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Traiii Robberies,
A Chinese Funeral
Words of Wisdom,
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Au Episode of Teeth.
Boston Courier.
. It was about 2 o'clock on a chill
morning when Mr. X. presented
himself at the door of a doctor
in the village of W., and after a
series of thundering knocks at
the door and a good deal of vigor
ous exercise upon the bell handle,
succeeded in bringing that gentle-
vo Tvoovre
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man to a window overhead.
“What is it?" the doctor asked.
“Do you pdll teeth?” Mr. X. de
manded.
“Yes, when I have to,” was the
reply.
“Then I want a tooth’pulled.
“All right. Come back in the
morning, and I’ll take, it oat for
you.”
“Comeback in the morning!”
ejaculated Mr. Xr “What do you
take me for? Here I’ve been in
torment for these two days, and
for the last two hours I,ve been
hunting all over this confounded
town for a dentist, ; and now I’d
like to have the job done at once,
if there iB any way to fix it."
The dentist at first demurred,
but at last he consented to come
down and get the.gtooth out at
once; and after a due interval in
which he made his hasty toilet,
Mr. X. was.admitted to the house.
The chill of the night was every
where, but X. was too^inient upon
getting rid of the|troublesome mo
lar to mind that, and he was duly
installed in the operating chair and
an examination made.
“Hold on there,” X. said, as the
dentist having satisfied himself
which was the troublesamo tooth,
took ap his forceps and prepared
for work. “I want to take gas.
This toothjhas given me about all
the pain I can stand from'it.”
f *Well,” the dentist answered,
“the gas is a little low, but if you
insist, I will give you what there
is. It will deaden tbefpain, but
very likely you will feel it: Borne.”
The conventional breathing-tube
ef black rubber was produced, and
X. proceeded to inhale for dear
life. For a moment the dentist al
lowed him to pomp his lungs fall
from the gas reservoir, and then
taking the breathing-tube away he
quickly whipped in his forceps and
whipped the tooth out
“I did feel it Jsome,” X. ob
served, when he was able to get
his mouth in a condition^which al
lowed him to speak.
“Did you?” the dentist asked,
sympathetically. “Not much, I
hope.”
Not so very much,” X. replied.
“Still, I kne when it came.”
When a moment later, X. pre
pared to pay his bill, and asked
the price, he $es surprised fc> be
told a sum which was so small that
it seemed that.© mistake must have
been made. ;
“But is that all you charge for
administering gas?” he hastened
to ask.
“Oh, bless you!” wee thesmiling
answer, “there wasn’t eny gas
there. I only let you breathe into
the tube to satisfy your imagine
tion.”
X. did not at first know whether
to be vexed or amused, but wisely
concluding that the latter was the
better policy, he wended his fay
home chuckling, and got himself
to bed as the first streaks of the
coming dawn began to show in the
sky.
There is a rich family of the
name of Lofting in England,whose
fortune was founded by the thim
ble. The first ever seen in Eng
land was made in London less
than 200 years ago by a metal
worker named Jonn Lofting. The
usefulness or the article commend
ed it at once to all who used the
needle, and Lofting acquired a
large fortune. The ^implement
was then called the thumb-bell, it
being worn on the thumb when in
use, and its shape suggesting the
rest of the name. The clumsy
mode of using it was soon changed,
however, but the name, softened
into “thimble.!’ remains.
Fear naturally quickens the
flight of gnili
Knowledge is more than equiv
alent to force.
What cannot be acquired is not
to be regretted.
Though matrimony may have
some painB, celibacy has few pleas
ures.
Marriage is a feast where the
grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
The happiness of love is -in ac
tion; its test is in what One is will
ing to do for others.
If- we will stand boggling at im-
aginary’evils, letfus never blame a
horse for starting at a shadow.
The heart is like the tree that
gives balm lor the wounds of men
only when the iron has pierced, it.
By indulging the fretf nl temper
you alienate the affections of. those
on whom much fof^your comfort
depends.
Success soon palls. The’joyous
time is when the breeze first
strikes your Bails, and the waters
rustle under yonr bows.
All of us who are worth any
thing spend our manhood in un
learning the follies or expiating
the follies of our youth.
There are a great many duties,
and we have to balance their
claims as best we can. It will not
do always to choose our favorites.
It would havejfbeen better to
have trusted the refinement of our
language, as to sound, to the judg
ment of onr women, than to half
witted poets.
Civility,'intended to fmake us
easy, is employed in laying chsins
and fetters upon ns, in debarring
us of our wishes, and' in crossing
our moBt reasonable desires.
The independence of character,
founded upon honest conviction,
wiUJnot be disturbed’fatjgthe en
vious spirit of contempt by which
some people betray their own con
ceit. ^
Of all the passions, jealousy is
that which exacts the hardest ser
vice, and pays the bitterest wages.
Its service is to watoh the success
of our enemy; itsjwages tojbe sure
of it
A diamond with a flaw is better
than a pebble without. But the
flaw adds nothing to the valne of
the diamond.
People who are extravagant on
themselves are often wonderfully
ingenious in devising plans of
economy for others.
What is an^opportunity to a
man who cannot make use of it?
Au unfecundated egg which is
washed away by the waves of time
into eternity.
There is no man whom fortune
does not. visit once in a life-time;
but when she does not find him
ready to receive her, she walks in
at the door and flies out at the
window.
Oar grand basine^e is not to see
but
* h T /'-"N T T J what lies dimly at a distance,
\,_y JjlJj what lies clearly at hand.
A bear has beau making,.hsvoo
with sheep in Burlington, |£aine,
having killed several in that vicin
ity. Three traps have been set
for bruin, but thus far he seems to
have a preference for keeping out
of them. He may have had a pre
vious experience with traps similar
to that of an old bear killed there
a year ago. He would*; take the
bait from the trap every time it
was baited, bat could not be in
duced to“pnt his foot into it.’
Finally, a rifle was set for him,
and he was killed by it Then the
reason for his caution was appa
rent for it was found that he had
lost a paw in a former tussle with
a trap.
Something like the miracle of
the loaves and fishes was recently
performed at Oakland, Me. The
managers of a church supper-pre
pared for 75 guests, but had an
unexpected crowd, and made their
supplies spread to the entertain
ment of 125 people.
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Savannah News.
Describing the funeral of a Chi-;
nese laundryman in New Orleans, j The fobbing of mail and express,
the Picayune says: Last evening J cars on the southwestern railways
the dead man was laid out in the j j 8 getting te be quite common. Onr
shop, which could not have been
more than twelve feet square. Be
side his coffin, which rested on
stocks, was the common ironing
board used in the laundry, on
which were laid several packages
containing food for the dead man
to eat on his way to heaven. On
his feet rested a plate filled with
candies and other sweets, also to
be used during the silent journey.
The deceased waB cjothed in a blue
cambric garment fastened with
silver buttons, while his face was
covered with a white cloth, which
was not removed, but buried with
him.
Besides the regular furniture of
a Chinese laundry there was noth
ing more, except a piece of candle
punk burning at the foot of the
coffin. The incense caused by t tbis
burning smelled very much like
opium. The punk, as it was called
by the Chinamen, resembling large
pieces of sea weedffastened secure
ly to a foundation of red sealing
wax. This burned slowly, giving
out a dense smoke, which filled
the room. Everything!was cover
ed with white. A picture of a Chi
nese princess over the door of the
partition between the rooms was
covered with white cloth. There
was no priest or any one to officiate
at the house, oriburial ground, nor
did the dead man’s friends seem
at all concerned about it. Every
one worepiishat in the room; even
the pallbearers, exceptVfew, wore
theirs. The expenses of the funeral
were borne by the i "dead man’s
friends, and everything of any
value that the deceased had was
buried with him.
It is the custom to burn the ef-
fects’of the dead, but in, this case
the dead man was poor and had
only a fewfthings, which were put
on hif his coffin; after it was put
into the tomb.
The undertaker said it was a
fact that never had he buried a
Chinrman whose funeral expenses
were not paid in advance and if
the dead man had no money his
friends always paid for him. It is
an idea of theirs that the man
would not go to the'paradise of the
celestials unless hisl'burial ex
penses were paid. On the way to
the graveyard one of the Chinamen
sat on the driver’s seat of the
hearse^and. dropped^small slips of
paper about four inches long with
holes in them, three of them punch
ed with a blunt instrument and
the rest cut Thqse, it is claimed,
hetp the deceased to his heaven.
They are made in China and are
sent all over the world and used at
all Chinese funerals. They are
called Xie Tun in the Chinese lan
guage.
At the graveyard every China
man present united in throwing
dust on the coffin; each man doing
so twice. The tomb belonged to
the Societe Chinaise years ago
but that society is now extinct, and
the only surviving member, John
Aben, has the key, which is re
leased when a Chinaman dies.
A friend, in the true sense of
the term, is one to whom yon would
not hesitate to speak yonr inmost
thoughts, but one does not make
such a friend in a week.
Of all the evil spirits abroad at
this hour in the world, insincerity
is the most dangerous.
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no special mention. All who have
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same song of praise.—A .purer
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dispatches on Tuesday contained
an account of the robbing of an
express car on the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railway Sunday
night, and according to our dis
patches yesterday, an express, car
on the Santa Fe railway was rob
bed on Monday night at a point
in the Chickesaw Nation.' These
are the latest train robberies. Ev
ery few days the dispatches con
tain an account of a train robbery
of greater or less importance. The
robbing of railway trains appears
to-be quite an easy way of getting
money. It is very seldom that the
robbers are caught, and, as a gen
eral thing, they meet with very lit
tle resistance. The train is stop
ped at an out of the way place by
exhibiting a danger signal, or is
eaptured when stopping for wood
and water in a locality remote from
a settlement. The passengers^ if
they know of the presence of the
robbers, do not care to run the risk
of attacking them, and would rath
ergive up their valuables than to
risk the chances of being shot. As
a rale the express messenger is
not able to defend himself against
the robbers, and is forced to give
up whatever is valuable in his
possession. Once in a while there
is an exchange of shots between
the express messenger aad the
robbers, but in the end the robbers
get what they want.
-How are the trains to be pro
tected against the robbers? That
is the question that the railroad
officials have not yet been able to
answer. They cannot afford to
have a dozen or two detectives on
each train. The arming of railroad
men has been tried, but not with
success. There are comparatively
few men in charge of a train,, and
they are so scattered that it would
be difficult for them to resist the
attack of a band of train robbers
acting together and thoroughly in
formed with respect to the part
they are to play. And then, train
men are not paid for fighting, and
they are not. anxious to risk their
lives without hope of com
pensation.
The government ought to help
to protect the trains. The robbers
are as anxious to get hold of regis
tered letters as they are of express
packages, and on the ground of
defending the mails the govern
ment could send armed men in the
mail cars of those trains which are
the most exposed to robbers. The
government does not know exactly
what to do with its little army, now
that there are very few Indians to
look after, and it might not do an
unwise thing to employ some of it
in protecting mail cars and hunt
ing down train robbers.
Friday night a party of young
men near Bockport, on the Indiana
shore, went coon hunting taking
with them their guns. About 11
o’clock their dogs trailed an ani
mal which turned upon them and
put them to flight, The hunters
came up, and catching a glimpse
of the -animal in fthe imperfect
light, concluded that it was a pan
ther. One of them fired upon the
beast, which fled with a howl of
pain. With the aid'bf their dogs
they followed, and in about an
hour overtook the strange animal,
which turned for the purpose of
showing fight, but a volley from
their rifles stretched it dead. The
animal proved to be a female tiger,
about three-fourths grown. It is
supposed that it had been in the
neighborhood for about a year, as
the farmers had been suffering
that long from depredations coni'
mitted by some large animal upon
their sheep; pigs and chickens,
and attributed their loss to a pan
ther. The tiger probably escaped
from a eireus. .
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