The Huron Signal, 1887-8-26, Page 2x
THE HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY, AUG. r 6, 1e8/.
MATAMORAS
1%0 Oinoo De Mayo at Mateme0-
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From our eau Currentness/lest.
In our lad letter we reviewed pretty
thoroughly the history and twenty rise
of this "Greatest day in Mexico," Now
1+t as Ink as its celebralwn, mid share
1 • joys and pleasures with the enthuse
setae natives. Th. hfth of May, Ill$,
deemed as fair a day as am ever seen
i t thi.Iavored dune. At daybreak the
booming of nauon, awoke the inhati
tants of Matamoros and its nriebbrrh.rmd
on this side of the river, Brownanlle,
sad announced tar them the arnysl u(
the lung looked for occaai.n. The clear,
blue, unclouded sky which smiled down
on the bni ht green of trees an 1 shrubs,
still green from the winter rams ; flow.
era in abundance blossoming in all their
loveliness, lett their beauty and fn•
groan to the 'cent ; while Old Sol, as
he ruse grandly toward the zenith, gave
prowl.' of as hot a day as even the mot
thin leaded native count wish ter.
Precisely at twelve o'clock, the guns of
Fort Brown on the
Lift' BANK OF THE 51(1 .•KANDE,
Cris laser has been rebel" iI4 the 1
whole buddies butte maeide tied Nie lea
ea.derguse ostensive intruninestie tint
lar surpass the mildew/ J Leavilg the '
.athedrel we skirted the plans os the'
aurin, sad entered use of the best'
essiooes in the any kept b a neigh -
man, who same here in Maiisedien's
tete mad baa eine. made s ketone.
This jelly old tallest was delta/Wed to
e este .d our cumber who could oua-
verste with him In he native tongue. He
Immo oe 'ptiat.er."tae the Mexican dank&
"Now tier. M w.s. J," said be, resit
leg fit • be.a : f Native cigars. "A men
eon get desalt a --ea • foul on missal
every might in the year, and tet up oar
the morning without the almblest head-
ache', tet," old here be laid his fat finger
on his moose, "it will bore the itaedus
out ,!sicker than the poorest 'Tex u
rat.' ' Up the •trwet we pseud
THE VUl'OTU •'AtAlai elAITEIS
began to belch forth "The National
salute to Mezioo," while the Mexican
flag (red, white and green, with the
eagle and cactus) was run up the flag
staff, on the parade gronods just below
the "Stan and Stripes." A party of u•
had procured the necessary pais, and
were going ever to see the sights. but
mune of us, being members of the firing
party, did not cross the ricer until after
1 o'ekck. Landing at the point,
"Santa Cruz," we found the buildings
all decorated ; even the street car
etab:es were beitaged and bedecked lee
the occaasion. Taking the street cars in
preference to the dirty hacks, with their
poor, jaded, half starved horse', (behind
which it seemed it would he a sin to
ride) we were soon speeding along over
a good grade through fields of corn and
sugar care towards the city.
MAT...IORA1 Di THE METIWFOLIA
uf the state (Tamaulipas) sod in day
past was • place of great commercial im-
portance, es the port of entry 'although
twenty-eight miles from the Golf„ for
all the northern part of Mexico, but the
railroads here as elsewhere have made
great changes, for now most of their im-
ports come direct from the American
factories, •.r American porta by tail to
their destination. The city has had its
full share ..f historic event& Besieged
by the American army of invasion in
'46,eod afterwards garrisoned by Amen -
an troops and used by General Taylor
as his base of operation against Mon-
terey and northern Mexico, Tater it
became an important position fur the
French and was strongly garrisoned.
Considerable impr•vements were made
hen during their occupation, the most
noticeable being the building tit a grand
Opera House which cot over $8(1,00(1.
Of this we will here occasion to speak
hereafter. Since
THa FRENIN WITHURAN'AL
and the downfall of the Einpire. ]tlsi.
•moray has been twice hemmed ons in
1861, and amain in 1870, when General
Diaz, (now president) took the city,
after three day' lighting in the streets,
and made it hie base of operations
• g.tinal Vera Cruz and the capital,
midwaybetween the city id
Ven •ruiz, stands a tulsgate, with
a little house or uttice for the keeper
(who ever heard of • tolepte on a
street car track aero every car has to
step, the gat. -keeper enters and collects
the little red checks, previou.ly bought
by the passengers from the driver.
These be drops into the locked bar in
the oar, and then we move on wain.
This method works most effectually and
saves the company from any possible
fraud. We were soon moving along
through the nerves poorly paved streets
of the city. At first the houses were
made of adobe—or mere sheds made of
canes and sticks, plastered on the out•
side with mud. Them houses of the
po«r, locked shabby enough, although
often neat and clean : showing they are
net discouraged hopelessly by their ex-
treme poverty. These sen gave way to
more substantial brick building* meetly
one story, with dirty green doors and
shutters, and massive iron bars in .11
the windows, giving the whole place the
appearance of • pill. W. pawl the
American c nsal • office, • ice own story
bnck buflding, with an iron hala.ny
overhanging the street, all bedecked
with bright colored bunting. On the
roof were two flag staff., on which were
the "Stan and Stripes ' and the Meei-
an "Tri -color and Eagle, ' floating side
by side. We left the oar .t
Tat :Laze to OHM,
--treed pier i—and were glad to *rail
oarselees of a wt in the shad.. The
Phut. IS tastily laid nut w11.5 shade trees
end flower bd& Stone benches are
provided at intervals along the back
walks that radiate from the land stand
ir. the centre. Here we were in the
heart of the city. yet scarcely a peson
wee to be mien. 0.e would, of coarse,
ark "Where are all the people r "What
kind of a holiday is this ' with the city
apparently deserted 1" The truth is
everybody takes • "meets" (nap), in the
heat of the day ; and no "Reef•," or
even business will they •Ile.w to inter-
fere with this haat or deprave than of
their sleep On the east side of the
p'szs stands
TNR .'ttHRn5tt.,
(built in ilea seventeenth century) with
its easssie.ly carved front and two egeare
towers, larking gray, weether•beeten
and negleet d. We were admitted
tbnnevh a swell door in rose of the tow•
wee. and after peeping through several
dark peerages were eshee'ed into the
emitted intortor. We lemma it dirty,
dingy and depressing ;- the dusty. ea -
swept floor was well se.tehed by the un -
operable. unpainted end eserresfnettsble-
Inokiue lioness, h.neb.s. (Note- flee
of the towers was badly daasged 11 a
torsed( is It)T&. Rise. arty viler in 114
1
ia we eyes, sleek it with the lariat, rote.,
and thus darter away out of reach. Re-
peating this sora roomed "El Tura ;"
made frusta beetles et the hone sad
rider, bet the kor.ealas for • tow elud-
es him. Finally. by an unlucky wheel,
the buil caught •ud tired the horse is
the deak,aud down went horse a.d rider
to the lessee delight of the thrsog.
The t,readoe *euaped over the parapet
onto the sudiesoe ; then in curbed an-
other, equally well mounted, end armed
with • long spear or lance, who sum dm-
patei..d the bull What I admired 'suet
wee the perfect precawrm with which
them performers oumld
miaow Tata urs.
the sentry pacing up and down in trdst
of the archway "feted out" sod gave us
• "present" We acknowledged the
astute, and squared our shoulders and
held our heads higher in otxualueoce.
"By jive," said Walton, "they take uv
for somebody over here, let us turn beck
sod get another salute. I believe I've
grown two niches taller, already." We
returned and got permission to look
through the barracks. The officer of
ter guard, • handsome ycunt; Spaniard,
kindly offered to go with us and show ea
around. We entered the guardroom
first, in which some ten or twelve of the
guard were loitering ahem. They all
siting to the "attention" as we entered,
and remaiu.d so until we left. Their
uniforms were of dark blue trimmed
with red ; the cost or tunic being •
double breasted, long skirted affair,
adorned with • multitude of smooth sil-
ver buttons, looking far too hot hod un-
oumfortable for the climate. They were
belted up with wide, black, cross belts,
• ding belt and swivel, and a wet belt
from which hung huge sabres. (These
sabres were bought from the United
States ; some still having the U. S.
stamp on them. They are heavier and
more clumsy than those now aced by
American cavalry.) (In their heads
were heavy "chapeaus," with $ red
pompon, a r king up in front ; they wore
no bouts, but the putt. of the mine dark
blues* the tunic, were covered up to the
knee with • &tort of loose black rubber
:egging*, that at a distance have the ap-
pearance of boot tops. Opposite the
guardroom was
int OYFII ER$' ROUP.
fitted up: with a table, some mum chairs
and *event canvas cots. Unlocking •
ponderous iron grating door our con-
ductor led us int. • paved court or
"Patio," as they call it. Here were
several hones ready saddled and bridled
far use; the rest, we were told,being herd-
ed outside the city. Around this court
and opening into it were the squad and
sleeping rooms of the men ; these rooms
were perfectly bare and empty except
for the saddle equipments, which hung
oro pegs along the wall, no bunk., no
beds ; even • chair or table for the ac-
oummodation of the solliers, who lay
around In groups, some sleeping on the
floor, others playing cards or cleaning
their e1uipmeota. These wen were all
dressed in • dirty white uniform, which
they constantly wear when off duty. The
dark blue "full dress" outfit, only worn
when on guard, being taken away and
locked up until again needed. These
white suits they wash once a week—on
Saturday—when they are all marched to
the river, they strip off. wash their
clothes and spread them out to dry,
while they take • beth. A mdio real,
(6I Dents) is retsina' from their Satur-
day pay, to pay for the soap issued on
these occasions. These. like most all
soldiers in Mexico, are "convicts." Fur
all sorts of petty crimes
sit" AKEIMit.. En INTO TRE SUIT,
and even hardened criminals are often
given their choice of the army or • worse
fete. biexioo maintains an army of
n early 60,000 men. Now a law exists
prohibiting the "pressing" of men or
otherwise obtaining soldiers except by
e sliMmen, but very few ran be induced
t. enlist. So, when soldiers are wanted,
the authontiee begin making arrests,
right and left, until the required num-
ber are obtained. These they convict
as tramps, vagrants, thieves, dc., and
then give them their choice of hard
nark in the mimes kc., or to enlist in
the army. We arrived .t the plus
again just in time to see
TNR MIUTART FARADS
forming in front of the municipal
building. The moat noticeable feature
of the parade was tba number of the
of oars and their brilliant uniform&
Although the city at the time was
strongly garrisoned, there being ermine
4,000 troops there, • very small propor-
tion of the rank and file were permitted
to march in procession. The 4th
Cavalry band, over forty pieties strong,
dispensed fine harmonyfor the ocomion.
Ode very noticeable act, and one re-
marked
enmarked by several travellers in Maxieo,
II that the tr ops cannot mink in step—
e ven the bend failed to keep step to
their own splendid meek We nett
hurried off to w the "Bull fight. •
Passing along several aide streets we
soon arrived at the pie of the enclosure
around which were eollected • tehmber
of booths and stands for the .ale of
. weatmeata and eatables of ever descrip-
tion I'ressing our wry through a dirty
reeved throng, who, unable to pay the
pries of admittsnoe, were Noisily posh -
tee and hauling at each other,vunly he-
t of to pin • glimpse of the arena with.,
in we were soon seated is full view of
TNs. arrWhlItIATRS.
The p.rformanoe had commenced when
we entered. it was not my first visit to
a bull -fight, dent, to most of our party, it
was • meal sight. The treaty -dressed
"toreros"w.re trying to work op • rather
meek looking bell, and excite him to
ightinr pitch. Usable to get more then
a sullen roar or • ewddee rush and
plunge, and then •n nbtiaste stand still
frnt him, they wow Mired. Then m
rushed • "toreador"' (bell fighter roe
horseback) He was eple*didly mounted
and 'ruddy dressed, and carried M hie
hand a finely plsieed hair lariat This
be dexterously threw at him wwjeety, the
hell. and threw his L zenrie g the
leaven, he .sited esti) the se ryriwwd mai-
O W strangled to his fed; then. as leek-
, the rape was again theorn sad spin
the hell tell. The trredrtr rushed his
homes the bull, heeled ►i semb ss.
We saw there • very tntetewttng aroteet
iu this art—for they have a down to en
art. Two cabalism entered the arena,
both well mounted, and armed u.ly with
the lariat. They endeavor to lasso each
other, and the throwing of the lasso and
the dol./tug necessary to avoid the noose
of the other, bring out •11 the tine horse-
manship of the contestants. Homed and
round they whirl, alternately et'rling
the Lariat iu aid air, mod d,xlging that of
the other. Now down on one aide
u ntil the head touches the h• rsea rump,
then lesniug low on the other aids. all
hie weight on one stirrup, and his body
almost touching the ground. AU the
time the horses were Jumping, prancing
sad shallot earth ether around the rias
TIM= "Langan Jt-m':LRKY"
nam all over their horse at one and the
same time, and to be able to throw the
lariat in every or any direction, aith the
greatest ease and precision. The dexter-
ity of these two wave great pleasure to
the epectatnn, aud caused a good deal
of speculation as to who would be the
victor. Finally jest as the one on the
dark horse was about, as he thought, to
drag the other from his horse, by the
larval he had succeeded in casting over
hi. head ; his opponent (who had pur-
posely allowed him to gain this advent -
am). nimbly slid down the side of his
horse, and throwing the lariat under the
animal's belly, caught the dark hone by
the front feet, and tumbled horse and
rider in the dust. The vaso•aished
horseman limped, sore and crestfallen,
Lout the nom, while ire victor edranc.
ed smilingly, sombrero in hand, to re-
ceive the shower .t silver from the ad-
miring throng, who were shouting his
praises. Just here• let me state. a law
exists In Mexico prohibiting bulli(hte;
but there, as elsewhere, those laws that
do not express. and are always ahead of,
the sentiment of the people, become. to
a great extent, • dead letter. This pro-
hibitory law is very handy for the local
officials. They attend the tight, and if
it is • poor affair, or does not obtain
their sppreval, it is suppressed at inns ;
but if the perform time is good, and "leo
turealors- clever, it is allowed to flour-
ish until the proprietors hate amassed
suthcient "dinero" to pay for their im-
prudence with a heavy fine. When we
left the bullfight, it was high time we
were doing stwething to
aeration THE INNER MAY,
so we repaired to one of the numerous
" f uncles." to delight our palates .on such
dishes as " abrito" .yuuug goat ate.),
"chorizo" (perk sassags and scrambled
*ghee " chile con carat" (meat and red
pepper, "blanques ' (a local name for
eggs), chocolate, &c., kc. In the even-
ing the Plaza Major w.. the centre of
attraction, thronged with thousands of
people dressed In their finest, and all
beat no the enjoyment of the occasion.
It afforded the stranger an opportunity
to see dap
MATAMORIANM AT THUS SKIT.
Mingling with the throng, yon: walk
aide Ey side with the booted and spurred
vaquero, with ha short jacket, red shah,
end wide sombrero ; or the Mexican
gentleman dressed in the latest Paris
styles ; or you brush past the poor
emaciated hegira trying to excite pity
with hie filthy raga ; you ase pretty
Senoritas in beautiful, picturesque at-
tire, clinging timidly to stout mammas ;
you hear tbeir soft-spoken Castilian and
purest Spanish, and mentally compar-
tug it with our harsh tones, wonder if
there ever was a language so sweet.
Round and round you go the circuit of
the Grand Plaza, the ever -.-hanging, yet
ever the same wealth of picturesque cos-
tumes, pretty faces and happy bearing
of the throng, all blended into harmony
by the coaly excellent music of the band.
By end -bye, the fireworks demanded
our attention. From plaza and hoose
tops, here there and everywhere they
are going—the flash, the noise, the
brilliancy, immeshed until *eery one
seemed to be letting off either lockets or
Raman salts& Suddenly .mid all this
splendor, when the air seemed full of
sparks and hilltop rocket., there was a
rush towards the municipal building, on
a platform in feint sof which
TAR MFE4RER OF Flit RVRNIYO
was trying to make himself heard. It
was imposeible to get within hearing
distance ; but, as the oracion was pro-
bably only remarkable for its amount of
patnotic gush, and bomhastic eloquence,
we were coronet to remain where we
had • good view of the sum.ndd effigy
of the "hated Fr.nebman," who.. con-
signment to the flames was soon to offer
amusement to the boodle's element in
the crowd, and afford them an oppor-
tunity to vent their spleen is deafening
groans sod hi..sa. On each side of the
figure of the Frenohman were arrayed,
on bap frame works, an innumerable
member of stars, serpent ire wheel:kite,
eta These went off in succession, to
the gnat delight of thousands of upturn-
ed eye& ?Melly.
riga norm RRA.-atan Till arYMT,
width wee so arranged as to utter •
wading cry as the flames wrapped them-
selves about its form. Tbs joyous and
',merry shoot. of the creed now gave way
to hood busses and prolonged groans.
Charred bits of the horning framework
were thrown op at the horning figure,
arise til "Down with the impostor,"
"Away with the Frenchman," and
verses were heard amid the clamor r.f
(5. mob. Then gradually the flame*
subsided, the noise of the throng was
bashed, and the Prenehw•n was no
11110111 .red their vengeanee was eon -
pleas. Slowly the last fljekeriag Sewn
. petite isegly west out, and .11 was
htwMd In darbee.a-.-ti h eyebolt of
Mashailien amid him lest Empire. 0. C.
The wise ibis hes hie tongs skeeter
thaw his ears.
Sway mus who walks sprightly has
the ~II beneath iia feet.
RR FOROGT T $ OBDBR.
a Beeleme Malpass wbo M fled frem tae
maaMsalw ef mus.
Up on the elope of the Alleghany
Itioeataine, four or ire miles frum
Unieotowu and only • few steps off the
line of the old Cumberland pike, is a
little plain board oabel set so far back
among the rocks and trees that it can-
not be else morn 100 marls away. A
reporter rambling over the mountains
lest week stumbled all unexpectedly
upon the secluded dwelling. The occu-
pant was sitting in • home-made ham-
mock just ustside the door, adjusting a
fish line to • pretty jointed rod. A
daily paper lay on the ground at his feet.
He was • young man nut mare than 30
years of age, but his hair and woustache
were as white as silver, and there was
an expression of sadness on his face
which seemed to be habitual. His cloth-
ing was old and worn, but it was well -
kept and nest for all that, and it was
worn loth • grace that a not bore in the
mountain disinters.
`-- f serelcomed his visitor as heartily as
�though he had known hint fur years, and
kis limitation to take a seat and rest
almost amounted to • command. Dur-
ing the course .-f the two hours' oonver-
sation which followed he told the sad
story uf his life and the oumhination of
circumstances which led him to leave the
habitant -ma ofd men and go away into the
mountain by himself,'
"I used t• live in Pittsburg," he said,
"and you are the first man from there
that I have seen for lire years. It
doesn't make any differen a what my
name i.. 1 hare telatires living, and
it is better than they should not know
where 1 am. You want to know what
w ale my hair se gray and why I am liv-
ing here 1 Well, I don't mind telling
you, 'although I have been trying for ten
years or more to forget it &IL
"1 was tailed and educated in Pitts-
burg. I learned telegraphy in the West-
ern Union cISce, and when not yet 20
years of age was put in charge of an
office on a rai:road out in Ohio. It
doesn't make any difrerence what office
it was or what road it was et., it was an
office and a rather important one at that.
[ hadn't been in my new position more
that six weeks when I fell desperately in
love with $ girl who lived only • block
from my office. The attachment was
mutual, and when six weeks had length-
ened into six months we were engaged.
One night—it was in February, 1877—I
had been to see my sweetheart, and
about midnight was sitting in my office
thinking of the coming wedding, and
feelink as happy as any young man with
bright prospects ahead of him could feel.
when word came over the wires that a
special freight was coming over the main
track westward. It was still thirty miles
sway, and, after recording the fact that
it was coming, my thoughts recurred to
the little girl down the street.
"Ten minutes later the'conjactor of
the east -boded express came in for or-
ders. 'Alt right,' Bill I mid, as I �♦
ed up and saw him, and a minute later
he was on his train, spteduq away at a
25 -mile -an -boar gait. The rear lights
were scarcely out of sight when I hap -
pend to Io^'t at my desk. There was
n othing there but my inttrument and •
bit of paper, but that bit of paper was
enough. There, in plain letters on it,
were the word. I had written not more
than • quarter of an hour before . 'Ex-
tra freight, tell Rill to sidetrack.' The
express had to sidetrack, iota know, be
cause the switches we not lung enough
for freight& My hair fairly stood on
sod. There was that freight train com-
ing on with full steam, with the express
going to meet it at the rate 25 miles an
hour. 1 fell back in my chair, and the
cold perspiration broke out all over me.
Then I grasped the key to my instru-
ment and call ir. suocession all the offices
intetvening between the two train&
They were all day offices and the opera-
tors had eons home hours before. The
clicking of the instromert sounded, to
my excited imagination. as loud as the
discharge of cannon. For five minutes
I called in the desperate hope that some
one would hear me in time to stop the
expre . But it was of no use ; every
office was clotted.
"I dropped the key and ms theirs
stairs and owtjon to the track/ I think
I bed a wild hope that I meld overtake
the entrees, but as soon as I got into
1 the epee air, i realized the folly of Say
such attempt, and with the feeling of the
most utter despair I returnthe office
l returned to and dropped into a lair. But i couldn't
I sit still. The instrument on the desk
seemed to mock me, ani the air in the
office seemed stifling. f walked lout on
the track again, and walked back sad
firth along the cross ljes waiting for the
reealt i knew it mot come, and I ia-
,tinetivety stayed within heaieg doe
kenos e( the instrument. ii seemed •e
hoer, till the spender clicked, and i ran
up stairs, hoping almost beyond hope
that some leaky eireemtano. W wett-
ed a dieter. i was so eerveete that I
snail scarcely held the key lis aMwer.
Then i laid bark and waited as die le-
strameet elicited what m.md to see b
bs my death ssntes.es '=yam wed
freight eollid.d, Nim terve kited ; seamy
injured.
"Two wens later 1 repined m► No -
ave. I had been hovering aroeod be-
("men
r(..en lite and desih durwg the imleryal,
suet I was still so weak that 1 weld
aversely move • firer. But 1 Ieouver-
d rap idly, and the they they toll me
h. awful details. Both .ngiaeers and
he oundector of the faswoger train as
well se sixteen p•.esegon had Men
killed. The fiat of injured ren up to
smarty fifty The trams had met on •
curve, wad the paseenger had bets
thrown over an ewb.nkluatt thirty feet
higb. The Coroner's Jury had heard all
the details sod eximeiated um, although,
1 tell you We, I would rather. at dist
tame, they had bung w.. A11 ibruu';h
my sickness my sweetheart watched over
Inc and nursed me, and when 1 Maoism!.
ed. ahs was kindness and consideration
itself. But I was in no mode fur love-
making.
"As .Noe ea I was able to leave the
hospital I went to Pittsburg, and from
there 1 came out here, u.tendu.g to stay
e month or so, till my nerves would get
u Maeaed nesse as woes mrsleMsr M
t'sesar•ea.
lly earliest r.oullections are oounectd
with the rod, fteretite'y epaekisl----tbo
n,d whish represents the s.1tali, the
hormewhlp, the rawhide ed the iat 4
the huur.0 baud ; all the iniplessests of
1wuahweut used Ni those days bring up
children.
It was • community deeply moist io
Ila tune and sxactiug iu its desuotts.
Levity, [tir.INy, teepee of any kind,
Men fat Mdsratd. Solomon's tescbiug
isRa t that spareth the rod betroth hie
tae, but lie that broth him ohastussth
him betimes," was literally interpreted
and applied by parents and teachers, It
.as as much a po10on of the religious
training of children as the learning of
i5e catechism or the partaking of the
communion. My (int impressions were
i•.am:meed by cuffs, spanks, slaps,
switching*, me hidings, besuogs without
number The frightful eirtures inflict-
ed by the hardwood "ruler" of the peda-
,„,,ue on my open palm areas fresh iu
stronger. I stayed all wmemr,and then 1 nay mind as they were at the mumeut
it was so quiet and secluded here that I
built area this little cabin, and I've been
here ever since. How do I live 1 Well,
I had a little looney in the bank, and it
doesn't Dost much to tore top hem. When
the money's .11 gone 1 reckon I'll be
reedy to go myself. I ge to Uniontown
.r Coruellville mace in . while, but out•
s de of thus* places I have not been away
from bent fur ten years pmt. "--Pitts'.urg
Dispatch.
A .sewer of Oman t. Nevado.
Fro.. tAr Virginia City 11Lrerpri.r.
Sp.rt.mes is thus part of Near a are la-
menting the great .laughter id quails made lir
put hunters .n the Carom and to other placer
where time lents sought shelter during the late
big store. Such .laughter is to he deplored,
but it may be that we shell have a NOW suck
at quail sent us A few years ago we had in
this city • runt remarkable shower of quail.
11 was a r, iu .Jur of the great .hewer of grail
we read id u. the Bible- the .bower that fell
in 11e camp of the I.rael;tes when tier began
hooting abut the ftsli pout they Foul left bo -
hind in Egypt. The irruption of quail+ oc-
curred &bunt 4 o'clock in the evetype 1r• the
fall of the year. The dight oil lords Caine (Mtn
the met heard, as ea..0 tional. as lley settled
in the north end of ti. city. Where t1w
quail came from re, goose could imagine, u tl,rr
erre of the large mountain variety, and per-
fect besides -a. The fall of lerdeextended from
shout Sutton-aven.ue out north to the Cuwn
shaft. machine over iliac -quarter. of • mule of
ground. When th. r (.11 they seemed to be
cutnpl• t. Iy rxl.airte.l. People caught them
by rating their hats •Iter them, sir cy .imply
lucking deer Silt Everybody had quad.
It -amides the birds that were killed, shout a
bombed were caught alio, sod kept in [ages
and preus in vari-ua parts .1 the town. i
curious thing was that those that were caught
and caged aeen,ed perfectly time and at
brine at Wine. There weer at that time many
oonlhctwg opinions about this great flight art
quails The newt probable ..lutr.n of the
p hemomerra was that the leads had collected
at s.11" point in the Sierra for the Inatome
of migrating to time southward, but bad either
mi.tahen their curse or hal been blown out
of it. and so flew .m and on tilt they were
obliged to tonne to the ground through ex-
haustion. Night aeons un sent atter the
flight of the birds fell, hundreds raided about
the lieu, and next day h.q. were ranching
and kill.ug them up a. i 1 .r 12 o'clock. By
that time nearly all time bewildered wanderers
howl scattered away into the hills. Then
they doubtleea remained to breed and mock
the country, as it is ort known limo they iter
got together span b try a seared flight
• Drunkard's Thimry .r lereake■ares.
Prone ttt,R Loris Globe IA-e.ornd.
Freedom flow restraint tea had thing Mee—
man
ereman wett drinks to excess I have been in the
Waskigtt.wuao Homme at Chicago fur three
months at a time, and casae out feeling well,
with nay bead clear amt • doing determisa
-
of application.
I meal' (hie pules to eater into an
earnest protest against this brutality to
children which yet prevail. in older
communities. It does infinite mischief ;
it made of me i'.rth a liar and a coward.
Sensitive to pain. I would vehemently
deny some trivial otlense to avert an ex-
pected punishment, mud thus was guilty
.4 Tooth cowardice and falsehood. I be-
lieve that more character. have been
nen not to taste liquor again One curious
thing, which I tamed explain to my own
satisfaction. is that elide in the horde after
the 6rsa week i monied to have so desire for
Intoxicant. at a11, but the very next morning
alter 1 wee at liberty, though 1 had mit hese
Iwo • saloon, nor leen in any way breath;
jute crated with liquor, yet the old feeling of
"itonetie•s" in the stomach and an intense de-
sire for something to "brace up.' on ,.torsed
with almost irresistible fore.. I wisk 1 cook'
account fin it, for in every other
respect I felt jut as well as when
aa8ned iu the su.tatuton. I have tried
drinking coffee, have taken ..r WWI
.p.cificu and kept tobacco, rim and digerati
Made of herbs and roots in oy mouth, bet
e ll in vain. i cannot relequwr that Iasesese
desire fur liquor whreb has blasted my life
and made my once barapy home a somas •m
wretchedness and invary. My only WH
even.. to le in being locket up When I
once tate whisky at beer, then nouns( can
stop me from getting drunk. and mea that
go without a dnnk I would pert wit1, the
clothes on my back. The feeling of weak-
ness of which 1 spoke is reru:nr. red rwr'jateet.
musing on every monsieur slant 1e n'oluck,
and if 1 sal at work or on the street. it ems
.a though i mead faint If I did not get the
stimulant. [let tin Imlay does rot exist
when 1 know that 1 canoed get out to obtain
it. 1 believe the desire is more • mrntal time
• physical disease.
Tose Trade et Ades. ..
Prom 1*. Portion Tvade (lens&
wan • recent report to the Bnti.h thrown.
Mot o e the trade of Aden, with special tete,-
OM to that orf the i*uiu&li mast, .w1 the soot
die el Africa, Captain Snell of the Trade
Registration leep•nment at Aden rye tlat
gray American shirting. are the foreign fa-
brics most largely imported leen Aden, and
that these fabrics are sou+ appreciated, not
only by the Arabs oil Yemeni Ind by the Som-
alis TIM 10..11.IN.. so-called "Coeatry
Aurins" goods. produced 1n the Bombay
milk, have been rejected r eery unequal in
iamb and deralnlity lei the reap article. Cor-
fu'elndl fires 1314•111 11s k, the length,
breadth terry mode of pecking. and as res.
of 11e American god. referred tn. 1)u,lag
the year 1015 -ii 1,219,1;I2 yads were iiajsrted.
Mainet 3,3i10,Gre6 yard. in leer 6, ei that the
tele is s. eln.tly aro incoming one. To the
.est **rot d Afncs in for n 2,714.3Sei node
W'te evporsed 6'11e1 Mint agaui.et 1.IM1..1t7 t•
1/004 -5,
IL O. 5, seed sae Tem.
"1 tried every known remedy 1 could
think of for rheumatism, without giving
we any relief, until 1 tad Rordnek
Blood Ritten, which remedy i can
ktehly reenmmend to all afflicted as i
thee." Henry Smith, Milverton, Ont 2
White Mountain i0.ke- Three .ggs,
.e nap of anger, wee half cup of new
milk, owe half elp of hotter, ten cape
of Seer, eta teaspoonful of rode, tool
hespoosfele of teleses of tarter. [hewer
to `eyes,
4
swanned in youth from the prevalence of
tho brutality . f the rod than (rum all
other malign causes.
It is • curious tact that my father sod
seethe, were people possessed of in6mtte
tenderness. Neither of them would in-
tentionally injure the feelings of any
human being ; it was only in the applica-
tioa of tie net to their own children that
they exhibited brutality. Even the
brutality was of a religion' origin, and
ems applied ea • matter of duty. On •
shelf was the Bible, read twice such day
with earnest prayer, and over a closet
door on • couple of nails hung • twisted
rawhide, which las used as conscien-
tiously as was the holy book.lemoo. mae'E
Aootber peculiarity of that community
in regard to treatment of children was
the extreme repreesiver row exercised to-
ward than. They were forced rigidly
into the background. "Children may
be seen bet not heard," was a permaneot
citation, with the result that each child
became possessed with a conviction- o
entire unworthiness, whose effect late ,
in life was disastrous. It created
species of/ fear to old peeple an
strangers and • b.ahfulue.s which was +
ineradicable. For many years alter i
had gone nut in the world I was em-
b.rres.ed by this timidity, and even
tow 1 find myself affected at times by an
awe of stronger.. - "Poliuto" is Chicago
Tmie&
Ms I undoubted Orioles.
"I was severely troubled with doer -
Aire end having teed nowt of the
wonderful Dr. Fowler. Wild Shwterry,
tonin a short time completely cured.
I out recommend it as • splendid medi-
eioe." W. A. Stafford, Sbeddon,Oot. 2
• Morelos ei1r11 tetter.
"There is • good deal of gossip goes
on between the girls about the people
they live with. All their affairs are
pretty well known. You see girls don't
bate much interest in the concerns of
the family they lire with. That is,
sociable girls do not. Some don't can •
brass button •boot the people so long as
they get their minim all right. German
and Swede girls are like that. Irish
girls roe more warm-hearted, asd if
people are kind to them they like them
and will dr a great deal fur them. I
don't mean to say that itis right to talk
about the family outside, but sometimes
• girl don't think, and it Domes ant be-
fore the knows it. She don't meso 11117
harm. It is very hard for people to
keep things from girls. They are
around all the time and sea and hear
everything almost. They generally like
the gentleman of the bane best because
he don't interfere with Ikea"
ttk roe Year turtle
D.,n't allow a cold :n (behead to Glow•
Iv and surely run into Catarrh, when
you can be cured for 25e. by using Dr.
Clews Catarrh Cure. A few applica-
tions cure incipient catarrh ; 1 le 2 bete.
corer ordinary catarrh ; ! to 6 boxes is
guaranteed to care chronic catarrh Try
it. Only 26c and sure cure. Sold by
all druggists. ly
Mw M be Ineallbr,
Mrs Row Terry Cooke sys that if
American women wish to be healthy
they most learn to bye in fresh air.
fihe advises them to open their windows,
were flannel night-gowns, and take •
jog of hot water to bed if they are cold,
but never to sleep with closed windows,
air all their clothes and their room
doily, est simple wholesome feed, wear
boneless waists, and bottom their skirts
on (hem, sed take tho heels off their
boots - New York Res.
Ir. the historymelt+[ ieinee no peep
raters has received each universal meed
memiettes, for the alleviation of ar&
and the peretauset ostia it fete is kid -
n"7 diseases ea Dr. Van Dana's B ion.y�
Curseits action in thein litesmmistg
o.ws nt. ie simply wond.Hal. Rood
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