A FAMOUS GAMESTER, Amazing Skill cf Captain Johr Scott c.i Whist. HIS RAPID ROAD TO WEALTH The Winnings of ths "Gentleman Gam bler" at White's, In London, In the Eighteenth Century Exceeded $5,000,- 000—Fox's Reckless Play. Of all the gentlemen gamblers at the close of the eighteenth century in Eng land a single one is noted for the im mensity and the regularity of his win nings. This was John Soott, who, be ginning as a iKMiniless captain, wound up his career as a millionaire general. On the subject of the campaigns he conducted history is silent, but con temporary London was full of talk of his marvelous luck with dice and cards, and the marital misfortunes of his later life gave more material for the gossips. Writing to lUchard Bentley from Ar lington street 011 Feb. 25, 1755, Horace Walpole says: "The great event Is the catastrophe of Sir John Bland, who has flirted away his whole fortune at hazard. lie t'other night lost in reckless play an immeu.-e sum to a Captaiu Scott, who nt present has nothing but a few debts anil bis commission." Sir Jo'm B!:md. to conclude here the hi-tory of that luckless dleer, shot hi:: .ieif dead, after losing the last of Ids fortune, in Kippax park. 1 Mptain John Scott was of that bi inh of tin? numerous Scott family of \ bieh Sir Walter was a member, a 11'■1 hi ancestor In the thirteenth cen tury was that famous chemist, Michael Scoff, who wou the name of wizard. A later Scott distinguished himself in the time o? Charles 11. by marrying, when lie was himself only fourteen years old, a lady who was three years his Junior. The bride was Mary, countess of Bnccleuch, in her own right the richest heiress in Scotland. The mar riage was a secret one, and none of the friends and few of her family were In formed of It until the da; after. The youthful bridegroom did not profit greatly by this match, for his bride died at thirteen. Iler sister Anne, who suc ceeded to her titles and estates, made a inaniage with the pet son of Charles 11., Monmouth, and had a numerous family. It was sixty years later, or about 1750, thr.t young Scott, son of the lalrd of Scott'B Tarvet, entered King Oeorge's army. Two years later b*> was in Lon don and In the midst of the most reck less set of spendthrifts, rakes and gamesters that English society has ever known. Sir John Bland was only one of a thousand rich young Englishmen who threw away fortunes over the gaming table at White's. The one his toric loser of that era was Charles James Fox, L'itt's rival. Fox gambled away, all told, 110 less than $5,000,000. Bolt was the very antipodes of Fox. When he died, at a ripe old age. he left a fortune as great as that with which Fox had begun, and every penny of it had been won at the gaming table. Fox was a ripe scholar. Scott was al most illiterate. Fox said that losing was the next greatest pleasure to win ning. Scott never lost or so rarely that It did not affect the sereulty of his ca reer as a winner. Fox would go home In the morning after a night In which he had gambled away £IO,OOO or £2O, 000 and Immediately lose himself In a study of Sophocles or Xschylus. Scott, Ilk* the sensible fellow he was, would button his coat over the portemonnale in which ho carried away winnings of an equal or even greater amount and immediately goto bed so as to be fresh for play In the evening. When Scott found himself In London and amid the wild young men of his era, he determined that gaming was his bnly chance of getting money. When he engaged himself to throw a series of mains with Sir John Bland, be had, as Horace Walpole puts It, nothing "but a few debts and his com mission." His shrewdness taught him that there was nothing In dicing, at which u stupid man has as good a chance as a bright one, and so he ■peedily gave up hazard and applied himself to whist, at which game for tune fights on the side of the skillful player. Never in the history of play did men gamble for such high stakes as Scott and his victims did at White's between 1753 and 1780. Scott's system was an exceedingly simple one. He gave himself the best of It In every possible way. He never went to the gaming table unless his head and his stomach were In the very best order. He never lost his composure or his good nature for an instant. He played a perfectly fair and honorable game, and at first he made It a rule never to play for more than a fixed sum, which he could afford to lose. He won so steadily that It wasn't long before he was prepared to risk any sum which even the wealthiest or the most reck less of his adversaries would venture to propose. A story which illustrates capitally Scott's patience in the face of hard luck has been preserved. One night while he wns at the card table news was brought to him that his wife, the first Mrs. Scott, had given birth to a girl. "Ah."* he said, "I «hall have to do; ble my stakes to rrake a fortune to this young lady." But in a few hout* he was £B.OOO to the bad. Retaining his invariable se renity, he said he wis sure of his luck returning, and at 7 a_ m.he went home the winner of £15,000. That's the sort of play that went on at White's night after night during the years thtft John Scott WHS winning the largest fortune ever accumulated by a gentleman gam bler Sli«* Didn't Sleep Well. A woman who lives In an inland town, while going to a convention in a distant city, spent one night of the journey on board a steamboat. It was the first i;:> e *!>,. had ever traveled by water She reached her journey's end extremely f:> + '«jT ( .-d. To a friend who remarked S; .., 0 replied: V es, lin tired to death. 1 don't know that 1 care to travel by water again. I read the card in my state room about how to put the life pre server on, si Ihl I thought I 11 nflerstocxl it. but I gi:ess I didn't. Somehow I couldn't go . sleep with the thing on." —Ladies' Home Journal. 1 »• reunion*. "Cousin Henry's seasickness that time he crossed the water must have touched his head a bit " ' Why so?" "Well, here he wrote In his di'ry: •June 14.—M . t everybody sensick, in cludin' myself. Saw two spoutln' wales."" "Don't iM-'e anything very loony about that." "Why, Abner Dobbs! I)o you mean to tell me that you believe that any of them passengers had ever swallered a .Whale?"— Lite. BETTING SYSTEMS. Their Opponent S«y* Ho t'nn't Flfkt Ii ii 111 hit Nnlure. No backer is deterred by the knowl edge tb:it the odds offered are mathe matically unfair. His faith in the cor rectness of his judgment Is a setoff against the restriction of his winnings. Argument never prevented a man from risking a sovereign 011 a "good thing." Some twenty years ago I wrote in a Journal now defunct an elaborate refutation of the notion that money can bo made by systematic gambling. I gave an analysis of every known • system" and proved to the satisfaction of every mathematically trained intellect that systems were ab surd. The paper—rather a serious or gan—was in consequence bought large ly by beitiug people, and hundreds tested the systems 1 had exposed. A compositor in the offce of the paper actually made some s.'?so or S4OO by following one of the systems and gave i!j> his "case" for the course, lie was back long before the season finished. The only cure for gambling is a per sistent run of ill luck, resulting In en tire loss of capital. Even then the doctrine of chances suggests that "the turn must come." That is what lures the man with the gambling instinct. Some one must win. Why not I?" la his unanswerable objection to all argu ments. It is curious, too* how the very arguments employed to prove the fu tility of betting have a knack of fall ing when put to the test of one or two experimental trials. I once, by way of nn object lessou. laid the mathematical odds against heads turning up Ave times consecutively. They ran nine times. It is true that I should have won scores of times if my opponent continued tossing, but he was satisfied that my mathematical illustration had faiied and argued if it failed once why not twice? I have decided not to publish the very elaborate manuscript I pre; ared on"The Folly of Systems'* so long as human nature remains as it is.- Douglas Blackburn in London Re view. I IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. What llapprnii When Two or More l>*r« Want to Speak at Once. There is no rule against a dozen peers, or the entire peerage for that matter, rising and addressing the lord | chancellor at the same time. The lord j chancellor has 110 power to select the j peer who shall speak. A lord chancel lor's leg may be pulled, we Imagine, but his eye can never be caught. For all he can do two peers wishing to ad dress the house aud refusing to give way one to the other could stay on their feet until one of them dropped from exhaustion. This is no exaggeration. Within liv ing Memory two peers engaged in an adventure which at first threatened to develop into a tiring down contest aft er the manner of Goldsmith's dancers. It happened in 1884 on a warm July day and was very entertaining while It lasted. The two were Earl Granville and Lord Cairns. Both rose simultane ously to speak. The two peers stood facing e:<ch other at the table, and each tried to speak, while their parti sans kept shouting "Granville!" and "Cairns!" in an aristocratic manner. It must have sounded a little like a cup tie. Lord Selborne sat on the woolsack helpless. The scene might have lasted until either Earl Granville or Lord Cairns had fallen fainting had not Lord Beauchamp earned immortal fame by creating a precedent in the house of lords. lie moved. In a tone of anger, that Lord Calms be heard, and Lord Cork, in a similar tone, moved that Lord Granville be heard. A vote was taken, and Lord Gran ville won by a majority of one in a house of fifty-three excited peers. So If the lord chancellor at any time finds himself confronted by two noble but obstinate orators there Is a precedent to full back upon which may be found useful.—London News. WALT WHITMAN. W«y» of tlie Pofl Who Wu Loved by All Who Knew Him. This is the Walt Whitman who was known and loved by those who met him daily: "After son:e conversation Whitman proposed a walk across to Philadelphia. Putting on b.'s gray slouch hat, he sal lied forth with evident leisure and, tak ing my arm us a support, walked slow ly the best part of a mile to the ferry. | Crossing the ferry was always a great pleasure to him. The life of the street and of the people was so near, so dear. The men on the ferry steamer were evidently old friends, and when we landed on the Philadelphia side we were before long rjuite besieged—the man or woman selling fish at the cor ner of the street, the tramway con ductor, tbe loafers on the pavement—a word of recognition from Walt or as often from the other first; presently a cheery shout from tbe top of a dray, and before we had gone many yards farther the driver was down and stand ing in front of us, his horses given to the care of some bystander. He was an old Bro.uiway 'stager,' had not seen Walt for three or four years, and tears were in bis eyes as lie held his hand. We were 11 <w brought to a standstill, and others gathered round. George was ill, and Walt must go and see him. There was a message for the children, and in his pocket the poet discovered one or two packets for absent little ones. But for tbe most part his words were few. It was tbe others wh® spoke and apparently without reserve." —"Whitman as Carpenter Saw Him" In Craftsman. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 4 a»mb#r May Drink There, but la Not Allutveil to Eat. The British house of commons has rts own code in regard to the partak ing of liquid and solid refrechments. A. member making a long sjieech may take a drink, and the house Is liberal enough not to care whether the color of the contents of the glass is white or brown <>r Mack, whether, in fact, the glass h >l.is water or whisky or beer. Mr. Gladstone's egg Hips, which his wife carefully compounded for him and he brought to the house in a bot tle. are classic. But woe betide tbe man who scorns drink and must have meat. Contempo rary recollection only recalls one mem ber rash enough to disregard this rule It was a number of years ago. In the stormy time of the home rule debates, that .in Irish member, in the small hours of tbe morning, produced from his pocket a paper l>ug and drew out a bun, which he proceeded calmly to eat. The house was instantly in on uproar. There were loud cries of "Or der! Order!" and that bun was never finished. » So member may read u newspaper In the house. If he had tho temerity to smoke, the sergeant at arms would quickly place him under lock and key. ■—A.ui>letou's Magazine. ANTIQUITY OF BEER. TIIIM llevcraHo Win I'irsl BretTtd LIY the EliypliuiiM. Beer is oi' great antiquity. It was manufactured first by tie Egyptians anil afterward by the Greeks, Romans aiul ancient Cauls. Beer was mention ed by the following ancient writers: Tacitus, Pliny, Xenophon and others. The Romans are supposed to have In troduced the brewing of beer or ale, as it was then called, to the Britons, at the time of the latter's conquest by the former. The Britons continued the brewing of barley malt, calling it ale, until about 1524, when the Germans introduced the brewing of hops with | the barley malt, calling it bier or, iD English, beer. The history of the New England colo nies shows that the Puritans were great beer drinkers and that for a long time every innkeeper made his own beer. In those years beer was the gen eral and popular drink. In the colony of Massachusetts its retail price was fixed by law at a penny a quart. Its sale to Indians was not forbidden. A law of ItW.i ordered that every vict ualtvr or ordinary innkeeper should al ways lie provided with good whole some beer for the entertainment of strangers. The laws of the colony always favor ed the manufacture of beer, and even as late :is ten years after Massachu setts had become a state a law was passed entitled. "An act to encourage the manufacture and consumption of beer, ale and other malt liquors." The act freed beer from all taxation, but it came too late after a series of fiscal laws which for revenue purposes had made beer dear and led to the im portation of cheap rum from Jamaica. —Kansas City Independent. CUTTLE BONE AND SEPIA. Where They Come Krom and What TUey Are Ined For. Cuttle bone was once made use of a 6 a medicine, but it is now used by gold smiths as a polish and by bird fanciers as food for caged birds. This cuttle bone, so called, Is no bone at all. but a very wonderful structure consisting almost entirely of pure chalk and having been at one time loosely imbedded in the substance of some de parted cuttlefish. It is an oval bone, white and hard on the outside, but soft and friable within, and is Inclosed by a membranous sack within the body of the cuttle. When the cuttle is living this struc ture runs through the entire length of the abdomen and occupies about one third of its breadth. In weight cuttle bone is extremely light, and if it be cut across and examined through a lens the cause of the liphtness will at once be apparent. It is not solid, but is formed of a succession of exceed ingly thin floors of chalk, each con nected with each by hundreds of the smallest imaginable chalky pillars. Many persons attribute sepia, or Chi nese ink. to the cuttlefish. They are, however, in error, for sepia is a manu facture of soot and fine gums. The er ror may be due to the fact that the cuttlefish has an internal sac under the throat, near tin* liver, that contains a very dark n: • I ink. When pursued by enemies the cuttle ejects this inky substance and thereby forms a cloud of darkened water all about it and hides in this water until out of danger 1 ISliow nil'! Hall of Qneer Color*. Storms in which red, yellow and or | ange colored snows fell were recorded as long ago the sixth eentury. Hum boldt mentions a hailstorm which once occurred in Palermo in which every hailstone was as red as a globule of frozen blooy. On March 14, 1813, there was a hailstorm in Tuscany in which the individual stones were each of a bright yellow color. In 1808 at Carnio la, Germany, they had a fall of crim son snow which was nearly five feet In depth. Snow of a brick red hue fell in Italy in 1810 aud in the Tyrol In 1847. In some sections of Iceland snow seldom falls to any considerable depth without being composed of al ternate layers of frozen crystals of different colors. There are arctic bank* of red snow which are so well known to explorers that they are called the "crimson cliffs " POINTS OF ETIQUETTE. Finger bowls are not put on the table until after the dessert is removed. It is the worst possible form for a man to take a woman's arm. by day or night. When leaving a car a man should precede tiie w man, so as to assist her If necessary. 111 addressing a newly married couple at a wedding reception it is usual to congratulate the groom and to wish the bride great happiness. It is not looked upon as good form to announce a meal by the ringing of a bell. That custom does very well for a railroad station, but is now seldom used in private houses. When taking a lady into dinner or at any indoor entertainment a man offers his left arm, but In the street he must always take the outside, 110 matter which arm he has to offer. The expenses incident to a wedding are. with few exceptions, borne by the family of the bride. The groom's ex penses, with the exception of flowers and souvenirs for the bridesmaids and ushers, begin with the fee to the clergy man. Servant* In (Irrmanf. A girl engaged in America is by no means a girl secured, as regards either domestic service or matrimony. In Germany, on the other hand, the mis tress of a prospective cook and the fiance of a prospective bride may feel reasonably secure when once an under standing has been reached. "Well, I will engage you, Hedwig," says the hausfrau at the close of the Interview, and as a pledge of good faith three marks (75 centsi are given aud receiv ed. By acceptance of tills sum, Hed wig binds herself to appear at the time and place agreed upon, and if "he falls In fulfillment of the contract, after al lowing twenty-four hours to elapse without having returned the money, she renders herself liable to criminal prosecution Needless to say, breach of contract under such conditions is rare.—Harper's Bazar. H«-r Fiance. A West Philadelphia family was Ht supper one night. talking about the en gagement of one of the daughters, whose wedding was soon to be. The negro servant, who acted as waitress, laundress, etc., had Just brought into the dining room the dessert, when 01:0 of the girls askeil. "Virginia, have you seen Edith's fiance?' "I.uws! 1 doati know, honey," she replied. "li t ain't been in de wash yit." Ill* Crump. "I have been suffering much of late," he said, "with writer's cramp." And. smiling wanly, he tightened his belt two holes. "Here is where it usually takes me," he explained, patting his concave stom ach.—St. Louis Globe-Demgcrat. 112 PINEAPPLES. | Tlie Juice of Till* Fruit In it r.rcat Ai<l l<> Digealion. j The wonl enzyme does not appear to have any connection with pineapple, yet it is Hit- name of the chemical that ! gives to the luscious fruit the remark ably digestible property which It pos sesses. The prevailing notion that pine j appie juice is excellent for tho diges tion is supported by medical testimony. ; Eat a slice •»f the fruit after dinner, | say the doctors, and you will not suffer ; from dyspepsia. It' you want to sc.- what pineapple i can accomplish in the way of ftiges j tiou. you can easily test it on w piece of I raw steak. The action of pineapple • juice on meat is to transform it into I jelly and then dissolve it when in the | human stomach. Place a slice of the fruit on the raw ; meat as it lies on a plate, and the up ] per surface of the steak where tho fruit touches it will soon become gelat inous. Enzyme, the active principle of the juice, can be obtained by throwing salt into the juice, thus producing a precipitate. A good sized pineapple contains two pints of Juice, a fact that gives an idea of what a slice of the fruit will do for digestion. If cooked, the pineapplo loses its virtue in this respect. It may be asked whether tho consumption of the somewhat woody fruit itself is ben eficial or not, for that can scarcely be easily digestible. Without doubt it is tho juice which does the good, not the flesh of the pine apple, but the property of the juice Is so effective that the eating of the fruit Itself can do no harm and may even be beneficial, inasmuch as it takes some of the strength of the juice to dissolve it and so prevents the stomach suffer- | Ing from the too violent effects of the juice. _ THE SEISMOGRAPH. How the Earlli€|DHk« Indicator Re. cord* the Shopka. In its simplest form an earthquake indicator might be a tray with notched edges so filled with mercury that a shaking of the earth would cause an 1 overflow In the direction of the move- ! inent. In the Instrument used by sci- ' ence the pendulum Is employed, verti- ! cal by some Italians, horizontal by the I Japanese, English, most European and ] American observers. A movement of j the earth affects everything but the pendulum, which is so freely hung as ! to remain stationary, and a recording ; device makes the result visible. Of old with the vertical pendulum a sharp ' point drew the profile of the move- j inents on a blackened surface. Fhoto- I graphic paper In moving strips serves j the modern Instruments. The horizontal pendulum turns on a vertical axis and carries at Its extrem ity a heavy weight which earth shock does not reach. In the Milne seismo graph a platinum sheet attached to this weight has a slit intersecting at right angles a sKt In a second sheet under neath. In times of quiet reflected light passing through both slits makes one point and prints a straight line on the moving bromide paper. When the earth shakes the lower slit moves and the line becomes crooked, according to the strength of the shock. A clockwork arrangement with shutters and a light times the disturbance. The instruments are so delicate as i sometimes to indicate shocks which no men have felt.—New York World. VALUE OF OLIVE OIL. It la («ood Either Taken Internally or ( hcil Kiterually. Various forms and kind* of oils form a large stone in the foundation of beauty culture. Only the t! mghtful observer realizes their impo:t > • and j that they were lndlspens.;bi< i > the | belles of old time—to the Greeks and j Romans and eastern beauties of an ; dent days. | Olive oil was the most luxurious, as well as the most common. It was tak en Internally and externally; they rub bed with It, bathed In It, drank it and used It In a hundred ways. Olive oil la still olive oil, though not so many peo ple recognize its value except as an In gredleut of salad dressing. It is excellent for the digestion and may be taken in doses of from one to nine or more teaspoonfuls a day. Some people find It Is distasteful taken clear. In that case it may be disguised In wine or lemonade or some pleasant drink, which of itself should agree with the individual's system. Olive oil is a good flesh builder. If rubbed Into the skin, it not &»ly accom plishes this with faithful applications, but makes the skin soft and velvety. Being a vegetable oil. It has absolutely no tendency to stimulate a growth of hair. Olive oil is used in a hundred other ways, but the sum of its virtues lies simply In this—lt Is gentle in its action, soothing, nourishing and strengthening. TOUCHING FOR KING'S EVIL Extent of the Cotlom In the Seven teenth Centnry. Between the years 1601 and 1(182 as many as 92,107 persons were touched for the king's evil. Each of them re ceived a gold coin, with a hole in it, which—the coin, not the hole—"was sus pended from the neck by a ribbon." It became necessary to limit the number of patients to be touched, and at last no person was allowed In the king's presence for that pnrpose who had not previously obtained a certificate from the minister of the parish in which he or she lived that he or she was suffer lng from the disease. "Hambledon. Bucks, lt)85, May 17 Mary Walllngton had a certificate t<j go before the king for a disease called the king's evil."—Parish Registers, Page 81. H. E. Chester Waters. From a proclamation issued by Charles 11.. dated Jan. 9, 1083. appoint ing the times at which the touch sboyild be administered: "And all such as shall hereafter cwne or repair to the eonrt for this purpose shall bring with them certificates undet the hands ami seals of the parson, vie ar or minister and of both or one of the churchwardens, testifyng accord ing to the truth that they have not at any time before been touched by his majesty to the intent to be healed of their disease. And all ministers and churchwardens are hereby required to be very careful to examine Into the I truth before they (rive such certificates , and also to keep h register of all cer tlflcates they shall from time to time give."—London Notes and Queries. No Cost For Nineteen Years. During the journey from Victoria fails to Kimberley a big, sun browned man lioarded (lie Zambezi express mi nus his coat, with his shirt sleeves rolled up. He look a seat ai dinner, and the chief steward remarked to him that as there were ladies present perhaps h« would have no objection to putting j on his coal. "Great Scott," the inaa ! replied. "I haven't worn a coat for i nineteen years. You will have to wait, j my friend, until 1 can buy one at Kim- \ berle.v." S'oii.h Afrleau Railway Mag uzLue A FRIGHTENED ACTRESS. W hen >1 u I lit rii ■■ If,■■■ |.'or Her l.lfa from ller t'other. -Malibran was an exceptional woman as well .is a great singer, and she had an interesting and spontaneous teni pc/ainent. The daughter of Garcia, tdio had a harsh and difficult master in her own father. W lien she was sixteen he one day came to her room and without any kind of preparation said to her, "You will make your first appearance with me on Saturday in •(Hello.'" It gave her exactly six days for prep aration. The child, terrified nearly into speechlessness, stammered that she could not po sjbly do it what he asked was impo-dhlc. But Garcia could take no contradict ion. All he answered was; make your first appear ance on Siturday. and be perfect. If not, In the last scene, when I am sup posed to pluii;;.' iiy dagger into your breast. I'll do so in real earnest." The frightened girl had to make the best of it. Her success was absolute, but one little piece of realism in her acting at the end was a delicious though entirely unconscious piece of retaliation upon her father for a rather brutal mc'hod. ITer liesdemona had been exijni i!e; she had made her what she was her elf. a eliild. innocent and submissive and adoring. But in tie hist act. when Othello strode tow:.rd her with uplifted dag ger. la M.s'iUran. truly frightened out of her wit; ran away from him and made for v : ;:dows and doors, frantic ally trying to escape When her father at last cau':!<! hold of her. so real had the whole thing become that, seizing the hand with which lie was supposed to murder her, she bit it till it bled. Garcia gitve a cry of pain, which the audience took for a cry of rage, and the act ended in deafening applause for father and daughter. The incident reveals la Malibran. She was never, in one sense of the word, an actress at all. There was no studied counterfeit of emotions, but a woman with an extraordinary power of losing herself in the emotions of others.—'T. P.'s Weekly. FIRST TRAMWAY ENGINE. Relieved to Klnve Been Invented toy Itif'liard Trevltlilek. Who was the great genius, for he must have In t« such, first to conceive and apply steam locomotion? Accord ing to a drawing of one of the earliest steam locomotives, or. as it was desig nated at that time, "high pressure tram engine," invented by ltichard Tre vithick. which drawing was made In accordance with the testimony of Hees Jones, who aided in the fitting, and Wil'iam ltlchards, its driver, it Is prov ed to the satisfaction of historians that to Trevlthick is due the credit for the application of steam to locomotion. In this engine the exhausted steam was discharged into the chimney stack and the wheels were combined together. Underneath the drawing it is stated that the engine was designated on the original plan, dated 1803. as "Tre vithick's high pressure tram euglne" and was constructed partly In Corn wall and partly at Pen-y-Darren work* by Itlchard Trevithick, engineer for Samuel Iloinfray. proprietor of the Feu-y-Darren Iron works. The story *is related as h historical fact that Merthyr Tudyvll, while dis cussing the principles and feasibility of locomotive steam engine power with Richard Crawshay of the Cyfarthfa Iron works, made a bet of 1,000 guinea* that he would (H>nvey by steam power a load of iron to the capital nav igation house (nine miles distant) along the basin'tram road, which by meant of this engine of the great Trevlthlck he afterward effected and won his wager, although the heavy gradients, sharp curves and frangible nature ol the cast iron trackway operated against the return of this Ingenious but rudely constructed machine with the empty trains; hence its Important Correction. To Tennysou truth was a simple tliintr. It was simply to be exact. In this light should be read an amusing story found In llram Stoker's "Person al Reminiscences of Henry Irving." Irving had heard a story that Tenny son not long before had been lunching with friends his own neighborhood not far from llaslemere. His hostess said to him as they went Into the din ing room: "I have made a dish specially for you myself I hope you will try It and tell ! mo exactly what you think of It." "Of course I shall," replied Tenny son. After lunch she asked him what he thought of It. "If you really wish to know," said he, "I thought it was like au old shoe." When they met, Irving asked Tenny son if the story were true. "No," he said at once. "I didn't say that. I said something, but it wasn't that it was like an old shoe." "What did you say?" persisted Irv ing. "I said it was like an old boot." ————————— _______ ' KILLthkCOUCH I; AND CURE THE LUNGS WTH Or. King's ! New Discovery i-nr, /"Consumption Price | FOR | OiJGHS and 50c 4 SI.OO Free Trial. [ Surest and Quickest Cure foralll j THROAT and LUNG TROTJB- 8 LES, or IKON EY BACK. SaKHMEKEr.MeaBHHHnMHHI in NEV 1 A Rellatol® TIN SHOP | i for all kind of Tin Roofing •' Spoutlne and Ganaral Jolt Work. Stoves, Heaters, (tangos, Furnaces, etc. PRICES THE LOWEST! i QUILITY TDK BEST! j 1 JOHN HIXSOJN I NO- 116 E. FRONT BT. i CRUEL PUNISHMENTS. - The Oli] Time I »eof Torture In l.exnl f'rOCCNKCM. The constitution of the United States | and the constitutions of the various I states in prohibiting cruel and unusual j punishments were u it fighting an ab ! surdity. The use of torture in legal j processes was not, when these instru- I mi nts were framed, so remote as it is ! now. ! When Sir Thomas Hole came as high j marshal to Virginia he crushed a cou- I -piracy by killing the ringleaders by j torture, one had a bodkin thrust through h's tongue and was chained to a tree tinlil lie died. Others were broken on the wheel. It is quaintly staled that Sir Thomas was "a man of good conscience and knowledge in ♦II i::ily." i tie's date was 1611. The nest notable instance of the use of ( inure w.-s in lfi!)2. in the Salem wiidic -..ft excitement, when Giles *' y was pre-sed to death—the "peine ' ei i irte." the most horrible of <i :.s li .: v'lit*• :i>s were in public through out i' • < • • trnti! comparatively recent tiu.t s. ' M Ouolcli. the pirate, and six (>!'■■ •• v' :v hanged in Boston, Sew it!l v:*<> > iii diary, ' When the scaf fold v," > let t■> sink there was such a sere ih of :!: ■ women that my wife li'iai 1 it. s' •!:>•• in our entry next to the hard." though the gallows was a mi • sw:. 1 the wind unfavorable. The use of "lire to wring tho truth j from witne ••• • ; said to have been rec-1 ognized as ! ■/ > i in Austria until well j within the . ivy. MARINE SUPERSTITIONS, j The t'liaii»iiiK 'tides nud the I.unneh. iiMC i)f the Wick Smack. In Orkney the ebb and flow of the j tides were attributed to tho breathing of a sea monster which lay outstretch-1 ed on the confines of the world. So gl ) gantic w •... i ■ simple acts 01, expiratii i and Inspiration took twelve hours to perform. The resemblance between this nature myth and that of the fir .'e s is very remarkable. North country • ailors scorned at one time tc use a c- npass, for by the motion of the ninth wave, (lie mother wave, they could, oven :u \!:e densest fog. ascer tain their e:-.: ct v.hereabouts and gain the >Ln rein safety. The launching ol i a Wick smack was for years regarded as unlucky unless ;he words which fol- j low were repp,: "d by tho onlookers: i Fae rooks an saans. An barren lan's Ilerp'o fref. W'eel oot, weel In. Wi' a' gweed shot. Hannful if not fatal results are be lieved to follow the utterance of cer tain words at sea. The salmon Is ever a "fine bit fish," and swine, minister, kirk, hare and numerous other words ure solemnly interdicted. The presence of a minisier in a lx>at is by many re garded with crave concern, and It if sometimes with the utmost difficulty that a crew can be induced togo to sea | If a minister is on board. Those whe ' have sailed with ihese half Xorse, hallj Celtic fishers must have taken note ol the method adopted to raise the "wun." I The mainmast is scratched energetic-! ally, and the men "wliustle" the while, I London Standard. The Word "Tar." Why is the word "tar" a synonym 'or "sailor?" Some dictionaries say j that the allusion is to the seaman's J tarry hands and clothes—the "savour, of tar" of Steplmno's song In"The Tempest." Burns uses "tarrybreeks", as equivalent to "sailor." But It Is re ' garded as much more probable that "tar" Is short for "tarpaulin," since! Clarendon and other writers colloquial ly use "tarpaulin" to signify a seaman. Of course, tills ultimately gets back to tar, a tarpaulin being a tarred "pall ing," or covering (the same word a 9 "pall"). Sore of Ilia Choir. A peppery New England parson who was disturbed by his choir during ! prayer time got even with them when he gave out Ids closing h.vinu by add ing, "I hope the entire congregation will join lu singing their grand old hymn, and I know the choir will, for I heard tham humming it during the prayer." j of Danville. Of course you read i! if I THE AEOPLEIS i POPULAR i APER. ■ i Everybody [ ids It. j i j 1 . : l Publisher Every Mor :: Except Sunday i I No. ii E. lAuh ng ft. II ; Subscription 6 cc.- r Vv,. ~ ~ *« HENRY BELL'S COMET. Tli* I'irM Steamer That l*lle«l Far Hire In (ireat Britain. Anion;; ;Ji »* curiosities of advertising may lirelv lie placed the drat ad i ven iM-ii ciii of the lirst steamer that | plied for hire inCreat Britain— namely, j Henry I'.' Ts i'ouiet. Thus ran the ad vertisement in the Clasgow Courier of i 1S12: "Sfcniu passage boat, the Comet. be- I tween Glasgow, Greenock nwl Ilelens ! burg. I'or passengers only. The sub j scriber having at much expense fitted up a handsome vessel to ply upon the : river Clyde between Glasgow and , Greenock—to sail by the power of j wbjd. air and steam—he intends that ! the vessel shall leave the Rroomielaw on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Satur days about midday or at such time thereafter as may answer from the state of the tide and to leave Greenock on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays in the morning to suit the tide. The ! elegance. comfort, safety and speed of this vessel require only to be proved to meet the approbation of the public, and the proprietor is determined to do everything in his power to merit public J encouragement. The terms are for the present 4 shillings for the best cabin nnd shillings fur the second, but be yond these rates nothing Is to be al lowed to servants or any other person I employed about the vessel." What would poor neglected Henry , Bell have said could he have seen his j humble little Comet, of whose elegance, i comfort and speed he was so proud, | alongside a modern ocean racer or one ] of the latest palatial river steamers of . the Clyde or Thames, all so well ad j vertised?— Chambers' Journal. THE CUPEY TREE. 0 lie 0/ the Mont Carina* Qrawtha of • lie Went Indies. The cupey, or, as it Is sarcastically j called in the English possessions, "the attorney," Is one of the most curious, as It Is one of the most picturesque, denizens of the virgin forests of the West Indian Islands. It belongs to the parasitical family of trees or plants; but, terrible to relate, It Invariably, with the basest Ingratitude, destroys all life in the unfortunate tree that cherishes It In Its early growth. Hie seeds are borne on the wings of the ! wind and deposited on the branches of other trees, when they burst Into I roots, which are dropped toward the ground all around the "nurse" tree. In time these roots reach the trronnd and strike Into the soil. Fmru tt.tq moment lite roots grow stronger and stronger until they resem ble a lot of rope ladders thrown over the tree. Next the parasite sends down a great cord, which twines around the trunk of the supporting tree, at first as though in loving embrace, but It grows tighter and tighter, eventually stran gling its benefactor out of existence. The nurse tree thus killed rots to de cay. and from the immense fibrous roots of the destroyer now springs a great trunk, which rises high Into the nlr. When a cupey is full grown It presents a magnificent spectacle, for the cordliko root rises often to fifty or sixty feet and supports in midair the vast tree itself. TURPENTINE. Moths will leave if it is sprinkled about. Turpentine and soap will remove Ink stains from linen. Turpentine will remove wheel grease, pitch and tar stains. Clean gilt frames with a sponge mois tened in turpentine. It will exterminate roaches if sprin kled In their haunts. A few drops on a woolen cloth will clean tan shoes nicely. A few drops added to water in which clothes are bpiied will whiten tlieiu. An equal mixture of turpentine and linseed oil will remove white marks from furniture caused by water. Ivory knife handles that haw be come yellow can be re stored !•> llioir former whiteness by ribbimr v ' h )t;r pentlne. Carpets can be clc ■' ' 4 stored by going -.\ r <»• • • : . a broom dip; I . .•• , which a litti - *• 1- fM— HI® L le wait to 00 aii Ms of Priming "it j ITS HI. 11 till kr. ■ ii'i usil j A. well ■ tasty, Bill \( / ter Head, 1 A) A Ticket, Ciretr • Program, St;: L>J ment or Care" ( w an advei i 1 foryouibu \ satisfaction to \ v Type, Hew Presses, x ,, Best Paper, sat Skilled Wort, " Promptness- All y>u can ask, A trial will mak*. you our customer We respect full" as! that trial. I 111 II - - - No. ii R. Malioninut Sv T2j&.T&TSrXT 01,32:. 112;
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