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VOL. V.-NO. 4.
JESSIE IN THE LANE.
The fields ar? cloVer-laden,
The beet are on the wing.
As Jessi?., loveliest maiden,
Got’S gayly sauntering
Adown the breezy lane.
The merry birds around her Sing,
Nor warble they in vain,
For Jessie’s heart is tuned to song,
As through the lane she moves along.
She loves th? purple clover,
The drone of hurrying bees,
The son i s that float above her,
The blossom-scented breeze
That ruffs her sunny hair;
For Jessie's maiden heart’s at ease,
Untouched by love’s sweet care,
And finds dear Mother Nature yields
A thousand joys in wood and fields.
And now among the grasses,
Along the verdurous way,
Sweet Jessie slowly passes,
And all the green array
Seans keenly, if perchance
A mystic four-leaved clover spray
Howard her eager glance.
In vain! not e'en her magic eyes
Can lure to view the fateful prize!
But see! one comes to greet her,
In sober homespun clad.
Why grows the prospect sweeter?
And why, with smile so glad,
Lights up her glowing face?
Jfc>r he is but a rustic lad,
And she—a queen in grace!
Ah. that’s a secret who can tell?
But Jessie likes her laddie well.
Now side by side together
They saunter down the lane.
How lovely is the weather!
How fair the bloomy plain.
Swept by the summer air!
And Jessie, ere they turn again,
Knows why they seem so fair;
For, looking for a four-leaved clover.
Her maiden, heart has found—a lover
—Harper’s Weekly.
Agricultural Economies.
The profit of the future is to conic in
avoidance of wastes of the farm. As
the country grows older, land dearer and
immigration heavier, competition waxes
fiercer in all agricultural production. A
ruinous share of the hay is lost first in
cutting when ripened to woodiness or
dried io hardened steins; then in giving
it out to sustain life and animal heat
rather than for fat ami flesh. Corn is
also thrown away by insufficient or in
judicious feeding. There is enormous
loss in keeping a poor cow that yields
three hundred gallons of milk per an
num instead of one that produces six
hundred at about the same cost. One
may bring the owner in debt, while the
other affords a handsome profit on ex
pense of keep. A cow that gives milk
only from April to November, and runs
dry when forage is costly and milk is
dear, should have a few months’ extra
feeding, and go to the butcher as soon
as possible. That a cow is dry formore
than six weeks is the fault of the owner
in not procuring “the survival of the
fittest, and aga'n, perhaps in not sup
plying ample and succulent food at all
seasons, while the milk habit of the
)oung cow ;s forming. The loss in milk
and meat by irregular feeding and a
change from fre<h pastures to a straw
stack and coarse hay during an in dem
ent season, is an' irreparable waste
" Inch is pro ceted into the succeeding
summer without regard to the abumb
ance oi its pasture.
Ihe losses from negligence, or want
"t skill in the preparation for market,
the manipulation or manufacture from I
law material, is enormous. Milk of the
*ame quality, of the same cost, makes
'utter at fifteen cents and at half a dol
'ar per pound. Mixed fruits sell in
market at half the value of assorted
samp c S neatly put up. The pig prod
cis oi a famous Massachusetts farm are
''■posed ot m New York Citv at twen
’V'lu'ee cents per pound, while similar
Eiit o • I , ni ’ lO avera g e farm command
'•t thirteen cents. Skill, taste, neat
rehth 1 a Y, ell - ear «ed reputation for
’ xc ellence get the highest re
cmii d ! Je , tler dividends than the
wod,' a,l< in the
'ili,, ' on which they are expended,
v''l ' SOl, o 1,1 ’! ie - v in thes « intangible
avoideii but tie " astes that may be
numerous in every depart
m’t l .i |, nf i'" Practice, and can
are idu-t- t t !l P? ra ? ra Ph- They
Sellin- ‘ '- 11 ~ lie differing costs and
products of adjoin
am I ly rTV nei S l ‘ 1 ’orhood of the
• -’.J. tribune
Cats From the Hol* Land.
XV hile it is a source of much pleasure
fin rt s any I)eo P le maintain kennels of
dogs, it has remained for Thomas H.
7’i Os p amden , ex-Consul at Liver
■n i’ ? 1 < ; a^,^ e fashion in raising rare
fi„t? , V 100kiu « ca;s ’ Mr - Dudley’s
son * fU i z? lUlt , ry rt ’si<lence, a few miles
ti-ioii " 9 aTl ?J en » possesses many at
thc '” 18 lu .^ e way of live stock, but
doL^° 8 ! ln^ restiD g of all are a half
lem ’A " hlch . wereb o r n ™ Jerusa
“v ey i nre from the
of ti •' r ’ ack *y ar d feline by the length
?be ’•MRotal color ot
four innh 8 ’ in P artic nlar has fur
waves "iii 1D ' en gt'b which grows in
none h»v r ar i° as white as snow and
Red veil ur .® Bß fhan two inches long,
colors ( >f t'l" ’- ’ U ° an K reen are the
inc of ti e ? eB, The most interest
bit *¥ tnbeisa,ittle kitten with a
cured sor 1 Mf r Dnli ye ‘ They . wcre P ro "
atabiaov, ’Hadley several years ago
bv thet r CaF9 “ exereised
reanng fchem — Phila ‘
himvoui’i 0 Y a Quakerk new full well that
vigoS ±.-" at ! e V' 0 recipient of a
on the rx i | Ul ' ail W len 110 e, »barked
arranged ? ?" 8 Bea ° f matrimony, so he
k ei.salon a t OZen h, . ves of able-bodied
knew the Ti.' 6 P. ortlco > nea r which he
married th' n '^pr 18 " ould come. He
be exne ■tn,] 11 ' T h e serenade came, as
room window J ? an,n ß o,lt of his bed-
a "d hiisii), ... ’ u b . e u P s et the bee-hives
Xem h d n W - “ Thure wa sn’t
er next ,| a ' , remarked the Quak-
n "m under th,- lat let up on a
eh/. fler three mde.”_C7u C ap o Her-
Clljc IDalton Gratis.
Spend As lon (io, .
There is one lady irt Netv York who
does not intend waiting until her death
to distribute her wealth for benevolent
purposes, only to have herself, like the
late Miss Burr, shown up in court as a
vile and dirty miser, her old clothes and
broken furniture exhibited as proof of
her squalid and menial existence, and
her intelligent capacity to give het*
money away denied by Che heirs and re
lativesi who think it should come to
them instead of going to religious and
Charitable objects.
Miss Catherine Wolfe is credited with
disbursing in the last ten years $2,000,-
000 of the large estate left by her
father. She has given it to a score of
institutions and societies, but all of the
most practicable and useful kind; to a
home for incurables; to a newsboys’
lodgings house; to Union College for
the education of poor and deserving
young men from the South; to a school
for girls in Colorado; to an enterprise
of Christian socialism or communism on
Long Island; Io the erection of a build
ing in connection with Grace Church, of
which she is a member, mainly devoted
to club rooms for young men and young
women, where clerks, art students,
teachers and others living in lodgings
may find the best current literature,
music, bright, cheerful and elegant
club-rooms, bakh-rooms, writing-rooms,
etc., for the use of members, whose
dues (25 cents a month or $2 50 a year)
are so small as to be a burden to no one,
and yet preserve the feeling of self-re
spect which relucts at using a dole; and
where, though the club-house adjoins a
Church, no religious tests are exacted,
nor, indeed, any question as to one’s
belief or denomination asked; to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and to the
church of which she is a member, by
the addition of costly and beautiful
specimens of ecclesiastical art and archi
tecture, unexampled in this country.
This has been done under her own
immediate supervision; showing a broad
and catholic taste; a shrewd, practical
s&nse; a want of bigotry and sectarian
prejudice, and securing to her the pecu
liar but enviable pleasure of seeing her
bounty enjoyed and the fruits of it
realized while she is here and alive to
gather all the luxury of being honored,
loved and admired.
The greatest pleasure which the ven
erable Peter Cooper, now approaching
a century of existence, derives from life
is the love and gratitude, the deference,
homage and affection shown him when
he visits his “Institute” and is sur
rounded by scores of admiring pupils, of
both sexes, that are the recipients of his
bounty, and are learning art and science
and practical affairs by means of the
schools and professorships his wealth
long ago endowed. It is said that the
sight of this spectacle so touched the
sensibilities of a hundred millionaire one
day that he was almost persuaded to go
and do likewise. Unluckily for him and
others, w r hen he got by himself this
spasm of generosity and human sympa
thy passed off, and he set himself at
work again to pile up higher an already
huge fortune. But even his momentary
weakness was ample proof of the genu
ineness of the scene he had witnessed.
Mr. Reuben Springer, of Cincinnati,
is another of the benevolent givers who
get cash dividends of pleasure from
their investments for other people’s
benefit. His rich gifts to his fellow
citizens have made him the idol of the
city. Only the other day, in the pres
ence of a vast multitude who cheered
him to the echo, the statue of their
living benefactor, chiseled by the hand
of the son of the artist Powers, himself
derived from a Cincinnati family, was
unveiled to the public. It was a gift to
the city of other citizens his example
bad affected. The old man is now
ready to depart in peace, for his own
eyes have seen the glory to which men
in their lifetime attain, as a reward for
their humanity and their practical and
personal distribution of their wealth for
the good of their fellow citizens. It is
a noble and beautiful lesson. This is
the one wholsome exception to the fru
gal rule, which says you should not
“spend as you go.”— Detroit Free
Press.
How to Catch Frogs.
The Washington Star thus tells how
frogs are caught in the Potomac: lhe
manner of catching them is to drift
about at night in a skiff among the
swamps which line the Potomac and its
creeks with a bull’s-eye dark lantern.
When the frogs begin their loud, gut
feral conversation with each other, the
hunter edges up as near as possible to
his game and throws the intensely re
flected light from the bull's-eye direct
ly upon the frog, which appears to have
the effect of completely paralyzing him.
Once the light strikes them they are
immovable, and will sutler themselves
to be bagged without a murmur. < >ne
expert stated to a Star reporter that he
took a dozen from off one old rotten log
in Hunting Creek, but a big moccasin
snake struck out for him, and in getting
away he lost nine of them. The frogs
are particularly plump this year, and
their saddles tender as squab meat.
—A jeweler has Jong dunned a lady
of fashion for the amount of his big bill,
but in vain. When he rings the bell
the footman says politely but firmly :
“ Sir, the Countess only receives on
Tuesdays.” “ I don’t care when she
receives,” thunders the irate and long
suffering creditor; “what I want, to
‘ know is the day that she pays on !”
Paris Paper.
I
—A Montreal policeman has a hen
w’''ch lays two eggs at e time every other
day. She is to be exhibited.— Chicago
Herald.
DALTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 1882,
Migration of Seals,
Os the different sorts of Nor th-Atlantic
seals, all but two are migratory—that is
to say, the whole body of them move
from north to south each autumn, and
back from south to horth each spring.
Upon this important fact the great fleets
of fishermen depend for their success.
The annual southward journey of the
feStlfebs hasp-seal furnishes a vivid pic
ture of these great migrations which are
so prominent a feature of polar history.
Keeping just ahead of the" “making” of
the ice, or final freezing up of the fords
and bays, at the approach of winter
they leave Greenland, and begin their
passage southward along the coast of
Labrador, freely entering all the gulfs
and bays. They appear first in small
detachments of half a dozen to a score
or more of individuals ; these are soon
followed by larger companies, until in a
few days they form one continuous pro
cession, filling the sea as far as the eye
can reach. Floating with the Arctic
current, their progress is extremely
rapid, and in but one short week the
whole multitude has passed. Arriving
at the Straits of Belleisle, some enter
the gulf, but the great body move on
ward along the eastern coast of New
foundland, and thence outward to the
Grand Banks, where they arrive about
Christmas. Here they rest for a month,
and then they turn northward, slowly
struggling against the strong current
that aided them so much in their south
ward journey, until they reach the great
ice fields stretching from the Labrador
shore far eastward—a broad continent
of ice.
During the first half of March, on
these great floating fields of ice, are
born thousands of baby seals—only one
in each family, to be sure, but with
plenty of play-fellows close by—all in
soft woolly dress, white, or white with a
beautiful golden luster. The New
foundlanders call them “whitecoats.”
In a few weeks, however, they lose this
soft covering, and a gray, coarse fur
takes its place. In this uniform they
bear the name of “ragged jackets and
it is not until two or three years later
that the full colors of the adult are
gained, with the black crescentic or
harp-like marks on the back which give
them the name of “harps.”
The squealing and barking at one of
these immense nurseries can be heard
for a very long distance. When the
babies are very young, the mothers leave
them on the ice and go off in search of
food, coming back frequently to look
after the little ones ; and although there
are thousands of the small, white, squeal
ing creatures, which to you and me
would seem precisely alike, and all are
moving about more or less, the mother
never makes a mistake nor feeds any
bleating baby until she has found her
own. If ice happens to pack around
them, so that they can not open holes,
nor get into the water, the whole army
will laboriously travel by floundering
leaps to the edge of the field ; and they
show an astounding sagacity in discern
ing the proper direction. It is supposed
that they can smell the water at a long
distance.
Sometimes great storms come, break
ing the ice floes in pieces and jamming
the fragments against one another, or
upon the rocky headlands, with tre
mendous force. Besides the full-grown
seals that, perish in such gales, thousands
of the weak babies are crushed to death
or drowned, notwithstanding the daunt
less courage of their mothers, in trying
to get their young out of danger and
upon the firm ice. And it is touching to
watch a mother seal struggling to get her
baby to a safe place, “ either by trying
to swim with it between her fore flippers,
or by driving it before her and tossing
it forward with her nose.” The destruc
tion caused by such gales is far less
when they happen after the youngsters
have learned to swim.
Does it surprise ypu that seals, which
are constantly in the water, have to
learn to swim ? Well, it might stagger
the seals to be told that men have to be
taught to walk. The fact is, a baby
seal is afraid of the water; and if some
accident, or his mother’s shoulder,
Dushes him into the surf when he is ten
or a dozen days old, he screams with fright
and scrambles out as fast as he can. The
next day he tries it again, but finds him
self very awkward and soon tired ; the
third day he does better, and before long
he can dive and leap, turn somersaults
(if he is a bearded seal), and vanish
under the ice, literally “like a blue
streak,” the instant danger threatens.
But he had to learn how, to begin with,
like any other animal.— Ernest Ingersoll
in St. Nicholas.
l’rof. Henry A. Ward, of Roches
ter, has taken a contract to purchase tor
the American Museum of Natural His
torv, in Central Park, New \ ork, the
specimens of two valuable collections.
One is to be a complete collection of the
mammals and birds of North America,
including some seven or eight hundred
specimens, and its cost, to bo defrayed
bv Morris K. Jessup, will be $10,000;
the other will be a collection represent
ing all the quadrumana of the world.
About 300 mokeys will comprise the
latter collection, the expense of which,
$7,000, is provided for by Robert Col
gate. It, will take Prof. Ward upward
of two vears to make the collections. —
N. Y. Times.
—Jordan Perkins was plowing with a
mule near Eufaula, Ala., and, when in
the act of turning the animal at the end
of a furrow, made it mad by striking it,
when it kicked him on the chin, shat
tering it and his teeth, and cutting his
tongue nearly off.
A Comstock Hero.
The reporter had an interview with
Mr. Van Dusen. Ho is a rather slim
man, about five feet seven Inches tall,
with a thin, dark beard, prominent nose
and lantern jaws. Indeed, he could
stand very well for a reduced photo
graph of Brother Jonathan. But
Van Du-en is not a Yankee. He is a
native of Michigan, and 47 years of age.
The reporter found the hero of the day
in the washroom of Fitzpatrick’s board
ing-house in Lower Gold Hill, rubbing
soap on his hands, and wholly absorbed
in the occupation. He looked up with
some surprise from his basin in the
wooden sink when the reporter spoke to
him and said he wanted to interview
him. Van Dusen is not a talkative man,
and it was only in response to the jour
nalist's constant questions that the story
of his adventures was drawn from him
pieceme d. While giving a bit of infor
mation as to his perilous journey, Van
Dusen would pause between splashes in
his basin, turn up his dripping counte
nance for a moment, and then industri
ously resume his ablutions. He was
rather amused than otherwise that a
newspaper should think it worth while
to send a reporter to ask him about such
a tr isle as going into a drift 1,400 feet
long 2,150 feet below the surface, filled
in part with almost scalding water over
three feet deep and loaded with poison
ous gases that had slain two men who
had made the attempt before him.
There was no affectation about his un
con ciousness of his having done any
thing heroic. It was absolutely real.
“Oh, no; I’m not exhausted,” said
Van Dusen, as he rubbed his face vigor
ously with the towel on the roller.
“ I’m feeling chipper—never better in
my fife.”
He encountered the bodies of Bennett
and Callahan. Both were lying on their
backs. He merely paused as he came
to each corpse and passed on. “ Then,”
said Van Dusen, “ I got to the cooling
house and saw the boys.”
He seemed to think that the statement
of this fact furnished all the information
that was necessary.
“ They were glad to see you, of
course,” suggested the reporter.
“Yes, but they*were a darned sight
gladder to see the ice in my machine.”
He had to leave his lantern out in the
drift, as there was a tremendous draught
in the cooling-house.
“It was pretty dark in the cooling
house,” said Van Dusen, “and when I
went in the first thing I asked was how
many of them were alive. They said
the whole seven, and I said I was mighty
glad to hear it. ‘What do you fellow's
want most?’ I says, and they said grub
and ice. They did go for my ice. [Mr.
Van Dusen chuckled at the recollection.]
One chap—it was so dark I couldn’t
place him—laid his arm across his
breast and began hauling it out of my
machine and piling it up on his arm. i
guess they knew what had happened to
the two boys that went down in the
morning, for they asked me if there
were any dead bodies in the drift. I
said there wasn’t, for it wouldn’t have
done ’em any good to know. They had
seen the lights that the boys carried, and
they went out kind of sudden when they
fell, of course, so it wasn’t hard to guess
what had happened.
“They had fixed things in the cooling
house and were pretty comfortable, man
aging to get tolerably cool air and
water. They wanted all the air they
could get, of course, and one of ’em
sings out to me as I was going to tell
’em on top to work the compressor. I
thought, perhaps, that there might be
one or so in the crowd that was near
giving in, and I asked if anyone wanted
my knapsack to try to make the riffle
for the shaft, but they wouldn’t hear of
it, so I started back. Bennett walked
down the drift a ways with me. He had
his head on him and wasn’t scaled or
anxious a bit, so far as I could see.”
On the return trip one of the rubber
air tubes of his knapsack got loose, and
he had to depend upon one. Then the
foul air put his lantern out, and his only
guide as he floundered through the last
800 feet of hot water was the faint
gleam of the candles of the men at the
station. One of the doctors at the mine
said that not one man in a thousand
would have achieved the feat accom
plished by Van Dusen, and that it was
marvelous that he should apparently
suffer so little physically and mentally
from so terrible an or I ■ al. Va:i D.isen
at 6 o’clock was back in the hoist
ing works, standing around with his
hands in his pockets, taking a keen but
calm interest in all the work that was
being done toward the rescue of his fol
low "miners.— Virginia Citg (Nev.) En
terprise.
Jay Gould’s Timo.
Several weeks ago, when Jay Gould
was in Little Rock, he was visited in his
special ear by a st range-looking, oddly
dressed man. “ Mr. Gould, said the
visitor, “will you be generous enough
to ,r ive me ten minutes of your time? ’
“■fes,” said the millionaire, in a dry,
last-year sort of voice. “ Ten minutes,
thank you, sir; write the check?”
“What cheek?” said the millionaire, in
a kind of last month voice. “ Perhaps
Td better explain. A noted mathema
tician has calculated your income to be
.■?! per second. W ith you, of course,
time is money, face value. Now, you
have given me ten minutes, amounting,
you see, to #6OO. Have you got the
money about you, or will you give me a
: check'?'’ The millionaire looked at the
I man in silence. “ I’ll do the fair thing.
1 Make it #SOO, Hanged it I den tbe
ease with yon. make it #IOO bl ame >t.
s n .-'2i»o.” Mr. Gould looked long and
| inquiringly at the man, but didn tsmile
—Arkansas Traveler.
Chasing a Lion in South Africa.
During the night lions have beet*
prowling about and keeping up a
hideous roaring, so I hurry away in front
with the prospect of meeting one stroll
ing home in the gray ligiit of the early
hv,;rs. The air is raw and cold, so 1
march at the double-quick and reckless
ly thrust mv hands to the bottom of my
pockets in the happy consciousness of
not being in Regent street, Aly two usual
attendants in my hunting expeditions
have considerably shriveled up, and
have developed an ashy complexion un
pleasant to behold, and they slink around
shivering with the cold and doubtless
envying me my pockets.
We soon get a considerable distance
ahead of the caravan, and begin to keep
a sharp look out for game. Several
herds are described at a distance;
but, not caring to go far out of the way,
we leave these unmolested. Matters,
however, do not become more promis
ing, and we begin to conclude there is
to be no sport this morning. Just as
that thought shapes itself down sinks
the guide in a crouching position, while
he excitedly whispers: “A lion! a lion!”
Instinctively we follow his example.
Alter a hurried glance at my rifle 1
cautiously raise my head. Looking in
the d re.-tion indicated by the guide
I am mortified at seeing a line lion
lei-urely bounding away through the
long grass. Rising erect I fire pre
cipitately. The lion, unharmed, simply
pauses for a momentary stare and then
continues its course. Grinding out an
expression of intense vexation, and
yielding to tl e impulse of the moment,
I rush after the animal in hot haste. Aly
servants, less eager and more wise than
I, remain where they were. It never
occurs to me that 1 have only the re
maining cartridge of my double-barreled
rille for a possible encounter with the
enemy.
'The movements of the lion can only
he traced by the shaking of the grass,
and with eye intently fixed on that I
dash on pell-mell, tripping, stumbling
and gasping for breath, while my heart
palpitates with the excitement of the
chase. We thus keep up the race for
about 300 yards, when all at once the
shaking of the grass ceases, reminding
me that I must proceed with much more
caution lest 1 rush abruptly into the
fervent embraces of his leonine high
ness—a consummation most devoutly to
be depreciated, seeing I have no ambi
tion for the world’s reprobation and a
warning epitaph. Moving on very
stealthily for some time I suddenly
emerge into an open space, and as sud
denly halt transfixed; for there stands
the lion at a distance of a little more
than fifteen yards, with its side toward
me, and evidently awaiting my ap
proach. The momentary shock gives
place instantly toastrange feeling of ex
ultation. With such a splendid oppor
tunity for a shot I am sure of my game!
Alentally, as by a flash, I picture my
self exhibiting the trophies of the
encounter to an admiring troop of
friends. 1 level my gun, and bang! it
goes: To my infinite mortification, and,
as I think, against all the laws of
reason, there is neither the grand death
spring nor the last tragic roar. Un
wounded and undaunteii, there stands
my dangerous antagonist, “staring upon
the hunter!” It takes one or two
seconds to let the grim realities of the
situation dawn upon my imagination.
Only too evidently are the tables turned
upon me. 1 have no ammunition, and
I dare not flee. To “fix” him with my
eye unfortunately does not occur to me
as practicable. On the contrary, I
have a very distinct consciousness that
he has “fixed” me, and that I should
not be ungrateful for some convenient
tree from which I might try the fasci
nation of the human gaze. Thus for a
little space, which to me seemed hours,
we stand face to face. The lion seems
uncertain what to do, but finally re
solves to treat me with contempt.
Turning with dignity, he gives one or
two powerful bounds and disappears in
the jungle, while I, limp and be
draggled, return to my men. Good
IVora's.
The Japanese Coolie.
Short in stature, compact in build,
with well expanded chest, limbs of
shapely mold, with muscles of iron en
durance, small extremities, delicate an
kels, they are a marvel of strength,
Some of these men have a mass of mus
cle in their lower limbs such as are seen
delineated in the cuts of the gladiators
of old Rome. And it must be remem
bered that these men are from necessity
the least able to indulge in unlimited
quantities of their peculiar food of all
the people in the land. They illustrate
the lesson that strength and endurance
may exist on a light and scanty diet of
rice and vegetables, together with fish.
The Rikisha men are not so heavily
molded, being of much slighter build,
but they are also full of muscle, though
not so prodigally developed. The fa
tigue these men undergo and withstand
can be partially estimated when a it is
remembered that it is not considered an
extraordinary feat for them to travel
forty miles a day with their seated pas-
| senger. No matter how hot it may be;
while the passenger is complaining of
the heat he is being whirled along and
i protected by his umbrella from the rays
of the sun, the motive power never flags.
The Rikisha man keeps up a pace like a
deer, his body generally bare to the sun,
being guiltless of clothing that could
I inconvenience the free movement of the
body or limbs. He takes but the shgh -
est Juantity of refreshment wlu e on the
rice being the exte repeat
TERMS: 91.00 A. YEAR.
POPULAR PHRASES.
Gawkie.— From the German word
gauch, meaning a fool.
Many a H ord.— The following well
known quotation (generally rendered
incorrectly) is from Walter Scott’s
“Lord of the Isle,” canto v., stanza 18:
O! many a shaft at random sent,
Finos mark tno archer little meant,
And many a word, at random spoken,
May soothe or wound the heart that’s broken.
“Excelsior."—-The title of one of
the best known of all of the short poems
of the late Henry W. Longfellow. That
one word happened to catch his eye one
autumn eve in 1851, on a torn piece of
newspaper, and straightway his imag
ination took fire at it. Taking up a
piece of paper which happened to be
the back of a letter received that day
from Charles Sumner, he crowded it
with verses. As first written down,
“ Excelsior” differs from the perfected
and published version, but shows arush
and glow worthy of its author.
1 anaee-Doodle.— ln a curious book on
the “Round Towers of Ireland,” the
origin of the term Yankee-Doodle is
traced to the Persian phrases, Yanki
Doonia, or inhabitants of the New
World. Layard, in his book on “Nine
veh and its Remains,” also mentions
Y'anghi-Dunia as the Persian name of
America.
Clincher.— Something that effectually
settles a point or argument. This ap
plication of the word is said to have
arisen from two notorious liars being
matched against each other, “I drove
a nail through the moon, once,” said
the first. “Yes,” said the other, “I
remember the circumstance, and I went
around to the back and clinched it”
Draw It Mild.— This term was origin
ally used by the leader of a metropoli
tan orchestra to violinists, rflien ha
wished them to play softly: “Come it
strong” was another term used by the
same party, when he desired the orches
tra to play loud.
Coming to the Scratch.— This was
originally a phrase used by boxers. In
the prize ring it was usual to maxe a
distinct mark or scratch in the turf, di
viding the ring into two equal parts.
“To come to the scratch” meant to
walk to the boundary to meet the an
tagonist.
Loot. — This word frequently occurred
in the dispatches detailing the plunder
ing of Alexandria, during and immedi
ately following the recent bombardment
of the forts protecting that city. It is
an East Indian word, signifying plun
der. robbery, pillage, etc. It was intro
duced into the English language at the
time of the mutiny, 1857-8.
Hiahcr Than Gilderoy's Kite. — Gilde
roy was the Robin Hood of Scottish
minstrelsy. He infested the Highlands
of Pertshire with his of whom
seven were executed in lb3B. To re
venge the death of his companions Gil
deroy burned several houses, and at
length, after a reward of £IJX)O was
offered, he was himself captured, and
suffered, with five of his followers, for
his crimes at Gallowlee, Scotland, July,
1638. The origin of the saying, “Higher
than Gilderoy’s Kite,” is supposed to
have come from an old Scotch poem, in
which the executioner is represented as
hanging Gilderoy “high above the rest”
of his companions:
Seme New Arithmetical Problems.
A Wisconsin school teacher had nine
teen scholars and she figured up at,
end of three months that she b'“
stowed 128 lickings on the SC V- OM
lowing that one boy received . *
of them, and that three of
escaped entirely, how many i**tho Kr
eaeh of the others receive. Dalton, G*.
The average fisherman c
bles to one bite, and thrNlN,
fish, and half his fish a« r _ T
earn ing home. At this iMTTSF,
will it take a fisherman to .
supply of sheep-heads and oppo||H
l he friends of a certain ma
four cents apiece and purchasouoinm.
to present him on his bit in-day— ——-
blcmatical of his daily life, rnclje..
tain man lets himself loose on the donors
and damages each one’s head to the
amount of $3.47. How much is each
donor out of pocket ?
Ayoung man wagers fifty cents that
he can put a b'lliard ball into his mouth,
and he wins the bet. A surgeon charges
him $7 for four hours’ work in remov
ing it. What was the exact ga nin be
ing smart?
A man pays fifty cents extra to take
laughing-gas while having a tooth
pulled. The dentist could have pulled
six as well as one, and without any
further cost How much did the patient
lose by being so stingy of his molars?
The candy eaten by a school-girl costs
just as much as her school-books; the
peanuts she devours cost more than her
singing lessons; her ice-cream costs
more than her French, and the gas and
fuel she consumes while sparking foot
up twice the cost of learning her to
paint landscapes on old jugs and pitch
ers. Therefore, how many daughters
must a man have to be rich?
> An Aiderman pays a reporter $5 to
write him a speech favoring the erec
tion of a new school house, but alter de-
f liverin ,r eleven cents’ worth of the ora
tion he is informed that there is noques-
1 tion before the meeting, and he fall*
4 back and breaks a pair of suspenders
worth thirty-five cents. How much is
1 the great man out of pocket?
I Excitement was made in Boston by
a newspaper item which said tfint the
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right word being I’een
mortnr has ia 1 ‘art
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