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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-14

Charlie Downs, three<ysar mar in
the Ohio psnilentazry, tired OF work,
yesterday deliberately placed has left
hand on block and chopped three
flngsrs CT.
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For
TIL SCHOOL BOY.
THE K0UGH-AED.TUMBLE BOY,
TIL GOOD LITTLE BOY
THE LITTLE. LiTTLE BIG. AND
LITTLE BIGGER BOY.
ALL CAN BIZ FITTED. SUITED
PLEASED IN OUR DEPARTMENT DE-
VOTED TO THEM. WI CAN SUIT THU
BOY N THE FIT AND STYLE. SUIT
MOTHER IN MATERIAL AND QUAIL
ITY; SUIT FATHER ~ WORKMAN
SHIP AMI PRICE.
INAAKISG CLOTHING FORTHEBOYs.
WE KEEP IN MIND THREE THINGS
THAT WILL MOI BEAR SIGHTING
STRONG MATERIAL,
STRONG STITCHES.
LOW PRICES.
GARMENTS THAT ARE PRETTY IN
MATERIAL AND STYLE. AND STRONG
ENOUGH TO STAND ROUGH WEAR.
YOU WILL FIND IN QUANTITIES. Run
MING FRoh g. TO $50 IN L0NG-PANT
SUITS. AND Fkoh si.4s TO - IN SHORT
PANT SUITE.
IN FINE DRESS SUITS WE HAVE
THEN RUNNING FKoA $40 IT. 80 IN
LOsG.PANT SUITS. AND FROM " TO
SIS IN SHORT.
IN ODD PANrs. KIIT SUITS. BOYS
FURNISHING. HATs AND CAPs-Is
FACT. IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT
sHOEs-you WILL FIND OH STOCK
AZ II SHOULD BE
A kAKs a CO..
MEMS AND BOYS OrTRrrTERs.
lGfs MAIN srAEET.
eppuiie posioff,ce.
aoc isI
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Cholera I'm Palermo.


ID IfDI" U u lII.N HNNI-f
R0ME, October l3.-In Palermo To-
Gay rs new cases Of cholera and -
deaths were reported.
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TIOUR
COTTON REPORT

We quote Fine. q. 7Bas3; superins,
ssas8.bO. extra, s8.75as4, family, e<a
s. 10: patent family country. t6.Zoatc.b0.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-14

NEW York. 0csosser n .--'fpe stoc,E N.Y.
~ sssssay has been much los active o94
weak during the forenoon. bnt strong efee1
midday. Amer opening generally " 0t
tower than the cnosipR figures Yesterday ~
market deeliEed befcre f0hsday 10 overts
bsoa me stssdy and strong la tie sisefnoos1.
with q deridsd gain IA quotations onttux
the Inst nouf which carried prices up \ so
= higher lbaB they oifseu issi eves1inx
Ihe nnai pr.res to-day AID highest ar%
resrsy the sxrue fcT most Of inc srtivc DeL-
Their were ssverai important e1ceptions.
however. a. tine general course % price,.
ReaG1nr closed etfii a net lo>s OF l. fxctnc
Mai -. and Northern facinc each. ~.
IAN was the on,y really sctive SOCK.
N sold between III and So aud cIo~ed y
above Yesterday. Il h common refnsxx
fnaf fs,e street was never more tnervuxnr
delayed with absurd repofss rcxardif1k tto
pfesFuf and Prospective condition OF pfVps1-
~ thar has been trsce0 here durinE the
mast few weeks from CHICAGO. aiiaftenpttaH
10 show the wonderful value OF the 81 fAAI
railroad The~c have Included e stssement
that business ilss DecoTpcso prosprr"'s toss
the ST. Pau has becn ob.txed 10 pay tSo
steel rails than the market prfcc nj w0fcn
they are quoted and other stmilaf st&ec-
nsents have been fndustf9oosiy circnikhSo-
one Dispatch closed a. follows. rlisesn
points advance from present price VIII not
brirR the stock out Merit and ffrs pflSifc
arr behind ard unfier - Paul, ard NO bear
Clique can keep % down" The query
heard here on toe street ls . n the pro-
perry h 80 Vefy gOod why keep tins fact
available stock" Northwest ciosei \
higher Texas Pacific = and others smaller
fractions oregon Navigation. however,
closed . higher. sales 33s. OoD shares.
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Market nrn

hHTk~I IIIIll
QUOTATIONS..
hfnDLING.-ekC
rlkiCT MluBLiNS.--ase.
Coon MInnLINe &c.
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GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND. October 10, 1850.

WHEAT. White, ls6 bushels. MIXED,
.T2< bushels. kec, 2.2S4 onsneis. Total.
4.is4 bushels.
CoRx.--white. 600 bushels. Mixed, leo
DusbelE.
OA1s.--2 700 bushels.
Rye 100 baBhels.
ORcHARI-GKAss SkED.--So busiseiS>
SALE RBroKrKD To SECRETARY.
WHEAT-Wkite, is6 bushels common %
vcry good At SOC. "a si.O3. Alxed. LIZA
bushels very good "a prime on private
terms He'd. l.ieo busnels prime Long
berry al SOD, sss Gushels common tO very
good Shortnerry A. 80 10 orc.
Corn White. lO6 bushels very good Vir-
c.nia old a. 55ssc. Mixed 50 bushels Prime
"A 54g
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-14

BALTIMORE. October i3.--Fi0ur arm with
gOot demand " eaf-HOnthern steady
western hignef aud arm southern red. g7s
csc. amber Sl.Ozakl. OF. No. ] Maryland.
9sae8c. No western winter red. spot.
a2a9slsc. ioI fresil. Corn--Outncrn dull
aHd nominal western steady and ffrni:
southern white 5Oa52c yellow. 5Oa51c.
Oats quiet southern and Pennsylvania. y0a
8oc. western white, Ssa55c. western mix
60 8gR3lC. Provisions steady. with = fairiv
sctivc iObbng inquiry. Coffee lrIner kio
cargOes. ordinary 10 fair 75.RsiSc. sugar
easier AM quist; a scft. &c. Whizkey
steady al sl.l8asl.lc. Other articles I'M
anil
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-14

BALTIMORE, October i3.--viyzin,a 81.
consolidated. az pass-d0s coupons. 30 I.
new io-sO's. s3s: new So. So. NORTH Carp
linn So Old, li2k. Bid to-day.
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The Weather n Richmond Ysstsrday

qcas clear iH tie morning rGRy a.
nighf. and clear afterwards.
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pEMocRATIc coNcLusIoNs.

CoLUMBUs, o., October l3.-The
Republicans are jubilant, with ban1s
and bonfires tonight over the election
news. The Democrats are correspond
ingiy quiet. AID receiving the result
with good grace. Chairman Powell. Of
the Democratic COMMITTEES, comedies
the election Of the Republican state
ticket by from i5,eo0 10 %. OOO, and
thinks they have earned both branches
Of the Legislature.
Governor HsAdiy thinks the Demo
Gratis may have saved the Senate. The
Republican Executive COMMITTEES claim
the election Of Foraker by from
$4,000 TO ls,0o0 plurality, though
complete returns may make il more.
They have informatisn from ali doabi-
inI souniics, ard have elected their re-
pressntaiiyes. They clam a majority
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-14
y DEMOCRATIC EDITOR 5 SAY.

CLEVELAND, October l3.-At mid
night ". ". Armstrong. Of the Plain
Dealer, said 81 think the Republi-
cans have from 1900 TO 10000 piu-
rality. The Legislature Is IN doubt.
with chances favoring Republican
majority OF Joint ballot
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-14

CINCINNATI. October l3.-fIye
hundred and four wards and precincts
II the State give a net Republican gain
Of III. II the same ratio obtains
IN the remaining precincts. Foraker S
majority will be about $1,000.
Private dispatches from Columbus
say Secretary Bushnell, Of the Repub-
lican committee, makes this estimate.
and that the Democratic committee con-
cedes HoAdiy's defeat.
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ROEG MATERIAL,
STRONG STITCHES.
LOW PRICES.

A sAKs a CO..
MEMS AND BOYS OrTRErrERs.
lGIs MAIN srAEET.
eppusiie p<,ss~of,,ce.
1oc isI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15
President Cleveland's Health.
[Boston Journal

How often does it occur to the thought
between this embodiment of rankest Bour-
bon Democracy and the presidency of the
United States Yet that is the fact. BY
the deliberate choice of the Democratic
National Convention, and by the favor of
the mugwump allies of the Democracy,
Mr. Hendricks is Vice President, and the
death or disability of his superior would
transform him in moment from much
laughed-at and meddlesome person with
an exaggerated sense of his Importance,
into as active an agent of decentralization
and evil, as ever sat in the Presidents
chair.
This is rather solemnizing thought
The consideration of it emph aszes the
Importance to the country of President
Cleveland's life. When we hear that the
President is making long days, is carrying
the work of the day into the night, and is
diminishing his usual amount of daily eX-
ercise, we reflect upon the consequences
of any possible breakdown in his health.
The pressure upon the President is pecu-
liarly severe. He has to meet the eXac-
tons of Il party which has been for TWEEN
ty-four years deprived of opportunity for
official patronage. He comes to the du-
ties of his Office embarrassed by a lack of
acquaintance with public men, and an i'm
perfect familiarity with national questions
and business He is embarrassed further by
the very conflicting expectations which
are entertained of him. Under these cir
cumstances it would not be singular if he
should yield to the first temptation of in
experience, that of attempting an impossi-
BILE mastery of details. Flooding and
phlegmatic though he be by nature, the
strongest constitution would succumb
under such pressure, unless reasonable
caution were exercised.
We need scarcely to say that we regard
the return of the Democratic party to pow
er as misfortune. 1t is that, with Mr.,
Cleveland in the presidency. 1t would be
that even if he were both able and willing
to meet all the expectations of his most
sanguine mugwump supporters. But
with Mr.. Hendricks in Mr.. Cleveland
place, the last barrier to the triumph OF
the worst and most INSCRIPTIONS ele-
ments in the Democratic party would be
gone. Mr.. Hendricks would personatc
aud embody those elements. The conse-
quence would be such a shaking of public
confidence, such weakening of the ma
tiOnal credit, such a confusion and com
plication in the public business, that the
transfer Of authority would assume the
proportions OF national disaster. From
a partisan point of view these results
might be accepted with satisfaction, fol
they would certainly induce such reac
ton as to drive the Democracy from pow
er at the first opportunity. But there is
something to stake in the national welfare
and good name which transcends party
considerations We shall exercise tn,
right of protest and criticism when Mr.
Cleveland makes grave mistakes, or wheI
his acts are in conflict with his promises
But we yield to no one in the estimate
which we place upon the value of his life
and we hope that his friends will be ur
gent in their remonstrances when the.
detect in him the signs of overwork
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15

to the States. but are undoubtedly loans.
In conclusion Col. Cannon expressed the
opinion that England will ultimately be
compelled to adopt the policy OF protec-
ton. He thinks the repeal of the corn
laws was mistake, and England has suf-
fered from it ever since. While she has
added 81 900, 100000 to her wealth, the
United States, under protection, has
grown richer to the extent OF ri 600, 900,
600. "The figures" Col. Cannon remarks,
"may be disputed although they are taken
from the official returns of both countries,
but no one can dispute the fact that the
balance of trade for the past three months
was in our favor by Sl40,0 600, that mon
ey is cheaper to-day in New York than in
London, and that we are lending money
to England" Results, indeed, practical
ly considered, show that protection has
been UNNECESSARILY effective in promo
ting the welfare of the United States, but
the material gain to the nation, great as it
is, can hardly be compared with the bene-
fits it has conferred upon the people in the
maintenance of their self-respect and the
enhancement ofindividual comfort among
them. Information in regard to these
features cannot be too widely diffuSed.
and it is to be hoped that no pains will be
spared to so combine and direct the efforts
of protective propatandists as to produce
the strongest possible effect upon public
sentiment in this country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15
The Adulteration of Cocaine.

A writer says in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat of the new anHsthetic, cocaine !;
"The demand for this new and valuable
drug has been so extensive that unscrupu-
lous parties have substituted caffeine for
it in many instances. This substance has
no anRsthetic effects whatsoever. A sec
ond source of disappointment has been
the attempts to make the salt hydrochlo-
rate of cocaine, from the alkaloid cocaine,
by the addition of muriatic acid, in the
hands of inexperienced persons. THIS has
sometimes resulted in adding too much
of the acid, producing IA highly irritating
if not corrosive liquid, which has produced
very alarming and dangerous effects when
applied to n highly sensitive surface, A
third reason, that the solution sometimes
fails to produce the expected results, is
that a two or four per cent solution soon
decomposes Within a week or ten days
after it is made microscopic plant begins
to grow in it at the expense of the cocaine.
The liquid loses its transparency, becomes
clouded, loses all its peculiar virtues and
becomes irritating instead of soothing in
its effects. The addition of very small
quantity of salicylic or boracic acid to the
solution prevents the growth of this de-
stroying vegetation"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15

ranks increased in numbers At length
those who believed began to buy of the
strains of blood that had produced the
cows for which great tests were claimed,
and Others, who possibly did not believe,
also bought, because they reasoned that
there would be dupes and spectators
enough to make market. No sooner was
this point reached than Il re .ad justment
of values began to receive substantial rec
ognition at the hands of buyers, and the
element of special blood or family became
an important consideration.
This additional importance of the ques
ton of exact pedigree sadly encroached
upon time honored precedents and took
many of the older and more conservative
breeders by surprise. Hardly one of them
had had occasion to study the pedigrees
of their animals enough to have the faint
est idea of their lines beyond the nearest
crosses. Prize-wininng at fairs had been
the highest badge of merit. This was NC
complished wholly upon the external ap-
pearance of the cattle exhibited A scale
of points had been adopted by the Ameri-
can Jersey Cattle club, and was supposed
to give due credit to each and all features,
marks, and traits that, combined at their
maximum, constituted perfect animal.
This standard was therefore purely sym
bolical, but was recognized by common
consent as the end of the law. In addi-
ton to the scale of points, certain require
ments relating to fancy markings, color,
absence of white, etc, based entirely upon
aesthetic grounds, and bearing no relevan-
cy to the usefulness of the auimals, had
obtained a most arbitrary hold upon breed
ing fashions. so far were these fashions in
the ascendency that sellers made them the
chief claim to public consideration when
offering their stock for sale. The APP
pearance that a COW would present upon
the lawn OF II country residence was a
studied feature, and values were much en-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15

s. 90 each, and will be on sale June |.
These tickets will be redeemed In the pur-
chase of u full excursion ticket at any
time up to September 5. All who hold
these preliminary tickets will he secure
for the excursion without the necessity or
purchasing full tickets far in advance.
These preliminary tickets are transferra-
BILE.
The following persons are authorized to
sell tickets for the excursion Gen. Geo.
l.. Beal, Norway. Me. Col. Scion A. Car
ter, Concord, N. II. Gen. j. w. Sturte-
want: ksene, n Il; CO... Fred e V smith
ton, Boston, Mass. Capt. j, W. Hervey
New Bedford. Mass Capt; G; w. Hodg-
don, Boston, Mass. Gen. +. II. Rhodes,
Providence, r. l. Gen. l.. A. Dickinson,
Hartford, Conn. Col. Chas. e: Otis, "
Liberty street, New York Col. Carol d.
Wright Washington, p. G. Gen; p. G.,
ing members of the general executive
committee:
Capt. Allen Baker, Jr., First R. l., Cav
airy Maj John w, Bell, First Mass
Light Battery Gen. Nelson Wall, Sec
ond r. |, Vols Capt, w. II; Cunning rnni
Smith, Eighth Vt. Vols. Gen. f. H. Rip
ley, Ninth VT Vols. Capt l.. o. Brien,
Ninth Conn. Vols. X. A. Hathorn,
Eleventh VT. Vols. Lieut.. f.. w. Thomp-
son, Twelfth Maine Vols. Gen. Il. A..
Dickinson, Twelfth Conn. Vols. /; Gen. II.
w. Birge Thirteenth Conn. Vols. Col.
Il. w. Porter, Fourteenth Maine Vols. {;
Sergt f. H. Buffum, Fourteenth n. H..
Vols. ; Lieut. Geo. A. Reed Twenty-sixth
Mass Vols. Gen. Geo l.. Beal, Twenty
ninth Maine Vols. Hon. b. f. Witty
more, Thirtieth Mass. Vols Capt. II. T..
Hall, Thirty fourth Mass. Vols. ; w, ).
Cooke, Thirty-seventh Mass. Vols Col.
A. G, Wellington, Thirty-eighth Mass.
Vols Gen. ID. G. McDougal, Seventy
fifth New York Vols. Thomas &. Bonn,
Tenth VT. Vols G. II. Packard, repre-
senting the civilian members.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15
A GREAT FRBNCH BARITONE.
The Manperin Which He Made His First
Debut.

The Paris correspondent of the New
Orleans Picdyunc, writes:
1t is again reported that Lassalle, the
famous baritone of the grand opera, is go
ing to America under engagement with
Strakosch. Lassalle originally intended to
become painter, and was beginning to
handle his brush and palette with some
skill when one day his shoe maker took
him to a musical soiree, where he was in
vted to sing, and did so In such way
that all present insisted he ought to cul-
tivate his voice with Il view to going on
the stage.
He accordingly entered the cOnserva-
tory, but owing to the unpopularity of his
profession failed to obtain a prize and
finally was dismissed as a pupil with
whom the institution could do nothing.
He was not only disheartened but in abso-
lutte want, and one day he found himself
forced to take all that he could possibly
scrape together to the Mont-de- Piete.
With the money thus raised he purchased
a second hand guitar and set out to try
to pick up u living by singing in the
streets In the first courtyard he entered
he was almost Immediately rewarded by
quite little shower of pennies and some
silver pieces One of the latter, "A brand
new two-franc piece, rolled until it stopped
lust at his feet II bluShed," said he,
when telling of it, "as though had com
mitted a dishonest act. A cloud passed
in front of my eyes and l could see moth
ing but that forty-sou piece. As soon as
had finished my air | snatched up this
piece and ran away, not beng able TO
muster up enough courage to pick up
the rest. | never could bring myself
to repeat the cruel experiment. Shortly
after this he got a letter from friend, II
provincial tenor, Offering him an engage
ment at Liege. Il was cast for the roll of
Saint Bris in The Huguenots and as
did not possess the top boots which tradi-
ton has prescribed for that part, | man
ufactured pair out of oilcloth, which
adjusted to my CATERS. AS entered with
Nevers, coming down the stairs at the
back of the scene my spurs tripped me up
and down l fell dragging him with me-
Nevers cursed and swore like trooper
the public roared, and it was in the
midst of general burst of laughter that
made my debut. This hilarity, some
what excessive though it was, did not
seem to injure me with the audience
perhaps 1t was to the fact that they were
in such good humor that owed my frs,
success"
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Jersey Cattle in America.

[Hark Comstock, in Harper's for May.l
A few Americans who had become in
terested in DAIRY cattle commenced about
1910 to imp )rt Jerseys on limited scale
for the purpose of establishing thorough
bred herds, and in consequence their char
acteristics began to be somewhat known
in various parts of New England and the
Middle States, where they were still al
most invariably called Attorneys. They
were not generally liked by the superficial
observer and were condemned without
trial by the mass of practical darymen
because they gave less milk than the ma
tive cattle, and were held to have neither
the size nor conformation to fatten to adj
vantage when past usefulness in the dairy
Still, from their earliest history in Amer
lea, the few people who We're induced to
become practically familiar with their
dairy qualities rarely discarded them in
favop of other cattle. Their peculiar colors
and shadows rendered it easy to distin-
guish traces of the blood when crossed
upon native stock, and in time the least
observant farmer seldom failed to notice
that his richest milk came from the COW
with the Alderney cross. So it began to
be conceded that these grades made super
ior dairy cattle long before the preJudices
of most dairymen would allow them to
INV nracticaI value IN ,norE;nn Na pi va
ThsevP were declared only tn ha rien nonnis
playthings, and until late years failed to
erad;+ehia snotino upon Nio'e
Rmt If Iha nrngress mazda nv tbe I.rsov
was slow II was naverthelaSs go a' W.
sha once Formal a friand nr oomvar.od ne 81
nnnonsnt Cha h.id him s,fnr ,,ond 80 III a II
Ret waan The Years iaio and tseS ny I, a.,
nnmharS ,yars ransivad thrn,,,h ~ L. ~
tatinns of Tban,as MntiaW u thI p trapol
WasuachmsattS Tnbn VI PI iI,
fnrd Ennnecticnt In, u! W,t, VI IiarC
;OlrtnN Tn"naot;o,,t Noil1.i' TaiiiI'
an1 NJ IarSaU - ~ NJ; Go.i NJ
Vnrk ~ Wii,iamS u n 6in ~ mai' Et NEW
Wv, VOL and a fa,u n ~, t' 1.aa.soulS
and excal1,,nt 'i I'D tum o'nels, uleu. ca re
a. seIaction ~ ~ nott VIZ SHeloiseu III
,atinnS AVA W oe taI.le iol tnese lliiPor
W CIV ni1In "a .he present popular
Ivy 10 y, ' Iii of ~ ~ ,iielica IL ulrectiy que
W rno ohi,i vi tie practlcai gentlemen
WI" ~ oo ua is ucVeu .iis enterprise
ihete Is apunuaht evidence that there
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-15
THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.
Bits of Gossip, Comment and Curious In
formation.

Bits OF Gossip, Comment and Curious In
formation.
In daily conversation,
Mid other commonplace
We hear the observation
Circumstances alter cases.
with me the words change places.
SO slow are my advances,
would had some cases
TO alter my circumstances.
Chicago Rambler.
Apropos of the presence of the king of
Sweden in Vienna a story is told in court
circles which was never before made
known. Bernadotte, the grandfather of
King Oscar, was stricken down with apo
plexy. The attending physicians ordered
blood-letting. and began to make their
preparations: But the king would not
permit it. He withdrew his arm by
quick movement and died few minutes
afterward: The autopsy furnished the
solution for the strange action of the
king. On Bernadotte's arm the words
" Vtre IN Rcpubliqic' were found tattoo
ed; His nephew is to-day a legitimate
ruler, and is cordially received by the most
conservative courts of Europe.
The bicycle has fought its way against
all kinds of odds. A few days ago it was
announced that a society had been formed
of scientific men who would pursue their
researches from the top of "A wheel. Now
comes the intelligence from Essex county,
Mass, that the towns of that neighbor-
hood have been pestered lately by a bur-
glar who rides from town to town on a
bicycle. A woman was lately greeted by
the man with a pistol and dark lantern,
robbed of all she had and was then seen
to mount his quiet machine and roll off
into the darkness. Soon the tramps and
organgrinders will discover the tricycles
charms and whisk from town to town in
jiTy.-N. Y. Commercial ADVERTISER.
The following pretty story gives the Chi
nese legend about the origin of the fan
zone evening, when the beautiful kau
ST, daughter of powerful Chinese man
DARN, was assisting at the great feast of Ian
terms, she was so overcome by the heat that
she was Obliged to take off her mask. But
to expose her face to the eyes of the pro-
fame and vulgar was a serious offence
against the law, so, holding the mask as
closely as possible to her features, she rap
/ idly tiuttered it to give herself air, and
the rapidlty of the movement still con-
cealed her The other ladies present,
witnessing this hardy but charming inno
walton, initiated it, and at once 10000
hands were fluttering 10000 masks. Thus
/ the fan was evoked and took the place of
/ the Masks