Year: 1872

heard of the Jersey huckster going to market with load of onions, and when asked on the way if they were for sale, replied to the contrary; and then soliloquizing said: "I wonder if that darn fool didn't mean 'ing-ms"

 We'll, why is New Jersey called a " foreign country and its inhabitants Spaniards 7" Doubtless hundreds who make use of the terms in that connection, are not aware of their or igin and to first gratify an Arizona friend, and who is a favorite of the public there; and as it may be of gen. eral interest, I will tell you. It was lately and sort of accidental that I learned how it was myself. After the battle of Waterloo, the crown of the first Napoleon came down as headlong as that of Jack of Mother Goose mo- toriety; and the rest of the Napo- leonic heads came tumbling after ac- cordingly. Joseph Bonaparte ruled Spain, and he and nephew packed thelr caIpet- bags with much spells of office and came to America. They asked an Act of Pennsylvania ena- bling them to buy and improve real estate, as foreigners. The request was denied them. Crossing the Delaware near where Washington did, they were quite successful in Jersey. Jersey was not altogether dog-in-the-manger in this instance, and the illustrious refu- gees erected stylish structures at Bor- dentown. This excited the envy of the City of Brotherly Love, and the Quakers called the Jerseyites foreign CTS and Spaniards, they had invited King to rule over them, etc. The first opportunity, the potentates re- turned to France, but Jerseymen re- tain the nickname, just as clever nick names generally survive the better name of any one. And now that the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Co.,, to the great relief of the travelling pulp lie, have gobbled the Jersey railroads, the State Is now counted out entirely is no more use to itself or any one else. Broadway Is the great overshadow- ing feature of the metropolis of the Union. It Is ever the same old gant- let of nations-from the blue blooded Caucasian up to the highly colored Hottentot - crowding by, crawling under and rushing over each other in the wild jam and roar of every variety of vehicle, as if the old Harry were after all hands with hot poker. At first glance, one would think none of them knew what they were here for. Where they all came from, of course God only knows, but where they are all going may be more of question for the man with the poker. Having been here before, instead of being awe-struck, 1t Is now a sort of continual amusement to view this laundering panorama from prominent stand-points. Fancy a cloud burst in the mountains, carrying down a grand canyon, everything before it-grind- ing and groaning as if the heavens and underworld were all at loose ends and by the ears-for 15 hours out of every 24; than a general lull; the artificial starlight is turned on, and you want to venture out at the eleventh hour to see what became of 1t all. Here and there a sleepy policeman, the regular female street walker, and the usual percentage of the male gender beyond the point of walking at all. Here and there, take @ peep under the pavement, and you will see the more ghastly effects of the coun- ter-currents and eddies of the mad torrent of the day. Drink and dress are the order among the young men, who, through the excitement of coal oil and the civil war, can discount our honest miners in growing bald and gray before out of their teens. Not withstanding the hard commercial in huences upon the mortal makeup, here Is the Paris of America the representative beauty and fashion of the continent. The rough polishing of Broadway is the diamond-cut-dia- mond, which in time turns out the perfect brilliant; and it is safe to say that you can see more well-esta blished | beauty go to and come from the Acad- emy of Music in one opera night, than you could find i'll Chicago and Frisco combined, with a search-war- rant. Let us turn to the Lord for re- lief.

 It IS not always that our ideals of ornat men are rea1izad I went O1,ar