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eat to the public is solid ted; but persons
must not be disappointed if the? fail to tea
their articles in oar columns We are not
responsible for the views of correspondents.
Anonymous oommuntcatiom go to the waste
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Temp»ranoe.
The temperance and prohibition
sentiment seems to be crowing more
wd more popular with our people.
|n Raleigh, where they have wit
nessed the great benefits of prohibi
tion. thev are delighted with it. and
numbers who have voted against it
heretofore on prejudice, declare their
Intention to ever encourage and sup
port prohibition after this. The
Same sentiment is expressed in Con-,
cord. While it is admitted that
•whiskev is bought and sold in these
towns, it is understood to be by the
same parties principally who. when
tjhe bar-rooms were open there, car-;
fled their jugs home. The great :
evil was the open, tempting bars,
and the greatest sufferers were the
poor fellows who were decoyed in '
On their way home, but who will!
■ever dream of bothering after the
expensive jug. and who will thus |
Save their hard earned pennies and ;
respect themselves and families,
prohibition is a decided success in
tfie above towns, and the colored
people are receiving the greatest
benefits from it- The law once
properly put in force in this city,
though it might prove a little embar
rassing to business at first, would be
Os the greatest benefit to the poor
people—especially the colored peo
f '
Oh. Te Indepsndents.
5 - This is why we feared Chas R
Peal, Johnson, and the whole kit o.
'tejn. Chas R admits here that we
■were right. Read him in last Sat
urday’s Observer:
: "The Observer has already an
nounced upon its own authority,
from its personal knowledge of Hon
James W Long, that he would be
Jund acting with the simon-pure
Democrats in the Legislature, and
that he could be safely counted upon
as a Democratic member. We were
Correct. In this week’s issue of the
Concord Register , Cpl Long pub
lishes a card, in which he makes this
announcement: ‘Although I have
been elected as an Independent, I
wish to announce through the col
umns of your paper that I am still,
as I always have been, a Democrat
of the Andrew Jackson school, that
I intend to act with the Democratic
party in the Legislature, and that I
expect to enter the Democratic cau
cus and be guided by its policy and
decisions.’ ,T
, ■ ■ -
Our School*.
• The schools of Ashewille are
<live and at work. As a result of a
canvass in the city, the Western
Union Institute has enrolled 200
pupils, having daily attendance of
jbout 70.
, The City Public School has en
rolled 157 pupils, the average at
tendance being about too.
Zion Normal School has an en
rollment of 136 pupils, with « fine
average attendance.
The turn that this city has taken
within the past few months on the
subject of education among our nro
pie, is surely a most sudden, sharp'
arid encouraging one.
- As Asheville is the distributing
point for the West in other things,
*0 is it destined to be in the matter
of education; for the colored people.
It least, if not for the whites. If
things go on at the present rate
(and we may reasonably expect our
institutions to keep pace with the
growth of the city,) Asheville will
yet have for our people one or two
of the best schools in the State.—
Cleaner.
Magic Lantern Professor*.
. In our absence last week an article
with the above heading found its
way into our columns. We regret
U>e appearance of the article, as we
do not endorse the manner in which
the expressions were made. There
aire some good panoramas by good
men with good intentions. The ar
ticle referred to got into our paper
without our knowledge or consent,
While we were absent. It is not our
object to offend persons who come
ip our midst seeking an honest liv
ing, especially those who instruct
and benefit the public; and if any
have been offended, we hope they
will accept this /s an apology from
us.
the northern |»rt of
The Good Templars
The Grand Lodge of Good Tem
plars convened in Concord last Tues
day evening, and was called to order
bv" Mr. Geo. C. Scurlock, of Fay
etteville. A short session, in which
degrees were conferred, was held,
and the Lodge adjourned to meet
Wednesday morning.
The Lodge assembled Wednesday
morning with G. C. Scurlock in the
chair.
The question of union between
1 the American and British Grand
' Lodges was discussed, and while
| there was a manifest disposition to
1 favor union, the Lodge was pro
-1 nounced in its allegiance to the Brit
. ish Right Worthy Grand Lodge.
The business was despatched.har
moniously, and the new officers were
installed.
i A public meeting was held in the
1 Court House on Wednesday night,
; at which speeches were made by
Messrs. W. E. Henderson, J. C.
1 Dancy, John Holloway, and G. C
Scurlock.
The session was very harmonious
and interesting throughout.
The outlook for the temperance
cause is very good, and the workers
in this order are much encouraged.
It is hoped that Good Templar
lodges will be organized throughout
the State, and that each lodge will
| form a juvenile temple to instill in
1 the youth the principles of temper
: ance.
Prof J C Price spoke in the Court
House on Thursday night.
The Grand Lodge adjourned to
1 j meet in Wilmington next Novem
-1 i ber.
The following are the officers
\ elected:
GW C T—G C Scurlock, Fay
-1 j etteville.
Grand Councellor—John Hollo
;! way, Wilmington.
G W V T—Mrs Catherine Hollo
-1 i way, Wilmington.
■j GW S —W E Henderson, Salis
bury.
'I GW T—W C Coleman, Concord.
1 GW C—F R Howell, Concord.
; , GW M—S P Foster, Shelby.
: G W G—’Miss Mary Harriss.
1 Grand Sentinel —Henry Surrat.
Asst Sec’y—Miss S B Lord, Salis
: bury-
D G M—Miss Emma Kesler.
Delegate to Right Worthy Grand
J Lodge at Saratoga next May —G C
Scurlock.
Scotia Seminary.
It was the pleasure of the editor
: of this paper to take tea with the
teachers of Scotia Seminary on last
Wednesday evening. We were
• highly pleased with the polite and
1 courteous reception extended us by
1 the faculty. There are five of the
: teachers colored, as well as the as
: sistant matron, and all ate former
I students of this institution. Miss
1 S J Johnson is acting matron; Mrs
■ Dart, Misses M L Chresfield, Lilia
: Reese, Phillis Bomer, and Kittie
■ McKeill are the teachers. All are
* well pleased with Dr. Satterfield,
2 though he has not assumed charge,
I Mr and Mrs Dorland remaining still.
- Though not so full as usual at this
. time, there is a goodly number in,
t and they are coming in almost daily.
1 A new building has been erected,
: to serve as a sewing-room and aid
1 in the accommodation of the girls.
' Scotia is one of the best schools in
1 the South.
The Tote in This District.
So far, we have seen no official
e statement of the vote for Congress,
1 in this, the 6th District, but the Wil
-1 mington Star gives the following, as
* Col. Rowland’s majorities: Row
■ land’s majority was 1,111 in Anson;
428 in Cabarrus; 1,025 in Columbus;
- 221 in Mecklenburg; 743 in New
Hanover; 817 in Richmond; 450 in
Stanly; 424 in Union; 1,400 in
• Robeson. Col. Jones carried Bruns
; wick county by 115 majority.
Rowland’s majority in the district
1 therefore, according to the above
f statement, is 6,804. — Observer.
Dr. J. J. Mott advised the Re
publicans not to vote the state judi
r cal ticket after tyrannically refusing
, to call a State Convention. They
r positively refused to pay any heed
, to his demand and voted him CH-
I' tirely out of office, power and au-1
: thority. It is a good thing for all 1
- concerned and as the election j
: showed, the party is stronger with
| out him and the offices than it is I
1 with both. It is a lesson worth j
learning, and one all have learned 1
with pleasure. His associate Go). I
Humphrey was electing Mr. Sim
mons to Congress while Dr. Mott
was working aganst the State
ticket at his home. We watch these
political contests and give our
readers a word about them so as to
show how essential it is to preserve
ones political liberties as a means to
protect our religious liberties. —Star
of Zion.
At the State fair just closed, held
at Macon. Ga„ Ellis Patterson, Esq.,
a colored man, took a special di
ploma for a double footed plow. |
Mr. Patterson is from Cartersville.
Ga., and is said to be a genius.
He has the plow patented. The
negro is coming if he does come
slow. It is better this than not at
all.— Southern Recorder.
Some anxious persons wish to
know what becomes of the 50 cents
which they are required by J aw to
pay annually as general fund. We
think it well to answer. The answer
will show at once that this 50 cents
serves a more useful purpose than
any 50 cent members of our church
ever pay to any cause however
meritorious. To the Bishops, in
cluding travelling expences, 21 cents,
Zion Wesley College 14 cts. the
book concern cts; the Star of
Zion 3 cts; the worn out preachers
and widows 3 cts; the Missionary
work and other expences 5'A cts.
Did any ever spend a half dollar
which assisted in accomplishing so
much? If not then pay your Gen
eral Fund, prove yourself a loyal
member of the connection, and thus
asssist in carrying on the well begun
work of the connection. — Star of
Zion.
Men have the power to sin, but
no right. Men have the power to
kill, but no right. Men have the
power to drink the vile stuff that de
grades the man and sinks the soul
in utter degradation; but no right.—
Southern Recorder.
Miss Victoria Richardson of the
Charlotte Graded School has ac
cepted a position in the A. M. E.
Z. school of this city, and is now at
her post. We are glad to welcome
one so highly accomplished and
hope our people will appreciate her
rare qualities.— Gleaner.
Healthy and Unhealthy Ocoupatlena.
The first place among healthy occupa
tions is held by ministers of rebgion,
the death rate of this class being 353.
Next we have gardeners end nursery
men, who stand at .Oa; fanners and gra
ziers, 631; agricultural laborers, 101;
schoolmasters, 718; the other trades
which follow cloeely on these being gro
cers, eosl merchants, paper mannfactor
era, lace and hoisery
wheelwrights, ship builders and ship
wrights and coal m'nere. The figures
of mortality of all these trades is under
775. Cn the other side,tbatof unhealthy
1 occupations, the first place is held by
the trade: which are concerned in the
manufacture and distribution of intoxi
cat ng drink, which, as is well known,
entail many temptations to nse it to ex
eose. The list of unhealthy occupations
| is headed by the class of inn and hotel
i str ants, whose figure mounts up to
i 3,205, being nearly double that of the
medical profession. The highest place
next to them are held by the
general laborers and coster - mon
gers, hawkers end street sellers, the
former class with 3,020, and the latter
with 1,879. It is probable that both are
1 largely made up of broken men, the
! wrecks of other callings. Innkeepers,
publicans, spirit, wine and beer dealers
follow with e figure of 1,521 end brew
ers with 1,301. In support of the belief
that these high rates of mortality are
chiefly due to alcoholic excess, Dr. Ogle
has compared with them the mortality
assigned to diseases of the liver, the
organ through which such exoess chiefly
declares itself, and has obtained results
which are entirely in harmony with those
of the trade returns. Next to the trades
concerned with alcohol, the highest
rates are furnished by occupation, which
involve the breathing of dust—other
than coal dust—and especially of a sharp
and gritty character, or largely com
posed of mineral matter; next, those in
which there is expo ure to lead poison
ing, ae with plumbers, painters and file
makers. The earthenware manufactur
er*. who are much exposed to mineral
dnst, have a figure of 1,742; filemakera,
who work upon a leaden cushion, reach
1,667, and plumbers and painters, who
are also exposed to lend, reach 1,302. —
Chamber*'a Journal.
The Hat Hy Father Wort.
You are looking at rav
daddy's old bat WhiTi for twenty
years he wore; His father before him
sported it For twenty years or more.
It was intended to hani it down
Straight on from sire to son. ’Twas
mentioned so in my .-Ether's will.
But I guess its day ladou -. You’ll
notioeitsshaneisalitt.eodd But
it was on-e in style And its fnr
rr nap and oolorof gray Wo ild
be sure to make you smile
’Twas strongly built.and there
isn’t a dent To be seen in the
rim or crown,Which shows
the former proprietors had
No bahit of painting the
town. It was ne'er
mashed o’er election
news, Nor kl-ked in an
opera hall. ’Twas gal-
I lantly doffed to the
dames of old With a
g a e that would now
ap aL Its years en
dear it. I will not
I we *L ,t: for bow would the people roar
To iso me airing the >.ld gray bat My
lather and grcindfatb r ware'
—A. W. Bellaw, in Detroit Free Pros.
British Farm Laborers.
According to a return issued hy th<
Agricultural Department of the English
Privy Council, theie are 766,713 mall
laborer*, farm servants and cottagers it
England, 40,806 iu Wales, and ‘.11,801 it 1
Scotland. Os these, 103,819 in England
786 in Wales and 542 in Scotland havi j
allotments or field gardens, detached
from cottages, of more than one quartci
and under one acre. The holders o 1
similar allotments extending to from on.
to four acre* number 4,237 in England i
828 in Wales, and 259 in Scotland. Tin
garden allotment* exceeding one-eiglit)
of an acre number 230,316 in England
27,152 in Wales, and 15,090 in Scotland
These figures do not include the allot
menta granted by the railway companio
to their servants.
lbnd a hand.
Lookup and not down;
In: look forward and not bock, and land a
hand. ,
Look bravely up, dear soul, the gleaming
•tars
Shine grandly out beyond the darkest night.
The solemn, sobbing anthora’e silver bars,
Sweep down to us from Heaven’s far,
nameless height;
They sky is upward; all the tree* and
flowers
Hold up to God each dainty leaf and eup
The bees and birds fly forth to greet the
honra;
All earth Is glad, dear brother, look thou
up! ,
Look outward 1 Here the dreamy sunbeams
slee->.
Within ths rock-encircled, sheltered shore:
There on the wide, wild sea dark tempests
sweet,
And wre go down !u darkness evermore.
Set tbou a light upon the treacherous sand;
Trim thou thy little lamp to pierce tbs
gloom,
And guide the ssilor to his fatherland,
Tbo weary wanderer to the cates of Home,
look upward! outward! fprward! in the race
Which God doth give thee, thou mays,
surely win :
Toil for the nobler life and higher place,
Workti on for God oad man: Lookout,
not ml
Bend tbou a helping hand to tl—se who err—
To all who ree l thy aid to stronger stand;
Wbolovetb man is God’s best worshiper,
Forget th . self, my brother—lend a hand I
_o. A lie’’ Ki-.ney. in Detroit Free Pram.
THAT GRAHAM GIRL.
BT M4BY E. BRUSH.
Well, it’s all over, and I’m glad of it.
1 I never want to camp out again as long
! as I live! Sor does Cara Mll ray. To
think what a love y time we had autici
pa od, with Tracy boring, the greatest
catch of the year, alorg. ami only dear,
fat stupid Mrs. Bartlett for our chap
eron! There’s no knowledge what might
have happened had it not been ior that
Graham girl.
She was governess to Mrs. Bartlett’s
two children, Tom and Tiny (the worst
young ones that ever breathed 1) and Mrs.
Bartlett said that she couldn’t possibly
think of tru'liug here If and precious
little ones into the wild-mess unless her
dear, faithful Helen went along. So, of
course, Helm Graham went, and so did
T.acy Loring, Cara Murray, the two
Avery girls, and their collegian cousins,
Max and Will Collins.
It was iolly fun at first, for during the
journey on the cars Cara and I managed j
to secure Traey ourselves. Then we went |
by stage ten miles to a lonely farmhonse
—a “jumping-off place,” as Tracy called
it—where wc were to get the guide and
boat which were to t ike us up Lake
Moosetic—dear me, I can never remem
ber those horrid Indian names! But
never mind. Tracy said that he didn’t
just like the looks of our guide, but Cara
and I thought him real romantic. His
Dvme was Francisco, and he was kind of
brigandish-looking, you know, with
flashing, black eyes, swarthy complexion
and long black hair. And he wore a
sort of picturesque Indian costume. He
talked a good deal to us girls, and rolled
his eyes, and made up jingling bits of
poetry tnat didn’t sound bad. Tom
Bartlett said that he smelled of onions
and poo' whi-ky, but Tom was always
maki g horrid speeches. However, this
time he wasn’t so far out of the way, for,
if you’ll beli ve it, we hadn’t been camp
ing cut a week before that rascally guide
went off and left us in the midst t f a
howling wilderness fifteen miles from
any living soul. Took our boat, too!
And we had to make our own fires, and
cook onr own meals, and ail that—
things which we had paid him to da
Mrs. Ba tlett is over forty, but she
doesn't know a thing about bousekeep
i ing, for h r husband’s sist.-r, who lives
j with her, sees to everything. As for the
Avery girls, they nov r enter a kitchen,
j nor do Cara ana I. Tracy Loring knew
1 more than we did, for he co Id make de
| l'cio.is coffee as well a broil fish. It
was late in the afternoon, w'th a cold
; rain and wind rtorm coming on, so that
| it wouldn’t have been prudent for the
! gentlemen to undertake the long tramp i
1 through the woods back to the Giles
I farm-house. Cara and I felt wretchedly.
i In the first place, we v e e conscious of
I 100 ting drabb! d and shabby—there’s
nothing like that to 10-. era woman's
spirits. You see we had no idea of
what a wild, era y place, the woods were,
and so we had worn dainty, flimsy suits,
whose ruffles and puffs bM soon became
; crushed nnd crumpled. The Avery»
i were in the som-; fix. As fort at Graham ,
j girl, she wore a plain navy blue flannel
! gown, with shod, s' irt and , h-use waist.
I M * had ail made fun of her behind her
bar-k, but after a day or two we were
forced to acknowledge that she looked
far mo£ dainty ..nd tidy than ourselves.
Anyhow, Tac Loring s imed to think
her attractive, for, from the very first,
hetreitel her as an equal with Cara and
me, an- she laugbe- and talked as
freely a h did. Bbe never seemed to
mind sh- least hint, not even when one
da/ Cara threw out som .thing about
v v.ing-pe- 3 knowing their place. At
first, though, r. 15 drew heiself up rather I
stately (as she haw a fino figure!i and j
looked Car- straight in tho eyes as if to I
find out what she meant, then a smile
began dimpling tho corners of her mouth,
and she sang out mischievously: 1
When Adam delved art Eve spin. 1
bo then was the ga tinman’" ]
But to go back to the time the guide 1
left u«. We ha • to have aupu r, of I
course, but what and Low! I,
Tv* got tome fir’. ”** Innj\ "•»<* !
I see that Max has /eked some toe
blackberries. I can m*k the coffee, but
the r-.t of tho culin. v affairs IT have
leave in the hand* of you ’diet.” j
“Oh, my goodn "*3 gTac'out!” groaned
Mrs. B tlett, “I never cooked a meal in
all my life I”
We all echoed her words, except Helen
Graham, who jumped up briskly, say
ing: “IU try to fix something, though it
won’t be very e'sborste, for I fear our
resources are limited. Pray, Mr. Loring,
what doe* our larder contain!"
“iiumphl Mostly canned goods, lb
Heve. TTiere are some loaves of bread j
but,” with a sniff, “they look kind of
queer, Miss Graham—th y have a pals, j
whity-greon fuzz on the crust! It’s very
asthetio-looking, tc ‘e sure—bat it
doesn’t smell good!”
“Host sod moisturo have made i
mould. Bread mould* easily in August
weather, end this is over a week old.
But 1 can cut off tho crust sad toast t’
inside.”
“ThstTl bo famous 1 I sin so hungry
I oould eat my Vot# vmost! It rejoins*
my soul to see a genuinely capable woman
—one with a knack’’. A»d now. Madam
Cook, I’m at your se»v>e”—with * low
bow. That Graham girl dwn’t se-m a
bit impressed—she only giggled, snd
said, coolly: “You may clsan th* fish,
if you want to,” and Tracy Loring, the
he r of one of the richest and most aris
tocratic families, donned a big towel for
an apron, and went out to obey her com
mands.
Then bow she flow aroned! I rather
liked to watch her. Bbe had such a deft,
handy way of doing things. Both Cara
and I wished that cur mothers had taught
ua something besides fancy things.
She made a rousing fire in thefiroplaei
—you see, we had taken up our quarters
in a log-cabin that, years before, hoc
been occupied by an old hermit trapper
It was a rough affair, but just th-n wo
were very thankful for it, considering
the rain outside. It had turned off sc
chilly, too, that the fire felt very comfort
able, and what with the light, warmth
and good supper, we had a very pleassnt
time. The supper was especially nice.
Helen had opened a couple of cans of
chicken: this she warmed m the sauce
pan, and poured it over the toast, gravy
and all. Then she wrapped potatoes in
j leaves and roasted them in the hot ashes:
I and these, with the fish, coffee and other
things, made a meal fit for anybody. The
gentlemen praised it up, at any rats, and
they paid that Graham girl so many com
pliments that she actually blushed. It
made her look pretty, too, and the fire
light falling on ber brown hair gave it a
golden sheen that we women couldn’t
help envying.
“Now, what’s to be donol” srid young
Max Collins, after supper. "Born* of
us hare got to tramp back to Giles's
farmhouse and get another boat.”
“You and I will go,Max,” laid Tracy.
“Will can stay here and guard the la
dies. We’d better start to-morrow morn
ing if it’s clear.”
The weather was fine next morning,
and after an early breakfast (that Gra
ham girl made splendid corn pones),
Tracy and Max left us. Poor Mrs. Bart
lett actually whimpered when they went
off.
“It seemed so awfnl to be left alone—
shipwrecked in the howling wilderness,”
she said.
“That’s rather a mixed mstaphor!” ex
claimed Will; “and not at all compli
mentary to my bravery! Yon know, m
dear madame, that I will defend you
as long as I have a drop of bio id loft—if
these warlike mosquitoes leave me any
to begin with.”
Will it a real nice fellow (lovely te
lead Ihe German with!) but be isn't cut
out for a woodsman, and about th* first
thing he aid. after Tracy and Max had
gone, was to tumble down a rocky place
i —ho was getting some rare ferns for
Saidie Avery—and break his leg! Well,
j [ don’t know wbat wa would hav# done
had it not been for that Graham girl!
We wereall about ready to go into hys
terics, but she spoke out sharp and com
mending, and told us that we must help
her. We somehow got Will into the
house—it must have looked ridiculous
lo have seen ns all pulling and tug
ging at him—and on a cot, and then
Helen went to Mre. Bartlett's medicint
'hest, whir h she had brought along on
; scoount of the children, and got him
[ something that would keep him quiet
•nd prevent fever. Then th-re was
nothing else to do but wait urtil Tracy
returned; and oh, it seemed ages.
In the meantimo, something still mom
startling took place. We were all rest
ing a bit after our exertions, when sud
denly in rushed Tom and Tiny, saying ia
•caicd whispers, for Will was dozing.
snd we motioned them to be quirt:
“Dh, that Francisco hat com* back!
He is coming up from the beach, and ho
•cts awful queer! He wore at ua. he
did!” -
I “What! t*-e guide!” said Mra. Bart
| lett. “Girls, he must be drunk or crazy 1
I (Vhat shall wc do) Oh! what shall wa
do) Poor Will can’t pro ect us!"
"And he musn’t be übturbed, either,"
•aid Helen Graham, decidedly. “We’ll
have to aettle with Francisco oura'lree.
He does look ciazy ord unk,” go’ngto
the door and lodging out at the rolling,
wagg. ring figure ooming np th* pebbl*
oath.
It wie quite evident that he was dna
-unfortunately not enough to make him
clumsy and helplese, but enough to be
ugly and reckless. HU boldness showed
that he knew we were without • de
fender.
Helen Graham stepped outside the
door, one band hanging down m the
fold* of her gown. Her face was white,
but otherwise she eeemed calm.
“What do you want, FrancUcol” she
called out, In steady tone*.
Be swore Uke a pirate as he answered:
“Now, look here, girl you needn’t put
cn any airs! There ain't no one but that
j eripp ed dandy in there! Ive come to
| have my just dues. The bose, Loring,
] wouldn’t allow me any whisky, and ta
! [ wont off and helped myself. Now, Tv*
come back to settle up! You women
have got to fork ov ir what money and
valyables you’ve gotl” and with that the
ugly brute drew a step nearer.
I never knew Helen Graham’* eye*
could farh so. “Stand back!”eheeried.
Bhe raised her right hands from th* folds
of her gown, and I caught a etoely gleam.
It waa Will’s r.volverl
Francisco didn’t reiisb that little shin*
ing weapon being pointed at him, and
he cringed down like a whipped our.
“Now,” continued Helen, “you go and
sit down und r that tree!”
“Oh, I’ll have now—l won’t trouble
you any more,” he mnmbled.
“Do es I tell yo I— sit down 1” srtd the,
sharp and stern, and sit down he did:
and then the mounted guard over him,
the pistol still in her hand. We begged
her to let him go.
“No,' said she; ‘1 can't trust him oul
of our sight! He's mean enough to d<
almost anything! He’s got to sti]
here until the men come and he can b<
p ac d under th arm of tiic law.”
So watch him she did all that long as
ternoon. It was dreary waiting. Nrt
until the silver sheen of the lake grew
purple with the long mountain shadows
did help come. Then, far down th>
lake, came a cheery "Yo—o—del!” *n«
two boats swept around the curve
Tracy, Max, Farmer Giles and a trust;
guide were in them. And scarcely hac
•11 our extitva explanations been ei»*n
when, what do you suppose?—that Gra
ham girl fainted away as white and ’lmp
as any ordinary woman! Thera was a
good deal in the expression of Tracy's
face as be caught her in his arms, and
Cara and I felt that our chances were
small—a man never looks like that unless
he is holding the woman he want* for his
wife I
Well, to return to the prose part: ■>•*
somehow got back to civilization again
Poor Will was placed in the doctor's
care, and the poetical but erratic Fran
cisco was banded over to the tender m°r
ciee of the constable. Aa for oureelves
—dear me! wbat with stones, mad,
briere and underbrush, worms, snakes
and mosquitoes, to say nothing of tipsy
guides and plucky governesses—w».
Cara and I, as I said before, never wart
to camp out again ’ —Frank Leelie'r.
A Nov. I Plan of Burial.
General M (’. Meigs. U. S. A., di=
cussi a the burial of the dead as follows
In Bui’.dir iff. “I sec that the question "i
dispo ing of tbedeid in towers of mascr.-
>y or b, cementation is being discusae i.
[t is not new. Asiatic conquerors have
built the living, after capture of their
i:iti*a, into tow era of masonry, using their
bodies as blocks and generally the adobe
mortars of the desert plains far cement
ing them together. Oni of theu. built a
pyramid or tow r containing tbeusands
of h' ads. The cit >of New York 1 ters
in its Potter's Field obout -?,000 bodies
innually. I.nrope rents a giave site for
a term of years—a short term—and then
d'eintere the bone- and packs tb*m in a
catacomb or vault. Would not New
fork save money and treat its dead with
q eater reajHCt if it em! added each body
in a mass of Hudson liiver cement and
mod 1 3eton Coignct) ? I find that one
uslfacubic yard of Beton Coignet will
completely enclose tl 0 body of a man of
six feet stature, weighing 200 pou ds.
The average human jeing would require
even lees then thirteen cubic feet. At rul
ing prices such as rce pbagus would < ost
only two or three dollars. Ihem >*
•nd date, a perpetual recoid and memo
rial of the dead, could be inscribed with
I ’ter punches or stampa on the head or
foot of the block or sarcophagus. Rang’ d
dongeide of eac h other in contact, and
in two rows—that is, two bl cka deep—
hese would build on any sn table p an a
so .rtecn-foot wall, massive and atrong
enough to be carried to the height of
163 feet.
Thua would he erected, at the rate of
noarly 2, n OO cubic yards per v ar, ag' eat
temple of ailencc, agiaud a d everlast
ing monument to those who pass away,
rhe designs ior su h a monument teem
wor by of the study of our ucat archi
tect*. 1 might be a pyramid, a cone, a
tower, or a long»galb ry like those of the
.tul:an city of Bologna, the mo.t beaut
ft 1 oeinct*ry in tho world.
Ma y years ago the London Arehib '
pttbl'shed the proposal of an architect f'
erect by tlo degreei and iu successi
courses a toiid pyramid in which, n
.-ells, the d*ad of London would be r
dosed. But this made no provision f
memorial inacriptions or visible record
' * fourteen foot wall doe* this.
.n Und r red b ; u ‘‘ biTd » Were found
BU» d rai. h »»il2 ot of ■* el,ctnc Hfto •»
BV City, Mich., one morning.