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Show The Startling Discovery Made by Taylor. SEVERAL WA Dickens coaid hare been In Salt Lake yesterday, he would hare been able to obtain a few points that wonld hare been of great service to him. For many years past, and up until i con pie of weeks ago, an old man, fainil larly known as Prig Jones, has occn sdolx pled portion of the tnmble-dow- s house on the corner of South Temple and First West streets. He was generally looked upon as a harmless crank save when there waa anything morable and rainabie lying about. He was full of grievances, howerer, and the one Idea that seemed to be a! t o running through that he had nei fife cracked head w Cobbed and swindled by rarlons parties, Of medium height, with bent back, and a ciistmos-sku- i complexion, his face dirty and wrinkled, his iron gray hair matted for the want of a comb, he was not at all time the most pleasant sight Imaginable, and when we add to tills the shambling gait, the gall of a mule, old and dirty ral meet with a gnnny sack tied around hia waist in lieu of a work apron, and a dilapidated orercoat, which he insisted on wearing in all kinds of weather, we give a very fair description of the individual, nis every appearance would indicate that he was in or frac-vafi.'- POVERTY, and that Be was eking ont a miserable existence by doing odd jobs of whitewashand something ing and else hardly as respectable. Many a time, said one of his lute neighbors yesterday, he has brought into the store a tin bucketful of refuse which he had ptckf tip behind some of the hotels and restaurants. During tho colder months, he used to warm the swill on the stove, and then pick out the little pieces of which he meat, the bones, bread, etc-appeared to enjoy with Infinite relish. Asked why he did ao, hi Invariable reply was that he had no money and no one would trust him. I have many a time given him a quarter to buy a meat, and at times had reason to believe that he either hid it aw ay or spent It for some other purpose than that for which It was InSome of these days, he would tended. say at, such tiinea. 'when them that has defrauded tne gives me back my rights, I will give yon back every penny, sir every penny. Then he would start off on one of his wild and almost Incoherent rambling until he became a bore. Some time since, Jones became 111, the canse of which was a fall, lie was taken the hospital, where he died about two weeks ago, and was ' snow-shoveli- v SAf.T I.AKE CITY NATIOWM. BANK, and bore different dates in the year 1874. They were made payable to Buxbaum, Jurgenson & Thompson, John Uockhill, Boyd & Wltvvorth, Stevens & Co., and Wood & Tetersen: All bear the signature, II. A. Vau Fraag & Co., and all are endorsed by the payee or payees, but have not been cancelled by the bank upon n hicli they were Issued. They one made payable to Wood & Ietcrsen Is for 9:100, and the ottiers for smaller suius, and aggregate 9800 lu value. These are all the valuables discovered up to thq present There were several articles of cheap jewelry, penknives, scissors, cartridges and papers'. Among the latter was the following note : May 23 18S3. Received from David Morgan Jones the sum of 91050, payable to him on demand from Thomas Butteiiwogd. And inclosed in the same envelope was a strip f paper bearing the following Inscription : Funeral of Thomas Btrtldrwood, April, 188(1. . it r There were several unintelligible references to Arthur Brovfn, and also a copy of what purported to be a bill from C. S. Varlau for legal services rendered. There BURIED IN A PAllER'8 GRAVE was nothing among his effects that throws In Mount blivet. Dr. Pinkerton held a any light upon the question as to whether post mortem examination, and the coron- or not he has any relatives, unless the er deemed It unnecessary to hold an In- following may do so : quest , The burial was In charge of UnFkanktowx .v, dertaker Joseph W. Taylor, and when he April 15 84. made application for payment, there was Dear Brother Brand Tons of the came to hand safe I am a halt. The coroner consulted with 1 cannot give you any Information JknigcMssshal, and the latter suggested sorry concerning the Chelsea chappel 1 was too the ides of searching his premises to dis- young to know anything aiiout it. I was cover whether he had any effects that only twelve years old when I left Engand the chappel afl'alr took place might legally be taken to meet the ex- land some years before we left England I am penses of his sickness and burial. Acvery sorry I can be of no service in helpcordingly,' on Thursday Coroner Taylor ing David Jones to git his money Back and J. W. Taylor visited the den lately but t do not know anyting about it. With occupied by Jones, and there a sight met kind regards to you and David Jones, Yours In Christ. their eyes snch as is rarely seen lu any ' Mbs. Twaddle. rooms smalt two The occupied by city. Is that he has however, It believed, Jbue, were one above the other. The several relatives In Europe. If we are in more six were not feet than ceilings to Judge from his library, which consistHeight, and the adobe walls fast crumbline to decay. The lower room was ed of IngorsolPs What Shall We Do to a JoacpUlte work, the Bible He Saved, filthy beyond description and foul smelhe was what might be and compendium, In a extreme. was the It ling literally a or a literary turn of termed of studious 4e of dirt and tilth. It was almost full of rags, tin cans, old clothes, beer bot- mind. Iugersoll, however, Is well thumbed, while the Bible is a pure and uudcfllcd tles, boxes, decayed fruit, mouldy cheese, the day It came from the press. as most In admired whole disorder. the the ' i Picking and poshing their way threngh the debrjs, they ascended the ladder that connected the two rooms, aid their a similar sight met their gaze, save that the upper jwom had evidently been used by Jonefi as a sleeping apartment, as a pile o something that hadbcen used as a bed plainly showed. A hasty search discovered several wads of currency and some gold, amounting in all to aiiout 9195. (Pwing to the crowded condition of the rooms, however, further search was Impossible, and explorations ceased until yesterday, when the coroner and undertaker, assisted by several others, went to the tenement and turned out the contents of both rooms into the Btrvct. The dls play made was such as to beggar desclp-tioand the proceedings n, , " DREW A CURIOUS CROWD, which remained aronnd the building all day. When the debris had been assorted several packages were discovered containing money of some kind, one square tin box being hermetically sealed. All the goods of any value whatever were so lectedsqrij' Conveyed to the rear of Undertaker Taylor's establishment on West Temple street, where- the coroner and several othera.aiuong the nr a Herald rep vcsentativr entered upon air investigation of the contents of the many auspicious' looking packages. In an old vest severs found, each piece of money being wrapped singly Ir, paper, tend there was a package containing money in every pocket. Then from boxes, valises, etc., twenty-f- l or thirty small bags, were brought out, all of the dirtiest character, and in each of these was 0 or more bundles 0 silver, each carefully wrapped and many of them bearing on the Inside the amount contained and the day and feta It had been stored away. The rags surrounding the money were mildewed, and gave every evidence of having been stored aw ay for years. Indeed, one of the Inscriptions showed that at least fifteen years had gassed since the package was done np. The greater portion of the silver money, amounting to 9509 or 9800, was dlscor ered In tills manner. Then the hermetically sealed can; was brought out and opened w ith a piar of tinners shears. It was found to contalu several sacks simtfer In appearance to those above de - but Cfibt-d- , , now ami Heard ol ilia Klulii l'ullea Mirteks lor Help from t..e AVhut May He Seen OF GREENBACKS, ail musty and ancient, but in good condition. That they had been hidden away for years was eveldent, as the oiled silk in which they were carefully wrapped and tied was rotted away, leaving a portion of the bills exposed. There were ten or twelve packages of greenbacks in each of iheso sacks and some gold. One was filOO, roll of currency, marked found to contain exactly that amount, idle the others were of smaller value. In fifteen minutes there were over seven hundred dollars In currency lying before the participants in bills of all denominad tions from ten cents to $30. The from to cent to 50 cent bills, and of this there must have been at least $50 worth. It was bright and unsoiled. Out of the entire amount ox currency, there .were only two J imAnd so for an hour or bills. $1 aged more the work kept up, and when the coroner rested froih his labors he bad secured over $1,500, with the clianco of running against more in his favor, because there are several packages yet, to he opened and examined. Among the currency was one bill of the Salt Lake City National Bank, now defunct, and one of the old Salt Lake City corporation carrcncy notes. Besides the gold, silver and currency, unpaid checks to a large amount were also found. They were on the defunet If Charles Tire LIST STAGES ns DID HE GET IT ? David Morgan Jones, which Is doubtless his true name, was somewhat of a prig, as has been stated, and among his effects, In addition to the jewelry named above, was a sojid gold keystone watch charm, bearing what appear to be the words, Elias G. Matthews, Denver, B. On the reverse A. chapter No, 2325. side Is the eye, aad other Masonic emblems. y Further search may probably reveal other Interesting facts. Later Coroner Taylor made a count-u- p last night of the cash discovered up to that time, and the aggregate w as found to be 91,684.45. JeraM, April 13. to-da- Ozokerite Deposits. NEW STYLES OF DELIRIUM. NIGHT ON THE BIG BRIDGE. The Herald representative was the first to open one of these, and from it drew OLD JOKES MONEY. ce ISivor. The sights and sounds on the New fork and Brooklyn br.dge at night dif r from those of the day, says Tht Sew York Tribune, as much as the great arc of electric lights on that aer.al highway differ from the glare of h gh noon. Countrymen by tho hundreds f.-- sunr so snd sunset every day. People visiting New York for the first time ngor long on the bridge. They look at the hurrying crowd who rush along 1 tiiepiominudu go.ug westward to Now Yoik in the morn ng ami eastward to U3 ami tre:rrd iri ivrt,iiyn ac night-- ' fail. They hang over the parapets, lot their glances range over the two great citn- throbbing with busv 1.1'e, mark the rap d t do of (iie East r wr Howie under their feet with the fleets and lings of tho world Ling at he wharves ply the wearied pol.ci m- n with queries about the bridge, and then w lien they return to their homes they talk to their fr ends and acquaintance for hours concerning the stupendous structm e. But they nave seen only one side of life on the bridge. It is after the electric lights havesupplanted the tho apparently endless day, when string of vehicle and funeral yroces sions that have been rumbling across tho roadway for twelve hours has dwindled to an occasional truck or carriage that the second side of life on tiie bridge sets in. The steady roar oi the cities ceasea to jar on the ear ; the last traveler homeward to Brooklyn with a weary look on his face ami thoughts of supper in Ins head has passed hurriedly on. Tho nrighty arch is now given over to family groups and to lovers. 1 he last to leave the bridge are the lovers, 'i ho "young fellow' and his best girl w li let blissful compan on sleepiness c cry time. They form a piuasant feature of evening life on the bridge, thee lovers. Solitary among moving crowds, his mu&cuiai arm encircles her waist and she trustfully submits to the caress. Nobody not cot them. T hey are too common and in that boluf is their great solace and assurance, lint, though they lore to linger, by 11 o'clock they aro following in the wake of the vanishing dome-n- o c rcles. Tho benches under the tower become vacant Perhaps gone lone youth lingers upon them to reuo again in the w h.te glare of tits electricdirtv nuu ity a missive, Tho policeman looks at him pityingly am) passes on to his little cabin where Lis can of colleo s Poor idgit, gently on the oil stove. sat the policeman soflly to hlmscif, "ho'sentm his white broad now. Tht policeman gets $2 s day and has to supd, and eight port a wile, mother-in-lachildren out of that, lie pities the young fellow out on the bench. But the young fellow docu't care for the policeman. He cons the letter with the 'faulty orthography, and his ardent affection for tho writer grows with increased fervor. M dnight sees the last lover gone from tho bridge. At that hour the poTho members ol licemen aro changod. the night squad that then comes on wear Jiffurent expressions from those of tho day men. The stony staro and curt reply of tho day policeman, who delights to freeze the marrow in the bones of countrymen seeking informs-- t on. find no imitators among tho nighi patrol. Tho night man walks with any passing fool traveler so long as the latter will bo beguiled. When tho fool travelers ccaso to amuse, there is an animated d alogno going on between the policeman on the promena le and his neighbor-dowon the driveway. Th'eso intellectual exchanges ol views hnvo a wide scope, and embrace rclig'on, polities, philosophy, and the price and quality of the various brands of chewing tobacco. There are 11c jumping cranks to worry tho soul and tax the vis on of a n ght policeman But there is no lack of incidents to in A reporter terest tlto night watchman. crossing the bridge at 3 o'clock one morning noticed a po!iem:m leaning over tho parapet in a listen ng attitude. The reporter slopped and listened Faintly on the night air he could heat cries that 6eemed to cume from far up the East river, about opposite sugar reiiuoiv. A woman was streaming Murder! Murder! Presently the cries censed. What is il? asked the reporter. Some deVilUhness going on down on the river, muttered the policeman. We often hear cries of people in distress out on the riv r. We arc bclples. to do any thing up here. By and by tli cries stop, and that is tho last of it. Sometimes we see a man go down to tin dock. We can see him plainly by the light jump into tho river. If hector come out, we never see him. Havc-moye- J A 1 Nebraska Divine. Artists In Fire Water Find More Mischief Htlll. There ia one thing in America that is moving onward with a stride equal to that of Powhattan as he reached for Mr. Smith and tried to blow off his head with a club. This thing is the great American drink industry. When the Pilgrim fathers were discovered by Ply mouth rock there was no deputation of citizens from the stock-yard- s to claw over their baggage and absoib the lining of their contents, no brass bands, y the drink compounddo drink. er lies awake while the police force ia wrapped in slumber and dislocate his brains making tho designs for new To-da- - The latest drink are marvels of epicurean delight, sanitary precautions, and other ingredients. The first compound on the Ji- -t turned down behind the necktie of society is the chloride of lime cocktail. This is designed to It is a real social prevent small-pocompound, because apt to create a sensation in upper circles, although the real sensation is dispersed with a liberal hand clear through a man's interior economy. The drink inspires a man to have the file department come out and play on him, or start out as a living panorama of the St. John'afire. Next is the Wild Horse of Tartary. Tliis is built of tar water and fire, cut into strips. Tho bartender puts on a mittens when mixing pair of cast-irothis, and it is served in a crucible. Artists take this. If a has an idea of paiDting Alpine scenery this drink helps develop the idea. A few days afro a local artist painted a picture while under the iniluence of this beverage. It represented a chamois hunt. Standing on what looked like a pink cheese was an object, looking like a woolly stcct-caA fierce pair of whiskers was seen in the suburbs, pointing a rako handle at the streetcar. Friends kindly explained that the cheese was a mountain glistening in the sunrise, the street-ca- r a chamois, and the whiskers a hunter reaching for the mountain goat with a gun. Tho Japaneso cocktail is another It liquid attack of spinal meningitis. is loaded with knock-kuee- d mental ceramics, and is apt to make a man throw stones at his grandfather. The g gentlemen behind bars who deal out tickets In disguise for the inebriate asylums claim that this last compound comes direct from Japan by special electric light wire. Whether it conies or not it gets there, and tiie man who takes it falls out of bed in the morning with his mouth tasting like a Fenian campaign. There arc other delightful decoctions now in circulation, but which are only seen in the distance wearing their gripsacks checked for the local wards. It would solve tho question of Russian politics if some of tho new drinks, with their full lines of fiutings, could be served to the czar. Instead of bis loving subjects trying to get tho prize offered by tho country newspapers for the man who will scatter him all over Russia and cause numerous funerals over cigar-boxethey could give him one of these drinks. It would settle the question, at least it would settle him so his family would be sure tq know where ho was nights. Minncapoli n paint-destroy- r. slcek-looUn- s, Tribune. Fixed Stars. Tho term fixed stars has lonjbeen tn use, but the science of recognizes tho existence of no immovable luminaries. The suns as well as the planets; say Professor Young, have a proper motion of tho'r own. It was at one time declared that this motion is s systematic one and that they all slowly revolve about a particular star as a center. But this is now demonstrated not to bo so. Tho latent investigations indicate that, as a whale, they have a drift in one general direction through space; but this general motion is only io tho movement of a iwarm of bees in tho air. Tho motions )f the individual bees are of infinite variety. Our star, thd sun, carrying by attraction the solar system along with it, appears to bo in motion toward a of Hercules, in the constellation ?o:nt point cannot- lie stated, for different computers reach different as tirShat. though there is general agreomont in placing the point somewhere in that constellation. The rale of this proper motion of tire stars can not bo stated with any approach to accuracy, In tho case of our sun it is not less, however, than three miles per second, and not Improbably is as miles per second. much as twenty-liv- e observation In of tiie ifars this motion has to bo taken into consideration as respects the position jf r any particular star now and at a date; and it must be kept in mind, aKo, that thcra is a compound motion, in that while the star is mov-.nours, also is moving, carrying us Allowanco also has been with it. made for tiie earth's mutation in its own orbit and for tlto aberration of light. The djstanoo of the stars is not determinable with accuracy. That one of them which is supposed to be nearest to us is about two hundred thousand times thff-- distance of tiie earth from the sun. To a person who looks at the skv on a sparkling clear n:ght, when all the stars appear to have como out from their hiding places, it seems as if they are countless. But this l not so, as may be proved by taking a small patch of the sky, say tho bowl of the Dipper, and counting there. A sharp-eye- d person will count about to-d- com-psrab- le - g, Clerical Stranger (from Way back) Do yon make a reduction "for us par- son. mister? Omaha Clothing Merchant Well, that question has not boon a&ked has been formed under the 1 will take pleasure in nccotnmo 'aws of New York State to develop large dating you, though. Aro yon deposits of ozokerite, a natural paraffine preacher? You hot. n ax existing In the Wasatch mountains Im the parson of the of Utah Territory, about one hundred Un on church at Ah, 1 00. Well.'s r, I hnvo a very and thirteen miles southeast of Salt Lake suit 1 think will fit you. nice frock-cosaid are Thesa mines to contain City. a regular preneker suit, too." Its tho only deposits of this mineral known Frock coat, eh? Yes. to exist, outside of Galicia, In Austria, That means the sides como strsght whence the entire worlds supply of this down? been obtained. until has, product recently, Yes." Tv.iy'-- of ty.y. jefeera! "'"ivarCY don't think nlat'there'ksufl In and this alone the enlarging, will Jo, .J.w vat, country like tikis. eii? consumption amounts to 500 tons yearly. . The rice of refined osokerite, commerYes, that's the name, now I rememcially known as ceres! a, ranges from 20 ber. Bat whats your objection to a cents per pound for chemically pure frock eoat? downto 6 cents per pound for white, Wall, you see the tails is in the wav crude black of a poor quality. The com- of the pistol po kot. Dm aha World. 1,500 tons of wax pany proposes Never Satisfied. yearly, and pay 7 per cent, on a capital stock of 31,250,000. The first shipment A man found $168 a few days ago from the American mines arrived in New and the owner rewarded him with a York In January this yeai, and attracted pair of suspendeis. Upon receiving considerable comment. Journal. the reward, instead of being satisfied, he kieketb himself because the sum of A company 1 Way-bac- at Why Men Don't Marry. it boldly and without fear of ontradiction, tays a writer in the few Orleans States, there is not a nRn living who is ail tim s proof vgainst feminine fascinations, who has tot at some period in his lifes history naulged in tiie hope of realizing his Iream of domestic happiness, in which the face of some real or ideal woman ehone forth as the guiding-ita- r to brighten his life. No man ever indulges in dreams of uomentie happiness ouid of his ideal home. The world is his at all times, in which to roam at his own sweet will. Ilis experience teaches him that is all the world can offer there is nothing so sweet as the love which lives in the home, gives rest to tho soul and that peace of mind which the world :annot give; his innermost soul graves for it, so satisfying is it in its tenderness. True ieve is the very mainstay of happiness, and no outward ruin can wreck the citadel where tho immortal lives." Is it t he fear of tiie failure to realize such happiness as this that keeps thesedream-arfrom seeking it in marriage? The most inveterate clubman, tht bitterest scoffer of lovein acottage, are those men who failed, either from lack of confidence in their own powers of persuasion or want of means in their youth, to win the one particular woman they worshiped as their ideal. Disappointment in love .s one of the mam causes of there be .ng so many bachelors in the world. There is another class of men who very cautiously estimate the expense of married life, and come to the con elusion they would be a fool to marry a girl if they could not support her m the style in which sue had been nc mstomed, and, with a wi-- e shake ol the head, determine to let well enough alone. Often men do not marry they are too busy; they become enamored of their woik; every effort of their existence tend to the successful accomplishment of a certain purpose, and marriage does not seem to them essential to that result. Many men shun female society as plant, they would some !roin the very consciousness of their own helplessness in avoiding being en trapped into set ions entanglements believing that whore a woman wills it she can do anything, while a man is it feeble child of destiny who tan ill af ,ord to war agnrnst so fair a foe. Oth-men, from a worldly point of view, hate enough money to support one nut not enough for two; they vulu. cheir own comfort and position too much to imperil it by allowing any sentimental nonsense in love affairs" ;o disturb their mathematical calculations on the subject. There are plenty of men in tht world, and women cannot complain they do not see them, foj; the tendency of the age is to level all barrier.-betwee- n Girls are allowed tiie sexes. ro indulge in all sports that are usually considered invented for tne sole pleasure of the lords of creation. They row, they skate, they play lawn ten lis; they shall I sav it yes, they smoke; it is considered quite chic tc indulge in the pleasure of tiie weed in the shape of a mild cigarette. Perhaps it is these manni-- h accomplishments that make men regard the matrimonial state with disfavor, not particularly relishing the idea of a wile being a match for them in every Fcnse ?f the word, even to the extent of her nusgular development. I say e death-dealin- g r Fceinir Waiters. system of feeing waiters is becoming as general and, we may say pernicious, in this country as it is in Europe. One of the proprietors of the Hoffman house in New York, talking upon the subject the other day, said: The young man that cant average $7 or $8 a day in tips is not considered good. Mind you, we are opposed to tips here, but it is impossible to stop it. It is a foolish habit. I have young men every day who offer to work for nothing, and many offer to pay for tiie privilege. The other night a paity from Texas sat here for several hours. At tiie next table theatrical manager sat a who is noted for his liberality. Every time he ordered a drink he gave the waiter a quarter. The Texans noticed this and, not proposing to be outdone, gave their boy fifty cents and $1. He must have made during the night at least $30 or $40. Its got now. I am sorry to say, so that no one thinks of sifting down to take a drink without giving the boy ten e, cents. There are fifteen boys and in the busy season you can imagine what these tips Amount to. Why, there are no young men in the town, save the sons of rich parents, who dress better or live higher than ours do. One of them, who is married, lives in a fiat that he certainly pays $1,200 a year for. At present he has his wife and child at Babylon for the summere n SAuae.t-hin- -- - j Tho Big Dailies. The large dailies have mori regard to quantity than quality. The Fredcr.ch Examiner ays: There is a good deal of slosh in b;g is brag, l papers. trash, and the balance good sense tim. ply a gra n of wheat i it a bushel of ch.aH Sensible, men must read through hat dozen papers to get by accident some real inhumation. There is a great deal of truth hi th above remark. Tbs question may in ashed, why, then, do people read the gfeai dailies? The answer is that the American has a craving for news Ife welcome has almost as great s yearning for to come to thecurb-stonetthe coming guests," was a native of news as Gilhooly had for coffee, i.aaa Havre de Grace w ho had served bis he I carded With the widow Flapjack, apprenticeship to tavern keeping at 53 Aaia m Alexanuria. a and Haerstown You seem to like coffee," remarked as they glance at the travelers alighted and were ushered by him the widow, as Gilhooly passed his cap into the house would enable him for the fifth t'me each one to mentally to Yes, nnifft, if 1 didn't like coffee 1 a room, the advantages of which wouldn't drink so much worm water lie would describe ere sending its destined occupant there under the pi- trying to get s little." 1 he look the widow east at Gilhooly lotage of a colored servant. V hen d the next meat was ready the will haunt him in his grave. guest was met at tiie door ol The average American must have the the dining room by Mr. Brown, wearno matter how many bushels ol news, linn who escorted ing a white apron, he has to go through to get the trash to a seat and th.n went to the head of the table, where lie carved and help- grain of wheat. -- Texas Sifting. ed the pi incipa! dish. Tne excellences of this fish or flesh or fowl he would Rattles of the Heart. announce as he would invite those seated at the table to send up their Tell me not with hesitation TLat the bravest battles fonght plates for what he knew tc be their favorite portions; and he would also Were the battles of our Nation invite attention to the dishes on othBattles by our heroes wrought er parts of the table, which were carvThey were battles of another ed and Helped by tho guests who sat Fought without a ball or dart) I have a delicious nearest them. Battles of each noble mother quarter oi mutton front the valley of Fought within the troubled hearts Virginia, Mr. Brown would announce not of wicked violence Batlles in a stentorian tone, which could tie of gory red; Fought in heard abo e tiie clatter of crockery Battles (ought In sorrow, silence. and the din of steel knives and folks. life bad Ae&- when Conquered aye, "Let me send you a rare slice, Mr. A. have the Yeal spot I long cherished, Col. B., will you have a bone?" "Mis. In this battlefield of old. C., send up your plate for a piece of Where the brat, at warriors perished. Mrs. D., there is a fat the kidimy. And (he cause was never told. and tender mongrel gooseat the other Irving J. A. Miller, in Hu Currml end of tiie table." "Joe, pass around Florida Mosquitoes. Col. E-- will the sweet potatoes. The toughest masqflifo' yarns corn'd you help to that chicken pie before you?" from down tiie river. It is told of one of tho crew of the steamer Rock-ledgA 'Thrilling; Test. that after they got into the inWhen President Lincoln appointed let, when night carno I10 went to sleep a rigid disciplinarian commander of ia a stateroom, the Window to which the Department of Virginia, he prom- was protected by a screen. He had scarcely billon asleep when ha was d ised that General that he should awakened by a sense of suffocation to shoot deserters. But the themusquitoes had thronged the screen President's kindness of heart, was and stuck their heads into the meshes more powerful than his respect for tho till they had excluded every particle of kicked out the air. Ho discipline of tiie aimy, and he did not screen, andfrantically now ho does not know keep his promisp. One day he receivwhether he would rather die of suffoed from the General this telegram; Another "President Lincoln, 1 pray you not to cation or nuisquito bites. of the vnrucions statement from below is that 1 l interfere with the a young man went to work for the first army. You will destroy all discipline t me on his homostead, provid ng himt soldiers." our umongst The day after tiie reception of the self with a good sandfly netting bar. he pitched tent, hung The first telegram, an old man was seen by a his net andnight went to bed. For three days in corail a alone Congressman crying Th ner of tiie While Houses anteroom, and nights he did not stir. his toes so covered had musqu thickly sve waiting with a hundred others, to tI net ou tiie outside ttiat it was perfectly the President. dayWhat's the matter with yon, old dark iusido he d d not know when Sun. f light came. Indian River (Fla.) man? asked the Representative. The old man told him the A Wise Humming Bird, story of his son, a soldier in theaimy of Wisdom docs not depend on size, as Virginia, and sentenced to be shot. The Congiessman took the old man you all know, my dears. The ant and into Mr. Lincolns room. the bee, in fact, often seem to know Well, rny old friend, whnt can I do more than some of tiie largest animnl. for you asked tiie President. Tho humming bird, too, though the Tiie aged father told his story. ; smallest of birds, is not lacking in inI am sorry to say that I can do - A friend of the Deacon tells telligence. nothing for you," answered the Pres- a pleasant little story of emo that was ident, in tiie most mournful of tones. trying to secure the honey from a flow"Listen to tiie telegram which I er with a deep cut, and at tbe Same yesterday from t l;e General." time was plainly very t red. (Tb The old mans grief ns he listened flower grew near a porch where a was too heartrending for the merciful family nas string, and. seeing the President. trouble of the bird, a young girl walkSeizing a pen, he exclaimed, ed slowly toward him, holding ont her "By jingo, General or no General, linger. The tired bird looked sharply ishf ; here goes!" and wrote, Job Smith is at tbe oflered perch, her and not to be shot until further orders nligthcd onaccepted the finder, and, wbua.it i si trom me. Abraham Lincoln." was held close to tne flower, returned r t Why. I thought it was to be to his work of honey gathering. Ths pardon!" cried the old man, as lie girl stood quietly, and be used her read the words. "But you say not finger as a resting place till be hsd to be shot till further orders, and finished his meal, wliew he flew away you may order him to be shot next home. A wise humming b.rd that, week. a d I, and a wise girl, too. St. LinMr. old said Well, my friend, Atcholai. coln, sniilinff at theaged father's fears, I see you are not very well acquaintOne of the Tests. ed with me. If your son lives un' il I orYou say, continued the lawyer in der him to be shot, he will live longer tho of a witness than e.ve- - Methuselah did. that Jones is your friend?" The old limn departed, invoking a Yes, sir. blessing upon the head ol the good President. What reason have you to believa that lie is you friend?" Foollsli Displays. We have associated together for ten' Bouton Hotel Clerk in lobe Democrat. years." Well?" Two or three years ago I was ni.:h We never had a word of dispute, clerk at tiie Hotel Nantasket, Well?" at Nantasket Beach. one night ' I have always found h'm fair and John L. Sullivan, with Pete iqnarc. That may be, but did yon ever ask McCoy and a few of his other sporting him to back a note at the bank lot friends, came in and wanted some: thing to drink. It was alter 12 oclock you No, sir. and the bar was closed, but tho head Then you don't know him dont barkeeper happened to be near the begin to know anything about him, sir, desk, and, knowing Sullivan, he opendid. ed the door and tne party went in. amt ou shouldn't assert that you Detroit Ft ee iVcss. table sat for a some at time and J They drank a couple of bottles of wine. Man. A Society j They had evidently had some before , V Hello, Verisopkt. Have jov just coming to tiie hotel, and they felt the effects oi it pretty strongly. As they got back to town?" . sat there a dispute arose about some Yaas." point or other which I did not under. Have a lively timo?" stand, and Sullivan finally wanted to Yaaa." , , .0 bet $100 that lie was right. "Oh, Went rowing, I suppose: n' ' " ' come off," said McCoy, you havent Naw. SulliI? H'aint retorted got $loo, van in a load voice, as he rose from Driving? ( Naw." the table. Ill show you Ive got Tennis?" See here!" and quick ae a money ' ; , i Ok. I1 fe-.Naw." f g.old w 3 re b , . PV?rJ i c 'f hyV w'hat'tiie' diicc did you .29 ""yS" from his vest pocket, released it from with yovrwJf tkenTl . the g i' fle-- j and thee'-- it vtttk hie 4.' ftwetehed in a hammock, desk boy which strength agamat-th- e partition wine-roofrom the and let the girls spoon me. separated the hotel lobby. It sounded likea bullet Well, that wasG't so downright bad " L ' . from a gun as it struck the woodwork. I must say. Of course tiie watch was ruined. That First ciaws for the girls, deah boy was a sample of the reckless and foola dayvelish baw faw mo, I assuail . ish displays whicn he frequently made yon.- - Still, a feilaw has to sacwtfio., -in those days. But it is not only the himself forsawcety- now and then." and ; . thugs" who do Town Topic. such things. I have seen exhibitions ' The Increase of Pensions. ,, equally nonsensical on the part of some of the bloods of the The following statement, furnishod hul. I happened in a rich liotelbar by the ,,, ' pension bureau, shows the nu in Boston one night . whenayouthwho ths of berof tho rolls oners on pens occupies a place in the best recent came in and ordered wine for society" himself bureau who ore affected by tbo I--. and friends. They eat at a table in act of congress granting increased pen- trom, of the bar, and, after the bottle sions for certain disabilities and th ' " ' increase per month tn each case: W had been emptied, the young man lucres Ne. ateiy picked it up and smt it crash pnMlourrs. per month, p iugt hro'ign a magniheient French mir Los- - Disability. of one arm above elbow. 105 ror which filed tiie whole wall back of Uws of " 600 n one leg above knee.. .2 641 the oar. Then he drew his check-boo5.0 Loss of oue arm below elbov, 839 from his pocket, signed & blank and Loss of one leg hrlow knee.. .1,165 60 r C 7 Los of arm 1 shoulder joint. 43 before the proprietor had time tosbov Lass eg leg at ; 10 , ,7.0 hlpjoiut....... anger, asked bun how much be slioulr fill it out for. That break cost tun llu.s will make a total increase of about $50,000 a month, or $600, 000'J.: $1,590. 4 , ytaD Acw York Sun. One-fonr- th one-hal- fifty-eigh- o -- gn newly-arrive- . s , e, beal-lowe- court-martia- . kind-hearte- ? . 4 , . r X Modern Jerusalem. Letter from the Rev. Ira Ilan is: The alleys, for you cannot call them streets, especially in the Jewish quarter, are lilty, dirty, paved with mud and slime. Dogs are met on every hand, poor, miserable curs, evet reatly to seize on anylhing in the shape of food, from a cast-of- f shoe to a stray bone. In the shops that line the narrow streets their keepers sit rfwVn a ii assGllfueffwtJhS'hl-- ' there are, according to tiie keenness of 171 clifiWcnx vycs, to he seen from 2,(XK) to renirs for travelers; nearis from the OOOst-r3. including those not visible j Red Sea, cut midpotished' Tit Betlile-- j in our latitudes, there is a total of from hem, shells from Acre, resurrection visible from the surface plant from Jericho, inlaid sandals, 7.000 to 9.0-Holive w ood trinkets, seals oi of tho earth. But the u-- e of a slight j carved a n losnap Mtnr vft a mol aonfa nifK "Jrt j t magnifying power greatly increases the Church of the Resurrection, tiie tho number. With a good opera glass ot Omar, the five crosses of the 200, (XX) mav be scon; with the largest Mosque the olise branch, star of telescopes from 20,000,00to60,000,u00i Franciscans,cut or Bethlehem, painted in Hebrew, Home Journal. with Jerusalem Mupan" upon them, beautiful silver filagree from DamasHer Little Mistake. olive or castilesoap flavored with cus, A millionaire railroad king has spice of Arabi, paraffine candles, brother who is quite hard of hearing, painted and ornamented in many colwhile he himself is known as having t ors, to be need in collecting and mainry prominent nose. Once he went tc taining some of the holy Greek fire", money wasnt twice ns largo. When that will spring off the holy jsepnl-chr- e friend York, and dined af Foreign Capital In Territories. asked why he wished the sum had been New The day before house-- , FWer. he sat between twojoung larger, he sa d that ho would have stood ladies. whore The lad es talked to him very The Mohammedans celebrate the to a of of show a r Senpa pants s getting a to to made According report Some men loudly, and rather t his annoyance; feast of t he ascension of the proph ate committee, the volume ef alien capi- match the new suspenders. are ucver satisfied; iu these days, grati- but fie said nothing. Finally oue oi et, and annually many sons of Istal Invested In the mines of the Territo tude can only bo found With a search them j ellod a enmroonplacc remark at lam come here; many aru still here to ries, amounts to $20,503,759, on which warrant, he was in big luck to get th him, and then said in an ordinary tone look on with silent contempt the goings-on of the Christians. it is estito the other: Feck's Sun. the dividends paid amounted last year to us ponders. Did you ever see snch a nose in all mated that there are 75,000 strangers 94787,800. These mines have produced hi the city somefor pleasure, but the It ii uld thst the green turtle can lire six your life?" upwards of $50,000,009, of which the week without Pardon mo, ladies, said our mil- greater number Christian pilgrim? to food. The turtle seems to be it is mr brother who is deal" participate in th Easter festival greater portion has been expended i the editor of the brute creation. Jew ffjuen lionaire, Ddroit tree fid I alk. machinery, labor, etc. Asm. lighter in Z Tea Table Gossip. There is no more delightful reading than Ben. Periey Poores reminicenees of Ida in Washington half a century ago. Here is an entertaining picture of the hotel hopitality of that day: When congress first met at Washington there was but one hotel there Others were, and one irs Georgetown. t however, soon erected, and years ago liere were half a dozen. The favorite establishment was the Indian Queen hotel, which occupied ;hs present site of the Metropolitan hotei and was designated by a large swinging sign upon which figured Pocahontas, painted in glaring colors. The landlord, Jesse Brown, who used 1 j;' . -- - "plug-uglies- ' . but . high-tone- de-jib- e M. 1 I" - s . ' , |
