€f)arlottc Jttcssenner.
CHARLOTTE, N 4 C. } July 31, 1886.
“OUR CHURCHES.
St. MiclinG's (P. E.) church, Mint St. Ser
vice* ot 11 A. M,, ami 8 P. M. Sunday School
«t 4 P. M. Rev. I’. P. Alston. Paster.
M. E. Cbunb, Smith Graham St; Services,
at 3P. M , and BP. M. Sunday School ut
10 A. M Rev. S. M. Haines, Pg»Mr
First Baptist church, South Ser
vices at 11 A. M., 3P. M. nniitSunday
School at 1 P. M. Rev. ft. A. Powell, Pastor.
Ebeneaer BaptfSt church, East 2nd St. Ser
vices at 11 'A. M., 3 P. M., and 8 P. M. Sun
day School at 1 P. M. Rev. Z. Haughton,
Factor.
l’li sbylcrian (hurh, corner 7th and College
Sir vices at .*1 P. M., and 8 P. M. Sunday
School at 10 A. M. Rev. R- P. Wyche, Pastor.
Clinton Chapel, (A. M. E. Z.) Mint St; Ser
vices at 11 A. M., 3 P. M., and BP. M. Sun
day School at 1 P. M. Rev. M. Slade, Pastor
Little Rock (A. M. E. Z.), E. St;
Services at 11 A. M., 3 P , and 8 P. M. Sun
day School at 1 P. M. Rev. Wm. Johnson,
Pastor.
Local Gossip.
This week his been exceedingly hot
an 1 dry.
How long will Co!; Charles R. stick is
the question of to-d iy.
Ross & Adams keep on hand all kinds
of books and stationary.
Mr. Frank Osborne has been renomi
aiuted for Solicitor of this district.
Rev. J. B. Colbert spent a few days in
our city this week.
Mr. Walter Henderson, of Salisbury,
spent Thursday night in our city.
In this issue we publish the address of
the Fair Association to the public. Read it.
Dr. J. 11. Bugg, a recent graduate of
Leonard Medical College stopped in our
city on Thursday.
The local club of the Industrial Asso
ciation will meet at Graham Street M.
E. Church next Friday night at 8 o'clock.
Mecklenburg will have its own depart
ment at the Industrial Fair. Let all our
ladies send up something.
The meeting at the courthouse Monday
night was well attended by the ladies of
the city.
The general assembly of the Knights
of Labor of the State meets in Raleigh
in August. Mr. J. W. Gordon h the
delegate from this city.
The change from wet to dry weather
has greatly improved the crops and much
better results is hoped for.
These columns are always open to all
our ministers for church notices and we
solicit contributions from all.
*„The W. C. T. U. will meet at Clinton
Chapel next Monday afternoon at 4j*
o'clock, a full attend.""**' T . ’ \ ~
As rtinir ciCi i..ir» fre. Tn h ncrlnnd factor-
AST vamc factories; 33, In England factor- i
lea generally close at 5:30 o’clock in the '
rvenni" and at 1 o'clock on Saturday af
■Hlfernoon. while in the silk factories of
Bt o’clock a. m. to 10 o’clock p. M., the
working M 1-2 hours per week, or
-4 hours per day, exclusive of meal
[Hmurs.
■ There arc now eleten guides appointed
Hk show visitors through the National
■kpitol and explain its wonders. No
price is fixed for their services, and they
V leave their fee to the generosity of the
visitor, generally receiving a fair com
lp ■ pensation for the long tramp through the
p o {t and stereotyped descriptive
r \iio Speeches. Many members employ guides
n h' B \take their constituents over the build
• a \as they have not the time, and
IvtfVo , *'Vfi'"v pay rather than be troubled
ill teyo I *f sk - ° ne of ,he
r art ' of Virginia,
r''' C \nt° ’•J.s° o®Ud 0 ® Ud / 1 ° n s " ame ln!s J fe?n B
l.rot 1 a . , crsr.a* , w r‘* "S 111 n oul oeiween you, where the broom stood. intelligible to him. Kaising his opera- -v. The hrpad fruit treo rrmwi ovprvwhpro
, sL M-mv 8 '° n V° assumin'""! ' C “! and .‘‘lsn’t this pretty far gone!” he said, gla«s, to obtain a better view of one of Ue neighborhood of lower Brodway, in Southern Central Log,, aftfmfc a
jl _ yu'th c A lire urging l„s asM,m,n S much we suggest that the , J', ? ® on “ ! ence-stricken glance at its the performc.s, h.s astonishment may be Fourtee nth street, Grand street, and Bow’ veritable forest king.,, r ,helc“, .£«">-
InS I t "" societies jointly secure u r i lllr „t le . l , , .. , imagined when he fs^ j .h»,^ n n „ ry swarms daily with a heterogeneous mense proportions, seeks ebbing
OV A A io °e, L | llf n ... | . hall or some good assembly room i ’ washcdhTs'** 1 * been f‘ „*?„ I> . an |9 ll ijberally of many no ’ aDl y Ot mang’old-wurtxel, ruta- ,scella ’ from tea to twelve fell wonderful E d ,he
j:/ B od ~1-es f ■ tilnungton a ( )ot|t mak j • m and go . fa r from itsi source the attrition v i ni ._’ n | 0 ! n€ ® i ® c . tl, 'g the orange, but the 1 •P“«°h. cauliflower and radish. n B B of ' branches reach ou*jirc:scnt at licr |„-cum
m- \d c */Wore us. ft is a neat six ... g • partitions to have a.. V 1 to become fine and smooth. As nroliM i' Beat care, and it has while we are to a considerable extenf- and ference/ - st>n s .c„is wrapped un -A one
f L° l A" published every Hatur- J ' Clere,sc nt th ® opening „f ,| lt , ‘ 4 JPP roacl >es the feeding quartz ?itrus7iit7!m h |Tt l,c “? r cv en than the P«ndent upon other countries for niaE', ew hu ndr(A' child's. Imler tl^ 0 - »re
I —Aa American I*„b Co scas °»- There is an abundance of scmtrnv Sn ISS 0 ?* T TKt and rnH ™ hS oM The Ana- of ° ur choice vegetable seeds, we ha7« very .AHml w ith all the A dark
I ... . , material to work iinon and , . f entioUv ‘'""ddcnly the pay gives out |„,, n , 1 11, sents many charming man 7 ®*ce.lent varieties of difiTcrent VlFO^slk^ 11 is natural that this/ /ytint
F Me have had in our dty this week Mr can easily call menu , ‘ erthe J' ' * '?i Ccr ‘ ! ". n ,hn ' a ri,h nconlc’of htT’i revt ' la ' lon ‘° Eastern "Prcics little known abroad, including A s" should have ans „iewhat
f. A- 'V. I’cgitcs, a recent graduate ,r n r', P hc "‘"dents and “>? the vicinity, and in L,i r ' rn „J^ rapid growth °f fmif trees, , bean "- varieties of corn, also toma- ual Wrodc. hut .more than on<V rer-pot
I fxtwisbuig (|. it i Theoheri i« ■ [ J 'bddle and Zion Wesley Col- ald^ b r. VC b ' C " S,ruck , cri/sun u Bh ™ ,asun dcr this South- ‘ 0 « and me ons. Fine varieties of celery officers have been astound ten
",. -I i heoMgical Seminary, leges. } ;“X r J ded many thousands of dollars , J lan J ot them have charming Jmve been produced here, and our Drum? Bt 'he I ,number and character of"® »reo
Ulc was on bis way to O'licraw, 8. C., his These societies are mor, , ’ • I „T ? " Mr <5 k ' a d cabbage, are far superior to tho". ' runk " pa e,ie,| l,y , he pa,ty- and (hf-looked
» Voile. than other™■ 1 ar< mor c strictly social I *; 0, d dust buying in the mining towns I t B "' Jur ban home as one ever geU of i '' uro P f ' an countries, as they are there t,IDO Mrs Sharpstcen arrived in with a
.. . . We want to see added busi “«39 in the early a |. o Mt .iTem d ' atura| ly in the colonics grown for stocks. Melons and mcu m Wk from Kurope with eighteen trf h tint
Mr. li L. Hutchins, of Wilmington, to theni "‘ore of the literary character black sand Wh,:t vna called . • a "d notably in Orange and hers are grown in England under gla“ "he found her« 11, to her great nw o |» P“r‘
* one of a very few young colored men tx,, 'bited for the benefit of the n„bl was alw«v, CO ” P °? C '? |,rmci,,all ’‘ of ir ‘m. j architecture fi‘ Cnt,on fa P ai d to ‘"r importations of reeds are from Eng- mcn *. """Peeled of being a prepay
l .dll) it ted to tie Nationnl l> . ■ That will not interfe. -.i i P ‘ C ' rnl v gt< J to a greater or hss '° tl i f ‘ or " a| nentation of j an d, rrancc, Canada and Cermanv *" ll| gglcr for whom the officers wt* a
\ ’man ii,, , Painters’ UOt ,nt< “rfcre with the social degree with the dust when it was I K?„n d „ P f.', l,a P ß of a| l ‘he colonies in ‘hose from Canada being confined to neas’ thc logout. To begin with Misjh'cuvitv
1 , • e passed a very difficult exam of them nt all while it will give the bff ? , bujer ’ This had to ho tlielesT/' 11 / 0 ?"* ''“‘"d-na stands at traces and Germany have had the rep*. h »d a passion for d.dla, and she pIW "nd
f ! n "t on ond wnow attending the session p l b|,c the benefit of the literary enter Of^M B 0 tCn ‘ho finest particles j ‘ he gr °'«HU in ‘J l ‘?“ ot /“™«Wng, as a rule, th. ‘hem up in every foreign count,y P t. Tha
I ln 1 hiladclphia. tamments and the privilege of ~ i,r • an offic« whe!i ° Ut Wlth lt ’ Th"*in placed i, , an d*ome villas is choicer variety °f vegetable and flower » he h.ia b"fn and net dolls only,hue cross bo
tine in -i; • 0f P ar, mip,|. “n olhee where a large quantity of dust a.'!,’ l, n many of the places in early f e ‘ds. Fabulous prices have sometime, w-ardrobes mid (very concelvililc
§ AH persons receiving this paper will \ V< „ "cussions, <fcc. i. “^?!' eh ‘ muc h °J the line gold would 1 “"A. 1 * 0 sce .° hundreds of varieties k e '‘ n P aid bv American eeedamen so! ‘ hat can be thought of ferdoir
riea.se examine it and if they have not .u- ° oted ° ( “ aew organization l^J* r ? UDd th “ room - The dust- '-'ooi"’the rich European high grade. Mr. J. J. kc *P in Jf- She has German dollar...
pair! for if will ..h.s r V Vt ot to br,n g about this much i bu^er 8 counter and sweepscr 3 I KT o * and scores of shrubs H. Gregory, of Marblehead, paid soms Frt ‘ ncJl doils, and Flemish do»
scririthn w / !M ®; for w«rd us a sub Ons or both of the above nn den ‘ l ’ 2o«jL fl ?° r w ®” of ' cn worth hundreds Sf *‘,h ,he or «DRe »nd peach in full yea” »g° »s high as S2OO an ounce”! Swiss dolls and Japanese dolls lyrplexed for
acription. Wc b 3 g thc encouragement could do it “bove named societies * mo , nt . h - Sometimes thc Imvers .'; a P a ™di-« of floral loreli- choice encumber seed, gome of the for- brunettes, brides, peasants of n *n non of s
of nM - . e.cn better than a third i.?I?J ,, f pectcd of , cheating in a more il lsM n „ h !• w " u| d be thffleult to paral- ei g n growers exercise great care in seed complexions and sizes Then sßjbcvi*- A
A ™ c,c ‘y- The famous Bethel literary of maD ,T , b 7 appropriating an yc'>«ato. culture, giving their attention to ®v, r,thing in diminutive that fair ls dig
A local club to work m the interest of Washington city holds a mcctimr ,L it a?n.mH , ' e °i '* w,11, . e ,bt ' v " crc shaking t* 1 ll '“™ 1 ' aco1lon y has receivea mow ortwosorta, which enables them to ex '"'‘y clothes itself with tho world q3* k th ‘ce
,bc fodostria! Fair was organized at the each week for the beneflt of th 8 ~ nan* in ‘he blow® R ' han Piwrdde, cel.-Ammoan Cultivator. ‘raveling suites, hndal tro.semu, d ’>s '>«"»
court house last Monday ni„l.t , ! at winch .. . “ CD ' of ‘he public Franc, co P o ,t. Lr I, h. . Krer y ‘“to™ . “ costumes, full evening dress acridly fre en
Goode is chairman 7 “ ' M "*"** ‘"mishes a reader ‘uuri.t has heard of it and has it down A Ayres Milkman. »"»•. boot, and gloves of Bci
secretarv J ' ' V ’ ,Jr,,wn ' f a paper and music, while the public Fortunes In Rr.nrit a visit I T h * pl, ,f U Wen w<,rth A le “ er fr <> m Buenos Avres thn n , Ulnl ’ er ; makes it a point!! for month ,
‘y- general !y occupies all thc time i 115,,.. A-r ** * Branding Irons. ‘ and ca 'cful inspection, for it cer- argest city in tkiuth Amrri/ ,’ Is* 8, lovc » fdr evey doll in hercolldiel a <lopth of
Wc publish in this issue a letter th ' ; least the public come. ® I "omeofX ho ?* , *hc b„ ,„e following Vem
Mr vw n ,ul ” issue a otter.ffjjp I
t ” rArr t N ' ,n hls ‘np I hour 1,0- J J* 9
1 I A native then end,,7tc,t W i 1
I f ‘ho chief, where i fm, " \'° t,a JT i.
f| ’J •*««''-J On rl, e
»«'«i b a‘h,rt r^..j/^, tom- ' |
ary system, a solar apparatus may es- j j
feet a saving in the quantity of fuel ; i
usuallv consumed. I 1
The fifth annual session of the Western
Missionary Baptist Sunday School con
vened at the FirstqPaptist church on
Thursday. Rev. A. Ellis was moderator,
H. B. Brooks scrctary. The session was
well attended and very interesting. Rev.
J. If. l’rcsslejj fta African Missionary,
lectured .last'night. Rev. J. O. Crosby
wjU'ffcliver the annual address to-mor
■ row at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The
public is cordially invited to hear him.
The Women’s Christian Temperance
Union held a convention in the Tryon
Street M. E. Church on Wednesday and
Thursday. On Thursday night Mrs.
Chapin lectured in the 7th street Presby
terian church to a large audience. The
address was finely delivered, timely, en
tertaining, instructive and all that could
be asked for. It had a telling effect.
Great good is being done by the Union,
and we wish them Godspeed. Several
eolored delegates were in attendance.
Personal.
Miss Annie E. Long left us last week,
and is now ill Concord.
Col. Wassom spent several days in our
city and spoke at the court house on Mon
day night to a large and appreciative
audience.
Miss Mary Burner returned home last
Monday from a visit of several weeks in
Raleigh.
Miss Annie Wade, of Winnsboro, S. C.,
is visiting friends in our city.
Mrs. A. AV. Calvin left last Monday for
Concord, where she will spend a week or
more.
Miss Nora Tyler has gone to the coun
try to teach.
Mrs. Frank Reeves has returned from
the mountains.
Mrs. J., A. Tyler left for Concord AVed
nesday evening to attend the Sunday
School convention held there this week.
Literary-Social Societies.
Charlotte has two literary social
societies—the AVinnona and the Oriole.
The AVinnona is the older of the two and
was organized about two years ago.
The Oriole was organized less than a
year ago and we learn is doing well.
Eacli of them lias a good membership
from tlie best citizens of our town and
we tiust will do much to advance the
social and intellectual standing of our
people. The meetings are held monthly
at the residence of different members, at
which the usual program for such
nfocicties is carried out.
AVe think public meetings by such
ocieties would benefit greatly both the 5
mate ~ . i-. . v
Larkin. “She’s old JoftX 1
—him that died last winter.”
Steve frowned.
“You won’t put her into that school,
then, with my consent!” he said, deter
minedly.
“What?” said Mr. Larkin, with a gasp,
while the chairman stared.
“What would you think,” the young
man responded, “if a man sold you fifty
head of sheep, at a good price, and half
of them died off in the next week, of a
disease he must have known beforehand?
That was the trick John Sanborn served
me. And he laughed in my face when I
wanted my money back. No, sir! I
can’t conscientiously consent to putting
any of the Sanborns in that School. Baa
lot, in my opinion!”
Mr. Larkin’s small, bright eyes
snapped.
“Old Sanborn wasn’t any too straight, j
and everybody knows it,” he admitted.
“But what that’s got to do with Molly
is more than I can see. She’s as fine a
girl as you ever set eyes on; not a bit of
her father about her.”
“.v„!i wc ]i fight it out between vou,”
W.O-Mi youngs Mli%n:£ ,n ” ■ I I - ■
He sent thc register by a boy, and was
utterly indifferent as to whether anything
was wanting. Ho turned the subject
when the now teacher was mentioned;
and hc avoided Mr. Larkin's comfortable i
home, where tho tcrcle r boarded.
The little man made him u call, how- j
ever, a month or so after school had be- l
gun.
“Guess you’ll have to own up to being
in the wrong, Steve,” hc began. “We !
hain’t had a teacher for years that’s given
the satisfaction Molly d ics. The children
rsve about her—all of ’em.’’
i Colored Men on the Jnry.
The colored men of Mecklenburg seem
1 to be sleeping upon the question of their
forward personal and political rights. A
1 few wceksago there was agreat cry raised
against the prohibitionists because it was
alleged by many that the rights of the
people were about to be invaded. Yet
we see at every court held in Mecklenburg
1 county colored men convicted by a
white jury. It would be a curiosity
. well worth walking a long way to see a
i colored man on the jury. AVe have a
| lot of so-called leading colored men in
Charlotte; they are great at conventions, j
. great to make speeches, great on resolu
. tions. Yet they sit still on their marrow I
. bones and let their colored fellow citizens
[ be convicted without a word of protest.
Now here is the Mecklenburg county
penitentiary placed in a few hundred
[ yards of a large college for colored peo
pie. There is one poor fellow in there
for taking a few ears of com; been there
a long time I suppose. lam told that
they whip the convicts over there just
like they used to in the old days. Does
any one see after these tilings? not much. I
Now as to the men who attend to the J
dric-ving of the jury./ There is Mr. Vail, j
chairman of commissioners for the county, ‘
why don’t he see that colored men are
placed on the jury? No wonder his
prohibition party got left so badly in tlie
city; no wonder he got left last year for
Mayor, and his whole history will be full
of lefts, till he uses his power to see that j
the colored people have some show in j
the courts.
As for Mr. Griffith, he is a candidate
for Sheriff. Os course, no colored man j
will vote for him even if he is nominated.
He must show in his make-up that he
means for the colored people to have
some justice. Os all the patient people
in the world, a people who will allow
the court and law to do as they please
without a word of protest, commend me
to some of our so-called leaders.
Yours, etc.,
AA r . R. Ragman.
Gold In Different Forms.
Peculiarities in the form of gold taken
from mining districts often give a name
to the locality. Chunk Canyon, Slug
Gulch and Specimen ravine are examples. !
A canyon in El Dorado county is called !
String Canyon. This is said to be cn ac- j
count of the very singular form of gold i
dust found in that region. Much of it
resembles pieces of wire, one and two j
inches in length, and some of it as fine as
thread.
Observations of the form of their du»s
often led miners to make very valuable
discoveries. All gold, as is well known,
originally came from quartz. Iu its nat- j
ural state in the quartz it is verv ine-n- •
lar in for**? v«w-. w-vj*. hardly steady
- 011 cne expressed her gratification nt sec
vvhoo him.
InnvEvidently, Steve reflected, some idiot
had pointed him out to her at church the
other eveuing. He sat down in a front
scat, feeling unpleasantly ogreish.
She was hearing the last spelling-class.
How pretty she looked, standing there in
her dark-blue calico dress and white
apron! What a sweet voice she had I
though putting out “hen, men, pen,” to
a long line of fidgeting youngsters could
hardly show it to the best advantage.
When the class was dismissed, and the
last small student had ru'hed, whoop
ing, down the street, the teacher and the
young director stood looking at each
other with some awkwardness.
“I thought I’d come in,” said Steve at
last, apologetically, “apd see if anything
was needing.”
He did not mention the fact of his
being some six weeks late in the per
j formance of this duty.
The girl dropped her eyes timidly.
“I—don’t think so,” she murmured.
“What a brute she must think me!”
Steve reflect! d, with some self-disgust.
He turned carelessly to the corner
where the broom stood.
“5. ,uc 'ortunes are ramie in the cut ! ■!”,
‘'WKatf'’ snid'Stevc, wnu’k iudden, ‘
unexplainable sinking of thc heart.
I “He's hanging around considerable,
anyhow,” aaid Mr. Larkin. “Went to I
visit the school last week: snd he was
I asking me to-dav whether Molly’s got
any way of getting borne Friday nignt.
i lie said he’d just as lief take her in his
Imggy as not. Molly generally walks;
but I guess she’ll be glad of a lift."
! “You don’t mean to tell me," said
Steve, warmly, “that she’d have any
[ thing to do with him?”
| Mr. Larkio stared. What c ould Btev
COLONIES IN CALIFORNIA,
t
4. PICTURESQUE FEATURE OP FA»
CIFIO COAST LIFE.
The Anaheim Colony—Difficulties En
countered by the Early Squatters
—The Cnltlvntion of Fruit.
One of the most interesting features of
Southern California, tn one who visits it
for the first time, is the colony system,
which has done so much to deveiope the
country and to demonstrate the capabili
ties of the soil and climate. Los Angeles
is the centre of a large number of colonies,
all of which have made great progress,
i while the last few years have seen lmita
> lions of these started on several other
j counties with equally good results. The
j colony sy-tem has manifest advantages
in a country where water for irrigation is
indispensable. No man. unaided unless
he be a large capitalist, can develop a
water supply sufficient even for a small
ranch. The principle of co-operation
holds good here and has been adopted
by all these colonies. Without water the
land in mo3t of the southern counties is
worthless save for the growing of grain;
with water it will produce beautiful
crops, and the fruits of the tropical and
tcmpcraf.V'-nes flourish equally well.
I Hence, tl.Vt°Tßf renuisite for the success
I of any colony is a full supply of waler.
I Given this, with fairly good land, and it'
j is the fault of the managers if a colony
j does not thrive like a green bay tree.
Perhaps the oldest colony in Southern
California is Anaheim, about twenty-five
miles from Los Angeles. It was started
on the co-operative plan by Germans
nearly thirty years ego. Nothing could
he more forbidding than the stretch of
cactus-covered country which they se
lected and obtained fora small sum, be-
I cause the owners of the ranch supposed
: that it was tlie poorest land on the place,
j liven the cattle gave this tract a wide
! berth, an lin the estimation of men who
i held the land as valuable only for the
growing of grain or the grazing of cattle it
was as ill adapted for the making of
homes as a slice of the Colorado or .Mo
jave desert. But these German colonists
were not frightened by the cactus grow
ing in great clumps on the sandy soil,
nor by the doleful predictions of failure
which they heard on every side. They
parceled out the twenty acre plots by lot,
nud each man set to work to develop his
domain. They were mainly men who
had been bred to wine making, and they
naturally chose the grape as their chief
reliance. The y ars brought many
changes. Other colonies started in what
was originally regarded as little better
than a desert; the milroad came to them;
about one-half of the original settlers de
parted for various causes, and their
i places were tilled by Americans; the
! land increased iu value as its capabilities
were tested and fotnid not wanting. In
j a word, the men who came to Anaheim
; with small means have now an ample
[ competence, and many of them may be
j ranked as wealthy. AVith German phlegm
they did little for many years to encour
age new comers to make their homes in
Anaheim, and to day the dwellings of
tlie richest men of tlie colony bear no
; comparison to those in the more enter
j prising calonies near by. But for sub
•j■ - *j lie Lifrw’ihfc—kkef. '•p-il-nSfis;' ißJtu
; Dotv- -were the orilv Deonle who wer<
Doty —were thc only people who were
not surprised when the new teacher gave
up the school at the end of the term, and
was quietly married to the young di
rector.
The chairman of the school board is
wondering over it yet. —Emma A. Opper.
A Tall American.
Pay-Director Murray, of the Wilted
States Navy, is very tail, and is endowed
with a physique in full proportion to his
height. When sitting, hc holds himself
very erect, and an ordinary-sized person,
if seated behind the genial naval officer,
would experience considerable difficulty
in obtaining a view of what was passing
in front.
Several years ago, while in Paris, Pay-
Director Murray visited the Grand Opera
House, and was enjoying the perform
ance very quietly, when his pleasure was
suddenly interrupted by the mutterings
of an individual seated directlv behind
him. Turning slightly around to dis
cover thc cause of his annoyance, he
found a diminutive Frenchman in a per
fect rage over something which was un
intelligible to him. Kaising his ODera
‘ ~r a w, " c " ni, y •>« wrought by :om
rJion on the Southern plains. In wind
known to dispose of sev‘?4fl.Bßrnar- there
four and one-half feet in length. Co(i,lWh
head snakes have also fallen victims to'
him. The dog’s teeth are badly broken
in striking against rocks while snapping
at the reptiles ns they glided away from
him on the mountain. lie was neier
bitten but once, and then it was
feared he would succumb to thc effects
of the pol on. The prompt application
of mad to the wound, however, saved j
| him.—Acte York Time*. •
their stead, would add immeriely to tho
general attractiveness. It would go far
to remove the air of artificiality which
pervades the colony and which makes
one homesick for green grass and a bit of
the wildness of unassisted nature.
Land in Riverside, as in most of these
southern colonies, has reached an extra
ordinary price. The enthusiasts in
orange growing and raisin making are
prepared to demonstrate that it pays to
buy improved land in bearing oranges or
grapes at ♦I,OOO per acre. Certainly nu
merous ra'.ci have been made at this
price, and the purchasers have thus far
realized good returns for their invest
ments. As there is no prospect of a glut
in the orange market so long as the heavy
shipments to the cast continue, and aa
the main industry is simply in its in
fancy and capable of unlimited develop
ment, there seems no good reason to
doubt that five years from now a grove
or vineyard will be any less remunerative
than at present. —San Francitco Chron
iclt.
Seventeen Hen Killed by nn Elephant
A terrible elephant story comes from
India. While an elephant was being rid
den by its keeper in the district of Sul
tanpore, in Oude, the animal resented
prodding with a spear by pulling the man
from his back and throwing him some
diSt&ECS away. Fortunately the man fell
in a hollow -*P<l remained there undis
covered by the *lo.. we . nt t° »
neighboring village. -ji J ‘
There he chased an old man into a
house, then broke down the walls, pulled
the man out, and dashed him to pieces.
The same night the elephant knocked
down several houses in quest of human
beings in the villages of Sadarpur, Bar
gaon, and Jaisingpur. He killed six
men in Bcrsoma, three in Sota, four in
Gangeo, and four in Mafdan. He like
wise killed a bullock and a pony, and
also completely destroyed anew carriage.
The animal used to stand at the door of
a house, force his entry by demolishing
the walls on either side, and would then
kill as many of the inmates as he could,
pursuing others who tried to run away.
He mangled the corpses terribly.
After securing a victim he sometimes
returned to the spot to see if life was
extinct, and would commence mutilating
the body afresh. He carried several
bodies long distances and threw them
into ravines, etc. The elephant found
his way to the Dehrs Rajah's place, where
he tried to enter the house of a gardener;
but some men, mounted on three ele
phants, assisted by spearmen, drove him
off. He then returned to Bebipur, where
he tried to break down his master's
house, in which several persons had
taken refuge. The police got into the
house from a back window, and were
obliged to send for help to the Dehra
Rajah, who sent three elephants and
some spearmen. The animal received
two gunshots on the head at Bebipur,
which, however, only temporarily drove
him off. .He was ultimately captured,
at imminent risk, by the Rajah's three
elephants and men.
Sonrees of Yegetable Seed.
There are about seventy different varl.
eties of vegetable seeds, including herbs,
| ‘upply mem Ai prices ArtJluW nuaV lAia
ft lirlac ran hp fnr in fllP.
tides can be purchased lor in the stw I „
The voices of some of the hucksters
can be heard all day long in the thor
oughfares of New Y’ork, in winter, in
summer, in fair weather and in foul.
Some of them confine their peregrina
tions to certain districts, while others go
where they tnink to succeed best. Oys
ters, clams, and fruit employ a goodly
number of people, both young and old,
who hawk these articles about in hand
carts and baskets. From the ups and
downs of fortune among them, not a few,
instead of having horses of their own,
arc obliged to hire them, and, as a con
sequence. the profits are reduced very
considerably by the sum paid for the
horse and cart.
Other peddlers trade tin and iron ware
for old clothes. A very good cooking
pot may be had for a pair of old trousers.
The articulation of a man who frequents
the upper part of thc city is admirable.
His respect for the consonants is very
great. “Any old-d clothes-es or boots
es; any umhrellas, however old-d!”
He drawls the invitation out. but is al
ways distinct, walking slowly in the
middle of the street, and addressing the
upper windows of the houses on eithei
j? a , follow hoik ed upon a huge “ti
die of sheepskin, on the back of f n one
~ue horse. W hat j. he doi
c s itingon the pack mon a cfair, U.h
TW rdfihTt T "?• AL** horse’, to pi
who are compelled tfi TWf- ®4»ij V“» r , 1
this work and destitution. r °*
The earnings of a newsboy on an aver
age day are small. They seldom exceed
a dollar. In winter they are sensibly
lower. An exceptions! day comes now
snd then, when profits are doubled.
. Railroad or steamboat accidents, senss
• tional murders, and the death of notable
A LITTLE SEASIDE BELLE.
Alt INFANT HEIRESB AVITH A HO
MAN TIC HISTORY.
Worth $1,000,000, and a Great
Traveler—A Strong Fancy for
Dolls—Her Wardrobe.
A recent issue of the Philadelphia
Tima says: There is now staying
St the Beach House, Sea Girt, N. J., with
her mother, Mrs. Sharpsteen, formerly
of Philadelphia, the daughter of Mr.
Abbott, a retired merchant, a lit
tle girl, five years old, who has
crossed the ocean seven times, seen
every European and American watering-
Elace of note, and is worth $1,000,000 in
er own right. AVhat is more, she is a
beauty, is brim full of brightness and in
telligence, and should she grow up to _
womanhood must nmkc a noise in the
great world of fashion and society,
where beauty and wealth, when com
bined in a woman, exercise such tre
mendous sway. Slay Sharpsteen, the
little baby in question, possesses outside
of these peculiarities a personal history
that is equally interesting. Her
father was tho Paris part
ner of Arnold Constable & Co.,
the great New A'orli dry goods concern,
and when he died there a few years ago
he left to this, his only child, his entire
fortune. Her mother, who has a fortune
.£f her own .regards til- -‘"Jd
greater treasure , but for ini'
one object of bringing tip the little girl
so that she may be able to adorn society
and en joy to the greatest extent the
unusual opportunities that will be at her
disposal. Having been bom in Paris, and
her father's death occurring soon after,
Mrs. Sharpsteen brought the little girl
with her across the ocean to Philadel
phia, but after traveling with her hero
she has three times, within as many
years, returned to Europe and visited
the German and French spas, the Span
ish, Italian and other resorts and the
mountains of Switzerland, each time
taking the child with her. She is a fine
little traveler and loves the changes, but
at times has shown a delicacy of health
that, being very responsive to climate
influences, leads the mother to change
her quarters ns soon as her daughter be
trays any indisposition. Accordingly, in
this country she has frequently gone
North in the summer and South in the
winter, so that it may be said there is
probably not a mature person of extended
social experience anywhere who has seen
so many of the gay watering places of
the world as this little maiden of five
Bummers. Mrs. Sharpsteen lias found
that Sea Girt, with its combination of
sea air and dry pine woods, agrees with
the modern little Miss Ariel better than
anywhere she has been, so that last sea
son she was there some time before going
to Europe and she will spend most of
this season there.
Little Alay is a semi-brunette, with
brown hair and eyes, a remarkably tine
complexion and an exceptionally beauti
tiful mouth, shaped like a Cupid’s bow
—that species of mouth which has the
lips parted when in repose and showing
pearly teeth within. She is what is called
"old-fashioned,” having seen and heard
so much traveling that her expressions
and the action of her mind • wnnoawaeraj
. aAnzvea noDF V n A
LSI ISA iMO UVUUII I*l UVI lUIUU - -
- "rtling, but sho if* .—longer near t&e
MODs.q child
Turning from poetry to prose, we find
the following vague direction:
“Mr. , Travelling Band, one of the four
playing in the street, Persha (Pershorel,
Worcestershire. Please find him if pos
sible.”
Another envelope bore the following:
“This is for the young girl that wears specta
cles, who minds two babies 30 teheriff
street, off Prince Edward street, Liverpool.”
Mr. J. Wilson Hyde, in his book,
“The Royal Mail,” says that two letter*
directed as follows were duly delivered:
“To my sister Jean, Up the Canongate, Donn
a Close, Edinburgh. She has a wooden
leg.
The other was directed:
“My dear Ant Sue as lives in the Cottage by
the Wood near the New Forest.”
“In the latter case,” says Mr. Hyde,
“the letter had to feel its way about for
a day or two, but ‘Ant Sue’ was found
living in a cottage near Lyndhurst.—
Eomt Chime*.
The Bread-Fruit Tree.
kon them for her especially. * the Academy
’his fanrv oxtends to herself excavatio i
i point about which she is pr» depths, ami
rcr, except when eating or fnated that tha
he seen without gloves.shc ht’ 1 * 1 °‘ 4l2 f*ct
'liy in, gloves to drive in aijrcatcst cold i’
all occasions, almost allof“ t, ’ k * not * Te ‘‘
and of shade* to snit heH* Biberi “ n win
ter co‘i!l"t a little rrirfi AA *° * dopth of
800 feet. Geologists have decided that
tho frozen valley of the Lower Lena is .-
formation of the glacial period. Th. y
believe, in short, that it froze solid y
thep, and has never since had a chan i
to thaw out.