Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 June 1887 — Page 9

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The LancuiK* of OIotm in Olden Xlmefc Qacen Elltabeth ud Her Fondness for Presenting Her Noble* with Glove#—The

Gloves of Greece—Gloves of the Period. Gloves are more aged than table forks. When the dwellers in older worlds were eating with the aid of their fingers they had advanced far enough in the matter of personal adornment to have gloves, even embroidered ones, and to bevery particular in regard tc the style of them, from all accounts 6ho bnights of old and even the ladies, "God bless 'cm," as the gallant Kentuckian always says, went about in gloves of gorgeous worlr--Tnansfiip, which Concealed hands not too clean and impeachable finger nails. The nail brush bad not yet been invented, and the manicure dwelt nearly 1,000-yearain the future. Possibly the gloves would not hafe been so badly needed if tlio manicure bad leen born first, tduce much of our clothing is designed more for concealing than pro tooting the body.

Tliey were in Vogue, in Greece before the v. Hoineriti age, for Homer sp&ks of Laertes weal ing gloves to protect his hands while working in the garden. The swells of the middle ages, both male and female, wore very particular about their gloves. They were very costly, often ornamented with precious ''V" stones, and wero worn by mighty dignitaries

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on grand and ceremonial occasion*. j' Far back into the centuries, 000 years ago, and perlia|« farther, a glove language can b© traced. The glove, innocent in itself, figured in affairs of love J, and blood in away ,\l that has made it the most sentimental adjunct of tho toilet, almost rivaling the ring, which

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and tolerably bad, we may conclude, as far Lack as 1345 in England the glove was thrown down as a challenge to mortal combat. When the challcuged party accepted ho picked up the glove and threw down his own. Occuri«nces of this fciiu! wwre very common, "bencs v' it behooved every gentleman to see t6 it that his gloves wero a credit to him. Any day they might bring him to glory or the grave.

And in the c?r§mony of bestowing lands or dignities a glove was used. Deprivation f3' of gloves was a sign of degradation and the lady fair, as a sign of her favor, gave her faithful knight-a glove, which he gallantly wore in his helmet Queen Elizabeth gave the Earl of Cumberland a glove which he worn on tho frout of his hat, surrounded with brilliants. The royal old maiden was very fond of bestowing gloves, a token which was supposed to be flattering and suggestive, and jet mode no inroads on her constitutional stinginess. It was during Elizabeth's reign that the lifetofy of gloves experienced a turning point The picture here given of a glove of her day represents one of crimson velvet, embroidered with gold and silver. Embroidered gloves were first made in England in 1590. The custom of presenting them to judges at maiden assizes is still continued. As presents for favors of whatever nature they have always been in order. In payment of wagers in which a lady was the winner they have been permissible when nothing else of a useful character would be.

They have not escaped scandal, either. They often figured in affairs not reputable. Bocks of advice to young gentlewomen of two and three centuries ago contained special caution in regard to the persona whom they 'tsiacceptod gloves. f: *AU sorts of insidi-

K«*i ous .evil was sup•*lfipo6ed to lurk in the Kf'5fingers of a glove,

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Tbo uiiiteti, which also belong to the glove family, has figured in cardiac tiffairs exten sively, though why as a symbol of disfavor I .mow not To "get the mitten" has always to the lovor meant woe. ^0

Gioves have deg^nerateS since Elizabeth^ day—not in beauty, variety or numbers, but in expression and language. Having reached a point of usage which makes them as common as shoes, they cannot, of course, keep up their old fashioned sentiment Lovers still dote upon them and treasure them but lovers will do almost anything when they are far gone. .Poets, too, work them up liberally in verses but poets also have a heavy margin of license, and inay be expected to have their fancies and be spoony and foolish at tbeir will. The story writer, too, finds the glove a useful factor, and frequently imposes heavy burdens upon it, making it the agent of fate in the most dftrtua wav

But then one must remember that in those good old days, when simplicity and brotherly love had not been extinguished in the minds of mortals, they bad a habit of poisoning gloves and sending them to rivals, sweethearts who had jilted them and enemies of high degree.

The glove of tho Henry VIII era, here given, was of leather embroidered with eilk, gold and seed pearls. If it fitted tho hand that owned it, it was an imposing structure, needing for its construction the skin of more than one humble little beast, as that notable monarch had a fist that took up considerable space while it was making its mark in history. Here, too, is one of Shakespeare's gloves. Tho original is now in tho possession of Ttfr. Horace Furneas, of Philadelphia. If they could only talk what light they could throw on tho great and mysterious William. But they can't, and there's the end of it. |1

To come down to the every day vie^s6f gloves, nothing adds more to the daintiness of a toilet than neat fitting and handsome gloves but they are expensive in spite of all you can do in the Way of economy. An old glove may be brimful of sentimental reminiscence, may be quite in place in a drawer of keepsakes, may be interesting in poetry and cut a figure in fiction, but on the hand it is entirely out of place.

Paris furnishes the bigger parti °f the world with kid gloves. The only kind that are purely American are the buekskiu gloves. G',oversville, in Fulton county, N. Y., is noted for their manufacture. Some kid gloves are also made there. Sfer

WYOMING'S. NEW CAPITOL,

Out Mntl Description of a Proposed Territorial State ff|).use. Wyoming covers 97,890 square miles, and bojd in tho census jear JO,789 hi liabitaits. More than twics the size of Pennsylvania, it has about the population of a small ward in an eastern city. In it are deserts as large as Connecticut and pastures larger than that state.' Yet the terry#»ry haR great pganbili ties and a. romantic history. The«^ital wa» long known as tho "Magic City." In July, 18(17, tho first house was erected on the si to on Dec. 1 of that year the city had softie 5,000 inhabitants, with a regular government of mayor and council, banks, hotels, insurance offices, "old settlers and first families." In the early part of 1868 the Union Pacific railroad moved On, establishing .terminal points successively at Laramie, Green river, Bryan and Wasatch, and Cheyenne shrank to a quiet village of about 1,000 people. The growth of the territory and extension of branch railroads have again maOe it a city the capital of Wyoming is permanently located there, aud a fine government building is now being, erected. ,ft ...

The corner stone of the Capitol has just been laid with imposing ceremonies, all the military and civic organizations of the territory taking part The occasion was a territorial holiday, and besides the entire population of Cheyenne and vicinity, there were delegations from every town in Wyoming and from the adjacent sections of Colorado and Nebraska. Governor Thomas Moonlight bora a prominent part in the exercises, and Judge Joseph M. Carey delivered the oration

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Kented gloves, amorous po^bns, perfumed pictures or love siclc Dowders.!" Iii seme parts of Earopo, even unto this day, it istho cuctxira to tako off gloves when tnterius the stable of a priaco or1 a great man, or else forfeiting them or|!^ tbeir prioo to the* •ervnuts. And have|4s tso not. all, occa-'*#4 fiionally, met the -^'. man who thinks it etiquette tosay "excase my glove," when he shakes bands with a lady? He is still living, and looms up at intervals In tbo city~ as well as the provinces. He is a very useful member of society, but is, on

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points of etiquette, a little behind and doesn't know it The term "glove money" Is still in use. It bod an ancient origin and originally meant money given to servants to buy gloves. Itbas also been applied to the money given wives by their husbands to get little trifles trith, for which they wero not cxpecusd to give any account "llu money" lia* rsJJjer supplant*

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but the ceremonial of the corner stono laying was after the Masonic ritual. The cavity bo neath the stone wad filled with copies of the territorial papers, photographs of public men and noted places in Wyoming, specimen coins, Indian relics, and many other objects which will be of historic interest when the building is torn down. On the corner stone is this inscription: "Laid by the Grand Lodge, A. P. and A. M. A. L. 6287, A. D. 1887. N. R. Davis, Grand Master."

The capitol is on a slight eminence at the owner of Twenty-fourth sfreet and Capitol avenue, and the structure is completed to the height of the first floor when finished it will appear as in our cut It is built of the Rawlins stone from the western part of the terri tory, in a style designated by the architect as that of the modified French Renaissance, It will be 280 feet long, east and west, and 144 feet wide in the center a huge iron townwill rise 153 feat high, and within it the rotunda will be open from floor to dome, lighting all tho interior rooms. There will bo forty rooms, exclusive of tho basement, the largest being the legislative chambers, which will each be 4Sx70 feet All these rooms will be finished in cherry, oak and butternut, and the builder expects to have tho work so far completed that the legislative session of Jannary next can be held in it 0

Busiams is Business.

"Fattier," he said, as he ceased dusting off some of the garments hanging at the door, "I see dot der treasury department has called in all der outstanding threes." "Moees, you look at me," replied the father, as he came to the door. "If der treasury calls in some bonds we can't help it If foa let a man go by dot wants some second h»iw pants you doan' get some oafercoat nor onWshirta next winter."—Wall Street New*.

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I TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23,1887.—TWO PARTS —PART SECOND.

A MONUMENT TO NATHAN HALE.

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"I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country." Such were the words of Capt Nathan Hale, whose monument has lately been set up at Hartford, Conn. His fame, like that of CoL Elmer Ellsworth, of the late war, is secure for all time because he was the first among the noted martyrs of .his tine. Nathan Hale was but 21 years old when he became a captain in the patriot army, yet he had already graduated from Yale college and won some distinction as a •scholar, and was at the time of his death betrothed to a lovely young woman. All these advantages, with his young life so full of promise, he voluntarily risked by consenting to enter tho British lines in search of information. On Sept 21,1776, he was making ready in Brooklyn to take the boat for Norwalk to reach the American lines, when he waS arrested as a, spy he was tried and condemned as a spy that night, and the next morning was executed at or near the present intersection of East Broadway and Market street Of course, the artist does not present the shameful scene of his death as a spy the monument represents him when declaring his last sentiments—erect, with face slightly turned upward and bands thrown back, expressing at once triumph and reaignatf^

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IK NATHAN HALE'S MEMORY.

The stptue is of bronze, life size, befog, with the plinth, eight feet above the pedestal, whick is a four foot cube of Quincy granite. The statue is the work of Karl Gerhardt, ~of Hartford, and fromh^t plaster model.the cast was made at Chicopee, Mass. As there is no portrait of Hale extant, the artist has relied on description, making a heroic figure of the New England type and youthful mold and giving it that air of fire and energy which were Capt Hale's chief characteristics. When condemned the young patriot proudly avowed his rank and mission. The British officers were disposed to treat him with respect, but his jailer, the notorious Cunningham, destroyed the prisoner's letters to his mother, sister and sweetheart, and even succeeded in preventing him from having a Bible and the services of a clergyman. It was then, when led out to execution, that he uttered the piem orable words above quoted, words cut in the pedestal of the statue. The artist has conceived the expression so perfectly that the feeling of the patriot, but a moment before his death, shows in every line of tho statue as well as in the face. Mr. Gerhardt has also completed an equestrian statue in bronze of Israel Putnam, which is to stand in his native town of Brooklyn, Conn. v-Tiii? »,

i'4* THE YACHT THISTLE*

The Or aft with "Which the Britishers Hop* to Win ltuck tho Cap.

The yacht Thistle has won a lot of British rac»«, and is coming over to contest for the America's cup. She is, therefore, an object of great Interest Gu all who take pleas-

Syd&yct* THK TBIST1JB ONOER RATT^ ft lore in racing on the sea, and truth compels t^e admission that the Thistle seems put up to "get there." She looks the thorough racer, and even in the motionless picture she seems to ride the waves as a swift bird cleaves the air. She is a 130 ton vessel, of a modified type the British call clipper cutter her water line length is 85 feet, beam 20.3, and depth 14.1* She has a good stem and contour her mast is set unusually far forward, and her boom extends 84% feet from the mast, or 4% feet longer than the boom of the noted Mayflower. It appears, therefore, that she carries more canvas than any craft of her size in the world.

On May 28, in a fifty mile race on the sont.h coast of England, the Thistle beat the noted lrex and Genesta almost out of sight On the 80th, off shore from Harwich, she was beaten by dosing her weather mark in the fog, but the next day she outran her competitor again. On June 1 occurred the great race at the mouth of the Thames over a fifty mile ccuroe. The Thistle ran it in six hours, the lrex took twenty-three minutes more, and the Genesta twenty-five. It is expected that the Thistle will reach the American coast in September to contend for the cup won by the America,.and the race will be ooe ft natioual aud iutarpatioual Interest

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RECOVERY OF THE MAN WHO H^& SAVEp ..THIRTY-EIGHT UYES. 1

Englishmen Hast Drown, so Far as He Is Concerned—Though He Got Drunk, He Would Not Bre&t a Fledge—A Protector for Helpless Women and Children.

Capt Jack Huraey, of New York, shot by Policeman Habn a few weeks ago, will soon be at his old post as doorkeeper at Castle Garden. His recovery, inasmuch as it will save the policeman's life, is the thirty-eighth person of whom noble Jack has been the savior. At the Garden the employes say he must have another medal, this time for not dying.

The policeman's pistol, it was at first thought, had inflicted a mortal wound, but examination showed that' thtf ball struck a rib, and following' around was found short distance under the skin, near the middle of the back. Jack found the bullet himself and called the attention of his physician to it,' when it was speedily removed. Ills only concern during his illness has been fear that he might lose his place

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So the commissioners called on him to assure him that all was Well, and his convalescence became speedy. "Wo couldnt duplicate 4ac^ the world over," Superintendent Jackson said the other day. "I dont think he knows what fear is. His Only fault is that about once a year he will get on a spree, but during such spells he was never known to resort to knives and pistols. Prunk oi* sober his weapons were always his fists or a black thorn stick. Jack is big hearted, gentle aud chivalrous. He is always ready to take care of girls, women and babiC¥r. Sharpers and roughs have a wholesome respect for him, you may be sura He is not a boaster, either. "One Monday morning some one told me there had beeu a tremendous row at Jack's door the day previous, and I went to seo about it Tin sailors bother us a good deal sometimes, you know.

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Sir Alfred Gooch was much interested in Capt Hussey about a year ago and asked the Royal Humane sopioty to give him a medal, which was refused on the ground that the brave fellow was not a British subject' "Begorra," said Jack, "they wouldn't give me a medal because I'm an Irishman. When the next Britisher tumbles into the say and bawls for help I'll tell him to go to the Royal Humane society for it, I will."

Capt, HusSey has ten or a dozen meddlb from American institutions. In 1874 congress voted him a gold medal for bravery in saving human beings from drowning. He is 59 years old, five feet eight inches high, and weighs about 200 ]ounds. He has been an employe of Castle Garden for the past fifteen years, for which position he was recommended by Bon. S. 8. Cox. In war times he was watchman of some cotton warehouses near his present residence in Jackson street Cotton was extremely scarce and valuable, and bis encounters with thieves were numerous. When arrested on his occasional sprees It required a platoon of poiice to do it, as a general thing, and his bead is covered with gears, tho result of numerous affrays with knights of the locust

Jack invariably signs th^ pledge after a debauch, and Superintendent Jackson says he has nover known him to break it. He obligates himself not to drink for a term of months or a year, and when the interval has 'expired he will "go on a tear." At one time, when reproached by the superintendent for violating his pledge, Jack went to the trouble of securing the affidavit of an uninterested party to prove that the time was not covered with bis previous prdmise.

At one time Capt Hussey was a boatman on Lake Ontario and saved the life of his captain's daughter, whom he married. .Mrs. Husrey is said to have a strong influence over her husband's turbulent nature. Tbey have two sons and a daughter. The husband's title came from mention that was made of him in a song brought out by Harrigan 'and Hart At Castle Garden Capt. Hussey's most dangerous though successful life saving exploit was the rescue of a powerful Swede who threw himself in the water with suicidal intent, and who fought his rescuer vigor*

ten uaiiiiiMi revolvers. J3i is equipped with 33S men. L'lllustration says that all the great nations of the earth are paying special attention to tiie improvement of their navies, and it advises France to secure the prestige of building the Quest ships. It rejoices that so new and magnificent a vessel is to enter the squadron.

SOUNDLESS AND SPEECHLESS.

A Tlsit to a School for Those Who Ota not Bear or Speak. On the historio grounds of Washington Heights, New York city, stands One of the most progressive institutions of progressive times. Jt is the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.

In the old "Mansion house," once occupied by President Madison, are gathered about forty little boy* "who cannot hear a sound, but who are being so trained that the loss of this important sense will not materially affect their future, happiness Or usefulness., The institution proper stands .nearer the bank of the river, and houses about 400 n^ore deaf mutes of both sexes and various agea i&i

This building, which has been Fan wood in honor of President Madison's daughter, stands on the brow of the Ilijdson nearly opposite Fort Lee, and commands a beautiful view of the river.

It contains living rooms, school rooms and workshops, all large and airy and well furnished. Everything is so pleasant and genial that the visitor forgets that he is among a class of people who are specially afflicted. There is, of course,-a notable absence of the joyous, happy voices usually beard in such a company, but there are plenty of happy faces, and flying fingers seem to answer the purpose of tongues.

Outside of work and study hours the boys play ball, croquet and quoits just as animatedly as if they could hear, or go out boating on the river. The girls have not quite so much freedom, as they are never allowed to go out without a teacher, but tbey can have very good times in their large, airy study room. Here tbey gather in groups, and, though there is no chattering and giggling, there is apparently a large amount of girl talk going on upon thoee swift, silent hands and fingers.

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Now that the naval maneuvers on the Mediterranean are" interesting our French friends, tbeir illustrated papers are keeping up their interest in naval warfare by publishing portraits of their mighty ships of war. This monstrous marine giaut is the Terrible. It was begun in ltSSl und is now completed. The Praucb give their^ Wfar «hine

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names that are likely to inspire terror. Th« Terrible to similar in construction to Le Requini otherwise the Shark. The shell is of iron and steel. It isr85 meters in length and 18 meters in breadth. It can carry 7,108 tons. Her breastplate at the water line is 50 centimeters thick at the middle, 37 at the extreme front, and 33 at the stern. Her pieces, which are placed on the gailkurds, include two guns pf 47 centimeter#, four of 10 centimeters and

AURAL DEVELOM^Xirrf

There is alarge, attractive library in the building, supplied with about 8,000 Volumes, various magazines and papers, besides which tho students draw books from tbo Mercantile library in the city. There is also a pretty little theatre ^rhero interesting pantomimic performances are held. One young man is especially apt in this kind of acting. He can represent the death of Jumbo' most pathetically und the antics of a buffalo in an electrical eel pond most amusingly. Thestacp curtains are the pupils' own handiwork and snow no small ability in scene painting.

A wonderful chango takes pluce in tho students after they have been in this institution a short time. Tliey come with miijds imprisoned. The avenue of communication w$h tho rest of the world closed, tbey have no language, and only a few ideas which they can make known by sigus to their immediate friends. The first thing to be done is to give them a vocabulary and the

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They are taught three modes of expression, the sign language, the.ileuf and dumb alphabet and the written word.. In a little while they can express their thoughts in writing and begin to gather JuipFledge from the WOTld of books. 4

Some cases when brought there seem hopeless. How can a person who never heard a sound nor saw one ray of lisht be made to know what is passing in the world around him and to understand the thoughts of other people! Yet it is done. There is one young man in the institution now who has been thus liberated from a world of darkness and brought into contact with his fellow beiuga He has been taught both the sign language and the deaf and dumb alphabet By placing his hand upon the hand of the person speaking to him bo readily understands what signs are being made and answers with his other hand. He has also been taught to Operate a typewriter. At a recent meeting of the directors of the institution he wrote the following letter on the platform before the audience:

Today is the anniversary of our Institution. It is sixty-nine years old. We ore thankful tdthe state and directors for this school. We came here without Imowledge. We have since learned much. We have been learning a good trade. We shall be able to support ourselves when we leave school. I shall support myself by bottoming chairs. I am both blind and deaf, but I an not unhappy. I try to be a good boy.

Riciuan T. Cuntow.

A secies of careful tests had shown that seventy-four of the pupils in attendance at tho institution possessed a sensitiveness to and appreciation of voice sounds sufficient to warrant the attempt to develop and cultivate, by means of instrumental aid, tbeir latent hearing, and to render it available to educational purposes. An ear piece and tube, devised by Professor Currier, made it possible for the pupil to hear his own voice as well as that of bis teacher, so that the same coarse as that pursued in teaching the bearing child Ut attach significance to sounds oould be followed. These pupils had been under the charge of Professor Currier, assisted by three lady teachers, and tho results, as attested by the examination, w®r$ equal to the most sanguine expectations.

One of the most important features of this school is that it does not stop with mental and moral training. It goes an to give a

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manual training tttaC £iau eaca ptipu «*no goes out from them to work side by side with "hearing people" in the worklfe workshops. The boys are taught printing, cab.net malting, carpentering, shoemaking, gardening and tailoring the girls, tailoring, dresnnaking, shirtm&king and general sewing.

Some are fitting themselves for teaahing. One girl, when asked what she expected to do when she left school, wrote that aha thought the noblest work she oould choose was teaching the deaf and dumb, and for this she wa* trying to prepare herself.

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PRESIDENT CKEVELAVD'g COTTAQK. President Cleveland has passed three ami men' vacation on Saranao lake, in New York, and has just left that retreat for this season. The altitude of Saranao lake above the sea is 1,530 feet, and it is one of tho most charming features of the Adirondack region.

The pottage occupied by the president is near tbo hotel known as Saranac Into: Tbo eottace'is of logs, and w^s at one time a hnt occupied by trappers, but for Mr. Cleveland's use it was rebuilt and cbanged materially. It has six or seven small rooms comfortably arranged. The president bas had for a guide a backwoodsman in every way qualified for the* work, David Cronk.

FROM ALGIERS TO TUN18.

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now they have a railroad from Algiersto Tunis. The opening thereof was & grand event Tho road wka opened to tho public in December, 1888, but. tho official inauguration-

VIADUCT OVEB THE TOCHSpn. bad beat postponed' nntil this year. The train left Algiers at 5:1& in the morning. The.station was draped with flags, ornamented with flowers, and made beautiful and gay for the distinguished company which was to pass through it

Mighty men of commerce, postal and telegraphic officials, parliamentarism, scientist*, artists, journalists both French and Algerian were on thetrain. Several courageous ladies who feared not the fatigue of travel bail accepted the official invitation. Luncheons, cheers and speeches greeted the party At the stations, and an eminent committee received them when the journey was ended*

The scenery along this railroad is something appalling in its grandeur, quite the equal of anything in Colorado or Mexico, or the wild railroading in northern Minnesota. The ncconiprtnying pictures Ara fropi photographs by an Algerian photographer. The first is a viaduct on tho Tucbeine creek, one of the affluents of the river Iser. It is not far from Boiura, is eighty metres long and twenty-five high. The scene is Wild and picturesque in the extreme. In perspective hills rite beyond hills, covered with olive trees, but without human habitation. Tbe novelty of seeing steam cars roar over a' country where man seems never to have penetrated fills the Frenchman with something like awe,, and is, to say the leastva theme for bis romantic pen to dwell upon.

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VALLKT or THE 1RO!f GATE.

The Second picture fa from the valley of Vbe Iron Gate,-a locality quite celebrated in military annals. In 1839 3,000 men, tinder the orders of .Marshal Valee and the duke of

Orleans, took possession of -this passage where the Roman legions never came. .This is a succession of rocks, at tbe feet of which runs the little rtver Alebklon. Tbe East Algerian company has converted these mountains into a great viaduct of fifteen arches of inasoary, each one eight metres in width.

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CoL Ingersoll was at a dinner the other day where a New Yorker, who has a wide reputation as an after dinner speaker, was somewhat disappointing to the guests. Col. Ingersoll had a neighbor at tho table who leaned over and said: "Colonel, how in the world did Blank come to have such a reputation as an after dinner speaker! It does not seem warranted by what he has done tonight" "That reminds me," said the colonel, "of a Georgian who came up to Illinois after tbe war and wanted to sell his uniform. He asked around at several places, 'Do you want to buy a uniform Finally some one asked him what grade of uniform it was, when be said, 'it war a private's uniform in Georgia, but I reckon it moat do fer a colonel in Illinois.'"—New York Tribune.