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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-20

willeure dyspepsia, heartburn, mala-
ma, kidney disease, liver complaint,
and other wasting diseases.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09
NO. 10.
"HoN1E, sWERT HoAGE.n

After lying in a foreign grave for
thirty-one years, the dust Of the author
of Home, Sweet Home,' is brought
home at last, and the feeling with
which the incident is regarded was well
expressed by a poet of kindred impulse
in a recent number of the Weekly.
Mr.. Duyckinck gives a very interest
ing sketch of Payne in the CycIopOedia
Of american Literature, taken in great
part from paper of his friend, Theo-
dore S. Fay,
Payne was born in New York in
1892, but his father went Immediately
afterward to Boston, where at very
early age the boys talent for literature
and the theatre appeared. Returning
to New York, he was a clerk in a
counting-room and student at Union
College, always with the same tastes,
until in his sixteenth year, in 1909, he
appeared at the old Park Theatre in
New York as Young Norval. He was
a successful actor, and by the advice of
Cooke, Payne went to London in
1918. In England and France, with
varying fortune, as actor, manager
and playwright, he remained for nearly
twenty years. His Brutas was brought
out by Kean with great success in 1918.
nj 1ryho GthorIao 1,Ioy-
manager of Covent Garden, and applied
to Payne for aid, Payne offered him
collection Of MSS. for e230. The
$50 was the sum asked for ClGri;; or,
the Maid Of Milan. Kemble bought
them all. Payne turned Cldri into an
opera. Miss NJ. Tree, the older sister
of Ellen Tree, took the chief part,
and sang, for the first time, Home
Sweet Home" The play was enor-
mously successful. Miss Tree made
ga great match, and everybody made
money except Payne, who lost not only
the e25 which was to have been paid
for copyright on the twentieth night,
but he was not even complimented with
copy of his song. He wrote Charles
H., another very successful play. But
still fortune refused to smile, and in
1882 he came home.
Here he had various projects, but
nothing prospered. He went as consul
to Tunis, then returned, and vainly
sought a more congenial place, finally
going back to Tunis as consul, where
he died and was buried in April, 1852.
There his body has rested quietly, not
in a NEGLECTED spot" but in a garden
of roses and carnations and heliotropes
and violets. There, too, he was kindly
regarded byEuropeans and thenative in
habitants. On the fifth of January his
coffin was disinterred, and, as letter
in the Tribune states, it was carried,
attended by his old Arab dragoman
and a few personal friends, to the little
Protestant church where the window is
inscribed with his name. AS the coffin
was brought in an Englishman at theor-
gan softly played " Sweet Home, which
an American lady sweetly sang, and
then it was left alone through the night
watched by the dragoman, and in the
morning it was placed upon French
steamer, which sailed for Marseilles.
at Marseilles it was transferred to a
steamer for New York. The name of
Payne will live in the heart of every
generation by the pathetic tenderness of
a single song.-Harpers Weekly.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09
THE TEXAS SCORPION.

The scorpion, or stinging lizard, as
the insect is familiarly called, lives in
Southern climes, where he can be fqf Il
in boot, for instance, immedia
after the man has put his foot in Ct.
He, the scorp, is only one and half
inches long, and half his length is COM
posed of a six-jointed tail, in the end
of which there is sting, with which
he makes himself talked about. After
he has driven that sting few hundred
yards into victim, it is surprising
how much that man has to say about
scorpions in general, and that particu-
lar of scorpion in particu-
lar, and how 1uently he says it. It is
hard to believe the effort is impromptu,
but it is.
You might hold dozen post mortem
examinations on as many scorpions,
and never suspect that the insect is a
pedipalpous pulmonary arachnidan of
the genus ScOrpio. To satisfy yourself
on that point, you must examine the
scorpion in Webster's illustrated una
bridged. where it is also stated that the
sting of the scorpion is painful. To
become persuaded of this latter fact,
however, you need only examine the
live specimen that is not in the die
tionary. The harsh language Webster
uses when he calls the insect a pedipdI-
po1tS pulmonary arachnidan suggests
that possibly Webster is trying to get
even with the whole species for the act
of single specimen.
The Texas scorpion does not seem to
have any steady occupation, but spends
most of his time loafng about old ruins
waiting for somebody to tread on the
tail of his coat. He is not unsociable,
for, like the house fly, he will climb
right into bed with perfect stranger.
On the slightest provocation, he will
curl his tail over his back like a bench
legged fee. He is very easy on the
trigger. One joint of the scorpions
tail has as much lifting power in it as
a seven power horse engine. 1t has
been known to raise two hundred
pound man right up off the ground at
one effort and picnic.
1t has never been ascertained pre-
cisely what the scorpion lives on. Per-
haps he is sustained by the conscious
ness of knowing that he is a pedipal-
pous pulmonary arachnidan. We have
known some people with high-sounding
titles whose mode of making both ends
meet was profound mystery to the
general public. Nobody ever has been
known to die from the rebuke of a
scorpion, but that they cause a species
of madness will not be denied by any
body who has listened to the language
of a man who has been stung. If the
sufferer is not mad for the time, he
talks as if he was.-Terds Siftings.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

ONCE IN THOUSAND YEARS
C Father" began Cass avenue lad
the other night, lis Mr.. 7. a good
man 90 Yes, my son. regard him
as one Of the best men in Michigan. !"
''Do you believe he would lie p
'What, young man, are you crazy p
Why, sir, Mr.. T. would not tell lie
for all the gold on earth. What makes
you ask that question ~ Why, when
a man says he saw spring robin on the
fifteenth day Of February what do you
call it ?" "Did he say he saw one ?''
q He did" Are you sure ?" sob
I heard him tell three different men SO.
Didn't he lie, father ?'' "N-n-o,
think not" unused the father; g but
let il be great moral lesson to you al
the same. 1t isn't once in thousand
years that robin comes up here from
Tennessee at that date and exhibits
himself to a single citizen and returns
on the afternoon express !''-Detrot
J Free Press.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09
HE STRUCK BILLY PATTERSON
WHY GEO. W. TILLERTON's DAUGHTER
CLAIMS A REWARD OF 81 600.

The Franklin Register has discovered
who struck Billy Patterson. Mr.. Pat
terson, the father of Madame Bona
parte, was wealthy Baltimorean.-
Upon one occasion, while Mr.. Patter-
son was in Franklin looking after his
property, a general row occurred among
the boys, in which lie became involved.
In the confusion, indeed, some one
struck Mr.. Patterson a tremendous
blow and this so angered him that he
walked through the crowd, inquiring in
stentorian tones, "Who struck Billy
Patterson ?'' Mr. Patterson was large
and powerful man and, under the cir
cumstances, no one among the fighters
appeared desirious Of holding himself
responsible. The inquiry passed into a
by-Word and even to this day the in
quiry can be heard, "Who struck Billy
Patterson ?'' The original Billy pur-
sued the inquiry with astonishing vigor,
but without avail, and at his death,
curiously enough, inserted clause in
his will setting apart 81 900 to be paid
to the person who should give to his
heirs OF executors the name of the man
who struck him. The fight in which
Billy Patterson was struck occurred in
1888, and it is passing strange that just
100 years after claim should be put
in for the reward. And yet a cores
pondent of the Register says that such
is the case. A Mrs. Jennie G. Covely,
of Athol, N. Y, daughter of George
W. Tillerton, has written to the ordi-
nary of Franklin county, claiming this
legacy of 81, ,000 She states that she is
an invalid, aged and infrm, and in
great need of the money. In 1888 her
father was quite a young man, and
being in great fear of Mr.. Patterson
fled the country at once and never heard
of the reward or legacy. She says she
has often heard her father speak of the
fight and the blow he gave Mr.. Patter-
son, and the fierce anger of the latter.
The thumb of Tillerton's hand was
dislocated by the blow and was so Sc
verely injured that it remained useless
member to the day of his death. As
the facts she gives correspond so ex-
actly with the facts of the case, the
correspondent presumes that Mrs. Cove
ly will receive the legacy without delay.
-AtZdnta Constitution.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09
MISS BR1TNIAN's LESSON.

"One, two, three, four One, two,
three, four ~
1t was dreary and monotonous
enough, sitting all day in that cheerless
room beside the tuneless piano, giving
lessons to dull children, and Margaret
Britman heaved a sigh Of relief as the
last pupil departed. After sitting still
for few minutes, just to realize that
her work for the day was over, she
stood up, closed the piano, put away
the ragged music, and busted herself
tidying the room. It was little any
one could do to make the gloomy apart
ment bright or CHEEKY, but what little
lay in her power Miss Britman did
against the coming home Of Dot.
The round table was pulled in front
of the fire and the frugal tea set out
with a good deal of show and very little
substance. Miss Britman knew how
to make the most of the soil n
Dot enjoyed SO, and the tin
and chicken stood like an ..
ocean Of china plate. The Aa
teapot was hidden under cosy creNe4,
embroidered in the highest Of art pat
terms, the spoons and forks were silver
in the last stage of attenuation, and
the cloth, though white and fine, was
darned out of all identity of the original
pattern. The few bright little water
colors on the walls but made the dark
ness Of the drab paper more visible,
and no arrangement of the scanty fur
J niture could disguise the fact that the
walls were hopelessly crooked still, in
spite of disadvantages, there was some
thing about the little room that struck
one on first entering. Perhaps it was
the air Of refinement struggling with
Z. the aggressive poverty; perhaps it was
the pale, patient face Of Margaret Brit
man, with it's frame of prematurely
gray hair and meek, sorrowful eyes
I Very slowly she moved about, for sh,
&. was weary, and her thoughts were
heavy, for she was anxious about Dot
r She had been out as a daily governes
for a whole year, but her salary wa
small, and her wants seemed to increas,
out of all proportion to her earnings
! Boots and gloves wore out, hats an,
gowns got shabby in frightfuIly shor
time and Miss Britman felt that sh
could not relax single effort or spar
L. herself single monotonous lesson, fo
Dots wants had to be supplied some
how Just at 5 O'Clock she came u
the stairs, singing lightly:
70 looked sweet
As the little pink flower that grows in til
wheat"
n " She wouldn't look sweet if she ha
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

pose the remains of Doctor Rush and
his wife. The light breaking through
stained glass window throws red and
azure hues upon the plain marble slab
and enables you to read the following
inscription -
Sacred
To the memory of
Mrs. PHGBE ANN RUSH,
Daughter of
JACOB AND REBECCA RIDGWAY,
And wife of
JAMES RUSH, NJ. D.,
Born, December Sd, A. D.. 1888;
Died, October 23d, A. D., 1857;
And of
JAMES RUSH, NJ. D.,
Third son of
DR.. BENJAMIN AND JULIA (1lee STocKToN) RUSH,
Born. March 18th, A. D., 1TS9;
Died, May 26th, A. D., 1869
There is one room called the memo
rial room, and which contains suite
of parlor furniture, some fine Italian
sculpture, rare old paintings, and Doc
tor Rush's favorite books. This room
is not open to visitors, and they have
to content themselves with looking at
the treasures through glass door, and
even this is enough to make them al
most imagine that they have had a
glance at a Princes drawing-room.
In the center of the reading-room is
a case of rare and antique books =
Among them is a Burmese book of
charms, an illuminated choir book of
the fourteenth century, from the mo-
mastery of Vallombrosia, Florence ;
Washington's dictionary, Elliott's In
dian bible, printed in Cambridge in
1868, and of which there are but few
copies extant an Abysinnian prayer
book, an Arabic prayer book and many
other volumes, most of which are
printed on vellum.
The Logonian Library is also situ-
ated in this building. Hon. James Lo-
gan, friend of Penn's and Franklin's,
left his valuable library to the citizens
of Philadelphia. 1t was kept in a
building at Sixth and Locust streets
for many years, until the completion of
the Ridgway Library, when the collec-
tion was moved to quarters provided
for it in that building.
The rules adopted by the Philadel-
phia Library Company are the same as
those proposed by Franklin. Any per-
son can borrow book from the library
by depositing its value and small sum
for its use but any one can visit the
library during the day and consult any
book gratis. And thus the city of
Philadelphia has some valuable mate
rial in it besides merchandise, houses,
and lamps; and, while many do not
avail themselves of the privileges af-
forded by these Libraries, yet many look
upon them with feeling akin to rev.
erence on the account of the valuable
benefit they have derived from them.
LORENZ.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

THE late fright of France at the
manifesto of Prince Napoleon recalls
to foreign writer a story about Mile.
Rachel, the great tragedienne. One
night in 1S4S the lady was in the green
room of the Theatre Franeais, previous
to going on the stage to recite the
Marseillaise. Attired as Republic,
with a Phrygian bonnet, and carrying
tricolor standard, she paced the floor,
rehearsing in a terrible voice fragments
of Rouget de L'Isle's hymn, "Aux
armes, citoyens," etc. But suddenly
she uttered piercing scream, dropped
her flag, and threw herself into the
arms of the actor Regnier. She had
seen a@mOuse.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

The LEDGER EDITORIAL ROOMS
A recent issue Of the Philadelphia
Telegraph describes the rooms which
Mr.. G. W. Childs, proprietor of the Pub
lie Ledger, has fitted up for his city
editor and reporters at an outlay of
some five thousand dollars. City-Editor
McWade will make his assignments
while sitting in rocking-chair which
is described as a wonder of ease and
elegance, before a desk especially de-
signed for him. His feet will rest on
an Administer carpet of beautiful design
and the light from without will be
subdued by curtains of old-gold fabric
suspended by brass rings from bars of
beaten copper. He will be separated
from his reporters by partition of
stained glass set in lead, the beauty of
which is said to surpass everything Of
its kind that has been seen in Philadel-
phia before. The reporters will prepare
their copy at the walnut desks under
costly brass chandeliers filled with both
gas and electric burners. On the floor
of walnut and ash are heavy Turkish
rugs. The wallpaper of both rooms
is rich and costly. The rooms are said
to be the finest of their kind in the
world
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

1t softens the horror of hotel fire,
to read that the landlords remains
have not yet been found.-FaU Riuer
AdUdnce.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

AN oRGANIsT in church at Provi-
dence, R. l., relieved the monotony of
waiting for a belated bridal party by
playing, "Oh, dear ! what can the mat
ter be ?''
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

A LADY ADvERTIsEs that she has
"a fine, airy, well-furnished bedroom
for a gentleman twelve foot square. :"
Another has ga cheap and desirable
suit of rooms for respectable family
in good repair.'' Still another has
Z" a hall bedroom for a single woman s
nv 1917
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

GOOD ADVICE TO Young SoUTHER-
NERs.-Senator Brown, of Georgia, has
sent a letter to a young man in Atlanta
in which he says: " Please accept my
sincere thanks for the present which
you send me of a pair of CATERS, sup
pose they are called, made with your
own hands. You state that you are II
years of age, and that they are made by
yourself; 1 trust that this speaks well
for your future. If many thousands of
the youth of the Southern country
would engage in useful pursuits Of that
and like character instead of passing a
great deal of their time in idleness, as
some do, the country would be in a
better condition. Always recollect that
all labor that is useful is honorable.
In whatever position young man is
placed, if he has power, by his labor, to
make himself useful and respected, and
l delight to see the young men of
Georgia laying aside all false pride on
this subject and going to work manfully
to make a good living and make them
selves useful citizens.'' .
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

LIVE STOCK STATISTICS for the chief
producing countries of the world have
been collected and compared by an
English newspaper, from which it ap-
pears that the United States stands first
with the two most important articles
of flesh food-cattle and hogs-and
that she is second in horses, and fourth
in sheep, but that, with regard to the
latter two items, she is making rapid
strides to a higher position. These
statistics credit the United States with
100000 cattle, India with 80, 600, 900,
and Russia with 100000. Further,
it is shown that Russia has 100000 900
horses, the United States 1O,5OO,O 900,
and Austria 100000. Australia pos
sesses 8O,OO0,00O sheep, the Argentine
Republic 6S,OOO,0 900 and Russia 60, ,OOO,-
600. The United States-fourth in
this list-has sc, 900, 900, but in the mat
ter of swine she heads the world, having
As, 100000. Of goats, India is credited
with no less than 10000, 900, Africa
with $4,000, 900 and Mexico with {, ,OO0,-
000
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

SKINNY MEN.-''Wells' Health Re-
newer" restores health and vigor, cures
Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09
THE CLEANING OF "MAsHER.' y

A great deal of time is misspent at
present in conjeetures as to the origin
Of the familiar slang word masher." "
AS usual in questions of philology the
inquiry is being pursued through a
maze of words instead of by studying
the characteristics of the object named.
The manner and actions of the being
called "masher'' show conclusively
how the word originated. 1t was not
derived from the French ma chere or
mon cher" DEAR" because the
flasher never possesses qualities that
make him dear to any one but his tailor
or landiady. Nor can the word be
traced to the italian nlaSchera, which
signifies a mask, for the masher is never
wise enough to mask his purpose the
italian mdssqjo is equally unsatisfactory
for one of its meanings is a good hus-
band, which no maSher was ever known
to be. The German maSche, a mesh,
does not answer the purpose, for the
masher is mentally as unequal to the
use of meShes as of masks. The Spanish
machaca seems at first sight to throw
little light on the subject, for it signi-
ies bore, which the masher always is
to members of his own sex. The Portu-
guese mascara comes nearer the truth,
for it signifies disgrace or suspicion
of infamy. The real derivation Of the
word, however, as indicated by the
masher himself, is from the vigorous
old English word "mash," which
means to bruise or crush. Some
varieties of men accomplish their pur-
poses, good or bad, by methods that
imply the possessions of brains, but the
masher succeeds otherwise. Hence his
distinctive title.-Neto York Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

THE fat man is always ready to give
himself weigh.-Ndt. Burbank.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

townships NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
cures instantly.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-09

pose the remains of Doctor Rush and
his wife. The light breaking through
a stained glass window throws red and
azure hues upon the plain marble slab
and enables you to read the following
inScrintion
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-30
GOSSIP.
Tom Thumb is 81 years old.

Tom Thumb is 81 years old.
A Wisconsin factory makes paper bricks.
Half high bodices and snowy necks are
coming up.
The sugar crop is the greatest ever seen in
Louisiana.
YOU'RE giving me syrup" is the latest style
Of Ohio remark.
Farmers wives say green pipins make the
incest apple-ielly.
Two Cinnamon, too old to work, have
starved in Chico, Cal.
A copyright is good for rs years, with a
right of renewal for ID more:
About one-third of the population of New
York city are foreign born. f..
The rate of pension for the loss of one hand
and one foot is $50 per month.
Grant was the youngest President-47;
William Henry Harrison the oldest-68.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island are the
only States that elect a Governor each year.
Russia is the only country in Europe that
surpasses the United States in number of its
inhabitants.
The eyes of persons affected with color
blindness have been carefully examined after
death without the discovery of any peculiarly.
The trouble, therefore, has its seat in the
sensorium, not in the visual apparatus. 1t is
probably beyond the reach of any remedy.
A collection of old boots is shortly to be
shown at the Paris Musee de Cluny, where
next January fresh room is to be added to
one Of the most interesting archaeological
museums in Europe. These ancient shoes
will form complete Illustrative history Of
bootmaking.
The London Gaiety has taken in S., 72o,-
600 in IL years past. Dramatic authors got
$4,000, the newspapers 100000, the
dramatic profession ST., 100000, and the
State. in taxes, etc., $50, 900. This accounts
for all but the triAe of $500, 1000, the man
ayers share.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-30
Farm for Sale.

A very desirable farm, with small but COM
Portable house and commodious corn cribs
thereon, situated on the San Antonio river,
about IA miles south OF this city, containing
GO acres, having a base line front of 1900 varas
on the river, and running back about three
miles to the GoliaCt road. Fifty acres are under
fence and in cultivation, and at least 1900 BUSH
els of corn have been raised on the place this
year There is a belt of bearing pecan trees on
the river front, and the land back is thickly
covered with vast quantity of the very best
mesquite and oak timber. About 43 head of
cattle NOf these "a are gentle mich cows will
bc sold with the place. Terms, cash. For
further information apply at this Office. or to
lsI-tC JOHN DOBBIN, $40 Ave. T..
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-30
A Model Paper.

From the Terrell Times.
Last Saturday the San Antonio EVENING
LIGHT began its third volume. The LIGHT is
a model daily paper and is edited with deci-
ded ability. 1t is welcome visitor to the
Times Office, and we are glad to see it pros
perinp
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-30
An Elegant Place for Sale.

Any one DESTROYS of purchasing one of the
most beautifully located private residences in
Austin can address the undersigned. The
grounds are ample, and great expense and care
has been given TO the cultivation of ornamen-
tai shrubbery. The place would be excellent
for public institution if not wanted for a pri-
yate RESIDENCE. It'll JAS. 2. NEMCOMB.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-30
Personnel of the Legislature.

The following, after careful canvassing, has
been ascertained to be the makeup of the
Texas Legislature In the House-lawyers,
AZ; farmers. 2S; physicians, 6; merchants, 7;
ministers, 3; teachers, 8; stockraisers, 8;
editors, a.. In the Senate-lawyers, IS; farm
ers, 3; merchants, 2; stockraisers, !; bank.
erS, i.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-30
A Forest and Lake for sale.

Any one wishing to purchase 1000 acres of
heavily timbered land fronting on a fresh
water lake, and situated thirty-siX miles north
of Houston on the international railroad, can
address the undersigned. The timber is large
pine, oak, black walnut aud other timber.
JAMES 2 NEWCOMB