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Garrison’s Building, McMiinnlie. Oregon,
•‘-BY —
Tnlmaffe
ire.
MARTHA WASHINGTON’
She Wai a Poor Speller and lfer Gram
& Heath,
Publishers aid Proprietors.
mar Would lltudly paMg Muster— IndU-
criminate Use of Capital Letters in
Mriting—The Home Sphere.
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Martha Washington was not an educated
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stand the parsing of tho public schools.
Entered in the Postofflceat McMinnville. Or. Copies of two of her letters to her sister, Mi’s.
as second-class matter.
Bassett, lie before me. They were written at
about tho beginning of the revolution. Sho
begins ono thus: “1 icace wrote to you several
BATTLE OF CHICKASAW BAYOU.
tirtes, in hopes it would put you in mind of
A Desperate and Gallant Charge*Made me, but I find it has not had its intended ef
fect.” Further on she says: “The rivers has
by Gen. Frank Blair’s Brigade.
A charge made by Gen. Frank Blair 011 never been frozen hard enough to walk upon
Monday,«the last nud bloodiest day of the tho ice since I camo here.” Among the mis
battle, was one of the most desperate and gal spelt words of tlie letter are: “Navey” for
lant feats recorded in history. Separating navy, “loded” for loaded, “coles” for coals,
him from tho steep bluffs occupied by the “distant” for destined, “clere” for clear,
enemy was a cottonwood grove, which had “heare” for here, “plesed” for pleased and
been felled by tho Confederates, and which “greati n 1” for grateful. Company she spells
was an entanglement through which an un “compancy,” and persuaded “perswaded.”
I11 the fac-simile of a letter that she wrote
armed, unincumbered man coaid pass with
only tho greatest difficulty. On tho sido of to William B. Reed, of New York, in 1777, I
the cottonwood maze, next to tho enemy’s see that she knew no other punctuation mark
position, was a deep bayou, whose opposite than the dash, that the apostrophe was a
bank was some ten feet in height. On this stranger to her, and that her writing, though
P bank was a series of abattis, whose pointed not illegible, was far from beautiful or ele
limbs barred tho approach of a hostile force. gant. The use of the capital was as embar
Just beyond tho abattis was tho first line of rassing to her as the uso of tho punctuation
riflo pits. Gen. Blair, with four regiments, point, and her letters look as though tho cap
was assigned to carry tho position in front of itals had been shaken out of a mammoth pep
i him. Ho must make his way through tho per box and permitted to lie wherever they
dense fallen cottonwoods, I10 must then de- fell.
ONE OF HER LETTERS.
i scend into, cross tho deep and muddy bayou,
Olin of her letters, commencing “My dear
climb its steep bank beyond and then breuk
through tho deep abattis that crowned its Fanny,” was lately communicated by the
top, where I10 would find himself on a level, Rev. H. E. Hayden, of Pennsylvania, to The
uncovered space swept by rille pits/scores of Magazine of American History. It is dated
guns and other lines of defenses which cov “Mount Vernon, Aug. 7, 1784.” and the ver
batim spelling and punctuation are preserved
ered the foot of tho sloping bluff beyond.
Ono would fancy that tho feat of charging in the publication. Some of the sentences
begin
with capitals and some without. She
across this space, every inch of which was
swept by riflemen and artillery, would be an writes of “My little nelly,” referring prob
utter impossibility. Mounted and in full unl- ably to Nellie Custis, and in the same line
; form, tbe gallant Missourian led tho charge. says that “Tut is tho same claver (clever) boy
■ How ho over forced his way through tLc you left him;” thus capitalizing the boy’s
fallen timber, descended into and climbed najne, while she gives no capital to that of
out of the Mayou, gained a passage through the girl. She writes Fanny that “The Gen
the abattis, and nil tho time covered with a eral had received a letter from her papa,”
tempest of shell and bullet, and escaped an dated at “richmond,” begins the next sentence
nihilation cannot bo told. But he did it all, with a small letter, and in it capitalizes
and accompanied by a single man, also “Brothers,” “Family,” and “General.”
A person uses his best grammar while writ
mounted, he rodo into tho first lino of rifle
pits. His regiments struggled after him, and ing, and he who makes mistakes here makes
secured lodgment in the first line of works, more in conversation. Martha Washington
and held them for a time, but, being unsup may have been well educated in the school of
ported they had to return to their original society and in that of life. She was certainly
not so in books or literature. There was no
position.
Blair was a most interesiting man in every library to speak of at Mount Vernon, and
respect. Tall, well formed, with a “sandy” Gen. Washington was more of an out-of-door
complexion, light gray eyes, heavy mustache, man than a student. Wo have no record of
clean shaved face, and a fine forehead cov his wife being a reader, save that she read a
ered with a mass of reddish hair, distingue in chapter in her Bible every morning after
style and bearing, ho was handsome and breakfast. She knew nothing about novels,
commanding. Ho was slow and deliberate and the American monthly magazine, the
in speech, like one accustomed to addressing great family educator of the present, was not
large audiences; ho was versatile, doing yet born.
Martha Washington had, however, the best
everything well, from leading a charge to
uncorking a bottle, and in all instances char advantages of the day. Her whole life was
acterized by a calm,, dispassionate manner spent among learned men and bright women,
and a manner full of dignity. lie never but there is no record left that she was bril
seemetl to have the slightest knowledge ol liant in social conversation, and you will read
th^fipmposition of fear—if lie did, ho con- in vain for the reported bon mots of Martha
o^tled tho fact so completely that on no oc Washington. The truth seems to be that
casion was its existence discovered. In con Martha Washington thought woman's sphere
versation he was a polite, attentive listener, was home, and that knitting and cooking
and an engaging, unassuming talker. Be were more important than writing letters and
neath all his outward calmness ho had a tre a knowledge or French. She is said to have
mendous force, a fact which was demon been a good business woman, and to have
strated by tho momentum with which he managed the large estate of her first husband
throw his columns against tho bristling, very ably before she handed her share of it
adly heights oft Chickasaw bayou.—“Pu- over to George Washington.—Frank G. Car
liato” in Chicago Times.
penter in The Cosmopolitan.
Tlie Baby King of Spain.
To interview an adult emperor, king or full
fledged president i^not very extraordinary,
but to look up a majesty only <i months old
implies that tho'forco of interviewing con no
further go. Alphonse XIII of Spain and his
nurse Itaymundft have been subjected to that
Nineteenth century inquisition. The'baby
king is Well arid is engaged cutting his first
b eta. All his entourage when alluding to
him say "His Majesty.” His mamma and
wet nurse adopts t le familiar title of "baby.
r>:!. I Raymundn—a name of Madagascar
...in—oecgsiouany alludes to him as her
liere was once a Bourbon princess
at St. Denis at tho age of 2 days,
was alluded to in tlie court circulars as
high and mighty princess, " with a
of et cetcras that would erack the
of even a Spanish lord chamberlain to
>
eats, sleeps and laughs afid plays
Roymunda's sole duty is to give him
hrcart. ■ — couple are visited twice a
ors, the baby is-weighed
by th
I tho nurse's milk analyzed
y tvn <1
av lie death in tho breast as
Hi.; majesty has his own
Ml
m army of major dome« is
... to lb • ¿.lightest wants. A
Of b -ef; atera watch the nurs
i to the queen regent s
for sixteen years still the same
ba taken. On that depends
krone and the happiness. f
When her majerty wishes
to a friend or a dig
own arms and
Whenever Al-
bappy she has his
te a picture gallery
traits of the queen
All her huslwuid s
■flowed queen as
she finds in the
the best antidote
Chicago
to rarprise
a 190,01)0
THE FASTER’S l*RST
JUNE 10. 1887
WOMAN AND HOME.
DINNER.
Mertatti's Knife mid Fork Itilo
After tlie Fifty Days' Fust.
L'vee
l>’»erlatti, contrary to expectation, accom
plished his extraordinary fasting feat, which
commenced fifty days before. There has
1 beer, tome doubt as to bis having completely
! fulfilled the terms of liis engagement, since
ho began to take a little chemically prepared
wino at 5:30 o’clock ono afternoon, the stipu
lated time being 6:20. He was also given
some pepsum and meat powder, but his
stomach rejected them. Tho wine, however,
did him good, and ho was able to swallow it
in repeated gulps and with infinite relish.
According to tho opinion of some of the
doctors he will be unable to eat any solid
food for twenty-five days to come.
Those who flocked to tho Grand Hotel
recently for the purpose of seeing tho Italian
take his first installment of nourishment wero
rather disappointed at finding, not the corpse
like form which they expected, but e man
still apparently in health und spirits, although
languid in body and ana?inic in feature.
Mcrlatti was propped up on pillows and ro-
clined on a couch, near which wero exhibited
some of his drawings. A long counter kept
the frequent and inquisitive crowds of men
and women v, ho thronged to seo him from
approaching too near his resting place. The
comparative healthiness of the man's appear
ance after so long a fast can only be attribut
ed to the fact that tho pangs of hunger aro
mitigated and intermittent after tho first fivo
or six days. Thus, when I first saw Merlatti
there was a strong expression of pain on his
face, and his eyes wero of an unnatuxil
brilliancy. Thcso symptoms wero quito con
sistent with his case, because tho agony of
hunger is most acute in tbo earlier stages of
suffering. Since then he has been in a state
of languor an<l exhaustion, varied occasion
ally with feverishness, pains in tho head,
frenzied dreams and touches of madness.
Latterly bo had begun to suffer more
severely in tho head and stomach, but his
energy has enabled him to persist in his de
termination to tho bitter end. Efforts wero
of course made to mako liim break his fast a
fortnight ago, yet there is every reason to
believe that he ha3 dono his best to subsist oil
nothing during'tho fifty days but tho filtered
water. I left Merlatti this evening at tho
banquet, over which he presided, in tho
Grand Hotels Every seat at the tables was
full, and nearly one hundred guests, anior.5
them being some women and children, were
present. The Italian sat among tho mem
bers of tho medical committee, a lady being
011 his left. He seemed to regard the rich
viands, appetizing sauces and sparkling
wines spread out in profusion before him
with a half sad, half amused air, but his
knife and fork wero silent amid tho clatter
of plates and tho popping of champagne.—
Paris Cor. Ixmdon Telegraph.
CORNSTALKS FOR INTERIOR DECO
RATIONS.
Png Dogs vs. Little Children—Economy
and Self Denial—Life In the Country.
Happiness Without Wealth—Hygienic
I
Hints—Paragraphs—Note*.
I
NO. 104
EFFECTS OF NITRO-GLYCERINE.
Contradiction of a Newspaper Article.
ExploslousCnnnot Cause Annihilation.
A nitro-glycerine explosion cannot
cause annihilation of human bodies,
horses, magazines, etc., as therein stated.
It is true that a man's body is often re
duced to minute atoms, but the debris
«■ill cover the ground for a largo space
all about, and it is impossible to gather it
together. I lmvo seen a number of ex
plosions, and in the winter as well as tlie
summer. That tho snow or ground re
mained pure and spotless in any case,
after such an explosion is false.
I was on the ground within ton min
utes afte r a nitro-glycerine explosion that
happened in the woods near Aiken, this
county, about four years ago. A shooter
was driving along the road with a sleigh
load of sixty quarts of tho explosive.
From some means or other, the stuff went
off. There was a bole about three feet
deep and four feet square blown in the
frozen ground. The horses were hurled
forward about twenty-five feet, and their
Itind quarters were driven forward into
their bodies. Nothing remained of the
sleigh but splinters, and those were very
email. A part of the tongue, with ono
of tho whiflletrces, was still connected by
the ltarness to the horses. Of the unfor
tunate driver, we picked up probubly
thirty pounds of llesh and bone. Several
treeu «’ere chopped down to secure smull
portions of his remains. His face was
intact, but there was nothing left of his
skull; but the ground for an area of sev
eral acres was covered with the blackened
portions of the wreck, interspersed with
darkened bl<xxl stains, that showed out
clearly from the sno«-.
Aug. 27, 1885, a nitroglycerine factory
was blown up, just beyond the city limits,
rwenty-three hundred pounds of tho ex
plosive were destroyed. The wreck was
complete. A horae was killed, and his body
was blown several yards, but it was not
annihilated. Several heavy iron safes were
turned over, but they were not removed
from hitman vision. Where the factory
had st<x>d was a large hole in the ground,
and a space of about twenty acres covert»)
With kindling wood. There was a score
or more of the heavy iron drums in which
at-idis trans|x>rted, scattered about. None
of them was annihilated. I can cite a
dozen more cases if necessary.—Brad
ford (Pa.) Cor. Scientiiie American.
A COAT OF ARMS,
THE EASE WITH WHICH ANY PAR
VENU CAN SECURE ONE.
How tho Duke of Sutherland Was Aa-
tonished—His Coat of Arms Emblazoned
ou an American Citizen's Carriage,
Hunt:ng a Pedigree.
In log cabin farm houses, and even in still
Up to within a few days ago there was an
humbler homes, it is possiblo to introduce
Englishman in New York city who spoke his
cestheUc effects by a free use of cornstalks
native tongue in all its formidable atrocity.
for interior decorations. No one can have
He is tho Duke of Sutherland, who has “dono
failed to notice the rich golden color and
the States’’ many times, but ho appeared for
satin sheen of cornstalks in tbo late autumn
tho
flret time during this last visit in private*
season. Their lightness of weight tits them
ball and drawing room. Hitherto ho had
admirably for the purposo we have just indi
preserved his insular prejudice against tbo
cated, while in tbe more matter of exterior
now rich Americans. But last spring, at tbo
finish they are scarcely inferior to bamboo
inaugural ceremonies of tho Panama canal,
cane.
be made the acquaintance of our former min
Let us illustrate by taking tho simplest log
ister to Franco, Mr. Bigelow, who was at
cabin, with unplastered walls and bare raft
Colon at tho time as tho representative of tho
ers, upon which the floor of the second story
New York chamber of commerce. This ac
—perhaps a mere loft—rests, thus answering
quaintance
induced him to break through his
the double purpose of flooring and ceiling.
former habit, and in bis last stay in New
In order to conceal the unsightly chinking of
York ho consented to bo present at tho wed
mud or plaster which fills the interstices be
ding of Mr. Bigelow's youngest daughter and
tween the logs, a dado is the first device, or
Charles Stuart Dodge at St. George's church
rather wainscoting.
in Stuy vesant square. It was his former re
The stalks are selected of uniform thick
fusal to join in any society festivities that led
ness, and are then cut into such lengths as
him to imagine that the costume which had
may be desired for the height of tho wains
served him us a similar occasion in the west,
coting. Tho cutting must bo done with great
when a cowboy espoused a ranebera, would
accuracy; it is best to cut each stalk by lay
do hero likewise, and bo appearedat the Bige
ing it against a pine stick selected as a gauge.
low
wedding attired in a deer stalking hut,
Another set of stalks is now to be cut, and
tweed suit, und heavy hunting tirogans.
these form tbo ceiling decoration. Tho width
This was forgiven a duke, however, on the
between tho rafters furnishes the model for
score of eccentricity, and, tbe ice once broken,
tho length of these s.ilks, for we are now
distinguished social honors poured in upon
speaking of the most primitive form of log
him. The last and climacteric exhibition of
cabin—one which has not even a plastered
the ducal coronet was witnessed at tho recep
ceiling.
tion of Mrs. Hicks-Lord, when tho wild wails
If paper is not too expensive for the upper I
of the pibroch, perpetuated by Mi’s. Ixird’s
wall surface, the cheapest quality of muslin
private piper, hailed his grace of Sutherland
can first bo tacked around the lour sides of
as ho entered. It was then he uttered a good
tho room above tho intended wainscoting, and
old fashioned English word, beginning and
a low priced wall paper of desirable tint ap
ending with the letter d, followed by tho
plied; or coarse muslin of some pretty shade
nanio which wo aro forbidden by the bible to
may furnish tho covering without the ad
apply to our brother.
dition of .paper. Tho choai>est quality of
crimson cheese cloth wakos a handsome back
THE LAST STRAW.
ground hi contrast Arith the yellow corn
“This beats my limo,” said tho Duke of
stalks.
Sutherland. “I shall tako to tho yacht to
For the wainscoting theso are applied
morrow. Why, this afternoon aa’I ¡»assod a
simply by means of long brads driven through
shop on Fifth avonuo what should 1 soo
Qie stalks immediately into the logs around
standing in front but my own carriage—yes,
ffio four walls. Tbe upper ledge will of course
by gad! I saw u carriage with my own coro
net upon it.”
be perfectly smooth and even it’ the sticks
have been carefully cut. As a finish for tho
Tho duke ought to havo demanded on ex
top, cornstalks are to Lie laid along this ledge
planation ot tho owner; but as ho did not wo
transversely, and also secured by long brads.
will furnish him with one. Tho coat of arms
Dignity nt the Capital.
TTiis finishes the wainscoting, unless one
emblazoned on tho family carriage of a sim
wishes to nxld to tlie security of tho part next
Originally, it is said in history, the ple American citizen is a harmless exhibition
the floor by a thin str'^p of pine wood.
United States senate was a very dignified of tho proprietor’s vanity and tho carriago-
Since it costs nothing except a few hours’ body; its members were returned for maker’s complaisance. Tho citizen, however,
Banish the Railroad Stoves.
labor, ono may well try the experiment, if many successive terms; they were men is not wholly to blame. Fortuno had smiled
For the last forty years, since railroads ©nly for tlie sake of the beautiful aesthetic ef who belonged to tho old colonial aristoc upon him, and he had a carriage built. Noth
have been equipped w.TTi heavy cars and fect. If prefi?rred, a narrow shelf may run racy, which hold itself aloof from and ing to condemn in that. He, liko a sensible
run at high rates of speed, scarcely a year around the room at tbe head of the wains- above the people as distinctly as the land man, hud intended to have his cipher on tho
has passed without tho loss of life from burn coting, particularly if it lie sufficiently high ed gentry does to-day in England. The panels, but tho “women folks” were mortf
ing car wrecks. The method of heating cars not to interfere with tbo furniture. On su<*h
ambitious, and never rested until in a mo
now is substantially t he Fame as it was forty a shelf Liite of bric-a-brac may bo arranged to tradition of this has descended; much of ment of weakness ho consented to emblazon
the
dignity,
it
is
true,
has
eva]x>rated,
years ago. Each car has a stove, and the great advantage. The polished surface of
tbo doors of his coach with a coat of arms.
only improvement yet made io a better system the stalks easily prevents the accumulation of but tho recollection of the personal con Now the question arises: How to get ono.
sideration
still
lingers,
and
the
women
of
of securing them more firmly and putting dust.
His ancestors and ‘himself have struggled
them in a sort of metal casing. But the be
The sticks for the ceiling are laid between the family make tho most of it. It is along for a good many yean without feeling
amusing
to
watch
some
of
these
ladies.
ginning of the present year has shown again, the rafters, and secured to tbe planks by
any special need for armorial bearings. This
and with horrible emphasis, that the precau brads, making a solid surface, and repeating Many arrive in Washington knowing contentment or neglect seems to havo closed
tions against the burning of wrecked cars the effect of tho wainscoting, except for the nothing of the social usages that prevail tbo way now to coronets, and, besides, be
are totally inadequate, and that tho present division formed by the raftein.
there; ignorant of the very meaning of lives in tho United States, whore it is consid
system of heating should bo superseded by
A hostess who deplored the poverty ot a precedence; not aware tlrat people ever ered an honor not to I mj crowned. If he lived
something radically different.
primitive country home in a chinked log go in to dinner in any peculiar order or in Brazil ho would endow a hospital, and the
The method employed upon tho elevated house, which it was impossible to keep tidy, with any significance. They wear high emperor would reward him with knighthood
railroads in this town shows that a train of with tbe dust perjictually sifting from the bodied gowns and unfashionable gloves and a coat of arms of great complexity. If
cars can be perfectly heated without tho pos walls, was glad to avail herself of this means
he lived in England ho could got a ptnligrco
sibility of lire in case of accident. That of beautifying her home, which a guest with when they first dine out and make their and a coat of arms from the Collego of Her
method consists in a pipe furnished wKli ready ingenuity had suggested. The pan- husbands put on yellow cravats to “look alds without doing anything so expensive os
steam from the locomotive, and it serves the oled ceiling was also a groat lioon, since it like other men.” But all this changes in found a hospital. Living in neither of these
single season. Before the end of the
whole train, each car being heated equally deadened the sound in the story above the
convenient countries, but in the Unitetl
from end to end. It is a very simple plan, I living room. Tho case with which theso corn first session they learn to get their gowns States, if ho must have armorial bearing*
ami it should be adopted upon all railroads. I stalks can bo manipulated makes them de from Paris and their gloves from—who there is just one thing to be done—he must
ever is the most the mode; while about steal them.
There would bo another very great ad
for simple summer cottageset water
vantage in the use of this system. As it is sirable
the etiquette of visits and tiio place they
Warning» in Dreams.
HUNTINO A PEDIGREE.
ing
places.
But
wo
have
not
yet
exhausted
insist on at table they are as inflexible as
Many peoplo still believe that they receive now, the brakeman tends the stove, and as their decorative utility.
When he has made up his mind to it, this is
he
has
other
duties,
ho
piles
on
all
the
coal
warnings in dreams, und it is impossible to
Cut into short lengths—say of about twelve if they had been born at the White as easy as stealing lead pipe from a junk
rebut the arguments for such a belief, but the stove will hold and lets it go. The usual Inches—they make a beautiful covering for House and never been out of sight of the shop. Ilo gcxn to the carriage manufacturer
result
is
that
when
there
is
any
fire
at
all
it
we may confidently assort that any general
tbe outside of jardinieres or window boxes Capitol.—Adam Badeau in New York and takes him into his confidence. That
reliance on the confused and contianictory is a roarer, enough to roast anything as far for plants. On festive occasions, when a World.
worthy is not surprised—bless you, no! This
uway
as
the
sixth
row
of
seats
and
to
give
‘indications of dreams would involve the i,ost
isn't the first nor the thousand und first time
mantel decoration is desirable, have a slight
all
tho
passengers
headache.
But
if
the
en
inconsistent vagaries of conduct, wholly un
ho has acted for tho college of heraldry. Ho
wooden or stout postetioard box made to lit The Prussian Policeman's Happy Lot.
gineer
controlled
the
heating
he
would
be
worthy of a rational being. Our reason and
The police of Berlin are only on duty brings out his library, which consist* of
the sbdf, or place several boxes in a row on
our dreams ore often so hopelessly at vari able to regulate it with more constant atten the shelf, and liecure an upright row of stalks during the day. At night the capital is “Burke's Peerage and Baronetage” and
ance that, to desert the former for tbe latter, tion and more disinterested judgment. By to tlioir outer surface, leaving them either of 4 confided to the care of the night watch “Burke's General Armory”—Burke is tho in
would bo equivalent to relinquishing the n<Xt year there should not be a singlo stove uniform height, or sloping them gently from ers, who are under the orders of the dispensable friend of Studebaker and Kim
use in a passenger train in this v.hol-
bright shining of tbe siui in order to pursue a in
country, and if the present engines are not the middle to each end of the mantel. Fill president of jxilice, wear a special uni ball und their clients—ho brings out his
treacherous will-o'-tbe-wisp. The writer once I big
enough to supply the additional steam tbe boxes with sand slightly moistened, and ; form and are furnished with a whistle library, and in tbo seclusion of tho carriage
had occasion to engage a ]>assage for a long required
bigger ones should be put in their arrange flowers to suit the taste. Such an ‘ and sword. Their service lart from 10 builder’s private office tho respectablo citizen
sea voyage, and tbe only vessel available at places.—New
improvised mantel jardiniere filled with to 5 o’clock, according to the season. endeavors to recollect something about the
York Suu.
tbe desired time was a steamer which had
masses of one kind of flowers is unique in its They number about 500, w hile the police ancestors of his family. Any little incident
been a great favorite in her day, but was
is enough, and it is astonishing how obedient
beauty.
New Method of River Mining.
men number 5,500; fifty of them are
then so old that doubts were entertained re
VVhereXhere aro sufficiently broad window mounted. All tho4x>liccnivn are old non memory becomes on such occarioiw.
A
novel
way
of
river
mining
is
now
bein~
garding her seaw orthiness. In spite ol warn
“Now there’s a coat of arm* that I’m
tills a pastelxiard box may Ixs selected of such
ings on this point lie engaged his lierth, anil carried on near the Garibaldi Mining com a size as will easily fill the space. Cover both commissioned officer*, tall, well formed familiar with,” say* tho customer, “and I
on that very night he bail an intensely vivid pany’s property on the Stanislaus river, two I sides—front and back—with short stall:», fill men, who have served many years in tho don’t know where I have seen it unlcM it be
dream of shipwreck aixl drowning at sea. mile? below Robinson's Ferry. The plan with moist sand, and they will serve as re army, and only 11 nose who have been longs to our branch of tho family.” Ho our
Undeterred, however, ho set sail without consists of a scow twenty by sixty feet on ceptacles for nuy sort of flowers, repeating noticed for their good con<lu&, their branch of the family apjjcar soon in their
serious misgivings and bad 11 most agreeable which is placed a steam engine and boiler of tlie effect of the mantelpiece. If there an zeal and faithfulness, are eligible for this true colors. But many jx'ople are not *o
fifteen horse power with a powerful suction
and prosperous voyage. In this case the pump
attached. Tho pump not only throws low bookcases in the room, utilize the game duty. The people rosfwet them and are ■asily satibll'xl. When they have started in
drcam was evidently no su[iernatural warn an immense
stream of water, but at tho suggestion in their decoration, in this case on gcxxl terms with them. Sometimes earch of quarterings and mottoes, they be-
ing but rather tbo result of the effect pro same time draws
the rand, rocks and gravel choosing narrow boxes, placing them along they act as if they wew still in the army ?omo very particular. Hay, for instance, the
duced upon tlie imagination by tho hints from the bed of the river at the rate of fifty Qic edges, and decorating tho front surface and aro somewhat brusque. The people rich Mr. Jones wants a coat of arm*. Tho
thrown out regarding tho vessel s supposed tone per hour. The pump discharges into only of the boxes. On a certain festive occa [ are accustomed to submit to tte< so men. an iage man o[M»ns his heraldic record und
»nseawortby character. Presentiments of the head of a flume running tho entire length sion tho flower boxes for mantel shelf, win ami at a parade one policeman is all tliat reads: “Jones, Arthur Adolphus Patrick
all kinds arc almost invariably grouudlew, of tbe icowfcand drops the material, A cts the dow sills and low b<x>kca*es. running around ! is requirctl to maintain order. The mor-. Dennis; first lord of Castle-toddy, ('astletoddy.
and when on rare occasion» a present nnent is gold, some ten feet away from tho stern of a handsome room, wero covered with corn
County Mayo, Ir. land.
•
verifleii by tlie result, tho explanation is tho the boat. Any large rocks that may ob stalks and filled with crowded masses of large ality of these men is excellent; they are
“No, no,” says the honorable Jones,
very simple anil obvious ono that in this in struct the free working of the pump ore field daisies. Whether in the glow of sunlight 1 upheld by the jx-oplo and by their supe family are English by descent.”
stance oar feara correct!.'' foreca-Ksi the bustled out of the wav in short order by or the glimmer of gaslight, the result was so riors and evi*ry fault or negligence is pun
A few more pages of tlw peerage arc turned
future, " e fear and we hope many things large and powerful derricks As the Stanis exquisite that it excited the admiring com- J ished. They know how and when to 3ver until the name of Jones npfirars again,
punish as well as to protect.—Berlin Cor. this tim© as an English peer, prefixed by five
more or less probable —AU tlw Year Round. laus river is noted for its heavy gold deposits me nt* of every guest who saw it.
I 31* six Christian names, and with an addi
The simplest pine stick needed a* a support Al I Kin y Argus.
the result« can hanlly fail to, meet, if not
tional surname that tbe head of the English
legend of the Glatt»'» Canwway.
*veutly e^eed. the antici pat inns of the Chi for a screen is at once made to assume an
The Latent London r an.
I iousc has I xm - ii permitted to assume by royal
“In tbe eki«n time the tanxaw Irish giant. cago capitalists who have it in charge.— appearance of great elegance by grouping
around it several cornstalks in a cluster, ami • The courtly kiss upon tho hand, the warmer ! license. This nobleman has an estate iu
Fin McOtff. had a quatTrt with a scotch Calaveras fCol.) Prospect.
securing them firmly to tbo central support osculation of tbo lips, have lfeeti thrown into Devonshire,
giant BCTOM the water. The S.-otchnian «aid
“There we have it,” eric« tbe conscientiou*
by a ribbon or wire. This is a valuable sug- social darkness l»y no-lcss an arbiter than the
lie would route over and mop up the floor
Mechanical Trap* for the Sucker.
gestion for fancy fairs, where there are 1 Prince?« of Wal<«s. It appears that this lovely Jones. “I havo heard that my grandfather
with Fin it it mu not tor grttmg his feet wet.
anie
from I>?von«hire.”
A good inAuy jieople think that most of numerous device* needed for concealing the i specimen of royalty was observed kissing her
Whereur- n Mr. McCtetl. Bke the fine ouM
In rnut-h the same way, undoubtedly, the
*i*ter-in-law, the Prirxnw WuMemar, in this
Irish gssiti.-nian that be was. built this cause tbe gambling houses in Chicago are run rough framework of tbe tables.
Ii. need scarcely lie said that at liarvest fes- J particular fashion—whether by accident or A bm H cuh citizen went to work searching th*
way for his Caledonian rival and greeter! hint I “on tlto aquare,” but Ilcndrie, tlie expert
with the most tremetxioas thrashing ever clock and model maker, tell* me that Le is tivals nothing i* more beautiful in the dis- . intention tbo observer fan* to state—and Im archives of hi* family, with u result that
rirea *o n»". " hat was Mt of the Scot i ' often called in by gcmbiing gentlemen to play of autumn fruits and flowers than erect | mediately tbe idm caught on to the flattering Milled tlw; Duke of Hutberland by tbe sight of
cornstalks grouped in a iiiaas, each bearing crowd of conrtiew. When two ladies meet hi* own carriage, which he supposed to be
Mr McCool item nitrtlv set up in busines in mako aomc contrivance» for their um -.
He aiy* be ha* made for certain well its iMuden of gerfden fruitage. For a decora- [ or part- now it won’t be: “My dear (kim on snugly resting in the atabtaiof Stafford house,
rery. ami the sea in lime washed away
bridceUtfk'otlMid.*—Cimunr-ey Depaw's known gambling shop proprietors iu Cbi- tive fringe on ..m-b orcarions cars of ripened i tbo right cheek), l»ow glad I am to see you” roiling along Fifth avenue, emblazoned with
ra<o,‘ hold <nrt'' devierr. for u»c in
r. as com, with tlie busks turned iaick. may lie i (kiss for tbo left cheek); but the gushing pair :he ariu of his family ami likewise tbe sup
■* t !1
“rtripper'' attarhments for f«r<> used with a charming effect.—Harper's Bazar. will just light on the tips of each other’s noses, porters, which can only 1» used by a peer of
boxm Tb»1 rmilctto whorls, be xaj*. he
like two birds pecking at a lump of sugar. the realm, the whole surmouated w ith a ducal
of being tanipan.1 with, probs
This fashionable kiss has it« advantage, as coronet. — Willis Hteelto in Chicago Times.
tbo odds accinst Uw pUy^r are
will lx) ween at once. There can fie no dis
re» to two. and that Rets away
turbance of “make up.” Noone understands
Metai hcitw, worn by a certain c J om of
quite fart rnoegh.—Chicago
tliat better than tho lovely princess. The women In Pari*, kava already iieen intro
Frt -iK-li klm on the forelx-ud, rm I »inn** ic <»f duced here.
rhactity and deep devv*ion, i. routed. foot,
Tiny tolxjggau* now Mangle from the
borw and dragoon». by thia new kl*. whirb
ought to Le imnwllately populr.r Contedrrteg bang!«” worn by U m progressive girl of tb
per ted.
it te tb. lateat London led.—Borton Herald.