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TNAGS.-We have now IN stock an assort-
l. ment of Dennson's Patent Direction
Labels and Merchandise Tags, which we will
sell at manufacturers prices.
We have also good stock OF " Philips Sc
curity Hook-Tags,n very convenient and SER
viceabe article for merchants. Among its ad-
vantages are: Goods can be more readily mark.
ed thun by any other means; the tag is so Sc
curely locked that It cannot become detached
from the goods; no chance of the tag becoming
detached from the hook; no points projecting
to tear other goods or your fingers They are
safe, strong and cheap. Call and examine
them. GLOBE PAPER CO
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HNHE GREAT PRIZES
OF THE
+ o L II T II GIFT CON G + II L
OF THE
KENTUCKY PUBLIC LIBRARY

were drawn as follows:
The first prize OF s1sI, 900, the capital prize by
clubs In Memphis, Tenn.
The second gilt, $4,000, vas paid to State
Sims of Trenton, KY. IL IL Bollinger, Pembroke,
KY, = " DOoner, Los Angeles. Cal, w @ Dyer
Tex, and others, the tickets having being sold
in coupons.
The Farmers National Banl3 OF Richmond,
KY, drew the half OF the third prize, $4,000.
VIM Oates Nicksburg, Miss, Copeland,
Franklin, KY, Armstrong ~ sawyer, Gransburg,
Ind b, each one-tenth. The remainder was held
ip clubs.
The first prize OF the uiird drawing was all in
one ticket, and owned by l. IL Keith, Esq,
Kingston, Mass, to whom was paid 100000 IN
cash.
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Agents Tor the Globe.
II. p. Morgan, Walllngford.
Herbert Smith, Factory Point.
ii. $. Hard, Arlington.
NJ. II. Kelley, South WalingfOrd.
G. G. Pierce. East Clarendon.
y. j. Carpenter, Brattleboro.
Kelley Dyer. Brandon.
Dcnnison Brothers, PittsfOrd.
RuIus Holt, Plttsleld.
X. W. Hyde, Hydeville.
I. X. Horton, Clarendon.
ID. p. Peabody, Pittsford.
Alden Il Co., Mlddlebury.
IL. +. Spencer, Sutherland Falls.
Ashton Hubbard, Fairhaven.
Kellogg a Rice, Castleton.
c. j. Gilmore, West Rutland
l.. Johnson, West Pawlet.
W. S. Bassett, Middletown.
James Rice, Pawlet.
d +. Parmenter, MechanicsyilleI
ID. Horton, Mount Holly.
w. W. lliDbard, Poultney.
+. Holton, Dandy Corners.
William Pierce. Dandy
i. a. Carter, Benson.
W. II. Hull, Wells.
o. Il. Woods, Bellows Falls.
+. IL. Robbins Chester.
l.. X Allen, East WallingfOrd
sherman Brothers. Ludlow.
Brown 81 Clark, Chttenden
j. ID. Purdy, Manchester.
$ NJ Southland. Yergennes.
j. y. Johnson. Hubbarton.
a. w. Irving, orwell.
Reuben WhitcOmb, StOckbridge.
W. Il. Morse, L. NJ, Shrewsbury.
$. Sails, Forestdale.
X. II. Dutton, =, NJ, Cavendlsh.
W. 5. Bassett, Postmaster, Middletovn.
j. G. Spencer Postmaster East Clarendon
q. 4. Ram, East Poutney.
{. II. Marsh, North Clarendon.
J.. Easton, 7, NJ, lIortOnville, VI
NJ, A. Pond, Z. NJ, Whiting, Vt.
Hiram Shattuck Bristol Vt
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Beecher and Mrs Tlton by Gen. Tracy.
the counsel of abe investigating committee,
and members of the committee, is that each
shall at once prepare full and detailed
statement of their own, which they are to
furnish to the public. Mr.. Beecher Is to
begin work on his to-day. The committee
will receive 1t, and then it will be pub
lished.
MRS. TiLToN's DENIAL.
Mrs. Tlton is to prepare public state
ment containing general denial of all the
specific charges made by her husband, and
declaring that her relations to Mr.. Beecher
were simply those engendered by deep
spiritual love for him. A sensual love never
existed.
Her letters to Mr.. Beecher are to be pro-
duced In the increasing cares of Mr..
Beecher's ministry, some years ago, he gave
instructions to his wife to open all of his
letters and read them. She opened the let.
tiers written by Mrs. Tilton, and they have
been preserved. They are full of enthu-
siastic love for the great preacher, and re-
veal deep spiritual affection for him.
These letters are to be printed as the
only ones in existence received at the time
Mr.. Beecher is said to have been intrigu
ing with Mrs. Iilton.
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BuoA Ainding,

8ooh 4indjn9.
CUSTOM BooK-BINDlNG
We are prepared to Bind in now and appropri
ate style any Of the popular
BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND NEWS.
PAPERS
OF THE DAY,
AT THE VERY LOWEST RATES
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American Od1fcllOws Magazine,
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Arthur's Home Magazine
Atlantic Monthly.
Balous Monthly,
bankers Magazine,
Baptist Quarterly,
Blbllotheca sacra,
Boston Folio
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Budget Of Fun,
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Catholic World,
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Chlldren's Friend,
Chimney Corner,
COachmaker's journal,
/ CultlvatOr Country C-entlem'n
Chatterbox,
Christian Union,
Druggists Circular and Chemical Gazette
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Every Saturday,
Edlngburgh Review,
Freemasons Monthly Magazine
Good Health,
Golden Hours,
GOdeys Ladies' Book
Good Words,
Gleason's Literary Companion,
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our Young Folks
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pEWARD.-An person having in his
III or her possession letters or papers be-
longing TO the late HIRAM RIDER, formerly Of
Wallingford, Vermont, VIII confer great favor
by leaving the same at the Office OF The under
signed. and VIII be suitably rewarded. A lib
eral reward win also be paid for information
leading TO the discovery OF certain Government
Bonds and other valuable property known TO
have been In Mr.. RIDERS possession short
time before his death.
PROUT, SIIONS e. WALKER,
Attorneys for Administrator,
julyl4w3mdlw Rutland, VI.
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VERMONT LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY, OF BURLINGTON. VERMONT.
This prudently managed Home Company, Is a
favorlte with Business Men Of Vermont.
Russell S. Taft, PRESIDENT W. !. Gilbert, Vice
President; Warren Gibbs Secretary.
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A RACE OF DwAnFs The Geographi.
cal Society of Italy has received from
Alexandria, with the news of tho death
of the explorer. Miami, and various eth
nolngical nh;zaaH: .=o rising ;na;r;at;a!a
whom he had forwarded of the tribes of
the Aka or Tikku. Tiki, and whom
the learned traveller had bought of the
King Muuza. These individuals, says
the London Medical Record-of whom
one is eighteen years old and forty
inches in height. and the other sixteen
years and thirty-one inches high-are
stated by Miami to belong to the race Of
dwarfs described by Herodotus, and re-
Gently, rediscovered by the German ex.
plorer Schweinfurth, who describes
them carefully. They are pot-bellied,
very thin limbed and knock kuoed, with
spherical and prognathous crania, very
long limbs, copper skins and crisp,
tow-like hair.
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A REMARKABLE OPERA TROUPE. An
extraordinary public entertainment has
been produced in Lima, Peru, by an
italian named Contarini. who proposes
to carry his exhibition to Europe. He
has taught and trained, by dint of great
patience and perseverance, an opera
company, made up of thirty parrots and
paroquets. who perform two Of Bellini's
operas Norma" and "Sonnambula''
on miniature stage, with full chorus
and reoitative. The director and mana
ger accompanies the artists on piano
harmonium, and the perfection with
which each bird sings his part and the
excellence of the chorus are prodigious.
The debut of this lyrico- o-ornithological
company in "Norms" was attended by
the wealth and faahion of Lima. When
the paroquet that sang the contralto
finished the allegro in the ''Salutation
to the Moon" such was the enthusiasm,
the shouting and the applause at hear
ing bird sing the "Casta Diva" that
the bird company, affrighted, took
fight and sought refuge among the side
scenes. This interrupted the perform
ance for fully quarter Of an hour, and
Signor Contarinl had to tranquillize the
''artists" by giving them bread soaked
in wine.
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Columbia Mg1sic Store
LyBrand g. Son

EMkE pleasure il calling tho atton,icnof
Il the public To &n examination of their
STOCK OF MUSICAL. MENCEANDISE, con.
sist!nG at Tiar"s, C!iurcEand rGrlor Organs,
Mclodeonr, Victims, Guitars. Eapjos, Flutes,
hccordc"na. lia"s mud Silver Band Instru-
mcuts at m!i kii.'i.. Also, Sheet Music and
lnstrncti"n t,ouils iur.y.ly class Of Musical
lnstrume Oh band Al :il ,imcs. We arc
Sole Agents icy he State Al South Carolina
OF Estcy Cos COTTAGE ORGANS. Sheet
Music sent hy mail. post paid. On receipt OF
price; and al hiudr oi Musical Goods sent By
Express, whcn ordered, TO any part Of the
State, marked G.. .. y. Good Second hand
lianos an! Organs for sale cheap. for cash.
i'lanos, OrGnns and Mc!odcons Tuned and
Repaired in satisfactory msrntr: and will
give espe ecialat.cntinn to Packing Removing
ana Shirpng Pianos for other parties toany
port desired, a moderate prices.
All ordcrs promptly attended to and satis-
iac!ion guaranteed to those favornr us with
tneir patronage. Send for our catalogue OF
sheei Music and Musical Merchandise Ri.
cnarhsnn street, few doors above PHo;SIx
office Columbia S. c. Now
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1. 2, 3 and Sheet Posters. Hand bills
Programmes, Circulars, Bills of Fare,
Pamphlets, Briefs, Dodgers. Flyers,
Letter Heads, Bill Heads. Checks,
Horse Bills. Receipts. Labels,
Railroad Blanks, Legal Blanks,
Tags. Cards of all kinds and sizes
Wedding. Visiting. Business, Show.
JULIAN a. SELBY. Proprietor
PHOENIX and CLEANER Establishment.
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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK,
OF
CO I. u nj III a, S. G.
sl50,OGtl
$500,0G0

'~N~ S"I's's <oOu,uoO
OFFICERS.
JOHN i. PALMER, President.
A. G. HEENIZER, Cashier.
9. Il. q. BUTT. Assistant Cashier.
rE,HIS BANK now occupies its magnificent
Il three-story and Mansard Roof building
on tho corner Plain and Richardson streets,
general Banking gbueinesstransacted. Ger
tifcatcs OF Deposit, bearing Interest at tho
rate OF Seven per cent. per annum. issued
Notes, Ellis of Exchange and other evidences
OF debt discounted. and money loaned on col
laterala. Stocks, bonds, Gold, Silver bought
and sold. Drafts on all the prominent cities
in tho United states bought and sold.
DIRrcToEs-Jas T.. Black, JohnB. Palmer,
Z. W. McAlaster, II. D. Sem, tof II. D. Sem s.
don,) y. j.. Dryan,.W. q. Swaf,leld, (of Il. &
". & : Tahield,) w. Is. Stanley. J. q. Seegers;
SAM hcGowan, Abbevillc; James II. Rion,
Wiin.. lore. Feb
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Tne Drankard,s Fare.yell 30 IIla FOLLY.

III, landlord. farewell Jerry;
III. brandy, wine and sherry;
III. horrors, and blue devils;
III, dens OF midnight.revels;
III, shoes that have no soles on;
Ill, fires that have no Goals on;
III. sots and sll sot feeders;
III, rouges and thief breeders;
III, cupboards that have no meat
IL, chairs that have no seat in;
III, children with wry faces;
III, to those grog-shop races;
III, landlord and your spouses;
,ll, spiders and your houses;
III, to your noise and rabble;
III. to your foolish gabble;
III, swash and all swash vendors;
III. bum and all bum senders;
III, pockets that are empty;
IL, landlords. you have plenty.
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(~4-tSH HSAIE.EsSS%G--~SEES
The PHGNlx is the Oldest Daily Paper
in the State. and has been regularly
issued since March, 1865.
THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE,
By Telegraph aud Mails, from nearly
MI parts of the World; together with
full
MARKET REPORTS;
Besides we'll selected MISCELLANEOUS and
READING MATTER, of interest to every
THE EDITORIALS
Are carefully prepared, by competent
writer's; while special attention is given
THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Taken as whole, NO BETTER OR MORE
SATISFACTORY INVESTMENT can be nude,
than subscription to one or the other
of these publications. They arc Con-
servative in politics., and are devoted to
the best interests of the State. The
following are the
TERMS FOR SIX MONTHS.
Daily PHOENIX. 81 90
Tri Weekly. 9 60
Weekly CLEANER (48 columns) 80. l so
These papers were the first issued in
Columbia, in 1865, after its partial de-
struction, and have been regularly pub
lished ever since. They
CIRCULATE EXTENSIVELY
Throughout the middle and upper Coun-
ties of the State. and are excellent
MEDIUMS FOR ADVERTISING.
The PHOENIX has greater circulation
through the upper part of South Caro-
lima than any other daily paper published
in The Stale. Merchants and others will
find its columns an admirable means of
communication with the people of the
entire up-country. Advertising rates are
reasonable and equable. Send advcr.
tisements marked with the number of
insertions desired, and they will be
stopped upon the expiration of the time.
Office on Richardson Tor Main) street.
between Taylor and Blanding.
JULIAN A. SELBY, Proprietor.
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A hand organ is the latest excavation
at Pompeii. The anoients had their
torments as we'll as the moderns.
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Is thoroughly supplied with POWER
PRESSES of the --latest Improvement;
TYPE of various grades and styles from
one foot to the fiftietb pnrt of nh inch
in size; BORDERS. CUTS; Blnck, Co
lored and Tranefer INKS; PAPER,
CARDS, &c.
The proprietor is practical printer,
and employs the most skilled men in the
profession; all work cxecated at shortest
notice possible. in the latest and best
styles. and Mt New York prices. CALL
and EXAMINE SPECIMENS of
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The Short Line Scbe dule.

1uo S1OrC Lluo ScneQul6.
COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA r. r. Co..
COLUMBIA, Is. c.. October "a, 1873.
&M I'd A ger sehedale sh,edels,sg vii fsssee. BE- ope.
rated on aud after SUNDAY, tho 26tb inst:
GOING NORTH. Train No. 2. Train No. 4
Leave Augusta. .G.30 a m 415pm
Granitcville -. .*7 SO q m 5.11pn
Batesvillo. 80. o 43 m t722p m
Columbia. III 68 am 987pm m
Chester. ......... % I'm 2.2S a m
Arrive Charlotte. IL 08 pm *5.15 a m
No. 2 Train makes close connection, rio
Richmond, to all points North, arriving at
New York at GAO A. H.; also, uia Raleigh
and Old Bay Line, arriving at Now York at
25 P. NJ. No. Train makes cloee connec-
tion, Uia Richmond, to all points North, ar
irving at New York at 4.25 T. M.
GOING SOUTH. Train No. 1. Train No. s
Leave Charlotte. az. 90 m 91Opm
Chester. ......... 954 m IL SO D m
Columbia. ...... 2.48 IN $40 q m
Batesville.. 49,. 4.57pm 543am
Graniteville. -. IT, Is pm *748 a m
Arrive Augusta. sos pm 8.45 q m
fBroakfast. Dinner. fSupper.
South bound Trains connect at Augusta
for all points South and West. Through
tick cts sold and baggage checked to all prin-
Ioipel points;, as- Sleeping cara on all Night
Trains. JAS. ANDERSON, General sup't.
A. Pore. Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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Clarified Sugars.
Rn BARRELS a, Ex C,and C, for sale
wv low for greenbachs.
JAMS HOPE i GYLES.
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Breakfast Bacon,
BUFFALO TONGUES. MESS sNIACKEREL.
ID LEAF LARD, PIGS FEET, for sale low
By HOPE GYLFS
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Choice Provisions.

Choice Provisions.
A T low prices for cash.
n COCO poun1s BACON SIDES,
= coO pounds new Sugar. cared Hams,
1C barrels Leaf Lard
20 boxes Goshen Cheese.
~ boxes Young America and Pine. apple
10 chests choice new crop Teas,
100 barrels Family Flour
70 barrels Apples, Onions and Potatoes.
DGcI HOPE T. GYLES.
Family Flour.
@A 100 BBLS. Extra Family FLOUR.
WHEYEA 100 barrels low priced. but sound.
szaa1aRN For sale by HOPE 4 GYLES
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Charlotte, Colu nbia and Augusta and Will
mington Columbia and Augusta RaiituSdxs.ss,:
Leave Columbia ut. 49, .ls,s. d
Leave Aston. ............ 9sg6a, IN
Leave Newberry..... ............ .10s4pA. m
Leave Cokesbury. ry.................. 21gp.m IA
zssiSs zssSs ss'sSs; ss S:S n
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at. ........ -. 7.80a. m
Leave Bolton. $50 .. m
Leave Cokesbury. LIS .. m
Leave Newberry. rry................... 2.80 p. IN
Leave Aston. ...................... 4.20p. m
arrive at Columbia. ............... coop. m
Anderson Branch aud Blue Ridge Division
DOWN. UP.
Leave Walhalla. 5.45 a. n. Arrive 7.15 D. m
Leave Perryvil 6.25 q. m. 685p, M
Leave Pendleton 7.1O a. M $50 o. M
Leave Anderson $40 q. M 45Op. m
Arrive at Bolton 900 a. m. Leave 35Op. m
Accommodation Trains run on Abbeyillo
Branch Mondays, Wednesday, anu Fridays.
On Anderson Branch between Bolton and An.
derson. Tuesdays, Thuredaya and Saturdays.
THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup,
JADEz NORTON, General Ticket Agent.
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Piedmont Airline hallway.
fsSS ezS 6E1SaS2k. CONDENSED TIME
es2f II &dfss2e--tsa: E@Ess ABLE, Richmond and
Danville, Aichmond and Danyille Il. w., N.
@. Division, and h lth Western h. @. r. ".
GOING NORTH
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and Columbia RAILROAD

&9 TRAINS n Z Il : run q : q daily. 4 y
Sundaya excepted, connecting with Night
Trains on South Carolina Eailroad up and
down; with Trains going North and Botitho on
Charlotte, Oolu nbia aud dAuguetas and Viii
mington Columbia and Augusta RaiituSdxs.ss,:
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Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell.
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell.
Farewell,
Farewell,
in;
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell,
Farewell.
Farewell,
Farewell,
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Ito
COluubia C.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-10
MEMPHIS TENN. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10. 1874

achronism, which association has hal
lowed and when bell has to be rung
O announce meal in a private house,
it ought to be barely loud enough TO at
tract attention. No row or uproar OF
any kind should precede modern meal;
il we are TO herald it by artificial noise,
it ought to be music. Moreover, no SER
want coming to announce dinner ought
to halleo to the mistress Of the house, or
speak louder than is absolutely required,
or speak at all, if any other signal will
suffice. Nothing, in short, should as a
general rule be allowed to interfere with
conversation before or after repast.
And this will apply, mutstis mutandis,
to all excessive or odd ornamentation of
the table or its surroundings, which is
calculated to distract the mind of the
guests, or interrupt their view of each
other, or in any manner exalt the mate
rial side OF the occasion unduly, at the
expense of the moral and intellectual
side. All this may be called the philos'
ophy of the table service. About the
details, as the china, the glass, the linen,
the cutlery, the order OF courses, any
more than about the cookery, we have
no message to deliver. The reader will
find all that is known or thought Of on
these subjects in the voluminous litera.
ture of gastronomy and household
art
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-10
presence OF Mind.

Professor Wilder gives these short
rules for action in case of accident: For
dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing, dash
water into them; remove cinders, etc,
with the round point Of lead pencil.
Remove insects from the ear by tepid
water; never pct hard instrument into
the ear. If an artery is cut, compress
above the wound; if vein is cut, com
press below. If choked, get upon all
fours and cough. For light burns, dip
the part in cold water; il the skin is de-
stroyed, cover with varnish. Smother a
FIRE with carpets, ETC.. water will often
spread burning oil, and increase the
danger. Before passing through smoke
take full breath, and then stoop low,
but if carbon is suspected then walk
erect. Suck poison wounds, unless
your mouth is sore. Enlarge the wound,
or, better, cut out the part without delay.
Hold the wounded part as long as can
be borne to hot coal or end OF cigar.
In case of poisoning, excite vomiting by
tickling the throat, or by water or mus
tard. For acid poisons, give acids; in
case OF opium poisoning, give strong
coffee and keep moving. If in water,
Aoat on the back, with the nose and
mouth projecting For apoplexy, raise
the head and body; for faintiug, lay the
person fat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-10
WALTERS AND MATTRESSES.
An American Want.

The Nation says:
Waiting at table is an art in which
there are various degrees of excellence,
but in which, like other arts, no degree
of excellence is to be attained without
training. 1t is an art, too, in which,
doubtless, proficiency is more often found
in countries in which there is class
which has always made waiting its chief
business and highest ambition, and in
which there is another class which makes
being waited upon a hereditary right.
But the existence of neither is necessary
to good waiting, if people who are train
ing walters know exactly what they want,
and their ideal be a correct one. When
we say that silence, and what we may,
for want of better name, call imper-
ceptibility, are among the chief requis-
ties of waiting, or, in other words, that
waiting should be 80 done as to attract
the least possible amount of the diners
attention and conceal from him as effec-
tually as possible that his wants are be-
ing supplied by any physical agency, we
pass the severest condemnation on the
kind of waiting which some years ago
was common in American hotels, and
which thousands OF simple folk, who
never saw any other, were accustomed to
look on as fine, and, indeed, awe
inspiring manner OF serving food-we
mean that in which large force of me-
proes or Irishmen took their places, with
A loud racket, 10 lines behind the guests
chairs, each with two dishes poised aloft
in his hands, and, at signal given By
the bead waiter, brought them down on
the table with what drill sergeant would
call smart rattle, the diners all the
while sitting in somewhat uneasy and
waiehfnl suspense.
This was thoroughly barbarous cere-
mony, but it was in all respects worthy
of meals to which people were sum-
moned by gong, an instrument which
should never be used to call men or
women to any repast not composed OF
human flesh. Its sound should be always
and properly reserved for cannibal
feasts, and should be answered only at
the double-quick and with cries Of saw
age Joy. II has, We are glad to say,
gone ont OF use everywhere, except on
steamboats, and in the remoter regions
OF the West. where the hotel guests wait
for their dinners in compact mass at
the locked door, and, as soon as it is
opened, cast themselves on their food in
q rush, like a pack of hounds. Even
hotel waiting has now had generally a
fair amount Of silence infused into it.
The evolutions of the walters are not
made prominent feature Of the dinner,
and the guests are left to inform them
selves of its readiness, as civilized men
and women in our dsy should be, by
their watches. Watches aud punctuslity
are the civilized substitutes for gongs,
bells, horns, tom-toms, and other ancient
or barbsrous modes Of bringing people
together, Even church bells are sp an