The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, July 24, 1891, Image 14
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PRIBILOF ISLANDS.
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Where the Fur Seals Congregate
and Are Killed.
Millions of Seals Assemble
There at Certain Times.
The Pribilof Seal Islands, around
which the seal hunting which has en*
gage.1 the attention of Great Britain
and the United States for a long time
is done, lie in the middle of the Ber
ing Sea about 200 miles nsrthward of
Uualaska, the nearest habitable land.
They were discovered in 1786 by a
Russian named Pribilof, who com
manded a small sealing sloop, the St.
George. There are two islands—St.
Paul and St. George—about thirty
' miles apart. The superficial area of
the former is 30 square miles; that of
the latter is nearly as great, being 27
square miles, but St. Paul, owing to
its low sandy shores, has a coast line
of 42 miles, of which 16 1-2 miles
are “hauled over’' by seals, while St.
George, with 29 miles of coast, has
only about two miles of beach that
ara visited by the fur seals.
The rocky grounds on these islands
are those streiches of beach selected
by the seals for a brief period of rest
during the breeding season, which
begins in June and lasts until Septem
ber. During this time millions of
seals are congregated on the shingle
beaches. The first to arrive arc the
old bulls, each of whom selects his
plot of beach about twenty feet square,
on which he lives with his wives, who
come to him a lew days after his ar-
-"Tival, and as soon as they get settled
give birth each to one pup. A note
worthy fact is that the males who
keep these harems are all six years of
ago and upwards, and obtain their
temporary homesteads and many w ives
by desperate fighting among one
another.
The seals between the ages of one
and six years are those known as the
i bachelors, and they only are killed bc-
) cause of the value of their furs or
; pelts. These bachelors frequent strips
\.of beach separate and apart from the
\rookeries, living peaceably by them-
\selvcs. From these resting places
Vnen drive them in droves of thousands
y
+-at the rate of half a mile an hour—
the slaughtering places, two miles
ray, where they are killed by being
truck on the head with a hickory
They are then dragged out,
ibbed to the heart with a long knife,
joon after skinned.
The reaSWl ~ 'frtyr the Government
has decided upon allowtrig a e&tch for
the present year of 7500 skins is that
the North American Company is bound
by its contract “to furnish to the in
habitants of the islands of St. George
and St. Paul annually such quantity
or number of dried salmon’' and salt
and barrels for preserving the neces
sary supply of meat as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall determine. This
company is further obliged to furnish
eighty tons of coal annually, and a
sufficient number of good houses in
which the natives may dwell. The
company also must maintain schools
and school teachers, churches and
preachers, dispensaries and physicians,
and provide for the fatherless chil
dren and widows and all who are su
perannuated.
The latest census, that of 1890,
gives 303 as the population of the isl
and, including old aud young, male
and female. These people were orig
inally Aleutians, but have become so
mixed with Russian and Kamchatka
blood that they present a variety of
characteristics. In the main they are
an honest people if drink be kept from
them, though they are inherent gam
blers. They do all the work of kill
ing, skinning, etc., and load the skins
into the vessels. The company pays
them.40 cents for the labor of taking
each perfect skin.—[New York Times.
History of Vanilla.
Vanilla is a Mexican orchid, with
long, climbing stems and thick, fleshy
leaves. The earliest European travel,
ers in.Mexico found the vanilla used
as a condiment with chocolate. The
Spaniards introduced it into Europe,
and ihe first account of it appeared as
long ago as 1605, and was published
by Clusius in his “Exoticorum Libri,”
who received a specimen from Mor
gan. the apothecary of Queen Eliza
beth. Plumier called the plant Va
nilla, adopting the name used in Mex
ico by the Spaniards (the diminutive
of the Spanish vaina, a pod). Tow
ard the end of the seventeenth century
the vanilla reached France by the way
*f Spaifli, ^ and was used to flavor
Chocolate and to'perfume tobacco. In
England it was first valued & drug,
and it was not until after the idea of
its medical value was exploded that it
came into general use in cooking.
The supply of vanilla, which is ob
tained from the fruit or seed-pod, was
originally derived from Mexico, but
of late years much attention has been
given to cultivating this plant in other
parts of the tropics, and it is now pro
duced iu Bonrbon, Java, Mauritius,
and Central Africa in large quanti
ties.
Shoots, about three feet long, hav
ing been fastened to trees, and scarce
ly touching the ground, soon strike
root on to the bark and form plants,
*ch commence to produce fruit in
three years, and remain productive 30
or 40. The fertilization of the flower
is naturally brought about by insect
agency. Morrcn, the Director of the
Botanical Garden in Liege, showed in
1837 that it might be efficiently per
formed by man, since which the pro
duction of the pods has been success
fully carried on in all tropical coun
tries without the aid of insects. Even
in European forcing-houses the plant
produces fruits of full size which, for
aroma, bear comparison with those of
Mexico. In vanilla plantations the
pods are not allowed to arrive at com
plete maturity, and are gathered when
their green color begins to change.
According to the statements of De
Vriese they are dried by a rather cir
cuitous process, namely, by exposing
them to heat alternately uncovered
and wrapped in woolen cloths, where
by they are artificially ripened, and
acquire their ultimate aroma and dark
hue.—[Garden and Forest.
Indian Runners.
The Indian runners are familiar
figures in Mexico. They are employed
by the government to carry the mails
among the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
and make better time than any animal
that could bo employed. A runner
will carry from twenty to thirty
pounds of mail and never be delayed
by washouts or swollen streams. lie
is always on an easy run, that must
carry him along six or seven miles an
hour at least. He is nearly always
dressed in white cotton cloth,
which makes him a conspicuous
figure against the somber green and
black tints of the high mountain levels,
and which, later in the evening, causes
him to look like a ghost or specter
flitting among the pines and firs and
moss-covered boulders strewn along
tho trail. The trails, on the steep
places, wind backward and forward
in stretches from fifty to seventy-five
yards in length, in order to find a
grade up which a heavily laden pack
mule can make his way. But the
athletic carrier dees not run the whole
length of these windings in descend
ing a hill. He cuts off the corners
at each bend by placing the
hand on the edge of the
trail and vaulting to the lower
level whenever the two levels are not
more than six or seven feet apart.
All this time he never gives up the lit
tle dog trot that is carrying him for
ward so rapidly. The carrier will in
half an hour go down a mountain side
that would take the best mule in a
bullion train or the fleetest one ridden
by the little Mexican caballero, the
best rider in the world, half a day to
accomplish. In ascending, too, the
carrier has'-method*-of ^taking shorter
cuts up the steeper inclines, so as to
gain time and distance at every turn.
— [Picayune.
Building an Electric Carriage.
A novelty among vehicles in this
country, an electric carriage, is now
being constructed at the factory of
M. W. Quinlan, in Brookline, Mass.,
from plans drawn from a photograph
of a similar carriage in present use in
London. The battery contains thirty-
two cells,and is placed in the rear end
of the body of the carriage. The
motor, which is of foreign manufac
ture, rests between the hind springs,
where it is attached to the body by
two hinge clasps in such a manner as
to allow it to swing when the motion
of the carriage is irregular, although
this swing is regulated by a connect
ing rod. The driving shafts of the
motor extend on eitheir side beyond
the springs, and arc fitted with cog
wheel attachments which connect by
an endless chain with larger cogwheels
on the inner side of the rear wheels.
The steering apparatus is on tho left
side of the carriage platform. In case
of accident to the motor, shafts can be
fitted to the carriage, and horses at
tached. When completed, the whole
carriage will weigh about 2500
pounds. All the electrical work is
done by the Holtzer-Cabot Company.
— [New Y r ork Tribune.
A Lemon Orchard.
F. A. Kimball of National City-
says the Santa Barbara (Cal.) Inde
pendent, is convinced that $10 a tree
can be realized from lemons four
years after planting. The root must
be good and healthy. Tho ground
must be well plowed and pulverized
for planting. Trees may be planted
125 to the acre. They should be
branched low, not over three feet
from the ground, and the branches
should be shortened to the length of a
pair of pruning shears. Red clay
soil is best. Mr. Kimball says that
lemons are best cured by picking
them green and packing them in lay
ers of sand.
The Speed of Electricity.
ft requires aoout three seconds to
transmit; an electrical signal through
the Atlantic table- 'I ke speed at which
electricity travels amounts to several
thousand miles p^r second, but the
electrostatic resistance of tho cable re
duces the speed to about 1000 miles
per second.
Trying It Alone.
“I can’t permit m‘^y daughter to
marry you, sir.”
“But I can’t live without Emily."
“That’s just it. If you’i must starve
you had better try it aloni.”—[Phila
delphia Times. \
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LADIES’ DE FARTHEST.
SUXBOKXETS FOS CHILDREN.
Some of the new washing bonnets
are certainly particularly becoming to
the little faces for which they are in
tended. They are made with very
high crowns, standing many inches
above the bead, long tucked curtains
and triple frillings over the face and
drawn on cord. Some are made in
plain jaconet and others are embroid
ered on the crown and curtain and also
on the front, which is box plaited just
above the face.—[Brooklyn Citizen.
SECLUSION OF EGYPTIAN WOMEN.
Consul General Keiley, who is now
at home from his long sojourn in
Cairo, Egypt, says that not once dur
ing his residence in the land of the
Khedive did he get a glimpse of the
wife or the grown daughter of any
Egyptian official. The Egyptian wo
men adhere very strictly to the Mo
hammedan law forbidding them to
unveil their faces in public and very
rarely leave their apartments. The
present Khedive has ouly one wife,
though allowed four by the law of the
prophet.—[Chicago Post.
WHEN HOOPS CAME IN.
It was in the very early portion of
the eighteenth century that the hoop
petticoat came in. The skirts were
not quilted, but there was a kind
of pannier drapery attached to a train,
the bodice pointed, the elbow sleeves
ruffled. In 1709 we read of a black
silk petticoat, having a red and white
calico border; cherry-colored stays,
trimmed with blue and silver, a red
and dove-colored damask gown,
flowered with large trees; a yellow
satin apron, trimmed with white Per
sian silk.
The quilted petticoat and flowered
over-gown dates back from 1730 to
1795, when Mr. Pitt brought in the
powder tax, which sent powder up
out of fashion. Hair powdering came
into extensive use with the introduc
tion of the huge periwig at the Res
toration. Hoops and sacks were worn
in George I.’s reign—viz.: 1714-1724—
and it was George ll.’s time—1727-
1760—that the mock pastoral fashions
were introduced, and men and women
dressed as shepherds and shepherd
esses.—[London Queen.
GRAY GOWNS FOR ALL.
Gray is a clean looking color and
one that is at present fashionable,with
a reasonable prospect of several shades
remaining in style throughout the
coming season. Several manufactur
ers have exerted themselves to give us
remarkably pretty gray mixtures, but
the cry arises that brunettes attcF sat-
low blondes cannot wear gray.
Gray for blondes:—Sallow blondes
may wear a rich cai-diual surah, crepe,
chiffon or China silk plastron, with
the front of the collar of the same.
Reddish blondes are not sallow, and
are fortunate in being able to wear
gray pure and simple.
Gray for brunettes: Brunettes will
find that gray becomes wearable for
them if brightened with a vest, yoke
or plastron of old rose, pink, orange,
yellow or red, using a soft, silken
fabric for the contrasting color. Never
put blue with gray, and only use white
or cream if blessed with rose-leaf
skin; then it is lovely in effect. Gray
may be trimmed with black gimp for
any complexion if one of the colored
vests spoken of above is worn.
A gray hat is harder to manage,
coming nearer the face, but this must
oe faced with a becoming tint.—[Dry
Goods Economist.
WOMEN AS WATCHMAKERS.
One reason why Swiss watches are
so much cheaper than those of other
European make, explains a jeweler, is
the general employment of women in
the work, aud, although the female
jeweler gets twice as much pay as her
sister in the field, the remuneration is
very small from an American skilled
labor point of view. In St. Louis
there are not more than two or three
women who have studied up the
watchmaking business, and there are
not more than two or three dozen in
the whole country. There is one lady
who lives on the Illinois side who does
very delicate work in this line, but
she docs so little and can be so
seldom found when wanted that
she is looked upon almost as an
amateur. It is singular how free the
male jeweler has been from competi
tion from the fair sex. While female
labor has overran almost every other
trade, this one has escaped, although
its cleanliness and the opportunities
afforded for the use of a keen eye,deft
fingers and light work seem to make
it a very suitable field. I have a
daughter who has never really learned
the business who can often help me
out when my eyes fail me. The next
generation will, I confidently believe,
see hundreds if not thousands, of
ladies at work among timepieces aud
jewelry.— [New York Dispatch.
WOMEN RAILWAY EMPLOYES.
Only one woman is,as yet, employed
in England as a railway booking
clerk, but in France women have filled
such situations for years. Still more
women are employed as clerks in the
railway companies’ offices; they are
well looked after, have a private en
trance, and generally work in rooms
apart from men. The hours of at
tendance—from 9 to 5—can surely not
be considered long. Beginners are
paid at the rate: of 62 cents per work
ing day; thus flthe year is shortened
for them to SOI days, the offices being
closed on Stfndays and holidays.
The head clerks, though,
receive a yearly salary
ranging from $260 to $325, and have
besides a right to a pension, either
given as a reward by the company, or
secured by a percentage levied regu
larly on the wages of each individual.
Before being' admitted to these so
much sought-after appointments each
applicant has to prove that she is
either a daughter, wife or widow of
one of the menremployed in some cf
the departments of the same adminis
tration, and further she has to pass an
examination iR spelling, writing and
arithmetic, certificates of school ex
amination never ,being taken into ac
count whatever.—[New York Mail
and Express. i
FASfitlON NOTES.
Grenadine isja new groundwork for
galloons.
Bonbon boxel
gilt are carried.!
Necklaces in
of perforated silver
liver filigree are worn
with muslin gowns.
Gold threads and rubies form some
exquisite garnitures.
Royale silk finds favorable mention
i
in French fashi< n journals.
Black kid worked with flowers,
shells, beetles, etc., is new.
Louis XV. basket designs in jet on
a trellis-work of silver and pearls are
new.
Clear, dark gneen shades will be in
demand to combine with woolen dress
goods.
Novelties in ribbons are now selling
cheap before th ur final fall lor the
season.
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Velvet ribbon for millinery trim
mings is on the 1 ist of to-be’s for next
season.
Dark brocades ^having light figures
are worn as t ests in dark-colored
gowns.
Black silk go]
panels of black
or pink. \
A slipper in Russian enamel, with a
crimson plush pincushion inside, is a
novelty. (
Some noveltie4 show egg-shaped
balls in place of/ the perfectly round
polka dot.
the front of skirts
tabs falling from a
have vests and
roeaded with yellow
Appliques
take tho for
central line.
Oblong
4n-two si
corrugated
A new t
of thread
electric-blue
Wide and n 1
de Genes
«h hairpin boxes come
r^,re of ail re r,-
^d fil de Vierge, is
|d with pearls or
I w
guipures in Point
patteWta are shown in tea
color, cream and ecru.
A novel ring tor a man, instead of
the usual serpent^ ueaW, has a gold
and a silver fish se£ head to tail.
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A tour among Gotham retail busi
ness houses shows a lack of reddish
brown shades in brocades, satin, ben-
galine, etc. \
Two straps interlacing at the centre
of the back, twoi ends passing over the
shoulders and tv^o around the waist,
like braces, arei,new.
A variety of lovely gold-meshed
silk nets and gauzes, and flowered
grenadines fair dancing toilets ‘and
garden fetes, oFftin preparation.
The trailing street dress, let it be
said very plainly, is worn in Paris by
tourists only. The Parisian has short
ened her skirts to length that is com
fortable.
The artistic combination of soft
tones in trimmings is enhanced by cut
metal beads and birds that are ap-
pliqued on embroideries with out
stretched wings.
Velvet ribbons aie much used for
trimming summer dresses of cashmere
challie, etc., and the newest fancy is
for those of uncut velvet, ribbed
across, with straijriit cord edges.
The most fash
made of white lin
just like a man’s,
iu the centre. Sa or ties which are
long enough to di ppear in the waist
band are also wo
and knots of all 1 ads, but the smaller
and daintier the
in all forms.
The largest a
known to be in a
to have been buri
in Brooklyn ceme
nable neckties are
and pique, folded
id worn with a pin
Bows, cascades
ter, are introduced
Jewels ii -ke Grave.
ount of jewelry
ingle grave is said
several years ago
sry, in Brooklyn,
N. Y. The ud ertaker who had
charge of thefune stl protested against
it, but was severel
interference. The family had its way
and in that grave
worth of diamond,
body was decked
sire to bury their
worn in life—in e
snubbed for
are nearly $5000
with which the
hen prepared for
burial. Sometime “families who de-
iad in the clothing
ning or wedding
dresses, for instate—substitute less
costly imitations fo the jewelry worn
in life, partly fron motives of thrift
aud partly from a superstitious fear
that anything taken off a body when
it is ready for the tj>mb will bring ill
luck to future wejtrers.—[Jewelleria
Weekly.
S
V,
RELIGIOUS READING.
AFTERWARD.
O souls that bear a daily cross,
Hail-fainting, questioning, bearing still.
Some time your lesson shall be learned,
And ye shall understand God’s will.
O eyes that weep through hours of night.
And veil your wistful pain by day,
Joy yet shall come with morning light.
Ye shall not weep in vain alway.
O willing feet that hourly run
On ceaseless errands here and there.
So tired, yet ye shall find a goal
Aud cease your weary aching there.
O patient hands that toil so hard
To meet the needs of every day,
Some time the work will all be done,
And ye in rest soft-folded lay.
O hearts where good and ill contend,
Sinning, repenting, vexed with life
And all its cares, fresh courage take,
For victory shall follow strife.
O souls that bear a daily cross!
O hearts that strive! Oh eyes that weep!
The time will surely come when God
Shall give to "His beloved sleep.”
And every bruise shall find its balm,
Good deeds a full and sure reward.
Pain, toil, and grief be overpast,
Aud peace shall follow—afterward!
. :e\ w-A^isriEK::
BAKER CONFECTIONER.
AND DEALER HI
WHICH SIDE HE IS OX.
Rev. B. F. Mills, the evangelist, who re
cently conducted a successful revival at
Elgin, III., took occasion at one of his meet
ings to refer to the liquor question as fol
lows :
I would like to give a little sermon on tem
perance, and I would like to make it so plain
that everybody could understand. Some
times a person will insult me by asking me
which side of the temuerance or prohibition
question I am on. Which side am Ion?
Weil, you go to the drunkards and thieves,
and burglars and gamblers, and saloon-keep
ers and the makers of the accursed stuff, and
find out which side they are on,and then put
me down on the other side. As you go down
fo that wretched hovel, where that poor
woman, worse than widowed, sits with her
worse than orphaned babe at her breast, her
heart’s blood dripping away drop by drop,
put your ear down close to her heart, and
hear which side she is on, and then put me
down on her side. Why is it that these ac
cursed saloons exist in Elgin to-day? Because
men worship the god that favors hades. Sup
pose a man should come here today and
take one of your fairest and brightest
children, and ’ by making a few
passes over it convert it into an idiot,
the whole community would be
after him. Millions cf dollars would not in
duce you to license him to do such a
thing if he could do it in ten minutes, and
it is only a question of fiveyears, cr possibly
ten cr twenty, and you will allow him to do
that very thing and for only a paltry few
hundred" dollars.
I will say one thing more; if I have ever,
since the day I gave my heart to God, by
voice or vote, or influence withheld, given
the weight of one finger in support of the
accursed traffic, I should deserve to have my
son fill a drunkard’s grave or to give my
daughter into the foul embrace of one of the
loathsome products of the business. Now if
anyone does not understaud this let him
now rise up and say so.
RATIONAL LIFE.
There could be no greater privilege than to
have our lives linked with the divine life and
infinite grace of Jesus the Sou of God. What
God calls us to in the Gospel is fellowship
with His Son. Living at a lower level than
that of divine communion is living below our
possibilities and our powers. Life apart from
Christ would be noble and adequate enougn
were we creatures of an inferior order, with
out instincts for the holy, the supersensuous,
the eternal, but made for God we need
to live for God to be worthy of our
selves. Irreligion is thus irrational.
There is no fitness between our capacities
on the one hand and temporal conditions
and surroundings on the other. It is
not until the spiritual element becomes in
us the superior and regulating element that
— live in hiumony with the constitution
rtd.
We have highero^NHm^^^^^^^Kthan
the physicial and intellectiil^HMBie soul
panting for God is the soul panting for Its
native air.
In the recognition and worship of the
Eternal the highest elements of our being
are evoked. It is as we strive to enter in at
the straight gate that the divine within us is
touched into "life. Christ was not the first to
link the perfect character and the supreme
destiny with religion and with God. The an-
cien world had a perception of this truth.
Plato divided human beings into three classes.
He placed the unjust and the dissolute in the
lowest class, as deserving to be transformed
after their death into wolves and apes. The
second class was made up of the moral and
well-behaved, who, while temperate and
upright, lacked the spiritual sense, and
held noncommunication with the Eternal;
these he pronounced well qualified for trans
migration into wasps and ants. It was only
those belonging to the third class, those who
« e :upied their lives with the contemplation
oi the Eternal, and departed this world free
from stain of every sort, who were, after
their death, to be admitted among the gods.
Thus was anticipated, as one has remarked,
the Christian truth that not mere morality
of conduct but inward and spiritual right
eousness leads to blessedness and fellowship
with the Eternal.—[John Baird.
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RECREATIONS TESTED.
Every recreation which makes me strongei
in body, happier in mind, and purer in heart
is beneficial.
Every amusement which is not an excite
ment, but the means of healthful recreation
and improvement is allowable for a Chris
tian. I stand upon my Christian right in
reference to them all; a healthy conscience,
enlightened of God, is to be the best judge.
No Chr stisn should ever take part in any
entertainments from which he cannot con
scientiously turn to his Bible and his closet.
No Christian should frequent any place
which Jesus Christ would forbid if he were
personally on earth; nor should he be seen
in places so questionable tballirreligious per
sons would be startled in finaing him there.
•• Abstain,” my friend, “from a!l appearance
of evil.”
Fina’ly, let me remind you of the best
rule of all—God’s rule.* Here it is,
“Whether ye eat or drink, or whatever ye
do,” in work or pleasure, ‘ do all to the glory
of God.” Then, when all your activities are
in full play for God and your whole brain at
work in blessed schemes for studying and
honoring him,your whole hands occupied in
leading men in paths of purity and
truth, your whole seif happy in your
work, your principles, your recreations
—that is life, oh! that is life! You
and I have heard sometimes a
military band approaching from the distance.
We first catch the notes of the horn, then
the rich swell of the bugle; then, as the
band comes nearer, the finer, gentler and
more delicate instruments mingle in with
their harmony, until at length they come
upon us with full burst, in the splendid airs
of Meyerbeer or Bellini. The ear feeds on
the exquisite accordance as the bee
feeds on the honey of Hymettus. So a man
who says, "whatever I do, I will do for the
glory of God.” finds in one act a beautiful
melody; in the next, a sweet harmony; in
the next, a delicious joy; and so he goes on
in full play and full work, nobly blending
power with power, affection with affection,
and all with God; and, making life a joyous
procession to the sound of horn, timbrel,
and trumpet, he sweeps in at last through
the heavenly gates to the raptures of Para
dise. O blessed Savior! let thy service be
my unending recreation—thy presence my
everlasting delight.—[Rev. T. L. Cuyler, D.
D., in the National Baptist.
Tex Indiana State Board of Health
has requested railroad managers to
provide cars with thermometers and to
keep the temperature as near as pos
sible at seventy degrees and at the
lame time to provide perfect venti
lation and spittoons partially filled with
a disinfectant solution. H the request
be complied with, winter travel will be
more agreeable and far less risky. It
takes a robust traveler to bear the great
change from superheated cars to the
wintry air outside and not take cold.
Generally the brakemen or porters
In charge seem to think the passengers
should be satisfied if the car is kept hot
enough, without limit. . ,
Tact is the Thinp.
Tact is one of the first qualifications
of a business man, and the following
little incident in the history of one of
the most successful merchants shows a
development of ^iis trait early in his
busiuess carreeri
Coming to^^^^fe. from the
* country, 1 wiluo^^^^MTs and tf^th
very little money, he found his way to
“lower Wall street,” and walking into
the store of Co., passed back
into tho counting room atnl~T?aited
modestly and patiently till he should
divert the attention of Mr. W., who
was at the moment busily engaged
with some friend. At last the frank,
open face of the boy attracted his
notice, and he addressed him with:
“What can I do for you, sonny?”
<‘1 want a place, sir.”
“Well, what can you do?”
The boy answered eagerly:
“Most anything, sir.”
Mr. W., partly for a ioke and partly
to rid himself of the almost too confi
dent boy, said:
“Ah, ah! Well, just go out and
borrow me a couple of thousand dol
lars.”
The lad placed his hat on his head,
walked out of the store, then passed
slowly down Front street till he came
to another large store in the same line
of business, our friends of the past,
Messrs. S. C. & C., then with a bold
but honest look he walked up to the
head of the house and said :
“Mr. W. of W. & Co. sent me
down to borrow $2000.”
“He did, my son? How is business
up at your place?”
The boy, having seen tho appear
ance of large shipments, ans wered
quickly:
“Very good, sir.”
“Two thousand dollars did^tou say?
Will that be enough?”
“Well, $2000 is all ho told me, but
if you have plenty I think he would
like it if you sent him $3000.
“Just give this boy a check for
$3000 for W. & Co.,” remarked Mr.
S. to his cashier.
The boy took the check, and with it
returned to Mr. W\, walking back
into the office with an air of successful
pride, and said:
“Here it is, sir.,’
Mr. W. taking one look at the
check and then at the boy, said:
“Young man, come in here; you are
just the one I have been looking for.”
And giving him a desk he set him
to work. — [New York Recorder.
$3000;
A Y JCAK t 1 uiid«rt*k« to brtrtijr
I teach any fairly intallif ent person of attlfear
I sex, who can read and write, and wb«t
I after instruction, will work indnatefioMljr,
_ _ how to earn Three Thousand Dei tars »
Tear in their own localities,whereeerthey liee.I will alaoftvwielfc
the situation or employroent,at which you can earn thatMMNust.
No money for me uplesa successful as abort. Easily and qniahlr
learned. I desire but one worker from each district or eeuahy. B
have already taught and provided with employment"* mrm*'
number, who are making over BSOOO a year each. It’s Ml
. .fee. ‘
rticulars ]
»JC 4S
Address at a
NOBSEBIES,
Are known by their /Yutts, me (
are testifying for themselves
through the Southern and
States and giving flattering reports^
Every fruit that is known to eum i
ceed in the South is being adds#
from all parts of the globe. Ovmm
300 acresAn actual nursery sfntias
Some of the specialties are the Met-
seys, Japan, Boton and Satsuwsm
Flume. The Lucy Duke Fear and
all the new fruits, as well as the sidk
Evergreens, Shade Trees, Boses end
everything usually kept in a firsS^
class nursery. Four large Cremmi
houses. Chrysanthemums, Carnm •
tions and many Greenhouse Plants*
Rose growing a specialty. Plants
from Greenhouse ready to be put
out in April and May. Descriptive
Catalogue No. 1, Fruit Trees, Vines^
Ac., and Greenhouse Catalogue Ifm
2 will be sent free to applicants*
Special rates to large planters. Car*
respondcnce solicited.
Address
Pomona Hill Nurseries;
_POMONA. N. C.
NEW ARRANGEMENT7
AUGUSTA HOTEL RATES.
$1.50, $2.00 ud $2.50 Ptr Day
Slight Difference of Opinion.
“I don’t meet you at Miss Svelte’s
any more.”
“No; she and I have had a differ
ence of opinion.”
“Nothing serious, I hope.”
“Oh, no; only I thought I was the
man she ought to marry and shf
thought I wasn’t.”—[Life.
Ths Bast Table Board Can be Had at:
Per Week, in Clabe of • or 10.
Rooms at Very Low Summer Ratal
Omnibus and Porter at ©very train.
B. S. DOOLITTLE, Proprtoter.
SftOOO. OO a year is being i
Goodwi?i,'»r*>iyNfclf.,at woe
irin^NMT.,at woefcH—«
.you may n<*r{taiake-«s murJuShU, w> ,
ItM jr.'uqukkljr boar toau*-'r
I *IO •> .lay at tlw Mart, aud i
[on.
•A merits
'•'« an y^it Ifeya a^.r. uydltUa uy —
> u May st the tftart, aud nv^n adyaasg*
Both M'SS** all Sgws. I|r**y N*st taf
vrid s, y v«4 can coa»fe<«-«ce sN 'Uom, gfcta
W* ,
the w<>rk. /tl#
every worker.
•v**ijebina. K
I'AlfThrWaARre +!
HTIV*/* M 4 0.,
rOKTldHHS
MONEY
can he earned at our line of work,
rapidly and honorably, by those of
erhvr sex, young or old, aied In their
own localitira,wherever they live. Any
ons can do the wiwfc. fussy to learn.
We famish everything. W# start yoa. No rtafc. Yo* can,devote
yoor spare, momenta, or *U your t»ma to tha work. This is-an
•ndrrty new irad^nd brings taroodarftd'aurcese to every wtxfcar.
Beginners ara eaming-from tSirtoMOiwrwnek and upwards,
and more after a little experience. We can fttrniJh.'yoa dm em,
rfoymeat and teach y^u KKf&K. No space to exptefai bare. Fall
rcu. XtaCEacCO.. icdlnvA. seui.
WRIGHTS HOTEL
S. L WEIGHT ft SOBS, Pnpi
COLTJMBLftr . . .8.0.
Table esnpBeS i
' Ml f arauned. Q
la tba Seolk.
H.MmllaUaSc
Pane little fOTtana.haeehee« Mdeat
work for ua, by Anna I’af*. Ana ft.,
RTelaa. and Jno. boon, Toledo. OMat
He# rat. OAera ere data,,aa wait- SL'V
not you? Born, earn oeri MeSkSe •
boontli. Ton can do efc. work and Hen
bt homo, whenever yon an. Keen bw~
' rionere are naaily earning ftMn St ••
ante rley. A41 efaa. Weefcow yanaa»
•od atart you. Can work Hritian Hm»
or all the Hate. Mg Money tor woafo
ara. Kattorn unknown ‘
N KW awl wonderful.
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