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p- - . THE COURIER --V Person Co. Courier; - x U'ublishea !very Treaay ' . published in the centre pi a fine tobacco gro. iug section, making it, one. Of the best Advertising mediums :;ior,S merchants and warobouSemen in tke' adjoining counties Circulated largely in Person, Granule and Durham counties" in North Carolina, and Halifax JCoaaty Virginia. JOB WORK HACKNEY & N0ELL,; : v- t-v 1 - Roxboro N. C." - ;"V V TKRMa OF SUBSCRIPTIOIT: : ; ; ;.y , j One CopyjOne Tear r - $1 60 - x ' ! )ne Copy Six; Months .' 7!r ' 1 Kemitanc tnuf be made by Registered ' '"r : , Letter, Post Office Order or : Postal Not: ' V HACBJSEI & SOEIJ, Editors and Proprietors.! HOME FIRST: ABROAD NEXT. $1.50 Pcr.Tear in Advance; al description neatly executed on short notice and at reasonable prices. When in neod of work give the Cocsum a trial. VOL. 4. ROXBOE.G, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1887. NO. 7. Professional pARts U. C. Strudwick. Jt. . Boone STRUDWICK& BOONE, ATTOBH iAlV... PRACTICES IK UTTRHAM, OBANGK AND PKRSON. COUNTIES. A W.GKAHAM:, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HUlsboro, N 3. Practies in the Counties ot Caswell, Duruam. Guilford, Orango and l'ensou. S. WlNSTBADv . .- J.V. TKTIBY. TITINSTEAD & TEfiBT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Boxbero, N. C. Prompt attention Jyen to iCl bnsinese entrust ed to tliom. ' LUJJSFOBD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Koxboro. N. C. J. W, Graham, Thos, Euflin. GRAHAM & RTJFF1N, Attorney's at law, Hillsboro, N . Practices in the counties of Alamance, Caswe Ourhatn. Guilford, Orange and Person. - S. MBUBITT ATTORNEY AT LAV. Eoxboro, N. C. Prompt Claims. uhmi o-ivon tn the collection of anvuw.vu 0- D R.J T.FULLEB, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. Eoxboro, N. C. OR. C. W. BRADSHER DENTIST, fieTS his eerviees to the public. Calls promptly attended to in Person and adjoining counties. Anv one wishing work in his line,' by writing him at Rushy Fork, N. C, will be attended at nce. jyi. J. A. GEOGHEGAN Offers his PROFESSIONAL SERVICES To Roxboro and the Surrounding Commnnity. Can be found at my residence recently occu- jiied hy kcv , J. J. Lansdell. Till FALL TERM OF ROXBORO ACADEMY Ope n to Both sexes. 0-0-0 Opens Angnst 1st, 1887. JAMES W. TItXETT, Principal, Miss Fannie W. Manguui, Assistant. Tuition for 20 weeks, in Primary Depart isneat $10.06. t;omnin Engiish Branches $15.00. Higher English and Languages, $20.00. Mnsic on Piano or Organ $15.00. ADVERTISEMENTS Geo. D. Thaxton. A. Judson Watkins. THAXTON & WATKINS, JOBBERS JT0TI01TS, WHITE GOODS, FANT goods, overalls, LADIES' DRESS GOODS, Ml, 14 S. Fourteenth St., Richmond, V. YOU lean live at home, anri make mre money at work I for ns, than at anything else in ln:t world, capi- ital nt needefl : you are started free. Both sexes ; .all ages. Any one can do the work. L,ar e ear nings sure from first start. Costly outfit and terms free. Better not delay. Costs yon noth inr to send ns vonr address and find out; if yon jre wise von will do so at once. H. Hallett .a Co., Portland,- Maine. S r! ly. JLSTON Raleighr N. C. PIANOS & ORGANS, Sewing Machines. Wery Lowest Prices, Most Reasonable Terms. PIANOS STEINWAY, KRANICH & BACH, BEHR BROS., CHICKERING. EMERSON .SWICK. o:o ' ORGANS GREAT WESTERN, KIMBALL4 ESTY. MILLER, WHITNEY. BltlGEPORT. Write for prices and termsu - i.h. Stone, " Rahegh. N Strength end Tired Feelina nh. y curat jtsoaes, mm. oiea ana nerves receive new soroa. .Enlivens the mind k end annnliaa ttra Pnn. LADIES 1BffieraDa&B: Aate.apaedy cure. Gives a eleer. healthy complexion. r i:?1" -ooon-wnerani only eaas to Us uru. uo nos zpenment set UKiaiNAI. Ann ipopa. Dr. HARTER'S LIVER PILLS MB. 0 OMittMttotUn, Complaint end Slok Q5fKioh' Sample Don ud Dnui Book HmliiHi on oelpt of two oenta in poetsce. Ml PR. nARTEB MEDICI HE CO 8T LOUIS, HO 0. l V 1 .... V ...,i.X X A HALF HEARD SONG, A woctler came out th air from afar; It was sonif.it was beauty, and strength and deUxl.t, - -And it soareil to a strain that as rayed like a star, - - - ' ' z Revivine old faiths in the triumph of right Over wrong and the triumph, of life over dttath; And it sank into the quavers or tenderness, too. As if the sweet singer scarce trusted the breath Of a lovo just awakened by one who might woo Iler to give even life for himeolf, and would go Wheresoe'er ho might lead, though he led to the rack , - Or in silence heroic could nobly bestow All the -wealth of her heart and receive nothing back. Is a spirit concealed in the song from of ar f Is some mighty magician at work that we hear In its pure undulations the tones that unbar. . The gates of the soul! That the thrill in the ear Bends a thrill to the heart ot such yorioua scope. Though the -words arAall fiaUswed by spaces ofairT ' ' v . . That meanings profound as the deepest we grope Far in language's letter seem symbolized there? George C Bragdon. THE HUMBUGGERY OF RULES On Health as Applied to Humanity in General An Athlete's Talk. "It is very peculiar to consider the various systems that axe published to pre serve health and become athletic j" re marked a well known athlete to a re-' porter. After a pause the fine specimen of physical manhood continued: "One writer will say don't drink green tea, another thinks going to bed on a full stomach is the road to vigor, and I say that what is food for ono person is poison for another. It is the adaptability of -each constitution to certain hygienic rules. 'Oh, you should eat rare meat to grow stout and strong,' dogmatically asserts ono authority. If rare meat is craved by the appetite it will be easily assimilated and digested, but to force it does more harm than good. Well cooked, plain food is always considered healthier than raw stuff. "I once suffered from dyspepsia and made a study of food. After several years I found that tho following were more easy of digestion than anything I ate: Partridge, chicken, turkey, mutton, venison, hare, sweetbread, pheasant, grouse, beef tea, mutton broth, milk, turbot, haddock, flounders, sole, fresh fish generally, roasted oysters, stale bread, rice, tapioca, sago, arrowroot, asparagus, sea kale, French beans, cauli flower, baked apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, peaches, toast water, black tea, sherry wine, claret and ale. In a moderate scale of easy digestion I placed beef, rabbit, duck, young pigeon, wild water fowl, woodcock, snipe, soups, eggs, not hard boiled, butter, turtle, cod, pike, trout, raw or stewed oysters, potatoes, beets, turnips, cabbage, spinach, arti choke, lettuce", celery, apples, apricots, currants, raspberries, bread, farinaceous puddings, jelly, marmalade, rhubarb plant, cooked fruits, cocoa, coffee, porter. Those very hard to digest I discovered to be: Clams, pork, roast veal, goose, liver, heart, brain, salt meat, sausages, hashes, mackerel, eels, salmon, herrings, halibut, salt fish, lobster, crabs, shrimps, mussels, oil, melted butter, hard boiled eggs, cheese, fresh bread, muffins, buttered toast, pastry, cakes, custards, nuts, pears, plums, cherries, pineapples, cucumbers, carrots, parsnips, peas, beans, mush rooms, pickles, chocolate and champagne. "Persons in good, sound health, who have splendid digestion, &f course can partako of any of the food mentioned without danger, provided they do not gorge. It requires frequently a great deal of strength to dispose of tho gour mand's meal, and the food ho has eaten acts as a slow poison, draining his vital ity. Everybody who has good health constitutes herself or himself a lecturer and authority upon the subject. I notice many recommend frequent rub downs and baths. To bathe and rub the skin dry is healthful after exercise, but to much of it does more harm than good. There is a limit to all things. Too much exerciso is injurious, and having fine muscles does not indicate a vigorous, healthy circulation. Long walks taken at a slow pace do no good whatever. Walking exercise should be brisk enough to ctart a gentle perspiration, and then great benefit' 13 derived. There is no specific rulo to becomo healthy and strong savo one plenty of open air exer cise, temperance, wholesome food, suffi cient sleep, cleanliness and a good con science." New York Mail and Express. Uses of "Wood Wool. "Wood wool," a new French Inven tion, consisting of extremely thin and slender shavings of wood that are com parable to paper cut for packing, is already in extensive use in France. It has also been found to be well adapted for the manufacture of mattresses, for tho filtration of liquids, stuffing horse collars, etc., tho most suitable-species of woo?l being selected for each of these uses. Its elasticity causes it to be con sidered the best material for bedding, after horse hair, and is, in fact, prefer able to any other substance when it is derived from resinous wood, since it does not then absorb moisture. In workshops ivood wool is tending to replace cotton waste for cleaning machines, and it has likewise found an application on the roll ing stock cf railways for lubricating car soxles. While it has the same property that cotton wasto has of absorbing oil, its -cost is many times less than that material. Boston Budget The Study of Human Nature. Edward Everett Hale told the students -of Cornell that the best opportunity of studying human nature was to be had by entering the profession of the school master. Mr Halo is a . keen . observer, but 'his judgment is not entirely sound in this matter. The idea! opportunity for studying hnman nature in i&Tjt almost in finite -variety of phases and under almost every conceivable curcumstance is- en- loyea uy a reporter for a metropolitan journal. There is -no other way. of 'eee .Jng. life", and learning to know men that jmpores with this--New YorkTrihuhe. 4 ' - T ','.. ... ; -Toilets of the Princesses. A correspondent' at Ems, where tha Gnsrraan crown prince has been using tho .waters lately, writes: "The toilets of the crown princess and the three princesses are of " abounding: simplicity; '-and many ladies' of tlie higher circles would hot dare , to allow their daushters to appear in -equally plain, though tasteful, -dresses on tlie promenade ' - A -pity that so few imi- tato tho goo -Bxample."Kaas Citj ' limes, . t. 1 - -.v- SOME OF HERMANN'S ' TRICKS. Taken to tho Lockup for Playing a Prae . tleal Jok A Private Seancel ;. . In an up town manager's oflico the other day a little group of threatical men were talking about the interstate com-, merce bill and other .cheerful subjects, when a tall, thin, swarthy man, with, a dark curling mustache and imperial, en tered. He was received with a shout of welcome. "Now. for somo entertain ment," said one of those present, and in a very few minutes the prophecywas fulfilled. The newcomer was Hermann, a magician who contrives to make things generally lively wherever he may happea to find himself. After replying . good humoredly to a torrent of questions about his recent Brooklyn adventure he waa led jto a police station aiid narrowlyeswi caped speeding the night in a lockup for playing a practical joke Oh tho occupants of a street ear he said in JPrench Eng lish: "It was great fun, boys, though I have not yet seen a strictly true account of it It made itself as thus: I find my self in a street car with two or three worthy people who look as though they were too sleepy and need waking up. I wake them. Instead of thanking me,- they accuse me to a policeman of picking their pockets. The policeman takes me to the station house- with my sleepy friends. "The sergeant there takes the charge down and asks me for what you call my pedigree. I give it to him and am about to be sent to a dungeon, when with til tho politeness at my command I say: Will the monsieurs not eearch their pockets and see if they liavo been truly robbed? They do eo. Tho "one who has lost a watch finds the pocketbook of the other in his tail pocket. The pocketbook man finds a gold watch in his trouser pocket, while a diamond pin which the third man has lost is neatly pinned in the lapel of the worthy policeman. Once more speaking politely I say, 'Hold on, I too, have something lost, ' and taking off the hat of the sergeant I show him under neath the lining a roll of greenbacks. They say no word, and L bowing politely once more, leave the station house. For the next ten minutes Hermann turned tho gathering into a private seance and exhibited in rapid succession some really astonishing sleight of hand tricks. One of the party was rolling a cigarette. "Give me a cigarette paper, " said -Hermann. The little book of cigarette papers was handed to him; he took one out arid began deliberately tearing the slip of tis sue paper into eight or ten small pieces. These he foldd together once or twice and then passed them to one of the party. "Koll it toght, said he, "between your nnger and thumb, The request was complied with, and a little ball of paper the size of a pea was the result of the process. "Unroll that," said Herman, "but mind you do not drop the pieces ou the floor. ' ' The little ball was carefully unrolled and found to be a whole, un tom piece of paper of the exact size and make of that taken from tho book and torn up by the conjurer. As the subject gazed blankly at this as tonishing transformation, Hermann, took it from him and folded it mtwo onco more, and giving it back told him again to roll it into a small ball. This was dons and when it was once again unfolded. half a dozen scraps of torn paper were all that remained, -ale took a tobacco pouch from the smoker and with a quick up ward movement tdrew it into the air. : It was gone, completely vanished, and it need hardly be said was found in the hreast pocket of an innocent onlooker. This is one of Hermann's cleverest de ceptions, and one of those present said he had frequently seen him perform it with a wineglass half full of wine. ' He took the same tobacco pouch and letting it rest in the palm of his hand, held his hand well out from his body. He then closed- his white fingers upon it, opened his hand again, and the pouch was gone, to reappear in a pigeon hole or the man ager's desk. New York Tribune. - The Nevada Way. I like to see the gay and brilliant New York blood show off before our: western unsophisticated citizens. ' At ono of tho hotels the other, day twovery loud and pronounced gentlemen arrived and signed then names with . a flourish "from New T tin 1 xotk. rney evidently Knew, what a little one horse town they had come to. and they began at once to" paralyze the people around with style. They, aired themselves about the hotel. , They spoke in loud voices and commented upon their surroundings with asinine freedom. They were apparently lavish with their money. To show how they do those tilings in New York they got hold of a couple of darky musicians, took possession of a room near the bar, and had them play for them while they played the king of Bavaria business where the patrons.of the hotel could hear ana see, i he patrons of tho hotel, had a circus of a time watching -them.. When tho concert was" over they came out, and le of ; them turning waved the darky back, took; a coin, and' throw, it. "Catch that!" said he; "thatishowwe doit in New York, ' ' with the air of a lord. A gentleman from New jTork. had been among the amused; spectators 7 Ho called the darky up. . . - ( "Say, how much did he give you?" he asked. -" , - "Two hits," said the darky, showing the coin.- ; - ' Tlie New York swells were still show ing off when the voice of the Nevada man attracted their attention. "Stand over tliei'o,'" , ho. said to the darky; The darky did as he was told. Tlie Nevada man pulled out a $5 piece and thre w it at 'him. "Catch that! I ain't from New York, but, by the great horn spoon, that's how we do it. in' Nevada, "--San Francisco Chronicle. ." ' - y.C - Wanted .to Prove Tilings. , -7- " Tommy (who wants to prove things that he iicars) rMother, .do you tiunk our. big dog lion ' would : ave' a little gkl's life if .she fell into the water? -. Mother- I dare say he would, dear. ' Tommy .fenthusiasticallv'l Oh. 'tliMa. do frow Tonev in. Harner's Yonnor Pe ople. ; r, ." ' 'jThe Soda TvoepmotlTe. v 3... A. rcmarkahly : practical . appneation of a well known, scientific fact has lieen made in! ; the soda- locomotive. C-Theso engines are now used mthe St'Gothard tunnpl, BerKn and other European cities, and are fnow to be put in operation ' in Minneapolis, New Orleans Times-Denioi put ; 5 - - - - GEMS IN ABUNDANCE. Beryls, Garnets and Jasper Dy the Block. .. Other . Gems by the Xonna. It would surprise gome people" who treasure little chips of sparkling. stones in rings or pins" to learn how common some of those "same stones majrhe and thi3 . without reference to the bogus jewels of the shops. The writer has a bit of aqua marine cut from" a single crystal that weighed four and one-half ounces," and containing material enough for dozens of gems, but even this crystal was of small consequence as compared with one now in possession of the "emperor .'of Brazil. f or that weighs eighteen pounds, and is of the size and nearly the shape of acalf !s head. . . New England,-- eeptrsjally the states- of - Maine and- New Hampshire, abounds in aquamarines or beryls ani ther biggest find was at Grafton, N. EL, where a .crystal weighing 2,900 pounds was taken out This, however, was nearly opaque'j and was consequently use less for jewelry purposes. - liranam cc vx. are cutting up a garnet recently found in North Carolina that weighed four pounds se-ven and a half ounces, and another firm of lapidaries has a garnet of nearly the same weight found in a gneissoid ledge in the neighborhood, of West Seventieth or.. Eightieth street, New York, although this latter piece is too cloudy and too heavily flawed to cut ' A Scotchman will show you the cairn gorm or smoky quartz -in the hilt of his dirk or pin of his plaid and brag of it if It turns the scales at an ounce. What would he think of the 200 pound crystal and of the bunches of crystals that aggre gate tons in weight, found near the Tief- engietscher and brought down to the Berne museum? Malachite was formerly used for jewelry to a considerable extent, fcr the large quarries of it were, until lately, unknown, it is recorded of a young fop who visited one of the Roths childs that he was so proud of his mala chite sleeve buttons that he insisted upon exhibiting them to his host Kothsclnld looked at them and said: "Yes, it is a pretty stone. I have always liked it I have a mantelpiece made of it in the next room." As to the once precious jasper, porphyry, and chalcedony one has only, to visit the Pari3 Grand Opera to find them used as arclntectural material. The bloodstone, or heliotrope, is a green jasper, flecked with .red, that is often used in rings, yet it is discovered in large blocks in some parts of the world. The royal collection in Paris contains a head of Christ made of this stone, where the red spots are brought into the artistic scheme by representing blood from the crown of thorns. ' "Onyx is abundant in the west and else where, and the Mantuan vase at Bruns wick, made of tliis material, is beven inches high by two and one-half inches broad. Nero had two cups of rock crystal or quartz, ono of which cost him $2,000, and that, with a characteristic disregard of expense, he dashed to pieces when informed that the people were in revolt against him. Topazes are beauti ful stones and not very expensive. They ought not to be when wimps of them eighty pounds in weight can be lifted out of tho earth,, as was done m Broddho, Sweden. In 6pite of the comparative abundance of certain gems, however, the glassmakcr flourishes, and sometimes he comes so near to reality that the elect are deceived, while real stones often simulate each other and can only bo de termined bv tests in cutting:. The wife of a dealer in gems has worn a beautiful steel" topaz for twenty, years in the belief that it is a diamond, and her hus band has never deemed it necessary to undeceive her. v -fraudulent gems, or "doublets," are sometimes faced with a thin slice of the stone they imitate that is made . to ad here by means of transparent cement for this facing of stone will wear much lon ger than glass the latter becoming scratched and dimmed even by exposure to the dust of our streets. Glass or "paste" gems,v however, are usually a little off color. The glass amethyst for example, has a smoky quality different from the royal purple of this stone; the glass garnet has not the deep and fiery enmson that Hashes like a coal of lta fronvthe facet of a true garnet; the emerald of glass Is colder in color than the nativo crystal aad has not its bright ness. Deceit is not only to be detected in the color, but by tests with files and acids, by dropping into water, by heal 1 . 1 . i j . ! . 1 1 ... . , ana eiecuricity. At is saia taai me quick est way to judge tho veracity cf a dia mond is to drop it into water. If it con tmues to sparkle it is real; if it becomet dead and glassy it is an imitation. AT bogus diamonds sold under the names oi Alaska diamonds, California diamonds. Rocky mountain diamonds, Rhine stonei and the like are made t the. best flihi glass, and are cut with the same skill and care as actual stones. Brooklyn Eagle. ' ' A Bale Worth Obserrlnsr. ! Never print anything in a: ngwspapei that you would not like- to hear youi I mother or your sweetheart read aloud ai ! the breakfast '-table before a mixed assem- blage. .You may find it hard to live up strictly to this rule." It is a good one. nevertheless,' and remembrance of it will often' send- to - its , proper place , in : the waste basket an unpleasant paiagraph, b HuggBBUve joite, or u tuugusiuig . new item. William H. Hills in The Writer Artificial Flavoring Extracts. -. Mscny artificial - fiavoiinsf extracts -:ar used an foods and drinks, such as amy In valerianate,'. . aniylic - butyrate, ,;propyli etlier and caprylic alobhoL wjiich imitatf the odor ' and flavor of tlie apple, the pear the pineapple, the strawberry and the raspberry. Their substances have ccen tested by the French chemists, who hnd c them, -poisonous m f:' considerable quantities but harmless in - the "nsual small doses, Arkansaw 'Traveler. . Photographs of -a-ThuuJlerstomri. Bome p!tographs of a recent thunder-, storm are said to indicate that the normal form of herhtning dist barges between th clouds and tlie earth U that of an irregu lar spiral, C This is highly important, ap I it' shows. us the necessity of -having; ir regular spiral - lixrhtmng conductors in-; stead of straight ones, co that the irregu lar spiral lightning may find it easier to get down the lightning conductor into the earth. Chicago Newa'- - V - . The real swell of modern times is the uone : about - whose ' appearance 7 there s 1 BIG V. . nothing conspicuous. Railroads in Guatemala. : . C It is sad to think that when commerce opens this country its charm will be lost. Years aero I crossed the Nevadas in the overland stages; and, as the six or eight horses . rattled over tho long grades, it was quite possible to" put one's : self en rapport with the countiy every gulqh, every canyon, every sink, every divide? had an; mdividuahty; even tho dust of each valley seemed distinct, and the whole way was. a panorama sharply drawn and vividly colored." Now commerce, has re moved these slow coaches: and - the traveler , of the present day is whirled through.miles of show sheds, and scarcely less fflsroar nmneis, losing thus some 01 the finest scenery on the whole line, and one day of his aourney becomes v much like another. " Bo - will' iF bo in -Guate mala; a single, day will . take "one fr o"iri : Livingston to the capital, where now fivo 1 days must be spent oa horseback, and in canoe,, and all will take the shorter and cheaper way, although they lose every bit 01 the national flavor. We earnestly adviso all genuine travel ers to see Guatemala before the projected rauroaas are built , Arcadia cannot al ways remain Arcadia, and the -now life infused into tho republic by the late Presi dent tiarrios will be felt yet moro widely. iwen now the island people of Guatemala want to get out; tho fever of business has infected them from the north, and they ave already -planned far beyond their means. It is interesting, however, to see how this Eden is to be modernized, civil ized and spoiled. I have been over the routes hi Guatemala most likely to be laid with rail, and found ho difficulties that would be considered formidablo in "tho way of engineers tho greatest, perhaps, oeing tne ravages 01 the comajen, an in sect that rapidly destroys dead timber, as erne. The Mythical Italian Witch. une of the chief employments of an Italian switch is to attacare persons. A lover may pay her more for a singla charm, but those who want to attacare somebody else are her steady customers. The purpose of this spell is to render a person mcapaoie eiiner 01 au uiougnr, . T T 1 1 ! a 1 1 action and reason, or of oisins one of his faculties. Thus those who have a lawsuit pay a witch to bind the tongue of an advecato who has to speak against them. This does not mean that he is to be struck dumb that would frustrate tho whole design but merely that he is to be rendered in capable of talking effectively or to the point. When a man is entirely bound, he must remain in tho position he hap pens to be m at the moment or. assume another at command;' he loses all con- BciousnesB.' After hours he awakens from ' his trance and continues the movement he began before it fell upon liim. To leave a man in such a condition would ob viously be simple murder, and in due time he is always unbound, at least in tho popular . stories. Whether the charm would in tune lose its effect 11 it were not retracted seems rather a doubtful point Some persons are born with a capacitr for exercising this occult power, and it 1. no sin in them to use it, but most cf thorn fortify then natural gift by the use of se cret words. In which the devil is in voked as if he were tho Almighty, ant! all witches can Jearn to exercise this in fluence to a certain extent Eatiirda' Review. Silkworms iii Tascany. - Great cleanliness is necessary to keep the silkworrns in good health. Fcr tlm small pieces of coarse not aro used, cut to the size of the baskets, and every raorn-. ing a pioce is laid on the top of the worms; fresh young leaves sliced too are strewn on the net and the v0nu3 come up through the holes to find their food, when the piece of net is ,lif ted up, -41u basket cleaned out, dry paper laid in end the net with the worms on it returned to the basket - After eight days they go- to sleep for twenty hours, during wlucn time care is - taken not to disturb thorn and. no food given until" they arc quit: lively and have changed their skinu. ihc grow visibly after having thrown on then' old inoli-fita and witir out, Hiriitnr (r!lorrl and very soft, looking. The heat of the room is now diminished, a3 in a day ci two the peasants will come for their worms, and ' those or tho viiia wui navr to be changed into other rooms. Mac millan's Magazine. Yale's Graduating Class "Of the 149 members of the gracluatkit' class of Yale forty-four were cngagsd v remunerative occupations betcrj ensur ing college for periods varying in len?rt from twelye years to three days the Lit ter a man, who undertook to Lhclc hk brother's boots and care for. his uuclo'v furnace. Although r a few loss Hum half a dozen cf theso forty-four "wct engaged ; in occupations which coaUl hardly be termed "remunerative" ioa examplo, one man "raised fancy hieken? and made 30 at an expenso cf .-' 4:0, 000. plus the service of the gardener ' -tiii nearly jdl were actually engaged in "earning a hvmg. - Six taught echool. , Several others tutored before entering. Seven were engaged in farming, and the rest in miscellaneous pursuits. Ono mais. was in :th wholesale crockery business, fireman on an engine, teamster, school teacher and bookkeeper. "-New York Tribune. . -' - . . - Theatres Destroyed by l''ire. ; ;The New York 1 Herald prints a form- ldable list ibf tho theatres destroyed by 1 fire durmg the presnt century. No less than 115 liayc Ixxai burned since, 1803 iii the United-' States alone. v The record abroad is about equally ' disastrous. In cases of tho destruction of theatres by fire accompanied with loss of life the number of victims is generally very largo. : For instance, at the burning of the aang Theatre m;lenna between 800 and 000 lives were lost At -Lehman's Theatre, St. Petersburg, burned m153C, between GOO and .700 persons were sacrificed. With the destruction of Uj-Carlsruho Theatre in 1847 over 200 victims Buffered. - One ' htaidrcd -VictiinsperishBd in-t.11iea4zeixi Inlia, 73 in Japan, CI at Nice and 47 at Dcrvio, Italy.PUbhc ppmion. . . 'X: ; '. '--. 1 -.. ' . - 1' '' -TJ ' '. i'- . : - '.- - '..';.-.A Kovellst's Delicacies,' Hr, Cliarles .Eeado's favorite Oveniug delicacies in the summer -of 1877 were shrimps and jnovels; but lhXeadinstof xthcr men's novel3 was usually dkiturbed bv mdicnation- at tlie r failure-- of , their dramatic situations. Harper's Bagar. -Mexico; How They Appeared t Cincinnati!. j- Tle Trade In, Mahogany.' ; Jri:-1;3 "From the city of Mexico' savis' Mr. D.' E. IQine, who has lately been in Mexico, "I - went on to Vera Cruz," anu there 'I took- a steamer for Minatitlan. The. boat was a clumsy, . old fashioned : allair, ongmally from, the ymted States, and made as high as six miles an. hour. But I had to stand it vvithout . saying a . word. Indeed,- the fact is I was sceech- less for a whole day- had tdbe, . unless I . chose to talk to myself, for- nobody un-1 derstood English, and my . Castilian was not of the-latest, improved accent We reached Minatitlan after a rough timer of it twenty miles of the voyage being up the Coatzacoalcos. river . on tiie . Isthmus cfrTebHahtepec,Byv,the way;; laafiflani is tne pomt wfliGh xsaas' proposert ' as tne eastern terminus. his shin railway' It containaabout 1 ,200 people and '-Goes' Very tan business m cedar; mahpgany and skins. -.The people are a mixture of Mexican, or Indian and- Spanish. They look with some contempt on the immi grants from' Castile and -Aragon, : and claim to speak a purer Spanish than that heard in Madrid. There. were some nice people in Minatitlan, but there were cer tain numerous natives who,: didn't; strike my civilized fancy with particular favor. They came in duringthe week from, the back countiy, and they-were ft sight. They frequently walked forty . miles, bringing then: market track and oysters m a hamper on their backs. - The dress of the men usually consisted of a cotton shirt and cotton pants, the latter rolled up to the knee, and a rough straw hat. lhey wore aeather ' sandals eenerallv. The women had blankets wrapped about then waists and a sort of jacket which they wore innocently loose. As often as not the sleeves were tied about their necks, with their bare" arms and bosoms exposed to the hot sun. They .would travel a two days' journey to sell enough to bring them thirty-five cents. "They don't care a New Orleans pica yune for money down there, and won't make any effort to accumulate. You couldn't talk thrift to them any more than you could talk religion. They don't want either. They are content with mere ani mal existence, . and that is" maintained without work. Wild fruits will sustain them nearly all the year round. ; Their great staple is 'frrjoles 4n other words, beans. -Frequently theymake a corn cake, which they call 'tortilla, and it is palatable, although it is made without salt It is usually about as thin as a sheet of paper, and it ra passed, when it is meal,' through a solution of lye to cut the corn shelL The people are too lazy to prepare an elaborate : meal I may say, indeed, they are too lazy to eat one, were it pre pared for them. They won't rob, because it is too much trouble, ; Your enterprising burglar m the United states is a man full of business, and has more to think of than the average banker. But it is a fact that the native Minatitlans wouldn't run away with a big bag of Mexican dollars if it were lying in the street, and , nobody was looking, for it would he an effort to. carry it 011, ana would .involve some trouble to conceal it I was in a mer chant s room there when there- were $105,000 piled up in common sacks and the only thing done at night was . to lock the wooden doors with heavy bolts, and let a porter sleep--and the Mexicans al ways sleep in the court over the way." This is not Mr. Kline's first visit to Mexico, and he seems to have been quite observant and inquisitive. "I don't how we can have any very intimate rela tions with Mexicothey have very little down" there that we want. They look upon . France," Germany and England as closer to them than the United States, and all then: woolen importations come from those countries. Thev fiarht shv of Spain, somehow, and don't regard her as a cousin. A great deal of mahogany goes to Europe, but a big pile comes to Cin cinnati. The forests are mexhaustible, but they are getting further, and further from the centers of transportation, and the Mexicans do not run a railroad after something- they want as we here in the United States do. The mahogany trees are generally back from tlie coast and are cut slowly . The logs are dragged by oxen to some water course and the freshets are waited for to float them off to the large rivers. - They lie inthe rivers for long time, and very deep xlown, so that the wood is generally, splendidly seasoned and ripened m color by the action of the water. - We are having no difficulty as yet in getting all the wood we want for the United States, but if there should, be a craze for mahogany as there is for oak, it might get scarce, and northern enter prise would hardly ; revolutionize the methods of those snails in the backwoods of. Mexico who cut the beautiful, timber. The hewers are an uncivilized race,- and civilized peoplo almost never leave .the coastand risk the danger cf'an inroad upon them. They are armed to the teeth, do not seem , to be subject , to. any law, and, though r not quarrelsome, . think nothing of human life, lhey have con trolled the Mexican forests for centuries; and will probably maintain control to the end of this tone. Therefore . mahogany, will not be used soon for making latchcn tallies. "-Cincinnati : Commercial -. Xla- zette. - - Japanese Coast Defense. Tlie Japanese have adopted a plan- fox providing the "money "necessary for coast defenses which relieves the mass cf the people of the" charge and throwsit upon the 4 class chiefly concerned. "With the permission of 1 the Mikado ' the wealthy classes of Japan are subscribing sums ransdncc all .the way. from $1,000 to 8100,000 for this purpose. : No sum less, than $1,000 fa accepted. Fubhc Opinion ' ; How- to Stall Silrer. " . .; ' A clever way to send silver through the mail , is to put it in a card or straw board. ...Take a strip tlie - size of the, en velope arid the- thickness of the" silver piece. , WiiJi thetigmafl to cf a pen? knifp cut: bait i a circle, intovwhich the silver will just fit Then on1 each side paste paper to keep the money in place. ' ;."'V!": ;;: ' Irfcal fjoyalty ': "But yoti liave inoaquitoes over in Jer sey, argued the Harlem citizen. . . "Mos quitoes as big as oripo. Fine country -to livo m, Jersey isl'.,.v t We may have a .mosquito or two off an on durin" the summer," replied tho Jorseyman, in no wise abashed, "butone thing we don't have, and that i3 "goatsJ' THE -"-Harper 8 iiazar, . : . U It tfie. 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Oct. 6, 1887, edition 1
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