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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Dancing on . Floor of lee.

l"Uncle BllIS' New York Letter.
There is one thing which no wealth will
buy in New York to-day, and that is cool
ness. The air in the houses of the Wander
bits and in the shanties of the O'Flahertys is
alike sweltering. The whole city is suffer-
ing, and hundreds of our little ones are being
killed. The outsides of the 1900 saloons are
nearly all placarded with promises of COM
fort through cold drinks, and every gregory
that can spare room for two or three shrubs
In boxes, calls itself a garden. Sometimes
the expected verdure is found to exist only
in paint on the walls Of back yard dis
covered novelty, however, in a side street
just of the Bowery.
Biggest thing on ice," cried a voluble fel-
low at the doorway of a concert hall;
"a dancing floor on ice. Walk in, if You
don't believe me. A section of the Arctic
region, combined with the beauties of the
tropics. Admission free"
1t was not altogether swindle. A space
thirty feet square in the flooring on the hall
had been lowered foot or so and then paved
with thick blocks of ice. On this frozen
foundation q mating with wide meshes was
laid, so that the ice could be plainly seen,
and at the same time q dry surface was
formed for the dancers. A number of half
clad women were engaged in a mockery of
diversions with their half-intoxicated part
ners in waltz They might as well have
arrayed themselves in winding sheets and
gone to a ball in an ice-house. The damp
chill was sure to chill and kill them if they
kept at it long enough.
when did you begin this racket" said
to the manager, adapting my words to his
usage.
"Only three days, boss" he replied.
three days more Of it and you'll have
some of these girls to bury"
"Well, if they die Wen pack their bodies
in ice, and nobody's got any right to kick at
that in this kind of weather. Did you order
bearp
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
PLAIN AND SIMPLE SPEECH,
The Slough of AGectation - Homely
Saxon-Terse and strong.

lExrhange.l
A plain, strong, colloquialism may be at
once easy and correct; but whoever attempts
to use long words, or new words, with an air
Of pitying superiority, to express ideas that
some familiar phrase more nearly fits, is as
suredly caught in the slough of affectation.
man who talks to you in casual speech, Of
localities" residences" )" tragedies" do
mestics," "mendicants," and individuals"
instead of places" houses" shocking af-
fairs" servants" "beggars." persons" is
certainly bad enough IL, besides his weak
nouns, the verbs also are affected, if he
states" things that ordinary people say"
and purchases" when others buy" and
commences" when college professor
would "begin"--the case is decidedly worse
Even the rude, rustic dialects, with their
quaint and honely Saxon expressions that
have somehow fingered among the lower
classes for centuries, are infinitely more in
terestlng and agreeable than this emasculated
modern talk The daily newspapers often
contain examples of the finest and most diff
cult kind of literary work-that in which
poise, reserve and brilIiancy are united, and
the style is perfectly limpid. But who has not
felt that the over expression of feeling, the
undue emphasis of fact, the tendency to-
wards extravaganza, are manifest in much
that is printed in newspapers
Perhaps "the ptblic demand it." Let us
waive that point and merely ask of the prob
able effect of it on what may be called the
speech Of the people-the rich, expressive,
effective vernacular Effect there must be,
for every one reads papers, and even the
modern school book is more and more written
In the stilted style. Despite the continuance
of notes and quefSes, and the survival of folk
lore, and pathological societies. it is to be
feared that the harmless idioms will go to
the wall The little English girl of the
brick yards who says: ave swills the spottles
of US faces before we has us dinners" will
learn to say:"We perform our ablurions before
our noon repasts." The colliermens plea
during riot: 1--WE must have something to
fill us bellies" is terse. idiomatic and not to
be strengthened The Virginian noun
taineer instead of saying: ave are going to
harness up our horses, get a violinist, notify
the young ladies, and have a dance" sums
up all this in the phrase: ave are going on
dyker
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
FASHIONS IN DRINKING.
4 Bartender Observes That They
Change Like Other Fashions.
New York Sun1

New York SUM-
The bartender of a popular downtown
rendezvous leaned gracefully over the lar
during the slack hours of business the other
day, and discussed his customers to
reporter.
II notice thnt men NOWADAYS order exactly
what thew want. he said. towing gently with
his blonde mustache Three or four or five
years ago a man looked more or less ashamed
of himself when he ordered lemonade or
seltzer. His companions usually remon-
strated with or made fun Of him. and he gem
erally offered some sort of a half apology to
the bartender for ordering Misunderstanding
drink. This was particularly so with the Young
business men. clerks, and politicians. They
ordered brandy smashes, plain brandy,
whisky punches, plain whisky, or some other
heavy drink. OF course one-half Of them
didn't want it. You can't stand behind the
bar long before you find out that fair per-
centage of the men who are led up to the bar
to drink would rather have nothing at all
than liquor of any sort Very many men
also have scrup,es against drinking hard
liouor. and Others find that it goes against
them to drink whisky or brandy before din
ner time. Still the majority of them used
to drink their whisky straight and say moth
ing. Why, when first went into the busi
ness, fourteen years ago, we used to pass out
the whisky bottle and glasses without asking
the drinker what he would have. Ii he
wanted anything else he would push back
the glass and give his order. In those days
if a party of young men went into a
bar-room and ordered lemonade the bar
tender felt aggrieved and the bystanders
made fun of them. Nowadays, however,
everything is changed. No one thinks any
thing when two or three men of a group Or
der lemonade, seitzer, or appollinaris at the
bar. l have also noticed that men who
drink heavy liquors in winter usually drop
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Men OF the Hour.
Philadelphia Call. ]

IfHlIhueIpHIa CdU.
Mr.. Blank-Well, my dear, l have become
famous in spite of all your predictions
Mrs. Blank-Famousi
"Yes, indeed; the Stumptown Bugle pub
ished my portrait under the heading @Men
Of the Hour"
@Did they get the hour right"
%The hour righti"
"Yes, it is 2 a. m. geperally.'
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
New York's Extra Water supply.
[Chicago Herald.l

New York city has about completed i'm
provements which will prevent any future
water famine in the city by adding 10, ,0OO, 900
gallons of water day to the Croton supply
of sc, 100000. This extra water supply comes
from Rye lake, which is fed exclusively by
springs. The new reservoir covers an area
of 260 acres. From this an iron pipe, four feet
in diameter, is laid distance Of over fifteen
miles, connecting with the Croton mains
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
The ssShake.Up,, Policy.
Chicago Tribune.l

The "shake-upn policy in the internal
management of The New York Herald Is
famous throughout newspaperdom- Mr..
BENEFITS theory is that any man on The
Herald staff should be capable Of doing or
directing any part of the work. Practic-
ally applied, this may make the police re-
porter of one Herald cycle the art critic Of
the next, and actually has made, and quite
recently, a managing editor Of former
janitor. The "shake-up" policy may in time
evolve race of what are known as good
all around newspaper men" but it is dread
fully disquieting to the employees who are
yet in the plastic state.
The paper, it is said, is likely to lose the
services of John Habberton Of "Helen's
Babies" and Barton Experiment. fame,
who is reported as dissatisfied with the posi-
ton in which be found himself after the
latest convulsion, which took place q few
weeks ago. Mr.. Habberton had been for
five years past an editorial writer Of various
grades, but now he ranks as assistant city
editor under T. W. White, the late musical
editor and Albany correspondent. The
changes are never allowed to affect salaries,
and did not in Mr.. Habberton's case; but he
does not find his new work to his liking.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22
Legs and Brains.

Nearsighted old gentleman entering store)
Have you any linen dustersa Young Snob-
son with his most sarcastic mannerlI am
not clerk in this establishment yet, sir.
Ms o. g.-Not yet a clerk, ehi Errand-boy,
Ipresumei Well, legs are as good as brains
in some departments.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst,
and take what God ssndS
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22

The night was dark, cloudy and romantic
as he stood under her window at the parental
mansion A rope, chock full Of elopement,
stretched from the window to the ground.
Softly the sash was raised and her angelic
form appeared at the easement.
as everything readyf" she whispered in
third-scene, box-set voice.
Yes" he responded in the same theatrical
tones.
Have you the horse and buggy at the cor
ner, dark lantern, two revolvers, and
double-barreled shotgunf'
"Yes, yes" he replied; Everything is ar
ranged Slide down"
"And have you hired two men to chase us!'
"Why, no; where's your fatherP
90, pa won't take the trouble. Haven't
you the two men engaged"
why, no. What do you want to be chased
forf'
IF that's all you know about an elopemen
I'm not going" and she shut the window
down with a bang and went to bed, while
the old man, who was peeking through the
frst-foor blinds, muttered: "Confound such
crochety notions; suppose I'll have to Goa
up for another winter"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22

and spirited horse obsdient to his will,
Tom Raymond mentally acknowledged that
the conditions were favorable for enjoy.
ment. He had been planning this tete-a-tete
for days; indeed, he had gone SO far as to
formulate certain momentous speeches to be
delivered on this occasion, but with strong.
est desire TO lead the conversation into sentL
mental channels. he was continually
bafiled by an intangible something in
Miss Daisy's manner. He spoke Of lovely
bird he was mounting especially for her
self, ard she dsco1rsed of the swallows il
Aunt Abby's chimney; he limited at mans
craving for affection, and she deplore0
Abrams craving for drink; he quoted
Aurora Leigh" and she cited "MotheI
Goose" She sang nasally like Deacon Shed,
mimicked Squire Eddy's late Fourth-of-July
oration, and, in word, was as captivating,
frivolous and reckless as a heavy-heartec
girl well could be- As she passed Grace
Raymond in the hall. that young lady
whispered to Jack Mckeen that Daisy
Campbell was the belle of the audience.
with one exception, of course" amended
gallant Jack.
Proud, sensitive little Daisy! She pre-
tended to listen to the music; but from
the Lord Admiral TO little Buttercup the
entire company seemed to her to be chant
ing, I've only to ask, TO ask, to ask
I've only to ask for the little lady"
Her very fan kept time to this refrain
She was thankful when the opera ended
For all that, on the homewari drive Shit
wished herself back i'll the hall 1t was 81
hard to meet Toms lover-hke gaze with in
difference, to school her warm, waywarG
heart against his tenderness, SO precious bu
yesterday At first she strove bravely t.
maintain her former vivacity, but her live
liest sallies fell unheedei. The slogan wa
in the air. Daisy knew Tom had something
particular TO say. All, well, for that mat
ter, so had she. Clasping her cold littl,
hands together resoIutely, she waited il
silence
"Daisy, I've been thinking"
Dangerous symptoms, my young friend
let the doctor prescribe"
I'm going back to the medical school ne1
week. Daisy"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-22


all the rest Of it
Art had his laugh out; he couldn't help it
"Forglve me, dear uncle, but really this new
departure is so abrupt-however, I'll see you
safe through it all; I'll square everybody-
bridesmaids particularly. Mile felicitationsl
St Dunstan'sl why that's old Cantleys
church; ne was up with me at Cambridge;
capital.sort, old Bob. And now, let me see
yes, you are not real peer; still you get the
license for the asking. Other people have to
go and tell shocking Grams to old men called
deans of the faculty and a surrogate who
live in dens in the city and ask stupid ques-
tons Then, there's new frock-coat, flower,
lockets for the girls, cake-no, that's her de-
partment: toests, rings, kilograms. Yes, !"
he added cheerily, "it's a close thing, but we
can do it, and now I'm off," and he got up.
"Oh, by the way" be added, as he turned at
the door, you haven't told me the fair ones
name"
"Her nameI" said the elder peer, as he
quaffed off his claret and rang for coffee;
"why / thought You must have guessed it;
Harry Horton, of course"
The door banged as Art leaped rather than
ran down stairs, and Lord Arthur smiled
complacently
That capital sort" >" the Rev. Robert Can't
ley, NJ A, was tonished by Arts abrupt
and feverish invasion Of him, and still more
SO to receive his marching orders for the
ensuing Saturday, and to hear his old allys
Romeo-like romance. Like a true Friar
Laurence, he did his best TO administer
ghostly and worldly counsel, even going the
length of ignoring Arts muttered impreca-
tions rs he pointed out proverbially that tho
feminine fish yet remaining in the social sea
were fully equal in flavor and quality to the
specimens that had already been, or were
about TO he, extracted tberefrom. But,
chaff fell fiat, admonitions were received
with running comments of a kind long ey-
plunged from his reverence's vocabulary, and
finally he got up
"Look bore, Lanton, be man; no
woman's worth fretting over. Do your
duty, don't whine over it; and now pull
yourself together, and come and look at my
church"
The vicar of St Lane
pointed out the medieval carvings and win
dows ithe designs Of which chiefly consisted
Of interlaced noses and tongues. commemor-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-22
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Another New Enterprise Organized
Incendiary Fire-Heavy Dam
age SUtt
ESPECIAL To THE APPKAL.1

BIRMINGHAM, September 21.-Consider-
able damage was done and more proper
tional alarm caused b ere this morning by
fire in brick block of fine business
houses, but it was extinguished in time to
save them with only about $500 demages.
Merchants occupying the lower floor were
damaged about as follows: John B. Roden,
books and stationery, $500; Louis Saks,
$1,000; B. F. Roden, groceries, and Sol
Lsvi, crocKery, few hundred dollars each.
Everybody ives very well insured. The
origin of the fire seems to have been in
cendiary. 1t started about o'clock in a
room occupied by several young men who
had been gone nearly two hours.
The company which is TO plant chain
works here wes organized to-day, and it is
expected will be making chains in sixty
days. Part of the capital comes from
Pennsylvania and part from other places
in Alabama. The Avondale Land Com
pany gives the ground for the works.
Another suit, grounded on damages re.
sulting from the defective construction oi
furnace stoves, has been brought in the
City Court against Witherow & Gordon of
Pittsburg. The Eureka Company is the
plaintiff, and lays damages at S35, 600.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-22

II the Democrats of Mississippi are true
to themselves and to the principles they
profess, they will not permit themselves
to be diverted from the purpose they now
have in hand of continuing their party in
power throughout the State. They should
be guided by the policy of letting we'll
enough alone. Since the advent of the
Democrats to power the State has pros
pered as she never did before in her his
tory; she has benefited largely by an eco
nomically administered government, that
has secured her peace throughout all her
boriere, and thus has ministered to the
advancement of every industry. Thus
blessed, to attempt experiments of opposi-
tion to party nominations merely to sd-
vance the purposes of ambitious and dis
appointed politicians, is to invite defeat
and the neutral zing of all the good and
benefit of the past ten years.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-22
SELLS BROTHERS.
Enormous Confederation of RaiIrO Id
Shows

|
On Wednesday, September 23d, at Mem
phis, the entire surrounding country will
have an opportunity OF witnessing what is
undoubtedly the largest, the best, the
greatest and the purest chow on earth.
Honest in its advertising, it exhibits every
thing it adVertises. Honest in the manner
in which it Is conducted, it is free from
that obnoxious feature, the ''candy butch
err 1t is known the world over as the
most complets show, in all its branches,
ever beheld. The geological collection en-
braces every beast of which mankind has
any knowledge. The Star Arenic exhibit
ton, or circus proper, beats the world, and
consists of 200 star artists, giving wonder
full exhibition in the great circus rings, six
acts at one and the same time, or total OF
more than 100 acts, in one exhibition, al
ternoon or night.
What the Cotlsier-Jottrnal says regarding
the wonderful show:
The CIRcus-Such a crowd as rushed
in upon Sells Brothers last evening is rare
ly seen at q circus, even in Louisville.
Long before the performance commenced,
it was necessary to close the doors there
being from II 900 to 1900 people, packed
like sardines in a box, inside the tent.
The performance was an admirable one
throughout. Willie Sells, who has no
eQudl hs DdIcOdCh TiucI, CCdHh 1dfuucI
and Adelaide Cordons, all performed ad-
mirable equestrian acts. The Diamond
Brothers and Frank Gardner proved them
selves most wonderful tumblers; Ada Pur-
Wis, in slack-wire and globe act was ar
tic; the Stirk family performed wonders
with the bicycle, and Nile. Marietta has {
most daring aerial artistic. Each feature
advertised was presented, and nothing was
indifferently performed. The Sells Broth
| ers are Justly entitled to the good name
| they have won ss honest and excellent Ca
terers to the patrons of the sswdust arena.
We can say from our own knowledge
that the wonderful menagerie is the great
est geological collection on earth, including
all known qusdrupeds, wild and wonder
full, ever classified in zoology. Includins
! in its vast entirety the only living pair o.
4 hipEorotami ever beheld, and the only
giraffes nos On exhibition anywhere. Tn,
completeness Of the shoY ss whole i
car,a;nlv -neQusled.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-22
HIGHWAY RORRER
Captured by Oaieer Tfawen Immedi
atefy After the Act.

About O'Clock last night, while Lundy
Moore, colored man employed by the
Chesapeake aud Ohio Railway Company,
was walking along the eouth side of Mar
ket Square, he vas stopped by another
darky who asked him the time. He had
hardly drawn his watch from his pocket
when he was knocked down and
robb; d of his timepiece, the thiei
making off with his plunder.
Moore was not too badly hurt to yell, and
his screams we're heard by Officer Tidwell,
who kept still, however, as he heard the
robber running directly toward him.
Stepping forth from his ambush at the
proper moment, he nabbed him. and held
~: prisoner. The man made desperate
effort ssS to se. Lila hand in his breast pocket,
hut was prevented. When searched at
the Station House, g six-shoc,sr was drawn "
from his bosom, and slung shot az ths
watch we're found. He gave his name as
Joe McVane, and has not yet been identi
fed by any of the police.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-22

PKRr1NKNr to the e.Npose made by the
grand jury of one of the worst results OF
political influence" Genes the rumor that
some of the bosses propose holdinS con-
venion to nominate candidates for ne
places in the Legislative Council that are
to be vacated in January. Wen, al that
the APPEAL has to say about this is that
the bosses can take longer rest fre N their
labors. There is nothing political in the
positions so well filed by hsdden nd his
cO-laborers. Their duties are those Of
business men charged with the duty Of
expending certain moneys TO the best ad-
vantage FOR the general public, and seeing
that the public peace is maintained ano
safety from destruction by ire is suaran-
teed. This il the sum of their duties in a
nutshell, aud there is in it nothing like
politics. They are administrative officers
and have nothing to do with the policies
OF the State or national governments.
which turn on the policy or impolicy OF
questions of legislation. Political infiu-
ence" killed the old municipality of Mem,
phis and came near killing Memphis. j
cost the people millions upon millions
and saddlod them with the burden OF /
wofnl debt, and not q brick to show
for it. The Taxing District government
was formed to escape that sort of ,"politica
influence" which 1t is, no doubt, designed
to invoke the aid of through a conven
Yention. Business is business.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-22

A sHREwD and observant correspondent
OF the Washington Post protests against
''the hue and cry raised for the scalpa OF
the old men in office on ths pretense that
they have ceased to be eficien5." He
criticises, also, the discrimination against
old men made IN rule u Of the amended
civil service rules, which denies admis-
sion to persons over forty-fve years Of
age. 'fThe fact is well known" he de-
clares, "that old men are the most faith
full, attentive and efficient employees of the
government Experience has made them
acquainted with their duties, aud habit
has made those duties agreeable and
pleasant" If the age Of sixty or seventy
does not incapacitate ciizsn from the
responsibility and laborious dutien OF the
Presidency, or of membership of the
United States Senate or the Supreme
Court, much less should those ages be
regarded as prima facie evidence Of in
capacity iu ! c.erk whose occupation calls
for little more than the ability to handle a
pen iutelligently and honestly. Give the
old men chance
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-22

some Of the heads of departments at
Washington are opposed to the tmploy-
ment of womeu, and assert that they are
troublesome. However that may be, it is
certain that they are not to be GOT rid Of
easily. Civil Service Commissioner
Gregory says the h;ghest per cent ever
attaiaed in the civil service exam nations
was by a woman. She sc7red 81 per
cent. He thinks that women generally
pass better examinations than men. Most
of the women applicants are school
teachers, and, strange 10 say, are less
liable to close their heads" when under ex-
animation than the men. A man is general
ly, he says, possessed of more physical
courage than q woman, but he ie not so
self-poised when under examination. Then
women rely more upon meeting squsrely
the questions propounded to them than
by pasairg around by cunning, ss is often
the case with men. Seldom does a
woman I, use 10 try to anszer questions;
this is often the case with men,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-22
Distressing Accident.

ST. LOUIS, September 21.-A most dis
tressing accident occurred this afternoon
in the little town of Fenton, in st. Louis
county,, to Richard AndeI lion and his wife,
who lived in small house in the outskirts
-, ~ .-;''o1e- This afternoon Mrs. Ander-
son left her two infants sleeping III o 80 80.
over the kitchen, and went into the garden
to pick cucumbers. While thus engaged
the house caught fire and before assistance
could arrive the building was burned past
entrance, and the babies perished in the
flames. Mrs. Anderson was nearly crszed
by her loes.