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VOL. XXIII. NO. 35. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, DEC, 24, 1890. Sl.50 PER ANNUM.
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Volapuk, tho universal language, is so
popular in Boston that it is taught in
its high school.
It is the London Echo' prediction
that before tho close of the present
century that city will have 5,000,000
inhabitants.
A French physician rises to say that
only weak-minded people nro affected by
hypnotism, which, as a means of cure for
disease, ho holds to bo "inefficacious in
every experiment."
The Christian Vbterrer of Louisvillo,
Ivy., is satisfied after an examination of
tho census returns of tho population of
various cities in the South, that tho
growth of tho membership of tho South
era Presbyterian Church in those cities
has been almost if not quite as largo as
that of tho population.
Says tho Washington Star: Tho great-
et doers of things in modern times
Oliver Cromwell, Frederick the Great,
Napoleon Bonaparte, Otto Bismarck and,
after a long interval, Henry M. Stanley
hnvo been meu of colossal egotism.
The egotist'puts no brakes on his own
genius, whatever he may pul on other
people.
A careful survey of Westminster Abbey,
London, taken undor the direction of tho
Koyul Commission, which has just ad
journed its sittings, has made known tho
tho fact that thero still remain ninety
places within the edifice where interments
may take place. It is pointed out that,
taking tho avcrago ot tho last century,
it will be a long time before these ninety
places are filled up.
The German Emperor hud done a grace
ful act in presenting to tho first child
born in Heligoland since the cession of
tho island to Germany a gold cup as a
souvenir of the fact that he (for it is a
male) had tho Kuiscr for a godfather.
The child is tho only living native of tho
island who is subject to military service,
as all of inhabitants at the time of tho
treaty were exempted.
The list of candidates placed upon the
State and county tickets in New Mexico
aud Arizona read liko the pedigree of a
Spanish hidalgo, states the Chicago Kelts.
There were "Gonzulescs," "Antonios"
and "Vguncios" enough to fill tho Al
mauach dc Gotha, while tho number of
"Don Joses" aud "Gregories" would suf
fice to equip a wholo nickel library with
legends of life on the main. Tho Las
Vegas (New Mexico) County ticket, for
instance, sported tho names of fourteen
Mexican aud two Americans. This
county seems to be wonderfully composite
and magnificently polyglot.
Miss Irene Iloyt, the heiross of a New
York millionaire, has taken up a curious
fad. Sho is a collector a collector of
corner lots. She has picked up a number
of fine pieces of propeity iu New York,
and has mado many such investments in
other cities. Wherever a corner lot seems
worth adding to her interesting col
lection she always becomes its purchaser,
no matter what the price. Her highest
delight is found in such acquisitions.
Miss Iloyt is perhaps the first collector,
assumes tho Chicago Post, who has mado
corner lots a specialty, but there is no
reason why her inexpensive and amusing
fnd should not be as popular as the pur
suit of old coins, autographs and postage
stamps.
Deputy Morcau's bill looking to tho
abolition of titles ia Franca by taxing
them heavily proposes an annual impost
so graded that merely to wear the prefix
"do"' would cost tho wearer $100 a year,
while the title "Priuce," with the prefix
"Highness," would necessitate an an
nual outlay of $50,000. These, ore, of
course, prohibitory rates, observes the
Philadelphia Uncord; and they may
well cause a flutter of Ucpidatiou in the
bosoms of ambitious American girls with
whose matrimonial dreams uro blended
visions of a coronet. But the most prob
able result will bo an influx to these
shores of a hord of alleged refugee noble
men,coupled with complaints from France
of an unaccountable scarcity of barbers
and waiters.
An uuique gatheiiug has been held in
Louisville, Ky., of tho famous Withers
family of Meade County, all tho niera
bors of which are'-wrer six feet six inches
In height, and whoso average weights are
191 pounds. Thero are six brothers, all
of whom, but one, aro well-to-do farm
ers in Meade County. The object of tho
reunion was to welcome W. W. Withers,
a brother, who has becu abaeut in Texas
for the past ten years. They were pres
out when the train came in, aud tho six,
when standing together, attracted a
large erowd, which viewed them as a
importation of Kentucky giants. One of
tho characteristics of this family is their
great affection ior each other. They are
proud of their unusual statures, but never
boast of their stiength. Their mother.
Mrs. Mary Withers, is still living, aud is
eighty-nine yeurs of aye.
CHRISTMAS CAROL,
Ting, merry bolls, ring,
In the light of the Christmas morn;
Sing, happy hearts, sing,
For your Haviour, the Lord, is born.
Follow the star
To the manger far,
Add look on your swaddled King.
Give, worshipers, give.
With the wise from the Eastern plains;
Let the sutToring children receive
From the hoards of your golden gains.
Then shall ye see
Tho sweet mystery,
That the Christ-child lives and reigns.
Maria Upham Drake.
THE DUNNS' CHRISTMAS.
I1Y DAVID LOWRY.
HE Lord will pro-
ide." A good
enough text if a man
gets a good grip on
it. A man who
knows how to apply
sound doctrine
might satisfy one's
t brain wi' it, even if
lie had an empty
stomach, but it's an
insult on top of an
injury to expect a half-starved man to con
tent stomach and brain wi' gruclly ser
mons. He never drew bluid from the text.
Joost all a piece o' fiowry language,
without mair soul or religion in't than i
you'd draw ftom a pump. If he had put
a bit heart in't, but seen there was
neither heart nor brain in it, what good
was all the fine words? They say ho has
a good delivery tho Lord deliver us
from such vanity in long words. People
who call in the doctors to help them
whet their appetites may be satisfied wi'
that kind o' preachin', but peoplo whose
wits aro taxed as much as their muscle
to keep body an' soul together want more
Fubstantial food than Mr. Barnes brings
to the market. If we arc starved in this
world, that's no reason wo should be
pinched in the next. But along comes
Mr. Barnes wi' his flowery sermons, his
cambric linen, an' his hair banged, an'
tells us that if we aro thin bluided here,
we ought to bo thankful an' satisfied, be
cruse we are prepared to go where we'll
have no bluid at all."
A silence fell upon Sandy Rea's audi
ence. Many smiled, and one or two
laughed outright at his quaint speech.
It was a chilly morning; the dense fog
rising from the river obscured the sky.
The lamp in tho railway station revealed
men in soiled, worn, ill-fitting, patched
aud ragged clothes. Grimy, seamed,
knotted hands clasped dinner pails.
Faces lined with care; unshaved, full
bearded faces.; serious, sad, resolute and
apathetic faces.
It was on a morniug like this, when a
pall hung over the busy city, and the at
mosphere was laden with fog and soot
blended into a yellowish murkiucss, that
Shuttlcburg was shocked by an over
shadowing calamity. From the midst
of tho dense fog flashes of light Bhot
forth at times throughout the morning;
tongues of flame ascended from the mill
stacks; eyes of fires winked in the fog
bank, and dull, yellowish glares of light
were projected horizontally as the furnace
doors were opened. A bubel of sound
arose; the clanging of iron against iron,
the ringing of mighty nnvils pounded by
gigantic hummers, tho dull, mutlled
sound of the iron rolls, aud the ceaseless
clang of iron falling on the cooling plates
was borne from the river side up and
over the beetling cliffs.
On that dull October morning, when
the wheels were whirling fast, and the
iron-workers, stripped to their waists
were bathed in . perspiration, a sound
smote the heavy air liko the crash of
worlds. The iron-workers, momentarily
stunned, instautly comprehended the
nature of tho disaster. Every man and
boy who had sense and strength sought
safety iu flight. In the headlong rush a
puddler seized a boy in his flight, and
ran with him to the side of the building.
A portion of tho bursted boiler in its de
scent cut the roof of the mill as though
it were made of paper; the falling tim
bers caught the man und boy, and before
thev could bo extricated, tho man
breathed his last. The boy's right arm
was lacerated from bis shoulder to his
elbow; quivering muscles and bono were
laid bure, a horrible sight, more pitiable
than the headless trunk of the engineer
lying near the boy and the dead puddler.
Physicians were there iu abundance;
there was no lack of surgical skill, or
sympathy for the victims of the explo
sion and the families of the bereaved.
The calamity that desolated a score of
homes fell heaviest upon the Dunns. Lit
tle Jem Duun, who, when the surgeon
begau the work of removing the cinders
aud splinters from his arm looked stead
ily into his gaping wouuds, thon calmly
at the suigcon aud said: "Don't tell my
mother till it's over," lost his father and
eldest brother by the explosion. An
other brother the surgeons thought would
be crippled for life. The end of a boiler
wrecked the walls of tho house the
Dunns occupied, and the dead and
wounded members of the family were re
moved to Sandy Ilea's house. Jem's re
covery was rapid. Tho toilers in the
mill attributed it to his extraordinary
pluck.
The great tide of sympathy that flowed
out to the victims of the disaster, to the
credit of Shuttleburg let it bo Baid, as
sumed practical shape for a time. The
charitably inclined promptly honored the
first draft made upon them when the ex
tent of the calamity was known. But
when all was done that concerted action
could accomplish, the future of the Dunns
was unprovided for. John Dunn, a
cheery, handsome fellow with laughing
blue eyes, aud spirit that nothing could
subdue, entered the mill one day, aud at
the end of six months reviewed what
seemed a horrible dream as he tried to
sit up unaided in his chair. Among the
w age-workers in the adjoining mill, many
quietly aided Sandy K;ie, who placed one
of bis rooms at the disposal of the
i Dunns, "until they were better provided
ful.'' But this litful aud uneuual contri
tt5jji
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mil
bution simply emphasized the necessity
of action insuring Uniform and perma
nent provision. How to provide for tho
Dunns was a problem that puzzled all in
terested in the family. Tho surgeons at
the end of a yeur shook their heads when
they examined John Dunn, and spoke
vaguely of the recuperative qualities of
famed waters in the Old World. Even
the wit of Sandy Kae, considered one of
the shrewdest and best informed men in
the mill, was not equal to the emergency.
To borrow his own phraseology, his
"pond bad run dry, an' there were the
fish to look after still."
It was at this juncture that the Uever
end Barnes, a new-comer, announced be
would preach a sermon which ho hoped
would allay apprehensions expressed con
cerning the Dunn family. Mr. Barnes
chose to interpret the fears and doubts
expressed as a reflection upon the Al
mighty. Ho resolved to discharge his
duty by reminding the friends of the
family that He who noted the fall ot a
sparrow could still be trusted to provide
in His inscrutable time nud manner for
the helpless family without plumping
them into the poor-house, whither they
appeared to be gravitating.
"They are headed that way noo," said
Sandy Hue to his better half with a snort
of disdain as he left the church, but he
sighed as he added, "And I'm maist
afeerd there'll be no turnin' them roon."
As his wifo remained silent, walking by
his side, Sandy gave another Bnort ex
pressing contempt. "Heck I Yon man
instead o' being a man o' uncommon re
sources, is mair like Jack Dean. You
remember Jack wi' the stiff neck, an' a
stiller baak? When he wanted to see his
daughter Jenny, he ca'ad to his son-in-law
Tom Parker, sayin' 'Wi' your help,
an' the Lord's we'll mak oot, Tom,' but
Tom was ever o' the opinion he boro his
own an' tho Lord's share."
A night's rest did not allay Sandy's
disgust, nor soften his temper. He put
his bad temper into his work, aud it
found free vent when the day turn came
on in the mill, Monday, and the night
hands gathered in the little railway sta
tion to wait for tho train that carried
them to their homes. Many there like
himself had attended the church Satur-
IN THE irtON
day evening, and these were greatly edi
fied with Sandy's analysis of Mr. Barnes's
scrmou.
"You don't think Barnes's prayers are
worth any more than the price of two or
three hundred ball tickets at a dollar a
head," said a pale-faced young mau who
was noted fur his imperturable good
nature.
"1 did'ua say that Billy. I hope I'll
never make light o' any man's prayers
it's the presumption o' the man that
points our noses to the wind and tells us
to catch it iu our caps to fan us wi' next
summer that I'm -fin'in' fau't wi'. But
you've given me an idea. We'll joost
get up a gran' ball for the benefit o' the
Dunn's."
When Sandy Rea ateliis breakfast that
day he repaired to tho room the Dunns
occupied. Jem, who was fond of books,
had brought a bundle of papers and some
torn pamphlets to bis brother; a gift
from the merchant who employed Jem
as an errand boy. He was showing his
mother the pictures in an illustrated pa
per. John Duun had twisted himself
around to see and hear Jem. His attitude
as he looked at Jem made a very disagree
able impression upon Sandy Hea, who said
to himself, "God save usl It's a living
death for poor John. This must be mend
ed some way.
John Duun had a board on his sound
knee his mother's ironing board. The
basket at Mrs. Dunn's side, and the
qunlity of material in her lap told the
story.
'What's the board for, Jack?" said
Sandy, cheerily. John blushed as Sandy
stooped and picked up a large piece of
chean brown wrapping paper. The paper
bore a rude drawing
Sandy scrutinized
it with a critical eye.
"It's altogether beyond me. What's
this the houses?"
"Here look
count." He
John's eyes brightened.
at this. That's of no account
pointed to the board on his kuee.
"Why, that's not half bad. I see I
se. This is an end view an' here is the
front the face of the roll. I see now
very plainly. An' what's this?"
"That's my idea. You see here is the
furnace. The ball comes out here, is
carried through here, then on to the rolls,
aud here it is on the plates."
"That's not possible. AVhy but we
have the squeezers, you must remember
an' there's the heatiu' furnaces. You'll
never do it in the world, John."
"I'm not so suro of that. I've thought
it all out."
"But that's something I'm thinkin'
is beyond man's power to accomplish,"
said Sandy, whereupon John's counte
nance fell. Then Sandy immediately re
gretted his speech.
"Stop I'm not so sure. I can't joost
point out the shortcoming. It looks main
proper thero on paper. Who knows
You'll may be win tin oo. My! the per
severance o' the boy '."
"He has been working on that board
these three weeks steadily," said the
widow.
"Ya and three month iu UiV head
before I ever touched pencil to paper,"
said John Dunn sadly.
" 'The Lord will provide,' Mr. Barnes
told up," said Sandy Rae to his wife.
"There's that cripple up stairs wi' no
more color in him than a piece of chalk,
fast to his chair, prying his brains out
wi' inventions. Tho boy's face was a
study as ho pointed out how he would
take the iron from the furnace, and finish
it into bars before it cooled. If it fails
why, it'll be tho death of him I'm
afeerd."
It was a question of life and death to
the Dunns; their future now depended
upon the success of John Dunn's inven
tion. When he could spare tirno to visit
tho Dunns Sandy Hea would lietn in
silence while John explained his inven
tion. Then Sandy would look at the
drawing on tho ironing board, stroke his
grizzled beard and scratch his bald head
alternately. He seemed to bo iu iuuoi
nt tim, but ono morning he electrified
tb.e invalid and his nervous mother by
rising and striking his palms as he ex
claimed, "I see it now! Work! It's
sure to work, man. Once the iron starts
in there, no power can stop it. All we
want now is a mill to try it in. Your
fortune's made, Jack."
"Heckl" he exclaimed when he ex
plained to his wife the value of John's
ideo. "There's been a deal o' talk o' the
future o' the Dunns, nu' while this one,
an' that one has been plannin' an' noth
in' came of it, hero is God's goodness
shinin' throo a bit o' brown paper on his
mother's ironing board ."
"But," said his wife anxiously, "are
you quite sure his plan is right? There's
many a tino thing on paper, but when it
comes to the work "
"Work? Huts! All the fools '11 be
sayin' now, 'Why didn't some one think
o' that long ago?'' I'll din the ears o' the
owners till they give it a trial."
Aud he was as good as his word.
Thanks to ' Sandy Rea's persistence, a
mill owner was prevailed upon to con
struct a furnace and machinery adapted
to the purpose. In return, he received
an interest in the patent. In due time
the new plant was erected. It seemed
ages to tho inventor, but experienced
iron workers regarded the completion of
j j
WORKS.
the machinery In tne time consumed re
markable. In k;s thsu three mouths,
everything was ready fo' tho trial of the
new machinery.
All the iron workers in the mill were
on the tip-toe of expectation when the
day appointed for the test approached.
"What if it doesn't work after nil,
mother?" Jem said. Mrs. Dunu lifted
a hand warningly and looked at John,
vho had laid asids hie drawing with a
sigh. His manner was strange, nervous,
and his mother was solicitous. He was
unable to sleep.
"I heard what Jem said," John an
swered sadly, but he did not meet the
look his mother bestowed upon him. "If
it fails, Jem, well, there's the other
patents to fall back on. But I guess I'll
have to wait a good while before I can
go to the springs in Germany."
Fourteen mouths' confinement had not
taken the spirit out of the brave fellow.
"If it works at firsi, I'll be surprised,
Jem, not because it ought not to work
but, you see, if I ain't there, why there's
two or three little things might make a
great difference. It's pretty tough, sit
ting here 'caged' " there was a tinge of
bitterness, the first his mother's quick
ear had detected in his tone since he was
carried in lifeless to her "aud my pa
tent going to be tried." He said to him
self if he had the means how soon he
would have devised artificial locomotion.
He counted on tho invention to pay for
Jem's schooling. Jem was very bright,
and a universal favorite. Who knew,
John asked himself, what Jem might not
accomplish iu a profession? Then, if
j there was half the money iu it ho
, thought there was, it would enable his
mother to try what a change ot scene
aud variety would do for her.
"If the machine does not do all wo
expect, we'll just havo to wait, Jem."
But John Dunn's voice trembled as ho
i said it. "It's best not to be too sure
at least at the first go-off,
you know,
much on it
We have all counted too
maybe."
There was a pathos iu his voice tnat
moved his mother as she had not been
moved since the day he looked up at her
when she thougnt him dead. She turned
aside usking herself bitterly why her
son should ba deprived of the pleasure
of witnessing his own invention. sue
would be there, aud Jem. The brothers
talked of little else now.
The eventful day came. The new in
vention was curcfully scrutinized by the
curious, the progressive, tho well-wishers
of the inventor, and the secret aud avowed
sceptics. The last were clearly in the
majority. They were prepared to dem
onstrate the impossibility of the success
of the invention. They quoted authors
glibly; and a few expressed their sur
prise that the owner of the mill should
surrender valuable time to the test, be
tides incurring expense. The mill own
er administrated a stinging rebuke to
these carpers.
"I take pleasure in furnishing such aid
as lies in my power to all who are en
deavoring to unorove recognized ineth-
ods, while I count it a privilege to con
tribute my time and means to the devel
opment of new methods and new pro
cesses." The evening was well advanced When
John Dunn heard a step on the pave
ment he well knew. All that weary
afternoon he had beheld men, women
and child re u hurrying up and down the
street. The majority bore bundles and
packages; some were loaded down with
bundles; children scarcely able to walk
mere "tots" tottered along, chirping like
young birds, beside the men and women
they clung to. Everybody seemed to be
in a hurry, and why not? To-morrow
was Christmas.
John Dunn's heart suddenly sunk.
Sandy Rue's firm, deliberate step was no
longer heard. The step paused at the
entrance to the stairway.
"He briniro me the news." John's
nand was on the window ; ho was on
the point of raising it; he wanted to
shout down to Sandy, then ho checked
himself. It may be failure. It will
keep.
Now another step, still more familiar
to John's sharpened senses, fell on his
ear; the light springing step of his
brother Jem. It, too, halted strangely
as it neared the entrance to the stair
way. "Why do they stop there?" the invalid
asked himself, as a lump rose in his
throat. "It must be bad news, or Sandy
wouldn't stand there. Jem couldn't keep
back." Then he begau to ask himself,
"If it fails?" repeating it again andoguin,
and involuntarily, unconsciously, ho
supplemented it with Sandy Rea's re
frain, "The Lord will provide," until
query and answer were linked strangely
together, and a tear dropped on John
Dunn's hand.
Now another step approached his
mother's step. It came very slowly; ho
fancied it was more deliberate than usual.
Yes, it meant failure. Now they were
talking in subdued tones. It was all over
theu. They were deliberating how to
break the news to him. John Dunn leaued
forward, covered his face with his bauds,
and soltly cried. Theu he checked his
tears and wiped his chocks resolutely.
He would put a bravo face on it for his
mother's sake. It was hardest upon her
after all. A step the sfep that was now
rarely out of his hearing was on of tho
stairs. Ho pretended to be looking out
of the window when she entered. There
were tears on her eyelashes. She looked
at him so tenderly as she closed the door
softly and approached him swiftly that
he felt like crying out.
"There 1 Don't speak mother. I've
been repeating it over and over, 'Tho
Lord will provide' some way."
Then the door was opened suddenly,
aud Jem bounced in, followed by Sandy.
"I'll bet why, look at him, Mr.
Rae!"
"I'm crying with joy, John," said
Mrs. Dunn.
"If Mr. Rae hadn't held me back, I'd
been first to tell you," said Jem with
epaikling eyes.
"There are few men as thoughtful as
Mr. Rae," said Mrs. Dunn. Sandy
waived the compliment asido by saying,
"Did your mother tell you the best of
it?"
"I have told him nothing. Mr. Colo
offers ten thousand dollars down for the
half interest, and agrees to provide the
plant."
"Jem," said John suddenly, "I'll make
you an architect now that's what you
are born for. What makes you look so
sober, Sandy?"
"1 was joost thinkin'.talkiu' about tho
future. It's no so long sinco we were
puzzliu' our brains about providiu' for
ye. Now good luck has comt, I'm takiu'
the lesson home to myscl' along wi' ither
things. 'The Lord will provide.' "
Jk metcife.
Christmas Humane nl Facts.
Swioesy "What
bring yer, Misery?"
Misery "Oh, I got a brand new warm
overcoat and a pair o' dandy pants, and
a lot o' candy and s'm'other little things.
I can't jest remember. Whatju git?"
Swipesy "Oh, I got a sealskin cap an'
some warm cloze as goes on under these,
an' fourteen diuuer tickets, an' lots o'
candy an' things. Now, Misery, straight
wha'd yer git ("
Misery (voice just a little shaky)
"Say, Swipesy, I bunged up my stockin'
all right, audi do yer know, 1 never got
a bloomiu' thing!"
Swipesy (also shaky as to voice)
"Nor ine, neither."
Mistletoe Merriment.
There are no corns on the mistletoe.
A green Christmas makes a lean
plumber.
When the Christmas tree gets "dressed
up" it looks spruce.
Some of the children put their Christ
mas stockings on tho limbs of the trees.
Wheu the Christmas greens come into
tho market you may be sure that the holly
days have come.
It is better that light articles only
should be put on the Christmas tree.
That's why candles are used for that pur
pose. It is more blessed to give than to re
ceive, but this doesn't apply to the little
exchanges made on Christmas Eve in the
dimly lighted parlor uuder the mistletoe
bough.
WW:
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did Santcr Claus
THE PLAZA OF SANTIAGO,
PIOTTJRESQUB SCENES IN A CHIL
IAN CITY.
A Charming Spot Filled With Shmlo
Tree", Fountain and Flowers All
Traffic Concenters There.
Santiago, Chili, with its steeples and
towers and its wooded hill of Sauta Lu
cia, lies toward one end of a broad plain,
hemmed in by mountains which are al
ways visible. Tho plan of tho town is
the usual rectilinear chess-board arrange,
ment of uniform cundras, or blocks, with
a grand ceutrnl square, and an avenue,
or alameda, of overarching trees. On
one side of the plaza are the cathedral
and the Archbishop's palace; on the oth
er the Municiaalidad, or town-hall, as we
should call it, and tho postoflice; and on
tne tWo reiuainio .idea portales, or ar
cades, with shops on the ground-floor.
The architectural monuments of the
plnza call for no special commendntion,
excepting the Postoflice, which is con
veniently arranged on a North American
model, and served by obliging ladies and
and by male clerks, the latter as morose
and obstinate as postoflico employes in
Latin countries genornlly appear to be.
The plaza is the centro of nil the move
ment of Santiago,the terminus and starting-point
for tho tramways, the great
station for hackucy-coachcs, the fxshion
able evening promenade, when the baud
plays in the music kiosk. All the features
of this movement are interesting to the
visitor. At any hour of the day, from
early morning until late at night, the ob
server will find there somethings to note,
something to reason about aud speculate
upon. How pleasant this plaza is! what
au important role it plays in the life of
the town ! nud what a pity it is that the
builders of Anglo-Saxon towns in new
countries do not profit by the wise pre
cepts of the old Spaniards, whose first cave
wus always to provide their cities witu
lungs, breathing-grounds, nud agreeable
meeting placjs, that formed, rs it were,
the common licarth around which the
citizens gathered both for pleasure and
for business the continuation, in fact,
of the old Roman forum ! The plaza,
the cathedral, the town hall, the Gov
ernor's palace, representing tho church,
the municipality, and the central author
ity, invariably form the center of tho
Hispano-Amcrican towns, and invariably
you will find some effort to make of this
spot a point of entertaining resort. Even
in the smallest village of Spauish South
America there is always a plaza, planted
with trees and furnished with benches,
for the accommodation of the citizens,
the mothers, and tho nurse maids; for
the plaza is not only the promenade of
the grown up persons, but also the play
erouud of the young folks, who, how
ever, amuse themselves in a quiet and or
derly manner, having none of those bois
terous games aud violent exercises which
are needed to develop tho conquering
muscle of the Anglo-Saxon youth. The
pluza of Santiago is of fine pioportions,
and rendered very charming by the shade
trees planted nround it, nud by the small
but luxuriaut garden and trelliscd walks
nround tho central fountain, which in
summer plays amidst a brilliant mass ot
perfumed flowers carefully protected by
iron railing and a vigilaut policeman,
who locks the gates at ten o'clock, so
that the garden mid its blooming riches
may not be carried away surreptitiously
by night. As I was informed by an
Irish lady who has had thiity years' ex
perience of Chili ut the head of a charit
able institution for orphan girls. "Tho
vice of the counthry is thieving. Pro
tective measures are therefore neces
sary." In the daytime the plaza is visited
only by a few people of the lower classes,
who sit on the benches to rest or to loaf.
Other peoplo cross it diagonally on their
way to and from different parts of the
town. The coachmen wait for custom
ers for their two-horse landaus and
barouches which staud around tho
plaza a select few presenting a marked
contrast with the ordinary broken-down,
rickety, and dirty Santiago street car
riage, drawn by a pair of miserable
horses, and driven by a disreputable
and stupid human being, who sits under
a hood in front of tho coach. The traffic
in the streets around tho plaza, besides
tho tramways aud cutis, consists of carts
drawn by three horses or mules har
nessed abreast, and ono of them ridden
by tho driver, armed with an active
whip; teams of four bullorks lowering
their heads under the heavy yoke, and
preceded by a man carrying a long bam
boo goad, who pnds tho beasts with a
bucolic diguity that Virgil loigot to
analyze; meu riding on Iiores or mules,
and weariug ponchos, and very wide
brimmed Panama hats with broad black
ribbons to tio them under the chin;
Cholo cross-breed women with a parting
nt tho back and two long braids of
coarse black hair hanging over the
shoulders; Cholitas and Chilcna wear
ing the black shawl or munta, which is
the universal morning artire of South
American women, both of high and of
low degree.
Tho baratillos arc a great feature of
the plaza. They occupy the spaces be
tween tho arches of the arcades or
portales, and consist of booths and stalls
which, when closed at night, with their
shutters, look like big cupboards set
against the wall. Li these booths, aro
sold cigars and cigarette), toilet articles,
toys, mercery, flowers and fruit, while
tho other side of the arcade is lined with
regular shops. In the blocks ad joining
the pluza are some handsome passages
full of shops, where French, German and
English manufactured articles of all de
scriptions are displaye I for the tempta
tion of the fair ttx. Jltrjitr't -lA'i nine.
A woinsu first established in the Isle
of Harris the wool weaving industry
which is now so lucrative to the natives.
Four hundred women are employed iu
spiuuing, dyeiug and weaving the cloth
so appreciated now for tailor towns und
general costumes aud wraps lor ve-'l ser
vice. Fresno County
planted in viuc.
Cal., has Od.OOd acres
TO TF.LL THE AGE OF A HORSS
To tell the age of any horse,
Inspect the lower jaw, of course.
The six front teeth the talc will tell,
And every doubt and fear (hVpcl.
The middle. "nippers" you behold
Kefore the colt is two weeks old;
Before eight weeks two more will come;
Eight months the "corners" cut the gum.
The outside grooves will disappear
From middle two in just one year.
In two years from the second pair;
In three, the "corners," too, are bare.
At two, the middle "nippers" drop;
At three, the second pair can't stop;
AVhen four years old, the third pair goes;
At five, a full now set he shows.
The deep black spots will pass from view.
At six years from tho middle two;
The second pair at seven yean;
At eight, the spot each "corner" clears.
From middle "nippers." upper jaw,
At nine the black spots will withdraw.
The second pair nt ten are white:
Elpven finis the "corners" light.
As time goes on the horsemen know
Theoval teeth three-sided grow;
They longer get, project befora
Till twenty, when we know no more.
Sjmrt Jfom.ntt.
UL'MOB OF THE DAY.
Always ahead The cranium.
Brick are sometimes thrown with in
tent to kiln. Washington tsUtr.
"Pupa, what made Latin a dead lan
guage?" "It was talked to death, my
son." Life.
"Is Budd an angloinaninc?" lioK
he's just a plain, ordinary American
lunatic." Ncto York Herald.
Since the invention of forks there seems
to bo very little excuse for n "hand to
mouth existence. Mtimey s nttity.
Ono half of the world don't know
how tho other half lives; but it is try
ing to find out just the tume.Pucl:
When a girl is in love sho always
thinks the young man is perfect, aud ho
agrees with her. Homer cille Journal.
It is a peculiar fact that "the moro a
man gets the moro ho wauts," and tho
more he wants the less ho gets. Epoch.
"The winter," faith the goose,
With sadness in her tone, i
"Will be both long aud cold; t
I feel it iu my bono."
Chicago Tribune.
The scientist who claims that the wind
caunot be seen evidently has had little or
uo experience with sight-drafts. Elmira
Gazette.
A cross old bachelor of our acquaint
ance dofiues marriage as tho mediciuo
which restores sight to lovers' eyes.
Uoston Traveler.
Djiier "Do you know, sir, that this
bird is out of season?" Waiter "Well,
fix it tor yourself. There's tho pepper
and salt." Judge.
Tramps are a good deal like lawyers.
After they are admitted to the Bar you
often find them slumbering peacefully on
tho Bench. I'uck:
Dealer "Here is anew cologne of my
own make. I call it the 'Dollar Per
fume,' because it is composed ot a hun
dred scents. " Munteft Weekly.
Shattuck "How are your bantam9
growing, Diuwiddie?" Dinwiddle
"Finely, finely! They are getting
smaller every day." Inter-Oeean.
"Imitation is tho sincerest flattery"
says a shrewd observer of men ; but the
Treasury Department doesn't seem to caro
for such compliments. Munscy't HVeity.
Little drops of water.
Little grains of sand,
Sluko the milkmuu wealthy
Aud the groeer grand.
A'eiu York Sun.
La Fiauoee "Don't you think a
young married couple could bo happy
on $1000 a year?" Le Fiance "Yes,
for six months, if it were paid in ad
vance." Life.
"Bunker Hill Monument Pants" is
the headiug of nil advertisement. We
never saw the Burker Hill Monumont
pant, but the people thut climb to the top
of it generally do. Ledger.
"Iu the schemo of creation," said the
religious crauk, "woman was an after
thought." "Ycth," remarked llie lisp
ing imbecile, "und tshe's been thought
alter ever thiuth." llinijhamton. leader.
You'll seldom find a maiden whom
Thu unguis kissed at birth
Hut that the dimples to her eheuk
is ho makes to play ut hide and se.-k
For every cent they're worth.
t'hivaijo lst.
'Oh, uo; there ain't any favorites in
this family!" soliloquized Johnny; "Oh,
i.o ; I guess not! If I bite my finger-nails
I catch it over the knuckles. But the
baby can cat his whole foot aud they think
it's juat cuuuiug." Denver ItenMiean.
"Where are you goiug, my pretty maid?"
'I'm goiug to sneeze, kind sir, sho said.
"And at whom will you sneeze, my pretty
niaidV'
"Atehoo! atchoo! kind sir," she said.
Binyhamton Ltadrr.
Druggist (looking through drummer's
sample-case) "Well, I always knew you
worked the romanco racket fU'etty thor
oughly, but I didn't know you had to
carry a box of concentrated lie to keep
up the supply of yarns." l'harmactutkal
Era.
It has been said
That ouly oppoaiitxi should wed
If thut tie so
Thy flit uro euu ouly w woe;
Kor, such thy late.
The worst oi men must be thv male.
-..f(.
Hardbake "Aud you say you started
out this morning with Green for a teu
mile walk?" Suarleigh "Tint's what
I said." Hardbake "Wereu't you tired
by the time you came back?" Suarleigh
"Oh, no; Green only accompauied me
a purt of tho way. lirvoi-'iu I.tje
i purt of tho way. lirvoi-'iu I.tje.
"Got anything youAwatit sharpened,
leuts?" inquired tho agH peddler with
the razor Haste. "lis, replied tlio
smart youth at th desk' ue.ir the door.
"You can sharpen our wits if you want
to, old m m." "Got to h ive something
to work on, gents," the 'old man said.,
as he lookud arouud the room, shook his
head pityingly aud walktd away. c'u
cayo Tribunt.
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