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THE DaILV HERALD YllATTSMOUTIi, NeMkaSKA, TIlUKSDAV, JUNE lii, iKSft.' THAT DKKAI) D1SKASR LPa03Y AND ITS TREATMENT BY MODERN METHODS. IVt'vulfiii'M of tlio liu-n In Hie llHttitliun Jl:tml lie vol ion ftf I'ullier litiui-u. lilVortH of (tvrriiii!iit mikI Smiitary Improvement of (on.lil Ion. Tim death of I-'iillicr llamicn, the bravo Iloin.iu Catholic pi i.-st, ho left evcrythbie; to minister to tho Ii-imth of tho Hawaiian Il.tii'l-i, aroused tiio inter t of tho world in this unfort iinatc hmi1i, wlio n ro luiirked-by di-case, foul nu'l incurable, to Ihj set usido fr.nii tins rest of Immunity in xt.soiis iijioii v.hom tin) hand i'l judgment has In-cn heavily wt. Kiir.NCK I'l'Z.I.KD. TlllS IlCtll lliv-.-IM! M-CIIIS to lis littl un derstood no-.v iiH it was tlioii.-iiid.4 of years n;.'o. Modern seicneo lias f.til-d to find any cun-for it, or, ind-i-d, any cuu-m for it. Its lieiiiiiiu- in one knows; its cud will proba bly come wilii the end of tho world. It is one of t ho mysteries of life that hay. never Ix-cii unraveled. Aii'I yet thowi who are contend in with it ere in Iiojh-s that the euro will yet be f i i i 1 . lU-cansn they have not succeeded i:i I ln ir search they are not ready to ivo it mi . As tin- president of the hoard of In -alt I: fca vs: When, t wenty-ono years ii";o, tlio h-jts-)attii"of this kingdom enacted tlio law 'tO prevent tin; spread of lepriisy," it was provi ltl lii.it the lioard of health should ri'iirt to the legislature at each ft its regular sessions tlio i-Ajn-JKlitiiri" in detail, toct Iht with such informal i- '11 rvai'lin the die:ise of leprosy if-i it may d-i-m of iniei.-t to tin- nlIi. Imii ik the more than twenty years that have rlapM-d, tiiu stiiily of t he Ii j-ase that lias revail.-i, ami to a c,reat extent still prevails, so indent ly in this l.iniloiu has U-eji pressed with iiiu'i'inittiii zeal ainl ierwverain"o in nearly every country ly men of medical ami scientific attainments. I'.y decrees, through imceasiiir and wntchfid lalxir, by comjinrisou of inf-irmat i n ami iiilen-hane of expel i-rnn-s, experiments ami thought, and to no Hiiall stent, K-rhai, ly uplifting tin heavy curtains of ast cent uri'-s, ami unrolling the scrolls iii'--l !' those familiar with thisdis thousand of years la-fore the birth of the Saviour of man, and ly the material aid of pHietieal eommoli seii:-, joining its forees to thor of imilieal wiemt', tho worM has learniil m iniieli, nti'l t!:e imiii-ations aru that know lc.lo Is li:erea.-in; w f-te.-nlil V ami favor f.lily, that we are nltint half justiiieil in Loj iv.,X that, at the eml of the next quarter of a century, tho time will not then Imj far ilistant that n cf.itrillii! jiower shall le found for tlio :liM-:t.M of whieli oni Atreya, who wrote in India, prot.aljly inoiv than 4.IKKJ years ayo, Klid: "Tli" man who nelei-ts tho diseas.; at Its eommeiieemi nt is Miru to die, for it Ikv coiikh iiifiiral'le." Th! pr.-seiit snethinj of rat ing for the lepi-rs is that of separating iheni fror.i the ret of thef community and making a settlement for Iliem. At first, sejiara! in was 1 ho one tiling llunilit of, lut -are was not considered. As j Ins Ilia" has ;jon liy, and especially since Fr. )amieii i;iTV;r"il himself to thu work of alle viating; their c lition, there has lteen much l..!tu in tl)i way of iaic, until nw the jK-oplo are as eomfortalilij ns tii'-y .-aij by with this terriMo Uiseaso holding them in so stern a T1IK KKTTLEMKXT IX HAWAII. For a eoii-iderablo time there was nobody to look out for theso iKnpl. A man was "fst-lit there just to receive t hem, show them I heir bouses and rive tlietu their weekly al lowance of IixmI. Water was scan-e, and had to U; carried t-oiisid-'rabledistances, and yrcat inconvenience and considerablo suffering erew out of it jljnnv who were approaching tho latter Taiji"f 1 ho disi-aso, and those who had no friends or reiativos with them. suilVred more or less, but, to jt. credit of tho iieojilo bo it id, as a ride they uinu-,.it always found a frl-ivl in their extremities. There was no u'piial ,';".ildin in those days whore they i-ocld be takti faro of. The tract of luud cot)! it utitiT the hpiV settlement projects from it..' niain Inxly of the lsiatul, and forms n l-ind f t si.'.-lf. i.u luilin-, probably, an area In" al.-.iit r,xi(; acres, abouruiins with every variety of soil, tin. I verj'thL'ig necessary to e-iooly tho wants of tho natives, ami having a lailr; area of land to lw utilizi d for the rai.Mii; of stocks; the sea abounds with fish, and before this place was occupied by the Jep.'rs it sustained a very larse and tliriving ojiu!aii::!. ' The iH-i:;ii.cl inhabitantsof tho place owned :i jn-at iiiany pi.-..- of land and Louses, the houses b?in mostly ihatclied ones, and only three or four were wood.-u etnictures; the lands wcn mostly planted with taro, po fatoes n;: 1 other vegetables. Most of fhes.; hou.---s Mud lands were purchased ly t'.io j:overiniw-iit for the accommoda tlvia of the lejK'rs, rjid tho ilanted lands for their support. AH tho first ship ments of k'lK-rs were allowed to take their v. ivi-s and hc.sban.is with them, or a son, and p; s uae instances a daughter; but children vrij ;"ot iK-rmittitl to accompany them. fMWV. :j-v :ver, lepers were not allowed to laka tiieii- ),ui.ands or wive:i with them, and visits to tlio settlement ceased to bo per mitted, execpin; only umlei tl;e most strenu fniS ( it cunistaiices, and only for a brief inter view. la V 't'o tl-o iunbcr of lepers at the settle ment had increased to and, in spito of all j-tiorts to secure their isolation, numbers al-Viiv- remained behind. Bv this time the bi- c?iiial Iesi?Iaturf s cviucttl more interest in tlio condition of their unfortunate fellowmen at the settlement than had been the case pre vious! v. and at nearly every session a com ulvJ was appointed to visit tho settlement ,uid icj-i' t on the modes of living, suflieieney f iod i'-o-isi's, etc., or the lepers; ana, m consvHpit iu e ct ail of theso visits, during the i.'-i.sk'.tiireof 1S7S, ihoitt)ement received the fiv.-k:l attention of tho legislature, :vliich re-i',,,!-! in an increase of their weekly meat rations ttoi;; five to seven pounds; a number ct cottages woi also built, and tho lepers re ,;i iyed additional ..cessary articles, such as i'lid kerort-no oil, and their allowance of ten 7k.iuh.1s ci rice was changed 0 nine ...nM.k with one iiound cf suirar. IVevious to this the settlement had received ,erv I'ttlo medical attention. A physician used to cot,o from Maui two or threo times ..,.or vUit tho ttlemeuc lor a icw uours, and rctui u. Suijsco.-'t3y efforts were made to obtain the services of a resilient pujaieian, tLe le-Ulaturo having provided an appropria fio." of 10,000 for a physician for the leper .Mieeiei.t which has met with varying suc cess. Unfortunately, the Hawaiians, -yta ow exceptions, prefer their own remedies nud their own doctors. They liavo littlo or no faith in a foreign physician. They seeni r..o,. rn(st cf them and their meOicmes, ana. t alone, very few avail themselves of hir swv-ies. excepting in some cases of severe accidc-itts. or where their own efforts Vnve K-co"ie nnsuccfessi'al pnd tho case may o well nigh hopeless. Boston Hrtild. The proprietor of a well known patent medlciMC lately received tho foUowing letter: Dear lr A couple of months ago tny wifo was hcrdlv ablu to speak. Sha took Jwo bot tles of your 'Vital Regenerator,' and now she cannot speak at ail. Pleas send me two more bottle of j our valuable lnUt?r9,,, THE ANGELUS BELL OF FALSE RIVER. Thrioe u(khi tho ear with a solemn nwetl l ull llio pli'iwjin titieM of tlio bell! I'rom tbo n Helen t xteeplu tho timid dove Awakens from il ilre.un of love, And Its Htartled mate, li'.;o a wounded thing, Iuii in air on a quivering wint;. Acron ttm bright water tlio isluiid (;lows In roy lislit mid in Boft ivikisp; I.iUo ni-liaiit-l Kcenu It" radiant ulioro Ukii llio wavo Ih pictured o'er. Athwart tho blond ami tremulous river The last rays of tlio Kiinlinht quiver; IJko liiimun I)isIiik ftr taking flight They l"avi tM-l.inJ Iheai a track of lilit. I fuze on llm w'iiu and lincerinj iiiiiho I'ntil twilight its hliadowx dilfiiso Till no echo of tlio Angcluit U-Il Iti'iuln s tliocar v.!tli itssoiemn kwcII! "Kpsil-jii"' In New Oi li-.ins i'ieavune. The Orlsiii of Msitln- Curds. As is tbocaso in many other instances, we wo tho invention of visiting cards to tho Chinese. So long nji ns tho tH-riod of tho Tung dynasty (i;iS-!K)7) visiting cards wero known to bo in common use in China, and that is also the date of tho introduction of the "red silken cords' which figure so con spicuously ori the engagement carusoi mac country. From very ancient times to the present day tho Chinese liavo oliservcd tho strictest ceremony with regard to tho paying of visits. Tin: cards which t hoy use for this purjMsx aro very large, and initially of a bright rt.il color. When a Chinaman desires to marry, his parents intimate that fact to a professional 'match maker," wlio thcrcurmn runs tlirougn tho list of her visiting acquaintances, and se- locts one whom sho considers a fitting brido for tho young man, and then t.ho calls uiion the young woman's parents, armed with the bridegroom's card, on which aro inseriljisl his ancestral name and tho eight symbols which denote the day of his birth. If tho answer is an acceptance of I. is suit, tho bride's card is sent in return, and should the oracles prophesy 'kI concerning the union tho jKirticidars of tho engagement are written on two largo cards, tied togethor with tho red cords. To ronto Times. Initial to tlio 0"tasiu. Tho b-st thing told of Del Sarte, tho great master of expression, was his demeanor on a siii'lo invasion when ho was taken bv sur prise and Jail hi:i arts seemed unavailing. It was told bv one of his liersoual pupils. As his life went on, ho was in iart superseded in favor by a more showy rival, with whom ho was to unite one day m a recitation before certain important jersonages. It so hap pened that the rival was to arrange tho per formance, and as one of his advantages lay a voice much more powerful thnn Del Sarte's, ho maliciously contrived to place tho audience it a verv great distance. Del barlo saw through tho maneuver at a glance, and formed his own plan to counteract it. Tho rival had tho first recitation, and spoke so loud that iio'.MHly felt called upon to keep very still; and there waj so much taking and moving about as really to interfere with tho performance. When Del Sarto camo for ward there was a momentary husli from curiosity to hear his opening. Ho not only made no effort to speak louder than usual, but actually sitko lower, so that there was a complete silence through his whole recita tion, ami nobody lost a word of it. A man thus equal to the occasion could teach lessons more imiortant than any art of expression. iSau Francisco Argonaut. Primitive Astronomy. Tho author of "Wanderings in a Wild Country"' gives some curious ideas with re gard to the celi.-stial bodies, which ho gath ered from the natives of New Britain. Tho untutored mind" is evidently more imagi native than scientific. In conversation one day with an old man about the spirits of tho deceased, ho told mo that the stars wero lamps hung by tho depart ed spirits to light tho way for those that should come after. Where these spirits wero ho did not say, and although I questioned him closely on the subject, ho seemed to have no idea as to tho sort of place to which they como at last. Ho only knew that they went across tho water to tho moon at rising, and, getting into this, wero carried to tho region of tho stars, whenco they returned to visit tho earth by the same means. I tried to puzzle him by asking him how it was that tho moon was sometimes largo and sometimes small. Ho replied that when it was small there wero not so many spirits re quiring to go, as it was at tho full moon that most ieoplo died, rsaturally, that was also tho time when most spirits required to visit tho earth. Youth's Companion. ' Spoiled tlio Trick. I first sav.- Magician Hermann in Kingston, Jamaica, years ago, when ho had not arrived at tho zenith of his fame, and I was a fun loving "middy." Hermann gavo a show and I went to it. Beforo tho exhibition began he took mo aside and arranged with mo to act as his confederate. Ho gavo mo a rabbit, which I put in my pocket, and ho was to find tho littlo animal there at tho conclusion of a sensational trick. But unfortunately I got interested in tho magician's tricks, and in twisting around in my seat to get a better sight cf tho stage I squeezed tho rabbit, and tho littlo wretch set his teeth into my side. I yelled with fright, think ing a snako had me, and beforo tho commotion in tho audience had subsided tho rabbit had vanished, ner mann had to leave his best trick out of tha performance and I had to leave tho hall. Duncan Harrison in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Lou;; Wire. Tho wiro belonging to tho Western Coun ties and South W"ales Telephouo company, which crosses tho entrance to Dartmouth harbor, has tho remarkablo span of near ly half a mile, viz., S00 yards. On leav ing the Dartmouth sido tho wiro is 3C2 feet above high water mark; it drops to 103 feet near the Kingswear side, and then rises again to 007 f eot. The wiro is very fine and light, being of No. 17 silicon bronze, weighing twenty-four pounds to tho span. 1 his una has already withstood several strong gales in a most satisfactory manner. Electrician. New Way to Catcli a Bear. Soiuo Main lumbermen who wero annoyed by a bear stealing their molasses out of the camp store room put up a job on bruin. They got an empty molasses keg, drove the sides of it full of sharp pointed nails inclined toward tho bottom, poured a littlo molasses into it, and set the whole arrangement out in t!i inwlios the. rior wn. The next morn ing it was found soma dtstancs trom the camp. The bear's bead was inside. Ha had stuck it in and couldn't draw it out. A rifle ball ended his misery and bis thieving. Rock laud (Me.) Courier-Gazette. Needed No Sympathy. "I am truly sorry, J ohnny," said, the friend of tho family, meeting tho littlo boy on the street, "to learn that your fathers Louse was burned down yesterday. "Was nothing saved f 'Don't you ivasta no gilef Qa mp," replied Johnny. "All cf paw's old pl'othes was burned up in that fire, end maw can't make any of 'cm over for ma this tiaij. Tutn U Jdio-luui-tuin, f'hooI-de-docdie-doo :" Ciil cago Times. PLUNKETT ON WIMIX. LOVE OF DRESS OFFSET BY SACRI FICE IN TROU3LOUS TIMES. How 1'iuliiuii Changed ami Wre Fol lowed 1 lie AVomeii of Illelimom Dur Init ttie ItHtllo of Seven Pine Ilovr Their 'Cioo!tieH" Wan Shown. "A girl will suffer agonies and smilo all the titno just to bo in tho fashion," said Plunkctt, ns ho took his seat and stuffed tho tobacco in his pipe. "In their courting day," ventured Brown. "They will draw their corset strings so tight that they pant liko a lizard and er fel low can span erround cm, and they will force a numlier four shoo on a number seven foot and skip erround as frisky as cr lamb, while tlicy aro suffering agonies that would put any man in tho hospital." "In their court iug days," said Brown. "TOri.NU'' IXJAII.S O? MIV GOODS. T can rememlier," said l'luukett, "when it was tho fashion to Ik palo and sickly look ing, and lliogirln would jHiultico their faces and hands with meal dough to blench 'em, and they'd Ik; so lincky that they'd cut a pea in two Tor a mouthful and swear they had a bate when they had only eat a half biscuit. And then pretty soon tho crazo got on tho red order, and tlio ko lierries wero gathered ami ruhlx-d on their faces, and when they'd get hot mid icrspiro tho jiokelierry juice would st real; 'em up tho same as an Indian, but it was the fashion, and whatever is fash ion is right." "If it's some other fellow's sister," suggest ed Brown. '( hie time," resuiid Plunkctt, "they had a fashion to look slim and ln-an pole like, with out any humps on theirsel ves, and six yards of calico would make any of 'em a dress, and then erg in they took a craze to lo fat and cliuirv, witii big bumps on thcirsclves, and then it took a good sized dry goods store to furnish cloth enough to dress ono of 'em, and the cotton they used to make the bumps would fill a good sized hamper basket; I've seed littlo puny wiuiiii toto enough dry goods on their sclves to weigh down a strapping fellow. "I know that war's er bad, bad thing," re sumed l'luukett, afti'i" a short pause, "but when I call to mind (he simple ways of our Georgia wimin in them hard days I feel like the country was blessed by its coming, for we would never liavo learned their goodness in times of peace. "The pretty bonnets that were made from thescrapsof tho worn out dress of jieaceful days sheltered faces free from foibles, ami tho homespun garments covered forms unwanted by the strains of fashion. They dressed in tears and moved as in tho presence of death, as pure as angels and as self-sacrificing as the men who fought their battles." "You're right," said Brown. "Speaking orbout tho wimin in tho war," said liunkett, as ho scratched his head and knocked the ashes from his pipe, "makes me think of the day that the Seven Pines battle was fought in front of Bichmond. I was there that day, audit was the hottest weather I'd ever sood. Two of tho finest armies that ever stood facing of each other were there McCiellan and Joseph Ii Johnston. The Yankees could sac the flags waving on the eapitol of the Confederacy, and it was under stood that it was e;oing to bo the day that would decide the fate of Bichmond and of the Confederates. HOW BANDAGES WERE MADE. "As soon as tho first streaks pf day broke in the east it was saluted by the boom,, boom, boom of tho big guns captured at Manassas called Sherman's battery. There were two guns in that battery called Long Tom and Laughing Charlie, They had a queer ring to their boom, and it was thoso guns that sa luted the day as it pseped up oyer the hills and announced ready for-tho Confederates. "Richmond began to stir. Tho wimin and children lit oaten bed, the Jiells began to ring and tho whistles to blow and tho people Hocked to Main street till there was not stand ing room on tho walks. Tlio fight had com menced, the big guns wero roaring and the little guns were like a fu'o in a cana brake. Trains rolled in from Petersburg and Lynch burg with re-enforcements. They lit from tho cars and started at a double quick down Main street and out to the fight. Knapsacks begin to be thrown to tho right and tho left, and the gutters wero filioil.. Wimin and children went to piling them up and stood guard over them, but it was no use, they were never called for, and it was mighty few that unslung their knapsacks on Main street that day that lived to see tho end. "As tho day advanced the hotter it grew. Every vehicle in the city was pressed into service to go for the wounded, and as they rolled in the cry for 'water, water, water,' was heard everywhere. "Tho wimin of Richmond wero the first to discover what was needed. Every bucket and dipjxjr was pressed, and tho old men and children went in a run to anil from the water plugs, while tho wimin went for provisions. Tubs and buckets were placed all along the curbstones en each sido of the street filled with water, and baskets wero held by tho wimin, and each soldier was given a sand wich as they double quicked down tho line. "The wounded were coming in by thou sands. The news spread that Joseph E. John ston was shot and Loo had took command. Tho doctors wero out of bandages, and tho wimin tore then- underclothing and sheets into strips to bind up the wounds. "This young generation are the sons and daughters of such wimin as these. As it was then so it will Ikj ergin, I reckon, so let 'em rip. But it does make mo mad to seo -'cm fools erbout tho fashion." Atlanta Constitu tion. Indian Moccasins. The shoes or moccasins worn by the North American Indians are nearly all alike in their general structure. The moccasin, a slipper made of soft dL'er skin, withattt a heel, is common to nearly all of them. Many of them have leggings either detached or connected with tho moccasin or shoo so as to torm a boot. Sonio of tho Indians ornament their moc casins with beads, quills or embroidery. Among tho southern Indians, where no pro tection is needed from tho cold, a shoo is liiade consisting simuly of a solo of thick hide bound on tho feet by 'thongs. Among tho Apaches an odd attachment is found on tho boots or moccasins. This is a littlo projection of tho solo in front cf tho toes, generally made in tho shapo of a littlo round pad. This is called a cactus crusher and has its purpose. When tho Indian walks through jgrdwtha or prickly cattus tho crusher beats down tho priekers in front of his foot. Some shoes pf odd form, with elongated heels and toes, aro used among the Jsavujes and other southern tribes in their dances and cer emonies. Washington Star. It Slakes a PLC'crence. It is told cf tho present czarewitcu that one day, reading "Tho Lady of tho Lake," ho came to tho line, "Long live tho commons' king. King Ja.m:s!" and. exchiinied, with Bparkling ej eo: "i'es, the kind of tho com mon people I That is the only king of a king that I would care to be." His father used to make such remarks, too, beforo he came tc tho throne, not since. Sou Jbraucisco Argonaut. 1) BENJAMIN DISRAELI. Reminisce urea of UN Karly Strca'sle and f 1 1 in .vti.iitriry. When Mr. Disraeli first appeared in tho iolitieal arena he made up his mind that tho preliminary stop to suocss whs to crcate"a sensation. Hi. tieo his wild radical sicche-, lii.s challenge to 0'ConniH and his outburst-! on tho platform and elsewhere, which made him the butt of all tho wags in Ioiidon. It may, indeed, I? said with truth that he never ceassd to b;( an object of ridicule with a largo part of the press and his own party until just U-fiHV his death. The "Jew," the "adven turer," the "mountebank," theso were about tho mildest epithets which wero Hung at him. Whether lie cared for them or not must always remain a matter of conjecture. Some of his friends have tol l mo that ho was indif ferent alike to praise or blame. I have known many men of whom that has been said, but never ono of whom it could lo said with truth. Disraeli, no doubt, had tho usual human feelings, although he was much more skillful iu disguising them than nine men out of ten. I always rcgardi.il him as tho most accomplished orator on any stage, and very few persons ever saw him without his stage make up. This may lie said without any dis paragement to his great enetrntion, fore sight and courage as a statesman. Everything ho did was done with an cyo to .fleet, and lieforo ho was sure of receiving public attention in tho legitimate way he beat tho big drum to attract their notice. His velvet coats, his gorgeous vests, his rings on every finger, his wondrous watch chain and his flaming cravats wero as much a part of tho theatrical business as his bold attacks on individuals or his dashing statements which wero not intended to bear a strict ex amination. When his p'irion -.: . - r- -.v sories wero discarded, lie always retained his part inlity for garishness and finery, but when he threw away his rings he began to weigh liis words. Tho sensational part of the performance had done its duty, and (he nct'T rememered that tho English are essentially a humdrum nice and that they tdways'dis trust a man who is too clever. When Benjamin Disraeli tried to geFinto tho house every Ixxly was opjoscd to him, including his own relations, one of whom condemned it as the maddest of all mad acts, as Disraeli wrote and told his sister at the time. It is not very often, perhaps, that help or encouragement comes from one's own relations when it is most needed. Disraeli's sister believed in him, but we have no record of tho opinions of his father or brother. He got into parliament in spite of all obstacles, and on his first day he took up his seat im mediately behind Sir Robert Peel on the second bench, the place which is usually occupied by some old ami well tried friend of the purtj", if not of the minister. "Ton jours a ui lace" was the motto of Benja min Disraeli. People laughed at first, but they soon began to seo that they had a for midable power to reckon with. "Next to undoubted success," wrote Disraeli to his sister, "tho best thing is to make a great noise, and many articles that aro daily writ ten to announce my failure only prove that I have not failed." London Cor. Philadelphia Times. Their "Qiirnt Cork" Days. Ill 1S50, when Mr. Edwin Booth was 17, and a year after his debut as Tressel at tho Boston museum, ho gavo an entertainment with Mr. John S. Clarke, a youth of the same ago, at the court housj in Belair, Md. They read selections from "Richelieu," "The St ranger," and tho quarrel scene from "Julius Ca?sar," singing during tho evening with blackened faces a number of negro melodies, "using appropriate dialogue," as Mrs. Asia Booth Clarke records iu the memoirs of her brother, "and accompanying their vocal "at ter.ipts with tho srnnewhat inhanr.onious banjo and bones." Mrs. Clarke reprints tho programme of this performance, and pic tures tlio distress of the young tragedians when they discovered, on arriving iu tho town, that tho simon puro negro they had employed us an advance agent had in every instance posted their bills upside down. Mr. Joseph Jefferson, tho third and present bearer of that honored namt, was unques tionably tho youngest actor who ever made his mark with a piece of burnt cork. The story of his first appearance is told by Mr. William Winter in lis volume entitled ''The Jeffersons." Coming from a family of actors, tho boy, as was natural, was reared amidst theatrical surroundings, and when only 4 years of age in 1SVJ ho was brought upon the stago by Thomas D. Rice himself, on a benefit occasion at the Washington theatre. The littlo Joe, blackened and arrayed pre cisely like his senior, was carried on to the stage in a bag upon the shoulders of the shambling Ethiopian and emptied from it with tho appropriate couplet : Ladies and gentlemen, I'd have you for to know I's got a littlo darky here to. jump Jin; Crow. Mrs. John Drew, who was present, says that tho boy instantly assumed tho exact at titude of Jim Crow Rice, and sang and danced in imitation of his sable companion, a perfect miniature likeness of that long, un gainly, grotesque and exceedingly droll comedian. Lauren so Hutton in Harper's Magazine. Hard to ISeat. "Those wero pretty good fish stories pub lished tho other day," remarked a Nashville gentleman yesterday to a reporter., 'bitt thero is n moderately young man i:i the real estate business in this city whose experience can discount any I ever heard of. Hero last week he was fishing down in tho Big HarpetU river and had just settled down to business when a f.ih c-atao along and ran off with his hook und liuo while ho was killing bait. He looked into tho water and saw his disappearing tackle, and saw myriads of fine fish sporting amid tho waters. He hail to re turn to Nashville at the close of that day and it wouldn't do to como without ikjinething to show fur his skill. Though' his line was goi'.e, ba hn.d plenty, oi Uopiis and bait remaining, and a desperate expedient flashe I through his mind. Divest ing himself of :iil his wearing apparel except tho shirt, he c.'.refully tore the real" of that useful garment into strips, and upon each he placed a baited hook. "Thus equipjed, ho piun.c-d in the. stream and Itoldiy' ina'io for tho opposite shore. It seemed that ho never bad so hard a swim in his life, but he finally reached the bank and unloaded dozens of the finest fish that j'ou ever saw. When ho swam back for his clothes he took off the hooks lest tho accumulating weight of fish lulght drown him. Thoso who are not in the secret regard his luck as phe nomenal. Nashville American. Featlrera Grotr!iisGray. Mr. M. W. Hollis had a pair of geeso hatched in tho f priug of 1S41. Tho goose was killed by a mitik about ten days ago. Tho gander is now living. Mr. Hollis showed us a piece of home mad& hard soap that was made in the spring of 1S41 by his mother. Mr. R. A. MiSzell reports that he has a hen fifteen' years' ckl, and she lays every day. That hea has bomo much fruit. Mr. William Adams, the old bachelor, has a peacot.k tLlrt-flve j eara old that has mated ' with a turkey hen. Talbotton (Ga.) New I Era. THE BULL TERRIER. lie I Itrnvn a I.lon unit Will l"aei Any IU, u.ii.1 Will Sll. k Tilt Heath. The bull terrier is a capital watch dog, said a prominent dog fancier of New York. H never barks, liceauso he fi-cls that he can deal unaided with any burglar, mid in nine oacs nut cf ten hois riht. It is all tooth with him, and a robber rarely knows that hois present until lie feels him. iUit iu this linoof business he is not a favorite with refined ji"o ple. You we, there are no liounds to the fe rocity of a bull terrier when ho is r-nco arous ed, nn I the lifeless body of a roblier is nn unpleasant thing for tho servants to find en n kitchen flrmr when they get up iu tho morn ing. 1 once sold a good bull terrier to the w idow of a clergyman. She l;vl in a lonely hous. in Westchester comity, and lcforo she had owned the dug n week a burglar climbed through tho bit-; mi nt window. He saw (he terrier i:i the dining room and managed to e'amlM r up .n the high mantelpiece. It was ii bitterly cold night in mid-winter and ho clung then shivering for -several hours, whil.i the do;. hungrily licked hi; jaws underneath. Tin lady kept no servant, an 1 w hen she entered the room i:i the morning she was at first ter ribly frightened, but the f How told h -r such a pitiful story of his siilbTings that sho wa mo cd to compas -ion. Sho gave him f.l and a good breakfast and allowed hiui to gi away. Then she sent the dog back to me, ad vising me to shoot him, as such a savage, re liiorseles.s brute was clearly unfit to live. Bull terriers and tho willow s of clergymen havo no common ground upon which they Call amicably meet. I doubt, too, w hether bull terriers, faithful, brave, strong and watchful ns they are, have very much intelligence. Certainly they have ot iv; l.ieeh as (lie Set itch ff t h o' ! f .shi' -nc" ..... I in :. .. ". ..i ! '. i... , ; ;..;., iron, which tho delicate lilt le t hing, like a minia ture port ra i t of his ancestors, has Itcen bred for a lady's lap dog. A prominent lawyer ol New lluven bought a liii ! bull terrier from mo about a year ago. On the second nigh', alter tho dog had In -en in his possession the gentleman was a guest at a supper pn ty and did not reach hoiuo u.il il the small hours of the morning. The terrier nu t him nt tli gate of his orchard, and drove him up an ap ple tree, where ho held him a prisoner until the family arose at breakfast lim .'. The dog bad only S". :i him half a doen times, and ho did not recognise him. This i a danger with all bull terriers when use 1 a watch dogs. They reason slow ly, and when they once reach a conclusion, whet !ht it i wroiig or right, they cling to it as tcn ieiou: l as though it was an opponent's throat or i. prowling tramp's leg; and, like :t gun w ith an imperfect breech, they are apt to iujun their owners in an excess of zeal. Nothine will beguile them to forget their duty while life lasts, but their s"iisn of smell is vcr weak, and a bit of poisoned meat throwi. over the fence is tolerably sure to clear lie course for the burglars when they arrive ready for business, at njght. Now York Sun. Water Marks on I'ajier. The oldest document or paper as yet dis covered with a mark i.; the .".coount book o! loOJ, supposed to be manufactured out o! linen rags by the Holbein family at Ravens berg. E::eept this particular specimen, al paper manufactured by the Ilolbeius beaiv . tiio "Bnli's Head, "'doiibl less taken from the coat of arms of that family, whereas this ;. count book is marked wit !i t ho '"(Jl lc and Cros.-" Tho Globe and Jug are tho most an cient marks ns yet discover.-.!; and these, together with tho Post horn, which app- a roil about b)7i, became by tho end of tho Four teenth century tiio principid marks on paper manufactured in the Low count ries, whence they spread during the ensuing hundred years to Gouda and Delft. Pajter, as a rule, without any characteristi. sign is the oldest, since tho water mark :-i;;ni lies a certain progress in tho art cf pa pel making. Other noteworthy mark-; are a sprig with leaves s.nd a. Iran of flower, f: drawn bow v. ith an arrow, a pcriK-ndicula; line with stars at each extremity bet wee: two circles, the letter it ensigned by a cross, two crescents through which a j-rpi iidioulai lino passes terminating at each end, a ero s. a bull's face, a doini-grifan, a pair of bal ances the unicorn, an anchor, and "p" and "Y,"' the initials being those of Piiiiip ol Burgundy and his wife I&ihciin, whr-se nam at the time would bo usually spelled v. ith f. Y. The duko married Isabella in 1 i-i-'t, am. before that date P only is found; after that date I' ;-.:i-i Y. Canton seem to have used paper ehi.-fl;. obtained from tho low ;;::;tri. :;! in ad dition to the ''Bull's Head" and tlx- "P" and "Y," there wii! also be found t':.e "Open Hand" worked on the paper on which the "Golden Legends" was printed in 14Y5. ftS:d also the "Unicorn." Other -;tpcr employed by this famous, printer came from Ocnaan;.. since in his "Recncil of the Historiesof Troy" Vim) there apie:irs tho "Bunch of Grape-," v. hich was a German mark. In tho "Gani of Che-.i-o"' tho paper bears evidence cf Ita-iir.i origin, as there is the mark of an "Anchor inclosed by a Circle." The "Dolphin an-. Anchor"' was a very fatuous murk, a::d aft:'! the "Bulfs Head," perhaps the best known, the reason for this being because the ilevic was extensively used by Aldo Manuzio, win has thus porietuated to our day tho ancient .symbol of the city of Yciii-jo. Chambers' Journal. Only Two Girls. It was on tho San Jo.-o train and two 3"0ung ladies one as serious i-.nd good as l litto nun, tho other with a black eye with the devil's own glint in it sat behind the youngest minister in town. Tho quiet ono held in her hand a purple pansy so large that it attracted tho atten tion of tho young minister. While ho was still looking at it tho tram rushed into a tun nel. Tho black eyed young woman grabbed the pansy iu the darkness from her con .pardon, and, leaning over, dropped, it into tho lap of the godly me t;. "When the train reached daylight again tho your.g minister had turned, and, with tho pansy iu his hand, was glaring reprovingly at the nun like girl between whoa fingers hi had seen tho flower. Her fao was blazing, and her dowr.csol seemed to confess her tTiiit. Tho whole car snickered, and thj lr.a licious, black eyed girl read her book u;icc:j scioualy. Tliat is why the young miaiiter preached on tho iniquity of Sirtiiig yesterdaj-. San Francisco Examiner. 15. o Kgj-ptian I'yramiJ. Tho great pyrumi J of Ghizeh t; taa largest struetv.ro cf uvy kind ever erected by the hand of man. Its original dini3nii-nj at tho bao v.-cra 7.H feet square, and its pc-rjiinclic-ular height in tho highest poit 43 fe.t; it covers four acres, one roc-i and twenty-two perches of ground and has been cstiir&ted by an eminent English architect - bare not cost lass than 2-J,OX'.C0C, which ia United States curvihev .woiiid hi nlwut fcU.",20C,C00, laterasJ evidences proved that it? gr-i.t I pyramid Wiis begun about the yc-i' fci .' L. C., about tho timj cf tho birth cf Abraham. It is crtinir.ted that about .'.COO.COO tcu3 cf how r, stones wero us-ci in its cc-ni'trucUuu, and tha evLLineo points to tho fact ta-t thesa fet'-ties were. L:-ouh'c c ilianca ci abcut 700 ! miles frora ijuarricd in Arabia. i Louig j Ilc-UUbiic. It. i. Wl.MHIAM. JolIN A. DA virx. Notary I'uMln. Notary I'ubllo WIMtllAMA II VVII:n, Ittornoyc - at - Xa"w. oijli-c ovi-r It-ink of 'h- County. (I.MIsMOI-ril. - NfCIIKAHKA C. I'.SMi T H, The Boss Tailor M.iiil S, Over MeiKes' Hi"f Mule. Has tin- best tilnl most l i llipli te stock of sainph m, Loth foreign 1,1,, iloincstic woolens that ever mine west of .Missouri river. Note these pi in s: BltsinesH suitu from if 10 to t:!."i, il.isn mils, .fv.'i to punt.-,.!, $.V iff,, :Jf;..r,o anil upwards. k'3'VilI ouaiaiitcc a lit. Prices Defy Comoelilion. (COr.STV M. ItVI l it.) Civil Kniuior Surveyor anil Draftsman Plans, Specifications and Intimates, Mu nicipal W'nik, Maps Ac. 'LftTTSMOUTH. - - NEq V1IKE SCH,.LLBACHEB WilfOin iiiiil !:!,; l-slnll Ii ,-',(ip. Wagon, Bny, Miieliiiioainl Flow A Specialty. lie llsi s !l;c I Torsi (dice, the Ii; f t llmvc: lii'i- lor tho Farmer, or for Fast I'.-;viiir ami city iitli posi h, ever in v i.ti (I. It is made so iiiyMic can call j lit ( ii fli.-up or ll.d corks is r.i-i.liii for wit and f-lipj ( ry loads, or tnootli dry roads. Call aial j;.aiiihio Ik sc Shoes ami you wiil have no otlu r. J. M. Schnellbacher, Hill St., I'lattMisor.th, Ni ),. i nippier vam THE OLD RELIDLE. a. h. HAimdiiij. 6! Im Vfcolfcf-.! Ketull I: a' r in P in ii Sliinoli s, Lath, Suvli, :a Can stipjdy every (l;-.inu!iil of 1 lio trado Call and j.-t tc-rtns. Fourlli street III Rj'lf of Oj)"l':i iTolls'j. Eoloert Donnelly's Wsgon and Blacksmith Vatons, 1'ti'. t:i s, Maeit'ies- ('uVUy Itcpairtd ; i'low e .-!:;! lpeMei: ;-:nl (.ei.'iral Jo!ih!!:j5 I''.. lie. Hor SGsr.oemRADe W m I L'SKTIIi: 7y t. X? !F- "R. r- -tt"C3 florsf shoo, wbicii s'.iitrpf -t:-? ii- iK a-- it wears awsy. so t l.ei v is never !ny Oaa-.-r of your Jleis" :-: jjiii hiul h 111 1 !i n iinif. ad ai.il exan in-' thin M:ne hi.iI j i u v. ill Jlave i:Oothi r. JiestHhoe made, ROBERT nOHKELLY SIXTH ST., I'LATTS MOUTH 0.1 tii Q' A MONTH '-fii he ni.vle ieferreil v. im :;: lui i.i-.ii a !.i)i-c jiMl frivo iiicir w!n.!- 1 hue t 1 t!:e bnsitii-Si. pare mein 'lit- IiihV l)f. jiP.IitaMv l-l,i iu e;; hlso. A few VMCat ei.-s ii. tnwns aii.l 11n s. 11. V. .IOHN ?)V &". t ii;-l M " tn -sf . , 1; e!-K-oi .i. V. 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