The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1886 Page: 2 of 12
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JAXSf iuSWST IPahMiine mi fnswkey.
BIOE. - - TEXAS.
MY SPELLING-BOOK.
2a en aaf requested ceraer tetlw grret4a?k
One day 1 ease across easseieet friesxiby
Saw had wrlakle ap Mb features a4 Us
cost was worn im rusty.
But I recognized htm at s4aie gfeaee.
And a fiood er raeotteottoa rueedd edfel
o'erwe.
And a p&Boramie visfoa of byfcod
before tae
JLs I tenderly and carsfallyt&e moths and
cobwebs snook
Trom tke comrade of ray school-days ay
blue-backed spotttus-beok.
On an agtscoloned fly-leat
hand was scrawled
The injunction: -S c&l wst
to a school-boy
this book lay
hottest rrmno.
And the "falsest friend's" attention -was par-
ticularly called
To the fact that the gaflows would surely
hekisewl."
If ho Hfteaedt the tempter and the honest
path forsook.
By purloining from Its owner bis blue-backed
speUtas-book.
With Its Bodct "M-h b" and its meek had
lowly "Abet."
Its tonjnifr.twi.ti.nr "nbtfelsles" and Scriptur-
al "2erubbabel.
GlaactBg- through Its well-thnoibod pages
troQghta.alnfu reeollecdfui
OZ the cay I iaagted "general" with
And of how I donned the dunce-cap for a sea-
an of reflection
On the sia or spelling "colonel" with
& $:"
"While memory with a distinct nose brought
to minfl the teacher's frown.
The sarcastic smirk of Billy Jones on the day
he cut me down:
Of how Kate Hom stalled on htm and curled
her lip at inc. '
Just boeausc I thought "Kentucky" had its
starter Jn a "Cw
1 Ah. too! ray old-time comrade in tho years
forever vanished.
You have caused me trials andtrfbulaUoos
1 sore;
But from my rememhranoethere shall never-
more be banish od
The winter's day that I obtained the
Soot
And by a happy blunder spelled correct your
Hardest word.
From which fact the pedagogue; in a little
speech inferred
That the time was surely coining when to
Congress I'd be sent.
And "astonish all the natives" by becoming
President. J
Prora the dark and dusty garret where for
years the mice have reveled.
I will place you Jn surroundings more ro-
nned; And though with wrinkled features and a
coat MMiiowhRt disheveled.
Your familiar fac4 will always bring to
mind
The delightful heppyi years when no lower-
ing clouds or sorrow
2Unged troubles or to-day with dark forebod-
ings of to-morrow;
And when tho bright v-iiashing eye and the
cheek with healthy glow
Jforked the merry-hearted school-boy of
sumo thirty yejr apo.
I'. C.FiL in GoMea Dav&.
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A SHY RACE.-
"Tho Effective Way in Which Qyjp-
ijios Hide Themselves.
History of tho Ancient ItaeeAIout Throe-
Qaurter. if a Million frjjfcleTITT tha
United Stjijos -"iltflccrors
and Dukkcrcrfc.."
The first gypsicjs that cirae to Ameri-
ca were like Barafylde Moore Carow
eold here as slavjes. They either es-
caped and returned to England or
Scotland and inj time returned here
with their families or escaped from
slavery and remaiucd here sending for
their kin as jsoon as they could
earn the money tp do so as hundreds
of thousands of other foreigners have
don?. Bad as wfere the old blue laws
and illiberal as wjsre many of our early
provincial statuses there has never
been persecution jby law of gypsies in
America. A larger number than lias
been supposed originally came here
that way. 1 have been frequently toid
by gypsies of to-day that their fore?-
fathers had in this country as early as
17." a '.incali society of males number-
ing over two thousand souls and that
a larger portion f these were banished
here or sold intjo slavery here from
some part of I Great Britain. Dur-
ing the revolution fully as many
more came herej as impressed
sailors or seamea; attd something as &
goodly portion of the Pennsylvania
Dutch are supposed to owe their origin
to the Hessian troops surrendered and
remaining in tfyis Country so also our
gypsy populaticin pamc to be largely
increased. From ftbout 1800 their im-
migration was co)iistant. Their habit
of ocFccy alway$ prevented tlieir actual
race being known and 1 have no doubt
from what I hafe learned from their
own lips that previous to the estab-
lishment of the ' rural police in Groat
Britaki Aoward the middle of the pres-
ent eenturr thqlre were already com-
fortablv living iii America J2O0.0OO gyp-Bies-
Within tdn years from the latter
event England Scotland and TreTan
were practically deserted by them.
There life was intolerable. Here were
every privilege and opportunity. And
it would be a safe assertion 'that to
tho present time every emigrant
ship Bailing to America from
any foreign iort has brought an
important number of this ancient race
who have in the hurry-skurry of our
va-t immigration been simply counted
as foreigners aad almost wholry-ovorr
looked as gypsies. What has been true
of Groat Britain has been true of every
other foreign country for the tawny
skulking people believe all the old
bloody statutes are in full force against
them to the preseat day; and in propor-
tion to the stHmber (gypsies to native
population in all European countries $.
greater number of lie former than thp
latter have reached our shores. No
sxiticitc nf tlm orncics in A nwruHi is nnoat-
blv securable. Unless vou orfter a J
gjpsy squarely and make him know you
know he Ls n Rommany bo will lie to
vou with splendid face. He will tell you
be is an Englishman a Scotchman a
Spaniard or a Hungarian. He will
not tell you he is a gypsy: bat from
many years' close study of the race
snd ' the best estimate) that o&a be
' made based upon much exact informa-
tion and careful observation I believe
that t-day tho United states alone coe-
fcains from three-quarters of a xailliom to
a million souls of this ancient race.
AB&ng tboss I know peraoaali y I can
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Its aibS&t Ste o wm
&efcrw families n amber several thoa
m&& of souls sad v&oia matonal pos
aeesioas I kaow to be worth from $1
3QG.000 to f2.000.000. I know that Ihk
sounds strangely but that Is only be
ree suck facts have not previously
boea tmblklv stated m this country.
The chief reasons why they have no I
been more generally tabsa into scoouni
are: Their nevec-ending hiding of then
real origia: their slyness and secrecy
in movemeat; their silence and timiditj
as a people when in the presence o:
other people ?nd because as 1 lone
ago discovered two great natural di
visions exist among them.
For classification these maybe knowr
as dickerers and dukkerers. Dickeren
shouki be kept in mind as all that large
class of English-speaking gypsies whe
continue the life of the tent and the
road. Dukkerers are the much larger
class in numbor who have been swal-
lowed up in the innumerable lanes
alleys and attics of our great citiesanc
who subsist by fortune-telling pretty
deceptions and all manner of jugglef-
ing diablerie; though a goodly 'number
it must be admitted earn honest liveli-
hoods in the trades as tinkers hostlers
bird and dog fanciers and venders ol
petty wares.
The former traveling as they nearl.7
always do in the remote country dis-
tricts and rarely ever appearing" nest
cities or in communities where their ar-
rival in caravans as gypsies would excite
comment escape "that observation
which would result in their coming un-
der official or newspaper surveillance
and yet I venture to say it would come
true could the test be" made that no
summer season passes where every
cross-road village or town of from fifty
to five hundred inhabitants in the United
States and Canada has not had its an-
nual visits from genuine gypsies and
their picturesque encampments. When
this is considered their very great and
increasing numbers may be more easily
comprehended. But the latter thoe
whom I will call the dukkerers or city
gypsies comprise what seem to be to
the casual'obervor merely the fag-end
of all foreign peoples. Among your
poor Germans you will find many very
many zicgeuncrs; among your poor
French the bohemian as the French
name them; among your poor Portu-
guese the siganos; among your poor
Hungarians the zincali: among your
poor Dutch the hcydenen; among your
countless Italians almost one-half
genuine are zingari; among your poor
Spanish tho gitanos; and so oh through
every foreign-speaking people a vast
and silent number who hide their true
lineage in the every-day language they
speak and who arc ever unknown as
gyps:.e? to neighbors and fellows who
speak the amc mother tongue.
The proportion of these who are gyp-
pies is astounding. During this month
both inthe city of New York and Bos-
ton in certain quarters I made the fol-
lowing tests: In a stroll of three hours1
duration in those cities amou" those
with whom I spoke indubitable evi
dences were given mo that in Boston 17
per cenU and in New York '21 per cent
weie gypsies. Nor were these tests
made in gypsy quarters. The fact must
be constantlyborne in mind that there
are no gypy quarters or neighborhoods;
for the gypsy eternally conceals his lin-
eage. The tests were made where no
knowledge appeared to ocist among
those foreign populations that au' gyp-
sies were living among them.
Something hke this will hold true in
all our great cities. It would bo a fair
surmise that even bird fancier you
meet is a gypsy. More organ-grinders
are than are not gypsies'. You call
them Italians. They" may have been
born in Ital3. Still they" are gypsies.
Every other professional hostler is a
gypy. The harpist she with the tam-
bourine he with the hurdygurdy is
mot likely a gypsy. The "Punch and
Jndy" men are nearly all gypsies.
Man' circus performers are gypsies.
In the great ballets there arc gypsy girls
innumerable. The managers neither
know it or care; but they are so. Every
tinker pn earth is a gypsy. The rat-
catcher the horse-tamer the bird-
traineri is nearly always a gypsy. He
who travels from door to door "selling
small vares and he who hawks with tho
brazen voice arc not like . the Polish
Jews so often as you think them but
gypsies first and forever. All these and
countless more of the swarthy kind
who nrvol in yellow head-gear red
sashes and handkerchiefs and great
gold ir and linger rings are gynsics.
And they will sit beside you for liolirs
and lie about it with the Vwcotness aud
serenit rof a beautiful blue Juucskv.
EdtfivrL. Wa'cctrtan in Chicago Acws.
I A Scotch Lad's Wit.
A Scstch lad was on one occasion ac-
cused of stealing sonic articles from a
doctors shop. The judge was much
struck; with his respectable appearance.
and asked him why he was guilty of
suaTlt-CDntemptible act.
"Weei ye see" repliod thoprisoner
"I had a bit pain in my side and my
mither tauld me tae gang tae the doc-
tor's and tak' something."
"Oh yes!" said the judge. "Bat
surely she didn't tell you to go and take
an eignt-day clock?" "
The prisoner was evidently non-
plussed but it was only for a mom$nt.
Turning to the judge a bright smile o
iiumoc. stealing over his countenance
he rejoined quietly: "There's an auld
proverb that says 'Time an' the doctor
cure a' diseases' andsae I thecht" but
the remainder of the reply was lost im
the laughter of the court. Kalionall
Weekly Story Paper.
For eleven years Winter Davis oil
Massachusetts succeeded in skinning
over a railroad crosmr on his roatl to
and from home without uein
ig hit by the.
HgTHtrhM? express Itailroau men got
to know nim as "Dare Devil Davis'
and many were the predictions that tho
next week would fetch him but it was
only the other day that the climax camej
One of his horses fell down on the track j
and'tke locomotive killed both animals
smashed the wagon and ground Davii
into bits. Boston Herald.
A Franklin (N. Y.) farmer who
watered his cows' milk paid two hun-
dred dollars into the count treasury
for his 4fttn"
FOftFGH QDSStP.
Jus awr.
Vttr mm m iluui
band quatings a
day kv 'gasi restored in ifew&a-
nuu.
lAM4 I
k Ohantk built on twkratv-six islands.
Anjstordam on ninety and Venice 'on
eighty.
As many as thirtv t
lousand shawls
e vale of Cash-
are made annually in U
mere which are worth
$1000 apiece.
pn an Average
The steamers on thn Kiln have
driven the crocodile fro m that river to
such an extent that the reptile is prac-
tically extinct.
Complete returns jf the French
census show the population to be in
round numbers S8.0O0.C DO an increase
of 500000 in five years.
Labouchcre in Tnitlu deplores the
English custom ot torturing women by
sentencing them to death when thero is
uui uic siiguicsc intention to carry out
the sentence.
-T-Qucen Victoria's her lth is said to be
better now than it has I een for several
years and more guests r re being enter-
tained at Balmoral than at any time
since tire Prince Consortia death.
Amsteniam has a great palace
which the King occupia only six days
in the year. It is built j ipon piles and
has cost all told five millions of dollars
This palace the King shWs to visitors
for a consideration. Pa two cents and
you are taken through " y a guide in
liver.
One would have thought that
the
electric light or porht
modest gas or even oil
been used for. tho nnmos
ps the more
would have
of lijrhtins
the Mersev tunnel extension works al
juvcrpooi. out the contractors arc adf
vertismg for tenders for the supply of
32 WU pounds ot camtl
The Sultan of Morocco 13 said to be
q veritable liaroun at Kaschid. He is"
hand-oine and most courtly in manner
and professes to be a pi'ophet in which
character he loads aquetand rather
secluded life. He popesscs six thour
fiand w vos. whom he Keeps in harems at
Foz. Morocco and Mokucs. He also has
a traveling harem waieh constantly ad-
tends him. I j
That "kissing gol-s by favor" ana
by tavor onlv a Berlin dentist recently
found out with a vi ngeanee. Ho had
been so impressed with the benutv of a
Stxteen-vear-old ciiei
t that he could not
eist the temptation
of stealing several
which theft and
isses from her lr
ajrrant breach oi pnoiessionai etiquette
ie was sentenced to
a line oi live nun-
drcd marks or fifty
days imprison
ment.
Some excitement
was recently
Caused in Rome by
the discovery of
.iraiiKer ai iii-iii
on a balcony m th
BO-Ctti
lied "Ben'diction Loggia.". adjoin
inr ihe Vat'tan. lie had el.mbed th
fdatue of I onstamirie m order to reae
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f.
he halcom and h
d made an opening
n the wall of the V
it ican when tuco
(red. He stated that his onlv motive i
l
doinjr this was Irs
rresislible des:ro t
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see the Pope and
indicated that he
italic.
hi manner clearl
i
b.
vas a
religious fa-
A singular kind
of family register
Is kept in
s-omo part of Switzerland.
Wherever
those biff
round cheese are
made it is the custom for the friends
anil relatives of a mi
jwly-marriod c'P
&
to loin in presenting: them with ah
tra sjiecimen of thbir da"ry produce.
which is not intended
t he eaten hut
perves as a family
register on which
the family events such as births deaths
and weddings are
marked bv crosses
cut perpendicularly
into the cheoc.
back as far as the
and a good many
Uhi custom date"
seventeenth century!
chee-cs two cenlunus old
arc said to be
extant.
HOME-MADE COCOA.
A Mexican Crop Yt'Micli I In 4 Created
a
New industry ii
l hit rou n try.
Meic produces many valuable crops.
Its woods and field
alxxind with pro-
ducts that are usefu
to our commerce
little utilized until
They have been ven
within a recent peri
d. Even now they
laro only beginning
o find t way to qur
market-; ihc recent
attempts to de-
volop Mexico have
brought to light
Among them is
many of its trvattr
e?.
the ciK-oa nlant. 11
e cocoa-bean grows
in a od containing
from twenty-Iivo to
forty bi'ans each:
layers known as
' 'hen beans contain
cTcoa nibs. Nature
p'aecs tin-in
toget
u -r in a geometric
;e that of the Brazil
These little nibs
formation not unli
nut when in a pod
are held in place
When the covering
v a kin or shell.
! once broken no I
artisan can place
the nibs
together
again .in me same iormat on even
w.th the most dylieato implements.
Heretofore the product of the cocoa
plant reached the markets of civilization
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from South America and the West In
dies. The result was that the crop of
raw material foundits way .to the other
side of the Atlantic as the direct trade
with the former countries was mainly
transacted with the European continent
by vessels carrying the fiags of nations
composing that part of the earth. Con-
sequently the manufactured article or
prepared cocoa was brought here from
Europe and had to pay duties which in-
creased the cost to the consumer.
A New Yorker conceived the idea
that cocoa could be as well prepared
here as in Europe- It was necessary to
secure the raw material as this "the
United States did not produce. It was
found that co:oa was indigenous to the
soil of GuaymasandSoeomiska Mexico.
If imported in tue bean or raw it could
bo brought into- tins country free of
duty while the prepared cocoa had to
pay a duty as a manufactured article.
The bean when gathorcd and separated
from the pod. packed in manilla bags of
about one hundreds and ten pounds
weight each. When brought to this coun-
try the bean has a yellow or reddish
tiiige according to its condition. But
it has to he roasted before being used
ami then stripped of its skin by delicate
machinery -vo as to separate the cover-
ing while preserving the useful parts of
the bean. The cocoa nibs have next to
be ground by a process that will save
the natural butter contained in tho
bpan. This butter is the healthy and
autritious part of the cocoa. But it has
to be refined and neutralized by the
addition of arrowroot and the method
of preparation. After several tria's
Shis has "been successfully accomplished
ntfl as fine and ey ea fhter prepared
cocoa ox home manufacture hassonng
its was to the Hew York narkefc tkaa
nny ever imported from Earopean
countries. Of course it can be sold at a
a much cheaper price while giving a
better article. The cost has even been
brought so low as to give it to the con-
sumer at about onft cent per cup. and
yet yield a profit ou tho mYestmeat.
The importation of Mexican cocoa is
an entirely new venture It has never
been attempted before by any one. In
fact the Mexican product has'at no time
been shipped to th:s market. Being of
sn unusually fine taste and color it is
likelv to becomo.a much more desirable
article than tho imported prepared
cocoa. Thero is every tendency
that tho Mexican product will be
prolific especially when a- demand Is
created for it the plant being one of the
native produces requiring very little
care n the raiding. Those who have
been in tho habit of usin cocoa or
chocolate havo heretofore been com-
pelled to depend on foreign productions
in order to ecuro a wholesome and
healthy article and even this could not
always be guaranteed as many of the
foreign chocolates have been found to
bo adulterated with deleterious matter
in order to give the goods an attractive j
anncarance. xne inirouucuuu wi .
I home-made cocoa easily prepared by
the housekeepers when provianj a
'morning or other meal guaranteed to
be pure will certainly take the prece-
dence over any thing that can be im-
ported especially when it can be proven
that it is so much cheaper to the con-
sumer as wtll as being healthier and
more palatable. 'Af. Y. Mail and Ex-
press i
MOUSE PLAGUE.
Tliei Terrible
Destruction Wrnncht by
! Kndenl In a llraxlllan Province.
In the colony of Lourenco Brazil in
the months of; May and June 1876 mice
sud iunly appeared in enormous num-
bers. They invaded the grain fields in
sucji large numbers that the corn
seemed literally ajive with thom. de-
stroying in a few days every thing that
1 was edible; and wlsere but a short time
before bushels of grain might have
been harvested not an ear remained
and the noip produced by their nibbling
aad climbing was audible for a con-
siderable distance. Wlten the corn-
fields were devastated tlvo potatoes next
received their attention. Only the
largest were oaten in the ground; such
:is were transportable were hidden
away in hollow tree or other retreats
for future ut-o. Gourds and pumpkins
even the hardest were gnawed through'
and eaten. Of groeu food such as
clover oats barley not a leaf was left
standing: even weeds wore cut down
and tho inner parts eaten out.
In the house the struggle -for exist-
ence of these long-tailed invaders was
trul" amazing. In many of the dwell-
ings lulndreds were killed iij a single
day. The eats could contribute but
littlo aid in fighting such a plagtio. for
not only were many of tlio nits so large
that it would 'have 'been an unequal con-
tost but by their great number they
drove the eats actually from tlte houses
not to return until tho plague was
pa5sed. Nothing excopt what was
composed of iron stone or glas was
spared from their destrnctiveness.
rurniture c'otlms hats book every
thing bore the traces ot their teeth.
They gnawed the hoofs of tin cow s and
hor'es in the stables literally ate up
fatted hogft and often bit away tho hair
of persons during sleep. They pene-
trated all sipartments anil gnawed their
way through board- and walls of
houses i Ditches that were dug about
granaries! 'did not sufllre: the mice
would climb over each otlier and thus
reach the lop.
The foregoing account of one occur-
rence in Lourenco will -sullice to -how
to what an extent tin plague reached.
The sntnu proviico had s tiered sim lar-
ly in lS4and lJ:t. and in all prol-aU'-itv
will again in 1 '.. Similar plagu---.
though far los- in extent hae cctirred
in Europe in which the field m'ce un- ;
accountably npivareU in greaily in- j
creased number-. One may well "think
what would be the lesnlt wen these ;
little alnio-t insignificant creatures
everywhere in such win to take the '
ascendency. When ortc cou-iders that I
an averag- of every one or two months
from ihe to eight arc born and that
these young become mature in a few
months thrniwlye- he will be -urpri'ed
to know that a single pair of common
field mice in the conre of a single slim-
mer would increase to twenty-three
thousand rodents. "wild all the condi- i
tions wlUch now keep them in check 1
iriilUll'HITKII l...a u.n.j .... kin i
....n-ihl .- lS-ttr lliinM rkll .Mtltll 1
wouhi- ue couaumeti
years. Science
in half a dozen
A Monster Bouquet.
anni- '
On the recent occasion of the
verscrv pt the access on ot the MUtan
.-iiituu
to thethVone Count Abraham Camondo
siiowcn ! his ioyany ov oiienng lis
Majostyi a magnificent bouquet near-
ly four 'yards in hoight and two and a
half inj circumference. The structure
represented a lemon tree surmounted
by a cruscont inscribed with the name
of the-Sultan on one.-ido in French and
on the other in Turk'sh. llie Sultan
was greatly touched by this sign of de-
votion and caused the eight men yho
had carried the monster bouquet to the
palace tolbe adequately rewarded. Tho
construction of the bouquet it shouki
added occupied ten persons for a whole
week ant was no uourc a irinmpn oi
art. cast!
ftg far into the shade even the
marvels which are dailv put before the
eves of the London public in the show
windows
of the West-end llonsts. (Jar-
iaguzutc. dencr's
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Miss Helen Blanehard of Port
land. Md.. was the daughter of s mer-
chant who was unfortunate in business.
After an unsuccessful attempt at keep-
ing a -boarding-houso in Boton she
obtained' work in a Philadelphia cloth-
ing house. One day. in a fit of desper-
ation she abandoned the shop to invent
a band in gentlemen's hats to prevent
perspiration which proved highly suc-
cessful Mie has now returned to Port-
land td buy back the old homestead
whore the family lived in their foruiw
I days oi prosxiQrity.IhstOH Journal
RMG'NUiy ILLS.
i u -
fcew XatteWB1 3bts)!sxS h Stan? TSffl&t
A young aam hiatead iato&dr
store on West HalHsoa street &a o&ar
day and with a quick' stey waa soon at
the side of the proprietor. .
"Doctor" said h addressing tho
the dragspst and speaking in rapid
nervous voice which betrayed his ex-
citement "this Utlc scratch on my
hand was made by n rasty nail it's
bothering me a jiootj deal; you know
lock-jaw comes in this ay.. Try and
fix me up all rigfct."
The physician looked at his patient
closely for a mom ant hnd saw a slender
young man abac ; twenty-six years old
with thin dclieake features a smooth
skin and long slander hands "A
highly nervoua temperament" the
phys'cian said to himself then
glanced at tie wounded palm
which had ser t 1 im his patient.
It was a little bru ise about the size of a
half-pea a deep-r d color in tho center
where the skin ha I ben torn and
fading into a p nK shade toward the
sides.
"Sore?" asked i tho physician.
"Well not very painful" replied the
young man "only it bothers me. I
scratched the palm if my hand on an
old plank and gt t lis. Of course it
doesn't amount to any thing now but I
am afraid it might lead to lockjaw if
something ain't done. I'd rather got
the start of lockjsiw than to havo it get
the start of me. j I want something to
head off that malady if possible".
The young man spoke with his accus
tomed rap ditv. lie was m an acute
nervous state.
"You have something doctor?" - he
asked and the i fivsicjixn roplicd:
"Oh yes; rill fix y6u out in no time."
Tho man of llrugs wont behind his
counter -busied! hiuu-elf with a number
of big bottles! for i brjiof while then
emerged with n sma I villi in his hand
and told his patient to sjwallow a tea-
spoonful of tha mixture once every few
hours and to cprac to tho dtttg store the
next day and report jiow im? was getting
along. "They mng ihan Walked rapidlv
away and as
. J I .. .1: l I .1.1 t
e tlisa
ipeared down the
street the'phv.
ic-an remajrked
"Now. ho 11 run to
i s room and
swallow that 6 tuft! as I to
il him to do.
and it won t havo any more ofiect on
him than so njnch drpnkng wat ir.
Why" cxelaimo
thW
lavmkn. who
was an eve-w tness
tb tii
scene "isn't
ward ;flf lock-
that medieino
intended to
jaw? Thatis
wlvtt 1
r
asked for.
He'll hn
no
tore
lockj iw than
vou" declar
ei i utrn
UJ .U.J
drug man. in a
morrv voice.
..vr:
Vfhv. there1 is ab-
solutelv iioth
ng wllatevsr the matter
hat w und in his hand a
with him. 'j
mere scratch!
He Would never have
noticed it if h
hadnjt go hold of some
blamed book 4r
imptr tt Ihng 1kw easy
lock-jaw fc ca
iseu. i lot saw itow thin
he was how
V
xcitcd ho talked.. Well
the young
nervous. Hi1
man is c institutionally
got that scratch . on Ins
.hand and In
lervoas fears at opce con-
jured up the
; errors of oekjaw so he
posted oft" hem to m-.
"I had to
do somet ting for him
'. didn't sjiiio ono else
the whole truth of tho
his caie simply illnstrates
though; if
would. But
matter is that
the truth of t
learning is a
to old joying that 'a little
dangerous thing. If ho
hadn't read t
mt sil ly stpn about lock-
jaw and alio
wctl his fears to get the
bust of hiuil
he'd be several dollars
ahead nist notv and in
x much lietter
r - S..II .-
irniue ui inuiii iwu.
"Do vou ht
tve ma nv such cases where
pefiple come
o you for the relief from
a itanger that
does i ot threaten them?"
Lot. The hydrophobia craze - oi
crank is the bi'tler w
ls represented
here everv few
daVs.
n and women.
some of them
with
cratch on a
caused bv a
linger which
dog's tooth.
ev
want nieii.cine to ueutral-
ize the ioisoi
Chev tlhiuk is in their svs-
terns. Half
not made by
the t ni'j these scratches are
dog rit all but the peo-
y an. because rnxsaibly
e car 'ss.il a little dog
it!g t! today. The other
Hi bv feari but thev are
tde th uk th
they may ha
sonic time du
half are dehn
real! concerned in having a phv-ician
attend them.
und. k(
cpursc that
is
what 1 am he
"Anv othei
y -
k f J
e.i-.-?M I
"Yes th
riinkant who thinks he is
going to havi
de!ir um tremens. The
nervous -tat
I following a debauch is
prolific of sni
r.e ex.- ting fances. not the
j ast of whiel
he is going tt
- that tmt victim believes
have the iiiu-jnm-. TIh-c
case. howe
Chicajo Sw.
vr reiuire meucne.
YORK
r IjIIIp-j
STYLES.
SofrsretionH fr ilfii- wim WohIU i)roi.
XV oil
iiHi I-Hi.hlnnlitv.
Newmarke
s snow fw changes ex-
cent the aluu
str miiver-al addition of a
cape
iin
A lew hoods are
seen but the
is preferred.
coaohi! lan's cape
eariv
Vtarlv all
me
garments
are lined
j throughout
'th satin
or twilled silk.
and the gone al finish i
s similar to that J
on mn s
li eht overcoats.
But few
doublo-breaU d long garments are seen
in he more exjiensive styles.
Jerseys arj
in higlt favor and are
brought out
in very desirable stvles.
Some new patterns are coverotl with irri-
desccnt bentis aiid bri'ding. Ail fine
jerseys are lonjcut like dress waists
are uhnlebofied in all the seams and
have an ins: e biflt. A porfectly fitted
pla'n corset ovejr of Hnon or coutille is
worn by many Indies tinder the jersey
and adds mu :h tp the J style of the gar-
ment j
The Sonva off jacket is a new model
much in voftie. It fastens with one.
button only at the neok! and is rounded
oft over the hips remWning open all
the waydowr over a ojastron or chemi-
sette. At th back 3 1 forms a small
basque arranged in hollow plaits; it is
edged 'all round with fancy galloon or
embroidery. Tho same trimming is
put on over t ie sleeve from the ihoulder
to the wrist and rounc the lower edge;
it is a plain ciat-slecvc.
Boltis off ivory leather which havo
ra'sed figures in the color of old ivory on
a gray grouad are chosen for use with
erav costumes and a similar style with
the pattern on a brown ground is worn
with brown dresses. White undressed
kid befits delicate and lovely to look at
' are in high
favor for use with house
ord 4-
M-
:t tiny
sav w:ss
'oi waits sarfMaadsfmHsr jgcos&
Tabner qaaUlties kts ifed with sat'
sa4aaMi of tie afc sro fatens
with two bttdkles aad aasrow sor&p&i
Hew woolens are St pretty arabesqua i
pattaras in camaisu soadea over & darker
ground. The skirts are arrange! ina-
ries of small plaits alternating witfs.
large single ones otcept at the back
width which is sHgntly draped into &
puSL On the left side of this puff the
plaits are caught up with long loops
and ends of ribbon; this shows the un
derskirt which is of plain silk or cash- "
mere with several rows of velvet or-
braid round the bottom and a narrow
fluting showing just beyond the edge.
The fronts are plaited and crossed over
coming down into a point a little below
the waist line; the back is notched ut"
and forms a small basque. Coat sleeves
with plaited cuffs.
Feather trimming such as is used for
wraps is used in facings and bindings-
for bonnets and hat?. Dressy bonneta
of open-meshed wire netting strung
with beads will be worn ontU very" late
in the season and with lace dresses and
iHce-trimmed toilets throughout ithe
winter: lined of course w"h suitable
material as the season advances.
Feather and bead coronets are popular
and tiny feather pompoui of graduated
sizes are set around the brims of lion-
nots. Bead trimmings of all sorts tieaU:
birds aigrettes leaves wheat ejirs.
1 balls of wire-strung it and cjery
imaginable d'spos't'on oi beads will bo-
used in winter millinery. Bristling
loops of jot beads strung on wire are
thickly set over the ent're front? of
some dressy bonnets.
Hats are of two very dlat'nct shapes
the large chapoau of velvet wth turned-
up brim trimmed in all color with
long ostrich feathers twifcd together
and falling down at the back conies
first; then there is tho pretty plainly-
trimmed felt hac with plain fiat edge.
Such hats are ofton turned up s iddnly
just in the midd'o in fronr. and others
arc put toward the back of the head or
a little on one s'de. Felt shapes like
toques arc set firm and low over the
forehead. Three forms dispute ' the-
palm and these are: The Spanish com-
posed of a stra:ght brim and square
crown and the helmet this resembling
what the French fc?rm le cas-jim1 dc .
voyage" at the back and looking like
a- hrgh coiffure in front. X 1. Wrld.
GERMAN EMIGRATION.
The Xiiat Teutonic KxcmIIm to the United
-tutr of Amenen.
The vast emigration from Honpany
in modern years anl its eau-es an how
commouplaces of contemporary histjory.
No pause is noetic! hero for dwelling
upon the innate force and healthy
stamina ef the breed its dome-tic family
habits its calm self-reliance and it$ ad-
venturous spirit.
Kcfp not standing Oxel and mote!
Itristely venture brink I roam :
Heail Knit linntl where'er th u foot it.
Ani stout heart jtre st.il Ht noiuv.
The results are a high rate of in rcase in
the population ami a readme to seek
afar relief from tiiu lieavy pre-sute of
military service under which (lermany
and her leading antagonist are. now both
groaning. The artat'tL-s of (ieilman
emigrat.ou are not quite sntisfnetory
but butween 1;0 and lr5il a yearly
average of 172750 left th? mother
countries of tho empire by Antwerp
Bremen Hamburg. Havre ami Stettin.
Tho vast majority of these went t6 the
United States ami the greater portion
of the remainder to South Amer-
ica. It is significant that I etweun 11881
and ls.s.t Iii !." eniigranto retiouinccd
their (Jerman nationality. It is jthns
not surprising to find thj tab!e exhibit-
iug2.ftl.t00 (termans osit-hle thoir
fatherland of whom 2o- .": are in
the States and IIo.ikM) in ith Amer-
ica. In Belgium live -om- -liOOO;
among the Scandinavian.-. :s'0J: in
Switzerland !..: in Holland. 42000
and in France wh-re MilKy ho-tility to
"the Prussians' is bt ill di-gn -ej not
fewer than Si.itOO. Wh le the i.eijman
Empire can reckon over i.'t. ) of
her children in toreign elinn-s or) 5.7
er cent on f.-e aggregateJ p e..l:ttion
of 4.V"w).M( she at-vriht a .-:i!i-tenee
to zfV'i.iW natives nfothvr count i in-
cluding 11 Austr.-Hungar;an.
:";".'kio Scandinavians. yi-ii-Sv t. ami
onlv 17.' French who thus take but
a pMir revenge of the :ih ) t'.enuans
wh have j eacefuliy continued 'Aw in-va-'on
of French territory. Tlic bal-
aiie in ('eniiany'-favo? is tlr.-f very
large- lMi.) j- amlfs only exceeded
by our own. MmU-mtA t'rttnr-ii
MEX1C
AN
ENERYt
A Kes!on Wlirrn One Cia F1bI 1'i-riictosl
-Kinnirr und tttitl Smmt.
Ceneral Jackson ox31inister to Mex-
ico says: "The! scenery of Mei co ex-
ceeds any thing in tw worhl tl.at has
ever come under my opbervat'oh. either
on this continent or x Eur ;ie. The
City of Mexico is 74f)6 feet above tlie
level of the sea. It is in what Is called
the. cold country. Next to iti toward
the Gulf is the temperate country and
front there one jasses 'Mto the hjot coun-
try. The country about JalApa was
pronounced by Humboldt the garden
spot of the world. It is distinguished
from all other graP4 'm1 beautiful
scenery in t 'ie world by tne fact that at
the foot of Moitnt Orbiava there reigns
perpetual summer whic the mountain
tself rises into; tho rnion of' ct-rnal
snow. I havo scon tre mountains of
Switzerland but I nev(er saw otic that I
thought comparable in grandk-ur and
beauty to Oriyava. lhave watched upon
an orange tree the development of the
fruit from tha hud. t-rough th. blos-
som to the ripe orange there in. tlic
very s'ght of the snow-covered moun-
tains. I have drunk ice-water1 liowing
from Orizava and at the same iime had
in reach splendid ripa pineapples." X
Y. Pot.
"Bub did you ever Stop toi think?"
said a grocer recently as he i leasured
out half a peckj of potatoes "tint these
potatoes contain J-ugar wator and
starch?" "N I didn't" repjlicd the
boy "but I heard mother say you put
peas and beans in yonr coffee a rid about
a pint of water in every quar! of milk
you sold." The scbuct of naturaL
philosophy was dropped. "-A. YlHcrmlga.
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