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"We Proudly call ours a Govenynent by tlie People. Cleveland. TERMS: S2.00 Per Year. VOL. VI WADESBOitO, N. CL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1885, NO. 4 7 R. H. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor. Term8!-Cah in Advance. One Year $2.00 Six Months - - - - - $1.00 Three Months .... - 60 ADVERTISING RATES. One square, first insertion - - $1,00 1 Each subsequent insertion - - 50 I Local advertisements, per line - 10 jf-Special rates given on applicatio for cnger time. Advertisers are requested to bring in their j advertisements on Monday evening of each wtek, to insure insertion hi next issue, v PROFESSIONAL CARDS. .John D. Pemberton. ATTORNEY AT LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. "iT Fraoti e in the State and Federa Courts. " JAMEU LOCKHAET. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, WADESBORO. N. C. lT' Practice at oil the Courts of the State. r. tittle. W. L. PARSONS. LITTLE & PARSONS, ATTOR.NEY8 A. "I" LAAV, WADESBORO, N. C. Collections Promptly Attended to. 1 1,1-1. DePew D E NTIS T, AVADESBORO. N. C. Office over G. W. Huntley's Store. All Work Warranted. May 14, '85, tf. SAMUEL T. ASHE, , Attorney fit Law, WADESBORO, K C. 1ST" ial attention given to the coll;c ti n of claims. DR. P. 13. FRONTIS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Offers his Professional Services to the citizens of Wadesloro and surrounding country. Of fice opposite Bank. A. B. Huntley. M. D. J. T. J. Battle, M. D. Drs. Huntley & Battle, PHYSiCIONS AND SURGEONS Wadesboro, N. C. Ofllcc next to Bank: May 7. tf HOTELS. YARBROUGH HOUSE, RALEIGH, N. C. PRICES REDUCED TO SUIT THE TIMES. CALL AND SEE US. DEPOT HOTEL. JAMES F. DRAKE, PropY. "Convenient to all the trains. I. IT. TIORTCXNT, JEWELER, WADESBORO, N. C. Dcalear in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Breech and Muzzle Loading Shot Guns, Pistols, &c. Vnson Institute, WADESBORO, N. C. . D. A. MCGREGOR, PRINCIPAL Assistants. J. J. Burnett, A. B., (Wo ford College.) t AH. Eller, A. B ., (Chapel Hill .) Miss. M. L. McCorkle, (N. E. Conserva tory of Music, Boston.) The next session will begin Monday Au gust 31st, 1885. Tuition In Literary Department, $3, 3 and S4 per month. Instrumental Music, $4 per month . Vocal Music, $4 per month. Vocal Music in classes of four $1' per month. Board, - - - - - f 10.0J Contingent fee, 1 per year. Use of piano for practice 50 cents per month. For further particulars, address the Prin cipal. Morven High. School, IOItVEN, IV. C. JAMES W. KILGO, A. B., Principal. tW The Fall Session begins on the 3d August 18S5, and runs through five months. TUITION, PER MONTH. Primary, Intermediate, Advanced $2.00 - 2.50 8.00 Board ta $3 TO $10 per month. For further particulars address the Prin cipal. WI L MURR, MUNtFACTCRER AND DEALER I2T I Tii-ware, Sheet-Iron AND HOLLOW WARE. WADESBORO, N. C. PATIENCE. Have patience, heart! There were no rose that were not first . closed bud. How comes the day I Not with the noondaj sun o'erhead, Bat slowly stealing op the east, in fain tee red. Have patience, heart! Wait so thine owl life's dawning good. Have patience, heart! Seek not at morn to make the day as bright as noon. Force net the bud, before its time, to be I rose. How s'.owly, when we watch the sky, ths daylight grows; And yet, for all, indeed, the sun goes down too soon. Have patience, heart! For rain will come; thine own self knows. bow tear-drops fall Seek not to stay the clouds before they'vs spent their rain, Or else across tby sky the clouds may com again.. Have patience, grieving heart! for good must come to all Have patience, heart! What though no kisses fall upon thy tired eyes, And love holds not its rose to thee, nor day I fair? Mourn not; perhaps thy love needs Heaven's purer air. Oh, heart! be sure 'twill wait for thee in Paradise. Amy F. Blanchard, in Harper's Weekly. MY VEILED CLIENT At the time of the incident I ana about to relate I wag a young solicitor, with mi very considerable practice, and there fore not always so discreet as I might have been had I been able to pick and choose ray clients. My business hours were ostensibly from ten to five; but tho fact o? my house adjoining the office made mo subservient to the wishes of the public beyond the time stated oh the brass plate of my otrico door. Ia fact, it was generally after business hours that my most profitable clients canvj; and though I can say I refused many a time tho agency of some shady business, still I must confess with regret that once or twice I found myself unwittingly in volved in transactions which I would have much rather left alone. One of these I have occasion to remember too well, and lean never think of it but 1 thank Providence forsaving me from be coming an accomplice unwittingly in a most audacious piece of imposture. I was interrupted one night at tea by the servant entering and saying that a lady wished to see me. Hastilj finishing the meal, I hurried into my business room. As I entered and bowed, a lady rose, made a slight courtesy, and re mained standing. I begged her to-be 6cated, and asked of what service I could be to her. It was a little time before she answered, and then it was in a nerv ous, frightened way, glancing round the room as if she were afraid somebody else was present. I saw that, although she was dressed in good style, she had not the air of a lady; but as she wore a thick veil, I could not distinguish her features, though I made out a gray hair here and there. "I suppose I had better explain who I am and what I want," she began. "I am Miss Howard, of Graham square, and I want you to raake'out my will." I started voluntarily, for this elderly person, though I had never seen her be fore,had been the subject of many a sur mise and many a gossip with the neigh bors. She was reported to be very wealthy; but had apparently abandoned the world, for, during the last five years, she had shut herself up in her house, seeing no one but her servants. My curi osity was therefore piqued at the idea of making out this old eccentrit's will. Taking up a pen. I asked her to give me the particulars of how she wished the property disposed of. "That is very simple," she said. "I wish my whole property to go to Mr. David Simpson, of Stafford street, here. I have never been married ; and I want the will framed so as to cut off any heir who might claim relationship to me. I also wish you to act as my executor in teeing my will carried into effect." I made a note of Ihe instructions, and- asked when it would be convenient for her to call and sign the deed. "If you could have it written out by to-morrow night I could call then and sign it. I would like if you could arrange to have a doctor present to be a witness to my signing a young doctor, if pos sible." "Certainly, madam. To morrow night at this time will suit, and I will arrange about a doctor being present. Is there nothing else you wish mentioned in the will?" "No; nothing," she said, rising. "But be sure you make it so as to cut off all relatiDns." . I assured her everything would be as she des red; and after assisting her into the cab which was waiting, noticing the while that she had a slight limp in her walk, I retired to my study to frame the will in accordance with my instructions. Next night, punctual to a minute, she called; and as I bad a doctor present, the ceremony of signing was 6oon over, the doctor signing as. a witness along with my clerk, and appending a certifi cate of sanity, as desired by my client; and the deed was consigned to my safe. The affair had almost completely passed from my mind, when I was startled one morning by receiving a note from Mr. Simpson, the legatee in the will, informing me that .Miss Howard was dead. immediately proceeded to the house, performed the usual duties devolving upon a solicitor in such cir cumstances, and made X what arrange ments were necessary. After the funeral I had a meeting with Mr. Simpson, and explained.to him the position of affairs that he was sole legatee, and that I was executor. He . seemed to take the matter very coolly. I thought, but was anxious that everything should be real ized as soon as possible. . Our interview was very short; and I came away with a strong feeling of dislike for the man, who. I found, had acted as sort of factor for the deceased lady. Acting within the duties of my execu torship,. and also with a desire to find out If possible the' relations the old ladv Had been so anxious to cut off. I inserted a notice of her death in most of the lead ing newspaoers in the kingdom. This had the desired effect; for In the course of a few days I was waited upon by a young gentleman,' Edward Howard, who informed me he - was a nephew of the late Miss Howard; and had called upon me, having got my name and address from the office of one of the newspapers to which I had sent the advertisement., During my interview with Mr. Howard, I was much impressed with his bear ing n my telling him the position of affairs, as he was much more concerned at his aunt's death than at the purpose of her will. He told me that fi ve years ago he had married against his aunt's wishes; she had refused to recognize his wife; and though he had written her several letters, be had never heard from her in reply. He thanked me for my in formation, and said he would likely see me again, as he was coming into town to a situation he had just been offered. Borne weeks after this, as I was re turning home in the evening from a con sultation, my attention was arrested by the figure of a woman in front of mo. She was hurrying along as if trying to escape observation ; but there was something in her style and the limp which she had thatstruck me as familiar, though I could not remember where I had seen her. Just as she was passing a lighted part of the street she happened lo look round, and the face I saw at once explained to me the familiarity of her figure both face and figure being an exact counterpart of my late client's, Miss Howard ! Somehow or other bus picion flashed across my mind ; my in stinct told me something wa3 wrong, and I determined to follow her and see where she went to. Pushing my hat well over my brow and pulling the collar of mv coat well up, I followed through two or three streets, and was almost at her heels when she suddenly turned into a public house, when, so close had I followed her, I heard the attendant say in answer to an inquiry by her, "Number thirteen, ma'am;" and I saw her disappear into the back premises. - I immediately fol lowed, heard the doors of number thir teen shut, and glancing at the numbers, quietly opened number twelve, and after giving an order for some slight refresh ment to the attendant who had followed me, I took a hasty look arouud the room. I fotmd it was divided from the next one only by a wooden partition, which did not reach'the ceiling, and that, by re maining perfectly quiet, I could hear that a whispered conversation wis being carried on in the next room. The en trance of the attendant with my order disturbed my investigations: but on his departure, and regardless of the old say ing that listeners seldom hear anything to their own advantage, I did my best to make out the conversation. I dis tinguished the voices to be those of two men and one woman. The latter I at once recognized, or at least my imagination led mo to believe, to be the voice of the person who had called on me a year ago to make her will. The voice of one of the men was Btrange to me ; but after the discovery I had already made, I wa3 not greatly as tonished at recognizing the voice of the other man to be that of Simpson, the legatee in the will. The whole thin" flashed upon me at once, and I saw I had been made the innocent machinery for carrying through a clever and daring piece of imposture. I, however, listened attentively to the conversation, in order to fathom the whole affair. The first- sentence I made out cama from the 6tranger: "I told you young Sinclair was the very man to do the work for you. These young lawyers never ask any questions as long as they get the business." "Well, well," said Simpson, "that is all right now.' But the present question is, what is to bo done in the way of hur rying him up with the realization of the estate without exciting suspicion? The sooner we all get away from this tha bet ter. I am glad that young fellow Howard didn't ask any questions." But one thing's certain, we must get the old woman away from this immediately, or she's sure to get recognized. She's been keeping pretty close lately ; but I dare say she's getting tired of it. Aren't you, old lady!" "Indeed," was the reply, "I would be glad to get away from this place to-mor row if I could. I'm sure I only wish you could have been content with half of the estate with Mr. Edward, instead of burning the will, when you found it was to be divided between you and him, and fretting me to do what I did. I'm sure it's a wonder my mistress doesn't rise from her grave to denounce us all." "Keep that cant for another occasion, old woman; it's no use getting religious now. But I'll tell you what I've got an idea." Here the conversation got so low that could not catch more than an occa sional word, and what that idea was I never found out, as he never got the chance to try it on me, for I had heard enough to know that next door to me were three of the most daring conspira tors I had ever come across, who had duped me, and made me, though un wittingly, the chief actor in the con spiracy. My first idea was to lock the door cf the 100m they were in, and go for help; but as that, was likely to cause a disturbance,"I determined to slip out and trust to being back in time for their inest. , As luck would have it nearlj the .first man I met outside was a detec tive whom I had known very well in connection with some criminal trials in which I had been engaged. A few words explained my purpose; and signaling to the nearest policeman ho placed him at the door of the shop, and both of us walked iu. He nodded familiarly to the bartender, and leaning over the counter, whispered in his ear. The shopman started, and gave vent-to a long, low whistle. "You'll do it as quietly as you can for the credit of the house," said he. "Of course," said the detective. "Show us in." In another minute we were inside the room, with our. back to the door, the de tective dangling a pair of steel bracelets aJ tod ding smilingly round the loom. The woman fainted. We had no diffi culty in securing the men; and in half an hour we had them safely housed in jail. Before their trial came on we had: worked out the whole story. The woman who had called on me and signed , the will was Mrs. Simpson, Miss Howard's housekeeper, the mother of Simpson, in wnose favor the will was made; and the other man was a lawyer's clerk who -had suggested to them the feasibility of such a scheme. The fact of Miss Howard's self confinement and my own imprudence had nearly made the plot a success, but for my . accidental recognition of the housekeepcr.v Each of the prisoners of fered to turn queen s evidence; but as we had no difficulty in proving the case,, this was refused, and they were sentenced to various periods, of penal servitude. ; I had then the pleasure of handing over the estate to the rightful- heir, young Edward Howard, who, notwithstandinsr that I had nearly been the means of de-' priving him of his inheritance, made me his agent. "... The estate turned out to be much larger than Lhad at 'first thought, as I succeeded in proving that a large num ber of investment in Simpson s name' really belonged to Miss Howard, and the management of so large a property fairly put me on my feet as regards business. I have had many good clients 'since .then, but I have often thought my veiled client was my best one, as she was the means of giving roe my first lesson in prudence and my first start in life. Chamber' Journal Tho Kin? or Dudes; Berry Wall is tho king of dudes, says a New York leteer. This sovereignty In the matter of dress is the unique means the young man employs to dispense with an income of over $500,000 a year. A gentleman, who has known this eccen tric spendthrift for years, met him at Saratoga recently; During the. past month he has replenished his wardrobe with the most marvelous, variety of gar-, ments ever made for man's back.! It is" said that, after a long career amdng the toilers of the world, this fastidious dresser nas finally aeciaea tnat no one can excel the fit and style of the clothes made by a New York firm. Poole, by special permission, allowed to refer to one of us H. M., the Prince of Wales as a customer, if superseded by this ar rangement. Mr. Wall's happiest mo ments are when he is astonishing a gap ing crowd by his attire. Just to give them something to wonder at he will changa his costume three or four times an hour. When conscious that he is being pointed out as the beau bf the fashion plates, he will excuse himself from his friends for a space of five or ten minutes to return in a spick-and-span outfit of an entirely different de sign. The transformations in dress are made by two valets, who are always on duty in his apartments to strip and re habilitate him as they would a dummy model in a millinery store. The fellow is not bad at heart, as liberal as a profli gate prince and nobody's fool by any means. This penchant for clothes is simply an expedient for spending money and killing time. Grant as a Smoker. The general, in sneaking of the pop lar idea that he was a lifelo.Bg smoker, said that prior to the battle of Shiioh ho Tarely very rarely smoked ; and that it had never been a habit, much less a pleasure. At the battle of Shiloh he chanced to smoke a cigar while riding over the field, and the newspaper corre spondents, seizing upon the incident described it graphically in their accounts of the battle to the papers in the North. The idea of a victorious commander of a great army, in the midst of frightful scenes of carnage and destruction, sur rounded by the dangers of battle, with a nation's life hanging on the result, look ing on calmly and serenely,complacently smoking a cigar, when most men would be overcome with excitement, if not nervousness, was something that appealed irresistibly to popular admiration. Grant's admirers and friends, reading the ac counts of the battle, supposed him to be a great smoker, and almost deluged him with cigars. Every express brought boxes of cigars as presents from his Northern friends. As the general said: "There were always two or three boxes on the table in my tent or headquarters free for the use of my staff and visitors. Having them always at hand, it was but natural that I should every little while take a fresh cigar, and in that way the habit grew upon me so that it became ir resistible, and the people no doubt are right in calling me an inveterate smoker. " Cincinnati tette. Commercial Oa The Mango. The Philadelphia Grocer relates following interesting story about ths the mango, one of the choicest of the tropi cal fruits: A curious instance of the in vasion of a country by a plant of foreign origin is seen in the history of the mango in Jamaica. In 17S2, specimens of the cinnamon, jack fruit and mango wer sent to the Botanic garden of the island. There the cinnamon was carefully fos tered; but proved to be difficult of cul ture in tbe island; while the mango, which was neglecte, became in eleven years as common as the orange, spread ing over lowlands and mountains, from the sea level to five thousand feet eleva tion. On the abolition of slavory, im mense tracts of land, especially coffee plantations, relapsed into a state of na ture. The mango, being a favorite fruit with the blacks, its stones were flung everywhere, giving rise to groves along the roadside, and along the settlements; and the fruits of these again rolling down hill, gave rise to forests in the .valleys. The effect of this spread of the mango has been to cover hundreds of thousands of acres, and to ameliorate the climate of what were dry and barren districts by producing moisture and shade, and by retainining the rain falls that had previous evaporated ; all this, beside affording food for several montha of the year to both negroes and horses. American Poets. "Where are the American poets?" an English critic "demands. Where are the American poets? Why, bless your soul, they are everywhere and their name is legion. You will find one in nearly every newspaper office in the United States, with his machine rigged up in a corner of his room ready at a moment's notice to respond to the call for copy, and a great many more beside chained in the basement dungeons under the press-rooms rtady to be let loose when occasion demands. None of your "you, you" poets, either, such as the English make laureates of, but real bona fide "yi, yi" poets, all wool and a yard wide, and closely woven at that. Where are the American poets? You should rather ask, Where is the American that isn't a poet? The Nine have removed their abode frrruj Parnassus To our sky-kissing mountains, their health to repair, And we beg to assure English critics, w ho sacs us, That they're growing quite fat on Araeri . , - air.. .. ... :. Vi . . r Boston Courier. Character In Hair.4 - -..Lank hair, among the ancients, .was a sign of cowardice: auburn hair, or light brown, evidence of great susceptibility to the tender Mission, as well as rare in telligence, industry, and a peaceful dis position; black hair was not highly es teemed, the possessor of it being thought jealous and quarrelsome; red hair, in general, was an aversion, a mark of rep robation, even before the time of Judas. i'As wicked as a red ass " was freely ap plied to any one having bright hair, and waa a popular and opprobious saying, and to make the; sentiment ;more bind ing, one of that patient tribe of quadru peds was made to atone for it every yeai by .being thrown from a .high walL The Inglcside J ... THE LAST OF NOBLE GAME BTTrrAtO XX.lt AJTD 9ZEH SAPID X.1 BBcoxoro SXTZSCT. Annie of Haulers Enjrared lo tho Slanrbtrr for the Hides Tli Came Waw Rarely Feuud. ; "If Eastern sportsmen who have nof hunted in the game regions of the grcal West and Northwest during the past tec or fif lee i yearl should visit them to-day,' said a gentleman who has lived among the Rocky mountains since 1870, "thej would bs amazed at the changes which have come over the haunts of th? buffalo, elk, mule deer and antelope within that time. Localities which then were noted for the abundance of these animals may now be scoured for weeks without even a sign of their presence being discovered. It is a fact that not less than 20,000 elk. mule deer and antelope are slaughtered every- winter in Minnesota, Montana and I Wvomiie alone bv armies of hunters who crrybn tb9 work of destruction to secure the. hides of the animals. The range of the elk was once from the At lantic to the Pacific coast, but it is now never found east of the Missouri river. Less than twenty-five years ago the elk was still abundant in the forests of Kan sas and Nebraska. They were driven from the mountains of these States by the rapid advance of civilization, and the dense and uninhabited regions of Min nesots and tho Northwestern Territories becaae their sole habitat. "The indiscriminate arid organized cruside against the elk,, mule deer and antelope began in 1872, when some Fort Benton speculators conceived the idea of trading in the skins of these animals. These men fitted out hunting parties,and theyspread all over tho country inhabit ed b? the game. The first-raid was so satisfactory that the number of the raiders was greatly increased. Their equipment consisted of the most approved and destructive weapons that money could buy, and the nature tf the business has suggested many appliances and nietiod3 by means of which the work of butchery has been made more complete year by year. "Elk travel in herds, and to the le gitimate sportsman there is no more noble and exciting sport than elk hunting. When not hindered bv deep snow the i animals make their way with wonderful i ease and rapidity through the very worst of the 'bad lands' of the region they in j habit. Mounted on a fleet broncho, or Indian pony, the hunter is frequently led j a chase of many miles before he is able j to run ddwn his wary and tireless game, j By the way, those scraggy, scrawny, pot j bellied Sioux ponies are, to my mind, tne most remarkable quadrupeds on earth at least they are so in the hands of their Indian masters. Living on Cot tonwood twigs and bark and scanty buf falo grass all winter long, they come out in the spring ready to undertake any journey or endure any hardship. I have known one1 of these ill-kept ponie3 to cover 100 miles in less than thirteen hours over a country that an ordinary horse would scarcely be able to travel at all carrying a big Indian the entire distance. It is a say ing in the Rockies that a white man may ride an Indian pony until he can't be made to move a step further, when a Sioux buck can jump on his back and ride him twenty miles further, and the pouy won't show any wear and tear. Tha famous Gorse, who accompanied the Stanley expedition against the Sioux some years ago, rode one of these ponies 315 miles through a trackless wilderness in less than four days. The Indians have war ponies and buffalo ponies. The latter always have their ears notched and know the habits of the buffalo his master rides him to hunt as well as the Indian does himself. He knows just how to elude the charge of a mad bull, and the instant that he must recover for his master to make the fatal shot. He stops, turns, and performs the ma noeuvres necessary in the si rategy of a buffalo hunt without a word or sign from the Indian who rides him. These ponies will thrive, and even get fat, on the grass they can find by pawing away four or five feet of snow that covers the tufts. With proper care and treatment, there is no telling what might be made of a good Sioux pony. "The natural gait of the elk is a grace ful, swinging tro? and as long as they maintain that gait they never becoma tired, it is the great object of the hunter to urge his pony forward at such a pace that the elk will be forced to break its unwearying trot into a gallop. If he succeeds in doing this the Tiunter is generally certain of his game, for tho gallop soon tires the elk and he begins to lag and is finally brought to bay, when a well directed rifle ball assures the re suit of the chase. An elk in good con dition will weigh from 300 to 40(1 pounds, and no member of the deerfam lly has such delicate and finely flavored flesh. "The hide hunters reap their greatest harvest among these animals during tin 6cnso?i of deep snow. In April the cow elks ltiive the bulls to themselves and retiie to the thickets and close timber. 1 have known a single hide hunter kiiiiug In one month in the snow, and that month April, thirty-five cow elks. This man was one of a party of thirteen, and they killed nearly 500 cow elks that month. Each one of the animals would have given Urthtoa calf in a few weeks, the first of June being the time the fe male elk brings forth her young. After the elk is killed by these butchers, its hide is stripped from its body and the carcass left lying where it falls. In One trip along the Yellowstone, five yearj ago, I counted 127 elk carcasses within a few mi'es. The hunters are furnished with repeating rifles, and even when the snow does not aid them in the slaughter one hunter is always able to pick oft eight or ten elk in a herd before they can get out of reach. An elk skin is worth about three dollars. . 'The mule deer, which is also marked as a victim for these hide hunters, ranges from Idaho to Oregon. It is shyer than the elk, and seeks the higher portions of the bad lands. Quick of eye and keen of scent the mule deer detects the presence of the hunter sooner than the elk does, and i the better able to elude him'.- The female bears two calves in the latter, part of May. In hunting the mule deer all the skill and cunning of the sportsman must be exercised to the high est degree. The elk once shot at, or hearing the Tert of a gun starts for safer grounds at . once, and will not stop or even slacken its pace until it has crossed running water, although that may be miles away. The mule deer, on the other hand, has its regular runs like the red deer, and haunts the same lo cality throughout the season. Although the hide of the mule deer is not as valu able as the elk hide, the animal U slaughtered just as indiscriminately and in the same manner. 'Evctv. one; knows how the buffalo have disappeared at the ruthless hands of i tourists1 and unscnipuldas hunters. but it may not be generally known that year beforo last 23,000, buffaloes were" ' slaughtered for their hides in the country between the Yellowstone and the head" waters of the little Missouri river. It I is a fact, nevertheless, and the only i reason that as many were 'not killed last 1 season, or will not be killed this season ! is because they arc not there to be killed. I can remember the time when they roamed that country in herds of count less thousands. . I predict that in five years from this time, if some restraining measures are not enacted by Congress ana enforced, there will be fewer elkj mme deer, antelope and buffalo ori the great ranges of the West than there are rdd deer to-day In Sullivan county." Ifett York Times. Wooden Shoes at a Premium. "Ratrtat-tat. rat-fat-tat," wa3 the pe culiar jound that smsthered all other sounds in the rotunda of Castle Garden recently.. .' It came from scvejal dozen pairs of wooden shoes thxt ware worn by as many fantastically costumed Hollanders. "They aie not only the best dressed, but the most industrious people that come to America, ''said a clerk to a Journal reporter, "and were it not for their out landish habit of wearing wooden shoes would be a pleasure to have aronnd." Furthermore, he said that lately many wealthy people who hive a craze for cu riosities come down to bargain with the immigrants for their shoes. High prices are often paid for them, and in one instance, Several days since, a well-known society lady drove to Castle Garden in a cab for the express purpose of securing several pairs of these clapper-clipper brogans. "What use do they make of them? Well, I'm sure I don't know as they are useful. .but I've heard that they a:o painted, lined with, satin and used for ladies' work-baikets to keep sewirig ma terials in. ; "One lady I heard had" one pair fixed up very fancy and used them as a jewel case." The price asked by knowing Hol landers for their foot gear i3 usually fo. Neio York Journal. Some Famous Hot Spells. In 1303 and 1304, according to a French journal, the Rhine, Loire and Seine ran dry. In 1615 the heat through out Europe became excessive. Scot'and suffered "particularly in 1625; men and beasts died in scores. The heat in sev eral departments during the summer of 1705 was equal to that in a glass furnace. Meat could be cooked by merely expo sing it to the sun. Not a soul dare ven ture out between noon and 4 p. m. In 1718 many shops had to close; the theatres never opened their doors for several months. Not a drop of water fell during six months. In 1773 the thermometer rose to 118 degrees. In 1779 the heat at Bologna was so great that a great number of people were" stifled. There was not sufficient air for the breath, and people had to take refuge under ground. Iu July, 1793, the heat became intolerable. Vegetables were burned up and fruit dried upon the trees. The furniture and woodwork in dwell ing houses cracked and split up; meat went bad in an hour. A Curions Epitaph. fiomp curious things occasionally turn up on tomb stones, and when they do turn up are generally very funny. Amsng the most humorous specimens of this sacred sentiment ia the following in scription copied from a tombstone made in this city and shipped to Montgomery : "Our Darling Billy Sugar." 'To the memory o:' , son of . To cur Dariins Billy. "In our thoughts of love wi seakthea evei-. In our dreams thy bright form still we sae Nor can time nor tby absence e'er can sever, That fond memory that binds us to thea. j Papa, Mama, Bin ion, Tottie, Sis, Lou, "Papa's gentleman. "Bless mama's man. "Go Liiah and carry tne news, another j soul is gone home. He beats his litfcfe drum in harmony with the music of Heaven, and runs his little train through the streeta of the New Jerusalem. "Billy's dog 'Chap. Mobile Register. A Veteran Oince Holder. Mr. William Hunter, assistant secre tary of state, is now in his fiftyrseventh year of clerical service in that depart ment, says a Washington letter to the Boston Budget. When he entered the state department on the 22d of May, 182'J (on the request of his father), An drew Jackson was President and Martin Van Buren was secretary of state. He has since ser ved under one-and-twenty secretaries of itate, including Daniel Webster, Hugh S. Legare, James Bu chanan, Edward Everett, William L. Marcy, Lewis Cass, Jeremiah S. Black, William H. Seward, Hamilton Fish, William M. ;Evarts, Frederick T. Fre linghnysen, and now James A. Bayard, and he has invariably enjoyed their con fidence. Senator Sumner was prominent in having the office of second assistant secretary created for him inl866, and when he is removed from tho depart ment of statR it will lose a living record of our diplomatic relations with other powers. Comfort at Home. Put self last. Be prompt at every meal. Take little annoyances out of the way. When good comes to anyone, re joice. When anyone suffers, speak a word of sympathy. Tell neither ol your own faults nor those ot others. Have a place for everything and every thing in its place. Hide your own troubles, butrwatch to help others out of theirs. Take hold of the knob and shut, not slam the door. If the door squeaks, apply the drop of oil at once. Never interrupt any conversaion, but wait patiently your turn to speak. Look for beauty in everything and take a cheerful view of every event. Care fully Clean tbe mud from your feet on entering the house. Always speak po litely and kindly to servants. When inclined to'give an angry answer, press your lips together and say the alphabet. When pained by an uukind word or deed, ask yourself, "Have I never done ill and desired forgiveness. '' Soldier and Servant. .,.! i . - . . s is said that John Wesley was once walking with a brother, who related to him I his troubles, saying he did not know what he should do. They were at that moment passing a stone fence to a meadow" over which a cow was look ins', i i Do i vcu know." said Wesley, ! "why the Cow looks over the walls" ! '"No,", replied the one in trouble. "I : will t 4a1 ? rnn she cannot look through it ; and that is what you must do with your trouble; look overhand above them." 7 jlflTERS OF JtUMAN FLESH. I rticrraxAJHTxss or raa sxajtsat 1 1 MMA Of AFRICA. CanalbsUs Superior Iri lntelllnr ! Other Savavges Ctfncealinj Tb.lr Horrible Practl.es. Any white man who visits the few tribe in Africa that eat human flesh is likely to have a hospitable reception, and ii certain to Una himself among natives who in their intelligence, arts, and phys ical and moral qualities are not equaled by many of the native tribes. This fact, indeed it true of men-eaters the world over, notwithstanding the popular im pression that cannibalism characterizes only the lowest levels of savage life. It was true id Columbus' time, when he i wrote to Queen Isabella that the cannibal ' Caribbees filled the natives of Hayti with abjtct terror. The word cannibal signifies a brave er valiant roan, and is derived from the name by which Carib- i bees called themselves. A few hundred miles northwest of Lake Albert Nyna, H OH the banks of the river Welle, lives a great tribe whose cannibalism is the taost pronounced of any In Africa. They j are the Mtrabuttus; a red-skinned race, I physically fine Specimens of manhood, and far superior to tho tribes around ! them in arts of war or peace. They inhabit a beautiful, fertile conn- I try, where forests alternate with rolling j downs. They engage in agriculture, and i human flesh, though a frequent, is not a j regular article of food except among the j Wealthier families. Schweinfurth, who lived among them for several months, Says they are net like very many African tribes, "chi'dish in speech and in their ' processes of thought, but that they un- j derstacd reasonable questions and give reasonable answers, The specimens of 1 their pottery, decorated with ornamental ! figures, that are now in the Ethnograph- ; ical museum of Berlin, are said to equal the best examples of Egyptian art. They j are Ingenious wood-carv&rs, and the greatest house-builders in Africa. One ; roofed building described bySchwein- j furth, built of timbers, was 150 feet long, j CO feet wide and 50 feet high, and held an audience of nearly 1,000 persons. It is characteristic of cannibal tribes to conceal their practices as much as possible from those not addictT to them. Neither Schweinfurth. Junker nor Casati has seen the- Monbutus on many occasions preparing or eating hu man flesh. During his months f resi dence among them, Schweinfurth on just two .occasions saw women of the tribe preparing human flesh for con sumption. He came upon them as they 'trete boiling sundry arms and legs, but his presence was unexpected and unwelcome, and he was invited to go elsewhere. In conversation, however, the Monbuttus made no secret of their practices, of which, indeed there were abundant evidences in theSheaps of care fully picked human bones that were scat fered abo'?t all their settlement. Their victims are the prisoners they take in the wars they are almost incessantly waging with one or another of the tribes about them. "The cannibalism of the Mon buttus," says Schweinfurth, is unsur passed by any savages in the world. But, with all that, the Monbuttus are a noble race of men, who display a certain national pride, and arc ndowed with intellect and judgment such as few Afri cans can boast." Stanley thought he found evidences of cannibalism among some of tho Congo tribes, near Stanley pool, when he first descended tho river, and his suspicidu "has since been nmpljr confirmed by his associates, who have founded white sta tions among the Bangala and at the mouth of the Aruwimi river. The Con go natives, like the Monbuttus, try to hide from the whites the evidences of their practices. Next to the Monbuttus. the African tribe that are most notorious cs men eaters are the natives of Novo Redondo, in Portugese Angola, whom J. Monteiro described as the finest race of blacks in every way that he had met in Africa. He said there was no question of the su perior physique and mental qualities of this cannibal tribe, and he thought their superiority might actually be the result of the horrid custom by which they sup plied themselves with a larger amount of animal food than other tribes used. It is far more likely, however, that their superiority, instead of being the result of cannibalism, made it possible for them to be cannibals by enabling them to prey with impunity upon weaker tribles. The greatest excesses of cannibalism have always been found among the higher savage tribes or nations like the ancient Mexicans and Peruvians. The most en couraging fact with regard to peoples addicted to this custom is that as they rise toward the middle and upper levels of civilization they voluntarily abandon the practice. If the missionaries hava accomplished nothing more among the islands of the Pacific, it would be ta their lasting credit that they have in duced many thousands of the natives to : i- nr... V 7. ClVc up IU1S practice. new x vrn vuit. Personality In Handwriting. Persons writing naturally do so with out thought regarding the peculiar con struction of their writing. The hand operates the pen as if it were automati cally through the sheer force of habit, by which all the innumerable personali ties arc unconsc;eli8iy imparted to writ ing. Learners and forgers think respect ing their writing, and hence, the more stiff and. formal style .of 'their work; there is wanting the easy, graceful flow apparent in thoughtless or habitual writing. Lines show more of nervous ness and hesitancy, while the whole con struction of the writing is more exact and formal ; and, beside, every diflerent handwriting abounds in well-niffh num berless habitual peculiarities, of which the writer himself is unconscious, and cannot, therefore, avoid. Thus, two other insurmountable difii culties are placed in the way- of the forger: First, to observe and imitate all the characteristics in writing he would imitate : and, second, to note and avoid all the habitual characteristics of his own hand. Habit in writing becomes so fixed and arbitrary (not to mention the great artistic skill required to exactly imitate an unpracticed hand), that I do not con ceive it to be possible for any one io similate the writing of another, or to so dissemble his own writing, in any cpn riderabie quantity, as to dciy detection through a really skilled expert examination- -The Counting Room. The fleeces of Angora goats average seven pounds, and are woith fifty cent a pound in California. The temples in Dahomey are almost entirelv built of human skulls. Ned Buntline has -written four hun dred serial stories. - ' . STAN'S A KICKER, Give to him power and friends and wealth. Give to him love and homo and health, Give to him eo and peace and rest. Give to him all that makes Ufo blest. Give to him what ths h jart mast cravei, What makes the freeman more than tlavea What makes tha patriot tried and true, What lifts tho martyr to the blue, ' What molda 'ha haro fro n the dost. And shapes hi;n for tbe noblest trust; Blve him his choice of youth or age. The manners th.it dr moil engage. The poet's fire, tho pairrer's art, That burn? tbo brain or moves tbe heart; Or give him all ihs things to eat, The ripe, ths lusciom, sour or swoet, And add to then flesh, fk&x or fowl. Then listen and you'll hear him crowl For man's a kicker. Give to him sorrow, grief and care. The sorest crosses man may baar, The roughest paths, the biackest woe, A heaven in which there is no bow Of promise, and in which the clouds Enfold th light like funeral shrouds; Let sickness, death and every ill Which makes earth bitter Uty their chill, ." Cold hands upon him. Let his life Be one unending hUeou strife, A wilderness whare jackals howl! It's all the same. You'il hear Mm growl For man's a kicker. ' Mtrchant-Trdweler, HUM0K OF THE DAT. Is a hotel waiter girl made to order? "How sleep the brave?" asks a poet. Tiis depends largely on the number of cats in the noighbjrhood. A bar in tho river and a bar on shore have the same name, because water U carce in both places. Merchant Trav eler. The difference betwoen the human race and a horse race ia disappearing. You can't bet on cither, nowadays. Philadelphia Call. , "Moire antique sashes si or eight inches wide are becoming more popular," but they should not be worn by the more antique ladies. Norr into ten Herald. Child "Mamma.I want some raisins.' "Very well, taken handful." "A hand ful? Oh, won't you give them 10 me! your hand is larger.'' Qetmai Jole. An exchange snys that there is a large falliog off in th population of the west-' em part of Massachusetts. The bicycle is bound to make it way everywhere. Burlington Free I'reys. A boy will eat, and a b3y will drink, I And a boy will p!ay a I day; L But a boy won't woac, aula, boy won't thtnlr. Because he ain't bulit that way. C'tiiajo Ledger. The story that the site of Chicago was bought for a pair of boots is not sur prising when we consider the sizo of the accepted boot in that locality. This probably gave rise to the remark that corporations nave uo soles. Life. The Afghans eat onions as we do ap ples. Tae cause of the recent attack by the Russians can therefore b3 easily understood. TLey were obliged tQ use their guns to keep the A ghans from coming within hailing distance. Neva York bun. In the davB that are wintry and cai'.ly, When with b;i!s we aro inven nia daft. We're painoJ on rell-vtlnj how illy Wo honor a ura;t. But in summer when all wonder sadly Vrhy no cooling breezes should waft, It's worthy of nonce how fr;aJly Wo honor a dratt. The Rambler. A poctcs3 asks, "Oh where does beauty linger?" We think that we are breaking no confidence when we reply that in these artistic times it generally lingers on the toilet table until the irl puts it on with a brush and a powder puff. TheRnnhler. "Did not the sight of the. bound less blue sea, beating in its bosom the vhite-winged fict-ts of commerce, fill, you with emotion ? ' " Yes," replied he traveler, "for a while it did, but alter a while it didn't fill mo with anything. 'It sorter emptied me." Sif tings. The farmer lead no E Z life, The C D sows will rot; And when at E V rets from strife His bono3 all A K lot. In D D has to struggle hard To E K living out; If I C frosts do not retard His crops there'll B A drought The hired L P has to pay Are awful A Z, too; They C K rest when he's away Nor any work will do. ' ; r Both TS Z cannot make to meet And then for A D talce3 Some boarders who so R. T eat & E no money makes. Of little U C fmcl3 this life; Sick in old A G lies; The debts he O Z leaves his wife And then in P C dira f .. II. C. Dodge, Where Green Grass Grows. "Why, where did you get those rare grasses, my dear?'' said Kiggles to his wife the other day. "You must have sent a long way off for them ;" "I didn't, though; I got them right here in Evansville. Aren't they pretty n the vases?" k "Yes. You say you got them here in the city?" 's- ) "Yes, right on Man street." "You don't tell me 1 Where!" "I was going into old Brown's store (by mistake) the other day and I found them growing right in his doorway." "That's strange. How. do you account for such grass growing right in a man's doorway?" . "Easy enough. He don't advertise !" Ecamiille At gun. The Scavengers of Panama. . The narrow, rocky point of land on which the city is built has a backbone through the middle and slopes on both sides and at the end down to the water's edge. No citv wa ever better situated for drainage. There can be no apology for its not being perfectly drained. On a fine morning when you have taken a very early cup of coffee, you saunter out for a walk on the ancient rampart and encounter a prbcessidn of skinny old hags of the serving class hobbling along toward the beach with capacious and malodorous vessels on their heads. These are about the only scavengers that Pana ma possesses. Their vocation is as old as the city. San Francuco Chronicle. On July 4, 1828, John Adams and Jefferson died; July 4, 1831, Monroe died; Julv 0, 1850, tavlor died ia office; July 23. 1883, Grant "died. . On July 2, 1881, Garfield received his fatal wound. Horses trot best when the temperature is eighty degrees. There are eight times as many bow legged men as women.
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