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?* WISE WORDS. Indolence abhor* exercise. The spark of eavy kindles the fires of hate. If pains are taken satisfaction should be given. It is oasier to refuse another than to denj soil. Even those who live high are not out of harm's reach. Hope will not revive until confiience has bebn restored. The man who wants nothing could not possibly wish for less. He whose wit is his livelihood can ill sAwd to be out of humor. Thn eye telegraphs its message of love; the tongue expresses the sentiment. He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience. The wrong-doer may succeed in eluding juctice ouly to be overtaken by remorse. At present let us remove what is bad, which must be dono baforo good of any kind can spring up. Sense shines with a double lustre when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man 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 things one has said about another were uttered in spite of one's self. Youth is apt too much to spend all its tim9 iu looking forward. Old age is apt too much to spend all its time in looking backward. People in mid-life and on the apev look both ways. Coldest City In the World. The coldest city in the world is Yahutsk, on the Lona River, in Siberia. The mean temperoture of the town throughout the year is the same as that on the summit of Mont Blanc. There are many populous cities lying much nearer the North pole, but in none of them is the climate so bitter or the ground 60 continuously and so deeply frozen as in Yakutsk. And yet, notwithstanding, it hasa resident population of 5000souls, nn.il ii ii > a???t ailsaa??thousands of merchants, hunters and mariners throng its markets at specified seasons with the costliest furs and skins and all sorts of necessities of life for sale, and over a million of rubles change hands } early. ?Philadelphia Times. The First Irish Immigrant. The Chicago Herald'* expedition to discover the spot where Columbus first landed, has brought out at least oue historical fact of importance that has hitherto escaped attention. The wnrlH i3 af I last in possession of the name of the first Irish immigrant to America, whither so manj of his compatriots from the green isle have since followed him. The journals of Columbus, discovered by Navarelle in 1790. have been brought and a careful examination discloses the fact that Columbus's companions on the voyage included one "Guillerrao Ires, Nat^m^WlejGsdni^i^en Irolanda," who was bearing the greatest news, of whose infinite .importance no one then even dreamed.?New Orleans Picayune. Heaven's Artillery. The largest rainfall on earth hn3 been recorded at Chera Punji, on the Bay of Bengal, but the most violent thunderstorms ever observed are probably those of French Guiana. At Cape Orange,some forty milts south of Cayeune, Captain Ellert, of the French navy, saw the rills of the coast hills turned into waterfalls by a cloudburst-like storm, while the crashing of thunder 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 near .4 U J Til/ JIBUTI. All Post Offices to Be Visited. Washington^ " Postmaster at each county seat through out the United States, asking him to make a personal visit to each Post Office in his county and make a detailed report upon its condition as to convenience of location of the office, cleanliness, order, keeping of the accounts, personal attention of the Postmaster, improvements in the service made during the last year, and growth of the business the past twelve months. Importing Russian-Jewish Farmers. W. W. Long, a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and i number of other large planters in thi Roanoke bottoms, are completing ar :angements to briug to their plantation! some five hundred of the expatriated Russian-Jewish farmers. Mr. Long has an agent in Odessa who is making the arrangements. The people to be brought over are all cxperienceo agriculturists, and they will be engaged chiefly in the cujtjyatinn r?f The Pope Dangerously 111. A Home cablegram says C'apitnn Fracassa announces that the Pope, Wednesday last, was attacked by an acute visceral derangement and his condition causes some uneasiness to his physicians. AN ITALIAN PorE. The "Fanfulla" stater, that a Catholic power?presumably Austria?has nsr, rtained that a large majority of the r?rdinals are de ermined to elect an Italian Pope. A Return to the Whipping Post. Nashville, Tf.nn.. (Special.)?The c\ hp ping post, for a certain class of offenders. has many advocates. Mr. Thomas' bill making wife beating punishable ny not more than ICO lashes, passed the s rond tending in the house, and in the senate Mr. P Ik offend a hill punishing burglary by day by not more thnn forty lashes and not less than fifteen. It is thought both bills will become laws. ^?1 A (>ootl Time (' ?ming. Maxim, the inventor of the gun bearing his name, is at work on a flying machine. "I hope,'' said he, '-to be able to pour down balf a ton of nitro-glyeer- i ino^p a town, without the inhabitants knowing where it comes from. And," | he adds, 4,I hope this will revolutionize i the face of the globe." What a pleasure 1 is in store for us!?Detroit Free Preea. ' Rv /y *" ' As rjitof ^BCj MINISTER EAOAN HEARD FROM. But Hia Dispatch 80 Indefinite That the Government is at a Loss What to Do. Washington, D. C., [Special.1?At last the Department of State has heard directly from Minister Eagan. The news caine in the shape of the following cablegram : "Santiag >, Sept 1, 1890. Secretary Blaine. Washington ?The decisive battle at Valparaiso, was fought on August 28th. The revolution was entirely successful. President Balmaceda resigned on the 29th. The Revolutionist*; were fully installed. Everything is tranquil. (Signed) Eagan." The delay in receiving this report has been solved by the Department. Acting Secretary Wharton hss received information that telegraph connection between Santiago and Valparaiso, the western cable terminus, had been cut and has just been rcpoited, and that, the line eastward from Santiago to Buenos Ay res has been interrupted by heavy snows in Andes mountain-". Although Minister Eagan's cablegram officially indicates the success of what he describes as the revolution, he has not yet informed the Department of State that a Government has been set up that may be recognized as a Government of the people, representative of the country. Accordingly the Department will await fuithcr detailed information from the minister before according formal recognition to the new Government. MYSTERIOUS MARRYING PARTY. T. W. Claws011 and Emma McCua Iter ITocure a mam age-License. Danville. Va., [Special.]?"T. W. Clawson, wife, an J child'' registered at the Normandie Hotel, Ironi Wilmington, N. C. They took a room at the hotel and ate diuner together. It is also said that they all arrived tioiu the South this morning. Later in the day they called at the clerk's oltiec foi a marriage-license. emma and t11l journalist. The man gave his name as above and said that he was a journalist from Atlanta. The worauu gave her name as Emma McCusker, aged tweuty-three, and made affidavit to the statement that she had come to Danville several days ago to go into business, and that she was a resident of this city. a license but no marriage. Upon this sworn statement the marriage license was issued, but it has not yet been ascertained if a marriage ceremmn-r ttw perTc?rm?-'V- * Ml Ymtirt* tett in the evening for the Smith. SYMPTONS OF INSANITY. The Empress of Austria Said to Be On the Verge of Madness. A despatch from Vienna, says: "The Empress of Austria shows symptoms of insanity. She is very eccrentic, desiring bizarre costumes in which to appear in public and indulging in other oddities. The Emperor has called in medical experts, who pronounced the case a grave one. being associated with an hereditary malady. The Duchess d' Alencon, a sister of the Empress, is in an insane asylum at Gratz, and the mad King of Ba vaiia is a cousin ?f the Empress." Foreign News of Real Interest. Kaiser William's latest title is a "Ho henzollern Gen. Gordon." Twenty tkgj Mme. dc Le seps has the reputation of being the most pious and most decollete lady in Paris. Leou Cladel is urging his biother novellists in France to form a union and publish for themselves. There are 4,51-4 paper mills in the world, of which Germany, the greatest paper maker, has 1,443. The Leeds Corn Millet's Association has advanced the price of flour three uhilliiwic o ha cr r\f Ol?l rtGtittflx ihivintr tltA ? ""o %"4 ?? ! last week. Krom Mun- Phudhnrct-namiongsakdi, one of the brothers of King * hulalonkorn the First of Siatn. is expected in Paris. Thirty-two students of Queen's Colbge, Belfast, have petitioned the council that women shall not be sdmitted to study. Mr. Loh Hon Son, a ( hinaman from Shanghai, was baptized by the Hev. P. Slnmford, colored, in Birmingham, England, two weeks ago. [in pin win inn nil tnkiiiL! parrnriFe" World's Fair, at Chicago, are beiug entered upon at Berlin with earnestness and energy. A ronfeience of leading Berlin factors and members of the Reichstag was held, with Hen Wermuth, imperial Commissioner to Chicago, in the chair. It was resolved that lepresentatives of vaiious branches of industry be assigned to the duty of preparing the part they are to take in the Exhibition, and that steps be taken to form a central c ommittee which shall combine in one body lepresentatives of the trade centres of Prussia, South Germany, Westphalia. Saxony, and other sections of 1hc German empire for the purpose of furthering united German interest in the Exhibition. Mrs. Astor'8 Dresses Sold. New Yohk City. |SpctTa'.]?'The two dresses imported for Mrs. Astor, which were seized by custom officers, wore sold at public auction to day h>r $060 and $770 respectively. The Government action. Felix, tlie famous dressmaker, made the gowns lor Mrs Astor while she was in Paris this summer and agreed to send the cowns to this enuntrv C f> It Hp had them invoiced as one ease of silk wearing nppara', worth 1 0(1(1 franrs, or two hundred dollars. When the vessel arrived in New Voik on July 2d, they were seized for an under valuation, and when appraised weie valued at $604.HO, or about 15,500 francs. The duty placed on this amount is $410.88, making the total valuation in this country $1,111.88. Mir Astor refused to pay this amount. Late News Notes. The six thousand babies that have been named after f'hauncey M. Depew may some day vote for him for President, lie would then have fully six thou and Cluumccys towaids his (lection. The Unitarian Nat:onnl Conference will lie held at the old towi\ hall in Saratoga, N. Y., September 21st to 24tb. | Their conferences were held for several years in the Methodist church at Saratoga. Init this year both the Methodists and i resbytri ians decline to have their church ed licea used for such heretical purposes. The Rev. Dr. Charles If. Spurgeon, of the Metropolitan tahernseie, London, who has been very ill for a long time past and who. last Monday, suffered a ielapse, has rallied from the lit of weakie*s whi' h overcame him, and it is hon-1 that he will continue to gain strength. SONG OF.THEMOWINO MACHINE DO 1 rattle among the long green graaa, I clatter amid the clover. . I wander away through meadows fair? The bluebird's my fellow-rover? 1 I play in and out 'raid apple trees, ' 'Neath bowers of golden green. Ob: there never was song so inerry to bear As the song of the mowing machine. ^ When the sun hangs low in the burning sky lil And the birds are singing of morning. la The tall green grasses all tremble with feat- u| As they hear ray musical warning. to : Like conquering host on field of wag^ h? i I march through their ranks of ^reaii. ^ Oh! therenever was song so merry to hear As the song of the mowing machine. g, I rattle among the long green grass, M I clatter amid the clover, ra Lord of the harvest field am I, ca The whole broad country over. n< In orchard aud meadow, on hillside fair ca Wherever the grass waves green f? You will hear my melodious rattlo-ty-bang Cv; The song of th3 mowing machine. P' ?M. M. Leavitt, in Lewiston Joiirnal. THE OKALALOO'S GIFT. fc St BT LIEUTENANT W. A. CURTIS. lit "Three hundred and fifty dollars, ^ Jim! 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 6hanty; the roof leaks so, and tho walls e are so full of cracks that let in tho wind. c It's lota better than sleeping on door P steps and in back alleys nights and staying anywhere days, but we arc gentlemen n planters now, and we ought to have a t( house; a nice one, paiutcd white, with c green blinds, is what I want to " have." ? "And Bob, let's buy a mother and a little sister to live there with us and be r.' cozy-like. How much do you think we |l could buy a mother for? Oh, how nice f( that would be. We'd be out in the fields 1 working, and the mother 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 always do, and she would ^ take care of us when we was sick." "You don't buy mothers, you goosey, ^ you just has 'eui, that's all, aud if you \ don't have 'em, why, that's all there is . about it, you can't buy "cm." "I should like to havp a mother nwfnl a well. I never had one. I was just e found. I don't see why I couldn't have a mother just as much as any other g little boy, for I know I should love her. ^ I suppose it's because I'm so poor. Old w Mrs. Flannigan was all I had, and when t) I didn't make enough money playin'my fiddle around the streets she uster lick t| me like sixty. Cric.ky, I am glad I am out of St. Louis." "I had a mother oncet, and they both , died when 1 was a little feller, seven years old, and I went to work as a uews- p| boy and lived the best way I could; the worst way, it would be lor most people. Mebbe we could advertise for somebody ^ to come here and live with us and be our ^ mother, but who would come here? I w guess we'd better wait tiM we begiu to ^ grow rich, then we'll advertise for a mother and see if it will do any good. I ^ don't expect it .will,* though. We're jbrothers now, anyway, so you have one . relation." j The speakers were Bob Brown and y Jimmy SimipgoD, two boys( aged fifteen . standing upon the banks of the Okala- TJ loo River, Mississippi, watching the first steamboat that had come up the river ge that winter ss it disappeared around a w bend. The dark, turbid river, swollen by the heavy winter rains, flowed swiftly ^ between its low muddv banks. Back from the river shores stretched an interminable forest of young trees. Beneath the trees was a thick growth of cane and ^ underbrush, making a well-nigh impassable jungle. A cleared space of several acres?the site of a future cotton field? ^ a little hut with a cart beside it, and a j mule eating the tender tops of young a. 1.. - c ? V *;nuo ?cic tuc biguM ?i civu z:iiiou. One year before the boys were living in St. Louis, the elder n newsboy, the ^ younger a street mu9iciau. For several yeare they had been fast friends, the ^ elder and stronger often protecting the little musician from the attacks of evily c disposed street urchins. They often r talked over plnqft frr lh ttfrinir -? J -nittOB, and !l was a resolution resulting from one of these talks that caused Mr. ? Matthew Kincher, real estate agent, to 1 see walk into his oflice one summer n morning two small chaps whose impor- a tant air seemed strangely out of place e with their ragged clothes. "We see a sign out here, mister," said Bob briskly, "saying that you had farms ( for sale at $5 an acre." | "Oh, yes; those Mississippi lands. . Yes, they are only an acre. Do you ' know of anyone who wishes to buy." "I want to buy myself," said Bob. "How many acres would you like?" said Mr. Kincher, smiling. I "Three acres. I have 830 and I'll j need some money to begin farming h with." h { "How arc you going to get there? ^ Do you know how far it is?" v "Twenty miles, thirty miles. We can walk." c "Twenty miles! Why, it is hu. beds . j; f ,. , g. ? '"pv "j am- " TroaF, and after buying your tlirea acres * you wouldn't have enough left to take c you down there.'' it Sadly the boys departed, their project |j shattered. But Bob resolved to return t j to that real estate office some 'lay with enough money to carry out his plan. n Jimmy was unable to contribute any- a thing, as all the money which ho received r during the day was taken from him at u night, and he was severely beaten if his employer suspected that he had kept ft back any for himself. In six months n Dorj nan aaoen f 10 to the ?3" already in ^ the savings hank, and the luck of $15 tl reward given him for finding a lost dog cj increased his honrd to \ Again the boys sought Mr. Kincher's tl office. The sign advertising Mississippi C( lands at $5 an acre still stood before the g[ office door. Mr. Kincher remembered x their faces, or perhaps their rags, and tl greeted them cheerily. Bob told him m J their errand, how they now hurt ffTOjand" jy hoped that his would be enough to pay n| for three acres and the implements neres- w sary for commencing farming. Mr. Kin- th I cher sat thinking for some time and finally said. h( ''Well, boys, jou seem bound to try fo, it, and 1 believe that you will succeed. rj It will be hard work, but if you show as |? much energy as you have shown in savjug $t>0 out of your slender earnings, |-ji you will succeed. The lands aru locate. I i,t nr. the Ukalaloo River, and before the war were rich cotton fields. They are | ^ If i ~ <w covftgdVwith a growth of young nber ffM-thick underbrush. Now you go <Wwn there and begin the work cleariidRyoiir three acres. For the caent-Sarlll. trust you, and you cau iy m?A of the proceeds of your first op. land is very rich and will ow aboht three bales to the acre. If >u go down this summer and commence earing e^ur land, you cau make a nice :tle sum selliog the wood cut off tile ad to tjje "stesatboats when they com# ? thnrifer. f Will give you permission i cut yvoM where you please, as it will sip a?sd if you can clear acres, go | icad aud>do it, and pay mhrout of your at crop. '*'The Okaialoo is not navigae at u\) seasons, but when the winter .ins s.?*ell it, steamboats corns up to irry of the lall cotton crop. You will ied aiee, ? cart and a mule?and you in hty a cheap old mule that will do ir ajrcar or two?and a few sacks of >rnfcical aud ~ rubers of bacon. Your iswgc down tbe river will cost yop very ttjr. Yes, I think you can manage to ststarted on ?30. Upon the first day of August the boys ?iud themselves sitting upon an ancient imp and eating ash cake as they gazed i the Okalaloo sullenly flowing past ler new home. Three days later a id' cabin had been built, and the boys lrned to the labor of cutting timber ad clearing land. Their life was unfed ful. Chopping and hauling timber, otthg and burning underbrush, ocouied their time. No visitors disturbed ictn, ior the nearest house was eight iiliii_iM|ir, ftp Bum ill i illi . Hi i nearest own", was wt sen. Day by day their tearing gr^V wider, day by day their oodpile grew higher, until on the 1st f December th'-v sold 100 cords to the rst steamboat that had come up the iver that season. Three hundred and fty dollars was the reward of their jur months' hnrd toil, and they could ay all that^ they owed aud even think f a better iiouse and a few simple com>rts. It had been raining heavily for )ine days, and as the boys turned from it- lauding after the steamboat had disppcared tho rain was falling in sheets. In the outskirts of Stetsonville, on the :\t land lying along the Okalaloo, stood pretty whito home with green blinds, i?: years before a young Massachusetts octor had settled in Stetsonville with is young wife. Beginning with lmosi nothing, aud owing a large sum orrowed to defray the expenses of his ducation, Dr. Young gradually built p a good practice, and at the ond of ve years had paid all his debt? and was he owner of a plcHsant home. But ,'hcn at last he seemed fairly on the road 0 prosperity an epidemic of yellow fever wept over the State, and he was among ie lirst to fall. He left his widow nothlg but the homestead and #200 with hich to support herself aud four-yearid daughter. A yeav had elapsed since le Doctor's ueath. Mrs. Young had ideavored to devise some means of suporting herself, but Stetsonville offered r> opportunity. The people were kindly isposed, yet there was nothing which iey could do for her. The schools ere supplied with teachers, there were ressruakcrs and milliners in plenty, beond this, there was nothing for a oman to do is. Stetsonville. Little by ttle the slender stock of money in the ank had grown smaller, aud on the first iniversary of HfiVhusband's death Mrs. j oung knelt by t!^ bedside of her sleep- ] 1MI dollar Had been lent that day. Without the rain was illing heavily. It had been raining for sveral days, and the Okalaloo boiled ith its over-charged fiood. Rising aove the roar of the rain and river a oarse, distant whistle told the town that le first steamboat of tho winter was iming up the river for a cargo of the itton. Worn out with sorrow and lulled y the pattering rain Mrs. Young fell sleep. The bell of the steamboat rings 1 it is nearing the town. Men with interns come out from the warehouses long the levee. The steamboat reerses its engines and floats slowly toward the wharf. To the men standing n the shore the black chimneys of tho out Rppni tr% frnwpr itnuanallv hirrVi onrl .... ? ? J ...... veil the hull seems to rise above them, 'he furnace doors arc opened and a rent bar of rei light streams across the sin-dimpled water. Now the men see hif tli?? steamboat Wgli iiUUf e hem; the river has risen clear to the top f the wharf nod is rising above it ! The lississippi has broken its levees and conected With the headwaters of the Okalloo by the uorthern passes! A flood is oming. the lower part of town will be ndei water iu an hour. Quick, warn he people! Men disperse through the jwer town, awakening the sleeping citiens, the river comes creeping up into he streets, everybody rushes for the high md. At last the messengers themselves iust turn from their errand of alarmihg he sleepers. "Hits everyone been warned?" "Everyone has been warned," is the eplv, and the messengers run for the igh land with the water close to their eels. They hnve overlooked one house, lo one has rapped on the door of the rhite house with the green blinds, the sst house on the street. The river reeps up, it lap* |he doorstep of the (),jta ho, /wwvii?w rnntrrrne d/or, it climbs the wall, highr and higner. The deeping mother and hild hem nothing,they sleep on. There i a siig t jar, the house trembles, is ifted fro n its foundations, floats, and he river rears it awav. WhesiJiob and Jimmy awoke in the lorninait was to tin 1 the raia ceased nd thJ clouds cleared a-vay, but the iver hiih Above its banks. The knoll pon witch their hut was located was he onlylund that rose above the water s far asYhey could nee. Up atad down he river wlley the flat land was under 'atei atifi the dense forest prevented hem from V-aing how far the land on ither sideYf the river was overflowed. .11 sorts of\hings were floating down le turbid stVam. Uoga, planks, hen rops, barrels\>oxes, and now and then nail sheds ar\ haystacks hurriod by. he lower courses of the Okalaloo flowed trough a desolate, marshy region, al10SL.UQinhabited. *gn* inhabited rcirroc <% nigh grOund rout its upper wafers, pid the object! hich the boys saw fl.?St by were from io inhabited district. !* A few planks >d logs, ar.d onco 1 tpop with three sns in It. floated ashore upon the knoll, it the swifter currnpt* farther out cared nearly everything paet. The boys id no boat with which to pursue an<J ipturs the gifts w ht^h the bountiful ver offered to whoiisnsver chuld take, it. Boh tie I together tOniv pieces of rope id ciiain. an ! fnstejpiljj&pne end to a bs close to the water fledge the other about his waist, waded out far into the river, secure against the danger of being swept away by the swift current, fu Bob was making the third trip into the rc water when jinxmy shouted: ol "Here comes a house! Here comes a w house!" er Away up the river is a house floating at swiftly toward them Bob turns back to M land and anxiously watches the houie. ' Perhaps it will float to laud here, ?' perhaps it will," says Jimmy. The house whirls about; the current is Tc bearing it toward the knoll. P' house with green blinds, the very kHKr2 of house we wished for/' aud Jimmy " jumps up and down with joy. Tho ^ house floats nearer. What is that flut- f tering in a second-story window! It's a 1? handkerchief; a hand holds it; there is somebody in tho home. A woman loans over the casement and calls to them, but tT the roaring river drowns her voice. The " house floats nearer. Will it come to shore; will it run agrouud in the shallow 6t water, or will it float on, on, to bo over- ?? turned by stump or snag, or drift up some reach of the Mississippi to be left " by the receding waters stranded in an Impassable swamp, in a dreary bayou? It touches bottom, it pauses, it pauses sgain. Hurrah! it stauds stock still, ^ stuck fast on the river bottom! But the ; ' river rushes furiously against it. Can it stay where it is, or will tho rive? lift it, c' push it, tear it from its refuge aad carry w it off again? Look! it is sliding along Vl in the mud; now it is nground onco ni wore. There is deep water beyond the knoll; if the house goes much farther it 11 will a second time be completely at the u mercy ef the Okalaloo. The woman at the window waves her hands frantically; a little girl appears at her side. . "Oh, Bob, Bob! it's our mother, and our little sister, and our white house 11 with green blinds; they've come down P the river to live with us! Ob, oh, oh, wade out and tie the rope to the house; hurry up, before it is washed away!" Bob dashes into tho river. The swift current lifts him off his feet, but he is a a good swimmer. He reaches the house, 8 passes the rope through the two corner c windows and tle3 it 6ecarelv, just as a ? final buffet of the river pushes the house into the deep water beyond the knoll. a The house swings around toward shore. a The rope holds and all is well. The white house with irreen bliuds ' now stands on top of the knoll, and in ic lives a happy and prosperous family, consisting of n mother, two boys and a I J" little sitter. Where thrci years before n there was a tangled jungle of trees, un- F derbrush und cane, there is now a tine cotton plantation, and it is all paid for, r too.?St. Louie Republic. Brazil's Domestic I'et. c Rats have multiplied to such a degreo in Brazil that the inhabitants rear a ccr- i tain kind of snake for destroying them. The Brazili&h domestic servant is tho d giboia, a small species of boa about twelve feet in length and of the diameter i, of a man's arm. It is sold at from $1 to $1.50 in the markets of Rio Janeiro, < Pernambuco, H.ihiu, etc. This snake, winch is entirely harmless and sluggish j in its movements, passes tho entire <tay 1 asleep at the foot of the staircase of the house, scarcely deigning to raise its head ' at the approach of a visitor or* when a strange noise is heard in the vestibule. At nightfall the giboitv begins to hunt. penet'ralTlPon^./JI above Mio ceiling ?nd beil^c in ne TOoring. Springing swiftly fofyjo hi it seize the rat by tho nape and cflpt ;s its cervical vertebra. As serpents rarely eat, even when at liberty, the giboia kills only for the pleasure of killing. It becomes so accustomed to its master's house that if carried to a distance it escapes and find? its way back home. Every house in the warmest provinces where rats abound owns its giboia, a fixture by destination, and tho owner of which praises its qualities when he wishes to sell or let his house.?JVeio York Commereiol Advertiser. Oov. Brown Inaugurated. Frankfort, Kt , [Special.]?Governor Brown was inaugurated at ^oon Tuesday with elaborate and impressive cereirtonics. There were fully 20,000 'people present. Gov. Buckncr, in surrendering his trust to his successor, mode a ?> <? ? wiSii bb, Ttgr WTTl?h the mayor of Frankfort presented the new Governor in a few words Gov. Brown's inaugural was very brief. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Holt, of the Court of Appeals. The inaugural festivities closed with a grand reception and ball at night. Lincoln's Daughter Married. London, [Cablegram.]?The marriage of Miss Mary Lincoln, daughter of the U. S. minister, Hon. Robt. T. Lincoln, to Mr ("has. B. Isharu, of Chicago, took place at 2:30 p. m., Wednesday, in * Brompton Parish church. A number of the fashionable English people and Americans, mostly intimate friends of the L'ncoln family, filled the church. After the marriage ceremony the most intimate friends of the two families partook of the wedding breakfast at the United States Minister's residence in Cromwell Gardens. uu|i i., ntigiauu is me unjp- ~ >t for years. My Liver ?h for a year canned ma a great oral of IronMa. Had aorene*a Id tba hark, little appetite. a hitter taste In the mouth and a general had feeling all em, that I could not locate. Have been taking < Hood'* Ramaparllln for Ihe paat three month* with great heneAf. I feel better, the J Bad Taste in the Mouth t* gone and my general health I* again quite good. No longer feel thoae tired *pell* come over me a* I formerly did. Hood's Sarsaparilla ta certainly a moat excellent medicine. Mm. I. R. Chare, rail Rhr?r, Mem ?. H. Be eure to get Hood'* Raraaparllla. -fmNITY QQLLE6E Open* Thursday. September 8?, at Trinity Col ege, Randolph county, ft- O. en- " ^4WW^'|l||llf.''A''"" JOH?? F. Crowrm, rrn't., Trinty College P. O., Randojnh county, N. C. 1 U?JLi? L1 . -f-lCF5fcS2.?MMtS^ ll*e Horea, Keatorea TmUi 3MRE tmenwlMMon^ Apply Into tl? Nostril*. 10c. Ptugglata or by Mtk KIT 1 A Unique Clock. One of the attractions of the bnautili Monte Pincio gardens, at Rome, in a ally unique clock, which is usually an >ject of interest to groups of paseeraby, bo stop to minutely inspect it. A genal view &n?l description of this curious id artistic piece of mechanism is given i follows by the Uorological lietiett: The very charming case is composed F three branches in rustic work. It ands upon a square stone block, surmnded on its four sides by beautifut leaf lants, ivy &ad grasses. The stone foot ands withiu a Water basin. Tho upper 10 cut da stands A staff which carries it two bells for the full hour and quarts. At its upper eud is a small vano i the shape of a battle ax. The frame for the wheel and levers of ic striking work, in which a small cenifugal pendulum takes the place of the y, is close underneath the dial. At the ack of the clock frame oscilates the :coucl pendulum, and before this is lotted a mass of rustic work, similar to a rgo -coral growth, from which issu-nail jets of water at regular intervals, wo of the uppermost coral branches aro ater conduit pipes, from which empties ternately, at each swing of the penduiui, a small quantity of water into two caflikc spoons underneath, imparting to lein au up and down motion. The peiliar motive power furnished by the ater keeps the clock in motion, by a cry remarkable escapement, so that it ever requires winding. The construcon of the clock is due to a monk, as is ic case with so many old pieces of art ork. Frosh Air for Sale. . A rather unique franchise lias just een obtained by a company organized i Kansas City, Mo., said to be comoscil of some of the wealthiest men here. They propose to lay mains broughout the city for tho purpose of upplying house3 with air?cold air in ho summer and warm air iq the winter, nd warrautcd to be charged with a citable supply of oxygen. The inorporators of the company are confident f its success, and propose to furnish rcsh air at an agreeable temperature, nd remove the impure atmosphere, at very low price per 1000 feet. They xpect" to have the system in operation ery soon.?Picayune. For impure or thin Blood, Weakness. Malaia. Neuralgia, Indigo,! Ion and Biliou?nea?. akc Brown'b Iron Uttt-rs?It gives strength, aakiug old person- f?el young?and young efsons strong; pleasant to take. Parched India Is at last relieved by air. .1. Simpson. Marquess. W. V&., says; Hall's C'atnrrh Cure cured mo of a very bad use of catarrh." Druggists sell It, 76c. The attendauceon the races 1ms fallen off it least twenty-five pec cent, within a .' ear. For Dyspepsia. Indirection and Stomach isordors, nnc Brown's Iron Bitters. The Best 'onic. it rebuilds tho system, clean* th-j Blood ml strengthens the muscle.-?. A Gplend.d tonc for weak and deniliiute l p i ?n-. Bankers estimate that It will take $50,500.00t) to move the crops this year. FITS stopped free by Dr. Ktrni's Ootat Iehti Restorer. No fits after first day's use. ilarvolous cures. Treatise and >2 trial bottle reo. Dr. Kilue. Ml Arch St.. Phi la . 1'a. f afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomnon's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 28c.per bottle OXB ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gen11 j yet prom ptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Brrun of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in Its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and nrrMnlila mkafancu its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o and $1 bottlre 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 <FIO SYRUP CO. BAM F8AMC18CO, OAL. Uimrtut. kv nw rot*, sr. r. Hsi (patented. 1 Strongest and purest Lyemade, 75gHA/ A Makes the beat perfumed Hard "Soap it. 20 annates u,ithoi*t IhuLSV ing. It is the bcstSor softening Mg wntor, cleansing waste pipes, Jw disinfecting sinks, cloeetc, wamIiIR ing bottle*, paints, trees, etc. ML PENNA. SALT MFO. CO., aArftJSim Gen. Agenta. Pbila.. Pa. PENSION frJSBita.JMfr LmSSmw WASHINGTON, . O. < isnzTssRVTTTnnKvniT III I vAllll II IlflLlI II *' Iwilllil iifllillJ3 UtU - ' I JM|* . I H-TImmm tti) vuaiHKTSin^H E?.wl yjij'' -'&? ,* ? .' .* - .-... - TiHratatiii m t>JP ^4 |l p^ ^?II^ZjA^i\/ IJT li^iV - ^^AiL^ijl it*"*!** Ih /"' overworked, weak, nervous and wW^p?PI^M bilitated?that's a woman that Dr.'" 9N Pierce's Favorite Prescription is f/S made for. It gives her health and strength. All woman's weaknesses ? and all woman's ailmcnta aro cored ? by it. It's a legitimate medicine? not a beverage ; an invigorating, re-' j' storative tonic and a soothing and * %> strengthening nervine, free from al- ' ' |a cohol and injurious drugs. It imparts tone and vigor to the whoto system. | . For all functional irregularities, periodical pains, organic displacements and uterine diseases, it's s positive remedy. | And a guaranteed one. If it t^Jj doesn't give satisfaction, in every wjj case, the money paid for it is refunded. No other medicine for women is sold on these terms. That's because nothing else it " just as good." Perhaps the . dealer will offer something that's , 5 " better." Ho means that it's better for him \jf~ji Tutt's Hair Bye Orn.v hair or whlthcrii changefl toMIMW l>lnok by a single application of this DfS. It imparts a natural color, nets InstantaMouslyantl contain* nothlngluJarloantottkn v'.'. hair. Sold by all druKKUn, or sent by ?x- WB press on receipt of price, Sl.OO. Offlss, W ' i;!^5eS & 41 Park Place, New York. "German j ^yruffc^ai J. C. Davis, Rector of St. James' ' ; ^ Episcopal Church, Kufaula, Ala.: ^ "My son has been badly afflicted | with a fearful and threatening cough ' "^3 for several mouths, and after trying iT'^H several prescriptions from physicians * which failed to relieve him, he has been perfectly restored by the use of two bottles of BoAn Episcopal schee's German Syr- ?8 . up. I can recomRector. mend it without hesitation." Chronic severe, deep-seated coughs like this are as severe tests as a remedy can l>e subjected- to. It is for these long* standing cases that Boschee's German Syrup is made a specialty. Many others afflicted as thi3 lad ... ^ was t wi 11 do wel 1 to make a no te oi J. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Minn., writes: I always u : German Syrup sfca for a Cold on the Lungs. I have never found an equal to it?far less a superior. " ? -T G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr,Woodbury,NJ." ? ??? * ; Clfllf Weak, Kutoci, Wutobb morula1U 3 Slllll woll and keep well. Health UttpaA ' f" " * JkUa how. 80 els. a year. Sample oopyl fr? Pr. J. U. UIK. Editor. Buffalo. W. T. Lj * 5 HOME ' , % fSjHOROTOHLT TAIOHT ?IMAIK. CtrcularaCng! ?' yum * 01 irir, 1 J/ mjuii ou, uuuuo, n. x. > JAak my ngcnta for W. V. Don?lu (An*. f not far onto In yonr place nak year enler to aoiid for cataloRiie. secure IM ugc-ucy, and pet tlictn for yon. ST TAKE NO 81) BBTITUTK. JK% W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE cEnff^M ' n - ,v1^ THE BE8T SHOE IN THE WORLD FOB TM? MONEYS It In a WUilllm shoo, with 110 tuckunr \vnx thrrAtl to liurt tho feci: inudo of tho best fine calf, atyltab and easy, and because ut make more shoes of this grade than any other manufacturer*Jt equal* bandsewed shoes costing from at.00 to ftw). t&B 00 (aetiitlno llnnd-ncwt-d, the finest calf P*/a shoe ever olfercd for $.1.00; equal* French Imported (thee* which coat from $*.0 Ho $12 00. . 7 fit Jl OO lluniUMcivcil Well Hhpe, Una calf, P3** stylish. eoinfortnblo and durable. The bee* shoe over olfered nt this price; aanio grade a* cuetom-made shoes costing from $r,.Oo totOXA dEO 30 Police Nhoet Formers. Railroad Men <POu nud letter Carriers nil wear them; fine calf, aeainless, smooth Inside, heavy three soles, extension edge. One |>alr will wear n year. _ O 36 flue cnlfj no better ahoe ever offered at 9n> this price; ohe trlol will convlnee thoee i who want a shoe for comfort and service, M'M and 94. UO Woi kiiiamnn'e eboee aro very strong nnd durable. Those wh? li.t- >_ Li en " m.i wto wsar ?o other make. " * BWu|(iTW.tW nilil gi .7.1 vhjs elteee erf DUJ O worn hy tho boy* everywhere; they eel! on their merit*, as the Inci easing Mies show. I flHIpS 9:1.60 IIn iirt-mcwed shoe beat kaUICB Dongoia, very stylish; equals French Imported shoes coating from tl.OU to nc.H0. rallies' ?iHO, m.nn te '? MI see* are the lieat ft ne Dongoia. Stylish and durable. Caution. -Sen that IV. L. Douglas' na ne and price nro stamped on the imttom of eac?) shoe. w i. Douglas, nrockto i. MaenASURECUREfortheD|ilEC . Send for the Mgw Dsnr of SollfitfretULUIsVn "Stringing the Neoklaoe." ' IW ss* saw A HSf I1.1' rE Inlrnul In aSnlta mm n|X III* wellaurhtWfii. ^ni roii ??KI ?Si?- * lv vl pctnt of AOr. in postal not*. Addraaa National fnhlUhlng to.. Wakhisotos, D. OL ' . ..... borough, Practical Instruction. Oradtisfra a a- 5 m?t lited to poiitlooi. Catalogue frw. Write to STAIR & BTUTTW BV30ISSS COUEU. 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