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VOLXIII.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1887-
NO. 22.
ADVERTISEMENTS. '
Liver Complaint
more surely hiul 'pcedily cured by the
Uwof Aycr's Sunuparilla, than by any
other remedy. I was a great stiflercf
from Uver troubles, and never found any
thins that gave im; permanent relief until
I began taking Ayer's Sanmparilla, about
two yearn ago. - A few bottles of this med
icine produced a radicat euro. Win. K.
Baker, lii5 AY. Brookllne it., Boston, Shun.
A Remarkable Cure.
; Aver Sariutpnrtlla has cured me of at
bad "aease.of AIikckijs of the Liver a any
" human being could bo afflicted witli and
live. I was confined to. the liotfte"for two
"" Jean, ami, for the Inst tliree months of
- that time,' w unable to leave my bed. ,
Pour plivilclan treated, mo without flv
... Ing relief, and, in fact, nothing helped me,
until I ricd Ayer's Sarsaparllla.After
. u-ing a quarter of a bottle of thin medi-.
plno t began to feel better, and. every
additional 4loc Deemed to brine new .
health aud strength. I used tlireo bottle.
and ant uow able Jo attend to my business.
1 walk to town one milo distant and :
. return, without difficulty.. AycrV' Bursa"
pnrllla lma accomplished all tills for me.
- W, S. Miner, Canon City, Mich,
Ayer's Sarsapa r'i I la,
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ay-r ft Co., Low-M, Mul.
. Dokl by all Druyjfi-M. 1'rlc (1 ; tlx bottlM, ti.
PROFSflOXAL CARDS. ;
JA3.E. BOYD,
V ATTORXEYT LAW,.-
" "f - ; - Greetihboro. jV. C.
Will be nt Ornliam mi Monday of ench -k
to slictid to profcsBlonalbu-ineeg. Sep lfl .
F. H. Whitakeb, Jr. C. E. MoJjEAN.
WHITAKEB & -McLEAl :
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
.. GRAHAM, N. C.
Vr-clire In, the Statu and Federal court,
f 'ollrction inndo in all part of the "tnte.
. " ltctnrr- prompt. -One of the Arm. can nlwnv
h found In their office. One of the flrm will
lm In Rnrl'nif on every Wcducwlnv t attend
1o profcffdnwl busbies-. , : May 19 tf .
.T. X). K13XMVOITE
ATTORNEY. A T LAW .
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Practice-in the 'Statt and Federal Cnur
will falihfnllvand promptly attend to ll Uu
ae. intrusted to liim
Keal Estate Agency.
PAEKES & KEENOILE, Agents,
; GKAlfA3r, N. c.
1- A plantation one mile from .Me
hnne.in Alamance enUntv, ccntnininc
2l acre 45 f red In orljflndl irrni tb. !50 in
pine, 1' In ctihlvMion. Tli place U well
w'er.-d. A creek anit two hnuK-lwa riiiiiiina
iliro'nrh U A flno orchard. 8 -"rood tobacco
Itirp", 8 U"nenient I'oiwck, ifood f' ed bam, an
tt-rooni dwelllms Ith buKcment and I., and
irrwid well of water, are on It. f 'onvetiient t
chnrchm. wbool, nnd juroml new mill in J
mHe of tlie liiiiie. It la a delrallo farm
adnpVrd to the irrowtli of tobveo.' eraln and
grae.' Place ( needed In wteat and oal.
roniewlon Klven at oneo. Price "3000. Janl3
" ACCEPTANCE. '
y foft la the breath of a malden'a ye, .
Kot tbe li;bt KOwuuner atlra with lnl '. .
. Hui never a eablo tnat holda so fast
t'lirough all tbe battle of wavo end blast, -Ami
tiCTi r an echo uf aneech or song
that, lit in tbe bablillne air lone.
Oliver Wendell Ilolidea.
CIIOOSiXG A l'ASTOR.
Tho First church of Prantlon won Beck
ing a pastor, nn occttpation Unit had en
gTORsetl thoir energies for some time past.
For it was fully seven months since the
council hart assembled to .formally dis
mist Mr. Barnes and had declared tho
pulpit Vacant.. " ', - .
Mr. Barnes had laliorod faithfully in
their service five long years. During all
this time he had preached good, if not
brilliant, sermons; attended regularly at
the prayer meeting,, and made all tho
' pastoral calls that one mortal man, with
out a horse ana ouggy, coma reasonably
lie etpeclxfd to niaLe. And yet his con
gregation were not satisfled. Intima
tions finally Reached tho ears of the good
man that his resignation would be re
signedly accepted.. He sent it in, and tho
papers the. next day announced the grief
of tho First church at the resignation of
their beloved pastor, Mr. Barnes, whoso
wife' health forced liim 'to seek a uaoro
salubrious climate.
Whereupon it devolved upon the or
phaned congregation to choose for them
wlvon a pa.stjr a .man after their own
hearts one who ahould )iosscs ail tho
virtues of their lato pastor, as well as
tfiope-wlueh ho Jacked.
inquired Mr. Gil
V specific for all disease peculiar
towomon. such iw painful, n
preaacd. or Irrcgnlar uieiiftruatioii,
teueorihoca or whites, etc.
r - : .--
Iftken duiini: the CHAAUK Or
.1KB, (rcHt ulferlii(f and danger
will lie avoided.
8end for the biok, "McsK!e to Women
mailed free. ' ;
A
DM I XISTK ATOR'8 NOTICE.
. II . . Imrinff minima urnillRt llin ca
tnie of Joi n Mitlon. dee'd. will preocpt Ihem
iulv uuthepticatcd on or U'fore the 1Mb day
ft May. 1Sfc8, or tbW uolice will bcplcad In
bar of'lhcir rtcovi rv. '
, , Itll.EY (Sl-TTOX. I
- Ji H F. M TTOX, f Adm'ra.
May 9. 1887- Ct ,
.Tile Progressive Farmer
HAS MOVED TO RALEIGH,
And will lie Improved In many Important
particular. Norbanifo In It policy. No
rbanire in lis editorial maiiaufincnt. "Jlie
Indii-trial and educational Inlcrei'ta of our
i triple parauuuiiit to all other eoiixideratlona
of Stat p-ticy," ahall fe our. waU:hw.n-i.
- The hnmblet fanner m imii Mate. If be M
without our par ball alfo bu without ex
cne, Wt Intend to make it one of the lwt
and one nf the cheipcul pajwra in the Hoiitb,
The follotrln; liberal ratca are tillered :
TOCU'BS.
.... 1 anliacrilicr a id under 5. 1 year. 3 00
5 oherihcr and unde' II, I year, I .
1ntwrilier and nnd-ir 15. 1 year,- l.vt
lSanlwerllKsraand uaderatl. I year, lit
: 80 aubaerilwr or more, r year, 1 00
K.ery Farmer' Clnb la tbe State abould
tend aa a rood club at nnee.
- .r - U U Pfll.K. Edltitr.
" . P. P. Dl'KFT. Aaa't EdllO'.
J MO. E. HAT, B. Man'gr.
Raleljh, N. C.
MM
ilO h nuute. . Cut thi Mit
f and rufurn Wi ws and we will
vend yon free, aomrlhlur o!
. irreat vaioe and imponama
1 in voa, Ibat will atari roa in
;". bnln wbii-h rill brtnfc
yoti In awwe mnoey rfcht away thmm any dilns
Clf In tbi woild. Any une can do Um work
and lie at Imuk. Kilber PCX, mil esc. 8mie.
ihn; new, that 1nt coin amwr tor all
' Workrra. U will Mart ya : capital not
deedcrt. TbU 1 one of Ibe genuine bnuortaot
rbanrea nf a lifctbuc Tim we who ar il.t-.
Moa4 o4 edterprwluff will mut delay. Grand
luSU-frue. A'Wtok TBUKA CO., Aaru.u,
Maine. -f J 1 J
. .t.-uX V itua T,li.iii
A I J To Experience. Eamarkable) ao4
quiet curea. Triai Pckeav B3nd
p-uirc p for aeavlod particular. Addxeea
V. VA50 tu CO. Luliw, Mo.
- Tliey proceerled to tat-arch for him in
the truly orthodox' way, namely, by en
tertaining candidates. Sabbath after
Sabbath . beheld a di liferent divine in tho
pulpit. They ,, came we know not
whence and returned wo know not
whither." They embraced every known
type of man, from tho venerable D. 1). of
three score - and ten to' tho immature
theological student of 21 summers, t
The doctrine preached to that people
during tho season of candidatiiig was as
variegated as the patchwork -silk quilt
which they jiresented to their lato ixiKtor's
tvifia-oa her birthday. . It shaded all the
Way from Catholicism to Universalism,
and branched out - into ..every known
ism." There was the "Old school" and
the "new school," old fasliioned ortho.
doxy-and modern, free thought. There
were Bennons with strong leanings toward
liberalism, and there wore others fraught
with Calvinism and oozing orthodoxy at
every pore. And there were scientific
sermons without end, and jioeticui and
philosophical ones. , 13ut in all this
variety the people found not the man
they sought. There was some insur
mountable objection to every candidate.
Rev. Abercoulbie gave theui good eer
'mona, but the college students devkiral
that his gestures wure execrable" and
.would demoralize their own '"style," and
they cauic en masse to the church meet
ing and voted hira down. '
Rev,' J. Irwin Smith was youthful and
handsome, and the young lariira Klicd
team of regret when the church decided
I not to call liini. But Dcavou Grimes said
his sermons were mere frolh," und he
hoped they wuvldn't, iu his day, get down
to a man who parted his hair in theanid -die.
,
Rev. Loring was too .dramatic and
threatened to convert tho staid old church
into a theatre, while good Mr. Jalakesdcy,
who def.pised idiow, was rejected Uicauso
he didn't 'draw," One candidate was
too-solemn, another too frivolous; one
was too reserved, another too "common.'-
And to the spring and summer came
and faded away, and fall was fast pnierg-
iiBtintn-'jHs;rp&-iraii3.'
growing weary of their search and longfd
for a settled pastor, but Jie still eluded
tlicm. As old Mr. Grove aptly nunitned
up the situation; " '.'We've had close to a
hundred men here to preach for us and
we'vo given 'eut all a fair show, and
there hain't been a perfect man among
em.". .
At length, when expectation was well
nigh exhausted, a cheering ray penetrated
the gloom of their despondency, and in
their mind's eye they could fcce as their
own established jmrtor the brilliant young
preacher who was holding audiences
spellbound in a western city. A delega
tion was dispatched to treat with him.
Ho had graciously consented to consider
the matter, and the whele- situation was
as encouraging as it well could be. lie
was to preach for them on trial the first
Sun Jay in f Vccuiber, and on t he Saturday
evening- previous Deacon Uilliey nnd his
wife were n-turnuig from a day'e sliop
pijig in Chicago. Just as the cars were
starting Mr. Ames, another pillar In the
church, hurried in, nnd seeing Mr. and
Mrs. GiJkey, dropped into the seat behind
tlieni, tlie other lialf of which was occu
pied by a strange f?ullemnn in a fur
trimmed overcoat and aeakkiii cap.
Kitting chilly." remarked Mr. Ames
to Mr. Gilki-y, a nn introduction to con
versation, nieanwhilo buttoning tip his
overcoat. The remark recalled the fact
to Mr. Gilkey, and he buttoned up his
coat and replied:
"Yea; liaiks a h'Ulo like a storm."
iihoufdu't wonder," said Mr. Ames.
'They've had five incites of ajuiw up
north."
- '-Is that so? They have pretty tough
winter op tliere. " And Mr. Gilkey gave
his coot collar anotlier jerk.
Suprxa ycu'll Iw ont to cbnnjji to
inorrowi'" said Mr. Anic.
Yen. I presume oo'a-witwl Mr. Gil-kev-.
and Mrs. Gilkey aabl, Yea, cer
tainly,", with a glance at a leualliox at
1m fevt. wlik-b suggested tliO idea that a
lliioigo milliner liad male "iiwuiratH-e
doubly Mi re" in her ca-. Hut it. -f
course, iggr-tr'd do such tlvaight to Mr.
Ainef, wlHilerved:
- "I ur pfih; will turn out rtretty
gwurajlv to hear our now man."
-ThvtM'bt to." said Jlr. (jilker, '-for
W aeema to I about mr kt-4 chance, and 1
I any we'd better take him tf lie suits any j
kind way."
-We might aa well alint up lle church .
if we tkm't iret some e before king,"
j laid Mr. Ainwagkaanily. "There wn
! a talker's it-men rat Ut Sambiy, and the
j IhUbi and McADistcra lKn-egiv..-n up tlieir (
J pewH. Uall say he won't pay pew rent (
' for tho sort of prcacliing we've tiad i
lai.r." j
f It neln't make any diJTerrnce to him j
j whr.t kind of prodiing we have: he'l 1
" noir there," remarked . Mr. Gilkey, j
; ai-vrTPly.
j Wliat doe Dr. WTIluima Iuitb ts f
ain.t iLi Jlr. Gra;t K'-i't t
that';
This last exclamation was not ad
dressed to the rtraiiger, but to Mr. Gil
key. For in One excitement ot tho dis
cussion the ludy had loosened her hold
upon tho bandbox, and a midden jolt ot
the cars had precipitated it into the aisle.
With the aid of a fellow passenger and a
cane Mr. Gilkey fished up the precious
parcel, and by the time this feat was ac
complished tbe train was moving slowly
into the Brandon station.
Mr. Ames shook hands with the
stranger at parting and said he was glad
to have met him; after which ceremony
the travelers repaired to their several
destinations,' Mrs. GiJkey with grave
forebodings lest the fall should havu re
sulted disastrously to the conteut of tbe
bandbox; Mr. Ames with a placid uatia
fcction with himself and the world ut
large, and the stranger hut as he is a
stranger wo cannot gueta with any ac
curacy what his thoughts and feelings
were.
Tho church was filled that Sabbath
morning, and an pgreeablo flutter of ex
pectation jierraded the well dressed con
gregation. Their face wore that wide
awake, alert expression of persons who
expect to be entertained.
Mr. Arocs felt very tranquil In spirit
as ha leisurely auceoded the church
ste, just in time for tbe opening an
tlteui. As lie leaned back in his aeot
and glanced over the crowded house be
said to himself that he, for one, was
glad tliey were going to have a steady
pastor, and be was going to da his beat
fo encourage liim". He'd get Introduced
af tr service, and Invite hiui up to dinner
tomorrow, lie Midgut his wife and
cotifiih'd to Iu this resolve, and hhe said
'twas "jut tbe tiling." .
lie craned) his neck around to get a
tight of the new man, but the ricxk com
pWuly Ud hira from view as he sat in
the large pnl)it cliair, resting bis head on
one tdia pel v hand. "
With the last potci of tlie anthem,
Hira. Gilkey ended down tlie a We in all
the fxy cj her new bonrat, while bcr
Imoiiand folkfv.eJ at a rwiwru iu uiaunce
hehiml tlie away in; plumes ajxl ipread
ing trim. Mrs. Ames whimpered to he
preach to- morrow?'
key. " . '
"lie wpn't take any stand at all, " said
Mr. Ames,, "says it 'If none of his funeral
who tbey get. lie's put out becatise they
wouldn't call that Mr. Otjin; but we
never could hare mndo that tiling work.
"He preached good sermons," said Mr.
Gilkey, reflectively. .
"Ho talked throngh hia nose," said
Mrs, Gilkey, conclusively. . "
"llicn ihi Whites," said Mr. Ames.
'They want that eastern man, with tho
long hair. He's a sort of li cousin to
White's wife. Tlie West Eud ard all
united on that man from Washington.
And Dr. Glover's got a man down south
that ' he's try ing to run in this long
time." Mr.' Ainea paused for breath,
and Mrs. Gilkey took up tlie burden of
his complaint. . ; "'
"Yes," she said, "nnd tho Georges say
they won't vote for anybody but that Mr
Raiiio, from Ohio, , Ho stayed with them
while he was here, and they say he to
just as agreeable and 'entertaining ..as
can 1. You'd never suspect bo was a
minister." ,
At tliis stage Mr. Ames, happening to
look up suddenly, surprised nn amused
smile on the face of the stranger who
shared his seat.
' ','1 beg your pardon," said that gentle
man, in answer to Mr. Ames' stare, "I
could not help overhearing your conver
sation." .
'No harm done," returned Mr. Ames,
affably. "We're pretty much interested
in getting the right sort of a man for our
church. W'e know what keeps the tiling
going, yon see.' V Ho rattled, signifl-'
Ciuitly, some coins in his pocket, and tho
stranger intimated that he saw. ' '
; "Isn't it the general opinion that we're
paying too steep a prico for our preach
ing?" inquired Mr. Gilkey.
"Altogether," said Sir. Amen, em
phatically. "And I say wo've just got
to drop off $500 on our next man. Why,
when I was a boy, a minister didn't get
over $400 of 500 a year, and they man
aged to live on it somehow. They didn't
throw their money around on all sorts of
extravagances, I'll bo bound.''.
"Peoplo say wo have these things our
selves," liejjin Mr. Gilkey, uiihfly.
"I don't caro if we do!" retorted Mr.
Ames. "I earn my money, and I bpw
where it comes from."
; Mr. Ames hud, by tins time, worked
himself into quite a vehement state ul)
mind. He ostensibly addressed Mr. Gilkey;
but it. is not strange that the conscious
ness that the stranger was on interested
listener caused him to elaborate his Argu
ment with the distinctness and precision
of one who feels that he w making a good
point. ' He now glanced for approval of
his sentiments from Mr. Gilkey to the
stranger, and the latter seemed encour
aged to venttu-e a remark.
"Vluit particular style of man do you
desire for a pastor?" he inquired.
"We want a lirut claw man." said MK
Ames, with the air of reciting a well
learned lesson. "Some one who can hold
his own with the otlier ministers hi the
place. Now, you see" becoming confi
dential "there's a certain set in otir
church that are strong on doctrine, and
another cluss that don't care anything
about it,' and won ' t hear it preached ! Tliey
mostly don't belong to the church, but
they come regularly and rent our best
pews, and we feel bound to consider Uiehr
feeling. But it takes a man with some
tact to get along with these things and
not offeud any one."
"Indeed it oiUHt," said the stranger. ' .
And Mrs. Gilkey said, in further illns
tration of the point:. "Why, wo coo never
keep a man more than six months with-
...... - a I.a ' ,wt , .1 .... mi
t.... li... " uaIi'M &Hkel the cautaui. Tho porwm
&tW " with a trtauUmg voice. "Itaiiie your pis-
tha minister told the story. He was the
stranger who had shared Mr. Ames' seal
in tho cars tha night before!
The sutaequnnt proceedings were
fraught with painful interest for at least,
two of that audience. Mrs. Amos whls-'
pored to her husband that she noticed
tliat Mrs. Dr. Holmes wore a new seal
skin, hut ho heeded her not, and -when
the congregAtion rose to sing ho kept bis
seat, despite that lady's reproving look.
He stole a furtive glanco at Mr. Gilkey
to see how ho boro it. . That gentleman,
after some discussion with his wife, arose
and held tho book for her during the
hymn, but ho hung his head and looked
crushed in spirit. Mm Gilkey, on tho
contrary, carried her hqad. and tho new
bonnet with conscious dignity, and sang
like A robin. . ,
To"Mr. Ames' excited Imagination that
service was ten hours long, although tho
clock only indicated on hour and a lialf.
Brandon had not heard such a sermon
for many a tiny; but Mr.. Amos, nlasl
couldn't have, told a word there was in
it lie counted the pipes in tho organ,
tlie crystals on the chandeliers, tho panes
of glass in tho windows,, in his frantic
attempts tp make the lime pass.' But
every time he returned froin, sonio ab
struse, numerical calculation: only to
hear the eloquent tones of tho preacher
and liehold the people hanging in rapt
attention on every word.
Sir., Ames did not wait to bo intro
duced to tho minister after the service.
Far from it! . Ho fished his hat out from
under tlie seat with unwonted alacrity,
and made for tho door, looking neither to
the left nor right. . .
"That was a powerful Sermon we've
just heard, wasn't it, Brother Ames?"
began Elder Stanclift, stepping softly out
into the oislo. ' "Kuril depth and pro
fundity of thought, such" -
But Sir. Ames stalked past htm, with
averted gnzo, and pretended not to hear.
He jammed his hat down over his
eyes and shot out of the door with more
haste than dignity.- On tho corner he
stopped and waited for his wife, who de
manded, sternly, how he supiiosod that a
man was going to coiuo up to dinner jf
lie wasn't - invited? And 'ho told her,
candidly, ho was sure ho didn't know.
Monday uiciit the church held a moot
ing, at which they unanimously voted to
give Mr. Grant a call. But, what was
their surprise, on tendering him tho pas
torate, to find it promptly and ioaitivcly
declined. I la said ho felt that tho re
sponsibilities of the charge woidd bo .too
great for his humble powi.T. . .
- Vain wero iersuasion and argument
He was firm, and some uf tbu committee
suggested, sadly, they wero afraid he had
"lieard something. "
The fold is ttill without a shepherd.
The weeds grow rank and tall iu tho par
sonage yard, the house is empty and so
ore tho pews on Sunday mornings. And
still the candidates come cud go, and
come arid go, and, reirt says, tho peo
plo are harder to suit than Mvor. Lowell
Daily Courier.
I'Utol Duel Aotom a Table.
A few days after the battle of Waterloo
a Mr. Trevor and a certain captain whilo
at a dinnt r party quarreled about a lady.
The 'captain being a splendid shot ami
Trevor almost blind, tho latter deinandod
that they should fire at each other across
a tuble,
Home one secretly suggested that the
platols should Iw loaded without laill, and
this was done. The two adversaries,
who ln-liuved their last, hour was come,
were as pale as death; but if they wers
a prer to deep emotion, not a muscle
tnmUed.. "Who will give ns tho sig-
tols." Tbe muzzles touched the breast
of tlie combatants. "When I count
three, Hre. One two three I" Tliey
fired and recoiled from the shock.
"What'sUiemeuningof this?" exclaimed
tlie two combatants. "Who has dared to
make fools of us? There ore no balls
In the. pUols?" "Honor Is satisfied,"
exriaitued tho friends around them.
Trovor gronud Ida teeth. ' "The remedy
is easy enough," said tho captain, point
ing to somo swords suspendod from tho
wall. Ho took down two, tucaiairod
them, and presented one to his adversary,
who seized it eagerly. "Now there shall
be no trickery!" be exclaimed. ' ".Stand
off, sir." They stood face to face and
the blades glittened. Hie contt was
abort. One of them coon fell it was
the captain. He expired without a groan.
"Oh, my Cod!" exclaimed Trevor.
"What have 1 done? Is all this a reality?"
and in terrible despair ho flung himself
upon tho corpse of bis rival, which ho
shook convulsively, as though to bring it
to life again. 'Dueling Days in the
Army. ,
U RvolQtlala-l Belaar.
' Agassi- revoliitiotiiml American sci
ence by a five minutes' sikkcIi at a dis
tinguislied liUrary and scientific club of
Lkwton Koon after Im came to this coun
try. There was diacuexion of Dr.
llitehcocjt's then new hook on "Bird
Tracks," and tlie plates representing his
gtogical disonvrrk were exhibited.
Tie jiruLies iiad tetm lavish, wlim
young foreigner, a Strang" to ima of
tlu;m, arose and said: "Tlie defect In
this book is that it is uees-crn-p.t.vve
awl not com-par-a-teeve." With tltat
sentence camo the distinction in Ameri
can science between srVntifle oleerva
tion anI arientifie InteUieiure, betwem
the act of perceiving anil deacriliing and
the art of com;aring and combining.
Bouton Journal of Education. .
THE FEA8T OF 8AN JOSE.
Tlaxcala't Rtranca CnitnmaUar People's
Tranquil, Kaay rtowlin Uvea.
On Saturday was the ienet of San Jose
(fit, Joseph), and tho parish church of
Tla-tcala was adorned within, and with
out in honor of that perBounge. Tho very
bells in the old Mono tower wore hung
with red, white and green streamers,
and pendants of the some colors floated
in tho'navo of the church. The people
came) from Tar and near, the poorest
Indiana from tho distant hill tops and
the, officials of tho state government, and
all knelt before tho altar. All were
clean nnd neat. It was a joyous day,
and all were lumpy.
Outoide tho church,' and just inside the
stone gates of the yard, was an Indian
baud, playing weird ransic, tho music of
three x!nturiea ago. The players cm--
ployed a sort of rudo clrmnot, ana they
also had a drum, mado of a hollow log,
about four feet high, with a sheepskin
drawn over, the top. It gave forth,
tinder tho enthusiastic poundings of a
bright young Indian boy, most melan
choly whoops, and, together with the
shrill musio of tho clarionets, was utterly
unlike anything I had ever heard. But
even enthusiasm needs its dinner, and
one lad succeeded another, and so 'the
whooping of that mournful drum emote
upon the still air of the quiet town all tHo
day. A boy with a drum to pound is an
energetic chap; a boy with a yard to
rako cleat of tho debris of a New Eng
land winter is a lazy chap who casts
furtive glances at the street or his rabbit
1 Una tbe noys. ot ii.ixcmn preiiy
much what oflier boys are. Tliey are
ready to work hard for pure fun, hut
hard work is not to their mind.' A
smiling, honest faced set of lads, their
whilo teeth sparkling inside their red
lips. They havo loto of bottled up fun
in them, and for a medio, 0 1-4 cents,
will run (heir legs off on errands for you.
Boys make tbe beds at the Hotel San
Francisco, and are chamber boys, aa is
the custom here, where, even in tho city
of Mexico, women tk not work iu thi
hotels. .. '
." Saturday was also market day, and
the strangest men and women camo
down from the surrounding limestone
hill, bringing littlo pigs oddly harnessed
so ns to be driven along tlie roads, ob
stinate littlo quadrupeds who, once insids
tlie town, squeal loudly and persistently
go just whoro they think their drivers
don't wish them to go. Tlie Indiau wo
men from tho lulls worobright colored
scrapes for outer petticoa'ts, and at night
they toko these off for blankets. The
men were, for tho most iirt, of good
stature, bronzed, black eyod, with
that ' arrogant air the warlike
Tlnxealana have always had; these
lull peoplo don't forget that their
ancestors whipped tho Aztecs up in the
valley of Mexico, and I fancy they would
again willingly carry the stout cedar tim
bers across the hills to the lake of Texcoco
to build brigantinfM.for another Cortok.
Tliey sell, under tlie sheds of the market
place, rude pottery, tunny vegetables, hi.
eluding the fiery chile peppers, and
scrape and relxnoe. Under tlie near by
portales, or arcades, soino white men are
selling littlo German mirrors, buttons,
laces and toys. But I like best to come
hack to the market place to look at tlieae
outlandish people from tho mountain
sides and tlie deep interior valleys, where
they still worship by stealth, their
ancient divinities, and make outward
profession of Clirirtianity. Their language
flows softly, and I wish tlwt I knew their
traditions and habits of thought, for hers
is o race well worth tho study of a coin
wienethiiologh, whq.uiight retfVeto
umuttt Bgt tile" iiiiuiry Bnd liisloiiis of
the arroimnt Tlaxcalans wlio fought with
tlie Spanish conqueror. Mexico ; Com
Boston Herald.
Oattlna- Kid of Itabblta.
'Tho very latest of the numerous schemes
for getting riil or rabbits Is tlio invention
of Sir. Williams, an Englishman, now
residing in Auckland, Now Zealand, wlio
Has contrived a ortauie apparatus ny
means of which, in a niiigie night, he
guarantees that be will trap and carry
off at leant ilO per cent of the rabbits
ujmmi a sqiuiro mile of laud. One of the
great merits claimed for the plan I that
it allows of tlie rabbits being used for
food, with which end In iw a light
freezing apparatus, luounUJ on wlurbs
is provided, so Hat Uhi bodies of the
rabbits may 1 frozen and kept Iu llmt
condition until tla-y are delivered over to
a shipping coiu)ny for 'export to Eng
land. Chicago Times. ,
, , i .
Aanarleaa flora ! Mezlc.
I bear a great deal of talk about heavy
American horses not being adapted to
tlie climate of Mexico, and I liavo been
told by local experts tliat a small, wiry
animal pony build was tho only kind
that could be acclimatizeiL This is
all nonsense. I have been buying horses
In St Louis for years, and frequent
ly purduue hi New -York, and Ken
lucky, wherever a fine couch horse can
l found. Tliey all go to Ihe City of
Mexico, wIkto tliey thrive wonderfully,
seeming to live longer and presrrvo op
pearanrTs after tlie timo when, in this
L'.itu.le, tln-y grow woolly and scraggy.
Tatrkk I jury ha Clobe-Dctiiorrat
Tbe Uot Hllk Cras.
The paat winti has bn-n remarkoLh
for the hot milk craze, which atartcl
here five month ago and continued as
Ion? as the cold weather birted. It was
hnshand that 'twoukl be -ju like Ihe starl'J by an Invalid, who every day
Uilkeysto try to gvt in alwod with tbe i woui.1 come into my i lace and have a
mmsxer, that wonuui was "so pojJiuijc." , htm t milk heated, as it wi rnor
He tmUt r-inemLcr and spet to tbe , southing than the k coH milk uaually
c Jnuter right after church. served, and which in very cold weather
Tbe choir t down whit flatt and I proved very chilling to Ihe stomach,
cide. There was a brief row. Then People ore imitative in cstiis. and aai
tlTp acfier advanced to the desk and i there were half a dczm cu.-loru.TS who
aoiKairx-c-l the hymn. As Ihe mt IIow ! called for hot milk, and it was ot It Tig
tones of bis voice Coated out over tlx-ir j before -evcral gr.Iin were served that
boU tlio waiting congregauon smiled ! way. The sakw t4 milk iriCTrased, show
eraciotis srwwovai. Hut what was it Ing lliat many wIk bad stopped drink-
.Am ntlmalam.
Mamma (osixuigly) Come, Bolly,
tike your medicine now, and tlien jump
into bed; Hint's a good httio boy!
Bobby Idonot want to take any medi
cine, ma.
Fallicr (who knows Iww to govern chil
dren) Robert, If you don't t.ike yonr
medicine at once, you will 1 put to lied
without taking it at aJl. LUrper's Bazar.
first wonbi of tbe readr. rtare bard at
Ibe deidc and rink beck Into bis seat with
an exprc-j of bLmk dimay? Mr.
GJ'u r oharrrol it from w here he aat arei
asVuJ wiut 1 zwa ci. 0e Vvk al
ant, (Jlotie-DtTDorTat.
Atrmling to a ariVy.tiJic nrtic le, women
lmo Icon Lnuwn to grow three set of
. The IMtei
"Yea," lie aai.. "I am a journal!.
J and yon. I, sdppiMpi, 'are a commercial
touriair'
"No, I'm a dnimmcr."
f Any IilTfvrvlr?'
Yea. about Uie same as that between
a 1outTja!it and a newspaper man. The
drummer sella car loads, com mere ial
tourt IsYikcn packages. The .1 rammer
gets bis salary PUM-d." New York bun,
w Xartk aa4 lowtk.
Srsne carefully conducted experiments
made in Germany anrar to (cirve crn
chwveiy tlwt berta and other vegetal.'
fTown in rows running north and aouth
i crntnm nvwo acchanio matter than
I Cvwc r-i .cl m - rows runniiig tatX tad
Bems Cnriosltlas of Pari t.aw.
A h'ttle book baa been published re
cently which gives tho public some in
sight into the functions and power of the
prefect of Paris. No one is allowed to
stick a note on door or window asking
for an employe post a bill on a board
ing unless it be stamped and taxed. Ad
vertisers may adopt any color they
pleaso, except white, ' which ' signifies
purity, and is exclusively reserved for
official announcements. . Special permis
sion is required to 'give an assault at
Arms, but nothing is said about permis
sion to fight a duel. If anyone comes to
Paris with the idea that be can start busi
ness right off aa a ragpicker, ho Is mis
taken. He will be run in if found gather
ing rags without a license.
No reunion or meeting for . political
or religious objects can meet without tho
consent of tho prefect, and under what
ever conditions he pleases. In order to
hold a meeting on a non-political subject
seven persons connected with it must
make a declaration at the . prefecture
throe clear days before tho day of meet
ing. Special permission is required to
give balls and concerts and to perforin
feats of agility in music halls. Owing to
tho exigencies of tlie. octroi, cattle and
livo stock aro only allowed to enter Paris
at certain hours of tho day and by cer
tain routes. Slcrchants of brie a brae
must lie supplied with brass medals and
licensed. Dogs are made tlie subject of
a series of regulations. Frenchmen seem
to have a terror of the bull dog, for it U
decreed that "no dog of the raco boule
dogue or a crossed boule dogue must be
allowed to go at largo in tlie street, in
warehouses, workshops or other public
places. -' Inside houses those dogs nmst
always be kept hi string or muzzled."
C-ommiHsionaires mutit niako a declara
tion and get a medal and livret before
starting business. Commissionaires are
shoeblacks. : -
No organ grinder, street musician or
Itinerant merchant can o-oreise his pro
fession without tiermiasion from tho pre
fect No permission la granted unless
the applicant has resided at least a year
within the jurisdiction of the prefect and
in French. Tbe street musicians, how
ever, sometimes play without permission.
Should a concierge be in a particularly
amiable turn ho will allow an Italian to
play within his gates, where he is a ab
solute as tho prefect. The prefect sup
plies workmen with livrets, without
which they aro not worth anything.
Porters at thopublio markets must liavo
a certificate, of good conduct from the
pojice. Any one wlio saves a drowning
person In tho river, either by calling at
tention to or rescuing blm, gets twenty
five francs; whoever discovers a cortee,
or part of a corpse, faj the river, receives
fifteen francs: f rescuing a horse six
francs are allowed. Republican guards
employed at theaters or lull are paid
one franc per night; if on horseback one
and a half francs. For a private soiree
tliey get five francs. Chicago Times.
"As Kg-; Iylns; QaailmpU. '
Tlie echidna is considered by natural
ists one of tlio rarest and most peculiar
creations of the aiyuial kingdom. It is
the first cousin of the duck billed
platypus. Tlio specimen at tlie zoo, ex
cept a stuffed io at the Academy of
Natural Sciences, is (lie only one in
America, and was Iffought direct from
Australia, where it was captured.
It is about the size of an ordinary por
cupine, whrh It great iy resembles, lading
covered with long quills, but it lias a
bill shaped nose nearly Hire incites long,
from which protrude a narrow bsigue
six: incW hi looirth. Its mouth is ot-
ccediiicly small, and it has
Rl ltS
'Ita-fcBi awa ,1,64 wital ponSi rati
rfeot are armed with thick cluws that can
burrow so rapidly tluit tho anlnud can
almost iiudantanoHiHly disappear in the
earth. Unlike ether burrowing animals,
be burrows with nil four feet at once,
and instead of going in head first be
gracefully sinks into tlie earth, with his
spine curved and bristling with a formid
able armor uf quills.
On its right bind leg is a sharp pur,
similar to a fighting cock's, tliroe Inches
long. A little canal, connecting with B
ghuid, runs through it and keeps it sup
plied with a HiiwUMius liquid, which is
said to produce uiktautam-ous dentil. Tlio
most peculiar fefUuro of this strange
creature, however, is tlwt it regularly
lays eggs of a dark purple huo. Wlien
ou its nativo heath its ditrt consists of
ants and other insects, but yiMtonlay it
enjoyed a hearty meal of condensed milk
and I lie white of an ejjg. l'bikmVlpbia
Times.
Mvararlng'a Pead lis (Tata.
Up to the time I now sjieak of I lual
taken a liand In tlie kiniig of fourteen
laitTalos iait of our twenty, but in every
inatanof we hail leen so hurried and
pn ed for time that I had actually not
even one 0)ptnnity to make such
ketches and measurements of a dead bull
as I neclcd and dcuired. True, I bad
measured tliem all as fully as circum
stances would permit but what I wanted
was a good long liour with a buffalo
while be was sti( warm. - Well, while
Jim was fetching tlio wagon. I had it at
last I made studies of theold bull to my
heart's conU.tit I sketclied him agaia
and again, and measured him until page
after page of my well worn note book
was covered with figures and diagrams.
He was a iiionsU, even uuk tlie tapo
lino, and as handsome as Im was big.
Aftt we sklune.1 kvim I measured bis
carcass over and over, so that in building
a manikin to put lus skin over wlien it
came to Uie last act I could make It exact
at every point. ' Such prirtliges are of
price"! value to tin) taxkieriuixt wImi
lias tlie mounting of grctit lwatt W.
T. IbsTiaday in New York Sim.
: ; STREET CAft HOR3E3. ,
A PnlloaopTntaat ' Driver DlaeonraeS en
--.. Thatr Uvea, Ialor and Death.
. Few people stop to think under how
severo a strain tho horses that draw our
street cars, labor. They are generally
driven at a brisk trot, and the frequent
stops are too brief to afford them any
rest.' In fact, Ihe oftener a horse with a
heavy load stops, simply to start again, the
worso off he is. - ; '
"A good horse will last in this business
four or five years," said a Broadway car
driver the other day.- "Unusually good
ones may. stand it longer, but they aro
much more apt to give out in a shorter
timo. Sometimes tbey go all to pieces in
two or three months. That gray horse
there has. been working to the cars for;
over three years, and lie seems just as
good as ever. . A match, to him, bought
at the same" timo, didn't last two
months." :.. -
"How do they , usually become af
fect ed?" was asked.
"Very often the foro foet give out.
Sometimes the shoulders become di
seased.' Of course you know that a horse
strikes his fore feet much harder than ho
does his hind cites,' So when be Is driven
at a lively gait with b'ttlo time to rest,
these liard stones wear the fore feet to
tlie quick or cause a tenderness In tlie
shoulders, if the shoulders go lame first
we drive Ihe horse a while at night when
tho people can't seo him limp. Whon he
gets too bad he is sold. If bis feet go, the
company gets rid of liim as soon as pos
sible. ''. .
'A great many hones seriously Injurs)
themselves by slipping and falling hi the
winter. Sometimes Uwse liavo to be
killed. Colic takes off a great many. Tlio
deaths of a very huge majority of street
car horses may bo traced to (lie acoidcnU '
and necessities of the service. Tbey must
be driven pretty fast or people wouldn't
ride. So the weak ones eoon fall victims, ,
and tho strongest aro lucky If tbey live
long enough to bo sold to some farmer,
and go to the country to end their days
in comparative peace."
- "Then that 'a where the broken down
bones go, is it?' .-Tr
"Yes. Many horses that are tueloss on
our paved streets do very well on farm.
Their sore foot and ihouiders improve
very much when they are driven over
soft ground."
Hundreds of horses are sold to farmers
every year by the street car companion.
Tbey are nursed and doctored up by their
rural purclinsers until they Ixxiomo very
respectable looking animals again. TUuJ
tho farmers get much good work out of
horses that couldn't earn tluiir oats
here, and 'they buy them cheap, too. 1
have heard that some of these country
-mon ninko a business of buying up broken
down street car. horses,' doctoring tliem,
and reselling them to otlier companies at
a high price. Of course it is only a short
time before a doctored burse is again
wortldoas here, and then tho. farmer
comes around nnd buys bun- back at hli
Own price., , This is kept up as long us tlu
K)or beast can be. made to put on a re
portable appearance. . "Thoro "re some
quit doings in this world of ours," said
the driver, as be wliipjied Up the poor
beasts so as to gut to the city liail oa
schedule time. " ' .. .
Klvar Ovarsvowd-4 tTUk (tela.
At Nuchuk any amount of sport is ob
tilnablo. To begin with, the rivers teem
witli salmon. . These are of various kinds.
The rivers close, by Nuchuk contained the
hogback, the dog and tlie silver varieties.
There are three miles to ti a verse to reach
the nearest river, and bare I trusted my
If ta one of (lie far fauual bidurkk'e,
" tvft l-V to ' trBwi1l.;lmt tlie next
was large enough, and, wllii aa intuan
boy in tho batch behind to help ne pad
dle, away we went across the bay. Along
side was bulled our Salmon spear. Tha
water was absolutely filled with 'fifth'. 1
disdained tlie buglck and would havs
nothing lait tlui silver aalmou. He was
only to be found in tlio upjier pools. The
river abjdlowed and became a mere brook
let . ,.- .,
The salmons' backs projected above the
surface, for tin depth was four niches
exactly. Rows of fish were working their
way up stream out of tlio sea, and they
scuttled away as we advai-nL wetting us
from head to foot, hke miniature atettincrs
with their propellers half out of the water.
But the silver salmon we were In quest
of were taking tln'ir ease In a dignified
manner at the bottom et a deep, plutcid
pool, oversliadowed by txous, and it re
quired all IImi length we could commanil
in llw hnndl.i U our sprr to reach them
at that doplli. We stcpiwd caut luurly ost
to a projecting rock sod grailually in
serted (Iw point of thb spenr bito (bo
water. The first two luil.'n were success
ful, an.1 each time a lordly fish was Ufuxl
on to the bank, struggling furkMuiy.
When at last we tired of the spott tut
salmon wero all tlcvt we dragrrca behind
S3 to tJio canoe. There wero plenty of neat-nut,
too; the bottom of Uie pool a
peared to be paved with KMnetluiig dark
and cloudy that swayed to anil fro with
the current like inames of we.iL ; But by
degrees as we watched tlie weed inaswat,
we perceived them to be sea trout and by
darting tlie spear among thorn at random
wo tnuiafixt si three tamnder, which
looked inviting, with his bright rod pots.
Aktaka Cur. H. Ltaiia tj lioo-Lkuiiocrut.
"iHlnr- a4 Mwta.
"Mr-iaced by tlie enqmv, and saved by
Cebette, boulangi" (baker), is the in
acriiin over one of the gatea of the old
city of Jl.-tx. The French inluibiUnti countries, wbeve the apes might aid hi
The Ave as m Caafal A-la.
Apes protjoUv rank m-xt to man fat
general um-Bigence, and, though they
lack pxrsuveronre, tliere secn-r to be bo
ivavuu for UxauUing Uuit tbey. might bo
trained to do a variety of useful work.
This is tbe opinion of Mme. Ckna-noa
liuyer, the French tranakitor of Iku-win,
but she points out that tlie diH-aicaled
apes -would require irreat quantities if
such food as fruit iSid and rKgs, tha
the process of educating (bean would be
costly, am) that for raatrr gemmtiooM the
climate f Europe would be toe severe
for them, bho suggests that the expert-'
merit should be triexl firat ia ' tropical
want with a smile to tliis trilnito to the
heroism of one bou-ingerand talk avrnili
ranlly of snuth.. Bvfore liuzuine. M U
bad run-rr sunrmdered to sn enemy aince
the Itiiutans fortified it Frank Loalio'a.
. .
cultivating coffee, oooua and cotton,
Arkajnaw Traveler. -
Ulcl- ! fald Ja-raalla.
The writers on Tlie Lcndoti Tmes am
thehljrhest paid ja"rnx!-ts in lam.
The tippotal cTerKy!!ts in t"ori-
So. ia I capiLiw are riven rv!:, r -
Itat On Mewl a Day.
An inventor in Auburn, Me., who savs
tint lie lias worked toO days of ten Ik airs that entiile t.'x-m to a tu -r I e
each in the la.t two years, ami very few i with tbe i t. '-ma fx- rr yr. ;
of tbera i Sunday, attributes hi m- J KomeTW 'i i"s li?- - 'r i
durance largely to t!e fact that b rets ; Ishcit tha hi' !";; r if .i
but one meel in twet'ty-fot-r lmitra, a.id J I t the rr, ' i v
th.t very tiui'.W. Cl-.-a I'.ai.i. --