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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1886)
nr 1 h' Y ENTE’Hl* ili * R 3 J\1U I > •r I . A, J HABP, Publisher. j MAN’S PERILOUS FEAT. piSStsa TH novo li THE Mi 0.4 HA Jt A PI US IV A IS ill Kir.. Tlio l)nn«ermi» ITuIitiiiIiIiiv Hnfely Acroui- ultetu'il With ii Mule ( otuptuiloii. For tho first time, as far as is known, a woman has gone safely through the whirl- pool rapid* at Niagara Falls. Her only pro¬ tection from the rocks uiui wavos was a tor¬ pedo-shaped barrel, in which was also a male navigator. Tho craft used was the ouo in which Butts and Hazlett made the passage on August 8, and George Ha :lett was the companion of Mis; Snln Allen, who bellied repent that feat. The cask Is cigar-shaped, ten feet long by three in diameter, and has a double head, tho prow being like a battoiiir; ram, Hazlett, Potts ami a number of friends, together with Miss Allen and some lady ac¬ quaintances, 27th. ramo to The Niagara Falls on the sight of tbo adventuresome girl ts eighteen years oil, plump, hands -me, an d a brunette. Her hair, whit li is of luxurious growth, is almost black. She lives with the family of John Beullv, a foreman forth# West .flora Rail'oad in Buf¬ falo, She is an who orpbau, previously an l her made sister tiro is tho wife of Potts, the Falls before, trip. Sadie had never soon and laughed at the idea that there was any danger. Sho laughed merrily with Mrs. when Scully, at 2 i\ m. ou the 2-ith she went her sistor, Mrs. Potts. Mrs. Pa uuel Hazlett aud others to the old Maid of tho Mist landing near the Tho barrel had been ballasted with 500 pounds It of sand, and care was taken to make water tight. At 2:25 ail was ready and the women bade Sadie good-by as she stepped from the dock on to tho bar¬ rel and slid through tho turret. Sho wore a dark woolen suit. Hazlett quickly disappeared steady in the the barrel and arranged He some ropes heavy to flannel shirts, occupants. tiowsers, and wore Scotch two a cap. Besides the rope there were iron han¬ dles to aid in steadying the oci upants. “I’m all right,” said Miss Allen, laughing. “There’s not so much danger as you think." Then the queer craft was towed by Elmer Jones and John Keating down toward the head of the rapids. On tho way Sadie put her head out aud * talked with the oarsmen. When near tbo cantilever bridge the turret top was screwed on and a few moments later the first rapids were reached. So close was the boat that its occupants narrowly es aped going the through torpedo the with gorge, its freight It was 2:5(5 whirled p. m. when was side ways into the breakers aud began tho wild but 'SSSS.’Sri—I, the waves wore higher than usual, a" the tiuy craft seamed t > bo dashing on to de- stru tion. “If there ara any rocks there,” said old river them." neu, “that But thing tho bar- will rel go to pieces hurled ou along from to was wave wave, occasionally turned m clouds or foam and sometimes completely throwu from the water. In three minutes the last roller shot the barrel into tho whirlpool. There it circled round a little and then tho out r cur- roat carried the craft into the lower whirl¬ pool When or Devil’s torpedo Rapids. circled into, the the out second series, or Devil s Hnpals. it received fresh impetus, and was hurled about on top of the waves like a feather. When near the little maelstrom, below Thomps m's fats, where Swimmer Scott was killed trying to emulate Captain R ebb, tho crad was tossed into an «,ldy on the Canadian side. There it was gently tossod around for three quarters of an hour, until a man with a rope las oed it and palled llazlett it ashore. and Miss Allen got out quickly as as possible. He was all right, hut she wa, climb SSSStfXJFS; along the rocky shore around *28 was to the inclined railway at the entrance tj the whirlpool. This took some time, when the party* reachad^Niagara FanYlt was later when other fronds and a cart load of reporters drove back from Lewiston, whore they had beou waiting iu vain fo.* tho craft to come. Miss Allen, in conversation with a Sun ro- porter, said that the worst part of the trip was “Were the sickness .-he experienced. 1 you not scare f” “I was not a bit afraid. T hung on believe tightly, and it did not seem l.,u 1 dou t we struck any ro ks. ” The girl seems inclined 1 1 make light She < >f tho danger and hardships of the voyage. falo, bat was not well enough to return to llu o’clock train 1. t companion, Ha dett, to zk the l> for home. He said: 1 The trip was much worse than tho first one. The water was rougher, aud, while we did not strike any rocks, the shocks were se¬ vere. Miss Allen is a brave girl with and h ma tint le no outcry. I made a bet of # > -r she would scream before we got out, bat sho won tho wager.” P0ST0FFICE REPORTS. I'be Annual Humniiri a* Prauonted by l*o»t- ■lastcr-Ueuerftl Vila*. Tbs reportof Postmaster-General Vilas fo' tho past fiscal year has just been published In introducing it Mr. Vilas points out that the mileage of mail transportation ex- ceeded by more than 125,000,000 tho service rendered to any other Government, and the letters mailed were 100 , 01 ) 0,000 more than in Great Britain, long the leading letter writing morals. Sixteen postmasters were arrested for fraud, and 300 or 400 are undergoing iu- in- veetigatiou. By vigilance on the part of ipectors, 478,575.00 has been reclaimed by the government as wrongfully taken. The frce-delivery system has been ex- crease of 483 , making the total 4,841. Tho cost was $4,312,“0J.50. an increase of 4320,- of 354.15, or 8.is nor cent. Tbo number Ml. 'increase local 04,«£ The amount of post ago on mattor was 45,830,242.97, an excess over the cost of the sarvica of 41,526.030.27. M»r. Vilas re- peals his recommendation that the servico do oxtendod to p’aces of 10,000 inhabitants, or tlOJ'Oi) Tho gross annual revenue. tended to Money 801 additional Order System offices, has and been during ex¬ theyear orders tlwro were issued 7,940,302 domeslio for nearly $114,000,000 ; 5,990,428 po>- talnofcs, national for $11,718,000, and 493,423 The inter¬ total set orders, into (or ¥7,178,780.31. $350,551.81'. i Tho reveauo Special Delivery tho Treasury Hervice, was Mr. Vilas wysflasbeea but hampered by its limitations, rsasasa.- 484,784.82 has b-en spent for it, a gross <■»««».» improved. tion. Mr. Vilas says, beyond expecta- For instance, the total oxer so of cost over revenue was 48 254,167.53. lnls85tho total excess was 48,321,6th*>.70. The estimate of the revenue for thscoming ycar is 447,312,710.83. The appropriations f)1 year exeluaivo of tho . ost of the JP«cial $13)53,152.42. delivery service exceed this sum by 59'Ui 034 nato ? rovonue for 18i8 is Tfl'Tr ^40; and j probsble disbursements, . $55,84 i,- The report speaks in favorable term* of the letter shoot envelopes. The deal letter year 5,028,745 pieces during tho When th« fiscal year 1886 closed, the post ottos of the United States numbered 53,014, wsides 497 branch offices or stations. SA M JONES’ OMAHA CAMPAIGN. l'airin .-- l08C oll hi8 thre ° aT C TJ mehin i - lm v Monda 1 y- At J’ V hl3 C lilst 4‘ a - Uconrff^ 11 ef f ° r hlS b ° me W - {,», to * take a rest. . THE SOUTHERN STATES. NEWSY ITEM8 'GATHERED UP IN PARAGRAPHS. OEOltOIA. machine Miiledgeville shop. is to have u foundry and a Bears aro plentiful iu the swamps a few miles front Darien. A little over 10,000 l aics of cotton has been marketed iu Eatonton tills full. Judge Willis A. llawkins died at his home in Americas Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. All the business houses in towu were closed from 2 to 5 o’clock. Information to the effect that a syndi¬ cate, with one million dollars, lms born formed in New York for the purpose of establishing lino an iron furnace aud somewhere on the of the Rome Decatur road, has been received. The North Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south met in Augusta on Wednesday and will contiu- In session ouo week. The meetings aro held in St. John’s church, with Bishop McTycire presiding. the It is the regular annual conference for purpose of sta¬ tioning business preachers of and attending Tnerc to other the church. are 400 delegates who aro entertained by the dif¬ ferent fun: ilies. At St.John’s church, the liev, Lr. Wardlaw reception appointed commit¬ the fol¬ lowing gentlemen as Dunbar, a tee: Messrs.W. M. L. B. Evans, J. 11. Davenport, W. J. Hollingsworth, W. C. Cleckley, George Patrick and L. Albany's cotton receipts this season footed up to over 30,000 bales. That number was reached la3t week, and cot¬ ton continues to come in quito lively. The magnificent dwelling of Hon. R. C. Humber, on the Baldwin and Putnam county line, was dostroyod by fire Wed¬ nesday. The loss is about $5,000, with no insurance. His family barely escaped with their lives. _ The turpentine .. distillery of , D. .. T I. IT mr- den & Co., near Gibson. hn9 been dss- troved by fire. All material lying around A Urge number of men have been thrown out of employ ment thereby. The owners will start 0 Savannah is overrun with tramps, * j> lr i v Tuesday morniug J* the police'made rxf a raid on a camp neat the c>u. ^ .t tho city anil captured twelve. I ncy were arranged before the city court, mid , ente nced to various terms in the cliain- £ an o- Mr q s . p ricc , ’ of Brooks Station, killed two hogs that nette ... , l otn H) pound c , II. \V. Callahan one weighing 319; r. Racbres one wei'drim* “district, 350. 5V'. L. ICen- " killed TO d 0 f fle fourth ’rox one eighteen , . months ,, pld , . Which v,' v, weighed 533 pounds. The recent tragedy , near teocial , Circle, ... , Ga., remains a mystery. Five negroes were ?«?"$!■ gambling and one of their number »' murdered. IBs four **AM™* j»»“ ha companions ve been under arrest charged with the cr ; rac but as nothing could be proven against them, .hey have bom acquitted, A meetiug of the citizens of Hancock was held recently in the courthouse for the purpose of organizing a county fair association. A series of resolutions was adopted consisting of rules and regula¬ tions for .he management of the business of. this organization, and the whole af¬ fair was then turned over to a “financial board,” whose duty it is to select the fair grounds, erect the buildings, lay off and grade the track, and iu general manage the entiie business of the organization. A very destructive fire occurred at Graham, a railroad station ten miles north of Baxley. The fire made its ap¬ pearance in the railroad warehouse. A lot of rosin, consisting of two thousand barrels, stacked from their distillery to a point beside the railroad, near tho warehouse,quickly caught from the burn¬ ing house and then their distillery in turn took fire, both of which wetc de¬ stroyed, Tho express and mail offices were kept in the warehouse and their content*, with the exception of the money packages, which were deposited destroyed. in a safe and found intact, were also The citizens of Carrollton have by a large majority adopted public schools foi the town. election lo issue bonds for the creation of a bridge across the Flint rivet was hotly contested, resulting in majority of five hundred and eighty-four ' f or bonds. A youth named illie limes, TI -' of , Tlr West . M j> 0 j n j „ r , ec J ] 7 years, eloped with a Miss Newsome, several years his senior, and was married to her in the office of L. Hill, dentist. Young limes, to prevent j t j a f a (] 10r f r om overtaking him, broke the family vehicle and threw the old gen- lleman s saddle in the well, At a meeting of the citizens of West Point, the question was discussed of building a railroad to Birmingham road con¬ the necting with the Kansas City at former point. The road will pass from Birmingham to Brunswick, intersecting the Central system at that subscriptions point. Tnc books are open and are pouring in. TENNESSEE. ,,,. _ of state has receiv- This completes the list and sss Bob layiors niaioritv J IS 16,791. The T ennessee Marble company via* in Chattanooga, of local capltal- ,h(s . , with pa 1 I st ock of $100,000, to operate m marble manufacture _ ,ire nnd and ousr- qua ,|ing. The railroad same gentlemen have and also will organized fc a compasv. the marble ap ply for n charter to tap Tho beds in Monroe county. (Re railroad has not yet been determined upon. A Charlie Ross case has Ashwood been agitating the usual quietude of the vicini¬ ty. On November 16th, a little child, aged 3 years, disappeared suddedlydur- Colonel ing the day from the farm of Georo-c W Pold. Search has been mad,"diligently whereabouts for it, but ascertained. as yet no traces pits of its know The of the child say they nothing of its whereabouts, claiming thnt it has been kidnapped. ELLAV1LLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER \), 1886. ALABAMA. At a full moeting of the creditors of Coter & Johnson, of Anniston, the assets were taken out of the receiver's bauds and an assignment made to R. P. Thom ason, of Oxford. The assets aro about $48,000, liabilities about $40,000. Dis¬ sension between the partners is thought to he the eause of the assignment, and it is believed that tho creditors will be paid nearly in full. Carroll McBee, who has been pursued for twenty-one years by John and La¬ fayette Hardwick, was taken back to CedarBluff. Alabama, Wednesday. Me Bee went from Tennessee to Cedar Bind in 180!, Hearing that one of the Hard¬ wicks was considered the best men in the community, ho challenged him. Twice failing to throw Hardwick, lie drew his knife and stabbed him fatally, lie at once escaped on a horse, and now returns for the first time. At Selma, Alu., Irwia Jones, a young man of excellent family and good stand¬ ing, was found dead in his room. He had been employed for some Tennessee, time as baggage master on the East Virginia and Georgia railway. He had been in the habit of taking sprees, and was for that reason supposition suspended is about that he u week ago. The became reckless, and went on a despe¬ rate spree. He was missed and friends on entering bis room found him do d. The general impression is that he killed himself by heavy drinking. MISSISSIPPI. A fire at Bay St. Louis, Miss., Tuesday destroyed the properties of Bojariu Breath, Higgins «& Delery, a residence and drug store and tho Stockton Hotel and outbuildings. The residences of Mr*. Villars and Misses Wagoner estimated were badly damaged. The loss is at $25,000, partially covered by insurar.ee. The planters in the central or hill sec¬ tion of Mississippi have noticed with a go d deal of uneasiness the tendency of the negroes to go away toward the Yazoo valley, and, in fact, soma portions of the state have been almost totally denuded of th ir negro population. This is explained by the fact that Messrs. Wilson and the Huntington have very sagaciously turned attention of the negroes to the mild Yazoo bottom lands along the line of their railroad, between Vicksburg and Memphis, and some 5,000 negro families have located there already. The railroad company sells the land in lots to 6uit, at the rate of $5 an acre, in five annual pay¬ ments, taken out of the crops as raised. The lands are principally in what was known as the Yazoo swamp, which was a wilderness prior to the time the railroad was extended through it. The character of the soil is very fertile and averages two bales of cotton to the acre. The land is heavily timbered with gum, oak, ash and hickory, and can be cleared at an ex¬ pense ranging from twelve to fifteen dol¬ lars per acre. LOUSIANA. A special from Bayou Sara, La., says the Rod River and coast line steamboat Richard was burned nt ConcorJerie, about forty miles above tho mouth of Red river. The boat and her cargo of 387 bales of cotton arc a total ; oss. Fire¬ man George Clark and Watchman Chas. Robinson, both colored, were drowned. Dick Hickman, the cook, was badly burned. A special from Lake Providence, La., West says: S. Carroll Wilowski, representative arrived from New parish, at Orleans Tuesday evening and reported that he had been waylaid in his parish by a gang of outlaws numbering about ten persons. He was accompanied by fortunate two friends. in escaping He expressed taking himself the as by to woods. Ho further reported that about ten o’clock the night before, his book¬ keeper, Major John McKay, a justice of the peace, was shot and killed nt his home, about four miles from Caledonia, dwelling together with his cook. His was set on fire and both bodies were con¬ sumed. Wilowski has large business in¬ terests in West Carroll parish, and where brought he has lived a great many years up his family, and whom order he was that com¬ he pelled tp leave behind in might escape. TEXAS. Twelve Mexican cattle thieves were morning captured twenty miles above Laredo this by a posse under Deputy Sheriff Sanchez. A large quantity of dressed beef was found in their possession, also twenty stolen horses, Tha band have been preying m6nths. on American ranchmen for the past six FIRES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A Large Amount of Property Destroyed by the Flame*. Extensive and destructive forest fires 4re raging between Charleston, S. C., and Sumter, on the Central railway of South Carolina, a distance of ninety miles. At Monick’ Corner, many plan¬ tation buildings are reported to have beeu destroyed. At the Stony Landing brick works, tire surrounded the build- ings but was beaten back after it had destroyed over a hundred cords of wood. The Central between railroad walls train of from|Columbia fire, miles in had to run length, and extending up to the tracks. Tlir. MONTH!. Y Df'UT STATEMENT. The national debt statement shows (he decrease of the public debt during the month of November to be $3,005,249,57; cash in the Treasury, $439,023,740.51); gol 1 certificates outstanding, $90,520.- 633; silver certificates certificates outstanding, of deposit $105,519,817; $7,025,000; legal tender out¬ outstanding, $346,081,016; fractional standing, including amount estimated cur¬ rency (not destroyed) $8,375,934. as lost or BETRENCnlNG WITH AN OVERFLOW¬ ING TREASURY. Secretary "Whitney has sent to tlu. commandant of each navy yard in the United States an order to utilize the marine guard as far as possible in place of civilian watchmen and ship keepers. The measure is purely an economical one. There ate about 125 men estimated employed that in these capacities, and it is about two-tbiwis of them will be dis¬ charged. WESTERN CATTLE MEN iH'muml ot<M'ilo:i from IMt*nro-rn«uin«- uisi nuii UttHroti * !:\torcion. The following letter has been address¬ ed to Piosi lent Cleveland : “Omen of the International Hanoi-: Association, Denver, Coi..— His Excellency Grover Cleveland, Presi¬ dent of the United .States; Tho timu in c me when that brunch of the com¬ mercial interests of our country repre¬ sented by the live stock industry feels it s'louhl no longer plead for, but demand justice. Inin empowered by the Live nek nu n of the plains, who have more th ..i sivhundred millions of dollars in- vo-!"d ill cuttle alone, to respectfully in¬ vite the attention of your Excellency to the imminent danger threatened our herds by the existence of contagious bo¬ vine diseases, which, if once introduced to tlu* open ranges of tho West will sweep our entire interests from tho earth. I fori that I nin justified in asking that in your forthcoming message to Congress in¬ some suggestion may made in tho terest of'legislation looking to tho ex¬ termination of the contagious cattle dis- e: s: known as pleuro-pn'.'umouia, and such sanitary regulations as will protect the cattle interest of the United States against the importation of cattlo from known disease 1 centers in other coun- tries. “I would further respectfully submit that under the pooling system entered into by tho transportation favoriteism companies the ol the United States ami on rebate system, bn grievous wrongs beef, are and per¬ petrated the producer That of the consumer as well. samo com¬ bination which compels tho millions who toil to pay an exorbitant price foi the prime necessities of life, compels promts the producer to accept for his a price which has pressed cattle growers to the verge of ruin. The bill now pend¬ ing before Congress for the regulatian of inter State commerce, known as the Iteagan bill, is in the interest of justice and equality, and the cattle industiy bespeaks for it such attention in your message as may meet your commen¬ dation. Respectfully, “R. G. Head. [Signed] Range Asso- ••President International ciation.” SHAKING BY THE QUAKE. Half a Mile of Railroad Truck Walked Away. The new dam which has just been fin- ixlicd at the Lanutry cotton mills, on the line of the Charlotte, Columbia aud Au¬ gusta railroad, gave way Monday after noon, and it is again almost a complete wreck. The water rushed through in a resistless flood from the pond, and swept away half a mile of the track of the Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta rail¬ way, and Carolina badly damaged the All track the of the South railway. new and expensive work recently completed on the former road is- totally ruined, and it will be at least a week before the dam¬ age can be repaired. The passenger, mail and express train from Augusta,due iu Columbia at 10:35, was cut off by the flood and could not reach that city. The accident is ascribed to a violent shock of earthquake, which is reported to have been felt in that locality. It is believed that this shock the was foundations sufficiently strong to shake away and cause the structure to break loose. The waters are inundating all the adja¬ cent country. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. French Spoliation Claim.*--The Cabinet Meeting— Debt Statements Arguments , , of - counsel , - the French , m spoliation cases were ’concludad before the court of claims Wednesday afternoon, and the first fourteen cases on the calen¬ der Yore submitted for decision. These are test cases, and involve the general question uf the government’s The habiiity for damages claimed. president’s message again formed the only subject of discussion at the meeting of tho cabinet, All the membersi werc present. It is uu- derstood that the message is complete with the single exception of that portion relative to naval establishments. The public debt statement (flows u decrease in debt for the month of No- vemberot a little over $1,000,000. The small amount of reduction nearly is $14,000,000 principally due to the fa-t that were paid out during the month for pen- sions alone. Receipts during the month were about $27,000,000, aud disbursements about $24,000,000. Iu November of last year the receipts were about $85,000,000 and expenditures about $23,000,000. millions There was an increase of about fout in the debt in November. 188a. CLUVERIUS’ LAST CHANCE. The Appeal to Governor Lee. As the day (10th of December) ap- nroaches the execution of T. J. Cluvenus for the murder of Fannie Lillian Madi- son, at Richmond, Va., According public interest in the case increases. to ap- pointment the prisoner’s counsel had ur¬ lan ged to call on Governor Lee to present to him petitions both for the pardon of Cluvcrius and for the commutation of the sentence to imprisonment for life, which had boon freely circulated through signatures. the state and received numerous There is much speculation as to the ac¬ tion of the governor, but ho has indicate given expression to nothing that would what he will do. It is generally believed, however, that even if he refuses to inter¬ fere with the execution of the sentence on the prisomy, he will at least circula- respite him for a time, Rumors are in tion that Cluverius has made a statement giving an account of his whereabouts on the night of the 13th of March, 1884, the night of the murder of Miss Madison, but they cannot be traced to any reliable sources. lie will doubtless do so, but it is not expected that it will be made n ub- lie before it goes into the hands of the governor. FIRE at AIKEN, S C. % There wag a serious fire at Aikin, S. C. Tuesday morning. Eight buildings were destroyed, as follows: llahn & Co , dry goods and groceries, loss $14,000; Schro¬ der & Thorpe, loss $3,000; W. J. Pratt & Co., loss $2,700; M. Loeb & Schultz, loss $1,500. Other losses $2,000 The. total losses are estimated at $24,000, and the insurance at $22,000. Chime*. Far from the fern and moss, Fluttering hireli unit wee fir cross, And the pine’s low murmuring. Whore the frightened lichens cling To the overhanging edge Of the precipice and ladgo, Fearless in their dainty glee, Wave the harebells merrily. From the dusky rafters hung, Ne’er in Belgian belfry swung Bells more exquisitely wrought! By the mountain bronzes caught— Tos-dng, swaying to and fix)— While beside them, bending low Breathless I wait to hear Echo of t heir chiming clear. But the airy harmony Is too wonderful for me, And I caunot catch a strain Of that rare and sweet refrain, Vet the tiny bells still ring, And they shall my greeting bring Till, though near so softly stirred, Every trembling note is heard. —Marion. IS. Alien in the Collaga Hearth. A CASE OF BRIBERY. BY LUKE SHARP. In the centre companion way of most Atlantic steamers there is framed a pub¬ lic notice which attracts n good deal of attention from tho passengers on the way over. It is published by the British Gov¬ ernment, and is to the effect that any person offering a bribo to one of Her Majesty’s custom! officials will lie heavily fined. The amount of this fine ii men¬ tioned, either £40 or £100 or something of that sort. The contemplation of this notice for nine or ten days every time a person goes up the centre c mipanionway is calculated to give that person a very great respect for the unbribnbility of the Liverpool customs offices. The Atneri- can Government has no such uotic: s posted up anywhere that I ever saw. Whether it is because it is so well known that the American customs officer never under any circumstance accepts a bribe, or whether the government fears that the public would regard the posting of a no¬ tice as a joke, I have not been able to ascertain. I have nevei 1 met anyone yet who would bribe a Liverpool customs officer. The penalty which has stared him in tho face during the voyage is apt to discourage all such attempts. However, there are few things which a person could take into England on which duty is exacted, I believe the customs officers have a prejudice against dynamite, against pi¬ rated reprints of English books, against tobacco and some things of that sort, but, as a general thing, the American traveler carries uothing with him ou which duty could be charged. Our big steamship reached Liverpool late one evening last summer. The cus¬ toms authorities penned us all up in tho several rooms of a building on the land¬ ing. Hero there was a good deal of fuss and shoving through a passage way tlmt was and the hand baggage was examined ns we passed out. This was a very slow aud tedious arrangement. and it was nearly J 11 o’clock nt night before we were through with it, and even nt that time the trunks “had not been looked at. We were then passed up into a room which wo reached by a long incline. On climbing up this incline we entered a Dirge building seemingly containing only one immense ‘ room. It was well lighted, nnd the scene was one which once looUocl upon 1 a pcr3 ‘ , u would not forget . in a , hurry. On the , right . . L . hand . side were piled trunks, bags, valises,hand satchels aud baggage of every deserjp- tion. On the left ran a long, low counter on which trunks were being examined by the uniformed custom house officers, while, bending over their open baggage were the owners,generally talking rapid¬ ly to tho imperturbable officer. All over the room were some 100 excited pas- sengers running wildly hither and thither trying to collect their lugga e. Ttunks -were marked with names were ar- ranged , in . alphabetical . , , . order. , .... I he sec- tions of the building were lettered with the alphabet painted ] ftr g e and conspicuous along the M han(1 but , aa the grcat •’ majority of the trunks had no nnm ■, the . owners had to run about in quest of them. Porters were there with their short jackets and numbered caps, drag¬ ging the trunks about under the owner’s directions, and ns soon as one trunk had been examined it was taken away by-a stalwart porter who called a cab; and its place was filled by another trunk slammed down by another stalwart porter. It was a scene of bewildering confusion. As I always travel ns light as possible, endeavoring to compress mv belongings into a satchel that can be carried by hand if necessary, my troubles were over, and so I strolled along with comparative in liff rencc, enjoying the strange aud b istiing appearance of the place. I was able to give somo assi t ance here an I there to companions of the voyage, nn ’ rather put o:i airs as being an old traveler with some ex¬ perience of th t sort of thing, don’t you know, and plumed myself on having my baggage examined long ago. • At the fur: her end of the room were a coup'-e of i.idies who were travelling alone. One of them had a lar;c trunk, and the trunk had a new-fangled lock, the latest of American patent. A cus¬ toms officer was vainly trying to unlock this trunk, nnd the owner was-looking on with much coucern at bis Ineffectual attempts. She had trio 1 herself, it seemed, and had been unable to open It. “You are not doing it rightly,’’ said the second young lady. “You have to push this clasp that way, then turn tho key half way -around, push the clasp lack aud give the key another turn and then it will unlock.” Tho officer looked up, smile I and shook his jarred finger, and I said: , “Let me try the unlocking.” I followed the directions ns well as I could and nearly broke my fingers, but the key wouldn’t turn. I atn afraid the magic words I said were not tho “open sesame” that was required, “I am very sorry, ladies,” said the officer, “but. I shall have to break the lock.” The ladies were very sorry too, but they made no objection and the officer departed and returned with a hatchet, This he placed under the obnoxious catch and tried to pry it opeu. But the lock was built very strongly and it wouldn’t give way. The hatchet slip¬ ped and tho officer cut His finger. “Can’t you stretch tho law a little,” said I, “and let that trunk pass. The ladies ara not going to stay in England, but aro going directly to France. I am sure you would find nothing dutiable in tiie trunk or they would have made some objection to your breaking the lock.” It was now after 12 o’clock. Most of the people had. claim: 1 their baggage, had it examined and departed for their hotels. “Well,” sa’d the officer, “I ought not to do it, you know, but I will chance It,” and with that lie put on the requisite mark that would enable it to pass out. The owner was very grateful indeed, and while he was stamping the trunk tho said to ine; “I would like very much to give him something. How much do you think I should offer him?” “Well,” I replied, “as a general tiling in England it’s safe enough to give a tip where a service is done, but the penalty here seems to bo very high. I don’t think I would risk it. Yet I don't sup¬ pose ho would object to a shil¬ ling if it could bo given him so that no one could see it.” “I will give him half a crown,” she said, “if he will take it.” “All right,” I cautioned, “but don’t do it very publicly.” The lady approached and said in her kindest voice : “I am very sorry you have hurt your finger.” “Ob,” said the officer, “it don’t mat¬ ter in the least, I assure you ; a more scratch.” “Well, I am very much obliged, in¬ deed,” she whispered, “I hope you will let me give you this, not as a compensa¬ tion, you know.” “A ! miss,” he returned, smiling nnd bowing very low to her, “glad to have beeu of any service to yo.u, but really, we are not allowed to take anything; it is again t the rules,” and he waved his hands up and dowu as he said this. “But,” persisted the lady, “it is only a very little, aud don’t at all come under the head of a bribe.” “1 assure you, mis*,” be said, “you are not indebted to me for anything, and as 1 said before, 1 am only too happy to have been of any service. You see, mis*,” lie said, as we walked away after the porter who bad shouldered tire triink, “officers of tho customs are never allowed (o take anything, no • icidter'how small, under any circumstance; wliatevcr.” And with that he again bowel Very low to u*, and I walked with the Indies put to their carriage. I'.-; ■ “Well,” said I, “it is refreshing to see a customs officer that will not take o bribe!” The young lady laughed merrily. “Iam glad to hear you say so,) 1 she said, “for 1 know now we did it very cleverly.” “Why, you don’t mean to say that you gave him the money?” She held up her hands. They were “I slipped half a crown into his hand the first time I spoke to him, and he con¬ ceded it with a deftness that convinced mo lie had done the like before.” “Then you urged him to take it after ha I it in his hand, and he refuted ft with *u< h a Ciiestcrfic’dinn air while he rally in position of it!’ “ExactTv,” she said. “Wasn’t it neat¬ ly done on both sides?” “Neatly don :? Well. I should say so. But wliat a pair of hypocrites both of lire ! ’ — Detroit Free l‘re:n. A Wise EH. In the summer of 1868 Peter Kern of Washington township, Pennsylvania, caught a -mall eel aud put it in a well in his yard, where it still is. It is four feet long and about five inches iu diatne- ter. It keeps itself concealed et the bottom, except at irregular intervals, when it conics to the top, and tlr so ap¬ pearances are always followed- by rain with n a day or two. During haying mul harvest and other critical periods of farm work the farmers for miles nrpiind . Mid every day to Kern’s for intelligence of the eel. It will have no other kin l of fish in the well, and kills all that are put i p. —»Ph ia del j ifi Id Record .. VOL 11. NO. 11. Our Ship at Set. Dear heart, we two have waited For many a weary year TIid fli p we launched at sea, Freighted with htq>n for you and me, And currying never a fear. tVe watched thorn fail away, As "<< stood on the shore, And sweetly we did dream, With true love for our theme, When their voyage should be o'er. IVe said, "Wh n they return to us. O’er the ocean’s briny foam, We'll build a kingdom heavenly fair, With love and faith dwelling there— We’ll call our kingdom horoa." love was wrecked on an angry shore, On the locks of worldly gain, And oh! the saddest sight to m<\ IAdth was lost in a dismal sea Of slander, doubt and pain. Vet o'er the dark and angry waves, Hangs the bow of promise fair; It tells of that br 'ght and better land, With love and faith, an unbroken band, Up there, dear heart, up thera HUMOROUS. Goes against the grain—The reaper. If there is any one who should be “rnppcd in slumber,” it is the man who snores. Bees can predict tho weather. Com¬ bine a bee nnd a small boy and they can produce a squall. “I don’t sec tlie point, but I realize Its force,” said the man when tho bee settled on the back of his neck. A man who advertised for a perma¬ nent position, where salary was no ob¬ ject, was advised to try tho cemetery. A new game of cards is called ‘‘matri¬ mony.” If the man wins, ho takes the girl; if the girl wins she takes the man. Tho difference between two great po¬ litical parties is easily explained to for¬ eigners, one gets the offices the other gets left. The discovery of a scarlet snake is re¬ ported by an Ontario paper. The man who discovered it had iu *11 probability been painting the town red. An Ohio man claims to have invented a machine that will continue to run with¬ out stopping until it wears itself out- It is evidently nn infringement on a book agent’s tongue. Lady to small boy — 1 ‘Then you never had educational advantages!” “No, mum not that I know of. I’ve had airy siplas. If what you said is worse nor that,I don’t wanter catch it.” “’Mary, I wish you would be a better little girl,” said a father we wot of to his little girl. ‘ You have no idea how sorry I am that mamma has to scold you so much.” “Oh, don’t worry about it, papa,” was the reply; “I’m not one of those sensitive children. Half the time I don’t hoar what sho says.” (luirvctcr In Handwriting. There are people wlio claim to react men’s characters from their handwriting. As the writing of every nation is dis¬ tinguished by strong national peculiar!, tics, it is easy for on expert th decide to what nation a writer betongs. Having settled that, certain large characteristic* which arc common to all men, but in different d agrees, can be seen in every han.djvriting. A certain number of men are calm, even-lived, sensible and prac¬ tical. Men of that claw are almost cer¬ tain to write plain, round hands in which every letter is distinctly legible; noither very much slanted forward, nor tilted backward; no letter very much bigger than its neighbor, nor with heads much above or tails much below the letters not so distinguished ; the letters all having about Ihe same general uprightness, and the lines true to the edges of tho paper, neither tending upward nor downward. Exact business-like people will have an exact handwriting. Fantastic minds revel in quirks and streamers, par¬ ticularly for the capital letters, and this quality is not infrequent in certain busi¬ ness hands, as if the writers found a relief from the prosaic nature of their work in giving flourishes to certain letters. Firm, decided, downright men are apt to bear on the pen while writing, and to rnako their strokes hard nnd thick. Cn the contrary, people who are not sure of themselves, aud are lackiug in self-cou- tro\ press unevenly, and with anxious- looking, scratchy hands. Ambitious people are apt to be overworked; they are always in haste and either forget to cross their t’s, or dot their i’s. They are nls > apt to run the last few letters of every word into nn illegible scrawl. Flurried, troubled, and conscience- twinged persons have a crabbed and un- even handriting.— St. NichoUia. An Ex r.« Tea. Major Johnstone is very particular about the spelling of his name, lie is a very proud man Oa general principles Nothing exasperates him more than to be mixed up typographically or other¬ wise with the common herd of Johnsons without a t. He wag about leaving a hotel in Dallas. JTo had asked for his bill, nnd when it was handed him by the flerk he scowled fiercely. “D there any mistake in tho bill?” asked the clerk. “There is, sir; you have spelled my name without tho t.” “Ah, I see,” replied the clerk, “you sin u d be charged with an extra t. Fifty cents more, if you please.”— Team Siftings. >♦ fi'V ’
