CHIPQUAW-KAY.
Jtamarkabla MnumnUi of I,oiif-I,ot
nit latnlllRxat llr.
Chlpqunw-Kay was tlio name of a
Miami Indian villago on tho banks ot
tlia Wabash rivor two hundred years
go. Around about it lay the remain
of a city much older and of a civiliza
tion much higher than that of the
Minmis -the dwelling place of a people
of whom history ami tradition are aliko
llont Huge monumental piles bore
mduring testimony to the onturpriae
of the unknown race. Venerable treei
gruff upon the mounds and their ring
of annual growth marked many gen
eration! of their antiquity. In the con
struction of these mound tlioir builden
displayed no mean comprehensiveness
of design and no Inconsiderable en
gineering skill. The implements left
iif these builder are of the itoue ago.
1 hey are all of peaceful character
hoes, spades, awl, axes, knives, awi.
pipes, beads, etc., symmetrical in iliape
and wrought from the hard atone with
mature ikill. The absenoa of Instrn
mnuU of war lead to the boliof that
the piles were built by a royal priest
hood in honor of their nod the sun.
Two hundred of lhae grunt artificial
lioaps stood about the village. North
of Chipuuaw-Kay were fifty-two of
them, ordered like a city, with streets
lending directly to the cardinal points
Two hundred year have worked no
changes In those piles. Two thousand
more will find Ilium as majestic and as
placid a we found them yosterday.
There is nothing ordinary about those
mound. From tliolr buses tlio r tower
nearly two hundred feet nboro the sur
roundine plain. Tiie sides of their
biisns mo slightly grvmter than their
height. Within t-oir bosom have
been found innumerable relies of the
lout race. Three of the mounds ao
more majostio than the other, mid on
their flat top wi'r", doubtless, Ihs al
tars of the priesthood when sacrifice
was offered to the god of bounty. To
the right and left of these were the
' sepulchral mounds. Their tonihs have
been violated, but tiny have yielded no
S 'crct save human ' skeletons mid a
few piece of round bottomed pottery.
Yet other of the mound were de
signed for habllutioiis, and upon Iheiu
are (lie ruins of walls of Htone, the
foundations, ilouM lc-.t. of structures of
some architectural f'totensinns.
Itut Chipqiiaw-Kay luis o'her claims
to Interest Jhan these liionunient of
unrecorded time. Hither, In IMS,
came the Kreneh voyagers, followed in
1702 hr the m NNionHrie of the erox.
with Ih dr doctrine of "peace and good
will." Si xty years later the lion stand
ard, by right of conquest, courted the
breewi above t'le village, In the heart
of the town you may seo to d ly where
Fort Sa-kvil'lo W111 built, and t t lit)
north stood tlio stone wall of l'ort
Knox, which gave lis name to tin
present o mnty. Iong year ago Chip-
piaw-Kay be nine no almost forgotten
name, ami llm French ncaipation hn
came immortalized In the name of Vin
cenncs. When Ihe sword was drawn for thn
liberal on of the American colonics the
. Old I'ohI." Fort Knot was callo I,
became of liiiiiirliin"fl to the battling
patriot, nud ionoril (ieorgu Roger
Oark was sent to wrest it from En
gland. How lie marched his Utile hand
around one of the great mounds tint I
lie magnilied it to t'ie Itrilish eve and
frightened their command ir and his
superior force into surrender,! part of
history. The mound which thus served
the cause of liberty now bears the name
of Hunker Hill.
Ilcfore the present century was a year
old Ihe territory of Indiana.'eouiprUl.ig
iiiincmicti area norm or the Oh o
pArt I ICULAK WOhK.
river ami west of the llickeyn Stitc,
Was erected hiiiI Vineemie became it
capital. William Henry Harrison was
made (inventor, and hi the northern
part of the town the curium nmv yi t
ace his executive mansion, lis rough
hoard w n saw d out bv hand, ami
the nails which held ,em together
were li mini red lulo rude Hluipti upon
a bin -kKniit Ii'm aovil. Iteneiitli tli i fain-
' V room was the powder inuga'.ine
placed there, it Is said, by Ihclicn ml
forllio purpose of bl iwin'f u i hi f no.
lly should the post rail int the him Is
of the Indian. In tin cellar maybe
seen I lie coll in which pris.iiicr wer
kept.
As one dashes across fin ,!,.
wlilch spins the Wah-wli ,0 mav
nomine car wndow two vciicrabht
trees standing near the fiver hank
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mo n uuiii ii iew vein- mere were
three f them, and beneath their slin le
Mineral llarrumi hel l con'erenco wtli
tno in. nan Cillers. .r treaties wer.
ma te ami here gathered tlio pride ami
wisdom of the red nations and of Hie
pioneers ot thereut West.
a stroll through tlio streets of the
o ii town today Is full of rem ndcrs of
job urn-, wnen "MnutSt. Lo i ' golden
line llew tlio tireem above it. I
eenuti Int.) IV. fii.vijj .Yriej.
New Industry in Delhi.
A new industry has sprung up In
Delhi. Some Hit -rpr sing natives are
taking advantage of the Oovernment
iner oi two anna for ever- snake
Miieujo iraue on tun olil fraditiomi
iii-n-iuin sei peni WOM'Hp, Tii ,, 0f
August is the grunt serpent w.rhlpin'
lay. and every Tuesday the pipal tree
-i.uq.ro or iim.tou women.
Taking advantage of tlio reverence
in ui siiaaea, inr;e numher of men
nave set t work catching th. s j reptile.
j Hi-ii. iaoi) iiieni nuo tilts streets
wuure pious iiiiki.km inostab mnd, they
announee thai the r are ou their way
to claim the reward but ar, iiuito
willin. lor a piee or two more, to n-
repines ami lo save them
selve from the sill of soak inm-.l...
which their poverty would otherwise
strive lliiou to commit The appeal it
jmriuiy succevtiui. .V. j, sur.
oilien s t hr stian Temner.
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- iirini;uin, j., are
sl nng t'e same sort of work at did the
rnsadera of Ohio some years ago. and
on a recent Sunday tli 7 made personal
v.sits to the opeu saloons. At one the
wife of (he proprietor told them what
he thought of them n mst emphatic
language. At another the proprietor
1 si. ned patiently, accepted their tracts,
and asked them to pray for him. and
i'i temperance women went
much encouraged. -S. J'. tu.
awty
All About Ui Inlrlrarlrs end illfflrultlw
of ii ( uiilng.
On the second ttorr of one of our
large dry-goo Is housce it a department
that (lifters entirely from the others in
that mammoth store. Here there U
no rush mid bustle; no confusion of
many voleci and shuffling of many
feet; no crowd that push and tcrani
b!e for first chance at tlio bargain
counter; no clerks that are flippant,
familiar and independent at the tame
time. In fact, here are none of those
many disagreeable thing which are
found in all other departments of all
largo dry-goods stores. Kvcry thing
It unlet anil aubituod. ihe want are
bung with costly pictures and plapics
and the counters are covered with rare
bric-a brao and a dailing array of
fine glassware. The clerk are polite
and customer! move around slowly
with the hush indicative of the art
seeker. The cut and engraved glass
at once atiract atlentiun. ihe sun
shining in through the western win
dow fill the metallio glass with daz
iling rainDows. .
"You havo never seen the procest of
culling glass? asks ' the manager.
"Von will bo suprised at the primitive
way in which it is done. We cut all
our glass right in the building, and if
you wdl loiiow me l win tiiow you Hie
way It is done.
Climbing up two narrow flights of
stairs, tlio writer was ushered into a
room that very much resembled the
country pottery as it exists now in some
of the Jcw Kii'Miind Mate. J ho room
was a frame strurture that had been
placed on the ro'if of the building.
l lm sides wi-reof glass, admitting lignt
from three sides. A iloien trough
containing a mixture looking 1 ko i-and
and water were Htatioiicd in front of
the windows. IM:5'( rent st ; of w heel
run bv machinery revolved above tlio
troughs, while lluids dropped 011 the
winds from pipe immcalintoly ahovo
ai eaen wticet stood n man Willi a
lieuvv p'uee of glass in hi hands.
"There are sit proecssei for cutting
gluss, said the manager, "ihehrst
is termed ro ighing. An Iron wheel,
on which sand mixed with water drips
imitiiiiially, dig out tlio pattern. At
theru an only a few lines tri.ucd on the
glass whereby to go, this is a very dilli-
oult ta-k. All glass cult ng is done by
crossing certii n straight lines at cer
lain point. If, in glass c itting, t'10
whe.d moves slightly from the line the
whole piece of glass Is ruined. Tlio
workmen are titer- fore co njicllod to
keep their eye on their work all the
time. The glas itself is mado in Bac
carat, Germany. It is the finest glass
made. It is termed metallic because a
large purl of it Is silver. It is boujht
by the tioiind and is very expensive in
tiie bulk. ' It is, therefore, no'ensy task
lo hold it free, a these workmen do for
hours lit a limn.
The second process called smooth
ing. The wheel used tor this is mail '
of Scotch ( r.ii.'cth stone. Water runs
freely un it as It revolves. It smooths
nut all the rough edges on Did in s
which have been dug out in the first
process.
"Alter (his come the different modes
of polishing. A wooden wheel and
powdered pumice stono am used lirst.
these take out the wrinkles on the
surface of the class. Then follow
bru-h with which pnmicn slonois used.
Then a brush and putty powder. Lastly,
a buff whu.-l, made of nearly fifty piece
in anion iiannei ami rouge. Tlio
pieces of flannel are loose, but the
machinery causes them to revolve so
rapidly, about H.lHio revolutions to the
minute, that the wheel seems a hard
11 a board. This hst process not only
P'jI''Ihw. but impart a beautiful gloss
to the surface of tlio glas. Then it Is
linislied and ready lor our counters
down-Mail's.
There have been very few changes in
Ihe art of glass-cutting for centuries.
I)ee.t that we now use 1-tea in iit-tcad
i f foot-power, we have no advantage
over the cutters of two hundred years
ago. There are only two innnnfaot-
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mini i me niuiru uicill III Tills coon.
try. and their elassinif infer'uii-onalitv.
Workmen have to serve a longapprcii-
uci-suip oeiore nicy master the trade,
An expert woikmau ro-ehvs hi"h pay.
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11 e n-ij no.Mi, conuiiing worn nm
oiKM-i ineni an 1 iok pale. A great
iiiairy .-iwiM ami noiicmians are em
ploy id. The cutting of lapidary
toppers is tlio most dilllcult work.
ii r ijuires mo greatest i'aetness
t'ccause there are so many
Diamond shaped figures in a small
space. cry few can do this work
well, iiicre I oi:o old man in this
country who is looked up to bv all the
other workmen. Tliev say he carries
a charm. He is the most expert cutter
m lapioary stoppers in the country.
Not only does he out them all ivrfeellv
but he fcive them a liner polish thai)
anybody eUecan. Ho Iso'os dv watched
by his follow-workm n, who aiv they
have oberved him take something from
hia pocket and rub the stopper with it.
He lias been dieted large sums for
secret, but has always refused to sell it.
"There is of course tome smashing
I think it is s ifu to say that out of ev
ery live pieces, cosiing seven dollar."
and .lift v cents each, one is broken
Sometimes the broken piece can be cut
to advantage, but more frequently it b
valueless. The broWm glas is 'often
rem: IIOU 10 Ihe lllallllfilrliiivr !,
the breakage was due to a flaw in thr
glass. This sort of g'as goes through
hi nioieaunc process 1 hat Is, in man
ulactunng it I put in the oven a cum
oer 01 times at traded deerees of tem
perature. I Ins harden the g!as. I'mi
ai.j a tiaw can he diseovenil before
cmtmg. Much morn smashing is done
car bsslv bv customers ilown.nt.iiM
man ov our workmen. Clerk !. n..ir
sh-re, t,Hi. Of course tiie tin 11 has to
u.-ar 1 no expense.
a iiioreii cui riHss itvm v
1 if color is put on in the same way a
liver plate, ami then part of it is cut
way. h leaves the blended rt..,.r ..1
color snd 110 clor. The polar star Is
iic ui me premesi esic;ns, Manv cus
tomers bring ut oi ig nal design which
they wish mule. Uiit
and some are imooisiljla to
i. Maii and h'iprtss.
GRAND SIGHTS.
rlctorMqu and Iiiipi-el Bcn In lh
Itorky Mountains.
On descending the range into the
lovely San Luis I'ark, tiie mot south
cm of the four great parkt of Colorado
North, Middle, South and San Luis
we pass along the flank, almost, of Sierra
liianca, the highost mountain In Colo
rado, which boasti forty different peaks
ot 14,000 feet altitude and over. Blanca
exceed them all, however, by a few
feet lake's Peak is one of the forty,
but it over-topped by several beside
ltianca. The view of the last-named
mountain It much finer, however, from
the farther side of the park, which is
here about forty miles wide by seventy
five in length. In looking back at it
the eye takes In all of its grand propor
tions, and when its cap of perpetual
snow, which gives it the name of
"White .Mountain," is lighted by the
setting tun, it is Indescribably gloriout
in its varying tints 01 pearl and ame
thyst and pink, deepening into crimson
and nurple at the shadows lencthen.
On the west side of the park we begin
climbing the Comejos range, making
neai way siowiv in our ascent lor manv
miles, as would seem from our zigzag
course. We look back from a slight
elevation at the route just traversed,
and it looks like a whip-lash just after
it has been cracked. Indeed, it Is called
the whip-lush." A little farther on
we pa-s the same station-house threo
times, once on a lower level and twice
on a higher, circling around it from the
first to the second level.
On the way to Lea Ivillo, one passes
through tlio "Grand Canyon" of the
Arkansas, which begins above Canyon
City and extends for a distance of
twenty m'lcs, if one count both the
canyon proper and the gorge beyond,
wtiicn it almost ns n. rrow. tor six or
seven miles thc-train seoms to ho sweep
ing through a rift In the surface of tle
earth, a very narrow,, tort ious rift at
that, from which one looks up ut the
riuiion of the blue sky aoovc, between
haro and mgjeil rock rmin? abruptly
lor 11 (iiHtanco 01 over two thousand
f. ot on either Hide, with less abrupt
mountain wall beyond, towering to a
height of threo or four thousand feet
A narrow shelf beside the ruslifng tor
rent, blasted for alivost the entire dis
tance from t'ie rocky walls, sometimes
forming a corridor, as it were, with the
rocks overhanging, serves as a road
bed. JMen hail to be lot down bv ropes
irom ahove In many places to drill tlio
Holes lor the blasting powder, during
the construction of the road, there
being no foothold at all and no possible
way of descending. Where no human
being had ever trod a few years back.
the adventurous railroad now boars Us
hundreds daily. In one snot the wall
Is so precipitous that the whole moun
tain sido would have had to bo b'asted
Hwnv in m-dertn nint-n u ntiwu.ifrn lf,tn
Instead n, longitudinal iron Tirido is
swung from iron truss s anchored in
tlio rocks above on either side of the
sir -am. it is ditiictiit . to imazino a
person so stolid that his heart weald
not be stirred with awe in traversing
this mighty chasm. Cor. ltochtMcr
Vnim.
TEN O'CLOCK LINES.
An Indian War of fixing- Iloundarlet of
Grants to Whlt Men.
"That's a ten o'clock line." said an
old gentleman putting his linger on
delicate line on one of the Gram! Pacific
maps.
"What in creation is a ton o'clock
line?" chorused twoyoungcompanions
as they traced the line in quostion from
near the mouth of the Miami river
northwest through Indiana,
"It was the boundary of an Indian
grant a kind of natural way of survey
ing. 1 1 was down with a party once to
ratify a treaty by which a tribe agreod
to cede somo territory to the whites. It
was a small matter, but it was a big
occasion with the savages. Every
thing was read v. ine surveyor had
his compass and folcscope and had
mounted thorn on a tripod. The head
man of the tnbs came up, looked
steadily at the instrument for awhile,
grunted, and returned to the circle
around the council tire. Not a word
was spoken. Soon another Indian got
up, walked sedately to tlio instrument,
gravely examined, then grunted, and
in silencp returned to his place by the
firo. This example was followed by
half a do.en other bucks. Then they
hold a short consultation, and the head
man aroso and came over to the white
men.
'That what Indian know.' he said.
drawing a small circle on the ground
with a stick, 'that what white man
know,' he continued, ilrawin? a larirer
circle around the lirjt. 'Th's what
nobody know,' he concluded, point, ng
to ail without the last on-clu. 'White
mail know that,' pointing to the in
struments; 'Indian no know it. Indian
know the sun. Him never cheat. Him
aiways same. Il;m throw shadow.
Indian give white man land one s'du
shadow and keep other side.' After a
big pow-wow it was decided that a lino
drawn in tliodirection of the sun which
would cast a shadow from an agreod
point at ten o'clock should bo mado
the boundary of concession, the white
man taking the land on tlio one sido
and the Indian keep ng that on the
Other. The other boundaries of the
concession wore thosu of tho original
territory of tho tribe, supplemented by
watercourses and other natural obiects,
These lines wore frequently used and
became know n 11s 'Leu o clock Lues.
Uinalta World.
LINCOLN'S ALMANAC.
Tha Trua In wnlni of a Ktorr Wliloh
Ha llrn lold Tim and A Rain
Duff Armstrong, the defendant In the
celebrated murder trial in which Sir.
Lincoln scored a great legal triumph
at Heardstown, Is one of the notable
charactert at Petersburg. The fatal
affray 0 curred at a camp-meeting.
Press Mutger became involved , In a
uuarrel. and rccoived a beating, from
Tho foundations are laid for thr
moro large cigar lactones atKnv
y oue thousand
quarrel, and rccoived a beating, from . cL r ,
tmj effect of which be died. One of to twfJr "
the assailant was sent to the peniten- J nfZ , ,e.
lot IilUSTKIAL WuHlJ
It Is estimatod that eighteen n,ii
Hon pairs of boots and shoes are 1
nually manufactured in prisons.
The Connecticut rivor and ii 1.1.
uturics furnish power to 2.'2'J8 r,;m
which represent 118,026 horse p0WL7
'w thre,
ov V.
These, will employ oue thousand; onaJ"
,1 , VOi
tiary for eight years. Duff was
WIRED TO DEATH.
ratal
very mid
make. .V
The Canadian Tar-itU :i, 1
claim to have the highest bridge, in tli.
wunu. 11 is itsioetabov the ground.
COTTAGE DECORATION.
now Broken ('rockrry and China-War
Can lie .I'tlllied lo Advantage.
There is not a-cottage or any other
dwelling in which mosaic floors might
not bo laid, or in which somo of the
walls could not be set to advantage
with such work. It is not only orna
mental, but it is easily washed, nnd
then-fore conducive to cleanliness' nr.d
health. A very large .proportion ol
wall paper is pnsfd directly over an
oiu paper, and even when it is torn
away too much generally remains.
havu learned by in piiry of several in
stances in which persons havo been
nit her directly poisoned by the pigment
employed In coloring sit ill paper, or in
which malaria and ileal h were induced
by one coat dccaviiiir over another in a
damp room. Nothing of the kin I can
imwcuT, ihko oiaee wnen walls are
i-unTimi wiin iiu sue or tiles, or Me
M 'iiciled. Mosaic work can bo execu
ted wherever stone, Portland cemciil
and broken crockery can bo obtained.
It is to be observed that broken fictile
ware has several very great advantages
over any other material. In the first
p'aee it costs nothing and may be
found in everv rubbish heat:, a well as
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mum it me p iv m most kitch-ns.
It is more easily hrok-n into pieces 0f
nnv requisite sue than stone, or oven
ceramic cubes. It has a strong gia-.o,
and generally wears as well as the v. ry
expensive material of baked clay sold
for such wo k. And tinally, it is in an
inlinit-j number of shade and tones, sn
that for really varied picture making it
oilers the greatest inducement to the
artist. 1'ur cro -kery or chin t ranges
from Sevres to the rudest terra eotia,
from saucer like pearl and marble to
siag-tria-i winch oun not bo dis
imgiiisiied from agate. There is nbso
micijr no material jor decorative art
work of any kind which offer such
vast variety of hue and shades and
materia' a crockery mosaic. I may
a Id to this that a very curious anil
beautiful variety of mosaic work for
wails mav be made by setting broken
glass, and esp cially" glass or china
oeans. in cement.
The glitler n f points which they nre-
ti'iu eaten ttio ngnt and render the
worn v.-ry etlective. 1 have heard tin:
as well aserockerv mosaic, objected to
as "trashy," and so it is when the
an st who make it is not capable ol
making anything but trash, hut one
who possesses skill or genius does not
depend on mere material. 1 have seen
such mosaic which was so far from
Iwing trashy that it was truly beanti
fill. And I venture to predict that we
are not far from the time when all
the broken crockery or chinawart
will be u'.ilied. It Is certain in
the interest of all housf keepers to en
courage an art which will recoup them
for the r losses by breakage. I one
lived in a hotel hi America in which
the breakage for a single morth
amounted 10 three hundred pouuds.
Art Jnurual
Aci-tdants, bjr Tolei-rinli, Among
Ih Itlrd In England. '
Of the orthodox bird, as Sidney
Smith called the pheasant, it is in some
places a very common victim. I think
1 could pick out one stretch of railway
which, at certain seasons of tho year,
produces for the surfaceman wiio goes
along it in early morning a never-failing
supply of wounded and dead birds.
On 0110 side of the railway is u long
belt of plantation, where tho birds uro
turned into after being hand-reared; on
tho other sido a rivor, with corn-fields
stretching down to it; and it h in the
passago from tho covers to the corn
fields, when tho grain is ripo or stand
ing in stock, that the accidents occur.
Partridges also often fall victim to tho
wires, ns bIso did the red grouse where
the telegraph crossed their native
heaths. In more than one instance Unva
the wiros been laid underground, where
crossing grouse moors, to prevent the
o,rus fining tiiemseive; butevnn when
crossing these moors in the usual style
from pot to post, grouse after a time
get lo beware of them, and d-alhs
through this cause get fewer and fewer.
Ono instance of this pec il'nr ad.ipia
t'on of themselves t n -w circum
.danees c line vury f ircibly under th.i
writer's noli -c. A wire fence was put
a -ross a very good grouse moor in
t 'umlierland.'iliviiling the fo'l into two
allotments, l-'or some time 11 ft or tli s
w is don-', dead or dying birds were
picked up daily, until it was well kno vii
that whoever was liist along the fence
was sure of a grouse p'e It was amus
inglo s e the different atrateircm em
ployed by shepherd and others lo 'et
under
indictment, and feeling was quite strong
atrainst him. He was a son of Jack
Armstrong, who had been Lincoln's
great crony in early times. Jack was
, 1 l . .. I Iff 1. i I I.!- IM .
ueau. out "oiu iiannau. ins wuu, ou
her affliction, wrote to Mr. Lincoln,
who had then boon living in Spring
field many years. In reply came prompt
instructions to take the case on a
change of venue to D 'ardntown, and to
rely on him for the defense. In 18.38
the trial occurred. That was a year
and a half or so after the trouble at the
camp-meeting. Air. Lincoln conducted
the ca.se with great care, cross-examin
ing the witnesses closely. There were
one or two men who claimed to have
seen the fight, and they described most
minutely all the circumstances. 1 hey
said that Armstrong gave the fatal
blow, and that he used a slung-shot.
Mr. Lincoln pressed them to know how
they could testify so positively, and
they said that there was nearly a full
moon, and that it was as high ns the
sun is at Ion o'clock in tbo morning
tins moon shining down upon the com
Oatants made every movement plain.
n hen it came Air. Lincoln s turn to
present the defenso, he put into the
hands of tlio jury nn almanac, and
asked them to see for themselves what
kind of 11 night it was. The jurors
looked nnd saw that there was no
moon at all. Court, lawyers, witness "s,
ami 1111 except iiir. L.ineoin were
thunderstruck. This evidence was
followed by a speech, in which Mr,
Lincoln mado the most of the almanac.
Tlio prosecution couldn't rally from the
impeachment of its witnesses. Arm
strong was acquitted.
After the trial there was a pood ileal
of talk. Tho defendant's friends wore
not tho least pu.led, for some of them
remembered positively that there was a
moon that night. There was a consul
tation of old almanacs, and it was
found that the general recollection
was cortvet: the affray had tak m place
on a moon-light night. Then the
ttlra tnac which Air. Lincoln had used
was in request: it could not bo found.
There s ludoubt in the mindsof Peters
burg people that Mr. Lincoln's almanac
was not genuine. Some hold that it was
gotten up for tho occasion. Other
think that for the proper almanac
Mr. Lincoln substituted ono of
the previous year, and that tho error
in ditto was overlooked in the confusion
caused bv such Htartlinn- (viilnnn.
Now and then a warm admirer of Mr.
Lincoln lias urged that the lawyer him.
self was not aware that he was palming
off on the court the wrong almanac.
Dull Anii-troiig said to tin writor
quite warmly: '-It's all nonsense to
talk about Mr. Lincoln having had that
almanac mado for the occasion. I re
collect he called for an almanac, nnd
there was none in the court-room
Then he s -nt my cousin Jake out to
get ono, and ho went out and got the
oook mat was shown to the jury. The
almanac was all rig it."
"Lincoln made a speech to tho iurv."
said Duff", in which he told thorn how
ho had held n:e when I was a baliv
while mother got bis meals for him.
Ho told mother ho wouldn't charge
a cent for defending mo, and ho never
did. He was a mighty smart man, and
a good 0110. loo."
AVhile Duff Armstrong lives there
will lie one man in Petersburg lo de
fend Mr. Lincoln's ' memory upon the
almanac episode. I'ticsbuig ( Id.) Cor.
it. Louis U otic-I'cmoura'.
American luxury, and will taka
five thousand bushels of corn in vt
spring.
It is claimed that tho new Mans
llchcr repeating rille, now bain" mno"
iifactured for the Austrian arniy'ia tht
most pefect perfect rifle ever inynnii
It fires forty round a minute.
If .b.iys are raised in a wav tn 1.
press on them that labor and industry
is discreditable, luxury and idle Imh
will follow and vice comes as certaia
as night succeeds the day. iv. Y. ,
ami'iier.
Two Pittsburgh manufacturlr..
firms have bought land on which ta
erect two or three hundred hnn.
which their workmen will be enenm..
agjed to purchase on easy payments.
fuuourgn uiromc.e.
There are 555,855 persons In f.r
Britain outside of those having airrleni.
tural hold ngs who have from on.
fourth of an acre to one thousand aerni
Of those 13o,7y6 have from one to live
acres, and 148,805 from five to twenty
acres. Only GC3 have over ono thnn.
sand acres.
Tho New Jersey silk industry !
growing raptdly. Plans are comnletit
for a now silk mill at Putorson and for
several extensions. A number of com
panics havo decided to increase their
capital stock. In soveral Huron
silk confers tho demand is chielly for
iiu nr.mi a, wnicu manuia -Hirers do
not care to make. N. Y. Herat J.
Oil from pine wood is now mnn.
fact tired on a considerable scale in tht
South. Tho material is subjected to
intense heat in soaled retorts, and one
cord of it is said to yield fifteen callon.
of turp.-nlino, eiglny.gallons of pine,
wood oil, fifty bushels of charcoal, 130
gallons of wood vinegar and a ouantitv
of inllammable gas and nsphaltum.
In one of the Hudson River raili-n.nl
shops there is a toothless sleol circular
saw thirty-eight inches in diameter,
thrce-elghtlis inch thick at the edge,
which 1 run nt high snood witfa
stream of water pouring ovorit to keep
it from crnckinsr. nnd will cut oil' a hnr
of railroad iron in a short time. Three
thousand enn bo cut before a saw is
worn out. The ends cot butter.-d bv
use before tho body of the rail, and
when sawed the remainder can be used
on side Iraeks. Albany Journal.
Andrew Carnegie is buildins-on the
summit of tho Alloghonies. near Cros
son Spr.ngs, a house, or castle, which
will cost l,0tM),(KM). Tho entire walls
will be built up altogothor of tho un
dressed suture stone which' is to he
fou-nl on the place, and they are not to
show in any place- a single mark of tha
chisel or hummer. Mr. Carnegie's or
ders are positive on this point, he hav
ing expressed a wish to havo as.far as
pos-iblo even the moss on the rocks
usod in the walls undisturbed. lilit-
burgh VuU
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. H
' CATCHING WORMS.
How Some I'onr Nun- Yorier Make an
Kii- rimuirh I'nrrrhiln l.lvlni;.
"There are q'lite a nttmhor of men
in Now York who make a living ut
ilong the f -neu without seeming to do catching meal-worms ami selling tliem
so. Indeed. I have seen two 1 1 mera
meet nt the "Townfoot" nud. after 11
short gossip separate, going in diff,-r-cnt
direction and away from the fell,
nnd an hour after I have heard nf them
meeting about the middl.i of the fence,
both intent on dead or wounded birds.
While for sn mi time this sl iught -r of
grouse w,jnt on, anot'icr fellow put in
in appearance, litis time with four lee
and made a tra-k by th. hide of the
fence to replenish his larder: and Mr.
Stoat ha I even the t-meritv to dispute
the claim in one instance with the ki-k
legged hunter. But the grouse in time
got to know the dangers of tho f,;nce,
ami now the victims are few. A.L Llif
Year Hound.
A Nw York physician savs it V
danrerouj t go into the water after t
hearty meal." And we prvume if hf
did ro in after one h wouldn't find it.
Ml a 'id crtAer Htptrter.
The Oldest Newspapar.
The oldest newspaper in the whole
wide world is tho himj-rau or "capital
sheet," published In Pekin. It lirst
appeared a. i. Mil, but came out only
at irrogular intervals. Siuoj the Voar
1351. however, it has been' published
w ...I l ....I : . 1 . .
wiin iii uinioriu sie. ..Now it
appears in three editions daily. The
iirst, issued early in the mormon- and
prinie.i on yellow paper, is called
Ihttto-lan (business sheet) and con
tains trade prices and all manner of
commercial intelligence. The second
edition com. s out during the forenoon
also printed iiKin yellow paper, is
devoted to official announcement. and
general new The th rd e lition up.
H'.trs late in the afternoon, j.s printed
on red paper and bear the name of
KO.t-tj! (country sheet,. It
list of extracts from the earlier li.
tions. and i largely subsciilm.l f.- i-
he provinces. The number of conies
printed daily varies between thirteen
thousand anJ fourteen tlwiin.t
HVsf 6'Aore.
Seme in Chicago. Two lon-sei-
arated friends meet: ' Vh.,po ;. i'..L.
Win living, mv dear f.-linw" ..ii-
Nn't 1 mi.-." What! Whv. wU. .),.
he dr -He isn't dead?" Miool
gracious. 1 ou said he Un't living and
1 infer that be is dead." "WulF !.-
a-o;it the sum t thing. He sw.Vl tc
fcL Louis." S'tc!Hn IiideiUHiiml.
10 o.ir tr ,ue, said the proprietor ot a
bird store 1 1 a reporter.
"You laugh, but it is a fact. There
is a man who has furnMicd m- vmii
th-sn worms for the past li vu years.
Meptnis way and I II show you how
they come to us."
Tho reporter followed the b'rd denier
into a back r .10111, where 011 a shelf
stood a row of snrill tin boxes. The
dealer took down a box and opened the
lid. 1 he can was half full of small
eriistaccous wormsof yellow nnd brown
color. They measured about 1111 eighth
of nn inch i 11 thickness and an inch
and a half in length.
"These bo vs." said the propr'etor,
"hold about a thousand worms and cost
one dollar per box. Most of the 111 ill
worms are taught in Ihrt bg grain
warehouse cm the river front, in tloui
mills and old feed stores. A good man
at the busiii'-ss can mako ten dollar
ner week. They catch them with thei.
hands or use a sieve. A great mam
worms are consumed in the course iii
a year. Mocking birds and nearly all
birds with soft bids nro very part'al to
tliem. Besides, they are healthy. It
is said that meal-worms are good eat
ing nnd taste like shrimp, but I have
never tried them." A'. Y. Mail and
xjirtss.
the
t lii-iL"
All the Same to Her.
"Something to eat?" echoed
woman its she faced tho tramp on
doorstep: "Yes. if you will earn
. "I shall be gl.nl to, ma'am."
Well, them's the wood p ie. and I'll
bring out the s iw and a.
"Kxa tly, ma'am, but perhaps vou'd
prefer lo hear me play something on
the piano? Keallv, ni;iam, while sa.w
ing wimmI d. ps not dUnjrree with me,
the piano is more in my line."
"O. wi II, come in," she said as she
held the door open. "There's so very
little difference that we won't stop lo
a-guc. Th-rj's the piano, and while
Ton j ng'e I'll have tho girl set out a
luncheon." Mroit Frte Prtss. ,
The sponsre fihii-T- at 1
cola. Ha.. ,aa yielded less than one
Icvirtnthe uoial amount thi season,
ow ng to high and coustaut wiuo
The water In Lake Huron has
risen eighteon inches during the past
year.
A poor young man out at the el
bows does not fnol like laughing in hia
sleeves. Sew, Orleans Pica,ju t-
It is safe enough to say that earth
quakes originate under the sea. Ni
one can craw l under there to find out
An exchange says salt is a remarka
ble remedial agent. So it is, indeed.
It has b -on knowu to even cure a ham.
Loire l Courier.
An old lady in Ilol'and scrubbed
her sitting room floor until she Ml
through it into the cellar. Excess in
all Ih.ngs is wrong.
Wife "Why, aren't you going to
wear your dross suit, my dear?" Hus
band -".Not.much. Tlio last timo I
wore my dress suit at a party a young
woman ordered 1110 to bring her a cup
of coffee and be quick about it" If.
Y. .swn.
Charles Mathews, being one even
ing in the front of the house nnd seoin
agent'einan putt ng on hi coat, r.i
parntory to leaving, exclaimed: "I bo
pardon, sir, but th ro is till another
act." "Whi h is precisely the reason,"
replied the other, why 1 am going."
Husband "You know that pretty
Mr. F.'' Wife -"l-'or goodness saku,
John, don't talk about that pretty Mr.
F. I can't go any where without hear
ing her praises sounded, until I am sick
to death of the hound of her inline '
Husband "I was only going to tell you
of a rumor I heard about li r to-day."
Wife -"A minor? O. John, fell nm
all about it; that's a good soul." .V.
i. SIM.
Manager "You have not got a
proper appreciation of art, and I can
not give you moro than twenty-five
dollars a week." Pretty Actress
"Hut 1 was getting ono hundred dol
lars just after 1 was divorced, you must
remember." Manager "Ohf you are
th-i actress who was' divorced?" Act-rss-"Ycs."
Manager "And eloped
with the Fivuch Count? ' Actress
"Vei." Manager "Three hundred
dollars a ween. "4V. Y. Uraphic.
Angry c..cn (who has j 1st
dropped a eo n in the hat) "I'm a
good mind to thrash you. Why, you're
u imposti-r; you're not blind. What
do you mean bv having that sign on
yon reading: 'Help th ) Wind?' " P,c
gar "Ky gum! vour right bosS.
Don't bl ame nm. It's tie ole woman's
lautt 1011 see, 1 can t read, and she
has put de wrong sign on by mistake.
I his is my lame day; to-inorrow is my
blind day." ni-llits. '
rWerker-"II:io. Harold; I'm sur
prised to see you at this hour. I heard
you had gone to work." Harold (of-(endeU)-''aw.
old chappie, vou-aw
-lon t mean that now Werker
"In deed, I heard so." HaroM "Well,
aw -you didn't believe it did voll,',
erker -No; I knew you too w.-ll.-'
larold Thank., deah boy, thank!
lm - aw- glad the bae slandah w
;eived the tweatraent it deserved."
ilamb'cr.