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THE PEOPLE OF LABBA
DOR.
If environment moulds a people, then
the Labradoreans should have strong
traits. The climate*, the unique fea
tures of the country, the undisputed
supremacy of the sea, the isolation
from the world—all their circumstan
ces, indeed—are so strongly marked
as to be irresistible. The population
of the Canadian part of the coast —
down to the boundry line at Blanc Sa
blon—is of French origin, Canadian
and Arcadian; the Newfoundland part
of Labrador—the Strait of Belle Isle
and the Atlantic coast—is inhabited by
English-speaking people. Moravians
and Esquimaux are found in the far
North. The French Canadians consist
of two classes; a part of them come
here every spring to fish for the mer
chants, and return every fall to their
families and small homesteads between
Quebec and Gaspe; others live hero
permanently, own little isolated es
tablishments, and fish on their own ac
count The Acadians have collected
in two principal settlements, Esqui
maux point and Natasbquan, where
they have their schools, priests, church
es, and some other features of village
life.
1 was fortunate in being storm-stay
ed at a few of these French Canadian
homes, where I found now and then a
person able to give me some account
of the summer and winter life of the
people. To begin with external and
material things, the average home of
Labrador generally consists of a rough
board dwelling, with two rooms and a
{garret, a small dock and store-house
or receiving, cleaning, curing, and
storing fish, and two or three open
fishing-boats. All these buildings
perch like anxious water-fowls on the
bare rocks; they never impress me as
homes, <or they make for themselves
no niche or place in the surface of the
earth; you expect them to be washed
dr blown away at the next gale—as
they sometimes are. For the sake of
being near the fishing-grounds these
shelters are generally established on
some outlying island offering a moor
ing or else a beach for the boats; they
seem to be banished from the earth as
far as possible seaward. They stand
up gaunt, stark naked in the gales, in
the midst of a desert of sea and rocks.
In the best places there may be in a
hollow a little sand, enriched with de
caying fish, where a few turnips and
cabbages manage to show themselves
during a brief season. You get a
gleam of hope and of horror on be
holding a gaunt scaffold about eigh
teen feet high; but it is not a gallows
for the ending of life, only a platform
for keeping the frozen fish for dog
meat. The interior of these homes is
not quite so distressing as their hard
surroundings, for the human hand in
doors can make its mark, which is not
always a clean one. The furniture,
diet, costumes, are rough and coiu
nfonplace; but the people are courte
ous and kind, and they observe well
their religious rites. Their isolation is
such that they keep the run of time by
marking the days of the week on the
door-post. An exception to this drear
iness is to be met here and there, at a
light-house or at the home of a mer
chant. 1 asked an intelligent fisher
man how he could-content himself in
such a place..
••Well, sir, I expect we're fools to
stay hire. The worst of H is, owr
children are growing up as ignorant
as we are —just like the dogs. Hardly
any of us can read or write. Our
houses are too fur apart to get the
children together for school, excepting
al Esquimaux Point, Natashquan, and
Muttou Bay. Then, too, we can't see
the priest more than once or twice a
year, and that’s very inconvenient
about dying, for pleurisy and con
sumption are very head-strong. And
there's no doctor at all, nor any roots
or herbs for medicines. We* keep
alive on pain-kilier and salts that the
traders sell. Il's a hard life, and wo
don’t live to bo very old. We have to
do all our own work—-iack-of-all
trades, you kn>w. When we came
here to live, my wife and I cut all the
timber in the winter for building these
houses, sawed it by hand in a pit, and
in the spring rafted it down the river.”
The social season of Labrador is the
winter. There is no fishing then to
keep people at home; cutting wood
* and a little hunting are the only occu
pations. Winter lasts about eight
months; when the channels among the
islands and the bays are frozen over,
dog teams can run up and down the
coast for three hundred miles—from
Mingan to Bonne Esperance. People
then go visiting; they carry no provis
ions. for everybody keeps open house,
and the little cabins are often packed
with people and dogs. The winter
homes, as a rule,' are back some miles
from the coast, whore wood is handy.
Several 1 ami lies who fish at Whale
Head live on a swamp in winter, where
the tread of a mnn along the street
shakes every house. The Abbe Fer
land says that in his timo—about fifty
yeara ago—-the hospitality of the coast
- was such the people on going away
tiom home used to leave food, and
sometimes even money, on the table,
and the doors unlocked, that needy
travelers might enter and help them
selves. But the advent of more trav
elers in these days has led to more cau
tion and fess generosity.
It is not surprising to find all sea
men superstitious; the irresistible and
whimsical forces of the ocean must ap
pear to them supernatural, and their
changing fortunes must often seem the
result of some unfathomable mystery.
Could events so supernatural as those
told by the Ancient Mariner be so ap
propriate to a landsman ? These fish
ermen are not behind other sea-faring
men in either the number of their su
perstitions or the faith they repose in
them. But Labador, in time, will
doubtless produce still more astonish
ing results in this regard; for what oth
er region on earth offers such element
al powers, such weird scenes, sucu im-
Ereaaivo hard ships and horrors? Here
i a region without a mile of road in
three thousand miles of coast; 1 never
elsewhere appreciated a wheel and a
hor»cshoe. borne of these people have
jso idea of the shape end size of a cow
•or a horse, and they five like hares at
the oomiag of a stranger. 1 have stat
ed elsewhere that law less boss often
prevails, and that those who are in
need do not hentaie to break open
Merna and help lhemselvea Bat their
■M* ** mb MMNMap j
and improvidence here fn sfght of
heart-rending hardship and want.
Labrador, however, was formerly a sea
of plenty; fishing, sealing, trapping,
gave even the indolent a sure though a
miserable living. In a few weeks the
average man could catch fish enough
to exchange with traders for the nec
essaries of life. This enabled him to
idle away three-fourths of the year,
and relieved him of any sense of re
sponsibility. But now fish, oil, and
fur are no longer so abundant. Tho
average family spends about one hun
dred dollars per vear to get only the
absolute necessaries of life; and yet
the government is obliged very often
to distribute flour and pork to prevent
actual starvation; and it offers free
passage and work to those who will
leave the coast The lazy depend up
on the industrious, the provisions are
shared, and if navigation is tardy, the
first sail is watched for in the spring
with eageness. — C. H. Farnham, in
Harper's Magazine for October.
— ■ —H.
Taking in a Sawdust Swindler.
“The killing of Tom Davis, the saw
dust man, in New York, by a man from
Texas reminds me of an experience I
once had with a gang of this kind,”
said a well-known oil region sport, in
the bar-room of the Option House, at
Bradford, Pa., a night or two ago.
“Tell the story,” came from a dozen
throats.
“Well, boys, you all know that I am
somewhat of a sport So was my dad
before mo. The old man was up to
ail kinds of speculations. Nothing was
too risky for him. If he wasn’t in a
lottery it was a horserace or a raffle.
One time he got one of those enticing
circulars, such as Tom Davis sent out
to his dupes. At that time the old man
was flying in hard luck. He had lost
a century or so on a horse race, and a
speculation in mining stocks had
turned out disastrously. The offer of
the sawdust chap struck him right fa
vorably. ‘Tim, if I can collar a thous
and or two of the queer,’ he said to me,
‘I know that I can pass it without
trouble in the oil country. I’ve a great
notion to try it on and trust to luck.’
All right, dad,’ said I; ‘try it on.’
In a few days he received another let
ter from the sawdust man, appointing
a meeting at a hotel in Chatham square,
in New York. ‘I can’t raise the wealth
to go,’ said the old man to me, ‘so I
must get my grip on some of that bo
gus money.’ I thought the matter
over, and concluded that I would give
the old man a lift. I took the crook’s
letter, and, with the assistance of a
young fellow in the newspaper busi
ness, cooked up a reply whicn I calcu
lated would catch the swindler in as
neat a trap as he ever set to catch
sucker. In the letter I told the chap
that New York was not the place for
him to do business in. The oil coun
try was then booming, and I advised
him to come here, or at least open an
agency. I pictured to him how easy
it was to shove wagon loads of the
queer. A mining or oil town afforded
superior advantages for shoving bogus
money. In conclusion, I told him that
I had SIO,OOO to invest, but that like
other oil men, I was not in the habit
of buying a pig in a poke.
“ 'Send on samples,’ I wrote, ‘by
mail or express, ai»d I will examuw
the goods, and, if they are as slick
.represented, will takeslo,ooo worthy’]
’ft was ntterlv impossible for me,, to 7
meet him in New York. If he wanted
to transact business he must either
send samples or come on himself. In
a few days a neat express packet was
delivered at the door of the old man’s
house. With trembling hands he tore
off the wrapper, revealing a long and
narrow pasteboard box. Carefully hid
den under a lot of papers was a long
package done up in oiled silk. In it
were four crisp new bills of the denom
inations of $2, $5, $lO and S2O. They
looked like genuine, and were pro
nounced as such by the cashier qA tho
Bradford National Bank.
“But I am getting ahead of my sto
ry. When the package arrived the old
{rentleman sent for me. He was near
y wild with excitement
“‘Ain’t they beauties?’he cried, as
he tenderly fondled the crisp slips of
paper.
“ ‘They look good,’ I replied, ‘but
that domt hinder their being counter
feits.’
“ ‘That’s exactly what they are,’
said my dad, in triumph. ‘We ain’t
paying for good money, are we?”
“I admitted the force of the logic.
Then I proposed that I take the bills
to a hank for examination. ‘lf the
banks say they are good,’ 1 said, ‘thou
we’ll have a picnic in passing them.'
I had an idea that the money was gen
uine, and I wanted to gel my bands
on it before the old man bad a chance
to shove it. It nearly broke dad's I
heart to part, even for a little while,
with the beautiful new notes. 1 bust
led to the bank and asked if the bills
were really good. ‘Certainly.’ replied
the cashier, after a scrutinizing glance.
/They are us good as they make Here
are some counteifeits,'and be produced
a bundle of bills. Some of them were
brand new. I persuaded him to loan
mo n crisp across me iac«< or
which was stamped in red letters, >
*Counterfeit’ ”
“What then?” queried one of the
crowd.
“Why, I showed it to the old man |
and said that the bank had taken all i
the mouev from me and branded it as !
: bogus. It cured dad of his fever for
i queer, but he never really got over the
I belief that I bad played roots with him.
’ Somehow he caught on to the idea that
! the money sent by the sawdust man
was genuine, but ha never had a chance
to spend it.”
Il was well worth the while of a
Manitou, Cola, correspondent to write
: this. And it is worth any one’s while to
■ read it: “The Rockies are piled up
I like purple c.ouds against the brittle,
I sparkling sapphire skies. They trail
J eff in a royal glory of color to the far
South, tneir pink and purple peaks j
; picked out with piles of everlasting i
enow. They are the ‘Rocky’ Moun- !
I Uius in all truth. Not a tree blooms
upon their bald sterility of rock, and
yet in the amber atmosphere, under
the sweet, clean sunshine, they look as •
! the next puff of wind might float them
I away.”
I Ths newspapers and their outfits in
the United busies are valued at s9s,-
I 1
LADIES COLUMy.
Fashion Notes*
Bonnet fringe are tied under the
chin.
Cairngorms set in silver are used for
clasps.
Clasps and buttons of wood are richly
carved.
Manv of the elegant winter wraps are
plush, lined.
< ollars, cuffs and belts are made of
beaded galloon.
Escurial tulle is embroidered with
chen’l’eand beads.
Short-waist ed frocks are coming in*
vogue for little girls.
Moire is frequently combined with
novelty wools this year.
Some mantelets and pelerines are fin
ished off with hoods.
Guipure fronts are embroidered with
rosary beads and tinsel.
Sealskin plush wraps appear among i
fall novelties in this line.
Braid in various widths is exceedingly
popular for hat trimmings.
Silk tulle has fruit or flower designs
embroidered in bright colors.
High-shouldered effects are noticable
on all imported wraps end-rUi.
Openwork embroidery on velvet is
largely used for millinery purposes.
Irish blarney, boucle and negro head
cloth are all one and the same thing.
. Green billiard table cloth is the latest
fancy for young ladies short jackets
Camel’s hair robesof the richest qual
ity are embroidered with rosary beads.
Silk stockinet hats, covered with nets
of silk cord of the same shade, are nov
elties.
Oxidized silver pins are very popular
for morning wear and for fastening
shawls.
The collars of all redingotes, polonai
ses, jackets and street wraps are made
very high.
Many of the new felt bats and bon
nets are embroidered in silk, wool and
gold thread.
Flush and satin embroidered-ribbons
are used for millinery purposes and fur
trimming dresses.
“Label” brooches are returning to fa
vor, the swinging sign-board designs
taking the lead.
Round brooches are again worn, and
square brooches with bright enameled
flowers are novelties.
Overdresses of different material worn
with velvet or plush skins have vests or
epaulets like the skirt.
High collars with stiff lining are seen
on all woolen costumes Linen collars or
folds are worn with them.
Plush skirts are worn with over
dresses trimmed with gold or silver
braid or openwork embroidery.
Sicilienne, with watered stripes, alter
nating with stripes with heraldic de
signs, T ■
ShoriwL: .
KilV gattze in ail the evening s colots
has self colored chenille and silver loops.
Black silk gauze has gold and black
chenille loops.
London milliners are making a spe
cialty of col.ege caps in velvet and o‘her
material to correspond with costumes
for autumn wear.
Kilk sashes, eleven inches wide and
three and a quarter yards long, have
silver and gold bars with brocade figures,
and are edged with changeable plush.
Faille francaise in colors of street
wear has groups of shaded plush stripes
from one inch in length .increasing to
six inches and decreasing in the same
proportion The stripes harmonize with
the ground color.
Household Notes*
In frying meat, fish or fowl, never set
them back on the stove to cool in the
grease. Always take up while it is boil
ing hut.
Roast beef or fowl will be much nicer
if they are kept covered while roast ng; j
it keeps them moist; uncover just in •
time enough to let them brown.
Quaker Pudding: Take a quart <f
cream and beat three or four spoonful* j
of flour of rice, a penny loaf grate'i and
seven eggs, then put in a little orange
flower water, sugar, nutmeg, mace ami ■
cinnamon; butter the cloth and tie it i
up, but not tos close: put it in when ■
the pot boils, boil it one hour, then torn I
it out into the dish, stick on it sirred !
aitron and {tour over it butter ai 1 or- j
ange flower water,lemon juice ano sugar
Fried Chicken: After thoroughly
washing the chicken lira n ajjjhe water
off, never let chicken soak in waier j
When you are ready to fry it take a clean I
to v»l, lay it on the table, lay the piec? s 1
I ot chicken on it ami turn the towel over
them so as to soak up all tbe -moisture;
then pepper and salt it and dip lightly J
in floor; fry in lard and use plenty-of !
it; lard is better than batter to fry
I chicken in. Have your frying pan hot |
■ when you put the chicken id, and give |
it plenty «»f time to cook; when it is
done, if it is not browned evenly, set it
in tbe oven a few.minutes; take it np
as soon as done; never let it stand in i
the grease. To make tbe gravy put a
sufficient quantity of flour in the grease
to make a thin paste and stir it until it
is perfectly smooth, then put in sweet*
milk until it is the right consistency;
don’t let it get too thick, and let it boil !
five minutes and season to taste; then
pour it over the chicken.
It was hoped at least that these
United States might claim the inven
lion of the great American game of
| poker, but now turns up a mvtnical
“Mr. Benjamin.” fresh from Persia,
who asserts that from time immemor
ial the game has been known in Ori
ental lands, and that it was played in
Persia centuries before Colom bus dis
covered America.
Rose Terry Cooke wants school- j
children U> carry raw lunches to school
I bo tattgai there to eoek them.
TBE DEAD CARDINAL I
john McCloskey,
First American Member of the
Sacred College.
Cardinal-A rchbishop McCloskey died
at New York in the early morning of
October 10, 1885, of exhaustion. The
weary wheels of life stood still, because
the prelate had used up his resources
of vitality. From early boyhood he
was a hard worker, but accomplished
the toil of a prolonged life before laying
down to rest His death is lamented
not only by the clergy and laity of his
own church,but by the community gen
erally. On the Sunday succeeding it
many Protestant ministers took occasion
in their public discourses to praise the
dead Cardinal.
John McCloskey was born at Brook
lyn, New York, of Irish parents, in the
year 1810, March 10 His temperament
and disposition as a child marked him
out for a studious and religious life. He
usually stood at the bead of his class
while a pupil in an elementary school.
In the year 1821 he left home to pursue
the higher studies, and by the time he
was ordained for the priesthood had
spent thirteen years at college and the
theological seminary', including both.
Mount Bt. Mary’s College, Wilmington,
and the Caiholic Seminary, Emmetts
burg, are the institutions at which he
received his higher education. He was
ordained a priest January 12,1834 From
1835 until 1837 he attended lectures in
the Georgian University, Rome. Be
fore returning to the United states he
spent a year in France. His first pasto
ral charge was as assistant priest at - s t.
Joseph’s * burch. New Yorlr City. He
was made rector of the same church six
months after receiving his earliest ap
pointment. In 1841 Bishop Hughes
nominated him first president of Kt.
John 8 College, Fordham, New York,
but, preferring the pastoral relation, in
1842 he returned to Kt. Joseph’s. On
November 21, 1843, he was made the cu
adjutorof Bishop Hughes. About four
months after he was consecrated as such
-iijkitb the title of Bishop of Axiere.
New York
t lim bishop
7T wau t
dignity thus HIs ndth
gives the archepiscopal position desig
nated to the Right Reverend Michael A.
Corrigan, who has been his coadjutor
for several years. On March 15, 1875.
Archbiihop McCloskey was made a
member of the bacred College. The ap
pointment. of a successo» to him as Car
d.nal rests with the Pope.
During his administration of the re
sponsibilities entrusted to him, Catbol
ocism has made rapid growth in the
United Siates. The erection of St. Pat
nek’s Cathedral, New York, was largely
due to his energy, ability and liberality
Cardinal McCloskey bad a fine pres
ence. He was about five feet, ten in
ches in height, somewhat frail but dig
nified ami impressing acquaintances
with the intellectuality, sustained
strength of executive ability and exal
tation of religious feeling which charac
terized him.
A Wse for the Rattlesnake.
Tn Februarv, 1862, I accompanied
General Van Dorn to tho trans-Missis
sippi Department v<i Memphis. It be
ing my home I met with many old
friends, and the night before we were
to leave for Little Rock they insisted on
giving me an old-fasbioned blow-out,
the result of which was that the next
morning found me with the wdrst head
ache I ever bad. I went on the boat at
12 o’clock to start, and was suffering so
much I could not conceal it A passen
• ger who was promenading the hall, who
nad observed mj’ suffering, stopped and
asked me the cause of my trouble. I
told him I had the headache. He asked
me if it was customary for me to have
iL I told him it was. He told me that
if I would do as he said I would not
have any headaobes as long-as I did iL
He said he had no doubt 1 would laugh
at his proposition. I promised to give
it a trial. He then told me to wear a
rattlesnake’s rattle in my cap and I
would have no more as long as I did it.
I could not help laughing at the idea.
After reaching headquarters (Jackson
port) I was sent to Des Arc, on White
river, to receive and take care of the
stores vs the Confederate service. I be
came intimate with tbe officers of the
boats plying between Memphis and Des
Ara I was romping with one of them
when he took a rattlesnake’s rattle
from his pocket I told him I wanted
it and my reason for doing so. He
gave it to* me and I wore it in my cap
three years, without a symptom of head
ache. I lost it then, and my headaches
returned. I procured another and wore
iW.wo years, with the same result in
the meantime 1 had returned to Mis
souri and visited one of my Pike county
friends, who bad just killed a rattle
snake, who gave me tbe rattles, which
I wore in my hat six years, and I have
never had a symptom of the headache
since.—CommunieaLon tn the SI. Louis
(jlobe-Democrat.
t 1
The crop of beet-root sugar (mostly
German) for the coming year is esti
mated at 2,500,(>X) tons, while of cane
(mostly Cuban) the yield te put at
2.100,000 tons. The beat, eatdoas tha
AGRICULTURAL.
Farm Notes,
When cornstalks are fed, clover should
be fed with them, or cotton seed meal.
Timothy and clover mixed is better than
clover.
Don’t feed you) colts the leavings from
the sheep rack, with the stable partition
plank for desert.
Seed corn thoroughly dried in tbe ear
and put in tight boxes and barrels, is
better than left hanging in the barn'all
winter.
Several years since a gardener discov
ered that, by planting his squash seeds
in earth that had a layer of coal ashes
above and below it, the vines were not
molested by cutworms.
Keep an account with your farm,
charging it with every dollar spent for
it, and crediting it with every dollar re
ceived from it. You will thus know
how much profit you have received
from it.
A writer in the London Garden states
that he has found sulphide of potassium
an effectual remedy for mildew, such as
attacks the foliage of the rose, strawber
ries in pits, etc. It was. applied at tbe
rate of a quarter of an ounce to the gal
lon of water, and a part at the rate of
half an ounce.
He Was Posted on Calves.
He was viewing the pictures at the
exposition last night. He evidently
came to Chicago to attend the state
fair, and was prolonging his visit to
see the city. He was middle-aged.
Although he resembled a city man in
the cut and fit of his clothes, the shape
of his hat, and the trim of his beard,
yet there was no mistaking his identi
ty. There was that air about him of
keen interest in his surroundings that
marked him as provincial. He did not
come to town to wonder at and admire
all he saw, but with the determination
to criticise.
He paused before a painting of three
rugged calves. “Umph!” he solilo
quized to himself, “Look like they’d
run out in the stocks all winter, an’
had a hard time.”
Just then two fashionably dressed la
dies, bearing open catalogues, stopped
in front of him and gazed at the paint
ing through quizzing-glasses. “How
life-like!” both murmured, sweetly.
“Life-like!” exclaimed the critical
countryman. .“Why ladies, beg par
don, but I don’t think the man that
made that picture ever saw a calf.”
The ladies turned their heads, sur
veyed him with a well-bred stare, smil- ,
ed knowingly at each other, and again I
turned to the picture.
Thinking his judgment was doubted, .
the rustic continued, pointing his fin- ’
ger over the ladies’ heads: “Now,
see, ladies, them calves are yearlin’s j
an’ not sucklin’s, as I reckou you j
think, an’ not one of them has a sign j
of a horn. Now, that ain’t right. '
Leastways, it ain’t right unless the
painter meant to make polled Angus
calves, an’ he’s missed it a thunderin’
long ways, for them calves are grade
cattle, an’ darned scrubby ones at
that.”
* Bj thin time, the ladies wore staring
5 at uacb jpther with open eyes' and quiv
ering rrfouths, on the eve of laughter.
-They Worb'about to move away when
the' countryman, feeling that his criti
cism had not been convincing, drew
closer to the ladies, and said, in a con
fidential tone: “Now, sayin’ nothing
about the calves havin’ no horns, just
look sharp at that calf on the left. See
his head? It’s plum eighteen inches
from the eye to the end of the nose,
and has veins in it as big as your lin
ger. That ain’t a calf’s head; ladies,
that’s a rcnnin’ boss’s head.”
Th a ladies walked quickly away with
their handkerchiefs pressed closely to
their mouths. The critic laughed
quietly to himself and took a chew of
tobacco.-- Chicago Hews.
o » »
Shortening the Track.
“You can talk all you please about
big feats in railroading,” said a West
ern conductor, “but 1 guess we can
beat ’em all. Our track men have*
been engaged forsome time in straight
ening out the track and shortening
curves. Our superintendent is a hust
ler, I want you to know, and the oth
er day he determined to reduce the
distance between SmilhVlle and Union
five miles. He did it, and in one day, *
too.”
“In one day?”
“Yes. sir, in one day. It isn’t every j
road that can afford improvements of
that magnitude. But our line is mak
ing money now, and the superintend
ent said we had used that long track |
long enough.”
“But how did he manage to do the .
job so quick? Must have taken sev- ■
eral thousand men.”
“Oh, no; one man did the whole j
thing. It took bins about ten minutes. !
You see, when our road was first built |
traffic was light and profits doubt. uL i
So the distance between stations was j
put down on time cards at from one to *
five miles greater than it actually was. :
Os course ail passengers were charged j
three cents a mile according to the ;
schedule distance. Our directors de- j
Glared many a dividend on the strength i
of those extra miles.”— Chicago tier- ’
aid.
Kinfolks.
A very hard looking specimen of
seedy gentility was standing at a
pawnbroker’s counter when a swell
young clerk camo in and laid a watch
down, remarking:
“Uncle, I’d like to have ten on that i
till next week.”
The seedy man looked closely at the >
swell, and going up to him stuck out •
his hand and said in a gushing tone:
“My dear cousin, how do you do?” |
“Get out,” was the energetic reply,
“I’m no cousin of yours.”
“Ain’t vou? Well, why not, young
fellow? Didn’t you call the proprie
tor •uncle,’ and ain’t he your uncle?
Os course he is. and he’s mine, too, i
and has been for a long time. If he’s
your uncle and mine, I'd like to know
whv we ain’t cousins?”
The swell broke away from hie kins- ■
man and came back in the afternoon j
for Am asivaaaa.—Traveler.
A Gambler’s Find.
“Talking about finding money,” said
Old Sport, “would you believe me if I
I told you I found SI,OOO one time?” ■ .
“No; but tell it anyhow.”
“It was in Washington, Dee
The occasion was the inauguration*! of
Grant, and there were 200,000 people -
in the streets. 1 saw a small
thing lying on the pavement,and some
thing prompted me to pick it up. Or
dinarily I wouldn’t stop to pick up
. things on the street, but this time I
thought I’d chance it. After picking 1
the green thing up I thought it was a 7
patent-medicine • advertisement, and I
was on the point of throwing it away,
but I wasn’t very busy just then, no*l
unrolled it, and when 1 saw It was a
‘ SI,OOO bill I was scared to death. I
was dealing bank then, and I didn’t
know what to d<s with the find, because
I couldn’t fake up any excuse for the
possession of so much of the filthy. The
main guy would swear that I was hold
ing out on him, and there would be the
j devil to pay; and you can bet it would
take the whole of the SI,OOO to pay
him. So I took the bill to my board
ing-house and it between the
covering of my trunk and the outside.
I looked at the paper for several days,
but couldn’t see any advertisement for
a lost SI,OOO bill. I didn’t dare get it
changed in Washington, because it
would soon be noised around that I
had a big roll, and the snap would be
given away. Each day I would rocoa«—«
noiter around the old trunk to see if the
bill was safe, and I’d change her from
place to place. The fact that the loss
was not advertised led me to suspect
that the blooming bill might be coun
terfeit, and 1 was in a terrible stew.
But I held on to it. One day I went
over to New York and took the bill g
with me. At last I screwed up my ?
courage to slap the bill down on the
counter of the bank, and asked to have
it changed. The dealer, or rather cash
ier, grabbed it up and squinted all
over both sides of it, and 1 imagined
everybody in the world was looking at
me. Mind you, this was three months
after I had found the bill. After eyeing -**
the bill for a few seconds the cashier
laid it aside, and I didn’t know wheth
er he was going to set the dog on mo
or what; but he clinched on to a fistful
of SSO bills and counted out twenty of*
them, which were handed to me. So
that was all rigfo. Well, I felt pretty
gay, and I went down to Sapdy Hook,
and from there to Long Branch, then
back to New York, over to Philadel
phia, and once more to Washington.
That night I played faro and got broke.”
Cincinnati Enquirer. ;
Cal ifornia Gold.
A correspondent of the New York
i Evening Post, who seems to know what
I he is writing about, says:
The simple fact of the discovery of
gold at Sutter’s Mill, if they are worth
reciting again at this late day, are that
I the early melting of the snows in the
S erra Nevada had swollen the North
Fork, causing the water to back up
into the race and stop work at/ the
mill; that in one of his “hours of idle
ness,” Marshall, the overseer, walking
by the edge of the race, saw the shin
ing particles through the clear waters
r at the bottpm of the race; that he
“fished out” a specimen or two, car
ried them to camp, was laughed at by
the boys, who pronounced the stuff
“mica” and “fool’s gold,” obstinately
persevered in believing it was worth
“something,” triedby foiling the
specimens in lye, and finally gathered
a dozen flukes, put then» in a quill
plucked from some mountain bird,
stopped them in with a peg. and hur
ried off one night to Captaitfrfhitter at
his fort on the Sacramento, fifty or
sixty miles away, who made chemical
tests, and pronounced the spec'miens
gold. This is the story, and its essen
tial features may be relied upon as cor
rect.
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