The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 11, 1891, Image 4
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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?.
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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
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MINISTER EAOAN HEARD FROM. '
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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. ''
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THE OKALALOO'S GIFT. r,
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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.
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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
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"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
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