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IjEANER
VOL. XIII.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY, 12, 1887.
NO. 18;
A D V.ERTIPEMEXTK.
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had night sweats, and was soon enntined
to my bed. A physician was called, but .
the medicine he presrrilieil afforded
unly temporary relief. A friend advised
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liegan taking this medicine, and before
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ANO CHJLDRE5I TEETHIKC.
There Are vorv few who da not know of thft
littlo bush jrrowln aloiislile of our mountains
d t.iil: but very ii-wr iffulize tfce feci, that
Din littlo purple bony, which tn many of
Siavo eaten in uiott ev?ry sliup, tnerc t avr1 1
teiple in it having a wonderful ffiect n 4e
bowels. Dr. Iliejer'B Huckleberry ' u i Is
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th Mttl one Uethint end cures l.'rrbcua
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ine yrar Kuaaen aim uanfrciouB aun-ki or me
bowels ar so frequent, ami we hear of to many
deaihtt occurring b?fo: a iihysicion can be
fcmllM in, tt is ttn port ant tn a. every house
lield jilioiiid provide tJifrmelvon nvilh some
r speedy relief, a close of which will relievo tin
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I Imne.in Alamance county, containing
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8 room dwelling Uli hm-emcnl and I., and
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J?t EL WKITAKm, Jr ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
GRAHAM, N C.
PriPtlre In tlm Ktate and FedenU enurUk
(i'fiiii nde Is all (ana ot tlie taie.
lidun pioujpl. unrSlSV'y
A TTOHSEY AT LAV
UBAUtM.N.V. '
Practice in Ike 'Male aod Federal tVir
ri:i faitlifullyand proitly aiMd lo ill m
im intrnxle tn biffl
JNt (JRAHAM.
H.IUoro, N. C.
J AH. I.KAHVV
tirahara. N.C
GRAHAM & GRAB All,
ATTHkt AT LAW,
I'm rl ire In the (Male md Federal CiwrW.
Javci xl aitcauua paid la eul:wiu.
A, SERVANT USS1E.-
Only a wmpjo iscrvaut kssit-? Yea, trtrt
for 'a that there rQl U servant lassies in
heaven just as wr.-ll as Lraw folk. The
ixxr were never despised by liiaT wlicn
He was on earth.
Hei;;lio! i ha vena written half a dozen
lines o' my Htory yet, and I'm sadly con-
scions mat l yo made liJumlers already
iiilmw iu wrue itu in Jiiigiioii, nna ir a
bit Scotch woi-Jie does tumble in noo
anil aain I m wire you'll for'-io mo.
When I warm to rny work I'll get better
on. mis in the way wr a' Scotch folkj
when no excited it's their own- broad
Doric they speak, but my conscience, if
yououco put up Uieir'Urse it's us fine
Bounding English they'll speai as any
Koutlieuer that ever eteppcJ in shoe
leather.
'; My mimo is Jeannio, Jeannio McLean,
that's it a' thcither, or couipleto as I
otiyhtto say. From far, far north the
Tweed I come, ayr and north the Leeas
weil. As lar west as tire tram can' iene
trata amaig the Donside lulls, on a bon-
me braehead, among lwiune trreen knolls,
nmong-woods o-dark wavuig lir mid
wpruee, lighted up here and there wi' the
tender green of the feathery larch, and
begirt wr bands o yellow broom and
gowden furze, there stood my father's
humble Cot. And every night of my,
happy young life I used to be lulled to
Bleep by a sound like waves breaking on
a shingly beach; for, if it wasn't the
wind whjspering and moaning through
the trees, it was the incessant hurtle o
the Don rustling on over the pebbles and
bowlders. So near were wo to the river
that dear Johnnie could throw a stone
right over it. A strong, strong arm had
Johnnie. : Johnnie waa my only brother,
and I never liad a' sister.
. My mother died .when ..Jolinhtoiind I
were so young that 'neither of ns ould
remember her, and Grannie kept my
father's house. Dear auld Grannie, with
lier clear culler, canty face, and her busy,
happv ways, it is years airo since sho has
o;ie to her long luune in the auld kirk-
yard, -blie aye had a pleasant emilo for
Johnnie and me, and used to tell us old
world stories in the long forciiighu 'o
winter.
Imagine ns, if you can, gathered round
tliat Scottish country lireside, a great fire
of peats and wood is Uazingand crackling
on the hearth tliore -is no other light.
At one corner sits my father in on easy
chair, his day's toil is past and his pijio
is alight: at tlie other is auld Grannie,
Hnd click, click, click, click, go her knit
ting wires as site tells her tale, Johnnie
and I complete the circle; our eyes are
riveted on Grannie's face. The smoko
goes, curling up the wide chimney, the
blaze sometimes following yards high,
the wind without is roaring and whist
ling round the house, shading doors and
dindling windows; but it makes us feel
nil the snugger within. I just creep
closer to Johnnie, lean my head on Ids
shoulder, and listen.
By and bv Grannie stops epeakigg. and
for a while the wind lias it all its own
way; then my father rises solemnly and
puis Ins pipe away in the wa -hide.
"isairns, let us worship uou, no
says- ... .
Grannie lights the black oil lamp,, 'witn
its dried rush -wicks, and father takes the
Book. He reads a chapter, then, to the
half mournful notes of some such tune
as Martyrdom, we sing, perhaps, "The
Lord's My Shepherd.".
There was always plenty to do, and
Johnnie 'and I wtro never sorry when
S.ibliath came. Sabbath and a long
walk to the wee bit kirk on the liill head,
where in earnest and impressive voice our
good minister would point the way ttf
happier Spheres, he npver failed to breathe
words of" comfort for the weary, consola
tion for the bereaved, and hopes of f uturo
joy for all.
Never a Sunday passed that Johnnio
and I did not linger behind, till nil tho
other kirk folk had passed away out and
homeward., then we would go quii-tly
round and visit mother's grave. Thin
was not all sentiment, both of us loved
mother, though wo hardly remembered
seeing her. But her mortal remains were
(here in tliat auld kirkyardrand they
would rise again, such was our 'simple
faith; and we never looljl upon mother,
as dead, but as a saint in heaven, .She
Could see lis, we thought, nay, might
even be permitted to watch over us, and
lovingly guard and be?riend us in trial
and in danger. Sho saw us each Sab
b:tth, then, as we bout low and touched
the crassy knoll and laid thereon our of
ferings of , flowers. Humble cnongh
these might be, but In spring there wej
tli3 sweet scented yellow primrose and
sprigs o' crimson may, in summer there
were always rich buttercups and rich ox
eyed daisies, and a hundred wild flowers
from hedgerow and cojee; even winter
brought its garlands red rowans an J
its evergreens, so -nil the year round
mother's rrave never wanted beauty.
Tliat ol 1 churchyard and tho wee bit
kirk. I liave but to shut my cycj and
they rke up l efi.ro me. Vbat tlu;;h
the kirk iblf was K'.ccpk-lcsMlhc bc!I
devoid of luiu.ic, the grass long ami
green on the graves, and after rain look
ing as tlsough it liad-lieen combed down;
wliat though. Ihe touiUitoncs were gray
and lichen clad, and U-aiit in everydirec
tion except the right one motlier's grave
vMtbere!
Wou English inaj.1 may laugh at me,
hut alt! you little ifen how dearly we
Scotch mountaineers love our wild
homes; besides, you know I'm only a
simple servant Ia-iie.
Our Jolinnio co.eil play th" fildle no
sweetly. It was tlie mcrrj" airs auld
G anrie liked the lest. but tliero was one
tiling tliat Jolinnio tued to play and ting
tliat never failed to luing tlio'tears to my
eyes at least; tnongii soinenow it was
sweet kind of melanclioly it inspired, ami
neitlHT grief nor melanclHJy ever injures
the heart if tears can flow.
Had I any other companions exj
Johnnkf Yea, a neighbor lassie would
sometimes drop in, and wclL why
elio'ild I deny It, aontetimes a ncighl
la l;ij why fdmuldn't a himple rcotch
Lto like me have a bit sww.4 heart?
Wl at for no?
But it was only on 8nnday evenrng la
tlie irwret mnuntr time that Jamie ami I
med to take a lonely walk. And where
did wo walk, think you? Why, duwa
tlie line. Yo4 ore in the far nrrUi of '
dear anld Scotland trains don't ma on
tlie Saldmth day, ami (be line b the favor
Ua promenade. Gro h. feathery larch
tmi bounded tlie tanks all along, and
Uaj bocks thctaaglroj were jninteU a i(A
wil l flowers in the sweetest colors yod I hurriedlv arid silently swnllow h few
couiciimaginepatcnesot ernneoii ctover,
patclics of wliito clover, beds of orange
trnfous, beds of bluest speed well and tall
red ragged robins everywhere. Then
there was tho hum of the bee3, as they
bummed from flower to ilo'wer, tho sweet
perfume of tho clover mid tlie wild, glad
notes of tho chaQie near his nest in the
la re tree. , And yes. and Jamie's voice,
sweeter to rae than all. Did I lovO Jamie?
I dmna ken. Jaime never wliat you
might call made love to me, but I dare
say I did. like him a wee bit. Bonnie
black hair had Jamie, blue, Utio cen, rosy
dimpled cheeks, a cockit bonnet wi' long
strings,, that fluttered o'er his back and
shoulders, and such a winsome smilo!
No, ho never made love like, but he
would talk for an hour at k time about
lus horses and kye, and I used just tt
look and luugh and listen.
You may be think - I'm .dwelling too
long on my younger days nnd our happy,
lifo at tho little farm on the braehead-
but the rest of my story is ill so sad.
I'm sure enough that Yicithcj Johnnie
nor I ever gavo a thought f or to-morrow.
In this resjKct we fulliiled tho Scriptures
right enough. It never struck '"us that
our present life would not "lust till we
closed our eyes for aye and went to sleep
in tho wools.
But ono wet, rough Xvintcr's evening,
with tlie wind moaning in tho chimney
and the cold snow and sleet tearing over
the lulls and through the woods, father
come home looldng wan and queer. No,
no, I cannot dwell on this. That night
ho took to Ills bed, and in spito--"of ihe
doctor's attention,, in spito of the kind
ness of an English lady who was "dwell
ing at the big house, ho dipt rjuictly
away ono night and joined our mother
in heaven. .
Wliat a changcl Tho fnneral past nnd
a broken up liotne. Everything-except
tiro old eight-day clock, which Grannie
wouldn't part with, sold by roup, Gran
nie herself dwelling in a littlo hut by the
hillside, and Johmiie a soldier in tho gal
lant Forty-twa. And right handsome
did l.e look in his Highland dress, with
his brawny legs and liU "bonnet and
plumes.
And I a simple servant lassie. For
tlio kind English lady had taken iiiite a
fancy to mo and I was Iround for the
south as her maid. As tho train rolled
away from the station, as I lost sight f
the wooUs, and hills and bonnie braes,
what could I do but lean back in acorner
of tho carriage and cry lassie like. Poor
Jamio, tool
Grief does not break yonng'hearts, and
in my new home at Soutiisca, everything
was very new indeed, and my heart leapt
up one day with a nainele:u joy whwi I
heard that the Forty-second was coming
to Portsmouth.
My mlitress was kindness itself, nnd
consideration, too. Sho was a lady,
though not rich, and I in sure would
have bitten her tongue at any time rat her
than say a single word to wound the
feelings or hurt the heart of n simple ser
vant lasaift. Ah! would that all. mis
tresses were the samel Sho never hin
dered mo from going "out. and, indeed,
often suggested it. And so, many were
tho walks Johnnie and I had on the
ramparts, and many a talk of tho dear
old times that even now seemed so far
away.
And my mi-itrefs had always a kind
word and a em Jo for me, and tallied so
naturally and bo encouragingly that ut
any time 1 believe 1 would have laid
down my life to savo hcrst' After a few
months of I'ortamomh hfo my mistiwi
and I started to spend a few weeks in
France: Johnnie saw us off, and I think
I see the liandsome, manly boy yet, wit h
the sunny smile on his sunburnt face, in
tho dark tartan kilt and white ' spats,
standing TheF&en thstarir-t!!viV( n
good by with his Iwnnct and plumes.
o were two montlis away, out re
turned ut last, and the very nest morn
ing I went to seo for Johnnie.
I was rounding tho corner of a street,.
when the. slow, half inuflled sound of
drums fell on . my ear, and ' presently I
coald hear the music itself. It was a
dirj;c, a coronach, played by the pipers.
It was no ordinary dead march. It was the
grand old hymn, Johnnie's song and
'mine: " '
O! come conic- -wif!) mn
To th anld Kirk yard.
To every word there was a stroke of
tho drum and a step of the men. And
yonder is tho coliin and the bonnet and
feathers.
Who is d d dead?" I cried.
cltitchi.ig the arm of a toldier who ttood
near inc. '
He must have seen I was clinking.
Ho put cue arm round my waist kindly
n ho rclicd:
'I'oor Jack McLean, my lass. ' Are
you his tweet heart"
I remember nothing more foe weeks.
for ell this time I lay raving with brain
fever. (
I
A year had jsfcl awcy nnd a change ,
, .. , ... .. with that num. 3 1 (rave luni a Hot.i ion of
my dear, kmdni.,in wnsobhgt-dloB.ve snJ mkit for cliau.-iie. I
uplioiLsemidgo abiuid ai d I Pve him a Ule. Wd l.hn it wa.a lby,
pi;-r,l as general servant to a lady in . nl. H . . , ;, "
I have liad hi.lf a do'j-n Hs.h juticnt
m..ut to bo a wmplo KTyant l.mio under ! ruction of mv frirrvls. TIhto i nolhii.g
a umugiuiesnnci uiikiiki Kimrcttt. j tT- i JK.W ja
iir.y Kiic t:r.i noi reauy mean io oe un- j
-monthfuls, - then, making some eseuso
about work to finish, disappear.
But Ihe room never was dusted enough
to pl-aso mistress, tho fire never burned
brightly enough, the things weft! never
proiierly put on tho table.
I used to dread so lying too late of a
morning that my night's rest was nil one
pair.fid, confused dream. I would Mart
may bo at U and look at tho watch again
and again tit 4, and if I did this I
dreaded to fall asleep again. I would lio
and read for an hour or "two, then go
down to tho -cold kitchen among the
beetles and struggle for another hour
with wet sticks and damp coals "before I
got the lire t light." " V
Was ' it any wonder I got thin and
worn and so nervous tliat my mistress'
voice suddenly calling "Ann" fejt like a
red hot kuifo jerked into my heart?
I now come to tho turning point of
my somewhat sad liistory, which would
never have been written had I not
thought this shnplo narrative might move
sonte mistresses to bo a littlo more con-
sidorato of tho feelings of their servants.
What was my fato to be. I oft"ii
asked that question of myilf, lassie
like Would Jamio bo my fato? - Though
I know ho liked me, in his letters ho
never breathed a word of love, but al
ways told mo about uuld Grannio and
tho eight day clock and about hij horses
and kye. '
I had only ono friend now in the
world. And ho I feel sure you- will
laugh was the brewer's drayman.
When lie called for an empty cask or to
deposit o full one in .the cellar, ho always
had a gentle word and a smilo for me.
UoWa9a jolly looking young man with
a liandsomo face, a burly form, nnd an
apron big enough for a bathing tent. And
if . you'd only Keen him pitch tho great
casks about why John was strong
enough to lift a cow.
One day mistress had been more tank
erome than over, and my eyes were red
wi.h weeping. John noticed it, and
talked over so kindly, and I toll him all,
and from that day for niontla I took to
telling John all, nnd ho always had a
word of comfort for me, Is it any won
der that my heart warmed toliim?
1 used to light him down to thO' dark
cellar, and it was down there wo uaxl to
hold our littlo confabs.
But I'll never forget tho morning John
asked me to become his wife, .
Tho tallow candle bnrely dispelled Uttj
gloom of tliat damp", dark cellar, and tho
daylight streaming in above us from a
grating, fought with tho gloom find was
swallowed ujv '
Which Pve-lovied yon for a long
tint's" said John, "though I dursn't
summon up courage to speak my mind.
But I have the prettiest littlo cottage and
garden in Ihe houtskirts as over yo seed.
And it only wants a mistress, Jeannio',
Which it'll bo your sweet self and uobbut
else." - -
I wasplad tho cellar was so dark, so
ho couldn't see my face; but next mo
ment I waa pressed close to John's. big
apron, and it did smell of mtdt and hops
so.
Yoa, it is a Rwect, wee cottage, and
bonnie do the roses loottwining round
the orch in summer, and John is the
dearest und best of husbands. Yes, I'm
happy, and I've almost forgotten- tliat
-vcr I was a simplo servant lassie.
Good by tliero-U John coming. Gor
don Stables in fioino (Jinnies.
Exrfiueatn In Ilypiiotlnm.
Speaking to a re) wrier on tho subject
of hypnotism Dr. William A. Hammond
eaid: "I hypnotized one man, and I
forced him to commit forgery. - At my
bidding lio signed my nanje to a lnnk
check. I told him to cash it at tho bank
Hft liBif)f n-'l tartfctsftrr-A'nw-ynHhavo
tho money,' r.aul I, and he rammed it in
his pocket, looking nil around mean while,
covetly and suspiciously. Suddenly I
cried 'Police!' Tlie patient instantly
darted under the table and tried to hide
himself. lie turned even aler. treiu!kd,
and evinced every rign of extreme trepi
dation. 'Ho denied strcnnmisly at first," con
tinued Dr. Hammond, "that ho had hern
guilly of the crime I charged him with.
I insisted that he liad tho money" in lib
pocket. At last he confessed, drew it
tfTih, a:idburst into expnswions of sor
row for his faux j-as. All this ns I told
yon, before tho Now York Neurological
society a eciontilie Imtly,
"I experimented further with this sub
ject, for ho was a good ow. Birching
the flceh on tlin bock of his hand into a
-little hunch, anil telling him that ho
would uuffcr n'lthing, I plunged the knife
through the cone or ctUicle. Not a tremor
or start showed t!mt lie hail ej.)erieiwed
unin: ho did not indeed fori t!e blade.
Kc:r was Im sensitive to a red hit iron ! that I Ins hired entertainer HhoiiM lm as
when I burned the Wick of his mtk wilh a f-w-lioiis relative of tho ht and lux:tn
it; but when I criixl, 'Xow I'll burn yon,' j it i KU-;;?ni4 that a "preliminary hiter
and placed my fln;.ir on his flct,h. he I view should be nrninp'd between him
jum!cd and yelled and writhed tut if lie ! and th lnwls of tlie family wJumc rela
wra i-i forture. I could dl nnvthinz i live he Li MinpoKvI lobe," with a view.
uoiiinicsH, io ine maintenance ol ins part
Lter on. London Fhpiro.
INCIDENT-OF THE WAR.
A Flatboat Lond of Contraband. Walt
ing to Towed to Freetlom,
As we returned down the Yazoo.
pvery possible point where ho river could
bo reached there were tlirongs of negro
families waiting to bo taken away.
Many of them Jiad flatjrtats in which
llicy were already embarked, ready to
fasten a line to tho returning Federal
boat nnd bo towed down the river, und
to freedom.
I remember ono instanco connected
with this licgira that was somewhat out
of tho usual course of events. At one
point where tlie Silver Wave halted
there was an immense encampment of
negroes with their scanty furniture wait
ing for removal. Attached to the shore
was a largo flatboat, which ray just at
the stern ot tho steamer. I happened to
bo lounging in tliat portion of the lxiat,
and was attracted y the character of the
contents of the flatboat. There were i.t
least twenty colored people in it, of all
ages nnA both" sexes. In tho stern sat n
venerable African, who at onco attracted
my attention. IIo had a heavy beard
nnd very thick hair, which, with liis
dense eyebrows, wore as white ns wool.
There was something noble and imprcs
sivo in his faco and jxmition, and interna
itthiiu was increased as I saw that he
was sightless. Ho was grand as lie. wit
there; grand in his years, which mast
liavo been close to a century; grand in
tho immobility of his countenance, tho
repose of his position, in his helpless
blindness, and in a perccptiblo expression
of patience and lii tliat characterized
his features.
Tlie other people in the. boat were prob
ably his descendants. There was a white
headed woman wlio was his daughter,
then a still wart man ond a woman who
must have been-his grandchildren, and
then a host of children of all ages from
20 down to a little pickaninny lying on
its hack that sucked its thumb, kicked up
its heels mid gazed with its black, bend
like eyes into vacancy. They wero all
chattering, laughing, screnming in the
exuberance of their delight. Freedom
waB before them and tho world was
ablaso with tho glory of anticiia!ion.
Only the patriarch was silent; to him
there perhaps mingled with the hope of
the future a recollection of tho old homo
and the old life. Tho deep grown roots
of his existence could nut lie easily . ex
tracted from tho soil of the south, and
yet tliero was a glow on his faco such as
must have' cotno ovef the faces of tho
wandering trilir as they stood on Nelo
and their weary eyes look in the spread
ing fields nnd tlie fertile plains of the
promised land.
A line was dropped from tho divk of
tho steamer to the flatboat nnd made fast.
Tho next moment tho wheel begun to re
volve. It threw back waves which en
veloped the ilntlioat, and then, as the
speed increased, tlie lint Imw of tho latter
was drawn under, and tho entire bout
with all its human freight, its infancy,
its years, its hocn, disaiK-nred under
the greenish waters of the Yazoo. As
lar us I could see the locality I watched
for some ftign of tho engulfed unfortu
nates, but not even a rag, a fragment of
any kind, came to the surface. The cruel
waters helj them fast, -and not even a
ripple disturbed tlie placid htu-fuce above
tlicir place of diapiearunco.
Nothing that I saw during the war
shocked me as did this occurrence. Kes
ctie was iuipoHHiblo; the boat did not even
stop. It steamed swiftly away, and I
felt in my ln-art that another and hum
bler Moses had died ut the moment of an
ticipated dolivwunco, -"Poliuto" in Ciii
cago Times. - - - -
Enellah rrnfeulnnal EntoTtaincra.
It is stated ot what seems good fm
fhorily tiiiit thti nmivithii of tho precast i
season will ostered by a new kind of
entertainer. Vniw certain firms from j
whom tttrhir wizards, drawing room
Punch and Judys, etc., can iw hired, il
would seem tliat H-ofcssion;d funny men,
warranted to keep any moderately fcxtivo
table in a roar, can be secured fur bo
much a night. These "funny men" will
mix with jjuestH.'-nnd nre guaranteed not
only to be primed wilh all the newest
fiiiiny Ktorics and topical jokes, but also
to bo well tip in impromptu c (Turin of an
amusing kind. For instance them iro
no letiH tluin seventeen iiariortcd tiioks
which can bo performed by them whiia j
actually-silting at a table without uny i
apparatus, and with the i.implo aid of an !
orange, a wine gloss n serviette, mid a J
walnut shell. For a "funny man," with i
V(titrilxual ability the prior -r cvenin';
is live shillings more than for one who j
diirn not go lieyond "imitations of con- j
temiioi-riry actnrVina mbm-tic direiP
tion. In camn where it may lie deslreJ
THIi HOARDED WEALTH OF INDIA.
l'ortitn'mtli.
Now I was to know
wliat indeed it '
in the principle of sn,"rgition; liere
Frylnf It I Abn.1.
How the Kant Indian Tnrnt Ercrthto
Jin roniMMur Into ilowolry.
Never during its existence has India
been eo rich in jewelry as now. Tad
people are- always adding to their stock.
Savings from nearly all sources are de
posed of in this way, and these, savings
are being constantly mndo--oftcn at tho
expense of clothing, sometimes at tho cx
penso of greater necessaries of lifo.
Tho making and tho storing away of
wealth in this form is th'o national pe
culiarity of this country. It U indulged
in by all classes of natives. Jewelry is
regarded an tho most staple kind of
wealth, and fortunes are never counted
without estimating the value of the stock
of jewelry. It can always be pledged or
disjioscd of. The market for its sale Is
never closed nnd never depressoik
Tho most ignorant nativo who wishes
to sell a piece of jewelry knows its market
valuo quite well He can scarcely bo
cheated. Jewelry forms the greatest
factor in matrimony. Tho most lowly
brido has her stridimn, which is often
equal in value to five years' income, of tho
bridejiroom. Tliero is often a scarcity of
clothing, sometimes a scarcity of cooking
pots, generally not a iarticlo of furniture,
but nearly always a stock of jewelry.
Tho wife that has no jewelry possesses
nothing else; she cannot I robbed. Tlie
family that, does not possess jowelry is
absolutely indigent. One of the greatest
boasts of theajewelry owner is tliat lus
hoards cannot bo taxed. A man may
own jewelry valued, at a lakh of rupees
and pay no income txx. This is a source
of great satisfaction. Jowelry yields no
recurring income, but it U prized mord
than government paper. "If it novqr
increases it never diminishes," is a na
tional saying, common among men and
wolnen alike."1"" , r , " "
No nativo marriage, except among the
most hnX)vei ished, takes place without a
transfer of jewelry, and very frequently
of new jewelry. So great in valuo is tho
new jewelry that is introduced into new
families by jnarringo, tliat wo daro not
estimate it, tho amount would bo so fab
ulous. Truly the investment of wealth
ill jewelry in India is tlie greatest and
most rcimirkahlo institution in the country-
Every other investment sinks into
insignificance liesido it.
Under no nativo prince or rajah of
former times bus jewelry accumulated as
it baa accumulated under tho British
governmt-nC in British India. For a cen
tury ptu.t the sacking of towns hits lieen
unknown; the plunder of individual) has
lieen greatly restrained, and wealth in the
form of jewelry has accumulated.
One-hnlf of the tieoplo of India are
jewelry owners- It is only when tho day
of taking sUct of the family jewelry
comes round, such as tho occasion of a
wedding or a great gala day, that a
stranger can form tlie slightest concep
tion of the amount of wealth in tho fam
ily in tho form of jewelry. Amazement
at onco strikes hjm as ho .for tho lirst
timo is permitted to see the amount of
accumulated wealth.
The inventory day is, paT excellence,
the women's day. Gathered round the
iron safes, tho cash lxixes, the mctallio
boxes, the neatly carved wooden boxes,
tho delight of tlie women is olwerved
in their eyes ns each pair of golden brace
lets studded with jienrh; each pair of
diamond, or emerald, or sapphire ear
rings, each nose ring with largo peiirLi,
massive gold chains and a kirge number
of rings; expensively and evon extrava
gantly gemmed, are handed round the
family circle fur admiration. And great
is tho family delight. Advocate of
India.
To Irerent llnlnoren.
When a jierson is oUigcd lo lie con
stantly in oiie' jMHitinn, ns is tin? case
with a broken leg, the pressure coming
Constantly on the sumo place, boilsores
mast lo guarded agnimit. The lower
part of tho back in most frequently at
tacked. The nnrso should kiss her hand
under it nt least twico a day to see tliat
th.e draw riicvt is fn-o from wrinkles and
creases. Morning and night she must
bathe it with n small sjioiigc dijx.d in
alcohol, urn solution of tannic acid, and
when il Li dry rub it with corn starch or
buckwheat ilnur. It may worn im
possibly to her to get her hand under
neath, but mo: 4 U'cls will yield a little to
pirwuro and by working in a roll of old
linen under the luck u!vo tho place to
be IxitheJ, she v. i I obtain n little space to
work in. If in spito of precautions tho
laek becomes sore an air cushion with a
hole in tho uiiddio must lu used to pre
vent the sro from coming in contact
with m:y surface, or it cannot heaL
Good HousekiHiiug.
C'liln.nc IndlnVrcaMk
Chinese iiidilTi-renco ti utill worws than
Chim-so supciintill.iiu "The Cliinese is
born a man, lives' a dog, and dies an
ara." No BSHLstanoe can 1 found in
tliat conntry. where ono has to rely on
himself and believe f.9 man. The want
of a at-iM! of tho common good, ond of
all self Gacriliee. is so greut that all tlio
celelmte) fall into decay, such as the
HAVE YOU FORGOTt
f rying. Mtneoperati.ni is iisna ny none - Umv ullli tuyRl tomb, many of which
"' -""7"'"'"' '; are beautiful. UmtUra News.
i ma reaiir mean io oe un- .i.vm,iu1,;.h l,v .rU l.n
kind, xrhaps she coul.l not Im lp it. I be- i
lieve tliat. I-inl tlKug!i her heart un-
uouUcdly was thfi would often have felt j
for luc coul I the but Ikivc knov. n Irow i
her words uscl to I mm into my foiMa. j
I'm sure I trie.1 ti pk-flfc Imt. 1'iaixre .
Ldi.l wliat I cotdj oii'l as v.-i-:i as I .ii J. !
it my wluJe Lfe soon brcarno a lUrd" n
lo me. I used to go t my room .!, j
don t laugh, cry ami pmy. liat Iwlpel
manotne don't forget Fin Uit a simile
Scottxdi lassie.
Did m v mL4iT-s tool' 17 No. n thnrn
right, tihe rag-jrd. Oh! that worrying.
icTTe breaking nagging, hrw much uor
nwnn it u tltm any m-liiing!
V.lcn mistte-s lint rkcl my name
ami I toll lT Je'nme." "I hiil call
yon Ann." the rrphed. ' I call all my
servants Ann."
I'm sure miilT felt bottt for me. bat
hedar.il ray nothing. I belitrve Iks was
a ninth afraid of Ix-r as I was, t!iough a
kindly hoartrl gratlrman he was. He
would come in ta fliniHT happT lookinjj
American liinplicir iu the rulinarv nrt.
snd all phvhk'imis ere agreed tliat in lja-
I My no .kIkt hingle factor is so rroiidnvit
I l .1 I . .
ui im- jirixru. -mm oi imr iiaitonai uiitwr,
dy-i;i, as Ihi' I do not d-..iro to lc
timUr-iiml as condeinr..'.g frying or on;
of the lu(li'Katiin of this iTtmm of
Un was born on. the j cooking. wIkti pnixrly d.nio. On the
nirary, i uiina u is a n eoin jctii i:tei itu
ui j-iTjc.riir nnnin, wn nixi many vrgo
; tahk for tlx table. But how rarely is
j l! Americnn frying iwn anytliing c!ho
! t!ian a utenxil for slrm ly Ktewiiur ait arti
cle in grcaoa. fSaturatol and jrnneat(tl
wilh fat, t:m frierl ortaieof fi
en indiwtil4o muss incaiol
as an aliment. iorgo IL Itohe, il. I).
T ;j-rKijr' Indrpcmlrnra.
The pyr? l'vw the crescent mono, tlie
CTT-:u::g star. I;e ckiltrT of Ihe fem owl.
th- lve-tl-' bum.
earth in fl t.-nt. and lie has lived l.k a j contrary,
ii-iet ift ut huiAin wil I anim: I ever ai!iu. i f rrepn"
W hisowa tnf will lie will liave r.ithing
to do nitli nU-icr bt-OJies; he mt.y t
hz s ! i:irrio.I in a 4 worship to
mako it L-gal. thut is alL At the Mid,
wcro it n for tlie law, he wradd in
choico he burii-.l lirnratli tlie "Crpjilace"
of t.'a ir chHiirca's rhildren. Ho will in
dance to Ihe pipe rcchWaslir, sound it
who inty churclunan, dirntrr, I'riest,
or Luc. Like tlie trww. I is simply in
dinTnt. Ail t!io rrr-at wave of lca'l.iug
an-l text and tract and miiniis and the
Iiodnoc of t! Timing proa, lias maJe
imi imprca-jon trjmn I:Ls rar any more
thrin Uvn the ml i!t tliat rm tn tl.
form UHuixl Iim- canin, Tiie
Curioti Cniil t'orniKl 1M.
Coal miners frequently find curions
f innatBit's in a vein of erxd. An Ann.it
Fa., miner took out a piece of sulphur a
few day ("o which was a pcfoctiy
f im-i xi .f com, l!ie LmKh and rows
U-i:ig itv distinct. It was under twenty
f 1 li uM I rock and in tlicniiddlo of the
coul vein. Iiwto:i Budget.
hae llir-ir fetLth. every natina Its KkJ.;
t" mT akn.ie Ilm unite iat even
MTTX-rstiti'iua olrvance; tliey have n
A MlmefTer KhllL
OswaldiM Nothingems fa said to have
mado I. COX) dwV at tnme.1 ivory, all
perfert and complete in every part, ytt so
Uiin and blerxler tKit all of tliem were in
cuuled at once in a cup turned out '-f a
pepper corn of the common Kite, Tliev
nrrroea i were so auiall a to be almoot invtsilJn to
A I:ItI to CaralM.
Cocaino bus a rival in an alkaloid oh-
i "imai'u i t-iine l i:i Auitrai; from the Juice of Eu
Mllcomcs i j.,,,;, DrumiiKwidii. which Dr. John
If J fr1'?? i ' W.I. iU diMcovwr. calU Drumino. T
nev Ix-al oruentlictic o"ti almost entirely
I r naralvrjng. and doea not excite
English Mechanic
jq. I fineinz. and at ta!4o b.m to talk
. , , i i . i j. vni 'mint, lu.v v
and knih with Ins pretty peta ot cid- , yjjtry cf the ua-i. ivMrr have thev tr
dnen. Tlrn m.rfre womd begm to no, , . (4 Um. pretd -LxWd
at me as I LuJ the dinner. And pooc , Jcffcrk, fa Uiar)1u' J.unul.
master fjre would fall at once. Tlicre
would be no more talking or laughirr , Cm action must clothe as wilh an fan
with the clAka lux U-i. Ho wUiU BWruUy, kathkonw or gloriotn. -Bolton.
the eve. They wpfeNjn rented to l'ope
Paul V. Boston Budg.4.
Dow Kl.l II lrt Ttmf
JL T. EtwiT. while boring a wcH mvr
Bernir.frton. I.:d., cncounUml a solid
IJ.k walnut 1 -g at a k-ph ut 140 fert.
Tlio wood was ierfectly sound, an.1 the
qucKtkm Is How dul it fret down to tliat
nmarkublc dcptli? Chicago Herald.
Em yon forgot that loaa; gone summer dayt
; Toe clear. Uuo iky with scarce a cloud oVff
bradt
Ihe merry chlldrea Bhoutlnjr at their play;
Tbe gnarled old ash; tlwswcct, sweet words roa
said. . .
IlBTOfoa forsotl -1
Itarr yon forgot what bliss It wo to lore.
To uttor voirs time never has undonef
Bow all the day we hand in hand did rove
Ajid when twos coded wished it just begun-
Have you forgot?
Have you forgot that clowin? summer c
The roo and oleander were in bloom--"-You
Moopcd and kiised taa as you took youf
leave
And I bluahed rosy ia the twilight gloom-'
Iluro you forgot?
Have yod forgot the bitter, bitter pain,
Tho dull drpairv tho heavy, aching heart
When we wero ported not no meet asain.
And worse than diutauee kept us for apart-
' lluve you forgotf -
And aow, when twilight tremble throngs tba
skies,
I tit oud muse on all the wordyou Raid,
Tbe lore that glowed within your grave, calm
eyes,
Aad wonder can that strong deep love be dead
And I forgot.
Mary Saunders Loci. wood.
The Game of "Itt-Kiiuppllen."
Some of tho amusements enjoyed by tha
descendants of tho "water geuzen" or
rather barous, nnd chief among them
Btands theplay of "Kat-knuppellen." It
is to bo met with in the hiunlets around
Amsterdam. Two poles alxmt sixteen
feet high aro placed twenty feet apart; A .
now buiTel has two holes boml into the)
heads, and a rope is put tlnough the holes
and attached to the top of the poles, al
lowing tlie barrel to swing about twelve
feet from the ground. - Before placing
the barrel in thin swinging xwition, alive
cat is put into it. . Now tlie amusement
commences. 'Tiventyor thirtyBturdy
bocrs pay tho innkeeper in front of
whoso h(wtelry tho '-kat-knuppellen''
takes place a certain entry foe. gener
ally live Dutch cents. They take their
position about fifty feet from tlie swing
ing barrel, armed with cluljs shaped
something like an American base ball im
plement; every man draws a number, and
then proceeds according to numeration to
sling his club at the barrel. The man
who hits tlie liarrel with such force as to
break it and allow the imprisoned cot to
encape receives half the money paid by
tlie participants,' and tho one who throw
tho club with a strength suflicient to
cJc tho last piece of wood to full front '
the rope ii paid half of tbe remaining
money, tho . rent going to the tavern
keeper. Tlie tomllod cries of tho im
prisoned cut befoso-escap-e is possible can
better be imagined than described, and
irovidea' unlimited enjoyment for tho .
lundrods of siiectatora. Amsterdam Letter.
Fenlmore Cooper on French Fa
In ly27 Fcnimore Coojicr wrote, while
visiting Pari3, the following remarks on
French physiognomy, and tlie article in
which they iipjx.ttred has just been ex
homed nnd printed in the Paris journals!
'The French faco rarely expresses inno"
cence in its x-rfcct purity. Even iu child
hood tliero il) a natneless something whkjt
indicates that its celeHtiiil soul has Qpme
down to inhnhit the earth. In the young
girl of tho Gauls you never perceive any
thing other tlwn a modest, amiable,
Bpirituid and on attractive woman. But 4
sometimes you may see tlio angel ro
veuled in tho feutures of a young English
maiden. I make no allusion to education
nor to religious sentiments, quite general
enough, hi their rcsiective forms, es
pecially among young peole of good
family, hero us well as anywhere else.
Tho main dilTcrcnco on tliis point is that
hi America it is religion which ia meta
physics, while in French it is iiicred
a!'ty".Ni!w York Star,
The llrm of tbe Pafawae,
Tlio invuruililo dress of every Parsoe is
a tall black cap, fully fifteen Inches lugli,
m:ulo of jKLsielxxird' and covered gener
ally with waxe.1 cloth; it narrows toward
tlie top, which looks as if it were cut off.
Tho long gray dress is rjways' exactly of
UieHunic uuike. Even tho blurt nuut la
of a certuin cut, with nine seams, and
folik-d on lh breiuit. Over this is worn
a girdle, without which no Parsco muit
ever ti)')ear in public, suvo during prayer,
when it u removed. It u enid that no
nirnvment or c. ntract is viiUd if either
party to the bargain was without tbe;ir
die nt tho time. - It is solemnly assumed
vhen a lxiy attains his OtU year, up to
which ago children are allowed much
frecJom. Tiiurtct.-torth, however, the
boy becimes a rtMpousiUe U.-ing, and at
tlio same nge tho damsel may cotuiiK'nco
tho ct.dm of houwkcepuig. ilacmiliun t
Uagazine.
Homethmg About Vlollee,
Tliere are few men wlio can repair a
violin. It is a afft of knack or talent
tliat comes natural, like music, and take
long years of experience The most that
aro sold are bad-onot worth taking out ot
tlie th(t. Americana make 171 vio
lins. TIhto aij four kirgecstahlislimentt
in this country turning out cauh aevcral
dozen a lay. I do not know what be
comes cf ail tlio violins that are mado,
but t hey eeru to sell an well as fbreiga '
instnuncnhk-hriie-Detuocrat.
llutter la Cireeeo.
Butter, except in Atiiens, is not known
in C'rc-cs but in spring t!io milk of
sheep or gouts isxrilol, allowed to sour, "
tlien put into tlie akin of the goat pre
pared for lire purpose. Two men take
lliU linkc it lock and forth, then pour
Ui milk Into a large wooden bowL A
thick white foam of t renin is formed;
this is sold as butter. Chicago Times. a
Locomotive now run in Jerato'em.
Xot rtshoa. and th alirill steam whistle ia heard la
Whale are not fishes. They have no i tlie atrecU once trod by King David,
scale; they have warm Lkrod; they rive, i
milk to thetr yonmr. and finally. Uiey jn Xorrh Carotin it k estimated that
woukl bedrowaed if they were to remain ' 40.000 perMorw follow the boautcsa of col
longer Lhaa haU a hoar under wa'xr. lectins herb for Uie market.
Ooipot of retou Hetela.
Mr. Valleutute, of 'Wells, Fargo & Co.,
wbono estimates ot the annual output of
precious metals have been regarded a
trry accurate, reports that the total
product of gold in tlie United States dur
ing 1S0 was f-2a.")Cl.i;4. and of nlver
l-"0,8ol on increase in gold ot 3,
lOT.CoS, ami in silver of $7,Ci0,oJ,
compared with tlie year ISSi.
Orison of tfte Wrd m7.
' At Bubastis, called in Scripture Pibe
cth. now Basta, the chief of worship
was Paslit. tlie rrrldem of fire, who is
said to hnvo transformed hrrself into a
cat when the go-Js fled into Egypt. Ia
tor temple cats were kept as sacred anK
rnab, and fmr her naise. Pa&iit, our
word " pur",y" is supposed to have bee
derived. CokmcfolUa.