Vol, .xiii.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 21 , 1887.
NO. 25;
ADVET1SEMENTS.
Headache, i
T-aln In the Side and Back, and Con
, atipatlon, indicate that the' digestive and
excretory organs are in a disordered
. condition, nd that a laxative fa needed.
For thin purpose, Ayer's Cathartic Pilla
are the best medicine that can be used.
Ayer's Pills are or never failing rem
edy for Headaches caused by a Dis
ordered Stomach. I suffered for years
. from this infirmity, and never found any-
- thins to (rive me more than temporary
relief, until I began taking Ayer's Pills.
This medicine always acts promptly and
thoroughly, an occasional dose being all
- ' that' is required to keep me in per-
feet health. Mrs. Harriet A. Marble,
Poughkeepaio.'N: 3f. - . . ,
I have found entire relief from Oonsti-
. hation, Stomach troubles, and Nervous -Headache,
by taking Ayer's Cathartic
- Pills. I suffered a long time from these
'-complaints, was under medical treat
ment, without obtaining relief, and a
part of the time was 'unable to work.
- A friend, who had been similarly afflict
ed, urged me to take Ayer's Pills. I
commenced using- this remedy, and, ';
- by the time I had taken four boxes, was
curea. 1: j. uoDson, xopoua, nans,
Soli
Ayer's Piljs,
spared by Dr. J. C. Ayor & Co., Ix)wlt, Mem.
Id ay all J)tugglsta sad Dealers in Medicine.
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. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Greensboro, N. C.
Will be at Graham :ou Monday of each week
to ttreiid to professional basiucBS. Sep ft) J
P. H. WhiTakeb, Jr. sC. E. McLean,
; WHITAKEB & McLEAU,
. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, " ;
GRAHAM, N. C t
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Collections made in all parts of tlis Stale.
Rehires prompt. One of the firm can always
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lie in Burlington evry YVcducsdar ta attend
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Practices in the State and Federal Our
rl'.l faithfully and promptly attend, to all bus
sens intrusted to him :. ... '
EI
-C Not only tliortens tho time of labor
, and lessen the piu, but it greatly
. dim nUhes the danger W life of l-tu -.
mother and child, nnd leaves', the -.,
mother in a condition m re favorable
to speedy recovery, aud- lees llal lij to - f
flooding ronynleigns and oth.tr ...
Hiarming symptoms. Its efUeacy in .
th'.s rcupect entities It to be called the.
. Mother s Frit nd, and toiuuk as one .
of the life saving. remdies of the '
? . ninebicnth century., '. V
Wu cannot pulJiih certificate' eon-
corning thin remedy witnout wound
ing the delicacy of the write 2 . . Yet .;
we have hundreds on file. -Send
for our hook "To Mothers" mailed free
- : . Bkautield Kbqulator Co
- . s- , . Atlanta", Ga.
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THE ACADIAN3 OF LOUISIANA.
A reople Who Have Tteen Little Changed
' : "' by Time A Simple life".
Back from that great highway, the
Mississippi, there ax6 innumerable smaller
streams, called bayous in this section,
which fertilize on immense expanse of
prnino in western Louisiana. It 13 an
idyllic region; thcru are myriads of
tropical flowers spangling the beautiful
plains, of Opelousaa and Altakapas, whoso
long grasses sway" and chmige color with
every pa.ss.ng. breeze; the bayous and
little lakes gleam hkd silver in the sun.
shine, their islands marked with huge
live oaks and venerable cypress trees
fantastically garlanded with . SiKmisb
moss. "Multitudes of brilliant birds add
to the. beauty of the scene; tho quiet
frnr?"1 ft'v often, stirred by the swift
canoe of tho sportsman iu bearcli ot "tho
wiltl-fowl Avith ivhich-Uu3 section
aliindsTltri3"ar"land' beloved of artist
and poet; it 13 the country of Longfel
low s. "Evangeline, .
- Alone the numerous water courses
where steamboats aro never seen, where
Kulroails Rro unknown, the exiled Aca-
dians aro found in all their primitive
rnnplicity, retaining almost unchanged
tho Janguagc, manners, customs ana
superstitions of tho French peasants of
nearly two centimes ago. These pecu
liar people were originally colonists from
Iormnnd who settled in JNova bcotia,
but were driven thence, as every one
knows, by the persecutions of tho Eng
lish. . A modern historian say of tliem:
"The Acndiaus were the most interesting
French colonists in America, and uo plea
of necessity could justify tiHr cruelty of
tearing them, away from their homes
and consigning them to wretchedness
and poverty."
Not for long, however, were they
doomed to wretchedness and poverty,, for
in 1753 these exiles found their way to"
Louisiana, where they made a fortunate
escliango in tho sunny chine and fertile
plains they peopled f or the bleak land
they had left behind them. A souvenir
of their former home, the province of
Acadio, has clung to them m their name,
although they, do not call themselves
Acadians. but'"Creoles Franccia.''
The Americans, and even the Creoles,
have corrupted tho namo Acadian 'into
" Cajun, which term tJieso people re
sent strongly, yet as " Cajuns they aro
known ulLover the stato. Iliey ore, in
fact, Creoles, being the descendants of
French liarenf s, born in a French colony,
but they are an entirely distiuct people
from all oilier populations of C.'Ulic
descent in, Louisiana.
Tliey still retain marked characteristics
of their Norman origin, as uhliko the
French peoploof moro southern provinces
83 if they were indeed of separate race.
Thoso Acadians who were of an upper
class have long ; been amalgamated
tlu-ough interinan-iage or . association
with other Ci-ecles of tho state; but the
grcnt body of these people liavo kept to
themselves, and are now, as wo Raid be
fore, as primitive ip their ideas and cus
toms as when tliey first set foot in tho
Now Vi'orlJ, although many traits of tho
Norman peasantry, which they etiil
poiaeas, have Ijeon modiiicd Ly climate
and circumstances. '
They have remained pnrcly French
and without Spanish admixture, as 13 tho
case with other Creoles. They are an
independent, hard, aUiletic race, entire
ly content with their 'own lot hi life,
being sulHcieut unto themselves and
having billa interest in tho outsi Jo t;orld.
Their tastes rro shnplo ond nearly aL
their wants aro supplied from their own
Industries. They aro chiefly an agricul
tural and stock raising population, and
-bfftE-Hiia romiirn the faBHlteaataoueltJa
from its own largo proportions 13 a iuilo
colony hi itself do not live very near
together, but aro scattered broadcast
over the. bosom x of tho - prairies. It has
been questioned' whether these people
would havo retained their peculiar char-
acteiislics for such a length of timo if
tiiey had clustered in larger communi
ties.
HER
J U LEXINGTON, KY.
bH qnlppd tehool In hStrtat amonmodftMoaa
Mrlctlr Snt-clua; heated by mm and lighted br HI
nly two jronnir lftdtee to the room; fplendld faculty of
mwprri eel toaehers. Seeeion beeai tnd Monday
ta September. For parUoulare or OatalORaee, addreaa
7. X. rjLTXXXSQX, JPrtt., Lexington, JLy,
: ' . -'... - . 1 lies..
t'tttj T n T r rr " ' 'ie Trench patois they speak, and
f)00- W 11 JVUl S -000 .which they believe to ho purest Parisian
I'rencu, u uuuue any u.ner vreoio i:;u:jis
j in Louisiana and ia wholly unmixed with
negro dialect; for tho Acadians were
never slave owners. They have over
been a prolific race; hut this circum
staiico does not, as ia other peoples, force
the young birds to leave tho pareDfe nest
when old enough to seek their own liveli
hood. On tiio contrary, tho Acadians
aro prepared to mako any sacriiico ia
order to keep their cluldren near them;
tho paternal acres aro tUvided end sub
divided intd emallrr farms, and every
child and grandchild receives a sliaro ea
fiooa 03 ho Las reached tho rga to settle
down and make a home for himself.
The young peoph) are . also encouraged
to marry early, that closer homo tie may
bind them mure ctrongiy to their native
locality. Marriage is in as high esteem
with them as it was will) their ancestors
i i tlie days of the Roman republic, and
Old ljacbclors are as freely held up to rid
fcule and contempt.
. Their liouses are all modelel after tho
timo plan, a sultantial and comfortal le,
but plain cottnge, built of cypress, with
thick plastered walls, large cr small, ac
cording to tlie necessities of its occupants,
and with a brood porch or galerki hi front.
Along tltc course of tiio Ilayou Tee lie.
'wIhto it flows through tho green Ope
lmsa," end tle Bayou Tigre, many of
flio Acadian liomes are seen, each em
bowered in a clustering grove of live oak
or Cliina trees. This portion of the stnte-
li generally rpoken of m Ixiuisiana as the
"Teclie country; and it b little twv
(,U3 to learn tlict tiio word "Teclie" is a
Creole corruption of Deutsch, fnn a Ger
man colony which once scttk-d on its
banks. New Orleans Cor. Hon Francisco
Chronicle .
xqeorporaiea oj tne ijeguiatareot
Va, aad Indoned by leading bnal
BeNmenandStateofflclala Indl-
1dnal laetnu-tlou. Teacainir by Then and Atrtmml
mtctlee what otben tehlrr iJrr.-7
contalainv fall information and teetlmoaiala rnZ
AddM i. O. DUBSHOKK, HO.raiaot, HuuM,
Peace Institute, .
Kaleigli. N. C.
. The Full Se8lon commences an the fl rt
v'ediicfdy in pepteinljtr (ftth dar). 1487 ana
. ends the first Wednuday in Jnne."i8HH.
Evrrr rinarliiiit nt 1m mMinn flllul
CXDerieiicedaiid accnmnlbiluvl tiarhfov
Hnll,li,ii Hi. 1. mA 1 u 1
equipped In the 8tate. Heat-d lir sieam,
v and btiulir Hail llhtei by eli ctrlchy.
tfpocicJ rates for iwu or mora from same
family. -'or
Clrcnlan and Catalogue,
addreu,
. RKV.Jt, BCHffELL ft fiOV.
-"uly TSdt Kati'lgh, H. V
UNIVERSITYDF N. C.
Chapel IIIU N. C.
The sevilnn Is dlrided Into two terra: the
Bret brKinoing the lut Ttiuradij: In Autul
had ending at Chriatuia. the anennd b-if o
tilng early In January and ending Drat Thurs
day in June. Tuition t'W.OO Utr each term.
For ruora rant and aert lee. S.W) per term.
Tboae anahle to-pay to it inn are sU'-errd to
f ivr their nctea, aecured if poillle. Tuition
n tiie Noraitl Ccrarae fne. The Farnltv la
"ow ur8c-ot!r aironc la rive inttrartion ia
a ide range ot Modm.
for letnw In the Law Rrhoo! apply to lion,
John Xaonlntr. l.U D. for Cat ilooe p-
viy u w. 1. raueraon, cjraar, ceapel 11 1 II,
M,C For apee al Inforroailoti ai ply to
KEMP P.JUTTLE, LL. D.
J nee JP 1m. . -
Trhat Hennnnn Raw In India.
1 MIIo'w docs the jnagio practiced ill
Kuroiio compare with that of India, pro
fessor?" . .
"European magic ia far superior. Ex
aggerated reports of .the wonderful things
dono in India reach us. The larger part
of their trfeks are performed in tho o;ier.
market places, with the help of wicker
baskets and holes in the ground. . T can
go out here iu Broadway and cut a hole
in the sidewalk, and perform tricks
which will collect such a crowd that the
cars could not pass through, and they
would not bo difficult tricks, either.
Perhaps you liave heard of the 6tory that
a certain magician in India goes out into
the market places and throws a rope into
the air. This rope goes up so high
that the upper end disappears in the
clouds. Then the magic maker -climbs
ho the rotxf iintil'lie aliji
Just about tho timo you would naturally
tTiinlr""hnwnff knnckinn-Tit-t. Peter's
gate, down comes one of hisHegfTlioi"ed up in
mate follows In a few moments, louowca
by both arms in succession. Then fol
lows the trunk, and last the head comes
eddying down from somewhere out of
the infinite. After all tho members of
tho body had reached solid ground,. they
quickly, and apparently of their own vo
lition, gather themselves together, and
the perfect rehabilitated- man is the re
sult. Then the magician, like tho rag:
jjicker, puts his basket under his arm and
silently sneaks away. I kept a bright
lookout for that fellow when I was in In
dia, but I never 'saw him. Perhaps ho
had gone up tho rope and stayed there
whilo I was in India." Interview with
Professor Hermann. '
llaaqne Method of Koiutliig Efg.
- "Thero ii reason in roasting eggs, " says
an old English proverb, of which few now
understand the meaning. - '.'I think eggs
are better roasted than boiled," said tuo
Basque landlady of a country inn to me;
"though I often boil them as being less
trouble." 'Wheroupon I at once got her
to roast me some. A smooth place is
swept, on the hearth, not too near the
fire; on thi3 the eggs aro deposited, then
gently round them is scraped a little cir
cular wall of hot embers.. The cook
busied herself about other' work, hut hi a
few minutes returned, her thumb and
middle linger touch tho extreme ends of
the eggs, a dexterous twist, and tho egg
wis spinning liko a teetotum.. That egg
was done and wash at once-put into the
folds of a clean, warm, white napkin;
another was tried, but that only wabbled
ungracefully. "Not cooked yet," was
the verdict. The embers (braise) ore
raked a little closer round it and very
soon it spins as well as tne otner ami
6haresitofato. It looks so easy and tho
eggs never seem to liavo tho least inclina
tion to move out of their ciiarmed circle
but let a stranger try, especially if he is
a foreigner and of the mascuimo persua
sion, and the usual retult is that ho is
hopping about the room blowing bis.
burnt fingers and the egg lies smashed in
tho middlo of tho floor. Tins is why
'there is reason in roasting eggs, thongi
it looks the easiest of all poauiblo opera
tions. London Queen.
EXHAUSTION OF PETROLEUM. .
W hat .ctny fle Blcn Have to ny on the
Stibjoct Vnmlituknblfi Slgna. ; ,
It can hardly bo doubted; I fearj that
tho supply both of oil and gas has now
been so largely drawn upon that within
less than n scoro of years scarcely any
will be left which can bo brought at rea
sonable cost into tho Market, The boun
daries and extent of tho oil regions have
been doterniined. All tho sapds in. which
oil will ever be- found in such quantities
as to be worth working aro known, and
have been drilled through in various
places. It is scarcely possiblo that any
new fields will, be discovered which will
be comparable either in extent or pro
ductiveness with those now known. So
far back as January, 1883, Professor
Lesley pointed out that no petroleum is
rocks, either by the process akin to dis
tillation or otherwise. What has been
the past, a process which
probably lasted for millions of - years,
mav be got out. But when theso rcscr-
American Rliort Story Writer.
American authors aro now admitted.
even iu Unrrlimd. to Jioiil tiio li)reinos,t
rank tvi writers of short stories, and, in.
deeJ, they seem to deservo tiio awnrtT
thus made. Alfred do Musset was a mas
ter in thij art, and Hamlet has proved
himself 0110 more recently. But Musaet
short stories wore almost" novelette? i
length, compared with tho short Btories
produced in lliia country; and Uaudot 1
hardly possess the? range and depth shown
M,v t.ijdj wf ruatliwwnil I In wl linran. r,
Bret llnrto. IL II. Boyesen, Mrs. V y.
man, Mrs. Burnett, Sarah Jowett, T. B.
Aldrich and a scoro of other men and wo
men who contribute to our magazines.
Wo seem to havo developed here a con
denaation and refinement Tf stylo, an at
mosplicro full of dclicato shadings and
significant outlines, which belong to the
finest art. Among English authors of
tho present day only Robert Louis Steven
son exhibits theso peculiarities in tho
samo degree, and it may fairly Ixj said
that Stevenson indulges in mannerisms in
tho use of language of which our jiativo
writers are seldom guilty. -w lork
btar Book Review.
pL'BLIC At)MIMeTaiTORS-liOTI;l.
AH peranna holding claim asafmt the
tale of Polly JSutley. dsreaaed, will prvSent
them duly autliealtraled. uei or before tka
lAUdayof Jaa, ISi. or Uii notice .,U fx
pleaded U bar of il.cir reeorery.
J. L. Scott. J a.. Fob. Ada r.
Janet 4 Tf. Ata aa Adaa'a rl Pilv Iw au .
A riIIXl3TEAT0Ii-8 NOTICE.
aUe - .
Xlt pererma VSd'r- lalnw aalnatUta
Uleof laeam T. Wefberaoei, will emt
themdulj antbeoliratal to the andersirrM t
on or before the l-t dr of Joy. tfvi, or lk
arcjvc etui be pVaded k, tnr of ibr rreore
rr. i). 1J, TIIUMI'.ViS. Ad to r
J jo 11 !?7. of Ithaoj T, M, Fbrraa.
rrtr Ceopora Moajejaaeat.'
Talking aljout rnnairmcnta, tho one to
Pt-ti t Cr-;T m.-ab Hie fact tliat the in
Hitule lias been entirely rtbnilt from roof
to f jen ia'jon, except tin Jk !!, by re
iKiUilinir parts at a time to urcst-rva tbo
ski-k-tiai of tiio former structure in the
air v.bi!e new flffh and Uontl were being
ejected. Tlie f.irt is thon&ht toTliaT
been a rroinrkaUc one. It mrt )M,000,
and with (iOO.000 more adWU to the en
dirxnKnt fund, niTeaenta tlicunhrndlcd
Mrality t.f tlic t'onjaT family Edward
C'ojt end Sarah Coraper llewilti " the.
wifu iT t'.te mavtr. Brooklyn Eagl.
"Dy ilot perk at JTnnt Venvuj is- to
h n4fwd rs.-.city cjt U a-os iu C time
tf V.')'.:' . '
Salntod aa Waalilneton.
Tho other night as I sat in tho dim
light of the lantern waiting for bed and
bedtime to como a solemn fignro entered
my room, and kneeling beforo me struck
1L1 wehead three tunes to tne lloor, re
peat nig ct each obeiaanco tho name
"Washington!- Wasluagton! Waahiiig-
ton! I was, indeed, taken 'by surpn.ie,
but I recovered in time to reply ia tho
samo stately manner; OJobunagal Ko
bunagal Nobunagjl'.' much to the evi
dent satisfaction of tbo figure, wbirli,
after surveying mo for somo time, took
leave after again repeating tho name.
I was at first inclined to think this Ap
parition of political' K.Tiiilicance predict
injc ray speedy elevation to the presiden
tial clioir at Washington, but the girl
who brourrl.t mr futon ibeddinsr. ctf.t
told me it was Uie host's son, who had
read a great deal and had come to pay
bis compliment to mo a an American.
Tokio Cor. fiacraraonto Kecord.
A Dlrd's Struga Antlea.
Tbo cock of the rock in, next to the
crane, the bird of the western LemU
plicro noted fnr (ho strangenees of its
evolution?. When the breeding season
begins ten or twenty of the birds win
form a ring, facing in wan 1. A small
bird takes iu place in the center and bo
gina to hop about, to its lirad, lift ila
wings, and go through all tlie strango
raovements pomilJe, which 8p;nr to be
watched wiih great interest Iry the rest.
When tlie performeT is thorouglily x
ltausted lie retire to tlie circle arid an
other bird enters the ring, and so on.
until all have been put tlirongh their
paces, when the pairs prolaUily make
their selection. Often tlie bin la are so
axhatWtxl after the dances Uiat they can
liardly fly, lying panting on the rock&v
Uucago h
A Maet Katanml Keplr.
Suppraie you. Hie render, were asked if
yon would acoerit the prcsitlrnticl pooii
Dateoa if terxicml, yuur most natural
-answer wouui . be "yes, IT tiHsre is any
rrrs-iect t!iat I can be ekcted." Eut
yraj never c-tt. h a prominent poiitifian
givir, o bin an anasaver . to a direct
qrintixi. J l..!alt!pLi IrKjuirvT. -
voire aro exhausted there will bo an end
of tlip petroleum 6upply. "Tho discov
ery of a few more pools of two or three
millions of barrel each can inoke little
difference." Mr. Carll, whose opinion
on tho geology .of tho oil bearing dis
tricts may bo regarded as decisive, has
como to a similar conchuiion. "There
aro not at present," ho pointed out quito
recently, "any reasonable grounds for
expecting tho discovery of new fields
which will add to the declining products
of he old, so as to ennblo tho output to
keep pace with tho shipments or con
sumption." Tho stored petroleum in thi3 region has
then been very nearly exhausted. In
less than a generation n small part of the
population of this continent olono has
used up nearly all tho valuablo stores of
energy which had been accumulated dur
ing miliionti of yeans of tho geologic past,
More recent inquiries confirm tho con
clusions of Professor Lesley and Mr.
Carll. Tho sifpra of exhaustion in tho oil
producing regions can now bo clearly rec
ognized. During tho Lu;t four years there
ha3 been a steady diminution in- tho out
put, accompanied by an increase in tho
priee per barrel, which nevertheless does
net even maintain tho nominal annual
value of tho supply. Mr. Wri;;ley an
nouncad in 1883 that 15-1,000,000 barrels
of oil had already been raised up to the
beginning of that -Tear, 'and expressed
tho opinion tlmt not moro than 00,000,-
000 barrels remained to bo raised,
this last estimate he was undoubtedly
mistaken, for up to tho beginning of 188u
no fewer than 201,000.000barrela had
been wised, and in tho year 1885 as
many -'asSl.042,041 barrels (nearly 8,000,
000 fewer than 1S34) wore ohtained. But
although tho estimate irf 1883 of tie
quant ity of oil still remaining fell far short
of the truth, and though wo may admit
as poaiiblo t hat even now mnch more oil
remainsto.be put out than tlie most ex
perienced geologists suppose, tlie signs of
.approacliing oxhaustiou are yearly bo
coining moro unmistukablo.
Tho expense of bringing tho oil to tho
surface grows grcuter year by year, and
threatens Boon to .becoino so great that
the profit of working tho oil stores will
bo evanescent. Bo ston as that state dt
things is approached, wo may lie suro
that tho oil nieti'u occupation in Pennsyl
yania mid western New- Vork will bo
Eono. It has Ixjcn Dialed that tiio Japan
ese, unwilling to let tho least fraction of
tiio corlTi's interior stores bo lce.t, havo
been known to excavate a vesical ehaft
t6 a depth of COO feet, in onler to raiso a
few gallons rf wit per-dajtr-But hi Amer
ica, when tho oil mines aro so near cx
haustionathis,they H0 gy"
they approach such a condition. Willi
tho failure cf tho oil supply, all Che' col
lateral branches of industry associated
with if will fail too. Knowledge.
Methoda of the Cblneae Dentlit.
Dr. A. M. Dudley, of Salem, Masai
read a papef oh "Chineso Dentistry,''
which wm listened to by 1ST dentists.
Dr. Dudley bliov-ed the Chinese dentist's1
kit of tools, which were very, primitive
in design, and which Dr. Dudley - said
had been in use for 8,000 years. The
principal tooth pulling instrument was a
thin piece ot Iron about four inches in
length, vilh a circular holo in one end
one-half inch m diameter,.
' If the patient's tooth could bp encircled
with tin's instrument the dentist got what
leverago he could and forced tlie tooth
out ct the risk of breaking the jawbone.
Before- frying to pull a tooth, however,
tho Chinese have a habit of digging
around tho gums' with wooden spatulas,
in order to loosen tho aching molar. Tho
patient is deluded by a superstition that
tno acho 'irt a tooth is caused -by
In order to deceive the suiTerer into a
belief .in this story small worms are
pasted underneath strips of paper upon,
the spatulas. The manipulation of tho
teeth with these pieces of wood wears off
the paper, and the worms como out into
tho patient's mouth. Tho duties of a
Chinese dentist.aru .riot confined to pull
ing teeth, however. He is often called
upon to scrape out the mouth of his pa
tient with a piece of horn. Three cents
pays tlie Chuiew dentist's bill. Tlie lo
eality in Hong Kong whero dentists most
do congregate is called ' Devils' Kow;
Chinese tooth powder is mode of
ground tarantula, dragons' eyes, and
. horses' sweat. Tho Chiueiio dentist never
removes tho limo deposit from a tooth.
Ho is aware that this deposit materially
assists in the decay of teeth.
- Dr.. Dudley showed some very credit
able specimens of Chineso false teeth, set
into wooden plates. . lie also exhibited
two teeth made of solid gold fastened to
a gold plato, which had been made by a
Chineso dentist, and worn in the mouth
of a queen In the Cannibal Islands; The
' sets of artificial teeth worn by married
women are dyed black in order to make
the woman as unattractivo as pocsible to
every man but her .husband.
AN AFRICAN QUEEN.
friARRIAGiL
Knew They Tt'ero There. .
A rich old speculator imagined that. he
knew about art, whereas he was an ig
noramus in regard to everything, in fact,
except in making money. This old fraud
determined to moke a valuable present to
his son-in-law, who was a preacher.
It was suggested to him that an old
j'n painting representing "Daniel in the
ii Lions' Den" woidd bo very appropriate,
so an order was given to a painter to pro
duce the work of art. It was almost
fliiiuliod when tho old speculator was
called to inspect it. It represented a
cross section of the ties with Daniel walk
ing about among, the lions. When' the
old man Raw tho picture, ho refused to
take it. Ho insistixl that if Daniel was
in tho den neither he nor tho lions could
bg seen, and the artist had to cover Dan
and the lions with a thick coat of black
paint.
When tho son-in-law was presented
with the picture ho was somewhat dazed
to know what it represented.
'It represents Daniel in the Lions'
Don," replied tlie art critic,
But I don't see either of thcrri."
"That makes no difference. They are
In tliere. I aw 'em myself. ' ' From the
German.
An Olil Indian Lejoml.
The great contest between tho Creek
and Cherokee Indians, which was finally
eetiled by the grand council of the famous
"SeTon Stumps," In old Talkipoogfi was
over tho posKcssion ct this immediate
section, which was then known to be
rich in gold and gave to tho river its
name, "Tallapoosa,'"- meaning "yellow
sand." It U said that a fcmoiu "med
icine man" cf tho Cherokccs dteovcrod
a wonderfully rich initio within four
miles of the "Seven Stumps,? and after
tho territory was- decided by tho council
to belong to tho Creeks, ho persistently
refused to mako known its exact loca
tion. Old men whr were liero when
tho Indians were gathered up and car
ried away say that tho older Indians
va.TJely litntwl nt wealth beneath the
earth's surface, but carefully kept tlie
secret of its location tho "nuidicine
men," or prophets, claiming to have it
from the Great Spirit tliat their descend
ants would finally return to poswfa this
land aain, and tho earth would keep
her grcrj " treasure house locked until
their return. Tallapoosa (Gx) Journal.
Tha Ilerby's Itinerant rbotcrpbr.
The wandering pliotcrraTilMT ia alio a
feature of tiio Derby. All of those happy
lunching parties welcome tlie pintog
rapher. T!hw who aro on tho condies
aro cencrajly pooplo to whom tlie Derby
is a novelty, and e a necessary cmwe
quenre tlu? aro delighted to take homo
with thctn tomo permanent souvenir of
their new experience. Tlie rhotogra
lier, therefore, doe a thriving buUriess.
Tlie style of picture taken Ly him is
wlict is calkrd with us tin type, which is
taken in any one of tiio galleries foe 13 .
or Sj cents. At the Derby ench picture
costs half a crown, or about C3 1-12 rents
of our inoruy. T. C Crawford in New
York World.
. Claaiiluj Out the Tenant,
A brido and groom from the rural dis
tricts went "trolling down Stato street the
other morning, taking in all the sights,
when their attention was attracted by a
huge collection of furniture of every de
scription in front of one of tho auction
rooms. There were tables, bureaus,
elittira, .iiuu ji-.Ih fa
thing that would go to comploto the fur
nislting of a vory large house.
Tlie groom attempted an explanation of
wliut seemed to them both a remarkable
circumstance, but tho size of tlie pile non
plused him and ho fuiuily came to a stand
still. A bright idea suddenly struck his fair
lielpmale, who was doubtlexs from an
anti-rent section of the country.
"I'll tell you wlint it is, Jim," she
sujd, with luughablo eaniC3t!Kn, "it's a
hotel, and they re putting 'em out for
not paying tho rent.
Tho explanation proved satisfactory all
around. Allxuiy Au.
Tvach How to Live.
P.ev. T. T. Mun.er has in Tho Century
a very earnest and philosophical protest
against what he con-Jdi-rs to be tho ma
terialistic tendencies cf the age in tho
matter of ediieation. "Tlje ago cries,
Teach us how to get a living,' " lie says,
"aery to which the university should
pay Uit b'Kle bred, heeding inutead the
profoundcr call tliat Imies from all the
ages and from the deep heart of humanity
itielf; Teach us liow to live!' " To "know
how lo live to purpos waH.doclared by
Jfontiigno to Lo ttic nwast Important tiling
in this, world. But in order to live tiio
great majority of men mu.4 know liow to
get living. New Vork World
Coul'ln't Loeal It.
"What's tlie trouble now?" oaked a
nervous pasecnger on new Dakota rood,
as tho train came to a sudden halt.
"Oh, nothiii' mucli," said the brake
man, struggling to tet away; "tlie freight
aJxnd ot us got off the track civi ran Into
thcdixjt, knot kin' it clear out o time,
and our engimer can't tell just where the
town sile is." Dakota Deli.
A . Woman Ilnlor Mvlnr; In Savage . Kple;
' dor ou the lUiiUe of the Zambeal.
The nositioh of women, iri Africa is aa
dearnded as in most other savago lands.
ami lifo is a round of hard, unrequited
toil to the. weaker sex In nearly all ports
of the continent. Hero and thero, how
ever, is a dative queen hohas absolute
influence iryer her people and who- sur
rounds herself With as niuch pomp and
circumstance as her position permits.
Mr. Coillard, tho French Protestant
missionary who saved tho life of Serpa
Pinto during that traveler's trip across
the continent, has sent home a few facts
about a picturesque female who holds
sway over the savage Barotse on the
urtnor Zambesi.
One day recently Ouecn Mokuao went
on, BJictirskm
fathers. Slip was expected to return to
her chief town two or three days later,
and on the appointed day everybody was
alert to hear the first sound announcing
the approach of the royal party. Sud
denly tho measured beat of drums was
faintly heard."Sho is coming. The
queen is coming," tho cry went through
tho town, and several thousand men.
women and children lined the' bank of
tho broad 'Zambesi and . gazed down the
watery expanse. The sound of the
drums grew louder and soon the royal
barge ana tne attenauig neet como into
view. . "'., :.. "
Under a pavilion made of gaudily
colored native mats eat the queen in full
view of her subjects. Forty paddlers
swiftly propelled her great canoe up the
stream. As she came ipposit? tho town
.the women and girls, who were ranged
in line on shore, began to intone a chant,
which struck Mr. Coillard as full of
weird beauty,; It recited the praises of
Queen Mokuae. At last the prow of the
queen's barge struck the shore, and the
crowds of men who lined the way from
tbo river s edge to the queen s mansion.
instantly dropped on their knees and be
gan to clap their hands, keeping time to.
tlie beat of tne drums.
The queen stepped out of her barge.
SI 10 was in gain dress for tho occasion.
Over her shoulders sho wore a brightly
colored Indian robe, Several strings of
beads and ornaments of ivory encircled
her neck, and largo white pearls were
arranged with care in her hair. - She
saluted the white man with a wave of
her hand, but apiiearod to pay no atten
tion to her subjects. A procession was
instantly formed with tho native band at
its head. Tho musicians wore suspended
from their necks the instruments known
as fc 'riinbas, which are long gourds, on
which are strung cords of different
lengths which give a variety of sounds
when struck with drumsticks. - Aa tho
procession started the musicians struck
up, and did not ceaso playing until tho
queen withdrew into her apartments.
Behind the band walked the queen, and
at considerable distance behind her tho
royal suite and tho oarsmen of her fleet
As they passed along tho populace fell
into hue, and so tlie long procession
marched until they reached tlie queen's
abode.
. Then the master of ceremonies spread
on tho ground a lion's skin, on which
the queen took her stand. The royal
suite approached within alxmt n hundred
feet, ranged themselves in lino before
the queen,, lifted their hands toward tho
sky, crying "Lochel Locho!" and then
prostrated themselves in the dust. rext,
the boatmen swent through tho ftame
ceremony, nnd then the populace, in de
Lichments, paid their respects to their
ruler in the same manner; after them'
tho visitors in tho village, and finally Mr,
Coi Hard's own boatmen. Then tho queen
wUTPeared within her bouse, and soon
oiler, BUrruuimea by ii fsssffssssss.
gave aa audience to the white man.
bho had a wheezy accordion over
whose keys she run her fingers with sur
prising agility, and elto played a curious
medley of savage airs, blio was very
tiroud of her musical accomplishments,
which, however, did not greatly impress
her visitor. Jlr. Coillnrd has been per
mitted tocntablish a mission in this town,
where, ho says, many picturesque scenes
only servo to concern all the horrors of
paganism and the grossest and most re
volting superstitions. New lork bun.
Then follow, happiest !adjt! 1
Follow him thou lovcat wholljri
. -The hour Is come to follow now
Tlie aonl thy, apcUa liaro led; . (
Hla ore thy breaata like jasper en pa,
And hla thine eyca like .plnmrta;
' Thy fragrant hair, thv stately nect,
Thy hueenly. sumptuous bead.
- Thy soft, small feet, tUj perfect Hps,
' Thy trath like Jdsraino petals, . -
Thy gleaming, rouu(ll shoulders
And long caroeslug arras. - ; I,
- : . ' Edwin Arnolu.
TO LEARN TO SWfrA
-When
fit Beat Kathode for Iteginner
Attacked by Cramp.
Probably one of. the best ways of learnt
ing to ftwinj is to go with a competent
teacher in boat in deep water, this sup
porting the body .more buoyantly than!
that which is shallower, "and nreventins
the constant tendency of beginners to
.4oucli-4x)ttomhichhero is, of course
impossible Tho teacher should, fasten a
tope securely round the waist, or, bettef .
ftiu, to a belt which can neither tighten
nor slip down. The rope may bo fast
ened to a short pole. Supported in tlua
manner the pupil may take his proper
position in tlie water and practice tlie.
necessary motions, and Uie support or tha
rope may be gradual y lessened until tlisi
pupil finds himself entirely supported by
the water. Tliat is tlie first great lessou
with which to inculcate tho . beginner,
viz, that he cannot sink if he will but
keep his body under tlie water, leaving;
only bis mouth and nose exposed, llis
body then is lighter than the water and
bo will float, but every ounce of flesh ho
shows above water is equal to about a
pound of -k&d in weighing him down.
Corks and bladders are often used as!
supports for learners, but it is much bettor
to begin without them. Life preservers
aro of little use, as their bulk is generally -all
around the chest, and they hinder, a'
free use of the arms and impede tho mo-
tion. Swimming with s plank is not a
bad way. , -:'
Those persona- who plunge into the
water when they are heated by exercise -
and remain in it until they aro benumbed .
with the cold or exhaust themselves by
very violent exertion are the most sub "
ject to attacks of cramp. The moment
the swimmer is seized by cramps in the .
legs ho most not suffer himself to feel
alarmed, but strike out the limb with all
his might, keening the heel downward -
and drawing the toes as far upward as ho'
can, although at the tune theso move
ments give him great pain, lie may also
turn on Ids back and jerk the limb into
the air, though not so high as to throw
himself out oHiIs huTanco.'Sliould theso
to reach the shore with his hands, or at
all events keep himself afloat until assist-,
an co can be procured. If ho cannot float'
on his back ho may swim upright, keep
ing his head above the surface by strik
ing tlie water downward with his hands''
near tho hips. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Fir In Iluncnrian Vlllagei
To any one who knows what Uung
rian villages are like, tho marvel U not so
much that they should be burned occa
sionally as that they should not be con
1 t. r; r,... - m. r t r..K
vu it j baa w vi win;, . aim, ISJ '
not in reulitv the semi-Oriental cavalier
be is sometimes imagined to be. But 1
does keep at leot one memorial of thev
fact that ho is the son of Arpad. UU
village: has been compared to the camp of
a regiment of light cavalry. It consHt-i
of two immense rows of wooden huts, -planted
side by side, perhaps for nulos
for some of tliese Alfuid "villages" con
tain 20,000 or 80,000 people. Tho tarred
and painted cottages, thatched with straw
4h3t3t"4n"rnHkoj hen
they oi-.co calcli life. It Hilglit bH WtifTJ
whilo for tho Magyar government to du.
tributo a supply of chemical fire extin-i
guislicrs in their country towns, for water
on somo parts of tliis tlry and treekres
plain is only to be got fronj deep wlU'
and artificial roscrvoira, end is almost a
precious a commodity as in tho South'
African veldt. St James Gazette I
Patent Office figure.
Until one goes through the twenty-nlno
examining divisions of tho rctent ofliee,
and takes at least a glance at its ISO
cLis-es of subjects sublivided into over
3,000 sub-claHbes, but litllo conception can
bo luul of tho diverHiiled subjects of in
vention to be seen there, or of the im
UHnse amount of labor that must nects-'
sarily bo liestowed uiwn their cxamhia-'
tion before a ntent can lo Lamed, as no
port tj a device can conflict with some
body elbo s device. Tlie number of per
sons employed in tlieso divisions and tbo
cost of examining and "keeping tlie run'
of over 3,000 suli-cktsne of devices, in
round number aro: Persons employed.
2G3; cost per annum of running the di
vision, 1370,100. It costs fur photo
graphing or otherwwe producing- plates
of tliese devices for Tiro Patent Ollice Ofli-
cial Gazette, for five venra endintt 18&1.
fl83.0tt0.38, and for jToducing copies of
drawings 01 lite weekly vkoo of paU-nts,
aekigna, trade mark and pending aph
catkina, a rid "fur tlie reproduction f ex
hausted copies, for tlie same period,
im,i,i.V4. xwroit tree iTess.
(..Aaxlona for tba Itleaalnav ,
Some of the Indians of Mexico have
queer ideas about religion. A comsnoxr-
d -nt of The Boston llerajd tells liow a.'
parith priest wan puzzled not long ago Ly
a query put to him by Indian jaiislv-.
loners bringing wooden croHses to. be. .
blessed, tbev invariably asking him to
U(s "tho hecrt cf tlie cross." That
phrase, "tho lteart.x.f the cross, "snr-
prised him, and finally ho contrived to,
get hold of one it the erpsses brought tdK
him for Lk-Soing, and found in tho in-"
terior ft hollow; in which was small
owl, the sacred bird, the tecolote of tho
Aztces. Then he knew why the Indians
had been so anxious tliat tlie heart of Uie
cross should receive the blessing. It i
a sort of ."good Lord, good devil" re-'
ligion tho Indians have. They wuh to'
Ixj on tlie right side of tho CThrbtiaa
Deity, and, at the same time, "to kecrf
solid," a the phrase K with their
ancient divinities. New York Tribune.
VeCtabtM at MedlelB.
Syinach is la?lievcd to act as a Minru
lant on the kindej-s. Dandelion as a
tonlo and laxative. . Asparagus f&
blood cleaner. To tomatotn is attributed
a special action on the liver. Beets and
turnip are laid to be tonics. The red
onion a nervine of some value In atcr-p-kwness
and neuralgia. licrakl of Health.
Fashion Jfo4a from Tatr Ialaada.
The ixkind of Johanna, Comoro Island.
has sotm vrrv peculiar customs. Tlie
native ore y4 black, but neat and clean.
Girl titer tnarriage are not allowed out
on tbo streets at ail and can see no one
but tlieir linsljat-Kli. EJch men are al
lowed four wives, imor men one. When
s pot man gets poorer ht can acU a half
sliattt in hi wife or so much money,
formulated by law. A native belle be
foro Iter marritge' makes a fine lisplzy
on Uie fasliiunnljie trw cf J'olianna ia
this rig: A ml calico' M Alter HnlJvsrd
gosvn, printed with a patt.m of banana
k-ave, reaching to ber knot: no a!ies
nor eti-kin, and for hewigear a wide
rimrrm!,. Line china tericaii, worn wiih
rhn I-aj-.. !K- on rj u.1 o fr7 convenitnee ia I washed irto fl aoiutiona
Viking o3. Benton JuuniuL ArLanraw Ttavtlcf.
Maken of m Dowt.
It fa claimed that a boot is the one ar
ticle which reprtBcaia mr4 diversified
lalor. Textile piece goods, thread, oietal
work, as well as tle varied interests of
agriculture, tanning and al menu, king,
may all l traced to it, and sntnctirrw-M,
we may suppose, the brown faper trad
aa well. Journal of Fabric.
Errwrs In AaaJaale.
A source of aerioQS error In analyis'
ha bwn prrited rait by a French clieei-'
wt, wliolirKifrllaUfiltrr rciinf an often
larged wtlli Cliemfatd ttvtt may b7 1
filtere'.L ' I
Preparing Olive OIL
The olives are placed betwiW two
mill stones and ground into a paste,
stones and all. This paste is putinto
jute bag, which are piled up in an ordi
nary press and subjected to pressure fur-
nifihed by a screw. Hie od oozes tlirotitrh
uie uoga, ana is cangut in pans or ves- I Hungry man or
t - I ., t . . - 1 1 M. . t
em, aum mm luiuu iue roan re- 1 oun.
markabU feature of tho process is tliat
some fear or five different qualities are
obtained from one lot of olives. Tlii is
explained by the fact that Uie oil orcing
Out at first is the result only of alight
pressure, consequently a sweeter and 1
lacks the ranker flavor of the second, '
Uiinl, and fourth grades, which partake
more or tern it Vie olive stones. Tlie
last grade is frequently so rank that it
cannot be used for eating purposes, but
bartend ia used as the basic matter in the
manufacture of soap, etc. The residue
or paste left after Uie od has been ex-
traded undergoes clx-micai treatmenV j
and tlie oil btained from this is used as '
a lubricant liendd of Tra.lo, j
Oaaeroslty Tempered wttk rtUloaophy.
A poor woman walked into a Sixth '
avenue bakery and ttsked .for something
to eat. . Tlie proprietor immediately
banded out a oocpie of rolls and threoi
buns.
Vllave yon many such cases?"'
'lialf s dozen a lay." i . ".
"And do you ajwavs ti? Cit-m wf At
they ask for?".
Yes. There mxrcelr a baker hi
New York but feeds half a dozen. v TVe
are about as well off , for Uie bread or
rolls are not real fresh. altJhcuch etnot
stale. And it is a sweet morsel to a
woman." New York
Tha -Tiappy FaaaUy.""
We often read of the hsnrrr femffv of
the owL rattlesnake and prairie dog In
habiting a single burrow My experience
on the plains does .not coincide with Ihn
idea. Usually; Uie snake and the owl
occupy Uie deserted bouse of the d.
Them have branches, and each of ti,e
fcuruly occupies a separate hole. The d -r
and die etiake have no affinity, antl lit
tle rare cases- where the' three have tv
found in Uie. same bole a careful in-.--tiun
would have sliown theut ia be t
te-rrat apartmeuts Glotie-Domocr- .
The fkii ot rati Vnake when cooked is
S3 while as milk and very UcLcata.
The hour gkwa otAI to be a e -"Jt
t!ie fiuTiis'arTS of the p '
fn;:IiiJi chure!i;-3, but t-Vre arv 1
tlit-iJ "a 'fsU ti.no" kH a ;.