The Van Buren press., 1893-01-07

very polite TO ynwn SO In my presence
Hc-"My dear friend, husband and wife
urc one and the same, and when I am
slone nm bored. lie Figaro
-"Speaking of cruelty" observed the
sporting editor, meditatively, isn't the
wedge Of two opposing football teams
about as striking an example OF Wv
section as you ever saw?"-Chicago
Tribune.
The boys have been making a great
deal Of noise, and at last their father
appears with strap, and, seizing Sam
my, begins to thrash him. Don't
wear yourself ont, father" says Sam
my. Remember that Billy and Freddy
have to get some, too"
The Frcnch-C Canadian emigration
from Quebec to the United States was
astonishingly heavy in October. The
emigration fever has extended to Chau-
teaugay and Bcauharnois, the two
counties OF the province whose people
have been supposed to be the most
prosperous and contented.
About one hundred species of deep
sea fishes have been obtained by the
Albatros in the depths OF the ocean off
the continental slope of California.
These creatures are, as rule, very soft
in body, covered with phosphorescent
spots by which they can see their way
in the darkness.
I'm 1892 the relative rank OF Ameri-
can cities was: /, Philadelphia; 2, New
York; 8, Boston; 4, Charleston; 8, Balti-
more. In 1892 they stand: I, New
York; ., Chicago; 3. Philadelphia; 4,
Brooklyn; 8, st. Louis; q, Boston; z,
Baltimore; s, San Francisco; Q, Cincin-
natl; 10, Cleveland. Charleston which
stood SO high 100 years ago, now stands
SO.
The greatest work Of antiquity on
angling is said to be the Halleutic OF
Opian, a Greek poet, who iiourished In
the time of Scverus, A. D., 1913, from
which we learn that many articles in
fishing thought to BIO modern were
known to the ancients. We also learn
from Atheneus that several other
writers had written treatises or poems
on fishing some centuries before the
Christian era,-
John Cultice, the postmaster OF
Redkcy, Ind, who has kept the place
for ten years, is totally blind. While
he is unable to distribute or make up
the mails, he knows the location OF
every persons box and makes no mis-
takes in handing out letters and pack
ages. Cultice's senses of hearing and
OF touch are SO acute that he changes
money with perfect accuracy and never
forgets voice.
The ..mint-house" in Boston existed
about thirty-four years. All the coins
issued from it bore the dates 1862 or
1862 the same dies being used, prob
ably, throughout the thirty-four years
of coming. Some coins had been made
in bermuda for the use Of the Virginia
colony as early as 1914. Copper coins,
bearing the figure of an elephant were
struck in England for the Carolinas
and New England in 1904. Coins were
also struck for Maryland, bearing the
effigy of Lord Baltimore A mint was
established ut Rupert, VT, by legisla-
tive authority in 1855, whence copper
cents were issued, bearing on one side
pillow and sun rising from behind
hills, and on the other radiated eye,
surrounded by thirteen stars.
The only place where any of the
treasures of the famous pirate, Capt
Kidd, was ever found is Gardeners ISL
p< Nf tel n
famous rendezvous for sea robbers.
Here were found 1888 ounces of gold, 63S
ounces OF silver, besides silk, satin,
bullion and jewels But the places
Kidd may have concealed such of his
wealth rs he and his mates did not
drink up include Lions Rock, at Lyme,
Conn; Monhegan island, Me-; Apple
dore, in the Isles of Shoals; Gro Nest,
on the Hudson; Money Hill, on Shark
river, N. j.; Sandy Hook Kidd's Tree on
the Atlantic Highlands Of New Jersey;
Damariscotta island, Me-; place on
the Piscataqua river; Oyster Point, Md
Dighton Rock, Mass; Medford, Mass.
Salem. Mass Liberty Island, New York
harbor, and the east side of Manhattan
island in the neighborhood of One Hun
dredth street
AT gathering of players one Of the
party told little story that amused
them all. st was in London that
heard it," said he. ''Three actors were
dining together and one of them left
the table little early. Poor old Hicks,
says one, thinks he can play Hamlet!
Why, he isn't up to melodrama.' That's
so, says the other. 4 saw him do Sc
rious part once and it was the funniest
thing of the season. Well, must get
to the theater. Good night, old mani!
The one who was left ut the table gave
him good night, and as he watched him
receding down the room he folded his
arms across his breast and soliloquized:
Poor old Fitz! Thinks he can play
Iago The audacity of that man is
sublime After he had smoked up his
cigar he likewise arose and stalked out
Then the waiter ran his fingers through
his hair, rested on his right foot, put
his hand into his waistcoat and in Irv-
ingesque tones exclaimed for his own
benefit: These youthful popinjays
fancy that they-they, forsooth-have
learned the art Of acting Now, when
/ was in the legit,.. ate But just
then he caught the landlords eye and
began to clear away the dishes"
ANECDOTE OF BISMARCK.
Encounter Between the Great German
Statesman and the Naval Captain.
A little more than quarter of q CEN
L.