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UNFAsHioNABLE SOCIETY.

The New York correspondent of the Bal
itiihore San writes: "The doings chroni-
cled by society, papers are but q small part
of, the entertainments going ON. Social
pleasures are engaged in as actively in the
tenement house districts as in the brown
stone area. In fondness for masquerade
New York equals l1talian cities. shops for
the hire of costumes and cheap. florists
abound even in the poorest sections. On
Thanksgiving Day the down town streets
are filed with the companies, of maskers,
delighting in such titles as The Original
Hounds, Square Back Rangers and the
hke. This sort of social excitement is inter.
mingled with political activities, Ward poll
ticiabs have pleasure associations which
take their names as titles, and to which they
act as generous patrons. There is no end
to the societies to which popular men in
public life will belong. was recently ut a
funny reunion of one, of them, II is. u
Grand Army of the Republic lodge, in
which no one can be admitted who over
went to war. All its members are high Off
Gers, and all titles of eminence are exhaust
sd in the designations to the orders of the
high and mighty Muck a-Muck, and an Adj
infant General whose uniform seems all
brass buttons, and whose trusty sword is an
oal Blade of the width of shingle is con-
SANITY in readiness to enforce all DEGREES
AsIthe lodge members took their beer and
chicken salad Grand Commanders with
jurisd iction id various parts Of the wor.l
were called on for reports.u One and allwere
lsumnarly greetedby solennly shouted or
,deri to shut up, enforced by the Resembling
thwack of the Adjutant Generals sword,
recalling memories of childhood's days and
mothers slipper Everything goes by con-
traiies in the lodge, andin1 elections ito the
important office of Adjutant the man who gets
the lowest yotewipsI AT che hast election Al,
honest German, freshly initiated was induced
to run. He worked hard, his friends were
full OF advice; he stood treat with unHag-
ging patience and liberality, and he fgur.
3ed up t2e votes, while his'opponentgotonly
zone. 1t is reported that he has never been
able to understand how II was that be did
not get the office.n.&W hKalQTH& a@i@
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GETTING SHAVED.

A gentleman strayed into tho barber shop
Of q .hotelnot mile from the City Hall, and
said he would like to be shaved. Tho bar
Der in whose chair he sat insisted that his
hair needed trimming. This barber exhib-
tied great force of character and carried tho
point, although the hair had been trimmed
the week before. After removing several
pennyweights of hair, the barber inveigled
his subject to a washstand under the pre-
tense of wanting to remove some hairs from
his neck. In twinkling no had him wrap
ped in large cloth, wound two towels about
his neck, forced his head into the basin, and
shampooned him, Then no unwrapped
him, dried him and shaved him. Next the
barber discovered that his patients skin was
tender, and would chap unless, be used q
particular lavender preparation. The snila
with which he insisted that the gentleman
did need the preparation was chock full of
force of character. The customer, however,
drew the line at large bottle Of hair inyig-
orator, which was. absolutely necessary to;
prevent his becoming bald, AT the cashiers
counter the visitor received a check for 81
SIS. He said that no had been mistaken fol-
a millionaire and determined not to spoil the
illusion. Out of the change of q S. bill he
gave one Of several convenient quarters to
the boy who handed him his hat, and smiled
on equal terms among the other great men
in the hotel corridor.--N. Y. Sun. ~,
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EARTHwoRMs.

= 2 IH
Worms have no eyes, and are neasurably
indifferent to light; yet they can distinguish
night from day, and are: qnickly affected by
. strong light, and after come fine by mod
crate light shining continuously uron them.
They do not mind a moderate radiant heat,
but are sensitive to cold They have no
sense of hearing but are extremely sensi-
i've to vibrations in any s. lid object. Worms
in pots, which had paid no attention to the
sound of piano, when placed on the piano
instantly. drew into their holes when the
notes we're struck, Their whole body Is
depsitive to contact, as Of 4 puff Of air.
Their sense Of smell Is feeble, but responds
fairly well 70 the odor Of the cabbage
and onion or whatever they like, as was
dhown 70 Mr. Darwin by some very inter-
ssting experiments. They are omniyorous
and rwallow enormous quantities OF earth,
ont of which they extract any digestibie
matter which il may contain, consume de-
aayed and fresh leaves and vegetable mater,
and raw, roasted and decayed meat, but like
raw fat best.
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THE CRESCENT CRY.
How Water II Kept Our and Taken Out OF
ils h New Orleans. f s

.ssaif t5od TT sgi .l4is.Slsss
Inc city OF New Orleans is built at . point
on the MISSISSIPPI rver where 1t curves nike
gigan.lc horseshoe, Inc city is about one
huhs'feo mi'es nom tne Nf'if ana IS ouiit on
swamp groenos. Ae.ls ~ perpetual uaheer
oI overiioW, potA from me river ana Lake
t'onecnaf.Ia'n, "hich Is zen nilies os'aht
nom me mississippi.
Inc 1eSeesT prolio'l Vll' -pro1ect
.ne c'sy from lnunoa.lon nom sne river, ana
THESE are tWo rows q pldes craven INTO tne
ground aiongl me riyeE BANK the hrst row
oi p'iing ~ = lew iteete out. IRON snofe ana
are cut on, say I'VE ieet' above the mgnes'
known water marx me ptner TOW OF plnng
Us piaesu lapous siNtefH OF i'wehsyi iese iaFtia'
% ous N 'ne ss'fe''n' 'iese 're oliVen iiuep
iower ,'hah the others neaVy timneis ex-
.enu iio from, '''e INSIDE 70 tis ous'oe pi'ing
'f'a ~ IN aliie y ano'' s,'ir'lhN uesfees'
anu " 'nese pp'lhS u yeuo9w ~ plie gre Sc
oure.y sa''tisa MN ~ ap'es t'ls',s space y
~ ''s -, II f'',''a' ''''''s
"a ''o ,a,u t'''en'' WIN 'ie iiNe' a.o
'''o 'oiec VI ''io ou''eA' ~ '. oou,ee pfoN.
~ "ii' 'N''i 'ee' ii,siue Y.
'ils PEN ~ i ao'' ioi."0u
ao ~ pp'uf 'Y!' iii's p'tss es'fe,i
.n'o Ivy os1'i ''l' e'in's' Nii.9 WIG e''t'h
10 pao~e1 A'.e.e'y, - ,ea sllel
NV W. nehis n'si'i ioaiins '.' i''ny
season ',i''ii 'iie o''s 'ne en''e a'''ase oi
NC" @ 2 - '''e ''ss''sl q, IVA -
b1i : - 1,' $50 - 49, su,'''
A''onen ai''. 'i'''noei s,ols "ie eai.ieu "
suii"oe eia',.''se sliosn ..'e ssieoss s'iso 'i'o
.p"' IVY s'.a'ss es-'",' ',s' ~" NV
,no A,Ae i'''','o y, 10Y, 'Ves De-
~" 'no 'eSe' u 'n9 mississippi ~ oa''e'
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my ine"eo - s'' r., A','ou'"e iioA' 'no
''p - .ne suio. inese usep b'''e,s ''oss
a,''ns, 49, '''',a,'.e lo.sn "no sop'n' 'Au
"nvie 'uey o'oso 'n' esise'' "'' 'ose''o WIN
n y. naee,ns'
~ ~, ,ss-rp- '.o e' .rs
~ 'no n it'eo ''a'0'' "''' 70 ei'i' .o' ui'uA
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,,,,,,oea Of soc,,,;,,, vol, ,,otor 70 ,ha ha,sa
rN t. '. - Wv ,,0''ss
-, $500, NV ~, ~ ; ~ -i ~.
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!. ~, ol.i.s'o.,eal .ao' .''', .ot purposes y
apiu'.oh iesN w'''ei - ueeo ~ Eew oriealS
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CHANGING NAMES.

Thu C;rcu;t Con,t ,ecords of Cook eounty
show conclusivelv that obicoeoausi aro neo,l..
Ear,v uonsit;ve obont tbie matter of names
and de,nonstyote lint there IL n GOOD dcai
IN nama otter after all Take os nm exam.
Mo ,he no,;,io, ~ ue;ny;ch Wilhelm Hell,
wbo sovshh olsil,ornsa Il Ejmsharn h the
nrinc;nalitv of uolstein in the KINGDOM of
Prussia 'ooajan,ioarsy % 1859 andliyed han.
n;,y ,bere until is7a when be came to
Amer;co and b;s tro,b,s began, He saws
Tho, H. name when Translated reads Henry
william, Han and b;a neigbborp were in the
Iobabit Of giving /, an ,.ineou,,nent and I'M
n,oosa ~ 4 6a,, s., 4 almost nnneees.
sarv n soy, mai tbe +,re. s,Nnted bis nr0y.
ar and Transformed grll into Hill II
there q M :. bocltsldipgv in his case Mr.
Hin con fss ayed that lie vii, bievef have
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CAUGHT m Nls own rRAp.
a Miner in "a Lone Cabin Bitten by Steel
Teeth NIennt for Bears.


Henry sullivan lives, as many other MN
ers DO entirely alone, IN a little log cabin at
the mead Of Buckeye g'ach, Among the
'oois ana articles In nus humble place OF
aooue was q large steel trap such as is useo
N catching bears ana heavy game. its
shape when open was OVAL but wnen the
sprung was toucneo TWO sets OF cruel teetn
sprang together, closing on Whatever nap
psneu 70 De III range, pe II man OF beast.
Inc TRIP hau hoI Deeh USED NJ tong tlne
ana ssoou open IN corner OF sae pace
ihe DINER morning y occurred @ Snutyan
that tne trap might 90 some damage IN
that conaiuon ana accoraihely ne Puiiea y
CUT 70 tne miuaie OF tne noor % close y up.
~ l's PERIOD q dlsuse the springs naa pc
1phe rusty anu tne "orhinB poreioh " y
slupa 'oge.nel, refusing 70 opelase' sum
~" "s.'oreu WIN ~ Tor quise slihe' anu :
lnen becoming angry picked up = mtchet
anu began 70 hanimer ~ y s'l'l me JAWS AVE
ts.''sss. = s.ss s''a N'e.'s's' :. =
e''''S''iu enees ~ snias' n's ioos asaHiiSs lne
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Mr.. NJ. Il. vAaDERBiLT's HoRsEss
rf3CCT1-4Tsf3fsE pVyAfT ~
William II. and ISsander, Maud 5. and
r5f4r IS gltVt<i sslfhersg II ftE5W eft3

y
The decision Of the Eational Tfottng AS
ISOLATION at their last'haesting9 was; that the
records made at Fleetwood and other mia
tracks for the last few years should be good
at the National Trotting tracks now and in
the future. This places Mr.. W II. Wander
bits team William Fl. and. Lysander's rec
ore Of l.20, which was done with weight up
and regularly appointed Judges as thhl fAstS
est on record at this tne.ny0ds sgg j
The Spirit Of the 7is'ses says . The
announcement that Mr.. W II, Vanderbilt
has ordered the queen ofthe turf, Maud. q!
to be transferred from Oincipnati toi this
city and that he will use her on, the road
himself, has caused great deal Of surprise,
as 1t was GENERALLY tthohght that the great
mare would be ,trpttedthisseason under the
same auspices, and substantially in the same
manner, as last year Tbs action Of her
owner, however, was foreshadowed m our
columns some time since when it wlisl re-
ported that heiwas making inquiries regerst
ing any danger TO the health OF Maud ) "
bringing her 10 TINS climate a. tins season OF
the year lie has for some time been OF the
OPINION thas tne peerless mare mad Done
enough TOT glory SAKE m ATTAINING = record i
fuil second faster than that earned by any,
other horse, that there was little iikeihood
OF ner nme Demg surpassed ana mat ne
nad aone 1ph lasuoe 70 me paphe aemand
10 witness her performances IN an llhter-
view with Mr.. vanderbilt we asked 1t II was
rue that Maud , mad been sent for to come
Fast, 70 trot double with lyssnder9 or WIS
nam II. Mr Nahderpat repied tnpts Maud ?
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A SHORT SERMON.
Al CIerayman'sy Isxten'poraucous Address \
with lhe W9rd g pIalf h for Text,syyJ A


One evening, in England, century yago,
Q small party of rollickipg youths, caught p
clergyman ON his way home from visit to
the sick, and, forcing him into the stump Of
a hollow tree, refused to- let him go Until he
had preached a sermon from q text they
would give hims The reverend jgentleman
| finally consented and they gave him the
| word "Malt,n upon which lie delivered HIM
self as followsse7 -slgd 1taEiOSqa 7Glu
1 Beloved, Jet me claim your attention, for
l aih little man, come at short warning
to preach d brief sermon from small text
to q thin congregation id I'M unworthy ipnIpit,
And now, beloved, my text !" Malt which
cannot divide into sentences, because there
are none; nor into words, there being but
one nor into syllables, because 'apoil the
whole it il but n moposyllable IL, mast,
therefore, as necessity epfwceths me, divide
Y into letters, which find in my text % pc
these fouraJtiz!, NJ n II. +<tEo lR s'ssi 10
+ M-niyIbsloyed, ia Moral yaill :sYeM
Ais Allegorical, ID bus o. Wall
II is Literal, and
Il II is Theological. 70 eDliaJ 1Wi
The moral is well set forth to teach you
Rustics good manners !; wherefore, Mrrmy
masters, Ali of you, LEAVE off, Tip
pling. ... a,.gl.., H.,
The Allegoricai Is when one thing is spok-
en- Of and anotheris meant; now the thing
spoken Of ia mali, but the thing meant is
strohg beer, which you Rnstics, make, Nj
meat, A-apparel, Liberty, and T.
treasure. SHlAy 4siIh1noi5 ~ III
The Literal is according to tbslletsers,
NJ much, A-ale, Little, Trust,
Much ale and little trust. Ill
The Theological il, according to the effects
which it works i firstly, In this:wofldp secl
ondb, in the world to come, l8ya arHOsk
and, FIRST, effects are ;--In some, M az
murder; in, others, IA Adultery IN an,
L---looseness Of life, and IN many, z Ltreh.
son. Secondly, in the world to come :7-In
some, M-misery in others, Anguish
in some, L-Tlangqshing, in others TEE1Tsor1
fnent. 1870 sS=' s'sf'NN@ CO.,
shall conclude Che, subject, frAt BY way
Of e4horta6on; whsrefors, M feiny mastery
A-an Of you Ls5lsten Trio my .textnlsd
Secondly by way Of caution; therefore,
M--my masters, A. an of yd1 LAipdka fof
T-ths truth And, thirdly by conlnhhiea.i
ting the truth, which is this =
A drunkard Is the annoyance of modesty,
the spoil Of citiiity, this destruction Of reason,
the robbers agent, the alehouse's benefac-
tor, the consfabis,s trouble Hbo wifes woe,
h;o chiIJranc uf,r~<,,uy. 1ss :. ,.laxx,
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= PLUcKY IOWA GIRL.
How shs ssized and sun holsIs a DesiraisIs
~ Tract of Land.

A case has just been reported which shows
chat Charlton has one of the fair sex who
forcoolness, determination and perseverance
is equal to half dozensmen. of some other
States. For some time past Miss Joe
MILAN, of this city, has been closely watch
ipg' aaqpwt& section ef slands ins fIarlsnl
County Nebfaska, which she was particular.
" anxious TO call herown, as it was not only
avery desirable traetpf ,lands Int was ioea,
ted between ne farms of her brother-in-law
and nephew. Unfortunately, however, it
was already pre.ep,ptea BIZ one Of the other
sex. but he forfeited his right BY abandoning
his claim, but Miss MILAN knew that his
claim was not agood one, as there were about
forty acres of timber on the tract, whereas
the land laws hold that land taken as timber
claims must be destitute of timber. The
occppapts however tested his rights in the.
Geneaf Land Office and from there to the
aterior Departmental Washington.
ii Bafose leaving Nebraska last simmer ID
!, retur to her home in this. city Miss MILAN
made atrang snients to have the rsslllt;of ths
investigation telegraphed to her as soon as
the decision was made The other day she
received a despatch containing the single
word " Come" and took the midnight train
for the disputed iterrltorys Owing to a
Tedious railroad delay She did not arrive
there until Wednesday, when she at once
went to the land office with her papers all in
Fproper shape for record and she was not a
minhte too soon, for Before the ink was
dry half dozen men came in to secure the
same piece of land, each trying to beat the
others, and arrived Just IN time to see that
they had been beaten by woman. There
is still an opportunity, however, for one of
them to secureethe coveted piece of land
but in order'to do this it will be necessary
to marry the fair owner
F. After havingsher land fully. secured, she
bought a small lonse| amt Ind II noved On
her farm, bought The NECESSARY a furniture to
go to housekeeping and manifested her we'll
known generosity by inviting her strongest
'eompetitor toStake tea with her. Among
! the decorations Of her Nebraska house there
hangs conspicuously above the door the
motto There is no. place, like home. -
Charlton Pass,tes u f6 lBkG ; II
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A QUARREL.

A QUARREL.
y No, Iwill not stay good-py--
Notgpod- by, nor anythings
SHeis gone. ~ wondarwhy
Lilacs are not sweet THIS spring,
Howsthat tiresome bird will sing
! might follow him and say ~ t4,l#st 3
just that he forgot TO kiss
Baby when he went away.
Everything want miss.
Oh, a precious world is this sz.ts,.s
What II night comes and not hep -
Something might mislead his feet So,
81. Does the moon rise late All mel si
There are things he might meet.
Now the rain begins to beat;
soon atwili be dark The bell s--ss..-4s "a
Some one some one loves is dead.
s Were It hez-f cannot tell
Half the ffetful words said,
Halffbh fyetftll tears shed
IS Dead And but 10 think OF deatht--
Men may bring him through the gate:
Lips that hayeno any breath,
: Eyes that Sf&re- And must watt
Is ittllue d u 1t lates
Twas wrong. and wrong and wrong; s.
ASS wilifelt him oh, pesurei
II 1.-The heayens are buiided strong, ~
Love shan therein be secure s
Love nkelnine shall there endure
Listen, listen-that is hei
I'll not speak TO him, say
II he chooestD Say to mo, ) 4s3xgEt{
81 was an TO blame to-day is'#'s
Sweet, forgive ms" why--I mayl
$50 Azse y Mrs. 8. M. B. Piatt.
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POETRY
BisMiLLAH.

Forth nom his tent the patriarch Abraham stept
And lengthehinR shadows slowly past him iefept
For many days he scarce had broke his fast. :.
Lest SHINE poor Nanderer, should come AZ last IS
And, scapty comfort fnding, go his way,
IN doglht OF Gods great mercy day by day.
But deep contentment in his calm eyes shone
When he beheld afara pilgrim lone, n e q !.
Fare slowly toward him from the flaming west,
With weary steps betokeping need OF rest .s3,ss
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RfsuLTs OF DRYING Up.--Professor Proc
tor says that when the earth dries up death
viii ensue. Proctor may be right on this
point but We must say that we began to ex-
perisnce life and felicity when the great as
tronomer dried up after a two-hours' talk
about year ago. That's where Dick has
the bulge on the earth. PUCK.
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THE MAKING ' OF DREAMS.


Says j. Mortimer Granville: Dreams are
bnight.thoughts, unchecked by the judgment
1 and uncontrolled by the will. 1t is not true
that we do not rcascp in dreams, thai the
exercise of the Judgment is wholly suspend
ed and that the will is entirely powerless or
ceases to. act. These faculties arr. not alto
gethef in allegiance, but they doze while the
subordinate powers of the mind-those
I which play the parts of picture-carriers and
record finders the treasures OF
memdry and mingle together in the direst
confusion old things and new. Imagination
is NOT active, but it remains just enough
awake to supply the connecting links which
give seerpiagf eRtingiiyl to, sthpss Pasts #
the phantssiHt soria WHICH, We rhane@ TT
remember pp Geo vefsa Mefieet 2selfscon
I scicusnessf and which heipgs reip rs
wei call dreams" No one remembers,
more than one dream, unless he has reused
from sleep more than once This exper-
.itence has led to the inference that dreams
bnly occur at tie rlomentlor in the act of
l,avakening There are dreams which take
place in the process Of returning to con-
sciousness- for example, those instantan-
Sous scenes and spectacles which are sug-
gested by the sound or feeling that rouses
the, dreamer; but, as the result Of long and
close study of the subject with a view to-
discover the nature Of dreams, and the laws
Of dreaming, for medical purposes, in con-
shsction with the treatment Of sleeplessness,
1isp persuaded that dreams occnr, IA Che
course of sleep, and are wholly forgotten.
That they DO not and can not take place In
tdssp sleep is probable, because deep sleep
!!Sis general sleeps and when this state pre-
walls the subordinate faculties are sleeping,
Rndsthe pictureaapdy recoras which compose
dreams are hot 3distufbedsS 10 understand
dreams we sGust uaisrsaAa sleep, and i IS
because the two ph eppmena have not nth
erto, been studied together that SO little is
generally sknpxs,b abqht either. ~ 'op'lta,s
~ sx.a y llzAggE f
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE Somebody suggests
that professorship in the noble art of prize
fighting be created in the most of our lead
ing colleges. And the idea Ia not to be- de-
spised! A knowledge of how to use his
mauleys in case of need will frequently give
q youbge msna confidence and carry him
through thswofid bstterthana knowledge OF
Greek or pair of Boston giglamps.-N r.
Com. Advertiser.
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WHAT COMMANDS RESPECT. -Amiability
ndreligious zealare very admirable qualities,
but they do not command half the respect
from mans wife's relations os the filthy
dross that wicked and rebellious generation
calls money.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-09-26
some Remark. BILE stories.

/ w. 0. Fuller. Jr.. the genial editor of the
| Rockland Courier Gazette. passed his vaca-
ton at Mooosehead Lake. He hired guide
for 50 per day, who not only did all the work
but told the following stories without extra
compensation
Among the old time dwellers Of these
parts was Old Hussey, as he was Familiarity
called behind his back, said the truthful guide.
Hussey used to say that he was once the owner
OF small cat, upon whose neck one day ap-
peared little bunch, which continued to in
crease in size until it assumed enormous
proportions. The poor cat logged the
protuberance around for several years. and
upon her death. Hussey, out of curiosity
weighed the bunch, which turned the scales
at 80 pounds One day he Has out CUR q ng,
when his pow der horn fell overheard where the
water was hundred feet deep. A companion
volunteered to dive for the forn, but being
gone so long a time, iiussey, in alarm,
dived after him, and on reaching bottom dis
covered his companion standing behind a
rock, engaged in the base act of pouring the
powder from the lost horn into his own.
Hussey was wont TO consider that as about
the m 'anest trick he had ever known. He
was once engaged in helping his father build
barn, which was completed except Singing
Hussey took bunch of shingles under each
arm and started up the ladder, which, he
reached the top round broke beneath his
weight. Quick as a fash he bit into the edge
of the barn with his teeth and held on, still
retaining his hold of the shingles. His position
was critical. there being nobody near at
hand. He realized that his only hope to
let go his hold with his teeth and veil for
help. This he did, and bit again IN the same
III IL t...l
rescued from injury. When he Bit the second
time. Hussey acknowledged, he slightly
strained the cords in the back of his neck.
Another of my guides favorites was Phil.
Badger, who was man of great muscular
activity, and claimed to have jumped 60 feet
from one boom of logs to another He con
fessed that the statement looked like a strong
one, but he said: Boys | had to do it. Ii
was case of life or death with me. and
lust had to fetch it," Many and many time.
he said, he had in spirit of sport taken him
self by the hemisphere of his pantaloons and
held himself out straight. One time
lie CHANGED to visit a town where he was
stranger. In the yard of the tavern, several
of the smarties of the place were displaying
feats of strength. Badger watched them for
a time in silence, and finally broke ont
''You call yerselves smart. There amt a
smart man among ye."
''WelI, and what kin you dor" was the 1e
risive rejoindeF.
Badger called for ladder, AMI they brought
him one 30 feet long. He stood II on end in
the center of the yard. without bearings,
climbed to the top, and then pulled che ladder
up after him and went up 80 feet more. The
crowd were completely annihilated Badger
used to honestly admit, in relating this ex
traordinary circumstance, that as he got to
the top of the ladder the second time he had
to strain every nerve.