Till-: DAILY HERALD, iM,ATISMOUTII, NEJJKASKA, SAITJUDAY, OCTOBER S, 1887.
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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 ;
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k;.-: ii' in an
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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)
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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
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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.
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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,
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"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
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a h.d-h
un.per;''
h:
is
" fin
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Wi
fcmt
riiat
wagi
,ti is
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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
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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. !
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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.
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