NOTABLE SPENTHRIFTS.
Ion Whose Ambltidn was to Throw
Money Away. .
We have heard a great deal about
mixers and their thriftinessfand it may
not be uninteresting to hear something
interesting concerning the great plung-
ers and their spendthriftiness. '
The late Mr. Abingdon Baird was one
of the greatest spendthrifts of modern
times, and his attempts to dissipate his
fortune, which amounted to over £250,-
000 a year, were many, and displayed
sin-inventive genius which should have
made his fortune in another capacity.
He cast his money about right and left,
and it is probable that if he had lived a
few years longer he would have gained
What appeared to be his premier object
- in life: legitimate right to poornrate re-
lief. He thought nothing of making a
present worth £15,000 or £20,000, and
he paid £17,500 one day for a necklace
of jewels which he presented to a lady
of his acquaintance.
Mr. Ernest Benson, notorious as the
“Jubilee Plunger," was more success-
ful than the last named gentleman,
since he managed to ruin himself com-
pletely, running through a fortune of
£250,000 in the record time of two
years.
Though quite young, he displayed re-
markable talents i" or extravagance.
’V‘m-ls and' horses were firm friends to
?'-L n: the kind of friends we wish to be
:la fouled from. He sat down to cards
Irv-3 (=v"‘“:i ‘ "Tl list at the rate of £1.
5-31.30 aminute ‘or ten consecutive min
ates- Another game of cards. played
with some be ._-,.:i ("\“l wauaons wiah whom
he was den“ ‘1‘- -"; n ‘.x.--o Id for the races
cost this rash young man no less than
£30,000; losses of such sums as £5,000
and £6,003 \vere deemed the merest bag—
atelle by him.
The late Marquis of Aylesbury was
quite as successful a plunger as the
“Jubilee Plunger.” for he ran through
his fortune,which brought him in some
£60,000 per annum, in seven years, and
at the end of that time found himself
living upon the charity of the gentle-
man who had been his own agent-—
Tit- Bits,
5V" ' Why She wasrliusy.
“Do you see that woman over in the
corner?” asked the receiving clerk in
the telegraph office.
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.i “The one who has been writing,
crossing out and re-writing for the last
half hour?” inquired the man who had
just filed an eight-hundred word special
dispatch.
“Yes.”
“Well, I see her. What of it? I sup-
pose she is trving to crowd a 16 word
message into 10 words.
“Not a bit ol it. She came here a
little while ago who an eight word mes
sage and wanted to know if I would
make any reductim because it wasn’t
exa‘btly ten words. if nen I told her I
could not she gel 111 MI. and has been
trying ever since to write the message
Sorrows of Saloon Keepers.
ple who get their beer by the can from,
a saloon was explained in The Essex
Market Police Court recently.‘
complainant in the case, a thirsty man
named Krauss, said that the bartender
where he bought his beer had assaulted
from a bowl bearing the sign, “Hard
boiled eggs, one cent apiece,” and had
handed the bartender three cents for
them. \The bartender wouldn’t accept
the money because the eggs cost him
two cents apiece, and could be pur-
chased at the reduced price only by
patrons who bought their beer by the
glass. Krauss had a pint of beer in his
pail whichhe had just purchased. and
he'didn't see the point of the bartend-
er’s objection. There was a fight that
landed the bartender in the police
court as aprisoner,~ and in explanation
he said: ‘
“Your Honor, people come into my
place to buy beer with the sides of the
can covered with butter, or any kind of
grease. This kills the foam, and they
get twice as much beer as they are en-
titled to when I run it right into the
can. We can’t sell eggs for a cent to
these people.”
He further said that fly bartenders
who guessed at the measure of the can
and ran the beer, into it from the keg
always made allowances for greasy
sides—New York Sun. '
SHE WANTED A STICK lN lT_.
Refined Society Shocked bea Charming
Boston Girl.
You can’t judge by appearances any
more accurately now than you could in
Ben Franklin‘s days. Early in the win-
ter 3. ch: rning young demoiselle from
Bostonwis visiting in Cleveland, and
received many attentions. She was
young. pretty and had a shy way about
her that was very attractive. She
seemed such a verdant maiden that the
young men were inclined to vote her a
mufl“, but they quickly changed their
minds.
One day alittle party to a suburban
club house was given in her honor, and
when they arrived at the place the la-
dies were asked if they wouldn’t par-
take of liquid refreshments. They all
named lemonade until it came to the
demure girl from Boston.
“Make mine a Manhattan cocktail,”
she softly iisped, “and please cut the
stick thick." ‘
There was no talk of verdancy after
that—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Heavenly Shopping.
Mrs. Blo:som-—I dreamed last night
I was in Heaven,
Mr. bossom—VVhat was it like?
Mrs. Blossom—An immense dry goods
store, and" i didn‘t have to do anything
but shep. And oh, Joe, you should have
seen the oargiin counter! Why, they
had go Bill-i marked at 98 cents that
Would nave cost a dollar here—San
so as to make it the lull ten words.”
A novel trick that is worked by peo- .
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him because he had taken three eggs.
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He Achieved Distinction.
County Judge N. L. Bennett of Camp-
bell county, Ky., has achieved unique
distinction. When sitting in the fiscal
court last Wednesday he ordered that
his own salary be reduced from $1,700
to $1,400 a year, saying that the county
could not, in its present ,- financial con
dition, afiord to pay him so much for
his work. He explained that he had
given the magistrates composing the
court an opportunity to act in the mat-1
ter, but they would not cut his salary;
so he cut it himself.
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A New Swindle in Blissonri.
n A new swindle is being worked with
good success in many towns in this
State. A woman book agent appears in
town and goes Irom house .to house,
leaving books for examination. Next
day a nian calls to see if the. books are
wanted, and if they are not he takes
them away with him. Usually they are
not wanted. A few days later the we-
man agent appears again, and on being
told that the man has taken away the
book weeps copiously, says the villain
has been collecting her books all over
cepts the proffered compensation.—
Kansas City Star.
. Nine miles east of Uniontown, Penn,
on the north side of the old National
turnpike, in a field belonging to the es-
tate formerly in the possession of
James Dickson, is the grave of Brad-
dock, which is still well cared for and
tended. Pious hands guard and deck
the resting place of the gallant but un-
fortunate warrior, who, here amld the
wilderness. fell on sleep, his final ac-
tion. tho-ugh of bravery without stain,
linking his name forever with calam-
ity. The grave is protected by a.
fem-e and surrounded with trees, some
try and planted there.
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man intense agony. For several weeks
he could open his mouth just Wide
enough to be fed with liquid nourish-
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from his letter: “Truth is stranger
than Fiction.”
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he suffered agonies for weeks at a time.
Could only open his mouth wide enough
to admit a teaspoon. and any acid in
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neuralgia, catarrh and-rheumatism,
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Mr. Briggs Winds up his test1mony
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HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH WED.
1131's. Henry Ward Beecher Gives Excellent
Advice to Young Couples.
Years ago I laid aside a scrap cut
from a paper. A short time ‘ago I
came across it.
spect Due to Wives,” and among its
paragraphs were the following:
"Do not jest with your wife on any
subject where there is danger oi.
ivounding her feelings. ,
“Never speak of some prominent vir-
tue in an-other’s wife, just to remind ’
your own of a- fault. '
“Never be inattentive to your wife
in company. Nothing wounds a W0-
man’s pride more keenly or tends so
much to weaken her respect and“ love
for you. '
“If you would have a pleasant home
and a cheerful wife, pass your even-
ings under your own roof with your
own wife. or take her to share social
enjoyment with you.
“Do not be stern or silent in your
own house and remarkable for your
social gifts elsewhere."
This is certainly excellent advice,
and too often is greatly needed. But
in reading it now the question cemes "
to me: Do not wives need such cau-
tions equally with their husbands?
What about the respect due to hus-
bands? Perhaps it is the perversity
said to he often found in woman’s nae
ture, but I acknowledge being some-
what behind the age and plead guilty
to some little sympathy for husbands.
Read these sentences again, good
wives, and allow me to whisper a'ifew
questions to you. .
Did you never tell your husband of
some great excellence or virtue in
your friend’s husband, purposely to re-
mind him of some shortcoming or
fault which you had seen in his own
habits or character?
Do you ever treat your husband,
when in company, withinattention or
impatience, while you politely and cor-
dially accept the attentions of other
and less noble men?
Do you ever impatiently blame him
in the presence of a third party? W'hat
woman is more sensitive to blame in
the presence of others than a: bus-
bmnd,-when the censure comes from
his wife’s lips?
Are you ever cross and silent
your own home, with no one to enter-
tain but your husband, yet full of life,
wit and amiability in company? '
While it is just that husbands should
listen and receive this counsel, and
by the lesson it teaches endeavor to
augment the joys of home, should not
wives also take its truth into their
own hearts? Are we not equally li-
able to trespass in the same way? Aye,
more so. Far home is our kingdom, :
where we may reign supreme if we
have wisdom to hold the sceptre with
a judicious hand. .
New Fads in Entertaining.
The button sewing party is one of.
- the newest things in entertaining; Ia-
dies and gentlemen both participate,
and the person who sews the buttons
most quickly and satisfactorily re—
ceives a prize, while for the worst
work a consolation prize is offered. At
a late function it was a charming
bachelor to whom the first prize was
awarded, the task of sewing five per-
celain buttons on a bit of muslin being
accomplished in the neatest manner
possible and in an incredibly short
time.
A hat trimming contest is another
and still more interesting form of:
amusement, and gives both sexes an
opportunity to Show their -ability in
the role of modiste. _
An u-ntrimmed hat is provided for
each guest with an assortment of gray-
colored ribbons, flowers, velvet, etc.,
and they are permitted to choose the
trimmings which best accord with
their ideas of taste. It must be con-
fessed that some of the hats are fear-
fully and wonderfully made, but a
few are'always pretty‘and artistic.
Strange to say, at a recent trial of
skill, a man’s creation" was adjudged
the most tasteful, while it is declared
that the hat manufactured by'the nim-
ble fingers of a certain man about
town would not have disgraced Virot
herself.‘ On the same occasion a we-
man received the consolation prize for
making the worst hat of the lot—New
York Tribune.
About 3 Pleasant Voice.
“My aunt was always saying to me,
‘Don’t talk so lend; your voice gets
shriller every day,” said a. contributor
to Harper’s Bazar. “I became so ner-
vous and irritated under this chronic
rebuke that my voicewas more uneven
and harsh than ever, and I hardly
dared speak at home. '
“At last ’I visited my cousins in L—
(they are noted for their sweet voices,
you know), and then suddenly I no-
ticed the wide difference, which I had
never understood before, between a
rough voice and a well-modulated one,
and set myself, so to speak, to catch
the trick of their intonations and their
tones. In a months time, really. I
talked like adiiferent girl. And when
I came home’my aunt said, ‘Well, I
am glad to see that at last my reproofs
have’ made an impression upon you,‘
Clara? But they hadn’t, you know.
The only impression she made was to
make me unhappy and nervous.
“I have never forgotten the lesson,
and when I want my children to im-
prove ‘in any way I give them an op:
portunity testes and hear the right
thing before i rcpreve them for not,
(eliciting it.” ,
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