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HANDLING FREIGHT.
HOW IT IS CARED FOR AT THE "IN"
AND "OUT" DEPOTS.
BZetliotl of Receivlug and Transporting
Freight In Lre Cities Ilnndllnc and
l:-lHiiilliiiR The Value of System in
Making Up a Train.
Many people Imagino that freight from
one after another of a hundred wagons is
simply dumped on a platform and from
there shoved into a car, and that incoming
and outgoing freight is handled on tho
same platform. In a country town, or
even in u city ambitious to metropolitan
honors, one platform does suitice, and on
that all freight is received and from that
all freight is shipped But in a large city
tho railroad of any prominence making
half a living must havo two depots, one
an "In" and the other an "out" house.
Through tho latter all of the receipts go
except in heavy and bulk goods, in largo
lots, when track receiving and unloading
is tho most convenient and cheapest. In
receiving freight all such cars are cut out
or off of tho traiu and switched to what
ever points may bo desired. Tho bills of
lading always ccuiso ahead of the train,
long enough generally to get through tho
ollico anil out to tho yard men before tho
train arrives, or at least on its arrival.
This is done so that no time may bo lost.
Ileceiving tho bills, the yard force know
exactly what each car contains and where
it must be placed. Some of these cars aro
to go to certain parts of the yards, others
to private ware houses, and some are to
bo left where they are. Theso are all cut
out. taken away, and tho balance of the
train switched into tho freight house,
where the broken (less than car load) and
valuable or jajrishable freight is stored to
await tho call of the owners, tho latter
.being notified by postal of tho arrival. In
receiving freight in this way there is a
great deal of handling and rehandling
that cannot bo helped; but so far as possi
ble it is avoided by storing as loosely as
possible, so that one consignment may
be moved without touching another. If
tho housemen only knew whether John
Smith would be more prompt than Samuel
i'roivu in answering his notico and taking
away his goods, much rehandling could be
obviated and the goods could be stored
closely without loss of space by putting
in Brown's property first.
Hut this is knowledge that cannot be
had There may be a dozen Samuel
lirowns and two dozen John Smiths, uud
every one of the Browns may come for his
goods at the same time, while tho Smiths
may never come, anil may leave their
goods to bo finally told as unclaimed
This, however, is only the case with small
merchants and plain fiery day citizens,
who do not receive a pound of freight as
often as they celebrate Christmas. Tho
merchant who icceives with any regular
ity uuthorizqs his drayman, or, in St.
lxiuis, the Transfer company to receive
his freight whenever it comes, and tho
drayman or transfer agent is always on
hand to receive it, and it does not have to
be stored away. Still there are enough
men of the Smith variety, and entering a
largo receiving ware house after a few
trains havo been unloaded the tloor has
the appearance of a succession of mounds,
made out of boxes, furniture, baby carri
ages, implements, etc
Tho most interesting of tho platforms,
however, is that where goods aro received
for shipment. This is where there is sys
tem. There is no dumping together of
anything that simply comes to hand first.
On ono sido are strings of empty freight
cars, pulled up so evenly that the doors
from thejmo next to tho platform open
into tho one on tho next track, and the
cars on tho outer track can bo loaded by
pushing the truck through the ones next
to the platform and over connecting
Bridges. Tho shipping platform can in
this way bo widened to as many tracks as
there aro on which to stand tho cars. On
tho opposite sido, tho receiving side, where
tho wagons pull up and unload, aro nailed
signs to pillars representing divisions.
Tho first is marked " Jones ville," while
tho board on tho second pillar may be
marked "Brownsville, " and half a dozen
other villes, while tho one next to it may
have double that number, or only ono.
This is an indication that on this line
Joncsvillo is a heavy shipping point, and
that Brownsville, and tho other villes with
it, are of small importance and have to bo
numerous to count.
At the merchants' ware house tho goods
nro loaded into the wagon by towns, and
tho driver knows just what towns ho has.
If ho has a lot for Joncsvillo ho backs into
that pillar and unloads. Ho may havo a
few pieces for Brownsville or somo of its
6iter villes. in which case he can unload
at Jouosvflle and roll them over to tho
Brownsville division. If ho has a lot for
Smithville, further on, however, ho must
swing around with his wagon again and
back in thero. Here tho freight accumu
lates, in theso divisions, until timo for
loading, by which time quite a respectable
amount is gathered. Jonesvillo is situated
100 miles away, Brownsville eighty, Jack
sonville fifty and Yellowvillo forty miles
out. There's not enough of Jonesville to fill
car, and just enough of the others to sup
ply tho deficiency. Jonesvillo is then
loaded in first, Brownsville next, and so
on until Yellowvillo la reached. The
loaders go through the house loading in
this way, filling each car, taking interme
diate stations to the extent required to
make up the required weight, that from
the station nearest the shipping point
first.
Then the train is mado up in tho same
way. generally so that cars can bo dropped
off from the end if desired without losing
timo to cut it out, switch around and con
nect again with tho rear portion and
caboose. Arrived at Yellowville the
freight for that town is piled on tho plat
form, the door is resealed, and the train
pulls out for tho next station. There
again the car is relieved of a portion of
its load, but a small portion only, and so
on until Jonesville is reached. Tho Jones
ville freight was almost enough to occupy
a car. aud the latter is still nearly fully
loaded This being the case it is dropped
off at the depot siding, and the train pulls
on: to tho next station This is the
maimer of handling local freight. Globe
lemo'.rat.
IRISH GREETINGS AND PHRASES.
l'ecullar Expression Heard Among the
Nattier of the Green Isle.
When an Irishman is moved to grati
tude by kindness, his praise and thanks
take tho form of unbounded blessings,
and, when tho spirit moves him to curse,
his objurgations are deep, picturesque and
highly colored.
"God save all here!" is the common
form of salutation on entering a cottage,
and "God save you kindlyl" the answer.
Anything that is admired by a stranger is
always promptly blessed, to keep off the
evil eye. Tho friendly criticism, "That's
a fine slip of a pig," is always followed by
a quick. "Well, indeed, it's not a bad one,
God bless it!"
Turning to the subjects of blessings
and of general asseverations, we shall find
tho Irish language peculiarly rich and fer
tile in variety of idea and adjective, and
often in real beauty and poetical form of
expression. Few can tell tho origin of
such phrases as "By the powers of Moll
Kelly!" though tradition speaks of a lady
of that name being a potency in Dublin.
Thero is a fine sonorous swing about "Bj
this and by that bufcit-bangs Banagher!"
and we know tbJBanaghcrwasonco upon
a timo a seat of learning.
"Tare-au-ages!" is refreshing, if mys
terious; "By all tho books that ever were
open or shut!" has a vast literary sound
about it, and when it is intended to take
that oath falsely tho word "never" Is
adroitly substituted for "over." just as in
tho old trials a witness prepared to "do
his best for the poor boy In tho dock"
would kiss his own thumb, but not tho
holy book, with a sounding smack. Very
fine and majestic is tho rythm of "By tho
piper that played before Moses!" though
there is no authentic account of that emi
nent Semitic musician; and thero is a
deeply devout meaning hi the curious ex
pression, "Please tho pigs," which is a
corruption of "Pleaso the pyx,"tho sacred
vessel that holds tho host on high at tho
mass. "Wurra Dheelish" means "Sweet
Virgin," who is sometimes invoked in mo
ments of danger as "Queen of Heaven,"
and "Saints in glory!" or "Saints alivol"
aro expressions of admiration or wonder.
As examples of richness of diction, take
tho charm blessing to be said to an old
woman: "Oh, aged old woman of tho
gray locks, may 800 blessings twelve
limes over bo on thee! Mayest thou le
free from desolation, Oh woman of tho
aged frame! May many tears fall upon
thy grave!" A "wise woman," properly
blessed after this fashion, will make you
dream dreams of imjiortance, which
dreams you must never tell fasting, and
always tell them first to a woman of the
name of Mary.
Again, there is something touchingly
poetical in tho words of tho western
charm for love. Three times, secretly,
over a drink to be given the beloved one.
the girl will say: "This a charm 1 set for
love; a woman's charm of love and desire;
a charm of God that none can break
'You forme and I for you. and for none
else; your face to miuo and your head
turned away from all others.'" So with
the old Irish names of animals; tl ;-y are
Indian hi their descriptive power Tho
ant was "the slonder one," tho trout was
called "brae," tho "ono with tho spots,"
the hedgehog was called "thu ugly little
fellow," and tho wren was known as tho
"Druid's bird," because if any one could
understand its chirrup, as it darts from
bush to bush, ho would have a knowledge
of coming events, as foretold by the bird
What vividly picturesque words and il
lustrations sportsmen with attentive ears
can pick up! Concerning a romantic rab
bit run the question was asked: "Aro
there many rabbits about?" "Many is
it?" was the reply; "sure there aro whole
funerals of them I" the procession of rab
bits suggesting the curious idea. "Any
trout hi this stream?" "Trouts. is it?
Walt till the flood goes down a bit, and
yer honor can walk dry shod over their
backs to the other side." Loudon Tele
graph, SNIFFING AT PRUSSIC ACID.
A Coroner I'inds Out How the Quickest
of all Poisons Works.
Deputy Coroner Scholer, who narrowly
escaped death recently from snill'mg at the
bottle from which Miss Mary Van Ordeu
had drunk prussic acid and died, told a
reporter about it.
"With me in Miss Van Onion's room,"
he said, "was Dr. J. F. Terriberry. We
had been told that Miss Van Orden
was in the habit of taking morphine, and
as I had not yet been told that she had
bought prussic acid, I supposed I was
going to smell of Majendie's solution. I
passed the vial we found back and forth
under my nose three or four times and
got a good sniff of the acid. It has a
sweet, almond flavor, pungent and not at
nil disagreeable. Then I passed the bottle
to Dr. Terriberry, and he took a sniff. 1
noticed that ho was growing pale. Then
I began to feel faint and weak myself.
'Dr. Terriberry and I clutched each
other and reeled. Either would have
fallen without the support of the other. I
held on to him and called for fresh air.
We were led to the door and down two or
three flights of stairs. It was with the
greatest difficulty that I drew my breath.
My consciousness was jierfect, but I had
no control of my arms or hands or of rnv
lower limbs. When I tried to step I raised
my foot two feet from the ground, and
when I tried to feel of my pulse I could
not use my hands. I noticed that the blood
had left the finger nails and that my
hands were white as chalk. All through
my body it seemed as though tho blocd
were driving toward my heart. How I
got to the drug store at Ninth avenue and
Forty-eighth street I don't know. A
young man there said sulphate of mag
nesia was an antidote for prussic acid, but
it isn't. I took the dose, however, and
then was led to the Forty-seventh street
police station. Capt. Killilea prescribed
brand, and as he believes in large doses,
hegaie me so much that I was drunk
after taking it. I told Capt. Killilea of my
difficulty in breathing, and told him how
to move my arms up and down. He
lifted a window in the police station and
worked my arms like a pump for a long
time, causing an artificial movement of
the ribs.
"Then I was taken to the Roosevelt
hospital, and a physician gave me a dose
of carbonate of ammonia. In two hours
I felt better and came home. I have
been very weak since. It seems as
though I had no marrow in my bones. I
have been requested to write a statement
of the experience for a medical journal,
and I think I shall do so. Dr. Terri
berry told me today that he has
been very sick. He was tormented
by the most frightful nightmares when ho
tried to sleep. I didn't have a night
mare, perhaps, because of the brandy.
New York Sun.
Wanted an E.asy Chair.
A Nashville furniture dealer tells a lit
tle story that shows how some people aro
constituted. A lady ordered an elegant
easy chair of a peculiar kind. It was
made and sent to her house. She exam
ined it carefully and critically, finally re
marking that it suited her exactly, with
one exception it was too soft. She Isasl
the man take the chair back to be made
a trifle harder. The chair was returned
to the store and pnt aside. Nothing was
done to it. After the lapse of about a
week the chair was sent out again. The
woman again examined it, and this time
the chair was too hard. She was sorry,
but when she paid so much to get an
article for her own comfort she wanted
it about right, so she sent it back to the
store for another change. The chair was
again put aside for a week or ten days
and sent out for the third time without
having a particle of ehange made. This
time it was just right. She took the
chair, paid for it, and was sorry it had
not suited her at first. The poor woman
never knew that the chair had not been
charmed a narticle. Chicaso News.
THE POOR OF LONDON.
THE KINDNESS SHOWN TO ONE
ANOTHER IN MISFORTUNE.
Practical Help In Sickness and Bereave
ment Adopting Children A Sister In
Misfortune A Dead Comrade's Pet.
Kindness to Animals.
It is not only in then perhaps thriftless
almsgiving that the poor show their sym
pathy with their own orderv They snow
it in "their practical helptn times of sick
ness and bereavement; they show it in
their readiness to share their scanty food
aud shelter with tho hungry and the home
less, they show it in the way in which
thoy tako other people's troubles upon
thoir already overburdened backs; and in
tho way they frequently sacrifice their
timo and their money in endeavoring to
Eut their poor brothers and sisters who
ave been pushed down in tho battlo of
life once more upon their legs.
The poor live so closely together that
they know a good deal of each other's cir
cumstances, and naturally tho ladies aro
the first to find out each other's business.
So it comes that the poor woman living
with her husband and family in ono room
knows that the people in the next room
are without food. She and her husband
go short and send in half thoir loaf to
their starving neighbors, and she sends in
tho teapot with tho leaves left in it, and
she fills it up with hot water This, at
least, gives the recipient a warm drink,
whatever the particular flavor of it
may bo.
Ono remarkablo way in wldch the poor
show their kiuduess of heart is in adopt
ing children. It frequently happens in
neighborhoods where the laboring and
criminal classes herd together that a fam
ily of children may bo suddenly left with
out father or mother. Father gets "put
away" and mother, in her grief and de
spair, goes to drown her sorrow at tho
public house, and sometimes ends by fall
ing herself into the clutches of the law
Such cases as this occur over and over
again, and hi fivo cases out of ten the
children aro taken caro of. washed and
dressed and fed by somo poor mother liv
ing in tho same house, who herself has a
largo family All this Is done ungrudg
ingly and as a "duty " If you ask such a
woman what prompted her to burden her
self with tho maintenance of another
woman's family sho will tell you there
was nothing wonderful In the act. "She
supposes as somo neighlwr 'ud do the
samo by her young 'uns if ever sho was in
trouble "
A poor, unfortunate girl, living in a ten
ement house with others of her unhappy
class, fell seriously ill Tho landlord
wanted her sent to tho workhouse. Tho
other tfirls said "No, not if they know
it " Theso pttor creatures pawned all the
clothes they could spare in order to pay
for a clever doctor for her case was a
complicated one and they clubbed to
gether and got her all tho doctor ordered
her They relieved each other at the sick
bed and took it in turns to nurse her day
and night, and they mado her stop at
homo when she was better for over six
weeks, as tho doctor said thero would still
bo a risk in her going out, during all of
which timo they paid her rent and every
expense incurred by her illness, though to
do it they had to deny themselves not
only any comfort but almost any neces
sary of life liravo girls those and good
girls. How different would their lives
havo been, perhaps, had they known in
their homes such lovo and devotion as
they showered upon their sisters in mis
fortune. The poor man who loses his wifo finds
plenty of sympathy and practical help
among his poor neighbors. Somo good
soul conies in at once and sees to tho
young children for him if ho has nono old
enough to look after the others. Tho
baby not Infrequently finds a new mother
to tako It to her breast, and even the
man's comfort is not overlooked. Mrs.
Jones will run in for half an hour while
ho is away at work, and tidy up his place
for him; and Mrs. Brown will pop across
tho road and get his tea ready for him
against ho comes home. Thero aro somo
charming little idylls of the courts and
alleys which are waiting to be told ten
der prose poems, fragrant with tho self
sacrifice and tho heroisms of tho poor and
tho lowly; but they must bo told from
tho beginning to tho end. To cut them
down into a bald narrativo of incidents
would be to rob them of all their graco
and charm.
The sympathy of the poor shows itself
sometimes in a tender regard for some
thing which has been tho pet of a dead
comrade or neighbor. Somo little tinw
back, a hawker in tho East End lay dying.
Ho was a widower and childless, but lw
had ono companion a faithful, loving
littlo dog, who had lived with him for
many years. As tho poor fellow lay on
his death bed, tho littlo dog stretched it
Belf out besido him, and every now and
then licked the weak, thin hand that
rested lovingly upon its littlo head. Tho
old hawker's mind was tortured as to
what would bo his faithful companion's
fato after ho had gone to his grave;
so ono day he sent for a mate, and ho
said to nim: "Jim, when I'm gone,
tako my little Fan, and let her nave
a homo with you till she dies, will
you, mate? I shall die happy if I know
as she'll have a friend to tako caro
of her after I'm dead." Jim, a street
hawker of dolls, gripped his friend's hand
and said: "Yes, mate; I'll take her, and
promise you as she shall bo as comfort
ablo as I can make her."
This kindness to animals is by no means
a rare trait among the poor. I havo seen
a lean and hungry lad many a timo shar
ing his scanty meal of bread and butter
with a stray cur in the slums, and I know
ono common lodging houso cat, who died
in tho kitchen amid the tears and sobs of
the rough men and women, who clustered
around to seo their pet breathe its last.
Georgo R. Sims in Philadelphia Times.
GOOD ADVICE ABOUT EATING.
Doctors Smashing Old Time Superstitious
About Different Kinds of Food.
Somo recent remarks by Dr James C.
White, professor of dermatology in Har
vard university, are directly in line with
an article published only a few days ago
In theso columns on the subject of sensi
blo eating Thero is. of course, no sub
ject concerning which people need infor
mation inoro than they do about eating,
and thero are very few subjects on which
more ridiculous notions aro extant. "Ono
man's meat is another man's poison" is
an old and truo saying, yet a great ma
jority of mankind have ideas of diot that
are formed from tho experience of other
people, and these ideas are very commonly
absurd. Dr. White disposes of some of
these notions, by the authoritative utter
ance of a thorough scientist.
For example, ne touches on the old
wives' fable that butter in liberal quanti
ties will cause children's faces to break
out with "butter sores." He declares,
what Intelligent people have long known,
that good butter uncooked is perfectly
harmless food so far as the skin is con
cerned, and he might havo gone much
farther, for the limitation was unneces
sary. He says, however, that the notion
alluded to probably came from the fact
that the uje of impure butter in food
otherwise mdigestible may have dis
turbed the stomach and produced impure
blood in some cases. It is more likely to
have come from the efforts of parents of
limited means to curb their children's in
dulgence in an expensive dainty. It Is
certain that much of the prejudice against
candy came, from this oariicular cause.
tnotign witn canay, as "with butter, the
prejudice is entirely justifiable In refer
ence to adulterated and impure grades.
Nothing Is more common than to hear
parents tell their children that eating
candy will ruin their teeth, but it is most
likely to bo an utterance dictated by
economy. At all events, no educated
dentist will indorse the statement.
The notion that buckwheat cakes and
oatmeal aro productive of skin diseases is
also attacked and pretty thoroughly de
molished by Professor White, as well as
that absurdity about tomatoes which was
started by Dlo Lewis a generation or so
ago. He said that tomatoes wero pro
ductive of cancer, and that thoy loosened
and destroyed the teeth. Dr. White de
clares tomatoes and oatmeal to be harm
less and valuablo foods, and points at tho
simple fact that the only danger in eat
ing buckwheat lies in tho fact that
it is apt to bo served up hot In tho form
of Improperly cooked cakes. These may,
and are very likely to, upset the diges
tion. He declares, moreover, that a good
digestion and a healthy appetite will tako
o:ir- of tho skin so far as the effects of
food are concerned, and that it matters
littlo what kind of food Is used so long as
it is pure, of good quality and properly
prepared Tho healthy stomach will turn
it into good blood This, It will bo seen,
is a similar utterance to that of Dr. Aus
tin Flint, recently quoted, only that Dr
Wlnte, treating as he did on the skin only,
did not mako so sweeping a statement as
Dr Flint, who said "Eat what you like,
when you like, and eat as much as you
liko. You may get gout that way, but
not dyspepsia." New York Mail and Express.
London Lodging House Character.
Li tho samo lodging houso that Taffy
patronized with Ids custom lived another
character, known to his intimates as
"Patter Bill." Ho was a Cheap Jack and
talking coster, but was too improvident
ever to mako a osition. Ho was in a
chronic stato of inipecuniosity. Had he
been careful and sober ho might have
made a comfortable living, for ho had a
tremendous fuud of genuine humor, aud,
while selling, kept hisaudiencoiu roars of
laughter. Perhaps he was just a little bit
too funny, for tho crowd laughed so much
that thoy forgot to buy. One day, after
u week of absolute bankruptcy. Patter
Bill was at his wits' end for tho money to
pay for his night's lodging. Ho was in
debt to a pal, and this added to his
worries.
"1 don't know how I'm going to get any
rhino," he said to the deputy ono evening
"I haven't got a brown to go to market
with." All of a sudden ho appeared struck
with a brilliant idea lie went to the pro
prietor and borrowed n couple of sheets of
colored paper and a pint of small onions
Ho wrapped tho onions up in colored
paper and went out into tf.e borough road
and began to patter about a marvelous
cure for coughs and colds which had lately
been imported from foreign parts, under
the immediate patronage of the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons, tho principal hospitals
and the royal family, llo asked ono penny
ea.-h for the marvelous cold curer, and 1m
handed each purchaser a littlo onion
beautifully screwed up in colored paper
By changing his pitch or stand. Patter
Bill disposed of all his onions in a couple
of hours, returned to the kitchen, paid his
pal, paid for his lodging and hud a very
handsome balance left with which to start
a fresh commercial enterprise on tho mor
row. Georgo K. Sims in Philadelphia
Times.
Tho Warrior of .lllt.tnia.
The Albanians are tho most ferocious
and warlike nation in Eurote and the
most courageous, not even excepting tho
Greeks. Tho Montenegrins are tho only
ones whom tho Albanians feel aro their
equals in all the qualities which go to
make up a man of war. And whenever
the sultan has trouble with Montenegro
ho tries to get tho Albanians to help him.
and vice versa. They tear each other like
wild Iteasts at all times. There is in
other nation except tho Greeks, which
can show such an array ot splendid war
riors, for theso men are real warriors in
the best and most ancient acceptance of
the term. They are not cut and dried
and drilled to measure. Each ono fights
as he chooses, and if ho fidls It is as a
warrior should fall, covered with wounds
and lighting to the last.
Unerring marksmen, trained to shoot,
to uso all manner of amis, and to thj
fullest development of vigor and strength,
leading abstemious lives, active and alert,
capable of unimagined endurance and ab
solutely fearless, it is no wonder that
theso men are admired ind feared by all
who havo heard their exploits detailed in
the history of their oppressed and unhappy
countries. Ono would almost say the boys
arc born witli guns in their hands, as the
youngest boy you find makes pistols,
knives and guns his playthings when
other boys aro scarcely past tho age of
rattle lioxes. Their education Is tho
stories of the bravery of their ancestors, of
how many Turks or other enemies they
havo slain, and their play is to practice
with tho arms placed in their dimpled
baby hands, and their ambition to become
a man to fight as did their forefathers
Olive Harper in Courier-Journal.
Whistling Jugs of Peru.
Tho silvadors or musical jugs found
among the burial places of -Peru uro most
ingenious specimens of handiwork. A
silvio lathe William S. Vaux collection
of Philadelphia consists of two vases,
whose bodies are joined one to the other
with a hole or opening between them.
The neck of one or these vases is closed,
with the exception of a small opening in
which a clay pipe is inserted leading to
the body of a whistle. When a liquid is
poured into tho open necked vaso, the
air Is compressed in tho other, and, escap
ing through the narrow opening, is forced
into tho whistle, the vibrations producing
sounds.
Many of theso sounds represent tho
notes of birds; one in the Clay collection
of Philadelphia imitates the notes of tho
robin or somo other member of tho
thrush tribe peculiar to Pent. The closed
neck of this double vaso is modeled into
a representation of a bird's head, which is
thrushlike in character. Another water
vaso in tho same collection representing a
llama, imitates the disgusting habit which
this animal possesses of ejecting its
saliva when enraged. Tho hissing sound
which accompanies this action is admir
ably imitated. A black tube of earthen
ware, ornamented with a grotesque head
In low relief, to which short arms aro at
tached, pressing a threo tubed syrinx to
its lips (Clay collection), deserves especial
mention, as it suggests tho evolution of
this Instrument from a single tubo to
more complicated forms. Swiss Cross.
Syrup of Fix
Js Nature's own truo laxative. It is the
most easily taken, ami the most effective
remedy known to Cleanse the System
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Manufactured only by the California Fig
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ASTONISHING FEATS.
TRICKS PERFORMED BY AN OLD JUG
GLER IN INDIA.
Miraculous Transformations of a nail of
Twine The Rose and the Cup A
Deadly Serpent Another Wonderful
Piece of Deception.
While traveling through India, between
Surat and Nagpore. my body servant one
day Informed me that a great juggler and
snake charmer wished to havo the honor
of showing me something of his skill.
My servant withdrew and presently re
turned with a small, withered old man.
about whom I saw nothing remarkablo
except the eyes, which were small, black
and piercing, and seemed to have light
ning imprisoned in them. I do not know
whether the man could seo me in tho dark
like a cat, but there was at times that
peculiar fiery appearance of the balls
which is so often observable In night
prowling animals.
Ho wore a wldte vest, Turkish trousers.
a kind of crimson petticoat worked with
strange device, a turban of many colors
and morocco shoes pointed and turned up
at tho toes His arms and neck wero bare,
and with tho exception of a couple of heavy
gold rings in his ears, he displayed no ex
traneous ornaments. Ills age I judgo to
be CO. and his short mnstacno was almost
white He made a slow salam and then
suddenly produced from where I did not
see and cannot tell a large ball of twine,
which he appeared to toss In my lap,
keeping hold of one end. so that it un
rolled the whole distanco between him
and me at least ten feet saying as he
did so
"Will yonr excellency pleaso examine
what you see?"
Now. 1 houestly aver tliat I saw that
ball of twine when ho threw it as plainly
as 1 over saw anything In my life saw it
come toward me. saw it unroll aud ap
parently drop into my lap, so that I
brought my knees quickly together to
catch it. and yet when I put my hand
down to tako It. and looked down for it. It
was uot thero nothing was thero. and at
the same instant I perceived tho juggler
dancing it on the end of his finger
A WO.NDEIIPUL TRANSFORMATION.
"Does your excellency think 1 have it?"
be said.
And before I could answer I saw In
place of tho ball a beautiful large red
rose, which ho was balancing by tho stem
and yet ho had not altered his positiou
In the least, nor scarcely stirred a finger
While yet I looked, I saw in his right
hand a cup. and in his left a roso Ho
stepped forward a few feet, laid tho rose
down on the ground, and placed tho cup
over it.
Hero, it will bo observed, thero was no
machinery to assist him no tablo with
its false top. concealed compartments ami
confederate, perhaps, to effect a change,
as we seo similar tricks performed in a
placo fitted by a magician for the purpose
but only my own quarters, in tho full
light of day. with myself closely watching
every movement, within fivo feet of him,
and my attendants grouped around almost
as near.
Having covered the rose with a cup as
I woidd bo willing to take my oath, for I
saw the rose as distinctly as the hollow
vessel, held by the top, went slowly down
over it tho conjurer resumed his former
placo. and said:
"Will your excellency be kind enough
to lift tho cup and seo what is under it?"
Of course, I would have wagered a
heavy sum that tho roso was still there
for ono thing, because, expecting some
trick, I had kept my eye on it to the last
moment, and was certain thero wus no
possibility of its being removed after a
hand had let go of the cup at tho top.
I complied with tho request, stepped
forward and raised tho cup. but instantly
dropped it with a cry of terror for there,
instead of tho rose, was ono of the little,
deadly green serpents of India, coiled up
and ready to spring, with its small
glistening eyes fixed intently on mine.
Snakes of any kind are my horror, and
this one not only horrified me, but all my
attendants, who with cries of alarm en
larged tho circle very rapidly, for the
knew its bite to be fatal.
"It is perfectly harmless, your excel
lency." grinned the old man. walking up
to it. lifting it by tho neck, putting its
head in his mouth and allowing it to run
down his throat.
THE TCBE AKD TWIXR.
Ho next produced a tubo that looked
like brass, about two feet long and half
an inch hi diameter, and next tho ball of
twine again. Where theso things came
from or went to I could not tell They
seemed to be in his hands when ho wanted
them; but I never observed his hands
passing near his dress either when they
appeared or disappeared. When I looked
for tho cup that I had lifted from the
snake it was gone, and yet neither myself
nor any of my attendants had seen this
wonderful man pick it up. It was indeed
jugglery, if not magic, of tho most un
questionable kind.
Through tho bras3 tubo tho conjurer
Kassed one end of the twine, which he put
otween his teoth. Ho then put the tulo
between his lips, threw back his head and
held it perpendicularly, with the ball of
twine at the upper end. Then suddenly
the ball began to turn, and turn rapidly,
and gradually grow smaller, till It entirely
disappeared, as if tho twine had run off on
a reel. What turned it or where it went
to no ono could see, Tho juggler then
set tho other end up, and a new ball began
to form on the top, but apparently rib
bon of half an inch in width and different
colors Theso rolled up as if on a bobbin,
till it formed a wheel two or threo Inches
in diameter, when tho performer seemed
to toss ribbon and tube over his shoulder,
and that was the last I saw of either.
Ho next produced what appeared to bo
tho same cup I had lifted from the snake,
showing something that appeared to bo
an egK. advanced tho same as before and
placed the latter on the ground and the
former over it, and again requested mo to
open It, which I declined to do, fearing I
should seo another serpent or something
equally terrifying.
At this he took up the cup himself and
appeared to throw It in the air, and there
sat in Its placo a beautiful dove, which
Hew up and alighted on his shoulder. He
took it into his hand and muttered over
some unintelligible words, seemed to cram
it Into his mouth and that was tho laat I
saw of that also. St. Louia Sayings.
A Mallet Olrl' Preparation.
The process of preparing a French ballet
girl for her debut has been divulged by a
lady who Is a professor of tho art of
kalsomining, as it may be termed The
danseuse. who is about to faire son mastic,
sits before her looking glass, and over
face, arms, neck, shoulders and bosom she
spreads a coat of liquid white, which dries
and forms a sort of varnish. This first
coat 8li6 greases with a littlo cold cream
and perfumes it with a dash of poudre de
riz. Then sho touches up her cheeks with
vermilion, heightens the red of her lips
with carmine, magnifies tho contour of
the eyes with kohl, paints her eyebrows
with Indian ink, picks out a few veins,
and the mastic is complete. This opera
tion requires at least half an hour. Next
the dancer draws on her silk tights, aud
next she dons her underskirt; then follows
the corsage, the five or ten gauze skirts,
or whatever more or less succinct costumo
may be worn; and finally the bracelets,
earrings, and miscellaneous Jewelry which
these young ladies will insist on wearing
Thus equipped she bounces on to the
stage. Binding, fresh and gay. and flitting
witn. easy erace throusn hex naa. an-
plaudetT by the admiring audience. out
tho moment that her back Is turned to the
public the smilo vanishes, her faco bo
comes serious, her features aro grimacing
and drawn with fatigue, and as shopasscs
us wo 6ee that sho is panting for breath
and bathed In Kirspiratioa. And by tho
timo sho has finished dancing sho will bo
so worn out that she will scarcely havo
strength enough left to crawl upstairs to
her dressing room, where sho will need to
be rubbed down and tended like an over
taxed racehorse. Homo Journal.
Frenchmen Not on Their Muscle.
The Frenchman cares little to contest in
anything where mere muscular ability is
at an advantage, says a Parisian visitor,
lie pursues sport ns ho docs art striving
to develop its lino points, aiming to be
come expert nml admiring only the skill
that may be attained In the exercise. 3
have no such thing as a national game,
nothing thut approaches to your baseball,
or polo, or the English cricket. Sport
with us means, ns u rule, horse racing,
and undoubtedly our jockeys, of whom
we think highly, would compare favor
ably with the best that this country
knows. The exercise that really occupies
our attention as a national institution is
fencing, and that probably arises from the
military character of the national life.
Much of the energy that the American
youth puts Into play and physical coutests
is absorbed by tho government in recruit
ing the army. Here the boys of the vil
lage have to provide their own amuse
ments, their own exercises, and have to
depend upon themselves for acquiring the
discipline that is so essential to really suc
cessful sport. With us t!o government
provides the exercise and the discipline,
and if tho youmr man can get any amuse
out of it so much the better for them. It
is the next war that is always uppermost
in every Frenchman's uund. New York
Cor. Philadelphia Times.
The Cartlrn of :eths.inane.
At tho joining of the trio of paths de
scribed as leading to Bethany, the garden
of Uethsemane is located. It is surrounded
by a stone wall which is divided by shrine.
facing inside the garden, all looking
strangely now In comparison with tho
gnarled old trees that they surround
After knocking at the low gate, the visitor
is questioned by an old monk and then
admitted. Tho garden is carefully kept
by the venerable Custodian. Tho white
washed fence of paling and tho trim flower
pirden afford another strange contrast
with tho gnarled and ancient olivo trees
In ono corner of the garden is :t well of
delicious water. A bu.-ket with rope
"muting over a pulley used Near this
.veil are the humble quarters of the moid:
in charge. A marble canopy with an iron
gate incloses Cauoiu's b.:ss relief of "Tin
Agony." A neatly kept walk leaiK oiu
around the circuit of the gunlen trotu
shrine to shrine." Parts of the u.ill- arv
covored with pictures lvprcst nting scenes
wlii-ii took place during our Ijrd's last
uigiit on earth. WormwcMid and the
I'asslon vine trail about the walls in pro
fusion. It is si lovely spot. Edward L.
Wilson in Tho Century.
Xlitllit'-t M:ill Kitting Tigerx.
One Hit of cages was very attractive to
us. They contained ten huge tigers, all
caught in pits after proving themselves
man eaters. Huge brutes which would
spring at us as wo passed with such
ferocity that they would hurt themselves
against the iron bars. The timers of our
menageries are pupiets compared to theso
fierce monsters. A few annas to the keeper
obtained for mo tho privilege of doing a
littlo practice Iwking a fierce fellow
steadily in tho eye. and speaking in a
stern but steady voice. I tapped him sharply
over tho head with my rattan cane Ho
blinked his eyes. I followed up the action
with a sharper stroke and mado him quiet
down. I tried another, and actually made
Lim lio down on his side and purr like a
great cat. I did not fail once. Tho native
looked at mo admiringly and evidently
tliought I was accustomed to managing
man eaters. What an amount of nerve it
bravo man has when ho knows danger can
not reach him. Carter Harrison's Letter
Intellectual Hunger In Cuba.
A singular evidence of tho aspiration
toward enlightenment under diliicultie;
in any land is in an odd class of folk 1
havo discovered hero in Havana. Books
in Cuba aro fow and costly. There aro not
as much news and miscellany in anj
singlo issue of a Havana newspaper as are
given in threo columns of any American
daily. But the intellectual hunger must
bo satisfied, and there havo grown out of
theso conditions a largo number of lectors
or readers. These go from ono shop to
another, and often from houso to houso
among tho lowly, and read ami comment
upon tho insignificant world's news which
tho lifeless papers occasionally print.
They aro well paid, for. as they must roar
liko mad bulls in their readings, so that
tho .100 or 1,000 hands in a great cigar
factory can all catch tho precious words,
they soon loso their voices altogether.
Edgar L. Wakeman in New York Mail
and Express.
Farms of America.
Thero aro in America over 4,000,000
farms, large aud small. They cover nearly
20.000.000 acres of improved land, and
their total value is something liko $10,
000.000.000 Theso figures are not. of
course, very comprehensive. They timply
convey the idea of vastness of area and
equal vastness of importance. Tho esti
mated value of tho yearly products of
theso farms is between $2,000,000,000 and
83 000 000.000 Chicago Herald
"Did n't Know 't was
Loaded"
May do for a stupid boy's excuse ; but
what can be said for the parent who
sees his child languishing daily and fails
to recognize the want of a tome and
blood-purifier? Formerly, a roiirie of
bitters, or sulphur ami molases. was the
rule in well-regulated families ; but now
all intelligent households keep Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, which is at oure l-;t.aiit
to tho taste, and the most searching and
effective blood modieineeverdi.-eovered.
Nathan S. Cleveland, 27 K. Canton st .
Boston, writes : " My daughter, now 'Jl
years old, was in perfect healMi pntil a
year ago when she began to t-ompIu;ii ol
fatigue, headache, debility. ili7m ss,
indigestion, and loss of appetite. I con
cluded that all her complaints originated
in impure blood, aud induced her to take
A yer s Sarsaparilla. This medn mesooti
restored her blood-making organs to
healthy action, and in due time rctst.ili
lished her former health. I find Aier's
Sarsaparilla a most valuable remedy for
the lassitude aud debility incident to
spring time."
J. Castright, Brooklyn Power Co.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., says : "As a Spring
Medicine, I find a splendid substitute
for the old-time compounds in Aier's
Sarsaparilla, with a few doses of Ayer's
Pills. After their use. I feu I fresher and
stronger to go through the summer."
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COZ.XJ3IBX7S. NEB,
HAS AX
Authorized Capital of $250,000,
A Surplus Fund of - $20,000,
Ami tho lnwt Paid 1b Cash Capital of
nuy Uuik in thir. part of the State.
JS'-lVpnuitrt recoiled and interest paid ou
tiiuedeiionito.
J&Drnfttt on tho princ ipnl cities iu thi coun
try and Enrol) IxuiKht and pold.
JX('ollpction! und nil other buointtid Klton
prompt and cnreful attention.
NTOCKHOLPMIS.
A.ANDEKSOX.l'rwt't.
J. H.ltALLKY, Vice Prc't.
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