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SOME CURIOUS CLUBS.
ONE IN ENGLAND INSURHB ITS
ME.VBa.RS AGAINST TWINS.
Paris’ Clubs cf Deaf Mutes—Horse-
Flesh Eaterß of Philadelphia—“Sette
of Odd Volumes” Meets Every
Month—The Blockheada’ Dinner.
The purpose for which men band them
selves together are many. The associations
which are formed for reoreatlon naturally
furnish more oddities than those having
serious objects in view, though some of
these are curious enough.
Insurance societies now cover pretty
nearly everything in which there is a risk
of any sort, to provide against which peo
ple are willing to pay a premium.
Besides fire and life insurance, which
are of longstanding. It is now possible for
a men to insure against loss by burglary,
by defalcation of bis employes, by unfortu
nate investments, and a host of other event
ualities, and even to make assurance doubly
sure, by iDsuriDg bis various insurances.
But it bas beeu reserved for a financial
genius to propose the most extraordinary
insurance scheme yet devised. The Provi
dent Bounty Association hopes to raise a
capital of $50,000, and to mage a profit by
inducing the mothers of England to insure
themselves against the chances of twins or
trinlets.
A small annual subscription will insure
the payment of a considerable sum to the
mother of twlu children born alive, while
iu the case of triplets au additional bonus
of 50 per cent, on tne sum assured will bo
paid without any additional subscription.
In Philadelphia a society bas been formed
to promote tbe eating of horseflesh. The
organization is composed of men who, at
some period of their lives, were led by ne
cessity or curiosity to taste "nag beef.”
The latest idea in clubs in London,
already, it might be supposed, sufficiently
supplied with them, especially since ladies’
clubs have become common, is a baths club.
The object of this club is to provide a most
luxurious servico of baths of all nations,
and of every kind.
Several influential men are on the com
mittee, and a suitable house has been se
cured, which will necessarily need a good
deal of refitting to serve this novel pur
pose.
One of the oddest of the many literary,
scientific and artistic societies which meet
in London is the "Sette of Old Volumes,” of
which Bernard Quar.toh, the great book
seller, is the moving spirit.
The “Sette” is small and select, consisting,
strictly speaking, of twenty-one members
or "Odd Volumes,” as they call themselves,
that being the number of volumes of the
‘‘Variorum Shakespeare” of 1821, but sup
plementary “Old Volumes” to a like num
ber may be incorporated os vacancies
arise.
Judging from occasional notices of tbeir
doings, they do not appear to strive pfter
any higher ideal than simple good fellow
®hip, plentifully sprinkled with wit; and it
is said that these grave and sedate seniors,
when they unbend, are as full of quibs and
Pranks as school boys. There is a delight
ful vagueness is tbe rule regulating their
meetings:
“ The Settee of Odd Volumes shall meet
on the first Friday of every month, save
those months in which no meetings shad be
held.”
Another rule is that no “Odd Volume”
shall talk unasked on any subject he under
stands. The motto of the society is “Dulce
cst Desipere in Loc,” which Is thus cleverly
tendered by the “historiographer:”
Dulce—Eolightful. says the poet
Est—ls it, and right well do we know it,
Desipere—To ply the fool.
In loco—When we're out of school.
Bans, like London, abounds in literary
ud hrtistic coteries. Avery gay monthly
dinner is that known as “The Blockheads’
lhnner,” tbe blockheads (or woodonbeads)
being all the brightest writers and artists
of the capital, and the object of the dinner
to bring together men who might otherwise
never meet in the turmoil of Farisiau life.
The "gay olty” can aleo boast, among
other curiosities, of a olub composed en
tirely of deaf and dumb men. The serv
ants, too, can neither bear nor speak, and
when wanted are notified by an electrical
apparatus, invented by a member of tbe
olub, which gives them a slight shock.
The very joiliest of maDy jolly clubs of
Paris is said to be that of which all the
members are unde'-taken, or, as they are
oalled there, “funeral directors." The motto
of this club is: “Have a good time while
you live, for you’ve a long time dead 1”
A more serious phase of life is exhibited
by certain societies existing in various
places which have for their object the de
tection and punishment of differences
against morals.
There ie in Berlin a female Vebmgerioht,
or Inquisition, composed of about 200 mem
bers, all belonging to tbe higher official and
military classes, who have constituted a
tribunal for judging tho morals and man
ners of husbands.
Iu some cases a suspected husband is ob
served by ladies, not including his wife, in
other cases by paid spies. If found guilty,
he ie cited before a court of ladies, who ad
judge the punishment.
That most in favor is a money fine,
another is a threat of divorce, while a third
is corporal punishment—and administered
by the wife!
In some parte of Bavaria a mysterious
organization puts in practice a custom
known as "Haberfeld Treibeu” in cases
where offenses have been committed which
do not come within the cognizance of the
law, such as avarice, oppression, usury, etc.
This custom dates back to the remotest
antiquity, and bas been recently revived.
So close is the veil of mystery which sur
rounds it that the authorities have never
been able to bring the perpetrators to jus
tice.
The members are bound by a tremendous
oath to entire obedience to the masters and
to absolute secrecy. The offending party is
first warned, and if bo does uot mend bis
ways a midnight visit is paid to him by a
band of masked and armed men, who forro
him to appear undressed on the threshold
of his house, where he has to stand while
the charges against him are read out and
some peculiar performances gone through.
Only on rare occasions does the culprit
suffer bodily barm; but tbe brotherhood is
well enough known for its visits to be
dreaded, and is pretty effectual in working
the desires reformation,
NO EXCUSE FOR BALDNESS.
Kow the Chlnesa Plant Eyebrows,
Beards and Hair to Order.
Ikons Foo Chin in Louisville Courier Journal,
Have the Chinese any famous inventions,
since the days of their discovery of the art
of printing, gunpowder, perpetual motion
by water, clocks and mariner’s compass?
“Why certainlywas a Chinaman’s ready
and proud reply.
One of tho most valuable inventions for
the happiness of man and woman is now
absolutely owned and monopolized by the
Chinese, and they regard it as a sort of
national heirloom. It is'banded down from
father to son just as the great dragoned
throne of the Emperior Kwoug Hwag is
herded. No outsider, much less a western
barbarian, ever dares to prv into this
,eC lt 6 was unexpectedly given to me tbe
other day, and. like the rest of the China
men I was cautioned to keep it a profound
secret from the Americans. I toldl my ia
formant that|roy tongue should be sealed
on ihe matter. That is why I hare written
it out The secret is tbe art of bair
nlantintzi called in Chinese “chi mow sbi
" I t “ads like a huge joke on the BUI
Nye style, but it is no joke. It bas been a
settled fact for mure than 500 years.
A bald-headed tuan of almost any age
can within the space of forty-eight hours,
be transformed into a blooming youth, as
far as his hair ia ooncerned, or a bearalees
youth of 18 can be made to look like 60
within the same length of time by haying
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES.
planted upon his face a geuuiue gray beard
four feet long, or an old maid, without eye
brows, can be transformed iuto a girl of
sweet 16 by being fitted out with a beauti
ful pair of brand-new eyebrows or eyelashes
of any color. It is not a very costly opera
tion in any case, although it is a little pain
ful; but then, as it is only temporary, what
matter does it make to have beauty re
stored to you if you have to suffer a little
pain for only twenty-four hours, or eveu
forty-eight hours; without it you may have
to be poor and homely all your life.
Chinese superstitions make the hair
planting business an imperative profession.
Chinese physiognomists say that tbe eye
brows and whiskers of a man are as essen
tial iu their relations to his success in life
as his other qualifications. If the eye
brows are thiu, or his whiskers are sickly,
his luok will tie thin and his health will be
poor. Therefore ,in order to stop the train
of bad luok wkiob nature had unfortunately
ordained for him, he orders his eyebrows
changed or replanted by a hair-planting
professor. This is done by first carefully
pulling out the rebellious or unlucky hair
in the eyebrows. The next operation Is to
select a spot of hair on the neok of the pa
tient, or behind biß ears, that would suit
for a fine eyebrow and reduce them down
to tbe right length. A fine pair of sharp
pincers is pioked up with tbe left hand, and,
selecting a suitable-sized hair, the operator
jerks it out by the roots, and with tbe
right band, be quickly pierces a minute
hole in the skin of the bald eve
brow in a slanting direction, and, while the
point of the neeilo-like instrument Is still
on the edge of tho hole, the root of the
pulled up hair is carefully inserted. But if
blood oozes out of it before the hair is
planted, tne hole will not be used on that
day for fear of inflammation and not suffi
cient nutrime.it for the hair to take proper
root. This operation is reposted until
every hair in tbe eyebrows is replanted or
1 enlarged. The patient usually experiences
! pain in the eyebrows for about twenty-four
hours, after which he goes out and shows
himself to his friends.
The professor charges more for planting
i eyebrows than for planting whiskers because
| of the many varied degrees of slanting each
hair in order to make tbe eyebrows look
natural to tbe manner to suit the ideas of
the physiognomist.
Chinese common laws forbid a man to
preside in a court of justice—in other words,
to be a mandarin of rank—unless he Uas a
decent pair of mustaches. This law forces
manv ambitious men who are naturally
beardless to go to the “chi mow sbi too”
to make brand-new faces for them. From
this it can be seen that there is no exouse
ad none is tolerated in China for beardless
faces or bald heads in cases where it is nec
essary for those parts of the body to be
oovered with hair.
Advertisements areoften seen in American
papers for removing hair, but never for
planting it. It. is possible that in this, as in
so many other inventions, tbe heathen are
ahead of the Christians.
ACTED JDB r LIKE WOMEN.
Elephants, Lions and Tigers Scream
and Jump at the Sight of Tiny Mice.
From the New York Herald.
Bridgeport, Conn., March 6.—For
the enlightenment of the incredulous person
who bas always sniffed soornfully at tho
idea that tbe mammoth elephant, the lordly
lion aad the fearless tiger would tremble
and run at the sight of a little mouse a se
ries of experiments were made yesterday
by R. F. Hamilton in the winter quarters
ofjthe Barnuin & Bailey circus in Bridgeport,
Connt. These experiments proved that the
old story wai correct in every particular.
Of the twelve elephants, four lions, five
leopards and five tigers to which a mouse
was thrown, only the veteran trick,elephant
Don had the courage to face the tinv intruder
The other animals, Including the royal Ben
gal tiger Grover, wbioh Is tne most fero
cious i east in the collection, soreamed or
trumpeted in terror and got as far away
as possible from the mouse.
After the supply of mice hod beeu ex-
THE LARGEST
DEALERS IKT
IW OEORGrIA.
hausted a lot of small rats were used, and
they f uruls ed a still more unking illustra
tion of the fear inspired by the rodeut,
FEARLESS RATS.
It Is ODly fair to say that the mice felt os
much terror as did the large animals, but
there was no fear shown by the rats. They
showed light at o:ioe and sprang at the
beasts with wbioh they were caged. One of
them gave Jenny, the lioness, such a uip
on the nose that her majesty screamed os
loudly ai a woman would under tbe same
circumstances.
Don, the old triok elephant, made short
work of his two mice. He simply stepped
on them. The antics of the other elephants
were ludicrous. They danced around like a
flock of shoppers and lifted their huge feet
just as the shoppers would lift their
skirts.
Trainer Conkliu became nervous after a
few minutes and put the investigators out
of the elephant house. Tbe big animals
could be heard trumpecing for more than
an hour afterward. The lions and tigers
and leopards quieted down much more
quickly, and after thev had been fed they
ouly lay and winked at tbe mice that were
thrown at them,
BRAVE AMERICAN BEASTS.
Two little pumas from California in one
end ot the lion house had been left out of
tbe tests until Borne one proposed to frighten
them. A big rat was thrown into their
cage, and in an instant both animals
were on him and he was no more. A mouse
met with the same fate, and the investiga
tors adjourned with three chears for the
plucky American beasts.
It bad been planned to try the effeot. of
music on tbe nerves of the animals and a
frightened little Italian with a vlolm had
been provided for that purpose. His fin
gers trembled do violently when be was
placed before the tiger’s cage that “Ta-ra
ra Boom de-ay” sounded like a lullaby, and
tbe animals went to sleep.
Miss Rose Dockrill, tho little daughter of
the two bareback riders, Prof. Dockrill and
Mme. Eiise, gave a i oxhibitton'of b irobaok
riding with a young English rider, Harry
Ampniett, iu which she made a number of
exciting leaps and somersaults. Then the
eight triok ponies were put through a num
ber of new paosa.
AN AGED ALLIGAi'Otf.
He Was a Pet of a Southern Family
for Over 100 . ears.
From the Washington Star.
In the bayou flowing through the large
sugar plautation of Gabriel Montaigne,
lying seven or eight miles south of Thibo
deaux, La., there was recently killed an
alligator known to be something over 120
years old. In 1772 Mr. Montaigne’s father’s
grandfather, immigrating to this coun
try from France, purchased this tract of
laud from its original Spanish owner, and
in an attempt to clear the bayo.i of the
ferocious and aggressive alligators which
filled it to the number of thousands suc
ceeded in killing many of them, and among
them the mother of several young ones,
three of which be killed also, but the fourth
got away, leaving fire or eix inches of bis
tail behind him, however. This one was
afterward seen from time to time, and al
ways recognized by this missing portion of
his anatomy. He grew to be something of
a pet with succeeding generations, who.
however, thought it safes; t> keep him at a
distance despite bis friendly advances, but
it bas been a favorite task with the younger
Montaig iee of the family to go out after
each meal with tidbits for Old Hhortv, an he
was called because of his deformity. This
ago of 120 years is not unparalleled with
these animals, many being said to attain
the age of 200, though this Is difficult of
proving, exoept id such cases where the
creature Is marked in some such way as
Old Shorty was.
“Were you acquainted with the man?”
“No.” “Then how do you know that he
was a prominent citizen?” “Well, you
see, he died of heart failure.” —Chiago
Neui Record.
A L KUQN TIGER.
He Is Ghastly White and Stone Blind
but Terrible.
From the Sheffield Telegraph.
The great Jboot Demon, described by
Col. Bowlong in bis narrative of adventures
in India, was a tiger whose ways were as
mysterious as his ravages were terrible. He
could Dover be bugged, lie killed every
sbikart, native or European, who triedit.
This truculent beast bad never even been
seen, and as ba never mangled a body, but
only suoked the blood through an orifice
made over the jugular vein, the terror the
great Jboot Damon inspired is not surpris
ing. He never forced a door, yet he got
into house after house. Two subalterns
went out for him and next day were found
dead like all the rest.
One with bis last strength bad managed
to scratob the words, "Look out for a
L ," But no amount of conjecture could
solve the riddle of these words. A famous
shot, who once for a wager shot 100 tigers
in twelve months, met the same fate. He,
too, lett a "creepy" and mysterious mes
sage—the letters "A. M.” Then the colonel
goes. He built himself an ambush and
watched:
Just as the full light of the moon fell
upon the stream and illuminated the sur
roundings there was sii almost inaudible
rustle of leaveti close behind me, and turn
ing on lbs instant 1 saw a little gray
brown paw very cautiously putting aside
the twigs of my shelter, and behind the
paw I o -uld discern two small green eyes
attentively regarding me.
“A luugoor,” I said to myself as It van
ished from view, monkey! That's what
the lads and Dick Culverton m ant to tell
us, and, by George! there's mischief here.
Moved by a sudden inspiration, for which I
cannot to this day account, 1 hastened from
the shelter and ascended the adjoining tree.
I had scarcely time to seat myself comfort
ably upon one of the lowest branches when
I saw tbelungoor returning, tollowod by
the most repulsive looking monster my
eyes have euer beheld.
You talk, Snapper, of your tiger being
mangy, this one was absolutely naked, node
as a nut, bald as a bottle, not a hair any
where —a huge, ghastly, glabrous monstros
ity—a very Caliban of tigers, as big as a
bison and as long as a crooodile. As the
ghastly creature crept after the monkoy he
followed the slightest curve an 1 deviation
of his guide with the delicate alacrity of a
needle under the influence of a magnet.
The adroitness displayed by the tiger
was suddenly converted into a sub
ject of horrified wonder, for os the brute
upproacbod the ambush he turned bis hide
ous (ace up to the moon, and I c >uld see
that bis eyes were of a dull dead white,
without light, Intelligence, cr movement
The creature was stone blind. For all that
he evidently knew, or thought he knew,
what lay before him, for the saliva of
anticipation was clinging to his wrinkled
jaws like a mass uf gleaming loicles.
The monkey, wbeu it had come within
jumping distanos, giving a low signal cry,
made one vigorous spriug into my late
shelter, alighted upon my camp atool and
sprang out again on the other side. He
was instantly followed by the tiger, who
fell like an avalanche upon the stool, crush
ing It to matchwood and at once began to
feel about on all sides for his expected
victim.
Now was my chance; beneath me In the
broad light of the full moon lay the demon
of the jboot. I aimed steadily at a deep
furrow between the huge shoulder blades
and held mv breath for the shot. At that
moment the keen eyes of the monkey
caught sight of me, and the little animal
uttered a shrill note of warning, butjit
was too late; mv finger was upon the trig
ger and I fired both barrels in quiok suc
cession .
The Old Wire—Have you tuduced your
husband to give up cigarette smoking yet!
Toe Young Wife—O, my, yes. He only
iunales them now. We compromised on
that.— Truth.
HOKE SMITH'S RIVAL HAPPY.
His Own Account of an Interview
With Mr. Cleveland at> l^Xejyood.
From the New York.fi lift,.
Washington, March tf,—One of tbo
most lonely figures to bo found straying
around the Metropolitan hotel, the groat re
sort of the Georgia contingent, Is a wiry,
sharp-eyed little fellow named Benjamin
M. Blackburn. Since the appointment of
Hoke Smith to the secretaryship of the in
terior Blackburn has been in a state of
nervous oollapso. The story which leads
up to his disconsolate condition Is one which
illustrates anew the proverb not to put faith
In princes.
When the late presidential canvass opened
there was a paper started In Atlanta under
the name of tho Evcniwj Herald, with
Blackburn as its editor. Thu Constitution
was lighting for tho nomination of David
B. Hill, while tho Journal, of which Hoke
Smith was editor, was playing around for a
western man wiih whom to Pent the ( on
stitution's cindldate. Just wiulo tin
byplay wns in progress Joe Jefferson took
Mr. Cleveland down to Louisiana on a dnek
bunting expedition. Mr. Cleveland i assod
through Atlanta unobserved, save by the
Constitution. On his return, however,
there was a scramble between tho evening
papers as to who should make the most out
of the traveler, lloko Smith hired a can
non to greet the arrival of Mr. Cleveland.
Blackburn stole a march on him, howover,
by going out to East Point and riding into
the city with bis dexter arm twined around
Mr. Cleveland’s corpulent form, and bow
ing to tho crowds as though the demonstra
tion was intended for himself. That
eveuing he emphasized his possession of Mr.
Cleveland by calling a public meeting for
tbs purpose of inaugurating toe Clove
laud presidential boom in Georgia.
It was then that ho came to be known
as tbo original Cleveland man in Geor
gia. In the course of several days there
after Hcke Smith dropped his western idea
and came out for Mr. Blackburn's friend
Cleveland. The war which was waged from
that time on between Hoke and Bon for the
honor of being the great original Cleve
land man was interesting and ourious.
Finally the day cams when Mr. Cleveland
was not only nominated, but elected.
"By George!" B;ai kburu would say,“my
friend Cleveland will not be so far misled
as to take Hoke Into his cabinet. Why, I
am the man to whom all the credit is due
for carrying Georgia for Cleveland," and
he would walk about with tho air of a inan
who know what ba was talking about.
When the news came that Hoke ha 1, In
deed, landed himself into the cabinet, Biack
barn was a thoroughly disheartened man.
"I do not see what Grover can moan,” he
would remark confidentially to his friends, i
"1 have told him that Hoke Smith had no
hold upon the people of Georgia, and hare !
he goes and puts him into his cabinet.” |
It was while smarting with as-useof injus
tice that a couple of weeks ago Mr.Hlackburn 1
went to Lake wood to have an understand ,
log about all these matters. To-night,wuilo
standing at the doorway of the Metropoli
tan breakfast room, Blackburn told an ad
miring group of Georgiaus how Grover re
ceived him.
“When I entered the house," said be,
"Mr. Cleveland, who was reading, looked |
up, and, seeing me, sprang to his feel, say- ,
log:
" 'Blackburn, I’in devilish glad to sse
you. 1 would nover have forgotten you had
you failed to call on me here in Lake
wood.’
"Then placing his arm around my nook,
we retired to a sofa in one side of the room,
and Mr. Cleveland said:
“ 'Old fellow, don’t you worry. I’ll take
care of you. Damned if you dou’t de
servo it.’
"1 was so moved with Mr. Cleveland’s
cordiality that, placing my band upon his
knee, and looking him square in tho eye, I
said:
“ ‘Mr. Cleveland, there Is but one thing
more that I will ask of you.’
“ ‘What is that!' be asked.
“1 told him that when I went home l
wanted to say that 1 had su liahv Ruth.
'Let ino Hue tne God blessed iiltlu tuiug,' f
said.
“'l’ll be if I don’t Hello! Hdin!'
cried Mr. Cleveland, going'out into the ball.
‘Nune, bring Baby Ruth ilow* here at
once.’’
•“Shall I dress her first? luquirod tba
nurse from ujwtairs.
“ ’No,’ answertd Mr. Cleveland, ‘it Is my
old friend Black nurn who wants to see her.
Bring her down just as she is. It’s all in the
family.
"And ns Ito said it he slapped me on the
shoulder with a knowing ink. Boon the
child was down, and 1 heel her on my knee
and danced her up just as I have done my
own.
“ ‘God bless you, Ruth,’ I said. ’lf you
ever need a strong arm just call on me,’ and
as 1 looked up I saw u great tear dnppiug
from the father’s eye.
“ ‘Corno and soe rue again whon in the
white bouse,’ said he. ‘Old fellow, I feel
proud of having suon a true hoart as yours.’ *’
Blackburn is now fully repaid, in feeling
that even if Hoke Hmith is in tbo cabinet be
himself is tho family friend of the President.
GILBERT WANTS TO TRAVEL.
A Precocious Led Who Finds Too
Much i..lfe in New YorK to Suit. Him.
From the Few York Sun.
A small, well-dressed boy walked into the
office of Agent Uarn r o:i the Fall River line
pier yesterday and asked for a pans to Fall
River. The agent becarno Interested and, after
putting a few questions to the boy, was as
tounded at his wonderful knowledge of the
world. 1 e talked ii.e a man of 35, and tils
answers gave evidence of an unusual degree of
intelligence. Tho agent learned that the boy
was Gilbert Villepegue, that he was 12 years
old, and lived with his mother and step-fatberat
Amsterdam avenue ari l Nmaty-first street. Ho
said that lie was tired of living in New York
because t iere was too much life here for Dim.
Ho wanted to get out in the country, where he
was confident he could make ins own living.
Agent Garner was busy, bo he told the boy to
come around in the afternoon before the boat
left anil he would see wtwt could be done for
him. Master Gilbert would not be turned off
so easily, and the ne:.t bear-1 of him he was
occupy lug iho chief engineer's a at at the din
ing tabie. Policeman Kieran rinnerty of the
steamboat squat discovered him, and, gravely
saluting the lad, said:
"How d'ye do chief*"
"O, I’m not the chief, but I expect to be as
big a man as be one of these days," replied the
youngster, iu such a busiriess-liko tone that
the big polic- man stared at him in admiration
a few minutes before he could get PH breath.
“Well, then, who uro your”
"Am 1 obliged to answer that question?”
“You are,’ -aid the policeman gravely.
"I'm not under arre t.”
"But you aro in custody,” said the officer.
“Well. I'm not afraid of you. nor any - thet
policeman. Even ixupt. Byrnes can't scare me.
I haven't done anything wrong. My name is
Gilbert ViUepogue. 1 don’t think tbeie san
otht r name like it in the world. I'm dissatis
fied with a (fairs at home, and am determined to
go out and earn my own living.”
Polic man Flnnorty took Master Gilbert to
the station at pier A, where the little fellow
patronized Capr. Allaire for ten minutes. Ho
was afterward,taken to tne bureau of informa
tion at police headquarters
"If I was your iOther I’d give you two or
three spankings a day,” sai l one of the ser
geants.
"That’s been tried, but it won’t work,” waft
the boy s rejoinder
•Gj! Id make it work."
"T hat would be the biggest job you ever un
dertook.”
'To you know that you are very impertinent
young man?" said the bluecoat.
“I'm not. I may be Arm, but I'm not Imper
tinent '*
He said that his step-fatbor was Russell Mey
ers, wno was formerly a policeman, but wan
now in the employ of tho Mercuanis' National
Bank.
Mr. Meyers took Gilbert homo last night and
the b>y was uut on exhibition after that Tho
explanation of his escapade and of Ills grand
air. Mr Meyers -aid, was to bo found in the fact
teat tic nal been treating himself surrepti
tiously to a long course of dime novel reading.
Mr. Meyers lias lieen tearing up thrse books
as fast as be found them, and ye toniay he did
a* ay with a lot f them. Gilbert. Mr. Meyers
said. Is a grandson of Uon. Yillepegno, a soldier
of South Carolina
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