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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-01-27, Page 6IVA Z4NTIART 17. 1480- .1)14,$T R1,1,144. Si ...rotated tim troabled Oust* tbo'kvAMPg L,Pgke Wew) evith sorrow smacked the We, 414 thtignil Med tneitlea me through and Wrangle V.Wbeart, me heart, MY neart Wee Nod. V leeve, to lose toy soldiey I timers o'er ue ittatling spread, Filled my breast with flutteriug pais'' es ine* team, armlet pia the eteadytreads "%se eleset-ehall taey return &pint" MY net" MY /learn AW heart was sad, les tee" to lope seldier lad. filltteriag o'er each ehuddering plume. (llama a ghastly spire of steel; lewooeed my soul and shunned in gloom The woe -tie worst that love can feel - To part, to part -0 death to blies! To leave, to lose the clinging kiss. Tears uot mine, were on my face; lent, I lost, esel unclasped in night, Ily lover and love's last embrace. ely heart -can e'er my beart be glad? '110 fought, he fell, my soldier lacll -Peter Gardnee JOSH BILLINGS' BEGINNING. tilis Interview with Artemus Ward. -.A Handsome Income In Due Time. A more thrifty -person was Josh Billing& Ile was an auationeer in the country parts -of New York state, who had tried all sorts of things and continued to be poor. He thought be said humorous things ancl wise ones too, but somehow nobody else could see them, Observing Artemui Ward to misspell all his humorous articles, Josh Billings undertook the same with one of his. Immediately it took wings and began to fly over the land. He recognized the fact that a man must have no spell 10 this country and net under ite kith's euce, but that he cun have a misspell ana grow well off. Now, Josh Billinge Was really a somewhat prof otti el person vitt. a good deal of Benjamin Franklin's happy faculty of saying a wise thing in a quaitit way. But they would not pass unless they were ride:spelled. There was no sense whnteveit in his misspelling of them. They were not misspelled in either the negro, the Irish or Yankee dialect; it was nettling but mititraree misspaeing without auy method, • %Viten he obtained so,'-.' cuttreney he eame down to New York city to see the other humorists and see if 1 hey would not take him into their guild. Artenius Weed t'eceived bini Have his lecture with profuse compli- ments and made an ti ppoi 01 ment with hint ett a bookseller's. Josh waited there two or three houra il he felt that lie might be linked oat awl mann away mid saw Artemus %Valet ie. neon. it eels the sante %vial all the rest of them; they 'vein poor scratehers for a livelihood, getting gries out of men instead of guineite. I.'() Josh Billitigs reeoleed to capitalize his liutimm in the best way he meld. Ile sold lihnsele to astute- limper at so mueli a week, prepared tin alumnae once 41 year 1.1 Int lectured whenever be could get a chance. In ihat way he rolled up an imenne of peiltaps 85.0(10 a year, 4111,1 saved it anti handed it to et. te bis wife and family. .1 saw hint Lowe:ale the luet of his days ap- pearing in 1 he New York •hetels, I-, rather louely man whom bard won; hen somewhat deprived of his powerto he que int and origi- nal. He said toe, o that he wished he had kept the funny papers written ill his you! it and got nonlife; for (hem. Said he: "Eve vy one of them is worth $10t) now, but I eau% make them as I could then,'", This num, under ti lietteroreteliz soviely; woUld have been eakett out of t tie mere l'i1T11.8 buSi 1 iesa of life and put to use tied. liaVe gi von move pleasure; niel his colleeted tvorks wOuld bit ye some unity about ,..ege Alfred Towle:end. • • SLeoTaio BTR.EBT MOTORS, kt./Waref„',Iraval Thatittrashly; Ile Wee In wine Gettaerynenbree .Syeteineaa There is good /WWI ttl) Winn time the t :tx• trio tootos id anakiug mode more age! ern grecs in the United States on street rullwase thaa the (-able system. In Richmond, Va., a well known company is equipping twelve mites of road on whica forty cars are to Le run. The same company is equippieg roan., tilers at St. Louis, Boston, Woonsocket, Bald - Mann St- Jesiepli and various other polies. At Pittsburg threetreade are under coneteitc- tioo. Bingbamton le to bave a road four teal a half utiles Icing, operatlisg eight motor caes. At San Diego a road is being temetructed nine miles long, over which ,tour forty law he power motor cate are to furuish the tractien. But these are only a few of the more prone. - bent enterprises. Not less thau ilfty-fho or sixty roads are either under constructiou or projected in the Uoited Statee aud the omen nfrienrir aitintialfrellaining. "What will prove one of the heaviest industries in the country is apparently springing up as a one sequence of the introduction ofeelecti-icitv tts a railway motor. • There are three different systems of teens - mission in use -the first on overhead ((1 es and the second over wires placed in comet lie while the third is operated by means of Ite- cumulatore or storage batteries. As usual in this country in the introduction of tiew in- • ventiorts, the system which is least expel v o and complicated will be first in securing us - session of the field. This is known as the overhead system. A hard drawn comae wire of small size but great tensile strength is nes- pended,about eighteen feet above the teat -Ls, where it is supported either by braciated posts set 1» the curb or by special supportnen, lateral wires which cross the street from sele to side. Iu distributhig the current the rniis are generally grounded, and form.0110 sit ie tt the circuit, but in case the connections he- tween the rails is not, good they are re -en- forced by a continuous conductor. A trolley, which is connected with the motor by a sus- pended conductor, runs along the overhead wire, and makes the desired connection uith the engine. In some systems the motor is placed under the car in such manner that no space is lost and no detached motor need( d; but in other devices the motor is detected and resembles a steam locomotive in iet methods of operation. The conduit system, the system tablet) it is proposed to apply on the Fulton street road in New York city, is hardly to be called more complicated than the overhead system, lett the first cost will ans- necessarily somewhat greater. It seems also that greater difficulty will be thipenienend in meeting the obsteuc- dons caused by wintry weather. „ But this is an obstacle to be met and overcome by the resources of invention. For large eitits and In crowded streets it mutt be found more available than the overhead system, with int apparently greater liability to accident,' It is hoped by electricians that the system of storage batteries, or accumulators; eats eel on the ears and securely packed away uteler the seats, may eventually bo utilized to an extent that will render any outside mechan- ism unnecessary. This seems to bathe We'll system, but it does not yet appear to be suffi- ciently perfected to enable electricians to dis- pense with the use of conductors nlong the tracks. -.w York Sun. • 2114t11 with Funny. "Queer customers! %Veil, I notate. sty so," said a Broadway shoemaker, lio nunil Wes an twee his patrons many nien of local and 1101 1(1 renown. "Yes, we have odd men to deal with." '‘Aud itutily funny feet to tit," suggested Lilo l'epOrrer. • "Quite right. One ;,entleinau in the whole- sale liquor butliness down town is the hardest customer to please we ever had. His feet. in additiou to being large.. and fiat, have low in- steps aud are gen•nisliell with big bunions of the most painful kind. Consequently hie sliOes inc Mat le to give plen Ity of room to‘the exetteseenees, and when completed are •une un 1 i e uiembossed map, with hi I Is and dales disti Indy cuff Med." "What does such avair of shoes cost?' "Eighteen rlollat•s. They are nettle of the finest) hid, soft and pliable, and two pairs will. last a year. if carefully dressed three times a week. Samuel J. Tilden was a good patron of ours. Several years ago, when it was ru- mored that he -intended to be married, be ordered an 'elegant pair of pumps. The *leather was specially prepared in France and imported for the work. The hand sewing was most exquisite, and the pumps were really a work of art; but although Mr. Tilden didn't admire them .he paid the b1l1-a25- without a murmur." "Did be take the shoes?" "No; so we placed them in our show will - dove, where they were much admired. One day a young swell came along, took a fancy to them, paid $15 and carried off the prize. They were the daintiest little pair of 'sixes' we ever turned out." '"What are some of the annoyances you ___bayseeto contend witb?" "They are so numerous you would hardly care to print them, but I will enumerate a few. Among the worst men we have to fit and suit is a Washington market butcher, whose left foot is larger, longer and slimmer than the right. Sometimes we have to make three pairs of boots for him before he is suited. Then we have a Sixth avemie con- fectioner who has no toes on either foot. I don't know how he lost them -born that way, I fan y. -but the fact remains that he has no toes. He is a pretty tough man to please. Another man in the employ of the city gov- ewnmeut has the most monstrous great toes I ever saw. It seems to me they must be nearly two and a half inches long. They aro out of n.11 proportion to the other toes, and necessarily his shoes are very hard to make," -Nev nneteic Son. • vs Yetis of the Baseball Crowd. It is curious to note the difference in the way baseball crowds in the league cities ex- press their delight or displeasure. In Chicago a cracking good playls greeted with a cho- rus of prolonged whoops, clear cut, pe note°. ting, like tho note of a highpitched but not shrill steam engine. It is not unmusical. A poor play, like an expensive error, is met by an explosive 10," as if of pain; and a palp- tibia unjust decision of the umpire by a com- bination of hisses, cries of "01 01" prolonged, while a volley of "What?" is fired at the um- pire from all parts of the ground. In Phila. nelphia the good plays of the home team are recognized by a deafening chorus of "Hey, hey1" with here and there a shrill yell; poor andeunsatisfadOr.Y..decisions by hoots, 440o,00," and groans. In Ire-virnilinTere and satisfaction are expressed by yelling "He!" in a clear head tone and accompanying this with vigorous stamping and pounding with umbrellas unct canes. Displeasure is ainnifested by cries of "Murder!" and short, sharp yells of "01 01" while disgusted "laws" stream up from all over the audience. Here in Bost on the applause is a combination of college sane, in which the explosive "Rab, rali, rah" predominates, with an accotnpani- ' nayis 1' a "mg on stac • Witltr street car Driver'sness It makes a mighty sight of differerce wit li a fellow to know his horses. By ttlwtis I Ii -iv - Ing the same team the horses get so that they know what you are doing. Senn men omelet drive a team on the road at all unless lltey have a polo between the horses, and a pole is an awful nuisance in street car driv lig. es- pecially in CESee of threatened accidents le seven years tied I have been &tying, Ten ve fiad many narrow escapes by being- :One to turn the horses quickly to ono side or the other. You can't do that with a pole. I have never had anything to happen to me he,votel the smashing of a window. That le; ppeeed once in front of the Astor house, wiare a truckman was backing out with a lotill. The worst twouble we have is with the women 1110 go out into the middle of the street and- (taiga back and forth. If they would steed ,til oo would know just what to do with our ear nit(' our horses, but they make a dash aerOSI the street, then jump back, and then ilis!. for- ward, mei then nialce another dash back, so' that. in lin uncertainty of whet they ere go- ing to do it i4 a wonder that a e do tiot run' over a wenian every day. The general average of street cer drivers have their wits so much about them tint; if a person who happens to get in front of a car vtili only stand still there is not the slightest danger of his beieg run over. Most or t men in New York have come to melte :1• this, and you rarely hear of an rani:leet 111 which a man is run over by a street true How many peopled° we take up and down on the route? Well, that 'depends on the hour of our trill On this trip, on e hi li I started at 10 o'clock, we will protein!y have eighty fares going down to the Battery. Later in the day et:ming up we have ns Iligh as 120, and from that on up to 180, Of (nurse, the more passengers we take on the hane r it Is to make our -trip on time and the more work 1( 18 for the drivers. -New York 'trib- une Interview. THE. liEVORTER'S PAY, ABLE MEN WHO DO HARD WORK • FOR LOW WAGES. ' • 0 • *Few Cold Foote Which Young Journal - late nay Do Well to Consider -Conte parotive Solaria* of Editor,* in Chief and Their Subordinate& New York doubtless has more good news- paper men than any other city, as shown, in sny last letter, largely because the whole world is made tributary to its demands in this direction. 'Yet, as comparen with other pursuits I think the 'Tat takes" are few, the milers of publications getting the larger share of the pie, though most of the men con- trolling the best newspapers are usually of a class that in other professions, and with shun sliutinVestneehten Weultinlelake nom more money. Charles A. Dana is said to receive only $15,000 as salary, though his income from Sun stock makes the snug sum yearly of about $100,000. Reid, of The Tribune, is credited with $12,000 saiary; Hepworth, edi- tor of The Herald, $12,000. Mr. Miller, oi The Times, is supposed to receive 010,000, and that paper's managing editor, Mr. Reid, $8,000. Col, Cockrill, at The World, is sup- posed to make $20,000 from a small amount of stock and his salary of $15,000. There is every reason to doubt the accuracy of these figures, of course, for they are 'founded only on rumor, and abent such things rumor is not often infallible. • "OATH'S" $200 A WEEK. It is doubtful if there is a better salary paid in New York for newspaper work than that given George Alfred Townsend by The Cincinnati Enquirer, $203 per week, the cor- respondent having almost unlimited liceuse as to whet he shall write or where' from. This salary isnot on account of stock, it must be remertibered. An excellent authority among New York journalists says the highest salary here to non -stockholding writers on the eity papers is $7,000. This is not far from right, though some of the people so salaried make $2,000 or $3,000 more in other work. Yet even with $10,000 as yearly earnings; the same men in similarly responsible positions in business life would earn double or treble that amount. There are jockeys that eani double that salary, and lawyers by the score earn $100,000 annually here, and it must be borne in mind that a man who can cotumand $10,- 000 in journalism must 'save inordinate ability -talents which, had they been wisely directed in other chattnels, would have placed him on the highest plane. Now let us look on the reportorial side of journalism in New York. Take The Sun as an example, because it is the favorite paper to work on. Mr. Dana uppreciatts his "bright young men" and talks about them, and reporters etrive for "sits" on his paper accordingly, On proof of ability, if there is a vacancy on the reportorial staff of The Sun, the emen- date will be put to work on a salary of $15 a week, which, if developinenta are satisfac• tory, will be increased to $18, then to 120 n week. When developed into capable and trustworthy newsgatherers the salary is stopped and they are paid 18 per column for all their matter that is used. They are, of course, "assigned" or given definite matters to look after. If the assignment does not de- velop "copy" amounting to more than nit allowance, the reporter will receive fifty into: an hour for the time consumed, on ten hour) daily, thus being sure of 85 it day, Street car or other expenses he must pay, though il sent out of town his expenses are paid 3) the paper. • WAGES OF PENCIL DRIVERS. The average earnings of Thn Sun's repor- torial worker_ejs about 145 per week, and Seel is as well as any of them do. Tidal:eller keeps a city force of thirty to thirty-five men for its morning editiole and discards from three to ten columns of }natter 111 type every morniug. For matter discanied reporters are allowed time rates. The editors in this department are, of course, on salary, The day or city editor lays out the woe]; for hie reporters, and the night editor, as one of (lie boys puts it, "keeps a rake in ono hand and a carving knife iti the other." In the corvine, he has two assist:1'as. In addition to Dana peee and Dana Ills The Sun bas an editorial miter. Tee terinagiug editor also does some ot that work and has an assistant for other thitees. The editor has an assistant too. The sporting„ dramatic, musical and literary editme are -salaried. On the evening papers with the exception of that edition of The Sun, salaries are much less than on any of the inurning sheets. The column rate -averages about $6, and the col- umns are long enough and broad enough to strike terror to the soul of any apace writer. One of the boys tells net 1:30 hi the way of salary is much more common in the evening field, for editors, than WO. Reporters are satisfied with $25 as average earnings ou space on the evening sbeets. A good telegraph editor will get $25 to $30; a good but of course not particularly brilliant editorial writer, about $40. Some of the weekly papers here publish short stories of 2,000 to 2,500 words for which they pay $4 to $5 each, and there are people who make 120 to $25 a week writing these stories, some of them good. How is that for grind? ' There are neevipaper people here who make $3,000 to $5,000 a year by writing one or two letters a week, others who would jump at a job far $10 a vreek.-McDonald it: B.uffals Express. Couldn't Bead His Own Handwriting. During the war a quantity of persohal property belonging to a resident of Washing-. ton wasseized and confiscated by the Mated States. For years the original owner infile repeated attempts to secure an order for its restoration from the quartermaster who hail charge of in But he was obdurate, and in- sisted that it should be restored only through an act of congress. Still the attorney for the plaintiff persisted, and again he wrote to Quartermaster General Meigs for an order of restoration. This was about the seventh at- tempt, and the officer had grown it npatient. Ho wrote an exceedingly vigorous reply, in which he emphatically refused to do as re- quested. The handwriting was frightful. The attorney saw his chance. He hastened to his client, and thrusting the letter to him, said, "I have succeeded at last. Here is the order." 'nhe "order" was taken to the corral, where the officer in charge recognized the signature and at once turned over the prop- erty. When Gen, Meigs asked what had be- come of it he was told that it bad been re- stored on his order. He saw the order, and as he could not read it, he simply said: "I do not remember signing it." -Boston Tran- script. •t . , AniStory of Dr. llifelfllynit. When Father McGlynn was being 'Militated for the priesthood at R01110, according, to the story of a New Jersey priest, he attended exercises in a large hall. A panic was caused by the beams supporting the fluor giving way. Young McGlynn rushed to the inat- form, and in commanding terms orderal the crowd to return, as there -was no ameger. The people obeyed, vsben Popo Pius IX, who wee on the platform, asked his neighbor who the young man was who bad checked the dis- order se successfully. It was young Ed weed McGlynn, an American student, his holiness Was informed, and then he geld: "The 111811 who said that will stmely make his mark in thr tfiltrter."-Brooklytt-Eaglee-- 11 1. 1,1 forgites is victor in theel ispute.- Centre I Anitienn Proverb, Alarming Sign of the Thnes. One of the nilineitail dritifien VISCOTITTI go meta to those Interested in industrial training (he un willingness of young people, rind especially of young women, to engage Int ho' pursuits for which such prepnration flts them. Tw -belts ago t11+ cw Century Conk i i1adelphil'477.dvertised free train ie ) girls who would pledge tis .1 I" diplotnne, i .•. ' gat 11.1, Interesting to Ilicyeillsts. I A young went end athlete, who possesses ingenuity as well as muse, has -made a hit by inventing a simple contrivance by which an orguinette can be played by the move- ment of a bicycle wheel. He tells me he first got the idea from a inusical German friend and immediately commenced experimenting. Ile showed me the evidences of bis success. The box or instrument is made fast to the steering gear on the yoke or neck of the ma- chine, and the crank is connected by a rod to the pedals of the wheel. Without any extra exertion whatever he can now grind out music by the foot, zard or mile. As he, rode away on his shining wheel the notes of that gay but awfully threadbare tune, "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring," floated out behind him on the air. The ingeniour bicyclist says his invention will do entirely away with the ear splitting alarm wbistle that warns man mid beast of the approaching wheelmaR, as well as help beguile the cyclist's time when on a long journey. -Long Branch Cor. Philadelphia Times. Art of Instantaneous Photography. Instantaneous phOtograpby 13 an art that is very easy to learn. Even the cheapest of instruments will do to talce exceedingly good Instantaneous pictures. As the Waterbury watch is a marvel of cheapness in its particu- lar line, so there is a Waterbury camera thre costa only a few dollars, aud yet gives exeen lent pictures. I saw the other day sone photos talcejenyith a camera thut i. worn 1111. der the vel 0 jt looks like an old. fashiered -warming peen svithotit theeliatellentual11 lens takes the place of cme of the vest 1411, bus. Pull n string in the vest isenel nt.ti you take a pi(Alll'e. Fitr pichirt•s oro 111 011 'one plate. They are route; tali 1 n not. I, et: nicheinci a half in diameter 0 'JO 110;111:,y tt' this device. is tint Yenrcriii-gdu 'Ong (he el: re witb your bends in your pockets pliott.)gre, • Ing while the plate holds out. I ha er tried One nf i11e80 et -invented atmerne I a should imegine there won1,1 be a den • ' • getting nny 11111'1 iPtilr11' pen•ini 61, 1 P01'11:11,, 1,171l o,1,1 1' it 1 bit the' mark t•Vl'I'y 1,00, LI 1 1-• f't cameras, whielt nee 1 1'0(.010 i .1,' you etiti t.• re Ile, pie; er. yt 11 el, title ft.:Pg, 1..'1.:,,C'1.. 0111 11,1 11.1 1,'; 1 I, •1 r• ,i• REAR ABMIRAL GREE. ..St.t4P11 A 1 tk .1arrOte.4.1 ver 104 Appointdo et COnrimetiig,u tlie Puroyeau anima roe, Pear Adroit* jeallee Au.guetiii (neva United State e navy, who has suet been atelen nated by President Cloyelattel to commune the squadron in European waters, wad born In Cluclunati Feb. 28, 1660. While he ie still only a commodore on the lineal list of the navy, the president, in designating le ea for this most itnportaut command, appointed hint to the acting rank of rear admiral ed iuterine wider the statute white' authoriees such action when au ofdeer so distingnished himself for gallantry in battle dun:re the civil war as to gain advancement m raik therefor, and other official l'ee0'',1 it. !II. le, this case the board of admiralsiti 1866 re- ported so well of his heroic gallantry at the passage of the Vicksburg batteries hi 1 23 and the battle at Grand Gulf April 29, Ited. thea he weeeprieraoted from lieutenant time mender to the grade of commander, and 'low ranks on the navy list with officers who entered the service in 1841-seveu years be- fore him. He was a resident of Dayton, 0., when no - pointed midshipman; Jan. 10, 1848, aud went to Philadelphia for the preliminary training before going to sea. His first cruise wee in the sloop of war St. Mary's, in the Pacific. and until the outbreak of the rebellion he served respectively in the frigate tumble, the lame Iedepeudence, 011 the Paraguay ex- pedition mid Ole coast of Africa. Meantime bonpeta a year at the Naval academy, where he graduated as passed ui ids h p man in June, 1854, number two in a large class, and in 1855 had. been 'promoted to master and lieu- tenant. When hostilities began between the states he returned home and was ordered to the San Jacinto, under Capt. (afterward Rear Admiral) Wilkes, and was prominent iti the celebrated affair when the Confederate am- bassadors, Mason and Slidell, and their seel'e- tary, Mr. Eustis, were taken by force front the British mail steamer Trent as prisoners. In this affair Lieut, Greer commanded the detachment of "blue jackets" and marines which was sent in the San Jacinto's second cutter to enforce the demand for surrender of the Confederate diplomats, made by Lieut. now Roar Admiral) Donald McNair Fairfax. In July, 1862, when the grades of flag offi- cers were first established by law, other grades below were created, and Mr. Greer wne promoted to lieuteurtin commander. After various special service afloat iu 1862 he was sent to the alissis,sippi fleet early in 180:3, when Rear Admiral David D. Porter gave him command of the ironclad Benton, one of the largest of the force. In this famous ves- sel the admiral took passage when the vessels ran the gauntlet of fire past Vicksburg, and wet. also on board during the terrific lighting at Centel Gulf. Admiral Porter, in las recently publishel book, ellicidents 01 the Civil War," gives much space to the aehievements of the Ben- ton mei her gallant commander, and tells in ;ie:1,;1 how nt Oland Gulf, when a Con fecler- e o shell stifick the pilot house and demol- ished the steering gear there, Greer at once l':111 the bow of his vessel squarely into the hank jiiet below the enemyn heaviest water bat tete., kept fighting, his guns coolly until the t totecte WaS repaired and then hauled,out into the st ream to continue bis dashing fight- ing until Grand Gulf had fallen. Adiniral Pote r has in his book a fine portrait of Greer •froilt the0 ime photograph, by Bell, of Wash- ite.e oil, Crew which the accompenying cut is yi.rions serv utloat and ashort), Cenet ;melee Greer OS he 1VaS then) was se - km et I iti 1873 to et ertmant 1 the Tigress on her fatettus'expedititin to the Arctic in seal:eh of the survivors of the ill fated exploring vessel roi,,ris, tie sailed from New Yoek in July, lta a -the Juniata going along as far as Lenstateik. Greenlaild, as asteuder to carry se. et Swat -mid reached the camp of the sur- vivors, in intend() 78 degs. 34 ruins. north, in less than 0 month from the time of sailiug. The poild, reached was just beyond Lyttleton Its'ettiti 111,d Cape Sabine, and the commander breueltreis. ship safely home without the loss of v., single 111011. Ell:/oe 1873 he has been vari- ously renployed, told wee promoted to captain In lain, ad to commodore in 1880, His latest tervice hes been as president of the examining board for promotion at the navy department. II° has ju t sailed, to assume command of the European squadron at Leghorn, Italy, re- lieving Beer Admiral Samuel 11. Franklin, rho will then be placed 011 the retired list REAR ADMIRAL GREER. A Revolutionary War arldown ' There are but two - revolutionary widows left One of them is Mrs. Mary Casey; ef Washington C. H., 0., whose portrait ae- companies this sketch. Her hus- band was john Casey, a revolu- aionary soldier. He was living, in the mountains of Vir- ginia when the war of the revolution broke out, god was. among the first to offer his services. When the war was over In settled in Kanawha county, Va. When about RRS. MARY CASEY. 78 years of age, he went on a trip to Jackson county, 0., and there met the lady who is now his widow. She Was but IA -They wera married nooh after be- coming acquainted. One of Mrs. Casey's sons is in the regular army. Mrs. Casey has just been granted a pension from the government. Abigail Tilton, of New Hampshire, is the other revolutiooary war widow. She receivee a pension front both the state and national government amounting to $300 a year, Stunner's Hatred of Scandal. It was a maxitn with him to say nothing but good of the absent and dead. Not tbat he ,would fail to criticise Men as well as megnures, but he was an absolute enemy to scandal and gossip; and he would often go to the verge of indorsement in defending the ab- sent. "But, senator," a friend once said, when thus put on the defensive, "I've heard you say as much to his face." "To his face, yes!" was the reply.* Sometimes, when others in his presence would fall into a gossiping vein, he opposed the protest of absolute silence to the tone the -talk heti taken. It was curious to note the wet blanket effect his attitude would have on the conversation. He would not change the subject; he simply stayed at the speaker and left him to say the next word. He was absolutely of a clean, pure mind. Emerson said, "He was tbe whitest soul I ever knew." So far as I ant aware, no one ventured to tell a rinse° story in his presence. It is said of him that at a dinner table he quenched a raconteur who began something by saying, "I will venture to tell von a peel story, as there are Ito Indies present," by say- ing But, sir, there are gentlemen preset it."- A.rnold Burges Johnson in The Cosmopolitan. Pretty Straight. An officer patrolling Third street Saturday met -a boy -14 yelare of- age who hal a dog ram& tied osier his face and was lea ling n small canine with a string. "What's tens?" asked the blue cont 118 the trio halted. • "Commoti sense!" relortt,11 the boy. "Pvt. bit more'n six boys, while the dog main bit anybody. If the common council knew ale) thing it 'tel 'Tureen the boys anti let the do - go," -Detroit Froe Press. _ . . Yol0 conniy, California, has 3q,00) tier, • „es, 8,0141 ur 1 1,111 ere • pe. 1.ITTIA THINGS. • We cell litaa iiirong,who, etude unmoved -- Calm aa some tempest beaten rook -- Wheat seine great troable hurls dasbnek; Weaay vf bine; streagth is proved; Bat whets the sopa storm folds its wiaaa, ° 1 -low bears he then life's little thiPeel About his brow we twine our wreath Who seeks the battle's thickest smoke, Braves flashilta goo hod saber stroke, And moils at daeger, lagglis at death; We praise him till the whele henduengs; But late brave in little tbingel We call him great who does some deed That echo bears from here to shore - Does that, and the does nothing more: Yet would his work earn richer rneed, When brougbt before the King of Kings, Wete he but great in little things? . • ; -Treaatire Trove. THE MARKET FOR FREAKS. .4.-Coll.eotIon -of; Living, Curios the Iletropolls...Is It Profitable? The Bowery is a great leveler. The Chinese giant is of no more importance than the woraau who has not spoken a word since the day she was weaned. To be sure, thelatter is a good deal of a rarity, but until the bediamoned and oleaginous dime Museum dealer appears and the freak signs his or her contract for the next season, all are on an equality. The managers flock here in droves during July. They come from Oshkosh, New Jer- sey, Buffalo, Boston and other places where culture sits on a pedestal. They are on the alert for novelties. They want tit get them cheap. The important freaks are6 engaged first. A few staple freaks are engaged for the season, and lazy boys, fat women, giants, Brooklyn bridge jumpers, the men without a tongue and other stars are signed to appear at intervals., • How are thee/ Is it profitable to be a freak? Fat men and women are paid according to -their weigbt. The average pay is about 130 per week. Very heavy men or women get as high as $50. Beginners receive from $20 to $25, and are advanced aa they become heav- ier. Circassian girls are not profitable. It doesn't really pay to be a Circassian girl now. The inarket is fiat at 120 to $2.5 per week. Tattooed men come a little higher. They (10,11 be obtaitied for $15 per week, but the genuine article readily brings $40 per week. "It don't pay to do tattoo now," said one of these gentry. "A man's got to be way up in the act or he'll be crowded out. I think I'll try the India rubber ant or the pie eatin' racket. 1 can get $100 a week for entitle twenty pies a day. It's great, pard." India rubber men come high. 'They are not numerous. They are always good dente - Ing cards. It isn't every elle who can be n rubber man, It is hard work, and is a great strain on the beginner. Still, it is profitable. Experts receive $100 per week. Hairy boys frtan Eutmnh are also in demand. Thee EH- ceive $100 per week. Men who cent eat glass are not rare ineadays, 0:1 16 really doesn't pay to go into the bust:tern. First class glass eaters get only $20 psi. ea le It's a great strain on a man to ent el.,ss. Sword swallowing, is more profitable. A wotieut who min eat sword after sword 11111 t! she is, gorged gets $40 per week ana is i great teed rust to Chicago girls with big feet, Yenrs lige stili wonieu were rare. hat this Lull market in the staple has beeu tee,: out and they can be /sad now for 812 weeltly. The supply of bridge jumpers exceeds 1.110 Ile- a -mil and can be had at 11 a day, Fit.e eaters, nre paid 820 weekly. Snake clutrint,:t get as high as 860. The man with the Moe jaw is very 1111111e1'011 s, He is quoted at ell' to 115 weekly. It may eee111 strange that eitlue IIIU. tan:: mai tot). the salaries quoted above, but n her - it ie considered tha t they are open farn meruing until eight the wonder is uot g,00.,:t.• Most museums have a sitlo Coon. :.1 kit-le:Pee Mlle, form of a 'west idigitateur t Ptine:1 rind Jude, 'Pile salaries paid magi 1.: avv 'wet:I...ling to their itsputatien net! tad; ity. 'Five dollars 1,7 clay to give a tit e 1; 01 i.;ore performances is cen,iilereil i ;7" pri,e, 1,1 tiusettnt exhibitions. Three tit Lir per day for a Punch mid Judy show :ere lei n is nbcrit 11:e avertige salary --l'oe,er Co.ttes -el Glebe Democrat .• soreeatm ISPI a Sugar Prodlieer: l';•(,feSSor Wiley sliSCII:Se,1 the sorg;oito plant as a sugar producer. He genet/kHz (1 Demi data colleeted froni all parts of tie - world during thirty 3-wirs and concluded flint 1110 enne was 1101 rich 01)0%0 .iieSlyear, to 4u:trainee profitable prodnation-for tiTo fail-. errs were not owing to bad ninchinery or ittel menipulation. He also sltovved that the everage ..1,1 per acre was mot more thou eight tons and twenty pounds of sugar to llie 1,011. Of course, individual samples or. Lots ratedmuch higher, but the difficulty was the remarkable instability of the production.. The juice might be rich in sugae in the morn- ing and poor at night, so that while it might be at a given moment of great value, it was practically worthless because no one knew when that moment had arrived, and no one could secure the crop on the Instants even if the time were determined. The reason is this: The beet stores up the sugar for future use, that is, to assist the growth of the plant in the next year. The southern Cane does the tame thing, storing up sugar in the joints which are planted for the new crop. Sor- ghum is raised annually from seed, so that there is no need for storing sugar for future use. It Is an accidental product, and there- fore nature takes no trouble to secure it. It Is this physiological difference between the tropical cane and the sorghum cane which makes the latter an untrustworthy and use - ass plant for sugar. Until a variety of cane which is reasonably constant in its percent- age of sugar is obtained, sorghum 'is of little value for this purpose. -New York Tribune. RUSE OF AN ARTIST. Natural Buses and Lilies Restored to a • ptwdored and Painted Faee. -There returned from Europe in the unlucky Umbria a fashionable woman, in whose fate it would probably have been impossible five - years ago to detect the pallor or flush of fear. She is a charmed woman' now, and in the place of powder and paint natural roses and lilies have full sway. The story of, her con- version to cleanly ways is unknown save to a very few. She is a southern woman by birth and came to New York five years ago in order that G. P. ft. Healy, the artist, migle paint her portrait. The time of the fleet sit ting was appointed, but the young wornat - came to the studio so bedizened with cos- metics that every characteristic line was obliterated. Mr. Healy was, of course, in a dilemma. Ile could not order the girl -as Mrs. — was then -to go and wash bier face. He would lose his commission, and he is, be- sides, too polite: a gentleman. He could not paint her as she was painted; it would not be satisfactory toethe family. He thought the matter over while lining in his sketch; then rose from his chair, sat himself down beside his subject, and kindly asked her if she nit feeling as well as usual. Surprised, of cou she replied that she was. "But, Miss Jones, you walked front your hotel, did you not?" "Yes." "And you mine hurriedly up stairs wit stopping to rest?" "Why, yes, Of course." "Ah, yes, Miss Jones, but you see, theuee you may not be feverish, there is So 1,11;,:i celor in yout, fece,thet I fear,it would mislem, me. Now, to -morrow, if you T: so good, bathe your cheeks in co,,1 wet cr last thitg, come 111 ti elose earriage tied • t • and rest yourself upon the sofa you wi , • on etteli landing. In that way I 11111 )tit shall have no more trouble.'' Ms 31)00011 lied the tlesired effect, flitsh on her frier heti she came the iv a wes perfeetly tinturn1 mai dal not -o!roi; 1 mektit, eye, It nee; e n ero k. ;I, 'irtl !.1.‘ 1 1;.,1 .N. ; ; ‘. V‘ k tett 1. 1 Accordlot to statIstiee published there are 1480 000 'Roman Catholics le the RrtA tgp.vIpe,o, ,4iieeted by Doe cardiosi, two alrobbirbops, one apootolio plata awl 1044 Fr1et011i44/4 religitutes. Be on Your Guard. Don't allow a cold in the b.ead, to slowl and surely run into Catarrh, when you be cured for no. by maim Dr CLitee'l taut Cure. A few applications cure ia- sipient catarrh ; 1 to 2 boxee cure ordivary eaterrh ; 2 to 6 boxes are guaranteed to sure ehrouie catarrh. Try it. Only 25o. da t1110 tura. :eta by all druggists. Mrs We -.ley Ray, a Kentucky ma- tron presented her husband with four babies on Christmas day. Mr Ray says that he has always contended that, in the matter of prei.ents, the tastes end wishes of the recipient should- be ascot tined in advance, and the gift selected in accordance there- with. Now he would have preferred one baby and a pen -wiper. The First Symptoms Of all Lung diseases are much the same: feverishness, loss of appetite, sore throat, pains in the chest and back, headache, eta. In a few days you may be well, or, on the other hand, you may be down with Pneumonia or "galloping Consumption." Run no risks, but begin immediately to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral; Several years ago, James Birchard, of Darien, Conn., was severely ill. The doctors said he was in Consumption, and that they could do nothing for him, but advised him, as a last resort, to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. After taking this medicine, two or -three months, he was pronounced a well Man. His health remains good to the present day. J. S. Bradley, Malden, Mass., writes: " Three winters ago I took a severe cold, which rapidly developed into Bronchitis and Consumption. I was so weak that I could not sit up, was much emaciated, and coughed incessantly. • I consulted several doctors, but they were power- less, and all agreed that I was' in Con- sumption. At last, a friend brought me a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. From the first dose, I found relief. Two bottles cured me, and my health has since been perfect." Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PREPARED RP Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Bola by all Druggists. Price $1 ; nix bottles,$6 PARMS FOR SALE. rSIABM FOR SALE. -THE NORTH HALF 1 of lots 51 and most con., Tuenberry, con- taining 100 acres; over 70 cleared, good frame house, barn and stable; situated four miles from Wroxeter, and throe miles from Blue - vale, Will be sold cheap and on reasonable terms. Appply 10 51. MeTAGGART, Clinton TT OUSE A ND LOT FOR SALE—THAT YALU Ana alai conveniently situated property owned by Mr Jvhn Callender. being lot 188, on the north side of Huron St. The house has suit- able accommodation for large family, with all conveniences, such as hard and soft water, etc. Good stable on the lot. Further particulars on application to MANNING tic SCOTT, Clinton. WARM NEAR CLINTON FOR SALE—THAT 1 choice farm of 70 a a'es, part of lot six, in the Huron Road Con., Goderich Township. Within two miles of <Milton station. Frame house of seven room.. Good frame barn 60 x 45. Two good wells. Farm in first-elase condition; Also a large and choke young bearing orchard. Twins TEAT MAST. ThiS is a chance seldom offered. Apply to H. HALE, Clinton, or to the under- signed on the premises. W.FENTON, Clinton P.0 'WARM FOR SA LE.—SUBSCRIBER OF Ja rens for sale hie farm of 163 acres, being lot 47. Maitland con.. Goderich township. About 125 acres eleareil, and in geed state of cultivation, balance good leardwood bush, well flowed, good orchard, plenty of water. Flame house and bank barn.Stable, do. Situate about (ix tidies from town of Clinton, and convenient to church and school. Will be sold on reasonable terms. lull particulars on application. -D. BAS- KERVILLE, on the premises or clinton 1'.0 FARM FOR SALE -THAT. SPLENDID Farm of 100 acres, being Lot 37, 008. 2, L. R. S., of Tuckersuiltb, is offered for sale on reasonable terms, with good buildings, frame barn, 40x00, stable 24x36 sheep and carriage 1Iouse.16x46, good In story, 24x36 frame Louse and kitchen. 70 acres under cultivation, 20 acres cleared but not urok- en ; 10 acres good hardveood bush. Weil. watered, havieg three of the best welle in Huron county. Good bearing orchard. situated eee miles from the Village of Brocefield, and 6 from the Tosyns tit Clin- ton and Sestforth respectively, there is a splendid gravel reed past the front of the premises. Particulars and terms given on application to. APPLETON L'LCOAT, Brucefield or SAMUEL CRICH, Clir- ton, P. 0„ or NEW ERA OFFICE. DAVID ELCOAT, Ontario P. 0., California. INVENTION Has revolutionized the world during the last half century. Not least among the wonders of in- vgative progress is a method and system of work that can be performed all over the country with - oat separating the workers from their homes. Pay liberal ; any one can do the work; either sex, young or old ; no special ability required. Capi tal not needtd '• you are started free. Cut this. out and return 10 03 arid We willl send you free, something Of great value and importance to you, that will start you in business, which will bring you in more money right away, than anything else in the world. Grand outfit free. Address True & Co., Auguste, Maine. . MAYNE, PAINTER 48‘. GRAINER, HOUSE DECORATOR, &C. PAPER ITNee AT 12c. PER ROLL. ORDERS LEFT AT S. DAVIS' STORE. Still to the Front,. The subscriber n ould again retUrn his sincere thanks to all who have so liberally patroniz6d him during the past year, end ask for a continu- ance of their support in the future, and to in- form them that I am 1111 on ha,d at the old stand, Albert Streot, Clinton, where I will keep a full supply of Roller nod Stove Flour of the best brands, Graham Flour, Cracked and 'Rolled Wheat, Oatmeal, Rolled, Granulated and Stan- dard Buckwheat Flour, Corn Meal, Chopped Peas and Oats, Bran, Shorts, Oats Peas and Hen Feed, NVIuale ground Flax Seed, Whole and Grouen Oilnten• aka: Potatoes and other Vege- tables, Barrel Salt, and everything venally kept in a First Class Feed Store, all of which 1 will sell for the lowest remunerative prices, or ex- change for coarse grains or good woad. Special reductions to Hotels, Livery Men, Teamsters or any persons buying Imp quautitits. Good arti- cles always kept, and everything sold at nen prices. either in small or large quantities. Any- thing [delivered within the eorranation free of charge. I will also pay cash for oats and other coarse grains, Potatoes. Egg', Pot k, Hides end Sheep Skins. Honing by fair doling, courteous treatment, ard strict attention to business to merit that seine ahem of the public patronage in the future that hes been a:corded ree in the past, 315 THOMAs WATSON, Clinton. '11 2: grill:0118 arg 144:1 hil?Pg.??4 POD: 8,..z .av lcaF$1"5,EPi'.<1 tn:5",°•-g h al; PitalSg. mvdtil .1 §'13: