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Tn ® MOICI.d K'lion TIIE SIDE
WVI.Ii.
I>Kl you ever etend In tne crowded rtroet,
In the g re of the city lamp.
And lint to tlu' triad if a mlllli n f*el
In thtir quaintly mimical tramp?
crowd k<> to and fro
Tia a pleasant I uoeo.
To mark the figure* that come arid jp
In tho ever-chauKiog aceae.
Hero the pub';, an wnlka with th-' aintu r proud,
And the pefast in his gloomy cow ,
And Divea waUca in tb- mot ey crowd
lth Lazarus, ihivk by j v *wt.
And the daughter of toil, with her frv*h young
heart
A** pure ax her spotVaa fame,
K* epi t*p with the woman who mnket her mart
In the haunti of in atul rlianto.
How lightly trip.* }u> country ias
In the mnl-t of the city’* tltal
As freab’y pur® a- th. dalaird en
That grows on bcruative hills.
And Uie 1 -okgar, tu.ih hi* j,-mcry rye
And hi* lean, wnu fmv and .. .* \
Gives u blend n;r th. ram,. t . t’ ,• jm^fr-bv,
Aud he gives him UtU . <..uo i.
When time !:as beaten tb* ■\j * tattoo.
And b> dusky arm-r and.. • .
Is treading withe, h> - t •** thn im'i
The gloom t tb, si'.-nt nl 1:' *
How n any of three iho !If .. *tv f ; -d
And shall jtixig to siunr • r * t . ,ot',
\t hiV many \\ i1 g. t : .. •> b. and
And flavor a crumb to out.*
Ah me ! when theh urn .•? > Jmful v bv.
How 1 tt ew® *t pt*h. ,t
Our brothers' andeisier-. .1. MMlrUtir cry
In tlicir w.i* cud 1: ti-rmcd!
Vet such a world t. a the angel* sought
•Ih> n and f furs v. and aU,
It "ii najilhe)Jy ,■ ti a the l at! a taught
WaTWby tuih f. rail.
Yet 11. >v alui’t years end i’ • *.. t \ t . :ig
‘ Will all has® pasK-.* m;,
And ti® r.oh nd tlie j.o. *r and the old and lh*
young
Will Ik* imdisti- i;..b)u delay.
And bps that hniwli at and lit* tint moan
sh.t.i Ins:vnceeUte.lwMn-hnt*
AuAmw will tig un.h r a Dui.a y efua
And at nl® in tier * it, M.'
Hut4bt -mi Will 1r el lulnf fist n< I.i. ht,
Ard j,.,f such scrcwd w.irU. Ur* to-night
And jintaiKh a crowd Jivi-n.
And men (Kfi be wb-krfl and v.n will <!n
As ever aftac* 4?bih** fad,
With thraAumokt world to *•' r in,
_ Aud tbeJ'am. *. and >v.-r ■.
GUARDING TIIK (iItAYES.
Itow iho Alt-uli*:t> 4Vmrlerii*a uro Pro
teclvil by Artitcil .'li‘ii.
;..* 4 [Fioui the ritt&hurg Fost.)
“Stop there, ymui;i mnn ! What are
yon doing here alter night '!"
Tlie challenge was accompanied by a
sharp “click, click,” and the astonished
reporter found himself confronted by a
stalwart fellow wearing a slouch hat,
holding a cocked gun in one hand and a
dark lantern in the other. This un
looked-for mooting occurred the other
night within th ' gloomy walla of Alleg
heny Cemetery. Tho adventure illus
trates the excellent way in which Alleg
heny Cemetery is protected against tho
vandalism of grave robbers. Within
tho past week a spirit of inquiry has
arisen in the minffs of Pittsburg and Al
legheny people, as to whether graves in
our cemeteries have ever been tampered
with. This feeling was greatly aroused
by the startling developments made ill
Philadelphia and Harrisburg, aiul puli
lishcd ill tlie newspapers all over the
country concerning the atrocious acts of
the human ghouls. Superintendent
Perry, of tlie Allegheny Cemetery,
laughed at tho idea of grave robbing in
Pittsburg. He said, that the people of
this section of the State are fortunate in
that respect, becausi there is really no
demand for c ipsos, no medical college
existing in our mnlst. In the cemetery
of which lu lias charge, he has opened
hundreds of graves, at various limes, and
found the bodies therein all rigid. At
the time of the excitement over the steal
ing of A. T Stewart's body in New York,
and the spiriting away of tlie remains of
a noble in Scotland, an armed night pa- j
trol was established. Ho has several
men who are sworn in as special police* ]
men. They dross in citizen's clothes and
are each armed with double-barreled,
breech-loading shot guns, and are on duty
every night from sunset to.sunrise. There
are nearly three hundred acres of ground
in the cemetery, and every foot of it is
patrolled, each guard haring a regular
beat to cover. The superintendent has
devised a system of clocks by which he
. an detect any negligence on the part of
tho officers; haring dial-like boxes
placed in different locations, whore, they
must lie pulled at stated intervals
throughout the night. Tho patrol ar
rangement is a success, and grave rob
bing could uot be possible in the place.
At Unionilale Cemetery, in Allegheny,
Superintendent Henry stated that there
had never been any grave robbing there,
and that it would lie impossible, lie lia-s
armed men to patrol the grounds at night,
and when suspicions characters are Ob
1, wed about the place, extra watch is
kept. That young doctors in these two
cities always have fresh corpses for dis
r. ."ting piirpos g there is no question. If
mir ii.formant is correct, they get most,
of tie ir “subjc fr- in the Hast, red, no
doubt, some have even come from Phila
delphia. For a moderate sum they can
be purchased in other cities and trans
ported in unassuming boxes.
Dejiosils in the “Swear l’u\.”
In tie-office of the Pilot (V.mmi sinn
ers in New York is a strong iron box con
structed ou the plan of a toy savings
bank. It is known among the pilots as
the “sweat box,” and every person swear
ing in that room has to pay ten cents for
each oath, or three for a quarter, the
money going into th box. One pilot is
known to have paid over 81.000. It was
not unusual to collect 8100 a week for the
iii>:t few months after it was put up, but
of late years the contributions have fal
len off heavily. The rale is rigidly en
forced, and no one ever objects to paying
the penalty, even if the oath was purely
accidental. Old Commodore Vanderbilt
was once a heavy contributor, and so
Were other large ship and boat owners.
UxnniDLED: “Why,” said Fogg, “I
didn't suppose you had a son so old ns
that. I wouldn't suppose it possible.”
“Don't flatter,” replied the delighted
Brown. “You know I don’t look so
very youthful.” “Oh,” said Fogg,
quickly, “I didn’t compute your years
by your looks, hut by your conversa
tion.”
A Philadelphia boarding-house keep
er won’t take any but pretty girls and
susceptible young men. Those who fall
in love are seated together at the table,
and of course lose their appetites. She
is getting rich.
The nicest book to present to a poor
relative is a well-filled pocketbook.
VOL. X.
Turnips as a Farm Crop.
Col. F. I). Curtis, iti a letter to th<
Ami ricim AgricuUuritt, says : Vert
few of the farmers of this country appro
eiate the value of turnips as a farm crop
Home chemists estimate them to contain
ninety-five per cent, of water, leaving
only five per cent, of flesh-forming ma
terial ; and out of this small part they
deduct a portion ns woody lit ire, only
good to help fill up tho stomach of an
animal. lam not prepared (o dispute
the correctness of this analysis, but I do
take issue with tho oonehuuons that tur
nips have no greater value as food than
may he indicated by the chemist's fig
ures. Turnips have possibly a mechani
e:d value, as they may aid in tho diges
tion of moro concentrated food, such as
com meal, when fed with it. Perhaps
the fault is to bo found in tho fact that
the niuety-fivo per cent, of water is put
down as worthless. In tho economy of
nature this very water may prove of
more importance than has been ascribed
to it. I have found that raw turnips
will not only sustain life, but cause hogs
to thrive when fed nothing else. I do
not mean when fed a large quantity, but
an amount, which, according to the
chemist's tables, would be such a small
per (lent, of tho actual food that starva
tion would bo expected. Sheep and
cattle will fatten on them, with very little
hay. Tho credit cannot bo put down to
nic hay, but must be carried over to (ho
turnips. If I understand the .liiilish
system of making mutton, it is mainly,
and sometimes entirely, by the use of
turnips. The sheep are confined by hur
dles on the turnips, where they help
themselves, until the crop within tlie in
elosuro is exhausted, when they are
liiov- dto a fresh lot. Knowing the real
value of turnips, and how easily they may
lie converted into meat, why should not
tile American farmer avail himself of tho
opportunity, and not rely so exclusively
on corn ? livery farmer should have a
turnip patch, the larger tho belt r. Tho
crop can always be made supplementary
to another ou tho farm, and is so much
clear gain.
Down in the Dark.
The Virginia, New, Enterprise says:
Down in tlie lower levels of our mines,
hundreds of feet below the surface of tho
earth, in the dominions of Erebus, where
darkness ever holds its reign unbroken by
the light of day, are found some curious
growths.
Tho Grass Valley TUlinga of recent
date makes the following mention of a
specimen of this subterranean vegeta
tion:
“On Saturday some miners found n
rather queer specimen in the 700 level in
the Idaho mine. The specimen was
found among the timber is a sort of fun
gus fpunk, we believe the miners call it),
mid is just the shape of a human hand.
The hand has five fingers and a thumb,
and appears to bo in a sort of cramped
position. It is a singular looking speci
men, and may bo seen at Wisconsin
Hotel”
In tlie lower levels of the Comstock
mines—particularly those long al laudoned
or unused-—are seen many wonderful
growths of different kinds of fungi.
Home of these arc great size, almost fill
ing up drifts, and seen by Die dim light
of a caudle look like sheeted ghosts.
Down below in the dark these growths
seem to strive to imitate the forms of
things seen on tho surface. In one of
our mines was ouco found an imitation
of a fancifully-carved meerschaum pipe,
stem and all, so perfect that it would
easily he mistaken for the genuine article
if not taken in the hand and closely ex
amined. Some of the fungi resemble
tlie horns of animals, and are from two
feet to a yard in length, while others
might pass for a petrified devil-fish.
The Wcehnwkon Tunnel.
The bore through the Palisades of the
Hudson Kiver, at Weehawken, N. J.,
opposite New York City, is now com
plete, though it will probably take six
months more to finish tho tunnel and its
approaches. The eastern approach lies
been cut, through solid rock a distance of
150 feet. Its width is 50 feet. The tun
nel is 4,000 feet in length, 27 feet wide,
and 21 feet high. The greater part of
tlie cutting, 3,400 feet, has .been done
line January, 1882. The estimated cost
of the tunnel was about $1,250,000, but
it is thought that the actual cost will
amount to much more. The tunnel has
been cut in sections, the inner ones from
five shafts from the upper surface of the
bluff. These shafts, which have an av
erage depth of about 150 feet, will lie
used for ventilating the tunnel. Seventy
compressed air drills have been con
stantly employed. A recently invented
and very powerful steam shovel has done
effective service in removing material
and loading cars.
Of ihe eighty-four morocco manufac
tories in the United States thirty-six are
situated in Philadelphia. These estab
lishments turn out 2,000 dozen skins a
day in good weather. It is one of the
;v imalics of the trade, just now, that
while the demand for morocco is very
active, the price is very low. This is
owing to the fact that it is impossible to
get any advance from the shoo manu
facturers. The latter cannot raise the
price of shoes without combining to do
so, and the consequence is that tho
morocco manufacturer cannot put up
his prices.
SUMMKRVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY J). 1883.
THE OLDEST VETERAN OF IBl>2.
i Mr. Tlionm® .Honk. \ao<lf>l Who Dofomlpil
Mult n Iftfuml aaiMi lilt' Uu(i-bt-n>
Company.
Tho oldest surviving veteran of tlie
war of 1812, in New York at least, is
j believed to be Mr. Thomas Mook, who
! is now in bis 01th year. Mr. Mook was
a butcher in the old Collect Market,
i afterward in the Catharine Street Market.
Ho retired from Imaini-sa in 1850, leaving
his stands to Jwo of Ids sons, Thomas
j and William. When 21 years old lie was
a member of Capt. C. Hartwells militia
company, and served in a bloodless
campaign for homo protection on Staton
Island. That company was organized
among the butchers, and it was originally
intended should b composed of them
exclusively, but eventually some of their
i friends, anxious to join what was regarded
[ as a crack company, pleaded for nd
; mission, and tho organization last some
of its distinctive character. Mr. Mooli's
; oldest brother William, widely known as
; Unci" Billy Mook to tho old timers who
i flourished about th* Bowery and Chrvstie
i street, was also a butcher, and served in
Hartwell's company. He was only one
! year older than the surviving veteran,
but died several years ago, ns did also
, the youngest of the four brothers, James
Mook.
The butchers wore 44 very lively boys”
| when ho was a young man, the veteran
; says, but bis habits were exceptionally
, abstemious and lvg.tlar, a fact to which
| he attributes his longevity. Not even
i tho seductive companionship of liitj
fellow butchers or the social charms of
: the m< mbers of Eeginc Company No.
| 40, of which lie was a member, could
j tempt him to any w ider dissipation than
j singing songs, in which he was accom
! plislied. lie is by i:o menus clear about
where that old tire company used to lie,
] any further than that it was “on tho
! street beyond Orange, between Broome
! and Grand. ’ But who knows now where
| Orange street was? Tho wiping out of
! that ancient landmark is but one of tho
least of the invri ul of changes lie lias
| witnessed; for in his day New York was
| all away down town, tho village of
Greenwich was away out of town, and
| up at tho head of the Bowery was the
j country, yet ho lies lived to make Jis
| home in one <>l a row of handsome
brownstoue mansions in a thickly built
up section of the city on 12!)th street.
Mr. Mook show great ogo, it is true,
but less than many a one who has not
attained so many years, llis lmir is
silvery white. r j he Ks.s of his tooth has
rendered his utterance somewhat defect
ive, the sight of his h ft. eye has boon
impaired by neuralgic pains, and bis
limbs with diflieulty b*ar him about his
room, but Ins mental faculties arc still
bright, liis memory is excel hot, his hear
ing is good, ami ir still r Lsh* :< his pipe.
Jin hits had four sous and three
daughters. One, of the sons was
kill'd by fteeid.-'.t, lut tlie others arc
living.— JS’cw York San,
Poverty Among Decayed Gentry,
A New York pap r says: Speaking of
tin 1 poor, one of the most pitiable b 1 tapes in
which poverty appears is found among the
d* cayed gentry. Almost all the old fami
lies which held distinction half a century
ago in this city are now reduced to des
titution. This is one of the laws of so
ciety, and cannot he avoided. Many of
this class are. p opi -of tone aud refine
ment, who, like Milton, have “fallen on
evil days.” We know instances where
some of this class are p nsioned by kind
relatives who arc in hotter condition, in
order to keep the family up. Often, on
the other hand, wc find the decayed .gen
try filling petty offices in libraries and
public buildings, aud earning a pittance
sufficient to keep them from tho street.
The revolutions to wlii'*h wealth and
learning arc subject, an- so rapid that it
does not take long to bring the top to
the bottom. Tlie sad record is not limit
ed to America. Walter Scott was glad
to have his youngest son provided for,
by a Government clerkship in London,
which lie held till lie died, and which
alone saved him from pauperism.
A (iood Place for*Live Men.
“There is a charm in New York, in the
thoroughness with which it attends to
those who are yet alive,” writes “Gath”
to the Cincinnati J.injuirrr. “Men of
skid, facility', snap, or'address are quickly
seized upon lime, quickly appreciated,
and quickly advanced. It lias nev r
been a good market for respectable medi
ocrity or reliable dullness. Men know
each other so little that, when they find
congenial lieutenants, they grap|>c 1 them
at once, and the two go forward together
master and man. T have seen astonish
ing instances of prominence taking hold
of obscurity. The wealing out of tissue
and of force here requires constant as
sistance from youth and ambition. Ex
cept among the old, stupid Dutch fami
lies, marriages am generally made in
New York by rapid ignitions between ac
cumulation and spirit. Tlie man who
| has made something or kept something,
I is oheifiy afraid lie is going to lose it, and
looks around for that assistance which a
blood connection will bring and hold his
fortune fast.”
One thing, at least, can be said for the
finy muffs now affected by fashionable
ladies. They are too small for hand
warmers, lm J lien, you know, they don’t
bide one’s f: ger jewels. —Boston Trans
script.
THE JOLLY FIRE LADDIE.
Iloivllc In Slitloln'il Out to Miiko Him Tull
rnouxli- riiiiiiM l|i hml 'l'li liiiii ii m Uuwii. I
In New York City, applicants liavo to
luih.sIuih.s an examination before their names
arc placed on tlio list for places. Of every
thousand so examined, nt least eight
hundred are refused for physical rea
sons. Obesity is a good cause for rejec
tion,bat in regard to deficiency in weight,
if the cause is of a temporary nature, the
ipplieiuit is entitled to another examina
tion. Many aspirants fro into training
under direction of physicians before ap
plication is made to the board at all, and
tho points they generally study and
train for are, weight, chest measurement,
end height. A physician who is in that
particular line says lie has had scores of
young mon in training for positions the
past few years. Some of them were per
fectly healthy, and a little management
and perseverance so altered their phy
siques that they became model firemen.
Others could not qualify with all tho
training in the world. If tlie man is lean.
Ii ■ is fed on out-menl mush anil milk, and
le, pt at rest, so that no flesh is lost in ex
i reise. He sleeps and laughs much dur
ing tlie period of training, and avoids
everything that tends to worry his mind.
1 f he has a scolding wife, ho induces
his mother-in-law to take her on a visit,
mid pretends that it is for her lieaith, in
stead of his own. The chest can bo en
hirged by proper exereis, and observing
prescribed rules. The fat man is re
duc'd to regulation weight by exercise,
careful dieting, or starvation, if neces
sary. What little he does eat is of a
Kind that rims to muscle rather than fat.
the queerest, thing about the trainer's in
genuity is that short men are made a
trifle longer by certain painful methods
of elongation. His bands and feet are
secured to movable beams and the screws
put in motion until the subject is drawn
out to the greatest length his courage
will endure, and lie is kept so until he
begs for mercy. This process is gone
through every day, until nearly an inch
is added to his length. It is a question
whether ho retains Ibis extra height.
Many hold that ho will in time settle
down to his old size, while some train
ers claim that the elongation is perma
nent. Just before examination tlie sin
ister applicant Alls with water,
and goes before tlm board with several
extra pounds of fictitious and deceptive
ivi ight. SI op will naturally add to
length, breadth and thickness, and will
give a man a vigorous appearance that lie
does not wear later in the day. An un
successful applicant states that ho had
gained eight pounds before tho first ex
amination and twenty on the second,
much of the latter weight being ficti
tiously added by drinking twenty glasses
if water, according to bis statement.
The department is dead set against any
improper methods of altering the phy
siquo, and detection bars them from ex
amination, while the medical examiners
are so versed in their business that it is
ot an easy mutter to deceive them, and
tb" applicant lias disappointment for his
row ard.
Building Up a Business.
An English paper tolls us how vrfw't
is now the largest shoo manufactory in
England was started. It says : J
B - was a respectable citizen of Loir
don, who in a venture lost his all, and
retired to the country to live quietly on
it little independence belonging to bin
wife. He did not like this state of
things; but there seemed no oponjug
for tho commencement of any busifilms,
lie had some knowledge of chemistry,
and a lasts for making experiments with
it, and thought he would begin tlie tan
ning of leather by some process of his
own, and see if any money could be ac
quired in that way. He exhausted all his
small capital, and there was no sale for
his hides. An old city friend, an aider
man, who possessed a country-seat near
the place where J 11 had set up
his tan-pits, heard how the leather hung
on hand, and asked: “Why not make
your leather into shoes ? Few persons
care to buy, or know what to do with
hides. Every one must wear shoes.”
The difficulty was tho want of capital;
but J B , nothing daunted, with
bis two sons, lads just come home from
school, and the assistance of a village
cobbler, set to work. The lads soon out
stripped their instructor, adding intelli
gence to diligence, and tlie result was
that their shoes sold faster than they
could make Ibern; and, in time, as their
business increased, they not only sold
thousands of pairs throughout England,
but the demand for them in Australia
became very great, J B died a
wealthy man; and his two sons carried
on the business, and in time, having re
alized huge fortunes, sold out and retired.
Unfortunately, they had no resources of
amusement or occupation in themselves,
and the loss of an object to take up their
time and give them an interest in the af
fairs of life at length so pressed upon
them that they, at Ihe end of a short
period of this enforced idleness, repur
chased at an enormous cost the factory
bnt lately sold; and at tlie present time
they employ at least a thousand pair of
hands in the making of boots aud shoes,
Mrs. Langtry says she used to milk
tho family cow, and would do it again if
necessary. But let no young wife think
this was what gave .her her Ixauty. It
was getting up bright and*oarly on brac
ing winter mornings to start tlio fires. —
Vun cut Comment.
Inexpensive Dress Goods.
The reduction in prices of dress goods
Hint usually takes place in January lias
boon mndo this season a month earlier,
mid economical purchasers do not have
to wait until the holidays are over and
the winter far spent before soiflU'ing
good bargains.
At all the large stores there arc coun
ters covered with dress lengths of nine
or ten yards of pure wool goods and
fashionable shades at. prices ranging
from $3 to #B. The lowest-priced among
these are cashmeres that are not of heavy
quality, but are nil wool, evenly twilled,
though not very closely, and well col
ored in the olive, garnet, rifle green, seal
brown, aiul navy blue shades; heavier
and moro finely woven patterns of cash
mere are $(l.
Warmer soft woolens, with the twilled
ehnddah stripes, are sold for $5.50 or $5
the dress, and there are excellent twilled
camcl's-hair si uffs for $7 or SB. If it is
desired to have a more showy dress, an
over-dress or polonaise length of em
broidered cashmere may be bought for
$5, anil the entire dress material for $lO.
The black cashmeres with embroidered
selvedges are shown as low as $lO for
the dress, but these are not of as toco
quality ns the colored patterns sold nt
that price; those nt sl2 to sls are of
better black, finer cashmere, and are
more effectively embroidered.
Tin U'O are also handsome patterns of
braided cashmere, or of camel's hair,
with applique disks of velvet wrought on
the edges in India colors for trimming,
sold at sls, while alight quality of lady’s
elotli, with trimming of velvet in bands,
on which is braiding done in the knife
edge patterns, for sl4; the latter come
in all the dark cloth colors—terracotta,
olive, electric blue, and rifle green. The
prices of plush are also greatly rid iced;
anil there are beautiful ruby, gurnet, gold,
olive, and blue plushes sold for less than $2
a yard for cloak linings, for dress trim
mings, for children's walking coats and
caps, for tho lower skirts of costumes,
and for petticoats. Tlie dark inconspic
uous woolen plaid goods are also sold lit
less than was asked for them at the be
ginning of tlio season, yet they grow in
favor for tho skirls of mi-ses’ and young
ladies' dresses that are completed by a
Breton jacket of cloth.
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Threshing Beans.
A. Al. Williams, Syracuse, N. 7.,
writes: “I notice an inquiry from the
West- about tho best method of threshing
beans. The writer states in his vicinity
it is common to thresh them with a com
mon threshing machine and this breaks
them so much as to depreciate their
market value. Of late, years (ho people
>:: the western part of this State have,
planted this crop on a largo scale. 1
have just returned from a visit to this
section, where f learned a few fuels that
may interest this writer and others. 1
visited Mr. l>. E. Rogers, of Wbeathuul,
who is the President of tho Western
New York Farmers’ Club, and probably
one of tlio best farmers of the State on
tho subject of threshing beans. Mr.
Rogers tells me they have invenled u
threshing-machine on purpose for this
crop, and speaks of it ns a perfect suo
cess. I did not see the iirlielo which
spoke of tlio breaking of tlio beans until
my return, but I think if this nexv
machine had been liable to Ibis objection
be would have spoken of it. I also saw
several lots of tho threshold beaus and
did not see any broken ones. Tlie bean
crop of lust year was injured very much
by the insefit. Mr. Rogers tells me this
difficulty may bo avoided by very early
or very late planting. Of the two, very
Into planting has been most successful.
When the crop is planted lute it does not
get in shape for tho insect to attack it
until its timo has gone by. In central
New York a field of forty or fifty acres
of beans would be a curiosity; it is uot
so in tlie western part of the State. If
the machine alluded to is what wo sup
pose it to bo we liopo it will be advertised
in the World, and tho great West will
have an opportunity to know its merits,”
Alfred Clock, a wealthy retired real
estate deal- r of New York City wusumda
the victim of a banco steorer on Thurs
day. About a year ago bo sustained a
stroke of paralysis, and he lias since gone
out alone but seldom. On that day,
however, lie was alone in a Fourth ave
nue car, when accosted by awt 11 dressed
young man, who gave his name as
Stokes, and said that ho knew Mr.
Clock. Tlio latter was induced lo ac
company the young man to a gambling
house, where lie lost SSO in cash, then
$l2B, for which he drew a check, fol
lowed by anotlc. r for S2OO, another for
8700, and tlie last of all one for SO,OOO
on the Fifth Avenue Bank. He left the
gambling-house, went to the hank, and
drew $1,500, with which he, in company
with two men, returned to the gambling
house. There he handed over the $1,500,
getting back only the check for $l2B
When ho returned home he related his
experience to his daughter, Mrs. Mcse
role, and her sons. The police were in
formed, and on Monday William Edwards
was arrested as one of the men who ac
companied Mr. Clock to the bank. He
was identified by the cashier, and
was committed at the Yorkvillo Police
Court on a charge of larceny.
Beware 1 He who courts and goes
away may live to eeuitanother day ; but
he who weds nml courts girls stiii may
get in court against liis wiU.
NO. 16.
Landlord Tim.
Wo possessed a landlord oneo in our
pleasant little Canadian village, and tho
Bnid landlord was witty aud harmless,
but an inveterate “exaggeratin'. ” Stranger
or friend wore pleasantly entertained of
mi evening by listening to liis impos
sible, (hough truthfully told, yarns, and
many a guest felt he received liis money's
worth of combustible chin, besides his
board thrown in. Ho would tell about
feeding bushels of corn to a wild goose
that daily visited his father’s “lower
farm,” and at last, shooting it with a
rifle, found half of the bullet on either
side, split by the bivust-bono. Beauti
fully would he relate bis favorite, a
pigeon yam. Noticing hundreds of this
game in a tree one day, aud having only
a rifle lio was sorely perplexed ns to tho
best means of making a fruitful dis
charge. Brains brought into requisition
so plentifully his head aelied, quickly
set him clear. Choosing (he fullest
limb, ho fired, splitting it and the bullet
pissed through the limb, their toes
dropped in and held them fast. While
sawing off iho limb it suddenly broke
and let pigeons aud nil into a stream
below. When be lvnijbed tlio shore
again ho bad ninety-seven pigeons in liis
hands and a peek of small fish in his
boots.
“Tim,” said Henderson, anew comer,
one night after Tim had finished his
imaginative triumph, “Tim, I shot at
some pigeons years ago; I had as good a
double-barreled gun ns was ever mndo,
and I saw clouds of pigeons on tho
ground not moro tliau twenty-five yards
away. I let go both barrels at the same
timo nr.tl how many do you suppose I
killed?”
“Did you say you had a shot-gun?”
inquired Tim.
“Yes, sir; double-barreled and a good
one. ”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said Tim, thought
fully; “say 200.”
“No, sir,” said Henderson, with an
nir of satisfied expectancy, “no sir, not
a singlo one I”— Detroit Free Press.
William Patlorsoii’s Will.
William Patterson was a very wealthy
tradesman of Baltimore. In tho early
days of Franklin County, Oa., lie bought
up a great many tracts of land in tho
comity, anil spent a good portion of his
time in looking after liis interests there.
He was said to be as strong as a bear
and tis brave as a lion ; bnt, like all
bravo men, he was a lover of pence, and,
indeed, a good, pious mnn. Neverthe
less, his wrath could bo excited to a
lighting pitch.
On one occasion lie attended a public
gathering in the lower part of Franklin
Comity, at some district court ground.
During iho day two opposing bullies
and their friends raised a row aud a gen
eral light was the consequence. At tlio
beg inning of tho fray, and before tho
fighting begun, Billy Patterson ran into
Ihe crowd to persuade them uot to figlit,
but to makepeace and be friends. But
bis efforts for peace were unavailing,
and while making them, somo of tho
crowd in the general melee struck Billy
Patterson a severe blow from behind.
Billy at once became fighting mad and
cried out at the top of his voice, “ AVlio
struck Billy Patterson?”
No one could or would tell him wlio
was tho guilty party. He then proposed
to give any man SIOO to tell him “ who
struck Billy Patterson.” From SIOO ho
rose to SI,OOO, but not SI,OOO would in
duce any mail to tell him “ who struck
Billy Patterson.” Years afterward, in
his will, he related the above facts, and
bequeathed SI,OOO, to be paid by his ex
ecutors, to the man who would tell him
“who struck Billy Patti ion.” His
will is recorded in the Ordinary's office
ut Garni sville, Franklin County, Oa., and
any one curious about the matter can
there find it and verify the preceding
statements.
SoriHisTinous.—“lf I was an actress,
instead of mi nctor,” said a well-known
professional, “1 would not play the part
nl Eleanor Vaughn, in ‘Davy Crockett,’
for a thousand dollars a week. Venio
Clancy traveled with Frank Mayo sev
eral years ago in that role, and she died
of consumption. Then Laura Clancy,
her sister, was engaged, aud now slie is
living of the some disease in Southern
California. A third Eleanor was Laura
Don, and a few day. ago she sailed for
fconllicm Fix nee. and Ir r last is mark to
mo as 1 bade her good-bye. was that she
would not live to come back to America.
Her physician had pronounced her dis
ease consumption. People say that xve
of the diMinidic profession arc, supersti
tious, but these arc facts that ought to
make everybody afraid of acting Eleanor
Vaughn.” _
When bo had called tlie meeting of
the Lime Kiln Club to order, Brother
Gardner arose and said: “Geiblem, if it
wasn't for de wheels on a wagon de
wagon wouldn’t move. When do wheels
is on, den what?” “Grease!” solemnly
exclaimed ail old man. “Kcrrect 1”
whispered tho president, softly rubbing
his bands together. “We hez do xvagon
an’ do wheels. We will now pass de liat
arouu’ for de grease.”
“That butter is all right,” said a
boarding-house keeper; “it is firkin but
ter, and tastes a little of the wood, that's
ill.” “If (lint is the ease,” replied a
boarder, who is a contractor, “I should
like to get wim ■ uf Umt wood to make
railroad bridges out of.”— Philadelphia
News.
CLAIMING THE CAPITOL’S SITE.
Tito Ntnrflliur Kxpocfnllon® of Forty IWw
to tlio Allomoil Black more Ifatnte*
A dispatch from Pittsburgh, Pa,,
says:—Papers have been prepared for the
institution of an ejectment suit in the
United Elates Circuit Court that in
terests every oitizon of tlio Unitoil States.
The property involved in this instance
is the ground upon which Htands tho
United States Capitol building, tho
White House, Treasury, Naval, anil other
Government buildings and hundreds of
fine dwellings and business houses, ns
well as thousands of acres of land in
Georgetown and in Maryland anil
Washington county, Pa. Besides this
vast amount of real estate, there is said
to bo considerable money in the Bank of
England belonging to claimants. Tlie
owner of this vast amount of property
was William Blackmore, who settled on
this side of tlio Atlantic in colonial times.
By some means not known to tlio present
generation, he beenmo possessed of the
land described. At his death the property
passed into other hands, and sub
sequently tlio States of Maryland and
Virginia donated that portion upon which
is located the Capitol and other Govern
ment building to the Federal Govern
ment. Many years thereafter claimants
to the property sprung up from different
parts of tho country, but it seems that
legal proceedings were nover before In
stituted. Tho lute cx-Mayor Blackmore
of Pittsburgh was, it is claimed, tho
grandson of tho original owner of the
land. Shortly after liis death, and dining
the Blackmore bankruptcy proceedings
in tlio United States District Court of
this city, an allowance was ordered to lie
made to the assignee, J. G. MacConnell,
Esq., for tin' purpose of prosecuting tho
claims of the heirs of tlio ox-Mayor. In
a! "•ordftiice with this order, Mr.
MacConnell has been looking up the
n cords, aiul has a representative in
Washington. Several months ago two
attorneys from the capital called upon
tlio widow of ihe ox-Mayor anil offered
to institute legal proceedings for her,
provided she would givo them a retainer.
This she declined to do. Other Pitta
burgh claimants to tho estato aro ex-
Hhcriff Patterson of East End, Dr.
Sunucl Beltzehnover of Diamond street,
a:id one of tho oldest families of Mnns
th'ld on the Panhandle road. Recently
’ out forty claimants mot at Mansfield,
ontributed money toward prosecuting
lio claim, and sent a representative to
Washington, who is gathering points
upon xv hit 'll to proceed. Besides this
concerted action taken by claimants,
they are nearly all individually re
presented by counsel.
The location and extent of the property
claimed is as follows: In the District of
Columbia are 481 acres, 100 acres near
Bladoiislmrg, Mil., 500 acres in Wash
ington county, Pennsylvania, taking in
tlie Boyer property, and a vast treasure
in tlio Bank of England. 1 The amount
involved can hardly be estimated, but it
certainly reaches hundreds of millions of
dollars.
Woman Suffrage.
On tlio subject of woman suffrage,
Gov. Butler, of Massacuusetts, in liia
inaugural message says: “For myself
I believe that that right is given them
by the constitution of the United States.
By the decision of the courts I am over
ruled in my action on this subject, but
not in my convictions. It is an experi
ment in our government which has
never been here practically tried, for al
lhough women are allowed to voto for a
ringlo class of municipal officers, yet
there are so many restrictions and im
pediments thrown around it, that no wo
man with a proper spirit of self-respect,
ought to allow herself to pass through
the ordeal to attain a useless privilege.”
He suggests that eloction day ho made
a holiday, and that local elections
throughout the State ho so arranged
that all will fall on the same day as the
general election. On the subject of
naturalization he advocates that cvoiy
judgo of a district or municipal court
have the power to issuo certiiic'tos of
naturalization, and is in favor of con
lining it even to them, for they as neigh
bors are better able to decide from
knowledge whether the facts are true in
tlio application. It will relieve the
dockets (f the higher courts; and in
closing on the topic he adds that all the
systematic frauds iu naturalization al
leged and proved in a neighboring State
vore dono in the superior courts of that
State.
Too Savage.
Many people arc surprised, says the
London Truth , that the Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess Vladimir should bo
such wanderers on the face of the earth.
The fact is the Grand Duchess, who is
young and imprudent, has long been
amusing herself by making merry at the
expense of the Indies of the St. Peters
burg palace, and even of her imperial
female cousins. A letter, addressed by
her to a Russian princess living in Paris,
and in which she ropsted most un
mercifully the “eat,” the “mouse,” the
“toad,” and the “glow worm” (nick
names which designate some of the
aforesaid ladies), was intercepted by one
of the Generals attached to the Cabinet
.Voir, who handed it over to the Czar.
The Empress was terribly angry, and
insisted on the Grand Duchess Vladimir
being sent for some timo sut of the
country.
A Fish Pond.
Into an old pond, sixty feet square, of
mface water, a Pennsylvania corre
spondent placed elevon carp early last
spring. In November tho water whs
drawn off and 3,230 of tho fish were
captured, ranging in length from four
„nd a half to six inches. One lesson Of
the experiment was:
“That good, largo and well-matured
fish will spawn early and quit, and the
young crop will be uniform in size,
whilst the crop from parent fish of
unequal size and age will not be uniform
iu size.”