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1 2 pbb0f?- wise words. Indolence abhors exercise. The apark of envy kindlei the fires of hate. If pains are taken satisfaction should be gl^eo. ? It is easier to refuse another than to deny sell. Even those who lire high are not out of harm's r**eh Hope will not revive until confl ieoce has been restored. The man who wants nothing could not possibly wish for leas. **ie livelihood, oan iU "^^^^tineye telegraphs Its message of love; the tongue expresses the sentiment. He that speaketh against hit own reason speaks against his own conscience. "" ? ? --.1 l. _1 ..A iii? wroog'uuor iiiajr ouwugu 111 uiuu log justice ouly to he overtaken by remorse. At present let us remove what is bad, which must be dono before good of any kind can spring up. Sense shines with a double lustre when it la set in humility. An able yet humble map is a jewel worth a kingdom. Though truthful utterance is worthy of highest commendation, it cannot be denied that a lying tongue would be bet ter still. Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are bitterer than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim. It would seem absurd for one to plead that the vengeful thing* one has said about another wore uttered in spite of ono'6 self. I fAhlfffs npl too much to spend all its I time in looking forward. Old age is apt too much to spend all its timo in looking backward. People in mid life and oil the apev look both ways. Coldest City In the lVorld. The coldest city in the world is Yah utsk, on tho L/jnn Kivor, in Siluria. The mean temperature of th* town throughout the year is tho same as thit on the summit of Mont. HIhqc. There are many populous cities lying much nearer the North pole, hut in none of them is the climate so bittei or the ground so continuously nnd so deeply frozen as in Yakutsk. And yet, notwithstanding, it has a resident population of f?0OO souls, UVY'l vi. xm ?L Uurliu^ hitv ^ y thousands of merchauts. hunters and manners throng its markets a' specified seasons with the costliest furs and skins and all sorts of necessities of life foi sale, and nver a million of ruble* change hands yearly. ~Philadflphin The First Irish Immigrant. The Chicago lltraWn expe lition to discover tho spot where Columbus first landed, has brought, out. at least one his torical fact of importance that hn liitli erto escaped attention. The world is at last in possession of the name of the llr.sf T.I.U I ! A A? A f I . A , <i (mi iiiumfcji .iin iu America, wiimiei S'i many of his compatriots from the green isle have (since follower! him. The journal* of Columbus, discovered hy Navarelle in 17ft ). have been brought and a careful examination disclo-ses the fact that Columbus's companions on the voy age included one "Guillcrmo Iros, Natural de Oalne^en Irolanrla," who was """ . '.. _ _ , - 7 "WttTnel frTSpaTn-" bearing thn greatest news of whoso intlnito , importance no one then even dreamed.?AW Orleann Picayune. Heaven's Arlllleiy. The largest rainfall on earth has been recorded at Chera Punji, on the Hay of Bengal, but the most violent thunderstorms ever observed are probably those of French Guiana. At Cape Orange,some forty milts smith of Cayenne, Captain Ellert, ot the French navy, saw the rills of the coast hills turned into waterfalls by a cloudburst like storm, while the crashing ot thumlci peals was incessant and often almost deafening, so much so, indeed, that some of the sailors began to mutter long-forgotten prayers?probably thinking the day of judgment neat ?t hand. All Post Offices to Bo Visited. Washington, Postmaster at each inuntv sent it.ir.nni. out tbe United States, asking him to make a personal visit to each Tost Office in his county and make a detailed u-port upon its condition as to convenience of location of the office, cleanliness, order, keeping of the accounts, petsonal attention of the Postmaster, improvements in the service made during the last year, and growth of the hi win*.-? t!? f.??i twelve months. Importing Russian-Jewish Farmers. W. \V. Long, a member of the Xortb Carolina House of Repiesenlativcs, and i number of other large planters in tht Roanoke bottoms, me mmpleting ar inngements to bring to their plantationi some five hund'ed of the e.vpatiiatcd Russian lew i?h farmers. Mt. l.ong has an agent in Odessa who is making the arrangements. The people to be bmught overate all experienced agriculturists, and they will be engaged chiefly in the cultivation of ' < " hi ? The Pope Dangerously 111. A Rome cnblegiam says Capitan Ftacassa announces that the Pope. \Vrd?es day la?t, was nttacked by an amft vi< ceral derangement and his condition causes some uneasiness to his physician?. ' SN 11'AI.IAN roptThe "Fanfulla" states that a ( itholir power presumably Austiin Iris i tained tlyit a Inige nmimity of ih" at dinals are de nmined to efirt an Italian Pope. A Return to the Whipping Poet. Nasiivn.ijc, Tkkn . Spe< ial |- The w li pping post. for n certain class of offenders, has many advocates. Mr. Thoni ;.s Im 11 making wife beating punishable by not more than 1 ('0 la?he?, passed the s cond tending in the house, and in (he senate Mr. I* !k offend a hill punishing burglary by day by not more than forty bodies and not less than fifteen. It is thought both hills will heroine laws. A (food Time (' ?nili:g. Maxim, the inventor of the gun hearing his came, is at work on a flying machine. "I hope,"' said he, "to he aide to pour down half a ton of nitro glycerino^n a town, without the inhabitants knowing where it comes from. And," he adds, "I hope this will r^voiutu nue the face of the globe." What a pleasure is in Store for us! ? Detrni* F. C6 Pr*W. j r MINISTER EAOAN HEARD FROM. ' 1 But His Dispatch So Indefinite That 1 the Oorernment is at a Loss What to Do. ] Wa?jiikotoj?, D. C., [8pccisl.l?At last the Department of State ha* heard < directly from Minbfter Eagao. The news came in the shape of the following cablegram : "Santiag?, Sept i, 1800. Hec-" r-y ugiou?ine uecis- , ivc buttle at Valparaiso, was fought on August 28th. The revolution was entirely successful. President Halrnuceda resigned on the 29th. The Kcvelntionist*1 were fully installed. Everything is tranquil. (Signed) ?#gan." The delay in receiving this report has been solved by the Department. Acting Secretary Wharton h*s received informs tion that telegraph connection between Santiago and Valparaiso, the western r*nKlr. liirminnb h-nl rut m n rl hfti just boon repotted, and that the line eastward (torn Santiago to Buenos Ayrcs has been inteuupte i by heavy snows in Andes mountain-' Although Minister Engan's <nblcgrnm othcially indicates the success of what he lescribca us the revolution, he has not yet informed the Depaitincnt of State that a Government ha* been set up that may be i?cognized as a Government of the people, rcpiesentntivc of the country. Af < oidingly tho Depaifinent will await further detailed information fiom the minister before accoiding fonnal recognition to the new fJovci ninent. MYSTERIOUS MARRYING PARTY. T. W. OJawaon and Emma McCuaker Procure n Mai . inge-Licenae. Panvim.z. Vs., jSnceial. | ? "T. W. C'lawaon, wile, and child ' registered at the Noimnndie Hotel. Iioin Wilmington, N. (). They took a loom at the hotel and ate dinnei togeibe- |t ts also said that they n 11 aiiived lioni the South tins j morning. Later in tin- day hey called At the clerk's olli< e bu a in;*:iiagc li'ensc. km m a am' till. tol itnai.isi The man gave hi* name as above and : said that lie was a |oiun diet from Allan In. The woman gave In i name as Kinma McCuskei, aged twenty thiee, and made affidavit to the statenieut that she had come to Danville sov<ml days ago to go into laisiiiesH, and tii:it .-lie was a resident of liis city. A MCRNM'. III I No M A It III AO R. Upon this swotn statement the marriage liceuM! was is.-ned, I nit. it has not yet been ascertained it a marriage cereI .Nil linml" Irll 111 the evening bn lie .-mult SYMPTONS OF INSANITY. The Empress of Austria Suicl to Be On the Verge of Matinees. A der.pab li from Vienna, ?-a\s. "The Fmpits of An 11 i t liiw. vinptonis of insanity. Sin is v< i v ?< ten I i?, tlcsii ing lii/ane ? osinmi s in whhh I o appear in public ami indulging in other oddities. The Kmpeior hi ailed in inctliral experts, who pronoun* d the ? ase a grave ?>ne, being iismh iatnl with an heinlitary malady. The Din lies* <1 A lem on, a sis ter t?l the Empress, >. in an insane asylum nt (tial/., and the marl King of Ha vaiia is a romin >! the Kmpiess." Foreign News of Real Interest. Kaisrr William's latest title is a "Ho l.en/.ollern ("Jon. (fordon."' Twenty iltintMntl ?v.? i Mine, do Lc sepn has the reputation of Inir.g the mtisi pious and mo-t decollete ladv in Paris. I.eon I'lath I is urging his brother novellists in Pram t to fotin a union ami publish for tin ins* Ives. Their aie l.'ill paper mills in the world, of win* It (Jcrmany, the greatest paper makei. has I. I f ?. The f.?- d> Porn Millet's Ax-ot iation has ntlv:iii< ei| tin ptite i?l Hour ilnee shillings a bag of Jill pounds during the last Week. Ktotn Man Plmdhatt ' I' nn?ongsakdi, IMIP lit I ll?? I 11 i 11 11 ll x lit l\ I 11 t 11 11 1 ! I. HI U I ll II the Kii-t of Slant, i- i x|na led in I'm is. Tliiilv t*\.? -I?> ! hi ?'l tjiieen's ( olhge, lloll i-t. have (H'tiii hi <1 tin- < ouni il 1 lint \\nun n -hall nut In ilinitiiil to stiiflv. Alt i.<<li linn Sun. ii ( hinamnn fiom Shanuliai. ?:i. h:i|it 1/ml Its the Urv. I'. Stninfmil, iulm.il. in Hitiiiiii"linni. Kn^- ' 1.1ml. two week- n;;o. I ... v'|...tniimri un mKlll? jtait 111 the Wml.r- F.iit, at i hi< in.i, ;ii. I>.hi- i nter ed 11 pnii at I h'll iii \\ i 111 i mi lie-tilt ? a in I ent rey A i niilen in < .<1 leadin.; lietlin fat t ui - ami nuinli. i - ot tin I It n It - t .1:4 tuts ' In hi, with ll. ii W 1 unith. iiupt 1 i ll t 0111 I iiiissimit'i tu ( lii.au... in tin . ha 11 It ivas 1 resolve.I that ir|>n-1 n'.itii t - of vaiious j hiant lies of indn-liv ! .- n-.-ioneil t.? the ' 11 lit v of |ii e|i.*u ini; the j .art tin v aie to i take 111 the I''!::! :': Sunt step- lip [ taken to |..i in a .. nt 1 a I 1 on unit tee \\ hn h | I -hall 1 oinl.1 lie in mie l.n'lv i. j.it-ent itives I of the fid'lr tontio- of l'timsia. Smith (ieitnativ. Westphalia. Sa\on\. and other , .stations of tin (It iin.m t ;111>i?? tor the ! i pui pose of furtlii'i iny nutted (deiin.in in . j toil -t in the K\V.l'iiion Mis Astor's Di',f?ns Sold. Nv.w Voii?% ('ii\ ^(hiVi' ! 111.' two ?11 ^ = i in pott ? ? I I'M \|> A-.tot, w his h weie m i/fi| l>\ iii-io.u . tin i i wi iccold lit piihlii am lion to ilav |. i ^t?t?(i ami $<?0 11 >|?( i ii\<1 v mio (5o\pimncnt i notion. IV!is. iho I anions dressmaker. j rondo i!m uotvii I<>i Mm A-toi while she aviis in Pails this -11111iii? i mil si ; reed to 1 | send tin' oi<\\ nv to tins t <>iin11 v t' t V l>. ' Ho lind tni in invoii t il ii> on. i n of --ilk ' wearing app:oa . w itli | Hint t. mis, oi two I) 111)?I iff) ilollais M In >i r In- m ?-ol arrived in Now Vatk on .hil\ l. thov were seized loi an 11ti111'i valuation. and whon appraised won-\ aim .I .1 ijaii'l *0, 1 or nlioni :t,Mif) It ii:.?, 'I'll, duty nlar i'.l .hi i t>ic . -.it. . - . . , " inp the total valuation n: 'In- lountiy Mis Asii'i i? !? -? ?I l<> pay this amount. Lnfe N"\vs Notes. I ho *i\ tlmu-aixi halm - that have horn named after ('hauiu i \ M l)epow may -. hi" ilav vote leu him for I'n-idrnt. I'f would th< n have ftil|\ si\ thou ami i ' hauueeys towards his < )< ? ii..n. The I iiiisii i>iii Nat until ( onfercnce i will ho hold at tho old town hall in Saratnpii, N. V., September 21st to 24th. 1 Their i onforenees wore he'd for several 1 \ont? iu the Method' ' < It'll? h at Karato- i o'i. Iu11 ' Ins \i ai hoth tin Methodists and > re.shytoi ians dor I ine to have theii i huroh o I I'm i s list d foi sin h horetioal purposes. The Ifev. I'r. ( haile* If Spurpoon. of tho Metropolitan taheimiele. London, wlio lots In on voi v ill for a lonp time p isf and who. last Moiulav. sufTorod a t- 'apse, h is rallied fioin the lit of weak 11??; whi- li ovo'eauie him end j? is hop i tiiaf lie will continue to pain sirenpth. ( IONO OF.THE MOW mo MACHINE DC [ rattle among the loot graen graee, I clatter amid tha clover. Qj I wander away through meadow* fair? The bluebird'* my fellow-rover? [ play lo and out 'raid apple treea, 'Neath bower* of golden green. 9b: there never wai aong to merry to bear ^ A* the cong of tbe mowing machine. When the run hang* low in the burning aky li *nd ti; ?? oiu^ujt morning. la The tall grccu fciusvs all tremble with fear u A* they hear my rnuaical warning. t< Like conquering host on Held of war b I march through their rank* of^gre-jo. Oh! there never wo* aong *o merry to hear t| Aa the song of the mowing machine. X I rattle among tbo long green grase, - ? f clatter amid the clover, r< Lord of the harvest field am I, The whole broad country over. n In orchard and meadow, on hillside fair Wherever the grass waves groen You will hear my melodious i attlo-ty-bang c The song of the mowing machine. ?M. M Lfivitt. in f^unaion Journal. '' g THE OKALALOO'S GIFT. r, ,! BY MRtJTRN ANY W. A. CCRTIS. fl "Tiiree hundred and fifty dollars, Jiin! My, ain't we rich! We can buy a mule, a plow and a new house, now. I'm dreadful tired of living in that old shanty; the roof leaks so, and the walls are so full of cracks that let in the wind. It's lots better than sleeping on door steps and in back allers nights and staying anywhere days, but we are gentlemen planters now, and we ought to have a house: a nice one, painted white, with green blinds, is what 1 want to have." "And Bob, let's buy a mother and a little sister to live there with us and be cozy-like How much do you think we could buy a mother for/ Oh, how nice that would he. We'd tie out in the fields working, and the mothei would come out and watch us, and the little sister would play around aud pick flowers, and the nights when we came home, the mother would tell us stories, just the way mothers alwuy . do, and she would j tukecare of us when we was sick." "You don't buy mothers, you goosey, , you just has 'em, that's all, and if you J don't have 'cm, why, tlint's all there is j about it, you can't buy 'em." "I should like to have a mother awful | well. 1 never had one. I was just found. I don't see why 1 couldn't have a mother in*'- inrwh as any other j ( little hoy, for 1 know 1 should ! >ve her. I suppose it's because I'm so poor. Old Mrs. Flannigan was all I had, and when l I didn't make enough money plnyin'my fideile around the streets she ustcr lick ( mr? I i b ? vn v t v {'rifLv I nm ulNr) T ut.a out of St. Louis. " , ' I Im'l a mot hoi oiHcf. and they both ( died when I was a little feller, seven I veins old, and I wen' to work as a newshoy and lived the last way I could; the worst way, it would ho lor most people. J Mehhe we ? mild advertise foi somebody f to come hero and live with us and bo our t mother, hut who would come here? I ^ guess we'd bettor wait tiH we begin to ( grow neh, then we'll advertise for a v mother and see if it will doany good. I ' don't expect it will,* though. We're | brothers now, anyway, so you have one | relation." The speakers were 15ob Brown nnd * Jimmy Simpson, two hoys, aged fifteen standing upon the banks of the Okalr. ^ loo River, Mississippi, watching the first | steamboat that had come up the river c that winter r.s it disappeared around a ^ bend. The dnrk, turbid river, swollen f by the heavy winter rains, llowed swiftly j between its low muddv hanks. Back t from the river shores stretched an interminable forest of young trees. Beneath ( the trees wa- a thick giowtli of cane and j underhiusli, making a well-nigh impassable jungle. A cleared space of several iifres- the site of a futuie i ottcn field? a little hut with a earf beside if, and a mule eating the tendei tops of young cane were the only sign- of civil1/ition. X (>ne year before the boys were living in St. Louis, the chic: a newsboy, the J younger a street musician. For several years they had been fast friends, the * elder and stronger often protecting the little musician from the attacks of evilv 1 disposed street urchin*. They often talked over plaus for bettei inn y? ) | onion, and it \vn; a resolution resulting from one of these talk-- that caused Mr. Matthew Kineher. real estate agent, to see walk into hi* otHce one su.uiner morning two small chaps whose impor tant air scorned strangely out of place with their ragged clothes. "We see a sign out here, mister," said Hob briskly, "saying that you had farms for sale ?v: ?: r. "Oh, \es; those Mississippi lands. . Yes, they are only an a- re. Do you know of anyone who wishes to bay." "I want ' ? buy myself," said Bob. "How many acres would you like?' said Mr Kineher, stniling. "Three acre?. 1 have and I'll need some money to begin farming ' with." ' "How are you going to get there'* Do you know how lai it is'"' v " I'wenfy miles, thirty miles. We can ' walk." I ' "Twenty miles' Wliv, it i* hundreds y . r ? - ? ?? i>? steam- | 1 boat. and alter buying ycur tin en acres ** yon wouldn't have enough left to take r you down there. " i< Sadlv the boys departed theii project | shatteied. itut Bob nv>!o- I i . return | to that real es'ato o'h- . - ,;n.. ,| IV with enough mouev to r un oa hi; plan. n .Itmmy was unable t>> contribute anv thing, as all the money witieli he received during the 'lay was taken from him a*. night, and he was severely beaten if his ti employer suspected that lie had kept ,v back any for himself In si\ months t] Bob had added *!.' to th> f.'!'1 abeadx in the savings bank, and the luck of I?> I f| reward given him for finding a lost doc I increased his hoard to *tht. J \ Again the hoy sought Mr. Ktncher's t) office. Th<- <ign advertising Mississippi t.f lands at *?? an aero still stood he fore the <5^ office door. Mr Kinchei renumbered i their faces, or pet haps thou rags, and ti greeted them cheerily. Hob told him m their errand, how they now had ?fiO,and |v hoped that hi* would ho enough to pay for three acres and th" implements nocea- u sary for cointnenoinu farming. Mr. Kin i ( her sat thinking for some time and final- | ,, ly mid. I p, ' Well, hoys, you seem homy? to ti^ ! p, i', and 1 helieve tint you will succeed. I n Tt will be hard work, hut if you show as | p, ir.uoh energy as vou have shown in ?av- I ,.;l iU" ^tiu mil ol \our s||i|ider earning-', ,, : v. ili sucoeo i. I'll taints ai-' locate I ' p, >: the Ukalttl'io Hivcr, and btfor# the :,f war were rich cotton fields. They are j fn it.-. W co*4$d\with growth of joxlug ( mber afa thilk underbrush. Now you I J go 4d*n &ere and begin the work I H??rf?yoJ.r three acre#. For the 1 resent BwilU truat you, and yon cm 1 'J m?A qI the proceeds of your flfat 'op? Vu land is very rich and will ] row ahJS# three bales to the acre. If ou go down this summer and commeaoe t earing tlfeir laeJ, you can make a nice | '.tie aunT eellfoir the wnmt ? - mil to t|?e*?tetmboat* when thej come , p the. river. , I will give you pcrmimton ) cutyoftl wtcrc you please, a> it will | clp cung-^y&od, abd if you can clear tljife Acres, go > heaa and <! ? it, and pay^mw out of your ] rst crop.// 'The Oaalaloo is not naviga , le at Seasons, but when the winter sins veil It, steamboats com'; up to j my of the#11 cotton crop. You will , eed $tos, % cart and a mule?and you | in b<y a cheap old mule that will do , jr aycar or two?aad a few sacks of arvical aud rubers of bacon. Your luvgc down the river will cost yoy very ittl*. Yes, I think you can mauagc to charted on $80. .'poo tue first day of August the boys oiud themselves sitting upon an ancient timp and eating ash cake as they gazed | t the Okalaloo sullenly flowing past | her now home. Three days later a ud- cabin had been built, and the boys urted to the labor of cutting timber nd clearing land. Their life was unvenful. Chopping aud hauling timber, uttlig r.nd burning underbrush, occu >ied vhoir time. No visitors disturbed httn, \n\ the nearest house was eight uilfs n 'YftT lri"nnviIIr ,the nearest own, wns fctcen. Day by day their learing grew wi ler, day by day their voodpiie grew higher, until on the 1st jf December they sold 100 cords to the irst steamboat that had come up the iver that season. Three hundred and ilfy dollars wi^ tie- reward of their out mouths' hnr ! toil, and they could nv all that tbev wrl aud even think >f a better house an1' a few simple com OliN. II nUU uc ;i l iming nvi?Tuj ,v/. mine days, and a- tli*; boys turned from he lauding aftei die steamboat had disippuured tbo rain was falling in sheets. in the outskiits of otetsonvillc, on the 1 it laud I3inuf along the Okalaloo. stood 1 pretty white home with green blinds. Sir years before a young Massachusetts lor tor had settled in Stetsonville witb lis young wile. Beginning with ilmort nothing, aud owing a large sum oorrowe 1 to defray the expenses of his ^duration, I)r. Young gradually built up a good practice, and at the end of live years had paid all his debt? and was the o.vncr ot a plehsant home. But when a* last lie seemed fairly on the road lo prosperity an epidemic of yellow fever swept ovei the State, and he was among the lirst to fall. He left his widow noth ng but the homestead and $300 with which to support herself and fotir-yearrld daughter. A veav bad elapsed since he Doctor's death. Mrs. Young had mdeavored to devise some means of sup sorting herself, but Stetsonville oflered 10 opportunity. The people were kindly lisposed, yet there was nothing which hey could do for her. The schools vere supplied with teachers, there were Iressmakcrs aud milliners in plenty, heond this, there was nothing for a voman to do in Blctsonville. Little by ittlu the slender stork of money in the lank had grown smaller, and on the first inniversary of her husband's death Mrs, Young knelt by the bedside of her sleepnwi*,' "tor *n'o last (foliar had been aient thnt dav. Without the rain was ailing heavily. It hatl been raining for several Ways, and the Okalaloo boiled villi its overcharged flood. Rising ibove the roar of the rain and river a loarso, distant whistle told the town that he tirst steamboat of tho winter was oming up the river for a cargo of the otton. Worn out with sorrow and lulled ?v tho pattering rain Mrs. Young fell isieep. The bell of the steamboat rings is it. is nearing the town. Men with antet ns come out from the warehouses ilong the levee. 1'he steamboat reverses its engines and floats slowly to,vard the wharf. To the men standing >n the shore tho black chimneys of the ?oat seem to tower unusually high, and ven the hull seems to rise above them. I'he furnace doors are opened and a ^ieat bar of re I light streams across the nin-dimpled water Now the men see vhv tho steamboat p.- ? ? -- UlgU noove hem, tho rivet has risen clear to the top >f the wharf and is rising above it! The Mississippi has broken its levees aud conlected with the headwaters of the Okuliloo by the northern passes! A flood is cuing the lower part of town will be indei water in an hour. Quick, warn he people! Men disperse through the ower town, awakening the sleeping citi.vu>, i!te river comes creeping up into lie streets, everybody rushes for the high and. At last the messengers themselves mist turn from their errand of alarming lie sleepers. II is everyone been warned?" "Everyone has been warned," is the rply, and the messengers run for the ligh land with the water close to their ieel> I hey have overlooked one house, so one lias rapped on the door of the vliite house with the green blinds, the list house on the, street. The river ieeps up, it lap- (lie doorstep of the v lute limter th" do<?r, it climbs the wall, highi an I higher. 'I'he sleeping mother and hil l hear nothing,they sleep on. There s a shgli jar, the home trembles, is ifted frojn its foundations, floats, and he rivn I'imis it away. Wiienjlob an 1 limtnv awolte in the mining it was to tin I the rain cjased n<t tho i Ion Is clone I nvay, hut the iv? r InJh above its hanks. The knoll j?on wftoli their hut was locate I was lie only J m<l that rose above th? water s fat as Vhey could see. Up and down if* river iilley the Hat lan<l was under atei ami the dense forest prevented lem from t"eiiij* how fat tho land on fher si le y>f the rivei was overflowed. II sorts .)f things were tloatin_' down le turbid stW-ain. hoo.s, planks, hen >ops, barrels,yoxes, an I n nv and then nail she Is ami hayst i.*ks hurried by. he lower course* of the Okalalo > tlowe I iron oh a deso! i'.e, marshy region, nl,?st uninhahite i. hut was u thickinlmbitc I i*. _'ion ol high ground tout its upper v.-aters, ant the objects hich the boy-, nw tl >ai by were from ie inhabited district. A low planks el lo^*. as.-l once 6 coop with three 'lis in it. Heated t--".0rr M|v>n the knoll, it tlm s'viftei current* farther out car* e I rn-arii evervthi'ig past. Tno boys id no Imr wit*i watch to pursue am,! Ill* *11 * iilt '.Itts uhieh the bojP.tifu! in o.l :I t.. u i<> nsoever i-o'ild take, | 11 It ih 'i- l i,..|* some p e < <?l rope j d '. lis* . an i ia< *ni;isy" one -*n l to a j re close to tiie water 9 edge and the V" >th?r about bis waist, waded out far into be river, aecure against the danger of Ming swept away by the swift current. f Bob was making the third trip into the ivater when Jimmy shouted: ''Here comes a house! Here comes a iouse!" Away up the river is a bouse floating swiftly toward them Bob turns bsck to land and anxiously watches th<* h<vi?? ' remap* tt will float to land here, perhaps it will," says Jirnuiy. The house whirls about; the current is 1 bearing it toward the knoll. 1 "Look at it lit'scomin^ right hetcj 1 WeTf W* it tiee, iQBP ? louse witB green oiinas, trie ury wn |>f home we wished for," dud Jimmy I jumps up and down with joy The house floats nearer. What is that fluttering in a second-story window! It's a Liaudkerchicf, a hand holds it; there is somebody in the house. A woman leans over the casement and calls to them, but the roaring rivei drown* her voice. Taj house floats nearer. Will it come to shore; will it run aground in the shallow | 1 water, or will it float on, on, to bo over- 1 turned by stump or snag, or drift up j some reach of the Mississippi to bo Ic.'t by the reccdiug waters stranded in an Impassable swamp, in a dreary biyou' It touches bottom, it pauses, it pauses igain. Hurrah! it stauds stork still, I ituck fast on tbc river bottom' But the river rushes furiously against it. (Jar it j stay where it is, or will the rive? lift it, , push it. tear it from its refuge aud carry it off again? Look ! it is sliding along in the mud; now it is aground onca more. There is deep water beyond the knoll; if the house goes much farther it will a second time bo completely at the mercy ef the Okalaloo. The woman at the window waves her hands frantically; a little girl appears at her side. "Ob, Bob, Bob! it's our mother, aud our little sister, and our white house with green blinds; they've come down ' the river to live with us! Oil, oh, oh, ! wade out and tie the rope to the house; j hurry up, before it is washed away!" Bob dashes into the river. The swift current lifts hirn oft his feet, but he is a good swimmer. He reaches the house, passes the rope through the two corner windows and tfes it securely, just as a | final bullet of the rive: pushes the house into the deep water beyond the knoll. The house swings around toward shore. The rope holds and all is well. The white house with loocii bliuds now stands on top of the knoll, and in it lives a hnppv and prosperous family, consisting of a mother, two hoys and a little sitter. Where tluco years before there was a tangled jungl* 'tee's, underbrush and catte, there is now a lino cottou plantation, and it is all paid for, too.?St. Lows Itepuhhr. Brazil's Domestic l'ot. Rats have multiplied to sir.h a dezreo in Brazil that the inhabitants rear a certain kind of snake for destroying them. The Hraziliftti domestic servant is tho giboia, a stnall species of boa about twelve feet in length and of the diameter of a man's arm. It is sold at from $1 to Si.f?') in the markets of Rio Janeiro, l'cMiambuco, Bihiu, etc. Tliis snake, which is entirely harmless and sluggish in its movements, passes tin* entire day asleep at the fool of the staircase of tho house, scarcely deigning to raise its head at th" approach of a visitor or* when a strange noise is heard in the vestibule. At nightfall the giboia begins to huut. penetr.aflfc' T.T ^ico above the ceiling and hci^Bg^miic dooring. Springing swiftly fo^^k it seize the i.at by tho nape and ct^Bbs its cervical verte'n.e. As serpents ronuy eat, even wheu at liberty, the giboia kills ouly for the pleasure of killing. It become; so accuito ne 1 tr? ifc infte^r^ hrmcn tli?l if nurrinrl . distance it escape?and finds its way back home. Every house in the warmest province? where rats abound owns its giboiu, a fixture by destination, an t tlio owner ?' wliich praises its qualities when ho wtshe- to sell or let his house.?Aie.o Vork A>/->'rti?er. Gov. Brown Inaugurated. Frankfort, Ky . |Special. |?Governor Brown was inauguintcd at ^10011 Tuesday with elaborate and iinp'tssive ceroihoiiit.s. Tin re wore fully 20,00b people present. Gov. Bin knot, in surrendering his 11 ust to his successor, made, a atimi mlilirns. after wliii h the mayor of Frankfort presented the new Governor in a few words Gov. Brown's inaugural was very biief. The oath of office was admini. tered l?v Chief Justice Holt, of the Couit of Appeals. The inaugural j festivities dosed with a giand leception and ball at night. Lincoln's T>?np>htor Unriicd. I.oni'i'n, |Cablegiam. | The marriage >f Miss Mary Lincoln, daughter of the 1". S. minister. Hon. Roht. T. Lincoln, to Mr ( has. B. Isliani. of Chicago, took place at 2.JO p. m., Wednesday, in i Brompton Paiish church. A number of ! the fashionable English people and Amer- i icans, mostly intimate friends of the. ! Lneoln tamiiy, filled the diutch. After the maniage ceremony the most intimate I friends of the two families pat took of thp wedding breakfast at the United States Minister's residence in Cromwell Gar- I dens -tm.? \i?>p ?? liuv.inno is me larg i " fur yerrs. My Liver nat for n vrnr r?u?Pi| IPO n ?rr?H i<- tl of ironMo Una anr*n?M In Hip t>aok. IIMIp nppoilto, n hlttor tattp In thp mnnfh nnrl n e? n<rnl t'a I fooling nil i OTf, thnt I roilM nut liwntn llnvo hren inking ! Hood's SsrMpArttln for Ihc past throe months ? |(h preat l-enettt. I (eel better, the Bad Taste in the Mouth to gone nix! m> ?< ncr(il hpn'ih U again finite uoo.1 I No longer fool those tlr<<t spell* come nvcr nip iu> I i formerly <1ht. Hood's Sarsaparilla I* eertalnlv a most PYcellent medicine. MilI. It. Citrer. Fall River, Mum. t>. B. He dure to (tot Hood's irsnparllla. TRINITY OOLLF.SiT-; Opens Thursday, September :tnt Trinity Col ego, Kamlolph county, N. O, with enlorawl faculty. KM?? W?w. tVimsen-y. Witt- for ftulletin t-*? John k. Crowki.i. Pros't. Trin ty College P. O . Kauilolph count*', N. C. I ely^ CREAM BALI Allsys lion ?i,< NWthe Sores, Itostorca Taste BK TiTves Kc'lirfatonro An'y"" a??^i/*.? 60c. 1 ?fuj'>r bit or by uuui, KLY " ~ 4. ? A Iniqw Clock. On? nf the attraction* of the bnautiul Monte Piacio garden*, at Rome, in a call/ unique clock, which Is usually an >bject of interest to groups of pneeeeahy, vbo stop to minutely inspect it. A gen rnl view and description of this curious ind artistic piece of mechanism is given is follows by the Hvroloyic<d Iteziev: The very '.a v.uui|jvaevi >f three brunches in rustic work. It itands upou a square stone block, surrounded on its four sides by beautiful leaf plants, ivy and grasses. The stone foot itands witbin awaterbasiu. The upper yaWuftho .swe mmabrn rn t with glass on each of its four sides, upon the cupola stands a staff which carries the two bells for the full hour and quarters. At its upper eud is a small vaoo in the shape of a battle ax The frame for the wheel and levers of the striking work, in which a small centrifugal pendulum takes the place of the fly, is close underneath the dial. At the hack of the clock frame oscilatcs the tecoud pendulum, and before this is located a mass of rustic work, similar to a large -coral growth, from which issu small jets of water at regular intervals. Two of the uppermost coral branches aro water conduit pipes, from which empties alternately, at each swing of the pendulum. n smal! quantity of water into two Ic-ollikc spoons underneath, imparting to them uu up and down motion. The peculiar motive power furnished by the water keeps the clock iu motion, by a very icmarkable escapement, so that it never requires winJiug. The construction of the < lock is due to a monk, as is the case with so many old pieces of art work. Fresh Air for Sale. A rather unique franchise has just bccD obtained by u compauy organized in Kansas City, Mo., said to bo composed of some of the wealthiest men there. They propose to lay mains throughout the city for the purpo.*3 of supplying houses with air?cold air ia the summer ami warm air in the wiutet, and warrautcd to he chirged with a suitable supply of oxygen. The incorpoiators of the company are conlident of its success, and propose to furnish tresli air at an agreeable temperature, aud remove the impure atmosphere, at n very low price per 1000 feet. They expect" to have the system iu operation very soon.?Picayune. For impure or thin Blood. \VeaVn??. Malaria. Neuutlgia, Indigestion .in'l Biliousness. I take Brown's Iron it gives strength, making old persons feel young?and young persons string; pleasant intake. Parched India is at last relieved by rair. ' ?Simpson. Marquess, VV. Va? says; ' Hall's Catarrh Cure < ured me of a vary bad oast* of 'atarrh." Druggists 6eli it, 76c. Tiir attendance on the races has fallen oft at least twenty-five i>?-? cent within a ? ear. For Dyspepsia. Indigo tion and Stomach disorders, u e Brown" Iron Bitters. The Best 'I onic, it tcbuild- tic >\ I nt. < I in th-j Blood and strengthen tin mu- le . \ . fiend.d tonic for weak and des ilit.iti |p i ut Bankers estimate that it will take $50,000,000 to move tin- crops this year. FITS stopped free by I)n. Ki.ink's OnsAT Nerve HehtoiiiIR. No lits after first day's use. Mat vclous cures. Treatise and atrial bottle (reo. Dr. Kline. {Kit Arch St.. I'liiln.. p?. If afflicted ? il h sore eyes nsc Dr.Isaac Thompson's Kye-water.Druggists sell ut ^5o.per bottlo >?) '' Both the method and results when Byrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts rentljyet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevere and cures habitual constipation. Bvrun ot Figs is the I only remedy of its kind ever proj dured, pleasing to the taste anu acceptable to the stomach, pionapt in its action and truly beneficial in its eflocts. prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its mnnv qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Byrup or Figs is for sale in 50o and ?1 hoHl^s by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who ?,;,u? - - niauro iu iry )u XJO HOI ACCCpt any substitute. CALIFORNIA -FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, OAL. ItWSVME. KV NEW YORK. N V . I tR EW1S' 80 ?.? LYS I M Fov;<tcre*t ftnrt Verfumod. Sri (PATBNTKH.) Strongestnm\purest l.yomade. ' Makes the F?"at perfumed Finn! j So:ipin .W minutes without boil- I id;/. If id tlio First <or (softeuin^ j v/.itrr, cleansing wastw pipes, (littiuftf liu); siuks, closets,wn*li- | nig bottles, paints, trees, eto. TENHA. SALT MFG. CO., (Fen. ;\rents. Philu.. Pa. I PFNSIftN N? Pension. No Feo. BBW?e ^'iil.ii .-ii tlik < *?? ^witli M rto*n*e* th < Nn It 1 SM^0 'i^c^ti 1 Inflntnnmtlon, llri.lcEV^^C Ffl* ? ? overworked, weak, nervous and de? PH bilitatcd? that's a woman that Dr.' " q Pierce's Favorito Prescription is --ygjj made for. It gives her health and strength. All woman's weaknesses ; and all woman's ailments arc cored by it. It's a legitimate medicine? not a beverage ; an invigorating, re-' , ?* storative tonic and a soothing and 5 strengthening nervine, free from alcohol and injurious drugs. It imparts tone and vigor to the whole system. I For all functional irregularities, periodical pains, organic displacements and uterine ^iseases, it's a positive remedy. And a guaranteed one. If it doesn't give satisfaction, in every ease, the money paid for it is refunded. No other medicine for women is sold on these terms. That's because nothing else is " just as good." Perhaps the dealer will offer something that's " better." lie means that it's better for him. Tutt's Hair Dye Gray hair or ivb taker* i-liangcd to sglossy Murk by a fdnftlo application of tills Dye. It Imparts a natural color, acta Instantaneously and contains not li I ii?c Injurious to tho liair. Sold by all driiKKtatn, or sent by expres* mi receipt of price, 81.OO. Office, 88 & -11 l'ark riui'Ci New York. tjerman J. C. Davis, Rector of St. Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala.: "My son lias been badly afflicted with a fearful and threatening cough for several months, and after trying several prescriptions from physicians >'r; which failed to relieve him, he has been perfectly restored by the use of two bottles of BoAn Episcopal sehee's German Syrup. I can recom-' Rector. mend it without hesitation." Chronic severe, deep-seated coughs like this are as severe tests as a remedy cau be subjected to. It is for these longstanding cases that Boscliee's Ger- ' man Syrup is made a specialty. Many others afflicted as this lad was, will do wc-ll to make a note of rnis. ?1 J. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Minn., write-: I always o German Syrup for a Cold 011 the Lungs. I have I never found an equal t^ it?far less a superior. ' ? G. (I. CREFN. Sole Man'fr,'Woodbury,N.J.' ft I fill Weak, Nkrvocs, Wretched mortals get Tk II.K *ell ami keep well. UeaUh JJetpcr\ ** V % tells how 50 ets. n year. Sample copy! free. Dr. J. 11. 1> VK. Kdilor. ltuttalo. N. V. _j fVnMF srri) V. Book-kecpiso, Business Ftirms, Uvmk I'ldni'Mp, Arithmetic, Short-hand, etc., Tmorocohlv Tatoiit by >1 All,, circulars free. lir> nut's Cnllegr, IS? Slain St., HufTalo, N. T. . , A alt my ntrcnts for W. \j ltoiiBlas Shoe*. If 11 :>( tor stile in your place usl< your dealer to send for rata log lie, secure the ugeiiey, nod get tlietu for yon. iiT TA KI. NO -1 bS?T 1 Tl'TK. _? W W Y t C: TUP W. Lo DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN TMF REST SHOE IK fHE WURIO Fnn THE MONEY It Is a seamless shoe. ?\ lilt ue larks or wax thread , to hurt Iti-feet; made of the best fine calf, stylist) I mid easy, uud f>. <,...*, ov mrikr more shoes of this (irii-lr than unj oilier mniMi/nefoirr. Jt equals bandsewed alloc# costing from < I 'o to A" 3JC 'lit (Pennine llniiil.-eyy cil, the finest calf I r.lioe ever offered tor g.Vo ; equals French Imported hue - which from fcso to 812 00. CCyl 00 llnnil-sHo'i ed Well Slioe. fine calf, \ q?eo stylish, eoniforiatde and durable. Thebes, rhoe over < ft' red at Mils | rice ; same pride as custom-made shoes costim; from S'i.OMto 89.00. CR .'}0 I'oliee Sliuei f armers. Railroad Men iT? <3 - Mlltl l.eltorf"ari lei ;all ~>\ear them; tlOCcslf, seamless, smooth inside, li?n> y itiree soles, eztcnslot; e;l?e. Oue pair ivlll wear ti year. <11 eji 50 fine enlfi ii" better shoe ever ottered at this price; one f'nl will convince those who want a shoe for comfort and service, fit) 143 anil Win liinmrinn's shoes <Ts>< arc icry ,|iouc and durable. Those who It a-- ql-en th. ni a t rial will wear no other make. RaVC' ^vt.OO ii nil ft 1.7 3 school shoes are l"SsC V# j ct worn by the hoy . every where; they sell on tliolr merits, ns I lie IneiensliiK salon show. [I ?fe#iii?v.<3 S>.'t.f!tt 11 ii inl-si yvod shoe, best w\, Vs Pon;ohi. very stylish; equals French Im|">rh-1 shoes costIng from 8l.tr) to SO.'ll. I.ndies' t4.50. S-4.00 and *1.73 shoe for Mls?c.'arc the h. Ni dm. Itonci hi. si vllsti anil durable. hi ion he- t-ni o.' | Doiarlns' na ne and price are?tui ijI u iti is.Mom ,,f oar'i shoe. t' 1 " i.i.AN. Itrocklo i, Mass. flSURECUREforthe D| IICP a fend for Ihe Now of ?ol in 111 r : |J LU LlJa on in^in^; mo nocmaco." if |A nr \ II ? f?I.I i'I. iiitirost in adult* m ! I |\ III" Hollas, l,ilili. n. Mni|??t >nli1 on rel lU Ul I'i'lhi of .'ill.-, 1111'.,.nil unit*. AdrlroM Nniimifii >>li?I*i>tu i n*. \\ aaminoton, I>. C. ironch. rrirtical Initrurtion Cmrtnate*??cil to |>OAitions. t ntnloi'iio froo. Write to 7AKT & STRATTOK BUSINESS C0LLE6E. LOUISVILLE, KY. TaMZM*2 BMgjH * ;NH .7 ? * "OO "S^OTT W?nl to !earr a'l a'K>i:t lla-val Ha* to tick out > i.font Una I Kaoa Imaga ^' stl'ins ai <1 v (uarit against rr-MMl I,Si .fttT# Cur* I Tad HPPK, lis Attain Ilia H|,?| (o rail tS* r . ' ' * * ' "-a tiiimij now -a.^..-"*v <i. < I I otpar val'.iahl* uforiraJ'O i i ' >.r i| 11 . u i11 t> IIOP.SR *0?? 'otlpalil on i r i I'll- is mhTM BOOK ' -iv M . I'l a ., . M S. T. CUj^