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"THE "DEMOCRAT.' THE DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING VOLUME I. THE sCHOOLMARM'S STORY. A frosty chill was in the air How plainly I remember The bright autumnal fires had paled, Save here and there an ember; The sky looked hard, the hills were bare, And there were tokens everywhere That it had come November. I looked the time-worn school-house door, The village seat of learning, A i o s the smooth, well-trodden path My homeward footsteps turning ; 31y heart a troubled question bore, And in my mind, as oft before, A vexiug thought was burning. 'Why is it up hill all the way?' Thus ran my meditations; The lessons had gone wrong that day, And I had lost my patience. "Is there no way to soften care, And make it easier to bear Lite's sorrows and vexationsf Across my pathway, through the wood, A fallen tree was lying. On this there sat two litt.'e girls, And one of them was crying. I heard her sob: "And if I could, I'd get my lessons awful good, But what's the use of trying;" And then the little hooded head Sank on the mother's shoulder, The little weeper sought the arms That opened to enfold her. Against the young heart, kind and true, She nestled close, and neither knew That I w as a beholder. And then I heard ah ! ne'er was known Such jiaL ment without malice. Nor qutenlier counsel ever heard In senate, house or palace! "I should have failed there, I am sure, Don't be discouraged; try once more, And I will help you, A. ice." "And I will help you." This is ho To soften care and grieving; Life is made easier to bear By helping and by giving. Here was the answer I had sought, And I, the teacher, being taught 1 he secret of true living. If "I will help you'' were the rule, How cLaaged beyond all measure Life would become! Each heavy load Would be a golden treasure; Fain and vexation be forgot; Hope would prevail in every lot, And life be only pleasure. Wotstan Duvcy. .The Hew Up-Stairs Girl. "Don't let your good looks turn your , 'cjhead, Lally," were the words that Uncle slt-olon said to me when he put me on the tar and handed mv little canvas travel ling bag; after me. "Kemember that C -.beauty is only skin deep, and handsome . - i- as handsome does." " & The idea of saying such things to me! - , But Unc!e Solon always was peculiar. - , My scat next to a pleasant-faced gen- - " tlcni iti with a black mustache and de , - lihtfid mysterious eyes, just like those 'of Fitzaiban Montalembert, in the last 1 novei I had read chanced to be oppo- - , -:Mte a s'it-like panel of looking glass, and 11 could not help seeing the i ejection of .-my own face. - What was it I saw there? " "X. A round face, ail roses and lilies soft . ; hazel eyes, with a fringe of thick lashes - a shade darker than my red-brown hair :' -a decided dimple in the chin and a 7 '-trim little figure neatly attired iu brown debcige. Z Yes, I was pretty; Uncle Solon was Tight there. And I meant that my face . Should be my fortune. Unfortunately, never had any time for books, and my public school education had goue iato , - two ear and out the other, so 1 couldn't . enter the lists with the fortunate gov-ty-nisscs who are always making great , mail hes in story books. at least. - ""X, either could I be lady's companion, for - - my mistress" son or nephew to fall in love frith me, for I could nei their plav nor sing, I ind whatever I attempted to read about I invariably stumbled over the big words. - But it was necessary for me to "earn m - Jiving in some way.aud old Mis. Fudgcby -Jad sent over a Xew York paper, in -' hich she had pencil-marked an adver-'-ti-ement for an "up-st-iiis giri" who was wanted in a house in Filtha venue. - " You may be sure it is an excellent JJ1.H.L-, s.u jus. ruugeuy, "my niece, giJfelen Maria, sews there, aud the lady i 0s most kind and pleasant. And 'Plaria will spe ik a good word fc Helen spe ik a good word for von. And if you suit, you'il get a good h&me aand capital pay, take my word for it." (Just like Aunt Persi.,! because she wasn't young herself, she had no sympa thy for any one who was. Old people ywere so selfish.) "Hut," added Mrs. Fudgcby, "Helen . Alalia says any one who come to Mrs 'Aarcsiti,s must step very light, and speak j jrery low, and be careful not to laudi too I ?; touu, lor iear ot her nerves. She's quite " 5 an invalid. She has just discharged all .her doctors, and i3 expecting a learned -American physician, who has been ten tears in Paris, to take charge of her case frit la ! Helen Maria says it's all fancy, and That if her missis had to earn her "bread the wash-tub or the ironin board it ..,...11 1 ,i : cf 1. . i . - juuiu ue umciem, inougn it aiu t hired girl's place to express any opinion ! bf that sort." I "Is the family large?" said I, secretly Wondering if there was a handsome son lo fall in love with me. ".No" said Mrs. Fudcrebv, "awidow- H daughter, who deuotes herself to 'aintinnr and two sons." Two sons! That settled the matter pr me. I determined to apply for the Pace at all hazards. Why shouldn't I ccecd as well as Jane Evre. who by all ecouiits was au insignificant lit t o black bin"- without a word to sav for herself? "There won't be much to do." said Irs Fudgeby. "You will be expected o make the beds and tidy up the rooms, tnd dust the parlors and attend th rl onr- 111. Mrs. Marcati has a deal of com' W and by-the by, Helen Maria savs I the girls their are expected to wear Oh, I don't mind that," said I, for I I once played Grisette in nriwt. atricals, and the liitlt! hi L. . iijju;yjL act been . narticulai lv br.m;r, , "vvunuu-. IU L , lamdy are quite rich," said Mrs. Oeoy, Dut they don t keen no men ! Mrs. Marcati was rohncrl nno !. ' aiss Dutler, and hain't hid nr faith ' - ' en since. And Helen Maria envo cVw " l CO., PUBLISHERS. keeps a lot of pearis and diamonds and fine jewelry locked in the etegere (which Mrs. Fudgcby pronounced ' 'etti ger') because it's a place noboby wouldn't suspect. There: are so many burglars around New York, you know !" And she went on to relate a good many family peculiarities of the Mareatis, in her prosy, gossipy way, but she never thought" to tell me what I afterward learned, to my very great disappointment, that both of "the lady's son's were mar ried men. Then, of course, I made my applica tion at once, and was glad enough to learn, through Helen .Maria Fudgcby, that it had been favorably considered, and that I was to come to No. Fifth aucnue, at once. Aunt l'ersis gave me a new shawl and a deal of good advice, to which I paid very little attention. Uncle Solon presented me with a pocket Testament and a half dozen crape bordered han kerchiefs. And so I left Midiken's Fails in triumphant pursuit of that fortune which, like a will-o-the wisp, always kept just a little ahead of mc. "We had not gone far before I dropped the key of mv traveling bag, and my neighbor with the dreamy eyes gal lantly picked it up for me. "Very awkward of me," said I. "Not in the least," said he. This little occurrence broke the ice, and we soon became great friends. lie told me that lie had been moose hunting up in Maine. I coniided to him that I was goin r to be the companion I didn't quite like to say -'up stairs girl" of Mrs. Marcati, of Xo. Fifth ave nue. He seemed very much interested in me He said there was something so attractive in watching the career of youth and innocence and might he add beauty? I said that was ali nonsence. He said he could not help being frank, and he only hoped ihat he had not of fended me. And the fruit boy came along, and he bought an orange and s'-me bananas for me ; and next came the news agent,, .and he. .purchased a new novel and same pictorial papers, for he said he new by my face that I was literary; so that, altogether, the journey to New York seemed a deal shorter than I had expected. I was a little sorry that I had told the dreamy-eyed gentleman all about the Mareatis, especially with regard to the jewels in etegere drawer and the nervous ai.ments of my new em ployer, even down to the arrival of the new physician who had distinguished himself iu Paris. But of course it didn't matter. "Why should it? He wrote down my address when we parted at the depot, and said that he should certainly avail himself of the very first opportunity to call. I found Xo. Fifth avenue without any difficulty. Helen Maria had written out the direction very carefully, and j everything was far grander than I hi'd an3' idea ot. Mrs. Marcati, a handsome lady in a black velvet gown, said I had a nice face, and she hoped I would do my best. Mrs. Maurice, the widowed daughter, said she would like to paint me as Hebe. The two sons and their wives were at the country seat in Yonkers. But I wasn't so much disap ointed about them as I should have been if I had not seen the dreamy-eyed hero of the rail way train. T did my best to learn my new duties and fulfill them to the satisfation of my new mistress. Helen Maria was there, and the cook, a very genteel woman, with a kitchen maid who did all the dishwashing and floor scrubbing, took quite a fancy to me, although the laun dress, a soar faced Scotch woman, said that 1 was "a deal too giddy and light minded." Still it was quite1 a pleasant change from Millikea's Fails. The third day that I was there, there came a ring at the door bell, and who should stand there when I opened it, but my dreamy-eyed hero! "Goodness me!" said I, coloring ail over a? pink as a daisy, "is it you?" "Is Mrs. Marcati at home?" said he. "Xo," said I; "she has just this min ute driven away from the door. I should think you would havn met her iu a dark blue landau, with black horses and" "Xo matter, my good girl," said he, "I will come in and wait. My name is of no great importance. Perhaps you don't know I don't remember that I mentioned it but I am the gentleman from Paris." "The new doctor-" said I. "La! and you never told me?" "Our professional secrets are not our own property," said he, as solemn as an owl. 1 Please to walk in, " said I. "Iam so sorry Mrs. Maurice went out with her ma, because " "It don't matter," he said; "I can avail myself of the opportunity to diag nose some of the cases scribbled down in my no;e3. I dare say she will noj; be long." He drew out a pocket tablet as he spoke and put on a learned-looking pair of eye glasses ; aud I tip-toed out of the room, wondering now it would seem to be the wife of one of these Xew YorK doctors. So he was a learned man who had really resided in Paris. How good it was of him to be so interested in my silly chatter that day on the railroad cars. I did not like to interrupt his scientific studies, but as soon as I had finished tidying tiie bedrooms, 1 watched eagerly at the door for Mrs. Marcati to return. It was nearly an hour afterward when I ran dawn the steps to take her shawl and parasol, and told her that the new doctor had been waiting for her. "That is nonsense, child," she said, sharply. "I have just come from his of fice, where I have had a long interview with him." "He's here, ma'am;" said I. "There must be some mistake, mamma," said Mrs. Maurice, and they both went up the steps and into the parlor. Xo one was there. "Oh, dear!" said I. "He has got tired and gone away." "Mamma," cried Mrs. Maurice, "the etegere drawers are broken open and all your jewels and money are gone ! And the silver card receiver and the thousaud dollar bronzes, and the little Miessouier that Julius brought you from Europe!" Oh, dear! oh, dear! I don't know how I am to tell the end of the story. The dreamy-eyed gentleman was a confidence . C X. .. . , 4 nh.i.b- I I ! I Hon .iV:n and I was arrested as his accomplice and nnt in il until nnrli Solon camo n. f. m;ii;i-: i7iii.. inr,Hf t . ' mn ,.f ru, t i ucuaibui unit wan iiig vut, vjj, x i. t tn: it.. ti;ii ,mu oi;i .... UU4C i-Udll A I ' f iiun.inf- SCOTLAND NECK, HALIFAX CO., N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, cept there was nothing to commit it with. And the judge looked at me, with such terrible big eyes, and the law yer asked such insolent questions. But somehow it was proved that I didn't mean any harm and that I wasn't an accomplice only a dupe. But of course I lost my place and had to go back to Uncle Solon. Helen Maria Fudgcby was very angry with me, and the Scotch laundress said she had foreseen all from the very beginning, I don't know whether Mrs. Marcati ever got her things back or not. and I am not likely to know now, for I am determined to stay at home with Uncle Solon and churn butter and feed little chickens and calves, for I've had quite enough of city life. Shireley Brown. Behind the Scenes. Blf.kely Hall, who has been looking ft a "Patience"' audience through a chink in the stage scenery, sivs somebody ourht to photograph a theatrical assem blage by the instantaneous process in the midst of general laughter. The picture, he adds, would be immensely funny. If a mirror could be Hashed in front of you at the instant that the comedian of the farce does something to make you roar, it isn't likely that you would recog nize yourself in tha horribly grimacing reflection. Imagine 1,000 persons with similarly distorted faces! That wa3 what Bunthorne and I saw, when he was singing forac new tropical verses inter polated into Gilbert's work, and I was squinting through the peephole. Still more astounding was the spectacle when the love-sick maidens trooped upon the scene. To me they presented merely a good variety of black hair and artistic outlines, as they lopped in the poses of exaggerated icstheticism; but to the spectator in front, upon whom their pretty laces beamed, I inferred that they were entrancing. This conclusion was based upon row after row of countenances which were idiotically rapt if they be longed to men, and calmly critical if they belonged to women. The dudes in the nearest chairs were very Komeos for their facial expression of fond, yearning, callow admiration. The strangest face, however, was that of the conductor. It is a mistake to suppose that he employs his arras only in keeping the singers in harmony; this particular specimen was fairly illustrative of his class. His fea tures were like the bits of glass in a kaleidoscope for forming, at every shake, a new combination. He winked with his right eye at Patience as a signal to begin and simultaneously with his left at Grosvenor to stop. He f rowned with one side of his face at the chorus girls, be cause they were out of time, and smiled with the other side at the chorus feiiows as an approval of their better vocalism. He sang bars of the music himself. He dropped from the exaltation of delight to the depths of acute torture with a suddenness which threatened to break him into bits, and then rose again with a skyrocket celerity. Every twitch of a nerve or jerk of a muscle apparently meant some particular thing to the per formers, but to me the display was a marvel and I wondered whether, after years of that sort of thing, the man could let his face settle down into a state of rest without the aid of a portrait taken at the outset of his wry career. CoiHliments. A brief notice of the various condi ments gr spices we use on our table or in our kitchen, with an account of their origin, may not be uninteresting. The myst common is black pepper, which is the ground unripe fruit of Piper negrum. Capsicum, cayenne or African pepper is an entirely different substance, and pepper is a misnomer. Mustard is the pounded flour of Sin api3 alba and Sinapis negro, which both supply the same yellow flour. The pur est Hour is that obtained from the second sitting. Xothing is so much adulterated as mustard. Wheat flour, heated by the addition of red pepper aud colored by turmeric, is the common medium of adul teialion. Pimento or allspice, so named because it is supposed to taste like a mixture of various spices, is the unripe fruit of the Piper negrum. Cinnamon is the inner bark of the shoots of the cinnamon tree. The bark of the cassia is also u cd. Ginger is the root of the ginger plant, scalded in boiling water to prevent gen eration, and then rapidly dried this is blace ginger. When selected the best roots are peeled and dried in the sun. they are called white ginger. liice starch, exhausted ginger, brick dust, chalk, capsicum and mustard are the adulterations generally found. Xutmeg is the kernel of the seed of the myristica tree, and mace is the inter mediate coat next to the nut. Cloves are the uncxpanded dried flower buds of caryophy!ata. Sometimes those from which the essential oil has been ex tracted are sold for the dried clove. ZNcw York Analyst. Burled Under Avalanches. The Italian side of the Alps, writes a Turin correspondent to the Xew York Sun, is very precipitous. Immense avalanches of snow on this side of the mountains have swept down upon the villages at the foot and buried a number of them. At Sperone fifteen persons were caught in an avalanche and carried so far away that their bodies have not yet been found." Seventeen villages have been partially or wholly bur.ed. The loss of life was from five to nearly one hundred in each village. A great many cattle have been lost. The Alpine regiments, all composed of mountaineers have done good service in life-saving work. At Kivo the avalanche buried a house in which was a woman seventy years old, two daughters, four grand-children, and a baby four months old. Xo men were in the house. The poor things were dy ing for want of air, food, and fire. While they were . despairing they heard several blows on the ceiling of the room. The Alpine soldiers, who had excavated a pit in the snow, had reached the roof ot the house. They made a hole, and thro;igh it the old woman handed first the baby to the soldiers and then the grandchildren. The two daughters went next, and last of all the grand mother tied a rope around herself and was lifted out- . " j Thv most delicate watch wheels are jiow made of paper pulp in Germany. FOR FEMININE READERS, Wliat the RridesmaitlN Wore. At the recent wedding of the Duke of Buckingham and Miss Graham-Montgomery, in' Engbind, the bridesmaids' drc-ses were composed of white bro caded saUn, trimmed with dark blue velvet and lace, and they wore small blue vclvit hats, with t haded wings. Each wore a brooch of dark velvet enamel and pearls, with monogram in diamonds, and carried a large bouquet of lilies of the valley, gifts of the bride groom. On the same day the brides maids of Miss Pe. se, who was married to Vi-count LymiugtOB, wore dresses of cream Indian muslin, trimmed with ruby velvet, ovcrskirts of satin merveil leux, trimmed with Maline h;ce, the drapery being looped with bows of ruby velvet ribbon, and straw Amazon hats trimm-d with ruby velvet and cream feathers. Each wore a gold locket as a memento of the event, and carried a bouquet of pink azaleas, the gifts of the bridegroom. um Giving Place to Licorice. "Yes, gum has lost its prestige," says a Chicago druggist. "You see.it isn't the nature of woman to stick to any one tlrng very long, unless it is a sealskin sacque. then the 'longer the better." Without exhibiting any signs of agi tation the newspaper man aked what the fickle females were now chewing? "Glycynhiza gla-b-r-a," was the re ply. ' "That must come fromJIorcow," ven tured the reporter. "Xo, that is latin for locorice root. You see women must keep their jaws in motion. Six months ago it was almost impossible to find a female without a quid of chewing gum in her mouth, whether out shopping or reading sensa tional novels in her boudoir. The chew ing gum craze was a profitable one for us. We sold tons of it during the run, and the trade was not cornered by drug gists by a very large majority. Shrewd groceis with an eye to business dabbled in the trade, and the amount sold in this alone wouid have made a gum road from here to Joliet. but now the demand is for licorice." Chicago llcrald. Siveet-minded Women. o great is the influence of a sweet minded woman on tho-c around her that it is almost boundless. It is to her that friends come in season of sickness and sorrow for help and comfort. One foothing touch of her kindly hands works wonders in the feverish child; a few words let fall from her lips in the ear of a sorrowful sister do much to raise the load of grief thu is bowing its vic tim down to the dust in anguish. The husband comes home worn out with the pressure ef business and feeling irritable with the world in general; but when he enters the cozy sitting-room and sees the blaze of the bright fire and meets his wife's smiling face, he succumbs in a mo ment to the soothing influences, which act as a balm of Gilead to his wounded spirit. We are all wearied with combat ing with the realities of life. The rough schoolboy flies in a rage from the taunts of his companions to find solace in the mother's smile; the little one, full of grief with its own large trouble, finds a haven of rest on its mother's breast; and so one may go on with instances of the influence a sweet-minded woman has in the social life with which she is con nected. B:auty is an insignificant power when compared with hers. London Truth. A New Coiffure. Upon the authority of the fashion cor respondents, it is said thut the "cado gan" style of coiffure, which first made its appearance in Paris at the beginning of the season, appears to have rapidly grown into favor, in spite of the ridicule which h;is been heaped upon it. The hair is worn curled in front, then simply brushed back to the nape of the neck, where it is tied with a ribbon matching the trimming on the dress, h inging down the b;:ck in short curls for evening Avear, but arranged in a thick plaic for work-a-day hours. The Boston Saturday E ceil ing Gazette notes the protests of scoffers that this method of wearing the hair can never be agreeable to artistic eyes ; that a more or less voluminous inane or tail depending from a gentlewoman's head is not a pretty thing in itself, and is sug gestive, unfortunately, of the posterior appendage f ahorse. On the other hand, those who have adopted the style declare that it has many advantages to recommend it, more especially in display ing to good effect a plait of burnished chestnut h:dr, which the present mode of tight little basket-plaits rather enviously conceals. But the cadogau requires special neatness to commend it, says the Gazette, and those who adopt it must con stantly remember that when ruffled or disarranged the queue will lose all re semblance to the exquisitely neat append age of that name a8 worn by our ances tors. A Wedding ill llie West Indies. In fact, it is extraordinary to see the gorgeous costumes that issue on Sun days out of the filthiest shanties, more especially when the costume of the me vious day is recollected to have been two rather spar.-e and very dirty garments of once white canvas and certainly no boots. To attire the Avhole population so gorgeously of course manj' skilled tailors are required, and in the census of 18S1 no fewer than 10.000 females re turned themselves as seamstresses. These ladies, however, have no other sources of income beside their needles. With such splendid habiliments to show on Sunday the negro, of course, is constant in attendance at church. On ente;ing the sacred building the men's first care is to remove their boots,not lrom any leaning toward Mohammedanism, but because they a:e painful. In connection with this I may mention a ludicrous oc currence which caused some amusement among the English residents in Barba dos. A black man holding a situation of trust in the garrison (I forget whether he was a soldier or not) was fcngaged to a black lady, and the general promised to be present at the wedding. On the appointed day the bridal party duly ar rived, the bride clad -in white satin with the orthodox orange flowers, veil, etc., and white satin shoes. Everything was ready, but the general had not arrived. The bride became more and more un easy, and still th-3 general came not; the sweat poured down her black face, and still she held out; but at last human na ture could stand it no longer, and the faithful bridegroom kne It down and removed the white satin slippers which had caused so much agony. Soon after (he emancipation of the poor black feet the general arrived, and all went well, but still the ceremony was held to have been in some degree marred. MacmilUm. Fashion Notes. Shoulder capes are revived. Flowers are more worn than feathers on spring bonnets. The new spring hats are very high in the crown and narrow in the brim. Ribbons striped in canvas gauze and watered silk come for bonnet trimmings. Lace bonnets will be much worn as soon as the weather willpsrmit their use. A snake of rough gold, coiled about a long pin, is worn as an ornament for the hair. Braid and embroidery in the greatest im aginable variety of paterns adorn the new jersey jackets. A new gros grain and satin ribbon is shown, which docs not display the usual tendency to curl. Butterflies as ornaments will be even more plentiful during the season than they are at present. Mechlin lace forms the feet of the newest silk stockings, for brides aud bridesmaids' wear. Red in many peculiar and bright tints is among the most popular colors in spring millinery. The peak-brimmed poke bonnet reap pears among spring m'.liinery importa tions and productions. Old-fashioned mirrors over the mantel are again in style, with the addition of bronze or gayly gainted frames. For full dress, Roman sa -he s are laced edged, and in one instance, '.he sash it self, over a surrah toilet, was of lace. The fancy for cutting the lower edge of the skirts and tunics iu squares, points and scallop i is growing in popularity. Most of the spring Newmarkets have either pointed or rounded hoods lined with changeable or light red silk. Green in various shades of olive and myrtle is one of the fashionable spring colors, and olive green is much combined with gold. The new woolen laces are very hand some in design. They make graceful and stylish trimming, and are to be had in almost any color. Redingotts of dark red or brown wool en goods, with frise figures, are deco rated with a rolling collar and cuffs of Scotch plaid velvet. Dimity seersuckers of American manu facture are to be had in all colors and in checks and stripes. For mourning the dimity effect in black gives the desirable crape effect. Necklaces are made in workmanship almost as fine as filigree, and mostly after Greek and Etruscan models, while bracelets still keep to the sporting style of ornament. - A pretty caprice is to fasten collars on the side or in the middle of the b.-ck with a pretty bow. Sleeve trimmings to match are also fastened on the under seam of the sleeve. The newest trimming for hats consists of dried twigs, singly or in bunches, either varnished or gilded, and through which a tiny beetle or .ome pretty insect appears to be creeping. Dressy mantles for spring weir are made short and fit the figure closely. They are seen in light and bright colors oftener than in blacks. Many of them have full iuchings of lace bordering them. No prettier dress can be devised for a young girl or a child thin one of cash mere, the dark cashmeres make up beau tifuliy for day wear, and the light col ored to equal advantage for parties for the little onej. From being worn on hats birds have wandered down to drc3ses, where they peep out from clouds of light tulle or from gold or silver trimmings mixed with filigree trembling gra-ses, just as if resting in a nest. Butterflies of all sorts and sizes, made of gold or silver filigree, and colored chenille, are an original kind of orna ment capable of a variety of uses. They lood very well placed on the bow of a lady's cap, and can also be worn on the atre bonnets. New York brides at spring weddings carry commoner flowers than orange buds. One fashionable girl holds a big bunch of white jonquils gracefully thrown together. Another has a bou quet of nothing but lilies of the valley, and a third carries white lilacs carelessly tied with a bit of broad satin ribbon. Mrs. Leslie's Diamonds. Frank Leslie died leaving his printing house terribly involved. Mrs. Leslie has redeemed it. She says : "I had the property in reach and the assignees were ready to turn it over to me, but to get it it was necessary for me to raise $30,000. I borrowed the money, and I borrowed it from a woman. How happy I was when she signed the check, and how beautiful it seemed to me to see one woman helping another. I bor rowed the money in June, and was to make the first payment of $5,000 on the 1st of November. On the 29th of Oc tober I paid back the $50,000 with inter est. From Ju:ae to the 2!)th of October I made $50,000 clear. I had also to pay $30,000 to the creditors who did not come under the contract. While I was paying this $80,000 of my husband's debts, I spent but thirty dollars for my self except for board. I lived iu a little attic room without a carpet, and the window was so high that I could not get a glimpse of the sky unless I stood on a chair and looked out. When I had paid the debts and raised a momument to my husband, then I said to myself, 'now for a great big pair of diamond earrings," and away 1 went to Europe and here are the diamonds.' " The diamonds are perfect matches, twenty-seven carats in weight, and are nearly as large around as nickels. At lanta Constitution. There are about 60.000 more females than males in the city of Berlin. This fact is all the more remarkable as there is a garrison of soldiers in the city which numbers 19,000 men, " SUBSCRIPTION 1835. BRAVE YAQUI INDIANS. A Seif-KeJiant 'HYibc in Mssico--Their Hcmatkable C Iiit f, Referring to trouble growing out of the encroachment of would-be settlers on the territory of the Ya pii Indiana in the State of Souora, Mexico.a correspondent of the New York Shir, says: The dis turbance brings into notice an aboriginal tribe well worthy of descent from the people whom the Montezumas ruled, cul tivating the arts of peacj when not as sailed or wronged, but rivaling the Boers in fighting" qualities wh"n aroused and led by a chief who combine i the dignity of Toussaini L'Overture with the martial aggressiveness cf Sitting Bull. Mr. A. M. Womble, of this city, hav ing long b;cn identified with railroad and mining enterprises ir. Mexico, and having dwelt and'traveled in Sonora, i; acquainted with the tribe and the storv of its collision with the Mexican authori ties. The Yaqui tribe occupies a fertile territory of more than 10,000 square miles on both banks of the Rio Yaqui. The domain has always b en jealously guarded, aud every attempt to colonize or seize it his been vigorously repulsed. The Yaquis number about ' 14,000, of whom fully 4,000 are available for serv'co in the field when occasion demand. They are the most civilized of the surviving aboriginal races, having been converted and instructed in agriculture as well as various simple arts and manufacture; by the early missionaries. They a;e said to be very strict in their religious observ ances, and their civil of the patriarchal type. government is The present ruler of the Yaquis is a mm of unusual ability, and though a full-blooded Indian, po scsses a liberal education, which he acquired in the C'itv of Guaymas. Ttie chief's n;me is Kehamy. Ills military skill is said to b j remarkable, and his firmness and integ rity of purpose so great that his woul i rega ded as safe i.s a bond. Apart f:Oin their right of original possess'on, the Indi ins ela'm to hold a title, given by one of the old Spanish kings, which an tedates any deed or parchment the Mex ican ranchers can produce. Findinir it impossible to bar out boomers and set tlers by verbal remonstrance and threats. Kehamy drove them out forcibly and thereby incurred the W;ath of the pre fect of Guaymas. When the Indians first took to the war path in defeu-e of their homes and i'ulds General Pesquerias led a force against them and was amused to see the "sav ages" use blankets as a shield against his soldiers' bullets. Holding up a blanket at both cud-, so that the edge just touched the ground, the indian ritie men marched boldly toward him behind the apparently flimsy protection. The Mexican general was f oou alarmed, how ever, to find that his bullets did not stop the strange advance, and the moving fort of blankets soon came so close to him and poured in such a deadly fire that he was fain to fly the field iu confus ion and with great lo3s. The Yaquis had become acquainted with the simple fact that while a bullet will pass through twenty blankets strained over a frame of laid against a firm surface, it will not penetrate a single one if moistened and hung up so as to swing clear of the ground. The bullets which General Pesquerias imagined were thinning the ranks of the savages were falling harm lessly on the outside of the woolen blan kets. So, when the next unpleasantness arose, the Indian prefect organized a con spiracy on the part of renegade Indians to either kidnap or kill Kehamy. It was a dismal failure, for the Yaqui chief scat tered the renegades like chair, capturing many of them and seizing their boats. He then sent word to Guaymas that un less a specified ransom were promptly forthcoming he would burn the l.oats and execute the prisoners. The rano n not coining, Kehamy fulfilled his word. Prior to that he had been formally cited to appear at Guaymas, and his reply was : "It's no further from Guaymas to Yaqui than from Yaqui to Guaymas. The prefect is welcome to come in quest of an explanation." Some time ago the Mormon elders, casting around for a new El Dorado, fixed covetous eyes on the fruitful land along tha Rio Yaqui, and sent trusted dele gates to spy out the country. Brighain Young, Jr., proceeded to Guaymas and interviewed the governor wi;h a view to getting official sanction to prospect the Yaqui country. Young soon found that if he was to explore the Rio Yaqui he should do so without Mexican assistance, moral or physical. Young then, it is said, tried his blandishments on the ed ucated chief of the Yaquis.and requested the favor of an interview with that de termined and diplomatic personage. Kehamy was thoroughly conversant with the Mormon question and the tenets of Young's church, and having no admira tion for them decline i to meet the Mor mon apo3tle. He appointed a delega'e however, to meet the Mormon outside Yaqui territory, and the result of tho negotiations was that Young concluded that the Rio Yaqui was not just then the the most inviting El Dorado to which the advocates of polygamy could fly from the rigors of United States law. Mistakes in Nomenclature. David Dudley Field takes exception to the nomenclature of American geogra phy. He says there may be a great deal of fitness or unfitness in names. To be gin with, our continent was misnamed. In selecting the name "America"' a great wrong was done Columbus . The conti nent should have beencalkd "Columbia." Now Americans are trying to make amends by singing "Hail, Columbia." Just think of some of the wretched names selected for places in the United States. We have Tombstone, You Bet, Pop Corn, Cut Shin, Raw Hide, Skunk Lake, Dirt Tub, Jug Tavern, Sawdust, Cow Skin and Cut Off. Almost as bad taste was displayed in copying such old names as Babylon, Memphis, Cairo, Iroy, Utica and Syracuse. It would have been much better to have preserved more of the nomenclature of the red men. Nothing could be more appropriate and pleasant to the ear than Mississippi, Oneida, Michigan, Monongahela, Sus quehanna, Mohawk, Idaho and Wyo ming. New York Telegram. A little more than one-half of the rail way mileage of the world is i a America. The United States alone has a xrreater lumber of miles than the whole o' IuroDe: PRICE si. BO PER YEAR. NUMBER 19. CHANGES. Jke om who h?ars with sud leri throb of The li i joi i 13 caleive of an ohl refrain Which wa.'i tiio cclus of soinj vanishxl gl.uh) s? AVith tender pain, So stand I now with mingled pain and pleas ure, Affc?r !o i absence at a well-known door Which guar.l.'d once my darlin-jt my heirt's treasure. In days of yore. Still bloom the roses with their old tima sweetness Round this clear cottajje in mv native luad; Trimmod is the bedo with all its wonted neatiKv.s; The old elms stand. Still slopes the lawn in beautiful gradation. Like a soft carpet of the richest green; Still lrn s th-3 fountain with its light pulia tion, Brightening tha scene. Years have not ci anged it; now as then the ri v r Winds in th; dis'ance like a silver stream; Through tho old orchard still tho sunb; quiver And brightly gleam. .h! but no vok'-o cf sweetest modulation Nor rippling Luigh'er greets my listening car: Ail tha bright s:-c:n b it hrcathci in desola. tio:i, "She is not u?ri!" "Not hnre? not h:ro!'' U13 murmuring elm tre.-s sigh it. The rastling grass repeats it 'nxitn my feet, Her cherished reus mournfully reply i' In o lor.i sweet. O'er t'10 soft liwii the shadows westward ere ping Ear My eafol 1 me at t'10 rose-girth door, In dj:or shadows liej my dear love sleep, ing. lo wa'.io r.o more. IJoston Tra nscript. . PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. A bird case The oyster obeli. A swell affair A balloon ascension. It is diilicult to tell how much a tish weighs by looking at the scales. A dentist ought to make a good poli tician. He generally has a pull. I'uck. The American young man, tbey say, marries for money: the American young woman for alimony. Judge. A Michigan cow lias sixty horns. Ah; now we understand where corned Leef comes from. Uostj.i 2'it ncrijt. A m. 111 may successfully paint the town red, but when ailerwaid he has a brush wdh a policeman he loses color. Lockjmit Journal. A fair poetess says: "I've found what silence is." All right, darling; you may keep it. I'erhiips you'll need it some clay. Xew York Journal. "Last, but not lea-cd," remarked the real estate owutr when he saw the last of a dozen houses he had put up stand ing idle. Merchant-Traclti: The number of plants raised by man does not exceed Li, 00 J. An industrious lieu will raise more than that every hour in the day. Hi: iy ha niton Jicpubfkan. We know not what dangers are waiting, What troubles lor us arc a-biewiu'; The maid lo the rink went a skatmg And came back with ln;r bustto in ruin. 'os(w;l Courier. "Let go my e:ir," yelled a passenger on a Yvo t Side street car yesterday. "I beg your pardon," said the other man, I thought 1 hail hold of the strap." Chicago IL:raUI. A Cedar Bapids, la., woman lay three days iu a trance, aud was only awakened by a neighboring woman trying to bor row soaie brown sugar from the hired gi.l. ZScw York Journal. We never speak as we pass by, Altho' a tear bedims his eye ; I know he toiniis of mo when he wrote His name across my three months' note. The Judge. First Charming girl, that Miss Lucy, Jack. Second Think so? 1 never could bear her. She always treats me as if I was an ass, you know. First Indeed, 1 d.d not know she knew you. llaroard Jj'tllljJ'JOl). "Things in the Bottom Drawer" is the cap' ion in a local journal. Ten to one they are the husband's things. No mar ried men ever yet was allowed to keep his things in the top drawer of the bu reau. Cr ra ph ic. A Kentucky man is said to have been cured of stammering by the kick of a mule. If there is one thing tha; will make a man talk violently, quickly and vehemently, it i.s the kick of a good healthy mule. Boston, Post. "No," taid the smart pig, just before butchering time, as he declined the farmer's invitation to come up to the trough and have something: "Xo, I thank you kindly; but where there's swill there's a weigh." Burdetle. There arc 2,750 languages; and yet we have seen men at the skating rink right here in Somerville with all this linguistic wealth at their disposal, abso lutely dumb because they were unable adequately to express their feeling3. Somerc'Me Journal. "What is the hardest gate to ride?" young Greenboy was asking the jockey. And before the rider could reply, a man with a wrinkled coat and a sad voice of expression who was passing by, said: "Kol.ers' gaits." This sad affair cast a gloom over the entire community. Burdetle. There was an old granger lived down in tfa county of White, To drive the crows from his corn he fed them with dynamite. The crows Then rose In their upward flight "When the dynamite All at once suddenly exploded Blowing 'em to bits And giving 'em fi.s. ... Poor things, thpy didn't know it was loaded. Chicago Sun. On St. Michael's, one of the Azore isl ands, the people invariably drop the family name, each being known by en tirely unlike titles. The same names are also applied to either sex indiscriminately.
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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