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THE MONHOE h ADVERTISER.
VOL XXX IX.
LI DLON NTHEEI
HOW IT COMPARES WITH THE
OLD DEBTORS’ PRISON.
It is a Fairly Comfortable Placa
Nowadays, Although Thero is No
Bar in Its Confines, and Prisoners
May Not Go Straw-Riding or to
the Theatres.
It is not so long ago that tho very
mentii if Ludlow Street Jail, in
New York City, stri terror to the
hearts of pi n»s who were not in the
huhit of pa jet their debt s. No one
2 red about being sent to the jail, for
was neve r known when they could
tout Under tlu* statutes then ex
isting, imprisonment for debt was
the in ! tyrannical and merciless
pU nishmor.t >wn to the law. Jf a
creditor felt so dispo ;ea be bad the
right, under t he law, to confine his
debtor during bis nat oral life, in jail, j
the only reijui ite bein'/that the pris
oner’s boai >1 be paid regularly. The
board was $1 a day, and the wardens
look good care that the prisoners
were not ovcrsupplicd with luxuries
at this figure. A prisoner being kept
in close confinement could not earn
any money, and unlesssoine one vol
untecred to pay bis debts he could .
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not escape imprisonment, unless, of [
course, t he creditor became merciful,
and a merciful creditor was about as
rare as a blooming century plant
It is not generally known that.
Ludlow Street Jail is the county
prison of this county. The first I
county jail stood for nearly a century !
in Fldridge st reet, near I Icster st reet,
It was known as the debtors’ prison, j
and was the silent, witness of 1 ho
rise and fall of the fashionable qunr
ter on the Fast side. The little two
story building was torn down several
years ago to make room for the
frowning tenements, and it was well
to get it out of the way, as it was a
constant reminder of the miseries j
and fra It it s of humanity, and it did
not take much of the stretch of the
imagination to see in the barred
windows the faces f the ragged
wretches, who. common report had
it, were often starved to death.
Perhaps Ludlow Street Jail has j
never boon as bad as the old debtors’ '
prison, but it has been bad enough in
other ways than cruelty to receive
(•ondemnat ion at every hand. About
all tho good that can be said of the
plaee is that it was a factor in fore
ing men to be honest and to work at
a lively rate to pay their debts when
the creditors threatened them with
imprisonment.
The pres, nt county jail was built
in 1 S(‘>0 by the Board of Supervisors,
The man who suggested the new jail
building and superintended its con
st ruction was William M. Tweed,who
was then a supervisor. His name
appears in large letters cut in marble
over the door, which is peculiarly
significant, as Tweed died in the
prison years afterward when he had
been shorn of tho glory attendant
upon his Hl-sturrod reign in this
city. Tweed, in his early days, was
an advocate of economy in municipal
affairs, ami that is how it happens
that the jail is so plain and unpre
fcentious externally that it might
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easily be mistaken, were it not for
the barred windows, for a Methodist
meeting house.
The building faces on Ludlow
street and Essex Market place and
consists of one storyy the , largest , in
the city, the distance being sixty-five
feet from the street to the roof. I he
structure is in the shape of an L, and
in the rear is the famous court-yard,
fifty feet square, which is bounded
by brick buildings and a fence thirty
feet high. The internal arrangements
are simple and convenient. On the
ftrst floor is the Warden's room and
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1895.
kitchen > dinh T' r00m and re
C€ ption-room. where prisoners may
consult with their counsel. Only the
star boarders can use this dining
room.
The entrance to the floor above is
by a spiral stairway, which leads to
a large corridor. The prison facing
Ks,ex Market place is used as the
debtors prison, and the Ludlow
street wing is occupied by prisoners
charged with offenses against the
Federal laws, Uncle Sam does not
own any prisons, and he pays New
York County a liberal sum for tho
support of the prisoners sent to Lud
low Street Jail. The county prison
rs and those of Uncle Sam are kept
separate, except when they go to the
yard for exercise. In one end of the
debtors’ prison is a library filled
with old, musty books, which are
rarely disturbed. Most of the eighty
seven cells contain two beds and
the ventilation of each cell, and, In
fact, of the jail itself, is perfect.
The average number of prisoners
in Ludlow Street Jail at the present
time is forty-five, and since Warden
J. M Fox t ook charge there have
been no scandals concerning the man
agement. His first assistant is John
F. McCabe, and three night and three
day keepers look out for the
ers. The chef and all the help are
hired by tho Warden, and the prison
ers have the appearance of being well
fed.
I’ho prisoners are sent to the
County Jail on civil process, usually
in the form of attachments, orders'of
arrest and execution, and the only
debtors confined are those who use
some kind of fraud in contracting a
debt. The imprisonment in this
class of cases is limited bylaw, and
they are bailable. The prisoner at
any time may give bail, which will
entitle him to leave prison, but he
must remain in the county limits,
When the bail is fixed at $500 or un¬
der the debtor can be held for three
months, and when it is over $500 he
can bo held for six months. When a
female domestic servant recovers
judgment against her employer and
it is not satisfied he can be confined
in Ludlow Street Jail for fifteen days.
All prisoners sent to jail for contempt
of court go to Ludlow street, and in
these and the domestic cases the
prisoners are not entitled to bail,
John 8. Robinson, an l man, who
was recently discharged from Lud
low Street Jail, has the singular dis
tinction of having been in the old
debtor’s prison in Fldridge street,
to have served time with Tweed and
to have been in jail twice since that
time for debt. “There is nothing,”
said Mr. Robinson, “that can be
imagined that could be worse than
the old debtors’ prison. It was a
money-making machine, on asmallcr
scale than Ludlow Street. Jail turned
out to be afterward. The $1 a day
that the creditors had to pay to keep
a man locked up was enough to keep
man well supplied with food, but.
the wardens kept all they could of
the money by starving the prisoners,
The food, that as a matter of form,
was given the prisoners when I was
there was unfit to eat. The place
was so filled with vermin that all the
prisoners were half crazed by the un
bearable itching. There was no re-
dress except to pay your debts, and
how could a fellow do this while
locked up and unable to earn any
thing?
‘If a man had a grudge against
any one and could put up a job,
which seemed to be quite easy in
those days., to land him in the
debtors’ prison, his punishment
would be greater than if he had been
sent to State’s prison for life. The
prisoners could not secure any favors,
because they did not have
money to pay for them, and before I
left the jail it was like a lunatic asy-
!um. The prisoners’ minds could
not stand the struin and slowly gavo
way under the contemplation of the
terrible future, from which there
suffered was no escape. the Strong, heal thy men
most. I had two years
of it, and it ought to have been
enough to satisfy me; but I’m so
constituted that I’m only happy
when deeply in debt,
“The contrast between the old
debtors' prison and Ludlow Street
Jail is like the difference between a
horrible nightmare and a pleasant
dream. I was sent to Ludlow shortly
before Tweed arrived there from
Blackwell's Island, He was held
under $3,000,000 bail, and there was
no chance of his getting out. Tho
men he had made in politics were his
keepers. Warden Dunham was his
intimate friend. Tweed lived in the
Warden’s room, and had all the com
forts of home. He was good to the
other prisoners, and often gave a
special dinner to them. His expenses
were over $100 a day. He was as
much at liberty as if he had been at
home. He could go out and roturn
when he liked, and the other prisoners
could do likewise, if they had the
money to pay for it.
“There was a bar in the place. It
was not fixed up as nicely as Del
monico’s, but the prices charged for
drinks were higher than Delmonico
would dare suggest. Cocktails were
75 cents; straight whisky, 60 cents;
and beer and malt liquors were 40
cents a glass. Drinks could be ob¬
tained at any hour of the day or
night, and the prisoners who had
enough of the long green could go on
as big a jamboree as if they were
with their own cronies. The lowest
price for board was $15 a week,which
included the regular meals at the
Warden’s table, and for all the lux
uries in food and the privileges of go¬
ing out the price was $50 a week.
The jail was not like a prison, except
to the poor fellows who could not
pay their board, Tney did not get
any luxuries, but the food was whole
some.
“Tweed took advantage of the
privileges that were given to him,
and one fine day he went out with
the Warden and did not return. The
story told -by the Warden was that
Tweed escaped from his own home,
where he had asked to be taken to
see his wife, but the people in the
jail did not take any stock in this
idea. Tweed was caught a year later
in Spain, after it .was believed that
tho suit against him had been fixed.
His friends went back on him at the
last moment,- and he was brought
back to Ludlow Street Jail. He died
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in the Warden’s bed in a little while
of a broken heart. There was gloom
in the jail for a time after Tweed’s
death, but the bar ran on as merrily
as ever.
“The last time I was sent to Lud
r l’° 1 " x T had ^ Ul, closed d things up changed the bar, Warden and the
Pkic3 was like a bunday-school. The
hoarders were all treated well, and,
in fact, every prisoner who is sent to
the jail for debt umaae to take an
board. affidavit It as to he liis cannot aJility pay to anything pay his
he is furnished with prison food,
w.ueh includes meat or fish once a
day and bread and coffee for break
fast and supper. Ihose who are
aide to pay their board can have the
best of everything in the market.
1 hey are permitted to roam about
the prison and yard at will, and can
see their families and friends at any
time of day. The boarders used to
have rooms of their own, but now
e\erj prisoner is compelled to sleep
in a cell at night. No one is per
mitted to ieave the prison except by
order of the Court, and theatre par
ties and straw rides from the jail are
things of the past. Ludlow Street
. ail is not a bad place to stay in,
even with the abridgment of priv
leges, and a fellow can have a good
time, if he is sociably inclined, with
the rest of the unfortunates.
Bread, as a daily article of food is
used by only about one-third of the
fifteen hundred millions that consti
tute the present population of the
earth In the coa*t districts nt
Spanish ^ America the staff of Hf P
banana- on the p amn a • dri P H
beef- and h/the in Fa’fern ~Vnn -• r'a
e j t j ier form of a
t ] liek ffrue j “He has eaten lii- la-t
rice,” say the Chinese, in anticipa
tion of a funeral
Sleeves are larger than ever at the
top, and are .shaped to the arm front
the elbow.
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STYLISH INDICES.
THE LOOSE FRONT; WILL BE THE
FEATURE OF TH E SEASON.
Brass l
Butters Are Ae\ain In Vogue
fr.- Frocks--If You Tee's 6ld Lace
Make a Jacket of ; tl
The loose front, on ft he new toil¬
ettes has been the C'/tuse of much
comment, known of the but French Paqu|n, designers, the best is
responsible for it. HU j insists that
the ugliest part of a a^fiu woman's figure
is directly in front, raves over
the blouse effects, 04 he says it
shows the curves of <) ’s figure at
the side.
This is all a new tjJieory, as the
beautiful woman has ) never before
been told this concerning her form
divine, and I hardly t$e bfnow if the
blouse will really be tof great suc¬
cess he expects it be. He has
sent over so many oh* his stunning
gowns made this wii y*- and in all of
the shops an w ressmaking es
inbiishmcaai - been*noticing
rtf, think they
and I
only for this season.
One of the prettiest of the pul^f jH
gowns sold this season was
by Mrs. Prescott Lawrence, It w
a mauve and black check velvetiive,
made with a perfectly plain skirt,
but the waist was lavish in its acces
sories.
It. had revers of white satin, with
tiny bands of black velvet about one
quarter of an inch apart. The front
ivas a mixture of the black and ecru
lace, and tills front hung in a blouse.
The bottom of the waist w r as finished
with liberty satin arranged like a full
belt, and at either side of the belt
were placed two rhinestone buckles.
Above the waist line in the back
was a high muslinne de soie bow of
accordion plaiting, and the collar on
this bodice was of the black mus¬
linne de soie, with bows of black at
either side. This is the gown sent
over from Paris as one of the finest
toilettes for the w’inter.
One of the prettiest importations
was a dress of blue crepon, smooth
finish, and the skirt was fashioned
with stitched folds and satin-corded
on the bottom. The waist had the
blouse effect, and it ivas produced by
plaited crepon bound with the satin,
and small buttons of black satin weiH
used on the front. The top of the
bodice was of plaid velvet with an
alsatian bow r effect, and the collar
was also of this velvet. A touch of
the velvet in narrow folds around the
waist added much to the gown, and
it was in all one of the prettiest
dresses I have seen this fall. I did
not wonder it had been selected by
three of the fashionable women of
the smart set to be copied.
In regard to the duplicating of
f?he”/di/if object”! , io°lt j- i i-u
she at alb
an( j j 10W s j ie SUC ceeded in doing it
without annoying her customers,
“Oh, I prefer to use different mod
e ] S) p ut w hat can I do when the
women all decide upon one? Itisin
way that a certain fashion is
taken up and becomes a fad. Twenty
g0W ns on the same lines were worn
afc the opening ° of the Horse Show
last ear _
use( j different colors and mate
r i a i s and in that way it is made to
j 00 ^ different. In fact, this gown
yo U §ee I have just copied and sent
to B oston made up in green with
plaid to C0rreS p 0 nd, and let me tell
you n0W) j consider plaid velvet the
accessorv par excellence for the win
. ter gowns. It will be used in small
quantities on the cloth frocks, but
just a touch of it at the neck and
s i eeves w i]j improve manyagown,
j think . It is to mv idea the pret
ti t trimming that we have had in
m * y ur a P assesa11 season „ J tbe hi8 1 llbert .? ai 4 d >* velvet sati, \ s
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A made , of . . brown cloth— .
= own
1 sha ggY an d English-looking — was
trimmed with plaid velvet shad
ing from green to brown, with just a
’ touch of terra cotta. The skirt was
P ]ain - with the organ folds at the
back ed the waist was simple, for
which reason I liked it more than the
gown hitherto shown me. The bodic-o
was fastened in tlie back, and ha t a
full front drawn down to narrow
plaids and was edged all around the
waist with a narrow fold of the plaid
velvet. Sleeves full at the shoulder,
tapering down to a narrow wrist
were finished by a cuff of the plaid.
It was completed by a lace zouave of
heavy black chantilly.
Plaids of one color are trimmed by
plaids of another, and one of these
smart looking frocks was made of
green plaid trimmed with red plaid.
Brass buttons were used as an adorn¬
ment, and the old fashion of using
buttons is again in vogue. A num¬
ber of smart cloth gowns have as
their only accessory these brass
buttons.
The lace jacket is a new fashion,
and it will be popular with the smart
women, I am sure. It will fit the
figure prettily and will be made of
black and ecru lace, This jacket
over the silk gown is pretty and ex¬
tremely swagger-looking. It adds a
finish to a theatrical toilette, and
one gown made of ecru silk with a
dash of gold and heliotrope in the pat¬
tern had trimmings of velvet of the
same shades of heliotrope and tan.
It had a coat of the ecru lace and it
was a jaunty finish to the gowr
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grandmothers. Therl
truly little that is really ne^A
If you possess lace heavy an titfllf 1 ^
looking, have a jacket made, and wear
it. with your winter frocks.—[Mildred
Madison, in N. Y. Recorder.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
The daughters of the late Comte
de Paris have set a good example to
rich girls who are called into mourn¬
ing by sending their clothing, in
eluding all their colored gowns, etc.,
to the people living near Stowe, Eng¬
land, their late residence. Fifty
packages of clothes have thus been
disposed of among families who find
it hard work to dress suitably, and
to whom these “cast offs” have a
value aside from mere worth. In
these days of rapidly changing
fashions it is folly to hoard stuffs
whose style is as ephemeral as the
material composing them.—[Detroit
Free Press.
WARDROBE HOOKS FOR WOMEN.
In the unapproachable wardrobe
hooks the blundering hand of man
is again visible. What the world of
women requires is a line of hooks
which can be adjusted high or low
to suit different statures and different
gowns. But now, forsooth, if the
hooks are low r , sleeves and skirts
hobnob with the floor, and if the
; hooks are high the poor girl w r ho
wants to lift a dress dowm has to
keep jumping for it, and then it
probably comes down to her in sec
tions, some of it left—like the nice
i little cherub "' ho looks after p00r
Jack Tar—sitting up aloft! And yet
this is the age of invention.—[New
Y'ork Advertiser.
RIBBON HARNESS.
The pretty ribbon “harness” in
vogue many years ago, is the latest
novelty on youthful gowns. It con
sists of bretelles or braces starting
from the belt in front under a hori
zontal bow and passing over the
shoulders, where they are tied in
fanciful knots, then down the back
to meet two rosettes at the belt. The
novelty, however, is in the continu
ation of the ribbons, two behind and
two before, at the foot of the skirt,
eac-h end being tied in a smart square
bow, the long ends flying out with
every motion.—[New Y'ork World,
* NIGHTINGALE.
FLORENCE
Florence Nightingale, who is now
seventy-four years of age, is in very
P 00r health ’ She Jives in a quiet
spot in the west of London but even
ber neighbors do not know her. To
f n American who recently visited
her she expressed her thanks for the
many kind letters that she is con
stantly receiving from America, and
she mentioned especially the testi
monial presented to her by the
American Government in return for
her advice with regard to improving
our hospital service at the time of
the civil war. She has a similar
testimonial from France, and has
tributes from individuals all over the
world, Her rooms are fairly filled
with pictures, books, medals, and
bits of bric-a-brac that have been
presented to her from time to time.
“I am constantly being remembered
by kind friends who are personally
unknown to me, but whose kindness
touches me more than I can say. I
wish you would thank my American
friends for their kind words that are
constantly coming to me. If I have
done good in my life, I am being
fully rewarded now. What gratifies
me above all is that all my hopes
have been fulfilled. But it still
horrifies me when I think of how our
men were treated when they were
ill or wounded at the time of the
Crimean war. To-day what, with
improved hospital service, with
trained nurses, with such organiza¬
tions as the Red Cross and others,
our system is well-nigh perfect.”—
[Chicago Inter-Ocean.
FASHION NOTES.
Some exquisite tints appear in t]
new silk wrap crepons.
lg J|»»leaves are a late and
Sgafoi* ifUjillinery deviate
n rosettes
■i a ed about with sable is one
of the wraps over which most women
grow enthusiastic.
The hair of every woman, whatever
her age, contour or complexion, must
be parted to be fashionable.
The ribbon used upon the new hats
is very wide and a great deal is re¬
quired to fashion the new bows.
Lace and fur are by no means an
unusual combination this year. A
sealskin cape made with a lace yoke
A peacock or pheasant, with the
colors wrought in diamonds, rubies,
sapphires and olivines are a fancy of
the moment.
Black surah w r aists are given a
smart effect by adding a velvet crush
collar of canary yellow, cherry,
bleuet or pink.
One of the latest extravagances
see,n in the jewelry shops is a gold
opera mirror of Louis XIV. design,
set with precious stones.
Seed pearl collars are in great de¬
mand. They are composed of several
strands connected by bars so as to
set well around the neck.
Deep net collars in black have
their designs carried out in bead
effects, and the edges are finished in
circular or pointed patterns.
Old-fashioned bandana silk made
in India, thirty-six inches wide, are
waist novelties, exactly like the
handkerchiefs used by the old snuff
dippers.
A pretty novelty in tortoiseshell
is a small candlestick, the tray rep¬
resenting a leaf, and the candle
holder a flower. This is all made of
tortoiseshell.
Toilet cases, trays and fancy boxes
of marbloid are manufactured for
the holiday trade. The toilet articles
are fitted with handles to correspond
with the boxes.
A very striking novelty is brought
out in an Irish point curtain, with a
Venetian border and revers of open
work which is used only in the finest
and handsomest curtains.
Though the new fashions are much
admired the gown of quaint design
is still in vogue. This may be due
to the fact that its very antiquity
gives it a touch of novelty.
A smart little waist that will be
much worn is of lining in a fancy
color with accordion plaited chiffon
to match the skirt while the collar
and belt match the lining.
To keep abreast with the novelties
it is necessary to have in a corner of
your parlor a spider’s web composed
of gold tinsel in whose meshes is a
red spider obtained at a Japanese
store.
A waist of bleuet velvet is trimmed
with jet and finished with a yelloiv
chiffon collar and yoke, while a waist
of deep cerise velvet has a collar and
yoke of jet that makes it becoming
to any blonde.
The tailor-made jacket is the type
of wrap for which is anticipated the
popular favor. Military styles in
jackets are not without their votaries,
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and arc likely to have place in th»
“fashionables.”
Pocket scent bottles are coming
in again. Some are made in gold,
others in enamel, others again in
crystal with gold tops, set with
jewels arranged to spell the words
“Dea’-est” and “Regards.”
Tho newest fad in shoes is enameled
grain leather. It is an English con¬
ceit, and has the same finish as
patent leather, but is tougher and
proof against cracking. Toes are
longer and sharper than ever.
A pretty piece of neckwear is a
gathered yoke of novelty crepe
bordered with satin ribbon of the
same color, overlaid with a cream
lace hand. The neck is finished with
a velvet crush collar with chon
rosettes.
Silk waists will bo more popular
this season than ever before. Tho
plainer ones are self trimmed or with
combinations such as a collar and
belt of velvet in a contrasting color.
The more dressy effect s are of st riped
or figured silk with laco and ribbon
trimmings.
Pretty and becoming fancies aro
tho bolero jackets made of two strips
of guipure lace insertion two inches
wide, one forming the outer edge,
tho other fitting around the arm
holes; a strip of laco under each arm
and another down the shoulder seam
complete this drossy little garment.
If you make your baby’s quilt of
white India silk and embroider it
with wash silks, you have a thing of
beauty and use and it can bo laund¬
ered as easily as a handkerchief of
tho same material. Tho quilt is not
lined and tho pattern is a tiny flower
scolloped here and thero irregularly
over it.
Every color and combination of
colors will be represented in tho
fancy waists but of course the new
cherry and bleuet shades will bo tho
most noticeable, as will tho black
trimmings in ribbon, jet and chiffon.
These waists are made in taffeta,
gros grain, surah and satin, but the
newest and most expensive effects
are in chiffon and velvet.
Novel Capture of Whales.
At Vancouver island the storms
blowing directly from tho North
Pacific bring many whales which,
getting out of their latitude and fa¬
tigued with fruitless struggles, are
cast upon the coast. As tho reeed
leaves the whales they lash
to regain deep
tt b>w ’ guttural
,iyi|«— %bJjry to made spout. of
Ja lllol lowed Om* Aj ■
fp ffi launched The
used is a barbed spear,
is tied a sealskin bag filled
with air, and to this a rope made of
seaweed is attached, acting as an
anchor to the bladder or ropes. A
pole is fitted into a socket in the
spear head, and so arranged that it
can be easily withdrawn, leaving the
imbedded in tho body of tbe
whale.
Armed with these primitive weap¬
ons, the natives set off in their fra¬
canoes and cast their spears,
catching back tho loose handles. In
a short time the monster is covered
with sealskin bags. When the tide
begins to rise the bladders prevent
the whale from sinking sufficiently to
use his full strength, keeping him on
the surface of tho water. As tho ca¬
noe men pull to the shore the lines
are tightened, and gradually the poor
animal moves slowly and steadily to
the land. His struggles to free him¬
self are tremendous, bub all in vain;
struggling as a fish out of water, he
is hopelessly in the power ofhislili
putian foes. The inhabitants for
miles around crowd to the shore,
singing and beating drums made of
the hollow bole of a tree, over which
is stretched the skin of a sea lion.
As soon as tho whale is brought be¬
yond low-water mark the work is
done and they have only to wait till
the tide leaves it high and dry.
Filberts Raised From the Nuts.
There is no difficulty whatever in
raising hazel and filbert plants from
the imported nuts, provided they are
fresh and were fully ripe when gath¬
ered. But there is no certainty of
the nuts produced being the same
variety as those planted, and the
probabilities are that not more than
one tree in ten of those raised from
the imported nuts will yield the same
as the parent stock. It is said by
English authorities that eighty per
cent, of the seedlings will come
true, but in our experience eight per
cent, would be nearer the truth. The
nuts should be planted as soon as re¬
ceived, or at least mixed with moist
sand and buried in the ground, where
they will remain cool as well as moist
during the winter. In early spring
take out the nuts, plant in shallow
drills and cover about two inches
deep. If the soil is rich and the sea¬
son favorable they will make a growth
from two to three feet the first year,
and reacli a bearing size in three to
four years, after which a fungus com
mon on our native hazel nut will at¬
tack the foreign varieties and kill
the stems, but rarely their roots.—
[New York Sun.
A REAL TRIUMPH.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” said the
professional hypnotist, as he intro¬
duced Wayside Rhodes to the assem¬
blage, “I will now give you a remark¬
able illustration of hypnotic power. before
I will lend the subject here
you $5. ’ ’
“That’s no trick,” said a voice.
“And, men,” said the professor, $5
“I will make him return the to
me.”— [Chicago Record.
In Paris one person in eighteen live 05
charity.