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PAWN BROKING ODDITIES. QUAINT, atJEER AND CURIOUS THINGS THAT ARE PLEDGED. Attempts to Pawn Twins, a Mastiff and Canary Birds Regular patrons. “A pair of twins .” “Yes, sir a pair of twins. That is the queerest and most curious subject that was ever ollered me in pawn, and I have a great many remarkable things brought to me in my experience. “It was when I was clerking in the pawnbroking line at Kashviile, Tenn., some nine years ago. I was lounging on the counter checking up the books when j a colored woman entered the little office j She had with her two boys; little fellows ! about eight years of age. She looked at j me, and 1 said: ‘Well, what can Ido for you*’ The woman immediately be gan crying. She was poorly, miserably clad, even for a colored woman, and I could see she was in great distress. B'inal ly she told me that her husband was sick and that she had no money to get food, and so she had brought her two boys— twins —to put them in pawn. She only wanted s•>, and if I would let her have it she would come for the boys w.thin a week, directly her husband got better. It would break her heart, she said to part with her boys, even for a few days, but she had to have money and she had nothing else to bring to the pawnshop. I explained to her that we did not loan money on children and she seemed amazed. Then she thought awhile aid offered to sell the boys outright. “We are notin that line of business either,” I added. The ooor woman then looked so toriorn that. I reaiiy pitied her. She actually labored under the delusion that a pawnbroker would loan money on any thing. It was a genuine case of distress, and f felt so sorry for the woman that 1 gave her a dollar out of my own pocket and slie took her boys- bright 1 ttle fellows they were, loo —by the hands and walked sorrowfully away.” The man who was telling tiiis story to the reporter was a pawn roker’s clerk and had been in the business for fifteen years. The Press man had been asking him some of his experiences as regards queer and odd things that people at tempted to pawn. He had worked in pawnshops in the West, South and hast, so Hi t tlm field of his observations had not been limited. “i u anomer occasion,” he resumed, a half drunken man came into a pawn-hop in . aasas ity, where I was working, dragging an ugly, vicious lookiug ng lisli mastiff by a strong chain. ‘What will you loan me on this ’ere dog,’ he queried. ‘V\e don’t loan on live stock.’ 1 answered, good humored ly. ‘Oh, you don't, eh! Well, young feller, you jest fork ovef a ten dollar bill, or ,’ and he immediately pulled a big revolver from his hip pocket and placed it on the counter significantly. I saw I had to deal with a dangerous customer, and I can tell-you I was rather badly scared, for drunken men'of his kidney out West would as soon shoot as drink. So I pre tended to agree, and said: “Well,what’s the dog worth?’ ‘He’s worth SUiO, I tell ye,’ was the reply, and he touched his revolver, giving me at the same time a sinister look. ‘All right you shall have .V lo.’ I took up a ticket and pre tended to make it out. ‘What name/ ‘Bob, the i.anger,’ was the an-wer. I threw him the ticket and then waked to the sale in the rear of the office as if to get the money. While feigning to open the safe 1 turned the hand e of a door alongside and sud lenly jumped hrough it. In a moment a bullet crashed through the door, out i was safe. The police ar rived, and the man, who was a Texas cowboy, was locked up. He had a ter rible attack of dediium tremens, and was in the hospital some weeks before he was cured. That fellow was a dangerous customer, and would have shot me sure if I had refused to loan him anything and had not humored him. “The only other occasion upon which anything animate was offered me was in Philadelphia. There an elderly lady once tried to pawn a bird cage with two canary birds in it, but, of course, she did not succeed.” In a long conversation with the pawn broker’s clerk the reporter gleaned much information as to his business. While almost every article that is manufac tured, even to the most inconceivable thing, is pawned, there is also a certain regularity in the busine-.s at the various seasons. For instance, in the spring the winter overcoat is taken to “uticle s,” and there it reina ns until the chilly winds of No vember arrive, when it .s redeemed and the summer clothing takes its place. One peculiarity was learned about win ter clothing vvh ch is pawned, and that is that the pawnbrokers’ stores inr the more fashionable portion of the city have a l.vely custom in sealskin sacks, which are pledged in early spring and by peo ple who do not n ed the m >ney. “How do you account for this?” was asked the e’erk. “Well, many of these women who own sealskins seem to prefer bringing them to us instead of taking them to a regular furrier's. We handle them aid Keep them with as much care as they do in those stores, and we give good value on a sealskin, as a goed article is always marketable. The women get the money, and i think they imagine that if any thing should happen that the store should be burnt, or soon, that their loss would not be so great.” It is in the poorer districts of the c'ty, however, where poverty flourishes, that the pawnbrokers do a thriving trade There are numerous families whose Sun day clothes are taken out of pawn regu lar yon Saturday night and pledged again on Monday. “It is always the Woman who i rings the bundle,” contiu- u ed the clerk, “and I am so well ac quainted with dozens of them that I never open the bundle. They get the *ame amount with unfailing regularity, for su h pawn bundles tne loan a' erages bom to $lO, rarely more. The poor People bring everything to us—cloaks, irons, washboards, roll ng pins, dust P an s—almost every article you cau imagine of utility in a house. Sometimes they are in the most battered state, and A is only because they bring a number °f them that they can get any money at all on them. Ban os, violins, accordeons, c °rt*Ms and all kinds of musical instru ments are brought to its. Jewelry and watches and chains are also ob ects which are pawned with the greatest fre- Queucy. Do we loan fair value on them? 'Well, hardly. After all, jewelry and gems and diamonds are harder to sell than mo-t people imagine, so flint we have to have a tolerably big margin on the safe side.”—A r eie York Press. I i——i SELECT SIFTINGS. Bulwer is pronounced Buller. The lyre was invented by Tasutus. Tragedy was first presented in Athens. In 1-100 there was scarcely a book in Home. Indianapolis, Ind., is often called the Railroad City. A Paris firm has produced porous glass for window panes. A Boston parrot has been taught to talk through a telephone. Turnpike roads were first established in the reigu of Queen Anne. Elijah Gibbons, of Irontown, Ohio, is 105 years old ami as frisky as a boy. Constantinople was overturned and aii Greece shaken by an earthquake 'A. D. 93G. The term Tory, as applied to an Eng lish political party, was given about 1078. “Squaw winter” is the Indiana term for the first cold Hurry that proceeds In dian summer. North Carolina lias a diamond mine located near Bridletown upon the farm of J. C. Mills. In Portugal they cure a quick tem pered person by inviting every one to give him a kick. Mrs. Charlotte Godfrey of Bayfield, Wis., has happily rounded out 113 years of this vale of tears. The highest railway bridge in the Uni ted States is the Kin/ua viaduct, on the Erie road, 305 feet high. Hydropathy, the treatment of diseases by cold water, was practed by II ppoera tes in the fourth century B. C. Two old women recently fought in the streets of Guadala ara, Mexico, over the love of a man eighty yeais of age. On the borders of Palestine, in the stony districts, partridges were plenti ful at all seasons of the year as late as le>42. The earliest among remarkable Eng ii h conspirac es was that of the Duke of Gloucester against Richard 11., in 1397. llong-Kong was taken from China by the ■ ug’ish under ( aptain Elliott, Au gust Z 6, 183 ii, aud was ceded to Great , ritain January 20, 1811. Tamagno, the tenor, is said to have declined an oiler of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for a six months’ tour in America. ( urious markings in walnut weffsd are not uncommon. A specimen remarkable for the close resemblance of the marking to a figure of a bird was recently ex hibited. Anthracite coal was first introduced by a Connecticut blacksmith named ( eorge, in 1758-9. hirst used as a do mestic fuel by Jesse I ell, of Wilkes ba re, Penn., in 1803. When bread grew scarce and high in Frame before the revolution, the gra cious queen was creff ted with the thoughtful and sagacious remark that the people might eat cake instead. A Waterbury (Conn.) girl had a cat of wh ch she was extremely fond, and which showed great affection for her. The girl died and the cat got into the room where the body lay, and as soon as it saw the face of its dead mistress, fell dead with a groan. Queen Victoria recently received from a Glasgow geutlemaD, a copy of her speech at la-gow, inscribed on a piece of parchment no larger than a three penny bit. The writing is so minute as cc be illegible except through a micro scope. and was the work of a man over seventy years of age. Had Two Hats, But Lost His Hoad. M. I ablaohe, the <rrcat singer, is very absent m uffed. He was recently at Naples,and King Humbert,who was a’so there, expressed a desire to make h.s ac quaintance. On entering the ante chamber in the palace M. i ablache found that the gentlemen present were all per sonal acquaintances of bis, and asked them to be allowed to keep liis hat on, as he was suffering from a severe cold. A lively conversation was cut short by the (ntianca of a chamberlain announcing that the King would receive M. Lablache at once. In the momentary confusion the singer forgot that lie was wearing his hat,°took hold of another wh'cli had been plat ed on a chair near him, and went before his ma esty, wim at the sight of him burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. I tti rly confused, Mr. La blache aiked humbly to be informed of tho reason of the King’s merriment. “ et me ask you a question first,” re plied tne :iinp. “Which is your hat the one you arc wearing on your head or the one you carry in your hand;” “Hague take it all!” replied f ah ache, joining in the laughter, “truly, two hats are too many for a fellow wiio has lost his head.” A Leg Lost by a Trivial Incident, Some weeks ago Mrs. Warren beads, of Battle r reek, Mich., had occasion to rise earlier in the morning than her husband. As she did so in a hurry she stepped on one of his legs. He screamed, and joaingly protested nis w.fe might as well have given him warning if she had intended to maim him for life. But noth ng more was thought of the matter until recently, when a sore started on the spot where Mrs. bearls’s foot had pressed with her whole weight. From thi- blood poisoning set in, and it was decided that ampuiation was necessary. The opera tion war performed and Mr. B earls will probably get well. Ntu> York World. A Piute Ballot-Box Stalling. The Sacramento (Cal.) Bee says: Cap tain Sam, leader of the Piute Indians, who have been gleaning hops along the American river of late, says that he was once a candidate for Chief of the Piutes. His opponent was ( aptain Jim, and the Piutes agreed upon a date for the elec tion. The balloting war to be by means of small pebbles, to be deposited in a box, Sam’s ballots being white pebbles and Jims bfack. The night before the election some of Jim’s adherents dropped a bucketful of black pebbles into the box, and, of course, when the pe bles were counted Jim was elected. ARMY HORSES’ TAILS- The Reason Why They Are Long in the Cavalry. As a woman’s hair is her crown of glory, so the horse’s tail is his sceptre of grace, says a writer. It is a noticeable fact, and one worthy of comment, that never in the history of our army have the tails of the trooper’s horses, nor of those of the light batteries, been med dled with. Not so with the tails of horses seen in haunts of fashion. The custom of docking their tails is now car ried to an absurd extent, and ultra fash ionables leave their faithful slaves scarce ly any tails at all. It now seems proba ble that it will end like that of the farm er’s dog whose tail was cut off just be hind his cars. Thirty years or less ago it was the fashion to “prick” horses’ tails as well as to “dock,” or out them off. The de pressory muscles were severed after the removal of about two-thirds of the tail itself, and tho mutilated stump was ele vated by means of a rope attached to a weight, passed through a pulley in the ceiling of the stable. This, while pos sibly excusable in the treatment of horses that kicked and became danger ous when their tails were tV-own over the reins in driving, was, <• rule, a cruel and a senseless custom. Some horsemen claim that “dooking” improves deficient quarters, a c aim which is easier to make than to estab lish. The horse has been apily liked to a ship; his bead represents the bow, his body the hull and his tail the rudder. The eye is the lookout aud the prompt obedience of motion to that indicated by the quick movement, of the tail, is more rapid than that of the most faith ful IxioD. The folly of the votaries of fashion is greater than they dream of, their lives even sometimes paying the penalty. The body of the horse is inclined, per haps imperceptibly, but none the less surely, toward the point to which he de sires to direct his course. The head is turned, also, l ore or less in the same direction, the tail inclining towa d an opposite course and the long hair flows outward, gently lavoring the grace of movement. A “swish” of the tail when suddenly changing direction at speed, aiils the horse in maintaining his balance and enables him to turn quickly and gracefully.’ In his employment by the civilians, in such sports as require speed and obedience, the animal’s abili ty to move quickly in changing direction is sacrificed to gratify a senseless whim. The polo player is mounted on a pony, agile and willing to answer his muster’s slightest wish. He is fleet, active and well-trained, but, deprived of his steer ing apparatus and when he needs it most, must flounder like a ship that lias lost its rudder. Very probably the re bent accidents at the polo games at New port would not have happened if the ponies had not heen “docked.” Who aie the best riders in the world? Tlie Comanches. Do they dock tlieir ponies’ tails? No, they are far too wise and cunning to do anything so foolish. True, they sometimes clip a pony’s ear, but that does not perceptibly impede his movement. Inquiry and research fail to 6how that horses’ tails are cut off in any cavalry regiments iu the world. As an officer of his church Gen. Harri son assists iu taking the collection every Sunday. It is said that he has not misled a service, when at home in Indian apo’is, Ind., since his nomination to the Presidency. Eruption of the (Skin Cured. Brockvllle, Ontario, Canada, I December 2, 1885. f I have used Brandreth’s Pills for the past fifteen years, and think them the best cathartic and anti-bilious remedy known. For some five years I suffered with an eruption of the skin that gave me great pain and annoyance. I tried different blood remedies, but, although gaining strength, the itching was unrelieved. I finally concluded to take a thorough course of Bran dreths Pills. I took six each night for four nights, then five, four, three, two, lessening each time by one, and then for one month took one every night.with the happy result that now my skin is perfectly clear and has been so evor since. Ed. Venney. A statue to Wm. H. Seward, Lincoln’s Sec retary of State, was unveiled at Auburn, N. V. Shall Women Be Allowed to Vote? The question of female suffrage has agitated the tongues and pens of reformers for many years, and good arguments have been adduced for and against it. Many of the softer sex could vote intelligently, and many would vote as their hu band • did, and give no thought to the merits of a poitical issue. They would all vote for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for they know it is a boom to their sex. It is un equaled for the cure of leucorrhea, abnormal discharges, morning sickness, and the coun:- iess ills to which women are subjec . It is the only remedy for woman's peculiar weaknesses and ailments, soid by druggist-, under a posi tive guarantee from tiie manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. See guarantee on wrapper around bottle. There are about 265.000 Indians in the United States, not counting iho Aluskans. “ Purgatory Bullets.” An excited Irishman lately rushed into a Boston drug store, having a “broken-up” an pearance generally. “Bo jabbers!” be yelled, “I’m all wrong enlo rely. I want some sthuff to straighten me out. Some o’ thim ‘Purga tory Bullets’wil fix me. I’m thinkiu’. 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It was believed once that consumption was incurable, aud although It has been clearly demonstrated that it is not, thousands of old-time physicians close i heir eyes and put their hands to their ears and re fuse to abandon the theory. But for all that the world moves on, and Dr. Pierce’s Goideu Medical Discovery continues to rescue sufier ers from consumptives’ graves it is a sure cure for this dreaded disease, if taken in time. All scrofulous diseases—and consumption is m c. ailed iu the list—yield to it. The orange crop of Plori :a will give 10 oranges to each person in ihe United States. In (tenernl Debility, Kmnciation, Consumption, and Wasting in Children, Scott’s Emulsion of Pure Cod Taver Oil with Ilypophosphites, isa most valuable food and medicine. It creates an appetite lor food, strengthens the nervous syst em, aud builds up the body. 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