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w" 'Ft" "a hA''A FNH wi
81 miss so many things, and every.
thing comes unhandy to me here" said
Mr.. Dean. ''for instance. everybody
drinks cold water here, and laughs at
me when | want % do rs they do in
china and take my water warm. In
China it is impolite to take your hat
oil on entering a house. and here | have
forgotten myself n dozen times. and
been stared at and frowned at by ever
so many because | OBSERVED the Chi
nose etiquette and kept my hat on my
head on going into peoples houses. /
find myself ordering my dessert first at
dinner, as | anil all Cinnamon do at
home-I mean at Shanghai-and my
embarrassment has been great. Polite
natives OF China always drink their tea
from their saucers, which are placed on
than once and did the same with an
eject on others that made me very I'M
comfortable.
'On going out | invariably have taken
my fan, m a fan like mine couldn't
DO purchased in New York for the price
OF a town lot. | couldn't think of going
anywhere without 1t. But it has
brought mo only ridicule wherever |
went. ! find that my visiting cards,
made after the best Chinese fashion,
each one printed on a yard OF the finest
silk paper imaginable, are 81 nply use
less here, and il used would create a
strong suspicion that | was insane. In
China, my bed, and everybody else's
bed, is formed of mating, while here
the mating is laid on my bedroom
floor for me to walk on When | go to
bed here, my heads sinks down deep
into the pillow, and | splitter an tum-
BILE about all night and can't sleep. At
home-in China, l mean-I rest on a
pillow as hard as wood, and sleep like a
top"
, 1886-01-07

ll"Huf ftFFAI
Some of the colored citizens Of Dallas,
Tex, are very much disturbed about
the possible approach of smallpox. The
following conversation between two of
them was overheard on Elm street:
81 has about made up my mind TO hab
myself vaccin tied agin. He's YOU cher
had yourself v~accinated 0 second time
beforei
So es sab; Use been vaccinated lie sec
ond hmgiree or four times before. and
hit tuck every time 'ceptin' do fust
time"
AS the object of colored conversations
alists is not to obtain information but to
merely hear themselves talk, they
parted perfectly satisfied with the in
teryiew- But what the party of the
second part actually intended to say is
a dark and cloudy mystery.
, 1886-01-07

Our porpoise fishery Is of Cape Hat
teras, situated between the shoals and
the inlet. We have an immense seine.
or net, which we had patented. 1t il
one mile and a half long and twenty
four feet deep. 1t is made of forty-two
thread cotton tarred MARINE. We m
ploy eighty men. The seine is pulled
in by hand. l have seen $50 porpoises
in the net at one time, but when It was
brought ashore only twenty-five fish
were secured. They often plunge clean
through the seine. They weigh from
100 to 200 pounds, and to see a school
of them in the net plunging. snorting
and making n peculiar " histling noise
is n grand sight. ! orpoises die either
by drowning or for the want of their
native element within " hours after
We land them. We generally harpoon
them with a long steel prong on the end
of a pole, which the tar heels call a
killer.
The porpoises are then skinned very
deity, in pretty much the same way AZ
n hog is dressed. In fact their nature
Is about the same as swine the sailors
calling them putting pigs. The meat is
considered a delicacy ia Europe, tit for
tho royal table. 1t resembles venison in
taste, and in texture is fine, tender and
not thready. We emoye all the fat
and bone before curing il. The fat or
blubber which is attache to the skin is
rendered into an oil that is much SUI
perior to sperm oil. This is called blub-
Der oil and is used as a lubricator in
tanning and for machinery. There is a
valuable oil distilled from the marrow
Of the jaw lone called porpoise jaw oil,
which is used for fine watches and the
most delicate kind Of machinery. About
four ounces of this oil are found in the
average porpoise. 1t is very expensive
and worth about $50 n gallon.
, 1886-01-07

Dyspepsia is the national complaint.
Almost every other man and woman you
meet has il. and the result is that the
number OF pseudo remedies for il is as
numerous as Phanoh's host. They are
for the most part worthless. There is,
however, a searching eradicant of this
distressing and obdurate malady, one
whose genuine merits long since raised it
10 a foremost place among tue staple med.
lcines Of America. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters exterminates dyspepsia with more
certainty and prumplitude than any known
remedy, and is a most genial %invigonnt,
appetizer and aid to secretion. These are
10 empty assertions, as thousands of our
countrymen and women who have exper.
fenced its effects are aware, but are backed
up by irrcinRable proofs laid before the
public The bitters also produce a reeu-
lar habit Of body and give a healthy slim
ulons TO the urinary organs.
, 1886-01-07

A German named Dr. Niellinger re-
Gently demonstrated before the Royal
Hungarian ministry of commerce a pro
cess for unhairing hides. lie fills n vat
with water, and adds n mixture in the
proportion OF six parts to 100 Of water.
The hides to be unmarried were placed
hair side up, and in fifteen minutes the
hair was completely removed. 1t or.
dinarily required from two days to two
weeks to do this work. This process
does the unhairiug thoroughly. even
the small hairs being removed from the
pores. Great importance is attached to
this process, and it is thought 1t viii
work a revolution in the leather indus
, 1886-01-07

LAND OFFICE AT CHEYENNE,
WYo. Dee ? 1888.

LAND OfliCE AT thElENNE,
WYo., Dec. ,, 1885.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
ing-namcd settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
Of his claim, and that said proof VIII be
made before the Register and Receiver AT
Cheyenne, Wyo.. on Jan. 30, 1886, viz.
Philip II. Grogan, for the Sc ne sec
%, and sw NV sec "a, tp ~. north Of
range &C, west.
lie namer the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land. whose test.
imony will be taken and sworn to before
!. =. Bartlett, justice OF the peace at Fair
bank. Wyo.. on the 10Th day of January,
1856, viz: Daniel ]. Allen. Henry ray lor
Miller, Of Fairbank; Wyo.. Edward Mos
ley, William II. Vaughn, Of Hartvillle
Wyo EDGAR s. Wilson, REGISTER.
, 1886-01-07

His career was short and wonderful.
He rose from almost nothing and became
the president Of several railroads. Sud
denly his doctors command HIM 10 retir,
FROM business If he would ave his life.
Overwork did it, BE wise before over
work gets the better If you. Take
Browns Iron Bitters and keep up your
strength and your nerve tone Il. Mayer,
23l Baronne street, New Orleans. saws
Nothing helps me like Browns Iron Bit
tiers. Ii acts like a charm
, 1886-01-07

- -. ga NNNAN
! ThoJa who have looked through a
large telescope under favorable atnos-
pheric conditions at one of those i'm
mems cyclones which occasionally
break out on the surface 81 the sun
have derived from what they saw a
very good idea of the origin of sunlight.
They have seen that tho brightest por.
ton Of the surface of the sun consists
OF columns OF intensely hot metallic va.
pors. averaging abou; 800 miles in di-
ameter. rising from its interior and
glowing with Atreme b%rilliancy, from
the presence OF clouds formed. probably.
Of shining particles Of carbon precipi-
tated from its vapor as tho tops OF the
columns reach the surface and lose heat
by G pansion and radiation. "a good
idea of such n precipitation is had hy
observing tho particles of water con
densed from transparent yapor in I'M
usually high thunderheads, where the
action is in some respects similarly
between these ascending columns are
seen descending masses of cooler
yapors, rendered dark and smoky by
relatively cool and Opaque particles of
carlton, all or most of the other Gle
ments being still maintained by the ex-
eessively high temperature in the con
dition OF transparent yapor. In the
immediate region, however. where the
cyclone Is raging, these tr ght ascend
ing columns are drawn out hori ontally
ly the inrushing metallic winds which
ofton reach a velocity of 1000 miles per
hour into long lanents, pointing in
general toward the center of the dis
turbance, which is always occupied by
a huge black cloud of smoke frequently
10000 miles in diameter rapidly set
ting back into the interior of the Jun.
over and across this great central black
cloud are often driven long arms of the
shining carbon-clouds, which. when the
cyclonic action is very strong. bend
round into slowly changing spiral forms,
very suggestive of intense action.
, 1886-01-07

John Kuhn Of Lafayette, Ind, had a
very narrow escape from death. This Is
his W story: Zone year ago ! was in
the last stages Of consumption. Our best
physicians gave my case up. l finally got
40 low that our doctor said | could not live
twepty-f four hours. My friend then pur-
chased a bottle of DR.. Halls Balsam for
the lungs, which benefited me. | con
tinued until | am now in perfect health,
having used no other medicine.
, 1886-01-07

The enterpnsing firm Of NJ. j. McNamara
4 Co. Denver. will send sny article in
their store regardless Of value. This firm
believes in opening each season with a
fresh stock. even " money is lost IN clos.
ing out old stock. Persons wanting dry
goods. ladies' or gents furnishing goods,
blankets, quilts, etc, for oo,h, should
send in their ORDER. Samples sent free.
, 1886-01-07

The postmaster at Ripon, Wis, who
indicated the principles of civil service
reform by kicking into the street the man
appointed as his successor. and followed
it up by dcfying the United States mar
shall, no longer holds the fort. Civil
service reform as understood in Ripon,
stands no show under this administra-
-.
, 1886-01-07
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, 1886-01-07

Excluding Key West, where southern
Florida reaches into the tropics, the
hottest part Of the United States is the
lower lilo Graude valley. The hottest
point where regular data are kept Is
Fort Ringgold, which has a mean m
MEAL temperature Of IA degrees, Next
to hinggold comes Laredo with fe.b
degrees, brownsville ~. ~ degrees, and
Fort ! una, at the mouth of the Rio
Col srado. fa.3 degroes
, 1886-01-07

Tux petition which the Salvation
Army presented to England's home sec
Rotary a day or two since for the release
of Editor Stead and Mrs. Jarrett for alb
Quoting Eliza Armstrong, is a mile and a
half long, has 200, 900 signatures, and
weighs $50 pounds.
, 1886-01-07

The district known as tho oil river
Il. e., rivers where palm oil is the chief
article of produce) is comprised in that
part Of the west African coast which
lies between the Benin and Old Calabar
rivers, and therefore includes the large
delta OF the Niger, many OF these so
called rivers being without doubt
mouths of the Niger. In most OF the
numerous waterways in this region
trade between white merchants and the
native chiefs is carried on.
The chief articles used in barter for
the produce of the country are Man
chester cotton goods, silk, salt, brass
rods, spirits. etc. or the most part
the chiefs of the tribes ad AGENT to these
places act as the middlemcn to tho
trines of the interior, and as such are
fully aware of the advantages of
their position, and have hitherto sue
cessinlsy opposed any attempt to de.
prize them of or lessen these advanta.
ges. Though these rivers are under
british protection no attempt is made
to interfere with the freedom of the
native, except in questions affecting
white men, and then it is found a very
difficult matter to persuade or control
lin. aeh chief governs his own dis
trict after his native fashion, without
dictation, and consequently his indie
pendence Of character is preserved.
, 1886-01-07
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q 81. Charles street, New Orleans. La.
, 1886-01-07

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, 1886-01-07

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, 1886-01-07

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, 1886-01-07

was almost perfectly bald, caused by letter
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, 1886-01-07

CHICAGO now claims a population Of
$50 o0o, and the Times Of that city thinks
ahe will o%utstrip London in 1910 'ff the
present ratio is maintained.
, 1886-01-07

THAcKERAY once wrote to a friend:
May you some day find an Irish girl to
lead you to matrimony. There no such
good wife as a daughter Of Erin"
, 1886-01-07

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f~cOnd .td4s matter.
, 1886-01-07

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, 1886-01-07
'Pnbiic Sentiment" in the seiool Room
III i Huffman

One of the worst cases in every school
is the pupil who is over-an Aious to ma &c
n display, to show off at every occasion,
where every look and movement seem
to say: Look at me. See what ! do.
now, is not that about the thing lie
is ever saying or doing something to at
tract attention. lie is usually nick
named "Smarty.'
The weapon to use against him is pub
lie sentiment. That is the most pain
full to him. You show that such con
duct is despicable in the eyes of the
school, and when he sees that
his deeds are condemned by the
school, he will soon cease to
practice them. II there is a senti-
ment against the teacher among a large
number in the school, this pupil be.
comes the teachers greatest annoyance.
lie will go just as far rs he can, even if
he is punished for it, because then he
receives the greater applause from his
fellow scholars, and this causes him to
bear the punishment gladly. The
teacher should keep the great major
ity with him always. If he loses
their support his power is gone. Pub
lie sentiment in school, as everywhere
else, is n great force.
, 1886-01-07

Que OF our customers saws your Cuticura
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, 1886-01-07

pIMPLES, black heads. skin blemishes. aud
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, 1886-01-07

Remember the Fox coal is the best in
the city. Telephone No. 1853 I o A. @.
McGrcEor, aud get full weight.
, 1886-01-07
TIE only Lottery euer voted on and endor,
By The people Of any State.
4 nerer Scales or P6stpones.

It's Grand SINGLE Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the Extraordinary Draw
lngs regularly every three months Instead OF
Substantially AS heretofore, beginning March.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN
A FORTUNE. First Grand Drawinr
Class A. In the ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
"" ORLEANS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 70,
lSe0.-lssth Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
fractions, in Fifths in proportion.
, 1886-01-07

I%echinite, or mandate of lead aud
zinc, has been discovered in Montana.
Ore OF this nature is worth $40, 600 a
pound.
, 1886-01-07

courtesy of SyO. Archives & historical De
, 1886-01-07

u. Q. BAIRD and A. G. CAMPBELL. Al
torneys-at Law and Notaries Public, CLsy
second floor, Stehbins & Post $ bank block
, 1886-01-07

Tenders his professional services to the cit
liens Of Cheyenne and vicinity. Ofc
liams. Telephone No. 40.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-27

No novelist of English birth ever
imagined such an afternoon As | once
spent in the Highlands. \ party Of six
were to drive and ride together. There
were two ladies in an open landau with
two men, of whom WAS one, while two
young lords in their kits rode on ponies
by our side. The roads were rougher
than in England and the hills were steep
and frequent, but the youngsters were
perfect riders and in the h CHEST of spir-
its They We're cousins. and one was the
host OF the party: neither was more than
%; each the eldest son of an earl,
SCOtchmau, the descendant of kings; they
felt they were ON their native heather.
Two wilder bolder more frulicsOme fel-
lows were never seem in any rank of life.
They rode sometimes abreast, sometimes
what they called tandem; they rode some
times astride and bare backed, sometimes
two on one horse, sometimes each with
one leg over each horse; they stood on
their horses backs. sometimes both on
one, sometimes one on both; they sat with
their faces To the tail; they rode like
women: one would hang over his horse as
If he were the stag that the other pre-
tended TO have killed; they would ride
like Indians in the chase or in war, with
one foot on the ground and one hand on
the horses neck. IL was the most daring,
splendid, graceful hOrsemanship | ever
saw on the road-the ponies all the while
running like mad, and enjoying the fun
As much as their masters; the ponies
backs as bare as their masters legs. and
mane and kit and plaid flying in the air -
Adam Badeau's Letter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-27
An English Hunt Ball.

A hunt ball is not very different from
other large country house entertainments.
The grand hall Is devoted to dancing, As
well As one or two of the drawing rooms.
The music is not often elaborate; on rare
occasions a band is brought down from
London, hut usually there are only three
or four pieces from nelGhhorinE town.
Few decorations are added to the or din
AIRY ornaments, but the house is ahlaze
with thousands of candles, shedding
soft luster on the compile Xion and drop
ping compensatory stains on the costume.
The women are in customary ball dress,
but the men who have hunted that day
may wear dress coats Of pink" and the
same crowd of gay and radiant, anxious,
weary, happy, disappointed people that Is
seen at other balls goes through its round
of dancing, feasting, love making, man
uuvring, scandal mongering. jealousy,
spite, triumph, and revenge, just rs in
any other land.-Adam Badeau's Letter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-27
LACONOA NOTES.



since our chapleI upon tiie business me"
OF Lag"h1a we nave ieaii''" "' t''"t ol'l''
persons who carried on the grocery business
previous TO Martin "anL' III the same hu'!"-
ing. John VI. Jackson now latih'I ao"Nt
l.agonda, built the Niort-rooh' about 1896,
and run grocery about one yeaI; then sol"
out To Charlie LeCount' VINO SUI HNeN IN
Springfield. lie hult the residence now
occupied by john one lie "hiN carried
ON the grocery business SNORT II'''T, anu
sold out t" a German named Ahdie" h"'eH
ami he I" Maitih tam III iN"I'
The history al l.aS"il"a M""I" nc" l"
complete without some 'hr"''"h Oh Jug
James =. iLaIS"y' one "t l'S in"s' ",H''"
gllished cithrlN' WI" ""nc" an" i've"
MheTe h"NN Ml"i'l no" i'N'N i"I i''''i
wears. A''ti nav ing N'iN'" Hs "'"''.i W
CiaTk county from Tue !e"l to@" !" lo'"'
and then AS PROBATE Judge ~rm OF Years, ears,
he move" l" l'ag"n1a ABOUT l'oo: III i9"I 9i
his wite nled' Inc JU"Se s'i'' ITN'''N
here untlL lSoH' "heh ne sou ""'
10 MI. Mitchell ana move" 10 lIiill"'>'
later t" Memphis lenn.' "he'e ne "leu III
ls''' aged )" years. ne was "'aIl "l N'el
ing worth' s'lc'Iy m"ieH' anu ul' ,Eu', a.
sisted very materlaiIS III ''' h'>' 0""""'',
schools heid mere ana WAS one 'oNp'''e'
ana l"Ned oS All VII" hie" nun
Among the carry >'''ieiN' "I>o' was I"l' '
lei Berger o. ana I"lli,tH' MLIo CH'"c '''l'
iIohl SI'iHS '"','" III l'''' CIV
month in Lag"nda IN III" at" ""uo'e mouse
on the corner "l "'e ~" W """HeH "i" "i"
no"h VH "1 % mL,. ~" "H''
then ne pouSH' Tue i"II "TH
owned anu "''uP'eu "4 Ms S"l' III -.
beISer' i"e lal'ly "".e away ''"' "
hlgh sociaI anu MOI dl lo>'',",l' an" >" ''''
nected win 'he sr""'h anu "'S'""''o''N III
LSs"h1a d. ~ oG 'l>el'" "ot'
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CONTINUOUS I'HIue,' "i l.aS"''''a' nav "'E
came III HtPle"'nr,' Io1t' noN H'l'''S' S
thrt! Nv" ye"lN' L'"' Nol'uioTH .,, ''iHi'ro
mas 'ahe" f'"'e III "'"N' s'SiNi tne H'l't>
nave N'o"" i'"'', S'iar' ="
nI"ull'.'"t. I ''''
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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-27

A modest youth who graduated n
Thursday or two ago from the university
at Chapel Hill, wishes to he connected
with an able, progressive. and live news
paper-One up with the times With that
end in view he addressed himself to The
Item. He incluSes testimonials as TO
character, mental capacity, and accom-
plishments. though he admits that, As yet,
he does not claim to possess either the
experience or the ability to edit news
paper successfully
In the latter part of his communication
there is found food for comment He
says: Il am willing 20 make my self gen
orally u>eful-to begin at the bottom Of
the profession, to read proof or make
clippings, or do anything OF that kind.
if need he. confident Of my ability To
finally work myself up to a position more
congenial TO my tastes and more suitable
to my education"
The proof re ,der at the bottom of the
ladder The man who not only corrects
printers mistakes. but finds punctuation,
spelling, grammar. and words for unlet-
tered or careless writers, who must so
keep his memory stored with the good
things Of the noted authors that he may
suitably fill in at "A moments notice an
inaccurate quotation: sometimes is com
PEELED TO eNeh grasp and make clear the
ideas of a shiftless writer; who puts the
finishing touches to every column of the
journal before it goes to the eager iron
jaws awaiting II in the press room.
And he will do uncungenial work at the
bottom of the ladde in attending to the
"clippings' Ye gods, What will the scjs-
sors editor say 10 that? Good writers and
brainy men are not 50 rare, but a mau
who will nose among the eXchan -e' with
a scent As keen aud exact as a deer
hounds, who strikes the prey when found
and always secures game to the popular
taste. such a man will be kept when
found, and not kept on the bottom rung
Of the ladder eitker-New Orleans City
Item