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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-16

ON THE EMPTY PLATE.
president johnson was another curl
eater. l did not know much about
him when he was President. but about
twenty years before, when he first came
to Congress, he boarJed at the National
awhile, and l waited on him. He was an
old-fashiOned healthy eater, and his table
manners made a good many people laugh.
He never got over the ways he was used
to in the backwOOds of Tennessee. He
had a way of smelling everything before
he tasted it, and sometimes he would sniff
so YOU could heal him clear across the
table. He always used a red handker-
chief to wipe his mouth; he wouldn't have
a napkin. He always drank about five
glasses of water while he was eating, and
people laughed at him for using his knife
instead of his fork. He was a great but
termllk drinker, and never put a glass
down till it was empty. he had the
broadcast upper lip you ever saw, and
when he put the glass down you could see
a broad white streak almost two inches
wide under his nose. Sometimes be wiped
it off and sometimes he didn't, and then
he would scOwl around at everybody to
see what they were laughing it,.
sob, if l had the time," concluded the
ancient purYeyOr of Viands, 81 could tell
you a great deal about the table manners
OF some famous men. L knoWeu 0dmeS
Buchanan 40 years ago. Roast oysters
and sherry were his failing. Mr.. Albert
G. Brown, of Mississippi, vas a great
gallant at the table,. He generally came
into the dining-rOOm with ladies. Some
times he had on a dress coat and kid
gloves, and the gloves he would pull of
and hand to the waiter after he sat down.
He generally sat at the table two or three
hours, eat fancy dishes and drink light
wines. Sam Houston, OF Texas, never
went to breakfast until he had taken four
cocktails. He often gave the walters 81
almost every day, but he always dropped
it on the floor, so they would have to pick
it up"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
A KINGLY JOKER
An Eccentric Monarch's Fondness for Prac-
tical Jokes on His Retinue.

An Eccentric Monarch's Fondness for Prac-
tical Jokes on His Retinue.
Tinsley's Magazine.
Multifarious are the anecdotes-fables, some
of them, | really believe-told of the King. He
is a m~isogynist, a hater of court ceremonials, yet
withal a man who stands upon his dignity; a
passionate lover of music and mountain scenery,
and a great stickler for the autonomy of Ba-
yaria- He will not have it Prnssianized at any
price. His favorite seat is a hunting lodge up in
the mountains. 1t is said that he sleeps in a
large lofty room; with the ceiling painted to
represent che armament and a practicable moon
shedding a mellow light from one quarter of the
artificial heavens. The perspective is managed
so as to give the illusion of spaciousness, and
through the distant trees cut out in the canvas,
as he ~reclines, may be heard the plash of falling
waters. Their lullaby bushes him to sleep.
M@cenas had a fondness for the same soporifc.
Sometimes his Majesty rises in the night, has a
black steed saddled, and dashes off at a whirl-
wind speed up and down the hill roads-which
are we'll kept for that reasonable a phantom
horseman pursued by some relentless decree of
the supernatural powers. The finest stud in
Bavaria is to be found in his stables, but
the cattle are cast soon and often; they
are thoroughly worn out and broken down
practical jokes on his retinue sometimes. 1t is
related of him that a minister arrived in hot
haste once to crave an audience on important
business Of state. The King was out hunting
the chamois, but by some chance the minister
succeeded in catching up with the party. Ludwig
preceded him to a game-keeper's hut, where he
sometimes used to lunch, and went in telling
him to attend to him. The minister waiting one
hour, two hours, and at last losing patience, and
fearing that his royal master had been
attacked by some sudden illness, forced
in the door. No king was there. He
had made his exit by a window at the back
and was away on the high hills in pursuit of the
game. In the capital his Majesty often COM
mands an opera-geuerally one by Wagner, for
and this opera is produced in the middle Of the
day. The theater is darkened. and nobody is
admitted to the auditorium but himself. If he
is pleased he sends a prima donna, not a brace
let nor a ring, but a bouquet of flowers plucked by
his own hands. He once had sLohengrinp en-
acted on the Starnberger See, the borders of the
lake having been illuminated a giorno at his ex-
nansa.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06

eyes. Lost in thought. she did not look up as
somebody came rapidly down the steps, jumped
into the ~brougham, and shut the door after him.
AS he dropped onto the seat, he almost bounded
out of it in his dismay.
Ten thousand pardonsl Mabel o God! it's not
my fault! What are you crying forG" He caught
hold of her hands and held them tight. you
don't care-you can't care7-his chest heaved,
his eyes fastened upon her, as if he would de-
YOUR her. You hate me; you hate me, you
know you do, or you never would have married
him
married. What do you mean?" her heart
beating fast, her cheeks white as death.
or course, | mean Sir Guy"
MY cousins husbandl What has that to do
with met
Your cousins! For Gods sake, don't trife
with me. He married you, Mabel Lorraine; they
told me so at once.n
He married Mary Aunabella Lorraine, who
sometimes goes by that name. But you know
her" drawing back. You are laughing at me"
What a fool | have beenl' as the scales
dropped from his eyes. Il thought you were
Lady Waverley all the while. Oh, my darling!7
as he caught her in his arms and pressed a show
er of kisses on her lips, 1T seem almost too good
to be true"
= \ = = y y
The coachman, meanwhile, imagining his mas
ter was in the carriage, pursued his way west
ward till he drew up at the door of No. -
Chesterfield Gardens.
Very glad to see you, Captain Vivian, sad
Lady Waverley, with a mischievous twinkle in
her eye. aBut where is Sir Guyl" The two
lovers looked at each other in dismay. They
had quite forgotten him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
PrlmitIve MAN IN New York.

New York Dial.
s'The primitive man, the primitive man. ex-
claims Professor Sumner in his most strident
tones; II can show you the primitive man in
any great city, with his low forehead, his prog
nathous jaws, his large, knuckly hands and
splay feet He and all his notifications up to
the perfected form and tho spiritualized intelli-
gence are everywhere around u.s." The treat
ment Of women is one Of the attributes Of the
primitive man and the low savage; especially his
right to trade her off like a beast Of burthen. A
queer story, which carries us back to our semi
british ancestors, is that Of Gottlieb Schmidt,
who. getting tired Of New York. determined to
return to the old country, and, having no funds,
hung out q notice that he would sell his wife,
with all his right. title and interest in her. to the
highest bidder. A Chinaman offered $50; but
the owner stood out for $40; and when he found
that a wife was not a salable article, and that
he would be arrested if he persisted in the sale,
disappeared. and is supposed to have drowned
himself in disgust at a society in which q man
may not do as he wills with his own.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
a RISKY RIDE,
Sensations of the Man Who Went Over Nj
agara on Blondin's Shoulders.

Sensations of the Man Who Went Over Nj
agara on Blondin's Shoulders.
Signor Natalie, the property man of Abbey's
Opera Company, is the man who was carried on
a tight-rope over Niagara river. He was inter
viewed by a reporter, and tells what his feelings
were while making the p~erilous ride:
THAT was in the summer of 1861, said he.
"a tremendous crowd of people gathered that
day at the falls, and it was a nice day for our
purpose. / was no performer, but acted, as you
know, in the capacity of manager On this par
ticular occasion, however, Blondin had to carry
somebody over on his back, and as nobody else
had sufficient interest in the affair to be willing
to risk his life, or enough faith in Blondin's
strength and skill to take such des-
perate chances, 1 had to do the riding
Blondin wore tights. the same as rope-walkers
usually do, except that he had on a short
of harness, so that l could reach around his
neck and get a good grip without choking him,
and SO that l could stick my legs through a pair
Of things like slings, and cross them in front of
him without interfering with his arms or legs.
He carried an unusually heavy balancepole. l
think it weighed either rs or 100 pounds. The
entire weight he carried was about 250 pounds.
The rope was stretched across the river about
where the new suspension bridge now stands
much closer to the falls than the old bridge.
Blondin was confident and firm, but of
course, we both knew it was a desperate
chance to take. We walked first very slowly
and regularly, but feeling more settled, he made
occasional stops, stood on one leg, kissed his
hand to the crowd, and did a few other such
things as you have seen other rope-walkers
do. / could see the water away down under
US, and the crowd on either side, everybody
watching us with faces which looked as if they
were suffering. There was no cheering or APP
plause while we were out over the water, and
the roar of the Falls. which seemed only a few
yards away, would have prevented us from
hearing very plainly, even if there had been.
II was a terrible few moments to me-more so
to me than to Blondin, because he was used to
that kind of danger, and l was not. / did not
move a muscle for fear Of tripping him, and l
can assure You / felt mighty good when we
reached solid ground again, and the people be-
gan to yell and shrek and wave their handker-
c c,nsrS ras rrhan I IN III, =, ,u1 p,n noM iarge 1ns
G4O0 for the performance. We went to Europe.
and in a couple of years Blondin made nearly
ego, 900; and when l left him, after six years
business, he was a very wealthy man,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06

two sisters looking out of the window watching
for their mother and father while / was busy
tattooing the third sister. / get at least a dozen
jobs of that kind in a year, and sometimes more,
and from ladies, too, that live up town on tho
avenues. What they ask for most frequently is
to have some name tattooed where it can't be
seen in ball costume. and the design most in de-
mand is a garter, with the name of a gentleman,
or his initials, worked in as a clasp. Some OF
them want a necklace tattooed. around their
necks. But always advise them against it, oe-
cause they are sure to wish it were off some day,
and, of course, once on it's got to stay there
while the skin Does
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
The Lovers Fatal Blunder.

New York Mail and Express.
sLouisa, said he, as they, despising a plural
ity Of chairs and practicing an economy Of gas,
sat in the parlor together, a few evenings before
the rising of the honeymoon-'Louisa, I ought
to tell you that / belong to a Masonic lodge, and
have to attend its sessions; so, dearest, when we
are married you mustn't fret if some evenings ]
have to be away from my own little wifey-pifey. y
And the designing villain chuckled at his pru-
dence.
t'Of course / won't, William, = she said, softly;
chow many lodges do you belong to7"
t'Only one, darling, . he answered.
'tAnd when does it meeta How oftenY On
what eveningf'
t'Oh, once a week-on-on Thursdays
Every we'll; then shall have you at home
every other evening in the week-that will be Sc
NICE
And as she took out her tiny notebook and
made a memorandum on the subject, he felt
that, after all, he had made a mistake.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
Choosing a Profession.

New York Mail.
Il shall enter journalism on leaving college. y
he said. II look upon journalism as the noblest
of the professions"
II tried journalism when I was of your age"
remarked an old gentleman, tbut | couldn't
make it pay. | struggled along for two years,
and at the end of that time / was worse off than
when began"
"And did you give it up2'
81 had to give it up or starve.r
What did you do then?n
II pulled myself together and went into the
newspaper business, and did we'll. wouldn't
advise you to enter journalism, young man.
Try the newspaper business; there's money in
its
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
wounded.

On the saIlow sands of Afric's plain,
Dyed red with the wine of life,
Made moist by the damp of deaths dew.tide,
He fell in the heat Of strife.
And the cleaning lines roll forward fast.
Like the rage of thwarted sea.
D Liberty, thy call is sweet!
But sad thine answer, victoryl
Time drags with slow and heavy feet,
To cool but the dying's brow,
And leaves to life its burning thirst.
Death wouldbe welcome now.
And the red sun sinks into the night,
AS still as the weary breath
That conscious lives in the deserts gloom.
Lonelier thou art than death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
A Lesson in Arithmetic.
Texas siftings.

Iexas cuttings,
II wants you to bay me pack dot 50 loaned
you last spring. Money is worth twice as much
now as it wash den" said Nose Schaumburg to
Gilhooly.
rs that 500" inquired Gilhooly, pensively. rs
it really worth twice as much now as it was
when / got that SCR
''Shertainly it wash
well, then, here is 81. That makes us even.
| believe
The expression on Moses face was not a stud
led one, but it was very good, nevertheless, par
ticularly when he examined the dollar and ex-
claimed, "Jee-rusalem! it wash counterfeit, by
shimminy grashus!o
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
Sonnet.

And from sudden death"
I cannot pray that prayer. Nay; not for me
Implore deliverance from sudden death!
What is there in the stoppage of the breath
10 fright men sol Oh! that my fate may be
To lose, in one pulse-beat, mortality
To be the fervent lightning's sudden sheath,
The point where the tornado centreth,
The spark extinguished simultaneously.
I would not, anguish led, existence quit.
Nor hating go, like some scared, whimpering hound,
With whimpering steps towards the echoless verge.
Nay! would fain with one immediate bound
The dark profound leap into, and so merge
At once the finite in the infinite.
Mary Ashley Townsend,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
A Perfect Preservation.

Washington Hatchet.
Mr.. Runaround was out late the other night,
and the next morning at breakfast, in order to
Justify" himself, he remarked to his wife:
pet, we have been married twenty years, and
you look almost as young as you did then
You have not changed a particle" she re-
sponded sweetly.
Not changedm he answered in surprise, re-
.mem6ering his graylocks and ruby nose. why,
how can you say thatF
Because things preserved in alcohol never
change" she answered
Mr.. r. buttered his napkin ring under the inn
preston that it was a muffin, and the meal pro
crossed in silence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
Young airla

Are at a critical period when they are about
maturing and developing into women. The lack
Of watchful care at this time may result 10 tx
failing a long list Of female weaknesses" All
this may be avoided, and the young woman
come through this period clothed in all the beau
ty and strength Of q perfectly healthy organiza-
ton BY the aid Of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Pre-
scription, + prepared especially for female tr0ub-
les BY one Of the most successful physicians Of
the day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
Song.

The wind blows over the plain,
And the fields bend and swing.
But the farmer cares not for the ripping grain
He wonders how much it will bringl
The sun comes up by the sea-
Lo! the ships spars are like goldi
But the misery master, what cares hei
His treasure is in the hold.
The years of our lives go BY,
And the days are full of light;
But we live as if in haste to diei
And the day glides into the night
james Buckham.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
Tattooine the Girls.
New York sun.

NV ~ vi
Tattooing inks are rather expensive. One of
those little sticks Of India ink costs me SO. 25:
but then / can do 800 worth Of work with it, so
you see 1t don't come to so much after all. Yes,
they are tho only colors ] use, red and blue.
The black ink gets blue when / put it under the
skin. OF course, / can't give any particular
color to a girls eyes OF cheeks. but come near
enough to it to please my customers, and you
would be surprised to learn what different kinds
Of customers / have. Many Is the time I've had
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
It Hunc Like a Daisy.

West Point Letter in New York Sun.
Everybody knows how the sudden cessation
of a laundering band of music causes remarks
to be shouted out in a tone like a locomotives
whistle. The other night at a hop the band
crashed out a few final bars, and suddenly
stopped, when the voice of a lovely little thing
in pink was heard yawping at the top of her
lungs:
Don't my new hustle hang ike a daisyl'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
WIT AND HUMOR.
OF Course, Everybody Knows Tha

OF Course, Everybody Knows That.
New York Mail.
Daniel, said Mr.. Cleveland. turning his eye
for a moment from the pages of a sporting paper,
what is meant by the expression, winning in a
canterFn
'sOh, Governor, answered the astute Daniel,
mr.. Blaine is winning in a ~canter.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
Doing the Best He Could.

New York Mail and Express.
Little boy, said a gentleman, why do you
carry that umbrella over your headl It's not
raining
Mop"
'And the sun is not shining
Mop
t'Then, why do you carry it2'
nCause when it rains pa wants it, an when
the sun shines ma wants it, an it's only when
it's this kinder wedder that kin git ter use it
at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06

No other remedy in the United States has so
steady and so large a sale as Dr.. Wistar's Bal
sam of Wild Cherry. People have found out
fhntit quickly cures a cough or cold, relieves
asthma, checks consumption, and so they insist
On their druggist keeping 1t for sale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06

~SaratogR Letter.
l saw one youth on a hotel piazza at high noon
with a short loose coat on made of black satin,
with white polka dots all over it, and collar and
cuffs of red satin.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-07-18
DEATHS


AT the residence OF his son-in-aw, DR.
Josiah Harding, "Chestnut Grove" in Sill
yer Spring Parish, Md, at st o'clock Friday
morning, the 18th Of July, A. d., 1884
FRANCIS VALDENAR was gathered unto his
fathers, having the testimony of good con
science, in the communion of the Catholic
church, in the confidence of n certain faith
In the comfort of IA reasonable, religious and
holy hope, in favor with God, 1--WE humbly
trust,) and in perfect charity with the world.
Mr.. Valdcnar's father was of that noble
band Of French who came over with the
Marquis Lafayette to water the tree of
liberty with their blood and contributed so
largely Ia the success Of American indie
pendencc.
The subject of this memorial notice was
born on the 9th Of March, 1897, and there
fore at the time of his departure from among
us was in the SSth year oil his age In early
manhood he married Elizabeth Culver and
spent the greater part of his life onthe beau.
tifu estate NV estour", near Colesville, where
the most delightful hospitality abounded .
His home was one of those restiul spots
where the beloved Bishop Pinkney, in days
long gone by, was in the habit OF finding
that reireshment of mind and body so much
needed in his weary missionary work in
Maryland. A representative gentleman of
the old school, u kind friend and neighbor,
humane master, devoted husband, u ten
der father, and in the latter years of his life
a devoted christian. We shall miss him the
more as he was one OF the few still left us
to testify by their sterling qualities to the
value OF the civilization OF the old South
lie was buried from Grace church on Satur-
day afternoon in the Gods Acre of the Val
denars, at Westour.
II
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-07-18
THE WARD
WITHOUT AN EQUAL.

A 7 THE Spring Meeting OF the Montgom.
N cry County Agricultural Society held
AT the Fair Grounds, Rockville, on Wednes-
day, June 4th, 1884, the most noticeable and,
perhaps, the most interesting feature next 10
the racing, was the tiial OF Sulky Plows.
There we're an exhibition, TIE WARD,
GlLPlN. ROLAND, FUR5T h BRADLEY,
Cassidy fAEQUlilK. B d BUFURD &
CO.'S, and THE FLYING DUTUilMlN An
OF them except ,he last three uamcd were put
on lrinI and entered the contest
There were no regularly appointed Judges,
but u gfnrrnl trial was given for the jud9-
mcu Of oil \ fnll aud extensive aud
clearly t. ate 'rd rOnt,sl wa hal, AMI np-
prairl tia III WARD was dcci icll, the
mvorilc Ia fari rnuriss made among the
spectators developed tn met that the i,iiow-
M Himrd IN rmeh AID ntiiy others express
Arm.clsrs 'r'rl, - ih. cHrl The WiAHD
u Il 30 Il ,ni ,Ntlpiii"n; that the Wafd
did Lritcr wprs with The ishiest hra'i III IN
IN, our ~ the 90 npeling plOws--
Is. II NIIhER FRED'K SraBLER
+ Is LAkSDALE EDW. GlLPlN,
ARTHUR SrAELER, CAPT. FLETCllALL,
RlCIi'D DORSEY. A. j. CAblIELL,
u v llORNEk, y A. TSCHlFFELY,
SAML HIGGINS, =. q CASHELL,
y. D. BEST, AMOS HOLLAND.
col. SAN DORSEY,G W. q. BEALL.
Il. WATKINS, JOHN II. HARRIS,
SAM'L HOPKINS, CLAG. HOLLAND.
JOHN A. BAKER,
f. jel3-u Washington, D, G.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-07-18
TraYilah Items.

Daisy, infant daughter Of Mr.. Jas. Case,
died on Friday night last. She was buried
on Sunday morning in the Presbyterian
cemetery at Jamestown. In this sad be-
reavement the gretstricken parents have
the sympathy OF the entire community.
Miss Alta West, who has been attending
school in Washington, will spend her vaca-
ton at home.
The people of this community, rrespec-
tive of party, are satisfied with Grover Cleve :
land as the next President of the United
States He is considered by all a safe man.
Hon. Thss. A. Hendricks will take his seat
this time as Vice-Prcsident, TO which posi-
ton he was elected eight years ago.
Wheat is turning out very well in this
community
Mr.. j. II. Filling, an experienced black
smith and wheelwright from Prince Georges
county, has leased the shop Of w. S. Magru-
der & Bro. and is now having it fitted up
and in short time will be prepared to do
all work in his line.
MIR. p. p. Castle and family, of Laurel, are
visiting at Mr. Madison Il. Harriss'.
Mr.. Lewis Henley leaves in few weeks
for Urbana, Champaign county, Ohio. Mr..
II. will carry with him the best wishes Of
his numerous friends in this section
MIR. u. +. Harriss has purchased new
Aultman & Taylor thresher, and is now pre-
pared to do all work in his line Give Mr..
Harriss call, he will be sure to give you
satisfaction.
July 10, 1884. JUNIOR.