KEY WEST SDE MOCRA a ,' 1,,. KEY WEST, FLA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 180. THE KHEY WEST EMOCORAT. C. II, I'ENDLETON, Editor Proprietor. -bifliil Oirgnan (th Judicial CIircuit. PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAY, OFrIULE ON F lONT STrEET. TERMS OF 4UIISCIKlTION T One Ycar, (in advance) $2.00 Six Monthls, 1.00 H Sing'lo lCoipy, 10c. RATES OF A]DVElS TISING. Lrical oictla :: lilafon c'n-icf lper line. ( One inclic e i tnsi artljr'.'- P(.' 1jralo Ol. i 'l.,rtiola i a'31 00 ; ail-. HAqulci aillO n oi tlh S SI ( i : tv-lo ,qlallar..n o1 month st$i O. TIgaagl advilrti.;'lcents will bo chalrlcd nH Pl'rseribcd by Law. Ail'vrtmir'maiat n t rt i int l ld with ia t ic anm- S lir l' a lianr will In, in,-.rl.t l Initil 1crrbid a, ; il Ci agtla 'a,'rrla ''aoilicIr;.ly. S pe'cial iil d1al (';,ii 'ts toa liia ovral nadv('-rliers. .. mun in Druggist --AN c I ixclm I sely a C. Flemmaaing Stree KEY 'WEF NAJL CARDS. PEltRY, Chemist. ASH Business, et, near Duval, ST, FLA. nunm, FiRESH )IUGSr always onil A4' [ hanl ; A full lio of Patcnt Mn a'li'iinr s, Hj rO ltfi1p-i, Pr incr'i iy, rLsh 0. and m'il:Lt \rti- (l0s. lh si 'irana 1'ra;c 'ri]ati in C(-u ful'illly Coun ilnllAn'lol at ill 111111i'H. $1 STORE OPEN O1 SUNDAY. S'' ( C. MALoiI,1Y, Jar .ATTORNEY AT LAW .AND MOLICITOII IN ('IANCE('IIY. i ;.Y WE. .,FLA..... lWA. J. JBAJiTL . n. $SURQO ON DENTIST. (- 5.'intE-I( I.Ops .JO it li tcnll hU- ,a(r cololru o,'.. .Colorad' ..K Y EST, FLA, York. Lice l e 4 S s to be gl (. W -* ./'^ '^ r ' ni tal cli ,.... ...- "' .. t..^_, J '\ S PHYSICIAN & SURGEON .,7\ .O OFFICE-Simonton Street--Ono I door abovo Flemingn. r I J. 3. GO--4LES, Surgeon Delitist. OFFICE-BAHA1ra STriIT, Corncr Sof Fr.LrimaN ; Up Stairs. SINESS.. CAID : VW*. 1[. 130)LL, (NEXT Doon TO 'rTlI (FFrICE.) -tot- IAVE THE COOLEST IIOP IN TOWN. KEEP TIE BEST 5 ots. SEGAIIS. A CLEAN TOWEL used on every PEIISON. ALso A FmE COm.LEcTION OF Marine Curiosities, Always on GdI. GIVE ME A CALL, .rg7 LOUIS A. GREAUX, Watchmaker ( -AND-- Jowe1llr. S Everything in his line douo with ciet- Sncms and Dinr t al. f- OFFICE--Next door to Mariol, Front St. FREDIIICO LOPEX, .ASIIONABLE BA--- E .FASHIONABLE BARBER -- 0- - CARllITAGlES nlaha w It tlo Steailcrles on thli i arrival, to Trianspolrt pIaigsr'nLgers to aly pa'ortioa l f tiw Citv. CAK(Ll\A(1'S, J'llt ir iand HADDLE II(OISES, nt Hioaionalde lPrlios. STABLING FOR HORSES# !.li::irl; i M Tlrlnla'sl done qunik by A. A. ROOKS, Proprietor. u, r I at l F IY STOCK Ia one of llh Ti.rrrt r nl nmst ciMluleto of any EstalIlisillonut' in SOUTH FLORIDA, And comprisi' nalmont everything it DRY GOODS, IIonmc-fn'nisMing (Isol', lot Lhi, Il.Ins, Gentsn-fluriA6ishing Goods, Croclicry, GCro ri'es Pl teod w'are, &c., &c., &c., 13y, c(vecry Steamer I rccive Ntiv (Joo<1s, ia refnlly elec(toedl bl, an olexpr-rincod liy''r, r- -silhnt in Noaw oVrk, anild lpre'itlrod alit a1ll thia0 (ro iai];li t I'nrhae at thie F1oultaLD SALES HO ft''(llent inl Iillt C'ity. --o-- I wonld call SPECIAL ATTENTION to tho Elegant Assortnment of FANCY GOODS, Jilt rcireived ; Snitlablot for w'aEIDnIm Puei:N. s. WE l7" FI^NE (GIOCEIiIES A SPECTALITY A. SAIIIOL. SEWING MACHINES! Before you nmako up your mind, CA., AT J. AVELINO DELOADO, WhVlrer ,oau will tial iilwalys a li hau'l i w' ll ..'. .. <, : / 1 SEWING MACHINES. Whicharrtlihe TPEST, nnd IIEAPEST, on theo Inliinn, thait sell just as tihy a'ive. .y '-" lRE"Elt'ENQ1icnvn uat inI tii o. Rcpairs doeli on Siaort Notice andl Cllica antaes. alao licup (in laiill ia lairnn Htock (if TuckersH, inicni'r,H, lfllrr, Naedllec, Oil, nnd all Parts foray tai, ,;N(E I-ll MA'IIINE. A llnI iassorthiii.ntl of Nele.,;r ilr all MIA- CHINES. -0-l HIo is naso AGENT for thl life of Hair Dresser Gen. HANCOCK. I taca i ir lie-lIaara, Taa crl IRoonIH in tlhe Iilss-t-11 Iho.IP. ThIe cooLl- ont inuil lostst ililrnasait loc tion in tili City. JUST TRY ME. RIDOI~LPH WENTZEL, BARBER - ----ANo----- Hair Dresser. FHs just opened corner of Front anad Fitpatrick St. S Will have choice IHavana and Domestic L oiars on hanl. S He invite liis oldl friondls nndl cnstlolnirs and theo lpulic genorall. to give hlu a cnt l. latest papers ulw' ays o0ii 11hid. %, ' Siwerav'al Pa eI'I r, Clromnos, and nal tho Latest Novalti es. OFFIC'E--laigK House, Elaton Street. Next Door to llcnj. liaip. JOHN 11 COLEIMAN, Auctionoer --. \ND-- tommission ZwG'^chan'^ ('*-r. 1F':ia:'' nncd ANN S'r. )vi i r a i, I llIainui't entrusted to Cri-:.,;:-nnrif nts Solicited. the wealth I - Among thlluany wonders of that nigh, t, oln ilnprcssed lo nore than auy, in fact than aill tlh others. (t .~vAs modestly set down on the bills as "ti illustration oMBIllo. Bertha's oladr- v uRnt'niSeyvwhile undor iteaeosn o Ie," onsisited of iptrion of sauch n.rti oe chose t~o offer, b ao sat blinilfolldeaind b' n l t iBo2!.', whr, \ Uajis d dni brg aL2i~ 'q'aIte R!;u<;(eitly.oi~bii( a tcvtaneila i n nn oo"juror re eit 4 gtad a veoeiatia, former eitr e qduied Ale nor did they do' tild ~latrvoyaN trick. That was thM problem I w 1 ia, trying to work out, and t fall of 1852, Johi *a11a known theatrical a pat ort Heller to thils e'ntry, rallyy anxious to see what show. 'Poor Heller clever c ' andl prince of good fellow' Ow.NOmei well I remember his first poster' Vi., "Slhiakspero wrote well, nii41 I 4 BDicl;a ns wroto Wellhr'; tu '] Andcer':n wna ----, bi But tih gr'catest is HI llor." tl Iis first bow to a New Yor'k audi- ,ie p, encC was mnadojIlt 1cwforo Christnmas, stag', 1852, in the basement of the Chinese range (, Assem(nbly Rooms. It was an invita- acts as , tion affair, and the company -was N ouo 1'1;..r lI), almost exclusively, of jolur- been roe 1m1is1ts andl autrs. Heller' had been first and led to suppose that a Frenclunan this won would draw better thlu. an English- It, i n mllai; accordingly, he appoarod in a since I l 1llack wig, with hisi mustacheo colored the man to match, anll began his perf'' ance was an il with a short address. iun 1relnch,- and I nla Thn h lie continued in brokenn Eng- that ie i lish, did a few simple tricks, and 11- "Meax, nally reached the crowning foat of tho trnt the evening,--one whicli eventually .you get made h]is fortulne,-"Second-sight. "- didn't in His assistant was a young manl whose you." answers were precision itself, and theo "Vell, trick was received with an enthusiasm "as I ho foerwioh Hller was altogether un- IWhetl pieparcl. 'h all The audience was of the character tails will of a famiily gathering; all were ac- gonious i quainted, and many were the loud "Secol and outspoken suggestions as to how five diffl "second-sight" was done for tho Finally, a well-known newspaper h1sRt a st" man started from his seat, and called Thle fi the "Professor" to him. trick is t "Let your man tell what that is," he' of ea le said, handing Hellert card. perfectly "That is a ticket--a ball ticket," presents cname tho answer. bor is at "llightt so far, my boy; but tell me instance, teo namno of the ball," insisted the stantly b journalist. and so tl The assistant hesitated for a mo- Havinp mount, and said--"The Thistle Ball. which c "Ventriloquism, by -- shouted the next the excited journalist, and this oxpla- arbitrary nation was vory generally accepted sent thie by the audience, who soon dispersed, their con pleased with the performance,' ,;f.r oxperien, still more with the consciousness of i...- the b having solved a clever trick. iConme Since that day, more than one ox- Look planation of tle trick has been offer- jiutrry av ed, the fmivorito one being that it in a Make has IC artari-i']!I, L h ereod ifor SSi only cAo'rro derful trick, o-v more thi earned- "sel who taught literato fell vays doumbte nventedI it. " I once said hI, if yoU 'second-sigh vent it, for me tear poy )o to lii', I t Ier he "trean "1'Norav t' 1 BUSINESS CARDS. The Secret of Second Sight. --~ DY AN EX-CONJURER, a 3 LL wI p Some years ago, when New York aENEIAL was more of all old-fashioned city than now, there stood on Broadway, COMMISSION ME HAN between alker and Canal streets, a hall known as the Minerva Rooms.-- KEY WEST, FLA.,' It was a cozy old place, used princi- T I. cxtensiva W'harves and Firo-proof pally for those mild forms of amuso- Warehoousa. fnor the accouumodaltion of the nient known as "family entertain- Largest CIass of S.alui.rs., -L1 Coal, Ice, Water, andl other supplies ments," and occasionally as a ball- for Steamers. room. It was hero that the "Origi- C('1art('s procured for Ves~sel bonnd to lal Swiss Boll lingers" made their porl- ii ill ult u rn t tlaW lindi.es prt.- nh Gf nd rst appearance in Now York, and C. W. [HENDIY, hero, about the year 1845, I saw for the lirnt timo in iny life a conjurer, or . hOleSSe magicianan" Heo was a dapper little man, whoso name, Iorr Alceandre, Butcher, was suggstivo of a Gorman-Freuch 0 origin, lbut whose luraiirtakably cock- n1ecy nrcent proclaimed hima tla Eng- ]e the Very It, .t1 islhman. His t:a1ks were well lone, IlI'ta-. I lh, ll'.s w~li 'hl l v ;' ..)8lllV "al id, \ ial wI 2 .. t\, ii( Kv'y W.ait aial li MIinlaiadal, l:-inhg- (hlii audience was placnsed As for ing /l/a E/. '/b'every w, __ lmuyelf, I rat from first to last in a ('AllLES ST'. .0(Il1N, delightful dream. Dream, do I wsy ? a r Nothing of the sort; I was wide Cone.'al vliaCl'li i awni, hnt living i~' fairy-lanud, an( a-.\n-- such 1an flpresion ldid tailit perfornm- Boiler Worker aneo mako on ame, tit I believe I Soeould, even ni r, relpea tho entire prograllmue. That night's perform- STEAM, GAS & WATER PIPE FITTING, aune lhupOd my life, fur I mentally cnm'iN rnoMPT rKAENTION. resolved thaf at some future day I WALL STIEET, too would become an agician, aston- ish the gaping crowd, and reap KEY WEST, FLORIDA. wealth, And I did; that is, I entered -iver;--.y +-k. "| the "profession," and have done my L.Ivery Stable. narca ytisvin the public,, but Sf 0, ,",e me (C) what this is. Go a tency 1,y years of successful work, ars in Bradford, but a few mile -O), nome (I). Do you knoto (N) ?" who are conversant with tho details years Bdfro t oll at, in a note e .d. 2 "That is a piece of money and present needs of the service and canty Tf]iswas the.first mo ting Sis Como (I) what is it wot9" hoso illliclt labor gr-all naldd of the brothers siace they were four "Ono doUt'~.'- the genius of G(ouoral MyIor ill cl- years'olsi.ty treeye go Vhyat isits fecting ,it Theo sig',il service dle- years o tree h:.e 'O ", pends for its reputation.aud for a A Journalist's Funny Poositl . tiorth rep- generous support froni.the people on and dWo. iti recognized value'.6i.a, pocuniary Ouno a funny thing oecuredbehind 1 lT aid to thle conmmerolal,..gricultural theo' ,ones th ight have been till 'i a 'yj be soon, anyw and othor great indubstUil interests fulul.'.- L alghit, eg thingtift alld,'and for ana. of the country, and such interests mnid, id to t entoirtb"iEt e' twhcr ino groat rather than., the purely militnryy' t ymanti hed e cvi rov 'a:- tu.O:dy, Liis should be consulted in tdih. lseflctinr ." olf "i chiefs .a Iy ot i O SMA ,5olP than Water. An unusually ar.g zaeteor wa. f t 0e sYn oni a-s eoon this lately soen iu India. A oorrespond- gt r going their way up the out writes that on the evening of Ju- ',i rawhlng ourrent-tens of thou- ly 20, about half past 8-.o'dock,. a to .':-i Athem, L.side by. side, with lurminor; comet, which i stimatoB Tm .. it - i kt out of-water in shallow at tWclity yards in. .cn113, raveod h e oT e '. tt -nothing that I could write the sth y from North to; oth. The l otonteresoit In t~e ohat atnd .-torq (,my know ithe trap Iaad1" be- Uld possibly give anything ko a time ocupied firna fi l' ,e ,'a to g11 ',1 upip. Markham notiobd it ed iar conception of the extravagant to tlL diaurppearance of the i,.ralu, a M ta notod 0T- 11 their numbers. There is' more started to lrave bon th'c,,-qu c ofr T:.;t ve' all cc to t'e er ; a n B on apparently, bulk for bnltllntll a 'auirl, 1r. :1j"' '.-l w icih it,;i i ael geot o s t I* ,.i,,, ,- i a ,,1:.- ; !':' o: ;nil oa ily done 1a said. waiter. In fording the stream the while oF Ihc vilrage a well : i: ,. '- i n sai ~j n te o'n a ,r. V ares pretty t all ndr very tofld writhing munltitudo crowding an inst su!rroundinl;' loc:dity was ,1(i '.l:;:, h se o on nn one another could not getoult olone's to AI exlo.i;. '! :r;ihr (i. ,, n' bthi liho a fool mi.igt way. Onl of CIlr iaen wadod out iln Ftrthe'orn;ro, "lour nlllt-, t, ', aheimet ;a,- gngt I- -* ji, rp, ;ill thetimne. But Mtlpk- "0s of the the midst of them aid amused hilln- fliig of t l:c n'e,;a( dis'at la i iI p, allthe time But Ma aa''* t r'. art'n / '' a ( ar ,a. a ladi aa- i jd ust at the e last iaisMid'rable self by seizing them above ihl tail '(le' l ik t foi al hhi ', -i'r at I ,- i a O, f a shove pcrlso nwho an(d swiing them over hia ]ilad. tilvv was iari a t t in a ed i) oil' t)tin- trap. 'Thousands of them couldtl tlli' Il ae : L: ;," hh. -li-lnoi ion .,a i ; i te . aleveo',andi it has taken y la ud llwhile they o'e malin' jI 1 Adele. Iev, o, ,'i .< -.' -- _--- Sahi, 'a _'; tchliii', a dur'bal', an1 d i i;- . admit that it is a highly in- trick. id-sight" is a combination of ront methods, which account a fact that it has baffled tlhe ute investigators. rst stop toward acquiring tihe o learn the position or num- ,ch letter in the alphabet so that loe. mIomennt a hitter itself to t1% mind, its num- once associated with it. For if I is thought of, 9 will in- o suggested; if M, 13; T, 20; throughout. g thoroughly mastered this, an be done in half an hour, step is to memorize certain words or cuos, which repre- a letters of the alphabet and responding numbers. A long ce p'pves ltht the following , ,est words for the puIWIA(o: represents A and 1 B 2 p or T-11 me ( 3: te or '11 u.- s 4 a vut nmn'sTi J irw1nnc e ot f >tm a'ata ciua a' la ma -1 A Womagan's tpreenace otf imind. i,,lry r isor01' l c'llaliaiulra' who, during thllat tterril)le Says the St. John, N. 1J., (ibl/": alogists .vaila le- (r i w edday and night in mln'iin astrolog'e vl I w(,v(, ', l, ,,, ,u w d n ni h As the picnic trail wai s lp;ass;ing ,r (, i ,, t 1ol i o I- n ,i 'i1.tl, evi-;itini, a c certain sary. ( iiliii that the ocbrbrcc li>1v,-"i- .'i s thle liridgc, near the Five-mnile pUS', i (1 th :at thC'e aco ilefl e tinll ar l con, wlhoCe servicrt woreo frc; a middle-aged woman approached i, o me with whose] ciet from thl opposite direction. 1, l ret... he ha-il no fi,illplthy. Whlln the was walking pretty rapidly, and Tr'i living in I'ciairiln mSllperstitioi. icisurrlc'tionl was qui-lldl the doc'to seemed to lao unaware of the proxini- Some c(' I l--a varviy holy derv'ish) was arrOCetd and marched off to bo ty of the traiin until a whistle f'roll some said, otllhcra' thli kicvlwar not whlo triod by drum-lherd courtmartial. tlie engineer aronusrd hier to a moII-e --'writes a eorre,:lapoandent of (ihe Lon- As hle approached the door of the of her danger. She was then but a don N1..ewsii, had s;tlted that, if anyone tritilmual lie meft his late fomale assit- short distance from the advancing possession ai while fwl oar fwlr; al- nnt coming out betwoon two soldiers. train, and instead of throwing up her lowed them to live up 1 to the cd of "Why, Adrle ?" hle exclaimed, "how hands in despair or jumping offl, as tho Bilairaiml f.satival ait that tillh a ('ame you hero ?" Ldoking hard at manly another would have done, slie slinll alla];e woulld iss3in f'roml tlhe him, with unrecognizing eyes, she very deliberately lowered helOlf he- throats of Haid fowls idl stilng thiir replied : "I don't mk(ow you, sir." tween the sleepers and hung on with possessory;, wo, whIo itrl d s ma cons- A denial h11 set down to tho fear of both hands until the train had passed qcclucei, sit'righiitwa;y die illrn rat ago- arknlwledgingi the acquaintance of a on. When all danger was ov'er she niy. I was askeild am, -1nd a v(rl cr again l dnomid man. Not a little to hissur- raisod herself up again, and resumed Iby tl e Turvmcinnailla ia(l Ast'rhladi prise, lie got nto' and was sot at liber- her jourucy as if nothing had hap- \what I thi"'uht11 f tllh pr(! o,)h:'. The ty to learn that Adolo had leoon shot, ,tuiecd. Such prHsenco of nhind is resultt of' it wa fw tiant l),' lcf'ore the and wau, oin ler way to death when seldom scn, and it was no wonder (.nd tof tle pre.-c:ibcld liimo not a Einm- she had repudiated all knlwledge of that tho astonished train hands gtave gi whulite-hatlhrl erl domestic hliid hIli, anld forbore appealing for his tAo brave woalli:; a cllcer as thea y l aw w' ,a a to La f,) i a la1'.1 or n'oar. White id, rather than comiuromiosehim, and lh(-r rising from tlhI dalnngeron posi- '.- a' iu'l.',; ilral In-ii1 ; v'.'c 'V a :; ( ia r'.lndc r Liis c lhaiuet a ldcsperate one.--- iiou. Ar I ..i. ," I a .- rs n.i PRICE Ten Conts. VOIL.-.1. NO.--9. system of arbitrary questions and an- swers. This theoryf's easily disposed of, if we will only stc(p to consider how impossible it guld le to have a set question for aild every article which might le eoId Such a sys- toe would be vo, listed, while by the proper li)Ath ab t t'il 1 b soen, anwthinrl cal lo ., n V uri-, ous namle, long c)rs, etc. Another so-c cexplallotionl is that, before mnoni ,'l, of \lontrilo- quismn, and to th, atiory a weeldy journal once r'a4I'd nearly thrl'e columns. As a r'.' it is good--I may say, first-riat'. -' let anly on ) attempt to prae' aad its albsurd- ity will be alappl I Mly readenl i., b nhrtonished when I state tl4- ', is no such thing aa ventL, K ,.t least in the gonorally acce e.a of it. which passes ft' l merely nlEc- ry, aided by curt. anodulations of the voice, and role :rd buceossful l) :, the iniaginati ;a of the audiercc.- This talk of '/t,'otc.oa the voice is non- sense. No vontri uh 'isnt ever lived who, standing on a stge, could throw his voice toward or i'1yonld his audi- ence. It is invariaily in the opposite direction. ", It follows, then~ hat "Socond-sight" Cannot bo done $triliouisnl. By far the iy, unable expla- nation is that 'leraphy, put forwnr 1 1/ sciontist. spea 'S: "P'ti '' '' k, might Ic tw; 0 1onithi the parts of ,1 ron- lr se i (1 41 Well E 5 -'The qu:tion of the appoi))ntl anit Inominal price. Even now no ono Plea'a F 1 of I now clhiif C i2i:lil ofllicurt to roIe.- wislhes to lihvo a fowl of those object- Snay (7 7 ceed CO:neradl Myvr Ion--,, oon re- ionlab)lo color in his possHOsion. And AnIswcr, (';io or .'lir'di J 8! ceive tlher onasiderat:ion of tliheo IPri- yet this sHuporsttiion originated but a Nowu I 0 dlit. Th'e clserici, ia r j v,:llia'r one ; few ian ths agon, eot on fopt by no Lete knomr ivw "' 1.0 a part of tre pmnna ot iry (:encab- one1 knows who. At Tohoeran I hea-r Can ynu see K 11 liimeint, in tinu' of' please it in (,min- it lated that the story originated Try 1, 12 playdcl in ci\! dutlitis of' i'eat practi- wiih lho Airh'itn there, who wanted Jight a J1 13 1'l value ail .'r owing iloportance, a supply of white feathers for the 1)o /youn iw N 141 T'J'he! 11l. r o' flte comtry' has bleoen i plumes which fa now regulation ro- Go 0n '0 15 aw;rc''.;i'1 aI o ih, .-: .. a;.i of thi1 (jirlo them to placo in their hats. "....... --4 -- ', --- Let ius /h'ar' (I A "' an Asuciatiou ,or ha I AaI- win I tr r ptrt and A/l oarf ( 1 17 ,w-iowani of science to I 'tro; fr 'a r)l(uillted il thicr old age. T.Se a' /I 18 iet-a)rorligical duti t, t<, Ta.'-r i,um, Pa., Oct, 17.--John awl L, shap H 1 .or Intoriorf lu)ciarh(lns, id it. is Daui,, Millr, twins, were bor:. t.i, Let ,.s ,ma, T' 20 reco.flgized that the p1opleu wisIh nu Ar con, a i 181. W if I 'a 11 2 1 acl ia 'e w h tl ainh i gi cf, i nl leeas inontitI 'll., illa1 8 1 6.wW hee a qi,' U 21 ,hr which night, in releasing it r, ef, rofu years ,old their moth- ll o V 22 ifirom military dliacipline, prove disas- cr wn,; loft a widow. Being dedtituto DI)o OW Sce, W 23 trous to ils usululno.i ,Te ri'nal anl in ill heall h sHi, wais ilale to 1 nart X 24 service iS n ail )pacial iervico andl it: lu- support h-eslf anid chilaireil. She e ke"fna e a, F' 25 .ties rO i y, sent, l )an el t) live with. fri,,.,ls iin TVWhis it ," 2T dutiCesH f the cigin),c r(: or ordltll a ,i, ; co nntv. John foul i TheWr' 0 corps. The subljrect o pracltical rue- hr' in WCefitll(lorlanld county. Dan- Tvant to kn',ow 100 te-orology is ono requiring yeari of rw up ad l i a n With thais short vocabulary pro]por- intalile.'t study anld a proper appli- ,Jahn earned the llacksliith's trade. ly committed to memory, any two as- culion uof itsi principle, to tlhe locan1 'lay ,,vm.aw o 01' iaird of ono tan- piring arnattaursr coulal easily astonish woallir condtliiol of tihe United otle' nai'.l., i leaving third mothlcr, and their friends, for thero in l nothillg Snts a ca only beo teClIircd )b ]yonhI ealll l,'.A,' 'l tht the other wati which tlhy coull not deC rilb, For experience. This kinowle.dge to-dh)y (eid.' Over fifty years ago Johni iulsluaco, lot us suppose tlhat a watch is only possessed by thl oilcclrs of Millor abandoned his trade and be- is handed to the performer. IHe the signal corps. Tho selection of a came toll-gate kcopor on tho But- would a-k a question something liko chief sip'nal ofllier s.,ull not a ler turnpio, in Alloegheny county. this: mado a reward for military er- He ho ll the position still. One day "Do y ee(W) what thi is?- vices, however brilliant. Such an last. voek he went out of his hou s ComlleA), let s/, )knw (T)." Then at appoirtnmiot would not des.rvo 1e o gethtlo mn short pIause, followed 1ay an impatient ; confidence ot the counl nd h who wa driving through the gate. "IHurry up) (C), Answer (II)." in tile rei t ion the orgiization it- A nwigh or of tho toll-ato keeper The assisnut. otatchosthe ces,-t-ie l olf. HIerI is an ilportant oppor- tody. Ho mndo tho romark that other words, added merely for cilect, uiniy for tle Preoidrnt to illustrate tle traveller and tho keeper looked ho pays no attention to,-and an- his views, wh hralde those advout enog alike to be twin. This swers, "A watch." of hisn adminiiIfration, on the reform brought about inquiries on the part "Nzo (0) tell us (4) the time. WIll/ of the civil service by selecing for o o T () the euccson o one of tho of- of th two old men. Th traveler (5"It) i?" that aet ten." uC' one of the ep proved to be Daniel Miller, John's 4"It is a quarter of ten.'" ecrs who have proved their compe- p .... ,. t ,. o l .n M ..,A ,, h-41 hd li111 Id21aA1VC f~r