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VOL. Ill -NO. 48.
MORGANTON, N. C SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1879.
WHOLE "NUMBER 152.
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More than the wind, more than the snow.
More than the sunshine, I love rain;
Whether it droppetb. soft and low.
Whether it rusheth amain.
Dark as the night, it spreadeth its wings.
Slow and silently up on the hills;
Then sweeps o'er the vale, like a steed that
. ' ' springs
Frm the graap of a thousand wills.
Swift sweeps nnder heaven the raven cloud's
flight;
And the lani, and the lakes, and the main.
Lie belted beneath with steel-bright light.
The light of the a ' . t khipg rain.
(it evenings of summe:
the rain tu.. fr.- -n
flowers tUo ji -
M c:ica
i ice ' nnlight is low,
l l-hutfd skies;
i summer can
Are not stirred by its gentle Btuprme.
It falls on the poo's, and do wrinkling it makes,
But touching, melts in. like the smile
That sinks in the face of a dreamer, but breaks
Not the calm ef bis dream's happy wile.
The grass meg up as it falls on the meads ;
The bird softlier sings in its bower.
And the circles of gnats circle on like winged
seeds,
Through the soft sunny lines of the shower.
satisfactorily, and, with a quick move
ment, Maggie fastened the door, and
drew from beneath a book cover a carte
ieisite; and the gentleman on the card
was Mr. Jack Carleton. But, of course,
Maggie did not know this.
"So this is my futurehusband, ac
cording to the astrologer," said Jliss
Barton. "The gipsy woman said I
should marry a curate. Pshaw ! What
ah idiot I am to have written such a
fool's letter. I dare fay, I am duped
along with many others. j,I wish I had
not written. It is a good thing none of
the girls know it. Of course, I am a
dupe, and I suppose th very existence
of this piece of elegauje is a myth.
More fool 1 !" . 8
IV'ith another loo!XJ,. placed it bet
hours, spent in each other's society, he
requested the .honor of her hand, what
could she say but "yes ;" for was it
not her fate as told by the stars by a
wonderful astrologer! Of course she
said yes.
Then they joined in the festivity as
if nothing had happened out of the com
mon. -
He never had occasion to repent his
action, for Maggie was the tenderest
and sweetest of wives. But her secret
was her secret forever.
Adrwtt Thieve.
tf aggie's Secret.
A Policeman's Philosophy.
"Marriage. The great astrologer,
Signor Morgan!, w ill return a correct
likeness of your future partner upon
receipt of thirty stamps. Name, age.
and sex must be given, with a slight
description of personal appearance
Address Signor Morgani, &c, fce."
'And this is your advertisement,
-Morgan? Ah well! I suspect youi
dupes are principally old maids and
school girls."
The speaker, a handsome young man
about flve-and-twenty, threw down the
local paper with a merry peal of laugh-
ler.
The person addressed, known in the
advertising columns as Signor Morga
ni, was no other than a certain plain
Tom Morgan, a regular slip shod, care
less fellow,' who, after trying his hand
at various trades, and failing in all, had
finally hit upon the tfbove mode, which
(gratified his indolent, disposition, by
calling forth little exertion save the
exercise of that literary" ingenuity of
which he possessed a large share. He
had formerly been 41 school friend ot
Jack Carieton's, who, an hour or two
before the opening of this story, had
fallen in with him on his return from a
prolonged Continental tour, undertak
en nominally for the benefit, of his;
health, but more possibly to'help to get
rid of - the large itn-wme ;eft hi in by his'
father
The young men grasped hands cordi
ally enough when they recognized each
other, and soon after adjourned to the
lodgings of Morgan to have a talk over
old times.
It was during this talk that Morgan
confided to his friend his present mode
"-of living, with strict injunctions to
Veep it a profound secret; "as of course rified bey'ond measure at w
said, "it migiit the sudden realization ot 11
you see ..old fellow," he
prove my ruin if known.
"You were always a good-for-noth
ing scamp, lorn, saw .jajK,
"And you were always a lucky dog,
Jack," returned Tom. "By the way,
what are you going to do with yoursell
This Christmas?"
"Why to spend it in the jolliest style
at the jolliest p'ace in Christendom,"
replied Jack. "They have not seen me
at Barby Holt for eight years, and 1
expect grandmother and the rest of
them will go mad with joy when I
make my sudden appearance there."
With this flattering conclusion Mr.
.lack Carleton, elevated his legs till his'
1 eet reposed on the mantel-piece.
Barby Holt Manor in Nottingham
ween the pages of the book, and haste
neddown.
"here were merry doings at Barby
Holt that night. Squire Martin Barby,
or . grandfather Barby ,a as the young
people, children of his many sons and
daughters, aiways called the old gen
tleman, and Lady Ursula, his high'
bred, genul dame, always gathered a
large circle around them at Christmas
And were could you spend a jollier
Christmas than at the Manor? and
who could make such mince pies and!
turkey stuffing as grandmother's old
housekteper at Barby ?
The dancing was at its height ; the;
holly and ivy quivered on the panels,;
and the oak floor was becoming more
and more slippery; when unannounced!;
and with a powdering of snow on his
cloak, a tall figure rushed among th:
dancers, seized the Squire's hand and
wrung it violently, fell on -Da me Ur
sula's neck and gave her a hearty kisa;
before any one had time to think what
the disturbance could be about.
But the Squire's eyes were keen, audi
after the first moment he returned the
grasp with a hearty "God bless you,.
my boy, welcome home!" and "Wel
come to Barby, grandson;" said the
kindly voice of Dame Ursula, albeit
some t.:irs of iov shone in her soft
eves.
"Cousin Jack! Cousin Jack!" came
from twenty mouths, and the favorite
grandson threw aside his cloak, and
flung away his hat, to shake lianas wirn
all the aunts and uncles, and many of
the guests who remembered him.
And one jo these guests, seated under
the holly decorations of a great oak
panel, leant her white, terror stricken
face against the wood work, and pres
sed the slender gloved hand against a
heart beating strangely fast.
. "What can it mean ?" she thought. J
"Why am I to struck atnf appearance
of an utter stranger?"
And vet it was not a stranger. The
face of the favored grandson was the
one whose image lay between theleavei
of the book upstairs. Ah, Maggie, it is
dangerous to have dealings with astro-
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losrers. Here was the gin, who nau
answered a mysterious advertisement
for mere fun's sake, astonished and ter-
what seemed
ie astrolog
er's mute prophecy.
A policeman having been called upon
t5 shoot a dog in a yard, took a seat on
a fence, drew his legs out -of danger,
and remarked to himself as he took aim :
"The seat of all vanity is the heart, and
here goes." A cow in the lot beyond
threw up her head and went galloping
around, and the dog trotted over 'the
yard as if perfectly at home. The
officer got a good ready and observed :
"The fear of death Is otten as strongly
exhibited in beasts as in man, and their
dying agonies have been known to bring
Chinese thieves are cunning experts
at their profession, adopting, the most
ingenius devices to attain their infamous
ends. I recollect a Dur'gbiry which
took place at a friend's house, when
the thief found his way inio the princi
pal bedroom, and deliberately used up
half a box of matches before he could
get the candle to light. Bis patience
being rewarded at last, he preceded
with equal coolness In the; plunder of
the apartment, not forgetting to search
beneath the pillow, where he secured a
revolver and a watch. Tliflfe. Chinese
robbers are reported to Je able to stu-
pify their victims by .. us? rjrMM nar
cotic known only toftirtuVresTT have
no doubt this was done in the case re
ferred to, by the agency of the Chinese
house servants, who perhaps.introduced
the drug to my friend's bed. Chinese,
when it suits their purpose, do not
stick at trifles, as may be gathered
from the fact that a Chinaman, esteemed
a respectable member of society, at
tempted, on one occasion, to poison the
whole foreign community of Hong
Kong with bread he supplied. The
Malays have told me of cases where, as
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The agent led the way to a small
building In the inclosure where the food
is prepared. Large cakes of cracklings,
as they cOtne from the butchers, are
broken up and put into .-rge cauld
ron, where they are warmed over and
mixed with corn meal, and then, after
cooling a sufficient time, are fed to the
dogs, in large troughs. Around the
yard are arranged rows of kennels,
which during the winter are supplied
with abundance of straw and doors to
protest the fated creatures from the cold
blasts of winter while waiting for the
day of their demise. Another hig
board partition separates thefeeyind
girls," according to gWI "old itnaker
custom, the dogs never onee meeting
to cast a sympathizing glance into each
other's eyes until they meet at the
threshold of the fatal box that termi
nates their career,
The killing is effected by means of
carbonic acid gas, and is said by scien
tists to be a painless death. When a
sufficient number of dogs are ready for
the sacrifice they are entised into an
air-tight box, capable of holding from
100 to 200 dogs. Two stoves are charg-
Horse Nomenclature.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Beginning with the top-notch flyer,
why was Rarus so named ? This ques
tion can happily be answered by a re
production of a portion of an Interview
which appeared recently in a sporting
paper, held with a veteran horseman,
who knew the great trotter from birth :
" Reporteri How did Rarus get- Wis
name?
" Mr. M. Why,-it means rare, don't
it? That he's a remarkable horse; not
many such."
" Reporter )f course, that is what It
means; but rqrus is a Latin adjective,
and as Conkllug is not a scholarly
.Uiiu. it
-There are said to be but 6,074.022
Greeks in Europe, of which but 1,750,-
000 l.ve in Greece proper, the other rer
siding tn Turkey.
Chicago packers, since November
1st, have slaughtered 388,039 hogs,
against 245 071 lor the same period In
1S77, aud 207,400 in 1878.
Nearly a million and a hall Gospels
and New Testaments printed In tweuty
two languages were given away at the
Bible stand in the rarw exposition.
A tramp claims to have been robbed
in the Memphis jail of $187 65, a dia
mond nin and his mother's picture. He
savs he Is only an amateur tramp. Uk
seems strange that . his horse I ing the road lor bis neaiuu
should get such a name. I Louisiana contribute iV
Mr M. I can tell you all about sugar and molasses from cane, and Ver-
that. He ha.l a son who went to college " .'j
tears to the eyes of their executors,
Bang ! A woman who was working up tney averred, the cunning Chinese thief ed witll criarcoal. with dampers turned
an old knot In the alley, flung down the passes the door of the house to be pil- 80 as t0 send all the heat and smoke up
ax, put her head over the lence ana laered. and tosses in a liandtiil ot rice ,hA -hlmnev. s soon as a blue blaze
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warneu uie uonceuian liisi euc umu t lmpregiwteu wim some aroiiwiii; ui ug; appears on the fires then all tne win
want to be bothered any more, though This drug soon sends the inmates-off aowg t0 the box are closed ; the damp-
she wouldn't object to his shooting up int0 a deep repose, from which they er3 are reversed, so as to cutoff coin-
will seldom awaken till long alter tne
robber has finished his undertaking
and that in the complete atid deliberate
style that suits the taste of the Chinese
For I must tell vou that they at all
in the air if the police regulations re
quired it.
y Natural history asserts that the av
erage lite of a canine is lour years,"
resumed the officer as he brought the
revolver down again, "and that they are
subjected to fourteen different diseases.
1 will now take that chap right behind
the-ear, penetrating' skull and brain.
and causing death in from two to four
minutes." The smoke had scarcely
lifted when a melon peddler whose
horse was coming down the street at a
pace, rose up in his wagon, and called,
out: "If you boys don't stop shoot In,
beans st me I'll wallop the hull crowd,
rich ones and all ! That 'ere last one
just tickled my nose !"
"Natural hist" began the officer'
when the dog discovered a hole under
the fence and slipped into the street and
made off. "Natural history," repeated
the blue-coat as he diopped off the lence,
explicitly states that dogs must stand
still when being shot at, and if 1 didn't
hit him, it's the fault of education." '
mu mention wit the clilmney, anu to
send the gas into the box through the
pipes connecting the stoves with the
fatal chamber. Not more than a mi
nute elapses before the dogs fall insen-
and got to be about as much too smart
as the old man didn't know- enough, if
you know what that means. This chap
named all his dad's herses, and he gave
them names that nobody else In that
part of the country understood."
And this is the way that Rarus got
his name. Goldsmith Maid, it is suftl
ciently well-known, was so called from
Mr. Alden Goldsmith, who developed
her tro ting powers and introduced
her to the turt. We never saw any
significance hi the name of Smuggler,
unless because he had a stealing gait,
or had smuggled trotting qualities into
a pacing. Occident, of course, was so
called because of his being reared near
the settine sun. Flora Temple was
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so named from her dam, Madame Tem
ple, while Lucille and Fleety Goldust,
in common with many other speedy
times object to vulgar haste, whatever j sible, and very soon they cease to
be the business they are pursuing; and breathe. Thev are left in for eight or
thev prefer, if possible, to avoid sudden I ten minutes, however, to he sure that
surprise; and unexpected attacts the
slightest sound, will make thein take to
cowardly flight, dropping their booty
aud their nether garments, if tliey have
any, in order to facilitate escape. But
when they have a daring burglary on
hand, they go quite naked, with the
body oiled all over, and the queue
coiled up in a bob at the back of the
life is entirely extinct. In warm . weath
er the air in the lower room or box is
ten degrees cooler than in the open at
mosphere.
"What dogs do you capture
the question.
"Every dog that lias no niu..ic on;
no matter where we find him, so long
as he is outside of the house, even if he
head, and stuck full of needles on every is lying on the front steps, we scoop him
side. The following adventure with a
Chinese burglar befel a frjend of mine
About midnight, as he lay avake in
his bed, with the lamps extinguished,
and the windows open to admit the aiif,
he saw a dark form clamber over the
window-sill and enter the apartment.
He kept himself motionless, tul tne
thief, believing all to be safe, had stolen
up and into tue wagon ne goes.
'Ever have anv trouble with the
owners?" continued the questioner.
'Oh. ves. Thev threaten to knock
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iny neaa on anu cnew me up auve, auu
all sorts of horrible things, but when
ever I see a dog without a muzzle, a.id
e.sm't ire.t, at him. I iust brinsr one of
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these nets over him, and, if the owner
Sensations Under Chloroform.
beets, while New York produces one-
tourth the sugar from maple.
The total receipts of the principal
Paris theatres! during the LxhiDltlou ot
187 were 1 ,00,000. The receipts ofv
the same th.-ai.rea during the present
Exhibition were li.l.w.OOO.
The income to the State of Massa
chusetts from the Hoosao tunnel this
year. Mill be about $100,000, or the in
terest od about one-tilth of the cost. Ou
the 14th Instant 317 loaded cars passed
through the tunnel.
Mr. W. W. Corcoran has presented
to the State of Louisiana a painting ot
the battle of New Orleans, by the cele
brated French artist Salni. Tue work,
which cott $20,000, is designed to orna
ment the Slate Capitol.
The cultivation of celery Is being
brought to great perfection in Clearfield
county, Pa., the growers of the vegeta
ble having established a regular exposi
tion, where specimens ot the crop are
fljers, obtained a4palronymic from their exhibited, aud prizes awarded for su
bIm. and indicated the sex hv tlie pre- peor stocks.
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A woman in oatesviue, i a., wnw
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irue. it,. . , , , while th. othe.
was baptized in this manner: W hen d ay paClU ner husband's gold watch
still anonvuious, its owner was deuat- jnt0 lMe stove. During her absence the
ing with a friend, both what to call cook built a fire, and the watch was
i.im and whether to shin him to a cer- cooked to ruin.
nx.
One
tain place where he was to trot, uv
boat or by rail.. He settled the point
bv saying: "i'd swmer shiphlni by
boat." when his friend exclaimed.
"Why not call him Sooner?" and un
der that name he trotted In 2.25. Those
who think that he was so named In the
belief that he could reach the wire
snnner than anv other horse will set-
that they have been mistaken. ,
Another queer name involves quite a
little storv : Several vears ago the
The low prices at which the Massa
chusetts savings-banks are selling their
real estate Is attracting attention. Ihe
Wlncbendon Bank has just sold twenty
wooden and ten brick' dwelling houses
at Chelsea for $20, 375. These houses,
in 1874, were taxed lor $75,000. f
The Fifth Royal Fusileers, a Mon
treal volunteer regiment, resolved to
compliment the Marquis of Iorne by
adopting the Highland costume and th
Lome tartan. They wrote to Scotland
tor samples of the Lome tartan aud got
three samples, all different and each
Chicago Times, as a bit of sensational declared to be genuine
1 began to be terrified to such a won
derful extent that 1 would never be
fore have guessed possible. I made an
involuntary effort to get out of the
chair, and then suddenly became
aware that I was looking at nothing;
while taken up by the confusion in my
lungs, the outward things in the room
had gone, and 1 was "alone in the
dark." I felt a force on iny arm
I which did not strike tne as the sur-
iutothe centre of the room, and then don't want to give two dollars for him
anruun- rknt nf ld and seized the Intt ii- that dogs career iii this world is )ust as
der. Botb were powerful men, and 'a good as-terminated. Come out some
inrions struffsrle conseciueKlV ensued;'! time when we are going to hwrc a mi
hut the robber had the atWnlage. for Ing matinee, and we'll show you how
his only covering was a cot of oil; so easy the transition from this to another
that at last. Rlinnlnsr like an eel from world can be mada for a dog
the grasp of his antagonist, he made a
piung for the w indow, he was about to
drop into the garden beneath, when
his pursuer, with a final eft'ort, managed
to catch him bv the tail. The tail was
nal restraint) keeping me down, and
this was the last straw which made me
"Wliat is the name of that young lady give in the last definite thing smell.
standing near the fire-place and talking sc-und, sight or touch I remembered
to mv Grandmother ?" he asked as soon 1 outside my own body. Instantly 1 was
as he got a chance.
"That's Miss Barton-!"
Jack worked his way dexterously
stuck full of needles, and, alas ! a false
geons " hand," but merely as an exter- one? to0i an,i Came away by the weight dered agent
of the tall, and was lett a woriuiess
trophy in the hands of the European,
whom its proprietor had vainly tried to
rob.
How many links do you suppose that
Newfoundland would make?" queried
the reporter, intimating that he was
well iniormed as to the fate of the dogs
when taken from the death-pit.
"How manv what?" asked the bewil-
rouud the room, and by the time he was
within ear shot of the youug lady there
seized and overwhelmed by the panic
inside. I could feel every air-cell
struggling spasmodically against an
awful nressure. In their struggles
they seemed to tear away
Philadelphia's Dog round.
from one an-
was a cry to put out the light for snap- 0ther in all directions, and there was
dragons; and while they went out with
whiff, a sharp spring placed him at
her side.
"Miss Barton Maggie how do you
do?"
There was a little glow of the fire.
just enough forhim to see the shiver
his words caused. She raised ner aark.
shire?" inquired the Signor, suddenly, eyes -with a shade of displeasure over-
"The very same, old boy," said his
companion.' Why do you ask?"
"Only that I had a letter ii oni there
to-day," replied Tom.
"A letter! what about?" inquired in
.lack, with innocent coolness.
"Why concerning my advertisement,
of course," answered Tom, rummaging
among some papers.
"Ah, one of my grandfathers guests,
I suppose, in for a lark," said Jack.
"What's his name?"
"It is not a man, replied Tom; "she
signs herself Maggie Barton."
"Maggie Barton!" exclaimed Jack.
"I know her at least I did. May I read
it ?" he asked, eagerly.
It was a 'short letter, in a girlish
hand-writing, describMig herself as tail
and" slight, with golden hair and hael
eyes, and requesting to be favored with
a rarte-de-risite of her future husband,
y return nf post, of course. Kudosed
in the envelope was the fee of thirty
stamps.
Carleton held the letter up before his
Vjes long after he had read it.
"Morgan, he said suddenly, "will
you do me a favor?"
"Anything you like," replied the
Signor, in a "preoccupied tone.
- Jack drew a envelope from his pock
et, and selecting one likeness of hinir
self from about a dozen, he laid it on
the table.
"Morgan," said he, "I want you. to
send this to Mis Barton, in answer to
her application; aud I mean it shall
come true, old boy."
It was Christinas Eve, and Miss Mag
gie Barton was putting the last touches
to her evening toilette for the forthcom
ing ball,
She dismissed; her maid, aud, with
her pretty head a little on one side,
was trying the effect of a scarlet gera
nium among the ambrosial pun's of
hair.
Presently the 'geranium was settled
coinhitfhcr fear; but of course he could
not see that, and he continued to mur
mur unintelligible nothings till, in
common politeness, she was bound to
urinur unintelligible nothings pack.
universal racking torture, while mean
time the common foe, in the shape of
this iron pressure, kept settling down
with r.iore and more irresistible might
into every nook and crevice of the
scene, -my consciousness- was uu
about this : I was not aware of any
thing hut an isolated scene of torture,
pervaded by a hitherto unknown sense
of terror (and by what 1 have since
learned is called the "unity of con
sciousness ; " this never deserted the
scene, even down to the very last in
audible heart-beat), let L cal. it a
ii Kor-niiP I recognized some
again. " . -
w resentences, and then, parts of my body, anu ieu cne pain in
m.o t. were nressinfir round the one part was not the same as that in
i. ..i,r ,lih. Jack made a bold stroke, another. Meanwhile, along with the
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lw vm, owe me a kiss, intensity oi convulsion .u u.j ius,..
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.!-- r.. S" eiemeill Ol liuii-e nau "f
JUSS Oilliun . : .. , ,t..:l, mo hrnln
ThU in allusion to some old wager ot; cnaotic roaring iu j .
: I ki j-l.iimci tarron trt rsPflr.
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far
of the last few hours inside my ear. till the confusion pres-
The experience
had already reduced her to a state of
mute resiffuation. iXothing he could
say would astonish her now, so to this
rnnmrlrnhle niieStJoil She Only BUS-
wered :
"Do I?"
nni-nn win- ves. Masrsie. Don't
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you letnember Jack Carleton ?"
a revon Jack Carleton ? came
from lipsViat were returning to their
natural color.
"Yes, indeed !" he replied. "Am I
so much altered?" Perfect astonish
ment and silence. "And you owe me
a kiss," Jack continued; "you remem
ber that, don't you, Maggie? I'm go
ing to have it now."
(juick as thought an imprompto kiss
was taken in the dark.
Well, by degrees Miss Barton became
more reconciled to the existing state of
things; so by the time the blue flame
wxed dim, and the raisins were all
consumed, it seemed the most natural
thing in the world for Mr. Carleton to
place her hand upon his arm and march
her off to a quiet corridor for a chat.
What can't be cured must be end u
red. nere was this young gentleman
a stranger for years taking the most
complete possession of her, and all thei
the tuna his likness in the book up
stairs as that of her future huband ; so
of course, when after about two golden
ently came to a monstrous tnuuuing,
every thud of which wounded me like
a club falling repeatedly on the same
spot
Fat
Man Made BmiVJUnt 61 Pound.
Prativiu.e;"aS July 20, 1878.
RoTivic Meoicixk CO., Buffalo, N.t
Gentkmen. Aboil InrM montns ago
I commenced using your "Anti-Fat.
at which time my weigm.
rvm,..rU Bv following your airecuuus
carefully, I have suceeded in reducing
my weight to 100 pouuus. mwi
very satisfactory and pleasant; but just
previous tO my commeucm. we uro,
your medicine, I had purchased two
suits of fine clothes at a high price, and
find to my dismay, that tney are entirely
useless to me now. When I put one of
my coats on, my frlenou n me n iw
like a coffee sack on a bean pole, and
when I put the pantson well, descrip
tion fails. My object in writing is to
ascertain whether you have not, in con
nection with roar medicine business,
an establishment where your patrons,
similarly situated, could exchange these
IUisa rarments for others that would
fit. 1 think you ought to have some
thinr of the kind, as it would be an in-
rineoment for manv to use the Anti at,
who now object to using It, in eonse-.
quence of the loss tney woum bubumu m
throwing asiae twuhuib nmu."
Just turn this matter over in your mind
a "OWhlnor Exchange" is what you
want in connection with your Anti-Fat
truly.
GEORGE BOTD
"Are all those dogs to be killed?"
inquired the reporter, touched with pi
ty at the thought of the untimely end
that awaited them.
"Oh, no. Some of them we have had
here for a long time. The best of them
we are able to sell. Thus far we have
sold during the present year twenty-one
does, and the sum realized for them
eoes into the treasury of the society
We keep them at least four days, unless
the pound is overcrowded and then we
are required to keep them but forty-
eiirht hours. Tne owner of the dog can
get hlnl out by paying two dollars. The
city gets the money, and has received,
up to the 1st of August, 424in redemp
tion money during tne present jwi
Besides this, we have dogs sent here to
board while their owners are out of
town, for which we get at least fifty
cents per week, and sometimes more
than this."
"What do you feed them on?" in
quired the reporter.
"On cracklings. Just come with me,
and I'll show yon how we prepare it
but I eness you'd better leave your um-
hi-olla behind, or that Siberian mastiff
might think it was a club, and he don't
like sticks," replied the agent, putting
his hand on the gate leading into the
pen.
"Never mind," interposed the scribe,
4 his knees bezan to knock together.
"I'll just take your word for it
"Oh, come along, they won't hurt
you; I've been here seven years and
never was bitten yet," answered the
keeper, encouragingly, and, closing his
comments with an exhortation to the
quadrupeds to "clear out," he led the
wav into the inclosure.
"Now. I lay me down to sleep," mur
mured the news gatherer to himself,
trying to recall something of the reli
gious" instructions of other days, and
tremblingly he totteteu towards tne la-
tal gate
Links,? replied the senhe with a
knowing Wink; Bologna, you know?"
"No, sir, I don't know," the
dogged answer; "when they are dead
thev are taken to Point Breeze, where
they are skinned, their hides tanned
aud made into gloves, their bones boiled
and converted into fert lizers, and the
fat rendered and rraniffactured into a
restorative tor consumptives an horses
afflicted with epizooty.
Going Down Hill.
1 gale. uuu u.w,
"Did you ever bear of Daniel being I their way, aiv
.st into the lion's den ?" asked the re-, righteous thin
Men who mismanage things aud fail
must not expect to be pitied. Why
wasn't he 'sharper? There was Robin
son, now ; he failed, and cleared $50,
000 by it ! That was something like !
Robinson is a smart fellow ! Got his
eye teeth! The men that gets the in
siJe track of Robinson must rise early '
Yes, sir !
But Jones was always soft-hearted.
No wonder he lost everything. He
never pressed his reditors for com
pound interest and his rents were never
half collected. Vt hen bis tenants came
with the old story of "sickness and so
many children," Jones let them off, the
milk-and-water fool ! Children, indeed !
As if poor folks had any right to raise
children ! and as for sickness, that is a
luxury which none but the wealthy
should indulge in.
And now Jones is going down hill !
Well, he deserves it. Help him along !
He ought to have foreseen that the
Jimcrank mine would have burst up,
and that the Moravian would have been
lost at sea, and that the half dozen
friends, whose notes lie indorsed,
would have gone' under before the year
was over. Pure mismanagement!
It was mismanagement, l es, sir .
IlelD him? Of course not! A person
must be crazy to insinuate anything of
the kind. Guess you ain't quite so
oreen as that! no, not quite ! .
Times are hard, and you've got all
vou can da to help yourself. Look out
1 Sj trnnr inOttO. Let Xo. 2 (lO
llfl -.1 V, -
the 98 in c
Men who neglect thiugs, let them
selves be fooled by rxjpr people v&o
have the audacity to give birth to child
ren as often as rich folks do, ought to go
'down hill; and you u neip mem on
and think you are doing a
enterprise, detailed a reporter to pro
cure a package of whiskey each from a
number of sample-rooms in the city.
He returned from his micion with
twepjy-six bottle wbicbf: 3; J
tlvelv laUled with the letters aT tne
alphabet, and then submitted to a
chemist for analysis and report. His
verdict showed that the bottle labeled
" Z " contained the purest liquor, and
a private key informed the 77ine that
the " Z " whiskey came from the sample
main of one Jacob Wolford. These
facts being duly published "Wolford
Z" whiskey became the rage, the ad
vertisement was immense, and in the
most natural manner in the world the
u ia livatnucil nixin a trotter who
has made his mile- in 2.21.
auary Bird.
In the selection of cages do not let
beauty control your selection alone, but
let the comfort of your pet be your first
nhiAet in view, whether his home be
'
sightly to view or otherwise. Koomy
abodes are necessary to health. Wire
caees are preferable to wooden ones, In
thit they do not gender insects mortal
Wet pepper It seems, throws off
great quantities of carbonic acid gas.
On board au English steamer in a Chin
ese port lately, a quantbV Of pepper
was taken ti board, a pv i-i;uh had
Chinaman went into the h! VUnd felt
senseless. I Four English rT went'
down to render assistance; tuey, too:
became senseless ; and finally all five,
after ventilation of the hold, were found
dead.
A sea captain, just returned from a
whaling voyage to New Bedford, Mass.,
went ashore at a nearer port so as to get
heme a day earlier to give his wife asur
prlse. She, hearing of the Ship's arri
val, had meanwhile rushed to New Bed
ford to give him a greeting a day earlier
than he expected. The result was that,
she found the ship but no captain, and
he found his house but no wife. Sur
prises will be gjven up hereafter In that
family.
Miss Elkinton, daughter of the.,
head of the celebrated London house of
of that name, recently presented to the -Princess
of Wales a bouquet of real
flowers, the leaves and petals of which
have been indued by means of four dis
tinct processes of electrie-iuetallurgy -with
a coating ol as many dlttereut met
als gold, sliver, copper ai d Iron. A
smaller bunch of nowers, an gut, anu
enemies of the feathered tribe. Scald j half a century old, is preserved under a
cast
porter, standing with one foot in the
air, fearful or putting io tne grounu,
lest It should come in contact with one
of the 200 paws that crowded around
"Don't be alarmed," was the assur,
inir reolv of the dog manager, "they
don't care for bones, with a malicious
smile lightning up his dogmatic fea
tures. Uet out, 1 tell you tinis io iu
I Hats for ny years past Used In toy own
famll v and recommended, to the lamlues ol mj
ngreaitoBs tne best remedy Ik owottor
Sds and UKrptetit Cous.imp Uvpr
Javne Kxp-ctoiant, and also Ja ne Sacame
Plus as a remedy lor Coeuveness, Biliousness
and Impurtiy ot the Blood. Mir confidence In
TImT villi of tnese aedlchu. Increases
the Werl use them and obs-rre their won
dertul nealUi-resug effects, Ther hare
Blven onlTersal BAttehcUon In all tne faxautes
your perches, and do not be content
with wiping them off, as insects breed
in the wood, and soon prey upon your
captives. Keep the usual fishbone in his
cage, as it serves to sharpen his bill, and
aids digestion. The bottom of his cage
should contain sand and gravel; it is his
delight to pick in it, and it Is servicea
ble. Do not thrust in his wires, cakes,
bread and sweetmeats, as in their cap
tive state they are difficult of digestion
o.ii n nerniclous In their results. A
simple diet with change ot seed In
spring, in summer, cabbage and salad
leaves, in winter, a ripe piece or apple,.
is all they require, and better suited
than a more luxuriant diet to p-omote
health. The canary birds received their
name from their native islands, and
were introduced into Europe through a
peculiar accident. A vessel laden with
merchandise, and bearing In its freight
many of these.lovely songsters, straod
on the coast of Italy, opposite the fam
ous St. Elba, the exiled home of Napol
eon. The birds, set free, sought shore ;
the climate being favorable they would
have become naturalized, but the beau
ty of their plumage, and sweetness of
their song, caused tbem to be sought for
and captured, and transported In such
numbers that they were at last extir
nated. Their first Introduction-Into
Europe was In the sixteenth century,
and to-day throughout Europe, even in
Riiui and Siberia, they are found In
considerable numbers. Our best musiei
ans are said to come from the Hartz
mountains, Hanover aud Thuringla,
rivalling Saxony, which alone, In 1867,
furnished the market with 75,000 cana
ries, this being her usual yield. Thirty
thousand daring that year were shipped
to the United States, and found ready
market. Since that time the taste for
pet songsters having greatly Increased
the importations are almost Incredible,
and, the supply being up to the
mand, the price of a pet cinary i
.urithin the reach of all.
v-w York la the largest cultivator
. K.t raittn 3 904 030 oat of a
I wmun, taw m k . ,.1 0f o 821,721 busneis.
e New ork. ; w '
de-
no w
glass case in the Queen's drawing room,
presented by the unite 01 weiangton.
The Prince of Wales' thirty-seventh
birthday was celebrated on the 9th Inst.,
at Sandrlnghara, by a sort of family
party, in which the Duke of Connaught .
Prince Leopold, the Princess Louise .
and the Marquisof Jorne took part.
The laborers oo the Royal Mews, to the
number of 170, were treated to a dinner.
The day was celebrated In London by
Illuminations at the theatres, club
houses aud public places, and at Wind
sor, by bell-ringing, salute-firing aud
flag-flying.
TMamond digging at the JJutoitspan
fields lias been unusually successful of
late, and. besides several beautiful
stones of 50 karats each, a large dla- .
I mond weighing 24 1 karats, was recently
i . . . . . i
picked Up on a Claim ueiungmg v a
Captain Jones. The "water" of the
stone is not of the first quality, being
of a light "off-color," but the gem Is
free from flaw, and win cut very iuii.
This is the second largest diamond ever
found In South Arrica, the "Spalding"
diamond, found la the river diggings
some years ago. and weighing 288
karaU being the largest.
The fifth publicationof Behm and
Wagner's well-known "Bevolkerung
der Erde," Is Just out, giving some elab
orate statistics on this subject. Since
the last publication of these statistics
the population of the earth shows' to
tal Increase of fifteen millions, partly
arising from the natural growth aud
partly the outcome of new and more ex
act censuses. The total population is
now set down at 1 439,145,300, dlvlled
among the Continents as follows : Eu
rope, 310,39348"); Asia, 831 millions;
Africa, via zi ;w; Australia anu ruij-
nesia, 4,411,300; America, W.l l'i,00U.
The Black Prince, which has . ar
rived at Halifax, nnder th command
ot the Duke of Edinburgh, is perhaps
the largest war vessel that nas ever
visited American waters, mis iron
clad baa 4W'-lnch armor, carries w
twelve, and 16 six and a half ton guns,
and Is 308 feet long. Her tonnage is
rated at 9137, nd the horse-power or
her engines at 51C!. Despite her great
proportions the Black Prince is almost
valueless for naval .warfare, and Is
adapted only for preying on merchant
men, ner royal captain, as the second
son of Queen Victoria and son-in-law
of the kusslan Ciar, will add Import
ance to the coming vice-regal reception.
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