Guarded as carefully as any of the guests’ jewels that lie beside it in the big safe of a great and glittering Broadway hotel in New York city aud treasured by the proprietor more tian its weight in gold is an old cashbock. Yhe entries run from March to De cember, 1846. They record in quaint, descriptive phrases the comings aud goings of the travelers who stopped at a wayside inn on a turnpike road less than 100 miles from New York. This tavern was kept by the Broadway ho- | tel proprietor's grandfather. The bulid- ing of the railroad, the passing of the stagecoach and the changes of mors than half a century have obliterated this once famous old inn at South Dur- ham, and now all that remains of it is this ancient book, which served uot only as a record of cash received, but took the place of the modern Lotel register. The prices charged by this innkeep- er of long ago are as far removed from those exacted today as this an- cient hostelry is from the gorgeous summer hotels of the countryside where it once stood. The regular price for a dinner was 19 cents, but even this appears to have been “cut” to fre- quent travelers. For instance, there is an entry of “Candy peddler from Al- bany, two meals and lodging, ©o cents.” Almost every entry is a brief description of the individual traveler and what he got—for example, “Frec- kle faced, eagle nosed boy, hay. sup- per, lodging and grease, 81 cents.” This boy was probably driving a horse and wagon, which would account for the hay and grease. Another man who was described as a “fellow with tired colt” got bay, lodging and breakfast for 44 cents. Every few days there came along, according to this ancient register. a “Connecticut man.” He invariably spent just G cents for food, and that was for ple. On two occasions there is an additional charge for “greasing wagon, § cents.” There were no the- atrical companies touring this turn- pike road half a century ago, but a phrenologist appears and vanishes, it being recorded that for “hay, 6 quarts of oats, lodging and breakfast” he gave up 056 cents. Once in awhile a real spendthrift would come along. like the “gent with three ladies and two children.” They had six dinners. For these, the hay for the horses, the “meals for the dog” and the “segar” for the man $1.28 was charged. There was a wedding breakfast at this quaint tavern too, It is set down as “wedding, DRadelils sister, 6 dinners, 12 quarts of oats, $1.60." People “went west” by wagon In those days from the thickly settled east to seek their fortunes. Some did not find what they expected and cam back again. One such group. an “em- igrant family returning east—seven of | them"—spent $2 at the inn. “Three cents’ worth of candy” is a frequent | entry. Probably the “candy peddler ! from Albany” paid for his food and ' lodging in sweets. There are but two | entries of anything stronger than lem- | onade. and those are for beer—four | quarts for 9 cents. Oysters were ' cheap, too, for six plates of them in- | creased the contents of the tavern | | | keeper's money box by just 15 cents. Among the journeyers along this turnpike road whose passage is record- ed in this ave yellowed volume is “Old Particklar. Dcubtless he was some cranky old codger who kicked about everything and whose goings the inn- keeper sped as much as possible. Then there was the “Whistling Man,” the “Stiff Arm Man,” the “Dispeptic Man” (he had four quarts of tea) and the “Hen Man,” who ate a piece of pile and traded roosters with the hotel ! keeper. Other travelers along the ! highway are thus described: *“Aboli- | tion Man,” “Mean Fellow.” “Gent | With Noble Horse,” “Lady With Cry- | i i i ing Baby,” “Hank Day's Likeness" and “Cravat Peddler” (fool). Occasionally an old acquaintance would pass by or some dignitary, for | it is set down that a “friend from | Lexington” had hay and lodging one | day at the inn. Who knows but he! might have been a son of one of the | “embattled farmers” who kept the bridge that April morning of the ride of Paul Revere? The “Grand Juror | and His Wife” tarried for a meal at | the inn the same day as did the “Dom- | inie’s Wife and Child.” On Nov. 3, so | the careful chronicle says, the pro- prietor “went to York,” where he re- | EER £5 g g 5 5 ! 3 3 7 t 13f and says, “Sundries while at York, 50 cents.”—New York Press. vented Hamilton palace. the seat of Sir Charles Murray's uncle, was the first household worth of the Tweed to adopt them. A small laird, invited to dine with the Duke of Hamiiton, was disgusted to find a dessert spoon hand. ed to him with the sweets. “What do you get me this for?" he exclaimed to the footman. “Do you think ma mooth has got any smaller since 1 lappit up ma soup ?’~ London Chronicle. An Exception. She (protestingly)—~That's just like you men. A man never gets into trou- ble without dragging some woman in with him. He—Oh, | don’t know! How about Jonah in the whale?—Bos- ton Transcript. Moral good Is a practical stimulus. — Plutarch. | | and A. T. Stewart. of the civil war Potter Palmer was iu the dry goods business in Chicago. and Levi Z. Leiter and Marshall Field were working for him Palmer wasn't so well known, but he Potter Palmer But After Awhile the Young Man Made His Case Clear. As the youug man entered the oid man looked up and scowiled. “Well? sald the ola ‘man shortly. “Your daughter’ - begun the young don, but the old man «ut him off ab had a good reputation fn the trade, | ruptly and be didn't have to introduce him- self when he called on old A. T. Stew- art to buy some goods. After sowe dickering they agreed upon the price, and Palmer calmly xaid that he would take about $100,000 worth It was a little larger bill thay Stewart exactly cared to sell young Palmer on credit, but be concluded to make the deal and told hiw to cote in the pest morning and arrange some Hual details, That night soe big war pews came, and 1t didu't require any declaration by the government to inform every dry goods wan in the country that the price of goods would take a big spurt up. Stewnrt recognized it asx soon as he bad the pews, and be immediately thought of Palmer He also though’ of the big bill of goods Palmer had bought of him. It didu't particularly tickle Stewart. that thought didn't But it required only a few seratches of his red head to fix things to his satis faction. He would simply tell Palmer that he was sorry, but that he didn't feel that be could sell such a big bill on credit, and us he knew that Palmer couldu't raise the caxh Immediately, why, that would end it. and the sale would be off. Well, youug Palmer called early, and Stewart greeted him in his very abruptest manner, telling him bow sorry he was, ete., but reaity he didn't thipk it wise business to es. tend credit for such an amount. “Just how much does the bill come to?" sald young Palmer, seemingly sor- rowful-like. ‘ “Just $110,000," Stewart replied, and then he straightway gulped for breath as young I'zimer drew an immense pocketbook from his iuside vest pocket and, openiug it, counted out 110 thou: sand dollar bills and, laying them quietly on Stewart's desk, said: “If you will kindly count them and give me a receipt I'll be obliged. as 1 must take the next train home. Ship the goods soon as you can, and when you're out our way drop in. Always glaé to see our friends.” To Praise a Turkish Baby Is to “lerrify its Mother. Turkish women, even the most en- lightened of them. ure very supersti- tious, To praise a baby to iis mother is all your life is worth should the baby happen to fall iil afterward. The evil eye is the most common be- lief, and little children, who may be dressed In the height of European fashion otherwise, will wear under the brim of their hats a piece of garlic or other potent charm against the evil eye. Nifisay Hanoum, a woman not only well educated. but possessed of an unusual mind. had four children. | They were faultlessly dressed in im- | ported English clothes. but each of then wore some trinket against the evil eye. 1 teased her about it. and she protested that it was not her do- ing. “The slaves put them on. and 1 do not wish to hurt their feelings by | taking them off.” she said. i I resolved to test her enlightenment. | and the next time | saw the baby with her 1 exclaimed, “What a lovely little creature!” “You wretch!” she cried. "Spit on that child at once!” t 1 laughed at her manifest terror, but | hastened to add. “1 do not think het lovely in the least, for she has red hair and freckles and a pug nose, but I wanted to tind out whether it was you or the slaves who put that garlic on your babies." She shrugged her shoulders. “The i slaves did it. but 1 suppose | do in the | bottom of my heart believe in the evil | eye. It is in the blood.”—Mrs. Ken. | meth Brown in Metropolitan Magazine A Sure tnough Rid. . Bob was telling about his visit to the country. While there he had ac- quired some rustic idioms. and bis mother was correcting these as he proceeded. “Well, we goes up”— “Went up.” . “Went up on the farm"”= “To the farm.” “To the farm. and there we see"— “We saw.” “We saw a little kid" — “Little child. Now begin again and tell it properly.” “Well. we went up to the farm, and there we saw a goat's little child.” (Further parration suspended.)—Judge. — $gfEeE i Ed i 3d; els asks-the girl to be his wife.” —Chicago Record-Herald. * Stood on His Rights. The Lawyer (who is drafting Mr. Snarler’s last will and testament)—Oh, ! but if 1 may make a suggestion, don't {| you— Mr. Snarler—~Hang it all, who's | dying—-you or me, eh?—London Tit- A lle always has a certain amount with | | of weight those who wish to je- | eve it.—Rice, “I've noticed that you've been hang. ing around bere a good deal,” he suld. “] suppuse that you've come to tell me that you love her and want to marry ber? “No.” replied the young man calmly. “I've come to tell you that she loves me and wants to marry me.” “What?” roared the uid man, *She says so herself,” persisted the young man “1 never heard of =uech an exhibition ot egotistical impertinence.” said the old man. “Then you misunderstand me.” ex. plained the young man. “My assertion is dictated by policy and not by im- pertinence, You see it's just this way. What | want is nothing to you: now, is ft" “Why —er-not—esactly.” “] might want SLO, but that wouldn't matter to you, wonld it? “Certainly not.” “You're under no obligations to sup- ply me with what | want, are you?" “Hardly . “Then what a foolish proposition it would be for me to come to you and say. ‘Mr. Parkinson, | pave been very favorably impressed with your bouse and furniture.’ or *I think 1'd like your daughter’ or anything «ise in that line. But when your daughter wants any- thing it's different. Now, 1so't it dir- ferent “It certainly i= different.” admitted the old man cantiousiy. “Precisely.” said the young man. “She and ) figured that ali our very carefully last night. You see, | have po particular prospects, aid we could both see that there wiusni one chance fn a hundred that Youn would give ner to me. ‘Then she suggested that you had never yet refused anything that she wanted. no matter what the cost might be, and that perhaps 11 wold | be a good pin to change the usual order somewhat, We sort of felt that | ft wouldn't pe right to ask fou to do | anything for me, but it's different in her case, as | remarked before No | I'm here merely ax ner agent to say that she wants me and that she wants me very much and to ask you to please see that she gets me. She never nas wanted anything so much as she wants me, and | am so favorably dis- posed toward her that if you care to make the investment | shall be quite willing to leave the terms entirely to you and her.” i Naturally she got him. No wide awake business man is going to over look a chance to get such a fine sam- | ple ot verve In the family.—#hiladel- phia Inquirer. 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