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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.
WINNSBORO. S. 0.. JULY 7, 1883.
ESTABLISHED 1848
A NOItTUKKN MAY.
The robe of lace that, decks her rounded
form
Is donn’d too early for the spring vide
feast;
Her cheek is pale, and on her bosom warm
A wind is blowing from the chill north
east.
In futile search for downy shelter there
Her shiv’ring arms upon her breast are
cross’d;
The airy veil above her golden hair
Is all aglow with diamonds of frost.
And from her hands a wreath of daisies
slips,
And at her feet, in blighted beauty, lies;
The smile is frozen on her lovely lips;
An icy terror dims her dewy eyes.
Turn back, O May! turn back and warm
thy wings
In Time’s old cate, at Vinter’s funeral
pyre,
And come not forth til! Karth, thy bride
groom, spring?
To clasp thee, glowing, to his heart of fire!
LOST AND FOUND.
My Aunt Hester declared it to be an
insufferable nuisance living in the midst
of mills and factories, having for your
neighbors workmen and mill-hands.
Indeed, her august indignation knew
no bounds when the manufactory of Mr.
Shields was erected just outside her gar
den, on the ground adjoining.
The village was a village no longer
but a town, spreading its borders over
the hills to the east and west, to the
north and south.
And down in the valley was the throb
bing heart, teeming with its busy peo
ple.
Its factories and mills were being
erected in what had once been the
suburbs of a village.
My aunt, Hester Stuart, and her
daughters, Geraldine and Clotilde, were
ladies of fashion, and all that the word
implies they were.
The greatest “catch” of the season,
the newest opera, and the styles were the
sum total of their conversation.
It was conceded by all the household
that Miss Geraldine was the lady of the
house.
Even the mamma called her Miss
Geraldine.
It was a high misdemeanor to omit the
important prefix.
Miss Geraldine always had the first
and best of everything; and Clotilde was
obliged to submit to her, sometimes in a
very humiliating maimer.
I, the poor dependent orphan niece,
was chided by one and upbraided by
another, until, between them all my
“lines” were Hard ones.
I thought if my aunt possessed such a
thing as a conscience, surely it would
say to her, “Sleep"no more.”
When Mr. Shields was building, and
my aunt was unacquainted with his per
sonal history, this sooty manufactory,
with its smoky chimneys, was an eye
sore to her fastidious taste. '
“It ought to be declared a nuisance,
this grimy old factory and those greasy
workmenl
“What a desirable view from our sit
ting-room window!
“It is outrageous!”
Thus would my aunt comment upon
Mr. Shields’ workshop.
But very soon it began to be generally
known that Mr. Shields was a bachelor.
Then she began to cultivate his ac
quaintance and to court his favor.
He was rich.
He would be such a capital husband
for Miss Geraldine.
Siege was laid immediately, and if
cunning diplomacy was to be depended
upon, surely the citadel must surrender.
Mr. Shields was reported to be per
fectly impervious to the arts and wiles
spread out for him by mammas and
daughters who were on the “look-out”
so to speak.
It was generally supposed that he had
been through “deep waters.”
The gossips said that he had, when a
journeyman and poor, loved a lady whose
father would not consent to the match
until he could produce a stipulated sum.
He worked hard, and began to amass
a fortune.
But the girl was fickle, and before he
was ready had married another.
This embittered him.
Now be was wedded to his work.
Business was his idol; money his wife
and children.
He scarcely gave a second glance to
any woman. -
My aunt and Miss Geraldine began to
lay their plans, and the distant, reserved
Mr. Shields was often invited to balls
and dinners.
Almost any afternoon you could hear
them laughing and exchanging mem
sallies from the window.
As the days went by I often noticed
him looking intently at me as I perform
ed my daily work.
Sometimes, when I was dusting the
sitting-room, I would chance tu look
towards the mill and catch his glance.
I often wondered what he thought of
me, if he thought of me at all.
Perhaps he was only meditating, lost
in his speculations, and hix eyes happen
ed to rest on me.
I tortured my brain to find a solution
to this enigma, asking myself if 1 was
vain enough to suppose tliat Kenneth
Shields was thinking of me.
This indifferent man was only think
ing of his gains and losses.
He had no possible interest in a girl
who washed dishes and dusted rooms in
her aunt’s fine establishment.
Shall I tell you how his appearance
struck me, and how deeply I became in
terested in him, in those days?
I cannot describe him quite as he
aupeared to me.
I can tell you only of his sunny blonde
hair and his deep gray eyes,' of the well-
built figure, standing perhaps five feet
seven.
I cannot tell of a beautiful Apollo,
tall and beyond all men fair; but I can
say in pure truthfulness that this calm,
almost grave^Cace fascinated and drew
me oif with a powerful hold which other
fairer faces had no power to do.
I felt my poor heart fluttering when
his eyes rested upon me.
I crept away to chide myself with re
newed vigor in the privacy of my own
apartment.
13ms I had grown familiar with him,
and his dauy~ appearance I began to
watch for, and when ;he failed to come,
I often went to my room, and cried, just
out of sheer loneliness.
His presence was a solace; although
he had never spoken tome, yet I was sad
and disconsolate when he was absent.
One evening my aunt and cousins
were going out.
I was assisting them, when I chanced
to drop Miss Geraldine’s ivory fan and
break the tiny mnror.
She tapped me smartly on the ear, and,
in bitter anger, said, “You awkward
little fool! Now my fan is in a nice
condition! If you cannot be more care
ful hereafter, you had better let things
alone!”
Turning to her mamma, she said,
“Mr. Shields always takes my fan, if I
chance to lay it down, and now it’s
utterly ruined by the carelessness of that
thing!”
She looked daggers at me.
Aunt Hester, I thought, might have
given me some sympathy; she only turn
ed stud said, “Mona, hereafter try to be
careful; you have irritated Miss Ger
aldine considerably. Do not vex your
self; I will get another for you, dear
child ” she said to her daughter.
When they were gone, I threw mysely
upon the sofa and gave vent to my pent-
up sorrow.
No reproaches, however unjust and
harsh, no cutting reprimands, no scorn
ful looks, could cause me to cry in their
presence; I kept control over my emo
tions, add wept only when alone.
I cried and sobbed, and longed for
most any fate that would free me from
this thraldom.
Finally I must have fallen into an un
easy slumber.
The sense that tells us someone is
near awoke me.
Standing motionless looking down
upon me in silent pity, was Mr. Shields.
I hurriedly started up, muttering some
kind of apology, and very much ashamed
of my tear-stained face and rumpled
hair. I requested him to be seated, and
he sat down, not on the chair near him,
but beside me on the sofa.
I was confused, and knew not what
to do or say.
I suppose he had perception enough
to notice my agitation. He was all
calmness and ease.
I wondered if it were possible he could
hear my foolish heart beat, and see the
tremor of my lips, when I tried to
answer hi? questions.
“You are in trouble to-night, Mona?”
I shall remember to my dying day the
inexpressible sweetness of those sym
pathizing tones. I thought, as I always
have since, that it was the most musical
voice 1 had heard in all my troubled,
dreary life.
“You were sobbing in your sleep when
I came in; what was it? Are you lone
ly? Aunt and cousins are gone, aren’t
they? Well, cheer up; I will stay here
until they return. Are they unkind to
you?”
I could not tell an untruth now, with
the tear-stains still oa my cheeks; so I
replied “Miss Geraldine scolded me lie-
cause I dropped her fan and broke the
mirror, and Aunt Hester, too.”
Here I completely broke down, and
cried as if I was never going to stop. He
sat awhile in silence, and let me sob un
disturbed; then he said, laying his hand
upon my head, “Don’t give way to your
grief; come, cheer up; you are hurt by
cross wards and reproaches, but there is
sunshine after rain. Mona, to-night you
and I are drawing very near to each
other; I too, have been stung by ingrati
tude. I have sounded the depths of
bitter waters and by the perfidy of one
person I was sunk to the depths of des
pair. But I am out of this slough of
despond, and am now far happier than
I would have been had affairs gone dif
ferently. I am in a position which per
haps I should not have attained if I had
gained what I coveted above all these at
one time. I outgrew my bitter dis
appointment, and in my work I found a
panacea.
“Now I am in a very tranquil state of
mind; and Mona, little friend, I have
observed you, and am aware you are not
happy.
“We will sympathize with each other,
and in our mutual friendship dispel part
of the gloom.”
His kind words, so mildly spoken, the
most gentle that it had been my good
fortune to hear since I was an inmate of
my aunt’s house, went to my lonely
heart like a soothing balm.
I rallied and soon we began to talk.
The horn’s flew by rapidly.
“You and I are’ only beginning to
know each other, Mona,” said my new-
found friend at last.
“We are going to be capital friends,
and ”
No more was said, for aunt and
cousins came in, and our evening to
gether was cut short.
They were profuse in playful re
proaches, and Mr. Shields was scolded
in a pretty way for not attending the
party.
He said, “Well, you see, I was de
tained by important business until 1
feared it was too late; then I dropped in
here, thinking perhaps some of you were
at home.
I found Miss Mona, and as she was
all alone, I thought I should be doing
my duty by remaining with her.
“So I stayed, and we have had quite
a delightful talk.”
Aunt Hester made some reply, cal
culated to annihilate m6.
They all seemed to want to box my
ears.
So I just “folded my tent like an Arab,
and as silently stole away.”
The next morning I had my orders. I
was givep my dismissal.
I was soundly reprimanded for my
forwardness, and my aunt and cousins
took turns in taunting me.
Then I was spirited away in the
night-time to my aunt’s farm far out in
the country, exiled, abandoned, driven
away.
One evening I went to a neighbor’s to
get a book.
The short winter day was closing in
on my return.
A wagon passed me.
It’s occupant, a man, was muffled up;
he looked at me as he passed; the ejacu
lation, “Mona!” came out in a very em
phatic manner. I looked up; it was
Kenneth Shields.
Hurriedly he jumped out.
“Mona, where are you going? Is this
where you have been all this time? I
made bold to inquire your whereabouts,
but your aunt gave me very unsatisfac
tory answers.
“You did steal away in a dreadfully
mysterious manner.
‘‘From standing at my elbow you fled
into the vast unknown.”
I could hardly speak for joy; for the
light in Kenneth’s eyes was clearly that
of love.
I no longer accused myself of vanity
when I confessed with delight that he
really did think of me.
Well, it is the old, old story. .
The next day f bade adieu to the
dreary farm, and with my promised
husband started for the city, on reaching
which we went to his sister’s where I
stayed till we were quietly married.
Then we took rail to my aunt’s, and
Kenneth introduced me as “Mrs.
Shields” to aunt and cousins.
They were astonished and ashamed,
and I confess that the sudden transfor
mation from plain Mona Norton to Mrs.
Kenneth Shields quite startled me.*
They welcomed us in a tolerably hos
pitable manner; and for fonn’s sake we
stayed to dinner; still a latent spark of
resentment lingered underneath the
show of good-will.
“Mona, dear,” said my husband when
we were alone, “were you resigned to
your fate, and would you have made no
effort to let me know your place of resi
dence? You did not intend to forget
me?”
“Indeed I did not; and if you had not
come to rescue me, I don’t think I could
have gone on living. But I am happy
now so let_us forget the past.”
The Derby course.
Canes.
A young American who has traveled,
says in correspondence about the Derby
track at Epsom, that the course is en
tirely different from anything we have
in America. There are not fifty yards
of level ground anywhere. I should
say that a run of the whole circuit must
be about two miles long. On this side
the ground slopes rapidly down into a
deep valley, so that tne horses run on
ground that slants up toward the out
side rail. From the bottom of the
valley the way up on the other side is
very steep, where the track runs along
the crest of a ridg^ beyond, it must be
four or five hundred feet higher than
where we sit. Up towards the be
ginning of the home stretch is the place
which they call Tottenham corner, and
all England tells you what terrible place
it is for a horse to come around. But
that is taffy. There are worse turns at
Jerome Park and Sheepshead Bay.
The only difficulty about thi; one is
that it occurs where the horses are
coming down a slight slope. The
Derby races begin part way aound the
course, as the distance they run is
about a mile and a quarter, I believe.
They start in an upward slope to the
crest of the distant ridge, come down
around Tottenham corner, into the
straight stretch home, and end on a
down hill part of the track. The
course is turfed, not turned up like
those in America.. Much of the space
down in the valley, inside the track
and up on the hill beyond, is taken up
with refreshment tents. Punch and
Judy shows, those machines which
send wooden horses around in a circle,
parties of men with blackened faces,
singing and d uncing without time o r
tnne, jugglers, acrobats and a surging
mass of people. From the grand stand
for half a mile in each direction, out
side the track, there is the same sort of
thing, added to a tremendous crash of
carriages, from which the horses have
been taken and housed for the day. A
third of the people present want to sell
you something that is of no earthly
use, and that you wouldn’t be found
dead with, and the other two-thirds
want to steal whatever you may have
around in your clothes. They are the
most accomplished thieves I ever
struck, and they will steal anything
they can lay hands on, no matter
whether it is worth anything or not.
I have seen some pretty big and some
rather promiscuous crowds in America,
but this one certainly captured the
pnze in all respects. There must have
been six hundred thousand to one mil
lion people there. Nobody can convey
a notion of such a crowd with mere
fi&rures. It was at least ten times as
largo a gathering as I ever saw at a
race before.
A Grand in Scene.
Jesse Barritt, County Superintendent of
Schools, m Missouri, recently, while going
from Hillsboro to Butler, a village four
miles northwest- of Hillsboro, witnessed
one of the most magnificent sights he
ever saw and one which, perhaps, few
men have ever had the opportunity of
seeing. Arriving at" the top of Cross
Hill, a high eminence about two miles
west of Hillsboro, he says the air sud
denly became entirely calm, producing
an oppressive, stifling sensation, which
was followed by a peculiar, sickening
smell. lie then saw five distinct cyclones
in the west and southwest, which ha
describes as huge balls of cloud travel
ing in a northeasterly direction at a
terrific rate of speed. All were dis
tinctly outlined and appeared at times to
come to the ground and bound into the
air to a great height. They were In a
constant state of agitation and as they
rose from the earth they became illumi
nated; while near the earth they ap
peared to be of a greenish color. They
were accompanied by a deafening roar.
One of them passed immediately over
him, but, fortunately, did not reach low
enough to do any damage. He asserts
that he saw nothing of the funnel shape so
often described, but that they appeared
most oi the time perfectly round. They
were a number of miles apart apparently,
but all going m the same direction.
He says that while the display was
grand beyond description, be never wants
to witness such a sight again; but they
were evidently stragglers belonging to
the army of cyclones that passed over
our State an hour or two betore, and
fortunately bad no time to unsheath
their devastating “funnel” and strike the
earth. Only those that appeared at a
great distance seemed to come to the
ground. They passed out of sight in
less thim three minutes and were fol
lowed by a heavy wind and torrents of
rain.
Tbe horrible.habit of Americans of put
ting their bands in their pockets has led to
the popujanty of oanes in this country.
The Japanese gentleman shows apprecia
tion to the same feeling when his costume
is incomplete—without his shutting fan,
which he hangs at his belt, over his right
shoulder, or in the breast folds of his silken
gown. The French or English gentleman
for the same reason never attends a full-
dress party without his crush hat in his
hand. * ’ .
The fashion of carrying canes, however,
an .ong the swells and lah de-dah lads of
New York has each season its rules which
are observed with . as much exquisite
punctilio as those of ladias who wear a
poke bonnet one year and auoop hat the
next. Most of tnese Bash Ions originate in
Europe. A year or ttfo ago there were
two styles—the shepherd’s crook, shaped
like a fishhook, and a Z ilu crook, a plain,
curved handle. The Zulu came from Paris,
the shepherd from London. These styles
in canes were introduced in the spring, and
were preceded by the orutch. When our
fathers were lads the whalebone cane was
the proper thing. Now they are so scarce
that they are worth to the dealer from $3
to $3,50. Last year the fashion was to
carry a silver ball cane. Then there is a
style in carrying a cane, and this varies
each year. One year it was to walk with
aspring gait, with bent knees and arms
akimbo as far forward as possible, and the
cane was held between one finger and
thumb, correctly balanced so as to swing
gracefully. Then came the esthetic style.
The cane was held in front of the body by
the first and second fingers of both hands,
and was allowed to bang limp, while the
elbows were still further forward, and the
shoulders, if possible, more round. Then
there was a fashion last year of holding the
ferule down. This year it is to hold it in
the middle, with the ferule to the front,
just as Mr. Spot Dandridge does after his
return from the east. That’s the proper
“caper.”
The material is as various as can well
nigh lie conceived of. Many are of im
ported woods; some from the tiopics,
China- and tbe East Indies. The cele
brated Whongee canes are from China,
where tney are well known and celebrated
for the regularity of their joints, which
are the points from which the leaves are
given off, and the stems of a species of
phyllosiachys, a gigantic grass, closely
allied to the bamboo. The orange and
lemon are highly prized, they are imported
chiefly from the West Indies, and perfect
specimens command enormous prices. The
orange stick is known by its beautiful
green bark, with fine white longitudinal
markings, and the lemon by the symmetry
of its proportions and both prominence
and regularity of its knots. Myrtle sticks
possess also a value, since their appearance
is so peculiar that their owner would sel
dom fail to recognize them. They are im
ported from Algeria. The rajah stick is
an importation. It is the stem of a palm,
and a species of calamus. It is grown in
Borneo, and takes its name from the fact
that the rajah will not allow any to go out
of the country unless a heavy duty is paid.
These canes known as palm canes are dis
tinguished by an angular and more or less
flat appearance. Their color is brownish,
spotted, and they are quite straight, with
neither knob nor curl, They are the
petioles of leaf stalks of the date palm.
Perhaps tbe most celebrated of the foreign
canes are the Malacca, being the stems of
the calamus sceptonum, a slender climhiug
palm, and not growing about Malacca, as
the name would seem to indicate, but im
ported from Stak on the opposite coast of
(Sumatra. Other foreign canes are of
ebony, n me wood, partridge, or hair wood,
and cactus, which, when the pith is cut
out, presents a most novel appearance,
hollow, and full of holes.
The manutacture of canes is by no means
the simple process of cutting the sticks in
tbe woods, peeling off tbe bark, whittling
down the knots, sandpapering the rough
surface, and adding a touch of varnish, a
curiously carved handle of head, aud tip
ping the end with a ferule, in the sand
flats of New Jersey whole families support
themselves by gathering naaneberry sticks,
which they gather in theswamos, straight
en with an old vise, steam over an old
kettle, aud, perhaps, scrape down or whittle
into size. These are packed in large
bundles to New York city and sold to the
caoe factories Many Imported sticks,
however, have to go through a process of
straightening by a mechanical means, which
are a mystery to the uninitiated. They
are buried in hot sand until they become
pliable, in front of the heap of hot sand
in which the sticks are plunged is a stout
board from five to six feet long, fixed at
an angle inclined to the workman, and
having two or more notches cut iu the
edge. When the stick has become per
fectly pliable the workmsr places it on
one of the notches, and, bunding it in the
opposite direction to which It is naturally
bent, straightens It. Thus, sticks appar
ently crooked, bent, warped aud worthless
are by this simple process straightened;
but the most curious part of the work is
observed in tbe formation of the crook or
curl for the handles, which are not natur
ally supplied with a hook or knob. Tbe
workman places one end of the cane firmly
in a vise, and pours a continuous stream of
Are from a gas pipe on the part which Is to
be bent. When sufficient heat has been
applied, tbe cane is pulled slowly aud
gradually round until the hook is complete
ly formed, and then secured with a string.
An additional application of heat serves to
bake and permanently fix the curl. The
under part of the handle is frequently
charred by the action of the gas, and this
is rubbel down with sandpaper until* the
requisite degree of smoothness is attained.
Lamps in Yokohama.
As the hour approaches for the lighting
of lamps in the evening at Yokohama, the
sound of tbe patrol is heard, and ail nigbt
long the streets are perambulated by these
warning guardians, who beat two hand-
sticks or clappers together with the regu
larity of clockwork, giving forth a sharp,
ringing sound that there is no mistaking,
and they also have a regular note of warn
ing, which they O'y out at regular intervals
of time, so that the necessity of precaution
is present to the mind of all the dwellers in
the city, throughout tbe haursof darkness,
whether they will or nt>. The incendiary
is tbe most depraved of criminals in the
estimation of the people, and none others
were so fesrtully punished in the past. At
present death Is the penalty meted out to
one who commits aison.
A “Crowing;” Match.
This peculiarity of the barn yard chain-
pion became the subject of conversation
at a little dinner given at Delmonicn’s,
New York, on the 8th of last January,
the occasion being the commemoration
oi the birthday of Mr. Larry Jerome,
who asserts that he is ot the same age
as General Andrew Jackson.
“I don’t see,” said Mr. Alexander
Taylor, Jr., “why if this is so, a rooster
cannot be trained to crow as well as to
fight. I believe that by taking one when
a mere chick and cultivating its lung
power assidiously, putting before it, from
its earliest infancy, the best and most
illustrious Growers, a rooster could be
trained to crow a dozen times consecu
tively.”
Mr. Jerome seeing here an opportunity
for a wager—something which he never
neglected—said:—“It would all depend
upon a man’s own training. ’ A f brought
up in the country, as I was, observant
of the habits of the fowl from boyhood,
there is little doubt but that experiment
of this kind would be a success. 1
think, however, that you would fail,”
“I'll bet you $5,000,” said Mr. Tay
lor, promptly, “that in six months I’ll
produce a cock that will outcrow any
thing you can show.”
‘I’ll take that bet,” said Mr, Jerome,
quietly, and the conversation diverged to
other topics, neither party again alluding
to it, and each gentleman trusting that
the other would forget all about it so
that he might be able to claim a default
when settling day arrived.
The next morning Mr. Taylor went
bright and early to Washington Market,
and, from information there obtained, was
induced to go to Rosedale, N. J., where
Mr. Philip Timpson resides.
In giving the particulars to a reporter,
Mr, Taylor said:—“1 learned that Phil
Timpson was a most successful hatcher of
chickens by artificial process, and I went
to him and told him I wanted a lot
hatched, all cocks and of the best crowing
breeds. He said I'd have to take ’em as
they coma, cocks and hens together, and
that he had no process for hatching cocks
exclusively. He said, however, that he
would lay the world under coatribution
for eggs, and that if I would agree to
take all that he would hatch there was no
doubt that among the lot 1 should be able
to secure the champion crower.
“So, after signing a contract, I returned
to my place at Mamaroneck, and bad a
house built 150 feet on the water-line—
siio, I don’t mean that—I thought 1 was
speaKing of a yacht: but she’s 150 feet
over all; that is, it is that length along the
water, and I’ve bad It fitted up with
porches at different elevations, no that at
the earliest age the young rooster will
have a place from which to crow, and can
advance from perch to perch, raising his
notes at each elevation.”
“I’ve got over 500 fowl there already,
and Timpson is goinz to have 500 more
on Thursday morning. Until about a
week ago 1 thought ttiat 1 had a sure
thing on Larry Jerome, but I theu learned
that he had constructed a crowing nursery
at Oyster Bay, L. L, under the superin
tendence of bis brother, Tom Jerome.
Still I think I’ll beat him, after all, for
Timpson says that there’s not a known
breed of towl but what 1 possess of it a
representative cock.”
Mr. Jerome was found immersed in
weighty transactions at the Stock Ex
change. lie had but a moment to sp ire
for an Intervie w and said that he consid
ered it a gross breach of confidence on the
part of Mr. Taylor to have given the thing
away. “Since it has gone so far, how
ever,” said he, “I may say that my hen
nery a* Oyster Bay is 250 feet long and
50 feet in width. My fowls, of which 1
have 2,000, represent 100 distinct breeds,
all of which have been produced by patent
process and with especial reference to
crowing. I don’t feel the least anxiety
about the matter, as I have no doubt but
that my bird will win. ”
“Wlire will the trial take place, Mr.
Jerome?”
“VVe have not decided upon that as yet.
We of course never Imagined that the
event would be of so much public interest,
and expected to have it up at Taylor’s
place at Mamaroneck, or else down‘at
Oyster Bay, with only a few of our
friends present; but the Interest in it
seems to have been aroused to such an
extent that I told Alee the other day that
I thought we would have to secure the
Garden, or else the American Institute
building in Third avenue. 'The judges
are Mr. Andrew Gaboon for Mr. Taylor,
apd^l have asked Mr. Charles Minton, the
Secretary of the New York yacht Club,
to act for me; they two to choose a third
if necessary. ’
The Preelons Metals.
The special report of Mr. Burchard,
Director of the Mint, upon the produc
tion of the precious metals in theUuited
States, which was ordered to be printed
by the last Congress, shows that the
yield of the mines of the United States
for the year 1882 was $32,500,000 in
gold, $46,800,000 in silver, a total of
$79,300,000—a decline ot $2,200,000 of
gold and an increase of $3,800,d00 of
silver Compared with the preceding year.
The greatest relative decline was in
California, while in silver production
Idaho, Montana and New Mexico
showed the greatest increase. The ex
cess of production over consumption of
the year, added to the net imports of
gold, resulted in a net gain to the
circulation of less than $200,000 in gold,
but by coinage and net iiifyort of coin
the metallic circulation gained nearly
$39,700,000 in gold and about $27,600,-
000 in silver coin.
The California gold fields show no
evidence of exhaustion, aud Nevada
gives signs of recovery from the mis
management aud stock speculation that
have affected its production. Idaho,
Montana, Utah and-New Mexico furn
ish evidence of the increased importance
of mining industry in those Territories,
while Arizona maintains her large pro
duction of the precious metals.
—There is said to be one physician to
every thirteen families in the United
States.
—In 1764 England had over 20,000
negro slaves, and they wore collars like
dog collars.
—An entire suite of bedroom furni
ture made of glass is the freak of a
Spanish grandee.
pas****-? was
Temple* of the Sun.
In Persia, in ancient times, they had
temples which they called “Temples of
the Sun,” and they worshiped the sun
always. They felt that It was he who
presided over the destinies of mankind,
who gave them the light of day and
also warmth, who was the founder of
tneir empire, and in nearly every city
temples dedicated to the sun were raised.
They acknowledged a Supreme Being,
a Creator of the world in fact, but he
did not seem to hold the first place in
their hearts, for only one small temple
was erected to him. The grandest tern
pie of all was in the city of Cuzco and it
was such a rich temple that it was called
"Coricancha,” which meant “The Place
of Gold.” it was-built of hewn stone, so
beautifully put togetbat, the place of join
ing could not be discovered, and it con
sisted of a chief building with chapels
adjoining, and several other inferior
buildings, and covered quite au area.
Everything inside the temple was gorgeous
beyond description. On the western wall
the Sun Deity ww represented, it con
sisted of a human face surrounded by rays
of light. This face and tiguure was en
graved on an immense plate of gold,
massive and heavy and thickly bestrewn
with diamonds, emeralds and other pre
cious stones. When the sun rose in the
morning, the figure was so placed iu the
temple the light fell full upon it, making
a most dazzling effect, and all the gold in
the room (and the walls were adorned and
inlaid and overlaid with gold) caught up
the glory aud reflected it, and everywhere
were shining plates of gold and heavy
ornaments of the precious metal and those,
too, sent back a flood of light as the sun
beams fell upon them. One of thd
smaller chapels was dedicated to the moon,
the next deity of importance, styled the
“Mother of the lucas.” All the decora
tions of this room, as well as the figure
representing the moon, and the burnished
plates, etc., were of silver. Theu there
were other chapels—one consecrated to
the stars, another to the iainoow, and an
other to thunder and lightning. All these
belonged, you must remember, to the
Temple of the Sun. Everything used in
connection with the worship ot the sun
was of gold and silver. There were a
dozen or more silver vases of immense
sue, standing on the flooj of the main
room, filled with Indian corn. “The
censers for the perfumes, the ewers Which
held the sacred water, the pipes which
conducted it through subterrabean chan
nels into the buildings, the reservoir that
received it, were all of gold or silver.”
Then there were artificial gardens outside,
with plants iu them, curiously constructed
of silv#r aud gold and precious stones;
there were animals of gold, life size, and
even the agricultural implements used m
the garden were of the precious metal.
The name of Inca was applied t> tlie
Sovereigns of Peru as well us to all those
males who descended from them. The
Sovereign was far, above his people, even
the noblest of the Inca nobility could not
enter into the presence of the reigning
Inca without making bare his feet and
carrying a slight burden to signify homage.
The Inca was considered the sun’s repre
sentative, and he claimed to be vastly
superior to all others, and lived and
dressed in grand style. He had a uuin
her of wives, a great many children and
devoted attendants. When an Inca died,
his wealth did not descend to his heir,
but all his treasures remained just as he
had left'them, and all his palaces ex
cept one were closed up forever. They
believed the spirit would return some
day and would require all his personal
effects. The funeral was au occasion
for grand display, and sometimes thous
ands—among them his wives and attend
ants—were sacrificed on his tomb. The
b«dy of the Inca was eubalmed, aud
robed in royal attire, placed on a g dd
chair, taken to the Temple of the Sun.
There all the dead Incas sat with their
hands crossed and their heads inclined
in the midst of all the gold and silver,
the men on the right and the queens on
the left of the blazing effigy of the Sun.
The one palace or mansion of the Inca
that was not closed up was kept just as if
the owner had gone for a day and was
expected to return at any moment. The
guard was retained, the servants were all
at their posts and everything went on as
before. Sometimes entertainments were
provided in the name of a dead Inca by
the Captain of the guard stationed in tbe
unclosed house ol the Inca. Then the
body of the Inca would be brought out
into the public square with great pomp
and ceremony, and tbe display of gold and
rtlver plate and jewels was something far
ahead of anything we can now imagine.
The Peruvian process of enbaiming todies
was as suceessful as the Egyptian, but it
is supposed that it was much more simple
and brought about by exposiug the body
to the action of the peculiar aud ranfied
mountain atmosphere; and they were as
perfect as life, “and not even the hair of
an eye-brow lacking,” while their counte-
nauces retained their natural, somewhat
swarthy hue. A portion of the body, the
intestines, etc., were buried aud with
them a quantity of treasure, and it was at
tils time and place Iheir wives and attend
ants were sacrificed.
GatheriuK and Drying Tea In Japan.
Tea gathering is commenced in May,
Girls are employed, at an average of five
cents a day, from sunrise to sunset. The
sprig of leaves is nipped off carefully
with the finger nails and deposited in a
basket, and other servants carry the$e
baskets, as they are filled, to the tea
planter’s house and necessary outhouses.
Here other employes spread them out on
large palm mats and here the first and
only adulteration essayed by the tea
planter is executed. Having decided the
percentage of exhausted leaves to mix
with his fresh leaves these are put also on
tbe mats. The drying ism the open air
and in the sunlight That having been
completed, the next .operation is the curl
ing. To effect this tbe dried leaves are
poured into open cast-iron receptacles over
a charcoal furnace beneath of accurately
graded heat Sufficient laborers are
placed around these pans to constantly
take in their hands tbe leaves as they be
come heated and to roll them. When the
curling is done the leaves arc packed m
coarse, cheap boxes, freighted to the
nearest tea market and there sold to a
foreign tea dealer. Every foreigner keeps
a special variety of tea-taster, who has to
tell the quality of the fresh leaf and to
make a guess at the amount of leaves that
have already done service.
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—OF—
THE PEOPLE
BUY THE BEST!
Mr. J. O. Boao—Pear Sir: I bought the Brat
Davis Machine sold by yon over live yea rs ago lor
my trite, who has given it a long and fair trial. I
am well pleased with it. It never gives any
rouble, aud is as good as when first bought.
- ■ ,1 J. W. noucx.
Wh ni.aa. ft* Vt, April 1888.
Mr. Boag: You wish to know whpt I have to say
In regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three
years ago. 1 feel I can’t say too much In Its favor.
I made about $80,00 within five months, at times
running it so fast tfiat the needle would get per
fectly hot from friction. I feel confldeni I could
not have done the same work with as much ease
and so well with any other machine. No time lost
in adjusting attachments. The lightest running
machine 1 have ever treadled. Brother James ana
Williams’ families are as much pleased with their
Davis Machines bought or you. I want no better
machine. As I said before, I don’t think too
much can be said for the Davis Machine.
Respectfully,
Ellen Stevenson,
Fairfield County, April, 18*1.
Mr. Boao : My machine gives me perfect satis
faction. I find no fault with it. The attachments
are so simple, i wish for no better than the Davis
Vertical Feed.
Respectfully.
Mrs. R. Milling.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mr. Boag : I bought a Davis Vertical Feed
Sewing Machine from you four years ago. I am
delighted with it. It never has given me any
trouble, and has never been the least out of order.
It is as good as when I first bought it. I can
cheerfully recommend it.
Respectfully,
Mrs. M. J. Kirkland.
Monttcello, April 30, 1883.
This is to certify that I have been using a Davis
Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over twayears,
purchased of Mr. J. O. Boag. I haven’t found it
possessed of any fault—all the attachments are so
simple. It neverrefuses to work, and is certainly
the lightest running in the market. I consider it
a first class machine.
Very respectfully,
Minnie M. Willingham.
Oakland, Fairfield county, S. C.
Mr boag : i am wen pleased m every particula
with the Davis Machine bought of you. I think it
a first-class machine in every respect. Yon know
you aolitseveral machines of the same make to
different members of our families, all ot whom,
as far as 1 know, are well pleased witn them.
Respectfully,
Mrs. M. II. Moblev.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
This Is to certify we have had in constant use
the Davis Machine bought of you about three years
ago. As we take In work, and have made the
price of it several times over, we don’t want any
better machine. It is always ready to do any kind
of work we nave to do. No puckering or skipping
stitches. We can only say we are well pleased
ana wish no better machine,
Catherine Wylie and Sister.
April 25,18-3.
1 have no fault to find with my nrich ne, and
don’i waul any 'fitter. I have made the price of
it several times by taking in sewing. It Is always
ready to do Its work. I think it a first-class ma
chine. I feel I can't say too rnnch for the Davis
Vertical Feed Machine.
Mrs. Thomas Smith.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mr. J. O. Boag—Dear Sir: It gives me much
pleasure to testify to the merits of the Davis Ver
tical Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got of
you aiicui nve years ago. has been almost in con-
sia.ii csd e'er since that time. I cannot see that
it is any. and has not eost me one cent for
r< ■ nave had : . u well pleased
an . »•'*• "i ’< ’or a ly bet'.e .
Y- Tv. tru'v,
.o. l. v i; .WFORD,
Granite quarry, near Winnsboro S. C.
We have used the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing
Machine for the last five years. We would not
have any other make at any price. The machine
has given us unboundea satisfaction.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. W. K. Turner and Daughters)
Fairfield county, 8. C., Jan. 27,1883.
Having bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewiug
Machine from Mr. J. O. Boag some t!pvc years
ago, and it having given me perfect satisfaction in
every respect as a family machine, both for heavy
and light sewing, aud never needed the least re
pair in any way, I can cheerfully recommend it to
any one as a first-class machine In every particu
lar, and think it second to none. It Is one ot the
simpilst machines made; my children use it with
all ease. The attachments are more easily ad
justed and it does a greater range of work by
meaus of its Vertical Feed than any other ma
chine I have ever seen or used.
Mrs. Thomas Owings.
Winnsboro, Fairfield county, s. C.
* We have had one of the Davis Machines about
four years and have always found it ready to do all
kinds of work we have had occasion to do. Can’t
see that the machine U worn any, and works as
well as when new.
Mrs. W. J. Crawford,
Jackson’s Creek, Fairfield county, 8. C.
My wife is highly pleased with the Davis Ma
chine bought of you. Slie would not take double
what sue gave for It. The maculae has not
been out of order since she had It, and she can do
any kind of work on It.
. Very Respectfully,
Jas. F. Free.
Monticello, Fairfield county, 8. C.
The Davis Sewing Machine Is simply a treas
ure Mrs. J. A. Goodwtn.
Ridgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1b83.
J, O Boao, Esq., Agent—Dear Sir: My wife
has been using a Davis Sewing Machine constant
ly for the past four years, and it aas never needed
any repairs an i works just us well as when first
bjugiiu She says it will do a greater range of
practical work »nd do it easier and better than
any machine she has ever used. We cheerfully
recommend U as a No. 1 family machine,
Your tru.T,
. Jas. Q. Davis.
Wtnusboro, 8. C , Jan. 8, 1883.
Mr.' Boao : I have always found ray Davis Ma
chine ready do all kinds of to work 1 have had oc
casion to do. I cannot see that the machine Is
worn a particle and it works as wed as when new.
Respectfully,
Mrs. K. C. Goodino.
Winnsboro, 8. C., April, 1883,
Mr. Boag: My wife has been constantly using
tbe Davis Machine bought of yon about five- years
ago. I have never regretted baying It, as it is
always ready for any kind of family sewing, either
heavy or light. It i« never oat of fix or neeamg
repairs.
. Very respectfully
Fairfield, 8. C., March, 1883,
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