Newspaper Page Text
■bmto mm.
■otter skates are being turned into
A Mew Turk profeeeor tettooe 3,000
pmeou every year
There ere eeid to be 800 opium imo-
In the city ol Bo*Ion.
Dime muaeumi ere epringing into
popularity In Mimicbussiu town*.
A mvsntoen-yesr-old boy in Bibb
oouety, Alabama, u 6 feet end 9 inches
Ikgh.
An Irieb tetter at Moncton, Canada,
U Mid to bare traveled forty tuilaa in
three boura
Tombstone, Arizona, merchants re
turn ID accept Mexican money in pay
ment for tbeir good*.
A Virginia City, Nev , man offer* to
plant the American flag on the north
pole in eighteen month*
It it claimed that within a radiua of
100 mile* around Aahrillc, N. C., every
known mineral can be found.
Colored nieu propoeo to raier |1,-
000,000 to erect monument* nt Waab-
mfftoo to the l>uncfaru>ra of their race.
"Chestnuts” ere now celled "Hi*,
thorn mi . " In Ho* ton, a graceful allu-
eion to lb# ULie of that author's abort
ttoria*
A new mineral Juet found in Miasou-
ri cote eleei, yet keeps lie edge. It hits
Men given an outlandish name— adaui-
soobite.
A deacon of a Greenville, Pa, church
• ae a • trine of buttons half a yard long
rhey have been taken out of the collec
tion* during the part few ye*r«.
The English war department has
tuccee<ind in making a cannon which
coat 31.OUO.UUO and uei-* 31,000 worth
of ammunition every time it is tired.
'rhe most modest girl in the world
reeidee *t Syracuse. It ia taid of her
that when a pupil at Vasaar ahn re
fused to work up
lion*
work upon improper frso-
Peraona who wiah to avoid drowning
are adviaed by an Kaatern physician to
lock the hand* behind the back,
fully inflate the lung*, and cloec tba
mouth.
M. J. Smith, a reporter on the Pueb
lo /Vcja is a deaf mute. He say* that
be haa no trouble in getting news, bo-
cauee the people all know him and help
kirn out
The night-school at Sing Sing prison
for Ifie benefit of the prisoners, winch
Wat started by Walden Brush in Jan
uary. HUM, is said to have accomplished
excellent results.
A talc mine hat been discovered on
lb* Mercixi Iti ver, Cnlifornia. The
material is far *u|>erior to the foreigu
article for the manufacture of chtua-
wara, fire-proof brick, etc.
A Detroit wotnau bad a gn-en water
tnake two feet and n hiilf long taken
(rum her stomach last week. She is said
to bare swallowed it ten years ugo,
when It and she were small.
Physical examinations are deadly to
the aspirations of the small boy to be
come a seaman. Hundreds of bids are
rtjected yearly because of tlicir inability
to pats the test* successfully.
A mining company r,,,h a capital of
33.000,000 ha* been foruicil at Hot
Spring* Arkansas. The syndicate owns
atveral tine niU3W in that vicinity,
will coimiunoe work u[>ou them nt
•DO**
Id aniwer to the question: “Who wu
Air Weller Soott?” on one of the eu*
Irmnce elimination iiujkth, e Parkhili,
Oanada, boy wrote: “A celebrate*!
JfcuUish novelist, who waa killed by
BUI"
According to a Hebrew Journal, the
flLrvt Jew to visit this country was one of
Golutubu*' sailor* Hi* name was I,uiii*
a Parms, and be ami Kodcngo do
G*rws were tho first men America s dis
coverer tout ashore.
The unhsppinoas that the possession
of a secret frequently entails on ils |k»-
sassur is thus illustrated by tho New
Orleans Picoyuor. "A man knows ho
is a great man, no one via* knows it,
end he is miserable in oousoqueueo."
The Acacia club, Buffalo, N. Y , is the
largest social organization formed
through the avenue* of Masonry in the
world/ Its members must lie^I. M s
In good sttudiug, and even with this
qualification tho ballot-box is the ulti
mate test
A Pittsburg builder of clicsp houses
oaea matched flooring instead of Inth
and plaster. On this cotton cloth is
gluod. and i n tho cloth wall paper is
pasted. This he claim* i* better slid
oheais-r than plaster, nnd thus houses
euu be built safely in cold wcntliur.
The Concord School of Pbilosojihy
■truck s snag in a paper forwarded by
s Teias professor It was called "T'lio
Plslonian Idua," amt after an earnest
and hopeless search for thu idea, the
aokool returned the paper to the piofes-
sor with the simple interrogation. "Why
don't you sign the pledge? ’
The steamers on the Pacific are all
manned hr Chinose. w ho make vety
food, willing, sturdy, good-natured
sailors so long ss they sre well oflfosr-
•d. These vessels are built for freight,
•ot passenger service, and, consequent
ly, the speed and equipment are dif-
mrirnt from those of llie "Atlantic grey
hound* "
John Talbot, a respectable citizen of
Cleveland, O, entered the station-house
one dsy raceutly and astonished tin’ man
In charge by aeking that his own liouac
bs raided as a disorderly resort. He had
Unoonarioualy rented the building to an
unsavory trilie of females, and, unlike
■ qij men of local prominence, wish-
ad to drive them out by "pulling'’
them.
Carlyls once gave up smoking because
lib doctor told him that it was not
agreeing with bint. A few weeks after
ward bs was walking in a wood wheu
ha saw a pipe, a tobacco pouch, amt a
hoi of lights lying together tt the fool
of a tree. He at otto* concluded that
thU wa* providential, tilled the pipe and
llghlsd ft, aud became a smoker from
(bat hour.
▲ husband reading, while his wife
Mar him tat embroidering a pair of
•Upper*, remarked: "What surprises
there are in sutistios. A German phy
sician affirms and proves by llgurea
(hat half of ths female aex are touched
with Inaanlty." "He is right,” replied
ths wife, dryly, "for mors than halt
ths women prove it by getting iu*r-
Ths prsetios of tho law, observes tbs
Philadelphia Ntco, d, broadens the
minds of some men and narrows tbs
minds of others. Those who study snd
appreciate the principles upon which
laws are based belong to the first cate-
K ry. Those who rely upon precedent
long to ths seoouJ. One tries to
make the cate fit the law, the other trie*
to make tbs law fit thu case.
A Birmingham, Conn., man has hit
upon a novel plan for the destruction of
skunks that visit his hun-bouu. He
procured some strychnine aud with it
charged several eggs which he deposit
ed on the ground near the opening of
the hennery. Ths odoriferous animals
have become scarcer since, as from
Ipree to five dead ones have been found
every morniug during thu past fort
night.
George Phillips, of Hinghampton, So
lano county, Cal., has just completed
an organ containing four hundred
pipe* tho longest being sixteen feet
All the pi|ies are made of old newspa
pers rolled aud fastened with a paste
made of glue snd aluiu. 'The wood
work w.-is made entirely of old fenoe
boards, posts, dry-goods boxes, and ths
like. He was two years in building thia
instrument, which is Mid to have an
excellent tone
Squatters are said to make olearfnga
in the heavily-timbered lamia of British
Columbia by uoring one large hole in
tho trunk alantmg upward and another
from a point well up the trunk and
slanting downward, both mooting in
the heart of the true. Then the upper
hulo will bo filled with nny convenient
combustible) and ignited. The long
hole act* a* a chimney, and the tire
bums furiously until the troo is destroy
ed.
Uh In a Circus Tent.
There ia an individuality possessed
by the circus man, especially In the com
of tho old-timo showman who haa jour
neyed on wagons and horseback
through the cross-roads ami green lanea
of the remotest rural district* He
comes iu contact with many aorta of
people, in every condition of life, and
his knowledge of tho characteristics of
the inhshitanla of the different parts of
the country is extensive. A reporter of
the Mail and kxpress recently called
upon a showman at hi* residence in
Brooklyn, and gained much informa
tion about the up* aud down* of circus
tent life.
"I have been out every season for
twenty-two yearn." said ho, "and I
believe I am able to give aa many points
about (ho business as kny man you will
find in Brooklyn. A circus man who
follows tho calling for any length of
time has abundant opportunities for
knowing tho country as well as tho
habits atpl customs of the people he
find* in it. Of course, there are lots of
people besides showmen who travel
constantly, but the majority of these
merely go from one large city to anoth
er. and their ideas of the country are
such as can be obtained by looking out
of car windows. There is little differ
ence in the routiuu work of a show
now-a-dsy* except, of couise. the man
ner of transportation from one town to
another. The first duly after unloading
the cars in the morning is to gut up thu
stock and dressing tent* • This i.x dono
by the drivers nnd groom*. While this
work is going on thu dbok* nnd helpers
are employed putting up the mess tents
and preparing the breakfast. The next
act is to get ready for the street, parade.
All have to take part except thu canvas
and property men, who get up the big
touts. The street paradulast* less thati
an hour. One object of it is to draw
the crowd away from the grounds so
the men can have a better chance to
work. The duties of workmen who
travel with the railroad shows are leas
arduous than in former years They
sleep on tho cars and generally get in
early enough for hicakfaxt, hut fieir
lives are ill much greater danger than
they formerly were. Last so anon six
circus men were killed in Michigan,
where two section* of a train collided.
Another accident, in lot/a, caused tho
death qf one man and wounded many
more, and everyone know* the fate of
poor Jumbo, iu t'auada. Scarcely a
season passes without fatal accidents
hapiH'iiing to circus trains in different
parts of the country.
"The boss hostler has about the most
responsible position in the working
force of a show. He has charge of all
the horses and wagons as well as the
ring-norse* ami |M>nies, together with
their trappings. Hu is held account-
ablgwhcn tnc show gets on the lots late
or misses a train through delay in get
ting away. Tho press agent is always
the Ido of a circus, large or small. In
a big show tnerc is always one or two
cars act apart for the use of the press
agent ami Ins assistants. They are
usually shrewd, wide-awake, uowspa|x-r
men who know how to hustle, i can't
say who is the heat."
Oustc/l Characteristic*
Speaking of the dead and gnna heroes
of the late war w ith an old Army officer,
the other day, ho remarked that in
aariy years fighting Joe Hooker w as tho
handsomest man ho had ever aeen. Hia
hearer instanced Custer as his ideal ota
dashing soldier, and ho told a story
about him which ia curious, as an in
stance of how differently men are affect
ed by circumstances, (sister, who went
Into a light with perfect coolness, wvs
tho victim of what sportsmen call buck-
fever, which is akin to Ntagc-friglit.
"Tbs first time Custer ever saw a
buffalo I was with him. Ho had been
very anxious to get Ins first shot at one
and talked of nothing else for some
day*. We were in llui region whets the
Topeka, Atchison and Santa Ke Hail
way now runs wheu we sighted the first
herd Custer was mounted on a beauti
ful Kentucky mare, for winch he had
paid 33.0<ki.'and of which ho waa very
proud, whilo I rodo an Indian pony,
"fliers they are,' I said Vo him, and
without a word, but in a great statu of
excitement. In- put spur* to his mar*
and was off like the wind. 1 followed
some distance in the rear, nnd soon Inst
sight of them In a swale (a hollow.)
When I came up Custer washing on
tlio ground about twenty feet uhead of
the marc I nicked hint up, a little
daz*d by ln« fall, and wo went hack to
the mare. Mio wa* dead. Custer had
drawn his re.olver aud, seized with
buck-fever in his excitement and trepi
dation, lustcad of hitting a buffalo, had
aent ult bullet crashing through ths
mare's brain, shooting her lust behind
ths ear."
THC CORSET.
What Dv. Msry A Alisa las to Mr
Afilsil Its Css,
Ths Herald of BtallA it honestly en
deavoring to fulfill its mission by wag
ing war against the corset. One ol t£a
moat tealou* helpers is l>r. Maty A.
Allen, who tsll* her littls story ana fol
lows it up with • moral worthy of at
tention, to say die least
"O, dear' I don't knew what is the
matter with mo I xm to tired all tho
time I can't stand anything; I can't
walk thro* blocks. I hav neuralgia
ovary little whil* I'm good for noth
ing, nnd yot there seem* to he no dis
ease about me. I wish you'd toll mo
what ails me." |
The speaker was a beautiful girl about
19 years old. Nature bad ioteu fled her
for a magnificent specimen of woman
hood. she was not less than five feet
•even inches in height, but with shoul
ders nnd hipe broad in proportion; abe
measured but twenty-two inches around
the waist.
Of oourae she asserted that she did
not dreaa tight; but when told that in
order to have good health she must
leave off her oorset she rebelled, "Why,
how would I look without e oor*et?"
■he exclaimed; "I'd be a perfect fright"
What reply was there to be made to so
convincing a statement? But by ths
light of scienoe her whole body was
Illuminated, and to the understanding
vision sbs was a perfect fright: < it wa*
I never see such e figure that J am not
reminded of Hiram Powers’ query in re
gard to a fashionably-attired lady; "I
wonder where eoe put* her liverr'
It is easy enough to prove that the
breathing capacity is actually lessened
by the oorset, even wh, n not worn
tight. Any one who withes to try the
experiment can sit down and begin to
draw in the deeirest breath possible,
when the limit of the corset is retched
unclasp it and ace how widely its clasp
can be separated by the action of the
lungs alone. Then if yuu bear in mind
that these muscles have been weakened
by non-use, aud that with full liberty
they would increase iu strength, you
will be able to imagine how much the
corset ha* lessened the vital capacity. 1
■aw a tine illustration of tin* a few
days siucc. 1 called upon a lady whoso
library laliors are wonderful. She re
ceived mo in a neat but loose dress, in
which every organ of the body had full
play. Mho rejoiced in her jierfect physi
cal freedom. She rau up and down
stairs with the lightness of a child, and
felt no palpitation* of hear3 or oppres
sion of lung*. l.ater iu the day she
dressed to go out upon the street with
me, and put on a corset. "1 do it in
deference to the opiiiiouof my friends,"
sho explained. “They complain if 1
outrage their sense- of propriety by ap
pearing without olio, but 1 do peuancc
all the time 1 wear it. '
We started off at her usual Li isk pace,
but in a very littlu while mIm* »:ml to me:
•I can t walk no fust when l’v« a corset
on. I can’t breathe, you hcc.” Am! so
to accommodate her diinini>licd powers
of breathing we slackened our pace,
and aoon she commenced to look weary,
her cheery laugh became leas fnquenf,
her face begun to wear an anxious look,
h»*r vital capacity whs lessen* and
her whole system felt the i-ilip»!/ of iL
“1 could accomplish nothing a!» ail,"
said she, “if 1 were compelled to«wcar a
corset at my work."
I asked a young lady to sing for ms
tho other day. With nomo hesitation
and bhiahe* she excused herself, saving.
“Koally, 1 shall lie obligt d to dfcline,
tho fact is, I am just breaking in a now
cornet, and it hurts me so 1 can hard I v
live." “Why do you woar it then? ’
**<>, I’d look ho without a corset’’
To me she would look fur better, for l
could free that Iu i health was failing.
j her cheeks paling, her nerves st.living
for the vital breath of Hod’s pure air,
which the corset waa shutting out of her
lungs.
I "We girl* are always glad to undo
our corset* and draw a long bn-nth at
night," said one frstik girl to me "We
don't wear tlu-iu tight, wc can put our
. hands up under them always, but it
docs seem so good to get tfiem off and
breathe just as big as wc can.”
New t «c For rijrnaiiilte.
l)r. .1. \Y Givene, of (.'hillieothc. Mo.,
writes to tho Kansas <bty Journal that
for a trilling sum of h few hundred dol
lar* and a little systematic Work by
practical men Kansas City or any other
place can have all the rain wanted.
l ake, sav, 100 good, large, strong toy
balloons, 100 pounds of dynamite in
one-poll lid packages, and 1 (XI ounce* of
pow der. Attach one pound of dynamite
nnd one ounce of the powder to each
balloon, with fuse- enough to set the
tiowder off at about half-mile bight or
higher. The explosion of the powder
will explode the dynamite. The explo
sion of the dvnaniilo at that altitude
will cause a displacement of tho air for
about 1,000 foot and an active agitation
for a very much greater distance. These
explosion* should lie made from several
neighboring stations, say two or three
miles apart, and for a general ruin, of
oourae, at distance* accordingly; and
they should take place at as roptlar
successive intervals as possible. In an
hour or two a terrific storm will be rag-
tog in the upper element* Aerial fric
tion will generate electricity, which will
play its necessary pnrt, while concus
sion and the commingling of maddened
currents and counter currents qf warm
and cold atmosphere will produce con
densation of watery vapor -rainfall.
'1 his random work will bring iL But
if the balloons could bo anchored ami
the eiplosions made by electricity at
more regular intervals the result would
be more certain and more effective.
Thia is the idea in the rough. Expert-
ment and Improvement will develop de
tail* But the scheme wiil lie put Into
active operation, and the man who sug
gests it will probably never get tho
credit for iL
A Frenchman sent a circular to all
his friends asking w hy they cultivated
* beard. Among tlio answers nine
stated, "because I wish to avoid shav
ing;" twelve "because 1 diHlot wish to
catch cold;" five "because I wish to
conceal bad teeth," two "because 1
wish to coneesl the length of me -ose;”
six "boexuse I am a soldier;" twenty-
one "because I was a soldior;' sixty-
fix* "because my wife likes it;" twen
ty-eight "bersiue my love like* it;"
Cleon aujwerod that they \\cry no
beard*
A Thin Man’s Watch.
A tall, thin man with s cast in bis «y*
boarded a Blue Line car going east on
Baltimore street reoently. He looked
like a person who would not be ear-
prised if (he world would suddenly
come to an end and leave him alone In
the universe. Tbs seats of the car were
full but nobody was standing. Most of
the passengers were ladie* The tall,
thin mau pulled out his Wsterbury
wstch rfhd compared it with the big
■hronometer near Light street The
two lime-piecee did not agree. The tall
man proceeded to open bis Weterbury
welch at the rear. Hu pried open the
outer case and on the inner case saw
the ominous inscription;.
"Dou't remqve the cap unless you are
a uractical Whloh-repairer."
’This diil not scare thu thin mau a bit.
lie got out his penknife nnd pried the
os-e off with the little blade.
Great i'a-sar! whut a revelation there
waa in that cap!
'The moment the cep canie off a steel
spring sliout forty yards long |>op|*ed
out sud uncoiled itself up to the ceiling
of the car. it was like the devil cofiling
out of Ilia band-box. After touching the
roof the spring recoiled and theu uncoil
ed, and then became wound up in n
mo*i horribly confused way. It would
dart out like a serpent’* tongue all ovor
the car, around the necks of the passen
gers, up their trousers’ legs, under the
seek out the front door and around the
driver’s stool. Then it would ourl
about tho thin man and run out of
every window qn that side of the car.
lhe female passengers shrieked, and
the perspiration gathered in great beads
on the tall nisn's alabaster brow.
lie tried to throw the watch out of tho
window, hut it would not go. The
spring dragged it back and it flew into
the conductor's faoe, and in his excite
ment he trod on a fat passenger's pet
corn, and the fat man bowled as though
his liver had struck for shorter hour*
anil higher wages.
Tho conductor tried to toas ths de
moniacal watch tbrougu the door, but
it returned ami went whistling through
thu car like ond of Kilroy's not balls,
ami hit the door so violently that it left
the exai-t time of the day indelibly
*tnm|ied on thu panel.
Finally the tall man, with the aaiist-
iiicu of the conductor aud several of
tlio passenger* succeeded in gathering
ojgctuer wfiat appeared to be ten bush
els of wire springs, and the car stopped
and they gently carried it out into the
street and sain; "Now, then; all to
gether!" and dropped it and ran for
their lives.
Wheu the thin man looked at his
Waterbury watch after the excitement
had subsided be found that there WM
absolutely nothing left ia it—not even
a wheel or a pivoL The spring bad
been running the watch entirely and
exclusively on its own responsibility,
and wheu it tied nothing hut the case
remained to tell the mournful story.—
/laltniwre American.
Ii’e Olrl-v.tur*.
Now the propensity Vr wading, which
Is deeply implxn d in the female bos
om, is inexplicable. Unless a girl has
tho influonza or a bunion, .ho can not
resist the temptation to paddle about in
the salt water and get her clothing un
comfortably wcL This is a subject full
of interest to me from the casting aside
of the shoos and stockings to their re
sumption. It Is a fact pretty generally
known in male circles that ladies prefer
sitting on the ground when pulling on
and off their stockings to occupying a
chair or bench. But having my doubts
as to tbe inflexibility of this rule, I bad
determined to convince myself by ex-
jierimenL After tho setting of my traps,
to-wit, the benches, 1 had not long to
wait. A bevy of young ladie* one or
two of whom 1 recognized, canto troop
ing down the bench, chatting and
laughing merrily. They evidently won
dered who had boon kind eno 1 r h to
place the benches there for tlicir sconi-
modation, took possession of t n at
once gleefully, confessed that th,_ were
just too dolightful for anything, and
seemed perfectly and unrestrainedly
happy, 1 was rejoiced at having .dis
proved a moldy tlioorv. buL »!** my
satisfaction was short lived. When nty
guests made up their minds that it waa
xtnio to wade they sprang from the
benches, sat on the beach and tugged
•way at shoot and stockings in the old
fashion. On tho following day, retolv-
ing to givo tuy experituentevery chsnoe,
1 had my hireling bathman strew s
quantity of broken bottle* empty oyster
emus, end rubbish of various kinds
along the beach and sat under my um
brella and watohod. The girl* came
down ebout the same hour, seemed n
little dismayed at first, but rallying, aet
to work Industriously and aoon had n
clear spaoe upon which they squatted,
not taking the least notice of the benches
thia time. Then 1 pul up my umbrella
and moved sadly away. The habit la
an incurable one. Eve must have Mt
her feir form down in the garden mold
of Eden when adjusting her first gar
ment from tho historic ng tree, and left
the habit aa an inhoritanoe to her daugh
ters for all time. — San la Barbara Cor.
BacrameMo Be*.
When tfir Bomba Were Flying.
Col. John K. ’lowers, principal keep
er of the penitentiary, aided and abet
ted in one of the most cruel jokes ol the
war. Tho federal! wore leisurely firing
•hells into somo confederate work* and
tho bombs were falling and bursting in
such unoomfortable nearness that ths
soldiers had dug holes in the ground
and were hiding aa boat they could.
The colonel and some friends got hold
of an unexplodod shell and stuffed It
full of fuse. Whyn tbs next report was
heard the fuse (Ms touched off and aftsr
a moment tho bomb was dropped into
thu mouth of one of the "gopher" boles
where several soldiers were sheltered.
"Zip-zip-zip-z-z.-z-zip-ziz-tipf” went the
fuse for several minutes. Howl after
howl went up as tlio soldiers expected
to be blown to atoms. After a timo the
■puttering fuse burnt out aud things
quieted down.
When Col. Towora concluded his re
cital of the above story a private who
was minus an arm remarked:
"One day a boat opened on us with
canister, and tho boys were sorter ratt
led, until,* big fellow shouted: *Bliok to
'em boys; their ammunition’s gin cut
and they’re shootin' dlunor'buckeU at
u*!Atlanta Constitution,
MINO APRON* «
In addition to tbe
•Ive euchre this winter to n large ex
tent, there is another novelty which
bids fair to be oopuler. It ia styled tbe
"rainbow" patiy and takes iu naus
from tbs bright hues of tbe ribbons
which play an important part. It will
undoubtedly bo popular with tbe ladte*
as it gives them an axoelleDl opportuni
ty to air their superior knowledge and
•kill before the lord* of creation and ts
laugh heartily nt the awkwardness
which they are sure to exhibit to aa
amusing cxfi-nL Ths first sues is lh.
passing of Ixiws of ribbon to tho msn
who fasten I hem U> their buttoubolos
aud proceed to find tbe yoti 'g wontai
whose color matches. This will bs
found in tho suing* of -x pretty am*
coquettish aprou. and the airings them
•elves are tied alamt a trim waiaL Th<
men having thus boon provided with
f iartucrs are further provided with need-
e* thread, and a thimble, which they
are obliged to .select from a heap on tbe
table. It ia then explained to the men
that they are expected to hem the bot
tom of (he apron nnd that prizsf will be
tbe reward of good v ork. Tbe young
women is to keep o’ her apron an?
give no assistance whatever, either by
advice or by lending n helping band
Notwithstanding ths restrictions d>*
young woman usually cannot resist bslp
Ing her partner, especially if abe bap
pen* to be the least bit interested in
him; but if she geU caught at It by hi
judges she forfeits her apron. Ths
temptation, however, is very strong,
tor he is obliged to sit reasonably dose,
since tho apron occupies tho position / .
which it was intended, nnd it come*
very natural for skillful wnite hands tc
touch awkward brown uands when
there is such a good excuse; aa- 1 here I'
may be remarked that sotue of thv
knowing men, eftor being ouoe aided in
thia manner, are inexcusably stupid au<
make the same mistake over and ovet
again.
Even when the tyros are doing their
best there is room for a vast ainout i of
amusement Nearly every man in tbe
room is as awkward iu his'general atti
tude as can be eMily imagined, n*
most of them look as though life aud
death depended upon their effort*. Here
Is a chap in a high collar; he can bare
- ly see over it when his head is erect anu
his efforts to focus bis eyes on bis work
without cutting his throat are decidedly
funny. Next to him sits a man who
has been trying iorteu minutes to thread
hi* uocdle, ana, judging by the way ha
goes at it, the merriment of the com
pany will be prolonged for aome time.
On the other side of toe room Is a left-
handed man who ia making heroic at
tempts to make progrea* and working
backward as well as left-banded, to the
inti rue amusement of every girl within
seeing distance. The degree* and vari
eties of awkwardness are limited only
by the number of sewer* Probably out
of the whole number there will be not
more than oue or two who go at tbe
work with aoytbinglike method or skill,
and even their efforts are so nearly on
a par with the little girl taking her first
lesson that the exhibition is usually
more amusing than the out-and-out
awkwardness of the other* When nil
are don* the aprons are handed to the
judges for inspection, and after tbeir
decision the prize* are awarded, Matoh-
■ale* acarfpins, etc., are the proper
thing for tbe first snd second prise*
while the booby prize is usually n treat
ise on embroidery or something equally
interesting to the masculine mTnd. As
souvenirs of the occasion tbe Indies keep
tbeir apron* and the gentlemen their
thimble* — Chicago Triton*.
_ Bbtainf tree with pn i
quickly site cornel,-t. .
„ . , can.-
urn* IknsaoaZ ZHuslgts.
It Waa nakillns mav-ljr (ur Useaastuf i! -
uitMW Uvw.
II Is Invaluable toe Plasma psruliar i
WaoMS, sod sit who M asdsatvy lire
HdoasaoHajarsUistsstb.csussbssUsetu- '
endues conMIpstlon—other lr.ee mtditimm -
It swrtsass oad pwiiteis tbs Moos,
at I in u lotos lha spuetlts, side U» aalwllai, ,
of food, istlsvsa Heartburn and Bstcbti*n*..,i
otfcnctncna tbs mnseli-s and uarvso.
■ at Parses, Lsaatti
, ate.,It baa no squsl.
.... hso above tiuda stark an
• on wrapper. Take aootli
STEEL PENS.
PATRONIZE NOME INDUSTRY.
Ws are now offering to tbs pabBs fflEtt
WU of ear swb msaafeotuiw. Our
Plowboy Eagle
b ths best business pen tn tbs market, 71 et-nta
par iruaa. postpaid to any address aw reesipi •
prie* And fur One writing oar
Plowboy Favorite
Surpssare sny pen yat mad*, 31.00 per g> ••
postpaid, on reooipt of pria* Haiaplaa on .p-
plica tiuu.
THE PLOWBOY CO.,
East Point, Ci.
ntGloteCtttnui Con nan i
Ftrtillztr Distributor.
, Atl eta. Os, Iks Arkansas guts F air
ksstkare EsaeatUan, Leslavlila, ky., and i
Weald's BxpoalUaa, Maw Orlaasa. U, and wh
• tallaS la say solicit, haa boon *i
sw follj adopt** ts .
Arabi a* a Oandy-Uaker.
"Do you know who Arabi Bey l»f"
asked Mr. F.. of his friend Mr. A., ea
they stood on the deck of the New
Cameiia, bound for Mandeville.
"Arahi Bey is no other than Dtimon-
tell, who used to keop a confectionary
establishment at the corner of Bourbon
and Cana! streets. Dumoutell wu a
major in the Orleans artillery and a
gallant soldier—an adventurous, daring
fellow. After the war he engaged in
business, succeeding Bellinger at tha
corner of Bourbon and Canal. He ran
into debt for 340,000 or 360,000, and
went to Franco about 1869. Durnontell
fought in the Franco-Proasian war, and
wu distinguished for bravery, receiving
the cross of the Legion of Honor. The
next I heard about him, from a mutual
friend In Paris, wu that ha had gona
•to Egypt Several Tears ago the vague
rumor reached me that the Irresponsible
Dumontell had entered the army of tha
knedive and risen to a position of rank.
It is said that he stood in high favor
with the army, and wu regarded al
most in tbe light of a native. I recol
lect him," continued Mr. F., "u stall,
swarthy fellow, with large features, but
clear brilliant eves, and a heavy black
mustache. In fact, h* bad a rather
Oriental cut of countenance, ant! ten
years’ residence in Africa would nave
oertainly Increased the resemblance^
Dressed in ths Egyptian garb ! eaa Im
agine that Dumontell would make a
fine-looking Arab.
"Tbe other day I saw a picture oI
Arabi Bey, and wu startled at bis strik
ing llkeneu to Dumontell. Indeed, no
one who knew the latter would hesitate
in identifying the picture u that of tba
quondam confectioner. There wu a
peculiar expreuion about Dumootell's
mouth which is closely reproduced In
the picture. This resemblance, coupled
with the fact of Dumontell's presence
in Egypt assures mo that be is the
yptian leader who is juat now giving
tbe English so much trouble."
The abor* conversation wu repeated
to the writer yesterday, and is repro
duced u nearly u possible from
memory.—Nate Orleans heayun*.
kmxrVEB iaIMIs say
fsrtkw ImprereS, lit la sew tally oSaptoS to >
teanalat *1 toll aa* IX. Boat ankUloS laker, >•
stylos aa* ilM. Mm esw aata
It Is the msstSarebls Plantar mo4a,u4 * -
Save iU Cost Three Time* Ov.'
IN A
SINGLE SEASON.
As tt siaats tram sight to Mp acres par
with Sim than sa* and ewe-half bushefo •
seed per am*, end open* drop* dlrtrlbutm f-
Mllairi end revets m eu operation, mvi^
TWO HANDS AND ONE TEAr
ffh* prim Ms base redueod to suit tha ttw--
jams for ifoewhr giving ftdl description a.1
Olobe Planter M’ffc Co.,
(96 Marietta Street, Atlanta. O*.
For Handsomest 1 Cheapest! Beat
IRON ROOFING.
SIDING, CEILING,
Bsed for IllMtretsd Cblotoges sad Fttam sf
CPtClXMAH (O) OOMDOAniO Oft
Adgsg&cz’z
eSr-3&wcsasu
THE PLOWBOY 00
m rUTAKU TO M
NEWSPAPER
WOBK
3f (very Discrlptloa la
THIBET POSSIBLE lAfflfir
AM at tha n.rtst Natisa. WaFvatofe
READY PRINT
INSIDES OR OUTSIDES
For Newspapers,
•r vu
Hldut Mini EncUno.
NEWSPAPER HEADS
Made to Order
Frtn the Lttut |tyl« tf Typ*
PahlUhan who daalra M farateh Iks >
subscribers with the gvmtswt amount < *
reading matter nt tha lsant ooat, will «*»
well to eommualcate with ae at erne*
We will print the iaaide or eeMMdk o*
the entire paper, it d sal red.
tamptee el Baady Prints seat an a-
plteatloa, and prioea quoted that a> *
Mip rial ugly low nnd defy eompetWe>
All we aek U an opportunity te ear *
ear fellow publishers, confident that a •
wa give mlitfacUoa.
THE PLOWBOY 00.
Sut IMa\£pk