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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1881)
THE EED OLOTJD CHIEF. M. L. THOMAS, Publisher. NEBRASKA, RED CLOUD, THE OLD BROWN SCHOOL-HOUSE. In mommy's bnll hnnc the picture Anil years of smlcnronru lictwecn: It hau-rs with lUieautirul plldlnp. Ami well Io I love It, I ween It sUkhI tin a Mcak eeiintrt- e rner. Hilt tKi3-l100.ru youni- hrart tnaria It warm; It slowed in thoMinshlnnot oimrnor; Twas cheerful in wlnternrid Ktortn. O. sns were the sports of the noontide, hen winter wind frolicked with snow 'o Intisrlvd nt the freaks fif th'j xtorm-ltfrifr And slioiitdl him on, all iuIomt. AVe il ihml nt his beaiitirul sculpture, Ilcrunlli 8 uf all its array; AVe plimpcxl in the feathery snow-drifts And i-jxirt l the winter away. "We hat on the old-fashioned benches, I'"7iillcl with our p ncll ami Mute; Wrihouylit of thcopcniiifr future. And dreamed of ourmaiih(Hid's citato. O. djybof my iHiyhood, 1 liUs'yo. WMle'looklnr from life's lnnv prime; vl li; tr asiimi iin- lineriu? with mo 1 j-athc.-cil In life's ejrl- time. O. still lo that Iili-nk counlry corner Turns mr heart, in weariness yet, "A here, letul'nsr my s'-ntlf youiis ltcrs, With youthful companion-, I met. 1 ont n fond sliuic o'er the mtndow; The hills lu-t liehii.fi It I -co: Away in the charm : the distance, Oldsuhwl-huuic! a Messing on theel lice. DwtuUl H'iUiaiM. THE 1S00DLE OAM E. Krvlvnl rnn Old Ntvlmllr InaXrir CJarli -o-rnll?tl Honrst fUrrvnliurti Vlrtlmlrril l3-M!iniirraf lVlio Arc Ostensiltle Jlrulera In t'oiiulrrfll Mnncy. For sonic time past a number of en terprising sharpers in Hew York, have been working a modification of what is known us the boodle racket," and wilh great success among greenhorns in Illinois. Missouri, Iowa and the West generally. The old game- liad become ki) thoroughly exposed that it was thought the .swindlers Lad given up the game. It appears now, however, from investigations made by the Secret-Service olliccr.s, that the greenhorns arc be ing fleeced liberally. The onlv new de vice is the rather bold plan of insisting on meeting the customer face to face in New York. The swindle is now oper ated only for large amounts. The vic tim is lirst selected by a responsible agent, who posts him on the address of his confederate in New York. When the greenhorn writes a letter of inquiry he receives a reply in the form of the following, which was received by a Would-be "shoverof the queer" ashort time ago: "Xl'.W yoitKClTV. "MvDeak Sik Yours received. I have the goods you want. Thev are far better than any of its kind cve'r before circulated, ami in workmanship and appearance entirely equal to the real. 'J he.se bills are printed from skeleton plate, a new invention. Hy means of these plates exact duplicates of the orig inals are obtained. There is no danger in handling these bills, if in prudent hands. Therefore, I am very careful with whom I deal. JIy desire is to have these bills exchanged far away from where they are made. 1 oiler them to those only who arc recom mended to me by 1113- customers. I can .ell all I make, in this city, but money exchanged here goes too often intb banks, and through the hands of ex perts. In this way a hundred-dollar note was detected. These bills I oiler are ones, twos, lives, tens and twenties, regular greenbacks. They have never been detected yet, although a great many arc in circulation, if you are willing to no into thcexchnugc business. J shall be pleased to meet you at any time you can conic on here, as I only deal face to face with all my customers. In fact it is absolutely necessary for 1110 to be acquainted personally with every one 1 deal. It establishes the required confidence between us. I .ell 1113' goods at wholesale only, and want but one man in a county to whom I sell. Most all my customers take the agency for one county, which 1 give them if "they buy $5,000 in my goods, price .:'00. If they buylO.QOO, price ."?."io0, they can select I heir coun ties to operate in providing they are not taken. If a person takes the agency for a county no one else in that county can have 1113- goods. The lowest amount I sell under any circumstances is 1.000, price 100 cash; of course, it would hardly pay :ui3' fine to conic a long distance for such a small amount. 1'or traveling expenses 1 allow $500 in my goods in .."i,000, 1,000 on 10,000, and 100 on 1,00'.). For instance, vou pay o00 you get $.500 for it in my goods. If you chose to deal let nio know at once, and 1 will write to no one cNe in 3'our county. Hcsides 1 will ieud you the necessary instruc tions 3-011 need. Without them you 'aniiot find me, and also tho name of a gootl hotel if you wish it. Do not call at 1113 address, :is I only get 1113 mail lucre through a friend who knows nothing about my business. Don't send any postal cards, and destroy all my letters, as I do yours. "Now, my dear sir, don't let me persuade you to go into thus without you are satisfied in 3'our own mind that you can handle my jjoods, but if you leal you will lind them as represented by me. " C. TTA 1 x A I.KX. Fl SlI Kit, "2W West street, New York. Greenhorns who have been duped by nn oiler to send the goods." 113- ex press, readily bite at this apparently straightforward proposition of a dealer, avIio only sells to liis customers face to face. to meet you, is the very person you don't want to have anything to do with. as I will send no ono to meet you at tho depot, on the boat, or in the streets, bui only in your room at the hotel, and you will know mo then when I mention the number to you, beforo I mention tho nature of our business. Kccollcct, say nothing whatever until tho number is mentioned to 3011 first. Follow these instruction sharp", and you will never be disappointed. M3' office hours are from nine a. m. until three p. m. ilaily except Sundays. Should you arrive at the hotel after four p. m.you will have to wait until the next morn ing." The recipient of these communica tions went to New York, where, after some formalities, he met the swindler. He was taken to a furnished room, where he was shown 2,000 in bills. On examination the dupe could perceive no indications of their being counterfeit, and it was not to be wondered at. for they were all genuine. He hastily planted flown 200, and the money was placed in a cigar-box before his eyes. A bo3' was sent out for a sachel in which the box was placed. In company with tne uoaicr nc went to the express ollico, where he saw the valise shipped to his home. When he himself had nearly arrived at the place he joyfully tele graphed to his partner that he"" had got thorn," and when the train arrived at the depot the two went into a seclud ed spot where the valise was unlocked and the precious cigar-box opened. Of course it was the old game. For 200 and the expenses of the trip the green horn had secured a small package of clean sawdust. Exactly how the trans fer was made he could not tell, but he none the less duly informed the Secret Service agents that he had been swin dled. But liltle sympathy can bo shown to such victims who were swin dled in an attempt to swindle; and in ndilition to this the only wa3' of punish ing these frauds is a prosecution for a A'iolation of the postal laws. Th's face-to-faec modification of the "boodle game" has been played very extensively of late, and the sharpers have reaped an abundant harvest with in the past six months. There are sev eral modifications in the circulars, but all arc cleverly worded. One man ad vertises that he wouldn't for the world sell any counterfeit monc3. He has, however, some samples of the Green back.' ami "Canadian" cigars which he will dispose of face to face for a con sideration. Another advcrt:scs cigars outright, but tacks on a clipping from a newspaper in which an account is given of the capture of counterfeit notes on the person of a cigar dealer. There seems to be a nest of these swindlers who have revived the old game with a cunning and address which has succeeded in swindling sev eral old heads who had alread3 been taken in. The chief workor seems to be this Captain Fisher, whose favorite fields are the Astor House and tho Vanderbilt Hotel in New York. In spite of repeated exposures he has been doing a thriving business, and com plaints of his operations are of almost daily occurence. While the crop of greenhorns holds out in the country'dis tricts, he and his brethren will live on the fat of tho land. Chicago Tribune. Morlimry Resolutions in Club. the Limekiln "At midnight las' night," said Brother Gardner in a solemn voice as Ik; looked up and down the aisles, "at midnight las' night do specrit of lirud der Charles Climax Gushport, a local member of dis club, passed from y'arth to de unknown. Only a week ago he satin tlis hall; to-night he am dressed fur de grave. What ackhun will tie club take?" "I spose, sah," said the Rev. Ten stock as he rose up, "d.ititam in order to present a rcsolushuii lo de effoek dat he was a man of do highest integrity, libbral-heattcd, high-minded, an' dat his los am a sad blow lo de hull city." "Yes, such a rcsoliishuu am in-order. Bnidder Penstock can 3'ou remember dat 3011 eber took Bnulder Gushport by de hand an' gin him a word of praise Louis, Kin? ef Bavaria. Koyalty in Munich is practically represented by the Quocn-mothcr an elderly lady of almost bourgeois sim plicity, who may bo met any tine after noon in the streets of tho capital, fol lowed at a short distance by a couple of Court lackeys. The foot passengers salute her with cordial respect, and carriages by some unwritten law of Bavarian Court etiquette stop as she passes. Or she may bo seen shopping in her carriage in the dusk of a winter's evening, attended, as she leaves each establishment, 113 its barc-hcaded pro prietor, with a couple of lighted wax candles in his hands. Tho actual mon arch, leaving tho prose of nineteenth century institutions, of reformed ami. constitutional monarchies, where the sovereign is more or less the mere fiiruro-liead of a responsible popular Ministr3, lives an existence of ideal royalt3' modeled on that of Louis XIV. His clfateaus and his palaces arc furn ished and adorned with a minute exact ness, after the costly models left be hind him by that most magnificent of monarchs. Tho greatest artists and sculptors 01 Havana ami 01 IU1I3' are constantly employed on these works of reproduction. " As the French Iouis had a Molicrc to add the embellishments of literature to the other splendors of his reign, so the Bavarian Louis has a Wagner. His ambition is that his reign shall be celebrated by splendid patronage bestowed on a new master of melody, whom he believes destined to rival, if not eclipse, the great and im mortal composers whose musical pro ductions are graven impcrishably on the hearts of each succeeding generation. Though these are tho passions of the young monarch's life though the de sire lo model his royal career after an original of almost Oriental magnificence and patriarchal simplicity, where he would be the fountain of wealth and honor, the munificent patron of art, the sole rcwarder of the good, and punish- er of the bad, has no doubt received many a rude and chilling shock before the prosaic restraints of a constitution al monarch3 like that of Bavaria, over awed as it is b3 the threatening bat talions of Imperial Germany he has yet shown a firmness of character and an independence in which some more matter-of-fact among his brother sov ereigns have been wanting. He has insisted on retaininr his own post and telegraph S3'stcm. His bust, crowned with laurel liko a modern Cicsar, anil not the Imperial double eagle, appears still on the Bavarian Jiricfmarckcn; though he has been forced of late year;, like the other pett3' sovereigns of Ger many; to that sign of vassalage, tho merging of his coinage in the Imperial marck. The King of Bavaria is a slrango psy chological stud3'. vcry Hamlet among Princes, he seems, while the sovereign of one of the most prosaic people in Europe, to be living in a dreamland of imaginary royalty as far removed from the actualities of his every-day existence as the distant ages of feudalism. He was the only sover eign who did not personally head his armies in tho field in the stirring cam paigns of 1870. No one charged him with cowardico or want of patriotic feeling. His soldiers bore olton the brunt of tho battle, and returned to his capital full of glor3 once in charge of two thousand French prisoners about to bo interned in a Bavarian fortress. Tho victors wero feted b3' the cits, thanked and substantially rewarded ly the Queen-mother, who received them in ono of tho stately galleries of the palace. But the King was not thero. London World. at tho cornice there is a machicolatcd balcony extending abo tho entire length of the structure. Above this is a gaolo roof, ornamented with the effect of fly ing buttresses. The basement is 1 1 feet in ncight; the first story is 1G feet high, the second 15 and the third 12. The material is Bedford limestone. Tho co3t is as yet mere conjecture. It may be flOO.OOO. At Fifth avenuo and Fifty-seventh street Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt is erect ing a magnificent resilience, of which Mr. George B. Post is the architect. On tho southeast corner of Kifty ninth street and Fifth avenuo Mr. Kendall, the architect, is finishing a handsome brick mansion, with Bcllo ville brown-stone ornamentation, in the Queen Anne style, for Ogden GocleL It has a double mansard roof above tho third story. Its height from the street level to the cornice is l.'JOfeeL Its cost will bo about :500.000. It is termed fire-proof. Mr. Kendall Is the architect also of Hobert Goelet's new mansion a thrcc tor3 and double mansard structure like that of Ogden Goclet on the southeast corner of Fort3-cighth street and Fifth avenue, to cost about 300,000. N. Y. Herald. Hats and BeaiKt. There is no one article which ha tho power to so make or mar the perfection of a toilette as the hat which crowns it, and no other part of a woman's dress is so difficult to select wisely. If one can afford to be extravagant only in one portion of a season's outfit, by all means let it bo in hats, for ther'hava the place of honor in adorning the face ami head, and a choice bonnet will give style ami grace to an otherwise himplo costume. Many of us have learned to our sorrow that some of the prettiest and iwwt uncommon shapes are never to be found outside of thoe expensivo establishments where the cheapest hat cost twcnt3' dollars, and the urices climb from this to the most magnificent heights. French lingers bco.ti to bo tqwcially skillful in changing tho form of a hat and making of it somcthm; Jimmy's Pit. I don't say that I didn't do wrong, but what I tlo sav is that I meant to do Palatial Residences for Xew York Millionaires. fur the President, pussou in flis In the case referred to the victim bit at the bait, and was still further im pressed by the receipt of the following elaborate instructions. "Write to me at least three da3's be fore you leave home, and s.-y when you will be here, mention name of hotel you will stp at, also send a telegraph "dis patch the day 3011 take the train, or while you are on 3'our wa); just sa3' in it. I am coming.' Name the hotel where to meet you, and sign 3our name to it; do not fail in scuding tho dis pateh. as 3'our letter may be delated and I would not know 3-011 arc coming. On 3-our arrival in this citj, go at once loyour hotel, register your namo on the hotel book, take a room, and go right to it; tell tho clerk if a gentleman should ask for you, to send him to your room, also ask if there is a letter for you. If you go out, tell the clerk when you will be back, so I imty know when to call again. When I call on 3011 at the hotel (in your room only). I will showj'ouj'oiirown letters, and besides I now give .von a number as password, whichisSS. When I seeyou I will tell you what 3 our number is beforo we men lion the nature of our business, then you will know I am the person 3-ou want to see. " Now let me caution you againsta lot of swindlers who lay around the railroad depots and ferry-houses of this cit3 simply to lead strangers away for the purpose 01 roDDtng mem; tncy are generally under the disguise of hotel runners. Recollect, don't go with them, no matter what the3' say; thev- may tell you that they expect to meet a man there whom they don't know personal ly, on confidential business, or they may ask what hotel you want to go to, and if you tell them, they will try and persuade you to go to some other, or the3' may even tell you that the party 3'ouhave come to'see has sent them there to meet 3ou; and to take jou to some other hotel besides the one you are going to. Of course, if3'ou go with them they will take you to some place and try and get your money. So look out. have nothing to do witn anv one. and recollect this : That any person whom icra meet at the aepot, ferry-boat, or in .c Biiccio iu tuucity, mat, pro: esses ne luws our ousiaess, or says ne was sent his hard work an' Inmost iviv5" . . ..-.--W.'V "I I doan' remember dat I eber did, sah." " Am ilar a pusson in dis hall who kin remember dat he eber pul hisself out to favor Brudder Goshporr?" Not a man answered " Kin aiy one of you remember dtt you took aiy pertickler interes' in how ho got alomi?" Not a voice was heard in reply. "To be a little plainer," continued "am dar' one single tall who ober felt live cents' worth of anxiety fur Brudder Goshport's worlds or .spiritual wel fare?" The hall was so quiet that the sound of Elder Toots rubbing his back on the sharp edge of a window-cttsing gavo every boily a start. "Not a man in dis hull club not a man in dis hull eit3 so far as wo know, eber put hisself out to do a favor for or speak a word in praiso of our lamented brudder, an' yet we have tho check to talk of a rcsoluhun settin' forth his many vartucs an' our heartfelt sorrow! No, sirl We doan' pass nosich bizness hcah! I should be ashamed to look his widdar in do face, if we did. It am de way of de world to let men alone jistT when a lectlc help would give 'em a broad and cas3' road. We h'ar of dis man or dat man bavin' won de grati tude of de people, but we doan' h'ar of it until he am dead. When a man has gone fromy'nrth de papers an' de publio suddenly diikiver how honest ho was; wnat a Dig Heart lie hail; how much good ho was alius doin', an' what a loss to do world his death will prove. Do time to prauc a man is when he am livin' beside us. Praiso hurts nobody, but man- a good man has jrrown weary fur de want of apprceiashun. Hcah am seventy-two of us in tlis hall to-night, an' we have to own up dat not ono of us eber went outer our way to prove to our brudder dat his gen'le w-s, his .squar'-dealiii' an' his upright life war' any mo' 'predated by ttrdan as if ho had bin a hoss-thief! An' to pass a resolushuu would bo to brand ourselves hypocrites. Let no man dare offer one." Detroit Free lYcss. A Talking Corpse. Not many days ago a corpse was placed in tho baggage, car of one of the Central trains at Syracuse, consigned to Buffalo. Tho car was well tilled, and away back in ono eornar was stowed a very talkative parrot that was traveling lo a point beyond Buffalo. In front of tho parrot's cage was piled express matter so high as to nearly close tho bird in. Every thing moved right un til the train reached Rochester. There a change of train gangs was made to run through to Buffalo, and a new bag gageman took possession of the car. containing the corpse and the parrot.' uetore ine train -naa movea very far out of the Central depot, and while the baggageman was busy arranging his papers, a voice from one end of the car moaned "Let me outfit's hot." The baggageman who had noticed the box containing the coffin, directed his vision toward that object, and stood for a moment in blank amazement, wonder ing whether his ears had deceived him. But he did not wait long, for the words were repeated in more mournful tonej than before. The frightened man left the car in one bound, and finding tho conductor, said: " Hank! they've got 3 live man in the coffin; come and hc!p get. him ont!" The conductor accom panied the baggageman to his car, and soon succeeded in convincing him that the corpse was not as lively as tho parrot, Ithaca (Ar. T.) Journal. The threo brown stono edifices that Mr. William H. Vanderbilt is erecting in Fifth avenue, between Fifty-first and Fif ty-sccond streets, will cost "more than 1,500,000. The structure on tho Fift3' lirst street corner is for tho railroad king's own residoncc, and will be more elaborate anil eostby than the others, which are for his daughters, Mrs. Elliott F. Shcpard and Mrs. William I). Sloane. The three houses make a wall of brown stone over 70 J feet in length and GO feet in height. In stylo thoy are de scribed as boingpure Greek Renaissance. They are connected 1)3' a corridor 2G feet 10 inches by .'i feet, and the first story can bo so thrown open as to make one'buildingof tho three in tho event of "a large reception. But above the first story- the houses are isolated. The brown iitono walls, which arc backed up with brick, arc not mere brown stone fronts; they are tho same all around. The roofs arc tiled, and the three houses are as nearly- fireproof as can be where ornaments of wood aro to be introduced. The wood in Mr. Van derbilt's own houso is to be chosen from the choice woods of all the world. and to be fashioned by tho most skill ful carvers both of Europe anil Ameri ca. Three cabinetmakers have con tracts in -connection with tho railroad monarch's house. One of the contract in"; parties is a houso in Paris. The details of Mr. Vanderbilt' s houso iro not all known even to the archi tect, Mr. John B. Snook, for the owner has for months past been buying what ever suited his fancy, to bo introduced at his pleasure. For example, on his latest visit to Paris he bought some costly ceilings, that arc to be put in placo bv French artists who will cross the Atlantic with them. His front doors aro lo bo the costliest in tho Western Hemisphere, being the famous Ghibetti gates, which he bought re cently in" Paris, paying 20,000 for them. Mr. A anderbtlt s house will bo more costly than any other in America, ex cept, perhaps, tho3o of the bonanza kings in San Francisco; and if to its known cost is added one-third of tho ")00,000 he paid for the land on which he is erecting the three palaces, and to that sum is added the cost of what ho may put into his houso, probably the bonanza kings' palaces will take second rank. Mr. Vanderbilt may yet add to the cost 500,000, which ho "is said to bo willing to pay for the orphan asy lum's grounds opposite, where he would like to rnako'a private park. Exteriorly the threo buildings have one front, the connecting corridor seeming to be only a lower story, in front of which there will be a handsome fountain and a place for a large vase of tropical plants. The superficial area of Mr. Vanderbilt "s home is 8,510 square feet The basement, which was blasted out of solid rock, is 9 feet 6 inches in height; the first story 1G feet 6 inches, the second story 15 feet, tho third 12 and tho fourth story 8 feet. In the first story there are to Do a drawing room 21.10 by 81.1 in tho clear, a recep tion room anil a library, each 17. 3 by 28.4, a parlor on the northwest corner of Fifty-first street and Fifth avenue l(. 4 by 'Jo, a nail in tne center 29 by 43.5, a picture gallery 82 by 48 and two stories or 33 feet high. In the office of Mr. R. M. Hunt, the architect, is a large plaster Paris model of the sumptuous home he is erecting for Mr. William K. Vanderbilt at Fift3 second street and Fifth avenue. The architect cannot yet publish the details of the structure, as Mr. Vanderbilt is making new suggestions daily. In style it represents the transition from French Gothic to Renaissance. The unique combination of oriel and bay windows supporting a circular tower terminating in a cone on the Fifty-second street corner, will make it a noticeable object in rectangular Fifth avtnue. It is ap proached by a flight of marble steps that support a pavilion 20 feet in width. The main entrance is 9 feet wide. The center window in the second story, opening on a balcony that extends along tho entire front, "is 9 feet in width, aad right. But that don't make any differ ence. It never does. I try do" do nry very best and then something happens, anif 1 am blamed for it. When I think what a disappointing world this is. full of bamboo canes and all sorts of switch es, I feel ready to leave it. It was Sue's fault in the beginning; that is, if it hadn't been for her it wouldn't have happened. One Sunday she and I were sitting in tho front par lor, and she was looking out of the window and watching for Mr. Travers; only she said she wasn't, and that she was ju-t looking to see if it was going too rain, and soIcmni.iiir her thoughts. 1 had just asked her how old she was. and couldn't Mr. Travers have been her father if he had married mother, when she said, " Dear me, how tire some that boy is; do take a book ami read, for gracious sake!" 1 said, " What book?" So she gets up and gives me the Observer, and says. "There's a beautiful story about a good boy and a pig; do read it and keep still if you know how, and I hope it will do you some good." ell, I read the story. It told all about a good boy, whose namo was James, and his father was poor, ami so ho kept a pig that cost him twenty-five cents, and when it grow up ho sold it for thirty dollars, and he brought the nionc3' to his father and said: "Here, father; take this. Oh, how happy I am to help you when you're old and not good for much!" And his father burst into tears, but I don't know what for I wouldn't burst into tears much if at--body gave me thirty dollars and said. " Bless you, my noble boy; you and your sweet pig have saved me from a watery garvc, or something like that. It was a real good story, and it made me feel like being likewise. So I re ttolved that I would get ajittle new pig for twent3--livo cents, and keep it till ft grew up, and then surprise father with twenty-nine dollars, and keep one for myself as a reward for my good conduct. Only I made up my mind not to let any body know about it till afler the pig should be grown up, and then how the family would bo delighted with my " thoughtful and gencrou-- act!" for that's what the papersaid James' act was. The next day I went to Fanner Smith, and got him to give me a little pig for nothing, only 1 agreed to help him weed his ganion all .-urumer. It was a beautiful pig, about as big as our baby, only it was a ileal prettier, and its tail was elegant. I wrapped it up in an old shawl, and watched my chance and got it un into my room, which is on tho third story. Then I took my trunk and emptied it. and bored some" holes iu it for air. and put the pig in it. I had the best fun that ever was, all that day and the next day, taking care of that dear little pig. I gavo him om of my co its for a bed, and fed him u milk, and took him out of the trunk every little while forexercis". Nobody goes into my room very often, except the girl to make the bed. and when she. came I shut up the trunk, and sho never suspected anything. I got a wlule coal-scuttleful of the very host npid. and put it in the corner of Urn room for him lo play in, and when I heard Bridget com ng I meant to throw the hed-quilt over it, so she wouldn't suspect anything. After 1 hail him two days I heard mother say. "Seems to me I hear very queer noises every now and then up stairs."' 1 knew what the matter was, but I never said anything, and I felt so happy when I thought what a good boy I was to raise a pig for my dear father. Bridget went up to my room about eight o clock ono evening, just beforo I was going to bed. to take up my clean cioiues. we were all sitting in tho Uin-ing-room, when wo heard her holler as if she was being murdered. We all ran out to seo what was the matter, and wero half way up the stairs, when the and making of it quite different and much more pretty and becoming than it was originally. But from most of us imported bonuets aro as far removed as any- of our other ideals, and we are fortunate it we have skill and taste enough to imitate them. in-t?ad of being obliged to lower our standards. The two leading styles in bonnets this season are the small. cloc shapes, similar to those woru Iat wiuter, and the large poke bonnets, which remind us of those worn by our grandmothers. Tho Leghorn, Tuscan and other fancy yellow straws are used almost exclu sively. Tho lace braids, of which some of the small bonnets are made, are very open ami require a olorcd silk lining. cry pretty black bonnets are made of line Dunstable straw and lace braid iu stripes Some of the shapes shown have coronet fronts and the crowns are made entirely of llowers. Straw gimps and braids form part of tho trim ming on many bonnets, and soft silks anil ribbons aro used for folds and knots. Another novelty is the steel braid, which has the color and brilliancy of th.tt metal. An exquisite imported bonnet of this kind was trimmed on tho Io't side by a knot of dark olive velvet which held a bunch of lloweritig grasses and a short feather, both glittering with steel. Tho strings were of steel lace. Steel is also much u?ed on bon nets combining different shade-; of soft gray. Designs wrought in s'eel beads on net cover the crowns, and pins of cut steel, iu various pretty shapes, hold the trimming. The shuifed ejlects which aro so popular thi season appear also on the bonnets in tho (lowers, feathers and ribbons with which thev are adorned. Very few hats are shown at the open ings, and most of them are large. There is a very pretty turban shape, and another the sides of which loll up against the crown, which aro trimmed with .-haded breasts and folds of silk or velvet, and are pretty for traveling hats. The largo hats, for dressy coun try wear, aro generally of Leghorn straw and trimmed with soft plumes. If the brim turns up on one side, it is faced with dark velvet, finished on the edge with a fancy straw braid. Small gilt pins with round heads aro used to fasten up the brims of these hats iu all sorts ot irregular ways, and also to cateh the loops of trimming. For shade hats and serviceable bon nets the rough straws are much used, and ono new style of braid is well de scribed by its name "the porcupine." These straws are black, white and col ored; but the black ones seem to be the most sty lish in the largo shapes. Tho trimming on these is generally all black, relieved, perhaps, by a little gilt. It consists of a large drooping bow of wide ribbon a liltle left of the front, and two or three black ostrich plumes over tho crown. Others are trimmed simply with a heavy silk cord and several silk pon-pons. One shape can be worn over the lace for a shade hat, or back on tho head liko a poke bonnet, and has strings or not, as the wearer prefers. A small bonnet shape has tho Marie Stu art point. The rough straws first shown are imported, and cost from 1.25 to 2.00, according to the shape and size. Later in the .season, as these are sold, they arc replaced by domestic goods, which are not so light and line, but less expensive. Christian Union. rEILSOSAL AM I.ITEKAKT. A lU?rlin butcher hi written a liriv. act comedy tint is about to bo pro fented in one of tho theaters of that city. Mary Clomtncr. no long known a aWaahtugton cornMpondcnt, has aban doned her letter writing und now do vottB herself almuU entirely to Km ephemeral literature. Bishop Coxe, himself a poet of no ordinary merit, says that he would rather have written Watt's hymn. When I survey the wondrous crm-.." than Gray's "'Elejrv," Milton's "Co mus"' or "Lvcidas." or Dante's " Para-diso." Gambctta is the most rapid talker anil writer among European .statesmen; i in public speeches no has at timet de livored ono hundred and eighty words a minute, and when he puts pen to pa cr which is rarely he writes at the rate of forty wonl a minute Stenog raphers find it no easy matter to keep up wilh him. Bernhardt. Salvini and Buffalo Bill appeared at thnie Philadelphia theaters on tho same evening. Bernhardt' audience was small, and Salviut's of moderate size, while Buffalo Bill had a crowded house. "I did feci a l.ttle i auxiou." said tho latter. playing agalntsueh strong rivalry, but it turned out all riirliu Oh. the nublic knows a ! Our Young Readers. good thing when it sees iL The big magazines, IlarjKr's, .'vri"--ncr's and the AtlatUie, receive enough TOO ML'CH Or A GOOD TIUSU. ?M Swrrt-tooth "If t wn ?nnt" I l own a or'fifrrtI'm'T t"p; Atl i . Iih ih fiirir hntl,r A txnn- full f nun t!ttM- i tt I"l tr tfrrrr njncl rfMlncraa.!-. . AbcJ o-rr "uruM top." Mftirr 5rrrt-tnth ht rnrl(- In piVo'T! With dilnilV bt picfcri rn o'rrt Arwt ar'r doiMar tnt ! tint Jrr-jtirn. oamf trn itx ! lie wouk! luff Vin ilfMrn tflwuty. Aivt whtrntT for tnorr. Thrrr wm Vvieor-". frur-ipl ! kle, J".""-1".!. In tfcf lump Hi! tl rsrI. Jaw-tfr"er. ivt cJovr'-tnjit. rtt iiinwf f bufterioatctt lrt, Aivl tk:k of loot rchrtiif I4ir Ic-nirr. tjr t& rr-l: Thri-f wrrr cotnSt mwl rakr Nt ami lit tlo, Ami Junkft that tnrlt at n h!l Sift camrnrW. fepprrmlnl tr itJ !(J run Ir. tWon con-lj vl white; III traj-b fcf-pt full a fcrttU AHUr an I all nlctiU Not a rnr'l. If wr't-"infh f-.mf nUr U. Hut micklr trrrnrrl tii ! rrtinr!i!. Il ( tM bit n! Mill- flirt hm bf hreakf , uptrrrJ.or lunchr!. With 'a w tbt wwiM nr r tx ijulrl He mutuheI and he rnunvhrtL t. th" np aa'I fb rUrt ht w!Wr-J Th ebt!ts tx-ri"? am! crtMn ' AnI thrjpnti-dror Hl taffi that f IIwtl. AnI bone' al trr', Iu trnain! He wrnt Wi !"- rvttn' nil hilkct Kor tnorr In bi ftrrviin.J Ukr an ant t-Terr urr drplt llr'.l raWl. anl cUtnW to It. an-1 crura, Wm It t.Mf-t-Ki or fikls or m It A tumNfr t Jrllj or Jam. Ilo'U fln! crrj- ounon tn tho rt.wfl. Ant t-it t not a ttraoi Tji the tnif thin tixUr mt.t titnornw -No fi'rjrttir rotiM nrlHt hi. rve"l. lut hr boy thm. or We !r.l. or Itow. tin .wort the jounir rfHirtnamt wtmhl trot. Tilt, alnV for tht warning of irrow Catne nrr'w ln!t! manuscripts every ilay to mavn up an entire number. This" fact may help some disappointed people to under stand why it is that so many really good articles have to be rejected, anil it may afford them a means of guessing why il is that the editor of a magazine cannot send a detailed letter of explanation with each rejected contribution. Mr. Sjiofford, the Librarian of Con gress, is a man of note in Washington. His ago is about liftv-Iive, and he very modest ami retirinir. Ho is n tired talking about the ' library, which ! A"'1 " l-Ui.:iTv'l 'h - , -.. .-. I tiMl ihikj lunHJKU 111 llrt. ua liioii uiuiii ins iiieiiuioeuey iroiu 2.0o0 volumes to nearly 100.000. He thinks of nothing but books from morn ing till night, and there is not a volume in this vast collection with whoso con tents he is not measurably familiar. He knows where to turn for any book that may bo wanted, and ho fairly de lights iu unearthing forgotten facts and startling statistics from old volume that nobo ly else knows anything about. Thrr wrrr tim.-u-t-rh, listth-ocbc- ant frrr, An1 tonurnt with loctir't.(k trrtm, toniHiriv. nnl pain In hi. liver, n! .hikes ami 0) .prptiVat ilru: OM (oiks nw hi in .Ickrti wiel hirr. And wtlil It wat worm." All"! now. pair an! -nkfl anl plnlnr. The lr liltle oltim rlrr rhn. l.' ' With cjc. that hoplti alt Ibrlr htnltiff, eVet I Uke bl wit. ecr half In a tUf Ami he Irani. n un ncuwU it rr bW sno'l. )r tlo nuMlfliir. tir-ittftit t) hi. nurvi, It the want of a jrl thins t cruet Tot much of a rr ""1 thin-1, .uiw. Ami the h of health txMiitlfut Jrwrt !.rar nought tmt a ctirr. litr. Tmm HnwH, lit M'-f-AmiA. THE SLIDING M'TCIWAX. An INqiiitnati Ihiuliir. Duriii' Cnmp. pig came down, and upset the whole family, and piled them up on the top of himself at the foot of the stairs, and be fore wo got up Bridget came down and fell over us, and said she had just opened tho young masther's thrunk and out jumps the ould Satan himself and she must see the priest or she would bo a dead woman. You wouldn't believe that, though I told them that I was raising the pig to sell it and give the money to father; they all said that they had never heard of such an abandoned and peremptory boy. and father said, "Come up-stairs with me and I'll see if I can't teach you that this houso isn't a pig-pen." I don't know what became of the pig, for he broke tho parlor window and ran away, and nobody ever heard of him again. I'd like to sco that boy James, "l don't care how big ho is. I'd show him that he can't go on setting good exam ples to innocent boys without suffering as lie ucscrves to sutler. "Jimmy Broum." in Earjicr's Young People m Worry. If you find yourself disposed to give way to that mind-weakening, happincss tlestroying disoaso of worry, try to re cuperate your nervous system. Go to bed and sleep your imaginary troubles away. If you cannot sleep, it is a sign that your blood is sluggish; your nerv ous system is used up; your muscular svstcm has had little or no employment. Then do something to tire the muscles and start tho blood. Do not fall into the delusive snare of "gentle exercise," that is admissible only for invalids. Whatsoever you do. do it with all your might Take a tramp on tho hills; saw wood; ride horseback; give fifteen min utes to an Indian club or a pair of not too heavy dumb-bells; run; jump; any thing to exert your body and stop the exertion of your mind, to set your mus cles into exercise and give your nerves a rest. Get into a glow and a perspira tion, and make yourself feel thorough ly, healthily tired. Then take a bath, get on clean clothes, eat a light meal with a good appetite, and go to bed; and. ten chances to one, you will go to sleep and wake in the morning cheerful and hopeful, prepared to laugh at your former melancholy. tho latter part of tho mouth of August, I visited one of these hunting-camps on the southern bank of Con nory Kiver, above tho gate-way through which tho .search partv passed on the return from King William's Laud, iu February, 1S80. In this camp wero threo tujic, containing four families, and when moving camp, which occur red every other day while 1 was with them, every- one, old and young, men and women, had his load, and the dogs staggered under burdens that would till with sadncs tho heart of a member of the S. P. C A. Jr'vun a palsied old crone .had upon her back the skins that comprised her hcd. It -vas a compara tively light load, but she had to keep up wilh the line of march as best she could, or fall behind and come along at her leisure. Only when wo forded tho nver, winch IIUMOUOUS. - No matter how highly educated a man is, when he is sick ho is an ill literate. Huston Transcript. Every man ha his follies, and ofltiines they a-o the most interesting things he has got Juh Htlliwjs. A poorcxciKo is better than none, and the same may be said of a poor dinner.-- A cm ILivcn llotstcr. That puts a different face on It." said the swindler when he raised a cheek from 20 to 200. Mcriden lie cordcr. Why is a green persimmon like a girl's lips when she bids her lover good by at tho gate? Because they both puckor. Wheeling Journal. Speech is silver and silence golden. That is where it costs more to make a man hold his tongue than it does to let him talk. A'. O. t'icagiuw. Prof. Swing says "tho coming man will be temperate, chaste, merciful, just, generous, charitable, large-hearted. sweet-tempered; Christian; a good ...:..!. i.,.- i .. r..:,i.f..i ..:: ti ? IPIIIIIUI UIMI il li.llllllll t lll.CM. VyOlll- ing! Why, dern yer pelt, we've arrjved. Huston I'ust. Italy has a surpbis of lA.ooo.OuQ lires. h'tn-twial Chrunic'r. That's un lucky, they're such a drug in the market just now. The Western iiapers aro all supplied, we understand, and there won't be any important political cam paign for some time to come. V. Y. Graphic It was their first night aboard tho steamer. ' At lasl," he said tenderly, "we are all alone, tint upon the deep waters of tho dark bluo sea. and your heart will always beat for mo as it has beat in the past?'' "My heirt's all right." she answered, languidly, "but, my stomach feels awful." Brooklyn C'iro'itcc. deed, but m t only a hrn H.yi know, ncrrr can crow All b big rot,r In tho yard ctwv. I uprMMo H t bcrrtttw th"t rut ern. I told my mother I wa going U el -rn I ootttfl rwt But ho 4l I mnt Veep on rating curd and tmnl ad mv trr. Jut like any hen chicken, ami Uwi crowing would c-m JI right I tint. I thfMtjht hr couldn't oo .poTtil. t know anything alnnit crowing. I mv! up my mind I'd try th corn. 1 trici! it but I didn't crw I turned in or on my brk with mr claw In the air. and dWn't n.F ftc awhile nhetlW I ever oruwd H not But I got over It Then I thought I'd try rtiar the lug roMler. and It W wwW help me- My nntier .tM Id Wttor not. but of ciHtre hed aj Owl. It nrii very hard work to rhmb Hp beside them. It vn'l nJee tfcoro a I thought it would be. It w,- ihl. j anl I wa all IA imiw aimnt f JJfoK J But I shotcd up closet" therHter thfU ! h. the bggtt rrd comb, and Im-41 hi i well a I could. ery early m the nminjr Ittey Ml Napped their wmgan.l crowed Then I Mapped my wing -but I diil crow. 1 toppled over. I thought my neck mw broken. Im. at last 1 managcM to erawl und-r my mother'-; win and gut warm. I tg to think he know a onif thing, if -.fee a hen. She can't help being ont. and I never .fhall Iw mean a to throw k hi lo her. But there t one thing I'm ImmhoI U do. 1 hall not tell her. for !nM l; sure totuakf afu. The always umVn a ftlr. I am going loiwlnt. M mother in can't, but of course that U lHaue aU catt't I.ook at lho wagxie-Uiil. wnddUntr duckling, and tho e great squsUU g- ling! If they can iwtm w4l wlUt their tabby teet, whv can't l j 1.4Mk at'tnv .lender, mcely tornod claw., and my genteel !i,;uie. IH ot ' ee what a hlghb ed air I h.ti hen I luni my head, and how well tu wins are hung? When I wnlk through tao yard, they all turn to fmik at me. ami inv coii'in. young Brown Leghorn, stiffens up hl little nip of a comb mid ay n. " uai a vain joi'tix popmjn . ! ThrttV nil envy, you m-e. mv imnli U ' an eighth of an inch higher than hi. But just wait till I how them all ; what uiinming is, I hall walk mild ly down to the water (not with a ernm ' bio ami a sputter liko the duckling), ' and glide out with a graceful weep, I while tho rail tare at iu and idi they cou!d do it so. !i "Sail on the starboard Imiw!" "What is she?" asked Captain Mar tin Piotcrsiiooii. looking anionIy in that direction; for iu tho K. v. tern seas. two hundred yearn ago. every Mrangc sail was a terror to tho Captain of a well-laden Dutch merchantman. "Can't ipi'itu make her out yet." an swered the look-out at the masl-hoad; "hfiks like a brigaiitiue -very rakih cut altogether." The Captain's face darkened, and his j tjnJ tips uiriiicucu- i iiev ucuicncu miii more a few minutes later. look out hailed again. "She salt armed 1 a" t I a I "til "HI origanum-, in-armg r.giu iiowii n-niii ,,h :,Jrt,,t n, "... .. , ! .somewhere eht. Kverv face among tho crew .coined Th,.,,ucU .ritM. tf niirm it .-Mmui-n.) , mil no on') .Timnf. Indeed, what need was them of Words? Well, I have had a dreadful llntt. When 1 got In the water. It was ory cold, but I waaii'l going to tp for I began li awim. but .somehow tr .ll.l.i'l iv .rL ttl! Mv I.... li.lii'l when tho , ,. ,, ..m.i ,, ntitliiu m 1 trlml - - .' ' - mv wing, and thev went Unp. Itnp- I Wisllt'w 1 wan Illustrious Cohhlpri. was accomplished at a portage over and through tho stones of which the water dashed with great vio lence, did any one go to tho assistance of the old woman. Then two young men took her light frame in their brawny arms and carried her safely through the torrent, landing her upon the opposite shore, where she was again left to lollow, or not as she pleased. It is astonishing what burdens these peo ple will carry upon their backs, by means of a thong which passes across the breast and just below the shoulders, sometimes supported by an additional thong over tho forehead. Besides their share of the load, the women have the youngest child in their hoods or sit ting upon the back-load, with their feet around the mother's neck. Tho men seldom oner to relieve their partners of the iufant. unless it bo the heir, in which oase the father will sometimes deign to take hint upon his own bun dle. But it always seemed to me as if tho fathers would rather seo their daughters left behind to become food for wolves than lower their dignity by carrying a female child. Arrived at tho spot selected for the new camp, bundles are laid aside, and nil, throwing themselves upon the ground, enjoy a few moments of peace ful rest Then pipes are filled and passed from mouth to month, and con versation, upon the prospect of reindeer being seen Is entered into by the men, while tho womm erect the tents, un load the dogs, and put down the bed ding. If there is any meat in camp, moss is gathered by the Tvoraen, and a fire is started in the doorway of the tent to cook a potful of meat, while the men lounge about and smoke or roam over the hills to look for traces of reindeer. During the day-time, while the men are hunting, the women and children generally repair to the near est lake, ana fish fot the tine salmon which abounds in all the waters of that locality, and which are eaten citherraw or cooked. IFm. If. Gilder, in Scrib ncr's Monthly. No one but a shoemaker could have thought Coleridge serious in his strange saying that tho shoemaker's bench hail produced more eminent men than any other handicraft. Tho Sitae ami Leather J!cj)ortcr has, however, compiled a "bill of particulars," iu the shape of a list of famous cobblers, which seems to act as an effectual estoppel on all jealous craftsmen. Haus Christian Andersen, who needs no introduction, may head the list, and Hans Sachs, of Nuremberg, who, though ho made shoes all his life, yet also made fi,000 poems, plays, farces and rhyming fables, may be put next Sir Cloudesiey Shovel was a .shoemaker until he enlisted in the navy, and so was Sir Christopher Minns, another English Admiral. John Hewson, one of Cromwell's Colonels, and a signer of Charles I.'s death warrant; Samuel Bradburn, tho "Demosthenes of Meth odism," as well as a Bishop; James Lackington, whose catalogue of publi cations reached the total enormous for that time of thirty-seven volumes in 17S7 all these were cobblers at first, if not at the last. Continuing the En glish list, William Gifford, whose mem ory is preserved by a comjilimcntarr allusion in Byron's 'Em n1 lish HanLs and Scotch Keviewers," and whoo body is buried in Westminster Abbey; George Fov, the arch-Quaker; William Carey, a missionary famous a century ago. and who read tho pnofs of tho Bible in twenty-seven Oriental lan guages; Samuel'Drew, "tho Locke of the nineteenth century." whose experi ence as an author led him to formulate the sad truth that "tho man who makes shoes is sure of his wages, but the man who make3 books is' never sure of anything;" Thomas Holcroft, whoso name is not nearly so well known as that of a single one of his All on board understood in a moment what was beforo them. They worn about to bo attacked by pirates, and there was not a single cannon not ttron an old musket aboard tho vcscl. It was a terrible moment for them all more terrible still for the poor Caj taiu. For years hn had Ihmui toiling and saving." bearing every kind of hanl ship. and facing every kind of danger, until he made enough money to become part owner of the ship that ho com manded. Ho had made three success ful trips in her, and was now going home for good, to .settle himself in a snug little house on the. great canal at Amsterdam, wilh rosy-cheeked Gredel Voort, his old uoighlMir'.s only daughter, for his wife. And now, all in a mo ment, he found himself face to face with a hideous peril, which threatened him with the loss of all he had in the world. and his life to boot The crew stood looking moodily nt the approaching vessel, which came sweeping over the bright blue sea with its huge white sails outspread like tho wings of a swan - a perfect picture of beauty, though it brought death along with it Some of tho bolder spirits were begiuing to mutter to each other that it would be bettor to set fire to their own ship, and die like men, than bo thing into tho sea liko dogs, when the Captain's gloomv face suddenlr lighted up as nobody had ever seen it light up yet, and ho burst into such a loud, hearty laugh that tho doomed men stood amazed to hear him. "Cheer up, lads." ho cried, still laughing; "all's not over with us yet Come, knock the head out of that cask of butter, and smear the deck with it sharp, now!" The men only stared blankly at him. thinking he had gone mad. and even the stolid mate opened his heavy mouth in amazement " Do you hear?" shouted tho Captain. "I,ook sharp, will you? there is no t me to loose. Grease the whole deck fore and aft, and the rigging, too. as high as you can reach. We'll give tho rascals a slippery job of it, anyhow. Then tho sailor began to understand, ami the shout of laughter that broke forth would have mightily astonished the pirates hail thev been within hear ing. In a twinkling the deck was greased until it fairly shone, bulwarks and all. "Now, boys." cried the captain, "on iiii jour "i-a uuoui, ami put aanil on wa - w.tuk, w.tek. w.-u'k." Gtxtsu -as'ld, ' G irrr nrr.' going down. down. lust g, in tho wa w wa and Mothor ' nud I was down down cold water, when Biddy came bv wilh n dish of cunts. Hie fished in out wilh a stick, and flung me tin thu bank to dry in the Miiishitie. I might nave been drowned, and Hum I neer slum d havu learned to criw. I suppose I hail better take my moth er's nil vlco t for awhile. She really knows a great ileal (for a hen). What a pity she was not a rooster! Stilnrg Diyre.tn l'oulh't Lnn;invn. I As it lay Iu her a soft ball. It could and Hut Kllxabtrth and the Bebln. Ono summer morning Kli.aboth Mtt on tho tloontep. rvrdiug But .she looked up often to .see the bints 11 about or to watch tho buttcrllios go sal ing iast By and by sho heanl a shrill chirping. "Poor little bird." she thought, "where c.vi il be? Mi hurt?" Shu went out into the yard and looked about her. There, under a tree, wa a babv bird that had fallen out of it nest. Eliza beth took it up gently, hand it looked like chirped an loud as il t'lrvil. "Poor birdie." said Elizabeth. "I will try and take you home." Ami alio looked up Into tho tree. Slut could sen the nest tho Hedgling had tumbled out of: but sho was not tall enough to reaoh It. so sho stood on" a knot iu tho trunk of the trcu and put thu nestling in it. home. Sho saw tho father and tho mother bird in tlio tree, and said lo herself that they would take caro of the littlo on. Then she went back to her reading. Prolty soon sho heard tho chirping again. This time aho knew where to look, and there was the baby.liird on tho ground, crying ami fluttering as be fore. " Papa nnd mamma Uobin ought to take caro of you. binlling." she said. But she stopped on tho knotted tree trunk and put tho bird bade a second time. Then she sat down on the doorstep and watched to aco what the parent birds would do. They flew hero and there about tho nest and sang a few notes that Elizabeth know must lw bird talk. Sho wondered if they were try ing to find a better place forthoir baby. But as hc was thinkin-r how muni. the soles to keep you from slipping, j c?r5 Jncy w"'j taking of It. out tumbled and then caeh of you take a handspike, j1"0 "u,e " a third time. "Vou and be ready." ! stupid old robin! aho cried. "Do vou The pirat-i was now so near that they J oxpcl mic one to bo putting Iw-k could see piite plainly the rabble of ,J""r birdio forroti all day? Why don't gaunt, sinewy Malays, woolly-headed J )'ou keep St In the nest?" aho picked negroes, and sallow, black-halrcd Porto gueso. that crowded her decks. A few minutes morn, and she ran along-side. till the tilrtlit. unit w aDout to put It back a third time, when, as hs held it. a itr-nm ihln. l,-... and almost before th: two vessels hail Incd; for down flew the robin ami plays, "The Road to Huin:" the j skating rink, and touched, three wild figures leaned from the pirate's rigging upon the merchant man's deck. But it was a very tmluckv jump for j no iiireu- nu nr.t the slippery dck slippery Bloomficld brothers, whom Bvron thua apostrophized: ! Ve tuneful cotitilers. tlll your notes prolong, j Corapoa,at once a ullpper and minar; j John Pounds, whom school children PnAil nt lj-iinrr (nrnafl "jtirnv ftvrrt TI W-.. aV MUlllp will -.- .I1J IIUIU those, and lesser lights too numerous to mention, were English shoemakers. Coming to our own country. Roger i M wen tne sea on the oilier side- The iccond tumbled hcad.foretBotdown the batch- way into the cook's galley, where the bl.vk cook considerately piled a heap I of iron pans on him to keep hira quiet. "Aha. SIasa PiraU:." said he. grin ning. "dtshipno de 'Flvin? Duth. ' j gave her a sharp peck on the forehead. r.uzarjcui stood atill. She d-dn't know what to mak of ihis. But oon she began to lau-.-h: anil tin .t... .... man spun a-ross j the babybird gently on the groond .. if it had been a went away. She at last understood nt right out into l whsii. mtr !?.-,!.; ,,.-. ... '!..' Timbuctoo is a very fine city, with several mosques, and walls the circuit of which cannot be made in less than an hour, at the southern end of the Sahara. The slave trade is carried on upon a very large scale, immense num bers of negroes being brought thither from tho Soudan, and thence taken to different places in Wester Africa. A volume of smoke rises constantly from the midst of a densely wooded morass in Wakulla County," Florida, and has for at least fifty years been a mystery to the people f "that region. The spot is five miles from the nearest point to which any person has ever pen etrated. The negroes- believe it is. an entrance to helL and regard it with awe. Some of the whites accept the theory of a volcano. Judge White, of Tallahassee, lately organized an expe dition to explore the swamp, but failed to make & way into the tangle of rant growth. a .. m m r9 man.' rum U 'Gliding Dutchman 'Ih third tiimtn twI j.,v .. I t Sherman, one of the "signers." Ieadja, nerccly as if he meant lo kill the the list in time, but ice-President trhoif. i-nv t t.iw. i.. .i .. Henry W ilson in rank. Besides these ' m he hurt was him-elf. for he hit hu were Congressman Shcffcy and Noah , head uch a whack against the matt Worcester, founder of the Massaohu- lbal he airoot knockeThu brains otil setts Peace Society. And ox-Govern- Mj fcH down nnxitlK wllk , Jj ?L Ba ldvria: oj Michigan and lhi3 M frightened the other p rate, that 'VilliamCIallin of Massachusetts, if thcj. tht afa; J they never madeshocs, at least dealt in it-hed. ant rushing biclc to their own them largely enough to be named here. rcj wilh a of made off Altogether the list is sufficiently im- fa,t possible. n T posing and convincing to justify a ver dict in favor of Coleridge's saying. The Prussia. lives of hogs are insnred in ror dmt year alter, one of the familiar sights of AnuUrrd&m -.. . -On a postcard on view at an ex- '' lX-T ! bibition in Germany there had been ; ' "of wfeo - boj wed to vnliiin in tirmnn uritpm nf chnrt. I '" " hand the large number of "J3.000 words. Subsequently Mr. Hurst, of Sheffield in England, the publisher of the Phono graph, a shorthand magazine, offered prizes for miniature shorthand. The system was to be Pitman's, the writing to be legible to the naked eye, and to be on one sme ot an .cagiisn poiicara. which is considcradly smaller than a German card; 25,000 worda on the former bezng reckoned equivalent to 33,000 on the latter. The first prize in this competition was awarded to G. H. Davidson, whose postcard contained 32,363 words, including the whole of Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer," an essav on John Morley. and half of Holcroft's "Road to Roia.' v.77J&w?1Iv- .f . n'j.. oa.s wea TLIitinj' raago. 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"P- Th V .- -!: "" ro?m WM perfect, so that JX could penetrate it. which e!S 'b.Pn-WTjUlo ' to corn-cob. whHrb. there h erery reason tobehere. b ba there for age. " J J PrttlJy irrigated. The ?' !2L?. w mute ani iiM Jy T Srt"r" r painted t-r.2L," IrS? "" -t. r i i i 'V I ti) iil 2e . Terr excellent perso, ,. 2 worfU1"' ' d i t.? -