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The Aspinwall Cemetery.

An Aspinwall Qsthmus of Panama,
letter to the Pittsburg Dispatch says!
Monkey Hill is the only burying ground
about Aspinwall, and it is certainly q
wonderful place. At this time OF the
year people, and especially foreigners,
die by the dozen of Chagres fever. Il
is terrible disease and it shuffies fel'
low off quicker, if anything, than yellow
fever does. Death is such very com
mon thing there that very little attention
is paid to the manner OF 6urying. a
BODY is thrown into q hired coffin and
carted of to Monkey Hill and put into
the the ground, often without even an excuse C
for religious services. Then the coffin is
brought back to be used for another un'
fortunate. 1 saw one rough-lookine
casket while was in Aspinwall that had
done duty on 635 different occasions and
had brought S3 to its owner every time
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FACTS FOB THE CURIOUS.

A New York professor annually tattoos
5000 persons.
A mathematician estimates that
machine of one horse power would keep
81, 100000 watches running.
A notion once prevailed in England
with some people that the seventh con-
secutive SON born had power to cure GER
tain diseases. ..
Most of the Washingtons now living
in this country are descended from
George Washington's brother Samuel,
who was married five times.
A curious specimen in the shape of q
double apple is exhibited at Huntington,
Ind. It has two distinct stems and two
blossom ends, though it is grown firmly
together as one apple.
In the time of Charlemagne whoever
injured the widow was thought to have
violated the "peace of the King" A
special jurisdiction was constituted in
her behalf; justice was made easy for
her, and her complaints were always
listened to.
A Georgia farmer has got goat that
joins gleefully with hound in hunting
rabbits. When on the trail he initiates
the dogs and runs with his nose to the
ground, but when the quarry Is in view
up 20 he'd and TAIL and he dashes after
the unfortunate bunny regardless OF hs
companions.
The art of Egypt attained its greatest
elaboration, not iudc-d without some
loss of national character, in the time OF
Alexander and the Ptolemies 1852 to 30
B. c., when He'll nc influence broke
through the sombre massiveness OF the
unmembered wal 8 and applied the bril-
liant decoration of colored columns to
the exterior.
According to an cd belief, it was sup
posed that devils could at any moment
assume whatever form they pleased that
would most conduce to the success OF
any contemplated enterprise they might
have in hand; and hence the charge OF
being a devil, so commonly brought
against innocent AMI harmless pc sons In
former years can easily be understood.
Visitors to the Markisches mu cum, in
Berlin, are always attracted by curious
collection of execntioners' swords. In
old times it was customary for these In
struments of punishment to bear inscrip-
tions, and most OF the swords in the
museum are inscribed. The Oldest is
ninety four centimetres (thirty-seven
inches) long and six centimetres ttws
and two. o.ifths inches) wide, and it bears
the inscription: eff thou act in the ser
vice of virtue this sword shall not strike
thee" The date is 1924.
John Law, of Edinburgh, Scotland,
established bank in France in 1716,
which by royal authority in 1719 became
the receiver of tae revenues of the king.
dom. To it was attached mississippi
Company" which had grants of land in
Louisiana, from the proceeds of the
planting and commerce of which immense
profits were expected. The shares OF
the bank soon rose to twenty times their
par value, but fell suddenly in 1870.
| There was no bottom to the matter, and
widespread financial distress and ruin
followed the bursting of the scheme,
which was called claws Bubble"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22
A Quaint Oriental City.

Writing about Canton, China, W. T.
Hornaday says in the Cosmopolitan ::
What wonderful old city it is! How
bewilderirg, and how interesting at every
step! The city is all on the ground, or
at the very most it will not average more
than story and half in height. Where
the shops are thickest, each square is an
unbroken succession Of wide doorways;
for of every shop the whole end next to
the street takes out bodily. From one
street corner to the next, there is only q
succession of open ended rooms and par
tition walls, with dark, narrow passages
thrown in here and there. There is no
architecture visible, for the houses are so
jammed together that is is impossible to
single out any one in particular without
climbing on the roof to see how much it
covers.
If this is not street in Wonderland it
might as we'll be. 1t is only about eight
feet wide, and many are less. The caves
of the houses on each side project quar-
ter or third of the way across the street,
and the remaining third in the middle is
very often loosely covered over with
boards placed crosswise. When the sun
is shining the streets are light enough,
but in rainy or cloudy weather they arc
very dark and gloomy, and the peculiar
twilight effect only adds another element
of strangeness to the scene. Thank good
ness, the streets are we'll paved with
smooth, granite fagstones, one foot by
three. and being kept very clean, there is
no mud to plow throug IN. e'eu when it
rains. Pedestrianism is the order of the
day. There are no carriages, carts, drays,
big freight wagons, omnibuses, or street
cars to run over you, if you fail to get
out of the way; for all the freight is car
ried by coolies.
Now and then, however, your wool
gathering is disturbed by stir and loud
shouting little way down the street,
and you see the crowd parting to right
and left. Then you know there Is a
sedan chair coming and you take shelter
behind sign board, or in friendly
doorway, or flatten yourself against a
wall until the peripatetic nuisance has
gone by. But the streets are 80 narrow
that chairs are not very often used. They
move too slowly; it takes too much
shouting to clear the way, and when two
meet in o narrow thoroughfare one has
to be side tracked before the other can
get by. The use of the chair, therefore,
IS confined to lazy merchants and officers,
weak women and swell Europeans. For
my part, I would not do Canton in a
sedan chair if 1 could have whole set
for nothing.
But there is one drawback to pedes-
trianism. As you pass along you are
obliged to be on the alert to keep from
coming into collision with half naked
coolies, carrying all sorts of loads. All
loads are carried in the same way; every
schoolboy knows it, so will not stop to
describe it. No matter where you go,
you can be certain that every few min
utes one of these coolies will come puff
fng and shutfling along at a dog-trot,
shouting every few steps to those IN
front of him to "clear the track" his
load springing up and down, and bis
bamboo lathee creak:ng rhythmica!ly at
eyery step,
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A T-Party.

She twirlel upon her tip toes light,
Tossed back her tangled tresSeS bright.
And cried: ''I'm truly tired of play;
I'll have tea party to- dav."
She set tue table meath tree,
With tempting tarts and toast, and tea.
Ten tiny cups upon the tray,
Ten plates and spoons in trim array,
Ten twinkling tapers thin and tall,
And then the feast was ready ALL
The thrushes trilled and twittered sweet,
The turf was tender meath her feet,
Her tidy cap with lace was trimmed, :,
Her tasteful gown was tucked and trimmed
Now, here am I, and here's the treat"
Sho cried: 'but who is there to eata
I'm very thirsty for my tea
1 think I'll be the company"
And slipping now and tasting then,
She ate and drank for all the tenl
-Maryarst Johnson, in ST. Nicholas
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22
Fat People and Fluids.

The question whether water is fatten-
ing or otherwise has been much dis
cussed. Formerly it was generally as
serted that the victims of obesity should
mortify the flesh and reduce the fat by
abstaining as much as possible from
liquids and remaining in continual
state of thirst. Latterly the opposite
has been affirmed, and am told that a
reduction of weight is one of the results
claimed by "the hot-water cure" pro-
vided always that tie water is taken as
hot as possible, painfully hot, and in
great quantities.
Experiments have been made in Paris
by DR.. Debove which controvert both
these doctrines. These experiments in
dicatc that, provided the same amount
of solid food is taken, large quantities
of water make man neither thinner nor
latter. They were carefully made on a
friend who took weighed quantities of
food daily, and while these remained
equal doubling the quantity of water
had no measurable effect on the weight
of the body. Still, it is quite possible
that the old theory of thirt cure and the
new theory of hot-water cure may both
be correct. Both violate the natural
conditions of health. Scalding-hot water,
like tea or coree or grog Of similar tenn
p perature, unquestionably injuries the
teeth, the stomach and other organs con-
cerncd in the early stages of digestion,
and it is very probable that deficiency of
liquid impedes the latter stages, whereby
the chyme, by the aid Of digesting
fluids, becomes converted into chyle and
blood.
A fat man may easily become thinner
by iniur.ug his health. "Banting" is
dangerous, as many who have fairly tried
can prove. The difficult problem is to
reduce the fat without reducing the
strength at the same time. A skillful
trainer will undertake to bring any man
down to his ''fghting weight 4. {. to
the best condition for violent exertion;
but as soon as the discipline of the trainer
is relaxed the obesity, when constitu-
tional, returns; and long continuance
of high training is murderous. Perhaps
the old prescription, "Keep your mouth
shut and your eyes open, when followed
with judicious limita ions, is the best.
Eat less, sleep less and walk more are
safe injunctions, provided they are obeyed
in moderation.
DR.. Dehove's conclusions apply to
water only, not to other beverages. The
fat man who uses malt liquor as a daily
beverage deserves to be buried under
cross roads at midnight, according to
the ancient modes of degrading the will
full perpetrators of teto de Sc Gentle
mans Maq0sine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22
How Cloth is Timed.

A mixture of finely pulverizcd metal.
lie zinc and albumen, of about the con-
sstency of thin paste, is spread with a
brush upon linen or cotton cloth, and by
means of hot steam coagulated. The
cloth is now immersed in bath of stan
mic chloride, we'll washed, and dried.
Running the cloth through roller press,
the tin film is said to take metallic luster.
Designs cut in stout paper, letters, num-
bers, ETC., when laid between cloth and
roller, are impressed upon it. 1t can
also be cut in strips, corners, etc.-Sci-
tntifc american.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22
AN AUTUMN SYMPHONY.

A white-stoled spirit speedeth
Through the haunted halls Of night,
And the wakened woodland heedeth
The course of her hoary fight.
The aureate morning sees
Achange in the trembling trees,
And feels in the air that stirs
The tapering tips of the frs
A hint Of the frosty breath
OF the drear November days,
When the grass in the meadow ways
Grows wan with the touch of death.
The eddying swallow leaves
The gabled granary's caves
For the southland's softer skies;
And the wren that chirped at the door
Now sounds her plaintive cries
On the marshy Georgian shore.
In hollow, on hazy hillside,
The torch Of the sumach burns,
In copse, by the reedy hillside,
Droops fronds Of yellowing ferns,
The lindens upon the lawn
Are garbed in the god of dawn;
The elms are in dappled gowns;
The beeches have amber crowns;
A new rose flames on the brier,
And the wales where the hanging mist
Has the hue Of amethyst
Show the naples crimson fire.
With a ruby glow like wine
The climbering woodbines shine,
The pod of the milkweed ops,
And the feathery flakes Of down
Flutter above the orchard slopes
And the corn-felds, russet-down.
In the spicy glooms of pineland
The partridge sounds his drum;
There are notes Of song from vineland
Where harvesters go and come.
The ripened pippins flush
In the sweet autumnal hush
Like the fruit that bends the trees
Of the calm Hesperides.
Fair Plenty smiles on the land
From the caverned coasts of Maine
And the billowy Western plain
To the far Floridian strand.
And peace Of the lilied brow,
Of the dove and the olive bough,
Is queen of the broad demesne.
In the past's dim corridor
Now rests, in calm serene,
The wrath of the days of war.
clinton Scollard, in Youths Companion.
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There is veteran Georgian in Amer
icus who has fifteen children, ffty-one
grandchildren and twenty-four great
grandchildren.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22

There is pear tree in Windsor, N. s.,
which produces annually two crops OF
pears.
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sequence of some local or general dis
ease. In oil of these in which the skin
is so injured that scars result there is no
hope of new formation of the hair.
st. Louis Globe Deuaacrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-22
Jests By the Juveniles.

Little Boy (at tabls)-'Pa, give me
some bread"
Father --t4'y son, you must remember
that older folk; have the preference"
Little Boy-'I don't want any prefer
ence; want q biscuit. t."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Major (rocking Nelly on his knee
for Aunt Mary's sakej-'I suppose this
is what you like, Neliy"
eyes, it's very nice. But l rode on
real donkey yesterday-I mean one with
four legs, you know"
Harry, aged five. had never happened
70 see the moon in the daytime. He came
down to breakfast the other morning
shrieking with laughter.
"Why, Harry, what's the matter" In
ouired the mother.
"Oh, mamma" said he, as soon as ne
could speak, 'Ive got such joke on the
Lord; He's forgot to take His moon IN
Boy-"Mister what time is it?"
Man-"You little rascal, you asked
me that same question only two minutes
ago aud told you. What do you ask
again forl"
Boy amt a,kin for myself. I'm
askin' for this other little fellow; he
don't know"
4 lar of preserves had effected very
mysterious disappearance during the
n;nbt and the fact was mentioned at the
breakfast table next morning. Denials
of guilt came from every side, but 1t was
noticed that one particular youngster was
silent.
"And what have you to say, Georgie2"
said his aunt, turning toward him. And
then very honestly and solemnly came
the response: "My pa don't allow me to
talk at the table. ."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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sented mustache and goatee four inches
IL length, with preservation of all other
feminine characteristics.
The removal of such misplaced hairs is
not accomp plished by the use of any de-
pilatory. The only sure and efe>tive
way is to destroy the sack or follicle
from which ca h hair grows, either by
elee tricity, as fir>t directed by DR..
Michel, of this city, or by extracting
each individual hair and cauteriZing the
fo!l;clc with some irritating chemical
The former method is by far the best.
1t requires large stock of patience and
perseverance, on the part of both patient
ind operator. ga sure cure" may be
secured in almost every case ofInisplaced
hairs if modci ate skill be con joined with
the prere ,usitcs. The same method
surely removes hairs upon the eyelids
which persist in growing in toward
the globe of the eye. If not removed
these "wild hairs" cause continual irrita'
tion and eventual loss of ight.
The opposite condition, non-aprcar'
ancc of the hair, or loss of it without re-
growth. is far more common, especially
he last named condition, called badness
Children are frequently born bald, but
hey usually develop hairy covering by
the end of the second year. Several
cases are recorded of persons who never
mad either hair or teeth, although they
lived to the average age of men. Some
of them were always bald, but developed
teeth in usual number. Sometimes this
original badness appears only on linn
ted portion of the skin. Then there is
no chance OF the hair coming in" il
future years; in fact, sometimes new
spots of the same sort appear, or the tirs
one enlarges to some extent. But sucf
cases are extremely rare compared with
those in which the hair falls off in con
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28
New Goods per Mariposa
AUGUSTUSL. SMITH

Has received an excellent assortment Of
CHRISTMAS GOODS, among which are
Christmas cards, plain and fringed, ranging in
price from S cents upwards; Dolls in great
variety, large end small; Doll Carriages,
Transparent states, Writing desks, Dominoes,
Checkers, Perfume cases, Christmas candles,
Candle holders, Tree ornaments, Tumpets,
Tops, Paint boxes, Purses, Papetries, Etc.
Etc, Etc, Etc.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28
uhllaren VINO MARC Lanrunse.

The language-making instinct Of very
young children, which. In Mr.. Horatio Hale's
opinion, furnishes the solution for the puz-
King question Of the origin Of tongues, is
curiously shown among the children reared
In Shaker families They have, according to
the evidence Of those acquainted with the
subject, many verbs and nouns, apparently
Of their own creation, and unlike any known
dialect The words are usually singulaTly
ugly and unpleasant to any one with sensi-
tive ear-Boston Transcript
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28
A Mutual Feeling.

Billings Injecting Baxter who Is walking rap
idly along the stresD-Helloa Baxter, why
this rushl
poxter-I am walking fast TO keep that felt
low staegs from catching up with me. He's
en- awful bore 50 long.
Billings Imcsting Stages who Is walking
slowly Hallcs, Old fellow, why are you
poking along this wayi
Staggs-To Eocp from catching up with that
fellow Baxter. He's the worst bore in town
--Arkan2a;y Traveller
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28

Cases Whitney's Butter, in tins,
Half fir<ins Butter, Gilt Edge,
Or 6rkns Butter, G Edge
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28
SACKS POTATOES, BEST in GUINNESS

Gases Nicnacs,
Cases Extra Soda Crackers,
Cases Medium Bread,
Cases Cracked Wheat, 10 To- bags,
Cases Corn Meal, white, 10 ID. bags
Cases Dat Meal. 10 ID. bags,
Cases Corn Starch
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28
pronts Of sroonshin,pr

Moonshiners say they can stay In jail six
months in the year, still three and loaf three
and make more money thereby than at any
other business. They get seventy-hve cents
b u a gallon for their whisky and sell it as
fast cs they can make IT. Very little is ever
found when stills are seized. Chicago Times.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28
Best California Leather

Sole, Insole, Harness. Skirting and UppeH.
French and American Calfskins,
Sheep Skins, Goat Skins,
Saddles and Saddle Trees
These goods are new and fresh, and viii be sold
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28

Three hundred million dollars Is low esti-
mate OF the direct cost to the people OF this
country Of fires that occur In year.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28
Casks Dupee Hams.
ca.E. [ 4 A Hams. ca... R. R. Bacon.

Cases Fairbanks Lard, ID. pail,
Cases Fairbanks Lard. ID. pad,
Cases Fairbanks Lard, 10 u. pail
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-28

a lAReE ASSORTMENT
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

MARLIN AAohls
to this day and does an exclusively whole
sale trade, Casey & Swasey, who com
menced as agents for Robt. Howe, came
next. This firm eventually purchased the
business and commenced to build up a
very large trade, which has now swelled
into an immense profitable business.
Scheuber < Co., Casey & Swasey and
Joseph Mayer now control the trade here,
and the first two houses have drummers
on the road all the year round.
LUMBER.
After the railroad reached here In 1876
a number of lumber-yards were started,
but the stock consisted mainly of rough
lumber. To-day there are number of
firms engaged in the business, the leading
ones beng William Cameron & Co., Ell.
lott Roe, r. M, Page & Co., and G w.
Gillespie. All these firms carry large and
complete stocks Of lumber in all grades
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
A review of this branch of the trade,
which in 1876 was small and OF local
nature, but which now covers a large
portion OF The state, can be made by a
brief history of the w. a. Huffman I'm
plement Co. and j. B. Mitchell & Co.,
withincidental mention Of other firms who
have from time to time been doing bust
ness in this city.
TIE W. A. HUFFMAN IMPLEMENT co.
In the year 1876 AIR. M. G. Ellis began
the sale Of few plows in the village Of
Fort Worth, getting few plows at a time
from the local dealers in Dallas. Pre-.
vious to this time there was nothing sold
In Fort Worth in the implement line, our
farmers being compelled to 20 or send TO
Dallas for everything they needed to work
their farms In the early part OF 1877
Messrs. M. G, Ellis and w. A. Huffman
formed copartnership under the firm
name Of Ellis 6 Huffman, still continuing
to sell few plows and Champion reap
ers under Mr.. w. Y. Lakes awning. This
was the foundation upon which has been
built the largest business OF the kind IN
the state OF Texas, II not in the entire
South. In the fall of 1877 Messrs. Ellis
4 Huffman rented one side of q small
hox-house on West Weatherford street,
adding TO the few plows and
reapers they had In store a few wagons
and Russell threshers. They continued
IN business on Weatherford street about
one year, performing heduties OF proprie-
tors, oook-keepers, statesmen and porters.
In the winter Of ~ and rs they built a
small brick store-room 50xS5 on First
street and employed three additional men
IN the store. During the winter Of this
year there occurred q FIRE, destroying the
entire one-half block fronting on Wealth
erford and between Throckmorton ard
Taylor streets, leaving only one house in
the row. II being the house
corner Weatherford and Taylor streets,
lhen occupied by +. ID. Gurley
4, Go. as commission-hous Ellis &
thurman had only partially moved their
stock TO their new building on First
street, the greater portion Of Il still being
Ia their old st0re-house which wal
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-18

T. W. POWELL, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.
small iobbng trade in this city in 1876.
His business afterwards grew until he
had a considerable wholesale trade.
About the year 1878 l.. N. Brunswig
opened wholesale and retail store on
Houston street, and in the course of few
years built up large business. This firm
continued to do successful business for
several years, and was finally succeeded
by II. w. Williams & Co., who now have
large establishment on Houston street
between Third and Fourth. This firm has
n manufacturing department, and its trade
extends throughout the state.
WHOLESALE LIQUORS.
The wholesale liquor trade in | S76 was
confined chiefly to one or two houses. d.
w. G. Pendery, who was stationed at No.
81 Houston street. Jos. Mayer, still in
business here, was doing small trade at
10 Houston street, Hochstadter & Co
opened shortly afterwards at co and CO
Houston street, and this firm, which sue
cessively became Scheuber & Hochstadter
and Charles Schueber & Co., survives