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TIlI I -W EEKIJY EDITION. W INNSBORO. S. 1 JUN 12S, 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848
NEW VERtY MORtNINo.
Every day is a fresh beginning
Every morn is the world made now.
You who are weary of sorrow and sinning,
Hero is a beautiful hop for you;
A hope for me and a hope for you.
All the past things are past and over,
The tasks are don and the tears are shed.
Yesterday's errors let yesterday cover,
Yesterday's wounds, which smarted and
bled,
Are healed with the healing which night
has shed.
Yesterday now is a part of forever;
Bound up in a sheaf, which God hoids
With gla days and sad days, and badi days
which never
Shall visit is more with their bloom and
their blight,
Their ftluess of slushine or sorrowful
night.
Let them go, since we cannot re-live them,
Cannot undo-and cannot atone;
God in his mercy receive and forgive tliont;
Only the new days are our own,
To-day is outs and to-day alone.
Here are the skies all burnished brightly,
Here is the spwt earth all re-born,
Hero are the tired limbs springing lightly
To face the sun and to share with the nIorn,
In the chrisin of dew antd the cool of
dawn.
Every day is a fresh beginning;
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain;
And spite of old sorrow and older sinning,
And puzzles forecasted and possible pain,
Take heart with the day, and begin again.
IIOUSE AGAINST LION.
"Ilow I came to be sitting, in very good
company, one glorious September even
inlg in the little moonlighted garden of
the hotel at Algiers is neither here nor
there."
The story-teller wits a good-looking
man of 50, with beard grayer than his
head, and a merry twinkle in his eye.
What he said I shall repeat, for the sake
of clearness, in the first person, just as
11e told the story himself:
"The adventure of which I an going
to tell you, gentlemen, happened to inc
a good many years ago. It was ily
first serious interview with a lion. Like
most serious things, it had a comic side,
too.
"I was a young man then, and had
been some half lozeln years in Constan
tine, farming in partnershlip with a
friend an old colonist, whose acquail
tance I made on board ship coliling out
from Marseilles
"Our business was corn and cattle
raising, and we did very well together
until my partner died of a fever, and
after that I took a dislike to the place.
I thought I would shift my ground into
this province, Algiers, push toward the
frontier, and get a grant of government
land and make a farm of it. So, getting
a neighbor to give an eye to things in my
absence, I started on miy prospecting ex
peditioll.
I say I, but I should say we, for there
were three of us, sworn comrades as ever
were.
"First there was your humble servant;
secondly there was my horse Marengo,
and a better iever looked tiirougli a
bridle. IIe was bred between a Barb
sire and an English mare belonging to
the Colonel of liasselrs, of whom I
bought himt in town when his regiment
wasgoing home. lie stood about lifteen
hands two1 carried the ])arb head, and
the rest of his body was all bone and
muscle. His temper was as good as his
courage was high; inc lie would follow
about like a (log; but lie had one failing,
and that was an insuperable object ion to
the close proximity of arvthiihg, except
one thing, that stood om . " legs. We
all have our peeuharitip' +id this was
his. Bipeds were all esj well, but
multiply the legs by two, anid lie let fly
immnedilately, and niever missed his aim.
"Such was Marengo.
'"Thirdly, there wvas Cognac, the faith
fulest, the most honest, the odd(est, and
the wickedest little (log the worldl ever
saw, lie was more like a terrier than
anything else, with a short yellow coat,
a fox's head, very -long ears, and a very
short tail. The slhrillncss of his bark
l)iercedl your ears like a knife, but thie
awfulness.of hlis howl--ho always howl
edl if left alone--bailles description.
D)urmg thie fourteen years 1 had him he
sukiomi left me day Or inighit. On a
journey he would run beside 1m1, and
when tired get uip and sit in my wallet.
Thme great pleasuire of his life was to st eal
behind pleople and secretly bite their
legs.
"By somie mysterious afllinity he and
Marenigo were friends fromi thme first.
TIhmey now sleep under the same tree.
"Well, we started, and after going
over a g(ood deal of ground I thought I
had dlecided( on a location, andl turned
my face homiewardl. My direction was
by Alma, to strike the great road that
runs undier the A tlas eastward lnte Coni
stantine.
"It was about 8 o'clock one'mlorinlg,
*when I had been some two hours in the
saddle, thmat I emerged from a narrow
valley, ,or ravine, through which the
roadt ranl, on to a sandly plain (lotted with
bushes and scrub.
"1I had just laid thie reins on Marengo's
neck wheni suddenmly lie gave a tremend
eus shy that pitched me clean oT.
"Thme next minute, with a horrible
roar, a lion sprang right at his head.
"I made sure lie wasm on thie top of him,
and so lie would have been, but11 as Maren
go whleeledl short round like lightniing
on his hind legs thle streaminlg reins
caught time brute's fore-paw and, as it
web , tripped him, so that lie fell side
' The heay jrk necarly brought the
horse downm, but thie throat-lash broke,
the bridle was pulled over is ears, andi,
recovering hihnself, lhe darted away
among a grove of trees that stood by thme
waysidle.'
''So Intent was the lion oun the horse
that he pai no attention to mne lying
defenceless before hni.
"Crawl ing swiftly along the ground,
he ptusued Marengo whlom I gave up
Ior lost-for his chance against the lithe
.brute among the trees seemed hopeless.
"However, as luck would have it,
there was an openI Space about a dozeni
yards across. In the center of this
Marongo took his stand with his tail
toward tihe lion anId his head turned
sharply' back over his shoulder, watching
him.
,"IXe stood quite still, except for the
slight shifting of his hind feet and lifting
of his quarters, which I knew meant
mischief.
"The lion probably thought so too.
for he kept dodging to try and take his
opponent by a flank movement. But
the old horse knew. his game, and pivot
ing on his fore-legs still brought his
steri) guns to bear on the enemy.
"Soon with a roar, the lioin made his
spring,. but Marengo lashed out both
heels together, with such excellent judg
ment of time and distance that, catching
him full in the chest. he knocked hun
all of a heap to the ground, where he lay
motionless. Then with a neigh of
triumph and a Ilourish of his heels away
he galloped through the grove out on to
the plain and was safe.
"The lion lay so still that I thought
he was dead or at any rate quite hors de
combat, and was just running to pick up
the bridle and follow Marengo, when lie
sat up on his haunches. This made inc
stop.
"As lhe sat there with hishead loosely
wagging from side to side, and mouth
half open, he looked qutlito vacant pind
id iotic.
"Suddenly his head stopped waggiing,
he pricked his ears, and by the flash of
his eye and changed expression, I knew
lie had seen me.
"Only one thing was to be done, and
.I did it. The outermost. tree was large
and low-branched. To it I ran and up
it I scrambled, and had just perched in
a fork about fifteen feet above terra
firma, as the lion arrived -'t the bottom.
"Looking up at me with two red-hot
coals for eyes, his long nervous tail lash
ing his sides, every hair on his body
turned to wire, and his great paws pro
truded, he chattered at rme as a eat chat
ters to a bird out of reach. His jaws
snapped like a steel trap, and his look
was perfectly diabolical. When he was
tired of chattering he stood and growled.
"Catching sight of the bridle, lie
walked to it, smelled it, patted it, and
then came back and lay down and glared
at me.
"My carbine--conlffound it!-was
slung at iy saddle. My only weapon,
besides my hanger, was a pocket-pistol,
douible-barreled, and what in those days
we called a breech-loader, 'that is, the
barrel -unscrewed to load, and then
screwed on again.
"It would have been a handy weapon
against a man at close quarters, for it
threw a good ball-but for a lion! Be
sides, the beast was too) far off.
"Then the thought flashed into my
mind, where was Cognac?
"I supposed lie had run away andl hid
den somewhere. If the lion got sight of
him it would, I knew, be soon all over
with the poor little fellow.
"All at once there arose, close at hand,
an awful and familiar yell. It had a
strange, imulled tone, but there was no
mistaking Cognac's voice.
"Again it came, resonant, lon g-dra wil,
and sepulchral. It seemed to comie
from inside the tree. Where the deuce
was he?
'The lion appeared utterly astonished,
and turned his ears so far back to listen
that they were almost inside out, when
from some hole among the roots of the
tree there popped a small yellow head
with long ears.
"'Down, down, Cognac!' [ cried in
my agony; go back, sir l
"A cry of delight, cut short by a
piteous whine, was his reply, as he spied
me, and then, dashing fully a yard
toward the lion, lie barked defiantly.
"With a low growl and rufiling inane
the beast charged at the little (log.
"Back went Cognac into his cave as
ulick as a rabbit, and stormed at hun
from inside.
"T..hrusting his great paw right down
the hole, the lion tried to clawr him out.
Oh, how I trembled for Cognae!
'"But lhe kept up such ai ceaseless fire
of snappling and( snarling that it was
plain lie was either well round a corner
or that the hole was deep enough for his
safety.
"All the saime, to see the great cow
ardly beast digginig away at my p)oor
little (log like that was more than I could
staind. Cocking my "stol, I shouted,
and as he-looked upl I Iiredl at his blood
shot eye, le shook his head, and I gave
him thle other barrel.
"With a scream of rage lie b'ounded
back.
"Cognac i nunediately shot forth hiis
head and insulted htimu with jeeriing
barks.
'lBut lie was niotito be drawvn again,
andi after a bit he 1af'dow~n further off
and pretend(edl to gb to sleep. Cognac
barked at him tililihe was tired, and then
retiredl into his castle.
''Reloading, I found I had only three
buillets left, and concluded to reserve
them for a crisis.
"'It was no0w paist 1noon. To beguile
the time I smoiked a~ pipe or two, sang
a song, and cut my name, Cognac's. mind
Marengo's on 4the tree leaving a spaie
for thme lion's, which I deternn ined shuould
be Wellington.
"I wvishied lie would go awaty.
"Ihlavinig seine milk in iy bottle I
took a drink, and should have liked to
have given somel to Cognac.
"Thme lion began to pant, with his g:od
thorny tongue hanging a foot out of h,is
mouth, Ile wvas as mangy anid disrepiu
table a looking brute as I ever saw.
"By and by lie got lip and snuffed the
air all ronmnd him, and tlien, without as
much as looking at ime, walked off and1
wvent dleliberate d (owin the roadl.
"Slipphig to the groutnd, I caught up
Cognac, who had crept out directly, and,
af ter look ing catefully roundi( for the lion,
was smothering me with caresses. The
lion was turning toward a bushy clump
in a hollowv about two hnundred yardls
off. That light green Iolinge-willows,
waterl had the cuning brute sniffed
it out?.
"Anyhow, It was a relief to stretch
one's legs after sittIg six mortal hours
oni a braneh. The lien disappeared
roundl the bushes. I strained my eyes
over the plain, but coutld see nioth ing
moving. Titen I gave Cognac a drink
of milk and a few bits of bread-cake, for
wvhich he was very grateful. Of course
it was-no use beginning a race against a
lion with only 200 yards' start in any
number of mIles. T1he tree was better
than that.
"All the same, lie was a long time;
perhaps lie was really gone for goodl.
BahI there came his nuly had ammu1d
the corner again, making straight for
11.
"Whenli he was pretty near I kissed
Cognac and threw a bit more cake into
the hole, ''hen I climbed again to my
perch, Cognac retired growling into his I
fortress, and the beast of a lion nmounted
guard over us as before.
"Hle looked quite cool and comfort
able and had evidently had at good
drink.
"Another hour, and he was still there. 1
"While 1 was wandering how long ho
really meant to stay, aid if I was des
tinled to spend all night oni a bough like
a monkey, and oin very short commons,
he got up, and walking (luitely to the
foot of the tree, without uttering at
sound, sprang up at me with all his
might.
"lie was quite a yard short, but I was
so startled that I nearly lost my hal
at ace.
.nice coup having failed, he lay down.
right under the branch I w~ ,i couclh
ing his head on hi:, iaws as if to lide his
mortificntion.
"Suddenly the thought came into may
mimd: Why not make a devil and drop
It on his back? I dismissed it as ridict
lous, but it Caine again. As we have
all, maeluding our English friend here,
been boys, you know what. I mean-not
a fallen a:iigel, but the gun-powder
devil.
"GoodI Well, it seellied feasible--l
would try it.
" I had plenty of powder in may little
flask, so pouring soee into my hand, 1
moistened it well with spittle and knead
ed away itil it cae out a tiny Vesu
vius of black paste. Then I formed the
little crater, which I filled with a few
grains of powder, and set it carefully on
the branch.
"My hand shook witl excitement; I
eoil( hardly hold the flint and steel, but
I struck and struck-the tinder ignited
-now Vesulviuls!
"Whiff, whizzl The lion looked up
directly, but I drop)ed it plumb on the
back of his neck. For an instant lie did
not seem to know what had hia.ppened;
then with an angry growl tp he junmped 1
and tore savagely at the big fiery flea ont
his back, which sent a shower of sparks
into his mouth and nose.
''Again and again he tried, and theli
raved wildly about, using the most hor
rlble leonine language, and no wonder,
for the devil had worked well downi
among his greasy hair, and must have
stung htim.like a hundred hornets. Ills
back hair and mane burst into a flame,
and lie shrieked with rage and terror.
"Then he went stark, staving maId
clapped his tail between his legs, laid
back his ears, and rushed out of the
grove at twenty miles an hour. and dis- t
appeared up the ravine.
"Almnost as mad as the lion with joy,
and feeling sure le was gone for good, I
tumbled down the treeand ran off along
the road ais hard as I could with Cognac
barking at my heels. By and by 1 had
to pull up, for the stiun was still very hot,
but.I walked as fast as I could, looking
out all the time for Marengo, w "ho would
not, I,knew, go very far from his master.
Presently I spied him in a hollow. A.
whistle, and whinnyinlg with delight, lie
trotted uap and ltid his lcad on may
shoulder.
"In my hurry I had forgotten the bri
die, but with my belt and handkerchief I
extemporized at halter, tied one end round
htis nose, anad, catching upl Cogtae,
mounted and galloped off, defying all
the lions in Africa to catch late.
''There were still two hours before
sunset to reach the next village, ai(1 by
hard riding I did it, That we all three
of its enjoyed our suppgrs goes withotlt
saying. And that.,- gentleenin, is my
story."
We agreed it was wond(erfual.a
a -~
Thte steal intg of melons is sonmethaing i
thaat will try theo lpatimence of' evena a a
Qaker. A farmner nmy lose his wheat
crop by butgs, his corn by smaut or cattle
and htis potattoes by rot ort hugs, anad he I
will go rightt along whistling ''Yankee
Doodle"' and( put anothier mortgage ont I
the f:armn, and lhe cheerful. IIis cattle
may (lie or be stoleni, his huorses follow
off a tramptl with a halter, anad his click
ens disatppear, and Ite will ntot get mad i(1
butt if aniybody steals a mnelona lie wilI'
load upl a shot-guin and1( lay ini an aidja
centt corna-field five night s in the week
to get a chance to shaoat somebody. A
lightaning-rod peddler or a fellow selliaig
a p)atenat coran cutitivattor ay beat him j
out of haundaeds of (dollairs by getting
hinm to sign a receipt whiich taurns out to
he a note, aand he will sigh or go to law, I
and1( act as though lie hatedc to hurt th li
fcel}ngs of personas whio bilked lhim, baut
if lie has a tmelona patcha t.hat is ntot worth
$4, anad heo hears thtat a greenm melon hats
beent pluggedl by a meloit thief, het will
poeison all his mneloans to get a chance to
murder somebody, oar fIre his old blunder-j
buss at a crowdl of boys with murder in
lisa heart. Therte is something queer
about this, and .wo would like to huave<
somebody expulatin why it is thait a sensi- a
ble' mana, a deacon In a chur'b will get '
so boiling over with rage at tiae loss of
a few melons, and standi( upl and( smtilent
losses a thioustand tiames greauter. Of
course it is wronug to steal mnelonts, and(
we do not defend the practice, liut, sinace
we havie picked so manay bird-shot aand
(log's teeth omit of aia othaerwise imacu
laito pe~rsonl, we hauve felt thtat there was
a good (leal more fumss made aibouat a
few mieloins tan the imaportatnce of that
agricumlt.ur.l p)rodu tct, seemed( to warrant.
r1c 4)1Corders.
A'mng other cutrious 1police ordlers
issued at Moscow In view of ihe corona
tiont is (one prohibitinag the exhibition er.
sale of buasts or pIctures of their Imper
ial Majesties amnag the p)oplace, wvhicha
dlecree is dictaatedl by the (desire to pro- 1
von t the d istri baation of fatlse rep)resem
tationas of thie lImperiail featuraes. All
Itoumsehoalder's anad propr'ietors of a pairt
anents inm the streets thurouagh wvhicha (hl ,
stato eantry lnte Moscow will be mnade
have also beean oblIged to give gtiaranttees
to the police thait they wvill anot let out
their wvindows andl balconies, or allowv
anybody to be on the roofs of thecir I
htouses, duaring theo passage of thue pro
cession; besides whmichi thaoy willl be haeld
responsible for all porsons within thaelr
doors on that occasion, -.
The We 1ith of Poru.
The populattiou f Peru is a curious
nixture. In the. lterior the best type
>f Indians predo X tate's. In all settled
)laces along the st we find half-breed
panittards, tixt.t s of negroes, Chinese
mnd white peopl1 .. people having the
rices of every nai ltality and the vir
ties of hardly an ' The Incas or In
Hians still preserVy" their siple habits,
>it are steeped ill he deep'est ignorance
out kept downi every way. ''hey
tre engaged muostl in agriculture and
nhling. They fQ kn but an insignitn
ant factor amoi. the people on the
atgar plantations 4 ong the coast. Cli
iese laborers are e, iolly employed, be
ng cheaper amt(i 1n I'o reliable. Many
mve been thrown It of employmnont,
he haeldl(las hliivr .-. 'INSo wuyod ,by
he Chiliatns. In 1 t hre
'enue for twenty- ii 1was,
)00.000. All the (li try has to show
or this immense wealth is a few lines
of railwaty-one toW!trds the mines of
Jerro del Pasco, which, for want of
unds, is left unfinished to within sixty
niles of the mines. Another line runs
romt Yollendo to runo, on Lake Titi
aca, 11(1 Is the most direct route to La
.az, .Bolivia1 the road going by way of
regitipa. 'here are two or three
)ther short liues. All these are govern
ient property. There are also two or
hree short hues of rail o. -ied by pri
rate parties.
The debt on the goveriiue t railways
s nearly $200,000 000. Much of this
n1oney has enriched 'foreign merchants,
mtt most of it could be found in the
lockets of runaway presidents, and
)tlir Peruvian notables. P'eculation
11 oilicial circles has ruled in Peru to
ucih extent that a manl who, after oc
mupying oflice, cane out without a for
u110, was called tin 108) (half-witted.)
.ndustries hardly exist in Peru. Con
nerce is in the hands of foreigners.
b'irst quality of rice (cliiclayo) and
arge quantities of sugarcane are grown
tihnost without labor. Miuch Pi'erivian
)ark and some caoutchoue are'found in
lie interior, some being sent abroad
)y way of Gunayaquil, but. iost of it
hiding a market by way of the Ama
:io river. '1'he immense iuineral wealth
if the country is almost undeveloped
od until a different race of peopte takes
told of things the mines will not rise to
lie importance they should. Of late
1ears immense deposits of nitrate of
o(la have been discovered along the
oast of southern Peru, extending to
lie Bolivian and north coast of Chile.
L'hey have proved a large source of re
"enue. These deposits have been the
hief cause of the war. From the nit
ates large quanttities of iodine are ob
ained to such ain extent that this metal
as become a drug- in the market.
any experiments have been made to
liscover a mordanti to iodine for dyeilg
)urposes, but so fur with out any prie
ical result. Like 1Ecuador, the east
,rn slope of the Andes in Peru contains
mmense forests of valuable wvoods, but
)wing to the lack of communication
bey are almost unattainable. In the
iterior, near lea, the celebrated liquor
ailed piSCO is 1ma(e. Someo is made
roma rice and some froii grapes. The
iuor is put in large conical earthen
ars, holding about six gallons each.
L'o give it age it is buried in the sand
und in time becomes mellow. Much
vool isshipped fronm uvurai ioLIts of
'eru, going by the Strilit's steamers to
.:nglanld.
With few exceptions from Payta, the
xtreme northern port of Peru, to Cal
[era, in Chile, the country on the sea
)oard is destituite of vegetation-nothi
ng but barren sand-hills, with an oc
asionial oasis of vegetatin. lIn times
tast, thiroutgh volcantie actiotn, the sca
-eceded sonic nues, leaviniga wide strip
>a sand expos5ed. Our stealmer remlaini
nig at, Payta all daIy, I went ashore to
ake a look at thme placee. A coupille of
11011ths before the Clileans h ad handed
Lid dest,royed the railway shops) anid
lepo)t. Th'le town looked delatie. All
vhto could had left. .Nearly all tihe
touuses were emptjty. I took four Mexi
an1 (1011111 aishmore with mei. We had a
>ottle of: bear, whlichi cost %5, atid I re
urnied with (31I. The exp)laniationi is
hat, the silver was exchtaniged for Pc
uianii currenlcy, $1) in patper money
>elnig equal11 to onie Mexicanj dollar.
Ll:his miiglit pass as an adaptation of the
tiiracle of thie "loave's and1( fhishes."' So
iiuch for the credit of poor Peru. My
oipanioni invited tne to take somne
hichma. Here it is made from 1 maz.
.t is a f ermtonted beveraigel We cen
credl an adobe building wvit.itt floor.
inl old( woimani handed us8 a muddy
ookinig liqJuid( ini an 0o(1 tealpot. One
ulp-was suilheient. 1I, tasted like v'ine
~ar bitters. Theli natives said( it was
hiceha. TIambilo do Moro is an excep
ignial Peruvian por1t. It is a greent
alot mn the dhesert. The utnest oranges
>n (lie west coatst are grown here; ailso,
ritit of all kinds. TheIm palta, a fruit
aisting like fresh butter, is much growvn
iere anmd prized1 by the p)eopl1 of thie
loast. Ilere the vegeitioni is very rich
howing that manny pilaces in Peru couk1(
el mnatt*produictive if the people wvould
aike (lie t,rouble to irrigate the hand, as8
8 (d0n1 itn Chile.
.Next to Callao (lie miost Important
cutvian port, is at prtesenlt I(juiquie. It
a near thie frontier of Biviaii but only
nu nme, Ultile having gol'bled the
vhiole territory, for (lhe timie at least.
t htis port, hats acqired its imnportance
.btroumgh the large salt deposits in its
ineuiate vicinit.y. Iquique is (lie ca
)ital o. (lie p)rovinice of Taraipaca. Its
'mplortance may be uindersroodL wuhen it
s known that its average motthly re
eip)ts at the custom house are over
10U0,00. There is a railway leaditig to
lie salt f Ids some1 sixty nmles dlist
mit. Th'le toad, until lately, was ownmed
>y Montero, a Pleruvhian nlotable, who
urned1 it, over to an R'nglishi cotmpanty,
mut, lhas lately betn actiually' sokd to par
ies in .England conneted wlih (lie Pe
utvlan bonds. A year ago ani opposi
ion road was started by this comipany.
L'htree leadIng firms, unitIng, built and
quipped a wagon-road and1( noiv get
heir salt by carts. Still' the railway
s kept busy all dayt). They do not run
Lt nIght. Iquique put me more in mind1(
if a California iing towni than any
>ther place I have seen 1inCe, -leaving
hat country. It htas the nlost go-ahead
ort of people on the . coast. Biurnt
down twice, shaken down by an earth
quake once, it is now rebuilt on a more
substantial basis than over. Most all
nationalities are represented here.
This accounts for the cosnopolitaunha
racter of the place.
English capital controls the salt
deposits in the north, although two or
three German houses have heavy inter
ests. Americans are nowheie- in fact
there are but few on the coast. Much
lumber is received from Puget sound;
the market for it is controlled by the
Bremen house of Gildemeister & Co.
Three of that firm have retired with
large fortunes and the house is now
manag'ed by juniors. Gradually the
business of the place is being concel
trated in few hands, as It requires large
capital now to handle saltniiues, aud
as a rule, the, people of - Bonth America
db 1Yot understind Mluch about co-olior
ativo societies. It is also the usual story
of the big fish swallowing the little
fish. Inique is built on flat projee
tions of land extending out from the
Illls. The anchorage is fair.- The
place is protected from tidal waves by
an islaln riing from southeast. in a
niorthtwestterly iriect ion. 'ITe rocks
render landimr, especially inl rough
weather, dangerous and at times it
possible. Earihcquakes are often felt.
The bulk of the town is built of wood.
Water being scarce, distilled water is
mostly utsed. A fire once statrted is dif
flenlt to check. It -hardly ever rains
along this part of tlh'f coast, but when a
shower (loes conic It is fun to watch the
people scrambling out. with canvas,
carpets, etc., to protect the interiors of
their houses. For want of yard space
poultry is kept on the roofs of the
houses. The roofs are all flat and any
thing but water tight.
Most goods are purhcased cheaper in
Iguique than in Valparaiso, as the bulk
of merchandise is imported direct from
Europe. I(ique is now the coaling
station for Amnericani men-of-war. The
streets are wide and well kept. Taken
altogether, Iquique is the most. cosmo
politan town on the whole west coast
but such a hard set I never met, since
the )alty (lays of Virginia City. One
noriing I asked an acqtuaint'utce be
fore brealfast to take a cocktail. l1e
refused. Astonished, for it was the
first tiue such a thinr had happened to
me, I asked him, " What's the matter?"
"Oh, nothing," said he, "only I have
already had flye.'' This is not an ex
trene case, either. Thus it goes on all
night. At night they taper off on Ger
man beer. English beer is not much
liked, being too heavy. Large quan
tities of Chilean beer are consunted Itere,
as well as at all points south of Callao.
Mitch AlePrican hardwaie is used, such
as shovels, locks and notions; still, not
near so much as there should be. Mat
chester and Birminghiam goods, :s well
ui Gormiui imnitat.ielmw, Ioku the. lead,
American houses having no one to ro
present them permanently. '1'lie best
institutions in Iquique are the baths.
Ote may have hot or cold baths, salt
or fresh water swiuming baths.
H-at- in IlHekuoepIng.
A nother convenienc at Alit, ,Jalile's
is the two dtisitpans and the chaniber
broom hung in the back entry upstairs.
You know when one has been cut I ing
out work in her room there will he lit.
ter, or whten the boys are not careful to
use the door-mat, they will leave traces
of mud on the carpet, and what a trouble
it is to rtin down stairs afte tbroom alicl
instpan. A iint Jano said she neveur
coul afford to carry her one hiutdred
and forty pounds of weight up and down1
staitrs every timte a roomt necededl ext r'a
sweeping, when a new broom costs
thirty-five cents andt( second( dlustpant t on.
While she was about it, she would htave
a (dust-binl too, anmd if' you lift the covetr
of that large box ini browvn linen ami1(
red timmiinig in thle cornerC of the pats
sage uplstalirs, youi will lind it anl 01(1
Lini cracker-box, to receive sweepings
froum the bedrooms. Th'ley are0 all swept
thtoroiughly onice a week of course, biut,
between wliules aill tramnsientt sweein gs
go ito this buox, wvhi ch ist emptiedl at
coniventience. Aiunt .Jane counts that
this second broom and pan which cosf
-10 cents it all, have soaved her' gomng tip
and1( downt stairs at least five timtes a
wveek for the last live year's, or thirtteein
hiumidred times, and allowinig that, inte
rest con the fir'st inlvestmenit ightt make
the price of her broomt and i ngs 75
cnts; 1 cent faire saves her from going
up) and downt seventeen timtes, antd she
conisidlers It cheap. I kntow a family
who w~ent without a niew duistpan ten
y'ear's af'ter they needed It, andl mtade
the old1 one do, because they nevetr felt
they could afford to pay half a (dollar'
countr'y pr'ice-just for a cionvenCienice.
Bunt the mtistress saidl when she had to
get aL now oneo fintally, and thought of
till the backacites and vexations about
Sweeping upj shie might have saived by
getting it before, she felt 1(10 big a fool
to stay ini the family.
The- boys' bed stands int a cornet' of
their room, away from the indows,
and( iconvenient to reach for' making.
You know how untwholesomeo It is fotr
anly Otte who sleeps at the back of a bed
in such a position where ino fiesh ait
reaches it. Yet howv tiresome it, is to
1)ul1 the bedsteaid out every night, and(
[puSh it out of the way it the morning,
the roomi beig too tsmaull to allow its
stanidinig out. T1hte caster's are too
small. Gect a larger' size or broad woo
detn w~heels, anid you catn push the bed
steaid back andt( fot'th easier thiant you
can move a chair. TJhue boys can puli
it out at night Iito the b)est air itt the
r'oom, andt shove it back to give them
roomt for drtessing. Yout canm move it
about as you like to tuck itt the clothes
wvhent makinig time bed, anid leave it out
to alt' whten no otte Is it the room; a
touch ill lutL it itn place any time. and1(
thme broad tir'es wiill ntL wear' thte car'pet
like smtall iront ones. It is a trifle to see
that thte furnitureo In a homuA has easy
castors, but the dlifferotnco. in ease of
moving andl keeping It neat wvill sutr
priso yon. 'It's the prIincile of having
two tea-kettles over again-that coin
forts are always cheap.
-Reports up'to date show 250 persons
to htavo been lilled by tornadoes in this
coutmtry sinice Jantuary 1. U)4ring 1881,
187 persons thtus lost their lives, and in
1882. 3$9.
to 4jurars' TrickM. r
Mechanical pistols, not 1)er111itting ex
amination, in which the projectile drops
into a secret chamber by the action of
springs on the pulling of the trigger,
will be beneath the consideration of the
true artist, as well as being dangerous
In the highest degree. The mode of per
forming this surprising trick at the pres
ent day is as follows: One member of
the audience places in the pistol or rifle
-an ordinary one-a charge of real
powder; a second is asked to choose and
privately mark a real bullet from a box
of suich, which he himself drops into the D
barrel, and a third rams the whole tight
ly down with a ramrod, either retaining
possession of the weapon from that
moment, or pa-'ting it to ome one else.
But in the act of moving from No. 1 to
No. 2--that is to say, between the Intro
duction of the powder and the ball-the
performer, while calling general atten- ,
tion to, and laying great stress upon the fi
circumstance that three or four people 1
take part in loading, and not one only, f
who might be a confederate, slips into e
the barrel a little tube about an inch in t
length, which slides down to the charge, J
liadlfterwards receives the bullet. This w
n
t uhe, closed at one end, is of just such a tm
size, shape, and color as to lit on the end
of the ramrod, and be brought away
with it without being noticeable. It is
disengaged by the wizard, and the balf
secured as he walks back to the atage,
and is put inside the lips in readiness in (i
the very act, of showing that the mouth it
is empty. v1
The great difliculty which occurs in
the execution of this feat is to induce the
casual spectator to take deliberate aim
at one's face; so impressed is lie, as i rule,
that the weapon he holds is genuinely
loaded, that he hesitates to let liy at tlie s'
performer, and will rather let Ily' In the i
air. '1'his, of course, spoils the effect It
altogether, unless the conjurer has pres
ence of mmdlll(I enough to pretend to catch
ihe bullet as it falls.
Iloudin, who was pre-eminent for
neatness and 1hiish, used to coltQl1(le this
rick by imaktng a long palaver about.
the mysterious properties of lead in'ex- v
taract iiig vital essences from the body;
then tirimg the bullet, himself at a white- HI
washed wall, and prod ieing thereon a '
splash of red, the ball having been ex
changed this time tor a hollow shell of
black wax filled with a blood-colored
liquid.
Only a short time ago a son of the
famous Iloudin executed in Paris a very
pretty little trick. Coming forward on i
the stage as the curtain rose, lie made .C
anl amlultsintg introductory speech, with *
muuchl characteristic gesticulation, anld
flxt'enled and shoulders shtrugged up to.
his ears; then lie breathed on h is gloves,
and presto! they vanished. The gloves
-I got it from him afterwards-had no
backs to them, and were secured only t
by the this of the lingers. which harevi
covered t lie nails; a piece of stronlg olatst iic
ran in a. hem round the margin of each of
and kept them In position. t he end pass- Hi
ing up the sleeve, to be attachedl to the
back of the vest. A slight flexturo of
the fingers, therefore, freed them, and
caused them to fly away with lightning
rapidity; but everything (lepended on
the palms being alone exposed, French- It
muanlike, all tho time. Address ls lnre re
than half the battle which the magician i
has to fight single handed wit Ii the army
of watchful eyes which encompass him.
A good story wias going the rounds of
Lie papers sOMe months ago to the effeet
that Ilermnann, while on the River 'laa a
was giving a private representation fi
before the Patagolianl cliel., am, YC
though exerting his wonderful abilities i
Lo. the utllmost, was aolmewhait a Iliiyed re
lt thie stoklity, andi apsparent 4tck of at
mrpr)lise w itl h ich theiy r'eceiv~edl thle
inarvels displaiye<'. Showers of gold and
packs ot cardss weire made to fall from
t hgiir (aris and( 1noses, d1Voens df' eggs from
Sheir pockets, and1( iVe cauar'ies fr'omi
thleiri ha ir, anud st.illI t hey' sat on undi(is.
miayed. At. Imsi ,after thleenteort ainet I
wa'ms over, if. was dIiscoveredC that one of
themI had' abstrlated a v'alusable goIld
wa'mtch fr'oni tien Profeossor's pocket while
Lhie ltr wasi~ii d isenigaginig a miraculous
fowi1 fro~m the Savage breast; anid that
the utittored mind( of aniotheri had led M
h~iim to inmpr1ove the occasjin 1by ainnex- a4
ig a hand(1ker'chief anid pencwil case. e~
l
All (brough t he initerior' of' time (coun- JP
try3 at, almiost every towvn and village, 2
arie to be foumnd "rmunneirs,"' usumily In
rlianis, whose businiess it is to c'arr'y sniall
packages upon01 th eir shoulers from
place0 to place. Kniowing all tihe monni
taini pamthis and short cuts, and( possess5
lang a vast amount of str'engthi and stay- to
umg power, these "rtuners" muako long kl.
lourneys in a pr1odigioumsly short tine. SO
To cite, a case5 (hat illustrmates bothi thme W
austomi of gif,t senig and the manner
of sendhing gifts. One of my friends
here in Monterey, being then on his
wayi3 home from time City of MexIco,
stopped fon aL ight wvith his carriage, el
horses and1( ser'vaints at a hospitable bi
rancho, where lie w~as admairably well at
emntertained. On the evenbmig of (lie
next (liy lie caine to ai town famous tor
its dlelicious fIsh, and as aln acknowi
edgemnent of thle hospitality tendlered
him, he senit a "'runni~er" with a basket
of fish to his host of thed night before. u
TJhse dhistalnce, allowing for short cults,
was forty miles across a rmountainous
(couuntry; yet (lhe "rmunner"' made It in
side0 of teni hiours-leavinmg at 7 o'clock
at night, and armriviing at thie rancha (as "'
my friend subsequently was informed)
at 5 o'clock the next mfornuing. Tiakimg 1bo
into conisiderationi the time lost between pr
collectionm aind shIpment, and( between '
receipt at the termlinal pmoint anid actual
lelivery to consignee, the best regulated
express compaLny In the world could
not have made this shipment more ex
pied itiously. Moreover, as these "mun
ners" are absolutely trustworthy- eni
theme are cases on record of their dlying *"
li defence of their freight-the express
facilities which they afford In a small
way scarcely can be improved upon,
--In July 'next an Educational Coni
gress will meet In Rio Janeiro, uinder a t
call frona thie Brazilian Government. The ~
Covernment of the United $tates'has i
been requested to' furnish the beat specd. me
mens of work done In tl public schools
af this country,
[E VERDICT
--DLF
THE PEOPLE.
MUY THE BEST!
Mit. J. 0.. lIoAU-Dear Sir : I bought the first
avis Machine sold by you over five years ago for
y wife who has given It a long and fair trial. I
n well pleased with it. It never gives any
ouble, and is as good as when first bought.
.J. W. liot.tUK.
Winasboro, S. C., Apri 883. J
Mit. IoAI : You wish to Know wlt I have to
ty inI regard to the Davis Machine bought of you
ree years ago. I feel I can't say too much in its
tvor. I made about $80.00 within five months, at
mies runnIn it so fast that the needle would
't Ilerfectly hot from friction. I. feel confident
eoulid not have done the same work with as much
so and so well witit any other machine. No
ne lost In adjusting attachments. ' Tito lightest
lining tiachtne I have ever treadled. Brother
ines and Wllianti's families are as much pleased
Ith their Davis Atacli nes bought or you. I want
bettor luachine. As I said before I don't
ink too much can he said for the Day.s . tacpino
Respectfully,
EI.stN STBv ENSON.
Fiti rfleli counly, April, 1883. M l
Mit. IloAU: My machine gives me perrect satis
ction I find no fault with it. Tht attachnients
o so simple. 1 wia for no bettor than the Davls
)rtleal Feed.
Respectfully.
M. Rt. MILI.IN0.
Falrlleld county, April, 1883.
Mn. H1oAo: I bought a Davis Vertical Feed
wing Machine from you four years ago. I ai
lighted with it. It never his given tue any
uule, antl has never boen the least out of order.
is as good its when I urst bought it. I can
leerfuily recoin nil it.
ltespectfully,
Monticello. April 30, V83.
This is to certify that I have been using t Davis
,rtlc.ll Feed Newing MaciIne for over tw lyears
irehased of Mr..1. 0. oliag. I haven't found it
ssessed of any fault-all the attachinetts are so
i0e. It tlever iefn.ser to work, and is certaInly
I ligitest running in the market. I conslder it
Inrt class tuachle.
Very respect fully
311NNII Ni. Wl1.LNUIIA).
Uaklanl, Fairfield county, 8. C.
Mt IIOAo : I an went pieasna in every partucuLar
.lh the Davis Machine nought of you. I think it
irat-clas"i tuttie in evety respect. You know
in sold several iachines of the sante make to
tierent iemibers of ollr familIes, all of whotm,
far its I know, are well pleaseti witht then.
lItespectfully,
Allis. M. It. Mont.y.
Fairftield countty, April, 188;3.
l'his lsto certify we have hal In constant use
e Davis Machine bought of you about three years
o. As we take in work, and have made the
tier ntachine. It. is always realy to do any kind
work we ihave to do. No puckeringor skipping
Itches. We etn only say we are well pleaseti
ut wish no better inachine,
CATIIINK Wvt.Iu AND Saritn.
I have no fault to Ilnd with my niach'ne, and
n't wanl any hotter. I have motle the price of
ieveral times by taking in sewing. It is alivays
uty to do Its work. I think it a t1rs-elass ina
tne. I feel I can't say too inuch for the Davis
irtical Feedl Machine.
Mia. TtoMAS SuITu.
Firtielt cunty, April, 1883.
Mt. .1. 0. 1IoAU-Dear Sir: it gives me mnueh
oisure to testify to the merits oftite Davis Ver
1ai Feed Sewing Machine. The nirhine I got of
n abati five .vear, atuo. has been almost in con.
tlt, NH ever since that lime. I ctlnot see that
is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for
ialrs sinc we hnve hal it. Ait wvnll pleasel
di dont't wvishi ior tany btetter. '
Yours truly,
liOnT. (aAwvvonut -
We have usetl the Davis Vertical Feel! Sevinig
ichine for the0 last live years. WVe would not,
ve ity othier make ait any price. 'The machute
is given us unbtoundlen stisfaction.
t.iie' Very respectffully, * .nsls
liledcounity, 14. C., Jan. 21,18.
hlaving b.oughtt a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing
achtine fromt Mr. .J. 0. Dong some three years
o, andI It, having given mte perfeot satisfactioni in
cry respecl, as a lituitly machine. bot.h for heavy
id light sewing, and tnever needed thte least re
tir in tany way. I can chteerfitliy redammlendl It to
my one as a nlrst-claiss muchin' i every partieu
r, anid tink It seconid to none. It is Otto ot the
Inpiest imatchiines umtie; my chiildreni tts it wIth
I ease. 'rite atttichmnits tire muore easily ad
sled and it does a greater range of work by
etnns of ts Vertical F'eed titan any othter ma
inte I have ever seon or uisedi.
Mits. TitoMAs Owl Nts.
Winnsbotro, It airfieid county, 8. C.
We have hadi one of the Davis MAfclines about
tir years and( have always found it ready to dio alt
ilds of wort we have had ocoasion to dto. Can't
a that, the machine is worn any, and works. as
tli ias when now.
Mnfs. W. J7. CuAwionna,
Jlackson's Creek, Fairfiebd county, 8. C.
My wife is highly pleased wIth the Davis Ma
lne btoughit, of you. Site would not take dlouble
tat stie gave fur it. The machine has not
en out, of order sInce she bad it, anid she can do
my kind of work oin it.
Very Itespectfully,
Monticello, Fairfield county, 8. C.
rte Davis8Sewing M,achine is sImply a treaa
El ins..J. A. GooDwyN.
[lidgeway, N. 0., Jan. 10. 1688.
1,0 HloAG, Esg., Agent-Dear Sir: My wife
a oeen itslng a DavIs Sewing MachIne constant
for the past four years, antl It has never needeid
y repairt an I works jusat as well -as whent first
tight. Sile says it will do a greater range of
ictical work and dlo it easifi anti betoer thait
y machin site htas ever used. -We cheerfully
.:ommtend It as a No. 1 family machine,
Your tru.y, JU .DVS
Wfnnaboro, S. C., Jan. 3, 1883,
fin. BoAU: I have alwas folind y Davis Ma
inc rea(i dO all kiuds of to work I have had 00.
ulon to o. I cannot see that the mabbinoe Is
irn a particle andt it 'works as weollas when tnew.
Respectfuly,
Mas. II. 0. GioODNGw.
WVInnsboro, S. C., April, 188,'
Nin. BoAU My wife hbet 0'4 uantly uing
e DavIs Mitch bh hs e . u stvyarg
o. 1 have nevE reg rtied b asg i, 58 .
aye fra kind of fainlflwog, either'
orl ,Itl never out of. x or needling
Yery r.00p0
FarAld S .,Maeh18'