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SWORD 2,000 YEARS OLD.
vMMnted by *b« C«ar of Bowl* to Prto-
V ident Johwon.
I p Farmer, the county surveyor of
Columbiana county, 0., who reeidea at
iisbon has in his possession one of the
t historical specimens in existence.
n <, an old Damascus Made which, it it
claimed, is over 8,000 years old. It is of
" i- design and workmanship and was
"X entirely by hand, the Irregularity of
’ lines proving more conclusively titan
anything else its antiquity.
Shortly after the assassination of Fresh
dent Lincoln an unsuccessful attempt was
made upon the life of the czar of Russia.
A fleet of American warships was seflt-on
cruise across the ocean and incidentally
curried a message of oonnatulation to
Russia's ruler from President Johnson.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox ac
companied the squadron on board the
jfiantonomoh, commanded by John J.
Cornwell of Lisbon, O. Secretary Fox was
presented with the sword by the czar tn
person, as a token of his high esteem, ac
companied by the following speech:
“I present to you, sir, as the represent
ative of one of the foremost and mightiest
of modern nations, this saber, as a ma
terial appreciation of your nation’s high
regard for my welfare and safety. Through
ages it has been treasured in the archives
of my fathers as a semblance of the mighty
races that swayed the destinies of future
generations on the shores of the Mediter
ranean; it was carried through scenes of
carnage which marked the upbuilding of
the powerful sovereignty of western Asia
and has outlived the kingdoms it helped
build.”
The ancient treasure was accepted by
the secretary, with an appropriate re
sponse, and as the fleet steaiiipd Out of the
Russian port he presented tbe sword to
Commander Cornwell.
While the fleet was off Toulon, France,
Commander Cornwell died suddenly of
heart failure. Tbe vessels pulled in at tbe
port and a telegram was sent to Paris for
a burial casket. A squad of marines under
command of a lieutenant was sent on
shore to receive the .casket from the train
and convey it aboard the dead command
er’s vessel. Tbe casket missed connections,
but tbe sailors, who were unaware of tbe
fact, bustled a casket which arrived on
the train off to the ironclad. The fact that
the box was quite heavy did not excite tbe
suspicion of the sailors and after it bad
been taken to the cabin the mate opened
the cover. Consternation reigned on board
when there was disclosed tbe body of a
beautiful young lady, burled in a wealth
of flowers.
Tbe lid of the casket was hurriedly re
stored to its place, and preparations were
promptly made to return tbe body to the
depot in Toulonz But tbe story of tbe al
leged seizure had spread, creating intense
excitement in the French port, and a city
official was preparing to board the Ameri
can Warship with a search warrant. Ex
planations were made, but the mistake
came near causing an International dis
ruption.
Tbe French newspapers characterized
the actions of the American sailors in tbe
most scathing terms, assuming that the
taking of tbe body of the young lady was
a prearranged plan.
Commander Cornwell was burled at
Toulon, and tbe old sword was given into
hie widow’s keeping, and she in turn pre
sented it to her brother-in-law, Mr. Farm
er.
Tbe blade is 88)4 inches long and 1 inch
wide, tapering to a point. Tbe hilt is made
of born, ornamented with twisted brass
wire, and is as hard as adamant Tbe
crosspieces are of leather, tipped with sheet
brass. The scabbard is as interesting as
the blade, being fashioned from wood,
with a sheet brass covering. It was orna
mented in crude style by indents of a
pointed tool. Near the hilt, on the blade,
are a number of odd characters resembling
ancient Hebrew inscriptions.-—Philadel
phia Times.
Zola at Home.
Zola’s great source of material enjoy
ment is sumptuous furniture. His taste
in this respect is Italian. French country
houses are very simply furnished. The
curtains, when there are curtains, are gen
erally chintz. Zola’s place near Triel is
an exception* The study, salon and din
ing room there reminded me, so far as
furniture went, of the staterooms at Isola
Bella. The bedrock of Zola’s sensorium is
Venetian. He has the instincts of the
magniflco. This may seem discrepant with
what I said about his presence being like
St. Paul’s. But his mother was a French
peasant She redeemed him from Italian
trickiness and gave him his toughness and
love of bard work. He has, in spite of bis
nervousness,ltalian suavity. The agitation
is only surface; down deep he is pococu
rante. No task daunts him. He is as
methodic as Anthony Trollope and writes
whether in town or country so many pages
and no more a day and then cycles, boats,
gardens or chats with friends who come
down to Triel to pass the afternoon. The
house there was at first a one story road
side cottage, with a room to right and left
of tbe little halt Addition after addition
have made it quite a big place. The gar
den has been widened and lengthened
down to the river, where there is a boat
house. Zola is owner of an island facing
his garden. The fine furniture greatly ties
him down. It represents, with the villa,
tbe interest of so much money that he
thinks he Cannot afford to summer unless
at Triel.
The simplicity of La Salle de la Gomme
at Ste. Pelagie will * a great change after
Zola’s domestic sumptuoslties. Fortunate
ly that prison is on a hill and tbe air and
view extensive. “La Salle de la Gomme”
means “the swell’s room.” Rochefort
made there last week a charming halt In
his feverishly busy life, and he wrote a
preface—an exquisite gem of French liter
ature—for tbe Caran d’Ache edition of
Lafontalne’s “Fables.”—Paris Cor. Lon
don Truth.
A Story of Capoul.
Alas, poor Paul Capoull His once over
whelming popularity availed him little
when he arrived in Paris to compete for
the directorship of the Opera Oomique,
and he has been obliged to return again to
his admirers in America. Talking of
Capoul, I heard a rather funny tale about
him the other day. It was when be was
at the height of his popularity, when coats
and hats, shoes and socks were being
named after him and half tbe men in
Paris wore their hair a la Capoul. The
celebrated tenor was traveling in the prov
inces and went into a hairdresser’s shop in
• ®° an tiy town to have his hair cut.
What style would you like, sir?” said the
“an as Capoul sat down. “Can’t you
■« how I Uke it cut?” said the singer,
puffing with self importance. “A la Ca-
P°M, my good man—a la Capoul, of
course.- “Oh, indeed, sir?” returned the
®an; “but, if I rqight make so bold as to
give you a word of advice, I should say,
change it, sir. It may suit some people’s
race, but it really isn’t at all becoming to
you.’’-London Sketch.
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OF COURSE IT’S TRUE.
This Story of the Lama Hone and tbe
Young Doctor.
“Ono reads in many stories about ani
i mal intelligence that it would be hazard
ous for a doubter to express his disbe
lief in almost any gathering of men at
tbe present day,’’ remarked Dr. W. W.
Watkins. “A little instanoo came
Within my own observation a number
. es years ago when I was studying med
icine and which convinced me that the
members of the horse family at least
ought to be credited with the possession
of a very considerable quantity of rea
soning power. It was the custom for
the students at the medical institution
at which I pursued my studies to wear
a small badge upon their coats to dis
tinguish them from others at the coL
lege. A horse belonging to the estab
lishment was used a great deal about
the medical department, and the ani
mal seemed to have a special preference
for the embryo doctors more than for
any other people about the establish
ment
“One day, while a number of us were
gathered in a little knot upon a small
campus in the rear of the college, the
animal in question, which used to nip
the grass in the location, came toward
the group limping very badly. He came
to a stop a dozen or more feet from the
crowd and, carefully surveying the lot
of us, finally made up his mind as to
what he wanted to do and without any
hesitation limped directly to my side,
Whinnied, stuck his nose against my
body and held up his left foreleg. Look
ing down, I discovered a large nail im
bedded in the frog of bis hoof. This
had evidently caused the lameness. -1
then realised the interesting fact that
the animal desired attendance. I ex
tracted the nail with some difficulty,
and the horse whimpered With relief
and walked away. Bather curious as to
why the beast had picked me out to at
tend to his wqund, I glanced at the
boys and found the solution to the prob
lem. Not one of the group had his med
ical badge upon his coat but myself.
The horse had recognized the insignia,
realized its significance and acted ac
cordingly.”—New Orleans Times-Dem
oorat.
AFRAID OF THE HOODOO.
Why the Street Car Conductor Would Not
Cut the Pageant In Twain.
A hearse crossed the track and the
motoneer put on the brakes so suddenly
that the car nearly stood on its nose.
Then he sat down on the front seat to
await the passing of the long string of
carriages following the black draped
vehicle.
A fat man who had nearly been
thrown over the front roil by the sud
den stopping of tbe car snorted angrily:
“Why don’t you cut across? I’ve got
to catch a train. I can’t wait here all
day.”
“Can’t help it, boss. You’ll have to
wait and catch another train. ”
“Well, I’ll report you to the com
pany. That procession will take five
minutes in passing us. ”
“Report away. I can’t help it if the
procession takes 20 minutes. You
couldn’t hire me to run this car across
that funeral procession for the best job
on the line. That’s the worst hoodoo a
man could run up against.”
“Bah!” said the fat man.
“All right, boss. I know what I’m
talking about. One of the best men on
this line crossed a funeral procession
soon after the trolley system was put
in. A live wire dropped on the back of
his neck and electrocuted him before
he’d gone a block. A little while later
another poor fellow cut across back of
a hearse. He ran over three children in
as many weeks. He quit the road as
crazy as a loon. Now the conductor on
that same car has lost every cent he
had in the world, and his wife and
child have died. Bah, yourself! I’d like
to see you get off this oar and walk
across in front of one of those carriages.
I’ll bet you’d be oatchin your last train
in this world pretty quick. Jest hop off
and try it now. ”
But the fat man only shifted uneasily
about pn the hard car seat and waited
silently until tbe last carriage bad
passed. —New York Telegram.
How Bees Embalm.
Bees, says Horbis, can embalm as
successfully as could tbe ancient Egyp
tians. It often happens in damp weather
that a slug or snail will enter a bee
hive. This is, of course, to the unpro
tected slug a case of sudden death. The
bees fall upon him and sting him to
death at once. But what to do with tbe
carcass becomes a vital question. If left
where it is, it will breed a regular
pestilence. Now comes in tbe clever
ness of the insects. They set to work
and cover it with wax, and there you
may see it lying embalmed just as the
nations of old embalmed their dead.
When it is a snail that is the intruder,
be is, of course, unpenetrable to their
sting, so they calmly cement his shell
with wax to the bottom of the hive
imprisonment for life, with no hope of
pardon.
Both Wrong.
The Toronto Saturday Night tells of
a man who kept a ferret being obliged
to go into the country, leaving the cage
with the ferret in charge of a neighbor
till he should return. • JL- 'K.
Tbe neighbor incautiously opened tbe
cage door, and the ferret escaped,
whereupon the owner brought a claim
against him for damages.
The following was the decision of
tbe learned magistrate before whom the
case was brought.
“ Nodoubt, ” he said to the neighbor—
“no doubt you were wrong to open the
cage door, but”—turning to the owner,
“you were wrong too. Why did you not
clip the brute’s wings?”
The Franks took their name from the
francisques, or battleaxes, which they
threw with deadly effect.
Age is a matter of feeling, not of
years.—George William Curtiz.
A NEW GYPSY QUEEN.
, The Coming Coronm.ua of Molly Fryer ■*
Top«k>.
A new queen will ba crownod by the
Romany band on May 82 next at
Topeka. This will be tbe second gypsy
coronation ever held in the United Staten.
On this occasion 800 gypsies of tbe Romany
tribo will assemble at Topeka and hold
elaborate ceremonies. Sixty of the gypsies
have already arrived in Topeka and are
making arrangements for the coronation.
The queen to be, Molly Fryer, who learn
ed only a week ago that she had fallen heir
to the gypsy throne by tbe death of her
mother in Austria, is in Topeka now and
is at the gypsy camp north of the city. Her
mother, Sophia Tryer, died several weeks
ago in Austria, having ruled the Romany
band for 69 years. Molly Fryer, being the
next in line of succession, was chosen to
be queen. As a queen must bo 80 years of
age, the coronation will take place May
88, which is her birthday.
There are 1,800 members of the Romany
band in the United States, and between
800 and 1,000 will arrive in Topeka during
the winter and take part in the coronation.
It will be an elaborate feast. The corona
tion ceremony will be performed by Father
Metrovltcb, who is the high priest of the
band. Tbe crown which was worn by the
Med gypsy queen for so long is now being
remodeled for its new possessor, and a
cousin, Minnie Youngs, will bear It from
Austria to Topeka and will formally place
it on the young queen’s head.
It is composed of Bohemian garnets and
solid gold and is said to be beautiful.
When remodeled, it will contain several
sparkling diamonds. Three months ago
MoUy Fryer was married at Belvidere,
Illa, to Gustav Staokovltch, a young Aus
tralian, who is a member of the bond. The
English of his name is Stanley. He and
his brother Louis and the latter’s wife
travel together and camp some little dis
tance from the main body of tbe band.
They have better tents, wagons and fur
nishffigs and live In better style. The
Stanley brothers speak English fluently.
Molly Fryer is a typical gypsy. Her skin
is dark, her eyes a brilliant black, her fig
ure graceful and her manner easy. She
speaks 18 languages, but has not learned
English well.
Louis and Gustav Stanley are now mak
ing the arrangements for the coronation
of Mdlly Fryer. A large field will be pro
cured, where the whole band will camp.
In the midst of tbe camp a large tent will
be erected, where the ceremonies will take
place. Father Metrovltcb, who lives in
Chicago, will come to Topeka early in
May and will have.full charge of the cere
monies. The Romany band now has adopt
ed the Catholic faith, but they never at
tend services In regular Cathelio churches.
When a gypsy couple is to be married and
the distance is too far for High Priest
Metrovltcb, he sends word to a Catholic
priest near to where the band is located
and the ceremony is performed in the
usual way.
The Romany band dates its lineage back
to the Pharaohs. For several hundred
years the headquarters of the tribe havo
been in Austria. Eight months age Molly,
Fryer came to the United States and
joined the band with which she now trav
els.
When the news came to Louis Stanley
that Queen Sophia of the gypsy band had
died, he set about notifying all the bands
in the UniteiT'States. A conference was
held, and Topeka was selected as the place
at which the coronation should bo held.
All the members of the Romany tribe of
gypsies have now been notified of the con
onation, and most of them are on their
way overland to Topeka. The coronation
of a queen among this people is the grand
est event known to them. The exercises
will extend through a week and the occa
sion will be a round of pleasure and joy.
At this time also the gypsy band will for
mulate new rules. Queen Elect
has already begun the making of her cor
onation dress. It will be a gaudy affair of
oriental style and made of rich material.
Also she will wear many beads and neck
laces which will be brought by tbe various
bands, and she will be a queen charming
to the Romany tribe.—Topeka Letter in
Kansas City Star.
A Washington Incident.
There was an interchange of courtesies
at a recent reception in which the wife of
a former congressman and the wife of a
bureau official were the principals. It was
a crowded afternoon affair, and the ex
congressman’s wisp was assisting the host
ess in rec jiving the guests. When tbe wife
of the bureau official was presented, the
hostess said to tbe woman of the receiving
party, “You know Mrs. Blank, don’t
you?" “Certainly,” said the ex-congress
man's wife, “I would know her anywhere
by that pink dress.” The cheeks of the
bureau official’s wife were suffused with a
rosy glow, but she turned on her tormentor
and said, “Probably if my husband had
been mixed up in as many questionable
transactions as yours, madam, it would
not be necessary for me to wear my pink
reception dress so often as to cause com
ment.” Every Word rang out clear and
sharp upon the ears of tbe astonished
guests. Inasmuch as there bad been fre
quent criticism of the ex-congressman for
his connection with questionable transac
tions the force of the bureau official’s
wife’s retort can readily be imagined.—
San Francisco Argonaut.
A Po« Wrote of Her.
Mrs. Cornelia Walter Richards, who re
cently died at the age of 85, was the sister
of tbe founder of the Boston Transcript
and was the editor of that paper for *. time
after the death of her brother. It was odn
cerning her that Edgar Allan Poe wrote
the following in The Broadway Journal in
the autumn of 1845; “Our excellent
friend, Major Noah, has suffered himself
to be cajoled by that most beguiling of all
beguiling little divinities, Miss Walter of
The Transcript. We have been looking all
over her article with tbe aid of a taper to
see if we could discover a single syllable of
truth in it—and really blush to acknowl
edge that we cannot. The adorable crea
ture has been telling a parcel of fibs about
us byway of revenge for something that
we did to Mr. Longfellow (who admires
her very much) and for calling her'a pret
ty little witch* into the bargain. ”
An Impartial Judgment.
“Which makes the better wife, a blond
or a brunette?” asked a Chicago young
man of one who had had some matrimoni
al experience.
“It’s about six of one to half a dozen of
tbe other,” replied tbe experienced one.
“I’ve married both kinds.’’—Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Strange Custom.
In the Island of Guernsey it used to be
tbe practice of the children on the last day.
of the year to dress up a figure in the
shape of a man and, after parading it
through the parish, to bury it on tbe sea
shore or in some retired spot.
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OLD TIME FLYCATCHING.
PrimiUre Method es Getting Rid es the
Troublesome Peeta.
Newton M. Wilson, living one mile
east of town, says a Scottsburg (Ind.)
communication, has hanging in his barn
an interesting keepsake in the shape of
a flycatcher. It is not so curious in it
•4f as it is in showing the primitive
methods resorted to by the farmers in
early days to rid themselves of flies. It
is Simply two smooth walnut boards,
perhaps 80 by 18 inches, beveled at one
end and fastened together by two whang
cords strung through matched holes.
In the antebellum days people never
thought of keeping flies out of the
house; the problem was to dispose of
them as they swarmed through the
rooms, making life miserable generally.
In fact, the use of netting to prevent
their ingress is of comparatively recent
origin, the invention cf this much need
ed article dating back only 15 or 20
years.
As everybody know*,'flies are excep
tionally thick in farmhouses, even
where screens are used, and when they
are not they are almost intolerable. In
the olden days the method most com
monly employed in the country to de
stroy the troublesome fly was the use at
such instruments as the one described
above. The boards were beveled and
hung in such manner that by their
weight they separated at the bottom,
and thus hung in an inverted V shape.
To attract the flies they were smeared
with molasses on the inner surface.
Thus prepared, they were suspended
in convenient places about the house—
in kitchen, hallway, porch, which gen
erally served as the summer dining
place, and especially in passageways.
It was a common duty of every member
of the household when passing one of
those catchers to clap the boards togeth
er, thus mashing the flies which had
collected thereon. The cook clapped
them in the kitchen, the hands as they
passed to and from the house at meal
times did likewise, the whole household
clapped them together hundreds of times
a day, and thousands of pestiferous flies
met their doom.—St Louis Republic.
TIP MARKS ON TRUNKS.
The Luggage Signala Used by Hotel Em
ployees Abroad.
Travelers whom every day brings
back from the continent say that this
season, more than ever, gives plentiful
example of the Freemasonry which ex
ists among continental hotel employees.
Usually on board the boats from Calais,
Boulogne and Ostend notes axe compared
by tourists who have covered the same
ground and followed the same itinerary.
■ The results are significant of “eye open
ing.” Some such colloquy as the fol
lowing is often overheard:
“My box and two portmanteaus were
smashed fearfully by that villain of a
porter at the Hotel des Bains, Villavilla,
and my wife and I could get no attend
ance. ’’
“That is curious, for we were treated
by all the servants most beautifully.
May I ask you a question? Did you tip
the servants properly at the previous
place, Hotel de Luxe, Lucerne?”
“No; I confess it was an oversight,
but what has that to do with the Villa
villa hotel?”
‘ ‘ Everything. Look at the hotel labels
on your luggage. All on lower right
hand corner. That implies that you are
mean and illiberal. Now look at mine.
All the labels in the upper left hand
corner. That signifies liberality—treat
this person well—encourage him —your
politeness will be rewarded. My friend’s
bag here has a label stuck right in the
middle, and that means, ‘A good fellow
—will tip, but very exacting—not easi
ly pleased. ’ ” —London Mail.
Tired Locomotives.
Locomotives, like human beings, have
their ailments, many of which defy the
skill of those deputed to look after
them, says the Toronto Mail. We hear
of tired razors, a simple complaint
which vanishes after a brief period of
repose, but locomotives are apt to be
tray indisposition even after a day’s
rest and much oiling of the various
parte.
Two good engines may be made on
the most approved principle. They may
each cost —as those of the Landon and
Northwestern railway d0—£2,200, and
yet one will exhibit from the first a
hardihood of constitution altogether
wanting in its companion. A first class
locomotive of 800 horsepower, costing
£2,000, is expected to travel during its
life 200,000 miles, or, say, 18,000 miles
per annum for 15 years, yet now and
then an engine is found so impervious
to the assaults of time a* to be able in
its old age to do its daily work with all
the zest, and vigor of a youngster.
Au Ancient Pmyer.
Old John Ward, who was pilloried
by Pope in the “Dunciad,” and who
actually stood in the pillory in the year
1727, when he was said to have been
worth £200,000, was, nevertheless, a
pious man. He had large estates in
London and Essex and did not omit to
pray for their welfare in the following
manner: "O Lord, I beseech thee to
preserve the two counties of Middlesex
and Essex from fire and earthquake,
and as I have a mortgage in Hertford
shire I beg of thee likewise to have an
eye of compassion on that county, and
for the rest of the counties deal with
them as thou pleasest I’’—Household
Words.
Unworthy.
“That man Davis is clearly not fit to
beafather.”
“Why?”
“His child is a week and a half old,
and he hasn’t expressed the belief that
it recognizes him. ” —Chicago News
Glass bricks are made extensively in
Germany. They are blown with a hol
-4 "low center, containing rarefied air, and
they are said to be as strong and dura
ble as clay bricks. They freely admit
light.
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “C ASTORIA,” AND
“ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE Mark.
I t DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, qf Hyannis, Massachusetts,
908 the originator of ‘‘PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” the saw
that has borne and does now s/tr*. m eo€r y
bear the facsimile signature of wrapper.
This is the original - PITCHER’S CASTORIA/ which has been
used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought ~~ on the
and has the signature if wrap-
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex
eept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher ts
President. j ,
March 8,1897. &&****>-**
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist irr 7 offer yo”
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he docs not know,
“The Kind You Have Always Bought”
• BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE CF
, Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed lou.
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