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The Cost orsAe Inauguration.

The committees which had charge o.
the financial part Of the inaugurai>n
celebration are now hard ut work foot
ing up their accounts. II is estimated
by members of these committees that
the total expense incurred will not fall
short of $4,000, which is 10000 more
than was calculated upon at the start.
The greater part OF the additional ex-
pense was incurred insputting a wood
en- roof on the ball room, this item Of
cost being 81 400. Then the commit
tee guaranteed four thousand suppers
to the caterer, and as only some two
thousand four hundred took supper
the committee will have to make up
the deficit on this account. Among
other items Of expense were $25,OO0
expended on all the ball room, $1,000
for music, 81 800 for lighting the ball
room, $500 for decoration, $500 for
fireworks and 81 900 for calcium lights.
The amount of the receipts cannot yet
be definitely fixed, but it is thought
by some members OF the executive
committee that some part of the sub
scription fund will have to be- used in
meeting the liabilities incurred.
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Rivalry in the Dinner Businesa.
Nav York altar

The most careful of adiusters wOs the
Italian whom saw in the great Wash
ingtOn market. He was going from
stall to stall, literally nosing out bar
gains in fish, fowl and vegetables. His
sense of smell was his uide in making
purchases He sought things that were
not yet in. decay, hut would be on the
morrow. In that way he secured very
low prices. The articles which he
bought at half rates or still lower,
were those which the dealer would have
lost all togctler il not sold thu, day.
The quantities purchased were consider
able, and was curious to know what
was to be dene with them.
HE is tho caterer for ono of the table
d'hote dinners, " said the butcher Of
whom | inquired. They buy mighty
close, these fellows. They can't be
fooled in the least. They can tell by
smiling at turkey that It isn't taintod
yet, but will be in a few hours; and
having bought the fowl at fraction of
the market price for prime best, they
get ii cooked and down the throSts OF
their customers before the process OF
rotting has time to fairly begin, 1t is
the same way with all they buy. How
else could they make any money"
The rivalry in the business of dinners
at stated price has indeed become a
wonder of the metropolis. | ate a e.
cent meal of this sort yesterday on trial.
The place was clean, commodious,
well furnished restaurant and the men
and women at the tables were fashion
able enough in dress and Inanners-fOr
1t has become rage 10 eat these table
d'hote dinners Tho courses were, first,
beef soup; second boiled wcakiish;
third, maccaroni with grated cheese in
the Italian style now so much aiTe ted
by New York epicures; fourth, roast
iillct of beef, with olives; fifth,
broiled quail on toast with salad;
sixth, ice cream; seventh, coffee and
cheese. Not a thing was poorin quality or
mean in quantity; the cookery Was ex-
cellent and the service was by polite,
quick waiter. Think of all that for 65
cents TAO additional dimes bought y
pint of tolerable clarct. 1t is only By
the kind of marketing that have de-
scribed, along with the utmost economy
in cooking and carving. that these
Italians are able to sell such meals so
chcaply. They are bearing" the res
taurant quotations and eaters aro
eagerly taking advantage of the abRor-
NAL conditions
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The Coming Chi nes-.
Il ihl ticlpAii Recorl,I

Among the modern prophets Gen.
Gordon is one of tho most conspicuous,
and as his prophecies chiefly rotate to
matters concerning which he knew
more than amy other man they are
worthy of some attention. Let us, then,
listen to his words regarding the future
of the Chinese, as reported by writer
in The Pail Mall ia cite: They tthe
Chinese) are upright and industrious,
and will establish hongs in London in
stead of exporting their tea by deputy
by agents-and before long they will
gradually absorb the commerce and
wealth of the world. Ii used to toll mo.
when talking aiout the railroads and
telegraphs: We will have tel,graphs,
because they are the eur, and it is we'll to
hear; but We will not have rail-
ways yet. lou push MS now,
but you will find, perhaps, that
we will go too sharp for you some day.
And so they will. Could you see the
Chinese merchants established in the
great European warehouses the rest of
the world would pass into the hands OF
China. "it is II rad lookout for US, +"
| said. Eyes" said he; but there it
is. it is coming
Are Ii and Gordon correct. Are
France and i.ussia, as they encroach
upon China, pre- airing the way for
Chinese supremacy for the letting loOs .
upon Europe Of the ,Omuined forces OF
from 100000 to 800, O00, 900 Of the
most patient and enduring of workers'
The Chimes empire is weak ANY one
Of tho chief European powers can crush
it by putting forth its full strength; but
the empire would slip OF the hinese ~
easily rs a blous ooo'ie, and .tohn
Chnaman would soon make merry and
grow iich at he eXpe.lss of his conquer
OrS
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Durable Timber.

The durability OF the framed timber
of buildings is very considerable. The
trusses of the old part of the roof of the
basilic of o st. Paul, at Rome, were
framed in $40, and were sound and good
in 1915, space of nearly q thousand
years. These trusses are of fir. The
timber work of the external domes Of
the Church of st. Mark, at Venice, is
more than $40 years old, and Is still in
good state. Alberti onsor;el the
gates Of cypress to the church of st.
Peter, at Rome, to he whole and sound
after being up nearly 400 years. The
inner roof Of the chapel Of st. Nicholas,
Kings Lynn, Norfolk. is OF oak, and
was constructed upwards Of 500 years
ago Daviller states, as an instance of
the durability OF fir, that tho large
dormitory Of, the JacObins' convent, at
I'nris, was executed in fir and lasted
4ltO years
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DR.. Dobson and daughter, Miss
Minnie, will start for the Exposition
in few days.
Jas. NJ. Moore has been very sick
for some time, but is thought that no
is now improving, But tear am
lengthy so will close, waiting for the
next issue in which | hope to give
you a short sketch Of the work and
usefulness accomplished by Washing
ton Collegs, since it has been an in
stitution. Respt.
PHILIP.
March 10 1SS5
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REMINDED.

p-aura N. Marquand In Harpers MaEaxine.l
All h!edless Of the W rid, in its own i'll
Absorbd ami dunn }, the heart les while the
day
And dark com but alike. no ,lngls ray
VI holetul light breaks through, Its gricf to
still.
It lie alone an helplc =; every thrill
" bitter plin which holds IN it such sway
Seems sweet sign that death will not de-
lay;
but life hsl IL strong, AMI with unconscious
skill
The mind takes note Of all Keenly the ear
Hear, every slightest noise, the half-clor.ed
eye
SECS every patti ,rn on the wall. each line
/ cut upon the brain in figures fine
Long years elapse, ono thinH1 the grief laid
by,
A Sght, sound. the old harI pain Is herA
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A SQahrrel and Her Babies.


Old citizens of Toledo distinctly re
member the time when there was an
immigration Of squirrels in this vicinity.
On certain day gentleman was on
the bank of Ten Nile Creek when the
number OF squirrels moving was unusu.
ally large. Among the squirrels WAS
one that exhibited such rnotherly ca rr
aud affection for her two little ones ~
TO prove a most interesting sight. She
reached the bank of the creek where a
crossing was to be made. The
little squirrels were quite timid
about going near to the
water, but the mother coaxed them
until hey seemed to - satisfied to do
AZ she wished. She ran along the shore,
aud finding piece OF bark about foot
long and six inches wide, dragged It to
tho water edge and pushed it into the
water so that only small part of one
end of the bark was resting on the
shore. She then induced her little ones
to get ON the bark and they ut once cud-
died closely together. when the old
squirrel pushed tho bark and its lo,d
into the stream, and, taking one end Of
the bark in her teeth, pushed itahesd of
her until the opposite bank was reached,
where tho young squirrels quickly
scampered up the hank Of the creek,
whers the mother rested for q few
minutes, when the journey was re-
sumed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-14

There has been no dis oyery within
1900 years Of any plant which can
rival maize, rice, the sweet potato, the
potato, bread fruit, sorghum, and
few Others All these are very old,
some of thom going back 5000 years.
De tanlolle has failel to find any
signs Of an adaptation TO cold in plants.
i hen The cultivation of u spe'ies nd
vances toward the north early varielice
appear which rpcn bciore the cold sea-
son. I'or.oiS of more than 1900 OF
100 yeas arc apparently needed to
produce modification in II plant which
will enable 1t to Lear greater degree
Of cold.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-14

DIR. Finlay, the uban physician. be,
lieves that he has demonstrate that in
oculatiOn with yellow fever may be
made by the sting of tho Cuban day
mus quito, anil that tho fever thus i'm
parted will vary in daration and in
tunSity in proportion to the number OF
punctures and the quantity of poison
retained by the Insects sting.
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chicago TimeA.l

A novel missionary enterprise is to he
undertaken in South america by the
Roman Catholics. II consists OF q ,oat.
ing mission on the Amazon. The ycs.
sci used is TO 30 called the Christopheros,
and will be manned by priests whose
duty will DO to eyangoli the popula.
tion who leave the tanks Of the river
and make for the forests when the wa
ters 90 down. II is 10 contain fully.
furnished chapel, rs we'll as ample ac-
commodatiOn for the 'mitered ,aptain
and his clerical crew"
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a Dogs Love Of Home.
leireenshoro LGa. Herald.

Just before ''the late unpleasantnesS
John aniel moved from near Wood
stock, in Cglethorpc county, by private
conveyance to Texas. When he passed
through this place charlie DOughcriy
gave him dog, which he tied to his
wagon and carried to his far western
home. The dog remained with him
about week after his arrival in Texas
and then disappeared. In few weeks
terward he was back in his place,
having trayerscd the entire distance
alone,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-14

UMATILLA, ORANGE Co, FLA.
March. 9Th. 1885.
March 12, 1885.

March, 9TH, 1883.
Brother, Tennesseans' Il now
through the meteor OF the renowned
Comet, (of which | am subscriber,)
have the pleasure of telling you ] am
enjoying the brilliant Sun of a sum
mer land; and can sympAthise with
you as being lockedup for u while from
the beauties Of summer by the unfas-
cinating North Pole, while you are
pulling and putting through that we'll
known nuisance called mud kicking
your boot-heels off against the fence,
stumps or door-steps trying to free
yourself from it, | am walking the
golden streets of Tomato field, plow
in hand and horse before me, in a land
where mud is II stranger, and snow
never comes. This country is most
beautifully bedecked with bright Lakes,
and is first of all and second tonone as
II winter resort. II is the home Of the
Trout, Alligator, Mosquito and Gopher.
Also the Hospital for Invalid'S. The
butterflies are now fitting to and fro
in the light Of summer Sun, the heat
of which is modified by lively sea-
breeze, this also modified by
The old Oaken tree,
The moss covered tree,
Which stands in the hammock.
A. J. r.
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where tho Honey Goes.

The public money received by peers
Of Great Britain and their relatives from
1850 to 1885 amounts to the stupendous
sum of SS4S,O11, 1G0, of which dukes got
H4s, 500, 900; nIArquises, Si4, 526, 900;
eaEls, $24O, ,00G, ,0lO; yisCOunts, $50, a06, :
O1o. end barons, slsS, $50, ,94O.
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Tho Wrong direction.

Am | on the right road to the Will
age" demanded a Traveller OF an old
darkey who was working In a field.
''laas, sab" said the darkey.
The traveller pursued his way but
presently returned very mad.
Il say" he shouted to the old fellow,
"what did you mean Ivy telling me that
was on the rIgat road to the village"
II toll yO ie truf, deed did, boss,
replied the darkey. nut 20 tux de
wrong direkshun, sab. .
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-14

The Siamese make wedding presents,
but they never gle an odd number Of
articles, for tie reason, they say, that
one cannot stini without partner,
three means emnity, and ave sickness.
On the other hand, two signifies strong
and welcome, four, ''laught,4," SIX,
binding together BY love. 8 ami eight,
we resemble each other in likes and
dispositions.
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A Travelled Hat.

There has arrived at San francisco by
mail hat that has made the tour Of the
worI. 1t WAS started from an Oregon
town rs a joe an 1. as it is stih well
supplied with uncaRceled stamps, it d
PROBABLE it will keep travelling until 1t i
worn out
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-14

Acomparison of the best writer's shows
that about one word in every six in
ordinary literary En- slish is of classical
origin aud that we could no more 'expel
IatinisIns' from the language than we
could go back to tho civil alton of
Anglo 'axOn England.
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This LentIl for s,rnnrth.

The Chilian miner is considered the
strongest man in the world, and he lives
principally on the lentil, the cheapest
and most nutritious food known for its
weight
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An Interesting Compilation.

New York sun.
The table below shows the number
OF words in each inaugural address !;
alSo how otter the personal pronoun
VI" WAS used
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There is some soul of goodness in
things evil, would men deservingly dis
till II cut.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-14

Mlllard Fillmore took the oath without deliv.
crinE All inaugural address.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-03
Maiden Effort Of a Texas Orator.

''In my deestrict, Mr.. President and
eller members, where a few moons ago
the Indian lover voiced his dusky mate,
and the wild fox dug his hole unskear-
ed, peace and smiling plenty reign SUI
preme, and the honest sweat of the toll
er, wrung from the brow of labor by
the horny hand of thrift, irrigates the
soil, about all the irrigation we get in
the course of the Almighty's twelve
months. In that deestrict, Mr.. Presi-
dent, the .champing iron horse of mo-
nopoly rushes red-eyed through the
fairest fields and daily climbs fences
and piles of last years mesquite roots
to kill the only long horn the farmer
has left, the kindly beast, Mr.. Presi-
dent, which has been the daily COM
panion of his wife and daughters. the
mighty bed-fellow of the blue SOW in
the front yard, and which he gathered
by his thrift and diligence from the
passing herd of the Kansas drover. And
when he sues the company for $500 and
gets 81 and cests, who is to blame him
if at the next election he votes frequent.
ly for the man who, in these halls have
resounded to the eloquence of the Sew
enteenth legislature, will protect him
in his rights and secure him large
slice of other peoples. Forty years
ago would the pampered minion of a
northern tyrant thus have spurned the
just rights of our citizens? Not much.
The ready rifle would have rung out
and he would have felt the absurdity of
fooling with the soldiers of the blood
stained field Of San Jacinto and the he
roes of the Alamo" Rapturous ap-
plause. Texas Siftings.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-03
Patronage That is Fatal.

New York Letter in New Haven Register.
ut may surprise you to be told," said
an old hotel clerk, to whom I had re :.
marked that probably Garmoyles pres
ence as guest was a good thing for
the Brunswick, chat the patronage of
the foreign aristocrats was a damage.
Fifteen years ago nearly every titled
foreingner who came here put up at the
Clarendon-now demolished. That
house had for while the exclusive favor
of such tourists. It bankrupted it's
keepers. Ten years ago the Brevoort
got this run of business, and held it
until lately, and the proprietor is
bankrupt. The Hotel Brunswick sue
ceeded to the business of feeding and
lodging the aristocrats, and the con-
Germ has been in the hands of the re-
ceiver for month. The reason is
quiet simple. The guests demand the
very best, but are not willing to spend
money freely enough to make profit
for the landlord. In short, they want
the fare of Americans without paying
as Americans do. Their presence has
ruined every hotel which has had it in
this city.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-03
North Carolina Minerals

A North Carolina farmer of Cabarrus
county suddenly found himself rich the
other day, when he was offered $50
bushel for 1000 bushels of a sand and
gravel mound on his farm. The dirt
was more profitable at that price than
any farm product he could raise on his
land, bsat he was as sharp as old Farm
er Rogers. the North Carolina farmer of
"Esmeralda, and didn't take it. The
gravel mound is as full of wealth as the
dirt pile of Dickens golden dustman,
and the latest improved machinery is
to be put in to work gold mine. The
discovery came about in this way: The
farmer knew the mound, and knew of
an old hole near it which had been fill
ed up by the drift of years He wished
to make dry, gravelly front yard for
his house, anu hauled some carloads
Of the mound and spread it before his
door. The rains washed it, and he found
among the gravel a nugget Of gold that
weighed Oh ounce. This opened his
eyes. Then he scraped up the gravel
and it "panned out" 1925 in rough pick
ings. Then he took bushel of the
mound, ground it to powder IN a m2rtar
and it yielded 1925, which showed his
good sense in not taking $50 a bushel
for it. Then the Oldest inhabitant of
Carbarrus, nigh on to a hundred, sud-
denly recolected story told him, when
he was a boy, by his grandfather, about
an Englishman who lived in Raleigh be-
fore the Revolutionary times, digging
pit, finding pile of gold and going
home to coin it. The pit was on this
very Cabarrus farm and the mound Was
made from the diggings. The lucky
Englishman worked the mine in the
rough, took out the biggest yellow
chunks and left the smaller mug gets and
rich dirt for the farmer, and the name of
this sudden millionaire is Bob Paul.
He will work the mine for all it is
worth, and would not take for the Eng
lishman's leavings as many tendollar
gold pieces as would pave every inch
Of his farm.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-03
The Teeth OF Immigrants.

The immigrant train on the Central
this morning was half an hour late,
and consisted of one solitary car, in
which were forty-seven passengers.
Come with me and take a walk
through the immigrant-car. l would
like to show you the difference between
foreign and domestic teeth.' The
speaker, addressing the surgeon, was
an old and well-known dental surgeon
of this city. 81 have come down here
for the express purpose OF noting for
myself the teeth of our newly-arrived
COUSINS said the dentist, as he led
the way to the train, which was lust
pulling into the yard.
Swedes. two Danes and four Polish
Jews. ''Look at that fellow in the
third seat there getting away with
that bacon; see those beautiful grind
ders," said the knight of the forceps as
he intently watched a sturdy German
who with huge jack-knife, was cut.
ting alternate slices of schwarz- brod
and bacon, which he was putting under
his vest with marvellous rapidity. His
teeth were indeed magnificent spec.
linens of sound grinders, milky white
evenly grown and regularly set. Pass
ing two seats further on were a mother
and two children. The woman was
English, and, when spoken to, dis
played very beautiful worries. In an
swer to question of the dentist as to
whether she had ever had any trouble
with her teeth, she laughed and said:
.'No, I don t know what toothache is, :"
Behind her was a group of several
persons chatting together, and while
talking they all displayed perfect
teeth.
elbow do you account for these PEG.
pie having such handsome teeth?" WIS
asked of the dentist. After speak,. 9
of the difference between the thick
and musty odor within the car and
pure ozone outside, he said; .sThe
whole difference is in the food that is
eaten. These people at home were
wont to eat the coarsest kind of food:
they never touch sweetmeats or deli
cacies of any kind, and consequently
the acids which are in all fancy tidbits
do not touch their teeth. Therefore,
decayed teeth are something utterly
unknown to them. [ have not the
least doubt that some of these people
never saw toothbrush. They don t
think of their teeth at all, and, yet
they look as pearly and round as if a
dentist examined them every day
Utica Observer.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-03
The Features.ofa Rogue

A practical detective can frequently
discern at glance that a man is rogue.
The stamp Of dishonesty on his features,
or his anxiety on being observed, tells
the story. A remarkable illustration of
this fact was narrated by the Boston
correspondent of tho bingham Journal
year or two ago. The detective was
Constable Derastus Clapp, the success
sor of "Old Reed famous rogue
catcher of Boston half century ago,
who was for forty years the terror of
evll-doers in and about the New Eng
land metropolis.
Clapp was ashrewd man and most
excellent judge of human nature. He
could tell a rogue as far off as he could
black man. and he never made mis-
takes. His "come along with me" was
imperative and admitted of no argu-
ment.
An instance of his readiness in read
ing character secured one morning in
the upper criminal court A case of
considerable interest was being tried,
and the gallery was crowded with spec
tators.
Two or three reporters were sitting
near the door, when Clapp, stopping
over, Whispered
Don't all look at once, but please
observe that nice-looking man with the
white cravat, in the front middle seat
of the gallery"
We looked. "Now," saws Clapp. "I1l
bet thatI can set that man travelling out
OF the courthouse on the double-quick
IN less than five minutes, nor will leave
the room or send him any message"
While we were wondering how the
feat was to be accomplished, the vet
cram quietly beckoned to officer Tallant,
and taking a pair of handouts from his
pocket, directed that officers attention
to the party in the gallery, and appar-
emily gave him same directions.
Tallant opened the door and stepped
into the entry, and at the same instant
the man with the white cravat bolted
like lightning through the crowd to the
door and disappeared.
| "Gentleman," remarked Clapp. I
never saw that man before in my life.
1t illustrates the scriptural saving, The
wicked flee when no man pursueth. -.