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VOLUME X.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL Si 1880;
NUMBER 16-
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PPI.ICATIOK FOB DISMISSION.
GEoBoi.l— Moosios Count?:
llry.wni deceased, has applied for dismission from
tiis trust; .
This is therefore to cite all persons r mccrncd to
Ordinary of sai.l county aud show cause i any
lh, y have, why said application should not be
^iTimcss my oillcial signature this Feb, 23th, 1880.
y, ' A, S. GILES, Ordinary.
A " l-PLICATION FOB DISMISSION.
Gnonou, Hodsti s Cototy:
James IV. Jielviu.esecutor of Jesse T. Brewer, of
said county, deceased, has applied for dismission
fronr^ifis trust:
Thir fs tfierefbro to cite all persons concerned to
npuea; at the Juno term 1880, of the Court of
Ordinary of said county, aud show cauec. if any
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A. C. RILET
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FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
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NATIONAL HOTEL-
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Mus. tv. F. lliiows, Proprietress, (formerly of the
Brown House.)
HUGH L. rOKTEll,
Malinger
Would respectfully inform the traveling public
that our rates of bourd will remain as heretofore:
Rate, $2.00 ter day.
Mns. W. F. BROWN.
. ‘ Proprietress.
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Au-vam eft mado oh Colton in store at lowest rates
CAMPS ELL & JONES,
MACON, GA.,
COTTON T>iACTOTLS
COMMISSION MFRGHANTS,
AVarelioute Corucsof
POPLAR and SECOND S1RET8,
Greet their patronrt with the announcement that
their large and commodious Warehouse is now be
ing entirely rebuilt in brick for the hotter accoxu
lu-ulatiou of cotton consigned to them, and are con
fident that their facilities for hanging the next
crop cannot bo surpassed by any house in the
State.
Their office and salesroom have been ro-arranged
With a view to improved light on samples and*the
comfort-of visitors, aud a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all to call and see them.
Thanking their friends for the liberal patronage
extended to them in the past, they ask its continu
ance
j After 'completing my course at Dol-
beurs, I started, in tbe spring of 1867,
to visit my relatives iti the Lone Star
State. I took a vessel at Ner Orleans,
in company with one of my classmates,
early in the morning, and late in the
afternoon we crossed the line which
plainly divides the waters of the great
Mississippi and the restless Gulf of
Mexico. Many things transpired dur
ing the two dayannd nights of our pas
sage—it being my first trip on water—
to interest me.but uotliii g tj attract the
attention of the general reader. We
arrived safely at Galveston, and after
spending a few days iu that delightful
city, we continued on our way.
Everything went pleasantly uutil af
ter we left the railroad, which termin
ated then at Williams’ Bend. There
we had to take the stage to Waco aud,
us the roads were then iu a had condi
tion, travel ceased to be pleasant. Bat
we had one passenger aboard—seated
with the driver—who managed, to a
considerable extent, to cheer us on our
way. He was undoubtedly a lively
Chap About midnight, while crossing
a swamp, as it seemed, suddenly down
came the front of the stage and, upon
examination, we found the king bolt-
broken. There were eight men and one
woman inboard, and there we were iu
that dismal swamp, and the di^icl line
tn,t far ahead. Our cheerful fellow in
vited the men to get out, which they
promptly did, and he then requested
ill to assemble in rear ot tbe stage.
“Gentlemen,” said he, “I have a litile
‘pine top’ here; won’t you try some?”
Strange to say, eight of the number ac
cepted the invitation, aud found out the
secret of our friend’s cheerfulness.
Crossing the dead line was attended
with some uneasiness, especially to the
lady, but the robbers failed to attack
that night, and We rode safely into
Waco.
Here my fi'iend and classmate left me,
and I journeyed alone on horseback
about 150 miles. I got to my brotber-
iu-Iaw’s residence after a long and weary
ride, but found that he and his family
had gone to Georgia. I fou.nl after
wards that we had passed each other at
Gilvislon. Oa the day after my arrival
I began to retrace my steps. About 11
o’clock, while riding leisurely along, I
was overtaken by a gentleman on a
plump Texas pony. He conversed very
pleasantly with me awhile, but finally
said: “My friend, you ai e the first mau
I ever saw travel in this country with
out six-shooters iu liis holsters.” He
then said that a few hours’ ride would
bring me to Richland Greek, and tha*.
many travellers had there fallen a prey
to a baud of desperate robbers. We
soon came to where his road turned,and
he left me, after advising me not to
ride after night-, aud saying that it
would, avail nothing, if attacked by
aobbeis, to give them my money, for
they invariably put their victims to
death any way. I had no weapon at
all but there being no other alternative,
I stiU went on. About 2 o’clock I roue
the Richland Greek bridge. The
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swamp, which was about three-fourths
of a mile w:de aud very bad, lay on the
farther side. A man, seated on a Email,
shabby horse, stood on the farther end
of the bridge talking to a small boy., 1
rode by and spoke to him, but Lc made
no reply, in fact seemed no7 to notice
me. Just as I rode off the bridge an
other man—a ragged, dirty man—dash
ed out of the cane broke on a little In
dian pony, said something to the man
on the bridge, which I could not under
stand,and in an instant was out of sight
by the same path by which he came.
The gentleman with whom I had trav
elled in the morning had told me that
the plan of the robbers was to close iu
on yon about midway the swamp. I
rode a large, tine Ameucau horse, and 1
felt that my only chance of escape was
to beat this man out of the swamp—
who, I supposed, would circle around
to cut me off. So, as the road soon
made a bend, and I was out of sight of
the first man, I put whip to my horse.
He was nearly body deep in mad and
water, but I urged him on with-ail pos
sible speed, and when I had gotten over
about two-thirds of the swamp, this
cane-brake fellow came into She road
about one hundred yards behind me.
Be followed me a short distance, but
seeing that my horse was the" swiftest,
he soon abandoned the chase and re
turned. It seemed providential that I
Was overtaken by the stranger that
morning and put npon my guard—but
-/quid have ended there.
11 house when the sun
3ur high, but thinking it
p, I went on and.did
util abont 9 o’clock
to stay all night, but
was iefusUi ' I then insisted on being
allowed to stay, and after stating the
circumstances that surrounded me and
saying that I was from Georgia, I was
in. The gentleman proved to
Georgian rhimself,- and that fac
probacly.the canse of my obtaining
j lodging. Early next day' I sighted
•Waco, and as I ~
: into the town I
'•Wit ~
Savannah News.
One sometimes finds a gem among
the castaways of forgotten years. The
following congratulatory letter to a
young lady on the eve of marriage is
venerable, but it is good. The gentle
heart that indited it, with the bride and
her maidens, may have passed away with
the Bowers that perfumed the past; bat
the “old, old storv” is told as sweetly
•now as then, and the same stately cere
monies usher in the event which locks
the destines of two hearts:
“I am holding some pasteboard in my
bauds—three stately pluckings from the
bush of ceremony. I am gazing upon
a card, and upon a name—a name with
which your gentle life began; a name
with which your throbbing heart was
lost. There is nothing strange abont
that card. The maiden sign still looks
up from it, calm and customary, as it
looks on many a friendly visit, as it lies
in many a farina! basket.
“I am gating, too, upon a Card where
the nearer parent tells the world she
will be ‘At Home’ one day; and that is
nothing new. But. there is another
cord, whose mingling there put a tongue
of fire into its speechless pasteboard.—
It tells us that feeling is maturing into
destiny, and that these cards are but the
pale herald of the coming crisis, Wbeii a
hand that has pressed friend’s hand aud
plucked flowers, shall close down on
ene to whom she will be a friend aud a
flower forever after.
“I send you a few flowers to adorn
the dying moments of jour single life.
They are the gentlest type of a delicate,
durable friendship. They spring up
by our side vlien others have deserted
it, and will be fouud watebiug over our
graves with those who should have for
gotten us.
“It seems meet that a past so calm
and pure as yours sholild expire wilh a
kindred sweetness about it; that flowers
aud music, kiud friends-and earnest
words should consecrate the hoar when
a sentiment is passing into a sacra
ment.
“The three groat stages of our exist
ence arc birth, the bridal and the bur
ial. To the first we bring only weak
ness, for the last we have nothing bat
dust. But hsre at the altar where life
joins life, the pair corao throbbing up
to the holy man, wispering the deep
promise that arms eacu with tbe other’s,
heart to help on m the life struggle of
care and duty.
“The beautiful wiil be there, borrow*
ing new beauty from the sceue—the gay
aud the frivolons Will look solemn for
once, and youth will come to look upon
all that its sacred thoughts paiit for—
and age will totter up to hear the_. old
words repeated over again, that to their
own lives h ive giveu the charm. Some
will weep over it as if it were a tomb,
some will laugh as if it were a joke; hut
two must stand by it, for it is fate, not
fuu, this everlasting locking of llieir
lives.
“And now can you, who have queen
ed it over so many bended forms, can
you come down at last to the frugal diet
of a single heart?
“Heretofore you have been a clock
giving your time to the whole world.-—
Now you are a watch buried iu one par
ticular bosom, marking only hours, and
MARRIAGE IN EGYPT.
When an Egyptian wants a wife he is
not allowed to visit the harems of his
friends to select one, for Mohammed
forbade men to see th6 face 6f any wo
man they ;conld marry, that is to say,
any besides their mothers and sisters.—
A man is, therefore, obliged to employ
a “khatbek,” or matchmaker, to find
one for him, for which service, of
coarse, she expects “backsheesh”—-that-
is, payment. The khatbeh hiviug
fonnd a girl, recommends her to the
man ns exceedingly beantifal and emi
nently suitable to him. The father is
then waited upon to ascertain the dow
ry he requires; for all brides are pur
chased as they were in patriarchal days.
When Jacob had no money to pay for
Rachel he served her father seven years
as an equivalent; aud, when duped, was
obliged to serve a second time to S 'cure
his prize. (Gen. xxix) Fathers still re
fuse to give a younger daughter in mar
riage before an elder shall have been
married. Tbe people of Armenia, in
Asiatic Turkey, forbid a younger son
to marry before an elder, and this is
likewise the law of the Hindoos.
The price of a wife varies from five
shillings to fifteen hundred dollars. The
girl may not be more than five or six
years old, but, whatever her nge, two-
tuirds of the dowry is at once paid to
her father, in the presence of witnesses.
The father then, or his representative;
says: “I betroth to thee my daughter,’
and the young man responds, “1 accept
of such betrothal.” Unless among the
lower classes, the father expends the
dowry in the purcLase of dress orna
ments, or furniture for the bride, which
never become the property of the hus
band. Even when betrothed, the in
tercourse of the parties is very restrict
ed. The Arabs wilt not allow them to
see each ether; but the Jews are not
quite so stringent. The betrothals of
ten continue for years before the man
demands his wife, thus; “Sampson went,
down and talked to the woman,” or es
poused her, aud “after a time, returned
to take her.” Girls are demanded at
the age of ten, and between that and
sixteen years; bat after sixteen few men
will seek them, aud the dowry expected
is theu.proportiouably low,
Girls in Egypt are often mothers at
thirteen and grandmothers at twenty-
six, and in Persia they are said to be
mothers at eleven, grandmothers at
twenty-two. and past child bearing at
thirty. When a man demands his be
trothed u day is fixed for the nuptials,
and for seven nights before he is ex
pected to give a feast, which, however,
is furnished by the guests themselves.
Thus oue sends coffee, another rice, an
other sugar, etc. The principal tirnff of
this continued feast is the night before
the consummation. The conduct is in
trusted to the “friend of the bride
groom.” (John iii. 29 ) About the mid 1 -
die of this day the bride arrives at the
house and retires to the harem, where
she sits with her mother, sisters and fe
male friends. At the third or fourth
watch of the night—three or four hoars
after sunset—the bridegroom, who has
not yet seen his fair one, goes to the
mosque to pray, accompanied by “mar*-
slu-ls” or torches and and lanterns, with
music. Upon his return he is intro
duced to his bride, with whom, having
An EngKclmiftnlfl lfioWS OH Antsrfanrt
Manufactures-
Scientific American.
In a lecture recently delivered in
Sheffield, England, Mr. W. K. Marples,
of that town, related bis experience aud
observation in his travels through tile
United States.
“I found-,” says tlielecturer, “in vis
iting various American factories, ma
chinery much more generally nsed than
it is with us—in fact, I sometimes saw
machinery employed for a process
which might have been done more
cheaply by hand labor; but we must re
member that until recently skilled work
men were not numerous iu the States,
and so manufacturers were driven to
the use of machinery. The Americans
are much iliore advanced in manufac
tures of all kinds than many of ns are
aware of. Cabinet furniture, glass and
china, cntlery tools, guns and pistols,
agricultural implements, carpets, Jmen,
in fact, soft and hard goods of every
description are niade, and in most in
stances made well, in the United States.
Their resources are wonderful; nature 1
has given them coal, iron, waterpower-;
etc., with the finest navigable rivers in
the world, and then their chieflly En
glish origin has given them plubk, en
durance, and pefseVerance under diffi
culties, and these qualities, coupled
with the immigration of many of onr
best artisans, have in the comparative
ly short space of one hundred years
worked marvels for them. The New
England States are one vast hiVe of
manufacturing industry, and it is here
that the brains of iuvent-ors are stimu-
ted to their utmost powers in develop
ing labor-saving articles, and the ma
chinery to make them.
“I think the introduction of the many
American ideas and inventions into.
England that has been attempted dur-'
ing the past few years will tend to de
velop new ideas among our workpeo
ple, and assist us iu holding our posi
tion as the great manufacturing nation
of the world. I have little fear that
English hardware manufacturers will
succeed iu holding their own in all
markets where the duties are not pro
hibitory, as in the United States.
There is little doubt that much of the
boasted superiority of American manu
facturers in the matter of price was a
mere myth, and I am fully convinced
that until a few months ago, when the
hardware trade in America was so de
pressed, the manufacturers- exported
goods to Eug’aud at a positive loss. Iu
some cases this bus been admitted, and
the enormous advances, amounting in-
some goods (notably in locks) to ever
100 per cent., bear me out in this opin
ion. Many goods, that up to a short
time ago were imported from America,
are now manufactured in England, and
the Americans would seem to be doing
their best to destroy tbe trade which
until recently they werB apparently so
anxious to build lip, English manu
facturers nave been fully alive to the
situation, and will not readily allow
American manufacturers to recover the
ground they ars now losing.”
A Philosophical Traveler-
ticking only to the beat of his heart, given her attendant a present to retire,
where time and feeling shail Ue iu uni
son until these lover ties are lost in that
higher wedlock, where all hearts are
united around the ‘Central Heart’ of
-all.
‘ Hoping that calm sunshine may hal
low your clasped hands, I siuk silently
into a signature—” .
Lnok ai d Labor.
Don't charge your failure to ‘‘bad
luck,” my boy. I’d tell you what your
trouble is You are lazy. “Llick and
Labor. ”
Luck is waiting for something to turn
up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong
arms, will turn something np.
Luck lies iu bed aud wishes the post
man wonld bnner him news of a lega
cy.
Labor turns out of bed at six o’clock,
and with busy pen or ringing hammer,
lays the foundation of a competence.
Luck whines,
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on uhances.
Labor on character.
Luck slips down to indigence.
Labor strides up tj independence.
It is-a fact not generally known, that
silver coins with boles bored or punch
ed in them will not be received at the
Treasury. Ey punching a large hole in
a silver dollar from five to thirteen
cents worth of silver is taken out. In
dividuals rarely .refuse to ace'ept these
mutilated coins,- as they pass readily,
Manufacturers who. obtain large quan
tities of silver "suffer the Ufost by the
mutilation of coin, as the defective
pieces cannot be exchanged for certifi-
tes or green backs at the office of the
or sc^Treasury.
lie is left alone. He then throws off
her veil, and for the first time sees her
face. If satisfied he informs tile women
outside, who immediately express their
joy by screaming Zuggarest,” Which is
echoed by the women in the house and
then by those in the neighborhood.
A Kansas Wonder-
A Kansas newspaper is responsible
for the somewhat wonderful story rela
tive to the discovery in that State of a
spring ftom which flows a copious sup
ply of sweet water, yielding one and a
half pounds of pure sugar to the three
gallons of water. Tne discoverer of
this miraculous fountain of sweetness is
a Mr. H. T. Mills, who lives on ni farm
near Biirr Oak, wherever that may be,
and had bis attention called to the pe
culiar quality of the water by tbe fact
that his cattle refused to drink it. Af
ter personally “sampling” the waters,
its sweetness induced him to try the ex
periment of of sngar making, with the
result above stated. The manufactured
sugar is said to be a Very close resemb
lance to that derived from the maple
tree in color and taste. There is
enough difference, however, to convince
one that it is not maple sugar. Mr.
Mills is set down as a “truthfnl, honor
able gentleman.” and, therefore, his
sugar story should go for whatever it
will bring, until a reasonable doubt can
be established.- ,
—
It is asserted that in the event of a
war b etween‘Russia and China, which
now seems certain, the United States
would supply both countries with near
}y all their'provisions and materials of
war. Tbe Rfissiaa Government, it is
e penal- '^4) has already.^?,Rearrangements fo
- marbleTfeum'Jie [
ent A whe^^
m fine,
Chicago Ledger.
Mr.. Editor; An old man of very
cute pbisic-gnomy, answering to the
name of Wm. Sharpe, was brought be
fore tha Police Court of our city. His
clothes looked as if they might have
been second-handed in his prime, for
they had siiffered-more from the rnbs
of the world than the proprietor him
self. 'fee was questioned by the coart
as follows:
“What business do you follow?”
“Business? None; I’m a traveler.
“A vagabond, perhaps?”
“You are not far wrong. Travelers
and vagobonds are much tbe same.—
The difference is, the latter travel with
out mouey, the former without brains.”
“Where have you traveled?”
“All over the continent. ”
“For what pnrpose?”
“observation,”
“What have yon observed?”
“Little to commend, nmsU to a
sure, and much to laugh at.”
“What do yon commend?,’
“A handsome woman that will stay at
home, an eloquent preacher that will
preach shore sermons; a good writer
that will not write too much, and a fool
who knows enough to hold his tongue.
“What do eem ure?”
“A man who marries a girl for her
fine danciugja youth who.stodieslaw or
medicine while he has the use of his
hands, and the people who elect a fool
or a blockhead to office.”
What do you langh at?”'
“I imgh at a mittt who expects his
position to command that leqject which
his personal qualities and qualifications
do not merit.”
Don Alphcnjo, Clerk;
A temperance paper advises people to
drink spirituous liquors only in sueh
months as have a W in them. In such
a case spelling refoirri would
a .«»« «•»» wZ-aijit? 'g'raejLijsYi
ter, is an original thin!**:
Yww -
GLUCOSE—GRAPE SUGAR-CORN
SIRUP-
Western Manufacturer.
The wonderful impetus that has re
cently been given to the manufacture of
glucose anc grape sugar from corn, has
awakened an interest in the early histo
ry of the indnstry aud its introduction
into this country. Mr. Lyman Bradley,
one of the original inventors of the pro
cess of producing those articles from
corn, writes to a Buffalo paper in refer-
ing to it as follows:
“Grape sugar was long before made
from potatoes in Enrops, and came here
at a cost of from 8 to 12 cents a pound,
in gold, where gold was at a premium
of 40 per cent. But sugar from corn
was not then known. In the year 1863,
F. W. Gessling and Lyman Bradley, in
the city of Buflalo, improvised a small
factory for experimenting, to see if
grape sugar, glucose’, find Sirup could be
made from corn. Although sneered at
and ridiculed by their friends as insane,
they; by tbeir persistence, succeeded;
and in 1864 they obtained a patent,
which may be seen on tbe records at
Washington. In July) 1804, a commit
tee of sugar manufacturers and chemists
from New York visited Buffalo as ex
perts, to report as to "tbe value of the
invention. They remained several days
testing.the process. They returned,
and others from New Yorl: took their
places for the same purpose. The pat
entees employed a well known citizen
of Buffalo to negotiate a sale of the pat
ent, ahd on the iLOth of November 1864,
a sale was made for §600,000, a stock
company formed .with a capital of §1,-
000,000, and stock issued, some of
which may be seen in Buflalo bei.ring
that date.”
From the supposed folly of Gessling
and Bradley has grown np a business iu
which neaily §30,000,000 are invested.
Grape sugar has been made from pota
toes and imported here to be used iu
making wine, costing near 12 cents per
pound, it being better than" cane sugar
for that purpose, it having no taste but
sweet if properly made. No grape su
gar, no glucose, no sirup, was ever made
on this continent or elsewh.ru from
corn UDtil after the invention so made
by Gessling and Bradley, and if any
credit is<tue to any one for inventing u
process which is proving to be so valua
ble, the meed of praise belongs to
them. For now, instead of importing an
inferior article of grape sugar, made
from potatoes, at a cost of 8 to 12 cents
a pound, large quantities of grape su
gar made from corn are exported at 3
cents a pound.
Tho Disappointed Passenget-
Hawkoye.
“Sir,’* she said, and the music of her
voice thrilled the ear; “sir, is this seat
engaged?” He looked tip at the vision
of glowing cheeks and laughing ever,
marble brow and clustering curls, and
he relented; even tne masher’s heart
warmed toward tliG lonely girl, the lat
est victim of his manly charms. “Oh,
certainly not,” he said, and his brow
was a study of grace for the steam man;
“oh, certainly cot; yon are entirely
welcome; I shall be only too liappy—”
“Then,” cried the charmed victim,
“mother, yon can sit here by this gen
tleman.” An old woman, seventy-three
if she was a day, with no teeth and only
one eye, a small box. a big bandboxina
bag, a green reticule "and an umbrella,
two paper b igs, and a piece of calamus
root, tottered into the proffered seat
and sat down and piled her things into
the voting man’s Lip. And tbe girl, the
beautiful girl, weut and sat down be
side tbe passenger with the sandy goa
tee, who was so bashful that lie couldn’t
and didn’t say a word to bis companion
all tbe way to Newark, and blushed to
bis ears every time the fat passenger
winked at him.
Thu hand has a great share in ex
pressing our thoughts and feelings.—
Raising the hands towards Heaven with
the palms united* express devotion aud.
supplicatiorf; wringing them, grief;
throwing them towards Heaven; admi
ration, dejected hands, despnir and
amazement; folding them, idleness;
holding the fingers intermingled," mus
ing and thoughtfulness; lifting them
and tUe eyes to Heaven; ap’peal; waving
the band from ns/ prohibition; extend
ing the right hand to any: one, peace,
plenty and safety; scratching the head,
care and perplexing thought; laying the
right band ott tne heart, affection and
solemn affirmation; holding up the
thumb, approbation; placing tbe right
forefinger on the lip perpeudiCuLir, si
lence*
Space is very large. It is immense,
very immense, A great deal of inmen
sity exists in space. Space has no top,
no boitom. In fact, it’s bottomless both
at the b*.toM:ind attbeto v Space rx.
tends as far forward as it does back
ward, vice Versa/ versa vice. Tliefe is
of
no compass of spate, and no bo
the compass,.
vi le, Fi-auk
i at (Jarni
and
LITE In
ST-P3TERS
Exchange.
St Petersburg is a City ot
The long nights in winter, and the ex
cessive cold and discomfort out ©f
doors, drive the inhabitants to indoor
pleasures. They consequently pay
great attention to the cuisine, and tho
cooks become cordon—ileus. The best
cuisine, is of coarse, the French, and 1
there are French chefs in many of (he
houses, but the Russians have % number
of national dishes, they are fond of, es
pecially soup—Cabbage soup eateni with*
sour cream, cucuinher soup, and a icola
sour soup, which is not vicry agreeable
to a foreign palate. The root vegeta
bles, turnips, beets, etc., are remarka
bly good; so are watermelons and eu-
cninbera, while game, snipe, woodcock,'
partridges; hazel grouse, black cock.'
cogs dubois and hare are abundant in'
their season and are good. In the fey-
of fish, the salmon is ekbefreift, and
they have tront, potfish, potch, gray
ling sequis, somewhat like a striped ,
bas3. and the fnmons sterlit, which we
do not thiuk deserves its reputation?
Its roe makes the best cavaire.
The regular Russian .restaurant is not
to be seen in p'erfectiop in, St,
burg. There is one in Moscow they
call tbe Hermitage, which is thorouglr- .
Iv *Rnssinn A fonf.Tm '
ly Russian. A feature of these restau-'
rants is an imiaense mechafiieal organ?
which grinds out lively airs daring din-’ *
One can hardly talk. The cor?
reet thing to do is to take before a “xa-
couska,” which, being IlU ‘
means a preliminary lUflCh, a
glass of liquor, generally “wotUfi,
itile c
salt fish or cavaire, ora little cheese.
This is supposed to whdt dulled appe-'
t'tes.
Besides th& pleasure of the table, the'
Russians rely greatly upon cards to pais •
the long winter evenings. They play
a great deal, and play high. Whist,
with some modification in the counting;
baccarat, and a game they Jcall * 'qnin-
za,” something like “Boston,” are their .
principal games. - The great national
game of poker 4 is unknown among them,*
but its attractions are'just beginning to
be appreciated. Cards are a ffidtiopoly -
in Russia, and their importation is ,; '
strictly prohibited. The profitson their
sals, go to the support of the foundling’ •
hospital, and it is magnificently sup
ported. Any infant can be brought"
there, and no questions are asked ei-" •
ther as regards the mother or child, and
no payment is necessary. It is said to"'
be the ouly place^ii: Russia; where nV-
passport is reqniied.
Kl
Pedigree of Ropuftlisan N^g*. (
The following pedigree,of republican -'"
nags on the presidential coarse is too'
valuable to be lost.
“Boss” Conkling—Sorrel hot§e?pedi-
gree, by vanity ont ot dondeitfsifefil by f ’
swellhead ont of selfishness; owned i; by
Mrs. Sprague; rider, Gov.. Cs’^elD
weight, lost opportunities’; colors; blood*
red.
Jim Blaine-Gray gelding; pedig
by War Dauee out of BK ' 1 ~
sired by. Demagogue out of Hale; oWue
by Credit Mobilier; rider,Railroad jobs;..
weight, Spencer Carbines jvni Snbsti-r,
tntes; colors, black with bloody edging? .
John Sherman—Brown horse; ppdi?
gree, Mad Wells out of EE&i PiiikstoBf " ::
sired by Bargain ont of Fraud; owned
by Loisiana Returning Board; rider,'
Radical Party; weight, JNew Orleans' "'
Custom House and.negro affidavits; ccff-
ors, interchangeable to snit any vision. H
Ulysses S. Gfiu’t—Roan horse; peal- r
gree, By War Horse out of-the Wilder- -
ness; sired by Opportunity out of Luck?
owned "by Rings and Ambition? rider-
Babc-ohS or Bel&nap' weight,' Coinip-"'
sion and Cmarism; color,corn' y&ioifi ’' 1 ’
Saw dusi- is got a very marketable
commodity* If we except , the cranu-'
.faeture of dolts,, there" are few uses to
which that article can be put, Mr."
Grossman, of tetersbnrg, Va
granted'a patent List Thursday „
may put saw dust to a useful pur)
He intends to make railroad ties, J
posts, pavmg and building blocks,
out of saw dust. This article of w
it is claimed, can be mgde fire and
ter proof, and do insects V^III atb"
It (fill take a high polish, and st
higher pressure than ordinary wo
also can Be exit and sawed, and al
nails being driven into’ it. The pro&«’
js said to be siifiDle and diSscrv,* . ■ ;
The choice som'e pc
A yofing Maine J
ly cultured Boston girl v?bo didn’V ki
the first f "
had devoted her yoo
geology and mineralogy,
took her Lome/ instead <
household flnfcies,
abVtrt the term’, a’nd soon di_
her husband’s land a cold r
§40,0001
nfuti
...w.* » {ju,,, mine wotut
»’0°0. You can’t always' fell how *
till will thru out.' i " ■
j\Irs. Nettie McAfeehae notified tlm
Kentucky legislature that Wnless If
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