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He now "a leilljhl xU, blR
is very careful about inspecting new de¬
signs in paper weights. On a recent
occasion a box full of lizards was found
in one of tho pouches. They were
thrown out.
Very frequently commission men re¬
ceive samples of all kinds of grain and
other farm products, with inquiries con¬
cerning their value. Often in the spring
samples of strawberries are sent this
way, but on their arrival they are gen¬
erally smashed into pulp. Handsome
bouquets frequently make their way
through tho mails, but on arriving at
their destination, they are usually
crushed and worthless. A watermelon
came from Florida a few days ago ad¬
dressed to a man on Pratt street. The
carrier who took it down had the mis¬
fortune to drop it just as he entered tho
owner’s door, but it made no difference,
as it was green anyway. Small orders
of all kinds of goods aro sent in every
direction all over the country. The
meanest tricks ever played in this direc¬
tion was when tho envelopes for hospital
day were collected. Many of them
were not stamped, and as the depart¬
ment had been requested not to stamp
worthless ones, they were opened and
found to contain peanut hulls, bugs,
sand, pieces of matches, potato parings,
scraps of paper, pieces of bacon rind,
horn buttons, tin, etc.
One of the mo3t annoying things to
the officials was candy, and recently a
line was drawn there. That is, a rule
was adopted th.it candy should be put
mp in such a manner that it could not
get loose among the other matter. For¬
merly, nearly every pouch contained a
broken box of candy and a lot of sticky
letters.
Mighty Ruins in Mexico.
Surveyors who are examining the
route proposed for a railroad from Deal¬
ing, in New Mexico, to Janos, in the
state of Chihuahua, and from there to
some point on the Pacific coast, have
gone already as far as the old Spanish
presidio of Janos, which is ia the midst
of tho w ild Sierra Mad re of Mexico, one
of the least known districts of North
America, but evidently the seat of an
ancient civilization of which no authen¬
tic record has come down to tho present
day. In a canyon which was passed
through by the surveying party a suc-
high, and 653 on the sicfeP/"its base
covers 11 acres. The ston* are about
30 feet in length, and the layers are
380. It employed 33,000 men in build
ing. The labyrinth in Egypt contains
300 chambers and 250 halls. Thebes,
la Egypt, presents ruins 27 miles
around. Athens was 25 miles around,
and contained 250, 000 citizens and 400,
000 slaves. The Temple of Delphos
was so rich in donations that it was
plundered of $500,000, and Nero car
ried away from it 200 statues. Tho
walls of Borne were 13 miles around. -
[Commercial Advertiser.
A Rolling* Stone.
Perhaps tho most interesting autobi¬
ography recently given to the public is
that of George Pemberton Clarke. Mr.
C.arke has put the story of his life into
verse. At the end of the poem he says:
“I have traveled 140,000 miles, crossed
the equator eight times, encircled the
earth once, doubled Cape Horn four
times, visited forty-eight countries, six
tv-six islands, lived under six king
doms, seven republics, seventeen other
forms of government, civilized and sav
age; starved twice, chewed by a whalo,
bitten by a shark, blown up with pow¬
der, lursted boiler, broken leg, broken
arm, kidnapped once, asphyxiated once,
captured by cannibals, elected to bo
roasted, attacked by robbers, carried
over Chagres Falls, over the Rip Raps,
Virginia; fell do-«n ship’s hold, fell
down elevator hatchway, married twice,
am well, strong and hearty to-day;
that’s enough for one man.” The
writer further says that he is seventy
years of age.
The Tuft of White Hair.
The Duke of Siraoaetta, an Italian
nobleman, who is making a name as a
musical . , is . the descendant ,1 . of e
composer,
. long .. line of . dukes . , who , , have strange .
a ® a
peculiarity. 1 They have jet-black hair,
and . just . . above , the ., forehead , , . white .
a
tuft. . This they had s . for , a , long series . of -
years, ’ until the father of the present
duke , was . born some 60 n years ago. tt He
had , , thick, . . curly , head , . of .. brown , hair, .
a
without particle ,. , of , white, ... . with ...
a 1 ana
, him . it supposed . thero end .
wa3 was an
of „ the _ special . , mark. , -oil.- But his son is • a
tell, \ handsome man, with a head of
., , . , , ,■ ,,
extTS'SivilliiiiTRJiiig uilIetT “trail WSgon.’
Tho advantage of this arrangement is
that on a hcav y U P S rade tho “trails”
can be detached, and afterward pulled
U P -separately.
These S rcat traim journey slowly,and
stop early in the day to let the cattle
8 raz = and water - Tho men . wUo f °™
a c ' ass G themselves as distinct as the
cowboys, but very unlike them, gath
cr around a blazia S cam P fire . aad maka
| tiwmsehres comfortable after their own
fashioD - To the Granger caught over
nl K ht ia their vicinity they give of their
best, but they aro an unsophisticated
race, and the uninitiated sojourner who
should offer in the morning to requite
them for their hospitality would prob¬
ably be met with the gruff response,
‘ We ain’t runnin’ no boarding house,
pard; do you sabby? - ’ Except in the
delicate processes of trade, such as buy
; ing or selling a horse or an ox, one
type of westerner,
Many of these teams are made up of
mules instead of oxen, but as the latter
are cheaper to buy and quite as easily
kept, they are given the preference.
The driver in charge has generally a
cheap helper, who catches the oxen for
him, cooks the meals, and attends to
breaks on heavy down grades ; but the
master driver always guides the team.
He wields an enormous whip with won¬
derful skill, and from time to time ad¬
dresses his oxen in terms of ear-split¬
ting objurgation which would freeze the
marrow of a man reared on the barren
platitudes of our eastern speech.—
[Harper’s Weekly.
A < J ueer Superstition.
Ofhcer Mercer of Alleghany, Penn.,
noticed a woman go into the middle of
Main street and dig f a hole with a
hatchet. , , , She placed , an object .... m the
1
hole and carefully covered , it ., Thc
up. K
officer unearthed n the object .. . and found . ,
small „ , hand , . with .*\ writing it
a mirror, ’ f on
. , m
r
to the woman s house she explained ^ that .
the _ writing . . the _ glass , “Father,
on was ’
Son and Holv Ghost,” m and ...... that it
was
charm , J to drive away an ailment m . , her
a
head. It Swiss n custom . and . she .
was a
wanted . . to . . keep it buried , ... for three .. days. .
She was allowed to remter the glass.- —
J. Wilkes Booth’s Body.
All sorts of rumors have becL *lioat
from time to time about what disposi¬
tion was made of the dead body of J.
Wilkes Booth. Some say ho is still liv¬
ing, and is occasionally seen in. various
parts of the world ; others that he was
killed, and then under secret orders of
the government, taken on a vessel out
to sea and dropped, “food for fishes,”
no man knows whero. Mr. Bingham,
with other government officials, visited
a gunboat lying in the Potomac river,
and there viewed the dead body of J.
Wilkes Booth, which was identified be¬
yond a doubt. Booth, wi:h all the rest
of the executed traitors, was buried
immediately under the floor of the room
where their sentence was pronounced.
Their relatives and friends, soon after,
by threats of violence frightened Andy
Johnson into surrendering their bodies
to them, and all are now resting quietly
near deceased friends in various parts of
the country. Booth was buried beside
his parents in a Baltimore cemetery.
Mr. Bingham also mentioned a singular
circumstance in this connection, which
I have never seen in print. The course
taken by the bullet fired at Mr. Lincoln
produced instantaneous, painless death,
while that shot at Booth, though enter¬
ing at exactly the same spot, took a
downward course, causing the most ex¬
cruciating torture and lingering agony.
Opals Not Unlucky.
A man who makei a study of stones
and precious things tells me that the
superstition about the opal is dying out.
People are getting over all that non¬
sense, ho said. The black cat supersti¬
tion has vanished, and why not the
opal? He says he has had several calls
for opals recently, some of the callers
reversing the old superstition by saying
that they want the opal so as to change
their luck. There is also a new way of
setting diamonds for the ears, by which
the stones are never still except when
they are out of the ears. By this new
setting the diamonds tremble with every
pulsation of the ear, thus giving them
additional lustre. Even a stone that is
off-color will shine up to good ad¬
vantage when thus arranged.—[Chicago
Mail.
» Tnffe are 4 men employed s cle^ci
in the Pensi on Office, at. Washingto n, D. U.
Would yon know appetite. the keen delight
Of a wholesome dire,
Unrestrained by colic’*
Headache’s curse, or fever’s chills? fire.
Thoughts Then Dr. morose, Pit or e’s icy pills.
use r
Dr. Pierce’s genuine Pur- ative Liver PelJetts—the Pills; 25 original
and only Little cent* a
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Before 600 Chicago waifs were on a
picnic, their hair was cut and faces scrubbed.
It will pay all who 2 te Cotton Gins, to get
prices and testimonial cc of those A No. 1 man¬
ufacturers, The Brown Cotton Gin Co., New
London, Conn. They lead the world.
A Summer
Summer’s heat debilitates both
nerves and body, and Head¬
ache, Sleeplessness, Ner¬
vous Prostration, and an
“all-played-out” sensation prove
that Paine’s Celery Compound
6hould be used now. This medi¬
cine restores health to Nerves #
Kidneys, Liver, and Bow¬
els, and imparts life and energy
to the heat prostrated system.
Vacations or no vacations, Paine’s
Celery Compound is the medi¬
cine for this season. It is a scien¬
tific combination of the best
tonics, and those who use it begin
the hot summer days with clear
heads, strong nerves, and
general good health. Paine’s
Celery Compound is sold by all
druggists, $1 a bottle. Six for $5.
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