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Show Tilt) SALT LAKE TIMES, SATUKDAY, J UxE M, 1890. 2 Letting Down Prices Again? We would advise every Man and Woman to keep Uleni . posted and attend our special sale during this week You will find every article as advertised. If you arc in doubt lni,, ... along with yau and judge for yourself the truth of these assert 1a-c is4 I Men's French flannel Undershirts' .50e faclTl D y Men's Unlanndried Shirts . 45c each ct Men's z. Blue Denim Overalls 43c a pair P a c Men's z. Blue D Jiiira Jumpers 45e em li so Men's Cheek Jumpers 40c eiuli s N v Min's Undershirts and Drawers SUceaeli ': 2 5 i M u's brown and grey linen Dusters $1 each $ K S Mjn's Coats and Vests $1.05 each & - Men's French Flannel Coats Vests $U5 m sV 2- - n's Black Alpaca Coats $1.50 each l E S Men's Fine Thread Balbriggan D ' : t B S S g S lirts and Drawers, worth $3, $1.25 a snil U' Men's Bathing Sails, TSSSS $1.50 a suit a S S &t Boys' Shirt Waists . - 15c each O !: 5 oc5 J Boys' Knee Pants 25eapair eS? Bovs' Suits, ages 4 to 12, $U5 each U S. J. NATHAN, Prop. 151 Main S FRANK KNOX, L. C. KARRICK, J. A. EAELS President. Vice-Preside- Cashier.' National Bank of the Republic IFxog-ros- s Euilding--. Capital, . . . ' $500,000. Directors: FbAnk Knox, H. L. A. Culmeb, Geo. A. Lowe T. P. Mclloy, G. 8. HoT.mes, h. c. Kaukick J. G. Sutherland, Emanuel Kaiin, J. a. Hauls ' Salt Lake Transfer Co. PATTEN '& GLENN. fe f All Orders Promptly Attended to. Car Lots a Specialty. jjSySpL Office, 116 W. First South st. J. M. STULL & COMPANY," FIIE INSURANCE AGENTS First-Cla- ss Board Companies Represented. No. 22 East First Soufk St., Salt Lake City, Utah, Geo. M. Scott, Jas. GLENnKSSlJIp, H. S. Rumfield, President. , Vice-Preside- Secretary. GEO. M. SCOTT & CO, (INCORPORATED.) ,.... --DEALERS X3S-T- Hardware and Metal Stoves, Tinware, Mill Findings, Etc. AGENTS FOR the Dodge Wood Pulley, Roebling's Steele Wire KP' Vacuum Cylinder and Engine Oils, Hercules Powder, Atlas Engines and Bo ers, Mack Injectors, Buffalo Scales, Jefferson Horse Whim, Iitee Pun? Miners' and Blacksmiths' Tools, Etc. 168 MAIN STEEE1V Salt Lake CSty, - x - Utat Hj8 ' Rallroafl Contractors anfl BniWars, EvailS omcei Grai,in& Excavating, 121 S. r & Main St. Street Grading a Specialty. PSllTSB T ESTIMATES FURNISHED. . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED-E. SELLS, j. TUCKER. ' H. W. SELLS. Sells & Company, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lu First South street, opposite 14th Ward Assembly Koonis. P. 0. Box 1078. Old Pioneer lard of Armstrong &Baglej. D. VAN BUSKIRK. ' office oy T. C. STEBBI TheVan BuskirklnvestmentCo GENUAL REAL ESTAlE BUSINESS TRANSACTED. J SPECIAL ATTENTION 10 FORMING OF SYNDICATES. AGENTS FOR EASTERN CAPITAL. HlJ!JaiidJMAPS, but GOOD 'BARGAlSSl EXPERIISXCED OPEWTOfis and Members of the REAr E 179 MAIN STRE-ET- , corner Second South. AWAY UP. A Stranger Who Tltla Produced Sr - prbe lu Tennemee. . A dignified looking stranger entered the ticket office of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad yes-terday, and stated that he wished to purchase tickets for himself and family to Texas, and also wanted to se-cure rates for the transportation of a carload of household furniture. Col. Harry Wilson waited on tho gentleman, and ascertained that his name was Mar-tin. He negotiated a trade with him for the tickets, and referred him to the freight office on Monroe street for infor-mation about freight rates. As tho stranger displayed a goodly role of boodle it was incumbent on Col. Wilson to treat him with the considera-tion due his importance, and so ho told Hilly to take the colonel over and intro-duce him to Mr. Bartley, and he took care to lay the accent on the colonel. Billy got the stranger safely over to the freight office, and in his politest manner presented him to Will Bartley as follows: "Mr. Bartley, allow me to introduce to you Col. Martin." Tho stranger drew himself up haught-ily, and striking an attitude, with his right hand over his left breast pocket, said: "I am no colonel, young man; I am something higher than that." "Excuse me; I meant to say briga-dier," apologized Billy. "I have a higher titlo than that," said the great man. Billy was equal to the occasion, and came again with "I really meant to say major general, you know." He was knocked out again, however, by the supposed officer remarking with heightened dignity, which, however, was softened by a quiet, amused sinilo: "You have not got up high enough yet." "You must be the commander-in-chie- f of the army," suggested Billy in a doubt-ful sort of tone, but the stranger par-alyzed him by the announcement that he held a still higher title. Billy was stumped. He thought the dis-tinguished visitor was no other than the president travelling iu cog., but he dis-missed that idea, and then his curiosity got the better of his reverence, and he blurted out: "Well, who are you, any way?" -- The stranger softly replied: "I am a minister of the gospel, sir," and Billy fainted dead away, while Will Barney made a half rate for tho divine on ac-count of his high title. Memphis Ava-lanche. , MR. AND MRS. BOWSER. Mrs. Bowser Tells About a Vain Search for Gentle Spring;. "Well, net ready!" dd Mr. Bowser as the house the other evening in ap ,arent great good humor. "Who's coming?" I asked. "Somebody has cornel" "Aunt Jane?" "No spring. 1 fain would sing with tle poet: ' ' Oh: tlie merrle, inerrie springtime. With Its many buds and blossoms!" "Mr. Bowser, I was Hlready possessed of tho knowledge that spring had appeared." "Well, get ready. Smith and I have planned that the two families of us will take a trip to the green woods We are going to drive out with his team. We'll take lunch along and ramble and cull flowers and climb trees and have a day out," "Mr. Bowser, tho woods are wet that is, the ground is wet. There may be one bud inewhcre within fifty miles of Detroit, but you won't And it. It is also too early for flowers." It was settled that wo should go. It had to be sottled that M ay, of course. Mrs. Smith camo over during the evening and t mo know that she was also opposed to it, but had promised to go for the sake of Lhe ride out and back.. Kach of us put np a lunch, and as soou as breakfast was dis-posed of next morning we were all ready to go. Mr. Bowser got up singing some-thing about "the flowers that bloomed in the wildwood," and even when he found a cold northeast wind blowing and a winter overcoat necessary his enthusiasm was not diminished. I noticed that as we passed tree after tree without sign of buds he liegan to hitch about uneasily. I finally inquired of him: "Mr. Bowser, how far is it to the green forest?" " "You will probably get there when the rest of us do," he sweetly replied, as he turned up the collar of his overcoat. We got there at Inst. That is, we reached a piece of woods. There was nothing green about them, and Mr. Smith seemed a hit disappointed. Mr. Bowser wouldn't give in, however, but declared that he felt like a new man. Ho said that the scent of wild flowers which came to him carried him back over a period of twenty yeara. We couldn't see any of tho flowers men-tioned, but after making the team secure we set out to look for them. Wo hadn't gone five rods before Mr. Smith discovered a bunch of green moss, and Mr. Bowser found a leek. These discoveries filled them with enthusiasm, and they pranced around like two colts. The only mishap which oc-curred before luncheon was brought about by Mr. Bowser's riskiness. He saw au old bird's nest on a bush and galloped off to get it, and falling over a log he broke both suspenders, ripped his coat up the back and covered himself with black dirt. I helped to brush him off, and he appeared to enjoy the joke as much as Smith did, but as soon as he could find opportunity he said to me: "It has turned out just as I said it would!" "Well, didn't I tell you it was too early to come?" "No, ma'am! But for you I never should have thought of coming!" We ate our luncheon sitting on a log. The children's teeth chattered as they waited, and when 'Mrs1. Smith found hei feet wet she insisted that Smith build a Are. He complied, and wis rewarded bj thanks all around afad the fall of a few snowflakes. At that moment a farmer appeared be-fore us, coming out of tho woods, and after looking the crowd over he queried: "What asylum, please?" asked Smith. "What lunatic asylum have you escaped from?" "We came out for a a picnic." "Ohl Did you find one?" "No." "Sorry for you, but I can't have people building fires and galloping over my land for nothing. My charges are t. What's tho matter with youtf hired man?" . "Who?" ' "Why, him," pointing to Bowser. Bow-ser retorted, and ono word led to another until it took all of us to prevent a fight. The farmer got his 13, however, and be sat on the fence as we drove away, and called out as a parting shoV:' "I'll bet that old daffodil with his neck driv up had the planning of this campaign." '. . The Hbove represents tho peaceful and starry decked sky now covering our family circle. Mr. Bowser did not leave nie and apply for a divorce, and ho and Smith were playing euchre together last night. THE VALUE OF THUTls Some Valuable Hints to the Men Whi Advertise That May be Worth Heeding. IT IS POOR POLICY TO DECEIVE. To Save "The Angelus"A Tou.cb.iugl Beautiful Story of Maurice De SuSfc . " TWO advertisers the- one tolls tho whole truth con an article will i. bo more successful tha. OF who tells only a portion o truth, says tho Dry Good This does not mean that al or salesmen sha talk simply for the pleasure of show iug how much. they km concerning the goods. Experience tmf fully demonstrated the truth of tho slang phrase, "Talk's cheap," and it is well known that tho salesman who talks in-cessantly is not the man who sells the largest quantity of goods, nor is the long-est advertisement the one that is most frequently read. But if it becomes nec-essary to go into detail about an article do not equivocate concerning it. Some advertisers will deliberately go out of their way to lie a hard, but nev-ertheless a true statement. "This cloak f.ri; worth $12." "This beautiful cash-mere 95 cents; worth $1.50." Tbo man on tho "inside" knows that a house would not, and indeed could not, sell staple goods ull the year at a loss, and consequently there must be a lie somewhere. Tho public may be taken in for a time, but there will surely be a reaction. A merchant once said: "Of course, if we were doing business in a Binall town we could not play the public with these constant baits.'but we calcu-late that by the time one class of people has become dissatisfied, another class of the ever shifting population will step in and take their places." This is a bad principle upon which to do a permanent business, and judging from the change in tho stylo of this same merchant's adver-tisements, he also has become convinced that it is bad. There is another style of advertising which is practiced in some of our best establishments. No lio is told, but the truth is expressed in a manner intended to mislead a species of acted lie. During tho past season there was a tiruo when fur capes could not bo delivered fast enough. Everybody wanted them, and the merchant who was fortunate enough to have a stock of these goods could turn them over at a fair profit. Astrakhan was one of the popular furs. The capes brought about $12 and the muffs about $3.50 and 4 at retail. No wonder, then, that many ladies were allured by a sign on a cape in an up town store which read, "Remarkably cheap, only $3.75." Tho writer was in the store when a lady asked to be shown one of the $3.75 capes. "Oil! that sign don't mean the cape," said the clerk, "it is tho muff that is $3.75." "Then why," asked tho lady, "do you put the sign on the cape and not on tho muff?" . , "I'm sure I don't know. I suppose that the lirm lake it for granted that no-body would expect to got a fur capo at that price, and that tho $3.75 must refer to tho muff." "That may be as you say, but it is neverthelosB an attempt to deceive." This was the customer's verdict, and she was entirely correct. When the customer had gone inquiry was made and the fact elicitod that for some reason the trade had fallen off wonderfully for the two days that the sign had been ex-hibited. It was plain that the ladies, feel-ing indignant at an attempted imposition, turned away from that department with-out making' any purchase.- ' ARE THEY COUSINS? . 1 A Claim That the Noble Eed Man of the Forest is of Mongol .Descent. SEASONS EOE THINKING THEY AEE The Striking Eesemblaece in Language and Appearance Aztec Traditions, iu youth visited the Missouri, a n,d considerable the tribes" who HAVING that river, I have felt a deep interest investigations as to of tho American says a writer in ho New York Star. From tho settlement oi tms country down to our own time all sorts of theories have been advanced, some of them of the wildest character, and others plausible and rea-sonable. Catlin tells the story of Prince Modoc and his Welshmen, and speaks of blue eyed and light haired Indians of the Maudan tribe in support of the legend. Neither Catlin nor any of his critics seem to have thought of the simple fact that the pure blooded Welshman is neither blue eyed nor light haired. And this is but a sample of the way in which the subject has been dealt with even by careful and inquiring writers. SIMILAR WORDS. My own opinion if it is of any value is that the North American Indians, or the greater part of them, are descend-rt- d from Asiatic immigrants and closely ikin to the Mongolian race. In the Sioux language, with which I have some acquaintance, the word for a chief, or head man, is "eetoncha." Among cer-tain tribes of Alaska the chief is called "eeton" and "tyone." This certainly brings usyery near the Japanese word "tycoon." I have mentioned this word in particular because it is one of the terms likely to be perpetuated under any change of circumstances, just as the Saxon word "king," in England, survived like Norman conquest and Celtic ad-mixture. The Sioux word for a tent, or homo, i3 "teepee," and this is very simi-lar to tho Tartar word, while there is also a marked similarity in the appear-ance of the tents alike of the Tartars and tho American Indians. Tho photographs brought by travelers from Siberia of the tribes there subject to Russian authority might well be mistaken for pictures of American Indians in unusual attire. It is true that the Indians are, as a rule, superior in physique to the average Mongolian, at least to tho specimens of the Mongolian race that we meet iu America, hut tho difference is no greater than between the average Celtic immi-grant of fifty years ago and his grandson of today; whereas the Indian immigration probably took place many hundreds of years ago. The writer has uot been the only traveler impressed by the resem-blance of Indians to the Mongols. Both in Central and South America tribes have been found whose likeness, in lan-guage, physique and manner, to the Mongolian race ha.s lately been the sub-ject of considerable observation and re-mark. One of these tribes the Guara-ri- s has its seat on the far confines of Paraguay; yet, in the opinion of a gen-:.lem-acquainted with tha Tartar tongue, their speech is distinctly Mon-tolia- n. It does not follow that all the aborig-inal inhabitants of America are of Mon-golian descent, even if they all came from Asia. The writer has seen the de-scendants of the Aztecs in Mexico, and it is difficult to imagine any relationship between them and the Mongolian. Yet Aztec tradition points to tho north as their original seat, and among a people who had no method of transmitting his-tory by writing tradition is likely to have been fairly accurate. Europe was not all settled by one blood. The fair and tho dark haired, the Celt and the Goth, swept over tho contineut, the current eddying hero and there, where a wan-dering horde waa tempted or compelled to rest. So that other races besides Mon-gols may have emigrated from Asia to Amorica. AZTEC TRADITION. The Aztec tradition of northern mi-gration is supported by various circum-stances, and one to the bearing of which, I think, attention has never before been called. It is well known that the Aztecs hiive a slanting forehead or, in other words, they have no forehead at all the skull being depressed in front almost on an angle with tho noso, A tribe in British Columbia has for ages practiced the custom of depressing by artificial means the foreheads of children so as to make the head look very like that of an Aztec. This is not done to the heads of children of the lowest class in the tribe the depressed forehead being a sign of at least respectable rank. It is not un-reasonable to suppose that the origin of this singular habit may have had some connection with Aztec supremacy in that region at a far remote period, when it became to the interest of a subject clan to have as near a physical resemblance ai possible to the conquering race. The American Indians are passing away. Cities have grown whore I have shot the prairie chickens chased the buf-fai- o aud kept midnight watch for the prowling Sioux a few years ago. An-other ton years and it will be difficult to find an Indian of the sort that followed Sitting Bull, and harassed the infant settlements of Dakota. They will have become half civilized specimens of hu-manity, living on the charity of the gov-ernment, without the virtues of indepen-dence, and with numerous vices of which iu freedom they were happily ignorant. Theee Indians have traditions that are worthy of being handed down; their lan--"- ". CAln to nerish. are worth pre-serving.- ' ' Iht of Honor. England, which is rich in gentlemen, furnished, in the beginning of the pres-ent century, a good model of that genius which the world loves in Charles James Fox, who added to his groat abilities the most social disposition and real love of men. A characteristic anecdote is re-lated of the celebrated orator and states-man: ' ' A tradesman who had long dunned Mr. Fox for a note of three hundred guineas found him one day counting gold, and demanded payment of his long due note. "I cannot pay you now," said F"ox. "I owe this money to Sheridan; it is a debt of honor. If an accident should happen to me he has nothing to show to main-tain his claim." "Then," said the creditor, "I change my debt into a debt of honor," and tore the note in pieces. Fox thanked the man for his confi-denc-and paid him. saying: "His debt was of older standing, and Sheridan must wait." Fox was tho lover of liberty, friend of tho Hindoo, friend of tho African tilave; he possessed a great personal popularity, and Napoleou said of him, on the occa-sion of his visit to Paris in 1805: "Mr. Fox will always hold the first place in an assembly at the Tuileries." Youth's Companion. raiMM VANDALS Helio Hunters o'nd Malicious Persons De-stroying National Monuments and . Publio Works of Art. DAMAGI! AMOUNTING TO $1,000,000 The Penciling Piend Gets in His Work-Outr- ages Often Inspired by Malic-ious Mischief. f by relic hunters persons who has been a destructive VANDALISM of aro to bo department of ami grounds evil, says t ho Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democra- t. Tho damage that has been wantonly clone in this way within thu last ten years would, it reduced to dollars aud cents, mount up to a frightful aggregate. Many who are in a good position to judge say that it would cost $1,000,000 to repair only such injuries as are act-ually visible to the' casual observer. To begin with, as you enter the rotunda of the Capitol from the east front, you observe that tho beautiful bronze doors, faosimiles of the Ghiberti doors at the baptistry in Florence, have been badly ehewed up by, iconoclastic visitors. These doors cost the United States gov-ernment $28,500. At present they would not be worth anything like that amount. The figures on the panels, representing historical scenes, stand out in high re-- . Kef, and somebody has found no diffi-culty in wrenching away the sword that Henry VII of England formerly held in his hando Columbus has lost the reins of the animal he is riding, and his brother Bartholomew has also been deprived of his sword. Balboa's sword has been all bent out of shape by some one who was, presumably, interrupted in on attempt to twist it off. Twp luckless monarchs, King John II ot Portugal and Song Charles VTH, have both been robbed of their scepters, of which they now retain only the stumps. Jost examples these are of the mischief done to these beautiful gates of bronze. To commit them must have required ex-ceptional nerve, situated, asho doors ai-e- , 'immediately outside the rotunda, where there is always a man on guard. It is this latter fact that is accountable for the fortunate circumstance that no damage whatever has been done within the rotunda itself. Save for the watch kept, the great his-torical pictures there would have been all cut to pieces long ago. The heads of the Father of his Country and other re-spectable characters of American an-tiquity would have been sliced out of the canvases, merely to begin with. For nothing is sacred to the relic hunter; he will .not hesitate to cabbage a red hot Stove, if opportunity offers. On the right hand side of the Ghiberti doors, as you go in, is a superb colossal statue of Mars, the god of war. A van-dal visitor unknown broke the end of his marble sword off, probably by reach-ing over the railing and giving it a sharp bang with a heavy stick. The "busted'' portion has been stuck on again with glue or something, but tho effect is un-sightly. On tbo other side of tho doors is a corresponding statuo of Ceres, tho goddess of the crops. Her left hand was smashed off. a while ago, and so a bunch of marble olives has been placed in her grasp to hide the break. Outrages like these, of course, are often inspired by 'malicious mischief, pare and simple. But the case is rare of an individual who will destroy property in cold blood, just for the sake of destroying. The bulk of the; vandalism is committed by relic hunters people without souls, savages f civilization, who will not hesitate to .wipe out in five minutes as much value as the labor of their lifetime will pro-duce for the sake of procuring half a dozen worthless memorabilia. Such- - are the persons, doubtless, who have attacked the magnificent bronze doors of the east senate front original cost, $56,000 on. which are depicted in relief scenes in American history. Tho guns of 'the soldiers at Yorktown have Tbeen'wrenched off those of them that ,were sufficiently in alto relievo to make ;it possible and the reins of Washing-- . ton's horse, on his journey through Tren-ton, have disappeared; also the gun in , the hands of the woman who looks on upon the combat between the Jersey far-mer and the Hessian has lost its barrel. - ' The president's room has suffered many times, not only from relic hunters, but also from malicious destroyers. The relic-hunter- have confined themselves here chiefly to cutting the silken tassels 'from the chairs, though now and then they have sliced a piece out of the hand-som- e red leather coverings of the sofas, and occasionally a strip has been cut off one corner of the costly carpet, made es-pecially to fit the room, just to remem-ber the place by afterward. Tassels, however, are the favorite spoil. The guard ventured out of the room for less than two minutes one day, and when he came back three tassels were gone glimmering. On an average, tho 4 equivalent of a full set of new tassels has to be put on the chairs each year to re-place those carried away. Beyoud a doubt this room is the handsomest on the American continent. Curiously enough; it is occupied for only one hour ' itf every twelve months. The president ' i always spends the last sixty minutes in it before Congress adjourns the session, so that he may sign bills up to the very stroke of 12 o'clock and save them from , becoming void. .Nothing that money could do to make . the apartment gorgeous has been leftun- - done, and its more than palatial splen- - dors appear to tempt the destroyers for mischiefs sake. At all events the sofas i ' , have been repeatedly ripped from end to end with knives, and other such wanton x acta of malice have been committed. The chief damage done in the statuary ? room at the Capitol is in the shape of lead pencd writings. Potomac marble, f of which the great pillars are formed, is of grayish effect, with light colored spots all over it These spots afford tempting t opportunities for scribblers, who delight in writing their names on them, with , various remarks on every conceivable i subject. The pillars, as far up as tho hand can reach, are fairly covered with these jjrafitti. - - - 1 .i - ' ' A Hamlet. Stage Manager (to undersized amateur) No use your studying for Hamlet; you'll do just as you are. ' Amateur (flattered)- - Really? Manager Certainly; aren't you a little ham now? Yenowine's News. His Prayer Anawered. A certain ' Chicago coal man enjoys nothing more than he does a romp with his two pretty Ihjvs. After supper ev-ery night he has great fun with them. Ono evening last week his wife was taken sick, and ho cut short the usual romp, much to the disappointment of the boys, who had' been looking forward all day to his homecoming. He told them it was timo for them to go to bed, and, like obedient boys, they walked off without a word of remonstrance. Silent-ly they disrobed and prepared to retire. The larger boy said hi prayer and found his way between the sheets. Then the little fellow knelt down by the bedside, uttered his prayer aud added: "Please, God, make papa funny some more." And the father, who had been waiting just outside the door to see that they retired all right, overheard tho petition and went in and gave his two boys another great romp. The little fellow then re-tired in the firm belief that his prayer had been answered. Chicago Herald. Didn't Mean To. "Let me never hear of your disobeying me again," said his father, as he laid the hair brush aside. sobbed Tommy, "if I cau help it. I I didn't you time. " --rHarper's Bazar. His Favorite Miss Giddy I have bought snob a lovely tablet to hold my paper when I write! What do you write on mostly, Mr. Spacer? Spacer An empty stomach. Lawrence American. To Save "The Aucelna." There is a curious fact to be noted in association with tho exhibition of "The Angclus" at the American Art Galleries. This is that that costly work was not in-sured for a cent. The association had a lire patrol on hand night and day, and in case of tiro certain pictures, the chief of theiu "The Angclus," would have been carried to a safe place in pretty short order. There are a great many ways out of the galleries. What with windows on three streets and blind en-trances on Broadway and Twenty --second street, in addition to tho main entrance and scuttles leading to roofs that extend without a break to Fourth avenue, a great deal of property might be rescued if a fire was discovered in time. With au efficient fire patrol on guard, the association could afford to take tho chauco of insuring itself. I see some western paper has printed the story of an alleged plot to steal "The Angelus." This is pufe bosh. It would not pay any one to steal a picture 60 well known, se no dealer, collector or public mu seum woujd d.-.-re buy it, and any one to whom it was offered, knowing that it must be stolen, would be likely to put the offerer under arrest. The attempt might be made for tbo sake of a possible re-ward, but hero also I imagine it would bo a failure, for the owners are persons of the sort who would rather expend double the money to capture and convict a thief than pay a premium on his felony.- - Obcying Instructions. Mistress You must tell them a white lie, Bridget, and say I have gone out of town. Bridget (to visitors) The mistress says I must tell yea a white lie, and that she's gone out of town. Munsey's Weekly. A Cent's Worth. I was walking by the Hotel Bucking-ham the other evening (says a writer in New York Truth) when my ear was pene-trated by a hoarse shriek, "Extra! extra! full account of the fire down town ex-tra!" "Let me see, boy, if you're telling the Iruth," said a passer by. Tho lad held up his paper to verify his statement, and showed the headline, Blaze!" "Oh," said the inquirer, "two hundred nd fifty thousand? Is that all? Well, I guess I don't want the paper." "Ah, what's de matter wid you," the newsboy; "do yer want ter kurn up de city o' New York for a cent?" Importing Carp Ji'eceiinry. i A largo carp is found in Lake Chain-dain- , which, with proper care in regard to its propagation, would be a boon to ur people as a food fish. It is one of die moat handsome fishes in our waters, und a a food fish deserves to be looked fter. It is known to ichthyologists as tctiobu6 Thonipsoni, Lake or Thorup- -' jon's carp. We are told its flesh is not jqualed in flavor by any other fish in Lake Champlain. Burlington Free Cress. Something in His Shoes. Wiggins Why do you limp so, Algy? Haven't you got something in your shoes? Baboony (savagely) Yeas;" my feet. York Sun. ; Parallel Storiei. There is a touclungly beautiful story told of Maurice do Sully, afterward Bishop of Paris, to the effect that shortly after he had been appointed canon and archdeacon an old woman, clothed in drugget, with a white start in her hand, entered the city and inquired of any whom she met whero she might find her sou, Dr. Maurice. Some ladies, fearing that the new dignitary might feel humili-ated if he fell in with his mother so shab-bily dressed, attired her in rich habila-ment- s, threw a costly mantle over her and then conducted her to his residence. But the archdeacon refused to recog-nize her in those borrowed plumes. ''My mother," said he, "is a poor woman who never wears anything better than .a gown of drugget." They were obliged to take her away and restore her original clothes, after which they returned to the house of Dr. Maurice, who, at the time, was the center of a brilliant assembly. The moment he caught sight of her he ad-vanced with the greatest reverence, and embraced her, saying: "This is indeed my mother." But precisely the same story is told of Pope Sirtus V and his sister Camilla, whom the cardinals "hail caused to be decked out in magnificent array, to be presented to the new pope Understood tha Cue. Stranger I should like to retain you in an important case. It is a fight over child. Great Lawyer Between husband and wife? "No, she is an orphan and has no near relatives. The contest is between dis-ta-relatives on both sides of the bouse. "Ah. I see. How much is she heiress tor New York Weekly. in some regions ot r runce an old east-ern custom was that of scattering a hun-dred eggs on a level p)ace covered by sand. Then a lad and a lass, hand in hand, would execute the dance of the country. If they succeeded without breaking an egg they were considered j affianced. Objected to the Size. It was a very affectionate husband who uttered the most literal interpretation of sentiment on record. "I believe," said his wife, proudly, after some great instance of his unselfish devotion, "I believe you would let your-self be cut into inch pieces for me!" The husband looked doubtful. "Make the pieces six inches, Mary," he returned, honestly, "and maybe I conld stand it." Youth's Companion. A French leader of fashion appeared in a startling costume recently at a Paris wedding. She wore a long redingote of peacock feathers, the glittering blue green plumage forming the entire gar-ment from head to foot. The bonnet was made of a bird of paradise, and the white tulle veil was fastened with pearl pina, ' In the statistics of the Protestant Epis-rop- al church in the United States there is an increase in the number of Suhdav school scholars for the vear 1888-8- 9 amounting nearer to 38,000, nearly a quarter of the inurease ' being in Pennsyl-vania, . , , A Gem of Thought. war between the League and the Players is pretty sharp, eh " "Yes; a case of diamond cut diamond," i ' lt Scientific Nairn--. Inquisitive Patient What is the scien-tific name for spring fever? Blunt DoqwiN-.in.es- s. Philadelphia |