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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

A stupid-looking tramp knocked at
the door Of one of the finest residences
in Austin. and was received by the lady
of the house, who expressed some curl
osity to know what he wanted.
"Please, mum, give me dime to
get glass OF brcad-'scuse me, mean
loaf Of beer
81 hain't got no money the lady
replied.
"Ain't got no money? Then, mad
anne, you should move into II cheaper
house, so you will not deceive the hum
bic tramp by the gorgeousness of your
residence. You are living beyond your
means Economy is wealth."
'Now, you clear out Of here or III
call my husband"
"Cut down your expenses, madame
cut down your expenses, or sooner
or later your husband will be in my fix.
l had just such wife AS you. and that
is what has brought me to the condi-
ton am now in. Reduce your cx-
penses, madame, and some OF these
days you may have a dime "a whole
dime which may be the means of pre-
venting some hungry, thirsty fcllo W
mortal from committing suicide; or ii
may be u quarter, coin OF the value
Of 20 cents, that will upholster the dark
clouds Of his despairing soul with II
silver-platcd lining and his stomach
with book beer. Fair lady, good by"
- IeLaS StjltHgS.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
Biain"'s Story.

The appointment Of Pierce NJ. B.
Younp The other J,v IN n, CnnuuI CAN.
eral at st. PETERSBURG reminds mo Of n
story heard Mr.. Blaine tell not lono
ago.a story IN which Youuo n),vrj
a prominent mart. and which illustrates
the kindness Of heart and generosity of
feeling for which old .'rhaI" stevens
Notwithstanding the rouphness of his
manner and abruptness of his speech.
was known.
Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Stevens were
seated one day in the committee room
of which the latter was chairman when
the door opened and in walked a Young
man with what seemed to be Il troop OF
his friends at his heels. Stevens looked
up inquiringly AS the young man walk.
ed up to him.
"What can do for you?" he said.
"Thcre is a bill in yoI,r committe. in
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

A cent seems little value, but il it
is only doubled few times it grows to
a marvellous sum. A young lady in
Portland caught her father in rash
promise by knowledge OF this fact on
her part. She modestly proposed that
if her father would only give her one
on each successive day for just one
month, she would pledge herself never
to ask of him another cent Of money rs
long as she lived. Not stopping to run
over the figures in his head, and not
supposing ii would amount to large
sum, he was glad to accept the offer
at once. thinking it also IA favorable
opportunity to include possible mar
riage dowry in the future. On the
twcnty-iifth day he became greatly
alarmed lest il he complied with his
own acceptance he might be obliged to
be declared n bankrupt on his own
petition But on the thirticth day
this young lady demanded only the
pretty little sum OF 50, 1868, FOG. II. The
astonishcd merchant was only too hap
py to cancel the claim by advancing u
handsome cash payment for his folly
in allowing himself to give Il bond-for
his word he considered as good rs his
without noticing the cOnsidera-
ton therein expressed. aud by promis-
ing to return to the old custom of ad-
vancng smaller sums daily until other
wise ordered.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
Half Snake aud Half Dog.

The Tucker County (W. Va.) Pioneer
of last week contained the following:
ar. w. Eastman arrived Sunday from
Davis. in the upper part OF this county,
and reported the capture of wonder
full animal near that place few days
ago We are not giving this to the
public for the sake of Il sensation, but
because we believe it to be fact. the
animal was caught in steel trap, and
was dead when found. 1t had the head
of Il bulldog and the body of Il snake,
except that it was very thick for its
length and the body was covered with
deep-red fur. Its entire length was
about five feet, and the circumference
of its body some twenty inches. Its
teeth were partly like dogs, partly
like "A snakes. Mr.. Eastman had with
him the lower tusk. 1t was about two
and half inches long, protruding
from the animals mouth, and was
curled like sleeps horn. The tusks
of the upper jaw went backward like "A
| snakes teeth. and were about one inch
long. Tho animal had no legs. 1t
was supposed to be water animal like
| an otter. lhcre is nothing to indicate
that i, avor had lego. Mr.. Parsons.
Chief Civil Engineer of the West Vir-
ginia, Central and Pittsburg Railroad.
has gone to Paris to examine the dead
beast, and doubtless he will do some
thing toward unravcling the mystery
| of what il is
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
Falling Half a Mile.

The greatest balloon feat ] ever wit
messed. writes correspondent in the
Philadelphia Times, was in September,
1857. Upwards of 1900 people were
at Lemon Hill and along the banks of
the Schuylkill to see NJ. GODDARD 90 up
in a balloon along with his brother and
drop the latter out from among tho
clouds in u parachute. 1t is said that
the feat had never been attempted be-
fore in the history of ballooning; it was
startling novelty, and the people
crowded to see it. When the balloon
sailed gracefully upward outside of tho
inclosure NJ. GODDARD and two friends
were in the basket, while below it NJ.
f. GODDARD, his brother. was seated uN
on small bar Of wood attached to tho
parachute. II looked like an immense
umbrella. The balloon went over tho
Schuylkill in Il southwestcrly direction,
and after 1t had reached an altitude of
about 5000 began to slowly descend.
Then the parachute began to expand.
When within about 5000 feet Of tho
earth tho chord was cut aud the para
chute rapidly descended, with GODDARD
hanging onto the bar. The balloon
shN upward again. The descent OF
the parachute was keenly watched by
the thousands OF spectators. and many
expected to see the daring man dashed
to the earth in the twinkling Of an eye.
II was observed, however that. the
nearer to earth the parachute came tho
descent was slow and easy. At last tho
man and his big umbrella faded out of
sight over the hills, and we learned
hext morning that he came down all
right on his feet, like u cat, about
half mile west Of the old Bell tavern,
on the Darby road. The balloon land
ed in Delaware county, near the Phila-
dclphia line. GODDARD and his brother
were Frenchmen. They returned to
their native country, and, | believe,
were valuable to their countrymcn dur
ing the Franco-Prussi IN war. Gam
betta sailed out Of Paris to Tours in
one Of their balloons.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
Sea Bathing To Reduce Ones Size.

al thought only few men were up
to the winter bathing mark" observed
the reporter. The bath man laughed
scornfully. 'When lady makes up
her mind to bathe every day in the
year" he said, "nothing can stand her
oil. I've seen men who would come
here on cold mornings, undress. and
walk to the waters edge, but the min
ute it touched their toes race back and
get into their clothes again. Not so
with women. When they are in BATH
ing trim it means bathing, and nothing
short of tidal wave will stop them.
Here comes the daisy bather of the lot.
I've seen that girl here when it was so
cold that to even look at the water
used to give me the shakes"
The daisy bather was particularly
neat looking and blooming. She was
not more than five minutes in the bath
house before emerging in the regula-
tion costume. Unlike the majority of
her sex, she made no experimental
tests OF the temperature OF the water,
but plunged in boldly and struck out
like a mermaid. The bath man looked
admiringly on.
"Ain't she too nice for anythingP"
he said. ''Just get on to her style. No
scream or squawk about her, but bust
ness all the time. Now some of these
girls lallygag about the sands for ten
minutes before they get into the water,
and when they do strike it they yell so
you could most hear them at Alcatraz.
Then they 60 no further than their
knees, and to hear them talk afterward
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

Bismarck is no orator. His speech
is simple and plain. lie thinks that
the rift of cloquence has done a great
deal of mischief in parliamentary HE.
1t tries by appealing to the feelings To
settle questions which should be set
tied by common sense.
When the federal council began its
work u few of the members made clo-
qncnt speeches.
"Ientlemen, said Bismarck, "thcre
is nothing to be achieved here by elo-
qucnce, because every one OF you
brings his convictions along with him
in his pOcket-that is, his instructions.
Oratory is only n waste of time. Let
us limit ourselves to statement OF
facts
Herr La.ker, whose death in this
country was the occasion of II little un-
pleasantness, once delivered an elo-
uucnt speech in the rcichstag. These
eloquent gentlemen" said Bismarck,
| commenting on the speech. "are ike
II good many ladies with small feet,
| who aiways wear shoes too small Tor
| them, aud stick out their feet to be
looked at When man has the mis-
speeches too often and too long"
On another occasion, RadowilZ Il
great orator, made "A speech in the
North German parliament, which Sc
swaycd the members that they were
ready to vote as he had urged them to.
One of BIsmarck's colleagues, sitting
near him. was strongly moved by the
cloquencc, and he shed tears.
"What are YOU crying about?" coolly
asked Bismarck.
"You are hcartlcss," answered the
colleague. indignantly. The next day,
when a copy of the printed speech was
placed in Bismarck's hand, he handed
it to the same gentleman, saying:
Please point out to me the part o
tn" speech ! ought to have cried Ovel
yesterday, if | had possessed such O
thing as 4 heart
| The gentleman looked it over and
then said: 81 don't know how it is
but the speech does not make the same
impression upon me in print Th,
orators voice, expression of face, an,
his magnetic personality had carrie,
the colleague away.
| Bismarck used to tell a humOrou.
story to illustrate the distracting eflec
of cloquence. Frederick William |.
the despot king who publicly whippe,
his son, subsequently Frederick tn,
Great, once listened to the pleadinys o
two lawyers. After the first one la,
finished his speech the king. moved b.
the advocates elogucnce, exclaimed:
"rhis fellow is in the right!' Tn,
second lawyer then spoke, and will
such effect that the king said: "Thi
man has the right Of it!'
Then recalling that he had contra
dicled himself he fell into u furiou
| passion and sent both orators to prison
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
Trunks with False Bottoms.

You would be surprised at the num-
Der OF orders we fill for trunks with
false botioms,' said trunk mauufact-
urer.
"For thieves, ehp"
"Somctimes, yes, but more frequent
ly for high-toned people. A man came
to me one day with an oil painting of
"a beautiful woman, and asked TO have
the painting built in the bottom of a
trunk. Naturally was curious, and,
as he was talkative, | soon found out
that the painting was of his first wife,
and that his new wife was awfully
jealous. Il don't like to burn up tho
old picture, you see, he said, 'as she
is not dead, and it's sign of mighty
bad luck to burn up the picture of
living person. | suspect if she was
dead my present wife wouldn't care
Well, ! built the picture into the trunk,
sent it home, and suppose everything
is lovely, and the new wife thinks the
picture has been destroyed A woman
came once and wanted trunk with
false bottom arranged SO that she could
get at it easily. We generally make
the openings to false bottoms from the
under side, but she wanted this through
the upper side of the bottom. | asked
her how deep she wanted the false bot
tom and she said, absently, oh, big
enough to hold a package of letters
and photograph Now, that was a
definite order, wasn't it? Just as if |
knew how thick "a package of letters
was! She was the handsome young
wife OF a rich old husband. But, of
course, the commonest order comes
from women who want some safe place
to hide their money in. A woman
thinks there is no place like a trunk
for hiding money. "-Sa9 FrdnctSco
ChyoniciC.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
Ways of Lawyers.

| young attorney was accosted by
an acquaintance with the common
place salutaton:
| now 40 you oor
AS there Is nothing to do, was the
honchalant reply, ut is immaterial as
10 now II Is done
Does the depression IN commercial
circles aiiect the law business general
~ ior the worseF should suppose it
"ou.d give IL an impetus.
ne business Is not SO very bad
except among young attorneys. De-
preston IN business Is not the sole
cause Oh our iii-iuck' Older attorneys,
ana some Oh thenl haFlng lucrative
Prac'ice IN the hlgher courts, are get
ing III the haplt OF descending to JUS
tice courts even III matters OF small ac-
count IL Is true that some OF the old
er lawyers make practice OF turning
over petty su,ts 10 younger men, but
'hey are lew.
are Connections from clients bccom-
ing more uiiiicult'
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

elbow is it, Uncle Rastus," said IA
gentleman to an old darkoy, "lhat you
never marricdP Aren't you an admircr
of the softer sexP" 81 fo't duel wun,t
bout er gal, sah," replied Uncle
Rastus.
"a duclP" "Ycs. sab; yeahs an
yeahs ago. Sam jackson an myse'f
we bof dubbed de same gal; we were
bof boun' ter git dar, an de business
climaxed in er duel. We bof wah a
triile nahvous, an 'sted oh me hittin'
Sam or Sam hitiin mo we brought
down yally bio mule dat wah standin'
neah de fence"
And did you fire againP" asked the
gentleman, very much Interested. mo,
sab; dat was q very vally bic mule, boss,
and we bof got kinder skcarl like. SO
we entered into an amcricable prcar-
rangement." " "How dit You settle itp"
.'Sam TUX de gal an greed to pay 70
dc mule, All ] haint ncbDcr dubbed
sence. TENS SYtings.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
a Charming American Girl.

Lady Randolph Churchill, who has
lately won fame because Of her politi-
cal aid to her husband, is the second OF
Mr. Leonard Jcrome's daughters. all
of whom are married to Englishmcn.
The eldest. Clara. is Mrs. Moreton
Frewcn. Her husband owns large
cattle ranch ont West. His brother Is
in charge of il, but the Frewens come
over, ON an average. twice year, Mr..
Frewen going out to the ranch. while
Mrs. Proven remains in New York.
The Youngest of Mr.. Jcromc's daugh-
,ers. I.conie, married Sir John Leslie.
Lady Randolph Churchill, who was
Miss Jennie jerome, is generally con-
sidered the brightest of the three. She
is brilliant, fiery. and highstrung. with
plenty of pluck and dash-one OF the
foremost amateur pianists and at the
same time one OF the most intrepid fol-
lowers of the hounds Of the day
Friends of her say she is so full OF life
and magnetism that u touch from her
hand makes you tingle sympathct-
| ic magnetism. In conversation she Is
spirited and original. She met Lord
| Randolph Churchill for the iirs. time at
| a dinner in Paris. After dinner she
said to her sister, referring to Lord
Randolph, That's the brightest man |
ever met; and I'm going to marry
him!" 1t is reported that Lord Ran
dolph made an almost identical remark
concerning her. At all events they be-
came engaged almost Immediately at
ter their meeting and were married
shortly afterwards. From his wife s
property Lord Randolph's income Is
considerably increased. Mr.. Jerome
having conveyed to her at the time OF
her marriage tho property upon which
the University Club now stands. Dur
ing the late Duke of Marlborough res
jdence in Ireland Lord and Lady Ran
dolph resided there also, aud the lattcl
was immensely popular. Lord Kan
dolph's rather consideratc views OF
Irish questions are supposed to be th'
result of his wife's influence. Lad.
Randolph's accomplishments as a mu
sician have already been referred to
1t may be added that she is especial.
noted for her playing of Chopin $ works
which she invests with n romance AM
poetry enhancing to all who apprcciat
his music. In figure she is petite, he
hair is curly and brown. and her eye
of the same color. She dresses in ao
mirable taste. Lord Randolph wi
probably become the Duke of Mar
borough, As the Dukes only son, til
Marquis of Blandtord. is u sickly DO.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
Racing on Il Narrow Plank.

A gentleman who came in on the
Northern Pacific road yesterday adds
another to the list of startling cowboy
stories of the wild west" that is en-
titled to rank with any of the novel
performances of these daredevil per-
formances of which the world has
heard heretofore. When the train
stopped at Medora. the headquarters
of the Marquis dc Mores and Theodore
Roosevelt, some ten or dozen cow
boys, mounted on their typical horses
OF the plains, were cutting all kinds of
capers and giving sort Of free show
for the ediiication and amusement of
the citizens and passengers. They
were putting the horses through reck-
less evolutions and maneuvers, giving
an exhibition of egucstrianism that as
tonished the tenderfeet on board the
train. The boys had just come in
from roundup, and were flush with
money, and considerably flushed with
Dakota tanglelOot The railroad
bridge which spans the Little Missouri
river at this point is at least one hun
drcd feet above the surface of the wa
ter. To enable footmen to cross
narrow plank walk, not more than two
feet wide, is laid along on the ties from
shore to shore in the center Of the
bridge. 1t requires steady nerve for a
out losing his balance and falling
through between the ties into the river
below, which, of course, would mean
certain death. Two Of the COWBOYS,
more reckless than their companions,
rode their horses up the track at
rapid gait, and then, in single file,
dashed on to the bridge and made for the
other side. flying along on the narrow
plank walk just as if they were racing
across the prairie after an obstreperous
bovine.
The spectators were thrilled with
horror, and expected to see the two
daring men dashed to death at every
jump the horses made. The riders
yelled vociferously, and rode with the
same easy confidence they always dis
play when at home upon the plains.
One OF them was somewhat in advance
OF the other, and the passengers were
astonished and their suspense greatly
relieved when he reached the other
side safely and gave vent to a regular
yell of triumph, But his companion
was not so lucky. He was within
thirty yards Of the end of the bridge
going at full speei-when his morse
stumbled. The rider WAS seen to sway
TO and fro for few seconds, and to
make desperate attempt TO pull the
animal on its feet again, and then both
went down in Il heap. The crowd of
lookers-on with one impulse gave vent
to cry Of terror, and u number Of
people started out on the bridge to
render assistance TO the unfortunate
fellow. But almost Immediately tho
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19
CITY MATTERS.

Ni',ic south the wind Is vccring, my bon.
ny bout I'm steering,
Ana whether shade or sunshine, my on.
wand course keep
Aud why are you thus sailing, my bonny
little maiden,
why arr YOU thus sailing upon the bright
blue sCuY
'To see the sphinx I'm going, while fresh
the wind il blowing
To ash her Just To answer one question
faithfully.
And after all this sailing, my bonnie little
maiden,
What riddle are you wanting the wise sphinx
to unlOCk2
~ want to know the reason, no matter what
tho season,
That littlc girls must always go TO bed ut x
o'clock
And while you thus are sailing my bonnio
little maiden,
What is the store Of precious freight your
bark takes DER the Scuy
Replied the llttl maiden. "Nith flowers IL is
laden
That have gathered for the sphinx. If sho
viii answer me-
May go sailing with you. my bonny little
muiduul
ia ike upon your bonny boat a passenger
hr.
"Uh! yes, and we together. come fair or
stormy weather,
VIII sailing go to see the sphinx across the
"Idu bhir sCa. Wide Awake.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

A tall. hank, wccdy-looking old gran~
Ger stepped into a Third street car.
Yesterday, followed by woman as
Iank and wccdy-looking AS himself.
There could be no mistake about their
relationship rs husband and wife. But
they exchanged no words. the woman
pccriny curously at the window, and
The man cracking his iingcr-joints with
remarkable success, for each explosion
was almost as loud rs pistol-shot
At CLAY aud Montgomery the man got
up and walked to the rear platform.
The wife, not noticing him kept staring
out of the window. Tho granger put his
foretinrcr between his lips and gave n
loud, shrill whistle, which made the
por,ly conductor jump AS bullet
had struck him. The woman got up
briskly and followed her lord. who
s,alkcd along the street. still grim and
taciturn.
That's the way with some Of those
country folk" said tho conductor.
.ITb,y'rc ashamed to call out in a car.
and when they want to bring any, OF
| their women folk to attention they
whistle at 'cm liko they do to their
DOGS, Well, sir, ] saw the funniest
thing the other day. A granger, not
| unlike the rooster who Just got ont,
got into my car with his wife, and I'm
| blest If he didn't forget the old woman
| altogether. She rode To the end of the
line, and when tho passengers all quit
she says. Where's JohnP'
"'lic got out. maam, six blocks up,
says |. =,
"'Don't you lie to me- young man.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

falw boy arose, helped tho horSo
up feet in some miraculous way'
nc. aud cleared the remaining
sp,th rush. yelling like u demon
Us W down the track on the other
sid,ot pursuit of his companion,
VIII almost out of sight and run
ninf he were trying to get out of
the of u cyclone. II horse or
rid as injured, neither showed
sigit from the distance that inter
ycnrhe cowboy must have had tho
skipped oil his shanks al any rate.
Eviy the horse fell over on its side
on BOARD walk and managed to
keclogs free from the spaces be-
twco ties, thus saving itself from
serhjury. 1t was one of tho most
fook icats on record. ST. idu'
PtOJress.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

We'll, where did you server
sin tho Army of Virginia.
..undcr EarlyP' Eyes, sir. "
Were you at ChambcrsburgP
YES. sir"
81 suppose you were one OF those
blanked fellows who came up there
aud burned my iron foundry, ehP"
..lcs. sir.
Stevens, Mr.. Blaine said, took n look
at Young. Then bringing the cane
which he always carried down on the
floor with good deal of force, he cx-
claimed: well, sir, | admire your
blankcd cheek" Aud after moment
pause hc said laughingly: l,ll report
your bill tomorrow. "-Nc,O York Iri-
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

MIR. Rusk,n's hapi.s Of observation
were formed by his being left so much
alone. When he was 3 years old he
astonished Il photographer by asking
Him why he had hu'"s IN his carpet.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-19

Sankey has bought himself u home
In Massachusetts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-15

of Jenner seemed tosenjoy. q peculiar ina
munity frern the srayages of smallpox.
1t was precisely this story, current
among the dairy people, thatled Jenner
to look into the supposed prophylactic
qualities of bovine virus and it was this
Investigation which led Jenner to an
nounoe the fact. or the supposed fact,
that vaccination with bovine lymph
would protect the vaoeinatedfrom small
pox- After more than century this
alleged discovery is questioned as it
neEer WAS before, and 0ntil the question
Is settledit will hardly dc for the Span
ish physicians, or even for so noted a
scientist as Pasteur, te recommend vac
cinAtion,with the cholera bacilli for the
purPose.of preventing the.spread of the
dreaded epidemic. Anything, indeed,
which @iEerts the psahlies1nind from per-
feet sanitetion will be likely to prove
miscRieNous.
DR.. E. B, EeorE, Senior
SpeneenHouse, May ID. .1Ss5