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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1884)
Ilj ta~ TLLfe < i, a - TXfTX. V r 'Trmnr/L THE SAW!)! ST OPEK . Xlic CircRN mid i* (»*w \olni* Abutif li f St.< ' Ml ill <»» <• IBps ifveteian eitfai tltai State New i\gk the State was the “original” for ‘SibIflriSlHIijtfi ■■■■ pyeatesf uumbcrof c.rcns men. in New , } , "h^tchAynnI»uy.i><H'. York at flic Old Bov.ay »u, appealed A nip,!! th< ..tre. and was of the 41 *.u»U»oui*j*Ui« I.ncoa about clown. r So.S g . i the trl tfhwes infrooic . Aift an , , stylo ot circiin^ii inti.ij' ndo EiigTand and made a big Htir m London by I*. Some of the circus downs oldliklng were really cdbBbted wen win. took »n to more talent than education, and more shift I wi_£iyi , rf Among rae former clowtiH of toe oMnii lime won Not Austin, Bill Worrell, father land,tSSKerBiw ot iho W(j i r*«'d usir'nts; 4o« Jieut Arthur Nelson Dr. James Thayer, F. _h|Uct AN Wi^ietf imd’Dln Wfbpeafflf lhci:.* t$t% pt t|k :H$ JuJi p*rliaj;« Uuk llwe wills roputnifatn be#, oblwly oyrol «ia<( tating Walk-11. Oid , UtfaitC is utfl l#tiid|. I Old 8<-tb wwrnwy* f<"W home, anil the first thing be did with bis itUatffAMMtW much of riHuild the original the timber Old place,: and using ns could.' Ol-i Beth liard twotwin iron us he « ? I AephMm tlib who nliow'bfeinesH, i w4r*i s womit‘H#jcr and ithke, ofteii TOtlibl' mistaken tins ope for tiui otlier. Iiadn’t Ibifkfy, flic jairtticr of Jtaromn. the slightest idea of entering the tjiow IniMiiiess tiJl.hs Dmnii-ctient tell in love witu Aiii-s ,th« d^irneij pi'et ti,-st. Kl rl in a vttflU^tfttTTPr tvtwnrr'tffmft tfftm. ^JTtT^iy marryingthc Hdy, b.<-.imo a partner <J Ituiy the tn-tlwr in Sfe, m Jnd biisinrH titan g@t n ^y rrota , A“*J3* I'Clig ^ | •'biggest «h»atry showman Clerk i» iSjibtlfv but oue in toTeiul the United t-w The flat circus in this country started nor advance hj. out. The first circus tent was put up in New York city, at the corner of the Bowery and Grand street, tOUWf *f IW'"#Ttt iTnH winwt WTTn Tm Jtlf inf* mensc amount of enttiu 4i i«w>ni, over one-fifth the at tne. cAnfs tv-int in vogue to-day. yfcior ^ qpeA'Jffs ffreat «aavlui« fipt Wiaa ft Itoq wlifcfi looks so pmcftffy Iiorriblu to the OUiliuuuu, of puuuig his hood ui thuiion'a mouth, lie hikes, ummapeoted by the nydlfltieo, a iireuftution'Wlfifth Rtmtars it ftgafijjkt fils comfort tlw* hou/t to ljatufal hurt ^m^ntt He as holds well an nun. the lion’s tongue so tlint if h“ t»iwl to hurt him lie would certainly hurt r^m liirn- 'a I sclf/^ R ^puUh thc^cdi^ tn^n^tht the bcaat were to try to bite him ho would have to bite liis owu tlush. ownlpomfort, /The lion seeing this and valuing his naturally prefer* leaving the man tmiiurt to hurting himself. i fr Tp- , - I Be Doctor*# HcMnirft. ft ThIo’oI Real l.tfV llown In Trim. M IVmwknmi, any* a newspaper cor¬ respondent, writing from Texas, wo met 1 , * • gentleman who watt Id make a good stiidy for ft novel. It was a doctor, who iisftdlo liyo at Linfrolu, 111., and whoso j Itahtlfcr Pulaski, la'tow lie Is Iltei]>(#tteft6tur of the moat at original Mount one and entertaining ehiiiacteia l ever mot, and is engaged in ndthip the lending •Mftfr'WSwa one day to an* huge landowner, and a man of considerable d, wealth, eucrgelic do and imhlh'-Hpirifi but lias a w:fy <u ing things that does Rot always plRasc tho.n.vtives. lint the doctor is htajself gcnemUy f ftafl*to tike r%r# of in peace Sna or in war, Notlong ago he was row wifi the town,, amt got tluv worst of it. fTc lolil: l.D revenge m a manner that was both origiiM and efleo U\e. ilcAj't a largo quantity of white algn-bOarila,'on black lottora which lie hsd painted to Bcnp- in largo During v< torencea the night ho tnro passages. took a step-ladder and nailed them up In FWR«ptrtiotiR ptaees alt over thetown. On tho court-house door, on the fences, <ai tV telegraph polos, and on the dead walla, when morning came, the aston¬ ished eithr.iwm lieheUl such legends as “See Romans xii., 10." “See Acts v., 20," “See Job xv., 14,” “See TI. Corin¬ thians ix., 7," “See „Iuuiaus xii.. 17 18.” since. Men were going around tho streets with tho Holy Word ui reform! their bands, hunting up the passages to, and when they reed on the sign¬ board: “Aud bow, tl, Lord, look upon their threatenin^a, and grant unto Thy aerVaht'to bjwak With all liOl/tRess, ’’they . . . 5 ... „w ^ UteClftMi *ii?\.':Xr^lJ«id thoucli 1 la* rude in mxioi. yet ami siot hi kacwlfi^, aud w «o wall to bear wit ‘fi me," they regarded the Mig grwtioi) a* very appropriate and forcible. talk of the town. ¥ t - ■ Kkwt -The London _ mom.- aewsiMMn tislin are pitch lifflg into Miss Forbwcue actress, bob that the ixx>r, jilted girl has | retuuied tliat her acting to tho §tage. colorless BThc and JVnu^says ! is empty. The Standard savs that stiffucas and constraint spoiled lier jn-rfoemance. Btfil ahe might have made a very respectable wife for ^noodle such as Gar mo vie. A Gr-OKOift ,07' cnml>ed ’ three tliglifs man of stairs to whip lightnrag-^tifl an i dit- r, and with camo down on the hfs clt . .... _. , ,_, „ , no*. How ro catch a hart wild—Grab him hy the hair. Tita' «” «■<•«■ tenantry!»i*t-usc fiWAftAi. JwwV T)i<- <5ar:- Wortham* to Tlia to-it did fairy work on pe-ne »«<1 ~~~MWffV - * 1 - -- b»mv. and powet fe4 a wonder, haw not UmriaUtitf m,**-* wttarfte- now? winter* •• * ** xia-ir liome fires fall an bright on hiarii :|r 4 >■.• ■■■, , Tb< v«««fa vl k«"-p tVu- holly for »>■•< etnhw, T»- .. -rid a >m « v m t-.r the new $e»r. _ / : ; ifirr. 1 i) t ribr--,i r op IIK.-1 r ' :.,el tne roiae—n( ..... , i> *»«fc.Uwfn i>»* ■.lit will. lovi.,K '. 1 **■! KW.vhwvs <>m- «•*«■ f-r»ot «*■*• thi.^sV Whv i* »t now Hm north , wiml . , fiaos , , ns ilii^yi. , \ ):y t#*rpe tt.uwci- dun iUi W 1 ■ • Waiengthi-light of promi < from om 'iy i n t to i m away.' yi a «liiun*-:» not hla theirs to pass fa, «v M .net thus .when dreams of lore and .iartfs r.avc smn-hine to the winter* of ts Woie its lilies li*l Jkilen in l'aftitte's (jn»r >*. ' % - wifli his Or •time had bowed Ow-m heavy hath ; &■-£ #' ysmify, ih<- twifkmts found us.strange and ® * •* ■ , With shadows coming when the fire WHrttS •' i.,w,--‘ A 'D , '{ «o««9W To t<;!J Jh« distant graves and losses only; TW pastJhat,cannot clmngo and wiU notfco. ' 1 iff? j ! "Ala*! <1«ir fri-nds, IM* wtAtcr lsWithm . ,. us, Usui is Use ice tlist grows ahyut, tiio heart, With fpnu putty r-are* fwJ luiritagii vs in au»l regrets bs#y ,tjjat fart.. win us lilifa true ( <8*k«"'k »n<t skk* rsfioicu, yen, wsuyliip ruUwr; IT• i:,,j nnt 1; 1 Wvf4TTfi*y 1. it and tn-iuhlu^uu. Wfw^r^htb*■# •«. , p.anngtliiMvint.rs wliich th.y may not hoc -----I—»———- l-f*^hs bupws. - J > ><ll)lin | i i^ \ \ <ro - tjN Seyn jn * Tbcro was a sjipprysal murmur of of Messrs. Bainbridge & Son which the stir of a hundred sewing machines ooald not wholly drown. Wln-re Un mi presence sure the if he superintendent of the room, un defstanding this, did not Doliw attempt Wynn to and en force Bruton silence, so pretty confidentially Slay talked of the very groat and in their corner room; t w - wm o interfered, wolf no irnig as fingers were busy tfiis as as tongues. said, Dollies And is what 3Jay blue ayes lioing rivftod upon tha quilt ing on which she was at work; “I saw her yesterday when 1 was going out to dinner. She was just stepping udd self* hqr carriage Her itfid ^fi*- Rhe Itidhs Hdgar old— him lirtudihg should in. lint they nearlyforty, t^immOnsely I rich, say; nad her dress say she ■ was splendid. So age.” 1 suppose her money goes against her “Did you hear they were to be mar riedsoon?” “Bless me! didn’t I tell yon that? My brother is in the stationer’s where the the wedding-cards wedding-cards are are being ixjing printed. printed. 27th. They are to be married on the Mr. and Mia. Edgar Bainbridge, and the card of the bride's mother, Mrs. William Wilson. Twelve! Como; wo will go for a walk." “No, 1 am tired,” Dollie pleaded, Aud sudden her friend pallor l<ilt of !u t, novel beetling the the sweet young face, »«'.■, tho menu dumb mo agony in ... the ...» groat B ..„. blue ....... eyes to the piiu li W-M Htaol cmmwhere «*M* tUo tho cloak., clonk? *hawls imd h»te«f there, cram long m a corner hidden cntirv.y by a huge waterpnwf, she tried Bauibridgc / WMt lmd nn it an ii^t?. tn tin long .>h*ti|d Year liu .dgar hat tried bv evoro mnscnl.no device to win hcr iove. She lmli not been ...... 11 . 1 m. id v, heart and cepsepmee uuly acquitted her. fHic hml given her love, pure, true and ( m thfui, te> the son delicately of her employer; but ht> hrt(1 s „ U gi,t it, aud p'njst untiv * befuru Uo knew that it-was given him. TVsjrcuug girl, now for a liv fog,M*t **“‘R daintily father |re«l having and tlior- been ninthly educated, salary her sufficient give a mail drawing a to his only child every advantage. But when lie died, his wife in a few months following him, Dollie had chosen a life of tlv f s ,. And - yet m the social . galm-riags .. g* ui these relative* and the fnouda of sum mer days, Dollie was still a welcome guest. Uncle sub It was at her Lawrences nrban villa she had been mtr.xlueiM to JEdgar lUinbndge. After her^arip tl* she .n't'i frequently, and in h w ‘ th b ;. r ® wee *» * >w ?? l * f m T ^marked , attenfaon from hm. , l!er W,th greatest ^ charms frankness the that^JBTTJ young girl haf wiis r.wvmV-s £%tellrkll B'Ahe had made her heart bound wi ra WisLuhor sudden, grateful joy by telling h«» 4 hvwe , he ‘ feax or anuoWe n<| by l#u hor to giving expeemg her to the remarks of her eompantons. found After this, however, she often !r|»i waiting tor her teddi at htae w*no *poM ^hd twtlirtr fn>u 8i» os ft nt, always so respectful and oonrtooHS tfrat she was glad of his projection in her long walk. • < had but trifled with bar after ali Poor Litiie Dollie, on me king among tbe shawls and Hooks, felt as if all site shine was gone from her fife forever, is : fraffcawt- ^i4w * A ft r Ci ^ « wnrtwd i n23 s0 nn mhf.d br tbo sudden blow t i on over the sudden flood of over-work ^ 0 <>m •ftvel ti$ mil-fight. A i 14 foUU if rii#iOTfflks ffrTlirSBaw^:, says we Bnt these must be ready to deliver >, foSSl tnl o j vpfcir whir whir! !>*»« and basted, worked with meebatafcal nrecisioh Urtirng the in voices and maehtera her*cava fw-liag lir-^ . tSi< , beating ,1 1nL4 4H«tUic r/ ithe ti.ron.iot pain n uui^r wewy wear/ntau, head out npciiking no wo-d oi repmmg, ex insiag her pailnl .aoc by tho plea v. nUtsa Jo .p-pd home tnrough thTilh'ealo a an/zliug r .^’ > the .fassed counting-house down the staneaso her she sawm re cent Jover, busy over some account %utnorlh#lieay^mWS 1 *L f f _■! iud heard • mkw that morning she would have felt sure that this sudden spasm of industry was ; q . £nrwi«h an excuse fer escorting her home at the unusually late hour. But, if ho, Dollie felt it was but an ia(J<V»l insult to Lis dishonorable con a nfl tfche Untried*! «h| f hop&ig he had not heard her step. She had gone some few streets from the shop, when, fiftasitig a church, she slioped upon a treaclidrous piece of ice RB }| twisted her anlde. / The Stlslden pain made her faint for a m ,,ai(>nt and she sat down upon the stonework supporting the railings to re oover herself.' Beside her, not a stone’s thr6y |[ a dark, j,Tick narrow wall alleyway bf ^ a ^ 0Jlf/ 10 the churclivanl, and the girl’s Wart sank * chili of she heard with tt terror as a man’s voice ill the alley say “l>Wi»’t v«i hear >t stepi Bill?” “A woman. ,She’s turned off somo ^twer U ° mUl ° ^ ^ th ’' ■a H * t “* flM * k Ton are surohe . , s taklngthe . diamonds ,. uome! 1 !,. ‘ Bare as death. ... I T was at - s when , he pave the order. 'Send them to my shop at J o clock, say* ae, -and I will take them home with me And ho gave the address of Bumbndge A Bon. 'But are you sure he will pass hero “Of oonr.se be will. He liven in the noki?street. He’ll come,” “Suppose ho sh,ows fight?” _ “You hold him, and I’ll soon stop fight.” Dollie’s elear Every word fell on ears and district in the silence of the night. Thejf . would nobody rob warned him, thjse him. dreadful ' men, if would spring out upon kirn as he’p'7*«(*p an( ] strike him down before he knew there He was danger. alone, unprepared. must not come p t .|se lover, false friend as she felt he was, slh> could not,,go on her way and lepve him to death. When she stood up the pain of her ankle juikle was waa almost id anaaduratile; but she clung to the railing and so linyped along one street, The others seemed inter tninable. Often she crawled through the slush of tbe streets; often on «he foot hopped painfully along, till the shop waa reached at lust, and the light in the oonuting-honse still burned. » The fWo dnQI for th( , , ror king-gir!s was still unfastened, and Dollie entered I there, reaching the countiug-liouse soak in vet< whito nm ] trembling, to con j faont < . both Edgar Bainbridge and his ut u , r Unheeding their exclamations of dis may y aud surprise, she told her story white hni a steiulv voioe . “Waiting for me?” cried fhlgarBaiu- ° r liowgbt diamonds at-’sto | j ny i.i 9 ” asked bis father. wLli porur® tofllw Jglson, with afr, I to preaent' them, Ah, look your per- that mission, on Thursday. at poor girl 1” For, overcome by pain, Doiiie fatigue and i mental torture, poor had stag I gerad toward tho door and fainted upon 1 the floor. ! j and a in hasty few call minutes summoned the porter’s tfn| porter wifi a j j appeared, rubbing her eyes, but full a womanly resources for the comfort o' i j tlie girt. 1 < Dr» I A garments, cab was procured, furnished aud elotbeLk .hearted dry and, escorted by the hv |th« |pfi|, D|llie woman, wasilrivenhoftiti ' f TJie If „ t m <yrifag Dollie walking obliged provea tc p e impossible, and was t< call upon, her landlady for assistance tc dress, wondering at herself a Jittiel fa j caring But before to get up. sitting in tire noon, tttBur, her lame ankle upon 1 a cushion, she kv*. snprised by IViabridge two gaittemmi «alle»4-»< o|her ttmn aadsoa in pc six --, n d n lady who introduced hexsel m Miss Wilson. „ w , ., . ^ von do?” asked DJHe. terlvstratlgem.” o n)tnm i the rolibera -by a mas said the old gentlem, wjt “Edpo- ^ sauntered ; M past Ul, the alley* hf a revo wr ,„ his while I. with throe policeman, V pt room! and entered ttieafley softly beta it the villains. Taken by surprise, retreat cut off, they were easily :a* Maaoners. You understand, we cot not arrest theta ntsfea thev actually at tanked Edgar. As it is, however, there spJirr** was a very pretty little tussle More we “NIy foot! ’ Doiiie mumnred, “I sprained rest my ankle it that last I night. It was to stop to sat down on the c hiirch wall. ” lmarmg th’? "Qrsin^a P.^'^j ’« which y. J iiJ>isc «a U> -W uaje ’ at 1 T have come toseo u yon wilrbe my uti poor Edgar there double the happiest of men by «wt.i.g at a w«W««. Dohm* eyea slowly dilating the ***>“ 1 / spoke, were open to U#ur ^-“ssst to Thursday ?” * :i * P» A musical laugh answered her. t:m£ Calling tho gentlemen where at the they snaps lisul ‘ from the window, «®*«f *f rf 8 tbw little scene, Mu* Alison looked- up St then#. “Convince this young lady. Edgar,” vt she said, “that yonr affection for mo •*'? of a dutiful son, and that I 8 j iS1 n have a motherly affection for her 'p <ew i se ^hen f become bridge the senior”" wife of voux EJgar Bain ,, j i -mk!.. sn#B n « ( said' What Edgar may iiollie be imagined; , “wilson^ . . ^ ; s that „dthTla drove homo • • misoii, a a as mu, yy y’s guest wedding-cards, until the following Thursday, distributed,. w hen her too, were anb tbe bridal party consisted of two bridegrooms and two fair, blushing brides. " SALARIES OF PUBLIC MEN. l ude Nnan nn<l Hi* Army of A***i*tfint*— Wimt They Have t« JLive On. The Admiral of the United States Navy has a salary of §13,000 a year, offi¬ whether at sea or on shore. Ot her cers have less when on shore. Vice admirals at sea get §9,000 a year, rear admirals §6,000. commodores §5,000, commanders §3.500, lieutenants, senior grade and.cad'dtf’&50. $2 480 ensigns §1,200 to §1,400, creases‘in ®£b" |m»t off officers m the arm” in have been in proportion the tof^o General hum Slien- they service. dan for the first five years of service will get «13,500 a year; a lieutenant-general gets $1,1,000 a year, mwr* a major-general M&Oh’ cuioml * s.t«“.T. *ti4 , ,'i. S5 :" 0 '* tittves “““ a HeuaSoaa Represen get S8 a (1av the Speakerof the Hbmo and President pro tem. of the Senate $16 per ^ J j n ^ g rs ^ Congress the pay was efi a day Jor mpm |>crs of both Houses, au a i n two years of John Adam’s term fts President Senators received t>7 and R epresentat i veR per (j^m. In 1815 it was changed to $L,500 per annum for members of both Houses, and in 1817 to $8 per day. The Clerk of the House and the Sec re/ary of the Senate each get $5,(MO a as do the stenographers Comptrollers in Con¬ the the two Of Treasury, a number of Surveyors of, Customs and the Commanders of the navy, Pension agents get §4,000 a year, the Xlivfl Servioe Qommiasioners Sfc.500. the two Assistant Attomey-GeneiJ(s §5.000, eight Justices of the Supreme Court §10,000, nine Judges of Circuit tTnited Courts §6,000 and fifty-three Judges of States District Courts from §3,500 to §4,500. Besides the mission to St. Petersburg the only other American Ministers who get §17,500 a Berlin. year are those at Paris, London and Our embassadors to Spain, Austria, Mexico, Italy, Brazil and Japan get §12,000 a year. Those to Chili, Pern, Uragnav, Nicaragua Gautemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador get §10,000, and those to Portugal, Belgium, Sweden Rayti, and Norway, Den¬ mark, Turkey, Greece and sev¬ eral South American countries get §7,500, The Consuls General to Lon¬ don, Paris, Havana and Rio Janeiro get §6,000 a year, and there are 175 Consuls who receive from §1,000 to §5,000 a year. Kurr.cl Smith’s Hospitality, There was a party of four or five ®f us from Cheneyvillo, La., to look over a f«gnr plantation, sad we had dismounted by the roadside to drink at a spring and rest a hit under the shade, when along came a native on a mule. As lie drew bp anil looked us over we saw that he was armed with shot-gun, revolver and knife, and the eyes under his old hat had a bad expression. “I reckon you gents haint bound over to Kurnel Smith’s place ?” he said as he surveyed us. that,” “Reckon we just are answered our spokesman, ?" * 'How soon i I Right away.” do “buy, GhoJ-id, will ye me a favor?' “Treekon.” “Sot here tnr about, half an hour, and thefl don’t hurry. The Kurnel and I have had a little fureo, and I’m going to git the drop on him. Reckon you don’t care to mix fa?” “Reckon not, and if these gents is agreed we’ll give you time.” Wo didn’t raise any particular objec¬ tion, and the wayfarer passed ioII<|wed on at a gallop. By ami by we at a slow pace, but made no discovery until we reached Smith's place. The “Kur nel" was at the «F-te with a rifle leaning against the fence, and as he came out and shook hands our around guide asked; “Been any ftirse here, Kurnel?” “Nothin’ to speak of, thartk ye.” “Didn't see a fellow on a rsewl come this way?” “Weil, somebody did come along an’ fill that ’ere gate poet full o’ buck-shot, an’ I sent a ballet through his ole hat to teach him not to be ao keerleas; but git off yer bosses xs T come in—dome right an’ make yenoslvt* to hum. ’ ■—Detroit Free Freos, Tub Chinese of New York city have prcveil that they have some bowels of compassion for Their suffering country men. In answer calling to for an anpeal from the Hd country, aid tor the victims of great floods near Cantos, §45,000 was r iscl there in a few dav 3 . Several Chinese merchants snV'serftaal $2,000 eu | Ii Till: FIRST ICE-PAUCE. * —- by the Faiprw Annn JvnndlT.Bi o: the Neva, ITCii This x:zs cut Into large blocks, wtth rale and compass, and carved with all the retrain architectural nilU*M t «re te. No eemeut was used. Each block when re ady was raised to iis destiined place by cranes and pulleys, the and just before it was let down upon block which was to support it, water was poured between the two; the njqier Block Vas immediately lowered, ■■■■I and as the water froze almost instantly, ih that intensely odd climate, the two blocks became literallr.oue. in fact, the v,-hole building appeared to be, and effect really it was, single mass of ice The prn dneed must have been infinitely more ecJiy beautifui than if it lisd been of the most marble—its transparency and Mi tint giving it rather the appear anOe of a precious stone. In dlraonsions, the structure was fifty six feet long, eighteen aid feet wide, twenty one feet high, with walls three feet in thickness. At each corner of the pal ,»ce was a pyramid of the same height as.tbo.root, of course built pf ice, and around the whole was a low palisade length of the same material. The actual of the front view, including the pyra¬ mids, waa one hundred and fourteen feet. Tbs palace was built in the usual style 0 f Russian architecture. The fmaJr, was plain, being merely divided into compartments by pilasters. There was ^ window in each .division, which was painted in imitation of green marble. The window-panes were-formed of slabs of ice, as transparent and smooth as sheets of plate-glass. At night, when the palace was lighted, the windows were curtained by canvassed screens, on which grotesque figures were painted. Owing to the transparency of the whole material, the general effect of tire illumi¬ nation must have been Sue, file whole palace seemingly being filled with a delicate pearly light. The central divis¬ ion but prpjycted, in and appeared window-, to be a door, and was, fact, a largo was illuminated like the others. Sur¬ mounting the facade of the building was, an ornamental. balustrade, and at each end of tlie sloping roof was a huge ch'imney. The entrance was at the rear. At each side of the door stood ice imi¬ tations of orange-trcee, in leaf and flow¬ er, with fee-birds icfiotas)'or perched on the brandies. St. TV April. I AN ACTOR RAGCED. An Amusing Story,of n Barn Storming Com¬ pany Out W«u. “Speaking of traps rominds me of a Attic iiicidjuit Unit happened a fewyears -r«go in a little Michigan town. Miss Blanche de Bar and a moderately tart company were hunting fickle fortune in towns more or less not on the map. They struck one place that hhd an en¬ tirely new hall, atid opened it with a per¬ formance of The Hidden Hand, When their carpenter came to out' the trap in the stage for ‘Black* Dan’—-or whatever his name is—to ffill into when Capitola presses her foot on the spring in the floor, ho was astonished to seq that he had ‘cut right tUrough intfc tne btpre be¬ low, which belonged to ths owner of the hall! The owner, a jolly, good-natured, and find ready sort of a chap, came up, ing that the trap was necessary for the play, said : ‘All right, you go ahead and cut it. I’ll fix it np some way so that it will he all right for to-night.’ He and the carpenter did fix it np, in some way best known to themselves, while the rest of the company wont away until time for the performance. In the evening tho carpenter told them : ‘Look out for those boards over the trap under the carpet, and don’t kick them away, or yon wili leave the trap open. When the time comes I’ll take ’em away, and all “Black Dan” will have to do will be to step forward on the space, a»d the car¬ pet will give way with him.’ Capitola As he said, so it was done. W r hen put her foot cm the imaginary spring, and ‘Black Dan’ took a step toward her threateningly he dropped ont of sight quicker than a flash. There was a mo¬ ment’s silence, and then up from that trap camo a volley of half-smothered howls, ejaculations of profane amaze¬ ?’ ment, and wild yells of ‘Where am I that were not in the play. They rang down tho curtain and investigated. The ingenious landlord and carpenter had nailed securely in the trap by its mouth a huge wool sack, about fourteen feet lor,^. When dropped the actor went through the of trap he clear to the bottom it, and there he was swinging like a pendulum in the darkness, half suffo¬ cated, and frightened almost to death.” Depending Too Much on a Dog. in Rooney owns the ugliest yellow dog Austin, His friends often joked him about sfliould the brute, and suggested choke that him he drown him or to death with butter. But Rooney would wink and say, “Niver you moind; that’s the saygaciousest pup in Texas. ” After many a wild debate at a ward followed meeting, by Rooney his had staggered homo hi3 faithful dog. It was custom to cautiously open the door and send his yellow dog in as an advance guard. II ’the pup came back hurriedly, accompanied by a howl, and a poker or a saucepan. Rc-oney retreated and slept in the wood-shed. * On account of these services Rooney became much attached to his dog. The but poet has said, “There’s nothing true Heaven.” One night last animated week Rooney came home after an discussion with some of his countrymen as to the expediency of using dynamite “to intimidate the toyrants.” Be ap¬ proached the doe» ranfiowsly, listened at the keyhole, and then whispered, as he opened The the door, “In wid yez.” his legs dog thrust his tail between of and sneaked in. A dead silence several minutes followed. Then Rooney Miloqnived. thinkin’,” “It’s entered! a’slape she is, I’m and he ^ c5t morning when he mei his friend Mnlcahy, “Man the latter said : off alive. Rooney, did yon fail scaffold. Ye look all broke up. How ^ Ton get that face, anyhow ?” “I got it,” said Rooney, sod'y. “I g°- :t . MMcahy, me frind, by puttin’ me oopindenee in the saggacionsness av a ihrty yader dog.”— Texas Siftings. map BY Till WAY. TiiE German Admiralty coasjdefences, now thinks that it miist alter its inas¬ much as Krupp’s improved monster guns are found plates. tp penetrate.eagily thestrodg. est armor Tun Citizen ,.of lilion, N. Y., printed its edition by electricity, using an elec¬ tric motor, deriving the current from ten-light dynamo fifteen rods away. It j 3 the first "newspaper in the country thus printed, A PiiOVtunxCE roan slapped a stran¬ ger's face for staring at his wife in a street car, and he was beginning stopped to feel and himself little a hero, when the ear a girl helped the impudent fellow off. He -was stone blind. Eight hundred vagrants, a score of them men whose ages ranged from 90 to 99 years, were arrested in a single week toward the close of last month in Paris. Many of them asserted that they had not slept on a bed for thirty years. SrucE the commencement of work on the canal, the population of Aspinwall, Panama, has siiadcnlv increased from 1,500 or 2,000 to 8,000 into or 10,000, and building lias extended the swamps, where there are no streets graded. Hox. Caebot.i, E. Smith, of the Syra¬ cuse Journal , will deliver the annual ad¬ dress before the New York Press Asso . elation at its convention in Piattsburg, in June. George E. Stevens (Wade WippD), of Yonkers, will deliver the poein. Peesident Taylor of the, Mormon church says: “When they come West to wipe out polygamy they will find 100, 000 muskets pointing eastward.” In that case, says the Philadelphia Call, they had better take along 100,001) muskets pointing westward. Three thousand food inspections in Glasgow last year resulted in the destruc¬ tion of 10,000 pounds of fish, 3,000 pounds of pork, 600 pounds of beef, and other considerable quantities of food. Among the better class of houses, 263 drains have been inspected, and only seven of them found to be in good order. The Treasury Department J. H. is in receipt Sec¬ of a telegram of the from Treasury Cattle ganders, Commis¬ sion,’stating retary that he has information that the cattle disease prevailing in Kansas was carried there in clothing by two Scotchmen, direct from an infected herd in Scotland. Liverpool is the greatest shipping port of the world, its annual tonnage being 2,647,372 2,380.688 tons. London Glasgow is the next port with tons.’ ranks third with a tonnage of 1,432,354. New York comes fourth on the list of shipping ports of the world with a ton¬ nage of 1,153,676. Oxe of the latest cheats is tobacco paper. The stuff is snch an exact imita¬ tion of the natural tobacco leaf and is so well flavored that it takes a magnifying Cigars glass to detect the deception. made of this tobacco paper have a good flavor, burn well and hold their white ash firmly. Here is a statement, in round figures, of the Irish population 7,500,000; of Irish the in earth: Eng Irish at home, Scotland, land, 2.500,000; Irish in 2,000,000; Irish in Canada. 2 , 000 , 000 ; Irish in Anstraliaff 1,000,000; ; Irisff in America. 12.500.0(f): Irish elsewhere, e 5,000,000—a total of 32,500,000. In Sayreville, Pa., there is a horse which hauls thirty-five small cart loads of clay and one of coal dust every day. He lias 11cdriver, is as regular as clock work, and > ever fails to go exactly the .light number of times. If too big a load is p*t on the cart, he rears and plunges until a part of it has been re moved, At domino parties in Boston, the la¬ dies, but not the gentlemen, wear masks. At one entertainment a young gentle¬ man was flirting desperately with a domino, when to his astonishment the voice behind the mask said. “Why, fright¬ Bobby, where did you learn such ful things ?” The domino proved to be his mother. TriE engagement is announced of Sirs. Frank Leslie t# the Marquis deLeuville, a gentleman who has spent much of his time for the past three years in New York city. The duel between the Marquis and Count Almansegg, in Belgium, in which the latter was wounded, was be cause of remarks that the latter had made concerning an American lady. Not the Right Leg, “I leaf my poy Shake in der shtoro while I come down town,” be began as ha halted a patrolman, in “and looks pooty qneek a man vhalks and all aronndt and says: “ ‘Poy, I has godt some badt news for yotf.’ ‘How dot ?’ asks Shake. “ V6s it t Yell, your fadder falls down on der shtreet und preaks his leg, und I vhas here to get a dollar to pay for a hack to bring him borne.’ it t No!’ “ ‘Dot vhas so.’ ‘ Ylreel, dot makes my poy Shake feel like a load of hay falls on him, but lie doan’ go quite grazy. He, tinks it all oafer and asks: “ ‘So my fadder proke bis leg?’ “ ‘Yes.’ it l Ykich leg vhas it?’ tit Der left leg.’ t “ ‘Are you sure ?’ f(l Of course; I help to carry him into der city haJJ. ’ “Den my poy Shake he laughs all cater, sjrust so—, und chuckles down in his pools like dis—; nnd den he plows bo!ice Thistle mit all his might, nnd dot sch win filer runs avay.” “So Jake doubted his story,’eh ?’ “Of course.” • “ “Why r “Veil yon look here a few times.” He reached down and pulled up the left pant leg, and the officer aaw a, neat handy wooden limb. “Yon don’t fool my poy Shake on wooden Jew. And don t you forget tom V chuckled the rfd man as he waved hie hand for a street-car to take him aboard. —Detroit Free Press. Robert Bonder’s fast horses indude Marietta. 2:16*; Maud Macy, 2:16j; Mavbird. 2:21; Wolsey, 2:21}; and Cca vov, 22224.
