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vices every Sunday tnortiinp and
evenimr. Minitay School Ht & p m.
A W TlioniaK
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rh'sbvieri.-in,
L .v.ick,.. pastor.
Services everirt
Mindav inornn e and
night. Sunday School at 3 p m, .las
L Fowle, Superintendent,-'
jr-piscvipai, ivrsv .liti iiiuuing, iwrtwi.
I ( Services every Sunday morning and
i ! niKht-'ttxlay k-IimI itt. 3 pm. Rev
' Nat Harding, Siiperimendent.
T Eil I E K A X L; K MKET1NOS.
llefotm Club, HRiilar iiieeting every
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W C irvejriih n ei tiiij: every I'hurs-
divJr4 p ihmII 'i i)wn Hall
Cluh?f;Ni fnion I'rsiyrr nieVtiiK every
SUnday. in Townllall at r.Q pm.
Hki.d, (If II- me ts every Frula.y'.
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Washington Lod' No 1,490, Knights
1 of Honor, meits 1st and 3rd Thurs
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gi ;.s of Honor. m-ets everv 2nd and
4th Tliursdav jnights at Odd Fellows'
j Hall. -C M Brpw.n. commander; '
S w M Cherry, collector.
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THE FOLK LORE OF CATS.
SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT PUSS RE
LIGIOUSLY HELD BY MANY.
Some of the Peculiar Beliefs of Jack Tar.
' The Cat , Used to Care or Transfer Dl-
ease The Black Cat Sore to Bxing Lot-
era to the Lwle.
Cats have the reputation of being
weatherwise, an old notion which has
given rise to a most extensive folk lore.
It is almost universally believed that
good weather may be expected when the
cat washes herself, but bad when she
licks her coat against the grain, or wash
es her face over her ear, or sits with her
tail to the fire. As, too, the cat is sup
posed not only to have a good knowledge
of the state of the weather, but certain
share in the arrangement of it, it is con
sidered by sailors to be most unwise to
provoke it. Hence they do not much
like to see a cat on board at all, and when
one happens to be more frisky than usual
they have a"popular saying that "the cat
has got a gale of wind in her tafl."
A charm often resorted to for raising
a storm is to throw a cat overboard; but,
according to a Hungarian proverb, as a
cat does not die in water, its paws dis
turb the surface; hence" the flaws on the
surface of the water are nicknamed by
sailors "cat's paws." In the same way,
also, a larger flurry of the water is a
"cat's skin;" and in, some parts of. Eng
land a popular- name for the stormy
northwest wind ia the "cat's nose."
GERM .AN SUPERSTITIONS.
Among other items of weather lore as
sociated with the cat, there is a supersti
tion in (Jermany that, if it rains when,
womenjhave a large washing on hand, it
is an infallible sign that they, have a
spite against them, owing to their not
having treated these animals welL . We
may also compare the Dutch idea that a
rainy wedding day results from the
bride's not feeding her cat; whereas, in
the valleys of the Tyrol, girls who are
fond of cati are said always to marry
early, perhaps, as Mrs. Busk remarks,
"an evidence that1 household virtues are
appreciated in them by the men." Once
more, there is a German belief that any
one who during, his lifetime, may have
made cats his enemies is certain to be
accompanied to the grave amidst a storm
of wind and rain.
Apart, however, from the weather
lore superstitions associated with the cat
there is an extensive class of other be
liefs, as, for instance, those relating to
folk medicine. Thus,' in Cornwall, the
little gatherings which come on chil
dren's eyelids, locally termed "whilks,"
are cured by passing the tail of a black
cat nine times over the part affected. As
recently as the year 1867, in Pennsylva
nia, a woman was publicly accused of
witchcraft for administering three drops
of a black cat's blood to a child as a rem
edy for "croup. ' She admitted the fact,
but denied that witchcraft had anything
to do with it, and twenty witnesses were
called to prove its success. Again, "in
many regions, we are told by Mr. Con
way, "a three colored cat protects against
fire, and a black cat cures epilepsy and
protects gardens." "
Formerly in Scotland, "when a family
removed from one house to another, the
cat was always taken, one reason being'
that it served as a protection against dis
ease. Indeed, before a member of the
family entered the new abode, the cat
was thrown into it. . There was a super
stitious notion that, if a curse or disease
had been left On the house, the cat be
came the victim and died, to the saving,
of the family's lives. It is curious, how
ever, to find the opposite practice kept
up in Ireland, where it is considered!
highly unlucky for a family to take withi
them a cat when they are moving,,
more especially, too, when they have tox
cross a river.
IN TIMES OF ILLNESS.
Mr. Gregor also tells us that, in the
northeast of Scotland, if a cow or other
domestic animal was seized with disease,,
one mode of cure was to twist a rope of
,st-aw the contrary way, join the two
ends, and put the diseased animal
through-the loop along with a cat. By
this means the disease was supposed! to
be transferred to the cat, and the ani
mal's life was so saved by the cat dying.
This, of course, was only one of the cx
tensive charms of which the leading idea
was that of substitution. .
A remedy for erysipelas lately prac
ticed in the parish of Locharron'in the
northwest highlands, consisted in cutting
off one-half of the ear of a cat and letting;
the blood drop on the part affected.
Alluding, moreover, to the numerous
other items of folk .lore in connection
with the cat, there is a popular notion,
that a May cat a cat' born in the month,
of May is of no use for catching rats
and mice, but exerts an injurious influ
ence on the house through bringing into
it disagreeable reptiles of various kinds..
Mrs. Latham, in her "West Sussex Su
perstitions." says that a May cat is sup
posed "to be inclined;tomelancholy, and.
to be much addicted to. catching snakes;
and to bringing them into the house." I
had heard that this west country belief
existed in our village; and, very lately r
observing a most dejected looking cat by
the. fire in a cottage, said in jest: "T.
should think that cat 'was born in May."
"Oh, yt " said the owner of it; "that
she was, and so was her-mother; and she
was just as sad looking and was always
bringing snakes and vipers within doors.""
Mr. Henderson, speaking of thjs super
stition, tells us that an old north "country
woman on one occasicy said to a ladyr
"It's na vaander Jock 's lassies marry
off so fast; ye ken what a braw black cat
the've got.- It is considered unlucky to
dreamof a cat, a piece of folk-lore preva
lent in Germany, where if one dreams of
a black cat at Christmas it is an omen of
some alarming illness during the follow
ing year..
Equally unfortunate, too, is it for a cat
to sneeze.: this act being supposed to indi
cate that the- family will have . colds..
Thus, wo are informed by Mrs. Lathami
that in Sussex "even the most favored,
cat, if heard to sneeze, is instantly shut
out of doors; for should she stay to re
peat the sneeze three times indoors, the
whole family wiH have colds and coughs.'"
New York Mail and Express.
CATARRH CURED, and health
sweet breath secured, by Shiloh's Ca
tarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. Nasal
Injectors free.
ARE, YOU MADE miserable by
Indigestion, Constipation. Dizziness,
Loss of Appetite, Yellow Skin? Shilob'
vitalizer is a positive cure. ,
, Seen In a Dream.
In 11868, Lizzie M. Tr.ask, of Vienna,"
Me., was dressmaking in Lewiston. She
came into possession of a gold twenty-five
cent piece with a bole in. it This she
showed as a curiosity to her friends. At
that time she had a little niece 2 years
old daughter of Jonathan P. Trask, now
the 'wife of Leman Butler, trader in ML
Vernon. The little coin Lizzie once
showed to her niece Addie when she was
a very small girl, telling her that she
would give it to her when she was old
enough to take care of it. Lizzie died'
twelve years ago. In her possession' was
a lady's wallet with " several compart
ments. This wallet her mother used until
her' death, seven years ago. '
Then James, a brother of Lizzie, had
it, and it has been in constant use almost
daily! ever since, either by him or bis
wif e. The little gruld coin was sever seen
after! Lizzie's death or before for several
year by her friends, and its whereabouts
was not known, and, in fact, its existence
had passed from their memory. A few
daySjago Mrs. Butler made her parents a
visit stopping with them several nights.
. While there she dreamed that she saw
her Aunt Lizzie's wallet, and that it was
faced with green; and in a certain com-;
partment she found the little gold coin
which she saw so many years ago. "On
telling her mother her dream she was in
formed that Lizzie did have a wallet
which answered her description, and
that her Uncle James had it. The wallet
Addie. had never seen. She then visited
her iuncle and told her dream to her
aunt; who laughed at the idea of any
thing being in it other than wjhat she
and her husband had placed there. But
at Addie's earnest' solicitation she pro
duced it, and as soon as Addie saw it she
exclaimed: "That is the same wallet
that I saw in my dream!" and pointed
out the compartment that held the treas
ure. I She then took a needle, and, run
ning, it to the bottom, she drew forth a
newspaper, and in it was, indeed, a gold
Quarter with a hole in it. wraDDed. no
doubt, bv the hand of her aunt at least
twelve vears before, where it had lain
all this time, without the knowledge of
anyone, until. Addie s dream causea it
to be brought forth. Augusta (Me.) Age.
The Jasper Industry.
W,ithin two- years the jasper industry
has heen developed, and there are now
four quarries, employing nearly 1,000
men, in operation about Sioux Falls.
Thej market extends from Chicago to
Kansas City. Sioux Falls' streets are
paved with jasper, and her four story
buildings are constructed of it. The
stone is susceptible of a high degree of
polish, and when finished looks much like j
the jred graniteof Missouri. The pioneer f
in the jasper industry discovered not long j
ago that the dust of the jasper, which j
is half as hard as diamonds, would j
polish the famous petrified wood of Ari- j
"zona, and make of it table tops and or- j
naments more beautiful than agate or
onyx, rnepetrinea wooa is bow Drougnt
from Arizona to Sioux Falls by the car
load, and polished in a variety of forms.
To the jasper industry , the city has added'
the; manufacture of chalcedony. There
!- . r . 1 . At; 4i 1
is a scienimc mystery aoouc mis so caiiea
jasper. Practically it is all right. Its
utility has been established, but geologi-
, . . . . if6 .
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at. Those who know the most are the
least positive in discussing its character.
Some of the scientific men ' who have
looked at it call it red quartzite. Pro
cessor .Winchell says it is the hardest
stone in the United States that has been
used for building purposes. The grain
.is ery close. The only element to which
:it succumbs is fire. It will stand a good
degree, but crumbles like sandstone or
Jimestone under too intense heat. New
"York Telegram.
j j Why He Went Out.
A good housewife at the Highlands
wished to surprise her husband by giv
ing him some of a particular kind of
cake of which he was very fond. She
took great pains-with the mixture, meas
uring out each ingredient with the ut
most care, for she was determined to
produce the best loaf Bhe ever made.
When the good man came in to tea and
raw the handsome loaf, his heart went
outrtowards his wife in renewed affec
tion. The cake was finally cut, but the
first mouthful he took made him look
puzzled, and soon, he left the table. The
wife "was curious to know why ho went
oujt, and noticing that he had left his
cake almost untasted she broke off a
little piece and put it in her mouth.
"Horrors! cayenne pepper I where did X
get that?" and she made a-bolt for the
kitchen. Going into the pantry she
looked at the box where she got her cin
namon to put in the cake. There stood
the box, but the word "Pfepper" was so
big that there was no mistaking the con
tents. She says the next time she makes
a loaf of cake shewill tasteof everything
before she puts it in, and her husband
says he doesn't know but she'd ibetter.
Springfield Homestead.
What Has Happened in Jane.
Historically considered, June is for
Great Britain perhaps the most famous
month in the year. It i the month of
Etannockburn, Naseby and Waterloo
all of them battles of liberation and for
the extension and establishment of free
dom. In other respects June figures
handsomely in the calendar. It -aa in
June that Magna Charta was sealed; and
it is the birth month, among others, of
Dr. Arnold, of Rugby; Charles Kingsley,
W, H. Smith, Lord Dufferin, Lord
Wolseley and Mr. Spurgeon. June ia
generally also famous for its deaths,
amQng them being those of Mohammed,
Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet;
White, of Shelbourne, and Garibaldi. It
has been remarked that the natal is also i
the fatal month of a certain percentage
of distinguished men,, and we observe
that Dr. Arnold died in June. One of
the most notable of modern June events
Is the coronation of Queen. Victoria,
which took place in. 1838, . just about
fifty-one years ago. But undoubtedly
the two big events of Jkme-are Waterloo
and Bannockbum, the latter being to
Scotchmen the greater of the two.
Glasgow Herald.
SHILOH'S CURE will immediately
relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and
Bronchitis. - - " '
THE BEV. GEO. H. THAYER.
of Burbon, Ind., says: Both myself and
wife owe our lives to SIllLfO'S CON
SUMPTION CURE. .
A 6 BY 9 RHYME.
A queer UttU boy who had been tcfechooi.
I And was up AO all nortunf tricks.
DUcovpred that 9. when uptiide down,
I Would pa-stt for the figure 6 j
I - - - ! I ' ' !.
So when asked bin ape by a good old dame
! The comical jrotMigKter aaid. j
"I'm 9 when I ntnd on mj feet like thia
i But 6 vfafD 1 stand tm my head '"
1 -Freni Chatterbox
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CoweruinB Pork: Chop.
Br. Gladstone writes thus uo the sub
ject of pork chops in (Nineteenth Cen
tury: Although the question respecting
the -keeping of Kwine and the wte of pork
is by no means disponed of. either by the
authorities quoted in tike text or by Wil
kinson, I venture at tliis '-stage to oiler .
thelfollowing conjectures -as somewhat
probable in themselves and not inconsis
tent with the evidence as a whole: V
That in the warm climates of Eicypt and
Phoenicia the use of ' pork was. bn Kani
iary grounds, repressed by prohibitions
or restricted to particular occasion 2.
That the great thrift resulting from the
rearing and consumption of the animal
may have kept the practice extensively
alive, notwithstanding Restrictive laws,
especially among the i'lasses to whom
thrift was an important object. ,3 That
as the pig is useless to man during life,
it is very difficult to account for its being
brejd and kept, as it ev idently was. ex
cept upon the supposition thai it was
wanted for food 4. That if the animal
asqiomesticated was brought intoOreece
by ;Phenician ships, its consumption for
food may have spread there, in a cooler
climate and a socit-tv free from sumptu
ary restraints, and yel in iiouier's day
may not have wholly ceas-d to lie a dis
tinct mark of bouthi astern or: in and
associations. 5. That the sialos. the
carefully and delicately fatted pig. was
served as a luxury at the tables of the
rich, while the use of common pork was
reserved, as in the cottage of Eumaios,
for! the poorer class Such is the evi
dence of the Odyssey."
Obiieing m. Friend..
H ' Are -vou tokuI medicine for apy
HungT a1 .voiing man yesterday of
atriendw tio stopped nun on a corner.
The astonished friend recovered from
his surprise long enough to say he w'as
not. Well," went on the youn. man.
"if rou had leen, 1 should have hurried
on.; Why? Well, because I think 1 have
: more ailing friends than any one else in
i town, and the worst of it is that they
i persist in telling me all about their ills
and go so far as to ask me to try their
medicine. 1. who am always well, am
nearly sick from it. In the aggregate
last week I tasted four different styles of
; pills, three elixirs and tried two catarrh
cures. What could I do when a friend
came up and told me of his ailment and
what he was taking for it. and then
asked me to have a pill with him? I
like to please every one, but if this keeps
on I am sure it will be the death of me.
The other day 1 met a friend who has
catarrh and he asked me to go up and
call on Billy Clarke to try his new ca
tarrh cure, Nw. 1 knew Billy whenhe
used to sell Cliapin & ( Jore'a catarrh
rfH4k O Tlif 1 S ATI f 1 If V . a 2tfa Itltri Kilt 1 1 V
I friead wanted me to try the cure. 1
haven't catarrh, but 1 obliged him.,
Then in the next block,! met a friend
wtth a new rheumatism pill, and I had to
try two of those to obliire luui.
e mm. lhis
j thing will kill me unless 1 buy anti
' dotes:" and the young man walked sadly
away. Chicago Herald.
The Japan Quince.
Japan, or scarlet flowering quince, is
top well known to need description or
rebommendatioiv, but it might be often
used more effectively than it is. It is
easily propagated by cutting of the
roots, by offshoots or layering, and
if j any one who may have a use-for
the plants will, bend down the outer
brandies of a bush, and bury a portion
of the stem with earth. I..- will, in two
years' time, have a lot ol plants with
which can be made a very ornamental
hedge. There are many places where a
short hedge of two or three rods is more
tasty and beautiful than a fence, and
the cydonia japonica makes an efficient
substitute, as the- thorns will turn stock.
For massing in large groups this plant
is excellent; its scarlet bloom and glossy
foliage being showy find beautiful.- Its
singular, unshapely fruit, borne on ma
ture bushes, is not poisonous, as some
imagine, nor is it of much value. En
senada Lower California!!.
Daiiitiea of the Primeval Laua.
Snakes, lizards, grasshoppers, tree
grubs, the larva; of beetles, brush tur
key's eggs, wild honey in fact, the
scrub is full of food when you know how
to get it The best part of a snake is the
liver, which is over a foot long in the
big snakes. By the way, the natives
never eat food that is not cooked. A
snake's liver is decidedly good, and has a
gamey flavor. Lizard's flesh is like
chicken. The beetle larva? are popped
into the fire and eaten with wild honey:
they taste like an omelette. Grasshop
pers grilled are also capital eating, with
a nice, nutty flavor. Greenland Explor
er's Diary.
. .
Protecting Her Grapes.
I Although Russia does not rank among
the great gTape growing countries of
Europe, nevertheless fear has been
aroused by the ravages of phylloxera- irr
other sections, and the government has
taken the matter in hand. A ukase has
recently been issued prohioiUng the 1111
portation of plants of any kind unless
accompanied by a certificate that they
are free from phylloxera. The pemdty for
any violation of the edict is of the usual
Russian severity, and will undoubtedly
act as a deterrent to the introduction'of
the disease. San Francisco Chronicle.
For painting walls or other objects ex
posed to damp, a composition ' of . very
tine iron tilings and unseed oil var
nish is said to be much used in Ger
many; and, when the object to be paint
ed is to undergo, frequent changes of
temperature, linseed oil and amber var
nish are added to the first two coats.
This paint may be applied to wood, stone
ir iron; in the case of the latter, it is
oot necessary to free it first from rvrt or
dily matters.
Wataom New Maps and Atlas.
t
s T will be in the county until 1st
November, making deliveries on old
and new orders for the worka. Every
one who has ordered will please be ready
to meet me.
J. W. EVASi, Agent.
t2-OCt-4.
"No Sach ,Plaee.
Some qneer -things happen in a news
paper office occasionally. The other
evening a special came flashing over one
of The Republic's leased wires' from New
York, girjng an ac count of an event that
had occurred at Concord.
"Ask ' New York if that is. Concord,
Mass., or Concord. N. II.." said the night
editor to theroperator.
A few seconds later the telegraph ma
nipulator reappeared with the announce
ment: "New York says there is no such place
as Concord. Mass."
, "What'f" gasped the editor, as his eyes
rolled in a fine frenzy. "What? Just
ask that operator again.
The oj,erator complied. The answer
came ticking back: "There's- no such
place as t"oncord. Mass."
The nilit editor arose in solemn dig
nity. "Jut ask him," he repeated, "if
he heard of the town that fired the shot
that was heard around the world. Ask
him. he went on wildly, 'if he ever
heard of Paul Ilevere." Again the op
erator complied and brought back word
that no one .in the office hd ever heard
of the place.. The night editor controlled
himself enough to send his condolences,
and remarked that it' would be well to
keep fromthe ears of the office cat the
knowledge that no one in that particular
newspajier office knew of Concord, the
home of Emerson and Thoreau and Al
cott Just then the operator shouted: "They
have found it. You mean the place where
they hold the School of Philosophy.
Well, stuff for that place has been going
to Boston for fifteen years, and this is
the first time 1 ever Ieard of Loncord."
To the Western Union operators, there
fore, there is no such place as Concord,
Mass. St. Louis Republic.
Sir Edwin Arnold's Jewels.
Sir Edwin is a man of medium height
and . swarthy ; complexion, full, black
beard and hair neatly trimmed, face
strongly marked and eye alert and geni
al. His manner is cordiality itself. He
is a rapid talker, and in his accent, espe
cially in what an American may call the
wheedling inflection, he is emphatically
English. The daughter show's her moth
er's training, and, like a high bred Amer
ican girl, is self poised and self reliant
without audacity and modest without
constraint and diffidence. Like her father,
she is a good talker and a good listener.
I ventured to ask the distinguished vis
itor if he would show me the jeweled
decorations bestowed upon him by his
queen and by the Oriental sovereigns.
He graciously consented and asked Miss
Arnold to set them out. "I have to cart
them about," he added, "for they will
help me onward. They will be required
during the journey." The table sparkled
royally when the orders were all spread
out gold and jewels wought in artistic
forms hung from gorgeous ribbons. Chief
among them was the great star of India,
as -big as the palm of one's hand, of solid
silver and gold, set in diamonds and bear-
ingj. the motto, "Heaven's Light Our
Guide." This was given by the queen
in recognition of his poem, "The Light
of Asia." Washington Cor. Philadel
phia Press. . ,
Expert Testimony tin Insanity.
To the expert witness in cases of insan
ity aiid.crime- these questions should, it
seems to me, beTvput:Was the prisoner
insane at the time when he- committed
the act of which he is accused? NV'as his
insanity of such a nature and degree as
to deprive him of control o-er his . acn-
duct? What are the grounds upon whicKway
you Have .formed these opinions? It
would then remain "for the jury, aided
by the judge, and with the assistance of
other experts if necessary, to decide on
the validity of the grounds stated and on
the. weight to be attached to the opinions
expressed.
Expert testimony, to be of the highest
value, ought, of course, to be founded on
an examination, or, Detter still, on re
peated examinations, of the- accused.
made as soon as possible after the perpe
tration of the crime. But insanity is a
chronic disease: and even when the ex
pert has not seen the alleged lunatic until
some time after his crime, he may still
be able to say whether in the course of a
disease still existing, or of the recent ex
istence of which there are traces, such a
criminal act was likely to crop up as
part and parcel of the disease; and
whether it is consistent with his experi
ence and witn tne nistory or tne act tnat
the accused could not help it.- Sir James
C. Browne, M. D., in Popular Science
Monthly.
Carbonic Acid Gas for Raising Vessels.
In the account of a German establish
ment devoted to the manufacture of car
bonic acid on a large scale for industrial
purposes, recently contributed to The
Wochenschrift des osterr Ingemeur-und
Architekten-Vereines. reference is made
to an experiment carried out a snort
time ago at the government dock yards
at Kiel", with carbonic acid gas as a
means of raising sunken vessels. In
the trial a number of balloons made
of canvas were attached by divers to the
submerged object to be lifted, the bal
loons being readily taken below in a col
lapsed state. Each balloon contained
one or more uasKS oi liquid caroomc
acid, which, at the proper time, was per
mitted to escape by the; divers, and, in
flating the balloons, gave theui sufficient
buoyancy to raise, the object Compared
with the method of pumping atmospheric
air into the balloons, the carbonic acid
process would seem to offer the advan
tages of cheapness and simplicity, the
pumping outfit being dispensed with.
Besides this, the lifting is accomplished
in a relatively phort space of time an
important consideration where so unre
liable a factor as the state of weather
enters into the execution of a piece of
work. Engineering and Building Rec
ord. i
All He Cou'd Promise.
Duns When can you settle this ac
count. Mr. Short?
: Short Oh, come around next week.
"Will you pay me then? ;
"I can't promise that exactly; but I
can tell you then when to come again."
Epoch. - . I
To Dispel Colds.
Headaches and fevers, to cleanse the
system effectually, yet gently, when
costive or billious, or when the blood is
impure or sluggish, to permanently cure
habitual constipation, to awaken the
kidneys and liver to a healthy activity,
without irritating or weakening them,
use Syrup of Figs.
LOST, A LITTLE CHILD.
How the City's Waifs Are Cared for Until
They Are Called For.
A great policeman, big enough and
strong enough to have felled a horse
with a single blow, carrying in his arms
a little golden haired girl, upon whose
sleeping face the tears had washed clean
places in the dust and grime, walked
briskly down Houston street toward po
lice headquarters. The child was slum
bering as comfortably as though she had
been in the little crib at home, and the
officer was as tender as if the little one
was his own and helped make sunshine
In his home on his days off duty. Half
a dozen children of the street, quick to
catch sight of the pair. followed closely on
the big policeman's heels until he went
up the steps of the marble building in
Mulberry street, and was lost to view be
hind the swinging doors.
Bluff Sergt. Kelleher was on duty, and
when he saw the little bundle of human
ity brought in, he sat down at his desk
and began to turn, in a businesslike way,
the leaves of an enormous book which
lay in front of him. He kept turning
until he came to the page where he .had
written last. Then, after carefully' ad
justing his eyeglasses, and dipping his
pen in his big inkstand, he queried:
"Boy or girl, ocer?"
"Girl."
"How oldr
" 'Bout 4 years."
"Where did you get her?"
"Sixty-fifth street and Third avenue.
"Take her upstairs."
"Upstairs" meant to the top floor of
the big building, where Matron, Webb
presides and acts the part of foster
mother to the waifs and strays and
foundlings of this big city who are pick
ed up by the police.
The same scenes are enacted every
night, and each day sees the pages of the
big book, which Sergt. Kelleher keeps.
fill up one by one with the brief stories
and records of lost children.
Every night in the year fathers and
mothers visit police headquarters and
ask for the children who have been lost
during the day. On pleasant evenings
they sit on the stone steps And wait if
the child has not already been found,
and on stormy nights they go home, to
return again later on.
A woman comes running down the
street, She is one of the East Side poor.
A shawl answers the purpose' of cloak
and hat She stops long enough to ask
of an idler on the corner:
"Where is the headquarters?"
"Down where you see the green light'
is always the answer, and she is off
again. Up the 1 steps she runs eagerly.
As she passes the swinging doors she al
most runs down Old Joe, the doorman,
who keeps a little private record on
slate of the children who are brought in
during the night Joe's voice is gruff.
but it belies his nature.
"What's the matter?" he growls.
"Have ye found me baby?" and the
toil worn hands clutch nervously at the
frayed edges of the old red shawL
"Boy or girl?" ..
"A little girl with light hair."
"Go up stairs and hook top floor."
The stairs are steep and tiresome to
climb, but mothers on such errands don't
tire easily, and up she goes. Five min
utes later a step is heard on the stair
way. She is coming down again and
the red shawl is the background for a
head of golden hair. Two dirty, chubby
hands are about her neck. The woman
is smiling now. She is about to go out
to the street, but Old Joe again is in the
V
l.nH V. rtt n i tviwA mvrvnm nv,A
kandliev points to Sergt KeUebr:nd-Li
uu ill Luci u oiiu jwi mine
chirrups at the baby.
The sergeant takes the woman's mv
and address, and, hugging the lost one
tightly, the woman passes out into the
street New York Evening Sun.
The "Driver" Ants.
The most formidable of the insect pests
that affect the dwellers of the West
African coast is the "driver" ants.
These insects move in vast armies of
several millions, marching in a dense
column two feet in width, at a uniform
pace, and in a straight line.
If a native hut lies in their path, and
the inmates fail to prevent the ants from
gaining the threshold, the hut must be
vacated till the long line has passed
through and consumed everything eata
ble within the building.
The author of "Glimpses of Feverland"
says that the only thing which will stop
the "drivers" is a large fire directly in
their line of march. A native, when he
discovers in time that the ants are march
ing towards his hut, kindles a fire in
front of , the advancing column. It turns
neither to the right nor to the left, but
plunges into the flames,, for every ant
seems impelled to go forward, no matter
at what cost
After the "drivers" have walked into
the fire for an hour or two, and several
hundred thousand have been consumed,
their sturdy stoicism : weakens. They
deflect their line to the extent of a few
feet, and, passing the fire, set out on a
fresh path of destruction, which leads
them clear of the hut they had threat
ened. Youths' Companion.
Danger la Turning Gas Low.
In spite of the (act that these are days
of popular enlightenment, the newspa
pers are not unf requently called upon to"
etironiele a case where persons have been
asphyxiated through ignorantly blowing
out the gas instead of turning it off.
Little attention, ..however, has been
drawn to a danger not as great, but more
cdmmon. This consists in the habit
many persons have of allowing one j
bracket to burn dimly all night long
while they are asleep. If the gas -is to
be kept burning at alL it should for
safety's sake be kept blazing fairly high;
for when the flame is reduced to the
faint blue spark the least diminution in
pressure at the works will cause this to
go out, and when the pressure is re
newed the gas, of course, escapes Stead
ily into the room, to the possible injury
of all its inmates. A night lamp should
be used if light is necessary, or a fair
blaze so shaded as not to ' fall upon the
faces of sleepers. Somerrille Journal. ---
A SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN SINCE
1S19 in the diseases and weakness
of men mails a book free; giving the
remedies which cure hopeless and
abandoned sufferers privately at home.
Address Specialist, room A, 64 Reade
street, corner Broadway, New York,
Oct31,'89. , '
Bluffed on m gars Thing.
There were two f the men in our gang
of Pennsylvania oil well drillers and
blasters who wer constantly fooling
with the nitro-glycerina They would
take chances to make your hair stand on
end. and the trouble was they imperiled
the safety of many others. One of their
favorite"; pastimes was to get out after
noonday lunch and toss a two pound can
of stuff as far as they could heave it. 1
more than once saw them stand fifty
feet apart, and on three or four occasions
saw the can miss their clutch and fall to
the earth. Our foreman and all the
other men did a great deal of swearing
over this foolishness, and once the men
were discharged . for it but they were
taken hack after a time, and as we grew
more used to the stuff we took more
chances.
One day the men got out with their
can, and as the fun was about to legin
our foreman said:
"Boys, that nonsense will be the death
of you yet" -
"Bet you ten to five it won't" replied
one of them. . , !
"Yes, and I'll bet ten to one it won't,"
bluffed the other, as he shook his wallet
at the foreman.
The latter failed to cover, and as he
sauntered off down the hill I followed
him. We had walked about 200 feet
when we were suddenly lifted up and
thrown flat to the earth, and then fol
lowed a crash which seemed to have
rocked the continent. As soon as we
could get up we ran back to the derrick.
or where the derrick was. It had disap
peared, as well as our shanty, and on
the site was a hole into which you could
have dumped a cottage. Not the slight
est scrap of the two can tossers could be
found, and the foreman and 1 stood for
several minutes staring mto the cavjty.
Then he suddenly slapped his leg. wavedi
1.5-1 .1 - - 1 ' . J . , j , '
uis nanu uj uisgusi anu growiea:
"What a two story fool I was not to
take those bets!" New York Sun.
The French Angler.
During the siege of Paris, in spite of
the shells that sang overhead and of the
Prussian sentinels on the lookout for a
mark, a great many of these bold sports
men risked their fives outside the city
fortifications and went taquiner le goujon
on the banks of the Seine. These are the
enthusiastic anglers who count the days
and nights to the opening day. and who
pass the off season in a state of settled
melancholy. These are the men who
know every inch of the river's banks and
the holes in which the quarry lies hid,
and who stand motionless hour after
hour, holding their breath, heedless of
rain, wind and sun, half mesmerized by
the gentle bobbing of the float on which
their eyes are fixed. , They will pass the
night under a haystack in order to se
cure at the first streak of dawn a good
place where some legendary bite had oc
curred and which they have carefull;
ground-baited over night Though a
careful man, the French fisherman never
sells the contents of his basket; he fishes
for his family, and the proudest hour of
the day. second only to the rapturous
moment of capture, is when he sees the
"friture" placed upon ' the table. The
gudgeon, the roach, the eel, the tench,
the barbel, the carp, the perch and the
pike are all welcome to the angler's paste
or maggot for fly Ashing he considers
frivolous and as requiring a skill that- is
out of place in so serious a pursuit But
although the net has almost swept the
French rivers clear of fish, it is against
the modest angler that the law has ful
minated its edicts. The fisherman may
not make use of more than one line, and
may only havajviolwtt
i on the
hand; he
Tbve tne i lver at sunset and
may not begin to fish till sunrise. All
the Year Round.
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Dyeing Hair.
Hair dyeing is not entirely a feminine
fad or vice, whichever you like tocall it It
is exceptional for men to take the trouble
and suffer the annoyance and even pain
which continual bleaching and dyeing
entail. But some men are guilty of the
weakness, and they are not all actors or
men who live by their wits and personal
appearance. Ladies generally prefer
gold, but men who are dissatisfied with
the natural color of their hair almost in
variably go in for black. To keep up
the deception, two if not three applica
tions a week are necessary, -and one cus
tomer of mine. had. me visit him every
alternate day for over three years. Dye
ing the hair kills it in time and makes it
brittle and thin during the process, while
the number of scalp diseases sacrificed
at the shrine of vanity is legion. Several?
barbers now decline all dyeing business,
and I am one of the number. But in
years gone by I. did my share, and ad
mit having made a quantity of money at
it The acids used are so strong that
they positively make the fingers sore,
and as the scalp is much more sensitive'
than the fingers, the tortures endured
by those who subject their heads to con
stant irritation in this manner can be
more easily imagined than described.
Interview in St Louis Globe-Democrat
. Consul Lewis Sails for Tanglers.
Washington, Nov. 6. William Reed
Lewis will sail today for Tangiers. He
will resume his position there as United
States consul temporarily, and settle
up his affairs in anticipation of a recall
which Mr. Blaine will probably issue in
a short time.
Killed in a Political Quarrel.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 6. Michael
Fall, a young Democrat, and Philip
Lambert, a Republican, engaged in an
altercation over politics. Lambert, after
being badly beaten, got a shot gun and
fired at Fall with fatal results.
, ' Bond Offerings.
Washington, Nov. 6. Bond offerings
and acceptances at the. treasury depart
ment aggregate $266,800 as follows:
$134,000 couDons and $138,800 registered
4s at 127, and $2,000 coupon and $2,000
registered 4s a 105J.
' "I :
To Succeed Gen- Hartranft.
Washington, Nov. 6. The president
has -appointed Warren G. Say re, of
Indiana, commissioner on the Cherokee
commission, to fill the place left vacant
by the death of Governor uartranit
J ANASAL INJECTOR free with
h bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Rem
edy Price 60 cents-at D. N. Bogart'i.
.CS BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
Cores Indigestion, Biliousness, rsia, MaLa
rls, Nerrousnesi, and General IW1T
ciaMrecommend It All dealers sell it. Genuias
ha. rri mark and crossed red Uses oa wrappst;
ROrESSIOWHDjBUSlIESS CAfiDS
JJ 0 TEL M E K IMAM,
WASHINGTON, N. C.
first elass accommndaf ions
for La-
dies ( alis leave linn-
6 a. in: ; nrrive '
P. ml Through.
to New- Y.uk in 14
Mi amen- stop at the
hours. ID i river
Hotel.
Headquarter for II tuners. I.-st nlwmt..
ing in Jujirth Carolina. Dog and hoi sen
mulshed. Ticket onic mi.i V,i,
thee in the Hott-i. Teleem in for riMiiiiH
.1
K
M KliHl A M
'n-prietor.
V lLMlNGTON, N. V.
IJesr apjiomted H.mVI in the Stain
D'tt. U. SN ELL,
SUkGEON DENTIST,
j -
"Washington, n. v.
lUo us iii liridjiinan Block.
5-9-s .
VIEW HOTEL,
EDENTON. N.
Telms'Reasonnlile. Hack nit every
.. .... 1 I. . r -1
train and boat
ino cnarge lor convey
;wice
gWINDELL HOTEL,
SWAN QUAKTKK, N. C.
. VVJ.jB. Swindell, Prop'i
Refitted and tef uinisued. Bet llote
in Hydeicounty, Table well supplied
ServantH attentive. In every way
better prepared to accuumKiaie i he
public than ever liefore. may23tf
lj. PENDEK,
TONSOlilAL AKTlSr,
' ' - '..I-;-..
MAIN ST., WASHINGTON, N. C.
Dibble' Old Staml.
JD.UUND ALEXANDER,
ALTO
INEY-AT-LAW
AND
HEAL! ESTATri AGENL
i ... ,
WASHINGTON, N. C.
Will
be at Aurora everv 1st and 3rd
Wed nee
day nights, and at Pautego every
2nd am
itu neanesuay lilZuts. ; ;
novla
W.
MORTON) JR., "
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WASHINGTON, N. O.
V ill practice m the Courts of th
District and in Martin county.
Special attention given to the colleo
tion off claims aud conveyancing.
W Office formerly -occupied bv tl.e
late (Jib. Hill. . '
B
IN K I N
HOUSE
-OF
BROWN
O. M.
MAIN STREET, WASHINGTON, N. 0.
Collections solicited and remittance
made promptly.
Exchange bought and soid.
JJ0TEL ALBERT. .
NEW BERNE, N. C. ,
the Modern Conveniences.
ISli HOUSE.
i ...
j GREEN VILLE, N. O.
MRS. SHKKLFF KING. PftOP'TRESM
Pleasantly situated ia business par. of
the city. Large addition to buildings
Every;comfort the Travelinr Public can
ttf.al. ' rP 1. .. V. . 4- .. I 1 .. . . . .
The best table the market will
afford
Mop at the -King House, and
you wUl Stop Again.
SAAC A. SUGG,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
j . -
Late of Rodman, Sugg & James.
! GREENVILLE, N. C.
Office old stand of Rodman, Sugg A
James. Will attend the Courts 6T Greene
and Beaufort counties Practices in
State and Federal Courts. .
MERIUAN HOUSE,
j WINDSOR, N C.
Free hack at all steamers. Telegraph
oflice ; attached. Livery stables. Give
us a call when passing through er
stopping at Windsor, and if you done'
have a goal' time and want to go there
again the gray mule is yourc .
1 J. R. MOODY. Prop
QEO. S. LLOYD, M, D.,
Beyan Hotel, Tabboro, N. C
Specialist in Diseases of the
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Having just finished a four
and 0 half months course at the iPhiH
delphik Polychinic and the : Wills Ejy
uosuital, i otter my services to tne
people of Edgecombe and adjoliing
counties. 3mtnovS
ypl. COT TEN DO XXNir
(LATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,) f f .
Agent for the Sale of Southern
I . Lands, ,
67Ffth Aveuue, Pittsburgh, Pa
O" Correspondence Sol icited. j
J.
H. SMALL, '
ATTORNEY -AT LAW, J
WASHINGTON,1 N. O
DM UN D SON'S .
NEW EUROPEAN HOTEL,
jj . GOLDSBOBO, K. C
American and European Plan. Wait
ing 'rooms free. Porters meet errry
train. Baggage handled free.
N0TIE!
Having become a member of Wash
ington Alliance, and feeling a deep in- .
terest in the success of the order, 1 1
would take this method of informing
my friends and brethren that it will
be to their advantage to call on me
when in need of work In my hoe
! T. w. fmun.
Septietb 89-if.
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