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The Exeter Times, 1884-9-4, Page 3Yr Howelis's Heroine. WanWork. In the August Cotters. Hi en :lark. tress, the heroine of "A WOM to's Rea- son," continues her efforts a self -sup- port -first by writin,r for th a newspa- pers, and afterward by milli, e.y.: The capable, self-supporting Mies Boot, : of whom: she takes eohnhsel, ask. her if she is willing to prepare herself or teach - ,H , ing anti to wait for a situatio' Helen's answer au41 Miss :toot's rejo' crier eons tale the kernel of the gUesti n of wo- teen's work ars stated by th novelist: " isie,' she sighed, "I could wait.-•-- But perhaps I shouldn't wan to do any-; thing for a great length of ime,' she said. innocently, with the [ought of Robert's return in her mind. *It [night only be for a limited period.' "" ''hat's what I supposed' said :hiss Root. """I.'h:tt's the great trotf'ole.. If a ' Tuan takes at thing up, he tali s it up for llfe,but if a %roman takes st up, she takes it up till some fellow %['•Rhes along and tells her to drop it. Au 1 than they are always coinplainiii that they aint paid as much as men are far the sante work. I'm not speakin' O " soil. Mag Harkness,' abet said, with glance at Helen's face; .and I don't '.now wheth- er I want to juin in any cry that'll take women's minds of of get':n" married. It's the blest thing Jur ''m, :and it's about nil they're tit for, most of 'cin, tui it's nature; there's no tlenylu' [bat, But it :ulnen are to be :Helped along Independent of glen, -and I never was '''saeh a fool as to ran they were, --why, it's a dr tea ittelt. :And so nowt of 'cin that eau't wait to prepare tha'inuelves for anything,. because they don't expect to stick to anything, they turn book - agents, or t;e1t some little payteuted [ting; or [hies- try to got as situation in a store.' Pearls of Great Pries. A pearl fishery of great value was some time back re urtett in the Gulf of Mexico.. During the winter fishermen prospectors have found some pearls of great value among not a few smaller gems The first wag taken from the shell of a pearl oyster in Peeent,er last, 1882. It is believed to be the largest on record. It weighs seventy-five karats. A jeweler u$re'red $1d -.(w$), widish was accepted. The sum is far below Ile real value. Auutheerof forty-seven kar- ats founts. ;tertian in tai. to and finely tinted:. It is valued on the spot at 14.00 1 thirst pearl of forty kar- ats. yet more beautiful, waee exhibited at La Paz, where *WAN was bi.1. Thin ,access of the utast serious esadoration is justly regarded as evidence of exten- sive denusits of :[earl -bearing oysters,, and great e' a'iteetue'nt pe rt:idtea all this tiahermeu in tlutt gulf, Chinese Pri't n, As we entered the jail -yard, fifty or sixty Men swarmed out front the Mark doorways whir+ led into their 'teas all heavily ehaineeti.with Ring, ebur -e, mat- ted hair. banging in wie;ps. or standing on end rough their death -like fat*les; in filthy rags. with ternaeiated forms called with dirt, and bearing marks of the tor- ture; and nearly all wttit sore eyes, swelled and bleeaing lips, skin diseases, and putrefying sora. These surround- ed us closely. ;and a-, net without a shudder, I passed through totem and one of their dens, they pressed upon n-, bloeking out the ' light. uttering tlis- eordant cries. and clamoring with one voice, "kunt she -that is. Iaael sbeesh; looking more like demons than living men, as abject and depraved as erime, despair and cruelty eau make them. Within, the blaekne; s, the filth, the ver- min, the stem+, overpowering even in this cool weather -the rubbish of rags and potsherds, cannot be described. Here, in semi -starvation and misery, with nameless cruelties preetieed upon them without restraint, festering in one depraved mass, are the tried and un- tried, the condemned, the guilty and the innocent (?); the murderer and the pirate; the debtor and the petty thief, all huddled together; without hope of exit, except to the adjacent judgment - seat, with its horrors of "the question by torture," or to "the field of blood" not far away. On earth can there be seen a spectacle more hideous than that of these abject wretches, with their heavy fetters eating into the flesh of their necks and ankles (if on their wast- ed asted skeletons, covered with vermin and running sores, there is any flesh left), their thick, matted, bristly black hair- contr.•astingwith the shaven heads of the free -the 'long, broken claws on their fingers and toes, the hungry look in their emaciated faces, and their clam- orous cry, kun>-shat kum-shat They thronged around us clattering their chains, one man saying that they had so little rice they had to "drink the foul water to fill themselves;" another shrieked, "would I were in your prison in Hong -Kong," and this was chorused by many voices saying, "In your prison. in Hong -Kong they have fish and vege- tables. and more rice than they can eat, and baths, and beds to sleep on; good, good is the prison of your queenl" But higher swelled the cry of kum-sha; and as we could not give alms to sever- al everal hundreds, we eluded them, though with difficulty; and as we squeezed through the narrow door, execrations followed us; and high above the heavy clang of the fetters and the general din rose the cry, "Foreign Devils," (Fan- Kwai), as we passed out into sunshine and liberty, and the key was turned upon them and their misery. -Isabella Bird. '•Did you hear about that row yester day, and that Col. Peter Sandie was knocked down and Major Sampleby had his nose ;broken P" "No, I didn't hear about it. How did it happen?" "Why, they were discussing the tar- iff question, and it just happened in the regular course of conversation." -Tex as Siftings Indian Loug'vity. II. 11. deserib •s -The 1': nsent Condi. Lion of the blissioii Intdia& of'Soutttern California" in tote August Century, and . speaks as follow s of two., aged Stu Ga- briel women : • .A few rode from the old mission knee it of San tx.ht,riel, in n but nt:ale of- the tenelies of the, tule reeds lashed to s:; 9mtrre pale;, as the San (sabred Indians [Haute thein a hun- dred years ago, live two oldIndia:° wo- men, `',aura arta I,,njaniina. Laura is one :hundred and two years old, Tien- jamina one hundred and seventeen. The record of their baptisms is still to be seen in the church books; so there can lie no tlisspute as to their age. It aeeazua not at all inereliiblle, however. If I had been told that Ben":[mina was a -�- - _ r _^-- _ �. - • - three-tho;tstnd rear-ol+l �ii t Y1rour�I) 5111' .kit ttaQPC e,h stat2stl ptlrcbs .i to •i O. from the ,at.inat. e:t,.,•e t The desSer who buys to again mutat ueeo+tet'trily have a profit. We .:ruin to givetbe :rtrchasers the benefit, which Canna[ tail to inset the views of the areI gera. Our enpeuwtrs arelesstltattthoae ofcita mann; ieturertcouseoucul woea, eetiebeaper C 1C S. GII)I.FY, �tltcl l�'itl'ni u'ks Ala tt(c tllr'eis /'E WOULD to our•undertak(ngdept"a auont,w•kich is more coin:, rx:.? pletethanerer,as we have a*'-•, r-^--•' s$dedaaveralnewi,tesig6ne � �? R. °f late 1'lle best trainn4 �r x' easLeta shrcuds,und ewes 'unerel requisite at the tottestpricfei• Our new ••! Hearse .s pronounced b calla pecialattteetio e. are 1 judge* y rri," ,a aotnpeteut judges to br second to note in the Bmb1oms of all the Different Societies. e tun nnny, resuscitated by some mysterious pro- cess, I should trot stave demurred much at the tale. The first time I saw thein, the two were etoueihing over a tiro on the ground, hinder a Fort t.£ !moth porch, in front of t' a:r hovel. Laura was making a feint of grinding acorn meal in a stone bowl; F.:ntjamina was raking the ashes, witia her claw-like old fin- gers, for hot coals to start the fire afresh; her skin was like ;In elephant's. shriveled, black, hanging in folds and welts on her neck and breast and bony tartns; it was not like anything human; her shrunken eyes, bright as beads. peered out from under titiekets of mares grizzled gray hair. Laura woe," a white cloth band around her Mead, tied on with a strip of nenrlet flannel; above that, a tattered black shawl, whueh ave her the look of an aged imp. Old b.skets, ole: pets, oldons, add strtue Mir MA and pestles. lortiken tiles and brief:A, rags, straw, boxes, legless ull;ttrs-in short, all conceivable rubbish-9-aere strewn about or piled up in the :,lace, [[laking the weirdest of background•: for tate aged crones' figures. Inside the hut. were two bedsteads and at few boxes, baskets and net,; and drying grapee and peppers hung nn the walls. A feta feet away was another hut, only a trifle better than this; four generations were living in the two. Iii.njatuina't step- daughter, aged eighty. was a tine e raa- turl'. With a bane: straigiat awned her forehead t•Inse to the eyebrows and a gay pleitiltau.lkerettief tlirti t 11.11i ;above It, falling squarely emit ride of her fart, elle looked lilt -an ofd Bedouin sheik.. -Our Mtexiaean frileuel re11101ntxered Laura[ As shy WAS fifty years sero. She was then even at [fits -two. eelebesteel ad lige 44 Ilace .x?c,ae:t runner; and ;bests ball -players ti :el the San tiabri el games. She la's't a singer, too, in the choir. Coaxing her up t'n her Pvt. patting her ahn,nhttei 4. eont.titins and tares itag her its one would a Schild, he su.e•eedcd in lxerau't,linss :ter to chant for us the Lord's Prayer and part of the litanies, a, Ale had'hem wont to def it. in the Hitt days.. It woea grotesque and inerteili' !.e ..g;st, The nu,ra' Nile 4tirreet and Kan, :and Vied her arms, the less alive.hr• L-•tiedlite at'kteti the step -daughter if thee were happy and wielital to lite•. 1 an;'e.ing. An repeated this question to 501" 1. .tr.i, yes, wte wish to live forayer,' they replied. The, were greatly terrified. the daughter said, when the railway near, first r:tn through tan Galr•ie•l. ''.The tb Herb[ it tvns the Bevil bringing Pira to burn up the world. Their ebief solace is tabu - 'so. To beg it, l;ennjaminn will creep sheet in tiro village by the hour, bent double over her staff, tottering at every step. They sit for the most part silent, motionless en the ground; their knees drawn up. their Banda e -la -ped over theta, their heads sunk on their breasts. In my drives in the San Gabriel valley, t often sew them sitting thtla, as if they were deati. The sight had an indescrib- able fascination. t seemed that to be I able to penetrate into the recesses of their thoughts would be to lay hold op- en sa•erets as old a. the earth." --ease-e----- A ►----"'-A great deal of fun has been made of the Milwaukee maiden's mouth, hut the Polish girl who stole $25 in trade dol- lars and hid them under her tongue is entitled to the entire bakery. If the trade dollar must go, by all means hive it to the fair Pole ;and let her chew ir.-- N. Y. Commercial. A colored barber ou the Hudson riv- er, who was badly shot in the thigh by a dusky maiden because he insisted on putting off the marriage clay •until Oc- tober, said he didn't care so much about being shot, but that it spoiled his new trousers. Rev. Mr. Beecher says he does not believe the story of the fall of Adan Perhaps he has arrived at this conclu- sion from the fact that there were no cranks in these days to throw banana skins on the sidewalks, and water did not freeze on the pavements with the slippery side up. Miss B. had told the servant to say she was unwell if any gentlemen called. and when the bell rang the girl met the visitor. "Is Miss B. in?" he asked. "Yes, sir, but she is siek." "Ah, in- deed! I hadn't heard it. What's the matter?" •+1 guess as how it must be you, sir. for she was well enough before you called." Teacher -"What do we learn by the translation of the prophet Elisha." Dull boy -"That he saved his funeral ex- penses." Teacher (severely)--1'Jiimesl" Dull boy -"That's wot my pa says•,• he's an undertaker, he is, and I guess he knows. Pa 'lows he wouldn't like to have folks go . off that away nowa- days."' Pug dogs area going out of out lis ladies' pets, and youog women who have a stock of these oanines..on band, and can't afford to indulge in the new fashion, will have to treat their pugs g they do their last year's dresses -turn them, let out the, tucks, shirr the skirts, and brighten them up with a bow of ribbon here and there. There are more ways than one to keep ' up with the fas Moe 1 t .1 1 ' IIN1 EBTh E tiN° Funerals furnished s.. . conducted at the very law est rates• sty:Stock of Undertaltin;, goodsis large, complete sad we orte,i.and any person requiring anyt:Alig IP: tbisluie will audit to • theirs drainage t' r ireone s, r:.11 *stat c .t.....t:. act f themselves. CABINET-MAKER. l hays just reee vee argestock Walnut and Rosewood Caskets; alew i:otltna of every descrip. tient. A complete stock of Robes and Trivaninge alway on hand.The latest styles Chamber and Parlor Snits Alit:oda of Furniture at the loaves treks. TUC TESTIItR: CSININ'CACHOU N'PY itrtoewbertlletelel.'41 -Nom lt +,ep:,satoKe•mli'sTobacco Store, at:iu-street. E:etor, 7O At .ZT 332446..vmsT ate; o i'l�. Office .tt eii Telles MAILS Aaarylt ezosr, SIr'ktou.woodbI n, Witt helsea suet ENhuville .. ... , . ;� •••;8.13 atm 5G0Soutb.east and ,;•m ohs,.11►efts,i8lateM,1':nfwlieliape foreigninaflti... savages ?tautreal, 3(anit . .... ... ... - ... :OM a.tn. ;9.00 a. m P Scalia, east a nd .nest ... 6 ;s ••• ••. p.m. 4.24 p. m North and eastiurIudingtioderjch,tviaghatu,l Kincardine and atltieofntsawait. i 1 Strateatd.'rarento.'iteeetrceratud Eastern 's'tates... .. .. .*C.rua.m 18. o A. Al j North ... . .. ... ... ... s,31)i}•iu.0.04p.m' Fray ... MON KT ORDERS tisluett and paid un stud from sits ateue,T 0rderOmAee in the Dn11151e;o,: utGeutt.ia.Gr,atitritatuand ', trelaud.11ritisb (udia, Newfeeuadland.e,e rtnany^,Ausitria,ltaly. kustr tl:et a tett rite Canted i tstes. F.311p. in. LSO r. nal POST (111116 SAVINGCRANK. L'opostta will be received 1.r tbisomes from 31 to Saud, Ilepi-esters oblideing tbo l'asttuatter- General's special pernttw•Inucan elrcritita4D. Deposition Kat Inge Bank account received from O. Ai. to: p. al. Office hours Lulu TA) tr.hn.to7 p,ul. fiLettcra halealettfoi r/eghttration iiia[ I e tu°.t•'11•* riiunteabetere the closing of each n,atl. N it -it is p:u'tie,et trN reque.ted that the send. rs of matter wili %Willy add the names of th . I (Minnie* 1Q the addressee. PpdOI(NR. Postmaster. i • ITttlINfi 4T)4LATiltIti.ANIit,`t.ltl•. The l-yanIGtoln•:.tre m [,tare lane to rsipir- • Atit,n, lateen+,eiteiuing anet.ae.c,l Lo serrotrinng; very tbrtrcs:-inp. l-,artfeu1.r at Might; &•grubs a of pin-1\,,rin^ wel-ts t'r:t rl7ti;; in and nh'at the reagin, the privetee part• are seinetitues af- fe•rirti, Hallowed t,e continue sary,ee,'ricie q re. 4 sults/nay folh . '•55tiAYNE'SO(\'1:iiiNi'" hi ea pleasant, cart' ruro. Alae, for Tettor, rob, hatk.iiheutn, S :tl•l":feud. Erysipelas. llarbe•rs' Itch, Blntehes, all sraly.eruct Skin Diacaars,. Box, by mail, :Al Cts.; 3 her $1,25. Addrea.e, Int, iiWAYNFI ata BON, Phila,, Pa. Sold by Druggists. 1 ADVICH TO 1Ie)TUUEIh:;. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by 'siek ehitd suffering and erring with pain of nutting teeth? If so, Handel once and get abottle of URN WINSLOW'S SOOTHING S'YRUP•' Its value is incalculable. It will re- lieve the poor little sufferer imwedtately. De- pend upon itmoth era, there fano mistske about It. Itottres dysentery and dtatrhoea, regulates the etolnneh suit hovels, cures wind colic softens the ;;ones, reduces inflammation, and gives tone mil energy to the whole system. 1fne. WINNLOW'e SOOTniNO SYRtSP Iron CHILD. REN T uerunNa is gieasant to the taste, and Is the prescription of one of the oldest and beet female unrses anti physicians to the United Stats. and is for sale by all druggists through- out the world. Price 25 amts a bottle. ARNICA and OIL LINIMENT CURES ALL Pains and Aches AND IS THE MOST PERFECT Fe XLT lEDIOfNE is the WEB 8OLD BY ALL DEALERS. PRICE, 25 AND 50 CENTS PER BOTTLE. DFOWtER'5 EXTRACT WILD SIR/MBE filli • =CURES G H OL CHOLERA INFANTUM D/Af3R/1 eEA, AND FALLSUMMER COMPLQ1NTS StO�t�BYALL DE.4LERS.1 ISaving commenced. bnsines t;tor the Fall and Winter Trade. •,ear . • ei•., ,. au V,t,t,u4Y.tt ,C., txt •I5nrl,.►•.,atiRitap, Y . .:.} .... • .„�0 a: a • P 1, a t'`. 4 Health & Happiness for all. WILL CURE OR RELIEVE Biliousness, Headache, Dys- pepsia, Indigestion, Dizziness, Jaundice, Dropsy. Fluttering of the Heart, And every species of disease arising front Impure Blood, &e. Sc. P,:seA:lt,t 4Y TNR Climax Chemical Company MONTREAL., RE SALL PORK PA.CKINGt H2OEUS We arepreparet topurchase anyquantity of Pork,subjectto thefolloyingregulations . We'will takeoff two pountds per hundred if dry, and three ponndtf soft:, Shoe leer tace twenty-five cents.; It ay4f•thettinggate are left .i t,2'5 oeat setra:vvfll bededuetel4 II A Xa La'P Vegetable S cWan HAIR RENEWER Instils. drat preparation Iter •etly adapted to cure disc4scs ai the b -:.t1 ., and the gest sue. c ::tel rt:Tyrer of fait:, u or pre; A.., r to its [lata ,h to.o:. tenth » a ? A.. . Y Watay., !t has l..,t Its;. yt21..L..it L.:l t. t4 sa luny tort »:1 Coe 1cuu;e,t.. 1 .1, :. i for tile rr t. t t, t t i t: • .. . et 1: w 1. .li 1. ... ::: 1,.: t' 11 in i;.tur, and s; a end its r•••"e ft,'et 0- ... Cg 10 every (Lel0tit•r of the t .lee. Itsr:.,.e:;.t- lc"stet cctSs t:nt b t t .i to but cue cauw: rt,rehs;,a ti;; . •;.., ,ts. The preps:eta:s L:..1 c•: - t; r;:: -,t at the mask;t 4+f ()AmI r::. :• claaltl- ir:-.e, where. l:.ry l:al tut t. a.•,-. 1.. t....'sraft:r_ The use for a abort 111a c•4 r a U.tta 41: s,. 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Tasbietr+7s. fkr14.4#Cru-. rata°" Aram*'sad'wilt &atom Coasadaidlan km Ova r1.* w KtinOtit ooaepeaagr. 1".. roaming Adam. w oes MAW* 1W.ast to popparod aoly by not* W. {g{3ha�rt4a4 5 ea. ads FilvdosOt' , Aataxa. 144'4I. 7bpre. Out Owate roott tramr'0'. Harts. �n�.t, Ann*. 1 to blown 1a torr ea* of t3* lnk5a. J. r..ar4 er [scouts • '14'4seared far a 6.ttar &rill.. W. tare *nor 4 ravait 151', a to 144 pn.ietrt..r tK et4r newerstoweter Salt as ,nr tIrllwoawa a rarer et 4111 3 ,1,4 last amp.o la ala 5453 Walsh or 11144, roe .4a. by sit n- , ..'e14 Dro:gkaa 144 CW14;rr e'arl,r,. r ... 1 o aaa lo • 5 .11 .. t!. •,11... 13.75 per Ma. to *tote,I. O 4 3104..t 45.r.M.n.eTboaet * MrolliA for rarae... FREEMAN'S i'S WORM POWD;ii Rb. - Are pleasant to ills[[L•untaiu their earl Purgative. Is a safe, sub. nod carrion) *Illinrer at warms in. Children orddalbr, TO N'ARMEkS! GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. NOAH FRIED, --OF THE Dashwood Flouring Mill Wishes to return thanks to his numerous customers, for the past liberal patronage given him, and since making im- provements, which is a large . saving on fuel, will do unlit farther notice, at the following --rates OATS, SIX CENTS PER- BAG, And for all other grains (Peas excepted), SEVEN CENTS PER BAG. TUESDAY, THURSDAY al SATURDAY, Are my regular grinding days TERMS - Strictly Cash. No proK will bl •bbaumhnf.a 1 any'`price N.a E .-Flour Bt Feed sold at a close mar- , gin. Don't forget to give us a call We.rant all ETogs-Cutting•rightthrough ITOA5 I+'RXZD breast t o Lea 1. an d Et ams opened out to tail GDashwood, Feb'y 7tb, '84 & J.•PETTY�