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and the mating is hung up around it to
dry. When the mating is all ready, it
is sent to the manufacturer at Canton,
who examines it, and puts it up in rolls
of about forty yards each. 1t is then
packed in cheap straw wrappings which
are sewed up around it.
lone of the most interesting features
Of the mating trade in China is the ship
ment of the mating from Canton to Hong
Kong. Hong Kong is the port whence
all the Chinese mating is exported. The
mating is sent down the river in the
curious river steapboats, and the manu-
facturer at Canton never knows until his
steamboat returns whether his cargo has
safely arrived at Its destination or not.
The river is infested with pirates, who
every now and then swoop down on the
steamers, slaughtering the crew and
stealing the cargo. Because of this
every steamboat is floating arsenal. She
carries good sized cannon and has all
her machinery encascd in iron. The en-
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zine room is also protected by iron plate,
and the engineer works with brace OF
rcrolvers aud cutlass at his sid. Oh-
GERS relieve each other in standing guard
at the engine room, always armed with
loaded Winchesters. In the saloon is
large assortment of firearms, including
q Winchester for every man aboard, and
o cutlass hangs over every berth. The
men all 20 armed, and vigilaat guard is
kent at all times. It's impossible to
tell when the pirates may appear. Their
vessels can never be distln-
guished from the ordinary river craft.
Every now and then an innocent looking
steamboat will suddenly reveal con-
cealed battery, and lot Of bloodthirsty
Cinnamon will appear as the pirate
crashes into the merchant vessel. AN
attack of this kind usually mean good
deal of slaughter among the crew, be-
cause the pirates are merciless ana
accustomed to this sort Of warfare and
have the advantage of the merchantmen.
The attacked vessel has little to hope for
from outside assistance, and, if her crew
is not strot.g enough to beat of the
pirates, the result is the slavery or death
of every person on board and the pillage
of the cargo. The fact that these at
tacks are usually made at night make
them all the more terrible. Somehow
the Government seems unable to suppress
the pirates, who, after plundering and
sinking a vessel, coolly sail past Hong
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and simple methods are followed IL all
cases. After being dyel the straws are
taken out and spread in the sun to dry.
"There are different grades of mating,
as of everything else, and one of the i'm
portant features of making mattings is to
get all the straws of kind together.
This sorting process requires more than
ordinary Intelligence, and usually has to
be done under the supervision of all ex-
pert. The loom on which mating is
usually made is two yards long and one
yard wide. The warp is either of jutc
Or cotton. In weaving ordinary mating
two men usually are employed. One
handles the straw and the other keeps it
even aud in place. The straws are put
in one at time through long hollow
stick with slit through the lower sur
face. The straw being too timber to
stand the strain of being thrust through
the warp, it is put into this stick, and
the latter is forced through the warp
strings. When it is in place the stick is
twisted around so that the slit is at the
bottom and the straw drops out. The
other workman, who has heavy beam
in his hand somewhat wider than the
loom, forces down the straws SO that
:nerc are no spaces between them.'
In the illustration of the weaving,
which is reproduced here from photo
graph taken by Mr.. Hale, the Chinamaa
sitting down OF the right has been chop
ping up sappan wood into chips. These,
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in it. The largest sum in one day was,
$2,30S, 900, on August l, 1872, when Z.
there was an increase in the payment Of
duties because of change in the tariff.
The total sum it took last year to the
Treasury was S154, 900, 900, and in the
thirty years it has been rolling through
Wall street it has been the receptacle of
many billions.
The body is a foot and halt square +:
and rests on two heavy wheels. The box
is dark blue with red lines running along
the ed dges, and on the panels appears the
monogram ~. S." Heavy iron plates
clamp the sides and ends. One end
opens on hinges and permits the sliding
of the lid, which is fitted in groove.
The customs receipts are made up
once every day, and sometimes more !,
frequently, in the cashiers Office of ths
Custom House and packed in strong OBJ,
long wooden chests, which are then pads
locked and sealed. These boxes are
conveyed on the shoulders OF porters to :
the hand.cart in waiting. ....-.
After they are safely deposited the Id
of the cart is closed and padlocked and
the treasure-laden vehicle is showed BY
stalwart Government employees to the
Sub-Treasury. Its usual route is along
William and Pine streets to the Sub
Treasury. There it is unlocked and the
boxes removed to the cashiers Office and
opened and the contents counted and I
triplicate receipts for the same given tq
the collectors messenger. In all tho
long years that the wagon has made the
daily trips to the Sub-Treasury no at.
tempt has been made to rob it nor has :
any money been missed.
Once q three-thousand- dollar goldl
certificate was missed, but was afterward
discovered in draw in the cashiers :;
Office in which it had been mislaid.
Customs officers, who are armed, &C.
company the wagon and watch the money
boxes from the time they leave the
Custom House until they arrive safe in +,
the cashiers room in the Sub Treasury.
They are not lost sight of any part OF
the way.-MU York Recorder.
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ITO be sure You may, my man! repIed
the returned wanderer, eying him keen
". Il ain from California, latterly, " here
it was more than once my luck to deal
with would-be detectives, both profession
al and amateur. Your present line of ac-
tion would by no means do you credit In
that country"
"A doant oonderstand ye, maister, =
was the grunted response, accompanies
hv a clavnish scratch Of the head.
oh, yes, you do! I don't know wnsi
your real character may be, but do
know that your whiskers are false, youS
face and hands imbrowied artihcially,
and your rough clothes and brogans but
assumed for the time being. So you had
better keep right on toward Gilbert Mar
loves house, for which you are headed,
and report to your employers the little
you've been able to extract from dogglng
my movements all the morning. May is
do you as much good as your cowardly
lurkings and spyings in Boncourt's gar
den last night"
Wormer burst into q broad rustic
laugh, but still clung to his assumed
character, which, perhaps, he was too
mortified and humiliated to relinqulsh on
the spot.
-Lor', but hoo ye do mistake maister!"
he exclaimed. I'm moo moor a spyin'
creature than your sen. True emo, g. do
knaw the gret hoose o the bainker,a 8
who doant in Highcombe's PARTS, but q
niver dremmed O. gooin' theer, master,
but foorther doom the roadway
All the same, since that will take you
to old Croak's Office" said Jasper.
he then turned impatiently away, while
the discounted spy was left to seek his
employers at his leisure; though not
to give them the least inkling Of his Ill
success in masquerading, We may be sure
of that.
As for Jasper Marlowe, satisfied thet
his further moveme ents would be freed OF
espionage, at least for an hour or 80, no
moved off through the suburbs of the
town, with directness Of action be-
tokening him to have yet an object in
view other than that in which he had thus
far failed.
His air was, nevertheless, that Of man
who is saddened and depressed. 1t
might we'll be so with him; for even there
in his native England, amid the scenes
of his youth and essly manhood. he felt
nKe stranger In a Brfangs Iano: he
dared not make himself known to the
many friends and acquaintances he Lad
once had; for now, without the proofs of
his acknowledgements OF that little
bit of writing, which might almost be
said to have vanished into air, he would
be either ignored, or contemptuously rec
ognized as one whose name was forever
and foully darkened among men.
Worse fate than contumely might be in
store for him for he felt sure that, In
having incurred the lasting alarm and
resentment of men like Gilbert Marlowe
and Lawyer Croak, there was now moth
ing that they would stop at in order to
get rid of him and purchase the con-
Seriousness of safety for themselves. -.
He could only watch and wait and
hope; he could for the present only
strive to be strong and alert in his suffer-
ings. They might conquer in the end,
they might run him to earth at last, but
he would contest with them inch by inch.
To this determination he had finally
come, and it nerved him for the struggle.
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MAKING MATING.
A NEW WORKERS. OBSERVA-
TIONS IN CHINA.
How Mating is Madc-Ffve Cents
q Day for Misunderstanding
Mating From the
Pirates.

Mr.. Joseph S. Hale went to Canton
some time ago as the representative of a
Broadway firm of national reputation,
and he retul Led from his trip with q
number of interesting stories snd some
photographs Of certain scenes of business
life that he witnessed. Mr.. Hales mis-
sion was to study the trade in mattings,
and part of his stay in China and Japan
was spent in inspecting the districts
where mating is obtained.
"Most of the straw from which mat
tings are made" Mr.. Hale said the other
day, "is grown in the damp and swampy
districts north of Canton. The latter
city is the headquarters of the mating
trade of China. The straw is of pecu-
liar kind, and grows nowhere in any
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WHEN THE MOON SMILED
By ROBERT YULEE TooMBs.

The Icon looked down with wise old smile,
A ghost picked a banjo and sang song,
The moon was old and had travelled, while
The spook had not been spook very long.
He was q green spook exceedingly fresh;
He'd brought the latest slang and wore his
bones
In q dudish way that made the flesh
Creep on the backs OF the time-worn tomb
stones.
And It tires ghost, day after day,
To listen to the fool talk overhead;
l. wearies one the very worst way
When something sweet to ones old love 10
said.
So the moon gazed down and smiled in glee:
There will be trouble before he is done;
As I'm on time in this forked tree,
I'll rest half an hour and see the fun
Boon the air was filled with ghostly things
Who rent and troke that players bones,
Busted his banjo and tangled the strings,
And scattered his fragments among the stones.
sThey have trials enough, 1t seems to me-
Mused the moon as she sailed on to the wost; f;
"a brass band, banjo or chiraviri
Not even tho dead can endure and rest
ATLANTA, Go.
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A Little Cart That Carries Billions.

More money has been carried in small
hand.cart that is trundled daily along
Wall street than any vehicle, big or;
little, that travels on wheels anywhere in
the'world, 1t is the Government Treas,
ury cart, and it has been travelling to-
and fro between the Custom House and
Sub.Treasury every business day for the
past thirty years.
In it are conveyed all the money re-,
ceived at the Custom House as impost.
duties. Assistant Auditor Josiah NJ.
Knapp gives statistics showing the
amount of money that has been carried
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CHAPTER XVIII.

AT JASMINE LODGE
On the following day, which was Tues
day, c .me off the entertainment which
Boncourt and his sister had arranged for
Noel Marlowe and his friends.
1t partook of the nature Of fete cham
petre.
Jasmine Lodge was admirably fitted
for an entertainment of this sort. Tbs
grounds we're we'll Kept, we'll shaded,
with q glorious outlook upon the open
sea in front, and affor lag q picturesque
view back through the cliffs into the
broken country at the rear, and there
we're beautifully shaded lawns, inter-
spersed with strawberries and parterres at
either end Of the house.
Luncheon was laid at two o'clock, IN
open air, and the numerous guests were
not long in enjoying themselves at the
top of their bent. They were served by
capable, alert, silent-footed French vat
ers, brought up from q London club
house for this occasion only, with an en-
tire disregard of expense. Everything
pertaining to the repast was in the same
expensive keeping, and there were adal-
tional elements Of luxury.
Directly across the greensward, between
the luncheon table and the house, was
the entrance to the billiard rooms, back
wards Ind forth from which the gentle
men could alternate and circulate at
pleasure. On one side Of this entrance,
in a gayly oanopied little booth, was sta:
toned Maurice, Boncourt's accomplish ID
body servant, engaged in dispensing
wines. cordials, and ices as fast as called
| for by the walters.
Directly across the entrance. and also
canopied pravely in the open air. was
| feature which doubtless constituted the
chief novelty of the affair. This Was
nothing less than o ne It little imitation
of an American seaside minstrel booth
or pavilion, and seated therein, prepos-
tel ously costumed, with blackeped face,
and banjo upon his knees, was the latest
| addition to the Boncourt establishments
the boy, Dip. himself varying his duties
with squeaking forth grotesque planta.
| tion melodies to his own accompaniment
on the instruments strings, out of which
he extracted an unexpected amount OF
musical sounds, and with occasionally
SIX piping across tie gIeensward. inter-
ven,ng between him and the table, for
tie purpose of cutting this or Il - fam
tAstic cnper for the benefit Of the guests
at large.
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Kong and dispose OF their pIuuder at the

Kong and dispose OF their pIuuder at the
first opportunity.
"When the mating arrives at Hong
Kong it is transferred to some of the har-
Dor junks, which carry it out to the
vessels waiting for it. All the mating
brought to this country is brought in
American sailing vessels, and most of it
comes directly to this harbor. Usually &
trip takes from three to four months.
These vessels also have to combat the.
pirates once in a while, and all of
them carry guns for defence. ."-Mew Hora
SIN
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Two of the seven living Ex-Governor
of Ohio were born in Kentucky. Ex
Governor Charles Anderson was born in
1914 at Louisville, and Ex-Governor
Richard NJ. Bishop was born IN Fleming
County in 1872.
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TIE FIRST AMERICAN IRON POT.

TIE FIRST AMERICAN IRON POT.
The Bulletin tells that this unique
kettle was cast in Lynn, Mass, in ls45,
and is still preserved by Lewellyn and
Arthur Lewis, residing at Etna place.
The pct weighs two pounds thirteen
ounces, capacity, nearly quart; inside
measurement, l-5 inches wide by 4l'S
inches deep.
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Harvard University has 365, 600 bound
volumes in its library; Yale has 200, 600;
Cornell, O,oOO; Columbia, 80, O,OOO;
Syracuse, $4,000; Dartmouth, 6s,5oo;
Lebigh, $1,000; Brown, 66, ,Oo9; Prince
ton. $4,000; Union, $4,000; Bowdoin,
$4,000; University Of Virginia, 4o,ooo.
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Our First Iron Article Of Native Ore.

The accompanying cut, reproduced
,rom Iron in All Ages, is from photo.
graph obtained by Mr.. c. NJ. Tracy in
1890, and it depicts the first iron article
made from native ore in America.
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onauine and clasing Of the mails.

Northern mails close st 7:30 and so a. II
.nd 1915 aad 6:15 p. In. and S:45 p. n. Opel
:. S. e., 1900 u, and $50 P. n.
Southern rnajls via Charlottesville. Virginia
oioso at 8 % and 100 a. m. and S.45 p. m
Open at 500 End 1:47 p. N. and $50 p. M.
Alanasss. Division u:ails close at $40 g. M
anil 4:3G p. II. Open az l140 a. m.
soatheIn mails, via Richmond Va, closes al
1890 Il. m, AS snd 500 p. In. Open at $40
B. u. and 1900 =. n.
Alexandria ard Rodnd Hill, Va, mails close 81
$50 g. n. ind 40 P. N. Open at 800 q. M and
800 p. N.
Closed r1sils to Falls Church, Vienna, Fairfax
CHI, Eorndon, Leesburg, PuTceQvillc and Round
BillYa. close ct 4:10 p. m. and open at 800 am.
Western mails close st 1880 3. NJ, 12:45 and
900 o. Ia. Open st $50 and 1O:OO a. m and
300 p. II.
Washington, i. c., mails close at 1880 and 8 so
8. ~, md 1916, 4:AO and $40 p. m. Open
at s.3i I'd 1000 q. NJ, 1900 "a, and 300 and
oace Hours-opsu at 500 a. m. Close at $50
D. n Open at $50 p. II. Close at p. N.
Sunday Eoura-Opcn at SEQ q. N. Close 81
ESQ =. II.
CARRIERS Observation-Disclosures mado on 5.
trip youtcs-6:30 and 1C:Co q. u, 1896
$500 and 5:45 y. n. On 3.trip rcuts-6:3C an6
1850 n. N. aud $40 p. m.
Deliveries made at SEQ q. ~, u n. and 5:CO
sunday-Carrlsrs window open at 800 ard
cl 40 at $50 q. 20.
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THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8.
An Engineers Revenge.

An engineer mployed on the railway line run
MING h.tweeu Asrgau canton Of Switzerland,
and Wsldshut, iowa of Baden, on the Kline
80. d;eroissei FIR zone infractioa OF the lules Ct
~. ro,d The engiaeer out of revenge, opent
the th otto Of an eaain :, jumped from the cab
aid let the locomotive dash OWN the tr ck at full
sneed inst IS "a train loaded with passengers came
rpshiag from the opposite direction en- the same
track The engineer aud f.emsn OF the Iassen'
ger train were c&u tht 10 the wreck OF inc eng is
and were instantly killed. Three Of the passen-
gers were fatally in. ured and nearly all Of the
others suffer ID from woun g of moro OF less &C.
rious nature.
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x,EmeDu gEOp DROPS.

70. coushs and CT l1s, iaEe Lemon Hot Drops.
For srs throat and Er1LcAitis, take. Lemon
Hot Drops.
10. pneumonia and aryngili', take Lemon
Hot Drops.
Dro.s. :.
FIR Eemclrhago and all thIost and lung Gi-
seasas, take Lemon bot Drops.
An elegant AID reli aole reparat.on
70 cauts, ct druggists. Prepared oniy oy Or.
Il Mezl.y, Atlanta, ga. noE1o tcet9
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LEMON ELIXIR
rs Wonderful Effect on the Lirer, Stomach Borel''

Kidneys and Blood.
TT. Noz'e7's Lemon Elixir is pess' n lemon
dring that psi ivsy cures al BiIcutn s., Con-
e:pstion Inci ,oytion, all Sick snd Ferrous hta :
ache, kidney Disease, Dizzinesa, Loss OF Apu--
I te revers Chitls, fall i.stion OF Heart sno 81
otrer die.s,s csu, By disor red liver, stomach
and kdpoys the frat great cause OF all fatal di.
ses.es. so c.s. AMI 81 per bottle. sod By dug
It's. lr3pared OILY by II. Money, N D., At
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WARRENTON-Trans Nos. g. 10, 10 and Ii
onnect daily, 15 and 16 daily, except Sunday, to
and from Wsrrentnn.
FRANKLIN DIyISION-Leave Rocky Mount
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays $40 a. NJ,
arrive franklin Junction 6:30 o. NJ: leave Rocky
Mount Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 1000
a. M, arrive Franklin Junction 1:15 p. m.
Leave franklin Junction Mondays, Wedncs-
days and Fridays 1:5O p. H.: arrive Rocky
Mount 4:4O p. M, ard Leave franklin Junction
Tuesdays, Thurs lays and Saturdays 1925 P. II {;
arrive Becky Mount 1920 T. "a.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Nos and 10 Pullmsn Buncs sleeD.
ers between New York AID Atlanta, snj At
lanta and New Orleans, and Atlanta and Memphis
via Bennington.
On trains Nos II snd IL Pullman Buffet Yes.
tibule Sleepers between Washington and Char
lotte; New York, ali Washington 10 Knox-
vile via Salisbury and Ashevills, and through
coaches between New York and Atlanta.
Through tickets on sale ct tho principal ata.ioDn
to all points. For ratea or information apply 20
any agent Of the Company, or TO
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIyISION.
ALL TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Alexandria from depot at $40 o. II
and 4:4O p. M; arrive 81 Round Hill i1:40 q.
M and ITO p. N. No 40 p m. trsia funosy.
Leave Alexandria Sunday ct 6:3 p. N
Returning, trains leave Round Hill 500 q n.
and LOO p. M, arriving at Alexandria ct 8:23
a. m. and $3.50 p. m.
Leave Washington at 6:25 p. m. sunday and
arrive at eesburg at $40 p. m. Leave cesbuEg
at $40 a. m. dalv. excopt surdsy, and srTi 20 at
Washington at 6:53 q. m.
The 9:1O q. m. train from Alexandria cornecta
at Bound Hill with stage for Blue Edge, Berry
Vile and Winchester and ct Lso-buIs vita stsgea
for Aldie and Middleburg.
The 9:10 g. IA. train and 40 p. ID. train FROM
Alexandria connect ct Vienna with sta@cs Ter
Fairfax Court House.
T. o. TROY, Acting supt, Alexandra, VI.
W. "A. TURK, Asst G.. P. e., Charlotte, NC.
W. Il. GREEN, Gen. Mgr, Atlanta, Ga.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, g. P. A., AtlSnta, Ca
SOL HAAS, Traffic Mgr, Atlantis, Ga.
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FRUIT JARS.-We are now on our eleventh
u Q1) car load of Fruit Jars for this season, and
yet the orders still como in. Dealers should get
our ptices before ordering elsewhere. Tho
"WOODBURYn FRUIT JAR Is no higher now
than the other inferior kinds, snd housc.kocpers
in this vicinity should cell and exsmine this jar
before purchasing. There is nothing Ike IT, Buy
them of Us now. for they are running short, AID
you will need them for your pesches in august.
Remember, they are the sano price as Msson's,
tho Gem" and the other kinds tha. you have
'9 sus1 'N'' ''' MILLER & SON.
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OTONE MILK PANS, from the factory in Penn.
y sylvsnia, just received q car load, which wo
offer st xceedingly low prices. Send in your Or
ders ,rompt shipment guaranteed.
sug1 Z ]. MILLER & SON.
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CHINAWARE, &c,

An IMPORTATION OF NEW EARTHEN.
IA WARE.-Do you want g Tea Get, or Cham
Der Set, or Dinner Set or do you only want a
few pretty decorated pieces to Gil ous until fall
If you do you must not fail to look at the New
Decorated Porcelaine VIC have lust received Greet
from johnson Bros Celebrated Pottery in Hanley,
England. We have NO hesitation in stating that
you will not find any more beautiful Porce!aine
in any market, and as we buy these aoods direct
from English potters, we guarantee the goods AID
prices in every instance. Look over your China
closet, snd see if tho old set ia not about gone.
You will need new set this fall so call noU snd
select it. Besides the decorated which comes IL
pencil, and brown print sprays, We hsvc full
line of the plain white. There is use 81 buying
finer tDdre than this porce,ane. II 1iH suit tho most
anvil Z. j. MILLER & SON.