North Carolina Newspapers

XX.-THIRD SERIES, 70L. SALISBURY, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTELIBER 26. 1889. 110. 48. mm. mm route UJy 75 Meridian Time Jil- !! f ' 5 - DAILY Li trn "No. 0. N at. 'it 15 .7 2') 45 3 30 5 4D n 40 5xj-: ; 5 50 S 40 10 Id! H w 4 45 4--S0 - 5 50 8 2d t6 05 VO 3" 12 W i 01 ! 7 31 i 5 40 'U 32 . 2 or. 4 51 5 50 11 oo " 40 6 SO 10 3J A M 1-6 5. 9 30 110 3 00 5. 01 7 45 i 4 40 5 1 6 0.7 ! 9 42 ; ts oo 9 00 i M oo ! 2 55 7 40 ' 6 8 9 SO 11 IS 12 12 4 3S 6 10 11 23 12 40 3 37 4 46 9 40 1 00 5 10 9 OS P M A M P M P M. A M 4 i . P M A M -r. . 1 Sl.it e i it i-Urif.fi- H A M V U A M P M DAILY. No, 0 15 10 34 3 13 v 6 00 l i 45 , I 50 , '4 40 6 17 J7 50 9 41 3 15 4 20 6 22 5 00. 511 40 "J 4 12 01 1 02 v'l 0 2 10 H (,5 917 12 30. 1 1 o No. 8 45 12 50 5 0 7 10 1 48 2 4a 5 30 7 05 12 VS .1 54 5 53 43 7 12 8 40 tl2 34 "lo SO 6 25 -7 45 t9 oy 12 50 n SO lo 20 S3. I'M A M P M A M - it P M A M A M P M A M P M i' P M P M " w'wit1 t?lrJiliJ , S iHury Asiu'Vlilt--.4 HiatevtU'e ' xjrsiibiijy It Salisbury . Ar. (irwuboi o Salem" Lf (irtviwboro Ar! imrljuin- Kil'i-b .. Lr. Kalt'fcrti r. ' fllilkboro -i.v.Tireertyio Ar. Datrvlilf ; . KevVlll Burk'fesviile Kl Hiiionil ' Lymtl'iiri,' : t h irlrft!S -! -Wasititiut y hiiiiicoif K PMU'it lpti - New V'uk. .' uSiy si M A M P Al A M i P M P M P Al A M P M A M A M P M I I 49 2 40 6 15 12 R5 i 00 53 td 20 3 SOji 512 40 J M 2 5 " 7 IS S 50 " -.i OO A M B 20 . " 10 47 1 20 P M t Dally, except Sunday. trln-fir;H4l'-n;li. via ClarksvUle leave Ulchmond dill). 3 R l J KeysvUle, 6.15 P.M.; arrives ClarkH rtl'.f, 7.4'tPL ;xfor i,s.45 P. M.; IIenderson,9.5o" P4(.; ;rrlvH s)url.aia lo.sop. m.;Kaleigh 11.45 p in. c!urrtjnav('s Kalelgu 7.oo A. M.; Duiham, K.TO, A. M.; Hf tiderson, s 30 A. M .; Oxford, lo.So A. M.: riirKn!vHlc,n is a. M ; KeyfeyiKe, 12.30 P. M.; arrtres HrHirtjtmd. 3.3o P. M. - l:alTtitxe trains leave Durhnm daily except Sttnlay.f.'on P. M.; arrive Kevsvllle, 1.35, A. M.: re tiirnlnj. mv KcvsvlHe. 9.iwi, A. M.; arriving Dur hjnr. s'.wf, !H. Passenger co.tcli attached. NojK)0iii'r Raleigh ,11 4.5Q p) m. makes connec ttomt Durham with No. 19, leavlnz at 6.00 n. m. firOxforiL llt'DfltTson and all points on (). & U . O. Ue.an l R.- M. R. Its, and witli 53 at Keysvlllefor lOntnnnn, irrivinir 5.15 a. m. - -Xo 51'4iid'.:) connect sat iMchmona dallv except Sunday forAVesi l oint and lialtlmcre via YotkRlv- est Point ronnects dally except San.Iay aTj(jchmond wit h Xo jo for the Soutt . Sti.so'ffldsi (onnertsat (Joldsboro with, trains tnmd froif jMorehead city and Wilmington. Xi. S'i oBU 'Cts at Greensboro and-Selma for FtTPtletlfhi - -t .Vo. Klfcgifircts at Selma for Wilson, N. C. -S'os. '.(j girijsr make close connection at I'nlver t:t)ifvtthxr.lnsto and from chapel mil, N: i . . - -. . IS - i 3LPrnG-C AR SERVICE. i.-r,ifiip r.n -m i .-,1. Pulim.i'n Buffet Sleener Hwt:ifc.!t;.i 1 v. w Yoi l' ftrccnshfiTo xnd AJ!,'ns(jjSi Moirheid i ltv, Abhcville, and Mor- 0; ir.t!5 .11(153. ('unman Buffet Sleeper te- vtg.iiittnn ,11, New Orleans, via Morit;;om- ry: m to inci ii Vashtnfton uiut-Birmingham, Uiim)i)pi,y,i i,n cnsiioio, Bahiah and reens ouro, iinB iiiin.in Parlor ars between Salisbury aw Kii(cTiik', ,n (i huiloite f:i d Ai'guMa. Taroulk'kctsoas.ileat principal stations, to ill Mini. . KormlfsiTl Information, applj to any ngenl of !be(onatfy.orto SOL HAAS, - lialflc Manager. JAS. L. TAYLOR, uen. I'asts. Agent. W. A. TURK, luv. Pass. Agent, kALLIGH, n. c. 'in mmMMM EailroaiCt 1 u i . , S ' ft IPIN. C. Division S? S i 'ifler Train Schedule. 4tieVtivo May lttli, 1SS8. it i-itln b. 52. ; . Train No. 3. East hound. 1 Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington -Lynchburg Danville Hlelnuonr l.eldsville" Colbsboro l.'al'elgt, D urii a 111 Greensboro lo 3a '4 40 14 33- 10 t3 5 10 2 10 11 49 6 15 10 4J noon a. 111. p. m a. m. p.m. 11 45 6 55 4 30 a. m. 9 50 p. m. Sallbury statesvllie Catawba - Newtou ' Hlckor Conn'-liy SfiriBgt, Mor'anion y Glrr. Alpine ' Marlon Old Kort Hound Knob Black Mountain . Ashevllle Ashevillc Alexanders 7 2" 27 5 58 1ST B IT 1 41 4 S 4 17 B44 3 13 135 I 00 . 1 25 I 1 12 4 12 L9 II 40 Ar. Lv. p. m. noon a. nr.. .narsiiaii j:f"5 P. m 'ot Springs ft nl UnM,,,... 10 25 6 35 7 15 4 15 . 7 30 4 00 '8 30 3 OO 8 OO 8 25 Morrtsiowa" KiHixvlUe Jelltia l.r-uisvllle Indian ipoTis .f1nVS. St. Paul St. Louis Ksnsas-Clty U44T . i H a. m. T f .ru. a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m p. m. a. m. p. m. Murphy Branch. -TbatI VMy "cePl 8lDAY - TRAIN NO IT pj Leave Ashevllle . H t:!Ve .hevllle Arr 4 50 D. ID pi i- V-ynesvine .. ft ;" ! biirleston .... 8 30 lo 15a. m Leave 7 :-"0 - xarieilS ... A. & S.Hoad. Dally except SUNDAY 11? . .' . lyij, y TRAIN NO 11 ' Arrh'r f.P"rtnbiirir Arrive 8 lp. m i i, u,'llr !U. Ill "ueme - i.eave 8 10 " time nsed to Hot Kprlrgs. ffi W I hb( tucpn Washingtor & Salisbury 3'2 I Ric.hninnd & nreetisboro Kaieign ft Greensboro Knowiile It Louisville Nalisburj &, Knoxville 1 A. . A. WINBrBN.AcfgD.P. A JH1D Tl . ; , ito. ij-, , ' spruce w.x where adv-rtlrfn "":: t ; J; - r Pill" Absolutely Pure- This pawrder never varies. A marvf lol ,jur.t sirengtb,ana wjiolesomencss. Moe economlcul than tlieordlaarv kinds, and cannot be sold la competition wim the miUltiid of low 4est . short welght.aluru or phosphate powders. Soldonlj in cans. Koyai. Uakinu Powdek Co..l06 all fetN For gale bv ninjrham & Co., Youijg & Bos tian,anl N. P. Murplij-. Almost even liodv v ant.- a "Spring Tonic." Here is a simple testimoiijal. which shows how B. B. B. is rcjfiirJe-l. If Mill knock your mala ria out ami restore your appetite : Splendid for a Spring Tonic, Arlixoton, On., June 30, 1 888. 1 I suffered with malarial blood poison 'more or less-all the time, and the vnly medicine thai done me any good is II. IS. II. ' It is undoubted ly the best blood medtciae made, and for this malarial comitry should be used by ev-ry oim? in tlie spring ot the year, and is good in sum mer, fall and winter as a tonic and bloo purifier. Gives Batter Tatisfacticn. -Cadiz, Ky., July 0, 1887. Please send me one box Blood Balm Catarrh Snuff by return mail, as one of my customers is taking IJ. B. Ji. for catarrh and wants 1i box of the snuff. . B. B. gives bettor satisfaction than any I ever sold. 1 Iiavp sold 10 dozen in the past 10 "weeks, and' it gives good satisfac tion. If Tuon't remit ali right for snuff write jrie. Yours, . II. Bkaxdox. Ifr Removed the Pimplea. rRoexo -Molxtaix, Tenn'March 23, 1887. A lady frienfj of mine lias for several years been troubled with bumps' and pimples on her face itnd nee, for' which she used various cos metics, in order to remove them and beautify and improve her complexion; but" these local applications were only temporary and left her skin in a worse condition. I recommend an internal preparation "iiown as Botanic Blood Balm which I have ecu using und selling about-two years; she used three bottles and nearly all pimple3 have disappeared, her ikin is soft and finooth, and her general health much improved. bhe ex presses herself much gratified, and can recom mend it to all who are thus all'ected. Mks. S. M. Wilsox. A BOOK OF .WONDERS, FREP. All who desire full informs. ion about the cause and cHre of Blood Poisons, scrofula and Scrofulous Swellings. Ulcers, sotes, liheumjitism. Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, eic.. can secure by m ill, free, a copy of our32-page Illustrated Book vt Wonders, tilled with the most wouderturand startling proof ever b foreknown. Address, 4o:ly Blood. Balm c.-.. AtlaDta. Ga I5x D. A. AT WEIL'S HARDWARE STORE, Where" a full line of poods in his line1nr al wav be found. GXTRJS3 For sale by JXO. Ii; ENNISS, Druggist. KFiRRC U A IG R . L. H.CLKMEXT CRAIGE & CLEMENT, Sali3buky,N.C. Feb. 3rd, 188 1 5' )ll. J. C. McCUBBINS, SurgeoiviDontlst, Salisbury, - . - 0 OTiceln Ode buiiainr, econl floor, next to Tr. ampWI.w. Oj.iie D. A. Alwell jir.Iware ntore, Mh utreet.- My. V1I " 7X VL- " 0 r T -. .f . Jackson's Old Home. y Tbere was recently st irted in Ten nesse a inurement which Jias for its ob ject Ihe preservation of the "Hermit age," Gen. Andrew Jackson's old home. TKe-movement is chiefly due to the efforts of the Tadies of Tennes see, who have been for some time- try ing touring it to a successful termina tion. A plan of action was at last -adopted, and the Hermitage association was fprmeq. "This plan was similar to! the one used to preserve Washington's home at Mount Vernon indeed, the Mount Vernon plan, which everybody knows was so successful, has served ns a modal. It is the intention to make the society, national in character, and as itr will lake great deal of money to carry out the project, it will bi the society's endeavor to reach every ad mirerof Jackson. Under the . Mount s Vernoiv plan $200,0(X) was raised to purchase the estate of Washington and set it apart forever as hallowed and sacred ground. Thirty-two years have passed since ML Vernon became in this way the property, to all intents and purposes, of the whole American people," and the success which has attended that under taking has probably had a great deal to do with u The Hermitage Association." hen. Jackson moved from rorth Carolina to Tennessee in 1788, vod in 1804 he built the hut where he lived so many years? There is not in the whole country another log hut so rich in historical associations. It was the home of Jack son when his deeds as an Indian fighter thrilled the young republic from one end to the other. It was here that Burr visited him in 1805 and unfolded his famous project of an empire in Mexico, f Jackson was living in this hut in 1812 when war was declared againstEng1and, and it Was from this hut that he started out with his little armv of 2,500 volunteers to sail down the Cumberland, the Ohio and ' the Mississippi one thousand miles to New Orleans. In this log cabin he heard the news of the Fort Minims massacre by the Creeks in August, 1S13. and from it he again took the field at the head of 5,000 men, called out by the Governor of Tennessee. It was here that he received his commission as major general in the regular army, and from here he again started on the march which ended with his seizure of Pensacola, then belonging to Spain He returned tothe hut after the battle of New Orleans, and again set forth to return a coiuiueror from the Seminole war, and to it after the Florida pur chase came his commission as first gov ernor of the new territory, r In 1818 Gen. Jackson built a hand some m.Mision on the site of which is the present building. The house was nearly all ui-sh . i! !: ii; in 1836. In the same year the present structure, which is an exact copy of the first one, was erected. Mr. Parton, in his Life of Jockson," thus describes it: ' It was uotavery spacious build ing, and very far, indeed, from being an elegant-one. A two story brick house with a double piazza, both in front and in th rear: the piazza wood en and painted white, supported by thick grooved pillars of the same ma terial and color. The floors of the lower piazza tire of stone, and each end terminating in a wing of the house. "Just behind .'the edifice is a large garden with pebbled paths and beds bordered with bricks. The rooms are lofty, rather small and plainly furnish ed. The parlors Jire hung with por traits of the general and his friends Coffee, Bronaugh, Gadsden, Eaton and others. There is a portrait of Mrs. Jackson in white satin, topaz jewelry, low neck ant', short sleeves; fat, forty and not fair. In the hall are busts of Edward Livingston, Lewis Cass, and xfLevi Woodbury. , The New York World give a short history of the present movement to preserve the Hermitage which is ex tremely interesting, and. from which we copy the following: This is not the first attempt that has been made to save the famous Hermit age, with all the associations which cluster around the homa of the great soldier, patriot and president. In 1856 it was bought by the Legislature of Tennessee ft r $78,000 from Andrew Jackson, Jr., an adopted son of Gen. Jackson, and bonds, which are still a part of the State debt, were issued for that purpose. The property thus ac quired included the mansion, tomb and 500 of the 1,000 acres which Gen. ZLtffkson died possessing in 1845. Mr. Jackson, after the sale had been effect ed, was allowed to reside in the place for two years, until he could make other arrangements. At the end of that period lie removed to Louisiana with pari of his household goods and m Ait Ik ivegrots, leaving a tew of the old ser vants behind .to protect the property. Just before the outbreak of the -civil war he returned to the Hermitage at the request of Governor Harris, and again took up his residence there. Shortly afterwards, while hunting in the Hermitage woods, he received a a gunshot wound in the hand, which resulted in his death through lockjaw. - Mrs. Jackson herself died about two years ago, and then it was that the Stateituthorities resolved to resume possession f the propel ty. For two years the house and gropuds have been inoldering in decay, until last spring, when the tmestion of what should he 1 done with the Hermitage rgain came VV-.; up for consideration. "STtie idea then occurred to some of the. ladies of Nashville to form an association on the Mount Vernon model, raise a fund to restore the house and groundsns near ly as possible to their condition when Gen. Jackson died, and to preserve then as a memorial to the man who was ad mired . and: beloved by so many of his countrymen. A few leading men of the State who were consulted on the subject were in favor of the scheme as a happy and patriotic solution of a problem which the authorities saw no clear way of solving, and the ladies of the ML Ver non association, who were written to, contributed out of the store of their ripe experience. Accordingly, these patriotic Nashville women took out a charter to enable them to accomplish in a legal way their design The pro ject did not arouse much enthusiasm. A oner newspaper paragraph calling attention to it was, however, enough for the introduction of a hill' in the Legislature, at the instance of the State bivouacs of Confederate soldiers. - ask ing for the Hermitage for a period of twenty-five years, as a home for dis abled ex-Confederate soldiers. The ide a and bill became very popu lar, especially as it was so well known that Jackson, in hislife, .had done so miiph for tlio cibli n , ih 1,K.., U I ... -'uimn, aim nit- muics ijc- gan to look upon their charter as so much waste paper! Thev did not however give up. andji counter bill was introduced providing for the purchase of the house, tomb and 250 acres of the prorty. A large number of influen tial citizens rallied to the support of the ladies and promised their co-opera- liberators never let well enough alone, tion. This was a flank movement, and j they never know when to stop when the disposition of the Hermitage was ' their -work is done. We very held in abeyance. Jn the meantime much question whether the happiness efforts were made to harmo.iize the of the negro is increased. He is kept two parties. A meeting of the citi- j worried in soul to keep up his allegi zens was held, and there was some vig- mice as a good Republican .as compen orous oratory on both sides. This j sation for the service of liberation meeting was decisive of the struggle. for with those so-called philanthropists The soldiers' home committee altered 1 there must always be a quid pro quo their petition to the Legislature, ex- and now it is proposed to worry him empting the house and tomb and in body by insuring his . party fidelity twenty-five acres. Both bills were in moving him up North exposing him thf ii passed. 1 to the rigors of an arctic winter, with Mrs. Dorris, secretary of the associa- the certainty that he must)erish, tion in writing of the Hermitage at the ! but not perhaps 11 u til after he has present time, says: it- is now 111 that state ot nil ipm.-i-tion that unless prompt, and efficient measure are taken it will in a few more , years pass into titter ruin. To the eye the house still presents the same state ly appeairance of old, but. the eaves, the roof, the foundation, the ceiling, are all in ned of renovation. The propesteps taken now, the, home of Jackson will be preserved forever, and futtfre generations will praise the ef forts of those who saved it. The pa pering upon the walls has never been changed since Gen. Jackson's death. Ii ic bedroom is just as it was. the d ly he died. The hall is papered with the legend of 'iWmachus, which style was fashionable in th:f day. The walks in the garden are just ti5 he left them, protection guaranteed by constitution The old fashioned floweri peonies, j al enactment to all citizen."' Anhecille lilacs, daffodils, snowballs, lilies o the ; Citizen. valley now a wilderness of the garden, which may, with proper care, be re- stored to its original neatness and or der' The tomb of Jackson is in the south west corner, of the garden, three hun dred feet or so from the mansion. The material used in the construction is solid limestone, and the flight of years has made but slight impression on it. The dome is supported by eight col umns of the doric order and three large steps s rve as well proportioned base. Upon either side of the monu mental piece in the center are two heavy slabs, of stone, lviug horizon tally upon the floor of the tomb and in them are cut tha inscriptions. N -thing could be simpler than this one: at General, Akdrew Jackson, Born March 10,1707 -Died June 8, 1845 History tells the rest. Poor Rachel, who never saw the White House to live in it, and who never cared to go there except to be with her illustrious hus band, has one of the most beautiful inscriptions ever cut in stone or gra ven in bronze: " Here lie the remains of Mrs. Ra chel Jackson, wife of President Jack- Jackson, who died the 22 I of Decem ber, 1828, aged ,01 yerrs. Her face was fair, her person pleasing, her tem per amiable, her heart kind. She de lighted in relieving the wants of her fellow creatures and cultivated that di vine pleasure by the most liberal and nn pretended methods. To the poor she was a benefactor, to the rich an example, to the wretched a comforter, to the prosperous an ornament. Her piety went hand-in hand with her be nevolence, and she thanked her Crea tor for being permitted to do good. A being so gentle and virtuous slander might wound but could not dishonor. Even death, when he bore her from the arms of her husband, could but transport her to the bosom of God." The latest expensive whim indulged in hv tin Kiny of Wurtemberg is the ... - j o u photographing of the moon to aseer- rsiin .vlipthir it is inhabited. He has the negatives magnified one hundred thons'antl fold, aud has thus far dis covered nebulae covered with little, dots, whie h he believed to be lunar people. Th o-uillotine is much more active in Paris than it was some years ago. - A Cruel Suggestion la that of a "Republican resolution adopted by some convention up in Iowa or Minnesota or some other of the blizzard States to urge upon the discontented negroes of the Sauth, .tn emigrate in ii body to the Northwest, escaping trouble at home nd--putting themselves safe under the protecting wings of the Republican party. This is clearly the object of the resolution, to add to the strength of the party with heartless indifference to the phy sical sacrifices the negroes will make in accepting the invitation. It is bold naked deception attempted to be prac ticed upon credulity and ig iorance, a cruelty that might be amazing in peo-J pie claiming to be governed by the tender motives ofphilanthropy," if we did not know it wTill snivelling hypoc risy. The negro is a sub-tropical pro duct; he has never been the subject of acclimation or adaptation like the whites to the extreme of cold. He finds it a hard struggle to get through the winters of North Carolina. He- wilted under the rigors of the New England climate. The thrifty people of that energetic land recognized the fact, sold off to the South and West Indies all the abled bodied slaves on hand, and then made a virtue of neces- ; sity, became converts to the doctrine of the wickedness of slaverv. e.nanci pated the old, worthless, voting and helpless, and then entered upon the long, holy and successful crusade against the slave-holders in the South. We are not sorry that they were suc cessful. We are much better off with out than with the slaves. But these giveij one or two Republican votes and sited tile ptrty. As an offset to the Iown resoulution, the Democratic State Colored League of Pennsylvania has recently issued an address. Af er complaining of. the want of recognition of the northern colored man by the Republican paity the address gives the following counsel to the colored man of tlie South: " We deplore the condition of our people in the South, and counsel them to ameliorate the condition by allying themselves with the people of their section of the country, with whom their interests should be identical, rather than stir up s'rife by adhering to the Republican party, which either is unwilling or unahle to give them tlie Schdol for Beggars. At Westminster Police Court recent ly, two boys of 13, named Frost and Oakea, living with "their parents on Wandsworth, were charged witii beg ging at Vauxiiall bridge, says the Pall Mall Gazette. The boys aliege that a woman living in Woodgate street, Nine Elms, trained them and other lads as beggars, and that she used to mind their decent ciothes and supply tiieui with rags 10 go out in. Her own boy, it is iuiid, was the head of the g;iu n of j iVvMiih oeggar-, and tued iu take tt.e iiney, which partly went to his mother and partly in refreshments and visits to transpontine music halls. Mrs. Frost said she had been to this woman and warned her that if she ; heard that her boy's clothes were kept again she would lock her up for un- lawful possession. This was the ad vice of the school board officer. The defendants, questioned by Mr. D'Eyn court, adhered to their statements about being-supplied with rags, etc., and the magistrate said that if it was true the woman really ought to be prosecuted. A police constable said he had seen the woman and she had denied taking care of the boys clothing. Only the evi dence of the boys could le obtained. Mr. D Eyncourt I hope the Mendici tv will inonire fully into the matter, and that a prosecution will be institu ted if the boys have spoken the truth, which I believe they have. 1 lie ac cused were discharged on promising not to repeat the offense. One of the most convenient articles to be used in a sick-room is a sand bag. Get some clean, fine sand; dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove. Make a bag about eight indies square iu flannel, fill it with dry sand, sew the opening- carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and will also enable you to heat fl linr runic lrlv hv nlacing it in the oven or even on top of the stove After once using this you will never again attempt to warm the feet or bauds of the sick person with a bottle of hot wsiter or a brick. The sand holds the heat a loag ti.ue, aud the bag fcii.-ked uu in the back without l W w I hnrtiuir the invalid. It is a goxl plan 'I. l . ... fh...u ..F t!iu lii. :ind tO Ili-iKe imi "i ""re v--, keep them on band ready for umj at any tune wnen uwieu. Bunker Hill tfoaumant A visit to the Bunker Hill monu ment in Charlestown h none the lw interesting because it is easily reached from the city proper. Its romantic po sition on a high eminence - and beautiful grass, green a an emerald. are little in comparison to the world of history 111 connection with it The strong pedestal is certainly character istic of the old Puritan veterans, stout and defi int, who freely iprtp thpir lives in defeuse of this country in the revolutionary period. lhe distance from the lottom to the top of the monument is 221 feet, in side the shaft is u hollow cone, the outside diameter of which at the bot tom is ten feet and the inside seven feet. .There were over three hundred visitors on one d-ty this week, the aver age attendance being about two hurt- dredrthe total number during the year aooiu twenty-eight thousand. lhe old gentleman in charge, Mr. J. B. Goodnow, has spent fully the half of his life on this eminence. He has lately been obliged to call in theasint ance of a young lady, who is very cour teous to visitors. The admission to the menument is 20 cents, but the writer was cordially invited carte blanche. The climbing of the winding stairs was more of a feat than was at first anticipated, but ad ditional strength was acquired at every turn, and the top was gain iu an al most incredible time. On gaining the summit or observatory about a dozen visit jrs smiled on the next arrival. Acquaintances are easily formed at such places. The place is lighted by four windows and is provided with iron shutters. A young man was looking from one of the windows and remark ed: "1 don't think much of the town." " Why? " " I have seen larger cities. I live at Nashville, Tenn. I have been four months from home. 1 came here this morning, and I return home this eveuing." " Get a guide book and see more of our citv." " I don't want it." Here was a poor grumbler uneasy with himself, who could gaze on a magnifi cent panorama and look on the beauti ful harbor without one patriotic throb. The lady visitors were entirely differ ent, and praised Boston as she de serves. Returning, the writer spent some time in the statute room, which is iu thy charge" of a very pleasant aud agreeable lady. She directed attention to the statute of General Warren, Put nam's sword; the picture of Webster, and a host of hjstori al relics. -The rooms are quite attractive, and an hour was passed agreeably. Women in the departments in Washing ton. The number of women employed in the departments in Washington in creases every year, despite the opposi- lion to them by many, it not most, high officials. The Treasury, the In terior and the Post Office departments, used to be the only ones wherelemales occupied the desks as clerks, f now they are to be found everywhere that male clerks are. Even tnt staid old State Department and the rulenjf- three War and Navy departments have had to succumb to the person iii petti coats. The officials of the War and Navy departments held out strenuous ly. The first allowed women to take copying to their houses, but vowed that never should they occupy desks and be regularly eniplojed like meu. It was a case of man proposes and woman disposes. The man who now walks through the corridors of th.se depaitments is as apt to meet a female f clerk asjt male. Every year there is an increase in the: el ruul force of each department, and vrth .ich in cTtaset the names of an jul lttiniU num ber of females go ou. lift payrolls. This is notably the case this fiscal year, because a practically new department, the Census Office, has been ojened up. Already there is a small army of clerks employed there. Th.s jiroportion is about seven females to three males. And that proportion is likely to be maintained as the work of the Census Orfice grows aud the necessity for more clerks arises. Eyes of Great Men. PEOPLE OF HIGHEST CIVILIZATION HAVE EYES OF BLUE OR GRAY. An occulist who has made the hu man eye a study for thirty years, and has examined many famous men's eyes. declared the Philadelphia Prts that the "thoroughbred American eye was steel blue in color. "Would you say that black eyed and brown eyed men are deficient in intellect? "Not that to be sure, since history has afforded some examples of able men whose eyes possessed this pigment. put, undeniably, among the people of higher .civilization eyes grow higher iu hue, and there are to-day far more blue-eyed persons than there were a ceutury ago. If you will bs at pains to inq lire the color of the eyes of Bis niark, Gladstone, Huxley, Virchow, Buchuer, Renan, in fact, of any of the living great, as well as oi the great array of the dead who in life disfin guisned themselves, you will learn that ,uot of them have, or had, eyes of blue or gray. It hasVeemed to me that the ni'j'ment is in the wav: that it ob- the objects presented to the .rgin, LiA the aspiring mind . . . . scurfs i , l, the greatest light, cast, it off. "Come and Jeo Me. Never take "come and tee me" as a phrase meant in earnest unless it w accompanied yvith a date. An invita tion without M circumstance" is no invitation at all. Depend upon it. it any maii or woman denrrs 011r com pany, her or the will appoint M tmi - for your visit "ChII on me when von can make it convenient;' "drop in as you are passing by ;M "make us a visit whenever you have an hour or two ta pare, are social indefinitisms by which meu of the world understand that they are not expected . to do the thing requested. When people wish to lw cheanlv rw- lite, there is nothing like this kind of vagueness, lhe complimentary smalh change of society should alwiiys be taken at a large discount- U is. never wortn its tate, or anything like it. Yet it is a couveuieut medium of ex change for all that, and heavy debts of gratitude, that ought to I? requited in better coin, are often paid with it. People who have more polish than principle use it lavishlyplain blunt. nonest men si ann 'ly, or not at all. Whoever mkM fri-ndlv fashionable house 011 th ativntrth ,.t . mere "come andjee roe," will belikelj ........U ... il. i i . m i cuuugu W miu unit vne ramiiy circle which, ne nas dropped into by request is un genial as the arctic circle, aud Ui leave it with a chilly feeling about the heart that will prevent him from ven tu ring m the same high-latitude thtr. after. But when a whole-souled fellow, whom you know to be your frieud, grasps you vigorously by the hand, and says "Come and dine with me to-day dinner on the table jit five o'cljick be surelo come, we shall ex pect you" go if you can, and you will be nil the better for it both In mind and body. One likes to .meet friends at tfie hospitable board ontY own or theirs, it matters not which but a nod in the street is all-sufficient from a fashionable acquaintance. r Twenty-twotDayi in Open Boats. - New York HcraJJ. A wild, weird story of the sea one to make your heart stop beating if you are a man, or if a wciuan tofill your ees with tears. . " The British ship Garston started from Sydney, New South Wales, for S.in Francisco. She sprang a leak, and, though the pump were , worked with might aud mainthe water gained inch by inch. At last it wjw clear that the vessel would go down. The boats were lowered, manned and provided with such provisions as could be car--ried. For twenty-two days those sailors drifted in their shallow craft at the 'mercy ot wind and waves. It was use less to hoist signals of distress' for not a traveller hove in sight. Hope died slowly and desperation and de? spair took its plae. Tlie foul wa soon goo atfl the frcsjji watyr was exhausted. . Day after diiy -passed aui the agony increased until it almost ber came insanity. The sailors glared, at each Other, their lips parched, their eyes bloodshot, and the hunger tieiuj took possession of theul. There was nothing else to do so they decided that one of their number must die. t was long before this point was reached, but it was reached at last, and they began to-cast lots. Just then, so the story goes, some one thought he sighted land. The next few hours cannot be described. With what eagerness J he dim spot on the horizon was watched! It was land indeed, and they were saved: The natives treated the sailors .with a t.: J 1 ., - f great, mauuess, uuu in a xcw nuir, alter a square ueil and a ret reining sleep, they were jolly tars once mora, with a thrilling story to tell to sweeU hearts and wives. Politicians Should Marry. A well-known Congressman, who litei been spending a few days at the Fifth Avenue Hote', when asked W terday by a reporter during the courM of a half hour s chut, if a politician should marry. " " That is the very first thing he bus to do," was the reply. " No man can hope to fill one of "the higher offices successfully without the aid of a wife. Take John A. Logan for instance. He was one those good-hearted, clever sort of fellows, but be didn't know every thing. "His "wife; did. She was full of the social magnetism that attract. She was up on every jioint of diploma cy. Her information was thorough, broad and at ready command. Logan's political success was more his wife" doing than his own? Harrison - is the name. way. A that austerity of de meanor which characterizes him in hi official relations wears off in his wife's presence, and he beonies the most geniakof men. Blaine is an except im:, He has the social attractiveness iu himself. Yes, sir, the young jiolitician must h ive a' wife. She wil. save him from more expenses than when he has only the expenses of oue to pay, ard, tin ,1 ally in ii 'tho.is.uid emergencies." A rok breaker has jurt been made at Cmcagj which weighs forty-tfva and which w,l break a big roc., ! .the rate of two to three Um ps r- w uii.mw.