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ATTORNEYS.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HOCKINCHAM. N.C.
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The Inauguration Ball.:
'A Washington dispatch says: It is ex
pected that about twenty thousand per
sons iu military and civic organizations
will be in line on Inaagnration day. 3o
far, not a military oompany in the New
England Btates has signified an intcn
V" tion of being here. The New York Six
; ty-nlnth regiment will arrive here in the
morning-arid leave that night, i '
The Washington Oontinentals, from
Bahcneotady, the Albany Jackson corps,
arid' Rocbambeaa Grenadiers, of New
HAMLET
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Tit MIE5 80 j; ,
N. C.
1; yark'oiry, are the only New York State
troops to be in line. The Pennsylvania
' - rdfvision,of fifteen j regiments and three
batteries, numbering between eight and
, sioe thousand troops, will be . in line.
ThOr-TTirginia brigade under Gen. Fitz-
. hnghLee, 1,500 strong, will be a feature
.y of the proaassiou. The Phil Kearney
Craarda, of Elsb3th, N.'J., is the only
military organization from that State
' that has 1 applied for position in line,
C Maryland, especially Baltimore, wi :
send a large - military contingent, th
C -corps Being able to arrive and depart tlx
aame day. - - j
,Ttie. feature of the military parade will
be the large number of colored compa
nies In line. There will be five from
Norfolk, V., three from Baltimore, one
r from Philadelphia the Gray i Inyiaoi-
t bles w from Frederioksbnrg, one
from RLohmond and one from jthe Uni
'versity of Virginia. In addition there
y will be the ,well drillad and finely
6RruippaJ companies : of coloredt troop3
, here . in Washington. The War, Post
Office and Interior departments, Win-
dan': Building, qnarters : at : the :Navy
V t Yard, the Court House and other public
" buildings will bs used as quarters fcj '
'many of the visiting regiments.? ...
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I BcBboi bmtimjm.Z-0( the 16,000,
v 7, MQteodQ&ira to this oountry 10i
i 000,000 are;fewlled in tire pnbllo
SMSCHOLS,
DIALKS U All KETDS OV.
Parlor and Chamber Suits,
ALWAYS
ON HAND.
Jhroapt stUaUsa gtTea to den '
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JOHN WILKES, Manager,
The Use. of a Scarf Pin,
They were playing whistin the smoker.
One of the playen ware on his oollar
soar! a diamond pin. It w3 very large
and very , brilliant The- inference
that the wearer was a showy nbob. or
a blackleg. As a partner wa3 ehufiliag
for a new doal, another remarked:
"That is a fine pin you waar ", " Y&3,"
replied the, man, 'that is a tr9J pin for
tij.timp;;.eT. Jx cr,t '&).?. It iis
Yon may wonder "way 1 waar snah a "
worthless banble. I wear it for proboa
tion. This is the third one I hare worn,
the other two were stolen. Let ma ex
plain:.. ;V, ' : - '.. -."
"I was traveling on a Southern rail
way at night. : QradaaHy the passen
gers in the car I was in dwindled to
three two men besides myself. I dis
covered that Jhese men were attracted
by my scarf gm, and I was convinced
that they wereetermined to get it. I
was glad, for I had more than $3,000 in
.money and checks in my pocket. When
I left the car one man was in front of
mo, and one was behind, and as X passed
out the door, the jolting of the car gave
both an opportunity to fall against me.
At that moment one of tbem sna tolled
the pin, and ; thinking it was a great
prize, had no thought of taking any
thing else. It is a safeguard, and I
wonld not travel with valuables in a
strange country without one." .
The Posts f Un'on Veterans
John S. KouLtz, Commander-in-Chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
says: Oar organization is growing rap
idly ia numbers and importance. There
are now 6,000 posts, having a total mem
bership of 275,000, Pennsylvania has
a larger number than any other State.
There are a million men living .who
fought for the Union, and it is thought
that the membership of the Grand
Army will reach half a million. There
is a much larger number of Grand
Army posts in the Bouth than one might
expect to fiud. Alj if the larger citieB
of the South have one or more po3t3.
New Orleans lias three. The mam
strength of the organization is in the
Central States. New York should have
a much larger number of posts than she
now has.
Export? of Provisions.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
reports that the total values of the ex
ports of domestic cattle, hogs, and oi
beef, pork and dairy products during the
month of January; also of beef and pork
products during the three months, and
of ' dairy products during the nine
months ended January 31; as compared
with' similar exports during the corre
sponding periods of the preceding year,
were - as follows; - January, 188, 511,
D65.94S; January, 1881, $9,091,877.
Beef and pork products exported for
three raonthi ended January 31, 1885,
were $28,210,693, for 1884, 626.748.88L
Dairy products for nine montbsended
January 31, 1033, &13,199,392; for 1884,
$14,310,457. ; V
, Tougs Gnisa Take a blade of bear
grass and boil it 43 minutes, t Then
beat it with a hammer and scrape it
until the threads are smooth. Suspend
it .to a whip for a cracker, and after ii
has worn a little ' and beooues dry It
will strike fire like flint and steel ..when
struck against ' dry ; Bxaii.Ea.itman
Qa.) Times. -:r":''
Fop Otiieks. -Handsome fortunes
have been made in the Kennebec ice
business, but the man who showed the
Kennebeckers how to dor it. who intro-
dnced ' Ke&iebeo ioe to the world and
cave it the first boiim, b to-day not
wotth a dollar,.
versification:
Am bright as ths golden June weather . A X ''V
Came Bote with her prayer-book and fan
Through the church, door, and homeward to-
ge:ber J' -",!. ''jy ; .. -r-.-v-We
walked, and my wooing began.'; :-r':
Sha chatted cf anthem and sermon .
I thought of her hps and blue eyes
Of her Jight dainty alep in the German " ,
TO1 vaguer became my replies. : '" , s 4";
As I vainly endeavortel to fashion ?
Some phrase that should fitly express.
Or hint of, that burden of passlen -
'Which the, alas I seemed not to guess.. :
But ,we paused 'on' the bridge, whose
gray
arches :'. - :
Look down on the bridge in the brook.
And there in the shade of the larches
Her little gloved fingers I took. . " .
And said: "Kose, youve been -.'kissed
In a
'.' : sonnet : .' ,: :: w"::r' ,tj '.."- .- ;
In which I my emotions' rehearse, ,
When a foice 'neath the pretty pink bonnet
llormnred: "Darling, I am not a-rerse."
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The Lettei?.
"Any letters?" asked, . tha Widow
Wadsworth, turning from the grocery
counter of the "store" of Kornhill to the
corner by the window over which swung
a placard beariBg the legend "Post of
fice" upon it, and glancing through her
spectacles at the small row of candy jarb
which were made to do duty as letter
holders. "Aty letters for our house
Mr. Bristol ?'
Mr: Bristol, the senior of that name
who was too rheumatic to weigh grocer
ies or measure calico, was as deaf as a
post, had, perhaps, the least natural
talent for the reading of dnbiouePEcript
that could be found in the perron of any
living man; and, besides this, could
never find his spectacles rouaed himself
from a nap in which he had been in
dulging, looked bewildered, and seemed
for a moment dubious as to what he
should do next; but seeing that Mra.
Wadsworth's eyes were fixed upon the
candy jars, decided that she wanted a
letter, and, reaching up, slowly took two
of them down and, with much delibera
tion, spread them before her like a pack
of cards.
Tvo put my specks some'rs," he said,
"but where I dunno. .Look 'em over
and sort out what's yourn, Mrs. Wads
worth." , '
This was old Mr. Bristol's usual style
nf nArformico the business of Dostmaster.
And as it was an honest place, little
harm came of it. Often people carried
their neighbors' letters to them when
they happened to pass their gates, and
the only registered letter that ever yet
'hat been.' sent -to Kcrr.hi" jtrs coasi.I-
" They might ha' known no one wonld
ha' meddled with it," said the post
master. And the farmers talked the matter
over as they jogged .home side by side in
their wagons, and the summer boarder
who did the strange thing was made to
feel the indignation of her hostess. ' But
that was long after the evening on which
Mrs. Wadsworth asked if there were any
letters for "her house."
Peering over the little row spread be
fore her, she saw that there was one a
small envelope addressed in a delicate-
lady's hand to 'James Wadsworth,
Esq."
That's Jim," said the old jlady
"Who can have writ to him ?"
There vers iu more. ' bne put hei
single epistle in her pocket, pushed the
rest toward Mr. Bristol and nodded at
him. Mr. Bristol nodded in reply, re-;
jarred the letters, perched himself upon
a' stool and went to sleep again. Then
the younger Bristol helped the old lady
into her wagon, handed in her basket of
groceries, and sne . drove away,
with the letter in her poeket, and a
queer feeling, half fear and half anger,
at her heart as she said over and over
again, talking aloud to herself, as the
old white horse plodded along the lonely
road:
"Who has writ to Jim, I wonder ?"
Maggie, the "help," came out to
carry in the basket, when Mrs. Wads
worth stopped at her own gate, and ahe
herself walked into the kitchen. There
was a great stove there, and on it the
kettle was . boiling, steam rushing from
its spout in one long stream, and creep
ing in a flat sheet from under the cover.
Before this stove Mrs. Wadsworth stood
and wanned her hands.
'I wonder who lias writ to Jim," Bbe
said. "If I thought it was that girl I'd
throw it into the fire.
Then a story she had heard of some
nne who had feloniously opened an en
velope by holding it over the steam of
a tea-kettle oocurrod to her mind.
"I wonder whether it would open that
way, she said. "It couldn t be any
great harm just to satisfy myself that it
isn't from her. Jim is but a boy,' and I
am his mother. I guess, according to
law, I'd have a right, I ought to, any
how.
Then the hand which held the letter
outstretched itself. The stream of etc an;
beat against the flap Of the envelope,
In a moment or so, it hung loose and
limp and wet in her hands." -T1I
go and put my bonnet away,
she said, in an unnatural sort of tone,
and hurried upstairs.
"I am his mother," she said again, as
she eat down in; her rocking-ohair and
drew the letter from the envelope. "It's
right I should know. - ; ' ' ;v
Then she oast her eye over the writ
ing. There was not much of it. Just
this
Ueab Jambs: I know, after my con
dnct, it is my place to write first. I wa
naughty. Please forgive me. Isn't that
humble enough? And if you do, come
and take me to the picnic to-morrow.
' '' - - "Your owa. i
"It Is from, that girl, said Mrs.
Wadsworth. a "It's from. feer. And
things have gone . so far, and I e hasn't
fold hjsjaother a'word 1 Oh," he?w hard
it is to bear 1 That girl I don't want
Jim to marry; bnt of all girlsthat one r ,
and she rooked herself to and fro.,. T
5i There's been a quarrel," she said at
last, "and she's written this to make up.
If he never got it, he'd fnever Bpeak. 1
know bis pride. She come of a poot
lot.'" t hate her; she's' a bad wife for
Jim. ; I think it's my duty .not to give.it
to him. Pll think it over." Then she
Opened - the drawer of her bureau in
which Bhe kept valuables and money
and thrust the letter in and looked itnp.
She had time to think the matter over
before Jim came in, for he was late, and .
"that girl grew more distasteful to her
every moment. " ''.
"Going ! to the picnio, Jim?": she
asked, as they sat over their tea. And
Jim answered that he hadn't thought of
Td go if I was you, and i take your
Cousin Miranda,' said the old" lady.
'She expects it, I guess." And Jim,
only moved by the remembrance of Nel
lie Barlow;, and a wish to make her jeal
ous, agreed to the propositioST He took
Miranda to the picnio next day, and Nel
lie was there, and saw them together;
and remembering her note, written in a
moment of softness, when the wish tore-;
call certain angry words she had said to
Jim, was strong upon her, Bhe grew sick
with shame. She had held out her hand
in reconciliation and he had not taken
it. Could anything make a woman more
indignant? After that she never even
looked at him. ' .
Old Mrs. Wadsworth having kept
Jim's letter a few days, felt that too
much explanation would be necessary
were she to give it to him after so long,
a delay. Besides it wonld be well for
her son that he should not see it. He
would, of course, marry his cousin Mi
randaonly a second cousin a girl she
liked, and who would never set herself
up, above her mother-in-law a girl who
did not, like poor Nellie, look aggrava
tingly stylish.
But Jim did not marry Miranda. No
one will ever know now whether Miranda
would have accepted him or not. After
awhile she married a Mr. Wiseman, who
was better off than Jim, and old enough
to be his father; and Nelly, too, mar
ried. Wliile her heart burnt with re
sentment ' against her old lover, she
chose a new oae, a dark, moody, silent
sort of man. who carried her away to
the city, whence there came rumors now
and then that Bhe was not happy, that;
her husband led a wild life. Onca
some one declared that he wa3 a very
madman in his jealousy, and locked her
in her room at times. put no one
knew whether it was true or not' Her
pf.?3n?3 vf.n.J r.
'on!
As for james Wadsworth, no hau
gene to church to eee her married and
had gone home with a headache. The
next day he was delirious; a brain fever
had set in and the doctors shook their
heads over him. What he said in his
delirium only bis mother understood
out if she could have undone the deed
that she had done, she would have
thanked Heaven. For weeks he lay at
death's door, and then a pale shadow
crept about the house the wreck of
bright, handsome Jim Wadsworth. His
beauty was gone, and no one felt quite
sure about bis mind. He answered
sensibly enough when he was spoken to,
but voluntarily he never spoke.
After awhile b fswRtrcn? enough to
do f area work?,- i. ' '' '-; r,,
suggested, and she gre .. "";
tered ways. And so matt. ,f ::
when, ten years from her wedding ,
Nelly came back to her father's horns iu
widow's cap. And the people of
Kornhill learnt that her husband was
dead, and began to wonder wnether he
had left her money.- X
Jim, plowing in the adjoining field,
saw her as she sat upon the old home
stead porch, and stood, for a moment,
staring at her. Then he left bis plow in
in the furrow, his horses standing
where they were, and went home. His
mother, saw him coming. "He tramped
over the beds of vegetables, and trod
down the young corn. He sought no
path. As the bee flies he sought tha
doorway at which his mother stood
staring at him, and walked into the
kitchen past her without a look.
"Jimi my boy," said the old woman,
"what is it?"
He made her no answer; but went to
his room and straight to bed. For
hours he never spoke to her. Then he
began to babble. He uttered Nelly's
name; ne reproacnea-ner witn lncon
stanoy; he called her tender names in
one breath and cursed her in the next.
Then he gave one 'wild cry and sprang
up in his bed and dropped back again,
with his Ayes staring toward heaven.
He was dead; the mother knew that be
fore .they told her se. ,4
The next day a coffin stood in the
kw-oeiled parlor, and in it lay a pale
statue, with closed eyes all that was
left of Jim Wadsworth. One by one
the friends and neighbors earns softly in
to look at him, and went away more
softly, often in tears. At last came one
woman a fair woman, in a widow'?
cap and veil who stood longer than the
rest looking at the still, white faee, and
at her own request was left alone with
it, while curious people in the other
room wondered whether it was true that
Nelly and Jim were once engaged and
had quarreled. For this was Nelly, in
her widow's weeds, who had come to
look at Jim for the last time.
' As phe stood there, with thoughts for
which there' was no words trooping
through her mind, an inner door opened
and an old woman crept in. It was
Mrs. Wadsworth, broken down aL last,
and with the strange, restless light of
an unsettled intellect in her light blue
- ;Sbe held an old letter in her . hand,
and it rustled as she Blowly crossed tho
room and stood beside the coffin.
"Jim," said she, here's your letter.
I've teen ; thinking it oyer, anil; since
yoix take it so ? hard, ytoubjet h
it. ; I only ikep it for your own good,
Jim. ? She ain't the girl for you; but you
take it so hirdWaka up, Jim; here's
yow fetter. V
Bat the white, frozen hand? lay still
upon the breast; and other small, living
woman's , hands ;y grasped it instead,
Nelly knew all the story now.
. : "Here is your letter, Jim," she whis
pered. . Kh, Jim; Jim," and she laid
it softly under the white flowers upon
the . bofloro, and, stooping, kissed the
waxeuhands and brow. "Oh, Jim,
Jim It she sKd again, and let her black
veil down over her face, and went her
way' and the gossips who stared after
her s - she ( passed down the village
street wandered again if she had ever
been' engaged to ; Jim Wadsworth; but
c6rie - of them ever knew. The grave
keeps its secret, so ateo does a woman's
heart ., '"' '.'' '";,'
. Bather a Ferocious Itabblt
Soon after dinner yesterday a boy
who was very much out of breath hailed
a man on Miami avenue, and informed
him that he had seen a rabbit run under
a barn in an alley near by. The infor
mation wasn't soi very startling, to be
sure, but it was enough to affect the
pedestrian: He was on his way down
town on an errand, but no sooner had he
hoard the story than ha followed the
boy at a run. . A boy who saw them
running followed after, and as they
turned into the alley two men suspected
that something was up and joined the
caravan. It wasn't ten minutes: before
twelve men and a score of boys had sur
rounded the barn, and then a serious
consultation was held. Men got down
on their knees aud thrust head and
shoulders under the barn. Boys got
down and peered and poked. Two wo
men came up and began. to throw out
suggestions..
A crowd instinctively looks for a
leader. This crowd soon found one.
He was a man who said he had spent
the beet portion of his life driving rab
bits from under barns. He ordered
everybody to get down and cry "scat I"
but the rabbit "caught on." Then
everybody got poles und clubs, and
everybody poked and pounded. The
rabbit was too "fly."
. For thirty minutes the crowd, grow
ing larger every minute, put in some
awful licks against the peace of mind of
th&t humble hare, and he had not been
budged a foot -when a boy came along
with a terrier dog. x Boards were pulled
off and the dog ordered to go in and win
renown. He went in, but it wasn't over
a minute before he remembered that he
j . fx it. A tig en', iohoweti aUe
, IuXxL-ig lata i.-i. ijf tocijr
jump, and as she reached the alley she
took a skip over the fence and was lost
to view. Detroit Free Pre,
An Editor's Peregrinations.
list wee'e the tired editor, after la
boring hard in the vineyard, concluded
that he would go out among the brethren.
While down in the Dry Fork neighbor
hood we preached at. Ebenezer, and ac
companied Brother Sam Hayfoot home
to dinner. There were several brethren
present, and among them - we were
pleased to notice old Brother ShopwelL
He ia an old servant of the Lord, and,
had the smallpox kept out of his way,
we think that his countenance would
tave eecaped a great wrong. Old Sister
t-fiayloot, kind reader, knows how to get
' a good dinner. She has our idea of
tut they should be boile?, -j;
their briltloness ..7..,-- .; .'
inspok After
man we again. assemb.'.v -:.'''
room, where Sister Stovei. -l ( '
with a hymn and 75 cents, fcn A
she wanted six months' subscription.
One dollar would have struck us with a
little more warmth, but in these days'
of sin and hard times a half loaf is mnoh
better than a Boston cracker. - Brother
Bmithfield, a good old soul as ever lived,
declares that he will take the paper
when he sells his red steer. Gentle
reader, do you know of any one who
wants to buy a steer? Arkansas CAris
iian Weekly.' X
Animal Fighting In China.
Fighting turtles are of two classes in
China, either the mnd or snapping tur
tle. They are caught and regularly
trained. They are led -with raw meat
and a drug that corresponds with the
'loco" of Texas. In six months the
turtle becomes savage and ugly, and
will fight and bite on the smallest provo
cation. To Increase its bellicose powers,
the jaws and teeth are carefully filed
and sand-papered, until its mouth is
made ahno3t into a series of razors and
needles. Each day its trainer teases it
with cotton and wood until it is excited
into a perfect frenzy and bites the train
ing instruments into small pieces, tsix
months' training puts it in good fighting
Condition. Young and Wd turtles ore
valueless. . A middle-aged turtle that
is, one of seven r eight ycers is the'!
beet When the fight ccmes oa tnetur
ties have been starved und teased for. a
week, and are as ugly as may be im
agined., Eaoh is 5, handled by its own
trainer and is teased and ticKiea uniuii
is in a violent rage. They are then put in
a ring and the battle i begins. The .fight
is always to the death. A throat hold
means victory. Generally the logs are
the main points of attack, and often botn
reptiles will lose a foreleg in the first
round. Their vitality is so great that
after a head is almost bitten off it will
turn and seize a leg or tail,, and ; bite as
if nothing had happened. These fights
last from one to ten hours, and are al
ways largely attended by men and boys.
Too Tboh. There is no use trying to
ake si theological journal out of a
tJy ttewspaper, remarks a New Mexi
can journal. Too many bad things hajv
1J?en.li.'' 2 - -
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LIFE i THE SOUDAN
mfe 81.ATR TUD8 AND TUB .tlANNEIt
IS WU1CU iT IS CAB.KIEU UN. .
A" S)peeoI.tloB thai Gt Khulaua) l
NttaMe LmportaJBce. : ;4' ii"
Throughout the Soudan,' says Sir
Samuel Baker, in his narrative, mobey
is "exceptionally scarce and the rate of
interest exorbitant, varying aocordiog
to the securities, froa thirty-six to
eighty per cent. This fact ". proves
general poverty and dishonesty, and acta
as a preventive to all improvemeni So
high and fatal a rate delfts all honest
enterprise, and the country must lie in
ruin under such a system, v The wild
speculator borrows npon ewh tms, to
rise suddenly. Uka a rocket or ta fall
like its exhausted stic. Thusj' boaest '
enterprise being impossible,' dishonesty
takes the lead, and a successful expei.
dition to the White Nile is supposed to
overcome all charges. There are two
classes of White Nile traders, the on
possessing capital,, the other beang pen
niless adventurers. The same system
of operations ia pursued by both, bnt
that of the former will be evident from
the description of the latter. : '
' A man without moans forms an expe
dition,, arid borrows money for this pur
pose at 100 per cent, after : this fashion:
he agrees to repay the lender in ivory
at one-half ' its market value. . Having
obtained the required sum, he hires
several vessels and engages from 100 to
300 men, composed of Arabs ' and run
away villains from distant countries,
who have found an asylum from justice
in the obscurity of Khartoum. He pur
chases guns and large quantities of am
munition for his men, together with a few
hundred pounds of glass beads. The
piratical expedition being complete, he
pays his men fivo months' wages in ad
vance, at the rate of forty-five piastre
(nine shillings) per month, and he
agrees to give them eighty piats res pei
month for any perioi exceeding the fiv,
months for which they are pnil. - Hii
men receive their advance partly in
cash and partly in cotton stuffs fcr
clothes at an exorbitant price. Every
man has a strip of paper, upon which is
written, by the clerk of the expedition,
the amount he has received both in
goods and money, and this paper he
must produce at the final settlement.
The vessels sail about December, and
on arrival at the desired locality the
party disembark and proceed into the
interior, until they arrive at the village
of some negro chief, with whom they es
tablish an intimacy. J
Charmed with his new friends, the
:i un iv ;
the opportunity of seeking their alliance
to attack a hostile neighbor. Marching
throughout the night, guided by their
negro hosts, -they bivouac ) within an
hour's march of the unsospecting village
doomed to an attack about half an hour
before break of day. -.' The time arrives,
and quietly surrounding the village
while its occupants are still sleeping,
they fire the gr&ss huts in all directions,
and ponr volleys of musketry through
the flaming thatch.' Panic-stricken, the
unfortunate victims rush from their
burning dwellings, and the men are shot
down like pheasants in a battue, while
the women and children, be vildered in
the danger and confusion, are kidnapped
and secured. ; The herds of tattle, still
within the kraal or "zaveeba," are easily
disposed of, and are driven off with
great rejoicing, as the prize of victory.
The women and children are then fast-
ened together, and the former secured
1 instrument called a sheba, made
; - rked pole, the neok of the prisoner
Y . ',' uto the. fork and eeoured by a
- '-ce lashed "behind, while the
rought together in advance of
. are tiedjialho pgaf
children are then fastened by tneir
necks with a rope attached to the wo
men, and thus form 4 living chain, In
whioh they are marched to the head
quarters in company with the captured
herds. , .
This h the commencement of busi
ness. Should there bo ivory "in any of
the huts not destroyed by fire, it is ap
propriated. A. general plunder takes
place. The trader's party dig np the
floors of the nuts to searon lor iron
hces, which are generally thus , con
cealed, as the greatest treasure of the
negroes; granaries are overturned and
wantonly destroyed, and the hands are
cut off the bodies of the slain, the more ,
easily to detach the copper or iron
bracelets that are usually worn. With
this booty the traders return to their
negro allyXxThey have thrashed and
discomfited his xjKiemy, which delights
him; they presenfXhim with (thirty or
forty head ,of cattle, which intoxicates
him with joy, and a present of a pretty
little captive girl of about fourteen com
pletes his happiness.
An attack or razzia, such as do
ecribed, generally leads to a quarrel
with the negro ally, who in his turn is
murdered and plundered by the trader
his women and children naturally be
coming slaves. X x :' ,
The Sondan.
1
The March Century contains an j art
icle on the Soudara, written by Ganeral
R. E. Colston, formerly of the Confed
erate army, and later on the general
staff of the Egyptian army. In the lat
ter service he commanded two expedi
tions of exploration in thoSoadan, trav
eling on all the principal caravan routes,
and spending two years in the towns
and among the tribes which are fre
quently mentioned in connection with
El Mahdi's rebeTlioul The article' is
illustrated with more than' twenty pic
urea. ' -x ;-" ' .
"Oh, Bvit 1 I wish I had married Mr.
Gladstone, sighed Mrs. Bascom, thro-,
ing down her newspaper 'What I" ex
claimed her hnsljand, starting cut of an
incipient . nap "rather . than - me ? '
"Yes," reiterated Mrs. Bascom, "Mr.
G'aihstone chops all his own wood.
JJiirlinpUm Free Pre. N - i-'
v The Little UoueboIdr. '
"Oh,' yes, I have all kinds of tenants,"
said a kmd-faced old gentleman, "but
the one that7 1 like the best is a child
not more than ten years of age.. A few
years ago I got a chanoe to buy a piece
of land over on the West Side, and did
so. 1 noticed that there was an old coop
of a house on it, and paid no attention
to it. After awhile a man came to me
and wanted to know if I would rent it to
aim. - " . i
M 'What do you want it for.?' says I.
To live in,' he replied. VS.
"'Well,' I said, 'you can have it. Pay.
me what you think it is vrorth(.toy on.'
"The first month he brosgb ai
the second men tit a little boy,, wka spJ
he was the insn'a sxR.- oft with $3.
. Afte'that I saw the man once in awhile,
'but in the course ' of time the boy -pnid
the -rent regularly, sometimes $2 and
-sometimes $3. One day I asked the boy
what had become of his father.
1 " 'He's dead, sir,' was the reply.
" Js that so?' said I. 'How long
syce r - v
" 'More'n a year, he answered.
"I took his money, but I mado np ray
mini that I wonld go ever and investi-
gafo, and the xkcbI day I wove ever
there. The old she. looked quite de
cent. I knocked at the door and a little
girl iet me in. I 'asked for her mother.
Bhe said she didn't have any,
"Where is she ?'(saidL -
"We don't know, sir. She went away
after my father died, and we've never
seen her since.'
"Just then a little girl about three
years old came 4n, and I learned that
these three children had been keeping
house together for a year and a half, the
boy supporting bis two little sisters by
blacking boots and selling newspapers,
and the elder girl 'managing the house
and taking care of the baby. Well, I
just had my daughter call on them, and
.we keep an eye on them n9W. I thought
I wouldn't disturb them while they are
getting along. The next time the boy
came with the rent I talked with him a
little and then I said :
t " 'My boy, you're a brick. You keep
right on as you have begun and yon will
never be sorry. Keep your little sisters
together, and never leave thorn. Now
look at this.' --
"I showed him a ledger in which I
had entered up all the money fhat he
had paid me for rent, and told him that
it was all his with interest. 'You keep
right on,' says I, 'and I'll be your bank
er, and when this amounts , to . a little
more I'll see that you get a house some
where of your own.' That's the kind f
a tenant to have;" Chicago Jferald.
About the Sound of It
Some! writer, has produced a poem
called "Sounds from the Sanctum.", It
reads just too pretty, and gives readers
the thought that the author never visited
the sanctum when business was in full
blast. If he had called about midnight,
for instance, he would have seen two
saints,! one poring ever a proof-slip, the
other holding the oopy, and the saund
would have been something like this : ;
Proof-reader As "flowers without the
sunshine ;fair comma so comma
without you comma do I full etop
breathe a chuk and dismal mair '
Copy-holder Thunder ! Not mair
air. ' ..
Proof -reader I breathe a dark and
disraal air comma of x flowers
Comma.
" Copy-holder Shoot the cemma.
; ' Proof-reader Tis done. As bowers
without the sunshine fair semi-colon
oonfound slug seven, ke never judtifles
his lines no joy in life comma no
worms - t "
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Pro6f-xep ' . ;;': ".; x;f ':':.
- wiiiiinfit'
Copy-hoHer xii. -
vigor fly-
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Proof-reader Health
and
full stop. , ' ,
That's about the sound d
pee try is on deck. Ds$ Mo-iru
ter. x
The Civil Service. ,
THE
FEDEBAIi COMMISSION S BECOKB
KCAXi BKPOBT OF ITS WOEX.
The second annual report of the
Civil Service Commission, covering a pe
riod from Jan. 16,1884, to Jan. 16, 1885,
was sent to Congress by the Prefideut
It "sajs the Civd Service law has been
found practicable and effective for the
accomplishment ef its purpose. Daring
the year persons have been examined
from every State and TrrifoLy except
Idaho. One hundred and frTxIy-two ex
aminations have been held, and 0,347
persons have been examined, of whom
5,525 were males and 822 were ffmales.
Of those examined passed at a
grado showing, them competent for the
public service, and 2,306 failed. . Th
"average age ' of lhose examined was
nearly SOyears. Of those examined 3,920.
were educated only in common schools,
1 .900 in part in high schools or acade
mies, 9i in part via business colleges,
and 459 in part in colleges. More than
70 per cent ef them had only a com
mon" school education. 'There have
bean 1.806 apio'ntn e itsinadefrom those
examined. The report -adds that the
Commission has no reason to believe
that any discrimination on . political
erOunds has been made in -these ap
,v.ir,tments. and positively asserts that.
none has been made' in connection
with the examinations.
1 T.mnrr. TTTtAT.-rA California DBnei
tells this story : Said anrOndiaa to,-a
white man: "Jongeno party at Inde
pendence ?" 'JN6,'7 said the white man;
I em'broke and can't go." "What for
von talk so?" said the Indian ; '"you.
work all time, earn money; what for yj?
to keep him? tsome time a prose w
bn v whisky, drink hira npi UiOn
. Wnw rift rtrinfc lonff . '
long 1 '
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xuuc ..t-n - w ....
plenty- "ojbo!'"
not
it
STRAY OE UOiM
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FOUND IN THE MCTiUOIlOTJS COI.CMNS :
: OF UUtt VXCUAXGEX, "'Uy :S
lected Work It M'aa Tiane t Uct Away-;
A UanUr Uahaud, Etc, Etc.; -;.".' '.v '.
N4. PBHSENT FOB JIMMXBV
Oh; Jkum-mee -co-co f" ' i f
"Wotcljerwant?" ;
"Yer cojmes yer dildy P f
hi; mm
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"Wofs he doin' ?"
"Lookin' for' youl" i i:
"Wot'sho want ?
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in' nieftfuaryer''
"SV t' stSttettuh'
'"Wot is it?"
"pwjiaoP Looks like somethiu t
ride on. Kind o long and' slim and
sliok-liko, like as ef he'd peeM the bark s
off 'nit." - Xo r:.-:,;1 Arj;:,X-!,X X
Jimciie'divea into fhe'ereek- with his -clothes
on-and Ktvikes outj for yonder
point accouterel as ho was. He was
playing "Hookey, ana ne rnact roao" .
on one oi them things before. It would r
be a raw and gusty day when Jimmie .
got left. ConDExra. f .
A EAKDY KCSBiJOS.' '
Scene .tn the boudoir of a I iHarlford
belle: -.. i;-,' ;;
Thoughtfal MiwnTOAi-Wen, dear;
whioh gentleman have you eelected for
your husband ?" . .
Dutiful Daughter "Oh j1 1 think nj'
tako Mr. Fatboy.? ) - ;
"Bat, dear, Mr. Litileman Is very?
rich, while 3 our choice is very poor." . X
'Yes, my choiea ia very poor, it is
- true; bnt he ia so bie and setout he will
be just splendid to sit on Jie Bible and
presa winter leases." j;
"Oh, I se. You will hot bo influ
encad by a monetary consideration."
. "No; I marry for lovealpae." iarfr
ford Sandau Journal.
rJ'LT EOltiJJ WITH IT. ;
A lady wasi singing at 4 concert, and
her voice wa3, to say the least, very thin
in places. !
"Ah," said her husband J who after the
manner of hu&bands who have musical
wives, thought her vocal ipowew were
great, "what a fine voice slie has !" ..
"Very fine," replied a strange man at
his sid j '
f'What timbre " continued the hus
band. ,c J
"Considerable timber," responded the
fctrangcr again, "but too niany cracks in
it for weAther-boarding, and not quite
enough for a paling fence." -
The husband remained Bilent during
the concluding portions, of ,the entertain
ment Cincinnati MerchUnt 2Y(veter.
TEttS TO GET AWAY. X '
ttii bor-v from New Orleans so
rV.
Xi'Vna r
if.
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, ''Couldn't
you find any quarters ..
. there ?"s ? '. ,-U
"2?o; and the quarters I took with me
went so fast that I wouldn't have had
one left to payHbo Pullman porter if I . ;
ha-in'fc left whcai I Cdd2"Arkanaavf X';
Traveller. S, - - X.
THE EXPHESSACP. . X
"1 would be obliged tq you," satd a, ,
dosefisted old fellow to a country editor, r;
if yon wilT express my thanks, through, .
your exceuem paper, to- we many
oitizens whose timely aid last night saved k?
my house from being destipyed by fire.
"Certainly," replied the editor, "I willyfr ;
express your tnanKs, out win ue necesKjja,'..
saryfor you to advance about a dolIarTr ;; ,
and a half to prepay the expressae. 'jx-; X
CIEOUMSTANIIAIi EyiDExrn
"Charley has an awfn I ' ;J
Bertha, in a musing '
fast table. "Ho .
her " V.'..
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"Mamma,- F.;'.;,
made a misiai-b auu da:: ;
for myself and oly one?'
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BOMB HEOtBOTBD IfOi.
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tO, fliaiUUa, UMMU m, vvmcow ' fir.
exapperaliag reproof; "jio It st X
me you can't cook lik Cary Anttj- ji.
to." On uxother. occasion itV-yJ-"You're
not as smart jn gettin' foffj
as Sary Ann was, Matfida.. Yon; ;
seem to catch : on wlicfo she ly . r.v
About this time a heavy rolling- IX Xj
in contact with his beat ;
r .t- If t. -ij.l !r. Iahi.
"What do you moah by tf'
vixen ?" he exclaimed icl agony
"I'm doing some of the work v
. neglected,! she replied j: and ;4h -.:
much peases in tho family thereal
dtos't tlKB io have wnum
"I tell you I shall Sda as I p
alioutcd Airs. M.12.
"Well, wen, my dear. I
you couldn't," replied pdr. MiEp:'
"And you can t stop me Xs
"Iidn't say t could, mv v
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