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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-09-13

Frederick III. Of Prussia was very fond
OF having literary men, artists and singers
Of talent, at his small suppers; and he en-
joyed free humor and encouraged gayety
with all his power. Personally fond Of
music and literature, he had special lik.
ing for the philosopher Mendelsshon, who
was very witty, as hunchbacks usually are;
and he often, relates a writer in Temple
Bar, gave him seat at supper by his side.
1t so happened that some small nmbas
sador--G Germany was then divided into
number Of microscopic countries with
pigmy soyereigns tried to ciaf1 Mendel-
sshpn. who with his quick repartee turned
the tables ut once upon his adversary. Flu.
rious, his dwarfish excellency ran TO the
king and complained OF the plebian being
admitted into circles above his reach, etc.
The king told him:
Mendelsshon was my guest, as you were;
aud you should not have ioked him or
you should take the consequences.
All, said the ambassador, lie is q man
who would offend your majesty if it hap
pened that for some imaginary reason lie
thought himself hurt.
Well, said the king, but shall give him
no reason for feeling hurt; and, any way,
he would not offend me.
Is it wager? asked the ambassador.
Certainly, replied the king.
Well, il your majesty will do what I say
We will soon see whether am right or
wrong.
And what do you want me to do2
Will your majesty, at your next sup.
per party, write upon piece Of paper,
Mendelssohn is an ass, and put that paper
signed by your own hand, on his plate?
will not, that would be gratuitous
rudeness.
1t is only to see what be wonld do,
whether his presence of mind is so great.
and in what way he would reply to your
majesty.
Well, il II is just for an experiment. and
am at liberty afterwards to tell him that
by no means intended to offend him !
do not mind complying with your request
Agreed. Only the paper must be signed
under the words Mendelsshon is an ass
so that there c, D be no doubt in his mind
that it comes from your majesty.
Reluctantly, but with q feeling OF curl.
osity as to how it would end, the king
wrote and signed the paper as required.
The evening came; table was laid for II;
the fatal paper was on Mendelsshon's
plate, and the guests, several Of whom had
been informed OF what was going on,
assembled. At the given moment, oil
went 10 the ominous table and sat around
II. The moment Mendelssohn sat down.
being rather short sighted, and observing
some paper, he took II very near his eye,
and having read II gave start.
What is the matter2 said the king. No
unpleasant news, 1 hope. Mendelsshon?
Oh. no, said Mendelssohn, it is moth
ing.
Nothing? Nothing would not have made
you start ! demand to know what il is
Oh. 1t 10 not worth while
Bnt ! tell you II is. command you TO
tell me.
Oh. some one has taken the liberty to |
joke in very bad taste with your majesty. |
With me' Pray do no. keep me waiting
any longer What Is it'
Why, somebody wrote here. Mendels-
sohn Ii one asa, Frederick the Second.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-09-13
Telling the Truth as to Wounds.

A William street saloon keeper dropped
into his store. He had been absent for a
week and when he arrived his face looked
like chopping block.
"Whats tho matter?" asked q friend.
II don't see anything the matter" he
answered
"What have you got your head bound
up like bass drum at soldiers funeral
for?"
"Ohl that's all right.
where did you get that black eye9"
Nov, see here" said he for fear thai
you'll go away with the idea that I've been
splitting wood or got up in the night for
drink or iat my mother.in-law is in
town, III tell you the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the whole truth, 80
help me 25 centsl Ny neighbor's cat ate
up all my chickens aud shot the cat. I"
And the interviewer shook his head and
remarked:
II see! The gun kicked"
mo" responded the saloon keeper, 'fit
was my neighbor who kicked
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-09-13

"Why." said defeated candidate. IAN
like the earthi'
Because, said listener, "you are GOV
cred with dirt"
Wrong; guess again
because you are always round"
"Wrong, try another"
"BecAnse you arc wicked"
TRY sgain."
sGiye /, mp. Why are you"
"weli. it's bscaaseI an hattened 81
the poles.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-09-13

The English can mix up meas OF meat,
potatoes and dough. foot across and six
inches deep. bake it and when II is cold
dig it out 10 chunks and eat IL. They call
that "pie, aud il is allowable 10 eat that
sort OF thing "a mass Of indigestable. nn-
pala,able stnif NJ witness Sam WelIer's
testimony to the veal pie, that It was the
"seaso,in' as does IT," But when We pro-
pose to eat bit of thin crust. fresh baked
with frnit. making il perfectly diges,able,
then the army OF dudes aud the funny par
agraphist of the paper, must set up a moan
al the provincial igorance which wouId
do 60 +. IL time this sort OF nuisance
shoald e1perd Itself Pie is al American
dish; it IL psiaiable. comestible aud digcs.
tible. PIE is the perfection Of the lunch.
Pie 10 hesltbful Pie " good. IftLst be
treason make the nost Of it, Live long
tho pie. - Iaiiaaopoiu Ns~s.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-09-13
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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
MADE INSANE BY HIS EXILE,
! The Madness of Tschernyschewskij at the End Of
Nineteen Years in Siberia.

The New York Volks-Zeitung has
information that Nicolai Spasskof, a
Russian refugee who arrived in Wen
ma lately, reports that Tschernyschew-
ski, the Russian author who has been
for nineteen years an exile, has been
insane since the beginning of the year.
When Spasskoff saw him he was con-
fined at Wilujsk, in the Government
of Irkutsk. He was raving mad.
Tschernyschewskij was banished for
writing the romance, ''Schto Djelatj."
The ceremony following upon his SEN
tence is thus described by an eye-wit-
ness
"It was on May 20, 1864. A large
| crowd was hurrying to the Kasan
place at ST. Petersburg, where scaf-
fold was erected, guarded by detach-
ment of soldiery. From far away I
could see the pillory, overtopping the
scaffold and the surrounding crowd.
From the Kasan steeple the clock
struck 8, and at the same time from a
small alley leading to the Kasan place
a cart issued it; it was painted black
and accompanied by two gendarmes.
The cart made its way through the
crowd toward the scaffold. Two men
descended from it, one Of whom was
an officer, the other a civilian, who
looked very pale. The officer beck
oned the civilian to mount the scaffold
The pale man obeyed. He was received
upon the scafold by two men, who
were standing near the pillory; they
wore red shirts and red caps, and were
helpers of the hangman. One of them
hung blackboard about the neck Of
the pale man. In white letters these
two words were painted upon the black
board: GossudarstWeanW Prestupnik
-sState Criminal This was then
the official title of n. G. Tschernych
ewskii, the beloved of Russia's youth
The officer took from his pocket a pa
per and commenced reading the sen
thnce Of the court, setting forth thai
the Hon. Councillor Tschernyschew
sskij had been condemned to serve
fourteen years at hard labor in the
mines for having issued and circulated
Socialistic literature; and that, hav
ing served his term, he would be ban
ished for life to Siberia. Having fin
ished with reading, the officer com
manded the prisoner to kneel down
TschernyschewskJ bent his knees, anc
then two thin swords were broker
over his head, which was to signify
that he was now divested of his title
his honors and citizens rights for al
time to come. At this moment beau
tiful bouquet was thrown to the dis
honored' man Of letters; a shower O
bouquets and flowers followed from al
sides. The officer made Tschernysch
ewskij stand up to the pillory that hi
might not pick up any of the flowers
'sFrom the scaffold he was hurried
directly to Nertschinsk in Siberia
where he was. compelled to dig in th
mines, under continual torture 9
blows from the knout, and of menta
{. and physical deprivations. Afte
those seven years Of agony he was sen
from one prison to the other unit
they drove him crazy"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
SICK ROOM SCIENCE.

CURE FOR EARACHE.-Tal1e tobacco pipe
place wad of cotton in the bowl, drop or
10 drops of chloroform, and cover with more
cotton, place them to afflicted ear and blow
in the bowl
A GOOD way TO prepare nourishment for
an invalid to whom the prescribed brandy
is distasteful is to heat large glass tumbler
by pouring in some hot water, and then, at
ter turning it out, to put in wineglassfll of
brandy, sdd two-thirds of tumberful of hot
water; take half of baked sweet apple and
cut it in three or four Slices and put it in the
tumbler. If nutmeg is liked by the sick per-
son, add very little of that. Serve on Il
tray with spoon, end a small plate of wa
fers, or part of a thin and crisp slice of toast.
TIL mothers of nursing babies will find
1t to their advantage to provide Themselves
with two light flannel sacks, to be slipped ON
over the night dress on cold nights. Colds
are taken which are followed by more or
less serious consequences, by the slight ex-
posure which comes from attending to the
needs of little children at night. 1t is a good
plan also to have a pair of warm and loose
slippers at the bedside The slippers which
are crocheted of soft Berlin woods, and
which have soles of leather thickly wadde {
with lambs wool, are especially adapted for
this use.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
WINSTON, N. c., THURSDAY, MAY ~. 1881
FOLLOWING UP MAHoNE.
A Sketch of Local Politics From an Outside Observer
(WasAi,,oton Letter IN ". 2. WORLDLY

(Washington Letter IN ". z. Worldly
About two weeks ago, in response to
urgent appeals hat the navy-yard
needed an overwhelming, Senator Ma
hone telegraphed that he would be
down in person to regulate it. Ac-
cordingly he went. He was met at the
wharf by the steam-launch attached to
the navy-yard and taken to the house
of Commodore Mayo, commandant Of
the yard. Here he sent for Naval
Constructor Cor head carpenter) Var
ney, whom he ordered to bring before
him the foremen in the different de
partments of the yard. This was done,
and the astounding spectacle was wit
messed of United States Senator con-
ferring personally with head workmen
as to the best means Of dragooning the
laborers in Government employ. He
dismissed the foremen with a warning
that they would be held answerable
with official heads for the Republican
Readjuster party carrying the navy
yard vote. This Senator, it will be
remembered, is on the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor; and
that is his view of the labor question
driving workmen to the polls like
sheep to vote for any man whom he
choose to name The Indignation
among the workmen is not loud but
deep. Malone. gave them to under
stand that he meant votes and business.
Never since Virginia had Senator
has such thing been known as her
representative in the Senate going to
the Norfolk nayy-yard in person to
bully the workmen out of their votes.
At Mahone's birth place, known as
Jerusalem, Southampton county, Va,
his brother-in-law, Briggs, has been
Sheriff for some years, elected by the
Readjuster votes. Lately a ukase
came from the boss that the county
officers were to be equally divided be
tween the negroes and the whites. This
SO disguised Brother-in-law Briggs that
he, along with Il number of other Re
adjusters, swere off from Mahoneism
then and there. AS Briggs was a pret-
ty good Sheriff and the office is one
requiring hard work with but little pay
when Briggs applied to the Democrats
for their nomination they agreed tc
give it him, and he will probably be
elected as a Democrat. Senator Ma
hone has son, Butler Malone, whom
he promptly had appointed clerk oi
the Senate Committee on Agriculture
as soon as he himself was appointed
Chairman. The engaging youth show
ed up occasionally at the Capitol dur
ing the session, and drew his pay with
great industry and punctuality, but his
public services began and ended there
It is respectfully suggested that the
Civil-Service Commissioners be in
creased to four and Senator Malone
be given the fourth place.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
STOLEN SCRAPS.

ABOUT 10000 crates of tomatoes have
been shipped from Key West since the lst of
January.
AN extraordinary case of disputed mater
nifty is reported from Omaha. Two women,
each claiming to be the widow of the same
man, have gone to law to determine which
of them is the mother of his two girls, aged
fifteen and seventeen years.
THEY tell good joke down in Florida of
a shark that was swimming about schoon-
er and snapped up an alarm clock which
was accidentally dropped overheard. An
hour or SO later the alarm went off, and the
antics of that sharp were equal to u first
class circus. The eek hands declare that
he jumped twenty feet out of the water.
Mr. Chiffon, of the Baltimore Bar, hap
pening to see photograph of Frederick
Marsden, the playwright, thought that he
recognized, in the picture, w. \. Silver,
with whom he had been associated as a law
partner in Philadelphia. In reply to a let
ter, Mr.. Marsden wrote to Mr.. Clinton that
the detection was, exact, Marsden being
stage name merely.
ACCORDING to the London Truth, horri-
| BILE discovery has been made by the Old Tes-
| lament revisers. The word "rib' in the
second chapter of Genesis, used in describ-
| ing the creation of Eve, ought more correct
y TO be rendered Gail p This is indeed
confirmation strong of the theories of Dar-
win. Again, the ravens which fed Elijah
were not ravens at all, but "gypsies," and 50
another cherished illusion is dispelled, and
the historic value of Sir Frederick Leigh
toms picture of "Elijah and the Ravens" is
seriously impaFrsd.
Two pairs of femme eyes play part in
the STAG Route trial: ''The two ladies whose
striking beauty makes them the subject of
much remark" writes the Washington COR
respondent of the Baltimore Sum- "show
constant interest in every feature of the trial
and their patient uhtjring watchfulness
can but be noted by the Judge, jury, counsel
and spectators They are Sisters, born in
Arkansaw; one is the wife of ex-senator
Dorsey, the other the widow of Peck, who
| was indicted with Dorsey.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
GEORGIA PAPER ON SOUTHERN HO-
TEL COOKING.
(Aetqusta Chronicle

We agree, however, that the ordina-
ry fare of southern hotels is simply re-
voting, not because the raw material
is not procurable, but because the
cooking is inefably vile. No doubt
if the South had more hotels of the
proper kind and the right sort of cui-
sine many thousands of eastern and
western people would visit us and leave
behind millions of dollars. If our own
people are Indifferent about these mat
ters let the North make up syndicates
to build and run just such hotels at the
South as are most attractive and de-
sirable. Perhaps the building of a ho-
tel on our sand hills would be of more
value as an investment than cotton
mill on the canal. We dare say, if
built at all, it will come about in that
way.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
A WOMAN OF RESOURCES.
Curious Adventures and Exploits of Mrs. Raper
(Elko Ldependent.)

The old inhabitants Of Elko and
Humboldt counties, Nevada. who were
here in 1869 and 1870, remember
well the antics of Mrs. Susie Raper,
whose marvellous feats of horseman-
ship, coupled with keen appreciation
of the value af other peoples COWS
and calves, carried her through series
Of adventures and escapades that made
her the special wonder and admiration
of the Elko press in those days, and
which, if properly written up in the
form of a two shilling novel, would
have made their fortunes She got
into deep water at last, and went the
way Of the ''Loveless' lass late of
Humboldt. She escaped the remorse-
less grip of the preserves of the peace
and live stock in this neighborhood,
and made a more comfortable home
among the Commanches and Apaches
of New Mexico. A recent private let
ter from Indian Territory furnishes
thesequel other brilliant, cratic career
Finding the company of one Capt
Payne, formerly of Carlin, more con
genial than that of wild tribes, she
assumed pantaloons, and united her
forces with his for the invasion of the
Choctaw and Cherokee nations. To-
gether they invaded Indian Territory
at the head of squad of speculative
emigrants intent upon the acquisition
of Uncle Sans fertile soil in that re.
gion In that capacity the firm OF
Payne & Raper fourished luxuriantly
for time, and recently made several
newspapers notorious by the vivid re
citals of their joint exploits, some Of
which have been the text for lengthy
telegraphic dispatches to this coast.
That their feats might not prove toe
attractive to the ardent Imagination OF
youthful land pirates, the Government
finally concluded to allow them to
complete their adventures under the
supervision of the United States Mar
shall. Susie's good genius again ruled
and leaving camp early on a March
morning, she took an excursion on a
raft down Red River, leaving her
friendly Captain with a paper of to-
bacco and her jailor without his keys.
We learn that the willful lady is now
cultiyating a flower garden in Texas.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
CLIPPED W.T..

WHY does the parting kiss "raise" a fell
lows good feelings? Because it is the cream
OF ia, ia. Henderson Gold Leaf.
WHEN a politician dies poor it may gen.
orally be concluded that he was Il fool or ,
man with few chances.-FaU Rirer Aduance
A DESTRUCTIVE waterspout has visited
North Carolina. Another evidence that
prohibition is angerous.-Arkansaw Trar-
eller.
THE most trying time of baby's life is
undoubtedly 2:30 time. That is TO say, it is
the teething, or tooth hurty time of the Lu-
man race.-Pittsbugg IelsgTaph
The force Of habit is so strong with some
men, that when they die, they will walk to
the bar of judgment and call for drink
Whitehall Times.
WIGGINs is going to lecture He will
then have no difficulty in raising Il storm
Come on, Wiggy, we have cyclone in the
ice-box waiting for thee Georgia MAJOR.
a MEMPHIS lady very sensibly purchased
8 carpet with large figures in it, because she
bad very large feet, and the large figures on
the Brussels made her feet look dainty
Chicago Eye.
Mrs. LANGTRY sent the buff leather shoes
she wears when she is Roselined to Il shop
in Pittsburg for repairs. The shoemaker is
having an annex built to his factory and ex-
poets to get to work on them as soon as Il
gang of men be procured Czeacelanh
Spur.
WOMAN is called the weaker vessel but
many q time a man could not support him
| self ii he did not have a merchant to lien
upon:-Manning, IN Winston Sentinel. Wo-
man being weak vessel is probably why
she is never employed asa baseball pitcher.
| -Bdton.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
PRICE $ CENTS.

sudden there was an earthquake, and
when [ comy to, there were about six
hundred people pouring water down
my neck, and the hearse was hitched
to the fence, andthe hearse-driver was
asking if my leg was broke, and Il
policeman was tanning the minister
with plug hat that looked as though
it had been struck by a pile-driver,
and some people were hauling our
buggy into the gutter, and some men
were trying to take the old PAGER out
ofthe windows of the street-car, and
then | guess I tainted away agin. o,
it was worse than telescoping train
loaded with CATTLE"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
KIDNAPPED BY THE SHAH,S HAREM
London Dally Neaos. J

London Daily Nesos.)
An outrage has been committed at
Baku, which bids fair to become the
subject of lively diplomatic CORES
pondence between Russia and Persia
In the month of January last the wife
Of Finnish captain in the employ of
Nobel, the great petroleum firm, went
to visit some friends living on the out
skirts of the town. AS she had not
returned home by midnight, her hus-
band started out to escort her home,
but found on reaching the friend
house that his wife had left some two
hours previously. On the following
morning the husband, having vainly
searched all night for his missing wife,
gave notice to the police, and every
means were used to discover what had
become of the poor woman SO mysteri-
ously spirited away.
Two months passed and no trace of
the missing woman was discovered, to
the sorrow of the husband, who spent
the whole of his time in instituting in
quiries in the hope of at last finding
his wife. Quite recently, however, by
some chance the mystery was discov-
cred and the woman traced. It would
appear that as the woman was passing
through a lonely part of the road home
she was suddenly seized by four men,
who threw shawl over her head and
carried her off, as she afterward dis
covered, to Persian craft lying at
anchor in the harbor. Her captors
who were Persians, at once set sail for
the Persian shore, and the woman was
carried off to Teheran, where she was
lodged, it is said, in royal HARM,
and where it is said she still remains.
The woman, who is Swede by birth,
possesses considerable personal attrac-
tions, which were no doubt the cause
of her abduction by the agents of the
Shah.