The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 14, 1891, Image 4
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AMERICA'S BLACK DIAMONDS.
Ommus UtAtiitiM of the Production
of the Cool IObm of ths SOU thai?*'
arn ???*
'.v Washington, D. ' 0. fSpecial. J?The
census office issued a bulletin In relation
to the production of coal in the States of
^ West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
v "v Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina
The total production of coal in the c
Sti'cs in 1880 is reported at 11,640,260
short tons, valued at $10,043,080. The
p.oduction for the same States in tlu
icntli census year was 11,400,386 shori
tons, valued at $4,110,163. '
The following comparative statorm n(
of the 10th and 11th consuses, by States,
shows in detail the remarkable increase
in production in 1880;
Wrat Virginia?Tenth census year, 1,820,844
short tons, valued at $2,013,761;
eleventh census, 6,231,880 tons, valued
at $5,086,844.
Kcntuckv? Tenth renniin 04H '?RM
short tons, valued at $1,134,000; clcv
ruth census, 2,890,705 tons, valued at
$2,374,330.
Tennessee?Tenth census, 490,131 short
tons, valued at $020,724; eleventh census,
1,920,080 tons, valued at $2,838,309.
Virginia?Tenth census, 43,070 tons,
valued at $00,802; eleventh census, 805,..
' 804 tons valued at $804,470.
Georgia and North Carolina Together
?Tenth census, 104, 904 short to- s,
valued at $232,000; eleventh ccnsu?, 226,
r>0 short. tons, valued at $380.:'i?2.
In West Virginia the total capital invested
in coul production during the
census year was $10,008,000; total number
of employees 0,090; total wage pav
nients $3, 308,712; total expenditure ol
nil kinds $4,841,700.
In Tennessee the total eapital invested
was $4,302,711; total number of employees
4,108; total wage payments $1,009,310;
total expenditures $2,113,292.
In Virginia the total capital invested
was$1,050,016; total number of employers
1,555; total wage payments $021, Wi,
total expenditures $082,408. In thai
part of the State lying north of the Jum-js
Hivcr, in the Kichmoiid coal field, there
rxi ts at: unusual formation of nntural
(.okc, which is found l?> lie virv good dome
tic fuel ami strongly resembles nrt'lieial
eoke.
In Georgia and Noith Carolina, the
statistics of wlfr-li aic combined in the
bulletin, the total capital invested was
$724,500; tri al nuinbcrVif emp'oyecs 740;
total wage payments $205,401; total expenditures
of all kinds $120,005.
itflwn TIN PLATE MAKERS.
The Resumption of Work Only Partial?American
Competition.
London, |Cablegram.]?The resumption
of Welsh tin pinto works is only
partial, and by firms fortunate enough
to secure orders. The wotk will only
continue while tho orders Inst, by week
to week contracts with the men. No uptntriable
reduction of stocks in America
is noticed. Prices arc still unremunernlive.
During July the shipments from
Hwnnsca linvc been under 1,000 tons
weekly, as against 40,000 to 50,000 tons
in the same month in 1800, while the
stocks now iu hand amount to 400,24(
baxes, against 1,500,000 boxes in the
corresponding week in 1800. It i3 estimated
that three months must elapse
llpfrilA V*n ruiln "*? ?
? ..-.v ?mv ?l(?uv uLtwiiim hi ink apaiu
iif general confidence in felt among man<
. l-.b \^/vycaD..J7,*T
..l ilirec
^ i fliie Vhreau.'Tr?> i^nt^r.wsn?Aiupetito
??CHffsen no serious alarm to most ma'nufa
tutors, though some of the less Bangui
Ihiuk that the Americans will eventual
succeed in establishing a trade, especial
as they will be able to adopt lubnr-Ravii
appliances, attempts to introduce whii
here have already incurred the rescn
meiit of the men and will inevitably lei
in a severe stinggle. The Daniel lv
waids Company ate unable to rcsum
their men declining to work the no
liux system. The company arc thereto
taking steps to sell ihe flux patents
America. Other tiruisarc also idle, the
men refusing to work at reduced wage
The attitude of woiknten is largely ll
outcome of inquiries of Aineiican agon
lor labor. If Ihe masters here do in
concede the demands of the men ll
la'tcr know they can secure cmplo;
ment in America. The relationship b
twecn capitnl and labor is bccomiu
strained, and it is feared that employe
will l-?? forced to consider the advi
a ility of transferring their business
America. The manufacturers offered
reopen the woikson lower wages, mere
to give the men employment and wit
out hope 01 profit. i lie [secretary of il
Tin Plate Masters' Association, in an ii
tei view to-day, confirmed tlu-c \ iew
but added that there was nothing to fe
lioin purely American comiictition.
Public bands in the I'nited State*.
The public lands of tic l'niti-1 Si iustill
unsold ami open to settlement an
divided into t wo da-so, one class h<
ing -old by the (loveinmeul for $1.2
ItCI fill*#' 'U fill* III I It i 1111111% i.pioo tl..
I \ * " * ?.!'?.?? J'llV I , "" """
at .ltd pet acre, hoim.: thi iiltrrit.it
sections reserved t?y the 1,'nite 1 States i
land grants to railroads, etc. Surli tract
arc sold upon application to the lan
register. 1leads of families, or eiti/.ei
ovrt twenty-our years', who may sett
upon any quarter section (or tt'oi sicre
have the rirht under the uree.mnt.ian la
" with tti: regulations. There is a inr
reghter tit independence, at Ilumhold
to Los Angcics, at Sacramento, at 8:
Francisco, at Shasta and nt Visalia,
California, and at either of these oilier
application* for land in that State w ill I
filed and any questions answered.?7/"
t". i CuUo'dor.
8 Lost
Mr dence, w?s nil run down met uueMe r
nerk 'nun extreme loudltlon of general deMlltx
w Oen I n nx tola ihat llooda tari?j)|iur1l!A wnr Jut
nt nl I needed. A* n drowning man groups nf
tfrnxv I divide I to tre tut. ?
frroQt fiiirprlM1, from (hp first d'iv I botf.in t'> improve
ftv tb* t!ina 1 had flnHhAil my wcoiul boffin f hrv
ro^alnnd m> health an I sfronKtb, and fr??m thin
rtn\ I fAo mv 1 hftvo boon pcrfortly woM I fiav?'
rocoromondrd Hood'c Snr^npiirllla to my frU'nd*,
whom I kuow have boon twrv^.ttod by ti. It I*
?!rrd prrnllar u? ItMdf, In that
Hood's Sarsaparill^
not unlv lirlf?, tint It c?ir??. H. (', I'lOCO' k. *' ' Del*
ret; Ktfet, Lambcrtvllle, N. J.
i Ntrs Pills
The ?1?. .)< ?.illhit,..!, ivtirthcr
from cxrcM III tvoi I. <>1 initial ?H' Ionia , ill inU
or M|iocurr In
MALARIAL REGIONS,
| will find rntt'a I'lIN ffin must K?*iiinl rn<
Otorat i ve over oflVrril flu; tittering invalid.
All Trnnpa?.f', KINK
A I I wi',?JiAr5 l"'1 (,"K*T Hkkoi HI rs It
MLL ?KNTtNM.: <l?llv I irio..
l^yo^i, y|, ,^a
watchino for thc mornino. I
Whan the shadows gather.
And the night grown deep,
And the wear/ e/elids
Cannot cloae in sleep;
?i<i Miess nonrs of sadneaa.
With their solemn warning.
Comae that song o/ gladnesa,
"Watching for tl?e morning.1'
When tho morning cloude apreai,
O'er the arure sky.
And the howling wild winds
Tell (hestorm is nigh,
? When tho stars all vanish,
I Krst thc heavens adorn in?,
Hope the gloom will banish,
I "Watching for the morning."
When disease has stolen
Htrengthand cheer from thee,
And tho rare worn spirit
Writhes in agony;
In tho hour of sorrow, Startled
by its warning;
Comfort thou canst borrow.
"Watching for tha morning."
Years are gliding onward.
Ah, how fast they fly!
Wasting Is life's fountain.
It will soon run dry.
Death- he canny* harm thee ?
Tread on death with scorning,
Brightest visions charm thee,
"Watching for the morning."
Though the shadows gather,
And the night, grows deep.
And the weary eyelids,
Close in death's long sleep, ,
Through that night of sadness.
With Its solemn warning.
Comes the song of gladness,
"Watching for the morning."
Watching, watching, watching!
l?ord, how long, how long''
When shall break the shadows?
When Burnt forth the ? ov;''
Haste, (I hlevsed daybreak.
With thy bright adorning.
Bet the jnj'ous lav wake.
"Morning' Ic?' The morn ng!"
It l> I Hff.otiffhlin, 'it fiiifs/xiirf'iit.
THE STAFF OF THE BlilfiGSVILEE
"IHMiLE."
t'T WILLIAM LAKl.t. IIAI.IIAIV.
Mr. Bernard Bcr^coii was startled. lie
iumped visibly, and nearly dropped a
l wir?*L f inun R
pWYcy to tiro form 011 the imposing
stone. It was incompatible witli the dignity
of the .'oreinan of the mechanical
department of the IIIigg'sville Huyl* to
lose his self control in this way, nn<l he
looKi'd nrouixl uneasily us a fluffy haired
girl at a case ix-at by sniggered and made
a whispe red remark to anothei compositor;
then they looked at him nnd
laughed.
\\ hat maeln I lie foreman jump was a
whistle from the speaking tube not far
from his ear. lie <1x1 not immediately
obey the summons, and another whistle
more ptououneed and longer than the
first made him glue his mouth to the tube
and haw I back ; "Hello!"
"Come into my room at once. Don't
you understand?*'
Mr. iiermird llcrgeois thought he understood,
and taking off his apron, went ,
iuto the hallway. From an adjoining j
room he heard the clickiuu . ,
I j1 Jl nit) T1 (? bpsit?*#r;ll
1?yi^n^ym^.i^uhtless, dlsiimjUr. Wff"
-JSYYnre
c- knocking at the rinsed door; for when
qc the "old man" used his niaehine that way
ly it was an oilier! maxim that he was in a
ly had temper.
tip And the "oh! man" was in a bnl trmcij
per when Mr. ih rnard Jiergeois mustered
! up enough courage to face him. His
I eyes gleamed through a pail of gold
, howeil speetaides, and his hair, widen
'j was tinning gray, was rumpled over his
forehead. lie gave the tardy foreman a
I^ reprimand for his slow uess, and then made
j. a remark that <piitc upset Mr. Bernard
s Itergeois, "Send everybody home," ho
U Slid.
<1 "| don't think 1 ipiite understand,
in ?ir," faltered the foreman. "It is but a
u little adcr I o'clock."
S' " Th.it makes no dilTercnce. Can't you
c- hear.' Si ml every one away from hert
fi except my office boy. That's plain
" enough, isn't it I''
V'.vciy now nnil then the "old man"
/ would absently triko a kev with his
t<
lj lin^ei, and then look up and jerk out a
h. | fen womN.
Ik "Hu? there are live i oluinns to set?"
n began the bewii lering lorman.
?, "Come eatliei in the morning, then,
ai I don't want anybody around now.
j How ean a man wiitn with those presses
j out tlieie making such an everlasting
1 noise, an I you people in the eomposinglooin
giggling ami making sueh a
racket.' Why don't you have better discipline
out there
.* Mr. IVrnaid llorgcois had no answer
r ready. lie was unite nonplussed.
< Ni mi before in the course of Ids protests
sionnl i.unci had he received such an or>
| del as tin*. "Send everybody home!"
d Was the "old man'' going inline? Did
is he not kn ?w thai to morrow was publile
i as inn day .'
s) " There an live colli wx?" he began
vx unuiu - \ tritiums 111 | itC'U'UCC .
id interrupted the other, furiously. "I
b j don t < ire whether there air tive columns
in or titty, *o long as en i v one ot vou i*ctl
?nt ?l here. Send me mv nllicc-bov!"
V I. .t! . - "
.-.t.n iin- noy, who. I?v-thc way,
was named t'o\, i>iif h ii" imih known to
<9 his intimate friends :t> "S \ i|nwv," was
inueli more |?linsccl with the orders ho
had rec eived than the worthy foreman.
He w tut don St oito the lo\ti office and
j sat in ft easy-; ! tir. with Itis feet on the
I ilok in trout of him. md watched the
? other employes lit" out with a lordly
\ I air.
lt ! flojie you haven plea-ant time.'' he
- oil. p >litely, to t'.ie ffu.ly haired com!
po-itoi "We i an run this office alone
I ttils alternoon. wi i in. I wiito the
t ! eddytoii.als ami ect< the n up. The old
' ; man lie's w i it in i; uup'M taut letters, and
' l can't 1 e disturbed. (food afternoon."
Co.\ made him-e'.t c nnloitnhle in the
| ia-u-t (haii In- cniiM lind, and amused
! louiseil hy look in.; over a pile of cxi
i haiuu" on a d?'-k at h tnd. I'rescijtd^
\ rhinriinoing about lie room. It was
J seldom that he was in t k* lower office
alone, and ho .nmr-ci him-clf f?y
j inj; no on a hitfli -tool. I t. . J
? H pen
and ink and sciihbiin^ mi some of tIjc
office paper.
' I rail i!n rI i-. ah< n I a n oiip nt the
il?l\??irs" lie <-l. :? *?!I l > 1;iti? Ir
lu-t thiii he !n i s hi < inie inning
up tin >tan? -lowly n:ul 1'ini in a' the
loot of tie h' If i ii-?. J In. 11' ad
HC'I looked o.i-i ih< ncsi., no.I ?aw a
woman landing there. She had a very I
I pale face, but wm very handsome. She I
looked at the boy wearily.
"Is the editor in?'' she asked.
"Well, that depends," (aid Swipeeey,
"i" mltwuuy vigorously, ana looking
up between dabs at the white paper be*
fore him. "Which one do you want to
eef"
The woman sighed wear^y, anaT9Uns ,
aid, with an effort, "Mr. Onswold."
"I am very sorry," began the boy,
hitching his stool a little forward, and
grabbing his cap off, and laying it carefully
?*own before liim, "but he is very
busy? rcry bu?y indeed?and gave orders
that lie was not to be disturbed. If there
is anything 1 can do?" and he jmused
expectantly.
?? -i is? i 1 J "
iiuviuu^, rue n.-jiin-'i, !tn<i ?ni uown
in a chnir near the window. "Will you
please tell him a lady in waiting to see
him when he is at liberty?"
Now the oflicc-boy scarcely knew
what to do. He did not exactly care to
go up stairs on an errand like that; it
would ruin his dignity, after the remarks
he had already made. Besides, the
editor was in a nasty temper, and might
throw an ink bottle at him, or something,
if disturbed. The speaking-tube ? there
was his salvation ! ib- jumped from the
high stool ami yelled trie message up.
There was no reply, but it answered
every purpose, and he turned to the lady
and said: "Very good; he will see you
when he is not busy, but you u?u.y ho.*.?,
to wait."
This war the lirst time that S*>Mpcsey
had seen th?* lady fac:e to (ace, and he
; started a little, and looked at her again.
Then he put his hands behind him and
stared st the floor for a moment. "I
know who you are," he said presently.
"You uro his wife."
The woman looked up quickly and
raised one of her hands to her forehead.
She seemed a bit dazed, and asked, in a
way that convinced Hwipesey that she
scarcely knew what, she said, "Howdid
you know?"
"I knew I I guessed! I put two and
two together, and I know more about
the old man than the rest of the people;
and do you know, if you will let ine say
it, I think you haven't treated him
right."
The woman Hushed, and looked at tho
boy angrily.
"Don't get mad about it," he advised
her, in a fatherly way. "I mind my
own business. What yc u two people
w?nt?to do Is to innke up and stop all
this." He paused, with s judicial air.
"How did you know this?" the woman
asked. "Dot?s Mr. (iriswold muko
u confidant of an office boy?"
Hwipesey was all dignity then. "You
are mistaken then*. He never said a i
word to me about it. I don't know very '
much about it,only 1 have put two and two |
together. I remember about >ix mouths j i
ii^u, mini lit; nougiu uit' |in|that one 1
flay some one was in the ollie" and asked t
him about you. lie nil to onrc became t
very cof>l, and said, in an uneasy wnj', t
that you were in t'aliforuy for voiii
hcaltli. And one day 1 was cleaning up c
his desk, nn?l I found a picture there? t
your picture. I put it back where I a
found it; and one night when I had to d
como back to tlic ollicc with some copy e
to leave for the compositors to begin on t
In tho morning. I found him in the a
ilnrk at his desk, sitting there and cry- ti
fore. Ami when he's cioss anil hard
with us people about the otliee, 1 know
be ain't really that way, but that tho
pain drives him to it, and lie is trying to
forget about everything.''
TI ??i.? I "ll 1-- -
i uu uuiiu i'uv iwim ;ui tm?* in ra jjnivc
mnnner, and It is quietness evidently impressed
itself on the woman in his favor,
for she said nothing, and allowed him to
go on.
"Sometimes I would see in the other
papers that 4 Mrs. (Jriswold, wife of
Kdilor (Jriswold. of the liriggsvillo Ifu<jfc,
is in Santa Barbara for her health,*
and then you would l>o in Tacoma and
all sorts of places; hut he never spoke of
you in his paper, and you never came
here. I have heard talk, too, of a quarrcl
you two had. and?of course I havo
?have surmised that .something was
wrong. I don't know what separated
you, or why you left him, or he you, and
it isn't any of my business; hut now you
have come hack to him, 1 hope you will
stay with him."
The woman looked at Swipesey's intelligent
ireckied lace, ami saw the
brightness of his small gray eyes. She
was impressed with his red hair and his
snub-nose. Ami she humored him by
asking, "Is that what you would ndviso
me to do!"
"Certainly," answered the boy, without.
hesitation. "That's what 1 would
advise you to do."
44But suppose he wants me to come
more than half way? Suppose, after all,
he doesn't want me to stay?"
"That's all right. I'll fix that. lean
manage it. He's been waiting for you a
long time, T guess, hut he's too proud to
tell you to come hack to him lie's upstairs
now, writing a letter, and"?hero
Swipcscy looked at her brightly ? "I
think it is to you. Sometimes he has
started letters, which I have found in
I wrtk'l'HTVl~'l
I don t think lie has ever sent them,
i ilowcver, that is none of my business.
| lhit to-day what do you think lie did?
| Me sent everybody home in order to ho
alone that he might write. It was nothing
connected with the paper, i know,
for the copy i. all in. I think lie is
writing to you up<t iin t.? c >: > hack,
and he doesn't know you ate here already.
'
"If he will only say he was wrong,
I mi11 119k my forgiveness, the w >,n-.in
J muttered, looking out ?f the win I < v at
| the pattering rain. Then she start, i up,
seemingly unaware <>! tiie I my a picsfine.
* * I Jut i mustn't a-k too much. I
was in the wrong as mue'i as lie."
"Now i tell you what to ilo, said
Swipesey, with e igcrne?s "If you put
this into my hands, we'll tiv it up all |
right." Ills eye* shone, ami he took a
>?w steps forwanl, with his small hands
clasped together ami his ta'C raised hope- [
fully toward the woman. "You lot j
M ,t? IIIMt.Ir. ?nl ' * i
iiYrn. i ff not say who wants to sec him,
luit I'll just give him i hint. And then '
you go up and surprise him; an 1 if yo i '
look at him and smile, and if you tell htm I
you are sorry, I don't think he would ,
send jou away , now, do von!"
. I he woman looked down at the lad, ;
I and smiled sadly at him. Sue could not j
| help h"ing amused a* his eagerness to
j help her and the lonely man upstairs.
Ife seemed to divine what she was '
thinking ot, I ?r he said, "Oh, you
mustn't think 1 am dipping mv linger in
PPjg K
I eboii^ikf tS^v'him laugh m he did
a long time i^m; esd bcridea, it l? not
right for twaSbpie to be apart the way
- Vflfhe taubed nervouely. "I
doo't think It i*?f?tiec noddle, after
alV'ahe tlHn|i may be a vary
fa vpiiw .1 ^ aNb
Bwipeecy,- ittaffbjured^toe. ^ ?!( Vwae
an entire etr?tfl$er he miglh not like Hi
but being on the stall, wh\ it'e entirely
diff<-reot??eel" ^
'i'he woman laughed again\ and then
asked, 4,Wbat do you propo* to dot"
'Well, jou sit right dowi in that
I chair again, und I'll ran upet^irs. I'll
not be gone hut a minute, and) then I'll
come back for you."
before aho could any a worA to atop
him, he had whisked out of fce room,
and she heard him going up tic ataira
two steps at a time. She alghiri again,
and looked down and watched the people
passing. '
Then 8wi pesey snu back will a cordial
encouraging; "Come atom. I've
fixed if. He'll see you." T
And they wont up the atairs?Lp into
the office, which had become aule dark
now, nnd was hut a cheerless yiace at
Swipeaey threuwjHj^^domshving,
^he old had
laid aside'the fypfc'JjlFfor the pen,
and ho kept on for^,**ment. Ther, he
looked up in a bo|r?ered way, threw
down his pen, mbbednN eyes, sprang
Up, and with a bound waa across the
room. "Gracel" wai all he said.
And Swipeaey smiled in u selfratistied
sort of way, and closing the door,
left them alone. And when the editor
rame down stairs into the lower office a
half hour later, with a shining, happy
look in his eyes, he found Swipesey sitting
in the chair, with his feet high up
on the desk and his fiat tilted on the
hack of his head, buried deep in the
folds of a newspaper.
"Come up stairs with me, Cox," he
said, joyously. "I want to introduce
roil to my wife. I want everybody on
the paper to know her."
"I suppose so," said the boy, discontentedly.
Hut then, In* added, in his
imputent way 41 You needn't interduce
mo to her. She and iiyr knows each
other already."?H<irftIt* WetHy.
Tlrotl Cold Pens.
"There, that pen is tlicd nid will
have to rest a month or so."
The speaker was the mortgage clerk
of one of the principal savings banks in
this city, and as he spoke he carefully
wiped a large gold pen and put it away
in a case.
A I*osi reporter, who had just entered
ho bank to have some back dividends
ntcred in his book, overheard the renark
and smiled.
"Oh, you needn't laugh," said the
:lerk, "for it is the true badness I am
oiling you. Gobi pens have to rest now
ad then. Here I hare, I suppose, two
lozeu gold pens. If ^use ono for sev
ral weeks or so I find jjivill not write
o my satisfaction. S^Hfincs it is too
oft and sometimes it^^HKhard, or the
nk does not
and they
will ho as good as noj^HfM.
lie then explainedMpfeMhe constant
use of the pen bad toWH^effect on the
metal as is the case whfiu-w^ razor is used
with great frequency. P
"Some sort of the electro-magnetic ac
tion takes places in the mcd^l, which has e
tendency to bring iuto parallel lines all
tho particles, and in that ^condition n
razor cannot bo made to hoVd edge, and
a pen is equally refractory.
"If the razor is laid asido for a time
tho particles of metal gradually resume n
more or less confused arrangement and
razor takes on and retains a keen edge.
"It is the same way with a gold pon.
Now, if when one of my pens gets to
acting bad I lay it aside for a month or
so It will be all right again. That's why
I said that pen was tired and wanted a
rest.*'?San Francisco Post.
Extraordinary Cruelty to a Horse.
j 'l'he American Humane Association's
.vCmii ic|iui i onjcj ni.iv jiiuo jcaiQ
ago the horse pictured io tho accompanying
cut was valued at $200, and because
he ran away the owner, for revenge,
shut hiin up in his barn, and has never
permitted him to leave his stall. Ptrangcri
were excluded from entering the barn.
Mr. I). G. Whitehead, agent of the
Milwaukee Humane Society, found this
once beautiful sorrel horse, with tine
I bony head, large hazel eyc3, and intelli!
grncc like a man, covered with bedsores,
reduced to nothing but skin and bones,
i and tlie hoofs grown long and roekoi
shaped. When the animal was untied
I for the first time in nine years he bob;
bled out into the sunshine to nibble tht
| green grass, and showed his gratitude
i by >i low whinuy. The owner of this
ciuclly treated animal was only fined
*25 and costs; and again tho defendant
sought revenge by suing Mr. Whitehead
for retaining the feet, and the judgi
decided that the society should pay lOC
and costs, which the society did, and
I now own the feet. Such cruelty i?
shocking, and such decisions ure sotting
a premium on cruelty.
'hat several carrier ^jeon? ?
caught near the Russian frontier bearing
letters containing information about German
military affairs, frontier fortresses,
maps, etc. Those pigeons arc presumed
to bo in tho service of the Russian Government.
Similar discoveries have been
mado on the Austro-Russian frontier.
An order Ins accordingly been given
that all carrier pigeon* found crossing
the frontiers ?|,a|| shit. ? I'lcnytnr
1
THE CROW AS A PET BIRD.
XT OAW B1 TAUGHT TO TALK SIT.
MMtjm ittAn ArtK J?ABBOT.
The W?jr to Train Them While Thejr
are Tonnff?Amusing Creatures
as They Get Older and Wiser.
Crfews make eery mm using pets tor any
one who can put up with their innate
spirit of deriljj, and besides that they
can be taught to talk more distinctly
than most parrots, says Nature"i Realm.
It is a common idea among the country
people that they will not talk unless
their tongues are cut at a certain tender
age. Be that as it msy, 1 hare heard
crows talk excellently that never had
their tongues cut, and some whose
tongues are cut never will talk at all. I
always take my chances without cutting,
and out of nearly a dozen that I have
owned only two proved voir! of a bump
of language.
To be sure of having a good, affectionate
crow, take him from the nest as
soon after hatching as you can find him.
If he is the first of the brood hatched,all
the better. How are you to tell that?
Why, if you find one baby crow
and lour eggs in the nest, does
not mat 6ettic the question beyond
dispute? Name him as soon as von get
.1 km m (MMrwariTi! a family I
consultation on the subject, for a rechiisteuing
is fatal to the proper education
of your callow charge. Always call
him by name when you feed him. He
will learn his name, before he knows
what feathers are, and respond to it
whenever he hears it utttered.
Feed until half fledged on meal and
water?regular "chicken dough"?and
if any "chickeu sickness" comes on consult
the "chicken doctor." In other
words, the young crow must be raised
on about the same diet as a young chickon.
Feed plenty and feed often. A
crow's nest is the best thing to keen him
in during his infantile days. If you
haven't one make a substitute. As he
glows in strength and is able to travel
about a little he needs more variety in
bis food, but be careful he does not
swallow anything that is very salt.
Dump a handful of gravel down his
mouth occasionally and give him minnows
and frogs once iu a while. Swallowing
his first live frog seems to give a
young crow a most agreeable new sensation.
Do not be in a hurry about making
him bathe.
He will wash himself whenever it is
necessary, and if taken and plunged into
cold water while the pin feat hers are full
of blood it may cause, liirn to literally
"catch his death o' cold." As soou as
he is well on the wing his language lessons
should begin. Shut him up in a
darkened room when well fed, ami begiu
by whispering the word or phrase you
wish him to learn. If he seems to listen,
lepeat it a little louder, and continue
until he either grows restless or goes to
sleep. It will be but a few minutes.
Repent the same lesson and nothing
else every time you visit him or pass with- i
in hearing for a week or ten days, and if '
your crow doesn't, talk in that time lie
probably never will.
\ Generally they will begin to practice
to themselves the first or second day of
JumiDv filtllUl KJUIVldlUOO o>[I JOMSIll! CV|
y^bur crow nppenr to answer any qucs
tion. For instance, call his nana
gently and add "What" in a loud
emphatic tone. Soou, when his name ii
1 called, he will respond "What" with
just the same emphasis and inllectior
that he has heard you give. Then
again, if you say, "It's dinner time'
1 whenever you feed him, some day lie will
walk into the house hungry and gravely
f announce "It's dinner-time."
As he grows in years and ktiowlcdgi
your crow will develop a variety of thievish
and aniysing tricks too numerous tr
1 mention. lie will cultivate the niosi
friendly acquaintance with sonic people
and show an unaccountable animosity
toward others, lie will attend you pari
way whenever you leave home, and i
your hours of return are regular, wil
probably meet you at tho same spot and
welcome you exuberantly. Every time
ho fails to do so look for him at once;
ho will cither be in some utterly entrancing
bit of mischief or else dead.
Musical Eisli of Ceylon.
Eviry >/.iy .inn niivi. mi i in; coast o
| Ceylon abounds with musical fish. Tiiei
song, if it can be called a song, is no
one sustained note like a bird's, but
multitude of tiny, soft, siveet sound:
. each clear and distiuet in itself, souk
thin** like the vibrations of a wineghu
when its rim is rubbed with the inoisl
enc?l finger. In the harbor at lbiiubaj
India, there is a fbh with a -ong like tli
sound produce I by an .ly.diau haiji.k-f.
Ia>>/is ll'pubH:.
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OIVIS ENJOYS
, Both the method and results when
i Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
i and refreshing to the taste, and arts
fcntlyyet promptly on the Kidneys,
<iver and Bowels, cleanses thesys1
tern effectually, dispels colds, headaches
and fevers and cures habitual
' constipation, 8yrun of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever produced,
pleasing to the taste and acceptable
to the stomach, prompt in
jL its action and truly beneficial in its
K effects, prepared onlv from the most
and agreeablo substances,
its many excellent qualities com?
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup or Figs is for sale in ftOo
ftnd ll bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will procure
it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CAUFORNH FIO SYRUP CO.
sa? fftahclsco cal.
touisviiu. ay. vt w rem u y.
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A Braih Xaklii KaellM
A simple-looking machine for brush
drawing, knot picking, and trimming
"" "b-~ jiiU. J?jr in rarior n. 01 tne
Aator House. Hitherto brushes hare
been made by hand, and the new machine
is calculated to Hare much time. It wilt
make brushes twice as fast as they can be
made by hand. A boy or girl fifteen
years old can run it, and it is asserted the
brushes can be drawn more perfectly than
by hand. The machine rents on a table.
A wheel containing the wire is run by a
treadle.
The wire is carried orer to and through
a hollow needle worked by hand, which
is suspended from a support in front of
the vi?c in which the block is placed. A
clamp in the handle can be used to draw
in the material when small work is to be
done.
Back of the rise arc adjustable shears
which can be set for any length of brush.
The block is put in the vise. It remains
there till the brush is complete. The machine
was patented last February. ?y?u>
I York Timet.
Origin or the Urossbenk.
There has always been a dispute in
regard to tho pretty grotsbaaks which
have visited this city in large flocks
nearly every winter for ten or twelve
,inr? pan. 11 luu Umo claimeH that
they originated from a numb* of the
birds of this species brought here in a
ship from China and turned loose by Mr.
Walter Moflet. Others claim that the
birds are natives of this country, and are
identical with the evening grosbeak of
the Middle States. Among the birds
brought over on the Coloma, from Hong
Kong, to be turned loose here, are a
number of these grossheaks, which goes
to prove that the theory th it the flocks
here originated from birds brought from
China by Walter MolTet is the true one.
Old residents s.iv that there were no such
birds here in tarly days. It is scarcely
possible that they have cmigiated here
over the Rocky Mountains.?Portland
Oregon inn.
>loncjr the Year Hound.
Miss Smith says: "Can I make $25 per week
in tho plating business'/" Yes. I make $4 to
M por day platlna tableware and jewelry and
( oil'na platers, it. K. Delno & Co.. Columbus,
O., will Rive you full information. A plater
costs f.r?. Business is light and honorabfe and
makes money tho year round. A Itr.Anr.it.
The President of Haytl Is said to receive
an annual salarv of >'.240,000.
Malaria cured and eradicated from the
BVHteni tlV Brown's Irnn Hlltn wK 1?K ??
tichoa (hp blood, tonee the nerves, aids digestion.
Acts like a churui on persons in general
111 b< alth, giving ucw energy and strongih.
It P. Hcrr nivso.v, "Old Hutch," tho
C'hh ngo sj-ecu'ator, is going to live in 1303ton.
K. Cheney A- Co., Toiedn, O., Proprs. <>i
II it IIV t 'iilarrh ('i.re, offer SI'*' reward for any
case <>f catarrh that i innot he cured hv taking
Hall's Catarrh ('nre. Send for testimonial"'.
tree. Sold by Druggists, i"? .
Preparations are being made for a series
of naval manoeuvres off tho New tin r an t
coast to test the value of our ship* in 11>
war.
Brown's Iron Bitters cares Dyspepsia, Malaria.
Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, nhles lligodtion, tones the norvea?
creA'es appetite. The best tonio for Nursing
Mothers, weak, women and children.
Ex-Sknator Tabor, of Colorado, con1m."'AUl'
'ViiLiWUi'1 vtfwI
Nrtiv* Restorer. No fits after llrat day's us
M&rvelona cures. Treatise and $2 trial bott
3 free. Dr. Kline, WU Arch St., Phila., I'a.
> If afUlcted witii sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thom
5 son's Eyo-watcr.Druggists sell at 25c.per bott
ramncrH. Allays 1'aii
'WllmSorin, Itestoree 1
WW1 rifcirnlfflWW ^rp'.V info the NottriU
BKeESEmBSnI 50c- Druggists or by mail.
; "German
1 Syrup"
For Coughs & Colds.
John F. Jones, Kdom,Tex. .write:
T have used German Syrup forth
' past six years, for Sore Throa
' Coiiftb. Colds, Pains in the Che:
and I.ungs, and let me say to aip
,l one wanting such a medicineGerman
Syrup is the best.
r> u* r>..i,1<"* :n~
U. \\ . Dill'inui, V. rll IIOV I 1 1*.", 1 Clin
] writes : I have used your Gerina
it Svrup iu my family, and find it tli
_ best medicine I ever tried for cougl
and col 1 ?. I mouend it to even
_ one for these troubles.
R. Schmnlhaiison, Druggist. <
Charleston. 111.,writes: After tryin
scores of prescriptions and prepnr;
tions ' had on uiv files and shelve;
without relief for a very severe role
which had settled on my lungs,
tried vour German Svrup. It gav
..... i 1111 ii.i.v icnci aiio. a perm:
nent cure.
G. G CKKFW S<dc Manufacturer.
Womitmry. Xcw Jersey, t'. S. I
FOR THI
OIVE IT TO
TEETHING CHILDREN
IT WILL SAVE THEIR LIVES.
DON'T Irt Tour dru(|ln ar aertkur *a
atiarfe ?ou that nmriklai alaa will 4
a wall, lar It WON'T.
' """
Citrfs nlirri' all clao fails.
I _.Sx iffk ;
*******
% . Saved
~the life that is fighting against
V/VUBUUip tlUII^V , B|.
Only?act promptly.
Put it off, and nothing can pave
l you. But, if taken in time, Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will certainly cure.
It must be done through the
blood ? and the " Discovery " i?
tho most potent blood - cleanser,
strength - restorer, and flesh-builder
that's known to medical science/
The scrofulous affection of the
lungs that's called Consumption,
and every form of Scrofula and
blood-taints, all yield to it. For
Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood,
Bronchitis, Asthma, and all severe,
lingering Coughs, it's an unequaled
remedy. It's the oulu one ?mm
guarantees. It it doesn t benefit
or cure, in every case, you have
your money back.
<
"We promise to cure your Ca?.
tarrh, perfectly and permanently,
no matter how bad your case or
of bow long standing ? or we'll
pay you $500." That's what the
proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh fKemedy
say to every sufferer from .f
Catarrh. And* they mean it. ,
1"R1NITY COLLEGE.
Foil Term Br gin* at DURHAM. K. a.. Ott. 1. 1851.
Six Tvpnrinirnti of Instruction, cadi in charge ot
Specialist*.
Seic Building*. ?in I ahoratoi trs. Machine S/iOf.%
Ribrmeies. Baths. Athletic Urounds, lUacrea In ce?
tcr of Hark.) Healthful Lot at ion, well Shaded.
Fr/ie$'<> |x'r term of ; month*, Including
bsaid. tuition, furnished r.inm. electric light, beat,
car,' of rooms Send toe 1'atotogne to
JOIIS* K. < ItOWEI.I* rr-sMeiit, Trinity.College
I'ark. Durham. N. COinii
Wra?. Nkhtoim, \c??r?Ti5 mortal* gat
*?," J""1 ?c"3' Health. Help*
Dr. J. it. u vK, Editor, Buffalo, N.Sr.
PFNSIHN No Ppnsion. No Fob.
I JullOlUil JOSEPH H. HUNTER.
WASH I Ml ION. - I). M.
IfOMF ?Tt'I>Y, lionnKEEmo, PtMt'nw fbrnut,
f| IVnmanrhi)), Arithmetic, Shori-harul, etc..
f* Tiiorouohi.y Tacoiituv MA 11.. Circulars free. Ai
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nnnim'YKXv HUIOE. 100rope... jan
UUIll 'i-H'stuation--, <'olnrcil plate. 1.3 certs.
" K UN N K I.S?, Clement on. N.J. -1-1.
"RED EYE" ba??C>
a HI lid. Swori CIIEW. No HEARTBURN nor
HEADACHE. Send 10 ceutN 111 Stamps for A SAMPLE,
IT your dealer docs not KEEP IT. T A V l,OK
BKOs., MAm'KACTCKKiui. Winniou, N. C.
II* THE NEW METHOD
AI.Lchronlc dlsraaep, djanepala, debility,
umr catarrh. Ac No patent medicine*. Sena for
I, 1 pamphlet, free. Iluiulrcdaof teatlrapnjnla.
II I '"Hie New Method i* v. orth it* weight In Bold.
UJ I^inr lire Pr. K< r?*<t J. B. Slil'HTa, ' ajj'
0B Klr.-l Preib'n Oliurrh, Carthage, N.Y. Infinitely
Jl better Himi tlie Hull Syrlcm. Atcenta wanted.
4 lirtLTII Sl'PFLY to., 710 nltOtPWAT. W. T.
1 m ~ a EWIS' S8 % LYE
?j Powdered and Porfomea,
KB (PATENTED.)
Strongest and purest Lyeraade. S
^ jpgjW"
. lno^Io^itiod.' t ji'tf.Tb is7?iul>cstfor softening
* wutor, cleansing waste pipes.
10 disinfect ing sinks, rlosot*,wAshO
ing bottles, paints, trees, etc.
1L PENNA. SALT MFG. CO.,
lo (Ton. Agents, T'ni Fa. _
BALM Clean? tfco Wasnl
n and Inflammation, r.?07
I wAX;"/"""." tior w' *' !? ???>* Shoea.
ir not lor unlo I11 your place nalt yoar
dealer to HCltd Tor rnl:ilnrni<. aepnr. ih.
| I agency, nuil i:et them for von.
^ S3T TAH K NO SU R^STITI TE. J
l> WHV IS THE
;! W. L. DOUGLAS
- $3 SHOE crN^EN .
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY f
It Is a seamless shoe, with u<> tjeks or wax thread
to hurt tin* fool; made of 1 lie bo!,t line calf, stylish
and easy, anil brcttim n< mntr riorr nhor.v of thi?
? grn<1r. than nay other maim'tielmsr. It equals band- t \
?y sowed shoes postIni; from il."0 to $3.00. -v
C C (MMieniitne llniid-se*veil. the finest calf
1C ?P shoo ever olTcred for #.VOu; ei|unls French
Imported shoes which cost from $?.!>>to $12.00.
IS C d (HI llund-Srived \Velt Shoe, Ann calf.
?P*Ts styllsti, eomfori.ihh' nnd durable. The ben
f- shoo ever offered lit this price ; sumo grade as cuatoin
mode shoes coaling from to$xuo.
CO fill I'olire Short Farmers. ltallroad Hn
9vi nnd U't lrr(' >i re i ell wenrthem: tine calf,
oatulesM, smooth hi dde, heavy three soles, extendi
slon edge. one pair will wear n.vear.
" Ci O ?0 line cull i no hotter shoo ever offered at
rr wai this prleo; one trial will convince those
" who want n shoe for comfort and service.
1- Ch i.1 nnil ?.!.h0 \\ iiililiiLinnn's shoes
ije nro very strong nml durable. Those who
5 have given them n trlul w ill wear no other make.
, Dnvo* 8'JhOrt nnd *I.7.Y school shoes are
1, DUJfO worn by the boys everywhere; theyeell
r on theTr merits, us tbo Increasing sales show.
' I orliac ^ l<('(( lliind-erwnl shoe, beet
. ~ leCXU ICS liougol.i. very stylish; cqualsFrenoh
L \ frinrvrlg ' i'- - - '????* * ti > A?.l??.
; hksJta' 3:.iiii nnd 81.7fl shoe fov
Misses are the best flnoDongola. stylish and durabla
Caution. See thnf W. I,. Douglas' name and
price are stamped on the bottom of each shoe.
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Recommended by Physicians. I2VI
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