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RtMAriKABLE DISCOVERIE3 IN AH
ARIZONA VALLEY.
in5'sU:riom
Fruitful Work of (It Ilemenwar Expedi
tion Lixler tlio Guidance of Frank A.
Culili.g .SclatitlOe Itxploration IUIlea
of an Anelitnt American Kaca.
Id a quiet and unpretentious but persistent
manner there, has been going on for some
UiliiR more than a year, in the desert landa
)f Arizona, a work of exploration and cien
tlflo Invalidation that, by reason of the
cuhar tiel.l entered ujkmi, the originality of
method adopted in its prosecution, and the
Importance of the results that aro being at-
tained. u di-stined to rank among the fore
most enterprise, of fu kind that the world
ba known.
Tl,e original in vesication pursue! by Mr.
Frank A. Curbing among the Kuni Indians
aliout seven year ago have now become
matters of history, and their great value
from an arehusological point of view has
lorg age been recognized by scientist In ail
parts of the world. Mr. Gushing settled
among these Indians, In-camo one of them by
adoption, was initiated into their fcnere.l rites
and gave years to a thorough study from the
ln-Io of tiie history of these people as show n
in ttie traditions thut had been band'sl down
from generation to generation, an. I in the
fornix aixi ceremonies ef their
ritualistic societies.
A WOMAN'S ENTHUSIASM.
His work attracted the attention of Mrs.
Ilemenway, who had long been Interested in
the indiun peoplo, and she recognized the im
portance of having, for tho first time in thi
country, a special cultus studied and an an
cient civilization rehabilitated and brought
within the scope of modern Investigation.
Happily endowed with wealth, she came to
the assistance of Mr. dishing, and with cor
dial sympathy and enthusiasm organized the
expedition that has been so effectively ond so
modestly working.
For over a year, then, this expedition has
been hard at work excavating and collecting
and the fruit of this long period of labor U
now on Its way eastward. It comprises sev
eral thousand specimens of pottery, domestio
utensils, shell work, ornaments, stone imple
ments, skeletons, etc A few of the skeletons
will be deposited in tho Army Medical mu
seum at Washington, but the collection prac
tically in its entirety will come to Salem.
What final disposition will be made of it
is not yet determined. Irofessor Edward
8. Morse, of Salem, has from the outset been
deeply interested in this unique enterprise.
He hat Just returned to bis home after sev
eral weeks spent in the camp of the expedi
tion, whither he went on a special tour to ex
amine the field of work.
CAMP nZilENWAY.
The country wluVh was selected for ex
ploration and exMvation does not offer
many allurements in the way of comfortable
living. The heat is intense, the dust is stif
ling, the water Is warm and muddy, and the
baneful fly is numerous. The expedition has
camped about ten miles from the city of
Tempo, A. T. In and 'about Tempe aro
abundant indications of a tropical climate in
tree, varieties of cacti, and vegetation gen-
erally. The valley in which Camp He-men-
way is situated is a broad, level expanse,
smooth as a arlor floor, hard and dry and
variegated, with bunches of sage brush, the
mesquita, scraggy trees, and beautiful
flowers. For twenty-flve miles this flat sur
face stretcl.es away, and a carriage could be
driven anywhere over it. The soil is light
and dry. and all about little whirlwinds of
dust are seen moving along. The fauna and
tho flora are of semi-tropical character.
Camp Hemen way consists of several com
modious touts pitched about a quadranglo.
A few small trees try in vain to give shade;
a flag waves from a tall staff, and at a dis
tance a dozen mules are tied. Far away
mountain ranges shut in the valley. The
quadranglo is roped about, and on the smooth
earth floor stone Implements of various kinds
are arranged in groups awaiting classifica
tion. In several large tents rude tables ar-d
ebclves bold specimens of pottery. Excava
tions nave been made far and near. About
the camp and temples bouses, graves and
communal ovens have been uncovered, until
the life of this ancient people stands revealed
as plainly as though the record had been
written down in words.
A CLUSTER OF CITIE3.
It appears that this valley Ja which tb
ramp is, as well as other valleys throughout
that section of the country, was centuries
ago the home of a large population, which.
from the general character of the dwellings
which have been exhumed, has been esti
mated to have reached in this vicinity alone
probably not short of 100,000 individuals.
The houses of these people wero built in
groip3 of cities, only the merest traced c(
which now rerun in. The buildings, it is sup
posed, were overwhelmed by earthquakes,
after which the disintegrating elements re
duced them to dust, so that now nothing
left but low mounds, ill defined heaps of
earth, and Irregular lines of old canals.
Once this valley sustained a cluster of
cities situated several miles from each other.
Uetween the cities the work of agriculture
was carried on, and traces of an elaborate
tysteui of irrigating canals have been found.
These canal run in every direction, and tht-y
turned tho dry desert hU a flourishing and
productive garden spot. One canal has bee a
traced seventeen miles, another In a neigh
boring valley seventy-nii miles, and there
i.re others of even greater length. n their
construction these public works represented
what must have been then an almost incred
ible amount of labor. They were built ter
raced, so that water would be retained in
them all the year, and their surface wall
were baked, until thc-y were almost water
proof by burning brush piled upon the pud-d-d
end plastered mud that formed their
Ales. The canals served a busy population,
and certainly only a great population could
have constructed them or Indeed even had
need of them.
DWELXJXQB OF THE PEOPLE.
In tiie middle of each city a massive struct
ure, with thick walls and six or seven stories
In height, stood as a fortress. Around this
were grouped the dwellings of the people,
large blocks with flat roofs and terraced to
. the height of three or four stories. Sufficient
has been discovered to enable the investigat
ors to practically reconstruct the general
appearance of these cities, and to clearly des
ignate the character of their architecture and
the methods of life of the jieople, even to
minor details. The men engaged ia the chafe
and In agriculture, while the women at
tended to household duties, and made, deo
oratad and baked the pottery, the tradi
tional knowledge of which has even been
handed down to the Zwis and to other. Pue
blo of today.
They were a hard working race, as is evi
denced by tho great mechanical and engineer
ing undertakings in which they engaged, an4
they particularly showed a great deal cf
mechanical still ia tie fashioning of iicplo
nieuU or sume and bone and in tho mtikiug
of sfccll ornaments. They mere in a large
sftise a co-operative people, es appear from
tucoaiuiuual ovens that icloiLied U nae1-
eacD Miiisjng, and in Large orana ware cooked
enormous quantities o food for the common
06, the general method of cooking resemb
ling that of the New England c lambada.
The central edifices were toe temples, where
dwelt the hereditary priests, whose tore-
rooms held the tithes of grain and other
crops, while other rooms were act apart for
acred or publio purposes. In time of war
this building became the citadel of the place
and might well nave been impregnable.
LABELED AND CAT A LOOTED.
Every object Is carefully labeled and cata
loguer!, and in the catalogue every circum
stance concerning its finding Is noted. Pho
tographs are mado of the excavations and
objects found. Plans are also made of the
buildings whose ruins are excavated and
.elaborate maps are drawn. The obiecta
round Include pottery, stone Implements,
shells and shell ornaments, turquois and
other stones, and human and animal remains.
Only a few traces of textile fabrics remain,
and occasionally pieces of wood and other
vegetable remains are found, for the most
part in a charred condition, which account
for their preservation. Most of the pottery
collection consists of food and drinking ves
sels, buried with tho dead, whose skeletons
are also found, or used as domestic utensils,
or found buried in the pyral mounds. This
pottery docs not differ materially from the
ceramics made at the present day in the
southwest. Many of the designs in vogue
among the Zunis of today are found to have
been derived or to have been handed down
from theso ancient models. In their shapes
and in their schemes of decoratiou they show
a very considerable amount of artistic qual
ity. The thanes are very graceful, free and
easy in hue, and the decoration, although
simple in churacter, Is distinguished by much
vitality and force of expression and freedom
of touch.
Perhaps, however, the peculiar creative
genius of the pooplo is shown more markedly
In the stone axes and other tools and in the
shell and other ornaments. It is believed
that when these axes and other stone imple
ments are exhibited they will bo found to be
superior in variety of form and in beauty of
nnisu to anytning heretofore discovered as
tho work of primeval man. More particu
larly, however, the articles of personal adorn
ment display the artistic skill of the people.
foea shells were brought from a great dis
tanceas far as from the Gulf of California
or the shores of tho Pacific, being carried in
loads, packed on tho backs of animals, and
thus transported over the mountains. These
shells were worked Into bracelets, earrings.
beads, and bells of various shapes. Much of
the shell work appears to have been used as a
base for inlaying.
POTTERY, IMPLEMENTS, BKELETOX3.
Some of the specimens of pottery and orna
ments, as shown in drawings and in actual
examples brought home by Professor Morse,
ore ol most interesting character. In jus
and jars bird forms are seen; one Is like a
bird without a head, tho wings being roughly
Indicated on the sides, and on another a bird
.head springs from one side. The decoration
is generally in conventional lines. Tho stone
implements are principally choppers, adzes.
mills for grinding corn, and other forms, the
use or wtuch is problematic The shellwork
is apt to be covered with beautiful designs.
and with these appear clasps, curious little
bird forms carved out of stone, and finger
rings ana oraceiets made out of shell and in-
aid with turquois and other precious stones.
Many of these would be accepted as clever
works of art today.
JN early 200 skeletons have thus far been
found. This is the more remarkable, and by
scientists is considered a special reason for
congratulation from tho fact that ancient
I ueblo skeletons havo been heretofore ex
tremely rare. Previous to the work of this
expedition it is said that only three or four
have ever been found. The exhuming of
these skeletons has resulted in a very im
portant aiacovery m the line of anthro
pology, the Aact nature of which, however,
uas not yet been mado public Boston Cor.
New York Times.
LESSONS lit SWIMMING.
THE
HUMAN
ON
BODY MA0E TO FLOAT
THE WATER.
Confidence, and now It Is Given to Be
ginner Instructions from tb Teacher
at the Natatorluiu Leuuni In Flouting.
Different Strokes.
Sights In Nizhni Novgorod.
The entire region, from the river to the
bluff, Is crowded with wholesale, retail and
second band shops, where one can buy any
thing and everything from a paper of pins,
a wooden comb or a string of dried mush
rooms to a ship's anchor, a church Xell or a
steam engine. In a single shop of the lower
bazar I saw exposed for sale a set of parlor
chairs, two wicker work baby carriages, a
rustic garden seat, two cross cut log saws,
half a dozen battered samovars, a child's
cradle, a steam engine, cno half of 4 pair of
elk horu3, three old boilers, a collection of
telescopes, an iron church cross four feet in
height, six or eight watches, a dilapidated
carriage top, feather dusters, opera glasses,
log chains, watch charms, two blacksmith's
anvils, measuring tapes, old boots, stove cov
ers, a Caucasian dagger, turning lathes,
sleigh belts, pulleys and blocks from a ship's
rigging, firo engine nozzle, horse collars, an
officer's sword, ax helves, carritga cushions,
gilt bracelets, iron barrel hoops, trunks, ac
cordions, three or four soup plates filled with
old nails and screws, carving knives, vises,
hinges, revolvers, old harnesses, half a dozen
odd lengths of rusty stove pipe, a tiq can. pf
:mixed biscuits" from London and a six foot
batlrtub. This list of articles, which I made
on tbo spot, did not comprise more than a
third part of tho dealer's heterogeneous stock
in trade; but I had not time for a careful
and exhaustive enumeration. In a certain
way fhis shpp was illustrativo and typical of
the wholo lower bazar, since nothing, pef
haps, in that quarter' of he city is more
striking than the heterogeneity of buildings,
peopja find fades. George Keruian iq The
Centur f.
Looking on tho Dark Side.
It is only when a man is so constituted that
he worries over what be cannot help that
there is danger of self murder. This kind of
worry has a tendency to unbalance a man's'
mind, and then be is liable to do anything:
An intense, nervous man, with a disposition
to look on Ue dark Je of life, will worry
himself about anything. Sometimes if U
business, again it is some pet object, or it
may be fome trifling thing. Whether bis
suicide is preceded by a disappointment, the
lass of money, or some small annoyance, the
fact should ba considered that be was from
the first a victim of the worrying habit, and
therefore on the road to insanity.
When a man finds the habit of worry grow
ing upon him he should mako a vigorous ef
fort to throw it off; Let him cultivate a
philosophical Indifference. lie will find that
tho best way to keep trouble at a distance is
to go through the world with a smile on his
face. No great harm will ever come to such a
man. He may never be very rich or success
ful, but he will always get along, and live
cut bis allotted time upon he earth. This
may not be a very bright prospect, but it is
Infinitely better than the fate In store for the
man who worries himself over everything
that goes wrong. Atlanta Constitution.
.11 jo World's Insects,
Frofcssor J. A. Lintncr placed the total
number of insect specie in the world at 520,-Ct-a
Of those found In the United States
7,000 or 6,000 are fruit pests, and at least SIC
There Is a very ananlmouv desire on the
part of the general public to learn to swim,,
and everybody, male and female, should be
able to do so; but there is a remarkably large
number of people, born and raised on rivers
or lakes, who "can't swim a stroke," and who
sink like lead if they attempt to raise their
feet from the bed of the river or floor of the
bathing compartments. They simply lack
the nerve and confidence to try to swim, and
instead of trying by following rules and in
structions, they remain in shallow water.
and when they do strike out do so with first
one foot and then the other touching bottom.
The only way these people learn to swim is
by being cast, accidentally or purposely, into
ten feet of water. Then it Is swim or die,
and if they have ever heard the secret of
swimming it suddenly comes back to them,
or If tbey haveut their horse sense dictates
what tbey should do to be saved.
One of the most amusing things in the
world is the young man just learning to
swim. The boy, or even the girL is not so
bad. The young man wades out into the
water up to about bis waist, and then he
hesitates. Gone rally there ore enough small
boys around who enjoy the sport to splash
water all over him, so that be has cold chills
running up and down his buck, though the
water may be warm, and he begins to think
about going out. If ho has any one to make
suggestions be Is likely to got a tub or a keg
or a plank under his chest, and paddle around
on that, but always in water where he couldn't
drown unless he laid down in it with a weight
on his chest. If his friend knows anything
about the principles of swimming, and wautf
to take the trouble, or if be has a teacher, he
will take him on his knee and give him the
motion and confidence. This is a very easy
matter, not so hard for tbo teacher as it
looks. He first holds himself in shallow
water, either by placing his hands on bottom
or by catching something In front of him or
overhead, and shows the learner tho motion
of the legs, and then the arms. He then
shows him how to breathe, drawing in a
short, sudden breath and holding it for a
few seconds, may be for a minute, and then
another, the recovery being so quick that but
one arm stroke in the water has leen lost in
the refilling of the lungs. This is the first
lesson, and a very good one.
The teacher then takes the young man, or
young woman, if she desires to be taught in
that way, on his knee. He is braced in the
water, his bended knee far enough beneath
the surface to allow the body of tho young
swimmer also to be covered. Thus in posi
tron, the teacher grasps the young swimmer's
wrists and shows him the arm movement,
rapidly and as earnestly as if he was really
swimming. Then be drops me arm and
grasps the legs, moving them in the proper
manner, just as he did the arms. By the
time this is repeated a few times-often a
single repetition is necessary the young man
loses his nervousness and sustains himself in
the water, and really swims without knowing
it, the teacher lowering his knee so that he
does not support the body, and releasing his
hold on the limbs, so that the swimmer does
not receive any assistance, though he im
agines be does. W lien ne linds no lias been
fooled, and that he has in reality been swim
ming, he finds himself in the possession of a
growing confldeuce, and from that on striker
out like a veteran, and if he has any skill
soon becomes master of all the strokes, dives,
treads, floats, etc., and does everything that
an older swimmer can do.
The lady beginner can take her first lesson
in this way if she desires, and really it would
be much better for her to do so. Attired in
a neat fitting Jersey costume, every part of
the body covered, except the jersey may bo
cut in the prevailing decollete style, she need
have no feeling of delicacy. If 6.he has she
can go on the belt. This is a wide belt, of
stiff material, coming around the chest or
under the arms, to the back, where it is
caught by rings and books to ropes running
away up overhead, over a pulley which run
along a track, and Is controlled by an attend
ant on the walk above the level of the water.
This attendant lets out more rope or takes i t
in as may be necessary, the swimmer regulat
ing this as she desires. She can swim along
the sides of tbo tank, or out into the center,
just as she chooses. These belts are used in
water ten to twelve feet deep, and the begin
ner who selects them must make up her mind
to deep water if she declines the knee and
takes up the belt. There can be no touching
the bottom there, though she's safe from even
getting her head under water.
Freqijantly lessons in floating aro given
before' the ambitious youngster is introduced
to the mysteries of swimming. Experts
caim that a person who cannot swim at all
can ba taught to float in five minutes. Illus
trating this, he fills his lungs with air before
you fcnpw if. the action of tho mouth and
throat being so sudden, and placipg hi?
bands on bis knees, bent In the water so that
the cap is above the surface, or even with it,
he drifts in the water as peacefully as if
sleeping in a swing. A great many long
distance swimmers do this as a means of rest
ing themselves. In fact, it is the only way of
resting where the swimmer cannot gp out Pi
the water. Tis act 13 intended to show the
uninitiated hqw easy it is to float on the
water.
After the swimmer has secure confidence '
and learned to keep his hands and feet off of
the ground, or river bed, at the same time,
be begins to study the stokes. First is the
breast stroke, with the hands out straight,
but not together, working like wingis. JJexf
comes the gentleman's stroke, in which the
arms are stretched full length above the
head, the hands palm to palm. Then comes
the overhand one, the side, straight out, flat,
and the other over and back, and then the
flat, over with one hand and then with, the
other while the first is returning. '" Then
there is the spring breast, one band at a
time, downward and back. The ladies'
stroke is the easiest of all, it being a breast
onp, with the hands above the water. Then,
there is sculling on the hack, which is do.no
by twisting the wrist, flat, in the water, at
or below the side. These strokes may be ia
creaied pa number almost without limit, but
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iney ui nave ior ineir foundation, one way
or another, the movements of simple swim
ming. These are, first, to draw the legs up,
with bands out; second, to kick out with the
feet, drawing the hands In, and. third,
assume the original position of the hmbs.
Globe-PirQqcraL , ,
, CLAY EATERS OF CAROLINA.
A Physician's Stndj of fncullar Tie.
A fturprndng Iltaroverv.
A short time ago Dr Frank 11 Oetcbo!,
Philadelphia, went on a gunning expedi
Hon to North Carolina His quest of
game led him into the wild country back
of Salisbury, which Is Inhabited, for the
most part, by a miserable race of beings,
with only Just enough energy to eke out
a wretched existence These creatures
are nearly all veritable living skeletons,
and, with few exceptions, are addicted to
the habit of clay eating Wbilo shooting
wild turkeys and other game In this wild
region. Dr Uett-hell made an Incidental
study of this peculiar habit or vice among'
the inhabitants
It Is a mountainous conntrv. and in tl
spring little rivulets start out from tho
caps of snow on the mountain, and us the
days grow warmer, tho littlo rivulets bo
come torrents, and great washouts aro
made along the mountain side. The roil
is of a heavy, clayey nature, but tlit-reare
strata of clay that Is heavier than the
rest, and when tho water rushes down
this clay Is formed. Into little pellets ai;d
rolls and accumulates In heaps In tho val
lev. Theso little pellets and rolls nro
what the clay eaters devour with as much
avidity as a toper swallows a glass of
whisky.
"Amoug the poor people of this sec
tion." said Dr. tietchell. "tho habit of
eating clay is almost universal. Even
littlo toddlers aro confirmed in the habit,
and the appetite Increases with time
While investigating tho matter, I entered
a cabin occupied by one of theso poor
families, and saw a littlo chap tied hv the
anklo to the l?; of a tnMo. 0:1 u uU- v.us
placed a big dish of " bread and meat and
potatoes within easy reach. Tho child
was kicking and crying, and I asked his
mother why bIio had tied him up She
t.-inn.-u mat biio wanteo mm to eat somo
rood betore be went out to tho clay, and
he refused to do so. Tho woman con
fessed that she ato the clay herself, but
explained that tho child's health demanded
that it eat somo substantial food before
eating any earth Almost every ono I
met in this section was addicted to this
habit. They were all very thin, but their
tlebh seemed to bo puffed out. This was
particularly noticeable about the eyes,
which had a sort of reddish hue.
"AH of the clay eaters wero excessively
lazy and indolent, and all of these condi
tions combined led mo to the conclusion
that there must be somo sedative or stim
ulating qualities, or both, in the clay, and
1 determined to find out whether thero
was or not. J consequently brought a lot
of the clay homo with me, and Professor
Tiernan and myself made an analysis of
tho stuff, and discovered that instead of
clay eaters tho Inhabitants of central
North Carolina should more properly Lo
called arsenic eaters. All of this clay
raiiiHina arsenic, out exactly in xvnat pro
portion we havo not yet discovered
rsenic eanng is common in many parts
of the world, and is practiced to a greater
or less extent throughout the world It
acts as a sedative and also as a stimulant
lhe mountaineers of Styria, Austria, aro
iiiioitual arsenic eaters. They give as
their reason for eating it that they are
oeiier aoie to cnmo Uie mountains nftpr
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2T& on joying o. Boom in both, its
eating the poison, and their explanation
is a perfectly reasonable ono. as arsenic
acts as a sedative to the heart's action.
It has been shown that arsenic or arsen
cai lumcs are a sure cure for intermit
tent rever. 1 tie inhabitants of a section
or Cora wall. Lng-land. at one time suf
iered witu tins type of fever, but when
the copper works were established there
tuo tever disappeared. This was ao
counted for by the arsenical fumes ere
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itteu 111 iue treatment or copper. As to
whether arsenic eating shortens lifo I am
not prepared to say, but I inteud investi
eating the matter thoroughly. "The Clay
Worker.
An Ej-o on the FaithfuL
l bo lifo of a brakeman oa the elevated
road3 13 an exemplification of tho persis
tent rcffard that should be paid to what
uiany consider little tbings If ono hiis am
oition to riso in life It is noticed that
uicu nuu trie unihemen ten years n '-o
aro still employed as such, and that mc-n
wno smarted ten years ago are now con
cuctcrs. with a pleasant and dignified
responsibility and higher pay to their
credit. The new men rose by persistently
paying attention to their duties, the chief
one being to call out all stations correctly
ana distinctly Of course this has to be
done hundreds of tieies each day, but tho
advanced ones have not tired.
1 is a wrong supposition to think that
tnese inen aro apparently lost f.-iw.
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uiimucun ui iuuusa.ee. wno ruio on
mo road j 119 eyes, of tho mauagptrif-'U
are constantly on them The slovenly
and inattentive ones grumble at tho ad
vancemeut of new men, seemingly mi
aware of the cause. They continue the
haphazard way of doing things, and see
tho persistently attentive ones risn. nl
are apparently unaware that they are tiie
arbiters of their cvn fate New York
Sou.
Many Uses of Castor OiL
Tho averaire bov has an hW t.Imt .ot.,
oil was got up for the torture of UHria
who have careful mothers to protixt them
from the fell destroyer. He is mistaken,
like a majority of grown people who only
regard castor oil as a medicine. Onlv a
very small proportion of it ia
that manner. Castor oil forms ono of the
best lubricators, and is used for greasing
wagons and other pifrposes where the
price aoes-not prohibit it. Then it ?3
burned as an illuminator, not only by tho
Jews for their Sabbath lamp. 'bat else
wher?-
In India, where large quantities of the
"u o miaeu, mo on is aauea to tiie 11a
live condiments to flavor them
made into an illuminating
EDITION S.
TJie
1888
1: ear
Will be one during which the subjects of
national interest and importance will be
strongly agitated and the election of a
President will take place, lhe people of
Cass Count' who would like to learn of
Political, Commercial
and Social Transactions
of this year and would keep apace with
the times should
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or
sekly Herald.
Now while we have the subject before the
people w-e will venture to speak of our
BErllTilElfn
Which is first-class in all
from which our job printers
out much satisfactory work.
respects
aro
and
tnrijmr;
gas
it is also
in India;
PL ATTS MOUTH,
NEBRASKA.
In this country castor oil is used to dresa
Moroceo leather California. Kansas.
Iowa and Illinois are the principal sections
of this country where the seed is raised,
and the castor oil presses at Belleville.
Ills., are among the most extensive in tha
world. Druggist iu Ulobe-Peniocrat.
. A Teraeloas Slan.
Wife Vhat time did"yoa get in last night,
Jobnt
Husband Two o'clock, my dear. .
Wife YVoere were you, John?
Husband-. At work at the office, my dear.
WifeThat's right, John, never tell a lie.
(To the servant) Mary, take Mr. Brown's
shoes off the mantelpiece, and '-"t bis night
key- out of the block and put 1: 1 Lis pocket.
Uabit of propping the II.
The reminiscent and gossipy author of
"Old Dmry Lane" tells a story that
comically illustrates the II dropping habit
mat occasionally peseta our tnglish
cousins, it was in 1831. under Elliston'5
management, that "Woodmana Hut" waq
produced. It was crammed full of sensa
tion. prominently a burning forest. A
new actor was cast as one of the three
robbers. Wallack and J. Smith being hia
fellow scamps. The scene was a forest
the woodman's hut; time, night. Enter
the three thieves to extremely cautious
musij an indispensable condition, by the
way. of doing wicked things on the stage.
First Ilobber(the new actor) X'shi I
jee a uouse (Pointing to the hut.) .
Seccnd Robber (enjoying the joke) 2Jo.
fclnnderby. it's a nut.
-Ihird Robber (Wallack) No. fool, It'a
a uaQitation. Detroit Free Press.