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couples don't talk at all. Like automatons
they 60 with the crowd, looking neither
to right nor left, nor moving muscle of
the face. l questioned young girl the
other day. She said she had splendid
time the night before, though she con-
fessed she didn't see much of anything. |
suggested her escort as charming con-
versationalist, but she said he didn't say
much of anything. "But he must have
said something. What was it," | urged
audaciously. She laughed herself. He
said the Pavilion was well filled, and
then by and by he said there was quite
crowd, and then after awhile we came
home. And you - "0h! L said
yes each time, and then we came home ?"
But You had q good tirue?" "Oh,
a splendid time - On, youth, thou
happy age! A crumb OF enjoyment makes
feast-a drop is drink Several neatly
dressed colored couples are with the cur.
rent, but their presence is accepted without
a question. Day after day see three or
four negro girls with school books and
lunch pals trudeipg along side by side
| with one or more white girls, always in
| earnest conversation, and there seems no
thought of race between them. Since the
adjustment of the colored school we not
infrequently find names that belonged to
lit on our rolls of honor, and the expert.
ment has worked well. And here at this
cosmopolitan fair comes Chinaman, lead.
ing by the hand little copper.colored boy
of about three years old. They are both
laughing and pleased and
CHATTER AWAY
|
Like two of the same age. The little one
is dressed in gay colors with good deal
of yellow about him. He wears a cap on
his head, the boat.shaped shoes on his
feet, and has queer, bundled appearance
At the other end of the pavilion is Chi.
nese woman, and she is better off in one
particular than most of the white women,
for she has an escort of two. The three
90 along in that struggling way
the Chinese always have, looking
att the exhibits and chatting among them
selves, unmindful of the interest they pro-
woke. A while ago there would have been
some fellow to jostle the trio aud make
insulting remarks, there would have been
some brave child TO twitch the dangling
cues, there would have been come
woman to create loud talk, but that
grade of society is amended somewhat, and
even these people are coming to acknowl-
edge that insult and abuse cannot prevent
us from being overrun by the great yellow
horde. KATE HEATH.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27

TREADING WATER. Indians on the
Missouri river, when they have occasion to
traverse that impetuous stream, invariably
tread water just as the dog treads it. The
natives of Joanna, an island on the coast
OF Madagascar, young people ofboth sexes,
walk the water carrying fruit and vegeta-
bles to ships becalmed, or, it may be,
lying-to, in the ofing miles away. Some
Croomen, whose canoe upset before my
eyes in the seaway on the coast of Africa,
walked the water, to the safe.keeping Of
their lives, with the utmost facility and
1 witne ssed negro children on other occa-
sions doing so at very tender age. At
Madras, watching their opportunity, mes
sengers, with letters secured in an oil skin
cap, plunge into the boiling surf, and make
their way, treading the water, to the ves-
sells outside, through sea in which an
ordinary European boat will not live. AT
the Cape of Good Hope men used to pro-
coed to the vessels in the offing through
the mountain pillows, treading the water
as they went with the utmost security.
And yet, here on our shores, and amid
smooth waters, men, women and children
perish like flies annually, when little
directed effort-treading the water
as / have said-would haply suffice to res
cue them every one.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27
The FUTURE OF TIE CURRENCY.

The paper read by Mr.. George s. Coe
before the Bankers Convention on The
" Future of Our Currency, appears to have
been sound enough 10 its analysis of the
defects of the greenbaok system of paper
currency. Mr.. Coe is of opinion that it is
equally impossible to return to the old
State banking system, and to maintain the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27

give him an asylum in any event, or would
be permitted to do so by its neighbors.
The truth is that the Pope must remain at
Rome, because, among other reasons, he
has nowhere else to GO, and it is not to be
credited that he has ever had serious
thought of leaving the Vatican.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27

A Japan paper says half of the ware sold
as Japanese is not genuine. That, how
ever, does not rob the purchasers of the
enjoyment they find in paying extravagant
prices for ugly articles they have no posi-.
BILE use for.-[New Orleans Picayune.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27
DELICIOUS GOODNESS,
THE WASHER.

Behold the one young man who is repre-.
sentative Of many. Small salary, light
overcoat, cane, nice lite moustache, ready
to fix his attention upon any lady whose
appearance is equal to his own. Has
single season ticket, and appears in full
bloom every night. Meet him five years
hence and you'll find him grown man
with salary to marry on. Zone needs to
be cross-eyed to see all the people, re-
marks some one behind me, and then she
drifts away into a discussion on the real
color of puce color. Some one from the
moving throng bows to some one near me,
and after looking round in vain for the
favored one, l find the bow is meant for
me, and catch it on its upward bend.
" How is your wife % ask amiably of
gentleman, and he replies something in
audible with visible tokens of confusion
After he is gone-oh miserable me II
remember that he was divorced a year ago.
Everybody is well dressed. A young lady
passed in dress of nuns vailing plenti.
fully ornamented with loops and bows of
cardinal ribbon. How does gentleman
feel when he finds the lady he is to take to
the fair, dressed out of taste? Does the
iron enter his soul as he promenades and
knows that
ALL THE WORLD LOOKS
And remarks upon them? What do the two
who make themselves so fascinating to each
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27
A FEMALE MANAGER.

A woman has rented ths Gymnase Thea
ter from the middle of July until the lst
of September, for the express purpose of
having her own piece represented during
that time-an excellent idea for unappre.
ciated dramatic writers to act upon.
Madame Gustaye Fould was formerly an
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-27
ALL THE WORLD LOOKS

And remarks upon them? What do the two
who maket themselves so fascinating to each
other get to talk about The very young
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-24
The Winter Consultations.

ONE of the compensatiOns of our polar
winters here on the northern Atlantic
coast is the sparkling glory of the noe
turnal skies. This, however, is feat
ure which can only be seen. of course,
in clear nights; and nights which are
really clear are not numerous. The
most splendid spectacle ever unrolled
in the heavens is the sight of the sky in
really clear and sparkling frosty win
ter night. Then, if ever, the universe
OF suns is unrolled, deep within deep,
until ''the Unreasonable heavens break
open to their highest" and the behold
err is lost in the boundess revelation.
The winter considerations are the grand
est; and among them great Orion is
grandest of ALL Near il comes the
tanning Sirius. greatest and grandest Of
suns-as splendid still. almost, as when.
more than 5000 years ago (then a red
starr it was worshiped by the ancient
Egyptians -though it has been reced-
ing from us during the whole OF that
vast period ut the rate of more than l.
70O,00 miles day. Could any fast
possibly present at once so impressive
sense OF its vast dimensions and its
unimaginable distance? 1t is pretty
well demonstrated so far as anything
connected with an object so inconeeiva-
bly, distant can be demonstrated that
Sirius pours out two hundred times as
much light (and doubtless. also, hea)
AS orr sun. Its diameter is found to
exceed tine diameter of our sun in the
proportion. at least, of fourteen to one,
and to be not less than twelve millions
of miles. That, for its diameter! And
its volume exceeds that of the sun about
two thousand seven hundred times. No
wonder Herschel. in turning his tele
scope toward that effulgent object, saw.
before the glass reached it. what
seemed. rs he expressed it. like the
light ofdawn. What must its system
of attendant planets be? Rising near
it. at the end of Orion's Sword. blazes
beautiful Rigel. Nearer the zenith gilt
ter the Pleiades; and. following that
splendid constellation. comes red AIDE
baran. in Taurus. To the northward
shine the great northern sun, Capella
and Vega, and many other great lumin-
Gus centers of. to us, invisible solar sys-
TENS of their own.-Harttord Comm
Times
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-24
HUMOROUS.

Ir is terrible cold wave when she
swings her handkerchief at your rival.
Boston Globe.
How TO bring people over to your
side-Have the snow cleaned oil your
sidewalk. -Hichmioad Baton.
EASY Steps for Little Feet" is the
title of recent work Ii iias no sale
in Chicago or Hartford -Ner Haren
Register.
The lazy boy fears tina, If he once
begins to earn his own living he will be
always expected to do it.-N o. hea-
yuse.
WE have heard Of no toblcconists or
liquor dealers relinquishing business.
notwithstanding the advent OF the
swearing-off season. = Boston 7ran-
script.
THE custom Of this country u not to
say a good word for any man While be
has life left in him to appreciate It.
One-half of the eulogies given the dead
would encourage the living by city per
cent.-Detroi Free Press.
Ir takes q country schoolmaster for
shrewdness. When the weather Is cold
and the school house imperfectly heat
ed, he puts the head Of the class neaf-
est the stove and then all the scholars
work like blazes to rank high IN thef
studies.-50sfoa Post.
A GENTLEMAN was complaining on
change that he had invested rather
large sum of money in Wall street and
lost it all. A sympathizing friend
asked him whether he had been a bull
or a bear. To which he replied ..Nei-
ther. was a jackassr-Chicdgo 7r'o-
u1se.
lis YOUR wife q Democrat or Re
publicane' asked one Rockland citizen
of another in q store this morning
"She's neither" was the prompt re-
Spouse. and then giancing cautiously
around and sinking his voice to q hoarss
whisper he explained. "She's Home
Ruler. ''-Rockiand Courier.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-24
ALL SORTS.

ALIrrLE girl at Titusville. Pa, took
litter of puppies. which she priced
highly, y q next door neighbor, and
wished to exchange them for u newly
arrived baby. She was greatly disap-
pointed because the trade was declined.
The absurdity of the rumor that the
Norwegian poet. t6ornstjerne Bjornson.
now visiting in this country, is engaged
to be married to the widow of Ole Bull,
becomes apparent which it is stated that
there is Mrs. Bjornson, he being
married man.
A NOVEL suit has Just been tried in
Rosendale, N. Y. F.. W. Buddington
purchased at K. Polley's grocery
stick of candy and gave in payment
copper coin. Buddington demanded
his change. saving that he had given
Policy two-cent piece, while Policy
insisted that he had given him a cent
only. They had war Of words. Then
Buddington sued Policy before JUS
tice of the Peace for the cent. The
suit was decided against him, and he
was obliged TO pay eight dollars costs.
Buddington saws that he will appeal to
a higher court.
ALTHOUGH constituting but small
portion of the vast domain acquired of
France, Louisiana is still large State,
embracing an area of 6.l05.0O0 acres
of serviceable land. of which 2. 1888. 600
are rich prairies. OF this area. much
of which is as fertile as any in the
world. less than one-fifth is in cultiva-
ton, leaving fully 1900. 900 acres yet
tr, ho hrcuuht under tho swav IF the
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-24
HIS FOOTS TEPS.

TIVE wilderness a secret keeps
Upon whose guess go:
Eve hath not seen, ear hath not heard:
And yet know. know,
Some day tn viewless latch will lift,
The door OF air SWING wide
To one. lost chamber OF the WOOD
Where those shy mysteries hide
One vet unfound, receding depth.
From which the wood-tnrush sings.
still Iu' ing into darker shades,
In-in,O colder springs.
There i no wind abroad to-day.
But bark the pine-t rps roar,
That sleep aui III their dreams repeat
The music Of the shore.
What wisdom stirs among the pines!
What song Is tnat they sing,
Those airs thar search the forests near'.
What rumor do they bring!
A hushe,l excitement fills the gloom,
And in the stiffness, clear
The yireos tei-tale warning rings:
It's near-'tis near-tis near
As. in the fairy-tale. more loud
TIE ghosily music plays
When, toward the enchanted bower. the Prince
Draws closer through the maze
Nay-nay. track a fieeter game,
4 wilder than We know
To fairs beyond the inmost haunt
OF thrush or vireo.
This way il passed: the scent lies fresh;
The ferns still lightly shake.
Ever follow hard upon,
But never overtake.
To other woods that trail leads on,
To other worlds and new.
Where they who keep the secret here
Will keep the promise, too
Henry 4. Beer. IN Scribncrs Monthly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


GEORGE ELior's original first name
was Mary Ann. She herself ran II into
one woru. Marian, when she began to
write.
GENERAL FIrZHyGu LEE is to give an
grafton at the unwilling OF .'Stonewall''
Jackson's statue at New Orleans next
IN MISS Selma Feiter. young Louis
vile giri. Manager John W. Norton
Claims 10 nave discovered second
Mary ANDERSON
The death is announced of DIR. Lind
say. author of one of the foremost of
last year publications. namely, mind
in the Lower Animals. He was an
Englishman. and had devoted years to
the study OF the subject.
HENRY GILES, the once popular lee
turer. has become so enfcebled by pa
raiysis that he has forgotten the names
OF his own books. His declining years
are made comiortaote by The Unitarian
ASSOCIATION anu 4 relative
TENNysoN had his hair eut bx S,uer-
vein. n London barber. the other d,v
and the KNIGHT of the is.ors maJs
quite a specnlation by Jispo,ing Of the
locks. One enterprisipg American
offered handsome sum for The entire
crop. and enthusiastic women admirers
few hairs to WORK into rims ami
brooches rs souvenirs
pr ,,ac
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-24
Coasting in Connectieut-An Exciting,
but Dangerous Sport.

NORWICH, Conn. is the cOasting par
adise of New England. 1t has more
hills than old Rome. and most of them
are twice as steep. IL is impossible to
90 twenty rods in almost any direction
in the old town without climbing. Since
the snowfall of Christmas week the city
has been surrendered on every evening
soon after nightfall to the coasters.
After dark it has been perilous to walk
the streets. and there have been acct
dents to men, women. boys and horses
without number. On the various hills
around Norwich, spectator counted
one evening last week nearly one thou
sand sleds of every description. from
the long pickerel dOuble-ripper to The
small boys tip-up and the homemade
miniature ripper.
In these sliding matches young and
old, male and female participated.
Aged men and gray-haired matrons were
often seen careering at railroad speed
on the oak plank OF the ripper or the
resplentlent upholstered cushion of the
expensive double sled.
The double ripper is a late invention
of Young America. but is familiar to
country people. Its relation to the or
binary sled is that of the ice-boat to the
skate in point of speed. 1t is formed
by yOking up two large sleds tandem.
and joining them with narrow oaken
plank. The pilot sits on the prov of
the PLANK, and steers the front sled with
foot tiller. The ripper is made large
or small to suit the plan of its proprie-
tor. Norwich and New London have
long We'd in the development OF double
ripper architecture. and they look upon
the coasting men of the west of New
England as simply amateurs. In the
course of the past five wintersthey have
developed cOasting into sport as dis
tinctive as that of yachting or horse
racing. They have their peculiar mod
els for building and their peculiar terms
to describe features of the sport. They
have undoubtedly attainedrates OF speed
unequaled anywhere else. and fearlessly
take risks that would appal tyros. Each
winter New London sends her liveliest
double-ripper and her favorite riders
to Norwich on January evening
to compete for the championship of the
season. The sleds that are used in
these matches are great structures that
VIII seat eighteen to thirty men. The
place chosen for the contest is Fox's
Hlil, III Preston. pOpulous suburban
village just across the Shetucket River.
Its summit is mile distant from the
river. Ii is the highest point of land,
with the exception OF Taunton Hill,
along the Connecticut seabOard. II is
4 Titan among the other eminences
around Norwich. The slide is three
quarters of mile long, and when the
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-24

The Boston GIRL
When the Boston maiden is at q lecture.
At a lecture,
On the bioplastic theory of man.
Theory Of man,
She will take some trouble to correct your
To correct your,
Western tendency to fiirt with Cousin Fan,
Cousin Fan.
When she talks to you Of Greece and modern
ethics,
Modern ethics
And declares that Socrates was rather wild,
Rather wild,
You begin to think that she little fresh Is.
Little fresh Il,
Drag9in9 scandals up on which the years are
piled.
Years are piled.
Chicago Tribiuss.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-24

GEORGE ELIor's original first name
was Mary Ann. She herself ran il into
one word. Marian, when she began to
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-27
Sweet Minded Women.

So great is the influence of q sweet
minded woman Oh lose around her
that it is almost boandless. 1t is to her
that friends come in season Of sorrow
and sickness for help and comfort-one
soothing touch of her kindly hand
works wonders in the feverish child; a
few words let fall from her lips in the
ear of a sorrowing sister does much to
raise the load of grief that is bowling
its victim down to the dust in anguish.
The husband comes home worn out
with the pressure Of business and feel
ing irritable with the world in general;
put when he enters the cosy sitting-room
and sees the blaze of the bright fire.
and meets his wife's smiling face, sue
cumbs in n moment to the soothing in
ducnces which act as the balm of Gil
cad to his wounded spirits, that arc
wearied with combating with the stern
realities Of life. The rough school-boy
lies in . rage from the taunts of his
companions to find solace in his moth
sr's smile; the little one, full of grief
with its own large trouble, finds a heav-
en- of rest on its mothers breast; and
80 one might go on with instance after
instance of the influence that q sweet
minded woman has in the social life
with which she is connected. Beauty
IS an insignificant power when com
pared with hers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-27

wheels OF h wagon, b harness. and
the hitchup; and came back saying
that the donkey was all right; the brute
must have made . mistake about some;
thing. Presently there were indications
of 8 movement IN Jacks part; the
neck was extended, the lips curied and
the tail rose-to the pivotal point and
nc farther. The trumpet didn't sound
Jack thought there was . mistake
someHhere-hesitated = reflected and.
tried again. The front part, some Of
ii. was all right; but the equilibrium
could not be reached. After . time an
other attempt was made and failed
Jack turned his head around to ascer-
tain the cause of the failure, but could
not see any. The fifth vain attempt to-
bray was followed by q spiteful kick at
Jenny. but it didn't cure the matter.
At last he gave it up and stood at tho
store door the most neglected looking.
disseminated donkey in existence
Meantime, Artemus enjoyed the fun
and discharged a rafting fusilade Of.
pungent humor that kept the party In O
roar, and made the whole affair one Of
the most ludicrous that I ever expert
cnced. Artemus had attached . heavy
stone to the donkey's tail, leaving Just
play enough to the cord to allow the
beast to get his tail nearly up to soon
cert pitch-"-A Friend "Reminiscences.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-27
Jennie oramsr Forty Years Ago.

The Jenny Cramer mystery is in
some points q repetition Of the Mary
Rogers case. which is one of the MEM
orable tragedies of New York. Forty
years have elapsed since it occurred.
and yet it holds its place among tho
mystere s of crime. Mary Rogers, like
Jenny Cramer. was a pretty cigar girl.
She tended store for John Anderson,
who kept tho finest establishment OF
the kind on Broadway. Mary was gen.
orally attractive, but it was not known
that size had any special sutton. She
lived with her mother. who was o poor
widow. dependent on her daughters
earnings. Oae Sunday afternoon In
the sun met of 1910 she left her homo
and never returned. Some persons
vino knew her said they saw her in
company with n nan dressed in naval
uni Urn. This was the last seen OF
her a We. Her disappearance was rc-
ported 10 the police. but no immediate
| could be obtained. Four days If.
terwar'. however, a nude corpse was
found Il aiing in the waters of tho
Hudson near the Jersey shore. and this
was Identified us the missing cigar
girl. u was evident that she had been
foully 'ealt with. but this was all thcs
could be a~sccitainel. A yawl boat,
which was also found floating idly in
Tic Law. was no doubt connected with
tho tragic affair. but IN his point there
was no certainty. The police mads
every possible search. but it was of ne
avail. The old mother died broken
hearted. and years have passed away
throwing no light upon the mystery
whose solution has now passed beyond
hope; and hence the sad tale Of Mary
Rogers holds a prominent place among
tho bloody secrets of New York.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-27
49,
wou,dn't Work.

A gentleman, travelling in Venezuela,
stopped at q hut while it was raining,
but found the roof leaking SO badly that
be might as well have been outside as
In. A little talk with the owner and
inmates led to the discovery hat they
were too lazy to mend the roof. Final
ly he asked them why they didn't Gull
tivate the rich land they owned all
about them and sell vegetables in the
city. The old woman in the hut be-
came very angry. That's the song
you sing. is itf" she exclaimed. you
are n Of these foreigners who come
here and want to set us TO work. You
wan us to be your slaves. You want
us to be slaves and work. Work IL you
like; it is good enough for the like of
YOU Why didn't you stay in your own
country What business have you
got here anyway I am sorry l let you
come into my house out Of the rain.
Get out! Go about your business! Find
somebody else to be your slaves! You
won't find any here. for we are Venezu-
clans. free as the air." He got out in-
to the rain as quick as he could de-
termined never to offer advice to the
V~enezuelans again.