it i
I'-
til
1'!
II-. i 1,
i
i
fl
?!
:
"f ,:
1
At
- t
If
f"
V
(
I
'-!!
-
4
!
3 Ijc - cartl)nge Slabc,
v CARTHAGE, N. C. -JOHN;
W. 8COTT, JB.,
' Editor oid. il?iil. .
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One copy, one year , - - - $1 OU
One copy, six months - - 60
One copy, three months - - - 35
The above rates are-strictly cash in advance:
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Oat square, one insertion
two I "
$1 00
J 50
2 DO
one month -
rar Yearly or, standing advertisements
will be published at the rate of IW.OO per
column, that is as low a? one fourth of
column: for' less space we will invariably
charge the above rates.
5f Person sending advertisements must
write tbemj as they desire them printed
stating the pace and position wanted.
Entered at (fit ronttce at Carthage, N. -C
. as second-class matter.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
CARTHAGE, N.
. I - i . .
c.
MAYORt-A.jM. I). Williamson.
COMMISSIONERS -T. li. Tyson, J.
C. Jackson, A. i ll. McNeill, it J. Muse
and W. T. Jones.
Meet first Monday in every month at
7 ;30 o'clock pJm. . ,
CHIEF OF POLICE ,
j CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERIAN Rev.,' M. M;. Mc
Queen, Pastor. ! Services every first and
third Sundays at 11 o'clock a. m. Suu-day-school
every Sabbath morniniJ-
, METHODIST Rev. W. B. Doub
- Pastor. Servic every second and, fourth
Sunday at 41 o'clock a. m., and 7 ::i0 p.
m. Sunday-school on Sabbath morning.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday night.
BAPTIST Rev. ; AV. F, Watson,
Pastor. Services every second Sunday,
Sunday-school every Sabbath .morning.
Young Mcn's Prayer meeting every
Tuesday night. '
COUNTY OFFICERS.
' SUPERIOR COURT AND PROBATE
JUDGE I). A. McDonald.
REGISTER OF DEEDS J. B. Cole.
S)LICITOR-Frank McNeill.
SHERIFF-W. M. Black.
TREASURER J. A. Worthy.
SURVEYOR- Martin Blue.
COUNTY SUI T. OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTION M. McO. Shields.
- CORONER-Dr. li MFerguson.
WARDEN L. W. 3Iuse.
JAILOR W." W. Ilumsucker.
COUNTY ATT YW. J. Adams.
COMMISSIONERS -J. D. Mclver,
Chairman; W. J. Blue, C, W. Shaw.
SCHOOL BOARD M. M. Fry, D.
P. Shields, N. II. Dunlap. .
8UPERIOR' COURT 1st Monday in
Deccinbcij; 3rd Monday in April;. 2nd
Moiay in August. I
W. J. ADAMS
ATTORNEY AT
LAW,
GARTH AGE, II. C.
. Piompt attention to the securing and
ccUcction, of claims, and to all legal
business.!!
J.LP. MclvER,
J. C. Black,
Carthage, N. C.
roivKn
AttorneyRnnd Counselors at
ij :
Practice in r jloore and adjoining coun
ti. Special attention' givcji to the
collection of Claims '
BARNES'S HOTEL,
JONESBORO, N. C.
- 1 - ; .
! .
Mrs. Bahner desires to inform the
public that Be is prepared to furnish the
. rraosknt traveling public with good
- beard and lodging. With a large and
commodious ;building sheis also well
. prepared (for Ipermancut Boarders stu
dents both male and female, and others
. end offers at her table, the very best that
'he market affords.
Good rooms and indite attention alway
guaranteed.
Charles A. McNeill.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
j CARTHAGE, N. C. '
: . -Mi '!.!.' - '
Claims collected and returns i i mi p
made. : I -! ' . 1
E. L. Baker, United States Consul a
Buenos Ayres, in' his monthly report to
the Department of State, treats in great
detail of the native sheep of the Argen
tine Republic and the practicabilityvof
introducing them .into this country, He
describes the larger sheep the llama and
Ipacca, the former of which attain the
height of five feetas being animals
having many points in common with the
camel. The alpacca Is the most valuable
of the South American sheep on account
of its sof.t and abundant wool, its fleece
frequently attaining alengtli of sixteen
inches. Of the smaller varieties of heep,
the guanaco and vicuna the wool of the
latter is the most silky and is kuown and
regarded as the most valuable in the
world, while that of the former is found
to be the best in the,manufacture of hats !
ana umbrellas. The guanaco runs wild
and ita fleece can only Ibe obtained bv
me Kiuing or the animal
Most of the
animals killed are females,
whose curiosity
leads them to approach
the hunter.
Consul Baker
thinks that
. r
all these vane
ties could be
in the deser
domiciled 4vith advantage
portions of Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona.
IN SILENCE, j I
In the hush of the valley of silence
I dream all the songs that t sing;
And the music floats down the dim Valley j
Till each finds a word for a wing,
That to hearts, like the dove pt the deluge.
A message of peace they inay bring.
Bat far on the deep there are billows
That never shall break on t)ie beach;
And I have heard songs in the silence
That iever shall float into Ipeech ?
And I have had dreams in the valley
Too lofty for language to reach.
' And I have seen thoughts in the valley. ' j
Ah me! how my spirit wa4 stirred! j
Aud tliey wear holy veils on their faces j
. Their fooUteps can scarcely be heard;
They pass through the Vapey like virgin
Too pure for the touch of a1 word.
Do you ask me the place of: the valley")
Ye hearts that are harrowed by care?
It lieth afar between mountains,
And God.and his angels are there;
. One is the dark mountain of sorrow,
And one the bright mountain of prayer.
Father Ryan.
. a little Heroine.
- : nr
"I'll go and try my fortune with Uncle
RolKri," said Jack. "Bess and Maria
failed lecause. he .could not stand girls
with such fine ideas; but I won't trouble
him that way. The old: fellow is all
right if one only stirs him up in the right
way." ... j: j
"My child," said the gentle Mrs. Ray
mond, "I do not like to hear you . speak
in that .-boyish, rude- manner. I fear
your, uncle would h;ve less patience with
you than wilh your MstcrS, I No, he does
not intend to forgie me, and 'we will
make no further adwanceaL"
"Oh, yes, we willjdearic!" and Jack's
curly head buried itself in the mother's
shoulder coaxingly. "Do, do let me "try
to win the obstinate old well, there,
then to -win our honored' relative to a
proper sense of his obligations toward
his only sister 'and her interesting family,
jllow will that do, eh! Now, mother,
qon't shake your head so; it's Oj. use.
Why did you give me a boy's mirae' and
bring me up on tops and marbles' if you
want me to be a real girl f" ; .
"It was your father's wish you know,
dear. 1 le was so grievously disappointed
that he had no son. But Jacdueline is not
a boy's name;" and Mrs. Rayjnond shook
her head smilingly at her wayward
daughter. . , '
".No, but Jack is; and I'm never called
anything else," that young lady replied,
iriumpnantiy, witn an obstinate little
shake of the jetty curls that gave such
piouanev to her bright face "If father
J were only here he would letme try any-
imiig inai wouia iaKe tne iuurcien lrom
olf your shoulders; and now that he V?
dead, uncle must screly forgive you for
marrying against his wishes. What right
h.vl he to have wishes, anyhow?"
"He was my only living relative and
guardian," answered Mrs. Kaymond, who
was always ready to excuse her brother's
harslijrcatmeht.
"Well, mother, do let me 'go beard
the lion in his den, the Douglas in his
hall,'." said Jack, gayly. 'You know
we must do something, fot we tan get
no work of any kind in this place,
though YB've tried so faithfully."
"Well, go, my dear, and I shall pray
for your success, " said the gentle mother.
Mr. Robert Doran sat cowerinw beside
dull, spiritless tire one bright spring
morning, llis room was dusty and dis
ordcre l, though its furnishing was good,
and even luxurious. He looked moody
fihd discontented, as if the wealth that
slip wed itself in the handsome surround
ings brought no 'pleasure to its owner.
Perhaps he was thinking of the sister who
had once made sunshine in tbo
f-Jjglooniy home, and wished that his pride
wouia let mm ueg her to come back and
tare for him in his dreary old age.
a tap at the doors aroused him.
"Who is it?" he demanded in sur
prise; for his servants never came unsum
moned. The door opened slowly and a bright
face peeped in.
"It's .hick Raymond, at. your service,
uncle;" and in the venturesome girl
walked, and stood before him.
She wore a long ulster, closely but
toned to the throat, where a standing col
lar and neat bl ick tie showed themselves,
while on the short, glossy cutis was a
jaunty "Derby," guiltless of any trim
ming save the simple masculine band. .
'Why, 1 didn't know my sister had a
eon !' exclaimed the old gentleman, his
vrink'lcd fat e showing something very
fke satisfaction as he looked at the new
comer. "She hasn't," said Jack, with dancing
eves; "but it isn't my fault, I do my
bet. I'm awfully sorry I'm not a bov,
uncle, if it would please you; but let me
stay awhile, ami you'll pcc what, a firs
class substitute I rtrrt'rcmoving her hat
and bowing with easy grace. "But, dear
me ! how dull it is here ! Your fire wants
a good stirring up!"
And seizing the poker.she attacked the
coals in the grate with an energy that
seemed to imply she would like Id treat
him in the same fashion.
A bright blaze followed hcr vigorous
net 10m dancing on the walls and "show
ing the bright hues of pictures and fur
niture, despite the dust that covered
theiri, bringing a cheery look, too," even
to Mr. Doran's grim face.
'There!" said Jack, giving a last ap
proving poke ; "that's better. Now, if I
just open this window and let in the sun
shine, so," suiting the action td the
word "you'll feel as bright as a Spring
morning." .
Theigirlwas like a May-day herself;
fluttering around the room as if wafted
by invisible breezes; her bright face the
embodiment of sunshine; and as the
lonely old raan watched her light fingers
bringing otder Out of the confusion fhnt
had reigned so long, a quizzical smile
dawned on his face.
"For a would-be loy, tou seem
know a irood dp.il :ibnnt
to
he
remarked drylv
I ' '
"That's the mother-part of me,'' said
Jack, a she. 'settled" the chairs and
furniture with a touch ihat only a woman,
has.
Then she came and sat down on a-foot-stooj
beside him, and, clasping her knee
with loth hands, looked.uo w"ithsniilin-
audacity, saying: ijY0iU better le"t
me stay awhile, uncle; vou'd be a rcat
deal more comfortable.''
There was deep anxiety beneath the
merry exterior, for she knev tvell how
vrtal her uncle's favor was. Her mother
was too delicatc.her sisters too fine ladies
to work, and the child (she was not much
more, in spite of her seventeen years) felt
as though the burden of the family rested
on her shoulders.
Her uncle was very wealthy, and if he
only could be brought to forgiTe her
mother wht happy days they f ould see !
uau eiu once ior ner two sisters to.
spend a -w eek at Glenside a 'sieytowaTd
reconciliation, which her .mother had
hailed with thankful joy. But before
the week was out he sent them both home
saying he ebuld
that, since his sister had chosen to bring
np her family j! to such idle tbits, he
would have nothing more to dd with
them. ' ' :.: --, '
Theone longing of the old man's heart
had been for a son to bear his name.
That hope disappointed in the early death
of his son, he had gradually grown into
the selfish, gloomy man Jack foi'nd him
this fair Spring morning. ,
! There was something in "het bright,
boyish face that fascinated him ; and now,
with a warmth that surprised himseR, he
said: "Stay ifj vou like, my child. It's
a dull place wi thin doors; but there aro
flowers and sun shine."
It was so mtj h kinder than Jack-had
dared hope that she "could have cried for
jJ- l: f '
"Oh, youdaar ttncleT she said; and
kissed bis wrinkled old face with an
honest htAt tiness that he was quick to
fee!. f 1 . ,
4 'There; lhn,'' he said impatiently, it?
if ashamed off the on wonted softness he
hw shown, 'f Gd and tell cook that you're
going td stay, and that she must give you
a rooTn and sf-e to your meals. Dd not
be afraid if fhe's cross," he added, somes
what anxiously; "she does not like
trouble or work." j
"I won't," said Jack, as she ran off.
Half an hour later she looked in the
door again, saying: "Come to lunch,
Uncle Robert. Tes" (as he stared at her
in amazement), "I know cook always
brought you just what she liked up here
because fhe. did not want you down
stairs. There has been a skirmish, but,,
it's all right now. Come for my sake,
please." Mr. Doran drew his dressing gown
more closely around him, and followed
Jack down into the small breakfast r6om,
which she had chosen because it was so
much pleasanter than the great "oak
wainscoated dining-room.
A most tempting ' lunch was spread
upon the round table, and flowers were
intermingled with the dishes in profusion.
It was pretty to see the air with which
she led her uncle to his place, then took
hcr-own opposite him, almost forgetting
in her eagerness to serve him to sat
isfy the demands of her own healthy
young appetite.
, "Did cook do all this?" Mr. Doran
asked, with some curiosity.
"No," "replied Jack, blushing, ,"She
wanted to take you up some smoky soup,
and because I said no, she wouldn't do
anything else, so I did it myself. Don't
you like it all ?" and she looked anxiously
at hinu .
"You are not like your sisters," he
said, not replying to her question.
"Oh, ho !" and Jack shook her head
somewhat dejectedly. "They are very
accomplished real young ladies, you
know. But, then, I can cook and sweep,
and do things that they can't." '
"But I do not want a cook" and a
housemaid," aid Mr. Doran.
"I think you do," laughed Jack. "If
you had only tested the soup!"
"Child!" cried Mr. Doran, suddenly
catching at her hand, "I rri a disap
pointed, heait -broken old man. If you
could only 1 ve me a little" -
"I do Uncle Robert; I do, truly !h said
Jack.
And she meant it; for her warm heart
had gone out at once to the lonely old
man, so unhappy in the midst of his
wealth; and
the best w.
that, sccptu
est and true,
he comiorteu mm now, in
- ie knew, with loving words
.he was, he felt were hon-
"I fear master le a-goin' to die; he
wor never so gentle afore," said cook, a
week later.
That very night Mr. Doran was taken
suddenly and violently ill. Jack heard
his groans, and, hastening to his assist
ance, "found him suffering intensely.
"You must go for the doctor, cook;
there's no one else to go," said Jack.
"Indeed, I'll not," replied cook de
cisively. "He's been none so good a
master to me that I should risk myself in
the dark for him." - '
"Then watch him while I go," im
plored Jack. "Do not leave him or he'll
di
ie.'
She had been down to the village oncfe
oh an errand for her uncle, and knew she
could tiind her way, but it was so differ
ent now, at night. Brave Jack for go
ing! But how her heart fluttered and
her limbs quivered with fear, as she has
tened on through the starlight.
The way seemed interminable, but at
last the: few lights which yet burned in
the village shone out close at hand, and
One part of her journey was over.
Chesney was one of the most unfortu
nate villages with houses so painfully
similar that a stranger might well
wonder how each inhabitant knew his
owi. home. Little wonder, then, that
Jack, after much uncertain pausing be
fore various doors should at last decids
upon the wrong one.
She rapped gently, then listened. A
footfall sounded on the pavement, a hand
was on the gate and yes the steps were
coining toward her, swiftly, certainly.
She drew herself close to the 'side of
the porch, alrhost fainting with terror,
when a hand outstretched touched hei
ann, and a voice exclaimed, "Who aro
you? Speak ! Who comes so late to my
door?"
Gathering her courage with one last cf
fort. Jack faintly replied: "I want Dr.
Bobbins. My uncle Doran is very ill at
Glenside."
"Aiwl have you come alone from Glen
side, poor child?" the voice inquired).
"Yes, sir," she said,impatiently. "But
you are the doctor? Will you -hurry?
Uncle may be dying now, I have, been so
long in coming."
The poor girl had hurried till. she was
almost exhausted, and stood leaning,
"breathless and panting against the doon
"The doctor lives two houses beyond.
Shall I go with you and call him?"
But there was no response, for poor
Jack, who had never in her life done
anything so womanish, fainted quietly
away.
- She was only dimly conscious of being
lifted in strong nrms that held her close,
and of being rapidly driven over a rough
road, and at last finding herself lying on
her own bed at Glenside, with a gray
haired gentleman lciiding over her. She
started up pale and anxious. .
"How is Uncle?" she cried. "I. must
go to him." .'
"No, no, child. Lie still ; he is bet
ter," the doctor said.
"Well, then, tell me all about it. Who
was it, and how did I get home?"
The doctor knew what she meant.
"You were at the .minister's dor, and
he (coming home from visiting a sick
parislnoner) carried you, when you fainted,
to my house;- and I drove you both over
here. ' Now drink this; then, if you feel
able, you may go to your uncle he
wishes to see you."
Jack obediently swallowed the
-strengthening potion, then smoothed out
the tangled curls with her hands, and
without stopping to look in her mirror,
hastened to her uncle's room. He was
not albne, for byhr bedside sat a grave,
iKessnt-lacea young gentleman, who
ed at her with kindly, smiling eves.
She gave him but a hasty glance, for her
uncle's hand was out-stretched to her,
and she ran to take it. -
- 'And this is the brave girl who went
two miles through the dark night to
bring hejp to her cross old mude!" he
:- " i- -.. - - -i--.. .
said, "I know all about it, dear. I would
have died if the doctor had not come so
soon. You saved me. Whit reward can
I give you, dear child X"
"Forgive my mother, w whispered Jack
softly. i. t - - : W.
Mr. Doran's face brightened.
"I was sure you would . say that !" he
cried. "Jack, dear, I have forgiven her
already, and as soon as it is morning the
minister here is going for her. Do you
think she will forgive me and come? She
must come and stay, for I can never let
you go, Jack dear, brave Jack! You
have taught me a lesson."
And he drew the blushing, happy face
down and kissed it with all a father's ten
derness. ..
There were tears in the bright eyes
when she looked Up. For the second tinie
within a few hours Jack forgot het man
liness and was trying. But the tears and
blushes gave a Softness and charm to her
face thdt made it wonderfully attractive
to Malcolm Boyd, the 'young minister:
and she looked so sweet and lovable ana
womanly that he felt an almost irresisti
hle inclination to take her to hfa heart.
" She will be a woman worth the hav
ing," he thought; and then and there
resolved to win her for his own.
Jack had meant to make some pretty
speech to the minister, to thank him fot
helping her; but she only remehibered
now how she had felt his arms around
er in the starlight, and blushing, she
iiung her head in silence.
That was two months ago. She smiles .
now when she thinks of it, for she is no
longer shy with the minister. Can you
guess why?
Mr. Doran is building a beautiful little
parsonage close by the village church,
and rumor says that when it is completed
lack will go there as the minister's bride. r
Perhaps it is so, for she is growing so
quiet and womanly that her happy moth
er (who is renewing her own youth in
beautiful Glenside) says that God has
doubly blessed Jack's venture. New Tori
Journal. -
A Musical Toad.
It is, perhaps, open to doubt if the
toad bears the precious jewel in its head
of which the poet speak sr but a French
cure, a correspondent of M. Franeisquc
Sarcey's, had met with a toad which hid
a fortune in its throat, had it only f; 11 -n
in with an impresario. The cine
happened to call the other day on one ol
his poqrer parishioners, who, in compli
ment to his visitor, added a fresh pro
vision of fuel to the fire, which at once
blazed up, emitting a . welcome glow.
Attracted by the warmth, as it would
seem, an enormus toad emerged from
under an old chest of drawers standing
in a corner, hopping slowly up to the
lire, and stationed himself in front of it
like a pet animal, which, in fact, he was.
The peasant, after a few prefatory
words, proceeded to drone out an .old
Gascon ballad and sang a verse of it
through. To the Abbe's intense
astonishment the toad continued, or
lather added a sort of coda to.
the melody the : moment his mastct
stopped, singing first a la, then a fa, re
turning next to the first note, and con
cluding on mi. The voice of the little
sjnger was plaintive and musical, reminding-the
Abbe of the notes of the
harmonica. The peasant continued the
ballad to the end ; the other amateur
chiming in regularly with the same four
at the end of each stave, keeping its eyes
fixed on its master throughout the per
formance, and evincing in its expression
and attitude a manifest desire to do its
part in the concert to his satisfaction.
Thepeasant; who was ill at the time,
died soon after; and the cure, whd had
meant to adopt the other inmate of the
hut, could find no trace of him when he
went to fetch him. . James's Gtuette.
' Left-Hand Writing by Soldiers.
The Roman soldier used to be trained
to Use his lfeft hand as well as the right.
Thi was done so that if he happened to
lose his right hand in action, he Could
carry on the fight with the left.Our Ameri
can soldiers who have suffered that loss
have trained the left hand to a more be
neficent use.
A gentleman in New York Citv,awhile
since took it into his head to collect
specimens of writing from soldiers who
had lost their right hands in battle and
afterward learned to use the left;
He gave public notice of his desire,
ahd offered prizes for the best of these
specimens. Pretty soon they began to
come , in; and by the time specified for
awarding the prizes 300 samples of such
left-hand writing by maimed soldiers had
arrived.
I have just been looking over some of
this writing. A great many of the speci
mens arc written in a beautiful manner.
All are good. The writing in nearly all
cases slants backward instead of forward.
One piece of writing, from a soldier who
had lost both arms, was made by holding
the pen in his mouth. North American
Review.
The Shakef Dance
The expression on the faces of the men
and women was not solemn, but preoccu
pied, religious and absorbed. It was
evident that this dancing and palm ges
turing is subordinate to a general system
of suiting the action to the word, which
is destined to emphasize the poetry of
motion; Hence, when the visiting
Elderess from Moilnt Lebanon told the
congregation that her associate Elderess
was detained and could not come, but
?ent her love to them. Elder Avery re
marked : "Let us gather in our sisters
love." Thereupoli our entire congrega
tion threw out their palms and returned
them with a waving motion toward their
hearts, each one whispering: "We
gather in our sistef's love," repeating this
gesjturc several times, but all in unison.
The combined 'dancing, "bowing, gestur
ing and palm waving does succeed in
alisorbing more of the attention of those
who participate in it, and is more a drill
J in social uniiy than mere singing, it
i adds to the unitizing power of singing
something of the good fellowship which
is encouraged and created by military
diill. American Miigazine.
The CIrcns Had Come.
O, the drums were heard and the
niceriln note, as the circus up-towu
paraded, and the shorn off mule and the r
whiskered goat and the eiepnani umoer
shaded. I followed it calmly at early
morn, my work and my labors spurning,
and I barkened to the sound of a rusty
horn, with a wild and unhallowcdearn
ing. Few and short were the tunes they
played, and they paused not at all to
monkev, so I slowly followed the route
they made at the heels of the lop-eared
donkey. I bought up a seat at the show
that night, aud looked at the limber
woman, who tied herself in a knot so
tight she seemed more like hemp than
human. And I eagerly looked at the
wonderous bloke who swallowed some
cotton blazing, land blew from his nos--trils
a cloud of smoke till I thought he
was shoel raising. And I watched the
ctowri as he ran and rolled and stood in a
do?en poses, and worked off a string, of
jokes so old, they came from, the time of
Moses. -fcAiiwt ?W. . t
WHAT 'SOME PFOPLE EAT.
STRANGE FOOD DI3HE3 IN MANT
TAET3 OP T3E WORIiD.
Putriil Whale's Tail, Tallow Candle
Vaulting Hats. Kangaroo; Tail.
Clay anil Girth, Etc. '
"I prcfj r simple dishes, w ell cooked,"
raid my friend as we wt down to dinner.
"I have given the subjects great deal of
thought, and Jiave traveled so mutb that
I have, become almost An anchorite in the
matter of eating. If I have a weakness
it is dietetics."' " :
"There li this about food : in point of
JUantity, without regard to quality, the
wellers in the extreme north-claim pre
eminence. An tstpiimartx will eat twenty
pounds of meat jht diem, lubricating the
mass with as much oil a? he can swallow;
yet a Tongousc will go twenty pounds
better, for he cat gci away with forty
poundsiof reindeer meat in the 6arae space
of time. Both erf them blush for. their
feeble powers when they see three' Yak
utes demolish h whole reindeer at one sit
ting, and rise apparently none the worse
for the, feed.
"The greatest luxury a Grecnlarfder can
enjoy is half putrid whale's tail, with a
relish of the gum of the proper kind from
the same animal. Our Dr. Kane was
much pleased with walrus liver. He won
dered Jthaf we didn't eat raw; beef, a
practicp, by the way, not unknown to
many of our German citizens, who will
snap up a piece from a butcher's block
whenever they can honestly do so. Whale
meat must possess attractive qualities, al
though! I could not discover them, be
cause old whalemen commouly pa'rta'ke
of it. To a sensitive palate it has a vCry
rank
flavor. The A. B. seamen in the
whaling
hips make it into force-meat
balls to remind them, p'erha'ps, of the fish
balls-of Maine or Jsew Ilaftnpslnrev
"Porpoise meat was . once a fav6red
dish' writ h., the old English nobility, at
least so runs the story which declares
the proper sauce to have been compound
ed of sugar, vinegar, and bread crumbs.
The trapper in the Far North loves
beaver tail and bear's paw, and quite
right he is. In Arctic regions eating is
no easy matter; everything ,is so hard
that good teeth are as-necessary as sharp
knjve, while drinking re pi ires care, else'
the ghiss may become : part of the lip.'
In those frigid arts you eat your rum
and chew your brandy, i If fish is to be
served up there it has first td be Caught,
then thawed, before being swallowed.
Experience can alone reveal the secret ol
the Esquimaux's love for a nice greasy,
yielding, tallow candle, and of trie 'lin
gering sweetness long drawn out,' as he
pulls the wick gently 'between his teeth
so as not to lose one particle of its flavor.
"The Australasian is rather odd in the
matter of dietetics. One New Hollander
I saw dispose of more than a Ihundred
vaulting rats at one repast, swallcAving
them, for the most part, with some of the
hair still upon them, holding them by
their tails and biting the bodies off with
his teeth. Not to be. wasteful he after
ward disposed of .the tails. The sarde in
nocent children of nature affect stale
shark, rancid whale blubber, earthworms,
and such trifles. Kangaroo tail is a dish
an Australian finds much flavor in. tt is
delicious.
"Coming to South America, the Otto
macs are the oddest people. They sub
sist entirely on a fat and ferruginous kind
of clay, each man eating daily a pound or
more. The Indians of the Amazon eat a
kind of loam, preferring it to Other and
decvledly better food. I have seen then!
do i The Peruvians are also clay eat
ers, tllcir mess being a mixture of talc
and mica rather tough food,- even for
Peru. Other nations are earth eaters
the inhabitants of New Guinea", some of
the Bolivians, the negroes of Jamaica, and
the natives of New Caledonia, as well as
many people who dwell in Siam, Siberia,
and Karrlschatka. The OttOmacs, how
ever, are the only ones who subsist on
clay when other food is obtainable.
"In Africa, I found diet as various as
the people, and such trifles as blue mole,
mice, fat . sheep's tails, stewed puppies,
puma, baked'elephant's trunk" and feet,
ostrich eggs, ants stewed in bUtter,cater
pillars, roasted spiders, snails (eight
inches long), and odd articles not gener
ally regarded as food are consumed.
"When the natives of the West Indies
are regarded from a dietetic standpoint,
baked snakes glide into the menu along
with palm worms (a finger long), fried in
their own fat ; yet these colored gour
mands cannot abide a rabbit stew ! Rats
are there also considered a nice side dish,
with occasional relishes of geeana eggs
and palm tree snout beetles. Sounds
nasty, doesn't it?
"In Siam the dried sinews f various
animals form a disk much liked. I found
it very good. Alligators' eggs are eaten
in many Eastern countries, and a nastier
dish it would be hard to imagine. Ants
enter largely into Oriental bills of fare,
and in Ceylon the busy bee is masticated
byfthe very men who have profited by the
honey it has made.
"Snails are eaten everywhere. The
French are great believers in them, as a
succulent dish. The European market is
mostly supplied ' from the 'snaileries' of
the Isle of Crqfe, where they are culti
vated secumdem artem, and one kind is
specially prepared, 'being- fattened upon
strawleriies, forjeorfsumptives.
"The Javanese arc fond of flying fox.
The dessert of the Chinese middle classes
consists of melon pips, the scarlet and
yellow varieties being grown solely for
their seed.
"Out in Central America the stately
curas.-on and the soler quam, both large
birds, are dilligently hunted as table
delicacies, yet the first-named bibed must
not be eaten by the hunter's" dog, for it
will assuredly poison it.
"Ilippopliagy has not made many con
verts, although it has a large number of
advocates. They, perhaps, do not prac
tice all they preach, and only drive
horses onto other people's tables, without
indulging in equine repasts at their own.
In Magdeburg some years ago a friend of
mine saw a foal of the value of $100 put
ou as the central dish at a marriage feast,
the cost beings more esteemed than the
meat.
"Those are some of the reasons why I
prefer simple dishes," concluded my
friend, and at the same time our dinner
came to an end. New York Sun.
The Southern ReTiTalist
, -
The Rev.' Sara Jones is as great a study
as ever. People are a far fiom compre
hending the secret of his power as they
were when he startled them with his
slang and encliained their sympathies
with his jwonderful pathos two years ago.
It was a 'question whether thia extraordi
nary man bad not lost his strong charac
teristics during the long tour through
other States since he was last heard in
Nashville, but all doubts on that point
were settled before he had spoken three
minutes Friday night. He is Sam Jones
intensified and fortified in every pecu
liarity and in all his originality of speech,'
manner, audacity, and general : style.
Xaihs UU American '. - . '
fcEWS ANfl SOtfiS FOR WOMEN.
Garnets are becomin fashionable. .
' fcleeres wi'h puffs " at the elbow are
new. . " ' ' '
The crest-shaped bofinet baa feap-
peared. j " . '' V .. -.
Bishop sleeves are now of frequent oc
currence. -
Plain and plaid surahs are used togeth
er, and make most useful as well as most
durable costumes.
A bonnet seeu recently was composed
of inter woven rose stems and trimmed
with a bunch of roses.
Suisse dotted muslins are made into
pretty little finer wraps to wear with
light summer coctume3.
Miss Minnie TL Pollock, a law type
writer, has been appointed Commissioner
of Deeds by the New York Board of Al
dertdert. The plain skirts are quite as stylish as
any Other, particularly in thestiffer sorta
df canvas clothr A wide sash makes np
for the lack of drapery.
JlrsV Whitney, wife of the Secretary of
the Navy, wears no jewelry except a dia
mond comb. She largely regulates the
fashions of Washington". J
The moment yoU are instinctively
prompted to rub your eyesi that moment
stop using them, if you do not w ish to
wear glasses in early life.
. A charming black silk costume among
the recent importatibns. was a heavy gfps
grain with . flomces and , edgings lf
pinked oUt M fancy designs. .
, Tn'o beaded' jersey waists, so, stylish
this Season are elaborately finished around
ihe bottom, and should have,- to be
stylish a high dog collar of jets.
A convenient idea is that of having
jersey waists made to order, as no perfect
fit is obtainable otherwise; and the finish
may in this way be made unique also, ,
Fancy ruchings and bands iujcolor still
continue to be worn, but after all the
flowered grenadines are the most stylish
and are seen in the'imported costumes.
Fine French satines will be much worn
this season, and are made a little more
elaborately
collar and
than usual, having cuffs,
sash of watered filk or
ribbon. '
A sash of two colors is one of the
season's novelties. One-half is of one
color and the other is'.a contrasting
shade, fastened together in front by. a
pretty buckle. 1
Gold thread embroidery is much used
on iiiien, and when it is real bullion it has
wearing and
make it well
working on it,
i
washing qualities which
worth any labor spent In
. Wide Cliantilly flouncing is worn'ori
rich parasols w fii.ch have a full covering
of silk grenadine.'; over the silk cover.
This arrangement gives a particularly
prttty, .soft effect.
Hymen In. Sweden brides Carry bread
in their pockets, and as many pieces as
they thiow away, so much care do they
cast away from them. This is a popular
superstition of the country.
The newest design for a bracelet is now
of coffee beans. The inpide of the ker
nel is exposed, and every beanor rather
half bean, is of a different color, from a
delicate greenrto a rich purple. - .
Lace costumes are so- arranged that
they may be worn over several colored
silk skirts or over black. The lace
flouncing of forty inches' wide is eon
venient for making these costumes-.
. Wash costumes will replace those of
Woolen very generally as the summer
comes on,- $nd arc o,uite as elaborately fin
ished as those of expensiue material.
Ginghams lead in the wash fabrics.
Droop trimmings of all sorts are popu
lar this season. . Some of them are as
large as small curtain tassels, and are
made to order to match the costume.
They have rather the effect of upholstery.
Strong, broad -soled footgear is coming
into style in this country among women
who want to preserve health and com
plexion. Several leading physicians re
fuse to treat patients w ho persist in wear
ing high-heeled shoes with narrow soles.
White China and India silks make the
prettiest of all white summer frocks
when trimmed Avith a profusion of Fedora
Ot Valenciennes lace and made with much
shirring and ample drapery. But there
,must be no hint of a want of material in
such dresses. i
English women are now affecting straw
hats dyed of every color of the rainbow
at once, running in parallel lines around
the crown and brim. They are generally
trimmed with tartan ribbon, and are
quite hideous enough to satisfy, even the
"British matron." ,
The light Tuscany straws, fancifully
braided, are most used fpr gypsy bonnets,"
and the trimmings are striped ribbons of
gauze or gros grain in long flat loops on
top and for strings. A small posy or
short ostrich tips or a small curved clus
ter of cocks' plumes, may be thrust in the
loops. -
Light white woolen veilings, albatross
cloths, and other white wools, with bou
cle and bourette,- corded and figured ef-
( fects in Hues and bars, are made up into
summer festival rocks by the thousand
in the custom or ready made suit depart
ments and large dress manufacturing es
tablishments of New York. j
Coral, ivory, tortoise shell, malachite,
turquoise, lapis, lazuli, cornelian, and
agate are imitated to ,such perfection in
celluloid that it is safe to say that more
than half the. ornaments, objects, aad
fancy objects sold in New York and other
cities, looking like tnose stones and pro
ductions, are really celluloid. j i
At a recent gypsy wedding at Macomb.
111., it is stated in a local paper, that
"when the bridegroom was aked if he
took the woman to be his. wedded wife,
he answered: 'Just as you say.f , After
the ceremony the man went out of one
door and the woman out of another, and
they did not appear to be in the least in
terested in each other. i
At "engagement dinners" in Philadel
phia the father or nearest male relative of
the lady usually makes the announce
ment at the close of the dinner, ahd a
pretty practice sometimes indulged is for
each guest to pick up a flower and throw
it at the fiancee, who is thus met with a
rose shower from all sides of the table.
On this occasion, reports an observer,
"the bridegroom-elect often kisses bis
mother-in-law-elect, and the father of
the benedict in turn kia&cs the fiancee."
Speed of Pigeons. :
In 1S42 a pigeon flew from Ballinasloe,
in Ireland, to Castle Bernard, a distance
of twenty-three Irish miles, in
eleven
minutes, which gives the almos. incred
ible velocity of 160 English miles pet
hour, a speed nearly equal to that of the
common swift, which is without doubt
the fleetest of all birds. This rate, of
flight, however, must be regarded as al
together exceptional, since nothing ap
proaching it has been performed in more
recent years.. The average speed of the
pigeon is in all probability about forty or 1
forty-n venules pernour, as from calcula
tions based on the time occupied In trav-
1 cling given distances at races it appears
Uiat . a mile w covered in, abouf ninety
I econas, wrnnui,
I- -,
Minkeyg Openibff Oysters.
Commander Alfred Carpenter writes to
London tfature as foUows:. j "So many
people hive expressed their surprise at
hearing ihat I constantly saw '- monkeys
breaking! open oysters with 6tone on
the islands off South Bunnah, that it may
be of interest to give a short description
of their ipefEod of using such a tool. The
low-wateir rocks of the island of the ;
Mergui Archipelago are covered with
oysters, lkrge and small. A money which:
infests these islands, prowls about the
shore when the tide is low, opening the
rock-ovsters with a stone by striking th
base of the upper valve On til it dislocates
and breaks up. He then extracts the
oyster with his finger and thmbf oc
casionally putting his mouth straight to
the broken shell. - On disturbing them,
I generally found thaf4hey had selected
a stone fnore apparently for convenience
in handling than for its value asjham
mer, and it was smaller id proportion to -what
a human being would have selected
for a proportionate amount of wcr. In
short, itjwas usually a stone they tuld
get thcili fingers round.
As the rocks crop up through the low
water mud, the stone had to be brought
fwm. fcrfrh-ftter matk." this distance
f varying .ft dm ten to eighty rards. This
monkev ha3 clicen xne tosmw. j
open, the rock-oyster, viz., to dislocate
the valves bv a'blow on the base of the
upper one, dnd to break the shell over
the attaching muscle. The gjbbon also
frequents these islands, but I never saw
one cf them on the beach- " - -
A Smart Dogr
A ladir living on thstr north tide is tha
owner of a very sagacious Newfoundland
dog called Don,. The other clay uon,
who qtifte frequently goes to the grocery
or markiet for his mistress, - was eut after
a baskei of eggs. As he wi rcturnH)
home, (Ufrying his basket with a proud,
dignified air, he met a dog against whom
he evidently he had an old grudge. lie
set his biirdeu down carefully on the walk :
then giving a bark jbf challenge started
after his enemy o'u a dead run. A friend
of his rriistreesif.w ho I witnessed 'thin pro
ceeding! picked up 'the basket and car
ried it tb its' proper destination. Mean
while, pony having vanquished "hia" foe,
returned to the spot where he had left
his egg. On discovering that they had
disappeared, he ran, around frantically,
trying tb find them. Finding his effort
vain, he sat down and lifted up his voice
in a howl of anguisli, as visions .of his
onistressfs whip, or, at least, the loss of
hisdinher, crossed his mind, buaaeniy
ho started for home at a brish trot.
Sne.ikirt jr out into the 'back yard, ho
picked up an old discarded ;
lay in one corner of the yard
it in and deposited it at tri(
basket that
and carrieil
feet of hi
mistress. He has been taugnt tnat wnen
. ...... .
he goes! to the grocery for any article they
do no happen to have,, to return and givo
a succession of sharp barks
This he pro
ceeded ;to do. as if .to say
'They wero
out of eggs to-day." Chirao Journal,
Trees With a History.
A bu'ttonwpod tree supposed to be 1.10"
years old nasijust Decn ienea ni iiurung
ton, n( J., that was twenty feet in cir
cumference. .A siljver maple sixteen feet in circuni
fcrewce,in Middletown, 111., was grow
ing froyn a twig which a traveler stiu k
into the ground while passing through in
1840. ' -
The fruit and foliage of the buckeye of
Arkans as is death to cattle. Indians fi h
with it tied in a bag, which they dn
throug l the water, add in an hour the
fish rise to the surface and die.
A gooseberry bush is growing amazingly
fifteen feet from the ground in the forks id
a large! elm tree at Newton, N. J. ; It u
now two feet in height, and supposed to -be
the product of a Seed deposited there
by birds., .
The remains of what was probably the
largest cedar tree on the continent may
be seei six miles from Oakville, C'hxhubs
county, W. T. The hollow stub fetands"
fifty feet high, and is seventy-three feet
in circumference two and av lialf
from the ground. . j
Thejoldest trees in the world are P,I1H
osed itobethe one in Calaveras county,
Cal., that is believed to be 2,5Crf year
old, and the cypress of Somma, iij Loui
bardy,! Italy, that is 1,911 years fid, ot.
plantctl forty-two years before Christ.
May a Man Be Hanged Twice.
Governor Boss, of New Mexico, hai
four men under sentence of death bn hi)
hands j'apd he appears to be unwil ing tu
issue the warrants for their execution.
One of the malefactors has an interest in;;
history. The other ' are common
frontier murderers. - Theodore; i'aker
awaiting death at Springer, has iiln a ly"
been hanged -once,,aud this circjunistant i
has cabsed thousands of people i'p peti
tion for ' a commutation . to )hfi cum
Soon after the- murder of whicji ;lie ha'
bon Convicted he was seized fcyiia inol
and lynched,, but the Sheriff af'Sprinirt i
tui nun uunu uuu wuveyeu uuk rpma in
to the Jail, where a successful effort at
resuscitation: was made.; The i lecond
night! the prisioner was conveyed t'
Santa j Fe, where he lingered in weak
physical and mental condition forlp vcml
weeksl Then an improvement iwgan.
and when he was restored to health h
was placed on trial and duly conyicted
Baker! has graphically described Iim,
sensations when hanging, : and itjH un
dersteod that he has serious object ion?
to undergoing the experience again. -
Chicago Herald.
A Parrot 100 Tears
Old;
"My parrot! is 100 vears old.
said
Elm
Erastijs Judd, living at No. oys
streetj; x aave nau mm ior tnirtyi years,
and my father had him about fortyj years..
'Old Putnam as we call him, usf to be
long o my grandfather Fcth Judd, who
lived at Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
The old gentleman got him from a sailor
in Boston. I have family letters dated
in 1T0, in : which 'Old Putnam! i1 re
ferred to as 'a prettie bird, whiebje hath
beenjtaught to say after one mjuch of
our New England primer and certain of
Dr. Vfatt's hymns for the young. 1 I do
not see that the parrot is not as 6ung ai
ever, j He is very docile, and heMalks a
cleverly as a child of six. ! His plum:;.
U still bright, but his sight has faikd
him somewhat. The way to tell the ai
of a j parrot is to count the rings on Iim
claws. A new rin'? or Ywrihklei romn
i etervi' tenth Tr "OH Putmrn' b:is
nine of these rintrs and a start e.i for thr
t enth. Cli itngo Nv$.' '
In the matter of libraries this country
U ail to rdntain (in tound n.iniWrM
nearly 5,500, cich with ZOO volumes "
overjand a total of more than 20, 500, boo
of volume. Forty-seven public libr-iri i
have teach over 50,000. ;
There was recently sold in Paris for
$1,100 an cight-pige manuscript of the
first JJapo'.conr It was part of the his
tory of Corsica which he .wrote in X1W,
mi
-
7 1
by.
be
pok,
ffru
fcfir
BSh!
it tea
tint
re
M
Un
ftnv
. pstJ
fct-tw
fc f!
4 fct-