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/ -v: BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 8. j ( - ( " ~ i THE "BEEF ISSUE."' i-V' A SPECTACLE AS BRUTALIZING < SPANISH BULL FIGHTING. Scones at nn Indian Agency on t Groat flonx Krscrvntlou?Cattle Aim Ing Slaughter?Ladles WUnestln; t Sliootln: of the Animals. . "Oh, it's going to 1k> a lovely day for t beef issue, fnv so glad," says a young la ot the breakfast table. Every 0110 is ai mnte<l and expectant. For several cm visitors at the agemy, besides the usual In pitable welcome, have l>een greeted with t vx"lamation: '*You arc in just in time; y must stay to the l>eef issue." All throu, the day before and far into tho moonli^ night long professions of Indian wagons lia liecn coming across the hills and their ore pants have gone into camp on the high sloj nil around At an early hour of the nioi lug the whole landseajH) is full of life ai movement. The Indians are decked out their gayest attire, and some of their c< tunics are pi- torial enough. Most of the still wear the native dress, lmt some have < ci combination of Indian ami civilized gar which is uglier than either alone. Nearly j arc bare!tended, ami their long black ha parted in the middle, falls back over tin shoulder.-;. Their faces are painted in va ous bright colors and in all kinds of grotesq figures. Tho Indian men are very fond wearing tails, ami when on foot like to have strip of bright colored cloth dangling at th< liocls or dragging along on the ground belli; them. They nearly all wear blankets, win ?t this time of the year are, most of thei sheets of dirty, gray looking muslin or shot ing. These they wrap closely around the) often covering the hcud and ?ac&, all but t *ye3. . As wo look about us nftor breakfast wo s the Indian women and girls harnessing the horses. Carriages are brought to the do /or guests, and wo are soon nil on our way the government.corral Everybody is goin residents about the agency, young ladies wi tire teaching schools in the distant camps ai others who are visitors from eastern eiti< All are in high spirits. Acquaintances e change greetings. Indian wagons fillcil vc women and children are moving over t plain from all directions. There are bundre of young Indian men and women on lion back. They go curveting and racing abo ho plain. The fndians never look well < horseback, but they manage to stay ci Their ponies nro slight and ugly looking, b tough and enduring. They are the most U; ful and respectable denizens of the Indii country, and are about the only creatui hero who earn their rations. Tho girls i astride, the same as the men. Some of t liellns an? in costlv annarcL I count mn than fifty elk teeth on a large capo worn by radiant brown maiden. As each elk has ju two teeth a whole henl must liavo l>e< slaughtered t o fiiruish the bravery of her ; tire. Sh" reminds me of New York Fif avenue belles with dead birds on their heat but the elks were really killed for food. CATTLE A^VAITIXO .SIiAVfillTKU. Th,% corral is a largo stociradc in the mi tile .of a plain, which slopes upward to lc lulls all around. Here aw many hundreds cattle awaiting slaughter to furnish ratio for the noble red men, their squaws ai papooses, ' tin wards of the nation." The nre about 2,(KK) Indians present. A large i>c lion of the men tire armod with carbines Improved rifles. There is an nnnv oflic here from the nearest fort, to represent t govornmenton the occasion. A brass bai Ins com? out from some railroad town coiu}>?iment the ladies and frighten thoalreai distracted cattle with the blare of tlieir urns Tho entertainment opens with a popular a The ladies applaud delicately, and the mil cians bow their acknowledgments. Mount cowboys enter tho corral, spnr their hor> among tho cattle, and drive grouis of thei With shouts, j-ells and blows, toward t chute leading to the scabs, whero they a weighed, a dozen at a time. After leavij the scales, in a narrower part of the chu! each animal is branded with a hot iron, ui passes <m into another division or apartmc of the corral. This first brand shows that t animal has been received from the contraetc After oil have passed through thus exix-rien they arc again driven into the chuto with tl same accompaniment of yells and blows, ai receive another brand. This is to identify t hide after it has Ijccu taken off. All this is but overtnre and prelude, but t! curtain will soon rise and the play begi Ladies and visitors are assigned tbo be j>ointr. of view for the coming spectacle. T! ludian wagons with the women and childre and the dusky equestriennes, press close t gether around the walls of the coituL Tl Indian horsemen are drawn up in two loi lines, forming a lane from the gate of ogre; far out on the plains. Their carbines glea in the sunlight. I turn and note the s\ve< tiess of the June morning, the beanty of t circling hills, the Hag of our country iloatii above the government buildings, and, in t momentary hush, the gushing song of meadow lark, far o.T across the grass. IIu tlrods of Indian dogs troop about, hungr watchful and expectant. A tall Indian, wi a voice like that of an cxhorter at an Arka sis cainp meeting, climbs up to the top of t gate and shouts the names of the men w! they are released to tli^ir doom. The gii opens and a gigantic steer K-nps out, frigl onetl and vri!<1 oyeil Ho trots uncertain down the lniio of hm-semea The dogs fly liiin, an J In? s^ts o!? in a gall?]>. Two India gallop after Li in, end everyliody looks tli way. But by this tiiuo another Is out, ai toon half a dozen are raring away ia dilforc directions, each closely followed by two three mounted Indians. shooting the animals. Soon a shot, i.; hoard, and then another, ai the ladies strain tlioir eyes to see, but t steer gallop ox The ladies look a little d appointed. "They aro going out of sight, this a'.l it i.; proinjr to be'" But wait. Mo shots, and more; a':t now tliey come fast< liko the ominous, irregular lwt inereasii skirmish llring !?efore a battle. Five or s of the cattle gooff together, with a dozen in pressing h. liinil and at the side of the fleeli group. A horseman Ores, and a steer dm *>o sudden!v. head first, that he turns a ecu I>k?tc su:ii:ii"r?an!t, ami t!io pony ju^t In-hin tiiiaM" to stop. repeals t he movement, turn ling ?> .er tho pro strate beast, and disnimtr lii.< rid-r. Sour- of the rattle are at first t>u lightly wounded, others are crippled so tli they r\T.jnut run, but several shuts aro i quired to diipntch them. Now aud then o: turns i:i fury nnon his pursuers, and t jjonies swerve aside to avoid bis charge. T ladies tu "i ?|Ui hi ." l'ror.i side to side, to no tbe most i.sJfi*r-sii:i;j ovurrcnees. Tliedyii animals iij ail a'wul tho plain. Sonic stru gle loi:;', getting up and falling again, ai tho wait tvariiy. till it sceujs safo nppl'Kiili, for a mortally won in led beast w sometimes make a jJunge at his torn lent 01 Isow a lurit'-d brute dashes madly anioi the crowd ac"un<i the corral, til-.* noises sra and rear, and (lie brown maidens svraml hastily 011 the v/agons. A large cmv, sb through nnd through comes staggering up t!ie .viry nulls of "tbu grand stand." T Indians try to drive her away, but she i loa^c:' L.eds their yells and blows She rce braces herself, tarns her grent l>cseecbing eyes up to tbe women above her, and falls at their very feet Tbe Indian butcher apjicais, . ? throws of lils laggings, and bestrides her with naked brown legs and thighs. IIo opens her throat with a short knife and cuts put the tongue, lie pierces no artery or large vein, and tbe poor, tongueless beast dies slowly. ,,e She lifts up her head, stares around again, It- and tosses about wearily in mute agony. Tho ],e half-naked slaughterer goes on with his work, and the cow is partly skinned some time before she dies. It is all so near that the ladies ho have an excellent opportunity to see every Jy step of the process.?Sioux Agoncy Cor. ui- Boston Herald. HAIRY FAMILY FROM BURMAH. be ou A Sight of Eccentric Interest?Extrarrjj ordinary Development of Hair. * *1,^. "* ilicfnnf. lit Among lllU IHilllJ BljiUUl vo countries to bo seen in London nt present :u- there is one of oecentrie interest, especially to k>s the ethnologist and the medical man; wc ron fer to the hairy family from Burmah, which tKl is now exhibited at the Egyptian hall. It is in alleged that Mr. Barnum had endeavored to vj. induce the family to leave Burmah for exhi>nV hition some time since without success. This on has been accomplished by the course of rc b, cent events in the kingdom of ICing Theebaw. :ill In Mr. Crawford's "Embassy to the Court irt of Ava," he mentions that he saw, at the Bnr>jr niesc court, a man, 30 years old, with his ri- whole liodv, except the hands and feet, covered no with straight, silky hair, which, on the spine, of was five inches in length. At birth the ears ? a alone were covered. It is stated that at birth >ir hair several inches in length was found to be id growing from the tympanum of each ear of this man's daughter. There are two individn, uals, the mother, Mahphoon, daughter of _-t- Shway-Moung, tho homo liirsutus described ^ and deuictcd in Crawford's narrative, which j Ihi CoL Yule quotes in his work on the "Court of Ava," aiul Mahphoon's son, Moung Pliosct. ee The latter is accompanied l>y bis wife, a Bur ir mcso woman, of good-humored appearance, nr who appears, as the exhibitor states, to take a to priile in her extraordinary husoanri. Tne ? mother of the latter, who is now blind, is in l7o charge of a young Burmese attendant xd Notwithstanding the strange appearanco of ^s. hoth mother and son, thero is nothing savage x. or wild in their manners. Each member of th the family, it seems, had peculiar privileges lio at that court for three generations. The abjg seneo of molar teeth in Moung Phoset cn;<v' gages attention, as well as the extraordinary ut development of hair, esjwcially on tho face, on including tho nose, forehead and ears; adding ,[i_ another example of the observation of D.irut win, 011 tho orcurrenco of an abnormal devclopment nf the teeth, There appears to Ite in 110 record of any supposed first influence liavys ing been nil agent in tho appearance of this sit remarkable family's peculiarity.?British ho Medical Journal. ro : ~ . a Two Theories for Cooking 5Tor?t. ist A Frenchman will take a roast of beef, or i.u 111 fact any solid moat, and subject it to a tt- long though gradual action of lieat, so that tu all the librous jiarts would be thoroughly Is. I cooked. That would leave but little work for tlw digestive organs to i>erform. Ail English cook, on the other haud, would build a ("oaring fire and would roost tho beef only ITV on the outside, leaving the inside rare. lie 0f allows only- a little time for broiling or roastng ing, because his theory is that any other proK] cess destroys the genuine flavor of tho meat. re The point of flavor is the one on which the ,r_ two cooks split and therefore their philosoor pliies run wide apart. '"No flavor can bo inrr vented,'' says the Englishman, "which can lie approach that of meat. Tho flavor of meat must not be meddled with. Whether the (0 dish is to be of lx-ef, or lamb, or mutton, that jy process is best which can keep tho flavor of each meat distinguishable above any sauce or jr* condiment that may accompany it."' NothS;1 ing," in tho Englishman's notion, can equal e(j the flavor of the juice oozing from a nicely pg roasted joint or rib when sliced. Tho French j? ? ?..ii~..~ ? ,.r yi mail can muiiu an u;iuium> vai ?;i<> ui uavuts Ijp from the saiuo meat, in neither of which will rc that of tho original moat bo recognized. j,g That idea, enlarged ui>o;i, makes the differc ence between the two methods of cooking.? 1(j Tho Argonaut. nt |1C The Po'ltloril I'rime of Statesmen. >r. Th^ a~e at which statesmen reach their best co reputation seems to Ira between fifty and tie sixty, though a largo number become very -id prominent l>eforo that time, Clay, Calhoun, Lt? and Webster jumped into national p'-ominence very early in life, and Clay was a lie member of the somite before ho was thirty. ji. John Randolph appeared so young when he >st wjis elected to congress that he was asked his lio "g? when about to take hi-! oath. He (lisn, da.;nod to answer the question directly, and 0-! referred tho inquirer to his constituents, lio j James (i. Blaine has some years to live Iks1-j fore ho will be sixty. (Jeorgc F. Kdnnmds is j fifty-seven, and Arthur was younger than n i this when lie left tlie presidency. Ham llan>t dull is fifty-seven; Carlisle lo*?!cs older than lio Uandall, but he is only fifty, and Tom Ilml ig j and Governor Long have made national repulio ! tationsat forty-six and forty-seven. There are n fewer men than usual i:i thus house between n- thirty and forty, and there are none under y, thirty. In many of tho houses of tho past th n'c 1'ave had congressmen i:i tho twenties, n- and Oalnsha A. Grow was only twenty-ei^ht 110 i AYiivJi in* ("line uere u? iviircat'iiL i:i'J ui ho i old Wilmot, tho man who made tho noted t, proviso.?^Carp'' in Cleveland Leader. ;te Tho 'Work of Party Giving. ly The extent to which tho f.-ishioualrio New at York housewife depends on the caterer, not n:> only for food but for nearly everything ilso at m the way of entertaining, is growing moro nr| and more noticeable. Thc.?e useful servants nt | take nil the details of tho work of party giv- ! or j ing of! tho hands of tho hostess. Tiny lay j the dancing cloth, provide musicians, have j the dancing orders composed and printed, uj ; decorate the rooms, put up the storm awn119 | ings, imiulaor the carriages, provide extra is.J chairs, coat checks, supper and help, and virjs j tual'.y give the entertainment. All the lady ,ro, ] of the house has to do is to walk down to her ) parlors and receive her guests wli'-n they hegin to arrive. Tho co?t of all this is very ix much less than ono would imagine, and tho L,n | relief from tho din, hubbub and annoyances i [S? | that prevail when the house servants nndertake tho work is divided.?New York Cor. n. Pioneer Press. d, 1>- Trlnrtpal Key of the 'ts The principal key of tho old French Hastilo j 1" was recently discovered at Vill- uenve i' Arehe- i at verjv.e, in the department of Yoniv. M. | 'c" lloligand, who plueed it lsefnro t!io Aivlnroue j logical soeiety fit' Sons ami voiHv.mI for its nu- ! | thenlieity, relabel that. after Mm liist attemptj I"? ' to storm tin; liastile, the Locksmith J'lanron j 'to was asked to jvprdr th-* to the loek. j '2 ! lie had not yet finished hU work when Mia | Bastilu was apiin attacked, and lie was emn"1 ! polled to llw, taking the Icey with him. Ho j to | left l'aris and settled in his native jilaee, iU ! lli^ny k) Feron, not l:ii" from Villoneuvo j *" | l'Areln'vo<|?ie. There lie died i:i 1?! ', after j lH ; having bequeathed llio key to a Irion 1 l>y the | rt , name of V'ernay, i:i wh<i.-? fainiiy it has re'1? | mained ever sinee. The key i.i over a foot j ?t long and bcautiluiiy- worked. Another key j to j of the Uastile, not l>clo:!?in<r, however, to the j lie i i>riiiei|)al look, was presented l>y l^ifiiyetto to | no Washington, and is stiil preserved at ilo.int i I Vcruou.?Duitun Transcript 1 TiCIIBORNE NO. 2. K BRIEF SKETCH OF A POSSIBLY GENUINE SIR ROGER. Ja\l, Aristocratic in Bearing, and Eccentric in Manner?Possessor of India Ink Marks lteferred to in tlib Trial?Knew Family Secrets. Sir Roger Tichborne No. 2, who has just /one to England, missed the opportunity he had seven years ago. Roger Tichborne No. If otherwise Arthur Orton, was then in Mi 11Vank prison. The latter is now in this * lrtnfn r>r\ Qir 1? rtfrni* country ^l o^anug; iv icvtu< v. Tichborne Na 2 is, however, worthy of. consideration, if only for investigation. The writer met this edition of tho Tichborne claimants in San Francisco seven years ft'go. He had come up from San Diego oil the Invitation of Frank M. Fixley, Gen. Barnes, Senator Sharon and others, and there was so deep an underlying idea that I he might bo the genuine article that these gontlemen paid all his expenses. Ho came then reluctantly. He is a man quite tall, aristocratic in bearing, but eccentric in manner. WITH A BORN DIGXITV. When h? arrived from hi? "bee ranch" bb" was taken to Gen. Barnes' office, and there, with all a shrewd lawyer's tact and skill, he was questioned. Sharon and Pixley were there. Tho lawyer had a full report of the Tichborne trial in England, with all tho evidence in fuU Step by step they led him along. The San Diego man needoJ. no coaching or prompting. He answered every question promptly, and with a kind of born dignity. In tho lirot place his stature, complexion, everything exactly comported with the description of Sir Roger. This was a man who had lived on a San Diego ranch' for years. He was brown, unkempt and' careless. One pofnt in the Tichborne Ixial,, and which helped to send Arthur Orton to the penitentiary, was that ho could not speak a word of French. The original Sir Roger was, like all edueaW Englishm^ a French proficient Gen. Barnes called tne San Diego man's attention, to this, and without further ado began to speak, to him. in French. This, stranger Bulfled p.nd answered Barbe? in a way that made the lacier hunt his Ollendorff. Then he called attention to the re; orts in the testimony where India ink marks on the original !j5ir Roger wero sworn to, but. which Arthur Orton did not have. Tho San Diego man simply smiled and remarked: "Gentlemen, those marks I can show you,and, after some hesitation and delicacy on tho part of all, tho man went into a privato oftice and disrobed. Thero was every India ink mark referred to in tho, Tichbome trial, and yot others known to. the Tichborne family, but not brought out in evidence. The marks were of India ink made years and years beforu. They bore unmistakable evidence of ago. Thesa facts/ coupled with the San Diego man's indifference, simplicity and eccentricity, and his porfect knowledge of everything connected with the namo of Tichborne, convinced. Frank Pixley that they had the genuine ai ticla . - - . HE TAYS HIS OWN* WAT. Gen. Barnes wrote to England, oxplained one or two private marks that he had observed on the man's body, and on the strength of this received a check for UK) jiounds sterling jt,o pa-j the San Diego. man's way 10 r,ngiana. iuea came u..i-. other strange phase. The San Diego boo raiser refused to go. . Ho wrote Goa Barnes that he was sorry he had listened at *\11 to anybody. Ho was Sir Roger Tichborne, but he had a wife ana two or three children; ho had a good rauch in San Diego, and ho knew what an effort to establish bis identity in England' would moan. He would not go. Then Gen. Barnes and Pix.'ey. dropped the subject and half confessed to themselves that they had boon fooled But the refusal of the San Diego man to take the 100-pound draft has always kept Gen. Barnes' interest aliva He passed through Chicago some months ago, and the subject came up in conversation wiih a friend. "I have no doubt," ho said, "that that fellow is a member of the Tichborne family. But. he's crazy?he's got a wife that he's attached to, tcree or four children and a good faim . He's independent, he never, ?Jced p.riy cf us for a cent, and when the family tent him cC>00 through me to come home and be lookod at he wouldn't take it. But he knows all about the Tichborne family and has told me things in secret that 1 know nobody could know unless he wa3 a member of the family." To people who remember the rise and development of this man seven years ago his reception in Etfgland will bo loo.cod fei; with interest. His wife is now dead, and his children in school in Los Angeles. It is possible that the man in his loneliness has resolved to go to England and assert his claims. He pays his own way. Jrevon years ago Senator Sharon alone wos so im ?.1.- .< 41.. 1 I,:. presscu WILU lUU brum ui tuu uiun aiiu uio dentity that he offered to back him lor a trip homo at least. Ho relusod as he refused the 100-pound draft sent by the Tichborne family through Geo. Bainej.? Cor. Chicago Herald A Spider-AVeb as a Telephone. , "\Vhilo a gentleman was watching some spiders, it occurred to him to try what ett'ect a tuning-fork would have on tlie insects. llo suspected that they would regard the sound just as they wefe in the habit of regarding the sound made by a fly. And sure enough they did. He selected a large, ugly spider, that had been feasting 011 flio3 for two months. The spider was at one edge of his web. Sounding the fork, ho touched a thread the other side of the web, and watched the result Mr. .Spider had the buzzing sound conveyed to him over his telephone wires, but how was ho to know on which particular wire the sound was traveling? ile ran to.the center of the, web very quickly, and felt all around until he touched the thread against tho other end *f wMnS fork wjic KnnnJin r* tlinii t/ik ing another thread along, just as a man ! would take an extra piece of rope, he ran j out to the fork and sprang upon it. Then ! bo retreated a littie way and looked at tHe fork. He was puzzloi. lie had expected I to lln.l a L>u/./itig fly. II-; got oil the fork again anl danced with delight. He bad caught the sound of the fly, and it was music to him. It is suid that spiders are so fond of music ! that they will stop their spinning to listen, ! anil ti man once saiu mat wnen no retired to bis room for quiet bsforo dinner and I played the liute, largo spiders would come | on to the table and remain quite still, "running away os fast as their lugs could carry them," directly ho had liuished.?l'hiladel-I phia ('alL TIio Month of a Great Whale. A more retnarkabh) sight tban tho mouth i of a great whale recently stranded on tho coast can hardly be imagined. Tho tonguo would have Loan a lar^e loail for a dray of tho largest si :o, and several men could Uav? stowed thomsolves avwiy i.i the enormous mouth. The tip of the upper jaw lornrd a curious and shapely "bonnet." Complete drawings of this whale and the only perfect ones that havo ever been inmle ca?j ->e found 1 in tho library of any of the scientific to- I cieties of hiaii Francisco.?Mas Francisco ' Letter. I THE REWARDS OF JOURNALISM. Th? Rullc of Jtmrnalls'to Itecelvo Utodorato Salarlo.v?Dylnj* In 1'ovcrty. g-jAn fnsnrmouiiLiblo objection to jou-nnlIsin, as to every order of composition, is tliat it is not progressive, financially. The novice, if acccptcd at all, will be as well paid, con- . sidering bis liability to added responsibilities n rv>cf?nc tlin m.in of , ~ ripe experience ami maturity; indeed, bo will I be better paid. The bulk of journalists of ( long experionce, oven iu New York, where their compensation is higher than anywhere ' else, do not receive ?2.300 annually. How she far will that go toward supporting a family? tio Most of them are exhausted after fifteen nia years or so of continuous service, and their cor earning capacity is in danger of retrograd- thc ing. When fairly worn out what is their pros- ln0 ix*ct? They ate privileged to die at their ro* own expense. Their long service has unfitted them for any other business, and their circumstances ;*ro desperate indeed They P~ ha^ been unable to savu anything; they are a not pensioned; they have broken health and poverty for reward "Vflio knows of a ralaried journalist who l as gained even' tho ? most modest independence by pursuit of his profession? The position, too, is alwajs precarious; he may lose it at any time from no Wfl fault or his own. JtLis cestui v is 111 uie nanus ^ of tho nian&ging editor, or any controlling < stockholder, who may ebjcct to tbo color of < liis eyes, or the curve of his nose, and (lischarge him therefor. Tho press may I>o froo an, ?its liberty frequently runs into license?hut at he is often little less than a serf. The history j nni of journalism is marked by tho graves of journalists, dead from anxiety, annoyance 8ev and overwork by or before middle ago. jnc Nevertheless, journalism is tho least unre- coi munerative an 1 unsatisfactory of any l'orm as of manuscript making. Outside writing is tbt altogether worse, and cannot Ito lo-ig lol- the lowed by persons avers; to incurring obliga- tin tions or cherishing a prejudice hi favor of hv- air ing.?Junius Henri Bit wne, in The Foram. arc De( Tallc'its 5n tho County Hospital. | ""We get some qurcr articles here," said mi Custodian Sullivan, of tho County hospital, wo glancing at tho great safe in which aro kept coi tho money and valuables of patients; "but nil we don't get much cash. As a rule our a^' patients are without a nickel when they come here. Not 0110 in fivo lias as much us fifty ' cents. Home havo three cents, some seven, 0VI eighteen, thirty and so on. Occasionally a mo man comes in who fumbles around insido of RP1 his clothes, or if badly hurt or very siek tells us how to do it for htm, and pulls out a big rolL I have seen as much as $J()0 taken otF a public patient Tlieir clothes aro taken a^' from them, you know, and if worth saving aro kept until they are able to leave. In i>cr- wl] haps a majority of cases tho clothing Ls unfit D0< for use, and is destroyed, and upon rec overy tbe patient is given a suit of hospital clothing. But how they do complain whenever an article is not returned to tucm mat luey brought in. I liuvo seen o!:l codgers raise a fuss about nil oroide collar button, such ns you can buy six for a nickel. Every missing , article suddenly becomes of great value. If it f was worth ten cents when it came in it will bo worth $4 or i'.> when (ho patient is ready jjx to take it away und it can't be found. In such coses cotton instantly becomes silk and 0[ brass precious metal. A good many patients jja, have nothing like gratitude for the care tho ^ui institution has taken of them and the treat- pr( tnent they have received, but go away curbing tw tho hospital for robbing them of an old jack- 30 knife, or a dirty shirt, or some such article, ad and threatening to sun for damages. Under of our present system of taking care of valuable;. ' and clothing there are very few missing ar- wo tieles, though."?Chicago Herald Interview, clo Mil To Trcscrvo I'lowor* Under AViitcr. en< The following i.? a description of the pro- f?u cess by which a bouquet of flowers can be *'? preserved fr^h for a lung time: A vessel of J water is required; the vosyel should bo large enough to allow tho submersion in it of a an plate or dish holding the bouquet to be preserved and a bell irluss to cover tho bouquet Tlio dish or pinto should contain no moss or l,ut other material; the water should be limpid ^ and quite pure, l'lai-o the plate at the hot torn of the water, ami on the plate, submerg- ^ ing it, jdace theboucuet which is maintained in an upright jxuition by a weighted l?aso gj0 previous!}' attached to it. This being done tov the bouquet is covered with a bell glass, the ne( rim of which ought to fit exactly tc? tho flat an, part of the plate; the bell glass should be en- ^jn tirely filled with water, and without the i least air bubble. Then, all raised together, on plate, bcxjuet and 1x11 glass filled with water, ? and placed on a table, carefully wiping tho ain exterior, but lca\ in;; on tho plate, around the pi0 base of the bell glass, a little provision of tis< water which prevents the entrance of air. soli The flowers in this condition will be pre- per served in ail their freshness for several weeks, and their beauty is increased by a great mini- 4 her of bubbles of gas produced by the res- grr piratiou of the leaves, and whHi attach ! uu: themselves to the petals, appearing like ; Tk pearls. The edge o:" tin- plate and the water | Tli that it contains should be concealed l?y a ! arc light lied of moss in which arc set some other I in flowers. In tho evening, bv artificial light, a l arfl bouquet thus nrranjjed produces a churming s.tr effect.?Yiek's Magazine. Thi suj Kn^Ilsli I.ifo In the Country. gre The whole system of life in tlie country 'nd tewls to make the lower, and even tlie mid- piu die, class look up to ami revere the lonls. The I llo road:; throughout Fnglnnd are thj finest in | in the world, macadamized in the heart of thy j the mountains, and kept up in the m ist distant vil. quarters of the kingdom, l)eeau::j the urLsto- ' A i crats live far apart, and must "ravel with the ease when the}' vl-it eaeh other. Tlie poor j w^' are thus better oft* through the luxury of j their masters. So, too, the post is delivered a 8 daily, or oftoner, at every house in England, | localisethe gentry and nobility must have'' their letters promptly, and again the peasant j and tin; mi;Idle-class men benefit bj* the * necessity. These t lings have been mentioned to me as advantages of aristocratic rule. The ?as peojile are taught that tiny would stiller were ,en tin' present system ehanged; and doubtless in ? some mslnnet's those who are de|tendcnt tt. w ould be less coin Tollable.?Adam Udaeau's ^ jET Story of Jml'*!) Davis* t'l-baiiity. 11 "We used to la a ;li not a little at the story they used to toll til the judge's |io!iletiess under ovfi all eiremnstaiu'es," said a:i <?M IVii'itil. llo was at a 1 fiend's 1 ouse one time, the story runs, in whieh the e was n double door, one si?l?? of whieh ojk-ii :<l tho sti irs Jeadiii;' *jv| to the sit tin;; room, while the other opened j_ ( ujkmi the cellar stairs. 'I'Ih* jiidrje, desiring to ^w( go into tie sittin;; room, oji?'iieil the wrong a Sj iloor fttvl wi-v.t. <*ra<}iing into the eellar. The UU(i jvoj>l:?of the hoirv thought he must Iwdread- jyy full/ Inn", Uu! ho politely said to the lady of < the huu*e: '"Madam, I am afraid I've l<roketi ^g, some <?f your crwks.'*?IJloomington J Julie- or ] tin. _ out lSii\\ro:.tl lir?u;;!it from Africa. A new s|X"-i ;< of l>o\-\voir.l from South *, ] Africa lias ju .! 1m ?:? de?eri':e<l hy Sir Joseph ^ Hooker, under i lie liotaui'.':*) name of JXnxtix Mat owaiia. As it i s in considerable tjiunti- j* . tics ami is suii ihle for engravers' u-es, it may ru'n prove a vaJualil.'addition to the diminishing ...j! supplies of I'uro lean boxwood. When seasoiled without craeking the wood is valued at two centj a cubit; mdi.?Aj-liuusr.v Traveler. SEWING-WOMEN'S PAY. s An ARVATION WAGES CAUSED BY 1 CHEAP AND ROTTEN GOODS. , 1 hat cei i Inside View of the Shoddy Business ^sti -A Small Margin of Trofit?Futuro 663 'rospects Not Bright?Xho Lowest Irados?"Misfit" Goods. Me inf 'Tho general public was surprised and ^iv icked to learn of the miserable romunera- p0( a of the sewing-women of Chicago," re- ? , - .. _ - ?L _ t a j iUA TKea cue gmiiemu.Il wuu uuu upeueu wa WJ, lversation. "It appears that the 'song of e3t i shirt' is still a true picture, despite the tjn ring-machine, tho cutting, and other tja dern mechanical inventions which have jsjj olutionizcd your traie." me 'The wretched pay of the majority of rei men tailors is a deplorable but easily ex- Sp, lined fact," replied tho merchant. "For lew years after its first Introduction the jjy ring-machine did work a wonder- rei improvement in tho condition of th< s class of workers, but by degrees its an leflts, as far as sewing-women are con- ^ ned, have disappeared, until now they an ) almo-t if not quite as badly off as they co, re bofore Elias Howe removed the eye of 0? i needle from the head to the point." toi 'How do you account for this.'" , fer 'There have been several co uses at work. rjg st, this machine has been .so simplified he; i'improved and is now so aisy to oper- en| > that all but the finest Work has become ha skilled labor. Though tUe amount of tei loring during the thirty years of the 0f ving-machine's existence has undoubtedly m? reased more than a hundr ad-fold, still tho ag ^petition for this work is now as strong tlv it was under the old crder of things. But | ) main cause of the stirvf.tion wages is jm ) manufactuvo of an enormous and con- eni ually increasing quantity of cheap and an nost worthless goods. Not many people ju< ? aware that in our line, one of the prime m? :essatlQ3 of lite, tne amount 01 imposition in 1 iraud pracilceJ is in: alcu'abla. The i<^ sfortune is that almost every man, Th man or child believe themselves to be mi npeteut judges of clothing, wheroas C0| lety-five out of every ICO know no more aut it than they do about architectura Qp SHODDY THAT LOOK;} WELL. pri 'There are a largo number of firms all tie 3r the country, whose main business is to of ike up shoddy piece-goods of handsome wi pearanco, but for wear and durability in iy are almost worthless Tho workmanp of these garments, while effective for i eye, is of the roughest and most despic- . le character. In >ew York, which has "S fays so large a floating population, and wi lere hordes of women are forced by their Go ;essities to accept whatever is offered, the As :es for sewing this stuff are so low that coi rvation wages, is the only proper term. x*ei add to the wretched condition of these cu! men, they can obtain work, as a rule, be ly through cormorant middlemen, called Soi reaters,' who mako largo incomes out of on s whito slavery. * Ke 'This mass of rublish is not only injurious tjjji itself?competing as it does with genuine aw xls?but it also has a groat inHuen;-e in ni( ing the ratos of payment in tho better wa ides. Under this influence the earnings of tho Iea?t protected class?tho women? ced L-n crnn? inwoi* and lower. The manutuc- tec O ' -T ers are not to blame. The margin of lai jfit is now so cloBe, the competition be- * een the di'Jerent sections of the country gu] strong, that they are forced to take every eig vantage of the cruel but inevitable laws me supply and domand. a ( 'An organization for tho protection of the pel men employed in tho manufacture of lea thing?provided that it was universal at ougbout the country?would have the wc :ire sympathy of the majority of jnann- thi iturers, as it wouid add but a smfell frac- wl n to the cost of the output and relieve a att ss whoso condition is as bad as it can ba go 0 prospects for the establishment of such wi organization in tho near/uture, howover, tin > not very bright Those women are so mc ierly dependent on their daily earnings, Ui ) cohesion among them is so weak, that it cle uld require strong efforts from the out- fid e to start and carry through any such set ivement l'hilanthropic individuals with wc alent for organi ing, or societies who send sin jrmoua sums oat of the country for misnary purposes, might turn their attention vard the solution of this problem. The , >d is urgent, tho field is almost unbroken, the 1 would amply compensate for all tho br< je and money expended on it." co< Where are these shoddy garments usually Wi eala?" pel They are on sale wherever bargain-ma- coi ics are to be found, wherever foolish peo- lov can be duped by means of catchy adver- ria ;meuts or bra.eu assertion. They are sor i by the wagon-load in cutting and catch- jui my stores throughout the country. ert in the loweh depths. the 'Even in this stuff there aro several ma idea Resident store-keepers, however ' jcrupulou-i, dare not keep the lower ones, thi osa aro disposed of in another manner. Til ere aro several perambulating firms who wil i continually tracing: from city to city vie tho western, northwestern and southern Th tea. One or more of those concerns lie iko Chicago every month or six weoka wil ay proteud to work oir some enormous the iposi.ious 'bankrupt' or 'immense confla- exition' stock. They are heralded by an Wi vaiue man' who rents a large unoecu- hei d store oil a prominent thoroughfare, j be, inserts their deceptive advertisements i coi guo or two of the city papers, aud in all j Sp sheets issued in tho smull towns and j wh lages within a radius of twenty miles. ! on< few days Lefore tho opening up ho liooJs wa city and the adjacent suburban districts an* ;h hand bills." "I i Is tho business of handling 'misfit' goods is t enuiuo one/'' liiii i'he merchant laughed heartily and said " ,t> UUS1I1C8:> WU3 UUb mjuuuua as iIUO j >?u or. "The rise and progress of the mislit j sha ii:icss," he continued, "is one of the curi- ! ten ties in o.ir line. It iirst started in an wif tern city?l'liiladelphia, I believe?about j (.Jle years ago. A party who was then clerkfor a retail clothing store was struck by rllliant idea, and backed by a large 1 olesalo lirni, proceeded to put it into op- jUs: tion. In tho courso of two or three years sigi built up an onornious business. Ho was is e irge anil skillful udvertisoi, and retired a out .r or two ugo worth about 1m- ag ( :ors by tho hundred soon stated up all geU r tho eastern states, but it is only within for last four or live years they have ap- ha\ rod in the west. Tho modus operandi of t i business is very simple and very effec- tab ). Tho garments sold by somo inisfitters her hiiago aro manufactured for them by jnt< > or three firms hero who mako tho work Sovi :udy. Ttio whole secret lioa in the cut jn I lino trimming. While not one man in j-or can judge of tho valuo of cloth within .,0. 3r $.'? a yard, almost everybody can pii.-e p0t. jod piece of silk or satin, a fine binding, out jand.some buttons. The misfit dodge is tho Kta< come of this simple pomt. The piece- stor ds worked up into theso garments aro ja!ful imitations of hixh-pricid, imported eui] ;hs, costing oa the ovonigo al>uu& one- y01 M as much us the genuine article. The menLs aro cut by thorough workmen, 1 are made up fully as well as the general 1 of ready mado clothing, but the mf in due nt is sparing no mon?y on trimmings, wn ,o often costing much nioro than the out- l^oi > material. ?Chicago News. , woi IANCTUARY OF THE HACIENDA. i OI<l Spanish Custom Which Is Prert> entln Mexico?Widows and Orphans. Qy Every hacienda, whether rich or poor, 3 its own chufch of more or le3S mugniflice, which, to the curiosity-hunting tour, is a perfect treasure-trove of charming Fan linesi Each private sanctuary pos;es its own "Holy Family^" and as many nts fts the good cathedral, in the City of Ui ixico; while candles are constantly burn- xi j upon its altar, which is pUed with voe offerings of fruit and grain?for every >n is devotedly pious and superstitious to d?60 iegree. In those exceptional instances,'. vpr> lere the millionaire owners live Upoii ,th? C-pt ates, their immediate families are some- on il aes numbered by scores. This is par- pers llv due to the Drevalenco of an old Span- case i custom which virtually obliges gentle- este< in to provide for all th?ir destitute female stan ative-i, and to shield them and their off- tier ing from contact with the vyyrld. men When a Mexican lady is widowed, a fam- rega council is immediately called, her male sucL atives and those of her husband charging vate imselves with the education of her sons, wise d the care of herself and daughters quite men a matter of coursa Though the widow wall d her grown-up daughters may be ac- and, mplishod as well as poor, nobody dreams mon the possibility of their doing anything vard supporting themselves, and the prof- jj( ed aid is calmly accepted as an hereditary ;ht Even if the widowed mother is ilthy she can by no means be independ- jvor L Custom, which here rules with iron can nd, prescribes that the entire superin- ^ei idence of her property and the education her children shall be delegated to her su,^ tie kindred, and unless she is really an , ^ ed woman she must roside with her rela amc es. - i So thoroughly are Mexican gentlemen ! bued with this idea of womanly dependce that they do not regard the care of . E y number of bereaved families as an onit burden, but, on the contrary, when a ^ea in marries te virtually contracts to be- to r end all the female kindred of his lady ro t9 provldQ for them if nwd La '?rct Js sort of Fnightly courtesy make? matriv >ny a serious matter, and perhaps ao ^ ants for the number of eligible bachelors brel th which Mexico abounds; but, bandinage thei art, it is a beautiful custom, and a strong' case Dof of the innate chivalry of Mexican'gen-. shac men is found in the fact that the estates ther widows and orphans are admlqlstqred^ iwai th scrupulous honesty.?Fannie B. Ward pale Kansas City Journal. pres : . _ lot < Too Vague and Impractical. . win iBey Rata in n,ngiana wnat is cauea a uun ociety for Promoting Industrial Villages," of y lose aims are declared by the St James' join .zette to be too vague and impractical.. But the interest in technical education in this, and antry is growing, and there is much waj ,'erence to South Kensington in the dis- pco] aion, the following from The Gazette may into read with profit: "If the society wants hari no useful work to do, why does it not set j jf j| foot an agitation to compel Soutlj tob msington to spend on the establishment oi a p :htfical schools the money now muddled jyjj, ay on science falsely so called? Tech- f] :al schools are the greatest of all our j jap; iuts. We have spoken of the prosperity J the Swiss watch trade. It has bpen sue,-1 isful becauso of the, admirable system of 1 joyc :hnical instruction existing in Switzer- j id. , _ 'At fourteen a boy's school education Is ( pposod to be complete. He knows a for-1 ^ ;n language, perhaps two; and probably j ' ithematics up to simple equation* From ! ^ur :hild he has been taugiit how to use th,? j nciL Picked boys and girls, when they. ; "0' ivo school, receive three years' training j . c the expanse of the state. The first year's i >rk is gen.-ral, the second special, and the, I ird practicaL Free lectures are given .' lich workmen and workingwomen may ratl ?nd. At fourteen most children have a C*11 od little sum of monev in a money-box, to (*e lich tneir friend* have contributed since j or ' ) time they were .christened; and this j bar mey is expended on the purchase of to )ls. i timately, if a lad is hard-working and 1 thai ver, it is not difficult to obtain the con- i eml enco of the local banker, with a view to 1 T. ting up in buslnessi All this kind of | our >rk is much too practical for South Ken- our gtoa"?The Curront , .. . ran . . app A Question of Drawing the Une. tree &.bout twenty-five years ago, when one of \ do\> ) diplomats camo to this country he I visi >ughc a man cook with him, and this j )k, by the buying of land in no;tbwest j I ashington got a very comfortable com- era] anoy. He Had a daughter and one of the ' abu ner butchers of Washington, falling in | rors o with the girl married her. After mar- ! of 1 go the butcher's 6hop was carried ou for I thai ne time, when the city suddenly took a ! wor up in the direction of the cook's prop- ! arc y. The butcher's wife became wealthy, i j.jto ) butcher's shop was closed and tho two : iiict, n began to lead a life of elegant leisure. . j .,jre They bought a fine house, and the next iow ug was to get into Washington society. I fi^j ey iurcecuca, I am told, Ly the butcher's , r0Ct fe paying ?5,000 to a society queen pro-j led slie would introduce her into society. | m.e e agreement was made, the monoy passed. uu r card was put upon tho army official's s,jej fe's visiting list, and within a year or two | jj. i daughter of the cook and tho wife of the : batcher was one of the leading ladies of i V ishingtoa.. A few years went by, and ^ .j * position now tnorougaiy uauxuiiaaau, auu I jan to try to dictate as to who should i ono uo into the society of which she moved, j w . uaking of a poor, but blue bloodod family I an. j, 0 hatl just come to Washington, she said. ) day to Mrs. Admiral Blank, who by tho 1( y is a very elegant and well-bred lady, -J011 1 who has spent a lifetime in society here: . ' Jou't know about tho^e people. Society. PK''' growing so common. We must draw tho ; w'"' 3 somewhere." j But where.'" returned the lady admiral s^eni ,h a smile of sarcasm; "Where, madam, -v,or ,11 we draw the line.' At the sirloin or, a derioiii<:; The reply of the ex^butcher's "'SI e is not mentioned.?Washinton Cor. tho veland Leader. j thin; t.uiv, Tlio End of the Great Eastern. j but ?bo uses to which tho Great Eastern has hiinj t been put are doubtless such a-j her de- displ ler and builder never dreamed of. She time ngaged, as may be remembered, to fill chat: the remainder of her days at Gibraltar i In f; i coal hulk', and meanwhile she has been (''spl t from Mil lord haven, whore she has lain \ ^Cc0 a dozen years, to Liverpool, in order to { o her engines lifted out Lccordingly, an enterprising clothing es- : lishmout of the latter town has hirod 1 fl: during her st ty. A circus is to be put I IKnV; * !%/*? Ki.r nnKlrt lank whinh I J VIIU UL ??I | IIUtL onty-five feat in diameter; a menagerie ! {jzr(] 0110 of her saloons; stalls for wares on ,noj] de^ks, while the trail oi tbo advertising | ter will be nil over the ship, aud es- , 0j)ta ittlly on hor hu^a sides, divided and let rer|.'j for the purpose. Certainly the last | ' n je in the cureor of the unfortunate mou- s||rt j . as a humble Lut respectable coal eel- j] jn will 1)0 loss garish than its impending ..ju? sloymenfc as u lloating bill board.?Now , rk Sun. sho A Hig Chunk of Alum. | iltul} 'ho largest crystal of alum ever pro- j g;1 ed, weighing over cijht tons, has been j *cr j, t to tho Edinburgh international exhibl- j . i from the Manchester and G<?i>lo alum i ''~i .... I plo*v A JAPANESE VIEW. TLINE PRINCIPLES Of .DECORAION AS SEEN BV1 A NATIVE.' * Not to Be Itegarded si Article* of Bcoratlon?Concerning Lanterns and tnbrcllas?Japaneno Love of Simple iIng<?Furniture and Landscape. is an error to regard fans as articles of iration; at least, the Japanese themselves. ^eldoiu'uso them as such. . 'Diere aw exiorifll cases, of eoursc, as, Where a fan has ; an autograph lino of cejrtaln c^ninenC. onages (which is most. frequently ,thq I, or whero some artist made it worthy of. jm for a touch of his brush. The like in*, ces will bo almost innumerable, and ujl-. theso circumstances a simple unornated fan will mako itself an object of much ird for Its owner, and the introduction of i a fan into an elegant decoration will ele-. the graceful tono of the place. Other i we will never hoar to see a bundle of a wind producers let loose, tacked against s, spread over bureaus, hung by posts,' , in short, scattered all over an apart-, t as if they were goods for sale. Nay to that "dainty fan decoration!" ... or do wo pretend to appreciate those iy fans much admired by .the ladle* pf_ country. The broad frames of. polished y, on which are wrought extravagant, 'ings, and the shining fringes that adorn r edges, may bo "grand;" but, honestly," * look only awkward to our eyes. When mer comes the bulk and weight of a fan, liis description necessarily require certain", mnt of muscular exertion to draw any. lght; but then it is found out that the. i generated in tliis exercise will generally, aore than can be fanned away by the, ivsy flaps of this not easily tcMtfdgs^bW: pon; and after all the ladies are. oblige*!! elato the history and the skillful work-, isbip of this favorite fan amid fainting" itb and nraifcS ;:r^uario&! -r LANTERN'S AND OfB HELLAS.. . ; ow I hasten to mention lanterns and las. Well, lanterns have some charm of r own. For instance, take a plain glassd lantern and "hang it in the deepening les of a green bower on a summer ovening, e you.'wilt perceive the very spot where ly dews !odgo> and in the stream of its i rays, you will even imagine you roen?i i" once of Coolness .herself. Or hang out a >f paper lanterns in a gay row, over your dowsills and along your store fronts. Tho. iiing candles will send out from every one. our houses the air of joy and hilarity to the pevailing festivity of any occasion, tho umbrellas are .very charmless things, I have nothing to say about therau Any J 11 WHS UtyoilU tlic guuius ui ??apaiiu>o )le to bring either lanterns or umbrellas, ? i a richly decorated hall, and to dream the inony with tho glittering surroundings., ; \roro in Japan I should have good reason, 0 offended at.my being led as a guest into, lace where lanterns and umbrellas are g scattered. , : ? .j ? ? bo time and circumstances liavo led the, :mcse to acquire that i>eculiar tasto of lov-. simple things with imaginative concep-t s; and hence an aversion ,,to the childish 1 of mere sLowiness and gorgcon^ness., s, tho Japanese are totally disgusted >vith; itcd picture panels and silk cmbroideredi ens, although they are above others, well, vvn in tho foreign market as Japant^sq. Is. They ar? .altogether too. VjuJgar for taste, though we manufacture them, and supply the demands abroad. It is truo,, sliiling doors, the moveable screens, tho. ging panels; are all favorite and necessary litures of the Japanese household decorai, but the point here ? that we would ler have thom framed and finished in a tie and tasteful manner than have them! ased with glaring and ostentatious cqIom! paints, and also that wo wquld .rather e thein painted with a serene mountain iery or a poetic cuckoo flyijig hi a moon' i have them covered with cheap-looking >romery worjc. . bo same sentiment forbids us to overload^ rooms with luero curios.. For this reftsolt bron?e flower vase, however unique aiul' : a thing ifc may happen to be. we always reciate it better with fresh cut branches of s planted in it than when it is kept topsido n on a special stand just to satisfy tho tor's curiosity. .. .. FURNITUKE AXB LANDSCAPE,',, condescend to say that our dwellings genJy lack glaring contrast of hues and of ndiint funiituririg of chairs, sofas, mirt, stands, etc., whieh are so many source* vestern comfort. But it must be. owned tit is not tho Japanese temper to extort ider and admiration under a glance. Wo satisfied, if wo find pleasure in looking i our yard, where a hill rises in perfect ness of serene nature, and a cascado rip-, down a rugged precipice into a pond be, enjoyed by a pair or two of happy duck.*,', ing peacefully at the roots of growing! Is. Wo foci proud if the landscapes and* Is and flowers uik>ii our doors and screens vivid enough to transport our guest into unconscious recitation of a lyric. Tho ves, running not uniformly, but artisti } ; tho carvcit figures, hoc grotesque, out. int; the exposed posts, neither shaven nor. ued, but i>olu>bed, until it is shining j the s, insignificant and yet ornament headed, by one, as they eonie fiilo perception, will k immeasurable charm into tho mind of nterested observer. , ; % 'ehave, sometimes been.ridiculed at the ; of geometrical uniformity in our (Jecora, but \vc never look over tho harmony., instance, we will hang up our vaiunbloures with a costly silk string instead of, thless wires, and tho luxuriant plants wo keep in proportionally beautiful jx>ts, intl of crude wares of reddish brown earth.' do wc overlook that important principle rt of decoration?the change and refreshneither do we overcrowd our rooms with' wholesale exhibition of all beautiful] x gs wo have. Wo display panols and.pic-, s sparingly at a time in their number;^ we never allow the same ones to remain' ; at the same spot over a season; tliey aro, laced with the reserved ones from time to-t , thus giving the place tho fresh ami iged airs to suit the season and ;occa.sion. xct. this system of "spare and change". lay i? a very sensible portion of Japaneso nit ion, for our visitors will always ilnd a. ice tn do honor to the correct taste of tho ?iv. Takaluislii in Inter-Ocean. . \ llmt Ncwh In Knvarl.-t. t ie Bavarian idea of gently breaking bad < is peculiar. AVhen King Ludwig com-, ed suicide the court chaplain was depu[ to convey the sad intelligence to his. ier. The chaplain hunted up a text i:i_ Mutable to TIxo occasion, aim unvinjj j:rvl an audience with tin? kind's mother thot?'Xf. Sln> seemed to rather enjoy, hereupon he lead it o\\?r again. Then onked puzzled, whereupon. ho read it tlio 1 time, ami the attendants who knew tho. was dead, began to wp, The roj*al trembled I inth mentally and physically, fainti-il Jiuisv, and tho chaplain consider withdrew.?Kansas i'ity Journal. tan's I nisin< .? g'X's on widout any trouble, j ole :-ascal, but it peer like do erf aits o\ awd has tor be alius 'tended to. De weed! s widout work, but ile cotton has ter be cd au' Lovd.?Arkansaw Traveler. j