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rr W. DICK,
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OLD fIVirFFCmi
FIHE lSUItAiCRCOMT.
1704.
Kntir.ur'..luiv i.ln-i.
Mountain House
STAR SH&VIIIG PARLOR!
CENTRE STREET, EBINSBUEG.
ri'H IS known anil I'tnn labliaba.l Sbaioa;
irn s imwD I"". . -
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L. ,her M. I nntrni will umiW lo the
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JA.MKS H.WT.
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X. AnoKNKY-AT-LAW
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tun Huaotjr. ie.
tJl-'KEU IISKS OF STILT;
Employed in ClrhtDonth-Century
Tourncya by tho French.
.airuny Shrpl.rr.i ho Walked on Tlittm
All JHiy Lone Wltl.out DUmouut
iiijj 1 - of Wuujrrlul
Ability.
Th" custom tif wulkinjf upon stilt-,
tlutt'k fn th t-ariU' t tim hji.1 inthf
art tliort' liav- inn Mrai ilUlinuisht'.!
!nt.fes.irs ht liavf utta'uu-tt a remark
utjlo dtrrN' of protl-.ufncy. S,rae jf
Ihem have tia:ie.-.l ur.ii u tijflit r.tnr like
regular aenihat In the t-j,'hleeiitli
cealury, at Nanmr, iu rrusioo. i stilt e-)m-):itH
were a favorite (:ime an)t:i the
y .UIltf men. Most of these stilt limits
took ll:ict- during t!ie f.-tes of the tarni-
val ami
t!ier rreat
tecasi.iiis. T:ie
Manvhal Sat nusin !74" entertaJuett
itli one of these tourneys, lu vles:-!-!!)-inrj'
one of these t-utubats llarjk-rs
V.iun riople'.say five or m-c huiitlre.l
yoiiriff taen v-i- ttivitl.il into two -ivisintr
bunds, f.rtntsl themselves into
hrifTUiU-s, vvi-arintr eostumes of different
-ol.trs. a nil ailvanee.l araiiist eavli other.
The stilts were avut f ar f.-et liifrh.
T!ie eomhutunt:. earri-;l no weapons it
was a'rainst th. rules to lo s. they
Irul their elbows and their stilts, by a
vigorous use of whieJi they ditl their
iM-st to p'.aee their exiemies liors de em
bat. The strujryle often last isl f. ir two
hours, t!i eombatants swaying fr.m
sidt to side, advaneinir, retreatin''.
eronehing towanl the earth, or sprin;?
inr up U) avoid a well-aimed blow. The
battles often wax.sl liot and f.iri us.
but, did urn by any means neessarily
result in the death of those engag'e l in
it. As long as it lasted the flags of the
rival factions lloatt-d from the windows
of the town lvill. The spe -tator j. many
of them women, did all they eon Id ly
their prsenee. eries and gestures to ex
cite the combatants to further exer
tions. lVoni one of their stilt fights the
Namurois won a privilege the im
port.'iuoe of whieh they hare never
ceased to appreciate. Arehduke Al
InTt, of Austria, at his on t ranee i.iio
the low countries, was greeted by the
governor of Xauiur, who promised to
bring before him "two troops f war
riors who, without being either on fo t
or on horseback, would atford him the
spectacle of a r.ew hiimIc of tighting."
The archduke was so much charmed
with the exhibition that he a. -corded t
tin- inhabitants of the town tlx privi
lege of Whig exempt porjHiua!ly from
the tin ties on beer.
In Oa.-icony the Lander shepherds
used stilts so as to be surliciently high
ly percli.-d to be abln to survey their
fltx-ks scattered among the heuth mid
brushwood. The stilts they u.setl wtrre
very high: they mounted them early in
the morning and did not quit their ele
vated position until evening. In order
to get upon them they climbed the roof
of a stable r tlx window of a houe.
The s'iits were furnished with rest-,
like stirrups for the feet, and the lower
ends were shod with lxn to keep the"
wood from Wing worn down or broken.
They were attached to the thigh in
such a way as to permit the knees be
ing freely ln-nt. Kach man was further
provided with a long pole, which he
used for climbing up to his position and
for support when he wished to rest.
These shepherds moved with wonderful
ability, clearing hedges and wide
ditches without diflicultv.
SZX IN PRECIOUS STONES.
Sin h a Ol.t Inetlou liat Ora .".ladi- SUire
lite l)ar of I'llnr.
Many stories have Ixh-ii going the
rounds of the daily aprs in which the
statement has leen freely made that
diamond, hare sexes, and that on some
occasions they have been known to re
pr.Mluce their kind. It is needless to
:i- t'.Bi,t this U untrue. It is absurd to
-.ay that inanimate objects are so born.
Hcticving it possible, however, that the
ti-rmu uu.le"' ntl female" might
used in the diamond trade in a merely
llgurative M?n', a reporter for the
.Jewelers' Weekly interviewed tJeorge
F. Kuntz, the gem expert with Tiffany
A Co., on the subject. Mr. Kuntz luul
Nc n tlwestories, but laughed at the idea.
On investigation, however, ho found
that tho terma "male" and "female"
had tecn used in regtird to rubies as
long ago as tho time of I'liny.
"I'liay alludeji to thi-s distinction."
said Mr. Kunta, "in the thirty-seventh
bx)k of his 'Natural History ," c hapter
7. on carbuncles, or rubies, and their
sundry kindes: of their faults and im
perfections; of the means to try them:
of other precious stonen resembling the
lire. The following translation is from
1'hillimore's Holland edition, published
iu 10:14:
' "Moreover, in all stwts of rubies
those are taken for the male which
show a quick red more firelike than the
rest: and contrariwise female, such as
shine not o rright bat after a faint
manner. In the male it i olsorvel
that some seem to flame more clear and
pure;. others arc darker and blacker;
there' be again that shine brighter
than the rest! J'ea, and in the sun give
u more ardent and burning luster: but
the iKtst simply be those whk-h are
rtilled auicthystizonte., that is to say,
that in the end of their fire resemble,
the blue violet color of tho amethyst.'"
Warlike Martin..
A rarmington (Me.) man tells a good
story of the sagacity of the purple mar
tins which abound in that vicinity, lie
has over lifty of these nocial birali in the
house upon his ffrouuds. A day or two
ago, while the birds wore Uyiug aiKiut
the garden, a cat eaugh tone and (darted
olT with it in her month, the bird crying
piteoutdy. Quiok a-s a Hash, however,
the whole nook of martins were after
pussy, alighting on her back, pecking
and f.. ratehing her, and screaming as
onJy martiu-H can. luss could not stand
this very long, and she dropjw-d the
martin. Thou the bird-s left her, and
all llew to the house, loudly chattering
over the rescue of their comrade.
Mammoth ttamadna.
The digging up of mammoth remains
i:i the heart of l.ndon seems introngru
oiis, yet this haa just been done by th?
workmen on a wwi-r, who. at the depth
of twenty-two feet from the surface,
came upon remains of a mammoth ami
other prehistoric animal. Two large
tutks were mot with lying near t.-ret!n-r,
along with other bones ldong
ing to tho same animal. A p rtion of
;lie of ths tusks was brought tt the
hurfuoe and it was found to measure
ait its thickest part nearly tu't. feet ia
cireuxafercDce.
NOVEL. DUELING.
1 1 o Our Indus N-i.;:.?M.r st:i T:i-l:
l.ilt"r.ii-.
It is u fact that iitan ; Areri--.tti ln
tliiis of the sai.i tri's . t!i iugli they
r:iuy li:i!!i!'r tli.i'i.s-Di.ls Ihcre an- f
t a of miarrels tli.it ev.-r resr.lt i.i
I rir-i.-r. 'i !:i . i . str.t-i;;. v. h.-n it i .r. -i:iciab-rcd
that t'.ic l!i.li:t:i i pas.i-.n-att.
u.i.-ontrollcl in !::.. iiiipul.'s. its. I
asid fcr.Ki.ms b- natarc They have
their !ii acuities and .piarr.-l... Iiowev. r.
but arbitration tf th.r old I ic:i prove.;: .
:!ood..hcd or murder.
Y.-t once in a.vb.ile a li.rht o 'curs, a.id
it is a novel sight t v. itn.-.s. say. i
i lvl western traveler. One bu -k ciial
lenge.s anotli. r t eornl. .t. .e. ..:u:: i
!y hi., f rie:itls tv t'le l..it ? Ie-;;r- un-!.c i '.i
lm-k is stripped an.l i.ia.le I .ui'r.
tlie other.
ll.-tweo:i thein lies :s .-:ir c'u'i. a
.ui uttli, 1 n r pie -c i.f hard v.-. ).!.
iiOl tiy years of servi e aa.l rcgar 1
with reverence lnviius.. . I the l.l.t
lain o.i it re .eivc i tltir'n.; i he ::t .:
The ic -ond . of th. siirl;. -l..!.iiig !i:ei
: .ts toss up a piece of b::r:.'. l'!ie 'li
ner picks up the club ami hi . op-v :k'..' .
fohiiii;' his ;.rm pi.iiits l.ii:).s.-ll'. Ih-ij-I-ing
hi . head.
It is the club'.'earor:; priiitge t
whack hi.-. anta r..:ii t ju .1 :i . hard as !;.
can aTi.l v. itli nil the s -r. .u . i:i;.li i-v. .-iiis-.
he ca,.i ooin:n: i:d . ..i I 'ic back. One
blow i- :.1nit-!: :oi I tlu u the i.ian v.h .
has endiire.1 it pick i up the eiub and l.i -opponent
i . .-.nl.j s t.sl to nil tho f ree be
can c.iKiiaeii.l.
?o the .!iu king goes on and nlm.
every blow i . a kiuek-d-wn one. u:itll
the diu-li t la-.t kniH-ked tVivvn rt fu--i
t uceo;; the club fro::i hi . pponent.
IU ha-- ha i e:nt!'fh id t the pari y
br. ;i!.s up. T!io M-veriiy ..f the punish
ment endured in these duels is marvel
ous, 'i hoi lub Used has a jagged o b,".'
u.n.1 every blow stru -k brings bl.w.t.
making ds-p cuts au.l fearful bruises.
A TERROR DONE UP.
Tlie lloo-l.-r I.l -luile It. I'.iiUy I "ay f..r
ill-. I.il 1 1- u.is.-uiesl.
"I once saw tho tables iii.-ely tiirne i
on a professional terror," sai.t Ki -hur l
II. Mill. the Southern., to a corre
spondent of the St. Lulls O! -b -Ih-r.i .
t rat. -!) irlug iii-- llla-k I i il i i i . .-Iilt-nl
1 spent a few da v i a! i'heyc:i:i .
I. eallgiiig around the saloon was a I.i r
w hiskered bully known as I'o -ah-.:i t.: .
Smith, li-e a;peare-l t b-e :iK.-..v.
tllil'ty for blood, b.lt I'.ireb ire t ;-iv
oiretise to a.iy of tlee iiiiiu -r I.ilic-. '
ul-..a- . ii'.-otii-il in such p.a." .
day a t.rree:i. g-ivky ia I fr-..u I..
struck tho t nv ii. lie was l!ie
Ii j.r:a'es.-.-l iikinr tea lori..t ''t::t
f arnislied cheap fame f r a or .' -. .
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bad man. Ali'i-urrh m re Ih ::i t
year. o!.l. he s.-t-iiiel ii -v.-r bei'-tr-have
be.-n free from hi . m 't!i'-:-' . ;:;i
i
striny. I'.tcah out a-, pi. -he ! h:!:i ten I
once. There ca a large er vA i.i f.- :i:
of t he le.i.iiii .vtb h !!. u !l 1 the 1 ! : .! r
e.ime :.hai:it)liu;r by. I'.ie'ah i.itas 1 . ';!
it hi:;i awhile th.-:i order. I him
ihlll.r. TJlo V. 'till .t.T pj- - -ted thet !:
tli.l :i.-t kiio-.v !:-.. b it !ii .t n-a -nt i-..:'-ferod
t t.a"!i "ii:ii. He did . by sa ..
ing a:i arotin-1 )i. fc-e. '1 ii I! -..: r
ic-... Next to : lUl'.o". tho L.'.i ''..i:-.T j:i '--a
.s li':t s li.tards. As t he par': I n:i I - h.:r.'. -!y
warrant getting hii: a il:.i! .' s::v.piv
..f tleli. ioits reptiles he tls-.i;
pu up v. il'i chunks of lre-.h
I.a . I.
occasional worms.
In Ace traliu. where kiu-hi.ig
assis gcnemlly do as the;, j. lease
t'e-,
make constant
bird will poti ui'
hawk, grab il
war on snakes. I no
e down on one like a
bai l: (! the head Ml I
a considerable height,
.piit kly rise to
.vhon ho will lot the snake drop t th -T.mnil.
The sn.il;c will lie siunn-sl by
tiio fall and will no sooiu-r drike th
r:-roi:nd than tho laughing j;u!.i!:-s i-i
'.brushing it about preparatory t.. ,i
-.jxtsly meal. Tin bird is there tilti n
calhsl the "squatter's 4-lH-k." iMs-auso
at six o'clock every cV4-uing they every
where set up a c4iiccrt 4f lla'. ha! ha! '
ROQUEFORT AND ITS CHEESE.
Th Town' Iltfauty lla4 it.n l:ijnr-.l l.y
Ita Chief InditHlrv.
Cheese, which has Ih'"Ii tlit- fortune
of UiKpiefort. has Ustroysl it . pi.-tur-esxiueii"ss.
It has Lr ight six-: latorr;
thon who have raiseil great, ugly,
sipiare buihlmgs of la..liiig whit.-n.-.s
ill harsh contrast with the eliai-totcr
and MimU'r tone of the old h-.us.-s. Al
though tht place is so small thai it -on-si:.ts
of only one stri-et and a few a lleys,
tlw iimri' an.-iont lw-4-lling ; are remar'.
able for their height- It i-i snrpvi-,iair
t s"o in a villarr- lost anioTig t!io r.teri..
hills hous."S throe stories high. The
fa t that then is only a ledge on v.-hi.-h
I build inn-t lx" th-'oxplanalion. h;;t
is most t lir't u . hi the place is the ic-l-hirs.
In-f. rc I ho chee-x Ins-amc an im
portant article if commerce thes.- wore
liatuntl i-averns. such as are i-very where
t t." f mil in thi ;oa!oaroous f. ru .t ion.
but now they xiro really cellars that
h. ivi" Ih-oii 4-xi-avated to such a depth in
the rook that they are tn lte si-en in as
many as live stages, whi-re blig rows of
cliei'S" an" staek"l olio over the othi-r.
The virtue of those 4-ollars. from tin
choostvmaking p-iat if view, is their
dryness and thi-ir s .arcely varying tom
js'rature of aloi't eight 4logrss centi
r ratio summer anl w inter.
Hut the domain! for Kopiofort i-lun-se
has In'Oome so great that triekery now
jilays a part in the ripening proci'ss.
says Temple Ikir. Thi iK-asitnts have
learned that "time is im uii y." and they
have found that bread 4-rumls mivcl
with the curd causes th. t-o green
i. troaks of moldims, which denote
that the eh'ese i: tit for the market, to
appear much more readily than was
formerly the case, when it was left to
do t!i" lust it eould for itself w ith th"
aid of a subterranean at m- (sphere. This
is not exactly cheating: it is i-omnior-cial
"torprise. the result of i-ompetit i.m
and other rireiimstaiu-es t ) strong for
jMHir human natnr'. In clui-se-niaking,
broad crumbs are found to W a cheap
substitute for tim : and it is said that
t hose who have taken to Imit brewiio'
in this region have found that l-..
which hero is the commonest of shrubs
is a 4-hofcp substitute for hops. Tli4" no
tion that brass pins are stu.-k into
l:.tief.rt flirts- to make it turn grv-n
is founded on riot ion.
A Migtr llonrilor.
A mun living in Kurk.-, Yi.. has savi .l
all the maple sugar he ha made in tlio
last lifty years, having n.w ..n han.l a
4-..U .id.-rable quuntity ..f the tn.il iug . f
ls-l-j a.id his entire t-r4i i t i rrrv v-:ir
siut-4'. tho wliul.. aggreglin-f lii.iHio
x .lint's. It is all stirr.sl sugar un.l h::s
k pt iwrfit-tly. XobtMly I.ih.ws why ho
liourds tho suar au.l ho uifi-rs no oi-plauat-i--tti.
WIXED METAPHORS.
tin IJtauile o! -ri.-... Ilrror.. Anrietit anil
MM!t-ris.
A'm-ir.t ovcryi iio .ho writes many
- ntrl'.rrs even in a fumiiiar ;:nd opis
t. lary nttv -;:r!-t . certain flirt:n."s of
sixs-. h. It i- h .b't-.ial atnl instinctive
t make n--c f '-.oris in a metaphorical
m-iim-: that i.-.. t- -"l forth a thought
and make plaki a i:ioa;s:rg by bringing
ia a sensible object or suggesting a visi
ble act w hi h lo-rs .'..nut- rosomblan. e
to it. ..ay-. t':o Youth":, '. unpanion.
often we In-come so thoroughly a.-, v.s
tomed t th c...e i f a term in its incta-phori-.-al
se; ,i" that wo f.rgtt that it
has a -II. !e or material meanin'.'
apart fr ! i the li "ure of sp -cell, atnl
'.vheri wo f ir r.-t Ibis .'o are indangcrof
;ii!ing our i ietaph. r?"
Vho:i Sir L ylo U h-!h mad." hi; f:t
nit.ii . s.v.-ch. "l :-::ioll a rat. I stse him
il '.itir r i i t :.o air: b-et i::ar!: mo. sir. 1
tid ni;) !.i::i iiv the bud." his ideas were
Ie::r oic ii!tra, but ho lo:.t sight f rats.
:.ir a'nl b-.; i.in the thou;.' lit th:it v;t.
i i i.i . !:iir;tl. If '.he reader siI.-mi eould
!.-.-. ..igid of teem th's passage might
; ;po:ir oie.it. l.ut ihey .d.trude
t homs"lv."s very humorously up.ii th
mi:id. '1 he fo' lowing v. as tho peroration of
an orator at a ) ilitieul mooting not long
n.g- :
"'! h e 1 ii:f Las oom.- when we must
leave oi" v.ititi ' 1' r orManuTiTal prin -i-p.is
::nd v-uet .put bread a:id but tor in
mr p.."!:ot
A ar. !;,- les-i :ie l up si-ri.-s of m,-t-ap'.ioi-s
than sir I! vie'-, was recent-t-mpli
yisl by a n.-v. - paper i:i an Ameri
ca i oily. S -V t.'.I u' le." n -a li t I been
:t u od of a-copt::i r brilM-s and tho
neu: pt'.per . s;iid with rcfere:i-o to thi"
a l:';ti r:
"It i reaionabh' t . ope L that sn -li
.f hi . ;is.v k kites us are ian - .cent ..i" su.-h
a t riiuo v iil leave l. .-l..:ie i::iti-.r;icl to
purge 1 ho.ii a:', ves .f all su-.pl. ... a and
exhaust 4 very ep4".;iei!t to smoke thi
rascals tjut!''
AN AML'CIMG EXPERIMENT.
I.l!i;tll 1 in N :iv:ll I . ; tem.-tll I ni t. I. . I
l.y -Si-i- of CIi:i!U un I inte-ar.
Aii itiiio:-: ri- experiment of a tiiiipti
tian :!v;.l battle can ! :! il." v. it'i
v. o ': ; i-'.ia I !c a.i-1 t he rdi:iary tab!." vi :-.-ar.
.M...1 '. sav. a .lor.-a h.iiih--of
a'!; t tho re--.-iiib!aii"
f ?, hiiis. )!a m-
iti'f the b itt nil evenly. a:i l usiier
mat -lies f r mast-, smokestack-, and
In-T.'ts. The rival f ree. y..ii .-an di.s
I inv'iii h by d ri : -r the enemy"-, ships
v. it'i black i.i!:. leavingy .lir.o.v'i white.
Il.iinr pla--e.i l).ei:i ia a pan ..r p!at
.-lose i-i a;i imaginary ilividia;- liiit-.
ix.iif ; l'.hiI j i : iTityof via. -f.tr !.
t -. oo" the oh.iik -.!i-!cs. I "1st ant ly y. o.l
e. i: I hour a:i ai-!i!i!o S4i.hin,r. like the
hissinj.' of shells i-i a-tnal warfai"".
w hile :. hips as if p!i;"inr up steam will
beia t i in ve forwar I i'l slow rev-.iu-ti-!i--.
leaviiii- behind them s! rea '-. . . f
foam sii h a- are ..IimtvisI in th" wak'
of moving vessels. YVlu-'i ims'ting at
the divi.ii:i;r 1 iii" 1 'ley wi i ! have attained
ui"" e. re-M- table r-p ssl. b.impiticr a:i l
ii'Tiief to';. :!ier i l t !: f-u lo.ivor to push
..:i" iiie-tlit r furTh.-.t fnm the dividing
li.:". The e:i.r.ig. i'.i"iH often jr ives an
exciting one. Of c.ur:-o tho si-ie has
!;:n--"t1 un.il l'o e.iit.ina. hail i mp.. .
':' . pi -t .1. ,:,e i b.-. walked up t hi:.i
au.l Ki-ji.ire i: "S.:;,. mi-.t--r. w..t d- I git
f . r I'll. e-'i"!ot i rr.'' A. he put the
-;e tioii he 1-.vi:ie I ..no brawny hand in
the big b-.ii.l -ia i iire.v tho other !; k
ii :i" a i-.:ili:i.:!a-rsi'i;tiil. "I thin!; : you"".
i-.a-l t !: :it tvon:y ti t:.irs" worth " f:i:i
. i ; : ::i -." . e i ! t "c . ':. i t-r. ho gav i "i
I ir. I :-'l eer tv.i t Lh.it brou-'at tiio
t- rr " l ' 1.5 knee-, howling with pai
1' vaii :.la i r'ied ov-r a t W4'nty-lol h; r
go I 1 ;.iet-o. eel! that night :.tole a uuito
an-i I. i ; t. c.
THE MAM CF DUCTINY.
Sa-f.,,.. f,n (I:.. .. riary Annl" Il-urtiis
I-- i- Aitit.nir tli" l":.-s.-ii4-is.
It v.-;: in t!:e 4-a r!V tl.:y . of river navi
,":!'.! ii t'tet :: m -rry party steamed up
ti.t- Mi:-M- !;i'i .r the ""Mary Annie."
IV. mi iit-i: t ;:m..rig them v.as a 1 ud-v-.i-oi'..
. .ver 'm -i.ring. opiui..n.iil in.tii.
who look r -cpreiuo iieliriit i.i engaging
hi - follow passi ngt r.-. in lotig-wii.tiotl
religious ar- oiai'Hs
I'r.ste: tiu.i'tioii was. his hobby, arul all
oop-'vsiii. .ii to his view , was ovi-rlM.r.ie
by . '..i r : rro:...iv.-u ss and lunir jxiwi-r.
I n i i tiil M-tItimo he ruig the
4 he ; --."4 i. "'t batevio" v. ill 1". will
im'.
:
l.o Ih-. ..I l" the terror of all.
i.ig'it t 's.-r.' am.' a sho."k. soys
'en- : ii! leather lh-view. which
!it t'- b-.at t . a : u.Ulen standstill
1 ed truck :i r.n:g. ThiTo v.as n-al-
i:;.-:
I..-.-..--
ly !.
w ih!-
darie
1 cote
. bat i. .r a short tinii' the
e. :i pr - ailed among the
:i i r m i!.
.1 of it nil. .ur ar-jr:iin.-nt:i-
pani --.."ri ':
I a t i.i:
live f.i.-.Kl
.vas runninT t and fro i:i a
I'rcnr
a II.
y of f.";,i". iK-gging an4l praying for
pr-sorvcr.
1 v 4l"i;r sir."
in; ;l . ""v. l.y thb
i:io:.ih. r I "iat t. !
.r.'.:.iii4-d . id Ih:
s;iid the -aptain.sooth-;
n4-4..!lo:-s alarm? II.-;al4'-
r has Ih-4-u for. -
in spil4- of nur elTorls
to j -rev-cut iL'"
"Oh. I know it." ho said, wringing
hi-, ha;;.'.:, in agony. "1 know it. Hut
what is the Use t- hurry tiiatierv.""
Tlie Oi.l-Tlme l'4w.
In ilays 4.f L I when much distine
tion was had in meeting houses tln
spelling 4if nur i.'nrtl jh-w was j.U4. In
Kronen it was puye. in Spanish it was
poyc. a b.-iii h: iu Latin it was piHlium,
a bal.s.ny ir eh-vat"l place next to the
arena win-re thi" oiiii-r..r sat. ami in
bnvk it-was mus. the f.nit and in all
4-us4"s where the feet of the worshis-r
rt'stiib-a rais4-4l place on the ibntrof
tlu" church whore one might sit or might
stand or might kneel. Iu I'uritan moot
ing hoicsos tho i-hoic4 p"Ws wore round
-ilxiiit tho walls, o:i4" st4-p up. and the
4loa"oii-" scats n4-ar the pulpit two stops
up. am! those of the ruling ehh-rs tjm
st-p hb-h.-r y't. In those latter ilays
tin- Ik-sI p4"v. s are in tlu- ci-nior 4f tin
church - the wall H"WS fetch h"ss price.
V.iltlr -(-tl Iii l.owly f'ullltitr-u
It is ii. .t in America otily that num
Iti isiif nobii" lluisp"a:i families ailopT.
lowly eabiiiirs tooarn their daily br.-a-.l.
A-fording t the Paris Fbraro. a Prin-4-i
ss ;..lit .n. a mem'HT of .mi" 4f tho
oide-t arist..eritie f.imiii."s of Uussia.
ami u r. !a! iv." of I 'at her Oa'.it.on. who
cam. t Pennsylvania ab nit Tt century
ago t .1 missionary work. i-. n w a
r.tabiem.ii.l in a l'ro:i"h oirt-us. A Prinoe
Krapotkki. v. hose family oii"0 4X4"reissl
gri":it i;i'.ltiou."4" and p iw or. is n.w a cab
lri"4-r in M-iseow wiiito his relatives
havi 4.fti"!i 1kh.-:i t!u- honored g;i4"sts of
th- c.ar. Prince S !iikolF. tho bearer
of a name which 4ften ligun-s iu Kus
siatt history, tkuly cleans up tue of the
market halls of St. Petersburg.
ONE MILE TO THE MOOS.
' What a, South Ameiioan Hopes to
Aooompilala with a Teleaoopo.
.H.rirlt to Ho rrixluM4 by Ilia Cm
lUdM-Uaf Mlrron-Tha I'ultval
Statva Ut 11 ike IhHJ
t latvrlum4fMC.
1-t any scientific reader stand on an
unobstructrni plain and bmk at au ulr
j 'ct one mile away and ho will llnd that
he can ilistinguish in a very clear way
not only the outlines, but even minute
p rti .us of the bj.'t. if. then, the
iu t-trx could bo br ught t within an ap
pari'nt tlLstan.-e of one milt from the
earth, what a fHibilitj" of s."i.-ntiti
4lis-"ovory would be oj.-nod up. 'Ibis
p.isiibility i.f lissvery is what alive
an4l energetic gentlomaa frro Colom
bia. South America. fceLs certain he is
uble to aceou plLsli, :od if mi-m-v.
crowns hLs ellorta thers- will be ex hi b
ited at the world's fair a reuWliu;?
t'.desoope of so much greater power
than any thing yet know n that ic com
parison the present big instruments,
according t the I'hila-l.-lphia Times,
will b. little loss th ia toy spyg4as:i4.-N.
;-."iior Dr. Carl s Albau. .-f Clombia,
i . th" wizard win pr-n s.s to pr-)tluee
alltae.se marveU, s;i 1 a: pr- -nt tin
4ictr i ia V"ashingtoii e.if ."rriujr
with s ienti-io u u anl orb -iaJs as 1 1
tin' lxst m ho of pr-nre lur '. lr. Alban
brings with him loiter from his own
g ivcrnmeiit and from or-.miiient
Amori.-an and i'ron-.-h rosi.loni-i of 1! -goto-
He has servo I as p.'ieurat r
general of Colombia, and is well
known as a scientist of high stan li:i .
His plan f -r a teles rope, oiijt.ra--. tho
principle of rolle -tiug mirr r witii hov
rr.il rodieal change frm th" old
m.?thixls. A new medium is us--1. in
the first pla -c, f.r tho uiirors th.-m-sc'lves,
an J then fir f --a! "a-ljiist ment.
i.istoad of the preaenl iir'iho l ..f mov
ing thi" eye pie-"c. the mirr-ir it-..-!' is
moved to obtain thi- proper aejusinu-jit.
lr. Albaii has already built an instru
ment. tw"Sit v-tlvo Mieh.-s iu iliame.er.
will "h h.:
M exhibite I i.i New Yori.
a. itl which has shown uiiirvolous power.
Ati iiis1ruiue:it of four var-ls dia'ii.-liT
wi'l only weigh tw hun.'r.sl petals,
a nd - uiii'-s.s tho eminent inventor 1ms
ilia-.!" a very gr.'at mis -al -u'st.! on -.will
have sti -li power a-, to bring the oi-ioii
within one mile of the earth an-J ailov.
.bserv4-i"s t t linally di-ieriiiiuo th"
stru ! '.ire and .jjostiiaof t'a pn .-ti -a-bi!":ty
of life existing on thai luminary.
A n art i.-le r.s-ently jiublis'i l i.i the
Courier l.-. Iii.!-- I'uis 4-iita''iis an
11-isoiiit of a siin-H'hil similar tel.
s -op v. hi "h o.as cxpe.-ttsl to be pre
pared bv lite grand exhibition in P;ris
in l.itio. It is iutoro..tiiig to know that
lr. Allian had ilcvi-l. K.s J his plan Ih
f.t-4' tb.e 1 con h appar.ititt was thought
of. an 1 that if f'irth"r suts.--.s-. crow 11s
hi.-, cli'orts 1i:i" 4t cdit 4,f I his great
stride in astronomy wili ln-lotig to the
.inieri an i-tiiitiiu-nt. while the I'nit4-d
States will Ih- tho s -one of its practical
development a nl peration.
THE POOR OF NICE.
A rw.i.l" W hn r I'ul l-MM.rB
Ktra.Ua.
And now how do these people lire?
i was invited the ul her iiay to visit .-ne
of their apsrt menls in the old town,
says a wriler in I he California Maga
"1:10. iu ati article 4in Ni-e. This way
'n t!i ground tJo.ir and cniMslel of
t'-.re" r.H.ui-s. The front one. on the,
tr.-et. wa- th" shop, with a .I'-.r. but
mo o.iitdo-. and as I proH-J my way
into the middle r s!o."pii,g r.:u. I
.-!Vll.l 11" "t so.'.
Her.; Ihey sltp ia a rvi.m with a ".)ld
liu- Hour bud no cari-t. with no tire-
l." ""s atxt hardly any dayliirht. The
!ir.l ir ba--k room. wki--h ha.1 one
'.ii:-ow. was the kitchen, eating ami
living r.H.m. alst with a att.one t)oor.
A- wihhI an4i eoal are ilcar. tbe stri.-t-o.t
sstiomy is practi. el alut kindtinir
: lire in the curious little I n-n.-h range.
W Iwn they do Lave meat to roast,
whi. !i "is very rarely. thy take it t"
tin' baker, and have il rooked th.-re for
1 frvv as au mount.of liat suf-
u.-i.-i.t tor.iar.- anything w.suhl rvuir-
niot extr-tvagaait iuautity f fuel for
-n -h raii" f. .Uv. c
llverything is houg-ht itt very .ma"
tjuantitios. and even of staple article.,
su.-h as s;rt. M-pper, ilour ami sugar,
j-a-.l enough for the .lay is purvhoocit.
Kt it.'y ii.oik y is not plenty on.tgh to
lay In a stin k of such things.
A MEXICAN PECULIARITY.
Ihy att-r Nt'" laipraalt.a. Kola
tlv. "There is 4jne peculiarity about the
Mexnaiis in their so in.1 aaid faoaily ro
.atlors which I doubt to exist uaioug
uy other Hs.p!e on the k' bo." s id
revi.'cTit i f hiht-ahua. Meiioo, reoent
iy. 'Aihil.-it in true lhat a majority if
th. so ih 1 upyiiig the hig'ivt Ht. ial and
po.'i:i- ul jh sit ions in the country are -It
t.i-n.!aiits 1 f t l.e pix.inl old aristr-ra! io
."'piiiiirtis. yet it is cjually truotii.i a
threat iiai.y others of weaiiu and as.
l.li. .w h'df. O.I h--alor.hip have sime p
from the lower ranks by. "in suddeli
tu :i of the w heel of foruno or eruptiou
4 f revolution. ri""Ve the American,
ho Mcxi. au who ao .ires f.iiue and
:" -rt-e.iio never forgot or neglects his
poor ki. and. unlike th" Aiu.-rL-ai
a -ititi. ho ( reals his more iinpecU!iiou.s
r. 'at ives in a (ueer way. Ho taken
thi'iu iuto his household as servants,
giving to them the most mental service,
but i.i'vor denying the n-la'.ionsliip or at
tempting to coui-oal it. 1 know 4f many
instant es where a rich Mexican's mother
is his cook, his sister hi bouse girl and
his father or brother his butler. The
A in. rican would cither ttisowu t'.i.-m al
togothi r 4ir put thi'tn on an tsjual foot
ing with himself. In thU regard, you
must athnit. the democracy of Mexico
i. pur. r than that so loiiilly lioatiteJ of
iu this country."
The (.nil or Milra titaodo.ll.
The place where Capt. Miles Standlsh.
the warrior chieftain of the early set
tlersat Plymouth. Mai-s.vwas buried is
Ih-HovisI to have been established be
yond doubt. Acoordiug to tradition. Le
was laid at rest in an old burial ground.
Iictwocii the ImhUos of his daught.'r
la.ra aud his daughter-in-law Mary .Stan
dish, tht ,-rave Wing murked by two
triangular pyramidal stones. A T:.ve
answoriisg this inscription was recently
4pt'nod at Duxbu'rv, Mass., by t'it bs-al
rural six h-ty and found to contain the
Ihiucs if an old and powerfully built
man. In graves at either si4iv wore the
lMinos of Iwo young womeii, and further
along iu the row were the graves of twii
children, supposed to be M iles Standisii's
was, who died in boyhvKMi.
IN ST. PETERSSURG.
I;M AJouf t lio frlai-lpal S(r-l ,.f 1 1.
Iuaiau 'a.ltal.
Ily day or I13- ni;r!it. in v. iriVr ..r stii;!
mer, it is a pure delight to Maud on the
Anit.-hkoff bri.lg.' ami survey tie- . n.
uu either lian.l. writ.-s lsaln-1 llap-.'-n..!
in Scribni-r. If wo g-i." to 1 '1 ii..;-::i
toward what is one of the 4 !:iest part .
setths on t he rivul.-t-rid-lle I. so-4-:i-led
"mainland." iu this northern oui
wo sin" the long, plain f;:.-a-l" . f t'.-"
Katherine iii-.'.it nte f.r the .ili.:i,i..n of
tho daughti-rs .f oi'ie.-rs. ..rigbia i !
built by Peter tho i.reat for his daugh
ter Anna as the "Italiai. Palate." Im"
us".l old j for t tie tia'aeo servants tiuti
it was built over and cuvortoil to its
present purpi .. lU voiid wo .-a'-, h a
giiuips' of t he ji li.iw wings .,f 4'otiut
Schon-mi-lii-lT's ancient hoii-.e and i:s
great iron railing. Is kitid wl:'tci. 1:1 a
sjiacious 4surt yam. a!
the M .s-
lasrnou so rare in ii;ri!ty I'.-'.-rsourg.
the main building lie.-, iuti.iliie t . t:s.
If Wo look to th." -..tlth. V.e li.i.l the
h.ng iH-l.re mass ..f tti.- A iii'--.,ik. tT j. il
aoe. facing on the Vi-v-ky. upon tin
right shore: on the left, t.ev.ll t the oal
a"e t.f Sergi.-i Alexaiidr.vi'e-h. th--bra
lie h of thi- Alexander Nevshy M. ma
st rey, in obi Kiissian styk-. with hi',j y
eiiloreil saints and heads of era piiim . tt
the outer walls, and a s-rsjHs tive of
light, stuoc.H-d buiuiing - 4! ."o-llin-'s.
markets, churches until th" 1 y" h:it!s
with pleasure iu t.hoil5tant bin.- doiat
of tho Troit.ky e.ith.sjral. tu.b!. --.itli
gohli-n stars. lud.isl. it is ili:"i' ul i t-
ilistsiv.T a vista in St. Petersburg w hi -h
diH-s not charm us with a ylimp-a- ..f
Jin- or iii.iri f ths- i-pisvi n o. n. s
dollies, floating, bubble-like, iu thepale
a.ure of thi" sky. Though they are far
from being as tH-autiful iu form r .-!-oring
as those of Moscow, they satisfy
us at the moment.
If it is on a wiutor night that we take
up our stand hero, wi- may -atch a dis
tant glimpse of the numerous "-.hatii.g
gardens." laiil out upon t he it . ci.-afe.l
on tli4" snowy surfa. ' 4f the 4-anal. The
i "e hills will Ih- black with ft.rnis flit
ting swiftly down the shining roads 011
sletlges or skat4-s, illumir.ateil by thicks-trio
light : a band will Ik 1 i-t y nrr
blithely, regardless of I li4 p'n-r.i :i g 1 ilt 1.
aud t he skater-, will .Ian. ' on in their
faii.-y tlr4-ss ball r pri.-.i" runs, .-rotber-w
l-f. 4-hid so thinly as lo a ma.. the
shivering foreiTiier as In- hugs his furs.
Bf RAIL TO THE STARS.
Mct-ra f litni. a. 1 :ii'iiitir-lii-iiilli" a.
T!i.. ..f ). t ..11. .
Inar.t-eiit le.-ture n "I'ixod stars"
lr. Davi.t4.iM ant -.si 1 .1 o-i ve a o i 1 1 ti
1 rat i-111 of tic - li -taii. e 1. 1 i . ntaiiri. I Iii -.
is what ho said tis r.-jfu'tod ill the I ! s-t-.Ii
lilols-: " Wo shall s.iip..se tli.t
s-oiu" wealthy d".ri.-tors f--r t.a:.t . f out
let for their . n.-ru'y ami .a;i'al . ..li
nt not a rr.il. vay to i iilatiri. We -.hail
T!"Tlee" f.r the present 1 'te en-ri:i. - rirv."
4li;Ii. ult i.- :i mere dot a i! a ml -a 11 ij -t
t'letn oToreocio ::tl th" ra ' ' ay t.).e:i
for trailif. Wo shall go fait!;, r ;: i.i
s-.ipp-.-" t hat the ilir.-.-l - r - l.-.".'.- f-.ii:i.l
tho i-oiist ruction of s;l, , u rai!-.-..iv 1.1
have lH"cn pis-ulia rly i-a -y aa.l that tin
proprietors of int.-rstel !ar spa.-o had in t
tH-eu exorbitant iu their terms f-.r right
of way.
"Therefore, with a view to cneouraire
tniflie. tin- directors has made tho i'arc
oxeoisliuL'ly miHlerati'. vi... tirst i la-s
at - i-onts jH-r ion m.li-s. lH.iring b
take advantage of these facilities a gcn-th-inan.
by way of providing himself
with small change for t!i journey,
buys np tho uatior.a' ih-bt ,.f Lugi.tin!
aud a few ..t her -. .uiitr'u-s. ;.tul j-r-- il
ing him self at the iifti.v .lciaan.e a lir -t
-kiss sine-i." ti iViibiuri. lor thi- lie
1 i-mlfrs in payment tin" s -i ip .f tie- iu
t ioUal ilcb of lhcrland. which ju..t .-..v-4-rs
the i-o.st ' bis ti"ket: b::r'nt t i : is
1 iui" t In 11 a t ioiia 1 debt fn 111 lit t lo -- .1 : -bad
tosi-n run up fn.m f::.:MMi.iM,.iii. 1 4
..."iilu.ltiiii.iHiti. Il.ivimr t;ik4-n li'- scat it
ins urred to him toask: "At what rate
do you travel?"
" 'Sixty mile; an hour. sir. including
stoppages." is the answer.
" "Thi-u when shall we roach Vn
tauri?" "In 4,(it:1.0U0 years, sir." "
Mli-t la sx-nllaml.
The plague of mi e which has be-on
ouuskig such v.ith-spreail ilisastcr in
Scot la nil of lateoont imn s atnl increase'.,
and a sx-cial 4s.mn1is.si. .11 ..f tiio il.-parl-m--ut
of agriculture is now at w..rk tak
ing' evideu.-e iu th" matter v. ith a v'u w
to devising s.mc jloctive i-enie.b.-.
SVimo interesting rniints havo been
brought out during the pro-ress of 1 ho
eoimulssiou. Quite a liumbor of farm
en, attributi-d the plague . .f uii.s- to t he
killing of the birds of prey and wi-asels
by the gentlemen ow io-r- tdiiN.titv.' over
the i-statoK. aud by the kcei-crs who
Willed the ivi;wls becuase the v.e:-sals
dostroyeil tlie game. One man said t'10
keH-rs hail killeil a liutulred i.tas-K
on his farm anil the aitjoinitig 4.tato.
The mice had incnasiii and ilestroy od
t he pa-.tun-s. ai.tl he had lost live th-uj-su
ml dollars on slu-4-p ia 4-..i.s.stueti. e.
His family hud liv4sl 01: tin- faiuifoi
three centuries. Another man said that
for the same ri-a son his crop of k-mb-.
this 3"ear numt-erisl thn-e hundre-l and
thirly-thr.-c against an average of six
t.r seven hundred. Tho situa'.toii is
vi-ry serious, and nothing tin- farmers
have been able to d so far has lossi-ned
the so. urgc.
VHAT A DOZLM ..
A rj I laatii- Term Mt--.--i"t;
A li. l li la X
frimi lii It. I Illy.
Theihi'dis taught at scbo.il that a
dozen means twelve evi ry thiic but
when tb.e child ktows into a man ho
lliitLs that a iloi-n ir, a very 1 last1.
term. A baker's uo-cn is thirteen. :.:i-l
a is a publisher's or a in x-. s agi-rit" in
many parts 4.1" tin' world, lns .iae -tiiins
a do.;ou 4if flsh means t v. i ;:ty--.i;.
and there ar.' oilier anomalies .1 this
kind. ISut to find a do.eu i'l.iieatiu r
aui"thilg fn.m two to lifty i. is neoe -sary
to g- to the eartli -nwar trail.-.
Hi'ri' tho :.io ami weight 4 f articles !
vide how many uiake a 4i....-n. and in
jugs, hiv.lh. plates and so on th. re are
two. four, six, eight ..r more It tie
dotcen. A do.eti -t imp. IS.-.I of I'.m'Ki'
articW'siia vrry unusual thing in the
wholesah" p-ittory truth", and as a re
sult there are few il.-rk- iiips more . "..".
cult t holt! than in thi, line. I lrie.1
the work once aud failed ig:.- -.luini..".
says a writer in the St. Loi-i. il..b.-iK-m.K-rat.
To have to lind 1 he i-ot-t of
live hundrtsl articles at so iiin.'i a
ilozeii w hen that 1I0.011 may mcait .1 n;. -thing,
is a very ilioii-ult task until a
luan gets thoroughly usisi to il. That
is easy then. I have Imcii told, though I
never got use. I t4 it sidii. k-iilly to know
of my own kuowl.slgo.
VENCEANCE Uf THE WOLVES.
'i .f flii-lr ".uuilH-r Itliltl l.y tin. fork
Iti-ea.is." i.f o M lata kit.
Jinrliig .:u- ..f i.jy htiutlng atid hsiiii.g
t .cursiotis in Iouisiana. vnys a writ-r
in l'..re.t and si.-..-,,. wx-. Ii:-ii"jg ou
a lake 0 or 1 l.r.s- i.d 'es l.u.ig und from
on-- i.-irTer to oiie-!ia: f nilh-wiile. On
0110 -.i.ie the kill hint! ".iii ii- down ticur
the bi1--'. 1. avi.ig tibout 0 4ie-4j..t;irVer
mile of s-ttcl ln-a.-h. and while thi'fx i
-a .-, a .'e.-i- running .at the tot of its
p..-.I tt.w-.rl the bi'.e. and a 1:10m. Jit
: 1 r wolf appeared hi b..t pursuit.
Lvpt-etiiig tia ni to plunge inio the lai.i.
when I . o.i'.tl ov.-rtak" and ki1! them
I. tii in th - wat -r. I kept ;u pia ".
.list )H"ft ire t ! dis-r T-ea.-hetl the water
't w :.s ca.igli! by the w..lf. wl.icJi pulled
it dowti and killed it. 'I h.-li the woif
.Cat:.. I ur-nind. looked abe-it, trotfsl
oit s ai tli.tiiitee ii In 1 s.t tip a hoc, i.
went f.it". her and again in.wb-d and
then i:.t th." tv.xls. vt h.-li 1 hoard
r:i- re h v i ing.
1 !;.- tvtilf iM-ing out of sight. 1 rowed
rut b. .at to t In- pla -4 and gt.l th ' ileer
.in.l lhe;i "vent buck to in v tisJih'Miks.
shortly t Ii.-re ap'iear.sl on the scene a
pack of '.-ti .r tw.-lvi" wolves. Tl.ey
nitT.-il a'al iiiov.ii a 1 1 at-titiiid where tho
tleer bad been killed. l ifso III i.f-llti-tits
iH-i -a)iied e. m-ii le":l ble time,
'lluy would Iniddh tofether. change
ab-i it an. I trot in all dire -1 ions, kts-p-
illg li.tsi. together. l'imilK the", g'.t
iiito a tight: t?ie whole pa-k atta -ked
one woif and kilie.l it. It wa. literally
bijt - I a:: 1 i-h.--.sel to pieces. Now,
what was the wolf killed for? The
prohahiHty is. and I am almost positivi",
that t!i t!".id w.df was thi- 4ii4t!:at
l.-iih-tt the do; r. I 1-avo talkeil tti many
liiinti-rs tp .u the s ibj.-ct. and have
e .in.- across btit tvvo v h h:ul ssii any
thing -.ii.-ii hit-, iind they thought tho
wolf h.fi 1h-i-ii killed for lying. Jfit
was done in the case 1 saw for lying it
was tlie only time I i-vi-r knew a wtdf
to '" killed wrongfully.
SHOOTING Al ICEBERGS.
An I : a -nt4l It i.iu.i"inrnt Ir4.i.a.ii for
li' w iiierii-oi Nay.
It has been suggest that tiio men
of warof the great navies should be
4-iiiplo-, .-d in tho lest met ion of t ! i.v-In-rgs
of the north Atlantic. A r. i ing
to this plan the tiorgs are to bo b 0:4
bar.ie.l with great shells, which, pcu
t rat ing . iee p i lit o tiio great ice aildex
lio.li.g th.-rc. will s!i.itt."r tiieiu t.
iti.-.i-s. 'Jin-re is 11. do.ibt that this
would I" a far more protjtabie e
ie:n:it lire of a 111111:111 i ion t ii-iu t iio -
f.-r ".vhich il is ties-enied. .jis Se. i;-ii.-:'s
iigaiii". foi any target is betl-r
ihaii the dear I . . 1 1 ; 1 1 1 Irnni of man vi
the i .. ! net s of Ins si.ill of hand an 1
111:11.1. but it is tin..- Ilian .l.ut Itl li-.l ii
1 lie 1 ' . ' i '-.iii;.l be old -I ilte-1 111 this Wty.
Ill tht- tir-t place, lo aeeoilt .i isii I'l-?
desired re-nlt it would bo iiocessar v
f.-r the men of war to watch tho exit t
i;.ii":iii"s bay in the sirring', hue. an!
I:eak up lite bergs into I'ckitivciv
s:.iai! 'oi:-. s.. that they w..ui.J no
longer ll iat with tli.-ir bases iu tho
.it.--, sou: h o.'ar.l setting current, but.
wollid drift w ith the Jl.ie ,.e. To it
this with seteral hut:.iret e reat ma-s.-s.
tveragin f )r. .babiy at leas' otn- thou
sand te.-t i- enl..-. would r." inire "-i
4-norin..iis -. h n.ii; it re of money. In
fill. ling t he wearaud li-ar J "nils, tlie
shells from the great modern . ir.l 11a ic-e
cairn, t bo lit-4"d lit a h-ss 4-ost than live
1 n : tk i t-.-i i iloilars for each shel I. and if
w.cc.ei probably ret pi ire many luiii.lrel
rounds of ammi.'ut itiu to break up a
s:ngie l.-rg. It would not at all serve
the purpose to retid thi" ice to pieces iu
the m idal kiutic district, for there tko
fragnn-nt-i would float tut and',
multiply the ilaiigers of navigation.
Such work, if ilor.o. mould make that
region nearly imp:is.a ble for a "orlioii
of the year. 1 hough from the rcadieo-';
molt ing of thc.iif t iii" 1 rouble would ntl
endure so long. On tho whole this in
teresting projei-t d.4" not seem pr;i4"
ticable. ORIGIN OF "WHITE CAPS."
Una Tina Noted Hand of Outlaw. Lalnrtl
Ita TXomo.
"I suppose there are fewer people in .
this 4-ountry w ho know the origin 4.f the
term "white caps" than there are ho-,
who have fallen under the ban t.f the
scoundrels in Indiana ami other w-i-st-
em stat4"s." tiid lliram Uerry, tf Skovk .
York, in the St. L. uis I IIi.Ih-Im-iii. x-rat .
""The term tli.l not 4iriginat4" iu t!ii
isittntry. but its 4rigir. dat4-s ba. k m-jr-ly
a rvntury to County Kerry. In land.
Nearly one hunilrotl y'ars ago, wh-u
Ireland was more p..pulois than at jn--cr.t.
and when tho jn.'ople were not s-'
harav.sl by bbitisli misrule, tlwri? livisl '
in County Kerry a large and inilui-nt ial
family" naiutsl Whin-cap, who. wlu-ii-4'ver
any .f their ncighlnirs lus-ume too
. .list reperoiis .r iniun-ral. waited .-ii
I hem in the night . ttik 1 liim from their
In iiisi-s a n. I ga ve t hem a sound thrasli
ing with a i at-o'-nin. -tails as a warn
ing to ih-sist fn.m their wrung doing
ami evil pra.-lici-s. siiuilar i-ians were
formed in 01 her sis ti-uis 4tf Ireland, ail
of whom were 4-aIled whitecaps, not
white 4-aps. two words, as 1b. -y ar.T
wrilteiiin this coiintr. The popular
i uiprossi. ni is that t hi' a ptcl kit ion c. nn.-H
from ti.i' form and color f tin- lu-ad-ilress
that the Indiana regulators w ear
when porpi't rating 41114- of their 4 mi
rages, but this is a mistaki-. as the his
tory of ike lliovelllillt proves. Tiio
W i.itei ups iii In laud wore a teiTor to
4 vil-.lo.-is ttn.! v.eroof value totheg..d
order .f t lie s. H-i.-ty of Ili4-ij-4.ay. but 1
don't know that there is need for theui
iu any part of America."
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li-1 bv t'-: al -ri":n:il v. av iu whi h tl; V
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i.- babi The 'it!.- 01. -4
in :: !i-::Ui r b:.:.r .11 .-p.-n 1-sl
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i- I li'..' p: ;.'" it' t'.i.-y h:;d
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f.
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1. :vo l.ml
b. cn a lit
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:..'..!'. that they lnnv : . 'akel'i. ir
b.. !.!-. v. it h them. To l.::vc thi-ir b:i.;.
tree th-. y 1 m t put their infant bi.r.le;;
on t'c ir i... k .. I.ar.'tr bags arc 11 . .1
1 .i- 1 u in .
1 i-a I a -I !ti.
'1 he 1 :i lip i: -. i! by lea in. r li:.:d in
t:. '. i.-'-r t--:i ::rc made e-.pe. iaily f r ill.'
i..:rii- ..' .f t be 1'.:. t l'reii.-h china, a:: t
j no h::".i!k . or aia-. r- '1 h."
I lea, arc . : r. fuily web.-h.-il ut ati 1
j j.l; -t in tb. clip . win rt I- nJin-r Wii". ..'
1 i p ar d on ti.ei i. Tea 1:etcr. 11w-
:-il.:v . il. p. n . i.i-.r upon .'.' lor tban
the '.a 1 1 f tca-v. :::i ! some of t!ie vi.w.l
e.'tsrt .'. 1 Si.-t tc. .te th. 1.1 : t bat r.t-
Iv t.i.ir. iy t.p. 11 i.mclll.i'g them.
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