f-UKtIGN GOSSIP.
On" litintlrod million cublo font of
gns is iiso.l in London In ouo day of
Aaklpolnz-ropo has boon patonfed
In Eigund which acts In motion a
small muaioat bix lu ono of the
Iinndlot
-The P irNians are so dlsnl!flod
with the weight of i ho Eiglldi liitrh
lint tha i.ev hatters have invented n
silk linl weighing llttio more than an
ouiicit and it halt
Tlio hula town of K lulngnn, In
Bnvaria. I h perfect example of a
Socialistic community, nil llio Inn I
being tlio property of lliu cltlzdiis In
com mi i in.
In E igland a four-wheeled cyclo
has boon Invented fur military ns's.
which will cany throe riders, and In
fitted with a Miixliu gun at the ro.tr
and a r.fl Inside tlio riglil-hnud f.ont
wheel.
The Il liln carried by General
"Chinese" G irdon during his sojourn
In the Komi in. Iii8 0eii in an enclosed
enninul mid ciymnl case In front of
tlio tiuirhle Hla ue of the G .mural in
(lie corridor at Windsor Castle.
U takes a long time for a man to
get Into h Lmdon club. A gentleman
wua recently dueled lo the Aihniire inn
who had qnlto forgotten that IiIm iiaino
had ever been pri ponod, do long had it
been iiji.
In Sydney, Australia, arcordlng
to ri'pori, if you want lo mho the lo hi
pbone, you must ring the person up
willi whom you would eoniniunlcatu
and then taken till) and go and a -o
IiIiil An answer by lolophuuo is never
expected.
At an Inquest recontly he'd at
Uolhorn, K I'.'la.i I. on tlio body of a
lioin a o servant, aged twonty-aix.
who had died while under the in
tliieiico of chloroform administered
for tlie performance of an operation,
(ho jury returnnd a verdict of ' Death
from misadventure.
Bluck and muddy ralu fell at
Naples rocontly. Prof. Palmier!, of
the V'suvio Oinorva orv, aayn that
the strong winds from Africa mine In
to the air any amouutof dnl. and the
rain, paining through iIioho clouds of
Just, fall down blackish, colored by
It
A iinlquo olocl.on recently oc
curred In a Hiiiu.lt community In Ger
many. The vole wm taken to ducldo
who wai the "bent man" In tlio com
munity. O ily ono man, a shoemaker
voted, and an lie voted for himself, he
was doc In rod to bo unanimously elect
cd to the position of "bent mail" In
(he inuulclpalltv.
King Thcebaw's revenue from the
famous ruby mines of liurmah, It la
laid, did not, average (153.090 rnpeos
annually. All prooautloi which wero
practicable wero takon to prevent
smuurg lug, and atones of the value of
S 000 rupee were royal perquisite,
but they were generally accrued or
broken tip by the tin Iocs. The E n
glish havo Htopped all work at tlie
mines since tliey coiupicred Diirmali.
Several mall routes in Outer Mon
golia have had lo be altered on ac
count of tlio nppoarvico of swarms of
rata, whoso burrows are vory dangor
ous lo tlio mounted couriers, and
whose ravages hav destroyed all for
age for the horses. The pastures have
differed aevorely from the vermin dur
ing the nst two veers, and last, sea
ton nearly ovmy biado of grnai wai
eaten no in the infested district.
AN UNKNOWN KNIGHT.
Ha IIhiI Only Ala 1M itele lo llulp Litdy,
mill Know II w lo )ae II.
Thov imiiik slowly i long Lafayette
place, New York a tired, bony horse,
ilravvluu' a wagon with an old body
with the paint worn i IT the wagon
lilled with kindling wood. Oi tlie
wagon Mint sat a boy about fifteen
cars old. 11 had no overcoat, a fell lint
with the brim more bent mil dented
than the most, cxtr luely-fushionnblo
hatyou oversaw. The old, tired horse
drew up clos i to the curU and seemed
to he glad i f the opportunity to rest.
The boy on the wagon seat Jumped
down ami a. inn was shoveling the
wood Into a barrel, which he delivered
In a neighboring basement. ILi pre
ently returned with his empty barrel,
whistling. As he threw hla barrel
Into tlm wa?nn a lady started to cross
the atrort over the anew, but who I alio
reached the middle of the street, ahe
found a broad, deep puddle of aofl
aludi. She. stood perfectly atlll and
apparently very much piuslod.
Hie boy took III the alt nation at a
glance; he ran to the back of the
wagon, got hla shovel, and, with a
bright amilu to ilia lady, began sliov
eling the slush up on to (ho snow
bank. H i ma le a clean path to the
tones, and then, without giving the
lady an opportunity to aay a word,
aprang on to tlio seat of Ids wagon,
threw llieahovel into the liottomof the
wagon, gathered up ha reins, and,
villi a cheery "Gst upl" drove away.
Now, did not that act prove that b y
a geutlemanP The picture of Sir
Waller It .lelph spreading hia mantle
at the feet cf Q ieen E ixabcth came
Into mind, but at onco the : bought
came. ''Why, this boy Is a greater
knlgln than Sir Walt, r Ridolgh.
for he knew that it was the
Q eeu at wbuae feet he laid
tlie elegant clonk, but this boy
did not have the talntest Idea who the
lady was thai he served so nobly, a, id
did not p. null her even the oppor. uni
ty of thanking him, but acted through
out as if there waa nothing else to be
done." lie had only hia muc!e to
lielp a lady, and hn laid It at In r serv
ice. It take more than handsome
e'o'hes, a pair of kid glove and
fashionable hat to make a gentleman.
Christian t'moi
ADVICE TO YOUNG MtN.
The Value or Pervernee 8et ITortli la
True Texas 8 jrle. r
The groat trouble wiili many young
pioplo, and likewise with aome who
are not you ig and who are not going
lo bo young again vory noon if thov
keop on,1 ii that they luck porsover
unco. Thia criticism, of oourae, doen
not apply to all young people. There
are q illo a number who are notable
exception lo tlio rule.
O r remark in regard tolack of per
a veranco w as rot lntend.il to wound
the fo -lings of the worthy young man
who L'iven up the whole of hla mind lo
raising with difllon ty a young mus
tache Th re may ho a lack of hair,
but there ia no lark of persovornneo
?n Ida p il l. H's efforts to induce the
shy a d downy mustache to protrude
from lis hilling pace out' into the
bright glare of the noonday ami,
where it can be seen mid admired, a to
unceasing. In fan', na too much kind
rcss once kil'ed a cat, we are afraid
that tlio extraordinary amount if
f Iling tho iiic pleiit mustache in
xii ' j cl lo in perhaps one of he reasons
why the ci'i p ylji.ls ao liitlo to the
nl'"ii cult ivate I.
IS it t we will lei upon the mountnche,
as it in down already. The small boy
seeking to perpetrate an eclipse of a
pie, whom circumference apparently
cxeo ds thai of the b y, ia aiolher
I'Xceniioii to lh" rule of young peoplo
not having si 111 moil p nevei'iiuee. In
fact, hn has im.ru perseverance than
I ile. 'Jh.'iois, on aucii occasions, no
such word if fail w l h the small boy
of the lar;o appetite,
Tho class of cil 7, 'lis to whom wo
refer as lacking in perseveraneo In
composed of those who start out willi
enthusiasm, but either Ily the track or
allow themselves to be distanced in
tho race. With these persons, If a
Calculated i x n'lloii fail, they Imme
diately bei omo discouraged, and fol
low auk bv making an assignment for
tho bom Q of their creditors. Suc
cess depends upon perseverance, ex
cept where a party la yearning to
achieve success as a lamoiilablo fail
ure, wh ch In the only kind of aucceas
that la ever ca tare I by the man who
allow himself to bo bluffed by ad
versity. ' We do not doalro to do any Injusilco
to tho gifted editors who run the party
press, but tho groatest inventor of the
age Is undoub e Ily E lison. Edlso i la
a great In veil lor. and In hlmsnlf savs
that if it were not for hla persover
mice h would not amount to a row of
pins. E lison says that when you
start out to accomplish any thing,
you must concentrate yoursolf upon it
and not allow any thing to disturb
vou. If you allow your attention to
lnid.vT'od from your work, you will
lie unable to recover tho lost ground.
An intruder may offer you uuilvalod
opporltinliios to pay the bill you have
been owing for years. Hied not hia
siren aoni;. Do not allow yourself lo
be diMurtiod, but persevere In your
labors and success can' t help crown
lug your efforta.
If you havo cranip-collo and a book
agent whispering In each ear, do not
alb.w yonr-elf to he discoueerto I, We
do not mean to any precisely that the
cramp-colio could whisper In your
ear, but only tho book-agent. Under
no circumstances allow yourself to be
put out. He (hat omlurcth to the end
will inevitably got there.
What E lison says applies not only
to the held of invention, but the same
principle holds good in any depart
ment of human industry. Tlio aiates
n, an, die burglar, the life Insurance
agent, the journalist, the train robber,
the New York alderman, the hack
driver In fact, auccess in any and all
of the learned professions depends
mainly on perseverance. 2!X(H Sifting.
GRINDING HIM DOWN.
Why the Culumd linn II is No Show In
Tills Cuiiiitry.
"I does think 1 got do llll'eneest
lovdatcbir libel India ynre coun
try." aaid an old negro who had met
a white aiiinainlii'ic '.
"What is the matter with ItiinP"
"0!i. he ain't no 'count, dai'a whut
de n. alter wid It 1 ill. Come an' atoled
my chickens, he did, an' sold 'em, an'
gin du money to mer wifii."
"It wan wrong to steal tho chick
ms." "Yna, It wua. an' he knowd dat.
Yas, ho did; ho knowd how I wux
'rested on eroount o' dom chicken an'
luck up 'fo' de con' I, an' how I como
mighty nigh goin' tor do penltenchy,
III knows dat 1 had ter keep dem
chiikena hid fur cr munt', an' den ho
come an' ateal'onidat way. It make
me mad tcr think dat crboy will treat
bin daddy dater way. Cliillun dei
days ain't got no revunce nohow.
Come er atealin' my chicken."
"Where did you get the rhickenaf'
"Whiir I git do chlckenaf"
Yes."
"Whut you wantor come foolln' wld
me dat way furf I I done you any
harm dat you wanter come or alanduo
In mer"
"1 merely a-ked you"
'You merely wauta ter slander me,
dal'a whu yer wants. Kiiu'ler man
hub chickens widout you come rouu'
yare cnain' him o' stealin' 'em?"
"1 didn't say that you stole them."
' Motit ei well. Come mill' mow liar
I git dem chickens l's hud erniiff
lioulile 'bout 'em already widout you
coiuin' roun' try in' ter make n e feel
had. 1 ain't no fool dat you alioubl
come at me in aic'i er way 1 1 da'. 1'a
cr hones' man. an' I gwin.i hah you
luck up fur slander ef yer doan watch
out whulyer doin'. Ni wonder de
cull nd geiiermaii ain't got no show In
dis roiuiiry when de white folks all
time try In ter grin' hi.u down."
Aikiwaw Trjv4 cr.
FANCIES IN CLOCKS.
The Einnnslva Critso In Which Bnm
Wtfallhjr Paoplo Take D'Ughl.
To own lieautiful or curiously-diw
signed clocks In a airong a paasl in
with aome as tlio collec lug of bric-a-brac
In with others. F n tunos arc ex
pended In the purchase of clock. A
few Chicago Individuals of wealth
have timo plec a In everv available
place from garrot to baa imoL
Clock i are to ba had at every price
from $1 to sovjral - thousands. The
average go d clock ranen in price
Iroui f'J.i to t-HOJ. Tho kind moat used
at preso.it U lliu pl;d i French iiuirhlo,
with ut ninutel-)ieeo ornaments.
'1 hey are about a foot and three Inches
n crops and a foot and a half high.
Hiey are verv popular for gifts, mid
c at, from $:)' lo $50. Ten unique
designs are otfero I under $160. One
tioveliy for $3 ia exhibited
In a S ato sireot shop. It
In a bron, i dog, with chain
and collar of brass, to which n ad
lock Is attached. It is a nickel -plated
clock, wiih nil r r dial.
A li'Miulif.il French clock, bought
the other day as a wuddln r gif wua of
w hite unvx in a f nicy design. Itceal
$l'Jj Pciured porrelaiil daquo
clucks, that f mud audi high f ivor an
bridal presents fir a time, nro now
pushed aiil f r plain and fancy crea
tions in whilo onyx and b.oii.o. The
conceptions in bronze nro liiniimi r,i
1.1k. and there' almost as great varie
ty in the plies if bron, clocks an in
tho style. Ono of the in. a artistic
shown in tho city Ii an ideal figure of
"G-nius" i p m a podeslaL The
diminutive black onyx dial, with fig
ures of wiille onyx and polished brass
hands, is lit in the pedestal. The lig
uto I that of a you h, a herald on the
run. Tho horn he uses In the most
u i:qu i part of tho conception. It in r
dragon-headed serpent, with wldo-npon
mouth. It encircles tho figure about
he waist, coining up the back and
firming an arch i hove the hoad. Tho
tail df tho reptile la grasped in the
right hand. Tue price fir this bit f
art in $000. Another elotrant bron, i
work represents two warriors. The
cl. c' in this Inntanc i in also sot in the
pedestal. Ajax is a favorite flguro to
mil guard ab vo tho pedestal-act
mi ntel timo-pleo '.
Anliquo bronze In mos'Iy employed
in library clocks. O in vory handsome
soecimen wa recently sold for $'100.
They can bo had from $175 lo $.500.
Tho ouco-a-year clock, which in wound
up only once in twelve months, In
sometimes bought bv lnzv people.
T.ieir price is $110. t'quaro rosowood
mid brass clocks, with the eight-bell
Westminster chimes poaling each
q in ter of an hour, can' b had for
WOO. Llttio brass and silver nffalrn,
about four Inches across and ton high,
with si lu ornamonin for a bracelet,
cost from $200 to $100 Of ' Grand
father'" clocks there Is no end. They
are used in halls, mid cost from $.'00
to f:), 000. Goneially they don't run
above $500.
Statuary in Italian marblo In rather
superseding broii. . Dronzils most
susceptible of expressive results when
tho lieu res employed nro of tho E.hi
oplan type. Tin Caucasian race ia
not aa available for artistic realiza
tions In bronze. Tin bust realizations
in hroiizn are alwnva in mythological
or Ethiopian snl ids. In the treat
ment of delicate feminine conceptions
Italian marble Is a far superior ma
terial. Rellued artistic development,
now manifests lis df in the selection
of partially-draped Ila'ian marble
tcmnlu liguren Instead of bronzo Greek
hoys of manly ataturo and ancient
lighting men. 11 -ques are still in de
mand, although not to as great extent
as a year ago. Choice in hihq ics runs
lo dainty bits of suggestive femininity.
The diminutive si, prevents their of
fending prudish uncultivated Wostern
Ideas. A Venus draped with a few
drops of spray, resting languorously
in a pink shell, that is only a foot long,
ran bu pb ced in a drawing-room with
i i.puniiy. It will win the encomium
"Just too culo for any ihing, " when a
three foot erect ligur i of the same
sori, would be declared "Just shame
ful, vou know."
Window vases are aeon In every
handsomely appointed house. They
cost from $15J to $20J Porcelain
plaques, the auhj ct of the picture be
ing either pastoral or mythological,
with frames of antiqne brnss, are seen
upon many walls. Thi head of Dr.
Faust us is a favorite auhject for por
celain paintinsr. These p ctures cost
from $50 lo $150. CMcngo Sews.
Some Curious Discoveries.
A well-known Pari aciontUt, Dr. Di
lauuay, has made aome curious dis
coveries which show the connection
lielween little and groat things. To
ascertain the qualities of an applicant
cook he say it is aufllclont to give her
a plate to clean, a sauce to make and
watch how she moves her hand in
either act. If she moves it from left
to right, or in the direction of tho
hands of a wa'ch, you may trust her;
if the other way alio ia certain to be
stupid and Incapable. The Intelli
gence if H'0de may also be gauged,
the doctor further aays, by asking
them to make a circle on paper with a
pencil and noting In which direction
fie hand is moved. The good students In
a maihemaiical class draw c.rclcsfrom
left lo right The inferiority of the
sofier aex, aa well as the male dunces,
is shown bv their drawing from right
to lefi. Asylum patients do the same.
In a word, cay the doctor, centrifu
gal inovomcu a are characteristic of
intelligence and higher developments;
c .-; ri j elal are a mark of inc-iiuplole
tvul'il.oii. Scieitct (Jotiip.
THE RULING IMPULSE.
II Ii Strong- In Womankind Kao Who
Uuruliir Alxionil.
An amr.alng iicideiitof the strength
of Involuntary linpularf was recently
afforded by the visit of burglars to the
b .me of a certain woll-known olllciul
of this city. About three o'clock in
the morning ho and hi wifa were and
denly aroiis.id by tho appearand In
their bedroom iif three masked men.
Two of thorn stood at the head of ihc
bed, and with revolver cocked and
I ointed at the temples of tho b dfil
lowa, ordered them to lio still and
save their live by ao doing. They
complied with the request while the
third rufll in began toexplore the room.
II i took a ca ulli from the bureau and
lighting it higan to ra sack closets,
drawer, boxes an I bureaus. Wliib
ao engaged h i carelessly lot the paraf
liuo taper drop In swift succession hot
drops all over tlio floor. Tin house
wife, though bound to tho pillow bv
the muzz o of a revolver, could not
restrain her impulse despite tho blood
curdling llnva', of tho burglar at her
side. Clio l.alf rosj in bod and cried
out:
Slinmo on yon. don't you seo that
yon aro spoiling my carpet!"
An unintelligible grunt was the only
answer.
Now, 1 ok here, you villain," again
cried out tlio Imusowife, "I want you
fo stop spilling greesa nil over my
carpet."
Tho atnrtled thief, who could not
have heard her loninumd, turned
around n id mot her blazing eyes.
"Y. s ni'iii, I will doit, soein' as
how we can't take It with us," he
gently remarked
The scoundrels at tho bedsldo only
chuckled. At that moment an alarm
clock set up Its call for an early-rising
servant up-stair. Tho thieves became
auspicious at onco. They snuffed out
the caudle and threw a big bag con
taining their plunder over their
shoulders, closed the door bohind
them, and stolo down tho stairs, out
the front galo and docampod.
And then it was that tho good house
wife fainted. Washington Letter..
ALIEN PA6SENGERS.
Tho Number of Those Who Hnva Lanilsil
at Now Vork Slur 147.
This interesting table lias just beon
compiled by tho E nlgration Com
missioners shnwins tho numbor of
alien passengers arriving at this per
each year since tho establishment oi
the commission:
1RIT
ihis
lain
tao
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I KM
ISA
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IKK
IHM
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IKIII
I WW
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1MU
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lual
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m.ftxt
.. ..I.SIH
I4I.II41
K4,rn
BH.-JI.I
M..V
7Ti
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....4.V..IWI
47,IKiS
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8 1,1 IK.
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SM.SI4
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4,a,4i
A glanco nt tho report ot tho nation
ality nf the alien pasn'vrers landed at
the G.irden during 1S87 will show who
some of our now neighbors are:
Germany
Irelnml
KnitUml
Hit y
Sweden
Ktisslii
Ilinieiirv ,
Scut I Hint
Norway
Aiistriii
Denniiirk
Hoheiula
France
Ni'lherliinits.,..
Wales
Switzerland
Fniliiiiil
Ilelfc'hun
Hun iniinla
tjuetiec unit Dnt
(Jreeeo
I.uxeiulnirK
Spain
West Indies....
Malta
Svna
Ilnrniah
Turkey
Araieutu
..sl.stll tcelunil
,.M.H Venice
.4.VM1 South America...
.4'.'.7I Central America.
.H7.: 4 l'ortiiKul
..1I.MoClilnu
.I7.;tll(lreut llrltalnlnot
,.I4.SHI speciNed)
.l.H. ut Australia
.1I.7IW Anitita
. Nova Scotia
,. M" J 'I'Uil
,. 5.wm Ilr tlsh East In-
., a,v oi dies
. ft.tl South Africa
, 4..VI7 New .Mtiliind. ...
.. 4.H.H1 lirii7.ll
. !!,.W.'; India
.. iwi s fries
.. 711 Kuvpt
., HI'.1 Sinidwloh Islitndi
57i New llrutiswlck. .
,. 4', l'rlnce I'Mward't
,, 4WH Islund
. is llritlshColutubla.
,. 17.lavii
,. 1'n St. Helena
.. Kl'i t'-ru
,. UH'MorOcco
-iV. Y. Sun.
HANDbOME AFRICANS.
A Nplemllilly-Fnrineil Hncm of Nutlvet ot
the Uaik Cont urn I.
The Hmgalas are a line race phya
ically, being tall, powerful and splen
didlv formed, Willi features ty no
means of the negro type; the women
are the haidsomcst I hi.ve seen in
Africa. 'J hoir dress in scanty, consist
ing f ir the most part only of a waist
cloth for the men and a short kilt of
woven grass for 'ho wi men; but men
of hlirh decree fien wear mantles of
dressed goat or other skins. Thov
cicatrize their arms, shoulders and
busts In patterns by cutting the skin
and Ii biding some irritan'. S one
times tlio result looks very well; but
In other raes tho process is not sue.
cesfdl and raises hugo unsightly
lumps of flesh.
The eli it f f I boko, when I arrived.
was an old man over eighty his age
was reported by some to be eighty
four, by others eighty-six who had
lost one eyo in baulo and possessed
tif y wives. Hi) wis over six feet in
height, with a fi ie, well-developed
figure, a d, but for his dirty while
hair and shriveled akin, would havt!
passed for a man of half of his age.
He wa much attached to C.iptain
Coquilhat (named "Mwafa or the
Eigle" by the natives), and never
undertook any thing without consult
ing him. The scene just after our
arrival at Bangala, when, L Roi
d 'a BangaW being announced as we
were all Sitting over our afternoon
Ci ff e, Ma: a UwykI entered wearing
hia royal hat of leopard skin and at
tended by several of h a w ires, avd en
folded C totain C iqiii.hat, gold-span-:led
uniform - and all, in an a.nple
hear' hug, was really worili seeing.
ViUcXwjufs ilagtisiru.
THOUSANDS OF MOTTOES.
Dow Mereanllle Sign About Craillt anil
Other Tlilug Are Maile.
It ia something a little startling to
hoar a man say that he "has 8 000
mottoes." Jiat one good all 'round,
working motto for every-day use ia
about an much as any body ottzht to
try to have and live up to. But a ;
manufacturer on Canal street claims
to havo "3,000. and all different, the
stock in the worl I, of various
si, a, In all color and stylos." At
that point tho thing begins to look a
little clearer. II) itosui Keep so
many in order to live up to them him
self, or pretend to. ns he might if they
wero glittering g ineraitries, aucii as
Td rather be right lliu I I'lesiuent,
i If I . H
or "U at n'ess or ooiiruiug-Ho,.
Ho constructs tm-ni for others, nn.l
thev have a directly pertinent hmirin
upon trndo luteion a that keeps them
i i constant demand; as for instance:
Poor Credit Is iload, but Cash still
lives;" "Credit lu-morrow, not
to-day;" if tho ou. burst ac
companying a picture of
man dangling f.-ont a gallows :
This man was hun?,
Ilu don't you fear,
For "haiiifinij up"
Is pluycd out here.
S metimes ho do.-cends from thoso
p. ay ltd fancies to such presumably
niatter-i.f-fact statoiuentn as "Our
goods are unsurpassed" "come in and
9ee our now stock," 'Our prices tiro
tho lowest," and ho calls those mot-
!o'-s, too. lb is not quite positive that
This style. 3," or "Simply elegant.
75c," should not bo classed as a motto,
by reason of tho words added to the
figures raising the I sonptioii to n
ignity above that of a more "price
card." Call it what you like if you
only buy it, and you must bo hard to
mil if you can t tiud In his slock tho
irado motto you wnii B it if you can
not he will i rod nee it for you in a fow
minutes. His mottoos are paintod up
on cardboard of various colors, and
upon black or white oil-cloth, and aro
in almost infinite variety of tints and
styles. They are executed with very
rapidly-drying paints, water colors
when laid upon card-lninrd, and a more
durable preparation when put upon
oil-cloth, which is intended to make a
wot-weather sign. O it-of-town mer
chants buy his largest and gaudiest
products, country clo hiorn especially
n ff cling sty es that seem to bo a cross
between a circus poster and a Good
Templar's regalia. The opposite ex
treme is reached in tho big square
Ui ck-lettcrud legends, in plain black
and white. "Forion's Ice Cream," or
'Hussell's lee Cream," for city use.
Theso he paints literally by the thou
sand. Cardboard "mottoes," 11x14 Inches,
in assorted tints, are sold for $2 a
doz in, and for $6 per dozen one can
buy them 22x28 inches in s ziaud of
such gorgeous variety of colors ns
would discount Joseph's famous coat.
Oil-cloth signs como rather higher,
but last longer. One that is 21x27
inches cost 75 conts, nnd a very Lig
one, 21x54 inches. $1 50. Tho little
price cards are so cheap that their
prices hardly seem to cover the cost of
material.
II i employs four mon to lay out tho
loners In outline, and a couple of boys
to fill in tho solid colors in the larger
letters; work that is done with sur
prising rapid! y, accuracy and taste.
From the facts that he has beon called
upon to supply considerable quantities
uf his pretiy-colored cards for uso
in E igland, mid thai E iglisli painters
ho has employ d tell him thev nevor
saw such work done over tliore, ho bt)
lievo.n that our Amoricau s'vli of
cardboard color decora! ion for com
mercial uso is practically unknown In
Great Britain. His business amounts
to nbout $10,000 per annum, and Is
good all the year through, except in
the months of July and August, whon
It temporarily wilts. It, is his boast,
which seems to bo sustained by the
facts, that th re is not a trade or busi
ness or hardly even an office require
ment for any thing in his line that ho
is not rfady to meet at any moment
from his stock. The principal strain
on tho Intellectual department of his
establishment Is in tho invention of
new and forcible ways of presenting
the "No credit" idea, and he has
done so much in that line that lie has
como to regard that as tho principal
one of his "three tho isand mottoes"
for his own observance. -V. T. Sun.
A Jail-Bird's Cruel Joke.
"I had a funny experience onco,"
said a young farmer. "Wuen a boy
I confoss I was protty groen. I lived
with my fa her upon a farm near Co
lumbus and used to haul wood into tho
city and sell it for him. One day I
had entered town with my customary
load, when, as I passed a large build
ing, sorai one poked his head partly
out of a window and naked if the wood
was for sale, I replied in the affirma
tive. "Well, throw it over the fo id','
came back from thn upper wiudow.
The house was surrounded by a high
wall, but I nia iaged to pitch It over,
and thon went around to the front
gate f r my pay. I could not get in.
I hammered and called in v.iin. when
some passer-by, attracted by my
frantic rff iris to gain entrance, in
q i rod what was the matter, and in
li.rmed ni" that tho building was the
jail. O.io of the prisoners had played
a j ke on me. I could not get my
money or the wood back and returned
home with empty wagon and pockets."
Atlanta Conntitntion.
A St. Louis hutel clerk claims to
havo made tho discovery that tall men
s'eep later in the morning than short
men, and hat persons of a dark com
plexion I. v it iably rcq lira more rest
than blondes
THE WHIPPINQ COUNTESS.
Alleged Eitraonllnary Cunfeulon or a Re.
furiitril Female Cluiln.il. ,
A coir spo .deiit, who gives her
name and address nnd declares her
statement to bo true In every panic,
ii 1 a r. so ids us the following iinrrailve
of her criminal cxpoiience:
"I am tho daughter i f a poor inns n.
who. I am sorry to say, used often,
liuios to get drunk, then return heme
and abuse his wife and children. F ,r
some lime the former bore wiih meek
ness the rough treatmont ,f her
spouse, but ultimately alio, ton, sought
to drown hor carts in liquor. With
parents who bo h quaffed tho Int...
eating cup is it any wonder her clnl".
dron (three girls mid a boy) wont to
run? Tho son went from one degree
of iniquity to another till ultimately
he ended l.i days on the e-a'lows for
the murder of his xinter. O' the two
women then left, one of them ns
transported for lifo for burglary, (ft.
repealed; and the other (. . myself)
fast followed in her footslcs, b.it
suco'edod In escaping with a f-w
im n i lis' In prisonmoiii for each ,f.
fense, until the last of my parents wa
laid In his grave.
"About a wot k after I wont one
night a d stealthily opened the draw-in-rooni
window of a widow, the
wile of ai Eirl. I entered the
room and stolo monoy. together with
many valuables to the amount of about
one hundred pounds. An I lived near
to this residence and rav character be
ing well known, the lady, on discover
ing her loss, at onco hastened to my
poor nbode, and was not long in null
ing part i f the money f ir I had wil
fully spout about tweUy pound and
most of tho j iweta. She at once
brought me by foroc to hor home,
made mo follow her hp-stairs to an
attic with only n chair and a wooden
bed for furniture; then she spoke to
me soriou and kindly about thin and
other mi-idomoanors, and told me she
would not give me into cust dy. but I
was to remain in that room for two
months, bo fed on bread and water,
and she would come throe times a
day, at morning, noon and night, and
administer the birch with her own
hands. At first I felt Inclined to rebel,
but after all I thought any thing bet
ter than gaol. The next morning after
breakfast, which w as given to me at
six o'clock. I was brought into an ad
j lining apartment, where I was
stripped of all my clothing by the
lady and ono of her servants. Then
I was xtretclicd on a cushion as soft as
down, after which my hands and foot
were securely fastened by moans ot
leather straps, so that I was utterly
unable to repel tho strokes of the rod
which fell swift and smart
"Ai first, although I was whipped
till 1 cried (for my lady would never
cease the chastisement till the tears
came to my eyes in earnest), when I
was released I at once declared I would
leave and go to prison, when the lady
said sho was quite willing I should do
so if I preferred it, but I dreaded gaol
too much from my former cxporionco,
so decided to continuo as I was; but
after the punishment I began to give
a mock laugh and thank my lady
ironically, but whenever I did ao I
was always again refastoned and re
punished, which was repeat
ed onco as often as three
times. Another timo I resisted
and W'iild by no means allow myself
to bo so treated, when two more fc
malo servants were called up, and I
had to siibinit. Tho servant who
helped always went away before the
punishment. Ultimately, I used to
undress and lio in position myself, as
the lady after that came alone, though
the whipping was ns severe as ever.
When the two months were expired I
w ns released, with much prayer and
advice, and I never after stolo any
thing to the value of a pin, and 1 am
now tho wife of a respectable me
chanic, and bless God for tho cxpoii
ence of those two months. I was at
the time twenty-three years of age.
"I relate this circumstance, ns 1 be
lieve if tho 'cm' is beneficial in pre
venting men from committing atro
cious crimes that castigation might
also bo performed with good results
on tlie fo tn nlo prisoners by some of tlio
female warders." Liverpool (Eng.)
Courier.
VALUE OFEXERCISE.
The Only Safe W:y or Restoring a Woro
Uut Body ami Ml nd.
Ill the summer of 1885, 1 had under
treatmont a young professional man
much given to hard intellectual work,
of sedentary habits, extreme disin
clina iou for physical exercis . pos
sessed of an ever-present, feverish
restlessness, and who was for years a
sufferer from insomnia. His appetiie,
though for years voracious, gradually
failed and left him a dyspeptic H
was tall, thin nnd flabby, had a weak
heart, aud quick, feeble pulso, of en
dicio ic in character. Hi was
strongly urged to exercise in
the open air. He Impatiently gave
it an unfair trial, consisting of
over-exertion at irregular inter
vals. In tho fall hodcVJloped a bron
chitis that persisted despite tho best
treatment and a rest out of town and
away from ail care. In the latter
part .f F'bruarv, 1SS6 ho again
took up his out-door exercise, and kept
it up steadily, with the re-ult of get
ting in o lino physical form at the end
of the season, when he was w iry and
minus fat, anJ when s'rippel reniind
e I one of a race horse. A 1 his mus
cles were hard, his girths ai d weight
bad increased slightly; his men al and
pl.ydcal vig..r had undergone a revo
lution; his apietite was very good
and his insomnia gone. This is but
one instance of a general rcstoranon
by aui abio exercise of a worn-out
bidv ami min '. if. Leuf, in Xid J
an t Surg. cat lupirter.