Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GREAT GOLD FIND. HOW A FEDERAL REGIMEM WAS DEMORALIZED. -- Unearthing $150,000 in Goltl Hidden by a North Carolina Bank ?Soldiers Secure and Hide the Treasure. "When General Sherman's nrmy was pushing westward beyond Raleigh," said General Sanderson to a Youugtown (Ohio) correspondent of the New York Worldy " my regiment, the Tenth Ohio Cavalry, being in advance, arrived in the village of Company Shops, on the North Carolina Railroad, and camped for the night on the edge of the town. With my stall I took possession of a house as joint tenants with the family, all ladies, who occupied it. Shortly after Major Stratton, of my regiment, came in bearing a specie-box stamped 'Bank of Commerce of North Carolina,' and said that it, with other boxes containing specie, had been dug up by the regiment. 4'Officers were at once sent to ascertain the extent of the find. It seemed clear to me that the money belonged^either to that bank or the Government, and in no sense to the finders. The discovery of the money seemed to demoralize the regiment, and every one was using his best endeavors to secure some of the gold and silver. Some of the men were gone for days before they rejoined their companies, and I do not believe a hundred men of the regiment slept that night. "The amount of the money was afterward ascertained to be $156,000, It was placed where it was found by officers of the Bank of Commerce, only a short time before we airived. It had been taken from the vaults of the bank, placed in boxes and conveyed in a box-car toward Goldsboro, but fearing that it would fall into the hands of the Union army they stopped the car at Company Shops and the treasure was buried.in the ground. "The Union soldiere who had marched with Sherman to the sea and back northward through the Carolinas had become adepts at discovering any disturbance of the surface of the ground, indicating the burial place of silverware and treasure, which the owners in their hasty flight could not carry along. Sometimes boxes filled with imported china would be found and used by the soldiers to embellish their rude tables on the greensward, and when the order came to march the rare china was thrown against trees and caissons and brcken in pieces. Confederates who had money did not deem it safe to carry it on their persons, and would bury it, taking some trusted slave into their confidence. "On the evening when the money was found a member of Company K, before he dismounted from his horse to bivouac, thought he saw evidences of something haviDg been recently planted, and securing a hatchet he began digging. Soon he struck a specie box. Others had gathered around, and when he disclosed the glittering $20 gold piece3 there was a lively scramble. To attract them away from him he threw a shower of gold pieces in the air, and while the men were scrambling for them ho unearthed two more boxes and ran into the woods to secrete his valuable find. Whaf. followed may be imagined. Every conceivable means was resorted to to hide the gold. The question of transportation never had been more serious during the whole war than it then was to some of the men, who had secured ?5000 to $10,000 each. Many rushed to the sutler's tent, and though gold was at a heavy premium they traded it for paper money, which they could conveniently carry. Some of the men buried their treasure and after the war returned to Dixie and secured it. "As was expected, Geueral Schofield, now Commander-in-Chief of the Army, ordered an investigation, hoping to secure the treasure and turn it over to the Government, and the order was issued to General Kilpatrick, commanding our division. Realizing the utter impossibility of ever obtaining any important portion of the treasure then widely scattered, he appointed an officer, Captain L. 31. Brink, who was impressed with the same views. Captain Brink reported that none of the money could be recovered except that which had already been placed iu the hands of General Kilpatrick. The report was not satisfactory to General Schofield, and while I was in Raleigh on my way North on leave of absence I received an order to report to him, and revoking the leave of absence. I obeyed the order and presented myself before General Schofield on Sunday. *The interview was at first stormy and unpleasant. He declared that no officti or private of the Tenth Ohio Cavalry would be permitted to leave North Caro lina until every dollar of the treasure was turned over. I related the findiug and scattering of the money, and said that the officers and privates who took no part in it should not be held account able, and that the money was now beyond the reach of those who had firsl obtained it, most of it having been spent. His reply was that he would disgrace the regiment by taking away its colors, sending the men away to the Dry Tortugas, and cashier all the officers. I said to him that after he had procured the colors there would be nc men left to be punished or officers to be cashiered, as all would be found dead around the colors. He said that the regiment had a fine record for bravery, and that its discipline and fighting qualities were of the highest order, and that thej had never failed to respond.when dutj called. "After sornt thought he seemed to realize the situation and said: 'Will yea undertake to obtain as great a part of the money as possible?' MI answered that I would continue as I had done in the past. He then issued an order to me, which I still have, (to collect the money dug up at the Comtoany Shops, secure a list of those who pad any portion of it and to report as jearly as possiDie, aaaing inai j. couiu Lhave my leave of absence and that the order could be executed by the one in command of my regiment, during mj absence. Lieutenant-Colonel Piatt, to whom the order was turned over, succeeded in securing $12,000, including that which had been delivered to General Kilpatick. The remainder wenf heaven only knows where. To many il ?roved an evil, leading them to gamling and dissipation." The Caledonian Railway Company pro poses to run a tunnel tinder the Rivei Forth, Scotland. ,.vV. n v. A Yiseonnt and His Hand Organ. One of the most remarkable .rpcctacle3 one sees in London is that of a man play1 ing a barrel organ through the streets. He is sometimes accompanied by his wife, who gathers the pieces of money ! contributed by auditors. The organ is a particularly good one; it must have cost j a small fortune, for it has five cylinders and discourses fifty tunes. But the most i remarkable feature of all is the placard j I surmounting the organ and announcing : that the man playing the instrument is the sou of an carl, compelled by parental ! : J harshness to earn his living. The placard ! : i speaks truly, for this eccentric person is | the Vi^juot liinton, son of a noble earl. | This eccentric individual quarreled 'with his father fourteen years ago and since | then has led a life of vicissitude. He first took to vocalism in the London ' music halls and enjoyed fair success un- J I til finally his voice failed him aud he had : to adopt other means for a livelihood, i It occurred to him to turn troubadoar; | he secured a fine barrel organ on credit I and {proceeded to tour the highways and byways of the metropolis. His two; : children were adopted by the dowager I Duchess of Cleveland, the son is a subalIa 4.1,? onr) +Vin' LUriL ILL LUC W 11311 i uoiibbid) uuu iuu (laughter is at school. Whenever Hinton's father comes to I town, Hinton serenades the old gentlej man, grinding away for hours at a time j in the street in front of the hotel. Now, I fond ot music though he is, the noble ' earl does not particularly pine to hear it ! discoursed by his scapegrace son and heir | at the business end of a hurdy-gurdy; so., j a3 you can perhaps imagine, the noble earl makes precious few visits to London,' I and when he does come his stay is ex: ceedingly brief. As for Viscount Hinton, ! he professes to be happy, and he certainly j is independent. His habits are good and j he is generous to a fault. Not long ago he was grinding out his dolorous music j on the beach at Southsea, when he saw a j harmouium player driven away from her "stand" by a party of hoggish minstrel J performers. His compassion was moved. "Come here, miss," said he, kindly, "and I'll give way to you for awhile; we'll take turns, for surely there's enough room here for us all." Every now and again Hinton donates his services to some charitable object; at such times the placard on tbe organ announces that "the Viscount Hinton performs to-day for the benefit of" such or such an institulion, and in this wise he has turned over considerable money to one hospital and another. Hinton talks very temperately about his father; hopes that the old gentleman will live many years; says he is in no hurry to succeed to the estates, as he and his wife are making enough money to live on.?Chicago News. Virtues of the SunflDwer. Riding on an Erie Railroad train I | overheard a commuter tell a fellow-pas- j * * i n ? ..1 I senger now mucn ue naa sunerea auring the past week with malarial fever. "You could easily remedy that," said the maa spoken to. "How?" asked the sick man. "Why, by simply planting sunflowers arouud your place. They will soon absorb the dampness of the soil, as well as ! the poisonous gases in the air about your | home," replied the first man. A large ] florist of Jersey City added: "The sunflower absorbs the emanations from swampy lands as well as the gas which arises from bogs, and has beeu found a preventive for intermittent fevers arising from those causes. It is a very hardy plant and easy and cheap to obtain. The experiment of planting these flowers for the prevention of malarial fever was first successfully tried by a man named Murray, in Washington, years ago. He planted the flowers around one of the Government buildings which stood some hundred feet from a marsh caused by the / overflowing of the Potomac River. The ! Brie Railway employes have also become aware of the virtues of the plant, and hundreds of them are growing around the signal tower at the Bergen end of the Erie tunnel. They have been planted some five years, since which time none of J the men constantly employed about there have suffered from malaria. Prior to that time two or mox-e of the men were always off duty on sick leave. "The usefulness of the plant does not . end there," said my informant, "for its ! seeds ure useful for the oil which they j contain, and which is converted into j soap. The oil is also used to adulterate j salad oil, and can also be burnt. For ' fattening chickens there is no better food < than these seeds. The petals of the ! flower contain secretions of which bees : are very fond, and are ulso used in the ; manufacture of chrome yellow. In China, j where the plant is plentiful, from the ! hi? ra:in SlilllVS a iiUlC lb UUUUUCU, YVLUUU lUU W1IJ sous of Confucius weave, with a mixture j L of silk, into clothing. I am even told i that the seeds, when dried, crushed and | scalded with hot water, like coffee, make j a fair beverage, but I have never tried that particular branch of the plant's use; fulness."?Neic York Star. 1 _ King Humbert's Gray Hair. King Humbert's gray hair has becomc j : snowy white, much to the distress of [ Que,en Marguerite, who is most anxious ! that her husband should follow the exam- j i pie of his father and the fashion com- j > mon among elderly Picdmontese officers . and dye his hair. Her pleading3 were, [ however, of no avail. Humbert's is an > honest nature, that does not love these j ? subterfuges. Seeing petition was in vain [ the Queen had recourse to stratagem. . She caused a quantity of fine hair dye to I be sent from Pari3 and put in the King's i dressing-room, together with directions for its use, making, however, no allusion r to the subject. The King, too, said nothing, though he could not fail to se3 the pigments. Now, the Queen has a large white poodle of which she is very ' fond. What was her horror, a few days later, to see her pet come running into i her room with his snowy locks dyed the very deepest black hue. King Humbert had expended the dyes in changing the color of the poodle's hair. From that i day forth the subject of hair-dyeing was dropped between the royal couple.?O/ti. tJQO Poit. IIow to Go to Sleep. "If you want to go to sleep quickly," 1 said a physician the other day, "drink a half pint of hot water or hot milk. I ; don't say it will act in every case, but I] will venture my opinion that it will act) in eight cases out of ten. Beef tea is alstj ; good. Of course, you will always find' people ready to overdo this. When l! said to a lady patient some time ago thatj feeding the stomach on retiring produced " sleep. I was called in the following day. r She had eaten what you call a square meal."?Chicago Tribune. WOMAN'S WORLD. ] n PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR b FEMININE READERS. S e c COSTLY HAIR. It is related that one Parisian woman, u | whose hair had reached the length of ; six feet, refused an offer of $1^00 for it. The present market value of pure white hair, of line texture, in France, is about $500 per ounce, and the price is C constantly advancing. Next to the pure white, and vieing with it, the most a valuable shade is that of "virgin gold." ? Courier-Journal. , F CAMEL S HAIR CLOTH. Pflmpl's hair rivals faced-cloths for tailor gowns and is combined with velvet, " which may be braided in metal or silk cords. A very tasteful gown of sage- . colored camel's hair has its jacket fronts ' opening over a vest of dark olive velvet s braided with gold, and a broad border of the braided velvet trims the foot of Ji the English skirt in front, gradually i> narrowing on the side3. The revers on the vest and the lapels on the back of p the coat are of plain velvet; a plastron o and collar are of the plain camel's hair. A second vest is provided of dark green ? pique, and still another of white cordu- n roy?gray, tan and brown?will be much used for waistcoats.? Commercial , Advertiser. s WHAT FASCINATES TIIE MEN. A writer in the Ladies'1 Home Journal ^ has attempted to define some of the 11 qualities in women that attract men. Bhesayj: ^ What attracts a man is one thing; s' what will hold him and command his respect is another. v A woman's smile, for example attracts c n man; but an even temper retains him. f; A pretty gown attracts a man; the knowledge that it was inexpensive de- t! lights him. u A pleasant manner attracts a man; s brightness of brain holds him. ? A knowledge of how, when and where to be a little stately attracts a man; an j, appreciation of the folly of frivolity wins j his respect. A respect for the religious belief of . every human being attracts a man; irreverence in woman is to him abominable. A consideration for his comfort attracts ' a man; a continuation of this makes him ? your most humble slave. a A chat in which there is no malice at- 8 tracts a man; neither scandal nor evil- * speaking make a woman seem sweet and lovely to him. r r AN 1NGENIOU3 USE FOR GLOVES. C There is a young woman who has dis- * covered an ingenious use to wmcn ner gloves may be put, and that, too, while they are acting as coverings for her plump d and -well-shaped hands. She always e wears the long wristed mousquetaire 1 gloves, and before putting them on she e rubs into the inner side of the top of the d wrist a little pink face powder. By and by, she feels her face growing warm, and s perhaps, a little shinny?and the mass of n women would rather have their faces e dirty than shiny, you know?and then c all she has to do is to pull the wrist down s inside out over the palm of her hand and with a feint at using her handkerchief, s give her cheeks and the tip of her nose a T delicate dusting of powder. And even ^ if there isn't much of the powder left in ^ the kid it doesn't matter much, for as v any girl knows there is nothing better to f take the "shine" off one's face than the soft inside of an old kid glove unassisted by anything else. And thus this ingen- ^ iou3 young woman beautifies herself as often as she pleases, and right under the .c eyes of her escort, if she wants to, with- ? (cut his being one wit the wiser.?New ! York Sun. c NEW PHASE OP THE SERVANT GIRL QUESTION. X One of the oddest contributions to the * really large body of literature called forth a "by the "servant-girl question" is the proposal of Jlrs. Francis Darwin, ia an English magazine, that the servant-girl, when applying for a situation, should have the same right to ask for references from the mistress that the mistress has to ask them from the servant. For the purpose of meeting this legitimate demand, she suggests that each mistress should name two referees among her former servants ! ? who have lived with her within a year. This assumes a judicial-mindedaess and power of expression oa the part of servant girls which they hardly ever possess, aHd it assumes, also, that the servant girls do not already act as references about mistresses for each other. The truth is, that nearly every employer's character, as an employer, is pretty well a known to all the servant girls in the i neighborhood. They describe the ways of the people they live with to one another at their Sunday evening conventicles with a minuteness and prolixity . which leaves nothing to be desired in the way of iaformation about temper, habits, c kind, and amount of work. It would be a waste of labor for any housekeeper to " anDoint standing referees, because their 1 judgment would either be superfluous or ineffective, and would, beside this, be highly colored for the reasons of the ref- j eree for leaving or staying in the house. ?Argonaut. * ANOTHER EMPLOYMENT FOR WOJrEN. S An amateur photographer of the Lis- c j tener's acquaintance tails him that it is j j nest to impossible to get a picture from t the photographic printers under six f "weeks, so utterly umprecedented has j been the descent of amateurs on the s printers with the negatives which rep- c resent their vacation photographing. ^ Certainly there have never been so many a amateur photographers abroad in the T land as the present season; acd as of ( course only a few of this immense army of photographers print from their own c negatives, the printing has to be done jj after tlscy come back to town, and they all want it done at once. Result, a 0 | dreadful congestion of negatives at the t ! printers, and hope deferred that maketh -i ' - ? r At- iL.. ! itxt nearc sick en tne part oi toe enmu- ^ ! siastic amateurs. By the way a new and, bo far, lucrative business has been { Opened up by this craze of everjbody to j take photographs. Printing photo| graphs from negative: is nn occupation g j for which women, with their naturally a : quick eyea and deft fiagers are especially e adapted; and some few of them have f | worked into it very well. The Listener s I knows of one young woman who put d ?2000 in the bank last year, representing e the clear profits of one year s work in fc printing photographs. And evidently F her work this year is on a larger scale b than last year. Woaeo'fi work ia this n ? ranch is acknowledged by photographic I xperts to be superior to that done by len. But perhaps it will be with this usiucss as with so many others; the access cf some will encourage others to ntcr it, and at last it will be overrowded and precarious. But even then here will be "room at the top," as sual.?Boston Transcript. FASHION KOTES. As many women as men now wear the rordon sash. Cornflowers, fleur-de-lis and orchids j re used for decorating the picture hats. A black diamond circled with alternate ubies and brilliants forms an odd scarfin . Little golden doves holding diamond rops are a recent introduction in scarfins. For all fashionable correspondence be note sheet and envelope must be very mall. Yellow and mauve are the colors for nderlinen. If white, there are stripes i light yellow. Several yoblins snorting on an open air of scissors form a silver paper-weight f unique design. Undressed white kid gloves, with auntlets to the elbow, are now very luch in fashion. The Amazon cloths appear with a new ace, for, besides the plum colors and the peckled surfaces, they are checked. From Paris comes the news that coral ; again in vogue, and is appearing 2 the ballroom and the theatre dress. Holland twills and glace mohairs in andsome colorings appear among the tyb'sh traveling dresses for this season. Among the importations are black elvet sailor hats, with a Prince of Wales luster of black ostrich plumes set up in ront. Sleeves are still very much puffed at he shoulder, but instead of standing pright the long puffs fall back on the houlder, nearly covering the seam to he throat. The use of the heavy silk feather stitchag on house dresses is quite noticeable, ''or blouses and breakfast jackets it seems pecially appropriate, and there can lardly be too much of it. The splendor of color may not cross he threshold without doing violence to ;ood taste. As gay, gaudy and grand ,s you like indoors, but match the quiet erenity of the Quakers when you go on he street. Black velvet ribbon Btrings an Inch or aore in width are set at the back of ound hats and toque bonnets and are rossed under the cnin, then tied (or looked) at the back of the neck in a mall bow with short ends. A new ribbon girdle used on light silk [resses made with French waists requires ight yards of the two-inch gros grain, .''he belt is stiffened with crinoline; the nds, which tie in front, are finished with [ouble rosettes made of the ribbon. The leading characteristic of this eason's millinery is richness of ornaitntation, au elabortiou and showiness of fleet that have not been equaled in reent years. Analyzed, this trimming hows an endless variety of new details. Although rough goods are much used, mooth stuffs, cashmere and faced cloths, rill be used not only for handsome louse gowns, but also for street wear. 7he pattern dresses that come in boxes pith the trimming already applied are avorites with the fashionable. Plaids of mighty size appear in large [uantities among the recent importaions. A novelty among these is a plaid if astrakhan on plain goods, the curled oops being like these of astrakhan fur. Che most chic of these is beige and irown plaided with black astrakhan xossbars. Plaid is largely used in combination rith plain goods. "When it is used alone he gown should be very simple in style nd without trimming. The redingote >attcm is much used for plaids, with the ront of the skirt and the sleeves of the >laid, while the redingote is of a plain olor. Astrakhan promises to be in special avor in many ways. It forms a part of he figure of appliqucd trimming; is used or the cuffs and collar of bodices and as , band about the skirt. It enters into he trimming of hats and bonnets and is o be used for a part or the whole oi tutsidc garments. Bordered dress goods are much liked. I ^ late wrinkle is a border of black astra:han on different colored cloths. There ire graduated ball borders either in >laok on colors or of the same color as he dress goods,and also chenille borders ind still others that are narrow and arc ike shaggy selvages. Ouce Was Enough. A young gentleman who lately left his j lome in England, having exhausted his rred.it, telegraphed to his parents: "Your son was killed this morning by i falling chimney. What shall we do vith the remains?" In reply a check was sent for $100, vith the request, "bury them." The roung gentleman pocketed the money and lad an elaborate spree. When in a conlition for writing he sent his father the ollowing note: "I have just learned that an infamous coundrel named Barker sent you a fictiti>us account of my death, and swindled 'ou out ?100. He also borrowed $50 of ne and left the country. I write to inorm yo.i that I am still alive, and long o see the parnntal roof again. I am in omewhat reduced circumstances, the ac:umulation of the last five years having >een lost?a disastrous stock operation? jid if you would only spare me $100 I rould be ever thankful for your favor. Jive ray love to all." A few days later the young man reeived the following dignified letter from -J ?- l US oucrageu pnreui,. "My Dear Soa: I have buried you ncc and that is the eud of it. I decline o hare any transactions with a ghost, fours in the flesh, Father."?Calgary Canada) He raid. Japs Laugh at Foreign Grammar. Patriotic Japanese regard foreign xammar and composition with considerble contempt. A native book on forign literature censures the westerners or not putting the verb at the end of the entence, "the only sensible way, as we lo it in Japan. You can see the crookdness of European hearts by their writag. They write croeked?across the taper instead of up and down, as any ensible person would."--Courier-Joural. i V ~ ' ?; ' f LINCOLN'S MELANCHOLY. Ills Sympathetic Nntare and Ilia Early | Misfortunes. ^ Those who saw much of Abraham Lincoln . during the later years of his life, were greatly 11 impressed with the expression of profouud I melancholy his face always wore in repose. Si Mr. Lincoln was of a peculiarly sympathetic and kindly nature. These strong charac- . teristics influenced, very happily, as it proved, u his entffe political career. They would not h seem, at first glancc, to bo efficient aids to < political success; uut iu lug piuutiar cuicigency which Lincoln, in the providence of n God, wns called to meet, no vessel of common clny could possibly have become the I "chosen of the Lord." c] Those acquainted with him from boyhood ^ I knew that early griefs tinged his whole life d I with sadness. His partner in the grocery j> business at Salem, was "Uncle" Billy Green, of Tallula, 111., who used at night, when the customers were few, to hold the grammar while Lincoln recited his lessons. It was to h s sympathetic ear Lincoln told tt the story of bis love for sweet Ann Rutlidge; tt and he, in return, offered what comfort he could when poor Ann died, an I Lincoln's great heart nearly broke. A "After Ann died," says "Uncle" Billy, "on stormy nights, when the wind blew the rain , against the roof, Abe would set thar in the grocery, big elbows on bis knees, his face in ? nis hands, and the tears 'runuin' through his ^ fingers. I hated to see him feel bad, an' I'd i( say, 'Abe don't cry ? and he'd look up an' ci say, 'I can't help it, Bill, the rain's a fallin' tl on her.'" 7 There are many who can sympathize with this overpowering grief, as they think of a j, lost loved one, when "the rain's a fallin' on n her.1' What adds poignancy to the grief r< sometimes is the thought that the lost one p might have been saved. * Fortunate, indeed, is William Johnson, of ? Corona, L. I., a bui:der, who writes June 28, 0] 1890: "Last February, on returning from church one night, my daughter couiplaiued of having a pain in her ankle. The pain gradually extended until her entire limb was swollen and very painful to the touch. We called a physician, who after careful exam- * ination, pronounced it disease of the kidneys b of long standing. All we could do did not seem to benefit her until we tried Warner's & Safe Cure; from the first she commenced to ii improve. When she commenced taking it . sue could not turn over in tied, ana couia i }ust move her hands a little, but to-day she I w is as well as she ever was. I believe I owe the recovery of my daughter to ita use." j After Forty Years' Immersion. g A very interesting report has just been g issued by Dr. Konig, judicial physician j, of Hermannstadt, on the state in which the human subject, after forty years' im- li mersion in water, may be found by the b physiologist. In the revolutionary up- ^ heaval of 1849, a company of Honveds, 31 as the Hungarian militia are called, hav- fl ing fallen in the vicissitudes of war, were consigned to the waters of the Echo- y schacht, a pool of considerable depth not A far from Hermannstadt. After some forty-one years their bodies have been ^ brought up again to the light of day and ei subjected to a careful and minute investi- | gation from the physiologist's point of view. Dr. Ronig found them in perfect preservation, both externally and inter- d: nally, without a single trace of any de- g composing process. Externally they had the appearance of having been kept in 75 spirit, like so many preparations in an anatomical museum. Structurally the Q organs retained their outline perfectly 0, and were so easily recognizable in tissue ^ as well as in configuration that,, accord- e< ing to Dr. Konig, they might have been r exhibited for "demonstration" in an anatomical lecture room. Considering that the bodies have been forty-one years under water this is, indeed, a remarkable phenomenon. Animal Worship. Among primitive peoples all animals are supposed to be endowed with souls, which in many cases have formerly animated human beings. Hence a likeness | is often recognized between an animal and some deceased friend, and the animal is addressed as the person would have been, and honored with a kind of i worship. Many tribes call themselves by the name of and even derive their pedi- _ gree from some animal. Its cries be come tnc omeus 01 tne irioe, ana mus originate the divination and augurv of more civilized nations. In the modern world the most civilized people among whom animal worship vigorously survives lie within the range of Brahminism. Here the sacred cow is not merely to be spared; she is as a deity worshiped and _ bowed to daily by the pious Hindoo. Siva is incarnate in Ilanuman, the ? monkey god. The divine king of birds, n Gfcruda, is Vishnu's vehicle, and the j 0 forms of fish and boar and tortoise ! assumed in the avatar legends of Vishun. Perhaps no worship has prevailed more w| widely than that of the serpent. It had tii its place iu Egypt and among the "u Hebrews; in Greece and Rome; among the Celts and Scandinavians in Europe; tb iu Persia and India; in China and Thibet; in Mexico and Peru, and in Africa, where it still flourishes as the Bc I state religion in Dahomey.?Brooklyn n: Citizen. or The number of lunatics under restraint ? in the district criminal and private luna- Bj tic asylums of Ireland on the first day of B this year amounted to 16,159, being an f>< increase of 474 over the total recorded la in the previous return. A Scrofula Humor * "Myllitle daughtvTM life wa3 saved, ra we believe, by EooJ's Sarcap r 11a. Before she was six months oli shohiJ seven runnln,-scrofulisores. Two physicians were called, but thay gave ub no hpe. One > cf thera advhed the amputation of onaof herflngers, 1 to whlth we refused a-sent. On giving her Hood's | farsjp rllta a mar.o-i improvement was n")t!o:d> "1 aai by a continued use of it her recovery was com- * plete. An 1 she is now, biin? 6even yoars old, strong aad healthy."?B. C. Jo:.K3, Alna, Linoo n Co., Ho. HoocTs SarsapariUa ^ Sold by all druggists. (1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD 4 CO, Lowell, Maas. IOO Doses One Dollar B RECIPES FREE. S2i has requested us to send to any lady answering this advertisement ttJteen tetv.pe* from his new cook-book. "77* Talle." Vou need not sead stamp for reply. mply send full name and address to CHAItl.ES L. WEBSTEll Si CO., I mi :i EomI 14th Ht.. Sew York City. To WIT A FEW Is the motto and teachings of the Best Poultry Paj. months 23 cts. Cash or stamps. Sample free. Addr k noTHiNG ON IF YOU CAXT GET IT ill It Is Absolutely IVre. ITIphly Concentrated. Most Econi Not a Food. Yoti can boy or rnlne food aa cheap o.t we can more than jrotd when hens are Moulting. "Ouo larjje can winter," says a customer. For salo br druggists, grocers, / We will send post-paid by mall as follows:?A new eletra RAIsrKQ GCIDE " (price Si cents. Contains a dally poultr Powder for SOoent*; or, one large 314 pound can for fl.i Ave for #1.00. Six large cant, express prepaid. $4.00. Bend cent a day per hen Testimonials aent free. L 6. JOHUSO! | irrli that cannot be cured with Hall s Ca- < trrh Cure. Taken Internally. F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Proprs., Toledo, O. J The comb3 used In this country are of i merican make. ' " Children's Lives Saved for SOCts." Thousauds of children die annually of croup. , low, mothers,if you would spend cents and J lways have a bottle of Dr. Tobias's Venetian , iniment in the house you never need fear J )sin? your little ones when attacked with this omplaint. Dread croup even as you would a lief in the night, and be prepared to save our darlings! It is now upward of forty years ince this liniment was lirst offered to the * ublic. Hundreds of cures have been reported , rom the use of this valuable remedy, and 1 ever has a home been known to have been i abbed of one of its treasures where the above J reparation was us.-d. Those who have tested i nd know the value of Dr. Tobias's Venetian J iniment state they would not be without it , ven were the price $10 per bottle, instead of ? nly 23 or 50 eta. i Sold by all druggists. I Commendable. All claims not consistent with the high char- j cter of Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided j y the California Fig Syrup Company. It acts ^ ently on the kidneys, liver and bowels,cleansig the system effectually, but it is not a cure- ' 11 and makes no pretensions that every bottle J ill not substantiate. Money invested incnoice one nundred dol- ~ ir building lots in suburbs of Kansas Cltv will 1 ay from nve hundred to one tnousand per ent. the next few years under our plan. $23 ish and $5 per month without interest con ols a desirable lot. Particulars on application. , H. bauerlein Co.. Kansas City. Mo. Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches I l Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas, I ougbt and sold. Tyler & Co.. Kansas City, Mo. j FITS stopped froi by Da. Kmjte's Great | erve Restorer. No fits after first day's use. j tarvelous cures. Treatiss aal S-i trial I) j tele ee. Dr. Kline. 031 Arch St.. Phila.. Fa. i LeeWa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harmess in effect, quick and positive in action, ent prepaid on receipt of SI per bottle, .deier & Co.,522 Wyandotteat.,Kansas City,Mo Guaranteed five year eight per cent. First [ortgages on Kansas City property, interest lyable every six months; principal and lnterit collected when due and remitted without cpease to lender. For sale by J. H. Bauerlein ; Co^ Kansas City. Mo. Write for particulars Do Yon Ever Speculate t Any person sending us their name and adresswill receive information that will lead > a fortune. Benj. Lewis <& Co., Security uiidlng, Kansas City. Mo. Woman, her diseases and their treatment, [pages, illustrated; price 30c. Sent upon ra;fpt of 10c., cost of mallia/.etc. Address Prof. . H. Kline, M.D., 931 Arcli St., Phila., Pa. klahoma Guide Book and Map sent any whera a receipt of Socts.Tyler &_Co., Kansas City,Mo. afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp)n's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle THE POINT. u . From a Catholic Arch- i bishop down to the ffiL Poorest of the Poor IB a all testify, not only to the virtues of ST. JACOBS OIL, ' The Great Remedy For Pain, but to its superiority over all other remedies, express, d thus: . J It Cares Promptly, Permanently; which means strictly, that the pain-stricken seek a prompt relief with no return of the / pain, and this, they say, St. Jacobs Oil will I give. This is Its excellence. BEECHAM'S PILLS I . V ACT LIKE MAGIO | ON A WEAK STOMACH. | 25 Cents a Box. ? OF ALL DRUCCISTS. GRATEFUL?COM FORTINQ. ] IPPSS COCOA 1 RRC4IfF4?!T * , By a thorough knowledge of tho natural laws i'ch govern th? operatl .ns of dlge-tion and nutrl- _ id, and by a carerul applle atlon of the fine proper- j is of weli-s lected Cocoa, Mr. Ep s has provldtd I r breakfast tablea with a delicately flavoured bev- | age which may save us many heavy doctor*' bills, j] Is by the Judicloai uss of such articles of diet at acoastltutloa may bj gr dually built up until a on; enough to resist every tendency to disease, fi jndredsof subtle maladies an floating around us ^ ady to attack wherever there Is a weak point, jj e may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourIves well fortt.leJ with pure blood ads properly fl lurlshedframe."?"Civil Service Gazette.'' ? Made simply with boiling water or mll'r. Sold ily In Half-pound tin', oy Grocer*, labelled thus: n A.Ul>s> EPFS & CO., Ilomroopathlo Chemlsto, r LONDON', England. PENSIONS J o^oJc^n f tllwl W IM m prosecutlDg Pen- I >n Claims, uud ten years an Ex a miner In U. S. 1 mslon offlc.\ Claims that hang niv under the old "~ w can be settled under the new law. For circular a id Information write to TIIOiS S. COGLEV, I uy? 1300 it St.. X. W., Washington. P.P. Sou aye'Ko'.and ^ ilur^ ho use 3A1 solid c&ke o, used for cle I asked a maid if s And in my home her faintlv smiled a: u1f T cpn have SAF aJre 2^03ae37,l "hens xt published. It Costs Only 50 cts. a rear: six : ess FARM-POULTRY, Box 2118. Bostou, Mass. SHER|'daN'3 )ND!TI0N POWDER , AR HOME, SEXD TO IS. J jmjcal, because nuoli small dose*. Strictlr a Medicine. fijj . lTerent* ana < ures uu aueaneg 01 / uum j. " *- ^ saved me $40, send tlx more to prevent roup tins ?J reneral store and foed-iiralei*. No oilier ma'Jo like* ?t. antly illustrated copy of the "FARMERS IOlLTlU W r account worth the price), and two small toe kaffe*> or ^ 20 (pfttruliir price) and fluids free. S&tnnle jiftcl?|2!it'.( stamp? or cash. In quantity coat* less tban oue-tensji , & CO., 22 Custom-House Street, Boston, Haw Tr Carious Fall of *'001081181 Grain." M. Rene de Campagne, director of the j 'rench school at Diarbekir, in Asiatic i 'urkey, reports the fall of a curious farlaceous substance during a hailstorm. } le describes it us a ''new manna," re- f ambling a mulberry in shape and size, lthough the mulberry is not cultivated i that region. The Kurds, according to is latter, have given it the name of . 'cclesti.il crrain." and it was sold in the 1 larket-place. C ? r Is it economy to save a few cvnts buying a ' lieap soap or sti ong washing powder, and /use illarn in ruined rotted cl ithes? It not, use ( 'obbins's Electric Soap,white as snow, and as v tire. Ask your grocer Jar it. c France is the country wlicre tlie best trim- ? lings are produced. We will tfive SlOO reward for any case of ca- I ' 1 --V* V:r- "'""..'a _ There are some patent medcines that are more marvelous than a dozen doctors' Drescriptions, but they're not :hose that profess to cure "verything. Everybody, now and then* eels " run down," " played )ut." They've the will, but 10 power to generate vitality, rhey're not sick enough to :all a doctor, but just too sick to be well. That's ,vhere the right kind of a _ / patent medicine comes in, ind does for a dollar what :he doctor wouldn't do for ess than five or ten. We put in our claim for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. We claim it to be an untsqualed remedy to purify" :he blood and invigorate the iver. We claim it to be lasting in its effects, creating m appetite, purifying the blood, and preventing Bilious, Typhoid and Malarial fevers f taken in time. The time to take it is when you first feel the signs of weariness and weakness. The time to take V w it, on general principles, is NOW. fThe Cod ; That Helps to Cure | The Cold. The disagreeable j! taste of the I COD LIVER OIL is dissipated in j i SCOTT'S EMULSION . | Of Pure Cod Liver Oil with HYPOPHO8PHITE8 | j OF J^JSTD SODA. The patient suffering from i CONSUMPTION, 1 BRONCHITIS, COUGH, COLD, OK I WASTING DISEASES, may take the i I remedy with as much satisfaction as ho I would tako milk. Physicians are prescrlb- ; lug It everywhere. It Is a perfect emnlilom. I and a wonderful flesh producer. Take no other ] y Y N U?42 __ Of I EWIS' 98 & LYE I Powdered and Perfumed. .4 (PATENTED.) The strongest and purest Lya WMSnAmad?. Will make the best par''fumed Hard Soap in 20 mln* ??w utes without boiling. Itlstbo WB best for disinfecting sink% Kar closets, drains, washing bottla* barrels, paints, etc. ML PENNA. SALT IT FG CO Gen. Agts.. Fhlla., Pa. /T\ /J0NH\ 'TON SCALES \ / OF \ $60 [BINGHAMTON] Beam Box Tare Beam) N. Y. a^J \4 allsuss ?, / V* * gy n B n Mk M 4% Tnousands etUUlrt LjEMPlflMg naJer the \eu>A*. rtliolUiidr^^rrs Ucation. Employ the old reliable firm, J. H. CHALLE CO.. Washington. D. a IteriUCIrtlU-roHNTV.raoBRis, njLildBUIl Washington, D.C. Ki?gaa,fi!is^s?aswss ^ 1 3 vra in last war, 15 adjudicating claims, fttty ? FRMlRMK! BEST IK THE WOUH> UllSMwS py- Oct tho Genuine. Sola Everywhere ft || r .ST U I) Y. BooU-iteepinj, Business Forms, qUITIC Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hand, eta, 1 thorougnly taught by ilAlL. Circular* fro* Iryaiit'a College. 437 Matu St. Buffalo, y. g. iHIDROSIS, SKOWHEQAH, MAINE, J tiii mnii Trim On!,)* to Health and Wealth* J y Compound Vapor B.ttha, Family Protector, M % A TPEIITJ^ Inventor's Guide, M 8 JP3 I*! I cfc or " to Obtain 1 a * v n Patent. Sent Free. ^ atrlck OTarre!!, WAShI'nuTON, D.a%o! | wimzwrnm \ hr null (o iclTfrcri. Dr. II. SCHIKKSAX, St. Pial.Iiaa. ^ VPRITr P- A. LEU MANY, ?k I B? IH I JJ Washington. B.C. ** ? ' 1 v 3EHD FOB (,'HtCDLA*. ;une'erbsmarried i =J5on'h refuse atU advice ' P0L1?: Ilris b? [ scouring soa.p, ^ aning purposes 1 he would wed, brightness shed; nd murmured low, >OLIO." _ \ For Coughs $ Colds ?0 There it no Mediciao Ilk* life I DR.SCHENCK'S lif IDULMONIC slPAi/nnn Psjl oinur. m * , 5 It is pleasant to th? taste and *5 tgCO B^| dof? not contain a pnriicla of opium cranything injurious. It SSBiCSSftS mtheUestConghMedidnsinth# 24m World. Fo-oaie by all Drugpista, r<co, *1.00 per bottle. 1Schenck's Bo?k oo oitumpticii and its Cure, mailM free. Ad>lre? r. J. H. Schenck & Son Philadelphia. XSjMv. Jg I prescribe and fully endorse B'.g < as the only <ig3ir curttia specific for tbe certain cut* jSgfl TO 1 DATB.Tffl of tbis disease. ggra?*r*aw^.Ml Hi o. n. INURAHAM. M. D., ?jff e?a*_Sirl?ur*. Anjuterdam, N. Y. ?j xraosiykjUw Wo bare sold Big G for 3lnas Chialol Ol. ""P* years, and it haa fT; given the best of &*U>WB|l CJncinniti.B^BM faction. D. R DYCHK A 91.00. Bold by Druggist* >