North Carolina Newspapers

TJ n n ra -w- . - v. . .; a . -. !yoL;xniii;-rji3;i : GRAHAM;'N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1887. NO. 23, - ..-a- - ' - -'.,-- . h -i ,t 'if if- - V-i A TT7"K,1frTOt7TjrTXTHnf . . .. .. .-. " 1 " 1 : 1 iims iwmmimiihiiwwmi i iiwh i hwwMwwwwwawwwyMtMMMMWWwM lunula A Toilet Luxury In every reapoet, Ayer's llair Vigor - - never fails to restore the youthful fresh-, v .. ness and color to faded nnd gray balr. It also prevents the hair from falling, eradicates dandruff, .and; stimulates ; "weak hair to a vigorous growth. " Five years Afro, my hair, which "was i quite gray, commenced falling, and, in pite of cutting; and. various preparo . tions faithfully applied, became thinner .every day. I was Anally persuaded to s : try Ayer's Hair Vigors Two bottleB of this remedy not only stopped the hair , from falling, but also restored its orig. . inal color, and stimulated a new growth. ;' EH F. Doane, Machias, Me. Ayer's Hair Vigor, ; Sold by Dnifg'itU and Perfumers. ' ' Eeuptions or the Skis, whether in .- the form of Pimples or Boils, indicate impurities in the blood, and should sug- , gest the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. For the radical cure of Pimples, Boils, t and Carbuncles, I know of no remedy qual to Ayer's Sarsaparilla. G. II. Davies, Pawtucketvillu, Lowell, Mass, '. Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver fc Co., Lowell, Mam. Cold by ail Druggists, trice 1J six bottles, 5. ;J THE PARTNER. PROFSSIONAL CA K DS. , jAs.E.Boira, . ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, ; ' Greensboro, JV. C. j Will be at Orpham on Monday of each we k to atterjd to professional business. Sep 16) ' . T. H. Whitakeb, Je. C. E. McLean. WHITAKEE & MoLEAN, ,u' ATTORNEYS AT LAW,- : - . GRAHAM, JV, C. r i . Practice In the State snrl Fedond eonrtn. t'o'luctions innde in all part of the State '..'"Returns prompt. -One of the firm csn bIwst . be found In their office. One of tli firm will n In Burling'on every. Wednesdav to ettenrl Xa profession). 1 business. My'19tf A TTOBNEY AT LAW . fln ni, nr.r. fractice in thn 'Stat' and Ferleral fnr Will falibfullv and pnuuptly attend to till bus sess Intrusted to him . Beal Estate Agency. . PAUZER & KEENOELE, Agents, GBAIIAM, N. C. 1' A plantation one mile from Me hane,in Alamance ronnty, nontnining SWl acres 45 st.res In original srrowth. 50 in pines, l'K) In cultivation. The place Is veil ws ered. a creek and two branches ninnlnir i throairh it.' A fine orchard, 8 ertod tobacco . barns, 9 tenement houses, (rood feed bams, an 8- room dwelling with basement and L. ai d good well of water, are on It. ('orye'iient churches, school, and a eood new mill . In mile of the house. It Is a desirable farm adapted In the growth of tobicco, grain and vrasses. Place is seeded in wLeat and oats. Possession given at once. Price $2000. fjanl3 IBtrad0eldl9 . specific for att diseases peculiar to women., such as painful, "up- liiressed, or irregular menstruation, leucorinoea or wanes, ete... ' If t kcn dmlne the CUK&MM. OF LIFE, great suffering and danger will lie avoided. - emulator! to Pi-tid for the b'.ok, mulled free. ' "Message to- Women A DMIXISTRATOIl'S NOTICE. All persons bavin? clatrcs ncrainst the es tale of John f-ution. riVc'd. will present them rinlv Hnthei'tlcated on or before the 1Mb day f Slav. 1W8. or this notice will beplead In tar of llreir recovery. . RILKY PCTTOV. 1 JOU F. fcUTTON, I Adm'rs. War 0. :87-6t The Progressive Farmer HAS MOVED TO RALEIGH, Anil will be improved in many Iroporlsnt particulars. No change In Its policy. No change in Its editorial management. "The industrial and educational . interests of our people paramount to ail other considerations of State policy," shall bo our watch wor i. - The humblest farmer In out Slate, if he be withont our paper t bail also be without ez rnse. We Intend to make It one of the beat and one of tne cheapest pipers in the fontU, The following lloe. ai rmt -t air onereo : .. TOCLUBi. 1 snbscriber a id nuder 5, year, f3 M -5 subscribers and nnde' I. I year, 1 6.5 - 10 subscribers and nud.sr X yea', 1 50 . 15 subscribers and euacr SO, 1 yerr 35 SM subscribers or Cure, I year, I 00 - Every Farmers' Club In the State should end us a good club at once. - - L. L. POI.K. Editor.' - - " , P. t. DC FFT. Asa'i FIIUi'. . .. Jilo RAr go,. Mau'gr BsJelgh, H. C. i.iimr.i I to be made. Cut this nt land return to na. and we will send rou free, aomrthlnr of . great varne ana Important ' to too. that win start you to bnsinrw wbicb will bring yon In more money right away than anyjiing else In luis woild. Any one can do the work and lire at borne. Either sex, all ages. Some. thing new, tbsl just coin money tor all workers. We will start y capital not deeded. TbU la one of the genuine iuiportaat ehaoeea of a Hfetime. Those who are smbK oioas and enterprising will not delay. Grand tanttfrec. Andreas TBCK CO.. Anruata, Maine. - dee Sly A Ufa Bzperismos. EomarkablB and doles: cure. Trial Pack. 8eod wamp tor soelod psgtloulara. Addreaa V. WARO A. CO. Louisiana, Mo. Mr. Thomna Mathers was only n ledjjei cierit in tne lumsmg clerk or Hodgsonj uimrora ; rare, Mt. Bwitiiin a lano, Lout' uam Biroet .itwas nenner a , very re sponsible por a very lucrative position, and Tommy ,(as all his (rionds called him) longed, aspcrliaps fifty thousand young men in n similar situation in London are longing nt this 'moment, for a chanco of turning hLs bi-ajns to better account than adding up columns of figures and copying entries from one big book into another, Tito chance did not come, but Tommy did not dospair; and there'was this difference between him and the creat majority of his fellow prisoners of tho desk he had the pluck to work away manfully nt whatever ho thought might possibly some. day help him to better lua position, even thoii;rh he could not see exactly how it was to be clone.' With flus end in view ho got up French, German and Italian, and he did everything he could to pick up information as to' the financial circum stances of the customers of the bank. He scraped acquaintance with? overy clerk employed by those who had accounts at the bank, as far as he possibly could, and picked up in time an idea, more or less . accurate, as to the commercial status of most of them. One day ho happened to) be at lunch in his favorite restaurant when an acquaint ance named Darling came in and sat down .beside him. After a little casual conversation Darling asked him to let him know of . any vacant clerkship he might hear of. "I ' will, certainly, old follow," re turned Tommy; "but I hope yon haven't got into a row with Appleton." Fred erick Appleton was Darling's brother-in-law, and he was also the secretary of the Mudford and County Chemical company, hi whose counting house young Darling had a subordinate post.) . 'Oh, no, nothing of tho kind," re turned Darling; and then ho changed the subject, On his way back to the bank after lunch, Mathers asked himself wjiy Dar ling should leave hu present situation. He liad a capital prospect tlieio his brother-in-law being tho secretary; and there was no disagreement between liim and his influential relative. Could it bo that Darling had had a hint from his brother-in-law that the Chemical com pany was getting into shallow water,, and that it behooved hiin to be looking out for. i another situation? It seemed more than likely; and young Mathers determined to act at once. He slipped into the bank narlor tliat afternoon, hoping to find the junior partner. Mr. Parr, a good natural sort of man, who was not likely to snub him for volunteering information. To his disappointment, he found only Mr. Hodgson, a sour tempered old man, who was struggling into Km overcoat, prepara tory to leaving theofiico for tho day. Wen, growlud tiio banker, ''what do you want?" ; lommy was on tho point of saying that ho had come to speak to Mr. l'arr,.but in a moment he changed his mind. I , '"I IwirJ something to-day ah;" he re plied, ''that made m think that the ' Mudford company ere not in a very good wav." .''Well, what of that? what's that me?" " "Nothing, sir; only I thought ther was no lini'in in letting vo:i know 'Anything of that kind you i:au say to Mr. Parkinson," answered the old gen tleman, as ho seized his umbrella and waddled down tho passage. Tommy fet snubbed, but he did not mind that much. He had dono what he wanted, brought himself under tho iter sanal notice of one of the partners. If he had given tho hint to Parkinson, tho head ca3luer, Parkinson, not he, would have had all the credit for it. He rotired to Ilia plajtA-antnnn; thAthnp-ghirlw , lijitlfi sore at the rebuff, yet not entirely dissat- isliecl. - On liia way home Mr. Hodgson remem bered that tho bank held some shares of the Mudford Chemical company as se curity for the balance of tho account of one of their customers who was deemed rather shaky. Next morning accord' mgjy no called Tommy into Ins room nnd questioned him as to the nature of his information. "Perhaps you will excuse my entering into that, sir, said tommy, with the ut most coolness. . Mr. Ilixlgson dismissed Mathers to bin work with a dissatisfied grunt and a wave of his hand, and immediately set to work to have the shares of tho Mud ford company exchanged for other se curities. ' Tommy, who managed to know most of what happened at the bunk, noted tho fact and rejoiced. WivJiui nix weeks the shareholders of the Bludfard Chemical company met and resolved to go into liquidation, and, though Mr." Hodgson did not think it worth wlulo to thank tho junior clerk for tho information be bad given. Tommy was satisfied. He knew tliat people do not forget things which save - tlieir pockets. It happened tliat, some months after the incident of tho. Mudford Chemical company, Messrs. Hodgson had import ant business to transact in Turin, and it was thought advisable tliat tho senior partner should proceed to that city to look alter It. Thcro was some idea, if tlio prospect seemed favorable, of start ing a branch house there. T1k question then arose, which of the clerks should accompany tlie head of the firm as his sccrctarv; and Mr. Hodgson, mindful of the service winch Mathers had rendered him, consulted the head cashier on the propriety of the selection. Parkinson, it liappcned, had a favorito of his own, and Tommy would hare lost his opportunity if be had not remembered tliat at one time, when he was bent on aaruiring foreign tongues, ho had spent his even ings for a few monlhs over an Italian gmmaiar. Ho contrived to Ii (lus fnct be known, and in due time Mr. Parr in formed his senior partner that "it seemed that voting Mathers knew sornJfing of the language. ' Tin dcodod the point. Tommy re ceived his orders, and in three days more found himself on board the Dover and Calais packet, in charge of a large dis patch box and Mr. Hodgson's bulky portmanteaus. The journey was by no means a comfortable one, for the young man found that he was expected to travel second class, and generally act as courier to his employer. - When at last Turin was reached, things were no better. Mathers found tliat his Italian went but a very little, way; and. besides, lie had to. do the work of three clerks. Sometimes he was tempted to regret tliat ho bad left his Comfortable rooms . in Torrington square, JJloomsbtiry; but m Jus calmer momenta he reflected that at least he was occupying a different-position from that or tli root of his fellow clerks. i he chief man in Turin, so far as Hodgson, Dunford & Parr were'eon cerned, was- a cortain Count Marsoni, The count's nobility did not prevent his being tho principle mcmlicr of a largo firm of merchants and shipowners. To cultivate this man was, indeed, tho chief reason of Mr. -Hodgson's '"journey to Turin; and, as the old banker knew very wcH how to lay aside his crusty 'and pompous manner when it suited his book to do so, ho soon came to be a not tinfre- quent guest at tho Villa Marsoni. . Mr. Hodgson began- to see that there was a very fair opening for an English bank at Turin, and he was still engaged in pushing his way here qncl there, when ho received news that his wifo was se riously ill. This made liim hurry off to England, leaving Mathers behind him to complete a traniaction which he had nl ready practically arranzed. Delighted at being left to' represent tho firm, for ever so short, a time, and ever so formal a matter, Mathews was pacin; otio day down the principal street of the city with a look of considerable import ance on Ins lace when ho mot Count Mar soni. Tho count stopped and asked after the old banker, when Tommy proudly informed him that ho had returned to England, leaving him in charge of the oliairs of tho mm Ah. indeed! Well, thero's a little matter I wanted to speak of to him. V "1 shall be happy to serve you, count, said tommy in his very best Italian. "Well, -suppose yon dine with us to night, and wo can talk it over after din ner," returned the Count, who thought he ought to show a httlo attention to the lonely Englishman. Of course the invitation was accepted, and Tommy had no sooner entered the drawing room at the Villa Marsoni than bo lost his heart at once, irrevocably and forever. Maria Marsoni was, indeed, beautiful and vivacious enough to have turned tho head of a wiser and colder blooded man than - Tommy Mathers; and so ready was ho to amuse her by ine efforts to speak a language that he par tially know tliat ho won '.more favor in the maiden s eyes than many a more brilliant talker wotdd havo dono. Such an impression, indeed, did tho signorina's bright eyes make upon Tommy's suacop . tible heart that he was barely able to give duo attention to the count, when, alter dinner, ho began to talk of bills, discount, mortgages tuid debentures. Timo went on; Mr. Hodgson did not return to Turin, and Mr. Mathers paid several visits to the count s residence, cotriing away more in love every timo Meanwhile, by dint of going about con tmually among the citizens, tho youn; man was nhlo to send homo so good a list of prospective customer that the partner determined to establish a branch olhcu at Turin, and oiler young Mathers a subor dinate post in it. Nothing definite, however, had been fixed, when ono day. Tommy finding Maria Marsoni mono when ho called at the villa, lost his head completely, and was making love as well as his imperfect knowledge tf Italian permitted, when the count, suddenly coming in, caught him m the act of kissing his daughter s hand. . Mam fled like n hare disturbed on her form, nnd the count advanced with a heavy frown on his aristocratic brow. ' More as n matter of form than any thing else, for he knew biscaso was hope less, Blathers formally asked the hand of tho Girrnorina. in marriage, kiying the blame of liis irregular declaration on the 'sliiiifjli or Tito pussluu and Ills ynoTUIle'o of Italian etiquette, - The count heard him to the end, and then sun-eyed him from head to foot with a look of contempt. "It is a piece of gross presumption in you a Kiero clerk, a nobody to address my daughter," said tho count nt last in Enslish, with his dun hi tho air. "Of course," said Tommy bitterly, stung by the count s look, "if 1 were a partner in Hodgson's, though, you would give mo a uuierent answer." "If you .were a partner In Messrs, Hodgson, Dunford & Parr's," said the count, with an uttered expression, ,(t!uit would mako a differenco of course; but as I do not understand tliat you havo any proejK'ct of entering that firm, I don't see how tliat nlTccts you." Tommy sighed, and riiado his escape as soon as possible. He knew that he might as well ask for the lord chancellorship as ask for a partncrsliip in the bank. . For two days he remained in a state cf collapso and then lie received advices from London informing him of tho de cision to winch the firm had coino with respect to the new branch. A few months before Mathers would liavo been transported with delight at the proposal which tho firm mode to him; but now he considered that he was getting barely his due, and, besides, bo was so cut up with restiect to the beautiful Maria that mere commercial matters did not possess their usual interest for him. - Suddenly, as be sat with tho 'open tet ter bearing the well known signature be fore him, Tommy conceived an idea. VV ltbout a moment s delay he called ; for his bill at the hotel, sent a waiter for a cab and took the first train northward. He arrivcif at Victoria early in the morn ing, went to a hotel, trashed and dressed himself, and, purposely diuaying until tlie partners should have reached the office in St. Swkhin's lane, he presented himself before his employers as they were engaged in discussing tho morning's let ters. -... 'Hello sir," cried Mr. HodiSson. as lie caught sight of the young man. "V.'hat are yon doing here? Anyuung wrong?" Nothing is wrong that I know of. sir," said tlie young man, coolly. . - Then why ore yon here without leave?" asked the junior partner. "Didn't you get our letter ii if earning you of our new arrangemenbj'" . - ; ."I did, air. Parr. It ks in conse- qnence of thai letter' tliat I aa vere." This was said with conskkraLle gravity. and Tommy helped himself to a chair at hcapoko. "I am afraid, sir," he contin ued, "that I cannot acccj the situation you were good enough to offer me at Turin." "Don t, then!- Inrst out old Mr. Hodgson, la great wrath at tbi tone which, the younjfr matt was assuming, "We'll find fifty clerks ready to jump at it ii vo Hundred, tor that matter. "You forget sir," : said Tommy, re spectfully but firmly, '.'that I liavo been at , Turin for somo time. I know' the business thcro, and what I came here to propose was. tliat I should luive a small sharo in tho firui"j Mr. Parr stared and ejaculated, "What, sir?" Mr. Dunford laughed aloud and then swore.- Mr. Hodgson choked and gasped" for breath. - If a shell had burst in tho room it could not liave occasioned more sur prise than Tommy's modest request. If the sweeper nt tho noxt crossing lind de manded to be allowed to help ltiuisclf from the drawers under tho counter, it woidd not have, seemed so absurd as this demand of the junior clork's. - "Of course, having no capital, I expect only a vfcry small share in tho business," continued Tommy; "but you will see that as Count Marsoni's son-in-law"--"Whatl What? What do you say?" echoed tho partners in various inflect ions. "As Count Marsoni s Bon-in-kiw 1 should lie ablo toinflueneo a large amount of business, and it would 1x3 more fitting if my name appeared in the name of the bmnclffirm." "Do you mearr to say that yoti.aro going to marry that young lady, Count Marsoni's daughter?" said Mr.' Hodgson, . with wonder, incredulity, and a tmgo of new bom respect for his clerk mingling in his countenance. , "It is as gcoJ niT 'settled, sir," said Torrjmy modestly. "Of course this is a private mattor, but it is ono that would naturally be taken into account. Una was quite evident, and Tommy, having made his shot, rose, bowed and withdrew. Before half an hour had passed tho firm had taken their resolution. Tho.sliuro which Tommy was riven represented little more than a somewhat liberal salary, But .ho was included as a partner in 'the branch firm of Hodgson, Dunford, Ma thers & Co., of Turin. An soon as tho partnership deed was drawn up and exe cuted, Tommy returned to Italy, and had another interview with tho count, who, inirfgining that ho had misconceived the young man's true position all Talong, was politeness itself. Tho young partner in the wealthy house of 'English bunkers was ono who might, without nny impro priety, lw presented to society as lus daughter's" husband. Vitiiin .throe months tlie marriage was celobrated. Tommy had dono tho trick. Whitehall Review. THE KING'S DAUGHTERS. IVtmen Who OrRahlze, In Hands of Ten, for Doing Good Work. ;, Tho New York World calls attention to the fact that there is in the American metropolis a. society of women known as tho King's Daughters, which, despite its royal tivlo, is re very democratic orgamza- Baianee Anions' Phyalcai Functions. Dr. H. C. Wood of Philadelphia man tains tliat, to make it possible to live to a good old age, the several vitaLorgans must bo approximately equal in strength. The man Of ordinary physique, who pos sesses wis fortunate balance of power, will, in all probability, outlive an athlete whose development has been unequal., TWO LOVES. tion. It was begun by ten women who Excessive srrenrrth in one nnrt i. in fact. lclt on impulse to do some organized re- R source of danger. An over-doveloped 'r How Victoria TVna Kumcd. . Considering the "Btrainod relations" with Russia which linvo marked tho whole courso of tho queen's reigu it la re markable that her first name, Alexan drine, should havo been coiiferrod upon ner in honor of the tlien reigning czar, of whom the Duke of Kent was an ad mirer, and who was onr faithful and close ally. It was in tlie Ciuitlereagh period of our foreign policy. George IV was to have contributed another nanio, Georgiana. But C-sorgiuna Alexandrina would liavo deprived liio emperor of the place of precedence, and "Alexandrina Georgiana" would have derogated' from the claims of the name bomo by tho ac tual king of England and all l:is Hano verian piedc-cossoiu Tho liamo of tho queen's mother was therefore sulistituted for tliat of her uncle. In tho commence ment of tho cUri-itemng of the now bora princes t;ho was c:illed Alexandrina Vio- toiro. but tho second name wus s'leodily Anglicized or Latinized into Victorwe A little teforo William IV s death there was some flutter among official people as to tho designation untllr which tho queen expectant should be proclaimed and should remain, and Lord Campliell, then Kir John Campbell and attorney gen eral, represents himself as having deckled ilUS liUlltW, 111 PdfijUilcTlda - WlUiCiiaiiei Groviilo and Lord Lyndhupst as represent-, ing tho opposition, in favor of tho lnptis mal names for the proclamation, leaving it to tho queen to choose afterward the naine under which she should reign. Among otlier. absurd suggestions there was ono tliat sho should bo styled Ellzalttth II. Tho assumption apparently was that her majesty was always to remain a maiden queen, with iierhuits Lord Mellxiurno for her Leicester, Lord John Russell for her Essex, and Sir John Campbell for her Kir Francis Bacon! Tlio fates happily have otherwise determined. Uut it curious to tiunk tlir.t but for chanco or caprico or good eenzo wo might now be preparing for tho jubilee, not of Queen Victoria, but of Qucxn Alexandrina or Queen Georgiana I put Queen Elizabeth 11 out of tho question. London World. ligioua work and objected to the tram' meb of a big, unwioldly society. So tbc&o ten met at the house of ono of their number loss than a year ago, elected a president, adopted a motto, a watchword and a badge, consisting of a tiny Maltese cross suspended to a bit of royal purple .ribbon..'" O . Tho society has grown very large not added to tho original group, but organ ised iu other branches of ten each and tho strange sight is seen sometimes of a 'woman nt the counter of a shop, seeing tbo purple ribbon on tho breast of tho woman who serves her, extending her hand cordially and saying, "I also am a daughter of tho king." Tho original ten liavo formed tho nucleus of a general society, and are known no tho Central Ten. To them perplexing matters are referred, but tho organization is very clastic, and each littlo group carries on its own self chosen work in its own way. . Ono of the tens decided to visit the sick cliildrcn in the hospitals, and chooe that as their work. A number of them, various tens taking turn, viiit the hospitals and regularly assist in tho insti tution, also bringing dolls, picture books and toys for the httlo ones. Ono ten has undertaken to teach a class of poor work- ing girls to sew and cook. Tenseciety girls with trained voices call themselves a Musical Ten, and sing in hospitals and at charitable concerts. One branch calls itself tho Shut-in Ten, consisting of invalids who have been con fined to tho house for yeara; another ten devote themselves to these invalids and endeavor to bring light and joy into their lives, corresponding with them, visiting them, rootling to them and teaching them all sorts of fancy work to' beguile thoir tedious lives. Some branches devote themselves to.homo and foreign inissions, and: there have been tons formed in boarding schools for their coif improve ment. Girls nrominent in society havo joined themselves to the King's Daugh ters, finding nn outlet for their surplus energies and room for ' whatever their special taste dictates Detroit Free Press. muscular system invites dissolution, be cause it is a constant strain upon the less powerful organs, and finally wears them out. Death, in the majority of cases, is the result of local weakness. It often happens that a vital organ lias been en dowed with an original longevity less than that ot the rest of the organism, and its failure to act brings death to other portions of the system, which in them selves possessed tlie capabilities of long life. . The fact of having succeeded in life, with , the satisfaction and comfort it brings, contributes to tlio prolongation of existence, while failure, with its resultant regrets, tends to shorten it. In old ago,' tlio organs possess less elasticity to meet and overcome such strains as can be in vited with impunity in youth. Hence the old should be spared the strains. It is al so desirable that, as their years advance, they should make tlieir personal liabits tho subject of careful study, and, with the help of some wise counselor, regulate their daily life in accordance with the changed conditions of their animal economy. This is particularly tho case with reference to diot. Exchange, The woman he loved j while he dreamed of beiS . Oanced on till the stars grew dim: Bui alone with her heart, from the world apart,- Sat tap woman, who loved him. i i, Tho woman he worshiped only smiled ' : " ' When he poured but his passionate lovev Whllo the other somewhere kissed her treasure ,.,:.' most rare ; . ... . . . A book bo had touched with his glove. I Tbo woman lie loved betrayed his trust, , An Jlie wore the scars thro' life: , - - And lie cniod not, nor knew, that tfie othor waj true, .. - But uo mou oeilod her wlfc. .. --. X w l ' The woman be loVed trod festal balls -, j While timv aanar his funeral hvmnf . , But the and bells tolled ere the. year was1 old O'er the woman who loved him. EUa Wheeler Wlleaf . A MODERN GYPSY CAMP. A West African Telegraph. Amid tho throng of canoes that come crowding around tui as uaual appear three or four big aristocratic boats manned by twenty or thirty natives apfoce, and roofed in amidsiiiiis with tho awning of In-own matting which proclaims thein to bo the property of a chief. One ot , tliese black magnates a rather good looking young fellow, with features almost as regular as those or a luroriean-eomes on board, and is prescntel to us by tho somcwliat original tilieof "David Iliie-Cotmtrj'." As tne boats circle to ami fro there arises from them a weird, monotonous music like tho dietent beating ot a drum. This Is produced by a kind of rude liar moniuin 'formed of thin slat of wood nailed upon a rough framework,' and played with two short sticks. This curious contrivance it a telegraph as well as a musical instrument, every note being a signal nnintciligible to outsiders. In this way two native can liold a conversa tion at a consideraMo diance, and a negro trader aboard one of the floating "hulks" caq signal to his agents On shore, The huge wooden drums of the Dual las, on the Caineroons river, are I scd in similar war. Bonny (West Africa) Cor. New York Tune. Hl Exeelleat Win. Champoireau woa dining a few friends. When dewcTt woe placed on tlie table aD his guests joined in complimenting hiin on tlie excellenco of his wine. "And yet," cried Mrae. Champoireau, intent on maintaining the family reputation- for blundering, "do yon know we have ly, no means given you the best we have?" From tlie French. Queen Victoria dessert service of ckl Sevres tlie finest in tho world it val ued at (230,000. A Paris Tenement Ilouae. - There is an" iimnenso number of rooms in tho building, and tho hordo of con stantly changing tenants is never so great as to occupy much more than half of them. Then rent Is placed so high that tho poor people cannot afford to toko advantage of the numerous compart, ments. But tho whole population is like a colony of brothers. If a tenant falls sick his room is at once invaded by all his neighbors without exception, as many as can get hi, who bring tlio support of their slender resources, who prescribe for his ailments, who divide their soup with him, and iu every way possible show themselves true friends. Among them is ono who if a permanent tenant. Uo is a young actorfilicted with cancer. For two yours he has lain on his bed in this building, his sole income being' an an nuity from an , actors' relief i fund, amounting to ten francs a month. . In tho winter thcro hns usually been t'u'co francs added for tho'.purchase of Itiel, but the Jund la low this winter, owing to numerous cases demanding re lief, and ho gels no more than his regu lar ten francs. Ho is visited every day by his fcUott tenanbi, who sliare with him tobacco, soup, wood and oven money. Ho composes fjongs, dtuigns nnd writes, and at this time is devoting his ttnlioii to fjiijanlug a lituiiiuilUll lull volume, in which he will demand that all the cannons In the world bo melted and cast into shovels, and that tho gov ernments shall u.'W tlio money uselessly spent for wars to buy provisions for the needy. Mow and ti:en a tenant does not cpjienr. After several days some ono inquires: " V here is such a one? ' "At tho morgue." Tho women mako tho ii;mof tho cross. Tho men look at cwh other furlivc-ly, as if to say: - "Who known wIiom turn it will be next?" Parti Letter. A Itoad of Glass. By and by wb reached the obsidian cliffs a bluff from 100 to 250 feet in height and 1,000 feet in length. As it was necessary to build a carriageway under this cliff, and indeed I may say across it, Col. Norris accomplished it by building huge fires upon the larger masses and then dashing cold water upon the heated surface, which being suddenly cooled were shattered into fragments that were easily moved, and thus the roadbed is composed of broken obsidian, or volcamo glass; but one would never imagine tliat he was driving over a glass highway unless he chanced to got a httlo beneath the surface and discovered a bit of obsidian tliat resembles the bottom of a bottle, as I did. Tho glass oozes from the rocks like gum from a tree. It is al most block, quite opaque, and the edges of it when chipped oil at a proper angle are as sharp as razors. Of it the Indians fasliioned arrowheads, Weapons and tools. The supply seems inexhaustible, for it is found in many parts of the Na tional park, and theso cIuTs alone as a mine, or fountain, shall I say, of glass are probably unequaled In tlie world. Yellowstone Park Car. Ban Francisco Chronicle, - President Arthur's First Proclamation, - "I will tell you a curious tory about President Arthur. " said a gentleman who had long been intimate with him in con versation with a New York Sun reporter, "that illustrates his extraordinary cau tion. Alter Uarueld was shot, you - know, there was no one to act as vice- president, as the senate had adjourned without electro ir a president nro tern When Garilold finally died and Arthur was sworn in by Judgo Brodloy at mid night tho first thing he did was to pre pare a proclamation calling the senate to gether at once, and that same night, bo- fore ho went to bed, he signed and sealed it and sent it by mail, addressed to bun- self at Wnsliington. That was to pro vido for any emergency that might hap pen.' If ho had been assassinated, which would not have been strange, or had been killed by accident on his way to wash ington, tlie clerks at the White House would have opened tho mad and woidd BaVS found In proper form a document tliat would liavo prevented confusion, for in the event of Arthur's death there would liuvo beer no ono with authority to summon congress. ' ' Chicago Herald. Hjdtophdbt fa unknown ia Lapland. Author of tho I-opil Tender Art. The man who framed tlio original legal tender act Is still living, a rrcider.t of Buffalo,. N. Y. His nnme is L G. jmulding, aryt his no fa iipwr.rds of 60 yearn. Ho had errvcu sever:. I terms In tho New York legislature, nnd tho break ing out of the war found liim a landing member of the lower hou,e in congress and a member of the committco on banking and currency. His prominence caused him to be frequently consulted by Secretary Chase, who aiikol bin perixmal assistance in devising a liridge over the financial crfcis of tliat period. Being laminar witn ino nw YorfeTtnto bant ing law, and believing it the lt that could bo framed, as lie had lilin.fclf helped to frame it when in Albany, Mr. rijoulding set almut tlio preparation of tho bill which afterwards became famous -a tlx? bgid tender act Secretary Cliaso and Mr. IJncoln made a few clumgr in it, and Mr. Upouldbg introduced it into UiellOUM!. Tlio original bin is in tho powiewion of ita autlxir, who pria It highly boih as a family relic and as nn I Jstork-al duett metit. It cavern, wilh id crasurtw and ignaturrs, alxxit a down uiivn of lenal cap; fastened kigcther by two lrri;;!t rod riUiKv Mr. Bpaulding is a lawyer lry nrofmskm, but be lias for many years been in tlio banking business as president of the Farmer and Mechanics' National bank of IkuTalo. He la an ardent Pre-bj-terian, was formrrly a aortal WrW in the Queen City, and is wortli 10.OCO,C00. His health is not rood this winter, and be rarely leave hi spsx-foos Delaware venae m.imioo. Phikktelj hia Time, Taw Wm( tort. Boyr called man with a cloCbea wringrr under his arm, aa be kxCed over the gate, "will tliat dog bite?" lea, ne'il co for some folks lika mote," I rueaa be won't bite me. for I'm a cofler." Soy, don't yon ilarr come In rvre. If Vnc, wrm -i 1 Mll 1 .4 1 . hf'a Itvn taught to tlrm-n nrrikvlor ca j aU"r-Ilctro.t I rsi I'roux ' , Wheo Orant Cloaad tho Galea. Tlie recent action of tlie president In having the galea of tho 'White House grounds closed until after 0 o'clock in the morning lias caused much comment. Upon one otlier occasion. In the summer of 1800 or 1870, during Gen. Grant's ad ministration, the gate were not only closed in tho mornjng, but kept closed for tlirce consecutive days. The reason for this was to give a safe pasturage to a licet little Arabian pony, which had been sent as a gift to tho president or some member of lus family. While the little animal nibbled away at the grass or amused himself, pony fashion, racing about the grounds through the fine sum mer days, the irublic, who hod been do- barred tlie privilege of entering the grounds, nursed its wrath and signed for an abatement of the nuisance. For three days tho pony held absolute sway in tlie grounds, and then, a last upon the fourth his frolicsome spirit dr parted to tne nappy Minting grounds, lie having been lOysteriouHly poisoned, by whom has never yet transpired. Chicago Herald. t A Saw Withont Teats. One of the meet ingenious mechanical devices recently introduced is a saw with out, teeth, which will cut a steel rail in two minutes. The saw in question is run try an eighty horsepower engine more power than is required to run all the other machinery in the shops is thirty- eight inches) in diameter, and Uiree- eighths of an inch thick at the edge. The dink la mode of Bessemer steel, and runs at a very high rate of speed. While in operation a band of fire encircles the saw, tlie many sparks flying from the revolving di&k resembUn a display of pyrotechnics. To beep tlie saw cool and prevent H from cracking, a tank of water I l I I . I i r i i ja 1'iucci bwvo UK) imuam, l rean wiuco a small stream runs down and drops on tlie saw while in motion. New York Sun. Edgar JU Wakemaa With an Aneiont Itace Camp by tho KoadaldK ' - Any one would bo interested in noting how rapidly the members of a Gypsy bond adjust themselves to their surround ings when a . camping' place had been reached., Almost within an hour. -the place will have all the appearanco of settled abiding. In every direction you will see in light and sliadow the covered : wagons sheltered bythd , overbancicrf foliage of great forest trees, some of the meanest, poorest type, others rich in trappings and decorations. Near to each and scattered about the gross, or carefully stretched over Improvised .racks formed by saplings bent and their tops fastened by bark throngs to clumps of brush or stout wooden pegs driven ' into thd ground,, or still hung upon tlie smooth, outstretching limbs of trees, are saddles, blankets, parts of harness, or various por- ; tions of the outfit of tlie road. Here and there are light buggies, with which trad- ; ing is dono at the distant town, or in which slirewd dukkerers (fortune tellors) seek the credulous occupants of outlying farms. Between all these, or tethered , where : most convenient, are horses and mules in largo numbers and of oil grades, though really excellent animals predominate, ' munching their corn or nibbling at their hay, cornstalks or freshly cut oats or grass, and whinnying and snorting in their needs and freaks as strapping lads leisurely care for them., Within tlie open spaces around which the wagons aro standing invariably with the open fronts facing these spaces and tlie closely cov ered rear ends toward tlio forect or road are scattered the tents, like great brown woolen hoods, tlieir mouths open ing upon cheery fires, ; at tho sido of which will always be found the black iron kettle sticks, from which are hang ing, at nearly all hours, of the . day or , night, tlio sizzling pots or singing kettles. you will nearly always find tins camp near tho highway, though almost as fre quently entirely hid from it, like a nest; and, to my mind, the Gypsy camp always . recalls how, when I was "a brown foetid, tunicked country boy," with others Of my ilk, we hunted the nests of tlie meadow lark, and passed and- repassed . them, at times stepping squarely over thom without our prying eyes discovering the tiny homes we were robbing, unless mayhap the brown and mottled littlo mother, wild in fear, with a whirr and flutter rose startlingly almost beneath out very foot. Then tbero is the stream, : large or small, never more than a few , rods distant. ' Below tlie camp--tliat is. down tho stream from it is the horse . path, where Gypsy lads lead tlie animals to water, and from wliieh, if the stream bo largo enough, you will sod thorn daily swimming the horses end mules few cleanlinees of person rnd animals hi a Etrt. of Gypsy religion with much : ughter and jollity, as I liavo seen the gay nadadoro diuport with Havana horse in tho sea, off the Calle Anche del Norte, AboVC ma eaiflp a tew feds is tlio bdlii , wbero the lads and bases bring th drinking and cooking wr.ter. Mid war between tliero will be found a spot widen ' slopes to tlie stream. Hero aro cand &ud pebbles gleaming in tlie sun, or may bo a fiat rock wilh freckled face and sides, shelving over or into the water. It is hero tlie women coma and duck their -cliauvica, as mother geese will school their goslings, or whero they wash their clothing much after the faihion of Ger man housewives down In old Havana. and upon tlie alders near will flutter gowns that have a witching look as if par taking of their wearers' race heredity, while tlie red and yellow cotton stuffs in ' undergarments, handkerchiefs, scarfs and turbans flaunt airily, suggestive of old 8 pain and tlio savage colors of the Mos lems that left barbarous' tokens thread big down tlie centuries to tho Castile of our own day. From divers ropes or bark thongs, slung from clumps of wB-. lows or f.-uK'nad to wooden pegs driven into tlie bank, may be traced cloicly covered. well oiled tin pails or jugs of eartlicn ware, resting in the cooling water, which hold variom cooked or uncooked articles -of food. Over hero, just at the edge of tlio camp, you will see where tlio chau vies have disengaged a rugged old vine from a century-old tree and have trans- formed it into a swing, or, in the ab sence of tliat, have spliced, as cleverly as could sailors, bits of ropes into ono fcr tlie child-liccrt is the same the earth round and there are great laughter and hajtriiness here. Edgar L. Wakeman la Chicago Now. . Kow PbtIbs Block. A new style of paving block, for which aro claimed some special advantages, is composed of a hollow iron shell filled with any desired concrete, the shells be ing arched ondcrneath, and for street paving are tome four inches wide and from ten to twelve long. ' A Costly MaehJiM. Tlie WatemUe, Me., Mail describes a machine invented by Professor Bogrers, of Colby, which inxcrlbes upon a polished surface from 80,000 to 50,000 parallel lines in each square inch, and which is of much uso in the conduct of his astronomi cal labors. It was not perfected withont an outlay of several thousand dollars. A single screw, which ia twenty inches in length, and employed directly in the in scription of tlie lines above mentioned, after several attempts at construction, was finally produced, only after an ex penditure of $3,003. The very limited use. the editor adds, to which tho m- cbino can be put renders the pr orcrocnt of a patent wholly anneoossary. --Scien tific American. A CaaiMaatlaa CaaU A London tailor has invented A dress coat and waietcoct combined, by which menu tho ccct is kept ia ik.ee much better Oun when ccparate. Prlnrna Boatrleo's Baby. The Princess Beatrice's babv is rocked In a cradle of pobJicd oak, boniit by the qncon in tbo artisan's erection of ths Edinburgh exhibition. Spots of grease may be eiTectnallr re moved from the meet dclicmle f.J.ri-- ty the application of dry buckwheat t. c.