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In IA Chinese Printing Office.

One of the most interesting places
in Pekin is Il Chinese printing office,
conducted just as it was centuries
before the barbarous world outside Of
the Flowery Empire had dreamed of
the art of typography. The office
contained 4 score Of plain square
tables, on which the cases Of type
.Xere spread out, pucl after the En-
glish method, only taking up much
more room. One man was engaged in
setting up type: another was print
ing. The former stood before table
ON which was what may be called the
Chinese case" 1t was a solid block
OF wood about twenty-five inches long
by fifteen inches broad, and perhaps
three inches deep. The inside was
followed out to a depth of about a
quarter of an inch. this depression be-
inc still further followed out into
grooves about three-Quarters of an
inch deep. The block has twenty
nine of these grooves, each filed to a
depth of a quarter of an inch with
ordinary stiff clay.
With his copy before him, armed
with a small pair Of iron pincerS the
compositor began his work: character
after character was transferred from
the case and firmly pressed into the
clay. When the form" was complete
n fiat board was placed on the top
and the characters pressed perfectly
even and level with the surface. and
the wooden edge was cut to form the
border found round every Chinese
page.
The printer now received the form
and carefully brushed the ink over
the type. Taking sheet of paper,
he pressed it down all over the form
so that it might be brought in con-
tact with every character. He then
removed the sheet and examined
each character, carefully adjusting
those which were not quite straight
With the pincers, and apparently
never touching the type with his
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Her Word Was Law.

Come in right erway," called Aunt
Sallie to her daughter Mary. Hits
cold outen thar an yer'll ketch yer
death eff yer don't" x y
"But, maw-" began the girl.
"Come in, l say" broke ont the
mother tiercely. Not er word. Ell
yer cheep I'll lick yer"
But, maw," again began the
0" Wind what / say. Mary Slide, eff
yer don't mind what l say ter yer
there'n be er row might sudden"
"But l got comply" the girl sue
ceeded in saying. "Ai1--=2
Comply, eh?" fairly shrieked the
mountain Woman, san I'd Yer ruther
stay outen thar 18th Jim Stebbins
then mind yer NAV? Got comp'ny,
eh? Come in hyer this mint er ye'Il
get thrashed ter an inch of yer life.
An yer, jim, go home an stay thar,
an eff l ever git sight er yer lazy hide
eroun hyer I'll gin yer somethin' ter
ermember."
There were two long-dEaWn signs
out in the little pasture lot, and as
the two children Of the native Mis-
souri, tribe unlocked hands the 22-year-
old son of neighbor Stebbins stopped
long enough to 'murmur:
Yer maw's word is got Their bark
on hit, eh, Mary?" Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08

there until the breaking out of the
rebellion in 1851. Then he enlisted
in the Fifth Maine Volunteers as a
private of Company H. He was
Major and Lieutenant Colonel by
brevet when mustered out Of the
army in 1865.
Most of the next eighteen years Of
Col. Shannon's life were spent in
Brazil. When James r. Partridge,
Of Maryland, became the United
States Minister to Brazil in 1871,
Gen. Grant made Col. Shannon Sec
rotary of Legation, which place he
held, acting nearly year as Charge
d'Affaires, until 1875, when he re-
signed. He engaged with profit in
building and operating horse railways
in Rio de Janeiro, and returned to
this country in 1883. He entered the
Columbia Law School in New York,
was graduated, and was admitted to
the bar in 1885.
Col. Shannon is trustee Of Colby
University, to which he recently
gave a building for scientific pur-
poses; a member of the Loyal Legion
and of the Fifth Maine Regimental
Association, Of which he has been
president.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08
Japanese Marriage Customs.

It is extremely difficult for for
eigner to see a wedding in Japan. La
China guests are freely invited, but IN
japan they consider it too serious an
affair for any one to witness who IS
not a blood relative.
The bride has no dowry, but a very
extensive trousseau. Great stress is
laid upon her disposition and ability
to manage household matters.
When a japanese of the middle
class has no son he adopts the nus
band of his eldest daughter, and the
son-in-law takes the name or the
father-in-law and inherits his busl-
ness or patrimony.
The betrothal is an affair OF great
Importance, and often the bride and
groom meet for the first time. Inc
wedding is celebrated on the nlgnt
that the bride reaches her sixteenth
wear or the groom his twentieth. ON
the eventful morning the trOusseau or
the bride is carried to the house OF
the groom and such articles Of furnl-
ture as she may possess are arranged
to give elegance to the coming fete.
The images of the gods of both fam1-
lies are brought and placed before an
altar ornamented with offerings. A
LACQUER table holds a dwarf cedar and
the figures of the first pair and the
ancient tortoise and stork. Then to
complete the picture by lesson OF
morality and patriotism they mix
of tho fptp
packages of edible sea weed and dried
fish. to teach the young people the
frugal habits of the ancient Japanese.
Toward the middle Of the day a
splendid cOrtege approaches. The
young wife, yelled and dressed in
white, advances escorted by two
friends and followed by procession
Of relatives gay in costume and rich
in embroidery. The two friends who
do the honors are called male and
female butterflies. In their dress
they initiate this charming insect,
which the japanese consider an en-
blem Of conjugal felicity.
Excepting a few Buddhist sectS, in
no part of Japan do they employ a
priest to bless the nuptials. They do
not publish the names or go through
any of the formalities with which
other countries surround the civil
contract. The officer of the police
in whose quarter the marriage takes
place writes to his chief announcing
that couple intends matrimOny and
naming the day.
1t is worthy Of remark that in
all the ceremony there is no written
contract. 1t is simply verbal. This
gives all the advantage to the hus-
band, who can divorce his wife if she
talks too much. The most holy part
of the ceremony is a touching symbol
of union. Among the objects in the
center Of the circle is metal vase
in the form Of a drinking vessel with
two mouths. This is beautifully or
namented with bands Of cOlOred pa
per. At a given signal one Of the
ladies of honor fills with saki, a Jap
anese drink, this metal vase; the
other takes it and places it at the lips
of the kneeling couple, first the hus-
band and then the wife. 1t is thus
that they begin their married life and
drink equally Of the joys and sorrows
of this new life. Hearth and Hall.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08

fingers. After sufficient copies had
been struck off the type was dis
tributed, each character being re-
turned to it's particular box. The
type in the form was Of three sizes,
each character being kept in place
entirely by the clay in which it stood.
They were cut out of some hard wood
and were perfectly square.
York Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08
AN I'M MENSE HAM Err.
The Largest One in the World Built at
Bethlehem, Pa.


Bethlehem, Pa.
There has recently been completed
at Bethlehem, Pa, the largest steam
hammer in the world. 1t is to be
used for forging armor plates for the
new men-of-war, and two years have
been employed in it's construction.
The total weight of the hammer it
self, that is, the portion Of the ma
chine whose impact is felt, is 125 tons
This weight by the use Of a steam
piston, is raised sixteen and one-half
feet, and from that height drops upon
the object that is to be forged. The
force Of such blow can scarcely be
imagined, The total height Of the
framework Of the machine is ninety
feet.
The anvil weighs 1900 tons, and is
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08

made Of twenty-five immense blocks
of cast iron, with a steel face upon
which the metal to be forged is laid.
The only hammer in the world
which approaches this in size is at La
Crensot, in France, where there is
one that weighs 100 tons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08
A Florida Beverage,

A horse tread-mill grinding sugar.
cane and pressing out the ejuice for
sale to passers-by is an odd feature OF
the wayside in Tampa and one or two
other Southern cities. The LIQUID
sells for nickel a glass and many
people like it. 1t tastes insipid and
sickish sweet to a Northern palate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08
1t Win Be Chilly for Him.

Humker (who wants to PROPOSE
Miss Scadds, let us go out on the
porch. Shall get your wrap?
Miss Scadds-Thanks, but | shan't
need it. You might put on your
overcoat, however.-Epoch.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08

PROF. SHALER of Harvard College
and President Morrison of Boston
University have discovered a petrified
human body in Falling Spring Cave,
Sequache Valley, Tenn. The body is
perfect. Many curious weapons of
copper were at its feet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08

THE head that wears crown "lies
on easy, at the present time, if we
are to judge by the European monarchs
who are trying to deceive each other.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08
Red ParaSOlS.

Ladies will be surprised to hear that
the use of red parasols has been Off
cially forbidden in many villages of the
Tyrol. The peasants say that the start
ling color irritates the grazing cattle.
and that number of accidents of re,
cent date were due to the display Of
red sunsha s.-London Queen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08
sHANNoN'S CAREER.

His Fine War Record and Long Residence
Abroad.
Col. Richard Colts Shannon, who
has been designated by the President
to be the United States Minister at
Nicaragua, Costa RIGA and Salvador,
was born in New London, Ct, Feb.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08

II, 1889. While.
he was very young
his parents moved
to Saco, Me-, and
t h re h e w a S
brought up.
In 1858 he be-
>.came a student at
Colby University
in w a t eryill e,
Me and remained
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
TYPE-SETTING DEVICE.

A Machine Invented by n Michigan Phn.
ter that, II Its Claims Prove Well
Founded, Will Materially Expedite the
Production of Books and Newspapers.
MUSHROOM, Mich, Oct 26.-Earle
v. Beales, of this city. a practical
printer has of late years been working
on a typesetting device which he
thinks he has practically completed.
His invention consists of two separate
machines The first of these corre-
spends to typewriter, and is operated
bya compositor, who works from the
copy. This, instead of being printed as
n typewriter, it transforms to a strip
of paper by perforations made by strik-
ing the keys on the finger board, the
particular letters or characters being
determined by the distance of the per-
foration from base line.
When the copy has thus been trans
ferred to the strip of paper the latter is
taken to a second machine, which,
working automatically by electricity,
sets up the type, an as each line is COM
posed impresses it into a matrix paper
in way that makes a perfect mold of
the line. The matrix paper moves
along automatically as the lines are
composed until mould is obtained for
a column. 1t is then ready for the
stereotyping process.
The perforator can be operated as
rapidly as typewriter, on which the
average speed is about fifty words a
impressing machine will be capable of
handling the matter turned off from
two or three of the perforators The
capacity is equal to about twenty men
at the case.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

NEAR Buena Ventura, Mex. John T.
MouIton, an American, and Lanado
Rodriguez and Antonio Ventro. Mexi-
leans. engaged in Il desperate fight and
all were fatally injured.
THE ear of Russia has given s.
600. 900 rublcs from his private purse
for the relief of the famine-stricken
people.
AyrI-SEnrTIc riots were reported at
Tchcrniroff. Russia. in which thirty
lows were killed while five hundred
nersons suffered either in person ar
nrnnertv
GrpoErs say that Eussia had SIR.
round.d Copst,ntinonle with ,r,ons in
sufficient numbrr tn leave that city
nr,c,ic,IIv ot ,be mercy of tho cz,r
Tur firm of ~ II AjIcn & IN bool,
publishers in Iondop failed for $50
aoo The bousc was , century old
A y,r,r,pv train WAS nassinp tbr,upb
tbe town of peni in Hrss,rabi, when
hnuI,. ,vor,. tbro,vn ON tb,. line and ton
,,JJiors ,vor. l,;IIod mud six .er;ou,lv
in iured
ox the Volra n PASSENGER steamer
WIS DESTROYED by fire near Rvbinsk and
scv.n r.r>orS Drri>bcd in the flames
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The Sicissitudes of n Package of Currency
En- Route from Milan. Tenn. to Latham.
y. Y.-The survivor of n Burning Wreck,
1t Reaches Its Destination.

The Yicissitudes of n Package of Currency
En- Route from Milan. Tenn, to Latham.
y. Y.-rhe survivor of n Burning Wreck.
1t Reaches Its Destination.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-Octobcr IA
last Mr.. +. 4. Collins, banker of Milan.
Tenn, registered at his post office n
package addressed to Latham. Alexan-
der county, n. Y, containing n thou
sand dollars in currency. A serious
train wreck occurred near Steuben-
vile, O., on the 10th instant The
mail which included this valuable pack
age was on the ill-fated train, and
largely shared the general destruction,
which fire made more thorough. For
tunately, this package, badly Scared
and crisped as to cover, remained quite
intact as to Enclosures, and was picked
up by W. K. johnson, one of the
brakemen of the train.
Mr.. johnson Immediately after the
wreck delivered the package to Geo.
+. Brown, chief dispatcher of the Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati & St Louis railway.
Columbus division. who in turn handed
it over to the custody of the post Office
at Steubenville. The package was
from this office promptly forwarded to
Mr.. A. Burt, division superintendent
railway mail service at Cincinnati. who
delivered the same to the postmaster at
Cincinnati, for transmittal to the dead
letter Office, where it was received by
registered mail on the I'D. InfOrma-
ton of its receipt was at once tele-
graphed to the sender, and in accord
ance with his instructions the package
was forwarded to the owner
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
WEST AND SOUTH.

AT liiawatha. Kan. women tore the
posters and autographs of the London
Gaiety Girls from the bill-boards and
announced those who attended the per-
formance as social ontcast'.
The Eastern Texas Express Com
pany's compress at Greenville, Tex,
was burned, together with 5000 bales
of cotton, entailing loss of S2so,OOO.
LATER advices state that four persons
lost their lives and twenty-three were
injured by the accident on the Burling-
ton road at Monmouth, Ill.
Ar Nashville, Tenn, Direct defeated
Hal Pointer in three straight heats,
pacing the second mile in a:09i4. the
best time ever made in harness race.
AT Sioux City, Ia, a bridge over the
Missouri river gave way while a drove
of cattle were crossing it and seventy
of the animals were drowned
IS the building occupied by the OK
idized Acid Company at Cleveland, o.,
flames caused loss of 500, 900
THE unveiling of monument to the
late Henry W. Grady took place at At
lanta, Ga
THE courthouse at ChildresS, Tex,
with all the records of Childress and
cendiary fire.
FLAMES at Lancaster. Ky, destroyed
the opera house. five business buildings
and five residences
A STABLE near Rushville. Ind, was
burned. together with four horses
worth Slj, 600.
AFTER an idleness of seven months
the Anaconda mines and smelters at
Anaconda and Butte. Mon, were re-
opened, giving employment to 5000
men.
JAMES MERCER. express messenger
of the Denver & Rio Grande Southern
at Telluride. Col, was shot and killed
by Mrs. A. W. Watson, who then took
her own life.
Iy baltimore Md. J. II. Schone.
chief clerk in the treasurer's Office of
Baltimore county, and two other clerks
were indicted for embezzling $4,000.
FREIGHT trains collided on the III
inois Central near Milan, Tenn, setting
the adjacent forest on fire. causing a
loss of S2Oo.OO1.
THE death of John Shortell occurred
at Little York. Ind, aged 102 years.
A THRAsHISG machine boiler eX-
ploded at Mayvil!e, n. d, killing six
men and badly injuring two others
lS session at Cincinnati the typo
theta of America elected W. o. Shep-
herd, of Toronto, as president
IT was discovered that Eugene f.
Garcia, aged 20 years, and for twenty
six years paying teller of the Louisiana
state bank of New Orleans. was de-
faulter to the amount OF SIgO,O0O
THE failure of the Bank of Lewis
burg. Tenn, was reported, with liabil-
tiles of SSO, 900; and assets of Sl25, 1000.
AT Sioux Falls. S. D., the United
States grand jury returned eleven in
dictInents against officers Of the Louisi.
ana lottery.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

PARIS, Oct. CA most disastrous
fire has destroyed the fiourishing town
of Meiringen, in the canton of Berne,
Switzerland. The fire started in a
house, and owing to a prevailing high
wind. gained rapid headway, spreading
furiously through the entire town. De-
spite every effort building after build
ing was caught and crumbled. All the
population. except the children, aged
and helpless, joined in fighting the
flames, but the most heroic labor was
in vain. and so swiftly did the fire leap
from point to point that it was with
the utmost difficulty that the workers
avoided being caught in the fiery food.
Post office, town hall, railroad station,
hotels, shops and houses went down
like stacks of hay. More than 5000
people are homeless
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
DEFRAUOING UNCLE SAM.
A Species of Fraud on the Mail system
that Frequently Miscsrries, the Dead
Letter Ofiice Swallowing the Spoils-
Uncle Sans Eyes Are Sharp.

A Species of Fraud on the Mail system
that Frequently Miscarries, the Dead
Letter Office Swallowing the Spoils-
Uncle SANS Eyes Are Sharp.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Perhaps the
most common device for defrauding the
postal and customs revenueI of this
and other countries is the inclosing of
prohibited articles with printed mat
ter. Although a great variety of ar
ticles thus committed to the mails
reaches the dead letter office, few are
of such a character or value as to sug-
gest speculative purpose beyond the
saving in postage. For the most part
they are evidently intended to be gifts
and testimonials of affection existing
between families and friends widely
scattered which can not be transmitted
in the mails between postal union coun-
tries except at letter rates, and which
can only be sent under certain condi-
tiOns in the domestic mails.
Gloves, ribbons, small pieces of silk,
children's shoes, jewelry of modest
value, needlework, infants, garments,
ties and stockings, are largely among
the things found in newspapers, often
accompanied by written communica-
tions which, while not disclosing the
identity of the senders, clearly indi-
Gated n purpose to evade the law. The
great uncertainty of success, and the
equally great probability that the re-
ceipt of this class of matter at the dead
letter office IL Of domestic oripin in
sures its ultimate condemnation to the
auction room. are evidently not clearly
understood by its would-be friends.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
THE WORLDS FAIR.

The President of Brazil Asks an Appro-
priatIon of $3.50. OOo to Pay the Expenses
Of q Proper Representation OF that
Country at the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position.
WASHINGTON, Oct 27.-The president
of Brazil has asked from the congress
of that republic an appropriation OF
$3.50, 900 to pay the expenses of its rep
resentation at the Chicago exposition.
The original estimate was SS25, 900. but
the plans of the Brazilian commission
as developed contemplate so extensive
quired to carry them into effect
Recent advices from Brazil indicate
that there will be very little opposition
to the appropriation in congress, and
an additional appropriation of the
sum of s55O,Oo0 will be made by tho
legislatures of the several states for
their independent exhibits.
1t seems that Brazil will expend
more money in her representation at
the exposition than any nation except
the United States, and more than any
of the states of this country except
Illinois.
The governor of the state of Anna
IONS. Brazil, has asked the legislature
for an appropriation of $4,000, in addi.
tion to the amount appropriated by the
general government to pay the expense
of its exhibit at Chicago.
The colony of Dutch Guiana proposes
to spend thirty times as much on its ex-
hibit at Chicago in 1895 at is spent at
colony obtained a gold medal for its
disDlay
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
Eartbuuake In south Carolina.

COLUMBIA. S. c., Oct 27.-At a few
minutes before 1 o'clock yesterday
morning a shock of earthquake was
distinctly felt in this city. rattling win
dows in a lively manner. The wave
passed from east to west and was ac-
companied by the usual detonations-
A special to the Star from Charles
ton says two sharp shocks were felt
there shortly after midnight this morn
ing. The shocks were but few min
utes apart, and those who were awak-
ened by the first shock were robbed of
much sleep by the second shock. There
was boom and quick jerk. then a
reverberating sound, dying gradually
away in the distance-this In each case.
1t is said Summcrville felt the shocks
much more severely than Charleston
Or Columbia
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
DEMAND ON CHILL.

Minister Egan Presents the Demands Of
the United States to the Gillian Junta
for Reparation for the Recent Attack
Upon American SaIlors-Another of tho
Baltimore's Men Dead.
SANTIAGO, Oct 27.-John Turnbull.
another of the B&timore's wounded
men, died yesterday. lie had received
no less than twenty stab wounds, sew.
eral of them penetrating mis- lungs
Acting on instructions from Wash.
ington, Minister Egan yesterday, after
making n brief and pointed summary
Of all the facts involved in the recent
trouble. formally demanded reparatiou
from the government of Chilli Mr..
Egan expressed in distinct terms
the feeling of great indigna.
tion which the state depart.
ment at Washington feels at the
whole affair. and Informed the junta
that this is no informal suggestion;
that his government expects some kind
of satisfaction for the assault upon the
Baltimore's crew, and demands an i'm
mediate explanation of the whole af-
fair and reparation for the injuries in
fiicted. The opinion prevails among
foreign ministers that the junta will
Immediately make the reparation de-
manded. The sympathy of the for
eign residents is entirely with Capt
Sc. and Minister Egan's action
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