THf. DAILY IIEKALP, 1 LAiXSMOUTii, inkijuAiSK A, SATURDAY, 1- K1UUJAUY 4, 1888.
THE TELEGRAPH'S RISE.
THC
FIRST MESSAGE THAT EVER
WCNT OVER A WlftE.
KctiiW.isi-cnrcH of I'rif'Hsor DIdikii ilvcn
to llio l'.il)!i: ly Om, of 111 I.'uilimt
1 'i I'll il i uti-i ! im; inciieii( (hitlieri'il
I'roui .Jol. ii IV. it-Si.
Morse had . . -d hinii.-'f of a litt 1c room
in the cast end : I In: .pi'ol, and there, nl-Kll'U-"tcd
but :i ! ie, I ao new ;:i Iiiclii; of the
postuilieo i irl ,u. ';t fount him, ;i thin,
rprire, car. worn, m.:-i .tis man, in tho midst
i if eonfu: -ilig heaps of u ii i--nd pots find ap
parent ! hrm. A i ongr: -.e ji:il cummifteo
was oil i's way V ice linn ..ml ixaniii.e in
practivl operation ti:o I'l.iei.iao which I in
had prom iced would i i ..e-mit iiiti-liii i-nt
jiP f i'M-. I.i t'.vi-M j t .- miles !ii.iri. Tlio
I i i I v.l.ieh started ( j v. i Half imoro wax
built uhoul li; , .- ii houl tho Wnsbhig-
lo:i Jtiiii t m, j;i::l 'iiii-t.'.iiii; circa if." (Iriuro
tho day of ground wires.) was in working or
I'T. The -'Hiii:ji! came. Tho statesmen
iipproa'hed his irsi riim'-ct nutiou.-.'y, ;.s if
sn ..; '. big ii: i!. i lii'.'.in sud. l-eily get into an
cr-ploding Ii!.. Kin. li.'.ally the. ranged tlfi.i-m-Ivi-m
;ss - J --;-! u.i l.i'.v dared ; side the ani
mate I 1' c'.ri-i::u and awaited bis experi
ments. "No-.-.-, -.d iemc
tho win ."' ej.e :tlr:
out j-i::r .-.vn i.i .
leimp'o th.s wh .!.
piishi s rv , hiog
wh :t sisal" send ovt-r
i li:e c:i in in. "i'ick
, .'.'.d I'll id low yon how
i is mil l:mv it aoeoin
it !'vu 'aimed.""
j ." '. !-. :e .i v.. ):-:r:Uy expecting rt
dial!. :i;;" !;!; 1 . i u i'in:ai congressional
genii's :::;; 'rU-d il ":", aud ooo of tho jiarty
iri.i,' thit t!i;i st.-M-lIixily original iu
for'iifitliin I.n ;l;ifii'iv flnr :
'Hr. Uroivn, of Jiuli;:',.!, in 1-cro."
I'rof. V.i 1.1-iit, ov. r his instrument, nnd
1ojj-. d a way. 'i it k, lir.':, t ii-k-t: I;-lit k went
tli; t lrctiio ianjiin, nml tiion :i moment latrr
i-atii' tli! t. xuv.i r.iliiin-; li:i .f signals r.sioii
c:i ud j..ini;i macliint: the indentation 31orso
Tin? 1 1 r.i.m rri-.-tl .Jrc-.l t!:o -!i;i of pajior as it
-:.!r.o r.-li-a. front tho instriiini'iit, wanned
ita.-r!y, a::d tlii-n, iith tiio air of an em-iK-mr
v. rown is ::-.-if-won, lio thrust tho
Hut tiTiivr whito Kcrap f :-v.v;;rd.
,Sr-:iilil ho tii ; :;'.rod another sheet
0:1 iiii-h L's u..L and u:..-h s;jn inamial aj-
l-arod
v! 'i'.ii.-a ihN for a ppi-:o ;nd you'll liml
I-rii!t;tI there ihu very words you asked trans
mit .!."
'i'hn ilvl'atio1! IM a:; (lirr'C'til, n:id suro
e!ioi; ;li t-!i-y rjie!Ie:l out so ;-:o.st:isationnl o-in-;s-oa
(-f '-.Mr. j:.-o.v;i of l:i:i;:i:ia."
C;tv'ri'i.' Thos f-oni-tvni-n converted?
Wi , liardly. This i ; th.- wo '.IiH-tioa of Mr.
Kirk: "One f t'.:; :u liiii.r-ln.il i;vj an;! winked
in a s;ij;ori"ir a.id l ri-. in wjrt of way, whilo
.i::otl.i-r w hi i.o-. rei1.: 'That's what I caJl jiretty
' t!iin:' aad a third nr.nrki'-.i j iht out loud:
'It v.. l i t !! T! it '.i)(-. !i"t imivo anything.'
I';or .Vur.j'.i hearb v.-: r.!:nuti broken. His
ti iun.;-ii was ti;ni'l ill to bitt ruoss. Every
. one of hi.; visitors went awriy more skeptical
1 ha:i ever."'
?-I.ivo wo-.vTcd only t'-o hnrrkr aft?r his
failure to co:ivini-t Vv.f wy.vy nu-n from con
gress I iy tl.tr to..;, of his livo riilj lofip. Day
l y d.iy more i. tr-i n't; srnl nioro wira
v.as sitrete!:? !, mi 1 Ar.nanoli:: Junction half
way lt Jjai.ir.iore v.;.s jiist i"xut reaehcl
when i!n Wlii;; ist'.ti : ir.l '.invention of May,
1SJ!, o;.'!v..l i:i lalu-iif ;:v. lle:-e, at the
s:!r.::ev.;;-:i of his f: :-:tl, Jlr. John XV. Kick,
lior.io wiv o;.-.i. .-:n::i; ics beyond any that
had c!'.:ie I j i before. On the morning
that the e. ';; i.vu.n orar.ireu ho was able by
dint of work by r.iht as well as by day, to
get conneftiiui thr:.ur:?i to Annaixilis junc
tioii fr.:;i hi.-? little Vr.:--hiiigton machine
c'.:o-. lio hrv.l il.icod a bright young fellow
at tho Aii:i:-. voiis J i r.-.-t'oii, and with ia
rtruci io-.i.-. to ;:ec ii:foraiatiou of what tho
einivtatioii ii:id ilor.o just r.s fooh astheafter
notm l ;i . I::o.-v train arrived at the junction
uud teie .i- : .Ii a at cr.ee to Vi'usliiugton.
OS . -. V.i-3 c:;::t.il was v.i a ferment;
-wry -;:i; ;i .nixious for tho new-3 from
Uah iii'.ore; but iili trai.u should arrive from
tho st-etio it ' . a-, re-o;,;:i,:ed t hat notaiiig could
be hv. r.vv.. Tiia e;' r::e old iclhiw siieat that
eveutiiil .-.fi.r:Ko: a:! r.ioae, savo for the
.'Oi:ir::;ai'iii.-:'.::;i of Jv.-i'.n ICirk.
Fuddenly titer? casnc ..:: aiiinirited clicking,
lie v.ho v. an r-., i, interest-I bout forward as
if intent on f:-.ir':y coajvming tho strip of pa-j-er
tlir.t cn-pi out from tho register. There
wasalr.icst :!;to:sy i;i l.i.i face as, snail like,
tho pajHT hahed and hr-sita-tpd, spurted a
little, stood .s
Riurted r.iov
o' ,o.l r ,.. !...
-tho Message completed
JUoivo ro. e reef, looked j rouuly about him,
and said as ruudJy as though he were dis
tributing ki:i;;.iiir.3:
'Jlr. Hi:-;,-, the convention has adjourned.
The train f:-r Washington has just lef t An
napolis ji-.--cii ni. And the ticket'' ho hesi
tated. :.,':di;u; Him! proof of his victory be
yond ail ci'-Mati-ig the ticket tho ticket is
Clay iV-'.!!ihu3 sv:i."
"You ar.' oui.-.ing us," was the quick re
tort he heard "a this was pro. '.aimed out
side. "It's e:'..-y i:.iu;h for you to guessthat
Clay is at i he her.d of tho t icket. but Freh'ng
b.uysc:i who th-Mlevil is Fivlir.ghuysenf
"I only l;!iov--," vas tho ilignitied answer,
"that it is n I. graphed mo s. from Annapolis
Junction, rhf iv my operator had tho news
five minuses ago from the train that is bound
this way bringing the delegates."
In those .lays tho twonry miles from An
napoli.: Juat-tion to iugcon made up a
trip of c.o hov.r and a quarter for the excep
tionally fa'C train.?, sach as that which was
bringing thj Whig delegates to Washington.
Long before ih-? journey was over the news
papers enterprising even in those days had
extras on tho streets, and the newsboy was
crying lustily the chronicle that Morse had
caught Cashing through twenty miles of air.
A great crowd of people was at the statioi
The extras, with their cabalistic legend "iy
Telegraph," Lad whetted public curiosity t
keenest edge. Out of tho jammed trail
came th- delegates piling, ea-j-u anxious ti
be foremost in sending abroad to friend? th
ins)iritin-r iit.-wsthat f.irt line was with Harry
of the west. And how dumbfounded they
were, fin Ling in very typo before tiieni th.
story they believed exclusively their own.
I low but by a miracle could the news have
pained .uch headway "By t!?graph," so
tliey read in the headlines of the journals.
"By telegraph:" That pestiferous Morse ;
The" had seen tho wires stretching along tho
track all the way from Annapolis Junction
into Washington; they had seen it, and they
had joked a'oout it glibly. I'hew! It was
hard to realize. Hut bat but what can &
man do when ho can't do imything" Tho
douliters und scoffers lecau;e enthiisiasticaHy
dumb.
S. F. C. Itforsa had won. "When ho next
nppraretl i?i public tho people showered him
with huzzas II o was no longer a dreamer;
bo was a dox-r; and there were honors for him
TitiPtiiited. Xi'w York Tin.os.
An i:.ectric Clock.
A new :V;T-g .ut is a clock, wit a ordinary
worts, thr.t -.-ii! run fura year without atten
tion. An tl cL:i? battery concealed ia tho
.case winds i:p the cki from day to day, or
vt-i k to week, as the need iuu.y be. Once in
i great while tho battery must bo renewed,
ibut thai is til the care tho clock calls ur.
JL'iiicafcO livi'aU.
TWO AMERICAN TRAITS.
We Are n I'eople of Rnnagntd nnd 1'rof
Hirate KiMjndthrlft.
Two of our national characteristics are
going to prcfwrvo thoi-quilibriiim of tlicso
bI Ks.-l United States. In the lirst plnco
tho American love of danger, in the sec
ond place, the American indifference to
Iiomo. F:w Americans, who arc tho
moht reckless of morUils, are only happy
when tempting fate or daring 1'rovidence
through Homo medium of m-ntal excite
ment and jiersonal danger. It will bo
iliflicult to convince future historians of
ns as a race that we did not prefer rid
ing on :i can of dynamite to n po.sing on
an innocuous down cushion. The love of
nelf preservation which is implanted in
man seems to lie entirely Bubservient to
tho love of peril in tho average Ameri
can. A rather nervous individual re
cently assured mo that the tremor which
jussuiled him when he lirst liegan to travel
on tho elevated railroads in New York
always added a zest to his ride, and when
custom wore away that feeling he was
quite wretched.
"What did you wish should happen to
you?" I asked, to humor what I believed
to he an affectation.
"Just what did happen the other day,"
he resionded, with a slight shrug of his
shoulders. "I wanted to be in an acci
dent. I never have lieen in an accident
and I have done some pretty risky things.
It is probably the sauie fueling that im
pels a Uiy to tikate on thin ice, walk on
peaked fences and scoot ticross a railroad
truck when the engine's coming. My
theory is that half of the great inven
tions are the results of innate reckless
ness. The inventor of electricity may
have leen a thinker, but he was a loy
lirst! And do you lx-lievo a timid woman
would ever have dreamed of building an
L road? 8he likes it now she has got it,
for tho gentler sex aro proverbial for
rushing in whero angels fear to tread,
and who among your acquaintances
would hesitate to cross the ocean in four
days if any means could le invented to
condense tho voyage to these brief di
mensions?" The fact is, this person is thoroughly
American. Ve do like to le scared. As
to Ihcsecoiid characteristic, the indiffer
ence to home, we shall never lo anything
hut ro:uners. Perhaps as Americans be
come more and more imbued with for
eign customs they will cultivate the "an
cestral hall" feeling and throw out those
roots which must cling to the hearth
stone where their fathers have sat before
them. The American constitution, the
laws of this happy country, are not ex
actly in accord with family roof trees,
however much they may lie with the
genealogical specimens, hut why as soon
as a rich man has builded himself a palace
and tilled it with treasures ho wants to
get out and build another is unaccou.it
able. save that, being American, he can
not help himself.
It is not merely the unrest of posses
cion that seizes him. lie is impelled by
a love of change, that natural iickleness
which makes Jiim dissatisfied with that
particular side of the street or the archi
tectural plan of certain rooms, and so in
a brace of years the palace is to let ftir
r.ished or it is in the market, and milord,
with his family, wandering in the four
quarters of the globe. Boston Herald.
What Physicians and Lawyers Earn.
Says a west side physician : ' 'Probably
the most lucrative medical practice in
Chicago is worth about ?23.000 a year.
That is tho beet the most successful phy
sician in Chicago can do. Doctors do
not earn as much as lawyers. I mean
the successful ones. I suppose there are
a dozen or more lawyers in town who
make more than '25,000 a year, and a
score or so enjoy an income of from
$15,000 to $20,000 a year. You can
count on the fingers of your two hands,
the number of doctors making $10,000 a
year. One of them is a colored man,
whose practice is largely among white
people. Yet the average earnings of the
physicians of the city probably exceed
the average earnings of the lawyers.
The average in both professions is start
lingly low, probably nottoexceed 1,000.
There are hundreds of good openings for
physicians in the growing country of the
west, but young men persist in clinging
to the cit-, where many of them eke out
an existence on an income cf $000 or
400 a year, waiting for something better
to turn up." Chicago Herald.
Knssian Cities Fire Department.
The same precautions against fire are
taken in Moscow and St. Petersburg to
day that were in use a century ago.
Scores of fire towers are everywhere
seen. They run up about seventy-five to
100 feet, are built like a lighthouse, with
winding stairway, and have a platform
all around the top, where the watchman
patrols day and night. If a fire is dis
covered a signal is given and tho lire de
partment turns out. It was only recently
that St. Petersburg, tho capital, with
hundreds of millions of government prop
erty, .secured a steam lire engine. And
that is a ioor, old fashioned affair. The
hand engine docs service there yet, as in
most other cities in the empire. "When a
fire breaks out the streets are cleared for
such a department display as an Amer
ican town would make; people go wild,
talk loud, get in the way, and when the
fire burns out the department goes back
to watch the towers for another signal.
Moscow Cor. New Orleans Times-Demor
crat.
New Passenger Coaches.
""We don't like to put new passenger
coaches on through service,"' said an old
railroad man to me. Asked for a reason
he said: "Through passengers have a bad
habit of putting their feet on tho new
plush, sioiling it in a very short time.
We always run tho new coacjies in the
local service for about a 5-ear and then
they are in about theright shape for long
trips. Passengers going si short distance
don't have that inclination to elevate
their feet that other people have, and
usually the cars are too full to turn over
the seats." Buffalo News.
Foot and Meter.
According to Mr. E. G. Pavenstein,
the English foot is used as the standard
of length bv countries having 4G 1,000. 000
inhabitants", the meter by 347,091,000
people, and the Castilian foot by 5,905,
000. Denmark and Russia are the only
countries in continental Europe which
have not adopted the meter. Frank: Leslie'.
ARTS OF DIVINATION.
The Trivialities to hit Ii the Olil Astrol
ogers Would l cenl.
It i- astonishing into what, trivial d -tall
astrologers were prepared to go. There in
something, for instance, delightfully rich in
interrogating tbj planets as to the w hen.
abotits of a lost dog. And yet thi-s was done,
us related by William Lilly, who gives full
purtieul.irs as to his met hod nnd success. Hi.;
n count is worth quotation. After drawing
the usual plan or tho state of tho heavens, ho
continues: "Tho tyuero unto me wus what
part of the city they .-.hould search: ii"St, if
Lo should ever recover him. Tlr sign of
Oemiiii is wistund by south; the quarter of
heaven is west; Mercury, th sigmlicator of
the Hog, is in Libra, a western sign, but
southern quarter of heaven, tending to the
west.
"Tho moon is in Virgo, a southwest sign,
and verging to the western ungl"; t!i.
strength of tho testimonies examined I found
the plurality to signify 1 he w e.-.t, and ihiruforo
1 judged that the dog ought to bo westward
from tho place whore the owner lived, which
wus ut Temple 1 Jarre; wherefore 1 judged
that the dog was about Long Aero or upper
part of Hrury Lane. In regard that Mer
cury, signili rator of tho beast, was in a sign
of tho sanio triplicity thut (leiuiiii his as
cendant is, which signifies Loudon, and did
not apply to a trine aspect of iho cusp of the
sixt house, i judged the dog wus not out of
the lines of commuiiieat ion, but in the sumo
quarter; of which J was moro coaii- iued by
the sun and Saturn, their trine aspect. Tho
signo wherein Mercury is in is Libra, nn
a very slgne.
"I judged tho d:Z was in some chumbci or
upper loom kept privately r in great
secrecy; liocauso the moon was under tho
boamos of t he sun, and Mercury, 11100:1 and
sun were in tl:eei;;ht hou-e, but been us-the
sun oil Monday follow ing did apply by trine
dexter to Saturn, lord of tho ascendant, n::d
moon to sextilo vl Mars; having exaltation
in tlu- ascendant., I intimated thatiui-iy
opinion he should have his dog again..-, or
uewes of Ids dog upon Monday following, or
noer that time, which was true, for a gci.ilo
inaTi of thequerem's acquaintance sent him
the dog tho very sumo day about 10 in tho
morning, who by accident ooniiiig to slo a
friend in Ing Acre, found the dog chained
up under a tablo and sent him home, asabuvo
said, to my very great credit.' This uio!i
ishing success will form a fitting con. fusion.
Some of our readers may ierhaps co.isidor it
belongs to that method of divination known
as tho romaney. Lcisuro Hour.
Closing the TrTesrow l!nivcrt:ity.
The university iii. jxi-tor, Hrisgalof, is
known as very narrow minded. lH'.: ing a
concert given by the students he said to 0110
of the singers: "You aro drunk."' "Yorr
olicnsivo expression is not deserved,"' was tho
reply, '"as I never touch drink." "Then you
aro a dirty scamp!"' was the inspector's reply,
for which the st udent lo;:eil his t :.rs. On the
morning following tho procurator of Moscow,
Count Kapnist, assembled t he students ;-;d
addressed them, saying: '"Who amoog you
should wish to justify the proceedings 01
your colleague under arrest is ivqiws;-d to
riso and say so." There was no response,
probably because tho sjcoch was not rhv.r
enough ia its expressions to bo rea lily i::id r
stooth Then tho count added: "Thus every
ono of you is a scoundrel." That word was
followed by a storm of indignation. "Vot::i
tlrel vouivelf :"' "Down with bin:!"' "Out
with "him I" "Krisgalof must go!"' "The
council is infamous!'' "Tho by laws must bo
amended!"' and other cries wera uttered ia
passionate vchemenev. The greater number
of tho 1,."UX) students assembled sncc cie-.l in
reaching tho street, end forming groups
awaited further developments. Soldiers
been posted near tho university hcfo; ha;:d,
anil a great many lookers on were crowi.ed
in tho streets.
Then Russian savagery was displayed ".
its fuiicst extent. Tho cavalry, without a
word of warning, charged upon tho crowd,
wounding, trampling down and killing u
great number. I snw an old lady, with her
gray haired proitictor, whoso roiid lay ti rough
that street, ruthlessly sabred and trodu.Mi
down. Tho natural result of ruch outir.ges
was that tho infuriated populace charged
back upon tho soldier's, driving luem back 1 y
the sheer imjjotus of their numbers, though,
without weapons of any kind. Mean v. hiie,
the professors of the university, afraid of tho
number of students that had remained i:i the
building, had recourso to tho usual protectors
in similar eases tho butchers of tho district,
who entered tho hall brandishing their long
knives. Under tho countenance of their
patrons, tho professors, they proceosld to
commit unspeakable outrafws npon whomso
ever Lad tho inisfortuno to incur their dis
pleasure. Two hundred students wero im
prisoned. The rest walked tho Etrtttu in
grout's, sugir.g their songs. At 1 1 o'elcek
1 on the morning following tho students assem
bled peaceably on tha boulovard, when tho
porters and scavengers, with orders from
police headquarters, sppciircd and proceeded
to renew tho outrages upon tho students as
on tho previous day, at which sculllo on
student was killed. Then tho students dis
continued attending tho university. Moscow
Letter.
Educational Progress in Africa.
Tho first school in Western Africa upon
the plan of the German popular schools was
opened at Kamaroons. Among the thirty
two pupils there are seven sons of King Bed,
tho native ruler. Like all the negroes of tho
region he complains terribly at the exorbi
tant cost of the education of his boys, which
cannot fail, he says, making his exehec.ncr
bankrupt. The feo is settled at seventy-live
cents a month a pupil, which, with the usual
inlo of compounding for a number of pupils
from the same family, will bring tho amount
due by his majesty for tho education of his
seven princes to something like 4 a month,
an immense sum for a royal darkey's
treasury. The progress made by. tho pupils
in general is said to bo satisfactory in tho
three "R's," but clas:s singing is not good.
Bellowing is too natural en exercire for the
black voices to allow them to have any
pleasure in civilized chorus singing. Chi
cago News,
Kugland Near :.t Hand.
You have only to cross Niagara river to
find old Etiglish ways followed. The bishop
of Niagara is his lordship, aud you will hear
the natives of Fort Frio talk of their lively
neighbors on this side as "fiis Americans,"
just as if they didu'l lite in a part of Amer
ica themselves. In their spelling they aro
particularly English, you know. They put
u into pai-for and an extra g into wagon.
Whereas we spell jail with a i, an a, an i and
ail 1, the;. Tx-rvcrsely make it gaol but they
get there ay the same! HuIIalo Courier.
Flontin;; inrlcus of Ca-iiniere.
The floating garden on tho rivet's arc
formed by the long sedges being interwoven
into a mat, earth beir.g supei h-.iio:ed there
upon and the stalks finally cut under water,
thus releasing them froai the bottom of tlio
lake. They ere usually about -0 by 2 yards
ia size. A dishonest Cas!isr i will semet imcs
tow his neighbor's gainien avay fron it-:
moorings and appropriate its produce, which
generally includes eueurbitaccous fruits ard
vegetables and a fine d.isoription of grapo.
The Highlands of India,
BROKEN ANCHORS.
Wl"r; the jnnl: shop's Hhndnws sh-p,
An 1 the Kpiders tirood ami spin.
Pre!, ou aiu'iiLirs 1 u.,tiuj lie , J.
Y it!t tli- wreckage of the deep.
S:! nt Ii to the streets loud din;
silent lu re the roar of sea;
l!ut up'-iKe HlriiiK wraitlis to me, : "
Ai:d imploring voices cry:
"I.i t ns lie And rust and mold :
liimeiri jaak simps everywhere
Kest.T '11 -;,tli yoiirouii r sky.
la the era..v race fur fjoM
luaiitu slii;.s lire 1 xited bare!
Jieadiier wn-i-ks, in saodi r fate,
brcnl: t.eiieuth the slorins of lii.te;
While dcspuiriitg v..iees cry : '
Lilgar 1.. Wula nian.
HEWITT ON PHYSICAL CULTURE
Opposed to I"u?;ilistic lie-sorts but ill
I'iivor ot 1 Sox ins tlkvt'S.
One of the. vital qu.-stiou.; e.tVeel iug tho ri:i
ing general ion whieji father.; and mother"
often cot sid r, it-id are in great doubt a!'U',,
is what form of -x"re:.v tliei.- boy,-' and
youiig men should be a our.igeil to t.u;e.
The li'-rald advi-vd its ci-nv pond -nts sr:no
time ago to get opinions 0.1 the uuliject fi oio
men of prominence.
Mayor Abeam S. Hewitt said: "I nm a
physical wreck, and I ought to Jiavo been in
my grave tea years ago. Yet I mj.Io a
speech, as you recall to lr.e, a I' -w seasons
ivr'o to tho liieuiU r.-i of tho Young ?.l. n's
Ciiri-fian association on the subject t physi
cal culture. 1 beii. ve l!::.f I would ix!-.y bo
a strong, hearty man if I had early aoq-iired,
and constantly practiced, reasonable a! ii
1' ti" exercises. I we.s instrumental in cr.talt
lishiug the gyiuia-siiiiu in the Christian asso
ciation's building, and I decidedly 'oi'a
tcTianec'l tho introduction there of P- -gloves
at r. t : .: .. .
opposed. Sparrieg is now a countenanced
sport there, but lj'jmmors, loafers aud light
ers don't get into tho premises, and tho spar
ring is as gentlemanly ki checkers.
"L'ui since I have been tho mayor I have
cleaned New York city of pugilistic resorts.
You rcmmiboi- that tho Bowery used to bo
dotted with drinking saloons with rop-vl
rings at their rears, wherein nightly lioxing
matches worn tho attraction for gatherings
of bums and novices. There shall l. no p:'.;.--lio
exhibitions in this town by professional
p.igiii.sls, except of so mild a sort that tho
law is not violated thereby. Any semblance
of fights, no matter if tho gloves are as big
a.-, pillows, shall 1k prevented. But sparring
for exercise is quite anot her thing. 1 no
goixl reason for tho uisconlimianco of ;:par
liug by boys and young men in reputable
gymnasiums, in their homes, or anywhere
that it is not surrounded by vicious persons.
Oiii-nicest girls dance in their parents' par
leas aud at approved balls, but that does not
imply n th-siro on their part to go to disrepu
table dance halls for the diversion. Tho same
rhould he true of boxing by tho boys. No,
no: don't forbid the boxing gloves. Encour
age all manly and lieooming sjiorts, and only
stop them within tho borders of propriety."
iioiitoa riorald.
Tho American at Dinner.
Americans are hospitable, in a certain
way, that approaches lavishness. Whc-.ievc r
they give dinners at clubs, or at homo, tin y
di--play their hospitality by elaborate menur
which comprise too many dishes for a man'-j
tasto or digestion. This is not the epicurean
idea. There is moro merii in a dinner wire re
tho qualiJy of food, its cookery and ssrvier
aro attended to, and tho most enjo3-able ban.
quot is that where not five courses are ex
ceeded. Look at the menus of some largo
banquets, and you will find that they aver
age ten couri.es, and it is not uncommon to
seo a dinner at a club or house exceed tv.eivo
courses, with every procurable dish in the
market. Tho American is not a heavy eater,
and his digestion is more frequently than
not imperfect. Ho can, consequently, but
simply taste tho various dishes, or elsa gorge
himself liko a child at Christmas. Sit eh
c iaborats dinners aro often considered bore.
because one cannot leave the table with sat is
facfion. It is no little art to give a real enjoy.thlo
dixner. Tho people here aro too busy t- i be
come good dinner givers, for it requires mi
idler to be successful at this. Our wealthy
men do not entertain at home, and at the
clubs they are often lavish without approach
ing cpicurianism. More attention is now
paid than formerly to menu cards and ser
vice. A menu caret should bo original, sim
pio and elegant. So many of them nro
gaudy and over ambitious that they destroy
tho effect desired. It is pleasant to liegin
dinner after glancing at a refreshing menu
card. It should always bo typical, if po..-i-bk,
of the object of tho dinner, and then a
dinner should never bo served without liov
trs, which are important features of table
cvi-ar.gements. William Lucas ia Gie.be
Deuiocrat. Imyiirg a I'oay In Thibet.
Traveler Oh, Aga! (masters of horse. -i
wilt thou sell a pony J Master of the String
(bluffly) We are going to Calcutta aud ask
1,000 rupees each. What will the gentleman
offer ? Travels" Ask him how much a
ound mane and tail included he will lake.
Syce (in ecstasies of laaghter, almost unable
to articulate to the shikari The sahib wishes
to know how mi.M pice a seer the pony is
worth. Master (looking posed) The pom is
of iron legs and f.at abdomen; he is a rajah's
horse. I will take 500 rupees. Traveler
Tell him tho horse squints ind does not taik
Hindostani. How can an English gentleman
rido such an animall Master (begiiming
dimly to apprehend a joke and breaking into
a Thibetan smile) Very well! I will reduce
his price to li."0 rupees. Traveler Tell him
I will give him JO ru'tees and a chogul of
millet beer. The Highlands of India, bv Ma j.
Gen. D. J. F. NcwalL
His Self Kaisiu Nose.
I heard a funny story recently of an actor
some time ago, who was playing in a lareo,
in which it was necessary for him to u;e
l?.rge dough nose. Ono night when he go: b .
tho theatre he found no Hour, and sent the
boy out for some. Sack came the boy, the
nose v.-as m a,l i and whipped on. Presently,
to the horror of the actor, the nose began to
swell, till at len'.th, in the midst of an ir.i-
I nortant i;assa'-e it burst and fell to tle
ground. Ii had been matlo of self raising
tlour, and the heat of tlio actor's face had ac
complished tho cfiuistrophe. Newport I'ost.
The liernian Keii-liNtat;.
The rek.tive strength of parties in tha Oer
amn reieiistag, which differs very little from
what it was at the beginning of tho last ses
sion, is: Conservatives, including Imperial'
ists and Free Conservatives, 117; Ciericals or
Center, 101; Poles, i:j; National Lilierals, VJ;
Liberalists, t'rogre.Svst, or Radicals, fit;
social J iemocrats, 1 1 ; Independents, includ
ing tho Alsaco-Loi-i-i'mers, 22; total, VJ7.
Chicago Ne ws.
Iettin "Well IZnonglt Alone.
Landlady Jane, i-ass Mr. Dumley tho salt
for his egg.
Duailey Tka-aks, not any salt. This egg
is none too faxsh as it is. New York Sun.
Cold black tea is said to be good for keep
ing the hair ia carl.
CALIFORNIA CAHHFD GOODS, CHEAP.
SARATOGA CHIP POTATOES,
Pure Fruit Preserves, IBc a lb.
FRENCH. AMERICAN and MUSTARD SARDINES.
''Thompson's Relish," Something New and Nice
BD Bsnaett
T fl 0 i " 1 S i I S 0 s 0
Is ezi joying a
EDITION S,
The
Will bo one (luring witicli tho : ubjoct.-. of
national intortisi iin;l inijiortitiice will n;
strongly agitatol ami llio tloction ol' a
President will take '!:ieo. Iho eole of
Cass County who would like lo learn of
Political, Commercial
and Social Transactions
of this yea:' and would kei apace with
the times .hould
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Now while we have the subject hefore th;
people we will venture to tpeak of our
Jlii
"Wliich is lirt-chiss in all respects arid
from which our job printers are turning
out much satUJactorv work.
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