~ W1XXSB0R0, S. C., WEmjfeDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1884. , 'M
TAKE' I Dicl?
-^--A?LA?I?J Say you tbe summer's d
Ah, ho, it cannot be! no
Broke the :-weet SabI
earth's
Wealth of bloom, nor in
C % B ? BM Skies aprerr^d the pallc
/ ^ gs?? g?4 Thesinjrin;: wind brcat
1 % J$ KiJ fl A And in iftc'rich, dark srr
w -a??? i marked no change, sa;
Ajre itself did not int
"summer
Tressep," so bricT has 1
June
./ OF Upon her fair young:'or
of her
Installation pipced, I cn
The beaut'iful bright su:
vftTTis utrwnfv
IwyA JiuiWiN Sjl ? 3nbi* *??"??i
W w an* " J Hurls ihe chanjrinp Jesv
brown
Bird?, and that 5s why a
Dotb veil bis face and di
In very grief that one sc
AND Ab me! 'tis woful news
> And the giad sonjr that
Has changed into a dirs
?S?r>'h Lru:
Maks a Little of it Boy WHO v
Delhi, that city of
in former years of
whose rule dominate
LOTS OF whose style and ma
the ears of the inhi
world in such an ex
to make people belie
s~~\A /?\ y~\ - ?x /~\i were paved with <rol<
f ' fi I I 1 S 1 W Iu tbe year 1S57' 1
y 8 ? jf e S 1 m of its-ancient spiend<
\ }\ \ / \ / a / K>1/ t0 ta^ anc* dream of
The bazaars were 1
o 1 j;??
costly meiuuiiuuiat,
f capital contained n<
ry, which was lar,
Europe and America
But in a single r
changed, and instes
-- ?raSTOCKISOPEN AND BEADY
cannon, the rattle of
' for "a-E ecnaers." sU?1? .flfsh ?f naked
British valor was
upon to defend the h
land against a natior
EVERY DEPARTMENT FULL, AND fl}]? s? to speak, of c
pitted against Sepoj
them a hundred to o
Goods CHEAPER than they have been for Two officers wer<
- enjoying a weed and
coffee after the to
years. which a hard battle
/ against the enemy,
for the side of the Br
( "This is a change i
OUR GOODS HATE BEEN BOUGHT remarked Captain V
soldier in a cra<?k <
"A fortnight ago we
as LOW as anybody can buy them and we General Cognlan's p:
granddaughter, Ciee
i partner; now we c
INTEND TO SELL THEM. music, with no lady :
couragement upon U:
' Quite right, old
Cvril Benthorpe, sur
COME AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK and as brave and hai
ever used lancet to
humanity, "I'm afr
before you buy; and we guarantee you hard hit'in that quar
the heart, which, pei
let will cure one of t)
r.? i J? )_ T
will LOSE 2sO MONEY BY IT. I "it s a soiaier s iui
| Vandeleur lightly.
\ though, Bentflorps,
-1' ?7T BBICE & KETCSHT. the lists against m<
H be less friends for tl
I TO PA A PI? "'^tniolv not"
W iiljj UnAllllfi as \?rad?ded^SS "By
^ " ; ? why we have receive
old general. I hope
?OF? ing him no trouble.1
? "By Jove! I never
Br.t here comes Majc
I - SEASONS. =srr
jor, "do you know tr
yours are in great pe
V I ? Cogntans; but befor
P give me some brand
K cursed rebels kick uj
I - THE CHANGE OF THE weli-nigh chokec
V andeleur heiped 1
I Seasons makes it important ?h? nlSg ?sorio? "
I that we hform our friends and ''?!Ze',
"we re sorry to lie
I customeis that we have re- our camt
B j T? n Oi i c "A fellow brought
m ceived oar Fall Stock of the general, rolled ?
I his ear. A squadron
TWoc- r\^o start to-night to rclic
Dress Cr?ods5 ed little garrison, if
XT , bring its members i
1\ OtOns, holding out his glass
L_ . "I should like to
(Hosiery, marked Yandeleur a1
bumper for his chic
Ribbons, propitiating him.
, "So should I," pu
Lnen Damasks, erly;^u
7 "What, two of yon
direction?" laughed
Cjrioves, weii.rm no lady's r
-won't eriter into riv
corsets, lows. I have alr<
\ T>k i ^otil in or(ters for tl
Doylies, . fair. The trumpet w
i v saddle at nine. We
t Towels. to guide us, wans gc
When the major ie
Boots and Shoes, a huri7 after his last
pawnee, the friends
Hats anc Caps. for some minutes, ev;
r eerned aoout the fate
lan, a lovely brunet
It wilbe to the interest of black *Jes and- hair
en s wing?jast such
aij qner a whole regime]
ble officers?the ve:
f\ A <0 "RTTVT?T> C soldier's wife?gay, i
vyx\.uIL DU 1 EjXi.0 of womanly tendernc
_ ii i "See here, Benthoi
1 o call and examine our leur, who was the fir
lence that had come
?TOCK and be convinced Cicely, so do you; J
who shall have her.'
that our'RICES this secson, "How? in what w:
"We are both goin
rllf as in th,Past' can be confi" SmshSlwte"
Ppg; dently ried upon as being f?Tmnstret? grw
j rfcTi?OT? Bentiiorpe ponderc
the Vil<o 1. al for a few minutes,
his hand in Vandelei
|P We ainow ready for busi- a soldier's frankness
" - "Done with you, <
HP ness, am will appreciate a bargain, if yon win,
pW"-,. s L you; if 1, I shall expi
' . ment at your handsl1
P * Anything more i
11 j 1 ft Tl sta^^S l?ve oa
{ F.Laicto4Bro.=;zr;:
hundreds of yards fr
Srsggi's Sssirfes I
unlucky wight wh<
; enough to get in the:
_ ? Round shot fron
> -r ^-\~Drvr>r?. Extracts?LUBIN'S and pounders and shell
jP^ LLXBORG ,vere bowling about;
BL Flavoring xtracts?STEELE'S and an, or sandy plain,
CHASE'S. ; skittle-alley where T
~ incr t.hnmselves at a
Koioccnes-Jiid ana j?uk.kj?a T-" ,
OWER. knocking over huma
, . . . nine-pins.
eniuner vanety. But lovo is stronge
teps of quality, with CASIDJjEKE cannot quell its life,
ceiits a cake. angel itself dies wi
\Drug Store of trump shall awake
* * \ W. E. AIKEN. SE?vli and ^r-eat' iov
V \ sailing over jasper si
* * ~ A
'.r*. f
& t V -v; y - ?
**> ? _* .... ? "*
;crday. ansrels' voices. &
? The moon had just shown itself over
en<l?^diod yesterday? a ^0pe 0f mango-trees when the cavalry
i;ath" sUilncFs; amid started on their errand of mercy, to q>j
rescue women and children from death j>;i
i ;ho Wue, low-bend- aQ(j dishonor, and to succor brave men, ca
>r incident to doath; who at that moment were battling a'
hed warmly rn my against great odds for dear life. m:
ocnorv of th- trees . Delhi was soon left behind, and the jo:
,-c where the ro:d of boom of cannon Decame iainier ana u:i
erweave their fainter, until ai length it ceased alto <rj;
rjcen the time since gether. The squadron rode through ha
silent villages, embowered in palm- Y<
owF. the rose-crown trees> wbose tall tops looked fairylike p?
,nnot think her dead, in the moonlight which flooded every- he
mmer! thing. pc
<eti>e truth, A few village cars barked defiance, he
nderingr wind to-day. and ' occasionally a troop of jackals ar
Clicks and earthward made night hideous with theix fear- an
cs, kke flocks of gro.d- ..
some cries. sb
t intervals the sun A short halt was called near a tank, M
> \ve" beicved ^Should or miniature lake, where the horses m
were watered, and the men partook of hn
you trip?, my friend, such refreshment as their haversacks on
wa?*.'itIiInior soal g,
f?e Morris: Chicago. This done, thev saw to their girths, he
== and, remounting by word of command, sp
FIXS? lest the sound of the trumpet should wi
warn the rebels of their approach, they is
minarets, the seat galloped forward, the clatter of their SI
the Great Mogul, swords and accoutrements awakening of
d Hinuo?fv* and the echoes of the night, and sounding ve
gnificenct i j.tched ominously of impending strife. ar
ibitants of fhe old "By Jove! they're at it hammer and ci:
aggerated way as tongs," remarked Vandcleur to Ben- ta
vc that the streets thorpe in a stern tone. "I'm glad to de
i. heat*firing; it shows that, the garrison pr
>elhi, though shorn j are still holding out." ut
>r, was still a place "Yes. Now tcrrcscne Cicely," said
Benthorpe with a grim smile. "For wi
Illed with rare and once I shall become a combatant officer, er
and streets of the and shall use my sword to wound and ps
jthing but jewel-- slay, instead of saving life. The black m
^cly exported to hounds deserve neither pity nor con- gl
sideration, thev have committed so gi
7 I
light all this was m.iny atrocities." pr
id of the hum of Every man of the British army shared ev
re came tbe brazen these sentiments to the full, and re- kr
npet, the boom of solved that, whenever the shock of bat- ru
musketry, and the tie came, to neither ask for nor give ha
sabres. quarter to snch dastardly focmen. d.i
oncc more called " S'.vords leaped from steel scabbards, ge
onor of Old Eag- and for a moment both horses and men tri
i inrevoit?a hand- ; were almost as motionless as statues. te:
ievoted men were Then came the clarion notes of the tri
fs, outnumbering trumpet, sounding the charge, and Fi
ae or more. away* went our brave fellows, straight fu
3 sealed in a tent as an arrow from a well-bent bow, for ea
a cup of fragrant the enemy. th
11 of the day, on The relief had come not a moment gl.
had been fought too soon, for when the first British sa- ixn
victory ueciariug ore acscenuea on mc ne:iu oi a, xeuui ar
itish. Sepoy, a hand-to-hand fiifht was goinjj w<
villi a vengeance," on betweeji the garrison and the inut*- m;
audeicur, a gallant uecrs. " fu
javalry regiment. Vandeicur and Benthorpe kept close dc
were dancing at together, and thrust and parried, and ed
irty. with his sweet gave downright blows, as they made ly
ly, as an engaging their way through swarms of dusky su
aper to different foemen, whose faces blanched before th
friends to smile en- the courage displayed by British sol- tei
5." diors, who, if woii-handled, are always sa
follow," laughed invincible. ?to
geon in the corps. At last Vando'.our was able to take
idsomc a fellow as General Co^hlan by the hand, and to kE
relieve suffering congratulate him. on
aid we were both "Where is Miss Coghlan?" Ben- pr
ter; an affection of thorpe asked. ty
haps, 'a rebel bul- "Siie was safe a moment ago." Ei
liese days." "By Heavens! that's her voice call- on
t if it does," said j ingforhcip!" exclaimed Yandeleur.as. ov
"I had no idea^-STVHPriuii hii tin'FSe" Tor ward, ne rodb iu in
that you were in j that direction, followed by Benthorpe, he
^ but we needn't bosh of whom saw the woman tney "c
iat," need we, old loved in Ilia arras of an officer of sowara Sfc
(irregular cavalry), wlio was . well- pc
said his friend, mounted, and at ;isat moment was rid- til
a more serious air ing off with his lovely prize. T1
ae way, I wonder Both men rode nfter the wrctch, ea- re
d no news from the ger to be the lirst to rescue Cicely. is
the rebels are giv- It was a race for love, and promised cy
1 - to be a long one, for the rebel's horse ne
thought of that, was a powerful animal, and kept up a gc
>r Pringle, looking good pace, in spite of its double bur- pc
tes Furioso, full of then. w W
Once out upon the ""bpen plain tho W
vs!" said the ma- chase became exciting, for the sowar, qi
iat some friends of seeing himself pursued, put forth every ar
ril? I refer to the eflort to outdistance his foes, from hi
e I say more just whom he would meet uo mercy if over- nc
[y-pawnee: rue ac- laKen. kU
> such a dust that Vandcleur being a light-weight, and th
a good rider, was gradually ?heading lil
the somewhat bib- away from his friend Benthorpe, when bi
imulant, whilst ex- liis horse caught its foot in a hole and su
;lances with Ben- stumbled. ce
Tiiis gave Benthorpe the advantage, Ai
sar that, Prinze," arKl n'as not s^0^' to use it, for he m
"How did the silot aIie:id with a grim smile of pleas- tu
>?" ure, and was pleased to find that he ou
a few lines from was ?ain^no 0:1 l'ie sowar. an
id. and hidden in Suddenly the fellow wheeled half- bl<
. of our corps is to round, ami lasing deliberate aim fired gli
ve the beleaguer- pursuer, whose horse was hit and in<
possible, and to under him. a ?
n, said Prin^le, ,B-V' tilis. time Vandeleur rode up, Co
to be refilled. = when Benthorpe shouted:
go, Prin^le," re- "Frank, win her?save Cicely!"
3 hv poured out a , Yandelour's answer was to wave his
if with a view of ^and- as ho kept straight on, like a
bloodhound ou lite scent of death. pr
tin Benthoroe eag- '% Heavens!'; he hissed between ro;
his e;ccc:iod teetn, "he II escape me af- ac
;badlvhit in that lercaH if I'm not careful!" wc
Prin?-le "Well Snatching a pistol from the holster, tin
uan myself, and so fired, but the cap only snapped, ed
airy with you fei- an anathema of dis<rust, he pro- th:
?adv detailed you duced "s fellow, and being a noted an
le smart little af- s^oE-'Iircd thif lh success, for nu
ill sound boot and thc so;v:ir reeled in the saddle, and fell p"
shall have a moon *? the ^rou.nd- sti11- however, holding en
>odness!" Cicely in his arms. an
flfcvhic'h he did in When Vandcleur's sword entered the at
<*Sss of brandv- rcD'c*'s body it was only just in time to dl<
? ;?m save Ciceiv's life; another moment.and fa
sac on la siiciiuu idently
deeply con- fellow's dagger would have been th:
; of Cicely Cogh- plunged into her heart im
te, "with laughing * * * * * in<
as dark as a ray- ^*he war is over, and in dear old
a girl as to con- England Major Vyndeleur stands at the ta<
at of impressions- a^.ar "with Cicely Coghlan, Benthorp? At
7 beau 'ideal of a being host man. di<
mpulsive, yet full 'Twas not till the honeymoon was a '
ss and gentleness. ove.r that Frank told his wife of the litrpe,"
said Vande- incident of "Who Wins?" &s
st to break the si- ? . ? wi
upon both, "I love The Old 3Ian Made a Mistake. of
et us decide now a
' "James," he began, as he suddenly m:
ly?" wheeled his chair around, "I hear as
g to the relief of something about your being engao-ed ot'
who reaches her to that Smith girl." ? ? fir
ier hand?that is, "Y-yes, sir." on
-? - 1 i-r?_ ,-o o I wi
the other fel- "areas. it ou uutci ?<
efullv." bear in Delaware and Lackawanna,
id over the propos- and will be scooped." ot]
, and then placing (Imagine three months to have se!
tr's, said with a2 passed.) Pu
: "James, did you break with that br
old fellow, it's a Smith giri?" " cc
, I'll congratulate "Yes, sir." m:
ect the same treat- "What for?" ne
" "Because her father was a bear in sir
ncongruous than Delaware & Lackawanna, and liable to e?
the issue of a dan- be cleaned out." p}1
ould not bo imag- "lira! yes! you arc a fool! Itwastho V3
? bulls who got scooped?us?we?me!
a bullets not many If you had only married her you could
om where the pair sow lend your father enough money
i like hail, seeking to pay a week's board!"?Wall Street k
eal frame of some News.
3 was unfortunate ?~t m * m f01
ir wa>. The reason why education is usually ?ra
iong eighteen- 50 poor among women of fashion is .
lifA wHioh I ^
s trom Howitzers *?< ? v. ? ?
as if the vast maid- they elcct to lead. With a good figure, ~r'
were a veritable ?ood clothes and a handsome equipItans
were amus- ftge; w^h a little reading of the daily ce.
favorite osstime, newspapers and of the fashionable re- JT1
n beinsrs *_i lieu of views; und, above all, with the happy 11
^ tact which often enables women tb ev
r than death,which niake a large display of very small ac- co
for while the black ^uirements, the woman oi fashion may ^
aen the last oreat never feel the need of true education.
:n tbe dead, "both We pity her none the less, since she nc
e lives on for ever, ^ never know its peace and delight. re
sas to the music of ?Julia Word Howe, ce
Fancy Sketeh of American Girls. rv -Jf-- Kail Li:u??jTiago.
r,M T i t7' 771 ?. j ^Sfase the new sciencc of reading
Ihe London World has invented a _i.. n i. Ur
fafeharacter bv llic handwriting has come
ueun.qne monstros:ty which itjagSg- - . j h , = taken
rased to call -aM uncivilized Amcn^y^, ff h handwriting.
u girl, and which it descnocs?witn , ,, . ? , =
wealth of inventive fancy that must
:ike other pennv-a-liners green with . 'J " r, i 7
ilousy?in part as follows" "By the , Zr "JXffc
civilized American <riri is meant the It* .b, ^^a with
1*1 who-bas not done Yewrope. She "AV> ww%,yY- " ?
s never been out of her own .New IfM8#?1?6 lo?f: frac4fffl EuS'
>rk or Boston; she is unspoilt by Igjfejfoch so delights the recipirisj
site is a fresh Yankee, with all note from a ^rande dame,
r native raw material glaringly ex- poets and people with
ised. She is ffenerally&vcrv prettv; ^aP^on are apt to have long, taper
r complexion is dazzling, her eyes beautiful finger-nails. They
e bright and brilliant, her little foot m which .the -ong
id hand ravishing, and her figure ? and .^own-strokes' $nt into
ght and-slim as a wand of willow, ^d beneaih them. Ihe
ake her speak (she won't want much ifaP1fa iei? rtro ^re?aking,
bvthe bv) and her voice is ^s^andwrH^^ shows ardor and im,-sh
and" loud, her accent is outrage- Wben 5t haS a mar^edlf down"
:s, and her nasal twang unbearable. *ard movement this handwriting
? onnroe o i<nid,inpr tn melanchoiv. An
tc has an immense amount of fun in *"*'?
/ i it ~ i ji - a aptitude for criticism is Shown among
:r (that is. if you get hold of a good V , , fa. . . ~ ?
ecimen to study); sije has plenty of JJd and'severe" uncharitible
nevei fit ios^ for soiB6tliin2f to sit# * ^ ? ^ yt
,e is ? romp .at heart, and loves a bit ,ha?d' . Ho*"
hard flirting dearlv. She is n>t ever, there Tnav be ?ood-natured cntrv
accomplished; bit she knows ^ m w,th versatility of comprehenitbmetic
well and thoroughly appre- 6J?D- wotI* smallbntwellQuishaped
nails, and their handwriting
xtes the value of money, ohe always - r,, , ' , . , , . ?
Iks loud, as if she thought you were "odd te somewhat angular, showing
at and alwavs in haste, as if hn ex- pen .ration and finesse.
t^r. 4???. ,, The nails 01 a musician are, of course,
ess train waited for ner just one mm- . v , , '
o and no more." to> observed, although the piano
The nlan upon which this ingenious sometimes injures them Tne great
riter * has constructed the Strange m?slc,fns have a sloping hand-writing.
eature he describes is not at first ?> Th.?re ? ^ow?T?^ eccen.t^lcltJ, ,Pe"
f i,,.,. ? j. cuaar to the handwriting of executive
irent, out one soon aiseovers that his . . ... . . . ?
- - - -"I musicians, as witnessed in that of
ethod is siraoiv to ueserioe wnat i^n- - rr, M , ,,
i, i, nrst Beethoven. The finger-nails of mathisa
jnrls are not. Hie American ... , p , ,
-i i?_ ?.;k? i ?? ematicians are apt to be square and
rl, for instance, is described as bein^ 4. . > mt. 1 j e
ottr, and if there is one thing that not beantiful. The handwriting:of snen
ery observant traveler in England persons show a quiet movement of the
.ows, it is that English girls, as a Pen' The lines are straight with the
le. are exceeding? plain? that their P*P?. tho np-stroies and the down:nds
and feet Sro those of "the strokes are short, while the capitals
lighters of the plow;" and their fin- ?re ^ P'P10?1^
rs. so far from being "slight and has a long, snpple hand and a long,
im as a wand of wiilSw," are as at- beaotdnlly-kept, slender finger-nail,
rly devoid of any poe:ic or graeefnl Bu? ">? hanowntmg of a diplomatist is
imncss as it is possible to imagine. *pt to be clear; it always looks like
cm princess to be2gar maid the? are => sna*o guding away. Tnere are no
Hand solid of figure, "stoat "beef- dear, gigantic capitals like John Han
ting wenches," asold Marlow called im? ?..? .ugeminhis
day. As for fun. an En- SfUve of generosity and expansion;
;sh girl that understood a joke-much all is comprcssed and impenetrable,
ore one who could commit the anpar- Certain mfex.oje natures express
themselves both by fm^er-nruls and by
eiied imprudence 01 making one? ,, J,
>uld be looked upon as honelessly the handwntmg-bo h are blunt and
ad and consigned to bedlam without The Chinese have such
rther ceremonv. What would be bug finger-na.ls that one might almost
>DC with an English girl who display- ? th? ?ods o? !,hem'. . ejen"
anvthiug resembling wit, it is whol- ac'tLof ,tho1phlnei? T"* 63
unnecessary to inquire, since the not break, shows that they have more
oposition is in itself incredible; and hl?? m tLelfJ30ne3 '?aI1 wc ?f a dlffer:
5 intelligent man who ever encoun- f?<1 rac* At, ??? "h" good
red an English girl with anvthing to Q0"1?,4nne,blt Snaw-nMlj, it was
V which was worth hearing; lias ret the fpshion for all the English aristocbe
discovered. ' " racy^to bite theirs, and in. those days
fiiA IT.nnflich nnm>r.nfii I wfiQ nnr. Wnafc if
"Absolute dignity of manner is un- .u"~ ""o? ? ? --- ?
town to the American girl," proceeds 13 n077- Fashloa cxerts a 5?*]* "LflQir
wiseacre, meaning by dignity, we eDC,e 0J? man' savage or civilized. Earesume,
that dense and awful stunidi- Bazaar. ^ ^ ^
which gives the average maiden in % ' Hot Taxpayer. - J
lglish society the air of being carved- - ^*^1; " ?? ? ? it"of
an illy made suet pudding, Dadly wjg tjje unjtcd States Weather
er done. "She," he continues, work- Bureaf*"" exclaimed an excited indi?
his portrait of the ideal creature yidual in a melted coilar and hot-as:
is amusing himself with depicting, blazes framc of mind> rusMng into'the
:annot walk slowly to save her life. TTnSicnal Service office on
ic skims along the street like ail im- the corner of Wood street and Fifth
.rtant little water wagtail, very pret- aYenne last Wednesday.
y, but always more or less fussily. sir, this is an office of the buie
days of her life pass . in novel- reau," replied the gentleman in charge,
admg and filiation?and she herseli .,0h, it is, is it?* sarcastically exa
curious compound of good nature, claimed the perspiring individual "It
nicism, affection, worldlings, tender- is a part of t?e institution, is it? Well,
issand cunning; and with all her sir, it's a swindle! A barefaced swini?d
points considered as favorably as ^2e on the taxpaying citizens, sir!
ssible, she is never quite a woman." Xhat is what it isf s[ri?" And the hot
e grant that the being that our maa grew so terribly hot that his face
orld hack has conjured; up is "never looked like a bloom just ready for the
me a woman, any more than Mad- 8qUeezers
ae Toussaud's wa.x figures are quite ..j do n*ot comprehend you, sir," re.man.
We do not understand the DHed the signal-service officer, with
>vel-reading imputation strayed into di<mity "
e tirade; certainly America is not ?<o, jou don't, don't you? You don't
e country of the universal circulating comprehend me? 0, no, of course not
>rary and the three volumed novel; Certainly, you don't That ain't what
it we cannot fail to regret that the we taxpayers pav out our money for,
bject of dress is passed over. Pro- Q comprehended. What did your
eding on the plan of makin^ the bureau promise Saturday? Did'ntyou
aaerican girl whatever the British say a cojj wave was on its way here,
aiden is not, what a splendid oppor- ancj that it would reach us Sunday, and
mty was here neglected of describing the weather would bo cooler, didn't
r girls as dressed stylishly, richly you?" -.
d in good taste, three rather desira- Well sir what if we did?"
} qualities as utterly beyond the En- "What if you did! Of course you
sh girls'reach as in the power of fly- did. You know vou did. You can't
r or of walking in any way but with deny it Where is it?"
stolid and substantial tramp!?Boston sure I-do not know," exclaimuriW'
ed the official abruptly. "We do not
~ , - ' * _ arrange tho weather."
Feeding the Dead- ..You don't! Why, what are we taxi
j payers getting for onr money, then?"
barlv one morning, nacss and e?? r -i ? j-l rei ..
exclaimed the hot man.
i?!f- r>?< o*r ' rommpncpfi to nnnr "^e 1)131:0111 simply furnishes mete'
P.? ' ct'i- ct-pp?- form r?n orological information relative to the
ross the btark street terry on their . ,, j .1
ty to Lone Fir Cemetery to observe answered the
d religious ceremonv commonly call- ^TV V c +i j j
"feeding the dead.'" A reporter of "^nnation! Great Scotland, do
T-;eUaj vou think a man has to be shoveled inm
Za, ?MS to a blast-Wee before ho knows it
mber of Chinamen engaged in this 13 ' Do you mean to say we tax
>usdutv. The roast p?gs and chick- payers sapport this bureau to tell ns
s were placed.around on the ground 11 thermomM5r ,ls, whc? ?UJ
long the graves of the Chinese, and ^t-collars aro mining into our boots?
the head of nearly every grave can- H?5? can t regulate tho weather,
*. w?r? hnrnin*. From the besi in- wfiat^re you for? A blind mule with
rmation to be obtained in regard to n" *au orose ?n nnows wuen uu.
is custom, it seems that the food is and cold mtkout your telhng us. What
lended as a sort of prooitiatorr offer- Me setting for our monr
to the Chinese devil." The offerings "d S ? w^u? w"
t-ied according to the habits a?d sell out ^ nde.valk a red, hot.
itesofthe occupants of the graves, bissmg globule of wratn?Putsiurg
the grave of one, his friend, after ir _fl
wing holes in the hard grpund with ^insk.
inife, stuck up two candies' and then -7
d out several sets of chop-stieks and According to Dr. Macgowan s colmany
small cups, which he filled l^ion regarding the history of musk as
th wine; then he plaocd some bowls presented by Chinese writers, the musk
rice and a package of cigarettes and deer is found throughout the moun-.
small vessel of opium? Then he tains of Yua-nan, Szechwan, and Thibide
several bows and genuflections, This lktle animal is so timid that
if inviting the dead friend or the it often dies of fright. It feeds on juniicr
party to set to. A number of Per leav<rs and reptiles. In the spring
es were burning in the vicinity, and Peculiar glandular pouch is greatly
theso were placed pieces of paper swollen and inflamed, and the secretli
squares of imitation gold leaf tion is always voided by the deer on
sted on them representin"' <^old coin: same spot and covered over with
1 ? ? ' <-*- T 1. _i J?w.nnl
aer squares with silver foil, repre- eartu. iu sucuuisws ucmwmui uwa
ated silver coin, and smaller squares a superior quality arc found, amountncned
full of holes represented the sometimes to twenty pounds in
ass cash, which coin has a hole in the weight, and of so pungent a na-isre
Qtcr. Some burned small varments that if carried through a garden or
xde of paper, and thus furnished a wood it prevents fructification. This
w suit to their deceased friends at valuable substance no sooner leaves
iall cost. After the pics and chick- hands the hunter than skillful
s had been displayed loner enough to manipulators adulterate it for the
re the devil time enough to satisfy "wholesale dealers, who further ^ so deaaself
they were carefully replaced in base it for the trade that there is finalj
wagons and brought back to town. in the mixture offered very little inPortland
Qregonian. de.ed of genuine musk, say only about
1a nant h.tvi??t ?c fn hf? itfis
ivr ^ " r
Some campers on Lake Winnepesau- tractive to intestinal worms and an an-^
e got the mastery over the mosqui- tidote to the venon of serpents.
25 by burning camphor gum. Alter * 1 *
fing every other drug they had ever The wild horse of America, although
ard of, they tried the camphor gum now native to the soil, is descended
th gratifying success. "In two from the tribes of wild horses that still
mutes," says the one who describes rove the plains of Central Asia. When
e scene, "the multitudinous hum had the discoverers of this continent first
ased; in five minutes not one of our landed there were no horses anywhere
nged persecutors remained within in either North or South America.
c walls of our tent. Then, making Centuries before the horse had been inerything
comfortable, and carefully troduced into Europe from Asia, and
vering our one window with a mo- had become common ail over the con-.
uito bar, wo went to bed and slept tiuent. When Columbus arrived here
e sleep of the just, with never.a bite on his second voyage in 1493 lie brought
ir a hum from our odious foe^."" This with him a number of horses, which
1 " * ~~ *-?* - 1 -? "VT_ 1mm J J?v A Tilnrr TPAVA
mcuy was ineu m i>yw /tieisejr iu- i wulu iuuut-u m x:uuua. xu.v>j uviv
ntly and did iiol work satisfactorily. I introduced into Mexico by Pizano.
/ h
S a.
' 1
Imprisoned in a Stage. " A Tragedy o
The singular spectacle of a hand- Quiet and ini
some young lady imprisoned in a ington locks, h
Broadway stage was presented yester- been the scene;
day at the corner of Prince street numerous as tt
When she pushed against the door to painful of all t
- v i x . ^ ?a ?:_i i.
aiigni luu i;ur vuuajj iuuuu g-u* vruu pcii
that the door would not open. Then stone's throw
she kicked against it, but her dainty soma thirty ye:
foot was unequal to the task of open- the last week ii
ing it Au appeal to the other passen- a gentleman st:
gers brought the only two men in the foot, from the (
vehicle to the rescue, but their combin- ied by his dai
ed efforts were futile- reached the H:
"Get up!" shouted the driver to his incident' But
horses,, exasperated at the delay, '-and seen that the
a! ;? i-.1 i " . j i_
Wie jTyUll*! liiUjr ituu HOA iUUO VlLW WU^UWi ?1.
were hurled against the door, but the, Jie wind wasJ}
' dcwrdi^ not yields.' .' - : ~' * ifra^eS ot 'misti
' '^^Whoaf beliowfed the driver to his every minute, 3
horses again, and the young lady and that the attemp
her assistants were tossed against the with danger, th
money bos. soon disappear*
"What's the matter in there?" roar- fog above. Th
cd the driver through the change- and began to vi
hole. . . . the rugged surf
"wp (ifln'f: ar>t ailtitlv on al
"Ciimb through the window, then." the sh.arp rocks
, A crowd had collected; and a block- and feet, chill c<
ade was in due course of preparation, wind that rage<
when a big policeman came up, and, as if it would d
seizing a heavy cart-rung, passed it vines below, a
into the stage and told ohe of the men nameless ckcad
to hammer with it on the inside of the manity when fa
door. Repeated efforts with the im- known. Still tl
provised battering-ram had the desired reaching the la:
effect, and, all suffused with . blushes, which they pari
thr> r-intivn littlp -na'ssfino-fir trirmed the strength, of
" " "T*"* " " r r? ?rf? ?-- ? o -down
the steps and skipped awav. oat, and she fel
The tongue of a heavily laden truck Ictely cxhauste<
.had .run against the door, and the strap ing a wall of st
being caught in the jam, the door, was the wind, sat d<
fastened tighter than a miser's purse to,await the gu
striugs.?N<.w York Herald. nigbt.air was d<
* ? ' frost, and the r
A Picmresqne City. -iless, so that du
Montreal is not only the largest city and from
of Britisli North America, but it is .one Eight until the :
of the most characteristic. It repre- yatc.bers kepto
senis the old world and the new. On daylight came i
the east it is a city of pre-revolutionary v'cre scarce 500
France, on the west it is a town of mod- mountain, s
ern England or America. To enter the nioro of active
?^ xt^4? -n ? a brought them t<
YllSt u;uuuurui <ji j.>uw.c i/auic wu iuc ,
Place d'Armes is to make a plunge in- safety; they we]
to the old European world; to go down ^ ua5uor a
upon the spacious auays is to be in the e<* ontl-"e.vermidst
of the most stupendous examples Bponumeut has
of modern enterprise. The Victoria the sn ape Of a 1
bridge, which carries the railways over which heap eacJ
the river Sr. Lawrence, is the largest ?ne: . e . .
in the world. Canadians still speak of lowinginscripti<
it as the eighth wonder. But the real daughter of Jud
wonder is the river itseli The St P?ri<5hcd h
Lawrence is one of the great.features aged 20 years.
of the American continent The depth
and power of this, wonderful stream Romance and
are more suggestive than anything '
else in the new world of the vastness " "
iif /_
of the scale 0:1 which nature works. *'-yiy wue, wji
It is two miles wide, but, unlike the maniic ideas :ib
Mississippi, it is clear, deep, full, and thought she woi
"abounding" in a sense Byron had not sight hi one. I
dreamed of when he so described the would not belie
Rhine. Montreal is live hundred miles them, so, as our
from the sea, but the largest Atlantic late at night, w
_qfftOTvififg I, . j I.?^.ooTetne iU:i swctx owis;
city are the rapids, and a steam down p?cp at
them is a new and striking experience, morning train.
The great river rushes over its rocky esqae Swiss hoi
bed with all the movement of a moun- village. We wi
tain stream over its pebbles, yet is so floors were bare
deep, that large vessels make the *or seventy.two
downward passage in safety. The tiie dining-roorr
boast of Montreal, however, is the without table cl
mountain from which it takes its name. we felt somethii
T-i mil said. 4it is fleas
JL UU lAYtl 111 A lu.i v wuiw iiwuvu Mm
behind give the town its picturesque ' * saj^? 1
character. The view over it from the " 'Fleas, 1 m
hill-top is oue of the most striking ' "After disciu
that the eastern side of the continent ten n*; nines. I <
presents.?London Daily News. candle and, .for
lives, we found
Cigar Flavoring. We were bot
' 9.876,431 fleas :
A cigar flavor has become a necessity each bed. It is
with every cigar manufacturer. Smok- sat up the rest <
ers demand a good-flavored cigar at a into Geneva the
low price. Havana tobacco is too high out. Since thei
priced to fill the bill, therefore it has to spected Claude
be imitated as far as possible with our scription of hi
long list of aromatic gums, resins, oils, Swiss cottage, c
etc. There is no good reason why a invariably turns
C--<.1- 1 111... 3 1,,
peiieULij uviuiuv iiuu piciicaub uavui IUU Vi. v?*vnvf m
may not be compounded and added to exception to thi<
the filler of a ci' : -hat will so nearly living near or ir
resemble the genuine Havana that even in his house. 1
experts find it difficult to detect the caster and tann
difference. Most of the flavors on the corner of his sh
market are compounded of volatile The brick-make
substances which" quickly evaporate ner of his kiln.'
and leave the cigar as poor in flavor as
though a flavor had never been used. Scene
The compounders of such stuff do not _
understand the chemistry of either to- One of the m<
bacco or the materials they use for tic features of b
these flavors. If they did they would cently on the TV
discard all substances that would evap- miies north of
orate and not remain in the cigar, The band of wild ho
perfumer of compounds produces some a noble sorrel si
beautiful perfumes, but he aims to pro- over the plains
"duce a bouquet that will please the pany of survey<
sense of smell only. The compounder a survey of the
of ciirar flavors must produce his bou- toward Captain
quet in the smoke or by the combustion surveyors till w
of his materials. A beautiful cigar when the lcadej
flavor need not have any smell at all proud and. defia
until the oigar is lighted, and one that curyed, nostrils
smells very nice to the nose might aQ on dress pa:
smell poorly when smoked. Colognes ranged themsel'
have a beautiful bouquet and yet they )jfcQ?a squad of
do not make suitable cigar flavors. An charge. After i
excellent cigar flavor can be compound- a few moment:
ed so cheaply that there is no excuse proudly away, i
for manufacturers palming off upon the most gracefi
their customers a clear-seed cigar.? ner. The scene
Tobacco Age. and the picture
? with his most ol
Mosquitoes. fleet and pracef
A correspondent writes o* his trials .an ^ ! s, P
and tribulations from mosquitoes as ?.T.band,? Tj
follows: "I live in Anne Arundel Pr:"rie? nndertl
County, Maryland, near Patuxent Riv- mahogaD-y ^ baj
er, on'a farm which is known by'the 11111
name of Terrapin Island. On account re ar? wo v
of dry weather the mosquitoes are in rest are ba^ 404
abundance. Sunday night, August 31, peop.e are awai
they seemed to receive reinforcements, !?aSe 01 pierra i!
and attacked my house. From loss of ft"0?1 Clt7'
rest by the insects myself and family taeir native bea
were determined to sleep the next g ss^s Src
night if possible. Being a mechanic, I r~*. such
had made a frame to go over my bed- slick appearanc
stead and covered it with a mosquite are
net. But the tormenting mosquitoes Los l^a
soon drove us from under the netting.
I came to tho conclusion that the net- The Good Old
ting was not tine enough. I pulled the J shall never
bed from the bedstead to "the floor, rode a trick mu
took the frame and placed it over the under him and <
bed, and used live quilts. One I his neck. Ye i
placed over the top of the frame, four humped himsel
around the sides, and secured the burr?like a br<
corners well. Then, thinking we The vicious buc
would get a nap, myself, wife,- and knocked the lifi
child Laid down, but in less than thirty ted my teeth ai
minutes the pests were under the cov- 0f the audience
ers so thick that the very noise would last it dawned '<
waken a person without biting. I mule that they
would be thankful to know what way I "Well done,
can manage them.?Baltimore Sun. . . clown. "You1
* ? can get off."
The largest dredging machine in the X relaxed my
world has been finished and will be instant was piti
used in the Sacramento and San Joa- ty. I have abv
quin sw:unp hinds in California. She X didn't break :
has been named Thor, and modeled af- opDortunity.
tcr the best dredges now in use on the "You need'n
Isthmus Canal, cutting out a channel hurry," said th
and building a levee at the same time, me up.
The Thor is 101 feet long and 61 feet- The railroad
wide, and' lias 34 iron buckets with a the present daj
capacity of 11 cubic yards each, which eeems tome wc
can be filled und emptied fourteen ' square inch in
times per minute. Free Press,
T ? _
?.
*
f. Mount Washington W'.T AKD HUMOR.
locent as Mount Wash- Who wrote the most, Dickens, WarIs
sides and slopesv have fen or Buiwer? Warren wrote "3Tow
i of tragedies that are and Then," Buiwer wrote "Night and
iey are sad. The most Morning,''and Dickcns wrote "All the
hese is that of a young Year Round."
shed almost within a c, ,
of the Summit House ou#.m;w?uuias? m net tiww
irs ago. It was during anns' kissed him warm with a
2 September, 1855, that Jearn^g hug, For she was a girl of
arted for the summit, on tiie uPPer len? he?well, he was a
Men House, accompan- do5goned vug.?Merchant Traveler.
lghter and. niece, and How funnv things work acouhd! Bui
llf-way House without brought ciorJxos into the world, and if
from there it could bo it were not for sin nobody would go to i "
mountain above them church, for had-it not been forsin there _
i a-dense cloud, and that would be-- no cioifces -to^sho^there.?
,<US<H^h^SSe9?0?-. TrcvukripL
.^aail&cceaang in force r -Papa," said a little daughter of a
ret, in spite of warnings clergyman recontly, ."if &o<f tells you
twoiud be accompanied what to write in your sermon, why do
e party pushed on and von so often scratch it out again?"
id iovthe yellow bank of ^he cler<rvman changed the subject by
ey soon lost the path as kino* her how she liked her new dolL
toof "W"hM's ?keda
i wilo was .inspecting a music store.
"That? Oh. that's "used on violins.
sSitaSK We call it a chin.rest." "Gimme
f j. ' .viL th ' one!" esclaimeil the visitor. "S'pose
ash them into the rand
overcome bv that
which seizes frail hu- Visitor to Nantucket?"For goodce
to face with the un- ness sake, tell iro what you do here in
hey stru^led on, finally the Winter?'' Nuiive?^Oh, we get on
3t and hf<?kest peak, up pretty well. We go to bed at sunset
*? - -r - r ---1 * + t>M nra
:iy ascenu^a, Dai nere oic<5i' "c-v" ?*v v"* ^
one of tiie ladies gave get UP aQd P^J night t? come,
1 to the ground com- that we may go to bed again.
i, and her father, build- He?"In what respect .does billiards
ones between her and change my usnal disposition??' - ^ She
Dwn here with his niece (naively?"Docs it change yonr dispo:l's
revival But the sition?" He?"Yes; in billiards I
cadly wiili its burden of never 'kiss' when I can help it; where-*
ocks were: cold and pit- as ordinarily?" She?"Yon never
iring the long vigil - she kiss if anybody else can help it?"
10 o'clock that bitter The Chinese in New York are beginnext
^morning the two njg to learn American habits, in their
;hastly guard, and when, district the saloon-keepers now get ap .
t showed them that they cards in Chinese, which read: "Amen1
feet from the crest of can cocktails for the morning, Amerimd
that a few moments cail sours for noon, and American
climbing woald have ruin*hp<? for niorht" The trade is re
3 warmth, comfort and ?orted brisL ? ''
:c wrecked at the mouth m, . , . . . . J
nd the young girl had - ?>", toacIlf of, Sunday
r vcrce of safetv A 801:001 recently asked her -pupus the
L^rJodwL ? following question fpectjng
mgo pUe of stones, to for an answer: ' Wbafc diildren, causb
visitor always adds es the most troublo and misery m the
near by bears the M- f' For a te vw
311: "MUs Lizzie Bourne, 1,8maU- br!ghtboyheldup
ge Bourne, Kennebunk, his hand and gravely said: "'Skeetere
September 14,-1855. ers' to em "-Boston Globe.
?Albany Journal. A citizen who applied to the fire-o
. ? marshal the other day for a building
Reality of the Swiss permit was refused on the ground that
Cottage. the fire limits prohibited the erection
' ; of such a structure. After spouting
10 ti:is always had ro? his indignation, in rouad terms, he
cut ihe Swiss cottages* added: "I wouldn't be found dead in
uld like to stay over such a city as this." "As for that,"
kad seen them, "but she slowly replied the marshal, "it won't
ve what I sard about make much difference where you die;
train arrived at Geneva you'll prooamy come top tae are ?
ecogcimiftd insiajmp**- - - " - ~
rTula^e and get our The Somerville (Tenn.) Falcon
51*" t Blnuc from the brings the story of one of the daoghtWo
s.cd iii a pietur- ers of the dusky race, who had just
:el, in a lovely Swiss made her lirst visit to the Episcopal
ill never forget it The Church in that dace. On reaching
! and had not seen water home she said: "Look here missus, I
years. The tables in never seed such doin' as that at church
l" were of dirty Dine afore. The people they be'sprayin',
oths. About 12 o'clock and the preacher he holler at um to get
lg biting us. My wife up, and den he gets mad and turns his
!' " j back on 'cm, and don't have nufiin to
hey are bugs!" do with 'em."
sure, said my wife. , { utv-i i tn/iOT Mired
ising the question for 011Q Newport girl of another. "I can't
rot up and lit a tallow say *hat I know him, but I have met
the first time in our him several times." Well, you ought
we agreed perfectly; to cultivate him.1' "Why. is he anyh
rieht. There were thin*' much?" "I don't know how ho
md 7,042,842 bugs in winl)e in the future, but now he needs
needless to say that we cultivation about as much as any man )f
the night, and went j ever n^t." Then they smiled softly
next morning all jaded jnt0 each other's eyes and went their
i my wife has not re- several ways.?Merchant-TraveUer.
Meinotte's poetic de- Thev were reading the old farmer's
s Alpine home. The wil^ ami the nephew, the principal
in a close examination, inheritor Dayin?r the closest attention
; out to be a great barn to its provisions? Presently the notary
Dgs and men. The only ^o the clause, "I bequeath to the
5 is when the owner, gervant that shall close mv eyes 100
i town, has his business pviia thoro " cavstTiA
el^al wavs*ttves ^in"one ^eir' "3DSt r6ad that aSain* wil* 70U?"
er always lives m one Th ot complies. "That's 100
or, foundry or tannery. { * anyhow," says the he^
r even lives in one cor- , u j ? \ ZT'
'-Cor. Ulica Observer. ?nIy w
_ faithful domestic that time, didn t1?
- ' m ?French Fun.
on the Plains. It is related that a confessor once ;
Mt startling androman- had much difficulty in getting an old
order iifo occurred re- Insh woman, a regular penitent o? his,
lid Horse prairie, thirty t0 recollect any sin. She could not reLos
Angeles, when a member that she nad done anything
rses, ooderthe lead of "-on? at all. At last, after a severe
tallion, came galloping <*ammat.on, he asked her whether she
!o rcconnoitor a com" ?uld remember a sin of her past life
>rs engaged in making ^o. AnvUuajrshe was sorry for?
tract. The band dasheS Sorct fctl,er- answerei-rm
A nt sorry I cvyr came ttf this country!"?
UUU UU VJ V* yp
ithin about 500 feet, Freeman $ Journal.
. halted in a grandly "Yes," said the young man to the
nt manner, with neck Lecture Committee. *"I want to deliver
distended, erect, and a temperance lecture in your town."
radc, and all the band "You don't look liko a man who has
vcs on each side of him tad experience in drinking;" remarked
cavalry in a battle the Chairman, suspiciously. "Have
surveying the scene for you ever been a drunkard?"" I lectured
5 the leader galloped aH through the Sontli last winter, and
'oliowed by the band in in Florida, where I saw a swamp-snake
a! and dignified man- fifty feet long, I " "Pardon my
" *T??rtsitir sir " inierrnnted the Chair.
s was most ruaxaunc, ~ , .
of the lordly leader,, man. hastily, "when do you want the ?
Dedient subjects in their hall?" Graphic.
al motions, was worthy "Wall,1 said the boot-black who sat
enciL There was anr next to the alley, and who had been
ild horses on the same keeping very quiet for a long time,
io leadership of a dark ??my gal ain't stylish nor handsome,
r stallion, with black an{i she hain't got small feet and a
knees. In this band Grecian nose, but she's awful <jood?
rhito horses, while the hearted." "Iiow good?" vasked the
i sorrel mainly. Few 0ne who carried three cigar stubs in his
e that at the northern vest pockyt. "Well, the other night
Jadre, only thirty miles when I'd been eating onions and she
wild horses roam in hadn't, she rubbed limburger cheese
uty and crop the rich an over her mouth so as not to make
" TVJ1.3 " t. .1 I 1 U 7W-/v,V
iw uu n iiu. jj.ui.ou jjjg iuui eniijuiiasaou. ?U^ji vt*
is the fact, and their Press.
e and graceful motions ^ -r ^ jnj_ j!0rseSf attached to a
ion of all beholders.? hackf wcre *secn standiag in front ol
' &xPres3' the Maxwell House the most of-the day
* 0 yesterday, and caused considerable inDays
at the Circus, quiry anions the pedestrians as to: how
forget the first time I they came to be so highly colored. The
ile.' I clinched my feet hackman who drove them explained to
ilasped my arms around about 10J people, but was asked the
>owers, how that mule question so many times that he came
L I stuck to it like 3 over to i he American office and got a
5ther, my enemies said, sheet of paper on which he wrote the
:king of the brute nearly following, which he pasted on the side
3 out of me, but I gri> of his coach: "Them bosses got pinked
id hung on. The cheers by bein' left in the rains with red fly?
nnf?rmrncr<?(} mo. Ai nets on. It ain't no use askin' more
dii the clown and the kestions about it"?NashviUc (Tenn.)
ha<i met their match. American.
ray man,1' said thf * 1 ??
re beat him. Now yor While Washington was President the
Congress Springs, at Saratoga, was
hold a second and nexl discovered by a member of Congress ^
shed into the next conn* from New York, who was gunning on
ays wondered since why the site. There arc now fifteen to
my neck. I had every thirty springs in the vicinity, not very
different in character. The Congress
t have been in such s Spring is still the most celebrated. The
e clown as he helped Hathorn Spriujr, discovered about thir
tccu jcata ftgv, uuj wvwuiw iw
three-ringed circu3es of pal competitor. For nearly a hundred
r are gorgeous, but il fears Saratoga has been" celebrated,
! had more fun to the and continues to be the most remarkathe
olden time.?Detroit ble collection of mineral springs in tha
United States.
., ?