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MM I fi 5 P w -I1 W FJ- l m 1-tf.l KSI & ki TIIE COSTERMOXGEL ROUGH AND READY CHARACTER OF THE BRITISH METROPOLIS. Fondness for Street BrwI-How the Costernjonfjer Settles Disputes with Oil Female The Overworked Pony " Idle Swaruis in the Streets. The London costernionger generally wears a fixed kind of drehs. His hat is always a black derby, rusty from rain and weather. His coat is generally a rusty black frock. He rarely wears a waistcoat. His trousers may be corduroy or any land bt the cheaper woolen patterns. His shoes are thick soled and hobnailed. He always wears a colored handkerchief tied around Ids neck in place of a collar. These hand kerchiefs are always dirty, except upon rare Sunday and holiday occasions, when new ties are donned. These handkerchiefs are always of a fanciful color, light blue and red being the favorites. They are worn high up on the neck, leaving a couple of inches of dirty neck showing between the handkerchief and the greasy collar of the shambling frock coat. The handker chief is really the badge of the order. This handkerchief about the neck designates the character and standing of a man in England as completely and thoroughly as if he wore a uniform prescribed by act of parliament. The costermongers are men engaged in street trafile of all kinds. They are generally dealers in vegetables. They begin with push carts, and if they am prosperous and reach the climax of their ambition they become the owners of small two wheeled wagons, drawn by little don keys or ponies. The .strength and endur ance of thec small animals ure phenome nal. I hae seen from six to eight grown people on a cotermonger's cart being drawn at a furious pace by a pony not much larger than a Newfoundland dog. The co.stermoiiger never gives his pony any rest. J Ic works him during the week in his business and uses the wretched lit tle animal on Sunday to give his friends a treat in the shape of a ride to some cock ney resort in the suburbs. The toster mongcrs live in the street. They are never indoors except for eating and sleep ing. A very severe, driving storm will sometimes force them into the house, but they generally tae refuge under an awn ing or some gateway. They are a hardy, tough, coarse lilx-ml m-o1c. They are noisy, and have a perfect passion for scenes of uproar and excitement. You rarely hear of costermongers murdering any of their associates or of their using knives or pistols in their quarrels. They have a way of pounding and kicking each other when engaged in disputes, but are rarely arrested, as they never seem to carry malice, and their lights generally end up in a good natural way. The costernionger and his female are often the chief actors in a street brawl. When once a costernionger has begun to keep company with a costernionger female then she is considered his property. She speaks of him as her man and she is spoken of as his "gal." It was Sunday morning. The two had started out evidently for a holiday. He was in his bt-ft. He was a surly, heavy jawed fellow, with black eyes, a short nose ami urawny, hairy lists. He wore a little black derby hat about three sizes too small for his great, round head. His handkerchief was the lightest of sky blues. She was buxom, burly, of medi um height, dres-sed in true costernionger style. Their dispute grew out of a dif ference of opinion as to where they should siend the day. She insisted on going one way and he the other. They disputed for half a moment, and then he turned around and deliberately gave her a kick which lifted her about six inches from the sidewalk, to convince her that his way was the best. She turned quickly and began kicking him in return. The way she brought her number ten boots around against his shins very soon con vinced him that she was as strong at that kind of argument :is he. They kicked at each other for about five minutes, the center of a delighted and cheering crowd, and then the costernionger female by her skill in kicking carried the day. In a mo ment or two more he gave up, grinned good naturally and the two walked off together for a happy Sabbath. The way domestic brawls are carried on in the streets of London cannot be matched, I am certain, in any other city in the world. The common people who walk the streets regard these quarrels as their own private theatricals and sternly resent any interference of the police. As a general thing the olice do not touch the brawlers unless they make too much of a disturbance and block up the streets. The K)lice then simply order them to move on, and make arrests only where the disturbing party resists. During my stay in Ixuidou I have seen more street fights than I had ever seen before in my life. The actors in these street fights or domestic brawls appear to take great pride in the parts which they are called upon to play. They are stimulated by the cheers and roars of approval from the au dience and do their best to maintain their reputation for courage, ferocity and skill in retort. The women are especially excitable and active in a street fight. The man gener ally looks sulky and sheepish when en gaged in a light with his female in public. But the women never give them a chance to back out. They are much more vin dictive and active than the men. After the man has been kicked three or four times and has had his face scratched up to a proper state of rawness, he be comes excited and then strikes out brutally and cruelly, unless a police man happens to be too near. The women are generally the victors in these street lights. The fighting women generally have babies in their arms. I have seen a number of costernionger viragos bound ing from the ground like hyenas, rushing up and down with great leaps, howling insults and epithets, then sweeping dowii toward the hated object of their wrath for a blow or a kick, and when the man strikes out the baby never seems to be re garded as anything more than a buffer. The costernionger female uses her baby as a shield. The poor, wretched baby is generally a philosopher and rarely, if ever, howls or cries. I have never heard a costernionger liaby even ieep during the most exciting phases of a street light, although the mother may be howling like a panther in her rage and excitement. It is this class of people that makes even the liest parts of London disagreea ble. "When their work is done they crowd the streets and fill the publics, drinking, swearing and quarreling. They wander in great idle swarms up and down the best streets, never turning to the right or left for any one. I do not know when they sleep. I have never been out so late an hour that I have not found any num ber of them marching about hooting and howling, and without the slightest check or hindrance from the authorities. T. C. Crawford's London Letter in Xew York World. DOWN POPOCATEPETL'S SLOPE. Descent on a Sledge of Slattlnj A Sail, den Transition Experience. After an hour in the crater we set out to descend. To say that the descent was made more rapidly than the ascent would be unnecessary. It only required an hour and a lialf to reach the snow line from the summit We made the downward trip upon petates. A petate is a kind of coarse matting an indispensable article in every Mexican Indian's household. It would be impossible to enumerate all the uses to which it is put. Each guide had one, about four feet square, and he quickly transformed it into a sled or drag, by folding it in the middle and cutting a hole in the oblong thus formed, about a foot from one end. Passing a small rope through the hole, he so fastened it that one end could be held by the tourist sitting upon the petate, while the other was in the hands of the guide As the latter dragged the petate through the soft snow, the occupant of the same, by holding his nd of the rope tightly, kept the forward cad of the sled well up off the ground. The guides carefully avoided the hard snow, as upon its glazed surface the pe tates would get beyond their control and shoot down the mountain with disastrous resaltav Ike guides themselves often coast upon petates and steer them without difficulty; but to describe the method by which we .descended PopocateDetl as similar to coat- Mug r toobggamng, is very erroneous. It had discomforts which coasting knows not of. The sudden transition from a rarer to a denser atmosphere caused worse headaches than those we had in the ascent, and being dragged over soft snow filled with sharp pieces of lava resulted in many bruises. We reached the snow line in a wretched condition of body, and in a state of mind that was far from agreeable. The horses met us there, but the ride back to the ranch had no joys whatever. Every step the horses took racked our bodies with pain. We were thoroughly used up when wc reached the ranch cabins and threw ourselves upon the hard beds there. For a while wc seemed to care little whether we ever got up or not. But with perfect quiet the headaches passed off, as they had done before, the fatigues were forgotten, and aftc a little lunch, to which a small quantity of light wine was added, we felt fully restored, excepting as regarded the soreness of our muscles. That remained, to be aggravated almost to the limits of endurance In the horseback ride to Ameca mcca the next day. With the return of our physical condi tion to something like its normal state, good humor came buck and the second evening in the uncomfortable ranch house proved pleasanter than the first. Wc summed up the experiences of the day, comparing them with those of other moun tain trips and chatted with our guides. It was the time for settling the question whether the pleasures of the trip had paid for the luiius. The conclusion arrived at could not be lietter expressed than in the words of one of the parly, who, recalling the glorious view from the summit, exclaimed with enthusiasm: "I would not have missed this trip for $100." After a moment's pause in which he re called the discomforts of the previous night, the pains and fatigues of the ascent and more particularly those of the descent, he added with deep feeling: "I would not go again for $1,000." Arthur Howard Noll in American Magazine. Stcamhoatlns; on the Kile. The steamboat method is unique, de scribing travel on the Nile. The post of captain is on the bow. On the bridge the second ofllcer stands. Two miles ahead the captain discovers shoal water and a sand bar bent on mischief. The captain cries out: "Affa speed!" There are no signal bells, so the second officer receives the captain's warning and cries in turn to the pilot: "Affa speed!" After mature deliberation the pilot shouts down to the engineer: "Affa speed!" The shallow water is entered by this time, and the sand bar rapidly approaches. Captain "Wadyeasv!" Second officer "Wady easy!" Pilot "Wady easy!" Engineer "Wady easy!" The Band bar br.i.vely stands its ground. Captain "Stop!" Second officer "Stop!" Pilot "Stop!" Passengers, one and all in unison "Stuck!" The pilot and engineer light their pipes and praise Allah for his goodness, while the small boats are sent ashore with ropes, to be tied to all the fellahin farmers to be found, to help pull the boat off usually an operation of six or seven hours. On such occasions the dahabechist wishes for wind, often put ashore to A "running boy" is 'run" to the nearest telegraph station to request any steam boat coming uloug that way to bring help. Usually the "running boy" is picked up j before he finds any help. One of the sights of the return voyage is the constellation of the southern cross. If the manager of the boat is kindly he will ring the dinner bell at your cabin door when the constellation rises say at o a. m. and at the top of his voice shout: "Southern cross, please" And the same Greek will at the proper time request all to "remain perfectly quiet, for we nre about to cross the tropic of cancer." Scribner's Magazine. The Stable Cure. I was not a little startled the other day at meeting on the street in the best of health apparently an old acquaintance whom I had supposed to be filling a con sumptive's grave long ere this. The last time that I heard of him was about a year ago, and then he had been given up by the doctors as a hopeless case. I con gratulated him on his recovery, but I must confess that my liveliest emotion in regard to him was one of curiosity. In answer to my inquiries he told me that when the medical men had exhausted their re sources he determined to put in practice a plan of his own. Accordingly he jour neyed by easy stages to the Blue Mountain recion of Virginia, where he established himself in a farm house, and bought a horse. He spent the whole day in the open nir, taking care of the steed "himself, and riding him about the neighlwrhood. At first he told me his weakness was such that he could not stay in the saddle more than fifteen or twenty minutes at a time, and he had to pull up very soon if the horse broke into a trot. Every day, however, he ltecamc a little stronger, and in a couple of months he was able to ride ten or twenty miles on a stretch with very little fatigue. He attributed his recovery in part to the fact that he not only rode but groomed his horse and busied himself an hour or two iu the stable every day. In this opinion he confirmed what I re member hearing nn old physician say years and years ago, namely, that a "horse barn," as he called it, is one of the healthiest places in the world. For those vho love horses the stable cure would be such a pleasant one that a physician who prescribed it might be sure that his in structions would be followed to the letter. Boston Post. The Only Laughing Auimal. For my part I am conviuced that, in every oue of our perceptions of the comic, humorous or ridiculous, there is an ulti mate element that can no more be ana lyzed or defined by anything else than can our ideas of truth and goodness. But however this may be, it is abundantly evident that all human laughter (other than that duo to the mere physical influ ences) includes a distinct intellectual ele ment. This is a laughter iu which no mere animal shares. The anthropoid apes are by far the most like man of all brutes, and a very bright and lively adult speci men a chimpanzee culled Sally is now living iu the ganiens of the Zoological society, of Ixmdou, and is remarkable for the readiness and dexterity with which she has learned to perform a number of tricks. At my request a number of experi ments have been made to see if she could be got to give any evidence of a percep tion of the ludicrous. For this purpose her keeper arrayed himself in various un usual and brightly colored garments and went through a number of absurd ges tures; Sally was evidently interested in his appearance and inspected him with care, but, as evidently, did not realize the humor of the situation. Indeed, her keeier (who is an extremely intelligent man) assured me that he has never de tected an vthing in her demeanor which he could set down to a perception of the ludicrous, although she has very marked and definite ways of expressing her feel- infTC rf iew ni.wi. a. .1!.. -. . r"0" " JJ, ""fen Ul UlMI-.HJlIlI.IIielt. George Stewart. Iligh Art in Omaha. Omaha Mother Well, you have made a picture at last, have you? Amateur Photographer Yes, got it this time. "But how small it is not over four inches long." "That's all." "How much did that picture cost 30U?" "About $40 an inch." "P think, my son, you had better drop art and buy real estate; it's cheaper." Omaha W orld. Flowers from Mummy Wrapping. The remains of no less than fifty-four species of flowering plants from mummy wrappings in Egypt have been identified. The flowers have been wonderfully pre served, even the delicate violet color of the larkspur and the scarlet of the poppy, the chlorophyl in the leaves, and the sugar in the raisins, remaining Arkan saw Traveler. Coins aa Weights. The coins of the German empire may be used also as weights. A pfennig piece weighs exactly two grams; so does a gold five mark piece. A nickel ten pfennig and a ten mark gold piece weigh each four grains. Chicago Times. THE ERA OF SUNG. EXPRESSIONS CREEPS UP WHICH SEND THE A PURIST'S BACK. Words for Which No Possible Ezcum Can Be Offered Even the Fair Sex Have Caught the Infection Belittling, Not Beautifying. The era of slang is upon us with a breadth that is almost appalling. Not wholly the slang that might be defined as the burlesque or colloquial form of ex pression, the language of low humor, or the jargon of thieves and vagrants, but a species "that is almost ns reprehensible It will not do to apologize for it by saj ing that "slang is probably as old as human speech," and that the early writers indulged in it, especially the Greek and Roman dramatists; and while we may speak and write against- the pernicious habit, we suspect that wo will not grow disgusted enough with it to thoroughly uplift it until it has reached its clima The worst fact about it is that it is not confined to the low and the illiterate, but has invaded the public schools, cultured society and the literature of our books. . admit that some of the slang expressions are forcible and full of adequatcuess, among which I might name "fired out," "colossal check," etc. Still, even they ought to be tabooed. But what excuse can possibly be offered for such words as "galloot," "sardine," "chump," "kicker," "kid," etc.? Or such expressions as "Let her go, Gallagher," "Waltzed off on his ear," "I should snicker," "Now you're shoutin'," etc They are scarcely emphatic and certainly not indite. Even the fair sex have caught the infection and speak about his "royal nibs," or Jrie "howling swell." the girl of today is ready to "bet her bottom dollar," wants to know "what you're givhr her,' lets you know that you are "off your base," and insists that you shall "conu! off," "vamose," "skedaddle," "absquatu late," aud all that. You do her a slight favor and she exclaims, "Oh, thanks, aw fully!" Why she should thank you with "reverend fear" is beyond your compri -heusion. Ask her to sing yoar favorito sentimental ballad and she will probab1 say, "Oh, really. Mr. . I cawn't. It's too utterly, too-too!" WASTKD SVMrATilY. .While playing lawn tennis with her sl-o suddenly cries out. "Oh, you've given me such a twist." You feel exccedingl alarmed; you are afraid that her collar bone is broken or that at least her wris has been dislocated. You discover, lion -ever, that it is but tenuis slang and that your sympathy has been wasted. She confidently tells you that Jennie Some body is "no good" and had the "cheek ' to propose to "stratch" her at tho met' iug of the club, because sho liatln "forked over" the "spondoolicks" ft. the last quarter. All that is to be depre cated, but the girls, heaven bless them, look so pretty, and use the terms so art lessly, that I haven't the heart to be se vere in my reproof. It isn't pleasant to be accosted by one's 5-year-old hopeful as "an old snoozer" or to know that he is lying in wait to "knock the stuflln' " out of a neighbor's boy, or to "wipe up the floor" with him. Or to hear our short skirted but high spirited daughter tell the aforesaid brother that she wishes the other boy would "paste him on the snoot," or "knock hiin clean out the box" or "into the middle of next week." I don't know that I am es pecially sensitive, and yet I must say that such expressions send the creeps up my back. The editor "swings a nasty quill;" the hired girl is a "pot rastler;" when a thing suits us it's "just the cheese;" when too noisy we are told to "dry up," or to "sus pend;" when cunningly on the alert we say, "not if the court knows itself;" if one day is not available "s'mother one is; when we die we "pass in our checks,"' are "put away on ice," and arc finally "planted." So I might go on ad infinitum. You can think, I am sure, of at least a hundred words and phrases to which I have made no reference. For inventing cute words and phrases our country lends the procession. They are clever and ap propriate, get into the topical song, tho public "catch on," and they live and thrive, and in many instances the diction ary finally legitimizes them. Slang, I insist, is the fungus on the stem. It is not the grafted fruit. It is the scum of language. It often belittles; it never licautilies. If we all spoke and wrote iu a less exaggerated manner we would be less exaggerated in our ways of life and thought. Life, as well as speech, would perhaps grow more simple, more true, more worth living. "Observer"' in Philadelphia Call. Au Actress Wonderful Manner. Ellen Terry owes her fetching qualities to her wonderful manner. I never saw her face in repose but ouce in my life It startled me. The light died out, and a dead, expressionless mask seemed to spread itself over her features. There was a reason for it, too. A luncheon of six covers was going on, aud one of the guests had written a play that he was anxious to hear Miss Jerry read. He was a veritable crank on the subject, though otherwise a genial aud pleasant man, a famous yachtsman and a high light in clubdom. Miss Terry did not want to hear about the play, nor did the rest of us. There was a vast amount of fencing and parrying every time the amateur dramatist lugged in his hobby by its long and asinine ears, but as the luncheon pro gressed we grew frayed, rattled and fatigued. I had given up the fight, and was leaning back in my chair watching the light and shade in Ellen Terry's face, when there came a sudden silence, as sometimes occurs after a lot of people have been talking. It was fatal. Two or three of us started forward mechani cally in a frenzied effort to fill the void, but we were too late. The dramatist seized his opportunity to oppress us with impunity, and he held the fort against all comers for a long and dreary period. When he was about half through with a detailed description of the heroine's emo tions in a certain siturtion I said warmly: "That's the best climax for a last act that I ever heard; it reminds me" "Oh, but that's only the opening scene of the first act," he said cheerfully and eagerly, "and there are six acts in nil." I quit at that point, but glanced nt Miss Terry as I went back into the comfortable recesses of my chair. The life went out of her face, and I saw it as it was in a bald physical sense. The mouth looked large, the nose short and the eyes dull. It was only for a moment. During the rest of the ordenl she was as bright and thoroughly entertained a woman as any man could desire for a listener, to all out ward appearances, though she was un questionably bored prodigiously. Blakely Hall iu The Argonaut. A Story of "Sheriuau's Hummers." "Do you remember that cemetery?" said one man to another as a group sat together on the hotel piazza. The other certainly did rememlier it. They were out foraging together "Sherman's bum mers," these and could find little. They were crossing a field near a house, when they came suddenly upon three or four headboards. They were new and bore in scriptions showing that they marked the graves of Georgia soldiers killed in battle. As they stood looking at the graves one of the foragers remarked to the other: "I say, what big fellows those must have been? These graves are ten feet long!" The reflection gave food to thought. "It looks curious; Pm going to find out about these graves," was the comment of one, and the ready iron ramrod, the uni versal "trier" of the soldier, was thrust down into one of the graves where the coffin should have been; it struck some thing soft. "I've touched him, by gosh! But he's buried mighty shallow. I'll try him again." The ramrod was thrust in more deeply and withdrawn. Its surface was exam imed. There came from it a smoky and pleasing odor. The explorer uttered but one word: "Bacon!" The grave was opened. It contained a long coffin shaped box full of the thin, delicately smoked bacon, concerning the quality of which Sherman's men became such rnui)jtgiu. The two -foragers carried off all they could,-and informed others of the find. Within an hour ov two the little cemetery had lce:i liorribly desecrated. There were no dead people in it, but it yielded up any quantity of bacon. Chicago Tribune. Mourning for a' Chief. Sunnatonna is dead. His life passed peacefully away at noon on Sunday. Sun natonna held two important and lucrative posts. He was an Otoe chief and a po liceman. His mercenary friends dressed him three times for the grave, thinking, no doubt, that this would hasten his de mise When the agency people learned this they had him brought in from camp, dismissed his covetous friends, and coaxed him back to life again; but his fate seemed scaled from the first, aud the white flag waves over one more grave on the hillside, and one less is there to receive rations. Sunnatonna was a clean, tasteful In dian. He had a pleasant face and a smile for every one. The clerk had given him a pair of alligator slippers in exchange for a pair of moccasins. Sunuatonna's wife had made him a dressing gown out of curtain calico; and what with these signs of civilization, and his cleanly habits and genial disposition, Sunnatonna was be loved by more than the wife whom he left to mourn for him, and he will be missed by others than his immediate kinsfolk. Around Sunuatonna's deathbed stood his wife and some near and distant rela tives. When it was known that he was dead his wife mourned quietly but sin cerely. She took the scissors and clipped a piece of her long black hair and placed it under her husband's head. Then she gashed her face with the scissors. The other-women were loud in their lamenta tions, especially oue, who seemed frantic. The reporter learned later that the . one who mourns the loudest receives a gift of something. However, his wife seems sin cere in her grief. She is lieside his grave early in the morning and late iu the even ing. She wanders through the agency like one bewildered. Her simple belief points to a meeting in the Indians' happy hunting grounds. Otoe Agency Cor. New 1 ork Sun. One of Mrs. Langtry's Admirer. One day a youth of great frankness and good humor was introduced I Airs. Lang try. He looked into the Co . depths of her clear gray eyes for a moment, and then said: "You had a tremendous effect on me the first time I saw you, Mrs. Lnngtry." "Did I?" said the Lily, musically. "Overwhelming. I was strolling down town on a very clear and snappy Novem ber day two years ago, ruminating on the chance of the stock market, when I glanced up suddenly and met your eyes. They were looking directly iuto mine. You wore a green velvet gown and your cheeks were red from the brisk breeze. I halted in voluntarily anil gazed a thousand miles into your eyes, and then pulled my self together, and made an awkwanl apology for my rudeness. I didn't know anything during the next ten minutes, but when I came to, I was about half a mile beyond, and thrashing ahead iu a style that would have dismayed an ex press train. I w:is almost on a run, and I swept jieople aside as though they were so much chaff" he stopped half breath lessly, and then added: "I'm rushing nheatl rather fast now, eh?" "Rawther," said the Lily amusedly. "Well, my object iu telling you aliout it is to apologize for staring at you so hard." "I remember the incident very well," said Mrs. Langtry, "and it doesn't re quire an apology at all. Women adore such affronts as that." She kept smiling at the man as she talked with such an air of thorough good nature and good fellowship, that she re duced him in a twinkling to the same ex traordinary condition that had character ized him when he made the run after ho had looked a thousand miles into her eyes that November day. Blakely Hall in The Argonaut. Successful Buxinets 9Ien. As a general rule successful business men (merchants, politicians or bankers) were members of large families. No hot bed influence of wealth, or the petted training of an only child, dwarfed their early efforts at self reliance. No extrav agant use of unearned money smothered the great lesson of economy, without which no solid foundation of wealth was ever laid. In early life no lesson of caste or exclusiveness of blood chilled their so ciability, but their minds were imbued with the idea that true worth made men and women of the first class. The farmer's son raised on the scanty farm, or the half orphan of a poor widow, has no carriage in which to ride, so the son soon learns to walk to fame and fortune. In his youth no wealthy hand reaches out to sustain aud steady his steps, so he learns to save himself, and pushes forward with self reliance and conscious ability to dis tinction. His father, with hid scanty purse, sets an example of economy which clings to the son through life. In this way the poor boy from the farm, removed from the fashionable vices of society, comes to manhood and strikes out boldly with a determination to hew his own way to character aud comfort. Boston Bud get No Need of Catching Colds. Speaking of colds, I have a theory that no one need ever have one unless he chooses: in other words, that it is quite possible so to train the skin, that wonder ful organ, which is generally looked upon as the paper wrapper to our human bundle, as to render it non-susceptible to sudden changes of temperature or atmospheric moisture, whence colds come. And as this is exactly the season to commence such a system of pellar educa tion, as it has proved effective in many in stances within my own knowledge, and as it is within easy reach of every one to try, I write it here. The theory is that no skin that has been exposed freely for half an hour at the beginning of a day to a tem perature lower than it will encounter through the day will note small changes or be affected thereby. A cold is simply a nervous shock re ceived by the myriads of minute nerve terminals that bristle over the surface of the human body, transmitted to the cen ters and so licck again to the mucous membrane, the peculiar seat of this special irritation. Let us then so train these sen sitive iibers that they will pass by unno ticed changes of atmospheric condition, and the matter is accomplished. Ameri can Magazine. An Age of Typewriters. I believe the time will come when the local of a paper will all le done on the typewriter. The paper will have one or more shorthand men iu the office and the reporters, when they come in, will reel off their accounts to one of these clerks, who will afterwards write it out on the tyjie writer and leave the copy to be corrected on the reporter's desk. One of these short hand men will be at the telephone ani will have the receivers of the instrument over both his ears after the fashion of ear muffs. This will leave his hands free and everything that comes in over the tele phone will be taken down in shorthand, and in the intervals worked out on the typewriter. If the reporter is some miles away from the ofHce he will step to the nearest telephone and relate his story. This will be a great saving iu time and travel. The paper could then get along with fewer reporters, and the night editor, having all .the manuscript before him in type written form, could more accurately estimate the quantity of matter it would make when set up. The next generation will be an age of typewriters, and the old fashioned method of pan writing will gradually become a lost art. Luke Sharp iu Detroit Free Pre3s. J) incase in Second Hand Books. It is feared that zymotic diseases are sometimes spread by books through the agency of lending libraries and second hand book shops, and it would be well h the literature of such establishments was oceisionally subjected to efficient disin fection. New York Star. It is estimated that the discoveries, in dentions and compounds patented each year in the United States and never amounting to anything cost $3,000,000. Germans are crowding out the British shipping in Japanese waters. THE USE OF COFFEE. HOW THE BERRY DISPUTES THE SUPREMACY OF TEA AND BEER. Coffee ia European Countries The Arabs' Method of Preparation Turkish Coffee What Brlllat Savarln Says Ef fects of Excessive Indulgence. The use of coffee is general in all civil ized countries, but its preparation and consumption vary considerably. Among the Arabs it is universal, whether in sucll centers of civilization as Cairo, Alexan dria and Algiers, or in the desert. The only exceptions are caused by the poverty which prevents its purchase. In France it is the favorite beverage, though tea is growing in power. The social and com mercial effects in that country of its sud den annihilation can readily be imagined. Tens of thousands of cafes and a million of people would find their occupation gone, and several millions of Frenchmen would be seen wandering about after din ner in an utterly homeless and distracted manner. In England tea still disputes the supremacy of the Arab berry. In Germany it divides the honors with beer, end in Austria, Spain and Italy it is a solace aud inspiration of the people in town and city. There is no European city so small, no village so contemptible, that it lias not its cafe modeled, though it is often au exceedingly weak imitation, on those of the Paris boulevards. Ia the United States its use varies iu differ-.: localities. A quarter of a cen tury ago it was the ordinary accompani ment of the first uieal of the day, tea being generally served at the evening re past. Iu the eastern states this practice continues. In the western aud southern st::tes coffee is more esteemed, and in the rural districts is considered absolutely necessary to the three meals a day of the fanning classes. In large American cities where there is a late dinner, in the French fashion, coffee is either served at table or in the drawing room immediately after ward. In all countries, even In France, good o.see is the exception rather than the conee rule. The visitor in Paris French co'iee." technically drinks "real so called, at certain places only on the boulevard and here and there iu other parts of the city at hotels Mid restaurants. In England poor coffee is the rule, following in this respect tho general inferiority of the British cuisine In Germany coffee is generally gojd at restaurants and railroad biurets, while at the principal cafes of the gieat cities of Austria lenna, Prague and Cuda-Pesth it is excellent and often terved with cream. At the great cafes of Italian and Spanish towns it is rarely more than fair. In England and America coffee is usually made by infusion; on the continent al most always by filtering boiling water once or twice through the powdered berry. The Arabs at Cairo and elsewhere preserve their old fashion; that is, they simply injur boiling water on to the pow dered coffee, aud after a minute or two's simmering serve it with the grounds. The pot, which is not covered, is of cop tier or brasu, taiiering toward the top like a tin teapot and having a long handle. The berry has been previously roasted H1d brayed in a mortar. It is never ground. Lrillat Savarin, in his learned work, "The Physiology of Taste," says that c iTee powdered in this manner is the lj'.';-t, an.l he adds that, having a quantity of the roasted berry, he divided it into two equal parts, one of which he brayed In a murtar and the other ground in a mill. The coiTee was made by filtration, aud a company of connoisseurs to whom he submitted it all declared that best, which they were afterward told had been powdered in the mortar. The Arabs employ wooden pestles. which, after long use, arc sold at a high price Five or six minutes are all that ure necessary for the Arabs or Turks to prepare their coffee after it is once roasted. All that is necessary is the simple ma chinery described a brass pot, a handful of charcoal iu a window seat or on the ground, and the beverage is promptly made and served. Travelers invariably speak of Arab and Turkish coffee as ex cellent, but among civilized nations the presence of the grounds is always consid ered objectionable, and some means of clarification arc invariably used, such as the patent pots for infiltration or the white of eggs, where the process is by in fusion. Brillat Savarin, after having tried all methods of making coffee, declared that the most cflicientfor preserving the aroma aud avoiding the extraction of the poison ous principle was by filtration. But he always speaks of coffee as a beverage, to be used discreetly by adults and forbid den to children. In small quantities and not too strong, it is a healthy stimulus to the nerves. Used in excess, it produces disease and sometimes deformity. He once saw in Leicester square in London a man who, by its immoderate use, had be come a cripple. He hud lost all sensation in his limbs had ceased to suffer, but still continued to drink it to the extent of live or six cups a daj. Every iierson should be governed in its use by its effect on himself. As a gentle inspiration it is valuable It may some times be safely drank as an aid to intel lectual labor. Taken at the proper moment, it will prevent a headache re sulting from nervous depression. Properly used after dinner, it aids the digestion and counteracts the heavy effects of wine or other stimulants. But if it is found that it prevents sleep when taken late in the day, or that it is au absolute necessity at certain hours to prevent a nervous reac tion 01 mental dullness its use should be discontinued for several days, or until the system is restored to its normal condition. It must never be forgotten that sleep is the great stimulus of the body; is tired nature's sweet restorer, and that other stimulants, though sometimes useful, are like medicines, temporary remedies that is to say, they are usually to be regarded as a choice between two evils. Coffee is a leverage of great power. A man might drink two bottles of good red wine a day, and live long. Should he drink the same quantity daily of good coffee ho would be come an imbecile, a cripple, or die of in testinal or lung disorders. San Francisco Chronicle. Fate of Old Army Trapping. "What becomes of the old army mus kets and uniforms when Uncle Sam's boys gets through with them?" asked a reporter or a gentleman prominently con nected with a Maiden lane arms establish ment the other day. "That's rather a brand question and one which cannot be answered in a moment. In the first place, the worn out clothing and arms nowadays don't amount to much, though some of the latter are worth a trifle. Only when there is an over production does the government sell its muskets and rifles, and at the present time this does not occur frequently. After the war, however, the market was Hooded with this truck purchased origin ally by persons of speculative propen sities, who, failing to realize what they expected, sold it for almost nothing. Some thought that the leather in the belts and trappings might lie used in harness or sold to manufacturers of steel for temper ing, but the latter preferred tan bark. You will oftentimes see truckmen wearing regulation army overcoats, and many people wonder how they were obtained. Just as I have told you; these coats were sold to dealers in second hand garments, who shipped them in quantities all over the country to smaller concerns, by whom they were sold at $E to $ 5 each. "Now, the old muskets, as you know, were unwieldy affairs, very long and cum bersome; these we bought and do buy to be cut down in the barrels and sold to the country trade for Just what they are, muzzle loading guns, at anywhere from $l.o0 to f 4 apiece." New York Mail and Express. The Chinese Legation's Docfor. A person much stared at nt the Glover reception was the doctor of the Chinese legation. He is a tall, sallow, thin facftl, angle eyed man, the countenance as in expressive as that of a mummy. Ha wears .a lovely dress, however a petti coat of deep indigo brocaded silk, with a loose over garment of silver gray. He is a prominent figure in Washington, and can often be seen sailing down the middl or tne street, queue flying out behind. I suppose he is going to see some sick laundryman, for I haven't heard of his being called in by an American, profes sionally, but once, and that was to see a sick dog. He prescribed and gave the poor animal immediate relief. A knot of English physicians gathered about the Chinese doctor at the Glover reception. "Do you speak French?" askod ono of the Englishmen. The Chinaman shook his head. "Do you speak German?" said another. "No; I speak Engleese," replied the Chinaman; whereupon there was dismay and consternation in the ranks of the Eng lish, and they fell to, at once, in their native tongue. Fuller WaiLcr iu Kansas City Journal. Scantily Clad Monarch--. I must tell you jiut how the kings that wc met were dressed. King No. 1 had three different kinds of blankets wrapped around him as he sat on his throne, which was an empty gin cask with an old native mat thrown over it. King No. 2 came marching iu with nothing on but an old coat, which looked like one of Lord Nel son's cast off coats. Tk. lace on the sleeves came down to Ids lingers' ends and the broad collar with fancy facings folded back to his shoulders. He was accompa nied by a servant who carried an umbrella over him. King No. 3 had on a green coat which formerly belonged to one of the ' London sharpshooters. He also wore a . vest. These two articles constituted his entire wardrobe. There were seven kings at the meeting, and all were dressed in a j similar fashion. One of them had brass : rings on his ankles and three or" four iron rings on his arms. The servants placed before us seven bottles of palm wine, one from each king. We asked for water, saying we did not drink wine, and water ! was brought us. The king bore thein . selves with great dignity throughout the entire interview. Congo Missionary in Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. Oa the Afghanistan Frontier. The modus operandi of manipulating the kalian likewise comes in for a slight i mollification here. The ordinary Persian I mAfffinfl TlAfTmk lianiliniT tlia u-af ai nliui ti I another, is to Uf t off the top while taking r1 i.at anA th., ,,. !, w-i t chamber of smoke. The Tabbasites ae- complish the same end by raising the top and blowiug down the stem. Tin's mighty difference in the manner of clearing the water chamber of a bubble-bubble will no doubt impress the minds of intellectual Occidentals as a remarkably important and valuablo piece of information. Not less interesting aud remarkable will like- wis-upem the fcet that the Hour frescoed proprietors of these queer little Tabbas 1 cn-j.mHiannthinW wthnr.hnnn.t. sry mark between that portion of the water pipe smoking world which blows the remaining smoke out and that portion which inhales it. The Afghan, the Indian and the Chinaman adopt the former me thod; the Turk, the Persian aud the Arab the latter. Thomas Stevens in Outing. On a ltrltlah Man-of-War. And with regard to this goiug to quar ters and clearing for action, it may not here be out of place to note that while in the old ships the partitions and wooden screens were all hooked up and got out of the way iu preparation for battle, so that the decks were clear, in these days when "quarters for action" is sounded the iron doors are closed, the ship cut up into as many segments us possible, and the crew inclosed in compartments Into which the captain's commands come by voice tube. The crew is, as it were, a regiment, with the lieutenants in charge of the compa nies, each with his own division of men and his own subordinate officers responsi ble for a certain part of the ship. To the lieutenant go the commanding officer's orders, and he communicates to his subal terns and petty officers, as the soldier cap tain does to his subalterns and non-com-missioned officers. New York Graphic. A Woman's Diocnvery. "Another wonderful discovery lias been made and that too by a woman in this county. Disease fastened its clutch es upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs wore undermined and death seemed imminent. For threo months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She lxiught of us a lxittle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and was so much relieved on taking first dose that she slept all night and with on liottlo has lwen miraculously wired. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus write W. C Hamrick A Co., of Shelby. N. C. get a free trial Kittle at Dowty .v Becher's drug store. A. great gas well w-is struck the other day near Charleston, AV. Va. It runs 2,fHXMi00 feet a day. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeuey, Stifles, Sprains Soro and Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Save T0 by use of 0110 Iiottle. Every bottle warranted by U. K. Slillman, druggist. Columbus, Neb. The cause of tho terrible disaster in the railroad collision at Kouts, is said to be the result of negligence of the train dispatcher of the road in permit ting tho passenger traiu to attempt to run with a disabled engine. Mr. Ed. F. Bojiruo, the ettin'ent and worthy cashier of the United States Ex press Co., Dea Moines, fowa, says: "From the lack of exorcise ami from close confinement to office work, I- have been troubled with habitual constipation I have received more lienefit from St. Patrick's Pills than anything I ever tried. I gave them a thorough test and am now in perfect health, f hereby recommend them as a pleasant and re liable medicine." They il not grasp nor causo the sickness occasioned by the operation of almost all other cathartic pills or medicines. Sold by Dow ty & Becher. The British ship Monarch, from Ma nila, for New York, has been lost on Minden's Island. The captain and three of the crew were drowned. The remain der of the crew have arrived at Manila. The llMellet .llua 1b C'oIhm. bta. As well as the handsomest, and others are invited to call on Dr. A. neintz and get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is selling entirely upon its merits and is guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption, l'rice oO cents and SI. Dcc2-Stf Two sneak thieves worked the Hast ings stores the other night for a consid erable amount in boots, shoes, clothing, etc The police gathered them in and they were at last report working on the streets at Hastings. The Verdict Unanimon. W. D. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind., testifies: I can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has given relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years' standing." Abraham Hare, druggist, Belleville, Ohio, affirms: --The best sell ing medicine I have ever handled in my 20 years' experience, is Electric Bitters." Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unani mous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, KidneyB or Blood. Only a half dollar Jt bottle at Dowty & Becher's drug store. The ItelightfRl L!iBid Laxative. Syrup of Figs is a most agreeable and valuable family remedy, as it is easily taken by old and young, and is prompt and effectual in curing .Habitual Consti pation and tho many ills depending on a weak or inactive condition of the Kid neys, Liver, and Bowels. It acts gently, strengthens the organs on which it acts, and awakens them to a healthy activity. For sale only by Dowty & Booiier. A drop of, ink may make a million think. Uood Wages Ahead. . Geonte-Stiason & Co.. Portland, Main, cna ldejrou work that you can do aad livont homo, making Krwitiwy. You are started Tree. Capil tal not needed. ISotli hcxcm. Ml ages. Cut this out and write at uaco; 110 ia?ai will bo done if you conclude not to go to work, after ou learn alL All particular free, IJest intying work iu this world. " -y . An evil intention prevents tho host, actions and makes them sius. Noiutr F4Mlc"ti People Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond the resell of medicine. They often any. Oh, it will wear away, but in most cases it wear? them away. Could they be in duced to try the successful medicine called Kemp's Bnlnani, which we sell on a positive guarantee to cure, they would uuniediatcU ten the excellent effect after t&Mng the tirt dose. Trice oflo and JIjOO, Trial size free. Dr. A. Heintz. How much better is ready to die than the :'. to kill. the love that is xl that is read v A Good One. Mr. James Marsh, or Aten, Neb., after an experience of four years in. using and selling Chamberlain's Pain-Balm, says: It is the best and most reliable liniment ever produced." A fifty cent bottle will accomplish more, in the treatment of rheumatism, lame back or severe sprains, than Isvo iJollnra invested in any other w. A great many cases have boon cured by it, after being given up as hopelessly incurable. It promptly relieves the pain in all ease: Sold by Dowty Sc Becher. Time is often said to 1m money; but it is more it is life. No one is well e--ii-p-,cd for a journey without a bottle or Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Hemedy. In au emergency its value cannot bo estimat ed. Sold by Dowtv A: Becher. " Whosoever is contented, he is rich. Worth Your Attention. Cut tlit oat :md mail it to AII.-;i X ., Au-Kd-)ta, Maine, who will t-t-ml m five, Hoiii.-tliint; new, that just coins ino..c for all workers. At Aou.ierful lis lln- el.-etrif lit-ht, ."-- trniiinr us iir Kohl, it uill rovv or lifelo.u; .i1iil anil iin-Mirtaiiiv to -.oil. IJotli s.'ce-., alt iiw-.. Allen A Co. lM-iiri'XK'Useof t-tiirtin;- jou in lm-iincwn. It will briii:; j 011 in more- ci-i'i. rilit .luiiy, than aiajthijitf el-e in this world. A:i;.onc anwhre can lo tin' work, and live at honu-also, littler write nt once; then, knoAinj all, should jou conclude that jou don't cart- to eiij-ao", whj no harm it. done. t-ly It is impossible thai an ill n-ituivd man can have a public spirit, fur how should he love ten thousand men who nover loved one? Itnrklen's Arnica Salve. Thk Best Salvh in the world for Cuts, Bruises. Sores, Ulcers. Salt l.lieiiui. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For salo by Dowty & Becher. july27 THE CHEAPEST EATING ON EARTH : A8K YOUR GROCER FOR THEMI xicasb: yum ccixPAirr. ax.i.oui3.aa $1,500! "nMHi&H Honos. Fsc-ftlmlle of Patent Chess and Checkerboard, ad TertlalDg the celebrated Synvltn Block Kcmedlea and a MEWAJtB OP S1.5M. lr you fail to Sod It on this small board call oa jour dmiorist for full-size. Uandsomclf lithographed boarilVKHKfc; or send cents for poatage to us. COUGH BLOCKS. From Mason r-ong. the ConTerted Gambler. Fort Watnt. Ind.. April 5. Itg4.-I have given the Bjn-rlta Cough Blocks a thorough trial. They cured my little girl3 years' old) of Croup. My wife and mother-in-law were troubled with coughn or lonir ' standing. One package of tho Blocks bos curuU them so they can talk "as only women do." MASON" IONO. WORM BLOCKS. L.1MA.O.. Jan.25.lSS7. The Srnvlta Worm Block acted like a charm In expelling worms from my llt- tie child. The child Is now we) of puny and sickly as before. MWUIIU. 1 UV CI1I1U IB I1UW WITII and hearty, instead Jous G. Honni.vsov. IUCMEMY IL0CKS. The Great Blarricea aad D-rseatcrjr Checker. DCLPROS. O July Ttb. 86. Our six-months old child had a serere attack of Summer Complaint. Physicians could do nothing. In despair we tried Hynvlta Blackberry Blocks recommended by a friend and a few doses effected a complete cure. Accept our heartfelt Indorsement or your Black berry Blocks. MH.AXDMlt-S.J-IJA.NZIiAl. The Synvlta Block Uemedies are The neatest thing out, by far. Pleasant, Cheap, Convenient, Sure. Handy, Kellable, Harmless and lure. No box: no teaspoon or sticky bottle Tut up In patent packages. Ml Doses AS Cknth. War ranted to cure or money refunded. Ask your drug gist. If you fall to get them send pnee to THE SYNV1TA CO., Delphos, Ohio, ANI KECEIVK TnEM IOSTPAll. KWCIIECKEItBOJUCU riCEKwithiach OltUKlt. LOUIS SCHKEIBER, II hi AH kinds of Repairing done oh Short Notice. Rnggies, W:i- obs, etc., made to order, and all work (juar- antecd. Alio tell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. Shop opposite the " Tattt-raall," on uuvs at.. ciittUatoua. -in TBASK'S BiaaiMWsiiMaKer 3?P BEAST! Mexican Mustang Liniment Contracted Muscles, Eruptioas, Hoof Ail, Screw Worms, Swianey, Saddle Gall. Piles. THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY accomplishes for everybody exactly what Uclliul for lr. One of tho reaions for the great popularity uf the Xu3tamr Llnlnieat Is found In Us universal pplicnbilitr. Evorybodr needs such a medlclna. The I.a-nberaaan needs It In case of accident. Tho HoaaetTiie needs it for general family use. The Cannier needs It for hU teams and hl men. Tho Mechanic needs It always oa bU urk bench. i The Minerneodsttincaseof emergency. Tho riancerncedslt cantget along without It. The I'urnier need It ia hU bouse, hU stable, and hU stock yard. Tho Steamboat nnn or the Doalwaa needs It In liberal supply afloat and ashore. The Home-fancier needs It it Is bl best friend and safest reliance. The .-Mock-grower needs It It will savit hlin thousands of dollars and a world of trouble. The Ualiraad man needs It and will need It long a his lifo is a round of accidents and danger. The Ilnckwoodsuaaa needs it. 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