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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1884-01-09
.i>marck's Five Eggs for Three

How 20 divide FIVE eggs between
hrce people is problem which might
Airly puzz!o philosopher, but the
rsctical genius of Prince Bismarck
A. solved that, ~ it has many other
iMculties which have proved too
nuch for profound thinkers. The
My wonder is that, as he made the
leat discovery as many rs thirteen
ears ago, it should only now have
cen given to the world in the pages
f the Ueutsche Rerue. 1t appears
hat il was on the evening of Gravel
tie, after a day when the Prince, like
verybody else, had nothing else Ia
at, and wa. hunsry-hungrier, We
.sy presume, than anybody. He had,
lowevcr, the good fortune to secure
i've eggs for 20E, and the generosity
share them with two Of hi, COM
,anions. But foreseeing tho msthe-
natical difficulty which would arise if
,c were to attempt an equal division
he took the precautlon TO eat two Of
he FIVE himself first, and then dashed
If to his comrades, and with a great
show Of magnapimty made fair dis
ribu;ioa of the remaining three, keep.
ng to himself all knowledge of the
.wo that he had so conveniently got
rid Of. 4 rnpacious statesman would
have kept all the eggs, and Quixotie
statesman would have kept only one
uf shem. But it is Prince Bismarck s
peculiar distinction to combine sed-
ulous attention to the interests Of mum,
her one with All effective di.plsy OF
unse,!ishness. He has divided coun,
uies ere now on the principle on which
he dealt with the fvc eggs. From IL.
PoH KaV Ga.eHe.
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ghrov up your Chin

The While secret cf Standing and
walking e:,c: cpuss:. in keeping the
cI,in vel! away from your breast
This throws the bead upward and
backward, and the shoulders viii
naturally settle backward and ia their
true position. Those ~ho stoop 10
waking generally look sraight ahead.
upon the same level with your eyes, or
If you are inclined to stoop, until that
tendency is overcome, look rather
above than below the level. Muur.
tsiucers are seid TO bc -. straight as
nm arrow" end the feasnn 10 because
they are Obliged to look upward 50
much. IL is simply Impossible to
stoop in walking If you will heed and
practics this rule. Yos will notice
that all round shpaldered persons car.
rythe chin ueartlsc breast and pointed
i. .t,p,, n IF 4ft
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A Giant PythGn.

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A chorus of discordant sxreams from
the throats Of half hundred parrots
greeted ANEW York Sun reporter who
walked into the bird dealess rooms in
Ronsevelt street. When No had be.
come accustomed to the rasbing sounds
sufficiently to hear, theAproprietor
said:
81 will show you the largest snak e
in captivity. Snakes bstShows are
usually disappointing to sScboy who
has read the cheerful tslba of-xna
condas that swallow nothing smaller
than COW, but here is ss.psation in
snakes"
He unlocked the hasp E hsavy
box tw" and 4 half by fuu'sftet large
and foot deep, and raised the cover.
There was the snake in what sailors
nigh: call two Flemish cN7s, one on
top of the other, covering nearly the
whole of the bottom of thh box. As
the light shone iuto the bor the snake
raised it's head, which vas as large as
Il mans open hand, aud moved il
about uneaSiiy, while black fork ed
tongue darted out towar1rIhe sscc.
tstors. Its body WAS bIats. uot,led
with white aud olive green spots. The
ilttI", round black eyes seemed 10 look
steadily into the eyes of-tSo keeper
and the reporter at the sane time aud
nothing could withdraw th'f gaze till
the lid was shut down.
at is thirty feet long, az eighteen
inche. in circumfereuce.in} Is lar 1est
part said the prnprieit 1t was
captured about eighty ny back Of
Calcutta. 1t is O genni, pytaoa.
We have another one of'Slh same
kind about eighteen feet I@g, that is,
probably the second rI<st in tael
count5y The largest one sa,d kil,
and swallow mau. /. uid lilia
horsey !"
=" law are these fellows Sptured ~
"B small mesll nets. natives
spread large nsssoser Mbai they
h"d c"iled#D. The sns< attouoe
jumps around in frantic sforts to
Il; a9tf - II Isl is 4.a h GaFo;a fds IL IN. a4
bands aud carried to The q and soid
to some ship cnptai". u
What iss the.emask psiss efA
python
@Gfgm s25 to $50 foriLje ordinary
musS Sum snnke. That email Ter one will
briuS si5o, bu, tho big e will sell
for $500. ! am goinS to South
America soon 10 get some bf the water
snakes. They are said 20 meausre
from fifty to seventy five 4 ct in length.
None has ever been captuSed.
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Avoid Wrinkles.

A wrinkle, once made, is inSeiiblc;
it has come to stay. There is no .uch
thing as wiping out wrinkles. In men
they are often houorab le evidence of
hard Acntal labor; in women they are
usually evidence Of coming age, al
though care and suffering have much
to do with them. Sometimes fair fj.e>
heads are premsturcly wrinkled from
a nervous habit Of eleva,iug the eye
brows, anL from too great and too
constant pressure of the pillow one or
both sides of the head while sleeping
And Just here comes a fact worth
remembering. If the forehead has es-
ca ed wrinkles, crows feet are prema'
turely seen about the corners of the
eyes. We al! see the crows feet in
Men aud women whose brows are
smooth and young looking. They are
the result of sleeping on the right and
left sides. The pressure upon the
temple and cheek leaves wrinkles al
the corners and underneath the eyei
which disappear III few hours, but
hGally become go fixed that neither
hours nor ablulions will ,abste them
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,r - ~r.tcannh11A ns.sslA

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n tailor recently passed. over the
line Of the Northern Pacific on An
accommodation train to measure the
employees at stations for uniforms. In
order to expedite matters he sent the
following dispatch to all agent.
Take off everything but your pam
falcons and shirt, and be on the plat
torul when the train arrives to be
measured for uniform" Arriving at
one Of the new stations, he ium ped
from the train, tape line in hand, and
shouted Tor the agent. In response to
his cal! a handsome young lady step.
ped forward, accompanied by burly
six tooter, who announced that the
lady Was tive agent and he was her
brother, and demanded an explanation
Of his dispatch. The tailor explained
as best he could, and boarding the
train telegraphed from the next sta
t'on : "how many agents have ysu
got that don't wear shirts and pants,
aud where are they located ? Answer
quick"
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a Blind Inventor,

James l.. Judge, an inventor of
Milwaukee, although totally hind. is au
expert player ut either chess or check
ers. All III" squares If the play yboartl
being numbered in chess, he is told 10
~ - :S,r,rJ'sIihs VI SHo> 9, "'p
and opponents moves he is ahIe to tell
the exact square occupied by any
particular piece or pawn on the board.
His manner of playing checkers is
about the ssmc. The game of cards
i. favorite one with him, and in this
he rs An adept. The cards he uses are
marked with holes made hy pins. SO
as to render them distingui.hable by
the sense Of touch. When his oppo-
neut Calls out the name OF the card he
has led, the blind man knows just
what one to play. Not only this, but
lie is able, in some games, after the
hauds arc partially played, to tell just
what cards his opponent holds. al
though the latter may have dealt.
This he is able TO do by keeping track
of the cards thnt have been played, his
memory being wonderfully retentive
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9ortrp.
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TOO La Zoo HoGIPsND.
| Ma hville An.rieaU.

Ga the second Saturday night in
september Wash Lawrence, who lives
among the classic hills Of Vinegar Hill
district, gave dance. All the col
'red people in the neighborhood were
nvited to attend, and did so. John
\ilg0re, colrrcd, was the fiddler Of the
'vening, aud charged n nickle a cor
icr before he would play. The first
our had taken their places each man
lad paid lis nickle, and the music
'egan. They danced to the following
une, which they all sang as they
anccd
'h"osc yo' parlnerS, times flying,
Take yo' places on de flo'
Don't yo' hear dat fiddle cryin
"Nickcrdcmus Ebhermo!"
Hiute yo' pardncrs, bow perIitely,
Dat's dc motion through en- through
wing dem corners step up lightly,
Hail COlumby. Hsllaloo!
us TO forward, keep er diggiu',
Now you .suss'ny back ag'in,
;ehhcr mind go ragged riggin',
Su's I don't show dc naked skin.
.owdS, see dat Peter Slater,
How he bow en scrGpe aroun',
lead look like peeled pertater-
Slick ~ glass upon de crown.
.sdies change, ell keep er scootin',
Cross right oher, now you swing,
Told dem heads up high fsiutin,'
Look promisk;.-, dal's de thing.
lussy look at Winnie Jccter,
Dat gai fling- a soop!c toe;
rack yu' heels dar, Tour. ell meet her,
Bow es smile, en--'so Oh so
iaIance all. Now, doH't g:t lazy,
Fly ropn' ell tar ye' shirt,
tnmp dem feet hut don't go crazy
Else somebody sho git hurt.
iddler got his mout wide OPEN,
Iloiin' down dat music tight,
teth. dey settin sortcr slopin,'
Look like tonhstoIes in dc night,
III Sasshay: | clar 10 gracious,
Never seed the like befo';
'irgsrs sho'ly dance ou'dacious
Sid'rin dr nth an obe, flo.
!'binly Kingdom! look at Mary,
Bufe eyes shiniu' like lie moou,
,4loI.'t ; IL w'Is.--t.or rgr, -rTssry,.-
Darr Sc way tn ,hsugs de chune.
Touicna,ie Now, dat coDies handy,
Huut yu' seats en- take u res'
;cnt.rmcus will pas dc candy
10 lie gas dry love de best
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--Rscreation docs not mean idleness.
and it may mean labor. A wise mnn
will so arrange bis labors that each
succeeding oae will be So totally diff.
fsront from the last that it will serve
40 a recreation for il. Physical
exertion may 1lIaw mental, aud then
give place to it sgain. A man equally
wise in all other hygienic measures
who could nicely adjus. the labors Of
mind and body in their true proper
ton might hope to attain old age with
all his mental faculties fresh and
yigorUu, - The last.
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All About Chimneys.

Chimneys seem SO natural to us that
we forget that there was time when
they were unknown. They were in>
vented about the same time with
clocks and watches. No house in
ancient Rome or Athens had them.
The Greeks and Romans heated their
rooms with hot coais in dish, or by
ttues underneath the floor. The smoko
passed out by the doors and windows.
In England, in the time of the con
queror (lO66) the FIRE was built OH a
clay floor or in hole or pit in the
largest room of the house. The smoke
passed through an opening in the roof
at night n cover was placed over the
Goals. Every Eody was by law obliged
to cover up his FIRE when the bell rang
Mt a certain hour. In French this
was couvrefeu, and hence the word
"curfew" bell.
Chimneys began to be used gen,
orally in England in the beginning of
the reign Of Elizabeth No one knows
who invented them, or when they first
came into use. We find them frat in
Italy. In Venice they appear not to
De uncommon as early as 1347. In
1868 they had long been in use at
Padua. They we're at fret built very
vide and large, 30 that they coulL be
easily cleaned. The wide chimney
pieces Of some Of our older houses are
very curious.
But as time passed on chimnevs
were made taller, narrow, and often
crooked. When they had to be cleaned
it vas customary to send boys up into
them t. remove .he soot and ashes. Ii
was then the saidest stories were told
of the lit:!e sweeps who were forced to
elltISl Ap the narrow Hucs, and come
.tn"n torn, b'sedingsnd covered with
SCOT, These poor creatures, who were
often not more than seven or eight
years o!d, were sometimcs suffocs,ed
~ the foul chimneys they attempted
10 clesp When they reached The top
they were expected to lcok out and
yiysa loud shout. No boy would ever
hssnn!e chimney sweep from choice,
tkf cEimntys by tie Rur Of whips
pihg. The cruelty Of the master,
swssps was fearful.
Tho little chimney sweeper has
passed ayay. His place is taken by a
patent broom and colored operator.
ehimneys are.builttso and three hun.
dfed feet high. In Birmingham, Eng
and, one fe'l down EfceL,ly on a large
{fky kil!mg mi woanding thirty
0Fforty workmen and others.
IN the dsys before chimners were
Invented men lived in clouds or smoke.
The walls of the finest palaces in
ancient Rome were soon covered with
SCOT and filth. It was Impossible to
keep them clean. Tie mo.aics and
the painting OIL the walls soon became
discniored In the castles Of Englaud
and France it HSs still worse Here
the hug" Are b!Gzed ia the center Of
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1884-01-09

SENATOR NEsr's PIRsT AND LAST
BATTLE. Senator Vests only battle
was that fought at Lexington. Mo.
The attacking psrty were driven back
and in few minutes Vest rode up to
where General Price and staff were
standing, dismouuted, turned over his
horse and weapons to all orderly, and,
with an impressiveness oil his own,
declared that "the man who says Geo.
Vest has never been in battle Is .
id liar, and the man who says that
George Vest will ever he found iD
another is a ID fool. - From hc
Hysi2H Past
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q z-an With Two Hoses.

This morning an elderly gentleman
slishtsd from the Southern bound ex>
press train, aud he was soon the
observed sf all observers. The Esn
had two is,inct nose, one ufthe Roman
style Of architecture being long aud
having very prominent "5ridge;'
the other smaller Was sHall, and is
what is called n pug" or "snub.' |,
was ascertained by reporter that the
man is we'll fixed rancher near Ig",
Shasta county, and his name ID
Thomas Z. Tvrpcn. Mr.. Turpen j. a
native Of Ohio, and has been in Shasta
county since 1892, aud made his stake
there. ilo said that whsE he was a
young man he was naturally mortified
by having tw1 n"ses, as they marred
his othegsi-c gu.d l"nks. There is
nearly enough space in he center Of
his face for nosc TO grow where it
really belongs, between the other twO.
Mr.. TurT"n IL III Rn excellent con.
diti"n to smell mice" He always
f"dS much difficult III io"kirg aft r
hi. four nustrils when he has {. ld
/ in the head, Dthursise his extra snUut
gives him mo- trouble. The gentleman
inherited his big Gose from his father
AID ha Su.a Ter one frn,n his mat har -
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CurioSities Of the Honey Bee

| bee. This would require toe p'uch
space in your valuable paper, evt., il
they should appear in very con-
densed form.
1t Is q curious thing that one bee,
that is the queen, should be the only
mother IN such an immense family. 1t
has been estimated, and no doubt cor.
rectly, that well filled hive contains
ABOUT Forty thousand inhabitants. Oh,
my What q family, snd what a
houseiull Of children, ard all from the
same mother. But there is another
curiosity in this connection that is
wo'thySf consideration. ! mean the
ores'ty OF lie III tins numerous family.
lake Tor instance
ihe drone' that gentleman OF 'risur";'
or The worker hna F''''""''
Ny;,L L;,, r;co :. ~ -.
inst Ict the urtiu,lv fro., ~. lJ..,
inc o- a,o soorol;rc, dr.u,l, 49, -.
s,v &C roo,sr :, -. aouu, .1 ,
soon Won will GOA the f,;,hGrl worLor.
hr;rr;rr br,5,o1s of ,Lo,o I r
fed belnle,s f.i,ovs on, &c tho "d,,x
""'o' '''c c"'Fe"'er "'"u', Ri" III
.t0ouc'ng them TO the charities OF a
org "o''o' ana OIL they q" IN every
u'r'e''"n 10 d'e' and yoa could not
.na"ce one OF 'he'h 70 &" oacE again
why because "hiy few OF thtm
were ever hesoeo' ana no" none "i
'ne" are heeoeu' besides 'hiS' they
na'' u" weapon OF oei"hSr' ana they
."'" ''n',' ana a''h"ugh Nhey nave
i've" "''h"o' stunt on the choicest
"ec'N H''here" from the sweetest
''oW''s' 'hey also know that 'ht'r DAY
V. "o'" mas come 30 Oh they 3" 1"
''e J" some l"Fm.
:. ihe'' l" 'oi 'he worker bees their
iNes arc very or'ei' Except III queen
'sss s"ar'hs' lnose reared In antum
VIII MI 10 deah III nine months while
those reared in the spring will be gone
in three mouths those reared in the
MOS, busy time will be likely to die in
- -i-:----s-- 49,. $50, =,
tsariu' th"r'a''ty one """'l sup
pose 'h"t II w"u'd Psoouce great
mourning ou' from appearances 'h're
rs hot o'' "i IT, AGAIN person
"ou!" suppose '""' 'he e"''Fe '"'n''y
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A Frenckman has made a paper
which is perfectly iccombustible, aud
spring poets who wish to make their
work absolutely useless will invest in
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1884-01-09

Indian story tcIlers very often give
their nO!rations entirely in sign Ian
gusge, and the laughter Of their hears
crs will often he the only audible
-uvud ilr AZ h,ur.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
THE DUTY on LEAF TOBACCO.

A FoguER TREASURY RULING To BE HELD IN
w .c,o>, To-, - The Secretary of the
Treasury has written letter TO the Collector OF Customs
a. in regard to the correctness Of former de-
cson relative the provision in the law OF March ..
1888 placing duty upon leaf tobacco fit for wrappers
That decision held that in order to be dutiabie at 20
cents pr pound when unsemmed and 81 per pound when
stsmed the package containing the tobacco must con
tain s. per cent for wrappers OF which more than one
hundred leaves are required 10 weigh pound The de-
cison thus made the package the unit OF quantity by
which TO determine whether the merchandise con-
formed TO the statutory standard 1t has been
contended by persons interested that there are TWO
descrotions of tobacco known in the traeono known as
vrapcr tobacco and the other as filler tobacco ana
fnrher that all of the class known as wrapper tODacO
may not be fit for wrappers or he Of sufficient g
of texture require more than 100 YaVes 10 Welh
Mound so that when tobacco belonging 10 the wrapper
els is found not to conform the stauaTy standard In
The two respects falls into the provision for tobacco not
otherwise provided for, du.iablc at tItyh'e cents
he secretary saws that the reasoning would MAKE the
ss oftobacco the test and not the qaGnttBcont9ned IN
the and he thinks that THESE views are en-
fd 10 serious consideration. No evidence has been pre-
sented on the part OF importers since the case was
originally decided. As preliminary TO any further dec-
jon I'M f matter the Collector is directed 10 suspend ac-
fon der the decision before referred to and to classify
wrapper tobacco which may be found IN packages ac
enrdinr TO the standard before indicated, leaving the I'M
with such classification, 10 present
fher by protest and appeal
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
A FIGHT OVER THE SHARPSVILLE ROAD.
fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I

PrTrsBURG, Jan. 12.-Troubles growing out
of differences among the stockholders OF the sharpsye
Railroad Company have occupied the attention OF tue
courts of Western Pennsylvania for more than year
The railroad is a short line running through Lawrence
and Mercer counties, and while IT Is not a competing line
with the Erie and Pittsburg it gives outlet for
larce.amount OF traffic which goes to other roads, The
Pierce Bros operate and control several coal mines and
stone quarres along ne and from these the road OBJ
tains large portion of its business The capital stock
of the road Is S3J0,000 divided into 1000 shares me
road has only opened short time, but has already
proved serious embarrassment to the Erie and Pits
burg road and William l.. Scott, OF Erie, who handles
nearly the entire lake coal output Of the Shcnango Valley
Recently Mr. Scott made attempt to get control of the
road Through the fundamentally OF Jonas Pierce, he
bought UP over 5000 shares of the
capitaI stock, and on November "a, 1882,
secured the option OF 414 shares held by the First
National Bank of West Greenyille for thirty days at
90 cents the dollar President Walls OF the bank In
sisted that he withheld the rlgA to sell II offered more
and did on December 1892 sell AMI deliver the stock
10 Walter Pierce On the next day Jonas Pierce rendered
money but was refused the stock although he asserted
tiat he told President Walls, December g, that ne
would take the stock and close the bargain Suit was
entered by Pierce in the Common Pleas Court Of Mercer
County.
At the last election the disputed stock was on the rail-
road books in the OF Walter Pierce and was voted
by him. thus putting his associates and himself in control
Of the road while the suit 10 settle tac ownership Oh lhe
41l shares is still pending William L. Scott has tried in
various ways to secure injunction to restrain
Walter Pierce from voting the stock at the
election to be held on Monday. In case he
succeeds hs stock would put the control Of the road into
his own hands. The supreme Court declined 70 nave
anything TO do with the Injunction proceedings brought
by Scott sainst Walter Pierce and referred the matter
back 10 the Mercer County Court. Judge Mehlrf re-
erred inc m liter to Jud e BreI and after hearing ut
Dutlcr Yesterday the injunction refused. Blited
everywhere else Mr. Scott transferred his case 10 the
United states Circuit Court yesterday by having Charles
J. Osborne Of Ncw-York The owner OF 100 shares OF
scott stock file an application for an injunction on
Wa Ter Pierce to him voting the Ala shares
on the ground that their ownership was disputed and
that tey really belonged t. Jonas Pierce Argument
began before JUDGE Achcson this morning. Judge Acne
SON refused the inuncOn in few words. saving tba an
ndpcndoH. court had right 20 anticipate the NcfCct
OF tie courts Of Mercer County, and that AT any ae
white the title Of the dSpIcd stock was legally vested IN
waiter r.. rcp the ownership IA Jonas Plefce was not
| clearly established.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
BiSEBALL NOTES.

"The Club" a resort of baseball players in
upper Third-ave., kept by the wellknown players
Capp and Lynch has been destroyed by nre. IL 10 De
reitted before spring.
Booth and Oie will be the pitchers OF the Yale College
club next season. The team has arranged for series OF
games with the Metropolitan Boston and Athletic mines
early In the season. souther will be one OF the cachers
Lynch has not yet signed with the Metropolitans,
although he is reserved by that club. He is contempa-
ing accepting position travelling salesman which he
says pay him equally as well rs baseball
The Brennan Clark and Star clubs have formed league
to play series OF games this winter.
1t is reported that the Boston club, which holds the
League pennant viii pay Morrill, $4,000, Whitney $1,000
and Iornung g., 200 their services next season.
Ewing catcher OF the NewYork club received more
than either OF these players last year . .
Dan OLcary Will not manage the Indianapolis ciuO
next season, and Henry Dean probably VIII. . .
A meeting OF the Northwestern League was hcld AT
Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday Clubs from the
following places applied for admission: Minneapolis,
St. Paul, Saltwater, Evansville, Muskegon and Terre
Haute. ,----
COnnor will cover third base for the New-York Leagne
cluo this year. Itis undecided whether Aankson VIII