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NEW EEA.
JAS. RRCTEEiqpNn, Pablliher.
ONWARD AND UPWARD*
■URgCEiniOlftll.M hr Aim.
VOLUME II*.
DALLAS, PAULDING COUNTY, GA./THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1884.
NUMBER 12.
BDITORIAL
Bbadlacqu, who has'
l>y refusing to t4ke the oatli a»S taeuibur of the
British 1’arltiMint, hu been re-elected. V-'
Ik lSSOienneBBee ranked fourtfWth in the
list of iron-producing states, Alabama fifteenth,
and Virginia eUteonth. Iu three yeans ftPata
Tonnesaee stood ninth, Alabama tilth, end
1, Virginia levonth. f
, In thiuonntry ere only two ettablishmenta
yiddWiichAanon can fie made, tine is it South
iBoeton, Massachusetts,’and. the ithfr at West
roint, New York, DaetjjiwVorkB, which
have lain idle fifr'ttt 1 yearii^ are said to he fit to
comiwto tfrith foreign foundriesn>.
Between 1594»nd 1
three.Utes m.de a rapid galn^Tid^J "S* nnpreeedcnte^ptoportions, tln&htp-
— ”• . .. - ments exceeding 46,000 tons. Tlie quantity of
fertilizers manufactured in 1871 was. 22,589 .
was tf|gto;
put over tho jfflSef periodloalaa ci
initial letteraof yje cardinal poied,oi lueatectj „ n , T i
preas—N. E. W. B., indicating lntpIBgence '
from all quarters,'and tho nimm liewipaper
came to be applied to such periodicals.
Tim oil business has all grown tip within^Jh,
past twenty-four years. Xu I860 seventy barrels
ef oil glutted the market. Now tho world uses
shout 60,000 barrels a day. The amount of 0)1
produced > cuts in bo "toadil*. .iner*"?. 1 '"*'
•hahlvtV ni) * 1 yA.ii-> „.io
hut it is beginning to i* very evident that
nniess new oil fields are speedily discovered the
price of oil will go to a high figure.
country against drouth, and keep iU stream,
constantly flowing and its well consUntly full.
Out down the trees and the moisture of the
showers passes rapidly off from the surface and
hastens to lake! and ocean.
Tan great Pnoaphato industries of South
. Carolina are looming up wonderfully. In olude
the business in February
THE WORLD’S NEWS,
Eastern and Middle Itetea.
New York has been snrondod in
densest fog which has prevailed' there for
tout, which increased the next year to 37,tUT,
tons, and in 1878 to 56,298. The next year tlMt
w,s a slight ralUng.oQi and tlie previottx IgtW
was not exceeded until 1879, when tlie product
reached 60,000 tqps. The prodi; 1 since then
has beau, as follows: 1880, 80,000 to; s ; 1831,
“ j 1882, |02,t90 tons; 1889, U2,4Q4
1884 Mp|. Willis estimate tlie pro- ( inra" neswary.'
,000 tens. Me product of’tlie mines others addressed
■om'Jmsot, 1876j£lhy 31, 1877, Was 103,220
■ “ _ ts may tops, tyhieh
was not fexceedeu unnTlSShlt^Wlii'n it readied
332,077 tons, ft82-83, it was 855,33Molfc,,ftotn
June 1,)883, to Jaitisry 31, 1884; Jt wts
tons. Nfw fields are being opened end wnHu%
afftl tfso ‘factories in every iusiance have been
well kept up and aro now in first-olasa order.
Mrs. Fabraout, tho widow of Admiral Farra-
gut, receives in pension money 85,000 a year.
Tliere aro 20 caacs where tlio widows of Gen-
erals receive 850 a month, and 20 widows of
naval officers aro so rewarded also. Borne of
tlie widows receive as high as 8100 a month,
wliilo others are given 830 ouiy. The rate al
lowed by tho goneral law is 830, and the 100
eases where pensioners are paid more are cov
ered by special legislation.
Acoounaso to tlio consus of 1880, tlie total
number of persons of both sexes reported, as
pursuing gainful vocation* was If,392,099, dis-
tributcdfcmong four great classes of Ooeupui
tiuns, as follows:
, Male. Female.
Agriculture 7,075,983 594,510
Professional and personal v v
Hcrvio s 2,712,942 l,flOl,*W
Trade and tranaportatian. 1,750,892 59,304
Manufacturing, mechani
cal amlnnniug 3,205,124 C31,W8
?riHARY% ctedltes -
Nouatc*
Mr. Hale, from tho committed on naval
affairs, reported unfavorable aniflMtod the
mnofmte postponoment of r the. Joyit resolu*
A vnoFEBiiioNAii ventriloquist recently ad
mitted to it reporter that ventriloquism wa«
. ...as.f5 Mit aTnmbug. It is generally thought
that the ventriloquist throws his voice in ordor
to make it appear to come from different direc
tions This is all an illusion, The only thing
requisite is to deceive tho oar. It is well
known that the qrgttn it* aingularly inaccurate
in determining the direction from which a
sound proceeds. Tho vontriloquist takes ad
vantage of this and by a little juggerly pro
duces the illusion. Ho gives to his voice such
intonations as convey to the andienco the im
pression of sounds heard from some particular
point at a greater distance. He directs at the
same time the attention of his hearers to the
point from which the sound is to como, and
thus controls their imagination.
Tlio different kinds of dyo woods used in this
country are logwood and fustic, from tho West
Indies; limn, from the shores of the Pacific,
and the 1 urand cam woods from Africa. The
vrr\ da mentioned, with the exception of fustic,
N.hich is yellow, are red, but of various shades.
The sapponia wood, which is a delicate pink,
comes from the East Indies. The costs of the
woods in the rough are, according to the Provi
dence Journal, as follows : Logwood, from $20
to $25 a ton ; tho red woods, from $40 to $70 a
ton, kpPthc cam wood about $150 a ton. Tho
.-latter wood comes from tho interior of Africa,
costk^lbnsiderable for transportation and is
becoming scarce. Cam wood is used mostly
by woolen manufacturers in making thoirdyes.
Tho wood is drawn to tho markets in Africa by
slaves, and very frequently staples and chains
are found attached to the logs when they ar
rive in this city, and poisonous insects of that
dime are often found in the hollows of the
wood, which are speedily killed.
Mil. 8. It. Cockrill, senior vice-president of
the Cotton Planters’ association, has made a
number of interesting suggestions to Director
General Burke, of the New Orleans exposition.
Mr. Cockrill wants a premium of 800 bales of
cotton offered for a cotton picker with iron
fingers, so constructed that human fingers can
be dispensed with. Under tho hfpr system, of
tlio 5,000,000 negroes in the south, one-half will
go to work in tlie cotton mills and the other
half will plant, clear lands and sow grass.
This progressive cotton man-concludes by jaw
ing that the basis of a great south is “a cotton
bank in the cotton belt; cotton mills amid cot
ton fields ; cotton planters’ motto ‘The cotton
picker opens the way for the mills.” The
cranky part of Mi*. Cockrill’s letters is his sug-
tion that half of the negro population should
be employed in the cotton mills. This is not
likely to come to pass for some time.
bees offered a - evolution directing
the secretary of the interior to withhold ap
proval of soleotions of lands made by the
Northern Pacific Railroad company within
certain indemnity limits... .The Henate con
sidered the McPherson banking bill and Mr.
Bayard delivered an addrew in its supports
Mr. Sawyer called up tho bill recently
reported from the committee on post-
offices an 1 post roads, making all public
rood* and highways post rontes, and after
pome amendment it was passed.... A resolu-
tion was agreed t*> directing the committee ou
finance to ©oneider the expediency of provid
ing by general legislation for the change of
names of national banks, and to report by
bill or otherwise at the present session....
Mr. Logan fptrndueod a bill to provide that
lAnkias honorably discharged from the mili
tary or na*al service of the United 8tales
shall be preferred for appointment .to civil
offices, prpvjilfjdrt^lfx are found to ''possess
the neffWiary'imBlness capacity.
The Senate spent most of a day again die*
cussing Mr. McPherson’s National Bank
Note bill and" tho proposed amendments to
it. . Mr/4%lWib sgaftMbrhill. He
earn (He liEt&Ruu defifofiioftlaUo*pulifoff as”
soon as possible, and what was wanted was
something to take tbs place of the bank cir-
Ifttion as it wad withdrawn from time to
time. He offered an amendment pro
viding for the issuing of treasury note* to
take the place of the circulation of tho banks
as it is surrendered. Mr. Sherman's amend
ment. providing that if any of the bonds de
posited bore interest higher than ttunee j**r
cent, additional notes should be issued equal
to one-half the interest in excess of the three
per cent accruing before maturity, was voted
down, 42 nays to 7 yeas.
House
The late William Cffllen Bryant made a strong
plea a score of years ago for the preservation
of our forests. The poet called the attention
of his readers and of the government to the
- - atal results which follow the stripping of a
^country of its forestB. In all woodlands nature
. yhas provided for retaining the moisture of
-/ Tains. f ,The earth under the trees is covered
with a thick carpeting of fallen leaves, which
prevent the water from passing immediately
ints the streams and hurrying to the sea. Part
of the moisture thus confined makes its way
slowly into tho veins of the earth, rises in
springs and runs off in rivulets ; part is gradn*
ally drawn up by the rootlets of the trees, and
given off to the air from the leaves to form the
vapors which are afterwards condensed into
The Senate bill for the construction of a
building for the library of Congress was
taken from the Speaker's table ana referred
to the committee on the library.... The
House resumed consideration of tho con
tested eleotion case of Chalmers against
Manning. A debate ensued, but tio action
was taken.
The House resumed the debate on the
Mississippi contested election cose of Chal
mers against Munning. The monotony of
the proceedings was broken by Mr. Curtin,
who took Mr. Manning by the arm, led
him to the bar of the House, and demanded
that he be sworn as a member. Mr. Cal
kins raised a point of order, but the speaker
said there was no necessity for deciding
such a question, as the chair would not
undertake to administer the oath of office
to a person claiming to lie a member elect,
when the House itself was considering his
light to the seat.' Tho minority resolution,
declaring Manning’s credentials to be per
fect. was rejected, HO to 10(5. The majority
resolution, discharging the committee on
elections from consideration of the prima
facie case, and leaving the seat vacant uutil
the case was decided on its merits, was then
adopted. ^
Foreign,
Seven persons out in a pleasure boat at
Dundee, Scotland, were drowned.
English troops have been ordered to tho
Red Sea ports, to defend them against El
Malidi’s rebels.
Two mandarins have been executed for
instigating tlie recent massacre of Christians
in Tonquin.
Mexico wants 10,000 feet of spaco in the
main building at the coming New Orleans
exposition, and 12.1,000 feet outside for the
Mexican garden, the building for the Mexi
can commission, and for a camping ground
lor a Daicaiion or Mexican Troops. uver,
f.200,000 has been appropriated by the Mexi
cans, who will send a magnificent band of
music aus and a corps of cadets.
Several persons were drowned, and an
immense pecuniary loss was sustained by a
w'atersjiout in Arequipa, Peru, and its en*
virons.
meeting denunciatory of the British govern-*
ment’s policy in Egypt.
Two members of the French chamber of
deputies have just fought a duel, one receiv
ing a wound in the knee.
El Mahdi’s forces have evacuated their
position teii miles from Kuakim. At Sinkat
they killed 200 women and a number of
children. El Mabdi recently sent two mol-
lahs to tho ruler of the Kafa province, at
the source of the Blue Nile, to order nim
and his subjects to renounce fetish worship
and embrace Islandsm. Tho mollahs, after
they had delivered El Mahdi’s orders, were
strangled by the natives
Mother (to governess)—“Come, work
the children out of the room:; my doctor
is coming.” Little Dai^hter—“Oh,
mamma, let us stay hero. We want
to Mother—“Well, what do you
■want ?” Little Daughter— ‘ ‘ Why, you
| know, papa always says the doctor leads
you about by the nose, and we want to
showers. Xhua forests undoubtedly protect a . see him do it,"—Forei a n Fun,
AN OLD SOLDIER'S STORY.
Tlie low aoliool-liotiso stood in a green Wabash
wood,
Lookin' out on long levels of com like nwa—
f' A little log-house, haul benches, and we,
venre . Navigation on the kvara vfcs aliWyt^ bare-foSled boy., and rough ’nna.jmftatf
entirely suspendnd and bualheas war Very C In hue witli tlio gala, and tried to gorUbaa
tnuch impeded.' i At spellin’ each day wlion tho lesaoua wai
t, Thk mining village of Olypbaut, Penn., f , said. *
panh’-stneketi bva and ten rise in the |
kawanna rim, which lloode 1 Ujf Jow; jj {tat one, Bally Dean, mi, IxStiy and green »
A. green corn bt tlio milk, atOod tart at. the
foot— w ’ •
Btood day after day, as if he’d been pnt
A soldier ou guard there, did poor Bally Dean
And stupid I God made him so stupid I
doubt— v
But I guess God who made ns kuowi what
llo'a about. *
Uo’d a long way to walk. But he wouldn’t
onco talk
Uf that, nur tlio chores for bis mother who’
streets and suniriacd
los in thoir houses. Tlie
lldron were removed to a place of safety
on the backs of the miners, who waded at
great peril through tlie swift currant tliat
was making its wny along the streets. A
girl of seventeen years wai drowned.
A I.AHUK meeting was held in New York
in favor of tho bill giving tlie mayor the
light to nominate publio officers without
making confirmation by the board of alder-
William M. Evarts and
the meeting.
Arssuhi.ymaw Kooskvei.t, of New
city, a prominent member of the 8tat#
Xatuie, hak suffered m double borea'
hie kolbed and wife dying at his reel
on Ws-sauie day, the wife having just be
come n mother.
t if ary Byhnc When ten years old was run
ovqy by a train afcTroy, N, Y., and lost a ley.
Tlie flase wa* begun fourteen *■— ""
• verdict hi her favor for 87,5
S TtiAbS. Aw.nv, of OhlehcsVr. N. the war struok tho land I Why, that
qua. riled with 111. wife uuu rut ^ *-•- ■»# liarofootcd band
*‘~1 J ' * It Just nailed up that door; aud the very next
\ . lay
shakln’ at homo.
years Sr , a- J
J has Just boon
Still, day after day
Me stood at tho foot till tlie class ’gku to mock!
'Tlicn to master ho plead, "Ob, I’d like to go
> head."
: Now it wasn’t so much, but the way It was
» ’ said.
as w ell as his own, hilling her nnd inflicting,
a'fetal wound ujion himself.
Wkndkll Pultun’ will leaves hia prop
erty. aggregating In value about $250,000, to
his'wife and adopted daughter.
South und Weal
A oanu of nine counterfeiters were ar
rested by, United States Secret service offi
cers at liouisvllle, Ky
AnouT 25,000 persona In Cincinnati and
tlie adjacent town* of Covington and New
port were renderel homeless by tho flood.
■ In a dispatch from the mayor of Galli-
nolis, Ohio, to the mayor of New York, tell
ing of tho destitution which prevails in the
submerged region, nnd asking for relief, the
dander says: “At least 2,OK) houses have
been swept away or damaged to suoh an ex-
bent as to bo uuinhabilamo after the flood
ban, sub ided. It iu tor those unfortunate
p»oplo that we appeal for help. The fanners
have 1 -st largely of their horses aud cattle
and nearly all their grain and feed, aud all
their fencing; tho merchants and manufac
turers their stocks; the mechanics are thrown
tut of employment; coal mines and salt
Works aro fluodod, and everythin? is deso
late fudeed. It'will be weeks, months, be-
•fore imsinesH can be resumed, and help will
t>e needjtitong after the waters have gone
down.’ r
Governor Knott has issued a proclama
tion to the people of Kentucky calliug upon
x. _ .... - |jr—* *—*
<i»y.
I With master for Cap’en, went marchin’
away; • .
And Dally tho butt of tho wliolo Wabash band!
Bui ho boro with it all, yet once firmly said,
t “When 1 get back home, I’m agoin’ up
hqad!”
Oh, that school-house that stood in the wild
Wabash wood I ’
The rank woods wore growin Vv Uke ghosts
through tho floor. !
Tlie squirrels hulled nuts on tho Bill of tho
door.
And tho gals stood in groups scrapin’ lint
whore they stood.
And wo boys! How wo sighed; how we siok-
oued and died
For tho days tliat had been, for a placo at
thoir side.
Then ouo feveroraEed and his hotter sonso
taxed
Aud dulled with heart-sickness all duty for
got ;
Deserted, was taken, condemned to bo shot 1
Ar 1 Bally Doan, guardin' his comrade half
crazed,
them to Bill the JW) sufferer, by priy^gv*-,., ,g»v jTtan^ up ami down while lie slept where
THOSE LITTLE SARDINES.
A liAftUK PROPORTION OP TflRltl PUT
UP IN THE UNITED NT ATEN.
Ifnw Nmall Herrin* are Itlade in Resemble
the Famous Lillie French Fish.
. . ,
Kentucky logisln' ure appropriated $25,000 ^
for tho relief of the sufferers.
A frightful catastrophe, the result of
the flood, occurred at Cincinnati. Ab .ut 4
o’clock a. M. a terrible crash was hoard at
the corner of Pearl and Ludlow streets, in
the flooded district. It was found that tho
roar jmrtsof four brick buildings, which had
been undermined by tho waters, had fallen.
The scene which followed the crash was one
of horror. Men wore shouting and women
ami chi Idron were screaming for help. Boon
several Imats arrived, and tue boatmen, with
the aid of lanterns, began to rescue the in
mates of the house*. About fifty people were
taken cut of the wrecked buildings. Ten
persons were crushed to death iu the ruins.
Steamers with supplies of food and cloth
ing have been sent by the government along
tho t )hlo and tributaries to relieve the ne
cessities of the Buflerers by the floods.
Colonel Hunt, u lnillioua re lumberman
of Michigan, Ims just died, aud being a lover
of humorists and immorous books, of which
he had accumulated a large numlier, he has
left $5,000 each to the mother of Artemus
Ward, to Eli Perkins and to Josh Billings.
Waahlngton*
The court of inquiry into the low of tlie
Proteus, tho vessel sent by the United States
to the relief of the Greely ex|>odition in the
Arctic regions, has ma le its report. The
report states that, Lieutenant Garlington,
cornu under of the Proteus, committed
various errors of judgment, and that Chief
Siena! Officer Haxon, who su| erintended the
lilting out of the I rote us exixediUon, did not
fully comprehend the neeoCities of the case;
at the same time the court is of opinion that
no further proceedings before n general court
martial are called for.
The United States Senate commit
tee of investigation into alleged political out
rages in « opi ih county, Miss., arrived at
New Orleans and examined witnesses.
Further confirmations by the Henate:
Comm More Edward Simpson to be rear-ad
miral iu the navy; Edward H. Stevens to be
consul at Victoria; Francis A. Osgood to bo
collector of customs for the district of Mar
blehead: Albert Schunemann, of Denver, to
he receiver of public moneys at Prescott,
Arizona.
In i ccordance with the recommendation
of Secretary Foiger, tho President has di
rected the promotion of Lieutenant Rhodes,
of the revenue cutter Dexter, for gallant
and meritorious conduct ou the occasion of
the City of Columbus disaster.
The President bus approved tho joint reso
lution authorizing the sending of an expedi
tion to the relief of Greely.
Witnesses testified before tho Senate
committee of investigation concerning tho
election troublo between whites and blacks
at Danville, Va.
A Washington dispatch says the opinion
is gaining ground that it will not be possible
for Congre s to adjourn before August.
Another sum of $200,000 was added by
joint resolution of Congress to the $200,000
already appropriated for the relief of the
Ohio flood sufferers.
Secretary Folger, acting for the Presi
dent, has accepted the resignation of Mr.
John C. New as assistant secretary of the
treasury.
The secretary of the treasury has issued
an order thanking the officers and men of
the revenue cutter Dexter for their bravery
during the City of Columbus disaster, and
advancing Second-Lieutenant Rhodes twen
ty-one nr tiers in his grade.
Turtles.—it tages about a dozen av
erage turtles to furnish one quart of the
famous green fat so highly esteemed bv
gourmands, and as it is only found at all
during certain seasons in the year, the
$10 per quart charged by the English
dealers may not be considered so high a
price.
Homebody sent the bookkeeper a
present, marked: . “A pair of moccasins
for the adder.’*
iic’ar** rv.
in the tent waitin’ death at tho first flush of
day.
And Bally Dean thought of tho boy to ho shot,
Of the fair girl ho loved in tho woods far
away;
Of the true lovo that grow like a rod rooo of
May ( .
Anil lie stopped where lie stood, and ho
thought and ho thought.
Tlion a sudden star full, ahootln’ on over
head,
And lie know that hia mother beckoned on to
tlio dead.
And ho said what Iiavo I? Though I livo
though I die,
Who shall care for mo now ? Then tlio dull
inufiled drum
Utrnck his ear, and ho know that tlio master
had oomo
With tho squad. And ho passed in tho tent
with a sigh,
And tlio doomed lad orept forth, and tho
drowsy squad led
With low trailin’ guns to the march of tho
dead.
Then with face turned away tow’rd a dim
streak of day,
And ids voice full of tears tho poor bowed
master said,
As ho fell on his knees anil uncovered ills
head:
"Gome, boys, it is school time, let us all pray.”
And we prayed. And the lad by the coffin
alono
Was tenrlest, was silont, was still as a stone.
"In line," master said, and ho stood at tho
head ;
But he couldn't speak now. Bo he drew out
liis sword
And dropped the point low for tho last fata
word.
then tlio rifles rang out, and a soldier fell
dead!
The master sprang forward. "Orest
Heaven !" he said, 4
“It iB Bally, poor Bally, and he's gone up
head!"
Joaquin Milleii.
A lint her Old use Young Man.
YOiing Terry Abbott in tho champion
dull young man of Austin. Ho cannot
bo induced to take a hint. No matter
how rudely lie is treated, he fails to
perceive it.
A few days ago lie said tliat ho was
going to call at tho Wileott mansion,
tliat lie owned the ladies there an
apology.
“What for?” asked a friend who hap
pened to he present.
“It did not occur to me until just now,
but I disturbed them a fow days ago,
and I ought to apologize."
“How did it happen?"
“Well, you see I went there, nnd rnng
the bell for fifteen minutes, but nobody
came to the. door. At lust one of tho
young ladies came and said :
“ ‘Ho it is only you, is it? We thought
it was a tramp,’ and then she shut tho
door in my face. I feel sorry that I dis
appointed them, and I would like to tell
them so.”
Arid he said this without the slightest
intention of beincr sarcastic.— Texan
Siflinijn,
An evil thought in the heart of a mao
who has a heart ia about as troublesome
as a wasp in the ear.
’ Nine-tenths of the sardines consumed
Jn tho United States come from Maine.
Very few of tUo re»l French flsh aro im
ported" now. These Yankee sardines are
nothing but small herriug pat up in
boxee with gaudy laliels and French in-
spriptions. In Eastport there are nine
teen places where they turn out sardines,
besides three at Lubeo, two at Joncsport,
and ono each at Milihridge, Lamoine,
and Robblnaton. In 1870-n New York
firm did n .lucrative business paoking
“Russian sardines'* ip Eastport. These
-were little herring paoked in email
wooden kegs atad preserved with spices
of different kinds. It ooonrred to ono
member of tho firm that these little Ish
might bo utilized to better advantage
by cooking them and paoking them In
olive oil, like the French sardines. The
experiment had lieeu tried several years
before without success. The diffionlty
was to eradicate the taste of the herring.
ThiB gave rise to the couplet:
Yon may aplco and may call it sardines If yon
But the teate of tlio herring will cling to it still.
It was easy to oook the herring, paok
them in olive oil in tin cans, and seal
them air tight, but when they were
opened they had not the rich, spicy
flavor of the regular Frenoh sardines.
After a great many experiments, one of
the manufacturers succeeded in produc
ing a mixture of oils and spices which
removed the difficulty,
The herring twod for making sardines
aro about four indies long, and are
taken in pent quantities along the
Maiue and Now Brunswick ooast. They
con be bought of the fishermen for
about $5 a hogshead, although when
tlie fish are soaroo, os they often are in
the spring, they bring oh much os $15 e
hogshead. To catoli the flsh small trees
or brush are thrust into the sandy bot
tom of the sea, arranged in a lino run
ning out from the shore some 75 or 100
foot and then onrved back like a horse
shoe. Inside this trap is a net. When
tlie tide is falliug the net is raised, and
tho fish are taken out with huge scoop
nets. Tho catch ia always very uncertain;
^‘•’—•e At'Uf n ' itnKol rite fte-O ~"'vWk.
takou, and often etf many iGC tioguV as
to endanger the nut.
There lit another way of capturing the
flsh. Horring, like mackerel, go in
schools, ami, for somo reason, always
follow a light. Two or throe fishermen
provide themselves with torohes made of
cotton batting Maturated with kerosene,
and on dark nights row along the shores
with a torch in the bow of the bout.
Wheu a school is found the herring dart
after the boat, coming so closo that they
are dipped up in nets attached to short
poles.
After being captured the flsh are taken
immediately to the fuotory and laid iu
hea]>s upou long tallies. The first thing
is to deonpitate aud clean the fish. Thu
dexterity with which this operation is
performed by tho children who are em
ployed is remarkable. On an average
seventy-five fish are cleaned and decapi
tated every minute by each child. Both
operations are performed with one stroke
of a sharp knife. A box holding about
a bushel lies at tlie feet of each oper
ator, and as the cleaning is completed
the UhIi slides into this box. The pay
for this work is ten cents per box, aud
some of the children make a dollar and
n half a day.
After being washed tho herrings arc
f iickled for half an hour, and are then
aid upon trays and placed in a large
drying-room heated by steam. After the
fish are dry they are thrown into large,
shallow pans of boiling oil and thorough
ly cooked. They aro then packed in tin
mixes by girls and women, and in eooh
box is ponred a qnantity oi the patent
mixture of oils aud spices. Covers are
then fitted to the boxes and sealed on
by men. As air must be excluded, the
cans, whan sealed, are placed in a tank
of boiling water where they remain half
an hour, and are then removed and
placed on an inclined plane so that the
air inside rushes to one corner of the
box. Tills corner is punctured with an
awl, the hot air eseaiies, and the can is
made air-tight by a drop of solder. The
boxes are then ornamented with attrac
tive French labels. The oil used is cot
tonseed oil, such as is made in South
Carolina. Tt is not always the best
quality of oil. Tho best oil, however, is
used for the fish sold as “prime."
There are prepared at these factories
other varieties of fish known as “mus
tards,” “moranecs,” and “sea trout.”
The mustards are prepared like the sar
dines until they ore pat in the cans.
They are packed in a preparation mode
of mustard, viuegar and oil, with a
noupcon of spice. The mustards are
larger flsh than the sordines. The ms-
ranees are packed in a sauce modo of
vinegar, spices, lemon, and sugar, and
the sea trout are large herring put up in
oval boxes with still another sauoe.
Almost the entire product of these fac
tories is shipped to New York, whence it
is sold to retailers all through the coun
try. One of the Lubeo houses preparce
about 4,200 boxes a day. The actual
oost per box, including all expenses, is
about five cents. Tlie profit made by
the packers is from five to seven cents.
The difference between these priocs and
what the consumer pays for tho flsli st
the grocery goes into the pockets of the
groceryman.
Riches lake to themselves wings
when they are iu the form of eagles.
r THE JOKER’S BUDGET.
WHAT WK riNn TO M.WH.R OVRK ■»
THK IIIIMOKOBH PAFKHM.
THW SONG.
A Tribune attache yesterday heard a
skilled vocalist sing "Walt Till the
Clouds Roll By.” fine rendered it;
“Wah tali the claw raw baw, Jawy;
Wall tali the (flaw raw baw;
Jawv, ma aw traw law wah, •
Wall tab the claw raw baw."
And then she smiled so aweetly and
broadly over the well-merited applatue
that the corners of her month held a so
ciable on the back of her neek.—Bit-
march Tribune.
S T 0f> 8,AT9
Jher," said the youngest sporting
mo* • of the family, "there ain't
not ,, TT ’.ifat Maud ft, is they?"
< CUNNLuVt i.Mr. Wiggleaworth.
“A i. Replied Mr. Wigglea
worth, ulus light aud airy toneh at
humor. "A tramp heat* everything and
everybody."
“I know one thing he don’t beatf” re
marked Mrs. Wiggleeworth.
“What’s that?” queried her husband
in mild srnprise.
"A carpet," returned Mrs. Wiggles
worth ; “you ffiW't ever get a tramp
beat a carpet”
A DRYGOODS CLXRX.
"Yes, papa," said Beryl. “I am in lovo
—nay, more than that, I have plighted
my troth."
“How muoh did you get on it ? asked
the banker.
“Yon misunderstand me, replied
Beryl. “1 have pledged myself to be
come the bride of the only man I can
over love—Arthur Ainslelgh.”
“What 1" almost shouted the banker,
"that drygoods clerk?”
“Yes," was the reply, to clear, reso
nant tones. “I love him, and, despite
your Hiioen, I shall marry him.* It is no
orimo for a man to be a drygoods start.
"No,” said Mr. Setbaok, thoughtfully,
“but it ought to be.”—CMoogo Timtt,
NOTHING HUT A CLUB WIT.U no IT.
A big clock hangs aliove the head oi
the ticket agent at the 125th street sta
tion of the Third avenue elevated road ,
AjjJacard on the pen^riom S»»>k* V "V»
sir ! I am rigur.' ^
A passenger gaaed at It Vcoterday ahu" .
started lo inquire “What la—- ?"
Rut tlio agent cut him short and
yelled:
“That’s there to keep people from
asking if that’s tho right time. Ques
tions used to average from 100 to 600 a
day. Now twice as many ask what the
placard's for, awl tho thing’s worae thou
over. Keeps mu talking nearly all day.”
—New Yurk Sun.
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.
Do wise man an' de fool doan qnorrel,
but two fools or two wise men kaiu't get
along so well,
Du man wlint marries a 'oman ’case
she’s got more sonso den he has is neber
allowed tor lose sight o’ da fock.
De chile da t too room shows signs o’
smartness doan turn ontterbe de smart
est man. De fust cotton dat opens is
nelicr de bos'.
Ebon 'mong do animals ’pearnnecs
makes a difference, fur ef do blackbird
bad bright feathers in his wing we'd
think dut bis song was mnoh sweeter.
De gigglin’ girl generally turns out ter
be de woman what doan laff much, an’
lemmo tell yer, mnrridge an’ a lot o’
eliillun will take de chuckle ou ten de nios’
o’ ’em.
Do fox is not, only smart, bnt he is de
mos' pel licular o' all de animals. He is
mighty playful, but he nebbergetso fur
los' iu do persuito’ his pleasure dat he
neglccks bis business; an’ as soon os he
stops playin' lie is so mighty unnnin’ dat
yer wonld'tink flat he nebber paid any
'tention ter froliek. De coon has also
gut Home fun in him, but it is a sort o’
(lull an’ oberfed kine o’ sport, fur he
nebber plays till arter be eats an’ orter
liogots thro’, w’y he’s dun eat so much
ilnt ho doan fed mnoh like caperin'
'romT.—A rkansn» 'JYaveler.
AN EDUCATED GENTLEMAN.
“Dis is de fouf anavers’y o’ my mar
riage, ’’ said an old negro.
“How many times is yer been mar
ried ?” asked an acquaintance.
“Ef dis is de fouf anavers’y, o' co'se
I’se been married fo’ times. I'se heard
(le white fokes say dat it (loon do no
good tor edyente de nigger, an' now l
b’loves it. Heali yer is dun gone ter
school an’ got a good edycation an’ doan
nn’erstan’ ’rithmetic yet I’se ashamed
o’ yer, sab.”
“Uncle Ben," replied the acquain
tance, “I neber went ter school much
an’ I kuin’t talk zackly proper, tint
blame ef I uiu’t got mo’ sense ’bout aicti
matters dan yerse’f has. De annnvers’y
o’ a marriage doan mean how often a
man’s been married.”
“What do it mean den?"
“Why, it means liow long. Ansvers'y
moans year, an’ is tuck from de Latin.
Auu means married, nn’ vers'y means
year, an’ da bof when put togedder
means married year. ”
“Wall, chile, yer must 'scuse me.
’Fore de Lawd I didn’t know yer had so
much 'ligh’enment. When yer sets up
a school, dinged ef 1 (loan sen' my Chil
ian ter yer, for I’se lamed mo’ frnm yer
in fifteen minits den Ieberknowed befo’.
I ken stnn’ mos’ anything, but when a
man draws out de En’lish an’ de Latin
on me, I’se bleeged ter gin up den mu’
dor. I thanks yer tor de toflimation, ”—
Arkantaw Traveler.