North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XV. Reporter and Post. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT DANBURY. N. C. PEPPER A SON 3, Pubs. Sr Props R\Tt:« OF Hl'll.N* HUM lO* ; Cue Year, paoable in advance,...,, ft.ftO Six Months, 73 BATES OF AllVr.W l ISINCJ: •n« Square (tan linos or ltaa) 1 time, 91 00 Voreach additional insertion, » AO Contractu for longer time or more npaco can bo made In prc,jortlon to the above rate*. Transient advertisers will bo expected to remit aecerdlag to tl»ei»o rates attbe time they send their favorH. L >cat Notices will be charged 50 per cent, higher than above rate*. Bualticss Cards will be inserted at Ten Dollars per annum. i ■■■ . PROFESSIONAL CARDS.. A. J. BOYD) W. KEID. r. B. JOUNBTON, JULIUS JOHNSTON, JSO F2>, RE ID $ JOHNSON, Attornoyw - nt - I^aw, WENTWOHTII, N. C. Messrs. flcid and Johhson will regu alrly attend tbo Superior Courts of Stokes county. R. L. HAYMORE, ATTORN EY-AT LAW Mt Airv. N. C. Special attention given to the collection o elaims. I—'- m W. F. CARTER, jiTTOSXEY"siT t TT. MT. AIKY, SUIIKY CO., N. (J Practices wherevey his services are wauled r. DAT, ALBERT JONES. Cay & Toxxe&p manufacturers ot «A»DLKRV,IIARNKSS,COI.LAUS,TRrNR *o. 33U W. Baltimore »ir«t, Ilnliimure, .W. W. A. Tarter, H. C.Smltll, 11.8. Sl>ra|;gtiu T«oker» SSniith &■ Co- M*nufa«t«rhrn He wh*lf*ale Denier* In *••l7*, SHOES, HATS AST) CAPi-l Vo. t5« Baltimore street. Baltimore, M*l. K. J. A ti. E. 11 EST, WITH Henry So anchor n s• Co., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. gg Aaeoyer St.,(btiiituUerloan Jt SWY BALTIMORE MP. , ■. 80NNEIJ0RN, B. BI.IMLINE Uley/ktH I'ulnry, L. tl lSluir K". 11. MILKS, WITH STE PIIE.XP UT.YE Y §CO Wholettult' dealers in Boots, Shoes and Trunks, 1219 Maui Street, gept. 8-81 -6m. UK l/MOSD, VA. H1C1IAK1) Wt>Ol» *AM I. 11.I 1 . 0(K)1>W1N. 11 EN ICY IIKNDEUHOJi. MtflfD w * UACOS. WOOD, BACON & CO Importers atxl Jobber* of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, WHITE GOODS, ETC. Nos. 309-311 Mmket St., PHILALKLPHIA, FA. Parties having CUT MICA for sale will fiud it to their interest to correspond with A. O. 30 HOON MAKER, 158 William St„ New YArk. B. S. OGLBSBY, WITH C. W. SCOTT. WHOLESALE NOTIONS AND WHITE GOODS, 612 Main Street LYNCHBURG VA. 0. E LIFT WICK, with fflllGO, EIAETT & CRUMP, RICHMOND, VA., ■Wholesale Dualers ia BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, &C. Prompt attention paid to orders, and satis ellon gauranteed. Virginia Statt Prison Qoo4i a specially March, a. m lOIRIT W. POWIBS. IDGAR D. TAYLO • R W. POWERS & CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Dealers in PAINTS, OILS, DYES, TARNISHES, French and Amerioan WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, &C. SMOKING AND CHEWINO CIGARS, TOBACCO A SPECIALTY 1805 Hain St., Biohmond, Va; AugustflmJC— WILSON, BIRKB It CO., WHOLESALE OROCRRS AND COMMKS BION MERCHANTS, to g Howard street, earner of Lombard; BALTIMORE. Wa keep constantly on hand a large anr. wall assorted stock of Groceries —suitable fci Southern and Western trade. W« solicit con signments of Country Produce—such «a Oot ton; Feathers; Gin.eug; Beeswax Wool; Driefi; Fruit; Furs; Skins, elc. Out lacllii.ee for do ■C basinets are such as to warrant quik sulci prompt raturds. All orders will bavo out aft esteatioa. y* GO TO % i I«H« TINE IJI.OCIv, "WlnstOn, IV. C. FOR GOOD Tobacco Flues, Sheet Iron and Ilomo mado Tinware at Llvinif Prices Also Roofing aud Guttering at short notice, at BOTTOM PRICES. Sept IG-ly J. IV. SIHI*LEY, Turner Hnln and 3rd Street- WISSTOS, M. C, Under Jacobs Clothing Store. MANUFACTURER OF Harness, Bridles, Collars and Saddles, Also dealer in Whips, Humes, Brushes, Lap Robes, in fa:t everything in the Har ness and saddlery hue. CHEAPEST HOUSE IN WEST) US NORTH CAROLINA Will sell my own manufactured goods as cheap as you can buy the Western aud Northern eity made gtiods. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. Has a stock of the old army McClcllan Saddles on I and. Come and see mo Sept 20 1-y. Brown Rogers Sf Co Wholesale and Retail HARDWARE Largest line of SIIOKS in Winston. Agricultural Implements. '* \ MACHINERY of all kinds HARNESS AJiD SADDLES 6,-c. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, sc Special attention invited to their H'Aite*' Clipper Pirns. Agents Duponl's old and well known Riflt Powder. Sept 26-ly Doors, Sash, Blinds. Ilaring rebuilt our i'lauing Mill, Poor, Sash and Blind Factory, Mid fit ted iup witb all new michioery of the latest and most approved patterns, wo are now prepared to do all kinds of work in cur line in the very best style. We manufacture DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, Door Frames, Window Frames. Brack ets, Moulding, Hand-rail, Balusters, Newels, Mantels, Porch Columns, and are prepared to do all kinds of Scroll Sawing, 7'urning, &o. We carry in stock Weather boarding, Flooring, Ceil ing. Wainscoting and all kinds of Dress ed Lumber; also Framing Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Lime, Cement, I'laster, Plastering Hair and all kinds of Build ers' supplies. Call anu see us or writo for our prices beforo buying elsewhere. MILLER BROS , WINSTON. N. C. GEO. STEWART. Tin and Sheet Iron Manu facturer. Opposite Farmers' Warehouse. WIXNTOX, M. ROOFING, GUTTERING ANDrSPOUT ING done at hhort notice. Keeps constantly on hand & fine lot of Cooking and Heating Stoves Oak Ridge Institute. A FIRST CLASS HIGH SCHOOL With Special Business College De partment ADMIOiOTHSEXES. AFULL and thorugli 3 years Academic Course of Study In Classics, Natural Science and Mathematics. One of tlie most flourishing and siuxvsstul Business Colleg es South of Washington. 200studcnU from various States last year. .Special classes, Fall Tern of 1886, in Elocution, Vocal Mus ic, and Pedagogics, under the instruction of expert and experienced teachers. Depends for patronage on Its thorough methods, and refers to lis slmlents ill all dnpartnieiits of business and vocation. New Literary .Society Halls, Heading Hoom Ac. Fu'l corps of experienced teache ers. Location In every way desirable. Kal term opens August 10th. For C'ataloug Ac., address J. A. & M. IL HOLT, Principals. Oak Ridge, C. "TVOTIIUVC* HUCCEEDH LIKE SUCCESS," DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1886. TIIAKUMGIYIXU MVMI. Come, yc thankful people, como, liaise the song of Harvest-home: All is saf«*'> pither'd in, Err the winter storms begin ; God, our Maker, doth provide For our wants to be supplied ; Come to God's own temple, come, liaise the song of Harvest-feoßie. All the World is God's own field, Fruit onto his praise to yield ; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown. First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full eom shall appear : Lord of harvest, grant that wo Wholesome grain and pure may be. For the Lord our God sha'l come, And slmll take his harvest home: From his field shall in that day All oilencespuige away ; (iive his angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the faithful eats to store In hisg .rnor evermore. Even so, Lord, quickly conic To Thy final Harvest-home : Gnther thou thy people in, Free from soirow, free from sin; There for ever purified, In thy preneneo to abide : Coin* with all thino angels, come, Kaise the glorious Harvest-home. —From the Church Hymnal. It INS IS I strove to make a desert of thy mouth, To gather all its treasure in an hour, But laughing love forbade the cruel drouth And kisses fathered kissos. as a llower Half thirsty, when the summer shower is done, Sighs faintly in expanding; so thy lips Grew sighing up to mine. And 'is the sun With anient ray the jewelled ucetar sips, So drank I of their beauty till my soul, Quickened with glad desire, as buds in May, Burst into bloom. And we together stole The conscience from the hours till all the day Was one long kise, and the dark, jealous night Prophetic of auotlier day's delimit. —Philadelphia Keening Call. , Our Thanksgiving The niorniug came. It came as other Thanksgiving mornings hail come—with | fresh, frolicking winds and sunlight, j and blue skies; with uicrrv vaicee, with cloudless faces aDd happy hearts, L remember just how yellow and murky the sunshine lay on the floors that morniftg, and how I thought the wind wailed about tbo corners of the house—to me it had no frolic. The children came m from play while L was at work, all flushed and eager, and hap py, jostliug and pushing each other good naturedly iu the entry. Dihncr tiuio came at list and they gathered round the table gleefully— just as gleefully, I thought, with a half bitterness, as if they had all been there. "Why, what's this fori" asked Harry stopping, "Mother, you've got one ohair too many. "Hush, Harry—l know—don't you see 1" and then Lucy finished her sen tence in a whisper. Why had I doue it; I hardly knew. To lay the plates and set the chairs,and pass that one plate by--that place that always was by mine—it seemed bird. It was a very little thing; but yuu know how dear those little things become to women sometimes. So I bad put there—the empty J ohair; and with its pitiful, appealing 1 blankness beside me, 1 sat down to the festival moal. I remember just how everything looked, as in a picture—my husband's face, with its peaoeful smile, and the children grouped around in the old places ; and a floek of yellow sun light that bad fallen in through the warm south window upon the table cloth. I remember everything. I know that John had just bowed his head to a>k a blessing on our food, and the children's eyes were olosed, when 1 saw —I saw as distinctly as I see this paper upon which 1 write the words —a shad ow fall across the empty chair. I turned my head, and I saw him,my doad boy Willie. I knew it was Willie. You need not doubt mt, for I toll yon I cannot bo mistaken. Should not I kuow him, 1 his mother? » looked deep into his eyes. I saw the old, rara suiile; I touched his own bright curl? upon his forehead ; I npoke to him , he spoko to roe. "Willie"' "Mother!" The voice was breathless, but it wag his. "Willie! Willie Again the old, rare smile. With one band be motioned silenoe. His fath er's voice hushed the amen, and the children looked up and began their chatter. "Did you speak to me Mary?" asked my husband. "No." "Whv, I thought some ono spoke (luring tho blessing." So they did not eco him. 1 alone was ohosen. I looked into his face, smiling, smiling down into mine so ten derly—yju oannot know bow tenderly ; but his eyes 1 saw—aud i heart would break to see it—a certain, sad, reproachful look, that I bad caught on hia faco onee. years ago, when 1 ac cused him of injustice of some trifling, childish fault—a look that had haunted me in many a still hour since... And then I heard him ray distinctly, though to not auotber ear was the breathless voiso audible : ''l want them to be happy. I want you to enjoy the day. Did you think I should not be with you, mother?" He was with uic, thank God, and I was happy. I talked, I laughed, I chatted with the children; their merri ment increased with mine; my husbands pale face lighted up; I felt my own eyes sparkling. And all the while, where they saw only that empty chair, 1 saw the beautiful,still face and happy smile. I saw htin pleased with the old familiar customs. I saw him mindful of the children's jests. X saw his eyes full of their own home love, turn from one to another and back agaiu to me—l saw and L was content. All that day ho was beside mo. He followed us into the sitting room and took hi* old seat by the coxy fire. He listened to his i fatbor's stories and watched the chil dren at, their games and joined us when wo gathered around the piano for our twilight song. I beard his voice : the children asked what made a.c sing so clearly. Just as the shades began to fall heav ily he diew me toward by th« frost bo'iad window. He stoopod and kissed me. He took mo in bis arms and said, as he had said before : ■•Did yon think I should not be with you, mother ?" And then 1 missed him. 1 -sailed to him, but be did not answer. 1 Mretoh ed out my arms to him, but he did not { come back to mo. The room grew dark; my head swam; I tottered over to my husband. "Oh, John ! I have loct him V "Mary—why, Mary! wb»t is the matter f" and be caught me in his arms. I looked up. 1 was not in the parlor by the frost bound window ; the chil i dren were not beside me. The sitting room tiro had died down into the ashes , I tho door into the hall was open, and my husband had on his oyerooat. He was I holding me tightly in bis arms. "I thought —oh, John ! John !" And j then I told him all my dream. When I bad finished he was still • long time, then— "Mary, perhaps the boy has been to you." At this moment the clock on tbe man tel struck 12. We listened to its strokes till the last one died away. "It is Thanksgiving morning," said my husband, solemnly. When the morning really came, •with its fresh, frolicking winds and sunlight, and blue skies; with its awn faces and gay voiees, and the hafpydbildrtsn rapping at my door, I thought of what be said, "Perhaps the boy bas been to you.'' Sometimes I think he must have been, so real and sweet is, even now, the memory of his coming. All that day ho stood beside me. All that day I saw bis peaceful face, and felt the blessing of bis smile, and heard his low, sweot voice. What for months I had looked upon and feared with tbo bitter ness 01 a great dread, tbe Caoo, and smile, and voioe made almost painless The children's merry greetings did not hurt me ; my lingers did not trem ble when they twined the fresh green leaves about the walls. Tho older children went with us to ohurob that morning. Tho little church was very still and pleasant, and some how the servioe itole away down into my heart. It was no eloquent preacher that we board ; only a plain man, with Uod's plainest gifts of mind and oulturel Hut the day was real to bim, and I lis tened. A bit of Mrs. Browning's music kept singing itsclt in my tout: I praise thee while my days go oil, I love thee while uiy days go oil; Through dark and dearth, through lire and frust, With emptied arms and treasure lost, 1 th ink thee vbile my days go on. I think that I lid thank him—l who. only last year, bad sat there with my boy beside mo. I think that when tho dear familiar words flooded the church with harmony • again, as on that other morning, and John aud I clasped bauds silently—l think we uttered the old, old cry : ''Blessed bo tho namu of the Lord." We stopped after oburch together where tho boy was lyiug, to let May lay down here little green wreath, and I was glad that she could do it calmly Some how I felt as if tears would bo profana tion just then. Then we weut quietly home. It was a happy home that day—as happy as it could be when wo did noi see him. Vet I knew he was there. "Did you think 1 should not be with you mother 1" I heard it over aud over ; I hear it « over and over now ; I shal l bear it wlieu the next Thanksgiving sun brightens his grave. He wished us ti be happy ; l know he was with us. I think he al ways will be. Elizabeth Slaart Phelps. THE ORIGIN OK THANKSGIVING A PURELY PURITAN FESTIVAL OF RE JOICING OVER WORLDLY THINGS. As if to resist the bitterness and sad ness of the failing year the most genial and kindly of all our festivals occurs at the end of Novomber. Its very name, "Thanksgiving," betrays its pious ori gin—an origin unmixed with any prior tradition. The great Christian festival of Christmas stretches back ward to yule logs and mistletoes, to Scandinavian and Briton heathenry . nor docs it loso by the uracef il, happy association. But Thanksgiving is purely Puritan. It is the good, warm heart conquering the tough head and ascetic manner of the oid pilgrims. In Elliott's "New England History" you may read that in 1623, after the harvest,-Governor Bradstroet sont out a company to shoot game to furnish a dainty feast ot rejoicing after the labors ot the colony. Having followed the directions of tho governor, an l the prin ciple of the excellent Mrs. Glass, they cooked their game and invited Massa soit and some ninety other savages, and all fell to and devoured the feast thank ing God "for tho good world and the good thingj in it." Thitik of that little shivering band clustered on the bitter edge of the con tinent, with tho future before them al most as dark as the forest hohind them, ' many of them with suoli long lines of happy memories in Old England flashing across the sea into tho gloom of their j present position like gleams of raddy firelight that stream far out of thccbccr ful chimney into the eold winter night and Ihiok of the same festival now, when our Governors and our Presiden'. invito millions of people to return thanks to the great giver of harvests ; and the millions of people obeying, sacrifice ho oatjmbs of turkeys and pumpkius and pour out seas ot cider and harmless wine. It might do dnngcrous to stake one's I reputation upon tbe assortion thut Thanksgiving is a strictly religious feast. It is a day of praetioul rejoicing In the good things of this world, and there may even be people whosa mouths aie fuller of turkey than their hearts of '.hanks. Hut every year the area of tbo fe»st enlarges, Kvery year there are more people who sit down to "groaning boards," as tbe reporters happily ex press it, upon ocoasions of oivio festiv ity. Dear old Thanksgiving ! Long aud long may his hospitable board be spread. Long and long may he stand, benignant at his doQ oalling in the poor and the weary, tbo blind aud the larno, even as the old I'uritans called in Massasoit and ninety other savages. Rich in bless ings and reverend in years, may good old Thanksgiving last wi'.h the oontincut knitting closer tbo ties of family and friendship; its oheerfulnoss beaming like tbe smile of a patriarch; its charity burning like a central fire, warming all the year and lighting upovery dark day j of cans and sorrow. Tho Prohibition yote in Ohio was over ii 6,00 great excess above the estimate before th 6 election. Its vote in New York also ranch larger than the previous vote. It was not tar from 50,000. It will have to be taken into the estimate for 1888. THE HOLY (iHOST FLOWKR IX BLOOM. Of tbo several varieties of hothouse flowers in the park conservatory the Iluly Ghost blossom has been attracting the most attention lately. Tbo plant lias been bloom:ng during the past week, and uiany persons have daily admired the singular and devout appearance of the blossoms. The flower is about two inches in diameter, and is cup-shaped. Nestling in the shadow of the curled leaves is a beautiful whito djvc. The ivings are extended toward tbo outer edge of tbo leaves, and Lave a oalyx of small brown spots extending over nearly half their surface. A slightly curved bilt and two small horns, which answer for the eyes, are yellow. The tail of the dove is fan shaped and has an edg ing of brown. Looking closely at the lifelike, waxen bird through a magnify ing glass, it sccins to be lying in the cup-siiaped ucßt asleep on its back. The body and head are beautifully modeled. The joining of the upper part to the bell of the flower is apparently a small liga ment along the back of the dove, while the wings and tail arc not in such dis tinct relief. The head is entirely sepa rate from the flower proper. Tho wings are not perfect IU shape. They are too rouud at the end and bavo a lump on the outer edge which somewhat spoils their symmetry. Attached to the tail by an invisible but active hingo is a curled leaf, which falls downward over tho outer leaves of the cup. When the flower first opens, this leaf or shroud covers the dove almost entirely. When tho bloom is complete it fulls down, and although the hinge admit.- of a par tial return to the old position the leaf cannot be made to bile the dove from sight.—San Francisco Call. SOME ORGANS IN AMERICA. The organ in the Boston Music Hall is tbc largest ono in America. It wus seven years in course of construction and cost seventy-thousand dollars. It was built by Walker of Germany, ex cept the caso which was designed in Now i'ork. The organ in Trinity Church, New York, built by Henry Krben comes tbc nearest to our ideal of any though it was constructed many years ago before the pneumatic action and other mechanical aids were invented. The instrument in the Church of tho Jesuits, Chicago, built by Michael, Montreal, cost forty-thousand dollars. Tho instrument in tho Catbedial of Sts. Peter and I'aul, Philadelphia, by Stand bridgo, contains some fine examples of solo voicing, and tho organ at S Clem ent's, Philadelphia, by tho samo buil der, is rich in variety. The following large instruments wero built by tbc Hooks and Hasting. 3 , Boston, —Cathe- dral of tho Holy Cros», Boston centen nial Exhibition organ Music Hall, Cin cinnati, claimed to be tho largest organ yet built in America, and contains G,'237 pipes. The fine instruments in tho fifth Avenuo Cathedral and St. Goorgo's Church of New York, and the Mobile, and Pittsburg Cathedrals wero built by the lato George Jardine, New York. Roosevelt in New York and Philadel phia has achieved a bight position iu tho art of orgau building. SOME UNPUBLISHED DRAMAS. Of tho tragedies written by Robert Montgomery Bird of Philadelphia, who died in 1854, none but Jack Cade has a printed existence. They are among tho best contributions to the Drama in this country. Edwin Forrest, for whom they were written, would not oonscnt to thoir publication. The following are the titles, —Calaynos (Jack Cade), tho Broker of Boyota, the Gladiator. In addition to these Dr. Bird sketched Metamora which was written by Stone, Tho capitalists of tho largo oitics of ten invest large sums of money in the oreotion of immense buildings of the French flat style, & kind of fashionable apartment house to be rented to wealthy families. Enough money is often inves ted in a single grand building of this kind to start a town m the more sparse ly populated portions of tho country, and theso buildings do not always pay. The capitalists who desire to invest in building enterprises should go to Flori da or come to tho mountains of North Carolina and start or help build up now towns and reform Beitlomonts, or build winter and summer hotels for tourists. Towns and hotels with the modern im provements are needed in these seotions, and ought to prove to be good invest ment;.—Jefferson Appalachian Phitos pher- NO. 21 * BRIEFS ADIIIFT. An epidemic of dyptlieria prevails at Lynchburg, Va. Earthquakes, severe stoiius and floods in Portugal and Italy. Tho total registered vote of Now York city is about '250,000. Cold weather and suow storms in the north and west of the country. There aro 434 churches in Philadel phia, 354 in New York, and 240 in Brooklyn. No. 1 wheat sells at 60 cents per bushel at Ellsworth and other Wiscon sin towns. Iluptc-rs living near the foot of Iron Mountain, Tenn., are said to have killed COO squirrels in oue week recently. Tho Chicago stock yards have resuui cd work with a force of both new and old employees, at ten hours for a day'* work. Bartium's show, which has been ex hibiting in some of the Southern cities recently, took in $14,000 in one day in Charleston. It costs S7O per night to keep tha electric lights in tho great status of Liberty at New York going. Con sequently Liberty's torchlight is not ablaze. The Postmaster General Las ordered the discontinuance of uinety-two fourth class postofficus, mainly for the reason that there were no candidates for tba postmasterships. In a large number of cases the business of the offices did not justify their coutinuauoc. A Washington dispatch says that Col. Ward Lamou roeeives a fee of $250,- OUO for his services in the cass recently decided by the Supremo Court whereby the Choctaw nation is awarded a judgeinnt of over $2,5000,000. He took the case fjr the nation ou specula- lf manure at 50 cents a ton is less profitable than clover, what may thoso farmers tbiuk who arc paying $2 to $3 per ton for manure is a question pro pounded by Uonry Stewart. The cheapness of clover and its far grcalar yaluc as compared with manure render it especially beneficial for farmers who grow grain, and for them the practioe of growing it to plough under is most use ful. PICKINGS. From the Wilmington .Star. The newspapers should cut Cutting He is "fuss and feathers." There is an improved condition o affairs iu Ireland, so the Liberals ad mit. Alf Taylor, although a boy, fought on the Yankee side. It took Demo cratic Bob to wax him. Prince W'aldcuian is the Czar's broth er in law, ami still the Russian was not willing for hioi to rule over Bulgaria. A Henry George Club has been form ed in Philadelphia. The Labor move ment is destined to spread both North and South. After Ist Deeomber next Chief Jus tice Waito and Justice Bradley ("ali unde'' Joe) Miller and Field are eligi ble for retirement. But will they retire? "Not if the court knows herself." Prince Waldemar has a pa and he has said no for him. So Bulgaria must look for some other Prince. Prince Nioholas, of Miugrclla, and l'rinco Nicholas, of Montenegro, are said to bo willing to try it. When the sculptor Harthcldi took leave of bis friends in New York it was m tears. Perhaps the; were produced by the fact an extinguisher has been placed upon the light of "Liberty en lightening the world." Southern travel this season is expeot ed to be greater than it was last year ; but it has not set in fairly yet, and there are some who think that the earth quake disturbances in the South will havo a tendency to check it. An amus ing incident in this connection is men tioned of a party of Northern tourists who stopped in Columbia, 8. 0., last week and who expressed themselves as being very anxinufs to experience an earthquake shock. The party were at dinner at their hotel last Friday when the last shake occurred, and although it only made the glass and crookery rat tle and the building tremble, they were greatly alarmed, and took the first train that came along going north.