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VOL. XXIII. NO, 31, TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 1890. S1.50 PEIt ANNUM.
The Bioux of South Dakota j dying
rapidly of consumption and other throat
and chest tV.senscs.
Statistics show, alleges the Atlauta
Comtitution, Hint 5,000,000 young men
In this covmtry never enter a church.
General Orcely, the head of the United
Btatca Signal Service, says that over
eighty per cent, of tlio predictions of tho
weather bureau nro verified.
ifhe Japancso delegations that havo
sited Europo have picked up so much
valuable knowledgo of manufactures that
tho Japanese are now competing with tho
Germans in China with rcmarkablo sue-
coss.
In answer to Inquiries from Governor
Ross, of Texas, over 100 county judges
have given their observations in regard
to crime in flieir counties. There is a
unauimoua concurrencct states tho At
lanta Conttitution, that folonies and mis
A Mcmcanors ore on tho decrcaso, tho gon
eral average showing a decrcaso of at
least forty per cent.
A jury at Syracuse N. Y., a few days
ago found a verdict for tho defendant,
. But the foreman blunderingly announced
a verdict for the plaintiff, aud tho Court
confirmed the same and gavo judgment
accordingly. When the mistako was dis
' covered after tho jury's dischargo tho
'judge said he could not chaugo tho
record. ' The furnishes a ridd'.o for
the lawyers.
The Chicago Herald recalls tho fact
that not many years ago the abaudoned
timber lands in Aroostook County, Maine,
awny up near tho British province, were
almost worthless for agricultural pur
poses. Later on Swedes and other in
dustrious foreigners moved in, and now,
'declares tho HeralJ. Aroostook County
is the greatest potato-growiog county in
New England.
The Detroit Free Pre$i has noticed
that every oxecntioner- who has ever
talked or written on tho subject, is
agroed that no murderer ever gives up
hope to tho Inst sccoud. Ho hopos for
a reprieve, or a rescue, or that the mu
chip cry of the gallows wou't work, or
that something will occur to save him.
ecause he has almost made himself be
lieve that he is innocent aud a martyr.
Tho Chicago rout indulges in this
Rrisly speculation; "Did you ever think
' of how much space tho people who dio
. every year require for decent burial? If
one could bo content with n grave two
by six feet, 3G30 bodies could be interred
in one acre of ground, allowing nothing
for walks, monuments, roads, etc. On
this crowded planLoiidoAs aunual dead,
numbering about 81,0ffcj would fill a
cemetery of about twcntynirco acres.
The New Orleans Picayune has dis
covered that tho only State that has been
absolutely uuiform iu its congressional
representation is Rhode Island. It had
two members under the first census and
the same number ever since. It is bound
to remain in the same category another
ten years. Its population in 1SS0 was
276,531, and it is now 328,000. This is
variation which precludes change,
whatever basis of representation may be
adopted. Delaware has always had just
out), except that under tho third census
jt had two. These aro the only constaut
quantities in tho entire category.'
"Many New Yorkers, doubtless, havo
bceu puzzled to account for the fact that
wo have an East and a North River, in
stead of an East and a West Hiver," ob
serves tho New York. Tribune. "The
explanation is found in the circumstance
that the Hudson was originally called the
North Hiver to distinguish it from the
Delaware, which was popularly known as
the 'South Hiver' among the early colon
ists. While the latter designation has
become obsolete, the former is still iu
current use, although there is no reason
why this should be so. It is no harder
to say 'Hudson' than 'North,' aud it is
certainly more beautiful and appro
priate." Two mora heroic women propose to
devote their lives to work among the
lepers. Miss Kate Marsden, an English
woman, aud her friend, a Mrs. Deaue, in
tend to make a tour through tho leper
colonies of Europe preparatory to build
ing a leper hospital. They will go
first through the Scandinavian Peninsula,
then to France, Italy, the Crimea, the
Holy Land. Russia, Egypt, aud last of all
to Hobbeu Island. Miss Marsden bears a
letter of introduction to the Empress of
Hussia from the Princess of Wales,and
has already gained permission to visit the
principal leper hospitals iu Russia. Both
women are thoroughly awuro of the
danger aud dillieulty of the mission, but
each is an enthusiast in the cause,
and Mrs. Deaue possesses a large
fortune, much of which tho will
devote to the work they have undertaken.
THANK SOI VI NO.
The daylight hour, grow brief and dim,
And quickly merge themselves in night,
The sharp wind sings its mournful hymn,
The signs, in heaven and earth, are right;
I hear the wild geese chant their wail,
From the cold fields of tipper air,
Drifting along the northern gale
To sunny lakes and islands fair.
The signs are right. The shivering sheep
Stand huddled by the sheltering wallj
The birds have sought their wintry sleep,
And lowing cattle wait the stall;
The dead leaves danee their mystic round,
Whirled by the wind-gusts fierce and wild;
And dry stalks flutter o'er the ground,
Where late the yellow harvest smiled.
The signs are right. We hear the roar,
Borne inward from the ocean drape.
And mad waves break along the shore,
And dash against the rocky steeps;
But household fires burn clear and bright,
And rest comes after summer toil,
And well-filled garners give delight,
Treasures of "corn and wine anl oil."
It comes, our fathers' festal day,
A link in that long, golden chain
Which stretches on its shining way
To bring old memories back again;
In nil our conflict and our fears,
W'hen days were dark, aud days were
bright.
This da v, through our historic years.
Runs like a magic thread of light.
There rises now before mine eye.
In pictured beauty soft and clear,
A vision of the days gone by,
When life was young and joy was near;
A weary tramp among the hills;
A piercing wiml with blinding dust;
A hope that scorned these outer ills,
And looked beyond in boundless trust;
A farm-house with its ponderous frame;
A grnmlsire with his silvery hair,
Sitting before the generous flame.
In his antique and ample chair;
A chimney-corner large aud warm,
Where a dear mother sat of old;
Here was a refuge from the storm,
A shelter from tho biting cold.
And all around are signs of cheer,
Pure incense and an odor sweet,
And kindred hearts are gathered hera,
Aud joy that comes where kindred meet.
Now let the hovering storm-clouds lower;
Let winds blow east or winds blow west;
They cannot mar this charmed hour,
They cannot hurt this household nest.
Then keep the good old festal day.
Sing tile old songs the fathers sung,
Around your altars kneel to pray.
Let praises rise from joyful tongue.
Ood moves in all the rolling year.
In cloud aud tempest, suu and rain;
He bids the tender grass appear,
Aud loads the autumn ttelds with grain.
Increase If. Tarbox.
iiehy's thanksgiving:
11ANKSGIVING day
dawned clearly and
frostily upon tho little
villuge of Castletou
Hollow. Tho stairo
which connected daily
with the nearest rail- I
road station for. as i
'VpyJtt S'et. Castlcton Hollow j
V .yi bad not arrived at the i
dignity of one of its j
own came fully j
freighted both inside
nnd out. There were I
children aud children's '
children, who, in the pursuit of fortune,
had strayed away from the homes where
theylirst saw the light, but who were now
returning to revive arouud the old fami
liar health the associations aud recollec
tions of their early days.
Great were the preparations among the
house-wives of Castletou Hollow. That
must indeed be a poor household which,
on this occasion, could not boast its tur
key and plum pudding, those well-established
dishes, not to mention iu long
row of pies apple, miuce aud pumpkin
wherewith tho Thunksgiving board is
wont to be garnished.
But it is not of the noueholdB generally '
that I propose to speak. Let tho reader
uccompauy me iu iiuugiuation to a rather !
prim looking brick muusiou, situated on
the principal street, but at some distance j
hack, being separated Irom it by a front
yard. Between this yard and the fence,
rati a prim-looking hedge of very formal
cut, being cropped iu the most careful
manner, lest one twig should by chance
have tho presumption to crow hiirher
than its kindred. It was a two story i
house, containing on each story one room ;
ou either side of tho front door, mak- i
ing of course, four in all. i
If we go in, we shall rind the outward i
primness well supported uy the appear- ;
anccot tilings within. In the front par
lor we may peep through the door, but
it would be high treason, in tho present
moistened state of our boots, to step
within its sacred precincts there aro six
high backed chairs standing in state,
twoateach window. One can easily tee
from the general arrangement of the fur
niture, that from romping children, un
ceremonious kittens, and uuhallowed in
truders generally, this room is most sa
credly guarded .
Without speaking particularly of the
other rooms, which, though not fur
nished iu so stately a manner, bear a
family resemblance to "tho best room,"
we will usher the reader into the oppo
site rtom, where we will find the owner
and occupant of this prim looking resi
dence. Miss Hetty Hendersou is a maiden of
somo thirty-five summer?, attired in a
sober lookiug dress of irreproachable
neatness but most formal cut She is
die ouly occupuutof the house, of which
likewise, she is proprietor. Her father,
who was the village physician, died some
ten years since, leaving to Hetty, or per
haps I should give her full name, lien
rittui, his only child, the house in which
be lived, und some loin thousand dollars
iu bank stock, ou llw income of which
she lived comfortably.
Somehow Miss Hetty haif never mar
ried, though such is the mercenary nature
of man. the rumor of her inheritance
brought to her feet several suitors. Hut
Mi ii'ivy naa resoivca never to marry
ftt least, this was her invnriuhlo inii'
to matrimonial offers, and so after a time
it camo to bo understood that she was
fixed for life as an old maid.
Meanwhile, the invariable effect of a
single ana solitary nio combined, at
tended Hetty. She grew precise, prim
and methodical to a painful degree. It
would have been quits' a relish if one
could have detected a stray thread even
upon her well swept carpet, but such was
never the case.
On this particular day this Thanks
giving day of which we are speaking
Miss Hettv had comnlctpd lipr nilinnr
preparations, that is, she had stuffed her
lumey aim put it in ine oven, and
kneaded her nuddincr. for. thnmrh hut
one would be present at tho dinner, and
mat iierseu, ner conscience would not
have acnuitted if she had not mmlo nil
the preparations to which she had been
ucciiNioiiieu on sucn occasions.
This done, she sat down to her knit
ting, casting a glance every now and then
at the oven to make sure that all was
L'Oilll On Well. It WlU a nilinf mnminn
and Miss Hetty began to think to the
l:i.: i i !.. i.
tiitnuR ui ner Knitting necuies.
"After all." thoucht she. "it's t.Hnr
solitary takinrr dinner alone and tlmf nn
Thanksgiving day. I remember a long
time ago, when my father was living, and
my brothers and sisters, what a merry
timo we used to have round tho table.
But they are all dead, and I I alone am
left!"
Miss Hetty sighed, but after awhile
the recollections of these old times re
turned. She tried to shake them off, but
they had a fasciuatinu about them after
all, and would not go at her bidding.
"There used to be another there,",
thought she, "Nick Anderson. He, too,
I fear is dead."
Hetty heaved a thoughtful sigh, and
a faint color came into her cheeks. She
had reason. This Nicholas Anderson
had been a medical student, apprenticed
to her father, or rather placed with him
to be prepared for his profession. He
was, perhaps, a year older than Hetty,
and had regarded her with more than or
dinary warmth of affection. He had, in
fact, proposed to her, and had been con.
HETTY HEAVED A
ditionally accepted, on a year's probation.
The trouble was, he was a little disposed
to be wild, nnd being naturally of a
lively and careless tompcrnment, did not
exercUc sufficient discrimination in the
choice of his associates. Hetty had loved
him as warmly as one of her nature could
love. She was not one who would be
drawn away beyond the dictates of rea
son and judgment by the force of affec
tion. Still, it was not without a feeling
of deep sorrow deeper than her calm
manner led him to suspect that at the
end of the years probation, she informed
Anderson that the result of his trial was
not favorable to his suit, aud that hence
forth he must give up all thoughts of
her.
To his vehemeut asseverations, promises
and protestations, she returned the same
steady aud inflexible answer, and at the
close of the interview, he left her, quite
as full of indignation against her as of
grief for his rejection.
That night his clothing was packed up
and lowered from the window, and when
the next morning dawned it was found
that he had left the house, and, as was
intimated in a slight note penciled and
left on the table in his room, never to
return again.
While Miss Henderson's mind was far
back iu tho past, she had not observed
the approach of a man, shabbily attired,
accompanied by a little girl some eight
years of age. Tho man's face bore the
impress of many cares and hardships.
The little girl was of delicate appearance,
and an occasional shiver showed that her
garments were too thin to protect her
sufficiently from tho inclemency of the
weather.
"This is the place, Henrietta," said
tho traveler at length, pausing at the
head of the gravelled walk which led up
to the front door of tho prim-looking
brick houte.
Together they eulered, anil a momeut
afterwards, just us Miss iletty was pre
paring to lay the cloth for dinner, a knock
sounded through the house.
"Goodness!" said Miss Hetty, flus
tered, "who can it bo thai wants to sou
me at this houri"
Smoothing down her apron, aud giv
ing a look at tho g!a-s to make sure that
her hair was in order, she hastened to
tho door.
"Will it be asking too much, madam,
to request a seat by your tiro for myself
and little girl for a few moments ( it is
very cold."
Miss Hetty could see that it was cold.
Somehow, too, t lie appealing expiessiou
of thu little girl's laee touched her, so
she threw the door wide opeu, aud bade
them enter.
Miss Iletty went on preptring the
table for diuuer. A mo-.: delightful o Un
issued from the oven, one do ir of which
was open, lest tho turkey should overdo.
Miss Hetty could not help observing th.:
wistful glances cast by the H'tle git I
toward the templing dish as she placed i'
ou the table,
'iJ:K
"Poor little creature," thought she,
"I suppose it is a long time since she
had a good dinner."
Then the thought struck hcrt "Here
I am alonfl to eat All this. There is
plenty enough for half a dozen. How
much these poor people would relish
it."
Hy this time the table was arranged.
"Sir," said she, turning to the traveler,
"you look as if you were hungry as well
as cold. If you and your little daughter
would like to sit up, I would be happy
to have you."
"Thank you, madam," was tho grate
ful rcnlV. "We Urn iltrrrn nA V,,.1I
I ..uuiji aim Bliiiii
be much indebted to you for your kind-
new.
It was a novel situation for Miss Hetty,
sitting at the head of the table, disoens-
UlL' food to Othem Unci, I... l,,lr
There was something rather agreeable
auoui it.
"Will vou have some nf tVin fl.os.in
little girl I have to call you that, for I
don't know your name," she added in an
inquiring tone.
"Her name is Henrietta, but I gener
ally call her Hetty," said the traveler.
"What?" said Miss Hetty, dropping
the spoon in surprise.
" She was named after a very dear
friend of mine," said he sighinp-.
"May I ask." said Miss irttr win.
excusable, curiosity, "what wa9 the
name of this friend. I begin to feel
quite an interest in vour little rnr1 " uh
added.
"Her name is Henrietta Henderson "
said the stranger.
"Why, that is mv name." emciilntnrl
the lady.
"And she was named nfter vm " oaiH
the strnnger, composedly.
wuy, who in the world are you?" she
asked, her heart bcirinnimr tn bent. nn.
wontedlv fast.
"Then you don't remember me?" said
he, rising, and lookiue steadily at Miss
Hetty. "Yet vou knew me well in hv.
gone days none better. And it was at
one time thought vou would have ininml
your destiny to mine "
"INicK Anderson," said she, rising m
confusion.
"You are right. You rejected me, be
cause you did not feel secure of mv
TlIorGHTKl'L SIGH.
principles. The next day, in despair at
your refusal, I left the house, aud, be
fore forty-eight hours had passed, was
on my way to India. I had not formed
the design of going to India in particular
but in my then state of mind I cared not
whither I went. One resolution I formed,
that I would prove by my conduct that
your apprehensions were ill-founded. I
got into a profitable business. In time I
married not that I had forgotten you,
hut that I was solitary aud needed com
panionship. I had ceased to hope for
yours. By and by a daughter was born.
True to my old love, I named her Hetty,
aud pleased myself with tho thought that
she bore some resemblance to you. Since
then, my wife has died, misfortunes have
como upon mo, and I found myself de
prived of all my property. Then came
yearniugs for my native soil. I have re
turned, as you see, not us I departed, but
poor nnd careworn."
While Nicholas was seakiug, Hetty'
mind was filled with conflicting emotions.
At length, extending het hand frankly,
she said :
"I feel that 1 was too hasty, Nicholas.
I should have tried you longer. But, at
least, I may repair my injustice. I have
enough for us all. You shall come and
live with me."
"I can only accept your generous of
fer on one condition, " said Nicholas.
"And what is that?"
"That you will become my wife."
A vivid flush came over Miss Hetty's
countenance. Sho couldn't think of
such a thing, she said. Nevertheless,
an hour afterwards the two united lovers
had fixed upon thu wedding day.
r.
The house does not look so prim as it
I used to. The vard is redolent with
ninny fntirrant flowers; the front door is
half open, revealing a littlu girl playing
with a kiiten.
"Hetty." said a matrouly lady, "you
have got tile ball of yarn all over tho
flour. What would your father say if lie
should see it !"
'Never uiiud, mother, it was ouly
kitty did i!."
Marriage has filled up a void in tho
heart of Miss Hetty. Though not so
prim, or perhaps careful as she used to
be, she is a good deal happier. Three
hearts are filled with thankfulness at
every return of Mi-s Henderson's Thanks
giving day. YinJ.ee ISlaJe.
TIUNKsulVING.
1 counted up my little store.
Why was to other. given more?
j Why were their lips with iemcy fed?
While mine had luboi 's hard earned bread?
' A weury, hopeless task seomed living,
j 1 could not Li in to (Jod ihank.-ivinK-1
Thero came a p.jor man to my dor;
j I shiiivd w ith liim my scanty st r.
I When, lol uiy sens of want had flown,
( Aud rarest riches were mv own!
j .So svet is love's divided bread,
' J seemed with Heaven's own manna fed.
j hut ble&ed joy there was ill living!
i brought to Ood my glud thunksiviug.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
What is known as Dutch gold is a
combination of copper and zinc.
Nearsightedness is overrunning the
French people lis much as the Germans.
Dr. Hammond says that thid soles are
tho worst propagators of disease among;
women.
Sawdust is being compressed and used
for gun wads in Kngland, nnd seems to
enhance penetration and pattern.
A. large number of the carriages i
cities aro now supplied with rubber tirei
to prevent jolting. and deafening clatter.
Uranium was unknown a century ago,
but a lode has been found in a mine in
Cornwall, Eng'and. It sells for $12,000
a ton.
It is said that a solution of chloral hy
drate of a Btrongth of five grains to the
ounce of water will clear tho hair of
dandruff.
About 859 species of birds are now
known to make North America thcit
home, and representatives of eighty-two
additional species find their way to this
continent from other countries.
"A good many people spoil the effect
of a good night's rest by tho ridiculously
heavy bedclothes they use,"says tho Lon
don Hoital. "Bed clothes should be
like body clothing, light and warm."
Tho aro about 1300 paper-mills in
Europe, and of these 300 were built last
year. The daily product of pulp and
paper is almost 7500 tons, and the chief
material used is wood, although jute is
in demand.
Cordite containing fifty per cent, of
gun cotton, forty-eight per cent, of
nitro-glyccrine and two per cent, of
castor oil has shown very satisfactory re
sults at the Springfield (Mass.) Armory
for use with small arms.
The L'uitcd States Navy Department
is collecting samples of nickel ore from
11 sources of supply from this and other
countries, and with the design of using
the material for armor plate will invite
proposals from all mine owners.
An electrical company of Antwerp has
despatched by the last steamer which
tailed for the Congo, in Africa, nil the
miterial necessary for the installation of
the first telephone line which is to be
placed along tho Congo railway.
A novel leech jar has "been brought out
in Germany, the innovation consisting of
vertical partition dividing tho vessel
into two equal compartments, to be filled
respectively with pure water and with
moist peat, so that the inhabitants may
change their abode at pleasure.
The cracking of the knot nt tho end
of a whip is simply the conclusion of
the air produced by its rapid move
ment. Tho effect differs with the ma
terial used for the whip-lash, because
some textures present a much greater re
sistance to tho air than others.
William J. Chamberlain, an inventor,
of Norwich, Conn., has patented an air
gun with a pressure behind the projectile
of 1500 to 2000 pounds. It nlso explodes
hydrogen to give a pressure of hundreds
of atmospheres. It sends a shot faster
and further, Mr. Chamberlain says, than
ny other weapon.
It is said a good cement for joining
parte of apparatuses etc., permanently
solid and waterproof, nnd which resists
heat, oils nnd acids is made by mixing
concentrated sirupous glycerine with
finely powdered litharge to a thick, vis
cid paste, which is upf.lied like gypsum.
Glass, metal nnd wood can bo cemented
together by it.
The Cranberry Industry.
A prominent New Jersey cranberry
grower says that tho New Jersey lorries
this year are unusually fine, and will
briug $1 per bushel. Jersey berries can
be kept iu good condition from now until
May or Juno of next year, with little or
no shrinkage and no loss to tho owner.
Cranberries are grown in the poorest
lands of tho county, but yield a largo
profit. The culture of cranberries is
rapidly becoming the chief industry in
the lower counties of the State, particu
larly Atlantic County. The swamps and
marshy lands are hardly lit for any other
use, but make excellent bogs. Thu peo
ple are beginning to realize that the bar
ren lands which have hitherto been only
an expense cau be utilized, and largo
sums of money made from u very small
investment. A grower who has had long
experience in making and managing bogs
said receutly that a first-class bog can be
nindo for from lIUO to $800 an acre, ac
cording to the quality of tho bog. i'ri
York Tribune.
Removal or tho Human Liver.
In the course of a long series of care
fully conducted investigations, Professor
Poufic, of Breslau, has made tho impor
tant discovery that a large part of tho
liver even as much as three-fourths
may bo removed without serious disturb
ance of the animal functions. Surgeons
have long kuowu or regarded it as a fact
that the whole of the liver is not ab
solutely essential to health, but havo
hardly supposed that the sudden destruc
tion of a considerable part of it would
not be serious iu tho extreme thu dis
covery to the contrary now enabling
operations to be performed which have
hitherto been considered alike beyond
surgical skill aud human endurance.
Professor Pontic's rcmarkablo investiga
tions iu this liue prove that the liver lia
a wonderful power of reproduction in
some cases, he st ites, a portion equal to
two-thirds having b.en replaced by a
new growth within a few weeks. .Yii
Yvrli Tribune
Tho Great t aipet City.
The Philadelphia Vt says tho textile
industry is the greatest of all industries
in Philadelphia, und tiie largest branch
of that industry is carpets. The trade
huj been iu a flourishing condition, and
iu one ward in tho city more carpels arc
ma le than iu all England combined, the
former homo of the industry. 'II. re
are at least one hundred and lilty mills
in the city producing goods worth prob
ubly $10,000,(100 a )c.tr, employing luii v
ktveulccu thousand pclaOU.
TRAVEL IN TIIE TROPICS.
LIFE HAS MAN? DISADVANTAGES
THEltE,
Some Incon'entoncc Which art
Amnrlran AVII1 IOncountcr In
Mexico and Central America.
The visitor to the tropics who has been
accustomed to the comfort and enjoyment
of the luxuries of life in tho United States
mu9t resolve to undergo many inconveni
ences, not to say privations, while the in
congruities in the life of the people will
awake his surprise.
In Mexico, for instance, the cooking
will strike him as being insufferably bad.
Garlic is invariably used in the cooking
of meat, nnd to the uneducated taste of
an American is most unpleasant. Chile,
which is as pleasiug to nn American's
palate as hot coals would be, enters
largely into the preparation of food. The
bread is usually coarse, dark in color and
rather sour in taste. Mexican fruit, es
pecially peaches and oranges, is generally
tasteless and far inferior to that
grown in the United States. To an
American who has been accustomed to
reading the news ol tho world each
morning in his favorite daily paper
nt home the transition to the
quality nnd quantity of foreign news
printed in a Mexican daily paper will be
both startling and painful except when
some crime of importance is committed
iu the United States. Thon circum
stances are giveu nt length, for it is a
fa: t that the mujority of Mexican news
papers take particular care to publish
any pieco of news which tends to the
discredit of our country, while moro
pleasiug news of far greater importance
is dismissed with tho briefest possible
mention, if published at all. This course
on the part of many Mexican newspapers
is largely due to a feeling of jeubusy ond
dislike toward Americans. Under these
circumstances tho American resident or
traveler iu Mexico will tiud himself in
ignorance of ullairs which occur in his
own country daily until the arrival of
uewspapcrs from home. Even that is a
matter of uncertainty, for a moro vil
laiuous inefficient nnd unsatisfactory
postal service does not exist in any civ
ilized country than that of Mexico. A
delay of a week or ten clays iu the deliv
ery of letters is n matter of common oc
currence, as well as the forwarding of
letters to postoffices hundreds of miles
distant instead of their proper destina
tion, thus causing, great inconvenience.
Americans who havo resided in Mexico,
und who are not prejudiced in favor of
the Government of the country, hoping
to further their personal ends, will bear
me out in these statements.
In 18S9 there was but one elevator,
either freight or passenger, iu tho entire
republic. This was in tho Hotel Itur
bide, in the City of Mexico. Intelligent
lookiug Mexicans would como in and
gaze at this mysterious machine which
nsceuded and descended apparently at
tho will of one man, who stood inside.
This is not to be taken as a reflection
upon the intelligence of tho people
generally, but rather illustrates the sur
prise whxh the presence of such a mod
ern convenience excites, while the com
paratively lowuess of the houses through
out the country precludes the necessity
for their general adoption.
In the Plaza de la Reform, iu tho City
of Mexico, the stranger will see tho
wcallh and fashion of tho city gather ou
Sunday afternoon. The muguificent
boulevard, which wouM be a credit even
to Chicago, bears tiio saiuo relation to
the City of Mexico that Michigan avenue
does to tho former city, in that it is tho
fashionable thoroughfare for pedestrians
and vehicles. But hero the iucougruity
of the native taste again makes itself ap
parent. A magnificent privnte carriage,
drawn by a splendid team of matched
horses, with tho harness and other ap
pointments strictly correct, aud which
would attract favorable notice in Chica
go, will be driven by a coachman wear
ing an immense sombrero and a common
street suit. If he smokes a cignretto
whilo driving it creates no comment.
Tropical Central America has its dis
advantages as well ns Mexico. Takiag
the LTnited States of Columbia, for in
stance, one cim find more filth aud nasti
ness in the streets of Panama and Aspin
wull than in any Spanish American city
1 have ever visited. Iu tho former place
thero is absolutely no system of sewerage
whatever, tho street gutters being utilized
as sewers. Were it not for tho buzzanls
tho death rate iu Panama would be much
greater thau is now tho case, but these
unclean aud repulsive-looking birds sup
plant the places of human scavengers,
subsisting oil the garbage thrown into
the streets.
The now comer on the Isthmus of
Panama is always immediately warned
by the residents that he must stringently
comply with certaiu rules if ho wishes to
preserve his health, at least, and very
often his life. Tho stranger will be
cautioned not to venture out iu the night
air moro than is absolutely necessary, for
with tho going down of the sun
a deadly humidity and miasma
enters into tho atmosphere, and although
the nights seem so beautiful aud balmy,
yet death is lurking iu tho air, and
Cbagros fever, or what tho natives term
tho dangerous and swift "labia" (or
kuock-you-dowu) fever, is always look
iug for victims, not tc. mention yellow
fever, which is also frequent enough.
The new arrival on the isthmus will also
bo cautioned uever to venture out iu the
opeu air in tho morning without first
haviug fortified his system w ith a cup of
coffee aud a roll; for breakfast is seldom
served before eleven o'clock in tho
tropics. The additional caution will be
.iven not to expose oneself to the rays
of the suu if it can possibly be avoided,
but to carry the regulation umbrella,
lined with green material, which resi
dents of the tropics generally use.
Great care ruu;.t also bo taken not to get
caught unprotected in tho tremendous
rainstorms which came up at the briefest
pussiblo notice in certain seasons of the
year, far a thorough wetting of the body
I wilt very frequently briug on a fever
I which cuds in death, aud that very
' quickly. Chicago JhrnUl.
I
NIGHT IN THE CITY.
There fs not a sound or a breath to-night,
The streets lny broad and still,
Even the breeze has taken flight.
The town is bathed In the ailvery light.
That the down-turned moou doth spill!
In yonder house the dancing feet
Have ceased to beat the floor;
Hushed are the notes of the violin sweet.
The music and mirth that reigned complete 1
The aong and dance are o'er.
In its mother's arms a new life sleeps
Down in the heart of tho city;
In another house a woman weeps,
Watching a couch to which death creeps.
That death which knows no pity.
'Tis a woman dying; her passionate lifi
Is slowly ebbing away.
It may be an ending to sin nnd strife
Bo months and years, with recklessness rife,
She has lived through her butterfly day.
Bo a baby sleeps and a woman dies;
Vain now is her beauty's might.
What can avail her lovers' sighs,
Quenched is the light of her beautiful eyes
Death calls her bis own to-night.
One soul comes in through life's broad gnt9
While another is fleeing fast
To that goal of souls, which early or Into,
Be they young or old, whatover their state,
All souls must reach at last !
And tho world moves on and the moon shines
down
With the same old silvery light;
Mirth sleeps, but there's birth nnd death In
the town
And darkness no light of the morn can
drown,
In the star-lit hours of night 1
Kate A. Carrinytou, in the A'enitme.
HUMOR OF TIIE DAY.
A race on the Thames Tho Euglish.
Life.
The kernel commnndiug iu Kansas
Corn. Pittiiburf) Telegraph.
"Shot down." The fellow who killed
a young duck. DansvWe Brene.
Never cast pearls before swiue. Pearls
are not fattening. Boston Tmnsci ijit.
"I believe in taking things quietly,"
remarked the philosophical sneak thief.
Life.
"Capital punishment," as tho boy said
when the schoolmistress seated him with
the girls.
Never knew what struck him Tho
humorist who could not remember yes
terday's idea.
It is no sign because a man is nn "old
salt," that ho wasn't fresh when he was
a boy. Life.
A man of flighty disposition should '
never be made the cashier of a bank.
I'UUlurg Dispatch.
A woman who makes a practice of bor
rowing a quart of milk generally makes a
pint of returniug it.
"Do you kcop a horse?" "I tried to
once, but tho officers tracked mo aud I
had to give it up."
Fame is a glorious thing to achieve,
but a small salary is moro negotiable.
Binghamton Leader.
Husband "At what age did you com
mit the most foolish net of your life!"
Wife "At roy marriage."
"This boat smells dreadfully of on
ions." "Yes, madam," said the captain,
"she is a very leeky craft."
Ted "I'm going to run him a race
for Dolly's hand." Ned "Then it will
be a sack raco for one of you."
It is a peculiar fact that "tho moro a
man gets tho more ho wants," nnd tho
more lie wants the less he gets Epoch.
Tho newly made bride may be witty,
Or stupid, 'tis small uuiUti- which.
The maiden inquires if sha pretty,
The youth wauts to know if she's rich.
Boston Cuitrier.
Emma "Does my dress hang all right,
dear?" Lucile "It certainly deserves
to. Tho stylo is positively criminal."
JYew York lleraUl.
"Johnny, you shouldn't run out in tho
niu without your hat on." ".Mamma,
my head can't get wet, l'vo had it
shiugled." JVVmi York IIcrM.
Mrs. Staggers "Wo aro to hive dear
mother for dinner, James!" Mr. Stag
gers "All right; see that sho is thor
oughly cooked." BUkM:-Vp.
Teacher "Cin you teil rue what a
secret is?" Little Girl "Ye-'m. It is
Something somebody tells everybody
lso in a whisper." Chieu-jo l'al.
Hhe'll set usido the teimi.-'. cao
To comfort her pin a- niol her;
13ut lt4 appiiur soiiio handsome chap,
How quick she'll set thn other.
y.u.S('ua TrunsKiiut.
"I never realized what was li'.e tnt by
fingeri of scorn," said ayoun Washing
ton man, "until I proposed to a deaf
mute and was rejected." l'.V's.V .iyfi
Bout.
Crawford "Why did you get up aud
go out so suddenly iu the middle of tho
concert last night?'1 McDowd "He
cause 1 couldn't faco thu iiu-de."
Light.
"Aud so Jimpson read his poem to
you yesterday? How did you cm'tiro
it?" "I just fixed my glass eye ou him,
and went to sleep with tho other!"
Town Crier. t
Growler, when asked whit ho r.iavil
crcd the saddest thing iu life, said he was
always miserable wheel be had a !::; ap
pctile and nothing to eat, and siul 'ied
terribly when ho had p'enty to eat uud
no appetite. h'huiru (iii.vi.e.
The conversation h id lurne I ou gos
sipiug servants. "As for me," ivm.irke I
Jones, who was present, "my dream is
to have only two, one of whom should
be deaf and '.he other dumb. The deaf
rascal wouldn't be aitlo to hem- anyui'.n:.',
aud the dumb one couldn't repeat W u il
he happened to hear." Julje.
The notorious Albanian bandit, H.idji
Pillman, before he led to er.ecul i iu,
expressed a last wish to make a iue..i of
curried mutton. Hut as tin Tuikhh r.mk
did not understand how to prepare the
dish, the culprit pu-hed back his p!ue,
saying: "if i ale anv of that Hull' I
diould have the dy.-qu'paia tor a week, ut
the very least." :,i!rr Xu-hri-i,ien,