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" -j 4 11 - THE JOURNAL. "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1885. latest t ii rutolet , UazstUr. CohaVw, Xis., u tHca s-THF EDUCATED MISS. Bbe'a a dainty little maiden -. ,Wih artistic .graces laden, fattw aware of -her attractions and rajoftitssi la her teens; -a She parades with ostentation All her Vassar education, With a reminiscent flavoring of caltuxaaa ' "" of "beans." s s .iJTOth.suggestlona by the lesion "" .' 8he can scale the airy region (There the transcendental fantasies In gV disorder float; -- WHfc a languor rare and queenly -rghean voyage most serenely , Ehroug-h the hazy sublimation of the misty -v and remote. She can read the rocky pages -Of the geologic ages ""Then toe TOlrttj-mecBtherinm was sreepur flsi-hlstairO ' , n. Wish features bright and smiling Saejs often most beguiling mta medieval narratives of knight and -ladye falre." i .6ae 1 often entertaining, - 'When most learnedly explaining Bow the philosophic systems in a measure disagree. Sbeia posted In quadratics And the higher mathematics. And can ask for the butter in the language of "Farce" She's an educated "daisy. And could run a fellow crazy ITlth a stock of information too enormous to . rehearse; , i- She brought away from college Such Immeasurable knowledge Sf the correlated members of the whizzing universe. Still, I hope this gentle maiden. With such erudition laden and so eminently fitted with philosophers to cope, Tet may manage to discover Something worthy in a lover alllatent upon the making of a merchant v able soap. . ,, j A BIG STAKE. A, Fathers Plot to Secure "Wealthy Son-ln-Law. V Myaterloos Disappearance A Family Asalcted "With Bigamy Some Very Clever Detective Work Which Restored a Missing Son. T"he writer finds in his note-book the subjoined, story as related to him by the detective, from whose diary many nar ratives already published in these col mns have been taken: V&er. J)r. Gleig wan the son of a man of good family, but poor. Dr. Gleig went into the church and had to con tent himself with a small living. He married an amiable but portionless girl, and the result of the marriage was one son. "About a year before the beginning of this narrative Dr. Gleig had been mitten with paralysis, two strokes in succession depriving him of the use of his limbs, and leaving him an almost helpless imbecile. The physicians were at first in hopes of his restoration, pro Tided he could be tided over a year or two without another attack, but at the expiration of nine months an unfavor able change occurred, and it was evi dent he might be taken, off suddenly at anytime. . "When Dr. Gleig married he was about the tenth removed from the heir ship to a large estate. One by one the nearer heirs died oft. The sickness of Dr. Gleig had diverted his family's thoughts from all other subjects, and theywere, therefore, somewhat aston ished when they were notified thai there was but one person between him and a vast property, and that one an old man of seventy-nine. A DISAPPEARANCE. "George, the doctor's son, was at Oxford, where ho had only recently matriculated, being in his nineteenth year. On February 25, 1863, he disap peared, leaving behind him no clew. His mother used every means to dis cover the whereabouts of the boy, without, however, giving the matter publicity. Three weeks later Dr. Gleig came into possession of the estate worth twenty thousand pounds sterling a year, with a fine mansion in Yorkshire and another in Leicestershire. From that time his wife spent large sums of money to find out her missing son. In June she employed me, through a London attorney, to undertake the task, and I at once went to work. The first thing I did was to go to Oxford and make inquiries among his associates' there, They knew positively nothing', and referred me to the servant who had waited upon the young man. I founds him living in a comfortable dwelling,"; and answerfng to the name of "-Sinker. He had a shy way with him and did not seem to enjoy my questioning him. " " rf A SPECIAL MAN. , 'To tell you the truth, sir,'-' he said, I was very sick at the time Mr.- Gleig disappeared', and had been for over a month, so that I was relieved "from duty . aad another man was put in my place. That is ,to say, another man did his own work and' part of mine, too, but as Mr. Gleig was very particular, I employed a'special man to attend to him.1 " 4Who was he?' I asked, thinking it very strange at the outset that George Gleig, whose father had 'had -to scrape and hoard to send him to the Univer sity and who was described by all as a youth of such modest and careful ways, should have gone to the expense of an other servant for of course he would have to pay him. "His name,1 said Binker, I forget. He was recommended by a particular friend of mine, and that was all I knew of him.1 " Who was the friend who recom mended him?1 1 inquired; 'perhaps he might know more about the man. " Ah,' said Binker, my friend went to London, where he got a situation about the docks.1 A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. " What sort of a looking man was this person who waited on Mr. Gleig?1 I asked. - " tHe was short and thin, I believe,1 replied Binker, 'and about twenty or thirty years of age, with red hair and a clean-shaven face, and spoke like a for eigner.1 "I went back to the college and saw one of George's most intimate associ ates. The description he gave of Bink er substitute was the very reverse of 'that furnished by Binker. The man, said the student, was over fifty, 'tall and stout, with black hair and a full black beard, and spoke excellent English. '"I went to Binker's once more and asked1 him when he resumed his duties after his sickness. Singularly enough, it was the very iday after George Gleig had disappeared February 26. " 'Did yo:i see your substitute after your return:" " 'No, I did not,1 was the answer. "'Arid you have never seen ace, or heard of him?1 1 asked. "I have not,1 he answered. "Further inquiry showed that George Gleig and Binker's substitute -disap- peared from public gaze at the same Usaa. After some trouble I found the j place where the substitute had lodged, j aad discovered that he passed under the name of Brown. A crown piece pat ase.on pleasant terms with the old j lady who kept the "house. She said that all xhe time Brown staid there with j Us daughter, .Binker was -a freqaeatj tenor, sometimes staying late iato tie ' -sat allowed warn to see them ccapted by Brown, and yoti may de pend upon it I rummaged for some fragment-that might help me.to a clew. But I didn't find any. Oa leavinethe house, however, I found the old lady with a letter in her hand. '"This,1 said she, 'came for Mr Brown the very day after he left1 "I examined the envelope. It was.in a lady's hand, and bore the Shrewsbury postmark. I should have liked to see the inside, hut that couldn't be,, and so I gave it back to the old lady, after a very careful scrutiny. I went to my hotel and set to worst to reproduce that envelope and all it contained. With' a little ingenuity I made an envelope that would pass muster. Then I manufac tured an inside, and the letter I returned to her wasthe counterfeit. WfienI reached my "hotel I sliE the envelope and drew forth the paper it contained. It was a blank! I scrutinized it closely, and finally held It up to the light. The riddle was solved. These words were distinctly visible: "We are very anrlouirabout you. Why don't you write? Jakk. "This told me nothing, but the en velope showed me that-the letter came from Shrewsbury. Thither! went f course, I was not such a fool as to be lieve that Mr. Brown at Oxford would be Mr. Brown at Shrewsbury, but I was n hopes that something might turn up at the latter place to throw light upon the mystery I was attempting to solve. The day after my arrival J saw a gen tleman enter a bank whom Ideter-. mined to examine a little more closely. On his returning to the street I scrutin ized him, and thought he answered Browns description. , z '"L ascertained that his name was Bignall, and that he resided in the sub urbs. T found further that ho was f or merly a strolling dentist, going from one town to another practicing his pro fession, and that while at Shrewsbury he had had for a patient a widow, who resided with her son and two daughters in the outskirts of the town, where her husband had left her an annuity of six hundred pounds sterling a year. He had married the widow and resided there ever since. I laid a little plot- I wrote a note to Mr. Bignall and-signed it Binker, telling him that business of the utmost importance to him had brought mo to Shrewsbury, and that he must meet Binker at the Red Cross Inn at seven o'clock that evening. True to the minute,Jurr. Bignall appeared, and seemed greatly perturbed when no Birfkerwas forthcoming. After mak ing many inquiries, and waiting for over two hours, ho went away. "Naturally after he was gone, the townspeople in the bar began to talk about Mr. Bignall. " 'It was a lucky thing for him when he married the Widow Gleig,1 some one said. 4I started and unwittingly exclaimed, The Widow QleigP Then it was ex- Elained, and I soon learned that Mrs. lignall was the widow of theyounger brother of Rev. Dr. Gleig. Here was a most unexpected discovery, and, be sure, I made the most of it On Dr. Gleig's death, which might occur at any moment, his son George would fall heir to the property, and if George was removed the next heirwould be the son of Mr. Bignall's wife! "I felt now that I was on the right track. I went to Leicestershire, whither I heard Dr. Gleig and his wife had removed, and saw Mrs. Gleig. Had she a photograph of George? Unfor tunately she had not Could she de scribe him accurately? She thought she could, but sadly blundered over it Was he like her or Dr. Gleig? Liko her? Yes, she had a photograph of herself takon just before her marriage, to which George bore a striking resem blance. I got the likeness, went to Leicester and had a dozen copies made. I took with me to Dr. Gleig's residence, near Sileby, the best portrait painter I oould find in Leicester. He cut out the face of the photograph and pasted it on card-board. Then he drew and painted the bust of a young man to match the head, using a coat of George's to so by. Next, following Mrs. Gleig's de scription, he added the hair as George was accustomed to wear his, and painted it a light brown. A touch here and there, and Mrs. Gleig declared that it was the image of her son. Domes? tics recognized it instantly, and, when shown to Dr. Gleig, his dim eye bright ened, and he made a painful effort to clutch it There was no doubt in my mind that I had got a good likeness of the missing youth. "Half a dozen" likenesses were pre- Jared in the same way, and I departed, went straight to Shrewsbury, to find that Mr. Bignall had left by train that very morning for London. Hw was three hours ahead of me. I rushed to the -telegraph office and sent this mes sage to my assistant: 44 Look out for a man; six foet; stout; black hair; full, black beard; well dressed, with a prominontno.se. Follow and watch. He will reach London and N. W. Depot by train due at 3:48. I will be on by 6:03. Send word, so that I may find you.' "I had an hour or so to spare, and so I went to Mr. Bignall's residence and asked to see him. He was not' at home. Mrs. Bignall wanted to know my business, and I s.iid it was private. She grew fidgety and put many ques tions, but all to no purpose. Then she said she didn't expect Mr. Bignall home for a week. I bade her good-day, and went to the depot The train was on time, and I reached the London, depot at the hour specified. Here a messen ger awaited me with a note. Mr. Big nall had gone to No. Chapel street, Islington, and my assistant was on the watch. At that number 1 ascertained lived a Mr. Brown and his wife and daughter. The daughter had recently got married and gone away, said the grocer. Had he seen the bridegroom? O, yes; he was a very young, good looking fellow. Anything Tike this portrait? That was the man without a question. What like a man was Mr. Brown? Tall, stout, dark hair and beard, and so forth. Was he much away from home? A great deal, and he had just returned that afternoon, after a long absence. THE LITTLE PLOT. "Then Mr. Bignall was Mr. Brown in reality, and had two wives, and he had married the heir to a handsome estate to his daughter! That was the little plot "I called on Mr. Brown and saw Mr. Bignall. His son-in-law, I said, re quested me, as I was cominsr to town. i to hand Mrs. Brown that likeness of him. Mrs. Brown was delighted. Mr. Brown smiled all over, and offered me fin. I was going back that evening ad they anything to send? Yes. cer- tainly, if I would be so kind. A parcel was put up and handed to me. "Suppost, now,' I said, 'I was to forget this on the train. It has no ad dress, and would be thrown aside or appropriated.1 'That is so,1 said Mr. Brown, and he wrote an address upon it in a bold hand: "Mas. Gixia, - 'No. 23 St. George's Terrace, "' Gravesend. "I bade them good-by, and was on xnv wav to Gravesend in two minntna hinr.il caught the 7:90 train at. London Bridge, and at 8:15 was standing at the door of No. 23 St George's Terrace. FOUND. "The next minute I was in tn nnw. I ence of George Gleig. Fortunately his wife was not present 'Mr. Gleig,1 1 said, feeling justified in lying, 'your father is dead, and your presence at home is required iramedi- ately.' "The young fellow burst into tears aad upbraided himself bitterly for not being at his father's bedside in the last laaoients. l urged hue to control " 'But my wife, he said; I must take my wife with me.1 "You mu3t not,1 I said; 'I knowi you are married, but your mother does not, and in her 'present condition it would be unkind to inflict upon her more pain than you have already done by your unexplained disappearance.1 " i can not leave her here to starve, he-said.5 - -" "V.-4" " I have made ample provision for that,1 1 said;. 'you can leave with her a couple'Vjf hundred pJUnds which I will give to you.1 ",'B.ut Tshe is out and won't return before midnight,1 he said, almost pee vishly. ,rWrite"a note and inclose the money.. He is the paper. Now sit downjind I'll tell yon. what to say.1 "He sat down and wrote from my dictation. The notes were inclosed and the letter sealed and delivered to the lnnillndv. Then we started for the depot, and reached-Londonin time to catch the jexpress. train nprtn. we stayed in Leicester till the morning and then went over to TSilebjr. "I cah1tu'escribe the meeting between mother and son. He'was somewhat surprised to -find that his father was still alive, and still more, gratified to see that his father recognized him. THE SEQUEL. 'Well! Can you guess the rest? Rimal or Brown was a bieramist to jbegin with. Alter he. married Mrs. Gleig, he learned all aoouc ine estate to which Dr. Gleig, her brother-in-law, was heir, and his condition toward the last When he was gone George would inherit,, and suppose before then he married Miss Brown? Brown went to Oxford, put up the job with Binker; and once with George Gleig under his eye, he soon managed the rest He brought his daughter, who was a dash ing blonde, to Oxford and, took care that George should 'see her. The girl had learned her lesson and .knew what1 a big fish she might hook. She led the youth on until at last he yielded and made him' her abject slave. The'n in came the'outraged father, weeping and forgiving, and was about to tear away his daughter and 'send her to an insti tution. She wept and clung to George, and George swore'he wouldnever leave her, and then it was proposed he should marry her. They took the midnight train for London, disguised, and next day the father took care to see his daughter safely married. That done, he dispatched the new couple to his sister's at Gravesend to await develop ments. "What became of George's wife? Well, it so happened that she had an other husband with a prior claim to George's. In hunting up testimony against Bignall for bigamy, I found it ran in the family. We let the girl go, but the father was convicted at the Old Bailey and went into retirement for seven years.11 Cincinnati Enquirer. THE FAIR OF IZAMAL. Ceremonies Attendant Upon the Occasion Yucatan Bull-Fight. On the 8th of December the festival of Our Lady of Izamal is celebrated with great pomp. A large fair is also held in the city during those days in her honor. Even merchants from neighboring States flock there, if not to kneel at the shrine of the Virgin, to worship at the altar of Mercury. De votees on those occasions crowd the private apartment of the doll, which is also carried in solemn procession, decked in gorgeous array, and followed by a long train of worshippers. After church service is over, all leave in a hurry and rush to the bull-fight Many of the Indians, who know abso lutely nothing about tauromachy, enter the ring to light the bull, exposing themselves to be injured for life, or die a painful death. In this we see an ancient custom yet prevalent The ancients sacrificed their lives to deities! for any benefit received. To-day an! Indian begs a favor of his patron saint, and as a proof of his deep gratitude.' prqmises to fight- a bull, keep drunk a certain number of days, or do some other rash thing. Bull-fighting in Yucatan is not like bull-fighting in Spain. The ring is a double palisade sustaining sheds cov ered with palm leaves, that are divided into boxes. Every one provides his own seat The best and the worst, big and small, all attend the bull-fight Those who,, on foot, merely play with the bull, only have a henequen sack to serve as shield. Others, also on foot, are provided with poles about three feet long, having a sharp iron head, like that of an arrow, called rejon. When the people are tired of seeing the bull played with, they call for the rejoneros. Those with the spears described then come forward. Their business is to strike the bull in the nape and kill it, but it is seldom done at once. The beast is chased by two or three men, blow after blow is dealt, the blood gushing afresh each time. The first ain makes the animal furious, but the oss of blood soon weakens it, and it becomes almost harmless. Then the horsemen are called to lasso it and drag it away. While another bull is being fetched rockets are fired, the people applaud, the band plays, a clown meanwhile doing his best to amuse thq spectators. If a bull is disinclined to fight, they gird his body with ropes in every possible way, fastening fire crackers about his head ad tail. Ag gravated and tortured, the poor beast jumps about and the crackers explode to the great delight of all present, big and small, This renders it furious for a few minutes; but if it again refuses to fight it is taken away as a coward not worth killing. Alice D. It Plongeon, in Harper's Magazine. BENGAL. How Christmas Is Celebrated In That An tipodal Country. At sunrise the ever-grateful cup of tea is conveyed to each before rising through the medium of the ayah or bearer, and by and by the guests drop into the veranda to enjoy t!ie only fresh air of the day, and partake of the cltota hazri (little breakfast) which is already wait ing. Coffee and tea, with toast, eggs and fowl, are the usual items of this meal, and while engaged with it you get a view from between the veranda pillars of a dead level country, with patches of jungle here and there amid wide tracts of cultivated land, while in the foreground stretches a velvety com pound interspersed with ornamental banyan and india rubber trees, clumps of bamboos, shrubs and flowers. Wind ing along the avenue presently appear four great elephants, which soon draw up in front of the bungalow, and ayahs, bearers and children, suddenly entering on the scene, turn everything into com motion. Servants hurry to and fro with guns, ammunition and sporting gear, which the sportsmen see safely deposited in the howdahs; and, lastly, they themselves mount bya swing on the elephant's trunk, orby the rope ladder that hangs from the side of the howdah, and the mahout gets the order to march. The ladies and children are to. join them at breakfast a few hours later at the camp pitched on the hunting-ground. Meanwhile, to pass the time, some of the ladies saunter down to the garden under an archway of acacia and other tropical trees that line the avenue; while through the leafy canopy glances the genial sun of the cold season, with pleasant warmth, illuminating beautiful flowering creep ers. Darasites aad trailers that have entwiaed taessselves ' ... a. RUNNING AWAY. A Short Story Showing That There Are Worse Places for a Boy Than His Home. This is not exactly the season of the year for boys to run away from home out IE is gciuug bu uvya iuu away more or less at .all seasons of the year, and since there is so much said in the papers about the warm climate in the South, where people can eat oranges and loll in the shade in-January, andthe New Orleans Exposition is holding out glit tering inducements to visitors to go South, where they will be able to wear linen dusters, in the winter, there are many boys 'who are becoming restless at home, and 'a good many will run away this winter, no doubt A boy who reads papers, 'and thinks he is posted about things away from home, gjets "tired of doing chores with', the thermometer twenty degrees below zero, and he yearns for a warm climate. He goes to bed at night with his fingers and toes cold, from working in" the barn among cattle and horses,Jand as be undresses in a cold room in the gar ret,' and jumps into. a' cold bed, and, feels 'the wind and snow coming m the cracks, sees the frost on the glass, and bears the wind whistle, he dreams of. a land that 'is fairer than this, and some day he takes a change of clothes, and with money enough to buy a ticket a thousand, miles or so South, he leaves the old home 'and goes out into the world to get warm. Nine times in ten it is made so warm for him that ho would give all he possesses to be home,, cold as that home is. There are proba bly a thousand boys under twenty years of age from the North in New Orleans to-day, without a-cent of money, living on what they can pick up. A gentle man just returned from there, says 'he' lent all the money he could spare to Joung, fellows from Milwaukee,, who ad gone down there expecting, to get some erood naviner job. but'couldnMr find anvthin? to do. Thev have found: the warm climate, but even in a warm climate a person wants some kind of victuals to bank himself up inside, and' he has got to have a place to sleep in doors, as there is a cold rain falling almost constantly at this season of the 'year, which chills one to the marrow of his bones. Bunning away from home is fun as long as the money lasts that a boy takes with him. Aslong as he has money he can get enough to eat and a place to sleep, but when the money s gone he becomes a tramp. "What is the reason that he can't work?" some boys will ask. Because there is no work to do. In almost every com munity there are residents enough to do all the work there is to be done, and if a man wants-to hire a boy he hires one he knows, who lives near him, in preference to a stranger, whom he half suspects is a thief. It is hard enough for a boy or a man to get work where he is known, when there is little work to be done, and a hundred times harder to get work when one is tramping. A man wants to know something about the person he hires, and if a boy ap plies for work and is asked where he is from and how he came to leave, he docs not want to say he ran away from home, forlhat is a give away on him, and if he lies about it the man don't want lo hire a liaf. There are probably more boys running away to follow theaters and shows than any thing else. The idea of traveling from place to place with a theatrical com pany seems heaven to ar great many boys, and they would take a position in a menial capacity in order to be on the road. Boys who think that home is not the best place on earth, and who may be thinking of leaving, are re quested to read the following letter which a Philadelphia father recently got from his son: 'Washinqtoit Asylum, D. C 1 Sunday Deoember 7, 1884. f Dear Father, -Mother and Sister: I hope you are all well, as this letter leayet me at present. Dear father, I left Phila delphia Saturday, November 3S, for Balti more, to work for a theater company When I sot tbere the company wasn't there. They said that the company went to Washington. The first night Igot there I could not meet it there, but I got a place at another theater. But I did not have any money, so I bad to sleep on one of the rail road cars. Tbere were three of us who left Philadelphia. As I told yon before, we slept on the railroad car, and two policemes arrested us. The three of us are in tbc work-house. We are working very hard We go to bed whenever we like after dark But we hare to get up at half-past four in the morning. W e isct a pieoe of dry bread and bitter coffee for breakfast; at dinner w get dry bread and a drop of soup: at nighl we get the samejos in the morning. We have tc go out In themorningassoonasitgets light We go back to prison as soon as it gets dark We have to go out on the railroad to shove and pick. 1 ou can Just bet we want to get home, and I swear to you that if you send me f5r for they say they can get me outfoi So send it if you have got to pawn every thing; you have got. My God, I can't stand it. They chart e me with vagrancy. Thej say the authorities will transport me to Philadelphia if I get out. My God, this hai given me a lesson to stay at home. I wlli work as bard as I can. Send the money at quick as you can. Do not forget to addresi the letter to Washington Asylum. I got ninety days, and I can't stand it tostaj another two days. I am sore all over. My bands are blistered. My God, this place give! mo a lesson. Good-bye. Send me a lettai as soon as you can. Yours, in agony. JACOB SCHMIOT. PccJfc's Sun. JAPAN CHILD NAMING. The Singular Costoin in the Far East ol Giving Names Ordinarily Given to Infknti of the Opposite Sex. Old-fashioned people in many dis tricts of Japan, to whose families death has made frequent visits, still resort, in their anxiety to prolong the lives ol their children, to the custom of be stowing upon their offspring names or dinarily given to infants of the oppo site sex. Probably the superstition is more widely prevalent than foreigners would suppose, but it is only when some incident or story in connection with its observance is reported in the vernacular papers that the majority be come aware of the existence of the old custom. ATokio paper tells a story in point Some time ago, a man named .Kano, living at Kameicho, Nihonbashi, Tokio, received an intima tion from the authorities that his eldest son, Bnnnosukc a name always ap plied to males having attained mili tary age, steps should at once be taken with a view to the young man under going medical examination prior to actual enlistment. Kano lost no time in going to the ward office and ex plaining to the officials thatBunnosuke was his daughter, though registered as a male since 1872, in which year the census system was altered. The au thorities. However, in whose minds fre quent and more or less ingenious schemes to evade conscription had given rse to a condition of pure scepti cism on this point, did not scruple to order an examination to be conducted at Kano's house. The result, of course, proved the statement made by the father, who, on being questioned, said that, having lost two daughters, both about one year old, he had Deen driven to this expedient to keep the third alive. It may be presumed that its success, as evidenced in his daughter's attain ment of "military age, will tend, at any rate among his neighbors, to the revival of a custom which, whatever its inconveniences, is not without sug gestive interest Greater men than Kano have laid schemes, far deeper than his simple artifice, to circumvent the grim visitor, and for the most part they have failed. Japan MaiL Paper from the yucca, a hairy plant found in Arizona, New Mexico and Lower California, is becoming popular in Great Britain. It is readily bleached, and has a fiber almost as strong as lemp. It can be manufactured at about he same cost as paper made fxoai ixad cotton and linen rags. . FINGER RINGS, ETQ. of a Tatkatlvo Jeweler How So Test lrn-lw Stone. Af "How arc finger-rings wade? asked a reporter "of a jovreL-r. -Tlio prbc-: teSimplc," was-the r.'piy. "Stit'l die. and a-heavy press to forw. t'.io plate into the pVopurKh'.ipor-solder-io-rinR the joints and p!eeetaudra:feiY' tools to burnish autL eui'oeliu& tbczgoods is about all thatjs required in the 'work? shop. e j s, -wv .'jzcz'3 'tBneer-rings aro the stacd-b? oi.thfe plated good trade... Tuck iw twa kinds which" approach fif value" sol'J" Sold, 'being the Scale KngwuTchasa1 at top,'' either plain or ornamented; and a ring with a genuine stone settings These are known to the 'trade a the hard solder-filled'? jugs: xThe diitsiae of- a ring, -Where there'1 Js'-thei greatest wear, ia the thicket plate,. and jsi&rst stamped into shape, This isilietlw silver solder, which is" 'melted ""vyith a blow-pipe. -Thcrlng is thsrf placed- oil an 'arbor,' which makes iU perfectly, round.andl of thesize desired.-;A reamer is then "run "through" it, which smoothes the Inner edge vaml J adapts it "for" the! inner lining, which is usually made- of thinplate. Thejancy work" is.put.no the fine rings, by hand and.on thocheajj ones by'stamp3,vor'"rollers7 Machine ornamentation is sovwell perfected now that experts are often 'deceived -by 'it The stones used are asgoodas anypu in solid rings, except diamonds, and are' principally pearls', garnets,' aiiae thists,; agates, emeralds,1 rubies bpaLf and , blood5toues.1 "Peopleu arei- hum bugged by, theij blood and gold-stone No such' stones afe found' in nature," and these are simply-' chemical combi nations These rings are' about oae third gold, and arejiftorthafrom three dollars to forty-eight dollars per dozen. The greatest demand is for those Jbe tween six dollars ana thirty dollars per dozen. The cheapfTolled" plate. rings are madejnxthe1same)way as thenapre sxpensive, but are filled with lead. and set with Imitation stones made of glass.' and' are worth 1 from 'one dollar to eighteen dollars per dozen. - . - "Do, you know how to .test an ame inystr jno ,u en7 nere is an imitation and a genuine'' amethyst LtJust. put them onyour tongue alternately,andv you will find that the spurious feels, warm, and the genuine icy to the touch. Strange, 'isn't it? The stone'which has" Kntl tliA trrAntiwsfc i-tm nf 'lnYn to tht turpi-." eye, which has. a peculiar, dull fire. What is it? , Well, 1 don't want to de stroy public .confidence, but.it is only s. piece of petrified wo6d'turned,smoothed and "polished. New- styles? Yes? our" drummers claim to 'have them- every spring: and fall, but tbere is as much difference between them as there is be-, tween-two leaves on the same tree.' There are only fifteen 'factories in this country thafmake a specialty of rings,, and these turn out about one million six hundred thousand a year. "The trade in plated bracelets is enormous. One factory that I buy from makes, six hundred, pairs a day, and there are three hundred shops that make a specialty of these goods.- Plate from ten to fourteen" carats fine is used in their manufacture, skimped into the proper shape, the ornamentation being rolled or put on by hand. " They are worth from seventy-eight cents to eight een dollars per dozen. The city trade, calls for novelties all the time, while the, country folks look with favor upon the plain, old-fashioned styles, the great est demand being for a pattern that has been in the market for twenty-two years. The narrowest bracelet is one eighth of an inch, the widest one and naif inches. They are made into five sizes, adapted to all arms, in about three hundred and fifty patterns. In full sets of jewelry, including a lace pin and ear-rings; a choice may be had from two thousand patterns, which will deplete your capital from ten dol lars to seventy-two dollars per dozen. Your fancy may select from about four hundred styles of watch-chains, which cost from twenty dollars to one hun dred dollars per dozen. "Watch-cases? Well, here is a sample case which represents about two hundred and fiftydesigns that will put to blush the best solid cases made, and costs only about one-quarter as much. They are all filled with a pe-. culiar composition, which stiffens and makes them firm. The outside is made of plate, about one-third, and the in side about one-tenth as thick as the composition, the difference being made because the wear is greater on the out side. The joints, thumb-pieces and trimmings are solid gold and are interchangeable.- They are made of four carat plate, and are heavier and thicker than a gold case of the same size." BalUtnore Herald. m A NOTABLE RESTAURANT. Oae of the Carious Low atlag- Houses of Paris. Some forty years ago Paris could boast of some very curious low eating houses, or gargotes, and cheap ones to boot There was an establishment in the Rue de la Mortellerie appropriate, lugubrious name that perhaps bad no equaranywhere. It consisted of along, corridor-like hall, on the ground floor; it was neither paved nor flagged; you believed yourself in the street only the ceiling assured you there was some thing between you and the sky. The table was fixed to the ground by solid posts of wood in masonry; the leaf of the table was a long block of wood, pierced at intervals, like a school desk for ink-bottles, in which a hole had been excavated4 and then lined with tin; opposite each of these holes was a kind of rustic stool, serving for an arm-chair. The walls were hung with pictures of reigning sovereigns, and battle-pieces. Body and mind were thus provided with nutriment; it was a restaurant-school. The school, how ever, cost nothing, the feast of reason was uncharged for, but the meal meant nine sous. When any of the ancestors of the Rothschild family dined there, they gave the waitress one sou a gra tuity was not obligatory. -The client on taking his seat had his soup "laid on" by means of a syringe arrangement connecting the soup-coppers with the sunken, tin-lined cavity in the table; as he commenced to eat he was expected to pay. It was no use saying you had forgotten your purse, or would return the next day; no pay, no pater noster; the syringe was again - brought into requisition, and syphoned the vsoup back into the boilers with the rapidity of a disappearing meal in a pantomime.. But if the customer was able to meet his bill like an honorable man, after the soup was supplied he was given a junk of bread, which had been fresh the day before. Dipping this bread in the soup, and the latter disposed of, the waitress next threw into the hole a morsel of beef, not bad if your teeth were not affected with the palsy, and then fol lowed an iron fork, wich she wiped by drawing through her closed finger and thumb, or her shut hand and all was said. The Paris Caterer. ' m . a The paper made from sawdust has now been improved, until it is of excel lent quality, good color; not hard W as to wear the types as at first and greatly cheaper inprice. . Nothing but- chips and sawdust are used in making it , It promises a revolution in the print paper trade. Chicago Times. People who are forced to live ia cities which burn soft coal, will be pleased to hear that an Englishman de clares that soot -is useful'-in-absorbing, the germs of disease and in preventing the spread of epidemics by its diffnei ti carbon aad sulphur. :OF GENERAL INTEREST. There arc six hundred 'Masoaie JodgetMa'iVxav.yKl irfxtcon thousaad Masons.. . AtAVest Point, Ga a fruit-grower has sold since Ibol seventy-six thou eand dollantwor-h Jof peaches off ef nbtnpre than fifty acres of trees., " ASt XouiS Tnau has discovered .thai cod-'2 fish skin, when properly tanned, saakee elegant leather. It is of a pearl-gray color, aad'' very tough. - -ABJoomsbarg (N-.J-J woraaa, wh9 was," Born "dumb, began to,Tlaugh just before'her death, and laugheofcon-1 tinuously-'uatil-sae breathed her. list N, Y. Herald.. , . T T Thoro are but four national banks; Mississippi. There Is said to be a moTemeatToa'foet among Nashville capitalists, to establish. Oae at Natcheav where" there has never, beem a National baril-Chicago' Times. -r Between" tnclapboards aT his bouse A. Billings: of Lb" Roy,- -Mian., fpwd qae hundred, and -fiftooa pounds pf.hcmey. Oneujeeo of comb .was five feet nine' inches long and twenty-three Iaches-wide:.:cPu.jFr; r - - A few week's "ao-a" ''man who" was walking from Peekskill to Sing r Sing became tiredf-and-coolly-turned, the signal light i near1 him and stopped a freight train. He got aboard the trail, but was arrested. .aud. has..beeu,isen tended to one year in State prison. frotj1 Times. -v3 - tr - The use. of 'the magnet for the cure of. disease). was. knowa to theaaejcaml It ;Wa known to Aetius, -who- lived as early as the' year' 500. .Ho" says:' "We are assured that those who are troubled with the gout in: their hands or feet or with convulsions,--id relief when they hold a magnet" ., Norman Lovell. chief of, the largest and wealthiest band of gypsies . in this country, died recently nearElixabeth. N.J., His wjfcl tHa queen, died ia May fast, at the ago1 of ono hundred years.( Th&reldest soiv will -rule until "next spring, when there is te be a great gypsy.connciland a-consolidatioaof several "bands under one head. iV. Y. bun. "- -;- v, -. a A" Well-dressed manLwaV seea to stare atarwoman -impudently, hail a street-car imperiously.'pay his fare con pered. an- awe-struck stranger :to the conductor. AnJ the conductor re plied: "He'ls'tub janitor of a West Side Hat'"'- Cincinnati Travelers' Magazine. ', iJ (i A Stamford Jog" which had been us&l to drink at a certain trough found it-empty the other day, but a hose lying clo.e by.. After evident consideration, he picked uprtbo hose in his mouth, put the end in the trough, and waited for the water to run. It is' pleasant to know,-that having got so far, there was a. witness who turned the stop cock, so that the dog's hopes were realized. Hartford CouranU ''There's lib use talking, Tm going to get married," sa'il 'a bachelor to a married acquaintance the other day while busily engaged in sewing. "Here I haye worked jut twenty minutes by the watch trying to get this needle threaded, amTtliu::. just as I succeeded, I pulled the thread out Finally L'got it threaded, and now. after sewing on this button f.;st and strong, I find I've got it-on the wrong, side, and, I have my work all to do over again." N. Y. Ledger. ' A traveling combination at a hotel in one of the sni-ill Ohio towns left word at the olik-e before retiring for a general call at half past seven o clock, to enable the m -': b rs to make the next train for Cincinnati. The night clerk was a sou of ould Ireland, and at half past five in the morning he rapped at the doors, awakening all of the company, saying: "It is half-past five. I'm going oil" watch. You have an hur and a half to sleep yet" Cleve land Herald. Europe and British India con sume about 150.000 gallons of hand kerchief perfumes yearly. The Eng lish revenue from eati dc cologne is $40,000 annually, and the total revenue of other perfumes is estimate! at $200,000 annually. There is one per fume distillery at Cannes, in France, which uses yearly 100,000 pounds of acacia flowers, 1 fo.OJO pounds of rare flower leaves. S2.000 pounds of jasmine blossoms, 20.000 of tuberose blossoms and an immense quantity of other material. Springfield (Mass.) Repub lican. The use of arsenic is alarmingly on the increase. The researches of Dr. Draper and Professors Wood and Austen show that it is cxtcusively em ployed in wall papers, textile fabrics, writing and printing paper, candles, toys, confectionery, playing cards, theater tickets, rubber balloons and balls, sweat bands of bats, paper col lars and bed hangings, and in amounts sufficient to cauc sickness and even death. Profissor Austen recommends a law prohibiting its use in all materials consumed or employed in the house hold. Chicago Times. A stranger walked up to the clerk's desk at the Man-ion House one day recently and arranged for a com modious room. He registered his name, "W. H. Dunnd and , To ronto," and laid down the pen. The clerk looked at the entry a moment and said politely: "Will "vou not reg ister your lady also?" The man hesi tated and then said: "I'll register in an hour." "AH right, sir." said the clerk. The guest and his lady left-the hotel. An hour later they came back, he went up to the registry and added one word "wife." They had been married in the Interval. Boston Cour ier. A "SMART" SALESMAN. Specimens of What Kuiu Person Consider Sharp l)--Untr. "One night a sailor came into the store and wanted to buy a blanket Of course he wanted a cheaper one than any we had in stock and I was afraid my man h hadD't been here long would let him go. "Not a bit of it. He marched him oil' to a lot of big horse blankets and pointed out their size and dilated on their merits. The sailor seemed pleased at their size and quality, but'asked what tlu-ni bole were for. 'Oh,' said ray man, 'tiu-t's a new thing and very popular. You just got into your berth aud pa-; th; belt (meaning the surcingle) H-r-Migh thoe boles and fasten it 'round on, aud it can't slip off.- We sell lo:s of lucin, but if you don't like it we can cut it off.' The sailof did like it and paid his money and left the store happy. "Another tim' we had a pair of fur lined boots or sho. s we- could not get rid of. When, one day. a young man from the country came in and wanted something of the sort, my clerk brought Out this identical pa.r. The customer was delighted. ::-d trie! :U on, but thej- were so sma 1 i"ny lift him badly. My salesman taw ti o d-lliculty imme diately, and was as ready as ever. 'Look 'here, stranger,' he :vd. 'what arc you trying to do? You've got your stock- ings on have'nt o.i? The man ad mitted that he ha.!. Vhy, tlnse are made on purpose t save stockings, said my newaciii tlon. i sell lot? of them.' The goth-man from the rural district took off his stockings and his foot slipped in beautifully. He was tickled and took the 5-hoes, paid for them, aad went out well pleased' Some day the smart salesman May prove too smart for his employer.. Lewiston Journal. uescenojngly, scat himself lasnionabiy, and' expectorate 'furiouslyr '"Who U thatrdistinjhiished guutleman?" whis- TOUR BEST TIME FII ACtCHLIC A PIACT1CAL EDUCATION IS NOW. f ' 1 I '"""""""""""""""""""""""aa """"""""""""""""""""Ba""""""""""""""""""""""""""""f""""("""""""" A DECIDED SUCCESS. J8 THE FREMONT NORMAL r -. . AND BUSINESS COLLEGE, AT FBEMONT.'NEB., Opened successfully October 21, with ten teachers sad a good attendance, w ich doubled during the first five wcok, and is still steadily increasing. Fifty Students in tbc Business College and Short-haad!Classes: nearly fifty in the Noras! or Teachers' Department and common branches, and a good attendance ia the Music and Art Departments. TheFsscpltj-. c PRK8IDENT JONES hss had over twenty years experience in Educational work; PROFESSOR HAMLIN. PrincipU or the Business College, has bad over fifteen years' sxnerience and is a Superior Ten man aad Expert Accountant. PBOFES80R MOBLER is an original and iaspiriuic teacher in the Natural Science and Business Department. PROFESSOR LAWTON, of Boston, Mass.. is a superior instructor in Music. Miss Sarah Sherman, of Chicago, i an artist of rare talent and skill, and a uio.t successful Teacher. Miss Lydia L. Jones and Miss Jessie Oowles are grad uates of the Northvtcstorn University, and able teachers. 31 r. A. A. Cow list is a practical short-baud reporter and an adept at type-writing. Tbc other teach ers are thoroughly qualitied. EXPENSES VERY LOW. Tuition for twelve weeks $12. Roard costs from 12.60 to 13.00 a week:. Jn clubs aad by self-boarding it costs less. Places' can be found for several more studente who wish to pay part or whole ot board by housework or chores. He TacailoBM. The SPRING TERM of 12 weeks will begin April 14, but students can kntrk ATANYTDfav and are doing o contin ually, paying charges only from, time of entering to time or leaving. For particulars address Itbc under signed, W. P. JONES, A. 31., Prest. of Normal College, Fremont. Vb SiMmo. UNION PACIFIC ?. LAND OFFICE. IaaroTtd and Unimproved Farms, Hay and Grazing Lands and City Property for Sale Cheap AT THE Union Pacific Land Office, On Long Time and low rate of Interest. EfFinal proof made on Timber Claims, Homesteads and Pre-emptions. yfAll wishing to buy lands or any de scription will please call and examine my list or lands before looking elsewhere. 3rAll having lands to se 11 will please call and give me a description, term , prices, etc. "tari a'so am prepared to insure prop erty, as I have the agency of several irst-class Fire insurance companies. F. W. OTT, Solicitor, speaks German. MAMIIEI, C. SMI Til, 80-tf Columbus, Nebraska. SPEICE & NORTH. Gsaaral Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Paclfc, and Midland Pacific B. B. Lands for sale at from S3.00 to J 10.00 per acre for cash, or ou five or ten years time, la annual payments to suit pur chasers. We have also a large and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terms. Also business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate la Platte County. 621 CO-LUMBUB. rlES. LOUIS SCHKEIBER, BttiiaMWasoiMata All kills ef Repairing done en 8iert Netice. Biggies, Wag is, ete., Bade te order, aid all work Guar anteed. Also sell the worM-famoos Walter A. Wood Xoweri, leavers, Combin ed Xaemines, Earreiters, and -lelf-binders the best nude. ay Shop apposite the " Tattersall," on Olive St., COLUMBUS. 26-m -aTOTICE TOTEACMESM-. J. B. Moncrief, Co. Sapt., Will be ia his office at the Court House oa the third Saturday of each month for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates, and ferthe transaetton of any other business partaiBiig to schools. 667-y in presents given aicay. Send us f cents postage, tVW auu dj man you win get free a package of goods of large value. IB at win man you in w iuii once bring you in mosey faster than any thing else in America. All about the $180,008 fa presents with each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either ex, ef all ages, for all the time, or spare time only, to work' for us at their own homes. Fortunes for all workers ab solutely assured. Don't delay. H.Hal litt k Co., Portland, Maine. $200 m GO TO A. & I. TURNER'S BOOK AND MUSIC STORE FOR THE BEST 2 GOODS AT The Lowest Prices! CONSULT THE FOLLOWING ALPHA BETICAL LIST. ALni'MM, Arithmetic. Arnold's Ink (genuine). Algebras, Autograph Al bums, Alphabet Blocks. Author's Cards, Arks, Accordcons, Abstract Legal Cap. BRUSHES, Basket3,15aby Toys, Nooks, Bibles,- Hells for 1 oys, HIank Books, Birthday Cards, Basket Buggies, boy's Tool-chests, Bails, Banker's Cases, boy's Wagons, Sleds and Wheelbar rows, Butcher Book, Brass-edged Ru lers, Bill -books, Book Straps, Base Balls and Bats. CAIHUIli, Cards, Calling Cards, Card Cases Combs, Comb Cases, Cigar Ca ses, Checker Boards, Children's Chairs, Cups and Saucers (fancy) Circulating Library, Collar and Cutf Boxes, Copy Books, Christmas Cards, Chinese Toys, Crayons, Checkers, Cbcss-meu, Croque) sets. IfOM'BSTIC Sewing Machines, Draw ing Paper, Dressing Cases, Drums. Diaries, Drafts in books, Dolls, Dressed Dolls, Dominoes, Drawing books. ENVELOPES, Elementary school books, Erasers (blackboard), Erasers (rubber). FICXI03I Books, Floral Albums, Fur niture polish. GRAMMA KX, Geographies, Geome tries, Glove boxes, toy Guns, Gyroscopes (to illustrate the laws or motion). HAttFUR'.tJ Headers, handsome Holi day gifts, Hand-glasses, Hobby-horses, Haml-satchcls, Histories. I3iKS, (all good kinds aud colors). Ink stands (common and fancy). JEWEL Cases, Jeivs harps. KEGS or ink, Kitchen sets. LEDGERS, Ledger paper, Legal cap, Lunch baskets, Lookingglasses. MASO"i & Hamlin Organs, .Magnets, Music boxes, Magazines, Mustache cups. Mouth organs, Memorandums, Music books. Music holders, Machiuu oil, Mats, Moderator's records, Muci lage, Microscopes. 3tEEILES for sewing midlines, Xoto paper- ORGANS, Oil for sewing m.-uhiues, Organ stools. Organ seats. PERIODICALS, Pictures, Puzzle blocks. Presents, Picture books. Piauos, Pens, Papetries, Pencils. Purses. 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