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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08

mos, son,u brushes. hals or.s.4es.
ami all sorts OF things that bone
kin be used in buy all these parts o. skeletons
that the country kin produce The thigh
bones is used for tooth brush handles moro
than any other, and all in this country The
bones for buttons and knife handles mostly
goes TO Europe. Fancy parasol handles is
turned out o sleeps legs, and nome o. the
incest ivory fans ye ever see used to be trot-
tin some old wether or eve around the pas
ture lot Sheep leg bones polishes up slicker
than any other bones, and hain't so brittle as
the shin bone Of . COW or thigh hone Of a
steer.
I'VE collect bones all over the cousUry. A
ton o pig iron amt worth more than a
quarter as much as ton of the conmonest
kind OF bones is when it Is ready for the
burner or grinder. The west almost fills
the bone market now, there's so much cattle
slaughterin done out there The bone
b'iler gifts hair oil, neatsfoot oil, and sizin'
glue out of his stock as he gifts it ready for
the market. Bones that We sell to fertilizer
grinders We bile the meat off in open
kittles, cause they bring just as much as if
We put 'em in tight tanks and billed 'em
under pressure We do that with the bones
for burners, cause 1t takes out the nitrogen
slick and clean and leaves the carbon, and
that's what makes the bonsblack
ave git pint Of good neatsfoot oil out of
avery full set o. shins and hoofs of COW or
steer. The liquor that's left after bilin' the
thighs and shins makes a good sizin' glue as
paper manufacturer kin git, nowadays.
We kin git enough marrow out of car load
. bones to stock any barber shop with
bears grease for a month. The best bears
grease is made out O. the marrow of old
boneSn
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
Life In Nubla.

The banks of the Nubian Nile vary with
every mile, and beautiful are they in d.
versity of color and combination, though
that beauty partakes Of a sterner quality
than in the landscapes of Egypt Nowhere
can be seen the rich fields which stretched
on either shore away to the feet Of the
Lybian hills. They have disappeared and in
their stead rise from the waters depths tall
cliffs in broken precipice and crag, or the
river, owning freer bounds, flows majestic
ally on beneath rival streams of bordering
sands that have the gorges OF the desert
hills for channels and the wind for current
Poverty is written on the face Of this sun
scorched country, and such few strips of fer
tile lanl as the Nile reaches in its flood are
titled with jealous care by the scanty popu-
lation which they support 1t is curious to
note with what religion. care the villages
and temples have been placed upon the
shelving rock of desert sand, where none but
the lizards could begrudge their presence
Every inch of land that can be cultivated is
roaxed to yield its burden Of beans or doura,
and of spare land whereon to place their
villages, good sooth there is enough Poor
though the Nubian is, his wants are few, and
his thrifty ways make poverty a light
burden to him Travel where he will for
hire or trade, he leaves his heart in his wild
home of Nubia, and returns hither when for
tune allows.
No music has for him so great a charm as
the melancholy creation Of the water wheels,
the constant plaint of which grease is never
permitted to diminish, all that he can get
being devoted to the shaggy locks Of his IN
turbanei head. Nature, who refuses him to
iream of aught but lean kline when he thinks
Of doura-fields, has given to his land an
abundance of date palms, and on their fruit
he virtually subsists. Little cares the Ibre-
NEE palm for the deserts envy, but spread
ing its feathery leaves above the sand or
rock gives to its planter the much prizei
fruit which ef ables him to exc out the slen-
ier harvests of the fields
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
A Model Maryland Justice.
Cumberland Cews1

Last year a justice of the peace Of the state
Of Maryland, for the county Of Allegheny, in
an outlying district, in order to give his on
tire attent ton to his legal business rented Q
farm he owned, agreeing to take the rental
out Of the products OF the soil. When he
came to settle with the tenant a few months
ago, controversy as to the division Of the
crops arose. grew to q dispute, and ended In
a pitched battle, the justice getting the
worst of it in the shape Of q pounding with .
fence-stake He left without settling the
matter in dispute, being too mad to talk.
His choler did not fall with the healing Of his
physical bruises, but rather rose higher. and
he finally issued his warrant for the arrest
of the tenant, to answer the charge Of as
sault and battery, and docketed a civil suit
for damages, making both returnable to his
own court on the same day.
The day arrived and with it the constable
with his prisoner, the tenant. The squire
solemnly addressed the latter. describing
the cases against him and called the ASSAULT
case first Have you any witnessed" he
asked. (No third party had been present at
the ight-l "No, squire" replied the 40
cused 1No, squire, nobody but myself
~Well, you can be sworn rejoined the rep
resentative of the offended peace and dig.
nifty of the state, and sworn he was, re-
counting the circumstances Of the trouble,
and minutely describing the fight, in which
it appeared that the landlord was the az.
gressor. At any rate, this view Of tho case
seemed to dawn on the squire, and after
scratching his head a few minutes be said:
well, don't see that the plaintiff has any
case and guess I'll have to enter up judg-
ment for the defendant with costsI"
And he did. The inhabitants Of the dis.
trict are still laughing over the trial, bat
they feel that judgments from their 'squirs's
court will be about as fair as they can b
made
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
DOWN In GEORGIA.
ARMY EXPERIENCE WITH AN OLD
PATCHEO-UP LOCOMOTIVE.
Getting the Rejuvenated Engine Into .
Good Running Humor-Like q Ca
PRECIOUS Army MuIe-Dash-
ing on in q Hurry.
Inter Ocean "Curbstone Crayons"l

Inter Ocean "C,urhstone Cravons VI
aRn, the richest ern.ria,css Of this hind y
said a railroad man awere in the army I
remember an old locomotive down in
Georgia that got mora fellows into mora
scranes than II il had been a fortv-borse
mower monkev The Con,adsratas zxbsn
tbsv retreated soutb of tho Tennessee M, tha
Nashville & Chattanooga road burned the
railroad bridres and ran off the rolling
stock locomotives vere soon milling beavV
trims down to the river but there were
none on the south side. and Rosecrans
wanted one mighty bad
an scoutinp aronnd the month of tho old
Nicko Jack cave at Shell Mound a lo, NJ us
found an old locomotive that had bsan
thrown b, ,ls up. as it were. down the cave
entrance. We had an old-fa.bionei loo-
rolling sort of a time in getting the engine
ont. and then all the engineers in the com.
mand devoted a week or mora In uniting the
machinery in place and in order At last
came the trial trim and the whole brio.da
gathered to see the reiuyenatei Locomotives
move off.
"The boys fired I'D with great enthusiasm
and at the proper time took their places as
though the occasion was almost too big for
them. The wheels moved and 200 men
cheered. The locomotive moved about fifty
feet and stopped with a lonp-drawn wheese.
and 900 men groaned More work. mora
oil, much swearing, and again the old thing
started and the army south of the Tennessee
had at last locomotive, and eventually be-
came as proud Of old wheezer as any battery
in the service In the course Of tune the en-
gine was put to work to draw a few cars be-
tween She'll Mound and Brid1eport And
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08


am amused constantly at the names o6
the colored children, and the assortment at
Storrs was exceptionally large and varied
There were plenty Of girls named after
states, the favorite names being Florida,
Missouri, Indiana, and Georgia There were
Messrs. Cato and Cesar and Misses Mar
cissus and Daphne. Samaritan Horton put
an example on the board in good style.
Cutie Hardtimes did not answer to the roll
call, but has honored the school with his
presence in times gone by.
The most extraordinary name of all was
worn by modest little girl Of perhaps .
was weighted down with such an absurd
name until obtained her autograph and
all doubt was removed. The autograph
read, in good, legible English:
Fort Sumter Evalena Mary Ophelia Sa-
vannah Smith
The commonplace finale was quite . shock
after such an elaborate beginning.
Mother calls me Sumter" said the child;
but my teachers call me Fort Sumter"
Queen Victoria held her head NO
higher than her classmate, while European
Badger seemed to have scarcely any but
African blood in her veins. Zoliico6er
Tolly's name was too involved for everyday
reference, and so he was in common par
lance, IZolly Tolly" Several girls enjoyed
the male title of Willie. Only one boy re-
sponded TO the name Sambo. The name
Pocahontas Cox rested down like an incubus
upon one harmless youth, while Waterloo
Bullock looked anything but military.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
Interview with Piusburg Florist1

Just now the fashionable rage is for loose
flowers, roses, carnations, lilies Of the valley,
hyacinths These are scattered promiscu-
ously over the able at swell dinner parties,
and have a most pleasing effect The latest
development III roses is the Bennett tea rose
1t was reared by an English hortculturist
and is the popular flower in the east now
This rose is of deep crimson hue, some
thing similar to the Jack" rose. 1t is Ger
tainly a beautiful flower, and they are
snatched up eagerly in New York
at 81 per bud A bouquet of Ben
nett roses, you can well understand, rep
resentS quite an investment The Marshal
Mel rose is still a prime favorite; it sells for
25 cents The pearl, a pretty yellow rose,
brings 10 cents, and the Duke of Connaught,
a fine dark red rose, commands 35 cents
Lilies are worth 80 cents, caniellias Is cents
and carnations cents
| have received word that two Of the lead
ing florists of New York city have packages
OF rare seed locked up in the vaults Of the
Safe Deposit company there which are
worth four times their weight in gold. The
horticulturists are in quite stew about 1t,
too. They want to find out just what varie-
ties are represented in that package. BY
the way, corsage bouquets are running into
mammoth proportions just now. The ladies
want them about twice the size Of an ordin-
ary hand bouquet, aud ask for all huss anS
varieties
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
As 1t Sometimes Happens.

The Journal of Peking, China, was estab-
lished in GIL, and the present publisher
opens his eyes with surprise when an old
gentleman from the rural districts onters tine
Office and says he has been a subscriber since
the first number appeared, and shows . re-
ceipt to prove it
There is often serious difference of opin-
ion in matters of culture in the family. The
head of the house is too practical and the
first lieutenant too aesthetic.
Il really think that Mabel ought to have q
piano; don't youf She is Z years old, and
the sooner she begins the sooner she will be
able to master the intricacies of Liszt"
"Liszt be blowed, and the piano, too.
When the girls feet can reach the pedals,
we'll talk piano"
"Then it will be too late, perhaps"
@Go ahead; buy piano for her, cornet
for Jim, and drum for Jack Let's have q
blizzard of melody while we are about it"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
NEW ORLEANS FRENCH MARKET,
A Remark able Sort Of Place-An National
tiles Representative Hurry.

A Remark able Sort Of Place-An National
tiles Representative Hurry.
[Cor Louisville Courier-Journall
We took in the French market before
breakfast 1t is a remarkable sort of place,
but to me was rather disappointing Maybe
that was because after seeing so many
incongruvial things about this town this
edge of the quaintness wears off, and you
cease to enjoy 1t so much This market Is
Q kind Of bazaar of all nations, and ia
really q sort Of exposition itself. ]
saw q great many things for sale whose uses
had not the faintest idea Of There were
great quantities Of vegetables, many OF
which were unknown to me, even by name,
but all looked fresh and tempting. These
people cannot dine without some kind Of
salad, and the demand for lettuce, and such.
like vegetables, is very great But strangely
enough, have not been able to find a single
spray Of water-cres, and at some of the
places where we have inquired for it the
wait srs seemed never to have heard of it at
all would suppose that it would grow
here an be in season all the year round
But green peas and radishes seem to be plen-
tiful, and are very fine, though the radishes
are quite small
In this French market there were Hindoos
and Egyptians, and Cinnamon, and Italians,
and Jews, and Spaniards, and Mexicans, and
Turks and lndians-in short, pretty much
all the tribes Of earth-with their wares on
sale; but nobody seemed anxious to sell any.
thing except the Jews an Indians. Two
Indian women sat on the ground, one on
each side, at the entrance to ons of the pass
ways through the market house. Each Of
them had q little bag of some dirty yellow
powdered stuff that looked like -four of sui
phur. The bags sat on the ground beside the
hags, and each Of them had peculiarly
shaped horn spoon in her hand They ap-
peared to be rivals in business, but l could
not see that either Of them made any effort
to encourage custom People would come
up, sometimes to one, sometimes to the
other, and hand in a piece Of money. In re-
turn the old woman would ladle out a spoon
full Of the yellow stuff, and the purchaser
would 60 away. Not q word would be said
by either and not an expression of satisfac-
ton, on the contrary, would appear on the
face Of either Of the old women Now and
then, though, they would look furitively at
each other with keen glances out of their lit
tie black eyes that made me think of snakes
But nobody seemed to be in a hurry, and,
with the exception l have mentioned, no.
body seemed to care whether they did any
business or not The matter of selling any
thing here seems to be purely a thing in
dulged in out Of courtesy to the purchaser
anyhow.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE WlLLFUL AND PERvERSs WAYS
OF THE FAIR SEX.
The Dance Of Death-Model Farm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Piucky Daugh-
ter-The japanese Minister'S Wife
-Hoodwink ing a Congressman.
New York Times I


One of my friends, a doctor, butt0nholed
me the other day, holding in his tand one
of those pretty little smelling bottles that
some Of the charming young women of my
acquaintance have been greatly affecting.
The doctor is a good old soul, but crot 'hety,
very crotchety, at times He has journeyed
as a lecturer in his time, and in delivering
one of his little ad ireSses even now he loves
to have something to use as an illustration,
like a patient at one of his pet clinics
twenty years ago.
@Our women have abominable tricks he
began "They lace tightly, they wear French
heels on their pinching little boots; they
undeplresS the upper part of their bodies
and drag about after them yards upon yards
OF heavy trains: they ruin their digestIons
by overheatInS and surfeiting themselves
with sHectmeat>: they paint their faces,
wear dead wumen's hair on their heads, put
belladonna in their eyes, and, last, but not
least, they are running some Of their most
delicate nerves by using just such abomina-
tons as this, and he thrust the smelling
bottle directly under my nose
"You see," he continued, "this is a kind of
last stage. Young ladies find after little
dissipation that their nerves are getting
shaky, AM every now and then feeling OF
faintneSs, OF dizziness, comes over them
What do they dot Why, they get one Of
these things and fill it up with biting salts
The more they use it the more they like it.
Just as it is with any other habit, 1t grows
upon them. Then again the use of the bottle
enables them TO show a trim arm and waist
to advantage. Now, the olfactory nerves
are just like any other You can use them
properly and you can use them Improperly;
You can educate them and you
can blunt them, and bunting them
is just what these girls are doing.
Powerful salts-for the very strongest kind
are used by many-hsve more effect by far
on the olfactory nerves than snuff or to-
bacco smoke. Why. this very bottle here
q have just taken it from a patient VINO
comIsained Of awful headachel is a fair sam
pie. Use it long enough, my boy, and I'll
defy you 70 distinguish eau de cologne from
assafotida- You don't believe it, | tell
you / have known this very thing TO happen
Extreme Ca-eSi Oh, Yes. but they'll do for
examples These smelling bottles cause
headaches, sore throats, and red noses,
and this last argument has more force
with my patients than all the others COM
bined a dozen times over. Why don't | or
ganize a crusade against theml What's the
usei Haven't doctors and reformers been
preaching about tight lacing for years, and
does the number of eighteen-inch waists di-
minish! Haven't they proclaimed that
French heels are dangerous, and doesn't the
rule of stepladder shoes continue unabatedi
They've told the truth and made themselves
q laughing-stock. prefer TO dissemble and
be revered"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
THE ote STAGE QUEEN.
lila Wheelsr WiIooY

IL
Back in her box by the curtains shaded
She sits above, by the house unseen;
Her eye is dim and her cheek Is faded,
She that once was the peoples Queen
The curtain rolls up, and she sees before her
A vision of beauty and youth and grace;
Ali no wonder all hearts adore her,
Silver -throaued and fair Of face.
Out Of her box she leans and listens:
Oh Is 1t with pleasure OF with despair
That her thin cheek pales, and her dim eye
glistens
While that fresh young voice sings the
the grand old ART
She is back again in her Pasts bright splen-
dor
When life was worth living and love was
truth.
Ere Time had told her she must surrender
Her double dover Of fame and youth.
1t Is she herself who stands there singing
To that sea Of faces, that shines and stirs;
And the cheers on cheers that go up ringing
And rousing the echoes, are hers, all hers
Just for one moment the sweet delusion
Quickens her pulses, and blurs her sight,
And wakes within her that wild confusion
OF joy that is anguish, and fierce delight.
Then the curtain goes down, and the lights
are cleaning
Brightly DER circle and box and stall:
She starts like a sleeper who walkers from
dreaming
That she lies under funeral pail
Her day is dead, and her star desceAded,
Never to rise or shine again,
Her reign is over, her queenship ended,
Anew name is sounded and sung by men.
All the glitter and glow and splendor,
All the glory of that lost day,
With the friends that seemed true and the
love that seemed tender,
Why, what is it all but a dead bouquet
She rises to go; has the night turned colderi
The new Queen answers to cali and shout,
And the old Queen looks back over her
shoulder.
As, all unnoticed, she passes ont
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
The Dance of Death.

fPixey Winter in New York Graphicl
And now let us take the results of two or
three years of this confused and xacting
struggle. The Dance of Death" which we
had ven Us a few weeks ago in Life tells a
long story and a sad one.
Late hours-"Now it is that our girls lose
their freshness In the first little picture
the men seem to be bidding her good night
IS she stays on tall o'clock in the morn
ing they say good night at 2 o'clock-they
are men with business and professions The
men or boys who can dance it out with her
till are probably social tramps, who carry
no responsibilities. not even the support Of
themselves. In The Graphic Miranda gave
US drawing Of the debutante and her pros
pects-a poor lookout, judging from the
physiogRomy of her ad1rers. Papa and
mamma look very thoughtful as they intro
duce her 10 leave her to their mercy.
From point OF choice in girls heart
history what is it all!
A blank
Are there marriages Yes Many of
them.
Are there divorcesl Yes. Many of them
Now ] must close with the dancing class"
to which some mothers think it a good act to
let their daughters belong the year before
they enter the world To these dances, of
course, they go alone. Almost school girls,
they associate with the grown men that they
are going TO meet the following winter. 1
do not hesitate TO say that they do not know
how 10 behave themselves, and there is
no one TO tell them. The young men laugh
and find il fun. These things one and all,
come from the neglect of those who are re-
sponsible. The girls have so recently been
children that much which they do and say
is hoydenish girlhood But before friends
alone should this be allowed to manifest
itself. 1t is surely misunderstood anywhere
else. These little creatures have SO recently
worn girls dresses that they forget the pres
ent privilege of wearing them long, SO that
with this neglected privilege and the pre-
vailing ~busseIls7 las 1 heard a foreigner
call it,. black stockings are best to wear
either in dancing or sitting.
In speaking of these girls whether they
are "out, or "in," they are not put in the
right light i'll regard TO themselves. If
women are to represent ideals to men the
opportunity must not be given to disenchant
They must not be ignorant of the ways to be
feminineiy attractive. Young womanhood
j. too important; their uplifting power is too
essential TO man for them to be allowed 70
spoil it before they know themselves about
it. 1t is not through vanity and indelicate
pushing that they are to know how valuable
and precious to the we'll being of the world
they are-nOt as butterflies, to please, but
often through tears TO hold up men who
would utterly go under but for their belief
in them However, taking that view of it,
perhaps we had better let them have as good
a time as they can nowl
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-08
Cultivate Cheerfulness.

Perhaps the dyspeptic, or the victim
of the gout or a disordered liver, may
be pardoned temporary ebullition of
irritability, but it will not do to aseribe
the blame attaching to melancholy de-
meanor to innate temperament. Some
of the greatest physical sufferers have
been noted for their cheerfulness and
never failing good humor, while it is no
extraordinary thing to see those who
have health and every comfort shrouded
in an air of detection and moodiness
Most frequently this is the result of
habit, and of one that may quickly be-
come morbid. Indeed, we believe there
are very few persons of ordinary intel
lectual faculties who are not capable of
schooling themselves to blthe de
meanor-of cultivating the spirit and
the fortitude to comport themselves
cheerily among their fellow-men.