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About Henry County weekly and Henry County times. (McDonough, GA.) 1891-189? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1891)
THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY VOL. XV. 1‘ 1! OFESSIOXA L CA li />*'. < w SS M«,:r*r DEN TI ST. MclVmmiiß G*. An> one di'niiine work done can «»' kc eonimmiatui either by railing <>n me in por «,),! OI add: I'-siiijS ire through the minis l'crms ensh, nnirfs special arrangement' arc nrhcrwi'C made. Gw", W. Baras j VV.T. Dicks*. ISXS VA \ A t»l* UJ >. attorneys AT LAW. J! cDomii oil. ■ * Will practice in the enuntics composing the Flint .ludioini Gircuii.i'.*' Supreme Court c f Georgia niul tl*e United Slates District Court. aprii-iy I IK. tt. Tl ATTORNEY A'l’ LAW, Me Dong Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court <>t Georgia, and the United States District co urt. marl 6-ly j 7 «KA«AW. ATTORNEY A'l’ LAW. McDonocoh, Ga. Will pructice in all the Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial ami other collections. Will attend all the Courts it Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over Tim Weekly office. | «\ W VIJi, attorney "at law, McDokoi-gh, Ga . Will practice in the counties composing t he Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention givvn to collections. octs-’79 yj A. llltOH N. ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all tlfie counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court ol Georgia and the United states District Court. janl-ly lj A. I» KEPLER, 1 ‘ ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hasicton, Ga, Will practice in all the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court of the United States. Special and prompt atten tion given to Collections, Get 8, 1888 Jko. D. Stewart. | R.T. Daniel. ITKWAKT & l»A\li;i., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Gnu sin, Ga. j|K. BK. J. AKMOf.IK Hami’TO*. Ga I hereby tender ray professional service to the people of Hampton and surrounding country. Will attend all calls night and day. JOSSA I*. 'I’VE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Rank Building, . Atlanta. Ga, Practices in fhe State and Federal Courts, GRIFFIN FOUNDRY AND Machine Works. IV'e announce to tlm Public that we are \ V prepared to manufacture Engine Boil ers ; will take orders for all k'uds of Boil ers. We are prepared to do all kinds of repairing on Engines, Boilers, and Machin ery, generally. \V e kerp in stock Brass fittings of all kinds ; also Inspirators, In jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Guages, Ripe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass Castings of every Description. A IVAU'OTT, 130 TOK TEXAS! Here is the oppo;(unity of a lifetime. A splendid farm and pasture about one mile and a half from Henderson, Texas, most under fence. The land lies well. Here von use no guano and make more cotton per acre Ilian they do in the south with guanos. The lands are mostly under fence and well timbered where not in cultivation. $4.50 per acre. Terms easy. Apply to, Get. 24. J. Hauvky Tuunkr Henderson, Tex. \ ? M S A LI 1 \J Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, end all Pat ent business conducted for Moderate Fees. Onr Office is Opposite U. S. P.» te ", t Office mid we can secure patent iu less time than those remote from Washington. ...... Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of Charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A Pamphlet, 14 llow to Obtain Patents,' with names of actnal clients in your State, county, or town, sent free. Address, • C.A.SNCW&CO. , Opp. Patent Office, Washington. D. C. mWti OIILYI LOST or FAILING MANHOOD; and NERVOTJB DEBIlITY; JpWqtjTfiS 1 \ I Ws Akn«B« of Body aad Mind, ESscta HSifjlliljLSljof Errors or Exoesaea in Old or Young. fcobavJ, .Noß'e WAJiIIOOD fally Pf'-.tored. How to aud t h* a W K A K, l X DEVS W CEP O HO A S S A FA h TS OF tiOl) T. Abtclut*!/ Bsfalll-# HOMK TREATMENT— B*3*BI* ia a day. fr. « SO State* add F»rri*u Coantrie*. Writ* thesu DMCribtl'e Book, eanlaa«tlr> and proof* aml'rd (*ea!ed) fr**» muwL EaiE co., buffalo, n. v. TEW DOLLARS will benald for the best description of the >'ast Cartoon entitled “The N»»w South" rejc hr-U >y The 1 TotiiK'Mioe, .* AAeorf.m Ujclb.o Pea* riptiou ahull include al • nice* Bhown in the cartoon Contest closes Pec 3'*t IbyO Pension by three distinaruished .S<;u*.*.-ri!, rs Addie. 3 B. W. WBENN. Knoxvillk. Tjcnn sAj&J ~ cured at home with- Bp-* 3 pri SCT|Out hr in, Book of par* a R Sglgticu'arssent FREE, grgvt'ay-chy~T»i*C3 6. M.WOOLLEY.M.D. AiiAufs. lift, t »lsce L4l Y t Whitehall & HITTTC! "D A TSPT? may b* found m "Tl*at Oea. A JILJLO JT Ai JCiXv I*, kow.-ii a Oo*« Newspaper A.l vwrtlalmr Bureau (10 Spruce St. L where advertising iwu*ct*zL+ yho m ml* tut UIM >KW YO/*«C MEMORY. Out through the trees you rodo that day, To keep the tryst that our hearts had made; Or was it a chance that I went that way. And met you there in the shade? Along the lane with no break of sky, Together we measured our horses* pace, And the shadows came through the branches high Over your downcast face. Was It true what you told me then, sweetheart. In the golden glow of the days that passed, Was it false what you said when twas time to part From a drem too sweet to last,? ♦knight you sit in the candle’s glare And greet the man that they say you'll wed; is there uo thought of tho summer there, Or the old, old love long dead? Tho violin's playing that old love tune Makes me think of the past again. The tender words in my fancy croon And I see you now—as then. When out through the trees you rode that day. To keep the tryst that our hearts had made; Or was it a I went that way, Anri uiot ya'vO in tho shade? Y Masterson in Texas gift Inga A * underfill Shoe Shaped Violin. Tho Paris Figaro announces the sale of ono of the most curious violins known to the music fanciers of the world. It is now on exhibition in Paris, where the American tourist can take a peep at it for a few ceutimes. It formerly be longed to Paganini, the great violinist, and at first sight merely presents the appearance of a misshapen wooden shoe. Its history is curious. During the win ter of 1838 Paganini was living in a fhaison de sante called Les Neothermes, 48 Rue de la Victoria. One day a large box was brought here by the Normandy diligence, oh opening which he found inclosed two inner boxes, and, wrapped carefully in several folds of tissue paper, a wooden shoe and a letter stating that the writer, having heard much of the wonderful genius of the violinist, begged, as a proof of his devotion to music, that Paganini would play in pub lic on the oddly constructed instrument inclosed. At first Paganini felt this to he an im pertinent satire, and mentioned the facts, with some show of temper, to his friend, the Chevalier de Baride. The latter took the shoo to a violinmaker, who converted it into a remarkably sweet toned instrument. Paganini was pressed to try the shoe violin in public. He not only did so, but performed upon it some of his most difficult fantasias, which facts, in the handwriting of the violinist, are now to be seen on the curi ous violin. A Kmart Yonth. One enterprising yonth made the phe nomenal record of “knocking down” $25 a day while in charge of a construction train, which, it need hardly be said, is never supposed to carry passengers. Under the rigid rules of tho average auditing department it is doubtful whether money turned in from such a source would be accepted by the presid ing Solonsi But the carrying of passengers fell under the eye of tho construction de partment and a dismissal followed. Dis charged for this violation of rules, our promising financier re-entered the ser vice on another division of the road, where his industry and patience were rewarded in time with a passenger train. It would appear that he stood better in the confidence of his superiors than in that of his fellow conductors, the more cynical of whom expressed doubts about tho company’s ever getting tiie train back after he had left town with it.—Frank H. Spearman in Har per’s Weekly. A Storm Wav©. A great storm wave is peculiar to cy clones. At the center of the disturbance the mercury in a good barometer may be lower by three inches than that in a similar instrument on the verge of the cyclone. This is owing to the diminution of atmospheric pressure consequent on the rotation of the air wheel; and as naturo abhors a vacuum, tho sea in the vortex risc3 abovo its usual level until equilibrium is restored. This 6torm wave advances with the hurricane, and I rolls in npon the low land like a solid wall. In the Backergunge cyclone of 1876 the storm wave covered the land at the eastern end of the Ganges delta at heights varying from ten to forty-five feet, as measured by marks on the trees. One hundred thousand lives were lost on this occasion.—Chambers’ Journal. Queer Tiling* in tho Dead Letter Office. A bootblack’s outfit, a wood saw, a hat box, a gold headed cane, snuff boxes, gold, silver and bronze medals, coins of all kinds, countries and ages are among the curiosities collected. The metal ba sis for a set of false teeth is in ono of tho cases. It was unclaimed, and came to tho dead letter office several years ago. A short time since an old gentle man who visited the museum recog nized the remains of his former set of falso teeth. Ho had sent them to a den tist, he said, for repairs, but lost sight of them entirely. As he had bought a new pair he said he had no use for the old ones, so they remain in the dead let ter office.—Washington Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. To© Loud. Tailor’s Boy Does Mr. Highstyle board here? Woman—Yes, little boy. Tailor’s Boy—Well, here’s a new pair of pants for him. Woman—You can’t leave those here, little boy. There’s a very sick woman in the house, and we’ve got to be abso lutely quiet.—Munsey’s Weekly. All Right. “See heah, Cadley, did you call me a common ass?” “No, Snobbutton, I said you was an uncommon ass.” “Aw, that’s different. I cawn’t stand having anybody call me common, 38 know.”—-Epoch. In 1755 a wave sixty feet high drowned GO,OOO people at Lisbon, and in Scotland a boat on Loch Lomond was carried forty yards inland by a wave which was suddenly formed on the surface of the loch by the same cause. AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES. McDonough, ga.. Friday. January, 2:1, isoi. % A PYGMY CAMP. now the Dwarfi of the fireat African F«r- Mt Ruild anil Live. Their villages, situated under the im pervious foliage of the largest clump of trees to be found near tho locality where they propose camping, struck us as being comfortable, snug and neat. I have seen ninety-two huts in oue of these villages, arranged in a circle of abont fifty yards in diameter. The pygmy camps are gen erally found at the crossways, where two or more paths intersect, and are from two to throe miles distant from agricultural settlements. Our anxieties always less- , ened on meeting them, for the more paths we found the more we were as- . sured of food and the roads improved. Sometimes these forest villages were planted midway between parallel lines i of settlements. A short walk from our camp through the woods, north or south, would take us to plantations largo enough to supply a regiment with food. One time we came to a group of dwarf vil lages whence a broad path six feet wide communicated with another group throe miles distant. This road was a revela tion. It informed us that the tribe was more than usually powerful; that it was well established; that the chief possessed power, and was permitted to exercise it. j Outside of the great kingdom of Uganda we had not seen in Africa a cut road longer than half a mile. The hnts in every pygmy camp were of a tortoise back figure. The doorways were not more than three feet high, and were placed at the ends, one being for daily use, and the other, which fronted tho bush, for escape. Those for constant convenience looked out on the circular common and pointed to the center, where stood the tribal chiefs hnt., as though the duty of every household was to watch over the safety of him who ruled the community. We rarely found a hut higher than four feet six inches. In length they va ried from seven to ton feet, while the width would bo from four and a half feet to seven. In what appeared to be old es tablished camps wo found rough cots constructed, which were raised a few inches above the ground, after the style of our own forest couches. Several lay ers of phrynium loaves make a luxurious bed.—Henry M. Stanley in Scribner's. Th© Author and llli Work* That tho author is easily led to betray excessive interest in himself is a fact duo in a great measure to tho peculiar eondi tions upon which his artistic success de- | pends. Every pioce of his work is the product of a mind that should be, from first to last, completely absorbed in its creation. He cannot, like the painter or the sculptor, summon and dismiss his model at will, with the certainty of re covering at a moment’s notice the desired pose. His models are continually on the move; each one, to be convincing, must not only shine with the light of varied circumstance, but must also show cause for existence by effect, upon the others; sinco the interest of a story flags tho in stant its characters are at a standstill. As a natural consequence their creator carries them always with him, really most alert in their behalf when he seems to be most inactive. At home and abroad he is ever playing his game of chess “whereof the pawns are men,” with no board to guide him but that mysterious one traced upon tho table of his brain. All ho sees and hears contributes its mite to the source of sng- j gestiou from which ho draws, and by his ; skill in the drawing bis power is deter mined. Intricate problems force them selves upon him, to be solved with the nicest discrimination out of his own ex perience. With him eternal vigilance is the price of victory.—Point of View in Scribner’s. A Costly K»n Without an Ovmr. One of the prettiest tilings in the mu seum of the dead letter office is a lady's fan made of stork feathers, the plumes being rarer and richer than the finest ostrich plumes. It is most magnificent in appearance, and doubtless graced the costume of some court lieauty in tho Old World. It came to this country from Europe many years ago, but no clow to its owner or origin was ever obtained. In one of the cases there is a box of wed ding cako, which came to tho dead letter office six years ago as unclaimed. It is getting a little old and discolored, but by this time would probably be pretty dry eating. Considering its present characteristics it might be excellent “wedding cake to dream on.” It cer tainly has all the elements necessary to produce a fai.oiful nightmare. Rosaries are quite common in the cabinet and crucifixes are also plentiful.—Washing ton Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Spelling Comes by Nature. An F street attorney relates that be received an application for a pension from a country lawyer in Michigan re cently, in which the claimant signed his name as “Daniel O. Connell.” In subse quent papers filed he wrote it “Daniel O’Connell." The attorney wrote tc? the lawyer to report whether the name was O’Connell or Connell. The provincial Blackstone retorted in what be evidently considered a very sarcastic letter, wind ing up with this bit of bucolic wit, “The name is O’Counell, as any fool might know; but what difference does it make, anyhow, whether yon say, ‘Mc- Carthy, come ont of the house, or come outyof the house, McCarthy?’ ”—Wash ington Post. Miss Adelina Patti Baird, a goddaugh ter of the diva and daughter of a rich English iron founder, lias a string of pearls collected from the days of her babyhood. Oue of her first gifts was a number of fine unstrung pearls, and to these have been added others f»om time to time by parents and relatives until she now has u matchless necklace. Until lato years the salutation of “Merry Christmas!” was almost un known in many southern homes. Aftet the fashion of the “waits,” in man) places negro men and boys some time bo foi-e Christmas go in the evenings front do< >r to door singing, in the hope of re ceiving gifts of money or eatables. An Invention for Ocean Propeller*. A Bridgeport (Conn.) mechanic has Invented a new method of adjusting propellers tor ocean steamers. It con sists of tlu-oe great horizontal shafts lying parallel to each other, and ex tendmg outward from the stem of the vosseL To each shaft a three-blade screw propeller is attached, the central or middle ono being, in area, just twice that of the other two propellers. With in the vessel the three shafts are joined transversely with strong rods, and have clamps attached so that one or ail can be instantly detached if necessary. A triple expansion engino of great [lower is to run each, shaft. Tho inventor claims his system will give a more uni form motion, and*with tho same horso power exerted by the engines will give far greater results. Another Important point with tho in vention is tho many resources it pos sesses in the case of a breakdown. When at sea tho breaking of a shaft or part of an engine is often a serious mat ter. In this device there are ninocom binations which can bo made to run the ship. This may be better under stood by saying that the three engines and the three shafts must each be brok en or disabled to put tho ship In a help less condition. If one or even two shafts should break tho combined horse pow er of the tliree engines can be thrown upon or applied to the remaining shaft, and the speed be not greatly diminish ed. Should ono or two engines break down the remaining engine can still run ono, two or three propellers.—Bos ton Transcript. A Cliild’s Theology, The things that are* told children and the old wife stories with which they are put off are among tho most eontempti blo of all the wrongs that are heaped upon the children under tho pretext of befriending them. The little folk know well enough that they arc being im posed upon, but they do not know how to protest; and yet now and then one of them with tho bold frankness of childhood docs say out boldly just what it thinks. It was one of these naively born chil dren who was being talked to about going to bed in the dark. She had per haps been taught to be afraid by being told that she must not fear, that being the approved method of instructing the little folk in this branch of their educa tion, but in any case, whatever the method, she had learned her lesson, and she was very satisfactorily afraid. “But, my dear,” her mother said to her one night when the child was more than usually dismayed by the prospect of being alone in the dark in bed, “why should you be afraid in tho dark ? God is there. ” Her little daughter regarded her with troubled eyes. “But, mamma," she stud, “what if bo is; what difference does that mako?" —Boston Courier. Brazilian Pebble and Glass. What is called Brazilian pebblo is often nothing but a fine quality of glass. The real Brazilian jiebble is a kind of rock crystal found in many parts of tiie world, but in great pro fusion in Brazil, and hence tho name. There Is a pet superstition that tho Brazilian pebble glasses preserve the sight, but no solid foundation for it ex ists. Fine glass is every whit as good, and costs far loss on account of the labor and care required to grind the crystal to the proper shape. Tho only real advantage the crystal lenses have over those of glass is in the hardness of the materia!, which rendors them much less liable to become scratched and so dimmed, but otherwise tho glass is ns good. There are several tests by which to distinguish the genuine pebble from the glass imitation, but the one most easily applied is that of touch. The real pob ble will feel far colder to the finger or tongue than tho glass, so much so that after touching a glass lens and then one of crystal, any one will be able to de tect the difference.—lnterview in St. Ixmils Globe-Democrat. Koine Yarns About Queer People. John Ashton in his book on zoology says that the gentleman with one eye is the Cyclops that Pliny tells about. It is hinted that tho Cyclopses were miners whose lamps on their hats were mistaken for eyes. A good many of the whoppers of antiquity arose from the reporter giving only one look before bo came back to the office and wrote up his stuff. But the anthropophagi tliat had only one foot, and that so big that they could lie on their backs and use their feet for umbrellas are clear, pure inventions, the same as the stories about Chicago girls’ feet. The public ought to be and tiie same is hereby warned against any and all such decep tions. A gentleman named Megasthcnes told the people of his day tliat there were folks in India that live only by smell ing apples and died immediately some body ate an onion and breathed on them. This is also probably a cam paign document.—Chicago Tribune. Not in Arabic. The Arabs have no ''hello I” in their language. The nearest they come to it is to throw a stone and hit a man in the back, and then ask him as ho turns around, “Does it please heaven to give you good health (his morning?”—De troit Free Press. A Suainroek Factory. O'Callahan—Bedad ’ I want a sham rock fer a badge. Where’ll I get won? O’Bryan (scenic artist) —Come wid me. I’m makin’ sham rocks every week of mo loife, —Pittsburg Bulletin. TEMPTING THE ALLIGATORS. Pnxw'rblal Oftrrles.n.** of Foreigner* In tho Southern Mitrmhe*. You have perhaps journeyed between Now Orleans and Mobile, and remem ber the vast expanse of marsh with waterways eutting through it. In the midst of this desolation is a clubhouse and a railway station called English Lookout. It is still good fishing ami shooting ground, but the alligator has become so scarce that the sight of one is a novelty. Ten or twelve years ago they crawled across the railroad tracks, and passengers had but to look out of the window to see them swimming. One day during my week’s stay at the club several boats were going out, and one of thorn was occupied by a French army officer, who was also a guest. He bad on a frock coat, and when seated in the stem of the skiff the tails almost touched UlO water. “Bettor take off tliat coat or pin the tails up," said one of the punters, as his attention was directed. “Why?” "Because an alligator may pull you overboard. ” The Frenchman laughed and shrugged his shoulders and led the way down channel. Four boats of us anchored about 100 feet apart, and tho craft 1 was in was next to the officer's. Tho llsli were biting hot and heavy, and for an hour no one paid any attention to anybody else. I tangled my line in pulling in a fish, and while working at the knots happened to glance toward the Frenchman. Just as I did so 1 saw tho still waters broken behind him, caught sight of a black objoct thrust above the surface, and next instant, uttering a scream which was 11 card half a mi lo away, the man was pulled out of the Ixiat uml under water. We hurried to the spot, but nothing whatever marked tho site of tho trage dy. Even his hat had gone. Wo rowed up and down and lieat the banks, but it was useless. “Told him so,” said tho puuter as wo gave up tho search. "Them foreigners don’t seem to know al>out ’gators. Wo had a Prussian here last month, and what did ho do but hang his legs in tho water, and he was pulled off tho boat with me only four feet away.”— Detroit Free Press. Turning the Conversation. A writer in The Nineteenth Century tells several stories of the fate of pom pous men who wont to Cardinal New man to talk to him ns one great contro versialist to another. One specimen of the clans comes with notes and boohs and points for dis cussion on problems of education, but finds the cardinal so absorbed with news about tbo “barley crop” in Nor folk that no other snbjoct soerns to in terest him. Another presses him for a refutation of one of Mr. Gladstone's arguments against the Vatican decrees, but only succeeds in eliciting tho reply that Mr. Gladstone is an old Oxford acquaint ance, and has been very kind to him. Or if tho subject iH insisted on the con versation suddenly passos—tiis visitor knows not how —to the oaks of Hawar den, and tho exerciso of cutting down trees. A third visitor finds himself engaged at tiie outset in a discussion as to tho number of stoppages in the 1:30 train os contrasted with tho 3:40, and has unexpectedly to employ his conversa tional talent in explaining his cross country Vouto and tiie lines by which ho came. And then there is the Oxford story of Newman’s guest who introduces the “origin of evil” at dinner, and at once produeos a dissertation—full of exact knowledge, and apparently delivered witli earnest interest—os to the different ways of treating hot house grapes and tho history of the particular grapes on the table before him. Seasick ueftH. A French scientific man has a new theory of the cause of seasickness, which is briefly stated below. Periiaps if ono were to give himself up wholly to an attempt to understand tbo the ory ho might forget to bo sick. Tho propounder of this theory, M. Rochet, points out the enormous ca pacity of the reservoir formed by the muscular and periumscular venous sys tem, and the considerable role of to nicity and voluntary or reflex muscu lar contractions in the action of empty ing it; also the predominance of reflex muscular actions over voluntary in keeping one’s balance and in most movements. In the movements of a vessel tho re laxation of muscular tonicity and sup pression of reflex movements result in a considerable increase of tho periph eric reservoir, and as a consequence in cerebml aniemia.—Youth’s Companion. Prices of Fancy Woods. Of the woods that are chiefly used in fancy cabinet work ebony comes most ly from Ceylon and Madagascar, and is sold by importers at eight cents per pound. Satin wood is grown on the island of San Domingo and In Porto Ilioo. It is one of the beautiful woods and is described as a “canary yellow.” In tiie log it sells at seventy five cents par foot Tulip wood is but little used, it is imported more for turning and in laying than anything else. It is found in Central America, and when brought to New York sells for eight cents per pound.—Boston Transcript The First Nam© Best. Jim—Where will you sit to tight? Jack —In a chatter —I mean a private lx»x. Jim—Never mind. Chatterbox goes. —Pittsburg Bulletin. Canadian* a* Soldier*. Speaking of the Canadians, Maj. Ed mond Malet remarked that they mako tiie best Soldiers physically that ho over saw. In his company, tho Eighty-first Now York Volunteer infantry, in tho late war, ho said ho ha 1 forty-five of them, and no hardships could dampen their fray' spirits nor toil exhaust tlieir hardy frames. In those terrible forced marches of the Army of the Potomac 1 In the Peninsula, with tho thermometer 1 far tip In the nineties and the dust a foot deep, who.) thousands of men fell i out by the roadside, many of them ; never to march again, these Canadians trudged along cheerily, lioguiling tho weary wav with Joke and song. The careful, economical bent of mind that they had inherit**! from their French ancestors was also a prominent trait of their character. They could j not understand the wastefulness of 1 their American comrades, who would hurl aside overcoats, blankets and other j impediments on a hard march without | a thought, so they would carefully gather them up, add them to their own load and bring them into camp. "Ono evening, 1 remember, “said tho major, “a Canadian soldier oameinto bivouac, after a fearful march from early dawn, with twelvo overcoats piled on Ills knapsack, which ho had carried nearly all day. lie sold thorn back to their original owners for n dollar each.” — Washington Post. Yulue of Jmlcment. “In writing for a living,” said n man whoso bank account depends entirely upon his [ten, “a man who follows fho class of matter used in different classes of publications always stands tho best chance. You rimy send a very good tiling to ono publication and havo it promptly rejected, while another editor may jump at it. It is only a waste of tinio in most coses to send out things promiscuously. Yon inay say that this is all known to every writer, but it isn’t by any means. It is surprising to see what little Judgment is used by many authors In putting their works on tho market “Young writers, or a man with his first article, are pretty sure to send tlieir articles, not where this particular lino of work is most in demand, but to the publication which they see most fre quently or which they like best. Shaking of the ‘knack 1 of knowing what certain editors want, I know of ono man who says tliat a [tcriodical for which 110 does a good deal of work nover refuses a joke or a lino or versos with which* Delmonico’s is connected. The reason for this of course is that tho readers of this sheet are supposed to bo more or less familiar with Delraonioo’a. ” —Now York Tribune. III? Fl.li. In John Ashton’s “Curious Creatures in Zoology” occurs this description of whales: Whales in tlioso days had ‘‘square heads all set with prickles and sharp and long horns round about, like a tree rooted up by tho roots; tlioy are 10 cir 12 cubits long, very black, and with huge eyes, tiie compass whereof is Bor 10 cubits. Tho apple of tho eyo is one ciiliit and is re*l and fiery color ed, which ip the dark night appears to fishermen afar off us a burning fire, having hairs liko goose feathers, thick and long like a beard banging down.” TliLs is from Olans Magnus, a compe tent and able falsifier 110 describes the event of the picture, and says tliat men tako a sleeping whale for an island, and all goes well until the sail ors get tlieir fire started and the kettle to boiling. This makes tiie whale hot, and lie goes for tiie ship and era win up on it and sinks it, or else ho dives under it und drowns everybody. High Price*! Metals. Compared witli sotno at tiie metals gold is « cheap commodity. It is worth $240 a pound, troy; platinum is wortli $l3O and silver about sl2. Nickel is quoted at sixty cents per pound, and aluminium at SO. If some of the abovo figures seem high what will we say when told that barium is quoted at $375 pt;r trey pound and calcium at $1,800? But cerium is more costly still, being seldom sold for less than S2OO per ounce. Chromium brings tho same and didymiuin but a fraction less, being worth $1,300 per pound in any market in the world. It is said that the combined wealth of tho Vanderbilts would buy 328 tons of pure gold, but that enormous amount would only pureliaso a wagon load of gallium, that rare metal being worth $3,250 per ounce!—St. Louis Republic. When Buffalo Wan Plenty. In Kansas we liad buffalo meat most of tho time, and that was a great change for us. Tho rump steak is juicy and requires little basting, while buffalo tongues, which were such a rare treat in the markets of the eastern cities, were then to be had in abundance with us. It Is remarkable how luxuries that are unheeded in tho midst of plenty will impress themselves in our minds for years and years if they come to us in the midst of deprivations. Wo rarely had small game, except the few ducks tliat came to the pools formed by heavy rains on the prairie in tiie autumn; but I remember thoee, and tho prairie chickens of Kansas, and the plover of Dakota, as if I had nover tasted birds before or since. Mrs. Cus ter’s Book. The Catastrophe Account**! For. Policeman (helping injured driver of ruined dogcart to his feet) —What in-* sane idea induced you to turn out to tho left instead of to tho right ? Injured Anglomaniac—lt’s English, you know.—Kate Field’s Washington. THE EARLIEST AMERICAN COINAGE. Tho Famous I log Money Succeeds Wam pum, Musket Balls and Tohacco. The earliest coinage for America was that made in 1612 for tbo Virginia com pany at the Somers islands, now called Bermudas. Tho coin was of brass, with tho legend, “Somers Inland 1 /’ and a “hoggo on one side, In memory ftf tho abundance of hogges wliich were found on their first landing." Thi3 was tho famous “hog money.” Tho earliest colonial coinage was in Massachusetts in 1652, a “mint howso” being established at Boston, and the “quoinos" being a shilling, sixpence and threepenny pieces. Before this the currency of the colonists was a very mixed one. Musket balls passed for change at a birthing attieco, and were logal tender for sums under a shilling. Tobacco and tobacco receipts were logal tender; corn and beans and cod fish were also employed. Wampum, j however, was tho commonest currency !of aIL It was tho shell bead money of tho Indians, and was soon accepted by the colonists ns a convenient token. There wore two kinds of wampum— wampumcag, which was wiiito and made from tho conch of the periwinkle; and suakanhock, which was dark pur i pie and made from tho hardshell clam. Tho purple was worth twice as much as tho white. Tho shell was broken in pieces, rubbed smooth on a stono till about the thickness of a pipestem, then pierced with a drill and strung into necklaces, bracelets and belts. The English, French and Dutch set tlers all used wampum, the value be ing tlxod in 1640 at six beads for a penny. Tho strings were called fathoms, and varied in value from five to ten shillings. Shell money has played quite an important part in the world’s com merce. Tho small, hard shell known ns the cowry is still used in India, tho Indian islands and Africa in tho place of subsidiary coin. In 185 i more than 1,000 tons of these shells wore brought from India to Liver pool, to be exported to the coast of Africa In exchange for palm oil. In Bengal they are worth 32,000 to the rupoe (forty-six cents), or about seventy to tho cent. The cowry is a gastero pod mollusk, is beautifully marked, nnd is strung on a tough grass string for convenience of transportation. The British Columbia Indians still use a variety of wainpum made of ha iqua shells. These they string up and use as an ornamental border to dresses, their currency value being one string for a beaver’s skin. Looking bock to tho pre-wampum days, it is learned that of the aboriginal money of tho American continent, tho mounds in and adjoining the valley of tho Mississippi have produced speci mens of lignite, coal, bone, te-rra cotta, mica, pearl, Canadian, chalcedony, agate, jasper, gold, silver, copper, lead and iron, which were fashioned into forms evincing considerable skill and art. According to Prescott, the money of tho Aztecs and tho nations in kin consisted of quills filled with gold dust and hags of chocolate grains. Choco late Is still used in tho interior of South America for the same purpose, os are cocoanuts and eggs.—Ban Francisco Chronicle. The Moon’s Freak. Mariners aro noted for their supersti tions and the queer tales they toll of phantoms of the sea, tlio land and the sky. Marblehead, Mass., according to the records of that ancient village, lias been a spot rich in the superstitions of its fisher inhabitants. Among other remarkable stories they tell of a fisher man who once wont out at night to look over liis right shoulder at the new moon for luck, when instead he saw a dark, angry looking cloud that soon changed to the perfect form of a soldier standing with legs wide apart and his pike rest ing on his breast. The knapsack and gun strapped to tho soldier’s back were plainly to bo seen, as were tho pike and tho general outlines of tho figure. Presently the figure seemed to grow In size, and to have a hat or cap in its right hand. This was more than the old mariner could stand. He called his wife and children to view tho appari tion. All now began to fade except the object in tho figure's hand, which soon assumed monstrous proportions, | presenting the spectacle of a full rigged ship, the figure of the soldier having faded entirely from sight in tho inean -1 time. For fully an hour tho white sails of tho phantom vessel were visi ble, clearly outlined in strange contrast to tho black hull of the vessel itself. “This queer sight,” says tho old ac count, “was viewed by divers others of yo same towne.”—St. Louis Republic. Telegraph Offices and Messages. i There are two telegraph offices to every 10,000 of the population in Great Britain; in Tasmania there are eleven telegraph offices to each 10,000 of the population. In Great Britain there are 251 miles of wire to every 1,000 square miles of area; in Denmark there are GC2 miles of wire to each 1,000 square | miles of area In Great, Britain there are 143 messages per head per year of the people; in West Australia there aro i 7.6 messages per head. — New York Tel egram. A Western Romance. Titled Foreigner (en route toward the setting sun) —Me boy, shall we never get past that paling fence? It’s a boah, i you know; this thing of traveling along a fence aii day. American Traveling Companion— Paling fence! That’s nothing of the kind. Those are the telegraph poles. Sometimes the trains go so fast that they look like a comb. T. F. Fawney!—Pittsburg Bulletin. NO. 21
