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VOL. XVI.
WAKRENTON N. . O., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1887.
NO. 5
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, Companions.
When I set sail on Life's young voyage,
Twas upon a stormy sea;
But to cheer me night and day,
Through the perils of the way,
With me went, companions three
Three companions kind and faithful, ,
True as friend and dear as bride;
Heedless of the stormy weather,
Hand in hand they came together, "
Ever smiling ac my side.
One was Health, my lusty comrade,
Cherry-cheeked and stout of limb;
Though my board was scant of cheer,
And my drink but water clear,
I was thankful, blessed with him.
One was mild-eyed Peace of Spirit,
Who, though storms the welkin swept,
Waking gave me calm reliance,
And though tempests howled defiance,
Smooth'd my pillow when I slept.
One was Hope, my dearest comrade,
"Never absent from my breast,
Brightest in the darkest days,
Kindest in the roughest ways,
Dearer far than all the rest.
And though neither Wealth nor Station
Journeyed with me o'er the sea,
Stout of heart, all danger scorning,
Naught cared I in Life's young morning
For their lordly company.
But, alas! ere night has darkened,
I have lost companions twain;
And the third, with tearful eyes,
Weni and wasted "often flies,
But a soft returns again.
And instead of those departed,
Spectres twain around me flit;
Pointing each with shadowy finger,
Nightly at my couch they linger,
Daily at my board they sit.
Oh, that I so blindly followed
. . In the hot pursuit of Wealth!
Though Pve gained the prize of gold,
Eyes are dim and blood is cold
I have lost my comrade Health.
. Woe is me that Fame allaied me
She so false, and I so blind!
Sweet her smiles, but in the chase
I have lost the happy face
Of my comrade Peace of Mind!
Last of all my dear companions,
Hope, sweet Hope! befriend me yet.
Do not from my side depart,
Do not leave my lonely heart
All to darkness and regret.
Short and sad is now my voyage
O'er a gloom-encompassed sea,
But not cheei'less altogether,
Whatsoe'er the wind and weather,
Will it seem, if blessed with thee.
The Widow's Daughter.
BY SERGT. BADGER.
In the winter of 1864, while a portion
of my regiment, the New York Twenty
fifth Cavalry, was at Pleasant Valley,
Md., to obtain a remount, word was re
ceived by the post commander that ' a
Confederate scout named "WW
Baxter but who was known to us as
"Billy Bowlegs" was on a visit to his
mother who'lived between the Poto
mac at that point and a village in Vir
ginia called Uniontown. . There were a
number of Col. Kane's "Bucktails"
scOuting for the Federals and making
Pleasant Valley their headquarters, and
as I had been detailed on several occa
sions for scont service, and had made a
good record I was instructed to select
five men and cro3S" the river and secure.
"Billy" dead or alive. The fact that
he was at home was fully established,
and the location of the farm house was
known to two of the men ,who accom
panied me. We were ferried across the
Potomac one evening at dusk just where
the long highway bridge had been
burned and then we had a walk of about
eleven miles to make.
Although "Billy Bowlegs" wa9 a fear
less man and a handy shot, we didn't
figure that it needed five men to cap
ture him. The country between the
river and Uniontown was then overrun
with bushwhackers and guerrillas, and
we anticipated more or less trouble
with them.
The scout had been twice captured by
the Federals, and he was described to
us as of slender build, medium height,,
fair complexion and dark eyes. Enough
was known about his nerve to know
that he would not be taken alive if he
had any show to fight, and therefore as
we approached the house about mid
night from across a field we were
anxiously wondering how we should get
at him. If we knocked at the door he
would be alarmed and have time to arm
himself. If we broke it in we might and
probably should find him in bed. It was
a still, clear night, rather cold, and we
hung about for half an hour before adopt
ing a plan. Then we decided to break
in the doors. Two of us went to the
front and two to the back door, while
"Madam, we have come for your son.
We know he is here. We snail take
him dead or aljye.n
"Oh, you have come for Billy, hare
you!" exclaimed a girl about 18 years of
a sre who came running down stairs at
that moment. "Excuse me, gentlemen,
for not being fully dressed, but you see
you didn't send us any -word."
She laughed in a merry way, while
the mother smiled good-naturedly. She
had on a neat fitting calico dress, a rib
bon at her throat, and except that her
hair looked "tumbled" she looked as
well prepared m if she expected our
coming.
"Yes. Jennie, they want Billy," said
the mother as she placed the candle on
a stand. "
'And we are bound to take him, dead
or alive !" I added in a loud voice, sus
pecting the scout was within hearing.
"Oh, how sorry 1" laughed the girl.
"If brother Billy had only known you
were coming! But he didn't, you see,
and so he went away at dark. He'll
never forgive himself never."
"We must search the house," I said.
"Oh, certainly. Mammy, you light
another candle and Til show the gentle
men around., remaps tne signt oi
Billy's old clothes will do 'em good.
Well, sir, we hunted that house from.
attic to cellar, and all we found was an
old suit of Billy's clothes. The scout
had skipped, and the best I could do
was to apologize to mother and daugh
ter, accept a. midnight luncheon at the
hands of the latter, and take the back
track for the river. I'll own up, too,
that I was "dead gone'' on Jennie before
I left, and that I said to her, as I
squeezed her hand at parting:
"When the war is over I'm coming to
ask you to be my wife."
"And and Fli say say y-e-s." she
whispered in my ear.
,. We got back to the ferry soon after
daylight and there met a Union farmer
living neighbor to the widow. When he
heard what we had been up to he asked:
! "Was the widder all alone?"
; "No; her daughter Jennie was there.'
, "Daughter Jennie ! Describe her."
"Good looking girl of medium height,
! black eyes and hair, and' a sweet talker.
I'm going back to marry her after the
war is over."
"Bet you a farm you don't! That ar
gal Jennie was nobody else but that ar'
scout, Billy Bowlegs ! He jist jumped
into some of his mammy's clothes, and
you pig heads couldn't see through it!"
He was right. I met Billy in Har
per's Ferry after the war and he wanted
to know if I had taken out the marriage
license yet. Detroit Free Press.
A WAR STORY.
The Young Confederate Soldier
Who Was Lost at Gettysburg.
His Fate a Mystery For Twenty
Four Years.
A Chtne$e Watring-Flco.
A correspondent of the St. Louis
Democrat thus describes Chefoo, a Chi
nese watering-place: "Chefoo lies on the
BC1EKTITIC SCRAT3L
The transparency of molten iron, no
ticed during a catting of several tons.
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north side of the promontory of Shan- 1 has been recorded by Mr. W. Ramsey.
lung, mat jut out Detwaen the Yellow i it baa a yellow tioge.
sea and the Gulf of Fechele, and it has
nearly the same latitude as Cape May.
The Chinese- town of Chefoo, which
originally gave the name to the port, lies
on an island opposite the present foreign
settlement, miles enough away across
clear salt water for none of its ancient
odors to reach one. A bold, rocky
point, with residences perched all over
its breezy top, stands out from the low
shore, and the town lies back of it and
stretches off along the level gTOund at
either side.- On one side of the head
land is the harbor, full of junks and
steamers, the landing-pierJ, the custom
house and the business streets. On the
other is a long, curving beach of yellow
sand with a lazy surf pounding away in
A recent letter from Raleigh, N. C,
to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says:
One of the romances of the war has just
developed here, in which the only son of
one of North Carolina's governors
figures. Governor Tod R. Caldwell dur
ing the war resided in handsome style at
the quiet little town of Morganton. Of
an old and honored family, he had but
one object of intense affection his son,
John a handsome lad not 20 years oi
age. In the winter of 18G2 this only son
begged to be allowed to go to the army.
Entreaties were of no avail, and his
father and his mother at last consented, et of foam, and cotUges and hotels
with team, that b mirbt ioin th Arm trung at intervals for two miles. Back
SHEEP ACT VP PL
Development of Sheep Raising
and Woolen 2Unnfctnrts.
the fifth man stood ready to receive the
scout in case he dropped from a second
story window supposed to be in his bed
room. We crept softly up, and at a
signal both doors were burst . No,
they weren't! Neither of them gave an
inch under the pressure, and in response
to the efforts wc made a woman's voice
called out:
"Who is it, and what's wanted?"
"Open the door or we'll break it
down 1"
"Wait one minute!"
She struck a light, and we heard her
moving about, and in a couple of min
utes the front door opened and a gray
haired woman of 45 stood there with a
candle in her hand.
"Union soldiers, eh? Come right in,"
she said smiling as if glad to see us.
I posted three of the men around the
house and entered with the other, and
as soon as I was inside, I said :
Queer Smuggling Devices.
In Paris there exists an interesting
museum.. Since the existence of the
octroi dues which are levied upon a
great variety of articles, a good many
people who in other regards are proba
bly honest enough, are induced to en
deavor to defraud the revenue. In this
museum are kept some scores of the
most clever devices of professional or
amateur smugglers which have from
time to time been seized at the barriers
of the City or at the custom houses
throughout the country. Most of them
are exceedingly ingenious, and some are,
indeed, of a nature to suggest that in
France even smugglers possess wit.
What appears at a casual glance to be
a block of Carrara- marble is really a
painted sheet iron box. It arrived at
the frontier in a train from Italy, along
with five similar ones. A curious de
pression on one of the blocks aroused
the suspicions of a custom house official
and, upon official examination, the trick
was discovered. The boxes were filled
with ballast to make them heavy, and
at the bottom of each lay $5000 worth
of Venetian lace ! A pile ot innocent
looking logs of firewood, such as are
burned in Paris, were found
to be hollow metal tubes, covered with
the bark of trees, and filled with dutia
ble liquors. But the most amusing ar
t icle in the collection is a tin footman,
who formerly graced the box of a sty
lish equipage which passed through the
gates every afternoon, bearing the emi
nently respectable and gentlemanly
owner on his daily drive. For a while
the customs officers went through the
form of searching the carriage or asking
for dutiable wares, but when it became
apparent that the owner was simply a
gentleman out for an airing with a
stately coachman and an impassive, stu
pid footman, they took to touching
their caps and allowing the turn-out to
pass unquestioned. One day, after sev
eral months of this friendly capping, a
jolt threw the footman to the ground
before the eyes of the officers, who
hastened, in honor, to stay the fast-flowing
blood of the unfortunate lackey.
The blood turned out to be champagne
and the injured footman a tin case, in
which the master of the carriage had
been smuggling for months.
of Northern Virginia. He enlisted in
the 33d Regiment of North Carolina In
fantry, in Lane's Brigade, Pender's Di
vision, A. P. Hill's Corps.
When the campaign opened in 1863 no
soldier was more daring than young
Caldwell, and he was soon promoted
from the ranks. In May he was made a
second lieutenant for his gallant and
meritorious conduct. His regiment
went into the Pennsylvania campaign.
At Gettysburg he was present and in the
hottest of the fight On the afternoon
of July 3, 1863, his regiment swept up a
slope within' fifty yards of the Federal
lines, went closer yet, and bayonets
were crossed. Suddenly the line moved
back a little. Young Caldwell was
never seen alive after that moment. He
was at the front when the backward
movement began. His father used all
the influences of money and position to
find the lost soldier, but unavailingly.
The authorities refused to allow the
graves to be opened. It could not be
ascertained whether he was dead or
alive, and the matter became one of the
most terrible uncertainties. Under the
strain the minds of the father and mother
were nearly overcome. The father
grimly nursing his great sorrow, for
bade any one to mention the son's name,
and the terrible story was never alluded
to, even by the mother.
In 1871 General Caldwell became
governor of the state. Two years later,
in 1873, an ex-Confederate soldier
named Lucas, from Hyde county, was
elected to the legislature, and came to
Raleigh. Some one told him one night
the sad story of the death, or supposed
death, and mystery of John CaldwclL
The next day Lucas called on the Gov
ernor and told him the truth at last.
Lucas was in another regiment, and had
observed young Caldwell's brave bear
ing, as they were near together. In the
terrible moment of the repulse he had
seen young Caldwell shot down while
separated from his men and fighting,
hand to hand, a New York soldier.
After hearing this story and the further
details of the burial of Caldwell by
Lucas, the Governor locked himself in
his room and was all day in tears. He
never told his wife of the revelation by
Lucas, and told it only to his private
secretary.
A few days ago Major Charles W.
Cowtan of New York City wrote your
correspondent saying that he had in his
possession the commission of an officer
in a North Carolina regiment, which he
had picked up on the battlefield of Get
tysburg, n is regiment, the 10th New
York, held the line at that point, just
after a terrible charge by the North
Carolinians, in which one fair-haired
.1 a rv .
anu toyisn omcer was Drave in tne ex
treme. Major Cowtan had examined
some of the dead Confederates, who so
thickly strewed the grounds at the"
works, and near one found a torn and
bloody commission, on which was legi
ble only "John Ca" of the name.
Major Cowtan expressed a desire to re
turn this .commission if any relatives of
the dead soldier could be found. The
commission was found to be that of the
long-lost John CaldwelL The commis
sion was sent Mrs. Caldwell, and this
blood-stained and torn piece of parch
ment is, she writes, all there is on earth
to remind her of the dead son. For
years she cherished the hope that her
son was alive and in some prison. In
fact, all the prisons were searched for
him through the influence of Governor
(now Senator) Vance. It has required
twenty-four years to ascertain the true
story. At the same time the commis
sion was sent her she was first made ac
quainted with the facts told Governor
Caldwell in 1873.
of this water fringe of habitations there
are long barren slopes running up into
quite a mountain rage.
"Nothing could be more unUke an
American watering-place than this re
sort of North China, that is sometimes
called the Brighton and sometimes the
Long Branch of China. Both of those
places would' hold their sides at the ab
surdity of the comparison, as the only
point in common is the salt water roll
ing on a sandy beach. The dozen of
hotels are small, and It it comforting
to American pride here, where every
A petroleum exhibition Is soon to be
held in St. Petersburg, in connection
with which the RumUq minuter of war
offers a prize of W0 roubles for a com
pact aod practical battery for electric
lighting with Incandescent lamps.
If towns were laid out with the stteets
in the diagonal direction, northeast and
southwest, northwest and southeast, and
the sua shlniog Into all the rooms some
time during tvery day in the year, the
effect would be cheering and salutary.
Disasters' to eyesight are evidently
more common than is generally sup
posed, judging from the statement
that more than 2.000.000 class eves
are made annually in Gcrroanv and
-
Switzerland. An artificial eye seldom
lasts more than fire Tears, the secre
tion of the glsnds turning it cloudy.
The Swedish count, M. Bjornstjerna,
suggested more than forty years ago, in
a book on "The Thcogony of the Hin
doo," that, as both poles must have
been cooled to a suitable temperature at
the same time, the earth might have
been peopled from the north pole with
its white race, and from the south pole
with its colored races.
Olttervations made at the late South
Kensington Aquarium upon the effect of
temperature on fish, show that the dog
fish, mullet, conger, skate, flounder.
Interesting Fignra Frra tha Bu
reau of Statistics,
thing is so absolutely and tyranically I bats, cod, trout, catfish, pike, and carp
English, that the best appointed and I are extremely hardy, and can exist in
best managed hotel should be kept by
an American woman, who has a United
States flag of glorious proportions flying
from a tail flagstaff in her courtyard.
The salt-water bathing goes on In the
mnt nrnnor and iltMrnt Ttrittati wa.
women in modest bathing-suits that
cover them down to their ankles and
over their knuckles, slip into the water
from their bath-houses at one part of the
beach, and men in we are not supposed
toknow what sort of bathing sulta,if any
splash away in their own reserved por
tion of 'the beach at a different hour.
Thus the everlasting British proprieties
are respected and preserved.
um 9
-mere are no piazza concerts, bo
m I
ooaru wait, no ocean drive ana no
Casino for beauty and fashion to disport
itself and show its good clothes, and
from the point of view of an . American
a
temperature ranging from 34 deg. to 71
deg. The gurnard, wraaae, bull-head,
sole, bream, crsy-fisu, tlennie, perch,
dace, tench, minnow, chub, roach, and
gudgeon are sensitive to extreme of
temperature.
Perhsps the statement may be of in
terest that the little screech-owl is get
ting much more common in the vicin
ity of cities ' in which the English
sparrow has become numerous, and
that the imported birds will find in
this owl as bold an enemy as the sparrow-hawk
is to them In Europe, and
even more dangerous, since its attacks
are made toward dusk, at a time when
the sparrow has retired for the night,
and is not so wide awake for ways
aod means to escape.
Pertinently to an expression of doubt
by Mr. David A. Wells in one of his
Tb print! report of CoVxmI W. P.
SiUW, CaWf of U Uaitel 8ttas Bur a
f Statistics, on wool and faaanfactarta of
root U now rr1y far dbtnbalkn, and k
xmklrrtd by the Borma to m ooa of Lb
stoti valuaU karuxnnts It has evr pot
forth. Tfc report mak tia its appeodix
l vol am of thrv baadrol pC&- It
five a tUtory of lh dviopoMot of irp
rmino; anl wool maaufa-tarta- ia that eona
try. Ttw rvonrt iton thai to nambrr of
Wp ia Um Vaill &W ram from 1?,000.
301 ia 1) to il .UD.OJJ ia ljf4. tot dn-UaMl
to iluo.au la lw;. Ttu tarfci trtm
ocrorml tnialr to tbm Boctan ul W a-
rn Mtala. botAblr ia Ttui. aad H ilrbal4
In rmt part to Lb ochn ia ta rcV of
r'A aioca 1"4.
Urwal Britain, Uio U lftJ&X wool
market of thm worU. ta tlnri two, Um
rvtnrt sav. U4 trtnntal mark far par-
rhM of roL TaxlT an4 Ilom-a kava
mlan Lmt iaitwiant oornw of direct
artJj, Utt Ihm AfTraUxw RTiUiC to
m. wit la Urt PriL&iA. tha
f joxm loarcaof sunrtv. follow! Vr Ai
traluua. TV IraOoru of wW rom from 1.-
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abuut krpc ti ita tik rrowta of Ameri
can wool prodoru, UXa Unnr auxii
drxiMrd aitta 11 A mrim ef taUr
illustrate Uta torna la rrofVt aa4
la Unportatipctf and Ihm t eialioe tva I ha
two. a for cxaaitria. from 14 U llw-
OM.imj pnun.U rr Tod;! and U."O.D O j
ImpnrW: from l: to l-T 13 VOJ.tt O rc-Uu-i
and ',.t 0.JJ imported: dam JfJ to I
1.UUJ wera rro!"d an! ViOU,
OW UnpnrtMl. from itZi to 121 Um aaaoal
iruwt of wtnl la soaaafartarea avrrmxi
over tJ.eoQ.O "0 lntJo.or mora taaa
entr-oo rmu rer fr4u: tUM fmn l"C3 to
to 1MI. they rarbd orar l,orvi,ao, or
tiLty four croU jr rarta.
Th valoa of Um Vmted tUato woc4eo
pro It. 1 of lva u r-V) O 'Ml la round
ntimten, and of Import Il9.aw.rm U
lvj. tba prodart had rmn to llI.OJ.O)n,
aad iniru were valu! at tJQ be
in? tivi per raita.
Tha, bile Um prod art of wocJerM la Um
United Stat ha iarrram! inra lv'O tirr
wro-foM. Um imports hr iarreaae! aloot
istf -two per cent, but tb consatoption per .
capita ha doaUel. mhkh lh laUtkia
y lndra! in a trikinjc manner I be al- ;
vanrvroent of wraiia ani connect uimkjm
of !iinc amooc Um of thu cronlrr.
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A Mail Carrier' At fat
Florida.
Jttors V- Hamilton, Um m3 rarrW ba
reeti Kami aad Lai Worth, on Um
Florida aqwtheart ccaO, baa to dreoorad
by maa-ealert at H Jlboro laiet. lla was a
toit,tfc Mtic toc& carried Um raa-1
bttwarn Um tn t taraaja 6iajwm of areatstT-
ct triea. oa lm cmtk. an-ukisroa Um teacn
most of tb v. The t&Wt u a daixr-ae
crvauix. Um tk waters of Um K-
merUnj- Um tJ a1 prodaasx bwary
oarjrooa tea. starts of ta
raeaooo kin! atooat thera. An oi
r.thermaa, ao ra wntaia half a mJ of
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th traxiy a a Mn! orrarreona, Wlaet
1 Uiu.1. narb: la rnkVlj of Um taX Um
hark flocked ahrot ki boat, leara&a tea)
feet or mor oct of t wtler la Ur acer
Deea to STt at bsM Cetijk.
lUftii.u fat.t the-n nta bi ran, bet
vm both wee U'.teta uS aft! dalal t. of
ka banda Then Ur auV-d Um beat
tar.n fcux p"ir o-T Um ra vala. Sooa 1 3
be-zaa to -rsk. atl ltin.lUai txui
tspAd ua faar. Aaatfanr law oa
Um f raj bnat and b throw kaaadWtx
into Um mm of ferra raworea, Oa
thnek of a aad all u ot.t. Tb
ra tip-! fc yard anci-d .ta bis US
bloat. S-arvtinf partwt -tt el Oei, bet
eotaas foond.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Naaarrnxa tails of aja aalartac
8ontbara Lc-m aatt teaaao.
Urxs KlUTV aalary xJL t LXO wd. II to
aid, w&ST to redartwo omxl Tear.
Tb C-;iTs- at.1 d-al room cars of Um
rwrat-M. lMim eotnUUm vcmx
fee Um tr.p.
Tnct trtsty-fO rn ia aaer mm Ho Ut
IlratMUcacctt&idmacatoctr I1-
dab Um peaaaaL,
TKl Ft. Umm c!ab la jrar fZa-d to ti
rred.t tb biibrat mv&lr of rUm-M
tone rrr woo by any c:a nam, j. m.
Tat rtcciawura Lr
m oec Para la tbecoeatry that rt-ftd u
ortr-aai oesabrrsi..'? ttlawt thrwhoftt tb
. r Lhortet ram on reeeaxl fee
tbat pi Ted at Othkcna, rWfmbr 10. b
twa Um OCkoJ aad Haa Ciaira team,
vtt, ia. am.
Tbb Itroit Leara cbamroorM aaay
aboarcl Umit uprK-ty ovr Um rX Lx
AmorVaa Ancitoo rbnrcM. la tb
rV U ratae for Um aorid ctamf ih-
rttidrct 5Laikk. cf tb lllUbsrr U
taH Cub. has tewq la tbirr trytc to
trammer Anwo. Um Chkc tuaa
anlrarin.tobutnam. It m aailboerd
" lii.Ou for I'm lirer Rirxi. aai i- it-
drat bpeiUar Cemaa4el 1 -.-u.
lMuuuri oc unporu ana rijw v i
roolen la the trade of foreira roantrW '
now that the United Ktn-lon ta forettt j
in Um tongn trai la o4fm, Um tmrwrt '
dannfc amooninr la vJa to ),iuj.iU
arl Um eirwru to 11 lVM.ii f"ranraene '
nxtwia 4mpnrtc f..'J waii xpori w4ra Learo chamffcoajti. larcaio
amoonUnz to ir",0i).0O: tier-many to th front ia Um libraaiiac!
tMtt. Import of r2i.COl.0 iJ. aal loo Um brrtreV: Lowa bor T
snorts of lil.uuu.axi Tber fca teo a thMtalm ia Um New lr'Ma4 Lmtm; rw
Ta ciMiapioatbip sea: of aZl Um
Iaraea. both j-reat and amaJ, U
ed!. TXrot w Um prcaa&t c th
'! c-i laxaa. la Um AJaorUton
Lw-a baa ajaia bad a a-alk-evrr. Ot tb
minor Lr to.Loaa woo km
lars derlto to Um woolen trad of I treat g OrWan carord th S.uOm tMCaTo
ltrttain nrw-e This oWline, th I'-oyl ri Topeka wU! 3 wna Um -
Votnmtmioa on th Depreaoa of Tra! , U-g, cLaxcr-sia.
aunboba ta mrlto th h'.&h foretro tan?
ahk h, it to rUimol, hut mt Um maaufao
turvrs of lireat Itrilaui from fucetrn mtrkeCa
watering-place, one might say that there "articles on Mexico, as to the Aztecs hav-
. Mwa M mmmm
was no dressing at cneioo. inere are
no roads to drive on, no carriages to
drive in and no saddle-horses to be hired
in Chefoo, so that by sedan-chairs or on
foot is the only way of getting about.
All life is concentrated in the string of
hotels and cottages along the beach.
Boating, of course, comes in for a great
share of attention, and regattas are fre
quent events. There is always a foreign
man-of-war or two in harbor, and the
Chinese nave a large arsenal and naval
station at Weihai Bay, about forty miles
below.'
ing knowledge or making use of metal
tools, Mr. W. W. Blske, in the "Ameri
can Antiquarian, mentions as being on
exhibition in the Archaeological Rooms
of the National Museum of Mexico,
idols, beads, and engraved clatpa of
of gold; lip-ornaments aad other articles
of silver; numerous tools, wespons, and
ornaments of copper; and '"chopping
knives' of copper, which are supposed
to have been used as money.
Mattie persisted in running off to a
neighbor's, and her mother said: "If
you go out of that gate again, Mattie, Til
whip you."
In a short time Mattie was discovered
on forbidden ground, and was led home.
"Now, Mattie, what did I tell your
"Mamma, I didn't go out of the gate.
I climbed over the fence." fEpoch.
Gold In a ChtcJien'a Crop.
The farm where Mrs. Frank Beacoy
resides is near the river, and about two
miles from George Matteson's mill. On
her farm the well was cleaned out a few
days ago and one or two bushels of
dirt and gravel were thrown out.
Around the pile of gravel Mrs. Seacoy's
flock of chickens congregated and
picked it over and with it filled up their
hungry crops. The day after, one of those
was Kiuea ior amner. m its crop was
found a good sized gold nugget worth
not less than a dollar, Ponca (Neb.)
Journal.
Orer the Old World on Tri eyelet.
Harold E. Lewis and his wife of Phil
adelphia, have recently returned from
Europe after a four months tour on tri
cycles. They left New York May 23
for Liverpool. They went by rail from
the latter city to Coventry, where they
purchased a tandem machine and began
their tricycle tour. They went up by
easy stages to London, vuiting by the
way Kenilworth, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon,
Oxford, Windsor and
Hampton Court. They spent ten
days in London, making nearly all their
journeys from placa to place in the city
on their tricycle. They then visited
Winchester, Southampton and the Isle
of Wight, and, crossing to Portsmouth,
went along the coast of Chichester.
righton and New Haven, where they
xbok steamer for Dieppe, and thence
went by way of Ilouen to Paris. They
spent 10 days in the French capital,
and then went on to Geneva, Io
terlaken and Lucerne Then they
went over to old St. Gothard
Pass, and, by way of Lake Maggiore
and Lake Como, down to Milan. They
came back along the right side of Como
and over the Spluegen Pass into Swit
zerland again. Next they went for the
usual run down the Rhine, taking in
Strasbourg, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg,
Msyence, Coblentz, Cologne and all the
rest of them. From Cologne they
wheeled on into Holland, pushing far
into the North, where few tourists go.
They crossed the Zuyder Zee ia a boat,
of course and rattled down the penin
sula to Amsterdam.
The maximum run for any one day was
made on the trip from Paris to Geneva;
it was sixty-three miles. The whole
journey from Paris to Geneva consumed
seven dsys. The cost of the journey.
aside Xrom tne steam rup cnarge, aver
aged $8.50 a day for both.
One of the most interesting circum
stances in connection with the whole
story, Mr. Lewis thinks, is thst only
some three years ago his wife was a con
firmed iavalid and scarcely permitted to
walk at all and was altogether forbidden
to walk upstairs. Yet on a psrt of their
return trip through the Bernese Ober
lsnd they rode up an ascent 'thst
amounted to 8, 800 feet in eight mil.
Dogt as Sentrte.
The Idea lately taken ia earnest ia
the German and, Russian armies of using
dogs for military purposes has been
generally talked of as an innovation.
This, however, as M. Meunier shows in
an article ia the Revue Sclent Li que, is a
mistake. Dogs of war, It appears, were
well known to the great nations of an
cient. times, and Greeks and Romans
and Jews and Gentiles made use of the
fearless, intelligent animal, whose valor
is now once again to be put to the test
The Greeks had dogs in every one of
their fortresses; and E. Blaze, one of
M. Meunier's authorities, tells a good
story of an outpost occupied by strong
watch-dogs only. Opposite Corinth,
faciog the sea, such an outpost was
situated, guarded by fifty dogs. One
night the enemy began to disembark.
The garrison was drunk and the dogs
had to keep back the agressors. They
THANKSGIVING DAT.
The President' Annaal Proclama
tion to the IVople.
The f cj:owic4 prorlatcaiioa has been u-
oed by tb iYeaident:
A rrru.iiAriox By Um FYeaiiml of
Um United Mat:
The fnodaeat and the merry ct Cod which
bar foilowM Um American peofd darlnj all
tb dT of Um put year claim thetr rratpf ul
rexxvniUnn and bumble rknokJrmil lif
li.aomQipeQt powrr li ha protected a
from war and psifeleno. and from every na-
!Ktai calamity: tT lit crarioai farortb
earth ha vwdded a reoecoo mora to th
labor of the hosbandmaa. and every path cf
booet tod ba led to comfort and rooteot
ment: by kmn kmdne tb heart of
our propl have been replenished wiia f rater
trraal ant.mTU and paU-tuUceniearor.anl
by Hm unrriox xoianne w bar been
iLertMt in the av of nation! pro;-nty.
To Um rod that b may. won on atrord.
ttu"y our crabto-b for all thee blMun. I.
tirovrr ITereUn-l, rredent of Um United
State, do hereby .W rrt and H apart
TbnraUy. th 21th day of November be it.
a day or tbaakariTtn aad prayer, to im
'..bwrrrd by ail tb peopi of th
land. Oa that day let all tm!ar
work and employment b apetk!.
and irt oar peopi avnt in lhe:t aora
lomed pUrr of wocatup, and with prayer
and axis of prai riv thank to our
Me Truly Ftb-r for a'i that II bat d m
for u, biM w humbly itnpior th for
glrenr of oar .m and a rrwt-n-unc
of Hi merry. It famUka and kin
dred t miniiel ia tht Ut. and tHt thr
heart, CISed with kindly rhr an 1 a.TW-tk-ate
remmia-roo". be turned ia thankfuo
to Um arairca of all their pleasure and tb
Zif er of ai! that make the da v jcla 1 aa 1 vr
tM. And ia th mkbi -l our wravhip
and our hpf4ne K a rraetn!r th
th tMJr. and the n of aria
nat. aad by our rift of chanty and rdv
leMToliKe Lh n inrrea Um numbv of
thoae a bo, with rrateful bearta, ahaU yMn ia
our thank jit in c
In wttnena whereof I bav K my ban! and
rauaed tb eJ of Um United rUate to bt
hereunto af!lzeL
IotM at thectt v ot Vahlnrtoo this t went r.
fifth day of tk-tober. u tb year of onr Lord
PBOMINENT PEOPLE. ;
(irxraaL. Trana prcxn-wi tb dy&a-
mititiefarUMprieof coatde
froca. Taa youar danxbtrr of Mr. GUdrfoo
Is rrtocrd of U cc-w-r f0 ya wcKaea
t "ewaam, nrrCamUriire.
Tirs rereat death of Mr. Ihnah Mfeoch
Craik ba removad on of Um matt promt
tnt f fart ta Cn.ih Lierater.
To a IUt. C IL Frrai.fc.. Um London
preacber. ia erd.tl w'.a bavtex derl.l aa
offer of I J '.0 O fur J JJ kctare to b drr
rred in Uu couatrT.
Mtw AfWJt ttaijrr, Um Amerioaa
tasty a ho attracvU mrh atteeUoa ta
LtAlaauitM a Newport taOe, i to
live ta t atduafton Ui wi&ier.
BrsAToa Jovta, of Nevada, ( axala tnaa
dally Counahtn;. 11 ba Kl ka iM fc
tun out of a rum ia mm real e4al a ha
hst bonanra fnenda aH aad tor bim.
Oftr from tree fed by wt-Trmkr
f;UdUe. armrdo to arrtnUd nir,
are oid fcr-iiktem jwtne fc a amaH L:k.
cr three U:Unr r cuUc foot, eitlatsr of
camare.
Ma. Lfrr T arm am. !YeSeat of the
Woman " Clah known a tb horokM. it tail
to la on of Um nx trxr! uJ " br kerr
la Um country, ratheric ia,OJ0 pciaad cf
hooey la a year.
Oujvku A. T Btmr i Um catU kiajt
of Wyomif. II oa w,uu bad of atora
and km about lJi.j rr of rracne
land. fbevenn o mtaVitU c tie
Lrneperity to tbe traS dmtai Irnrn Lb lib-ttcoaboy-r
new Lord Mayrrt Ixjndao Udjrnbd
a a Vorou rorp"t.'" lie ia a Iwian. a
1 toman tarboC. a I rew Uo, a Ka-xbt of
th Order of Le-npnid. a f?iac-ma4er, a
famer. a bub r. aa inn bc4der, a jouitrrer
and a paid M adrrr wtr drawrr. At prea
ot Mr. 1 Knrf m tt krerao c Um pro-
prteV- Of a lasru txAri.
NEWSY QIXANINGS.
Tat Woos Oty com (Uao attracud CO..
On Tbitors ta on wk.
The a; pea! of Um Cbicago coodem&al Aa
arcfcit covers 9.t pC-
Taa axitatkm ac.na UCtuee u m
r. . m n, in 'l lUnllMCf AwXnL.
fought like lions, and forty-nine of them on tbouaand etrbt handrdande.rhtvven. TbaanDWcroo la New TxUal lb
were killed. The onlv survivor. Sotrr. I nt " Indetb-nc of Um Uiulat mate on ia about thr fourths of aa averaf
. l invgiBBiiiurMUUurKiui.
Uj tb iTr-vW-nt: tiaovta Ctavruaxn.
Tnoaas F. tUvaan. Heeretarv of httta,
rushed awsy ia hot haste, gave the
alarm ia the camp, and the enemy was
driven back.
The Romans, as every one knows.
were leu fortunate on a similar occasion
where the geese performed the task of
the dogs in celling the attention of the
soldiers to the Gauls scaling the walls of
the Capitol, while the dogs were fast
asleep. As a punishment for the un
faithful servants a religious ceremony,
at which even Plutarch had still occa
sion to laugh on beholding it, was there
after annually performed at Home, Its
chief features was that some docs were
taken through the streets with great
pomp, whipped at every cross-road and
in every public place, and finally hanged
on a cross of the wood of the elder tree,
near the temple of Youth,
W
An Engagement WklcK TTas Kept,
"Rton walls do not a prim maka,
Nor iron bars a cage,"
Bang the stout package of greenbaeka la
the dreary obscurity of the bank's
vaults.
"Don't make such a noise f cried the
hundle of registered bonds next to it.
"Staff r replied the greenbaeka.
"You can't get out because you're not
negotiable, but I have a particular little
engagement with the cashier to-morrow
eight
And it was kepL Tld Bits,
THE LABOR WORLD.
CntCAOoa local ibam nxiaeer bT ief'.
Um Knight of Labor.
A BaooiXTS factory wJdu.oon.OQO pound
of Ikorfcw last year to a totavxo nrm.
Oaan-ncxaxabavbo retlm a hi
iliey, Uuorna
paper report.
to pay U.M
wavt aa!
at 13 a day ia Um Napa Valy,
Thk annual coovanUoaof Um Brotherbool
of Itaioad BrakeoMO wa bak! recanUy in
Binbamtoo, Jf. Y.
The laternaUooal Bmtberbood of Loromo-
Ut Ensnnecrs ba Jost bak! 1U teoty-farih
annual aeioq ia CuJratro.
Curoa.vta fruit caaner Bnd it imp-
L to nrolT Lha Katrn demand for tbtr
goo la, thoub UMy ran both day aad aibL
It H ftimatil that a re.iartKw of on hour
In Um day labor ia Ureal Britain wouH
foraleh work for TO.(JO add Uonal peram.
Thk bnina of poultry brwl.n aalc(
prodactkn m ft tncraaauic at to Koutu,
be.t remunerauv pricea ar raadUy ob
tained for all prod act of um poultry-yard.
Tat Leavy & Bnttoq Brtwinx Companv.
of bmAlyn. N. Y., hat beraa a au;t for
f KM.uuu damare araint Um Am and !rf T
Umpy frotectiv Amctatmn and lb
Loof bUaad Brmx Company for knotla
a atnk among it employ.
The miners ba Um vicinity of Bemer.
Mich., bavin- renrtvad no wage far month
though workinA- ateadily, ad rreat deatilo
tloa prevails amorwc tbem. They h pWel
al acbmenU amounUnx to SIU.0U3 on
nontM roialng ptpertte for UmIT doa.
To oooroct new raitroad ba Um Uniud
Btate and repair old enea. aocordiar to Um
actimat of It-ul-r of Um TormSrj Divtajoa
of Um Arreraiinral Drrartmeot. a tci of
3uVT12,'ii" cubtc feet of Umbar w w-i aa
aaally. Tbia l quivaMOt toovar2).to.u
f of round tuabw.
Osa IV! cxicty tperu
year from 1.am to lJJ for
bear aralia.
Burns Cotxaata is putl-n forth twla
tnoo err art to oUaia anUers from Norway
and tfaadea.
Taxaa ar acre of tlM trap":
4I.M1 acra of raaia crap v. and j.Ct arre
of win rr bearing CaToraia.
lraro Um pat yar 17 mUr t4
railroad bar tw bu..t ta Antcu, tnaJutv
l.i now ia operaUiM) ta Um Territory.
Taara bundrad a&a ii alerttcx i
th iimaid ka by li iierwtt w
aa avaraga of Udrty (r crt-t. aU
round.
OLD IN YEARS.
"
RnartraD Movroaarav. of Oeorrta. tlrad
to b lOJ year of w.tVjul ver takl a
doa Of COeOKtO.
ALTHoc.a oncm waa-thy. Mr. F.i
MiaWhart tLed at th Nw Ia:ts iN
(nrbno t alter ah bad bad ber, kun
dretttb Urtblay
I Nw Hmpiiir. Mr. Ai fliy. e
Farmiaiton. m l years oU: Mr. 0rri-ia
Iwrenr, of MarUro. VI ; wbii Mr.
IM&M Abbott, hodl la Hurry wj
Taamberof Manr Kia. tt Klaraton.
Canada. U year of ac. At th rrwe.t
U-loa h walk! to th polla. marked bar
tavloi wiUout wex K !. walked
bum aa! resumed brr bmarbd da'dea.
Taaaa ar on Um peetoa roa tb wiiw
df two aoMier in Um lUroiateaaarv war.ooa
ia North aw!. N. 1!.. yr cf r, ad
another ia Watbmxton, Oho,oay Tb
latter marri.! rry yocox o a 'v very
oaL Kb wa 1 year. b Um trdtTaa
aT. -i
! arrvicc of feral Iryer. J. Ba
doJpi Tucker. ai lieo-r J ItaOrf it NH
mvI a CI cct the Anarchat ttaHJea
raiOJ, t;neraJ .alr le-a b be
ruaraateeri iy tr. aiwiomm - -
ilAifhu of Labor.
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