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w ~ A $500,000 FIRE The Chief City of Florida Devastated By The Flames. A Terrific Explosion of Dynamite Felt For Fifty Miles Around Jacksonville. Jacksonville, Fla., (Special.)?Jacksonville has had one of the biggest fires in her history. At 11:00 in tho night an alarm was turned in and the firemen were on hand in a few seconds to find the fire was in the thrcc-story crockery house of R. D. Kuight, 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 and coutaimog the Hubbard hardware store, the \Vestern Union Telegraph office, Southern Savings and Trust Company, Jacksonville Light Infantry Armorv, aud the Telephone Central Office. Then it llnvnnna as a precautionary measure was detained for thorough inspection by health officers. The steamer will not be allowed to come up to the city for a day. The City of Washington left Vera Crux, Mexico, early in August and the yellow fever was prevalent to an alarming extent in that city. Hospitals were filled, and though health authorities were stirring to check the spread of the disease their efforts ns the malady made its appearence but the disease spread so rapidly iliat it was impossible to cope with it. Many deaths have occurred duriug the last six weeks und it was a common sight, officers of the vessel say, to see a string of funerals half a mile long, stretching from the gates of the city to the cemetary, each funeral inrty waiting patiently for a chance to bury its dead. Among the lafcst victims of the 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 Evening Post printed a report of the m*iivolotu>0 vollnw foror in Vora Prnr icnt here by Snowball. lie was on his way to Cordoba to which place ho was going to claim a fortune of $05,000 and four thousand acres of laud. SnowbaU 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 Leipsic 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 question lias been raised as to what course this Government would pnr* sue in case Liberia should ask it to defeud her from the aggressions of England aud France. A well-to-do negro preacher named Benjamin, and living in Ran Francisco, has a great scheme fur colonizing two or threescore thousand Southern negroes in California and crowdingout the Chinese. He says he has secured 50,00) acres of land in bliasta and Fresno counties, i fecial 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 L ? good aud feasible one, and is backing k the Rev Mr. l'enjamin. The Platte river valley, for a distance of several miles, is overflowed, caused by a cloudburst. The German Catholic Knights, of America, met in its thirty-sixth annual convention in Louisville. Ky. Dr. Judah, the proprietor of Avenue hotel, Bedford. Ind , shot his w if- in the neck Monday night, and then blew out his biriins Tlx- suspension of the British Bank, of Australia, ts announced. The liabilities rue $H00 0(10. half of which is owing to creditors in KngUti(| Congratulated His Suecesa.ul Rival and Then Killed Him. Ban Antonio, Tkx., [Special. J ?Landas Park is one. of the most beautiful bits of natural scenery in Texas. It is thirty inilcs north of San Antonio, on the international and Great Northern Hail road. It has water falls, ferns, green trees, grasses, birds and flowers, is many acres in extent, and is retired. Two Mexican eaballeros, residents of the place, Rehlos Gomez and Jo;e Gonzales, loved Hcnita Garzia. She is a beautiful girl, 18 years old, and her parents are wealthy. The men played the guitar under her window and one or the other escorted iicr to all the festas and fandangoes. She favored Gomez. Saturday Gonzales called upon his successful rival, congratulated him and promised to he at the wedding. They went for a walk in the park. Reaching a secluded snot on the Coinal River, Gonzales suddenly drew a pistol, accused his companion of having lied about him, then murdered him. Gonzales fled to the hills. ' A large number of mcu ?i;e after him. The girl it juuij/vu nviwa IUU HIRTt l?'> IIIO DCmiDOlC club house, three stories high. and courimunicated to the Smith building and Mattier building. In the Smith building quite a large amount of dynamite had been stored. This exploded and started tires blocks away to the Northwest The souud was not heard, but the effect of the explosion was seen fifty md<s away. ^ In the city the effect was stunniug. Meu ma fell on the streets and many were injured. K Dl.t. _1 ' * ? * ri i?io jjinoo mr luur aim nvc squares was ? shattered and iho bido walks covered with broken glass The firemen could have stopped the tire at this point but for the explosiou. That rendered them about helpless. Residences, stores and hotels broke into flames, and the tire became a 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 nrc Knights croclcerv store, Hubbard block, Seminole block, Smith buildings, Mattier house, Freedmnn's bureau building, Trcmont hotel. Hotel Flneide, Ritzcwcller residence. Che'sea house, St. Josephs Academy. Tiltonh use, Murray nnd Banter's carriage repository and nearly all buildings from nnd including Simmons & Scott's shoe store to and including Lloyds Bros, grocery store, corner Church nnd Main streets. Total number of buildings of all kiuds burned is tifty-flve, and the total loss about half a mil'ion dollars. Insurance is uot obtainable just now. It will be small compared with the total loss. No lives were lost. YELLOW FEVER. It is Terribly Prevalent in Vera Cruz and Hospitals are Filled. New York, [Special.]?The Ward line pussenger steamer City of Washington nrrivine here from Meiirsn nnrtn nnd SUFFICIENCY. A little lore, of heaven a little ?hare. And then we go?what matters it? since where. Or when, or how, none may aforetime know. Nor if death cometh soon, or lingering slow Bend on ahead his herald of Despair. On this gray life Love lights with golden glow. Refracted from The Source, his bright wingq throw Its glory on us, if Fate grant oar prayer ?A little love 1 A little; 'tis as much as we may bear. For Love is compassod with such magic air Who breathes it fully dies; and knowing so The Gods all w.sely but a taste bestow For little lives, a litt'e while they spare A little love. ?Gleegon IVTiifs. A M01>ERN_ WOOING. BY OERTltUDK MORTON. "Hal, did you carry the rackets in before you came 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 looks like a shower." The young man thus nppealed to made no reply. Clothed iu that fautaslic garb which tho liberalvcoifegc ' tkitJCation of to-day renders necessary to tho moral standing of gilded youth, lie was recliniug iu a studiously graceful attitude beside the speaker. His tyci were tixed upon a fishing fleet fust disappearing beyond the horizon. A meditative look adorned his sunburned face. "Hul, 1 spoke to you." Still the recumbent figure moved not. "Henry Richardson." This proved clTeetual. The young man quickly raised himself upon one elbow. "Oh, I beg your pardon, Dorothy," he said. "What was it thaf you asked me? Why, >es, I think you are quite right." "It is very evident that you are uot quite right iu youi mind," tho young girl replied, gazing compassionately at him. "What is tho matter, Hal?" "Nothing." "Yes, there is, too. You can't deceive me, you know, so there is no use in trying. What new scrape have you been getting into?" "None at all. That is, you wouldn't call it a 'scrape' exactly," Hal gnuued. "Iu fact, 1'vo been unusually good of late, as you might have observed liad uot. your thoughts been upon other scenes intent." "Ob, indeed! Well, the fact that you have been go< ' is suflicieut cause for a revulsion of feeling of sonic kiud. Now, I want to know what is troubling you." "You even deign to be interested in my mental condition?" "Certainly. Have I not tho family good nt heart. Speak at once." Thus brought before the tribuual of I an avenging little goddess clothed in again. Seizing a little stone, he eiushca" to atoms a shell that lay beside hiiu. Then he raised himself suddenly to n sitting posture and pave his companion the benefit of his cogitation". "1 say, Dorothy, let's get married 1" Dorothy IIull came to gallant race, and she had the repose of a Princess. For a secoud 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 going over to Londou in about two months," the young man continued, unheeded, "and I don't see any reason why we can't be married and go together." Dorothy's dignity nearly forsook her; nevertheless she managed to put considerable surprise, even reproach, into her ejaculation: "Why, cousiu Henry!" "For heaven's sake,child," cried Hal, "don't air that 'cousin illusion any longer. It is worn threadbare." "If you object to me for a cousin I shouldn't think you would want ine for a nearer relative." There was mischief in the girl's brown eyes. "I should think you might see," replied Hal. "You know, my dear, that it is the proper thing for a man to be engaged as soon as he leaves college, and as long as we've u j need to consider the question of bread and butter, 1 don't see why we should not be married. "You know as well as I do, Dorothy," he went on, warming up on the subject ?"you know perfectly well that this thing lias beeu 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 man alive 'of them expects ir. And I want it, by way raf ttflMrhlimi'rKt annnmnHv ua lut ~ -i -ri? ?j i ?? uu paused for a reply. Dorothy's mind moved swiftly, and the stages through which it traveled during Hal's little speech were many. Angry was its last halting place. Very evenly, but in tones unmistakably suggestive of icebergs and glaciers, she said: "1 don't suppose it makes any difference whether I want it or not.*' This evidently inspired an entirely new tram of thought in the young man's mind. He rai?e 1 his head in surprise. Was it possible that auy one else had been making love to his little play, inatei" I I \A71. ,. 1... <.*L,a,1 r. IT ii > | lywiuiii v ' lie OWUCIIJ, as his honest blue eyes met hcis. The girl dropped hei eyes quickly. Hi should not read her thoughts. He shoul'j not see that, she wai waiting for him t( say the very thing it had not occurred t< him thin far to say. "Dorothy, look at me?is there anj one else?" The amount of incredulity that Ha managed to put into that single sentcnci touched her girlish pride. "It does not seem to have suggested itself to you, Harry, that when a mar asks a woman to marry him it is some timeg lor another reason than hecaust everybody experts it. If you desire 9uc rrss 1 should advise you to take that intr consideration iu proposals you inay make hereafter/' So that was the matter. "Oh, is that nil I" cried Hal, infinite reliet that. atTairs were no vrorse showing itself in every line of his face. Whjt bless your little heart, liorothy. O course 1 it Ua't nowadays to say much about that. One shouldn't gush. It isn't according to , our philosophy. One should discuss even love calmly and dispassionately, , and accept the result, whatever it may be, calmly, as part of his individual destiny"?and Henry smiled kindly and complacently. Dorothy looked at him curiously. An hysterical desire to laugh or cry seemed suddenly to have ta&en possession of her, but she controled herself. "Well," she said, finally, "if yon are so calm and collected now as a lover, what would you be if I were so foo?if I were to marry you!" "Ah I" replied this ninetecuth century lover eagerly, "there is where the beauty of the thing comes in. If you would marry ine you would tind that instead of retrograding, as it were?becoming i'udifferent ?and everybody docs in time, you kuow, Dorothy?no one can keep strung up to concert pitch forever?I should grow more and more fond and tender of you and careful of your welfare. You would 6ce my character unfold and ripen, disclosing 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, as llal's eloquence came to a sudden stop. "A charming prospect, certainly. It seems us though I had heard something like that last before, but I certainly will give you credit for great origiuality in other respects." "Ob, you can laugh," said Hal, a triflo discomforted, "but 1 assure you this is a serious matter for both of us." "Yes, you arc right. It is a soriou9 question," replied Dorothy, tho laughter in ber eyes contradicting somewhat tho gravity of the rest of her face; "quite serious ; but before I cousidcr your somewhat unique proposal, Henry, it might bo well for me to reply to a letter I had from Mr. llazelton this morning. It Isn't well to have too manv oilers under consideration at once, you know, and he certainly has the prior claim, for be did not hesitate to tell me that he loved me, even though I am sure he does not."' The laughter had died out of the girl's eye, and it was with something of a pained expression that she regarded Ha'. He did not notice this, however, he only heard her worda.-and ho rose suddcly by her side?his six feet of strong young humanity towering above her. "Yes," ho cried, wrath fully, "and you would rather marry a man who says he loves you, when you know he is no more capable of that feeling than this stone (Hinging it far out to sea) than to marrj me, wheu you kuow without 1110 saying it that I worship the ground you walk ou!" "Hal, don't 'gushl'" "That is the way with you girls," ho went on, his anger rising an 1 his face growing white, "you will marry for money every time, thoug'.i what you waut of more I can't well see. Cousin Dorothy, I wis'u you joy iu your choice of that old monkey." Dorothy stood up and confronted him. Iler wrath had risen, too, during the last tirade, but her voice was even and cool. ITLe huge mastiff who had come down ^search huhi* little mistress, looked vtd fro*" 'r lliti-lrvn^if tin angry pair. "Henry, I fail to see what rcasou or what right you have to speak so disrespectfully to mc. Since a longer discussion cannot fail to be painful to U3 both I will bid you good afternoon. Come Max," and the little red figure turnel and walked proudly away over the r-icks. Hal gazed after her and his senses suddenly returned. "Dorothy, come back." His voice made no more impression than the roaring sea. She did not answer. She was far out lino'i the seaweed enveie'l melts with Mux by her side. "Dorothy, dear, Dorothy, stop." "She is going straight for that dangerous, slippery place that she knows I hate," he muttered and started to follow her; then he paused abruptly, anger again coming to the surfaced. "She has Max; she doesn't need me." He turned upon his heel and walked swiftly toward the house, a few rods distant. He went directly upstairs to his own little den and shut the door with a bang; then be threw himself down in his favorite chair to think. This act was performed for about two hours to the accompaniment of many cigaret es. With tha eighteenth one the last rennant of Hal's anger burned away;he arose and yawned,and emerged from the blue smoke a "sadder and a wiser man." He would go dowu and sec 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 Di.avolo with marvelous skill, for he thought he descried a scarlet spot in the dusky hall. He sauntered indillurently along, then camo to a sudden stop. It was his mother. She heard him coming 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 beeu here more than an hour, but I can't Dorothy auywhere. There is a shower earning up, go at t once?" i Hal had vaulted tho veranda railing, and minus hat and umbrella, rushed for I the rocks. Already loud rumblings of thunder were heard, and big drops of rain came faster and faster. , "Dorothy." he cnlled, as he ran along, 'LJoiothy " 9 No answer, save the rti9h of waves and I tho roar of thunder. > Thoroughly alarme J, fI il spj I over the ) rock*, culling frantically from tiino to time, hut uo answering voice greeted f ilia ear*. Madly he ran ou, shouting until lie was I hoarsp. b At last ho stopped to take breath. He had reached the spot toward which I Dorothy had starte I when sho left him a i few hours ago. 5 Suddenly Hal saw something which sent all his blood fro n his heart. Ha , leaned against the rocks t> steady him, self, ns a deathly faintness came over him. There, half hidden l?y the seaweed, i lay Dorothy's little white sailor hat. Two [ hours ago the outgoing tide had been crashing and breaking at tho f<)ot of that \ v?rt?*>ok. i him. No bondersea and sky and n rocks became a confused blur. She must havaktade a misstep, and? ? Hill couldn't finish. Ho sat down and covered his face with his- hands. Presently the ..ooollug rain upon his _ head aroused him. He looked at hi? watch. Ho had been gone from the house "just twenty minutes. * Ho reached out and revesently took up tliclitth^^h^r^j^^i^'Q.att? a?*d like ? desolate roclvs-^-bhck nxJaToltib.". At last he turned his face towards T home. Slowly though he walked it f seemed to hiiu fiat he reached the house ,, in one brief sedmd. lie saw his iother upon the north vcr- ? andn. I ? He nsccudel the stops and went around 11 the corner of i?lie house. There, comfort- * ably ensconcol in a sheltered nook sat? : not his moth*, hut Dorothy! When tho girl saw tho bedraggled, ' wretched losing figure standing before | her, all her tignity fell from her like a . garment. | ? "Why, Hil, dear,'! she gasped, "what is the inatLr. Why don't you speak?" ^ Then, sjldeuly comprehending, she ^ cried, "Hq!, dear, your mother told me you had gQie for me. Did you think? what did y>u think'" Hpccchli*s Hal poiuted to the nat. "I sit thctc a few mmutc3," the giri n explained, "aud took it off. It began a to rain so sudd' ka, that I foigot it and. J came home'tWg7-%0ifti*?0'?w' " " Tho pleadiu^io?cv !>ecroed to restora a the young man to his senses again, f' With a wau smile he held out his arms. *' All hii tine theories, formulated a few h hours previous, lied from Ilal's mind 8 like dead leaves from a tree. n "Dorothy, my darling, do yeu lovo 11 rue!" P Two soft arms tightened alnmt his n neck. J "And wo will ha married and go over ^ the seas together?" I " "Yes, to plcaso grandmother and Aunt ? Jane and your mother." a w b A Freak of Lightning. P A freak of lightniug, probably more ? remarkable than any hitherto recorded, . has occurred near the small village o( New Salem, Vt., at the foot of tho Ilcldeberg Mountains. Arent S. Vandyck occupies an old mausion, in the parlor of ^ which hung a collection of revolutionary * swords, one of which was heavily plated c, with silver. A territic thunder storm came on n recent night, and one terrible crash ! aroused the household. All were stunned ! for a moment but, lecovering, they hast- 8 ened to discover what damage was done. * Suddculy the youuger Yandyck pointed 1 to an old fashioned sofa. Upon it lay " what was apparently tho silver image of a cat curled up in an exceedingly com- J1 fortahio position. As far as the shape and posture of tho v animal were concerned it might havo ,l. been n live cat, each glitteriug hair was separate and distiuct, and each silvery ? bristle of the whiskers described a graceful curve, as iu life. Father and son | turned toward the swords which hung ^ upon the wall just above the sofa, and ? there saw that the sword had been ? stripned of all its silver. *' family cat had been electroplated by " lightning. ' In one of the p^aes of glass in the , window was fonr.d a round hole about the size of a half dollar, where the light- 8 ning had evidently entered. " There was a charred streak across the sash where the electrical fluid had made 1 its way to the sword, down which it had passed to the cat, carrying with it the silver which it deposited upon the animal. Of course, the cit was instantly 8 killed, aud therefore remained in the po- ; sition in which it was quietly sleeping when the flush camp. It is thought that the plating of the s cat's body will prevent decay, and that v probably it may be retained among the r collection of curiosities, which is more remarkable than all. Local scientists u aio puzzled by the occurrence, and ono c. of their members of the Albany Iustitute is investigating the else.?Neu> York Sun. * A Potato Iterolution. e In Wolgast, a town in Prussia, a riot 1 was nearly precipitated on account of the high price of potatoes. The dealer asked six and a half marks for one hundred pounds, which price the buyers considered too high. The excitement became so great that the buyers, mostly women, assaulted the farmer, who was finally compelled to leavo the market place. ' The same scene occurred when he tried to sell his stock at another place. Couut a ^ Bismarck- Bohlen, who heard of this oc-wP currcnce, sent next day two wagon loads of potatoes to tho town with orders to sell them for $3 the hundred pounds. This is not the first potato riot that has taken place in Prussia. In 1847 ths population of Berlin became so excited about the bi?rh prices of potoifcoes that some people, for the greater part women, seized , tho potatoes, thae<,ytUora in the gutters, and attacked the deilers, some cf whom 1 were badfy hurt. The riots extendod to the butcher and baker shops, until the police uhd the military dispersed tho crowds. 1 Over three hundred people were arrested, of whom 200 received punishment. Several of the rioters were sentence! to imprisonment from three to ten yearsj?No* York litcorder. Tfcc Left-Side Hair Part. ? 1 A barber tells the St. Louis Globe' Democratl 4,I have seen many bathers* trade scents exposed, but I have never a seen a rnson given in print for men j parting tnir hair on the left side in more i than nine Eases out of tun. 1 talked the matter o?r with a physician once, aud he said it Light bo only a coincidence, hut that it least nine men out ot ten sleep on tpeii right side because by so doing digestion is aided and the action of the heart iltleft undisturbed. 'That, I Ahlnk, accounts for the hair partitho warmth of the side of the bead stressed into tho pillow greatly aids the jtowth of tho hair, and a matt naturally Arts his hair so as to brush it in the'dmction of the greatest growth. This ??<> accounts for what almost every oue fcvho h is tried to keep liis mustache andveard evenly trimmed , must have notioaf?that he has to trim the right side mon frequently than the left. Warmth if lc best hair tonic And invigorator diAMjy*'<d, especially a moisl heat, such asia?oduced by confined perspiration." Irtveternfe rnfjmtncvi 'n money matters was a n?li*fttB:"*rdCtcvi*trc of the I'.riDn'iffll^rsot France from I f niE FIRST VIGILANTES, 1 HJE ORIGIN OP A PAMO03 CALI- 4 PORNIA ORGANIZATION. ' I 'hieves AVlth Impunity Plundered ? Pioneer Cattle Queen?The Vigil- ' anoe Committee to Her Kesoue. In tho month of November, 1850, hero were eight primitive houses situated n the extreme point ot u little peuinsulair projecting Into the Bay of San Franisco. It was separated from the sur- ' oundiug country by a rocky mountain tinge. The eight houses were occupied >y an American huntar and seven French shcrmen, deserters from a French manf-war. \>n the opposite side was an- ( ther French settlement of five fislier- , icn. All of the cattle owned by the j wo settlements was a single gont, tho | jss of which would have proved u pub- j ic calamity. Its master had brought it j rom Franco, urouud Cape Horn. Besides , he hunting and fishing people, there was, , eyond these settlements also, a regular ? srroer called the Irish Captain, although , e was uoither Irish uor a Captaiu. He i ras a Dane by birth, nud a farmer all his ifc by occupation, lie possessed a valuai!o stock of imported cattle?a rare thiug i t that time. Farther into the interior, t n the other side of the mountain range, ? ras the Cornelia Hancho, a Calitcrniu lauor-houst,constructed of rough beams, nd surrounded by mud nud cattle in- 1 lead of gardens, parks, green grass, and ' owcre... Cornelia was a native grandee, nd claimed the right to four hundred r rjuarc miles of territory. Although the j ivasiou of her country by tho golduuters had swept away the renter part of her herds, yet there smained over a thousand head. In all dress, adorned with gold chains, ] earls and jewels, she looked very mag- 1 iticcnt, 6catcd in a large wagon drawn 1 y two oxen and sixteen mules, roughing over a country without roads. This, i owevcr, was upon State occasions, aud f rare occurrence. Her home dress was j n old broad brimmed straw hat, leather J ools, a loose white shirt, and a short * etticoat of coarse red flauucl. She ruled ] ver thirty Indiau servants besides her * an?twenty-four years of age?aud a omeless Portuguese adventurer, who, seking a support, had drifted to that iden before the rudo gold hunters disersed the charm of silence, simplicity nd iguorauco that reigned complete verywhere. The Irish Captain was not low to perceive his advantage over the enora. Ho therefore proposed to her o take charge of her cattle and Eell to ho best advantage, on condition that he bould hnve ouc-hulf the sum realized, thick proposition was reluctantly acceped by the scnora. Tho Irish Captain ow organized for the common defense y calling a general meeting, and bindag each by a covenant to take care of lis neighbor's property by urinei force then necessary. But n short time thutefter a boat laden with stolen beef from hescnora's herds was captured, and the attle thieves taken prisoners by tho 'renchmcu of Low Point. The thieves rero tied, put under a boat turned upside own, aud closely watchsd. Tho Irish 'aptain himself escorted the prisoners to a.i Francisco the foiiowing morning, ad delivered them into the hands ol le civil authorities. Instead of being oTe hpi-(djibuilfy Ly^Se clvlV"au tlion- j ies, und retaliated upcu the Irish Ca|itin by butchering and carrying off all is milch-cows. These thieves and this ystem of robbery received the couuteance of rich and influential butchers of an Francisco, who furnished tho means or these predatory incursions and the loney to retaiu influential counsel to iefend and acquit, through tcchnicaliies of the law, sucli of the thieves as liould fall into tho hands of the Irish laptain and his cohorts. Convinced hat no redress could be obtained from he civil authorities at San Francisco, a econd general meeting was held, and it ras unanimously resolved that the C3idents of the peninsula should form hemselves into a permanent committee nd assume all the duties of police aud ] ourts martial. No suspected party j hould be permitted to land. Thieves 1 nd other criminate should ore the committee, and, if found guilty, xecutcd on the spot. Thus was formed he first vigilance committee that ever xisted within the limits of California.? larptr'i Magazine. "Japan Wax." "Japan wax," as it is called, is obained from a tree, the Rims Succcdanea, vhich grows in Japan, China and tho iast Indies. The Japanese call it Ilaje, >r Haze. Tho tree commences to bear fruit when live or six years old, and iasrtnses its product every year, till, at tho ige of Hfty years, u single tree will proluco 350 to 400 pounds of berries, from vhich seventy to eighty pounds of wax ;an be obtained. The wax is formed ia he middle of tho berry, between the ikin and the seed, like the pulp of a jrape. It is extracted by boiling the jerries in water and allowing it to cool, vbeu the wax separates from th? akin ind seed, sinking to the bottom of the vessel in a solid cake. The specific gravity >f the wax is 0.970, and its melting [joint 131 degrees Fahrenheit. It is nrgely used, cither alone or mixed with tallow, by the Chinese in the manufacture of candles. This tree should not be _l l-J .L >.. H4.lt? .? >i - l?j?: iuuuuuu n?iu iiiu uuiuw trcu ui ('hina, which has u pith of solid tallow in all trees that have fully matured.? Vieayune. The "Japanese are stated to have ac Imost entire immunity from scarlet fever. Can You Eat feertlly, with relish, sod without distress afterrardT If not, we recommend to jrou Flood's Karepartlia, which creates e good appetite and at the ame time so In rigors tes the stomach and bowels hst the food to properly digested and all Its streogth assimilated. "I hare been taking two botttlei of Hood's Sar par 11 la for weakness and no appetite. With great daasnrsl wiO say that T think It has done ma mooh jood heeanse 1 am now abla to a* like a man." 3. X K. Cmracmix, Richardson Hotel, Monmonth. 111. It. a When yon ask for Hood's Sarsapartlla )on't be Indeoed to boy any other. Insist upon food's Sarsapaiilla?100 Doses One Dollar. TuffsPills enable the dfipeptto to eat whaterer he / wishes. They cause the f??od toasalmllatw' and nourish the body, give DEVELOP KaflL: Office; 39 inn. JUbi M nterii al Inst I act lletrajed the Cow. On a farm in East Hartford. Conn., sue of the cows had a calf in a pasture, and the farm hauds were unable to Hod it the next day. A search of the lot proved a failure until some one suggested a novel soherae. It was to bring i dog into the lot, when, in all probability, the cow would return to her caM to defend it. The dog was brought, ?nd, surely enough, the cow started for t clump of bushes, and among them the oslf^ww found covered up ^.rj -. . Strength of Hon and Ants. An ant thrco-cighths of an inch long, carrying a burden of ono-sixth of a grain, uoves at the rate of one mile in eloven lours. This weight?a small one compared with what they sometime* carry? $ eighteen times their own. In carryng this weight they compare with a nun H fecl high, weighing 141) pounds, jarryiug a ton aud a half of lead from St. Louis to Jefferson City and back igain iu tweuty-two and a lialf hours.? St. Louis Republic. Many persons arc broken down from overwork or household cares. Brown's Iron Biters rebuilds the system, aids digestion, reikVcs excess of bile, an-1 cures malaria. A pldydid tonic for women and children. \ A Cai\fokma lobbyist sues twenty-four members o\.t bo Legislature for services reuJered. V M. L. Thompson iort. Pa., say Hairsx.j nd only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold. Iruggists sell it, 75c. Chinese immigrants are coming to California by means of bogus certificates. Ladies needing a tonic, or children who want building up, should take Brown's Iron Hitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Indigestion,Biliousness and Liver Complaints, makes the Blcod rich and pure. The New Orleaus mint is turning out 100,COO dimes daily. FITS stopped frco by Dn. Ki.ink's Groat serve Restorer. No tits after first day's use. darvclous euros. Treatise and Si trial bottle rcc. Dr. Kline, KH Arch St.. l'hlia.. Pa. tf ntltietcd with sore eyes use Dr.Isoac Thoinnioii's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 2oc.per bottio ri, iill ON^ EXJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever proA!.*. - - -1 ? ceptable 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 01 Figs is for sale in 50o and el bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAM FHANOI800, GAL. Utmvriis. kv. mew roue. n r. rrniflE STU D V, IlooMtismo, ftrm HUME J\enman*hip, Arithmetic, Short-hand, eto., U ThoroughlyTacohtbvMAll.. Clrcul?r? free. Bryaut'a Callage, 401 Mala St.. Buffalo. N. Y. -n?i~anmrr -MarrimmmrrrniK A u I CI'IMATK and (Ikut Kuoumm M la I 1 KNOXVIU.K KKKTISKLi dally 1 rao., "* OOc.[ weekly 1 year, $1; ?ampl?a JVo. h-ely's cream b, Allay* hl ^r?nwnMief?toi Apply into the Sottril*. ?aaB^3S>W?60c. brupRlotaoi by mail. 1 "German Syrup" G. Glogcr, Druggist, Watertown, Wis. This is the opinion of a man who keeps a drug store, sells all medicines, comes in direct contact with the patients and their families, and knows better than anyone else how remedies sell, and what true merit they have. He hears of all the failures and successes, and can therefore judge: "I know of no medicine for Coughs, Sore Throat, or Hoarseness that had done such effective work in my Coughs, family as Boschee's Sore Throat. German Syrup. Last winter a lady called Hoarseness, at my store, who was suffering from a very severe cold. She could hardly talk, and I told her about German Syrup and that a few doses would give relief; but she had no confidence in patent medicines. I told her to take a bottle, and if the restllts were not satisfactory I would make no charge for it. A few days after she called and paid for it, saying that she would never be without itin future as a few doses had given lier relief.'' <E BRYANT ft STM BOOK-KltPINO. ShOWTHANO, TfLlORAPHY, &< Writs cor Oatalooue and Pull Information Ijl n.-st (,'oii;rli Mpdirlno. |rJ CuroA w hf-ro ail ?l?e fall*. Children take It wi1 wnrmoMr ^ PleactLitl^jf**?;' J lets, nothing elso w'equal. They'rlj i the best, not only'because thoy'r J the smallest, and the easiest to taka| ?but because they ?lo more good J They cleanse and regulate the liver A stomach and bowels in a way the,) huge, old-fashioned pill doesn't ~ dream of. Think of trying to regu-* late the system with the ordinary pill.; It's only good for upsetting it. i' These arc mild and gentle?but1, I thorough and effective, no pain?no, I griping. One little pellet for a laxai tive ? three for a cathartic. The best Liver Pill known. Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks and all derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels are prevented, relieved and cured. ,jf Put up in seale^^^^^-^perfe^tf They're tbo cheapest pill you can A buy for they're guaranteed to give H satisfaction, or your money is re turned. It's a plan peculiar to Dr. Pierce's medicines. M You pay only for the good you I get. Can you ask nioio? ; fl yRINITY COLLEGE. |hll Term Begin* at DURHAM. N. <7., Oct. 1, IW.^1 Six Depur'incuts of Instruction, cacti Incharge Specialists. . JB New Building*. New laboratories. Machine Libraries. Hath*. Athletic Uroumls, (14 acre* In Ct^H |?r of I'ark.) Healthful Location, well Shaded, Kriwniw.v?StO per term of a months, lucludl^^^B bmrd.tulll >u, furnished room. electric llsbt. caro <>f rooms Sr.nd fo\' Catalogue to \ B JOHN K. CHOWKLL. Prahlnit TrinitySONMpi Park, bnrtmm. N. C? " / PENSIjra^.?-..??xE^ I IVAHUlNdfON, . U. L OC All Wui, Kbbtous, Whxtchu) mortals get N IliK well and keep well. IJeatth Helper^K wlldlm tolls bow. 60 cu. a year. Sample copy^B free. Dr. J. II. DYE. Editor, Buffalo. N. T~ T "RED EYE" a MMd, Hweet OIIKW. No UEAUTUU1UN' uXI HEADACHE. Bond 1(1 cents iu stamps for A Sil^B 1-LK, If your dealer (loos not KKEP IT. TA V Ul^H 1IKOH., MawwracruxKKS, Winston, N. (1. I THE NEW METHOD *^^Rlfor At.Lchronic ill cases. dyspepsia. debllljHB MV catarrh. Ac. No patent medicines. ttspd IT pamphlet, free llundriilsof testimonial* 1 I nieN. w Mciii ills ?orthtu weight lags^^H \J I Ionic live Dr. K. rest J. ? hiiuuis. PaM^^B . Klr -t I'rceb'n Church, Car.hags, N. Y InpnllS^^^M ^ W better tlian Uio iiall System. AgentswanU^^^P M health ai'rrit to., tio hboadwat, m. |||ai The mutual In \ est men t C#bimj|^^K lUly of Ulnueaiiolls. Minn., with a mriBH III f(\ Capital of $2SO,oOO declared a dlvldenfe^^^H " v tills rata for the nasi sir months on Sui iTTtfs bonds Write for particulars. lloud, par value of $:>0 at inaturliy, $23. Installer J^^B Bond, 60 els. per month until maturity) par vaK^^B #60. Wo estimate six years will mature thesebond^^B as we have six distinct souices of proflte Intcresi.-B^J line", cancel hit Ioii. transfers, withdrawals and rem| WANTEI). A Few (land .Hen to sell the Momiob Ink lum^H Wrttlmc ran be erased In two seconds, In parto^Bfl entirely; errors corrected, blots removed, thepape^^B ran be written upon again as perfectly as houjc^^B mates ltfnn almost 1 >nU? pensabtoa rtfc t's for ft ll?as^^B ea of business hks. Kvcryhotly, from aschoal boy t^^B a United Btatcs Senator wauts it. 3Ut) per cenl. profl^^B to Agents when ordered by the gross. Price nv muB 56-50 ami 75c each; per Doc. $4.t<0 assorted sices. Foi^^B further particulars address with stamp, ^B oeo. w. wilson. gownT hill, a o. _^B DRQFSYMl FwslilvalyCured with Vegetable Keaadlsi B o**ecortd thouHand&of cas?d. Uura patiaota pro- M uneed hopslstsby bast physielans. From Ant wee* ^B symptoms rspidly disspposr; in 10 days two thirds el at>.^H symptoms rsmovsd, hand for frss book of tsstlssealala^^H Of mirAculons euros IO days' Irealneat IVtsbyH Ball. If you order trial, send li'c. In "tsmsi to par Dost* ^Bl ags. !>K. II. U. UU?J?N Oc SONS. AUmuTOs. H JBb CU.T1C9 AO n/ IUEB [] CDSId JO 7o LICH SSmK h Fo ddered and Perfumed. JH BgTtll Strongest and purest LyemadeflH VaB/v /a Makes the 6cs? perfumed Hard^M *Hoap in 'JO minutes without ing. It is tlie beat for eof tening^K tenter, cleansing waste pipes, ACT diet uf oc ting tiuka. cioaeta, wash- BK penna. saltIbfo. co.) ?SpIM'm (Jon. Afionta, Fblfe. Pa. . ALM-CI<nnM? tin) NukIBFTWTV and InUiimmattoii, H??l? WWJJJ' JJEy^ H id^l n J Ask ?dt agcnti for \V. i,. Douglas hk??/ j r not for anle In your place nelc y*afl caler to ifud for catalogue, secure tU| agency, and get thent for you. UT" TAKE NO .s(; 11 ST IT PTE. _JU vT l.'douclasS S3 SHOE QENfP&IMjl I THE BE8T 8HOE IN THE WORLD FOR THI mSnf I It laif *eamlo*sshoe. with uo tack* or wax tbruJ H to hurt the feet: made of (he beet floe cjf, MarSf ana eaiy, and because ice make more mom v Ml fl (tradethan any other manufacturer. IteauliaHM wed ehoee coating from #4.10 to #5.00. \ 00 Urutiluo Ilsiid-newed, the flneatMl', S ?*? * ehoe over offered for #S.00i equal* rrtactM Imported ehr>c* which cost from #8.1*) to #13.00. 00 ilunfl-Mrwed Welt Shoe, flue ?* etyllsb. comfortable and durable. The MM I [ ehoe evor offered at tlila price ; aame md* aa *M 1 toni-inade shoe* coaling from #100 to#040, 1 U, J .III I 'till I HI,.,. ; I Railroad K?rn J*?" and LolltrCarrterull WNitMni ImmK wmlMK, smooth lunldo. heavy three sols*, wtw slon wise, oho |>alr will wear ><Mr. Ml So Use ralfi nubcllertbostrirtflMltl this price; out trial will ooavlaoe OkOM who want u shoo for comfort anil Mrrles. 4bO as Mild fti.OO WorklscMM'l ikOM 9sro very strong and durable. Those ?M have given them a trial will wear no otbsr maka. Dau?> 8'i.OO and Sj.75 school alio as M a*Uf 9 worn by the boy savory where: thereto tL&Cl | ^'1 * "ll"ndU* HON Business College /] LOUI8VILLE,KY.?J A IReitomroondwd by Phy#lolftna.^tt| I Pleoaant and