Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-07

show that the peasant is not 70 stupid and
helpless a. he Is generally supposed to be.

neipiess - No u generally supposed 10 De.
Hiram w. Napes, Of Caxias, Brazil. is
now in this country, buying machinery fer =
"American manufacturers" he says, edo
not court Brazilian custom. II is with Eng
land she transacts the greater part Of her
trade; with England her merchants have
credit accounts, and with England she walks
in friendship. Her individual trade is not
large enough for the States. American cot
ton manufacturers will not make up 30
small an order as dozen cases Of particular
style of goods and mark it with the Brazil
ian merchants trade mark instead of their
own; an English manufacturer will, and on
this account England gets their orders.
Americana seemingly do not believe that
profit can be gotten out of q number of
small orders as we'll as out of few large
ones"
A st. Louis police judge who has made
himself a terror to evil-doers, the other day
had gambler on trial before him. The
prisoner denied having played for money,
but said chips were used. The Judge fined
him $40. however, saying that s'chips" were
money. After the docket had been disposed
Of, the judge was approached by the poker
player, who wanted to know If the judge still
thought that 'schips" were money. On receiv-
ing answer In the affirmative, he said:
"Well, Isuppose will have to pay my
fne." Coolly counting out ten chips, he
laid them on the magistrates desk, and be-
fore the judge had time to recover his equi-
Hbrium, he had disappeared. The fine was
afterward remittsd by the judge, but the
"chips" are still in his possession as a re-
minder of his ruling that "chips'' were
money.
Rathafura, the city of gems, in Ceylon, is
the center of district twenty or thirty
miles square, in almost all of which stra-
tum Of gravel six feet to twenty feet under
the surface exists. Throughout this area
gem pits are to be seen near the villages,
some being worked now, others being aban-
doned. The natives work there in compa-
niss of six or eight, and pay a rupee per
man per month for the privilege of working
a certain allotment, where they begin by
marking off square of about ten feet. AZ
ter removing about three feet of soil the
sounding rod, piece of iron about half an
inch in diameter and ak feet long, is used to
sound for the gravel. If successful the dig
ging is begun in earnest. Hardly q basket
full of earth is taken out that does not con-
tain something valuable, though, of course,
the most precious gems are comparatively
few in number.
Some men have very variegated careers.
An old colonel named Martignoni has just
died at Saint Gall, Switzerland, who began
lite as q lawyer. Then he turned soldier,
and fought in the war of the Sonderbund.
At the close of that struggle, he rose to the
bench and served as Judge. Then fortune
deserted him, and he went down hill and be-
came street sweeper in New York, and
afterward waiter In coffee and cake sa-
loon. Soon afterward he managed to get to
California, where he became miner. Hav-
ing been CURED of the gold fever, he went to
England. Joined the army, and served under
the English colors in the Crimsan war. At
the end of that difficulty he went to the Ar-
gentine Republic. There again fortune de-
serted him, and in few years he returned to
Europe. he labored as a railroad conduc.
tor, q policeman, and town clerk, and at
last settled down to quiet life in his native
country. His fnalsrequest was original and
easily granted. It was that nobody, except
the undertaken and his sssistants, should ate
tend his funeral.