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, 1888-01-03

Professional entertainers are getting to
be excessively plentiful in Brooklyn.
The Rambler saw n list of parlor artists
the other day as long as the roster of a
military company, each of whom was
billed as q person fit to mako q night
agreeable for reasonable compensation.
They do it for anywhere from So to $25
q night, and most of them have
tive patronage. The clubs utilize the
moro accomplished and all sorts of private
parties the rest. They are readers, singers
and humorists. The humorist is tho
latest product in the amusement line. He
tells comic stories, makes faces and re-
gilds chestnuts for the entertainment Of
people who haven't the vim to entertain
themselves. Time was when a parlor
full of people developed their own fun,
but now in all social circles it is becoming
the thing to hire some n to do it. L
know n number of clever young men
who are panning out much pocket money
this season by acting as general, made to
order merry ENTHUSIASTICALLY Eagle.
, 1888-01-03
Tho conductor,s noard Ell.

Some time since IL general manager
found out that one of his conductors was
running short in his cash reports n mail
amount every trip. lie was nm excellent
train manager, and the amount of his
pcculation was not over S3 per day when
he was on the road. The manage had
him watched very closely, and ascertained
that his conductor was defrauding the
company out of just enough to pay his
living expenses, thus making his salary
clear every month. One day the manager
called him into his private office.
Say" said he, don't You think this
company has been paying your board
abou long enough"
Make yourself understood, " answered
the conductor with some dignity.
II mean just this, that you nav been
knocking down your living expenses out
Of money belonging to this road for some
time, and we nave grown weary of it."
well, what are o going to do about
iti" the conductor queried, supposing, as
n matter of course, nat his discharge
would follow in the next sentence.
81 want 10 know If your salary is large
enough for you to pay your own board"
81 shall have to pay my board without
any salary for awhile now" was the con-
ductor's reflection to himself.
Much to the conductors surprise the
manager told him to take out his train,
but not to charge his board to the com
pany again. A moro honest and faithful
man never was in the employment Of the
company after Observation-Disclosures.
, 1888-01-03

Although the Plaza Bolivar is open to
everybody, the lower classes never enter
it during concert hours, but content them
selves with listening to the music outside
the railing. Altogether l have rarely met
with n more docile, well behaved people
than the lower classes of VeneZuelanos.
They are poor and ignorant, but at the
same time honest and kind hearted Rob
berries are hardly known in Caracas. The
doors are left open during the day, and
even at night they seem to be closed only
for formality's sake, but not for protec-
ton. In my numerous lonely walks
through the streets at night, not only in
Caracas, but in other towns, 1 never met
q disorderly or drunken person. After II
O'Clock at night everything is quiet. The
few tramways crossing the city stop
shortly after 10 O'Clock, and at midnight
the streets are absolutely deserted, re-
minding me often OF similar streets with
houses in n city far away, at the foot of
Mount Vesuvius-Pompeii.-E. De Hesse
Wartegg in New York Sun.
, 1888-01-03


Badal, or revenge, is the soul of Afghan
life. All the history of ~Afghanistan, both
public and private. is one continued tale
OF vendetta. However, it chances that I
have not in my collection any song of
vendetta illustrating this side of Afghan
life in a manner sufficiently character
js,ic 10 deserve quotation. Suffice it to
;av that vendetta is with the Afghans
y hat it is with the Corsicans, the Alba
nilns, all primitive mou~ntainCcrs; it is
hereditary and not TO be prescribed. Even
n British territory the law is ~powerless
gainst the badal; it is one of the crimes
n which no witness will be found to
eak before the iudgein kachchri. There
hardly an Afghan in the mountain who
J u not Il foe who aims at his head and
:t whose head he aims. 1t happens not
seldom that an Afghan sepoy from Nag-
lii-Gm-mauy Afghans from over the
border cnGst in the native contingent
risks for leave for private business; that
means that there is up there some VOLTS
Load which he has TO take. There is n
,tory Of an Afghan sepoy, who, having
not joined his paltan in due time, COM
liaincd bitterly of the iniquity of his
officer, who had dismissed him from SER
We: Il had a duty of badal to perform:
] lad Il fee to kill. The scamp absconded
fIr weeks; What could | do2' -Contem-
lurary Review.
, 1888-01-03

Tho records of the church of San Fer
nnndo, at San Antonio, Tex, show that
William II. Founce was christened on
March 3, 1875. He is alive yet, but
doesn't know just how old he was when
he was christened. Uncle Billy was a
hard man in his day, being q bull fighter,
a miner and a gambler. Although fully
liz years old, this veteran is reported to
be spry and tough yet. A few days ago
he rode ten miles to n dog fight, and came
back with a pocketful of money. He
lives alone, drinks mescal steadily, but
no whisky or beer, eats heartily, sleeps
well md looks like n man of S5.-New
York Sun.
, 1888-01-03

The American Architect asserts that
one of the new building materials which
is likely TO be found useful in many ways
is common salt. Among the carpenters
salt is now found to lie useful us an aid TO
the heating of glue. Where. as is usual
in %ioiners' and cabinet makers shops, tho
glue is melted in n jacket kettle, sur
rounded by water, it is said To be advis-
able 10 put salt in the water in the outer
kettle. The addition of salt raises tho
boiling point, and, therefore. allows the
glue in the kettle to b. kept at Il higher
temperature than could he maintained
with water alone, and this is advanta-
Eeous to the work. The masons find
their use for salt in adding it TO cement
mortar in cold weather, TO preserve it
from the bad effects of freezing.
1t is not quite clear why the salt should
act in this way, as the beneficial results
'f using it are visible with mortar which
las certainly been frozen, and frozen salt
water expands nearly rs much as fresh
water. But engineers and contractors
WHO have tried it are unanimous in their
OPINION of its value. In many cases
luasnury has been LAID in cement in cold
weather. using a considerable proportion
Of salt in tie mixture, which after re-
Is"licd frcc&iugS and thawings has re-
], incd in I~rrfcct condition, while work
I,r:r by laid in mortar of the same kind,
huV without salt, has beer d~isintcgTated
by the frost.-SCiCntitic American.
, 1888-01-03
Source of Second Hand Delight.

The enthusiastic traveller is always re-
freshing, till you begin to get too much
of him. He Tor she) breaks out into
transports whenever q new object is
sighted, and expresses unbounded delight
upon every possible occasion. These
good people are generally First trippers;''
they have not been abroad before, and
nearly everybody takes it hard the first
time. Ono jealous clergyman whom 1
remember was a perpetual fountain of
second hand delight. Everything he saw
rainc,l Hiss upon him, and even during a
hard fit of sea sickness he averred, with
u haggard smile, hat he had always
wanted to know how it felt, and was
thankful to n gracious Providence for
giving him the opportunity. But his
thanks were rather more fervent when
he got wcll.-Wil Carleton.
, 1888-01-03
SOMETHING ABOUT GLASS EYES.
Artificial optics for Day and for Evening

Artificial Optics for Day and for evening
g. ho oculist's Skill.
One eyed people who can afford it have
two glass eyes-one for day, the other
for evening use. The reason for this is
!,at The pupil of the eye is smaller in tho
uaytime than at night, and hence the
glass eyes are of different sizes, so as
- correspond with the natural eye. II
! aicc of glass eyes is becoming cheaper
account of competition, and at the
ne time the quality is better. a COM
5:on glass eye may be had for $40, but
1aey are not good receptions and do not
list long. \ first class eye costs $50, or
wen more. The best will not last over
Two years, because the secrctions in the
hollow of the eye roughen the glass by
chemical action, and this roughness irri-
Irtcs the Gcsh.
\ glass eye, like false teeth, is taken
cut at night, for it would not he safe to
40 to sleep with it in the cavity. II
might drop out, and the slightest fall
would break it. If n person could buy
glass eyes at wholesale, by the gross, he
could get them for about So apiece. But
lie would have to look over n great many
lNforc finding n to fit and 10 match his
other eye in size, color and expression.
Glass eyes are all made abroad, princi-
lally in Germany and France, no
factory having beer started here,
although there is n great demand
for them in this country. A glass eye
j. not made after the shape of n natural
rye, because when the latter is taken
from the cavity the tissue just back of it
presses forward and leaves but little
il>ace. The false eye is, therefore, clip
1ical in shape. The outer side preserves
h natural form. but the inner side is
near fiat with rounded edges. 1t is
slightly larger than the natural eye, so
HAT when inserted in the cavity it may
not silly out. At first it i~rritatcs the eye
Ids ami the tissue back of the cavity, but
The wcarcr grows accustomed to it and
lads it a rest and a protection. y skillful
"cuiist can put n glass eye into the cavity
~ that very close observation is necessary
10 detect it. Not only are the size and
Colcr Of the natural eve countcrfeitcd
but even the general expression. Tho
oculist has yet TO discover means of giving
that sympathetic movement which dis
1inguishes a pair of eyes. There is quite
Il large number of people with glass eyes,
say one in 400. You would not know it
by casual observation, for the wearer Of
n glass eye is SO sensitive on the subject
that he is careful of his actions in public.
and he becomes s o accustomed to the
glass orb that he can prevent all but in
Inmate friends from discovering his de
feet. Science has done better by him
han by the man with the wooden limb.
-OcGlist in Globe-Dcmocrat.
, 1888-01-03
A weary snrfoIt Of nonsehoId Art.

"Hcrc, come out into our sitting room,
will your said II gentleman the other
night. ~ just want to show you how nrt
can be p%rostitutcd. Ny wife has gone and
bought u stove and paid S75 for it-$40
for the heating apparatus and S35 for
those nickel gimcracks and figures on it
and those tiles jammcd into it. l told her
she had no sense of the fitness of things.
If we want nickel statuettes and tiles
let's ave 'cm where they belong INT not
on n pesky stove. A stove is made to
give warmth, not to serve MS n crockcry
cabinet. The neXt step will be art coal
hods, art dishpans, art potato barrels and
art rat traps. The palmer and less con-
s~picuOus n stove is the better. A stove
covered with these gewgaws is as out of
place rs n coal HEAVIER going to work in n
dress suit and patent leather pumps."-
Buffalo Courier.
, 1888-01-03

1t is not generally known that the bulk
of the product Of the world is from the
straits settlements on the Malay peninsula
or Malacca in the southern part of Asia
The mining there is that of 'blood TIM
not rock, and this means that it is taken
from the lowlands near the mountains,
where it is found in seams or pockets, ten
or twenty feet or more below the surface
level, in the shape of or appearing like
coarse black sand, with here and there n
mixture of tin. The ore is smelted in
slabs of irregular shape at the mines and
sent to Penang and Singapore to be re-
smclted in regular marketable slabs or
blocks, and at the same time purified, and
hen to be shipped. The tin mining,
capital and labor, is practically in the
hands of the Chinese.-The Age of Steel.
, 1888-01-03

/ doubt If there is u successful man in
the city OF New York whose door is not
darkencd every day in every week by men
whom he cannot afford TO turn away; by
men who want work for what that work
will bring them; by men to whose hands
the heavy shovel and The pick are
strangers, and who wouldn't know what to
10 with either the one or the other; by
men who have II past, but whose present is
dark, whose future is obscured; by men
to whom the temporary relief of SO or $40
means, oh! so little; by men who are
clothed with the garments of despair, born
of their utter inability TO find employment
sufficiently rcmunerative to keep IL oof
oven their heads and clothing on their
bodies, well fed.-Joe Towards Letter.
, 1888-01-03

1 remember very well the first case 1
ever had to defend In court. My client, n
negro, had "tuck n hog" My father left
me to make my own beginning and to
wrestle with justice alone. Isaid: Jim,
when you arc called plead not guilty, and
ask for trial by jury"
Eyes, sab" said Jim.
When Jim was called he stood up, and
the clerk read in his stereotypcd way the
indictment, ending CONTRARY to the form
and statute" etc, and asked:
whereof arc you guilty or not
guilty9"s
"Sahf' said Jim.
'Read it over" said the judge; and
over again it was accordingly read, and to
the same concluding interrogation Jim
again responded, "Sahf"
HSee here, you," said the judge; che Is
asking you if You took that hog or not"
And TO my horror jim scratched his
head and, With q confding smile, said:
"Yes, sab, .Hdge tuck de hog" and SO
ended my fral lesEon.-Cor. New Orleans
picayunc,
, 1888-01-03

There is no storyin the history of the
world more remarkable han that of Aus
tria. 1t is the history of tho triumph Of
diplomacy over war, and yet of Il dillo-
macy dependent always for its power on
n certain kind of military strength. To
us it seems that though undoubtedly tie
heterogeneous character of the monarchy,
which has always weakened its armies, is
more apparent on the surface thar ever,
yet that, in n contest with Russia which
should take place n year or two hence,
Austria would be practically stronger
than she has been at my time in her his
tory. The Austrian armies have proba-
bly, sustained more defeats than any other
troops in Europe, yet over and again
she has become the decisive power whose
influence, thrown into the scale, has de-
termincd the issue of victorious war.
1t was her union with the allies hat
proved fatal to Napoleon in 1918. Her
union with us during the campaigns of
Marlborough is connected with some of
the most glorious periods of our own mil
itary history. The power of recupcration
which she has again and again shown
after defeat has been marvellous. 1t is no
doubt due to the fact that her population,
almost entirely agricultural, has always
furnished Il vast supply of hardy, healthy
soldiers; while the masses of her rural
folk have, despite the socialism Of the
towns, been less disposed toward revolu-
tionary changes thar any others in Eu-
rope. Patriotism, except in Hungary, is
no doubt difficult for the inhabitants of
the a~gglomerate empire. 1t is hard to
know toward what nation their patriot
ism should be felt. Nevertheless the 10y
atty OF many races-the TyrOlesc, for in
stance-and generally n certain attach
ment to the royal house, if it does not
supply all the motive power which armies
need, saves Austria from many Of the
risks which some Of her n~eighbOrs run
Blackwood's Magazine.
, 1888-01-03
HOW WE MET.

While summer with her slow, reluctant feet
Went by, and lingering, smiled, as 10th 70 part,
What fond delusions warmed one lonesome
henrtl
Though lives by fate were severed, thoughts could
meet:
So met we, dear, as bodiless spirits greet;
Met and were blind, foreseeing not the smart
OF hopes that hope not, and of tears that start
From eyes which look what lips may not repeat.
Here for n day-then gone beyond the sun
Brief is the way, and soon the journey done
And less or more of love why should we mea-
surc2
But Fate avenges pleasant things begun;
And RetributiOn spares not any one,
And no gods pity those who steal their treasure.
Louise Chandler Moulton in Cosmopolitan.
, 1888-01-03

In the combination, proportion, and pre-
paration OF its Ingredients, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla accomplishes cures where other pre-
parations entirely fail. Peculiar in its
good name at home, which is a tower of
strength abroad, peculiar in the ~phenome-
nal sales it has attained, Hoods Sarsapa-
lila is the most successful medicine for
purifying tho blood, giving strength, and
creating an Supetite.
, 1888-01-03

Some cigar smokers invariably use n
cigar holder. A big retail cigar dealer
says that smokers who use holders gener-
ally smoke n cheap cigar. There are eX-
ceptions, Of course, but the rule holds
good generally, he maintains, even among
men of wealth. Old smokers who stick u
cigar between their teeth and like to chew
ut it, rs n rule buy brands that cost from
ten cents up to fifty cents apiecc.-New
York SIM.
, 1888-01-03

There 10 one London mandatory ut
which the making of valentines goes on
all the year. 1t is tho headquarters for the
production of those combinations of laced
and silver paper, springs, notices and lit
tie punches Of colored flowers, and much
of the work has TO be done by and The
laced paper, forinstHnce, is laid face down
ward and filed AWAY by hand, and the
stamped paper is but a cheap German i'm
itation. Tho valentines are put together
by women, the most expert of whom can
make three dozen n day. One curious
thing about their work is that they sub
stitutc the third finger Of tho right hand
for n llucilaEe brush, which, they say, is
useless TO lLcm.-Ioston Budget.
, 1888-01-03
d.. v r&cp.
SPmCxAnIsrs-

We offer no apology for deyutfng so much time
and attention to THIS mach neglected class of
is too wretched 10 merit the sympathy and best
services OF the profession to which we belong
AS many are Innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, Is no les, a
philanthrophist and a benefaotor to his race
the surgeon or physician who by close APP
eXcels in any other branch OF his pro-
fession. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
Is dawning when the false phIianthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, ike
the lepefs under the jewish law. to die uncaJed
for, has passed away.
, 1888-01-03

There are no less than 700 commercial
egg hatchery establishments in Egypt,
which ''turn out" about 10, 900, 900
young birds annually. Country people
who have no incuba' nrs exchange eggs
for newly Matched Ct .ickens, giving two
of the former for ono of the latter
Chicago Tribune.
, 1888-01-03

Persons and especially children, are
subject to this agonizing complaint, which
sSi,hoG comes mes on suddenly in the night and
Liver Regulator should always be at
hand. A single dose will generally allay
the pain 1t never fails in giving relief.
1t is harmless. and can be given with
safety to q child of the tenderest age.
, 1888-01-03

We are requested 10 state that n sensa-
I NAL story now going the rounds of the
! .oYiucial press, TO the effect that the
late Lady Brassey, in u fit of delirium
arising from fever, lcaped overheard from
tie Sunbeam, is totally untrue and with
cut the smallest foundation. Lady
Erassey died Of nalarial fever.-London
, 1888-01-03

y Dc3ton man, who is n manufacturer
rlspbvrry. jam, says that 10 raspber-
r . at all are used in making it. What
used, it appears IRE tomatoes, glucose
q d hayseci, ami q uitlc prepared rasp-
nv fgvor Chicago Herald.
, 1888-01-03

There 40 no riarr lCrc the ups and
'lo- ms Of hfc oscur more rapidly u.an in
Washington. and as a result the paw
Jrokars Of the capital arc all wealthy.
, 1888-01-03

The largest stock of fine brandics. old
WHISTLES, choice %hiqueurs and supcrfiue
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth aud Ferguson
slrnnfs
, 1888-01-03

AcNev's B Flood Elixir Rdmct is the only
'.cd. Nisn positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
lions or SyphiIitic Poisoning. 1t puriies the
.9hole system. and banishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgic pains. We guarantee it
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-03

Nc NON would enjoy your dinner
~ SS1oN and arc prevented by Dys-
pepsia, use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They nro n positive cure for Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. 25 and 90 cents.
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-03

A good motto for n dine museum;
"Wo1ders will never cease. Judge.
, 1888-01-03

FERRIS MOVES HoUsEs
2O6 Fifteenth street
, 1888-01-03

Engraving in all its branches Is done at
ZEdNEP BUEoHNER & Co.'S.
, 1888-01-03

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office.
, 1888-01-03

who may be suffering from the effects OF youth
full follies or indiscretiOus, Will do well TO avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DR. WAC
NER Will guarantee to forfeit Eve hundred dol
lars for every case Of seminal weakness OF pYi-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to curs.
, 1888-01-03

Tie cattle industry of tho United State
represents 81, zoo, OOO, OO0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-26
KELooMIvo PREs1pgyrs MeoosH AVID PATTON

Tho members of the Princeton Club Of this city will
meet for the last time this the Hotel BruDs
wick this evening at O'Clock. The occasion Will bo
more than interesting to the graduates Of that college
by Of the distinguished guests whom tho club
Will entertain President McCosh, who was prevented
by the blizzard from attending the annual meeting
dinner Of the Alumni Association, will bo present
together with Presdontelect Patton Both presidents
will undoubtedly have something to say regarding the
future Of the college.
Dr. Patton has just returned from visit to the lead
ing cities Of the West. In all Of which he was enthus
astcay received, not only by the graduates OF Prince
ton but by the prominent citizens OF the places
During his tour he delivered addresses to the alumni
OF Louisville, Chicago, ST. Louis and Cleveland. At st.
Louis his reception Of the most cordial character,
all ranks and classes uniting to thcir respects to
him. The udicons burglar moi behindband In this
regard, and while DR.. Patton being entertained at
the house of a well known ctIon, purse, coat and
wasteoat elonopsiS absrsctod, preserved as
mcmentoes OF thA visit Of frncetons next prssidcnt to
St. Louis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-26
INVITING IMMIGRATION TO TIE SOUTH
A DISTINGUISHED GATHERING TO SECURE THAT
ENp-ADpREsS BY CARDINAL GIBBONS.

A DISTINGUISHED GATHERING TO SECURE THAT
END-ADDRESS BY CARDINAL GIBBONS
Hot Springs April % (speciaD.-The Southern I'M
migration Convention Of three hundred met at Hot
Springs Hotel to-day. Governor Fitz Hugh Lee OF Vir-
ginia, became permanent chairman. Cardinal Gibbons
and Archbishop Elder, Of Cincinnati, tooh
seats on his right, and on the left
were Governors Gordon OF Georgia,
and Richardson, Of South Carolina. Bishops Kaine,
of Wheeling, and Northrop, OF North Carolina, spoke,
and Governor Gordon made a telling speech, descrb-
ing the great natural wealth of the South and its need
Of moro Inhabitants. He said First VIC wish North
crn men. They fought 10 maintain the law as they
understood IT, Just OF the South fought for our
convictions, and know that they love the law and
will be the best OF citzens when they settle among
us.'
In the evening Cardinal Gibbons gave an address
He said in part My object I'm attending this distn-
gushod meeting to encourage in somo way the
cause OF Southern immigration ] have travelled
through both hemspheres and excellent opportunities
were afforded me OF comparing Europe with America,
and tho result OF my observation is this-that the
honest and industrious immigrant enjoys in this
try advantages which he docs not possess In the OLD
country where tho standing armies great drain
on the moral industrial ard social life OF the nation
He closed his address with a eulogy Of tho
South.
Every Southern State east Of the Mississippi River
has delegations Of prominent citizens present. Res
olutiOns vcrp adopted establishing an Immigration
Association at NewYork City fot the purpose of
couragng immigration to the various States Of the
South.