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WaBHIHOTOH, May 10. In a few days
1k plate printing presses of Uncle Sam'n
big Meney mill will begin grinding out
ertep, beautiful bank notes and silver
certificates with a new name signed te
Am J. N. Husten, the new treasurer
of Iba United States, will seen taka pos pes pos
eaaten of the efHce te which he has been
appointed by the president, and then his
will be sent thundering down the
ages by means of the signing of hia auto
graph te all the paper money used by the
people of this country. Immediately
Mr. Husten's nutegraph will become ene
of the most valuable and popular known
te tb common people It is for his
name, signed at the lower right hand
corner of small pieces of paper, that
63,000,000 of human beings will de mere
or less struggling, tnake many sacri
fices, and often will they mourn because
they get it net. Te accommedato all
the people who want his autograph Mr.
Husten will be compelled te sign his
name a great many times a day,
and, work as industriously as he
may, the chances are that even
then seme peer mortals will be dis
appointed, while ethers will get much
mere than their chare. This fs net Mr.
Husten's fault, nor Unde Sam's, for
these worthy gentlemen would le much
happier if they could ninke enough
money se that no ene need go tt Itheut.
Probably if they wcre te print a thou
sand times as much money ns they de
print, e few men would succeed In hog
ging the major share and in leaving but
a small portion te le divided nmeng a
great many millions of the less fortunate.
If you should be lucky enough te get
held of a few of Mr. Husten's nutegiaphs
and te retain them long enough te make
a study of their appearance, de net im
agine that Mr. Husten made them in the
geed old way, with pen and ink. Mr.
Husten'is an accomplished cnmau and
an industrious sort of person, but if lie
were te set out te sign with pen anil ink
all the money which Unde Sam puts in
circulation, it would take him alieut
thirty years, working with all his might
ten hours a day and doing nothing else,
te sign the new uotei that go out In n
single year. If we had te wait en Mr.
Husten's pen, nlmble though it is, in
about six weeks theie would le very lit
tle paper currency In the country, ex
cept a let of old bllN, se worn and lot let
ten as te be barely able te held together,
and such growling nbeut the scarcity of
money as waa never before heard of.
Thcre waa n time when greenbacks
were signed by a wn, nnd what a task it
wasl That was at the beginning of the
late war, when the specie had run out
and something had te be pievMed for
payment of the soldiers nnd contracteni
who wcre carrylngen the gigantic dera dera
teons of civil hostilities. As u cry body
knows, the greenback was the tlet ice hit
upon, and sixty millions of dollars of the
old "demand notes," were issued as fast
as they tvere wanted. These notes were
'signed by several men, authorized te de
se aa the representatives of the treasurer
of the United States and the register of
the treasury. Fer nine months they did
nothing else, Occahienally when the
needs of the government rose te nearly
a million dollars a day they had te neil;
twenty hours out of twenty-four, in order
that there might be funds te pay t bunion
who were fighting the battles and the
commissaries who were feeding them.
One of the men who signed these notes,
3. W. Whelpley, still lives nnd works in
the same olllce he then occupied, though
new as assistant treasurer of the United
States. He could sign up te fhe thou
sand notes a day, and by working late
into the night could w erk elf as many ns
seven theutand. lint thcre was en the
scriveners' ferce n man named l'vans
Jehn Evans who was the mainstay of
the soldier as jay day approached.
Evans was a phenomenal penman, and
when the authorities get into tight
places, in the calls made en them for
ready cash, as they frequently did, they
would go te Evans and ask bun te put
en steam. When pushed te it Uvaiu
could sign 15,000 notes in twenty-four
hours, and get rest enough tecnablahiut
te start In again the fellow ing day. But
in order te de this he abbreviated bis
already short name te "J. Cvans," nnd
wrete that with a mere dash of his pen,
leaving an autograph which n stranger
could never decipher, and yet ene w hich
nobody could counterfeit. It Isncuii Isncuii
eus fact that although $60,000,000 of
these notes were issued and put into cir
culation, many millions of them te sol sel
dicrs in the field, all but (60,000 have
been redeemed at the treasury, bhewing
that net a great deal of curmicy was
lest or destroyed eten in theso troublous
times.
Of this $50,000 outstanding, a fe.v hun
dreds dribble into the redemption bureau
every year old bills which home beldier
was paid etr with down In Dixie, and
which lie lias hoarded till this day for
the sake of their associations. The
money counters iu the redemption bureau
ay they occasionally get held of old
"demand notes" of the ibsue of 1801, mid
greenbacks of 160J and lfcC3, which are
discolored by bleed, huotherwibenlmost
like new These notes, bay the cleiKs,
were sewn in the lining of the uuileriii
of some soldier who was wounded, and
who. en recetering, brought the bleed
stained greenbacks home aT neuvenirs of
his part in the war, carefully presorting
them till compelled by ndversity te pay
them out for the necessities of life.
As the war progressedthe nerds of the
gerernraent in the way of paper cur
rency became te enormous that even the
'nimble Evans and his cc-w orders were
unable te meve their pens reeldly enough
te keep up with the deiuaf d for green
backs, and the names of the treasurer
and register were then printed upon the
face of the bills. Mr. Husten is the
yeventh roan te gain the honor of having
hte name printed upon the juper money
of the country as the responsible issuing
officer the man deputed by the govern
ment te sign In its name its millions upon
millions of promissory notes. The first
of the seven was F. K. Spinner, general
ly known as -Old Spinner," who, a
treasurer through the war, and up te
1873, had the pleasure of seeing bis name
go upon the most extensive issue of jia
per money ever made by a government
tea similar time. Ne fvt(r llian one
billion and five hundred millions of dol
lars of money went into circulation In
fourteen jeara, bearing the fa- -,t
Mtura of '01d Sumner" tfuu tduuutuZa
cy
zzPrtiiQfQ,
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which for many years was ene of the
standing jokes of the country.
"Old Spinner," who waa one of the
iVvwure
most faithful officials the government
ever had, still lives in Flerida, where it
is said he scrawls his famous autograph
Inthe sand and with it frightens away
trio festive alligators. Yet, even wealth
Is net immortal, and riches take wings
and fly away, for of that vast sum of
"Spinner money" only $33,000,000 re
main "outstanding" at this day proba
bly net mero than ene-half of it In ex
istence. Soen Spinner's signature, once
in the pocket of every man w he owned
ruwJLLf
a dollar, or even a ten cent "shin
plaster," will bave Ix-ceme a curiosity.
Treasury officials cay the n erage life
of a bank note of the denomination of ene
dollar or two dollars! is only three years.
Though for a dollar nete many u peer
wretch must w-erk from morning till
night, it is after all but n frail plcce of
paper, and quickly becomes worn nnd
ragged from iiseiib it gees en Its journey
of geed or et II through the world. A
five dollar nete will last ilve times na
long ns a dollar nete, mid a ten dollar
nete twice ns long as a ilve dollar.
Over at the money mill, as the bureau
of printing and ingrnvlng Is known, Is
a lingo ault filled with the steel plates
en which something llke four billions of
dollars of money has la-en printed. The
platen new in use are the silter ceitlfl
eaten, the national bank notes, the Inter
est checks and a fuw ether miner forms
of collateral. Some of these plates cost
a thousand dollars nplece, but etcry ene
of them must hate the new treasurers1
name en it befere it can be used In the
printing of n single dollar after he takes
elllce. Luckily it is net necessary te de
stroy the old plates and make new ones.
Shortly after the appointment of Mr.
Husten by the president the chief of thu
money mill sent te him fur his nuto nute
grnplu "De careful about It," said the
chief, "for It is the signature that will go
ou millions and millions of money. Make
it te suit ten, he that it can be left unilla
turled ns 'eng as you remain In the of
fice." The new treasurer nut up nights
with bis autograph making. Though a
banker nod a Imsiuctu man w he has long
known the talue of an atttegtnpb, neer
liefore diil Mr. Husten se fully under
stand hew much the sliuplu signing of a
name might mean. Ile wanted this
name neatly signed; plainly signed, with
a hand wilting that should indicate cliai
ncter, strength, facility of execution,
gracefulness. Mr. Husten didn't keep
count of the nuinlM'ref Union he wrete
his name befere he found an autograph
which in his modest estimation was ill
te certify te thegcnuinciicM of iive hun
dred millions of dellaiit, but he will net
deny that in Ills two or tbreu daju of
practice he covered a couple of qulies of
paK'r. When the autegiaph was dually
itcc-lt eel ut the money mill the skilled
WVax
weikineu theie miidoiheit shift of theli
piit of the task of making leady for the
issue of new money.
Within a few day blight and pretty
"Husten money" will le in ciiculatieii.
In a few months the ceuntiy will c
Heeded with it. If )ou have u ft lend in
the tic-usury nsk liiui te get for j en a be'
of ones or twos, or lives if you prefei,
bearing the autographs of all the treosur treesur
ers of the giecubacU eia, from Spmuet
down te Husten. Though the billj leek
much ulil.e mid then uie but seven
nines, they represent the era of marvels
in national giewth, constitutional rc-ccn-Btmctieu,
material prosperity and skill
ful public financiering.
Waltku Wellman.
When snow falls the ilrst pertiuns In
nriably contain gi eater tiumbera of bac
teria than the subsequent ones.
Uit'litnclmi nnd llatsh ill.
I am told by a great-grandson of the
chief justice of a scene between Wash
ington and Marshall in 1708. te which
the date that of the year liefore Wash
ingtnn'H death- lends emptmtia intent!.
Marshall was summoned te .Mount Ver Ver
eon, nnd united iheie late ene etening
te find the general uigently determined
that he should enter rnngiess, a meve te
which, for many reasons, Marshall was
epixwed. ler hours thu argument went
en, neither .t hiding bis stieng will te the
ether. At last, in seme heat. Washing
ton ended thoceiifeieneo by wishing his
guest an ubiupt geed night At sunrise,
next morning. Marshall iuem', intending
te make his way te the stablci and tide
off, trusting te time te heal the breach
between two tried nnd ti listed friends.
In the grounds he encountered the gen
era), who, susectiiig his puiKise, hail
risen earlier. Extending his hand,
Washington asked Ids jeung friend's
pardon for the expressions he bad used
the night befere, then smiliug, inquired
what he wua new about te de.
"De?" said Marshall, meted te the
heart, as he griped the general's band
"Why, sir, I am going te congress."
Mrs. Uurteu Harrison.
A I'rrtpiillia r K..ak-knc.
A friend of mine was talking te Lieut.
Craven, United States navy, In New New
Yerk the ether day nlwut seasickness.
3aid Lieut. Craven: "When jeu go
aboard ship take a bread lewel and tieit
about j ou in such a way aa te cempres3
the ulidemen generally with telerable
lightness. Wear this Iwtiidagoduringthe
teyagu and I'll be bound you will net
suffer from seasickness."
The gentleman te whom Lieut. Craven
gatethia recipe bald te me: "I belioie
tliat a bandugu applied us Mr. Craieii
suggests is an excellent preventive. I
had generally been a very bad sailor until
the last trip nt bca I made, when I wero
for the ilrst time nn clectrie belt. This
belt was fastened alieut me us the ban ban
dage bheuld be. In fpite of the fact that
the voyagetoand from Bermuda was ex
cessitely rough, and neaily every ene
was tick, 1 passed through the ordeal
without even a qualm. Anyway, the
recipe ia se timple nnd inexiuisive that
it is worth trying." i'ituburg Dlsjatch.
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LANCASTER DAILY
WHERE EASE IS FOUND.
6AQ HARBOR IS A NEST OF PHI
LOSOPHERS. A risen Whrre Prepla Ile nsslemH IThrn
They I'lrsue and M Thrjr ri-ne snit
no T"lhlng and ItlaclitMiTjInK I he IlMt
of tint Tlmr.
IBprvlsl OorrMpendMieal
Sae IlAnnen, May 10. Tills Is a tcry
easy place te live in. It is an adage in
Sag Harlwr that cvcrylxxly gtls along
somehow whether they work or net.
There Is ene gentleman here who runs a
weekly paper. It is ene of the eldest
papers in the country. Sometimes the
editor Is here, sometimes he is net for a
year or mere. Sometimes his son runs
It, Sometimes the printers de. Some
times It nins Itself or seems te; Suit it
gets theie nil the name. And it Is net a
bad paper lit he r. If a man here makes
up his mind when young that he won't
work for a llting nnd keeps it se made
up he gets along somehow, though hew
nobody exactly knows, nnd it's doubtful
if be does himself. There's a pesitive
genius heie for getting along in nn easy,
informal, ilon't-care-a-cent seit of way.
I was In n paint shop here the ether
day. The proprietor was boosted up
ou the top of nn empty box near the
stere. It wan half past 10 in the morn
ing. Around him were soteralef the
town's people who rarely have much
cise te de at half past 10 of a spring
morning sat a keep themseltes iasy,
talk the thing eter, tell hew the mil mil
tcrse ought propel ly te be wound up
and kept in t tinning elder or hew many
eels were caught In the "cete" jester
day, or who la going te get married and
why they should net get married. A
man entered In a hurry (quite an un
usual thing here), iiml said: "Is my paint
ready?" "What paint?"' asked the pro
prietor, without moving from his box.
"Why," said the customer, "I enme licie
nt half past 7 this morning and told
your del k nil ntwut It and hew I wanted
It mixed."
"Yeu did, hey'f" replied the proprietor.
"Well, I should like te knew wlint busi
ncs.s my clei k had te open this shop at
mich mi unearthly hour in half p.ist 7 in
the morning." Uy this time he bad get
oil hi? box and commenced leisiiuiy te
bestir himself regarding Ills customer.
"What kind of paint de toil want?" he
asked. "Ked," leplied the customer.
"What de you want ud paint for?" "Te
paint carriage wheels." "Hew manj?
One carriage wheel?" "Ne, four w heels,"
said the customer.
"Yeu see," said the proprietor, ad
dressing himself te me, "we de busi
ness in Sag Hnrlxir with dignity. We
don't jump meuiid and hurry fiem our
seats as they de In New Yerk tt hen a
customer comes in. We wait, and if
be's in a hurry glve him timotecoololT."
llytbls time the customer hail fallen
in w it li the chat of the party and seemed
te have foigetleu bis huriy. As I turned
te leate the proprietor followed me out.
Ile hadn't finished mixing the paint nnd
seemed hi no huiry te finish, lie steed
by the fient deer nnd discoursed in this
tela: "That man I'm putting this order
up for was oft his center when lie caine
Inhere. He was In a huriy. That'a a
statu of mind we don't encournge In this
town. Yeu see hew cany and eomfoil eemfoil eomfeil
ablo he is new. He thought when ha
enme In he wanted te paint that cat i inge
today. Hut he doesn't He won't paint
it today. He's get tee much sense, new
that he'n get seme company mid is com cem com
feitably llxed in the store, te de any
painting today. Nobody acts in that
way if we can help It.
"New 1 was Ihjui heie; I baton tnlivayn
llml heie; I wish I bad. I lest tttelvu
jeainef my life by going nun 1 I was
fera part of that time liosxef the paint
ing department iu ene of the biggest
carriage factories in New Yerk city. I
get big wages, worked early and late,
was lull of caieiind responsibility, took
littloeaseor ( oinfeit, iiml at the end of
each jtar found myself no lietter off
than nt the end of the last. 1
get sick of It nt last, nnd enme
back te Sag Harber. I found jMtiple
heie w be, during nil the time 1 bad been
away, had done next te nothing, and
weie about as well etr as I The had
small shops, did a two cent business,
owned their skill, and if they pleased
shut up theso shops nnd wuit fishing or
sailing ei hlackbcirjinger lieach plum.
mlng In the summer. I said te myself:
'IIre Is liberty, if theie isn't se much
money.' 1 pitched in mid did likewise.
New 1 can lite iu a house, with seme
land and grass te step en, and net iu the
sixth sterj of a labbil hutch, called u
Hat, icall n tenement liouse in disguise.
"Heie I bate seme air fit te breathe,
seme water lit te drink, Ieta of clean salt
water te kit he in and a fine country te
leek en fiem my windows. I can shut
up shop when I please, and if a customer
tomes and I'm going out sailing and
haten't the time te tviut en him lean
tell him te go somett here eke."
Se he talked en. Ilm customer teemed
te hate forgetUn what be had ceme for
in biuh a burr), nnd had huimeuucd
with the gieup inside.
The leading town tailor' gate me in
similar tein bis exjieiience thus:
"Yes, I went te New Yerk jeaisnge,
and ttnalies.? cutter of u big firm tbeie.
I btoed it for four years. 1 hoi ked my
self neai ly te death, get mere money
than I can make heie, had no time te
myself, couldn't go a fishing nor smell
nny clean salt water, be 1 said ene day te
my employer, 'I'm going te letue from
business and go te Sag liaikir te lite.
'"What!" said he. 'Ketiie! Yeu le
the from biisluessl Why, 1've been
weiking like a slae here for out twenty
yeais und 1 haten't time nor money
enough yet te letiie en.'
" 'Well, I hate," I Mid; '1'te get $100
clear, and I'm going te Sag Harber
again, l'te get a small house thcie, and
I'm going te buy a beat and de seme
tailoring nnd seme fishing and boine ier
rying.' Audi de. I'm nt liberty heie
when I wish te leate the shop mid go in
the weeds and take a walk. That's
worth $50 a mouth te me clear. New
Yoiktemowaa a prison. 1 get mero
money for staying in it, te be sure."
"Hut I can't stay iu a prison et en if I'm
well paid for It. Iu New Yerk you may
make mero money, but you hate less
pritilege. Here you hate mero pritb
leges and less money. Whui'j the dilfer dilfer
enee whether you get money or what
money will buy? 1 bad te pay rather
expeusitiiy in New Yerk for an occa
sional snilf of country air, if net iu act
ual money iu time and strength it ro re
quired te reach a place where any was
te be had. Here I hate it all the time,
indoors and out."
" Wlien m e y ou going te bi ing me that
straw ?"' I he-anl ene man say te another
yesterday In nn oxpestulatory tone, as if
he had liesn impatiently waiting seme
time for said hay.
"I II git it te you 6onie time or ether
If I live long enough," was the reply
Then the impatient man seemed te for
get his impatience legardiug straws, and
the two leaned their kicks against the
siiloef a house in thu sun and fell into
that easy, quiet, dreamy state which
steins begotten of the air in this place.
It requites for a new cemer'a few
meuthj te tone hlw down te the take-U.
INTELLIGENCER SATURDAY, MAY 18,
easy atmosphere prevalent here after he
has lived In the sharp, hurry up, rigid
and punctual routine peculiar te some
ether towns. A new settler ene day or
dered from Ids butcher early In the
morning a supply for that day's dinner,
te Ite taken te his liouse. The cook
waited, and in vain. Twelve o'clock
enme and no butcher's wagon. The
family dined en yesterday's relics. The
head of the family went down in the
ctcning te the butcher's fuming.
"Why wasn't my dinner sent ns I or
dered this morning?" he fiercely nsktd,
"Why, wasn't It sent?" Inquired the
butcher, with an expression of amused
surprise.
"Sent! Why of cotirse it wnsn., and
we had no dinner," was the reply.
"Well, I declare new well, really"
replied the butcher "well Ohl III
tell you why it tvnsn't wnt," he said at
last, as if he had made an agreeable dis
covery, "Yeu sec, I wanted te take my
wife out fornridetonridgrhampton and
I forget Itl"
Then be neenieil te feel thatcierythlng
had Ijeen satisfactorily accounted for te
nil parties concerned.
The stranger Is new drilled and disci
plined, and when he eiders u roasting
plece for today always makes up his
mind that he must be content if it doe.
net ceme till to-mei row.
MAKE-BELIEVE DIAMONDS.
Tim Wny Frriirli I'mte I Miitle and
Slinniiiiiit UIT hk Hi" Itrnl AMlrle.
The formula for compounding French
paste, which is n Kculiar kind of glass
jieifeeted In Palis by Denault-Wlelatid,
is as follews: Reck crystal, six ounces;
red lead, nine mid nquartcr ounces; pure
c.irliouate of potash, thice ounces and
three drachms; kiraeic acid, three
drachms; whlte a runic, six grains.
When fused, thoroughly interblended,
cooled, cut nnd pellnhcd, In diamond
forms, it takes u geed expert te tell the
gems se made fiem t boreal ones. The
mero exide of lead la added, up te n cer
tain elnt, the greater Is the ii-miltant
brilliancy, but the softer the glass mid
consequently the less ticrmiiucucy te its
cirect,
Persons of means Invest in Ifegusgcms
for tnrieus leasens. One docs notcnie
te keep locked up iu mere ornament the
laige amount of money that would be
r quired te purchase diamonds In such
sbennd uumlcr na society might exjtect
him or her te have, be u few really line
stones in e purchased for habitual wtir,
te challenge criticism, nnd a brilliant ar
my of "Fiench pastes" Is pretided for
show upon occasions when big display Is
uxpectisl and thcre will be no danger of
liose critical inspection. The few real
stones have made a leputatien that
eeieia the ethers. Who is going te sus sus
leet it vciy rich ninii or woman say ene
of the "lOO"' of wearing liegtia gems?
And yet the tciy rich me just the ones
who de wear them most. Anether per
son in society may be the actual owner
of a fine let of family diamonds, tt hich
me temporarily In pledge, a fact that
must net Ihj suspected by ethers, and w ill
net, se long as "Fiench paste" can show
its honest glitter In the seeming likeness
of the hypothecated treasures. Still
another may own plenty of diamonds
and actually hate them In possession,
tee, yet Ikj tee prudent toexposothciii te
the danger of less or theft in u mixed
multitude, se long us all the clfect of
their splendor may Ikj produced nt much
less i isk.
Rubles nnd sapphires nie eten mere
successfully imitated than diamonds.
The imitations of them actually hsscss
the same chemical composition ns the
real stones. Opial quantities of nlumiui.i
nnd led lead in e heated (eiitnlhe.it iu
nn eaitlienw.ne crucible. A titleeus
Mihstnncn is formed, which consists of
silieate of lead nnd ciistal of tthite
eorenduiu. These me fused with bi bi bi
chrotuateof potassium te bum the niby,
or with a little oxide of cobalt and n tery
small quantity of hichtomale of potas
sium te make the sapphire. Thu gems
se made are expensite, but much less se
than the leal stones, and me teiy hnid,
w itb line luster and excellent color, if
the pioiertlonaof the material) me ex
actly light, 1'mei aids, tep.i7s, (r,ii nets
anil various ether iii'iiuer less nlnable
gems me well imitated in glass colonel
with dilferent biliealesnnil oxides. Sham
pearls are also be well made that, when
properly set, they cannot In-distinguished
from genuine ones. They are simply
beads of clear glass coated insule with a
lustrous solution obtained from the scales
of somesmall fishcn--blc.ik and dace. It
takes the sealevs of 10,000 of the fishes te
make two pounds of thu solution, which
Is called "LWnced'Orient." The Imita
tion pearls are mure dutahle than the
real ones, which are liable te be injured
by petspirntioner taiiousetber incidents
of wear. Philadelphia Tunes.
et u ,lll;lj;c.
Allieit Hawkins, the executite coach
man, is a bread minded philosephct
Like the sun, be shine? for all. As the
White llousei-oach wasstauding in front
of the portico yeMcrd'iyineiiiing a gentle
man caine up. looked nt the horses with
a critical ote und remarked:
"Tli.il is net ii3 geed u team us Clove Cleve
land's, is itr"'
Albert's bhelt face was covered with
an expression of uituttt iabledisgust,iiiid
heiemaiked: "New, kiss, you ought te
knew mere than te le say ingsiieb things
like that tome. You'll git inein trouble.
The ethei lay I was standing out here
and seme ladies camu along, mid ene of
themsats: 'Albeit, I ainglad that 1'resi
dent I larrisen kept y ou in y oureld place.'
'Thank you, muui,'s.iysI,'foryeurkind-nes-s.'
Then she seys: 'Albeit, Mrs. Har
rison is net us pretty a ladynsMis. Clete
land, is she?' There were lets of peeple
standing around listening te what she
was sat lug te me mid what I was say ing
te her, and I tbe't 1 would fnllolHIieliox;
but I just drew myself up anil said; 'Mad
nine, 1 ain't nojiulgeof ladies." Wash
ington Letter.
Sulci, le nl Scorpion.
Uately M. Sergo Noirketr, of Constan
tinople, gate an instance of the sort in
question. Ile caught half a dozen of
these creature?, he says, and deliberately
put the question te the test. Ai ranging
en the lloer a circle of glowing ehaiceal,.
hating ue break in it, a scorpion was
placed In the center. Although the
circle was Luge enough te prevent the
scorpion king injured ercien incom
moded by the heat if it remained In the
middle, the animal, finding Itself sur
rounded by fire, k'gan te leek about for
the means of cscaH?. At Ilrst its inovo inevo inove
ments were slew, but seen its inetiv
ments Increased, and finally it raced iu
a frautie fashion mound the Inner cir cir
cumference of the charcoal. After rac
ing for seme time iu this manner, it re
tired te the center of the ring, und, do de
lihcrateiy plunging its ntim into Its back,
put an end te its life in a few seconds
after a few convulsive met ementa. The
remaining five were tried successfully in
the same w iy , ami each w ith n like re
sult. La Nature.
Ilalil u i;-r.
An agricultural p.ier bays: "If cattle
hate their Irair rubbed oil, showing lit
tle patches of the skin, rub en u little
ibiilpliur nnd lard." Tain't no geed. We
tried it en an old Ljir trunk up in the at
tic and it never helped it a bit. lieb
Ilurdctte.
FASHION'S LATE DECREE.
GIRLS ARE TO DRESS SIMPLY AND
LEAVE DIAMONDS TO DOWAGERS.
Ttin Empire Sllr Unit the Maadcr aad
Willowy Hut t'athlnn Cealmen la
Irnrn Ttirm I Iff. Ttimtgh I he tllrectelr
fcljle ttcmalni lirrljr lire.
(Sp-Clal Cornpaeiirnc.J
New YertK, May IS. Fashion is a
jealous goddess and likes te make her
pew cr f elt. Ne sooner docs she see that
her slaves have humbly accepted her
last caprice than she turns squarely
about ami says: "Yeu shall net wear
this and that any longer, but something
else," And it has (e be clene. Just new
the order has gene forth te step wearing
the empire dresses, though the dlrcctelre
styles are still te be permitted us. Why
this is nobody enn say, but se It is.
DAINTY DRE5SKS TOR DAnLINOFt.
The empire styles are particularly be bo be
ceming te graceful young girls and te
slender ones they ure a lweti, as their
full folds across the bust and shoulders
conceal nny deficiency that nature left.
And thu style is se simple that it is in
ke-epiug with youth and maidenly dainti
ness. Still thcre Is ene conselation: It
takes fully a year te entirely abolish a
Ijcceming fashion, nnd the young Amer
ican gill of today can get n great deal of
conquest and comfei t out of that time.
At all the laige social gatherings of
this season the puffed sleeves nnd the
gatheied skirts have been eftcner seen
than nny ether style of dress for young
girls nnd matrons. I wnsutn reception
last night w liere there were many young
girls, and the pretty dresses they wero
somehow marked them ns the fairest and
sweetest among the miiltitude of ether
women diessed in the most cxtiatngant
btyie.
One young gill had a plain gown of
peail giay cashmere, the tikirt (H'lfectly
plain nt the Iwttem with n wide hem
which was feather btltclicd witli tthite
bilk. The wnist was long en the hips
and pointed fient nnd back and laced
with silver cords. The neck was V
shaped and a frill of white lace two and
one-half inches wide was sewn in the
neck, falling outward in careless fashion.
The elbow puffed slceves weie finished
iu a similar way. ,
This gown was worn by Misa Orace
Wilsen, the youngest sister of Mrs. Og
den Geclet. She is the same young lady
who was se ill iu Paris u few months age
that she was at ene time thought te be
dead. Her features me Mill pale nnd
delicate, but Iter lieatittf til eyes mid thick
crop of curly, short hnlrmake her bomo bemo bome
thing pleasant te leek at, and she could
have went n dicss costing a million it
she had wanted te. I noticed tint all
young ladies there present, and they rep
resented the y eiillt nnd beauty of the fa fa
jueus -100, wei e t heir hair In braids coiled
clese and fiat te the head, low in the
back of the neck, with veiylittle hair
down ever their foreheads. Some wero
none, but only such us had very pretty,
low foreheads. A few ueft, light curbs
certainly de ndd te beauty.
Yeung ladies w ear little jewelry. One
or two pretty bracelets, delicate and
fine, a btriug of pearls or old fashioned
geld beads, or n thin little geld chain
with a quaint old locket medallion or
ether family jevvel, is about the extent.
Few wear earrings nt nil, and the Euro
pean habit of leaving diameuds and
costly raiment toeldcr persons and dress
ing youth nnd beauty in the e-implest
attire is fast obtaining here.
Some young giilswcar their hair in
chatelaine biaids and ethera piloiten
top of their heads plainly or mound
queer old carven cemUs. The hair, how hew how
eter, should be dressed always with due
regard for the style of the day, but also
with due regard for the Btyle of the
wearcr'3 face.
slll:.UTlFUt. OOWI.S I OK UA.sci.va OU DIN
M.H.
When n girl has pretty, round anus
short sleeves in e admissible. With these
are worn long Bilk mitts, biiede gletes et
blr-ck ones which l each ulnite the elbow.
IJlack pebble kid Oxford or New pet I
ties can be worn during the day for full
dress, nnd for evening slippera of kid or
satin, usually black, but sometimes et
the color of the gown, are wei n Very Very
large rosettes that is, long and rather
narrow are sewn upon them, git ing
slendeiuess te the feet, and high ki'I
beds areas often seen as thu common
sense ones. Ol.ivn Haiu'EU
.inilul'ii Mery of 3li)-iH4 0.
Henry Sat age Lauder, the y eung Eng
lish painter who is doing se much In his
direction te sustain the great iiamemade
by bis grandfather, Walter Sat age
Imder, iu the direction or letters, tells
us that in Morocco the natives run nwny
and hide whenever they see an artist
picturing te make sketches. He says
that when he first tisited that country
be ene day drew forth his pocket sketch
Ixix and innocently began sketching a
section of a little bazar street, where
upon, much te his astonishment, the
merchant!! all hurriedly bundled their
stocks into large cloth wrappers and
scampered awiiy. He subsequently
learned that these Meers Iniieve the
painter or sculptor tt he reproduces their
kxlies invites their souls te cccupy his
counterfeit presentments. The Meers
are said te hate many stories of itcrsens
who hate lest their souls by-reason of
portraits biting been made of their
kxlies. If we could get the ear of the
Meers a few moments we beliote we
could allay their fear by proving te
them that it is only here and there a
painter or f"' '" rs any soul tt hat
cver iututua work, Xtuvv xeik Star.
1889.
THE HON. HENRY W. GRADY.
A Fen Mrtara af lb Noted Oeerfta Edi
tor and Orator.
IBpecUl ITormpeodetxx.
Atlanta, May 10.The recent visit of
Hen. Henry W. Urady te the New Yerk
centennial proved that the star of his
ndtthcrn popularity had net lest any of
Its luster. The newiqiapers, without ex
ception, also agree that his speech before
the Southern society sustains Ids reputa
tion for brilliant oratory, rivaled, as yet,
by no ether southerner.
The term brilliant ns applied te (irady
Is ex press! t e it fits the man exactly. In
everything he underUikea there is a snap,
a glowing audacity which ether public
men inny possess, but which is tee fre
quently unaccemianied by successful
achievement.
Mr. Grady's office is en the third fleer
of The Constitution building. He is very
accessible and wholly without the usual
trappings of a great man. One Is invarl
ably struck with the bareness, almost
carelessness, of the apartment. It nil
joins that of Mr. Harris ("Unde lie
inns"), who, it need scaicely be remarked,
Is little mero of au resthete than his
chief. In the center Is a long deal table,
generally used te recline upon, ns there
nre no chairs te be been. Posted uien
the semewhat severe looking walls are a
couple of colored chremes, remarkable,
If nothing else, for their extreme inap inap
prepriateness. One of them represents,
in all the colors at the lithographer's
command, a Dritish naval veteran gazing
fieulfully at his beleted Union Jack,
seated ever a patriotic scroll and legend.
The ether Is a Parisian architectural -design.
There are no books or even papers
visible.
Befere ene of the windows stands n
person of medium height nnd somewhat
robust build. He has straight, shiny
black hair, piercing black eyes of the
same shade and a swarthy skin. The
visitor has plenty of time te study his
surroundings, ns the gentleman nt the
w.indew takes no notice of his cntrnnce
whatever. After a lapse of seme ten
or fifteen minutc3 he slowly turns
around and commences te pace up and
down the fleer with his hands thrust
into his pockets. Suddenly he steiw and
turns en the stranger a cold inquiring
fit.ire.und the query, "What can I de
for you?" nt the i,ame time pointing him
te a scat en the table. He pulls out a
spittoon for your benefit, and in a few
moments you are chatting amiably with
the editor of The Atlanta Constitution, it
man who wields mere power and in
fluence, both as an editor nnd as a citi
zen, than any ten ether men in Georgia
combined.
Orady's literary method is unique; in
fact, I think it would be beyond most
men. Ile gees te the window, stares at
a brick liouse or n cotton compress for
nil hour or two, puts his main ideas in
shape, ndjusts each sentence, nnd even
syllable, In its proper order, mentally,
nnd then rattles the whole thing elf te
his stenographer, rarely committing a
single error. While under the influence
of en idea which he is putting through
the literary pieccsa he is utterly oblivious
te his surroundings. Sometimes the fit
ftriLcs hint under peculiar circumstances,
but the tieople of Atlanta are rather
proud of this wcakne,s3 than otherwise,
and delight in respecting it."
Mr. Giadye secretary, Mr. Halliday,
accompanies him et ery where. That
new famous editorial which completely
changed the attitude of The Constitution
upon the tariff question was dictated
upon the steps of a Whitehall street car
which he had unconsciously signaled.
It is jokingly related that the car was
full nt the time and that ene of the pas pas
sengeis who dared te murmur nt the
ntoppage was threatened with bodily in
jury if be 0ened hia mouth. It is told
of Senater Edmunds, of Vermont, apro
pos of his leccnt visit te Atlanta, that a
crowd bad gathered en ene of the prin
cipal thoroughfares, and t radio was tem
porarily blockaded. The sad eyed sen
ator asked his colored driver what the
matter was.
"1 'specta it's Mistah Grady, s.iht He
get ene e' his thinkin' spells ng'inl" lie
said na he turned the horses' heads into
an adjoining street. This is only n sain sain sain
ploef the stories told at Gi tidy 'a expense.
The success of the Piedmont exposi
tion, the Georgia Chautauqua nnd nutner
eus ether enterprises is popularly cred
ited te Ids peisenal eilerts. His latest
achievement well illustiatcs both Gi ally's
character and influence
Fer 6ome months past n movement has
lieen directed at New Yerk te obtain sub
scriptions by public benefit and other ether other
tvise for the erection of an asylum for
the Confedeiate teteians lesiding in the
state of Texas. Many noted men lent
their names, including Hint old Union w ar
horse, Gen. Slieimau; but the fund lag
ged slowly, even pitifully, along; Maj.
Stewart, the agent of the enterprise, sent
appeal after npiwul, but btill only n few
hundred dollars lay in the treasuty.
Gtady watched it fiem afar and chafed
under what he thought was u deep hu
miliation. Finally be could stand it no longer,
and late ene night dashed off an edito edite
nal, "the finest he ever wrote," said Mr.
Wallace 1. Reed, the beutlieni btery
wilier, as he told me the incident. Its
ferce nnd pathos wcre wonderful. "Come
home, Mnj. Moe' Stewart." he said;
"ceme home, nnd let eurscarred old tet
er.nts relapse into the honorable, obscu
rity from which they Bheuld net or hate
been dragged!" It was then proposed
that Geeigiaus build n home fur their
handful of gray warriors, fast thinning
out, te Iivo but a few y ears mere except
in the hearts of.tlie people. The ink was
bcaictiy diy when the money began te
pile up in the olllce of the nr vspaper.
In a fortnight, among the tery mtniblcst
classes, neai ly 30,000 bad been raked.
The home will be located near Atlanta,
and the work is already iu progress.
II. II. Wll-feO.N.
A WrMeru hlery.
Brainier Matthews tells, a gcxxl story of
the ethical influence of the east en (he
wild nnd woolly west. A young Bos Bes
Ionian, i cared heixath the brew of Bea
con Hill and educated at Harvanl, went
te Texas and turned cowboy lie rapid
ly caught the spirit of the country und
ns rapidly shook elf the outward sem
blance of tenderfoetcd eastern habit.
Heugh bcaidcd, leather clad, sombrero
as widens the widest, 12 caliber Celts ou
his hips, he was wild as the tt ildcst. Yet
within his besom still burned the flame
of Ikwten culture and refinement.
One day he was riding with n stronger
across the 'prairie. Turning his head
suddenly the wus slightly ahead) he sav
liis companion make a suspicious motion
toward his hip )eckeU Without hesita
tion he diew bis revolver nnd shot him.
Thu bt ranger dropped like n leg. The
cowliey dismounted and looked at the
body of his victim.
"I wonder if lie was really going te
sheet me?" he bolUequired. "I'll see."
Turning the Ixxly ever, he iliscevered
a. flask of whkky protruding from the
pocket.
"Peer fellow!" he said in a tone of re
gret. "I've made a mistake. I'te killed
an innocent man, and a gentleman at
that. He wasn't going te sheet me, be
was going le ask me te have u drink
Well," he bighed, drawiiv; his sleeve
ticress his mouth, "the last wishis of the
deceased shall be respected." Washing,
ten I'est.
&menfement.
A tiS2J:?T .7 te con-rtitetion
SiJffcKT1 i? ,h8 .cHlsei" this Common Cemmon Commen
rT!fTi! SLncr.' Assembly r the Cem-
Si!?..,i! iiY!lnV1.',-nl. for their Approval
M teteft,ffiMlftXfv, "fen te be held Jens
XVl7TOrr?,'!iu,,,jnmnun.rf A"'"
Thst Hit follewlnc amVndnVent iTrJfeiwied te
IVnnylvnnls, In accordance with the Elh
teenth Article thereef:
AMENDMENT.
There Mmll be nn nridltlenst article le mid
Coii.iltutien te be designated as Article XfX aa
fellows :
Atvnct.E XIX.
The niflnufhcture, twin or keeping for sale of
ntiixlcntlnz ll'iuer, le lie uteri ns n betemse. Is
hereby prehlliflcd, nnd nny violation of thl
prohibition Mini I ben misdemeanor, punlshsbln
ns shall lie provided by law.
The nHmircture.fnlr. or keeping for sale of
Intexlcntlng liener for elher purpose thnn a a
bewninciimy lionllewed In nch milliner only
ns inny be prescribed by Inw. The (Jenrrnt
Assembly shall, nt the first seen sneceeitlnB
the adept Ien or this article of the Constitution,
ennct laws wllh adequate penalties for It en
forcement. A true. copy orthe Joint Ttroltitlen.
t'HAIll.KH V. MTONE.
...., ... Secretary or IhcCommenwenlih.
rnlft-ainriH
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
proposed te the rltlrens of this Common
wealth by the Oeneml Assembly of the Cem-inimvi-i'nllh
of TctiiKjlvnnla for ihclrapnrei-Hl
V rrJC5i"en nl n Mxclitl election le b held
June IS, ISW. PublWied bv order of theSecre
..V.,r J'1' ,r,oinmencnlth, In pursumice of
Article XVIII or the Constitution.
Joint resolution iroiesl!ii;nn amendment te
the constitution of the tsiniinenwcnlth :
suction ; 1. Jlc It rcielvcil by the Senile nnd
Jtuutrtif Rrpmtntathttet the Oimmemrcnlth of
J'tnntvh-anUi in General Atiembly met, That
the fellow leg Is proposed ns nn amendment te
the umMltiitlrm of the Commonwealth of
rcmmltnnlit In iicrerrinnie with the provis previs
ions of I he eighteenth nrtlcle thereef:
AMENDMENT.
Hlrike out from m-cIIeu one, of nrtlcle elcht,
the four innlltli ntlens for voters which rends ns
follew:
"If Ivrenty-tvve jenrs of ure or upwards, he
Muill hnte, paid, within two venrs, n state or
i-euiity tux, whtthshnll have liecn nssesseri at
lensl tneinnuthst nnd paid nl lenst ene month
Iwfiirclhe election," se Hint the section with It
remlsns follews:
" Every mule eltlsen, twenty-one jenrs of nire,
INMsesMiiK the following ritmlirtcHtlens, shalllie
entitled te tela nt nil clculens:
hirst. He shall hnte been n clllien of the
United Htnles nt least one month.
SWeiul. He shall lmte resided Iu the stnte
ounjeiirfnr If, hating pretteusly been n riunlt
led elector or lmtlve born cltl7cner the state,
heslmll hnte removed therefrem nnd relurned,
then six month) Immediately precedliiK the
election.
Third. Hcshnll have resided In the election
district where he sknll eiler te vole nt lenst two
month. Immediately precedliiK the election.
Fourth. If tvveuty-tvte jenrs of axe or up
wards, lie Minll hate linld, within two jenrs a
statu or county tax, which shall hntelieenns
sessesl at least two months nnd paid nt tenst ene
month befoie the election," shall be amended,
sons te rend ns follews:
Eterv initie cltlen tvventy-enc tears of age,
PiimsIiib the fellow Inc ipiiillllcntleiis. shalllis
entitled le totenl the milling tdiicc of the oloc eloc olec
Hon dlstrlcter which he shall at the time tie n
resident nnd net elsewhere:
l'lrst. He shnll hate been a clttzm of the
United Htntcant least thlrlt days.
Hieend. Ile shall lmte resided In thoslnle one
jmr (or If, Imtliurprctleusly lieen a iiialiried
elector or n.itlte born citizen of the state, he
shall hate removed therefrem nnd relurned
thru six months) Immediately preceding the
tlei-tlen.
Third, He shnll hnte resided In the election
district where he shnll eiler tot ote nt IeiihI
thirty lints Immedlutclv preceedlni; the elec
tion. 'Iho legislature, nl the session thereof
next alter the adoption of this section, shall,
nnd from time te time thereafter may, enact
hi vis le prejierly enrerce this prevision.
Fourth. Etery male citizen of Ihe nun ut
twenty -one tears, who shall hate been a citizen
for thirty ria.ts iindnn Inhabitant or this state
ene j ear next prcciriliiciui election, except at
municipal elections, nnd for the last thirty rinva
n resident of the election district In which lie
may eiler his tote, shall bu entitled te tote at
Midi election Inthe election district of which
he shall at the time boa resident nnd notelse netelse
vvhere ler all ellleersthat new are or hereafter
ninv-be cleited by the peeple: yvuifrfnf. Hint
In time of war noelecterlii the actual military
nrvheef IhoHtute or of the United Htates.ln
tlicmiuyer naty thereof, shall bedcprlved of
his tote by reason of his iilwme from such
i lei Hen district, ami the U-ulslature shall have
power te prntlde the manner In which and the
tliuennd pl.ucnt which such absent electors
may tote, mid for Ihe return and canvass or
thelrtetesln Ihoelectlen district In which they
resis-ctlvelv rcxlile.
I lllh. Fer the purpose of vellnc, no person
shall he deemed te hate gnlncrier lest n resi
lience by reason of his presince or absence
while empluyeri In the sertlceer Iho United
blateserthe Htate, nor, while encased In Iho
navigation of the waters or the White or of the
hh!h sens, nor while a student or nny teUecc or
sdiilnnryef learning, nor while kept at any
almshoiise or public institution, except the In
mates of ant home for disables! and lmllKcnt
soldiers ami sailors, who, for Ihe purposeof
teilim, shall bnilieinrri Ien side In Hie election
district ti here said home Is located. Lnwsshalt
be made teriiseertalnlni:, by proper proofs, the
citizens who shall he entitled te Iho right or
sutlrane hen by established."
A truocepy orthe Inlut resolution.
CIIAHI.IX W. STONK,
Secretary of Iho e'oinmeiiwealth.
iinrlT-ilmdH
U'iitra.
Philadelphia,' I'Vlminry 21, 18S9.
III'MIAIIIAN
. hKAI- J
LMl'KHIAL AND HOVAL AUSTItO
1 1 UNO A IU AN CON.SU L AT K.
According te the instructions of the
Hoyal Hungarian M inNtry for Agricul
ture, Indtistiy and Coiiiiuerce in liuda
Pest tetliis Imperialiiiul Koyaleonsiihito
it is hereby attested te that the Heynl
Iltingaiiaii fJeveiiinieiit wine cellars! nt.
Huda-IVst were established by thu Hlin
gaiian (leveriinient, l-ebruary 1, Ihb,
mid that theostnlilislmieiirirt since under
control of said ministry.
Tin1 aim uft hoe wine cellars! is te sup
ply the world's) markets) with the U-t
tviiux produced in Hungary, free from
any adulteration.
.Mr. II. K. Slayiiiaker, agent of I an
caster, Pa., lias by the (ieverniiieiit's
general ngenlsi of Ninth Aineiii-u lK?en
appointed agent for l.itnciHer for the
sale of tilt-no wines, which nre bottled
In Itinlii-Pet,! nd 'rtliPsupervlNinniiftli
Hungarian (iovciniiient, mid K'tir the
original pietcetive lulled of the Royal
Hungarian Ministry for Agriculture en
the bottles.
LOUIS WKSTKKUAAIU),
Imperial aiitlHeynl Censul of Austria
Hiingaiy. hUtl..
1. A It. lll'.MI. CO.Nhllltli:,
ATI'HIIA., l'A.
ilottecfuvuiahiitix (Doebo.
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ALL AND SEE
-THE
ROCHESTER LAMP!
KUt) I'midlc-Llght; Heats them all.
Anether Ia1 or Cheap ;I, for (insand Oil
hlevis.
TIIE"PEHFEtT10N '
JtirrAI, MOULD1NCI and Itl'IIHEU CUSHION
Weather Strip.
Deals them all. This strip enlneiirs all ethers,
lvcrpsenl Ihe cold. Me'S riilllln or wiiutews.
Excludes thedtibt. Kee'iweut sneu- and rain.
Anyone ran apply it no waste or dirt niadelu
apply lliK It. CaulMitltlnl any where no holes
te bore, ready for use. I will net split, uarner
shrink a cushion urin U the m.t iwrfett. At
the Steve, Heater and Itange Stere of
Jehn P. Schaum & Sens,
34 SOUTH QUEEN ST.,
tuV'CAaTEIt PA.
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