The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 28, 1891, Image 4
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~ 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
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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
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HON Business College /]
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