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THE BAIiK COXTIXENT. , j OXLV FIVE WHITE PEOPLE IN" A CITY i of y,ooo. A Wild and Curious Country?Strange j Customs ox' the Natives?The Krcos, | Formerly Slave Dealers, and the Way | the ffomea Fresco Themselves With j Paint?Flowers, Etc. From the Indian':rK):ii Journal. Dr. Ralph St. John Perry, who went from this city to Africa several months ago, in a letter to a friend here, writes from Cape Tvlount, under date of June 20th, about his experiences in the dark continent: "Monrovia is built upon a bed of iron ore, part of which assays 90 per cent, pure iron. The town contains five thousand people, live of whom arc white. It has no dmg stores, no library, no public halls, no barber shop, no saloons, no streets and very few fences. Trey have no need for streets, as they have no horses or ] . vehicles. The population Is divided into three classes?the natives, or aborigines, the Liberians, or children born here of foreign parents, and the emigants, or foreigners. The latter are on a par with those shipped to the United States of America from Europe?poor, ignorant and lazy. "The Kreos, a native tribe, were frtvm/M-h* ilm nfflns COasf. Every Kroo man has a blue tattoo mark down the middle of his forehead, extending 011 down the nose. They cut their hair with bits of broken bottles, and cut it in ail sorts of styles. Instead of tattooing, the women paint themselves from head to foot; it is no uncommon thing to see a girl with the Liberian flag painted 011 her forehead. Some of the women whose husbands or fathers work for Americans, wear the United States flasr, but nothing can induce them to wear the -British flag, us they all hate Englishmen, and will have nothing to do with them. We use five nations' money here?United States, English, Dutch, French, and Liberian, and occasionally a Spanish gold coin. "The country here is very broken and wild. The mountain above us is rocky, and only inhabited by goats, deer, and other wild animals. ^Monkeys are abundant, and play havoc witli the gardens below at n?gnt. unr hill is planted with cofi'ce trees, and our coffee is excellent. It is picked, cleaned, roasted, cooked and drank inside of twenty-four hours. We have tresh venison, chickens and fish every day, with rice, cassava, plantains and greens. The cassava is a tuber like the sweet potato in shape, and looks and tastes like a mixture of beeswax and piaster of pans. Pepper is pnt into everything eatable, and very plentiful, too. Our native boy, who tends to roasting and pounding up the coffee, was not satisfied until he had put a big handful of pepper into it, which was not discovered until he tried to drink it. We have a new coffee boy now. A small watermelon a foot long sells here for a shilling, but two pineapples as big as your head sell for one cent; bananas and plantains sell for ten cents a onr.cn; mango plums wnicn sell in Xcw York for "2o cents each, can be bad here for one cent a dozen. All these fruits grow wild, and the only charge is for the trouble of gettingthemto you. Flowers are most abundant?magnolia everywhere, and heliotrope is used for hedges, while lilies and passion flowers are trod under foot, so thick are they. "The bank of our lake?Peso- is dotted all along with native towns, called bush-towns. Two houses make a town; each town of 100 houses has a king or governor. Sometimes a king has several small towns. All the peopie are called the king's children, and*dare not do anything without his consent. One man who wanted lo cumu 10 suu i.iv ;IUUUI u luijjui I;<IU <.u send twenty miles to get permission from Ins king. The king sent me a message giving me authority to do anything I wished to the man, and he would he responsible for all costs. "When at Monrovia I engaged a Kroo boy at a salary of $25 a year to attend the office and do such work as I required, but he was so lazy i had to give him the grand bounce. He was too lazy to eat, and, rather than sec him starve, I sent him home, where somebody could feed him. My new boy is.about twenty years old, named Momo?Vey% named for Mohammed? and he is heir to one of the Vey thrones, his father being an up-country king. Momo wanted to learn English so he ran away from home and came to the mission, and I took him in and adopted him. His people came down with cloth and sheep and tried to coax him back?210 go. Ilis elder brother ran away also, and has just left on the ship Liberia for the United States. By the way, I have the only United Slates fiag in Liberia, the United States consul having none. ihe medical school nas opened with a fair attendance. Wo have a plant here called 'boola', and 'bonda' b)* the natives,, and 'vegetable mercury7 by the whites, which is twenty times stronger than castor oil, one drop of a five percent, tincture causing a* very brisk catharsis. "The Vey language is very easy to learn, being nearly aii vowel sounds. With 100 words a person can talk very weli; all plants, trees, etc., go by one name?'bush'?trees are 'big bush', flowers are 'small bush'. All animals, birds, and fish arc meat?'sash.' A man is 'ki'; a woman, 'musu'; a child, 'ding'; a boy, 'kiding'; a girl, 'mnsuding'; broad is 'bugu'; water is 'jee'; medicine is ;booley'. Every one who has any dealings with the natives has a native name. Inline is 'Booley-kiqua-a-ina', meaning the 'white medicine man'. Their own due tors' are called 'Booley-ki-gree-gree'. everything secret is caliecl 'gree-gree'. "The girls, as soon as they are able to walk and talk, arc- put in the 'grcegree bush', a sort of convent, where they arc instructed in their duties as women and wives. They are usually sold by their parents in marriasre as soon as they are born. If not sold they mast remain in the 'gree-gree bush' until some one buys them. #A wife coste aNxit 815. V/hen the bidding takes place the bride comes with presents to the eroom, and he must give in return double as much as she brings. A man may have as many wives as lie can pay for?in fact, they are the African branch of the Mormon church. The boys arc kept in the 'gree-gree bush' until of age, generally fourteen years. Should cue of either sex disclose the sccrets'of their 'bash', or one be caught in the others bush', he or she is put to death publicly. c;Their houses are made of bamboo and clay, with thatched roofs. Their cauces are very sKuinuiy made and evenly balanced. "When cracked they arc sewed with bamboo fibre and the crack calkcd with cotton from the native cotton tree. I Lave one aboat fifteen feet long", which holds six persons, and cost $o. 1 bought it from an old man, a native canoe-maker, who is the grandfather of two little Vev boys, who are my godchiidren. Their names are John F. Gr.igama and Ralph P. Guigama. My nearest competitor is fifty miles east, at Monrovia, next nearest, 300 miles west,at Sierra Leone; none south at all: and the nearest one north is on the Mediterranean coast/-* The doctor has sent over a box of curios, consisting of monkey skins, native knives made from African iron ore, palm nuts, sea beans, shells, coffee beans, dried flowers, plants and beetle?, etc. The Earthquake. Hello, old Earthquake' Ilowd'y? Shake. Just put it there! What ".-ill you take? Beer? No? Aba, it would appear You tried to give us ::11 a bier! Well, then E. (>.. perhaps you'd like A whisky raw, with quinine spike*/ That's mighty good fur shakes, they say, And you are "somewhat on that lay! Say, Great Convulsion, honor bright. Why did you give us such a fright? 'Fess up, old Quaker; didn't thee think Thee'd shake us that way for a drink? - . . - r, . j. Or diu">t thee think tnee a nave some xua By making all ilie women run Out of their Louses, To the street, Dressed in a tablecloth or sheet, When every thinking person knov.'s How much all women love their clothes? Your conduct's shocking! Further now We can't explain, Convulser, how You came with such unlucky stars To lend yourself to family jars. Such things may do in foreign climes, In ancient or in modern times, IJut here, where matrimony rates The best of all United States, If you suppose such things will do You'd better shake us p. d. q. Skip out: Vamose! Pull up your stake! For downright gall, you take the quake! . [ Ji ud/i. Critic. Additional Aid Invoked for Charleston. Charleston, September 17.?Last night was quiet. Work is going on actively, but bricklayers and plasterers are badly needed. The subsistence "committee is now issuing rations to nearly 7,0U0 persons. A large majority of these are colored. 2\o case of distress fails to receive prompt attention. Mayor Courtcnay to-day issued the fol lowing proclamation: Cm* of CiiakIjESTOX, Executive Department, September 17, 1 Si>G.?To the public: The City Council of Charleston, at its regular meeting on the 14th inst., look the following action: Whereas a terrible calamity has befallen Charleston?vast and widespread in the ioss it inflicts?far greater in extent than was at first realized; and whereas it is evident that the liberal and spontaneous assistance which has come to us from all parts of this country and from England, and which is deeply appreciated and gratefully acknowledged by our people, will be wholly insufficient to meet the unexpected exigencies; be it Resolved. That the Mayor be requested to prepare and issue an address to the public, setting forth our condition and invoking additional aid for this stricken city. In making known to the general public this declaration of the municipal government as the condition of our city at this time, it seems to mo unnecessary that I should add anv words of my own. The unfortunate facts ore before the country by statements of disinterested visitors from different parts of the land, after personal observations, and arc known here and deeply felt. I ask the press of the United States to give this proclamation the benefit of its far-reaching circulation. (Signed) Wm. A. Courtexay. There was a slight shock of earthquake at 2.25 this morning. important Geological Discoveries by Special A^cnt Sloan. 31 r. Sloan, the special agent of the United States Geological Survey, at Charleston, was engaged yesterday in making examinations along the Northeastern railroad in the section"of country between there and Goosecreek. Mr. Sloan reports having examined one locality in particular, believed to be near the axis of disturbance, where for a space six hundred feet long and an average of one hundred and twenty-five feet wide, the earth has been badly shattered, producing a network of cracks varying from a line to twenty-two inches in breadth. In some places the earth has been elevated, and iu others it has sunk as much as eight inches, while the whole section affords a very insecure footing. The position of a small trestle on the [ Northeastern railroad near this locality has been somewnat cnangea oy me shock, me superstructure of the trestle and adjoining bank having been shifted seven feet ten inches from its original centre. Mr. Sloan slates that no volcanic action was necessary for the production of the sulphur gases noticed in connection v.-ith the recent subterranean disturbances. The presence of these gases, he says, was unmistakable, and is to be accounted for very naturally, as the immediately underlying strata contain abundant nodules of pyrites, which through the usual process of alteration afford sulphuretted hydrogen gas. This gas escaped to the surface in unusual quantities, owing to the recent violence, and was manifested not only in odor, but also in the pronounced darkening of cer tain lead paints used upon some of the houses in the city. There is also excellent reason to suspect the presence of sulphurous oxide from the same source. While Th re is Life There is Hope. Many of the diseases of this season of the year can be averted by a small amount of care and at little cost, by the timely use of Ewbaxk's Topaz Cinchona Cordial. It cures Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus and like complaints. JYo traveler should be without a bottle, as it will prevent any disease that would no doubt arise "from the change of water, food and climate, without its use. The most valuable medicine in the world, contains ail the best and most curative properties of ail other Tonics, Bitter?, etc., etc., being the greatest Blood Purifier, Liver Peculator and Life and Ilcalth-Iicstoring Agent in existence. For Malaria, Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Headache, Nervous Headache, Chronic Rheumatism, etc., etc., it is truly a Herculean Remedy. Ii gives new life iXlk \ L \ ??KJX. IV Ui.1V/ tiX VI i" delicate health, weak and sickly children, nursing mothers. Sec circulars wrapped with bottle. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1, 1885. II. B. Ewbank, Esq., President of The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., Spartanburg, S. C.: Dear Sir?I have used a case of your Topaz Cordial in my family, and as a Tonic and Appetizer I can cheerfully' recommend it to all who are suffering from Debility and lack of appetite. My children, especially, have been much benefitted by its use. .Respectfully, Hutsox Lee. Ask your druggist for Ewbank's Topaz Cinchona Cohoial and take no other. The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., Saartanbnry. S. C.. U. S. A. The Special Geological Agent's ,\ew Discoveries. !Mr. Sloan. who is engaged in investigating the earthquake phenomena for the United States Geological Survey, spent yesterday in taking observations ia the cemeteries and other places around the ciiy, and succeeded in making a number of interesting discoveries. Among them was the shifting of the enormous guano shed at the South Carolina Railway wharf on Cooper River. The shed is 400 feet long by GO wide, and is supported on bents which rot on piles. The building contained about 1,500 tons of guano at the time of the earthquake, and yet. notwithstanding its great size and weight, the entire structure was shifted 8 feet 9i inches towards the southeast, thus showing the vast en erg}' manifested by the earth wave. Aroi :er discovery o: interest, as snowing the direction of the force, was that the brick casing or well of the gas reservoir on Washington street, although buried in the ground, had been forced eight inches towards the southeast and had then recoiled into its original position. The evidence of its displacement was found in an opening 01 indentation about eight inches wide inline ground, showing where the brick curbing had pressed back the dirt. 3li\ Sloan will continue bis observations to-day, operating in the section of country ' !>et\veen Haveners and Lanibs.?JS'acs and Courier, 1 Qth. ^ ^ Xow that creascd pants and roughedged ' paper are fashionable, the only thing need- : fui to complete the editor's happiness is a craze for frayed cuffs, ; wrjm HI li< JBWH I1 I II G5J.\KKAL .\E\VS ITEMS. Fact-* ot Interest Gathered from Various ttuartera. Turkey demands the evacuation of Egypt; by ilie English. The Howard County Bank, at Glasgow, j 31o., has failed. The depression in England is drawing j skilled laborers to America. The three Emperors are now said to be ; in accord in regard Jo Bulgaria. * 1 xv.. .1 jv uesirucuve nrc occurreu m vwuunati Tuesday night. Loss about $20,000. The Augusta Factory is resuming work 1 >3* degrees, but the strikers are to be evicted. Tiie largest mine in Huntsville. Mo., is !>eing run on the co-operative plan. Cholera returns from all parts of Italy Thursday show 05 new cases and 23 deaths. Alexander's property in Bulgaria is to be bought l>y the government for ?40*3,000. The fund in Boston for the relief of the Charleston sufferers amounts to ?53,293. The present Atlanta Senatorial Convention is the dead-lock on Georgia records. The Pope has sanctioned the publication, in Home, of the Jesuit paper Ciriita Catolia. The Xcw Orleans Board of Health hits raised the quarantine against Biloxi, Miss. James G. Blaine. Jr., was married to Miss M. Xevins, in New York, on the (5th. The Prohibitionists carried the election at "Winchester, Va., by lG'J majority. There were severe shocks of earthquake felt in the mining region of Ohio Sunday. It is announced that Sir Charles Piikc will soon establish a London daily newspaper. A call was issued Thursday by Acting Secretary of the Treasury for $15,000,000 three per cents. AY. II. Forney has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Seventh Alabama District. The Legislature of Maine will be nearly as stromrlv Republican as it was two years ago. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is now engaged in printing ?1 silver certificates. A moonshiner w;is sliot and killed at Etna, Tcnn., by one of a gang whom he sold . liquor to" Orders have been issued prohibiting the erection of any more telegraph polls in I\ew York. The damage reported along the Wabash Valley, where the storm went along will aggregate over $90,000. A dispatch from Terre Haute, Ind., says a cyclone struck that city Thursday and did damage to the amount of $25,000. Commander Fairchild's appeal has been favorably received by the Grand Army Posts of Brooklyn. The Government engineer reports two channels in Charleston harbor deepened by the earthquake. The Macon Telegraph thinks the South Carolina earthquake closed up more lissures than it caused. T W T.in/viln of ~Unlrlr>n "\fflSS..struck a silver, lead and copper deposit while digging out a cellar. The Piev. I. M. Casanoweiz, a Jewish rabi, of Bloomficld, N. J., has embraced the Catholic faith. The Republican State Convention of New Hampshire has nominated Charles II. Sawyer, of Dover, for Governor. There is serious trouble brewing in Mexico, and there is a general movement on the par^of the revolutionists looked for. Marshal Parks has been nominated as Democratic candidate for Congress from the Second Virginia District. The Irish obstruction in Parliament interferes with the plans of the Tory government, under Lord Salisbury. Justin McCarthy delivered a farewell lecture in Liverpool on the 15th, previous to his departure for America. The Baptists of New York arc arranging to raise a iund for the benelit of the Bapti'cla ir. rSfirlf.ctr.n The President's relations complain that he lias thrust them into obscurity. He is afraid of Grant's ghost. A German banking house lias declined a proposal from the Bulgarian government for raising a loan for that country. In the Birminchatn district of Alabama one protection Democrat has succeeded another protection Democrat for Congress. The business failures occurring throughout the country arc 185?152 for the United States and 33 for Canada. Matthew HotbeiTer, a keeper at the Zoo, in Cincinnati, was killed by a grizzly bear while sweeping in front of the cage. An envelope collection was made Thurs day at Norfolk. Va., for the bent lit of the Charlcstonians and ?1,148.83 was realized. Arthur Elbuthust, under arrest in Co%'ington, Tenn., says he murdered Mayor Bowman, of East 8t. Louis, last November. At Chattanooga, TeDn., a company has been formed, with a capital of $175,000, to build a 100 ton blast furnace at once. | The Kussian, uenr.an ana Austrian emperors have had a conference, by which peace is assured for the immediate future. Exciting reports have been received at Melbourne, Australia, of the arbitrary action of the French in the Xew Hebrides. A storm extended over most of Southeastern Michigan Thursday, killing one inrai and damaging property to a great ex lent. Gladstone has notified his friends that he will arrive in London Sunday, and that he will be present in the House of Commons Monday. Gcronimo says he took the war path to avoid being murdered. lie was told by a courier that he and his people were to be murdered. The Chippewa Lumber Company's saw mill at Ohirroewa Falis. Wis., was struck j by lightning Thursday and destroyed. Loss Si'.10,000. Leah Ileritier. living with a returned convict in Paris, had Tier head severed from her body by the ex-convict for informing the police that he beat her. Cigarette smoking is said to be almost as common among ihe girls of New York as among ?he boys. The stains on their dainty lingers tell the tale. The Rev. Jesse Cook, colored, was) hanged Thursday in Butler, Ga., for the i murder of his wife last April. Cook made a full confession. A large rock overhanging the mountain side in .Jackson county, \V. Va., rolled from its place Wednesday and killed two men and fatally injured two children. There was a collision on the Nickel Plate Railroad near Silver Creek, 2J". Y., which killed 13 excursionists and injured as many more. It is reported that another call for three per cent, bonds will be issued in a few days, j There is a surplus of $70,000,000 ia the j Treasury. t - 1 x .Lucy westorooK, a ueauuiui country girl, Jiving in Walker county, Ga., was forcibly carried away from her liome by a married man?a neighbor. At Dublin, on the night of September 12, three moonlight raids took place, all of them close to the"headquarters of Gen. Sir lied vers J3ul'er. The Mayor of Philadelphia is to be impeached for failing to pay into the treasury at the proper time large amounts received ! for license fees. The French authorities at Havre have just seized eleven English fishing boats for infringing the international maritime and fishery laws in the channel. The F::ris Defense says that the Pope, in deference to liia wishes oi ? rencii uuno-1 lies, lias postponed tlie dispatch of a legale { to China. A cow on the track half a mile from j Chattanooga overturned an engine recently. ! unci the engineer and fireman were crushed i to death. Until further notice, dl 3 T>er cent, bonds j presented at the Treasury will be redeemed j at par and with accrued interest up to the j date of redemption. At Radna, Austria, fifteen persons were crushed to death and thirty severely and one hundred slightly injured during a panic in the Pilgrimage Church. The President's civil service policy appears to have knocked out the Democratic I; party in Maine. The fight there seems to be Ix-tweea the Republicans and Prohibitionists. At a meeting held in St. Louis Monday of the Knights of Labor, the boycott instituted by the brewers' union against firms who have not acceded to the strikers' demands was endorsed. An anti-Jewish riot broke out at Ivraiova. in I'oumelia, Wednesday. The mob i i I ? i ~ : ~-r piunuereu. una uwiumcu ii huuiwi ui houses belonging to Jews. One hundred arrests were made. The Sobranje has adopted an address to the Czar, praying for his protection over the independence and liberty of Bulgaria. The sum of .S20.000 was voted to defray the travelling expenses of Prince Alexander Devout Catholics who have just returned from the pilgrimage made by the Catholics of New England to the shrine of St. Anne, of the Province of Quebec, report some astonishing cures wrought through prayer. A farmer named S. D. Arnold, living in Houston county. Ga., and his grown son ! John quarreled and the son shot the father i three times and then beat him with the pis tol over the head. | The Peoria Tran*cripl explains that : when 31 r. Cleveland wrote, in isj<4: "No i man ought to hold the office of President i more than one term," he meant, of course, "no unmarried man." Remarking that the rich city of Louisville, Ky., had given nothing to the Charleston sufferers, the 1'osi says: "The only thing that relaxes purse-strings here is a closely contested political race." N. 31. Rothschild ?fc Sons, of London, have contributed ?500, and Messrs. Baring Brothers & Co. the same amount to the relief fund for Charleston. It is..probable t.hsit a larrre sum will be realized. A serious cave-in occurred at the Marvine shrift, at Scranton, Pa., on September 13. One man was taken out dead and six others are entombed alive. Rescuing parties have been set to work. The Paris Unicers publishes a telegram from the Bishop of Tonquiu saying that 700 Christians have been massacred and 40 villages burned in the province of Manhoa, and that 0,000 Christians are perishing of i hunger. Advices from Apia state that after the departure of the last of the men-of-war which had recently visited the Samoan Islands, the rival native Kings renewed their civil wars. Great excitement has been created at I Chatham by the receipt of urgent orders from the Admiralty to expedite the completion of men-of-war. Kelays of workmen arc to be employed day and night, if necessary. Within the last decade China has taught Russia that she intends, at all costs, to maintain her rights, France that an invasion of Chinese territory is neither glorious nor profitable, and England that it is better to have her as a friend than as an enemy. J. 31. Means, of Liberty, 3Io., has a fortyyear-old clock that is a perfect barometer. Just before a rain the bell, usually of a clear and distinct tone, tells the hours in a tone so dull and mullled as to be hardly audible. It never makes a mistake. Seven Governors of as many Commonwealths met at Philadelphia Friday, to arrange for a fitting observance of the centennial of the promulgation of the Constitution of the United States. This centenary will occur on September 17, 18S7. It is reported that the steamer Grade Barker foundered of! Grand Haven, Mich., in the gale of the 12th, and that 100 souls perished. The storm was so severe that wrecks of all kinds of vessels were washed ashore. A freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Independence, Thursday, struck a horse on the bridge, and the shock broke the bridge. The engine fell in the creek below, killing the engineer and injuring the fireman. Russian military men arc said to be experimenting on a new explosive of great force that generates neither heat nor smoke. They must have tried it on Prince Alexander, he was bounced off the Bulgarian throne so "unbeknownst"' like. Captain Reed, of the fishing schooner Vouglit, from Bay Chalcur, reports that lie went into Paspebiac, Canada, in distress, having had rigging carried away and being nf vr'itnr H/> wns trivra nnr> lirmr tn j get out of the harbor, raid he hud to go to j sea without water or repairs. ! Miss Lula Bates, of Cincinnati, made an j ascension in a gas balloon from the fair grounds Friday, and when 300 feet in the air the balloon "bursled and the- basket descended. Miss Bates braced herself against the top of the basket and thus saved her life. The captain of the Russian bark Trimpu, from Aspinwall for Savannah, when oil j Tybcc Island, reported to the pilot boat John K. Wilder he had four cases of fever : on board, whereupon he was ordered to I Sapelo quarantine station. Did not say if it was yellow or unagrcs icver. The Paris liepublifjua Francahe publishes a telegram from London which slates that "England meditates a grand coup (Vetut. aud will probably proclaim Egypt a British possession." "She will, however," adds the paper, "do nothing until she has a sufficient force at Alexandria." The Loudon Morning Po&t says that Germany has asked Russia for a pledge that she will not interfere in Bulgaria nor increase he irritation in the Balkans. Russia. slip" .lates that if Germany and Austria shall not sanction the re-election of Alexander to the Bulgarian throne by the powers. Mrs. James B. Trotter, of Iluntsville. Ala., who has been confined to her bed for many years with illness, procured a razor and nearly severed her head from her body. The daughter of the lady was sleeping in the same bed and knew nolhiug of the terrible death of her mother until several hours later. Henry Sampson, a Georgia convict, made his escape hist week, aud a blood hound was put on his trail. The hound was found* manacled to a tree by tiie pursuing i party. Two new dogs were put out, but when they overtook the fugitive he won their friendship and traded them to a negro woman for his dinner. J Jtld l/WU V/J. tliv; tib M Wl\ iii tlHJ I Augusta Factory were leaving a barroom 1 on Saturday night they were attacked by three men, and one of them named Allen was severely beaten and cut. The assaulters were arrested and gave bail. Tiiey declare the fact of Allen working in the fac tory had nothing to do with the assault. A dispatch from Dublin, September 13. says Father Fahy, a Catholic priest of "Woodford, was arraigned on the charge of threatening an owner of property in that place for evicting a tenant. He was found guilty, and given the choice of giving bail! for good behavior for six months or going | to prison for the same period. The priest chose the latter alternative. Albert Hansen, of New York, 22 years of age, rode upon the Brooklyn Bridge in a truck recently from the Brooklyn end. There were three boys acd a man with him, and when the truck reached the centre of the water span Hansen took off his coat and vest and made a jump for the side of the span nearest the water. He was finally caught by a policeman. Great Britain is getting ready to make a j: spring in the East. The government is cs-'' f:~!i>li.shin<? a coal in <: station at Thnso. on i the northeast shore of the inland of Thaso. The island is in the vEgean Sea, oil the south const of Koumelia. and belongs in great part to the Khedive of Egypt.' Besides establishing a coaling station at the village ff Thaso, the British are giving other indications of an intention to govern the whole island. The great and only Constitution is blowing Atlanta at the expense of the misfortunes of Charleston, and is endeavoring to ' show its own advantages because of the i labor troubles in Augusta. This is unkind ; and unneighborly on the part of the great and good Constitution. But Charleston Anmisl- Tvill survive and flrmrwh nnf withstanding the blows delivered below the | 1 bell by our contemporary. ? Augusta Chronicle. ] "How can I find out all about the young ' lady to whom I am eflmgcd?" asked a prospective Benedict. Ask some other t voung lady "who wants to be engaged to i you. " i i ! i BRIC-A-BRAC. Did you ever sec a walking match? A shocking affair?A galvanic battery. It is now very fashionable to have a sun browned face. TV lvrii-f in rlisronrsfi. for what is nrolix cannot be pleasing. The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness. A character can be blackened by a shrug of the shoulders. Never get discouraged because things get on slowly. The dentists are pulling through these hard times. An enemy is 3 teacher who costs us nothing. A line question?Five dollars or go to jail? It is worse than a lye to hold ox. *alse soaps to a friend. There are seventeen prisoners in Lancaster jail awaiting trial. "Going to learn to dance, Claude?" "Yes, I've taken steps in that direction." If his love lies dreaming will she tell the truth when she is awake? The sky, unlike man, is most cheerful when bluest. Two things always trained for action? a woman's tongue and a mule's heels. The safest place for yachting parties seems to be on shore. Nine cases out of ten when a woman says she hates a man, she is in love with him. Tiie broken lyre is a frequent and not innm?rnnri:ite emblem of the funeral of a Dol '1 I - I * itician. There is an amateur "Indian show" in the Fourth Ward. Now, boys, find out where it is. ' Pure Rubber Boys' Slings" are advertised. But woy should pure rubber boys want slingsV" The tramp can quote Shakespeare for his purpose. "His little life is rounded with a club." "This is something I have just dashed oiT," said the farmer's wife as she took the butter from the churn. A wise man may be pinched by poverty; but only a fool will let himself be pinched b}- tight shoes. It is a question whether whisky or a nomination for office induces the most hand-shaking. ' The woman who admits having seen forty-two summers may be said to have forti-tude. The earth seems to have recovered from its attack of subterraneous colic, and we hope it may never have another spell. If there is any one who should be "rapped in slumber" it is the man who snores. It matters not how much a man hates a creditor, he invariably asks him to call agah. The man who called another a clog apologized by saying it was not his purp-ous to insult him. When you hear the rushing current of profanity you can rest assured that a dam has given away. A good fine tooth comb beats any phrenologist in the world in developing what is ia tlib boy's head. It matters not whether home is clothed in blue and purple if it is only brimful of love, smiles and gladness. Don't linger where your "love lies dreaming " "Wake her up and tell her to get the breakfast ready. ' 'Always aim a little higher than the mark," says an exchange. " What! kiss a girl on the nose? Never! Everybody is on the strike now, strickly i at mosquitoes and hitting tlicm not, for j their notes are so deceptive. Ilardly anybody would care to change places -with "the turtle and yet he has a great snap. A watering placc young lady is a good deal like a brewer. She cannot get along without the hops. Opportunity makes the thief. A woman swinging a fut purse on her little finger is ! an opportunity. Every dog has his day, but many of them, from the howling which they keep up, insist on having the night, too. No man was ever so mean that lie could not give advice.?New Haven Neics. Well, go on; what were you going to say? The diiference between two great political parlies is easily explained to foreigners. One gets the offices and the other gets left. The poet whose manuscript gets into the waste basket is far from being convinced that his lines have fallen in pleasant places Some one wants to know: "Why don't I our young men come to the front?" Simply because it is harder to get out between the acts. The chestnut gong has itself become a chestnut, and in the larger cities the idiots who ring thcni in public places are arrested and fined. The talcs spun out by overwrought imaginations about the earthquake in one week will causc the recording angel to weep for the rest of the year. A Montana man saw a serpent thirty ! feet long gliding through the grass. He j must have let that whisky get a little too ripe. Some persons don't believe in total depravity, and yet there are men in New York who teach Chinamen to play the mouth organ. She was plump and beautiful, and lie was wihlly fond of her; she hated liim, but woman-like, she strove to catch him. He was a lly. ' "" Migratory birds are going South one j month earlier that usual; so our friends, ! farmers specially, should prepare accordingly for an early winter. "I feel like mother earth," said a defeated candidate to a friend the morning after the late election. "How is that?" asked his r_? ? .1 4<T l 1 4-1.?x .1 _i. it. 11- tf menu. i iJuvu ueuu uu;icacu ui uiu pons. Ladies crossing the Brooklyn bridge have been annoyed by the policemen staring at their feet, but learned later that it was caused by the report that a Chicago girl was to jump from the bridge. There is a policeman named Moon. Quite appropriately lie is on the night force, and, like the other one, he is about half the time invisible. A man in Xew York advertises to guarantee pupils to play the accordean in two lessons. Crime in that city assumes many ph;:ses. A doctor is sometimes a curc-ious indi vidual. The "sometimes" is the only thing that keeps this statement out of the realm of fiction. Cotton is ripening rapidly an'' "ie harvest is going on actively all over u outh. What has become of the cotton harvesting machines? Nothing is so inopportune as a sneeze at the rapture crowded climax of osculation. It breaks, as it were, the flow of the proceedings. "A chair cf matrimony is talked of at Yassar College." Of course it will be a big rocking chair strong enougii to hold two. Here's the difference: "VYien doctors give a man up his cliauce for his life is gone, j When lawyers give him up, his money is gone. Creditor?"Canyou let me liave my little bill?" Debtor?"Certainly, but don't de- : stroy it. I may want to pay something on it in the ' "uturc." A wo?ian who liad a bed quilt at a Kenlucky county fair and failed to take a prize went home and stabbed her husband as a consolation. A Chicago minister preached last Sunday ; du "What can I do to be saved." It would i seem that about the first move would be to ' Ljet out of Chicago. i lie stood under the window and sang, 1 "How can I leave thee." But he did leave, ! ind so suddenly that the dog went back of j the house and wept. . ilie lexi in ocnpiure mac says: iiie ; poor }*e liave always with you," means :hat some people are not wealthy enough < :o go away for the summer. * The word "full" has come to have such i technical meaning that it makes one shudder lo read that the Prohibitionist of a jivcc State have nominated a full ticket. m??g?HBiiiiBn aia^ama??OBI There is a suspicion that old man Hamlet, of Denmark, was a shoemaker, from his son's remarks: "Take him for awl and awl, we shall not look upon his like again." The earthquake has been a magnificent success, eclipsing the world-renowned Moody and Sankey or Sam Jones and Sam Small. Statisticians say that black eyes arc increasing in Europe. Since the retirement of Mr. Sullivan from active service, black eyes in America are noticeably decreasing. The gamblers throughout the country now speak of Sam Jones and Sam Small as UK; Ul'U^i; V/i. kjamo. AUV. mvuvv, ' ever, is gathering in a great many tricks in Ohio. "When Jones heard it remarked that the less a man drank in warm weather the cooler he was, he wanted to kuow how much drink he would have to go without in order to freeze? The habit of abbreviating everything one writes is a bad one. The^Auburn AdcerUser tells of seeing a communication which spoke of a lady appearing at the theatre in eve. costume. "What are you doing?"' asked a young man of his chum the other night as he caught him tip-toeing up the stairs. "I'm coins to set married shortly," was the solemn reply, "and I'm practicing how to get in late at night without raising a racket." Exit or the Sea Serpent. Newburg, X. V., Sept. 10.?R. H. Randolph, of Rhinebcck, in a communication to a local newspaper says: "For the past week the New York and country newspapers have been circulating the story of the 'Hudson river serpent' that was seen in the river at various points between Catskill and Poughkcepsia. I was one of the eye witbesses of that &rpent. While the steamer Daniel Drew was burning, a gentleman and myself were sitting on the river at at Rhine Cliff. We saw a long bluck log floating down with the ebb tide. The log was apparently about o0 feet long, with a number of knots projecting that gave it the appearance of a row of 5ns. A root about 5 or 6 feet long at the end of the log would occasionally roll up with the swell and might to :i person of strong imagination look like a head or neck. I made the remark at the time that if it was only a little later in the evening that would be taken for a genuine sea serpent;. This is what was seen on August 29 by a number who claimed that they saw the sea serpeut." The Theological Seminary. The full Board "of Directors of the Theological Seminary met yesterday. A communication irom uv. rvuuuruw, asking for temporary rest as Professor, pending the complaint now before the Synod of Georgia, was granted. In consequence of tbe disturbed state of affairs at tbe Seminary tbe Synod was requested not to resume exercises at tbe Seminary until September, 1887. The Kcv. Dr. Leircvr--, Professor elect of Theology, expressed by letter hii, willingness to accept the chair upon certain conditions. Dr. C. C. Hersman, of Missouri, was reelected to the Chair of Biblical Literature, subject to confirmation by the Svnods this fall. Dr. Tadlock remains ia charge of the library and buildings. Tbe Board deferred the election of a Professor of Pastoral Theology. What Devotees of Terpsichore Will Ilavc to Learn This Season. The 69th annual convention of the American Society of Professors of Dicing have introduced as additions to the future programmes of swell so.'rees: "The American Gavotte," by James P. Brooks, of Pittsburg, and "The Columbia," by Edwin C. Spink, of Providencc. Both these dances will require the lady to he more or less hugged as they both partake of the nature of lhe waltz. 3Ir. H. F. Rivers, of New York, spurted out with the "Octagon," a quadrille to be danced with eight couples. Good Tor the Child. The ailments of childhood need careful attention and wise treatment. Some people think "anything is good enough for a child, and there isn't much the matter with it anyhow." But judicious mothers know better, and do as Mrs. H. W. Perry, of Eichmond, Ya., does. She says: "I take Brown's Iron Bitters and give it to my children with the most satfactory results" Sold everywhere. TSTm. Culfe, a bailiff, who had made himself obnoxious by his cruel treatment of a woman he had recently evicted, attended Muss in Belcarra Chapel. The consprega tion became indignant at bis presence and be was ejected by tbe men and turned over to the women, who were begging for a "chance at bim." Among these women were twelve that Cuffe had evicted. They were furious and unmercifully beat the bailiff. Subsequently the priest, who is also ex-Fresident of the local branch of the National League, admitted the ba:lilf to hear Mass, and this mercy for the poor man almost caused a rebellion against the priest. On Sunday night last, the wine storeroom of Messrs. Elliott <& Armfield, near Tradcsville, Lancaster, was consumed by fire together with about 500 gallons of fine domestic wines. The wine house had just been finished and cost about ?o00. Whileit was burning a tenant house on Mr. ElI liott's olantation was also discovered to be on fire. Both fires were of incendiary origin. Mr. William Bcllotte died at his home in Pendleton on Thursday last from blood poisoning, caused from running a nail in his foot. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. " ' " OUR BABY'S FIRST YEAR, by Marion Harland, also containing much valuable Information. page Do ok. Sent on receipt ot 2 c?nt stamp by Kecd & Cam rick, .Mercantile Exchange Bid's:, N Y. Parker's Tonic A Pure Family Medicine That Never Intoxicates. It you are a lawyer, minister or business man exhausted by mental strain or anxious cares do not take intoxicating stimulants, but use Parker's Toxic. It you are a mechanic or farmer, worn out with overwork, or a mother run down by family or household duties, try Parser's Toxic. If you have Dyspepsia, Kheumatlsm, Kidney or urinary vi u jvu u.ic nuuuicu with any disorder or the lU3?s, stomach. Dowels, blood or nerve you can bo cured by Parser's Tonic. CAUTION Refuse al! substitutes. Parker's Tonic is composed ot tiie best remedial agents in the world, and is entirely different rrom preparations ol ginger. Send for circular. PARKER'S ( HAIR BALSAM. . Parker's Ilair Balsam is finely perfumed and Is warranted to prevent falling of the hair and minnvo /ionrtrnfT l,ulomv;?vuwuui?u muw 4l,v?uid, wuuvwth HISCOX & CO., 163 William Street, Xew York. Soid by all Druggists In larjje bottles at One Dollar. CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE. , r|HIE rumor that the Principal will re- < X move to Columbia, S. C., i? a mistake. 1 Lie has purchased the controlling interest < in the CHARLOTTE FEMALE IXST1- \ riJTE: has spent S4,000 in renovating and f improving the buildings, and is now mak- . ing more valuable improvements than J iver. The building is lighted with gas, 1 (varmed with the best 'of wrought-iron e turnaces, nas nos ana coiu water wuus, i md first-class appointments as a Boarding t School in every respect v Xo more experienced and accomplished t ;orps of Teachers is to be found in the South, and the Music and Art Department ire unsurpassed. Full session begins September 1,1SSG. For Catalogue apply to the Principal Rev. WAI. R. ATKINSON, AugllL2m Charlotte, N. C. A QUESTION ABOUT Brow lis Iron Bitters ANSWERED. The Question his probably beers <wked thousands ; of times. "Hot c.-.n Brown's Iron Bitters care every- ; thing?" Well, it doesn't. Bat it doe3careanydise2.se for which a reputable physician wotild proscribe IUOS Physicians reco?rai?e Iron as the best restorative r.prerit known to the profession, and incniry of any leading chemical lira will substantiate the assertion that thore are more preparations of iron than of any other sabst-anco ased in medicine This shows conclusively that iron is acknowledged to be the most important factor in successful medical practico. It is, however, a remarfcible fact, that prior to the discovery of BROWN'S IltON !IITTERS> no perfectly satisfactory iron combination had ever been found. BROWS'SiRON BIlTERSfers heidache, or produce constipation?al 1 other iron medicines do. BKO WX'S IRON BITTEKS cures Indigestion. Biliousness, Weakness, Dyspepsia, JlyJaria, Ciiills and Fevers, Tired Feclin.ar,C*enerai Debility,Pain in the Side, Back or cadache and XonmiKia?for all these ailments Iron is prescribed daily. BROWN'S IRON B!TTEBS.ST5tt minute. Like all other thorough medicines, it acts elowty. When taken by wu the first symptom of benefit is renewed energy. Tho muscles then becomo firmer, the digestion improves, the bowels are active. In icomen the effect is usually raoro rapid and marked. The eyes begin at once to brighten: the skin clears up: healthy ceior comes to the cheeks; nervousness disappears; functional derangements become regular, and if_a nursing mother, abundant sustenan?-o is supplied for tho child. /Jemcmber Brown's Iron Bitters is the ONLY iron mudicine that is not injurious. Physicians awl Itr'fjgists recommend it. I Tie Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed red lines j on wrapper. T'AXE NO OTIIEii. ! Most of tho diseases which afilictrmankind ara originally caused by a disordered condition of the LiVER. For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the Liver, Biliousness, Nervou3 Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipaticn, Flatulency, Eructations and Bnminjr of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasms. Malaria, Bloody Flax, Chills and Fever, Breakbcno Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chrraic Diarrhea. Loss of Appetite, Headache, _Foj1 Breath, Irregularities incidental to females, Braring-fiovr; 2&??STftDIGER'S mmiw is Invaluable. It is not a panacea for all diseases, buttf^ssgSE" all diseases of the LIVER, will VwrSS. STOMACH and BOWELS, It chacfws th? complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes loir, gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST ALTERATIVES and PURiFSERS OF THE SLCOD, and !s A VALUABLE TONIC. STADaCER'S AURANTJi Fox sale by all Druggists. Price S 5.00 per bottla C. F. STADSCER, Proprietor, 140 SO. FRONT ST.. Philadelphia, Pa. 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A distinguished physician, who passed the greatest portion of his life (forty-four years) in this branch of" practice, left to childbearing woman this priceless legacy and life-saving ap punnre, "THE .MO'iillMJb' FK1END," and. to-day tlicre are thousands of the best women in our land who. having used this wonderful remedy before confinement, rise up and call his name blessed. J We receive letters froni every | section of the country thank- ^ inj;us for placing this pre para- i tion in the reach of suffering * woman. One lady from North Carolina writes "us that she would like to thank the proprietors on her knees for bringing it to her notice, as in a previdus confinement she had two V doctors, and they were com- A pel led to use chloform, instruments, etc., and she suffered almost death: but this time she used "MOTHERS' FKISND," and her labor was short, quick and almost like magic, jsow why should a woman suffer when she can avoid it? 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