U tfT IN G OFF T H E S TR E E T CAR.
P< i is fab ricated from the in n e r i
r
■
& K c m o h A ss ig n ed f o r t h e ffo u is n '»
H abit o f S te p p in g th e W r u n g W a y .
Many women descend from a horse
f hardy
car in exactly th e w ro n g w ay, says th e legum inous plant th-o .
New York Sun, t h a t is, th e y g ra sp iy n b o „ ,
a U ltta tt«d
the handrail o f th e p la tfo rm a n d face a is o in th e island of
away from th e h o rses a s th e y ste p off, th e C hiu,s,. in
"
-
instead of g ra s p in g th e h a n d ra il a t
tached to th e body o f th e e a r an d fac
ing to the fro n t, a s o n e sh o u ld do.
A
cond ictor w ho ru n s a c a r u p o n w h a t
may he called a tr u n k lin e, th a t is, a
f h» A rab ian s appear tirst t.» i,
iH l ‘» ru rsi to have m-
line running n o rth an d so u th u p o n one tm iliii-id
of the busiest avenues, say s t h a t he o b
serves no s u b s ta n tia l c h a n g e o r im
provement in w om en in th is respect,
notw ithstanding th e fa c t th a t m ore o r A H ? 7" :‘ i
less has been p rin te d on th e su b jec t.
u. 1..5, is transcribed.
He m entioned a s a n illu s tra tio n a
young woman w ho h a d rid d e n upon his TH E W EIGHT OF A THOUGHT.
car for a n u m b er o f y e ars. H e r occupa
How It W m D e te rm in e d
tion is one re q u irin g especial in te lli
Py » Koluan
Khyaiologiat.
gence, but she g e ts off a h o rse c a r now
' ^ ci.e n tlfle journal of high repute is
just as she did a t first
ever, . _______
ascribed !
n ,b e htl}tenu>n t th a t Prof,
The conductor,
conductor, how
li
ut on th e p a r t of w om en, n o t to vented
° ° ”iU.in Physiologist, has in
this habit
any perverseness, n o r even to th o u g h t vented a m achine th a t w ill actually
lessness, b u t to a very sim ple o rig in a l give th e w eight of a th o u g h t. To
cause. The d riv e r o f th e e a r m u st n ot, P r o f M i0’11 ithC 1acct,unt mentioned:
when he stops, p e rm it th e re a r p la t- 11. .'tr r S° Z h? Wed by « r a i m e n t th a t
a rush of
• form to o b s tru c t th e crossing; he is bhw1tW >ri i <)f, th ’.n k in «‘
blood to th e b rain , this blood-rush va-
more likely to ru n p a s t it a little th a n
he ie to h a lt upon it o r even upon th e i? m g in in te n sity according to the
t hought. He placed a man in th e ma
edge of it.
T h e c o n d u c to r said th a t chine which was so delicately hah -
when the e a r did sto p w ith th e p la t
smdT1 7 * 7 th e T h ° f blood tu r ,‘ed th ‘‘ 8
form over the crossing, a w om an w ould
scale.
I h e professor “»y»
says th
when
u ia a t i wnen
perhaps step s tr a ig h t off, n o t tu rn in g i t , ,
th e subject is sleeping the th o u g h ts or
in either direction; b u t t h a t w h en , as
more freq u en tly h ap p en ed , th e p la t visions which come to him in his
dream s are sufficient to cause th e head
form was ju s t b eyond th e crossing, th e
to sink below the feet, and th a t the
woman would g ra sp th e p la tfo rm ra il
sam
e tak es place when the subject is
and step facin g a w a y fro m th e horses,
d istu rb ed by a slig h t sound.
so that she m ig h t ta k e th e few est
He fu rth e r declares th a t th e balance
possible steps upon th e ro u g h e r, and
yi ill indicate when a person is reading
perhaps dirtier, s tr e e t p a v em en t, and
I ta l ia n and when Greek, th e g re a ter
reach as qu ick ly as possible th e
m en tal exertion required fo r G reek pro
smoother, d ry er an d c le a n e r crossw alk. ducing a more profuse rush of blood to I
th e head.
BLU E-EY ED IN D IA N S.
! S " : Róc.amE;'"os of sTApi' •"»
° R Y GOODS
f * br L|ÎLE®;M en « EÎ tock .ND cho , cest
CENTS' D E P A R T M E N T
^ ¡ ^ h T t .ASO'?A(S;WOU*
BOOTS and SHOES
stock hm H flo D r enc e .D GENTLEMEN- best
The Old Reliable
g
dry
S w ed ish S a ilo rs .
; RHODE ISLAND'S ODD CUSTOM .
The Mayas, in h a b itin g th e S ierra
Madre m ountains in th e lo w e r p a r t of T h e E le c tio n o f llla c k G o vern o r In th e
O ld C nluulttl Day«.
Sonora, are supposed to be th e de
A ro llicking time in Rhode Island in
scendants of th e crew an d p assen g ers
of a Swedish vessel w reck ed on th e th e old colonial days was the election
Mexican coast lo n g c e n tu rie s before th e of th e "B lack Governor,” described in
birth of Columbus. T h e y have, accord th e New E ngland Magazine. A fter the
ing to the St. Louis G lobe-D em ocrat, ji w h ite people had elected the governor
tradition th a t th e ir a n c e sto rs "cam e in of th e state, th e slaves had a curious
a great canoe over th e b ig s a lt w a te r custom of g a th e rin g together on (lie
many hundreds o f m oons a g o .’’ T hey th ird S atu rd ay in Ju n e and electing n
have never been c o n q u ered by th e M ex black governor. To this election the
negroes w en t in fine style, on Narru-
icans.
g
a n se tt pacers, w ith th e ir wives on
They are n o m in a lly u n d e r M exican
pillions
behind them . All were dressed
rule, but are in re a lity governed by
in
th
e
ir
finest clothes, with swords and
their own chiefs. W henever th e M ex
w
ith
pow
dered hair, and often a long
ican governm ent in te rfe re s w ith them
false
q
ueue
tied on behind. When nil
they take up a rm s a n d th e y have g o t
had
g
ath
ered
together, the vote was
1 tk ” v ° f eVvry scrim m ag e th u s far.
ta
k
e
n
by
th
e
opposing
parties forming
Ahe * aquis a re th e ir n e ig h b o rs and
in to tw o long lines, w ith the respective
hm two "ar-lik< ‘ trilie s have reciproc
ity reduced to a science. W henever th e can d id ates a t th e head; the lines were
m errnnent in te rfe re s w ith th e Y aquis th en counted, and the longest line elect
Mayas come to th e ir a ss is ta n c e and ed its candidate. A fter the election a
su p p er and dance were given, for which
’ r.S!k M exican tro o p s c a n n o t th e w h ite ow ner of the newly elected
“‘n'‘ before M ayas o r w h ite Indians.
black go v ern o r had to puy The last
var‘\ tb e mo8t d e sp e ra te fig h ters on
election of a slave governor was held in
. b A,n»‘riean c o n tin e n t.
Like
1K00, b u t th e custom of "N igger'L ec
neighlsirs, th e Y aquis, th e y a re
tio n ” duy did not die out through New
iti-
' / ut holies. A lth o u g h q u ite prim -
E n g lan d u n til many years later.
"vc almost savage, in th e ir mode of
• ’ne stan d a rd o f m o ra lity is high,
D llflc u ltle a o f O u r I.anK uatre.
' ^ ‘v e p r in c ip a lly b y th e chase, b u t
" I t is unusual f o r a ¡HTson who g«M*s
the v o ' s,,n,e corn an d g a rd e n tru c k in in to a foreign country after he hus
form ‘ 'VK.' T he m en a re la « e, w ell- gro w n to a d u lt years to acquire the
'blv 'i' U|U MMne wi ^ e w om en re m a rk - lan g u ag e of th a t country well enough
tain t
S<>,ne b,onde#* T h e y a ll re- to conceal his alien origin, hut there
and «'|r ,1|-' ' 7 th v ir S w edish a n ce stry are exceptions. There is a German in
W»iF,.«e1in*n,ÎSt" R?’-V t h a t th e ir lan- New Y ork," says the Sun of th a t city,
' "lenees a N o rth E u ro p eu h an "w h o litis been here only six years who
sp eak s English w ithout a trace of ac
c
en t, alth o u g h he never studied the
THE FIR S T PAPER.
to n g u e until he arrived In America. A
U1 < a l,? » ,< " 1 "**
<>»«r
A sia professor o f French in this city says
• »<! T h e n c e in t o E u ro p e .
th a t Englishm en and Americana betray
^ c tu r./iT '1 lnv,‘n ti° n o f p a p e r inanu- them selves m ore by stress on the letter
themist 7 " '
P»1P in lo st in I w hen they try to tulk his language
th a n in any o th e r way. Frenchmen an*
m ore ‘sfum petl’ by the wound of fA than
by a n y th in g else in English. One of
them who declared th a t he could pro-
rander,," '7 7 pa,t*‘r ’ « w o rd in g to the i.ounee a n y th in g in our tongue, u a s
^ m ,o ‘‘IT ’u-ati.m o f th e w o rd , had aaked to say ’Tlieophilua Thiatleth-
,r*Ölo|v ri n " ? '’“ i “ ChinB n t ° ° <*X- w a ite.’ He th rew up his hands und ex-
*in a n ?
|x‘.r,<’’h « n d G ibbon te lls claim ed: ‘Ah, b arbarian!’ This sound is
T ph I iii - 1 r ' Iat its u u in u fa e tu re w as try
in g to Vilv
the Germans ...............
likewise, and
rVli»K
r-, "'"»»'rl fr,„ n ( b in a In to S uinareand
tie
of
th
e
early
things
in
Puck, when
one
H. (
M|k Tl ' -i • tb v n ' e «pw ad over Eu- th mt
a t w as a G erm an paper, was a serie*
' linesf a re said to e I have
so of f p pictures
representing
a leubm ie
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ictu res re
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p a p e r th a t each prov- w a ite r tw istin g his neck and cracking
The
S ,U ” * n p e c u lia r m ake. his te eth in th e a tte m p t to say 'thanks.
1 com m only l.u „ w n as silk na-
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b'Sly LOW PRICES.
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Apron Check tltiigliania
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