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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
JEWELS AND LACB.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
NOMINATED ~ TIE PRESIDENT.

Wa.hngton heb. Gothic President I" Gay sent W
the senate the following nominations!
William Irrgg "a be- surveyor 'rnera' "i i1u,,'s =.
Ur,rl,cr> III Public Money \hctt l.. Io"h -,
,,Nc,ll sch. Mark VI. N~vr> AT SIDNEY ned WIN
lam Harvey Clark at Lincoln. Men. ,,u
Register oi Lsnd Office Edward !. Kos, AZ , Ma.'
vail, Nash = Jai,c. T.. Ru,-cll at Occur dArhc'
Idaho. $1,000 . A.. ,,dt.rs M thc
unurd Valley Agency, Cat . ,,,,
,pcrvieors of Census Vireins- George ~ kikc
come lVth District Louisiana Jaih' ,y,, mr.,
Mi--l.,ppi Garfield M', w 1v,h I D,,r ~
49, Iyth District. Illinois JOHN W. BAILEY. iiid
Dis,rci Colorado Gccrgs T. s""t: Isl p,, ifrrG
Willard H. FELTON,. I'D District krn'"' ~ ,nr
W%Ihcad. Nth; Edward {. orar Nih' Richard
E,t.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
THE DEBATE ON THE nLAIH bill.

wa,hlnrtuil Feb. ci ,>peciAll. The debate IN ~"
,cnat. ON tho Iair ill went forward this afternoon
with a god deal Of expedition. and IT looAn no"
a, ~ a vote ON the measure would be reached early
neat week. senator Reagan. 81 Texas. and Wilson,
Of MARYLAND. divided tho grra,cr part "f the time
between them opposition 10 tho blu. zach missing
constitutional and varon> other objections I" ia"
Flair scheme Of Federal aid tn States for the support
Of om on schools, senator -poncr had eApcct',i r.
t,Il,w senator Wilson, but asked leave 10 speak 10
n,o-row M .teah ~ Mr.. biar himself took the hall
hour that VA left to answer t.c arguments made
a.ain.t the LII 10 far. 1h' he i0nNd Is'rr cay
,,urr and nj, thirty minutes cxtcmporc talk wa
entertaining and effective" lie. announced In IN"
,a,r.. Of IL that hc exported Ia poll ~ votes Tor
Tho luI when n should come up for pE-,nec neh
week Tn. would lie . gain n over tho vot. 81 the
from 10 10 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
7HE CHESS cHlMPInySHIP or ono.

Dayton. ohio. fch. .G.-Thc state chess As,Tia
tcn tournament closed this evening. and following
are the ,corc, FISHER. OF DAYTON. 1 = Won. -
lost Carts. Of Toledo. "a. won. l.. lot >trunh.
4 Won lost White won. p>t, Willcnhcrg. j..
wou :; 1 +. iJ,;. HcIAcfcr. ] l.! Won. 1 /. lost.
Miller lo.. all zane, he played. f,lcr aud curt =,
niayc,. on their tie AID Fisher v"n making him
ccl,.mp!or Tnc newt meeting Will Le held al Cicvc
land In February, l-Jl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27

,nn,noli, Md. Feb e. h'l was ih'n""'e. ~
In, senate today I, compel corporations To pa! "'
taxc. promptly. IT," r.u pa, id"| that al .o'p'~
zion. ,olng hu>uc>> in Mar .i.u -hal psy t."r 'sAs
=, xo,.n,- IN each var. and for failure 20
~. c,t 81 t. AN -,i,' ~ IN" tax bili - 20 10
p, rua The ,-,r,ilcr i, - 10 authorized 10 or,nS
a." E,r "a, amount ,.u". II no taxes can 90 col
, w.. ,ha charter a.. ans ,u,h corporation IS 70 10
saA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27

IT, commenting upco re sendgst Q, the % aeu II
and delicate nature Of the service required OF tno
troops i'm OklahOma think II subject Of congrsu,in
zion that The service was performed so well sno VIII
~ few mistakes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
PROPOSING TO IMPROVE TIE HARLEM'

TERMS OF \ JOINT EISOLCIIoN IN I'''p' w."
By Mr. FRYE IL THE SENATE
wa,hinston rrb. :d.-Senat"r Frye TO-DAY intr"""'c'
IN IA" srnat" a Joint resolution requiring tc seer
tary of War to contract for the WORK ri'''h. l" 'c
improvement 81 the Harlem RIVER 10y 'he '"nN'r'"""
~, !, channel from the upper end of Randar> Island
,,,n.h On, Harlem River 10 the IIudson River. T.
- -. feet N width and fifteen feet deep at mean 10"
water TIC hin appropriate, si.3i".ooo for '"nr'rt
M; III" work. which must b~ .ini'hn', bv M,f H. a;
n l. further provided thai " ~ l. 'nh>ln'i'-i
n,c,. ar, Ia widen the channel % :p feet the dcpth
I, remain the same. The appropriation shAli be In
erased t. 81 .jjo.Opp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
Ur0xIyG COUNTY ELECTIONS.

waraw. y T.. Feb 20 l>pc'iA l.ln Wyoming
(ouuty YESTERDAY there sixteen town elections.
IA. RcnubIclns securing half u the sup vir elected
ono nf tic Iten.pr,t. aid e. have strong Eepubi
,.n ,c,dcuris. ~ the h:trNu towns vOtag for
exrIS. eOmm, ,ioncr.. nine elected License commits
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27

state. The action OF the committee was moi ri-
tirey unanimous. there being vote or Two ~ inc
negative, member of the
absent Two reports WILL therefore. In all prooaoh!'
Be submitted tO the House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27

Washington Feb. ?1.-Thc bill an'hotiNh' '"o o"''
Of Claims 10 hear and determine the '"h' VI w
,h.,,cI Mckay and the executors Of Donald MCKAY
o. ,,,hcr compen sation for tho construction OF the
,,,n,I,d monitors sluandO and Nauset and III" SIDE
wheel steamer A.hue.ot was favorahly a'tn upon ny
~. ii,n,c Committee War Claims fo day. These
rI.ms have frequently been h"frrr congress" ana last
vc,r hath houses .-.ei \ similar bill TO that now
agreed upon In committee. THIS blu was vetoed ny
Pre,idcnt lcvcland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
raa Train. - WashiASisi

Fast Train. WaskiAgfss.
complete schedule q fast rsias 70 naltimofe ana
w.shinrnn /. ercrst.A BY Jersey CAassi. Rea1ng
and b. and o. All trains pun nrsusA anl are eoupprd
WtsA PultsAn psrsf aoA desDAG eas fvAeeaA service
OtoNea Ten Of G6ef0%6
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
ARGCryC rs TIE LECOyEr CASE.

Camden, y. J.. Feb. c6 ,speeiA-Thc whole OF 70
day WA consumed b, Prosecutor Wilson II. Jenkins
In summing mp in tic Iecorcy murder trial. lie wen
over tie evccn Q tao.oUS NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
TIE YEA THEE EEFOhI.


w,.h,pc,on Fab .6-f"~ N'"'l"'l 'n i@sr III we've
=. 80. r.,r.,l,,ni, N.v.Irr>"v. Delaware, Marvs
49,, a., v,..tr,, colder; ,orth""st'i!y winds faIr
weather. a. $500, p,,rsr,,.,,.
r- Weston N,w.yok and Western Frnns'ivAa'
,,. a., v,,,h,r except On he lakes. h:;atnIn
weather ard snoN
,cr>r HEAT AND COLD WAVES
., ~. abnormal hca, Tor February. ha; orcnrf"Q
l., ~, ,-v mart ~ III" month Oh N" Rocky Mountain
' IA, ,s,ome n,rh~! in the >tant!c and Gnlt S.at"s
,.-,y I, Northern ,eo gia Western North and SouA
c,rIi,, and todAy IN central New.iosk has this so-
., IN ,ral cond ton manifest bv temperatures
.nci-, about two degrees hIchr than ever before
.,,t., n these localities. To-day th, sbnornsl h.std
,, ma. extended from Virginia Ia Albany y. Y while ~
. urroh,n IN thu South Atlantic and Fast "nlf States
4, Albany Augusta and Chariot th" temperatures ha's
,, two d gr,~ ao," tho~' ever r""ori'd curing any
,ion, February Asnt, onr degree ahnve at Jack'
or>u,, Iynchburr. Browus>'ll" AID New.Or'uns equA
,o any pr,yiou. rrcori IN h"hruarv.
AZ tr time that tho ,'np ratnr's are pr''Aiis
cos ara exists IN the where temperature
40 d rr.,- brow r'pur'si this niornin; ~
wa. .. degrees tn" l"M,r Flo tAhd' NAhcF.
and /. ,rsr... AZ. -. today IN" :Od
M,Nr ,hnugh Il aharrd ~tpclv Nordai ahn Ih>us!s
h,. io.t II. ARE n alprchn, rrh at'd areas
Ilr.,y r, and storms hlN" OCCURRED ALONG
.,, -u,, tn bit whr' ,h">r opio>t" temp raturS
t,n. han, cont, { Tornado occufr"ae"s
have hr- u.IrA,l the lower N->i~-ps anu AehH~s'
m. following tn. h"aNv rsin'slls ror thc nT -
hour. ,narotlr. Ai.anta. o,'-, IA.,.t!nc. %
,nattanocsa. 2.0:; Marquette o?o' Me'dAn' ioi'
KnoNNlN'. TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27

rwo GUHBOArs TO RE DrILr At BA1II. NE.
Washington. Feb .6.-Confrac's for Ill, construo
lion Of eunboaH Nos. and Is were this afternoon
awarded % The Bath Iron Works at their bid Of
Se11 900 for both vessels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27

Evxy lazy nod q % remove i,sis - 49, ~,
IeaSiAn EsaSs.. Xrsee % eeah. k0 ~ eYSBvo0A-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
pnyn, OFFERED AND ACCEPTED.


Washington Feb c6-Thc bond Offers to day asGrc
gated ESQ. 900. ~ follows:
REGISTERED 4I.2S- 10000 at lot 50.
Coipon 1880. 900 at l04 IS.
Roth Offers were accepted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27

~ FAVOR OF ADMITTING IDAHO As 4 STATE.
Washington Feb. o8.-Thc House Committee on Ter.
tores today decided to report fAvoraby 10 tho House
The blu tsr The slmission q W. Territory q Idaho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
TIE ATKINSON rESDLErON CASE IN TIE House.

Washington. Feb. Cd imn"iintly afr ~ real
Ing Of the journal In the House. Mr. Ep~r'l Of
Illinois. called up the contested election 'h'r "f ~
linson ngt Pcndleon. from the ist District Of Wet
yirelnix The ta.oc Of tho contestant vi, cham
ri.,nch by Mr Eowcll. and PcndIcton's claim. wcr'
maintained by Sir. O'Frrrail. OF Virginia. Mr.
Eowcll vas .croidrd by Mr. Lacey. Of Iowa. and Mr.
.fcrraii hy Mr. Wilson. II Missouri Az ia" -ir"' 10
wcrp confined to analy us 81 tho c>!d'n' hnf
we're unin<r,iing III. only life infused mt, TN.
trl,.,. wnt contributed bv MIR. dr~nhasc Of
Hassa, h,i-eits. who spoke In behalf Of Mr.. Mhin-
ON. The lIomsc adjourned without any action Ne
f.te
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27

Tribune once, Feb -. ! .. m-CloodS ~ fo0 ~
NAV 4, nae before yesterday. Win Gssoo
arn,h followed BY . cold wave st night. he Hopeeos
,ur. ,nsd tetwea ~ and 70 Degrees the sveSs (ss%b
irng 30. higher than on the corresponding az ~
y,vr aud "a. higher 't.n on Iucsday.
Ia .nd near this NY to-day there VII! proessu b
colder. :zir weather
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
4 pIDposED SOUTHERN INLAND CANAL.

Washngt1n Feb 2i.-scnatDr Ix>co. by request. to-
day introduced bill to Incorporate tho Atlantic. McXi
can Gulf and Mississippi large Canal Company. and Ia
grant to IL the right Of way through the lands 81 the
United states The pne of he proposed canal shall
l~ from . point tho Nssissppi Rivcr At or near
Sew Orl,ans through Lakes BorIne aud POnt' hsrtrah.
aud over the inland coast waters 10 point near ~.
Marks, Fla thenrc that stat. u, the Atlantic
cream A Eolfd ~ COMMIT sione:s i constituted. ~
Lc vested with the poser Of constructing the canal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
evxRY NAN wAxTsA
LA M p

x.n s,.s is:: ssssi In power J; "a. Jet. TO,
"a. jtE isr 81: HOWE 9. .CExEKhL TOE: tina! ];
49,. tsa r :ss .usS ia amp any ssd 'i;n !,
The Rochester,
We vsfrAni every lamp We s4xe ei1st oOo vsr'etie
H.ssfsetus.4 ~ EDWAkD MI'LhE Or 10 -. "a
- ic0 Ssoio = Ssos - ssf 0SS, q Woss y aAu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
rorRru.cLAss rosTxAsrERs APPOINTED.

FOURTH.CLASS PsTAASTERS APPOINTEO.
washington. Feb. as.-Fourth.ela postmasters
have been appointed ~ follows
pcnnsylvania-A. S. Layer. Debend r. c. Wilton.
norsM g. = Patchill. Darby 4. II. SLuons. Sterling.
New.York-w. II. Ludlow. Rosebank: B. Biekes.
Winaeld Junction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS

In the dasrar . eoncauous line shovS re b4eeDeeel
auetuaitons yestefay ~ observed o. IL Cntsa 49,
siSnai Service station ., THE ely The oAsaSs ioaees
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
ACTION OF TIE MILITARY ~ OKLAHOMA.


Washington. Feb. .';.-In response to senate
resolution tho secretary Of War to-day transmitted
Congress copies Of all lie kilograms and letters
IN Me In the War DepAruent relative IN the action
Of the military In Oklahoma nom the date OF the
Pre.hents proclamation opening the territory to set
tiem~n,. The farta which arc diselosed By these
papers are generally known. and most OF tho In
formation eon tained IN them has been published from,
time 70 time. one Interesting feature OF the com.
muneato6 concerns charges asainn Captain Stiles and
he military A okiahsms CITY. q harsh and undue
exercise Of thar authority Captain Stiles denies hav
ing acted In . harsA Of arbitrary mannAs bot says
that II dealing with knaves he has sometimes been
.-ver~ and emphatic. thcaEh he thinks no more 20
ihaa the e.rcuinstsnces vananfe4 In regard 70 the
IN September a. he ssys the action Vas taken 10 Pre-
cent trouble whleh Womb certainly have occurred
- Tie election hsd been permitted TO proceed
General hrhoGch. IN = report dated December
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

How Uncle Sans Assayer Gets the Average
Metal of Silver Dollar.
Washington Star.i
From every fresh lot of silver dollars made
a few are sent to the Government assayer at
Washington for testing. Weighing is but a
matter of scales, but it is decreed that the
dollar, for instance, must be exactly nine
tenths silver, the remaining tenth being
copper, and variation OF not more than
N grains in the quantity of the noble metal
is allowed. First, the silver dollar has to
be rolled out thin in a machine, because
when the coin Is made the silver in it has
tendency 10 90 toward the middle. so that
the metal on the outside is not so fine as
within. But the assayer must discover the
average fneness of the piece in order to
ascertain just how much silver there is alto
gether in it. and he does this in very
curious way. n
He passes the thin strip OF metal into
which the dollar has been rolled through a
little contrivance operated by crank that
is turned by the hand. The strip comes out
punched as full of holes as it can be. while
hundreds of small circular disks about the
size of gold quarter fall out of the holes
thus made into tiny box below. Next the
disks are taken out of the drawer and mixed
up; few of them are taken from the lot and
they, representing the average of silver, are
subjected to chemical analysis.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
MYSTERIES OF AMBER.
How Bugs and Lizards Were Imprisoned In
IL Centuries Ago.

How Bugs and Lizards We're Imprisoned In
IL Centuries Ago.
Washington Evening Star.1
Amber has only recently come to be
understood. The ancients regarded 1t a.
altogether mysterious and even magical.
They found that it was rendered electrical
BY friction so as to attract light substances,
and our word electricity" comes from the
Greek name for amber, which was "electron."
A favorite puzzle with them was how the In
sects so frequently found inclosed in amber
came to be so situated.
have myself seen chunk Of very trans
parent amber in which q small lizard with
five legs was encased, looking as it it might
have been alive yesterday, though doubtless
it had been dead for thousands OF years. The
mystery regarding this sort Of phenomenon
is easily enough explained when it is UNDER
stood that amber is actually the fossil gum
of an extinct kind of cone bearing tree In
the process Of hardening it imprisoned the
flies and other creatures preserved in the
chunks OF it that are found to-day.
The finest specimen of amber in Europe
is a cup made of that material now at the
Brighton Museum, England. Amber nov
is worth from 81 TO $50 a pound, according
to its quality. The most important uses
made Of it is for meerschaum and other pipes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

dreamt of, if two and two could be put to-
gether; but it is SO remarkable that at the
hour of our conversation out there in the
fields, George K sent himself to his ac-
count with a pistol ball. II such things
were all written about, what volumes they
would make!
POVERTY IN A LAND OF BEAUTY.
From tragedy and the narrative to simple
descriptive is an abrupt transition, vet we
must turn again to the lovely country in
which we found the father of that uniortu-
nate girl. His little home nestles at the
foot of a spur o. the big Massanutton
Mountain,Iwhich separates the Page Valley
from the Shenandoah, and to people who
have travelled this section of Virginia it
need not be said that it is the most beautiful
valley in all the country; that here the sun
shines sweetest and the moon sottest; that
the birds sing sweetest and winds blow
gentlest.
For this is the impression invariably car
ried away by the visitor. But over in the
mountains yonder there are bare driven
fields and stubby trees, and lank poverty
ridden people, who, they say, live mostly.on
berries in summer, and tie their dogs at
night that they themselves may get what
persimmons fall during autumn months.
and then in winter they starve, and vet
somehow manage to live. One such did 1
see yesterday picking berries by the road
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
LIONS AND LOCOMOTIVES.


They Cannot Exist Together, So the King OF
Beasts Must Go.
The lions of India appear to be going the
way Of the great bustard and the dodo, says
the London Daily Neos, and the reason is
found in the extension of railways, for the
monarch of the forest shares with Mr..
Ruskin mortal antipathy to the smoke
and screams of locomotives. Within the
memory of many persons lions were common
enough in Rajputana, and even now the roar
of one may be heard occasionally in the wild
est parts of Central India; but the new rail-
way from Nagpur is now being constructed
through this country, and this is practically
a notice to quit served upon the few remain
ing lions in the central provinces.
Practically the only lions now remaining
that are worth mentioning seem to be the
race existing in Kattywar, which was visited
by Prince Albert Victor the other day.
Their numbers remain, it is believed, pretty
stationary,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
a San.Chnnna

WRITTEN For THE DIsPArcH.I
A light is drifting down the bay,
His jacket is passing fast away
Into the twilight shadows gray.
She walks the lone and silent beach,
And sees. where far beyond her reach,
Beyond the echo Of loves speech,
Beyond the touch Of friendly hand,
Out from the safety Of the land,
His boat goes, ably trimmed and manned
Out, out she sails to meet her fate
Not 80 the yachtsman. glad, elateI
He has escaped, at any rate.
For on the sands his fate is left
The web she spun with fingers def
Like spiders thread. Ii rent and olefk
Far, far recedes the shadowy shore,
The lonely light Is seen no more
You've read such things a. this befctA,
HADELINE g BRIpaR
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

lone sell, huntin' coons. She wur brave es
lion, she wur, an sir, as good hearted as
an angel. She would er been livin' yet but
fur thet English fellar. The dog-goned
fellar made her believe he wur agoin' ter
marry her. / dunno what he did, but
pearin' ter me he didn't do the squar' thing.
Evelyn she JUS believed ev'ything he he'd
tur say, like er foolish thing; an I wur
glad when thet old surveyin' corps went
away from bout heah. It's-it's metty hot,
amt it?"
eyes; but did you never hear anything of
him after he went away?"
A SAD, SAD STORY.
mo, on'y he sent Evelyn a novel call
'Vaginny of VagInny.' 1 think it wur
wrote by thet young woman over en- Albe-
marie. Anyway, Evelyn read an read it.
tell she wur mos out o. her head" and the
story runneth thus:
That one moonlit night she mounted q
horse and rode and rode, whittier no one
knew. But when the sun peered over the
blue mountain that next morning it shone
upon a thing it had been afraid to look
upon. For Evelyn Belle lay there at the
foot of Stony Man, a small. blue cash in her
temple, whence puddle of blood had oozed,
quite dead.
ana 40 you not miss your daugnter
very much?"
The sun went down on my mistake.
Those words had hurt him, and he did not
answer, but cried like child. I went be-
fore him over the fence, and stopped to look
back, for he had paused on the rickety old
top-rail, his brows knit, his manner changed,
the whole man wrought out of himself.
Slowly he raised his arm and his weather.
beaten eyelids upward, and exclaimed, in a
husky sort of whisper that went through
me: Before my God, stranger, would like
ter kill thet manl'
LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY.
It is singular and most remarkable in
deed, this I am telling. Little did he know
what was occurring that very hour-aye,
perhaps, that minute. 1t is a month since
my interview with that old man, and it was
many miles from there that yesterday sat
on the piazza surrounding beautiful old
world home and learned of the last act of
this tragedy. Someone handed me paper
printed on the morning after my interview
with the old man, and called attention to
this paragraph:
Suicide of Young Surveyor.-George
K shot himself through the head in his
room at the hotel yesterday evening just as
the sun was going down. No reason is as
signed for the act" etc.
1 cannot say whether it was the result of
remorse or no. Nor do I claim that the
happening was at all unusual, for there is
more of such in this sad world than is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
HOW THE ANCIENTs sW0RE.

Derivation of the Everyday Expression of
By Jiminy-Oafhs for Ladies'.
Among the ancient Romans it was cor
sidered the thing for each man to have some
particular god to habitually swear by.
Some swore by Jupiter, others by Mars,
others still by Minerva, and so on. Castor
and Pollux were usually appealed to as the
"Twins'-"By GeminiP'-the phrase
whence we get our exclamation, "By
Jimmy"
1t was thought very improper for Roman
ladies to swear by the male gods, but they
were permitted to take the names OF the
Twins in vain, and also especially that OF
Venus. In moments of great aggravation
they might 90 30 far as to cry 'Mecastorl'-
"By CastorP' The Greeks swore by the
cabbage, which was the most prized Of
vegetables. s,,,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
A DIAMOND IS USEFUL

The Reasou n st. Louis Drummer Has for
Wearing n Cheap sparkIer.
A st. Louis drummer, says the Globe
Democrat, says he has found by experience
that a small diamond worn in the necktie-
not in the shirt front-served as badge of
respectability wherever he went If he went
into restaurant and found that he had for
gotten his pocket-book he was never asked
to leave his watch until he could pay his
vance by an hotel clerk if he went to the
hotel withaut baggage. In short, wherever
he went that little $50 diamond proclaimed
that there was man who was not pressed
for money and who could be trusted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
CHEATING THE WIND.

The Broad Hsadgear Is Being Superseded
BY Narrower and Firmer Articles.
The Season.
Eyeryone knows what havoc the fresh
winds play with the broad trimmed hats,
which they turn and twist as if Boreas
wished to get a full view OF the fair wearer's
face. And as he plays his pranks mostly