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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
Downfall of the "Perfume Craze

4 few months ago, perhaps last fall,
there was a perfect perfume craze" 1t
swept through the fashionable and un-
fashionable sets OF New York society
women especially, and reached some few
other cities The masculine element.
everywhere known rs the dudes took
it up also Not druggists only, but dry
goods houses, and every store where
women most do congregate, in New York
city. were called on hourly by crowds of
women, who went from house To houS,.
'sHmplinS' perfume, till it became neceS
Sary to keep duplicate stock on hand and
an experienced set Of clerks who could
discriminate between bona iide customers
and those who took this method Of re-
plrnishing their mouChoir case and toilet
stand
The craze took such proportions that
the result disgusted the originatOrs Of it,
and il was suddenly dropped by the elite
until now perfumers tell lis there is far
less demand than usual for perfumCry.
and good taste has asserted its sway, deli
cate, refined and natural OdOrs being
mostly in demand.-COr. Cleveland Leader
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
Experience with imported Cutters.

About fOur years ago, Col FTaTy. prcsi-
dent of the ridgcpOrt Cutlery company,
while on tour through Europe visited
many of the cutlery establishments in
I ormauy Hamburg. and fnglHnd The
Manufacture Of raIOrs being in a prlml-
tIN, stale ia this country. he decided that
he could 30 no better than 10 bring over
,omc OF the wurkmrn to the I nited
States. The wurkmcn in She eld Eng
land were aS rule members of the
trades unions. and OIL rary had con
siderable iii nCulty in EN- aging the men
VIII III he wanted \ few months later he
had the satisfaction of seeing forty Of
them with their families sailing for this
country. accom- gnied by the secretary Of
the trade union. In Germany and Ham
burg he en- -a.ed siXt men and at once
shipped them and their families to this
,Ountry. Separate rooms were fitted up
for the newly arrived ia ormakcrs in the
shops At Bridgeport. the Germans being
in one part Of the works and the English
in another
4 oil Frary said Il hid great deal
of trouble with my men at first | did
not have nearly rs much trouble with the
Germans rs with the English The lat
ter demanded separate work room apart
from all the wOrkmen in the factory II
one Of the men in my employ wanted To
enter the room while they were at work
they would throw down their tools and
wOGld not resume their labors until thr
visitor hal closed the door behind him.
| WAS the only man in the entire shop
whom they would let into the room with
out stopping work, \ peculiar feature
about them WAS that they would not work
..ft > .1.-r.
Whatever money WAS left after buyiur
the weeks supply the men would go on a
spree with until the last cent was spent
which was usually about Tuesday morn
ing. American workmen are the best in
the world
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
Tenement on the island of Malta

DR.. PlimpsOll's account Of II tenement
arrack on the island of Malta exceeds.
indeed, anything ever reported from the
and Of the Calcutta black hole. "Thcir
rllar dcns,' say he, "have II" fireplace.
nd therefore no chimnrys, and serve
,inGly for a whole family. They have no
windows, and some Of them have no nthcl
,pcrturr Of any kind than the door; and
when you have reached the bottom Of the
1T yuu find the solid rock. wet with slrpS
md foul with the odur Of the children. 50
title air reaches the l'ottOm that the floor
.,.ver dries. and 50 little light that You
ave 10 li-;ht wax match Ia avoid falling
iOwI in the doorway. In one house there
we're three suhtcrranean stories Of six
ellars in each, and in the lowest of all
hrty people were living, thirty-nine feet
'cluw the surface OF the strrrt-E.N-
haure
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

u ihhE ll'th u ht'l'i II
Guess you never heard of the great
run made for the settlements with a
fortune in dust an the lnjuns after me
did your remarked a passenger from the
acitic coast Nobody present had ever
heard of it. and all Were curious
Wall, resumed the Argonaut, i
was pros e2tor w8v back in ~
want afraid of no Injuns nor nothin. an
50 struck out over the range where
white men had never been before
Travelled arOun an prospeCted an pros
peCied until | was bout out of grub. an
had got nightly discouraged finall,
met young Injun squaw. an-wall. |
was younger then than ! am now. an |
charmed her She took pity on me
an told me where could find
bushels o gold followed her direc
tions an sure enough, openin' right out o
the mountain side was ledge full o mug
gets aS big rs my thumb an bigger Ch.
but il was wonderful threw away my
gun an all my food an every hing. and
loaded up with gold Just as had picked
up bout all I could carry heard u
whoop. The buck Indians had discovered
me. Then began IA race for life. Though
| was loaded down with gold threw EN-
all of the Trail an arrived safely at the
settlements. My gold weighed out just
81 .S7l 900 worth es. sir: those are the
exact figures. barrin' a few odd dollars an
cents. 1t was the biggest strike ever
made in Californy.
You say you carried the gold yourself.
without horse OF assiStanCe?" inquired
man. who was busy with paper and pen
Gil
Yes. sir; every ounce of it "
We'll. will you be kind enough TO tell
Us how fast you ran with $3.50 pounds OF
gold about your clothes?"
But the alleged +!er. casting one with
erimg glance at his questioner. demon
>trated his agility only by rapid hight
INTO the next car.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

West FONT Cor Hartford Tunes
Probably no school OF culIcLe in the
country i So fair an example OF demo,
craft, representation as the West Point
Military adcmy out of nearly 3UO
,adcls the INA oritv are the SOUS of com
palaIINcly poor pnreuts but whether rich
oT poor. eiu, alcd or uncultured iniIu
"ntinl or obscure, their boys get precisely
The SAME inn artal treatment when once
they have passed the necessary cNamina
uuu> and don the cadet uniform His
aulrccdrntS are lost sight of All share
the >amr privileges the same hardshlps.
the same restrictions l'ride and ConCcit
nt,nsncd b, tho CoIding of fond par
enrS are kuuckcd out of lad in IL
lwlLkLng Prompt obed cnCe is one of
The hr>t things required Commands are
gwen III uID X sharp tones. which the
cadets soon grow accustomed 10
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
A Valuable ContrivAnce.

An invention which would be of great
service here has just been patented by Mr.
hammond, Of Belfast II shields the
wheels of tram cars so AS TO prevent the
possibility OF injury TO any person falling
between them Though simple. ii ful
ills its purpose.
ESItt"r Extracts Injurious to Digestion.
Believers in the necessity to health Of
spring bitters will he interested in the in
veStigatiOns Of DIR. ChcltsOfT. a reputable
European physician, who has found that
the common bitter extracts really act in.
juriUusly i'll retardinS digestion, while
there are no beneficial efTects.--Medicu
Journal.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

The thieves of New York city art
pretty well informed rs tn the fields in
which they wish to pasture. Every per
son in the city that possesses enough
wealth to make it worth while for the
consideration Of the thief is known to the
profession. 1t is said that the only way
in which the AstOrs and Nanderbilts have
succeeded in escaping robbery is 10y main
tanning private guard over the house
Chica,rn Times
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

There are many customs among semi
civilized people that mitigate the hard
shiI 5 of war There are uften tribal con
diets between the fierce races which in
habit Arabia Sahara and the Soudan
tut immcmurial custom has anctitied the
water wells and the palm trees that
flourish only in the oasis The Arab will
murder or rob, iut he would not cut
down II palm tree or iniurc spring of
wafer in the desert 1t has now cumc to
light that the ritish soldier in the pper
I.gypt and the ~Ou,ian pro, ed TO be -
more contemplate savage than the fol
lowers OF the false prophet The few
traces OF fertility in the deserts they
passed over were DESTROYED. the palm
Trees, viii, h for generations had furnished
grateful shade TO the caravans. were cut
down the date Trees were uprootcd. and
the wells aud springs injured, some Of
Them be- oud repair
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

Lady correspondents at Washington
lived in clover during President Clcve-
lands matrimonial epoch. One of them
took in the shekcls in surprising man
ner. She had ten papers to send her
hymen literature to, and in one week
made $1,000 She sails for England TO
enjoy the fruits Of her Abors.-ChicagO
Times.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

A remarkable property of the ice plant,
botanically known Us ~mesembryanthe
mum Crystaiinum. is its absorption OF
salt. n fluid cNuded by its leaves having
been found TO contain about 80 per cent
Of sea salt For this reason il is sug
gested thai the plant may be advantage
ously grown on lands made unproductlve
by an excess of salt
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

A Special committee on railroad aXles
has reported that iron aXles are safer than
steel aNles; that all CrankS should have
the webs hooped, that as iron cranks ap-
pear To fail after running some 200Wm
miles. and steel after 40 UUn. it is highly
desirable that they should be taken oil
and not again used on passenger engines:
and that crank aXles, properly construct
ed, are rs strong rs straight aXles Chi
cagO Times
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
'Chimuck. the Indian DeIicaoy.


4 few days ago an Indian family
campcd near he Third street bridge
They had number of sacks filled with
hoppcrS one lot of the insects were not
DIR ed 10 the queen taste, and therefore
were spread upon canvas to get the bcne
M of the sun They were found to be de
void of smell other than one resembling
that of dried herbs and were clean look
ing. They were drmoraliLcd. many had
legs and wings broken and were tatteurd
10y the drying process which consists in
shaking in sack with hot stones After
ward the hopper are ground or
pounded into meal with stones. in the old
Indian 81, H. 1t is then called chi
muck In cooking. bear : grease is
used when ohta nahe. and the resulting
mass is considered by Indians in the same
light as are preserves or lellies by white
people
An old Indian sat near watching the
treasures but was SO absorbed in sewing
unon some of his clothing that brood of
ducks and chickens got square meal
The Indian mahaas and his children
were some distance away. around camp
ire over which a mess of cabbage was
being cooked for these people Of the
mountains do not COniine their diet TO the
shrimps of the fields Tie old Indian
said that he was soon going To Lake Ia
noe to spend week in fishing and in
tended 10 sell trout to pale face tourists
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
" IuOws Ia SItkA

When a chief dies in Sitka his wives
pass to his next heir. and unless these
rrlcts purchase their freedom with blau
kets. they are united to their grandson or
nephew as mater Ol course High
strung young Siw ashes sometimes sCOru
these lcgacies. and then there is war. all
the widows rescnting such an outrage on
dcCenCy and established tiIuctte.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

The way they build in Italy is indicated
by the following passage from letter
rom Naples: Il looked down from the
balcony of my hotel and watched some
masons at work just across the narrow
street They were laying outside walls
three feet thick, and walls Of two feet h..-
tween the rooms. The rising structure
seemed to be a Jail or bank. inquired.
and found it WAS designed for an elegant
private residence Exchange
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
They Were ON Excellent Terms.

"Ycs," said barber to his customer,
Pm an Italian count My father is the
Duke Baricelli Muscallonge Garibaldi
Plaza I'm his only SOM"
Aren't you and your father on good
terms;" asked the customer.
"Oh, yes. In fact send the Old gentle
man e every week out of my wages" y
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
Green Turtles brought to New York.

From 5000 To 500 green turtles are
annually brought to New York. and they
ell ut an average Of fifteen cents per
'nund, gross weight. They come from
'l"rida. the West Indies and the shores
+ the Spanish main. Occasionally one j.,
aught As far north a. Long Island They
re caught in nets, and also ON the beach
when they come up Ia lay their cL-s~.
They do not bite or snap. Their food i
-,rccn StutI~. In warm weather. with an
occasional bath. they will live six weeks
without food Inter Ocean
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

1t was resting day at village far away
from the coast and. spreading my chart
out on the middle of the floor in the small
nrtive house in which We were camping
several sitting around. was tracing oul
journey done. and the probable one 10 do
when st,ange drops were falling around d
few on the cuart. They came from 8
b ky par, el overhead Jumping uT
quickly discovered that they were the
family grandmOthers remains being
dI ed Our chart was placed on the fire
and the owner was ca He'd Justify who hur
riedly entered and walked away with tn,
parcel. II was altogether hurried time
and spoiled our dinner
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
A Memory of the Opera.

The celebrated SignOra Howlinski was
in the middle oil her solo in the Houston
opera house when little Johnny Fizzletop
referring To the director Of the orchestra,
asked
Why d, es that man hit at the woman
with his stick?"
" He is not hitting at her; keep quiet "
We'll, then. what does she hoiler so
fnryr
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
Extended Exploration Of Crater Lake.

A party, under direction Of officers of
the United States geological survey, is
about to make an extended exploration Of
Crater lake i'll National park. 1t will be
necessary to lower them l 900 feet down
the stony crags in Crder to reach water
Chicago Herald.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

He was looking for rich wife and
thought he was on the trail
Il love you, he said to her, in rich,
warm tones, mere than | Gun tell you in
worlsn
- ou'd letter try figures" she replied,
coldly, for she was not 80 green as she
l9oked w ashington Critic
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
\ Minister, Warm deception.

A we'll known minister was sent south
from New Jersey lew years ago to labor
among the co.oreI people. They received
hm With many demonstrations OF 10y, an
At the first meeting winch he held one old
coIured preacher prayed for him with great
earnestues-, thus: ~ Lord, breSs dis ye.
bruddeT whats come down from de MORT
to preach the gospl TO Us 'Noint him wId
de Kerosene lie Oh saIvashin, and set him on
ire. detroit Free lress
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

William IL. Rideiny, writing wittily of
gradations i'll England, AYERS: The occu-
pants OF the softest cushions are treated
with the suftest manners-the occupants
of the hardest with an appropriate
asperi:y. ."-EXchange.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

A rose bush in Chico. Cal. is between
thirty and forty feet high. and fifteen OF
twenty feet in diameter. and the top is
now a mass Of white roses
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

Twenty-three million eggs were recently
shipped from st. Louis at one time, only
80 Of which were broken during their
journey to New Exchange
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

The grand jury at Sitka, Alaska, is try
ing TO have the steamship company in
dicted for importing tramps and cranks
into the territory.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

San F, ancISr" tnr"rr-I- "I1ndertonaS -
II WAS Il sauce!ito on pleasant dav
in June The snowy surfupOn the bcaC h
kept muTmuring a tune II was little
bungalow Tar up upon the hill Ii WAS
little housewife who WAS working with
will She set the liable set the chairs
and busted all about the pretty little bung
allow 10 get the dishes out She counted
all the plairS aud knives she counted all
the spoons and studied ever, thing from
soup down TO the maCaroUns. and then
she sio pId and "a cd around, the tah.e
looked 80 ne and then she sad low 10
herself. Il thought that We were nine
But for he life of me | cannol make out
more than ei.ht and then she named
her guests all out and held her fingers
straight u>I then there was fOolstcp
and her hush-ILd hove III view well.
declare why. That The ninth, had for
gotten you
1t is risky thing in New York to join a
funeral train. thinking to honor some friend
by seeing him to his last resting place. The
risk is In the identity of the corpse. If you
don't 60 directly 10 headquarters and see
your fr ends boiy taken from his own door
you are IN danger Of sp .nding your time and
yUur grief on some total stranger. That WAS
the mistake good looking MIR McMllton
made rec .ntly. He adm rel John Kelly
shove all other Politicians, living or dead,
and determined to attend his funeral, no
matter " at h. was ob,iyeI to neglec Be-
ing busy man, NJ. Mention couldn't give
tie entire day to the uuera- He is :.
contractor. and Li> men were to LOOK
alter that day a. ON other days. He
dI e-Sed with ecruIuluuS care went to see
how some pf his wurkmrn were doing. and
at last wen, out and joined the funeral at
the ferry. II" had packed up several friends,
all warm admirer- OF tht. Ge,e sd poll ician
and III hi~ haniso.n" carri Ige they sat with
decorously long face, and talked over the
virtues ul the dead l,ai,r.
Not till the cutfi was b,ing lowered into
the grave did the faithiu McMiltOn learn
that the hody 1t contained was not John
X Ilys, Int that of man named Dunn;
and here | have ie"n Iraym TOR him all
the ioa ~ he ; ld 10 his Irien Is in dIsmay.
1t wss then 100 la'e To G. back and hunt up
Mr.. K..'ly'S funeral, rni Mr.. McMilton would
not b. cOmtOrteI
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11
GEN. G RDoN's pecuLlARlrIss.
A Friends Rc"olIeCt tions-Ths Prayer
Ii~t"-His Last Words.

One Of Gorlon's marked peCuliarities
in conversation was lis employment of
phrases which he had himself coined To-
represent certain ideas. Thus he would
say OF II man SO and so Is very good
fellow but he would never break his
medal. b, which he meant that lac was
ambitious Gordon himself. when the
emperor uf China gave him, in return for
his services "A very Va liable gold medal.
tearing that the sense Of qualification he
derived from II might prove snare Ia
him. broke II up and gave away tho
pieces Hence the allUsIOn
Again lac would say. if asked If he
knew 50 and SO. % | only met him once
and then he rent me rom which
understood that he had felt it his duty
on that occasion TO give the individual
in guc>,i,n word of good advice and
that the oul, thanks WAS that the man re
sent"d it, or in Scripture praSeOOgy.
turned again and rent him
One day Observed him writing notes
on slip of apcr He asked me the
Christian uamc> of TWO friends who were
staying with me told him. and feel
ing, | suppose that my curiosity ought Ia
he "ratilcl Il" sad " | am writing them
down on my prayer list
Another day after using some very
strong language in regard 10 a very high
prr~ona-c who shall hc namrcsS, he
added quickly. but pray for him rcgu
Iarly All this without vcStigc OF
cant If there was II thing he dCtcsicd. il
was hypocrisy. aud trust may not he
suspected of it when say that the
thought of Gordon at Khartoum. and the
knowledge that | was on his prayer list,
was calculated 10 produce a lump in my
throat He was full Of fun and most
CHEEKY companion with those he knew in
timatcIy. iIc never forced a conversation
in a religious channel
lie brought with him from Jerusalem
ra Scl model which he had made 10
carry out his theory that the hill upon
which the greater part of the CITY was
built was in the form of a woman TAX
ing the mound commonly identified as
"thc place of the skull a. the head. the
ines of Typographical COntiCuratiun Ger
tainIy bore out the resemblance In very
remarkable manner lie WAS far more
full of this than either of the Soudan or
the Congo. and WAS taking it with him to
brussels to show the king of the Bel
gianS He left here on the | tn OF 18Th
of / cCcmber. rs and walked to Acre
twelve miles 10 meet the steamer that
was to take him direct to Marscillcs lie
sent his luggage in a carriage
His last wnrds As We Iarted were that
he felt sure We should never meet again
| said he had been wrong once when he
told me that he should pot SEE me again
and | hoped h" was wrong now He said
no. he felt that h' had no more work for
GOO TO do on this earth and that he
should never return from the Congo
Within u month he was in upper Egypt
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

In Paris the city owns the street cars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-11-26
Propagation of Shad.

The following interesting sun
mary of the propagation and distri-
button of shad during 1873; is from q
forthcoming bulletin of the United
States Fish Commission The total
distribution of shad fry for the sea.
son of 1886 aggregates over 100000.
900. AS the entire number Of shad
taken for market is something less
than 100000, it will be seen that
for every shad taken from the waters
this season for market, fifteen young
shad have been artifcially Matched
and returned. The entire cost of
production and distribution has
been less than $4,000; and, there
fore the young fish have been pro.
duced and distributed over the en-.
tire United States at the cost Of about
$215 for a million. or forty.six young
fish for every cent of expenditure.
Another interesting fact to note is
that for the entire time up to and in
Guiding 1882, there were produced
by artificial propagation only 2O0.-
100000 young shad. while for 1886
alone the total prod uction was over
9O,000.000. These facts indicate
that we are certainly getting to a
point where the work may be regard
ed as profitable from commercial
standpoint. The following is u sum-
mary of the shad distributed during
the season of 1886, arranged by river
basins. Tributaries of Management
bay 2.534,00O. tributaries of Long Is
land Sound $4,000, Hudson river
$4,000. Delaware river Fl, 610, 900,
tributaries of Chesapeake bay ST.
100000, tributaries of Albemarle
Sound 100000. streams draining
into the South Atlantic 4,l83 900,
Mississippi river and minor tributar-
les of the Gulf of Mexico 4,758,000,
Colorado river, Gulf of California
$4,000, Columbia river basin $780,
900. Total 92,404, 900.