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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
THEORY AGAINST PRACTICE.
WHERE BooK-1EARx1NG WAS DEFECTIVE.

WHERE BOoK-LEARNING WAS DEFECTIVE.
"rm bungcd up considerable said a red-headcd
young man as he stood at the foot Of Cortlandt-st
waiting for the ferry and felt of repairs which had
becn put around his face in the way OF courtpaster
I'm busted pretty unancrmousy, but | guess l
hold out till I strike jersey
Been in eht - asked a sympathetic bystander
"Naw-I didn't git started nough you could call
II fight I've been licked though and Amt tryin
to dodge the issue5
What cot you into the trouble7-
Edieraton. sir-readin' when I orter been in bet
ter business b'lievln lot Of blame foal truck ies
Cause It in a books
How was It ~
"W'y this way: You see I had o. these 'erc
gymnazerum books and read It, Says the book like
this, you sec: A man with his waist bigger round
than his chest amt good physically That's
what the book claimed. He's n'ble TO give at
tho critical moment, says the book And II he's fat,
went on the book. he's dead to give out al the
critical minute. He's short wnded and his muscles
IS habby, says the book He amt no good earth,
says the book awful certain and no man needn't be-
'frad to tackle him. He's cumbrance on the world
says the book. and he or train and git down the
size of his waist and boom the dermenslon of his chest
fore some small swats him one and walks on
him. This was the idea the book held and l took 1t
all in.'
Didn't the theory hold good in practice''
II Amt been able TO sec IT in that light yet.
come over from jersey this morning feelin pretty
0. X My dimensions all right You can crack
hckry nuts my chcst-I amt short winded Moth
Ing fabby bout my muscles. I don't give at the
critical moment, says Z After a while up on
Bleeckerst. loOkin' in winder watchin Frenchman
cook pancakes iron foostool when Tong comes
policeman big's a load o. hay. He tried to run on
me by ieliin' me TO move sized him up. II
was foot further round his waist than round his
chest II 1t was an inch. lie fat too Con
scquently, says to myself you're habby and short
wlndcd, and 'bove all yOI'll funk the critical
moment. Then says ]: odd boss, dry up III mob
you" He steps up and | sails in, dependln' the
critical monisnt for him cave"
But he didn't do III
Don't know, you see; dead at the critical
moment so l couldn't tell But l have a sneakn'
owdown notion that he didn't. couldn't swear TO
nothn, but It's my pniOn that The critical moment
ne was valhin around on me and rcachin' down and
lOunulu' me with a black club bout the size OF "A
Dahtnn lie may have sIuWped the critical me
mcht but IL sooner think that he dancln on
blasted 700 ABOUT nay GUun sew very critical
moments. W hen come to | put on my boots which
ne had pounded OF "A me and Wcnt and bought court
plaster ~ the roll Ike wall paper. | an now gon'
nome 10 burn up green covered book on ply Steal
ucy"!0pmcnt and when 81 M of the sling
sinai! 90 20 Work again aud try foreit some things
mat have read Good By
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
FINDING 4 FORTUNE.

From The Prescott tArizOnD Times
II was on June 6, 1856 that Frank E. paycett
an enterprsing prOspector, was climbing the side II
Lynx Greek Mounta about twelve miles east OF
Prescott The usual kit OF prOspectJr cOusl stiu !.
OF a pick and shovel were swung over his shoulder
pro getting boughs % juniper tree rest lie fell
into ~lumher. and on aW aEcuing. gathcrei up his
PICK and shovel 10 pursue hi, journey, his objective
point being gold bearing quartz aim the other
side OF the mOuntain which h Intended to prospect
In throwing his pick 10 his shoulder, IL slipped, and,
falling behind him, its sharp point sTuc6 his leg,
causing geat pen. IIc picked It up, and with a
saying that It could remain there. walking On a
few steps and the pain easing somewhat, he changed
his mind and returned for his pick.
on pulling Il up some shining metal was raised
with It, He had accdently struck his pick into
blind ledge, which is now known as the Amulet
Mine. and from which there has been shipped $4,000
worth of high grade He took In a partner
j. VI " Moore. an assayer In the district, WHO has
recently purchased the discoveries Interest In III
mine. and Is now sole owner OF the property. The
main shaft of the property IS 100 feet deep.
At the ffty-fvc feet level drift was run on
for sixty fcc and the all stopped out from that
MP 10 the surface At 100 feet drifts wete run In
both directions one twenty feet, and one Fifty fee
There are also two other shafts fifty feet deep. and
10 one Of them about sixty fee. From these open
ngs the above amount of hrsclass orr ha been taken
and shipped the sccond-cass ore remaining on the
dump not bearing SportatiOn. The owner and
Charles A. Glrdlcr. mining expert, visited The
properly recently and made careful measurements OF
the DUMPS es lmating that they contained 1000
tons Of secOnd-class orc. ton Of II was taken
value Of S35 80 per ton, or an aggre gate Vaue o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11

Metropolitan of Belgrade who in the face oil canon
law and time-honored tradition took upon him.
self to sever the marriage bond. Milan is man
Of gross tastes and brutal temper and was furious
Of the superiority of the Queen and at the UNI
versal sympathy that she inspired. lie was as
jealous OF the admiration of the Servinn people
for her a mean actor would be Of the plaudlts
which an actress with whom he plays might WIN.
He was always running after the wife OF some
body. and did not hide it. The temporary iaVorlte
was always so treated in the Queens presence as
TO oblge Nathalie to take offence. Milan got hold
of his wifes fortune Of $4,000 O", ana Keeps IT,
She cannot get it out Of his hands, ana Is oDheed
TO apply to her relations 10 pay the dep's 'hat
she must incur
Fortunately they are rolling in riches. She mas
not so far accepted any money from the Court OF
Russia, but she will accept the hospitality TINS
winter of the Car and Czarina. They have ordered
the suite OF rooms used by the late Czarlna and
the Queen of Greece at the Winter Palace to be
made ready for Nathalie. The Pan-ScaV Com
mittees are preparing to give her a splendid re-
ception. OF course they are to do THIS with the
sanction and. it may be, the aid of the Russian
Government Poor Nathalie She took her beauty
and her two millions to bad market How much
better it would have been for her to have made
love match The longer live the more | SYM
pathize with those who base matrimony OIL esteem
and love. E c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
WHAT THE TROUBLE IS WITH THE COUNTRY

From The Boston Transcript
An old friend OF the listeners tells him OF queer
hit of dialogue that he heard in street car Doud 10
the south End, the other day. Two young WONen
he says, were sitting near him who were appaIehuy
ago. They were exchanging views on The great Vaiut
to this country Of the accession TO It's population oi
the large number of their country iolA m, -,
What would this country be- SAID one, II 'he
Irish hadn't come here u ,..-,,-
Then she went on enumerate theit indlsputaDle
services i'm various directions who was it, she de
manded that opened the navigation for the raj
roads - The other could only HIT her hahds III a
hcIp during the late war, and allowed her fancy u
depict what they would accomplish In me iuturS.
VS. said the other breaking In, " but the trouble
Is we have too many Amerikins in this country J"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11

a bill asking that her marriage with Ferdinand A.
Priest OF Henderson Ky, be declared void alb nltio
About -four years ago Mrs Priests father, Patrick
Cunningham, and her siepmoher. May F. Cunningham,
separated The father obtained from Judge Tuley an
order giving him the custody OF his two children and
directing tina; they be placed in the Academy Of the
sacred Heart Strangely enough. Mrs. Priest, who
was then barely sixteen years old chung to her step
mother. and 10 escape the order Of the court, went
ranged by her siepmother and her friends TO which.
rearing her father would shut her up In a convent
she assented. Ferdinand A. Priest, a young Ken
tuehan was found chivalrous enough TO sacrifice him
self to save the girl from the fate she feared and
without any courtship and less than twenty four
pour pour previous acquaintance The two were married
before a Justice OF the peace January q. 1885.
The couple never lived together: and Judge Collins
after satisfying himself from the authorities presented
mar the decree asked for was the proper one granted
the prayer Of the bill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11

81 vary destructive while we waited at Mr.. Blanks
Would IL not have enough for US to have Dro@ou
a few plates and boWlsl Could VIC not nave O'o'
satisfied without soaking lean in keroscne1 heany
cur progress was like tha' OF an army "heh DO ia"
spoken thus FAR. Mr. Ayor laughed 50 loud ana ~
long that could hardly forgive him still
Amabcl became tragic. She struck her hands 10
gcthcr sho erred out.
1t is the rcdblrd -
And then She was made 30 tell mInuely the paruculs7
OF what had happened while we tried 10 eaten mo
bird. At the end she owned that she would NOT go
through that scene again for more than %l"oo' ohe
went so far as 20 say that she did not know as any
amount Of money could tempt her TO suffer what $40
suffered while she was trying to swarm up the Walls
Of that store. And II Mr.. Blank feels IN the sams
way, think IS for miscellaneous damages mere
tr!he,
When she had finished speaking thus, Mr.. Aver,
whose face very red, began again to roar WIN
laughter. We had not known before that he was such
a rude man We wondered how Mrs. Aver could
have married him. Still
When the gentleman could articulatc he turned
sharply upon AIick, who stood with open mouth and
staring eyes.
"You go bome' he said. when have time I'm
come down TO the Junction, but sha'n't pay you
any money!
Alick mounted his carriage, and he did so We
heard him say something about spokes.'
Mr. Aver again read what he called our bill Of
particulars It very strange that ho should
wish to read that so many times.
" Blanks nephew, who goes school in AsheviIs,
must have composed and written this" remarked Mr..
Aver "If you think you really Blank some COM
pensation, I'll 90 down and offer him Sl0.' He
looked at his wife. "By George, Mary we can't b
thankful enough that the bird didn't reach house
Upon this Mr.. Aver went of into another Ut OF
laughter. IL really astonishing what our frieno
could have seen IN him TO make her marry him.
"when you have laughed quite enough at our mis-
fortunes, Mr. Aver said Amabel, with great frgidify
-here Mr. Aver became perfectly solemn" perhaps
you will listen while say that II you VIII settle With
Mr. Blank, even 10 the full amount Of his btu, We
shall be so thankful TO you'
"An right" was the cheerful response. "rll gos
you of for s1O, see II don't'
In the evening, while Mr. Aver sat reading The
papers ne had procured from the Dusbee post Office
that day. he continually INDUCING in silent bursts
OF laughter, which he tried to conceal by holding
newspaper before his face. We had before met
so hilarious a man. His wife looked al him with
preternatural solemnity Amabel said IL must b
very exhlarating to have cheerful companion,
and she supposed Mary never became tired Of seeing
him sit and shake like that
When we said good night 10 Mr. Aver, he made this
very irrelevant remark to u.s.
eve had such fun that willing to pay tho
$40 out OF my own pocket
Pm sure returned Amabel, IN her most distant
manner that don't know to what 80 you refers
oh, Lord - said Mr.. Aver, as well as he could
speak for laughing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
4 STORY OF HENRY CL4Y.

From The Youths Companion
in the time OF Henry Clay, tells pleasing incident OF
that great statesmans kindness OF heI1 anu Vi w
winning way he had with children who felt themselves
This lady was then girl Of about thirteen yeas;
and was aHg s the hCl' Il and Mr. clay
opposed TO each other politically ana The niue sir
Rpossd that they 1a ,oSk sss cash saying
Childish unkind things about Mr. Clay, 800,
every political campaign Is profile rhymes in which
candidates for office are held up to rdie9le These
b % IL the @ cS of afs
therefore her amazement when her father came Walk
ing into their little hotel paror one evening arran-
arm Ny '' dear he said to her. this is Mr. Clay
al am always glad to make friends with The r snii
S by he han hands, and SAT- down by her side
Her father was called from the room for a few
WON his e ana gu orer by his Kindness and charm
manner and when he left her to talk with her father
she Them Ssr s% her
recalled all the unkind things she had said about MI
Clay, who now to her the RECONCILIATION OF all
She recalled those doggerel lines with shame and
regret Being very conscientious little girl. she felt
that she must make all the reparaon within her power
for what she felt was a great wrong. she Therefore
ow sy him .1d into ea s hs toward ne s away
He turned around and said kindly. "wcn my dear,
why,-I-Ive been a very-very--nsughty Girl
indeed I've said awful things s,s sGouimaeppu1you
70 weep while Mr. Clay said
And what have you sadi.
'"'N' 40 Henry Clay.
You'd better go home,
And there you'd better stay
rears choked her uttcrance. and to her surprise,
Mr. Clay, instead OF shifting her TO the ground, burst
into laughter From that day to the end OF his life
the penltent offender and Mr. Clay were the warmest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
A DOURLE GTRPRISE.
From The St. Louis Globe Democrat.

81
lady and gentleman travelling together on
English railway. They perfect strangers TO
other. Suddenly the gentleman said Madam,
win trouble TO look out OF the window for few
minutes. | going 70 make changes In my
wearing apparel" Certainly, SIR she replied, with
poLteness, rising and turning her back upon him
IN short time he said Now. madam, my change is
the lady turned she beheld her male companion trans
formed into q dashlng lady. with heavy veil over
her face Now, sir madam, whichever you like. y
said the lady, ." / must trouble you 10 look out OF
the window for also have some changes 10 make In
ny apparel" Certainly, madam and the gentle
inan In ladys attire Immediately complied. Vow,
sir, you may resume your scat" To his great sur
attire found his lady companion transformed into a
man lie then laughed and said " IL appears that
we are both anxious avoid recognition. What have
you done / have robbed a bankn And l." said
the whllom lady he dex terously fettered his com
panion,s wrists with q pair OF handouts, Il AM
Defective j, of Scotland Yard, and in female ap
Psrsl h.yss shsdOw'a y0u' now drawing revolver
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
THE FASHIONABLE MOUsrA CHE.
From The Philadelphia Times.

The latest fad is bleaching mustaches,' said a
barber BARRIERS don't do II. Men buy the bleach
and apply 1t at home. 1t is done mostly by young
men. You can sec lots OF young men to-day win
darl.-browp hair who have lovely blond tachcs.
The bleach makes the mustache streaked I'm lines
of gold and light brown. The girls like blond mus
tachcs Black mustaches, even Of the stmon-purc
sort, have lost favor.
Men with fiery red mustaches use bleach nova
days Not all men with red musaches. but great
mauy. You won't see near many red mus aches
now as you could have seen year ago You'll see
a man with a head Of red hair, while his mustache
will he a lovely tint OF old gold The bleach IS just
as injurious as the black hair dye. good many men
IS very fashionable nowadays. The ordinary every
day observer ISN'T likcl. TO detect bogus blond beard
or mustachc, but barber who knows his business
tell them every time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
DIVIDING AN ES-4TH
From Tho Vicksburg Post

FrOm INC VFKsDuIg
largo part of the of the late Edward Rich
ardson consisted Of thirty-seven plantations There
five heirs TO the esae-four and one daughter
A novel method was adopted 10 mako an equal aud
fair division OF these plantations among the heirs
Five lists were made out, with the names Of seven
plantations each list, selected 10 mako each
list nearly desirable any OF the others. Tho
lists numbered, and corresponding numbers
placed In a hat. The parties IN Interest drew the
numbers from the hat, and each took for share thA
list OF seven plantations belonging TO the number
drawn. Every satished and pleased with tho
result Mr.. Richardson had left his affairs m good
shape and had shown such good Judgment In his in
vestments that all the plantations desirable and
profit paying property. We learn that the Refng c
on Mills and Wesson Mills still undivided, The
heirs equally sharing IN the profits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
TWO SENSIBLE PEOPLE

The last great prize in the Credit Foncier Of .
hundred thousand francs, drawn by a worthy
oyster woman OF tho Iales. She held but one share
Being interviewed 10 what she intended 70 do with
the money she had won. she replied shall buy my
daughter a watch shall take holiday 20 Eifes
tower and shall put the rest Of the monsy into tho
Credit Foncer again"
These be words OF wisdom How many Of the
common folk suddenly endowed with these unexpece
fortunes, leave the money, sooner later, the
counter of tavern. know of only one Instance
10 the contrary, that OF who fifty years ago,
discovered of fifty thousand francs for which
no could be found and which therefore became
his two sons, twenty-five thousand francs year
one Of them, NJ. Tassin is at this day . member q
the French Parliament
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
4 VANISHED CITY.
From The Rainbridge Democrat.

Somewhere in the thlrcs St Joseph, Fla, was
thriving CITY OF several thousand people. There
also railroad running from lola on the Apaachic0la
River, 10 St Joseph. To-day there Is not a vestige
Of the city cmaning nor of the railroad. william
samues an old colored man, who lives near Balm
bridge, told us the other dav that many years ago
he lived in St Joseph. and traveld thence by the
railroad from lola also stating that It was the first
and the last time in his life he ever rode on the cars
He was astonshed when told him that both city
and railroad had been in the grave for over forty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
WHY SHE WOULDN'T GIVE

From The Lexington Echo.
1t Is told that during the session OF recent as
soc alton I'm tins county and while collection was
berg taken up for the theological chair OF Mercer
University one the solicitors met with this sponsc
from a lady living In Oglethorpe: No; cant give
ANYTHING 10 buy that char Haven't got chairs enough
in my own house What do they want to buy
SGT at once and be done with It The solicitor
nearly eXDirel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
COLD WElTHER RULES.
From The Sanitarian.

From The sanitarian.
Never lean with the back upon anything that is
cold.
Never begin journey until the breakfast has been
Never take warm drinks and then Immediately go
out into the cold. .
Keep the back especially between the shoulder
blades well covered also the chest well protected
In sleeping in a cold establish habit OF breathing
through the nose. and never with the mouth open.
Never 20 to ped with cold damp feet
Never omit regular bathing. for unless the skin
Is IN active condition the cold will close the pores and
favor congestion and other diseases.
After exercise OF any kind never ride in open
carriage or near the window OF a for moment >
II IS dangerous health even life.
Wncn hoarse, speak little possible until the
hOarseness IS recovered from, else the voice may be
permanently lost difficulties Of the throat be pro
duced
Merely warm the back by the fire. and never con-
tnue keeping the bark exposed to the heat after II
has become comfortably warm. To do otherwise Is
facilitating
When going from a warm atmosphere into cooler
one keep the mouth closed. so that the air may be
warmed In IT'S passage through the nose ero It reaches
the lungs. 81,
Never stand SIN In cold weather. especially after
having taken a light degree Of exercise, and always
avoid standing Ice snow, where the person
Is exposed 10 cold wind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11
MoRE oHrvALRoUs THAN sEyMBLR

From The Chicago News.
romantic tale OF love and law unfolded before
Judge Collins yesterday morning Mrs Mary Alice
Priest with her attorneys, General ~ Stiles aud
JudEs Dsrnum Wa before the court q complainant In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-11

with assault
Madam-Yes, your Honor, asked him II he would
ever cease to love me, and he was slow In answer
ing that hit him with a mop I'm only q woman,
your Honor tears, and . womans life without love
IA q mere blighk
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-28
How Wooden spooIs Are Made.

Birch wood is preferred. The birch is
lrst sawed into sticks four or five feet
long and seven-eighths OF an inch 10
three inches square, according 10 the size
II the spool TO be produced. These sticks
are thoroughly seasoned They are
sawed into short blocks. and the blocks
are dried IN a hot air kiln. At the time
they are sawed a hole Is bored through
them. One whirl Of the little block
against sharp knives, shaped by a pat
trn, makes che spools at the rate Of n
q second. A small boy feeds the spool
machine, simply placing the blocks in a
spout, and throwing out the knotty or
defective stock. The machine Is auto
matte. hut cannot do the sorting. The
spools are revolyed rapidly In drums and
polish themselves. For some purposes
they are dyed yellow, red or black. They
are made in hundreds Of shapes and
sizes. When one seer on n spool Of
thread 100 yards Or 1900 yards" these
words do not signify that the thread has
seen measured, but that the spool has
been gagged and is supposed TO contain
% much thread. Golden Days.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-28
The Coolies Of Trinidad.

The coolies work excellently. They
are picturesque additions TO the land
scapa, as they keep to the bright colors
and graceful drapery Of India. The grave
dignity of their faces contrasts remark
ably with the broad. good humored. but
common features Of the African. The
black women look with envy at the
straight hair Of Asia, and twist their I'M
happy wool into knots and ropes in
vain hope Of being mistaken for the
purer race; but this is all. The African
and the Asiatic will not mix, and the
African being the stronger. win and
must prevail in Trinidad, az elsewhere in
the West Indies. Out Of a total popula.
ton OF 40, 200 there are 5000 whites
and mulattoes, 10000 coolies, the rest
negroes. The English part Of the Eu-
ropeans shows no tendency 10 increase.
-. A. Froude.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-28
Educating Arabian Girls,

"Educate a girlr' exclaimed n No.
hammedan to DIR. Jessup. a missionary
among the Arabs, who was urging him
to place n of his daughters in a girls
school in Tripoli. Educate a girl! You
might as well try TO. educate a catl''
Several aristocratic Mohammedan gentle
men Of Beirut were induced a few years
ago TO place their daughters in one of
the Protestant schools there, and one Of
them remarked: "Would you bt.deve it?
/ heard one of the girls read the other
day, and she actually asked a question
about the construction Of a noun pre-
oeded by a prepositionl 1 never heard
the like Of il! The things do distinguish
and understand what they read after ALL"
The other replied: 'Mashallah! NASH
aliahl The will Of God be donel"-St.
Louis Republican,