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The tourist travelling through the Adiron-
dack mountains and in the vicinity
of Upper Saranac lake, N. Y, might
come across party of four, with
q guide and servant, lunching on the
bank of a quiet stream. But if the tour
ist was unaware that President Cleveland
was spending a month in that neighbor-
hood. he would never suspect that in the
group before linn the stout gentleman
with the great broad back, covered by a
checked flannel shirt, and whose head is
partly hid under the gray slouch hat, was the
ruler of the greatest nation the world ever
beheld Neither could he detect that there
was any more Difference paid to him than to
any other gentleman who might be rusticating
in those woods, And yet to this man is in-
trusted the exception of the principal laws
governing 5O,O00,000 of people. He cannot
truly be termed their ruler, tor no ruler in
the world eould trust himself among his
people without police or military protection,
as the president of the United States does.
The brOad-backed man is President Cleye-
land, and the handsome, athletic-loOkmg
lady in the plain, gray woolen dress and broad
bIimmed straw hat is his wife, The other
lady is her mother, and the jolly looking
fourth person, the most richly attired men,
ber of the party, in the bottle green suit, Is DR..
Ward of Albany. The spot that the president
has chosen for bis vacation is the most Sc
cluded portion of the Adirondack wilderness,
twenty four miles away from the nearest
railroad station, The log cottage which the
president occupies is one that was constructed
by the guides thereabout in the winter season,
On the ground floor are sitting room and
bedroom, and above the whole is u large attic
room occupied by Mrs. Folsom. Here is a
picture of democratic simplicity for you.
The bench outside tho back door with the
water pail and tin basin for ablution is miss
ing, but wooden buttons are on the doors in
stead of knobs, the bedsteads are made Of
pine and bark. the quaint furniture, the
strips of rag carpet on the floor all remind
the president that he is many miles from the
White House and its anxieties. The whole
cabin and its contents, which the president
: ard party eecunies, look as if it could be
duplicated for $500, Quite u contrast ths
with the palatial mansion which they left be-
hind in Washington with its expenses of over
$100, 600 year.
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THE STRAW INDUSTRY OF FFLoRENcE.

rhe Plaiters Working in Their Own
Homes-Production and Earnings.
This industry is SO generally extended
throughout the district that there is
scarcely family in which some of the
members are not engaged in the work.
Children begin to plait at and 6 years
Of age; while mothers of families, in ad-
dition to their domestic occupations, and
females of all ages and almost of all con-
ditions, who do not follow the business
as means of livelihood, employ their
eisure time in it. Formely, when the
production was carried on by persons
connected with agricultural labor only,
The work was not constant: but now ex-
,epting, perhaps, with afew "contadine,"
t goes on all the year round
The plaiters work in their own homes,
and their busy fingers are rarely at rest.
The large number work up the straw on
their own account, and sell the plaits, or
hats, on the public markets held at Flor
snce and other towns. Others receive
he straw from and are paid by the STAT
torini," class of middlemen who con-
sign the plaits and hats in the rough to
the principal manufacturers who finish
them for export. Others, again, are in
direct communication with the manu-
facturers themselves. The earnings of
the plaiters are subject to considerable
fluctuations, partly depending upon the
market prices that may from time to
time rule for the manufactured article,
and partly according to the higher and
lower rates of the straw. Oman average,
the daily earnings of children and young
girls may be taken at from 80 to 45 cen
centimes. Much depends upon the
ability of the workers and a consider
able number of expert hands can earn
regularly, under ordinary circumstances,
from Ira to Ira 10 centimes, and
sometimes as much as Ira 80 centimes,
per deim. At sewing hats "a magha,"
about rs centimes per diem may be
earned.
Payment is made by the piece. AS re-
CARDS cost of production, three-tfths is
credited to labor and two-fifths to first
material, but this estimate is approx
native only, as the relative proportion
of value must be subject to considerable
uuCGudIlOuS uepeiunlS upon tiiC PaiCSsoI
the straw. The articles chiefly exported
are the Florentine hats and plain and
fancy plaits. The principal countries of
export are France, the United States,
Great Britain, Germany and Austria.
The future prospects of the Tuscan straw
industry are at present by no means en-
couraging, as SO many new articles
spring up which are more favored by
fashion. The competition of English
plaits, as far as prices are concerned
Fashion apart, does not much affect the
sale of Italian straw products; but that
of the Chinese plaits, in the coarser
qualities, is almost crushing, and to o
very considerable extent now supplies
the various markets OF Europe and
America, to the nearly total exclusion OF
the same qualities of Italian plaits as re-
CARDS foreign consumption. These
Chinese plaits are Of excellent quality.
well made, strong and serviceable. and
supplied at prices with which it. is inn
possible to compete in Italy.-English
Consul's Official Report.
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The president is an enthusiastic fisherman
1t Is said that President Arthur eycelled as a
adept fly thrower, which may all he, but
President Cleveland will always be known as
the better all around fisherman. He goes at
it in his usual thorough way He requires
none nor asks any advice from guides. He
listens of course, attentively to any inforlua-
ton offered, but in tire interchange of points
i'm the piscatorial art is more likely to give
instruction than receive it.
One of the guides who accompanied the
president on a fishing trip last year en-
croached on Davy Crockett with the follow
ing: He said that when the president first
threw his line in Jake Sararutc there was
quite cOmlnotion among the fish. A great
trout stuck his head out of the water with
frightened look on his wet face, and asked,
SIS that YOU, President Cleyelaneln' 'sYes,
my name. is Cleveland" ssAll right, Mr..
Cleveland, am at your service" The fish
leaped ont of the water to the presidents feet
as dead as q canned mackerel.
This story, other guides claim, is q fabrica-
ton. They hold that the tremendous catches
the president secures is not due to any par
tiality on the part of the trout, but to the
skill and attention which Mr.. Cleveland
brings to bear on his rod. Mrs. Cleveland
seems also to be fascinated with the sport,
and under her husbands tutelage, she 6,
likely to become as celebrated as he in these
parts. In report Of one days catch of trout
the presidents figure is put pt l15, while his
wife is credited with 40 more of the speckled
beauties As she has had but little expert
ence her success can be attributed to luck,
though the charming grace with which she
handles the rod should be enough to capture
the most timid fish.
Near the presidents cabin is the Saranae
inn, which will accommodate about seventy
guests. It is owned by company of the pres
ident's friends, who run it not to make
money, but as 4 sort of private club house.
The telegraph connects the place with civ=
ilization.
The president left the White House on Aug.
16, and it is his intention to be back at his
desk on Sept. II. Then will the presidents
weolen shirts be put away where the moths
cannot reach them, And the trout without
fear may rest far another season.
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newspaper. He denounced the new en-
terprise as a scheme for swindling aa-
vertisers. Medina promptly had re-
course to a Mexican court, and forced his
assailant to sign retraction. Mr.. Cutting
Immediately crossed the Rio Grande, and
published in an American newspaper known
as The El Paso Herald card reiterating his
assertion that Medina was a swindler. On
Mr.. Cuttings return to Mexican soil he was
arrested second time on Mexican soil and
kept in Jail month, when he was offered by
the supreme court of Chihuahua his freedom
upon bail. This he is reported to have re-
fused, on the ground that he had appealed to
the United States government for redress.
which seems to be slow about coming, and in
the meantime the whole border becomes in
famed It is safe to say that this affair
will be automatically healed between the
governments, but that the hostility which il
has engendered will cool without some blood
spilling is not so certain.
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The Morphine Habit In France.

The dcplorable habit of using morphine,
not to relieve pain, but for the pleasurable
sensations the narcotic produces, seems to be
sreading i'm France, in spite of the warning
note uttered by medical men, and the terrible
consequences that must follow upon the use,
or rather abuse, of the drug. During the
hearing of case ut Macon recently, the facts
that trallspired corroborated the assertion
made by doctors as to the o Alarming tendency
which prevails. A. chemist residing in that
town %Was prosecuted for selling morphine
without medical authority to q number of
persons, among them being the wife of dec-
tor, who, quite unknown to her husband,
consumed it daily, and in large quantities, by
injecting it under the skin. In the course Of
the trial several physicians came forward to
attest that the pernicious habit of morphine
injections was spreading greatly-espscially
a,nong women, to the destruction of their
moral and physical health. Ono of those
! witnesses-attached to . large hospital at
Afacolf-af affirmed that moro than o dozen of
The day nurses were regularly addicted to the
use of morphine in one shape or another,
md habit with them had become second
nature It is, however, in Paris-and espeei-
ally in the fashionable world of Paris-that,
If all we hear be true, morphine causes the
most serious havoc to mind and body-Lon-
t.ol telegram.
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A MAIDEN's DREAM.

No football awakens the mansion
Asleep in the SUMS warm RAYS:
The Lady Glare is aweary
OF silence and lonely days;
Loves magic of late has stolen
Tae charm from her ife's still ways.
She turns from her book and rises
To gaze through the easement low;
The languorous lily perfumes
Toward her ON soft airs blow
White lilies! All, once she loved them;
She gathers red roses now.
Oh, when will the noon be sunset,
And over the green hillside,
And up through the beeches' shadows
The lover she looks for ride?
And when will this life be ended,
And bring the bright life untrieds
While thus she waits in impatience,
Naught guesseth the Lady Glare
That sweet as are Loves red roses
Full often thorn they bear;
And the new life that seems so joyous
May bring with it weight of care
Perhaps in the years that follow,
When cares press heavily,
And the thorns have pierced through the roses
Then, all their dreamings will ne
Of the old, sweet life mid the lilies,
In maidenhood blithc and free
-Cassell Family Magazine.
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The Bicycle a Universe, Vehicle.

The bicycle is getting to be a universal We
hicle. You encounter it everywhere. It
spins along the asphalt at Coney Island, and
out on the well-laid Westchester roads; it de-
fies the law in the parks and on the avenues,
and has even taken TO mountain climbing.
The adventures of Mr.. Stevens, in his at
tempt to wheel his way through Asia, have
been told by the papers. Now another ad-
venturous spirit proposes to cycle across
South America, from Buenos Ayres to africa.
The tricycle. is also growing in favor Mr.
Pennell, the archer, and his wife, who is q
niece OF Hans Breitman Leland, of Philadel-
phia, have told In The Century Of their trips
in England and in Italy. Such trips are
common enough abroad and are getting to be
common here IL you wish to see the BIZ
cyclist in his glory, however, you must go to
Washington. Boss Shepherds pavements
make that town paradise for the wheelmen.
After the departments close the streets arr,
alive with clerks on wheels. They work
harder amusing themselves, have an idea.
than they do benefiting the country--Alfred
Trumble, in New York News
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Mai. Grenade anxious to make himself
agreeable to wealthy spinster) Been to
Florida, Miss Verjuice?
ssNo, indeed, major! I'm very delicate,
don't you know, and could not possibly en-
durc the suffering such jaunt might pro
ducc. / really undergo such excruciating
pains in the chest that
Maj G. Gnterrupting} Yes-er-pars
me. I've been troubled with the same conf
plaint myself in India Diet yourself, my
! lady. live on rice:
Miss v.-Qh, MAORI what horrid notion.
: Why, the stuff is only fit for chickens.
II Mai G.--Taue, tiuei forgot. You are
no chicken Allow me TO suggest in pref
ef-- ~
But the lady closed her fan with fierce rat
tie and founced away. Glasgow Herald.
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he snoke BEFORE He Thought.

Rogers Ito Miss Racquet and Mr. Pey-
ster)-Now, want you two people TO
get real well acquainted.
Peyster-But, my dear fellow, I'm taxi
ing your seat, am not?
Rogers-Don't mention it, my boy !!
There. sit down and have a nice chat
with Miss Racquet. You'll enjoy yodr-
self much better than would. Wont
he, Miss Racquet @Tid BITS.
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Learning Music in Old Age.

A correspondent In Los Angeles, CAL,
writes: There Is u woman here who is selling
small fruit and vegetables to educate herself
In music She has been, she says. starved
for music all her life, but now, at 40 years
of age, in spite of poverty and discourage
ment, she sk cultivating her voice, which is
really fiflessone An odd and pitiful sight
was this woman, with her broad san hat and
linen duster, atsthe piano the other day, play
ing and singing for . wealthy lady invalid,
while her vegetable wagon stood waiting at
The door.-Exchange
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Prevalence Of the Popular Vices.

Tt has been estimated that coca Is USED
by 10. 900, 900 of the human race, beteii
rut by 100 0OO, 900, chiecory by 4O,OOO,-
oOo coffee by 1O0,OOO,00O; oo,Oo0.0 600
cat or smoke hashish, 40o,00O,0oO use
onium. SOC. 900, 900 use tea, and all the
known people of the earth are addicted
:. tba use of tobacco York Post.
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began as a report
er ON a San Fran
cisco paper in 1872.
Being possessed of
q good presence
and an exception
ally fluent pen, he
earned money rap
idly, but here, as
elsewhere, his sue
cess as q newspa-
per writer simply
enlarged his facili-
ties for swindling.
yTTLo- l,,1 s-s~-s
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Curious Balls of Lareh Leaves.

Leaves of larch, which had beeo rolled
into balls-the largest more thah foot
in diameter-by the whirling motion OF
water, have just been exhibited before
the Berne Naturalists' society. Slch
halls. free from cementins mud, are
formed in certain Swiss lakes and in
other places are produced from various
nlants.-Chicago Herald.
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ROSS RAYMoND's EXPLOITS.

One Whose Trail of Rascalities Extends
Across the Continent.
Ross Raymond, one of the most successful
swindlers Of the age, is now in Jail in New
York for indulging in his favorite pastime Of
passing bogus checks. Through the courtesy
of Inspector Byrnes we are enabled to give
his portrait, as secured for the Rogues' Gal
lery, in the hope that in case he escapes con-
viction this time newspaper men and hotel
keepers, whom he has perfect mania for
swindling, will be chary of him.
Raymond's aliases would make city de
rectory in themselves. His American career
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During the later periods of Roman
history the men and women reclined at
their repast; but the Greeks considered
such posture indecorous for females;
their women, therefore. either sat at Q
senarate table or upon one end OF the
couch ON which the men caly rec'iileu'
ph;ladpinhia Call,
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u..a aud Soft steel Rails.

As 20 the relative merits OF hard ana
soft steel rails, the Investigations IN 1er-
,,,o,,v seern to leave the matter OF wear
;ndeterninate, with the conclusion ells'1
III. wear of rails depends more upon the
impurity Of the steel than upon IT'S nafat Y,
,,ass and softneSS. 81
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occasions, and canvassed the state as a
stump speaker. Mr. Taylor is neph-
pw of Landon G. Haynes, and inherits
much of his nncleis genius. Mr.. Taylor
lives on farm inherited by his wife,
which was once owned by John Sewer,
former governor OF Tennessee. He has
begun an active and aggressive canvass
already and expects to bring his state over to
the Republican, column
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

l. ANY one who takes paper regularly t,om IN
fosLmce-whether directed to hie name or another
OF whether he has subscribed or not-is Responsible
toi The PAYMENT
.. 1t person orders his paper discortlnued, be
must pay all arrearagea, or the publisher will con-
lihne to send it until payment is made and collect tb
Office not. ~ N
=, :. Thecourts have decided that lefusing to take
n es'spapers or periodicals from the Postofce OF
f@eiosing @ and leaving them uncalled for, is primo
'Gctt evidence OF intentional fraud
as rs ordered to any address be changed to
Reniittances by draft, check money order or yeois
cred etter may 10 sent at oar risk All Postmaster
ar' required to register letters ON application
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canvaSsed the north
to raise funds for
the East Tennessee
Relief association,
and the executive
ability he displayed
on that mission for
one SO young pre-
sagetl o career for
linn of great public
susefulness. He was
elected TO the state
Legislature in 1915,
but declined a Sec
ond nomination.
He has been a state
-IA
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Teaching f;hII.Ircn po1itsne..

Children said Dakota school teacher,
from the noise outside, think dog fight il
going on. You are all excused. and nlay go
put aMl watch it, Don't get In hurry, Here,
Y viii look better to let your teacher 90
hrst! and he shot out of the door, followed
BY wild rush Of the scholars. -Estelll,e ID
- Ball
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DEER LODGE, MONTANA, SEPTEMBER "a, 1885
cASUS BELLl CUTTING.
The American Editor Whose Detention
Has Raised Such q Hubbub.

Has Raised Such . Hubbub.
The arrest and detention of Editor Cutting
by tho Mexican authorities has attracted the
attention of the whole continent, and Illus
trates the bitter feeling that exists between
neighbors on the banks of the Rio Grande.
This aninosity comes from the long series of
depredations which the lawless bands on both
sides of the river have practiced ON one an
other for years.
The facts in the present rupture are
about as fOllows.' Mr. Cuttinc while an
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pain. with Her Toes.

r;ya years ago Li,la Garrison, of Delisons Y
go,i fron, d tree, and hurt herself "
aaa., ... IL M hes not since been able to use nef
Ina1 s''S SIC I has suceeied in learning TO paans,
Ln,d;,s sll tho br.ss., With ths tess Of Der ieis
foot
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49,. !. Fi~htv-Fiye

Pva very careful test it has been fo'lnu
.hat the strength Of q Bushman's fore
arms @ compares with that of an En.slis.l-
man Of the same weight rs nfts-'iss -
eightY-five.
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CuOeiiiS, "ul1o du
American citizen,
lives in the Mexi-
can town Ell. Paso
del Norte, and edits
and publishes q
newspaper called Ell
Centinela. In this
journal, which is
printed In the Span
, ish language, he at
a rival
named Medina, who
had issued a pros
pectus for the pub
vs n ~
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What is it that makes the society of some
old persons unwelcome and unendurablea
Not their years, but the peculiarities, the
angularities of temper and character which
they permit the years to bestow upon them.
Haven't we all known men and women
whom everybody wanted near because they
were so lively, 50 entertaining, so inspiritinga
They were not always young in years, but
did any one ever think Of them as old? 1
have in mind woman who is much younger
than her grown SON and daughter, conse-
quently much more popular.
The atmosphere of a man or woman who
has a warm, cheery interest In life is pleas
ant, We leave the presence of such n
one feeling brighter and younger, no matter
what his or her age may be. The other
kini of old person-the grim, forbilding,
farewell vain-world creaturei-nlakes every
ans around biEl feel as old as q worn out
pia,.et, and inspires dread IN babes and phil
psophers alike, -fiertrude Garrison in Boston
eilobe.
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For Governor of Tennessee,

a, 4, TAYLOR,
The Republican candidate for governor Of
Tennessee is native of that state. and
but 81 years of age He is by profession
farmer and lawyer. At the age of i6 he
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PRESIDENTS VACATION.
JEFFERSON OuTDONE IN DEMO-
CRATIC SIMPLICITY.

president and Mrs. Cleveland Exchange
the Luxury of the Million Dollar Nam
sion la Washington for the Quiet of a
Log Cabin i'm tho Adirondacks.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING

g,rr1m advertising payable quarterly a* due
". 9,,cnt advertising payable in Id"anat
l,a,f4l Norirr> are so per cent a.ure Ii an reg
ia, advertisements.
veal Advertising Is cents T5r the first insertit, 4,
i cents pei line for each succeeding imscrtiul
H.. nonnlnd IA NnnpaiIel measure
VIZ i''a on delivery
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-12
A Marrow Escape.

a dispatch from Marshall, H., says
"a remarkable accident happened to the
west-bound through freight train ON the
Vandalia line at Marlinsyille yesterday
morning. Martinsyille Is approached
from both directions by long steep
grade. As the train was flying around a
sharp curve near Martinsvilie one OF the
driving rods Of the engine, huge ten
wheeler, broke and instantly was revoly-
ing at terrific rate, knocking the cab to
spiinters and battering the boiler out Of
shape. AS the train few by the station
the other rcd broke and the tender
jumped the track. The two reds
were revolving st lightning speed, deal
Ing terrific blows on the cab and boiler,
and the steam was escaping in clouds
from the holes knocked in the boiler,
while the tender was bounding along on
the Lies. AS soon So the upgrade was
reached on the other side Of the station