Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Volume 7, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 March 1876 — Page 2

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RATS.

How They Are Caught.

A SECRET SYSTEM KNOWN ONLY TO TWO PERSONS.

'•Dick the Rat."

With one arm resting on the counter of a saloon in tne Bowery, and the engaged hami holding a glass of whisky, Mr. Richard Toner, better known as ''Dick the Rat," explained to a Times reporter the mysteries of professional rat-catching. Mr. Toner is a slim, clean-shaven young man, with sharp, black eyes, and a ruddy complexion. He affects a pronounced style of dress, wears widesoled shoes, aue is known as a clever dancer. Originally a butcher boy in Catherine Market, be had ample opportunity for studying the domestic habits of the animal, against whom he wages such unceasing and successful war, and whose capture affords him a very comfortoble living. He bacame a habitue of "The Bandbox," a crib in Water street then kept by Christopher Keybourne, alias Kit Burns, and was a constant

of the ratbaits and dogfights

almost nightly produced there. Indeed, Mr. Toner's predilection for this species of amusement caused him to form an intimate^acquaiutance with the architectural structure and

tne arcun,eui.ui»i

strength tbe Oak street Station

house, on

After

Mr.'Toner married Kit's daughter Mary, and for a time carried on the business of bis late father-in-law but finding it u'uremunerative, returned to his former and more profitable pursuit of rat-catching. He travels all over the states, filling engagements in the principal cities. "To begin with," said Mr. Toner, "rats is no good. I mean they won try to escape if you know how to catch them. But that's where the business comes in. If you see arat in a cellar, you may chase him for five' minutes, and, unless you happen to hit him with a brick, you'll never catch him. I'd have him bagged iu half the time. Its all iu the way in which it's done. "Are there any others iu the same business besides you?" "Oh, yes," replied Toner "there's one in Chicago, one in San Francisco one in Baltimore^ one in Detroit, and two in Philadelphia. But they never interfere with me or my partner, John Cassidy. We co all over "How did you come to go into tne business? ... '•I saw Jack Jennings, one mgnr, catching rats, and I thought it be was able to catch them I ought to be. So I went and did it. At that time you always caught the rats

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$5 each every night we work, and our board. And when we work in private houses We sometimes charge $10 for every hundred rats we catch." "What do yqu do with the rats?" "Sell them, of course. Merchants and brokers has fancy tarriere they want to train to kill rats, and if there's a rattling-match comes off we furnish the rats. Good rats is worth £20 a hundred." "I suppose you have a considerable number of customers?" "Oh, nearly all the big hotels, breweries, saloous, and slaughterhouses in the State. You see, traps and poison can't drive them out. Rata breed so fast that you can't catch them quick enough and if you poison them, why, they die in their holes." "Well, how do you catch them?" "I go into the cellar, or where the rats are, with John. He holds the bag, and I take the dark lantern and the tongs. We have rubbers 011 and step light. The rats run around, and I squeak like one. They then come close to us and 11 brow open the lantern. The rata get confuscd and rush into the light, and I grab them and put them in the bag. When there's no more I go out and, leave the place be for a couple of hours, or another day, and then I go at them again. But the best way to know Is to see me at work, Me and John in going to clean out a hotel £to-night, and if you come along you can take a hand in. I'll leave here at 12 o'clock."

The reporter accepted the proposition, and on returning at midnight found Mr. Toner and his partner in waiting. Cassidy carried the bag and tools, and, jumping on a Broadway car, the party were soon conveyed to their destination—a prominent Broadway hotel. The night clerk, on being informed by Mr. Toner of his business, ordered him to be shown to the servants' hall, where the heed waiter, a couple of cooks, and several grooms were waiting to see the rat-catchers. The persons regarded Mr. Toner and his companion with the utmost awe and respect. One of the English grooms gave a graphic description of several ratting matches he had seen at Jimmy Shaw's, in Windmill street,

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occasions when "The Band- en uuor. luciraHjorc^cu ^uiumjr bax" was raided on by Mr. Henry ju and sbnt the door. The patter of Bergh.

the death of Kit Burns the rate on the floor could be heard

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your hands. Rat-bites is poisonous. A rat that feeds in a corn warehouse isn't poisonous but you get a bite from bne of them fellers that feed on hotel-swill or slaughter-house garbage, and you're sure to catch it. I got bitten by a slaughter-house feller once, aud mylarm sweled out untrtll was afraid it would haVfe.to be cut off. But the doctor fixed it all right.

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After

that I introduced the use of tongs. John Cassidy says I ought to have that idea patented."

At this point the conversation was interruupted for a few monfents by the bartender yersuading a dilapidaman to pay for some liquor he had ordered und portaken ot. This having been accomplished, Mr Toner resumed his discoujse the character ond capture of rats. Taking a stout cannvas bag from uuder the tablt, he produced an ordinary pair of tongs. "This" said Mr. Toner, 'is what I kill them with, you see I have inside of the end of these tongs made like a rasp. Now there's another mi

of mine. If yon have an

ordinal- pair of tongs, and grab a stou xlt by the tail, he'll, wiggle away but if ye catch him with taese, he's bound to go iu the hole. "What else did you use, /Mr. To-

n6"Well

only a dark lantern and a

bag Someifmes I sprinkle snuff on the floor to make them come out of their holes.

The

snuff is a

secret, end attracts the^rats by smell. ^^Where do you catch the most

Ittlhe same

"Slaughter-houses and grainanes. 41 oftenmake a good bag in hotels. One night I got 350 rats in the tor House kitchen." "How do you charge fof your ser-

~vl?»wen me and my assistant gets

Dick,as he unlocked the biteh-

6 1 IirrKrt T?» rwj __ rrU. oionnoil nnlntln en door. The party stepped quickly

plainly. With a little instruement he had in his mouth, Dick imitated the "squeak "to perfection. The next moment he threw back the slide of the lantern, and Cassidy held the bag open. The circle of light on the floor seemed fairly swarming with rats. As quick as lightning, Dick seized them with the tongs and dropped them into the bag. The rats dashed round in the circle of light, and seemed afraid to stir beyond it. "That's not so bad," said Cassidy, giving the bag a shake "there's a hundred and twenty, Dick." Toner replied: "There's another got away over in that corner there—I heard him." And he walked rapidly to a portion of the kitchen where there was a huge choppingbench. Sure enough, there wan the rat. Dick threw the glare of the lantern right on the rat, blinded him, and hauled him out with the tongs. "I guess that's all." said Dick. "Now you see how it's done."

Noticing that Cassiday kept swinging tho bag about, the reporter asked what tbat was done lor. "Oh," said Dick, "that's to keep the rats from eating their way out, and I'll tell vou a good story about that. One cold night I was taking a hundred rats to a brOKer's house for a rat-bait, when a 'copper* stopped me in the street and asked roe what I had in the bag. I had my collar up over my face and an old hat on. and he took me for a burglar. I said I hadn't

anything, but kept shaking the b8g. Well, this policeman wanted to catch a burglar bad, so he necked me and took mo to the station. A certain captain—I ain't going to montion his name—was behind the desk, and he says: "Who've you got there, Connors?" and the cop says, I guess he is a burglar. "So he is," says the cap. 'his picture is in the gallery,' and be came out from behind the desk to have a good look at me. 'What stuff have you in that bag?' 'You can look for yourself,' says I, and I gave him the bag. He dropped it on the floor, and y®u ought to see his face when the rats ran all over the Rtation house. 'Who the are you?' says he. 'I'm Dick the Rat,' says 1/ 'You get out of here quick,' says he,and so I did. Well, good-night, young fel low. I'm going out to Newmark tomorrow to work a brewery."[—New York Daily Times.

Brigham Youug, now he is old enough to die, says he was more to live for than any other man in America. His great objict for the next hundred years will be to keep Ann Eliza out of that alimony.

Detroit Free Press: A few ago a

uui. soldeiu deserted from the Fort, and trade® |yesterday he was found tending bar

the rais by its in a saloon in the city. The police

a»flies aud mo-: man asked him if it wasn't pretty

its tne sam serious thing to desert his colors, aad the soldier replied: "When went into the army I didn't know as

I conld ever earn over $13 a month." "But that's no excuse." "Well, I can make oath that I was't prepared to have a saloon keeper offer me six dollars a week," continned the blue coat. "The odds are too great— 'rah tor beer and liberty

PAY DAY.

The flUtribation of Money the Vnndnlia Railrosd.

AECD(m.S BY THE

jimmy onaw h, iu wiuumin oncci, to St. Louis. After providing myuear the Haymarket, and Mr. Toner

gravely assented to the statement that Jimmy Shaw's lacko was the best ratter ever put into a pit. Mr, Toner next asked for tne key of the kitchen. This having been given him, he opened the closets and store-room doors, and sprinkling a few spoonfuls of odorous fluid in the centre of the kitchen, he retired, locking the door after him and putiing the key in his pocket, remarking at the same time to the head cook: If any of the folks up stairs wants vittles cooked now, they've got to go without 'em." Having uttered this declaration of authority, Mr. Toner resumed his seat in the servant's hall and spent the following hour in drinking and smoking.

At length he remarked: "I guess we'll go to work," and lit his darklantem. With the lantern in his left hind and the tongs in his right, Dick led the way, Cassidy following next with the bag, and tbe reporter bringing up the rear. "Step light,"

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JLfcp'cy Lrtfer Front a Gazette Cor p?p

Once every month t.hp pay master nf the Vandalia Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R. distribute, about $80,000 -•—7- ,—

The first man who stepped up to the building aud got his money wa9 Charlie Myers conductor of freight train No. 19. Charlie earns his mouey and I have an idea he will put it where it will do the most good. After some half dozen had signed vouchers the conductor pulled the rope, and in a few minutes we shot by the watch tower of Commodore Twaddle, over tbe raging Wabash and flooded bottoms around the bills of Sugar Creek stopping every few minutes to pay a group of section men, or go into switch for some passing passenger or freight train. While here on the switch I thought over and laughed at the ad veuture Mike Groverman and I had here some three winters since. Mike and I dropped oft here one day with dog and gun for a days hunt. After tramping over a good many hundred acres of corn and stubble fields with miserable success we concluded best to make for the station in time to catoh the afternoon, east bound train for home. At tbe station we encountered the

FIERCE CONTENANCE

the wrinkled

on a horse, and told him to go to tbe I. P., about two miles off, and get warrants for us. At this time, ths Celtic blood of of Mike warmed up into a comfortable beligerant condition, aud but for the timely arrival of our train, there would have probabey been a lively scrimmage and bloody gore would have saturated the soil of the 800 acres.

Aut here we are at Martinsville within tha residence of Wm. Snidsay one of our party, and judging from what I could see from the window of our car, Martinsville was making ambitious strides toward commercial importance, Rit Myers of the freight and passenger department was the first to draw nissbekles. Rit is a capital fellow, makes a prime R. R. man and plays the guitar like a Troubadour.

All right says Turner, Lyon jerks the bell, Bugh opens the valve and away we gofor the West.

Next we come to Long Point, tbe

place *?here the night Expres was boarded by robbers ^nd eug neer killed. While taking water our ngineer showed the bullet hole, in the water tank made by the scoundrels. At (Jreenup we make a short stop.

I find I have passpd by the ancient city of Vandalia. It deserves more than a passing notice. I» WHS once

WAYSIDE, the capital of the state. The net work of switches and side tracks denote its importance as a railroad centre. Just before we reached Vandali we pass through the Kas Kaskia bottoms heavy timbered :uid swampy. I was made familiar with these old names in a northern New YorB country school house, when a I toy.

Class in Geography is' called" Principal towns in the state of Indiana?" Answer. Vincennies, Vevay orydon Principal, towns in Illinois?" Answer. Ka^kas-

and Mr. Will Cruft go to ,l,„ .hop, of Io»™ arid cities in as immutably fixed bv the same laws. Tbe surroundings of

hops

here in town and in one afternoon made glad tbe hearts of quite an army of honest, hard working artizans Before the next morning a •jreat part of this money lias got into the hand* of the grocer, the butcher, the dry goods merchant, the doctor. the clothier, leaving a nice little balance in many instances to put. away in the Saving* Bank or some other safe depositary fjariK or UUUJW UIUCI om* ucpKutu nil' HJllULItrL ill WU't'll lUina »uu for the rainy day. Then some where Cruft dispatch business on this pay about the 25th of the month these train deserves special notice, while two young gentlemen take another the train is flying over the track at

M. If there men lien

Vandalia appeared to bp quite an attraction. 1 saw many quite palatial locking offices crowning the summit

of the hills over looking the towns lam told that one of ihe weal hies citizens was ouce a DAY LAUOREll FOR CHAUNCY ROSE The manner in which Turner and

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big lot of currency out of the Banks and away they go toward Indianapolis, stopping along the road every four minutes to pay off a lot of section men, or pay some farmer for twenty or fifty cords of wood or for a cow or horse that may have been killed or disabled. Before the month comes to an end another hugh pile of greenbacks with nay roles and vouchers is put aboard' the little pay car, the engine tired up and away she goes toward the setting sun bringing joy and gladness to many a heart and hearth stone. Tbe last western trip of the little pay car was made last Monday and through the kindness of the chief I was invited to take passage

a four days accidental from

my friend Messrs Wharton and Riddle I started at early dawn for the train at tbe depot. The sharp keen air of the morning and the brisk walk gave me an eager appetite for the nice breakfast^ got at Charles Rouser's eating house. Time was called and we hurried abroad th® train while Turner aud Cruft were gettinp the books and voucher and cash in shape for business. This pay car was an exceding cosy little institution. There is a partition dividing it it into two compartments with a door to admit from one to the other. In one of the rooms: against the partition is ar» ranged a table with cupboard*. This with a large opening in the partition affords all'the necessary conveniencies for the paymaster and his clerk to pay and the men to sign vouchers. The compartment occupied by the officers is covered with a carpet, has also four green lounges, some arm chairs, washstand. water cooler, and water closet. The other compartment has a locker about six feet long chairs and stove. Wm. Lyon a man ofstalwart dimensions and kindly face wielded the conductors batton, Henry Bugh master of the throttle Jacob Warmer fireman, Valentine Planning brakesman, John Turner, acting paymaster general, Will Cruft master of the roads, Charlie Fuller bridge architect, William Lindsay 6tock agent, J. D. Newman wood inspector and your reporter constituted the humanity on board of the little pay train on that sharp windy morning.

the rate of forty miles an hour a single laborer is signaled a half mile ahead, he drops his shovel, the train stops, he boards it, walks up to the opening in the partition, signs bis name or touches tho pen il he cant write picks up his money and scoots out of the car inagiffy. If thwre was a dozen er twenty in the gang the time consumed in paying them would not exceed fiv^minules.

I asJred Will Cruft what proportion of the Irish laborers could sign their names. He replied, about one half. But he says you would be-surprised to see how expert and business like, many of them make their autographs. Soon after leaving Vandalia we passed a .modest little village called Hager, named in honor of our popular citizen Jacob Hager.

Arriving atE*st St. Louis our party crow-ed over the magnificent bridge in a street car, upon leaving which we proceeded to the "Planters." Heielmet my old friend, Kelsey, afser an absence of twenty throe years. Kelsey and I used to keep hotel in Columbus Ohio. I had the "Neil" and he the "American." We used to make things rather lively when we met in market, I have always said that Bill Kesley was the best hotel keeper in the United States. He is one of those kind of hair pins, that makes every man that stops with him, believe he gave him more attention than any other man in the house.

From my old friend Finkbine whose shout of tickets as he entered tbe car has startled the ear of the traveller for more than a half century, I owe many thanks. "Fiukee" is just as much of an institution in St. Louisas the Exchange, -'While stands the Colliseum Rome, will stand." I must not close without thanking Messrs Turner and Cruft for their kind attention to me during the trip, aud to Col. Colburn of the Vandalia ticket office for his kindly greeting and affable, aud polite manners. Let me close by saying, God bless the little 'pay train and all her family

P. E. T.

Tlie other evening a very excited man called at the central station aud demanded awarrant for the arrest of his neighbor for slander. He was told how to bring about such a result, and then he wanted to know how much damages he could propably recover, "What, is the slander? asked the captain "Why, says I stole two hog3and was sent to jail." "And didn't you go to jail?" "Yes, Sir." "Well, then, how can it he a slander for him to say so?" ask the captain. '•Well, I just want this town to understand!" shouted the indignant mail, "that a fellow can steal two ho^s go feojiil and still have a big pile of good character left!"

Brazil Bulletins. BRAZIL, IND.,

room

Qf his 800 seres &foi6s&iu« MikG turn omiio of i^ncit ka*»£« ed upon me wilh a look that plead eloquently for a successful solution to that conundrum.

solution to lilt" CUUUUUIUUJ. 8. F. Gonter of Indianapolis has reI telegraphed to Mike, I was power to this city: He's a promisless but in a few minutes we rallied yOUI)nr mechanic. sufficiently to get in a few words of apology which seemed to smooth I. & ulleti, Mi

March 4,

1873.

Dc Witt Curl of Paris 111.,

is here

looking a sight tj go into business. The Bell GolderfTheatrical troupe are billed at Turner's Hall, foy utxt Wednesday evening.

Doutfail to call on Bryant it Son, when you want a nice steak, roast

rimwo or a mass of their No. 1 Sausage, of the owner of 800 acres of land there They keep the best quality. abouts and was asked by what right There is a certain young ladv of we presumed to tresspass upon any

jj0. 6 of our City Schools "who

has such a smile, at least tbe boys think so. She smiles all over her fdCG*

face of the front of the kers and Confectioneis, for

granger. As he left us for his house, bread, pics, cakes, & etc. I raised my gun, and discharged both barrels, not wishing to take it into thecars loaded. When be heard tbe shot, he put one of his boys

J. G. Bryson has been appointed assignee of the bankrupt firm of W. Go to HatTa & Duncan for fresh meats, fruit*, vegeatables & etc. South side E. Main street, Brazil, Ind.,

Who do tlie sidewalks belong to, the city or the boys who play marbles- ...

J. S. Collins keeps only fine cigars, tobaccos, & etc Pure drugs, medicines & Co., Give him a call.

The fire companies met last night and reorganized, forming two companies, and re-electing the old officers of company no 1 We are glad this move has been made, and that there will be perfect concert of action in case of another firef»

Go to Frank Hendrix. North Meridan street, for musical instruments, sheet music and musical merchandise generally.

Elmer Marshall, Booksellers, Stationer andNews dealer. School books fine stationery, news papers, magazines and «fcc The Daily Evening

GAZtTTK may be also found each ei 'ny, excepting Sundays, at hisj lace ot bu-iuess, Post Office Lobby, Son Meridan street.

Nursery Nsns'-nse.

Mother: "Charlotte, how do you P!- ur ne-v teacher?" Charlotte:! OI! she's a splendid teacher. S ej .n't care whether we know uurj lt-ssons or not."

A little b'»y, a few days since, while coming down stairs, was c:ti. tionef ny his mother not to lo.-e bin balance. His question which fol ow-1 ed was a puzzle: "'Mother, if I wato lose my balance, where would it go to?"

The agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company recently re reived a note from a citizen «»f New Jersey, which read thus: "My wih and I are auxious to have a ti'rih oo voiir steamer of the th. Yours, etc." To which be replied: "Cornalong, and we will Jo the bent can for you."—[New York Sun.

A little school-girl asked h^r teaeb er what, was meant by "Mrs. Grim dy." Tlie teacher replied (hat ij. meant "the world." Some days aft orward the teacher asked the geography class to which this little ''bud of promise" belonged, "What i» zone?" After some hesitation, little girl brightened, up, and replied ''I know its a belt around Mrs. Grundy's waist."

The other day, a Detroiter who ha* a good record of army service tooldown his revolver to shoot a cat which had been hanging around the house. After looking at him while be fired six shots, tbe cat walked away. While be was loading up for more distinction, the shooter's small boy inquired: "Father, did you ever kill anyone while you were in tlie army?" I suppose so, my sou. After a long pause the boy continued: "Then you must got near enoug to hit 'em with an ax didn't you?" It was then discovered to be about school-time.—Detroit Free Press,

As a reporter passed tbe North Hill school yesterday (says the Burlington Hawkeye) a studious-looking lad emerged from one of the doors with a worried expression ot countenance, and ambled around to tbe rear of the building, closely followed by a companion who popped out from behind a fence. The two sought a retired nook, where the studious lad backed up against the wall, and, reaching his hand behind him into that department of a boy's clothing that ia patched next after his knees, he drew forth a heavy buckskin mit, and again another. As he readjusted his deranged garments he winced a triii?, and, rubbing a little lower down hi* anatomy, gave vent to the remark: "They're pretty good, Jemmy, but he missed 'em seven times,"

Petticoat Pleasantries.

During leap-year every woman has an inalienable right to make love and tbe fire in the morning.

Women are not allowed to drive omnibuses in England, the osculato* ry ouss being deemed sufficient for their capacity.

A lady thought it was tlie essence of rose that made her hair white. Jerrold suggested that it might have been the essence of tbyme.

It is decided that women cannot practice law in Wisconsin but the Judge who decided it. crawled under his barn last week and hasn't come out since.—[Brooklyn Aagus.

A lady on the West Side found her tongue entirely paralyzed last week,— the result, it is believed, of playing the harmonicum. The opinion seems to be gaining ground that a harmonicum is of more real value in a family thau a stalled ox.—Norwich Bulletin

A widower married near Montgomery, Ala. One of his servants was asked, "Will he take a bridal tour?" and gave as answer: "I dunno he take a paddle to his fust one—d^nno if he take a bridle to de new one or not."

A wedding occurred at a Boston church the other evening, and at the conclusion of the ceremony tbe bridegroom's grown-up daughters saluted their new step mother by making a charge in full force, and were only prevented from tearing all theclotbes from her back by the interferenoe of a policeman.

There is a woman in Mass. wl has spent but $11 yearly in dress for several years, and another of "high social position" who hsserts that her annual exbenses for clothing, doctor's aud dentist's bills for the last eleven years have avaraged less tbab $7 ber annum. We venture to assert that each of these women is over 80 yrs. of age or confined in a lunatic asylnm.

Person with cold in his head to person opposite (referring to open window in railroad car), "Say, wid you shud up that wi'dow?" Middleaged woman in weeds, who had been talking for lhe last haif-bour, turning around indignantly: "What do

you

mean, sir? It is a pretty how-de-do wben a woman can't open ber rnoHtb! I'll have you to know you can't shut me up!" Sensation.

A sweet young creature who lives out on Angular street, and is just back from Vassar, appealed with tender pathos to her grim parent tbe other day, 'IPaw, deab paw, cahn't ycu give Cahlo away, and buy me a seal brown black-and-tan to match my walking suit?" And because paw roared and guffawed and said there were no brown black-and-taiis in the maiket. Bhe cwied, poor girl. in to a

A Justice Who Wouldn't. Yesterday afternoon an honest looking man called into tba office of a Justice of the Peace and wanted to know if he could commence suit against a neighbor for assault and battery. He was informed that he could, and he brightensd op and continued: "Well, make out the law suit Jright awav. He kicked me miebty bard, and! want you to plug the law right to him." "As the Justioe reached for a warrant bis visitor asked: "How much will you fine him?" "I can's tell anything about the case until it is tried," was the reply. "Then he may get q9 "^ea.V

A ltd I may have the costs to pay?" •Yes." "And you won't agree to fine him?" His Honor beg in to rend frigid letter cn the practice of law, bu' th- man for whom it was intended siarted for the door, saying: '•1 won tool nrr-Hivl wiili I've got rue doiis and two jjimwi. op ons, nn 1 tineas th- jile o.in lick loin Oil *it iwo niiuuU-*! troit'Fr.t- Pre**

OLD PRINTING INKS*

Mr. Tichborne, F. C. S., has thought it worth while to examine the printing-inks of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with a view to discover the kind beet Buited for printing books or works of art which are to be long preserved. The ink at present in use, he says, consists of carbon in a fine state of division, ground up with a mixture of oils, soaps, and a substance called printer's varnish, which in all good printing-ink is linseed-oil^pecially prepared. It is by means of this oil,when properly prepared, that the ink or pigment adheres firmly to the paper. Mr. Tichborne has examined specimens printed in different parts of Europe, and finds "that the older printing-inks are more easily saponified and washed off by alkalies,than those of the last centnry. In their general character," ho remarks, "they agree as carbon seems to have been the basis of printing-ink from the time of Johann Faust, and for this reason printed matter will bear the action of acid oxidisers, or bleachers with impunity but many, if not all, the printing-inks of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are more or less sensitive to the action of alkalies. Some are so extremely sensitive, that on introducing them to a weak solution of ammonia, the characters instantly float off the surface of the paper,although they may have previously withstood the action, of a powerful acid bleaching bath. The only explanation I can ofFer is, that the oils used as vehicles were not formerly submitted to the boiling process which, in the modern inks, has thoroughly resinified them."—Chamber's

Journal.

FINDS IN THE ItAO-IJAG.

The "finds" in the rag-bag and the rub-bish-heap are sometimes not a little curious. A mistress allows Betty, the maid, to keep a rag-bag and occasionally Betty yields to the temptation of* putting into that bag articles which are certainly not rags. But apart from any suspicion of dishonesty, valuables [find themselves in very odd places, through inadvertency or forgetfulness.

We need not say much about such small creatures as insects, spiders, or lizards^ that are found by the paper-makers in bundles of esparto they are unwelcome intrusions rather than finds.

A patent-lock was once found among the contents of a family rag-bag and as it was wor,li five shillings, the buyer was well content. An old Latin prayer-book, bought as waste paper, had a bundle of nails, curiously linked together, packed inBide it. Half-sovereigns and other coins are found in cast-off pockets, in the heels of old stockings, and inside the linings'of dresses. An old coat, purchased by a London dealer,revealed the fact—a joyful fact to the buyer—that the buttons consisted of sovereigns covered with cloth. Three pounds sterling, in German paper money, found their way into a bundle of German rags that reached a paper-maker. The London Rag1 Brigade boys once found a bank check-book, and on another occasion six paire of new silk stockings, in waste japer and rags which they had bought these unexpected articles were, to the honor of the

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at once returned.

A rare find once occurred in the Houndsditch region. A dealer—of the gentle sex, we are told—gave sixpence and a pint of beer for a pair of old breeches while the bargain was being ratified at a public house, the buyer began to rip up the garment, when out rolled eleven golden guineas wrapped up in a thirty pound banknote. We rather think, that in strictness of law, the guineas of this treasure-trove belonged to the crown but most likely the elated buyer and the mortified seller made merry over the windfall. Many people, in the days when banking was little understood, had a habit of concealing their spare money about their persons thus, an old waistcoat, bought for a trifle, waa found lined with bank notes! But of all the finds, what shall we think of a bahyl A paper manufacturer assures us that in a bag of rags brought from Leghorn, and opened at an Edinburgh papermill, a tiny baby was found, pressed almost flat. Poor bantling! Was it accidentally squeezed to death in a turn-Up bedstead, or was some darker tragedy associated with its brief history?—Ghovi* ier's Journal.

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