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12 SMILE WHENEVER YOU CAN. From the Somerville Journal. When tilings don't go to Buit you And the world seems upside down. Don't waste your time iu fretting. But drive away that frown; Binoe life is oft perplexing, 'Ti* much the wisest plan To bear al. trials bravely, And smile w hene'er you can. Why should you dread the morrow And thus despoil to-day r For when you tiorroiv trouble You always have to pay. It is a good old maxim. Which often should bo prepehed—. Don't cross the bridge before you Until the bridge is reached. You might he spared much sighing If you would Keep iu mind Th.t thought that good mul evil Are alv. ays well combined. There must lie something wanting. And though you roll in wealth You may miss from your casket Tnat precious jewel —hcarh. And though you're strong and sturdy You may have an empty purse (And earth has many trials Which I consider worse); But whether joy or sorrow Fill up your mortal span, ’Twill make your pathway brighter To smile whene'er you can. EVOLUTIONS OF CITY LIFE. 1 Young Man from Charleston As tonishes Some New York Club Mpn. From the New York Evening Sun. An event occurred in one of the swell elubs, on Fifth avenue, the other evening, that for the time biting created the liveliest kind of ripple in the social swim. The rooms were fairly filled with the young gentlemen who enjoy late suppers, think it the correct thing to be on hand at first-night perform ances in the theatres, and do the athletic business in its various forms. As several of the crack boxers were present, some ouo suggested a friendly bout or two, and a dozen or more of the gallants were pres ently uj the regulation ring attiro. One of them is well known as a famous beau, but he is unfortunately possessed of the idea that, because he is the amateur champion ot' fisti cuffs in his club he must perforce be the ruler of that particular roost. In the con tests that followed, this notion was further emphasized by his quick extinguishment of three of the biggest of the' young; fellows pitted against lnni, and, like Alexander,, he' panted for other heads to batter. Flushed with his success;, and. possibiy with a trifle of wine, the champion began to boast that he could whip, any man, in. the house, whereupon a member whoi had. just sauntered in from the billiard, room quietly remarked, “I'll wager you at. thousand you can’t whip a friend of mints who) happens: to be at this moment a guesfcoU flhe club and. is playing a game of hiUuurtaimtUe: next room.’’ The bet was promptly rattan’,, and’ the young man disappeared to apprise his guest what was expected of him. The latter after a while entered the parlor smoking a ciga rette, but no one suspected that the hand somely dressed little fellow, weighing prob ably less than 125 pounds, was more than what he seemed to be, a mere looker-on in the halls of fashion. Nor was he himself aware of all the conditions. When they were made known, therefore, he positively declined to box unless the bet was called off, and then only in a thoroughly gentlemanly manner for “points.” fie said ho was a total stranger there, and would naturally have no sympathy from a crowd who would of course want their man to win. The buzzing questions ran around: “Who is he? Where does he come from?'’ He was then introduced as Mr. B of South Caro lina, graduate of Harvard, class of ’BO. It was not without persuasion that he permit ted the 'boys to remove his coat, waistcoat and shirt, leaving him in his silk undershirt and drawers. Stripped he presented a fine specimen of manhood. He was compactly built, straight as an Indian, and without an ounce ofspare flesh upon him, while the muscles ,of his arms and chest played like those of a'Kentucky thoroughbred. When the two men faced each other the contrast was almost ridiculously striking. Jle home’lads thought they had a good thing. The club man was at least forty pounds heavier, and three inches taller, and there was the old bulldog expression on'hitt face which ho always had carried to victory. On the other ‘hand “the little chap,’Vaa'they, called him, wore an habitual smile. 'Time was called in the parlor facing on Fifth;avenue,>the two gentlemen shook handstand the collegian said, “Now mind, Mr. hard hitting; we are to spar just three rounds, and for points only.” The champion, however, had his reputa tion to sustain, and evidently didn’t intend to spar for points. He went right in to knock the little fellow out. His first rush was fero cious, butdthe young Carolinian, stepping lightly to one side, delivered two light taps on the cheek of his antagonist, thus count ing two points. It was irritating, but it couldn’t be helped. Again and again the club man rained his sledge hammer blows, only to have them parried with the utmost ri. When time was called the score stood to naught in favor of the collegian. The non-partisan members gathered around to congratulate him on his wonderful skill, for he had not received a blow. In the second rounif they came to the scratch, one -mad and the other with the same old smile on his face, coolly buttoning his glove. Before position was fairly as sumed. however, the club man seemed to lose all control of; himself, and making a sudden movement, struck the young Caro- Wbmui full in the face with a cruel blow that * early knocked him off his feet. An angry tire now flashed in the Southerner's eyos. He saw that the other meant serious busi ness. When the big fellow again reached out to repoat the dose, quick as a fla.-h the blow was jiarriod. A body seemed to fairly leap forward. A left arm flew out like a rocket, and the champion club man was knocked down so hard that for fully two hours the doctor who was hastily summoned found it difficult to re store consciousness. It was the only hard blow the young fellow had struck, but ho was mad now and meant it to hurt. When the excitement was ovor he apolo gized to the managers of the club. They said that he had acted just right, and could “take the bakery.” His opponent is still weary and confined to his house as the re sult of the sudden concussion lietween his head and the floor. Mr. B. left for his home in Charleston on Tuesday night. Moral.—lt won't do to underrate a stranger. Qultcti Family Party. From the Providence Journal. A good theatrical story Is of an incident which happened two or three years since, but which always appealed particularly to my sense of the ludicrous. Mrs. X. has not only achieved a considerable success upon the boards, but also In the T'ivnrce Courts, as In the latter she has been able to disembarrass herself of no less than two husbands. When a woman has lost two halves she might lie snppowHl to lie reduced to nullity, but Mrs. X. is stfll a substantial verity In both mind and liody. She was turning, one windy day In March, that bleak and hitter corner of winter street, famous for the mot of the lute Tom Appleton, put in the form of a wish that a shorn lamb might lie tethered there to induce Providenoe to temper the wind. Mr*. X. la far too substantial to blow awnv, but the March blast did rear off her hat and veil, which wpnt eddying down Tremont street in the moat tantalizing fashion. Two gentle men, coming from opposite directions, gave chase to the truant headgear, and in a moment they approached the doorway where Mrs. X. had taken refuge, bearing her recovered prop ert y. ‘•Why, Jamai," she said, as alia received her the bearer as once herhus brtnd. *is this you? Thank you \nd-thl* is a hand'of i ir W" **!" And frem thS hand of her other ex-husband she received her JS, t'w'Jflf "jth the utmost vivacity of manner: down ", ram U -v P""-y. ' it> Let’s all go oM UmAs "’ ker * and hav a b'deb and talk over a husband on either stmt down Tremont not record!)^ 1 hey r, ' a y lunche< ’ Aether is T K R re r VlftCf*.?* Am, ’ rican tourist* \ Iheni cm I cities teem with ‘ ,S bl lin<\ other places of ofteuheari ® t,r ' s *-nKl.sh than Frcueb j jmoj. '! sasaiß m| f|j . •. ts 1f0..,.,, JHL J vf JL__ Jjtj :!; j T-l'tO; r ' Er ~A;’f’ ‘’®SSf Hj s] *■" *|=cES >. > up|T-f lavlor. l Jp, e Q iH „ Vcr ct nd a. ' ~,, , Flßibi. uaa.a T *"' stairway is an easy and pleasant one with two platform landings, an l lighted by stained glass window 1 . The space between the ceiling of second story and the roof is well ventilated; although not cu-ge enough for bed-rooms, it n a cosgxid storage room. Cellar under the hall and 1 i';chen enclosed by brick walls; the rest of the house is set on brica piers. Tuis was designed for a sea .idc cottage. We will lurn.sb specifications calling for walls under the whoie house, if this is desired. An entrance to the cellar from the outside is provided. The above design was furnished ti for publication by the Co-Opfrattvo Buildii g Plan Association, p large firm of Architects doing business at 191 Broadway, New York, who make a specialty <>l conntiy and ulmrban work, being able to tarnish the drawings and specifications for more than three hundred different designs, mostly of low and moderate cost. They invito correspondence from all intending builders, however distant. They will send their latest publication (called Slioppcll's Modern'Houses No. 5) containing more than fifty designs, o:t receipt of sl. LOVE BY PROXY Which Was More Successful Than In Person. From the Brooklyn Eagle. Justice Rhinohart was called upon to de cide a nice point of law. It involves the question as to the fees, if any, to which a matrimonial broker is entitled. Young Samuel Coleman, a Hebrew picture frame dealer, of S4B Grand street, has brought suit against Charles Frank, a Hebrew tailor, of 204 Keup street, near South First street, for sll 10, claimed to be due him. Mr. Henry B. 1 a vis represented the defendant tnd i’. H. \an Buren the plaintiff. The latter’s bill was for $0 50 for a mirror and sti loaued, but $4 having been paid the amount due was only sll 50. The reply of Mr. Coleman, who is a shrewd man of family, aged about 40 years, appeared in the form of a counter claim for s2l i 75. Of this sunt $3 75 was for pressing trousers and a spring overcoat for the defendant, s.'! for part of two dnys work performed for the defendant and s2l for making twenty oue tripis to New York in the interest of Mr. Coleman. The items of the bill looked innocent enough. Tho following letter was put in evidence: Brooklyn, May 81, ISB7. Mr. S. Coleman: Dear Sin—lnclose you will find Item of hill which you owe nte nn i you will see thereby that vou arc iu my debt for the four errands t i New Ynrtc,w Inch I only charge you $0 for. 1 would not I ave doue it for auvbody else for less than sls. 1 considered you paid long ago. Yours truly, Ciiauuck Frank. Thire was fun when Mr. Frank took the stand. He explained, with the aid of Mr. Pa vis, the nature of the business transacted in New York. He admitted that he was wlmt was known among the Polish Hebrews as if ‘shadkin,” or matrimonial broker. Mr. Coleman, who is a bashful man of 22 years, was so wedded to his business eighteen months ago that he hail not timo to attend to tho small matter of getting a wife, so lie engaged the defendant to “slcidkin” a girl for him. He agreed to pay tho usual fees, which are a certain sum in hand, i-x|ienscs and 10 per cent, of tho marriage portion. In the case of a woman Mr. Frank explained that he got cash down. Mr. Frank, it will lie seen, was interested in securing for the young man a girl with os largo a marriage portion as possible. His client did not restrict him as to age or style of beauty, but told hint to keep nn eye oil the main point—tho money. Frank entered upon his task with enthusiasm and made frequent trips to Baxter street, with the ob ject of capturing one of tho rich belies there. He inquired around among his many friends, and at last obtained an introduction to Mis* Kate Wolf, of 50 Baxter street. He presented in the most, suave and glowing terms the business enterprise ami bright prospects of his young protege Coleman, and so impressed was the young woman that she reluctantly admitted that she had $2,000 in cold cash which would materially aid in starting her husband, who ever he might be In life. Mr. Frank chuckled in wardly os he figured out his own portion of the amount, S2OO. When the young man was informed of the splendid lisli he was to bait for ho sold that he would leave every thing in HhadkinL hand. Mr. Frank lookel at tne form and make up of his man and thought that a tailor might improve his appearance. He accord- Iml| ** ij (liipfl I l NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1887—TWELVE PAGES. IT OM E S FO Ii TIIE EEOP EE. ingly pressed Sir. Coleman's trousoi-s anrl spring overcoat, and both started two days later for Baxter street, f4*>w York, whore they were kindly rec eived hy Miss Wolf. The lady was cold toward Coleman, and Before he visited her again Mr. Frank made a pri vate cal! and went into ecstacieii over Cole man. The latter paid another visit and called on her from time to time. When alone he made hut pool - progress, so the shadkin escorted him thirty times, and when things were not progressing to his sat isfaction he made private visits alone ut his client's suggestion, and straightened out matters. Two weeks ago the girl tired of Coleman because, as Mr. Frank testified, his protege could not kiss her as she would like to lie kissed, his mouth being so large. Hhe said that she want vl a man whoso mouth was sufficiently small to proper!v concentrate the kiss. The eloquence of the shadkin was not able to overcome the lady’s objection, and he gave uuthe task. While the negotiations were progressing Mr. Coleman gave Frank the mirror on account and advanced bint $2. Frank said that for the twenty-one visits to .Yew York lie charged $2l, and $1 50 each for New Year’s and Christmas day calls on the lady on business. The other thirty days that Coleman was with him he did not charge for as his protege defrayed ail ex penses and they were holidays. He would have charged any other man a good deal more for his service*. Coleman made a gen eral denial of having engaged Frank, bur he admitted the negotiations and his final re jection by Miss Wolf. Frank’s testimony was corroborated by two witnesses. The magistrate reserved his decision. HAGGARD, THE NOVELIST. His Brother’s Defense of Him- Hia Lifo and Travels. A dispatch from New York to the Mis souri liepublicnn says: In a letter replyiug to sonio critic ism in a local paiier, Capt. Haggaid, of the King's Own Borders, writing from Meerut on April 14, gives the following interesting details of Ms brothers experience in South Africa; Young as he is, still no man knows moreof South Africa, its geography and politics than Kider Hag gard. He went out there when only a boy of 18 or 1!) as a private secretary to Sir llenry Bulwer, then Govornor of Natal. Afterward he filled some sirnilur position with Ills justly reverend friend, Sir Theophilus Shcpstone, whom he ac companied on his missions to the Trans vaal. lie it was that read aloud in the Boors Yolksniad the proclamation declaring that the Transvaal was henceforth to be come British territory, quelling t he angry murmurs of the assembled dissentients by Jumping on the table and shouting: “Three cheers for the Queen,” in which ho was joined by those members, not a few, who earnestly wished for British rule. His, too, was the hand which Hint hoisted the union jack in I’raetoria, that union jack after ward so sadly buried in a eoftin by the few remaining Englishmen in 1 raetoria, men whose hearts were broken by that disgrace ful convention by which Englishmen have forever forfeited their honor In South Africa and which hat made the very name of Eng lishmen a synonymous br.u among the Boers for all that is weak and cowardly, I site r on, as adjutant of a regiment of volunteer horse, ho had ample opportunities of gaining-new experiences. And again as I‘ E RSPECTIVE VIE W, DESCRIPTION OP DESIGN. Size of Structure—Front, 32 feet G inches. Side, 30 f e C indies. Size of Rooms—See floor plans. Height ok Stories—Cellar, 7 feet; First Story, 9 feet; Second Story, S feet <> inches. Materials Foundation, brick; First Story, clapboards; Second Story, clap boards; H of. shingles. Cost— ¥2,o()o to $3,00(1 all complete, ex cept kitchen range. Special Features.—Toilet and water clodt t on the ground floor, bata and wash basin on the second floor. It will be noticed that all this plumbiug is kept out of the’-ra n part of the house, yet it could not W located more conve niently. It is completely out of the way and out of notice on the ground floor, s the small side-hall must first be entered till ' u ,U a floor. Too kitchen also, and the cellar-stairway are entered from thin side hall, separating them thoroughly from the living rooms. All the plumbing is in direct lines. The intention is to use curtains only be tween hail and parlor and between parlor and dining-room. The flue for the parlor flro-plaee is con nected with the kitchen and* dining-room chimney by a galvanized iron pipe, saving tlie expense of carrying up and topping out another el ininey. a settler in Natal, where he still owns property, be learned yet more of the beau ties of South Africa, of its capabilities and resources and of the idiosyncracies of its various races. However, I think I have said enough to show that for him South Africa was no “strange country,” requiring reference to books for information to be an d second-hand to others. With reference to the remark that now Mr. Rider Haggard is in Egypt collecting materials for anew romance, I may state that he lias long been an ardent Egyptolo gist. and there is, therefore, no coincidence at all that now he has at last got the long wishod-for opportunity ho should have fol lowed the examples of many other sensible pel-sons mid gone-to visit the wonders of that ancient and interesting country. 808 BEN’S BONANZA. Something Better Than Silver or Gold, Lead, Diamonds, or Copper. From the Xew York Suit. Socorro, N. M., June 13. —The great need in this country is water. “If I had water,” someone is heard frequently to say, “I could make a million ” The artesian well craze is on, and in many localities parties are boring thousands of feet in the hope of striking something that will pay better than gold. Bob Ben is ate t’er here who does not say much, but who keeps his eyes open the greater part of the time. He i-f not undid v ambltioui, and yet he aspires to we* th, nil 1 it looks now' ns though ho had reai-in u the highway leading thereto. Up. in the Socorro Mountains is an old mine shaft, abandoned long ago. Bob Ben kiuw about it, as every othe” old-timer did. He has lieen in the habit of visiting it occasionally, ns most of his acquaintances have also. “ You.can’t help snooping around an old mine,” a veteran prospector said the other day. “You may know that some body has denned up the last ounce of ore, or tbut thon- never was any there, but you’re bound to feci as though there might tie some that had been overlooked.” Inis was the spirit that actuated Bob Ben when he paid his visits to the old Kohinson shatt la the Socorro range, A few day* a; O t le people l-i this region were surprised to hear that Bob had “1 oca tod" the shaft and lfiO acres of land lying all around it. When he was askod concerned the rumor hr admitted the truth, but would give no explanation of his inten tions. "What have you struck?” he was asked. "Oh, nothing much,” he would say. “Nil vert" “Better nor that.” “Hold?” “Better yet.” "Lad, by thunder?” “No; net lead.” “Well, then, diamonds and copper?” “No: you can’t guess,” Bob would say as he walked off. The next day the old fellow had a cabin up, and announced his intention of living on nis claim and going into the fruit and vegetable lino. Everybody said he was a crank, mid one friend sent a doctor oat to hoc him, thinking ho might bo touched. To this professional gent leman Bob told his story: “You see, mistor, this here shaft lias hud water in it for yews. Everybody knew and hat as well as I did. At first I used to cuss the water like the other fellows did, because jj JM K tn II \\ i Jpi It \'4-) i—p£ | Tbijtr q|[ Ssza E.Ta?^zaaiggagvS? t-Jj y**” ;^^7anfc| J I ,5j 'ores I X. 1 i _ \ A oo J fcLssji ~ ~ ' £COND FLOOR. I war te l to go down the shaft and see :'f any metal had sprouted there since the crowd left. After a while it r ecu "red to me that the water might come Iron) some wjerc, and that as the country would be rich it it could get water, perhaps I’d better look inti the thing a little. I found at one time that the shaft had 150 feet of water n it, and that at another it had only 100 feet. Then again it had 150 fret The very bottom of the shaft is higher than the country around about. So, thinks I, if I can tunnel through to the bottom of that shaft I’ll strike a water bonanza, and I did. I’ve pot it plugged here. I’ve let tho water out once or twice and it has filled up again. All that this h-'re land needs is plenty of water and it will be as good ns any in the country. I'm going to farm for a and some day, if the writer don't pi to Tut on me, 111 sell this place for more than a mine on the Comstock would bring. The Doctor and others who have visited the place since agree that Lob Ben has a bonanza, and it is now a matter of wonder that nobody ever thought of his scheme be fore. After a heavy shower in Washington last week the gutters and low places were cov ered with a deposit of tine yellow powder. Prof. Ward pronounced it vegetable pollen, which came from the pine trees of the dis trict. It was very light, and was carried into the upper reguns and washed out by the rain. ITol. Ward said: “It is the male ele ment of the pine trees, which usually shod their pollen at this season. It consists of minute grains, like yellow dust; but, sub jected to the microscope, the grains have different shapes, which differ with the varieties of pine. It is common wherever pine trees exist.” LEMON ELIXIR. A Lemon Drink. Fifty dollar per bottle. Sold by druggt- Mozi.ey, M. D., Atlanta, For constipation take Lemon For indigestion and foul stomach tako Lemon Elixir. For sick and nervous headaches tako Lem on Elixir. For sleeplessness and nervoushess tako Lemon Elixir. For loss of appetite and debility take Lemon Elixir. For fevers, chills and malaria, take Lemon Elixir, all of which diseases arise from a tor pid or diseased liver. A Prominent Minister Writes. After ton years of great suffering from indigestion, with great nervous prostration, biliousness, disordered kidneys and constipa tion, I have been cured by four bottles of Dr. MozleyV Jsunon Elixir; and am now a well man. Rev. O. C. Davis, Eld. M. E. Church South, No. 28 Tattnall street, Atlanta, Oa. An undertaker in Jersey City, who bad at tended to some preliminaries in bis line for the wife of a street ear-driver who died a few day* ego, informed the family on the eve of the day set for tho funeral that be would have to have so much money down, on account of his bill, und. upon l>elng wfusnd. took the corpse out of the ice .box ami left the house KILLING A PST ELEPHANT. He Twined His Trunk Affectionately Round His Keeper and Died. A Boston dispatch to tne New York World says: Bijou, the great pet elephant who has for two years been on exhibition in the World’s Museum on Washington street and previously was a resident of the Central Park menagerie in New York, was given poison last night. This animal is the oldest and had been in captivity longer than any elephant ever on exhibition. Bijou has been in this country for sixty years, and while he is known to be 75 years old the i robabilities are that he was lx>rn nearly 100 years ago. Recently ho had suffered greatly from old age, and his efforts to stand up and receive cakes and candies from visitors at the museum as he used to were painful in the extreme. In the last tw > weeks his massive legs refused to support the weight of his huge body, and his at tempts to respond to the call of his old trainer were very affecting. He would trv to raise himself on his kneesand then, rca 'h ing his trunk towards his keeper, the huge beast would settle back and moan. The old elephant had also lost his appetite and was growing thin. He found it hard to sleep, and lay awake nights groaning and in such evident pain that it was decided to kill him. A box of chocolate drops satu rated with a powerful poison was given Bi jou after the museum closed last night, and in forty-five minutes the beast twined his trunk affectionately around his keeper and died. Bijou’s body will be buried in an under ground air-tight vat until decomposition is complete. This will require some nine months, after which the bones will be sep arated, bleached and then prepared, and in another month the skeleton will be placed on exhibition at the World’s Museum. Bijou was ail African elephant. Sixty years ago he came to this country, since which time he had traveled with nearly every circus on the road. Twenty times, it is said, his ownership changed hands, and with each stranded show poor Bijou would get anew master. When a youngster he was owned by a London tavern keeper who exhibited him with a pair of immense goril las in his tavern, and from there he drifted across the Continent. When but an infant Prince Albert of England rode him and made him a pet, but his after life was not so pleasant. In 18-tO he visited Germany with a prom inent showman and tramped back and forth throughout the world until 187.’! and 1874, when he was an attraction in the Great Eastern circus. Then O. P. Older, a well known circusman, purchased him, and later Bob Frier, an equestrian with Bar num’s circus, broke him to tricks. Bijou then went to California, and at last drifted back to New York. On the way home, in crossing a bridge Bijou refused, after trying the planking, to make the pass age. His keepers, it is claimed, goaded him on, he took a*few more steps and plunged through the rotten boards, spraining his ankle, and since then he has never been him self. While in the Central Park menagerie in New York the agent of the World's Mu seum bought him. That was two■yeansago, and until within three weeks Bijou was never off his feet, even to lie down. He was considered one of the best trick elephants in the country. He played five tunes on the harp, played the harmonica, stood on his heart and did the housekeeping business for the circus with all the intelligence of his na ture. During his sickness he liar; been fed largely on fruit, and a day’s allowance in cluded two dozen oranges, twelve loaves of bread; 150 pounds of hay, half a bushel of grain and a bucket of shorts. Bijou was valued at $3,000 and was probably better known throughout this country than any elephant ever on exhibi tion. TWO CASKETS FOR SIO,OOO. 3trange and Costly Burial Cases for a Boston Family. From the Boston Herald. A reporter ran across a curious item the other day which, while it may read like an Arabian Nights’ tale, is known to be true in every respect by a dozen people within a short distance of Boston. A gentleman whose word is to be implicitly relied upon, and whose statements have subsequently been confirmed by other investigations, said to the writer: “I’ll tell you something worth printing, but you must not use names nor mention localities, as the entire matter is being kept a great secret . A year ago last April a firm of manufacturing undertakers in this vicinity were given the most extraordinary commis sion which they had ever received. They were told to make two mahogany caskets of a particular design, to be above the usual size, and in many parts fully six inches in thickness. They were cautioned notjto sav a word to any one about what thev were doing, as their customer dreaded publicity in the matter. The caskets were made ns ordered, it required S7OO worth of mahogany to com plete them, as only the best wood and planks wide enough to make each side consist of one piece would answer. When they were ready to be shipped from the factory a pho tograph was taken, and an inkling of the affair got out in this wav. I know that re porters of almost every Boston paper tried to get a look at them, or learn for whom t hey had been made, but without avail. They were taken from the factory in two two-horse wagons, each one making a heavy load for a pair of horse ; to draw. Outride oases of the same material were also provided at great expense. The owner of the caskets hacl them taken to his estate and placed in a building which he had erected on purpose to receive them. In that building two of the iie-.t wood carvers to be obtained have worked on these caskets steadily for the lst fourteen months, and they have no where near finished the first one. They were carving into the mahogany the most wonderful and intricate designs which von could imagine, all from sketches furnished by eminent artists. There is a spider in the centre of a web, so delicate that one’s breath would almost seem to move it; ikulls, from which life-like serjients are crawling; owls, hour-glasses and a hun dred other things with symbolic mean ings. At tiie rate the car vers arc progress ing it will take several years to finish their work, and when it is done it will be the mo3t marvellous thing of the kind in the world, I’ll venture to say. I should think SIO,OOO would lie a low figure for both cas kets. The insides will contain silken ham mocks in which tho bodies will lie, and many other strange and unique embellish ments. The gentleman who is having tho caskets made has purchased an entire knoll )n one of the moat beautiful of our ceme t -ries. and, it is said, will cxj>cnd $1:15,000 upon the tomb in which they are ultimately to ba placed.” “And who is this eccentric individual !" queried tho reporter. “He is a gentleman connected with the medical profession, hnving an office in Bos ton. His wife, who takes, if possible, more interest in the caskets than himself, it said to be the granddaughter of*a baron, and is reputed very rich in her own right. Their residence is irf one of the towns reached from the northern depots. Now that is all you are to know. Print what I have dis closed, if you like, but for goodness sake don't say who told you.” A Philadelphia Saloon-Keepor Has a Draft. A saloon-keeper named Terrence J. Lynch, at the southeast comer of Eleventh and Locust streets, some weeks ago was asked to take a ticket In the May drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery, and was knocked aback by tho information that ticket No. 15,766, of which he held one-tenth, lmd drawn the Capital Prize of $150,000. His draft for the nionoy was placed in the hands of the Third National Bank of Phila delphia and was promptly paid. This is the third Capita! Prize of $150,000, fractions of which have been paid within the past three months in Philadelphia.— Philadelphia Telegraph, May 28. BROWN’S IRON BITTERS, SROWN’S 'BITTERS Combining IBON with PURE VEGETABLE TOSH'S, quickly and completely CLEANSES Rnd ENRICHES THE! BLOOD. Quickens the action of the Liver and Kidneys. Clean the complexion, makes the shin smooth. It does not injure the teeth, cause headache, or produce cob. stipatlon— ALL OTIIEB IBON MEDICINES DO. 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