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. |ff??1 i in Ai500^00~FIRE. The Ohlef City of Florida Devastated oj ice Flames. A Terrific Explosion of Dynamite Felt For Fifty Kile* Around Jacksonville. Jackbonvllk, Fi.a., I Specie'. |?Jacksonville bee had one of the biggest Area J ia her history. At 11.00 la tboofgbtau alarm was turned in and the firemen were on band in a few second* to And the Are waa In the threc-atory crockery house of R. 0. Koight, in the center of the business portion of the city. The heat ig nited the Hubbard block, the largest building in the city, four stories high nnd containing the Hubbard hardwaic store, the >v'eatcrn Union Telegraph office, Routhcrn Ravings and Trust Company, Jacksonville Light Infuntry Armory, and iiic leicpnono ventral ( unre. Then It jumped across tho street to tho Seminole club house, three stories high, and com municated to the Smith building and Mattier building. In the Smith building quite a large amount of dynamite had been torcu. This exploded and started tires blocks away to the Northwest The sound wns not heard, but the effect of the explosion was seen fifty indis away. In tho city tho effect wns stunniug. Men I fell on the street* and many were injured. Plate glnaa for four and five squares was shattered and tho sido walks covered with broken glass The flreinen could have atopped the tire at this point hut for tho explosion. That rendered them about helpless. Itesidcncet, stores and hotels broke into flames, nnd the lire became n terrible conflagration and was not stopped until daylight in the middle of a square bounded by Church, Ashley, Taura and Main streets. Larger buildings burned nro Knights crockery store, Hubbard block, Bcminolo block, Smith buildings, Mattier house, Freedmnn'a bureau build ing, Ticinonl hotel. Hotel l'lneide, Itit/.ewoller residence, Clio-sea house, Bt. Josephs Academy, Tillon h use, Murray nnd Banter's carriage repository and nearly all buildings from and including Simmons A, U.-1 -* - ? " nvwn n mini! more u> mill including Lloyds Rro?. grocery store, corner Church nnd Mnin streets. 'total number of buildings ot all kluds burned is llfty-Hvo, and tliu total loss about half a million dollara. Insurance. is not obtainable just now. It will be small compared with the total loss. No lives were lost. YELLOW FEVER. It is Terribly Prevalent in Vers Oruz nnd Hospitals nro Filled. New Youk, (Special. |?The Ward line passenger steamer City of Washington arriving here from Mexican porta and Havnnna as a precautionary measure was detained for thorough inspection by health officers. The steamer will not be allowed to eoino tip to the city for a day. The City of Washington left Vera Cruz, Moxlco, early in August and the yellow fever was prevalent to an alarming extent in that city. Hospitals were filled, and though heultli authorities were stirring to check the spread of the disease their efforts rr? ttStf flUUHr,'"tlv ""availing. Their first iih the malady mado its nppcarcncn but the disease spread ho rapidly that it was impossible to cope with it. Many deaths have occurred during tho last six weeks and it was a common sight, officers of tho vessel say, to sec a string of fuuerals half a mile long, pfretchlng from the g.iten of tho city to tho cemetnry, each funeral oirty waiting paticutly for a chance to miry its dead. Among tho la'cst victims of tho malady is L. J. Snowball, a well known commission merchant of No. 70 Wall street, who has been in Mexico since the second of August. A few days the levelling Post printed a report of the prevalence of yellow fever in Vera Cruz, u nt here by Snowball. lie was on his way to Cordoba to which place ho was going to c laim a fortune of $0.1,000 and four thousand acres of Intnl. Snow halt remained only one day in Vera Cruz and was stricken with the disease. Late News Notes. After a three days' deliberation the supreme judge at l.eipsie decided that it was criminal to make dog sausages. A Connecticut man has gone into business of propagating sewer rats, selling their skins to kid-glove manufacturer* The epiestiou has been raised as to w hat course tins uovernir.cnt would pursue in ease Liberia should ask it to defend her from the aggrcssious of England and France. A well-to-do negro preacher named Hen;unin, and living in Sun Francisco, litis a ureal scheme for ? olmii/.iug two or tin ft* score thousand Southern negroes in California ami crowding out tlic Chinese, lie says lie has secureil AO,no acres of laml in fcdmstn ami Fresno counties, pecial low rates of railroad transporta ion, and assurances of immediate work and wages for the colonists. It is reported that Senator Stanford thinks the project a good and feasible one, and is hacking the Kev Mr. 1'enjamin The Platte river valley, for a distance of several miles, is overflowed, caused hv a cloudburst. The German Catholic Knights, of America, met in its thirty d\th annual ? ? vi!!<* J\v Dr. Judah, the proprietor of Avenue hotel, lle lfoid. Iml , shot his wif- in the neck Monday night and then blew out bis laains Tin- suspension <>| the Hi iVi?h Hank, of Austialia. 's amioimr* I. Tue liabilities aie p'Oo linn li.il| of which i-owing to Iacilitois in I'.ngl iiid Congratulated His 8ucceSo.nl Rival and Then Killed Him. Ban Antonio, Tkx , [Special. | I.an Ins Park is one of the inost beautiful bits of natural scenery in Texas. It is tidily miles north of San Antonio, on the Intel national and Great Noitbern Kail load. It has water hills, ferns, green tiem, I'inssrs. birds mid llrnveia ia ninnr iii extent. Mini is retired. Two Mexican 'tballeron, rcsidcn's of the place, Hob ! ', (ionre/ anil .lo e Gonzales, lored Kenita Gar/in. She is a beautiful girl, |m years ohl, and her parents nre wealthy. The men played the guitar under her window and one or the other cseorte I i n to all the festns and fandangoes, '. iie favored Gomez. Saturday Gonzales t ailed upon his successful rival, congrnt ulated him and promised to be at the wedding. They went for a walk in the park. Kenehlng a secluded s;>ot on the Coinal Hivcr, Gonzales suddenly drew a Iiistol, accused his companion of having iod about him, then murdered him. Gonzales fled to the hills. A large number of mcu arc after hifn. The girl is pearly craze<4. SUFFICIENCY. A little lore, ot hetvtn a little share. And than we go?what matters it? since where Or wbso, or how, none may aforetime know. Nor If death r-orneth soon, or lingering slow Bend on ahead bis herald of Despair. On this gray life Love lights with golden Rio*. Refracted from The Source, his bright wings throw Its glory on us, if Fate grant oar prayer ?A little lore I A little; 'tie as much aa wa may bear. For Lore is cornpasee 1 with such magic air Who breathes It fully dies; and knowing so The Cods all w.sely but a taste bestow For little lives, a litt'e while they spare A littls love. ?Uletton Whitt. A MODERN WOOING. RV (ICNTIIVI)K Moll TON. "Hal, 'lid you carry the racket* in before you nunc down here?" Dorothy closed her book with a snap and threw it down upon the rock beside her. "Because if you didn't we ought to go home. It IooWh like a nhowi r." The young man thus appealed to made no reply. Clothed in that fautuslicgarb which the liberal college education of to-day renders nectssnry to the moral standing of gilded youth, he was reclining in a studiously graceful attitude beside the speaker. 11 in c yc? were lixed upon a fishing fleet fast disappearing beyond the horizon. A meditative look adorned liis sunburned face. "Hal, 1 spoke to you." Htill the recumbent figure moved not. "Henry Iticlmrdson." This proved idb-ctual. The young inim iitiirklv liitiij"!' ........ ...... 1 J "I1"' elbow. "Oh, I beg your pardon, Dorothy," he Raid. " Wlint was it thfi' 3011 mkvil mcf Why, ves, I think you nro quite right." "It is very evident that you ate uot quite tight iu youi mind," tho young girl replied, gazing coin passionately at hiiu. "What is the matter, Hull" "Nothing." "Yes, there l.?, too. You can't deceive ine, you know, so there is no use in flying. What new scrape have you been getting into#" " None at all. That is, you wouldn't rail it a 'scrape' exactly," Hal griuned. "In faet, I'vo been unusually good of late, as you might have observed had not your thoughts been upon other scenes intent." "Oh. indeed' Well, the fact that you have been good is sullii ienl eau?u for a revulsion ol feeling of some kind. Now, I want to know what is troubling you." " You even deign to be interested in my int ntal condition "('ertainly. Have I m>t the familygood at heart. Speak at once." TIhh brought beton the tribunal of an avenging little goddess clothed in I again. Seizing a little stone, he crusfierr to atoms a shell that lay beside him. I rP}||)|| lll? riliiiiul 1iliDVi.lt ; I li I. li.i* I?? " I ? 1" 1? I Hitting posture and pave his compnniou the hcncHt of his cogitation". "1 say, Dorothy, let's "jet married I" Dorothy I fall eame to gallant race, and she had the repose of a Princess. For a second there was silence, while the pretty color left her checks. When she spoke it was in a voice that rivaled Hal's own for coolness. "And why, pray, should we do that?" "You know I am yoini; over to London in about two months," the youn_f man continued, unheeded, "and I don't ree any reuson why w? can't lie married and t;o together." Dorothy's dignity nearly forsook her; nevertheless she managed to put considerable surprise, even reproach, into her ejaculation: uW'i... if r> "For heaven's sake*,child," cried Hal, "don't air that 'cousin illusion any louder. It is worn threadbare." "If you object to me for a cousin I shouldn't think you would want me for a nearer relative." There was mischief in tiic goi s mown eyes. "1 should think you might see," replied Hal. "You know, my dear, that it is the proper thing for a man to lie engaged as soon as he leaves college, and as long as we've u ? need to consider the ?pu*stion of bread and buiter, I don't see why we should not be married. "You know as well as I do, Dorothy," lie went on, warming up on the subject ? "you know perfectly well that this thing has been planned ever since we came into existence. Imagine the worthy grandmother's ire did we cross her in this respect. Mother wants it, Aunt Jane wants it?every m*n alive "of them expects it. And 1 want it, by way of aAerthonght, apparently, us lie paused for a reply. Dorothy's mind moved swiftly, and tie stages through which it traveled during Hal's little .speech were many. Angry was its last halting place. Very evenly, hut in tones unmistakahly snggt v it,- of icebergs and glaciers, she said . "I don't suppo?e it. makes any ditlerenee whether 1 want it m not. " litis evidently aspired an entirely new ti on of thought in the young mans iniivl Ih ne-e I his head in surprise. Was u po-siiijo that any one else had been nothing love to his little playinati ' Whv, Dorothv? ' he aske l, soberly, his hotv -t blue eyes met hen. The gii I 'hopped hci eyes ipiickly. He mk>'imi nm rca i ner 1110114ms. lie siioui I not cc thut she w?; wait in;; for him to iv tin* v< r\ tlun^ it li t ! not o< cartel to linn tlin s fur t > s iv. Dorothy, look i?t nn1 -is there any one ris'V The amount of i ic i ? 11 t v that Hal iriiin.-iil to put into tl.u single sentence loin in I hn uii ii -h |* i>i it ilo?s 11r?t si nn to invi' itsi ll ! ? you. II hi\. th it when q'liiun rv a unman to uuirrv 111>; it i- Sometuni; 'oi nnotlu i a ii-" i ili m because ?i*I VI I \ ( \ | ii < I s it It . oi| ilesiie s?|c 11 -> I -iinni'l n'lvi?? \i>ii to t iU? that into oii?i.Ii intioii in |?n?|? ?ciU vou may make l.eicalter." So that was the matter. Oil, is that all'" ricl Hal. infinite rcliet that atfairs were no worse showing itwlf in every luu ot his face. "Whr, bless your little heait. Dorothy. t>l toviibe 1 lofe >ou hut it isn't the thing * nowadays to say much about that. Ooo shouldn't guab. It isn't according to our philosophy. One should discuss even lore f? Iml? ?nH <IUnsaaliwat?tj^ sod accept the result, whatever it nay be, calmly, as part of his individual destiny"?and Henry smiled kindly aad complacently. Dorothy looked at him curiously. Aa hjsterical desire to laugh or cry seemed uddenly to have taaen possession of her, but she controled herself. "Well," she said, finally, "if you are so calm and collected now as a lover, what would you be if I were so foo?il 1 were to marry you I" "All!" replied this niueteeuth century lover eagerly, ' there is where the beauty of the thing roaies in. If you would marry me you would lind that instead of retrograding. an it were?bccomiug indifferont and everybody docs in tunc, you know, Dorothy?no one can keep strung up to concert pitch forever?I should grow more and more fond aud tender of you aud careful of your welfare. You would see my character unfold and ripen, <1 inclosing new beauties each day, as the rose opens to the sun. I should become a bright and shining orb to light your pathway " "To the grave," finished Dorothy, ui tin I s eloquence came to a eud<len stop. "A charming prospect, certainly. It seems us though I had heard something like that last before, but ! certainly will ( give jou credit for great originality in other respects." Ob, you can laugh," said Hal, a trifle discomforted, "hut 1 assure you this is n serious matter for both of in." "Yes, you are right. It is a serious question," replied Dorothy, the laughter . in her eyes contradicting somewhat (ho | gravity of the rest of Ino face; "quite serious; but before I cousidei you; somewhat unique proposal, Henry, it might he well for me to reply to a letter I had from Mi. lla/.cltoii this morning. ft isn't well t<? have too manv oilers under consideration at once, you know, and he certainly has tin* prior claim, for he <lid not hesitate to tell me that he love I iue, even though I am sure lie does not." The laughter had died out of the girl's eyes, and it was with something of a pained expression that she regarded Ha'. He di?l not notice this, however, he only heurd her words,.and he rose sud- 1 dely by her side?his six lent of strong 1 young humanity towering above her. "Yes," ho cried, wrathfully, "nud you would ruthci marry a mail who says he loves you, when you know he is no more capable of that feeling th in this stone tflinging it fat out to sea) than to marry me, when you kuow without me saying it that 1 worship the ground you walk on!"' "Hal, don't 'gush !' " "That is the way with you girls," ho went oil, his angoi rising an I his face growing white, "you will marry for money every time, though what you want of more I can't well hcj. (' ui.siu Dorothy, I wish you joy in your choice of that old monkey." 1)jrothy stoo l up and confronto I him. Her wrath had risen, too, during the last tirade, hut her voice was even and cool. The huge mastiff who had come down foi^his little mistress, looked J ojpl y.i/t'd fiou^om: t > tjpr yjk'frf of the angry pair. "Henry, I fail to sec what reason or what right you have to speak so disrespectfully to nie. Since a longer disiMIvinn Mnnnt fnil In l-? ! In both I will bid yju go > I aftonioou. Come Max,"' ami the little red figure turncl and walked proudly away ovei the rooks. Ilal gazed alter her and bis senses suddenly returned. "Dorothy, eoine back." His voiee made no more impression than the roariug sea. She did not answer. .She was far out upon the seaweed coveted rocks with Max by her side. "Dorothy, dear, Dorothy, stop." "She is goiug straight for that dau- ' gerou*, slippery place that she knows I hate," he muttered anil starte I to follow her; then ho paused abruptly, angci again coming to the surfaced. "She has Max; she doesn't need me." lie turned upon his heel and walked swiftly toward the house, a few rods distant. He went directly uostairs to his I nwti lifflo rlnn jjiyJ c!illi tllC lloor ? Ian/; then lie throw hiimclfdown in his favorite chair to think. This act was performed for about two hours to tlie accompaniment of many cigaret es. With tin eighteenth one the last rem lant of Hal's auger burned away; he arose and yawned,and emerged from the blue smoke a 'sadder and a wiser man." He would go down and see if Dorothy had returned, but he would be very dignified and non-committal until he was sure that she had repented. He descended the stairs leisurely, whistling an air from Fra Diavolo with marvelous skill, for he thought he doscried a scarlet up it in the dusky hall, lie sauntered indillereutly along, tbeii came to a sudden stop. It was his mother. She heard him coining and waited for him. " Where is Dorothy?" "I left her on the rocks a couple of hours ago?with Max," he finished, seeing the reproach upon his mother's face. "Max has been here more than au hour, but I can't Dorothy anywhere. rt _ t. . _ a i nerc is a sua wet c 1111111,4 ?>P? S? ai once ?M II il had vaulted 1110 vcr.i'i'l 1 ruling, and minus hat an I umbrella, rushu I for iht* rooks. Alroaily loud rumblings <?f thunder were heard, and lug drops of rain mine faster and faster. "Dorothy." ho tailed, as ho inn along, "Doiothy " No answer, save the rush of tvaves and the roai of thunder Thoroughly alarm'.11, fl il sjij i over the rock*, calling frantic illy fro 11 tiin i to time, but no answering voice greeted his cars. Madly I10 ran on, shouting until ho was ho.ar-o. At. last lie stoppc I t? take breath. Mo had reached the spot toward which Dorothy had starte I when she lott him a few h ?ur.? ng?? Suddenly Hal saw something which sent nil his blond fro 11 his heart. Hn leaned again?t (h? rooks t > steady him self, an a deathly fabitness came over him Chore, half hid le 1 by the seaweed, lav Dorothy's little white sailor hat. Two hours ago the outgoing tide had been crashing and breaking at tho foot of that very rock. j No wonder that Hal's strength forsook bun. No ioodanHL *ta an ! ?kj and rock* became a oaftfa*c 1 blur. She mutt hava Made a misstep. and? Hal couldn't finish. lie eat down covered hia face with hi* bands. Presently the .pooling raiu upoa hia head aroused him; He looked at Ma witch. Ho had been gone from the houac just twenty minutes. it Ho reached (Alt gal reverently took up the little roaa, and like emu bmtft gf ^pa^Kl tho desolate rocks?ba~k and ibinJ.". At last he turned his facu toward* koine. SlowD though he talked it teemed to him f lat he aoached the house ia oae brief sc4>od. He taw his eother upon the north vcrandn. He aaccnduf the stopa and went around the corner of 'he house. There, comfortably ensconce^ in a sheltered nook sat? not his inothe, but Dorothy! When the girl saw tho bedraggled, wretched loo-dog figure standing before her, all her <iguity fell from her like a garment. ? "Wiiy, I|l, dear," she gaspcil, "what is the iuatf.'r. Why don't you speak?" TU ?-tJ 1 ? ?1 = * i ucu, hv4uciiiji tmn jiraQeaumg, sue cried, "III, dear, your mother told me you had goie for me. Did you think? what did yt-u think''' MfwechieK Hal poi uteri to tho nai. "I sat there a levy minutes," tho girl explained, 'and took, it off. It began to rain ho s :ddf that I forgot it and. came homo ? ~ The pleadlu^racu seenand to rcstoro the young man to his .senses again. With a wati smile he held out his arms. .VII his line theories, formulated a few hours previous, tied from Hal's mind like del I leaves from a tree. "Dorothy, my dailmg, do ylou love inc?" Two soft arms tightened abiuit his nerk. "And we will be married and go over the sens together?" "Yes, to please grandmother and Aunt Jane mid your mother." A Freak of Lightning. A freak of lightning, probably more remarkable than any hitherto recorded, lias occurred near the small village of Now Salem, Vt., at the foot of tho Ileirleberg Mountains. Arent 8. Vandyck occupies an old niausiou, iu the parlor of which hung a collection of revolutionary swords, one of which was heavily plated with silver. A terriUc thunder storm came on a recent night, and ono terrible crash aroused the household. All were stunned for a moment but, lecovering, they hastened to discover what damage was done. Suddenly tho jbungtr Vandyck pointed to nn old fashioned tofa. Upou it lay what was apparently the silver image of a cat curlei up in an exceedingly cornfortabio position. /is jar as the shape and posture of tho animal were eoaccrued it might have been a live oat, each glittering hair was Beparate and distiuct, and each silvery bristle ol the whiskers described a graceful curve, as iu life. Futher and son turned toward the swords which hung upon the wall just above the sofa, and there saw that the sword had been strippe I of all its silver. The hilt was area*. and the__siaihhard Uit^'miPY stnp ot nr.tfk,;n*Pf. family cat had been electroplated by lightning. In one of the panes of glass in the window was font.d a round hole about the size of a half dollar, where the lightning ha.l evidently entered. There was a charred streak across the sash where the electrica1 fluid had inado its way to the sword, down which it had passed to the eat, carrying with it the silver which it deposits I upou the aniin d. Of course, the cit was instantly killed, aud therefore remained in the position in which it was quietly sleeping when the flash came. It is thought that tlie plating of the cat's body will prevent decay, and that probably it may ho retained among the collection of curiosities, which is more remarkable than all. Local scientists mo puzzled by the occurrence, and ono of their members of tiie Albany Iustitute is investigating the else.?.Vs<c York Sun. A Potato Hevolutiou. In Wolgast, a town iu Prussia, a riot was nearly precipitated on account of the high price of potatoes. The dealer asked oia ami a itaii marks for one hundred pouuds, which price the buyers considered too high. The excitement became bo great that the buyers, mostly women, assaulted the farmer, who wa3 finally compelled to leave the market place. The same scene occurred when he tried to sell his stock at another place. Couut Bismarck Bohlen, who hoard of this oe-' currence, sent next day two wagon loads of potatoes to the town with orders to Bell them for $3 the hundred pounds. This is not the first potato riot that has taken place in Prussia. In 1817 thj population of Berlin became so excited about the high prices of potatoes that some people, for the greater part womeu, seized iiiw |>i'Uito?a. thuftv^.tUom in the gutters, and attacked the dealers, some cf whom were badly hurt. The riots exteuded to the butcher and baker shop3, until the police and the military dispersed the tiowds. Over three hundred people were arrested, of whom 200 received punishment. Several of the rioters were sentenced t<> imprisonment from three to leu years.? Xc j York Iitconler. The Left-Side llair Part. A b.uiier tells the St. Louis Old**Democrat: "I have seen many baiburs' trade se? rets expose I, but I have never seen a rctsou given in print for men parting tlsrir hair on the left side in more than nine cases out of ten. 1 talked the matter over with a physician once, and . .!.I ? : ?1_. I I :.l nt* HJIH1 II 9>l(L(Ut UU UIIIJT 11 t'UIUUIUUIirUf but that tt least nine men out of ten sleep on their right side because by so doing digestion i'nidcdnnl the action of the heart i % lr ft undisturbed. "That, I think, accounts for tiro hair parting, Y*^As- the warmth of the side of the head urresscd into ihc pillow greatly aids the aowth of the hair, and a man naturally Arts his hair so ??c to brush it in the dilpction of the greatest, growth. This ^so accounts for what almost every one >vho h is tried to keep ids mustache and -<???? evenly trimmed imist have noticed?that lie lento trim the right side niort frequently than tLie left. Warmth is A" ,,(st 'tut tonic ami invigorator discovtt'ed, opt < iallv a nioisl heat, sucii as is produced hy conllne'l perspiration." In vet'Tito rarof ( H" " 1 > "tea mutters w.a- i -alient i a*ir.ic!iv i- ?c of t.iy lea iitig Actional "iters ol I ia:ic from forty to fifty yearMou> I THE FIRST VIGILANTES. TUX ORIGIN OF A FAMOUS CALIjiv/mia uauAMIiSATJON. TWctm With Impunity PlundfrcJ n Pioneer Cattle Queen?The Vigilanoe Committee to Her Keacne. In the month of November, 1850, there were eight primitive houses situated on the extreme |>oiat ot a little peninsula far projecting into the Bay of San Francisco. It was separated from the surrounding country by a rocky mountain range. The eight houses were occupied by an American huntsr and seven French fishermen, deserters from a French manof-war. On the opposite side was another French settlement of five fisher luco. All of the cattle owned by the two settlements was u single goat, the 1 >s* of which would have proved a public calamity. Its master had brought it from France, urouud Cupe lioru. Besides the hunting aud fishing people, there was, beyond these settlements also, a regular farmer called the Irish Captain, although he was neither Irish uor a Captain, lie mis a Dane by birth, aud a farmer all his life by occupation. lie possessed a valuable stock of imported cattle?a rare thiug i at that time. Farther into the interior, on the other side of the mountain range, was the Cornelia Itnncho, a California manor-house,constructed of rough beams, and surrounded by mud aud cattle instead of gardens, parks, green grass, and ?flowers, Cornelia was a native grandee, and claimed the right to four hundred square miles of territory. Although the invasiou of her country by the goldhuuters had swept away the greater purt of her herds, yet there remained over a thousaud head. In lull dress, adorned with gold chains, pearls and jewels, she looked very magnificent, seated in a large wagon drawn by two oxen and sixteen mules, roughing over a country without road'. This, however, was upon State occasions, and of rare occurrence. Her home dress was au old broad brimmed straw hat, leather boots, a loose white shirt, and a short petticoat of coarse red flannel. She ruled over thirty Indiau servants besides her son?twenty-four years of age?and a homeless Portuguese adventurer, who, seeking a support, bail drifted to that Eden before the rude gold huutcrs dispersed the charm of silence, simplicity and iguorauco that reigned complete /?voi?nwl?nro Tho /'???**.? % %*??*?? ^ ? J ?f JUWt V< A UO 111911 V1(1|'VUIU '? l?3 UUl slow to percoivo his advantage over th? scnoru. Ho therefore proposed to her to take charge of her cattle and sell to the best advantage, on condition that he should have ouc-hulf the sum realized, which proposition was reluctantly accepted by the scnora. The Irish,?viptain now organized for the commou defense by calling a gcnernl meeting, and binding each by a covenant to lake care of his neighbor's property by urine 1 force when necessary. But a short time theieafter a boat laden with stolen beef from the scnora's herds was captured, and the cattle thieves taken prisoucrs by the Frenchmen of Low Point. The tlneves were tied, put under a boat turned upside down, and closely watched. The Irish Captain himself escorted the prisoners to San Francisco the following morning, and delivered them into the hands ol the civil authorities. Instead of being w^TVr^t lihcriy by the civil authorities, and retaliated upcu the Irish Captain by butchering and carrying olf all his milch-cows. Those thieves and this system of robbery received the countenance of rich and influential butchers of San Francisco, who furnished the means for these predatory incursions and the money to retain influential counsel to defend and acquit, through technicalities of the law, such of the thieves as should fall iuto the hands of the Irish Captain and his cohorts. Convinced that no redress could be obtained from the civil authorities at San Francisco, a secoud general meeting was held, and it was unanimously resolved that the residents of the peninsula should form themselves into a permanent committee and assume all the duties of police ami courts martial. No suspected party should be permitted to laud. Tuieves an<l other criminal* ulioutl lv? l??forc the committee, and, if found guilty, executed on the spot. Thus was formed the first vigilance committee that ever existed within the limits of California.? Harper'* Magazine. '-Japan Wax." "Japan wax," as it is called, is obtained from a tree, the Rims Succcdanea, which grows hi Japan, China and Iho Kast Indies. The Japanese call it Ilaje, or Haze. The tree commences to bear rfruit when five or six years old, nnd increases its product every year, till, at tho age of titty years, a single tree will pro uuco 3.M) to tOU pounds of berries, iroui which seventy to eighty pounds of wax can be obtained. The wax is formed in the middle of the berry, between the skin and the seed, like the pulp of a grape. It is extracted by boiling the berries in water and allowing it to cool, when the wax separates from tho akin and seed, sinking to the bottom of tho vessel in a solid cuke. The specific gravity of the wax is 0.070, and its melting point 10! degrees Fahrenheit. It is largely used, either alone or mixed with tallow, by tiic Chinese in the manufacture of candles. This tree should not he confounded with the "tallow tree" of China, which has a pith of solid tallow in all trees that have fully matured.? 1'ictii, ti/u. The "Japanese are stated to have an almost entire immunity fi om scarlet fever. Can You Eat Heartily. with relish, and without tllslress afterword t If not, we recommend to you Hood's Knrsnpnrtlln. which creates a good appetite nud at tho same tltno so Invigorates the stomach und bowels that the food Is properly digested out! all Us strength "I have been taking two botttles of flood'* Saraapnrllla for woakneM and noappetltc. With groat plaoauio I will say that I think It bw donn mo much good because I am now a".t? to eat like a man." J. C. S. CMVKcniu, HtcliardKOn Hotel, Monmouth. III. W. U. When you u&k for Hood's Sarsaparilta Don't bo Induced to bur nnv other Insl-t ''pcHood's Saraaparltla?100 Dosce Ono Dollar. Tuffs Pills ??nnb1?? tlio dyapeptlc to ent irhntever lie tvlslirs. Tlii-v cause Ilia f??il tonaalmltntp anil nourish tho body, give nppotite, itntl DEVELOP FLESH," Office. 39 & 41 Park Place, New York. IfllAAi lii'YKRH' UUIDC. IOOAmm. 140 til Inl Itl.rfcTBATlOJm, Colored idule. 1 .1 lys re. M KKN.>?!<?, Clcuirulou. N, Maternal lull act Betrayed the Cow. | Oa a farm id East Hartford. Coon., I > out of the cows had * calf in a nas- ( lure, ami tbe farm hands were unable to find it the next day. A search of the lot proved a failure until some one suggested a novel scheme. It was to bring a dog into the lot, when, in all probebility, the cow would return to her calf f to defend it. The dog was brought, and, surely enough, the cow started for a clump of bushes, and among them the oalf was found-covered up bjMho ^ ~ " k Strength of Van and Ante. tl An ant thrco-cighths of an inch long, tl carrying a burden of ono-sixtb of a grain, ?. moves at the rate of one mile in eleven 1 hours. This weight?a small oue compared with what they sometimes carry?? j, is eighteen times their own. In carry- j ing this weight they compare with a ^ man 5^ feet high, weighing 140 pounds, j carrying a ton ami a half of lead from t St. Louis to Jefferson City and back again in twouty-two and a half hours.? Ht. Louis lte/mhlic. ? M an Y persons are broken down from over- ^ work or household cares. Brown's Irou Bit- n ters rebuilds the system, aids dilation, ro- ^ moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A 1 splendid tonic for women and children. a A California lobbyist sues twenty-four members of tbe Legislature for services ren- * tiered. I,. Thompson sa> 1 lal i' "V, and oul.v sure euro for cutarrh they ever sola. Druggists sell it, >5c. Chinese immigrants are coming to California by menus of bonus certificates. t laijiks needing a tonic, or children who i want building up, should take Brown's Iron Hitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Indigestion,Biliousness and Liver Complaints, makes the Blood rich and pure. ? Tub New Orleans mint is turning out 100,- u COO dimes daily. FITS stopped free by i)n. Kline's Okiat * Nkuvk Hkstoiikii. No lits after llrst ilay's use. 8 Marvelous cures. Treatise and 52 trial bottle free. Dr. Kliue, Kit Arch St.. Phila.. Pa. )' t If atltietcd wil li sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomn- b ton's Kye-water.Druggists sell at 25c.per bottlo c 01ve> enjoys! Both the method and results when Syrup ofFigs is taken; it is pleasant ] and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptl v on the Kidnova ! Liver and Bowels, cleanses the ays- j ' tem effectually, dispels colds, head- I ; aches and fever? and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tha ; only remedy of its kind ever pro- *; J j _i -f # 1. ceptablo to the stomach, prompt in ? its action and truly beneficial in its ? effects, prepared only from the most * healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60o and &1 bottles by all leading drug- i i gists. Any reliable druggist who > may not have it on hand will pro- I cure it promptly for any one who , wishes to try it. Do not accept J any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. UBUI8VIUE, KV. NEW YORK. N V. TJAUE STl'D V. ItooK-KKEriNO, Buaincaa Form*, HUME. JYnmanthip, Arithmetic, Short-hand, etc., AJI TiionofoiiLV Tauoiit hy .11 a 11.. Circulars free. , Jtrynnt'n College, 'IS? Main St., UufTalo. N. V. n a mil r r.nut Tninrwe's PINK P. 11 K C'IjI-11 ATE ail.l oreat ub80urcb8 1.1 AaM KNOXVILI.K SENTINEL; dally 1 mo., e"** ,>Oc.; weekly 1 year, SJl; samples 3c. H?HAMikgi-ELY S CREAM BAL Allays 1 ttln an Sores. lt< t.tor? H Taste I QfcW ^aM "German Syrup" G. Glogcr. Druggist, Watertown, Wis. This is the opinion of a man who keeps a drug stoic, sells all medicines, conies in direct contact with the patients and their families, , and knows better than anyone else | how leiueuies seii, ami what true j merit they have. He hears of all j the failures and successes, and can i therefore judge: "I know of 110 1 medicine lor Coughs, Sore Throat, ! 1 or Hoarseness that had done such ef- j ! fective work in my ; 1 Coughs, family as Boschee's 1 Soro Throat, U?maiiSvrup. Ifst i winter a lady called | ] Hoarseness, at my store, who was suffering from a very i severe cold. She could hardly talk, ! and I told her about German Syrup i ! ami that a lew doses would give re- | | lief; but she had no confidence in I 1 patent medicines. I told her to take a bottle, and if the results were not satisfactory I would make no charge i for it. A few days alter she called i and paid for it, saying that she , would never be without it in future as a few doses had given her relief." CD DDV9B1T S, C'TDST WW tj 9 11MB Hook-Keeping, 6hohth*no, Teleghapmy, Ac. | White foh Catalogue ano Full Inkohmatio*. I tiisi'', Children take it withoi m-rnsasmns nt* 4*> jy - i* ^3%t . <t^ff '*? - :I i's?**;:*':' \ ,^fW^: j$| ?^ \ ^ fr* ffll The smallest is the tall^tmh^r^iercJ^s PleaiLnt^Pel" its, nothing else is equal. Tbey'ri , " ic best, not only^beqause thcy'ra| tie smallest, and the easiest to take -but because they do more good.1 Tiey cleanse and regulate the liver,1 tomaeh and bowels in a way the, uge, old-fashioned pill doesn't ream of. Think of trying to rtgr*itc the system with tho ordinary pilLt's only good for upsetting it. ' These arc mild and gentle?but! borough and effective, no pain?noi ;riping. One little pellet for a laxaive ? three for a cathartic. The >est Liver Pill known. Sick Headche, Bilious Headache, Constipaion, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks ,nd all derangements of the liver, tomaeh and bowels are prevented, elieved and cured. Put up in sealed vials ? a perfect They're tho chcajxet pill you can >uy for they're guaranteed to give atisfaction, or your money is reurncd. It's a plan peculiar to Dr. Pierce's medicines. > You pay only for the good you jet. Can you ask moio? i y RINITY COLLEGEtall Term Bruins at 1WRHAM. K. O.. Oct. 1. lm. Six Depur'oicuts of Instruction, cacti la charge of peclallst*. .Veto litlihllnps, Sew laboratories. Machine Shops, .ibraries, baths. Athletic Urounds, (14 acre* In CCD rrof Park.) Healthful I.oration, well Shaded, Keiien*ts--Z>a per term of J months, Including i wrd. tuition, furnished room, electric light, heat, arc of rooms Send j'tA' I'atalof/ue to JOIIN F. Clio WI ILL. I'rolileuN Trinity ICollcgr 'ark, Durham. N. C. ' PENSION Ljliliilali, WASH INliTOM, P.ft nCft|# Weak, Nervous, Wretched mortals get SILK well ami keep well. Health Helper t* IWlm tells how. 60 cU. a voar. Sample copy Vee. Dr. J. II. DVB. Editor. Butfalo, N. Y. "RED EVE" E9BASP2 Z a Mild, .sweet Cll I.W. No llKAUTUUKN nor W (IKADACIIK. Scud 10 evil I * 111 Stamps for A SA Jf I'LK, If your dealer does not K KLP IT. T A V LOlt lilt OS., Maxukacturlhs, Winston, N. t. It T1IE NEW~METH.Ol> *dHIB^for Al.l. elvonlo HP rancn, donrfwU. debility, catarrh,Ac. No pAtciil medicines. e?pd I 'I pamnlitel, free. ltundredsof teetlmonlala II I "Tlw'Ni-w Mcth <IO worth Its weight In goldU l l^inn live I'r K. i. i "-J. II. Siiuura, Pastor Wg VTr l lrcshn< i T. !' Carthage. N.Y laAnttH* ' * y I . to r than lite na.l Sy.-lcm. AgcnUwantea. t nt.Ai.rii si ri'tv ?o., :io iiuoadwaT, . * fftn / The Milium ln\ est mont I'smptsf, RUly of MliiiicnixilN. Minn., with a l'ald-up IO/() Capital of y.'''),.. ii declared a dividend at " !tss rata for the past six inontlis on tholr " livings Hun,!-. Write for particulars. Paid-up I loud, pur value of $50 at maturity, $?>. Installment tlond, 60 els. per inontli until maturity, par value ^jo. Wo estimate six y < sua \\ ill mature these bonds, ?s wo have six distinct tonnes of profit? Interests, lino, eiimi'iiniio!?, truiisfcrr, withdrawals and reillreeun . .? in- v. anud. WA N'I'EI). \Kciv (inml .men to sell tlie Monroe Ink Eraser. Writing can be erased in two seconds. In part or ntlrely; errors corrected, blots removed, the paper an be written upon again as perfectly as though on - ll.,,.I..a.' fnlU>".l ..-.w. ' ..ul ij.st, lakes It an almost indispensablearticle fortilclasss of rusinkss hex. Kvcryhody. from a school boy to United states Senator wants It. "Ml percent! profit a Aolntb when ordered by the groas. Price by mall VSOaiul 76e each: per lioz. gl.io assorted sizes. For urthcr particulars address with stamp, UKO. W. WILSON. Uosbt Hill, S. C. _ dropsy: Treated' Poslilvoir Cured with Vegetable Krmodlea iitTucumil tnutiHaii db of c?H'f. Ourn patieoti pro? ivunced hop?ile?Aliv l??-at pliy?iciana. From Arst does ijuiptoius rapidly disappear; in to day# two thirds of all lymptonia remurtul, ivimkI fur Irne book of teatimsaisls f inirAculou. VU!.?. |l> days' treat meat free by ail. If you order ti lal. s> iid fie. in ^tain|>a to pay poat 4te, 1)K. 11. 11. CiltEHN ?V SONS, Atlanta. Gs. m 1 "ewis* 8811iye (?j Fo v/dcr c i and Perfumed, C-O (PATJtNTRD.) Stronqc.ilawipurest I.yemade. \BBa?A'Jjt M'tkes tlio best perfumed Hard jEBm($ su).\ p in'JO mil nilcs withoutboil&6Bj?Q inlb is t!io IjpkC for softening; WHf water, cleansing waste pipes, !UL PENNA. SALT MFG. CO., cVBia^rat (Ion. Areata. Philx*.. P*. M -donnar* tU*s B?IP^TF?X5^B <1 Inflammation. Ht'ftisjW/*. Ask hit n cm in for \f. 1.. DoiiiiIui If mil lor nnlo in your place auk y?g|V 1 driller in send for cntnlouue. necure the Agency* mid net tliem lor yon. IW~ TAKE NO S?BSTITi:TK.^| ! WHY IS THE I W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE GENTLEMEN THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MOHEYP it In u seamless Hlioe, with no tacks or wax thread lo hurt the feet; made of the heat lino calf, stylish anil easy, nil I hr.vn s,. r e uiaki' rmtrr ahota of thla {inula tliii>i ii !y iilhrr I'iK i ' fartIIit'r, It oquoIs band, sewed slmcs costing from jt.tx) to fcYOO. ^ $C OlMJeiitiitie I land-sen etl, the finest calf seA anno over olTerotl for $r>.ui; equals Krouci nxptu i.men com ironi ev.oiio912.00. OH I In nil-fit-vv cd Writ Mmfi flno calf. ?P*Vo stylish, couiti i (able anil durable. The ben ihoo ever offered ut this price ; Kame grude u custom-made nh, costlog from 96.00 to 93-W. CO 50 I'oliee Shoe; I-arm its, llullro&d Htn and botlerCarrieisnll wenrthem; flue calf, seamless, sum >th Inside, heavy three voles, extanslnu edge, oie-pair will weurayear. fl* f\ 50 line I II ll; no hotter shoe ever offered St Hfc. (his price; one trial will eouvlnoa UtOM who want a shoe for comfort and service. 8*9 * '' 11,1(1 \%oiltInuinan'a shoes tssfaa nro very strong and durable. Thoso who liavo given I liens atrial will w en r uo other make. Dnuc) Si.OO mimI *1.75 school shoes sra DUJO worn hy the hoysevery where; they sell au theTr merits, as the Increasing sales show. I 2?rl n ua 83?0O llnnd-m-wcd shoa, bset kdU U/O lioiigoln, very stylish; equalsFreneh Imported shoes costing from 91.00 to $6.1)0. I oldies' -J.50, 8vi.OO autl 81.75 shoo fos Misses arc the hest fine DougoLu. .Stylish anddurableL CnnlIon.-See that W. I,. Douglas' name an4 price aro ntaiuped on the hot torn of each shoe. . W. I- bOUULAJB, liroeaioa. JfaSS. H. N. O, 85 ? at. a-?: rr~r? ?35 Tflll ?!!CS!,.Svv rjilieliP ii ??n U!ldll!C^b I.UHD&G ,OUISVILL2,KY?_^ "otmnondt-d by Pliy*i( : *i<. fiisnnl and agri-eabb- to <!io it objortion. Ily tlniirui-dR. jsaammlf