-!
A man js s, ;,;,, ar much hated un
til lif is sunt t -fu!
A i o respond- at wmt-. to kiiowh-w
how 1 u.g ( e - li.e Abotit the vtaic an
sia rt M .S. we supp.-v Ti I' .'Vci .'
.b hiu.ie saa that out of . hcl !u
teacher n king' b ae. ami that in m ho.,1
s! e is latum like to ru ..-
1 ''
"A ill CI I- 111-, 'el of l..s f !
This I a . ! ! s i . ), - o H s dim.
1'et" W I . - A ,!e s I in an Wei ig,
1 ! t 1 1 a, u, c'. I l.au
An Ih gl.-'i wr.N-r -ay-: "The g 1
of 1 ing land -! a d- , alone. " That 's ju-t
tie , 1 . !feri. In e . 1 he ;'ii 1 f A 111'. , al
w a s lias a ho,? ( f a ! n i i I , r- ii bo . t her. -,S
:; r, t J r . i ' ,
'1 he phrase ":i e 1 -amiiii r nntdl.es." :n
oridlrittd hv u in iii who hid been
wat hi:. g an-t her in ci in a hammock be
ing toy ,1 w ith bv several mo-quitofK.
-".a . '
An a: t ii u g a i .d exihange a-ks "lew
to make hog- p i y." 'I his i- a haul ques
tion to an viu The bc-t wav to avoid
the difficulty i- not to -ml a lng unv-thiugun!"-s
he pa- y,. i lor it in ml
Va:a e. '', a, - . ,' ..
ia--:ma (to Wahir, who has ju-t re
turned from his i i s t e pm i. m , w it h a
fishing rod i --' h::, b n. k " si"iil ni
ter lc-'m; 1 thought I'd come home.
The worm- were mi m ious I ouldn't
get 'em O.l the !;.,. ks r , r'.l Jl.u,ir.
i u r m i n or i n m v
The; e w a s oiica a fa.r maid of South Vern-.n,
H .el a hat will: a lg fan h ol lei n on,
Tho crow ii st o. I mt -t ra ight.
Two pounds w as ils v i ; a! ,
With a bran th it an , n .a,,- could turn on.
- I In pic' 11 it ir.
A Reilin new-paper claims to have dis
covered the longest word in unv iau
g u a e , but it is only a line und two thirds
in leneth I he loni'est word that h.'ll
ever come unOer our n-uice i- tin-clergyman's
"One wi.id more, and I will close."
It would make about a column.-- Aurru
Vjtrn llmd'l
Small Farms in the- South.
The cutting down of forests in the
South by the owners of 'aw mills is
opening up luge trn t-i of cheap land-,
which hT- gradually being turned into
farms. The iarg i poitioiiof these lands
will produce i i ifrii. corn, fruiti, and
vegelabhs, and, w In re fertilized, will
make as good crops as We-tern lands.
1 he mill men still hold large tracts from
which the t ;eis have I.e, unit. It would
aeem that it won d not be a bad plan for
them to form a syndicate for the purpose
of placing at ha t a portion of their
hoiuings on the market. Many men in
the North and West would avail them
selves of the opportunity thus allorded
to secure homes in the South, where the
climate permits out-of-door work the
whole year, where crop- are certain, and
where the ligotsof bleak Winters may bo
escaped. La-t year a well-to-do f irmer
from Northern Ohio came to this section
of Georgia and h a-ed a tract of land as
an exp' a iment. His experience has been
Ho satisfar lory that he Jias decided to Hell
hi- farm in h o and spend tic remainder
of his days heic. lie a'-o inti nds to try
to induce , a number of his riciehbors in
Ohio to follow his example. To the
farm' is and mechanics of t he No. t hand
West the South mu t look for the in
crease of its white population. 'I he un
skilled immigiant from Lurope cannot
compete with the ta gro in the lowei
kinds of labor, and therefore .-iU not,
for the present at h a-t, ome south. To
the North'-Mi or V -t rn man, hmvei -r,
who is lookitng for ie ap land-, and w ho
ha- the meuisto e-ttb!i-h i i 1 f. the
South olTer.s inducements uriepi tl'd by
those of any other country in the woild.
Sar.annnfi. ( j i. ; A m.
INdson In a Man's llitc.
A sfiecies of what may be termed a
h u in in i at t i - n d; e i s i a' i tig i on - sd r i
b:c irdertst at Mobih-, A In , and an inci
dent of a !' d iys ago fend- to HWile n
an in v -' :ga. : an of s- en 1 1 ;. im pot t a nee.
O.'ficer W. J. Vcuk'-, h in urn 'ting a
negr' '.'.a- bifi-, in the hard by the
negro and -ince that tirn-- the i ind has
b'-eome gr'- giy iu'laucd and -woi.en. In
February la-t ofige, r King, one of the
best rie-n on the p. 1 ce for- e. van bitten
in a Kgad.sr n.ani.i r le a ti''i'i w imtn he
had und' r ;:,-g In two day- Ji:g's
ha'.'l - .o gol. , ;d 'gen the in?! animation
a'ta'K'd hi- an i "-. and for two
week- his !:; v. a- in danger. since
th.-n he inn- ice- -! -, !y p-co erir.g, 'jt
is t;,,.t yet a..ie to p ,t hi- right foot on
the ground. 1 negroes and pome
white, d'-c a : e th-; i had bine gums,
ar.d that only tho-.- .gh hi ,e gums he
r " -
h:id. an i ti.
sc. rn a n a : : i
r.. . , . . , . o r e .. ' i i j !'...'
I I. o !. lie; 1, cm (u .i.i v
'.- p' Oj,,e have. ;t
. dioi.'t tight w Ith a
b:U'--' ".:i;n,e I '. i-..'
Mai ii int'-Mot as ta-:en in King''- c;,-e,
and as soo:, a, orke was bitten an -x-artiir.ation
of the negro wa.- made, and it
wa- discovered that hi-i gums ae of a
white hi ;e 'oh r. In both cases of hiring-
the m g",..-s were very deeply enraged.
Mn! co' I'lfj-rt.'i.
Gra-ehot.pcrs are cau-ing gre'it trouble
in A ig' t a ti.is year. In on.; d i-: rift
r;0, On i nail c.s of eg , have been ci,;;. , ted
and burned, thi- b- i: gr equivalent to the
destruction of 7.-J'o,ou a, no ) ra-sri op
p. rs, but for ail this the reports - ,y that
"the efforts made to de.siioy the egga
Lave proved useless."
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