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Base Use Of Autographs.
fCeor1e Alfred Townsend

Almost every man of ordinary notoriety,
not to say reputation, for having done any
thing above the common. is pestered by auto
graph solicitors. Many of these are coarse,
ignorant people, as their letters show; others
are peddlers in autographs, clerks in slop-shop
stores and young Hebrews intent ON money
from infancy, who have heard that there is
'ssome money" TO be made in autographs and
that they cost nothing, and who, there
FORE while underlings or apprentices,
beg in to beg them by mail.
The use these autographs are afterward put
to is little short CT forgery. A patent nnedi-
zine man recently used them for his almanac
A '1precocious boy" as his parents described
him, having gotten from various people, by
letters awakening their encouragement or
sympathy, autographs bits of sentiment, re
Gently published them in newspaper, as
proof of the '.precocity" Of the boy, he prob
ably supposing, like actors who study part,
that he wrote the piece. A gentleman, to
give this young Nin1rod Of autographs re-
spectacle philosophy of life, wrote for him:
There can be happiness without success
meaning that the mind and duty and disin-
5erestedness gave more joy than vulgar
prosperity. This Samaritan found himself
speedily credited with the sentiment: There
an be 10 happiness without success" He,
1t least, sends nc more autographs The
goose is killed that laid those cabalistic eggs.
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strange Anuse NJ I.afar,,ae,,.

III. L. Charles in Christian at Work.
Let me give you short conversation
overheard, the other day, between two pupils
of our high school, and see if you never heard
anything similar to it.
''Warejergo lasnightN
bladder skate"
"Jerfind tn ice hard'n'goodin
eyes; hardnough."
"Jer goerioneg'
mo; Bilrn'Joe wenterlong.n
''Howlate jerstay?'
''Pastate."
'Lemmeknow wenyergoagin, vouchers
wantergo' n'showyer howterskate"
"H-m, ficoodint skate better'n you I'd
sellout'n'quit"
"Well, we'll tryerace 'n'seefyercan."
Here they took different streets, and their
conversation ceased. These boys write their
compositions dramatically, and might use
good language, and speak it distinctly, if
they would try. But they have got into this
careless way Of speaking, and make no effort
to get out of it. Whenever they try to speak
correctly, they have to grope their way along
slowly, and their expression seems forced or
cramped, as though it were hard work for
them to talk
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How to Reach the Audience.
TChica or. Tribune I

When you mount the platform be puzzled
to know where to put your hat Look round
as though you were quite cool and collected,
and suddenly put your hat on the floors Turn
then to the audience, pass your fingers lightly
through your hair, and say: Fellow citi-
zensl"-axtend your right hand-put your
left on your vest, on whichever side it is your
private opinion your heart lies =
swell out your chest as though all the
Goddesses of Liberty in the world
had left their respective countries, but had
taken board and lodging in your expansive
bosom, and were now struggling to find their
way out at the front door. Repress their
generous efforts for awhile, and then out
with them in blaze of glory. The effect
will be tremendous.
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the attorney general Dear me,' he said
running his fingers through his hair, I
thought had paid that before. No, SIR
said the man.
''The judge reached forward for his check
book, but not finding it at once, he put his
hands into his pockets and fumbled around
for some change. He drew out handful of
bills and papers. 'Ah, ah! what's this? he
said, unfolding paper and comparing it
with the bill in front of him. You Internal
liar,' he exclaimed, excitedly jumping up and
Selling the man by the collar, here is your
own receipt for this bill dated only ten days
ago. The man performed a war dance
around tho Office, the judge acting as chief
instructor. His heels frequently came in con-
tact with his head He was finally kicked
into the street. In looking through his desk
the judge found three separate receipts from
this man for the same account 'Fbelieve
that was born to be swindled,' said Judge
Black, ruefully, holding up the receipts for
my inspection"
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ALL AROUND THE GLoBE.

John o. A. Newsom, real estate, at
Columbus, Ind, has assigned. Liabilities
1000; assets snknosn.
At the Democratic state convention, at
Baton Rouge, Ls., it is probable shat
Gov. MoHenry will be renominated for
governor On the first ballot.
At billiard match, last evening, in st.
Louis, between Coffin and Donovan for
$500 eide, two nights play of 400 each
night. Donovan's score was 400 to Cot
tins 334. Coffin allowed DonaTan double
discount.
The eastern trunk lines are much die
satisfied with the manner in which Com
missioner Fink has made the allotmsnts OF
the percentages, and e rupture is threat
ened. The Pennsylvania is at the head oil
the breakers.
Yesterday the case of Brown, Bonnell {
Co., the great iron men OF Youngstown
Ohio, who failed some time ago, was ar
gued at Toledo. The judge decided thai
the estate would De held in trust for all the
creditors, and that judgment creditor;
would have no preference over others.
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BUSINESS WRECKS.

Failure of a Neir ForI; Cto,kifsO HOUSE for
Nearly Three ssttGiem Dollars Other. sus-
pensions and Business Esssbarrassnaessts.
HEAVY ASSIGNMENT.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-Schedules in the
assignment of Ferdinand Meyer & Co.,
cloth dealers, was filed. Liabilities ST.
76O,992. Actual assets $1,769,374. Or the
Liabilities 1921, 181 are contingent. Sched-
ules in the assignment OF j. 81. Morrill,,
warehouseman, are filed. Liabilities
$203, lit. Actual assets $20,347.
THE GRAPHIC FAILURE.
MONTREAL, Dec. 1S.---Seourity for costs
in the Grapkic winding up petition has
been given and the company will have to
answer In the court within three days.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.-NcKsnnsy Il
Co., notion dealers, have failed. Labili-
tiles, $4,000. Judgments, which aggre-
gated $21 700, have been confessed by Geo.
Mcdowell &c Co., wholesale stationers.
BOSTON, Dec. 18.-Goodwillis, Wyman
& Co., Boston and Eew York, dealers in
printing presses and paper cutting ma
chinery, are embarrassed. 1t is stated a
receiver will be appointed. Liabilities are
$4,000. The American Carpet Lining
company has failed, and creditors are Of
fsred fifty cents On the dollar.
SHUT DOWN.
READING, Pa, Dec. 2S-The Marden
Creek Iron company's rolling mill has
shut down in consequence of dull trade.
One hundred and fifty hands are idle.
oHyy TE,5popaRy
BOSTON, Dec. 18.-W. P. Metcalf, the
broker, states his suspension announced
to-day is only temporary.
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Reducing the Armies.
[Demorest,s Monthlv.l

The kings of Europe have recently been
comforting together. The emperors of Aus
stria and Germany have met, and
the king of Spain has paid visit
to several Of his brother rulers
The result is said to be an alliance between a
number of the leading powers to bring about
a reduction of the several armies. In times of
profound peace Europe represents vast
camp; nearly all the able-bodied men are
drafted into the armies, and the financial
burdens of the several nations have. in conse-
quence, become intolerable. It is believed
that congress of the several nations will be
held to see if something Cannot be done to re-
trench the military establishments, and save
some of the money now wasted Oh costly and
useless ornaments
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a Compromise.
rTo-o, 0;rt;,-,1

Mrs AcVapid, Of Austin, is considered very
obtuse by those intimately acquainted wi b
her. One morning she called to her boy,
who was playing in the front yard:
Tommy, go down to the grocery store
and bring me pound Of starch.
81 Haven't got time to go down to the
grocery and get a pound Of starch. It's
most school-time now"
els that so!n said Mrs. McVap;d, with a
troubled look; then, Frightening up, she
added: ''Well, then, run down and set
only half pound"
Tommy complied with the compromise,
was late to school, and the teacher took the
starch QUE Of him with a single.
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snain.s auction n1art.

Madrid Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.1
The rincon is the auction mart, whittier all
the trash of the kingdom finds It's way for
SALE Bric-a-bric, relics, curiosities and antiq-
uities are the fine names they give to these
dregs Let us have g look at them. The rim
con consists of a number OF wooden sheds and
stalls in the street and number of shops
which surround the stalls The entire space
is filed with old traps. Here are a few that
attract my attention: A Moorish saddle, SIS;
a lot Of Roman copper coins, 50; a Spanish
dollar Of 1719, S12; ditto of 1852, So; braziers
for warming the hands and feet still used IL
Madrid, from s. to $50; French generals
sword, captured in the peninsula war, the
hilt set with brilliants, $500; Moorish mus
ketS, any price; knick-knacks for devotional
purposes, all prices
Mingled with these antiquities were heter-
ogeneous lot of modern goods, chiefly cheap
cutlery from Sheffield, cheap iron, tin, brass,
and pewter wares from Birmingham, and
cheap cotton goods from Barcelona. Besides
the stalls and shops, the ground was covered
with goods, while the air was filed with the
shouts and clanors of the statesmen and
| women. ga travelling pistol for his excel
lency" this meant my humble SELF the pis-
tol was a double barreled muzzle-loader of
the year y. "'Twill serve to keep off the
bandits OF Catalonia" CLEAR that wench
Morales. She is abusing my Catalonia, and
she, too, from thieving Toledor' "Buy
| ticket in the lottery, senior. the wheel turns
| tomorrow, and sure your handsome face will
| bring you luck" had heard similar argu-
| ments in Cork. The smallest coin will buy
| something on the rincon. 1t is always thronged
| with people, and to the curious traveller
| is not bad place in which to study the
history Of Spain-the past in the curiosities
offered for sale, the present in the appearance
and manners Of the people who sell them,
and the future in the mien of the purchasers.
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Shocking Loaisyiiie Girls.
IChicago HeraId.l

The good people of Louisville were terribly
shocked the other day at q party Of real
pretty young girls. As they were standing
on the sidewalk in front of a hotel man
man came along leading jaclsass cob,
here comes Jerry; here's jerry" the girls
sang out, and they ran up and Rugged and
caressed the jackass, and seemed SO delighted
that the quiet citizen began to think Of
Titanias and Bottoms, and wondering
if he had not got among the fairies
The jackass having been sufficiently
fondled was led away, the girls cry
ing ont after him, sc ood-by, Jerry; good
in cautiously relating what he had seen, was
informed that the girls were ballet girls, and
that they and the jackass, a great favorite,
belonged to the same troupe, but had to be
separated during the railroad travel they
were about to undertake.
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irving to be .surlesq ued.
[Cor. Chicago Herald.l

Variety actors, negro minftrels and low
comedians concerned il burlesquing shows,
are numerous in the Irving audiences. Have
they suddenly become interested in higher
forms of stage art than those which engage
their services? Nc. They are studying Irv
ing for the purpose of imitation. 1t will not
be necessary for you to pay tbs high prices
demanded for a view Of tae actor, because,
long before he gets to your city, some of
those minics will have CONS along, and yolI
may rest upon my assurance that none Of
them will be able to exaggerate his style.
They viii give you sufficiently accurate
idea of hin
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-19
Judge Black as a payu.aster.
[BeIlefonts Waterman.

The late Judge Jere Black was very care
less in money matters. An incident is re-
Lated by one Of his intimate friends that IS
characteristic Of the dead jurist. During
the first years Of Judge Blacks career as at
torney general" said my informant, 81 was
FREQUENT visitor of the department OF
justice. Iwes young then Is a lawyer, and
was very glad TO have an opportunity OF
listening to the conversation Of 50 great a
lawyer as Judge Black. One morning a
nan entered and handed piece Of paper to
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-19
PILRs!PILEs!!

A sure cure Sor Blind, Bleeding, itching and
liberated Piles, has been discovered by IT. VIII
liam, ian Indian remedy called DB. WILLIAMS
INDIAN OINTMENT. A single box has cured the
worst chrenic cases of rs years. standing. No
one need suffer FIVE minutes alter applying. th,s
wonderful soothing medicine. Lotions and IN
struments DO more harm than gosss. williams
Ointment absoIos the tumore, allays the intense
itching, particularly ut night after getting
in bed.l sets as poultice, gives instant and
painless rglief, and is prepared only for Pilee.
itching OF the private parts and for nothing else
For sale by all druggists, and mailed on 1eeeigr
of price, 81. NOYEe. BROS. 4 CUTLEp
Wholesale Agents, st. Paul. MINI. ses
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give tne ~Mem isoys. :. snow.
1Chicago Herald. I

lineage defald
sHe win never be worth cent. He win
be a boy as long as he lives-always a boy"
So heard a proprietor say OF one Of his EN-
pioyes. 1t was intended to be u criticis1n-a
c;usher. L confess that thought better OF
the young man for having heard this, al
though / had never seen him. [ knew il he
was an overgrown boy tie chances were that
ne didn't have the dyspepsia; that he had
neverknocked against the rough corners which
seem to multiply, that he must still be a
triffe frolicsome i'll his nature-a bit devil
may-care. l could see him playing with the
children at home, amusing them with his
grimaces. and worrying a neighboring cat
with the family dog. l do not believe there
are many of these men-boys in the peniten-
tiary. They may not be fnanciers or meI-
chants, but they are the leaven Of everyday
life Give them a show.
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When Bearas Were Disreputable.
IiynI. Snn EranciScn Chronioln ]

LNCl.
Forty years ago gentlemen shaved them
selves and carried their apparatus for this
purpose while travelling. Whiskers were
worn from the ear halfway down the face,
that being the military style Of the period
Full boards and mustaches were deemed dis
reputable. recollect hearing a gentleman
of the "old schoor' argue seriously with a
young man from the city on the propriety Of
shaving off his nustache, and another full
bearded individual just arrived in our village
caused by his appearance a howl OF derision
ON the part of q small group of negro boys.
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GraduaiiY wears away.
Providence Call

Brides, as rule, find it & new and rather
unpleasant sensation to accept money from
their husbands Immediately after marriage.
But an all-wise Providence provides for such
matters, and in the course of time this feeling
gradually wears away
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A Better Report.

Miss Maud Howe, the beautiful daughter
OF the Unknown female suffragist, is said to
be engaged to J. B. McCullagh, editor of The
St Louis Globe-Democrst. The last report
about j. 3. was that he was about to die.
This one IS considerably better
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The BxrtAoldi Statue Complete.
TSpeeisi Tslerrsn 10 tae (3,ehs

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-A cablegraa was
received tonight by Gen. Grant, from the
committee in Paris having charge of the
matter, stating that the Bartholdi static
was omplsted to-day.
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CRIMES VOTARIES.
A WEALTHY TEST VIRGINIA FAR
NEE KILLS Il NEfGHBOn.

Sensational Murder Trials in oskaisosa
and Aledo, Iewa-The Prosecution in
the Bond Case CIoses-A Youthful Mur-
derer Caught-Found Guilty OF Murder
The Keiser Inquest at New York.
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Billiards.

LYONS, Dec. 1S.-In the billiard contest
Daily 600 points, GARNER 551. Scores for
the four nights, DAILY 400. Garnier 1916.
Heron, mining town in Montana, has
ten saloons. two gambling houses, two
hotels, one restaurant and zoo Inhabitants.
Samuel Vogel. of Mobile, Ala, died of 2
broken heart Immediately after making an
assignment for the benefit of his creditors
A Bridgeport, Conn.,, gentleman will
publish all the rejected poems he can find
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llexico's Railroads.
Inter Ocean

American companies have built over $780,
900, coo worth of railroads in Mexico, and
completed over 1000 miles of track The
English lines consist of 353 miles, and the
Mexican roads 635 miles
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-19

Marathon Independent: The man who was
kicked out of seaside resort was caught by
the under-toe
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SUBJECTED SUICIDE.

ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 1S.-W. ]. Pearson
postmaster of Batesville, Ark, was found
dead in his room at hotel in Barnum,
last night. It is supposed he suioided, bat
the autopsy to-day revealed nothing lead.
ing to that conclusion. The postoffce
authorities here say he was some $4,000
short in his accounts, aud that his where
abouts have got been known for weeh
prior to the finding Of him dead there.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-17
Looking Backward and Forward.

The Louisville Courier-JournaI ex-
presses the opinion that the old Whig
party was snuffed out because sit was
not a party which the people could
trust, and that is what is the matter
with the Republican party, now trying
at the death hour to make people be-
lieve that it is good and pure" 1t also
holds 10 the belief that in the 'uture the
Republican party cannot count upon
former Republ can. strongholds, and
that 1.-The organization is fastening to a
downfall as decided as that of the old
Wing party"
The old Wing party died of the same
disease that carried Of the old Demo
cratic party slavery. But the Courier
journal falsifes history and one halt
o. its own good name and record when
it declares that lit fthe Whig part I
was not party that the people could
trus;." The people did trust it with the
control o. The G. vernment when they
elected John Quincy Adams, William
Henry Harrison, and zachary Taylor to
the Presidency. n only the case of
Adams was it a Wing Administration
all DISQUALIFICATION dying in one
month and TAYLOR in lttle over year
nfte the Inauguration and the Admin
istrations under Tyler and Fillmore, the
two ce-Presidents, were essentially
md pl actically De uocratic. In Har-
rison's time, and in the campaign of
Clay against Polk in 1914, one of the
brightest, wittiest and most widely
quoted hig newspapers in the United
States was GEORGE ID. PreDtice's Louis
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-17
WELLINGTON, LoRaIN COUNTY, oHIo JANUARY II, 1888.

vile Journal, which is now the re-
spectacle suffix of the paper that
tries to -besmirch the memory of the
old Whig party. Can the Courier
Journal now give us good reason why
the people have not seen fit to trust the
immaculate Democracy for the last
twenty yearsP Ii the Republican party
is now really dying, as the
Courier Jo,r,tdt assures Us. is it not
passing in its checks at the close of
q very useful and decidedly brilliant
eareera When the inscription is
written upon its tombstone by the
indelible pen of History, won't it COM
pare avery favorably with the record
that the Democratic party has left be-
hind itp SIS
81 As far as the future is concerned, the
CouTIer-Jdur7adl is altogether too much
elated. and is counting chickens before
the eggs are either laid or hatched. The
Republican party has in no instance
forfeited public confidence, nor has the
Democracy brought forth fruits meet
for repentance, nor has it been absolved
from its sins, nor has it been restored
to power in the Federal Government.
And. what is more, we are not one of
the number who regard its success in
the Presidential election of 1884 as at
all probable. That great battle has not
yet been fought, and when it does take
place the disloyal Democracy will do
well to look to its lihes of retreat The
Bourbons are now Growing over the re-
suit of the 9Th of last November, as the
Rebels exulted over the first Bull Run
battle, forgetting that after Bull Run we
had Vicksburg, Gettysburg and APP
pomattox X 80 Chicdd0 Journal.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-17
Playing Chess with a Thug.

The announcement that a clergyman
in the north of England is about to play
game of chess on his lawn with living
pieces supplied from the children of his
parish, recalls one of the most amusing
of the "Contes Eccentriques" of Adrien
Robert. The Thugs, according to a French
writer, who wished to have it all their
own way in India, having made five at
tempts to stab, poison, and blow up the
Governor of the East India Company,
attributed their want of success to a tall
man in the shape of his gray felt hat, un-
known till then in India. His passion
was chess, and it was determined by the
chief of the sect to challenge him at that
game. The stake was the Governors
hat on one side and the surrender of the
ringleaders of the Thugs on the other.
On the plains of Barrackpore a chess
board one hundred yards square was
marked out. There were elephants for
the castles, and knights in armor and
living pawns. The Governors men
were supplied at f25 apiece by his rival.
The game lasted all day, for all the
pieces were killed as they were taken.
Just as the Thug Queen was in danger,
having taken the white Queen, the i'm
perturbable Governor adjourned to lunch,
where he stayed two hours. His rival
was in anguish. for the Queen was his
own wife. On the return of the Gov
ernor the white King advanced to take
her. but the magnanimits of the En-
glishman stepped in, and he took her
prisoner. This generosity so democrat
lied his opponent that in few more
moves the game was over, the conspir-
ators handed over to the mercies of John
Company, and India saved from perish
ing.-PdH Mall Gazette.