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Abraham S. Hewitt.
Abram 8. Hewitt, the recently elected
Mayor of New York, was born In the
town of Haverstraw, on the Hudson
River, on the 81st of July, 1823. lie en
tered Columbia College at the age of sis
teen, having obtained a scholarship by
competition, and was graduated in the
class of 1542. . lie was a tutor in math
ematics for a time in the college, and
studied law. lie became a private tutor
in the family of Peter Cooper, and trav
eled abroad with the son of that well
known philanthropist, and subsequently
married his daughter. He was admitted
to the bar in 185, but give up the prac
tice of law, on accouut of trouble with
his eyes, and went into business with his
father-in-law. He was associated with
him In the manufacture of glue, and
also in the iron business. In connection
with his brother-in-law, Mr. Edward
Cooper, he established extensive iron
and steel works in New Jersey and Penn
sylvania, and for many years "was active
ly engaged in business. In he went
to England to learn the process of mak
ing gunbarrel iron, and in ls7 he was a
Commissioner to the Taris Exposition.
In 1S69 he was actively engaged with
Mr. Peter Cooper in organizing the
Cooper Union f or the Advancement of
Science and Art, and has ever since been
interested in the promotion of its educa
tional work. He first entered politics as
member of the Tammany Society, and
was at one time chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee. He was tirst
elected to Congress in UT4, and was re
elected in 187S. He strongly espoused
the cause of Mr. Tilden in the latter
year, and took a prominent part in the
electoral controversy which followed the
national election. Not agreeing with
Mr. John Kelly, the Tammany leader, he
left that organization, and was associated
for a time with that known as Irving
Hall. Subsequently he took part in the
organization of the County Democracy.
He was not elected to the Forty-sixth
Congress, but in 1SS0 became a candidate
again, and has served continuously ever
since, having the supjmrl of both tbe
Democratic factions in his district. His
nomination for Mayor came to him un
expectedly from the" Tammany Conven
tion, and" was ratified by the Count t
Democracy, with the allesretl understand
ing on his'part that he should be under
no pledges to either organization, and
that the remainder of the ticket should
be satisfactory to him. Just before his
nomination he had expressed his consent
to be a candidate for Congress again,
notwithstanding his anxiety to retire on
account of the state of his health.
Deceptive Art.
The old Greek lejyii'l of Zeux-is and
Parrhasius, the artist fooled by art it
self, was re-enacted ti few davs"aro in
San Francis-o. Ou the south side of
Clay street, over tlie Savings Hank, is a
suite of rooms well adapted for artists'
use. Some vears ago they were occu
yied by Rodriguez and some fellow
painters, who covered the walls in their
leisure hours with every device of the
idle brush, making the helpless plaster
bear the work of their wild fancies.
Young Barkhaus. the promising young
artist, who died recently in Munich,
waa often there and contributed his
quota to the designs. One dav he
amued himself by painting on the wall
in one corner of the room near the
baseboard, a bole in the plastering, as
though some ill-natured fellow had
Tented his spite against the world by
kicking a hole in the wall.
The picture was capitally done; there
waa an usly ragged hole in the plaster
ing with huge gaping cra-ks radiating
the corners, here and there round the
edges of the hole a bit of gray mortar,
where the "hard finish" had scaled off.
and in the middle of all the bare laths,
with bits of plaster between them.
Time wore on and Rodriguez left the
rooms; another tenant came in and
wanted the place cleaned up and put in
order before occupation. Orders were
given to repair the walls and kalsomine
them. The artist of the kalsomine
brush repaired thither with his men,
armed with bucket of plaster to till the
numerous nail holes and scars in the
walls. His atteution was at once direct
ed to tbe big hole near the baseboard,
and he himself started to repair it. He
kneeled down before it, dipped his
brash in water to wet the laths before
putting on the new plaster, and laid it
gently on the supposed board and
then 'for tbe tirst time realized that he
was taken in. Tbe artist in oil had de
ceived his fellow of the kalsomine brush
completely.
1 will spare his blushes by not giving
his name, for he owned up like a man
and confessed he was "sold." It is
needless to say the "hole" was not kal
omined but remains to take in some
future plasterer. Overland Monthly.
Harmony Restored.
Mrs. Simperton, a reoently-ma.ried
New York lady, rebuked her maid for
slowness. "You are the most trifling
servant girl I ever had. Are you never
foing to get through with your work?
'ou can go on the first. I have no
more use for you. Yon have not got
one redeeming quality." "No wonder
I never get through with my work,"
replied the shrewd menial. "You sing
and play at the piano so beautifully,
and 1 have to stop my work to listen
to you. I can't help loving good mu
sic" "I was only joking about your
leaving. If you keep on being such a
food girl f 11 get you a new dress the
rst of the month." Texas Sifting.
Women In I'olltloa.
"Do yon know anything about poli
tics?" asked an up-town lady of a city
official, according to the Buffalo Courier.
"Yes," he replied; ' I pride myself that I
take a healthy interest in politics. Why
do you askf "O," said she delightedly,
"do you know , who was nomi
nated the other day?" The official re
plied that he knew him very well, al
though they belonged to different parties.
"I think he will surely be elected," said
the lady, "for he is one of the nicest
men I ever met. He and his wife called
at our house a few nights ago, and he is
a perfectly lovely euchre player."
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THE STOltY OP A CAItPET.
A lady gives the following account of
her experience with a negro man whom
she had engaged to take up and clean a
carnot, and put It down again:
He had told me that he would be on
hand "bright an' ah-lv," and even hint
ed at the possibility of his comiug by
daylight
"If you are here by half-past seven, it
will do." 1 said.
Ha'-pas seben, lady! Pat am nion
s'tous late fo' a man to begin a day's
wuk. l'ne mo' likely to be rouu' by
ha'-pas' six, lady."
Half-past seven came and went the
next day, and no Jerry. Eight o'clock,
and no Jerry. At halt-past eight he
came leisurely sauntering into the yard.
"How is this. JerryP" 1 asked. "You
said you would surely be here by half
past seven."
"So I did. lady, so I did; an' howl
happened to ober-aloep myse'f dis
mawnin' Is de tnos' 'niazin' circutn
staueea Mos' giu'rallv I'se up fo' dar.
Hut I'll hab dat kyarpet tip an' oul'u
de back ya'd less' n no tune."
"It's so late, you'll have to hurry If
you get it all done to-day."
"Slio, lady! Hit's jess play fo me to
take up a kyarpet like dat, clean hit
an' put bit down in free hours."
A little after nine I went into the
room. Jerry had the tacks out on three
sides of the carpet, and was lying flat
on his back staring up at the ceiling.
"l'cla, lady," he said, "dat's de put
tiest wuk on dat ceilin' I eber saw!"
I'se tryin' an' try in' to make out if lilt
am reely painted on dar, or if hit am
only papered on."
'You'd better let the ceiling alone
and get this carpet out on the line right
away." I said sharply.
"Don' yo' min' bout dis kyarpet,
lady. Hit'll be out o' hvar in free
shakes ob a dead .sheep's tail," he said.
At ten o'clock I again went into the
room. Jerry had folded the carpet up
in the middle of the room and was sit
ting on it.
"Takin' up kyarpets is kind o waxin'
wuk," he said. "1 mos' alius has some
one to help meu"
"Yon don't need any help in clean
ing a small carfiet like this." 1 said.
"La. no. lady! I could clean dis
kyarpet wid one hand tied behind me."
It was eleven o'clock when Jerry got
the carpet ou the line. Ten minute
later he had disappeared. My little
boy found him two blocks away, in a
perfect ecstasy over a band-organ and a
monkey.
"1 'cl.ir, ma'am, dat am de smartest
monkey! Hit do beat all! Wuuner if
hit makes much money?" he said, when
he cauie back.
He gave the carpet a few listless
strokes with an old broom-uamlle and
tbeu laid himself down on the grass
clean tired out."
Ten minutes later I found him initiat
ing my little boy into tbe mysteries of
Muiuble-the-peg."
Jerry," 1 said, pointing majestically
to the eat pet.
"Yes. lady, hit's all cleaned. I'll
pot hitdowu in ten minutes."
lt is not half cleaned." 1 said. '"You
have not beaten one-tenth of the dust
out of it."
Atl right, lady, all right." he said
ruinously. 'Hit s yo' kyarpet, an' I
ckon yo' can stau de loss if I beats
om
rec
hit to rags. I'se
se pounded dat kvarpet
lady, but hit's jor kyar-
all hit'll stan'
pet.
Hut why write more? At five o'clock
that carpet was still ou the line and
Jerry was leaning over the back fence
watching two boys playing at marbles
in the alley. At six o'clock he dragged
tbe c:irwt into the house and wanted
his pay for that day. saying that be
would sret a man to "help him and "git
dat kyaqiet down quicker' u wink the
next day."
I paid him for half a day's work, bade
him good-bv forever and put tne carpet
down myself the next day. The louth't
t'otHpanwt.
linVLINO IN THE EARTH.
An Kleetrle Pit In Georgia That Contain
a Cira for Rheumatism.
A wonderful ele. trie pit, recently dis
coverer uiree miles irom Stharon, tia.,
is effeting hundreds of cures from
rheumatism. A farmer named Hillman
was prospecting for fold. In a little
bend of Harden's Creek, where the
bank rises abruptly, Mr. Hillman ob
served some strange discoloration of the
soil. Ha began digging, and finally
desisted when he could discover no
metallic dejvosit. A negro who was
aiding Hillman had long been afflicted
with rheumatism. He noticed that
whenever he handled the ookv clav in
the pit that the muscles of his bands
relaxed, permuting him to use them
with all natural ease. When Hillman
abandoned the pit disappointed in his
search for gold his employe left it sur
prised at his freedom from the rheuma
tism of years.
The story soon spread, and people be
gan making visits to the strange spot.
Rheumatics resorted thereto, and began
to confirm the experience of Hillmau's
servant. Mr. J. P. Moore, a well-to-do
farmer, who for years had been unable
to use his hands, niter burying them
twice in the soft mud of the pit found
them fully restored to usefulness. A
well-known white lady from Warren
county, who was badly drawn up, visit
ed the pit and walked away, declaring
herseit urcd. Charles Callaway, color
ed, who for ten years walked ou
Clutches, after one visit to the spot
left his crutches behiud him and walked
home.
The most wonderful cure related is
that of a colored house-servant of lien.
Heard. This woman waa a perfect
wreck from rheumatism. A year ago
she went to bed. and since has had to
be waited Uoii like a child. Wheu the
virtues of the pit were first mooted her
friends concluded to try it. Tbe woman
was carried on her bed to the spot,
where she was rubbed over with the mud
twice, Tiie result was that the woman
who had thus been curried to the spot
took up her bed and walked home.
The sput is in a dense thicket, ren
dered almost impenetrable by a laurel
growth. Hundreds of people are resort
ing thither as a matter of curiosity.
The water flows in sutlicientlv to keep
the clay in a waxy condition, iiy apply
ing this clay to the parts afflicted it
wields scitne kiud of influence which
offers r iief.
A S.igacious Cop.
"I'm laying for a negro who just
went up that alley across the way to
whip his wife," whispered a policeman
from his place of concealment behind
a show-window to a t'ost man iast
night.
"Why don't you arrest the man be
fore he whips the woman?" asked the
reporter.
'The Court would not sustain the
case," said the officer as be drew his
head back iulo the darkness and again
hid himself from view. Washington
A CURIOUS STORY.
Pompey tho Riophank Amdin the Har
der of Old Man Thompaoo'i Daughter.
In 18G7 I was attached to a circus,
which had a route through Ohio.
Indiana, and Kentucky. Among the
six elephants In the menagerie was one
named Pomjiey, and his mahout or
keeper was an old man named Andrew
Thompson. He had been In the show
business all his life, and for the last fif
teen years had been accompanied by
his daughter, who was down on the
bills as "Mile. JosiePicard. the wonder
ful equestrian ue." The old man was a
widower, you understand, and I tell you
he was one of the kindest and best
fathers to Josie, which was her right
name. She was. at the time I am writ,
ing of. about 20 years of age, handsome,
vivacious, well educated, and beloved
by all. During the winters she attend
ed a seminary In the east, and had
many friends in good society. Every
summer she had a score of would-be
lovers following her about, some be
longing to the show and some outside
of it. but that was the one touchy point
with old Thompson. Hn had oeen
father and mother and brother and sis
ter to that girl, and the idea of any com
mon fellow trying to shine around her
put his nose out of joint at once. He
felt that she waa worthy of the best man
in the land, even if she did wear tights
and spangles a part of the year. What
her ideas on the subject of matrimony
were I do not know. She was a born
lady in her demeanor, kind hearted,
gentle and obedient, and every one of
us felt proud of her. In this we were
seconded by Pomper. The great beast
was such a friend of hers that the father
was actually jealous about it. There
was never a dar that she did not par
him a visit, and she never approached
that he did not evince his great pleasure
in a dozen ways.
One of our tumblers and acrobats
that season was a young fellow named
Campi. I remember he waa down on
the bills as "Mons. Caniri." or "Signor
Campi," and 1 think he was an Italian.
He was a good-looking, daring young
fellow of 23. and we were no sooner on
the road than he fell in love with Josie.
She, perhaps, accepted it as a matter of
course, neither slighting nor encourag
ing him, but when old Thompson came
to Know about it he called the young
fellow aside and said:
"See here, Campi. I want to tell you
right now that my daughter will never
marry in the profession."
"Is" she, then, so much superior to all
others?" was the sneering iuquirv.
"That is not the question. 1 bare my
plans in regard to her, and it is useless
for you to nurse vour love. He a man
of sense and let h stop at friendship."
"I love Josie, and I hope to make her
my wife."
"You never can."
"Then it shall not be my fault'
This interview had taken place in the
fireaenee of Pompey. and it might have
asted lou ger but for hiiu. He may not
have conceived an aversion for Campi,
though elephants have their likes and
dislikes at first sight, the same as peo
ple, but lite young man's tones were
threatening, and Pompey closed the in
terview bv rushing at him with a
scream. It. was a norrow escape for
Campi. The terribie trunk made a
vicious sweep at him, and if he had not
been an acrobat and had a second's
warning it would have been all day
with him. He beat a hasty retreat,
muttering threats of vengeance, and for
a time the affair was ended. He ceased
his attentions to Josie, avoiding her as
much as possible, and prudence re
strained bim from approaching Pompev.
The beast was continually on the watch
for him. seeming to nurse his wrath,
and thus matter weut on for about four
weeks.
We were showing at Hloomington,
Indiana. Half an hour before the eve
ning performance opened circumstaucee
favored Campi bv giving him an op
portunity for a conversation with Josie
at the door of the dressing room. He
poured out his protestations of love and
reverence, vowed that life without her
would not be worth living another hour,
and besought her to elope with him.
She repulsed him with firm tones, and
in his passion he drew a knife and stab
bed her to the heart and fled. There
was an accidental listener to tbe words,
and the same person also saw the blow
struck. You may believe there was the
greatest excitement as the news spread
among us. When Thompson was told
of it he came and raised the dead body
of the girl in his armt. and kissed the
fast-paling cheeks. Then he asked for
some garment belonging to Campi. and
as he received it he returned to Pompey,
unchained him. and the two went forth
into the night.
The body of the girl had not grown
cold when all the (acts were given to the
police, who scattered in every direction
in nopes oi securing the murderer. Hi
ed with jealousy and hate. Campi was
nan crazy. lie Bed into the country,
and only tbe mahout and Pompey look
ed for him there. The mahout on a run.
and the elephant swiftly lifting his
great feet and carrying the tip of his
trunk close to the ground, the two push-
:u on tnrougb the darkness and present
ly Pompey screamed out in anger. He
bad got the scent of tbe fleeing man.
aud he increased his pace. Half a mile
further on he swerved aside, knocked
down a couple of rods of board fence,
and entered a broad field. Half Way
across it was a shade tree a maple
wun a mm it a loot t nick, in tne branch
es was Campi. He had heard the
sounds of pursuit ou the road and had
turned aside to seek safety. Safety from
a iatner who had bceu rendered child
less by his hand, and from an elephant
who uaa nursed bis wrath for a month.
The great beast flung high his trunk
and stripped the branches down, but
Campi climbed nigher. Then tbe trunk
was curled around the body of the tree.
and the Goliath braced himself and
tdiook it until no living creature could
navo ciung to us top. Campi came n
ing down, shrieking with terror aud des
pair as he descended, and the next mo
ment Pompey had him. He raised him
aloft and whipped the body against tree
and earth until we who saw it an hour
later beheld such a shocking spectacle
as men seldom look upon. It was simp
ly a oioouy mass, with not one single
bone left uu broken. Thompson took
the body of his child and left us that
night forever, and before the season
closed Pompey had become so vicious
that he was sent to winter quarters and
loauou aown wun chains.
Elijah Pelton, of Shohola Glen. N.
Y., is said to be the greatest snake
charmer on record. He has in a big
cagu nearly 200 rattlesnakes and cop
perheads and walks among them and
handles them witu absolute fearlessness.
Ho feeds tbeiu ou crackers and milk.
and some of them show a decided af
fection for him.
A number of Norfolk, Va., merchants
have established "a peanut combination-"
MISS I NO UN It 3.
Fortr-two new Ice factories hare beet
started in the south during the past nlna
months.
Reading, according to the Eagle, la
becoming quite a oeuter of tbe canary
bird trade.
A red-headed negro Is a citizen of
Mttrshallville, Qa. There is also one la
Franklin, Pa.
It cost the gorernment $7,000 to bury
the body of Senator Miller, of Califor
nia, who died last spring.
In Cuba smokers consume on an
arerage of from twenty to forty ciga
rettes, or from six to twelve cigars a
day.
The streets and squares of Berlin con
tain upwards of forty-five thousand
trees, aud the number is constantly in
creasing. The whole French Infantry will be
provided with new rifles uext spring.
The cost of the change will amount to
t20.000.000.
A wall of brown stone, topped with a
bronee fence, keeps stray kine off the
t3,&00.00 premises of James C. Flood
on Nob ILilL. 'Frisco.
During the past three years eighteen
switch girls In a telephone office in a
Connecticut town have been married to
subscribers on the line.
Senator Edmunds is put down as
only worth f 100,000. notwithstanding
bis practice in the supreme court is es
timated as worth $60,000 yearly.
A hen whose head and mouth are de
scribed as being in striking resemblance
of a snake's Is classed among the pos
sessions of a Pensacola. Fla.. man.
Mrs. Cecil Clay is the real name of
Boeina Yokes, the aetress, and she
claims that her husband's family is di
rectly related to the great American
commoner, Henry Clay.
If the Chinese nation were to pass be
fore an observer in single file, the pro
cession would never cease, for a new
generation would be coming on tbe
stage as fast as the procession moved.
The White Island volcano, in the Bay
of Plenty, off the North Island coast.
New Zealand, is in active erupttoo and
seuding forth a vast column of flame
and smoke, rising to a height of 100
feet
A hundred years ago Moet and Chan
don thought 6.000 bottles of chain
pazne in one year an enormous pro
duction. Their successors one only of
many firms now bottle about 200.000
dozen.
A peculiar custom of the California
Indians is the annual "burning." The
Indians surround the graves of the
dead with clothing and then set fire to
it. thinking that in this way it goes to
the departed spirits.
Dynamite has been used for driving
piles in Pesth. A cast-iron plate is put
on top of the pile and a chnrge of 17)
ounces of dynamite exploded on it. The
effect is equal to five blows of a pile en
gine having a weight of 14 Vienna
cwt and a stroke of 10 feet
While working in the rock cut on tbe
east side of the river near Leigh. la.,
the workmen found a buffalo's horn im
bedded in the rock thirty feet below the
surface. It was in such an excellent
state of preservation that tbe rings
could be easily counted on it
It has been supposed that the name
"Columbia" was first used in America
in 1775, but Col. Albei t IL llovt has
found it in a volume of poems com
oed in 1761. mostly by Harvard grad
uates, in honor of George HI. and the
commemoration of George II.
"Stop your work the moment yon
feel that it is telling upon you. and take
your vacation on your fi?t not on
your ba k." Such is the sound sense
expressed by the nttc "lounger" in a
bit of a paragraph telling of the dis
comfiture of some brain workers who
overdid the thing.
A new prophet has arisen in Hart
county. Georgia. He predicts that tbe
woral will end in HIH), and has sold all
his eari nly possessions with a view to a
timely settling up on his own account.
He claims to be the spirit of Elijah in
carnate, but that notion will hardly
Keep him out oi an asylum.
Ex-Senaior Chandler's widow is one
of the most lavish entertainers in De
troit society. The repairs and exten
sions made to her beautiful borne and
grounds make it now one of the hand
somest in that city, but its capacity is
frequently taxed to the utmost to ac
commodate the many who throng this
brilliant woman's court
In Cbarlestown. Mass., there is a
family, the paternal head of which is
connected with the city works, two sons
are policemen, one son occupies a posi
tion in a reformatory belonging to the
city, one is a letter-carrier, two daughters
are clerks in the employ of the city, and
one daughter, the youngest hopes soon
to obtain a position as teacher in a pub
lie school.
A natural grotto was found in the
heart of the glacier of Arolia. in the
Erongerthal. in the Valois. by Professor
Forel, of Morges (Canton of Vaud),
who, with some fellow members of the
Swiss Alpine Club, explored the gallery
to a distance of 260 metres 273 yards.
It was. in some places, 25 metres wide
and from 2 to 3 metres in height
Further explorations are to be made iu
this grotto.
An editor out west remarks that he
has good reason to believe that news
paper men become white mules after
death, because the expression of the
countenance of a white mule has often
reminded him of some deceased brother
journalist especially the despondent
droop of the lower lip. He also calls
attention to the fact'that editors and
white mules seldom die and are awful
hard to kilL
Mme. Patti, according to Fraulein
Louisa Lauw, deliberately proposed to
the Marquis de Caux; not he to her.
One evening while they were sitting
chatting alone he innocently mentioned
that Paris reported them to "be engaged
and he laughed. 'Very well why
not? I should be very happy, I am
sure," returned Adelina; and, with
some pleased confusion, the Marquis ac
cepted her hand then and there.
Between Fourth and Fifth streets, on
Spruce street Philadelphia, Pa., work
men recently came upon an ancieut re
miniscence in the shape of a cemetery
that antedates local historical records
and is not accounted for by the oldest
inhabitant The laborers first struck a
stone wall several feet below the surface
of the street, which was regularly and
substantially built and had resisted the
ravages of time, and close by found a
vault in which were human skulls and
bones and the remnants of decayed and
broken colli ns.
In Talbot county, Georgia, more than
thirty years ago, two boys who had
from childhood been warm friends en
tered into an agreement br which one
of them guaranteed to tbe other a piece j
vi inuu lur tne use oi nunseil ana wife
for life, tbe annual rent being fixed at 6
cents per annum. Tbe place has been
improved by a comfortable dwelling
and outbuildings, and the two aged
people have the assurance of a home in
which to spend tbe evening of their
days, while the one who owned tbe
land sleeps in death.
James Russell Lowell says the Prince
of Wales "Is Immensely fat, nud his la
bors, such as they are, are chiefly physi
cal. He delivers very good speeches,
but I think there's no doubt they are
written for him. They are written by a
man who used to get up the addresses
delivered by the late Duke of Albany
Prince Leopold. 1 remember reading
one of these and thinking, 'Well, this is
really good!' Hut it turned out not to
be Leopold's goodness. There was a
good deal of voluntary make-believe in
the popular attitude toward Leopold.
He was always spoken of in the news
papers as a sort of paragon a Mar
ccllin. Hut when he died and the
Queen ordered mourning for a year, I
SK)kn to some one who knew him well
about the universal regret thai seemed
to be felt, and he laughed and said:
'He was the greatest cad I ever knew in
my life!' "
I I mmmm. a
CLAIHOYANCE.
"I was practicing law in a small
country town in this State a number ol
jears ago," said Gen. Lew Wallace to a
reporter for the Indianapolis Sentinel,
"and was at work upon the 'Fair God
during odd moments. I had never paid
any attention to clairvoyance and that
sort of thing, and scoffed at all who be.
lieved that man may have knowledge of
what pertains to the other world. There
was a tailor living in the town who was
exceedingly siiiH-rstitious. He bad fre
quently invited me to witness some of
his manifestations, but I had always re
fused. One night as I was walking to
ward home, afier having been engaged
In some work at my office. 1 saw a light
in the tailor's hop-window, aud some
thing prompted me to sto. My friend
and a boy apprentice were at work
when I entered. The tailor gave me a
chair, and we begin la. king over mes
meric influence and kindred matters.
After awhile he asked me if 1 would
care to hear some rapping. I told him
to suggest something else, as anybody
could make lappings. .He then sug
gested clairvoyance, and I told bim to
go ahead.
Now, at this point it is necessary to
say that for the following dav I bad
made a business engagement with a
farmer who lived near town in an old
fashioned log house. 1 had driven past
the place a number of times, and was
familiar with the house and the road to
it
The taiior proceeded with his ar
rangements by placing the boy on his
bench with his face to the walL The
man turned dowu the lamps in tbe shop
and directed his attention to the little
fellow, making passes with his hands
arouud and above hint In a few min
utes the boy. who was pale and sickly
in appearance, went into a sort of
trance, and the tailor told me to take
hold of one of the little chap's hands
and ux my miud on some incident in
my life or on some place that I had
visited. The farm-house 1 alluded to a
moment ago came into my mind at
once, and 1 thought of it intently. Al
most immediately the boys lips" began
moving, and in a loose, disconnected
way he described the log house, the
roads leading to it and many little de
tails as they pased through "my mind.
Hut after following me for a time he
slopped, and then began speaking
something of his own volition, or rather
that of which I was not thinking. He
said that it was uight and that the
house was dark. And then be said that
the door opened, and a man came out
carrying a lamp in his hand. He
walked out to the hen-house and opened
(he door while he looked into it; then
closed the door, returned to the house,
and all was dark aain. At this poiut
the boy set-med to be growing very
weak, and 1 told the tailor to rouse
him. which he did by waving bis hands
in the air.
"1 left the shop in a short time, not
ing the time which was about 10 o'clock.
Next day my farmer client called
promptly at the hour which had been
set We went through the business
which was to be attended to. and as
he started to co 1 asked him where he
hail been at 10 o'clock tbe previous
night He was surprised at the ques
tion, but answered that be supposed be
was asleep. 1 told him to think about
it for a minute.
" On, yes.' be said presently. I re
member now. There was an animal oi
some kind causing a disturbance in my
bun-house, and 1 got up just about that
time to see what the matter was. Every
thing had quieted down when I got
there, and then I returned to the house.'
1 told the story to my client who
was greatly interested," the general said
iu conclusion, "and the incident made
such an impression upon my mind that
1 wove it into the story."
A Funny Duel.
"We bad," said one of the crowd,
oue of the funniest dueis I ever saw at
college. It was a put-mi job, of eours.i.
'Jhe pistols were not loaded with ball,
but the duelists did not know that
They stood up like men. apparent' v.
but one of tlieiu got so nervous be lir-l
before the worF was given. Tuat
placed him at the mercy of bis opponent
who was a poor creature, but rather
shrewd. As soon as the pistol went oil
the individual who tired it got utterly
scared. The other Mood calm and
determined, and proceeded to take
leisurely aim.
'Don't shoot!' yelled the victim;
don't!'
'I believe it is my turn, isn't it?"
asked the othe., and be turned to the
seconds.
" "Of course it is: go ahead.
"And he again luisurcl,) covered bis
man.
" 'Hold on! Hold on! I'll givejou
50 if you won't shoot!"
" "Tain't enough!'
'For heaven's sake! I'll give you
75!'
"The man with the pitol sneered,
and covered him once more.
'How much will you t ,ke?"
'A 100.'
'I'll give it Put that ghastly thing
down.'
"And he paid his 100."
In the picture galleries of Boston may
be seen amateur copyists, many of
whose productions, says the Jou-na
are wonderful results of color. At one
easel a matronly lady was at work re
cently upon a figure which was appar
ently a goddess. Tho tints were vivid
and the impression placid, but there
seemed to bo a e uliar effect about tho
hands. Upon examination it was dis
covered tiiat the copyist, iu a moment
of inspiration, had endowed her god
dess with six lingers for one hand.
Joslitia Hendy Machine Works,
iMCOHroRHTEO SiCiTSMBeR 29TM, 1882,
MANUFACTURERS OF NEW, -:
AND DEALERS IN SECOND HAND MACHINERY,
Hydraulic Mining-, Qnartx and Saw-Mill Machinery,
'Automatic Ore Feeders, Triumph Concentrators, Hydraulic Gravel Elevators,
HVIlKllUC GIANTS,
Agents fur the Hale of "Commer" Automatic Eng-lnea, Porter
Manufacturing CVs Engines and Holler. - Baker " Rotary Preasore Blowers,
" Wlit.rahmn" Kutary Piston Pnmpa, Buffalo Duplex flteam Pumps, P. Blalsdell Co
Machinists' Tools.
MJS. 39 TO 51 FREMONT STHEET,
SAN FRANCISCO,
GARDEN CITY GANG PLOWS
The only Ganjr that will clear it'lf in weedy ground.
Height of Beam, 2 ft. Height of wheels, 2 ft. y, in. Wheels 4 ft. apart. Size of Beam, 9 In
PJUCES GKEATIA KEDUCED.
Chicago Walking and Riding Vineyard Cultivator combined. Prices also reduced
GARDEN CITY PLOWS,
IIAIlltOAVS,
V CULTIVATORS.
Look out for the New No. 3 McCormick Mower,
liKKATl.V IMPROVKO FOR 18S7.
Llifhteet, simplest, niost durable, and the latest Improved Mower in the market.
TRUMAN, JSIIAM & HOOKER,
Xos. 421 -427 Market Street, - - San Francisco, Cal.
A Mjntery.
An oil well is a "mystery" when ita
jield is kept seeret by the owners, for tbe
purpose of making money by affecting
tbe price of oil in tbe market If a new
well proves to be a pusher, the price of
oil is lowered; if hut a mall pro
ducer" or dry bole, prices go up. So,
by keeping secret the character of a new
well, those on tbe "inside" are able to
take advantage of any changes that oc
cur in the price-ot oil through tbe ru
mors which immediately get afloat con
cerning it, and to make money by buy
ing and selling oil speculating, as it is
called. It sometimes happens, even,
that false rumors are circulated by in
terested jer.sons. Every effort is made,
however, to discover what the mystery
really is. "S -outs" are sent out for that
especial purpose, and they use every
viue and str:iiaetu to obtain the d
sired inf-irmulioti. sometimes even
climbing trees and endeavoring with
lield-glas.-; lo spy out the secret. On
tbe other hand, everv effort is made to
prevent them from learning anything;
and some amusing aud exciting inci
dents occur in consequence. A guard
is on dutv at the welC dar and ni"bt.
and outsiders are kept at as great a dis
tance as possible, Samuel R'. Hall, in
HL A'ich'ila.
A Pittsburg. Pa., inventor has in
vented a machine which he claims will
make naiural-ga explosions impossible.
It consists of a brass bull with a thin
copper diaphragm soldered over the
opening of the same. Over the dia
phragm is a piece of hard rubber,
through which there is a screw; when
there is a leak in the joint of the pipe
the diaphragm is deflected against the
point of tiiis sere", this closes or com
pletes the eir -uit and gives an alarm in
any part of the house, while a small
switch will indicate the particular joint
leaking. "The alarm." said tne invent
or, "is sensi:ive that it can I u ad
justed to uiie-tifih of an ounce pressure,
and thus tiotii-e is given of a leak, and
the g:is can be shut off long before it is
possible for sufftVieui gas to geuerate to
cause an explosion.''
Durinjr a recent poker game in Buf
falo. N. Y.. an onlooker took it into his
bead to make a calculation. The ante
was 25 cents "flat." with f 1 limit, aud
three piayers. Time was kept ouce for
fifteen minutes and again for half an
hour. some, time later, and an exact
account kept of the money that passed
backward ami forward over the board.
For the tirst quarter of an hour the ag
grate kis ran up to 65, and in the
half hour, when the play was livelier,
to about ?1.0; yet there was scarcely
$ differuuce in the losses or gains.
miaiBiu & wei
Growers. Importers and Dealers in '
Seeds, Trees and Plants,
419 A 421 Sanoooie St, San Franciaco.
Catalogue f-r ISs". free on application.
-:-LAKE & CO.:-
Wholesale Ielers in
Brushes, Brooms, .Wooden Ware, E(c,
Wasliinif Miu'hines Jc Clothes Wriiijrers
at I.iw Fricef.
411 sAtR.tMKNTO ST, SAX FRAM lStO.
roitqioiideiit Wanted!
lv n j rominent firm in fan Franeiseo. Appli
uiit i- nst Msses some tmiiusraincity 8iil be
ille i , devote some hour dnilv t.i oui-of door
work. Address. Look Itox 152,
Nui FronrhM-o, Cal.
BLAKE, MOFFITT & TOWXE,
lmiorters and lelers In
Book, News, Writing k Wrapping Papers,
Car l Stock, Straw & Binders' Board,
I'Htent Machine made Paper I!as,
nvi to 510 Xarranietito St., San Franeldco
COMMOX SEXSE
Sasli Balance.
"So "tVnglit?, ' ids or
l'ulieys required.
Hie only rareesKful substi
tute for lttigtits and cord.
Hri'lr. Euiislile, Efieciive.
r tiretilar aiid testimonials-
i ddros,
BAKER -t HAMILTON,-
Fan Fiaiichco or Sacramento
Gen. Aytt.Jor Pacific Coast.
CALIFORNIA.
S. Foster & Co.,
Carry a complete stul flntt-elaiM stock of
GKUCEKIES m PfiOYISIOXS.
Guarantee mtii-faction in price and quality.
Hotels. Mills, Hunches
and all classes of trade supplied.
Large or small orders faithfully attended to.
A grata for Hell's Spioel SpaaoDinff for
Meat, nie. Fbih and foul try. In this ena
lniiHison. we u e only the clear leaves of laeet
h-rts ait ebofce neleeted cpieea, and on amount
of it urity, less Is required than of any other
brand ol lierln. A tableapoonfnl U usually
enough to season the dressing for an S pound
Turkey. For Meat, Uarue. Fish, Poultry. Seal
liiel Oyster. Soups, Orarleu. Ac, it i a very
desirable roodiinetit. ana has already obtafnea
in uvialfto reputation,
26 & 28 California St.,
SAN FRANCISt'O.
Five minutes walk from foot of Market St.
HILLER'SIl
COUGH CURE
5yA
Cure C'ougltA, Colda, Croup, Bronchitia,Pnen
noniax, etc Send SI, for trial bottle prepaid,
or k your lrag(ist for it-
1IILLKR URt G CO S3 Grant Ave, 8. P
AVitzel & Baker,
O'l'iisio.N Merchants,
And Wholesale Provision Dealers.
Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry and Honey
-:- A SPECIALTY. -:-
Prompt attention giren to Conntry Orders.
320 and S22 Battery St, Saa Francisco.
Jertlia Sf MTenicke,
ffiSISSER B ES
V On Wood.
320-22 BATTERY STKEET, S. P.
HOTELS
Everywhere, Restaurant and all large
buyer should avail themselves of our
ktw prices and save 20 to 50 per cent.
On the item of table sauce and catsup we
could save you one-half. On rice, t he
quality ice turn out in 100-lb. bags of
Rice at 4
Onto would surprise you. I never saw
better or whiter or cleaner rice here or any
where. It is a leader. And if you do not
want to hear any more complaints, try our
house on
POTATOES.
Let us select them once. They are not
very cheap now, but people eat twice as
many when they are dear, you know ; and
we could save you 50 cents or so on every
sack that is something-. And on
Pie Timber,
That is, things to make good pies of, like
canned fruit, or squash or eoeoanut, or
raisins, or choice white alden apples. If
you use them like we do they make enough
better pies or sauce than poor green apples,
like you get now. The price is so low with
us you could scarcely believe it if you saw
it in the paper, that is if you have been
buying at some places; but we don't intend
to say anything in the paper that we don't
mean to stick to. What we want is to get
customers and keep them year in and vear
out till we get rich enough to quit. "Our
new price-list is ready. It will only cost
you one cent to write for a sample copy and
only 12 cents to have it sent a whole year.
Guess you can save that much by having
it. Address
SMTTHSfiASTTST01.R
115 4 117 Cky St, S. CaL