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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23

Youths Companion.
In travelling, chance words and incidents
sometimes open Co US whole volumes OF
tragedy For example, take the following
fragment noted some years ago by paSsen-
ger on a railroad train in the west on
which fatal accident occurred A little
blonde woman, very much Overdressed, was
languidly nibbling cake and slipping cham
pagne at her lunch in the paiace-car, when
her husband entered.
Daisy be said, your mother is getting
on the train
~Oh. goDi graciou. wherel" she ex-
claimsi angrily.
He pninte to tall ungainIy woman, in
shabby clothes, going into a secOnd-class
car
Had not better bring her into this carr
he said. There are some rough fellows in
that one"
Dies she know we are on the trainr
NO
Then never mind l can't introduce
mamma to the Schallers." glancing at some
of ber companions.
The train rushed on, and the woman who
had married out Of poverty into fashion
able set while she laughed and jssted with
her n-w friends wore an uneasy face that
disgrace her. Her husband said pres
emily:
Your mother will want lunch, Daisy.
Suppose r.
oh, let her alonel She always takes a
brown-paper parcel with chunks Of bread
and Bologna sausage. Shs likes that sort of
thing"
An hour or two later jarring crash re-
sounded through the Pullman cars. Women
shrieked, and men rushed to the door as the
train stopped. A brakeman met them
Keep your seats, gentlemen Broken
rail only
"Anybo iy hurt!7
-Four or five people. One old lady's
adyn. | heard her callin' for her daugh-
ter that's on the train: 'Maggy! MaggyT
just now. Take keer, ma ann as a little
woman rushed past him
The ul | woman lay on a clayb bank. Some
III IA were holding her tenderly enough. A
ply ,ician VINO happened to be on the train
kneiled beside her Her daughter threw
herself down and dragged her head upon
her breast The woman's lips were opened,
and her eyes stared as II searching for
some one But she did not call for "Maggy"
any more.
do something!7 cried her daughter,
wildly. Make her speak TO mel Mother!
motherI it is Maggy! MaggyI"
"Maiam, said the doctor, you ara too
late!7
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
Paper In Tonkin.


The principal material usei in the manu-
facture OF paper in Tonkin Is the ks- yioh or
paper tree, which grows in abundance on
the mount aims in the environs of SoDtay.
The dried bark Of this is brought in bundle-
upon the backs OF oxen or buffaloes from
the mount aims. where it i gathered for the
numerous paper mills, whose principal center
is in the vicinity of Hanoi. 1t is worth
about cents pound This bark is mscer-
ated and rubbed up in mortars SO as to
reduce it to a fine pulp. This latter Is ex-
tended with a certain quantity of water in
order to form a clear paste, which is sizsi
with an infusion made from the shavingS of
the gomao, a tree which grows in abund-
ance on the Black river mountains.
The paper is manufactured sheet by sheet
by women by means Of delicate bamboo
screens that they alternately dip into the
paste and take out Herewith a thin sheet of
paper, which they deposit upon a board
At the end OF the day these sheets are put
into a press in order TO extract the moist
ure from them and are then dried by plac-
ing them one by one on g hot masonry wall
Finally they are put up in pa ckages and
trimmed. Each woman makes 1000 sheets
a day. The thickness Of the paper depends
upon the consistency Of the paste.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD"
Methods of Mexican Road Agents"
Crosses at the RoadSide.

Methods of Mexican Road Agents"
Crosses at the Roadside.
Fannie b Ward in New York Sun
In former times this region was fsvorite
resort for salteadoreS, or knights Of the
road" and no diligencia coming in from
Vera Cruz could expect to escape an over
hauling The gentleman robbers, sallying
nut in sufficient numbers to insure obedisnce
TO all their mode,t demands, were in the
habit Of treating passengers with all the
courtesy consistent with the profession As
sisting them to alight with the utmost
politeneSs, the knights requested male trav-
eIers to stretch themselves prone upon their
faces on the ground. Few were 50 tool
hardy as to disobey, when an overpowering
number Of carbines were pointed at their
crsnium'. for the least sign OF resistance
was the signal fos ones instant execution
II any priests were present they were given
the first attention-ouG Of respect for their
sacred calling-the saltsaiores kneeling be-
fore them in mock humility and requesting
-alms" mean eros es, roSaries, or whatever
valuables the fathers mig hit happen TO haveI,
and afterwari craving parting bsnedicte.
Next the ladies were relieved OF their
purses, earrings, and other trinkets-not
without many gallant expressions Of regret
that beatty should thus be subjected to an
noyance. Then the men were searched,
their pistols, ammunition, money, watches,
etc, secured. tn, trunks and the treasure
box Of the coach were by no means neg
lectei, and occasionally even worse things
occurred when the knight chanced to bs in
need Of new apparel In such cases the pas
sengers were reduce to about the condi-
tian of the first occupants of Eden before
fig leaves became fashionable. sometimes a
single garment being kindly left to each out
of Difference 10 the ladies!
But such enlivening incidents OF travel
are mostly in the past, and to-day we may
journey anywhere in Mexico with compare
tive safety Formerly the salteadores al
ways divided their plum Ter religiously with
the Virgin Mary, hoping thereby to secure
Heavens Indulgence. But in these degen-
crate days, when most Of the poor knights
are reduced to ignoble labor, even churches
are sometimes sacked, and the Virgin her
self is frequsntly robbei.
All the highways AMI byways Of Mexico
are StTswn with rude crosNes each with its
surroun ling heap OF stones. marking way
side murierS BIT the travelsr may con-
sole himself with the assurance that if
a ,sassinate1 here his murdsrers will set up
the symbol of their faith above him, AMI
tarry long enough to mutter prayers for his
unshriven soul And through all the com
ing years each pss,sr-by will pau>e to say
an Ave Maria, and to toss a pebble upon
his grave in token that the piou' duty has
been perfOrmei, |, till such a mighty mausO-
leum i collected that Gabriel will be puzzled
how to get him out from under It'll
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
HOW FAME IS ACHIEVED.
Something New in the Theatrical Faint
ing Line Fame from a Fall.

something new IN tnt
ing Line Fame from a Fall.
IRlakely Hall in the Argonaut.l
Some years ago Sara B,rnharlt. a woman
# genius created an original fall when she
tainted in Fedora" From the year 1900
iown to Sara BernhsTit's time. emotional
actresses hal invariably tainted by stagger-
ing up TO the middle OF the stage, scowling
fiercely, yelling my Gawd! this is t'much."
turning half way round. and falling with
the palms OF the'r hands fat on the floor
In Fedora" Bernhardt gaSpej, fell half
way against a sofa, and tumblsd hesdlong
IN the floor. The audience caught its breath
Sprang to its feet, and shouted its applause
Something new had been accomplished on
the stage.
Mrs. Bernard Beere a woman Of enter
prise, went over to Paris, saw Bsrnhardt
fall. returned to London, played Fedora"
fell on the sofa at full length, and rolled
over with her head toward the audience,
and Topped fiat on her back on the floor
"Gad.' said the English audience the fol-
lowing morning, "'Feio-a' is a great play.
You ought TO see BsruarI Beere fall 'Pon
me soul its great!'
Fanny Davenport a woman Of avoirdu-
pois, went to Paris returned to America
via Lon Ion, played Fedora" in America
ell across the sofa, rolled over, and made
$50. 900 the first year. All America talked
of DavenpOrt's fainting scene IN Fedora
Mr.. LIngtry, a woman of beauty. fainted
away in "A Wife's Peril" by falling side
wise on a sofa, hanging there for a moment,
and then falling to the stage. Her corsage
was low. Her bust superb A "Wile's
Peril was a SUCCESS
Margaret Mather, a woman of persistence
appeared as Juliet at the Union Square
theater. faintel away in the balcony scene,
and rolled down three steps like an acrobat,
ami fell on the stage with a resouuding
thump There were five recalls, loud cries
Of bravo" modest cries of "bravaw." a
waving Of handksrchiefs. and then che first
nighters rushei out into an ad joining cafe,
slappel each other on the shoulders, and
said "SbeS the most wonder full Juliet since
Adelaide Nelson"
But long man with red nose, who
stood by, said that the next woman who
came forward would achieve fame and
fortune at single plunge by falling off a
step- ladder
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
THE CAPITAL CITY OF Brazil
The Thoroughfarss Ab0minabIe Public
buildings Ugly and UBpretentIouS

A1t -IuD DliG
buildings Ugly and UBpretentiou-
lCOr. New York Sun
A few years ago there was not even a
sewer in Rio Janeiro. and all the garbage
and offal of the city was carried through
the streets on the heads Of men and dumped
into the Now there are drains under
the principal streets; but they seem to be Of
little use. the main thOrUughfarss are
abOminaOle. and one wonders what the loss
pretenIiOus ones may be. The pavsments
are Of the toughest cobblestonss the streets
are so narrow that not a breath Of air can
enter them, and the sunshine cannot reach
the pools of fifth that steam and fe,ter in the
cutters, breeding plaques
The city is in the shape OF narrow cres-
cent, lying between the mountains and the
bay, nowhere more than half a mile
wide, and stretching for distance of nine
or ten miles 1t can never be any wider,
but grows at either end. The chief resi-
dence street lies along the edge Of the
water, but the business houses are
crowded into the lower portion of the town.
damp, gloomy and dismal, the street, being
so darrow that carriages are forbidden To
enter them during the busy hours Of the
day. A fire that would burn out the older
portion OF the city would be a blessing and
might redeem Rio from some Of its fifth and
uglines%
The public buildings are quite as ugly
and unpretsntious As the commercial houses
The city palace of the emperor fronts the
market-place, in which dOnkeys and carts
are unlOaded daily, and where the fish boats
land. 1t is impregnatei by the stencil Of
decaying vegetation, and has an ancient
and fish-like smell The structure looks
more like a warehouse than the shelter Of
the imperial power, and Dom Pedro will
not live IN it; but nobody can blame him
He has two beautiful palaces in the coun-
try, in which he resides, and only comes t.
the city palace on occasions Of public i'm
portance. The only prssentable govsrE-
ment buildings are the postofice and print
ing house, and many of the private resi-
dences are superior in every respect 10 any
thing the government owns The building
in which congress sits is gloomy old pile,
without single redeeming feature, aud a
great empire like Brazil ought to be
ashamed to house its parliament in such q
place.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23

TNaIIOHaI
The health and we'll being Of the farmer
family demand that strict cleanliness be OBJ
served in the home surrounding aud about
the stables and yards. The foul exhalations
arising from decaying matter, whether
vegetable or animal from stagnant water
and cess pool,, fr bm manure heaps and filthy
pig pens, may cause sickness and death in
the family circle. At least the risk is 50
great that no farmer who loves his family
can afford to take it So clean up every
thing and every where; clean out the cellar
drain, the stagnant water and Cess pools
and haul out the manure on the fields, and
sprinkle fresh lime and carbolic acid in tn :,
cellars and about the doorway, and where
ever any bad odors may he found.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23


I'D rather wait upon fifty men than one
woman. The ladies are never satisfied In
the first place, there ara not any sample,
that plea 9 them They are all the time
looking for some new attitude. They don't
want anything that any boi iy else has ever
had They discuss all the little things such
Is their hair, cnlors, ribbons bangs, frizze
position of the hands, and so on, and change
their minds about ffty TINS But the
worst is when the proofs come in A woman
is never pleased with the first thing she secs.
She has tn point out this supposed defect or
that, and find fault here and there and talk
an hour or two about sitting again
at i right the other way with men. They
are easily pleased. II they have any convic-
tions they are convictions, and they express
them pointedly. They rarely change their
minds The proofs generally suit them.
There is no doubt in the world that, as a
rule, men have better taste than women,
too This may surprise y on, but it is a fact
The average man will say, L don't know
anything about such matters and will
then say something sensible and pointed
about the work in hand Not one man in
twenty sits the second tune. 1t seems to
me that every other woman must sit twice,
and every fourth one three times Pm so
tired y
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
The Women of the South
Detroit Free Press

lDruhI ITcssl
The casual visitor of the south knows lit
tie of tbs refinement and loveliness OF well
bred southern women. Like the haZs-cov-
cred mountains of North Carolina, "The
land Of the sky" you must study from ev-
cry point of view before you can properly
appreciate them They must know who
you are before they unyeil themselves to
you. They do not overwhslm you with
their knowledge Of philosophy or abstruse
science, AMI especially do they shrink from
strong minded view. of things But do not
infer from their gentle Ness that they lack
character. Deprived Of the luxury and ease
in which they were reared, they teach,
keep boarders, become milliners, and even
descend to their own kitchen work with a
sweetness and dignity that admit Of no
sense of degradation and mark them every
where as the true bred gentlefolk that they
were.
The maidens Of the SOUTH as may be in
ferred from the above outline outline OF
their mothers and more shielded from the
world than no Tthern girls and are less in
dependent II yon see beyy Of southern
schoolgirls boisterous on the street Or in
public cars tsomething / have never seem.
YOU may know that they do not belong to
the first families You may say that they
10 not accomplsh so much at tbeir
studies, and all that; Tut still the
fact remains that there is much that Is ad-
mirable in their breeding and manners IL
you hear a southern LAZY speak you may
know whether she belongs 10 the first fami
lies by her pronunciation of the little wort
about" It can not be expressed by typea,
nor is il easy for northerners to master this
shihbOIeth of southern refinement
The north and south. as they become bet-
ter acquainted, find much TO admire in each
other What is most needed in some sweet
little 'Buttercup" to mix these children
up" stronger civilization will result
from the through fusion Of Puritan and
cavalier blood, as wa the case IN the fusion
of Saxon and Norman blood in England
King Humbert of Italy dislikes court balls
and royal fe,es, and when he has to attend
the u be loo&s painfully bored
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
l. Pluribus Unum.


brooklyn Eagie.l
The young man fingered near the man
aging editors desk, waitin, for an appoin t
ment on the regular staff
But You drinkf' said the manager, wish
ing to let the candidate down easy.
Yes" replieI the young man, so diG
Alexander the Great"
You are dudsF glancing at the youtA's
dandified dres..
so was Di raeli"
And you are larp
so was Napoleon Bonaparte."
And you are head and ears in dsbtr
Like Alexander Dumas"
"And you are a gluttoni'
so wa, Peter the Grsat'
"And you swear Occasionallyl'
$50 did George Wa. hington." X
you are liable to get drunkp
Like Daniel Webster" 49,
"YOu are not college mani'
Neither was Lincoln"
And then you write a wretchedly illegi-
BILE handt'
Like Horace Greeley
"You can't make a speechI'
"Like Grant"
Well said the manager, plunging at a
heap OF manuscript, anyhow We don't want
You; you won't do Good morning"
The young man turned away exceeding
sDrrowfuL ITS no sort OF use" he sail,
"a fellow combines in his own brain ami
person the traits of all the great men from
Alexander to Grant, ami can't even get a
place on The Brooklyn Eagle. This world
is growing too fast for genius"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23

Only a few months ago the medical world
was surprised, snd suffering humanity de-
lighted, over the announcement Of the dis
coys.y Of new drug whose outward sppli-
Cati1n deadened all pain from the surgeons
knife. What would the practitioners who
are so slow to accept any new discovery in
medical science say il it were announced
that a surgeon Of prominence in this city
had discovered q means for doing away
altogether with every form Of snesthsticsl
have no particulars at this writing and
am not certain that the surgeon l allude to
is yet ready to announce his discovery; but
am assured that recent experiments have
shown the possibility Of producing anes-
thetic effects without the u,e Of any OF the
ordinary agent for in iucng in,snsibility.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
WON AN AND HOME.
THE cURLED OARLiNGS OF THIS
LUXURIOUS GENERATION
Women of the South-TraInsd Nurses
Ashamed Of Her Mother scaIded
Children CIeanIins ss-SeIf- SacrI-
flee Baby's Eyes-Items.
TNew Orleans Times Democrat.I ]


Do the children OF the present day appre-
ciate tIeir good fortune in being OF the
present day. For they are extremely
fortunate; of that there can be no doubt
In their very primers arc pretty little pct
ureS, that are prepared TO give them just
and discriminating views on wood engrav-
ing before they have gotten through words
of one liable Don't some of the older
ones remem mber the four illustrations that
gave such a pleasant interest to the old
blue back sINellerl That same blue speller.
that teasing statisticianS used to calculate
would go all around the world, if put to-
gether length wise. and leave some TO tie in
bow knot at the other Sile.
Tho-e poor little innocents who stood
up in rows with their hands behind them
and spellei long columns Of words that had
no meaning 10 them, would as a rule, have
been willing To contribute their ultramar
inc copies TO lengthening the loops Of that
knot
Those pictures Of the irate old gentleman
pelting the THE wing boy in the apple tree.
and of the naughty milkmaId Alnaschsr,
who, very properly one felt came to no
good end, Were the only cases in that dreary
waste Of words but even for those one was
thankful despite the Adiisonian elegance
and moral ty, OF the short tales" which ac-
companied them. Now small children are
taken into beautiful fiowery mead OF
learning, from whence leads the road of
learning made royal by all the tri-
umphs Of literature and art A new
primer, just issued, has fragments from
famous songs and stories as reading matter,
and nowadays children ara not taught 10
spell; they are first taught to read, and
after that lessons in spelling are unneces-
sary; and these fragments are illustrated
by the first artists. Even the old time
"McGuffey" grows daintier in pictures and
binding each year.
But after ali the curled darlings OF this
luxurious generation will never know the
proud joy Of being able to spell in com pat
i-bil-i-ty, and Con -stant-i-no- pie without q
pause and all the syllables carefully divided
and pronounced, at the age Of years; all
things have their compensations 1t seems
But for those children in the past there
was only, by way Of light reading, Mother
Goose, with crude rcd and yellow pictures;
Sanford and Merton, with the blackamoor
very black, and the two heroes very pink
and white; and large and unoomprOmising
doses Of piety, morality and improving in
formation by Abbot, Edgeworth and Agu-
liar. unseasoned by any pictures at all
For these modern babies there are no allo-
pathic doses OF anything; even their re-
Iigion is sugar-co coated. But what hopes may
we not have of the wide and beautiful cul-
ture Of this coming race, fed upon beauty,
wit, imagination and poesy, as soon as they
can do without mother milkI
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
Norwegian. Naturally Artistic.


The Norwegians display a natural ability
for art, but not culture. Thus, while they
have no pictures, no buildings worth seeing
no mssic worth hearing and no food worth
eating. the value they set upon their
scenery, the care they exercise in retaining
and preserving the beauties of nature in
and about their towns, the decoration OF
their windows with plants, which are
tended like delicate children, exotics which
you see the women buy in the market, and
which they carry for miles up into the
sountry-these trait, promise noble fu.
ture, when wave shall sweep over the
land This room adOrnment, universal
both in town and country, becomes almo i
an essential of life in winter, for wherever
else the eye rests is the unsnding dazzling
feld OF snow,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
The Caterer

it Aalt-TtF
Take twenty-five bearded oysters fresh
one, are always better than salt for they 10
not shrivel in the cooking), strain them
from the liquor, and put them in a bowl
and add to ihem teaspoonful of lemon
juice Then put the liquor of the oysters,
together with the boards, into a saucepan,
adding a whole mace, four or five pepper
corns pinch of cayenne pepper, a very
little grated nutmeg and piece of lemon.
rind the size of nickel"
Place the saucepan over the fire; let the
liquor simmer very gently for fifteen min
utes; then strain it and thicken il with a
teaSpoonful of flour, in which an ounce Of
butter has been smoothly rubbed. Now add
gill of cream, and STIR the liquor over
gentle fire until it becomes thick and
smooth. Then put in the oysters, and let
the pan remain only long enough for them
to become heated through Do not allow
them TO boil or they will shrivel and become
tough. As soon as they are heated, have
ready some slices of toast on a hotdi and
over these pour the oysters, with their
gravy, and serve Immediately.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23

nearu crash IN tine yart NEXT door. tnen
heard Mrs BIue, say: You didn't want To
break the pitcher, did you, Tommy Never
mind it, little dear!'
Il would call her an amiable woman,
Mr.. Darrnger."
We'll, may he Ten minutes later she
struck different key. Tom. you good for
nothing little rascal, why did you leave
that gate op,nt I've mind to box your
ears
That wasn't quite SO amiable, l admit,
Mr.. Darrlnger lncrea ed provocation-"
'Nn, Bromley, it was less of a provoca-
ton"
How do you explain the inconsistency
them
Easily enough. The Tpm who broke her
pitcher was my Tom The Tom who left
the gate open was hers
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
The silver Dollar N 1894.
THE Argonsttl

In the congress of 1874 the subject OF the
emblemS and devices for the new silver
dollar to be coined at the Philadelphia mint
came before the house. A southern member
bitterly opposed the adoption Of the eagle
for the emblem on the reverse Of the coin,
on the ground that "the eagle is the king OF
birds, and hence neither suitable nor proper
to represent a nation whose institutions ami
interests were wholly inimical to monarchi-
cal forms of government perhaps a
goose might suit the gentleman, replied
Judge Thatcher, "as it is rather humble
and Republican biri, AMI moreover, the
gosling would answer to place on the
dimes" The fierce southerner took the
playful rejoinder as an insult and sent a
challenge to the judge, who promptly re-
fused tn fight on 50 slight a ground. "Will
You be branded as d cowariP asked the
southernsr's friend. Certainly, II he
pleases," replied Thatcher; Al always was
one, and he knew it, or he would not have
challenged me-"