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M JS Putter 13noY8l m > FVBT.I6SXD BVEBT THUBSDAT, AT OAPE VINCENT, N. Y., BT OHAJBLES B. WOOD, Editor and Prop'r, To whom all letters should he addressed, AH correspondence and advertisements should each us Tuesday morning to Insure publication. JOB WORK A SPECIALTY. i,ii iw^wwiiiiangiiCTP*t«icga»-«qcaaaiiwgw^vgaafi UHAELES B. WOOD. Editor. YOL. X. Home and Horn*© Interests. TEEMS i as. -.0 Iff ADYASOE, fJNiON irousfi, JAMBS BAT^d'Proprietor. Nearest hotel to ihe depot and steamboat landing. Good stahles and oattlo yards. Re- duoec) 'l'ornis, $1.00 per day. JAMES AUGUSTCS, Dealer in LIGHT ana HEAYY HARNESS, Opposite St, lawrence Hotels Market St REPPJPJHQ «n all its brandies done promptly and at low figures. I make the BEST COLLAR IN USE 1 Give me a call and satisfy yourself. I HE HAND lailBOOKS IIS WOItM>. I ATTORNEY Vincent, N. Y. H. JB. LEE, AND COUNSELOR, CAPJU Office Cor. Broadway and Point Sts. E. 0. :KELSEY, Bepresents the old and rename Contineaital Fire torance Co. Fays rail amount of insurance, capital $1.000,. 000. Surplus $1,038,422. Governed under the N. Y. State fund law. ' A. S. SMITH, M. D. C. M. Physician, Snrpon, & Accoite Office and Residence next door north of the Episcopal cnuroh on Market street. Calls promptly attended to Doth day and night. DANIEL QUiflLAN, Dealer In Choice Family Groceries, Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars,. Nearly oppo3lto the D.pot, Broadway. yrmts, Nuts, tfnd Notions. Blessings on the hand of woman I Angels guard its strength and grace, In the palace, cottage, hovel— Oh, no matter where the place I Would that never storms assailed it- Rainbows ever gently curled; For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rocks the world. Infancy's the tender fountain, Bowers may with beauty grow— Mothers first to.guide the streamlet, Prom their soul's unresting flow— Grow on for the good or evil, Sunshme-strenmed or darkness hurleil; l?or the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rocks the world. \Woman! how dlyino your mission, Here upon your natal sod Keep, oh keep the young heart open Always to the breath of God I All true trophies of the ages Are from mother-love lmnoarlcd; For the hand that roolcs the cradle Is the hand that rooks the world. Blosstflgs on the hand of woman! Fathors, sons and daughters cry; And the saored song is mingled With the worship In the sky; Mingles where no tempests, darken, Rainbows evermore.are hurled; For the hand that rocks the cradle IB the hand that rooks the world. UlAItV SMITH, WM. T. EBBS, House, Sign and Carriage Painter.. Paper Hanging and Graining a specialty, wort done with neatness and dispatch. 8hop on Broadway, Cape Vincent. ' S. K. BISHOP, Retail Dealer In Groceries, Provisions, Fruits, QjjgSW\\ «nd Tobacco. A full stock of Pure Honors and wines. _^ Opposite Post Office, Broadway. F. A. CRQ83, ~ \~ Dealer'In Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots „ \'4 Shoes, Grocerlea/Provlslons. Yankee Notions, &o., s Broadway, Cape Vincent, N, T- TT^^ ___————— GEO. KELLY. Black-mith & General Jobber, Broadway, Cape Vincent, 13 now prepared to do s.11 hinds of work In his line cheaper than the cheapest. All woik warranted. Horseshoeing a speciality. Contracted leet cured or no pay. 0. W. LONDHAVILLE, Fashionable Barber Shop, fflrat door west of Woodruff's Drug Store, Broadway, Cape Vincent. A number of years of experience will enable mo to give satisfaction. MBS. H. EARL, Hair-Dresser, Cape Vincent, BT. T. Particular attention given to the manufacture of Laaies' Switches, etc. Henry Elairl, Retail Dealer In FRESH & SALT MEAT, First door West of Post Office, Broadway, Cape Vincent, N. Y. Casta FM<1 Tor Hides ana Peltg, H. N. BUSHMILL, M. D. Dealer in DRUGS, MEBIC1NES Wall Paper, Window Shades, HARDWARE AND GROCERIES AT BOTTOM PKIOES, FIHEJP MXRK.S, Dealer in JETTTJEfclN ITUBE , Lumber, Coal, Salt, &c, At Cross' Old Stand, Capo Vincent, N. Y. HENRY PEO, \ WHOLESALE DEALER VS. Lake Ontario Fish, Cape Vincent, N. Y., Prices as low as any other reliable house. JEROME'S HOTEL, A.ND BILLIARD ROOMS, Ice cream Always on Hand. <411y) Cape \Vincent IN\. X. THOMAS MASSON, M. D. Graflnate of Ira's UuiYersity Kingston (Successor to Dr. Fatrbalrn.) Office at Mrs. llaasler's. Professional calls punctually attended to at all hours, day '•A lecture, eli?\ said Deacon Hob- son, changing the tobacco leisurely from one cheek to the other, as he stood entranced before the bullet in board oftho 'Stub Mountain Lyceum.\ \And upon the 'Rights of women.' Well I swan. Mis' Hobson, she'll bo a waitin' to hear it, and I shouldn't wonder if Jemimy Ann set up her dander, she'd go into the new ideo. And p'raps it's a good thing to stir us ooun'ry folks up a rousin' good lecture once in a while. Tickets 25 cents. Wal, I'll think about it.\ '•A lecture ?\ said Dr. Briggs, the newly fledged M. D., who had just hung out bis glittering blue and gold signj \and respeeting'women's rights ? I cannot say that I approve of the sub- ject, but a new comer like myself must show himself in public, and there are so few opportunities i n Stub Mountain. TJpcn the whole I think I will take a ticket.\ \Women's rights?\ said old Mrs. Mix who was always tormenting the select ,>men for the privilege of franchise on election day, and who went out togather her own hay in harvest time, with a ''man's boots and rathor more than a man's strength. 'Tm powerful glad on'tl The subject needs agitation in a place like this, where there's wus than Egyptian darkness. I will' go ef it. costs me a whole week's butter mo- neyl\ And thus in various styles and from various motives, the Stub Mountaineers commented on and approved of the lect- ture which was to bo delivered at the lyceuin on that Wednesday evening. Squire Dodley stroked his long beard as he checked his gray pony before the village store. •'I suppose my girls will insist on go- ing, \said he; \but there are so few things going on at Stub Mountain that it seems a pity to deny them a little re- creation.\ And tTho landlord of the Stub Moun- tain hotel chuckled. \It was an ill wind that blew good to nobody,\ he said, .\and any popular sensation was good for business?\ This wa3 on Tuesday. Upon the Wednesday morning, a stout gentleman n a chaise, drew up to the hotel and strutted up to the bar, with ft very rubi- cund face and little fiery eyes. \Mary Smith lectures here t o night?' said he. \J. guess you're about right there, 'squire,\ said the landlord, feeling i n his pocket for the bundle of tickets which the lyceum proprietor had authorized him to sell. > \A pop'lar subjeck, too. You can read all about it on the bulletin board out there, and \ \I forbid it,\ said the stout gentleman growing redder. and more, apoplectic with every movement. \Land o' Goshen!\ Baid the landlord. \She is my wife,\ said the stranger. \My name is Smith—Zerubbabel Smith—and I won't be disgraced by any of this public lecturing business.\ \3Tes. I know,\ said the landlord,-'but I don't believe the law will uphold you in it, 'squire, after the tickets are sold and \ \Hang the law!\ shouted Mr. Zerub babel Smith, bringing his closed fist down among the glasses with a bang, I don't care two straws for the law. My wife is my wife, and I wont have her making a Merry Andrew of herself here or anywhere else. When do you expect her?\ \The room was engaged from twelve o'clock,,'faltered the landlord; \but \Very well!'' roared the red faced man, \I'll just go and stroll around the village, and you let me know when she arrives—d'ye hear?\ \Mr. Zerubbabel Smith had hardly betaken himself t o the shadow of the old elms on the village green when an elderly woman of starched appearance came in, with a striped carpet bag on onb arm and carrying a gingham um- brella in the other hand. \Is this the Stub Mountain lyceum?\ said she, primly. \No marm,\ said the landlord. \This 'ere's the tavern. The lyceum ain't open ill 8 o'clock, Want to buy tickets for 1 the lecture?\ CAPE Y1NCBNT, JSJ. Y.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2,1882 NO. 44. rrmtwynrTrr^mawrasaMQiaaEgs RATES OF ADVERTISING. EFA0B. linen. 2 Inch's 3 Inch's 4Inoh's 0 Inch's a coi.. IQol,.. 1 W. * 76 126 176 260 tt'JS 0 00 10 00 2 W. $126 176 1 H 3 26 4 Ml ' 7 01! 12 00 8 W. $176 2 25 3 26 4 00 4 76 HOI) WOO lm. $2 26 2 70 4 no 4 76 . 660 9 00 16 00 6 m. $ 4 00 6 SO 7 00 8 00 9 00 16 00 25 00 6 m. $ 6 on so 0 00 10 Oil 12 on 25 00 •15 00 ly. « on n tm 14 00 111 Oil 20 00 •15 On Sil 00 Business Cards, five l!ne3 or less, S5 a year. Advertisements In Local column, ten cents per 1 ne the first weelc, and five cents per line each subsequent Insertion. Obituary notices will be oharged nve cents per line for all over six lines. Notices of Marriages and Deaths inserted free \Certainly not,\ aaid the elderly fe- male. \P'raps you would like to engage a room?\ said the landlord, with a glance at the carpet bag. \Nothing of the sort!\ said the la- dy. The fount of tile landlord's imagina- tion was hopelessly drained dry by this time. He said nothing more but stared hard at the starched female, \I wish t o see Miss Smith,\ said she, abruptly. \Eh?\ said the landlord. \The lecturer on—women's rights,\ with a little grimace at the words, as if they had a bitter taste, \She ain't arriv*' yet,\ said the land- lord. \I do not intend to allow this outrage on public taste,\ said the lady, vehem- mently. \Maim!\ said the landlord. 'T am Miss Smith's mother!\ \Be youi\ gasped mine host. \And here I set uniil she presents herself,\ said Mrs.* Smith, depositing herself on the nearest chair, and clasp- ing both hands firmly over the umbrella handle. The landlord looked feebly at her, and almost within the same second, i n )>ur- ried a short, overdressed lady, with curls, jewelry, bangles and a scarlet shawl, while a shabby black silk skirt trailed its flounces over the dusty floor. \Landlord said she take down'those posters at once.\ \What for, maim?\ cried the poor old man. ' -It's swindling!\ said the curly fair one: \downright swindling! We are partners, and Miss Smith is to lecture nowhere unless I sing ballads in the in- termissions. It's share and share alike in the profits and in expenses, and I won't be cheated! and s o you may tell her, landlord.\ \Bel goin' crazy?\ he said, \or is the whole varsal world agea? - Miss Smith ain't here, nor Mary Smith ain't nor Mrs. Smith, nor none of the Smiths, as I know of!\ \Landlord!\ said the curly lady,screw ing up her thin lips, \you are in a con- spiracy against me!\ against nle!\ The landlord uttered a groan. \I wish to goodness I had never heard of the whole thing,\ said he. \But if there's law and justice in this land, I'llhave myrights!\ screamed the lady. \I'll telegragh to Boston to a lawyer, I'll have up the constable. I'll—\ The landlord was vaguely consider- ing in his own mind whether it was best to go under the counter, escape by the back window, or soize his grandfather's rusty musket from the iron hook where it hung above the chimney piece, and defy the wliole party then and there, when a merciful providence interfered in his behalf. The depot haokman rumbled up to the door and out stepped a tall pretty woman, with deep blue eyes and bronze brown [hair, a French gray traveling dress, and a marvelously composed manner \Mary Smith,\ said she to the land- lord. ' Are my rooms ready? I lecture here to-night i n the lyceum.\ \Never was so glad t o see anybody in my^born days,\ croaked the landlord. \Yes the room is ready; but your hus- band, he's out on the green, and your mother's here t o awaitin' to forbid the banses, and your partner avowing and sweariu' she's been swindled, and i, \It's some mistake,\ said Miss Smith in -her plear incisive voice. \I have no husband. My mother has been dead seven years, and a partner is a luxury in whioh I bave never indulged my- self,\ \This ain't my daughter\ said the •starched female. \My Mary Smith has red hair and she stutters.\ \Quite a different sort of person from ray partner,\ said the lady with the red shawl. \And my wife weighs 200 pounds and she wears the bloomer costume,\unwill- iDgly confessed the stout person, who had by tins time come i n front of the green and was standing staring in the doorway. The landlord heaved a mighty sigh oE relief. \Wall said he, \I don't see but that the lectur' may go on after all.\ The three discontented spirits vanish- ed. Miss Smith retreated to her room, and the landlord breathed freely again. But in' the afternoon train from Bos- ton a young man in the undress uniform of a naval officer came unexpectedly upon the scene. \Is this the place where Mary Smith lectures to night?\ h e asked of the land- lord. \I believe so.\ said that worthy, se- cretly wondering if there were anymore relations t o object. \Ef you want to speak to her, there she is out in the back garding, readin' poetry under the pear tree.\ \Polly said the young officer, lean- ing over the pretty, French gray shoul- der. •'I hear you,\ said Miss Smith, turn- ing over a leaf and pretending not t o be aware of a pink flesh which was over- spreading her chcelr, \Are you really determined to go on with this public tour?\ he asked quiet - \Why shouldn't I?\ cross questioned Miss Smith, \Because I don't like i*, Polly.\ \You quarreled with me,\ said Mary. \I beg pardon,\ said the young offi- cer, \you quarreled with me.\ , \Do youreally oare? \said Mary Smith melting into softness, \I care more than you will ever know\ he answered fervently. ''Xatfcle Polly, I love you! And as for women's rights, you shall have eyery right you wish, if only you'll give up this lecturing busi- ness and marry me!\ ,. • She smiled—hesitated—visibly yield- ed. ' . \But I've made an engagement.\ \Break it then,\ stftd ttie officer, \The clergyman lives just across the green—I had his house pointed out to mo. Let's go this very minute and get married!\ Mary Smith laughed and blushed and burst into tears, and finally put her hand into that of the naval officer. \Haven't you your own way?\ said she. \But I don't know what the publio will say?\ \Henceforward said Captain Lacy, \I am to be your public, and my verdict is entirely in your favor. 4 ' So there was no lecture i n the Moun- tain lyceum that night, and the stout man went home, where he found his wife and mother-in-law i n a great rage; the starched female proceed to the near est camp meeting, and the curly ballet singer coniposed a new song, .called \Love's Triumph'\ founded on the in- cident from real life which had just transpired. \After all,\ said the bride, \Smithis an awkward name. And I'm glad I've changed it to Lacy. Assesiuent ^o SG. Telephones. Several continental observers appear to have been lately studying the sounds which may be heard in a telephone that is connected with a wire Btretched, say, be- tween the roofs of two houses and con- nected with the water or gas pipes. On the occurrence of lightnim; more especial- ly sounds are heard, and at the same in stant (according to 3X. Rene Thury of Geneva) as the flash is seen, whatever the distance of the latter. Even when no thunder was heard, and the discharge musthave been at least thirty-five kilo- meters off, M. Thury observed these in- duction effects. He says the sound is like that of a Swedish match rubbed on the box. The telephone affords an easy method of studying the velocity of transmission and other features of thic{electrical influ ence. M. Lalagrade, who has experiment* ed similarly for some time past, thought to amplify the sounds, and did so, by placing two microscopes on the plate of the re- ceiving telephone. The arrangement is set up in a quiet room, where all foreign vibrations are guarded against, and .the a'Bthor is able to hear the least sound at a distance ol one metre or more from the second telephone. Again M. Landerer, at Tortosa, finds currents produced in his telephone circuit b y atmospheric electrici - ty, i n three different ways. First, the cony densationof aqueous vapor results in a sound recalling the cry of tin. A sensi- tive galvanometor in the circuit is not, or hardly, affected. These sounds are strong- est at night. Next, there are the sounds which occur during lightning (and the cur- rents producing which affect a galvanome- ter consK'erably) Thirdly, the wind generates currents which do not act on the telephone, but act on the galvanometer strongly. At Tortosa the very dry west winds produce the greatest oscillations. Telluric or earth currents act both on the galvanometer arid on the telephone; they are distingumished from atmospheric cur- rents by the regularity and continuity of their action, during pretty long; intervals. SnarpElgin:, Good Diy. A Detroiter who was on a visit t o a blight little town in Missouri last JPall was invited to attend a select party,and he was hesitating whether to go when one of the ebmmitte on invitations urged him; \\Why, of course you must come. Let's see. Shall I introduce you as Gen. ?\ \Oh no I'm no general.\ \How'll Judge do?\ \But I'm no Judge.\ \Hm. Well, we can get over that Dy calling you the Hon. Mr. , of Michigan.\ \But I have no business with the pre- fix.\ \ Haven't you written a popular poem ?\ \Never.\ ••But you are the author of a book?\ \No.\ \ITm. Let's sej I Wouldyou object to 'Professor' before your.name. \Well I have no right t o it.'' \Let's see? Then you are only plain Mr. ?\ \That all, and at home I'm a grocer.\ \Y-e-s—plain Keep a grocery— y-e-s. Have you eyer failed ?\ \Yes I went down during the panic.\ \Good enough—just the idea! Come right along to the party. I'm to intro- duce you as a Detroit merchant who has failed and is keeping shy for a compro- mise of ten cents on the dollar ! We've struck it solid, and I'll warrant you a goodtime I Sharp 8—good day.\ Cotton l a Kansas. The experiments in raising cotton in Kansas have been highly successful. One farmer raised, ginned and shipped 100 bales of on excellent quality, and others were successful on a smaller scale. The colored refugees from the South, as a rule, uuderstand its cultiva* tion, and cotton may become as certain a crop in Kansas as com or wheat, Not long ago a couple of mining men, both strangers to each other, met i n the reading room of the Walker House, Harley, Idaho. The conversation tur- ned on the mineral developments of the West, and presently one of the men re- marked, \If you want to see mining on a big scale, just go to Southern Utah.\ \How big?\ said the other quietly. \Why the Big Hole mine that I am connected with has the deexiest shaft and the biggest workings i n the world.\ \How deep?\ said the little man. \You can't measure it, beoause if we .stopped work long enough to see how ideep the shaft was it would materially interfere with the bullion produced. We dropped a line onee and reeled it out untill it broke with its own weight. When a boy falls down that shaft ho strikes the bottom a grandfather.\' \Must have a big pay roll?\ \We used t o send the money clown t o the hands in. cages untill the workmen got so deep that we did'nt get'the Win- ter account settled until way along in the Spring. So we started a bank and telegraphed the money orders. That system saved us an awful wear and tear on the cages. The miners live down there and rear their families. They've got on underground city bigger'n Salt Lake, with a regular charter and munci- pal elections twice a year. They pub- lish two daily papers and a literary magazine. \I never heard of the magazine,\ said the stranger.\ \Of course not, it would be a year old when it got to you. Besides they hold a fair every year and have horse races every Saturday, ii'inest four mile track i n the world.lit with electric light. No mud, no dust, always in the same condition. Perfect paradise for sports. What do you think of that for a mine?\ Here the stranger who was a Oalifor- nian, threw his leg carelessly over the arm of a chair, and lighting a fresh ci- gar, replied in deep, earnest tones: \I dont think muoh of your mine, You work too much for small results. When your mine plays out you have a lot of machinery on your hands, and where are you? You mine after primi- tive methods, like all new countries. It takes experience and head work to.tackle the industry in proper shape. With your mine you must be on the ground i n person, and have any amount of men to look after that or this department. \Now I have a bigger mine than yours. It is located i n Storey County Somewhere in the northern patt, I be- lieve and I run i t up to the handle with one or two assistance.\ \How deep might the shaft be?\ asked the other. \It might be pretty deep if I allowed the men to rush forward and overdo the the thing, but at present there is no shaft at all.\ Hoisting works up?\ •No, no hoistings works—not if I know it. You can fool away a good deal of hard coin on hoisting works.\ \How in thunder do vou run your mine?\ \On the assessment plan, sir. That's the latest and most improved method. We have a big map of the mine hung up in the company's office made by one of the most competent artists on the coast Now, when we have a good map of the lower workings we don't need any works to speak of. We photograph the Savage hoistings works from the top of the Noreross and Hale trussel works—an entirely new view—and call i t by our name i n the bullion brick. I keep a man in Virginia at $60 a month to superin- tend the location and write weekly letters, and I stay in my office in San Francisco and levy_ the assessments every 60 days; that's as often as the law allows. I am the President, Board of Trustees, Semretary, Treasurer and every- thing—more especially the Treasurer. Of course I draw a salary for all the offices and when I get through drawing salaries I turn the rest over t o the agent in Vir- ginia to pay off the hands. By not em- ploying any hands he saves enough to pay himself. My regular income from' that IB $200,000 a year and never a pick struck in the ground. This is what I consider Scientific mining, sir, You get the silver out of the pockets of the stock- holders and leave the vast argentiferous and auriferous deposits in your claim for your children who can go right ahead and develop the mine just as quick as the publio quit putting up. which isn't at all likely to happen, As soon as a man drops on the game h e dies and the newcomer will haye to learn for themselves. As long as people are born in Nevada and California my mine will run on like a chronometer clock. \But said the Utah man, \my style of mining keeps a lot of men to work\ \So does mine,\ quoth the golden gate chap. • Thousands of men are wor- king night and day t o pay the assess- ment, It keeps the country as busy as a bee-hive,\ and] h e saunterendto the telegraph office to order assessment No. 36. Tkey let Him Stay. In the early history ot Cummins City, when Calamity and Lengthy Johnson and Ta peworm Charlie were the bon-ton of the new gold camp, there was a man whom we will call Dr. Earrar, who went there partially to assay tor the camp and partial- ly t'o wear out his young life. Dr. Farrar had a pretty uplUl job of it from the start for the mines hadn't, boomed very fast at first, and a good many of the hoys sent their samples of ore to .Salt Lake or Denver for assay, and the rest of them used to salt his flux and get a big showangand then stand him up for his pay. One honest miner gilded the pestle one night in the assay office, and sold his gopher hole on Virginia Hill the next day on an assav of $l,628totheton. After a while Dr. Earrar found that he had to lock up his mortar and flux in his trunk and sleep with his. crucibles, or his reputation as an assayist would become a by-wcrd and a stench to the nostrils of the pilgrim with the plug hat,' and the tender foot would say \fie upon him,\ and spit upon him and smite him on the bugle. On top of all this an injurious report got out over the camp, reflecting upon the morality of Dr. Farrar. Society was in a crude state and most every stove-pipe in town had been bored so full of bullet-holes that it wouldn't draw, and there was a gen eral feeling of insecurity. Most everyone said that unless steps were taken to quiet things a little before long, there would be music by the entire band. It was generally decided that the vigi- lanters would have to begin on Dr. Farrar. The town was getting a bad reputation outside, and something must he done. The committee, however, was not in working order, a3 a part of the number had gone over toward Last Chance on a p?acer stam- pede, and half a dozen more were i n Lara- mie on district court business, However, it was decided that two members of the committee, whom we will call Trastworthy Kersikes and \The Annihilator\ were del- egated to arm themselves and drive Dr, Farrar out of the town or inform him that they would shoot him on sight. Great care was used to pievent Dr. Ear- rai|from getting any premattie notice of this arrangement, because those who knew his very shrinking and gentle disposition wore sure that if he were to drop on the pro- gramme he would skip the camp, and the amusement would have to be postopned. It was therefore decided that Trustwor- thy Kersikes and \TheAnihilator\ should go down to the assay office armed and pre- pared to either scaro the assayer to death or spatter his quivering flesh all over Pole Oat avenue. About opposite the palatial dugout occu- pied by Calamity, the avengers met Dr. Farrar. He had juit been down to Bum Wood's and hoisted in about six Angers of what was known as Vinegar Hill Sheep Dip. It was way hilled over the Union Pacific as \liquid crime.\ The avengers stood back a moment to give the fugitive a chance to escape if lie wanted to, but he didn't avail himself of it. He seemed to court death. He simply walked up to Trustworthy Kersikes and twisted the double-barrelled shot gun out of his hands hko a flash. Then he pulled it on the Annihilator and told him to throw up his hands. Calmly as though he were making an assay on Gilt Edge bloss om rock, Dr. Farrar vent through the garments of the avengers. The six-shooters he stowed away in the bust of his pantaloons, and the double-ban eled shot gun he broke over a pine log and threw it up on a wood shed. Then he told the avengers that he would spare their unprofitable lives this trip, but if ever they tried to kill him again there would be a geod deal of hilarity on the main street. He said he was not of a re- vengeful or antagonistic disposition, but that if this thing was repeated every eve- ning with a matinoe for ladies and chil- dren every Saturday afternoon, be would get a repeating hoe handle and clean out the entire vigilance committee. Doctor Farrar said he had never been looked upon as a quarrelsome or deadly man at all; he was just a plain, every-day style of citizen without any consuming ambition to fill the world with funeials and hang a sable pall of mourning over the land, but if the vigilance committee want- ed to make an, example of him and would give him notice enough so that he could arm .himself with an old salt bag full of convalescent eggs and an old pick handle, he would be willing to abide the result. The committee toned in silent scorn and left him, and the disagreeable subject was never broached aaam afterward. Indians in Mexico. —Life boats were invented in the, year 1787. —Billiards were known in the six- teenth century, — Alfred was the first Saxon king who 'was anointed, The full-grown ferret is about fourteen inches long, and is noted for its great strengto and boldness. Ferrets are bred quite extensively in Europe for hunting rabbits, rats and mice. Though regarded as a domesticated animalt the ferret is far fiom docile, and never shows an affection for those who care for it. The natural instinct of the animal is so strong that it does not need to be trained to attack its prey, though practice improves the ani mal in its work, the chief gain being in allowing themselves to be caught. The ferret is always muzzled to prevent it from killing its prey; if this precaution is net taken, it will suck the blood of its victim and fall into a sleep from which it will not arouse until the food is digested. When sent out muzzled, the ferret will re- turn after the hunt to receive food. It runs into the burrows of the rabbits, for which animal the ferret seems to have a natural enmity, and drives the timid crea- tures out, where they they are caught in nets and snares set for them.. A ferret will soon rid a house of rats and mice, and it is for this reason principally that the anj mal is now bred and cared for by man. —Picture galleries are increasing in number i n London. —Penny-post is first mentioned in English statutes i n 1711. —A §50,000 union depot is the pros- pective boast of Keokuk, —Pittsburg shipped 3,988,000 bush els of coal in one dav recently. —Mills for draining water from lands were first used i n Holland in ld()8. —The iron stairways i n the new capi- tol a t Des Moines will cost 327,834. —The Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Leicester are fond of skating. The way of living of the Mexican In- dian is generally very simple. Indian com is the principal food in the temperate zone, while the banana is eaten by those who inhabit the hot zone. Maize and ba- nanas crow without any exertion on the part of the consumer, and wo generally find both fruits growing in abundance around the Indian huts. Next to maize and bananas, fnjoles (beans) are cherished by the redskins. Meat ia seldom eaten, and only that which is dried and cut up iuto long strips. Eggs,- however are muoh liked, and we seldom find a hut without chickeuSft Tortillas, a kind of hoe oake, are served ou hohdays-pr consumed m the town after the Intliau has disposed _x>t his fruits in the market. \The'favorite bever- age is pulque, au extraot ol the agave plant. Pulque, taken in moderatfrpor- tions, is wholeso.no ; but taken in large quantities it is rather intoxicating. On holidays we find many Indians drunk, after having invested their last cent in the favenle beverage. In former times it was the exclusive right of the aristocracy to get intoxicated. In thoBe days of mod- ern progress the privilege is shared by the vulgar as well, The common Indian re- gards intoxication not as a vice but as tho ne plus ultra of all earthly enjoyments. Yet the authorities seem not always to share the redskin's singular views, as' the drunkards are often arrested and looked up. As simple as his manner of living is the Indian's clothing. The materials are usu- ally cotton or leather, and are manufac tured by the wearers themseWes. The shirt if such is worn, is roughly made of cotton. Tho men wear wide trousers, which seldom reach below the knee, and which are fastened with a sash in the same manner as the trousers worn by tho inhabitants of the eastern countries. Leather trousers, adorned with silver but- tons or coins, arc only worn by those who can boast of a small fortune, and the hap- py owners are as proud of their property as IhcAlbanese or the Oheibek of Asia Minor. Many Indians wear but a single primitive shirt with blue aud white stripes holes being made in the garment for tho entrance of the head and arms. An In- dian wearing this single shirt reminds a traveler of the wandering Bedouins and the inhabitants of India. The pictur- esque head piece, adorned with beauti- ful feathers, has given away to the prosa- ic felt or straw hat. The brims of these hats are frequently ten inches wide, and the part that covers the head is covered with colored ribbons and glass pearls. A faithful moslem would at once recognize in these Indian hats a degenerate offspring of the saored turban. Shoes are not worn by the Indian; he usually travels barefoot or uses a pair of sandals, corresponding exactly tn those worn by the hospitable sons of th» Arabian desert. A woolen blanket, with a hole in the center, is owned by nearly all Indians inhabiting the temperate zone. This protects the bearer against stormy and cold weatlior and keeps him warm in the night. A very light portable mat and the blanket form the Indian's bed, on which he rests his tired limb3, while his brother in the far East is kneeling on a mat formed ex- actly like his, his face turned to Mecca and effering his morning prayer to Allah, the ruler of the rising sua. The women wear a blue or white cotton shirt and a blanket frequently interwoven with beautiful ara- besques, is tied around tho hip. In the hot regions the Indian women generally Wear no shirt at all, but only the blanket or blue petticoat. The hair is hanging down tbe back or is twisted into queues, whose ends are tied to the sash that holds the ptlt'.coat. Both sexes wear rosaries, on which a cross or an image of Borne saint is fastened around their necks and hanging down on the breast. Tne Indian women of Tehuantepec wear necklaces of small gold coins and are as proud of Iheir treasure as tho Bedouin maiden is of hers. The Indian's dwelling place is primitive and has the appearance of an immense bird cage, as it is usually constructed of reeds, the roof consisting of palm leaves or leaves of the agave. Windows are wanting, and he fresh air may easily pen- etrate into the lightly constructed edifice, whose door is generality constantly open without latch or lock. In tho mountain districts the Indian constructs his house of wood, and it resembles exactly the block- house in Canada or the far West. The interior of these huts consists gen-.rally of but one roem, whoso only decoration is a kind of family ah'ar, above which we are sure to find an image of one of the Holy Virgins, generally that of tho Vir- gin of Mount Carmel. The wall is often decorated with martyrs and saints. The table.if such a luxurious piece of furni- ture exists, is generally covered with pret- ty nosegays and other artistic arrange- ments of flowers. On the eve of great holidays a tallow candle is put on the al- tar and takes the place of tbe kitchen fire that on common week days furnishes light for the family, when the visit of some friend or tale-teiling stranger keeps its members from seeking their couch at an early hour. The kitchen utensils are the metate and the comal. Tho metate is a smooth stone about eighteen inches long, and serves to grind the Indian corn and- the coeoa nut. The comal -is an earthern vessel that serves to prepare the tortillas, A gourd bottle for water completes the Indian's movable property. lirealtc off Bail Habits. Understand the reason, and all the rea- sons, why the habit is injurious Study the subject until there is no lin- gering doabt in your mind. Avoid the places, the persons, and the thoughts that lead to temptation.' Keep busy; idleness is the strength of bad nabits. Do not give up she struggle when you have broken your resolution once, twice, a thousiigd times. That only shows how much need there is for you to strive. s When you have broken your resolution just think the matter over, and endeavor to understand why It was you failed, so that you may be on your guard against a re-occurrence of tbe same circumstan- ces. Do not think it any easy thing that you have undertaken. It is folly to expect to break off a habit in a day which may have been gathering strength in you for years. —Coke was invented i n 1627. —Padlocks were used as early as 1381,
