V
THE VANDERBILT WEALTH.
- uin1 Vainllr In the World Ii
no Knorniouoly Wch.
Ti,n nomhlnod Vnndorbllt wealth
Bmminf.s to $274,000,000, and tho est!
mated income from It per annum is
f 13.8G-MD0. No other single family in
the world is so rich. If kept intact tho
total fortuno will at the end of twenty
fivo voars almost roach if 1,000.000.000,
and this result will bo attained by tho
fllmnlo arithmetical progression of com
pound interest. Tho rapid increaso of
tho Vanderbilt millions clearly shows
how money bogots money.
If tho combined Vanderbilt wealth
wero all in one-dollar bills the area of
naner would bo just equal to tho
amount of white paper required to
print 4,182,558 copies of tho clght
pngo World. If the bills were joined
end to end they would stretch out 31,321
miles, or, in othor words, would go
trifle moro than onco and a quarter
nround tho globe at its groatest cir
cumforenco.
A careful estimation of tho wealth
of individual members of tho Vnndor
bilt family makes tho following ex
hibit:
Cornelius Vnnclcrhllt ,
William If. Vandurbllt
Frederick W. Vnndorhllt
George W. Vanderbilt
Mrs. Elliott V. Shcpard
Mrs. William D. Slotrno ,
Mrs. Hamilton Melt Twombly.
Mrs. W. Soward Webb
..no,oro.ooo
.. tfi.OOI.O0J
.. JRoiin.ooo
.. 15,100,0110
.. 1 2,0(10.00' 1
.. 13,000,000
.. lS.OUO.OOO
.. 12,OJO,000
Total , 274,000,000
Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt has no
fortune in hor own name, contrary to
the goneral belief. Sho has an annuity
of $200,000.
When William II. Vanderbilt died
ho loft a fortuno. in round numbers, of
$200,000,000. It is remarkablo how it
has increased in tho three years that
have elapsod since his death. Old Com
modore Vanderbilt loft his grandson
Cornelius $5,000,000 and his othor
three grandsons 2,000,000 each. Will
iam K. operated extensively in tho
stock market fivo years ago and, it was
generally understood at tho time, lost
his entire fortuno, which ho had In
creased to $5,000,000. Ho was report
ed to have received an allowanco of
f 70,000 a year from his father for his
personal expenses thereafter and until
the death of tho latter. About tho timo
of or shortly boforo tho termination of
William k.'s disastrous experience in
Wall street, Cornelius began spocula
ting and was reported to have lost
about $3,000,000 of his fortuno, which
had, however, grown to .8,000.000,
'The fortunes of Frederick and George
Vanderbilt had also appreciated in
value, though not to tho same extent
as tho others. Frederick had been suc
cessful in stock speculations and Georgo
had matlo highly reraunorativo invest
ments undor the direction of his father.
Altogether, there was in tho family,
outsido of William II. Vandorbilt's per
sonal fortune. $12,000,000. Deducting
that amount tho wealth of William II.
Vanderbilt has increased $02,000,000
since his death. N. Y. World.
AN EMIGRANT'S LUCK.
From Castlo (inrrton to Malilru La no In
Lcrh Tlitiu Seven Yearn.
".During tho half century of my busi
ness career no incident of greater in
terest has come to my knowledge than
tho peculiar circumstances attending
tho debut of a young man into Maiden
Lan a few years ::go who is now a
prominent and successful importer oi
diamonds.
"It was a warm aftornoon in July,
nine years ago, that I had occasion to
visit tho ollico of Superintendent Jack
eon at Castlo Garden, to inquiro after
the whereabouts of our housekeeper's
sister, who had arrived tho day previ
ous and had suddenly disappeared.
While standing in tho crowdod rotundu
my attention was attracted to a strap
ping young Gorman of the blondo type
who had lost his swootheart and was
distracted at not being able to And her.
"A few weeks later I was in Wash
ington Market with my wife, and f or
tho second tlmo saw tho young man
who interested mo nt Castlo Garden.
He was employed at a butchor's stand
dressing beef. 1 addressed him in
Gorman and asked him if ho had found
his girl. Yes, ho had, and sho had got
a fine situation as chambermaid.
"Early in tho following fall at
Twenty-third street and Broadwny,
I was roturning from tho theater, tho
earao man crossed my path again. xTo
asked mo to translate for him what was
written on one sido of a small package
which ho said ho had picked up in tho
street. I saw it was tho address of a
prominont jowolor in Union Square and
I know at a glanco that tho package
contained diamonds. I kept it and
giving hira my number asked him to
call on mo tho following morning. It
turned out that a caroless clerk had
lost tho package tho provious after
noon. Tho diamonds wero worth sev
eral thousands of dollars and tho
butcher received a handsomo reward.
Never boforo to his knowledge had he
scon a diamond, and whon tho spark
ling gems wero scattered over a velvet
covered table, tho sight almost took his
breath away.
"From that moraont ho has possessed
a passion for diamonds. sought
and obtained a monlal position with a
Broadway retailer, and soon acquired
a knowledgo of tho English language.
All his spare tlmo was devoted to the
Btudy of precious stones-and six years
ago ho ventured into tho field as an
importer. Ho is prosperous and re
spected and all is duo to tho accidental
display of gems in the Union Square
dealer's ollico. Probably no solf-mado
man in tho trado has acquired in so
short a timo an easy air of roflnoraont
combined with business shrewdness.
Ho llvos in Brooklyn, ia happily mar
riod and is tho father of sovoral little
girls."" Jowolora' Weekly.
RUSSIAN
STUDENTS.
thorn Aro .Spin, nt Their lill.otv nren
Whlln They Are Studying Abroad.
All Russian students at tho Gorman
universities nro carefully watched by
tho spies of tho Czar. These spies re
ceive liboral salaries from tho Russian
uovornmunt in order
that thev iimv
not bo dobarred by lack of money from
associating with young Rusf hn noble
mon. They mingle as much as possiblo
with all foreign university studonts.
Thoy register generally, as do the ma
jority of their eountrymon, in tho De
partmont of Law. Thoy attend all tho
drinking bouts to which they can got
invitations, and note with care what
thoir countrymen say about politics
and tho government of tho Czar. Thoy
play billiards and drink eoJTco in tho
samo cafes with the other Russian
students. Thoy make many acquaint
ances in tho university, as thoy spend
their Government funds liborally and
thoir real mission is unsuspected by
thoir fellow students.
Thoy have considorablo difficulty,
however, in gaining admission to tho
oxcluslvo social cirelo of their country
men. Tho Russian spy is usually a
man of humblo birth and name. Most
of tho other Russians at his university
aro noblemen of tho most stilT-necked
and conservative type. As thoy all
aro wealthy and free with their
money, thoy aro not so accesslblo to a
display of woalth as tho ordinary
continental nobloman. Therefore only
In exceptional casos is tho spy able
to buy his way into this noblo circle.
Usually ho pick-up his information
ns to tho politics and political connec
tions of his follow-countrymon from
unwitting German go-betweens. And
oven tnoso cruinos oi Hearsay aro se
cured only with considorablo pains.
for nil Russian students at Gorman
universities know there is a spy among
tholn, though his identity is unknown
j hoy often say, ovon when such ab
stract political subjocts as constitu
tional liberty aro broached to them in
public places: "N-a-a-a, my friend, but
tho walls have ears."
But, like most jolly good studonts at
Gorman univorsitlos, tho Russians
often tako a drop too much in public
beer-collars, and then tho spy gets a
chance to earn his wages. In a so
cial way tho young Russian nobloman
Is an uncompromising aristocrat. In
politics, especially after ho has passed
year or two abroad, ho is full of
radicalism. This latent rndicalisn.
Is just what is apt to got him into
peck of troublo whon ho becomes gar
ruious over his wine. iho omni
presont spy overhears tho young
nobloman s expression of radical po
litical prejudice, reports it to head
quarters at St. Petersburg, whonco it
is communicated to officials on tho
Russo-German border, and when tho
ircprudent young nobleman starts
homo with his brand now Ph. D. and
foreign airs ho is snapped up on tho
border by Government officers, who
escort him to St. Petersburg. His
fato then depends, of course, upon
tho enormity of his crimo. If ho
called the Czar a "meal-sack1 ho is
liablo to a dose of Siberia. Smaller
offenses, liko complaints of tho abso
lutism ot too rotersuurg court, aro
punished with a year or two in Si
beria.
Of courso tho one important remark
in question is not always tho excuso
for this punlshmont. Tho spy can
gen orally get togothcr a good lot of
more or less relevant ovidenco at his
university to provo that tho young
Russian nobleman was not a loyal
Russian or was guilty of "general
cussedness."
In 1881 young Herr Micalowski, of
Moscow, studied jurisprudence in
Loipsic. One evening in the Boerson
keller restaurant ho and his friends
discussod tho last financial crisis
through which tho Russian Govern
ment hnd passed. Young Micalowski
said: "Tho wholo concern (that is, the
.Russian Government) would go to tho
devil shortly if tho flnaneinl methods
weren't reformed." Eighteen months
later, as ho crossed tho Russian
border on his way home, an
official arrested him. Whon Micalowski
demurred, tho official quoted to him
tho above derogatory remark con
cerning tho Russian Government, add
ing: "You said it in tho Lelpsic Hoer-son-kollor
on November 19, 1881."
Young Micalowski eventually got a
short sontenco for Siberia.
Le3s than three years ago a Russian
BPJ' St very drunk at a studonts'
kneipo in Jena and confessed his busi
ness. Ho was thrown out of tho room
by tho students and two days later was
driven out of tho town. Gonerally,
howevor, tho spies do rhelr work
quietly and unsuspected, and a Russian
student of liberal political tendencies
must kcop his mouth pretty tight shut
if ho wishes to escapo a winter or two
in Siberia upon hW return to Russia.
Lelpsic Cor. N. Y. Sun.
It is a notablo fact that groat
soldiers aro usually successful when
thoy lay asido tho sword for a pen.
Crosar and Xonophon described their
own campaigns better than any his
torian who over nttompted .tho task.
Napoleon's lettors will stand as models
of stylo for all time. Cardinal New
man considors Wellington's dispatches
the best spociircns of compact English
in cxistonce. General Grant's book
lurs now universal praise for its direct
ness and simple purity of style.
Wifo (revisiting tho scene of her
botrothal) "1 romambor, Algarnor..
eo well whon you proposed to mo hoi
painfully ombarrassod you wore." Al
gernon "Yes, doar; and I romombor
so woll how kind and oncouragingyou
woro and how oasy you mado It for
ino, after alL" Life.
THE CLEVER DETECTIVE.
Altliouch of Wood Hp Tm Worth
lloicn of tho Ordinary Kind.
n Ho Is tho now man on tho
forco?"
Jhorowas no nnswor. Nono of tho
officers assembled at headquarters
Knew any thing concerning him ex
cept that tho inspector had brought
him in quietly a fow evenings boforo
and introduced him as Sorgeant
leteliom. J ho strango inappropri
ateness of such a name for a detectivo
had struck them at onco. but the now
man had gone to work without a word
as if thoroughly familiar with his du
ties, and his first job had been tho ar
rest of a burglar whom ho hnd caught
In tho act and ovorpowored, bringing
him to the station nlono, despite tho
fact that the prisoner was a burly.
powonui leuow nearly twice the size
of his captor.
Every day sln"o his nccosion to the
forco ho had signalized himself by
some unlieurd-of exploit. He had dls
covered a nest of counterfeiters, ar
rested and put in jail a hithorto unsus
peeled Anarchist whoso attic was fu'l
of dynamite bombs, and located a bank
embezzler who hnd eluded tho police
for two wholo years. All this he had
done as a matter of courso. and had
listened impassively to tho encomiums
passed upon his singular skill and
adroitness. Tho othor members of the
detectivo corps began to grow jealous,
and a watch was put upon his actions,
IIo had no difficulty in evading them
In tho performance of his dutlos, but
they mado tho discovory that ho was
closeted with tho inspector for about
iivo minutes every Monday morning.
Tho most diligont effort failed to dls
cover tho object of theso conferences,
if such thoy woro, for no conversation
botweon tho chief and tho now detect
ive over reached tho ears of "tho listen
ors on tho outsido.
Ono Monday morning, Immediately
nftor ono of theso secret intorvlows,
Sergeant Fotehom was soon to leave
tho office and board an outward-bound
train. He was not seon again during
tho week. Monday morning came
again ami ho hr.i not yet turned up,
The Inspector was visibly unoasy.
"it ho is not here in loss than an
hour all Is lost!" ho muttered, as ho
glanced at his watch and wont to tho
door to look up and down tho street.
It was snowing furiously.
Seized with a suddon impulso, ho
hailed a passing cab and was driven
rapidly to a railway station in tho sub
urbs, reaching it just in time to get
aboard a train coming into tho city.
As ho entered tho forward door oi a
car ho saw a man rapidly go out
through tho rear door, jump off the
train, and disappear in tho blinding
snow-storm.
With a cry of dismay the inspecto?
rushed down tho aisle. Whon half
way through tho car ho stopped sud
denly. In ono of tho seats was the
motionless figure of Sorgeant
Fetchem. It was in a half orect posi
tion, with ono arm extonded. Tho
eyes wero gazing into vacancy with
lack lustor expression.
"Too lato!" exclaimed tho inspector,
bitterly. "Mfty thousand dollars
gone! That man who loft tho car a
moment ago was Tascott!"
Tho pnssongors crowdod around.
l hoy explained that the sergeant a
fow minutes boforo had mado a sudden
but apparently weak effort to fasten
'himself with a chain to tho prisoner,
but that tho lattor had quickly risen
and grappled with him. Tho sergeant
had nearly succeeded in his design
whon suddonly ho freouicd to stiffen.
I lis grasp relaxed, his arm remained
stretched out, a glassy look came into
his eyes, and his wholo frame became
motionless. I ho prisoner broke away
from him and was out of the car bo
foro tho spectators had recovered from
thoir surprise
Such was tho story thoy told tho In
spector.
"What Is tho matter with tho offi
cor? Is ho dead?" thoy inquired.
"Ho has run down!" gronired tho In
spector. "Fool! Idiot that I was not
to have met him ono station beyond
horo! This detective," ho oxplnlnod,
"was a cunning piece of mnchlnory.
It took Edison a year to manufacture
him, and I paid him ten thousand tlol
lars. Ho warned mo that If I ovor
failed to wind him up at tho regular
hour ho would bo ruined. Sorgeant
Fetchem was a sovon-day dotoctlvo. 1
wound him up ns usual last Monday
morning and sent him out to search
for Tascott. I might have known,"
ho added, bitterly, "that If ho hadn't
caught him ho would havo reported on
tlmo. This failure Is all owing to my
blind neglect. Tascott's gono again
now and he'll stay gono!"
Tho inspector looked long and mourn
fully at tho wonderful and costly piece
of machinery, now ruined forovor.
"Ho wii3 a wooden dotoctlvo," he
said at last, "but ho was worth a dozen
of tho ordinary kind." Chicago Trib
une.
An Immense Church Organ.
A correspondent of La Sclenco en
Famillo says that in tho Protestant
church at Llbuu (Russia) thero Is an
organ which occupies tho wholo width
of tho church, about GO feet, and which
has 131 registers, 8,000 pipes and M
bellows of largo size. It has 4 hurp-
slchords and 1 pedal. Tho largest
plpo Is formed of planks 3 Inches thick
and 31 foot in longth and has a section
of 7 square inches and weighs 1,510
pounds. Besides tho 131 regUtors,
thero aro 21 accessory stops that per
mit of combining various parU of the
instrument without having direct ro
courso to tho registers. By special
pneumatic combination tho organist
can couplo tho four hnrpHlchcrd and
obtain surprising results.
"THE EVIL EYE.
A Krmarkahlo Tnlr of Optic Oner Seen
by an KiirIUIi Trntv.rr.
The original source of most super
stitions, nnd of all Idolatries in which
the idol is nat deliberately manufact
ured by human hands, is now recog
nized to bo tho senso of surprise, of
suddon fear, or admiration, felt by tho
"untutored mind," ns the Lichfiold
school would havo called it, for any
thing unusual. It mav bo a remark
able tree, or a rock with a defined
form, or n;i oddly-shaped stone, or a
shell with its convolutions reversed, or
a curious fruit like tho oco-de-mcr;
but it strikes tho savage imagination
and is thenceforward surrounded by
some of tho Instinctive awe felt for tho
supernatural. A tegular worship, as
Sir Alfred Lynll has shown, often
grows up round such a curiosity, or it
becomes, as in tho caso of tho shall
gram, sacred over a great tract of the
world and among entire races of man
kind. Now, nothing is moro fre
quently unusual, or, so to speak, sur
prising, than tho human eye. which
va ies, In occasional lvhos, from tho
normal type to a degreo that has novor
yet been quite satisfactorily ox-
plained. Why is one eye fishy, whilo
anothor Hashes tiro? Thoro are
eyes which do literally "beam."
and thev so common ns to lmvo
given rise to a soparato description
in most languages; thoro aro oyes
which in anger seem to omit light
from within Mr. Glndstono's do
thero aro oyes, genorally steol gray In
Europei but often black In Asia, which
never censo to monaco, ovon whon tho
fa eo is gentle or at ease, and there are
eyes into which a look of almost In
tolerable scrutiny can bo thrown, oyos,
as Lord Beaconstleld described them,
"which would daunt a gnlloy slave "
Tho writer saw a remarkable pair of
thorn onco. Ho was waiting with n
crowd of passongors on tho French
frontier of Italy, all under order to
pass through a barrier in singlo ftlo.
Tho Emperor Napoleon had been
warned about somo projected attempt
by carbonari, and a special agent had
been dispatched Irom Paris to examino
every passenger by tho. train. Tho
oyos of this agent woro absolutely dlf
forent from thoso of any human being
tho writer ovor saw, and tho Italians,
as thoy passed undor thoir fire, visibly
quailed, every third man, perhaps,
throwing out his fingers to counteract
tho malefic effect of thoir inlluonco,
Even tho English, who had nothing
to fear, did not llko tho oyos, which
this writer will romombor at the
Judgment Day; and ono, presumably
an actor, said audibly: "My God, that
is Mophistophelos alive! Spectator,
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
A Fow of tho Tiling Kvrry Sotf-Ito-Micctlni;
lVraon Should Know.
Tablo otlquotto is almost a science
nowadays, and it is necessary to eon
form to its laws. A good rule Is to
uso tho lork almost constantly, and
put only a little upon it at n timo. In
this way tho food is convoyed to the
mouth novor with tho knifo al
though in somo coun trios tho knifo is
still usod, oven amongst royalty. If
you havo strawberries and orenm,
soup, melons, stowed fruit, presorved
fruit, prosorvos and jollios, eat thorn
with a spoon. Thoso things, becauso
of their juiciness, can not bo eiiton
'ith a fork. Fish should bo caton
with a knifo and fork, and every woll
rcgulated house, whon it servos
oysters on tho half sholl, will placo a
small, silver fork bosido oach guost's
ylato. Whon tho hostess servos
strawberries with tho green stems,
then thoy aro invariably to bo taken
up in tho llngors (by tho stem) and
caton cno at a time. Fruit llko pears
and apples is first pooled, then quar
tered, and then taken up in tho fingers
and oaten. With salads, tho knifo
and fork aro used, It tho salad has not
been cut up before being sorvod. No
hostess who understands tablo otl
quotto, nor a waiter who has boon
woll trained, will ovor think of offor-
ing you more than a ladloful of soup,
and if you aro at a privato or fashion
ablo dinner (anywhere except a
hotel), and tho dinner is too hot, or
you do not happen to llko a cortaln
dish after It has been served, pretend
to eat it, and this consideration on
your part will make you tho everlast
ing friend of tho host and hostess.
Don't stop short nnd sit back in your
chair. That is tho most embarrass
ing kind of embarrassment for both
yourself, your host and your associ
ates. Ihoso aro a low of tho things
every body should know. Farm and
Hreslde.
Tho Cure of Shyness.
A shy disposition is a misfortune to
its possessor. It causes him to shrink
from meeting othors. and whon ho can
not help mooting thorn it makes him
villi in mannor and awkward in speech.
Archbishop Whatoloy was very shy in
his early llfi His friends counseled
him to linltato tho example of pollto
men. Ho triod, but tho effort mado
him think so much of himself that ho
became moro shy than ovor. After a
tlmo ho said to himsolf : "I am, and
porhaps I must continuo to bo, as
awkward us a bear. Woll, I will try
and not think much about it, and make
up my mind to endure what can't bo
on rod. 1 Actlngon this rosolvoho says:
1 not only got did of tho personal
suffering of shyness, hut also of thoso
faults ot mannor which shyness pro
duces, and acquired an easy and natu
ral manner." In saying this tho Arch
bishop told tho secret by which all shy
peoplo may conquor thoir shyness, at
least in part- It is, forgot yourself.
Solf-forgotfulnoss is tho euro of shy
ness. Our Youth.
HUMOROUS,
Husband (of economical viows)
"That's a very becoming bonnet, my
dear." Wifo (of sarcastic turn)" Oh,
yes. becoming very old and decrepit"
N. 1. Lodger.
Mother "And tho serpent, as
punishment for tempting h-ve, was
made to crawl all tho rest of his life.
Hobble "Woll, mamma, how did he
get along before?" Babyhood
Shakespeare wns slightly mixed
in his "seven ages " It is the "whin
ing schoolboy" whom tho maternal
oyo has detected in somo tlngrnnt act
of disobedience that "shifts into the
slippered pantaloon." Puck.
Lady Friend "What Is tho hardest
thing connected with your editorial
duties. Mr Iyumpley?" Edltor-"Tho
hardest thing is to leavo th j Impression
that 1 am ont of town on the first of
tho month." Nebraska State Journal.
Mrs. Chippering " So thoso nro
your children, are thoy?" Mrs. Mar
row " Yes, and every body
they're just tho Image of me."
Chippering "Why, so they are,
little things. "Buffalo Courlor.
says
Mrs.
poor
An exchango has an article headed
"Tho Mystery of a Golden Chain."
Tho mystery Is probably at the pockot
end. and opinions are equally balanced
iw to whothor It is an old-fashioned
pinchbeck bull's oyo or only a bunch
of keys." Boston Transcript-
"Poor Jenny! It must bo nn aw
ful shock to you! sympnthizod her
frlond; "and to think that you trustod
him all theso years, whilo he was om
bezzllng such enormous sums."
"Yes," sho sobbed, "I know my mil
linery nlono en mo to more than his sal
ary, but I novor suspected him."
Timo.
Landlord "I think you will llko
this store, Mr. Scalos. Tho rent Is
cheap and It Is light and airy, as you
soo not a dark cornor in it any
whore," Mr. Scalos "That's just
the troublo, Mr. Quarterday. It won't
do for a grocery storo at all, you see.
It would bo an awful nuisance to
havo to go away down In tho collar
ovory tlmo to sand tho sugar." Som
crvlllo Journal.
Mrs. Minks "I think It is too
bad, Mr. Minks! Why can't a man bo
as consldorato for his wlfo a fow years
after marriugo as ho was boforo? But
I suppose it is too much to oxpect;
men aro all allko, and enro only for
themsolves." Mr. Minks " Really,
my dear, I don't know what you aro
driving at," Mrs. Minks "Oh, no;
of courso not! You don't ovon know
that this is my birthday, and yet only
a fow years ago tho dato was ongravon
on your heart, and you novor failed to
give mo a presont. Whydidn'tyou do
so to-day? Mr. Minks "Becauso,
my dear, I did not wish at your ago to
remind you of tho painful fact that
you wore a year older." N. Lodjyor.
WELLINGTON'S MODESTY.
Tho UiUMtotitiitlout Wiy In Which I If.
AiiiioiiiicimI tho Victory lit Waterloo.
Earl Stanhopo's volume of "Notos
on Conversations with tho Duke of
Wellington" furnishes many interest
ing anecdotos which aro not yot famil
iar to tho reading public. Lord Stan
hopo tolls the fol'owlng story of Daniel
Webster:
I breakfasted this morning with
Ilallam, and mot Mr. Wobstor, tho
justly celebrated Amorlcan, whoso nc
qualnlanco I hnd already mado tho day
but ono boforo at a dinner at Lord
Stanley's. Ho told mo that on his way
out ho had boon reading two or throo
odd volumos of tho Duhw of Welling
ton's dispatches, and had boon greatly
struck at their total freedom from any
thing liko pomp or ostentation, ovon
in momonts of tho greatest triumph.
Tho Waterloo dispatch itself contained
nothing about "victory and glory."
So unpretondlng was it, said Mr.
Wobstor, that Mr. Qulncy Adams,
who was our Minister at London at
the time, and who had a good doal of
blttor feeling against this country,
with which poaco had oily just boon
concluded, declared, on first reading tho
dispatch, that It camo from a defoatcd
General, and that in roal truth the
Duko's army must havo boon anni
hilated at Waterloo. This ho seriously
bollovod for somo tlmo. What a
contrast, continued Mr. Webstor, to
Napoleon's rhetorical bulletins. Ono
day ono road in thorn: "Wo havo
thrown Bluchor into tho Bobor!" and
a few days aftorward ono found that
Bluchor had somohow got out of this
Bobor and defoatcd Napoleon himself
at Iilpsic.
Lord Stanhopo gives tho Duko's vor
sion of tho way tho nows of Waterloo
was brought to England, thus: "Tho
nows of Watorloo was first brought
ovor by a .Jow in tho sorvlco of Roths
child. Ho embarked at Ostond, nnd
nobody on board tho vessol know of it
but ho. Tho way ho got at it was tliisi
He was at Ghent, looking in with a
crowd at tho window, whon a mossonget
arrived to tho King of Franco, and ho
saw that tho King, aftor reading tho
lottor, embraced tho mossengor and
kissed him all around tho room and
all about tho house.' Upon this the
Jow felt sure that tho nows was n
victory, and without an inftant's do
lay set off upon his journey to En
gland. At Ostond ho hiw Malcolm,
but told him nothing, nor did ho to
any one until ho reached Rothschild's
house in the city, Ho afterward went
to Lord Liverpool. Lord MaryborouJi
added that before thoy sailed from
Ostond thoy saw a dragoon run down
to tho beach, tnke oil his can and
wavo it in tho air. Tho other people
on board all wondered what it could
mean, and nono guessed; but tho Jew
had still the composure to kcop hit
secret."
CURRENT ITEMS.
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A dentist of Paris, after chlorr
forming a pat ent, with tho suppose
intention of extracting a tooth, robbod
tho helpless sufferer of $1,000 in monejp
nnd then decamped.
A lady's mnrrlngo ring, which was
lost sixteen years ago on a farm no&r
Glasgow, Scotland, was recently turned
up in plowing and restored to hor. It
was as bright as when lost.
In a lithograph establishment in
Now York employing six hundred men,
tho employers havo to furnish each
man with a quart of beer per day.
Any attempt to cut off this perquisito
would result ia a strike.
A farmer walked into tho offico ot
tho Covington (Go.) Star tho othor day,
and deposited on tho editor's desk a
hugo potato which had grown into tho.
exact shnpo of a duck. Tho head waa
a little inclined to ono sldo, ns Is usual
In tho duck species, thus making tho
resemblance all tho more remarkable
A young woman In Bridgeport;
Conn., recently complained to tho pc
llco tlvit sho was being systematically
robbed of her jewelry by an unknown,
thief. It was subsequently found that
tho ownor of tho missing articles had
taken tho trinkets herself whilo asleep
nnd hidden thorn botwoon tho mat
tresses of hor bed.
London has a poor rollof socioty
that recolves as contributions garmonts.
instead of monoy. Each member is
obliged to contribute two garmonts a.
year. Theso aro disposed of in various
ways by tho officers of tho society.
Somo aro sold at a low prlco to tha
poor; somo nro glvon away, and soma
aro kopt In stock and loaned. I
Tho Navajo Indians of Arizona ar
vory successful in raising stock. Ac
cording to tho figures of tho reservation,
agent thoy own 245,000 horses and po
nies, 300 mules, d,500 cattlo, 800,000
goats, and 600 burros. Tho wool,
clipped for tho year amounted to 1,200,
000 pounds, nnd thoy also sold 300,000
sheep pelts and 100,000 goat skins.
A man who is oporatlng among
tho coal fields of Alabama, mado a sin
gular discovory a fow wooks since. A
forco of hands woro at work at tho bot
tom of a shaft ISO foot bolow tho but
faco. whon thoy camo upoa tho potriflcd
remains of a sheep. It was in so per
fect a stato of preservation ns to bo read
ily recognized nnd wns kopt intact for
sovoral days, after which it was broken
nnd tho pieces distributed among tho
minors as curios.
An enormous wavo is reported to
have struck tho beach nt Baracora, in
Cuba, recently, nnd Ho wed inland forn.
distanco of four hundred feot boforo it
retired. It destroyed in its courso
nearly three hundred huts and houses,
but happily no llvos, ns tho inhabitants
saw it coming and lied to tho nearest
hill. Curiously enough tho wavo was
neither tidal nor duo to earthquake dis
turbance, but, it is stated, to n north,
wind which had blown for three suc
cessive days.
A young couplo stood up in church
nt Culpoppor, Viu, tho othor ovoning,
nnd ovor their bonds was an arch ot
evergreens nnd llowors. Just as tho
mlnlstor began tho evergreens caught,
ilro and began to burn fiercely. Tho
brldo turned palo, but tho groom
whispered to hor, and she stood still by
his sldo and tho mlnlstor went on with
tho ceremony, and tho two woro made
ono undor an arch of fire. Then thoy
marched dollboratoly down tho islo, nnd
tho wedding guosts wont to work to put
out the lira
A Jewish studont of the Prosbytorian
Theological Seminary at Allegheny
City, Pa., has renounced tho faith of
his fathors, notwithstanding tho step
will lead to his bolng discarded by his
relations and friends of tho Hebrew
faith. IIo says: "According to a Jew
ish custom, whon a porson departs from
thoir faith ho Is regarded as (load. My
parents, whon thoy know of tho stop I
havo taken, will formally pronounce
mo doad, and for sovon days thoy will
sit in morning for mo. Mothor often
told mo this, as sho know my inquiring
disposition."
A caso of mistaken Identity amused
a Chicago court tho othor day. A col
ored prlsonor, about slxtoon years old,
appeared boforo tho judgo on a charge
of stealing a plo. "Tako off your cap,"
said tho judge. "What for?" asked tha
prisoner, who mado no offort to remove
tho red woolon cap from tho kinky hair.
'What for? You aro in court Take
off your hat." "I don't havo tor," said
tho prisoner; and tho oxasjioratod judgo
twnod to tho supposed father of tha
culprit. "Ib that your son?" "No."
said tho man With an approolatlvogrin,
"I guess ho ain't nobody's Bon."
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An Innovation for Weddings.
Tho latest novelty nt fashionable,
weddings is for tho bridesmaids to car
ry a satin shoo flllod with llowors,, and
tho result is charmingly pretty. At '
ono wedding tho Bhoes were of can dl
Nil satin and woro filled with plush
pink roses, At anothor thoro was a
vory effective combination of pink satin
and maize-colored roses, whilo tho
delicate structure depended from tho
bridesmaid's arm by pink satin ribbons,
llko a veritable miniature hanging
garden. At tho third tho shoes woro
pink satin, and tho llowors wero goldon
brown chrysanthemums, toning from
dark brown to palo yellow. In soma
cases theso shoo bouquets tako tha
placo of ordinary poslos; in othors thoy
aro merely siipplomontnry to huge
clusters of llowors carried in tho hand;
somotlmos, howevor, by way of intonsi
tying tho novelty of tho innovation, tha
bridesmaids uro'dlvldod Into two de
tachments, half carrying shoos filled
with llowors, nnd tho othor hulf being
supplied with bouquets of the regula
tion pattern. London Life,