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PROFESSION A I. GtRIH,
iftfer bis profeo J services to thecit-
iu T. A. McNair's drag store on Mali
it"
oat
Street
rfelXK POWELL,
T
TaRbobo,
A TTOR.YEY-A TLA W
The seasons come and the seasons go,
Ana time strange things reveals.
Bnt science has failed thus far to show
Why that coldness about a woman's heel
The reasons. Thad, may do as Ton av . ' , : ,
YoVeo yet a siarle bean. . . ; , (,
Now, do n us shed, of light, a ray
vo t you know mora bont th' toe? ;
N,
niNK nash, ; v
ATTORNET-AT-tA-W,
V TAR-ORO. M. C.
Practices in all the Courts, 8tatc! and Fed-
j OJOQ i
3- . ;- .
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.iroRGE HOWARD. : .3,
Attorney and Conxuelflf at
t7"PraciioM in all Ihe ConrU, State ad
I : H. ,
NDREW TOYg Ju
ATTORNET-AT-LA W
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future wiir fegulariy attend the Superior
ourU of Edgecombe. Offle In Tarboro Honae.
p I M. T. FOUNTAIN, f
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ATTJORNKr AND COUNSEUjOR AT LAW,
.j: Tarboro, N.; C, ' .- i i$ -J
0Dt over Insoranoe Office of CapL Orrcn
. Williams. J :;. .' lobSl-gnj
ALTERjp. WILLIAMSON 1 1 "V
kttorney-at-Lk w,i
Offiie in Post Office Building.) j
. fi Practices In State and Federal Courts.
11. At GILLIAM. ' . Donraix
H ILLIAM & SON '
Attorneys-at-I-aw
, , TARBORO', N. C. 1
Will practk In the Counties of Edgecombe
Halifax ana no, ana at toe iarts oi e
ir$t Judicial District, and in the Circuit and
uprme Courts at Raleigh, t : JanLS-ly.
JAS. NORPLEET,
Attorney-at-Law,
TARBORO, - -
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CIRCCIT "Edgecomba, Nub and ITU
son. j Loans negotiated on reasonable lerme..
J,
L BRIDGERS & BON,
4-
Attorneys-at-LawJ
TARBORO,
14 lry ? :
raOSSEr BATTLE,
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.Tr riJSiK7torwr
Practice in the courts of Nash, Edgecombe.
Wilson and Halifax counties. Also in' the
Federal and supreme Courta. Tarboro office,
sp-stairs over new Howard 'building. Haiti
itreet, opp. Bank front room. , apr 'M
DK.I.N.CARB, tl.
SurgeonJDentipt,
TARBORO, N. C.
Office bwdi b, trotn 9 a.
rora to o p. m. -"Next
door to Tarboro
Koyajter fc Nash.
TkR. R. W. JOYNER,
'till 1 p. m.nd
Boose, ever
DENTIST
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Has permanently located in Wil
son, . C. All operations ,nU! be
neatly and carefully performed and
Teeth extracted without pain. , Office
on Tarboro street next door to Post
1 L. SAVAGE,
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L'Vrry, Sale, " Excluinge
i and Feed Stables,
CoBjSKB GRASriLL ft 8t. Asdww Strxkts
y TARBORO'. S. C. " '":Vi
ine Stables are tha lanrest lntha State
and have a capacity of holdW ten car-loads
,i?ux.'il. uive tuia a call. janusy
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n?IUM & WHISKEY
uome without naln. Book o
ut iKree. B. M. WOOLSY, M. Atlanta,
HABITS cured at
Book or partirmars
9 m
"EACHERS.'Make ?0 to $150 per mftntfl
stllinz onr Standard . Booka & Bibles,
.Steady work for 8prlnjr and Summer. 54-
"'mi i. V. Mcnray jo., rwiapeifuiaok
LfTHER SHELDON,'
L.
DEALXB in
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DOORS, BLINDS
BUU.DERtf' HARDWARE,
J
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS,
Building Material of every descrlpUoh
. I
W. 8IDB yARKET SQUARE
And1
40 ROANOAKK AVE
NORFOLK,
JSovemberl82. 18,1-y.
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'"I'M.
i in,
Q. WOODWARD,
' .. with .- y. ;;i
p. BLAMLR . - .Norfolk. Va
V ill mail samples of ' i
liliX GO0D.3 WHEN KEQUJC8TED, if
ffjwea madrf to order. Correspondence- aO
p' .'Huuogue8 oi ratverns mailed s
P to anv addraaa. "
A iALVIlRIAGE PKOPQSAI
One day about 3 in the afternoon . mid
dle aged gentleman ran np the steps of a
handsome house in a handsomer citv street
and asked the servant who opened the
door if Miss Neville was at home. Being
answerad iu the affirmative, he sent in his'
card. Written noon it was thla Tin m ,
William Belmora. . . . f
'The Berlin t i'aa-iBe'tOwwfc him Into the
front parlor,, took . the card np-stairs
and returned witfi the information that
Miss Neville would be "down- in a mo
ment," and in a moment Miss Nevilla hp
.flf entercd.She' was a'beantifnl young
woman of 23. She was dressed stylishly
and bore herself with an air that told she
was used to society.
She held- in her hand a newspaper,
around which. 'was folded a wrapper. ad-
dresed to hersel, which she; had taken,
from tli hall',tah!e as, she . passed. ' She
had only glanced at the direction, and as,
yet had iiot oj;ehel it. That paper was
myself I had jnst (irrivecl from Wasni-ns-toii.
' ;.;-?' - - i
At her entrance My. Belmore arose and
advanced, holding out bis hand. Sbe'gave)
him heri-. which he certainly, kept a m.
ment of so longer ijian was necessary. .He'
was a ran, we.i-Dnuc man enotrgn. or sa
years of age, with gray side-whiskers and
a high nose. " ' '
Of course, a a newspaper, and one de
void to fashionable intelligence, I have a
greatv experience fn tove affairs. I saw at
a glance that Mr. BdniOre was in love with
Miss Neville, and that he intended to offer
her his hand and heart at some time.
After they had conversed awhile, I knew
that he had resolved to do it that very day.
She knew it, too. whin lie had remarked :
My dear Miss Xeviile, I have, some
thing very reticular tq say Jo yo."
Jle bvgan by telling her that she was
beautiful. Then he told her that he loved
her. Then he mentioned the amount of
his property and real estate, and asked hjcr
if she would marry im. ,,,,, ,
: She thanked him in a very well-arranged
speech, at the end of which she declined
his offer. 1 ' " '
.When ahe had don this there was
sllenpii. Mr. licliuore.uroke it by an. in
quiry1: ;
j Would she ever change her mind?
Might he not hope that, having thought
his offer over, she would view it in a better
light? ,
i She replied that it wan not a question of
time, and that he cert aiulywould not
change .her mind. ,She hopedTiowever,
that he would always be her friend. ,
At that lie grew very angry, though he
tried ndf to appear so ; an in a , moment
he aroslb go. .-v- -St-, .-"'.
She bowed him to the parlor door, and
he went out Into tb. ball, into. the resti-
ule and to the front door, mere a new
jck. whicn was tne torment ot everr
stranger, baffled him. He $tood a prisoner
between two doors, vainly struggling to
open either of them for live minutes.
In this space of -tinie,Miss Neville had
seated herself in a great arm-chair and
taken me out of my wrapper. As soon as
she did so her eyes resded on, a paragraph,
on each side of which were placed two
pencil brackets. .
( There were not fifty words- between
them, but as she read I felt myself begin
to tremble in her hands.
'Is it possible?" she cried, and tears
arose to her evet nnd just then a faint
sound in the hall attracted her attention.
Mr. Belmore had managed to open the
inner door and stood at that of the parlor.
I bee a thousand pardons, miss JNe-
vllle," be said, "bu I. cannot manage to,
to get out of the house as rapidly as.,
doubtless, would be agreeable to you.'
He was Terr angry oy tnis time, ana tne
marks ot two red-hot tears of rage and
Brief middle-aged tears were on nis
cheeks. I don't know whether she saw
them, but be noticed those in hers ana tne
change in her face.
i regret mai i snouia nave uisiresaeu
you," he said. "J l i nopea to maita
you as happy as a different answer would
Lave made me,"
As he spoke she put me down npob the
table and advanced to him.
' Would a different answer nave maue
yoH nappy r saio sn.
i" That I asked the question is sufficient
proof of that," said he.
s"Then be happy," said she, andneld out
hec hand.
I never saw so nappy a man.' since i was
n:newspaperv 4 ....
lis toot ser nanas ana put lueui vu uu
Ii it naa nos oeeu lor iuo uuui-iun.
my dear," ne saw, -now miseraujo
should be at this moment! uiess me
door-lock ! The angels must have been
watching over me when 1 grew so stupid
over it eh, darling?" . i
"I am glad you came duck,'- saia sue.
!" And don't cry. It's all over. I did not -
go away," said hv f t 1
; i"Just let me cry a little while." said
she.. ' What has happened to-day win
never happen again, you know, it is oniy
' Yes. it's not likely to ne aone over ,
again," eaid ke. ; . And to thin k 1 might
have none off 4 They always told m that "
ladies said 'no' when they, meant 'yes.
bnt I did not believe it until io-aay.
LAhd. after awhile, be took nis, leave,
well satis lied. . , ,x
TheiKase manuea. lvfsana ie vim
eiieakCibt Hbal a.UHe' says th butior
the door-lock he might have been a miser
able loachelor ; for he should never have
asked her a second time for what she had
oacerefusjid.httlwTs BmHwwMum
when he says that. JAlUhe world issws
the Btorv of ihe door-lock, and how she
vhangeti her mind while he was opening it.
and it is quite amusing and romantic, but
no one KHOWiawut me. a nm ijuiitou v.v
paper now, for I bear date 1872. I lie in a
little box in which are a photograph, four
letters, and a ring. The box is always
locked, but the penciled brackets have not
faded out yet, and between them lie these
W"One oi tne'nfcst ekVweSdiug of
the season took place yesterday at St.-
'B church, where Capt. Leslie Rawden
was united in the holy bonds of matrinio.
nr to the young and beautiful societr
belle; Misa Jtva La Croix, the Jteiress of
one of our most wealthy merchants, Miv
C La Croix. The happy pair have started
nn-a inn, tn Enmne."
The letters on the inside of the ring are;
L. R. to A. N." - - . , . '
Women do change their minds very un-.t,LAT-
hn i Hnn't think it was the
patent loefc that was the autss W IK
Belmoj'sppinesa, anxklrk a newapaOer j
oi great experience. .vMi
An Insoplitatlcated Prelate.
A story is being told of a distinguished;
nrelate of tha Church of England, whO, v
on first accepting a country benefice in the
gift Of his college, urged a friend to payj
dence, and added, in perfect good faith,
MicaslitthkKretSi field attached
THB tHOlISil'LANOTJAGE.
Blionld' be Practiced at Home and. In
Botlaen-Tbe nunlt Will be a
" - Pleasant Surprise. j
Now t his same saving is a trial : there la
iio denying it. We do not Imnestly think
women, as a rule, are extravagant in large
things, and they will cheerfully make
large sacrifices ; but id small things they
do. not usually find economy - pleasant.
This proceeds chiefly from "ignorance,
false shame, and, in extreme, cases, from
idleness; ; ;
Mistresses far too often do not --know-how
t6 make the most of things, though,
as far as their lights gd, they wilt-use
them themselves, and oblige those con
nected with them to do likewise. -.Then,
are so small
cook's ' face
arises it M u ,
The things are so petty I what differ
ences can they make f The whole tjring
SpecalaUon aia to Its Growlb Wltlua
I . tne Next Century. f
pf all theflanguages now known, the
ESglish bids 'lair to be the most widely
prevalent. If there is to be one universal
speech, the English has, at prese,nl7 no
a-ipi oximata rival in the line of .strch-a
result Th great Anglo-German philolo
gist, Mai Muller, holds the theory that
very many of the alphabets and languages
no existing will, as he phrases itrb
improved away,;, from the Tace of the
earth.' He is having reference to a grad-j
ual process of elimination and absorption,1
and Insists that it would be well if the
different languages- of the earth might all
be reduced to five or six " great historical I . v i
lapguages." In . such Pr SrfSSaS'
WAIT 1,1 uron'41,.''nnf..l !.. ! I w cuwuu im -
frfrh" "excessive" multiplicity of tonkuesr
wkile also escaping the equally dangerous
clYhe prTncip h
vlt:., -WTi ;Jtdiiarantedj but look through joo
fcPTSour money t goes.
ntures an enumeratibh'ioTTJItarUn
enflpjruideVman,kjnd RnOTdbfai
ount4 tepwfyour juoney t goes. 'l&t.
L' " " lit not mostly carried off by odd sixpences
0-. BWU 11IBIOI1C I V,i f l, H. 14. . ,1 l
bunt fcuc tilUC KQU lUiliUSli UuluipVTv-
tongues. On the basis of such a list as
this an approximate estimate might be
formed as to the probable prevalence of
our vernacular as compared with that of
the other languages mentioned. .Snob, an
estimate has been liadp. It) the 3reiyarks
of Gladstone, already referred "to, the
computation of a, British statistician is c-.
cepted to tiieffdt that, Witfcin tlicnext
century, the English will be spoken by
about 1, 000,000,000 of people.
Axon, in his " Future of the English
Language," aud Dr. Candolle in his "His
tory of the Sciences," have furnished
facts by which Mnller's position may b8
tested and the prospects of English as
sured. After first showing the number
now speaking respectively the five lan
guages mentioned, aud showing the num
ber of years in which these five nations,
respectively double their populations, the
estimate is made of the exact number of
persons who, at the close of the next two
centuries, will speak the respective lan
guages. The result is as follows: Italian, 53,370,
000; ITrench, 72,571,000; German, 157,40,
000; Spanish, 505,a6,G00; English, 1 837,
28H,153. We reach here,in round numbers.
2,OUO,0O0,(iO0 'of people speaking the Eng
lish language at the close of the next 2W)
years.- This is substantially the ratio of
increase accepted by Gladstone as mathe
matically assured, and quite enough to
confirm the statement that the vernacular
hA no dangerous rival in the liqe of lead
ership and possible universality. Mr.
Cook's recent estimate as to the 4X),0;,
000 that would probably speak English in
America at the close' of the next century is
reached by the sauie series of ratios. If,
in addition to this numerical supremacy,
it is remembered that the English na
tions are, as yet, the historic exponents of
Protestantism and popular rfguts. such a
picture of the ever widening prevalence
of the language is full of hope to the race.
It is at present clearly manifest that to
the Ehglish speech in its more popular ex
pfcessionHhere would seem to be given in
tea st (he' educational and ethical rale of
thtworkl. i Nothing seems to remain but
thattMs trnst shall be accepted and ap
plied in the spirit and to the ends de
signed by Providence: thnt the English
speaking people behind the English lan
guage shall prove themselves in all re
spects worthy of so solemn aud precious a
heritage. The future of the English lan
guage depends jon the fnture of tho Eng
lish people. -A. V. Independent,
TONS OF HARD CASH.
SMALL ECONOMIES.
resi-;
"I
a Miia!litthafrreM field attached to
-cTfiTrv f mean to keep a couple of
sheep, and we shall have mutton kidneys
fresh syery myryua w
' . ndolln. '' 1 ;-
a much doctor was trecently called to
the bedside of a new patient, who, after a
i oM rennet TOO Tell me wnas ia
"rr? iv. Th reolv Wat
Pacts About the Official Count In. tne
National Xreasury.
Every time there is a change in the of
fice of United States Treasury it is neces
sary to make what is known as " a treas
ury count." According to custom and
law, one was made recently under the su
pervision of n committee of three disin
terested gentlemen.
Forty expert counters and as many
clerks, who kept the records, were stead
ily at work nearly three weeks counting
the paper money, bonds, etc., and a dozen
clerks and as many laborers were hard at
work for a week or ten days countiug the
gold -and silver coin in the vaults.
Some idea of what is involved iu "a
treasury count" may be gained. by a
mere statement of the vast snms of money
handled, counted and verified iu this re
cent count. Th6 specie handled aggre
gated nearly, 12,000.000, about 9,000,000
silver dollars aud a half million minor
silver coins, and $2,500,000 in value of gold
coin. ' The silver coin weighed about 270
tons, and the gold coin about four, and
one-half tons. This hard money, strictly
speaking, was not counted but weighed.
The silver t'ollars, when originally placed
in the vaults, were put in bags, each con
taining $1,000, coin and bas weighing
fifty-nine and aquarter pounds; the gold
was -fn bags containing 3.)00, each bag
and gold weighing eighteen aud a half
pounds. An actual count by pieces was
only made of a few bags on the start to
ascertain the proper and exact weignt or
a bag of fl. 000 in silver or 5,0OO in gold,
and afterward fbf such bags as were not
satisfactory in weight, i But very tew bags
either of the silver or gold fell short of the
standard weight, and in such instances
actual count showed the required number
of coins, but wrth a few of them sufficient
ly abraded to account for the deficiency in
the weight of the bag and contents.
WThen thelast bag was weighed and the
record footed up not a aouar noi a cent
was missing. . .
The-paper money and securities handled
embraced a reserve fund of nearly 14.
000,000, made up of 31,000,000 in United
States notes, 510juo,iwu iu genu cerim
cates, and about ?9,000,000 in silver certfl
cates ; also interest checks and coupons
aggregating W,000,000, unissued clearing
house certificates amounting to $65,000,000,
and bonds and conponR amounting to 5a),
000,000, which, added to the $ 12,000,000 in
coin, make a count of 454,00,ooO in coin
jinrl nin Uralues as tha net result of the
committee's work. The count of the pa
per and securities was as satisfactory as
that of the coin. Every item of paper as
ut TTnit.ed States notes, bonds, trold and
silver certiflcatest was examined and
counted piece bv piece, and each and every
package found Intact and cerceot, and, the
aggregate In some instances- running up
into the millions, wasfoutd to correspond
exactly with the records or tneDOOKs anu
reserve, loan and redemption divisions,
and in the cashier's room of the. Treas
urer's office.
Yki
A. College Detective.
e students lament tne iaci mat. mey
can no longer live fast and loose while
making their parents and guardians think
otherwise. A secret bureau has been es
tablished in, New Haven by a detective
who keeps a close watch on all young men
in Yale who are inclined to be sportive.
JTor an adequate compensation ; he fur
'nishes an accurate and detailed statement
of how these foolish students spend their
'evenings, how many marks they receive.
Ithe.nmber of drinks tbey take, about
I their flirtations, gambling operations and
lother vicious pastimes indulged m.
ant tot consider None, until they. try.
realise, how,' tiny sitnis will mdudt tpia'a
short space of time, and how far scraps
will go in making dainty dishes, tempting
to eat,- aadi saving the butcher's boolc.
It ia just in these small economics that
French women are such splendid mana
gers.; They know how far everything will
go, and have no false shame at any man
agement that will save even a penny.
Yet in spite of this (perhaps because of
this) French cookery is always quoted as
the best. The fact Is, French cookery is a
cookery'of scraps ; and it is owing to this,
that the menagere can procuce so tempt
ing and varied a menu on the microscopic
sum that does duty as Jiouse keeping allow
ance. Of course the great cordons. bleus do
tiot practice this rigid economy ; buttliat
is not the style of cookery we are referring
to. It is French domestic cookery to
which we allude, and how every scrap
has its value, nnd is carefully considered.
This is the secret of it all, for to make
rechauffs wholesome and palatable the
cookery must be most careful, and tho
scraps, however small, good of their kind.
A French menu reads most grandly, but
write it out in plain English, and see Low
homely the fare is in nine cases out of 10.
In this country there is a widespread idea
that it is bad economy to buy any but
the best joints of meat, unless actually
obliged to do so by the shallowness of one s
purse ; and for this reason parts are left
as inferior which, if properly dressed,
would afford fare as wholesome and pal
atable as, and far less expensive than, the
more thought of ' prime " joints. It is
curious how fashion has tabooed some
dishes as quite too vulgar for any but the
innermost privacy of'the family circle,
though many of these very dishes wiy be
cheerfully accepted when presented
abroad with a foreign name. Take tripe
for instance. Men, as a rule, know and
like it, though they do not often introduce
it to their family fare : but very few ladies
have Been it, and fewer still have tasted it.
Be this as it may, few things can be
served in so varied nnd dainty fashions.
while, for the invalid, it Is a marvellous
addition to tr.e sick room fane. Ouions
are horaelv vegetables, and are apt to fla
vor everything connected with them mofe
strongly than snits a delicate palate ; still,
there are few dishes but owe their flavor
in a great measure to this despised veget
able, or ' its even coarser brother, garlic.
Nothing bnt bad management is answer
able if ouions I'avor a dish too strongly, or
if every one is informed by their noses of
the fact that there is cabbage for dinner.
Curiously enough, directly'economy bo
comes a necessity, the housekeeper inau
gurates, under the name of plain far.
about the most wasteful style of cookery
attainable. Fish, vegetables, entries, are
all ruthlcs-ly cut off, and the family fare
subsides into roast or boiled, with pot;t
toes, and perhaps a pudding. Now, in the
first place, roasting is not an economical
way of cooking meat, it shrinks somuih
in ihe process. In 1 he second, mii-tiiig en
tirely to butcher's miat, as you do iu ti e
case we are supposing, certainly does not
decrease your expenditure. With proju r
care, Htt'e dishes can be contrived easily
out of scraps that five out of seven soi
disant ''good plain cooks" would throw
aside as worthless. Take fish, for in
stance. W hat l e onie of ihe hea l of a
coil and the hr,:-e back-lxme ? l'ehind the
lire or in the du.-t Leap by this time;
Well, take thi bead : ad 1-oiie, with some
of the wj.tet- it was boiled in, some par
sley, a small onion snick with two or ihr e
clove-i, a carrot and seasoning to taste.
Let these all simmer till it almost jellies,
adil a little milk, thkken with a little but
ter rolled in Hour, strain it, and serve with
fried bread cut iuto dice, if you have any
scraps of fish, or a lew oysters left from
sauce, flake the fish, free from skin nnd
Lone, and with the oysters lay i( into the
soup to heat, not -boil, just Lefnre serving r
or a littie curry powdi r m:iv be mixed
with the nutter or Hour thickening, and
half a i in of preserved lobster carefully
warmed in the oup. This may not be a
' company " soup, but it certainly is ap-,
petizing on a cold day. Luckily, we are
beginning to realize that soup does
not require the enormous amount of
fresh meat formerly considered indis
pensable for family fare, and that in
some cases soup can be made, and
very good soups too, with no stock,
at all. Aspic jelly, again, is admittedly
a delicious garnish, and the average house
keeper would never dream of using it for
daily fare. But it is easy to make, and as
economical as it Is dainty. The fish stock
mentioned above, cleared. and with ,a
little isinglass or gelatine added to it, and
a suspicion of tarragon vinegar, vf ill turn
scraps of fish into a jc lly that, garnished
with some freshly washed lettuce, will go
far to atone for the cold mutton at the
other end, and will be tempting when the
heat makes the very Idea of solid food re
pulsive. Vegetables, again can be used in
a variety of ways. There is always sure
to be some left in the dishes, and a care
ful housekeeper will be haunted for days
by those scraps, or be aggravated by see
ing the vegetables left over thrown into
the waste tub. Now any cooked vegetables
with the addition of a little salad sauce, an
-anchovy or two, a few morsels ot caviare,
or even the best parts of a- bloater, will
make a very fair imitation ot a Russian
salad ; or, again, chopped fine, seasoned
rathpr hichlv'and mixed with a little but
ter or good dripping and steamed or baked
in a mold,, they produce an appetizing
macedoine. To dwellers In the country
extra vegetables are not such a loss, but
iu towns a conscientious housewife does
getrworrled by waste. -In the most admir
ably arranged kitchens scraps there must
and always. will be ; waste and unusable
scraps, there never will. A very little
thought and study of a cook book will
enable you to1 use up everything. There
is not a cookery took that does not give
recipies for rechauffes, all more or less
tempting. Front Harper's Bazar.
Cariosities.
One of the curiosities A exhibition at
New Orleans is a carved model of that
somewhat remarkable citv. Pullman. 111.
It is made on -the scale of one inch for
every ten feet, and is said- to represent
every street and structure m the city.
A clock whose motive power will be the
movement of a column of mercury, caused
by the -veritable changes iu the tempera
ture, is one oi the inventions otthe luture.
It will run perpetually,
J 1 Haarfc Contraband Others.
In the death of F. J. Fargus, of Eng
land, better knows as Hugh Conway, the
world loses a lurid sfory writer of some
note. -Altaough making no pretense to
literary finish, Mr. Fargus was one of the
most widely read authors of the day. His
books sold by the hundreds of thousands
and there was always a demand for
more. . ;
The secret of the remarkable hold which
he gained on the English-speaking people
of two hemispheres is not difficult to
fathom. He wrote in a concise manner,
using few unnecessary words, disclaiming
ny attempt at ? analysis or description, !
, omitting all tnjoraling, and aiming only
to tell his story as soon as possible and
get through wif h, Ui The result was that
his novels were 'short, "compact,' and to;
reoplft'who eft joy, romances' ot , love and!
tragedy, - abflerbtaBjfy; Interesting. His
.Ifties were told in book torn very much as
-Uninteresting- story ;frotfc afe Ble might
uugwg ma more recent productions
from the standpoint iof dramatic interest,
and with reference only to their plots and
the manner iu which these ,ars unfolded,
it must be admitted that tie had a fert il
bruin and a lively. Imagination. Although!
uih stories were snort, tne same plots in
the' hands 'Of some of our " analytical'' I
novelists and slop wr iters would have;
been enough to hang a thousand-page'
tale upon. .. Told as he told a story some
American, novels of recent date could be'
boiled down into a newspaper coltimn. j
James and Jtiowella are- more .finished
writers' than' Hugh Conway was. Their
grasp of thing intellectual and artistic is
much firmer than his was, and their
tales when complete' are .vastly superior j
as literary productions merely,, but as' ro
mances they compare with his about as
dish water compares with champagne.
Their stpries are long drawn and rather
Weak 111 nb.t. if thpvikivp inr nlnt of all
while Couway's are all plot and vigorous '
narrative.
The coming novelist might well study :
both, nnd if he has Conway's imagination
and dramatic instinct, tempered by the
literary polish ajtd intense respectability
of Howells. he will be able to produce a
story worth reading. Chicago Herald.
Cholera In Hew Tork tn 1854.
An interesting table, says the New York
Herald, lias been compiled of the weekly
meteorological and death record of New
York for the cholera year 1854. The popu
lation of the city, according to the census
of lt55, was (?2T,otj0. The total number of
deaths for t lie year was 29,247. The first
cases of cholera reported in 1854 were
twelve for the week ending June 3. For
nearly a month previous there had been
much rain j for the week ending April 29
there had been four days of rain; week
ending May 6, five days; weekending May
13, three days ; week ending May 20, three
days ; week ending May 27. two days.
In the week that the cholera appeared
there had been two days of rain. The re
mainder of the week the weather was
pleasant. . In the following week, the one
ending June 10, no deaths from cholera
were reported, but in the next and every
succeeding week up to Dec. 9 deaths from
cholera took place.
Luring all the time of the prevalence of
the cholera there were only two weeks
tbiotigh which the weather was pleasant.
Of the others rain fell on all except four,
and portions of these were cloudy or fog
ey. The death rate from the cholera was
greater fiom the midillo of July to tho
middle of August During this time the
maximum temperature was as follows:
Week ending July 15, 87 degrees ; week
ending July 29, 89 degrees ; week ending
Aug. 5, K7 degrees ; week ending Aug 12.
86 degrees; week ending Aug, 19 86 de
grees. The minimum temperature for the
same weeks was ttJ. 66, 70, 71, 63, and 68
degrees. Southern and easterly winds
prevailed most generally during the summer.
Mr. Lamar is stiring up things in the
Interior Department. . lie end his Land
Commissioner, Col. Sparks, seem bent on
breaking up the land ring which has
under previous Administrations gobbled
up some of the best possessions of the
people. ' ' v -
Mr, Gladstone certainly increases his
popularity everywhere by declining a peer
age, but the Queen seems detet mined to
thrust the honor upon him. Her majesty
makes it known that she will again offer
him a title and in the event of his refusing
it, will confer one on Mia. Gladstone.
A pretty Cleveland woman, with a wick
ed turn, ran away and ent married at 47,
and now she has deserted her husband and
ran off with a roller skating rink inspector.
She fell in love with him at the rink. She
moves in a good social c'ucle and so do her
father and husband. . -
Tit Late
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Jul Atkins refused o " gnnt a new trial
to Cluverius, convicted of the murder of
Lillian Madison. An appeal will be taken,
which will probably be heard next Novem
ber The press of the country appears to
be div:dd as to the justice of the verdict
the matter witn mer AYi shall ' returned by the ju.y in the case. Many
snathinan. ' No - exactly, wt l .. . . .. ' ,
know when, the post-martem exammauoa i thin maiine evidence was wsuuicrei"
A new thing in journalism appears at
Fayetteville. There is soon to bo a bang
ing in that town and the two editors of the
Sun differ 8 to whether the execution
should be public or private. So they urge
their different views in the satre column pf
the paper, each editor over his own signa
ture. This is the best plan yet devised for
preserving harmony at the centere.
Pulling Candy For Fan.
According to a Chicago paper that an
tique confectionary recreation, the candy
pull, has been revived under the name of
" sugar parties." The company are seat
ed around a long table, on which several
large bowls, containing two pounds each
of powdered white sugar and the white of
one egg, and as many more bowls con
taining the dry sugar. Various mem
bers are put to work with a large spoon to
cream the egg and sugar, several more to
bleaching almonds, and others to crack
ing nuts so as not to bruise the kernel.
When this material is all prepared and
placed iu the center of the table, each and
all proceed to mold the malleable creamed
sugar into various forms, 'using the dry
sugar to work with, and adjusting the
nuts internally or externally. A box is
presented eacn guest as tney depart, or
they are given the boxes empty and are
required to manufacture their own sup
ply. A light supper and dance generally
succeeds this merry work which is to be
introduced throughout the sumnien, as no
heat is necessary, and the entertainment
is universal.
The paier from which this is taken
supports its toothsome assertion by men
tioning that Mrs , of Michigan
Avenue, gave a most delightful affair of
this kind Saturday evenm. several mar
ried co::ple and half a dozen young ladies
and geut'emen participating."
Honv-PV V SfKeltnchn y sen
He graduated from Kutger's Col4
181V
lege m 1836, and three years later Was "ad
mitted to the bar of tha State. In 1861 ha
Was appointed Attorney Genirai of New
Jersey, reappointed in 1866 and shortly af
terwards appointed United States Sena
tor to fill a vacancy which he was soon
elected to fill In 1871 he was again re
elected and served until 1S77, "when he was
sffered the appointment of Minister- to
England but declined it. In September,
1881, he was appointed Secretary of State
by President Arthur to-succeed James G.
Blaine, and served in that capacity until
tbe; appointment of Mr. Bayard. Our
sketch was made from a picture taken
several years ago, furnished by the de
ceased's family.r
Sbe Wanted to be Petted.
Dflly did npt feel w.ell,. but she was in
no pain. She looked as if she had lost the
last friend she had in the whole wide
world, and now and then the tears would
drop over her eyelids) and: run all the
Way down her cheek, and right into her
plump little ueck.
Dilly was crbss too; and when papa
came in she did not run to meet bim, but
sat still and looked out the window.
: " What's the matter, Dilly?" asked
papa. " Does your head ache i"
" No."
" Has-anybody been bad to you!'"
" No."
' " Have you the toothache again?"
;"No."
' " You're not crying because it rains, I
hope''
; ' NO."
i " Well, then, what is the matter with
papa's own little girl ?"
; With a great sob and a big gush of tears
she ran into her father's open arms, ex
claiming, ' Oh, papa, I just feel as if I
wanted somebody to say, ' Poor little Bil
ly's got the measles!' " , ;
Poor little Dilly!
Gatllng Gnns.
' The Gatling gun, which proved so ef
fective in the Northwestern rebellion just
before the capture of Kiel, weighs about
li,500 pounds and is precisely of the same
design as the ordinary cannon. There are
ten chambers that revolve in the barrel
proper, and each chamber", has an inde-
pendent'lock. The main barrel is 8 inches
in diameter. The size of cartridge used
is that of the ordinary 45 ctovernment rifle
caliber. Each feed drum contains 240
rounds. The, firing is done -by operating a
crank ; the cartridge is exploded by a
hammer which works with such great
rapidity that 130 cartridges are fired in a
minute. The movement of the gun can be
so adjusted as to mate it eitner stationary
or oscillating, so that the gun practice can
become either scattered or centrifugal in
its execution. At 700 yards the Gatling
gun has been known to hit a 12x15 feet
target 396 times out of 400 shots. At 1,200
yards 413 outof 500 shots have struck a
9x25 feet target. To show the rapidity
with which- the gnns can be. worked, it
might be explained that the time ooen
Died in coming to action front from front
' and firing ten seconds; limber rear, mount
and off, thirteen seconds.
Kar , - .lea of the Universe.
The ancient Irish had not a very accur
ate knowledge of that universe of . which
the earth forms such a small part. Thus,
for example, they calculated the distance
of the moon from Ihe sun at only between
two and three hundred miles. The follow
ing description of the firmament will
show how rude were their astronomical
ideas It is, taken from a translation of
part of the preface to the ' Senchus Mor"
an old Irish law tract, which claims to
have been" written In the time of St Pat
rick, and of which there is a MS. in the
British Museum: ''
" As the first form of the firmament
was ordained thus: As the shell is about
the egg, so is the firmament round the
earth in fixed suspension. There are six
windows in each part: through the firma
ment to shed light through, so that there
are sixty-six windows in it, and a glass
shutter for . each window; . so that the
whole firmament is a mighty sheet of
crystal and a protecting bulwark round
the earth, with three heavens about it;
and the seventh was arranged in three
heavens. This last, however, is not the
habitation - of the angels, bnt is like a
wheel revolving round, and the firmament
is thus revolving, and . also the seven
planets since the time when they were
created." '
A Strained Situation.
The minister was struggling to put on a
new four-ply collar, and the" perspiration
was starting from every pore. t
" Bless the collar ?" he ejaculated. mO,
yes. bless it. " Bless the blessed collar 1"
" My dear." said bis wife, "what is your
text for this morning's sermon ?"
" F-fourteenth ver.-ef-Iifty-fifth Psalm.
he replied in short gasps. The w-word 8
of his m-month were s-smoother than b-
butter, b-but w-war was in his heart.
Acid I oi k Graphic
The colored voters of Virginia, who
have deserted from the camp of Mahone
and are jolng the Democratic ranks, were
told by Mahone and his followers last faV
that if the Democratic party came into
power the negroes would be 'put back into
slavery." The negroes have discovered
that they are not pat back. It is only
Mahone who has been set back.
I Tne French tor Mother-in-law.
At a small dinner-party given lately in
an up-town restaurant 'one of the guests
undertook to iavor his companions with a
dissertation on the delicacy and refine
ment of the French language. "Now."
said he, as an example, gentlemen, you
have all probably observed the unpolis hed
abruptness of our expression, mother-in-law.'
Look at the delicacy and beauty of
the French equivalent vv ith French
men It is never la mere en droit ; they
always say la belle mere. "
Then one or his listeners (possibly
married man) spoiled it all by interposing
gently. " What do they say wioi slip's
notthat kind f Harper's liazar.
A Question In Arithmetic.
The lesson was on profit and loss, and
the teacher was endeavoring to make her
small pupils reason out the problems.
" If a man bought a hat for fivo dollars
and sold it for three, how many dollars
would he lose ?" '
"Two," answered a bright little fellow
who could subtract three from five.
The teacher, surprised at his quickness
and apparent knowledge of arithmetic,
asked him to give the reason why. "How
did the man lose tne money r
" Must have drouDed it somewhere."
fald the little innocent; who was better
at guessing than reasoning.
A Future for the Brooklyn Bridge.
Tbere is considerable discussion going on
in New York and Brooklyn about the
great bridge over the East River. If it'ls
not going to pay what will become of it
Nobody want3 to buy abig bridge and the
bridge market is reported dull at present
There is one way by which the bridge
might be made profitable as our artist
suggests. There is no better place for dry
ing clothes
in
Cluverius, it is reported, will speak
bis own defence when his case comes up
for final hearing. There is another ugly
lumorontin Richmond connecting his name
with another ruined young woman, and
the: evidence is very strong against him.
Since 1870 France has had nineteen dif
fereni cabinets beaded by fourteen diff rent
premiers that is, as many cabinets in fif
teen years at England has had since 1827.
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" Dr. Lincoln who"was at the funeral of?
ex-Secretary Frelinghuyseu, says ex-"
President Arthur looked very unwell"
'He is suffering from Bright's disease."
' During the" past year it has assumed a"
very aggravated form."
That telegram -is act TV. of a drama
written by ex-President Arthur's physi
cians. In act I. he was made to appear in
Malaria," of which all the country was
told when he went to Florida.
In Act IL he represented a tired man,
worn down, walking the sands at Old
Point Comfort and looking eastward over
the Atlantic toward Europe for a longer
rest.
The curtain rolls ud for Act III. upon
the distinguished actor affected with mel
ancholy from Bright's disease, while Act
IV. discovers him wiih the disease " fn an
aggravated form, suffering intensely,
(which is unusual) and about to take a
sea voyage."
Just sucn as this is tne plot of many
dramas by play-wrights of the medical
profession. They write the first two or
three acts with no conception of what
their character will develop in the final
one.
They have not the discernment for trac
ing in the early, what the latter imperson
ations will oe. iot one puysician in a
hundred has the adequate microscopic and
chemical appliances for discovering
Bright's disease in its early stages, and
when many do finally comprehend that
their patients are dying with it when
death occurs, they will, to cover up their
ignorance of it, pronounce the fatality to
have been caused by ordinary ailments.
whereas these ailments are really results
of Bright's disease of which they are un
conscious victims.
Beyond any doubt, 80 per cent, of all
deaths except from epidemics and acci
dents, results from diseased kidneys or
livers, if the dying be distinguished and
his friends too intelligent to be easily de
ceived, his physicians perhaps pronoun' e
the complaint to be pericarditis, pyaemia
septicaemia, oronchltis, pleuritis, valvular
lesions of the heart, pneumonia, etc. If
the deceased be less noted, "malaria" is
now the fashionable assignment of the
cause of death.
But all the same, named right or named
wrong, this fearful 6courge gathers them
in ! bile it prevails among persons of
sedentary habits, lawyers, clergymen,
congressmen, it also plays great havoc
among farmers, day laborers, and me
chanics, though they do not suspect it
because their physicians keep it from
them, if indeed they are able to detect
it.
It sweeps thousands of women and
children into untimely graves every year.
The health gives way gradually, tne
strength is variable, the appetite fickle,
the vigor gets less and less. This isn't
malaria it is the beginniug of kidney dis
ease and will end who does not know
how ?
No, nature has not been remiss. Inde
pendent research has given an infallible
remedy for this common disorder -. but of
course the bigoted physicians will not use
Warner s sate cure, necanseit is a private
affair and cuts up their practice by restor
ing the health of those who have been in
valids for years.
ihe new saying of how common bright's
disease is becoming among prominent
men !" is getting old, and as the English
man would say, sounds stupid espec
ially " stupid ' since this disease is veadilv
detected by the more learned men and
specialists or this disease. Hut the com
mon run ot physicians, not detecting it,1
give the patient Epsom salts orother drugs
prescribed by tne old coueot treatment
under which their grandfathers and great
grandfathers practiced !
Anon, we hear that the patient is "com
fortable." But ere leng. maybe, they
"tap him and take somp water from him
and again the " comfortable " story is
told. Torture him rather than allow him
to use Warner's safe cure ! With such va
riations the doctors play upon the unfor
tunate until his shroud is made, when we
learn that he died from heart dise-tFe, py
a-mia, septicaemia or some other deceptive
though "dignified cause."
Ex-President Arthur's case is not singu
lar it is typical of every such case. . " He
is suffering intensely." - This is not usual.
Generally there is almost no suffering. He
may recover, if he will act independently
of his physicians. The agency named has
cured thousands of persons even iu the ex
treme stages Is to-day the mainstay of
the health of hundreds of thousands. It is
an unfortunate fact that physieians will
not admit there is. any virtue outside their
own sphere, but as each school denies
virtue to all others, the people act on their
own judgment and accept things by the
record. of merit they make.
The facts are cause for alarm, bnt there
is abundant hope in prompt and independ
ent act ion.Hoclicgw Jjvuiociut and
Chronicle. - ' .
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roots, combined with 1 Iodide. ot Petaa.
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can be uned. 1 It-invariably- ttxpclc 'alt blud
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