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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-04
How He Won Her.

The New York correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Times relates romantic
incident in the life of the, late Col, Tiles
ton, one Of the victims of, the recent dis
.aster al Gilmore's Garden in, New York.
Col. Tilesion, saws the correspondent,
was known around the. world, and, being
born to much wealth, he gratified in
early life his fopdness for travel, betting
the globe time and time again, and max
ing long stoppages in the social and com,-
mercial centers of Eurepe, China ard
Japan. On one of his, periodical, trips
around the world, some wears ago, he en-
counteredl in. Mexico a very beautiful
Spanish. lady, the daughter Of high
born, native, of immense possessions.
TilestQn, heretofore unsusceptible, fell
desperately in love with the Mexican
lady and impetuously laid, siege to her
heart. .. og u... ~.
On one occasion the club men of the
place got up sieeple-chase with gentle
men riders, and Tileston, who was
specially fond of that sort of thing, en-
tered for the cup. He accompanied his
lady-love to the. grand stand, where he
left her in the company Of a Mexican
friend. Mounting his horse the Colonel
started in the race. AS he did SO, cast
ing his eye toward the stand; he saw his
lady in close communications with her
escort. This nettled him trife, but, de-
termined to shine in her favor, fse bent
every energy, to the task before him,
Near the end of the course was wide
ditch, across which the horses weregte
leap Some twenty feet this side Of the
ditch, whileqgoing attatrying pace, Tile
ston gave another lookpat the stand.
10 his indignant surprise it seemed to
him as though the. arm of his friend rest
ed about the waist of the lady, while both
we're regarding him,with unfeigned in-
'terest. Jealousy dominated HIM in a
moment. Plunging" his spurs into his
horses side lie gathered him for the leap.
The, faithful brute responded instantly,
To the amaze,nentof all the spectators,
instead Of waitingsuntil4 he reached the
verge of the ditch, horse and rider rose
into the air six feet, this, side the chasm
and with terrific, bound cleared the va
cancy, the fore feet of the horse just rest
ing upon the opposite side .'- Y a. 81
Both felliuto the ditch, the horse on
top, the rider crushed beneath. Tileston
was picked. up unconscious and carried
tothe hospital, where fere several weeks
lie hoveredl between life and death, and
ON recovery found that the object Oh
his love lad sailed for China, leaving
however, a message for him, the purport
of which. was unmistakable sympathy
and devotionl Briefly, put, he followed
! her; as soon as!he was able, and having
won her hand. he brought her to New
York, where to-day She followed hin
mangled and dead, chief mournef to tht
grave. i'r il'.H1o .''''e+It WY we u
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Feet DiseOrtiou ini China.

I The binding OF ehilPs feetIis. not be,
gun until she has learned to walk and do
certain things TOR herself, as it would be
difficult il not impossible, to teach her
afterwsrd- The rich, bind their chill.
dren's feet from the sixth Or seventh
year, but the poor 90 notI begin until
they are twelve. or even older. Parents
who have been forced by poverty to sell
a daughter as slave. when she was q
child, will bring her back afterward if
they can, and then, no matter how old
she IL, they bind up her feet and marry
her as a lady. But! the pain of binding
a fulllgrown foot is said to be most in
tense.t ~ 2lai.I "atInH1 ~ If "-tlTo
I Strong white balldagesi two inches
wide, are manufactured for the purpose.
Those worn the first year are two yards
Hong, and about FIVE feet is. the length
worn safterward. The following, Accord
| ing to Miss Fielde, isthe method adopt-
ed: "The end Of the strip is laid on the
inside Of the foot at the instep, then car
| Iried' over the top Of the toes and under
1.-THE foot, drawing the four toes with it
down upon the sole, thence tits passed
over the foot and around the heel; and
lby this stretch the toes and the heel are
drawn together leaving aIdeep indenta.
| ltion in the sole, under tie instep. ("
| ''This course is gone over in successive
layers Of bandage until the strip of
Icioth is all used, and the final end is
sewn tight down" To please a China.
1wonlatl, the "indentation" must measure
about an inch and a half from the part
of the foot which rests On the ground up
Ito the instep. The toes are then com
pletely drawn over tie sole, and the foot
lis so squeezed upward that in walking
only the esball Of the great toe touches the
3ground. Large quantities of1powdered
1alum are. used when the feet are first
bound, and always afterward,, to pre-
/ vent liberation and lessen the
defensive odor. The bapdage il
d,thken off, only once month
! AT the end of the FIRST month the foot
1is putinhOt watery and after ithas beer
pallowed to soak sometime, the sbandage
I'LL carefully unwolndy 9the dead cutieule
iEof which there is so muchy being abradef
]during the process Of 'unbindingl When
| the foot is entirely unbound, 1T is no
j unusual to find ulcers and other aboini
IN nations frequently, too" We are tod tfOldd
4 IA iargeu piece of flesh, sloughs off tn,
sole, and il sometimes happens that on,
\ or tive toes drop OFF, When this hap
:. pens, TIE patient considers herself anpl.
!, repaid for tie additional suffering b.
having smaller and more delicate fee
than her neighborsl Indeed, the desir
to have small feet isso iatensathat girl
will slylys tighten their own .bandases il
sFspite Of the pain, 9nri ssai no saris h45
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-04

His proposal WAS received with 9
cheer, We were glad Of the opportuni.
ty for exercise. We got the cutter into
the water, and, manning her, away we
went.
The bergs bad now separated, 50 that,
by being very careful, we contrived to
keep from being ,stoven. On we went
for at least two hours, when the light
bore direetlyahead, scarcely quarter of
a mile of. "
Light Or shouted the captain;
"who's theref"
No response. The question was re-
peated. No better result. "a
"Strange" said the captain.
As he spoke, the light went out.
"Foul play" he exclaimed. "Pull
ahead, ladsW 'H
A minute after, the boat grated on q
rough beach, We saw the outlines of re-
ceding figures.
"Follow me, menw was the captains
order. .r ... .t-'7sr.'.
Soon we were upon the fugitives-
Geroe-looking fellows, evidently Russian
deserters, with a girl captive with them.
They dropped their burden and made
off, Offering but brief resistance as we
dashed among them. The boats lantern
then was lighted. The girl proved beau
tiful, but very pale, cold and, terror
In a, few words she stated that she, was
the daughter Of the captain Of the Win
chester, wrecked in the ice. When the
craft was going down, the boats, two in
number, We've lowered One was
swamped and stOven in the ice, the
whole crew perishing; the other boat, in
which was the captain and his daughter,
not being capable of reaching them in
time. r
The captain. proceeded ashore. He and
his crew were attacked by the fierce
land pirates, robbed and slain. The girl
hid herself In rock; came out on this
day. nearly frozen; saw the surveying
craft, and stood watching it, intending
to signal it when it should come near
enough for Its crew to, see her.
"Poor ehildv' said the capatin
Thanks to the mirage, we saw you long
ago, That was why we lowered oul
boat" ...
"Ihankr heaven, you; came just in
time" exclaimed Mary Wilhams-this
was her name" for. those shore barbari.
ans, seeing me, pursued and captured me
q short time SINCE" ~"
The girl was taken to our ship the
next morning, when the captains wife
bestowed upon her every kind attention,
Subsequently, she married one of the
ships lieutenants-a fine young fellow
of twenty-five, who thanks the COED Pro-
violence, which, by means of a mirage,
procured him wife. .. ...-
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sister in Los Angeles, CAL, and had
agreed to marry San Francisco loyes,
Mr.. w. p. Walker, if he would follow
her back to her home in Sarry, England.
Miss Platt was prejudieed7 viehatly
against the States Whence arose the
prejudice no one could ssy.s' no
Some said this and Others that, but
when blunt ''why@ woald be thrown
at Miss Platt herself, she mvaHisbly
tossed her head stamped her foot, and
reasoned pointedlx as fellowss "Beeause
that's why" Anyhow Mr.. Walker
was in a Ak. He had used his tongue, IN
behalf of America until it would no
longer wag, and though the future Mrs.
Walker had Yielded 80 far as to admit
that if she must live permanently in Sun
francisco she must, she wouldn't, agree
to marriage in America, Things rer
tmaiped in this unpleasant attitude until
Friday two weeks ago, when a happy
thought strpGk Walker. He SUMMONED
the wedding guests and induced the bride
and her maids to board a, steamer, ii
Sounding the whistle he steered bold
lv toward the heart of the Pacific.
When Capt Randall announced that
the steamer Was three, leagues, from the
California Coast the. cabin table was
moved to the upper deck, and a clergy
man took his phee at its head. The par
ty gathered around, and Miss Platt was
made Mrs Walker. The sea was So
rough that the bride clutched the edge
of the table during theeersmopF.. Under
the Aprilsun the steamer turned PROV
towards the, Golden, Gates. Pent7np
emotions soon, madeit necessary for the
gentlemen Of the party to support the
dropping forms. of several of the ladies,
the bride included, and there was, a suc-
eession of affecting scenes until smooth
water had heen reached. It. was roman
tic, to say the least, .,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-04
SelIinga Pretty Girl.

"Grandfather'' AcEley, Of the village
of Watkins, N. ", had rather a novel
experience recently while "crying Off a
,vendue in the town Of Hector, near Rey-
noldsyille. After disposing Of the arti-
cles on the sale-list there was 1ull in
business, and the. crowd was getting inn
patient, waiting for "Grandfather' to
''come, down. or, rather, announce the
close of the sale, when apretty. plump,
rpsY girl asked him to offer her, to the
highest bidder. HGrandfathsf," being Of
I'd modest, retiring disposition, seemed
reluctant, butlthe girilinsisted, SO he pro-
ceeded toi"eryo her Jf. The first bid
was offered by q timid young man with a
pianissimo Voice, who weakly offered $75,
"A bald7hesdsd man "twent him City Bet.
ter,p and tie bidding went along, lively
until $1,000 wassofered. ier sasmj9s5
At tins juncture the girls efathel
"went aithoiisand. better,"e and "Grsnd
father" closed the salelto that gentleman
"GNndfsther". looked !, the crowd d
young men over, and raising himself ,uT
| in O. dignifedlway, lproeeeded to saddresl
themi in the following manner: Gen'
tlemen, l am surprised, nay, more,
deeply mortified to think that you should
let such a!prize slip through, your ,hahdi
for such a paltry sum. Why, do yol
1 know this Young lady would, if,marrfed
get up III tie morning and make d fir,
| Without iiarrils the floor enough to walk
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-04

Is 1t disordcfed liver giving you q yel
low skin orcostise. bowels, which have re-
suited Id distressing piles Or DO yeor KID
aeys refuse To perfefh, Their functions? Il
30 your SYSTEM v i'll soon be closged With
Soisons Take d feT doses Of Kidney Wort
andsyou,Afsei Ike new fnafi -nstrfe will
throw of every iiiipedirheht ana each or
san viii be ready for duty. i@
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-04
wouldn,t Wary in in Ameriea.

She was pretty and willful, says q San
Francisco paper, andh when she vowed
that she wouldn't under any con-sid-e-
ration be married in athis awfully mean
America" the young, man in the case
gave up in despair. The young woman,
Miss Mary Platt had been visiting .
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-04

A very pretty pipcushion can be made
over an ordinary fatiron. The iron is
entirely covered with some pretty shade
Of satin or silk, being first smoothly
padded with cotton. On the face of the
iron is bunch Of flowers either painted
or embroidered. Bows Of satiu ribbon
may be tied on the handle.
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re v.l.ns - currency.

The volume OF money available Ter cirCu-
lation might equal 500 per capita, yet be too
small to meet business demands; 1t might
equal only SIG per capita, yet afford . super
sbundance. Much depends upon the facili-
ties for exchange and the conditions and
methods of business. Nevertheless. il Is use
full to know how much money we have in the
country available for circulation, aud how
much is licked up in the treasury vaults, the
bank reserves, etc. The term money, for the
purpose of this writing, will be understood to
mean gold coin or its equivalent IN silver coin,
geld or silver bullion bank notes aud treas
ury notes.
On the basis of estimates made by Mr..
Burchard, direc'or of the. mint, the total
amount Of gold coin and bullion in the coun-
try on October l, 1880, was $43 i,921,543 and
the total amount of silver coin and bullion
was $780, $1,000, making q grand total of
$593, 27S,6 37. The amount of legal tel der
notes outsl anding on same date was $780,
TALL SAL national bank notes, $343 ,905 900,
and fractional currency, $7,1Sl, 1851. Sum
marizing the items, We have:
Gold coin and bullion. ........ SAB 1921, 543
Silver coin and bullion. $500. 1886 ,O94
Legal tender notes ............ 346, 74l,S41
Bank =. 54o,9Uo,OOo
Fractional currency .......... 7,1Sl, S6l
" sScSc
Trade dollars, which must be called money
in this connection, are not included in the
above. A considerable amount of them has
been consumed inthe arts, but it IS reasonable
to assume that $1,000 900 are now in circu-
lation. Since the foregoing estimates are at
best only approximate, these trade dollars
may be allowed to offset the unknown mount
# fractisnal currency and notes which have
been lost. Thus the total amount of 'mon-
ey" in the country may be set down at ST.
POI, 900 900 in round numbers.
To estimate fairly, as nearly as the situa-
ton will allow, what proportion of the above
was available as a circulating medium of ex-
change on October l, 1880, the fact that the
legal tender issue is a lien upon the cash in
The treasury should be taken into account.
1t is, then, necessary to deduct from said total
the amount of coin and bullion in the treas
my at that date, S2l3 ,00O, 900. The amount
which the law requires the national banks to
hold as a reserve for the security of deposit
ors (apout 500, 000, O0O) and the redemption
fund which the banks were obliged to have
at the treasury in Washington ($l5, 900, O0O)
must next he deducted. Then there are over
1000 state banks and trust companies, about
1900 private bankers and about 675 savings
banks, with an aggregate capital of more than
$20O,OOO, 900, which either state laws or COM
mon prudence require to hold in reserve say
all average of Is per cent. of their capital,
and this makes $50, 900, 900 more to be deduc-
ted from said total. The summary of the
above is as follows:
Coin and bullion in the treasury .S2l 900, 900
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II untinEton's O%sciliatlns stamp Mill.

At the recent exhibition of machinery at
Mechanics Hall, in San Francisco, there Was
to be seen one of these mi Is, which is de-
scribed in the Alta California as ,ollsws:
"The mill has a ponderous hammer, weigh
ing LOO pounds, aud Can perform as much
work as a iive-stamp battery, with one-fourth
the power. The hammer has two arms and
resembles the letter Y inverted, is manipu-
lated by an osclllating crank, which, acting
as a lever, ilnparts a striking as we'll as 4 rub
blns motion, as it brushes the contents of the
mortar, pulverizing and grinding at the same
line. The One on exhibition can strike 300
blows per minute, and is capable of working
from 6 to 10 tons in "a hours, when run by
All engine of three-horse power. 1t has no
stems, cams or toppets, and adjusts itself to
the wear Of the shoes and dies. For slmpli.
city, economy, durability and effective work
ing it exceeds anything yet presented to the
public. These mills, when taken apart, are
quite portable, and are suitable for prospect.
ing as we'll S for extensive work"
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OLD Uncle Nose, of Galveston, was not no
ticed near the polls on election day, conse-
9ueDtly a colOred striker was sent to hunt
him up. He ives found sitting by the fire,
groaning dislnally, in his cabin.
"Uncle Mese, has yer voted yit ?' asked The
colOred rounder.
"No, chile, | wouldn't risk ketchin' cold in
my lungseses foah all de monY in de world"
"Here's dollar to pay for your time
The old man secured the subsidy remark
ing: E you is coming de bulldoze on dis
old niggah he weakens. Hev you fetched a
kerrige for NE ?"
"Hit's waiting at de doah, Uncle Nose"
"Is yer gwine to bring nj back after Use
voted p"
"Bring you right back, Uncle Nose; hurry
up. now"
"Gimme a dram foah 1 starts ?"
Here it is" said the emissary, producing a
flask. "Take a pull"
He pulled and said ~
sGwine to gimme annudder pull when Use
done voted p" and ihen he pulled again.
eyes, take annudder pull right now. Don't
be afeared OBJ it. Oars plenty NOAH whar it
come from"
So the old man pulled again and wanted to
know
"Hev yer got annudder dollar bill wild yer?''
"Look heah, ole man, you mus lOw de
campaign committees made of money. Here's
yer udder dollar. Now jump in. De polls
is gwine ter Close
.Lor, chile, you maxim out you is 8 states.
man, heah! heah! Use been foolin' yer. l
done voted the udder ticket only dis morning,
heah heah! heah " and the old image settled
down in front of the fire and nearly chuckled
his head of.
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Joseph Hopkinson wrote "Hail Columbia
in 179S. AT that time the war between En-
gland aud France was raging, and 1t was
believed tl'aL The United States would have
take mp arms. Congress was in session in
Philadelphia. The people were divided.
-orne favoring an alliance with France and
some with England. One Saturday afl ernoon
4 young Philadelphia actor came to Hopkin
son and said that lie was to have a benefit on
he following Monday night, but that no
boxes had been taken, and he feared that he
would lose instead of gain by the benefit.
rhe actor thought that he could fill up the
house if he could get a patriotic song to the
tune of the ''Presldent'S March," He asked
anpkinson to write him one. Hopkinson
promised to try, aud the result was ''Hail
Columbia" The song WAS ready on the ben
eft night, and soon gained popularity.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-30

N. Gamhetta Is . delightful talker and .
consunmate master Of the art Of persuasion.
A subaltern functionary who has frequent
opportunities OF seeing him explains much OF
the hold he has over men of various nation
alities and conditions BY the phrase, "C'est
IN grand charmeur."
MIR. Dorsey, the efficient secretary of the
republican committee, is described rs looking
very much like a Catholic cardinal. He is =
Vermonler, IS years old. a graduate Of Ober-
lin and the owner of q ranch IN New Mexico,
whereto he has just gone with his wife and
child.
Senator Blaine is expected to be one of a
party Of business 'nen now travelling through
the James River valley and over the noun
aims to the Ohio river. Their object Is the
examination Of the country through which
tie Richmond and Pittsburgh railway Is to
run-a road in which most Of them are in
eres Ell.
Mr.. Malone, of Virginia, is mentioned as
a very small man, the largest thing about
him bel 6 his slouched hat. His hair and
beard are iron gray, his feet are exceedingly
small, and his voice, though musical, Is weak.
He talks easily aud with a southern accent.
BE dresses neatly but carelessly.
When Col. Ingersoll delivered his lecture,
"What Must l Do to be Saved ?" in McVlck-
rr's theatre, Chicago, the Y. NJ. =. A. STA
toned young men at the entrances, who gave
To each person who entered a card Oh which
was inscribed, "Believe on the Lord Jesus
Chr st and thou shalt be saved"
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Household Hats.

AS we have said before somewhere, the en-
terprlsing editor who endeavors to run a
'household department" without the aid of Z
female writer, will cont to g.ief sooner or
later. One day last week the proprietor of
the Cloverdale Cleanup was started by a
whole tornado of raps at his sanctuln door,
on the other side of which he prese ntly be-
held a small mob OF matrons of the vicinity,
each OF whom bore an expression of indig-
nant determination Oh her face, and a dish or
pan under her arn.
care you the-the-party who said, in last
weeks paper, that salad dressing could be i'm
proved by An ounce of CAYENNE pepper and
some powdered borax ?:' said one.
"I-I-suppose 500 said the editor.
"Oh, you are, eh ?" said the woman, dis
playing a sticky green compound. SWELL,
perhaps you'd like to finish this lot. l have
four children home at the point of death from
1t now"
Sand you are the miserable liar who stated
that the only way to clean sealskin was to
boil it in milk? Look at that y screamed
another, holding up what appeared to be a
drowned puppy.
"l-er-ahem-really," mumbled the poor
journalist, "the printer must have mixed it up
with the broken china item"
Sand didn't you print a recipe saying that
a few pinches of copoeras gave a rich dark
color To sponge cake - My husband has been
throwing up steadily since day before yester-
day morning. sobbed another, exhibiting
what appeared to be a chunk Of stove coal.
"Yes," put in another irate dame, holding
up a tattered basque, a n you said that
vitriol would take ink stains ont OF velvet.
You disgusting old pirate J"
"I-I-think it must have been MY assist
ant, Clipem," stammered the editor. 81
don't think | wrote anything for that issue,
except a leader IN our "Accursed Monopo-
lies"
"That is too thin, 'shrieked another devas-
tated female, putting up a green veil and dis
playing a parboiled cOunrenance. "Didn't
You advise me down at the market yesterday
to cut out your infallible oriental recipe for
taking out freckles? Ittook 'em out aud the
skin with 'em ; and the doctor says il is two
TO one l never see out of that eye again.
There, you are welcome to what IS left"
And the half-scalped victim broke a bottle
on his nose, while the rest hammered him
over the head with assorted slabs Of indiges-
tion, built according to the Gcanup's speci-
fcations, rammed unrisen dough into his
mouth, and poured a c~oal-tar, arsenic and
sulpher remedy FIR chicken pip down the
back of the neck.
When they were zone the mouider of pub
lie opinion picked himself up, hunted up the
foreman's mallet. smashed the stereotype,
" Household Hints,' into forty thousand
bits, kicked the devil down stairs. and went
out to trade q special notice on the first page
fo- some eet-t p'Ss.s..-PFfatorSs Gires'Gr.
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CHIPS.

TIL best thing'for a bathing d~ress--a luck
suit.
Scoffers cali chickens which have been do
ing duty for ten years as spring birds, ''feath-
er factories"
Some republican stele sixty chickens fro
Bob Ingersoil's coop the other night. Faith
fui are the wounds of a friend"
Tit only difference between a %6ondholder
and a chicken peddler, il that one has q
wagon with a coop on and the other has q
bond nth 4 coupon.
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