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He $lic people's press, L V. & E. T. BLUM, Publishers and Proprietors. JOB PRINTING r Ml pfr4 to wwtk vUA aw At rmm VERY LOWEST PRICES TERMS: CASH IX ADVANCE. Ons Ooyy one year, - ill months, . . . . " three " .... VOL. XXXIII. SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1885. to giv trut tfMlai wtm m KO. 0. 1 a ie- i " - . . . aj ' . , " : - : r-I : : : ; -ZT -T" . IN COMING HOURS. In coming hours, when all we say, " Makes f ullness of our bliss tcniay Has faded, as from summersky . The sunset glories slowly die, ; From gold and rose to dreary jrray. And I must learn as best I may To watch itj as-it fades away; I think I will not moan or cry In coming hours. I think I will not utter " nay," . Knowing that all things must decay; Nor even weep, or question why, But o'er our dead dream, tenderly, For blessings for my darlingpray, In coining hours. All the Year Rouyid. DEVOTED FRIENDS. j CHAPTER I. . ' Ralph Archer and Louis Plover "were hell so closely together by the interfac ings of friendship that they were, rarely ever seen apart from each other. They were employed in the same department of the Arkansaw State government ; they occupied the same room, read the same books, and, at the restaurant, as Archer, once declared, always ate off the same table-cloth. Both Archer and Plover were much given to study. The! war having come on jusfc in time to spoil the cnances 01 a professional course at col lege, the two young men after the giant struggle had ceased, found themselves almost on a financial level with the dem onstrative olil Southern governor, who, when asked if he could no, aid in the Construction of a railway, replied, "You, gentlemen, may not believe it, but I haven't a blamed cent." Archer's par ents were dead ; Plover's father, mother and sister lived a short distance from town, in an old red brick house, where the two friend,s often spent much of their leisure time. Young Plover - was especially devoted to his sister, a ' tall young women who wore short hair. iShe possessed a soft, winning voice, but her eyes were cat like; she was easy of manner, but her words of greeting echo;d with the . hollowness of insincerity. Vain and en vious, spiteful and jealous, the keen per ception of youngArcher told him that nature had not granted.toherthatrich gen erosity with which her brother had been endowed. ... . . "Ella," Plover one day said to his sis ter, "what do vou think of my friend?" "Mr. Archer?" . - "Yes, you know I always speak of him as my friend." ' "Oh, I like him because he is your friend." . . - "And for no other reason, Ella?" "You mustn't ask me that; Lu." "Well, but I want jto know, sis.n " "Are you afraid that I will him?" I ; marry .r "Afraid! Why, I would give any thing if you should. He is a noble fel low, and quite worthy of you. In fact, Iiks lit tiic vuiijr wau r tnuuia iiKW to Bee you marry. Tell rtfls, now, don't you . love him?" 4 "Lu, you must be crazy. Do you sup pose that 1 am going to tell you that I love a man before I find out rthat the man loves me? Tell me, Lu, did he ever . Bay anything about me?" " - "Oh, it is hardly time yet, for you have been home but a short time! Do you know that I cannot bear the idea of your being a governess any longer? I couldn't fctand it, that's all." "You are getting off the subject, Bud. Are you sure you never heard him scy anything about me ?'V , "Quite sure. -1 have never asked him,, and he is not the man to tell me unless I should." "I tell you one thing I've- noticed Every time he come3 home.with you-f-no," I won't say it."- ' say "Yes, vou must. What were -vou goinT to say?" - "No, it isibetter to leave it unsaid. It would sond selfish." , "Remember, girl, that you are talking to your brother. What were vou eoinw to say?" - "That while down here he always goes over to Gladraw's." - "What of that?" "He goes to see Eva Gladrow. That's what there is of it." "1 think not. I have never heard him speak of her."1 s "But have you asked. him? You said just now that he was not a man to tell you such things; unless you should ask him. I declare the friendship existing between you two men is peculiar. You never confide your secrets to each other." , "Because we have none, doubtless." "No, it is because you don't know how to be friends.! You make a nretensn of thinking much of each other, bntl just know it wouldn't take anything hardly to mane you ngnt. ' "If he should insult me I would fih him, of course; but understanding each other so well, there is no likelihood of a quarrel. TBelieve I'll take a stroll. Want to go. pet?" "No. Say, Lu, sometime I wish you would ask hint." "Ask him what?" " "Don't you remember? Oh, pshaw, your recollection is not as long as my nnger. ask mm wnat ne thinks of me," i CHAPTER II. . Young Archer sat in the Gladrow parlor.- Beside him sat a girl with sunny hair, glowing cheeks, and eyes expres sive of tenderest love. - " So you had no idea that I loved you, little girl?" taking her hand. "I had hoped so,. but I thought you must love your friend's sister." V I don't see what, put that into your head." "Because .she is so intelligent, I suppose." . i "Nonsense, little woman. If she' were the only being in the world I could not love Her." "Tell meu5Ir. Archer, 'v she anxiously asked, " arc you quite sure, that vou really love me? If you should ever dis cover that you had made a mistake, how awful it would be." ! " Such a time will never come," he replied, arising, leaning over and kiss in;' her. 'HI rnnlrl i . i a. i Relieve that we were created for each ij know that such words must have an old sound, but they are true, Jw E" Md lruthsare the truest truths .that exist.-' -"v lt Are you going so soon? : . ' waiting' fTLe1Pllovei-3' will' keep dinner Raiting. Good-bye, sweet girl, "putting arm ar ound her. I fhal 8Pee JOu again soon.'V J a CHAPTER III. "Hello!" cried Plover as Archer was passing through the orchard. "Which "Just eoing to the house," stopping and joining his friend. "I didn't want them to keep dinner waiting. "Where have you been roaming around?" . "I am not much of a roamer, you know. With an easy place to sit and an entertaining book I can content myself without killing time by muscular force." "Have you been reading a book, Archer?" asked Plover, looking slyly at his friend. "Yes, a book of beautiful poems. Shall we return to town this evening?" "Just as you say. I am willing at any time. Father complained this morning because we do not come down, oftener. He is growing old and I must humor him. Ella shall pot . go out again as governess. It makes me mad every time that I think she has been compelled to work for a living. It shall not occur again. Tell me, Archer, what do you think of her ?" "How., could. I think otherwise than well of my friend's sister? I am aston ished that you should ask such a ques tion, old boy." "I am rather astonished myself, but it was anxiety. Archer, for it would be a grievous disappointment to know that you did not like her. There's the din ner bell now. We are just in time." CHAPTER IV. Mr. and Mrs. Plover were onite old people. They looked as though their spirits, once gay and vigorous had been broken. The empty row of cabins fall ing into decay; the pnee rich land now fluted with innumerable 0-ullies- the black stumps where the boughs of the walnut grove once whispered in lux uriant drowse; the falling roof of the gin house all may have had much to do with throwing the shadow of sadness on the faces of the old man and his wife. ; After dinner the family assembled in the parlor. One by one. they went away until Archer found" himself and Ella to be the only occupants of the room, r "We are much gratified with your 'visits, Mr. Archer," said the young lady, " and we hcipe that you will accompany brother everyttime he comes home." i "I warmly appreciate the kindness you have all shown me. Miss Ella. This place reminds me so much of my own old uomejjvnose smile was blighted by the frown of war. that 1 never tir nf inn. tern plating its surroundings." l nope the inmates, too, receive a share of your attention." MOh, yes. To the inmates, I think, belong the especial charm." "Thank vovi. I did not think vou iconld be so gallant." lou are mistaking mere truth for gallantry." "Do you know that I once thought that yonr conversation was surely as musty as the old bocks you reafl? Yes, and I could in imagination see you rak ing the cobwebs from your voice." ; r'An inconsistent conceit, Miss Ella, for on the first place I do not read musty bobks. Some of them may be old nrliioK mabMi thm all,tlu) kaUar hut they are not musty. Mustiness does not necessarily accompany age. If so. old wine would be no longer sought. Where did Louis go? It was our intention to return this evening." "If you are not entertained I will call him?" - . ' He looked up quickly, and studving her face, to discover whether the remark were in jest, replied : "Another inconsistent conceit. You must think that I am beyond the rane of entertainment." "Oh, no, Mr. Archer. I know that I am dull.. I know there are persons with whom you can find keener enjoyment." Archer began to grow nervous and long for a chance of escape. Her face was flushed, and with a stare almost brazen, she gazed into his eyes. "You would rather talk to Eva Gladrow, you can't deny it. Oil, Lknow and I am dull." , "You are certainly peculiar, Miss Plover." An adroit admission, plu are alwavs dull, brother?" Peculiar pco Shall I call my "If you please." ' Louis and his father were standing in the yard. She went tothe window and called. A moment later Louis entered the room. "Your friend is very restless,'.' she said. "You'd better take him back to town." " " Ready any time, Arch. The horses are at the gate. Good-bye, sis. We'll be down again pretty soon." " Good-evening, Miss Plover." . " Good-evening, sir.'? Louis looked in astonishment. . "What makes you so silent?" asked Plover Jo his friend, when they had rid den some distance toward town. " Your own silence, Louis, must have suggested the remark. You have not spoken since we left the house." " I was thinking of sister." "So was I," Archer could not help but rejoin. $ "She is a dear girl, Arch, but I fear that you do not understand her." " Rather strange, I think." "How strange?'- Louis eagerly asked. "Oh, I don't know." j "Of course -not. If you knew, she would not be strange. Mystery ceases when we understand it, and the fact that you do not understand her, makes her strange. Don't you think she is like my mother?" "No." . "Like my father, eh?" . "No, she is. unlike any one I have ever seen." "You are ' not in a very good humor, Arch. I don't believe I ever before found you to be so gloomy." CHAPTER V. Archer went down into the country the next dayt but instead of stopping at Plover's, he went direct to Gladrow's. Anegrd girl met him at the door. "Can I see Miss Eva?!' "But for a moment, sir," replied the young lady, appearing in the hall. Ar cher advanced, not without perturba tion, and extended his hand. The girl drew back. "What orf earth is the matter?" he asked. - , . "I don't wish to. see you again, sir. You are unworthy of any one's confi dence. I do not care to hear an explana tion. Oh, you are a villain," bursting into a flood of tears. "Leave this hbuse or I'll call my father. Go, I tell you !" . Archer was stunned. Mounting his horse he rode away.- He could not un derstand the cause of the treatment he had received. He had not proceeded far when he met a young lady with whom he wks acquainted a friend of Miss Glad row. , . "Did you see. Eva?" asked the young lady. "Yes, but she " "I understand, and have tried to rea son with her, but her heart is most bro ken,'? - , "Great heaven, what is the cause ol all this?" "I will tell, you, but you must no! allow my name to be mentioned. Lat yesterday evening Ella Plover, in whom Eva has great confidence, came over very much excited, and told Eva thai she had just rejected your offer of mar riage. I told him,' said she, 'that 1 thought he was in love with you, but he laughed derisively, and replied that you were a weak little thing, credulous and without force of character.' That's the cause,' put olease don't say I told you." Archer did not go to his room until late at night. The thought or meetin Louis made iim shudder. When ho entered the room, Louis was lying on tho bed, reading. "Hel low. Arch; been down, in the country, eh? Did you see sister?'' "See the dickens!" Louis sprang up What do you mean?" "I beg your pardon, Louis. I did not intend to speak so harshly. Your sister has ruined me. "Ruined you!" "Yes. She told Eva Gladrow that I had proposed to her. that oh, she mad' me out a wretch, and " "I don't believe a word of itV' "Well." "And more than that, you shall not speak in that manner of my sister." " Y'ou have heard what I said." "Yes, and yoii shall hear what I say. You have a friend handy, I suppose?" "I am not altogether friendless." ' "Very well," getting up and putting on nis ciotnes. ".My friend will call on you, sir. Good night." . CHAPTER VI. An hour afterward arrangements for a duel were completed. The young men were to meet in the country, not far from the Plover residence. Louis had exprcssed-this wish, eo that one or both of them, as- the case might be, could be conveyed to the old house. The sun had just risen when the parties met in a little field surrounded by woods. "Louis." said Archer, "even though we fight, let us remain friends. I can not bear to think that the long time we have spent together was wasted. The word friendship was not to be blotted from the page of human intercourse." "Archer," replied Plover, "as a man ; my heart warms toward you, but ' as brother I can shoot you." j " Gentlemen," said one of the seconds, i "can't we somehow arrange this unfor ! tunate affair so that blood will not be ; spilled?" I am afraid not," Archer replied. "It can be," exclaimed Plover. " Tell me from whom you got your information. Then we can investigate." , "I cannot." "Then sir, I am ready." " I don't see any haim in telling him," said Plover's second. " Even though you were to violate a promise you could find consolation in the thought that you had saved human life." . " Your remarks are kind, but unavail ing," rejoined Archer. " I believe that my informant told the truth." "I am ready," remarked Plover. "Who is that climbing the fence?" asked Archer's second. "Your father, Plover. Yes, and he's got a gun." The old man slowly approached. Tak ing his gun from his shoulder and cock- ; mg it, he said : ' ' j- "I've got fifteen buckshot in each barrel, and. I will kill the first man that says anything about lighting. .Oh, I heard all about it. You are a fine lot of fools. Going to shoot each other, eh? Louis, Archer is right. Louis dropped his pistol. "Ellat confessed it to me. She and Eva have made friends, and, Archershe is at ray house, waiting for you." Archer dropped his pistol. "Wouldn't this have been a fine come off?" continued the old man. "I am a great mind to. take a stick and beat all of you. Let us, go to the house. Break fast is about ready." Louis and Archer embraced each other. j , . " I never saw Eva look so happy," re marked old man Gladrow to his wife. "Well she maybe, David, for she'i got a good . husbaud, and what more could a girl ask, I'd like to know!" Arkansaw Traveler. Native Treatment of Diseases In India. Regarding the native treatment of-dis-eases, one of the most curious things I ever witnessed was a half-clad native shouting through the streets of a coun try town: "Dots any one want back his sight? One rupee only!" as if he were hawking fruits or sweetmeats; and to my astonishment, a patient soon pre sented himself to be operated on for cataract. There, and then, standing in the bazaar, the itinerant oculist took out his penknife and performed the operation in a few minutes, bound up the man's eyes, and telling him to keep in the dark for a fortnight, received his fee of one rupee, and shouted his war cry for more patients. The operation " was mosc unvaryingly successful; ono instance among mv serv ants being a woman ofeighty, who had charge of my fowl house, and had for many a day been sightless, except to dis tinguish light from darkness, and who in this way was successfully operated upon. Beside this operator arc bone setters and medical rubbers, male and female, especially represented by the he reditary low caste accoucheuse of each village, whose skill in shampooing is such an aid in her lowly calling as to supplant much of the useless medicine and enforced rest of more 'civilized countries, and save endless mischief and suffering p her sex. What skill they have is, . of course, almost purely traditional. None of the science of the world or British usage has yet altered in the slightest degree either the customs of the native or his horror at the idea of male physicians for women. To supply a vacancy so long unfilled, lady doctors have now appeared on the scene, who, it is hoped by reaching the zenanas, may reach the real source through which a higher enlightenment in India is possible. An immense field is open to them along with every en couragement, and were but some of the many young ladies at home who are straining health for a future pittance in one or another of the spheres of teach ing to turn their attention in this direc tion, they would find an opening of wider and greater utility before therk, and a prospect of large and rapid emol ument. Chamber f Journal. There are. four hundred newspapers published in London, writes Robert Laird Collier in the Minneapolis Tribune. f Of these sixteen are morning, nine are evening, and 375 are weekly. "Now your talk has the true ring,' said the irirl to her lover when he began to speak of a diamond circlet.. WITCHES OF THE LOBBY. HASDSOHI WOm WHO VISIT TKX HAX.U cr coxasxss. lnt-retMr Skrlcbn e( lt PtrMin ltlio Rutlnni It l I Inflnrnr le Leclkladim f CongrrM. A Washington correspondent of the New York Journal says: The members of the fair sex have at different times wielded a potent influence in the Wash ington lobby. There are many thrilling and romantic stories about the parts played by lady lobbyists in the past. In this field the ladies have a great ad vantage over their male competitors. Even in the most palmy days of the lobby no woman was ever heard to say, after the manner ot Dr. Bradford: "Yes,T am aTobbjit, and am proud of it. It is only a profession." It is, therefore, ex tremely difficult now, when tho decrees of society have made lobbying still more objectionable, to ascertain" the names of ladies who interest themselves in pro moting legislation. Many of the fairy tales told about charming female lobbyists at the capitol really have a very small foundation to build upon. The ladies, however, have not altogether given up the delightful practice of lobbying, the Journal corre spondent has discovered by looking about a little. During the sessions of Congress the capitol building is constantly crowded with people of both sexes. At either end of the capitol a special provision is made for the benefit of the ladies. These accommodations consist of large reception-rooms where ladies can retire, send in their cards to members or Senators and hold long conversations with them uninterrupted. When a Senator is anxious to hold a special private conver sation with a visitor he can invite her into the marble room. The mem bers are denied this privilege. They are compelled to draw their chairs uo close together and talk in whupers. Mrs. Jane Spencer is a handsome widow and can be seen almost an? day around the capitol in the act of be witching Congressmen into voting as she wishes them to. Mrs. Spencer is uiguiy eaucatcu, ana as a converea be ; tionalist has few equals anywhere, lives in very modest stylo in the north western part of the city and classes among her friends some of the most dis tinguishcd people in Washington. one would apply the term lobbyist to Mrs. Spencer. She is said to be rich and only interests herself in legislation that will help poor and deserving people, 'Pencer. Very few Congressmen can resist her. ' The mute appeal of her large brown eyes would turn a heart of stone. MJ5 E lizabeth Hawley is under thirty ! and says that she hates all men, but she i makes exceptions to members aod Sena- j tors. She is regularly engaged by a large pension firm here to look after their 1 claims before Congress. MisHaU-y' can out talk any Congressman. She : haunts the cloak rooms of both house. 1 i , i, . nuu necr tew go ner noia upon a victim until he has promised to vote for her bill. Miss Hawley is sometimes described as the "holy terror." She was Belva Lock wood's chief assistant in the presidential canvass. The "queen of the lobby" is from New Orleans, and possesses the char complexion and striking beauty so com mon among the Southern ladies. Mrs. Clarendon is a good lawyer and does not hesitate to enter into the most exhaust ive legal argument to carry her point. She lives on Capitol hill, and may be worth $50,000. Mrs. Margaret Davis is the w idow of a retired army officer. She finds, she says, in watching the movements of Congress amusement and a diversion from the everyday affairs of life.. She becomes interested in measures and follows them up simply for "amusement." Mrs. Davis eyes are very captivating, and she dot s not hesitate to use them when a vote in at stake. General Sherrill, of New York, stands at the head of the lobby to-dav. He ' succeeded Sam Ward. General Sher - I rill's motto is the old one, that every man has his price. He began life as the private secretary of Governor E. D. Morgan. It was there he got his start. He is not very affable and docs not believe in wasting time in coming to the point. Much of General Sherrill's success in Washington is due to his charming wife and daughter. Mrs. and Mis Sherrill J have long been prominent social figures here. Both mother and daughter enter tain a great deal, and are seen at all the receptions of note. Mrs. Sherrill is very young-looking. Mother and daughter are frequently mistaken for sisters. General Sherrill has charge here of the Union Pacific interest. This pays him a handsome income aside from any outside work. He is over sixty' years old, has snow white hair and side-whiskers and walks with a slight stoop. He might easily be taken for retired Wall street broker. On any railroad-day in the House or Senate the general is always on hand, on the principle he says that all men are honest, but they need watching. Joe Rickey (sometimes called Colonel Joe) of St. Louis, is a younger man than General Sherrill, but he is almost as use ful. Kickey has a mania for betting. He will bet that it will rain to-morrow, or he will bet that it won't, and give you odds either way. He has the reputation for never taking a bluff. A short time ago a Western Congress man meeting Kickey in a bar-room alone thought he would test his sand." Call ing several of his friends around him the Congressman said in a loud voice: ' I'm a better from Bettersville. Who has got the courage to match nickels with me for $500?" "I will' said Rickey. The Congressman turned pale. That was more than he bargained for. The idea of anybody taking up such a wild, desperate bluff as that made his blood run cold. He could not back out, however, and so he produced a nickel. "Lost!" said the Congressman. Then he tried it again just to get even, and lost once more. This sobered him up. His experience cost him $1,000. Rickey drives fast horses, lives well and has a strong hold on Southern and Western Congressmen. He and Doc tor " Bradford, the subject of the next sketch, are said to be responsible for some of that postal legislation, desig nated officially as star route, that passed the House several years ago. Doctor Bradford is a native of Cin cinnati. " Yes, frankly, I am a lobbyist," he says "and I am not ashamed of it." - Dr. Bradford believes that lobbying as a fine art can only be carried on by gen- Memen. Bradford is a smooth talker and an excellent judge of wine and horses. He keeps the best of both. He keeps the best of both. He is seldom seen about the capitol. His labors are carried on outside. The three men men tioned above are the principal figures in the Washington Ubby. There are a umber of lesser lights, but as ret they have only acquired a limited degree of fame. In Hudson Bay. The houses, not more than twenty-five or thirty in number, are so scattered as to extend along the river bank for nearly a mile; and being all painted white, form conspicuous objects against their dark background of pine woods. On step ping ashore at the landing-stage we find ourselves at the foot of a Cagitaff indi r;tiog the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay company, to whom. Indeed, the whole settlement owes its existence, the entire resident population, except the mission sWT, being composed of their officers and employes. Round this center are grouped the residences of the officer in charge and his subordinates, and also one or two large warehouses. Beyond these stretch away to the right the cottages of the company's laborers. Every building on the island i of wood, suitablo stone not being easily procur able. In shape and size, however, the dwelling houses are not unlike those of an English country village, except that only the larger houses have any upper story. Taking now a path to the left, and fol- lowing tie bank, we make our way toward the mission station easily rec ognized even at aTdistance by the flag hich floats over It, bearing the letters C. M. S., this being a station of the Church Missionary society. On our way thither we pass the mission church, a modest-a ructure of wood surmounted with a steeple, and capable of accommo dating about three hundred persons. Leaviug tLis, we soon reach the musion buildings, which beside the school, in c.ude the residences of the bishop of Moosonce (ibis station being the head quarters of the diocese), one European clergyman, and a native catechlst. Be tween the bishop's house and water is a graay slope on which the Indians erect their tents aiding their stay. The resi dent population, the bulk of whom are half-castes, number, together with the few Europeans and Indian, about one hllmlrorl anil fiftv iaiiIi- aluU tk T,t: I ans who visit the place during the sum mer are estimated at bet wet n four and five hundred. We will now see how Sunday it spent in this little community. As both Log- be provided for, the services are begun early enough in the day to allow of four icing nctu in -two in eacn language. At 6:30 a. M.. therefore, the church bell sounds, and soon a stream ol Indiau (most men t this early hour) winds its way to the church door. Let us take up I our stand here and observe them as they . enter. At th outlying settlements the ; Indians diess almost entirely in one style; j but here at headquarters, where they , come a good deal in contact with Euro j pcans, they adopt something f the va , riety of huropt-an dress. Some of the well to do Indians (L e., the most skillful hunters) appear in black cloth suits and coiorci neckties, ana a lew even were English boots, though the majority seem to prefer the soft deerskin shoes usually worn in the country. The women nat urally allow tbcnw'ltes still greater free dom, and not unfrequently adorn them selves in a dress of glaring hue, with a striped shawl or beaded arket equally conspicuous, and the whole surmounted (but this not often) with a straw hat and colored feathers. TLs vicr. A Tolce Front the Dead. A circumstance of recent origin, which is vouched for by people of Christian character and high social standing in this community, confirms this strange story of biological conditions. A couple of years ago Willie Lord, a young man well known and well liked in I'ootiac and Detroit, lost his life in Washington. t" " uu F''''J a. mi T-l r . t t i : lip ii M wn rmiiv.i iiw nrnvninrv mv wrm time be died, a lady, the member of a family who were all intimate friends of the young man, was living in New Mex ico, blio was formerly Miss Virginia Palmer, of Pontiac, and is now, I think, Mrs. Anderson. This lady who, in com mon with her family, regarded Willie as a dear friend, was sitting in her room in New Mexico with open windows, when she heard a well-known whistle a snatch from a bar of music, with which young Lord always announced his coming. Her first thought was one of mingled pleas ure and surprise ; pleasure at seeing her friend and surprise that he should be in that far distant part of the country. But there was no mistaking the repeated strain of the signal-whistle. She ran to the windows; he was not there. To the doors. No one had seen any person. The event so impressed her that she sat down and wrote to Mrs. Lord, and the bereaved mother answered that at that time her son was dead. Was it then the music of the spheres that had been conveying an unintellig b'e message to earth-bound ears? Dttro,t Frt Vra. Trees and DronghL : In looking over exchanges, in an ar ticle on "Forest Preservation" the eye lights ah the followiog statements: "It is an accepted fact that trees attract rain, that in sufficiently wooded districts and areas ot country, droughts are of less common occurrence than in over cleared sections." That tho above is an ac cepted, theory (with manv) is admitted. That it is an accepted fact is not true. The worst drought experienced during the past season was in the mountain re- E'on of Western Virginia and Eastern entucky and Tennessee, a sparsely settled, densely wooded district. Intense droughts in the densely wooded districts of Northern Michigan have prepared the way for the detructive forest fires which have swept over that country. During the last season Southern Illinois and In diana, naturally a forest region and with a large' percentage of the land jet in tim ber, have suffered severely by draught, while the prairie region of much of Northern Illinois and Iowaj has had aa excess of rainfall. Enthusiasts' on the subject of forest preservation and forest culture are apt to propound theories claimed to be based on facts which the facts themselves do not sustain. The real facts are that the sources or original cause of rainfall are remote from the lo cality of precipitation, which depends upon currents of pure air charred with moisture coming in contact with colder currents, and not ' upon what mar be growing upon the earth. The clouds may accumulate their supply of moisture hun dreds of miles from the locality of pre cipitation A York WtrlJ. The first case of Asiatic cholera in this country occurred in 1532. KING OF TnE SUGAR TRADE. cuniruczxis,Anrnrowu WXXXDS. lew rra sveiilaff rWwv4 Crck. rm lmmm tU )rkla Bs the .viawster ! ?1Ults. A San Francisco letter to the FL Louis ULJ-e-lMmamU thus details the career of a great sugar monopolist: C'laua Sprcckels, commonly known as the "Soigar King of the Sandwich Isl ands," wields a power more democratic, if not greater, than than that of any other, monopolist in the world. He Is sometimes more than a Warwick, be cu he has not remained conteot with making the king, but has guiJed all his movements like a puppet, to that he Is actually the ruler of the pl;my realm and its financial ministry, ills dream is to exercise equal sway on the coast. Snreckels is a South German, bora is Ilanover, a man of small education, who came to this country about 1930, and started in the retail grocery business in Church street. New York. He made the Impression on those who knew him there as a man of great shrewdnrw and of the thrift which is proverbial vt his race. He came to California soon after the gold fever broke out, and at once engaged in the grocery bus iness in this city, preferring it to the hazards and hardshirs of mining. Every thing which he touched seemed to turn to gold. He made larse profits in his business. Combining who several of his brothers sb? had come out to the coast, Le bought a quarter in terest in the Albany Brewery, in this city, for H0.0OO. This was the foundation of his present large fortune and commer cial importance- After runoin the brewery a few years, his keen Wsiatss instincts saw in sugar-refining a far more profitable field of enterprise. The stonr of his conquest of the Sandwich Idan-ls in a nutshell, is that he took advanui of the ignorance of a kinj wha wsated money, and that be works' his cool.es to death. Of Spreckela wealth it is impossible to form any accurate estimate, U-cause much of his property is mortgaged, and it is understood the greater part of his for tune is embarked in the sugar business, which is apt to depreciate. He makes daily, the year round, however, C33 bar re's of sugar, containing 275 pound of sugar each, worth an average of 10 a barrel. This makes a business of f 1 9,000 aday, or f 6,3:0.000 a year. He makes a clear profit of $10 a barrel, or 5,0X) a day, which amounts to S2,li),000a jttr. He controls the entire sugar trade of the coast, which represents f 1 0.000, W) a j ear. Down at lloaululu he puts on more the airs of an autocrat, and Lis course there lately has put him into disfavor with both the native and foreign population. Lt January Le loaned the king $1,000,. 000. Among his employes Spreckels is probably 'more popuUr than any other milliocaire on the coast, because he has always treated his people well. He is of medium "height, compactly built and dresses neatly. He has the face of a typical German, with the high cheek-booes, fair skin and blue eyes f the Fatherland. His eye is as clear at that of a young man, and his skin though browned by exposure, is alo clean and healthy. His round head Is covered with a thick growth of hair, rapidly changing from gray to white. This is the only indication of his years. He has the alert look and move ment of a man of thirty, aa in his steel blue eyes is a look which goes far to reveal his character. He married years ago, when he was a poor man, a comely German girl, who was then employed as a domestic in the family of a large Eastern surar refiner, and she has proved a good wife and mother. They have four sons and one daughter. The father and the three elder sons, amoog whom is Adolph, who shot Ie Young, are members of the I'a ci5c club, in this city, where the sons are general favorites.' They are all fine looking men, of polished address, and have traveled much in Europe. Mr. Sprecklct is aa easy man to get access to, but it Is another matter en tirety to draw any information out of htm. When told of the object of the visit he said: "You may put it down that I know what is always good for Claus Spreckles, and never fail to turn this knowledge to account." The Hone-Trader an4 the llerse. The habitual hone trader la not al ways a bad man and neighbor; but he Is always supposed to need especial watch ing. He, certainly. Is a double moralist except where be sometimes merges his private code into hit official one whoJ.y. For, the horse, which is among the no blest of animals really, is somehow, practically, a corrupting institution. He contains in himself pretty nearly all pos sibilities of the good and the bad. His scale of developments is of immense reach; and the worst of it all is, that his qualities are only to be known, within any moderate approximation, by an ex pert. It is hardly credible that tinder the vUajre which seems so guileless there can be hidden so much deception. But we know, to our sorrow, that it does hide there. We generally find out the day after an unfortunate purchase that the animal driven up so proudly before us yesterday is not the one that now limps and wheezes. The real entity was marvelously concealed. It is a wonder that the head of the mythical tphynx was not mounted upon a horse. If it had been. Old i pus would have been worse baffled to unravel the mystery. The alipperiness, therefore, of the horse trader, is eaaily accounted for. He can not very welt help it. It is altogether probable that he La half the time cheated himself. That he has more virtue than he Is credited with is evident from the fact that be is rarely, if ever, known to be rich, and is never a millionaire, -Vine Tort UoMr. Tanned Snake a4 Free Ski as. Even the delicate skla of a frog can be tanned. An opera glass covered with the handsomely maiked skia of a garter or a small water snake will soon become fashionable. Card eases, small books aad little bed-room clocks are some of the articles In the manufacture of which thev are used. The surface of the skin is thickly glazed and ia such things it takes a long time before toe scales be gin to stand up. The upper portion of slippers aad shoes and even dressing cases are made from the larger aaakes. Nearly all of them come Africa, but a good many are also obtained from Braid and other parts of South America. It la a singular fact that the skins have to be taken to Franco to be tanned. .Ve Tort JAtif osi Erpn. W. E. Gladstone, the premier, has aa elder brother who has no lews than thlr teen farms on his hands. He also owns I over 43,000 acres ia Kiacardiseshire. MIEXTinCAND INDCSTKUL. The tape worm has no distinctive ap paratus hut absorbs the already digested fuod of Its host. The chemical prepara tion of the food has preceded its ab sorption. In animals precocity is goera'.ly a sign of inferiority; compare the chicks of the hen and of the robin, a colt with a kitten, and the comparatively well de veloped caterpillar with the footlr J grab cr the bee. A St, Louis man Las disrovrred that catfah skin makes elegant leather, and proposes to cvt out a pieat aod make a fortune. He uses it foe everything, for shoelaces to slippers, cabas, pocktt books and fancy pocket -case covers. The leather Is light gray ia color, very soft aod tough, foaling rink floors"are now mad of paper. It is done by pasticg aod pre tog straw boards together under a pow erful byuraulk press, la the same way as the disks of the paper car wbrett 'are made. When lbee blocks are wfertly seasoned and dried, they "are sawed isto Cooiing boards and laid with the eJje of the paper forming the surface of ti Coor. This surface is M&d-pprrrd un til it is ss smooth as one vast shrvt of ice, aod the adhesive quality of the pa per prevents any s ipping of the roller upon the Coor. The Coor Is without joints, perfectly smooth and comparative ly noiseless. The dwarf coco grows abundantly everywhere around the ciiy of 1t it. From its kernel the finest lubricating oil known is extracted, as well at the 1 for a soap, whose appearance aad eace! lence would meet wp.h universal favor. Why some oae hat. not amazed for tune from the manufacture ol th:s o ! here it one of the many mysteries of fa vored Mexico. On the low lands, cot ton, sugar-cane, coffee, com aad tropical fruits re easily grow n, while the ele vated plateaus and valleys yield a mag eicent grade of wheat. An I jet, '.range to aav, in this populous sreuoo, constantly traveled, not a slegle ta :r or grain mill is to be found nearer thas Uuadalajary, miles from the coast. Observations concerning the effects produced upon our planet by the pri ol!cally appearing spots on the sn Lae given very contradictory results, aod have ettabiuhe 1 thus far only the sickle fact mat solar uisturtiaaces s'roegy sf feet the earth's magnetism. It it very probable that . sun spot inS oecret may have a certain real effect upon termtriaj Climates, but much further research i be necesry to prove Leyoed a doubt that they do. rrofess-or C. A. Youeg e'Srmt, however, that Jt has a: ready been shown that a-jch in 2 j ore. if it exists at all, is very slight an 1 difficult of detec tion; that it is not dominant, cr even eery powerful,la terrestrial meteoroCo-y ; and that there is no reasonable proaa 1 for expectation that the periodicity of s to tpota will ever enable us to predict the season in advance. The Latest FasklsaaVe Telly. "Bleeding Is becoming ftthioaable among young society swells of both sclts. but is mostly practiced by yojeg men." said a phyncitn." " By bleeding persons naturally be come a little pa.e. and this gives them a kind of aristocratic or distinguished a;- I prarascc. t or instance, if a jovn? man has been rejected by the lly who Las upt Lis rca-son Le can play u;oa her sympathies by having himself bled. The lose ol blood would make Lim i.e and f. a, ... ' . nieresiiag, ana ne c ou -i louege arouna Uorae for a few davt and send out a re tort that he was dying of a broken heart. His rwdeoeas would show that something was the matUr with Lim. end it might excite the lady s tvmpathy, if she had that element In Lcr ky fasiu-a-ab'.e composition. The face could tvot be powdered or peieted so as to repre sent illnese. The Is lie understand that artifice too well; aad a sreal t&aay are adopting the bleeding procvet. It is not lliat Uvy wtsb to convev the itr. predion that they are dying by inches frota grief. ' . They don't do that now. But occasional Lleediaf makes tbrtv naturally ple, an 1 toetr pretty faces are morecasily colored In consequence. With a white background, or rather face, the face is colored without the preliminary trouble of wishing it with a white com pound before coloring Is pot on. The colors stick better, tLe pwiat does not show so plainly, does not close the pores of the skia so hermetically; a smoother appearance generally. Then, ajraia, it is not the correct thicg ia laahiooable so ciety to appear too rosy aad heahhfuL It would look as if tbey follow r4 sme occupation for a living. School r-irU, you know, cat pickles and slate pencils under the imprea.oa that it hi make them thin by drying ut the blood. Bleaching ia the Latest device in fash ionable society, and la resorted to by both sexes for opposite purpose. Durieg the summer Ladies are bleached, or bled, under the impression that the redaction of blood prevents an excess of rrtpirs tkn ao4 nothing Le considered note unfashionable than to perspire. That it hr so many ladies look so cool aad Icy chilling ia the red-hot months of summer. 1 do not know that the jousjr men drink salt water after being Lied like the ether calves that are bleached foe the market by cruel butchers, but no doubt salt water will soon become a fashionable craxe ia coaneciiom with bleeding process. Ckf TrJto. The Ess press f Aaitria. According to a Freech raper, hardly any one at tenaa kaot the emprt, and many Viennese Lave never seen her. Though a grandmother she has sriJ aa elegaat figure, roe owes ttis to aorse back exercise aad to early rising. Her disdain for popularity and the people has its source in her attachment to the old prerogative of the crown which the em peror has resigned, t-be guards the court against the iavaaioa of new ideas, aad would consent to mingle with the people at fetes if she thought they still mpected their prince. Uut she knows the sacred character of the throne has disappeared la their eye. The empress who disdains to show herself at LeXa, is curiously enough tho latimste friend of circus riders. On the eve of the craad religious processions, la which former empresses took part, escorted by pa and ladies, she has convenient iUaeases, which enable her to go to the country; but she has one virtue, rare la em perors consorts: she never meddle with politics. $hc is despotic mitrtt of her household, the first huntress la the world, and mizht be the first r rcf ror of circus equitation of her Lime, the be Levee ia Ilomocpaunr. vo.eni exercise aad ia shampools;. The price lower thaa it 104 years. of wheat la Earlaad Is has been daring the past THE MOUSE Or Cl-AY. TVr was a ham mhtmmottUf, WWKa tins las.! sa aU 4m j, i?trrjnsA4 fwr. For Ucfm sat Lis- trt to lst, Tcmi tiki aiai-fossi aal Vtnx a woeU drrt Ta sJ t oor a t lAAfd tas nJai--& irt fl-tMrr H sir?! away. As J tlstst ib door. I'-at Lots esvta r sj1 k4u t. Wo Un tut rvrl Us swtaskOa taJa, . TLr a3, roxL Boor. Ktood i lb saM of il tnoriMt, tirsaJ asxl fsir grKi ss4 Lsir. Msliit; jWj tmt of fWwt. TJ at thm taiow soar kJ oil rsw-w Lv ka sai UT !! st U dw. IV r ta Lu4 wows ot cU, aicl jMesia oA ciral ray Grew if iuh. And bsM ansoakml vmrrOj owtaiie TLol aa4 tixrjtn tossl s4 sftrowc. Tb faaswr aais to Li Is. Tbe so.l.'j tttsaxw s3 Uy loaf-. TCI tmrcjsd wtta tr tXT TW etc sast axr. M Jrt Lks thm t tLt rM ty, IVi'J tts4VrsCia vr , ttt is rvw. sttarks poor; VTIm raLa ncA ml sar pis, Ssjs Is a4 rsCls snaads a4 ftO? At wLfca, Um tn&!ef-t(rM Wbom ',r thm crwftUa easy I lie tsJu ta a rai l snw mJrmUf Ami sLaU ta IirXOR OP THE DAT. The old all pi r strike the Lard est la the tmlLtrJ Cmrr. Motto for crary quill manufacturers: Esrd are the pr maker. Ci- Ahho-i-h pLo'oTspLieg Is dwdL new feature are cons'aat!y beicj introduced ia it- .Vr Ymrt JVr. Mrs, Pnia-tou nays that it It net true that Ler - Ike Las ulsters la Lis throat. .'iihwti Jvrml, la newspaper parlance the nt"Latt who rets ahead ol Lit fellows it the oae who Las the a4" vaatage. iui-'i CJ. Ttr s to ow a rsuZrnsd, lrrm ta a cirtr: c4 it la mfW c acKsrti ta tbsrrisrw. "A7S 14 jrr. P-oy (with feelircv "I'm aa orj Laa. and father's I -coke hit ! aad itia )a,l, and mot Let's ia aa insane a turn, and if I CO Lome i;bout any taoney they'll lick me. iimtmm. Wojw. - A wum( taaa. drim t tm 4sU CyU. IVt ua Ibm i'.la a e& 1ml ssaU. -I -3 1 ta '- tm -rS." II rrl c S.sr4 tm,i. Aad wow Lm swaj ss u l-x toe Lis t .Ysrrtsfavw litrmiJL A clothing dealer hunt; out aa over coat for a -?u. anJ w.t ked thereon IIaavts SS J'rsjr' A I Lief observed it, and, ahouLlerleg the rrpoaa.U!ty, remarked, "llaods ca' lU- ora lMWrj C'lfww'e. When old Jacques broke throve the Ire: Vour tame I Your afclJir"!" "Yes, but "Not a w c J 1 It is foe bidden to bathe ia this lake, naj I am not here to listea to eau suatiag circ-um-s takers, IjA C-rurImti, When you Lr the old vrteraa wjih a head Lke aa jstrr to I, tUvg the oid story of the weather back ia the twen ties, you perceive that, la spte of the prcsfreas of ia vrn'.ioa. there Las Its t Improvement ia Ijiag w:.h toeutiotlfl. "I did at a you out at lh party,"" said om fUaedkk to another t'riJsy. "No, I w as tend.sg a w air, a the an swer of the other, as Le tLojtt bw Le promenaded the llr' ta f four mortal Lours with tkil that refused tL com forted, Xfimm. JWrst. Actress (to washerwoman who Lao brought her bill) "How ran you t so impertificnt ar to dan me ia this wavf Washerwoman 'Isoptrlineatl Is Lai do joa oenf Who are you, I should l.ke to know! If I choos to pay sas peoce foe a rallrry tk ket. you Lave ft to faint on the stage foe my amusemeax." (!. Zt3. "I wish I was aa owl, said the yousg lawver, as h sat by her aid late ot eveniat:! "Why r she asked. "Urcaost I could stay op all a rht. you know, dear." Lo replied. "ULat would you wast to do sach a ridiculous ihitf at that fort she tillered. "To wit: to woo." Pkildmrf Clrmmklr. IWtweea Infancy and the la!l4-Lot a maa tumbles lato masy pifalls of terror, but about the Liarr mistake he ever makes with Lis eves open, is when he goes rarefsHy aloe p. with the laatera of reason in one hand, the stall of j-iJetcw ia the other, skiaa Lsppioes La the potaway of matrimony, aad then, Lke saold fool, tells Lit w'ife what a acsvUr good cook Lis mother is. Ciaosfe Li- Cachel's Tessa. A corrrtpoodest of the New Orleans 7"w-Dfmxrml says ia a letter from the Holy Land : Hill farther oa i arrived at I Cachet's tomS, a tnodra square white structure, made out of roars plaster, roofed over a dilapidated dot&e. ilr a singular coincidence of trsdniuea, Jews, Moslems, Armeaiaaa,;rek, Latin aad Irotetaat Christian all wt.il La fco aouaciag this iLe spot Lrre Hac Left Lie went out and ilea ania's beg-aa. Ua Jacob and his family were ymrmoritr Southward from IWtheL The pillar which Jacob aorrowf aUy net up to mark tho site wLkh has avow passed away, but the srvseral locality Is faithfully cherished la the hearts of the people. The tosub tie at the very joactioa of the IVth'ehesa aad Hcbroa roads. We took tho Latter, of course, pirwait jj a journey that had beea trodira before us ty Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, David, Seal. r-m-ttel. helocao aad ssyt of the irotriarcto aad proohcts of the Old insaartL Across the vsly to the rfr.Lt, as we tamed our backs oa the tomb, was the modern village of IVit-Jci, with sotso 4.000 labaUtac-s. ail Christ. ate. aal the majority latin and Greek church die taries, The rulau was apparently ono cf the most attractive la tie Holy Load. Speakisj of ' "aa etar-loter " the buainesss situation. piojer aavs ta u jwjsooa ee- 1 have cart I all V looked the sub ject over, aad kaow, f rom actual oompa taiioo, that aevvaty-Cre cents will buy more cf the - ariea of life thaa one dollar would la I Mi aad 1?2. Ia fact there never was a time when eo caeca could bo purchased foe one dollar as xsow. The total prod action of sxtiracita cosi darixf the year 14 was TVS too, araiast 11,771,1m tera ia 1W1 1
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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March 5, 1885, edition 1
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