The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, December 22, 1883, Image 1
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BUY THE BEST!
WINNSBORO. S. O.. DECEMBER^, 1883.
ESTABLISHED 1848.
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and rejoice
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Men in that tUieVcomlng shall work
Mr. J. O. Boag—Dear sir: I bcugtit ttie nr»t
Dana Machine sold by you over five years ago for
my wife, who has given it a long and fair iriai. I
am well pleased with It. It never gives any
Mr. bIao: lou
In rbgaM tothi; Dai
I ears ago. I (eel i can’t say too
made aoout 180,00 within live months, at timet
running it so fast that the needle wdiim gat per
fectly not from fraction. I feel confident I could
not have done the same worn with as muon ease
and so well with any other machine. No time lost
in adjusting attachments. The lightest lunniug
machine 1 have ever treadled. Brother James and
Williams’ families are as muoh pleased with their
Davis Machines oought ot you. 1 want no better
machine. As I said before, I don’t think too
much can be said for the Davis Machine.
Kespecifully,
Kllbn stsvbnson,
Fairfield County, April, 1883.
Mr. Boao : My machine giveame perfect satis
faction. 1 and no lault with it. The attachments
ai e so simple, i wish for no better than tne Davis
Vertical Peed.
Respectfully.
Mrs. R. Millimo.
Fairfield county, April, 1883. ^ «
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Mr. Boao: 1 oougnt a Hevi9«vertical Feed
w ing Machine from yon four years ago. I am
lighted with it. It never has given me any
o uole, ami has never been the least out of order,
t Is as good as when I urst bought iu I can
cheerfully recommend It.
Respectfully, -
Mr.-. M. J. Kirkland.
Montlcelio, April 30,1883.
This is to certify that I have been using a Davis
Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over tw > years,
purchased of Mr. J. o. du.ig. i haven’t found it
p assessed of any fault—all the attaenmepta are so
simple. It uever refuses to wont, and is certainly
ths lightest running in the market. I consider it
s first class macuine. * l ■ *
Very respectfully.
, MiRnir M. Willingham.
Oakland, Fairfield county. S. C.
Mr Boao: i anmeu pwaspnmevery particoi
with tine Davis Machine nought of you. 1 titOsk
a fini-Olass macuine iu every respsek. You Res w
you sold several machines of the same make to
dnierent members of our families, all of wuom,
as far as 1 know, are well pieased wita them.
Respectfully,'
Mrs. M. il. MOBLBT.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
’’e lack of earaUig-and
hunger-wolf onear.
O'Strange new wonderful justice! But for
whom shall we gather the gala?
For ourselves and for each of onr fellows,
and no hand shall labor in vain.
Then all mine and all t/tine shall be ours, and
no more shall any man crave,
For riches that serve for nothing but to fet
ter a friend for a slave.
And what wealth then shall be left us when j
none shall gather gold
To buy his friend in the market, and pinclf
and pine the sold?
and the lit-
nd beauty,
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homes of ancient stories, the tombs
of the mighty dead;
And the wise man seeking out marvels,
and' the poet's teeming head.
And the painter's hand ot wonder; and the
marvelous flddie-bow,
And the banded choirs of music—all those
that do aud know.
For all these shall be ours and all men’s,
Hbr shall any lack a share,
Of the toil and the gain of living in the days
when the world grows fair.
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Thisistocertu we have sal a constant use
the Davis Machine bought ot youkbout taree years
ago. As we take in work, ami have made tue
puce of it several times over, we don’t want aay
better machine. It is always ready to do any kind
of work we nave to do. No puckering or skipping
stitches. We canomysay we are well pieased
ana wish no better machine,
t. ATHBR1NB WVLIB AND SlBTBR.
April 85,1883.
IN UARVBST-TIME.
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I have no fault to end with my machine, and
don’t want any better. I have m t ie (he price of
ii severa. tunes by taking (u sewing, it is alwayf
ready to do its wont 1 Uihk it a dm i-class ms
chine. I feel I can t say too much for tne Davis
Vertical Feed Machine. . ■ , •
Mbs. Thomas Smith.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mr. J.O. Boao—Dear Sir: it gives me much
pleasure to testify to tue merits of me Davis Ver
tical Feed Sewing Machine. The ma-hlne I got of
yon about five years ago. has beeu almost In con
stant use ever since tnat time. I cannot see that
it is worn any, aud has not cost me one cent for
irs since we
don’t wish i
tW. Am well
e nave uad it,
lorany better.
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Granite Quarry,£ear Wlnnsboro s. C.
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its trn'y, a
OUT. CRaWrltR!
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We have used the Davis Venteal-Fsed sewing
Machine for the last five years. We would not
have any other make at any price. The maoiime
has given us unboundeu satisfaction. '
, Very respectfully,
Mrs. W. k. turnbk a.«p DAUOHTiKsj
Fairfield county, a. C., Jan. 8; 1*33.
Having bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing
Machine from Mr. J. U. Hoag some tftnje years
ago, and It uaviugglveu me perfect satisfaction tn
every resi>eotasa tamily macuine. bom for he* y
and light sewing, auu never needed me least re
pair hi any way, I can uueerfuny reco.umeud It to
aay one as a drst-uiass macula in every, particu
lar, and think It second to none.. It U one ot the
simplest machines made; my chit iren use It wita
all ease. 1'he attachments are more easily ad
justed and it does a greater range of work by
meaneofits Vertical Feed than any other ma
chine 1 hare ever seen or used. ‘
Mrs. Thomas owinob.
Wlnnsboro, Fairfield county, S. a
We have had one ot the Dam Maohlos about
four years and nave always found It ready to do aU
kinds of work we nave nad occasion to uo. Can’t
see tnat the machine is worn any, and works as
well as wnen new.
Mrs. W. J. Crawford,
Jackson’s Crees. Fairfield county, a C.
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My wife Is highly pleased with the Davis Mv
chine bought o< yon. 8ae would not take douois
wnat sue gave lor It. The machine has not
been oat of order eince she had it, and she can do
any kind ot work on Ik
Very Heepectfully,
Jas. F. Free.
Montlcelio, Fairfield county, a C.
The Davis Sewing Machine Is simply a treas
ure mbs. J, A. GOODWBN.
Ridgeway, N. C., Jan. IQ^ioSa. ; j • {
■Without, a fierce sun burned and
blistered; witMn, was delightful cool
ness gnd' greenish bloom. But with-
iniwas ajho the silence which follows
a piock, aid the shattering of staunch-
ly-buildea hopes.
Iu the grqat library, two men faced
each bther, <one bent; gray-headed,
small of stature, the older tall, and
strdflg as a young gladiator, with a
handsqme. olive skinned face, just
now vfry set [and grave.
“My dear 'bojr, it has been no easy
task for me to come and tell you this,”
Mr. Roche said, speaking slowly.
“You have all your life been consid
ered, and have been taught to con
sider yourself, master of Silver Cliff.
It i» hard .now, when for twt> years
you hav4 reigned as shch, to be, ab
ruptly deposed. No one ever dream
ed that Nicholas Edgerton had left a
the fact has been
^ megest accident
fs are, howfTer, flawless,
hey have been thoroughly investiga
ted and authenticated. You are cou
sins, you know, three times removed
Of course you would never hayje sue
ceeded to the estate had Utert’been the
least suspicion of her existehce.”
- H* paused to take out Us handker
chief and wiped his forehead. He had
been the Edgerton’s lawyer for many
years, and, as he said, it came hard, on
him to be the bearer of ill news to the
boy he had loved from babyhood.
"When is she coming—homei”
Maurice Edgerton asked, quietly, but
choking a little over the last word.
Naturally, this sudden information
was a blow to him. To be dashed from
wealth to absolute pennilessness, with
out a profession or the priceless expe
rience of those who have learned what
the bare struggle for existance implies,
was, in truth, appalling, .
*T am not positive,” Mr. Roche
plied. “It will certainly be some da
next week. In regard to world!
matters she must be quite a child,
having never in her life been without
the walls of that old Belgian con-
Week?” smarting
seems—so sfJtmT”
hsn he excused hilase
went away.
August blushed to joyous being; and
with i(» pomp of birds and flowers, and
ender dawns and rare white nights,
the new heiress came to Silver Cliff.
Mr. Rdclie met her at the depot and
quite forgot to dislike her, as she had
resolved to do. ' • .
She stepped out on )he platform and
looked around her bewilderedly,ja len
der girl, gray-clad from head to foot.
And how pretty she was, to-be sure!
Stately and a tall Idly, with a fair, pearl-
skined face, lit by brown eyes, clear and
gracious. L : ~ i
On the homeward drive she turned to
Mr. Roche.
“Where Is Maurice?” she asked.
“He has gone awny. I do not know
where.”
He spoke shortly, his lips tightening,
rememberingAvhy he had gone away.
“Gone a way,’* she cried. “Not for
good?” . - ^
“He’s gone, anyhow,” he answered,
sturdily. “More like forbad.” ■
She did not heed the grim'joke.
“It is not fair, or right, or just!” she
went on, excitedly, her pale cheek flush
ing hotly. “He cannot surely think
that I mean to accept all; to rob him of
what for years he has looked on as his 1
I have never expected good fortune, so
for me a little'will suffice. The rest
shall hold in trust for him.
My dear young lady,” the old man
exclaimed, testily, but touched in spite
of himseif, “what a Quixotic scheme 1
Maurice would never agree to that
which yon propose. The property is
“We do not know what day he may
come home,” was her invariable re
joinder.
But the winter was gathered to the
numberless winters which had gone
before spring swept on with chill, and
rain, and breaking buds, and still to one
woman’s gentle heart, so generous in
its patience, came no word or tiding of
the exile.
Over the mantal in the library a
great portrait of him hung. Occa-
sionhbly she went and stood before it,
looking up at the grave, kind face with
the soulful eyes and firmly sweet mouth.
Then she would turn and go half-guilty
away.
P hands with autumn,
ound Hjfvet i'-liff
h£bf goM.;, fiartest
Bright blaaes flashed
as swung by strong arms the scythes,
mowed down the sunny seas of grain.
One Aay Miss Edgerton, driving down
the country ijpad, feined in her milk-
white ^ponies; and leaned- forward to
wa'ch the reapers.
The day was excessively warm, but
she. was attired in the coolest and air-
est of India lawns, and held above her
head a parasol of snowy satin."
Quite suddenly she sprang from the
h»ton, and leaped the low stile With a
frightened cry.
ne of the workers had reeled and
‘alien heavily. They were all around
lim m a moment—his co-laborers.—
They fell hack and made way lor Miss
Edgerton as she approached.
“What is it?” she cried. “What is
the matter? Is he dead?”
No, miss; it’s only the heat. He’s a
new un—only come this morning,
Seems as if he ain’t been used to the
business. Seems kind of delicate like.
He’s coming to. It’s only the heat.”
The prostrate man raised himself
little and looked up. He had a thin,
dark face, still young but heavily beard
ed, and with a tired look in the sunken
eyes
Just a second Rose Edgerton regard
ed him, speechless. Then she fell on
ajer knees beside him, and caught his
hand in her own slim, kidded fingers,
Mauricel” she cried. “You have
come home, Maurice. ”
But once more his head dropped, his
eyes closed. They bore him to Silver
Cliff, and there for many weeks he lay
almost within the valley of the shadow.
When he awoke to consciousness it
was to find a kind, old face bent over
him, and strangely familiar all his sur
roundings.
“Roche!” he whispered.
“Ypn musn’t .talk,” i he other com-
itejnly. .“Go to sleep, and I’ll
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Barmah and
The Kingdom of Bnrmab, ont off
from the sea by the provinces of Pegu
and Araoan, both in the hands of the
English, separated by mountain ranges
from Siam and Yunnan, and bounded
to the west and northwest by Bengal
and Assam, is doubtless destined ere
long to fall, more or leea quietly, into
British hands. The Irrawaddy is not
only Hs’sole navigable outlet, bnt almost
the sole practicable commercial outlet
of the country. Englibh steamers now
ascend this river twieea week to Maude-
ley, and twioe a moutn to Bahmo, where
they deposit goods destined te Hod
their way through thi»V. w’~7 of Tspeng
to Yunnan.
The Burmese belieee
Ane ourmese oeii^w themselves de-1 aQd ma savage Kansa Kach-
scended from Hindoo emigr <nts coming
^the bordemof the Ganges; but, T i* moaDta{DB of Upper Barmfth are
oredlantrens and Bengal lights make a
brilliant show.
* The Karens are savage inhabitants of
the moontsdns, yet are known for their
intelligence, courage and loyalty. Their
traditions assert that they came origin
ally from “a vast country of plains,
where the wind rolls the sand as it does
the waves of tne sea.” This descrip
tion seems to apply to the desert of
Gobi The Shan race, which is widely
scattered through the peninsula of
Farther India, aud everywhere preserves
the same manners, costume and lan
guage, together with the same talent
for business and aptitude for agricul
ture, extends also into Burmnh. In
ttye northern part of ths coqimy,wbHew Hfeddlefs
ttie mountains are lofty and the Irra
waddy is barred by rapids, Jive the
Charcoal.
“The charcoal trade ef the
Chicago,” said a large dealer
obaraoteristio Chinese o7l\ianian and pu 4 0 ^t. $&£** * ^ b ? tom 18
.res. Sir Arthur Phavre ^ mteAe tjist,though the workman is
WAX”
ig. slightly,
limself and
J, O Boao, Esq., Agent—Dear Sir: My wife
has ueen luiug a vurm Sefflog Maoblue cooatent-
ly for tse paw four year*, *401 i* fctWer Miedfet'
any repair* ana wont* Just as well as wnen first
bought. She saya u will do a greater range of
yraotijal work <°nid do it easier and better tnan
aay maualne sbe.uat ever tued. We cneerfonj
reuo Jimend it as a No. 1 family machine,
tour trnjr, .
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Wlnnsboro. S. C., Jan. S, lass.
j Mr. Boas : 1 have always found my Davis Ma
tins ready do all kind* of towfiaACmMa had tx> •
sion to oo. I cannot aee that the maculae la
urn a particle and it works as wed as wnen new.
Respectfudy,
Mrs. K. C. uoodimo.
Wlnnsboro, B. a, April, 1883,
Mr. Boao : My wife has been constantly using
; the Davis Macuine bought of >on aoout nve year*
f ago. I have niver regretted buying it, a* it u
always ready for any alndof la.utijr sewing, either
nesvy or light. It is never ont oi fix or u—mug
lepaua.
Vary reapectfolly,
A. w. Laso.
Fairfield, S. C„ March, IMS.
y-and-by” there were mutu&
explanations.
I cquld not succeed,” Maurice
with*one of Bis slow, sad smiies.
tried a little erf everything, from teach
ing in a school to work before the
mast. But I tell you a boy who grows
up with a profession, taste or course
of busines training is very easily worst
ed in coinpetition with those who have
been in harness all their lives. 1 did
not dream of stopping here, you know,
but happening to be passing through
the village, I heard there was a demand
for laborers up at Silver Cliff. So, be
ing penniless, and—I suppose you have
guessed it— hungry, I presented myself.
I did not dream of recognition, so com
pletely one year had altered me. I went
re- away a strong lad : I have eome hack a
Sr •• get 8 T ng ^ t*
Once, when he had lain silent for
some time, he looked up suddenly.
Strange how she, and she only knew
me—wasn’t it ?”
Roche nodded.
“God bless her I” he said, huskily.
But the^lay came when Maurice,
coated and capped, approhehed nis
faithful nurse, aud held out his hand in
farewell.
“Good-by!” he said.
She sprang to her feet startled and
Meet.
“Yon shall not go!” she cried, pas
sionately. “The place is yours—your
home, by God’s law! If either mqet go.
it is I.”
He had fought a Rattle far more
bitter than she oould ’ have dreamed.
And he had conquered. Now, at one
word agian, he fqltAunnanned.
Don’t make it too hard forme,” he
pleaded, hoarsely.. _ “I must! Rose,
Rose! You know why!” ’
The woid, the tone, the look in his
eyes was , a levelution.
Her face dropped. Slie spoke no
word, but her scarlet cheeks had
grown brilliant ah scarlet poppies.
Five minutes later Mr. Roche pop
ped his gray head into the ot&rry
library.
“Coming, Maurice—readyf Gar-
ridge Is Waiting. Why, great Jeru
salem! not going after alii Tleia
there! children! don’t ye mind me.”
A Holt Think on Him.
le
legally,” she aumitted, quick
ly, “but not morally. I hold my slen
der claim secondary to his.”
, Jfl# (lay t went swirtly by—the sweet
scented summer days.
All the people of .note in the neigh
borhood of Stiver Cliff called on its
E g mistress, and voted her charming,
jiraai qp* Jair and graceful, and
al so cnarmingly original, they
saA. They gave balls and dinners in
her honor, till she became quite a toast
A> aftPf- -l
September came and passed—Octo
ber, November, and at last the dreary
December.
But this year there were no blithe
Christppas lest 1 vities up at the grand
'housebn the hill.
1 hardly care to have much merry
making while the master of the ho
‘ is away,” Hose Edgerton would say
her fneuds.
“You expect your cousin back soon
then?” they would question.
son the other night, “look here; yon
burned up a good deal of coal and kero-
sene last winter, coming around here
and staying till 10 and 10.30 two or
three nights a week. Now 1 have no
objections to your visits, but you are a
respectable young man, but you’ve gc;
to find your own fuel and lights this
Winter. 1 cannot afford to keep fires
running and a lamp burning in this
parlor ail the winter.”
“AU right sir !” responded the young
needn’t tell
i soft thing I’ve got on him.”
even if ibis be partially true, the in
coming tribes are now so completely
mixed,with the tribes previously inhab
iting the country that no trace of the
Hindoo type remains.. Whether balled
Burmese,
the
features. Sir Arthur Phayre believes
them to be Thibetans who have removed
southward. Their features and their
build, as well as - the Conformation and
roots of their language, strangely re
semble those of the Thibetans.
The Burmese are well built, wi h
broad shoulders and, strong muscles,
black and abundant hair, but rather
short legs. They aye extremely lasy.
Living in a Country where moderate
labor would insure oomparative riches,
they only work anffioiently to procure
food and satisfy taxes. To Canoe, to
smoke, to chew betel, and to be present
at theatrtohl performance* are the ae
rious business of life with. most Bur
mese. If here and there one is ambi
tious he becomes the bumble courtier
of adme nch mandarin, and stops at
nothing to curry favor. Cnngiug and
submissive to superiors, insolent and
oontebaptuona to inferiors, the Burmese,
as usually painted by travelers, ore not
models of humanity i Yet there is an
other side to the picture: thdy are ac
knowledged to be- apt, ready aud sober;
and capable, should opportunity occur
through a change of government, of
becoming good agriculturists, mer
chants and artisans. They excel in
wood carving, have much power of com
position, and are of a jovial and happy
disposition.
Dissimulation is so muoh s part of
their character that one can never know
what a Burmeao really things. Men
and women arrange their hair ooquet-
iahly, and the latter wear bhghu^* col
ored flowers iu their long tresses. The
.women _ are reputed* stoat reserved
_ ..t tike imt *last.
' fet they enjoy much liberty, passing
their tune dressing and oaring tor their
bodies, instead of in the hard labor
whioh so often fails to woman’s lot A
married woman retains her rights to her
dower, and, if divoroed, takes with her
also half the goods acquired during
the term of married life. Polygamy is
recognized and permitted, yet mod
Burmese have only one wife. An olu
law, tailing into disuetude, forbids the
men to marry before the age of 26.
hety is earned to excess among thin
> opie. . Many will spend all that they
Msaeas in decoratings pagoda or found
ing a monastery, and live without an
anna in a miserable cabin, happy and
proud in the idea that they are beuelao-
to.a of their country, and with no em
ployment except tne care of the temple
they have built. No people is so fond
o! theatrical performanoea aa this.
Scarce a man can be found tfho has not
at leaat once in his tile acted a part iu
a play. The piece is acted out of doors
in tne evening, and all who choose at
tend without payment. Some rich man
pays for all, and receives ins thends in
a little pavilion constructed for the pur
pose. On the announcement of such a
fete business is ssspended; stall i, pre
sided over by young girls, spring tip at
the sides of the road-and do a brisk
business In cigars,-cakes, fruits and
sweetmeats; aud crowds Of men
women and children flock to the spot.
The Burmese do not applaud or hurrah
like Europeans. When Yen daw indn-
lay, the prima dona of Mandelay.sUigs.
or when Moung Tha-Byah. the lamoos
marionette showman, gives a seance,
there is no noise in the immense crowd,
and the intense- silence is quite as im
pressive a tribute as the noisy bravos
and clapping of bauds indulged in by
Teuton and Latins. We cannot ap
preciate the Brumese plays, for we have
not been saturated from infancy with
the prodigious adventures of Buddha ;
yet we can see that the dispair of the
deceived lover, the majesty of a sovert
eigu, the bestial fury of a drunkard
are marvilously portrayed, and can ad
mire the coarse chants aud grotesque
contortious ot the clever clowns.
There is no green -room; the actors,
male and female,perforth all the details
of ther toilet before the audience, who
amuse themselves by criticising the
personal appearance and gestures of the
actors. The play lasts all night, and
'most of the spectators sit through the
entire performance seated on the mats
they have brougnt with tnem. lue
marionetie showman is the rival of the
actor. The pefformauce takes place
on a platform of bamboo, about ei^ut
feet long, bounded by a cettaut, beuind
which the players concealed. One side
of the small stag* represents Ja court,
with a throne, gilded parasols and otner
signs of royalty, while the other, set with
some branches of trees, is Intended to
represent a forest. The puppets are
about three feCt high, carved m wood
and luxuriously coatumec. A band of
musicians, with goiigs, cymbals, a bell,
clairooets and castanets. euiiNens tue
representation. Moung-iW By an, sing
er aud play writer as well as snowman,
has acquired such cretiltjihat bis judg
ments. wnen he plays the {o^rt of prince
have btcome orqeiesu Tue King has
given him the right to walk beneath a
gilded parasol. Dances, regattas, box
ing matches, hull. aud cock figuts
aud other entertainments of the
Burmese. Muqn bus mem and pleas
ure arc canfMjt urn /iu boats;
weddlnss and lunerals often take
place upon the'rivers, and at night col
Upper
rion in iron, lead, copper, tin, gotd and
precious 'stones, aa are the mountains
of Yuonah, of which they are a con
tinuation, There are also petroleum
Msxloan windows.
relieved in a few minutes, he comes up
almost suffoeated, and requires hours to
regain his strength. To the north of
Baumo are jade quarries, the prouaot
Of whioh is mainly exported to Oluua.
Though the peooliaily tropical part
of the country is couflued to tue delta
of the Irrawaddy, the soil is every
where higniy fertile; teak, India rubi er
trees, eagle wood, and ucuer valuable
woods aooond in tne fmeats; while nee,
cotton, tea, tue augareant , the mango,
the aqoaui, the banana aud many otner
vegetables aud fruit trees oau be oulfi
Fated with lutle trouble.
Bahmo is almost the only considerable
town in the kinguom outside of Man
dalay,, the brand-new capital. Ava,
Tsaqipenango aud Amarapoora are rap
idly disappearing beueatu the exuber
ant vegetation. Mandalay is a square,
surrounded by high walk* and a uitch,
and enclosing * second square, the royal
any, an assemblage of pantoes, pagodas,
temples, statues aud parks, miugied
with huts aud taverns. It is in the
suburbs .that all business is transacted,
ana most of it -is in tue hands of Fer-
sums, Cuineee, English or other foreign
merchants.
••Big Game” In India.
Huuters who wish to bag “big game”
should lose no time in visiting the un
nappy hunting-grounds that are situa
ted among the jungles of the Madras
Fresidency, India. Hunting, which is
a pasttime in most countries, is a neces
sary occupation, if not a duty, in this
1 neck ef woods.” It the human inhabi
tants should not keep up an active war
against the ferocious animals, the latter
would soon exterminate the former. A
constant warfare for the supremacy is
going on. The official reports show
that during last year wild beasts killed
1,105 persons, while human beings killed
2,055 dangerous wild beasts. Amoug
tue dangerous beasts killed were five
ferocious elephants. This was not a
large number, but it must be kept In
mind that one elephant can do a great
amount of damage. He goes through a
country spreading desolation like a tor
nado, uproots trees, overturns houses,
demolishes carriages, and kills domesti
cated animals aud men. Each of the
elephants slam last season had “killed
his man.” Among the animals killed
were 27t) tigers, 1,300 pantheis and leo
pards, 213 bears and 24 woives. No
less than 92U huge serpents were also
slain. These monsters had killed 200
human beings. Bears are credited with
killing 11, and panihers 20. Tne tiger
is held iu the greatest terror Ic is far
more dangerous than tne lion. It is
the impersonation of hunger, cruelty
and cunning. Its appetiie appears
never to be fully satisfied, in early life
it devours the helpless young of other
wild animals. As it becomes larger
and stronger it attacks full grown do
mesticated animals. Finally It gets
sufficiently bold to pursue men. It
lurks by the wayside or near weds and
springs, ready to leap upon the travel r
or water-seeker. Leopards and panthers
are dangerous enougu, but are less de
structive ot human me than tigers.
Tne charac.tr of the wiki auunals of
a country exerts a most powerful influ
ence ou us settlement and the prosper
ity of its inhabitants, in this respect
the territory occupied by the United
States was most remarkable. In the
opinion of an eminent naturalist, it con
tamed no wad animal that was not of
morf benefit than disadvantage to the
settlers, it ifbouuded in fur-bearing
animals, whose skins were in great de
mand iu all the great centers of wealth
aud civilization. These skins constitu
ted a source of woaltn to the early sec
Hers, Hunting aud trapping Were
profitable employments wuen people
could uot engage w farming. Some of
the skins were converted into garments
aud others into money. Toe skins of
buffaloes were made into garments,
employed as coverings for beds, or used
as protections in sleighs. Moose,deer,
antelope and bears furnished meat until
domestibued animals could be intro
duced aud raised m sufficient uumoers
to supply the people witu food. Tueir
fat aud nides were usexul for a great
variety of purposes, ttaubits, squirrels,
ground-nogs, opossums and coons also
iuruisned valuable meat and akins.
Foxes and bears did some damage, but
were (iserui for keeping in caeca many
of the small animats tnat rank as ver
min. They were easily caught m traps
cr killed by the use of firearms, aud
their skins were veiy valuable aud
brougnt a high price at a tune when
agricultural products raised at a distance
from water coinuiuuicatlou oould not be
sold for money or exchanged for articles
qf food and clouting. Ail the native
aninuAiR of this country are of easy ex
termination. Must of them disappear
before the march of civilization, aud
only stay as long as they are wanted by
the inhabitants. The Himhioa might
lead happier and less exciting lives if
their games were as valuable and as
itiue troublesome.
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Our greatest glory is not In never
falling, but In rising every time we
nil.
city of
in that
article of fuel to a reporter, “is a large
one, and is in the hands of but a few
men. I speak now of the wholesale,
not retail or peddlers’ trade.”
There are not very many peddlers’
in the city, are there?”
Oh, yes, but people don’t notice
them as much here as they do in the
Eastern or Southern cities. There the
familiar cry of
‘Carcoal, charcoal.
Save my so-ull,’
is heard from morning till night, as the
MT6)«r tfagonS plf ttieir trade
through the streets. Here the business
is carried on more systematically.
Each peddler has his own particular
route to supply, and goes over it every
two or three days.”
“Whom do they principally supply?”
“Tailors and peanut stands. The
former, as every one knows, use the
charcoal to heat their “gooses;” the
latter to roast their nuts and keep their
fingers warm as they stand o-i the cor
ners when the Manitoba zephyrs sweep
through the streets. Dealers like my
self sell to these peddlers.”
“Of course, you have other persons
to supply?”
“Yes; we do a very large business
with hotels and restaurants. Some of
them take from 100 to 150 bushels a
week, and nearly all of it is used for
broiling purposes. Notbiug is more
palatable than a good steak broiled
over a hot bank of charcoal. But the
largest customers we have are tm-roof-
iug firms, cornice makers aud tiuuers.
They use it for heating their soldering
irons, and the tin-roofers call for a good
deal. Then, again, Chicago supplies a
arge territory west of here.”
“And how many bushels a year do
you suppose are handled here?”
“The home consumption is at least
four hundred and twenty thousand
bushels, while 180,000 thousand are
shipped to other points ”
“Where do these 600,000 bushels
come from each year?”
“The most of it from Michigan, and
the bulk of it from Van Bureu county
in that State. Then northern Indiana
supplies the balance. N one is ’burned, ’
or made, near Chicago, as there is uo
timber about here.”
“What is the process of making it?”
“Nine-tenths of it is now “burned”
in brick kilns. The old process of
using pits is almost entirely gone out
of fashion in the West. Here is a
photograph taken on the spot ot two
of our square kilus near Michigan.
These will hold ninety cords of wood
each. They are filled through a man
hole in the top entirely full, save a
square place in the middle, which ex
tends clear to the bottom. The tire is
started at the bottom of this square
bole, and then the kiln Is closed tight
In fifteen days the smouldering tire
has done its work, aud the wood has
become charcoal. It is taken out of a
door in the end, loaded into a truck
holding 25 bushels, which jp pushed by
mau along a tramway to the railroad
track where cars are waiting to receive
it. Beside the square kilns there is oue
In the shape of a bee-hive, which holds
about 5U cords.”
“How many bushels will a car hold?”
“In the neighborhood of about
twelve hundred bushels.”
“And how much will a cord of wood
produce?”
“A good yield Is about forty bushels
to the cord. Yes, the charcoal business
is a large one here, as i said before,
and It takes experience to know bow to
obtain the best results in burning it.
The mere selling is easy. Tne business
is carried on very quietly, aud the only
evidence Chicagoans see of it is the
huge wagons which go through the
streets filled with the stuff, but the
noisy charcoal-vendor is an unknown
quantity here.”
These are peculiar institutions whose
like is not to be to . id in any other
country under the sun. They gener
ally reach from floor to ceiling, are
wider than church doors, and have al
ways wooden or iron bars before them.
A comparatively few oasas lux urate iu
window glass, but, as the duty on that
substance *s tittle less than robbery,
the vast majority dispense with it al
together. Tne inside shutters are of
solid wood, not furnished with Mats
tike ours, usually unpainted, and open
ing both ways in the middle forming
four square doors. As their peculiar
construction renders curtains an im
possibility, the only way to secure the
slightest degree of privacy when the
household machinery is not on exhibi
tion, U to close the lower half of the
shutters; and then outsiders frequently
climb up outside aud gaze in upon you
over the top, with sharpened curiosity
because of the evident attempt to de
prive them of their rights. Mexicans
entertain the idea that windows were
made to look in at, rather than to look
out of, and it is a matter of daily oc
currence for men, women and oniidreu
of tne lower classes to congregate out
side and stand calmly watcumg you by
the hour. In ibe deep recesses tnese
window open n^s from in the thick
walls is ample roain for placing chain
upon the ledges, aud therein tne family
sit in the cool ot tne day. in summer
time this is very pleasant, but wuen
ioug, cniily rains come on (and they
sometimes even have a little snow in
liiese higher anitudes) the absence of
window glass is a great discomfort, foi
to close me shutters entirely means to-
lai uarxiiess wituin. In tialtillo and a
few otner mountain cities the winters
are realty cold, aud now they bear them
wnhoui any protectiou from the outer
air is a mystery. There is not a house
in Mexico with any provision for grate
or stove, or possibility of making a
tire, except that for cooking purposes
ui the kitchen, wliich does not warm
the room in tne slightest degree. When
tne winter of their discontent arrives,
ail hands from oldest to youngest,
wrap themselves in rebosos, aud sara-
pas, and possess their souls in pa
tience, for navmg never known any
otner mode of tile they do not dream
of making tnemselves more comforta
ble by knocking out a chimney. The
hrst sight of the barred windows
strikes tue stranger in Mexico unpleas
antly, aud he is apt to feel himself iu
prison bemud them, with his stone
floor and iron bedstead for suitable
accompliments: lu time, however, he
sees not only the convenience but the
necessity of them, and by and by comes
to feel an uneasy sense of insecunty, it
by rare chance he finds himself not
turn* protected, lutnuet boramemhered
that tue greater portion of Mexico is a
land ox perpetual summer where win
dows must be open both night and
day. and these gratings cannot be
’picked” tike locks or noiselessly cui
tike panes of glass. Thougn one may
sleep in perfect security without clos
ing a shatter, it is well to remove one’s
eiiects from too close proximity to the
bars, for the ladrones have a cheerful
uabit of throwing in ropes with hooks
attached and dextrousiy drawing out
even your garments—which perhaps
gave rise to tue slang word “hooking”
lor stealing.
The Speaker's Orb.
As the time draws near fyr the as
sembly of the Forty-eighth Congress,
which it will be ramembarei msecs ou
December 31, next, a peculiar spectacle
is sometimes afforded to those w.io
hap.ien to visit the House of Repre
sentatives. A new memoar of Con
gress may be seen to euter. He looks
around as if heoai at la it arrived at
the place he o wns, aud tueu he goes
furtively aud sits down iuo.ie of cue
comfortable caue seat coairs before oue
of tue bright oak desks, aui tries it to
see how it fits. A broad smile eu-
iMhteos his features as he sits there
and gazes towards the Speaker's desk.
Hits imagination is at work. He sees
Cue listening assembly eutraacei oy ms
oratory; hanging oreatuless on his ut
terances; he is in his mind solving tue
political questions of tne day anl pcov
mg hiinseif to b i the states n in of tne
hour. 1 once knew a mj.uoer of Con
gress from a city of Micnigao. He
was a lawyer. Yet tins gentleman
tried in vam for some long weary
mouths to catch the speaker s eye in
order to introduce tue one oill wuioa he
hoped to get turougu during the ses
sion. Day after day he womd come to
ni* lodging rooms and lament in a ludi
crous way m* failure to induce tue
wayward optic of the powerfm parlia
meutary leader to rest approvingly upon
him. fne session ended and tne Dili
was never introduced. He was in
Congress two years without a cuauce
to speak once except to yeti “aye” or
no.” I tnougut of this as l watched
the neophyte sitting silent but happy
in the vacant cuamoer snooting off ms
oratory to his imagination. Ii is get
ting to be a question with senmole
men whether it is worcti wmie to
come to Congress at all. Lawyers
predominate iu Congress now. Tnese
professional gentlemen usually have a
good practice before tuey can come to
represent their district, aud it generally
pays them better than tue 45,000 a year
allowed to Senators aud Representa
tives.. Am absence of two years, i am
told, bretks up tueir business, aud fre
quently leases them without ocunpauon
when their term ends. 1 know tugt a
dozen or more uruiiaut men were left
ont in the cold at the close of the last
•eaaiom
Legions of Swallows,
Iu the little Ruode island town of
Westerly, there has been annually oe-
currimi lor several yean past a peculiar
pueuoinenon of great interest. The
pneuumeaon consists in the fact that
unJhons of swallows and other buds are
accustomed daring each summer season
to congregate every night in kCertain
grove in tne town of Westerly, making
me trees their roosung place, and iheir
me vemeuts as tuey come and go about
mu resort afford a oasis for much com •
meat and speculation. Wnen we first
reached the scene we noticed several
swallows flitting here and mere in the
air, but at 7 o’clock their number
seemed legion. One could think of
notnmg but a snowstorm, with large
oiaoz flakes. From the plainest out
lines of tue lowest flying oirds to tne
merest black specks of tne moat aspir
ing WALderers, the picture waa that of
constantly moving, intermingling m 1-
aons ox little winged creatures. It was
a sigut never to be forgotten. At times
do t*o birds seemed to oe flying in the
same direction, tuoagh, as e wnoie, tue
Vast company would sway from side to
•ide above me grove. Again a group
ol nuadreis would lake a common di
rection, ctroung around tne inner ou-
ouauereuoe of tbe general oompAny,
now aescsniuig toward tue treo-topj,
wita a symmetrical awoop, tnen rising
ai tue air tin almost loot to view. Tuey
taeu would return to tue common crowd
and resume tneir separate oouraesas be-
lore. Tne individual dyers wooid tilt
sud j >u t wita eson otner, or pisy at
oroe 1-nag in toe air. it wees constantly
moving kaleidoscope. All toe wmie
newcomers wore etui streaming in from
ad q lortors. and at 7,15 o’oiook th*
multitude nad become dense. Aoout
tills tims there was a audieu ossedtion
nl tne various digate and a general cir
cular motion of tae wnoie company wa*
apparent. R mud and round in a bro id
s weeping oircie over the grove they d , w ■
tor several minutes, until all had joined
tue common direction. Tnan they
Degm to draw oioeer and closer to-
getner in a constantly narrowing circle,
and tne centre of the main waaebaervad
gradually to sink in fonoat shape tow
ard tne tree topi. Soddealy, with al
most tue rapidity of thought, the whole
uoet vanished, circling in the tree-tops
wita a wnirnng of wings distinctly
neard, and aopn tne air was almost stti ;
orokeu only by the greeting chirps oi
tue now late comers, who ware still
straggoag in in emal/ groups and singly.
t'neae last arrivals did not pause lo
circle about in the air, oat flaw in tow
ard tue grove aa atralght as an arrow
aud vanisued among their sat Usd bro.L
era with tigutniug rapidity. Ae we now
grow htiu nearer tne edge of tbe grove
tue rostdug and chirping of tbe birds
among the leaves and branches as they
settled tnemselves in oomfoti tat ti**
night could be distinctly heard.
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