The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 14, 1891, Image 4
AMERICA'S BLACK DIAMONDS.
Census btatietics of the Production
of the Coal Mines of the Southern
States.
Washington, D. C. rS[>ecial.J?The
census office issued a bulletin in relation
to the production of coal in the States of
West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
-T Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina
The total production of coal in the c
Sti'cs in 1889 is reported at 11,649,268
bhort tons, valued at $10,943,089. The
p. oduction for the same States in the
tenth census year was 3,469,336 short
tons, valued at $4,110,162.
The following comparative atatemmt
of the 10th and 11th censuses, by States,
shows in dctiil the remarkable increase
in production in 1889;
West Virginia?Tenth census year, 1,829,844
short tons, valued at $2,013,761;
eleventh census, 6,231,880 tons, valued
at $5,086,844.
Kentucky? Tenth census, 946,288
short tons, valued at $1,134,960; elev- I
coin census, z,<jwu,700 tons, vaiueu ai
$2,374,339.
Tennessee?Tenth census, 493,131 short
tons, valued at $029,724; eleventh census,
1,935,689 tons, valued at $2,838,300.
Virginia?Tenth census, 43,079 tons,
valued at $99,803; eleventh census, 865,804
tons valued at $804,475.
Georgia and North Carolina Together
?Tenth census, 154, 904 short to-s,
^^rft^valucd at $232,005; elevepth ccnsuy226. s'horl
Ions, valued at $339,382.
lu West "Virginia the total capital invested
in coal production during the
rensus year was $10,508,050; total number
of employees 9,995; total wage pay
ments $3,358,712; total expenditure ol
nil kinds $1,841,796.
In Tennessee the total capital invested
was $4,362,711; total number of employees
4,108; total wage payments $1,609,'
310; total expenditures $2,113,292.
In Virginia the total capital investor*
w as $1,055,516; total number of employers
1,555; total wage payments $621,265,
total expenditures $082,408. In that
part of the State lying north of the James
River, ir. the Richmond coal tield, there
exi ts an uuusual formation of natural
coke, which is found to be very good dome
tic fuel and strongly resembles art'licial
coke.
In Georgia and North Carolina, the
rtatistics of wlreh are combined in the
bulletin, the total capital invested was
$724,500; to al number of employees 740;
totnl wage payments $265,464; total expenditures
of all kinds $420,065.
memoir TIN TLATE MAKERS.
The Resumption of "Work Only Partial
American Competition.
London, [Cablegram.]?-The resumption
of Welsh tin plate works is only
partial, and by firms fortunate enough
to secure orders. The work will only
continue while the orders last, by week
to week contracts with the men. No appreciable
reduction of stocks iu America
is noticed. Prices are still unremunerative.
During July the shipments from
r^wnnvirm imvn iinnn ttn/ine 1 f If 141 (akk
"MUWVM * V MV\.U UUV4VI J,UUV IUUO
weekly, as against 40,000 to 50,000 tons
in the same month in 1800, while the
stocks now in hand amount to 400,24f
boxes, against 1,500,000 boxes in the
corresponding week in 1800. It is estimatcd
that three months must elapse
before the trade becomes brisk again,
1CC lUv*.. IJi
threatcilcu'A.us.uv.'wyj^^tpetition
causes no serious alarm to most riia'nufacturers,
though some of the less sanguine
thiuk that the Americans will eventually
succeed in establishing a trade, especially
as they will be able to adopt labor-saviDj;
appliances, attempts to introduce which
here have already incurred the resentineut
of the men and will inevitably leni
to a severe stiuggle. The Daniel Edwards
Company are unable to resume,
their men dccliuing to work the new
flux system. The company are tlicrefon
taking steps to sell the flux patents t<
America. Other firms are also idle, thei'
men refusing to work at reduced wages.
Tlte attitude of workmen is largely tht
outcome ol inquiries 01 ninciicaii ugcuij
for labor. If the masters here do noi
concede the demands of the men tin
la'ter know they can secure employ,
ment in America. The relationship he
twecn capital and labor is becoming
strained, and it is feared that cmployeri
-jtkill ha forced to _ consider the ad vis.
a' ility of transferring their business t<
America. The manufacturcis offered tc
reopen the works on lower wages, merely
to give the men employment and without
hope of profit. The Secretary of th<
Tin Plate Masters' Association, in an interview
to-day. confirmed these views,
but added that there was nothing to feat
from purely American competition.
ruhlic Lauds in the United States.
The public lands of the Unite 1 States
still unsold and open to settlement are
divided into two classes, one class being
sold b}' the Government for $1.25
pei acre as the minimum price, the other
at $2.50 per acre, being the alternate
sections reserved by the United States in ]
land grants to railroads, etc. Such tracts
are sold upon application to the land
register. Heads of families, or citizens
over twenty-one years, who may settle
upon any quarter section (or 160 acres)
have the right under the nreemiit.inn laur ,
, ?WTTtr'th ; re 'uiai-toUs. There, is a land
Teghter at Independence, at Humboldt,
Los Angeles, at Sacramento, at. San
Francisco, at Shasta and at Visnlia, in
4 '*% 114 twrt i ?> un.'l of mf )i/> r r\f t K<uo . - fH /><> >
npplicntiojH for lnn?l in that State will l-t
tiled and any questions answered.?JJa
ton Culticotor.
T Lost
My confdence, wag nil run down and uue.ble to
work-nan extreme condition of general debility,
wl-en I" as told that Hood'* fiarsnparlllA waajuat
what I needed. A* n drowning man graaps at a
straw I decided to try this medicine, and to my
great ?urprl*e. fgotn the flr.Udny I t>eg.?n to improve.
Itv the lima I had finished my second bottle I hart
regained my health and strength, and from that
dnv I can say I have been perfectly well. I have
recommended Hood's karsapartlla to my friends,
whom I know have been benelltod by It. It U Indeed
peculiar to Itsel', In that
Hood's Sarsaparilla
not only helps, but It cure*. H. C. Pidcock. Delevau
Street, hambertvllle, V. J.
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The dyspeptic, the debilitate,1, whether
"in excess of work of mm.I hod v. drink
or exposure in
malarwl regions.
Will Hnd r.ufs Pills the most Ke,iial re torati
re ever offered the Mfferliii; invalid.
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ALL ylffl"' .say^i'/a:"1,^!',,
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WATCHING FOR THE MOBNINO, WO
pal
When the shadows gather,
And the night grows deep,
And the weary eyelids (
Cannot cioee in sleep; 8|j|
'Mid these hours of sadness.
With their solemn warning, ^
Comes that song of gladness, sec
"Watching for the morning.'* ?
When tho morning clouds spree I, ?ai
O'er the azure sky.
And the howling wild winds hit
Tell the storm is nigh. Rr
When the stars all vanish.
Erst the heavens adorninj, ',u
Hope the gloom will banish,
'Watching for the ironing."
ex|
When disease has stolen
Strength and cheer from thee; _ |n
And the careworn spirit pit
W rithes in agony; , bit
In the hour of sorrow, Startled
by its warning; ?vh
Comfort thou canst borrow, go
"Watching for the morning." wc
Years are gliding onward,
Ah, how fast they fly!
Wasting Is life's fountain, J?1
It will soon run dry.
Death?be cannyt harm thee? J*"/
Tread on death with scorning; pp
visinnc clinmt thna
r, ev
"Watching for the morning." nn
Though the shadows gather,
* And tho night grows deep, to
And the weary eyelids.
Close in death's long sleep; ,
Through that night of sadness, 8tj
With its solemn warning. T1
Comes the song of gladness,
"Wntcbing for the morning.'' ^
Watching, watching, watching!
Ixird, how long, how long4 ra
When shall break the shadows? | gj
j When burst fortb thet jog? ^
Haste. O blessed daybreak, gc
With thy bright adorning. y<
Let the joyous lav wake.
"Morning' Lo! The mom-ng!" ^
? P. P. T. WrT.aughlin, m Independent.
! THE STAFF OF THE BRIGGS- ?
.V1LLE "BUGLE." "
ET WILLIAM EAULE BALDWIN.
h
Mr. Bernard BergeoU was startled. He Q
jumped visibly, nnd nearly dropped a 1 _
- ^fV^'W'tlicTorm on the "imposing *
stone. It was incompatible with the dig- r
nity of the foreman of the mechanical
department of the Briggsvillc Ilugle to
lose his self control in this way, nnd he a
looked around uneasily as a thilFy haired v
girl at a case near by sniggered and tuade E
a whispered remark to another coiuposi- t
tor; then they looked at him and
laughed. d
What made tlic foreman jump was a ^
whistle from the speaking tube not far v
from his ear. lie did not immediately (
obey the summons, and auotlier whistle ^
more nionounced an ! longer tuuu Cue h
first made him glue his mouth to the tube j
nnd bawl back : "Hello!" f,
"Come into my room at once. Don't c
vnn linrlnrefow?1 '''
J? ^
Mr. Bernard Bcrgeois thought be uu- j,
derstood, and taking off his apron, went
iuto the hallway. From an adjoining j,
room he heard tl^g rlinM*"* ~
' for
knocking at the closed door; for when wj(
the "old man" used his machine that way he
it was an office maxim that he was in a pRj
bad temper. for
And the "old mau" was in a bai tern- r
per when Mr. Bernard Bcrgeois mustered ma
up enough courage to face him. His pre
eyes gleamed through a pair of gold for
bowed spectacles, and liis hair, which go
was turning gray, was rumpled over his 4
forehead, lie gave the tardy foreman a paf
reprimand for his slow ne-> , and then made Ed
a remark that quite upset Mr. Bernard <jle,
Bergenia. "Scud everybody home," he anc:
aiid. alii
"I don't thiuk I quite understand, yor
sir," faltered the foreman. "It is but a her
little alter 1 o'clock." rel
"That makes no difference. Can't you ?1
hear.' Send every one away from here wn
except my office boy. That's plain yot
enough, isn't it?" it i
Every now and then the "old man" j
would absentlv strike a kev with his
... ?tn
linger, nun men iook vip ana jerK out a
few words. iej
*I3ti? there are five columns to 9et?" j)rj
began the bewildering fornian. w|
"Conic earlier in the morning, then. pnl
I don't want anybody around now. agj
How can a man write with those presses mt
out there making such an everlasting
noise, an 1 you people in the composing- ou
loom giggling and making such a a(j
racket? Why don't you have better discipline
out there'?'' mc
Mr. Bernard Bcrgcois had no answer he
ready. Ho was ipiite nonplussed.
Never before in the course of his profes- ma
sional < arcer had lie received such an or- 'ol
der as this. "Send everybody home I"
Was the "old man" going insane? Did
he not know that to morrow was publi- ^
ension day?
"There arc live colunu?" he began stH
till
orroiu ... jou, II f t. ct/1 uuiUA tu IHU UCUCti i
interrupted the other, furiously. "I
don't c are whether there are tivc columns
or fifty, so long as every one of you pets
out < f here. Send me my office-boy!"
Now the ollice-hoy, who, hy-the-way,
wns named Cox, hut who was known to inj
his intimate friends as "S.vipescy," was foi
much more pleased with tho orders he wr
had received than the worthy foreman, an
He went down into the lower office and rcr
sat in an casy-chair, with his feet on the
desk in front of him, and watched the ntn
inner employes ino out with a lordly niu
air. tht
"Hope you have a pleasant time,"' he sec
swiil. politely, to the llully-hairod com- en<
positor. "We cau run this office alone wa
this afternoon, we can. I write the
eddytorinls and sets them up. The old Sw
man he's writing important letters, and' thi
can't he disturbed, Good afternoon." rig
Cox made himself comfortable in the >?v
easiest chair he could find, and amused cln
himsell by looking over a pile of ex- ful
changes on a d<'!v at h ind,
rtifnitiaging about the room. It was bui
seldom that he wa9 in tho lower office yU|
alone, and ho amused himself by climb- |00
ing up on a high stool, and taking a |>cn y0.
and iuk and scribbling on some of the 8en
office paper. ]
"I can do thi?, when I am one ol tho (tnf|
eddy tors," he chuckled to himself. he|
Just tin 11 lie heard some one coining hel|
up the ttairs slutvlv n:i<l turn in at tho I
loot of tho office. If.- raised his head jfoj,
icd looked over the desk, and saw a
man standing there, She had a very 1 to i
le face, but was very handsome. She 1 I si
iked at the boy wearily. a 1<
"Is the editor in?'' she asked. rig
"Well, that depends," taid Swipesey, yot
II scribbliog vigorously, and looking '
between dabs nt the white paper be- doi
? him. "Which one do you want to all.
rhe woman sighed wearily* and* then _to
d, with an effort, "Mr. Griswold."
"1 am very sorry," began the boy,
ching his stool a little forward, and aQ
abbing his enp off, and laying it care- t>u
llv ''own before him, "hut he is very dil
isj?very busy indeed?and gave orders
at he was rot tube disturbed. If there HS]
anything 1 can do?" and he paused
pectantly. .
"Nothing," she replied, and sat down c
a chair near the window. "Will you no
rase tell him a laffy is waiting to see 001
n when he is at liberty?"
Now the ofHce-boy scafcely knew 1,1
lat to do. He did not exactly care to
up stairs on an erraud like that; it
luld ruin his dignity, after the re- a?
irks he had already made. Besides, the '
itor was in a nasty temper, and might
row an ink bottle at him, or something. .
disturbed. The speaking-tube?there
is his salvation ! He iumned from the
^h stool and yelled the message up.
lere was no reply, but it. answered ?r
ery purpose, and he turned to the lady
d said: "Very good; ho will see you
sea ho is not busy, but you m?j
wait." ".
This was. the first time that Swipesey a
id seen the lady face to face, and he ac
arted a little, and looked at her again. ?
hen he put his hands behind him and '
ared at the floor for a moment. "I u'
low who you arc," he said presently. r0
You are his wife." fi
The woman looked up quickly and 1
iscd one of ber hands to her forehead.
jc seemed a bit dazed, and asked, in a
ay that convinced Swipesey that she
:arcely knew what she said, "Howdid ?
iu know?" "
or
"I knewl I guessed! I put two and
so together, and I know more about f0
le old man tbau the rest of the people;
ad do you know, if you will let ine say sfl
, I think you haven't treated him V(
* ib
The woman flushed, and looked nt tho
oy augrily. (c
"Don't get mad about it," he advised jn
er, in a fatherly way. "I mind my m
wn business. What vcu two people ot
pat to do ts to make up nnd stop all
his. lie iwnrefl- Trtth a Judicial air.
''Hntv rli/1 vnn lrn/\ut ihio.....
--??? '?*v. jvu unun v>115 i llic YVUnan
asked. "Do<?s Mr. Griswold mako
i confidant of an office boy?" h
8wipcsey was all dignity then. "You
re mistaken there. He never said a ol
rord to me about it. I don't know very tl
ouch about it,only I have put two and two w
ogcther. I remember about six months in
go, when be bought the paper, that one
lay some one was in the office and asked tt
lim about you. He all to once became ct
ery cool, and said, in an uneasy way, m
hat you were in Califoruy for yout
lealth. And one day I was cleaniug up cl
lis desk, and I found a picture there? te
our picture. 1 put it back where I at
ound it; and one night when I had to d<
ome back to the office with some copy er
0 leave for the compositors to begin on to
1 the morning, I fouud him iu the sc
ark at his desk, sitting there and cry- in
e. And when he's cioss aud hard will
:h us people about the office, 1 know i
ain't really that way, but that the use
n drives him to it, and he is trying to met
get about everything." wit
The office bov told all this in,a grave ?
uncr, aud his quietness evidently im- tiot
ssed itself on the woman in his favor, tern
she said nothing, aud allowed him to the
on. raze
'Sometimes I would sec in the other a pi
iers that 'Mrs. Griswold, wife of
itor Griswold, of the llriggsville Bu- tho
is in Santa Harbar.i for her health,* moi
I then you would bo in Tacotna and raz?
sorts of places; but lie never spoke of ?
i in his paper, and you never came ffoi
e. I have heard talk, too, of a quar- acti
you two had. and?of course I have jo i
lave surmised that something was [ sn
ong. I don't know what separated rest
i, or why you left him, or he you, and
Lsn't any of my business; but now you
ve come back to him, 1 hope you will p
iv with him." '
The woman looked at Swipesey's in- ' .
ligent freckled face, and saw the
ightness of his small gray eyes. She a"?
is impressed with his red hair and his !n?
ub-nose. And she humored him by ?
ring, "Is that what you would adviso 5
stodo!" P?r
"Certainly," answered the boy, with- ,Nt>l
t hesitation. "That's what I would
vise you to do."
"But suppose he wants me to come
>re thau half way? Suppose, after all, y
doesn't want me to stay?" \
"That's all right. I'll fix that. lean
mage it. He's been waiting for you a
lg time, I guess, but he's too proud to
I you to come back to him, He's upiirs
now, writing a letter, and"?here
dpesey looked at her brightly?"I
ink it is to you. Sometimes he has
irted letters, which I have found in
tantone 'WTf&Y Kuai*Ji
n't think he has ever sent them,
iwcver, that is none of my business,
it to-day what do you think lie did? Mi
; sent everybody home in order to bo om
>ne that he might write. It was noth- hoi
f connected with the paper, l know, K01
r the copy is all in. I think he is ; rer
iting to you upstairs to cosno back, j H"'
d he doesn't know you are here al- i
..i- > i for
, bit
"If he will only say he was wrong,
d n9k my forgiveness," tho woman ,
ittercd, looking out of the window at
; pattering rain. Then she started up,
mingly unaware of the boy's ores- i
:e. "But 1 mustn't ask too much. I jo(
s in tho wrong as much as he." I ^
"Now I tell you what to do," said ftn(
ipesey, with eagerness. "If you put
s into my hands, we'll fix it up all
lit." His eyes shone, and he took ? R
v steps forward, with his small hands
sped together and his face raised hopely
toward the woman. "You lot
h. "tt'notlflay wlm wants to see him,
t I'll just give him a hint. And then r<ai
J go up and surprise him; and if you )ct
k at him and smile, and if you tell him ma
i are sorry, I don't think he would ma
d you away; now, do you?" to
The woman looked down at the lad, f.rn
I smiled sadly at him. She could not ma
p being amused at bis eagerneas to
p her and the lonely man upstairs. tha
le seemed to divine what she was
iking of, for lie said, "Oh, you :
>to't think I am dipping my linger in
I
something that ain't my business, for hould
like ttf hoar hUn laugh as he did J
ong time aim; and besides, it is not
ht for two ?opla to be apart the way j
rhe womfl tabbed nervously. "1
n't think AyjMbattei: meddle, after .
k ?he satf^^Bujmay be a vary ,
i/ht him angry
?h>k jbglnkm**-?k,ju "I
Wvei'flWpV l>e bright/' .said
'ipescy, iDartnjutediape. , "If^was <
entire stranger he migiit not like it; <
t being on the staff, wnV it's entirely <
fTcreot?see?" ' \ j
The woman laughed again\ and then
ived, "What do you propom to dof"
"Well, you sit right down in that
air again, and I'll run upstairs. I'll 1
t be gone hut a minute, andl then I'll
me hack for you." |
Jlefore sho could say a word to stop
n, he had whisked out of the room,
d she heard him going up kc stairs
0 steps at a time. Sho sighld again,
d looked down and watched the peoB
passing. '
Then Swipesey was back will a coral
encouraging; "Come alorfe. I've
ed it. He'll see you." j
And they wont up the stairs?lip into
c oSicc, which had become aultc dark
>w, and was but; a cheerless jluce at
id aside the Fyp^^f^^for the pen,
id he kept on fer^^nnent. Tbee. he
oked up in a blNRered way, threw
iwn his pen, rubbe^^i^ eyes, sprang
>, and with a bound was across the
om. "Grace 1" waj all he said.
And Swipesey smiled in u self eatissd
sort of way, and closing the door,
ft them alone. AdH when the editor
irae down stairs into the lower office a
ilf hour later, with a shining, happy
ok in his eyes, he found Swipesey sitog
in the chair, with bis feet high up
1 the desk and his hat tilted on the
ick of his head, buried deep in the
Ids of a newspaper.
"Come up stain with me, Cox," he
id, joyously. "I want to introduce
>u to my wife. I want everybody on
te paper to know her."
"I suppose so," snid the boy, disconnlcdly.
Hut then, he added, in his
lputent way 41 You needn't interduce
0 to her. She and mc knows each
,hcv already."? MirfiT'y ~We*h!y.
tlrnd (loU feus.
"There, that pen is tired and will
ave to rest a month or so."
The speaker was the mortgage clerk
r oue of the principal savings banks in
lis city, and as he spoke he carofully
iped a large gold pen and put it away
1 a case.
A Pout reporter, who had just entered
te bank to have some back dividends
itcred in his book, overheard the re
ark and smiled.
"Oh, you needn't laugh," said the
erk, "for it is the true badness I am
King you. Gold pens have to rest now
id then. Here 1 hare, I suppose, two
jzen gold pens.. If 'wS one for serai
weeks or so I findjlBwill not write
i my satisfaction. it is too
ift and sometimes it^^^Bhard, or the
k does not seem to^^^^Bk
'aud IhSjT t
be as good as ne^^^^B
Is then explalnci^^^^Bie constant t
of the pen had *BBBBpeffect on the c
al as is the case wkj^f razor is used :
h great frequency. ' ff t
'Same sort of the electro-magnetic ac fl
i takes places in the raetwl, which has a v
Icncy to bring into parallel Hues all v
particles, and in that condition a n
ir cannot be made to hold edge, and
en is equally refractory. .
'If the razor is latd asido for a time j
particles of metal gradually resume a r
re or less confused arrangement and f
>r takes on and retains a keen edge. r
'It is the same iyay with a gold pen. j
v. if when one of mv nens crets to
n?f bad I lay it aside for a month or
t will be all right again. That's why
id that pen was tired and wanted a
?San Francitco Port.
k Z" xtrnordlnary
Cruelty to a Hone.
'he American Humane Association's
rtecnth report says that nine years
> the horse pictured in the accompanycut
was valued at $200, and because
ran away the owner, for revenge,
t him up in his barn, and has never
initted him to leave his stall. Strangers
*e excluded from entering the barn.
Mr. D. (?. Whitehead, agent of the
Iwaukce Humane 8ociety, found this
cc beautiful sorrel horse, with floe
ny head, large haael eyes, and intellb
ace like a man, covered with bedsores,
lured to nothing but skin and bones,
1 the hoofs grown long and rocker
iped. When the animal wae untied
the first time in nine years he bob'
:d out into the sunshine to nibble the
;en grass, and showed his gratitude
a low whinny. The owner of this
telly treated animal was only fined
5 and coats; and again the defendant
iglit revenge by suing Mr. Whitehead
retaining the feet, and the Judge
sided that the society should pay tl6o
1 costs, which the society did, and
w own the feet. Bucli croelty is
jcking, and suclt decisions are setting
U'emiutn ou cruelty. f ? / 7 v
ar?*%*- jm
it several carrier ffceoS fii"sn.
igbt near the Iltissi?^r<w ier bearing
ters containing infor&atiM about Gern
military nltairs, frontier fkrtresses,
ps, etc. These pigoMtfmg presumed
be in the service of thajjUlMian Govment.
Similar disdovwts have been
de on the Austro-ftaSnn frontier,
order has accordingly .been given
t all carrier pigeon* fotfnd crossing
frontiers shall bp shi)t.-?-/;*coyaa?.
1
In
PHE CROW AS A PET BIRD.
<
T OAK BS TAUGHT TO TALK BET- ,
TUB THAN THE PARROT. i
I
Ph? Way to Train Them While They i
are Tonne?Amusing Creatures i
They Got Older and Wiser. I
Crows make very amusing pets tor any I
>ne who cau put hp with their innate 1
spirit of devilijy, and besides that they '
san be taught to talk more distinctly
than most parrots, says Nature's Realm. '
It is a common idea among the country
people that they will not talk unless \
their tongues aro cut at a certain tender 1
age. Be that as it may, I have heard 1
crows talk excellently that never had 1
their tongues cut, and somo whose
tongues are cut never will talk at all. I
always take my chances without cutting,
and out of nearly a dozen that I havo
owned only two proved void of a bump
of language.
To be sure of haviug a good, affectionate
crow, take him from the nest as ,
soon after batching 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
uQt that settle the question beyond
dispute? Name him a3 soon as you get
i hi ii ii ?gimi pwwrwunt?? ft ramliy i
consultation on the subjoct, for a rechiistening
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 ho hears it utttered.
Feed until half fledged on meal and
water?regular "chicken dough"?and
if any "chicken sickness" come3 on consult
the "chicken doctor." In other
words, the young crow must be raised
on about the same diet as a young chicken.
Feed plenty and feed often. A
crow's nest is the best thing to keep him
in during his infantile days. If you
haven't one make a substitute. As he
glows in strength and is able to travel
nhnul ft liUln hn nepds innrn vnrifit.r in
bis food, but be careful be doe* not
swallow anything that is very salt.
Dump a handful of gravel down his
mouth occasionally and give him minnows
and frogs once in a while. Swallowing
his first live frdg seems to give a
young crow a most agreeable new scusation.
Do not be in a hurry-about mak
ing him bathe.
He will wash himself whenever it is
necessary, and if taken and plunged into
cold water while the pinfeathers are full
of blood it may cause him to literally
"catch his death o' cold." As soon as
he is well on the wing his language lessons
should begiu. Shut him up in a
darkened room when well fed, and begin
by whispering the word or phrase you
wish him to learn. If he seems to listen,
tepcat it a little louder, and, continue
until he either grows restless or goes to
sleep. It will be but a few minutes.
Repeat the same lesson and nothiug
else every time you visit him or pass within
hearing for a week or ten duys, and if
your crow doesn't talk in that time he
probably never will.
Generally they will begin to practice
to themselves the first or second day of
iiiifrjmnipiipl. Ml njifiii wirii nr
i iuojpw fliirtui spneiaHioo ?>p iaM?nSi ir
,bur crow appear to answer any ques- | 4
ion. For instance, call his name t
;ently and add "What" in a loud, j
mphatic tone. Soon, when his name is ?
ailed, he will respond "What" with
ust the same emphasis and inflection
hat he has heard you give. Then,
igain, if you say, "It's dinner-time"
vhenever you feed him, some day he will ?
valk into the house hungry and gravely
innounce "It's dinner-time."
As he grows in years and knowledge
rour crow will develop a variety of thicvsh
and amysing tricks too numerous to
neution. lie will cultivate the most
rieodly acquaintance with some people
ind show an unaccountable animosity
oward others. He will attend you part
vay whenever you leave home, aud if
rour hours of return are regular, will
irobably meet you at tho same spot and
velcome you exuberautly. Every time
le fails to do bo look for hiin at once;
so will cither ho in some utterly entrancng
bit of mischief or else dead.
Musical Fish of Ceylon.
Every bay and inlet on tho coast of
Ceylon abounds with musical tish. Tueir
song, if it can be called a song, is not
one sustained note like a bird's, but a
multitude of tiny, soft, sweet sounds,
each clear and distinct in itself, something
like the vibrations of a wineglass
when its rim is rubbed with the moistened
finger. In the harbor at Bombay,
India, there is a fish with a song like the
sound produce.! by an /Boliau harp.?
t't. IjOu'u He public.
ONI5 ENJOYS "
Both the method and results when
Byrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system
effectually, dispels colds, headaches
and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Bvrun of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever produced,
pleasing to the taste ana acceptable
to the stomach, prompt in
Ha action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared onlv from the most
a-.nl agreeable substances.
lis man/ excellent qualities commend
it to all and have made it
the moet popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figa is for sale in BOo
and f 1 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 aocept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA F/0 SYRUP CO.
8ar franqi8c0, oal.
Iomvtui, nt new york, ry.
$
A Brnsh-Maklnj Machine.
A simple-looking machine for bruah .
irawing, knot picking, and trimming |
was shown yesterday in Parlor K of the i
Astor House. Hitherto brushes hare
oeen made by hand, and the new machine
a calculated to save much time. It will <
nake brushes twice as fast as they can be j
made by hand. A boy or girl fifteen
fears old can run it, and it is wwiwd the ,
brushes can be drawn more perfectly than
by hand. The machine rests on a table.
A wheel containing the wire is run by a
treadle. s
The wire is carried over to and through
a hollow needle worked by hand, which
is suspended from a support in front of
the viso iu which the block is placed. A I J
clamp in the handW^an be used to draw I
in the material when small work is to be v
done.
Back of the vise are adjustable shears t
which can be set for any length of brush. t
The block is put in the vise. It remains b
there till the brush is complete. Tbo ma- ^
chine was patented last February. ?Neu> ]
York Timet. j,
? ' fl
Origin of the Grossbenk. }
There has always beon a dispute in ^
regard to tlio pretty grossbsaks which J
have visited this city in large flocks *
nearly every winter for ten or twelvo r
,1-mx past. It lias bMo claimed CBSX {
they originated from a numbOr of the c
birds of this species brought here in o 3
ship from China and turned loose by Mr.
Walter MofTet. Others claim that the
birds are natives of this country, and are {
identical with the evening gro33beak of j
the Middle States. Among the birds t
brought over on the Coloma, from Iloug
Kong, to be turned loose here, are a *
number of these grossbeaks, which goes I
to prove that the theory th it the flocks
here originated from birds brought from
China by Walter MolTet is the true one. 1
Old residents say that there were no such
birds here in tarly days. It is scarcely
possible that they have emigiated here
over the Hocky Mountains.?Portland
Oregonian.
Money the Year Round.
Miss Smith say*: "Can I make 12ft per week
Id the plating business?" Yes. f make $4 to
fs per nay plating tableware and Jewelry and
sell'na: platers. H. K. Delno A Co., Columbus.
()., will give you full information. A plater
ousts $5. Business is light and honorabfe and
makes money the year round. A Reader.
Tnis President of Hayti is aald to receive
an annual Balarv of 1240.000.
Malaria cured and eradicated from the
syntem by Rrown's Iron Bitters, which en*
riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids dlge^
tlon. Acts like a charm on persons In general
ill health, giving new energy and strength.
Ft, P. IIUTCHtxso.v, "Old Hutch," the
Chicago speeu'ntor, is going to live in Boaton.
K. Cheney A- Co.. Toledo, O., Fronts, of
Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer $100 reward for any
cast* of catarrh that ? annul be cured bv talcing
Halt's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials.
free. .Sold by Druggists, 7ftc.
Preparations are being made for n series
of navai mouutuvrw uu ihe Ne*v ISn pan I
coast to test the value of our 9hipj in ac..i.u
war. .
Brown's Iron Bitters cores Dyspepsia, Malaria,
Biliousness an<l General Debility. Gives
Strength, aides Digodtlon, tones the nerves?
creaies appetite. The beat tonlo for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Ex-Senator Tabor, of Colorado, conll1li;|iilr^lij(liIiiiftlwilli|]ii"Ti'rnf'
IH'
I ? nn, tuAL-ivani jpsd.^
Ikrvb Hsstobkr. No flu after flrst day's oae.
iarrclcui cures. Treatise and tS trial bottla
ree. Dr. jCllne. 9Q1 Arch 8t? PhTla.. Pa.
If amieted with sore eyee use Dr.Inaao ThompiOu's
Eye-water.Druggists sell at 26c.per bottle i
B- ELY'S ?RKAM BALI
raeengee. Allays Vain sud
t he Sores, lies tores Taste j
Gives Relief at once
Apply into the NoetriU.
50c. Druggists or by mail. ALT 1
"German
Syrup"
For Coughs & Colds.
John F. Jones, Kdom,Tex.,writes*
I have used German Syrup for the
past six years, for Sore Throat,
Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest
and Lungs, and let me say to anyone
wanting such a medicine?
German Syrup is the best. 1
<
B. W. Baldwin, Carnesville.Tenn., J
writes : I have used your German \
Syrup in my family, and find it the j
best medicine I ever tried for coughs
and cold I recommend it to every- I
one for these troubles.
I
R. Schmalhausen. Druesist. ot 1
Charleston, 111.,writes : After trying
scores of prescriptions ami preparations
I had on tny files and shelves, I
without relief for a very severe cold,
which had settled on my lungs, I
tried your German Syrup. _ It gave
mv. njiiiit.-?.?Taic itruer aim H pcTTuauent
cure. *D
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury, A'ew Jersey, U. S. A.
1WW|
FOR THE
QIVB IT TO
TEETHING CHILDREN.
IT WILL SIVETHEIR LIVES.
MN'T let year er amfeur
ml* yee that MaMklaa *1** wtl! Am
' mm well, fer It WON'T.
Jeeebb!
LJ Beet Cough Medicine. Be
|?fl Cures where all elm fail*. PI
U| taste. Children take it witho>
...r'
r s, Saved
-the life- that is fighting against
Consumption.
Only ? act promptly.
Put it off, and nothing can save
ou. But, if taken in time, Dr.
Perce's Golden Medical Discovery
rill cortainly cure.
It must bo done through the
lood ? and the " Discovery " is
ho most potent blood - cleanser,
trength - restorer, and flesh-builder
hat's known to medical science/
[Tie scrofulous affection of the
ungs that's called Consumption,
,nd every faipi of Scrofula and
?lood-taints, all yield to it. For
iVcak Lungs, Spitting of Blood,
bronchitis, Asthma, and all severe,
ingering Coughs, it's an unequaled
eraedv. It's the ono_?hat'a
ruaramcccc; TF it doesn't benefit
r cure, in every case, you have
rour money back. j
" We promiso to euro your Ci*.
arrh, perfectly and permanently,
10 matter how bad your case or
>f how long standing ? or we'll
lay you $500." That's what the
iroprietors of Dr. Sago's Catarrh
Remedy say to every sufferer from
[Catarrh. And they mean it.
1"R)NiTY COLLECF Fall
Term Begin' at DVR1IAM, S. O., Oct. 1. 1811.
Six Deportment* of Instruction, raeh In charge of
Specialist*.
Stic Building'. Sen Isitmratortr*. Machine S/lopt^
Librarle*. Haiti.', Athletic <i rounds, (II noreo In ce?
terof Hark.) Healthful /soeatlnu, tee 11 Shaded.
EV/.fnMj.'-teo per term or ! month*. Including
bmtd, tuition, furnlahed room, oh eli te light, beat,
curl' of rooms Send for Catalogue to
JOHN K. CHOWEI.L. l'ri'ililcut, Trinity^Colleae
Park. Durham. N. C.
AlAlf *r*t, Nam-roc*. Wnrcsis mortilant
%I|.|K well and keep well. JlraUH. Helper
Wlwlm tell* row. Loots. a year. BamplaooDr 1
(wa Dr. J. 11. 1J V K, Eultor, Buffalo, N.T.
PENSION
WASH I NtJTON, - l>.
TYflMF HTUDY, Book-kekwho, ittistaaM Ebrma.
H UHI6 /VnmniuMp. Arithmetic, Short-hand, etc., '
XJL Thorouoiii.y Tacoiithy M AI I., oirrolare free.
llryant'w College, 407 Main St., Buffalo, W. Y.
llflAl BUYERS' GUIDE. 100 rnge,.
llllnl iLi.usTiiATtoJM, colored plate. IS CeraMDw)
KKXVKI.H. rlementon. N.J, -ww
"RED EYE" X9PAS59
a mild, Sweet CIIKW. No HEARTBURN noe
HEADACHE. Send 111 cent* In stamp* for A SAMPLE,
If your dealor does not KEEP IT. TA VLOR
BRPlt., MmpricTOEiaii. Winston, N. C.
I A THE NEW METHOD
N^^^for AI.Lchronic diseases. dT.pepsda, djbUrV.
Pr vrrM'Ssir
!\ 7 New Method Is-orth lU.eUtht l?
U I l?nt lire Dr. K? rrrt ?J. B.
a Hid I'resb'n Clmreh. Cart hags, N.Y.Inflnlty
Jw better than the llall Bjrrtom. AgenUwamaa.
m? HEALTH IH fTLT CO.. 110 DH0A?WAV. * T.
M? I EWIS' 98 % LYE
Powdered and Perfomaa,
11^ ^PENNA. SALT^FfTcO.,
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1 Iaflammatlan. HealiHOW PFjW
^ 1^1
BHOa.M Warren St, N. Y.glyV^^sOel
JAak my agents for W. I,. Douglaa Shooo.
f not for attic In yottr plnco nak yoar
enlor to send for catalogue, aecaro too
agency, autl get tlicni for you.
tW TAKE NO SUnSTITL'TB.da
tT\ >
ajyiLv
WHY IS THE
W. L. DOUGLAS
33 SHOE CEN?P&IEN 1
rHE BE8T SHOE IN THE W0R10 FOR THE MONETf
It Is a seam lest shoo, with Do tacks or wax thread
to hurt (be (cet: in ado of (he best floe calf, stylish
and easy, and because ice make mors show ?/<*<
jrade. than any other ?inin<*iiW "> er. It equals hand- H
owed shoes costing from $t.00 to $3.00. ?
(K OOOenuIno llsud-sewril, the (Idsat eatf
P9? shoe ever offered for |t.0U| equals French
Imported shoes which cost front $8.0>to $12X0.
CtJt 00 llan<l-Hi-wcri Welt Sbsf. One Qtlf,
*P *Tm stylish, coinforlublt) and durable. The beet
shoe ever offered nt this price ; samegrade as W?
tout made shoes costing front $t>.U0 to $?00.
MftO l'olico Shoot Farmers. Railroad Rajs
and teller Carriers ell wear them; flneeau,
seamless, smooth luildo. heavy three soles, extension
edge. Ono pair will wear a year. _
$DO 00 One onlf; uo Itetter shoe ever offered at
9sC( this prlcot one trial will convince those
who west a shoe for comfort nod service.
(O *3 and fJ.OO Warkliismaa'a shosa
Oat are very strong and durable. Those wha
have given them a trial will wear no other make.
BavoI fci.fltt and 01.79 school shoes are
DOT V worn by tho boys everywhere! they sell
on theTr merits, as the Increasing sales show.
Ladles
Caatlen.-See that W. L. Douglas' nsme mm
mnt- are ttsnmil r>tt the he'tir ff imjS Aja
W . * W. U DODO LAB, jtrockton, Kaaa.
?. w."u. a*~ "
3 In need of BOOK-KS>PER8, ITERO^^
QRAPHER8, or any other office help
can besti polled by addressing - - ?
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