The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 09, 1891, Image 4
BY THE MORNING LIGHT. t
Ob. glad and red, the light of morn
Across the Add of battle broke
And showed the waste of trampled mm
And smouldering farmsteads wrapped in 1
smoke; e
And cold and stark the soldier lay, r
Shot down beside his shattered gun; ?
And grimly splashed with blood and clay,
His face looked ghastly iu the sun.
Oh, glad and red. the morning shona ^
In happy England far away.
Where knelt a bright-haired little one ?
Beside her mother's knee to pray. '
Ahd prompting each fond faltering word. I
. The soldier's wife was glad and smiled; 1
Bhe knew not 'twas a widow heard ]
The prattle of an orphan child. i
Oh, glid and red, oh, glad and ro.l
Tlie morning light glowed everywhere;
And one beam touched the father dead.
And ouo the child who knelt in prayer;
And from the trampled corn and clay
A skylark sprang with joyous breast,
For shot and shell had spared that day
Its four brown eggs and little nest.
? William Canton,in Washington.Pu?i.
THE DIAMOND CUTTER.
BY flELKN FORREST GRAVES.
"He s an impostor," said Mrs. Bnglcv,
"that's what ho is! It don't tako no
second sight to tind that out!"
t'lln'd ciltd tliua tlndrl 14 IVi-, 1
you think there is no truth iu physiognomy
?"
"It's au old dodge," said Mrs. Bagley,
quivering with indignation, until every
fold in her fat double chin shook amain.
"I've often read of it iu the papers, and
1 should think, Martha Dodd, that you
wero old enough?"
"Not so old as you he!" bristled Miss
Dodd. "If you come to that, there's
eight good \ear betweou us yet, Jane
Baghiv."
"Well, well," said Mrs. Bagley, retreating
beforo this well-organized attack,
"that ain't nothin' to signify I"
"No," said Miss Dodd, magnanimously.
"Age is neither hero nor there.
What I mean is that he's got a good face."
"So much of it as ain't covered by that
mop of hcathouish beard," soul Mrs.
Bagley.
"And the garden needed a half day's
work awful bad, and fifty cents and a
meal o' victuals won't break neither of
?~W," went 011 Miss Dodd.
"Oh, if you've a mind to put it that
way!" said her sister.
Aud so the matter was settled.
"Give it to him on the barn-door step,"
Mrs. Bagley urged. "Iu a tin platter.
Aud let liini stir his eollco with a stick.
I won't risk Grandmother Dodd's tiddlc
ptemmcu spoons wi'.u no tramps. And
tell bim not to lie all day catin' it,
Time's money, when you're payiu' for
it,' Bagley used to say."
Miss Dodd, however, piled a liberal
ration of cold fricasseed ehickeu, cucumber
pickles, home-baked bread and sweet
yellow butter on the tiu pie-dish, and
eweeteued the coffee liberally before she
carried it out to the old man with the
objectionable beard, the dusty shoes and
the wcll-woru clothing, who was humbly
waiting in the shadow of the old apple
tree by the bnm.
"He looks just exactly like one-o'them
old picters of apostles in the family
Bible," said Miss Dodd, as she
came back with the empty platter aud
Cllll. - - ?
"My goodness me, Martha," said she,
"if that ain't up and down blasphemous,
I dun no what is!"
"I didn't mean it that way," said Miss
Dodd. "But lie has a mild eye, and he
thnnked me as pleasant as a basket of
chips. Ami just look at the way he's
pullin' them frost bitten lima beans out
of the ground 1"
"I hope he won't carry our best spade
and rake away with him," sighed Miss
Bagley.
"Guess there's no danger of that,"
cheerfully spoke Miss Dodd. "He's a
diamond cutter."
"What?" said Mrs. Bagley.
"By trade," said Miss Dodd. "That's
what he told me, anyhow. It was pretty
hard work to understand what he said,
but I made out somehow."
"Where does he carry his diamonds?"
gasped Mars. Batrlev.
"La! he don't cut diamonds for ^i^self,"
said Miss Dodd,laughing. "That's
what he does in his native couutry?or
what he did until a big diamond syiitll- ,1
.f . jjt r niirlrini "pi , SHU flllCW six
thousand diamond cutters out of work
in Poland and Helgium and them furrin'
parts."
"Bless me!" said Mrs. Baglcy.
"And he come to this country because
he heard, poor crcetur'! that everybody
made fortuues here," went on Miss Dodd,
making a maelstrom of silver-white soapsuds
in the big tin dishpan, and immersing
the knives and forks therein
with a gentle clatter. "And now he's
got to his last crust and his last penny,
and there won't no one listen to his story.
And he's had dogs set on him for a
tramp, and been threatened with constables
and no end of trouble. I did
feel sorry for him."
"Did you, auuty? That is just like i
you, you dear!" cried a sweet voice.
"Bo do I!"
Miss Dodd staggered beneath the unexpected
hug and kiss of a round-cheeked
eiuhteen tMr.nld ?? *??? '
--o J? * . """ t"u,? |
breezily into the sink-room, flinging her i
hat ninl sacquo this way and that.
'Child," said she, "what do you
know about it?" 1
"Oil I've been interviewing thegrnnd j
old man out there!" cried Mary Moore, I t
piling her strap of books on the shelf, 1 v
for she was the district school teacher, | j
and had just, returned from her work, j
"ITe. says he is n llclgian, and he looks
as if he'd just stepped out of a picture ! 8(
frame. I'd like to paint his picture if I i
had time. Hoe how hard ho is work- | n
ing!" leaning her elbows on the window- |
sill and staring out, like a vignette 1 p
framed in scarlet-runner leaves. I p
"I dare say he knows we're all lookin' (,
liilWtfr observed Mrs. Hagley. i st
*aafamond-cutter," thoughtfully ut* 1 M
tered Mary. "Doesn't it sound roman- I
ticV"
"I s'pose." said Mrs. Itar/le* " H'"" -*
. . ? ?O ?J ' "" " * I
easy a story to invent as any other." j tl
But the majority was undoubtedly m
against her, and when the night, fell in a
brisk thunder-shower, and Mary went li
out to the barn with a lantern to invite u!
the poor old foreigner to share their sup- II
per and occupy a seven-foot-square bed- If
room at the end of an unused wing of it'
the farmhouse, Mrs. Bagley was com- to
pelled reluctantly to accord her consent, co
"! dare say we shail all be murdered in
in our beds," said she, mournfully. "But
my opinion never did go for nothing in
his family. Have your own way, all of 1
rou, and see where it will bring you!" I
Old Hermann Ernst, however, was as 1
ncek as a child and as harmless aa a
Ticket, and extremely helpful withal. i
fe worked diligently at the long noglect- j
d farm chores, mended the broken gates,
cplaced missing fence pickets, patched ]
ho well-chain and mado himself useful i
a all directions. I
"A regular old trump!" said Harry \
Iallancc, who was engaged to marry
ilary, as soon as that imperious young
lamscl should consider that she had
aid up enough money for her household,
>lcnishiDg. "The very person, I should
think, that your aunt needs about the
place. Aud lie works very cheap, you
say ?"
"Fifty cents a day," said Mary,
shrugging her shoulders. "But Aunt
Bagley considers that a ruinous price."
"He's not a joung man," observed
Valiance.
The next eveuing, when Mary was
looking over her little store of ornamonts,
she came across a dull white
stone, set in a curious cable of tarnished
metal. She took it up and looked earnestly
at it.
"I wonder what old Hermann would
thiuk of it?" mused she. "I've always
felt curious nbout this old ring that belonged
to my father's uncle. I'll ask
Ilormanu. If it should be a real gem?
thought, of course, it isn't!"
The old man eyed it keenly, turning
it this way and that. Then ho lifted
his faded blue orbs to Mary's earnest
face.
"Is it a real diamond?" she queried,
eagerly.
"One hardly knows," slowly spoke
Ernst. "I wish, for the fraulin's sake,
that it was. I have not my instruments
here, nor my testing glasses. If the
frauloin does not object, I will take it
to the jeweler's in Huugcrford, aud together
we can tell."
To this Mary promptly consented;
and not until ho had ET?onn iliil ulmdivnlap
this littlo plan to her aunts.
"lfc'll never come back," said Mrs.
Bogley, withngoau. "Your diamond's
gone forever."
"If it is a diamond," said Mary.
"It ain't, nnd it never was," shrewdly
spoke Miss Dodd.
Old Hermann trudged through tlio sun
and the dust to llungerford, carrying
8ea-Captaiu Moore's old ling in his
pocket.
"There is a jeweler there," he said to
himself, "and I may get work. And the
money my brother Cavil lias left me?the
money that came iu a lawyer's letter,
this morning from Bruges! It is not a
fortuue, true, but it will help. I had
thought 1 would cease from toil and live
at my ease; but I am quite strong yet?
and who am I, to sit with folded hands,
while there is work to do in the world?
And the dear young fraulein has been
good to me, and she would not take
Carli's money from me, much though I
long to give it to her I Hoch! she shall
fall into the trap old Ernst will set for
her. She shall marry and be happy."
The jeweler at llungerford asked the
diamond cutter a good many questions.
"You're the very fellow I want," said
he. ' "I've nn order from the ladies at
llungerford Grange to reset a parure of
very tine stones, and I begrudge to share
my profits with those conscienceless fellows
in'Ncw York. You can do fine
work?-"? ? *
Ernst,, with professional pride.
"Very well, I'll give you a trial. If
you suit, I'll make it to your advantage
to vfhrk lor me. Thero arc some points
you Europeans undersand that we
haven't quite reached, as yet. Now,
what is this about an antique? Let's
look at it."
"It is not a diamond," said Ernst. "I
know enough of uucut gems to be sure
of that. It may be a white topaz; but it
is of a very inferior grade. Probably it
is n Khine stone, and nothing more.
But I wish that it should bo a real diamond."
"Eh?" said the jeweler.
"My work will be of some money
value, I suppose?"
"I don't doubt it; but?"
"And I have here something."
*" He opened his foreign letter and took
out its inclosure of thin paper.
"Ah," said the jeweler, "i]uitc a neat
little sum, I should say!"
"Forme it is wealth," said the old.
srofke "oFgood water?as
a gift to one who has been heavenly kind
to the old exile."
"Humph!" said tho jeweler.
Hermann Ernst came back late at
night.
"1 have a pleasant surprise for the frauloin,"
said lie.
"Oh, was it a real diamond?" cried
Mary, her face lighting up.
"I left it to he cut and reset. I shall
ere iong bring back to the fraulein a
jewel of which she may feel proud,"
spoke the old man.
j "I always thought that ring was of
value," said Mrs. Bacrlev. "Hut
lmdn't no means o' tcHin'."
"Me with a real diamond ring?" cried
Mary. "It seems impossible I Oh, lam
so glad?so glad I"
8he danced joyfully about the kitchen
floor, making an impromptu Castanet of
an old tin bakepan which she chanced
just then to be buttering for uso in the
oven.
Old Hermann watched her with beaming
eyes.
"It is a good investment 1" murmured
lie.
"Look here I" said Mrs. Bagley, when
he shining diamond ring, in its white
'civet case, was sent home. "Here's foul
lay
"What?" cried Miss Dodd. s
"This ain't the same stone at all," 1
lid Mrs. Bagley. "It's a size smaller." t
"It don't seem guito so big," ad- r
tilted Mrs. Dodd. t
' The old fellow's a fraud!" said Mrs. r
lagley. "I told you so from the very c
cginning. lie's cheated Mary. lie's s
aded her diamond oil for a smaller 1<
:ono and pocketed the difference him- a
slf." f
Mary listened incredulously. v
"He wouldn't do such a thing," said t
te. "But the stone docs look smaller ?
tan it ought to. Perhaps there's so me a
listakc." i f.
"Mistake!" sniffed Mrs. Baglcy. "A a
kely story, ain't it? And here he's left
? and gone to work for that man in o
ungerford, after all we lono for him. si
ever there was a thankless impostor, h
's him. And I toll you it's our duty n
go at once and ferret out the whole C
nspiracy, and if he's guilty, clap 1 ?m
to jail!"
"Oh, Aunt Baglcy!" 'y
"Theft is theft, ain't it?" said the old
I ? y ?
votnan. "Yes, jail! Why not! I $o
wlieTe you and your Aunt Dodd lik4 to
ie imposed upon."
Mrs. Bagley, Miss Dodd, Mary Moore
ind Harry Vallance went to Hongerford
it once. . t fH .
The fact that they hod not veea old
Elertnann Ernst for a couple of day* leat
i sort of sombre emphasis to the* attention,
and none-of them felt quite easy in
their minds. .. .j
"The ring?" sajj*
tho ring he
"I knowed it/' croa* \ m\M ^ *
"Here is the ring" (talcing It'nvJ K'
drawer). "Not worth the labor of pol-\
ishing it up," he added, contemptuously^
"A cloudy crystal, worth perhaps twenty*
five cents, set in imitation gold. Old
Ernst knew it all along, but ho was determined
that Miss Moore should have 0
real diamond ring?she wanted one so
much, he said?and he paid for it out of
a bequeathe had received from Belgium?
two hundred dollars in our money."
Mary uttered a little exclamation. She
clasped her hands.
4'But," cried she. 4'I won't take it!"
"Bo so good as to hoar me out," said
Mr. Maskctt, very gravely. "I do not
lee, young lady that there is any alternative
left to you. I regret to say that old
Ernst died this morning very suddenly,
fitting at his revolving wheel. The coroner's
jury are even now with tho remains.
[ shall miss him much iu every way. He
was an invaluable workman."
So tho old diamond cutter went out of
the world, leaving behind'him no mark
but the glitter of the precious stone that
ho had givcu Mary Moore.
The poor girl herself shod many a tear
of compunction.
"How could I ever have doubted him
even for a moment?" cried sho. "The
dear, generous old man! But I'll wear
his present all my life long. Nothing
?U?11 ~ ? ..J.. a. a lit. ii III
sunn net imiuuc luu u> |)itri> Willi 11:
And the low, green gravo in the corner
of the churchyard, where Hermann
Ernst lies buried, is neatly traced by an
unpretentious stone, aud Mary ValUnce
keeps geraniums always growing there.
"He liked flowers," she says; "and
there is nothing else I can do for him."
?Saturday Niyht.
SELECT SIFTINtiS.
Demosthenes was the son of a cutler.
Cardinal Wolscy wns tho son of a
butcher.
The ravon has been taught to retrieve
mcst creditably.
Dublin is better provided with open
spaces than any other town in tho United
Kingdom.
One dog of tho Convent of Bt. Bernard
is said to have saved more than
forty human lives.
A pension has just been to an
Oregon man who is a veteran of the War
of 1812. He is 102 years old.
Chinese pheasants were introduced
into the vast forests of Oregon ten years
ago,and now it is estimated that there are
1,000,000 of them in tha country.
The rapidity with which a hawk and
many other birds occasionally fly is probably
not less than at the rate of 150
miles an hour, when either pursued or
pursuing.
Lemons originally came from .India.,
mtivuo iniiii tnmr garments, and in the
time of Pliny were considered an excellent
poison.
Swifts and swallows fly every year from
England to Southern Africa and to the
Moluccas, and the restless, wandering
(light of various oceanic birds is still
more surprising.
"Better late than never" was used over
three hundred yeAra ago by Thomas
Tucker in his "Five Hundred Points of
Husbandry." J>ater on Bunyan used it
in his "Pilgrim's Progress."
The Confederacy issued eleven kinds
of postage Btamps. They are all, if unused,
worth doublo their face value. The
ten-cent blue stamp of 1863, if unused,
brings $3.00, or if used $2.50.
In Paris there are professional J"tnk
packers who can be hired to packT -runk
artistically, folding expcusive goCvns and
other garments in tissue paper and stowing
away delicate bric-a-brac in the safest
way.
A Canadian clorgyman has adyaupo$
from the blowing of the keynote by the
horns of the besiegers, just as bridges
have been known to collapse from the
rhythmic tread of soldiers' feet passing
over them.
The hump on the back of the dromedary
is an accumulation of a peculiar
species of fat, which is a store of nourishment
beneficently provided against the
day of want, to which the animal is often
exposed. The dromedary or camel can
exist for a long period upon this hump
without any other food.
F. Heap, a keeper of the Glendale National
Cemetery, near Richmoud, Vft.,
has a desk, made in 1610,which has been
iu possession of the Ilean fatnilv. of F.nor.
* J f -o
land. It is said to hAve been used by
Oliver Cromwell in 1647-48 when lighting
Charles I. It is of antique oak,
beautifully carved and highly polished.
The stupendous monuments upon the
plain of Memphis and tho "mountains
made with hands" upon that of Cholula
seem like the two ends of a chain of l
human thought and intent, of which the
connecting links are to be found throughout
Tartnry, tho eastern peuinsula,
China, Japan and the isles of the northern
Pacific.
Frozen In n Red Hot Vessel.
Water can be frozen in a red hot
vessel. If water or any other volatile
iquid is dropped upon red hot metnl it .
issuines a spheroidal form and rotates
t).. > . ..
a|M\njr iuo giuiiuiu noes noi really (
ouch the metal, but rests on a cushion '
>f its own vapor. A peculiarity of thia
ondition ia that the globule evaporates
lowly and its temperature is always hern
its boiling point. If liquid sulphurous
oid (which bolls at fourteen degrees,
rahrenheit) be placed in a red hot
essel along with a few drops of water,
>oth liquids assume the spheroidal state
nd the intense cold of the sulphurous
cid (which, in this condition, is below
ourtecn degrees Fahrenheit) immeditr.ly
turns the water into ice.
By a similar process, with a mixturo
f solid carbonic acid and ether, Faraday
iiccceded in freezing mercury in a red
ot crucible. Mercury freezes at thirtyine
degrees below zero, Fahrenheit.?
'onrier-Journal.
The woods In Maine furnish a large
?r cent, of the Christmas trees for New
ork Bt#te,
IJbj THE RACE.
agti'wt the mt*k8 earth,
A B><* ffcrelees <1*78 that drive
ef^^H^hward from their hour* *f birth
H and prayer?these things are real
. jJHfwtand precious than wj know;
Yevit^^fttareliaips-e, they reveal
TtaJ^^Rre skies above, below.
And ^H|t)?cry: God, forbear I
Why live at all*
deathleu coll.
Though one man falters on his way.
And one stands railing to the end.
There is no hand nor will to stay
That purpose which is foe or riend
That purpose which exalts a soul,
Bven while it robs a soul of grace,
Which sinks the atom in the whole,
The individual in the race.
?Oeo. B. Montgomery,in the Cosmopolitan.
HUtfOR OP THE DAT.
"Brings down the house"?A Western
cyclone.
The man who is "waiting for something
to turn up," might turn up his
leevts and go to work.?Puck.
If lie lungs contain 75,000,000 cells,
as a contemporary informs us, why not
use th<m ,>* a penitentiary 1?West
StoN. V k7'.T~
"I ujscrstand, Pat, that you have a
big fadPly dependent upon you?" "Yis,
sor, U| childers, aiven pigs and the old
'omaor'
"Tfrrapin," says a writer "is an acquirccltaste."
So it is. A taste of terrapin
gi among tho most difficult things
to acqdire known.? Washington Poet.
The slang that from her lips fell pat,
Oft ma le her English has/;
She onco was heart! to murmur, that
Chrysanthemum's a daisy."
? Washington Post.
Crawford?"Time is money, you
know." Merritt?"And yet I would
Oponer havo a girl who has forty millions
than one who has forty years."?Chicago
Light.
Doesn't that man look sheepish!"
asked Mrs. Kecdick. "Yes, but perhaps
he has had tho wool pulled over his
eyes/' replied Keedick.? Chicago lnter' '^."Potta
shaves here sometimes,
doert-r-nff? Barber?"Yes; Mr. Fottt
is oat of ray regular clients." Potts?
"Clients I Don't you mean patients!"?
IndUmajtoli$ Journal.
Brown?"Fenderson is a very entertaining
fellow; don't you think so!"
Fogg?"Yes, but the deuce of it is you
can't begin to laugh until after ho has
gone."?Boston Tran script.
Some wag recently started tho story
that Mrs. Stanley is about to write :
book entitled "How I Found Stanley,"
and she is receiving letters from people
who think it Is true. -r-New York Tribune.
His Fiancee?"Are you sure you
would love me just ss tenderly if our
conditions were reversed?if you wers
rioh and I were poor?" He?"Reverse
our conditions and try me."?Brooklyn
ty*. {
HWhat is the name of the other vagabonds
who was with you! " asked thi
maMstrate^6*inusythe Calico." "Ho?
"now VvflPrr wan. ^JwaBjSW
Timet. C
"Look here! You just jabbed me in
the eye with your umbrella. "Too bad.
Here's my father's card. He's an ey<
doctor, and if you'll use my name he'll
give you bottom rates."?Philadtlphk
Record.
Johnny?"Mr. Hankimon, ain't yoi
shaped just like other men! " Mr. Han
kinson?"I suppose so, Johnny; why?'
"Papa says you ain't exactly square, and
Irene says you seem to be always round."
? Chicago Tribune.
Dealer?i'l am sure, madam e, you
could look the city through and not lind
a handsomer carriage than this." Mrs.
D'Avnoo?"Oh, it's handsome enough,
but it looks too comfortable to be stylish."?Wow
York Weekly.
"I am going to be indiscreet, Mi#
Chicago." "Oh, you can't be with me,
Mr. Boston." "No? Well, I was jus
going to say how elegantly that bit
wikh *0U1
Mrs. Bingo?"Clarahas been shoppinj
all day. Oh, here is the delivery wagot
with some of tho things she has or
dered." Bingo?"But where is Clara!1
Mrs. Bingo?"She is probably waiting
for the change."?Nea York Sun.
The only thing that mars the dandy'i
peace of mind is tho fact that he ien'
imported, like everything he uses.
Meanwhile, from his lofty place in thr
menagerie, the imported monkey looks
down on him, and inarvols.?Puck.
"Do you find cnouirh to keen von
busy these days!" "You bet. I'm put
ting in a bigger day's work these dayi
than I ever did before." "Why, 1
thought you'd given up your job."
"So I did. I'm looking for another."
?Buffalo Krpress.
Jack?"-Wfcj^are you looking so sadt"
Tom?"I saw Maud throwing si]
glances at Harry to-night." Jack?
"Cheer up./ It was doubtless for you
she meant them, though Harry got them.
Women can never throw straight you
know."?harper's Batnr.
k Ureat Grape TieU.
"Few people realise," remarked Mr.
Weston, jwhat an important industry
that of gftpe culture is becoming. In
the first plaoe, many thousands of children
and unskilled laborers are employed
for severtl months each year in picking
the grapes. In the Lake Shore towns
not less than $40,000 will be paid to
pickers atod packers this season.
"The preseut yield ie unprecedented.
ur a n 11 -JW -1?
m- i/l quni||iat n . A. DMTClt, OI TT 681D61Q,
N. Y., picked and shippedfrom800 vines
over 17,506 ponnde of first-class grapes.
picked aaa giaarftr
tons of gtBpS f romoaOkDuarter of en acre
of ground. The Rev. Mr. Hillman, of
North Beat, measured, several of hla
Concord grapes that were three inches ia
circumference, one of them reaching
three and five eighths inches. L. W.
Potter, of Westfietd, N. Y., has picked
Concorde measuring aa inch in diameter.
A gentleman named Bggleaton, living in
the same town, }>*e harvested from bis
vineyard of one acts aix and one-hall
tons of grapea. j Att0 Samuel Mack,
from 660 vines, aocupging less than one
acre of ground, Hu sold six tons and
1950 pounds of eragKet #55 per too."
?FhUadtlphia J*r9HL
i
Stuffed Owls Fashionable.
Staffed owls are still fasbionablo for
decorative purposes, and the taxidermists I
still charge high prices for them. Amoog ]
i the most costly are specimens of tho i
j great white owl, which is really a pretty j
I bird. Ex-Assemblyman William Wain- i
right gives me information which leads \
me to think that specimens of this kind {
should become cheaper. "Some time <
ago," he says, "central Rockaway Beach <
was visited by an immense flock of great \
- white -owls, ficbres of them have boon ,
shot and sold to New York taxidermists, t
These birds were never known to visit 1
the beach before, and it is a mystery c
where they came from and how thoy came
to alight on tho Rockaway sands."? ,
New York Star. ?
_ A Curious Old Watch. |
Charles 3. Nelson, a painter living in a
Chicago, III., recently received from his ?
father, who resides in Copenhagen, Den- ,
mark, a watch, which it is claimed is E
400 years old. Accompanying the watch a
are records which provo it to h^vo been ^
In the possession of tho family for 200 a
years. t
This timepiece is smaller in circumfer- j,
ence than the watches of the present day, a
but it is three times as thick and resembles
a sphere cut in half. Tho face
is open and the case is silver, bearing a
carving of Cleopatra on her way down
the Nile. On the face are two dials, one f)
w;?kUiL.?? ? ? 1 ,
the minutes, hours, days of the week ?
and of the month, there being soparato ?
hands for each. On tho inner dial are f
representations of the sun, moon and n
star*. As tho day wanes the sun becomes
darkened and the moon and the stars
shine, the inner dial being illuminated. u
How this is accomplished seems to be un- \\
known. c
The works lire 01 naracnea go in ana u
are very intricate, but only require wind- ?<
ing once every three weeks. The watch
was wound up on leaving its Scandina- 11
viau home, nnd was going on arriving in |
Chicago, but was a day ahead. Mr. c
Nelson took it to some of the leading j,
watchmakers to have this defect reme- *
died, but they refused to undortako the ?
job, owing to the intricate machinery of
the watch.
That it can bo repaired the records
which show it to have been 196 years in <j
the family set forth, for 174 years ago if
was put to rights in Amsterdam, 148
years ago it was regulated in Hamburg,
eighty-five years ago it was repaired in p
Copenhagen, and in 1864 it was put in
> order at Westervig, Denmark, by I. C. ?
Christensen, a jeweler, who is now liv- }
ing somewhere on the North Side, in i
Chicago. The maker of this interesting
! chronometer was Stcuter, of Amsterdam, ^
but no date is given. Mr. Nelson showed
the watch to a jeweler, who offered $1000 y >
for it, but Mr. Nelson declined it, and ?
intends to retain the heirloom in the
family.?New York Telegram.
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Earthquakes as a Matter of Course.
l A returned traveler said to a St. (
. Louis reporter the other day: " A pe u,
liar thing about living in Central America
is the ease with which you become t
t accustomed to tho earthquakes. They ]
do not como without giving due notice.
You are sitting in a piazza of abot aftcri
noon chatting with your friends, when
, suddenly the sky seems to grow _
r IB lUd1 meeci riicro is a
general rush, and, though you may not
know what is the matter, you cannot
help feeling uneasy. The old natives '
sav 'we are iroinor to havo a little nhako
?^ ?- 0 n *"* """ " r"~"T'
and then the house begins to rockf the
tumblers fall oil the table, acd you feel
1 deadly aick at the stomach, and the
thing is all over; the sky clears,the crows
1 begin their noisy Bcreams and the buzzards
resume their quarrel over the street
offal. There is somothinginexpressibly
^ terrifying, however, about the trembling
of the earth; the slightest oscillation
will awaken the population of the wholo
i town, and arouse a drunkard out of the
I deepest stupor, but unless some consider*
able damage is done, everybody goes to
, sleep again as a matter of course.
Atlanta Conititution.
i Increase of a Nickel.
Some timo ago the Ladies' Aid Socle
t ty of this city agreed to invest a nickel
I in some kind of article and sell it at a <
> profit and reiuvost iu something else,
uu so on, to speculate on this capital
I for two vrceks and see how much cack
a one could make.
One lady on the same evening of ths
n meeting bought a cabbage with her
{ nickel. She curried it home and sold
half of it to her neighbor for a nickel.
! Sho invested tlmt in vinegar and pickled
j the remaining hall and sold the pickle for
twenty-five cents. She then bought twen>
, ty cents' worth of cloth and a spool of
! thread and made it up into threo aprons,
which sho sold for twenty-five cents
each, and took the soventy-five cents and
bought molasses and gave a candy pull*
ing to the children, making them pay
! ten cents a plate for the candy. ThemoJ
lasses made twenty-one plates of candy,
, so she made $2.10 on one nickol in two .
weeks' time. How money will grow if
properly used.?Annitton (Ala.) Argu*.
"Rheumatism
! of two kinds, scuta snd chronic. Ttao former Is
accompanied by blob fever, snd in tH? nAii.>>
there I* Intense pain, which often suddenly change*
from one part of the body to another. Chronic
rhenmattsra la without fever and not ao severe, hut
more continuous, and liable to come on at every
storm or after slight exposure. Rheumatism Is
known to be a disease of the blood and Hood's Har
saparIIla has had great success In curing It This
medicine possesses qualities which neutralise acldltr
and purify, enrich and vitalise the Mood.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Fold by all druggists. $1; tlx for $A. Prepared only
by C. 1. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
! Shorthand Telegraphy
^14011(0 MCHOOl. ROUT FT. Oabloma
bo. iQUCM 6c T.tmimn,, MiofaCo*. ,
Iftllt MTPPT. Boot-mmni. Minln?? Korim. ?
SPUME Pamoanihlp. ArtthmeUo, Skort-nuid, air.. I
thorougaJy lu|kt 1>T HAIL. Circular* traa. ,
Bryant'* C'allH*. 447Mala at.. Buffalo. N. < ,
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PR. i, rl 8CHf NCK 4 SON* PHIUPtlfHIA. *
Petroleum u Hair Persaaier.
Not a suspicion of hair remained on 1
the cranium of a Pennsylvania engineer.
He had heard of petroleum %s a hair estorer,
and, as he ran into the oil repons,
daily, decided to try it. Procurng
a felt skull-cap ho lined it with cotton
iraate from the cab and continually kept
t moist with the crude oil. His duties
Mxmpied his attention and he soon boeune
accustomed to the odor. In a few
reeks he was surprised by a silky down
ebich made his head feel soft to the
ouch, and in a few months astonished
lis friends with a beautiful crop of ahorf
surly hair.
Being almost bald myself last May,
vritos one who subscribes himself ai
Experience," and rapidly losing what
lair was left I began to ubo kerosene.
Every time my hair lost its gloss I would
gain rub a balf-thimblcful on the scalp,
aid sOon it ceased to fall. After six
reeks of kerosene I changed to vaseline,
lot, however, beforo short, fine hair had
ppearcd. I am still oiling my poll with
his odorless by-product of the crude oil,
nd still docs tho covering continue to
bickcn and refuse to fall. To bare thd
icad to sou and wind is also unobjection->
bio.?New York Tribune.
Progremo.
It Is vorjr important in this ago of vast matefUPKJTO
Ifis' Weic^iV teiffetor&'dcCptatjltS
> the stomach and healthy in its nature and
Tects. Possessing theso qualities, 8yrup of
igs in tho one perfect lnxativc and most gene
diuretic known.
8100 Itrwnrd. 81 HO.
1 he readers of thin paper will be pleased to
sarn that tlicro is at least one dreaded disease
bat scicnco has been able to euro in all its
lages, and Unit in Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
pro in tho only i>ositive euro now known to
bo medical fraternity. Catarrh being a contltutional
disease, requires a constitutional
reatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure ts taken Inernally,
acting directly upon tho blood and
lucoun surfaces of tho system, thereby dctroying
the foundation ot the dineatc, an-l
ivlng the patient strength by building up tho
ountitutiou ami assisting tho nature In doing
is work, 'l'ho proprietors have so much faith
a Its curativo ikjwith that they offer One
lundred Hollars for any cane that it f illn to
ure. Iscnd for list of testimonials. Address
f. J. Ciien icy A Co., Toledo, o.
%w Sold by Druggists. 75o.
Do Yon Enror Speculate r
Anv person sending us their natw an I a lrrss
will receive information that will lea I
> a fortune. HonJ. Hearts A C j , SoCUUtf
l/a.i.nu I 41. Mil
IUIIMIUKi ikmupwi
A lasj appetit* bothers tha rich man a
rest deal more than an active one does the
oor man.
Ladies needing a tonlo. or children who
rant building up, should take Brown's Iron
litters. It Is pleasant to take, cures Malaria,
udlgestlonjHillousncss and Liver Complain te,
nakes the Blood rich and pure.
When a man cannot have what ha loves
te must love what Jie has.
FITS stopped froo by Do. Klink's qatar
<uv> Hkstoukr. No Fits after first dar'.<
ho. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S3 trial
ettle free. Dr. Kline, J31 Arch SL, Phlla., Pa.
LeeWa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harmless
in effect. quick uud positive iu action.
Kent prepaid on receipt of 11 per bottle.
Adeler& Co..iSW \Vvamloltest..Kai?sasCity,Mo
Live leisurely unless you are anxious to
tie In a hurry.
Mant pe.kons are broken down from oyerwork
or household cares. Brown's Iron Bitters
rebuilds the system, aids digestion, removes
exoess of bile, and cure# malaria. A
splendid tonlo for women and children.
Bridlo the appetite with reason and save
i be stomach.. ,
Asia tw?j>aaerf,r.;a
OkbibonvsCuide Itook and Mansentanv whar)
on receipt of SOct*.Tylor <Sc Co..Kansas City,Mo.
Beecham's Pills curs Sick Headache.
Nothing Ejs(
We have volumes of evk
is the only permanent c
Taint.
1 suffered for five years with the
worst form of blood poison, during
which time I was atten
'ed by the best*"phyajLciaus
I could find, ,
and tried numbers <t a
pioptleiary medicines m
without any beneficial IS
resulls. I continued to is as near I
grow worse all this possible for a
time, un$il my whole 'n *he cur* c
system was destroyed
by the vile disease, my tongue and
Boo'iS on Bio >d and ikjn dUeascs fre:
lecoa
THE POSIT
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shims
nils Picture, Taoel site, mailed for 4 oenta.
J. F. SMITH A CO.,
Makers of " Dtle Bears,"
255 L 257 Greanwloh St., N. Y. City.
CmcttcgTerra Ehwjsm,
pehwhio
._, ? <>5io?"?*LaNoaei?ui*
Pr"?^ *" CMtlmfr't a
twiM Malad with ClM rlbbsa. T.k. <
411 pills la put*boar. bsua, p4ak wr*
la i --*w,l>*rtteilara. imlBNlr
Z.' . .".T-ll'WoolaK. Namt rmmtr.
Sola hi .11 li.a.l rranlii.
"PIHO'8 KKMKDY FOB CA
BOB ^ cheapest. Relief Is Imnx
EB Cold In tlie Head It has no equal
H It Is an Ointment, of which I
B noatrlls. Price, tor. BoM by di
? Addraaa
IT OUT TITVI
" 1 flSClllfl ti"
KOIt A ONK.nOI.LAU III 1,1, sent na by mall
we will flellv.r, free of all charge*, to ear pereon la
he Volt d State#, all of the following article*, careglly
packet:
>ue two-ouoee bottle of Pore Vaseline, . IOcU.
>qe two-oonee bottle of Vaseline PoSade, - 15"
Jne Jar at Vaeeltne Cold Cream, 1J "
)ne Ctke of Vaseline Camphor lee, - - 10"
>oe Cake of Vaaellne i-'oap, nnsoenterf, 10"
>ue Cake of Vaaellne Soap. e i q u 1*1 leljr eceo tort,? "
>ne two-oaaoe bottle or White VaaeUae, - - "
V)
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anted. On no account he pertuadsd to aeeepf from
ourdruoyiii amy Vattlins or preparation Iherefrom
inltn Iabetted with our name, beoauee you toilI eara
Inly receive an imitation teAieA Aat Utile or no vatue
heeebrongh Mfg. C>? '14 Stat* Bl? W. V.
f prescribe and folly enflorae
Big O aa lb* only
Oa*M In ep? cine lor the certain cure
^Vl to t uitt.w <,t i i.l? dlaeaae.
kw.?"H.?lll l( INnllAlltM.M n.
B nmWnwn*- Amaterdara, N. V.
9 Mrs #aiy by the We have nold Big O for
!M- many year*, and It has
jlMruiokamuaios^^^ lvfll lhp |,Ml (lf ia(is.
OtaetnnaatJI^^B Faction
flMh W V. K DYCHF. A CO
^^^#1 Chicago, 111.
rth^l^Milll.H. BoM by Druggist*
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TOUR MONET, OB TOUR LIFE !
This question Is a "pert" one, but we
mean It. Will you sacrifice a few peltry
dollars, and save your HfeP or will you
allow your blood to become tainted, and
your system run-down, until, finally, you
arc laid away in the grave ? Better be
in time, and "bold up" your hands for
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
a guaranteed remedy for 811 scrofulous
and other blood-taints, from whatever
cause arising. It cures all 8kln and . ^ ~
~xv IB WWSr- J
fully tonic as well as alterative, or '
blood-cleansing, in Its effects, hence It
strengthens the system and restores
vitality, thereby dispelling nil those
languid, 44tired feelings" experienced
by the debilitated. Especially has It
manifested its potency in curing Tetter,
Salt-rheum, Eczema, Eryslpdas, Boils,
Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thick
Neck, and Enlarged Glands. World's
Dispensary Medical Association, Makers,
No. 603 Maiu Street, Buffalo, N. Y. A
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A High-grade College for Young Men.
Beetlnatructlon, lt-mllng to Ktvo Degree#.
Heanonnldo > xiiensen? $'.9) to f2 ? n year.
Fire new bulldinga to be erected this year.
M in atrfculaten and graduate* lu recent State Las*
lalature.
rend for Catalogue, Bulletin, Degree Book# Eto?
Free.
johk f. orowki.l, a. h? 1>r. l.itt., itn.,
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W'l.fl'AVIiMV*0 W?t d beautiful Bilk A Ratta
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DCMOIftMO- Bui
rtNolMais Passed.SSSJ^
m and Fathers are m>W '
titled to SIB a mo.- Fee 110 when yon get yjurrooneyj
blanks free, jowru U. Ulim. iur.VaAkatsa. D. C." '
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Adopted by students at Harvard, Amherst, end other.
Colleges, also by professions and budneae men evcry
w here. If not for sale In your townaen-t 4 1c. ??.
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nrucinup NEW la* cum
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Uraach Ogtw, Clevelaad. PetrelbChltt*
0^ |M Ml And WWakey Habit*
&R Wk mM 111 fUJ| cured at home with
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El | V Hal tlculnrs sent FKKK.
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3 Will Do It.
lence to prove that S. S. S,
ure for contagious Blood
I throat having great holes caused by
it I then commenced tak'ngSwi't'*
Specific (S S. S.), and
a few months I wa*
Sirs . entirely curjtl, and to
c As. ski. ? ,i i.. i _ ,
| VJI1U ^iva? lUOdltluv uv
? Wp/r 11 attribute my recovc|3
lory. This was (Tor
nfalltble as tt Isjtwo yens ago, and I
mecTolne to be'ha\e had no r&tuinOF"'
>t Blood Poison.] pn/ uffeetg oi thQ dJiH
ease since, and my skin
| is ti-dav as smooth as anybody's.
I Wil.lim S >wers, Covinglon, O.
1. The Swift Myeoii 10 Co.. Atlanta. tya.
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I10U New York. I^ce60cts.BHu_S^_S_Jfu
CURE Biliousness,
w Sick Headache,
Malaria.
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