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fi3&5S3SyiyiZZ?ZV3WTtt 3tia?&VfyCTSrzE'fcacxirataMi)MMmrrrTmixJKM'Tg2imai I iiiw, iilinjnm-l' I - -.. wirniiji "i'" " ' I w H n NAPLES. SlffaXaaaaare AFlace WMre All Ordi nary Business Can be Transacted With ont Opening; Your Lips. Naples is the only town known to us in which, if you are acquainted with the recognized language of signs, you can bny and sell, impart and receive useful information of various kinds, make love, and challenge your enemy to the death'without opening your lips. Why this is. so is a difficult question. Some have supposed that these gestures were once a secret speech, which the laasa roni used in order to shield themselves from tho oppression of their social su periors, and which they still employ to inform each other of the weaknesses of their foreign patrons. This theory may be correct; but sometimes one is in clined to think that tho motive that prompted tho invention and gave it cur rency was less neroic ana more practical. May not the Neapolitans have-adopted it because it emabled them toehold two conversations -at the same time, aad thus to indulgo in a double loquacity? We have spoken of the language as an invention; in this perhaps we were wronerit may be a survival. Some time during the first half of tho present oentury a loarnod Neapolitan wrote a book to provo that the gestures of tho figures depicted on Etruscan vases are to all intents and purposes the samo as those that are still daily employed in the steeeta of his native city. , Whether, these strange signs are a relic of, ancient lore or only a modern trick, it is certain that no foreigner and very few Neapoli tans of education have ever gained a mastery over them. A few of tho simplest are known to every one who has lived a year or two in the town, and may be seen even in the drawing rooms'; but how your cabman manages to inform his friend that you have come from the railway station, are Soing to private lodgings in a certain istnet of tho city, that you know its customs, aud he considers you rather a screw, is a mystery that done but cab men ever know. That he doe3 so you will soon percoivo if you keep your eyes open; and if. on tho contrary, he re ports that it is your first visit to Naples and you are lavish in cab-fares, "the fact will be announced in every street through which you pass, and you will find your travoling oxponscs rise accord ingly. To tho foreigner the cabman seems the chief guardian of the Etrus cati mystory; but the boatmen nro equally cognizant of it. and probably ail tno lazxaroni axu imuateu. ? muui each trade has a laaguago of its own or all use- tho same gestured is a question wo can not even attempt to answer. There jure some simplo signs, how ever, which ovoryono in the city uses, and if tho traveler can learn and use them naturally, he will escapo from many of tho inconveniences of life in southern Italy. The man who says "No." or still worse who shakes his head at those who are importunate either for his alms or his custom, has delivered himself over into tho bauds of tho' tormentors. Thoy know by experi ence that foreigners may be driven by loud cries and persistent following to such desperation that quiet seems cheap at almost any price. Now. all this discomfort may do avoided in a very simplo way. You have," first of all, to niako yourself ac quainted with tho plan of tho town, and to walk out of the station without any hesitation. If you go wrong, it does not much matter; you can soon find your way again, or if not, you can buy a trifle at some shop, where they will set you right. When the cabmen scream at you. as they do at everyono, do not look at them, but raise your chin slightly. That means "No," and it will generally quiet them. If they persist, shrug your shoulders, pout your lips, and elevate your chin more suddenly and distinctly, with a side glance at tbqin, while you continue your walk. That means "Don't trouble inc." If it should provo ineflectuaL which it rarely does, summon as much ferocity as you can easily command at a short notice into your face, turn sharply 'on your Sersecutor, fix your eyes on his, and raw your right-hand, with the back uppermost, gently but firmly from your throat to your chin in such" a way as to push out your beard, if you aro fortu nate cnoazh to possess one. What this gesture means we can not say; it is best not to inquire. To judjro from its efl'ect on the .Uuzaroni it is tantamount to very bad .language indeed; so that he who einploys'it innocently may have all the satisfaction without incurring any of the guilt of those noblo soldiers of ours who once fought in Flanders. But the getures must bo performed simply, easily, nlmost mechanically, or tho cab man" will discover that you are only a fraud;,, and act accordingly. To return to Naples, no inhabitant of the town .ever thinks of paying a cab-' man his legal faro. Everv one feels it would bo unjust to compel him to drive from one end of the city to the other for the eightpence ho has a right to claim, and on such occasions every one gives him som 'thing extra. But for short drives tho eightpenco is too much. On summer afternoons a walk through the street1; is almost intolerable. You : have been to see tho museum or the aquarium, let us say; tho walk from either; to , the neighborhood of San Carlo, where the great coffee-houses are, is short; but if you go on foot, you know you will be exhausted beforo "you reach your destination. As soon as you appear on the public way half-a-dozen'cabmen offer their services: You choose the cab yon like, say "San Carlo," place the first finger of your left hand across tho second joint of t$M first finger of your right, and walk on. You have offered tho driver half a lire. He shrugs his shoulders, and sits firmly on his box; do not turn your head; in half a minute he will be rat tling along the road beside vou, "But also a gratuity for me, sir." The only notice yon take is slightly to elevate your chin, without honoring him evea with a side glance. Seeing you are an adept, he cries at ouce. "Come in. sir. come in." If you do so, you will have no quarrel with him at "parting. All but the very worst Neapolitans will ail here to the agreement they havev once made; but your cabman will think none none the'worse of you if yotr give him two soldi one penny at parting. This gratuity is not unusual, and does not, 3 a bargain has been made, denote ex travagance. In dealing with the lazzaroni. even if the tongue is employed, it is wise to use the fingers as . well." Every -finger de notes a lire; the fifcst joint" of the fore finger when crossed represents the quarter, the second thelialfof that coin; the whole of the right hand extended means five, both hands ten; but it is best for the foreigner to use only one hand at such times, and keep the other firmly clasped, if possible, in some pocket, or mistakes may arise. To fold your hand means to repeat the snm. Thus, if you wish to offer a boatman twelve lire fort an excursion, you extend your whole hand with the palm toward him. then close it, then open it again, and finally keep it clasped with only two fingers extendedT7" --, - . These are simple andobvious'devices, but there are others that are at least as useful and less easily explicable. Thus when a foreigner is "intent on purchas ing corals, pearls, photographs, or walking-sticks, and thinks he is being oyerreached, he can hardly do better than gaze" at the dealer wfth the most placid of smiles, insert' the two first fnMrsof his right hand between his Back and the shirt collar, and then ask with an, easy l&ngh what the prices realhar. -ihe" more . respectable the atJSrefte"mmV pronounced the gee" tare most be. JThe sign signifies almost cverythine.lrom ''.'Do yoa take aeto. be a fool!' to- don'r ojiite believe that story." When skilfully used, it often leads to a great redaction oi prices. Saturday Review. MAKING NAILS. The Process Trao4 from the Of Finished Kails la the Kern;. Upon entering the works the fiast thin which strikes"oeii the arrange ment of the puddling furnaces, they being built so as to form a hollow- -,-.. Cnb taromn ia ilrmhlo that .Ww. -r ----- - is, one staok Is divided Into two parte making two puddling furnaces. In the space withia the square is placed ! the Squeezer." the train of rolls, and the engiae, which- latter furnishes the I power to drive., machinery aad sup- nil th blast for the furaaces. The pig-iron is brought from the blast fur nace ia cars and carts, and at a certain plaoe is broken in halves, weighed and apportioned to the puddlers. The iron is placed into the furnace, a Wast of hat air is driven over it by means of a fan, and as it molts, the puddler stirs it continually with a long Iron instrument called a "puddle tooL,T This process U kept up until every vestige ef Impurity has been driven out. Then the work man gradually cools down his furnace by damping the fire, being careful te ftote the consistency of the mass. Thea he rolls it into a ball shape, with-, draws it from the furnace, and by means of a ponderous pair of tongs running frerfy on an overhead railway conveys it to the squeezer, a piece of mechanism worth describing. In former times th squeezer resembled the jaws of a monster croco dile, from which it dor.ved its name. Now the apparatus is called a "coffee mill squeezer." and. indeed, it looks very much liRe a big coffee-mill. The ball is tossed into a squeezer, which seizes it and sends it rolling around and around, the space becoming narrower as the outcome is approached When at last the mass emergen it has taken the shape of a roll of cotton batting. A man on the "lookout" for it grasps it with tongs, aad tho overhead rigging is again brought into play to carry the "bloom." as it is now called, to the rolls. The rolls are constructed with numerous grooves graduated to the size of the bar desired to be made. The "bloom" has now. gone through the public rolls and is flat, say four inches wide, three-quarters of an inch thick, and twelve feet long; it is termed pud dloor muck bar. VVhen used for nail making it must be cut into short lengths of a foot These are pled in a certain manner, weighed and taken to a sec ond department, the "sheet milL" This mill has withia it several heating furnaces and tw trains of rolls one to break down the pile and another to finish the sheet. The heaters arrange the piles of iron on tho furnaces precisely as a baker does his loaves in the oven. When it is' sufficiently heated it is conveyed by means of the ever-Hseful over-head rail way to tho rolls, there to be again flattened and drawn ints long thin sheets. Now we have come to the jiail factory. The sheets are taken to the "slitter," who cuts them into different sizes, as the kind of nails desired to be made requires. The nail-plates are then packed in numbered boxes to be delivered to the nail cutters. The larger sized nails aro out hot, and for the pur pose of heating tho plates a furnace is at hand in charge of a man whose business it is to supply the nailers with iron. Now we have reached the last process of this rather intricate manu facture. Wo hear tho busy hum of one hundred and twenty machines which in the course of eleven hours cut one thousand one hundred kegs of nails. An invention of recent date whieh at one time threatened to revolutionize the cutting of nails, has been intro duced in this factory. It is called a self-feeder, but as it only cuts middlo sizes the trail o.of the nail-feeder is pot yet jeopardised. The ingenious machines are almost human in their working. An attend--Mit takes np a nail-plate, pries open the stiff iaws of his nippors. places one end of the plato within, and by a skill ful thrust has set the machine going. It certainly is more accurate in its ac tion than any feeder can be. One per son can, if dilligont, attond two self feeding machines. Eaeh machine con sists of a cutting knife, a heasng maohine, bed-plate, flywheel, and splint and miss-cut separator. There is another process to be told about, and that is blueing. This U done in an inclined revolving cylinder, pierced with holes, and kept at a doll re'd heat The nails are poured la at the elovated end, and. as they slowly roll down tho incline, take on the pretty blu! t'nt wo have so often admired. The nails are now taken to the "packer," who weighs them, packing one nundred pounds in each keg. The packing is done by means of a machine which, by an ingenious application of mechanics, has a vertical as well as a revolving motion, ine Keg is placed between the kneos of tho "packer," and as it dances up aud down, he gradually fills it from uu "lauuauv uus it trout I a feff ejwng:f. C5qnhamg wnoted.ototheilaiis.ffcoj; . . -' tn j m - - hoopOdrives a' nail here and there Tito the chimeargivcs.it.aTwhirl, aad away; it goes to the brander, who numbers it and stencils the firm's name and.tradflH mark. And now oar nails are seat to the warehouse to be nut into ears des tined for every part of oar own country, and, indeed, as far off aa Australia. Mining Engineer. CRABS AND OYSTEHsV New York Gourmand Who XtaafftKawr a Good Thing- When They See It New Yorkers consider that tkey kaow. more about good things to eat'ahaa stay people in the world. The fact is,-thoy know less. New York itself produces' singularly few of the choicest table deli cacies. Now, mnch ado is made over softshell crabs in -New York, and the New York gourmands gobble np the pasteboard things sold as soft crabs and think they are delicious. The troth is the flavor of the soft crab is so daKsate that it is at once ruined by belaaf pa I on ice. the-destrover of all 1 flavors. Thai softshell. when he leaves" 'Jus a iasciaatiner Mlow. native river, is w,Si charming saltish taste. ,Take husiCbp-J to New York and keep him Wice-l twelve hours and he is the most taste-. less thing mat can be imaginedWItae quires as much salt as there was inLot's wile to make him eatable. His outside is all right but his inside it a dismal failure. But the connoisseurs of New York exult over this melancholy shadow of the crap, in happy ignorance that the soul, the spirit- the Je aesias quoi, the essence, the spiritual, part of the soft crab is gone to return no more. They eat their Blue Point. ,aad jSaddle Reck oysters, forgettiag that the 'eyeter loathes civilization, and that the ..near ness of a great city dessoiaUses " It be yond repair. It' is" only in the virgin waters of Maryland and Virginia thai the oyster is really found. 2f. Y. MmU und Express. Doctors say that mothers who take pride in the weight of their aewly-bera children should weigh them as soon as possible after birth. c Ch'ldren lose weight during the first three .days, of life, and the loss sometimes amounts to twelve ounces or more. It takes them nearly a week to regain, tha weight they had at the time of birth. N. X. Sun. SPYING AND SPIES. Department. 'Yon think our business a queer one," remarked a Central Station detective yesterday, t c "WeWto do attends of tasks;" he continued; risk oar lives one day caDtmriarseme thief.' aid the very next ! perhaps assume all the delicate tact and jticQ behavior, required to convince -a lady thaVsheJ has absolutely no cause to ho ipaIoms of her husband. Than the wot of it is we have to be so nays- ferioua IB efervthtng We do. Not a . . . - syjlabJt,dar we wciacfrr UieMp9fii ing tbe job. sometime ivuaj ncuo m ..n A l.. funa th inert I baa. bnt It j 1? might contain some Sip of "frrniaVna whhA. 1t""f leesly repeated by others, would afford otde a da... -- -r remember an Incident of the kind vouch for its truth, having heard it in question, showing -the badpalioy of ' many a time from -the lips of the in-talk-n" too muokahont ft case. Soma vantor, who was rather proud of his , 1 ,l. ....h'.i JaV nt ikl ATnmnnfL and not without reason. a certain b? rraia honse"ia thkT city i was found te be aa embezzler. This discoverv was made oae Ssmday after- nboa by the proprietor himself, -who de voted the entire day f te the work of overhauling7 the accounts of the con cern. He chose Sunday for this work. so as net to exoite the suspicions. of hia man and about Jour in the afternoon had abundant evidenoohat the young fellow was several thousand dollars short Naturally the old man was V excited. He jumped, around his office and tore his hair, and then resolved to have the embezzler arrested forthwith, "His eye at that moment caught sight of a young bootblack on the opposite side of -the streesraad heaailed ehe ld over and gave him a dollar to goto the house where Jiis' clerk Jjoarded and in quire if he was there. The boy knew the young man very w1l, and when-he appeared at the door told him every thing that was going on at tho office. " Mr. is pulnng his ,ha:r out by the roots,' said the boy, and the young man took the hint and left the city within half an hour. We got track of him and telegraphed to a town farther on his description, anct asked the'pdlice to arrest him on the '-cars, fiat the fugitive knew a thing or two himself, and left the cars at a small station, and boarded a train going in another direc tion. That young man gavo the depart ment more trouble than I care, to tell. He was tracked to Kansas City.' thence to Quebeo. and finally, six months later, he was located ia St Louis, An officer was dispatohed to bring him back, but the bird had flown. 'How is it,' we asked, that -this .man is able to escape us right along; he seems to forestall all our actions, and it would appear he was be'ng advised of our inteatidas right alongP' ' "Such proved to be the case, and some of our men talked a little too freely. The fugitive was a member of a powerful society, and all our talk concerning him, we found out after ward, baa been telegraphed him direct, aad he knew beforehand what we in tended to do. We captured him at'last, however, and he is now doing h'sjnt at Joliet, "That case taught the department a valuable lesson. It would be impossi ble now for a case like that to be re peated, and that is why I first said you might possibly think our business queer. If you'll allow that we have many odd jobs to do, what do you think of the men who are hired to watch us? You see a 'detective keeps his eye on thieves, but there are de tectives whose only business it is to watch other detectives. Spying on spies is their work, and if I am any judge I should think it rather ticklish work to do." "Who are they?" "I don't know. All I know Is that every detective in this department, and every uniformed officer as well, is un der surveillance aud that these secret agents report only to the Superintend ent." "What do they report?" Well, various things. In the first Klaee, the Chief of Police is constantly t receipt of complaints against patrol men and others on the force. Some times a Lieutenant is said to be 'work ing' his district for a gold watch, a horse and buggy, or some expensive present, which generally takes the form of a testimonial. There is a rule in Uie department prohibiting an officer of police fronvrecei ving any present Now, this rule is not often enforced, but to make sure that it won't be. your., ambi tious copper tells the ohief that the diamond star he is' about to receive, or the horse and buggy, or the gold watoh. or whatever it may be, is the unsolicited gift of the residents of his district who open their pocket-books and bny him injiat he gets in order to express their sense of his fitness for office. Of course that is all bosh; the Lieutenant is always at the bottom of such a scheme, and one of thojobs your mysterious 'fly bobs' has to do is to look up the extent to wh;ch ho is a party to the dodge. "Again, any "detective who dresses well or wears "diamonds is a sure work for the 'fly bob.' I ought to explain that these secret officers aro called 'ily bobs' in the department They aro on the track of any and all police B"nuit u, buu .,, nn fha t - fflcer8 who f r are known to bo addicted living. If the officer thus jangied ont happens to be doing a quiet sore of Diacamauing. a ia ones ins ease, it isn't a great while before his head goes into the basket Even the corner ''cop' who takes too many pea ants 'from the'dago-fruit" merchant is" under the watchful eye of the ny bob.' , "It's a ticklish business, "as I' said before, bnt its enhances discipline in the department and for that reason I suppose the scheme Te all right" Ckicaga Newt. MOUNTSTUART. Lard Batrt Staaalaceut Xaw PsUm Hear Kotheaay. The rebuilding of Mountstuart, Lord Bute's palace, near Rothesay, has been completed, and it is one of the most magnificent mansions in Great Britain. Th house covers an acre, and is in the' "medieval Gothic stvle of the thirteenth century. The walls, turrets and bal conies are bnilt of stone brought from a quarry in Kirkcudbrightshire., In the center is an immense tower'6ne hun dred and twenty feet high, with a' wide balcony all around the top. 1 The great hall is constructed entirely f of alabaster and the rarest marbles, with columns and a gallery; and the grand Staircase is also of marble brought from Sicily and Carrara. The drawing-rooms are paneled with walnut and beautifully deoorated.and so.arethe.ainiBgsrooais, the largest "of which;;accemmodates eighty guests. The ceilings and chimney-pieces of all these rooms are most artistic and so also ace the win dows, the work of, which are extremely elaborate. TboSc are three immense libraries? and a billard-room. all with carved stone fireplaces of antique de- fS one wing are Turkish and swim- mmr baths, and there, are large con- servatorissand a" private'chapel.' The whole house ia heated, by hot-water Sipes and. lighted throughout by iaean esceut;Jamps. ,1a. the gallery will be. hang the famous Lutoa.Hcd collection of 'pictures which have recently been exhibited at Bethnal Green. Glasgow anid Manchester. -The'bang. decor ating, aad furnishing of -this place have obst aearly a inilb ioNfim World. , - There" are' more than 10,000,000 aeas ia Maine, aad the egg crop of tho State is as valuable as the apple crop. Bi$Un JturmmL "- GINGER BEER. How Drasgkt'a Boy Stambled on Bf eh Secret. Dr. J. Hameral, editor of Lis Deux Monde, Buffalo. N. Y., has "been in the city during the past week, and furnishes ifce, following interesting account of the accidental .origin of ginger beer and theresults which made its inventor a wealthy man. . "Everybody,"9 said -Dr. Hameral, know the gintjer beer,- thr popular iriak of the middle aad lower classes ia England, the yearly, sales ofwhich at one Danny per oowe i reacues mu - A ! JST t . & - . Ikns and mulioms of bottlesi But tho wicffi gf-thui pleasant, oneap and truly TJ a. r. .,: -.. r. Jf " " p iTa l doabLwIietharTcaia England, there are asaay meayrhocouldisavhow and 1". and lean "Some eighty years ago; Louis Cares, ft boy of aixteen. the son of a very Door country physician in France, was sent by his father to a school in Lon don ia which ho got board, lodging and instruction in English in exchange for lessons in French to the younger pupils. E'ght months later the schoolmaster d'ed. tho school was closed, and Iouis Carez fou id himself alone la the big o'ty wit tout a friend ana witnvery scanty resources, nnii looking out tor anouier sunooi, ne tooic a room in the house of a druggist, in one oi me low pares oi we cut. ami managed to live with five dollars a month, all that his father could send aim. It was almost starvation. But the poor boy had not seen the end of his troubles. One day the monthly re mittance failed the father was dead! The boy would have d ed of want if it hadnot been for the kind charity of the old druggist and his wife. They had become attached to tho pretty, well-behaved boy, thoy pitied his forlorn po sition, they gave him his room and his board until he could obtain a situation. Anxious to make himself useful, Louis Carez swept and cleaned the 1 ttle store. and was soon able to help the old man in preparing simplo prescriptions. "One day. as he was alone in the store, a woman called for some ginger powder. Louis soryed her. aud, after she left tasted the powder. He liked it. but finding t burnt his tongue, he mixed it with water. Then an idea struck him. Ho put some ginger pow der in one glass and in another a little sugar and the contents of tho whito paper, of a se'dlitz powder, added water to both, poured the contents of one glass into the other and drank with de light the pleasant, effervescing draught The finger beer, although in a crude state, was discovered! For soveral days, whenever he had a chanoe. the young' inventor 'experimented in the small laboratory, and having at length Grfeoted his new beverage, he calcu ted that he wanted two guineas to manufacture his liquid, buy one hun dred bottles, as many corks, and some twine. One fine morning be made up his mind to speak to the druggist, ex plain his Idea, and beg for the loan of two guineas. But the old man did not see the matter in tho samo light as the enthusiastic young boy and refused the loan. However, it was writton in the book of fate that ginger beer was not to be withheld from the appreciating palates of Englishmen. The wifoof the druggist had heard the explanations of the boy, and whether sho had faith In his invention, or whether she was more tender-hearted than her husband, the same evening she slipped two gold pieces in the hand of Louis out of her scanty savings. A few days later sho oould be seen on the streets of London, carrying a basketful of bottles in one hand and a glass in tho other, calling: Ginger beer, tho drink of the period; ginger beer, threo pence a bottle!' "A few months afterward Louis Carez manufactured and sold daily one thousand bottles, but one year later he" formed a partnership with a Captain Dubbers, and established large works which could scarcely meet the demands, and had to be enlarged more than once. Ginger beer sold retail at two pence a bottle. After four years of partnership, one years of being then twenty- age, Louis Carez sold his share in the concern to his -partner for 10,000 and went to Paris. He invested his capital in tho silk house of Yacossin, at that time (about the year 1815) already a very important one. But Louis Carez was a born merchant, and in 1824 the firm of 'Carez, Yacossin & Co.' had bo come the largest and richest of the silk trade In France. He was elected Presi dent of the Board of Trade in Paris, President of the" Chamber of Commerce, was a member of the Legion of Honor, and many times a millionaire. His son, Alfred Carez, was my chum at college. I was often a guest in tho house, and many a time Inave heard the old gentle man, when he had taken some friend through his art and picture gallery, one of the finest private collections inParis. say with a smile: 'See what can be got out of a bottle of ginger beer. Louis ville Courier-Journal. GRAY HAIRS. Their ADoearanaa Kefc Indicative of mature Deeay of Constitution. The fact that some persons begin to show gray hairs while in their twenties aoes not indicate a premature decay of the constitution. It is purely a local phenomenon, and often co exists with great physical vigor A medical journal says: "Many feeble persons, and others who have suffered extremely, both mentally and physically, do not blanch a hair until past middle lifo; while others, without assignable cause, lose their capillary coloring-matter rapidly when about forty years of age. "Race has a marked influence. The traveler, Dr. Orbigny, says that in many years he spent in South America he never saw a bald Indian, and scarcely ever a gray-headed one. The ncgrojts turn more slowly than the whites. In this country sex appears to make little difference. Men and women grow gray about the same period of life. In mcu the hair and beard rarely change equally. The one is usually darker than the other for several years, but there seems no general rule as to which whitens the first The spot where gray ness begins differs with the individual. The philosopher Schopenhauer began to turn gray on the temples, and com- Jlscently framed a theory that this idicates vigorous mental activity. "The correlation of gray hair, as well as its causes, deserve more attentive study than they have received Such a change is undoubtedly indicative of some deep-seated physiological pro cess, but what . this is we can only ascertain after more extensive observa tions than have yet been submitted to science." YoulKs Companion. m m Yankee Accent in London. Yankee accent and inflection have come into fashion among the London aristocrats. It is a freak that may and may not last An acquaintance of Lord Dnnraven attributes to him the Ameri canised talk of his particular set; and the Marquis of Lorne and Earl Dufferin. aided by their wives, are supposed to have takea back from Canada an Amer icanmanner of utterance. These ex amples, could not fail to be potent in London, and ttfo novelty seems to have captivating. Cncage. Tribune -misceTCaneoOs.' r An .American lady has opened house, in. Par's for vounsr American girls, who havo come to that citv with- out inemis or protection, to canyon their studies. -' i A tramp weut into a honse'in Mis souri and .ipit, on tho parlor carpet The woman was sick hi be J. but sho got, tip and b'roko bis co!lar,-boue and ran himto'the woods. Sti Luisrst T Tennes:n rankshrsas anoaigfrpaa ducln; S:ato7 The. amount reported was 2.1$0J39 pounds of Tioubv and -8-421 ppundyof bOehrax. ' "- Tho sPreaJdenfof-'a "Ama issmrantfe coiuparV'rtetnEiy maeirara ueitariari which to. j ,wr.:ar.Si:d, "In, case of oath nlnjM n inn tn m Chuf rhu atroa would get waenT7d.'"" BoiionKTrttG SCnpt.e .S C 9C ' li.il, ' ijc Ther-are.8.4Q0 New York, the m in the cfv: "ajd the time thov enter" -the 'stabled until rrtV longer able togive milk. neTercsees grass.. A'. '. Timt. There is no more sense in "tipping" a water or bod room servant who is fa'thfttl than a prompt salesman or an efficient helptrof any sorr. Tho sys-' tern is a'i outgrowth of the aristocratic caste bus s of so'ety in Europe, and should not get a foo'thold hero where labor i held to be honorable! and paid for on its merits. Wajnino'tOH Slar. Senator "rf-tlker. of Nevada, was I attacked bv a bv d of coyotes near t'y,v and was . a tree to save rie with him. and tlif animal! which Walni,lov '" o''ged to -i . l.i-lfo. Hr k lied a numb r were quickly dut cured by thoir com rades Ho jrema aed in tho tree all, night, closely watched by tho coyotes," but va rescued in the morning by a pany of hunters. ' - A few months ago a hithorto un known portrait of Siiakspeare was dis covered in a zh'op near the Uayraarkot in London. It had been for many years' in the possession of a family at Pad dington. by the last of whom it was be queathed to the present owner. JVt the back oi the panel on which it is pamteu a e several explanatory couplets, dated nearly lu years ago, been photographed. Tiie portrait has On some of the German postal cards is a printed formula designed to save time in imparting news transmiss able by tlrs med-ura. It runs as fol lows: "Only a few lines to-day." Then follow five linos on which to write; then. "God be thanked, I am in good health and hope to hear that you are a'so. The weather is ; write soon aud give mv love to alL In haste." aud bore follows tho signature. There is even place reserved for postsor pt A white man from away down South in the Okeechobee Lake region came up to Gaines ville 1 ast week on bus'n ess at tho United States land office. Wh le here he saw the lust ice he had ever seen. He manifested great interest in the frigid substance, and put a half pound lump in Irs pants 'pocket to take home to his family. He soon took it out of his pocket howover, and as ho did so said: "1" am afeered it will spile my torbacker. Oaineioille (Fla.) Sews. xV student of womank'nd explains that bjlles acquire an interchange -of ideas during the summer, aud return to their houses to' put them into prac tice during the winter. At Saratoga, Lun.r iiranch and other fashionable re sorts, women and girls from the most distant parts of the countryvare thrown together in mutual observation, if not in close social intercourse, and the in fluences that are more dominant fir the eonvent'onalities of feminine behavior tor the ensuing year. New York sub si ant" ally dictates to the rest of the country through the force of numbers, wealth and audacity. V. 1". Tribune. Three linemen were at work at tho top of a telegraph pole near New Haven, when a thunder cloud, emitting z'g-zag arrows of Jove'a blue fire, rolled down toward them. By and by a current from the surcharged cloud cam. Hashing along tho wire and tho men were given a dreadful shock. The fellow who was standing highest was struck senseless, and, falling, was caught by tho othors. Upon tho taut skiu of the stricken man's chest were three parallel marks; but in spite. of the stroke, he recovered within an hour. Acm Haven Register. When Miss Annie Middleton was married to E. E. Stone, at Louisville, several days ago. she wore what . was. pronounced to be ouo of the most beau tiful dresses worn in that -city. ,, Tho front was of imported silk gauze, cm hrnidcred in marguerites and da'scs. The court traia wasa rich "piece of white plush, bordered with heavy bands of ostrich tips. In the corsage wore soiho colored tints, which made the' effi'ct more pleas'ng. Downy white feathers and illusiou veil, dutted With, tiny ora'ige' blossoms and fragrant Me'rechal Niel b'ids wero addoJ: N. Y. lierat-l. Of Santos, tho "bo-sM of Uruguay. a correspondent wr.tes: "He was the son of a common so'd er and born in a barrack", never saw the insid- of a schoolhou-c. and. when a child, was not cons d-Ted of conse juonce enough to rece ve the baptism of the church. Yet it was th's man's destiny to intro duce free schools into Uruguay, secure the pasago of a compulsory educa tional law, demolish the monasteries, drive out the nun, ba'iish the Papal legate, and forbid the d scussion of pr lit.cal ;UL'.-tiotis from the pulpits of the Catholie Church." A MASONIC RELIC. A Traveling Card Imuml In Philadelphia Jane O. 1778. John D. Ilarris is the owner of an old Masonic traveling card, which is about a foot long and eight inches wide, made of sheepskin. It is written in Latin. French a,.d English and reads: I do herety cortify that Brother John Perkins is arcjpilarrejr'stcrt'd Froo Mason of Lodge No. 1, of the prov ne of Ponngyl vnn'ii, and has. during- his stay anions,- them, tvehaved himself us i-econic hii honc-t und worth v brothor. as appear by the Utilgc cer M'cato to me. given under mv hand aud tho 8cal of the Grand Loriire in Plula Iclplnu. the l th day of June, in tho year of our'LoiM, 1776, and tho year of Maonry. 577. "JME8Sutto Grand Secvrtarv." Mr. Harris says it was found between the rafters in the garret of an old house, in Worcester County, Maryland. Within about four feet of the relic was. found the skeleton of a roan. One of the per sons present when it was found was. J. W. Parker, of this city. The relic' is considered the oldest Masonic traveling card in ex:stence. -Nobody by the'name of Perkins has lived in Worcester County for years. It is supposed that the man; whose skeleton was found was evidently a traveler who had been rfoullv,sdeaft with and his body secreted in the1 gar ret. Masons at the present ..time .have. nn traveling card. 'bnt are proven; by, tlioii vunrlraPhiliiilrlithlrt Times. " j i-l Never Mind the Water.'1 - - Several years ago'there lived In Little" Rock a brightyoung man., but whb like many brigbtyonng men of thifday, was adly addicted to the excessive use ofwhiky. "' One" day his brother went to him and said : - -cr -lli-othcr John, I see that you are deiermini'd to kill Yourself drinking, so I purpose to rent a-roomv:put a barrel of whisky aud a barrel of water into it anu sum you up 'in it unmyuu yourself." " ' "Brother William," the younc km replied, "never mind thejrater. -Put In two barrels of whisky-rloasaie TrmveUr n i acaD.oa as xxiw.oa :aDKuy uyuin-ooous. cumu tcrouim ice . si m i Ik of .which is sold in; ,maili: bnt tho" oaglo-eved Inspector of ;j cows from' tho the TdkiaM-T6stafflo'fdeidd'' thit rTT-rrTTTT-r-z-r" . ? . z??izs.j?js Jr.v.i i m -Studants at Amherst CollesrewQl thereafter be refused av diploma at grad- aatien-tmlcss they attend" to their lgym nas lira "duties! during, theconrse. " " Fourteen oftho threo hundred aad eight graduates of the Wo'uan's Medi cal College.' at rirladclphia. are BOW .aracr.csng medicine in India. - . -. v . 1 rl, f w w -,. ' ' A leading Eastern religious papia sayssgsat asadingjaysanafroavthenal-it I'salvatJoi ider- haasen .ncroba' ear. anpHs, unless rou wort for 'the lmme djatertad'eTstmg'gOCsi of 'bacaM-?. uiv:uuai cuuu.-u waBvi6flr.- ' , 4fc - A J m fr , ., ? . -. f - H Armaoa . Jmd9a; latof&oodrand 9 uiurauiC'Ba aaiaaiui T)6sto31( "H4d thefFar'iWBS inteadad tekea aeuragOjirobeUioa. aud, expurgatod that, iaoffonsive lvrid"frbm everv "oobv. Christian-Union. '""" Some, time since, a Miss Caldwell, a devoto'd Catholic. tIeff$3pj,000 to assist in founding sgruat Catiioiio university ia this countrv. ' Tlrs sum has been in creased to abbat 8X000.000. and it has boon decided to locatj the university ia 'Wah ngton C.ty. the S.'S.OOO.OOO to .be used in the purchase of a site and the oreotion of the build' ngs: then it is. ex pected to FaNo at least $1,000,000 more by way of endowment. A". Y. Tribune. The Cathol'o ladies of Washington havo.a !tabernaole soo ety.'the object of whioh is to aid poor and needy mis- iSton ohurohes throughout the United States with the necessary altar vest- nents and linens for the decent cole- bVat'onof the divino mysteries. They meet at The Carroll Iiwtfthsfe evert tlay L of the week except Satardayomd San aay to, lagjr inw their pious woric . WasHinglon Star. " . " Tho-twdnty-n'nlh annual mcet"ng bf the Society for tho Increase' of "the Ministry was held reccntlvattheoihceof .tbesoe ety. at Hartford. Conn. The total 'reee'pts of the year havo- been nearly $1S O'JO. FitUvtivo scholars, fromtwon- h ty four d oceses and four missipnaryjur; :sa etions. nave neen auueu aunng me year, ine pres.uent ior tne ensuing year isthe Right Rev. John Williams. t). D. LL. D.. ot Connecticut Brook lyn Eagle. An Amercan traveler in Europe fancied he could "make people understand- him by, speaking with a loud, clear and slow promulgation, forget ting for the moment that his words had no meaning whatever to h's listeners. Similar, is the blunder of t-e teacher who hopes, by tho mere urgency of h s manner, aud by his clear use of words familiar to himself, to carry h's ideas into the very center of the pupil's un derstanding, without any reference to that pup l's previous knowledge of the subject IHlgriitt Teacher. ,, Wo met at a public service in one of our churches, a few evenings since, a Congregational minister, of the latter day 'dispensation, who was bold to claim that he bad as good a right to preach the propositions of Universalism asour selves. We presume there are not many who would think of assorting such a claim; but to all who would we say: "We rejoice in whatever way the truth gets proclaimed, aud will rejoico. But it seems to us meet right and proper that a ship which carries Uni versalist freight should tly the Univors alist flag." Christian f'eader. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Somo people think the injunction on the face of the postal card should bo: "Postmasters will read only this side." Florence, Mass., has a liidyri cyclist in the person of Miss Anna Strong. The natural inferenco is that Anna Strong woman can rido a tricycle. Boston Transcript. It is said.that only one woman m thousand can whistle. Well, she doesn't need to. The husband's the one . who receives the bills, and of course he's the one to whistle. Yonkcrs Statesman. , Boston society note: "O, whore docs beauty linger?" demands a Quaker City poetess. As a usual thing she lin gers in the parlor until her mother has cleaned up the kitchen. Boston Post ,. The enfant terrible is at it again, lie "astonished a West Saugus supper table the other night by demanding "some of the eake with one egg in it made for the company." He took the cake. Boston Transcript. A culinary exchange says: ".Eggs andiham are very nice." This should be a valuable suggestion to boarding house keepers, wnoe ham and eggs are seldom very nice. Let them try trans posing the dishes. The Judge. "What's the first thing you Would do, Jones, if you were stung by .a hornet?" asked Smith, who had been .reading an article on the treatment :of .stings. "Swear," replied Jones, sol emnly. And the conversation abruptly ended. Boston Courier. ' wr Why is it," asked Nifty of his 'physician, "that 'you can't prescribe even a dose of pills without that ever lasting R on the prescript'on?" "You R right," replied his' medical adviser, that lVbneof the pill-R'sbi medicine." Stockton-Maverick. j. Boarder "Mrs. Squeeze, 1 wUl have to leav your house if you-allow that regular tough to come tb break fast every morning." Landlady ",What do you mean?" Boarder "The steak, of course." Puck. 4Tou are bound to read, I soe," said "Mrs. S. to her husband, who, with novel in hand. was. busy among its pages. "So is this book." he replied without looking up. and his talkative wife collapsed. Oil City Derrick. Where Is the Driver? How doth the httlo busy mule To 1 patiently all day. And nwJtch'hi tail and elevate Ills Ioftv ears and bray. How doth his eyes with drowsy fleam Lot uauKht escape his ken. But when ho elovates his heels :' Where Is tho driver then? "Do you ever have a dreadful, tired feeling come over you?" asked a patent medicine manufacturer of a friend who complained of not feeling well. "O. yes, often," replied -the friend. "You sbonld try a bottle of -my cure-all. How often do you experience" this tired feel-i iag?" j'Every time"! see youradver tisement on the 'fences.'" Chicago Standard, Other" People's Letters. The simplicity with which certain people acknowledge their own sins of curiosity,-and other forms of bad taste, is sometimes very refreshing. It suggests the only, excuse possible for them, that of the ignorance in which their .offenses were committed. Said a farmerto a neighbor, whoso1 mail ha aad just brought from the aajoinhis; town: . ."There's oae. mose a, .postal-, card-but I yow J .believe I've tost itl. No matter; 1 knesv t what, was en iW Your sister Maajas comin' next Mon- A gentleman in Rome one day-asked the jMstoffice clerk' if thera were any letters for him." There was one. , "How much for it?" . rf "One 'scudo." (A dollar-) That's toomnch.".said the gentle man. .. ,T11 make' it half a scudo. ' "Won't yon make 'it seven paolif (seventy cents asked the clerk. " "No. I won't'; ' 3 "WelLthenfyoumayhaveitat year owd price. Fve read it. and it's nothing a love-letter. Youth? Companion. For Instant Use K 1 A a reliable remedy, lu cics of Croup, Whoopinx Coujh, or sinidi'U Colds, ami for the prompt relief aud cure of tljroatmid tuns; diseases, Ayer. Cherry rStctoral L luvalu abl . Mrs. K. G. Kdxerly, s Council Biuib, lows, write: I cou!&r Ayes Cherry Pectoral a most important remedy for home use. 'Iasv-1 sated its curativa naarpi. Im-itf AmmSIvX iiiuiiv p-r.r : : r. tunes uurinweassjUMny-jean, ana iwve MWkswa U iefalL. It will re- -4leveue'a30i"aulMS amotions of the Cahreet and ItDf?, whether in children or adults." Jebay.moo'ihma. Petersburg, . Ya., writes: 'Issweiawer isuad a mod- We equal to v AYEIt'S Cherry Peotoral 4 i. for the prompt, relief of, throat and luu aaesses peculiar to cuildreii. I eon-.nlv.-i: ttaa absolute core for all uch affections, and aaPaeverwithfHit-it in tho lnuv.." Mrs. L.B. Herman, ls7.3Ien.vr st, Jeioy GKy, writes: "I have always found Aver Cherry Pectoral n-eful in my i jm lly." B. T. Johnson, 3lt. Sar.is 31d.' writes: "For tha speedy enro of tiuulru Colds, and for the relief of eliiM.-vn mulct ed with Croup, I have never found .i:iy thlaff eons te AVer's Ch.rry IVctom). It Is the most potent of all the roiucdh I have ever used." W. H. Stickler, Tc.re Quite, lad., writes: "Ajt-r' Cherry cpactersJ eared my wife of a severe lun; - Slisaloa,' supposed to be Quick Cou stuepjttoB. W. uow regard the Tcutond as a household necessity.? E. M. HrecX "earidge, Brtlnerd, Minn., writes: "I am sahjset.te aVeaeaklsvaiid, wherever. I fO, am alwayasura to have a bottle of Ayer't Ctiwij Pectoral Wtth'me. It Is without a rival for the cere "1 fcroaeMsl sfeetfoas.'' ' nmaaxi by Or. J. C Ajtr Lowell, afasa lsalebyaUDrufiW COAL & LIME! J.E. NORTH & CO.. DEALERS IN Goal. Lime, Cement. leek Spiig Coal, Cirbei (Wyemist) loal. Kldei(lswi) Ceal ....$7.00 per tai .... 6.00 " .... 5.00 " Blacksmith Coal of best quality al ways on hand at low est prices. North Side Eleventh St., COLUMBUS, NEB- 14-Slil LOUIS SCHREIBER, BlatoiitlmiilWasoDMte All kinds ef Repairing dene Short Notice. Baggies, Wag- obs, etc., made to order, aid all work tiaar- aateed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A Wood Mowers, Seapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and 8elf-binders tho r3"Shop opposite the Tattcrsall," c Olive St., COLUXBUft. Jft-m Denver to Chicago, Denver to Kansas City. Denver to Omaha. - Omaha to Chicago. Kansas City to Chicago. Omaha to St. Louis. BEST LINK FROM WEST TO EAST! SURE CONNECTIONS LOW RATES BAOCAOE CHICKED THROUCH. Through Sckafa over tha BurHnej ton Ptauta ara for aala by tha Unlets Padflo, Danvar Rio Cranda and all other principal raihivaya, and by all aaante ot tha " aUtrtlnsjtan Routa."o For, further infarwatlon, apply to any aaant, or to, F.S.EUSnsfo,iTrAg ,, t OXAMA.XSB Tyifflg IxvikafiaMMI. Am bat book for aa advertiser to eoa- ',! Km Via M-rnAn i eaeed or othera-lse- ItAAntaltia lStaOMfkf HAW -sanaeBumaies nrtk afifttflffadYCrtlaW waats to spend one do far. Snds In It tha ln- on her i reonlrea. wblM lormnt woo in nre uuuba. -.-"- TTZ. ia vast one aundrai uoosanu uohq.m- swIHInr a sehe-ae is Indicated whieh vH HSifn" '" esUbssw bare m iltNtd. 'Seat post-paid, to any ddriafor Wcta. WrKato GKO. r. IOWIUi S OO USSKBes8t.rratiBcawoMmT., fsw Tesfev allilar" ' m UNIONiPACIPIO LABD OFFICE, SAML. C. SMITH, Ag't. -AND Genaral Real Estate Dealer. 2l1i.Ve a Ijre number of- improved I rinslrjr;jiali.ihi-m. Aldwjinliuiiroved tarmlnund srslu Ki!d, fioin $l to $13 j.sr ai-re." - - STSeoltl .ttlfutlon paid t m.-tMut; tin a! proof on- II.m8teudfc sod Timber Claims. , J5T.U1 havlrxIatuU to set! will tlmt it to their .ntva'it ie t liv.. :u-m in ray hand "for -:ile. 31 o tie v 'to ti-iu on farm. w F. II. M.itty. Cior.k. -jr:iV t,erm-tu. 30-ti' Columlsii-. Xi'!r:i-K:i. FREE LAND! Kn FARMERS & STOCKS! KN .lutt devouil Ihf Ni'lri-ki lint' on the Platie Hi-r Tho Country is Wonderfully Productive. Cheap Lands for sale in the virinity of the Xirel -- town of Sterling. Grand Openings far all kinds of Busi ness. Present population of -Town 500. JSTSimhI for flri'iilsr to PACKARD & KING, iSvv Sti-rlini: Wi-Iil i ., i olr.it!. ESTABLISHED IN I860. W WASHINGTON', I. C. Iftlly, cxct'pt mibiI.iv- Trifi', l! IM jut year in advance, postum free. -Tin:- WEEKLY liTIOMl mWi I)eiti-d to ir-nT:il inv- .nut origin it in.ittcr ubliiini:'.! Iriini the Department of Agriculture in.1 otlier IUp:i'tinriil- of tbe(oviruinont, relitini; to the. firutiiii; anil plintitiLr "interet. Au Advocate oMtupuMican prlneiple-4, review I hi; fearlessly anil fairly the acts of Ctiiigres and the Nation il Adminis tration. Price, $l.ot per ear in ad ame, postage Iree. E. W. FOX, President and .Mana;. r. The National Ukpublican and tlie Columhus Journal, 1 year, 2.W). :w-v Cures Guaranteed! DR. VTARN'S SPECIFIC No. 1. A Certain t'ure for Nervous Debility, Seiuiuil Weakness, ln oln ut.try Kmis-.sion-. Spermatorrliu-a, and all diie.isrs of the Kenito-iirinary orfi.ui-. imiioi-iI Ity elf abuseor over indulgence. Price, $1 00 per box, biv boes $.".00. DR. "WARNS SPECIFIC No. 2. For Epileptic FitH, Vental Anviety, l.os of Memory, Softening of the Itr.iin, and all thoe diseancs of the brain. Prise $1.00 per box, .six boxes $."i.00. DR. TVARNS SPECIFIC No. 3. For Impotence, Sterility in either -x, I.O-.9 of Power, premature old ai;e, ind all those diseases reiiiring a thoroiili iu vlforatiDg of the sexual oralis. Price $'J.IH) per box, ttiv boxen $10.00. DR. "WARITS SPECIFIC No. 4. For Headache, Nervous Neuralgia, and all acute diseases of the nervous ? item. Price 50c per box, six boxes $'2.50. DR. "WAR1TS SPECIFIC No. 5. For all diseases caused by the over-Uie of tobacco or liquor. This remedy is par ticularly efficacious in averting palsy and delirium. tremens, l'ricu $1.00 per ox, six boxes $5.00. We Guarantee a Cure, or agree to re fuud double the nu ney jiaid. Certiticate in eaeh box. This guarantee applies to each of our live Specifics. Sent by mail to any address, secure Ironi observation, on receipt of price, lie careful to mention the number of .--pecitic wanted. Our ftpeeilics are only recommended for spe cific diseases. Beware of remedies war ranted to cure all these diseases With one medicine. To avoid counterfeits and al ways secure tnc genuine, order only trom DOWTY St. ciiirw, DJIUG GISTS, 1!-1 Colninbin, Neb. Health is Wealth! Da E. C.WErrs Nekte a:.t Hitus Tntvr KEfT.airaaranteod specific for Iljstona, Dizzi ness. Convulsions, 1'its. Nervous. Neuralgia. Headache, Herrons rromnmon cuomw ",-. of alcohol ortobacco. Wakrfulness, alcntal l)o pression.Hof toning of the Urainresnltineinin sanitr and leading to miBery, decay and death, trematnre Old Ak. Barrenness, Loss of power In either sex. Involuntary losses andbpcrniat orrhaa caused by over-oxertin of tho brain, scir abaseor OTer-indolgeaco. Lach box contains ana month's treatment. JlOa box, or sir boxes fortiori, srnithymiil prepaidon receipt of pneo. WE CUARAXTEE SIX BOXES TornresaycssB. With each order rwivedbyns n. OnnnTifilM iuUMVl Otllvby JOHN O. WEST & CO., N2 W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILLS., Solo Prop's West's Liver Pills. in presents yivev. atcay. Send us 3 cents postage, ivw anu ny man you win gci free a package of goods of large value, that Will start you in wotk uim win ai once liring you in money faster than any thing else in America" All about the $200,000 in presents with each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, of 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. II. II A L LCTT& Co., Portlaud. 3Iaine. S900 REWARD! Wl wffl fr tka aba trwmti for Kif ev c t Urn CompZtlaV rHipili, Hrfc tlwTf h. Ini1lplb. rnnillri1li"i -Trimh-nmfc Maaatnrawbh Wmt'VfpUblLlTtrIl!l,ba th, dinf Ilium sSlnly plAwlU. 1Uyifunr tfUUt.tnJ IwM to ( ttiftrtlM. Mufu Coated. Vuft boit,coa- i aad taUlalloat. Tl auto ismaafictarad onjr br O. WW CO, M UX W. Jifcllwa SW Chkfo. lliHlliinllimnH"rnn'i'-ffr-n' w- TfTTTyT more money than at anything VV I l el y taking an agency for ," Lit tne best selling book out. Be ginners succeed granuly. None foil. Tarns free. Haixbtt Book Co , Port land, Maine. 4-22-y NATIONAL EEPOBLMN IBBBBaJJTRTMEWT? or six boxes, accoaiiiii'x iui " sad tho porchaserour written Boarantwi to rp. cannon t -4L M - "s 1.
