t
oldIuckory's home.
PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT BY THE LA
DIES OF TENNESSEE.
,lj Remlulwenptm of the Her-
9ut nA ,w M""'"r T,, "eaullful
dhel Robnrda, Who llecame Hn
Adi" Jwh""-Tl, Jswksona.
110 whs It said.
"The Union mum
Mild "hull be pre
served t"
Old Hickory, o(
courHe. Every
schoollxjy will tell
you Unit.
Anil uowanum
ber of pittrlotio
southern women
are saying In sub
stance, "The Hep.
mitage, the noma
j Old Hickory must atid hIihII be pre
"tlw general assembly of the state of Ten
,hi assigned to the tare of the I
Heriiilwge ossiKiiutlon of Nashville
dull HImI lonill Of (it-IHTIll Jackson
I! twnity Hvf surrounding acres, to Im
Imresud preserve in lasting memory of
5. Hero of New Orleans.
Tbi property was purchased by the state
Mo from the adopted mod of General
cltou with the proviso that bin wife re
in there during her life. Mrs. JackKon
dirtl there three years ago. when the state
Umlwl over the historic mansion to the
ufiiii log" association.
Colonel Jackson. Hon of Old Hickory'
opll a- Kti" ,ive t,l,'re' Hl"' wl" ,,HH0
until tbe association either hnyw the fiirnl
taresnd relief from him or gives up Its op
,100 of IT..V ou them.
Thlsoption ban two yean more to run.
god tlie ((etitlfwoinell who are Interested in
u conservation of thin historic Hot are
vorkinx heart and hand to nave the gnuid
old plitce and preserve It, not alone for the
gxlf of Tennessee, hut, like Mount Ver
ioa. for a Mecca for patriotic Americana.
It was tbe suggestion of (iovernor lloliert
. Taylor, of Tennessee, that the privileges
of the Hssociation should be extended to
jery citizen of America. "Andrew Jack
ioo'i illustrious name," said the governor,
"beloiiK1 not ,0 olie KlKte but t0 the entire
DiitioD.and all the people should have equal
prifllcKc in becoming participant! in this
nohle work, and while Tennessee, I believe,
hjukIx alone among tbe states in having
pnrcliiwed anrl preserved for public use the
tumor of a distinguished son, the recog
nizesthe proierty right of tbe nation In his
memory, and gladly surrenders to the
keeping of the whole people the sacred
duty and privilege of caring for and per
prtuitting it."
The indifference of the American public
lo the demolition of historic houses is pro
mbial. One hy one tbese landmarks are
wept sway hy tbe vandal progresa. It is
irsllf sniazing that there is not a round
towKora grain elevator at Mount Vernon
imt n row of apartment houses on tbe
Alexander Hamilton estate.
The "brave old house" near Nashville,
with Its appurtenances and relics, should
be of inestimable value to the country. It
tithe munition of the association to make
it iwtional museum, which shall invite
pilgrims from north and south.
Tbe mansion is a superb specimen of Co
lonial architecture, with its great pillars,
broad porticos and hospitable rooms.
(rand old trees shade it, and their
houghs droop across tbe balconies where
once the gentle Kachel Jackson walked.
Indeed, the tender melancholy of this fair
woman' life seems indissolubly blended
nth every nook and corner of the Hermit
iKC tbe home to which she was devoted,
ind from which destiny decreed she should
not wander far.
The story of Kachel Jackson's life Is a
romance. She was a wonderfully beauti
ful woman, with a lovely disposition and
deep personal piety In her youth Hhe con
tracted an unfortunate marriage with a
man her inferior in every resect, and from
whom she was divorced. The love of lien
ml Jackson for bis sweet wife amounted
to idolatry, and duriug bis momentous
career he never escaped from tbe inlluence
U her personality. He wore her miniature
oo hi heart till bis death, aud no matter
what his care or pleasures, be always
eommnned with her portrait and her Bible
at tbe close of each busy day.
Mm Jackson cared very little for the
booorsof this world and longed for noth
ing much as the time when ber husband
would finish with politics, for he assured
ber tbit when that time came and only
then could he become a Christian. Here
tory illustrative of the great moral
influence Mrs. Jackson held over ber bus
bud
Old Hickory was an adept In profanity.
When occasion required he could paralyze
hi listeners by the breadth and variety of
swearing. It was during an exciting
political campaign, aud just after Mrs.
Jackson had told a guest that she thought
"Kfteoeral was disposed to Is? religious,
nd that but for the coming presidential
flection she believed would joiu the church,
ben be entered the room with an opposi
tion newspaper In his hand, like Saul
breathing, out threatening and slaughter,
tattrspemed with delightfully picturesque
"ha He swore until he was nearly out
f breath, when his gentle wife approached
'in and looking him squarely in the face
"imply, "Mr. Jackson." The great
Weral who had conquered everything
"at had come his way was subdued at
and ceased bis profanity
THE HERMtTAGK.
when Jackson was elected president his
said to those about her "For Mr.
""on's sake I am glad, for my own I
r" wished it I would rather be a door
VVn iQ the house of my God than to
TV that P"'1" in Washington."
?i is a popu lar story that it was while
rnK preparations for ber departure
""the Hermitage that this gentle soul
the rude shock which caused her
r"- She was like a mother to every
"wton the e tat, and wishing to leave
klJJ'ortable ior the wiuter, made a trip
" . Nashville x purchase supplies and
b'ng for those who were dependent on
bun l tarj from ner "bopping, she' went
Parlor of a hotel to rest while she
ujr1 fo' the family coach to carry her
to the Hermitage.
""Henly she beard her name spoken to
joining room, and her character as
j." m terms of base and cruel calumny
"me time she sat there motionless,
w .J'he accusations against herself,
Bsi -ncircnlatel during tbe cam-
od which berchivalric husband bad
taJ?11' from her knowledge. The
tradition adds that she was soon
t 'n? "itl1 Ptt,modic disease of the
W this account the historians only
Vsi iS!f not rtainlj proved, and Par
itm. tnt she had known of the slao
jfiberloog before the fatal seix
tte l7' ,8a- The inscription upon
"malnsof Mrs. Rachel Jscksoo,
rr""'lnt Ji k.n hn rilnri Ih 5UI o
hUJ.ajredsuty-oiuean. !
I!! u'i'rVb'"' Pn"a ''""'HI. nertemper ami-1
I ue siitof Uer Mlow crwii ur.nd eult IvkiJi
th4dlvl.leiuur. h). tba mi iSAlTSlS
m.prj,u.mlln ni8lll,k To tb. poor 5?."
reu hl a romf.,riw u. tu pn.s r., u or?
hr benevolru,-,. s.,. ,Ur im,,k 1,.,
for Mug pnitle.l to do Hood. A bebTj 1
Willie aiMlM vlrtun... ,l,,er mGfa2
but mold .ml d..!,,,,, ,VB0 Ih,.,U. ij... h.
but trsnspori bur to lu bumm of ber Clod.
And If at midnight you could walk
through the old mansion I doubt not you
would see another lovely ghost flitting
through tbe great rooms-lK-autiful Emily
Oonelson, the niece of Km hel J,u kson and
mistress of the White House during ber
uucle's admlnisiruiion. Kmlly Donelson
strongly n-semblwl Mary Qun-n or Scots
and iKMsessed much of the fascination of
the hlte ltose of Scotland. The gown
she wore at the llrst Inauguration ball Is
one of the pnious ndics. It Is of amber
satin, brocaded with violets and trimmed
with pearl aud lace. It was a present
from the geuerul. and even at that day
was descrilwd at great length lu every
newspiqier in the country.
And It is this old mansion, so filled with
historic and gentle associations, that the
Nashville Indies are working vigorously to
save from the hand of the spoiler. They
are now making preparations on a grand
scale for a Colonial ball or reception at tbe
I'once de lon, St. Augustine, In March,
at which many unique and interesting
features will be introduced. General and
Mrs. Jackson, the cabinet aud foreign
ministers of his administration and their
wives will In personated by prominent so
ciety people of Nashville. The lady who Is
to personate Mrs. Jackson will wear arti
cles of dress which Mongcd to the gen
end's wife and also tbe Jewels presented to
her by the people of New Orleans.
The ball will be oK-ued with a minuet
and closed with an old fashioned Virginia
reel. Many of the most valuable relics will
be taken from the Hermitage to exhibit at
this ball, and one of the attractions will be
the general's old body servant, an aged
negro who never wearies talking of the
glory of his master. Jackson's sword, pre
sented by the citizens of New Orleans, will
be carried by the gentleman who person
ates him.
An effort Is now being made by prominent
southerners to interest New York society
people in this affair, aud specially to enlist
Uj ill
mum
THE TOMB.
the co-pperation of Mr. McAllister. Mr.
Msenurd Stewart, Mr. Valentine Hall
aud Mr. A. A. Conklin, who it is promised
will introduce other att ractive and novel
features.
It is hoMKl that enough money will be
realized from this affair to pay off a good
share of the option and that the promt
neuce it will give the Hermitage aasocia
tion will result iu raising the rest of the
required funds.
Tbe mansion Is literally crammed with
tbe most valuable and interesting relics
The wall paper, which the general bought
in France iu IS?, is iu an excellent state
of preservation; that In the great bnll is
gorgeous in color, and represents incidents
aud scenes in the life of iVIemachus. The
pictures hang ou the walls just as Jackson
left them. There are two line portraits of
Mrs. Jackson by Karle, and any number
of portraits of Old Hickory, the most in-
tuMMitiiur iwrhtinn beinir thilt fjlknn hv
v. ....... t - 1
onler of the French government Ave days
berore nis ileatu.
There is a quantity of General Jackson's
personal articles of jewelry Bnd clothing
his watch, seal cornelian ring, topaz breast
pin, gold pen and pencil, tobacco hox,
walking stick, slippers, flesh brush, dress
ing gown and a wonderful bead regalia
presented by Sam Houston, of Texas,
There is the general's library, a collec
tion of several hundred volumes, nearly all
of which contain his autograph. There is
a marvelous collection of suuffloxes, one
of which belouged to Ijifayette aud was
presented by himself. There is a wilder
ness of curios, medals, coins, pipes and
swords.
There is all the beautiful old mahogany,
tbe rosewood, the mother of pearl, the gilt
and tbe damask of those days. There are
pitchers, vases, lamps, andirons, gilt aud ail
vercandelabrums which would seud a con
noisseurwild with delight, beautiful clocks
aud statuettes, silver servers and old mir
rors, candlesticks, china and silver galore.
There is a silver dish which belonged to
Decatur, a letter from Jefferson, an ex
quisite porcelain miniature of Mrs. De
Witt Clinton presented by herself and ac
companied by a letter couched In the ro
mantic language of that day, an armchair
presented by Mrs. Chief Justice Taney,
George Washington's oflice chair, a small
panel from the floor of Napoleon's room at
Longwood, St. Helena, a piece of candle
fouud lu Cornwallis' tent at tbe surrender
of Vorktown and sent to Jackson with the
request that be light it upon every recur
ring 8tb of January, and a penholder made
from a portion of the tree under which
Washington llrst unsheathed his sword in
defense of American liberty.
The general's state coach and his car
riage made of a portion of the old ship
Constitution are also preserved. It is im
possible to give an adequate idea of the
extent and value of these relics, which but
for the energy of a few southern women
would have been scattered to the four cor
ners of the glolxs. And it Is to preserve
them enshritied in their fitting place that
these women ask the assistance of all pa
triotic Americans.
F.tHTH Sessions Tuppkb.
.... V.in Pa.tt.eur.
M. Pasteur is now entitled to style
himself Baron von Pasteur, the emperor
of Austria having sent him the Order of
the Iron Crown, mere are bumo uuvw
riirht to wear it.
The Paris Liberte is curious to see
whether M. Pasteur will cause muit"
to be aunounced as M. le Baron de Pas
tn dine at irreat houses.
KUI nircuu-S""- o
There is practically no hindrance to
trenebmen in rrauco biub j
titles or wearing foreign orders. London
Star.
Shot Dead by HI Mala.
C. N. Hammond, living two mile
south of Jackson, beard a noise at his
barn, and, thinking that a thief was
about, took his pistol and went out It
is thought he went near a mule, which
kicked him, causing the pistol to go off.
The ball passed through his body. He
lived but a few hours and died without
ever speaking.-Cor. Memphis Appeal-
Avalanche.
A new kind of school is about to be
started. The University of Pennsylva
nia has received $700,000 in gifts to be
used for founding scnool oi aui.
history and institutions.
WONDERFUL MIRAGES.
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS THAT
6TARTLED MANKIND.
HAVE
CUlrs In Hi sky aud VesarU Balllnf
Ulltbely I'pslda Down Intamtlnf Slo
rlea of Natural Phenomena Mot Entity
Kxplaluril.
This wonderful phenomenon takes sev
eral forms, accordiug to the state of the
atmosphere, hut those most generally seen
are the looming mirage and the Fata Mor
gana. In looming mirages distant objects show
au extravagant Increase iu vertical height
without alteration in breadth. Distant
hummocks of ice are thus magnified into
immense towers aud pinnacles, aud a ship
la sometimes abnormally drawn out until
It apisam twelve or thirteen times as high
as it is long. KiH-ks are seeu drawn up to
tenor twelve times their proper height.
Houses, as well as human beings and ani
mals, appear iu like exaggerated shape.
Another form of mirage is when a ship,
or some other object near tbe water, seems
greatly elongated, aud a second Inverted
Image meets It from above. Sometimes tbe
proper image of the object is elevated far
aliove the lake or sea, while tbe second Im
age strangely apMars Inverted beneath It;
the whole surrounded by a sheet of sky,
which Is mirrored and related within it.
In littJ, lu the Arctic region, Capt.
Scoresby recognized, hy its inverted Image
lu the air, the ship Fame, which afterward
proved to be seventeen miles beyoud tbe
visible horizon of his observation.
Dr. Vinos, on Aug. 6, tsot), at T p. m.,
saw from Hamsgate, at which place only
the tops of Dover castle towers are usually
visible, the whole of the castle. It appeared
as though lifted up aud bodily placed on
the near side of the intervening hill. So
perfect was this illusion that the hill itself
actually could not be seen through the
ligure.
ALONO THE CANADA BlIOIiE.
Some forms of mirage are lateral as well
as vertical, arising from unequal density
of two contiguous vertical bodies of air.
Thus, on Iitike Geneva, a boat has been
seen double, the two images some distance
apart. I'ersous have been duplicated In
the same way. Any one on a hot day, by
placing his eye near to a heated wall, may
set- lateral mirages of objects at a distance,
aud nearly on a line with the wall.
On the shores of Ijike Ontario many
beautiful and wonderful mirages are wit
nessed. The hike is so wide, the opposite
side is not at all visible. Aud yet during
some peculiar states of the atmosphere it
is clearly outlined. Even the Canada shore
in the vicinity of Long I'omt and 1'rince
Edward's bay is at at times plainly In sight.
A vessel has liecn seen Sailing along the
horizon with the hull uppermost, visible at
Lake Ulull. Accompanying the appear
ance of the ship was that of mountains and
hills, as though the Canadian shore was
coming into view. A puff of wind appar
ently caused the whole phantasmagoria to
melt away is if by magic.
Iu Syracuse, a distant city, a remnrkable
mirage was witnessed by many persons. It
lasted two hours and was best observed
from University hill looking northwest
over Onondaga lake. Lake Ontario was
plainly visible, and stretching out at an
angle of twenty-five degrees or the Horizon
it looked like au ocean, l'rofessor Com
fort says that a few years previous a similar
mirage occurred, and it was so (list met mat
by means of a glass he could discern a
town, probably Kingston.
Portions of Rochester and sections of the
country lying south of it have been seen
out in the lake six and ten miles distant,
as though the city was standing erect in
the air. Trains of moving cars and other
objects were clearly defined, the aerial phe
nomena continuing for nearly an nour.
A well known hike captain has also wit
nessed a wonderful miriige out on Iake
Ontario. While on his way from the St,
Lawrence up the lake and near the islands
known as the False Ducks, and while
standing at the wheel, there suddenly
hurst into view the city of Oswego, thirty
one miles distant, with the gas lights in
the streets, and all the appearance a town
lighted up would present from a hill in the
immediate vicinity at night. The light
house nt Oswego, os well as others on the
lake shore below as far as Sackett's Har
bor, were distinctly seen. It was a sort of
night mirage, and a rare sight indeed. It
lasted for several minutes, then slowly
faded away into darkness.
A SWtPASSlXO SIGHT.
At Rochester, which Is aliout twenty
miles inland from Lake Ontario, a mirage
of a most surpassing character was wit
nessed by many. The entire northern sky
as far as tho angle, or bison, was lighted
above the landmark with the blue waters
of Lake Ontario, while reflecting from her
bosom could be seen the mountains, hills,
valleys, bays and rivers of the Canadiau
shore inland for miles. The coast could lie
plainly seen mirrored over a stretch of
llfty miles, anil so perfect at one time that
the forests could readily be distinguished.
The reader can form some idea of its grand
eur by knowing that a country separated
from Rochester by a lake seventy miles in
width was, as if suddenly by the hand of
Its great Creator, painted upon the heavens
so plain as to be seen from a standpoint of
near 100 miles distant.
Upon land mirages are best seen over
desert plains in hot climates. Tbe intense
heat of the sands greatly rarefies the air in
contact with them, and rays of light com
ing from the distant objects are gradually
bent by approaching the rare stratum un
til they strike it at an angle greater than
the limiting augle. Total reflection then
occurs, the air near the sand acting as a
mirror, or a body of water in which invert
ed images are seen. Thus is presented to
the inexperienced traveler over the desert
plains tbe appearance of tranquil lakes,
aud, parched with thirst, he is sadly delud
ed by them.
Manythrilling incidents are given where
whole parties in crossing the sandy desert,
overcome with tho heat and parched with
thirst, have reached a place from whence,
far in the horizon, they saw, or thought
they saw, a beautiful lake, with branching
palm trees near it. Longing for the water
and the cooling shade, they have disobeyed
the warning voice of their guide, deviated
from their true course to almost franticaliy
hasten forward toward a mere alluring de
lusiona mirage that has led them far
astray until, utterly exhausted, they have
sunk down to perish on tbe desert sands.
J. K. Bloomfield in New York Observer.
Turkeys Hntched In a Pocket.
Sam Cob, of Madison, Fla., found a wild
turkey's nest with several eggs in It, which
he took out, and as he was not to be home
for several hours, wrapped them In his coat
and laid It on the bank of a creek, where
he was fishing. He was surprised shortly
afterward to hear a chirp of a young tur
kay. Ha investigated and found that one
. .. -,. oHvsn firth a turkcv: soon
OI lB O " '
anolber followed, and so on until he bad
l uts a Taod lnhleoat.-:e .v York Press.
The new tunnel of tbe Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, under the city of Balti
more, will cost upward of $0,000,000.
It is being pushed night and day, fully
1,000 men being at work upon it
A recent importation of orange trees
into California from Tahiti showed them
to be infested by a new insect, and the
authorities will not allow them to be
landed.
Tbe bicycle has become almost as pop
.i.,r in u'-nnanv as it is in the United
i The German Union of Bicy-
clnU now has over 1,400 mem ben.
Atmospheric Dust,
Extremely fine particles of mineral dust
may exist in the atmosphere, and do exist
there more frequently than is generally
thought, while they escape detection by
our senses. The author, while making ex-M-rlmeiits
on the Peak of TctierltTc, In 1S7S,
found the knife edgea of his balance so
clogged with this Invisible dust that tht
balance refused to act. When wIhh1 off,
the dust collected again In a few minutes,
and it was only hy continual wiping it
away that he was able to go on wit h his In
vestigation. Professor Piazzl Smyth, while
on the Peak of Teueriffe, witnessed strata
of dust rising to a height of pearly
a mile, reaching out to tho borizou iu
every direction, and so dense as to
hide frequently the neighboring bills.
Professor S. V. Laugley, looking down
from tho height of 13,000 feet on Mount
Whitney, California, into a region that
had appeared clear from the valley below,
saw "a kind of level dust ocean, invisible
from below, but whose depth was six or
seven thousand feet, as the iipicr portion
only of the opposite mountain range rose
clearly out of it."
Dust storms are classified by Dr. Henry
Cook, according tothelr intensity, as at mo
spheric dust, dust columns aud dust
storms. Dr. Cook has observed In India
that there are some days on which, how
ever hard and violently the wind may blow,
uo dust accompanies it, while on others
every little puff of air or current of wind
forms or carries with it clouds of dust.
Dr. William Marcet lu the Popular Science
Monthly.
Laughter In Hie lllblr.
The Rible contains no cheerful exhorta
tion to laughter. For the most part, In
deed, it is referred to in tbe metaphorical
sense of "scorning," as when It is written
of Leviathan that "he laughethat the shak
ing of a sicar." lint there are passages
also where the ordinary meaning is evi
dently intended, aud iu almost every one
of these it is eyed askance. Solomon is the
great authority on the subject; let him
seak for himself: "I said of laughter, It is
1. .1 ... tl'l.... .!.... 1. 1. l t.t. I
mail; buuul mil in, ii uitbtioem iw even
in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the
end of that mirth is heaviness." Agaiu,
"A foid lifted up his voice with laughter,
but a wise man doth scarce smile a little."
Not very encouraging, truly, to those of
hilarious proclivities. It may Is) legitimate
euough to compare the giggle of a fool to
"the crackling of thorns under a put," but
It seems hard that there should be uo word
of approval for the milder merriment of
the few who may be supposed not to belong
to fooldom. Yes, hy the way, there is one,
and only one: "A time to laugh," but we
may search the Scriptures from Genesis to
the Apocalypse without detecting any inti
mation as to when that time occurs. Prob
ably Solomon meant the brief period of
childhood, when ignorance is bliss, and we
are merry without knowing or caring to
know why. He could not consistently
recommend any such frivolity to those of
a larger growth after having so bitterly
commented on the practice in previous
chapters. Gentleman's Magaziue.
Professor Ruckor's Magnetic Needle.
Geologists are always ready to use work
done by laborers iu other branches of sci
ence, aud of late a most interesting work
has been going on which shows the bear
ing one branch of knowledge may have on
another. Prof essoin Rucker and Thorpe
have beeu carefully noting the behavior of
the magnetic needle iu various parts of Eng
land, aud have found that it is deflected at
times in a most inexplicable manner. The
deflection was at llrst charged to great
masses of basaltic, or like rocks, the min
eral of which contains a large amount of
Iron.
Finding, however, that this peculiar be
havior of the magnetic medio occurred
also in tracts where uo such rocks were at
the surface, but which consisted of such
formation as chalk and tertiary beds, tbese
observers were led to conclude that deep
underground in those tracts there was a
mass of basaltic or other highly ferrugi
nous rock that affected the needle. It seems,
therefore, likely that Professor Ruckor's
elaborate and scieutillc divining rod will
come into use for the purpose of indicating
what places are to be avoided iu searching
for coal measures underground. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
A Ilushrul Governor.
One of Governor Hill's friends was talk
ing with him in his public room at tbe
capital oue day when a delegation of four
women marched in. Several members of
the legislature were waiting to see the gov
eruor, but the aiuozoniun delegation pro
ceeded at once towards the desk.
" Look at this procession," observed Mr.
Hill. "I would you were governor for
about twenty minutes.
Tbe delegation in the meantime had ap
nmnhirl within ear shot, when the gov
ernor hurriedly arose and exclaimed to
his friend: " If you will step back in tbe
private office for a moment I will show
you that picture we were talking about,"
aud before tbe astonished women could
gather their Benses together the governor
and his friend were behind the closed door.
" I merely wanted to escape those women,"
he explained, deprecatingly. Verily a
handsome retreat in the face of a deter
mined enemy. Epoch.
An Invention That Didn't Work.
One of the most curious of Inventions
was a hen's nest, constructed with a spring
trap at tfte bottom of the nest. The weight
of an egg was sufficient to press down the
spring and allow the egg to slip out. The
theory of this thoughtful inventor was
that as soon as the hen laid an egg it
would press down the trap door and disap
pear. The hen, as is her custom after lay
ing an egg, would rise and cockle, but find
ing no egg would conclude that she had
made a mistake and would proceed Imme
diately to lay another, and so on ad Infini
tum. On this principle the owner of a hen
would have had a great monopoly. Cor.
New Yorld Herald.
An Anecdote of Gen. Lee.
Gen. Lee at oue time was very much
bored by a Georgia man who had made
frequent personal applications for a fur
lough. One morning the general asked bis
tormentor if he understood the position of
a soldier. The latter said he did. He was
ordered to assume it. Gen. Lee then gave
the command, "Right about face; forward,
march." As be never gave the command
"to halt" the Georgian kept on marching
until he got tired. He did not get hia fur
lough. New York World.
Rooks at 0O Per Ounce.
Of the original edition of the sonneU of
Shakespeare, published by George Daniel,
of London, In 1609, there are but two per
fect copies known. One of these is the
British museum; for the other 15,000 was
paid but a short time ago. As the book ia
very small, only T by 4 inches, and welgh
i i .on AnnrpH. tt has been flfrured
that at that rate each ounce of the precious
volume brought ., or many
weight In gom. at. uoum wtui.
DelrfStes at Lars.
"Delegates are dangerous, aren't they.
papar" said a congressman s ooy.
"Sometimes," replied his father, think
Ins of the last election.
"That's wby you bear of a delegate at
large every once In a wnue. un c itr
Washington I'ost.
r.l.. Enhanced Its Tain.
Miss C Urious-According to weight
your engagement ring must ue very vaiu
.i.i. Mia A Sperity (who is an old maid)
Yea, if wait is an indication of value it
should be worth about S7,ugu, jeweierr
WeeU.
CANNIBALS IN CANADA.
Horrible resits of the Aborigines of the
Northern llrltlsb Columbia Coast,
Gen. Lyman Dunks and John Hutchin
son, two citizens of Seattle, have returned
from a twomonths' cruise of the northern
coast of lirilisli Columbia, and they tell
some thrilling stories of sights they have
seen and dangerous adventures they ex
IK'rieneed during their cruise.
A reporter hapjieiied to meet Gen. Ranks
on the street, and at his request the gen
eral redted the story of his most exciting
and interesting cruise. He Is-gan his nar
ration a follows: "We started out full of
great expeclat ions and pleasant anticipa
tions, ami we did not realize for a moment
what trials we would have to go through,
and I tell you at times It required a great
deal of western grit and push to get ahead.
Those who are acquainted with the diffi
culties of traversing in summer a coast
forest, with its thousands of uprooted
trees and still worse upheaved founda
tions, can H'rhaps readily Imagine how
much greater a hardship it was for us to
travel over three feet of snow ou a level,
and occasionally strike drifts much deeper
and a great ileal too much tangle of sal lal
hush for snonshiH'H. Hut to add to all our
diilieultles.our half breed guide and the
two Indian packers refused to go with us as
booh as we had enet rated a short distance
inland. We had just sighted some hills
which they said we could uever pass over,
and they alleged that no human being bad
ever succeeded In the attempt.
"They strongly urged and prayed us not
proceed any further, but we had started
out with a determination to accomplish a
work and were not to be baffled so easily
in tho beginning of our Journey. So wo
packed up a couple of weeks' rations and
au ax in our blankets, aud shouldering our
Winchesters wo pushed on alone. Oh.
what a journey It wasl I shall never for
get it as long as I live.
"Where the snow was too soft and deep
wo managed to make progress by crawling
on our hands and knees, and at times we
were obliged to lay down and roll to get
out of the snow. It was hard struggling
hy day, but the snow made a soft bed at
night. We canoed over three hundred
miles of our journey, and some of it was
in very rough waters. Rut the most start
ling exjierii'iice wo had and the one that
would interest you most happened one day
just as we were running into a rave to
avoid a storm. We got into the cave nil
right enough, hut imagine our horror and
disgust when we found ourselves in the
midst of the Nahwitti Indian trilai at their
cannibal orgies. Cannibalism is prohibited
by the dominion government, but only a
monthly visit from vessels and the nearest
port iH'ing miles away, they carry on the
horrible practice with impunity.
"We watched the heathens during the
day at long range, but under the assur
ance of safety wo ventured after a while
Into their circle at night and watched
them. 1 can only describe the sight this
way: There was a high lira of logs lu the
center of the circle, wlilch was constantly
attended by two men, and occasionally
there was au extra hiss and flash as some
uneaten fat was thrown on. Tho entire
trilw encircled the lire, dressed In blankets
of many brilliant hues. There were naked
dancers and a dozen or more lusty savages
with clubs in their hands Iwntiug an ac
companiment to their wild songs and
dances, and the whole sight made a wierd
scene that is not soon to lie forgotten.
Their feast consisted of the liodies of their
dead. They seldom kill strangers to fur
nish food for these horrible orgies, as tbey
were all thetimequarrelinglK'tween them
selves and generally had enough dead bodies
of braves to satisfy their npH'tites.
'I had been told in ictoria of tlio possi
bility of tliis, and war nisi that when wild
with tho dance the braves rush out and
bite a niece out of the first iiersou they
come to. Now I have no objection to be
eaten after 1 am dead, but to bo bitten by
one of those wild fellows would be as un
desirable as the bite of a mad dog, and lest
in their excitement they might forget their
promise of Immunity, I held my hand un
der my overcoat and grasped a 44-calilier
revolver that would have rurnlsiieil rations
fitting the occasion.
"Our sense of security was not increased
byonoof them making a speech, noticing
our presence and berating the white mail's
government for trying to deprive tho poor
Indian of the pleasure of lieing a cannibal
occasionally, especially if he only fed upou
his own dead.
'The Imivb crawled behind the older peo
ple and hid, men were bitten or simulated
it, and 1 was afterward shown scars where
they claimed to have lieen bitten. Rut we
were not molested, une urave, nowever,
probably to test us, made a dash in our
direction, but others caught him and
turned him another way. It was an 'all
night session;' no one was allowed to leave
till through, which was 5 o'clock the next
morning. We had seen enough, though,
and were glad to leave. We proceeded on
our journey, and came back again without
any more exciting udventures. Rut I
never In all my Hie put in such a night as
I did the time of those frightful orgies, and
I candidly confess I don't want to soon
again." Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Voodoolsm In Trinidad.
In suite of the tenets of the religion to
which he Is supposed to belong the negro
in Trinidad still clings to some absurd be
liefs and superstitions, and Is under the In
fluence of priests or Obcu men, who some
times lead hint into pernicious practices or
even murder. The stories concerning the
existence of fetish worship or Obca practice
among the negroes In America have been
doubted, so I have been told, but as regards
the west Iudian negro I can sareiy say tnat
these practices do certainly exist. I myself
have seen undoubted evidence of them,
heard the negroes admit their belief in
Obea, and have collected information that
is beyond dispute. Whether Oiealsm was
brought from Africa or has arisen de novo
among the ignorant negroes of the West
Indies it is dilllcult for me to say, hut cer
tain practices seem to me to Indicate a re
lationship between some of the West In
dian ceremonies and those of the prieste of
ancient Egypt and modern India. Pro
fessor Benj. Sharp In Philadelphia Ledger.
The Pearls of llahrvln.
Tha iwurl fishery Is the irreat occupation
of the Bahreinee. The pearls of their seas
are celebrated for their nrmness, ana ao
not peek They are commonly reported to
lnu 1 nor rent, anniiallv for flftv vears In
color and water, but after that they re
main tbe same. They have seven sKina,
vkurau tha fTincrAlitti! neArls have onlv
six. The merchants generally buy them
wholesale by the old Portuguese weignt oi
the chao. They divide them into different
sizes with sieves and sell them In India, so
that, as is usually tbe case with specialties,
It is impossible to buy a good pearl In
Bahrein. Cornhill Magazine. .
At the Church Door.
Mr. Pewrent Your sermon on "Econ
omy" this momlng, doctor, was a very
sensible discourse.
Dr. Churchmus Thank you; it seems to
have been appreciated, from the appear
ance of tbe contribution bag. Chatter.
A Train Robber with a Heart.
"You don't seem to have anything of
value but your ticket," said a disgusted
train robber to a passenger.
"No. I was at a church fair last night."
"Is that sof Here, let me gtve you a five
dollar blir'-Judge.
A Close AppralsaL
MUs Sweetlips (slyly)-A penny for your
thoueht. Mr. Stubpenl
Mr. Stubpen Thank you, Mlas Sweet-
lips. That is just about what I am getting
now In tbe literary market. Burlington
Press.
ftjn Cm for Ilonost Men.
The Ka ion.il Weighing Machine com
pany has, it is Mid, j-wt bought the right
to use a certain ln on the money
pouches of their machines, for which
they will pay the inventor the sum of
f'0,000. This is a rafeiy lock, und its
purjHiM) is to prevent robbeiy of the ma
chine by the employees who are en
trusted with collecting the earnings of
the silent money makers daily. There
are 20,000 of these machines now iu use
in the United States, and tho company is
getting ready to put 10,000 more on the
inurket. When a eiiiiy is dropped in
the slot it will roll into a little iron ixix
aud there remain until the collector calls
during the day.
The collector will be furnished with
a seamless bag, the metal mouth of
which ho will insert into au orifice in
the cash box. There is a registering
lock iu the mouth of this bag, the reg
istered number of which is recorded in
the company's office before the collector
receives it. Inserting the bag properly,
he turns the key which he has just one.
quarter turn. This releases a concealed
key in the bag, which is guided into a
keyhole in tho cash box. A second quar
ter turn unlocks tho cash box, and the
money rolls into the collector's imuicIi
without his being able to touch it. A
third quarter turn withdraws the con
cealed key, and tho last turn releases the
pouch, with tlio contents of the cash box
intact. Hoston Transcript.
Almost Side by Nldo.
Two sailing vessels recently lay in the
Mersey that had left Livorool on the
samo day last year, and after voyages of
nearly UO.000 miles for each returned to
port at Liveriiool almost side by side.
They left Oct. S for Astoria, Ore., mid
arrived there March 1 or '2, having been
iu company with each other for a largo
portion of the voyage. They were in
sight for forty days. Both captains had
their wives on board, aud duriug the
forty days of proximity one of the cap
tains and his wife enjoyed a Sunday
dinner on the other vessel, the compli
ment being returned the following Sun
day by the other captain.
Doth vessels left Astoria April 8, but
this time one vessel sailed for Dunkirk
and the other for Havre. They left
these Mrts at nearly the same time, and
entered tho Mersey within hailing dis
tance after a voyage of U13 days. Lon
don Letter.
A ttimke Swallows Five Turkeys.
The two Shafcr brothers, who live on
the east side of the Osage river and
some distance below Caslle Hock, had
an adventure witli a blacksuuke the
ether day. A dog had chased a rabbit
in a hollow log, and oue of the brothers
reached in the hole a little way, when
he was instantly bitten on the hand.
Fearing that a snake had inflicted the
wound, the other brother hastened to
house and returned with a bucket of
fresh milk und an ax, the former to be
used to counteract the poison and the
latter as a means of investigating the in
terior of tho log. After some work the
log was split open and a lingo black
snake measuring over nine feet emerged.
The seriieut was soou killed, und after
ward cut open. Hits stomach contained
five young turkeys aud seven turkey
eggs. The brother who was bitten ex
perienced no serious results from the
wound. Jefferson City Tribune.
Infringing; on nn Ancient Idna.
"There is no new tiling under the
sun." Messrs, Roberson, of Long Acre,
in the course of their business of supply
ing artists with pigments, become pos
sessed from time to time of remains of
tho great Egyptians, to be in due course
ground up by them and sold in tubes as
"mummy" paint. The firm recently
lent a piece of the beautif ully woven and
preserved linen bandages in which a
high priest and ketier of the batliB had
been preserved to be shown at some con
versazione or lecture in the Midlands.
The texture and quality excited great
admiration among the audience, which
culminated in something like astouish
munt upon the declaration of a manu
facturer that this fabric, woven perhaps
by a contemporary of Moses, contained
the same disposition of threads which he
had independently invented and patented
only a year ago. Pall Mall Gazette.
An Awful Load.
An enterprising merchant placed a num
ber of brass plates cut in the form of hu
man tracks In the stone sidewalk lending
toward his door. He moved away shortly
afterward, and desiring to use tbe brass
plates at Ids new establishment gouged
them out, of course leaving the foot forms
Imbedded In the stone.
One dav an old fellow from the country,
accompanied by his son, came along, and
seeing the tracks in the stone stopped, and
after a loud exclamation of astonishment
said:
"Bill, fur mussy sakes, Jest look here.
Graclousalive, what a load that feller must
'a' had when be come along here. Hunk
right down In this here solid rock. I'll bet
be was either a-totin' a yoke of steers or
had filled up on that drug store llcker."
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Boady to Take Ills Word for It.
3
Sir
P3
Wildcat Bill (the cowboy)-! say, pard,
kin you advance me something on this re
volver?
Pawnbroker H'ml Vas It in good or
der? "Jus' lemme take a couple of shots at
yon and seel"
"Oh, dat vas all right. Nathan, give
this shentleman ten dollars." Texas Sitt
ings. A Novelette.
The bands of the clock were tolling
around to the place that marks the hour
of midnight. Harry had come early that
evening, but be took no chances on Maud's
becoming lonely.
-Sometimes," be said, "you look at me
In a way that I do not understand. It
seems more than anything else as If you
experienced a dread of me."
"I don't know," she mused, "perhsps
I do."
"In what way?"
"I think It might be best described as a
lingering dread." Washington Post
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Mr-. iA, "V tt
THE BAB,
The little, tottering- tmliy fwt,
Wall (. IterliiK stejM aud slow,
With puUrmif- echoes soft sad wo,
Into my liuurt they go;
They slwi k", In irrliny puiys,
In muddy imkiU Ami dusty wavs,
Then thnui;u Urn Iioum In truckful
They waii'lsr to and (ro
Tlio Iwhy hands that rlasp my neck
Willi tntidii tleiir to tun
Are thH Mime hands that smash and wreck
The InkKimid foul to stw;
Thy ikiiiihI tho mirror with s cans,
They rend the manuscript In twain.
Widespread cleslriietlcin limy ordula
lu wasteful Juhilee.
The dreamy, iiiurm'rlnir voire
Tlmt om Its Utile lime,
That makes my listening heart rrjoloa,
l.lkn LiiuS In leafy Jiiiih,
Can wak in mulniiclit, dark and still.
Ami all tho air wlih howling till,
That aplii.t Urn rur with rcms shrill.
Like i-orneta out uf Ulna.
IL J. Burden
A Humane Dortor.
Many years ago there lived In a Main
village .Mr. C, who was the horse doctor
of the village anil country around He be
lieved that many of the old horses Impov
erished the owner ami that it was humane
that they should be killed; so in the ab
sence of any society for the prevention of
cruelty, he sometimes acted as such. Mr.
II., who lived a little out of the village, had
an old, feeble horse that had la-come sick
and he called on Mr. C. and asked him
what to give the twist. Said Mr. C.i "I
had one sick and I gave him a pint of ker
osene oil." Mr. H. returned home and
promptly administered the oil. The result
was that next moruingthe horse was (load.
Mr. H. started at once to Und Mr. C. "I
thought you gave your horse a pint of
kerosene oil," said he. "I did," said Mr. C.
"Hut," said Mr. II. "I gave mine a pint of
keroseno oil and it killed him." "So 11
did mine." the dwtor replied. Lewlston
Journal.
About Wedding Kings.
There Is less changu In wedding rings
than in anything else In tho jewelry line.
The wedding ring is about the same today
as it was a century ago. The marriage
token can hardly Is Improved upon. It is
a ring of pure gold. It is softly rounded,
and if you hung It on a piece of string and
strike it gently it will ring out an inde
scribably soft and sweet sound.
Indies often wear numerous rings which
carry no significance, except, perhaps, in
somo Instances a hint of tho possession of
wealth. Twenty live years ago it was un
usual to see a woman wearing mora than
one ring on either hand, but now the more
one can crowd on her dainty digits the bet
ter she appears to lie pleased.
While women are almost Insanely mind
ful of the harmony of their dress, they
jumble diamonds, rubies, carls, garnets
and other precious stones together in ridic
ulous confusiou. Jewelers' Weekly.
Abundant Halibut In Alaska.
It was while on the cruise of tbe United
States steamer Kavorlta that we caught
the halibut. One day, while she was lying
at anchor lu Killislnoo harbor, Dick Will
oiighby came to mo quietly and whispered:
"I've found a bank near by where the
wild halibut disports himself. True, he is
too tame to be game, but we can have a
big day among the big fish."
Our men rowed us three miles and, with
in half a mile of the shore, we aucbored In
seven fat horns of water aud went to fishing.
Had we Urn provided with an automatic
apparatus that would lower our hooks to
the bottom aud Immediately haul them up
again we should have had better fun, for
tlien we could have simply looked on and
kept lu out of the wet. The bottom of the
sea must have been paved with chicken
halibut weighing from twenty to forty
pounds. Sitka Cor. Philadelphia Times.
A Compliment of Senator I'ligll.
Senator Pugh, of Alabama, has a habit
of talking in such a loud tone to his col
leagues that be can be distinctly heard in
all parts of the chanilnir. A rather amus
ing Incident occurred as a result of the
senator's bad habit. Senator Daniel, of
Virginia, had concluded a long speech on
the silver question and was mopping the
perspiration from his face while receiving
the congratulations of his colleagues, Sen
ator Vance had Just commended the seech
in wordsof warmesteulogy.when Mr. Pugh
ambled over to the Virginian's desk and
drawled out his congratulations as follows,
iu a voice that was distinctly heard by the
occupants of the gallery: "John, you sweat
easy, don't youf" Washington Letter.
A Valuable Lead Pencil.
The most valuable lead pencil that 1
know of is owned hy a lawyer In this city.
It is a cheap looking affair, but I don't be
lieve It could be bought for $100. Tbe wood
lu this pencil came from a cedar tree tbat
was probably centuries old before any cedar
tree now standing began to grow. It waa
taken from the bottom of a marl bed In
Orange county nt a depth of nearly one
hundred feet below the surface. Near it
waa fouud the remains of a mastodon. The
knob on the end of the pencil was made
from a piece of the mastodon's tooth. The
pencil has never been sharpened, and prob
ably never will lie, New York Evening
Sun.
The Inlluence of Athletics.
At the close of the Inauguration ceremo
nies of the new president of Columbia a
well known professor in another famous
college, himself a Columbia man, was ex
pressing his high satisfaction with the Im
pression the new president had made. "But
then," he added with conviction, "he was
a great football player In his day." Cen
tury. A Illreet Shot.
Pert Shop Girl (In defiance of every pro-test-lt
Is precisely the shade, ma'am.
We haven't a finer pair of glovea In the
store. I am more able to Judge than you
are, don't you thlnkr You'll find they'll
answer.
Old Lady If thoy do answer, I hop
they won't answer Impudently. Epoch.
They Came Uandy.
A Mobile sailor paid seventy-five cent
for a pair of suspenders made of possum
skin, and for a time he felt that he had been
cheated. The other day, however, as be
sailed away for Mexico the schooner cap
sized and he drifted about for five days, and
it was only by eating those suspenders that
he saved his llfe.-Detroit Free Press.
A Comparative Estimate.
First Urchin My papa's awful smart '
Second Urchin Wot does be dor
First Urchin He makes locomotives.
Second Urchin - That's nothln'. My
papa says he has to make two trains every
day. Pittsburg Bulletin.
Important to Women.
"When should women marryf" asks an
tamest magazine writer.
When they are asked, ia a very good
time. Boston Times.
A Discreet Watchmaker.
Lady (paying for repairs on her bus
band's watchr-What ailed itr
Jeweler A balr was tangled In with the
escapement
Lady (anxiously) What colorf
Jeweler Exactly the color of yours.
Jewelers' Weekly.
Where It Waa.
Careful Housekeeper Where Is that
sheet of sticky fly paper I left on this ta
ble r
Small Boy I put It on th' arm chair In
th' parlor. You'll find balf of It on sister
an' tb' other balf on Mr. II ughard. Street
Smith's Good Nsws,