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, 1882-09-01

Two sprightly and beautiful young
ladies' were visiting their cousin,
another sprightly and beautiful young
lady, who, like her guests, was OF that
happy age that turns everything into
fun and merriment. They were fond OF
practical Jokes, and were constantly
playing all sorts of pran&s with each
other. All three occupied room on tho
ground floor, and cuddled up together
in bed.
Two of the young ladies attended at
party, and did not get home until ll:3O
o'clock at night. As 1t was late, they
concluded not to disturb the household,
so they quietly stepped into their room
trough the low, open window.
In about half an hour after they had
left for the party o young Methodist
minister called ut the house where they
were staying and craved IL nights lodg-
ing, which of course was granted. As
ministers always have the best OF every.
thing, the old lady put him to sleep in
the best room, and the young lady Fan
nie) who. had not gone to the party, was
intrusted with the duty OF sitting up Tor
the absent ones and CT informing them
OF the change OF rooms. She took up
her post i'll the parlor, and, as the night
was sultry, she departed on an excursion
to the land OF dreams.
We will now return to, the young
ladies who had gone to their room
through the wlndow. BY the dim light
Of the moonbeams, as they struggled
through the curtains, the young ladies'
were enabled to descry the outlines OF
Fannie las they supposedA ensconced in
the middle of the bed. They saw moro
Ito wit: pair OF boots. The truth
flashed upon them at once, They saw
it all. Fannie had set them in the room
to give them good scare. They put
their heads together and determined to
turn the tables on her. Silently they
disrobed and, stealthily as cats, they
took up their positions on either side Of
the bed. AT o given signal they both
jumped into the bed, one on each side
OF the unconscious parson, laughing and
screaming, "Oh, what man / Oh,
what u man r They gave the poor, be-
wildered minister such q promiscuous
hugging and tussling as few parsons are
able to brag Of in the course of life
time.
The noise OF the, proceeding awoke
the old lady, who was sleeping in an
adjoining room. She comprehended the
situation in O moment, and, rushing to
the room, size opened the door and ex-
claimed:
Gracious, girls, it is, man |! 1t is a
man, sure enough y
There was one prolonged, consolidated
scream, flash Of muslin through the
door, and all was over.
The best of the joke is that the min
ister took the whole thing in earnest.
He would listen to no apologies the old
lady could make for the girls. lie
would hear no excuse, but solemnly
folded his official robes about him and
silently glided away.
, 1882-09-01
The Breeches Movement.

Accepting knee.breechos as the es-
thetic clothes, several persons have
written in their favor that they will
avoid the bagginess to which trousers
are subject Mt the knees from the devo-
tiOnal posture and from the habit OF
sitting with one leg resting on the other.
Not to discourage this movement, but
to prevent disappointment in worthy
effort, it should be mentioned that
this idea OF the exemption Of
knee -breeches from being kneed is
radical error. for that their be
ing fastened just below the knee,
and the tightness which BELTS this gar
ment, allow no slack for the bending Of
the knee; therefore would knee-breeches
he kneed more than trousers. That
shorter form of treeches which does not
come to the knee would be requisite to
avoid this bagginess. Yet the tights
worn under these would bag. The
csthetic clothes are not free from diff
Guilty, bnt no one should be discouraged.
The cause is worthy Of great effort,
and OF q great sacrifice il necessary. Let
cverv aspiring csthetic say with Harry
v, "Once more tu the DreaCn, dear
friends !" The Scotch Highland cos
tune Is absolutely exempt from tagging
at the knees. 1t has also picturesque
ness far surprising Mr.. Oscar Wildess
black breeches, black stockings and
stiff dress coat, and more beftting the
eSthetic renaissance whose emb ems are
the sunilOwer and the lily. Cincinnati
GUSettC,
, 1882-09-01
Rather Severe on The Lawyers.

The Supreme judicial Court for one
Of the counties adjoining us sat and one
or two members Of the Androscoggini
bar attended. A Clergyman was invited
to open the court with prayer and did so'
The divine closed his petition IL this
manner: "At last may we become
dwellers Of that better land where there
nre 10 lawyers, NO Judges and no courts
Amen" The court bit its lip, the at,
torneys' ribs could hardly be restrained
from shaking by the solemnity ot the
occasion and business was not taken up
until some time after prayer. The par
son doubtless meant that on the other
shore there would DO no occasion ior
legal proceedings, but the bar persisted
in misunderstanding that there were 10
be no lawyers among the elect'-LeW"
ton (Me.) Journal.
, 1882-09-01
ItaisiIiS.

There are three principal kinds of raj
sins known to mrrchants-the small
sultanas or stoneless, thA large red and
the large black. The sultanas are taken
chiefly by the countries of puddings,
England and Germany; three,fourth| OF
the larger red trnit so to Trieste, Ger
many and Holland; and the black fruits
were until lately almost wholly for Con-
stantinople, Salonica and the Danubian
provinces. But the growing manufact-
ure OF raisin wine in France brings an
increasing uantity Of rnisins to the
nch pOrtsQ. The remainder are not
II eaten; vast numbers are taken by
distillers III nll European countries.
, 1882-09-01
A l.r,,iiI LsAnGr.

Many pieces Of old paper aro worth
their weight in gold. / will tell you OF
one that you could not buy for even so
high price MS that. 1t is now in the
British Museum i'll London. 1t is old
and worn. 1t is more than 666 years
old.
1t is not easy to realize how old that
is. Kings have been born and died,
nations have grown up and have wasted
away, during that long time. There
was no America $50 far rs the people
who lived at that time knew when this
old paper was written upon. America
was not discovered for nearly 300 years
after it. A King wrote his name on this
old paper. aud though he had written
his name on many other pieces of paper,
and they are lost, this was very care.
fully kept from mum, though once it
fell into the hands Of tailor, who was
about to cut it up for patterns, and at
another time it was almost destroyed by
fire.
Visitors go to look at it with great in
terest. They find it shriveled piece OF
paper, with the Kings name and the
great seal Of England on it but they
know that it stands for English liberty,
and means that-as the poet Thompson
wrote in the song, "Rulo Britannia -
" Britons never shall be slaves" II is
called the "Magna Charta," which
means simply the "Great Paper.
There have been other great papers, and
other papers that have been called
charters" but this one is known the
uo,l1 over az tho Great Paper"
, 1882-09-01

The largest OF all New England's
financial corporations is the Connecti-
cut Mutual Life Insurance Company, Of
Hartford, whose assets now reach $780,
25S, 7S5. The position OF this single in-
stitution, in comparison with Hartford's
banks and fre-insurance companies, is,
that its assets now are more than six
times the combined aggregate capital Of
the national and State banks and trust
companies of that city, and nearly FIVE
times the combined capital Of HartforG's 5
fire companies.
, 1882-09-01
Silk Soda Crackers at Dinner Parties

At a dinner party in New York some
odd dinner cards were used. They were
exact limitations Of square soda crackers,
made of pale silk, filed with down and
sachet powder. The edges were slightly
colored, as cracker is Drowned in the
baking, and the print of the cutting
stamp was copied Ivy the silk being
stitched together in places. In the
center, where the name OF the manu-
facturer usually is, was the name Of the
guest. AS they lay upon the pure white
linen by the plates, they looked like
such fresh, good soda crackers that it
was disappointment to find that they
would not break and crumble into brit
tie mouthfuls
, 1882-09-01
THE MARINERS BRIDE,

Alone upon the rocky cliH
That looms above the bay,
The sailors bride awaits tho ship
That bore her love away.
Each day beho!ds her on the height,
Scanning the western seu,
II hspy in her Visions ken
A wcl!-known sail may be.
And, "a she clasps her snow-vh hitc hands
And pray T,cut y,
She form u picture wOndrous fair,
OF ,oye and constancy.
The crested waves they aob and moan
Upon the stNu-~ be ov:
And every suIgr sruds up the cliff
Its sud- r. iraln ri woe.
Her love my Scrp lcncntA the deep,
WrchCd hS the gugry gale:
But still with hopeful eyes size watts
! he coming Of his tall.
The changiul years can never shake
Her loving Z 'uStauCy;
And whose wins such love ~ hers,
Supremrly beet IL he.
, 1882-09-01

Mr.. Fogs was telling how he gave out
unds to meet the various expenses OF
his family. lyon see" said he, ~ put
my land in my vest pocket, and found
SO" II see," answered his friend.
"What did You do with that ?" 81
gave it to my wife. Then put my
hand in another pocket, and f'.lnd n
dollar, and gave it to my daughter.
Then into another pocket aud fcslnd an-
other dollar, and gave it to my boy.
And then into another pocket. and
Giuu't nnu anything" We'll, and
what did you do with that ?" "Oh, /
put it i'll the missionary box on Sun
day."
, 1882-09-01
Growth Of the American Railway Sys.

The growth Of the railway system Of
the United States is one OF the most re-
markable items in the entire field of in
dustrial statistics. The Sth of October,
1929, may he called the birthday OF the
railway system, as having been the day
on which lLe locomotive trials were
commenced ut Rain Hill, on the Liver
pool and Manchester railway. The ear
lipst year for " Ii ch we taye official re-
turns OF the length OF English railways
is 1854, at the close of which s, 053 miles
Of line had been completed in the United
kingdom. IN 1880 twenty-three miles
OF railway were open i'll the United
States. BY tho end of 1Si0 2,S1S miles
were open. n lSJ0 the length rose to
90 |. In 1854 it WIS little more than
double the length Of English lines, be-
ing Is, 72O mikes By 1860 the aggregate
rose to 80, G3j miles. against 10, 433 in
the United KinCdOm I'm 1870 the re.
specive lengths were j2.0 and Il, ,537,
and at the end Of 1879 ~, 223 and 1866
miles, respectively The total length OF
railroads in the States at the close OF
1880, including some lines which do not
report their earnings, was 03, GIL miles.
-BHiidcr.
In a Western town the "star" who
shoots the apple OIL q mans head missed
his cue and killed the apple-holder. The
audience was so delighted that 1t de-
manded an encore, and the manager
came forward and said that owing to the
prodigious expense OF shipping a corpse
Eaet they would be obliged to reluctant
ly forego 4 repetition. - No1'istOWR
Hcrdd
Ir was on lookout mountain, ut Chat
tauooga, New lOrker stood on Pilot
Knob and looked down in the valley, and
exclaimed How grand " " that's
10 cents extra, replied the guide, as he
ext udcd lis hand. "What charming
pr rrct' continued tIcyI,itor. " that's
) cent eXprr-slo.-pay at the gate as
You 60 ont" Here lu, nature miIgled
the grand with tine beutiml--,the sub
!. uc with the loyc,y-.ur majesty of the
mountains with the 4uyclueoS Oi the
valley "CUiJlrl. that's one OF Our
regular jU.crUt ,yauOus 1t will be
charged in your hotel BILL "VIllain
Eow dare youg said the Yorker, as he
sc.z,J lin and backed lin to the elro
, 1882-09-01
PlTH AND POINT.

LICK quid reireshment-Chewing to-
baCCo.
THE young man proposes, the old man
disposes.
A TRUE poet destroys more lines than
be publishes.
Beck beer is frequently u deer article
in the long run.
BEFORE quill pens went out of fashion
they used to keep stolen hogs in steel
pen.
RECENT boarding house statistics lead
TO the conclusion that butter was invent
ed by Mr., Strong, of ancient Greece.
DURING the house cleaning season
there is no place like home, and that's
something to be extremely thankful for,
SIT has always been my aim in life to
initiate good example," as the counter.
feiter remarked while working on q new
set of dies.
ONE by one the ancient heroes are
smashed. 1t turns ont that Ajax had q
bad case Of rheumatism wnen he detied
the lightning.
A CHIRoPoDIsT advertises that his
place of business is open in the evening.
Convenient for gentlemen who are
corned at night.
CLERGYMAN, who has caught boy
stenling "Don't You know that the
devil gets naughty little boys?" Boy
81 know 1t now."
"WHAT is the national fishery ques--
tion?' pompously exclaimed an orator,
and sQueaking voice in the audience
responded; ; "lt is Have you got
bite q"
"WHY will hens not lay ?" asked an
agricultural writer anxously. We don't
know eggsactly; perhaps because they
always want to set; hens the trouble
he has.
A FASHIONABLE New York belle boast.
ed, on her return from Europe, that
while there she had some Of the most
celebrated men at her feet. Cos Wy
she had corns.
DETERMINED beforehand, wo grayoly pretend,
To seek the advice and the thoughts of u friend.
Should he differ from us under any pretense,
We blush for his want ot Judgment and sense.
But, should he fall In with and hlter our plan,
Why, really, we think him selsib man.
'"SpEAKING OF shad, would You say
the price has gone up or has risen in
quired schoolboy Of the tishmonger.
"Well," replied the scale scraper,
speaking of shad, l should say it had
roes."
wHrs round the slip the tempest RACES,
lit oil its wrath assuage+.
And helps ,tieclually To soothe IT.
The ships path, too, 1t serves to smooth 1t.
How curious, is II not that sperm oil
Should be the antidote to turn ui?
EVER since the death of Darwin the
monkeys up at Central Park have
seemed to feel that their claims to q
place among the oil families were on the
decline.-New York Commercial Id
Uertiser.
TEACHER" does the earth alb.
sorb water?" Pupil-"Like a dog"
Teacher" How do You make that out?"
Pupil" Don't we read about the lap
of the earth ?" Teacher" Go up an
other grade"
A YOUNG man in Iowa received Sc
we're thrashing for interfering in family
quarrel between John Goodenough and
wife. The unsophisticated youth will
probably adopt the time honored maxim
and "let good enough alone" il the fu-
ture.
IHEY tell me Brown has great ear
for music" said Henderson. "Yes," re-
piled Fogg; 81 knew he had great ear,
two OF them i'll fact, but did not know
that they were for music. l supposed
they were for brushing. flies off the top
OF his head"
, 1882-09-01
THE EMPTY PURSE.
Bf G, E.t,


What is this have tumbled down
From the top Of my book -strewn sbelv.,, !,
.ts crimson faded to duh red-hrown, ''-uA'
its edge" giruishcd with cobwebs gray?
bhe was promised mine for better or wors.
Who knit for me this siIken purse.
And when she gave il, What is 1t worth,
I his empty purse ?" said with n laugb
Hiding nv joy In Z dish mtrlh.
=" An old Ouc fnll we've better by half"
Nay, N.Y. and her rounded cheek grew red
"Formy heart is in the parse" she said.
And tN-dar, as I ait among my books,
A sits III his den droWsy bear,
And she lasSes my doorway with naughty looks
I he ft Of II " tess miliona re,
I'm incinei to thiuk that the truth she told.
Anu her heart was in u purse-of gold.
, 1882-09-01
Cities and Crime

In forty years the population Of the
United States has grown from 17.OGg,.
4j3 to 81, ,15j, 7S3. In this time the
largest proportjouate increase has been
in the cities. This is on. Ui the worst
features Of our civilization. The great
bulk OF all the crime aud misery ot the
nation is o be found within the limit,
0, municipalities. Yet there is q desire
on the part OF loung men to crowd into
the cities, while those brought up in the
latter are rarely tit iyr country lie
CiuCiIui0t G0-citC.
, 1882-09-01
Cral instruction n Failnrc.

A teacher in one OF the public schools
was giving All oral lesson TO her class,
anl, having miuteIy detailed the char
actcristics and appearances OF bear, she
asked tlle children iftEey knew the name
OF the animal she had been describing.
Many hands were raised, and little
girl with animated tone called ont "a
duck" That teacher thinks oral in
struction failure. -BoStOn Transcript.
, 1882-09-01
AL ISIIOO
tvNha LiaM Ca.n-rL A..,mrl,tm.7ll

Aushoo, Aushoo, You asa no % write .-
I'm coughing al LAY, and I'm 'H'cz.ug al nlsaI
Ny eyes are so fearful -carr,y san sea,
And pens, luk ami paper are POISON 70 me-
Atshoo, Au,h0u, My nose o., quite rod
Pray, how con write with cold m my hesdf
AHshoo, AtshOo, ron ASK nc 90 laugh,
When hut-water Ervy. / gun'umc! Iuau
Fen warm mustard plaster can fraT,'I( inspire
This dismal old rh,r.rr who gr.an, by the Nre
AusAco. Aushuo' Your feeling. are dead
To think nau laugh VIII soA 100 my head'
ANshoo At'shool You ask mo 70 lDkc,
When sny cIcrtion comp, mo tn gh' ke'
NV chilly brain reefs 81 Thought u' pun,
And frozen is all my perennial tur.
At!,hoo Aushoo. My brain L. hkv lead
For pray, Who can joke with cold ~ his h0adr
Atishoo A'ishoO' You ask mo 10 sing,
And think can carol Ike lark ou the wing7
Nv harp is uustruuV, md can't s'ig note,
Iut rurfully groan with ahorrii sore throat
!sho ! Ati,hCn should be IN bed
'rr how can | sing with cold III my hrad'
-L0Udyn D1ulch.
, 1882-09-01

DURING the past ear several different
women WHO had been dumb for years
have suddenly rcgained their speech.
When man gets that way it's good-by
to CAB forever. An earthquake can't
Dring u single yell.
, 1882-09-01
The late Mademoisello Marie Taglioni

The late Mademoisello Marie Taglioni,
who retired from the stage in the year
lS47, almost in the zenith Of her glory,
and who died Countess Gilborte do
VUlsins, is said TO have coined the word
star in u theatrical sense, for, about to
he billed with two other premiere
danseus, S, sho desired TO use some term
to particularly distinguish her, and Sc
lected the word "star," since so com.
monty adopted.
, 1882-09-01

BrsHop JANsENs, of Natchez, iorpias ,i,
marriage in the Catholic churches aiIet st
dark. He assigns as his reason the 8reos
concourse OF people wont to assemole ,,o% !,
such an hour and behave us ii the chuLgn J,
we're a place OF public amusement ! HU IN
desires that marriage be celebrated ~
the morning, with nuptial mass, accorui u
ing to the suggestions OF the r"Orie'
the church. ,
Fo good rigl :. 90 I" James c',,rol '"|y
head of Union WLarf opposite C'''''''
Hotel.
, 1882-09-01

In Norway, wh?ro ii'h are prepared
with much ingenuity in many ways,
they make flour Of the fl ,sh Of he fish
ground irto powder. 1t is used Instead
Of rice and potatoes, and the biscuits
made from it are sail to b, extre mely
nutritious. II
, 1882-09-01
An Anti.CrinoIine Society has been es-

AN Anti -Crinoline Society has been eS-
tablished III London. 1t issues the lo,'
lowing protest: We, the undersigned
believing that the artificial aid to Dress
known as 'crinoline and hoop, Is III,
convenient and ungraceful to the lasS ls
extent, hereby engage ourselves never " !
wear the same, whatever attemP! %
made on the part OF the milliners 10 Fa In.
pose this tyranny ON the ladies oil LII
gland"
, 1882-09-01

OF the cnn "Don't you do 1t, Colonel"
calmly observed the man. Throwing
IA guide Off the Knob always costs So
more-pay ut the toll-gate as you go
down - H'GN Street Duiiy Ness.
, 1882-09-01

MISS JEAN ARMOUR BURNS, great
granddaughter of the Scotch poet, is
l6 or II years old, and bears q striking
resemblance to her great ancestor. She
and her mother earn n scanty living by
dusting the pews of Dumfries church.
, 1882-09-01

WHAT can q man do more than die for
his countrymen? Live for them it g
n longer work, aud therefore more di-
fcult and noble one. -Rings,cy.
, 1882-09-01

Az Alabama man who wa, put on triH
for ste ding sheep fell dead ju-' Il, the
prosecution NaS opening the c.r,r, ugi
tine Prosecuting Attorney was -u pu. ON
about losing bis speech that lc 85ulIu
even look ut III. UUlv.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-08
NO. liz
SPECIAL NOTICES.
n otIcp.

Notice.
II you nave fine Or complicated watch or
CLOCK, music box, an automaton singing bird
or any other delicate and intricate piece
mechanism needing repairs, 60 to
EDW. WILHELM,
onronometer, watch and clockmaker
Jewelry neatly repaired.
4, All work warranted to give perfect satisfac.
sion or positively no charge. o.
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Members in good standing are invited to at
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-07

According to the late census the terri
tory of the United States is considerably
smaller than has been heretofore sup.
posed, it being now shown that the area
Of the republic, exclusive of Alaska, is
2,025, 600 square miles, instead of $685.
494, as formerly stated. This will neces.
state a revision of the figures which have
been given as the areas of the different
States and Territories, and in this revision
fourteen States and five Terrific. les gain
in the territory to be credited to them,
while the rest lose. California, for ex-
ample, loses 80, 621 square miles from the
1S8, 981 formerly allowed her in books of
references. Texas has 265, 760, instead
of 274. $50; Tennessee AZ. $50, instead of
As 600; South Carolina 30, $40, instead of
$4,000; Pennsylvania 1926, instead of
1000; Maine 80. O4O, instead of $1,000;
New jersey 1915, instead of $500. Vir-
ginia, on the other hand, must be cred
tied with 40, $50, a considerable gain over
the 3S. 34S formerly assigned her. Ken
lucky gains nearly 5000 square miles,
Missouri nearly 1000, Louisiana over
1000, New York 1 40, and other States
in amounts nearly as great. 1t is said,
however, that in many cases the gain or
loss is only a result of different reck-
oning of bodies of water adjacent to the
States whose area is to be determined.