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, 1891-02-06

There is in one of the big dry goods
stores a weighing machine which is
similar in outward appearance to a
nickel-in-the-slo machine, but which
works without the preliminary dropping
In of a nickel. 1t was the means the
other day of calling attention to a very
honest old lady. She had her arms full
of packages, and she held them all
while being weighed, evidently fearing
to lay them down lest some one should
walk away with them. When the
weighing process was over she laid
them all down, however, fished out a
nickel from her pocketbook, and then
began a vain search for the slot into
which to drop it. She looked the ma
chine an over, in front, in back, on the
sides and OF top, and ven when her
closest scrutiny failed to discover the
slot, she did not grasp the idea that the
machine was a free laborer, but laid
the nickel on its top and walked away,
apparently in the hope that the next
person who came along might know
how to feed the money to the machine
and drop it in for her.-New York
Times.
, 1891-02-06

Benjamin Wolfe, who is visiting
Springfield, Mass, has passed through
adventures enough to fill a book. At
the age Of 1s he enlisted in the English
army-having run away from home
and he accompanied a detachment to
India. Thence he went to Afghanistan,
where in 1880 he figured in the famous
march from Herat to K~andahar-a dis
lance OF 1 300 miles-made in six weeks
by Gen. Roberts. Later he was promi-
nent in organizing the first dramatic
company OF English soldiers, and was
general manager Of its first production,
which was made at Sabather.
He has, as a souvenir OF the event, a
curious programme, issued by the sol
diery, on which is printed the curious
injunction, Gentlemen are requested
TO fetch their seats" At one time, while
ON duty just outside of Sabather, Wolfe
vas assaulted by FIVE Afghans and was
left on the ground for dead. He was
discovered by his comrades, however.
and cared for. He still bears the marks
Of the knife wounds on his back. The
4th Of August, 1890, he started to return
TO India and rode 1000 miles on horse
back, as his path lay along the Himalaya
mountains. Philadelphia Ledger.
, 1891-02-06


When Dotty Dimple has her first thatch
of long curls cropped off her mother
doesn't gather them up one by one as she
used to do, and lay them carefully away
in a long box with an inscription some
thing like this on the outside, "Dotty's
curls, cut of when she was o years old. -
She gathers them up, to be sure, and car
ries them away with her, but the next
day or so she is seen going into a certain
hairdresser's in T~wenty-third street,
where a notice prominently displayed in
the window reads, Dolls Wigs Made
Here" And Dotty Dimple goes with
her, Of course, and carries Rosamond
Arabella or Fifine, or whatever the name
may be of the potential little lady in
bisque. And in a boz the mother carries
the curls.
Then the attendant gravely measures
the bisque pate after he has first removed
the shock of fax that covered it, and
looks wise over the box of curls and says,
"Oh. yes, madam, there will be plenty
of them, 1 think" Madam and Dotty
Dimple go away after a great many low
ing pats and admonitions, and in a few
days Rosamond Arabella comes home no
longer with the faxen pate, but wearing
alovely blonde wig of real hair-hair that
curls up about her temples and down her
back just as Dotty Dimple's own does.
And that is just what it is, Dotty Dim
pies own severed curls. And thus are
the demands of sentiment and fashion
uniFd.-New York Evening Sun.
, 1891-02-06

We have several times this season re-
ferred editorially to the large movement
of sugar to eastern markets by sea from
this port, and on several occasions have
recorded uncommonly large exports on
single days. Yesterday all previous rec
ords were broken, as not only the largest
single cargo ever known WAS cleared,
but thea aggregate exports were phenom-
email The steamship Conemaugh WAS
cleared with a cargo consisting of II, 500
barrels and 100 bags of Louisiana sugar.
This is an immense cargo of sugar, and
is all intended for eastern ~refneries-
The aggregate exports of sugar, all for
eastern ports, for the day were not far
from $4,000 barrels, the actual figures
being Al 200 barrels, $50 hogsheads and
100 bags.-New Orleans P~icayune.
, 1891-02-06

Some of the processes used in ancient
times have been lost, or are not clearly
understood, but we can produce like or
better results by different and less la
borious Many of the useful
and elegant arts, which have long been
held as Indispensable to our modern
comfort and civilization, were not I'M
known to the ancients, but we may be
said to have invented them, as we
knew not how they were produced
formerly. In plain words then, we
have rediscovered and reinvented very
largely. Laborers' tools, implements OF
agriculture and manufacture and the
weapons of war have been used from
the earliest times. We have improved
upon them al1.-Thomas j. Bowditch
in Troy Times.
, 1891-02-06
THE NEXT SENATE

The next United States senate will cob
sist Of eighty-right senators. aud the roll
now lacks three names t, make It CON.
plete, SAYS the Denver Netos. The
Of Iorty-six Republicans are upon
the list. OF the remaining thirty-ni ,c
names Thirty seven arc those of straight
Democrats. the other two belong to the
Farmers alliance, having been elected
from South Caroline and Kansas The
vacancies are to be filled By the %legisla-
lures Of Illinois, South Dakotl and
Florida. For " week now the %lecis'a-
lures Of tho two former states have b en-
fruitlessly ballotinr for senators. Should
a Democrat he chosen in each Of these
states the senate would sta4d Rcpubli-
cans forty-six, Democrats ]forty-tNo. Its
interesting to noe that three of tho forty
six Republicans whose names are upon
the roll OF the next senate are not right
fully there, but appear there by virtue of
thetts OF senasor-h ps committed in Mon
tana aud New Hampshire. But for these
thcfts the roll would sttnd: Republicans
forty three, Democrats and Farmers ALI
auce iorty-two. to be elected 3. aud there
would be small ioub, that the filling of
the vacancies wouJ result in Democratic
Euuremary
, 1891-02-06
THE POLITICAL SCHEME

The legal proceedings to contest the
election Of U. F. Ross, Democratic
Gilman from the first ward, is a part Of a
political conspiracy the object Of which is
to retain the present Republican ~ofirinls
in office. and, II the courts are complai-
SAINT, to increase the present Republican
majority 10 the city council and so insure
it, supremacy even afJerthe next election.
The present council consists OF six Re
publicaus, one fusion Democrat aud two
Democrats or these six Republicans
three vii 90 OUT If uficr-RextJasuarg,
leaving the council evenly divided polr.-
calIy as it is at present. consttut d
Upon that basis. should either party carry
two wards, II will have a majority OF the
r~eorgauized council On the other hand,
should it he possible by any s~kulduggery
TO unseat Mr.. Ross and seat Mr.. Baird,
the Republicans will 60 into the campaign
with four safely in office, and they conf
IDENTIFY calcullte that they eau secure a
fifth in the second ward and thus insure
the retention Of the present office holders.
The result Of the last city election was a
revelation 10 the machine Republicans.
They see the control Of municipal affair
rapidly slipping from their hands when
even the Second ward, which was gerry
wandered To insure a Republican majority,
returns a Republican councilman by the
narrow margin OF a dozen votes. 1t Is
therefore a life aud death question with
them, and they are not disposed to stop
short even at defeating the popular will, As
expressed At the polls. to accomplish their
purposes.
This is entirely in line with the pre-
sumptuous actions of a majority Of the
council 10 attempting to enforce the gag
law on the mayor. At tho last meeting
the mayor nominated a CANDIDATE to sue
coed the present city marshal. whose
term has expired. This nomination the
majority of the council sav fit to reject,
aud accompanied it with a communication
TO the effect that they didn't want amy
more nominations from the mayor. The
council therefore presumed 10 exercise not
only its own riglt', but at the same time
10 dictate to the mayor what be should
do. lt is high handed proceedings OF
this sort and Outragcs such rs are in pro
cess Of preparation on Mr. Ross which
will ultimately bring the people to a real.
izine sense of their own danger, when
neither laws nor p~recedents, nor the will
of the majority EXPRESSED at the polls. are
, 1891-02-06

"N6w, ladies, If I have left anything
untold, or there is anything not quite
understood, l am ready to answer ques-
tons"
She was the president Of a woman's
club and had just returned from a visit
to the famous ''Sorosis." She had been
cussed and what was the programme of
the evening. There were a number of
women present, and they had all been
very much interested
The president sat down in her chair
and waited for questions. There was a
silence for an instant, and finally a timid
voice from the background said:
Il would like to ask a question. Was
twas it a dressy crowd r
The president jumped up and said:
81 just want to tell you! Those ladies
all had on the most beautiful bonnets.
One was a heliotrope velvet trimmed
with gold lace. And another was made
Of bands of Jet and pink roses 1.-THE
ladies commenced to gather around her
with enraptu-ed expressions). THE hand.
soonest of all was worn by Mrs. -"
Just then the president of this woman's
club caught a smile on the face of q
newspaper correspondent who was pres
ent. She drew herself up with great
dignity and said:
Ladies', 1 think we are wandering
from the subject"
The ladies settled back, conscious Of
the superior advantages of this popular
club, but with a fleeing expression OF
disappointment, that gave indication OF
a willingness to wander" still farther.
Chicago Herald.
, 1891-02-06

Who would think that a railroad en-
CINE that rested in a round house here
was stopped on its way to Charlotte to
prevent 1t from running over two deer
that, charmed by the big yellow glare
from its headlight, stood on the track
and waited until the engine stopped
within ten feet Of them? Such a thing
did occur. 1t was on the Carolina Cen
tral railroad, and Frank Lewis is the en-
gineer who came within an ace OF bring
ing a load Of venisOn TO Charlotte.
The Charlotte bound passenger train,
Capt. George Welsh, conductor, pulled
out Of the depot at Wilmington at the
regular stop at Hilton Bridge, another
stop at Cape Fear and Ysdkn Valley
crossing, and was just getting under way
for Meares Bluff when Engineer Lewis
saw a dark object ahead on tho track.
BE at first thought it was a man. but, as
it did not move, he seized the whistle
cord and gave the cattle alarm. The
object grew bigger, but remained motion
less, and the engineer threw on the brakes.
The train slowed up abruptly. and IS it
drew near the object the engineer saw
something hat astonished him.
There, just in front of him, was a big
buck deer with a fine spread Of antlers.
The buck was standing in the center OF
the track staring directly into the head
light, and just behind him, standing
across the track and looking at the engine
over the bucks shoulders, was a beauti-
full doe. The engine got within ten feet
Of them when its nea threw the rays
Of the headlight over them, and the mo
ment that occurred they bounded from
the track and disappeared in the dark
ness. The engineer was almost unstrung
by the novel experience, and he and the
fireman talked deer all the way to Char
lotte. Had he known what the objects
ahead Of him were he could nave put on
steam and bagged q big mess of venison.
Charlotte IN. c. News.
, 1891-02-06

A gentleman wal passing near Hough-
ton square just after u recent storm and
discovered n cat ensconced on the
stringer Of a wooden fence in a shelter
ing angle. He called the attention Of 4
neighbor toit, and together, thinking that
perhaps the cat was frozen to death, they
proceeded to stir it up. The cat got up,
and in attempting to jump off the fence,
hung suspended like an icicle by the end
Of its caudal appendage, which was
frozen TO the fence. The animal had
crawled in for shelter from the storm,
the heat of the body melting the snow,
and then chilling enough to freeze the
tail to the fence. As it hung suspended
the gentleman began to look around for
warm water, or some other means of
thawing it out, but before they sue
ceeded the weight of the body caused it
to break its hold, and the cat was re-
leased from its strange predicament.-
Lynn Mass Bee.
, 1891-02-06

An Arabic anecdote, illustrative OF
the subtileness Of selfshness. which en-.
ables it to glide into the heart of Il
saint. is told Of the holy Mohammedan,
Sakati.
He said that for twenty years he had
never ceased %imploring divine pardon
for having once exclaimed. Praise be
TO Cod On being asked the reason
for such persistent praying he an.
swered
"A fire broke out in Baghdad, and a
person came to me and told me that
my shop had escaped, on which / ut
tered those words, and even to this
moment | repent Of having said so, be.
cause it showed that | wished better to
myself than TO others"
, 1891-02-06

The Appropriated Sleigh Bells In July.
The well filed stores and gaudy shop
windows of the Indiana and Ohio towns
seemed to stimulate in men accustomed
to impoyerished and u~npretentious Dixie,
as were Morgan's raiders, the propensity
to appropriate beyond limit or restraint.
/ have never before seen anything like
this disposition to plumber. Our perilous
situation only seemed to render the men
more reckless. At the same time, any
thing more ludicrous than the manner in
which they INDUCED their predatory
tastes can scarcely be imagined. The
weather was intensely warm-the hot
July sun burned the earth to powder,
and we were breathing superheated dust
yet n mar rode for three days with
seven pairs of skates slung about his
neck; another loaded himself with sleigh
bells.
A large chatting dish, a medium sized
Dutch clock, a green glass decanter, with
goblets to match, a bag of horn buttons,
a chandelier and a bird cage containing
three canaries were some of the articles
l saw borne of and jealousy fondled.
The officers usually waited a reasonable
period, until the novelty had worn of,
and then had this rubbish thrown away.
Baby shoes and calico, however, were
the staple articles of appropriation. A
fellow would procure a bolt of calico,
carry it carefully for a day OF two, then
cast it aside and get another. Basil W.
Duke in Century.
, 1891-02-06

Mr. Balfour's predecessors as lord
recton Of Glasgow university have all
been distinguished men. Lord Bea.
consfield Cwhen Mr.. DisraelD held the
Office for two terms. On the Sunday
after the day on which the r~ectorial
address was delivered lie attended the
university chapel. 1t was a gloomy
November day, and the chapel was be.
coming very dark, when the principal
(Dr. Card, the most famous preacher
in Scotland, came TO n passage where
he called out in the most imprisoned
tones
Light! more light, was the cry OF
the dying teacher when, loi the
whole building burst into splendor.
The bedellus had, just previously, gone
out to turn up the gas. Even Disraeli's
usually irnpassive c-ountenance bore It's
smile. London Tit Bits.
, 1891-02-06

He was a large, fat person, who came
running out of a side street and landed
IN the platform of a Fourth avenue
a all out of breath. He had Just set
tied himself comfortably against the
brake rod when he apparently remem
bered something, jumped off the car,
and hurried back up the avenue
THAT gives me a pain, " said the con
ductor.
What was the harm2' ventured a
man standing on the platform.
well, no harm" replied the con.
ductor, ''but it wasn't fare. seeT'-
New York Times.
, 1891-02-06

Of many a night, made. doubly long by
its protracted agony, the rheumatic suf-
ferer losses 10 and fro on his ~sleepless
couch, yainly pray ing for that rest which
only comes by fits and starts. His NAL
ady Is one which ordinary medicines too
often fail to relieve, but there is ample
evidence to prove that the efficient blood
depurent, Hostetters Stomach Bitters, af-
fords the rheumatic a reliable means OF re-
lief. Check the malady in its incipient
stages, when the fint premonitory
twinges come on, with this agreeable
medicine, and avoid years Of torture.
Whatever be the rationale of the active
influence OF the Bitters upon this maady,
certain 1t is that no evidence relating to
Its effect is more direct and positive than
that which relates to its action in cases
Of rheumatism. Like all sterling RENE
dies, however, it deserves a protracted,
systematic trial, and should not be aban-
doned because not at once remedial. 1t
is equally efhcacious in dyspepsia, ,indi-
gestion and kindred diseases.
, 1891-02-06
II PoRr oE PLEASANT pRgAMs.

l sailed in the good bark Fancy
Down the stul, deep river OF sleep
From the lands Of bleak December
To a port that the sunbeams keep
While the glad winds followed after.
And sang with n happy 1esL
An. heard them Groom DER the infant mool
As it lay on the niEhf'= broad breast
Aaf be port Of the good bark Fancy.
sort that the sunbeams keep.
led Pleasant Dreams; like An opal II
.l-ams
D.yT the strange, dark river Of Sleep.
Their, nushed with the wine Of laughter.
The voyager sings queer songs
And, horne in a car Of the sIns-t
Rides Oft with the elm thrUugS
Up. M through the rosy COudlaud.
Where the round little mist men stay,
To the stars abloom in the cool, soft gloom
OF gardens far away.
Thsrr are none too poor for a voyage
To this port that : centuries old,
Where hunger eier finds n banquet.
And poverty reyels in gold;
Where ROBBED In the garb OF morning,
TIE earth Ia new beauty CLOVIS,
And the amulet Of the summer
Is worn on the heart Of the ross
on from the fields OF sorrow,
To the brink Of the river OF Sleep,
Wan tui-ns come, and, restfuL
They sail 1n IL watery deep;
TIL clear through tho gates Of SHUTDOWN
The I-s like a beacon, beams,
Aud Love. sweet mariner, anchors
In the port Of Pleasant Dreams.
Crockcu in Frank Lssls's Illustrated
, 1891-02-06
A Nsr ren, for marian.

Several Prussian officers vent TO vi
enna two weeks ago 10 show the Emper
or Franz Joseph and his generals the
tent used in the German army, auf to
explain its advantages The teat is
made TO cover and to be carried by two
men Each occupant On breaking camp
packs away on his person one half Of the
cloth, three sticks with iron screws,
hree hooked pegs and a few yards Of
5tout cord, which are the constituent
parts of his share Of the tent The cloth
Of the tent is also used by tie soldiers to
protect them from The rain. The Au
strian emperor, in a special audience,
expressed his satisfaction with the exhi-
bition of the tent, which it is TO be ex-
pected, will be adopted shortly by the
Austrian army.--London Letter
, 1891-02-06

"You have some very curious person.
in Chicago" remarked Mrs. Tenant,
Mr.. Stanley's mother-in-law. 81 could
not help overhearing what one of them
said when 1 entered the room at the clut
reception. There comes one of EN- said
the lady in a tone loud enough for me tc
hear distinctly. There comes one OF
'em; she's English, I know, for English
mt when they get old always wear
tides on their headsp Nc, 1 don't know
what the American people call Tides,
but I'm sure the remark was not compli,
mentary. Still it is the custom with
us to wear caps-why, the queen wear
them; 1 do not mean to give them up
Chicago Newp.
, 1891-02-06

\ pair Of new socks, fresh from the
store feels very mtortublc to the
feet, hut the nnn Elrr wears them be
i"r" they ar' wr .In.i makes n mistake.
Hosiery should always he washed I've.
fore being woru, as tho washing shriuks
the threads and mal.r~ The socks wear
rs long again, hr il'- preventing the
f.t trotn hciug Injured by the color
Ing When pat "u before washing
ti.,! stretch uuJ uI shapc, and can
never be rrstog. t o the Original form.
Interview in ST. Louis Globe-D Demo.
Cf4tt.
, 1891-02-06

The Gas Light and Coke company, OPP
Grating ia London, has been fined elO0,
with costs, for a deficit OF one candle
power in discriminating power Of the
company's gas during q foggy period.
The London Star says. Zone candle
power means one-sixteenth Of the stand
ard illuminating power, and the cost Of
adding that additional power over the
whole Of the area supplied by the com
pany would be a good many times elOO.
As in the case Of adulterahon of food, a
money fine is a mere farcical punishment
for aFenses of this kind unless inflicted
often and heayiTy
, 1891-02-06
SITTING BULL
Has Returned From the Happy Hunt
Ing Grounds

Aud has advised his followers aud the
citizens Of Cheyenne TO call at the wash
iugton Market, which Is headquarters
Tor the best Beef, Pork, Mutton and
Veal, TURKEYS, Chickens, Ducks, Geese,
Quaii and Prairie Chickens. Fresh
salmon, Sturgeon, FL unders, sea Bass,
white Fish and Trout. VegeIabies:--
New Tomatoes, Cauiiiower, strawber-
ries, Lettuce, RadIshes, Celery and
other things too numerous TO mention.
Remember the Washington Market is
here to stay aud W II not be undersoId In
our llne Of goods, quality AIKEN into ton
alteration. Leave your orders for Poul-
try for the Holidays.
, 1891-02-06

When Alabama was a territory its
capital was at st. Stephens, in Wash
ington county. The convention that
framed the constitution under which it
was admitted into the Union was held
in Huntsville, where the first legislature
met in October, 1919, and the first gov
ernor was inaugurated. Cahaba be-
came the seat of government in 1920.
In 1926 the capital was removed to
Tuscaloosa, and in 1916 it was again
removed, this time To Montgomery
Birmingham Age-Herald.
, 1891-02-06

To what sects do Yale and Princeton
colleges belongl What is the leading
sect in the United Statesl
Yale is Congregationalist and Prince.
ton non-sectnrian. The Protestant sect
which stands first in point Of numbers
in this country is the Methodist. which.
according TO the latest figures, has
about 8. roo. 009 members. or course
the Roman Catholic denomination is
much burger than the Methodist. being
credited with from 5000. 600 to 10. 600,
nuh communicates IN this country
ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
, 1891-02-06

Who knows or ever could think OF
the fondness of the London people for
swimming or bathing, or of the means
they have for enjoying their baths7 In
one of the great parks in the heart of
London an ornamental sheet of water,
more unsecluded than the lake in Cen
trail park, is made all but alive with
bathers between 8 o'clock, or earlier in
the morning, and 8 o'clock a. IN. As
many as 20, 900 men and boys have
been known to battle in that pond in
one day. That is the same park, by
the way, wherein, if you should go on
a summer night. you would see the
sward literally dotted, peppered with
the black forms of sleeping men
homeless and unemployed, or luxurious
men, who prefer the grass to crowded
tenement quarters. There is no too
nice objection to this by the law or its
blue clad myrmidons.-Julian Ralph in
Harper's Weekly.
, 1891-02-06
BIrds and the Weather.

In Yorkshire the early arrival Of the
cuckoo is regarded as n sign that there
will be little grass and q scanty crop of
corn, owing to the cold, dry season, and
in the isle of Man the farmers consider
that when the rocks fly TO the hills rain
is near. But in Devonshire the belief is
that If the birds stay at home or return
in the middle Of the day wet weather is
to be looked for, while in Durham Mr..
Swanson quotes a saying to the effect
that II crows feed in the streets of a vii
lage a storm may be eIpected.-Ex-
change.
, 1891-02-06

G. G, Treat, OF West Granville, Mass,
writes of Allcock's Porous Plasters.
For rheumatism. neuralgia, pain in
side or back. coughs, colds, bruises and
n local weakness. thev truly possess
wonderful curative qualities. l have
recommended them to my neIghbors with
the happlest results, many of whom but
for Allcock's Plasters would be in a Grip
pied condition at home. In every in
stance where they have been faithfully
and properly applied the result has been
wonderfully satisfactory"