THE DAILY HERALD, lXA'lTSMOUTll, JVL'tm.WK A. WEDXHVXY. JANUARY 1. 188.
THE KIIiTLAND MORMONS,
THE TEMPLE AFTER flALF A CEN-
Tur;y has passed.
The Hwnii lit W li it'll tint 1 ii!Iuu'ih ol
.loitj.Ii Sm llli Voi-fIv1 tlift i I of Mur-iiiii-
lati-rt-st Iiijj I.-i-crlpt l.:i jf the
!n l.aili.r Dujh.
After several attempts t settle in vnrioii.q
ports f the stjit of .Now York, the Hrst real
o:iy of tin- Mormons drifted into Kirthmd.
TIj y wi re guide! t hither ly Sidney Itigdon,
v. ho was 11ic jii-isL i m!' -i f nl preacher of
llieir early d iy-. The- arrival .f several hun
dred Mormon:; in this little village was an
eiit. of i.o mean i::iiort.inoo, even in tho
days when i'niiii. ru' i'u was so rapidly Mak
ing the favored ..jot of the west-the north
ern part of Ohio. And yet, in those day:; of
rapid 4-!'i.,m i:t, tin- building of su !i a
temple lis t h'li !' tie; M e-m 'is was u woii
!cr. Iv-;i :t. tin; tay a building of such
t-izi- would Lea :-e -iv t:ts villages t !iat
ntc tenfold lh size "f Mii ilaml. But. t!io
Ji!'.; i:imi;.-, v.Iio l.::ilL it :ni' ein-erfnlly each
Hi- I lis teeth to th- 1 1 1, or, material-.
lin::ey fc r the four years fro 1:1 1:';J to !-!.,
tiie entire ei 1 being c limited nt. s I:),i"!).
'f'iie si;:-- 1 turn ! ground is So foot by tiO,
li:n! tlie e.-;; 1. in ; 1 iisis nj into a so::tro
t : :.;:!':: d !'. doilicl b.ii'i to I ho
beeht hi I - 11. 'i .o lo.'iy 1 lories nl .o
r. 1 .. ii. .re i'i.vi-iv,l by a shin led
J'1 m 11 I ilere I u,'!h don,;, r vi;n!ov:;. l"go
tiothi" wi.til.i.-.s . the Henry :',:pe
luvii!!.- i v. 01 1 l,y !) I a!.".Tl r. !ief
t. the :iii ! vail-. !' o':d t'.wrn that
h.i V . II :.:rviel I he la. i ;c ; of .elite
li of a 1 :, -iry, i '.ii;;h !; iro!t r.i. t, streaking
tin" v.;-. .!: ;! ; ; :i.-.vi .' hia;;!. .-;, ihe
Wasp." I.e. 1 - t e.: :, ! t!.e tw- iill-
l:;. li e!;i'n.i . -, ;:!:; i : y- j i.u riu ; to la.-ir
fr.ll, five . j. of :iij i-o .e!,i:i; ruin. At
li :i.;t I liis v. i !: .' e.ii 11 a i-ry f. -.v years
i::r , v. h.-n 1 !.; f . : 1 " i - I ; 1 ; v. ::s ! J-illy re.10
vat I : a l put. iitot a im re ha!.i::;!.le
sl:a;
J Mv : )y v ' i- tie- p ..ic it i , ll.is j'nSi-Hp-tjoa
i.i ;."!.:, ;i I, , i:j :i. h , lc :!' white
!.:.:!.!.: e .11'... I. !, i;i:I!t l.y the
t.'i -.rih ;" ;.:;.;, i 'ihe ori.-.rinal
r '.-'. ii I I'.:.- v. . '; liir: LitlT Day
J-'.'.iruV i:i pl:;-- !' She v.or:J.i ".j" ('::r:s;:."
A r-all p!..L i ; 1 ;: : ! r I 1 , .- :: ;..-t:t feiiee,
p:i:.siii tin-
;t;!ill npoii tho
l.roail sto:i -ii os li.:.! !,-a-l lo ti- ;;o!i,l .nvcii
!!.:. 1 :.:. ) in 1 ::1 i';:. hioi . .1 : h;:pis, ami
ji.'iiin-; i.:io a v .1 ;:;,!. v.l:ie!u-:;tei,i!.s aeross
t'ie eutire front. Ai 1 itl-.i-r e.nl cf tho vouti
l.iile is a -ein liar j:ia!rv::y, arvl the lioor
i:I:oVi is -ai away from the wall f::r eno'ah
toa'hu." t lijht Loenlei" fro.n jjhyve, thus
piviii; e;:.; i of the cabin of a siciaer.
Vi: te::.i.- r.-. ::! i- i.:a i ; ;it the ri!;t na
iler th : t iirivay. U- re i i a vi-ry interest injj
ic. -r-l i,f vi-itors to t'ie p!::ee. :i tho
l.h..'!; 1 . . ! ! i wilh t lie :r.nt. U the "L:i
ii. ;..."..; r;.!i.-e" a! tie- l i;;ht, i::;il th, 'f!cii
t!ei:::!:'s !!....-.. ;.ie" a. ti- 1. ! t. The foliow
i:';; iosi ri; I--.:- .keor:(t.; tin' v.rnl between
t'.i -!e.-i,' "Ciux J'ihiAncho-
I-.i." '. r.a.i 'x
As v.. -. :,i i- : '
1hat i: .I
; ct Ptvv:W.:t."
11:.:: 1 aii'Iit .r:i!:i wo Hot ice
l-'ii.I lotlii? t o si o- i'.-.:, as
1 ; it .1 11 v. a -Ai ;i.-!..l in .-.i;c; hoiises.
!): Ihe : r 'ry. lh.' 1 i; hi ;li, aad so
::: o-: -.. ry i: . ! .ai ii-.-i. This ::liows
1!:.: ! ! a' f.e t 1 i... 1; 1 1 ,r o'.hei- purposes,
t!.e.: - ni 1 :.-t;.ii.-: Aa,l yet, as one
rs ; i-. . ( .. :;.!.. sr. i.f c;:rvi-l wood
;,iwlh - !' . ef a j a'iiery. Y!:e i-opmnis,
l.o-.v.-v. : ii .( :;; :i a :: s to j;ive
!Vee. Pit'.. areii i:. tho a ::Jeof l!u foiliilS
The t..!r.i::i:s ve.-e .1; e -i.L ral.le iwe for
the vo' :.::r; of v. iaOU:- -. -;t. At ilietime
lr,;" ca:-i.;lus ve: i l t down to.--epr.rute
the ih'jh li oia the w..i.;e.i, a.:d aain ta tcp
sirato the la:.;er from ; he s:n.i!i-jr of each sex,
liul e;;!y (u.iM ;hi? i.u.'ti' :.ee bo halved ftlld
;uai-tvied 1:1 tiiii v.-.-.y, but evt-n tho iows
wcro s i;.j iicil with in-r.'.-hes that coull lo
move.l lro::i o:jo s.;.!e to the oth-'i-, so that the
w!i..'e jViidle'u e mi0ht faeo iii vctly a'oi.iit at
Very short n tiee. The object of this was
ihrjt they iui.;ht chaieu tlieir mode of wor-.-ship,
;iiid tr.ru from oiie clnster of pulpits at
)?:e c-ad of tho room to anotlier cluster of
jiah'itj ."v tho other end. Thj clusters of
piilyiis ri so ii; eaelt instanec tiireo tiers, 'with
thre-j iu a. tier. Therefore, tho room is well
ti;;pplkd v.ith pulpits, there Ixjiug niuo in cucb
cud.
At tho eastern end cf tho room tho cluster
of pulpit-; is devoted to tho Aarouic priest-
!:o"d. v.hv!? rr p-n i
! the ht vi: :cal prL-jfc-
livxvl and admiiju:tei-ed tho to:nporal ali'airs
f the cauivli. JC ich of ti:e Ih- oo pulpits in
the upjior tier has tij-m tho iront the letters
'15. V. A.." lae.i-.ua L'lsiKei I'ivsidinjj o-er
Aaroni I'riesthtvid. The middlo tier has
tl:e 1-tti-rs i. A. I.," Presiuins Aaroni;
lVkst. Tir. lower ti. r has ''i. A. T.," r.
fiuiiej Auroai" Teaeiior. A saiallor pulpit
k'low is la:.c!,-d "I'. A. I.).," IVcsiding
Aaror.ie 1 ). . ; .r.
'a Im iaipits against
th:- we:; r? e:-;1 :a e lu!!f up ;.;nit!st r.n outer
v. iiy ). , w'.i'.i i.l:ei-:;;:te j:j:ks of red v.nd
v.hi'.e 'tis ia t!r- ja'-'sed ir;:!i.-:ai. Tlieso
puij i . ; were 1 ;. -i, i . d i.y t iie s; i: imal lealers,
or the 71. "v!.; . i.": 1 '--v. hood, J-i Smith's
seat bei.:;: i.i the hi. tier. This tier of
pulpits ii laui.e.l I C," r.lL-Ichisodoc
IVesidetit of ('ounk,:.!-r.-:; t!ic middle tier is
marked IMi. I'.,'" ::t h i,;. vdu- IVcsMiiis
Jii.;h l'rk.--t ; the lower tie- is uui rked TJ. II.
j'.,"' Ucieliicdoi I::;r'a i'rie.-.t. A sintplo desk
i:e!-iv,-:;e;-Vt d lor the ililehisi-ilci; I'iesiJillJ
Eldt r. Tito l-.-t ton :;rei:i n d eurtaia cord.
The dr.-! If li.rer.'.l tho pulpits abovo is
?ovcrol wi' h fr-'-en calico.
I; the c:. r!:er ihiys it wa arr:ins'Hl that
fu:'t.:i;:s f ro'.a :ii. e OiiiH be dropped bo
iwec-11 ti.-. dint rent t icrs of tho priesthood,
lut id-o s ; :;rra ii ;t-d that while tho.,0 of on
d.'rf o i ll;-;ht -,!.ui th.ein-ivcs tuvay from tho
iiuuie::ee 'o f coi:.-.;;ii".t;oa' they could not
Lide thi.-:a:-vlve.s from their Siiipvriors i:i 00
clcsiast ioal n.-.ili. in the earlier days ako
ricti velvet ir.'.ioi.'tcry s.'t oil" the carve 1 work.
the pti""-'it ji'.id goideti letters thoao froiu
j;ots v.iiieh are now simp.ly marked by black
paint. Th-; iit iaoidiu;.rs which forraerly
jri:aii!e.;te-l the plain widie li:iish of the
v.'oodwork v.ttv i!!-t taken nv.ay by tho vaii
!als and thca entirely ivtsi-cd by tho faith
ful. l"jn.-a the v.jdls in:;y lo read tho mot
toes: ".No fiOHs, 110 Crovn."' "The Loid
rtt.h;:iet!i; L. : JTi? JVoplo ie-joice," Groat
is Our Lord and of O rent Power," v. hiie from
the '.vi'.ivlow over the ?k ilL!.-: p::ip:tjj is
the text- '"Hoii-.Kss to tho Lord."
Tho v.i.-vle atnlitorium will comfortably
l;oU CWl.t.pl., 'Ui it '5i often packed so
fad ihi.t ixJ ;ys of -.voroUipcrs cmc and
weut, dtiri:. a 1 -iuslo i-vi-A Tho high
tov.s in the cer;;cr v.vre for tho i st sintrs
jn Israel. I.i .:.. of these 1 ewi, tho nativcJ
i."S rt, a:i i:ii:r.v; wnmaa w:l in the habit of
risis; ' iii: I t;.-.-'.h:p; 011 a l.-va whenever tha
jicuthiicis i f th-- fdei-tti:: minister did lu t
meet with her approval. Smith was in tLa
habit ufa:inoui:fi:v-; f r.,m lofty pulpit:
"The truth is t;ood cao::0-li wilkout dres-inj
v?, Urotu-.r r.i0'dua v. i"! uo.v iioxd to
lit-5 ft ;jp.T'
1 he s..-'-oj:d story, directly ever tho ctidlt--Xl.iin,
i r. r room, v. ith low celling-
ind pulpit.5 tlint arc livt, so p retentions. Tb.'s
Xoom was iA?d cs a bohool cf tho prophet.-,
where Lctia and iol.rcv v.tro U.ash:.
jjorls oi tho desks reiiKiin, but thodeks
themstlves have lon tiu.-c toiu tajricil
awr.y lUid tho hail has oea UrcJ for cn Ckid
lY'Uows' lodo and for vaiions 3-kd pur
wses. Cor. How Vurit Turn.
the history of spectacles
What Tliejr An Made or and How They
Are to In Fitted and Worn.
Tho honor and credit of pointing out the
benefit of glasses in aid of defective vision be
long to Itogr Bacon, who lived from 1214 to
ltXfi. MK!ctacle were actually invented
11 bout tho year 1U80 A. D., and certainly they
wcru raiwlo previous to the year 131 1. The
man who conferred this great benefit on
KiifToring humanity was Alexander Bpina, a
monk of Pisa, who died in 1'M'i.
In the iirly proffresB of tho art the Fpeo
tnH'-s made wero mdo ami cmde, and the
Sla.st.-s were rough, though they rendei-ed
;:reat aid to the afflicted. At tho present
Tirno a reputable optician can, by successive
xperhuents, discover the actual defect of
the eye, and by prescription furnish a glass
that will so aid the sight as to make the
human eye ami glarei together Berve tho duty
of jjerfect ej'es. This perfection in the
nu-aus of assistuuee is due to tho excriiucn&
and inventions of Dr. Giraud, of I'aris, and
l)r. He heftier. Tho former scientist promul
gated the idea, anil the latter practically put
tho theory iu 0eration.
One of the greatest philosophers of all ages
earned his scanty livelihood as a lensmakcr.
Wo refer to the celebrated liaruch Spinoza,
who was excommunicated by tho Jewish
church of Amsterdam for what the rabbis
b-rmed his heresies. There is no exact ago
nt which either men or women may need tho
use of s;ectnelos, but a man usually will need
: o::ie ni. I to his natural vision after tho age
of !", and a woman ufter tho ago of 40.
A mistake commonly made by nearsighted
peoj.le is iu wearing tho same glasses for all
purposes. This can seldom le done without
slraiaing tho eye. Two sets of glasses are
absolutely needed, each dif Fori ng widely from
1 ho other in focus. Another jiopular mistake
is in the carelessness with which tho glar.scs
are put upon tho face. To obtain tho full
benefit of glasses they must bo so sot upon
I he faeo that tho center of the glass comes
oh -colly in front of tho -pupil of the eye. It
is cry curious that people who are so fastid
ious as to tho exact fit of a coat or dro;;s
-houhl be so careless of the apiearanco of a
1, lass on the cyo when tho effects of tho latter
.: of so much greater importance.
Glasses are commonly ground with an
ei-.t"l curve on both sides. The material for
Li.'-"r manufacture is glass, made sjieciully
f'-.r tiie purpose, and a rock crystal oafled
ora.ilian jK-bbie. The latter is less apt to
h'-coaio scrutched or dimmed by the atmos
phere when going from a cold air into a
warmer one. It cannot bo denied that the
iavention of sTXietaelos va one of the most
useful to tho human family. They have alle
viated inoro misery than all other human
agencies, because thero is no sorrow or afllic
Kon to Iki compared to tiie loss of sight, aud
proportionately tho impairing of sight. The
lCeystone.
A Cliiue.se Orchestra.
Three or four Chinamen conceived the idea
of entertaining tho visitors with "music," or
!se thought they would drive them out by
making a deafening din which would have
made even a corpse rise up in protest. Sus
pended from the ceiliag by apiece of tarred
.;:riine was a sort of metal drum, made of
;.iek sheet copper. It was; about two feet in
i:vit:nferonee and had a rim about six inches
road. This one of tho Johns pounded with.
1 sm:Jl hammer. Another took a drum f
he same size and made like a nail keg only
C liner workmanship, of course-which w-as
overcd by a thick piece of rawhide. The
.cad was tacked on with a double row of hob
jails, and was tightened by driviug pieces of
vood under tho edge of the head and break
ng them off. The drummers took up two
;hort sticks, which he used as deftly as the
Viss drummer of an orchestra uses his slicks.
Another took a drum, made of pieces of raw
udo tacked on a frame shaped like a Dutch
i-.uf of bread, and placing it on a ieculiar
support ho began pounding, too. Another
k-ized a little copper drum, about four inches
t circumference, mado like the large one
i-.ispeJidod from the ceiling, and. pounded at
it v. ith a little hammer.
Hut here came the worst feature of alL A
little we.usened faced Chinamau seized a pair
f cymbals as largo as the head of a flour
lutrrel and banged them together with
anetioa worthy of a better cause. Tho effect
added to the drums that were being beaten
.-an better bo imagined than described. It
was simply appalling and made one's brain
rattle. This was kept up for some time,
despite the captain's growl, "Oh, shut up
oat noise." His protest was met with a ma
licious grin, which convinced the reporter
(hat the orchestra had not conceived the idea
3t amusing the visitors. New York World.
A Washington Caterer.
Wormley thoroughly appreciated the jvn
xrtance of good cookery. Ho made $100,000
out of his skiil as a caterer, and ho sent his
:is to Taris to be educated under tho French
chefs there. I seo tiiat his method of making
'xvf tea Las been patented, and this came to
iho ears of the public during the sickness of
..arlicld. Wormley fui-nished all the food
which Garfield ate during his sickness at
Washington, and tho dying president was
able to retain this beef tea when he could
keep nothing else upon his stomach. Wormley
made it by taking the best of tenderloin
steak cut thick and freed from bones. This
he broiled slightly over a hot fire, and then
put it into a steel press, which, by mcaiis of
a lever, squeezed all the juice out of it. This
juieo was tho pure nutriment of tho beef,
and seasoned and heated it made both an
appetizing and a nourishing food.
Garfield, by the way, was somewhat
troubled by dyspepsia, and he had a favorite
vay of eating potatoes. He liked them
biked to a turn, and had them brought upon
tee table with their ckins bursted. Taking
ihe::i hot from the dislj. he would squeczo tho
msaly insides out upon his plate, add a pinch
of salt and a slight shake of pepper and over
the mixture he would pour the richest of
Jersey cream, mixing this together so that it
formed a thick paste. He ate it with great
pusto, calling it a dish fit for the gods.
i'rank G. Carpenter in New York World.
Wanted to Realize on Values.
Johnnie, a bright boy of 6 years, while be?
ing fixed up for school, observing his little
overcoat much the worse for wear, and hav
ing more mended places than ho admire. J,
turned quickly to his mother and asked hsr;
"lla, is pa rich?" -
"Yes: very rich, Johnnie. He is worth
tivo millions and a half."
"What in, ma!" -
"O'a, he values you at one million, me at a
million and baby at half a million."
Johnnie, after thinking a moment, said:
"M:i, tell pa to sell the baby and buy us soma
clothes." New York Evening World.
ScuKklns XTnlawfally Taken,
Special Agent Tingle, in charge of the Sea
teLuids of Alaska, estimates that 80,000 seal- r
skins have been unlawfully taken during the '
past year, and on the basis of ten seals '
"killed or mortally wounded by these mar
rauders for each skin they secure, the num
ber of seals killed by them during the past
year is placed at 300,000. Chicago Times.
'There are said to be only four horses in
Alaska, three at Juneau and one at Sitlta.
A COMMODORE'S PEHIL
BLOWN UP BY A TORPEDO BOAT
OFF CHARLESTON.
The Destruction of the IIouHatonlc by the
Confederate A Thrilling Escape from
Death .In Incident of the Late Civil
War.
Commodore C. W. Pickering, of tho United
States navy, now T.'J yecrs old, was a daring
officer during tho civil war, and had 0:10 of
the most thrilling escapes from death re
corded in the annals of tho navy. In the
winter ho lives at St. Augustine, .1'la. It
was while migrating to his winter quarters
that he was met by a rejiorter at tho Wind
sor hotel. Tho comm. ire looks like a
Frenchman of Napoleoa's Old Guard. Ilis
hair and niustacho are snow white and in
strong contrast to his swarthy complexion.
One of his legs is paralyzed and eight or ten
of his ribs have boon broken. Ilis cscaiie
from death when ho was blown up oa the
war ves el Ilousutonic was little short of the
miraculous. His own account of it is as fol
lows: Tho blockade runners during tho war would
"pass almost under tho shadow of a war ship,
with the chances of being sunk by a few
shells. I had command of 'the ITousatonie,
armed with tJOO-pounders, smaller camion and
howitzers, and was stationotLat tho mouth of
Charleston harlior. Oao night ia Fobrmry,
1W4, we wero on the lookout for blockade
runners. It was a beautiful night at times,
tho shifting clouds now and then revealing
the stars and tho ocean for miles to seaward.
Fort Sumter was near, black and frowning,
an.l Charleston in tho distance, with its dim
lighto, made us long to be ashore. When the
hour grew late I gave instructions to the.
officers on deck ami went below. Wo v.vro
anchored, but had everything ready to get
under way in a few minutes' time. No
blockade runners were expected that night,
but they were liable to come at any time,
hence my constant precaution. I was talking
to my clerk, Charles O. -Juzzoy, of Boston,
when I heard tho alarm gong sounding on
deck. 1 he gong, instead of a bell or a can
non report, was our signal to prepare for
action at night. I wised my double barreled
gun and rushed on deck, my clerk following
me. Uy idea was to shoot tho man at tho
wheel on tho blockade runner while it was
passing. One of tho officers sang out: "It is
a toriedo boat !'
But I did not hear him, and still thinking
a blockade runner was going by, I looked
around. Then tho officer in loud tones sang
out ugaiu: "Torpedo boat!"
DESTRUCTION AWAITED.
I gave the order then to slip the chain cf
the anchor, that the vessel might swing
around and possibly escape the torpedo boat.
To my surprise, I did not hear the chains
rattle. I asked why and tho officer replied:
"The chain is gone." He had cat it on tho
instant, and tho vessel was swinging around.
Then I saw the toi-pedo boat, or rather a
small glass roundhouse, large enough for oi:e
man to stick his head in and look over the
surface of tho water. I knew that destruc
tion awaited us unless I could stop that little
submarine monster moving swiftly toward
the stem of the Housatonic.
I aimed at tho glass above the water and
fired both barrels of my gun. Then I sang
out orders for our vessel to go astern faster.
It was too late. There was a smothered
sound, like a howitzer exploding under water,
and I felt myself going up into tho air. For
at least a second or two I was conscious and
then everything grew dark. In eight min
utes from the time of the explosion I re
gained consciousness and found myself in tho
water, floating on the debris of the vessel. I
was bleeding from several wounds, but sti:l
I resolved to escape drowning if possible. A
small boat showed itself above water, and I
scrambled to it, but it rolled and I aban
doned it. I saw that part of the Ilooi-atoaie
vrn.i not gone, and swam for it, oatciar.g hold
cf some ropes. An officer aud a i:u rkio were
in a small boat hanging oa the davity. 1
managed to get into the boat with them and
gave orders to cut the ropes. The officer had
no knife, and just at that moment the ves
sel, or rather that part of it left, rolled ovc
and we fell into the sea. Tho officer neve?
camo up again. I sank twice, and fmali;
caught an oar from the boat and managed t.t
reach tho wreck again, v. h .re tho marines in
tho foro ringing of tho vessel a.sisled me.
The list of killed and drowi ed was only s: .;.
When the Housatonic bea to settle the
men in the fore rigging rushed to the stern
aad managed to save those who wero there
struggling to extricate themselves. T.ly
clerk, Mr. Aluzzey, who camo on deck wua
me, must have been blown all to pieces, for
we never saw his body. I think I must have
gone at least thirty feet into tho air, and my
impression is that I did not lose consciousness
until I reached tho point where I began to
descend. What becamo of tho submarine
torpedo boat? I sank it when I fired into it,
or a very few minutes afterward. The glass
lookout, you see, was water tight, and my
discharge of buckshot broke it, and the
water rushing in finally sank it. There were
six in tho torpedo boat and all were drowned.
I had soveral ribs broken and was paralyzed.
New York Jdail and Express.
The Cigar Man's Trick.
Give mo tho best cigar you've, got in your
place. Me and my friends never smoke an3"
thing but the best," said an individual con
siderably elevated by sundry smiles over an
adjoining bar. "I don't care for tho ex
pense. Give me the best." A box was set
out, three cigare were taken from it, i'l laid
on the caso and swept into tho drawer. The
"best" purchaser looked a little blank but as
tho attendant's face did not change, nor was
change seeu on tli9 counter, bo turned away
with an uncertain smile. The reporter .was
turning over in his mind what a good thing
it was to be rich, when the cigar man with a
friendly nod said, "Have onof That up coun
try jay is firing ofT his boodle to make a
show, and I've given him something to talk
of for the balance of his life. . He has bee 1
smoking two for five country store stogies all
his life. He's coaie to town to see, sport, and
when he goes home he'll tell of smoking cig
ars worth $1 apiece. This is the bon it came
out of. Take one." And lo and behold, the
reporter viewed his favorite five, center re
posing snugly before Lira, Verily tho giule
of the deceiver is amusing. Fhiladelphia
Call.
The Italians of Gotham.
There is no shrewder class of business peo
ple in New York than the Italians who have
been swarming ia here during the past ten
years. They have taken up hundrcls of
small nndustries, and arc prosecuting them
with marked success. They ere a mcst in
dustrious class of people, very economical,
and full of bar J sense. New i ork Sun.
They Meet as .Strangers.
Miss Blanche Have you made any con
quests this summer;
Miss Lillian Oh, yes; Mr. Jones proposed
tl3 day before we camo away.
Miss Blanche Doesn't ho pop tho question
in the most awkward manner imaginable 1
They meet as stronger. Life.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
The llarber'i I'olm and Our I'lirlo'n Threo
15. ill I.o, the I 'r Wooilcii lii.H.ii).
"Can 'o not discern the bigns of the
times f
Reference is not to iolitieal prognostica
tions, nor to mathematical al.brevi.i! ions,
nor to tho signs of the zodiac, but to th" com
mon, everyday signs in front of stoles i.n.1
places of business.
Why docs a striped polo always indicate a
barlor'ssh; beg pardon, a tonsorial pa: I r
Beeaii:;, in the good oi l days 1":;. i-,.fe
pine by, l.arl-crs use.l to l.; inr .i-o s. T.:e
rapid advance of s; i noo has can: 1 ihem to
full from tlieir bl'.vh cs! i'e. The j-il; kit. ib at
tho end of the polo represents a bra.ss lia-in,
which used to be actually sm.-pciid.il from
the pole. The basin had a i.oi.-h cut ia it to
fit the throat, and was u.-od for lathering cus
tomers who camo lo lie shaved. The o!e
re iresents the stair held by pel o :s in vene
section; a::d tho two sp:r:.I hi ripe s painud
r.r.umd it signify the two banda.cs, o::e for
twisting round the ;r:a previous to the act
of phlebotomy or blixid 1 Um;-, and the oilier
for binding. This is the v. ho!.; story, and,
l:ko every scandal and all the talk of tho
town, it is "omnibus liotum tonsoril.us."'
WhydothriH' gilt balls always indicate a
pawnbroker's shop?
Because the Lombard family, who were
tho first r r.-at money lenders in England,
used that sijn, and from them it was appro
priated and handed down by the pawn
brokers. Three golden balls constituted
tho emblem of St. Nieln ilas, who is said to
have given three .purses of gold to three
virgin sisters to enable them to marry. Throe
golden balls also formed the cognizance of
tho Medici family, probably representing
three golden pills a punning device 0:1 the
name. However, the shyiooks have nn
doubtedly taken thj '
whatever may have been its earlier history.
Why does a wooden Indian always indicate
a tobacco store?
Because tobacco is tho great American
plant and was originally used by tho Indians.
This, however, is a mooted question. Meycn,
in his "Geography of Hants," is of tho
opinion that the smoking of the "filthy weed"
is of great untlquity among tho Chinese, be
cause on very old scriptures he has "observed
tho very same tobacco pipes which are now
in uso." If there is any foundation for this
idea, then it would bo about as appropriate
to adorn tho front of a tobacco store with a
wooden Chinese as with the figure of on.3 of
America's aborigines; in fact, it would bo
preferable because it would lie novel. Let
dealers study up tho question for themselves
and act accordingly. The smoking of tobacco
was found by Columbus to Ijo practiced la
the West Indies, where tho natives made it
into cylindrical roils wrapped in maize leaf.
With the American Indians it had then, and
still has, a raligious character, and is con
nected with their worship and with all their
important transactions. Justin Thymo in
New York Star,
luildin lho Vnion I'acific.
"Tho lawlessness that prevailed during the
construction of the road was something un
exampled in the country since the early days
of California. Tho workmen were Irish for
the most part, and inclined to Ik; violent, but
they were not murderous. But tho road
gangs were accompanied by a perfect swarm
of gamblers, who robbed tho men of their
last cent, and were a fearful cst. The-
men were old frontiersmen, who wero accus
tomed to settling all disputes with, tho kii: .
and pistol, and tho Irish fell like sheep be
fore them. At tho right of each dealer r i.
the numerous faro table's lay a heavy nr :.
revolver with the barrel sawed ofi" to rcti'le,
its handling more easy and rapid, cu; i in
lsniiy cases the catches on the hammer v.; '-"
filed away. The reason for this was that i.
pistofof this kind could bo discharged i.i .;
second by simply drawing back tho ham:n r
and letting it fall again, thus saving several
seconds of valuable time. Before such men
the Irish, unskilled in arms, wero helpless,
and many ha.idrods were killed before .tho
road was complete 1. Sometimes Ju Ig
Lynch stepped in, but generally the i.i.:ri:.-r.-.vent
on a t uothh.g had uapponeJ. The
whole road was lined with the wooden 1: j 1
boanLs of tho slaiu, bearing the name of th::
murdered man, and the simple but signifi
cant words, "killed at such and such a
date."
"Cheyenne and Laramie, which wero each
the depots of tho road for some time, were
Tiarti'jularly lawless places in thoe days, but
t.liey both paled b'.-foro tho reiga of terror
has broke oat at Promontory, in Ctah,
where the Unioa and Central roads met.
Hero the lawless elements of both roads were
brought together, a id a perfect pandemon
i.ua ensued. For fifty miles the roads were
aullt s ide by side, as there was a dispute as
to the territory belonging to each, and both
wished to obtain lho point y.hieli it claimed
as its terminus. The gangs wero guarded
by armed men, between whom deadly lights
often sprung up, and the losses were, ia the
aggregate, as heavy as those of a con: Mer
abie battle. 110 dispute was finally settled,
and the roads met at Ogden, which has over
since been tho terminus of each," Henry E.
Cameron iu Chicago Journal.
The rcllow that Does tho Lying-.
There is getting to be altogether too much
of this business of blaming it all on tho re
porter. Tho regularity with which reporters
lie and misrepresent, according to the p-eople
whom they have interviewed, is becoming
quite monotonous. The fact about the mat
ter is that reporters strive to report correctly;
that is their business, and that is what they
are hired and educated to do. So far cs my
acquaintance with rejiortc-rs goer;, and it is
quite extensive, they are, almost -without ex
ception, an earnest and faithful lot cf work
ers, who know that reliability is their f!rs
virtue. Let a reporter be- as boiictt 33
Diogenes and as faithful in his reproduction
as an echo, and he will not escape. Tho very
first man whom ho interviews, and who talks
so much that on reading his remarks in print
he is exceedingly anxious to escape responsi
bility for his utterances, or at least a portion
of them, will swear that the reporter lied
about him. About one man out of five is tho
average of those who stand by what they
say; of the remaining four, two will say the
reporter lied, one wifl say hi-j rcmarkj woro
misrepresented and exaggerated; and the,
last will make tho excuse that Lo was not
talking foe publication. Chicago Ilcrald.
Lupiilnries cf New York.
Our city furnishes profitable occupation to
many lapidaries, bat there is only one large
establishment wherein precious stones of all
kinds are cut and polished a:; well as
mounted. The expert. who do this work aro
mostly men who have learned their craft iu
Amsterdam. Within the past few 3-ears,
however, New York and Boston have been
training soiao excellent cutters of diamonds.
Apropos of these costly carbons, there are
dozens of men in New York who buy, sell
and exchange diamonds without having any
fixed place of busiiic:i. They carry their
offices ia their hats, thtir stock in their pock
et. They usually aro astute judges of hu
man nature 03 well &3 of precious t'oues;
they know all the politicians and s;ir:lag
men, among whom thcyiind their ciiavcm
rrs, and thoy frequently make bardi.-ne
snip by a commission or a speoulauca.
Kew York World.
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