The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 28, 1891, Image 4
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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>
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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 ^
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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
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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
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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.
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