The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 62, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 29, 1884 Page: 1 of 4

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A GHOST IN BOSTON.
I0W A WICKED WOMAN WAN-
DfillED AI50ÜT A HOUSE'
,0F GREAT RESPECT-
ABILITY.
A very singular siory.
Ijich forms one of the sensa-
i<m#l social topics of the day,
tlfbeit aulicnticated ofUie
ny stories of the superna-
nrnl that iiavo been lately
M, Only a short time ago a
«ling and well known artist.
A , was invited to pay a
isit to his distinguished friend
r. lizard. The house was
,,ed witl> g' csts, hut a large
"d handsomev room was
at his disposal, nppar-
•% one of lhe best in the
o««e. For three days he had
"e,ij?litful visit; delighted
n«ll particulars save one—he
^at'h night a horrible
re®tt). lie dreamed, or was,
y ««ddenly «wakened by
,Ue Pers°n entering his
^« nd, iri looking around,
75;ro°in bp¡lliantIy light.
',.e at tl,e window stood
* { ® § ftntly attired, in
■ctof throwing something
M ÍerTnH,1Í8,,ed' 8he
ner face toward the
7 «P^tator, showing
Ihn i«« . "
.. Vice so distorted bv
\e7'S ,t,Ut he
"J ''""O"-- Soon
ght anii figuro with
•4 ¿'.«i'"?™ •
I, > f , . suifering
VJ,gh'ful
, ' 80 hannted by the
C"unten nce wljicl,
had for three successive nights;
troubled him that be made a
sketch or it, and so real that
the evil expression seemed to
horrify every one who saw it.
Not a great while after the
artist went to make an even-
ing visit on Mr. Izzard. That
gentleman invited him to his
picture gallery, as he wished
to show him some remarkable
old family portraits. What
was Mr. A.'s surprise to rec-
ognise among them, in the
likeness of a stately, well-
dressed lady the one who had
so troubled his slumbers on
his previous visit, lacking,
however, the revolting, wicked
expression. Soon as he saw
it he involuntarily exclaimed:
''What, I have seen that lady!"
"Indeed!" aaid Mr. I., smiling.
"That ib hardly possible, as
she died more than one hun-
dred years ago. She was the
second wife of my great grand-
father, and reflected anything
but credit on the family. She
was strongly suspected of hav-
ing murdered her husband's
son by a former marriage, in
order to make her own child
heir to the property. The un-
fortunate bov broke his neck
in a fall from a window, and
there was every reason to be
lieve that he was precipitated
from the window by his step-
mother." The artist then told
his host the circumstances of
his thrice-repeated experience
or dream, and sent for his
sketch, which, so far as the
features were concerned, was
identical with the portrait in
Mr. lizard's gallery. The
sketch has been photographed,
but from its hideous expres-
sion is far from pleasant to
look upon.—Fx.
OCHILTREE BUYS A PIG.
and in the intervals of the
biddiog he closed one eye and
fondly gazed at it with the
other. The auctioneer deftly
led the bidders over the hun-
dred mark, and closed by
shouting: 'And-five, an'-five
—a hundred and-five dollars,
third and last time. Sold to
Col. Thomas P Ochiltree for
$105.' The Texas Congress-
man drew off his undressed
gants de Sude and planked
down the money. His glan
ees of admiration were not re-
ciprocated by the pig. Indeed,
the animal scratched its hock
and regarded the gallant Col
onel with sapreme indifferen-
be."—Kx. .
BANGLES ON DANDIES'
WRISTS.
There was a grand sale of
imported pigs in New York a
few days ago. The animals
brought good prices, princi-
pally fur the reason that they
were bred and raised on Queen
Victoria's shore farm, at
Windsor Castle. Finally,
says the New York Sun, "a
magnificent pig was put up.
The dude auctioneer called
a'tention to its fine points, ex
patiating on the plumpness of
the pig's chops, the droop of
its eyelids, the ivory-like
whitenesss of its hoofs, and
the flexibility of its tail. A
sturdy-knit gentleman, with
auburn hair and small freckl-
ec h inds became an interested
spectator. There was a hardly
perceptible squint in his off
eyo. fie carried liis head like
D short-legged dog, sidling as
h© runs, He wore clothes
made by Poole, of London,
and shoes made by Grandis*
simo, of Paris. He was evi-
dently charmed by the pig,
I regret to say that the
number of men who wear
bangles on their wrists is slow-
ly increasing in New York.
The fashion has not spread
with unnsual rapidity, but is
surely and telowly gaining
ground, and the noticeable
part of it is that the affectation
is more * prominent among
Americans than among foreig-
ners. I have observed that the
same thing is true of the
single eyeglass. InDelmonico's
at all times one may see any-
where from five to a dozen
men attempting to eat soup
and hold their glasses in their
eyes at the same time, and it
is a rare night that does not
witness one or two accidents
from this affec ion. When a
man is opening his mouth iu
the vicinito of the soup spoon
the muscles of his face natu-
rally relax and the eye-glass
drops from his eye. Of course
it drops on the edge of the
soup plate, and that is the
end of the soup, the eye glass
and the dude for that particu-
lar evening.
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EXPLICIT DIRECTIONS
NEEDED
Irate Customer—See here,
sir; this is a fraud—a regular
humbug, sir.
Druggist—tWhat is the mat-
ter!
"Yon sold me this lump of
borax yester Jay. didn't you?"
"Yes; good borax, too."
"And you said it would kill
roaches?"
"Yes."
"Well, it won't. The closet
is as full of roaches as it was
before."
•'Guess yon didn't use it
right."
"I didn't!"
"No; you take the lump
back, and when you nee a
roach go for it,"
"How?"
"Hit it!"
"Why, what with?"
"The lump, of course"
CHINESE SAILORS.
THEY HAVE PLENTY OF PLUCK
AND ENDURANCE AND FAIR
SAILING QUALITIES.
Captain Davis,of the steam-
ship Pembrokeshire has had
years of experience in trading
at Chinese ports, and has em-
ployed the Chinamen regular-
ly on board his ship in various
capacities. In speaking of
the characteristics of the
Chinese when afloat, he said
that they were unexcelled as
firemen aboard steamers.
They work twelve hours out
of twenty four in the stoekh
ole, where the temperature
averages over 110 degrees
constantly. The labor of
shoveling coal is very severe.
As seamen on deck and aloft
they are not so good. They
have the physical strength to
pull on a rope, but they are
not sailors.
'How will they compare
with Frenchmen in that res-
pect1?' was asked.
'They are not as good sailors,
but tln-y have great enduran-
ce.'
'llave they any pluckf'
'Plenty of it in defending
themselves about decks. The
white sailors do not impose
on them aboard whip. They
can take their owu part every
time. If you compare them
in this respect with French-
men, I should say that in a
stand-up fight the Chinaman
would knock out his opponent.
But when you come to man a
ship with Chinese and expect
them to make a first-class
rew. you find yourself in a
bad predicament. The Chinese
navy has no show whatever
against the French. Their
navy is composed of two
classes of ships, the iron
steamers and the junks. The
junks are well represented by
the pictures you have seen in
books of travel. They are all
armed with six or eight guns
each, but what can they do!
So far they have served as
coffins for their crews, who
were drowned after they had
surrendered. Many of the
iron steamers were built in
Kngland. They were cons-
tructed on excellent principles
and are very fine ships. They
are arined with heavy modern
gnns. White men are engag-
ed to train the crews. But
with all that the ships and
crews are not a match for the
great ironclads of tho French
fleet: The number of iron
steamers in the Chinese navy
is very largo. They have
launched sixor eight gunboats
themselves at Shanghai dur-
ing the past year, to my own
knowledge. These boats arc
built under the direction of
European and American
navil architects. They aw
first class of their kind, hut
they are too small. China
has no hope at sea.'
Ton have seen the Chinew
troops?'
'Yes. They are uniformed
in the hues of the rainbow,
besides black and white.
Imagine 100 laundrymen in
scarlet blouses and royal
purple trousers drawn up iu
line, adjoining them a com-
pany in pure white, then a
company in bright green, and
then one light blue, and you
have a Chinese regiment.
When they walk they lift up
their feet like cats in the snow.
But in spite of their peculiari
ties, they will make it warm
for the French on shore.
Their name is legion, and if
their officers have profited at.
all by the instructions they
have received in the last
twenty years, they will niako
a good fight. I judge of their
pluck by what I have seen of
them. On shore, in the open
field, they will have some
chance to show what they can
do. They will fight thein as
they do singly when forced to
it. In these miserable jitnksi
and iu th° small sfteamers no
one can hope to do anything
but sink with flying colors.'
'Do the Chinege still believe
in the eiTieacy of stinkpots?'
'I think not. It is one of
the few weapons they have
discarded as relicsof barbarism,
but there is no doubt thai they
will strive to strike terror into
the hearts of the enemy by
making loud and unearthly
ncises, just as we used to read
they did in the wars of 100
years ago. A description of a
battle between Chinamen and
Frenchmen, if described ac-
curately and in detail, would
make very interesting read-
ing.'
A correspondent of a fami-
ly magazine wants to know
how to boil cabbage without
the disagreeable odor of cook«
ing filling nearly every* room
in the house. The plan is very
simple and effective. Place a
piece of old rubber shoe on
the stove while the cabbage i*
boiling. The ar ma of tho
rubber kills the odor of tho
cabbage—*and you will prob-
ably want to kill the person
who suggested tho plan, after
you have tried it.
At the Tejeroa ranch, near
Orizaba, a man was murder-
ed by three unknown in-
dividuals while milking hid
cows. The assassins escaped.
An exchange has an article
on "The Antiquity of Soap."
It is said to have been invent-
ed by a man who had u
grudge against editors.