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Till-: DAILY HERALD, iM,ATISMOUTII, NEJJKASKA, SAITJUDAY, OCTOBER S, 1887. J r 3 - It t i i V A STUDENT'S VACATION. SLANG OF THE STAGE. I "OLO AtjE" THE eale. f why do people drown? A CORNELL MAN HIRES OUT DRIVE A CANAL DOAT. TO LAN CU ACE VHICH THE COMMUNITY ADOPTS. The dinner, w! not elegant, was heart;.. Thcro was corned beef, witn potatoes, green corn ur.l tomatoes, everything well cooked. Tho captain's daughter, for she it was, presently tore herself from tho class and he le iV Lln.i sat down to pour tho tea. and white striped enlieo gown, n silver brooch and a celluloid comb, and the canal driver addressed her as PolI. She talked like a woman born to command, and her con versation was interspersed with forcible slang expressions. A savory apple pin was put on th table for dessert, and tho canal driver remarked that ho always ate largely of it, because he con sidered it an excellent brain food. "We have au economical way of reading the magazines," said ho. "You may bavo imagined that canal men are an illiterate lot. They are, as a rule, but there are exceptions, end a good manj of them. .Now, the captain of this boat has a chum on the canal who id a great reader, lie usu:dly makes a trip east, while we're coming west. "So when The Harper comes out in New "York ho buys it, and in tho five days before he meets us he roads it all through; then when ho passes us throws the magazine to us. We do the time thing with The Century, buying it in Buffalo and hau ling it over to him when wo meet. Have another piece of pie. .No? Oh, yes, this way cf passing the summer is infinitely preferable to being cooped up in a hotel as a waiter. Now, here I am practically independent; J can wear the worst clothes in tho world; tho food is good, as I think you r'i5i admit; tho work is healthy, and not onlj gives ono whiffs of the country r.ir, but puts you in contact with all sorts of queer char acters. The trip down the Hudson in tho tow is worth a fortune to any observing per son. The money we pot, you fee, is clear gain. When 1 g back to Ithaca in three weeks I'il be $Z0 in pocket, to say nothing o the experience and pleasure gained." Tho driver bv ro shoved back his chair and led the way to tho deck. Tho boat was slowly approaching the Georgia street bridge. "There," said the driver, 'most people Imagine that the canal is as noisome and Ugly as this is ail the way to Albany. It's a great mistake. If you want to enjoy your self Eoxt summer turn canal driver. You'll never regret it." As the boat swung under tho bridge tho reporter caught tho girders and pulled him self up. Tho scholar of tho tow path waved fcia band and tho captain's daughter came up the cabin stairs and looked back pleasantly through tho funnel cf her calico sun bonnet Blowly tho galled and jailed mules pulled tl3 boat on, and five minutes later tho Polly Forties was lost in a s nai l of boats at tho foot of Erie street Buffalo Courier. When you ecc a man lxk at Lis watch and pnt it back into his pocket, ask him the time and ia nino cases out of ten he cannot tell you until be Las looked at it again. A Vry I'nJ ijiil.le Sort of J'x?Mtiice- d vatitaK'' f Spfiuliuj; luSui.ii.ii'r on (Tio Tow I'lil'i 'I ho Cajitaiu'n I'augMcr. I'lxt-liimgo of "tlufj-.i.liM . A reporter walking up the tow pal h nt lower Biuck Il.H:i; one day o i to k a canal bo;.t, on v.hosa :t. rn w.-e; paind-d 'I't lly 1'oi Im s of .Sehouect.-nly.'' In u minute mro ho had com.; up with the Mld-s ami their driver. L'nd r I ho mu!i s' collar.-, -i o great . rings of raw il-sh, constantly oh-,;' 1 mi 1 irri- ; tabd by tho hot J. a I her. Th li: :pcd pidn- j fully onward, too Iiojh Ps ly wretched to ro- . H'lit tho jerks and nc.jur;:iiig.s of tho driver, ! who hints. If seem. 1 a lilting i one mi .u for : Ids ben t.s, for honever tl: i du .1 d -.cove, red i his cl. (thing it wan n mass of p it lies, and a I torn wido brimmed ctraw hut protected his h.-a 1. "J f dl-d'' paid bo or, tho reporter came along, "would you bo kind enough to t.Il" inc tiio time" "Half past 11." "Ah, thank you; half an hour til) dinner time, and I'm hungry enough now to eat both lVgiiMi:- and Bw.vphi.les. Tkcy'ro the am bling sti-eds you se?j beforo you. Pull of lire, especially under their cellars. Tin y Jwlt n liitl.i weary now, fur they've beii on the tramp tor ten days lu uiiy." 'And you have ahuo.;t iv hard a lot as tho nudes, I fancy." "Well, t lint's just as you look at It. I rather like it in . self. Of course 1 j-et foot-ioro on tho tow-path, but then w h;n l';n oil' I can't do much but m-.t and read. l:vi been read ins c;-n.siderab!!j of Tennyson and drowning this Miiiimcr." "JIey" paid tho astonibhed reporter. "Teimy.-ion and Drowning. I Ijegan 'Tlio Ring and the iJfH.k' six weeks np-o on tho up trip from Nov.- York. I'm inakiiVg a study of it You s'f vo fan hardly keep up v.ith cur rent litoiMturo in college." "In college.?"' A fOilXEr.I. ETTTBTTN'T. "Yes; I am a Cornell man, and I spend my summers on tho towj.ath. That i r have tho tho last two. The ih-r.1 .summer 1 hi.- l out u a waiter at a Koasidu hotel, but my rieh south ern blood couldn't stand it; so tholat t.vo sutmnei-s I've followed tho profession of a mule driver. Of course, I have to stand round and obey orders; but I look out for a good cnpSain, and so duii"t havo it so rou-,h iisbLio tf them.'' "But don't you have to put up v. ilh many privations?'' "Oh, no; just come aboard at t' inner tint", and you can w.-o for yom.--f. Tl. : walking is beneficial to ou-.-'s health, and whi" tho feet get sore at Pit that cjiiickly ivea.-.-. Tl'.en, too, the canal pa.vrfs through somo cf tho rich est farming country in tho state, and I w ouldn't ak for finer scenery than t::at i:i the Mohawk and Hudson rivtr valleys." A hail from the lwiat c;u:-ed tho driver fo pull up his mules until they faii iy sted on their haunches. A gangway was laid across to tho bank ami the mate cauieaphoro to take the place of the driver, who went aboard, followed by tho reporter. Near the middle of the deck was a pail which the driver let dow a into tho canal and brought up full of water ia v hieh ho wash d himself. "I don't believe tho women f-il:s'.vil make a f uss," said he. "If they do I'll ttjl them you're a chum of mine," JIo l.l tho way to tho cabin iV.eps, down which ho disappeared, followed by his com panion. Before the reporter could t:;ko note of tho cabin ho became avraro that a buxom j oung woman was doing up her hnir before a f-maJl looking glass which hung oyer a very- e-mail bureau. Wio wasn't half so disconcert, d lis ho was, however, and when tho driver had explained his companion's appearance she calmly proceeded with her toilet. The cabin stretched clear across the boat, some ten or twelve feet, and was some nt-ven feet deep. Doors c p:-ned out of ic to the berths in the r?ur. Biiow v. .iio muslm curtains hung nt the little windows. (Jn the floor was a bright ingrain carpet. Vases and kuie!maek3 covered the top of tho bureau. A brown ealbenv.nre iot of ten &tmg on the tinystovo, and the table, spread v.ith a snowy cloth, was sot with stone china riches and Wooden handled knives and three tiued forks. tiie captain's M.vrcitrrn. tlio iir.i'' ef Aetor tins Ti'.oi-o l':;'H.i J.;?i 1. 1 ,1 of V.'ol'tN rho tiiwt-i' ami J'hr:s1e In Ci.i rent L'ho .ilnony tlio 1'rateriii! v. Tho f t:.- till 1 idloai more I n--.' .-inui.-ity t.:; other hOU:': t:l" ;H')"e ; : i )i-ui"-.s i k;.-: ii' in an 'i'l.e 1. -!-,! ) o i a -pr-v. ry l a I h h'i.l.jelf ll 1. Hi.-: clot! "(.anient v-: and i.ieludi ; to t ra:i!..s f..,r a "vh r.i. ra.M ill :i.. A .-tar C e.:.-.l;i,l '.! .t '..It I HI ll. only ha.i in eh o . Ci ii ! m ;iui . l-.v..-, .: tl 1 ... :iv;i-.-.u: i ;:.,IV1I I. .11 I -111 I ' -1 J I-.- ,-ia!" ia I hue", :,i its ! e l v. -i -"a;-, ty or, i-efhar rlang !.h I'urnisl.iiig to the eoni t .vs I'roiii any oonio In'crcstlDi; lirii-uuitioii About the i i.iooii!. War Itelio. "OM Al e," the whilom war eay.lo of the Ih'.-hth regiin- nt, Vi-eon,in v,lu:iteers, ia on- i the nl !ra-ti.,in iii tho collection of w:r ' : : ,,ou' caIiiIiuioii at tiio M-cpisition bnii-litev. Jl.. is . .uly stuaed and ih.rfnu't, look as ! ig r.i -.lien lie accompanied th in ,:T. r.;i k'.;:: !.ern t .-1 1 -: . t attach, d to p.-nj-: pi: ' I '-.t.chi the j..ruiio of i.i tor i a gr up of v.'u i -ty in s-1 in at times to t-j bins-: a ' i'al.ir. ' rk.s i ts if iis.stK'li; ' If lie i) ectf ully of V. ' ; I:.. !p I :. ii. l.rii' , i i'. li i; o eagle rrgi- battlo 11. -Ids. A wootit-n h-s p'-rch bean; thi.j in 1 I-'ebruary, isdl; d.eii If, of Crei-nbtir-eh, hi.'ieb'.ygan 1 ii'ii.t of Company ll, of tho nt, pivo a icjiorter Foine iu ii this oM bi-d. '-When our into can: jj at ilndison wo were i f'f Com i auv (I. who broii-'iifr. uro .:"' IiIm "v,i,r.h.'.!,e." An is Ii.p a "drcv; l iiv.'," . v :-yt,H-;g tVom a Koiiian tt -ga I ti ,;l;t U "I..! .:'eil wardrobtj'' is i.irt pie:-.-," an-l inehid'-u melern b or T1.CA; fami.iar t!:..---e wl; hlln'io fl ii .... . . t.-rm-i ! :a; m lit his :eh- . on t!!y c.i'iiiag' r is known auiong :-..:ii!) i .. : v . -i r-i i C title, as "h..-r jdoIotV1 "tho d m. in u hh a I.. :: i." ;.e uho in-,. -Lighted to b w.lii m ii.,.--, mill especi it, : lage u.-oii for a w !.nl or tre-ses, are "eidii-s," '-gills," i.ies." -i:n,!.Li-,," .humi.s," "!ai:i,l,ca l.s'' ui. i -iu-'s.'' Any kind of u, d. d in an ;act," whet her c- .toiceti-d w the stngo or not. "I Keo Shoifli i..c, 1 r.i'.ii.s tvi t. I:-: i!: 1-1: w : It ti: C.i: rc'-.nti I .'nation ahi :i!i rip v cniiii ". i by the nt- '-front Kau Claire, that ho taken frc t.i Jji.i mst by an Indian nnd .-; nti..l to tl.eiu l,y him. I l.nve read a re i - .mai.tic f.-.l.. of his capture bince then, : tins story is imdoult..dly correct, ts ... iy then tl-oi.i;,ht of inventing the plcns-(i-t-on:s ub.,tit the famous eagle which v :,:aee become eo munerous. Our r 'i nt broke cninji at Camp Kendall, in coni mv with an cider to go to Missouri, and an-nmg throng!, ;sf. Louis tho carle nl Il-.-vaway. We all thou--lit wu would see of red to irivo f:J to :mv :e n : -1 (:,:.! in l that w;;-s the la:-t t.'ul. Ji iirciy oil P.U't Et;r- !he i.-Ui., i.t the battle of Holly 11' sprung tho v try1.: been . tried -th.s -" jag," are o:h Ati ai t; oetVatrit:, ori. ii.al or nct'. r part." !f ho is ters his hie-s i. iih t-ase i.n i.s ms wont tao'.-i .1 d iin the tare bodkirs s:ct," :aso of suiei lj. "Cievt-lai.d's H t on them again;" "Lang- ihe -iu:-...-:is!iip act; ' J .nes .--i-ro.v l r e.xat!. I i Iitiriici-ei- act on this morn- ivi'i v.iiu iii.iitl l,:-iir .i!.i on. I- v.... !-... Jfcrphy, don't you." liu left our leeiincnt aa-i Ha; put in ch-.rg.i cf a bri rcivlavd t tl. .pi it's. .Ul 1 i.m tu-.-ress-in 'ii iiilo in Camo Cm lis at Ft l..,nf l.!i)ti-l up into t;:o air at a lai ;;o ii was- sr.! .roai-Linsr w.. an.l s-i.M f i.'-lt- i.eL Ihtit it. was 'OM Abe ' We r;,-,..i P ivh n a camp chct ami very soon tho eagle .saii.sl down and to-k his place on tiio perch. Ho had bem fishing and was as wet z i a r;it. Wo put hir.i on a .t'-in.-r . '.-. n,.l..,l llllll o. a: ho was .alivnvs sure U.-!-. , 1 . i.i" i... . t! lie . boys i M hi, -p, 'I- 11-' "Moaher," a ser..-cc!.er," oe.o that is 1 it." If It is it is a "char- .t ;;o i Many no mas- -if ho is "a bad study" j ions. A long part is n ! m'-r.v.. wii.1: ; let l:nn UOI 1!1 iue.r.b overi'ee.t or 1 1-eiiCVu i"r- ig an eiigageineur, end II, cu h. , ,. ' t overbed or sito'.eM.,,,,.,. '' or a ii.iiy 0!i a "hummel" a poor oii-" ia ''i'tii.-i'1 1 r '-tart," i t. to bis .wsi .i.seretioii t- supply -d 'y on ins r.erci :aptaro tho :o witli f en who j.lay aetcrs.'' A ro."' A r.ai t l-ii ti.:.," a length being written matier e-r blank a -ti. -u is a 'fake pai t," a small o oejiertiiniti' i.i a "bit,'' :ind u: that line of t haraeiors are '"bit p ut is ''fat" vnen it is "sure to ; u me.isnri'd !.y forty-two iiiic3 of I Action on t'.io stnge is ' business," and tho j word is t.lso made to apply to other things. I An actor will refer to i ti l.t, or a wat-.-h. ti house, or a book, or 1 is d hitter, cr his 1. .a- ' le.iiy, as a "bi'.dness." j T!-e lor :-( ' bi"-ia. a-; for r.-td'-h actor . on- ga- . ... ' ive- niio, v.i;livii:;, . viuini.... . .... , low comedy, villain, eccentric, clrtructer, soi bretb, wab.cj; h'dy, !-pnn--.ivie, utility, 1 all t and sti; . imiiin-rar , r "si:p..." -iei act--r tmcc.-taiu ia his part is "shaky in his lines;" when ho supplier words that do not belong in the text, unlit in: can recollect bis dug for his lines ;" when he isup gags tho prt;" when he has sit oi: j t-ui:K''ierare'! n-i.n - n i-.t.e Ins leat.u rs once, and after that ho 1 1 ways screamed ;-.nd acted mad when a c-ht. on. .sen. I'l ioe, cf tho Confed- eiac.'-,, euro fan.! lie wouM rather ca cr-.ei taaii tao vliole ref-imej't was a li'ii.satice in some respect's, ving bird, and wh- n the rat tens na-i to no watched or ho iiiurh flivnv- 1 1" i-:i-...i beot audaii kin. is of meat, when there was scarcely any for the l,oys. lfe wa-s up to a'l sorts or muchief, and woun.h d seme of the beys who were spnt'od by rebel bullets. Tj,ey wo;:M plague l:i:a u::d la, M ould peg at them frequently d.rawing tho l io. d " " 'Oid Al : Ho was n thi v.e;o dis-tribu wctiid :,teal t!i Id Ab ei part, he is "1 plies humor I to rely on tl after him h-. forgets entir C Slicks." A h-.-tei ii fini.iii rootti : "den;'' a tie "to.-,3'? and "ca -iy;'' a cc "ten;" tree. he Mul:r d repeat tho words ft,'' and when ho ,'' 'ftudes," "Hats" ine nt relume was well cared for i ' his death, v.l i h i , Ct'.Ui.-. -'liiWiluhec '.. l;t!i.. i i':-on tl:c wur at ?i!:iiiis.'m im i from natural Is fl rTamst PelUil. tmng w r.o tiio beys rims in saiohmg cycle has come with l VliU'-i" a "can :" is a "I ded;" a r a "to" ;s are a ..... , ilX.i a h.d-h un.per;'' h: is " fin i- Wi fcmt riiat wagi ,ti is i- -1 -:' are r wa -sugar,-'-wlu rew'th. h'.rs,"' 1-iju:'7" "white:;." iv er is l:, Toamv." W -headache." l.ie i.'.n ; y." I rs a room is a clothes are a "dicer" cr overcoat is a a shirt is n ttmbi-ella i -. a wio ;'' a d'a n "circlet." pai'l, as they eitd.'tit- r.".V !y.v Whcii is said that I-i j- Uoys anil T!acco. ici-o any way to enxorco tlio new law tobacco to minors? Evtr- cyeies, and tho tho tops. Ci- garetlcs are t mphatically "in" just now; 1 havo seen a dozen boys under 1-1 smoking them within the past few days. I catmol heip feeling that, ir they were smoking clay 11 - iutst'-ad of treacherous civarettes, tho case word 1 not be he.lf so bad. My memory, nt tho mention of pipes, indeed, is carried back with a jump to a primitive scene of my bos hood. There was a cc::y countrywide where sheep v. ere raised in great numbers, a-i lw:.. . :- great tare was taken witii their wo,.!. livery y.-.r.;- t!o lambs were bathed wi.h a tedmion ef tobacco, to gu:rd them acaii.st tho ti. l:s. For this soluticji, cheap tobacco f.fce;;:.3 and leavts veto Uui-rht r.n'l it was a' -pde l t he steep?: 1 li.'p.;id wtS3 a (i,T, lcn-iitg a mass of stems and leaves A Well Known K ngll?i Su linmcr I'laini t!tf SrlciK-j of 1'loatlng. "I i-Ui Iose," I remarked to Mr. Johnson, ttio vitil know-i swimmer, "that such a cork as youi-sidf caun-t .piito understand how a person sink 3." "Oh, yes, but I can. It is only such as myself, who study tiio science of floating, thit ran understand tho mystery of sinking. A rwimmer becomes a swimmer by eniieavcrmg to laid out, not so much how to s wim, as how not to sink. Man or woman can lout there is no o.Vf ptioti. The big secret is knowing how, and being self poy-sess-.-1 enough that is, in cases of emergency to take ad vr.at..-e of one's knowledge. But directly tho bo.it eapdi-.cs, or the canal bank subsides, or the sands shift, or tho deep part f the river uncomfortably a: scrts itself, the ignorant mortal (ignorant of how to use his powers of buoyancy) sets about to sink him self. " "Kink.? himself, Mr. Johnson?" I observed, dubiously. "Ves, shi!;3 himself. Up go his hands, and down he sinks like a flagstone. Cf tho ten Ihourmid and one fienzied actions in which a drowning man indulges not one is there that lends a tittle of buoyancy. In tho first piaco, ho clutch's at the proverbial straw, and there is no siif.r way of sinking ono's self than by thrusting tho bands out of the water. Th" c :is. ipaolit lurch of tho body strikes fatal tenor in the man's heart, he stru-..;.;!es spasmodically, and then, lx-reft as he is of all consciousness, vanishes to his doom. Tk, as an instance, tho yachting accident e;if iliracombo tho other day. A jovial party set sail in a crazy fishing smack, and au extra cupful of wind upset her. Iu j slautly thcro was chaos and confusion, as is al ways the ease, and fourteen luckless soi.ds : drowned themselves. It is simply suicidal for a iioii-;;wimmcr to risk Ids life in nn utp t certain craft." , I '..-upi-do, to, iui Joii"";,ni that vou a,,d I I are erm.-mg. hnat ,,as casiZed: we I ore m. u ,.f. r. Whatam I, a non-swimmer, lo ihf"' "If there is anything floating catch j nt it steadily. The least partielo will support I you. This beading which was no more than , mi inch square wouid keep your head above Witter. But if there is nothing at all within ! reach this is what vou should do." At this i - .... jnnoiure j.lr. Johnson sprang to Jus leet Throwing back Ids head, mid plaiting both hands in the small of his back, his form as sumed a slanting position. "; jo long as you remained as I uiu now, ro long would you boat." "Then it is not necessary for the reopiire meats of floating that one's toes should be level with bis lev-;'' "Not in the least The mode of floating in a moment of emergency is its I have ju. fc illustrated or. at least, my cxperieii'M te'.ls mo that it ia the safest an 1 :!i -i' . i,. '. It would b an iueonsider nbie t;eu ! e . - r people to familiarize tiiem- principles of Hosting, and a ii:d -Mice with tho subj -ct mignt f ho; long service. To be of any .swimming must bo studied to perfection. A man or woman is termed a .oed swimmer (and the man or woman conies to think so toe) who can matinee, say, a score lengths of a buth twenty yard-.-; long. Here the water is tepid end smooth, but it is dil"er-t-nt at sea. How many yards would that same swimmer traverse in troublous waters? But thy chances are that he could float till rescued, which is always tho end sought after." Pall Mall Gazette-. Tlic . ttiiio (Utility ihu Jlishi.-i..i .i ei.Midh 10 j.i r cut. clnvijitT tlitm :uiy lioiite vest of Will never bo fmlerf-ulu. Call and leetiiviiucil. ti " r. i ii a m i 5 ' 1 Wi!) -!' l-VtJvH'- GEOP; T ifjij SET I -FOR ALL CLAHSKS OF- , : 1 i . SCJVt: simple aop: prove to be reel service be:.: i l.f.-t y in ;iss , tf.o sun .".i --iUiit th ai: t v-.r silver crsa li as ro.. ;rs' ' i .- i.ater" ae.d iratoiy' "fiz2.'; lyuamite," --lu; ie.'defoi ;t,' "hi io. "the a I'd t!--: dried pipe, Willi the : id i ha her O t tit'J o pizeii, -ri'.ey. "pain kiiler, " .trover." AVhen am.ra i- n "iMiitllii: "i.ot stu 'itira'.vm-,-, 7 is drunk he i-; - v. ith Bt.i: 71 "car-. 'aicu" and "de- I t .mg ," or has lrh:g en a : off more elejant." cargo' -hitileg the n than ha can chow," -' "sUidyitigst.aie-" or-t When trying to get truswd t'er a drink man is "brae; r,:; t lie 1 a.; ," ".-.i-.tging a song 'e-tiiling his j .gs" and 'viKirring' If be waiiiN from tov.n to ti: "hiK-fs it," "ties it." -collars ii I' ll p; n tho act t the pike," u::d3 sap out cf tho ties" cui "g'-e's on hw ... o 17 1 1: me trie l aeee, and m il upon it. , grown u: an barrages, ever did tho. .: drie a.i acorn mer." yr, numaged to secure tmd to npoa lie.' roof: and when tho ' dry it was p-.-.u::dcd v.p, and -'ady to M-ioke. Vero V.v-ro i: Koz for these boys. lint stent acorns, which had l-.ei u tUv.K.-.l out for the purp.ose. For tie.ro were slender grape vines dug out of their middle. Then re lilitd .-.".'! Ii this i;ret';arat::m. la h:xa b..eu steeped out f ;1 a boy of them all could jut probably not one of i given to Reina Victoria.? enjoy sc. smoke as much 1 tobacco grounds smoked p;pv. Boston Ti atiseriet IT caui-. ay .;pui;, the :; steady heir crati-i o;a;u it Is ? I.i hi new universal lac vr:i -.v.-ir '! .. , J - "V international con :'ua; e, is oiatniit'Sts re-. s a few t-ttu.il companies us t!o oaelt country dis tricts aro-.Ty by nights," " water tank shows," "Jim Crows,"' -cross road concerns," or "barn -itormcrs." An cqrcss ti ain irt n 'flyer," a freight train a "Mviii," a ie . -eager car :i "velvet coach," a berth in a sleeping eo-.ch is a "hider." A steam bet is a i'.oct." A: oumibuj is a "ice!-;" :i small ce.rriace is a "llv;" a hack is a "..lose." To die is to "crock," "'push, clot; Is," -tilvime," "pass over," "go to that bo;irne," "wing a light." "ti'iil-o. nn exit," "go to r.well the ago r.t .'nil lie:!, r.:::i ni'Ki ct ti;.; couti Of Kure.pa t.-iit tvpresi -utati ves. The ! repute of America for enlightened curi y we.s saved hy one gentlemen from Cin ; ;ti. l'is.e"i- t.'ehlcyer, the inventor cf ;utit jciat of took the chair in tho name n.-s of Fivmce. lie esplained was jiot meant to sup-mess to : t'i cuor "cas:. ::el death is "the lr.?t curtain. in b.is part aiiel Brooklyn Eagle. hervoKS Acvf crkers. The Vandcrl.ilt boys, with the exception of the poetic Cb-..rge, are early risers, rapid walkers and nervous in lh-dr movements. Chauneey M. r.pe'.v rushes infolds oilles like a hurt ieane ea. ly in the monung and is con stantly on the re.ovo until he goes homo in tho cveniitg. Go into any of the r .sorts where proa:ii:ent lie -7 Yorkers take their luucbccna and ye-ii will be at once impressed with tho fact of their nervous temperament. Tho brothers of Robert Bonner take their midday meal daily at the A?tor House. The moment they drop intD their seats a well trained waiter rushes out to the carving table and orders their lue.eheon with the sr.- plementary remark: "It ie- for the Jle.ssrs. Bonner; hurry uo." Robert Bonner himself is a man of slow movement compared with other New York editers. Stick a pin in hint and he would probably turn a! -out with the calm-ioss pecu liar to the id .-eho'.'l of 2f ev. Yorkers and ask what you men;;:. Try th3 same experiment with James Gordon Bennett and ho would wheel about an 1 i-tfer to give you battle on the spot. Resort to th? same artifice with Joseph Pulitzer r.-.id lie v. oul I spring up with raze, turn upon you and probably knock you out in a jiffy. I li is tho most nervous of all Ivjw York journalists, and walks rapidly, with Lis broad shoulders thrown well back. Chicago Herald. O.-i: J ch;r. the Ian; the r.ss that Yoke oilier i.on-.ies, oe.. on.-. to s;:e iv a new for the common purpose of ail mankind, and tu particular for the promotion of universal bro;ht-rhe -'.1. The inventor hones ict induce tho German goveenmti.t to admit Voiap-uk to tho list of l-mgue.gis transmissable by telegraph within th-- empire. In Denmark it has Leon cfiieiaiiy recommended to telegraph clerks as a subject of study. Tho best augury for "its spread in Franco lies in the fact that Berlin takes no interest in ir, ii.asnmeh us that city was not represented at the congress. Englishmen ought to look upon Yol.y -e.k wit h a kindly eye, as most of i:s i.'orrowings irom me iermame iangua are ta.ken from their own tongue, acteri .ticaliy I.nglish phrase, "How much money I.u e your'' mtiLt, we regret to say, be ..-3 - Tiio char- rci Iii in Y-e!:, Ixiis.'' London t ewe. Ly "Moni liuiodik ! TTit V.I-en it Doesn't Count. It is curious that the lettci-s accotnpanyicg papers offered f cr publication often display mora naturalness, wit, joetic ber.uty or forci bio me thods of stating things than the arti cle's themselves. Ve as-o soinerimc-s tempted "to icabliah as gems letters introducing ccn tributions whicii we are compel'.ecl to d.'lin9. j Christiau Advocate. j Punch wJtli Care. i Th overland roads to California havo ' adopted a system of pkotographie tickets. ; We presume the purpose is to beat the scalper 1 and prevent tram'crale. Ic is a very in- : genious I km. Along tho margin of the I ticket the following is printed in small type: I Male Female. j fe! mi Medium Stout. j Young Middle ligeil Elderly. ' Eye- Light Dark. Hair Light Dark. ' Beard Mustache Chin Side "None. Ziow, supposing a J'eung woman of Eiight build, dark eyes and light hair boards the overland train. f5.:o hand's her ticket to tho hurrying conductor, who, before returning the pasteboard to her, sizes up his passenger and with his little punch cuts ho...s in ti.o 1 words "maie," "medium," "stout," "midiiio aged," "elderly," "light," "dark," "mustache," "chin" and "side." Boston Post. Ifow "rsi-tio" Came to bo Written. It was on. a Saturday night in i'5.7.), when Dau Enimett was a member of Bryant's I minstrels in New York, that Dan Bryant : catno to E:nm-tt nt;d said: "Dan, can't you ' get up a walk around? I want something new and lively for Monday night." At that : date ail minstrel shows used to ind up with 1 a walk around. The demun 1 for them wa3 constant, and Eminett was the composer of itll of them for Bryant's mimtrels. Eminett, ! of course, went to work, but he had done so i much in thc.t line that nothing nt first pre i coated itsc if that ho liked. At last ho hit upon the first two bars, and any composer can tell j how good a start that is in tin; manufacture of ti t ane. By Sunday afternoon ho had the words, commencing "I wish I was in Dixie." The colloquial expression is not, as innst poopto suppose, a southern phrase, but first appeared among the circus men in tho north. In early fall, w hen nipping frosts would ovcr t .".;- the tented wanderers, the boys would thin!: -cf the genial warmth of tho seetioti th.-y were Leading for, and the common cx-pres-ioii would be: "We!!, I wish I was in Dixie." This gave tho catch line; tho rest of tho song was original. On Monday morning tho song was rehearsed and highly commend ed, and nt night a crowded house camo to hear tho refrain, and half of tho auditors went homo singing "Dixie." Tho song bo came, the rage, anel Newcomb's, the Buckleys' and other minstrel parties gave Enimett five dollars for tho privilege of using it. Mr. Work-in, of Isev.- Orleans, wrote to Emmctt to secure the copyright, but without waiting fcr an answer published it, with words by a Mr. Peters. Pond, of ITew York, secured it from Emmctt, and gave him i''AX), but Wcr lein sold thousands of copies without giving. Dan a nickle. Kot only wis Enimett roblied Of the profits of his song, but tho authors-hip of it wiis disputed. Pond brought the matter before a music publishers' convention and set tled tho question of authorship, but Dan reaped no benefit from this tardy justice. Emmett got into trouble about his song dur ing tho war. It was considered a rebel song, and a sapient editor in Maine declared that Dan was a secessionist, and that be should bo treated as ono, although tho song was written two years before the commencement of tho rebellion. Professor, Kano in Baltimore American. Disposing of Obnoxions Customers. One of the cpiieteet and most effective ways we have of disposing of obnoxious customers is simply giving orders that they shall not be waited upon. A policemau came hero ono night and after ordering a good meal disputed the price and made, a great fuss. Tho man in charge threw his money back to him and told him never to come in here again. Then ho told tho wait s that any ono who would wait on that man might consider himself dis charged. The policeman did come in a few 1 nights afte. , and every wa'ter had something to do that engrossed all his attention. Tho j oflicer asked for a cup of cofTec, and j every one seemed to be afflicted with deaf ness. When ho did succeed in commanding the attention of one waiter he was told there j was r.o cofTec, no tea, nothing for him. Ho I finally realized the situation, took his hat and walked out, and Le has never been here since. : We have tried tho same plan successfully j wi:h young bloods who havo thought it a ! good joko to empty a bottle of catsup into j the sugar bowl. Restaurant Clerk in Globe- j Democrat. ! ark E "m? "O 33 -FOIt -CO TO fir:; ';y; -;v- f Cv m-x Where a marrninct'iit islocl: of Gootl- and abound. Fair I'liccs UNDEBYA Erne A SPECIALTY. rCi'-n-u t--,-J; CivJ V CORNER .MAIN AND SIXTH irtMtL"i BRASKA 0 E & (s i Co i s:--.' :t to j. m. j;o i;i-i:ts.) Will keep coiiKlantly on hand a full and conileti; stock ol 1 ti 9 i. i it a 9 it- r .. 5 i 'rttiPiii-H- D J q it a Fisll Ijhu' of STJlSriDISJ' Jiiuc P T "1 i L I QjQ O R m h h m w m v &j E 17 i& vz? a A M K IS H Vii K'3 0 b y ja & Jf f? fTitA ? 7--M 3rtiVtFi , t ac r c - P c& FM Q- VIS 10 E($, in B. MURPHY 1 1. I- X i JJLiX rn Ll) -HAS THE JJEST EQtJiri'KD- SJ $k tlWV t il M -T ? I 0Epss Z WH tfea -Ms sfea eMi PLflTTSMOUTH OB CASS COUNTY. JL2.d) -s'li tM fft V-3 -4 4 A V.ay Out. A little Cass avenue girl camo homo from church greatly troubled over tho bott omless pit. After c.whi.e she cheered up, say iug; 'I iidn"t think of it before, but if the Lottos:! cf the pit is out 1 could got out on the other side. : couldn't; I?" Dclroit Tribuuc. Cuilfisb Cakes ami Blolasses. A ta'l and stout visitor to tho Astor hoiira rotunda ordered codfish cakes, and plaeirliy iustructe;! the waiter that ho wanted 6 jme j rnola'-ses. He was particular to state that he didn't waut sugar or maple syrup he wanted molasses. Ho poured the molasses over the ?h cakes, end seemed to relish them. --Oh, that's nothijj," remarked tho waiter to another vLs? tor, "ono of our patrons is stuck on sardines and ice cream, and another in r.i.,ts oa a thin layer of English mustard cn bid i.umj-kin xic!" New York Bun. i i jFciyvelope, iT Wtel, Note 1:Xg-c-1, l-eecls, Visiiqg Gqi'ds, IGictilais, losot ' ; . 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