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, 1891-05-22


Until the time of Admiral Vernon the
British sailors had their allowance Of
brandy or rum served ont to them I'M
mixed with water. This plan was found
to DO attended with Inconvenience on
some occasions on account of a shortage
in the brandy locker, and the admiral,
therefore, ordered that in the fleet he
commanded the spirits should be mixed
with water before being passed around
among the men. This innovation at first
gave great oiTense TO the hardy sailors,
who had been used to taking their drinks
raw" the result being that Vernon be
came very unpopular with his men.
To add to his unpopularity the ad
miral, who was conscious of the i'm
mense responsibility that rested upon
him, became morose and gloomy, often
walking the decks for hours without
speaking or looking either to the right or
the left. In these taciturn moods he al
ways wore an immense grogham coat
thrown loosely over his shoulders; this
resulted in the sailors nicknaming him
"Old Grog," and the term soon came to
be applied TO the weak mixture stinting-
ly given out to the men, who had for
mcrly looked for "A regular allowance of
pure stuff" "Grog' became quite pop
ular after a time, but not until the origi-
nal mixer Of the formula had gone TO
his reward. st. Louis Republic.
, 1891-05-22
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, 1891-05-22

IL is a long time yet before you will
have your knapsaeks packed for the great
encamPment to be held at Detroit. Mich.
but some OF you are even now inquiring as
to the best route.
lfyou will ask any ticket agent or hotel
clerk for a folder containing a map of the
Great Wabash route and will examine
that map, you will see that this line offers
inducements unequaled. For instance.
you will see that the Wabash can take
you from either Kansas City or Council
Bluffs. by way of St LOUIS and Chicago.
or oledo, or via the direct air line straight
TO Detroit without change Of cars
Write to me for full information and
valuable pointers. G.. NJ. HAMPsCN,
Coml Agent. 1927 Seventeenth street.
Denver, Colo.
, 1891-05-22

A gnzzled individual in the attire Of a
farm hand prowled along the docks all
day. With all his rusticity Of attire
there WAS a tinge of tar and bilge water
about him that added to his wagge
and stamped him Enthusiastically as a son
Of the sea. His movements attracted
considerable attention as he boarded
vessel after vessel and inspected the
pumps and then whistled for the ships
dog. His cruise extended from the sea
wall TO Harrison street, and it was at
this point hat he was accosted by one
Of Franklin's runners
Want to ship, old mann he asked, "a
The stranger climbed down from the top
sides OF the Lady Cairns.
Yes, I'm going TO sea again, - was he
reply, accompanied by the observation
that ranching was not what it was
cracked mp to be.
I'm get you a good ship" suggested
the runner.
well, You needn't bother. I've been
TO sea for forty years, and mebbe / knows
enough to pick out a ship for myself"
What are you looking forY'
"A fat dog and a rusty pump bolt, you
bloody lubber. What do you 'spose I'm
looking forY'
Come n have a drink" suggested
the runner, who was anxious to learn
the connection between a fat dog and "A
rusty pump bolt and a desirable ship.
well, lads. III tell YOU said the in
innate friend OF Neptune, and you
want to remember this, because til be
useful some day. It took me many
years TO larn it, but it's yours for the
sake Of your kindness. Mark what old
George Palmer tells you-when YOU
van to ship look for q fat dog; that
means the old man is liberal with his
duff and youn be well fed. Look for a
rusty pump bolt, cause that means that
the craft is right and tight and the crew
don't have to break their hearts and
backs keeping her dry. II the pump
bolt ia worn and shiny look out, lads,
for she's a sieve, and your watch below
will be spent in keeping her hold dry"
San Francisco Examiner.
, 1891-05-22

In the Office Of a prominent architect
In Chicago one Of the draughtsmen is a
yOung man who came here from Troy,
n. Y. He lives at a pension on Wabash
One evening during a cold snap
he had occasion 10 escort a young lady
to her home on T~hirty-hfth street, and as
affairs with them had reached the stage
where it IS pleasant TO be alone together,
they walked. The girl wa well bundled
up, but the young man was not dressed
for extremely cold weather, and when
they reached their destination he found
that his left a was frozen stiff.
The next day he appeared at the office
with his ear poultieed and bandaged
His employer noticed his condition and
remarked upon the extraordinary devo-
ton to duty he displayed. The young
man was greatly pleased, and for FIVE
minutes quite forgot the pain. After he
had been at work for an hour or 80 ne
found hat his head was irresistibly
pulled sideways by the weight Of the
handage, n that it was impossible to
keep 1t squarely on his shoulders. But
he went on with his work.
Next morning his employer was any
thing but gracious and informed him
that all Of the previous days labor would
have TO be done over again, for all the
lines were out of drawing and the houses
leaned ~perceptibly to the north north
west. The young man attempted TO draw
b front elevation Of a house, but found
that he could not draw a perpendicular
line, and that the horizontal lines would
not lie fat. He couldn't account for
this phenomenon until one OF his fellows
suggested that the bandAge on his left
ear, which pulled his head over toward
his left shoulder, wa the of it.
The young man thought the eIplana-
ton plausible. What did he dor Did
he lie off until his ear got wellg No.
That evening he called upon the young
lady, induced her TO go .ou for a walk,
and left his night ear exposed to the
chilling blast. When he reached home
he found that he had accomplished his
purpose, and that the other ear was
frozen as hard a. a rock. After that he
had no difficulty with his houses. Chi
cago Post.
, 1891-05-22

Among tho chief figures Of the epoch
of the war probably Lincoln and Sher-
man were the most individual and origi-
nal. The most romantic md picturesque
of the many renowned events of that
time was the march to the sca. 1t has
already a distinctive character, like that
OF the Greeks in Xenophon's story of the
Ten Thousand" When the news of it's
successful issue reached this part Of the
country it served to show the simple and
honest patriotism Of one Of the most un.
fortunate Of the Union generals.
Burnside. after the explosion of the
mine at Petersburg, had been relieved,
and was staying with "A of
friends at a country house on N-arragan-
sett bay. The company were all sitting
one morning upon the spacious piazza.
when n messenger rode up and nnounced
Sherman's success. Burnside's delight
WAS enthusiastic. All thought Of him
self vanished. The good cause only was
in his mind mt heart, and running to
his wife he j~oytully kissed her. saving
Il know that the company feels a. / do.
and will forgive me-"
1t was the feeling Of a soldier as sim
pile and true hearted and patriotic, but
not so fortunate, as Sherman; and it was
h same candOr and manly sweetness OF
nature that softened Shernan's voice
whenever he spoke Of the soldiers Of the
war TO whom fate had seemed to be un-
kind. He is gone, the last of the old ia
miliar figures, some OF his old foes bear
ing him tenderly to the grave. And are
not Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Porter, Seward, Chase, Stanton, Sum
ner and their fellows historic figures
worthy to rank with the elder Reyolu-
uonAry group dear to all Americana
George William Curtis in Harper's.
, 1891-05-22

The wOrkmen employed at one Of the
chair making works in an English town
were cutting up a large cherry tree at
the circular saw bench when something
squirted in the sawyer's face and ran
over the bench in all directions. Tho
engine vas stopped, aud an examination
showed that the saw had struck a cavity
in the tree and liberated a considerable
quantity Of quicksilver, afterward esti-
mated AS half a gill. The log was care
fully examined, and it was found that
many years previously a hole had been
bored in a slanting downward direction
through the heart of the tree, the quick
silver poured in and the hole carefully
plugged, The rings Of the tree showed
that it was ninety years old, and that
after the hole had been plugged the
growth had covered the head of the plug
with several inches of solid wood.
As 1t was known the tree came out Of
an old cherry orchard at Allerton, York
shire, where yearly "a cherry feast
used to be held, it was thought the
quicksilver had been put in the tree in
connection with some old ceremony, but
later it was found hat up TO thirty or
forty years ago quicksilver was thus EN-
ployed to kill fruit or other trees
by those who had "~grudges" against
their neighbors, 1t was usual to do this
in the dead Of night A r'ece OF lark
was first carefully taken off. the hole
bored, quicksilver poured in. the hole
plugged, and last the bit Of bark wa
carefully replaced. The tree from the
next rising of the sap began TO wither. In
the present case the attempt was a fail
ure, for except where the quicksilver
had lain dt had not penetrated some
inches beyond the end of the boring the
tree was sound.-Notes and Queries.
, 1891-05-22
IS lying NECESSARY
An Experience in Truth Telling That
Wasn't n GRudy Success.

Wasn't n GRudy Success.
a great many persons pretend to sadly
deplore the fact that society is ever tell
ing a great many little white lies. Frank.
ness is strongly recommended and people
are praised for saying just what they
think.
Frankness appears very admirable in
theory, but 1t is quite another thing in
practice. Acertain amount Of deception
seems really necessary for the welfare Of
society, and tn mar or woman who tries
to get on wholly without it is likely to
lave few friends and many enemies.
1t is said that the minister Of n certain
Chicago church became disgusted with
the untruthfulness Of mankind and
prescheda vigorous sermon in denuncia-
ton of society falsehoods. He declared
that lies told out Of politeness were Just
as wicked As those told with deliberate
intention Of d~eceiving. In fact, these
society lies get folks into the habit OF
lying. and they readily pick up the other
kind.
The sermon made a great impression
upon the hearers. Many of the congre-
CATION resolved 10 reform then and there.
Coming out of church Deacon Jones
said to Judge Badger, who sat in front
of him, Judge, l hope you didn't mind
my putting my feet under your pewr'
The judge was about to reply, "Oh, GER
tainly mott but he thought of the ser.
mon and answered:
u did, though; your old boots took up
all the room Rnd were a fearful nui-
sance.H
Well said the deacon, "the hair oil
you use smells 50 it nearly forced US to
leave the pew
They glAred at each other, and just
then Mrs Badger and Miss jenkins came
along, Miss Jenkins had asked:
How do you like my new bonnetY'
ooh, l thought it just Low began
Mn. B., and then she thought Of the
sermon and continued:
mo, 1 didn't either. It is a horrid
thing, and l wouldn't be seen with it
on"
While these honest conversations were
going on Mrs. Smith had said to her
next door neighbor, Mr.. Murray:
Il hope the crying of our baby last
night didn't disturb your
And Mr.. Murray replied:
"No-that is-yes, l wanted TO brain
the brat"
And then Mrs. Smith called him a
wretch aud wept Then the minister
came out and asked young Symonds how
he liked hes me Symonds said:
at wa a grand ef-ero No. parson,
it was blamed nonsense
"Sirl" said the parson, and he drew
himself up very Indignantly.
Just then Smith and Murray, after
being real frank with each other and
telling n few plain truths, clinched, and
Deacon Jones was trying to hold Miss
Jenkins from scratching Mrs. Badger.
II took tremendous efforts TO stop the
rows and prevent a scandal. and AS it
was, every one went away mad with
everybody else.
The minister went home and meditated
in a gloomy frame of mind for three
hours, n finally concluded that society
lying WAS wicked, but he would not
preach against it again. It was alto
gether too handy and necessary a sin to
be given up.-Chicago Herald.
, 1891-05-22

81 want, she said hesitatingly, as she
poised her basket in front of her pretty
chin with a thoughtful air. "to get some
lettuce"
Yes m" said the market man; heres
some; very nice it is too"
''ls it all that colory'
"Why-er-yes'm; all lettuce is green.
you know"
"Oh, of course; but it's too bad. Igot
a lovely blue dish to put lettuce in, but
I'm sure green would look horrible in it.
| never thought about there not being
any shades, you know"
And as she turned away the market
man was almost sure he saw a tear of
disappointment in her eye.-Washington
Post
, 1891-05-22
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, 1891-05-22

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, 1891-05-22

There is a horse on James McCloud's
farm in South Dakota which has eight
feet, otherwise it IS perfectly formed in
every respect. Not until the fetlock
joint is reached in the descent from the
shoulder to the foot is there any differ.
ence between this horse and any other.
At the pastern joint, however, the branch
begins, and two perfectly formed hoofs
are found on each Of the four legs.-St
Louis Republic.
, 1891-05-22

Purge away the old, diseased and worn
out body, said DR.. Bnnretb. Replace
the discharged matter Of the system with
good. simple food aud thus build up a new
and sound body in place of ore feeble and
diseased. Every man should know that
he must be renewed at least once in two
oil three years. eise lie would soon break
down completely. This renewing process
Is easily brought about by %purging with
BRANDRETH's Pills. They put new life
into old bodies.
BRANDRETH's Pills are purely vegeta-
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at any time.
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar coated.
, 1891-05-22

PARIS, May 2I.-Edaire of this city to-
day published interviews with officials ofthe
ministry of agriculture 10 reference to the
projected wheat corner. These officials
said they did not believe the people who
were e~nRineering the corner would succeed
in attaining the object in view, as the
French farmers refused to cooperate with
the m~anipulators of the wheat deal
French farmers, officials Of the ministry
Of agriculture said, always sold their pro-
duce on the spot and would not enter
into contracts with any large syndicate,
especially foreign. French crops are in a
very critical condition. The home supply,
they SAID, would fall short by 20. 600, 900
sectoltres. If the present rainy weather
continues the result will be disastrous to
the farmers.
, 1891-05-22
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

Mrs. John Curtis of Peoria, ILL.,, writes:
Used n box of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay $50 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me" Write
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, 1891-05-22
N IN ENGLAND.

Gold was first coined by Henry III, and
copper was made money In 1872.
TIT only pure gold coins issued in En-
glish history were those of Henry Ill.
Tin was used for coinage in 1880, and the
national farthing was made of this Cam
brian product, with a stud Of copper set in
the center. In 1850 and 1851 tin half pence
were issued in considerable quantities.
The present English sovereign was is
sued in 1917 and weighed twenty twenty
first parts of n guinea. TIL present stand
ard of ineness for silver coins is-eleven
ounces or two pennyweight silver and
eighteen pcnnyweight alloy.
TIT guinea in the reign Of Queen Anne,
originally issued rs a twenty shilling piece.
rose in value to thirty shillings, and was
acrobatic in values till Sir Isaac Newton
secured authority ordering the guinea to
pass for twenty-one shillings sterling.
Bronze coins were introduced in 1860, re
placing the old copper coins first legalized
by the fiat Of Charles IL, and afterward
made By James IL from old guns, copper
vessels, pewter pots and a general assem-
blage Of comparatively worthless metal.
In the reign OF Edward l the pound in
tale OF silver coins was equal to the pound
in weight of standard silver. The pound
in tale was divided into twenty shiilings,
the shtllings into twelve pence, and each
penny piece weighed a pennyweight or
twenty-tOur grains.
Before the mintage OF gold coins in Eng
land the byZant, valued at ten shillings.
was imported from Constantinople. and
Florencss Of the same value from Florence.
Edward III subsequently minted the noble,
Edward " the rial, Henry VII the double
rial, James l the laurel, and Charles IL re-
vived the old laurel coin under the name
Of the gninea--Age OF Steel.
, 1891-05-22


GRAvEsEND, May 2L.-The track wa.
in fairly good shape.
Mile hspdicap-Tulla Blackburn won.
Text second, Chesapeake third. Time,
l:43A.
Three year-olds, nile arpath won.
Algernon second, Rev Del Rey third.
Time. l;4j.
Two year-old fllies, FIVE furlongs-
Mount Vernon won, Laughing Water
second, Spinalong third. Time, l:O4.
Parkway handicap, three year olds and
upward, mile and one-sixteenth-Sir
John won. Clarendon second. Buddhist
third. Time, 1904.
Two-year-olds. five furlongs-St. FL
oriau won. Rhods (colt) second, Ermen-
trude Colt third. Time, l:O33.
Six furlongs-Soho won, IaRo second,
Torchlight third. Time, l:l6.
, 1891-05-22

Sanso-He is not rich. and vet he
makes a great deal more money than he
spends
Rodd-How can that be?
Sanso-He works in the United States
mint.-Harper's Bazaar.
, 1891-05-22

lac largest stock of fine brandies, old
whiskies. choice Rqseurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1891-05-22

What does Miss Brown mean by a y
ing she was bom just after the WARP
She means the Mexican war; re-
member her telling the same story in
81. r-Munsey's Weekly
, 1891-05-22

LOUISVILLE, May 2l.-Track heavy.
Mile-Rei Sign won, Marie X. second,
Consignee third. Time, l:5O.
Three-year-olds and upward, mile and
seventy yards-Palmetto won, Rainier
second. Gov. Wheeler third. Time, 1851.
Two year-old colts, three-quarter mile
dash-Huron won, Wautauga second,
O'Neil third. Time, l;24t.
Five turlong dash, maiden colts and
Standardization won, Orville second,
Too Sweet third, Time, l:0sA.
Setback handicap, mile aud one six
teenth-Nallera won, Parametta second,
Faithful third. Time, 1851.
Some OF the Grand Army boys may be
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, 1891-05-22

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, 1891-05-22

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take especial pleasure in recommending
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, 1891-05-22

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, 1891-05-22

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