North Carolina Newspapers

IT iw TOvPitd a nn u V -Li J j 1 0 W, H, KITCIHN, Owner. WE MUST WOBK FOE THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE SUBSCRIPTION : 1.60 PER YEAR. i i VOL! Mi; in Homo. 'Hi rcmcinlx-r, Sweet A summer long ago A onie-t village st net, It- house a-row; J i i . ; . 1 ehn trees sha.ling oaob, I lav wi . ,' ,jiic cl.-ispiri A in ! ! haw ii'- c,.;ir r. I.'l t lie Sl! I V liic as n.-t h W I'. .hill- ' '"'Ud ant- W llil 1.1 ! ? II jj a a .. '. tli.- I.iv;t-t. ' ' '' ' " 'ring! i mi I i,, , u., ' ''' IP CO IV Ml'm,-ll!lS How . . Is , ' bancs that Mood I u a i ' -.v. . t II V Ir, ;, ,.f 1 '''' ' l:"u its .-I..,,! rest, ii--.. r h.-.-u : hut r l.-r il M. "' ' ' : I I!'.' ilou.'r i .'.as i'-'.t . Liiiii!Mr ray, Mi-iUfl n , , mi's. , ) '!'' our e.in s. Aini aM mi' m.'I.i , f u.-alth 1 :" !i' !; '!' . h.-aith. 1 it -.1 ' 1 1 ? l.--'-iii . i.-i,- ,,t tii. .lay " ' - n i Li-, ;ij ,,,i,t l i !. . ': . . . . , ., , j, , s ;i ),. i)i ,iki ' i1-' -oi ! .i !; i 'i u i i i' I a I'i- e. .Id, i i m t !. mih ; "I'.- ami m- ;,n- -V. ': . ',.! oi s. .!.( 1 ' ' ',v ' : - ''' Tti.-i 1 :-i uis slow ' : " ia-I l . ,ui'.- mi l 1 .riht !.. t u -'... 1 U 'i''.. I" W iU it 1m - ! i" .1 'i 1 t itoiy J iino, : ' i a ! lli- ;i.l i'i.-, , " :1 tiii-l 1 -ur home; ' --li'-!:' '-.'.I nook. ! ' !M i!i.- Shine's f..I.l, V r;..!;;,r look, A -1 ; " ' ' U" r-:m:m. hid 1 Ilous.-keopin- An Ap;.cho Ambuscade. V.Y ( . . M.MInNY. n !v l,u in a li-l.t ith A.acho ' '!" in one .sn.l do not in the ' d -i' i- crave for a r.'O.-tition of '' . '!' ''. Il took )r.,:rv ill August, ''ia n Nana w it ii "hi.s hand of ' At'a.-lies M.'iv raidinir and " '''".in!, Dona ;md So.-orro .' in New Alrxico. JJefore this e..j.!e liad enjoyed a few 1 ' r -j.ite from the ravages of the ' '-i'':' X'i.-iorio. whoin th.-allcued had "lj "i rmn'-nt iiad driven on !.. F.r two year and a half i ('"ioii.'l I Tat li and his ! Ninth eavalry at detlaitce, and i.,.o i :;! and o;'o;re-s were arrotol th- -.-alditi- hnife of tlie savage. In ;t '"iod ion i .oiK women and eliii "'! v-'t ' t'Tt'ired. otji raged and nnir '' -1 with :!:aT I i -1 j i i -1 i eru.-lty wiiicli -': the Alaehe as tile mot l'lltllkss ' il'-s of Anifri'Mii Indians, o; mi ei! day f.:- himself, 1m it a happy tor N't -v M' ieo. Vlchirio ventured tho ?d- i. an horder into the 'hilinahiri. This Mexican state : :!:;! ! : i n sympathy for incarnate - -M'-h a tia- Apaeltes. It ii!ts a Indi. m's scalp the same as a that ;' a v.o.f, and sutlieiently to in-.- its soldiers to the greatest I' to the Mexicans under i Lui- i' ;-r.;-:h that the Tcrri- : N. Nh m, o owed its temporary ' t;'1 t i to - oi t he . pa .1 ies. lie i i, i.-i i o and his hand in the '"loit.-'i'is ah. iit eighty live at I; u .-1 . . ,' Li ! 'a-o, h i lied most : : a 1 ni i i : e Viet. i'i . and .' .ni- -.jii-. w and children u ly. Nina. Vietorio's lieu- -'U' ahout t u euty hraves made " ! . aoe. Tiiev were joined y a . ; ., :;..! - from the Mescalero ;md w ith the advent of -.-ii. . hieh hegir.s in July it;. pt 'till er. anot ln-r Indian - it- i-C'-.n-tt' d. Nana was a t i i ; : i- ; : a i -'. ; ve man t han ic- i ! ; : : . : ' i M v of hi- movements '.if- ! : o. .p-. A splendid I n ,1 ; i f i " and eiht inches ' . well ; . i r ;im I m t ed in the ; i iiiim r. lie can outtravel . i k ep it uj for days together. : j r.ii-i- i;i two months est;th i t '. I i i m'i if throughout -N"ow ' T!a i rains on the Southern Pa- tMi-.i-ded hy troops, st;iges to rn:.. h.ioliiing was stopped '. a ; . as thorouglily cut off :.': a- tiioutih they were under : a Liidr Mi-iri'. J'or weeks in Sil- " tia o at of Crant county, the o n hn ad hut once a week, and :.., -.-it ies of life reached ia -tate of alhiirs when, on f Augu-t 1 ". the little com enty men from the Ninth ii which I had offered to lur.tecr. rode into the mining k. Val'ev to rest for a few taking up the trail of the Lieutenant George W. i ! in of the civil war and as : : a- i '.it drew saber, was a vcrv bad feeling existing ".a ' ;, the eh iz.ens and the ; ,t i . i w . re denounced as .- : s, as not caring to light and as i a'.ii.g well earned t of 'i.ue'.do" soldiers, which had hestovvd upon them in -all iutiiu aUeiupttf to V Wi quish him. Among th Vo(,p T. I .T-'I . . round j.iixe v;tiii'V win, -:,r,,,. t f .... ,. 1 . ..... 1 ! sentiment - i i ec w as i ,-(r( Ddv. nwiKTliilc;-.,..,, , , t. ,. , , ,. ,, au ':'.(J Califurniim : - ic.i.' , , i i i . ; i K o a . md Colorado miner and a man of the n.st .! , rate f..iir iii st i ! s H rat c age. During ,, l'( :-t :.t Like V-.H.-v Dly t;tint(l Li. lit. ii.it.f St. Mih f.,r lr -inu tlic A.:.- !i.-s Mr-.n;:ly. Smith. t'-xplainc) tin! in- lr,.l .ljf t -..niv m.-i, it 1 M . it , - , .... ' " ' 1"' HKil.iii- !;;,; Ii.ll V ti,i'( tines tJiat tiuiii '. I'll! hi' ,'. ided that if Daly v;t :i!i iiii t 'n Jii n I.- j' I,., c,,,,!,! .,, a party of citi- Zi-iis :im :(.-. . i I :i !.:!... I,;i' I'i'-'i t !: !l.i ,-"!f. iicn-.M', ami in a I to-'.'thcr .and iiiO'ii-, niostly i .t! V ai'.'i fl"V hour, J),, i co.'i' t i armed som. lu,i,tv , tinners, to :,, tilt: v Lieut enant Smith's foiiim .ml. Da:;,"., men were not very well moaat.-d. ami mere mainlv armed with the ,,ld Wineheshr riile, which enrrics only ahoiit :;(0 van Is. rl h.-soldiers were iiiined with the regu lation Sprino'tield oarhira-. It was not until the morning of the li'th at ahout 1 o'clock, that the comma'-., i ), ft j.p,.,. ';l!!eV, ciii.ns and sol dieiy. 'e ,,,,) infonpation that tiie Indians had camped at Dor.-ndo Springs, and we hoped to co;ne up with them he lorc la ii-ht. Ahout nine mih .s out we came upon tie- place when- the Indians had camped ! Highland the trail at one.- orf.u ,,,T JN eruliimr showed that they had only ju-t "-truck." ramp, and as the "si-u" was plenty we had no trouble in "liftiii'j; it" almost at a Lfaiiop. It led on to the mouth of the (J.ahallon Canon on the west slope of the Mimhres Mountains and al.out ei';ht miles south-we-t of the ranch of ;i stoekm-in .aimed lirockman. Very soon after we entered the canon the advance u'liard of live men fell hack and reported Indians ahead ahout. half a mile oil'. Lieut. Smith nr-der.-d the guard to move on a short dis tance in advance, tmt they were evident ly getting demoralized in the face of the cn.-mv, and we had gone hut a little wav ; when they again halted and waited for , the main hody to come up. The sergeant j in charge said that he wanted flanker to j support him and clearly did not regard ; with pleasure the post of honor he occii- ! pied. The lieutenant ordered him to i again advance .ahout loo ards hut the guard had not gone ten yards when fire I was opened on the party from hoth sides ! of the canon. The Indians were in am- ! hush all around us. Not a -ingle Apache could he seen, hut everv cactus hu-iiand ! I every boulder scented to vomit forth, lire. ! Men dropped on everv side before the unseen enemy. At the tirst volley poor Smith was shot through the lower part of the body and fell from his horse. "Help ine on my horse !" he cried to j the first sergeant. The hitter ran , to his a ! saddle. istauee and placed him in his ! "Dismount bo ! ned take to the j rocks for your live!"1 was the next com- mand. j It was immediately obeyed. Every I rock that a man could get cover behind was occupied a fast a the men could hurl ; themselves from their saddle. Horses and everything besides arms were ; abandoned. As 1 clamber, d behind, the ! shelter of a huge boulder on the south side of the canon where the (ire seemed . w.-ahest, I glanced beh.w and saw Lieu tenant S; it it li and Daly, side by side. 1 make a da-h down the eanoit, a though to tight their way through the howling Apaches, whose wild, triumphant cries 1 of "Hi! Ki! Viiii!'' now tilled tin- air. . Tln v had not gone twenty feet when i both fell from their saddles literally ! riddled with bullets. They both had ; stood bv the challenge made at Lake ' Valley and had died as only brave men can die. Two soldiers and one citizen i while making for cover were shot dead ' in their tracks. Two citizens escaped ' on horseback, and brought the news of the disaster to Lake Valley. I The Indians now had it all their own i way. Having: secured the government I hor-es and ammunition and arms of those ! killed, they made lively efforts to dis : lodge those living from the cover of the rocks. The slightest exposure brought I a leaden messenger; yet we were com ix lied to expose ourselves in order that the red devil did m i steal upon us una ware. I had lost my canteen and from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon had to endure the most agon izing thirst under a lurid and semi-tropical sky. a fate I shared in common with nearlv all my companions. It was not until after -1 o'clock that the Indians left, just as re-enforcements could be seen in the far distance. The most horrible in ..e fight was to be compelled to w it... - the muti lation of our dead comrade. The squaws and children stripped the bodies naked, lighted fires upon their stomachs until the entrails were consumed, and other wise mutilated them in the most fiendish manner. Lieutenant Smith wore a beau tiful blonde mustache. This, together with the upper lip, was cut off and hung on a cactus bush near where he fell. "When his body was brought into Fort Bayard neither hi wife or two little children could be permitted to look upon his dead face, ami strong men were un able to gaze but a moment upon the havoc wrought upon (bid's temple. Poor Smith, I really believe, had a nreaionit ion of lit ileal n. l ne uigm, before the- fatal niwuing ho .sang by the SCOTLAND NECK. camp fire, we all joining in the r rroru, that old sonc of brave men facing' in evitable death. How his ruagnilicei.t v. lice rang out : 'Cut off from the land that nre us, T',. tr.-! -f.l hy tho land w tiad With the hrav.; nvn pn l. for: iv, And we wortnh.s h it D-hir.'l. Then stand e your jrla-v-j - st- a.ly The fc.jh are here, the wi-.- On' toa.st to tli- l.-ad ahead , And hurrah for the next who .lies." N.-w Y. .rk .'Star. A Cine fur AlcoiioIiMi!. I was one of those unfortunates .jiven to strong drink. It reduced me to deg radation. I vowed and st rove long and hard, but I seldom held victory over liquor long. I hated drunkenness, but still I drank. When I left il off I felt a horrid want of something 1 rnu-t have or go distracted. I could neither eat, work fir sleep. 1 entered a reformatory ami prayed for strength : still I mu-t drink. I lived so for over twenty years; in that time I na-ver abstained over three months hand-running. At length I was sent to the house of correction a a vagrant. If my family had been provided for I would have preferred to remain there, out of liquor and temptation. Explaining my aliliction to a fellow- prisoner, a man of much education and experience, he advised me to make a vinegar f ground qua.-da, a half ounce steeped in a pint of vineg'ar, and to put about a small teaspoonful of it in i little wider, and drink it down every time the li.juor thirst came upon me violently. I found it satisfied the cravings, and suffused a feel ing of stimulation and strength. When I was discharged I continued this cure, and persevered till the thirst was con quered. For two years I have not ta-h d li.juor, iind 1 have no desire for it. Lately, to try my strength, I have handled ami smelt whiskey, but T have no temptation to take it. I give this for the consider ation of the unfortunate, several of whom I know have recovered by the same mean which I no longer require to use. Connec ticut Home. About IJinK The people of this country spend an- nually over 2. 000, 000 for singing birds, j writes a. Xew York correspondent. All the warbling in Italian and German from behind the footlights does not equal in cost, therefore, the twitterinii of the feathered pet in guilded cages. Nearly 5(10.000 birds are imported into this country every year. Two large houses on Park row handle the majority of them, and in a talk with one of the members of a firm I was told that the finest birds we get are the canaries from the Hartz Mountains in Germany. "The genuine birds,'1 he said, "sell for from ." to'2-Ti apiece, according to their singing ability. I suppose there are 400,000 canaries imported each year at hast. Then come finches, linnet, love birds and parrots. The rarest bird we have ha.l yet is the king parrot. It is a per fect rainbow in colors. "Wc have only had two this year." This house send birds all over the country and into Can ada, besides exporting them. Virginia mocking birds and red birds are very popular in sonic pari of Europe and bring fancy price. People do not al ways buy birds for tlu ir iugiiig quali ties. Some prifer those of beautiful plumage rather than of sweet voice. Deaf mutes always purchase the former for instance. f far vesting Flies. Purer Frank Seoville. of the steamer Drew, surprised "the boys" the other dav when they saw' him carrying undei his arms cylindrical shaped fly traps well tilled with flic. To the inquiries he re plied: "Fin harvesting for the winter. I dry these flies, and when the cold weather is here feed them to my mocking birds. They make a very nice relish for them. During the summer I gather about a bushel of flic-sin these traps, and tln-sn last all w inter. Ilel'ore giving them to the bird I soak the Hie a little, and that freshens them up. That is a good receipt," and the genial purser skipped on tothe big boat to empty the trap of their contents and return them to some place to be refilled. Albany .lournal. Earning of Metropolitan Lawyers. The legal profession in New Vork is very remunerative, writes Foster Coates. Col. F.ob Inge rsoll and Kos- oe ('.mkling are both said to be making ove r sdOo.ooi) a vear. .b-eph II. Choat-- makes consid erably over that. So does Senator Evarts. There are hundreds of lawyers who make from .'2"),00i to ijr.O.OoO ye arly. And the number who make from $10.o0u to $20,000 would fill a column. A Cosmopolitan Ship. In a citv like N'-w 'ork may be found representatives of almost -'every epoch of history and every locality of the world." One scholar says that in New York he has heard c ighty-four languages and distinct dialects spoken. The signs alone in the crowded parts of the city show the cosmopolitan character of the population. The Forum. Ue Evidently Hail Not Tried It. "Do vou have good drinking water here.'" asked a stranger in Kentucky. "Guess it's pretty good," replied the native: "never sc e ne-. I o hurt the horses nor cattle." X. ('.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER ' IS;. CATCHING TURTLES. How The Succulent Monsters Are Captured. Exciting Scenes in the Moon light on the Gulf of Mexico. A man who ha. spent some time catching big turtles in the Gulf of Mex ico siid to a New York Star reporter: "I don't know how you catch turtles up here, but down in the Gulf of Mexico wc have an exciting lime of It. Turtle hunting i a great sport, but a good many people object to it on account of the mosquitoes. Mosquitoes? Well, I should remark. A man can't hunt tur tles around the Gulf of Mexico unless he is a thoroughbred fighte r of mosquitoes. ''Most of the green turtles we get down our way come from around the Chandekur Islands, about forty miles from the Mississippi coast. These islands make up a string over forty miles long, and are cover.-d by a chap paral as dense as any in Mexico. Not a tree grows upon them ; only a little sea weed. When the water is high the waves wash up to tin- thicket, but at low water a fine strand, fim-r and larger than the beach at Galveston, is re vealed. "On some of these Island are a num ber of fishermen's huts or tents, and the southern end is occupied exclusively by the red snapper and bluefish fishermen from New Orleans and Mobile. Most of the red snappers and pompano furnished to the cast are captured by these fisher men. Along in .Inly all the she turtles for mile around in the Gulf come up to the island at night when the tide is low and lay their eggs ia the sand. "Hut I w ;ts going to tell you how we catch turth-s down there. It's the easiest thing in the world. Along in the night, when they come out of the gulf to lav the ir eggs or gambol on the Band or flirt, you start out armed with a stout pole or young tree. When the turtle hears you coming he makes a start for the sea, and you have to do some tall hustling to get there. A turtle is a sharp-eyed and fine-eared fish, and if he gets a, good start the chances nro strong against his being caught. As a rule there are more than one hunter, as one would have great difficulty in managing one of the big fellows. When you get up to the turtle just shove your sapling under him and turn him over on his back. A turtle is knocked completely out when he is lying on his back, and is unable to do anything but paw the air and kick. Some of them weigh 800 and 000 pounds, so you see one man couldn't very well handle such a moun tain. Even with two or three the hun ters have to possess considerable dexteri ty in order to throw the monster. If the turtle kept still until you ad justed your pole, and let you tug away at him, it would be all right; but he keeps on the run and makes quick and uarm work for the hunt ers. An SO0-W)und turtle can get over sand at an amazing rate, and wdien you take into consideration the fact that this S00 pounds of solid matter is going at an express train gait you can readily perceive that it requires a practiced hand to capture liim. "As I said before, It's worn work, and it is- made warmer by tlr- way you have to dress. Down in that chapparel are billion and billions of mosquitos. They are these giant, grav-iiaeked fel lows with peak on them like sharp pointed darning needles. Tliey come in cloud and run their stingers through tanned rhinoceros hide. Ord.nary cloth ing is no protection against them. The hunter ha to take the very thickest can vas, old sails or something Ike that, and coat it thickly with coal tar or coai oil. Mosquitos don't like coal or much, but if they are hungry their appetite doesn't itand on ceremony or epicurean taste." Indian Idea Ahout I'lliirinn. Some of the Indians of Mexico have queer ideas about religion. A correspon dent of the Boston Ib-rald tells how a parish priest was puzzled not king- ago by a query put to him by Ind ian p: rishiom rs bringing wooden crosses fo 1c blessed, they invariably asking him to dess "the heart, of the cross." That phrase, "the heart of the cross," surprised him, and finallvhe contrived to g- t hold of one of the crosses brought to him for blessing, ami found i'i the intern r M hollow, in which was a small owl. the virn i'i bird, the tecolote of the Aztecs. Then he knew whv the Indians had been so anxious that the In-art of the cross should receive the blessing. It is a "rt of "good Lord, good devil" religion tin- Indians have. They wish to be on the right ide of the Christian Deity, and. at the same time, "to keep solid." a- the phrase is, with their ancient diviniti.--.. Prevention Better than fnre. "I hope, my dear, said a m-w ly made Benedict, "if I should happen to be out nights occasionally you won't be lonely." "Oh. no clear." she replied sweetly. "If vou should find it necessary to be out, I'll send for ma to keep me com pany." He's home early every night. New York Sun. 1 KV'ht fur a FIa?. How bravely th S.-uth. n; d. f.-nd-e-1 their thigs iipp. irs from Si rgt. Mi'.- lei's cp. ri-ii . at (b ttjb".r. Md:-r belonged to Company G, Eighth hio Yeiurit.tr Inhntrv. lb- hid dr. ady smt several pri.-:ier to th far .h- u heau, a short dhuue a a way. !.!'- thing tempt ing: it wm h Co fing in the centre of t Is j cc or fo .1- r knot At that moment a eh. plodcd just over th.-ir html. A piece struck the c olor b. art r and brought him to his knee. The i ol-.t-s were not suf fered to touch tlm ground. A young officer spranir forward and gra-p. d the staff. This m in Ha" already wound--.!. Covered with dust, the blood trickling from a gah on hi forehead, without a hat, hi eyes blazing, holding hi- h-in but precious standard aloft in cm- i. i: 1 while he guarded it with his ban- i.ipi.-r in the other, he seemed tia living impersonation of valor. Hut j he was almost alone, hi revolver empty ana tils line ot retreat marly cut oil. lie backed slowly towards a gap in the fence near which he stood. Once ontheotin r side of it he might reach his ow n lines in safety. But the foe man was upon him. The Ohio soldier confronted tl - brne Confederate and bade him Miiiiinl- r. Nine out of ten men would have- done sc.. But No I Holding the flag behind him, the officer parried with great dexterity th thrusts made by the sergeant, who w as loath to shoot this gallant youth, but there was no time to lose; if he wanted the flag he must act promptly. "Sur render, or I'll shoot !" he cried. In re sponse the point of the slender blade pierced his wrist. Miller had to shoot. The Southern hero fell backward upon his banner. So tight was his grasp n the staff that Miller had to tear off the flag. New York World. What Drowns Good Swimmer. I would not be at all astonished if numerous cases of drowning, in which the victim is a good swimme r, were due to rush of blood to the brain, producing insensibility. The common explanation is that the strong swimmer, who is seen to sink suddenly, was taken with a cramp. But from my experience I m led to think that it is not cramp, but a sort of apoplexy that strikes men in such ocioca and renders them completely help less. If it was merely a cramp of u leg or arm I do not believe that strong men would sink suddenly and almost without a struggle as we see that they do in so many cases. Every one who reads the papers will recall numerous instances at the seashore and at every bathing resort where these mysterious drownings take ple. I never knew any one to try to account for them except by the cramp theory. The medical men ought to study the matter and see if there is not some ground for the be lief that apoplexy, pro duced by pressure of blood on the brain, is not more likely to be ihe cause of death in the water than drowning in consequence of cramp. Rochester Post Express. Handling Vast Sums Dally. John P. Bitter, the assistant manager of the Clearing House here, writes Foster Coates from New York, has probably seen and handled more than any man in the world. He has been more than '22 years in the institution. All the money received and paid out in balances passes through his hands. The- daily balances run from fl, 000, 000 to f T.Oiio.ooO, and in one instance as high a ", la, 000, 000. Mr. Hitter has handled these vast sums day after day for years without making an error of a penny. A rough estimate of the total amount that has passed through his hands at the clearing house would be be tween 30,000,000.01)0 and $31,000,000, 000. This amount ha not been handled in the form of notes, bonds or other ne gotiable securities, but in actual cash. The largest legal tender issued by the government is for 10.000. These bill are plentiful enough in the clearing house, where they greatly facilitate busi ness, making it quite ea-y to handle the enormous sums necessary from bank to bank each dav. A Woeful History. Two friends are walking along the I street. One of them, pointing to a j house.' says : i 'Theie's a beautiful place, but it's ! enough to make a man sad to look at I it-" "Whv so?" ! "On account of its history : for, de- : spite it calm and serene surroundings, j it was built upon the groans, tears, i Wailings and blood of w idow, orphans, i old men and struggling women." "You don't say so. Wa it built by a i railroad monopolist?" ! "Oh. no; by a dentist." Arkansaw ; Traveler. i mm f On the Safe Side, lie I see that between sixty and one hundred persons in different parts of the country have been poisoned by ice cream. She (turning palei---Did any of them die, George? Ib----N-uo; but some- of them were vcrv sick. J She (color slowly coining ba"kt---0ne I cannot be too careful. Geo;--., . where one j cat ice cream. Ib n -aftc r b t us stick to Delmonico's. Harper's Baur, X II N TIKI' M Kilc 'I : . ah- V. ! o ; ! "i t" 'I ':.. . , a : -. . i t u;. o.:v n. ... ,s". -.' '. h v- rive t ir.'..-h ,,itt- . i .:,. to I hi; tie- ' a; h" ! ike in ft,.. T J 1 '. a c . . rdh.g t Dr. A i- d.:u the Oiv graph:. .! o. ;- t ! V i '.to il :" : !a -..? id.-- -'lid r . :,:;!, .- an OI. a! I'I- c. i e a! 1 1 f. ..'al that ane 'C g i d .! '. il P . r is pr .ni.: ;t! i up..:,: - r. oi:.- cotilaiU.k i p. a - oi ?:.....: ' .rt :.. a v , . E -.p : inn :.t :,i:id- i:. F: .: . i: ".Wp s. i" ph- !'-gr..phv h 4 I .. u st., . . -f ii. with a c .us- r t .. i th-- .dectrie ku.tadc-c- ui light it is - . . i :., he p.,-sih'..- to pho tograph s'lak. :i -taps, and make simpler the di . r's j.. i i' . w.uk. A new- di-c..cry t that sea water mv he m. eie dl ink dee hv the Ust' of liUaite of silvc r. By tiii- ue an- chioiide of sil v. i ; precipitate.!, ami a harmless min eral water i pro. hi. . d. An ounce of .it t ,1 .. iie.We hi If -i i ,i nt of water drink- able. A manufacturer of Koubaix ha in- vented a useful applic.-itic n of electricity to looms. Ih- adopts .an indic ator which strike when a thread breaks, and thus saxes the weaver from the close ttttrn- thui to tin- ipiick moving threads, wliich is so in jurious to the-sight. An assist;!. a of Prof. Virchow, Dr. Ira wit., finds that about one-third of tin- cases pronounced in life muscular rheumatism, arc shown by post morte m examination to he .lue to triciiime or pork worms. In insfain r observed, it ' is siud th:it tin- parasites must have he en present in the iiiim-Ich for many years. T II lnt .ill-llIiMi lt-e n n.iilu if tlli Taf.tr ... ........ - valley, r ranee, then-.are numerous speci mens of stones, about 1 inche s in diame ter, which are remarkable for being hol low, and enclosing li.piid water, and sometime s a loose stony nucleus. It is supposed that the water must have pene trated the pebbles through tlu ir minute pores, for not a sign of a crack can be seen, even by the aid of a strong glass. The Congo company, which has tho concession for constructing a railway iu Africa, is sending out an expedition to select the best route, and to explore tho country ad joining the upper Congo, with a view to its commercial development. It is expected that the railway, which will join the upper and lower Congo, will be from 2n to ;'.oo mile long. The expedition will be in charge of Capt. Thyo, a Belgian officer. ('rubbing in Maryland. This business is of larger proportions at Oxford this year than it has ever be mi before, says a correspondent of the Bal timore Sun. Hard crabs an- plenty in the two river and of fine size and quali ty. Ahout sixty men are :.f v. , : J; ... h ing crabs,, each of whom w ill earn on an average tfl.oO a day net, making a day or .f ilO a week m ca-h distributed in the town. The daily catch is about SO barrel, each containing ."on crab, or 2 l.tiOO hard cral caught and shipped every dav in this little tow n, The catch is soPJ to the resjilent packer, who pay thirty-five cents a hundred for the in. About half of them arc shipped by steamboats to I.altimoic, and tie- otlnr half byr rail to Wilmington, Philadelphia and the- small towns on th- rout'. 'I here are other crab tislieri: -, on the ( hoptank 1 . i ...... i f. ... . i .. : 1 iiiius uio.se- iu u.M.iiii. . ,ii!.! 'i i'it' i- an important point for tld- hu-inev., :mi large quantities an- ah., .-hipped from T raver's wharf, at the lead of Le comptc's Bay. Ibre the crab fi-liers have a camp of board hut- on t h- shore, in which th'-V live th'-ough ail the sea son. A crabber's outfit r r-tisi-t- I o:it. n it, (..!.. trot i oik i , iiii.. ..n,l . J.,.-,- r. i.t , ' M.iny of them u-e the canm - in wiiich J they ovstf r d-inrig Mi.it -.a-., ,: oth'-rs have small and .-. i bat:.-. or. -r - l.i If-. There i not meet, .-non. i.avt t'd in lie . Miiniiiii .nolo '.''i, i . i I'aii i a: I ......i.i.:..,, . . .... . ,. i.- .i i m da : i i -. at infervai- of three f. a t, pen- 1 dent lines of -in di-r cord, a f" ,iii . . ii j i' f 1 ' r on e ie. in- i:-i' r!ia-n s.,t,oi -. ar". Jittaelieil. ali'l .. t!i"- tie la;!, are fa-- e fii t,-n-d. from ::oo t , -ao of ti. to -i e i lg 1 - en i a t ia t ;;:.-. Ed- an- preferred to,- hai: im: ti.,- -up.; p!y i m,t ad-quat" to th" -b ,., md. and : beef triti" jiroeured from B dtim'T'- and . Wiiinington but hers lat-.h u-eI. ! ' A trii- cost '-',0 cer-t-. and will ; make about b'.o hat. s. The iin, ! are baiteii evc-rv dav. Tie hots! that have not h- c n mm h -of n .v- left in, hut th" hulk h.l to he 7(,'.,eefl chii'v. At Oxford ' rah t;-:h wdiose catch i- to he -hi j . I by rail work from 12 o'clock midnight unt'd I'i o'clock noon. Other- get out about : .'i im k in tin-morninir. and ui at anv ho::r in the afternoon when they have a .-efficient Catch. The fi-h'allioi i.'-o'a ,!i hi tiot-iim- with on- hai. md wnh his bow net in th-ott.er. i-ag- th- rah as they appear at tii" bail- at the end of the " --liOoi ;s. 1 Ii'-rc ,i ! e ' a my Oa s when no work can be; 'a-, hot the earning throegii t!a - i- a, .,r- very important to the !. -;iei .;.... ' li...imiore Sua, M mijeu Cum pnat ln. On wai-win. m !nr nd v r.-. ;i..(!,rr, ia ,-;.!; ' f . (!, r .'.-! ) m t --r , i; t . T cf.V-1 .?...). a tt - i Orw a-i-ia . t' -a- i . ; ... hv ; - . ".- r. i i . . t . i Who, ! h.- !'. J ! i . -' ?-'. L i.t ,- in l i ?. -. : - --I :- -! !....!--,.. !'. ! ? t. '. . . a. , . ' ' i t . TV .-t ' - ! .. !. ;,.'.:-.'!' ' W i.. li- !.!.- - i i a. . . . - I .,.-, i.i k . r : - oi W'.si . ..' a t ,a ' 1 'a. , U. : :. : ' ' - la.u.a 'Unit c Dll. .1 . 1 ea.- - fc-o V f . Tlava :i.. .: !. .i. t III MoKOl s. Kipe f .r n.i !on. 1 .p-.har s-o,;!... r ! . and fid diifks. ream it c am...: he i:..t! hioN - .id ttcvt the fluid,;!' jit ;.. . i .: r I u a w be iiis. "ibi. is .!. r !. k :!,"., ! the h -. 1 1 -. r .i- he . v an, ; 1 t 1 . .d. t ! j man's h- id 11,,- -,-t im in t ! . , d ' a ; I -1 - h it isn't MJ(. ,v p, , , r j,, p, j lW . ,! tt.e lo.a'hu.l.t it he! , . , , A s. ! 1j! J- ! a, i , t ,. ),. It " I: is f..-i:id w le re tin- gi . u m r . nth spot Why would a I.!... -a to make a s a. . ' - ! . . i h likely . , , , ,i 1 , i fin ..ui-ei,(,ai.asJ;i-st,li;,., ii"-- ..I ... - If ou k i-h to f .tt. n a onia' h ihy what should nii do n it:, i ;' I kn.w it i ; i f x, Uj,i.,.v lt VMo loUlC! cjoW II pililllp. "If Worn. Il rue I. -illv a!,;a !-," W tltes an old ha. hi 'a.!. "W h d.ai t tie y llv o . r the f Ill-lead making Ml' Il a fc iirl'ully a w k w aid i'i. of .luuhn.-f"' ".Mus'ie," w rote C.ilUle, "isaklldof i nait icu Lit e, unfit hom.tb'c- -p.. eh. ' It must he that he had l'i-t in .id a high one e.l sooiaia. ii,;;i r in a I'ln nometuil ( .lUrr, , j ;r A New Hampshire farmer on beinsg a-ked to addre ss a c lass of Sumlay-M-hool children s;,id: ' -My ib-ai e hild reii, religion is a e rv good thing; re ligion is an cm client thing - it's it's better than tin- h st mh . . pie J ever ate." "How docs it happen that tin!' arn so many old maids among the school teachers?" u-kc-d a report i r of a tea. her the other dav. "I'.- in - s, h'.ol 1 1 .n h er are, as a rule, women of sense; unci no woman will five up a .f;o position for a j 10 man," v as t he reply. 'I he Pel ie an Fish. The investigations which hae b-n made- bv dr-daing into the fauna of tho W at i'i - of t he l e. p S.aS ill VHrio'I paits of the world lias resulted ill the .list,,-, e ry of most (.centric forms of animal life, morn e ice la 1 1 V among the tidies ; but Iioti- ex cc i i in I h'-ir ! p..: t nr.- from t he c .rdinary type the pelican li-h, which was dredged Up from a cbplh .f a mih- and a half oft th.-coiuit c.f Mum" i n, 1 1 t far from tho Canary Islands. 'Ihi-ti-h, which .li!Tn w idely from m i pi - i. m- ! v k no', n t y pe, pre-i-nts a mo-t et raordiiiarv d-vi lop- llient of th-: mouth. The jaw are CX i i . i i i . i Hi meiv i.-irge, ami ti,- n...r oj in.- never ', , , . a . i U-.V IS lullln'l of ,l O IV Ctei-l.c sUlfi J - ' i whi'h, when fi!!.d w rh food, con-t ;t ute'i a so, t of j.oU' h li k- t hat of t la p ! i an ; it is probable that ti.e fir t Ma-.M-s of th's iig.-tion id fo.td may he .aimd on in this c,v, ity, a- tlie -ton. ;n h if- vi rv sin all. The- f.;. aro ' hardly le-- r markabb- tittn th" jawn. j The pectoral tins uri- vi ry ra'iim' ii'ary, ! wh'ii-t th- dor-al aral the v-r.tra! are j "..i h cor,-fituted hv a r.n.fe of free de- i . , .. . , , ! ta ie d -pirn s. I niikemo.v of the m- ,t , , " ,, ,v sea. whi'h an- ft. .p.. i.t iy l.al. th'5 p-!i" ui !;-!. hi- two " - p:.a "d ia fiofit r . i a 'i'i f,f toe in rlnr.i lo.. I I. i ! " . I iMU i r , . . . , ' of tie- hodv, t.,p- na"-to a i.o.at at. the I i i end. make it certain thai th ''. h IlIUil , r ; sw on hv the w ivmg of th o a, t,! tail from -i'i" to -id. ; h it i's ii. ov- aa -its : ,tl!... ,. Vl.rv ,,i, ,.... Ir i- pr--i. -bb that, like our arci.-r ;-). i' - .:, hS t t ,,,,,,) ,vLi, p !r ,. t lf ,(.(.:Uu ,,itht!l,. ,,,,, ..... .....i,- to .. .. , . , , ,. across the oj.etii.g. - r-t . .1 . "a s . tte. Stair Worry the Japanese. In .fajian sr.orway ar- a. me-: un kno .vr. Ib-nce. w h. ri Japa- . s,- ( ,;i, to thi- coon? rv and arc ;.j.r,.(j hi hoarding ho'i-es their apartments ut- gcm-raily in tin- third or fourth -tory. To reach their room- tin y .-ire cmp- le d at :!:-? to uj verv cautiously and with t!.'- ai'i of the b i!uter. Some do riot ee.i he-itate f go up cat-fashiin:, on ail four-, from -tep i to -tep. Th" iro li.ie is th.,? the-.' h tVU i not hiirned to haiaue.- the hodv as to ; .,.,.,,,1 ;u,.i descend as v.,:..,. Philadeb j -,hi:t pn-s-. Not -Just Vet. jo- -'Ar.- you in lao. of . remation ?" Eli- "Weil, not ' a l l . V "l -.-. I am not dead ct."---Ai-Luuuvv TiuV"itr