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THE PINE KNOT.
SOTJTBEEN PINES. N. C,
Mr- Vivian, a London grain broker,
estimc.es the world's supply of wheat in
188G at 2,114,877,702 bushels, of winch
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Europe furnished 1,175,50-,2C4 bushels
and, the United States 939,33263
bushels.
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It wou'dj secrn that with age people
outgrow the tendency to commit crime.
Mr; Z. R. Brock way, id the Novenitqr Fo
rum, points out that of 15,000 prisoners
in New York State 10,000 of them are
not more than thirty years of ag3, while
probably 8,000 are under twenty-five
years.- - . ' ,;" ' -" " :
A. medical jourral says "the applica,
tion of a bitof ice to the lobe of the eaf
will stop hiccoughing." Commenting
upon this statement the New, York
Graplii facetiously observes : . 4 'All a
irjan who is accustomed to hiccoughing
has to do then is to carry a bit of ice
ound in his vest 'pocket" and-, he can
re himself instantly. Without medi
cal journals this world would be a very
sickly world."
''Some idea of the immense resources
of this country,'' says the Washington
Pojtt "may be gained from the fact .that
since 1835 the Government has paid in
pansions, in round numbers", $iSi3,0.0.0,-'
000, and of this enormous sum all except
$25,000,000 - was paid since the Civil
War. In 1867 the interest on the na
tional debt was $144,000, UOO, and in
those thirty-one years $1, 315,000,000 hs
been paid to the holders of Government
bonds." . . ;
A metropolitan paper ha? this to say
about the practice of docking horsos
tails. "Henry Bergh will do a good
work if he succeeds in stopping thi-cru-clty
involved in. the do.king of horses
tails. A horse with h's tail complete
looks better than a horse with oniy a
stump of a tail, and his defense: against
pies is too obvious an argument to need
mentioning. If, however, the dot kiaa
is to bo continued, the owner of t c
horsed thus djsfigi.red ought to be made
to serve the auima's in tiy time. An old
gentleman who rides a stout, bob-tailed
horse iu the P;irk every wr.rm day sits
the example. The tail of which Lis
horse was robbel, or rattnrthc h v.r be
long'ng to it, has been carefully tire vt-d
and f.tt:d to a light stock, aiid as he
rides the old gentleman kee. s ii go'ni;
with all the industry &-.d more than tli3
dexterity of the original owner. The
spectacle afforded by this congenial pair,
the h6rse being , as sedate and dignitieu
as its rider, is one of complete haimonv
and solid satisfaction; and if Mr. B-rgfc
will take the pains to encounter"it, a
most any fine afternoon in the vicinity o
the Eight avenue entiauco or beyond, r
will do his scul good. V
A successful attempt at co-ope ativi
fanning is reported in England. .A compa
ny of city workingmen, tradesmen a -:d me
chanics in London, who, were, out' of em
ployment, united in an associsitiou which
rented a running-down farm of 1 ! acres
near London. They p lid a c iv, afati e!y
high rental for such land, '"thirty-live
shillings ($3. 73) per ncre, but put so
much labbr on it that the enterprise wis
a succ ess. The land was enriched a ud
devoted largely to market girdeninjr and
dairy ng, the latter increasing as the as
sociation secured capi:;d td 'purchase
cows. Formerly only four men were c:n-
ployed on the farm. Now it gives con-
stant employment to forty,, with propnr-
tion ite ncn ase of jnour. . la;, t ,.iu:iew
"York Jlfail (m l A'r.sv tbi ks. is i-isi
bly a suggestive experiment for uaim
ployed workingmea ia this country. It
is compar itively easy to secure land o.
favorable term3.
A wonderful mountain of slite has
been discove-ed in Blount County. Ten
nessee. It'is describod as "a folid wall
f slate, illimitable in extent and'of.vory
Bupeiior quality." ...
A per oj with a bad temper should
adopt a vegetarian diet. Meat makes
people of bad disposition? want to fight
or qua-rel upon slight provocation. Any
one add. cted to drink can overcome the
dangerous habit much easier by adopting
a proper diet of; vegetables, c re Is and
fruit. Meat eating, especially pork,' ba
con and ham, has a tendency to lead to
intemperate hab ts. , ;
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Mr. Carpenter, an American corrc-,
spon lent whp has been nlaking'a tour of
the Bri.ish Iles, was much struck, with
this point that follows : j Th3 fact that
England is the workshop of the. world
can onlyjbe appreciated by a ride through
jt an I by the thou-ands and tens of
thousands of factories which one sees
during a trip across it in any direction.
L There are about five persons here en
gaged in manufacturing to one engaged"
in agriculture.
A newly married couple from thex in
terior of Nevada, who had evident!,?
never before! ven urcd upon a railroad
t:ain, took the cars to go upon their
weddinar trio. When he conductor
cam:? around, to collect the ticket?, the
bridegroom waa so fiustrated by the'
novelty of the situation that he handed ;
out h's ma:ria,:e tertificjite. The con- j
ductor looked at it approvingly and
handed it back'with the remark that it
was a highly useful document in it j
place, and one he had often t onteni
p ated securing for himself, but that its
possession did not entitle ! tie holder to
free passage oyer mat railroad;
Modem inventions hive kept pace
with all the requirements 1 of social life
and made possible housekeeping on an
appearance of elegance even in one roomr
The Variety of folding beds and other
articles of furniture is surprising. A
handsome parlor with bookcases, cabi
nets, easy chairs and lounges can be
transformed in a twinkling into a bed
chamber or, dining room, or even a
kitchon. The novelties of this class
make po-sible the change of a pail r tj
the nursery, and a child's bath tub and
oiher useful articl s can be evolved from
ornamental a d innocent appearing par
lor tables. It must be perplexing occa
sionally to thl owners of a -.roomful of
this furniture, how to prepare against
sudden change?.
An interesting story is told of Geoffrey
Goodman. a wealthy farmer of Law.ence
burg, Indiana, who is now an insane
leper: The; leprosy appeared several
mouths ago,iind physicians recommended
a trip to Hot Springs, Aikansas. While
the steamer on whi h he, in company
with his brother and sister, took passage
stopped at a small p!a?e along the river,
the latter escaped from hu relatives and
ran ashore," where he was soon lost amid
the
dense undergrowth. Continued
search failed to find him. Recently,
however, the people living in the vicinity
ha e been excited over stories of a wild
man who had been seen on a high cliff
waving his .arms and shouting incoher
entlJL Thece stories met the" eye of
Goodman's brother, who knew at once
that the wil 1 mm must be none other
than the demented leper, and he set out
to look for him. Goodman was found in
, a cave, eating a piece of raw mutton.and
t he willing y submitted to be taken home
He was destitute of clothing, and his
j hair und beud wee long and -uiatted. It
j is a curious feature of the story that the
insane man's iati:;cts fodwed the old
ide i hnt lepers must be oattasts from
society.
WOMAN'S WORLD.
KJ3ASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
"Tit for Tat."
A Boston lady who has just returned
fit) m abroad telis a very - amusing story
of how a lady of the American Legation
in Paris paid her respects to Ouida, the
novelist. Mrs. Bigelow; wus in Florence.
She desired to see Ouida. For Mrs.
Bigelow to desire to do a thing is but
one step from doing it.- She therefore,
drove out to Ouida's and presented her
self in her usual emphatic way at the
door. She was shown, into a "reception
room, and in a very loud voice said to the
valet: "Would you telljMUe. de la Ra
mee that Mrs. John Bigelow, of New
York, would like to speak with her." :
Hardly had the message beon given
whenai vo;ce from thej next room was
heard in tones equally ! loud to reply:
"Tell Mrs. John Bigelow, of New York,
that I don't want to seelher or any other
American ! I don't like; them. "
Mrs. Bigelow rose arid answered the
invisible lady of the home with : " You
ought to be ash tmed of yourself.- We're
the only fools that read jour nasty
books, anyway." s
In another moment! the two well
matched women wire face to face ; and
within half an hour the novelist was
urging her American caller to become
her guest. L
" Oo come and stay? a month with
me," she urged. "I should so enjoy
Btudying your character,"
' 'Twould do yoa good," was Mrs.
Bigelow's quick response ; "you don't
seem to have known any decent women."
Boston Home Jourmd.
Mexican Laundresses.
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In the town of Texcoiej, about thirty
miles irom the city of. Mexico with
which it has recently been connected by
a railroad the pens; and household
servants are, as a general rule, devoted
alwav
spectful,.or at least rarely presumptuous.
The most remarkable women among
the Servidumbre are the laundresses :
they hear all the gossip-of the day while
going from Tf;if?e to house to collect or
return linen arid seem privileged to be
more familiar than other servants. One
summer a wealthy Mexican family took
to their countrv seat in Texcoco their
children's Professor de Iugles an old
American ladv. It chanced that one
day while th s lady was sitting alone in
ner room, greatly depressed and abso
lutely "yearning for the dear ones of her
distant home, the old silver-haired
la .ndress, Chonita, a ivcry intelligent
woman, entered. The American, scarcelv
looking up, handed her a slip of paper
from t ie table, saying : "Here is the
list : the chambermaid will give you my
clothes." .
Chonita took the paper, looked at the
Professor earnestly a j moment, .then,
kneeling-before her, said, without any
circumlocution : "You are sad; tell
me rour toubles, for that will ease your
heart. '
Surprised, and even offended, by this
familiarity, the American lady "drew
back and was about to reply haughtily,
when, look ng into, the sympathetic old
face, she recognized the kindly intent of
the Indian woman, and replied gently:
4tIt is nothing, Madre, but that I am a
little homestick, for yesterday I went
to Mexico, expecting to receive letters
from my family, and there was not a
HnA fnr mo of tho lofrotmn "
Then the" following conversation en
sued :
"Is your country far off, Senora V
. "Yes, Madre, far beyond this valley
and; these encircling mountains away
across the great, wide sea."
iThe Central Railroad had just been
commenced in those days and we had to
go to tne United States by sea.)
"Wny did vou leave your nat
your native land
and your peop'e?"
"Becau e I was very poor, and being
i oiu ii wouia nave oeen mucn more dif-
ficult for me to earn my bread there than
; tive and energetic. that all old people,
av Aa aa- A v., lilj WUUVIJflUCU iXlV OVJ ftC-
i ercentinfy nf ro jtsp? tht. tioVi tnda. r.
I I O " WA -UUU -til
j dent.Keem to be in the way there;' all
prefer young teachers."
j Is it hard to be a professor, could vou
i not work at something else?" . "
"No, Chonita; I don't know anvthing
but books; but, even if I did. the cus-
to tneir ma ters, and. the patriarchial
familiarity existing thjjre is really de
lightful, for the Indians are
toms of my country are so severe that. The United States has 0,000,000 miles -supposing
I were strong enough to wash f ,jw,uuw umii-
at i fruntain von vi Z of fence "which cost the farmers and
y
play in the" grass.I would not be allowed"-
to do so; women in my lana wno oo-
:onsto a certain class are obliged to sac
rifice even their family aSfectioas to ap
pearances.
Wny, benora I your King mm. w
great tyrant ?"
We have no King.uuonna ; we arc,
nominally at least, a free people, but we
are greatly oppressed by a tyrant called -'public
opinion.' -Ah, Madre mia, you
are happier than I, for you can always
nave your iamiiy wuu jo'j, uixv. , .
free to sit down with Pancho and Mari
quita and eat your dTnner on the grass
by the fountain, or even in the shady
plaza."
44 True, Benora ; we can a' ways enjoy
God's sunlight and the beautiful flowers.
We need not be shut up in houses like
the high-born people. How you mustj
lonir io see uiir "rrauuuui.un;". ucuuj
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"Yes, Chonita, I entreat Uoa day ana .
night to let me go home, for by remain
ing here so long I have missed the sweet -babyhood
of some of my graadchi'dren,
and I fear all of them will scon forget -
their rrandmama.v
The Ind an woman arose from tier
v- -
kneeling , posture, stood for a rr.oment
silently before the foreigner, and then,
with the air of asibyl, said: "lie pa
tient: God designed you should coma ,
here either, for your own good or 'the
benefit of others. Bo subm asiveta) Ilis
will, for He is wise, and as He is ever"
merciful, it may be that the evening o!
your life will be brighter than its dawn-
or its noon." Then, tenderly embracing:
the j 8tranrer. Chonita silently withdrcw.-
Chicago Ileral I.
Fashion Notes.
Onyx and pearl jewelry is again in
fashion. ,
Ladies are again wearing open-faced1
watches. 1
Amber is popular for ornaments and
trimming3.
Brocaded gauze has the outlines-,
marked by tinsel.
Canvas woven silk has a heavy 6tripe
with good thread embroidery.
.Watered black silk and cashmere is a
pretty and stylish combination.
The tendency to ornate styles in jew
elry is growing, as is the disposition to
wear it in greater profusion.
Bonnets are smaller than ever, and
seem to be only the frame upon which
the, high trimming is arranged.
Many of the handsomest hats and bon
nehts are trimmed with loops of ribbon
only, no feathers nor metal ornaments.
Pale pink veils are worn with every
sort of bonnet. They are more becom
ing than the red ones so long in favor.
All American frocks for little girU are
ma le short in the waist, full of skirt.
and loose and comfortable in fit all over
the person this fall.
liana-mace underwear is shown In .
plain and embroidered styles. It grows
steadily in favor, and is among the best ;
of ready-made goods of this class.
Thore is a revolt against small birds
and feathers of i he same for millinery
ornaments among those ladies who wisb
to put a stop to the slaughter of the for
est birds of. America, and "the whole
world. Friday in American History.
Friday has long been regarded as a day
of. evil omen, but it has been, to say the
least, an eventful one in American his
tory. ,
Friday Columbus sailed his voyage of
discovery. .
Friday, ten weeks after, he discovered
America. '; '
Friday, rienry VIII. of England gave
John Cabot hU commi sbn, which led.
to the discovery ef North America.
Friday, St. Augustine, the oldest town
in the United States; was founded.
Friday, the Mayflower, with the 'Pil
grims, arrived at Plymouth; and on
Friday they signed thit august com
p.ictT the forerunner of the piesent Con
stitution. Friday, George Washington was bonu
Friday, Bunker Hill was seized and
fortifiel.
Friday, the surrender of Saratoga waa 1
made.
Friday,' Cornwallis surrendered at
Yorktown; and on Friday the motion
was made in Congress thit the United
Colonies were, pnd of ri-'ht ouerht to be.
I free and independent. I