OLD HICKORY'S HOME.
was fair, her person pleasing, her temper ami­
able. her heart kind. She delighted in relieving
the waulsof her fellow creatures,and cultivated
that divine pleasure by the most liberal and
PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT BY THE LA­ unpretending methods. To the poor she was a
benefactor. to the rich an example; to the
DIES OF TENNESSEE.
wretched a comforter; to the prosperous an or­
nament. Her piety went hand in hand with
Ix-nevoieni-e. and she thanked her Creator
Interesting Remfniscencen of the Her- her
j
for being permitted to do good. A being so
mitage and It* Master—The Beautiful , gentle ami so virtuous slander might wound,
could not dishonor; even Death, when he
Rachel Robards, Who Became Mrs. but
!
bore Iter from the arms of her husband, could
Andrew Jackson—The Young Jacksons. | but transport her to the boson» of her God. ‘
t
WONDERFUL MIRAGES.
CANNIBALS IN CANADA.
Atmospheric Dasti
No Usa for Honest Men.
The National Weighing Machino com­
Extremely fine particles of mineral dust
The Ilttl?, tottering baby feet,
may exist in the atmosphere, aid do exist Horriblo Feasts of tho Aborigines of tho pany has, it is said, just bought the right
Northern
British
Columbia
Coast.
With faltering steps and slow,
to use a certain lock on the money
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS THAT HAVE there more frequently than y generally
With pattering echoes soft and sweet,
Gen.
Lyman
Banks
and
John
Hutchin
­
pouches of their machines, for which
thought, while they escape ditection by
.
Into my heart they go;
STARTLED MANKIND.
our senses. The author, whilejnaking ex­ son, two citizens of Seattle, have returned they «'ill pay the inventor the sum of
They also go, in grimy plays,
periments on the Peak of Tenei ffe, in 1878, from a two months’ cruise of the northern §50,000. This is a safety lock, and its
In muddy pools and dusty ways.
1
found the knife edges of his balance so coast of British Columbia, and they tell purpose is to prevent robbery of the ma­
Then through the house in trackfu) mnzo
Citles in the Sky and Vessels Sailing clogged with this invisible dil : that the some thrilling stories of sights they have
They wander to and fro.
chine
by
the
employees
who
are
en
­
1
seen
and
dangerous
adventures
they
ex
­
Blithely Upside Down—Interesting Sto- balance refused to act. Whe wiped off,
trusted
with
collecting
the-
earnings
of
The
baby
hands that clasp my neck
i
perienced
during
their
cruise.
ries of Natural Phenomcna Not Easily the dust collected again in a ft r minutes,
With touches dear to me
A reporter happened to meet Gen. Banks the silent money makers daily. There
wiping it
and
it
was
only
by
continua
Arc
the
same
hands that smash and wreck
Explained.
away that he was able to go on ivith his in­ on the street, and at his request the gen­ are 20,000 of these machines now in use
The inkstand foul to see;
And if at midnight you could walk
HO was it said.
eral
recited
the
story
of
his
most
exciting
in
the
United
States,
and
the
company
is
vestigation.
Professor
Piazzi
£
nyth,while
They
pound
the
mirror with a cane,
This wonderful phenomenon takes sev-
£“The Union must 1 through the old mansion 1 doubt not you
on the Peak of Teneriffe, witm ssed strata and interesting cruise. He began his nar­ getting ready to put 10,000 more on the
They rend the manuscript in twain.
and shall be pre­ would see another lovely ghost flitting eral forms, according to the state of the 1 of dust rising to a height of nearly ration as follows: ‘.‘We started out full of market. When a penny is dropped in
Widespread destruction they ordain
through the great rooms—beautiful Emily | atmosphere, hut those most generally seen 1
served?”
Iu wasteful jubilee. '
a mile, reaching out *to the] horizon in great expectations and pleasant anticipa­
Old Hickory, of Donelson, the niece of Rachel Jackson and are the looming mirage and the Fata Mor- 1 every direction, and so di »se as to tions, and we did not realize for a moment the slot it will roll into a little iron box
gana.
Tho
dreamy,
murm'ring voice
mistress
of
the
White
House
during
her
,
and
there
remain
until
the
collector
calls
course.
Every
trials we would have to go through,
That coos its little tune.
In looming mirages distant objects show hide frequently the neighb »nj_ hills. what
during the day.
schoolboy will tell uncle's administration. • Emily Donelson
and
I
tell
you
at
times
it
required
a
great
Langley,
loi
ting
down
Professor
S.
P.
That
makes
my
listeniug heart rejoice
strongly resembled Mary Queen or Scots an extravagant increase in vertical height
you that..
The collector will be furnished with
Like birds in leafy June,
from the height of 15,000
___ fej on
_ Mount . deal of western grit and push to get ahead.
And now a num and possessed much of the fascination of I without alteration in breadth. Distant Whitney, California, into a| egion that Those who are acquainted with the diffi­ a seamless bag, the metal mouth of
Can wake in midnight, dark and still,
ber of patriotic the White Rose of Scotland. The gown I hummocks of ice are thus magnified into had appeared clear from the v Hey below, culties of traversing in summer a coast which he will insert into an orifice in
And all the air with howling fill.
That splits the ear with echoes shrill.
southern women she wore at the first inauguration ball is immense towers and pinnacles, and a ship saw “a kind of level dust ocei >> invisible forest, with its- thousands of uprooted the cash box. There is a registering
Like cornets out of tuno.
are saying in sub one of the precious relics. It is of amber I is sometimes abnormally drawn out until from below, but whose depth yas six or trees and still worse upheaved founda­ lock in the mouth of this bag, the reg­
-R. J. Eurdetta
stance, ‘The Her­ satin, brocaded with violets and trimmed it appears twelve or thirteen times as high seven thousand feet, os the up ¿r portion tions, can perhaps readily imagine how
istered
number
of
which
is
recorded
in
as
it
is
long.
Rocks
are
seen
drawn
up
to
mitage, the borne with pearls and lace. It was a present
only of the opposite mountaii range rose much greater a hardship it was for us to the company’s office before the collector
ten
or
twelve
times
their
proper
height.
from
the
general,
and
even
at
that
day
A
Humane
Doctor,
of Old Hickory must and shall be pre
travel over three feet’of snow on a level,
fl
was described at great length in »every' Houses, as well as human beings and ani­ clearly out of it.”
Many years ago there lived in a Maine
served.”
Dust storms are classified b Dr. Henry and occasionally strike drifts much deeper receives it. Inserting the bag properly, village
mals, appear in like exaggerated shape.
Mr. C., who was the horse doctor
The general assembly of the state of Ten newspaper in the country.
he turns the key which he has just one
and
a
great
deal
too
much
tangle
of
sal-lai
Cook,
according
to
their
intend
y,
asatmo
Another form of mirage is when a ship,
And it is this old mansion, so filled with
nessee has assigned to the dare of the La­
quarter turn. This releases a concealed of the village and country around. I-Ie be-
bush
for
snowshoes.
But
to
add
to
all
our
spheric
dust)
dust
columns
and
dust
or
some
other
object
near
the
water,
seems
dies’ Hermitage association of Nashville historic and gentle associations, that the
storms. Dr. Cook has obsery 1 in India difficulties, our half breed guide and tile key in tlie bag, which is guided into a (jeved that many of the old horses impov­
the house and tomb of General Jackson Nashville ladies are working vigorously to greatly elongated, and a second inverted that there are some days on ; hich, how- two Indian packers refused to go with us as keyhole in the cash box. A second quar­ erished the owner and that it was humane
image
meets
it
from
above.
Sometimes
the
save
from
the
hand
of
the
spoiler.
They
that they should ba killed; so in the ab­
and twenty five surrounding acres, to im­
ever hard and violently the will I may blow, soon as we had penetrated a short distance
prove and preserve in lasting memory of are now making preparations on a grand proper image of the object is elevated far no dust accompanies it, whil ' on others inland. We had just sighted some hills ter turn unlocks the cash box, and the sence of any-socicty for the prevention ot
money
rolls
into
the
collector's
pouch
scale for a Colonial ball or reception at the above the lake or sea, while the second im­
cruelty, he sometimes acted as such. Mr.
the hero of New Orleans.
every little puff of air or cur'r ot of wind which they said we could never pass over,
'Phis property was purchased by the state Ponce de 1-eoti, St. Augustine, in March, age strangely appears inverted beneath it; forms or carries with it. cloud of dust. — and they alleged that no human being had without his being able to touch it. A B., who lived a little out of the village, had
the
whole
surrounded
by
a
sheet
of
sky,
at
which
many
unique
and
interesting
third quarter turn withdraws the con­ an old, feeble horse that h:ul become sick
years ago from the/adopted son of General
Dr. William Marcet in the Pod Jar Science ever succeeded in the attempt.
Jackson, with the proviso that his wife re­ features will be introduced. General and which is mirrored and repeated within it. Monthly. ___________
“They strongly urged aud prayed us not cealed key, and the last turn releases the and he called on Mr. C. and asked him
3 fl
In
1822,
in
the
Arctic
region,
Capt.
Mrs.
Jackson,
the
cabinet
and
foreign
main there during her life. Mrs. Jackson
proceed any further, but we had started pouch, with the contents of the cash box what to give the beast. Said Mr. C.: “1
recognized, by its inverted image
had one sick and I gave him a pint of ker­
died there three years ago, when the state ministers of his administration and their Scoresby
Daughter in the Bit c.
put with a determination to accomplish a intact.—Boston Transcript.
in
the
air,
the
ship
Fame,
which
afterward
osene oil?' Mr. B. returned home and
handed over t he historic tnaqsion to the wives will be personated by prominent so­ proved to be seventeen miles beyond the
The Bible contains no cheer 1 exhorta- work and were not to be baffled so easily
ciety
people
of
Nashville.
The
lady
whois
promptly administered the oil. The result»
Hermitage association
tion to laughter. For the ml t part, in­ in the beginning of our journey. So we
horizon of his observation.
Almost Side by Side.
was that next morning the horse was dead.
Colonel Jackson son of Old Hickory’s to personate Mrs. Jackson will wear arti­ visible
deed, it is referred to in the Metaphorical packed up a couple of weeks’ rations and
Dr.
Vince,
on
Aug.
6,
1808,
at
7
p.
m.,
cles
of
dress
which
belonged
to
the
gen
­
Two'sailing
vessels
recently
lay
in
the
Mr. B. started at once to find Mr. C. “I
adopted son. still lives there, and will doso
an
ax
in
our
blankets,
and
shouldering
our
sense
of
“
scorning.
”
as
wBS
saw
from
Ramsgate,
at
whjgj^place
only
until the association either buys the furni eral’s wife anil also the jewels presented to the tops of Dover castle towers are usually of Leviathan that “he lâ3L
ak- Winchesters we" pushed oh alonó. Oh. Mersey that had left Liverpool on the' iyuuaJj^^mtjjL^^ourhors(^ipiuto£
Ker
by
the
people
of
New
Orleans.
on, '
tn re and relict* from him or gives up its op
of a spear.” But there' arte passages what a journey it was! I shall never for­ same day last year, and after voyages of kerosene
The ball will be opened with a minuet visible, the whole of the castle. It appeared ing
tion of $17,500 on them.
nearly 30,000 miles for each returned to “But,” said Mr. B. “I gave mine a pint of
as though lifted up and bodily placed on also where the ordinary- meaning is evi­ get it as long as I live.
and
closed
with
an
old
fashioned
Virginia
kerosene
oil and it killed him.” “So it
This option has two years more to run.
“Where the snow was too soft and deep port at Liverpool almost side by side.
near side of the intervening hill. So dently intended, and in almost every one
and the gent lewomen who are interested in reel. Many of the most valuable relics will the
we managed to make progress by crawling They left Oct. 5 for Astoria, Ore., and did mine,” the doctor replied.—Lewiston
of
these
it
is
eyed
askance.
Solomon
is
the
perfect
was
this
illusion
that
the
hill
itself
the conservation of this historic spot are be taken from the Hermitage to exhibit at actually could not be seen through the great, authority on the subject; let him on our hands and kneés, and at times we arrived there March 1 or 2, having been Journal.
working heart and hand to save the grand this ball, and one of the attractions will be
speak for himself: “I said of laughter, It is were obliged to lay down and roll to get in company with each other for a large
About Wedding Bings,
old place and preserve it. not alone for the the general’s old body servant, an aged figure. ALONG THE CANADA SHORE.
mad; andof mirth, Whatdoethit?” “Even out of the snow. It was hard struggling portion of the voyage. They were in
There is less change in wedding rings
negro
who
never
wearies
talking
of
the
state of Tennessee, but, like Mount Ver
by
day,
but
the
snow
made
a
soft
bed
at
in
laughter
the
heart
is
sorrowful,
and
the
Some forms of mirage are lateral as well
glory of his master. Jackson’s sword, pre­
sight for forty days. Both captains had than iu anything else in the jewelry line.
non. for a Mecca for patriotic Americans.
vertical, arising from unequal density end of that mirth is heaviness.” Again, night. We canoad over three hundred their wives on board, and during tho The wedding ring is about the same today
It was the suggestion of Governor Robert sented by the citizens of New Orleans, will ' as
miles
of
our
journey,
and
some
of
it
was
“
A
fool
lifted
up
his
voice
with
laughter,
of
two
contiguous
vertical
bodies
of
air.
it was a century ago. The marriage
L. Taylor, of Tennessee, that the privileges be carried by the gentleman who person­ Thus, on Lake Geneva, a boat has been but a wise man (loth scarce smile a little.” in very rough waters. But the most start­ forty days of proximity one of the cap­ as
token can hardly be Improved upon. It is
of the association should be extended to ates him.
ling
experience
we
had
and
the
one
that
Not
very
encouraging,
truly,
to'those
of
tains
and
his
wife
enjoyed
a
Sunday
a ring of pure gold. It is softly rounded,
An effort is now being made by prominent seen double, the two images some distance hilarious proclivities. It may be logitimato would interest you most happened one day
every citizen of America. ‘Andrew Jack
dinner on the other vessel, the compli­ and if you hang it on a piece of string and
Persons have been duplicated in
son’s illustrious name,” said the governor, southerners to interest New York society apart.
just
as
we
were
running
into
a
cave
to
enough
to
compare
the
giggle
of
a
fool
to
same way. Any one on a hot day, by
ment being returned the following Sun­ strike it gently it will ring out an inde­
‘‘belongs not to one state, but to the entire people in this affair, and specially to enlist the
placing his eye near to a heated wall, may “the crackling of thorns under a pot,” but avoid a storm. We got into the cave all day by the other captain.
scribably soft and sweet sound.
nation, and all the people should have equal
it seems hard that there should be no word I right enough, but imagine our horror and
see
lateral
mirages
of
objects
at
a
distance,
Ladies often wear numerous rings which
Both vessels left Astoria April 8, but
privilege in becoming participants in this
disgust
when
we
found
onrselvés
in
the
of
approval
for
the
milder
merriment
of
and nearly on a line with the wall.
this time one vessel sailed for Dunkirk carry no significance, except, perhaps, in
noble work, and while Tennessee, 1 believe,
midst
of
the
Nahwitti
Indian
tribe
at
their
the
few
who
may
be
supposed
not
to
belong
On the shores of Lake Ontario many
some instances a hint of the possession of
stands alone among the states in having
beautiful and wonderful mirages are wit­ to fooldom. Yes', by the way, there is one, cannibal orgies. Cannibalism is prohibited and the other for Havre. They left wealth. Twenty-five years ago it was un­
purchased and preserved for public use the
and only one: “A time to laugh,” but we by the dominion government, but only a these ports at nearly the same time, and usual to see a woman wearing more than
nessed.
The
lake
is
so
wide,
the
opposite
manor of a distinguished sou. she recog'
side is not at all visible. And yet during may search the Seriptures from Genesis to monthly visit from vessels and the nearest entered the Mersey within hailing dis­ one ring on either hand, but now the utoro
nizes the property right of the nation in his
some peculiar states of the atmosphere it the Apocalypse without detecting any inti­ port being miles away, they carry on the tance after a voyage of 342 days,—Lon­ one can crowd on her dainty digits the bet­
memory, mid trladjy- surrenders to the
is clearly outlined. Even the Canada shore mation as to when that time occurs. Prob­ horrible practice with impunity.
don Letter.
ter she appears to be pleased.
keeping of t.ie vv.mle people the sacred
“We watched the heathens during the
in the vicinity of Long Point and Prince ably Solomon meant the brief period of
While women are almost insanely mind­
duty and privilege of caring for and per
A Snake Swallows Five Turkeys.
Edward’s bay is at at times plainly in sight. childhood, when ignorance is bliss, and wo day at long range, but under the assur­
ful of the harmony of their dress, they
petuating it.”
are merry without knowing or caring to ance of safety we ventured after a while
A
vessel
has
been
seen
sailing
along
the
The
two
Shafer
brothers,
who
live
on
jumble
diamonds, rubies, pearls, garnets
The indifference of the American public
horizon with the hull uppermost, visible at know why. He could not consistently into their circle at night and watched the east side of the Osage river and and other precious stones together iu ridic­
to the demolition of historic houses is pro
them.
I
can
only
describe
the
sight
this
recommend
any
such
frivolity
to
those
of
Lake Bluff. Accompanying the appear­
some distance below Castle Rock, had ulous confusion.—Jewelers’ Weekly.
verbial. One by one these landmarks are
ance of the ship was that of mountainsand a larger growth after having sa bitterly way: There was a high Dre of logs in the an adventure with a blacksnake the
swept away by ¿he vandal progress. It is
hills, as though the Canadian shore was commented on the practice in previous center of the circle, which was constantly ether day. A dog had chased a rabbit
Abundant Halibut in Alaska.
really amazing that there is not a round
attended by two men, and occasionally
coming into view. A puff of wind appar­ chapters.—Gentleman’s Magazine.
It was while on the cruise of the United
house or a grain elevator at Mount Vernon
there was an extra hiss .and flash as some in a hollow log, and one of the brothers
ently caused the whole phantasmagoria to
an<l a row of apartment houses on the
uneaten fat was thrown on. The entire reached in the hole a little way. when States steamer Favorita* that we caught
Professor liucker’s-Magnetic Needle.
melt away is if by magic.
the halibut. One day, while she was lying
Alexander Hamilton estate.
Geologists are always ready to use work tribe encircled the fire, dressed in blankets he was instantly bitten on the hand. at anchor in Killisinoo harbor, Dick Will­
In Syracuse, a. distant city, a remarkable
The "brave old house” near Nashville,
done by laborers in other branches of sci­ of many brilliant hues. There were naked Fearing that a snake had inflicted the oughby came to me quietly and whispered:
mirage
was
witnessed
by
many
persons.
It
with its appurtenances and relics, should
lasted two hours and was best observed ence, and of late a most interesting work dancers and a dozen or more lusty savages wound, the other brother hastened to
“I’ve found a bunk near by where the
iniiwiiMMunKwiiiw
be of inestimable value to the country. It
from University hill looking northwest has been going on which shows the bear­ with clubs in their hands beating an ac­ house and returned with a bucket of wild halibut disports himself. True, he is
g?
is the ambition of the association to make
over Onondaga lake. Lake Ontario was ing one branch of knowledge may have on companiment to their wild songs and fresh milk and an ax, the former to be too tame to be game, but wo can have a
it a national museum, which shall invite
plainly visible, and stretching out at-an another. Professors Rucker and Thorpe (lances, and the whole sight made a wierd
big day among the big fish.”
pilgrims from north and south.
E TOMB,
angle of twenty-five degrees of the horizon have been carefully noting the behavior of scene that is not soon to be forgotten. used to counteract the poison and the
Our men rowed us three miles and, with­
The mansion is a superb specimen of Co­ the cooperation of Mr. McAllister. Mr. it looked like an ocean! Professor Com­ the magnetic needle in various parts of Eng­ Their feast consisted of the bodies of their latter as a means of investigating the in­
lonial architecture, with its great pillars, Lispenard Stewart, Mr. Valentine •Hall fort says that a few years previous a similar land, and have found that it is deflected at dead. They .seldom kill strangers to fur­ terior of the log. After some work the in half a mile of the shore, we anchored in
seven fathoms of water and went to fishing.
broad port icos and hospitable rooms.
and Mr. A. A. Conklin, who it is promised mirage occurred, and.it was so distinct that times in a most inexplicable manner. Tho nish food for these horrible orgies, as they log was split open and a huge black­
Had we been provided with an automatic
Grand old trees shade it, and their will introduce other attractive and novel by means of a glass he could discern a deflection was at first charged to great were all the time quarreling between them­ snake measuring over nine feet-emerged.
apparatus that would lower our hooks to
boughs droop across the balconies where features.
selves
and
generally
had
enough
dead
bodies
masses
of
basaltic,
or
like
rocks,
the
min
­
town, probably Kingston.
The serpent was soon killed, and after­ the bottom and immediately haul them up
once the gentle Rachel Jackson walked.
It is hoped that enough money will be
Portions of Rochester and sections of the eral of which contains a large amount of of braves to satisfy their appetites.
Indeed, the tender melancholy of this fair realized from this affair to pay off a good country lying south of it have been seen iron.
“I had been told in Victoria of the possi­ ward cut open, His stomach contained again wo should have had better fun, for
five young turkeys and seven turkey then we could have simply looked on and
woman’k life seems indissolubly blended share of the option and that the promi­ out in the lake six and ten miles distant,
Finding, however, that this peculiar be­ bility of this, and warned that when wild eggs, The brother who w as bitten ex- kopt iu out of tho wet. The bottom of tho
with every nook and corner of the Hermit­ nence it will give the Hermitage associa­ as though the city was standing erect in havior
with the dance the braves rush out and
of
the
magnetic
needle
occurred
age. t he home to which she was devoted, tion will result iu raising the rest of the the air. Trains, of moving cars and other also in tracts where no such rocks were at bite a piece out of the first person they perienced no serious results from the sea must have been paved with chicken
halibut weighing from twenty to forty
and from which destiny decreed she should required funds.
objects were clearly defined, the aerial phe­ the surface, but which consisted of such come to. Now I have no objection to be wound.—Jefferson City Tribune.
pounds.—Sitka Cor. Philadelphia Times.
not wander far
The niansiori is literally crammed with nomena continuing for nearly an hour.
formation as chalk and tertiary beds, these eaten, after I am dead, but to be bitten by
The story of Rachel Jackson’s life is a the most valuable and interesting relics.
one of those wild fellows would be as un­
Infringing; on an Ancient Idea.
observers
were
led
to.
conclude
that
deep
A
well
known
lake
captain
has
also
wit
­
A Compliment of Senator Pllgli.
romance She was a wonderfully beauti­ The wall paper, which the general bought nessed a-wonderful mirage out on Lake underground in those^tra^&ih^rg. was a desirable as the bite of a mad dog, and lest
“There is no new thing under the
Senator Pugh, of Alabama, has a habit
ful woman, with a lovely disposition and in France iu 1837, is in an excellent state Ontario. While on his way from the St. mass of basaltic or oths/iighly ferrugi­ In their excitement they might forget their sun.” Messrs. Roberson, of Long Acre,
of talking in such a loud tone to his col­
deep personal piety l^i her youth she con­ of preservation, that in the great hall is Lawrence up the lake and near the islands nous rock that affectedthe needle. It seems, promise of immunity, I held my band un­
tracted an unfortunate inarriage with a gorgeous in color, and represents incidents known as the False Ducks, and while therefore, likely that Professor Rucker’s der my overcoat and grasped a 44-caliber in the course of their business of supply­ leagues that he can be distinctly heard in
man her inferior in ever}’ respect, and from and scenes in the life of Teleniachus. The standing at the wheel, there suddenly elaborate and scientific divining rod will revolver that would have furnished rations ing artists with pigments, become pos­ all parts of the chamber. A rather amus­
sessed from time th time of remains of ing ir.cident occurred as a result of tho
whom she was divorced. The love of Gen pictures hang on the walls just as Jackson, burst into view the city of Oswego, thirty- come into use for the purpose of Indicating fitting the occasion.
eral Jackson for his sweet wife amounted left them. There are t wo fine portraits of one
“Our sense of security was not increased the great Egyptians, to be in due course senator’s bad habit. Senator Daniel, of
miles
distant,
with
the
gas
lights
in
what
places
are
to
be
avoided
in
searching
to idolatry, and during his momentous Mrs. Jackson by Earle, and any number' the streets, and all the appearance a town for coal measures underground.— New by one of them making a speech, noticing ground up by them and sold in tubes as Virginia, had concluded a long speech on
career he never escaped from the influence of portraits of Old Hickory, the most in­
our presence and berating the white man’s “mummy” paint. The firm recently the silver question and was mopping the
up would present from a hill in the York Commercial Advertiser.
of her personality. He wore her miniature teresting perhaps being that taken by lighted
government for trying to deprive the poor lent a piece of the beautifully woyen and perspiration from his face while receiving
immediate
vicinity
at
night.
The
light
on his heart till his death, and no matter order of the French government five days hou§e at Oswego, as well as others on the
Indian of the pleasure of being a cannibal preserved linen bandages in which a the congratulations of his colleagues. Sen­
A
Bashful
Governor.
what his cares or pleasures, he always before his death.
occasionally, ¿specially if he only fed upon high priest and keeper of the baths had ator Vance had just commended the speech
lake shore below as far as Sackett’s Har­
One of Governor Hill’s friends was talk­
in wordsof warmest eulogy, when Mr. Pugh
communed with her portrait and her Bible
There is a quantity of General Jackson’s bor, were distinctly seen. It was a sort of ing with him in his public room at the his own dead.
at the close of each busy day
“The boys crawled behind the older peo­ been preserved to be shown at some con­ ambled over to the Virginian’s desk and
personal articles of jewelry and clothing— night mirage, and a rare sight indeed. It capital one day when a delegation of four
versazione or lecture in the Midlands.
drawled.out his congratulations as follows,
Mrs. Jackson cared very little for the his watch, seal cornelian ring, topaz breast­
for several minutes, then slowly women marched in. Several members of ple and hid, men were bitten or simulated
The texture and quality excited great in a voice that was distinctly beard by the
honors of this world and longed for noth­ pin, gold pen and pencil, tobacco box, lasted
it, and I was afterward shown scars where
faded away into darkness.
the
legislature
were
waiting
to
seethe
gov
ing so much as t he time when her husband walking stick, slippers, flesh brush, dress­
they claimed to have been bitten. But we admiration among the audience, which occupants of the gallery: “.John, you sweat
A SURPASSING SIGHT.
ernor, but the amazonian delegation pro­ were not molested. One brave, however, culminated in something like astonish­ easy, don’t you?”—Washington Letter.
would finish with politics, for he assured ing gown and a wonderful bead regalia
At Rochester, which is about twenty ceeded at once towards the desk.
her that when that time came and only presented-by Sam Houston, of Texas,
probably to test us, made a dash in our
miles inland from Lake Ontario, a mirage
“ Look at this procession,” observed Mr. direction, but others caught him and ment upon the declaration of a manu­
A Valuable Lead Pencil.
then could he become a Christian. Here
facturer that this fabric, woven perhaps
There is the general’s library, a collec­ of a most surpassing character was wit­
The most valuable lead pencil that 1
is a story illustrative of the great moral tion of several hundred volumes, nearly all nessed by many. The entire northern sky Hill. “ I would you were governor for turned him another way. It was an ‘all by a contemporary of Moses, contained
about
twenty
minutes.
know of is owned by a lawyer in this city.
influence Mrs. Jackson held over her hus of which contain bis autograph. There is as far as the angle, or bison, was lighted
night session;’ no,one was allowed to leave
The delegation in the meantime had ap­ till through, which was 5 o’clock the next the same disposition of threads which he It is a cheap looking affair, but I don't be­
band;
a marvelous collection of snuffboxes, one above the landmark with the blue waters
Old Hickory was an adept in profanity. of which belonged to Lafayette and was of Lake Ontario, while reflecting from her proached within .ear shot, when the gov­ morning. We had seen enough, though, had independently invented and patented lieve it could be bought for $100. The wood
in this pencil came from a cedar tree that
When occasion recpiired he could paralyze presented by himself. There is a wilder­ bosom could be seen the mountains, hills, ernor hurriedly arose and exclaimed to and were glad to leave. . We proceeded on only a year ago.—Pall Mall Gazette.
was probably centuries old before any cedar
his listeners by the breadth and variety of ness of curios, medals, coins, pipes and valleys, bays and rivers of the Canadian his friend: “ If you will step back in the oúr journey, and came back again without
private
office
for
a
moment
1
will
show
his swearing. It was during an exciting swords.
tree now standing began to grow. It w:is
An Awful Load.
shore inland for miles. The coast could be you that picture we were talking about,” any more exciting adventures. But I
from the bottom of a marl bed in
political campaign, and just after Mrs.
never in all my life put in such a night as
There is all the beautiful old mahogany, plainly seen mirrored over a stretch of
An enterprising merchant placed a num­ taken
Jackson had told a guest that she thought the rosewood, the mother of-pearl, the gilt fifty miles, and so perfect at one time that and before the astonished women could ; I did the tune of those, frightful orgies, and ber
county at a depth of nearly one
brass plates cut in tho form of hu­ Orange
hundred
feet below the surface. Near it
the general Was disposed to be religious, and the damask of those days. There are the forests could readily be distinguished. gather their senses together the governor I candidly - confess I don’t want to soon man of tracks
in
the
stone
sidewalk
leading
and that but for the coming presidential pitchers, vases, lamps, andirons, gilt and sil­ The reader can form some idea of its grand­ and his friend were behind the closed door. again.”—Seattle Post Intelligencer.
was found the remains of a mastodon. The
toward
his
door.
He
moved
away
shortly
“
4
merely
wanted
toescape
those
women,"
election she believed would join thechurch, ver candelabrums which would send a con­ eur by knowing that a country separated
on the end of the pencil was made
afterward, and desiring to use the brass knob
When tie entered the room with an opposi­ noisseurwild with delight, beautiful clocks from Rochester by a lake seventy miles in he explained, deprecatingly. Verily a
from a piece of the mastodon’s tooth. Tho
Voodooism in Trinidad.
plates at his new establishment gouged pencil
has never been sharpened, and prob­
tion newspaper in his hand, like Saul and statuettes, silver servers and old mir width was, as if suddenly by the hand of . handsome retreat in the face of a deter­
In spite of the tenets of the religion to them out, of course leaving the foot forms
breathing out. t.hreatenings and slaughter, rors, candlesticks, china and silver galore. its great Creator, painted upon the heavens mined enemy.—Epoch.
ably never will be.—New York Evening
which he is supposed to belong the negro imbedded in the stone.
interspersed with delightfully pictures(|ue There is a silver dish which Itelonged to so plain as to be seen from a standpoint of
in Trinidad still clings to some absurd be­
One day an old fellow from the country, Sun.
An Invention That Didn’t Work.
oaths He swore until he was nearly out Decatur, a letter from Jefferson, an. ex near 100 miles distant.
liefs and superstitions, and is under the in­ accompanied by his son, came along, and
The Influence of Athletics.
of breath, when his gentle wife approached quisite porcelain miniature of Mrs. I)e
One of the most curious of inventions fluence of priests or Obea men, who some­ seeing the tracks in the stone stopped, and
Upon land mirages are best seen over
At the close of the inauguration ceremo­
him and looking him squarely in the face Witt Clinton presented by herself and ac­ desert plains in hot climates. The intense was a ben’s nest, constructed with a spring times lead him into pernicious practices or after a loud exclamation of astonishment
nies of the new president of Columbia a
said simply. "Mr. Jackson.” The great companied by a letter couched in the ro­ heat of the sands greatly rarefies the air in trap at tAe bottom of the nest. The weight even murder. The stories concerning the said:
well known professor in another famous
general who had conquered everything mantic language of that (lay, an armchair contact with them, and rays of light com­ of an egg was sufficient to press down the existence bf fetish worship or Obea practice
“
Bill,
fur
mussy
sakes,
jest
look
here.
that had come his way was subdued at presented by Mi’s. Chief Justice Taney, ing from the distant objects are gradually spring and allow the egg to slip out. The among the negroes in America have been Gracious alive, what a load that feller must college, himself a Columbia man, was ex­
pressing
his high satisfaction with the im­
ouce and ceased his profaiiity
George Washington’s office chair, a small bent by approaching the rare stratum un­ theory of this thoughtful inventor was doubted, so I have been told, but as regards 'a' had when he come along here. Sunk pression the new president, had made. ‘‘But
panel from the floor of Napoleon’s room at til they strike it at an angle greater than that as soon as the hen laid an egg it the West Indian negro I can safely say that right down in this here solid rock. I’ll bet then,” he added with conviction, “he was
Longwood, St. Helena, a piece of candle the limiting angle. Total reflection then would press down the trap door and disap­ these practices do certainly exist. I myself he was either a-totin’ a yoke of steers or a great football player iu his day.”—Cen­
found in Cornwallis’ tent at the surrender occurs, the air near the sand acting as a pear. The hen, as is her custom after lay­ have seen undoubted evidence of them, had filled up on that drug store licker.”— tury.
. _______ _____
.of Yorktown and sent to Jackson w^th the mirror, or a body of water in which invert­ ing an egg, would rise and cackle, but find­ heard the. negroes admit their belief in St. Paul Pioneer Press.
request that, he light it upon every recur ed images are seen. Thus is presented to ing no egg would conclude that she had Obea, and have collected information that
A Direct Shot.
ring Sth of January, and a penholder made the inexperienced traveler over the desert made a mistake and would proceed imme­ is beyond dispute. Whether Obeaism was
Ready to Take His Word for It.
Pert Shop Girl (in defiance of every pro­
from a portion of the tree under which plains the appearance of tranquil lakes, diately to lay another, and so on ad infini­ brought from Africa or has arisen de novo
test)—It is precisely the shade, ma’am.
Washington first unsheat hed his sword in and, parched with thirst, he is sadly delud­ tum. On this principle the owner of a hen among the ignorant negroes of the West
We
haven’t a finer pair of gloves in the
would have had a great monopoly.—Cor. Indies it is difficult for me to say, but cer­
defense of American liberty.
ed by them.
store. I am more able to judge than you
New
Yorld
-Herald.
'
tain
practices
seem
to
me
to
indicate
a
re
­
The general’s state coach and his car­
Many thrilling incidents are given where
are, don’t you think? You’ll find they’ll
lationship between some of the West In­
riage made of a portion of the old ship whole parties in crossing the sandy desert,
answer.
An Anecdote of Gen. Lee.
Coiistitutioii are also preserved. It is in» overcome with the heat and parched with
dian ceremonies and those of the priests of
Old Lady—If they do answer, I hopo
possible to give an adequate ide»» of the thirst, have reached a place from whence,
Gen. Lee at one tinti-W^fc|fry"12fich ancient Egypt and modern India.—Pro­
they won’t answer impudently;—Epoch»
extent and value of these relics, which but far in the horizon, they saw, or thought bored by a Georgia man w!fl> bad made fessor Benj. Sharp in Philadelphia Ledger.
for the energy of a few southern women
frequent personal applications for a fur­
They Came Handy.
, would have been scattered to the four cor they saw, a beautiful lake, with branching lough.
One morning the general asked his
Tlic Pdaris of Balirein.
A Mobile sailor paid seventy-five cents
ners of the globe. Ami it is to preserve palm trees near it. Longing for the water
The pearl fishery is the great occupation
them enshrined in their fitting place that and the co'oling shade, they have disobeyed tormentor if he understood the-position of
for a pair of suspenders made of possum
skin, and for a time he felt that he had been
lent h: these women» ask the assistance of. all pa the warning voice of their guide, deviated I a soldier. The latter said he did. He vvas of the Bahreinee. The pearls of their seas
triotic Americans.
from their true course to almost frantically ordered to assume it. Gen. Lee then gave are celebrated for their firmness, and do
cheated. The other day, however, as ho
For M
wife hi
E
pith S essions T upper
the
command,
“
Right
about
face:
forward,
hasten forward toward a mere alluring de­
not peeL They are commonly reported to
sailed away for Mexico the schooner cap­
ly owu I
Jackso
march.
”
As
he
never
gave
the
command
lusion—a mirage that has led them far
lose 1 per cent. annually for fifty years in
sized and he drifted about for five days, and
e a door-
Baron Von l’asteur.
never»
“
to
halt
”
the
Georgian
kept
on
marching
astray
—
until,
utterly
exhausted,
they
have
color
and
water,
but
after
that
they
re
­
it was only by eating those suspenders that
keeper in the house- of my God than to
M. Pasteur is now entitled to style
until he got tired. He did not get his fur­ main the same. They have seven skins,
sunk
down
to
perish
on
the
desert
sands.
—
he saved his life.—Detroit Free Press.
j
dwell in that palace in Washington. »
himself Baron von Pasteur, the emperor J. K. Bloomfield in New York Observer.
lough.—New York World.
whereas the Cingalese pearls have only
There is a popular story that it was while of Austria having sent him the Order of
A Comparative Estimate.
six. The merchants generally buy them
making preparations for her departure
Turkeys Hatched in a Pocket.
Books at S500 For Ounce.
wholesale by the old Portuguese weight of
First Urchin—My papa’s awful smart.
from the Hermitage that this gentle soul the Iron Crown. There are some doctors
and
savants
who
have
à
right
to
wear
it.
Sam
Cob,
of
Madison,
Fla.,
found
a
wild
the
chao.
They
divide
them
into
different
Second Urchin—Wot does he do?
received the rude shock which caused her
Of the original edition of the sonnets of
First Urchin—He makes locomotives.
death. She was like a mother to every The Paris Liberte is curious to see turkey’s nest with several eggs in it, which Shakespeare, published by George Daniel, sizes with sieves and sell them in India, so
Second Urchin—That’s nothin'. My
servant on the estate, and wishing to leave whether M. Pasteur will cause himself he took out, and as he was not to be home of London, in 1609, there are but two per­ that, as is usually the case with specialties,
Wildcat
Bill
(the
cowboy)
—
I
say,
pard,
all comfortable »or the winter, made a trip to be announced as M. le Baron de Pas­ for several hours, wrapped them in his coat fect copies known. One of these is the it is impossible to buy a good pearl in kin you advance me something on this re­ papa says he has to make two trains every
day.—Pittsburg Bulletin.
into Nashville to purchase supplies and teur when he goes to dine at great houses. and laid it on the bank of a creek, where British museum; for the other $5,000 was Bahrein.—Cornhill Magazine.
volver?
clothing for those who were dependent on There is practically no hindrance to he was fishing. He was surprised shortly paid but a short time ago. As tha book ¡3
Pawnbroker
—
H
’
ml
Vas
it
in
good
or
­
At
the
Church
JDoor.
Important to Women.
afterward
to
hear
a
chirp
of
a
young,
tur
­
her. Weary from her shopping, she went Frenchmen in France going by foreign
very small, only 7 by 4 inches; and weigh­
Mr. Pewrent—Your sermon -on “Econ­ der?
“When should women marry?” asks an
into the parlor of a hotel to rest while she titles or wearing foreign orders.—London key. He investigated and found that one ing less than ten ounces, it has bee^figured
“
Jus'
lemme
take
a
couple
of
shots
at
of the eggs had given forth a turkey; soon that st that rate each ounce of the precious omy" this morning, doctor, was a Very
earnest magazine writer.
waited for the family Coach to carry her
you and seel”
Star.
another followed, and so on until he bad voluma brought 8500, or many times its sensible discourse.
When they are asked, is a very good
back to the Hermitage.
“
Oh,
dat
vas
all
right.
Nathan,
give
I)r.
Churchmus
—
Thank
you;
it
seems
to
•I
tits
a
brood
iu
his
coat.
—
New
York
Press.
time.—Boston Times.
i Suddenly she heard her name spoken in
weight in gold.—St. Louis Republic.
Shot Dead by His Mule.
have been appreciated, from the appear­ this shentleman ten dollars.”—Texas Sift­
ings.
_____________ __
an adjoining room, and her character as-
c. N. Hammond, living two miles The new tunnel of the Baltimore and
ance of the contribution bag.—Chatter.
Delegates at Large.
A Discreet Watchmaker.
sailed in terms qt base and cruel calumny. south of Jackson, heard a noise at his Ohio railroad, under the city of Balti­
A Novelette.
“
Delegates
are
dangerous,
aren
’
t
they,
Lady (paying for repairs on her hus­
For some time she sat there motionless, barn, and, thinking that a thief was more, will cost upward of §6,000,000.
A Traill Robber with a Heart.
The hands of the clock were toiling band’s watch)—What ailed it?
listening to the accusations against herself, about, took his pistol and went out. It It is being pushed night and’ day; fully papa?" said a congressman’s boy.
“You don’t seem to have anything of around to the place that marks the hour
“Sometimes,” replied his father, think­
Jeweler—A hair was tangled in with the
which had been circulated during the cam­ is thought he went near a mule, which 1,000 men being at work upon it.
value but your ticket,” said a disgusted of midnight. Harry had come early that escapement.,
ing of the last election.
paign and which herchivalric husband had kicked him, causing the pistol to go off.
train
robber
to
a
passenger.
“That’s why you hear of a delegate at
evening, but he took no chances on Maud’s
lady (anxiously)—What color?
carefully kept from her knowledge. The
“No. I was at a church fair last night.” becoming lonely.
A recent importation of orange trees large every once in a while, isn’t it?”—
Jeweler—Exactly the color of yours.—
popular tradition adds that she was soon The ball passed through his body. He
“
Is
that
so?
Here,
let
me
give
you
a
five-
“
Sometimes,
”
he
said,
“
you
look
at
me
Washington
Post.
Jewelers
’ Weekly.
...... with
....... .. spasmodic
—_____ ________
after seized
disease of —
the lived but a few hours and died without into California from Tahiti showed them
dollar bill.”—Judge.
in a way that I do not understand. It
heart. Of
( this account the historians only' ever speaking.—Cor. Memphis Appeal; to be infested by a new insect, and the
Delay Enhanced Its Value.
seems more than anything else as if you
Where It Was.
authorities will not allow them to be
say that it is not certainly proved, and Par- i Avalanche.
A Close Appraisal.
Miss C. Urious—According to weight
experienced a dread of me.”
Careful Housekeeper—Where is that
ton adds that she had known of the slan­
landed.
Miss
Sweetlips
(slyly)
—
A
penny
for
your
your engagement ring must be very valu­
“I don’t know,” she mused, “perhaps sheet of sticky fly paper I left on this ta­
ders against her long before the fatal seiz­ , A new kind of a school is about to be
thoughts, Mr. Stubpen!
I do.”
ble?
The bicycle has become almost as pop­ able.
ure on Dec. 17. 1828. The
—- - inscription
-• -• upon starteci, Die University of Pennsylva-
Mr.
Stubpen
—
Thank
you,
Miss
Sweet-
Miss
A.
Sperity
(who
is
an
old
maid)
—
“In what way?”
Small Boy— I put it on th’ arm chair in
the tomb tells you—
I nia has received §700,000 in gifts to he ular in Germany as it is in the United Yes, if wait is an indication of value it lips. That is just about what I am getting
“
I
think
it
might
be
best
described
as
a
th
’ parlor. You’ll find half of it on sister
Here lie the re»»»ainsof Mrs. Rachel Jackson, used for founding a school of American States. The German Union of Bicy­
¡
now
in
the
literary
market.
—
Burlington
should
be
worth
about
$1,000.
—
Jewelers
’
lingering
dread.
”
—
Washington
Post.
__'
an
’ th’ other half on Mr. Hughard.—Street
wife of President Jackson, who died the S2d of . .
clists
now
has
over
1,400
members.
j Free Press.
Dsttejtjjsfs IS®! used alxtv-oae years,
totgy and ins&£utions.
Weekljto-
& Smith’s Good News.
(