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Show FASHION. FAINTING II IS HAPPILY A THING OF THE FAST. as regularly carried out by the young It geirh mau in the next pew. ary to add that the two were The delicate heroine, liot-- w man icd. her feebleness, lit cd long, mid tra cs of lit-- are to be found in Chatlcs I lichens earlier wniks. Then came the b!e--e- d change when men to see that a xv.mun lost nothing of her womanliness by being sensible man stehsfor his and strong, To-da-y companion a good wa.ker as well as a good talker; a playfellow' and a reasner;a combination of feminine Moregraces and brainy attributes. over he has no difficulty in finding her, and he, and his children are all the be ter for the new order. Hysteria and vinaigrettes are (lead, and it is to be hoped they will never be resurrected. r Som Ptcnliamiex of the OIJ Time Swoon. The fashion of fainting, like that of lupin.; .boulders, - a li.ing of the It 1i:l a Iona' life, how 'vcr, ami p.a-- t. for centuries the fainting heroine ruled the !k art of men. It was he co rect thin" for women to he weak ami limp, lragiie, ami a lave t hysterics. Now tlic-- e (jualitie- - are at u discount, and he who would win a manly ndu ation must he r. hu-- t ami oner", tie, elastic, ami, in a word, healthy. g It is an in and curious task to turn ox er the pages of our earlier literature and especially its romantic hramh, and to note what persistent l.iin't rs xvere the Lvelinus and the I .auras ami the Clarissas who ihlight-o- d our g nndfathers and incited our graudmo' hers to tears. They were forever repulsing the mulct olent attentions ol' some hold, had nohleman with all their lender strength, crxing, Inhand me, sir!" and then losing Swoon was written onseoiisness. on eery page and was the climax to It was the same in the every scene. I .l:i house, atid even Shakespeare was not flee from the weakness of adding to the charms of the heroines the feminine trick of fainting. llermia on invakenint; in the woods calls out for Lysandcr, and xx hen he sloes not reply declares she swoons w ith fear. ( Vlia in the Forest of Ar-le- n I faint almost to death; says: and when Rosalind is shown the Moody napkin she swoons. So does the Queen when Hamlet is pricked by the rapier of l.acrtes; while Philip Fuulconbridgo (in King John) bids Hubert tell his news, however had it may he, saving: Tin no woman; Ill not swoon at it. In all thee examples, though, there is moderately cm,,! cause for fainting, nml it is not until we come to the dia-msts of the close of the last century ami the early part of this that the faint or creature hursts into full bloom. The dramatists, however, were la her inclined to poke fun at the swoon ts, ami it was one of their stock methods o have the low comedy old woman ape the faintin'; affection of gentility. The great repository of fainting heroines was in the works of Micli sentimental novelists as Frances Ritrney 1 (Mine. tArhhiy ) , Mrs. Inchhald, Charlotte Smith, Ann Had lille, Mi-- s Spier and Mrs. llrunton. 'The Eimuc-line- s, Etfidindus, ( 'eciiias, ( 'annnilhis, Her Idiuos and Celestinas of th.se wri.ers are the boss Turners of Jiistory. They fainled on all convenient and ineo venie.it occasions; at the least liintof aiiythiiigthat touched iheir ten; at a moment's notice, der or without, a moments notice; ami the oftenerthey fainled (he more charming they were. Not only was this fainting employed to enlist the reader's sympaas the sure and thies, it was also certain means of bringing the h to into the toils, and after the first fa nting lit described the reader felt sure that the altarastlie w inning post was in sight. Whether the sentimental novelists of those days picsetito.l a picture if what xvas then fashionable, or whe her they were responsible for creating- the fashion, is a question of reflex action whose diseusHnn need not he entered into here. It. is certain, whichever way the cause and effect may nave stood, that women of the fair, fragile ami fainting typo were as common in real life as in fiction. Fainting was then one of the great resources of the gentle sex, and it was resorted to in the firm conviction that it lutd a telling c fleet on the sex which 1ms always been gratified to call itrlf the stronger. Men adored hoi lessness in women, and women gave men the full measure of thisadoration. The feeber the woman was the more adorable bhe. Good health was considered vulgar; strong nerves still more so, ami strong minds the most vulgar thing of all. It was the height of fashion to be delicate and pale, mid no woman could expect to bo interesting who was expected to live long. The fainting frenzy was used in the unreal life of that time us a regular form of courtship as much as it was in the pages of sickly romances. Swooning at an opportune moment was one of the most effective methods of storming the heart, and no man could long remain cold to the flimsy damsel who understood the art of gracefully losing consciousness. One comical result of all this swooning ami syncope was the growth of the carrier out. Men studied o excel in the delicious duty of resuscitating the dear limp creature with the tonne assiduity that the fellows of the present time practise law a tennis or Jack their brain mvct new figures for the german. He who would make a name for himself atung the Exeliuus and Priscillas had hut one way to .achieve that social distinction. It was peremptory that he should alw ays be conveniently nearw lion the fair charmer lost her balance, and it was up n the grace and dext. riiy with which lie caught her ere she reached the floor, or lifted her after .she fell and bore l.or bravely oil' the s ene that his success depended. The man who did attain that success secured a fame that went ahead of him, while damsels fainted along his line of march fur the very honor of it; his own sex envied him, uinl the other gave him its worship. The fainting days are not of such a very remote past, and a recent writer in an English Magazine, in giving some recollections of his boy hood, which was passed befote the present century had reached its second quarter, tells of a young lady who regularly fainted in church every Sunday morning, and was 1 1c-g- au d, ert-tin- at fuiiitiiig-for-evcry-ihii- r; tnas--euli- The FI t. Nature evidently intended that man should use the clenched hand as a Weapon, and the forearm as a shield. The hoy baby of six months instinctively' doubles up it chubby little fingers and strikes out blindly' at w bom it may com ern. Ry the time young Truculent is four years old you w ill see i.ini parry as well as strike, in his little per-oiiditliculties w ith young gentlemen of his own age and calibre. As he grow s older, caution and craft temper more and more his instinctive pugnacity, until as a schoolboy he becomes somewhat cunning of fence, and ekes out with strategy his in the way of wind ami nms-l- e. This is natural pugilism, and if the in lad subsequently .mproves bim-el- f the Use of the implements of offence and def Mice with w liich Providence has provided hint, by taking lessons in the lie ought not to art of be blamed for thus pulling himself in u position to bailie tiie attacks of bullies and rufliaii'. Whaicxer the may s.y to the contrary, the arm of flesh well trained, is not more potent to to break the peace than to prevent the Moial peace from being hrol.cn. suasion is an excellent thing; but it is most kely to carry conviction with it when those to whom it is addressed aie aware that it can and will be ha. if necessary, by the argument of force. And when in the course of human events it becomes necessary to knock a scoundrel down in ordcr.to protect a wife, a sister, or a daughter f.om insult, it is as well to be able to do the thing artistically, and to repeat the dose until the recipient is thoroughly quieted. al short-comin- ts 1 d. Attacking a Tiger. I!usiun liunteis are said to look up- on a combat single-hande- d with a hear as only an ordinary experience. It is doubtful, however, if many instances of a man alia, 'kin; a tiger, armed with a swoid only, can be vouched for, but Colonel Seaton relates the following: One niornit g, just as we were leaving tue parade ground, a man mine l ushing up breathless, looking as scaled us if his iife were in d mger. Get your guns, men, he exclaimed in terror, there is a tiger in the hollow bv the fakeer's hut, and no one dales go by This was an intimation not to be slighted, so in all haste we got our guns and two elephants, and hurried to the spot, where, in truth, a terrible scene presented itself. The tiger, b ceding from a cut in the head, was on tbo edge of the hollow, growling fiercely, wiili a man mangled, and apparently dead, lying beneath his paws. The unfortunate man was the fakeer's son, a flue swordsman and first-rat- e wrestler, one of the champions of his regiment. Ho liad come home only that morning. Some people who ax out fo draw water at the well had disturbed the tiger, and on his rising they fled in terror. The brave but rash soldier, who happened to bo near at the moment, oil learning the cause of the commotion, immediately advanced to attack the tiger, and with his sword gave him a trem unions cut over the head, which, however, did not materially injure the powei fed bruie. The tiger ru bed at the man, st tipped the arm daw n to the elbow, and, dashing him to the ground, held him beneath bis paws. Wlitui w e came up wo were at firsi at a loss hoxv io net, for the man was ns much exposed to our fire ns the tiger. However, it was not a time for we fired, lengthened consideration and a lucky shot finished the animal. A II nl ling Western City. It is hard lo realize iu the conservaEast that, on thitive, rd go of the P.luek lii.ls of western sloxv-movin- South g Iakota, in ten years there tnre nothing a city ot thousand inhabitants. Yon will find in this litMc city- which appropriately assumes the name of Rapid from a over live schools, newspapers, xvaler supply system, two miles of street ears, electric lighting, and a brick jail, which the local papers speak of wilhpli.le. T!iee pipers go on further to iiaim fodO.dod eap:l.il invc-te- il there, parch in mereanlili and $27tU'M' as capital iu foi.c hank-- . The roa-o- u attributed fiat this sudden li-- e is tin w oudorful nurul location of the place. It came to notice lir-- t as a coin euient slopping place for coaches, w liich foiiinl the gap there a lno-- t auilu! e one for crossing the mountain, in their trip-Eaand West. It marked the holder of the plains and the mountains, thereby becoming the most couxeniont mart for exchanging mining for agricultural The siicam which ran products. through the pass gave commerce a light boost by furnishing power foi mills, etc. Large tin mines, extensive forests and good building materials intensified .hose nnturu. advantages, while the absence of any eompetitivi commercial centre,, finished the conditions necessary for such a wonderful City itl-ii- il, st nitely delayed, oxving to the alleged absence of native capital. TilK uixns xvife and mutt. The actual number of xxivrs ami concubi .cs in the royal aiolnin is not accuraiely known, but is leported to be about sixty. ly tle se the .''hah lui-had a family of about forty children, of whom nineteen are still living namely, sex'en sons and twelve daughter. several of the itier being married lo prominent subjects. Th; is not bis eldest or son, but bis eldest son by a princess of royal blood, lie is now thirty-si- x years ot age, and lias a large family of both sons and daughters, most of whom are already married. In accordance with another fixed but most impolitic tradition of the lx ajar d ilx nasty, the is appointed governor of the northwestern province of Azerbaijan, witli liis capital and palace at Tabriz.. He cannot leave this province without the sanction of the Huh; and, immured there, he remain, in total ig noram o of the politics ami statecraft of Teheran, of the ministers he may have to dcncml up on, the sv tern ho may have to i' ister, the people xvliom he may have to rule. It is as though the xvere compelled Prince of Wale habitually to reside in CardiU or Carnarvon, ami never allowed to quit the boHers of the Principality. Placed, moreover, in the province which is nearest to the Russian frontier, and is (iverslmtloxvi'd by Russian influence, is not apt to contract prethe Vali-ah- il possessions or apprehensions which it is (iiillcult to throw oil, and which may atlcct his entire subsequent reign. The Shall has three times been to Europe, but with inexcusable narrowness of vision, lias never permitted his son to lir outside of Persia. The consequence i that hut little is known of the character ami capabilities of the hitter, which are variously represented as those of a polished and gentleman ami of a xveak and harmless nonentity. TIM. SlIAIt as sovr.KF.icv. A a ruler the Shall possesses many excellent qualities. Firm, fairly just and diligent, he is in his ow n person the sole arbiter of Persias fortunes. All policy emanates from him. He supervises every department xvilh a curiosity that requires to be allayed by periodical gratuities; and his attention to afluirs of Gate is constant and unreThere is a consensus of mitting. opinion in Persia that ho is the ablest man in the country, and the best ruler that it could produce. Nor xvill any one deny him the possession of patriotism and of a genuine interest in the welfare of the nation. He is, however, placed in a most unfortunate situation by the rivalry of Great Rritain and Russia, while he is further impeded by the intriguers that sxvarin about the court and person of the monarch, by a tendency natural to humanity, and particularly to a man xvho has passed the middle of life, to let things abide in his time, and by a sense of against the petrified poxverh'.ssuess ideas and pnjiuliees of an Oriental people. SLAVE. A SHREWD HOW 1IU AVOIDED UEING SOLD A WAV. s Ea Plays a Smart Trick On His Young Master. 1 bile ago a colored man from an adjoining country came oxer iu. o ties country, sax the Richmond Climax, his former home, and met many old friends. To one he related a remarkable episode of the days befo the xx ah. lie said tlmt he xvhs as tough a mulatto as the country ever produced, and liis young master resolved to send him do xx u the river, as the slave owners used to express it. One day the young muster tohl him to have the horses ready, and they xvould depart carlv the next morning for Knoxville, ltie young master had received information that a certain slave buyer from the cotton fields would visit the city mentioned iu quest of likely negro men. The early daxvn found the young farmer and his valuable human property speeding away over the smooth road Ninth. After they had gone a little way, Rich, for that xx as the cognomen by xx liich the 'likely boy xvas known, inquired of his master if lie xvas going to Knoxville to put into execution a tin eat ho had often heard him make to sell him to a cotton planter. The master told him it xvas liis mission. Rich became much affect-i'- d by the announcement and shed tears, lie recalled the lioursof their box hood, uni dwelt Vpon the pathetic ill general, i he young masters heart was touched, Lut liis resolve was not. Night came on, as it always did when Old Wilderness travellers by the Road got xvell into the mountains. A jug of line old Rutirhon steadied their nerves and brought balmy sleep to the restoration of their st niued energies. Next morning they were up w ith the lark, and all day they talked about the endless siq araiion soon to follow, pausing occasionally to admire the rugged scenery and take a drink. The rabbit hunts by day, the coon joints by night, the romps, the fights they hd. the floggings they had caught from the old man were all lived over again. Another night and another day and their journey had ended. Itut the raid on the big jug had not. They lilt it purty lively that last night oil earth together forever and evermore. They were comfortably full long lie fore midnight. At least the young master xvas full of oldliquor ami the slave xvas full of pretence. Ho had dropped upon a scheme. With daxvn, Rich w as up moving about the city. A shave, clean clothes, a cigar, a cane, ami many extras xvere added. Finally he sought the slave as buyer, ami introducing him-e- lf Mr. of Madison county, Ken tucky, stated that lie xvas in the city with the splendid young nigger of which he hud xx ritten him, and xvas now ready for a trade. The boy xvas described in glowing terms, and the price fixed at $ 1,60b, which the trader said he xvould give, prox ided the description xvas accurate. So they proceeded to the tavern and into a little hack room.xvhere the young master xvas found snoring axvay on a pallet the bed where Rich had taken the precaution to tumble liiin before going out. His beard of several days groxvth, (lusty ami soiled attire, unkempt hair, and general appearance xvas anything but attractive. Fifteen - hundred! gruffly remarked the old dealer as lie glanced at the pitiful-lookin- g Fiftee i object. hundred dollars for that d d thi g. I xvuuldiit give you a cent more than half that much, ami lie walked out oil to say they the street. It is didnt get their price ; near enough for a trade. About noon the young master axvoke, l.ot feelin; the best in the world. lie xvas compelled to borroxv a shoe horn to put on his Jiat, ami there xvas a mig.Jy bad taste in his mouth, to say no hing of consi. orable red in his eye nml a fo'ding of a sort of goneness in general about his stomach. Rich told him that lie had been out to see the buyer, and the old feHoxv xvantod to know the j rice, as all depended on that the least hed take xvas the question, ami t he in a hurry, as lie, the buyer, hail mail about all tie purcha-e- s he wanted, and xvas ready to leave town. The young master called for paper ami envelope, and wrote as folloxvs: Dea:- Sir: You have seen the bov. My loxxest price is $12o0. He is xvort i The note was duly every cent of it. conveyed, and xvas soon relumed xviili nn ansxver on the back, saving, We cant trade. d The f lloxving day the horses, the happy mulatto, and a dismight hnv. appointed while man been seen wending their solitary wav through the woods toward Kentucky . A little xx uli-ah- d, uli-ah- ml-m- xveir-infornt- The Sanetily of the Czar. The present emperor of Rtis.sa is a man of truly noble character, thoroughly honest in purpose, sincerely religious, kind in heart, ami most disinterestedly solicitous for the welfare of his country. Tliero is, hoxvever, one strange apparent contradiction in his character, which may yet have sinister results. The tsar is not gifted with the extraordinary intelliin liis gence xvliich xvould bo position. No man is more modest as to bis personal merits and ability, but there is no man in this xvorhl so impressed xvith bis own importance, in the peculiar light in xvliich bo viexvs himself, as the tlix inely appointed head of the only true faith, and of a specially chosen people. The most devoted of husbands, he is yet ever conscious that his xvife. born a foreigner of alien faith, remains outside tbo pale, and consu pieiitly the empress lias tis little influence in his counsels as if she xvere a stranger to him. The ofliee of tsar is, he considers, a holy ofliee; no other mortal than the holder of tlmt olli e is on anything approaching the same lex el. Any real or supposed slight or injury to the chosen people, e the Russians to their head, the tsar or to the only true faith, the orthodox Greek faith xvill immediately rouse all that i stubborn iu tlie character of Alexander 111., and A hwerof xvill he promptly avenged. peace, he xvill nevertheless, xvithout a moment hesitation, plunge his counxvnr, again-- t any try into 0(1,1, to fulfill xx hat ho considers to he his sacred duties. This is the real and great danger xx liich threatens the xvorld through Alexander HI.s belief in tin; sanctity of li s oxvti person. be-iil- lo ex-i.li- semi-divin- - xvell-resto- It Was the Parrot. Two prominent genllemen, strang"-in the eilx. were walking through He's fashionable residence secLoti tion the other dax xx hen their attention xvas ar. esii'd by the startling iuvila-tio( oine kiss me, littered in dui-- ; cct i ni''. .,iM ii,e Loui-vill- e Post. Glancing tip at a window xvl cnee tiie invitation s,(i,cd to proceed, limir gaze met t:ut of a very pretty xeumr he flushed up confusediy and lad . heat a lia-t- y retreat. Her enilKirraMn'!it all hut conlh'rn-e.- l the suspicion of the .strangers that she it xvi xx ho extended the imitation, and thev were debating in their minds as to what action they should take in the matter xvhether they should ring the door-hel- l and gallantly s vi The Shah of Icrda. A Teheran corrcspondi nt of the London Times, xx riling of She personal i inrai tcri'i ms of sur-xivi- heir-appare- n, nt;.: His lea-- t attractive feature is a miserliness xx hicli induces him to hoard large sums of money and bullion, a fraction of xx liich, dexoted to the practical regeneration of his cr. nut: v, would make liis mum' live in his'orx . In addition to the tna-sc- s of jexxels contained i.i the Koval treasure, he la a private 'ortiree. stoxved in vault,-xvhi.-is o' elsewhere deo-itc.'oxvn to consist of three millions (d'vling. This treasure is continually otlcr theuis'I es in roinpliiiiec xviiii the request, await further developbeing recruited by the present, i ceived on tbo smallest (vsibh) provo- ments or make a quiet sneak when cation from any mini ter, noble, a shrill lla ! In! and they spied a ofiiciai, or merebant py. O'scd of large mi'i lnovotts giving them means. Meanwhile, til' counlrx 1.0 the iur.gh fr.un his erch at the 'ide yf inipox erislied, and progre-- a js in g. fi the hou-, d. -- pull-parro- tf e. i and Merced, xxhere one mile ru-i- n 4A seconds, or at the run ofei) an hour. The best time f r a Guarding a Bid. of Sheep for Five several miles xvas Tulare to j Days on Ills .Masters W ager. P.5 miles, which, a. k A reporter of the Ventura (Cal.) Junction, the sheet, a- - t,t.' Gazette xvas informed recently of a by b minutes. A a:uiuT exactly unremar. aide example of sagacity, to have been uniform, thi speed derstanding and obedience in a dog. at the ra'e of one mile in 4;, 7 Curio a The animal is xx hat is called a shcji-lier- d or omiles an hour. x dog, is ten ears old, xvas born in Montana an.l eauliot understand Rig Rath Yesi Is. English, the mail w ho raised l.iui most notable production of Th being a Mexican. This Mexican is noxv in the employ year, in fact, the most reinarka'ilc, built ill Aiaiiie - the of tiie Messrs. Seiiiappa Fietra as a el exeroOOD-tuship Rippaluno' r, and iu hi duties is ably built Arthur Sewall A (0 by liis dog. About a week l.irge-- t by sailing vessel ever eoiiq.' ago he la.d the following extraordina- in and the iarge-- t no,, America, vx ith one of his employers: ry wager He bet his dog and a year's work ship in the xvorld. A No. , atllj' model so gracef.J that one xvould agaiii't Slut tbit the dog would stay suspect her great size. Her hum, on the ranch alone, unattended by any xvas a sight human being, for live dax s; that the ready for ea, animal would take the sheep to pas- waichiii!;. That the prospect for IG10 ture in the morning and bring them to be knoxvn from the f.e t thatt,, the corral at night, ami iu fact, look may on the stocks or n iuKt c out for the sleep in every way as well aie nowltract aggregating fuPv as a man could. as has been buna hefl The bet was taken and the Mexican, hole year of lsisp. The first hanging up plenty of meat lor the Waldnboro, and Rcl,a-- t xii, Rath, his to dog to eat, gave his instructions x ear, xhi, dumb assistant nml left the ranch, especially active next all tin; oilier district-ther- e nearly the to East town. Sunday coming lie more conslrueiion Hum ) pound money was pn.d over by Mr. Sehiappa several sea-othe p.x-- t. Inn lietra, the (log having carried out, tor trict, besides the big inSexvull Rath ehip" and b live days, the i list rue ions of his masready mentioned, (. V. Minott ha, spirii ter ami winning-th- e wager for luin. n shift 011 the stocks at 1 Irid L The Mexican says his employers are 2,i)0-toand at Rath the following yv The burg, lieli course of (and they are), very but that they have not money enough are in process of construction: ; estima Kelly & S; ear. schooner of 1,000 tc- - (lay in to buy that dog. and another of 1,600 tons; by hay. g Rogres, schooner of 900 ton; hr vcinlci Gen. Forrests Last aul L itchy if 10. New England Conipatr-- a schooner pound Speaking of Gen. Forrest, the cav- 300 tons, one of oOU ton, a steamer uiiiina! killed alry hero of the war, who nndoa 1,600 tons, and another of 2 ,.500 more men with his sabre tlni'i any hv Knickerbocker Steam ToxvagcCe, The !i( other one soldier on ei her side, lie pany. schooner of l,8i0 tons; nine p, returned to Memphis after the surren- George Hawley, schooner of 200 tut der with liis vv i'e, and with o. ly a sin- by G, R. Harrington, schooner of i, Uaii.,s pstatit gle .10 hill in lii.s pocket. .Mrs. by Morse brothers, schoonei lie bon was a lady of the most quiet, ami- tons; 600 tons, and one of 1 .200 tons, lowin'; able Christian virtues, ami the only addition to tlu- -e there arc a da iu 18,Si person, by the way, xvho had any con- large vessels, including a 2,2w)-- ; cons; it trol of the wizard of t ho saddle' hip by Houghton brothers, ua.jiorscn while in a passion. One touch of her contract i.oatii,- in the Rath district. one tender Live hand, word, soft, gentle , Read xvould calm Jiis most tempestuous A Fastidious Railroad. .insects. moods. Trails a v alone of the together night Sitting that braheman and baggage every their return to Memphis, Gen. Foiiest Rivi-io- n of t .roa, & aid: Mary, 1 know you are a strict ter on the New York Read.ng Road should shave off ' oro... chuicii member, and have always t card'!. Rut this $10 is all there heard, and many have been tho 17 there v,nm... nations iu consequence. is on earth betxvoen us and the a more insolent and arrogant iAhdze a Wont you consent to my go- over sertion of an that the sto.Tiny.... S lover. ing out tonight and limiting up a game h biers never authority to give to ded intc of draw? In vain the good woman protested. official of a inilroad company it lioff... Thor It was a sin iu the sight of God, she should lie delighted to chronicle sclassed onF bus to a Any company right said, ami sin could not finally prosper, uniform for its eniplox ees and mnrden lie went, found the party lie wanted, i ft and began the game. The cards ran the wearing of it a condition of tuna' xvith ; it inayevpigj or the service company hi way from the first, ami liis winns far as the Reading lias and Jmtchei nings grew so large that he set his go nt heaver on the floor Inside him and sist that the baggage master, no irjaidi inaris scan tlue no how ter hot weather, used it a a d positoiy. About tw o he ivy the Saraloga trunk that that is oclock in tiie morning he lifted liis hoxv is handling, shall keep liis coat liuttrows t! liis head bent ami down, tile, placed ,A lion the hat carefully on it, retaining the ed up to the chin, hut tho order clow an men shall wear not is an beards money in it. Reaching Lome lie that cannot be too sharply ffe kin, emptied his xx innings into Mrs. For- r.,ge noniiccd. If a petty official canpthejue Ian. rests saying: Alary, count it. as this lie may also hort v an such order She foil il tint he had upwards of ride tli.it 110 cross-eye- d mail can li (m.ed a a sum him which $1,000 good for gave he may select key ai and employment, Time-Lnioii. in life. Flo.ida start iolor of a mans hair. Delmonieotcaich a a right to siy to those seeking cmpl'Cruelty Re Is a Stayer. intuit as xvaiters that he xvould cni, torture The oldest man in the xvorld is a cititho-- e who xvere clean shaven, ifiut its only zen of Rogota in the Republic of San win'll a railroad superintendent umihead o tiulrudor. takes to dictate to men xvho have sere ! This nexv Alctliu.-ela- li declares that the company faithfully longer than' he is ISO years old, and it xvould seem lias, that they must cut their hair The he flatters himself, for liis neighbors accordance xvith his ideas, it is qihav j give the assurance that he is older than time for the stockholders to interfrrthe ap lie says he is. lie may possibly tell them whatclof 'vhich He is a named Michael they must xvear when they come tolAme r Solis, whose existence xvas revealed to annual meeting. 'Wall St. Nexvs. attract, I)r. Louis Hernandez, by one of the teasoir , oldest planters in the lucidity, xvho us nunc xv a child knew Solis as a centenarian. Pity the Itrakeman. 0y p The Lewiston Journal r('nmripi07 They have found in the year 1712 Lia signature among those of persons 'When the mercury shrinks belyidtip who contributed to the building of a zero and everything exposed lo uj,nt Iraneiseau convent which exists near weather is coated xvith ice, people ip, y ;u Sun Sebastian. apt to think of the sailors; but tlierfSr His skin is like parchment, liis long another class of men almost cqu; 5,, jllr hair, of the whiteness of snoxv, envel- exposed whose sufferings are overlo coral These at 0 the brakeinen oni;lU,or ops his head like a turban, and his look cil. is so keen that it made a disagreeable railroad trains, especially those Tudinu mountain roads. impression on the Doctor. During a late Interrogated by the Doctor, he an- storm the tops of the ears werea?l,fichtlj swered complaisuntly that liis great pery as glass, and on the 'White Moijpr( age xvas due to his regular inode of tain division of the Maine Centra'tipiery: living, and to his never giving lip to xvas impossible to stand, and all 'dt has r men could do xvas to crawl along inflow i any excess of any suit xx liatever. A hrakeman " Very r I never eat hut once a day, said running hoard. 1 hut I never use any hilt the xvent on a train of 37 cars said tliaift.-ei- f he, s. longest and most nouii-hin- g foods. pasing from c ir to car ho tried tflitmly 0( s: for I believe tai (li hit of standing room on the My meals last a half-hou- r, to eat m rc in tlmt time lie xvas about to quit, even while rea which it is impo-sihl- e The chance Antipn than the body cun digest in txvcntv-fou- r h;g out for tiie other. 1 fast the first and fifteenth hours. drawing hack in safety wasnt mupositin day of each month, ami on those (lays lie xvas willing to admit, but, small kitting I drink as much xvater a I can hear. 1 it xvas, lie fe.t like having it in rescrTbunos always let my food become cold before Many of the Western cars, too, ivAindorn 1 touch it. It is to tlie-- e things that 1 sadly out of repair, and when Thus si! brake xvas yet oil it would fly apt' attribute my great rge. The swaying of the ears coming do1 An I! the mountain sometimes makes twr p)ic Eighty Aliies An Hour. nervous xvlien safely insf the A remarkable time record xvas made the oil teeeniher I last oil the Southern a car. Think ot going across xx'ith bfow those roofs are covered .owing Pacific Railroad. Oil that day a special and tlw sleet iz biowing and free1 Bomba t ain,coiisisiing of two cars containing iu tv of i o.uca face! ofliee: s t f the Atchi-oTopeka & Sanffitnes' ta Ie Railroad, xvas rim over t lie i' rn A. .''ouihvru Pacific lines from R.iker-l- i Royal Lunatic. Id to Ealhrop, a of 220 The poor demented king of r)ax(9'- - tpa rn mi es. leaving the former lace at 9:01 hqo a lu.iTow escape the other t ,M) and reaching the latter at 1:18; the T .j; enoinious chandelier in the din 'total 'inie xvas thus 4 hours, 17 mi -- worn at the e of uies. but of this time, .So minutes were where the unhappy monarch lo- -t in making four Mops and in slowCued, suddenly fell, smashing lhc(Sl ' ing t'toxvn on account of a broken frog at which liis majesty xvas sitting. at a station, making theaclua! running xvouuding an alien, Pint. In w8 R1'1 juit time for the 220 miles only 222 minu- quenee a commi-fio- n of architects tr te-. and it is claimed that even this sent to examine the state of ibe c could have been improved iimi not the xvith the result that the xvliole road-be- d been in 'poor condition, g lias been declared in a state of n hocl i to recent heavy rain. , It is and it has been considered neces-8!a ew claimed that thi is tne longest run ever close all the principal rooms, mad- - in this country at a speed of 60 two. xvliich are occupied by his uwf; miles an i our, and speaking from In ell probability, t hire fore. w,, '..Ac wh memory and xvithout consulting the Otto xvill shortly be. removed record we think that the claim is other castle, probably Rerg, onC "lUafpent justified. The greatest speed attained famous architectural resideueos ;ear 0, for a single mile xvas betxveeu Rcrcnda tho late King Ludwig. 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