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MADISON TIMES.
_-__ _ _ DEVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH.
VOL.1. NO. 13 TALLULAH MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1884, TERMS: 82.0.1 PER YEAIR.
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DIROPPINO CORN.
Pretty Phebe Lane an I.
In the soft May weather,
Barefoot down the furrows went
Dropplngr orn together.
Side by side across the field.
Beek and forth we t urrled;
All the golden grains we dropped
Soon the plowshare buried.
Bluebirds on the hedges sat,
Chirping low and billing:
"Why." thought I. "not follow puit.
If the maid Is willing?"
So I whispered, "Phebe, dear,
Kiss me-" "Keep on dropplang:"
(aled her father, from th% plow
"There's no time for stopping."
The oord was lo , the moment sped;
The golden charm was broken:
Nevermore between us two
Word of love was spoken.
What a little sip, sometioes. 1
All our hope'relssei
Ho the perest breath of chance I
Breaks our joy Ia places!
Sorrow's cup, though often drained.
Neve lash yr filing,
And we can't get fortune's hiss
When the mald is wlllinsl
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LIFE IN MEXICO.
f
Now People Move About is the Capital I
of the "Sister Republic." t
steet Car. ad Pable COrriags -Ne Om
ulbese -Per sr.-1e[. and the Cang- a
lasg TsewL
Corespondenee of the lobe-Demoosat.
Most Americans have only vague ideas r
about Mexican life. According no apol- i
ogy can be needed for trivial matters. Ie
The average traveler aeplores only the T
surface of things, and information about re
the externals of the civilisation of the b
country-the every day concerns of ex
sltence-is most eagerly sought for by P
those intending to journey this way. ai
Let us therefore aesume that we arrive ti
at the capital, as we undoubtedly shall,
by some one of the railways. We are to 0
go to a hotel, and, in the course of the c
next few days "do" the town. We are sr
"then to visat other cities, acquiringas we i1
go what in'irmation about the country
sad its inhabitants is easily accessible. w
Having alreajy, we will suppose, seen he
several provincial towns, we can insti
tute comparlsons from time to time, aad
thus get a rather broad view of the coun- m
try s a whole. We must bear in mind di
atthe outset tha this i not a barluroas to
sgl . .Itecetaine cities as well built
as any in the United States, and in these tb
cties we fnd all the necessaries and ti
many of the comforts of life.
waar To DO wrra TEs Luooos. a
Stepping from the train, then, we pass
through a carefully guarded gateway out
of the station and, perhaps, through a as
broad yard, into the region of carriages to
and other vehicles. There are more
hacks here than age will nd in front of or
a railway station in an American city, Pi
sad vociferoas, but somewhat obsequi- ax
ea, hackmen. The baggaeand passen
ger transfer business is not well man- "I
aged. If one in the States chooses to be
employ neither the patrician carriage Lb
nor the plebian streetcar, he may take
the middle-cla omnibus, turning over I
his trunk check to an aqat who will
appear in the train before reaching the 00
station, buying at the sae tme time a 'bs t
ticket. He finds the vehicle for himself l
at the door, while the luggage reaches 30
the hotel or residence by another con- he
veyance but little behind him. There
isno such conveals arrngement in T
any one of the dosen Mexican dites as
whiah I have visited. At Chihuasha th
there is n tmnlbus line. Herein Me c
teo ns exp os eompany, wHith an odse
under the Iturbide Hotel, makes some
feeble effort to get orders for the deliv- th
ery of baggage for peasseag on inoom
ia trains, sir ts Amerian eio
but it has no omnlbaes for human li
eight Esewhers theeis neither con
veiencse. The traveler must, thereome,
employ a coachman or take to the tram- j*
way. Posibly acombinedomnibus end Ai
baggage transfer line would not pay.
There are cheap carriages-if one knows
hIw to nadthem. For strangers, how. th
ever, espeielally thase not up in Span
ish, the America device would be
age.
The omnibus systm trne, the I
tourt will yield to the soulctations of t
a crasehsam, wheill take the tnk on a
boardl for a eomldesrton; or he asy at
hire a pter to delver the ld. Them
as parters, egulahly llesed and anrm
bred, who may bla tr d, pomldd
me maskes a note of the number. This
is luseribed on a elseslar metalic disk
prendd coaqilcuously on the pasen..
These slow. are mwmopaly rmao. 
A bead moes Air a Lshy stcoy. Ho ph
profemeses to have s ne so ofthem earry 'a.
atoms t eart lnte awareh os on his tck 1
a cask weighing 750 pounds. Employ a pau
potero to dehver yoear lug e, take the
street ar yoursuelf, sand the hanes are ,
that hoe will mehthe destlaic before 7(0
you do. But beware of any sn or boy
without the ohal meastL A rasqed, T
dity erowd of peaom swarm at every lg
"topping plaes, auslon to yb your th
gip-sack or yeOr shawl strep, uttrlg
sAgn ofpo ea Spanh asd worse n- be
dish sad Plremh, enadband to pt a
naren a stl by ok by enM k. If
ir emph7 - of sthe paus nver -
let him yet out of your sight. The asest
eoumse is to manage your bundles for
yourself The dishonety of the individ
ual members of the crowd may be as
somed. Their assurance is sublime. In
a city up north I saw two ragamuffins
follow a party of strangers a mile hom
the station to the hotel-the latter all
unconscious that the attention was
meant for them-and then coolly seed
in a bill for 25 cents for sevices rendered.
TMx mraar cam.
If we have no impediments we will
take to the tramway, The street ear
lines in this city radiate in every direc
from the central plana. Tripe are infre
quent, sy once in half an hour, not at
intervals of three or five minutes. Horse
railway traffic isi iht in Mexico. The
city iscom , acking the "magnificent
distances" of. Louis or Washington
and these b but a small proportion of
inhabitants eo rich to walk or toooor
to take rie. Street c. acor
, are in wat for every train. Its
hmrdly possible to takb the wrong one
for they all go to the same place by par
allel routes, if indeed, more than one
line reaches your raiaway station. There
are three classes of street cars. One can
ride for three cents, or he may pay six
cents, or perhaps twelve cents. The
three start together and make the round
trip together, one a ter the other only a
short distance apart. One would think
the public would be better served if the
frst-clntss car, were to leave the plaza on
its .regar journey at 10 o'clock, the see
ond-cla sat 10:10, the third-classt 10 :0
and the mt-clas again at 10 30. But
that is not the style. The three start
together at 10 o'lock, and there is no
other before 10:30.
The lrt-class cars are as large, as hand
some and as clean as any in St. Louis,
r- and of the common American styl
Most of them have come from the John
Stephenson Company of New York,
whose name appears on these vehicles
in every city m the United States. I
have seen only one city with horse rail
roads in which the firet class are not
I- really what their same implies. Even
little Orisaba has an excellent outfit.
Zacatecas alone is behind the times.
e The second dase cars are not greatly in
it feior to the first, but third are a little
e better than aettle-pens. They are mere
shells painted some dirty color, if ut sil,
with little bits of windows, short, high
Y platforms, no end of dirt and a stuffy
appearance. B2sides the ordinary seat~,
e two more run lengthwise in the center,
back to baca, with the rarroweet pj,-i
ble aisle on either aid'. The seats are
of the hardest ciarse wood. A third
Selass ar full of peons of both sexes,
e smoking vile tobacco, and generally
loaded down pith dirty bundles, is not
an inviting apartment. 8.oking is al.
Slowed in vehicles of every clas,first as
well as third, and on steam no less than
horse railroads.
SOnce aboard and under way we shall
- make some interesting discoveries. Con
duetors on some lines use the bell regis
ter, but one device to keep the employee
honest, apparently to be supesr.eellent,
t revails everywhere One man'ollects
_ the money, giving a tlcket in return, and I
I this ticket is taken up by a second serv- 1
ant of the company. The conductor car- i
:ies a curious book like a check-book or
a railway commutation coupon ticket,
whose leaves make a succeemion ef lit.
tle square street-car tickets.
Th bear the name of the company
Sand the price of the ride. The conduo
tor is also provided with a formidable a
pair of shears. Drawing these out of I
his pocket with the book, snips o
Sone corner and hands it over to you
Presently the collestor boards the car,
and going through it, gathers in the in- f
significant bits of cheap paper. This
era: Spt apflyo preludes
down, eept by collmion
between the conductor, the collector and
the passenger. It prevails everywhere.
The ocndeutors are slow and awkward.
To calculate change seems to require
herculeen efforts.
I As a rule unless you have the right I
, con, you will be beated out of acent or ?
two. The conductors often find it con- ii
Svenistly imposihle o gave back exact
ly the right when o aed a 2ent or c
1 0-cent piece, ad of course no one can
.be mean enough to make a fues over a
eatvo or even a quartillo! he driv
ra, I shald my, are all short-ulghted.
They seldom see the would-be passoer
uantil they are cle upon him, and then t
the way they bacw down the brake is s h
caution! One would think the driver
fneied his life depended on coming to
a fall stop la half es-aegth. The
muimles are unuauily mnll I have seen
them driven two abrest, as in 4the
States, "doubled up," tw> team. togeth
er, and tandem, aerdian to the charac
terof the grades and the stye of the a
line.
Narrow gange road are mt inrequent.
The as evaerywhere make exellent
time, the drivers, in fact, drive like *
Jehu, for they drive fb-ioaly-not too ti
flre ,d but just ft eaough to put the
roadsat hometo aham. But at is tobe
mid fkr Maexico thst the lines are every I
where level. There s no grades in h
this ry. The rais of the trek am a
meally heavier than with us. a d
Heey oftn e wholly above gound, like
steam railroad am. Tbrhu the ,
coamntry cardrivers arelied wsth g
ti herns, which they blrow vigarouily
when laraing Intersiag strees,
This istootIng the greatest- Pn
elty about tranear iding hers. One
an saetimes ealy Imgi hlamelf l
at hemes ea the ight before t Fourth. a
omhb ue has Imohreasod her eoat- b
ta amp by over g000 hleaduing the
asw ea t.ry, ,
phiasgpa tsbhr lng halr the ma.
7. | a
The Jehi P.EKIng Maiandrlag Com
pany, which has been jut in eetimen
aammllo la slual_has in mill,
7M0 lms amdS,46s sapndles.
The 1 Sylvn M , in Bedbrd county
Te , ha made ,OOo y, dsotar shmet
the mdde last June. All the le s,
The isre ta 4r ay oem day has
Weal. inisis* UAP i~ l
mqn b·leat enO
R pounds of seored or between 400,000
and 500.000 pounds of unwashed wool.
Of late the company has determined to
increase its capital from $100,000 to $200,
- 000.
- The ladies composing the Silk Asocd
I stion of Sumter, . C. are alive to the in
a terest of the company and are advertis
11 ng in the county papers and in the
a News and Courier the large uantity of
I eggs for sale. The industry bids fair to
L. sume a large growth in the South with
in the next few years. The society was
organised some eighteen months ago by
a few energetic ladies of town for the
r purpose of extending the industry, and
thus far their efforts have been crowned
Swith uecess. The silk raised by them last
year has taken tne prize whenever ex
t The two leading cotton manufacturing
States in the south are Georgia and
r North Carolina. In 1880 Georgia had
forty mills, containing 200,974 spindies.
Three yesasand a half elapse and the
acountstandsas follows: Georgia has
sixty two mills, containine 340,130 spind
lee; North Carolina has ninety-two mills,
containing 213,362 spindles. "North Car
olina has more mills, and Georgia more
spindles. The activity and ambition of
the two States in the direction of cotton
maaufacturing do not greatly vary.
Georgia has more capital, and North
Carolina has more water powers. It isa
snug race and Georgia should look at
her laurefs, for the excess of mills in
North Carolina is a menace to Georgia's
position at the head of the list. No oth.
er $outhera State is struggling for first
place, although South Carolina and
Maryland are no laggards
Perttaent and ImperUnets.
Call.
Senator Fair and his divorced wife
seem to think all's Fair in love and war.
Dr. Sargent lectures on "What Shall
We Eat to Get Strong?" Young leeks
are very good.
Mary Anderson says she will play in
Berlin for $1,000 a night and an offer of
of marriage from Bismark.
Charles Reade is accused of plagiarism
He must have got the idea from reading
Chicago newspapers.
William H. Vanderbilt announces that
he will spend the summer in Europe.
Serves Europe right.
Henry lr~iin: is topublish twovolumes
of his impressions of America. We ad.
vi'e him to publish one first.
As Buflalo Bill is such a fine marksman
it is 'sometning of a wonder that he
doesn't shoot the hat he wears.
Gener.dl Neal Dow is 80 years old, and
just as hale and hearty as if he had been
drinking beer all his life.
Mary Anderson is a true American.
When admirers pop the question -he
simply replies, "I am not a candidate."
Joseph Cook asys that he isn't afraid
of newspapers. No, nothing that news
ape can y now will injure Joseph
COOk now.
Mary Ellea Cha esays "there will be
three women to one man in Heaven.
This is rather discouraging to both sex
es.
Wm. H. Vanderbilt says that he is r
neither a Republican nor a Democrat.
This relieves both parties of a severe im
pntation.
F. C. Burnand ets $15,000 a year for
editing London Punch. Phis seems a
large sum, but just consider what a 1
gloomy life he must lead.
Mr. Livingstone has been suspended
from the privileges of the Union Club for t
five years. It ought to be the making of
the man.
The Empress of Austria has learned to t
set type. It is not often that an empress
shows such a laudable desire to get into
good company.
Adelina Patti had a ball given in her
honor, but that is nothing. No matter.
where Gester goes the baby gives a bawl t
in her honor.
Mr. Barnum can make a fortune by re
christening his white elephadk The b
present name "Tung," will not be pope.
lai among married men.
Robert Lincoln is said to resemble his
father"only from his eyes ap." Well, i
that is better than if he only resembled
him from his knees down. It
Mrs. Mackey is havinganotherportrait
painted, and it is thought that Mr. Mack
ey will find it convenient to be present I
when the verdict is given.
Private Dalsell writes to the New York p
Sun that he does not " ae ntosahedi
astesally, but v ith delberation." And
Mr. D.anan i .'. ofin Mexico.
Jsmames Gordon Bennattis comia home.
This is the presidental7year, and it is
s epposed his idea is to secure naturala
tioa papemrs in time to vote: t
Lod Coleridge asys he has never seen
MaryAnderson. The report then that
he proposed to her may be true. After
one has seen Mary he doesnt propoas. d
Mrs. Ostherla Baker of Tayomvlle,
Va., who h.as her 9h birth d,
t iaes six to of cobe a day.
she will I l d 'she re't .
P es . with amri easi- d
Her frsa cpture-the only origin- i
al an Amerian dode-bas, however, got
away.
was waiig.
Geioral Forrest was once approached
by sa Arknsaw man, who asked. h
"Omeral, wham do you rekin' we're
goaig to get somthling eo et?" g
'Eai* ezemisme the garals did yen
join the rny merely to get sonething to
eat?"
"Wall that's abount the else da it."
"Here," edling an oieer, "give thise
man somethlnt to eat, andthen have
The oeiar uaderstood thejokeand -
'All right, general."
The Arksasew man, exhibiting noa
"JBi me a hs, asp'n,stew ap a o-o
o_ chikea bake two or tles haee~
kestsh aa llom o' so o' hbtteru l,
Ind led yerguni. With sich iaduce-y
t bu .m m wha t w e wlel _
to d a bf lameol."
solem, bet heesll Ivres
000 MI AND 1AIr.
ol. -
to JAME W31anoa arDET.
All my eel's In the spirtg.
Otts so blame eatrary,.
)d- I ean't thtnk of anything
Only me and Mary!
is- "Me and Mary " all the time
the "Me and Mary?" Ilkesrhyme,
of Keeps adngtn' on till I'm
to Slok of "Me and Maryl"
th- Me and Mary! UM two
Only was together
by :like we used to do
he In the Aprile weatherl"
nd All the night and all the day
I keep wishin thataway,
Till I'm ttin' old ad gray
x Jest on "Me and Mary I"
Muddy ylt along the pike
ng Benoe the winter's freesi',
ad And the o chard's back'ard-like
ad Bloomin' out thi se mason;
5S. Only heerd one bluebird t-
he Nary robin nor tosLt;
as What's the how and why of it?
d- s8'peot its "Me and Mary!"
Is,
r- NMe and Mary liked the blrds
ire That is, Mary sorin'
of Liked 'em first, and afterwards
W'y 1 thought I orto.
ry, And them birds-ef Mary stood
th Rlghthere with me like she should
sa They'd be sngln'. them birds would,
at AllU for me and Mary.
S Bird or not. I'm hopin' some
I can sit to plowin'!
Uf the sun'll only come
And the Lord allowin',
Guess to-morry I'll turn In
And git down to work agsn;
This here loaferin' won't wta
Not for me and Mary!
For a man that loves like me
fe And's afeard to name it,
S 1Till some other feller he
Gl ts the girl-dad-shame-lt
Wet or dry, or clouds or sun,
Winter gone or Jest begun,
Out-door work for me or none
f No more "Me and Maryl"
m A LOVER'S DI.EMMA.
Translated from the French.
e' Pouplrlin-en-Bigarrau was by all odds
the most wearisome town in the whole
i department of the Garonne-Inferieure.
Among its 8,00inhabitants it contain
ad only eight pretty girls, a fact that
Sdisgusted all the young men living with
in its limits.
d One of these eight pretty girls was Ber
n "he, daughter of M. Agenor Malenfrond,
one of the two rival bakers of the town.
a. Berthe was sweet 16, and would have had
1e plenty of adorers had not her frther pit
illisly driven away all the young men
d who had ever ventured to pay her even
h the slightest attention. M. Malenfrond
haI amassed considerable money, and
did not wish his daughter to become the
wife of a gallant without a sou
c- Stanislas Coquelard, the town notary's t
youthful clerk, was gifted with a senti
Is mental soul. He had just reached that
L. We when the heart opens to love as the I
corolla of a flower to the kimes of the a
breeze. Stanislas thought that Poupar- e
r lin should furnish him with other hap- p,
apinems than contemplating the broad
meadows during the day and liutenting a
to the song of the nightingales during
, the sight.
f It was toward the close of April, and,
while he conscientiously copied the no
o tary's documents, the young clerk
  thought of the charming Berthe, and i
0 wondered what he could do to get in the c
good graces of her hard-hearted father, ti
rwho, by the way, was a widower. Stan- 6
I islas had read in the young girl's;eyes
that she was dismtisled with her lot, e
, and firmly believed that she would not
a be a averse to accepting his heart and 0
* hand if ever he gat an opportunity to of
fer them to her. a
SStandlas Coquelard was twenty, and o
had abundant faith in the belief that his e
time would come.
The notary's house wa situated oppo- d
site the bakeryand oeasionaly the lek e
had exchanged through the windows t
more than one furtive glance with the
Spretty Berths. h
SEvery morning, on his way to the no
Stary's, he atopped st the bhkery and
bought a son loaf of Berthe; as he paid
for it, he rolled hiseye afterthe fshioI ii
- of a young man who is desperastely smit
teu and intendsthat the objectofhis ad
oration shall know it.
I On ber side, the hbaker's daughter was w
far fIhom regarding 8taniise in a way to I
dimorags him.
Such astate of things cold not last
very loag without prodehia the imm
The baker made his bread during the
rday, them wenttobed and did motrise
-untl It was time to begin baking toward
Shalf pist 10 st lght.
One e sawg the clerk, taking advan
tageothe momant whea M.lMalmbomd
was etisllmbehring while awaiting the
hour stwhhic his notrmalm t tl was to
commence, il st Berthdbs gmt and be
gas apeeh, to which he added the
coutrem .ine pmsioume- He ended
by mkig her to narryn him.
Bert, amesed to sh mmsll ee
qsoce, waa uled, saud  ain w vle Is
comanted to ute her destny to his.
StnI s., greatly abeted, &k.d e-I
the several times so enthmeitally that is
he awakened M. YMslmrod, who slept C
in a ehsmber over the baek bop.
The baker lIstUmed, and thought he a
guniasd the hand hirapPrenties, who
hdbes ik fbr a week. Ovejedhe
Jumped out of bed, cryl: p
, Wat little, my boy, sad I'D help
you keaed the breedl I' comnlg dl
dow l"t
SThe ove steMaredt Lmeh other ia om.u
rnth~. At that Intat the sdm
to draw the lid over him.
creAt that momeneath the baker' heavy tered the
"HwareSleStn growled he, "thtre's no
lstairway was between the shop and the here"
Bertoome instantly werepli the two turtle doves!
tr"It's the fault of the wretched lamp. I
"red to turn up the wiek, but it went
out. Thereat lwas not a scondle must have forgot. -
ten to put oil in it!"
BerA twho hminutes' searchead, extinsued, then. I
came the scrlamp and wtchisperedng of matches, and thern
lamped Stan ighted slas:an.
"What exclaimed M. Malenfrond, "are
"Hyouide yourself quickly thought I heardst
some one knesding a little while ag~o!"
"You hadver there and don't bmare afraid. I'll take
cawere ofd the daughter, soothingly, "Why,"
who on earth could be here? Gervais.,g
our apprentice, as still sick and won't be
out of beelard follr a weekd theo come."menda
"Then I didn's hear right. But now I
tion and felt hisgo to workay along the wall in
Anthe direction Bakerth rubbhad ing his hands with
a rapid gesture. In the darkness lhe b
missed the chest but encourm, wenter toed the y
dough-trough; he feltad lid beneath his t.
fingers, liftednt and, great clammbly hand asquir
rel in daner, leaped into the box, hurl
inHe fragments down amid the dough in every di
rethud, but he had the presence of mind
to dr"What's that-ewat's that?" exclaim- im.
edAt that moment the baker, dwing back a couplthe tiof
apartmen"Who the deue is in the dough
"SHe had not finishgrowled. An enormous no
plaster of dough was applied to his facep
with a splash, cuttina short his exclama- s
tions and blindinghere!"him at thesme time.
BerThe instantly replconsciedntious in the
exercis the of hisault of trade. His dough was lamp. I n
weltried to turn up, and, thoughe wick, but it went
mendout. That lazy Nicole must have foastergot
tenfrom s visage, two or three minutesit!"
elA two minuped before he was able to open his
eyes and speak.
came Duringthe scratcwholeng of mathis ene, anBerd the
lamp wasith agastonishment, had not
When her fat exlaimer had M. Masucceedennd, un"are
you alone? Why I thought I heard
somaided, in ridkneading a himself of hile ago!" ,
"Ye reovereu had he nightmare father!" an -
-'"Oh, m ort Dieu it m ust be a robber!*"
were"Ah, the odaughter, soothingly, "Why, Mi-t
who on earth could be "Where is he, tha Gervais,
knock him down "
our appll rentice, is hestill sick and won't be
the *ouh-tuoh
Iout ofwas eor and empty in eve."
"Then I didn'in hearis right. But now I
am up I'll go to work!"
And hperso all the baker rubbing his hands toh
He hmad et in the bottom ofwent to the boxin
only his shoes, that would have bother- e
ed him in running. o
"Oug-t crieoug and the unfortunate lid.r.
At thief Iat moment a great clammy hand tie
arose from taken the bread outdepths of the box, hurl- dof
mefragments of soft dough in every di- dc
moretio ten fa es" th
"WhaDurint's that-what's the clerkat?" exclaim- tu
edwith doughbaker, drhastened ackswell as h could of
powa cee s"Whop ofthe deue is in thaker, that
He had not finished. An enormous of
The plaster of dough was apreplieived to his farinace Pous
Swith a splasthe greatest sh abilith as he
b.rouht with Kifm fifteen or eilphteen "
tions and blindingou. He satped the clerk om
oThe baker was cntily, onscientious ly that eo
he nexerise of his trade. His dough wants haof P
well kneaded, a ound in thougheir lhves, onmde trea as]
lmendg of eother a pfforts to scrape the monnplaster vi
on-taining eigte nsu a third a'pok-, Pa
tfrom his visage, two or three minute to
elapsed beforest had forwas sharble to open his cwit
of eeand spe r th
This worked ainar M. Malenfhand's Te
r-ival, who meudof inattention to busi. int
esat w of his customersne, Berths
paonre alyaned with astonishment, had not Nih
ed lproprt never henefites ay one.
stirrA few weeks afterward Atamslas en
When herand. As the clerkther had r succeeded,- gsel
aided, in ridding himself of his plaster, 0
the baker gaecovered heris nsenset, and evegan to
-Oh, mon Dien!l it must bo a robber!" A
"Alt, the scoundrel!" groaned poorMrl- cu
enfrond. "Where is he, that I may nu
kntook him into rtnrship in the kery
Andhortly allesticky as he waith Berthe to
hitdad been duly empty in everyeleb of
As for M. Staleiond, he wis flight draggedin
off on hiaperson all the baker's dough. b
Het ignaae oft in the bottomreal nature of the
e-pisode of the dough-trouth, and he" ne
erafterward went to bed wmthout hay.
only his shoed, that would haver to be on ther- e
ed him in running.of
"(Mwi" cried the unfortunate baker.
"This thief! I cannot bake to-night. He I B
has taken the bread out of the mouths of
"Ymore than ten families!"Berthe,"he often id to her
During this not enoughime the clerk alln eye on thered
withe dough, hastened "welias he could ofbe
-.eed, and for thtthere's nothing18
toward the shopye of the master baker, that of the
'res
TIWl SOT AND SUrTHWESTy. to
was not far away. l
The latter received this farinaceous
Ptmasm county, Os, Armers have in
mased $1with0 i mae the greatest ofabilit as he
brought with him fifteen or etablished in
livres of dough. He scraped the clerk era
consienti ouslnty, so V by a number ofthat Itic
Fremoh fAnflies.
the next day som were de ofin the inhabitants of P
the town und ian their loaves, one at
p eg of tobacmov ther a Pforte monnaie
containing eihteen sons, a third a *ock- Pe,
etha ofindke rie an d a dbnch of keys.
The luckiest had for his share a sheet wi]
of stamed pawer . thi
TiwredagaintM Malenfrond's Te:
, rival . whoc oe entiotob busi n
ess, lomlst a part of his customersive thus
oncealtoue man u ad mining t
_oeag00n,000 mpre than in 1800. n
ughe hand sto.e fastohe eer ehadtr- sec
n the bouth eommened operatioeven ou
Chttanoogs, Tenn, recently.
It is mari that over a dosen new bild
ags are nowin proed of erection in
the northern eobtr e u of Tamp,, F te.
eSome Then es uhve beesand he"net
e aferwaro Dade, to., ber- out hle
-lgce to atioe h maugte yato.
waath trrobers u r r t
uet mBmoete ht of Wsten i ftoaer
tis n ensad wood workeep into the
_The fi r tat ther nothing l,
. aociation will hereafter be known as
the National Association of Cane Grow
er.
The shipments of eotton from Bam
berg, Barnwell county, S.C., this year,
amount to 6.920 bales, as against 7,860
bales last year.
At a recent sale in Howard county,
Mo.. calves brought $22.50; yearlinng, $31,
50; two-year-olds, $43; cows, from $26 to
$40.
Governor Lowery predicts that Missis
sippi will manufacture into cloth, with.
in a few years, every pound of cotton
raised in its limits.
Nearly 500 m.les of railway have been
built in Mississippi during the past two
years, and the cotton mill out-put of
the State has been doubled.
In their memorial to Congress the cit
izens of Augusta, Ga., ask for an appro
priation of $800 000- $500,000 for a pub
lic building and $800,000 for the river.
The South. Carolina Legislature has
appropriated $10,000 to make an exhibi
tion for the State at the World's Indus
trial and Cotton Centennial Bxposition.
Palestine, Tex.. is constantly growing.
Among other buildings a goodly number
of dwelling houses are being erected by
men of moderate means, for their own f
use.
It is said that the farmers of Tennes
see complain of the rabbit pest, but are
making way with them by supplying
Nasbville with half of her meat supply
from that prolific source.
Bermuda grass is being extensively
planted in Southwest Georgia. No bland
is too poor to promote its rapid growth.
It will afford an excellent pasturage the
greater part of the year.
It is claimed that tha building of the
proposed Macon and Florida Air Line
Railroad would reach fourteen counties,
the total farm products of which amount
in value yearly to nearly $7,000,000.
The Female Education Aid Associa
tion, organized in Baltimore Md., has un
dertaken the task of founding and en
dowing a great female seminary which
shall offer to yenun women the oppor
tunity for a first-class education.
Tennessee has a school fhud of $1,000,
000 annually for 500,000 population, out
of which less than 300,000 enroll in the
public schools, while the daily attend
ance is iess than 200,000; only two-fifth,
of the children attend school.
The business men of Vicksburg, Miss.,
have addressed a memorial to Congress
asking that body to restore the harb3r of
Vicksburg, by making an appropriation
to bring the azoo river in front of the
city.
t a recent meeting of the Academy of
Natonal Sciences, Professor H. Carvill
Lewis exhibited some remarkable nug
gets found in Mon gomery county, N. C.,
forty miles east of Charlotte and two miles a
from Yadkin river.
According to the report of Special a
Agent Hurt, of the Departmenxt of Agrn
cultue, there is at the present time a
marked tendency in the State of Missis
sippi to contract the ase of the larger
rlantationa; in other words, a tendency
towards smaller farms.
The Louisville, Ky., cotton project is
beng pushed. Mr. Arthur M. Diggle,
representing Eastern capitalists, appear
ed before the Louisvil!e Board of Trade
offering one-fourth subscription to a $1,
00.,000 factory to have 50,000 spindles.
Baltimore M'fr's Record.
Tae Lynehburg, Vs., News says that
the report of the Executive Committee
made a splendid exhibit for the business
of Lynchburg. An increase of the asses
sed valuesof the city fom a little over
$8.000,000 in 1868 to over $12,000,000 in
1883 is a magnificent showing.
The South Carolina Times and esto
crat thinks that persons from abroad
looking for homes can find no better
place to settle than in Orangeburg coun
ty or town. The lands there are excel.
lentand varied in character and the
people are hospitable and public spirited.
The longest line of fence in the world
will be the wire fence to extend from
the Indian Territory west across the
Texas Panhandle and thirty-five miles
into New Mexico. It is said to be over
200 miles long and its purpose is to stop
the drift of northern cattle southward.
It is smserted that the timber region of
East Tennessee is destined to become
second only to the blnasga country
for its fine lands have not been lerdd
out of great forests of poplar, hickory,
walnut; syeamore and other valuable
timber which have reached a fine state
olf development.
Phils. OalL
An elort is being made in Oancinnsti
to allow beer to be sold o street ears.
Keep away from Boston. There are
18,000 more women than men in that
city, and it is leap year, too.
Saloons in Dakota have signs as gentle
reminder: "Gentlemen use the spite
toons and do not crowd the ladies."
New Hampshire, it is rptd is cov
ered with fbur feet of mnow. hibwe i
beihave, is the fiat summe-resort item r
ofthe sson. C
A Texas esolety man refemed to aecept di
a dress milt because the talor neglected t
to provide the pantaloons with a p4s
hicagoi antlelpting th, advent ofa
the foot and mouth disease with clham. t
The Miends of the dease mare also much re
fightened. st
Now that there is a through railroad
line to Mexico the New Yorkes will
probmsbly beo r i Sunday excur
sio tothe bullfights -
The Governor of North Carolina grants t
no pairdoa. Thej'rinsofNorthnCarolna s
so seldom convict anybody that he don't g
get a chance. $1
Atrunk ictory in Jersey City was de- li
utroyed by lire the othir night. It is
net often that the annihilation of trunks
begins so early in the season.
The horrible rumor comes from Ger- e
ny tbhat Bismarck has not yet even ar
ard of Tom Oebiltree. Tom's suicide
is now conddently and hopefully expeo
ted.
It Ls two weeks and over now daee St. e
lois trotted out a missi maide. St. ri
lois Is eaterprisln owily by sprts v
She esn't bold a rapid gait
T THE GiRFILY SEARC(H.
A Map of the Territory from Washltagtn
to Grant Land - The Highest Point
Reached by Man and the Distatnce to the
Pole.
On June 21, 1880, lic-nt. A. W. Greelev
sailed from Washington with the inten
tion of establishing a station in Grant
Land, latitude 82 degrees north. From
this depot as a base of supplies, parties
were to make exploration further north.
lie landed on the 14th of August 1881,
from the steamer Proteus, at Discovery
harbor, Lady Franklin Bay, with a party
of two officers and twenty-two men-and
provisions for about four years. The
vessel, which transportd him there, re
turned August 23, 1881. and since then
no news has been received from him.
A supply expedation was sent out by the
war department in 18,82, but found the
entrance to Smith's sound blocked by
ice, and failed to reach him. In 1883
the Porteus attempted it again, but wis
crushed in the ice at the entrance to
Smnith sound. The present expedition
will consist of three vessels. The steam.
er Thetis, the flagship of the expedition,
Com. W. 8. Schley commander. The
Bear, Lieut. W. H. knory, commander.
and the war sloop Alert, presented by
the British government, Geerge W. Cof
fin, commander.
/I
LIicT. A. W. GaRELY was born in
Newburyport, Mass., in 1842. He served
through the war, being engaged in near
ly every battle fought by the Army of
the Potomac, reaching the grade of cap.
tain and brevet-major. Hewas formany
years connected with the signal service,
and was chosen to the ariuoua task of
polar exploration through his pluck and
scientifie attainments.
",
4
s at
(1.) Highest point reached by Polars
1871, and Alert, 1876. (2.)Highestpoint
rached by man a sledge party om
Capt. Nare'a expeitfon, 1877. (&) Pmt
o s, 187(. ) Wohre Greely dm
hraed from Pto u 611. (6.) Nep
tune, 182. (6.) Proteus sunk, 1888.
The above map of the territory be
tween Washington and the North Pole
preents at a gtance the dificulties of
the pasee to Grant Land when it is
remembered that iee is frt encountered
at Newutndland. This whole region
ha been the field of more exploringand
relief ezpeditione since 14971, when John
Cabot rst ttemted the northwest
ee. ,than pbly say admiy con
tf the gobe. From 1417 to 1846 no lems
than 200 voyaees were made to discover
a northwest pe~aea to Asia, the British
rovernment offering in 1746 the sum of
100,000 for such discovery. On May 19,
1845, sailed the ill-fated Sir John Frank
lin expledition, to search for which cost
the English government manty million
pr ounds sterling, employing as many as
orty thips. The history of the many
expeditions to the North Pole since !~84,5
are too well known to refer to he-r-.
Golden wire bonnet frames,ecovered
with golden net and trimmed with gold
an wheat, dandelions and pale blush
roses, and tied with copper colored vel
vet strings, are high novelties for cpnra .~r
reception wear.