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ODD OCCUPATIONS.
BOW SOME PEOPLE LIVE IN THE
GREAT METROPOLIS.
The Oat-Meat Man—Second-Hand
Dinners—The “ Butt-Picker ”—
Artists in Soap — Making
Wooden Shoes.
In the big warehouses where mer
Chandise is stored which the rodent finds
particularly toothsome there is generally
kept a perfect battalion of cats. < f
course the rats, though numerous, are not
always attainable by Pussy, and other
Provender must be served her; and in
doing this several men are now engaged
vho make a fair livelihood. Their trims
actions, in some instances, are carried on
on a scale large enough to warrant their
tiringmg their edibles about m a cart.
And when some of these catmeat men ap
pear in a big commission w arenouse on
Sand Hamelin’“had come Ttoniu" out of the mountain
-miWt was destruction’ to the rets lie be
to bv servino- their |
and o, cua amid troop.IterUm such Irome.orjc.mer, and as j
can hardly be a conceived mewing the diet Paring of the j .
day is served out to them. It is generally , j
cheap beef or horseflesh and although
eels'thafTSKe 1 sr' favored pSsieT of
P “ i linmAolil it is ch^U said to be far
Letter , than the WWh fart which is dealt dealt out out bv by
the “catmeat” man” of London, who is a
Tegular and familiar personage of the
English metropolis.
There is another character in some
neighborhoods of . whom , the , commum .,
y
at large knows nothing He rejoices in
the name ot tne morncauer, auu i>
generally a needy mu man, altnougn m
Dom age ana cimuuum ■
‘morning caller is a sort ot Human
«larm dock and his wmc^arc genera y
a imsi “ws” rabroad " From
* h I 'lnii he fmm’rooui
ping , irorn house to house e ana anil from loom
to room, tapping upon doors and halloo
ing in hallways. He has all kinds of
•Weather to face and is often very ill pro
vided for his journey. But lie genera y
pof his
■wilh their families m the poorer districts
and depend upon their own wakefulness
or certainty the care m oi^watchful the ^charge spouses^ of their duti^ insure
But many ottbeinprefer to spendthe
late hours of the night and the early ones
Of the morning in some ot tlie auni„nt
bar-rooms, whence: they leel positi e
they will be despatched on me r mis. ion
at a timely hour, altnou o n irequentij in
a c°nt 1 ior i ( ( ° '
hlmen a tlr ’ l ' 5S '. ,.
, ,,
ine immense J s r - vj
hotels and , .
e ' 1 '"
t ,. ,
out o em la c(i <
institution o u n . ie.
food coli Ihere .
shorter ‘‘broken aiK more \ o cJor. ( pj _ » ' a
the class by those who de.1 with them.
But this appe a un J
business, ft may not be generally , known, ,
nor may it be appetizing to persons nho
live at some of the very cheap restaurants provender
about town that part of the
served has already made its appearanceiin
far more delectable quarters But such
is the case. Chops and steaks and even
other edibles which have occupied the
l lates of diners m high-toned hotels anu
ave only been nibbled are turned out
among tlie refuse ot the kitchen and
bought np by big dealers who find all ot
it available for some purpose and who
inake profits of many thousands o ol
jars at the business; and, first ot all,
these find a market ^rudng the
“broken food collectors. l til shape y
steaks and cuts, unharrassed chops and
joints that retain their fibre and juices,
are gathered by the collector and by him
retailed among the cheap restaurants,
where they are served up anew to cus
tomers less fastidious or unaware of the
“ chestnut ” character of their meal. Of
course, this practice has been generally
kept under cover by restaurateurs in
deference to the feelings of their more
captious patrons. But of late a few of
them—notably one on the extreme east
side, a little off Grand street, have
boldly put themselves forward as
chnmpions of the second hand
dinner and announce themselves as
such. What is more, there seems to
have been no falling off in their custom.
In fact, it has increased. And doubtless
the philosophy that sends a man to a
dealer in misfits or second hand clothing
With an expectation of finding raiment of
superior texture and cut at very low rates
has led the patrons of these restaurants
to willingly expend a small sum for
savory viands which they think but little
discounted bv having lain on some less
hungry but more wealthy being’s dish.
The “butt-picker,” while not general
lv visible in fashionable haunts, is a lie
inn'who infests the whole community,
and who has been heard of by nearly every
one even if bis authenticity be some
times doubted. At one time there was a
large number engaged in the business,
but r.he work of the society for the pre- dc
vein ion of crime has done much to
crease it by their scrutiny of the Italian
population’s ways and means of living.
The “butt-picker” was generally dived provid- into
ed with a bag or basket. He
saloons, infested the fronts of hotels, and
general 1 v traveled from place to place
along the curb stone with an eye on the
gutter-and another on the walk. What
fie was in quest of was cigar stumps, and
Their quality he did not heed,
whether the’v had come from the
of millionaires or beggars did not
concern him. And onee he had reached
some obscure hutch of a place his in a
Crosby or Baxter street allev ’its bag or
basket was emptied his little and colleagues contents in
added to that of
the work. The stamps were then sorted
and sold. They went to big
and cigar factories, where they were re
sorted.'unstripped or ground labelled and boxes came
out anew in handsomely confiding to
be disposed of to the comma
nitv. ’The “butt picker” is not extinct.
Bv no means. artistic ability has
A certain amount of
given subsistence to a number of town
| characters. And of late days the artist
in soap who decorates mirrors and win
dows of stores has taken a broken prominent down
Ln place. At first, it is said, a
familiar withdrawing and the like.
hfs Htfle Sendee more than liquor saLon in re
D.re t! ll for l LlirS Haw.led from
Strain rate the jrlass for compensation taken out
: earlier decorations of the
land wcL somewhat crude. Generally
ttev were little more than fantastic let
ieriii ** B«t thf' soap artist’s sphere
widened. He took to producing figures. fanci
and nowallegorier and all sorts of
fu' uictarcs in soap are met with. It
Was-in the barrooms of the east and west
gi da j_ 3ad generally in the humbler ones,
that the art at first prospered. But now I
it is used as an attraction in some of the
largest liquor palaces in town.
Among the foreign abiders in Xew
York then 1 are scores of odd means of
making a living of which the public
knows little. Xo one would imagine
that, the sabot of the French peasantry .
would be marketable in this land of
leather Fifth footgear. Yet an old man found on
South avenue until lately
subsistence in hollowing out. and shaping
the wooden shoes. Few think cither of
the strange bucolic occupations the su
bllrb , offer; bo w there are farm hands
iu HarJem and peop i e wbogo :lbom New
j ersey an( j Long Island collecting medi
'
cip . d herbs ;m a loaves !ln d water-cresses,
and uow f r om the same quarters even
frogs arc brought bv the collectors of
them to the Xew York market. And then
there are the thousand shapes in which
ac t ua i mendicancy hides itself under a
p re t e xt of drgan amusing the public. Apart
f rom t be grinders uud the street
bands, the acrobats of the barroom and ,
t he itinerant concert companies of the j
® enMn saloons ' there are the men with
the performing f 1 bears who rarely , appear
uow and that exhibitor oi
, ot ,„, ng lluti „ of , b v no
means ornithological --1----- .-Sew York Herald,
“Constitutional Cowards.”
s kin „ with Coloilel Qree avs a
writer in the Philadelphia Kern, afiout
the irresistible impulse among soldiers to
lip down when shells whizzed danger
0U9]y neaTj he replied , “Yes; that im
pulse is uncontrollable, and I recall just
now a laughable occurrence at Fred
ericksburg in Virginia. You remember
the enemv had a number of siege guns
there, and every now and then they
wott ld throw a 'tremendous shell across
t ] le Rappahannock and send consterna
tion a nd panic through our camps At
first these shells created great confusion
an( l dismay but the boys soon became
used to them, and unless one came very
near little attention was paid to the can
ding ’ v day, i , however, •
“I was standing one in
^ e midst of our camp, i where perhaps a
hundwd soWiers wt e to be seen, when
guddeal y one of these great shells was
j iear( j coming through the air, and as it
w hirled with a terrible crasli directly over
sssrsss
blanched to an ashy whiteness. As soon
as they saw the danger was passed their the
Uood came mantling back to
cheeks with the blush of their shame and
tbeir fears vanished with a loud laugh whose as
an o] a sergeant of the regiment,
facebad been of the whitest, realizing
bo w ridiculous it wa§ to hide behind a
she i t e,-tent to find safety from a shell that
wou i d bave knocked a horse down,
shouted so that every man could heai
him, ‘Isay, boys, when the .Johnnies
fling another of them grave diggers ovei
t this way ’spose we get a sheet of note
paper aud hide behind that. And yet,
added the colonel, ‘-within a week these
same men were part of a line which
marched up to Marys Heights over shot a
fiold that was literally plowed with
and shell until they were so close to the
siege gU n that threw the grave diggers
tbat you cou i d have tossed a copper into
th »ir trenches where tbe iron monster
laid -
The other incident mentioned by Colo
Rel Greene was more touching: “We
bad) » be said, “in our command a man
wbo emdd not go into a fight. He was a
good fe n 0 w, and everybody liked him,
and he was really cowardly more pitied infirmity, than h con- md
demned f or his
i ng that he was of no service in the com
pauv> and fearing that his example might
|> c demoralizing, he was detailed as a
teamster, and he served with the wagon
trains throughout the whole war and was
never in a fight. After hostilities had
cea 1 , ed a „d there was not an armed vol
un wr in the field, this man, wiio was
s rr oa detached service in the field, was
0 ne dav engaged in removing a lot of
muskf q s f r0 m n wagon preparatory who to
tbeir be j ug sen t North. A comrade
W as assisting him cautioned him to be
carc f ld as some of the guns might be
) oade d. lie replied that there was and no
dano . e , as they were old and rusty,
had'long words been’ escaped out of use, his lips but when scarcely
bad the one
0 f the guns f was discharged and he was
instant v killed ”
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Proofs and Prints.
Thcrf * e . are various kinds of proofs and
Qf en „ rflvin „ s and etchings, rules
!° .lutinmushims l&tingulsmn ° which ' oue ought h to
" 0 ;.
q { n , u . k nroofs ‘ - (-“remark” \ ' from
„ , } ue) are he first impreR Lost .
Ri on S from 11 the Lpics plate, :md are the
Fiftv are usually made,
q- “-l b ey are printed with the utmost care;
couv is closclv examined, and if
f fj aw £ ‘is discovered even iu a single line,
t destroyed The “, cm ark according proof” al
wavs h as an emblem chosen ^ SS
L L- ; f the A pIat 'e ”
the rel ark rf proofs are made, the
krubbpd 0 the T ,|., u . an d the
' hundred. Like the
^ v bumb! r two re
ark LuDsakin? f they are executed with the
most > care; f but thev, of
La ’ , ack the Vltlue 0 the mark which
l ®Lg the first impressions of an c
rtf, ” as cherished rarities. The “ar
‘ f ■ is marked at the bottom with
j the f u me ofthepa 1 i nter and the engraver, °
;
j or ’ printed
Thp Lediatelv fg bc f 0 re letters” are
i im (iv after the artist’s proofs. ' Thcv
! 1 - ' ; of 100 oopics
sb nf . d bv artis t or engraver.but
“* their names engraved on the right
| a d hfft-hand corners ofthe plate re
j iff „ tcHv( L/,, . )v j n small Setters. Thev also
: ub r, 3 hcr's mark and rddress
i bottom
: idndia ‘“ , ' )rjnf s" arf . the most desirable
, f hf a rtist -, pr ‘ „ ofs and pr „ 0 f s be
./ Tb have the title en
V^s upo ; n them', as well as the artist's
^ V"'” names and the publisher’s limited in
“ a ; K ; Thf . edition j, not
b T be i r superiority to ordinary
' Tialitv of tlm
(1 .„. to t h<- better
; .^ ion pro j uccd by the India paper,
thev lack the ohoiceucss and conse
; 1 f . of prw . M linff grades.
. impressions marks on
^L T) .... b „ ve u ii the
a d ]et of India 4-, prints,and are printed
L ... theL , T , ner however •
^“preSiMS nde rs of le=s value than the India
! aolJua because “r 3 th e quality of the
- ’ beaut, while ;t it
^ ter ^ enhances the .,
increases the cost of_the proof._
g„aw Balls '
„ iZwlre , eZb Vdfe y hLur
BvLSking 'To snow up into bails
throw with all his power.
How ^ he mnget!l them ,
Regard!*-quite grinneth when of the sex, in crumbs,
And snow
Falls down his victims' necks.
—Boston Gazette.
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
The Good Housekeeper.
How can I tell her#
By her cellar; wall,
Cleanly shelves aud whitened
f can guess her
By her dresser; and hall.
By the back staircase
And with pleasure
Take her measure
By the way she kems her brooms;
Or the peeping
Of At the and “keeping”
her back unseen rooms.
By her kitchen’s air of neatness,
And its general cleanliness completeness; and
Where in sweetness
The rose of order blooms.
—Lester Leigh , in Good Housekeeping.
How a Woman Washes Her Face.
A woman was in disguise and was flee
ing from some crime she had committed.
She traveling in a stage coach, and
stopped at a country inn. The travelers
alighted, and the supposed
.........iwliSl ll» poM
the porch. 11 c was watching the woman and
in disguise as she washed her face
hands, and when she was done he at
once arrested her. He discovered her
sex by the manner of applying the water
in washing her face. All men rub up and
down and snort All women downward— apply the
water and stroke gently
Chicago Tribune.
•“Oanna Tliolr.”
Tf ni n( w baii ., dsiuehter who re
™ ai Ze g ,, an te™.™ un apnropriatcd blessing” at
c of he considers himself
di s f ,rraced From the day of ber birth,
he sanx i 0U3 to secure her a husband,
As a ‘ portionless girl is not attractive to
tlie father saves a little every year,
so tbat his daughter’s dowry may in
crease her value in the matrimonial mar
ket.
The young lady is not consulted. The
br iden-roo |^h ra inav be old and repulsive but
( ^h™ ni as the h«T husband to whom heTs
»ld Even if
voune iJ > and comely her interest in him is
f av s than that with which she surveys
a ^. a rtlels’ and soulless animal, to her
lon p s house, she begins a dull, dreary
m (1> ’ relieved on , ^ v by the cares of the
kit helli the nur e ry, and the idols, and
brokcll by t b e scoldings of her mother-in
'
law
Scholars tell us that not a few of the
customs of modern civilization originated
bl lnd i a Perhaps they would assert that
the cultured European marries off bis
daughter to-day as the uncultured
d()0 bas done for hundreds of years.
Certainly, the following anecdote, if it is
in u8 trative of a general practice,endorses
his assertion.
A Scotch farmer’s wife was one day ex
plaining to a neighbor how well she had
marr i e fi her daughter, f who had anew
house> fllled w th ncw furniture, and
lnan y acres, on which cows, sheep, pigs
and poukryfed, to say nothing of a like gig,
j wb ich to drive to market, “list a
, edd „
The neighbor expressed ,f. i her delight there’s at
h f ,, llld m; r 0 ge. “ Oh.
nae dov bt it - g a gr and mnvviage,” an
swered tbe mother, “an’ it wasna jist '
for ae thing » thing be ?"
„ An , what might neighbor. the ae
asked the now curious
„ W cel ye see,” answered the mother,
aa jf the “ ae thing ” was of little
ce “ the puir silly cratur canna
(endure) her man t”
_
“DofitV’ for Wives.
Don t mend d x his • hosiery liosimy with witn coar«c coar.e
cotton having knots m it larger than a
Don’t trade off all his old clothes for
a pair of china dogs and then tell him
about it.
Don’t have more than a dozen of places
for the button-hook.
Don’t communicate unpleasant news or .
ask a favor before , eating. I he heart . is
not easily touched when the stomach is
empt Don’t y. gather all Ins and
up receipts
notes that he has put carefully away on
the sitting-room table—and tuck them m
tl10 firu tll<; moment his back is turned.
Don’t leave hair in the comb or your
cuils where they will stick to the
hairbrush. , Don t put a long hair on
the soap or in Ins tooth-brush purposely,
let Don ' t l )Ut I*'."* in. yonr dangle curl papers or
your crimping pins abominations on your and
f °rehead. They are
feminine t implements of warfare that men
desp're- breath useless .
D° n * wast e your m vi
tnperation against lus favorite churn,
Cuitiyate your husband the is chum-ostens.Wy-vyhe.. not around, and matters
wiU m««>no a different aspect.
Don’t monopolize every hook in . the
closet. Graciously tender him one nail
for hls ver v own—and then in mercy,
-
Hubbarf,” your
cn “?« y°« popping bag aud your bon
ne " 1 f®?' 3 other
J/on 1 t bo unreasonably . vexed ...... if he is
If he "fly doesn’t.start for church to get as ready soon till as you the arc bell
^’gins to ring you mustn’t expect the
s ?® e f s " Its ilH «’ ,th your-s/Hf, who had
hoh- morning before , you.
Won’t ask him where he has been the
!«'»»: « going nt f if he starts out for . or a walk. w f :re H
nettles him, and men hate to have such
1 8 / ,r “ n » <‘P“” them.
Bes‘de that, , wc live under a tree flag.
Don t impose upon your husband just
^wuse , little in your he is good housework. enough to Don assist t vou Leave a
the stove-handle in the red-hot stove, and
do,1 ' t Wm to empty the uh hod
Drawa line on the ash hod and don t
mn a free horse to death.
Do “i as ^ ^ tm * 0 walk the floor with
* ., he baby half the night. A man who
tr fPK «n‘Bi.str,ously around a billiard
table three nights in the week, or buys
»n admwsion ticket to the opera, can tbe
expected to be on duty at home the other
‘bree nights. Have mercy on him, and
“» n a chaD(:e t0
Won t disturb your husband , while he
1S . questions. r °admg He his pajn-r be by only asking^foolish reading the
may much
latest scandal, but he is just as m ;
terested as though it was foreign news or
market reports. Be patient and when
be comes across anything perhaps"he he thinks you
comprehend * * may read it
to you.
Don't be inexplicit in giving directions,
When you ask him to go it upstairs is either for
your portemonnaie, tell him
on the table, or in the further corner of
the left-hand side of the upper bureau:
drawer, or in the pocket of your brown j
dress in the closet. He will have no |
trouble in finding it—if you can -ell n:ia
just where it is, especially the pocket. -
Chicago Herald..
Fashion Notes.
Ecru cotton canvas is again to be worn,
Dinner gowns for married ladies are
made of ricli fabric.
The new Parisian dresses, have wider
panels than formerly.
Just now straight leathers lend the os¬
trich plumes in popularity.
Delicately shaded brocaded sateens
have printed floral designs.
Brocade button boots correspond to
the dress with which they are worn.
Short dresses for youag persons are
draped from the waist in diagonal folds.
Bonnet ornaments arc seen in curious
shapes, horses and seals being the latest
fancy.
The red, gilt and copper galloons arc
very effective on black or brown plush
skirts.
Velvet draperies arc used on lace
dresses. The bodice should lie of velvet,
trimmed with lace.
Wool costumes have panels, bodice in and
slceve trimming of coupe plush, grace
ful arabesque designs.
^ {owKlation o{ matl? of the bon
nets is of faille embroidered in gold and
Q.iile ... mo11,« rime. .Wind in
side the arm almost to the shoulder,
lowing lace or a contrasting material,
Trains for evening dresses of plush and or
velvet arc long and The edges narrow, are
lined with satin. are untrim
med.
( rape ruchings in evening . colors are
covered with si k embroidery Black
crape ruchings have loops of tinsel oi
colored eneuule.
For young ladies there are small white
toques of lamb’s wool in pure white.
The wings at the side and osprey at the
top are all white.
Silk cords are much used for lacing
basques, as in a pretty house dress of
mauve eftshmere with cord lacing over a
pansy-colored velvet vest.
Ladies’cloth, fifty-four inches wide, is
covered with embroidered Turkish dc
signs, with cord-iike effect, correspond
w to the color of the cloth.
Vr,, 1 h,s ■ seas " a 1 , ° ,, th ,^' 1 f , ,.
f !. <>rnUI eS Ca i\ *»<-• H u'^pu ."TT .s \ u x \ m SZ« ss !
' " \
g“ r ^ al “ s ^ CU '“ S m "" >
Scotch ginghams have bourette stripes,
and are m a variety of combinations,blue
and olive on a pink ground pale-blue .and ground dark
«uc and red on a
bein 8 the most fre q uent -
Crinkled zephyr cloth is shown in
every variety of dark and light colors,
with stripes for the skirts, while the
bodice and drapery are plaid, con e
spouding to the skirt m color.
Dark blue sateens have a border imi
tatini Torchon lace, u tiny figure of which
; s strewn over thematerial. Others have
a bioarl border of wheat ears, miniature
ears forming the design upon the fabric,
Youim V ^irls thl were present^ never so season much 'i.i con- “l
side rcd tt
^w,faiandsome t f garments aud styles of Sdh good* for
d oftlm
tinctivelv “actively juvenile juvenile are -ie exquisite tc in in style stylo
8ome ol the new sateens have stripes of
blue, mauve rosebuds or pink alternating them. with
with strewn over
1 hesc w U1 b ‘‘ >sc(l for skirts, tbe ovei
being . of pain sateen corresponding
to the colored stn P e '
The designs of a worn out brocade may
he cut out and sewn on another material,
finishing the edges with fine gold or silk
cord, and thus making a most effective
! tablier, panel, quilles and plastron fora
low or open corsage.
Very plain jerseys, well fitted and
without trimming, are so substitute neat looking,
and arc such an excellent for
half-worn dress waists, that they remain
3S showilv
merly.
gome pretty spotted muslins are made
as full skirts, with silk bodices pointed
back and front, half high and draped
with a full kerchief tucked into the
bodice; from tlie waist there are ten long
strips of ribbon or velvet, arranged in
twos and twos as to form a point near the
hem beneath a rosette.
Value of Lighitliug-Coiiductors.
It is laid down well-made as a perfectly lightning settled
fact that a con
ductor properly placed and under kept in an
efficient state can never any c.r
cumstances, fail m its action. Un
doubtedly it has happened that attached buildmgg
to which conductors were have
in many andl instances damaged; been struck but it by light
n.ng, even is man.
tamed .that these cases so far from
telling against the truth that good-light
nmg conductors are infallible, only prove
to serve that they are so A close inves
t.gat.on of all known instances nominally
protected against lightning the conductors shows most
conclusively that particular were
cither imperfect m some or
other or did not lead properly into moist
ground—that is. the proper kind of
“earth record connection,'’ which There really is nell- no
case on in a
made liffhtnmg-conductor, properly good
placed , and with its duty; terminal and m without
earth,” did not do its
dogmatism on the subject it may be said
that such a conductor could no more fail
to give protection than an efficient ran.
pipe can fail to carry the water from a
roof. Although the electric “fluid' force often is
nel ' }l ,r # ‘f irrent” nor a
as .t . is so described, the analogy here
given of' the rain-pipe and the conductor
nevertheless sound. And the reason
is clear enough. I he water running
down a hollow tube obeys -imply tlie
laws of gravity; the law is not less im
mutable which governs the movement of
the electric force. As the water has no
but to govern the channel made
for it, under the gu,dam c of ex,,enenee
and mathematical calculation, so the
electric, energy hasmo option but to pur
sue the path which scientific invest iga
Don has shown it must always take.
Mem may speak of “erratic lightning:
but it is certain that the course ofthe
electric force is as subject to lawand as
immutable, as that of Die stars .-Chicago
Urn*.
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" a " ,f ;
Humor m> rich that it would cause a
prisoner to break out.
A farm that will raise something more
than a mortgage
scales. A fish that can be weighed by his own
A river that does not have to be
dammed before it is worth a cuss for a
mill.
A few crumbs of comfort from a table
of facts.
Some information as to the best method
of neck. breaking a mule without breaking his
Home appliance for weighing my
words.
A string of lies for a lyre .—Free l'rtts.
THE HOME DOCTOR.
How to Get Stronjj.
One of the secrets of muscular recuper¬
ation is in stopping when fatigue begins
from exercise, lie or she who is not the
fresher in body ami mind for the exercise
taken, has had an overdose of what in
proper measure would have proved a
benefit. The gain in strength is shown
and felt in the increasing ability to do
more and more without exhaustion. The
measure of success is not in the greatness
of the feat accomplished, but in the ease
with which the exercise is- indulged in,
and in the absence of exhaustion after it.
There are occasions frequent enough in
which people in the struggle of life are
forced beyond their powers of endur¬
ance, and there is no need to carry into
the pursuit of recreation the fatigue
which exacting work imposes. For be¬
ginners tliis is important; after a time
one can take more exercise and feel no
fatigue.
Cold Feet in Bed.
Tin's is a very common complaint, and
one that causes’a great deal of sleepless
ness. First, on retiring at night, and
em w. rm except £2J^l b> “~S°tUm Iran mg them
up almost: to r "“ «
the'old ”
Z . "A^mriUes • ,,, d and For this
| * r c’ithcr the hot bottle
m) lam|) - s wool M: ,eks. or both of
which may * be used. When we consider
stockings’and the dav while we are active,
j we wear shoes, does it not
seem stran g C that at night, when the
temperature of the air is lower, and when
W e are inactive, that our feet should
bave j ess covering tlum during the day?
The reasonable plan is to have a special
pair of .socks for night use, put them on
when going to bed, and change them
when we got up. The result will be
better and more serene sleep; undergo conse
quently we shall be more able to
our daily exertions I say at once to all
who suffer from cold feet, get a pair of
warm socks for night wear. A good
walk for half an hour before retiring
warms the feet and sends a nice glow all
through the body, and disposes to sleep,
It must not be supposed that these rem
edies make one less able to stand cold;
they are simply to retain the heat of the
^
.^.utionuntildocayandthochild’scom- J who * j,!' th( . young months little
§ tootlul che’ warn them of their
Eveil if t , iev know there is decay
going on they dismiss tlie subject with
the thought that thev which are only the first be
or temporary teeth, will soon
replaced by the permanent ones. This is
a g rca t mistake, as the regularity of the
second set depends largely upon the
healthy condition of the first, which
should be retained in their places until
the second set is ready to appear, when
they will generally drop out or become
loosened, and are easily removed. Much
mischief is done of* bv tie premature decay and
the extraction temporary teeth,
Many think, that, they should be removed
to make room for the permanent feet h
a dangerous mistake, which should be
^ tro((b|e would be pre .
t d
One of the most beaniiful P rovisions of
nature in tUe human economy is (hat for
tho removal of tlie first teeth by absorp
ti on of their roots to make room for the
second to advance. Sometimes this ab
B0rpt i 0n does not go on fast enough, and
the second tooth is observed to be cum
j„g through before the first is loosened,
in such a case the dentist should be eon
fiu R e d, who, if he has made a proper
study of this frequent condition of things,
will Very readily correct it .—Dr % Gilbert*
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Charms strike the sight, but wins the
Had.
Deprive the people of the means of
proper subsistence, and you enslave and
destroy the nation.
The most delicate, the most sensible
of all pleasures consist in promoting the
pleasures of others.
It is poor wit who lives by borrowing
the words, decision, mien, inventions
and actions of others.
Every man who cannot run his own
business will be found trying to control
the affairs of his neighbor.
We should never grumble at those
things we could have prevented, nor at
those things we could not have pre¬
vented.
Learn tbn vn h,e of a man’s words and
expressions, ^, and you know him. Each
I0 has a measure of his own for every
thing; this he offers you inadvertently in
| , words lu . wbo bas a KIIf „. r |«* ivo for
| (.verything, wants measure for the great
or slna „.
The way to wealth is as plain as the
way to market. It depends chiefly on
two words, industry and frugality; that
is, waste neither time nor money, but
make the best use of both. Without
industry and frugality, nothing will do,
and with them, everything.
Pain itself is not without its allevia¬
tions. ft may be violent and frequent,
but it is seldom both violent and long
continued, and its pauses and intermis¬
sions become positive pleasures. It bas
the power of shedding a satisfaction over
intervals of ease which I believe few en¬
joyments exceed.
Forgery Made Easy.
David N. Carvalho, a handwriting ex
, )0rt of the district attorney’s office at
Xew York, says that forgeries by ama
encouraged teurs are increasing, by the bad and practises that they that are
have grown up in the commercial
houses-the use of stylographic pens and
anili ne inks. Many large houses,he says,
recognizing written the lack of character stylographic in a
: signature with a
j.en, have discarded them altohether in
, signing checks and papers of similar im
portance, and the surrogate’s office at
New Vork requires paper to stylographic be signed
| with a steel or quill pen. A
. SI gnature is easily imited, and when it
j comes to difficulty identifying the genuine signa- the
tore, a is met, arising from
■ effect of the movement on tlie essential
characteristic features. Aniline inks are
still more dangerous, because they can lie
pads, copied exactly the by the use hektogtaph. of copying
on principal of the
I If a man has a quarrelsome temper find let
him alone. The world will soon
him employment. He will himself soon meet win*
with some one stronger than
will repay him better than you can. A
bud may lie engaged in fighting duels ah
his life if he is disposed to quarrel.
J It is said that pearl divers arc among
the healthiest of men, notwithstanding
i the constant strain upon their respiratory
organs.
ItR. C. LATIMER, W. A. LATIMER.
LATIMER BROS.,
GENERAL STORE,
AT MASONIC BUILDING,
LEXINGTON, CEORGIA.
LATIMER BROS.
Keep S. Regulator, S. S., H. H. Female P., Brown’s Iron Bitters, Warner's Kidney Cure, Simmons' Live*'
Regulator, and all Drugs usually lcopt in a first-class store.
LATIMER BROS.
Have a good line of Dry Good-?, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Notions, Stationery, Hardware, Gro»
cories, Tobacco and Cigars. Goods warranted to be as represented. Will sali
as cheap as the cheapest. Give them a call and they
will do you good.
LATIMER BEOS
MASOMC HALL.
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR
WAGONS AND BUGGIES
FROM THE
Broad River Wagon Co.,
POINT PETER, GA.
Because only the best of material is used in
their rnanufacture.
Because only the best of workmen are em¬
ployed to build them.
Because they are priced but little higher
than Shoddy Western work.
Because one of them will outlast two cheap
'Western vehicles.
Because everything is guaranteed to be O. K.
or made so.
And many other reasons we deem unnecessary to mention. Give us a trial anil be con
Tinned. All kinds of repairing done. Call on or address
TILLER BROS. & IRBY,
JPOIIVT PETER, GA.
Builders’ Supply Store!
SHORT BROTHERS, .
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
Will keep on hand, and in transit, a full supply of Yellow Pine Lumber,
rough and dressed.
Boors, Sash and Blinds a Specialty.
Moulding, this Brackets and Balusters. The best lot of saved all-heart Al«> pine ''™ Shingles e w
brought to market; cheaper because of better average width. 0 '“
all Buildois’ Hardware at Athene prices. Agnate for Pullman Gar Co. s Patont Sash Loot
CHAS. STERN & CO • *
7
HUNNICUTT BLOCK,
a.thh:jsts, GA.
a ou IIS * A N 0 1
■ SN
. IRON&BRASS ► MINING&MILL blix im
cn> CASTINGS, MACHINERY, repair
MILLGEARING, SAWMILLS. PAT' g work;
STEAM ENGINES AND CIRCULAR SAW HILLS.
,ni proved Southern Fan Mills. Excel nmtoj JmSdEKr?. a ",g,
IKrtni w5£? 'stock"* steam
iumm tol Findings furnDlied a full at short notice. ftttlw of Ml kind, for steam cagmes. Uffl. tones,
Boltina ' Cloth and Mill Frice Lists, address
|,j.. descriptive Circuturs and
fHOS, BAILEY, Agent.
H. M’WHORTER,
Attorney at X^aw
LEXINGTON, GA.
Offic* in old bnnk building, next to hotel- W
practice In civil and criminal courts.
Notice to Passengers.
/COMMENCING February 1st, 1M1, and nntil
V/ further notice, the Passenger Branches, Fare over will the
Georgia Railroad, Main Line and
be as follows:
Agent’s Rate..........Three (3) cents per mile.
Train Kate............Four (4) ceuts per mile.
Children between 5 and 12 yra. half above rates.
Minimum rate, for any distance, five (9) cent".
Passengers are hereby notified that if they fail
to purchase Tickets from the Station Agents,
ibey will be charged Train ticket rates. sellers, and not
Conductors are act are
allowed to accept lees tliari Train Rates of foul
ceuts per mile. Therefore, to secure the advan¬
tage of the reduced rates, purchase your ticket*
before entering the train,
Tim Company reserve the right pleasure to change, oi
entirely abrogate these rates, at anc
without notice. E. R. DORSET.
General Passenger Agent.
W. M. HOWARD,
Attorney at Law
LEXINGTON, GA.
Office in the new A meld building, next to port
office. Will attend all Courts.
THE ECHO JOB OFFICE
IS AS WELL PREPARED TO DO
BOOK & JOB PRINTING
AS ANY CITY OEFICB.
Prices as Lot. Wert as Good.
don't send off to get yobb
BILLHEADS, CIRCULARS,
LETTERHEADS, ENVELOPES,
NOTEHEADS, PAMPHLETS
STATEMENTS, DODGERS,
POSTERS, CARDS,
Or anr other Job Printing done, when yon
can get it done as satisfactorily at home by
addressing
THi ECHO, Lexington, Ga.