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Gorgeous Church at ou~adaioupe.

The church at Guadalupe is well
worth a visit to those who delight in
feasting their eyes upon things rich and
valuable. Here was the place where Ed
Greer could find comfort. solid silver and
apparently solid gold in p~rofusion was
visible on every side. In this main
church all the ornamentation was of solid
silver from the dome to the floor, while
In the side chapel, a place rarely opened,
h golden virgin was surrounded by
golden monuments and affairs, pillars and
walls, while precious stones were common.
This church for more than a hundred years
received one-sixth of the increase from
mines that aggregated, it is said, more
h $500, 000, 900 of the precious metals.
While a golden image was clothed at a
cost of thousands and thousands of dol
lars, the poor devils who approached it
on their knees were receiving the munif-
cent salary of as high as twenty Mexican
cents a day, while some of them ran
down to eight cents a day. No deduc-
ton need be drawn.-Kansas City
Journal.
, 1888-07-14

Pyrogravure is a new method Of en-
craving in black, reddish brown, blister,
etc., by the use of a redhot metallic
point. The engraving is done as easily
as is drawing with a pen or pencil. A
scraper and some gum serve to suppress
or tighten the lines upon wood, just as
upon paper.
Mr.. Perier obtained his first pyro-
engraved drawings with redhot pokers
and the conical cauteries used in surgery.
These burners, which it was necessary to
keep continually heating, were replaced
by platinum burners heated by an cleo
trio current, and then by instruments
based upon the principle of gas soldering
irons.
Art decoration on a large scale and
industrial o-rnamentation have in pyro-
gravure a new means of utilizing the
talent of the artist and the skill of the
workman. By means of it we can just
as well draw a portrait or a landscape as
decorate q room, piece of furnitures or
any other object, or mark the handle of
a tool. The lines made by ~pyrogravure
nave not the sharpness of those given on
wood by the graver or gouge. 1t in
creases the decorative effect of marque-
terie and of objects of wood or leather
inlaid with metals, ivory, mother of
pearl, etc.-Annales Industrielles.
, 1888-07-14

s. L. Clemens, better known as Mark
Twain, of the publishing firm of Charles
l. Webster g Co., gives the following
interesting facts regarding Gen. Sheri-
dams Memoirs, soon to be given to the
public: ''Mr. Webster and / called on
Gen. Sheridan at his office In the war de-
partment a couple of years ago and made
a contract with him for his autobiog-
raphy, upon terms satisfactory to both
parties. This was not long after we had
published the second volume of Gen.
Grants Personal Memoirs Gen Sheri-
dan was as reluctant to try the untried
field of authorship as had been Gen.
Grant before him, but the desire to Sc
cure a comfortable provision for their
families prevailed with both. Gen. Sher-
idan's procedure. after he had once made
up his mind, was characteristic OF him.
He went at his task with all his might,
and never called a halt until it was fin
ished. One can see by his manuscript
that he, like Gen. Grant, found author
ship easy after he N got started. Au-
thorship is always easy when one has
something to say."-New York World.
, 1888-07-14
Power Of "auarantee Companies"

1.-THE guarantee companies WELD an
enormous power. For instance, we bond
every man on the Gould system of rail-
roads. We had to look up the record of
every ono of them. Our investigation is
very searching as to a mans record and
habits. We will not bond one who can
be called a drinking man. 1t isn't a
question of total abstinence, but if a man
is known to get under the influence of
liquor he is too bad a risk for us. If he
stolen in n place we will not bond
him in another. Once a thief, always a
thief is our principle, and though it
seems a little v we cannot escape it.
The wedding u process was carried on
with vigor, and a man whom we wouldn't
bond had to go. 1t was a great .respon-
sibility, and sometimes no doubt we
made mistakes. A mans personal enc
mics would sometimes traduce him and
deceive US. When we found that such
an injustice had been done we bestirred
ourselves in earnest, and you can be sure
that the injured man got a place ON the
road at least as good as the one he had
lost. Through this investigation the per-
centage of stealing has been greatly re-
duced ,"-New York Mail and Express.
, 1888-07-14

According to De Tour, the original
stock of all West India coffee was a
coffee tree presented by the magistrates
of Amsterdam to Louis XIV in 1715, and
thence introduced into Hayti and San
Domingo by the French Haytiens. Its
introduction here was from Hayti. Its
chief stimulus came through hundreds
of rich refugees from the constant revo-
lutions in Hayti and San Domingo; and
probably coffee culture reached its great
est prosperity in Cuba during the first
quarter of this century when its annual
production reached nearly 100, 900, 900
pounds. Then it was that the planters
of these noble valleys were richer than
princes; frequently owned thousands of
slaves each; lived in a lavish luxuriance
the lingering legends of which are I'M
tellable from their apparent a~bsurdity in
the practical thought of today; and old
Trinidad, down there in its somnolence
by the sea, was the then paris chiquito,"
or ''little Paris" of the Antilles, whose
wealth, splendor and profigacy will for.
ever remain unequaled in the New
World. Edgar l.. Wakeman's Cuba
Letter.
, 1888-07-14

In these days of struggle and competi-
ton one needs to be all eyes t see
chances. You see very little when you
are always on the run. Keeping cool,
going slow, taking things easy and keep
ing out of furry and fuster, add to our
might, not only to see, but to act. Many
fail, not from lack of doing, but from
doing unwisely, and are then surprised
to find some one ahead who seems to
have done very little. But that one
used his Knight" where it did the most
good. A greenhorn may batter a rock
all day with a sledge, and not break it.
An old miner stands it up in a certain
position, so it will vibrate on being
struck, gives it a few gentle taps, and it
falls to pieces.-Prentice milford in New
York Star.
, 1888-07-14

Patagonian babies are kept in cradles
made of fiat pieces of board. Two pieces
of guanaco skin are SO arranged across
h cradle that the child is firmly fast
ened inside, and can be carried thus sus-
pended from a saddle bow without dan
ger. In the rude huts of this people
these cradles are hung hammockwise to
the r~afters, and amid the smoke that
darkens everything, including his very
nature, as it seems, the Patagonian in
FAINT passes the first stages of b~abyhood.
When the village migrates the cradle is
swung from the saddle, and in swimming
q stream it floats like a canoe on the sur
face, while the horse is almost entirely
submerged. Sir Francis Head, who saw
a good deal of Patagonian life years ago,
caves on record the statement that the
~Patagonian baby in his queer cradle is
one of the best natured representatives Of
the infant world.-Drake's Magazine.
, 1888-07-14
Big Shells In n1indanao.

We got a promising view from our
window into a yard below, where a dozen
pairs of immense bivalve shells Tridacna
gigas) lay in the sun. A careful meas
renen of the largest pair showed three
feet and five inches in length and two
feet five inches across the valves. They
must nave weighed toward 200 pounds
each, or 400 pounds for a single shell.
We found a single valve made a good
load for two men. The Spanish naval
officers, who seem, like other seafaring
people, to be given to telling large yarns,
tell of one off the south coast of Mindanao
which has long been noted for its great
size, and that the officers of the steam
frigate Salamanca once planned to take
it home as a present to Queen Isabella.
They steamed down the coast until
they found the shell, dropped their
strongest hawser around 1t and put on all
the steam, but after some time found
that instead Of raising the shell the
steamer was gradually sinking, being
drawn under by the immense weight.
So they cut the hawser and left the shell
in its bed, where they declare it may yet
be seen. The smaller species are found
in the mud at low tide. Their toothed
valves lie gaping apart, and must be
traps ready Get for any linguistic monkey
who may pass their way. The larger
ones are found in deeper water, and
there are stories of divers after pearl oys-
tiers being caught in their immense jaws
and held to their death.-American Nat
nralist
, 1888-07-14
Frirhtened by the BAND.

Some Baltimore church excursionists,
while on a steamboat the other day, were
badly frightened by the band. The boat
stopped for a few moments on account of
come trivial defect in the machinery, and
while the people were wondering what
was the matter the band injudiciously
began to play Nearer, My God, to Thee. u
A few Of the passengers thought that
their last hour had come sura-New
York Tribune.
, 1888-07-14
rlrst Efrorts wlth c~hopstIoku.

A foreigners first efforts with the
~chopsticks are more amusing to- the
Japanese than a tyro's performances on
skates are to us, and tea house girls tit
ter and giggle necessarily when such a
sight is at hand. 1t is the simplest thing
in the world to manage chopsticks when
you once know how, but before that they
wabble in the most perverse and unman-
ageble way. A tyro Is always told to
brace n stick firmly in the angle of the
thumb and against the third finger. That
stick is kept rigid, and the other chop
stick, held like a pen with the thumb
and first finger, plays upon it, holding
and letting go~with a sureness and light
ness hardly attained with any other i'm
PIGMENTS. The supreme test of ones
skill with the chopsticks is to lift an egg,
the round surface making a perfect
balance and firm hold necessary, while
too much strength would ruin all. In
the rearing of silk worms, the young
worms that are too delicate to stand
handling with the fingers, are moved to
fresh beds of mulberry leaves twice n
day, the transfer being made with
wooden chopsticks deity handled.-Ru-
hama in Globe-Democrat.
, 1888-07-14
Hlndoo sub.tltnte Cor shoeN

1t is said that shoes were originally
adopted rather as an ornament than for
use. To this day Hindoo women of the
lower class do not wear shoes, but paint
their feet to resemble them. The same
practice was in fashionable vogue among
the ancient Egyptians 5000 years ago.
While the belle of those days painted her
eyebrows black with stibium and plum
bago, the feet were colored a beautiful
yellow with hennah. This hue is fire.
quently observed on the lower extremi-
ties of mummies from the land of the
pyramids. - Boston Cor. Chicago Tri-
bune.
, 1888-07-14

A Baptist church in Choctaw county,
Ala, is supported entirely from the pro-
ceeds of the church farm, a tract of six
teen acres planted in cotton The land
is rented by the church members, and on
regular occasions they all get together
and give the ground a thorough tilling
free of charge. The church thus has an
income sufficient for its needs, and the
pastor never feels any anxiety about his
talary.-New York Evening World.
, 1888-07-14

By dispelIing the symptoms so often
mistaken for consumption, Santa Able
has brought gladness to many a house
hold. BY its prompt use for breaking up
the cold that too often develops into that
fatal disease, thousands can be. saved
from an untimely grave. You make no
mistake by keeping a bottle OF this pleas
ant remedy in your house. California
Cat-R- Cure is equally effective in eradi-
eating all traces of nasal catarrh. Both
of these wonderful California remedies
are sold and warranted by DIR. W. N.
Hunt. 81 a package, three for g. so.
, 1888-07-14
A FRIGHTFUL SKIN DISEASE.
SuRerIngs Intense. Hend Nearly Raw.
Body Covered with sores. Cured
by the C%uticura Remedies.

MEsSRs. EVE & BRUNER: Monroe, N. C.
Dear SirS;-About two months ago, on read
ing your recommendation, l bought a bottle
Cuticura ResolVent, one box Cuticura Salve,
and one cake Cuticura Soap, for my son, aged
IL years, who has been afflicted with eczema
for u long time, and l am pleased to say that /
believe the remedies nave cured him. His
sufferings were intense, his head being nearly
raw, his ears being gone exceptthe grlstle, and
ton was frlghtful to behold. The sores have
now all disappeared, his skin is healthy, eyes
bright, cheerful disposition and working every
day. My ~nelghbors are witnesses to this re.
markable cure, and the doubling ones are re-
quested to call or write me or any of my neigh
bors WIN. S. STEPHENSON
Winchester p. o.. Union Co. N. c.
, 1888-07-14
H LOOKED SO COLD.


You looked so cold and proud; and yet,
The tender spray Of the mignonette
Closs to your heart, mid clinging lace,
Seepied whispering from its resting place
Thai / OF hope and love might know,
II I Gould speak to you, although
Z You looked SO coldl s
You looked SO coId, so proud; yet stin, "a
: The star-Rhin0 on the window sill 4
Showed raeyour eyes with tears SO wet Ar
Your eyes, like sprays of ~mignonette, ~
Shovel me the flush upon your cheek, -
And yet-and yeti could not speak ~
You looked so coldi ,gE$
She (two hours later over the registerS
feel SO cold, mamma, and chill, d.,
1 sat beside the window sill,
I sat and froze for two long hours, s
Among those chilly palms and flowers, ~
Thinking De Jones would surely speak
He looked so pensive and SO meek. 20
He clasped my hands In his-and yet ~
He only ~asked-my mignonette. fsSf
With icy tears my eyes were wet u
felt 50 coldi It'd Bits. \
, 1888-07-14

The conscience fund.- at Washington,
which is designed to receive sums of
money voluntarily returned to the gov
eminent by people who have stolen in the
past and afterward desire to make resti-
tuition, now amounts to nearly $500, 600.
1t speaks well for the later honesty Of
the Observation-Disclosures Times.
, 1888-07-14
Discoveries More valuable Thau Gold

Are Santa Able, the California discovery
for Consumption and diseases of the
Throat, Chest, and Lungs, and Califor-
mia Cat-R- Cure, the only guaranteed cure
for Catarrh, Cold in the Head and kin
dred complaints, They are sold at 81
per package, or three for 81. so, and are
recommended and used by the leading
physicians of the Pacific coast. Not
secret compounds. Guaranteed by DR..
w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-07-14

The first to teach publicly how to
starch linen was a Dutch woman, Mrs.
Dingley. She charged $25 for teaching
the art and 50 for showing how to make
the starch. Starch in those days was
made solely from wheat, but now, or
since 1e41, it is made mostly from corn.
-Globe-D Democrat.
, 1888-07-14

The whole line of the Nicaragua canal
has been located, including complete and
thorough surveys of the two possible 10
cations on the east end known as s'the
lower route" surveyed by Commodore
Lul in 1928, and 'thee upper, route
surveyed by Mr.. Menocal in 1885,
Frank Leslie's.
, 1888-07-14

80 hlONhpE-y y -, Ocl. 90 ioof-
THE POTTER DRUG n CHEMICAL Co.
GenHemen:-Mr. VIM. S. Stephenson of this
county brought his son to town to-day to let
us see him and to show us what Cuticura
Remedies had done for him. This Is the case
referred to in our letter TO you some time agoe
To look at the boy low one would suppos-
that there had never been anything the mat
ter with him-seems to be in perfect health.
We have written and herewith inclose what
the father has to say about the matter,-wrote
IL just as he dictated.
We are selling quite n quantity of Cuticura
Remedies and hear nothing but praises for
them. We regard the Cuticura Remedies the
best IN the market, and shall do all we can to
promote their sale. Yours truly,
V q BRUNEI,
Druggists and Pharmacists.
, 1888-07-14
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,

Unlteu States Land Uflce,
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 3, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
Robert y. Love,
of Fort Collins, Larimer county, Colo.
has filed notice of intention to make
proof on his desert land claim No. 1865,
for the c J of sec. %, and W J of sec "A,
tp 10 n, r 62 W, before register and re-
ceiyer at Cheyenne, Wyo., on Monday
the 9th day of August, 1883.
He names the following witnesses &c
prove the complete irrigation and recla'
nation OF said land:
Charles A. Campbell of Cheyenne,
Laramie county, Wyoming, and Owen
Carroll, William @. Lykens and John III.
Gordon, all of Little Horse creek, Laramie
county. Wyoming.
Edgar s. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-07-14

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns. wounds. chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. VIII positively cure all
kinds OF piles Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DIR.
w. N. Hunt. at rs cents per box-by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-07-14
Notice for Publication.

Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 3, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
Charles A. Campbell
of Cheyenne, Laramie county, Wyoming,
O onS his ise desert sotF land nd tdain'i No. 70 I7 Ishf for Pr tbe
e J of sec % and W } of sec 90, tip 10 n, r
62 W, before register and receiver at Chey-
enne, Wyo., on Monday, the 9th day of
August, 1888.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclaim
alton of said land:
Thomas Rutledget Owen Carroll, James
Horse Creek. Laramie county, Wyoming.
Edgar s. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-07-14

BeRgs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker
No remedy in the world has gained the
popularity that this medicine has, as a
household or family medicine, no one
should be without it. 1t has no calomel
or duinine in its composition, consequent
" no bad effects can arise from 1t. We
keep a full supply OF it at all times. w.
N. Hunt agent,
, 1888-07-14

Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup is the only
medicine that acts directly on the lungs,
blood and bowels; it relieves a cough in
stantly and in time effects a permanent
cure. W. N. Hunt agent.
, 1888-07-14

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums. allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhGa. Twenty. FIVE cents
a bottle
, 1888-07-14

The sultan Of Zanzibar has a German
wife, and by q singular coincidence Ger
many obtains valuable concessions from
his majesty 8 government denied to other
powers.
, 1888-07-14

Cuticura, the great skin cure, and Cuticura
soap, prepared nom II, externally, and Cutt-
nally, are a positive cure for every form of
skin and blood disease, from pimples to scrof-
ula.
, 1888-07-14

sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, 5Oc; Soap,
25c; REsolvent, 81. Prepared by the Potter
Drug and Chemical Co., Boston, Mass.
10 Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases -
"a pages, 90 Illustrations and 100 testimonials.
, 1888-07-14
.Dr. Vagae'&Cs.
sFGCIAEIsTs-


We offer no apology for deyoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition of humane
by bssst Is se epT gge of sbe to or merit the q y9hpatth = and md
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and thai
tn tne rlP1 hiysiieian who devotes himself
them from worse than death, is no less q
~Philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
plication excels IN any other b anch OF his pro
iession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
condemned the victims of folly or crime. like
the lepers under the Jewish law TO die uncared
Tor, mas passed away.
YOUNG MEN
Who may be suffering from the effects of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
themselves of his the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
MEX VIII guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
lars Tor every case of seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease of any kin or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLE-A GED MEN. :
There are many men of the age of 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing OF the system in a manner the patient can.
not account for. On examining the urinary de-
posts a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen wifi APP
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
~ ~ asaih Shanglhg 10 dark ana turDid ap.
Pearance. Ihere are many men who die OF
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
lne second stage of seminal weakness. DIR.
wagner VIII guarantee a cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additionaladvertIsement In
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communication should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co,
l4I4 Larimere street. Address, Box 27ss, Den.
Yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1888-07-14

''Sir," he said, "did you ever bleed
for your country's flag3'
"oh, yes"
lin what engagement,
"Ip an engagement I made with my
substitute; he bled me for $s00."-New
York SIM.
, 1888-07-14

Strawberries with cream at the Saddle
Rock.
, 1888-07-14

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives &
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-06-30
UNION PARISH.

The Telegraph has received, with
the compliments of Capt. j. M. Rabun,
II comprehensive and neatly printed
pamphlet descriptive OF the resources,
natural advantages, etc, Of Union par
ish. 1t was compiled and issued under
the auspices of tho North Louisiana
Land and Improvement Company Of
Farmervile and was printed by the
Gazette. The officers of the company
arc Adolph Meyer, president j. e.
Everett, lst vicc-president; Jacob Stein,
ID vice president; Ell. Jonas, treasurer;
j. M. Lee, Jr., secretary. 1t also has
a board of directors constituted as fol-
lows: j. d. Baughman, Abe Stein, J..
NJ. Lee, Jr., Ell. Jonas, J. Marx, D..
M. Ramsey, Jacob Stein, j. r. Everett,
J. G. TrimbIe, Adolph Meyer and Vic
tor Meyer. The company has gone
to work TO advertise and
develop the advantages and resources
of Union and tho Telegraph wishes
them God-spccd. Union has a tr;fiy,
prosperous people, but it wants more
OF the same kind. as a glance ut the
pamphlet shows. To quote from its
pages:
There are 81, 1000 acres of United
States lands in the parish subject to
homestead entry nj tho nominal price
Of 81 % per acre and in addition to these
there are GS,SSO acres of State land
which can be obtained at 10 cents per
acre, or homcStcaded ut nominal fees.
The climate is unsurpassed, the health
good, the water supply abundant and
pure, the soil fertile and easily cuItiva-
ted, the products varied and yielding
large returns, erea, variety of grasses
are successfully and proti!ably raised,
making at a splendid stock country,
timber of almost every species grows
in great quantities, churches and good
schools are numerous and the people
are hospitable aud extend a warm wei.
come and cordial reception to all new
corners.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-06-30
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S SPEECH
OF ACCEPTANCE.

Upon being formally notified of his
nomination for the presidency Ivy the
Democratic convention at ST. Louis,
President Cleveland responded, ac-
ceptiug the nomination, us follows. Ii
is brief aud to the point and is mark ed
with the straig ability that
charac,erizes all of his public utterances.
President Cleveland possesses Senator
Ingalls, test of oratory "to have some
thing To say, and say it," He hardly
ever says anything that ought not to
have been said and what he does say
is usually above criticism:
81 cannot but be profoundly i'm.
pressed when see about mo the mes
sengers of the national Democracy bear.
ing its summons To duty. The politi.
cal party To which / owe allegiance
both houors and commands me. 1t
places in my hand its proud standard
and bids me bear il high at the front
in Il battle which it wages braveiy, be-
cause conscious of right; confidently,
because lis trust is in the people, ami
because it comprehends the
Obligations which success imposes.
"Tho message which you bring
awakenS within rue the iivciiest sense
of personal gratitude and satisfaction,
and the houor which you tender me is
in itself so great that there might well
he no room fnr any other sentiment,
and yet L cannot rid myself OF grave
and serious thoughts when j remem-