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TYPICAL HOUSE.

system that is necessary in doing business with
merchants In this country.a years credit being
accorded them readily by European houses
notwithstanding that tariff Is imposed on i'm
ports, manufactured articles are generally
cheaper here than in theU nitedStates. Through
tne lack OF more complete banking system be-
sween the United States and the Central Ameri-
can countries all clearances have to be
made through London. Other hindrances
TO such trade are the difficulties expe-
rienced by merchants in getting suitable goods
from the states, which want is filed by Euro
Pean houses by the manufacture Of a special
line OF merchandise for this trade and while
American firms insist in packing invoices sent
mere Just as they would to send to localities
well supplied with railroads the continental
nrms put them up in bulks of not over l25
pounds when required, which facilitates their
transportation on mule back II such method is
necessary. The chief cities of the country are,
however. now connected by railroad and IL is
only for the smaller towns that other methods
OF conveyance have to be resorted %.
BULL xIsHrs AND COCK PITS
There are no places Of amusement of the
strical character, though occasional bull fight.
and the cock pits form features of diversion.
The club, too. is q popular resort, the main
features OF which are very similar to those
found the world over. Billiard tables and
liquid Refreshments are prominent attractions.
But for the women Of the household there ID
little outside their own homes that could be
termed amusement H. festas Of the church
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How to Carry an Umbrella.

man just back from a winter in Germany
is quoted by the Boston Herald as saying: .'The
only way Of stopping the dangerous practice of
carrying canes and umbrellas horizontally has
long been known to the people of Berlin.
There man no sooner tucks his walking stick
under his arm than he feels a quick blow on it
from behind. 1t either drops to the pavement
or assumes the only proper and safe position
in which stick can be carried. There il no
use in his getting angry with the person who
struck the blow or in his trying to do him up for
public opinion is with the regulator Of the bar
barous and indefensible practice of which 1
speak. have seen dozens Of Americans treated
to this discipline in Inter der Linden while
they were endEngering the eyes and discom-
moding the bodies OF the crowds there. Most
Of them whiried about with fight bristling all
over them, but glance or two at the angry
faces around them usually suficed to calm them
down"
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able product is so extracted a waste gate. OPEN
ing into another tank at a lower level, is opened
and the fluid passes into that reservoir, where
evaporation takes place, leaving the pure indigo
on the bottom. The first farming nipple.
ments ever introduced into the country
were imported for work on this planta-
ton and the result should give a prestige
for such methods that will cause others to
follow the example of Senior Arguello. the
Nicaraguan who broke from the
old methods Of employing hand labor alone III
cultivating the soil The plantation was no
sooner reached than it was remarked that in
certain fields the indigo was higher and thicker,
showing a more vigorous growth. We were
then told that it was in those fields that the
plows had been used. whereas in other portions
the seeds had been planted according to the
old method, which includes no cultivation, the
seed merely being dropped into holes made
with q pointed stick and then covered with
soil. Corn is planted in the same way, and uii-
til the crop is gathered no cultivation is given
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form the greater part of their diversion, and
they seem to find much to interest them in the
religious displays and in the service Of the
church.
The houses, built without windows, except
such grated openings as the doors have In them.
all have patios. or court yards, as the general
living places. Their meals are taken under the
tile covering Of the pavements. tropical trees
planted over the grounds lending protection
from the suns rays. In the evening the par
Tor is occupied by family and callers Then the
great heavy doors are swung open to the street
and all sit about in the great Venetian rocking
chairs that line the sides Of the room and are
universally the style. being found in every
house of Importance. The conventional black
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An Extraordinary Woman.

From the New York Sun.
Logically, theosophy ought to die with Nine
Blavatsky. Reasonably, it ought to have died
when its imposture was completely demon
strated by the investigation into it's sham
miracles by the London Society for Psychic
Research six years ago. Actually, it will con-
tinue as lively as ever, in spite Of the death of
Its contriver. as it continued to flourish after
Its cheap and bungling trickery was exposed in
India.
Nine. Blavatsky was one Of the most remark
able imposters the world has ever produced
Her purpose in assuming that part and playing
1t Tor SO many years is involved in some mys-
terry. The explanation that originally she
devised the humbug to cover her operations as
a Russian spy Is not unreasonable: but as she
kept the sham going long after il could have
served any such end, she seems to have used ID
simply as a means of making a living. She got
her support out of il, and she lived well.
Moreover, it gratifiedher vanity and furnished
her with no end of fun. She chuckled over the
credulity of her dupes, and the incense of
their alteration of her as a genuine seeress and
vlsitant of the unseen and unseeable world was
lrresisibly fiattering to her feminine instinct
Mime. Blavatsky did not take herself seri-
ously: she was not a victim of self-delusion,
and she allowed everybody many chances TO
see through her trickery. Only the inconceiy-
able folly and gullibility of people who pride
her in that way. She would frequently lift the
corners Of the fimsy veil covering up the
bogus mystery, SO that they might see plainly
the humbug within; but instead, their be-
wltched eyes saw machine not made by
mortal hands and operated not by natural
means, but by disembodieds spirits from the ether
above. When the Psychical society conducted
lis investigation she made hardly pretense Of
defending the trick; and In her communica-
tons with her confederates. the cabinet-maker
who constructed the cheap shrine" as she
humorously called it. and to his wife, who
personated the awful Masters and Mahatmas.
she showed that she regarded il all as huge
joke. profitable, too, because Of the cash it
brought in.
A strange, a singular old woman was Nine.
Blayatsky; cynical. artful, infinitely resource
tul audacious. industrious and comical Her
habits were altogether inconsistent with the
popular conceptions of a seeress. and vet she
made no effort to reform them and no pretense
OF correcting them. She smoked cigarettes in
ordinately and her general appearance was
gross and wicked. She did not pose as a saint.
but swore roundly when the occasion served:
as, for instance, when Col. Olcott her Hero
plant in the comedy. exhausted her patience
by showing himself more than customarily a
fool, and she feared that in his folly he would
give away the trick absolutely.
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body, directed that his body should be
laid beside that Of his mother in Green
wood cemetery, Brooklyn. After some large
requests to charities under the control Of
the rresoyterian church and to friends and
relatives he directed that the remainder
OF bus estate, amounting to something over
z,5Q0.O0O, be set apart for the erection and
maintenance OF public library in the city of
Chicago, TO be known as ''The John Crerar Ii
orary. He directed in his will that in the Sc
iecuon OF the books for the same the creation
OF healthy, moral and Christian sentiment be
Kept IN view, and that all nastiness and i'm
morality DO excluded. Mr.. Crerar, of whom
put rev OF your readers have heard, wasa part
nes OF MI. Morris K. Jessup and Mr.. ]. s. Ken
neoy OF new York In addition to the bequest
Tor monument to Mr.. Lincoln.
JAMES LIcK's MUNIr1cExcx.
The bequest Of James Lick Of California of
s600, 900 for the foundation of the Lick Obsery-
a.ory, which IL now in successful operation, has
saaed 70 the astronomical knowledge Of the
Woriu: The largest telescope ever made was
manufactured for this observatory, but still
larger one Is being manufactured for another
ooser vatory, state institution, believe, in
OahIornia. Mr.: Lick also provided for a mon
ument 70 our fellow citizen, Francis Scott Key.
t .ne Sutnor OF the ''Star Spangled Banner"
tne nrst and only monument raised to the
writer OF the only national song we can claim
as 2. our own. EVERYBODY sings and recites it, and
IL II! mas furnished the theme of thousand ora
lions on all patriotic occasions, but it remained
lor Mr.. Lick to manifest the gratitude Of the
country by his bequest, which has been
promptly and appropriately executed
Inc foundation of one Of the most extensive
collegiate institutions in this country has been
laid by the munifcence Of Senator Stanford Of
Cainornia- The plans for this institution are
COLOSSAL In their magnitude. He has given his
own country residence of some thousands Of
acres for the location of this seat of learning,
which In its scope and extent will rival those
Already established In this country. The sum
OF Sl6OO0.0 600 has been set aside by Senator
2 stanford for this great university that it may
be supplied with every requirement necessary
Tor Its perpetual existence. JOHN F. CoYLE.
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frock coat is the style of the apparel of the
men, except on occasions of balls, &C., when
they don the full dress suit. Dancing is the
universal accomplishment and the young ladies
excel in tripping the eight fantastic"
THE COUNTRY PRODUCTIVE.
The vicinity Of Rivas is one of the most pro-
ductive portions of the country for the culture
of cacao. and such plantations are found Just
outside the borders of the town. This product
sells for about so cents per pound, and so pop
ular is it among the people that the home con-
sumption prevents the expectation of any por-
ton of the crop. The cacao or chocolate is
chiefly consumed in making tiste, a mixture of
that article ground parched corn and sugar
stirred in water. Among all classes this bever-
age is used freely, and it is healthful and re-
freshing.
The cattle industry is the other chief occupa-
ton Of the people in this neighborhood and
some fine cattle estates exist. Recently numer-
Gus importations of breeding stock have tended
to improve the character of the stock consider
ably.
Rivas is now without a system of water SUD-
ply and that article is obtained from wells for
all purposes. A plan is proposed by an Ameri
can engineer to supply this deficiency. He has
formulated his plans for a system by which
water would be pumped to the town from Lake
Nicaragua, through a pipe line four miles long
and distributed from q reservoir. As water
delivered at houses in carts SELLS for cents per
jar full it seems that such an enterprise would
be successful Today women are seen passing
through the streets balancing jars of water on
their heads and it is only recently that the
water cart has begun to in q measure take the
place of such methods.
VISIT TO AN INDIGO PLANTATION.
We made a trip short time ago to an indigo
plantation several miles from Rivas and saw
the operation Of that interesting and paying
4
direction were covered with yellow blossoms
The flower is only allowed to open when the
plant is cut down and carried to the great
cement tsRk in which it is crushed and there it
stands in water for some days. When the valu-
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chances being precisely equal between the
management and the player, no matter how the
latter places his money. There are between
thirty and forty fan tan concerns In New York
CITY alone
=, The coins used in playing fan tan are always
current in China, being imported for gambling
purposes In large Quantities Only perfect
pieces. and preferably those Of the same mint
age, are selected, and these are kept clean with
vinegar and polished by shaking them with
damp sawdust In q cotton bag Many Of them
are believed TO be Counterfeit reproductions
made expressly for use in the game. Players
frequently use counters instead Of money on
.ne board, purchasing them OF the croupier.
Leaaen pieces from AMMAN, known as dirt
casn, are commonly employed in this way.
Suarreis over fan tan are frequent among the
chinese and make much trouble In their col
onies-
sUPkRsrrrIoNs OF TIE oAMBLERs.
Chinese gamblers are not less superstitious
snan those Of other races. The owners Of the
gaming establishments use nothing but white
In the decoration Of the quarters they occupy.
because this is the color Of mourning as we'll as
tne nue. OF the robes worn by the spirits Of the
uead IN the after world 1t is always considered
,oausplcious, is associated . with the idea Of
stOs,ng money and is believed TO bring bad
fortune TO the patrons with corresponding
gains to the companies. Pieces of orange
peer are Kept in the box with the fan
san cssh TO bring good luck to the house. In
sun francisco each gambling house provides q
supper nightly for its customers. ANY one may
= via. ne wants without charge, but the meal
- consumed In silence. because il il considered
unincky to talk. Gamblers on their way 10
pay ian tan turn back if any one jostles them.
lney refrain from reading books before play
ing, because the word for ''book" in the pro-
vincial patois 10 the same as the word for
M wrhs H. - Il. n
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Esop Adapted 10 the Tina.

From Puck.
AwoH and Lamb we're drinking out Of the
same Purling Stream, whom the Wolf angrily
blurted out:
Tsay, you'll You are Rolling the Mud an
up"
Let her roll, returned the Lamb nom
chalantly. whereupon the Wolf Leaped scros,
the Stream and fell upon the Lamb. The
r,erce CfsasSre had hardly attempted TO Tear
Teeth broke Oh Short and fell to the Ground
"bahF said the Lamb, what Fool You ere
70 try your fangs on . Hardened old Tough
IKE myeeh Can't you See that 81 Spring
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it. Men, women and children were in the
field. Their pay was. for the men, Is cents;
women. Is cents, and children, 10 cents per day.
their hours Of labor being from am. until
about noon.
During a ride through this part Of the
country one is sure to come across focks of
parrots and groups Of chattering monkeys, the
latter always stopping curiously to look at
passers-by, and will even approach the road to
get better view and satisfy their curiosity.
The richness Of the country is evidenced on all
hands, though but little is done by man here
to make the soil yield according to its power.
eek
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A,Stage Picture.

She stands with rapt. ecstatic glance,
As II in an inspiring trance,
A heroine of old romance,
Before the footlights on the stage.
She looks enraptured into space,
A seraph's smile upon her face;
In all her beauty. youth and grace,
Who can her souls emotion gauge?
Her lips are moving, and CLEAN
That she, always so cold. serene,
Some one-time lovers face has seen
Amid the crowd whose ey Is she meets.
OR does she build chateauX in Spain?
Or Inspiration seek in vain!
All. not see I'm wrong again
shes only counting the receipts.
-Aner-iar
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From the Boston Transcript.
''This talk about heredity doesn't exactly en-
terrain me, !" said the hard-headed business man
with . sigh. there's my first boy wearing
silk clothes every day and my second girl learn
ing Russian Only person round me that takes
after me is an Office boy have that cleans up
my desk without being told and never asks for
. day OF to 60 hshing."
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The lady who viii set the fashion Of doing
away with the piano lamps, pictures on easeis
with the everlasting scarf on top, and rickety
tables in the middle Of the floor with marble
statuettes underneath glass covers, will be .
benefactor to the race. What Is wanted il =
home improvement association whose ideas
on decoration will be dominated by simplicity
aud slegance.-Dscorator and FsvnisAsr.
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RAILROADS..
loRE a oaIo RAILRoAp.

RMrIMoRE 4 OHIO RAILROAD.
- sshedue In eiess May 10. 1871.
Leave Washington from station oornsr of New Je---y
avenue and G street.
For chic>re and NORTHWEST. vs-tibuied LIMITED .r-
for in@ssa.t 81 I u.s. .sl ri iS ssslS Vest.
fos fsss s saa es oss..na 80 .sr s.y so
aor Ls.inston point. m the Shenandoah vslisy.
s S Enss'; ia: .p4 ~ s,.,ons 'S'SOpm
sco e %ius sss s.s $50 IS POO ssS IN
Is 81 Ia scS + io %.Sr I; d .s - =
Ss All, 80 10, Is s Sial %: s So, s "a
, r e s sns 20 ma s.so.m.. iaio and ..as
Tor arederisI. III s. a IN !, Il Il HS $50 ADOBE
R6Shf srtf LISf 70 fS 81 .r Mn . YORK AND
daily taa SOP 90 % DINING o.rl Ii IS IS nm M. d
t 90 10 pinies Carl $50 dlo pm. sleepins Gar.
Buffet Psrlor Can all day trsins
ins Car raSnns ;roasS s 70 R.;sR ;n , nS. %
pa fspshseeIse Briase. landing pss.~nr.r IN
For Atlantic CITY. toS. 1000 and IL IS am. Sun.
time Of suburbss train. -. tim. .sbse. 90 s.a.a
Of all ticket AGENTS.
Tor and chscisd from Soieis and Sp r-.
dsnss ~ snion Ir,nsi-r 90 ories len tiO.ss
J. + opEh i''i IL ave. ca Sas {, dsP0, scrrI
msl Cen MsnAecr zen. Lass AGENT
RioHMsSD AND nAN.ILLh RAli hoAD 90.
ger s,s,saS Wv and oye az hennsylvsns rsss~n-
$50 sm..paiiy ior fy n s,o,~
tions. connecis :, c.,er,oS toq W.rrsSen eonns.
gos and WI s, Sulphur sSnS.s for
enrs with Norfolk and Western RAILROAD for Roanoke
and The southwess 'o'' An"''nie' ohA''An"osa
p:p 81 ~ On s%.p,ly for M.n.,-.. w.sn,on Cub
S,h ha,eish salisbury aud stations Western
Carolina DIVISION. and stations Atlanta ana 1h.Iot,.
DIVISION 70 Atlanta. where sonnec0n Is made in unos
Pullman ss i NEW ' SSrs an. md 'Sg,ss
70 AS.nis sonnectlns with Pullman Sleeper Atl.nts
Pullman sceFr MsmPsis wa bir G sS aniss.
coa%sa and ., Gnsso See s., fer Ansn,. v.
for knoxville via kshville and Hot sprinss
for srssbars and inse9sl.te ". .s, ssSs sssna
y, M a., train comets at kiyerton for Lursy. Va
i EoSnSse Bristol hnofyle. ch.ttsnoesa. MsasrSi.
$40 P.m--Dany-w Washington and southw-s,.v
Nestbuled Palaces, CONSISTING OF Drawfnr Room Dln-
,nr, sieeplns and Buffet, smoking, Library OBJ
deslsn butt ehpre.sy thus service Al
nrsi-cisss ticsets only Arry. NJ A,sSas @ VITA
, Sow s oay. making Inmediats connections with
Memphis. Meridian. New Orleans and Nicksburs Wa
II oVp. m.-Daily. Southern Frrre-s for I.vpch,urx
panv,lie. Sreensuoro'. Raieigh. SALISBURY aud sta.
uo.s MesseIn North Carolina DIVISION Charlotte and
nnns Atlantis and Charlotte Division Atlanta where
south and southwest rhroash oo.cSs. Sew Yorh 70
Pullman Buffet Sleeper. New yort 10 Kno,xu. "a.
Lyng,h6urg DAnville. salisbury and Western North
Pullman Buffet Sleeper. Washington TO New orle.,s
va A,snts' MONTGOMERY and Mobile,
Trains ON Westminster and Ohio division leave WASH
INA lon - a m DAILY. oS3 pm. daily and 4 A. p m
except Sunday returning arrive at washinrfon 10
day. -''- 0'' me- eA'sp' sun
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A Victim Of Circumstances.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
II might a been rich oncet," said the man
with straw-colored whiskers, ''but circum.
stances was too much fr me-
'Tell us about it."
well, you see, it was jest this way. was
workin on a farm down here on the Wabash.
when meets widow at a hoe-down with
quarter section Of bout as good land as YOU
find out doors. She sorter cottened to me
right on the jump. Went to see her three or
four times, an was gittin' thicker'n winter
m'lases, when tuck the chills an fevers. Ever
have 'em? Shake all the life out o. you one
day; next day you kin eat like hawg. Well,
goes to see the wilder on my well day, an 10
an behold, she had the chills. Next day had
EN-, next day she had 'cm. next day l."
well, the upshot Of the whole business was
that fore I could get rid O. them shakes
tramp preacher como along that was in the
habit OF having the shakes simultaneous with
the wilder, as it were, an cut me clean out
tell you, boys, when old Billy Circumstances
up.'
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WASHINGTON SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
4 ,HEsAPEAkE AND OHIO RAILWAY.

Schedule ia OBJECT April l. 1881
Leave Union Depot. 9th and stre~ts
10s5s for Newport News. Old Point Comfort ana
Norfolk daily. Arrive at Old Point ct $50 D. m
and Norfolk ct Q IS pm.
pm. Cincinnati Express daily for stations In Viz.
e1nia, West Virginia. Kentucky and Clnc1nnau
Nest:buie sleepers and entire train run through
without change 20 Cincinnati, arriving at 80 m,
II 10 m. Il. r. V. Nestibule 1imitsd daily Sold
trains. with dining through
change to Cincinnati Nestibule sleeper for Lex
instoa and Louisville. Pullman Osrs are opsa =
receive pas sengers st pm
Omcs. OILS fennsylvaniA avenue.
H. W FULLER
ep1 General Passenger AGENT
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

Lrok fonlkEss MONkOk. NoKfoLk. RIcH-
Il nond. Va. or any Pont south take the new
moth steel propellers Washington and Norfolk. y
my7-im JOHN CALLAHAN. Gent supt.
EoR NORFOLK AND OLD POINT TAKE
u Steamer LADY OF The LAKE. Fare SLID
hound trip so. Steamer leaves 9th wharf.
minus Of caDe carr. Tuesday. Thursday and sunday,
pm Lxhted with electricity and refurnshed
throughout. Through tickets Boston. inc udln<
lneals and state roolns. slo.sS and New York. sa
Telephone call. l3Jo.
my4 ALFRED WOOD, @. T. A
MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT
W Company ;-steamer sue. Capt ". c. Geoghesan.
landings Steamer John Z. Tysert, Capt. .ohn A.
keichAm. leaves every Monday and THURSDAY At
p m for river landlnss. Thursdays trip Will be en-
tended to Baltimore. All freishf must b. prepaid
Tor passage and freisht apply 70 S1EPHESs0N q
BRO; 9TH 81 wharf. or COZ. fs. and l2Ih 81
STEAMER ''MAKEFIEI-D-
- Leayes .th g. Wharf on MONDAYS. THURsDAYa
and sAIUhDAls st q an heturnlnx lUESDAL
FRIDAY ana SUNDAY sveninrpL
For Nonlini Creek, Va, and 81 Cl-Deufn BAY. 49,
toucAlnk Al infernesilats lAnullSs.
fssseaa<sr accommodations nrst-clss..-
C. ". RfDLFY
~ GENERA Mansesr.
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CHINESE GAMBLERS.
How the Pigtailed Celestials Woe
the Goddess Fortune.
LOTTERY AND FAN TAN.

How PAX Kop Piu" 10 Run. Otherwise
Known ~ "whits Pigeon Tickst"-Thrse
thousand Dollars for Ons-Loas q Money
in It II the Player Wins.