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VOL. VIII.
PITTSIiOHO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JCLY I, IssU.
NO. 1.5.
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A Fragment.
TV"li;tt If, whilo I (.it h t.- b'oiii ,
A vo I have n t heard for ymirj
(should jir el mo in tin' low sw,ct one
Tlmt own n iniisi to my vara;
Ami I should start from i'Miiory's swnr,
Ami, turning, Mini yu sitting there
I'lelmnpsi, at though 'twere yest"nlsy
Your twt wont tripping iknvu thu sin r.
Or if, Uon some s untiier ilny.
'Mill s ii); of hints ami hum of liees,
I should go down tlic ' . odl.-iud way
Toourolil tryst bcii-nili th t ;
Ami, si art i g Imrk in skid siirpr ',
I should I I'lmlil yon waiting tli iv,
'1 hi' o il light shining in your eves -
Tli- sunlight tangled in your Imir.
In vniu I shall not see the glow
(if ini' -In on ii eyes or eateh Iho smilo
Of ruliy lips; Imt yet I know
Th.it yon an' near me nil the while
For I mo love I you in that ran e
O;' sunny yoirsihat my poor Ivnrt
Would bleed afiesh mi I count it trnirgo
To think ii nl In Id u- fur apart.
Ami "i, wln'ii crenin ; shadows rr rp
Ami n k' I"!!-- wiflly "Vr tin- L n.
Yon toiirli my cye'nls nml I sleep,
Ami slivpiu r, ilii'.in o i-'im n nml time.
An I nil-Il mimic u i 1 1 -1 morn shall break
Th it llmls In chi.i il hy il a'h'se.i',1 il-iv,
You mil Imt kis nil'. I -Ii ill wak",
Aii'l waking In' in firaxcu w it It you.
.mi shli:
THE ASTROLOGER'S DUPE
A litllr olil woman, gray -haired an-1
trembling, -al a liltli' while ago in the
bark oilier of a Wall --tn-i-l stork broker.
Her gaze was fixed on n wide blackboard,
where chalk figures showed the drift of
block tnaik't notations; tin it w;i mi
lu-trr ill In r rye ; Iter n linlf a-pi-ct was
lll.il" I i in-. 1 1 1 nit f hum I 1 1 , brokeiih' attel.
Slif had a sad story to tell were there
only spirit 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 I' It to Inr fur a recit
;il. A t-.ir ago -he rami' to this sauio
brokerage oll'nr. Hit purse was fat with
hank bills ami she gave an order for the
pun base of ,"iiHI .-li.ucs ufii tork whii Ii
liail Im i n ai'tic a 1"Mlt tiuii'. Tin.' Iiroki r
a'lvisnl In i against tin' pun Iiiim", ami
tuM In r plainly tli.it ho hail w hat In- lir
lii vi il rxi i Hi nt riason-i for ex jn-i-t inn a
h .. iliclinr in Ilir part ii uiar sim-k sin
ha.l si lc ti',1 to liny. ISiii sho pi isis,i
in lin ili ti-iiiiii ation. ili i larini; licit slio
li.i'l inlonnatii'ii whirli mill. I mt In'
wmiil; dial tin- shirk was lioninl to n
up a I ili al vi iy soon. Shi' hail InT
way, ilr-pili' tin' i-hiiii-Hs that plainly
plnliitnl till' In of In r liioiiry. Shr
lift if "i, in Ml in i ash as a ll p'-r c 'lit. tuai -iu
to protcrt In r inti'ii'st ami wi lit hrr
way with a i aim ' I i I m .show n mi
In r i oiinti iiaiiri'. "1 .shall inaki' a yi"l
ili a) of nioin y," shr mimI as slit- li lt, "for
tin- iufoi nialioii 1 have conn s from th"
vriy hiolirst :Mitliority." Th" stork p'T
jn rvorst ly ilrrlini'il forthw ith, ami cat- i
lay saw sonic fiai tioii clippuil oil of tlio
pii'iiilin ilay's ipiotatiou. Within u
month thi original f",ou0 inaiu'in hail
ilw iinllril ilown to f l.iiuit, ami the broker
was olilim'il toe ill for another ileposit
llolll his l llstollli-l to protect In r illlCIT-t.
she Hue lion II ton II with the sailli' hell- i
b.itislinl smilo, ami w ith the same expres
sions of conliileiicc piiiiliii'eil her rouiuled
purse ai;ain. Four llnm-aml ilollar- sho
left in the broker's hamls this liiue.
''The ailvaiue, 1 am tobl. has been uii.i
viiiilu'ily tlelayeil a little while," slicsaM.
w ith a tone full of assuranee ami faith,
"I ut it is hiniiiil to t onic soon now, ami
I lei I as -lire that my money is sale as if
1 liel it ail in bank awaiting my onl' rs."
This w as in lespoiise to I'm thcr lii'uvf pie- '
ilielioiis lioiii tin; broker, who, by inn. Ii
arnuinent tiieil to louviiice Inr that. she;
was beimj; misli 'l. Another short perioil f
i lap-eil; ami another enloircl cull was
ma le upon the sunny laci 'l olil Inly.
Just a bare . -uspicion ol ilisipiiet was lie. I
pjiiniii"; to show itself, Imt tiler,- was no ;
I ai kilowu in In r action. Out rani"
mole money. Ami so a l.ltle later ili.l i
iiioii' still follow. Then not 1 1 1 ! i ; av;o
she i.iiiii' el iiLfiiu; now sh" bnnijlit Inr
bank book. She showeil In the broker
that a year a.'o it 1 1 I ! I - 1 her with ib - ',
posits of ifrlsiiin ,,f whi, h hut 1M'
lemaini il ; ami that J.-'i'MI every p liny
of it, every peiuiv she possessed in the
wolM she haii'leil over. She was imt
yet utterly ilomn i-i. "ilut yester lay," j
bhe iiveireil. "I hail in y iiil'oriuatioii le- j
a(eil n.uain ami the rise which I've
waitnl for to loni; is to roni" now rilit I
away.'' Down went the market, lower j
nml lower ilroppeil the price of the ex-
pectaut woiuait's ,'iinl shuns of stock, till;
that ilay a little while :iiro wln u for the
last time shi' came into Wall-street a-ain,
ilroppeil into an nrniehair be fore the ipio
tatiou buanl nml ,'a."l lonr ami listless - ,
ly, as out' in n deep dream, confronting
the while liiiies that glared out at her
there like the eyes of so many demons.
All of her $sl,iMHI was yone; she had
only poverty h it. Hut she was brave
Hill, and when her broker apnoaclied
her bhe rose w ith the urure of u woman
young mid ipieenly ami thanked him for
nil his courtesies nml the good advice he
hud waisted on her.
"Now, .Madam, will you do nic the
fjreat favor of telling me from what
source you received the false information
on which you relied so implicitly mid
risked wo much money f" This was the
broker's question.
"I'pou mi astrologer. Thin wns her
iiinaiiit,' answer, ami she named n man
whose "card" is flaunted publicly in the
metropolis. There was stuM'fied broker,
ll broker who got m:nl. He didn't say
"Fool!" but ho looked it. The old lud
(nTkrl then freely. It was no tivir hinj
ulie Faid, for her to seek the advice o
this "astrologer," her husband hail doni
the same before, her and a score of he
friends, she said, had implicit confidclici
in the revelations of the 'er.
"I'll tfive you $l,00H," mid the broke!
hotly, "if you'll promise me one tiling.'
The old lady's liohtenin counteiianei
showed that he need have no doubt ol
the promise. "Never come into Wall
strict '',iin and have no more to do witl
this blanked scoundrel whose lies have
cost you so dearly." i
The promise was gladly exehauged foi '
the money, ,-.;id the old lady went hei ,
way. lint this was not thu only seipie .
to this speculation. Three or four dayi j
ago il dapper little fellow with a face j
wea.ene I iiround a pair of twinkling ad j
ib r eyes thrust hiin-rlf into this same
brokerage olVn e. lie sought the uiana i
ger ami viM he '.allied to buy sollie stoet !
on a margin, lie had luou ;hl a one j
tlmu-aml doMar imle along to put up a-tin .
ii"Ci s.,iry depoiit. He was ju-t ready tc !
hand over his niotii v w hen of a sudden i
j he looked into the brokel's face andejae
, ulateil, "lou ve got a bright eye; may
j dian th's b ink note aero- tln in just fm
a"cind;' Tin' broker was ustoiiished,
but to humor a i n totu-r, wlioui h" siip-po-ed
to be only in a jovial mood. In
. consented, ami th" bill blindfolded bin
momentarily. The cu-loin -r closed hii
own eyes, w ithdrew t ie bill, and ejaeu
lated as if to himself alone, "t'orreet
i perfectly eorreel I" He llepol.il"ll hi
money, and was about to leave when sud
deiily the broker, urged by a strange mis
pieioii, filled him and said; "Will ym
tell me why you went through that per
formance of putting that bill over my
eyes;" "t'ei taiuly, certainly!" cjaculat
ed the sallow fellow. "Certainly; I w.i
testing 1 1 1 ' infoi in. iti. hi I h i 1. 1 am an
astrologer, and "
"Are you the man that sent Mrs.
here to buy stork '."
"Yes, oh yes!" and the adder eyei
i iistoiner riibb" I his h inds ecstatically
"Yes. oh yes ; tol l her to come here.'
"You swimlle l Inr, you scoundrel.'
The broker's voice wa-n't sweet tc
listen to, and the a lrologer looked mori
til in a lilll" seared.
"Why, I believe in th" power-i iny-elf,"
he w liiin il, "or, of course, I wouldn't be
pulling up in v own mm v." Il w is
only bi'c.m-e there is a 1'oliee C nu t ir
thi t iwn that the f !ow wis not sum
niarily kicke I into tin- stieet. As it win
the bioki r c nit'-nl I himself w ith iug
"Your account will In' do-d in this
oilier t"-niglit. If there is anything din
you you can have it at ;l o'clock. irt
out of here now, iprck." At :i o'clocs
when the gentleman called he found thai
sum tiling had run afoul of the marke!
during the day and his go ) shares ol
stock had fallen enough in n couple ol
hours to wipe out every cent of his fl.WK
margin. And I betray only a little bit
of conlidem e in saying that the fellow
wouldn't have been far wrong if he had
nisp. ct' d that his ow n broker was re
sponsible himself for the sudden decline,
having hammered the in irkrt ami pari
tied his conscience somewhat in remem
brance of the duped old lady whose
fortune had gone at the idle dictation o!
the arrant humbug who now to soino ex
tent was doing penance for her sorrow.
.Yi r YitfK ''ii .
Washington anl Hunker Hill,
It was on the lit i day of June, IT7.),
that tl"orge Washington was chosei
Coininamb r in-( 'hief of th" American
army. The next day he made his answel
to Congress, in hich he declared thai
he in cepted the olliec, but that he would
take no pay. He left Philadelphia on
his way to II iston June 'il, escorted by a
troop of horsemen, ami accompanied by
Schuyler .rid I.ee, who had jil t been
made major generals by Congress. They
had gone about twenty miles when they
saw a man on hois- back coming rapidly
down the road. It was a messenger ri
ding post haste to Philadelphia, ami
carrying to Congress news of the bntth
ol Hunker Hill. livrnlio.lv was stirred
by the new s ami wanted to know the
paiticiilars.
"Why were the Provincials compelled
to retreat?' he was asked.
"Il was for want of ammunition," he
replied.
"Did they stand the lire of the
regular troops?" asked Washington anxi
ously. " That they did. and held their own
lire reserve until the enemy was within
eight mils."
"Then the liberties of the country are
safe !" xclaimed Washington. lie re
incliibercd Wi ll the scenes under lilad
dork, and he knew what a sight it must
have be n to those New l-'.nglaml fann
ers when a compart body of uniformed
soldiers came marching up from tin:
boats at Chnrlc slow n. If they could
stand fearlessly, there was stulT in them
for soldiers. St. Am-Wim.
Koii'ii to It nl.
"Had a terrible shock this mawuin',
Awlhaw. Met a low fellow who asked
me if I hud rooms to rent; actually took
nic for a lcggarly landlord."
"Oh, no, Percy. I daresay he only
meant to insinuate that you had an
empty head."
"Do you think so? Quite a relief, I as
su.th you. So aw ful to suspect that I
looked liku a low laudloard." CVkY.
I llll.DltriNS' ( OM WN.
The lliillrl n null Ilir Iter.
"If (he weather is fair,"
Sni'l the butterfly, jaunty nml free,
"If the went her is fair,
"I'll g i d inee in (lie mi' iilow there!"
"Ami I," sa il the priiileiit li
"Will b" early at work, you will m ,
If the weather is fair:"
KIHU M ''o.iii n, in Si. M.h'i'im.
TulMiiii lllrcls.
That starlings can be taught to speak
is an ol I, old .story, coining down to us
from ages musty with years, ami present
experiences are often confronted with
tho e of long ago, uncomfortably sug
gestiiig that there is really nothing new
under the sun.
Pliny, that aged, learned gentleman ot
literary latrs and elegant culture, de
lighting ill bird song and flowers, tells
Us that starlings were taught to utter both
I. il iii 'in. I liri ek woids (or the amuse
ment of the young I n' ars, and indeed
llolll oiler si. Hire, we ha) ii of
tln li giiv.t tlevi iii'-s in the use of
speech.
Tie- lale Pi'tecs, ij.orge of Saxony
laught a l.ivori'e stalling to whi-tle the
su lent song "I ! auileaiiiiis igitur." Hrr
sin i ess was a source of never ending de
light to children, who in summer were
often invited to the nual aviaty.
Old limine.
"It's the strangest thing,'' said Jessie,
Willi W ideopeii eyes.
'And my flowers will never grow" said
Hulh, shaking her head ruefully.
It was str inge. I ut in a comer of th"
g;'r len v i a piekeiy. t in the roi k el
was in ii ' ol basket made to hold flowers.
Until I, .1.1 planted ill the Mini. Ho ol it ..
while lily bcib. .Ml around the edge
she had put iiiorniug gl"iy s Is, Sin
wanted tiie vines to droop over tin- side
of tiie b i-ket ami vun il. w ii upon the
sto U s.
Kverv day the children x i.-ited it mid
found that something was doing mis
chief. It xxas very plain that the seeds
ami the buib were ll iug to do tie il duly,
for many ami ni.ii: a tiny shoot came
peeping above ground. IJut the earth
about lll' lll Aa- si-ialehrd and the t. lidri
green stalks broken down and With
ered. Am! it lo pt mi d iv a'ter da !
"It must be rats," said J n k.
lint nothing else in the garden wasevct
to idled
"Couldn't bu frost, i mild iti' asked
little Nan.
Tin y all laughed, fm the geranium ami
pansies were smiling up n th" sunshine.
Mid llron.e w as the iarge-t cat they
had. Jack had named him long ago.
not because he was brone colored, but
because Jack knew that bronze wassoim
kind of a color, and thought it .'-0111111111
well.
There lay old lirone on the basket.
It was just the time when th" afternoon
sun simile on it. lie probably found th.'
warm earth a very comfortable bed.
They all laughed, and Jack said: "I'll
lix him !"
II" got the watering hose ami aimed at
Old I iron..', while Harry ran to turn on
the water.
"(Hi, don't!" cried llutb. "Poor old
fellow! he didn't know any belter."
"lint he must be taught a lesson," said
Jack, very firmly. "Now , scoot J"
The cold water came with a dash, ami
Hid lilolle "scooted." With one long,
dreadful iiii-aw-w-w-w-w ! he sprang oil
the basket, flew over the tlower-beils ami
did not stop until he was in the top ol
the tallest tree.
"Poor old liion'!" The little girl
pelted and coaxed and I'oi.illed him
w hen he came down, lie had learned
his lesson well, for he never so much a
looked at the basket again. Ami thu
lily grew and was soon looking annul I
her like a ipieen. The morning glorie:
en pt down and wandered softly over tin
stonei until, before summer was gone,
the rockery looked like a bank ol flowers.
hn- l.tlt'i II,,,,.
i'liu Itinerant Cyclone.
The great objection to cyclones seein'
to be that they insist on roaming around
the country. No damage has yet been
reported front a cyclone when it was at
home attending to its own business, but
just as soon as they commence to stir
around the trouble begins, liven the old
heavy-weight cyclones appear to be
harmless when stationary, but when
travelling from one part of (he country
to another, they move with such evident
haste mid manifest disregard for tin
conseipience, that they are far fiom
popular along the mute they may take.
If the government could do something
about shutting them up, especial y dur
ing the night, the country would appre
ciate it. -Hslelliiie, (H.ik..) Ui'l.
CiiHtly Flower for Filling.
The eating of flowers is a nineteenth
century reality. Crystallized violets at fit
a pound are the very latest things in
confectionery. Candied rose-leaves are
also very Hipular. tiirls like to eat flow
ers ami will pay as high as fill a pound
for some of the more cxp'iisive kinds.
They are all brought from France, but
with the growth of favor for things
American, we shall doubtless soon see
a beginning of the flower-candying in
dustry in this country and the girls will
begin to munch crystallized pumpkin
blossoms and Juhuny-juinp-ups.
A WO.NDIiKRJL FARM.
"bury HnUlwlnV Great
Hnncli In Cnlif'jrn In.
A Piinoely Domvn, Fotirt'wu Mihis Long,
Containing 58,000 A:r..
A I' Iter from California to the St.
1,'iuis O'lolio- It, wiffril says; Dicky
llaldwin's possession from tic r mtrol of
mines 011 th" Comstock have gradually
grown until now he has a half a d"."ii
great enterpriser uider full II 11 1 nay.
II" mv.is the largest and lines', hotel in
San Fraucisro, with the sing e exception
of the Palace, and which contains a the
atre within it. He I ,h a tine sumui'T
ho(cl on l.ak Tahon, and h" has shrewd
ly bought up a large si rip ol the shore of
this beautiful lake, which in a few years
w ill be sought after for villa sites. I'm
illy, he onus the great Suita Anita iam b,
near lis Angel 's th" breeding pi 1 of
the string of swift-footed flyers with
which he goes iis to contol fo.- thu
pries on the chief racing cirruils, a id
one of the best gem nl fruit and stork
ranches in the Stale. This pr m ely
domain extends fourteen mil 's east and
west and twelv iles north and south,
and embraces ."-, t m t 1 acres. " shears
thousands of sheep every year, raise;
wheat enough to charter entile ship- for
.onvcyiiig it to Liverpool, ami makes
more brandy than any oil" ds'.'iuthe
sjute, besides turning out a Urg.1 ipiauli
ty of wine.
The men who are L'oarded on the ranch
get $1 ii day, ami the few Chinese who
remain -not over a d i."ii, all told -g 't
$ 1 a day ami board lliem-elves. hat
idds to the likeness to th" Southern
plant ilion is the appearance of young
larkies driving carls or heading slock.
I'lie-L' are iiieinbers of a colony of North
Carolina negroes whom llaldwin bioiiglit
nit here from llr-ii old homes two year,
ago. e paid their fares ami 111 l ie .1
voiit ra.t with theiii to wotk for him
for a term of yens. II" built them
neat houses, and here are installed th"
ten families comprising about sixty mem
bers. Tin y have in ele e.eellcnt b in I .
ill the lidd and the oreh aid, ber.ius" I e
woin 11 and children can be c ni ile I on
for good work in cultivating and pick
ing fruit.
The in 111 who h i. charge of all the
practical detail of this hil -e place is .1.
F. Fulby, a shr. w d, energe ir C ilifornian,
who knows wheat growing an I fruit cu'
ture so thoroughly tint le is a terror to
all incompetent ban Is, a id who keeps
his small army of worliin n under regulnr
military discipline. J11 Ige 1 by the re
sults, his iii.inag ' nent is the best of any
that I saw in th" 'outherii country.
The wine cell"r is always an obj ict of
"Ui'iosity to the average tourist, but even
though oil" enjoy ; 111;! coinp inioiiship of
the manager an I th" hospitality of the
ranch, it is very ilingn.ri, to sample
California wines. 'I'll -r is so much
strength in th" juice of the." In-ly grapes,
even when ucllow with a.'", tint unless
one is a .seasoned vess"l t'c ch inces are
that he will be overeo'ic before h" knows
it. The cellar is piled high w th thetn
leu ye n s old. All th : l.ite-t machinery
for distilling is her,', and the pi ice is in
charge of a French exp 1 1, of life-long
experience in wine an 1 brand y making in
bis native country.
After oil" Ins seen the 01 inge groves,
the orchards, vineyards, an I the other
features of the home plae , h is prepared
to extend his ob.crva'ion. to the great
wheat and s!c i ranch -. imtlcSiuta
Anil 1. You may drive for miles through
Ii bis wdier tic wlcil is mm kice high
and shows an even stun I which would
delight the eye of a Dikot.i w heat grow
er. Heyond the wlieit farm the visitor
comes to the Pu' tit i sheep ranch, coin
prises ab nit :l I. ml I acres of g ml , roll
ing foothill laud r.'aehili ; bark to the
mountains. The old Scotchman, named
('.micron, who has care I for sheep all hi;
life, going from Scotland In New . aland
and from New .'aland coming here, lie
is a man of wide information, and he
seemed liked all anachronism in this free
and easy California life, for he adheres
to th': C.ilvinisai in n hich h" was Inr 1.
An example of the rigid insistence up ui
his creed was fumi-hed last summer
when Baldwin had a pirty of friends at
the ranch. The supply of meat, ran mil
ami the millionaire sent over to old Cam
eron to slaughter four sheep. The an
swer was returned in bio id Snitch:
"There w ill be 11 1 killing of th" sh ep 011
the Siwlnith," and liildwiu ha I lo send
to town for his 1ne.1i.
Ilidwiu is cn.Mged in s liitting up a
portion of the ran. Ii i ito small ten I of
from twenty acres upward and selling
them to I, is Angeles p M ile for simmer
villas and to K ist-ru p 'ople w ho wish a
winter home in one of the most beautiful
valleys of soiitlierii Ciliforni.i A rail
road will In: completed through the
ranch this fall, an I th mi one ni iv re adi
the city of l. is Angeles in fifteen min
utes. The only draw back to rapid set
tlement ol the ranch is tic price c'largcd
for the land. With p'rpetual w.iler
right, f'J.V) per acre is asked for uni'ii
proved laud. The majority of those
who buy this land will be wealthy peo
ple, who can allord t spnil from 0,
000 to f .'O.llOil in laying out and improv
ing a place.
Uniform pri.es: What tho tailor
charge for soldim' cloths,
Tim Siilnr's Oitfll.
"What is a sailor's oiillit for .1 long
voyage;" repeat d a vn atlier bealeii old
tar recently, as lie munched a piece of
old navy and gazed respectively into his
glass of grog ina Front street sdoon.
"Why, as for that matter, 110 two sail,
ors arc alike. One will go to sea with a
nil" nut lit of long togs for nights ashore
and a sea rig large enough to start a see- I
mid hand clothing store on South street; '
ami another will lire all his I mo. He away
in a night's jolilie it ion, and away losea
the next day for a voyage around the
Horn with the suit le stands in ami a
ragged suit of oilskins that have weath
ered both capes and the storms of thrco
seasons.
"Well, take the average sailor, ami
give me an inventory of lie contents of
his chest."
"I think I will till you what we
found ill the chest ,. one ol mil nr 11
who died la.t voyage; il would hit the
mink, perhaps. We bad be 11 sine k by
a sipull of llaller.is and ha I liar I wmk
to get the muslin olf the ship In-fore th"
gal" which ouicklv followed hove us to
undi 1 cloKC-rcefed 111 lint. ' sail. A- tin
im n lay down from aloft one of lliein
wits pitched headlong overboard by the j
parting of a ratlin, ami he was 11-l. in
and swallowed up by the angry waves
before any effort could be made to save
him. As is the custom, his chest was
brought aft, opi ne I, and aninventoiy
made of his clTnis, that might befor
warde I to bis friends. In addition to
the heavy clothes for bad weather, and
the light ones for 11-" uml'T sunny skies,
wire found many little presents which
the dead man had picked up and w as
taking to his friends at home. There
were dress patterns of rich China silks,
pretty toilet boxes, nml bits of fancy
carving. Knh was wrapped up ami lie
address of the recipient written upon il.
Fi nn letters which were found in the
till of Jack's chest we learned that he
hailed lioiii an ml ind town of I'mn-yl
v.inia, and the gilts were i 11 1 11 1 I for a
mother and si Iris there, who will wail
! long for the rctuiit of their siilor boy."
Tin C11I1 111 Milkman;
lu a letter from Havana a Cliirag'
.Yxr.s col 'respondent say.; The lecln n.
nir I his system here are worthy of inaga
zinc illustration. Milk for the 111:11 lu t
and hotels is brought into the city by
immense ox carts in cans having the ap
pear iuce of dimiiiul i vc ry I ind rii a I pago
das, but a large proportion of the inlmbi
Units cling with ob-tiuate const r at isir
to the ancient metliinl of supply. At al'
hours of the morning I have met on tin
highways a way out in the suburbs sobei
droves of a half doen cow s accoiupaiiiei'
by a half dorii muzzled calves as tlej
were being leisurely driven into the city
by a brown-faced countryman and twr
or three of his barefooted boys. Arrived
in Havana these rustic groups becaim
the traveling milk supply. Almost with
out guidance the animals seek the be
ginning of the "milk route," ami oi
reaching the dom of th. liiM nis
toner, come to a halt, tie cons ami
calves taking position with military pre
cision, in single tile, along the flag stone
footways of the narrow street. Oui
guiijiro or country man is now the city
lechero or milkman. The urrbiiis run
into the customer's house, secures tin
order, and the letchcro milks the reipiir
i d ipianlily there and then before the
very eyes of the lueisetnaiil, the porter"
or el senior himself. In this way from
house to house the ipteer cavalcadi
passes, until cow after cow is iniikr,
clean, when the muzzle is in turn re
moved from each mother's calf, and tin
little terncrillas are flee to take 1111. lis
pitted passessiou of the "sti ippings.'
The sy stem Ins obvious advantagi s. Tie
milk is assuredly fresh. It would b
dilli' iilt for the leclu ro to secf te a na
tel-butt about his pi-r-on.
Hooking 11 Broken Sii!)iunriiie Cable.
The ciidsof broken submarine telegraph
cables are picked up with an instrument
railed a grapnel irou. It is a stout bai
of iron about two feet long, with live
prongs or hook alnmt six inches long .,
one end ami a snivel at the ollui. A
rope long enough to lower this giapie
iron to the bottom of the ocean is at
Inched to the swivel, and the ifoni.
then dragged along on the bottom b a
steamer, which sic.-rs direct. y m io-s tin
place where the broken cable lies, and
two or three miles, as m ar as may be,
from the broken end. Ilv means ol tm
wires, which run down the rope and .x
simple device on the grapnel imn, an
electric circuit is completed wlicm vri
the hook catches 011 nnylhing and a bell
on board the ship begins to ring, and
continues to do so until tin strain on
the hook is relieved. If the Imos should
catch on a fm k the strain on :i dynam
ometer at I ached t' tin- drag rope sud
dnily increases, and tie stiain when
the cable is hooked gradually increases,
A ship may have to steam across the
line of a cable many times before success
is attained. When the cable is hooked
the end is brought on board the shij
and a dispatch sent to lie otHec on shorn
to test that part of the cable. The end
is then buoyed ami sent adrilt until the
other end is secured. When this is dom.
a now pii ce ol cabie is spliced in be
tween the two ends nml nfter a thor
ough testing tie whole is lowered over
board. ,Yv York S'nt.
Till: ll.MII.V PHYSICIAN.
A physician says that if arnica with
which bruised limb, mi.: bathed is
In ate. I its good 1 fleets are perceptible
mm h -on irr t Inn if applied w hil" cold.
A standing antidote for poison by poi
son oak, ivy, etc., is to take a handful of
ijiiickliine, dissolve in water, h i il -t and
half an hour, then paint tie p .U..ied
put with il. Three or four applica
tions, it is tail, will cure the mo-t ag
gravate I case.
A 1 tin d phi-irian lixing in Ohio, and
sulb ring with dialn t.-s, claims to find
gr al r.lief ina d'nl con-i-tiiig wholly
f buckwheat. lie si nes that when he
oonfimo hiin-elf to a buckwheat diet ex
clu-ivcly, lie disturbance in lie , 11 Ii
is relieved, as is al-o the pain in lie
eye, due lo ill" disease from wh i h he
has so Ion;. -tilf'Tcl. This -, ni' dy is a
very simple one, and well worth trying.
Fm' ordillaiy tel Voll- sy . t . n 1 leing out
of or I' 1 or by i'.rii l.itigue. a hot
I'llil w i.l - 1 sooth - the m-i veslhat seep
will naturally follow, and upon gelling
11 1 tin- patient will feel m ry 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . -freli'd
and lie loolh.ele gone. I'.u
whit i- ki, own ii- juinpuiv" toot hade,
hot. dry tl.iuuel npplii d to lie far ami
leek is Vrl'V rll'itivr. For r. 1111111 'II
toothache, which is e.msn- ley indiges
tion, or hy troiig, s ,.. t acid or any
thing very h"l or el l In a b 1 a' ed tooth,
a little piece of cotton -I. , p-d in strong
c.iiiiph -r or oil of 1 I n,., i- .a eoi.d remedy.
Cit'e in tie diet, e-peciaby when lie
b iw , I - .11. .1 i -ordered, is le!pful lo uiiti
g lie tooth ,. In . It th. I ."t b i- imi. Ii :?
c.iyc'l. 11 thing i- In Mi 1 than its extrac
tion. flic Crizziy Hear.
The grizzly I . .11 is tie most formida
hie of all th" game animals of this . -. , 1 1 1
try, ami i- divided by all animals nliki,
U il II, pi rll.lps.1 he . Xceplioll of I lie lll-iUII-
I lin lion. It i- tin l.nge-t of t he In ar
tribe, oft, 11 iitl 'lining lie weight nl mu
so t pounds, and .1 length "f nine I'c-t.
Its sin ii'.'lh is eiotuioii., with ii -ingli
blow it can fell a bullock, breaking its
back, ami me ha - bei n , n walking oil
carrying a large hud, bninih its arm-.
Its chi-'f weapons are its long, -haip,
chisi I edged elan-, tint an g .uge.shap -d
also, ami terribly ill dive in tearing or
lacerating a foe. Tie grizzly is found alt
along the range of the I! n k'n , nml, as
i' Ii.ni' urn, in the .cria Melrr, and
as f:ir moth a; latitude ill-.. la lie
nor! Ii t h. y le. 1 iiiof, up in tl -Ii 1 Ii in in
the south ; I'll te I lie deer ill.. I lii-otl oft 'II
falling victims lo iis fir. nit v. and a large
grizzly has been seen to kill a powerful
bison with :i single blow of il- paw. All
tie rest of the b. .ir family ll e from 111 111,
but the glizzly attacks lie hunter nil
chid eiigcd an I is a dn aded and r.-spci I
ed oppoii. nl. Od hunter, attribute
many strange eu-l nns lo the griz .
They say it will 11. er touch a do id ani
mal, or one tint hi- 11. .( I illeii by its own
pi-owes..; ills., thai 11 digs pits ,, i, ui'
liiiis, and 1 1 o 1 r- t he in up. 1 1 is -aid I hat
Wounded lilllibl, "II. II take adv. int. ige
of the former habit .11 I feign .bath, and
so c-cape, tie In .11 lardy molesting
them if tile I'll-e is si ces, fully rall ied
out. The grizly is .l.n.g. ion, came, lor
tin- reason that it is 1 xt 1 . nely cn.iei..i.
of life. Thus, if the spoilsman wails 1111
lil the . mini il is illici tly upon bin. and
lii'cs inio 1 In- hcarl. In canii"! always dc
pi lid upon tie iinnn diale atli of tie
beast. It m iv develop 1 m rgy cienigh t"
do gn at dam. ige, and ninny 1 ti -1 1 111 1 -
are mi record where the body ha, b. . ..
Completely liilill'd Willi bllllrts, ye till
animal has killed s, vi ral lien before it
finally .no iiiiiIu'.I v ' i CV.
II. in I Organs.
Hand organ-, writes a correspondent
of tie l'." li i'i, are ii modern inflic
tion, and have Hill". lured the monk. y.
xx 1 1 i 1 1 1 i- a bailor formerly uukown in
III. II. Ill alii 1 1 1 i 1 1 -1 1 s. The monkey, in
deed, is -o amusing thai one alum-i ,..
gels the ,. gaii.gi indiiig w hile watching
his antics. These .animals .arc worth
In. .11 $il to '-tn. ai coo ling to th, ir train
ing, and wh'ii .111 lt.iilan own- his org in
and monkey le is 1 1 1 i x wt ll-to do in the
W'.lld.
Tin- b.-: hand ol;' in- ro-t front $ili
,, ,v"iO, Inr, tho-c wliidis, lonelily
torment lie publi, i cdy c.,-1 more than
$10. The In-tan tie flute organs, and
Ilex play m nix 1 dozen Igu.-, and sonic
h ix e 1 xti.a ex liii'lci s, xxlinh add I ' 1 I In il
.ap.nitv. Tie piin, ipal f.i'toty is in
t h ill. nil sir, , t, tin- Inrality In ing so
nr. it the Italian .purler 1 1! ixtci -lii-i 1 1
thai it is vi i.v laxmable to trad. . There
arc some liiii ni- xxlm own a number ol
or gym-, which tiny rent by tin season ill
I large pii'lll and W ill, bill little loss.
The grinder Inx ing Ii 11 i-li.- I his suuinirr
itim rancx, ol 1 our-. 1 ..111. s back for win
ti r ipi.util-, and thu- pays his rent.
Ilolh organ guild. -is and boy tiddlers
'line tin il n '.'Ilial lollt -, xxhicli they re
tie.al year alter year, and there sei-nis to
be some gcier.il ai I iiiigeiient xxhich pre
vents interference. Il is said licit morn
ill. Ill ;(0ll of these peripatetic llliuslrels
have gone from New York this season,
snd yet it xxill b" rare if two men visit
Ihe same village. When cold weather
sets in the grinders ictiirii t liaxti'i
Mrecl, where they park together -sometimes
lieu ly a doen in a small room,
with neither lire nor lights. The Italian
can sustain lib- under extreme privations,
iind he seems conti nl to sleep oil the
floor and live oil what he can pick uji.
Pill-led.
j The silver In o ik w ill miss tln",
'I'ne breez..' Taut 11-1-I In kiss then,
Ami rutll Willi a soil, cares, thy curls of
! M'liiuy hair;
I W In n II nrly ilexvilmps glisten
1 1 Hi th" i'ihs, 1 ley will listen
i-'or t'.y step upon the garden nalk,tliy laugh
1 ler in the air.
Tie iii"ii'lo-.vs gay n itli flow is,
Th" miiiiiiii.-i'' leafy b.nvers.
Will know thy joy ous smile no more; tho
wooilliimls st imi forlorn;
i I hear lie soft ,',. 11, plaining
lit buds, lioiii mil Hi rel' raining,
I'liii' go- t,, wilh llnii- euros sweet thy
. waking ex cry morn.
I'. lor mot Inr' liushtliy w,s ping,
Ab ox.' Iliv illll'iilig sle,'tlllg,
"hi fnl wilh aiiglii ol.nitlily urief thi! still -le,,
w here In- ii--,
I I ni l- in Ins htl.e lingers,
Wh 1. Hi" i .-x llii-h -till lingers.
, 1 tl., 111. '- ar.- be ,'i,x niai. s ,.ii the plains
.1 I 'a ni Ii-.-.
111 iioiun s.
1'p-id. down A f. :0 h- r b .1.
A'w-lX's plolioliueed xxrolig, H'.'tl by tin)
I- -t . hdar- S rung.
(,; ie ! take .e:i,ii:e in the thought
i i. ll I l.i' is . ! 1 1 ot p I'te.
" Ii ,1 ;.. lie liit, -1 : was a,ke, of a
wit. " I u. ivc I'. ," w'.i- the curl lg
Tie uufoi : :n .! In .i l of a family xx ho
i. i ni.' -i 1. t of ie! ..I-t is said to have
be. 11 pa i. .i.. I.
I'. -.pie liiir la'.x'.ei-, in r.-i!a;ii 1 ir-rs fir
I vx ' :eas:;ij-. 11.. isf..'i;.e i ttlemcnl
'I d- :t s ,,t:d ti tli' !' to dispute si t-
te'l' lll ..
"Shri'U'l-!" 1 elaiii;e. :u' old lady
who ivas lisl'-ni'ig t 1 a'l ol I sea raptlliti's
,t"iv. "xxiint do you have lin m at sra
,1.1 :" ' 'To bury dead I lllllr ill."
An "i ieinnl xxav of answering I w
pl- -I lis it a I nil : '1 ba r. Hi bly,
w !' it's th" line o' uig'n. ami xxhere's
(he peitaly p i b ling ' "li's right sir."
Smith l lr IX 1 ,' l sy 1 "Air you sure
there arc no toadstools among those
niu-hro 'in-.' ' Maty igiiillles.lyi "They
wiz b night for the iiis-us' table, but she
told mi to try 'cm lir-t "ii the boar lers.
" An X"ii going 1 1 make a flmvi r bed
lurer" said tie Ihooklyn girl to her
I itler's eai'd.-ncr. "Yi-, mi-s, them's
tie onlil-." "Why, it'll s,j our ten -in-
"i.'iii'.il-!'' ' Can't help it mis-. Your
pa -ay- he's bound lo have this plot laid
ml lor hul l iriill ure, not husbandry."
Iti'iimling (' il lie.
Tie suhe' I of branding cattle at tho
1-1 can lur iiitcre-l all rcadi rs. It is
1 in iltcr "f ini. . ! !:,... e, for il I, the only
method of l-t lllli-llillg title to four
looted piopeity. livery stork oxx ner h:is
his brand, xxhich i- regularly recorded
111. 1 is well known. It is iin ininielise
,1 IT iii', as large as a I ry ing-pan, ami is
bullied into the shoii!,e- ,,f the animal.
When the l.'ill' r changes oxvm-rs the sel
ler's brand i - I 1 1 1 - 1 . 1.,.. 1 ni 11 - 1 upside
loxxnainl hum, "I on the hip, ami the
purdia-cr puis bis ,.n brand on the
shoulder. C'-iisc j 1 11 1 1 1 1 v, if an animal
is so iinbnisv ', t pa-- throicdi luany
hands he begins (,, !o,,, like a In w -pa pet
xxar map.
I'.vrix 1 ei mi I in ma a always notes the
brands u al! the si ;,-lx thai he nnrt".
If you should a -l "tir "I thrill if he had
11 11 a red sin.,- xx. ih a x nit!, pad h on his
right eye. biainhd villi a dot in a
riirtc nnd I 'X " 11 't. le- it his left e;ir, e
Wot th I tdi x m b" .-1 xx h in 1 y 1 - i id iy forc-
ti 1 with three other cattle "f so ami-
s,.'s herd, near udi and sin h a placiymd
y.'ii xxoul.l pr.di.'ibly Iind him th"ie.
We discovered, hoxv. v. r. ihat there ate
xx ay- thai are dark on the prairie, as well
lis III cities. ll sei Ills to be geie'i!y un
derstood that a promising sb-cr , r horse
that niig'it tin I iis xx. iv into the herd xd
a ram hncm, i-i'.u-i than tie ox ner, would
be ;ipt l" b, I" in.! t" have iir.pliird a mux
nratid i'i some luy-teiims manner. ll
was ass, rte 1 that a let frying pall, placed
ovci an o! I brand. Would i liliteiate il so
:,s to i'i 1 1 1 1 , -1" idenlili a! ion impossible,
I ro'' n oil. xv" xx ere t ed. xxas ;,so .-one-times
ii-i .l lot thi's-ime purpose by soinr
call eiinn wbodil 11 - I -lirink fi "in si e.'d
ni:: .'inoiln i's p; ..p ny. -. I 'i. (.(. Jyi i-
.lllgs.
The ,,'igiil
till'i!. Yi
I Iles b
! 11
luxe a'l i:sr ovcre.l
' tli.ll the lug. xx'i osr :ipp.'.ila:ire is the
! Illo-I ant i" 11 ii" I. does ll 't aisxaXs belong
i t il.it 1 ut i 1 - 1 raiginalie piiiod. The
i h -t'-.y d "I In l.uilc lb- wii Jug" b
I ouile as ar. init as . Vi e .pie care to
j go had, t" iii'.eligat". Lately there ha
been a great !! ' lai c I oxer a jil"
I liil'ed "Ti c P ;e I'blow Vase." In artistit
circles, its -..lie "- egiit, en thousand
dollars xxill in irk an 1 ra. Yet to most
i people in this xxoiM there are many
j things beli. r, "by a iugful."' The ju:
is a most -lugui ir ii;.ii-ii. A pail, gob
1 Id, nl a jar may b rin-ed, and o il car
I sati-ly yours,-', I by optical proof that the
j thing is clean ; imt a jug Ins a little hole
in the top and tin- intei ioi is all dark-
ncss. No eye pc'et rates it, no eye can
move oxer iis Miil.ur You can clean
il only by putting ,x 11, 1 into it, .shaking
it up, and pouring il out. II the water
comes out clean, you judge you have
sun h d in purity ing the jug. In this
the jug is like the human heart; tin
mortal eye can look into the recesses,
and you can only judge of its purity by
What collies out of it.
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