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-,1 Seneca County Courier=Journal. DEVOTED TO THE TBTJE INTERESTS OP THE PEOPLE OP SENECA OOUNTT. . THE COURIER, Esfd 1837. Vol. 65. + ,1 a THE JOURNAL, Est'd 1884, ^ 902 - SENECA FALLS, N. Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1902. NUMBER 24 P 1 ! The Conrief-Journal. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY I THE JOURNAL PUBLISHiNG GO. (LlSaTBDj ‘ FARTEID&B BLOCK, SENECA FALLS, N. Y. SOMETHING FOR NOTHING I 'J I ^ T E R M S : 0 lunty SubscrlberB, $1.60 when^aid In advance; SubseriberB ontalde the county, $ 2.00 per year, postage prepaid; Subscription for 8 ix months, ^ 1.00 In advance. RATES O F ADvERTiSiW C ! gii fii; jlw . 2W8.j4WB.j2mB. Sms.j 6 mi ■ $100 $150 $2 50 $Tob $5 00 $8 0 % ^ rro§!iro 1 SPBOIAI. ] regular rates. Political, Oharltable, Religions o be charged at regular rates and like'notices, BUSINESS CAROS. ERNEST a . GOULD, A TTORNKY AND COUNSELOR. lioBim 13 and 15 King block, Seneca Palls, N. Y W ILLIAM H. H A R P S T . A UCTIONE R. Auction sa’ca carefully con- J \ . ducted and satisfaction guaranteed. Post Office addiesB, Seneca Fall--, N. Y. FRED A. SEIQREST, BARBER. L. FOSTER CROWELL, BBNBOA FAM-S.N. Y. CJAND G4iAVEL AND LOAM delivered at reasonable prices. Orde.-o by mail -will re ceive prompt attention. SHELDRAKE HOUSE. com or.a guaran e . a . GOODMAN, Prop. Sheldrake, Seneca Co., N. Y KELLOGG’S LIVERY. M. -KELLOGG baa one of the finest liveries in the county in his new building on State St eet, next to the Hoag House. Everything in the lin eof horees and carriageB to be found in a first o .asB livery. C. B. HOW E, M , D. DR . W EY B U R N . pHYSIOI-AN and SURGEON, 60 No. Sen- 1 eea Street, Geneva, N.Y. Chronic, Ner vous and Diseases of Women a specialty. Consultation Free. Night calls at same place. Telephone. Cash Papworth Dishes FREE with Tea and Coffee 66 Fail Street, where Everybody is Perfectly at Home. L e a v e your bundles at our store. W h ile 3^011 go shopping around tow n leave your horses at our door. L e a v e yOUl* babies, we can take care of them . In fact we are here for the convenience of the people of Seneca F a lls. W e are w illing to accom m o d ate 3mu in everything ..EXCEPT CREDIT ACCOMMODATIONS .. and w'e will sell G O O D G R O C E R I E S cheapea' than the ............. other fellow can buy them ................ N O T E O U R P R I C E S : G ranulated S u g a r 5c, 100 pound b a g ........................... . ^4.88 F u ll C ream C h e e se, p e r l b ...................................................... 12c B e a n s , per q u a r t ............................................................................ 7 ^ H e a d light O il, per g a l l o n ........................................................ .. . 9c C r a c k e r s , L e m o n C a k e s , per p o u n d ...................... .. 5c P int C a n s , per d o z e n . . ............................................................... 50c Q iiart C a n s , per d o z e n ................................................................... 55c B e st F lo u r in tow n , per s a c k ............................................ '.. . i . i o 7 B a rs L e n o x S o a p ....................................................................... 25c 7 B a rs M a ster S o a p ..................................................................... 25c E v e r j’thing else in proportion. From the fact th a t w e sell for cash should convince you th a t you can do better here. By CECILY AT.T.-mTJ 5 ight, 1901, hy ♦ A. S. Richardson V The landlady was fair after a nega tive fashion, f a t in a positive way and forty, decidedly so. She presided over the culinary departm ent of 174 Otis street in a m anner so capable th a t her boarders regarded her in the light of a genius and spoke with scorn of bach elor apartm ents and furnished flats. Her Dame is irrelevant and immate- H e r daughter was fair positively, fat negatively and a t least twenty years on the right side of forty. She pre sided with admirable tact over the long table in the dining room, dispensing the culinary trium p h s of her mother. H e r name was Kathleen. Dangler, who held a post in the M. R. and A. freight offices and w e n t in for athletics, was in love with Kathleen and inve.sted in a tandem on the in stallm e n t plan. Seward, floorwalker in the silk departm ent of “The Fair,” had a similar cardiac afliiction and showered the object of his affection with the latest editions from the book iiircbased a t tbe custom- discount allowed clerks at “The department, Cash Papworth Grow-Sir No. 6 6 Fall Street, Seneca Falls. NEW YORK ffiNTRAE & HUDSON RIVER R. R, THE FOUR-TRACK TRUNK UNE Fifteen Magnificently E q u ipped Passenger Trains dally trnversfi tbeEmpire State between New York, Buffalo and the W est. This is the Only Line entering the City of New York. All trains arriving at and departing from Grand Central Station, 4th Avenue and 42d Stre the very center of the city. On and after Sunday, June 15, 1902, trains will pass Seneca F alls as follow s: : ' eOINO WBBT M. Mail . 7:22 a . m . IS-; lit;: sXXday I S : S ’: Mundav . . 6:48 ♦Syracuse to Genev TL PARRY, Gen. Agent, Buffalo, N. Y. ;ORGE H. DAb'IELS, Gen. Pass. Agt., New York. A. H. SMITH. Gen. Supt., New York. Qo5ii7§OiJt3al^ O n ly a few m o re days left to procure th e s e goods a t less th a n m a n u f a c tu r e r ’s cost. A ll goods m u s t go a t som e price. 3 ^ 0 C LO S IN G Q U T , A t R y a n ’s F u r n it u r e ( Store. > , O u r larg e .stock was purchased before the m a n u facturers raised th e ir prices. F o r th a t reason we can give 3^ou b e tter value for 3mur m o n ey than can be had else w h e re. Com e and see our Veranda Chairs, Carpets, Rugs, Pictures, Mattings, Window Shades, Hammocks and Go Carts. STOWELL’S MILES PITZSIMONS T h e R e liable B o o t and Shoe D e a ler has a fine line ol Boots, Slioes and Rubbers for summer wear which he is selling at prices that defy competition. All the latest styles and shades in Tans. Agent for the Douglas celebrated shoes. E. J. RYAN, 27 STATE STREET. IH-McDonald Successor to W illiam Hills Fall S t., Seneca Fails, N. V. ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS Are the figures that represent the resources of The Largest Trust Co., between New York & Chicago 4 Per Cent.— Paid on Deposits— 4 Per Cent. C a len d a r M o n ths Subject to checks W ith o u t N o tice. Safe deposit b oxes to rent from $3.00 to $6o.00 a year. Deposits can be sent by draft, check, postal or express order or in currency, which will aw interest from the first of each month. Should this be your first deposit we will send return mail. We will also send you full information concerni-ng futur awals. r i byj General lire Insurance draw interest from the first of each month. Should this be your you a pass book by return mail. We will also send you full infoi deposits and withdrawals. Rocliester Trust & Safe Deposit Company, C a p ita l ^ 2 0 0 ,000. 35 EXCHANGE ST. Surplus $700,000. Resources $ 11 , 500 , 000 . «I I And Raal Entate Agency. The situation was rapidly becoming tense, and betting on the outcome among the remainder and less intei'- quota of boarders was about (•hen Jim £ H e arrived in dining room one lev’s arms. night, dozing in Dangh “Jliss Kathleen,” remarked the ath- in letic young I “II knovno most confident me, “ k 5 v you won’t turn this poor doggie out to graze on concrete and asphalt. I came up with him wander ing disconsolately the freightyards. I’ll wager he’s somebody’s pet. He’s so slick and well fed. - His owmer will probably turn up in tbe ‘Lost and Found’ column tomorrow.” Miss Kathleen promptly' relieved Dan gler of his burden and petted the im passive animal as only a woman can. This plainly annoyed Seward, and as Dangler rushed off to prepare for din ner his rival glared imreasonably at his unoffending soup plate. :he little w< B u t it was th e little w oman who taught a sewing class at the settle ment, read Thomas a Kempis and ab horred Sunday. new’spapers who dis covered the ad. in the Evening Herald: LOST.— puff dog-, answ ering to the name of Jim ; fat and slightly asthm atic; finder treat him kindly, as he is an old family pet: liberal reward. Marsden, 1701 Green street. T e le p h o n e 7S6-A. As she finished reading seventeen voices simultauGously cxclaimefl “Jim!” and the pug, now comfortably sconced on the ruffle of Kathleen’s fown, uncurled himself, licked his ;hops suggestively and wheezed asth- uatieally. Dangler shot a trium p h ant look at Sew-ard a n d remarked: “I tell you what. Miss Katbieen-jrl’ll telephone old hlarsden right after dia- nei-, and when he comes after the pup you claim the reward. Marsdeii’s rich, and it ought to be -worth a couple pounds of candy anyhoAV.” H a lf an hour later Dangler returned from the telephone booth in triumph. Most Of the boarders were either in the parlor or chatting in the dim entry. ‘Say, folks, maybe you think tbe old gentleman wasn’t tickled! Said he couldn’t come dow'n tonight and ■wouldn’t tru s t one of the servants, so would we keep Jim till tomorrow morn ing. He’ll surely be here by 10. And, by the way, Aliss Kathleen, he says the pup’s getting old, and if he doesn’t have a pillow to sleep on he’ll—he’ll snore. And he can't eat meat unless it’s cut very flue.” Kathleen, with visions of candy dancing before her pretty eyes, car ried Jim off to the kitchen and person ally prepared a delectable supper for the weary canine, after Avhich the an tidote for snoring was speedily pro duced. That was Saturday night. It was remarkable how prompt the boarders all Avere for Sunday morning break fast. SeAvard, who seldom appeared until noon, was first a t the table, calm, cool and pale, in a satin quilte'd smok ing jacket. Miss Aiiisley, the lady re porter, who worked until a heathenish hour each Saturday night, was next. In fact, CA'ery one seemed on tipioe w ith curiosity, though Jim and the reward were never mentioned during the breakfast hour. It was singular, too, hoTT the board- L'S, IS The little umman who Avei ig’ular, whoho usuallysually spentpt Sunday morn ingng inn theirheir rooms,oms, lingeredi; in the par- ers, w u s i i t ro l Seward, holdii per at a most peci point of vantage in the ird, holding the morning pa- Qost peculiar angle, held the dropped the paper window. 1 for set tlement Avork clasped her prayer book nei'A'OUsIy and Avondered if “he” would come before time for her to start for church. Dangler got no further in his —eparatious for his usual morning in awheel than to don his snowy .white sweater with glowing crimson bands. Conversation languished. Suddenly SeAVfu-d dropped and exclaimed: “Here he comes!” The moment was teuse with excite ment. The bell pealed shrilly, and Kathleen cried nervously; “Oh, dear! Who’s going to talk to him? I can’t!” Dangler looked uncomfortable. Then he caught the eye of the lady reporter. He smiled in relief. “You’ll do it, won’t you, Miss Ains- ley? You reporters have all kinds of nerA'e. You’ll know just how to tackle the old gentleman,” Before the lady reporter could pro test Marsden entered- H e laid h is care fully polished hat on the table, crossed ,|as cane on hie gloves and gazed in- aniringly about the room. He recog- ■ insley and*his dog sirnn 3 Ainsley a nized .Miss taneously. “Oh, Miss Ainsley, this is an unex pected pleasure! And there’s Jim! You old rogue, AA’h a t do you mean by run ning off .like this, sir? A young man! Very kind of him. I’m sm-e. Pex-haps you’ll be kind enough to give him this, and this to the landlady who fed him. pillow.illow. Thanks! I tru s t he had the p IJOl niINTINfi Good morning!” pAvner and dog retired in good order, but\ Miss Ainsley ne\'er moved. H e r face Avore a pained expression. Final ly she opened her hand very slowly, and, resting on the palm, the assembled jompany e shining n ^followed If dollar and a shining new q u arter. The sUence which ow ed w ai ments. Seward, was the first to re-A Give' Mm a pilloW,” Then he burst into heartless laugh- The athletic figure of Dangler shook with ill suppressed fury. H e said something between his teeth which reads like this: “ !—! !—! Sizz!” Of the settlement work actually She , Buttons,” said Miss Ainsh n^tliii Asia, while the shoe was probably in- the Persians, Afghans and Mo(n)gols, together with tbe “tip tilted” (H ittite and Etruscan) Baring Feet at Worship. The India Hindoos and Mussulmans alike wear both sandals and shoes (slippers) and the latter boots also. The sandal (the w ord is Persian) w a s eA'ideutly the original eoA'criug for the feet over all southern and eastern trodueed into India by ' H Both are usually made in India of leather, but never of pigskin, and, while the shoes are alAvays colored red the boots are generally brightly particolored, both among the being also richly em- n gold and silA’^er and varie gated Silk thread and with bangles, bugles and seed pearls after the man ner of the ancient Persian boots rep resented on Greek vases. But, of howeA'or r.are and costly elab- iration, tbe invariable rule is to re- moA'e them after entering a priAmte house just Avheii stepping on to the m at or carpet on Avhich the visitor takes his seat. They m u st be cast off, the right boot or shoe first, before the worshiper enters a temple or mosque, and It is still regarded as an absolute profanation to attem p t to enter either fully shod.—London Atheufeum. upper < broidered in difference in one’s u g d tem perature. Tight sleeves, abo?e all tMngs, make the wearer . Bive weather. t In oppres- iB eloquent o f various senti- eide.”—JPMlai AT THE JOUBirAL J his pale, slender count J' O F F I C E ‘ V T r e a t him MMly, A family pet The CnjAlouis Crowd. “They’re raising a safe into -the tenth story next door.” “Yes?” “Yes, and there are a lot of people down beloAV who don’t seem to re.aflze th a t the safe side of the street 1 » the side directly opposite to the safe’s adelpMa Catholic Standard. coyer. A sardonic smile crept aeroes, 3ale, slender countenance. The first caimon was carried by sol- 'jdiers, and one man held it in both hands while tbe other fii-ed it. m AUTnojj»0«K5HOP. j g j j i j J ed on him as though he had voicec her sentiments. “Who gets this reward?” inquired Miss Ainsley in a cuttingly clear voice. 'Kathleen glanced from the flushed face of Dangler to the severe countenance of her mother. The landlady looked as though she had just burned a batch of lemon pies. The situation ed by the sudden appearance of the LC, unu nany of the boarders were toying with :heir coffee when he arrived. The de- saved by th e sudden apper Buttons with Dangler’s belated laun dry packai “Here, i Avith a cordial smile, ‘ wildest sort of time on this.” She slipped the coins In Buttons’ u n resist ing hand. “And no one else seems to care particularly about it.” If the' incident had been closed at this instaut, it would have been bet ter, but three evenings later the entire household Avas on the qui A’ive over a mysterious package which had arrived hy special messenger during the after noon. It AA’-as addressed in a large, floAving hand, “To the young man who found Jim.” The conclusion aaus ^ 'ob vious. The owner of Jim had realized his base ingratitude and bad repented to the tune of a handsome remem brance. Dangler was distressingly late, and toyin g ' ed. The mand th a t he open the package was unanimous. Blushlngly he consented. The strings Avere snipped, the paper fell back and before the astonished eyes of the boarders rose a dog’s muz zle and a certain wire contrivance in dispensable to th a t federal officeholder knoAvn a s a dog catcher. The hoarders indm d u ally and col lectively stood willing to wager th a t Seward had perpetrated this unfeeling joke. B u t the sphinxlike countenance above the immaculate cream colored four-in-hand AA;as neither paler nor more flushed than usual. Sympathy unuttered, but neverthe less strong, was felt for the unfortu nate Dangler. But, after all, perhaps it was mis placed. Women, especially in affairs of the heart, vicAv events from a pe culiar and unexpected standpoint. The landlady announced Kathleen’s engage ment to Dangler tAVO Sundays later at dinner. The champagne which fol lowed the anuouncenient was genei-al- ly’ supposed to be the outAA'ard a n d vis ible sign of the exuberant happiness of Dangler, and no one marred the occa sion by unfeeling reminiscences. Place Wliere Bulwer-Lyttoa Co-aia Write at Ease. W hen Charles Mackay was visiting Lord Lytton at Knebworth, he was im pressed, he says in his “Recollections,” iwith the beauty of the library. He re marked to the noA’elist th a t in such a cheerful room among so many books any author could get through a A’ast amount o f labor. “I cannot write so well in the li brary,” replied Lord Lytton, “as in an other place. Take a stroll with me, and I will show you my favorite study.” They went for a considerable dis tance to the shore of an artificial lake in Knebworth park, and there stood a boathouse. A small boat was drawn up on one side of it, and on the otb€ near a small window, stood a cha and a common deal table, on which was a pewter iukstaufl. Pulling open the drawer, Lord Lytton showed his guest a good supply of pa per, pens and a blotting book. , “I can write more freely here,” he said, “than in the grand library. I v tell you how the habit grew. When I was a small boy, I Avas very ambitious to write and Avrote an immense amount r mother thougl of trash. IMy r occuiiation of s would he injurious'to my hea prohibited my writing in the library. “I then had recourse to my bedroom, but was in due time banished from th a t and depriA’ed of pen and ink. The more imperative write the more hibited joy. I took refuge house and wrote for hours with a lead pencil, using the seat of the boat for my writing table. So I learned to write here, and I can do better work here than anywhere else.”—Youth’s Com panion. Prospects For a Strenuous Life. A well dressed lad, the son ( parents, thought it quite m anlj to earn a few coppers for himself by selling daily pape the Chicago Journal. He sti tattered neAvshoy in the str wealthy parents, thought it would be quite m anlj 1 himself by s th e Chicago tattere d ugav said to him: “Do you think I should be able to earn money as you do if I bought some papers and came to this corner to .sell them?” “Why do you Avant to sell papers?” “I’m tired of being idle.” “Well,” said the philosophic little newsboy, with a serious air, “d’yer think yer can hold thirty-six papers in one hand, lick three or four boys big- ger’n yerself with the other hand, while yer keeps two more off with yer feet and yells ‘Evenin’ paper’ all the time?” “No- 0 , I don’t,” replied the well dressed boy. “Then yer are no good in the news boy biz,” replied the tattered philoso- pber. “Ye’d better git yer people to ’preutiee yer to soniGtliin’ liglit” All. Atmosiil&ere of Happiness. Happiness is, we maintain, a good end. The only question is. How much sacrifice is it worth? Well, certainly not the sacrifice of sincerity and cer tainly not the sacrifice of others, but surely tbe sacrifice o f the habit of men tal laziness, which is only self sacri fice. If by a little trouble we can cre ate for ourselves a sweet atmosphere in which to live, we are surelj' doing nothing of which Ave need be ashamed. After all, no one breathes his own at mosphere alone; others breathe it with him. If happiness is a despicable ob ject, let us, face the fact sincerely and give up all-the many things which we now do openly and exclusively to ob tain it. If it is not, why should we not pull ourselves together, give onr at tention to the game and play up?— London Spectator. She Made Herself Uiiaerstooa. She was young and innocent looking and coy and shy, and the half dozen men among the passengers on a Chica go street car the other day caught themselA'es looking at her more than once and almost wishing they had such a daughter. Presently another girl got stree t car in, and the two exchanged exclama tions of surprise. T avo minutes later the last comer .was saying loud enough to be h eard all oA'er the car: “Dear me, Madge, but your new hat is a stunner!” “Yes? Do you like it?” “It’s perfectly splendid. It must have cost a t least $5.” “Five dollars!” eeboed the coy and shy and Innocent. “Why, my old ‘gov’ coughed up fourteen bones for this hat, and we got Sfi off a t that!” The San as a Timepiece. In a Georgia justice court a colored AA’itness was asked to name the time a difficulty occurred. ■ H it wuz in fodder pullin’ time, suh,” he replied. “You don’t understand me,” said the Judge. “I mean w h a t time Avas it by the clock?” \Dey warn’t no clock dar, suh,” said the witness. “Well, by the sun, then?” “New,” exclaimed the witness tri umphantly, “sence you hez come right down ter business I ’ll tell you plain. E f de sun had been a-shinin’ h it would er been ’bout two hours en a half by sun, but ez de sun didn’t show Ms face ’tall dat day I couldn’t say fer sartin des w h a t time hit w u z A t l a n t a Con stitution. As to Printers’ Harks. The interrogation m ark or “point” (?) was originally a “q” and an “o,” the latter placed under the former. They were simply the first and last let ters of the Latin word “questio.” So, too, Avith the sign of exclamation or in terjection (!). In its original purity it was a combination of “ 1 ” and “o,” tbe latter underneath, as iu the question mark. The t-qjf stood for “lo,” the Latin exclamation of joy. The para graph m ark is a Greek “p,” the initial of the word paragraph. The early printers empleyed a dagger to show th a t a word or sentence Avas objection able and should be cut out. Tlie Blotion. Prevailed. All old toAvn official of tbe city of Macon, Ga., saj's in Short Stories that during the night of the earthquake dis turbances of 1880 the city council was in session. When the quake shook the city hall from basement to attic, the •ouiicn- men ran out, thinking tbe bouse would, topple oA’er, whereupon the wag Avho kept the minutes of the meeting con cludedluded hisis recordecord withith thehe following e h r w t f( $entence: “On motion of the city hall the coun cil adjourned.” TUe Two Orpliaus. Two little girls leaned over the fence th a t incloses the playgi-ound of the Lit tle 'Wanderers’ home, says The Chris tian Register. “Oh, my!” said one. “Don’t they have a good time? If I should he an orphan, I am coming here.” “Oh,” said the other, “the one a t Rox- bury is ever so much better. I would go there if I were an orphan.” “I wouldn’t,” -replied little girl No. 1, “ ’cause in this one I’d be near papa and mamma.” AWrfafs and. Tem p e rature. Actors and actresses say that if one of their number faints cold w a ter is poui-ed on the wrists. The result is alAA'ays immediate recovery. Athletes engaged in feats of endurance under stand the importance of keeping the wrists cool in summer and warm in winter, but tbe general publie goes on wearing tight gloves and heavy cuffs during the dog days and then wonders why i t is hot. Taking eff one’s gloves, especially in church, makes quite a surprising Wlio Sir Hoger de Coverley Was. Sir Roger de Coverley was the name o f a m ember of tbe im a g inary club of twelve under whose direction Addi son’s Spectator was professedly pub lished. He was an old school, bluff, good hearted and simple English gen tleman. The dance named a fter him is an English contra dance corresponding somewhat to the Tirginia reel. A Bad Beginning. “I have imoAvn better days, lady,” began Faded James. “Ye.s, i t ’s a wretched morping,” re plied the farm er’s wife, “but I’ve got no time to discuss The weather with you, bad as it is.” . And she shut, the door and left him.—Philadelphia Bulle tin, Didn’t Give It. “Willie, did you give Johnny Smith a black eye?” “No, ma’am.” “Are you sure?” “Yes, m a’am. H e already had the eye, an’ I jest blacked i t for him.”— Chicago Post. It is not a waste to buy somebody a bunch of flowers, a box of candy- or a new book when i t is going to b r a g a smile to her face and happiness to her heart.—Exchange.- - - THAT WHICH GREW AROUND NEW YORK IN THE YEAR 1679. Apparently the Lnsclona Prnlt Was m ore A b u n d a n t on m a n iinttan Is la n d T h a n A n y th in g Hlae F x c e p t B a d B a r b a d o s Bum . occuiiation of so much Nme in writing ...................... ' h ealth and vast amount of. m atter poriant and a good deal th a t is untrue, besides not a little th a t is uninterest ing, and the old tx'aATlers who wrote about tbeir voyages to New York fur nished few exceptions to the rule. Tantalizing, therefore, is tbe diary of an obserA'er who Ausited these shores in 1679; who had a reportorial instinct for tile important, the true and the in teresting; w h o se journeys covered the entire territory uoav knoAvu as the Greater New York; who wrote fully and graphically of all he saw, and Whose observations have all come down to us, with the exception of some thir ty pages describing New York city at Xhe time o f’ his visit. Exactly that which would now be most valuable is lost; but, from Avbat remains, Ave can learn a good deal about tbe New York of those days. Jaspar Dankers is the w riter whose impressions of New York have thus been lost to the world, and in what has been preserved of Ms writings the chief thing that forces its. attention up on the reader is the m a g n itude of the peach crop in these parts during the year of his vi.sit. He Avas a religions enthusiast, the leader of the Labadists, a sect that flourished briefly on three continents toward the close of the sev enteenth century, and his A’oyage com panion was a minister of the same But there is little of this in his diary against a great deal of what they ate and drank, and on occasions when they went to the little church in the fort Avhere the custom house is now the fact is mentioned with some apolo gies, one service being attended “in or der to avoid scandal and for other rea sons” and others because “my com panion is endeaA^oring to learn the lan guage.” But on the very day of their arrival in N cav York, Sept. 23, 1679, Ave begin to hear of the eatables and drinkables, especially the peaches. “He first took us to the house of one of his friends, AA'ho AA'elcomed him and us and offered us some of the fruit of the country, very flue peaches and full groAvn apples, which filled our hearts with thankfulness to God, This fruit was exceedingly fair and good and pleasant to the taste, much better than that in Holland or elsewhere, though I believe our long fasting and craving agreeable. After eira we proceed- along T different gardens trees* full of a] of yarious kinds and so laden wM for food made taking a glass of mai ed. As we Avalked •■ent gard arious ki LClies and other fruit th a t one might doubt whether there were more leaA’es or fruit on them. I liaA’e never seen in Europe in the best seasons such an overflowing abundance. When we fin ished our tour and bad gwen our guides several letters to deliver, we returned to his father-in-law’s. H e re galed us in the eA'ening Avith milk, Avhieh refreshed us much. We had so many peaches set before us th a t Ave were timid about eating them, though we experienced no ill effects from them.” And the next day, Sunday, tbe rec ord opens with this: “I was surprised on waking to find my comrade had already dressed him self and breakfasted upon peaches.” So it Avent everyvery day.ay. Toward the d end of the week they crossed the ferry flf a cent apiece) to iple made (for less than Long Island, AAdiere the peo] them “very welcome, sharing very dear and with us Avbetber it w a s milk, cider, fruit or to bacco, and e.sipGCially, first and most of all, miserable rum, which had been brought from Barbados and which is called by the Dutch ‘kill-devil.’ These eople are very fond of It, and most of ragaiitly so, although it is nd has a bad taste.” on Long Island, as elsewhere, the peaches were as good as the rum was bad. “It is impossible to tell how many peach trees we passed, all laden Avith fruit to breaking down aud many of them actually broken dOAAai. We came to a place surrounded with such trees from which so many had fallen off th a t the ground could not be discerned and you could not put your foot down without trampling them, aud notwith standing such large quantities had fallen off the trees still were as full as they could bear. The hogs and Other animals mostly feed on them.” The peac-bes in Harlem -were as plen tiful and still more delicious. When they went up to the north end of Man- lattan island, we find this notice; “Before Ave left (Harlem) Ave did not omit supplying ourselves with peaches, which grew in an orchard along the road. The vdiole ground was covered with them and with apples, lying upon the new grain Avith which the orchard was planted. The peaches were tbe most delicious Ave bad yet eaten.” But they need not have taken the precaution mentioned, for CA-en after crossing gpuyteu Duyvil they found more peaches than ever. “We came to a road which was en tirely ecA'ered with peaches. We asked the hoy why they left them lie there and did not let the hogs eat them. H e answered: ‘We do not know what to do with them, there are so many. The hogs are satiated AA-ith them and will not eat any more.’ From this we 5 quantity of them.”— . in New York Mail and Ex- lay judge [. H. N. 1 press. ____________ A Ciiinese Proverb. An attache of one of the legations In Peking at the time when two conti nents wex'e in a high state of tension was a guest at the Army and Navyj club in New York a few evenings since, says Leslie’s Weekly. “I had occasion,”, he said, “to meet Li Hung Cbang, who, espite the heavy suspi ing Ms counti-j ensG overhang' seemed to be, to us, painfully cheerful. One of the party present, a man in authority, referred to Li’s merriment. ■ “The interpreter mentioned it to his master, \who requested him to make the most beautiful reply I ever heard. ‘Tell him,’ said the interpreter, quoting his master, ‘that the Chinese have a proverb wffiich I commend to all in all condition.?: You cannot prevent birds of sorrow flying over your head, but you can keep them from stopping and building nests In y o u r hair.’ ' “I immediately wrote it doAvn, so I know the quotation is eorreek” i doctor when you have a boil^ Globe. ALIASES O F T H E PE A N U T . There Are Many Names For th« Tootlisome Palate Tlolcler. Considering its universal popularity and excellent standing in agricultural circles, it is remarkable how many aliases there are under which the pea nut travels. W henever i t is introduced to a new community the toothsome offering o f the sod adopts a new name and comes forth with an additional sobriquet AA’hieh makes it almos't un recognizable to its old acquaintances. If the “edible fruit”—as the dictiona-! ries call it—had ever done anything toi he ashamed of, the public might under-, stand, but as things are the eccentricl -1 ties of peanut nomenclature are abso-| lutely astonishing, 1 ~ we designate ouri mg. illude to! The scientific, patro- is Arachis H ere in Vii little friend principally : but quite often we likewise al him as a “ground pea” and occasionally: as a “goober.” Over in England they caU the same fruit ground nut, while; it is variously known elsewhere as “earth nut,” “Manila nut,” “jurnut” and “pindar.” nyinie, as Ave understand it, pypogsea, and tbe family belongs to the genus of leguminous plants. But, be its name w h a t i t may, a pea.^ nut is a peanut tbe world over, so fan as its virtues go, and few are the hu-i man palates which decline to receive an introduction to I t —Richmond Dis- A Different Sort of Leather. A P e n n s y lA 'a n ia physician tells » story about Ms servant wMeh reminds! one in a vague way of the “skinny sidei out and the Avoolly side in” rhyme. He had just hired a servant Avho, says the Philadelphia Telegraph, had some ofj the “ould dart” still clinging to hen boots. j One morning he noticed his office windows were rather dirty, and, call ing B ridget be instructed her to clean| them before he returned. At the same^i time he told her th a t he would stod and purchase a new chamois skin and! send it home, and Avith this she was to clean the windows. After he had gone Ms rounds he re., turned to his office. Glancing a t the windows, he found them thieklja streaked with grease. He called BrldgJ et, and the following colloquy took place; I “Bridget, didn’t I tell you to clean the windows?” i “Yes, sor.” “Aud didn’t I tell you to use the newj chamois?” . . j “Yes, sor.” j “Well, did you use it?” ^ i “Sure, I did sor.” “Let me see the chamois,” said the doctor, and Bridget promptly brought it. Then for tbe first time be learned th a t his wife bad left the house a half hour before him and had sent home some tripe^_______________ B lack and W h ite. Every crow is said to think its own nestling tbe wMtest, but a white eat that had four kittens, of which three were white and the fourth was black,' gave the first place in her affections to Sooty. Once they were all brought into tbe drawing room to be “shown off.” Besides the humans the room contained a great Newfoundland dog. Hitherto cat and dog had been on friendly terms, but now pussy showed much anxiety lest the dog might harm her black pet especially. At last she seized it by the neck and bore it be neath the lowest piece of furniture, where the dog could not possibly crawl, but she merely meAved to the others to follow her as best they could. The black kitten owed all this care to its color, more happy in this respect than the black sheep which is said to be in every flock.—Exchange. . i . ------- n Hollantl. Holland, knoAvn as North and South Holland, forms part of the northern part of 'che Netherlands. These prov inces are composed of land rescued from the sea and defended by immense dikes. Holland was inhabited by the Batvi in the time of* Caesar, who made a league AVith them. It became part of Gallia Belgica and afterw a rd of the kindgom of Austria. From the tenth to the fifteenth century It was gov erned by counts under the German em perors. Holland was at one time a Dutch republic. It was created a kingdom in 1806, and Louis Bonaparte, father of Napoleon III., was declared Diplomacy. “I always endeavor,” said the m atri monial philosopher, “to take the wrong [sequential argument.” ■ “W ith w h a t object in view?” he was r asked. laturally a “It gives my wife a chance to prove I wrong, and this so delights nei tbat I find ber generously tractable in all the more important matters.”—CM* cago Post. His Room. “Mr. Diggles,” said the boy with big ruffles on his shoulders, “I wish yot would let me come and see where jox liA'e. I w a n t to look a t your room.” “Why, certainly. But what madi you think of that?” “My sister said it was better that your company, so I thought it m u st b» something fine.” Tlie National Game* “I hold a full hand,” murmured th« swain as he squeezed the lily wMt« fingers of the fair maid. Here a royal flush mounted to hei A noyal flush beats a full hand everj time. (See Hoyle.) ^ She won.—Baltimore American. j A Compoi Hoax—I thought yoi you said th a t m an was a musician? Joax—Nonsense! “You certainly told me he Avrote mel odies.” “I told you he was a composer of heirs. He sells soothing syrup.” A Marrying Man. “Are you a m arrying man?” wasi asked of a somber looking gentleman! at a recent reception. ing gentlemai c a recenr reception. i “Yes, siv,” was the prompt reply;' ■‘I’m a clersryman.” Scrofula Pew are entirely free from it. It may develop so slowly as to cause little if any disturbance during the whole period of childhood. It may then produce irregularity of the stomach and bowels, dyspepsia, catarrh, and marked tendency to consumption before manifesting itself in much cutaneous eruption or glanfialar swelling. It is best to be sure that yon are q u ite' . . ----- .. -------- )iete ewenSca- f r ^ from^ii^Sid^Qr tioa you can-rely on The e« medlcinef
