Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1895 — Page 7

<he democrat DECATUU, IND. M. BLACKBURN, . » ♦ rvunntn. The only time a man of experience take* hie wife into his confidence is to toll her he is not making nuy mopey. —r — ■■■ - => The sun is represented as being 00,* 000,000 miles distant from the earth; in fact, about as far away as success Is from the non-advertising merchant. Riordan was killed by a blow on the Jaw. So was Bowen. This explains why pugilists exercise their Jaws so much, perhaps, while training between fights. >■■ll I 1..1 Over 13,000,000 tons of freight passed through the ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie this season, which lasted 234 days. It would require twenty miles of freight trains a day to handle this traffic, and at the rate of growth it will be doubled in a few years. Queen Victoria has always taken the warmest Interest tn her first cousin, the Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck, and of late has been exercising her decided ability as a match maker in her behalf. One of the Princess Mary's children will be Queen of England \«hen the Duke of York comes to the throne, and one of her sons has Just married the daughter of the Duae of Westminster, the richest peer in England. The nerve of a New York lawyer passeth understanding. One of them recently included In a bill for services an item of SSOO for “lying awake nights thinking of case." This is too much. No client should be asked to pay a lawyer for lying at night But the NewYorker escaped very luckily; if th'e disc had come to trial that lawyer probably would have included in lib bill “for wear and tear of lungs, and Wind used in pleading case, $1,000.” The forethought and cunning of the Japanese statesmen are equal to those of the statesmen in the “most favored nation,” to use the language of treaties. They have directed their naval commanders not to injure materially the great Chinese war ships. This is the reason why the campaign is not Active— Xonan 1:■ mr ' u I'.tjr tured by garrison into surrender without«ijury to the, walls and, like Strasburg, was practically uninjured when ceded by France to Germany. It is a fine economy to save the cost of repairs on an enemy’s property which is sure to fall into one's own bands. There Is reason to believe that things are about to happen in Europe. Em peror William's recent advances to France have been followed by the Dreyfus trouble, which has placed the Government in Paris in a serious difficulty. The French officer’s treason has been discovered through a theft of papers from the German Embassy. - If he Is prosecuted it means a serious row with Germany, because the .evidence whs obtained through a diplomatic outrage; if he is not prosecuted tho country may become so excited as to overturn both Government and President At Berlin, on the other hand, the new_Chancellor has started on his career with a snub direct from the Reichstag. At Rome Signor Crisp! has been forced to draw from his pocket a royal order for the prorogation of Parliament to postpone a debate on the Banca scandal. In England the Cabinet is split into two sections, and its supporters in the House are divided into half a dozen groups. England believes that a general election is only a matter of a very short time. All these uncertain internal conditions have a peculiar and dangerous bearing to the external relations of the powers. A dispatch from New’ York states that a Chinese agent is in Washington negotiating with the Brazilian Minister for the purchase of the Nictheroy and Andrada, Brazilian war vessels, tho former armed with the Zalinski dynamite gun. The first question which will occur to any one is, what do the Chinese want of these vessels? They already have several armorclad vessels w’lth high power guns and have shown that they do not know what to do with them. After one battle with the progressive 7 Japs the Chinese fleet was of no more account tl in a boy’s shingle flotilla. It has not figured in the wrnr since that fight simply because the Chinese know nothing about sailing such vessels or maneuvering or using them for fighting purposes. The Chinese do not want any more vessels. They would not have the Nictheroy or Andrada a week before the Japanese would either disable or capture It. What the Chinese want Is men, not vessels, men of skill and courage and men of Western ideas. They want naval officers and military officers as well who have the Western methods of handling fleets and armies, and who know the European tactics of to-day, instead of the Asiatic tactics of centuries ago. When they do this they will whip the Japanese, who have whipped them for exactly the same reason, though the Chinese are ten times bigger than their opponents. An. lowa court will shortly have to decide how serious a crime it Is to take part of the clothing off of a photograph. It Is a novel problem, and one that la likely to tax the legal learning ’ of the court A young lady of Albia, Xowg. posed before the camera to Illus-

trate the Delsartean theory, and a cigarette Ann utilized the picture to advertise its goods. This was not very pleasing to the young lady, but It Is not for that alone that she threatens suit If they had left the pictures as they were It Would have been annoying enough, but they did not To make them more attractive they took off some of the clotldng, and therein lies the trouble that is to result in a lawsuit. The young lady proposes to find out whether It is permissible to partly disrobe a photograph, and a judge and jury are likely to have to struggle with the problem. What are the rights of the original of the picture? If the original Is not interfered with Is it a misdemeanor to add or take away any feature of the reproduction? Has a photograph, per se, any rights that people are bound to respect? The legal answer will be awaited with interest. Wheelmen know that with pneumaic tires on their bicycles they can “scorch” at a much higher speed than was possible with the old solid rims. Records prove the wonderful superiority of the pneumatic tire over hard tires, both for bicycles and trotting sulkies. Mathematicians and theorists have gone into the subject to find the reason. Recently an Eastern man built two experimental road wagons, and fitted one with 32-inch and 34-incb pneumatic tire wheels and the other with 44ineh and 48-lnch steel-tire wheels. By experiments he ascertained that on a perfectly true wooden floor, pulling In the direction of the strips, the steeltire wheels required less power to move them than the pneumatic tires did. As soon as obstructions were placed under the wheels, however, the pneumatic tires proved the easier. The tests were made out of doors, and everywhere save on the perfectly true wooden floor the pneumatic tires required the least expenditure of power. The man who made the experiments came to the following conclusion, which seems to give the reason that pneumatic tires are swifter than solid tires: “If the metal-shod wheel meets a gravel stone one-quarter of an inch in diameter, and that stone is resting on a hard foundation, the wheel, with its entire load, must be lifted bodily one-quarter of an inch high to pass over it, and this takes horse power; but when the rubber tire meets the stone the vehicle is not raised perceptibly, if at all, but the stone is imbed- . dwiJa wf-, 1 !! rtis'u piteu*matic tire, to slightly compress the body of air which It contains.” It is not Improbable that pneumatic tires will find many new uses in the light of such experiments. How He Stopped the Boat, “What has to be done can be done,” says the proverb; and a pretty good proverb it Is, subject, no doubt, like proverbs in general, to some necessary limitations. The London Daily News reports a • story that Lord Rosebery—of course the incident occurred in bls younger days—while crossing from Liverpool to Dublin, lost his favorite dog, “Mutton,” overboard. “Stop, captain! Stop the steamer!” cried his lordship. The captain answered that it could not be done. If a man had fallen overboard the case would have been different “Oh, well,” said Lord Rosebery, “that can be easily arranged," and at the word he plunged overboard. The steamer was stopped, and the peer and his dog were taken up safe and sound. Made Him Tend the Baby. Edmund Squires was before Justice Quigley in Brooklyn charged with having failed to support his wife, Della, who is a cook employed by Mrs. Sackett, of 4 Monroe street “I wouldn’t have bothered about this case,” she explained, “if Edmund would have stayed at home and minded the baby. I was willing to support him, but he would not even do that” “I didn’t marry her to support me,” said Squires. “I have been out of work, and if I stay in the house I’ll never get a job.” “Well, then,” suggested the magistrate, “shall I send you to jail?” “No, if you please,” returned the prisoner, “I guess I’d better take care of the baby." Mr. and Mrs. Squires left court with the understanding that Edmund would behave himself and look out for the baby in future. If he fails to keep his promise in this respect he will be rearrested.—New York Sun. Take No Note of Correct Time. It is strange, said a jeweler on Twen-ty-third street but women seldom ever consult the official timepiece in the window. A man involuntarily pulls out his watch to set it by the standard time from the United States observatory, and if he passes ten timekeepers in a day would be apt to compare with half of them, but a woman, unless she la very businesslike, wouldn’t pull out her watch to regulate It, not If she passed 100 standard timepieces. She is su perlor to time.—New York Recorder. Comfort Affected by Color of Clothing The color of one’s clothing has conslderable to do with one’s comfort in summer or winter. When exposed to the sunlight white, It is said, receives 100 degrees Fahrenheit, 'pale straw color 102, dark yellow 140, light green ir.s, dark green 108, Turkey red 165, blue 198, and black 208. Assuming that this table is correct, the person who dresses in light colors in the summer has about double the protection from the heat that the man or woman io black baa—Homeopathic Envoy.

WHICH f Which are the hands we love the best, Those that are folded between our own, Or those that move us to strange unrest By the feathery touch that is quickly flown?' Which, ah, which, do we love the best, Hands caressing or hands caressed? Which are the eyes we most adore, Those reflecting onr every thought, Orthose whose glances our hearts implore, Whose fire will neither be tamed nor taught? Which, ah, which, are we drawn most toward, Eyes adoring or eyes adored? Which is the heart of hearts we prize, That which sways with a passionate power. .. Or that which yields us a sacrifice, Gentle and generous, day and hour? Which, of all, do we hold above, Hearts most loving or hearts we love? —[Mary Berrl Chapman, in Century. 8H ELHBORfITEELOPEjnENT. It was & fine, clear day in June, when Hezekiah Lewis, captain and part owner of the schooner Thames, bound from London to Aberdeen, anchored off the little out of the way town of Oxford, in Suffolk. Among other antiquities the town possessed Hezekiah’s widowed mother, and when there was no very, great hurry —the world went slower in those days —the dutiful son used to go ashore in the ship's boat, and after a filial tap at his mother’s window, which often startled the old lady considerably, pass on to see a young lady to whom tie had already proposed five times without effect. The mate and crew of the schooner, seven all told, drew up in a little knot as the skipper, in his shore going clothes, appeared on deck, and regarded him with an air of grinning, mysterious interest. “Now you all know what you have to do? ” queried the stranger. “Ay, ay,” replied the crew, grinning still more deeply. Hezekiah regarded them closely, and then ordering the boat to be lowered, scrambled over the side and was pulled swiftly toward the shore. A sharp scream and a breathless “Lawk-a-mussy me.” as he tapped his mother’s window- assured hfeWtily”'to a stout, red faced man who sat smoking in the doorway. “Morning, Cap’n, morning,” said the red faced man. “Is the rheumatism any better? ” inquired Hezekiah, anxiously, as he grasped the other’s huge hand. “ So, so,” said the other, “but it ain’t the rheumatism what troubles me,” he resumed, lowering bls voice and looking round cautiously, “it’s Kate.” ‘ ’What ? ” asked the skipper. “You’ve heard of a man being henpecked?” continued Mr. Rumbolt, in tones of husky confidence. The captain nodded. “I’m chickpecked,” murmured the other. “What?” inquired the astonished mariner again. “Ch ckpecked,” repeated Mr.Rumbolt, firmly. “D’ye understand me?” The captain said that he did, and stood silent awhile, w;th the air of a man who wants to say something, but is half afraid to speak. At last, with a desperate appearance of resolution, he bent down to the old man’s jar. “That’s the deaf un,” said Mr. Rumbolt promptly. Hezekiah changed ears, speaking at first slowly and awkwardly, but becoming more fluent as ho warmed with his subject, while the expression of his listener’s face gradually changed from incredulous bewilderment to one of uncontrollable mirth. He became so uproarious that he was fain to push the captain away from him and lean back in his chair and choke and laugh until he nearly lost his breath, at which crisis a remarkably pretty girl appeared from the back of the house and patted him with hearty good will. “That’ll do, my dear,” said the choking Mr. Rumbolt. “Here’s Captain Lewis.’’ “I can see him,” said his daughter, calmly. “What’s he standing on one leg for?” Tho skipper, who really was standing in a somewhat constrained attitude, colored violently and planted both feet firmly on the ground. “Being as I .was passing close in, Miss Rumbolt,” said he, “ and coming ashore, to see mother” — To the captain’s discomfort manifestations of a further attack on the part of Mr. Rumbolt appeared, but were promptly quelled by the daughter. “Mother,” she repeated, encouragingly. “I thought I’d come on and ask you just to pay a sorto’ flying visit to the Thames.” “Thank you, I’m comfortable enough where I atn,” said the girl. “I’ve got a couple of monkeys and a bear aboard which I’m taking to a menagerie in Aberdeen,” continued the Captain, “and the thought struck me you might possibly like to see’em.” “Well, 1 don’t know,” said the damsel in a flutter; “ is it a big bear?” “Have you ever seen an elephant?” inquired Hezekiah, cautiously. “Only in pictures,” said the girl. “Well, it’s as big as that, nearly,” said he. The temptation was irresistible, and Miss Rumbolt, telling her father

that she should not bo long, disappeared Into the house in search of her nat and jacket, and ten minutes later the brawny rowers were gazing their fill Into her deep blue eyes, as she sat in the stern of the boat and told Lewis to behave himself. It was but a short pull out to the schooner and Miss Rumbolt was soon on the deck, lavishing endearments on the monkey and energetically prodding the bear with a handspike to make him growl. The noise of the offefided animal as he strove to get through the bars of his cage was terrific, and the girl was in the full enjoyment of it, when she became aware of a louder noise still, and, turning around, saw the seamen at the windlass. ~,, . “Why, what are you doing?” she demanded. “Getting up the anchor?” “Ahoy, there!” shouted Hezekiah, sternly. “ What are you doing with that windlass?” \. As he spoke the anchor peeked over the edge of the bows, and one of the seamen, running past them, took up the helm. “Now, then,” shouted the fellow, “stand by; look lively there with them sails!” Obeying a light touch of the helm, the schooner’s bowsprit slowly swung around from the land, and the crew, hauling lustily on the ropes, began to hoist the sails. „ “What are you up to?” thundered the skipper. “Have you gone mad? What does it all mean?” “It means,” said one of the seamen, whose fat, amiable face was marred by a fearful scowl, “that we’ve got a new skipper.” “Good heavens! A mutiny 1” exclaimed the skipper, starting melodramatically against the cage and starting hastily away again. “Where’s the mate?” “He’s with us,” said another seaman, brandishing his sheath knife and scowling fearfully. “He’s our new captain.” In confirmation of this the mate now appeared from below with an axe in his hand, and approaching his captain roughly ordered him below. “I’ll defend this lady with my life,” cried Hezekiah, taking the handspike from Kate and raising it above his head. “Nobody’ll hurt a hair of her beautiful head,” said the mate with a, tender smile. ? “Then T yield ’’..anM “What!” demanded. Miss Rumbolt excitedly, “Ain’t you goIWg to fight them? Here, give me that handspike.” Before the mate could interfere the sailor with thoughtless obedience handed it over and Miss Rumbolt at once tried to knock him over the head. Being thwarted in this design by the man taking flight, she lost her temper entirely and bore down like a hurricane on the remaining members of the crew who were just approaching. They scattered at once and ran up the rigging like cats, and for a few moments the gjyl held the deck, then the mate behind her, with the air of a man whose job exactly suited him, clasped her tightly round the waist while one of the seamen disarmed her. “You must both go below till we’ve settled what to do with you,” said the mate, reluctantly releasing her. With a wishful glance at the handspike the girl walked slowly to the cabin, followed slowly by the skipper. “This is bad business,” said the latter shaking his head solemnly, as the indignant Miss Rumboldt seated herself. “Don’t talk to me, you coward,” said the girl, energetically. The skipper started. “I made throe of ’em run,” said Miss Rumboldt, “and you did nothing. You just stood still and let them take the ship. I’m ashamed of you.” The skipper’s defence was interrupted by a hoarse voice shouting to them to come on deck, where they found the mutinous crew gathered aft about the mate. The girl cast a look at the shore, which was now dim and indistinct, and turned somewhat pale as the serious nature of her position forced itself upon her. “Lewis,” said the mate. “Well,” growled the skipper. “This ship’s going in the lace and brandy trade, and if so be as if you’re sensible you can go with it as mate, d’ye hear?” “An’ spose I do, the lady?” inquired the captain. “You and the lady’ll have to get spliced,” said the mate sternly. “Then there’ll be no tales told. A Scotch marriage is as good as any, and we’ll just lay off and put you ashore, and you can get tied up as nice as ninepence.” “Marry a coward like that?” demanded Miss Rumbolt with spirit. “Not if I know It. Why, I’d sooner marry that old man at the helm.” “Old Bill’s got a wife already,” spoke up one of the sailors. “The lady’s got to marry Cap’n Lewis, so don’t let’s have nd fuss about it.” “I won’t,” said the lady, stamping violently. The mutineers appeared to be in a dilemma, and, following the example of the mate, scratched their heads thoughtfully. “ We thought you liked him,” said the mate at last feebly. “You had no business to think,” said Miss Rumbolt. “You are bad men and you’ll all be hung, every one of you. I-Shall come and see it. ’ , “The cap’n’s welcome to her tor me, ” murmured the helmsman in a husky whisper to the man next to him* ‘‘The vixen!”

“Very good,” said the mate, “If you won’t you won’t. This end of the ship ’ll belong to you after eight o’clock of a night. Lewis, you must go for’ard with the men.” “And what are you going to do with me afterward?” inquired the fair prisoner. The seven men shrugged their shoulders helplessly, and Hezekiah, looking very depressed, lit his pipe and leaned over the side. The doy passed quietly. The orders were given by the mate and Hezekiah lounged moodily about, a prisoner at large. At eight o’clock Miss Rumbolt was given the key of the stateroom and the men who were not in the watch went below. The morning broke fine and clear, with a light breeze, which toward midday dropped entirely, and the schooner lay rocking lazily on a sea of glassy smoothness. The sun beat fiercely down, bringing the fresh paint on the taffrail up in blisters and sorely trying the tempers of the men who were doing odd jobs on deck. The cabin where the two victims of a mutinous crew had retired for coolness got more and more stuffy, until at length even the scorching sun seemed preferable, and the girl, with a faint hope of finding a shady corner, went languidly up the companion ladder. For some time the skipper sat alone, pondering gloomily over the state of affairs as he smoked his short pipe. He was aroused at length from his apathy by the sound of the companion noisily closed, while loud, frightened cries and hurrying footsteps on deck announced that something extraordinary had happened. As he arose to his feet he was confronted by Kate Rumbolt, who panting and excited, waved a big key before him. “I’ve done It,” she cried, her eyes sparkling. “Done what?” shouted the mystified skipper. “Let the bear loose,” said the girl. “Ha! ha! you should have seen them ; run. You should have seen the fat ■ sailor i ” “Let the—phew!—let the—good! heaven?i Here's a pretty kettle of fish!” re choked. “Listeh to ’em shouting,” cried the Kate, clapping her bands. “Just listen!” “Those shouts are from aloft,” said Hezekiah, sternly, “where you „ 1 T .A-rrrTTßn carUUUliril 11 Mie HD takeshim. Goin here.” He opened the door of his stateroom. “Shan’t,” said Missßumboldt, po-1 litely. “Go in at once, ” cried the skipper, ‘quick with you.” “Sha” — began Miss Rum bolt again, then she caught his eye and went in like a lamb. “You come too,” she said, prettily. “I’ve got to look after my ship and my men,” said the skipper. “I suppose you thought the ship would steer itself, didn’t you?” “Mutineers deserve to be eaten,” whispered Miss Rumbolt, somewhat taken aback by the skipper’s demeanor. Hezekiah looked at her. “They’re not mutineers, Kate,” he said quietly. “It was just apiece of mad folly of mine. They’re as honest a set of old sea dogs as ever breathed, and I only hope they are all safe up aloft I’m going to lock you in; but don’t be frightened, 1 shan’t hurt you.” He slammed the door on her protests and locked it, and, slipping the key of the cage in his pocket, took a firm grip of his knife, and. running up the steps, gained the deck. Then his breath came more freely, for the mate, who was standing a little way up-the fore rigging, after tempting the bear with his foot, had succeeded .in dropping a noose over its head. The brute made a furious attempt to extricate’itself, but the men hurried down with other lines and in a short space of time the bear presented much the same appearance as the lion in .Esop's fables and was dragged and pushed, a heated and indignant mass of fur. back to its cage. Having locked up one prisoner the skipper went below and released the other, who passed quickly from a somewhat hysterical condition to one of such haughty disdain that the captain was thoroughly cowed and stood humbly aside to let her pass. The fat seaman was standing in front of the cage as she reached it, and regarding the bear with much satisfaction, until Kate sidled up to him and begged him as a personal favor to go in the cage and undo it. “Undo it? Why, he’d kill me,” gasped the fat seaman, aghast at such simplicity “I don’t think he wouhi,” said his tormentor, with a bewildering smile; “and I’ll wear a lock of your hair all my life if you do. But you’d better give it to me before you go in.” “I ain’t going in,” said the fat sailor, shortly, “Not for me?” queried Kato archly. “Not for fifty like you,” replied the old man firmly. “He nearly had me when he was loose. I can’t think how he got out.” “Why, I let him out,” said Miss Rumbolt, airily. “Just for a little run. How would you like to be strut up all day?” , The sailor was just going to tell her with more fluency than politeness when he was interrupted. . “That’ll do,” said the skipper,who had come behind them. “Go forward, you. There’s been enough of this fooling; the lady, thought you had taken the ship. Thompson, I’ll take the helm; there’s a little wind coming. Stand by there.”

He walked aft and relieved the steersman, awkwardly conscious that the men were becoming more and more Interested in the situation, and also that Kate could hear some of their remarks. As he pondered over the subject and tried to think of a way out of it the cause of all the trouble came and stood by him. “Did my father know of this?” she inquired. “I don’t know that he did exactly,” said the skipper, uneasily, 1 “I just told him not to expect you back that jiight.” “And what did he say?” said she. “Said he wouldn’t sit up,” said the skipper, grinning despite himself. Kate drew a breath the length of which boded no good to her parent. “I was afraid of that travelling chap from Ipswich,” said Hezekiah, after a pause. “Your father told mo he was hanging round you again, so I thought—well, I was a blamed fool, anyway.” “See how ridiculous you have mado me look before all these men,” said the girl, angrily. “They’ve been with me for years, ” said Hezekiah, apologetically, “and the mate said it was a magnificent, idea. He quite roared about it, he did. I wouldn’t have done it with some crews, but we’ve had somedirty times together, and they’ve stood by me well. But, of course, that’s nothing to do with you. It’» been an adventure I’m very sorry for, very.” “ A pretty safe adventure for you,” said the girl, scornfully. “You didn’t risk much. I like brave men. If you go in the cage and undo that bear I’ll marry you. That’s what I call an adventure.” “Smith!” cried the skipper, quietly. “Come and take this helm a bit.” The seaman obeyed, and Lewis, accompanied by the girl, walked forward. At the bear’s cage he stopped, and fumbling in his pocket for the key, steadily regarding the brute as it lay gnashing its teeth and trying in vain to bite the rope which bound it. “You’re afraid,” said the girl, tauntingly. You’re quite white.” The captain made no reply but eyed her so steadily that her gaze fell. He drew the key from his pocket and inserted it in the huge lock and was just turning it when a soft arm was drawn thmnah Ria —«-- J ■. They Like Music, and Their Bite is Likely to End in Death. After a man has spent twentyeight years of his life catching snakes ! he knows what he is talking about. ! Si Foman is 43 years old. He went '• into the business of catching snakes when he was 15. He shows evidence ■. of what the insurance men would call “ an extra hazardous vocation” in the shape of seventy-five or more scars, the result of wounds inflicted by the fangs of reptiles. These scars are all over his body—on his legs, one on his jaw, under the eye, where a rattler clipped him and hung one day, while the back of his hands look like crows’ nests of scars. He is a colored man, and has the ap- | pearance of having Indian blood in | 1 his veins. “All snakes,” said Si, “like music, and this banjo is the thing I use Ito catch them with. Suppose I'm lin the woods and see a rattlesnake | crawl down a gopher hole. I go to the mouth of the hole and play, and pretty soon here comes the old fellow crawling forth. As soon as he gets outside I pick him up and put him in the bag, If he’s in the open, coiled under a palmetto leaf, I’m more cautious. About thirty feet off I sit down and play, and the snake quickly uncoils himself and rolls around over the ground as if he enjoyed it. He rattles all the time, but i not as loud as he does when he means business and is giving you warning to give him more room. I gradually approach, playing softer and softer, and finally I pick him up a--bout the middle and slip him in the’ bag and go looking for another. “A rattlesnake is the most poisonous.of all the snakes in Florida. Hit bite is sure death unless you have at antidote very handy. I’ve got ai antidote, though, and a bite neve 1 troubles me now in the least. It i ■? so efficacious wound hardl j swells. I went down and spent nea ly two years among the Seminoles the Everglades to get it, and then J was good luck. I was out in t woods one day with Knot-Hole. ~ T old fellow got bitten by a rattlesna! • and he started at once for his tidote. I followed him for Ikr what he was looking for. He ti to conceal the plant‘ by crushing | down with his foot, but I picked Jit up and told him that was the thing to cure snake bites. He remarked that I was too much of an Indiar and must stay always in the India: camp. The plant not only cure, snake-bite, but the stings of al kinds of insects, and it is also sai i to cure rabies. I On the Bowery. As more foreigners walk on th J Bowery than walk on any 5 other strec • - in New York; and as more differer nationalities are represented thei . | than are represented in any otfrt ’ street in New York; and as the so eigners all say that the Bowery the most marvellous thoroughfare i the world, I think iwe are justified assuming that there is little reasc >* to doubt that the foreigners are e fy. tirely right in the matter, especial g as their opinion coincides with th of every American who has e\ ■ j made even a casual' attempt to s , up the Bowery. •