The Lebanon express., December 13, 1889, Image 4

4
PULLMAN ADVENTURES.
k Bleeping Car Conductor Routt On of
ilia Comteal Experience. ,
I have seen Quito a number of stories
In print as to the adventures of old
fashioned individuals riding In sleeping
tars tot the. first! time, and I expect
every conductor on tho road could nar-
. . . .. 1 1 ......... ntrkiat nnmL
UIIUi 11 null UIUIW ,," w v.....
' cal experience of the kind that I re
member, happened in 18S8. I was run
ning on tho 'Frisco road, and at Pcirce
City a gentleman put his father on the
oar, aud telling mo it was the old fol
low first railroad trip, as well aa his
Brat experience in a sleeper, asked me
to take good car of him and aeo him
safely to 8t Louis. The old gentleman
was very talkative, told mo ho lived
away off the road and hadn't left home
any distance in his life. His son was
well fixed and had insisted on sending
him to 8t. Louis to see some relatives
there. Every time we stopped he hunt
ed me up and asked whether he had to
got off, and when we left Sprlngueld I
persuaded him to go to hed. He had a
tower berth and settled down very com
fortably after extracting from myself
and the portei solemn promises
that ho should not 1m? allowed
to oversleep himself. At about mid
night a drummer, who had exgaged
the upper above the old Missourian, de
cided to turn in. By some mischance
he woke the latter, and then the fun
commenced. The old man caught the
young one by the leg, and shouting
"murder" commenced to strugg' Both
rolled on the floor, the drummer coming
down very heavily, with his assailant
on top. There was iaos and pande
monium in no time. The old fellow was
an excellent wrestler and it took three
of ua to liberate the bewildered drum
mer, who fortunately had too much
sense "to insist on having revenge. Hut
nothing we could Ray could convince
the infuriated farmer that thero had
been no improperdesigns on his pocket
book. At last under threats of arrest he
promised to let the "assassin" alone.but
tie insisted on dressing, and at the next
stop he disappeared in the darkness. I
.learnt afterwards that he took tiie train
.home the next day, and I doubt whether
:he will ever try to reach St. Louis
again. St. Louis Globe-Democrat
HOW TO USE MONEY.
Every Wasted Dollar U a New Link in the
Chain of Bondage.
The highest value of money is not its
value exchangeable for luxuries for
houses, equipage, art, service, and so
forth. It is chiefly prized for the power
which it gives o er others for the old
potency, marked so long ago, which
makes 'the borrower servant to the
lender. But its highest value is to
free the borrower from bondage to the
'lender. The highest value of money is
in ita power to purchase personal liberty
and independence. There are other
ways in which men gain emancipation
from personal servitude to other men,
but they are open to but few. A man
who has exceptionally fine talents in
literature, art or applied science of any
kind may be a free man; but the great
mass must purchase themselves with
money. By this we do not mean free
dom from dependence upon our fellow
men. No man can escape that, and it is
one of the most beneficent ot trie mnu
amental laws of nature that it can not be
done. Mutual dependence isessential to
the development of all the finer vir
tues. But we do mean personal
servitude, the necessity of obeying an
individual master. Ordinarily this
may not be in itself a hardship; but
emergen'-ies do come, and come not in
frequently, when this servitude involves
the saciiiice of sacred rights and man
hoodoften the sacrifice of conscience.
Lack of knowledge of the highest value
of money leads to a very general sacri
fice of its lxsst use to inferior uses. Peo
ple buy luxuries better houses, living,
etc., not knowing that they are selling
their liberties for present gratifications.
Ever- young man ought to start out
with this one main object in life in
view, to win his freedom. It is an in
spiring struggle, and one in which the
high motive will lift him over many
hardships. lie may win it as a scholar
win it by the highest possible develop
ment of his mental and moral powers-J-by
any thing that gives him superiority
in any kind of work- But in lieu of
special talents, money will do it. Every
wasted dollar is a new link in the chain
of bondage. Interior.
Told to IMckena uy Longfellow.
To Wllkie Collins from New York,
under date of January 12, 18(58, Mr.
Dickens writes: "Being at Boston last
tiunday I took it into my head to go over
the medical school and survey the holes
and corners in which that extraordinary
murder was done by Webster. There
was the furnace and all the grim spouts
and sinks and chemical appliances and
whatnot. At dinner afterward Long
fellow told me a terrific story, lie dined
with Webster within a year of the mur
der, one of a party of ten or twelve. As
. they sat at their wine Webster suddenly
ordered the lights turned out and a
bowl of some burning material to be
placed on the table, that the guests
might see how ghostly it made them
look. As each man stared at tho rest in
the weird light all were horror-stricken
to see Webster, wilharope round hi neck,
holding it up over the bowl, with his
head jerked on one side and his tongue
lolled out, representing a man being
hanged." Philadelphia Ilecord. ,
A curious accident which happened
recently in Paris points out a possible
danger in 'the wearing of combs and
bracelets of celluloid. A little girl sat
down befurc the fire place to prepare
her lessuiH. Her hair was kept back b::
a tHiuu-uiroitt oou, Ji ouiluiola. uui
head was bont forward to the fire this
became warm, and suddenly burst into
flames. The child's hair was partly
burned off, and the skin of the head so
Injured that several months after,
though the burn was healed, tho cica
trix formed a white pstoh on which no
hair would grow. The burning point of
celluloid is about 180 degrees, and the
oomh worn by the girl had attained that
heat as it was hold before tho fire.
CRABSARMSAfltr" CEUS.
their lwir of Voluntary Amputation Ki
iil!timl llr an Old flentleutan.
A funny-looking old gentleman, with
a blue cotton umbrella under his arm
and goggles to match, stopped at a
Washington fish stand yesterday after
noon and attentively examined a lot of
healthy crabs, evidently just out of the
water, which were scrambling about in
a shallow box with the crackling noise
peculiar to this interesting crustacean
under such circumstances. Selecting
i for nartlcular notice the blsrgest of them
all, the aged person deliberately begun
to tickle it with his toreunger nau on
the second joint of the left large claw,
taking care at tho same time to avoid
being seized by tho rather formiuanie
uippors. This he continued for a few
seconds, when tho olaw suddonly
dropped off and the animal scrambled
away for a short distance, out
of reach, while the old gentle-
man i?oollv nicked ud the aban
doned member and put it in his pocket.
Then he stonned around to the other
side of the box and began to tickle the
same crab just as before on the otuor
claw; presently that foil off likewise
and was promptly pocketed. It . looked
as though the old gentleman was going
to repeat the operation on others of the
crabs, but ho was cut short at this point
by the unexpected appearance of the
fish man from behind tho door.
"What yer doing?" the latter in
quired.
Without exhibiting tho slightest dis
composure or embarrassment the aged
stranger waved a polite greeting to the
proprietor with his umbrella and put
himself in the attitudo of learned ditj
irse, evidently rendered instinctive
by scholastic habit.
"My worthy friend," he said, I have
just been performing an experiment of
the utmost interest, illustrative of a
curious physical function which, so far
as science is aware, is possessed oy trie
crab alone among animals. If your own
leg Is injtired so badly as to render
amputation necessary the operation
must be performed with a saw and
knives. Likewise with any other living
creature surgery must bo resorted to for
getting rid of the limb. 1 hocraD is tne
solitary exception to this rule. If it
concludes that for any reason, a leg or
arm is no more desirable, it simply cuts
off the member by a single effort of its
own and ffocs awav without it. Cateh a
crab by the claw, and, as quickly as it
perceives that it is not likely to escape
otherwise, it will exert the simple act
of volition necessary, and dropping the
imprisoned limb, goes off rejoicing."
"Huh!" said the fisherman.
"Yes, my good man," went on tho old
gentleman. "And, furthermore, this
act of voluntary amputation may lie
caused by simply scratching or tickling
the claw. The crab is doubtless annoyeu
by it, and being a creature naturally
subject to fits of ill temper, the limb is
angrily dropped. Theamputation.which
is truly such and not a mere disartieula
lation of the joint, may also lie induced
by the application of an electric current.
That the crab's power to accomplish this
curious feat depends npon the central
nervous system is proved by tho fact
that when the crustacean is rendereu in
sensible by an anesthetic or the nervous
system injured the act of amputation
can not be performed. I am very fond
of crabs' leors mvself. Thev are deli
cious eating."
"Tndeed."renHed the fish man. "And
so, you shad-bellied old beat, you come
around to my stand and tickle my crabs
for a supper! Two or three of my cus
tomers have complained lately that tho
crabs thev boucrht of me had lost their
big claws. I suppose you have been do-
intr this thinff rieht alone."
"Prav. be calm." interrupted the old
gentleman, with a deprecatory wave of
thfi hi lie-cotton umbrella. "Your speak
ing in this impolite manner makes me
fear that vou have no regard for science
nor interest in tho wonders ol physloi
ntrv. It is worth remembering, how
ever, that the crab has another great
advantage over other animals it can
renew the legs and arms it loses by
growing others, altnougn tne iresn ones
never get to be as large as the orig
inals."
'Well. I'd have vou know, mv bloom
ing old fossil, that I don't keep crabs on
mv stand lonir enoutrh for them to grow
new arms and legs in tho plaee of the
ones you steal; and if I ever eaten you
hanging about here again I''l hand you
over to the police."
And the old gentleman, without ven
turing a response, shuttled off, muttering
to himself the while and fumbling with
the two crab legs he had secreted in his
pocket. Washington Star.
A Valuable l'alr of llreeclie.
The owner of a very valuable pair of
trousers was lately advertised for in tho
French papers by the honest finder of
the same who allowed the individual to
whom they belonged fifteen days in
which to come forward. Af tor this
delay he stated he would consider him
self justified in profiting by this strange
windfall, which, as ho was in poor cir
cumstances and about to be married,
would bo very seiviceablo to him. n
tho Plaee de la Concorde, Paris, ho
aw one evening a dark object on the
ffround. which lie first took to be a
Hoping UU(. OU lUnpilUUOU.
howovor, he discovered his mistake ana
ptoked up the garmont then in his pos
session. He took the trousers with him
on board a boat which he owned, and on
passing them in review noticed that the
buttons Seemed different from ordinary
ones. Prompted by curiosity he undid the
eloth that covered thorn and found, in
stead of wooden molds, gold pieces.
Carrying his Investigations further ht.
oame across some bank notes stitched
Into tho waistband with other papors of
value. Chum hers' Journal.
Mr. Mason "We's kirn t' git mar-
rl'd." Rev. Mr. Dixon "Why, ham!
how yo'gwlno t' support a wife?" Mr.
Mason "We's gwlne inter d laundry
bli." Mr. Dixon "Yo' calnt wash!"
Mr. Mason "No, sah: hut I's gwine t'
funnlsh d' s'iled clothes." Judge.
A St. Paul jury, during a week's sit
ting on a recont ease, ran up a bill ot
fcJ7 for Turkish baths and 135 for shav
ing, shampooing and halrcuttlng, whiot
bill of $T3 was presented to ttie county
jommissioners for payment
ANGLO-INDIAN HOUSEKEEPERS.
Trials Put Upon tlie Meninalilb by lie
HnuMhil of Peculiar Natl Kervanta,
The memsnhib's housekeeping re
solves iuclf much into n close scrutiny
of accounts ami watching of supplies.
Tina id piihv siiicn she ilix-n not feed
her numberless servants, and orders
her substance only through one. ne
is the khansantah, the head butler,
iiKiinllv a oerson tif croat nomnositv
and spotless raiment, with a dignified
capacity for robbing you of annas aud
pice which would quulify him any
where to represent a municipal ward.
Especially when a visitor arrives noes
the heart of the khnnsuiiiali rejoice
. . i i 1. ' 1 :
wiinm mm, lor men is ins giuriiiuuojj-
portunity. Limes every day for the
visitor s butht Hut the visiting menisit
hib lias ordered it, according to the
kliaiisnmnh. and you cannot very well
ask her. The towels, even the sheets of
the visitor's bed, disapjiear the day or
l.nr ili.ivirtiiiwl The khunsumah looks
sorrowful and deprecating, but thinks
the visitors ayah must nave ueen an
extremely dishonest person. And the
unhappy visitor has probably had one
lime for her bath during the entire
length or her stay; ami tne toweis
have brought two an nns apiece ut the
bazar, which pot'8 into the secret
wallet of the khunsaiiiah.
Next in rank comes tho kitmutgar.
whit hrin rrv tlm dishes from the
kitchen, helps to wait at tables, but is
an inferior person. A lavorite term
of obloquy among Anglo Indians is
"lie looks" like a kitmutgar," which is
much worse thnn being compared to a
khansanmh. The baburchi is the
eiMtk. and he has a menial in the mus
salchi, who washes the dishes. "Bear
er" is a more or less general term, out
when you call the Dearer among your
household stalF you mean the man
who trims the lamps and dusts. He
will not sweep not ne i you must
have a mater to sweep, who is of very
low casta indeed.
Tl.o n villi is the mcmsahib s maid.
and she cannot pet on vvithoui one.
Th ilurwun is the pute keener, who
sits all day long beside the door to at
tend to cullers and messengers, unu
does nothing else. Decide these the
sahib must have a syce groom lor
each horse. No svee will take double
pay and attend to two horses that is
nnt the Arvmi wav. And if there is a
garden there must be a umHee to take
care or it. ami for the most mcniai
work of the house there is a beestic or
wutnrrurrier. whose numo is admira
bly appropriate, and who skulksabout
his business under the opproormm oi
all the rest.
The dhoby is the washerman, whose
leccadilloesare interestingly "naife."
Ie h.'m been known, for instance, to
dismember certain garment of the sa
hib and send them in separate legs, in
order to show the proper number on
his list and yet retain a shirt or" a
handkerchief. Thero is tho dhurzie,
too, who is a joy in India, and who
comes and sits and sews all day on
your veranda for fourponcol Very
imitative, indeed, is the dhurzie, not
to be trusted with anything, even to
bodices and skirts, for which he has a
pattern.
Anglo-India tempers are short, and
the khansamah knows their brevity
better than anybody in the world. A
favorito expression of abuse in con
nection witn i' 3d-rrone mutton' per
haps, is in extiing Hindustanee
"8on of a pig!" which hurts the gen
tle Hiridooa feelings as much
as anything. But the gentle Hin
doo usually replies conciliatorily
in some term of deep respect and
admiration; and certainly the uncon
scious khunsamah got the best of it,
who replied to this expression on the
lips of his irate sahib, "Sir, you are
my father and my mother 1" Garth
Grafton in Montreal Star.
UhiilbiI It for Dividend.
A conductor on a southwestern road
who failed to put a poor woman oil
his train because she could not pav
half fare for a sick child 5 years olu,
was promptly discharged as soon as
!, nll'.iip whs roiHirieri 'Tim Amount
would have been only thirty-five cents
anyway, but the company wanted n
to make a dividend for the stockhold
ers Detroit i fee Press.
During a recont thundoPstorm naar
Memphis, Tonn., a negro was severely
kicked bv a vicious mule: and. lust as
he was picking himself up, a stroke of
lightning hit the mule and killed him
dead on the spot. "Well, dar," -exclaimed
tho negro, "of dis chilo haint
got pow'ful frens to 'vongo his insults,
den dor's no use trying to hah faith in
anyt'jng!" . .
emerald and Other Stone. That 'WIU 1IA
PaNhloiialtle TliU Heaaon.
Emeralds will bo more fashionable
thor, they have been boloro in years, and
while diamonds will, ot oourso, noia
their customary plaoe at the head of all
preelous stones, the goms from Hrall
will be worn by the ultra-fashionablf
throughout the season.
The domand for emeralds even now
surpasses that of any previous season,
and tho price is gradually increasing.
It will not surprise the dealers if it gets
to bo on a par with 'diamonds. It 1b but
slightly below that now and unless tho
oraxo wears off or tli supply is Increased
there is nothing to prevent its reaching
hip h-wati'r mark before ttn holidays.
Emeralds have been gaining populari
ty for the past season or two, but not
much notice was taken of them until
last spring, when they became quite
prominent at the affiuri-n rte nowte, Tho
principal dealers in precious stones in
tho city immediately put up ino prinn,
and all summer the largest jewelers
have been setting them in new designs
nntlclnatlnir a hiir demand. As a result
emeralds will bo found within two weeks
In all sorts of settings both alone and In
combination with rubles, diamonds and
turqunls. .
Hraz.ll furnishes almost all the first
clas tnr ', -Phmign a Jew are found
in Europe and the I'nited Ktates which
do notcome up to the standard. Emeralds,
with very few exceptions, have uaws in
thorn. Perfectly pure stones are so rara
that the general run are mquuut!y al
luded to as flaw stones.
Thousands of new designs in neck
laces, brooches, bracelets, rings, pins
and watches are being placod before the
public, made to Include one or more
emeralds. Tho general style for a neck
lace or bracelet is to have the emeralds
fairly large, with dozens of Hinall dia
monds about them in ir.-i-gulur ulustors.
A string of hearts about the size of a
dime, of diamonds with a quarter-caret
emerald in the center of each, is one of
the latest caprices for a necklace or
bracelet. The latter is made of fourteen
hearts, and costs SHOO. Ktars are used in
tho same manner, also various kinds of
small flowers.
For rings pearls are used to set off the
i-merald, usually set crosswise or in some
pretty design. ' Many of the emeralds
have been cut in the shape of a crescent
or a star, while other are finished in
the same way diamonds art;, cut, instead
of the old fashioned oblong shape.
These are used mostly in bracelets, or
necklaces designed to represent a rib
bon tied in a how knot.
Black pearls are also in great demand
this fall, but their scarcity and price
Will prevent Ilium ryer ui-i uuiiiin
such as the present erase for emeralds,
will prevent them ever becoming a rag
There are comparatively very few black
pearls in the l nited Htates, and It is
always hard to buy a good one, even if
the price paid diws seem enormous.
They are found mostly in the lower part
of the Oulf-of California, and are sent
direct from there to Europe, to he pre
pared for the retail dealers and then
shipped back to this country.
The turuuois will be used some in
combination with oitlwr black or white
pearls, aside from its usual popularity
in connection with diamonds, mere
are not many new designs, however, for
it which do not include a pearl or an
emerald.
"Hubies, as diamonds, are always
fashionable." said a gentlemen uptown
who is considered Hn authority on such
subjects, "and the price is considerably
higher than it was a year, yes, three
months ago. They are bought by people
who do not change their jewels as they
do the style of their bonnets, and will
always bring a good market price. Next
to diamonds and black pearls, they are
considered the best investment that
could be made in precious stones." N.
Y. Mail and Express.
Professor Oarrick Mallery, of Wash
ington. hus been looking into the grounds
tor the belief that the American Indians
are the descendants of the lost tribes of
Israel. He finds there are no reasonable
pounds for such belief, although thore
is a certain similarity of customs between
the Indians and tho most ancient Israel
ites. Hut the principal reason why, In the
judgment of Professor Mallery, tho In
dians cannot be descended from the lost
tribes is that these tribes were never lost
at all. but were scattered and absorbed
in other peoples.
The year of jubilee for tho horse is
surely approaching. The western cities
have long used the cable traction sys
tem for street cars. Now eastern towns
are taking it up. Baltimore will have
her street cars pulled by a cablo by next
July. A few months more will also see
them In operation on Broadway. Now
York. Now, if somebody will invent a
motor to haul the huge wagons and
trucks that convey, freight through
city streets, a long step towards the per
fect civilization will be accomplished.
Thero is not room enough in city streets
for mankind and horses too.
A riwedish Idea.
It is astonishing bow many valuable
Mens and people have come to us from
Sweden, From orto of the methods em
ployed in the education of children
thero. those who aro endeavoring to pro
mote -manual training in "American
schools might obtain useful hints.
Tho system is called "Sloyd." It fa
milio.rizos children with wood workino
and the use of carpenter's tools. A child .
is brought to a carpenter's bench. Tool
are shown to him, and he is Instr ,
how to use them, Then a piece of, '
Is glvemto him, a pattern is laid bi;
him, and he is told to mnkea wedgo. vi
must be exactly of such a length an
width. The cutting must all bo done
with a knife. The child's mistakes are
corrected, lie tries over and over again,
and at last succeeds In making a wedge.
Then some more difficult piece of carpen
try work Is given to him, and he tries till
he can make that properly. The finished
pieces of work belong to the pupil.
The object of the training is not to
make a curpeiitcr of the child, but to
educate his hand and eye. The method
has worked like a charm in Sweden, So
it has In America, In the few places
where It has been tried. A new Rest Is
given to tho school among pupils who
detest It usually. All enjoy the work as
if k were play. Tho exercise with plane
and saw enlurgo the ohcsl aud strengthen
the muscles.
It is becoming clear that manual train
ing must occupy a larger and larger
place in our educational system as thus
goes on. J
Black Magic.
Medlmvnl writers hud much to say
alum black magic, and those who prac
ticed It. in our time we have grown so
wise that we have proved no such thing
usists.orevcr did exist. Very good. What
we are not afraid of is not apt to hurt us.
Hut if there Is no such thing as bluok
magic, what mnlign influence is it that
enables a person like the woman Diss
Debar, the so called "sjxxik priestess"
to entangle victim after victim In her
net. She harulxioy.led Luther Marsh, one
of the ablest lawyers of Now York, out
of thousands of dollars, by alleged spirit
pictures. She deceived many others by
pretending to produce the same kind of
pictures ujion the stage, though the
fraud was so palpuble that it made ona
feel bad for humuu nature to think any
body could Im taken In by it.
The woman waa sent to Hlackwell's
Islund prison for obtaining money under
fulse pretenses Her career was fully
exjiosed by ncwspuiiers throughout the
country It would have been a reason
able conclusion that Diss Debar wal
irretrievably ruined.
Was she? Not she. No sooner had
she been released thun she went lo Wash-
i , . , i i
j Ington and laid her not for a rich widow
there The sjxxik dixlge wus played suc
cessfully Hy slate writing the rich
widow was commanded to give Diss De
bar u shelter. Next, the two went to
Euro(x' together, D. D. claiming lo be
the X'isecuted and cast olT wife of tho
rich Mr. Luther Marsh. In London the
widow was rescued from' tiie sKXk
priestess while site yet had souio money
. i i. ....... ?
tut l, mm luiiiu iiiMiiu.
TIiuh the priestess mukcaJicriiviiigV
She is not handsome, Hhe is fat She I
not eloquent or leurned. Nevertheles. ,
with her record fully exposed. whorevfV
she giws she finds rich people who be
come us hubies in her hands I lor case is
not singular Most of our readers will
recall instances in which, in some inex
plicable way. unworthy and designing
persons have wound themselves uround
the best uud noblest of people, and made
them do their will utterly. If this is not
mesmerism, or black magic, or mmie
Uiing of tlm' rmtiiro. what lo 13
A singular cireuinstuhce recently
occurred at Hiddeford, Mo., which re
minds one of the days when pooplo bar
tered in beads and wampum. Two men,
one a small, slender person and tho
other of proportions in the neighborhood
of lioo pounds, wore employed by one of
tho women in that locality to dig a grave
on her family lot. They workedrapidly,
and ere they wore aware, the excavation
was so largo and deep that tho fat man
was unable to get out of tho hole. A
machine was constructed, and after quite
a struggle the big man was once moro on
top. In payment for their services the
woman a short time after gave each of
tho two mnn five quarts of gray beans
enough to keep them out of the ground
for quite a while if it came to tho worst.
A Wonderfully Made I'Uh.
One of tho most wonderful of fishes is
the one bearing tho name of chlusmodon
niger, or tho groat awallower. The body
is elongated, of nearly uniform thick
ness most of tho length of the fish. Tho
jaws aro very long and fitted with sharp
teeth, some of which seem to he reversi
ble. The manner of feeding is to grasp
a fish by tho tall and proceed to climb
over it with his jaws. As the captive is
taken in, the stomach and integument
stretch out; the distended belly appears
as a great hag. The fish will swal low
another one six or twelve times hiH own
size. This rapacity proves his own de
struction sometimes, as the gas formed
in the process of digestion makes a bal
loon of his stomach that brings the fish
r, flirt until.,.,. Aa t.1 l...l.ll. 1
posed to be 1,500 feet below the surfae''--this
is the only way ho came to he I
traduced to the public through the th;
specimens .now on exhibition in iijU-o5
urns. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
H Ihij t uiwitys tho mnn who
really catches tho most fish who is tho
hero in tho eyos of his friends. Mor
clmt 'I ravelin.