The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 11, 1891, Image 4
?*
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.
LOUISVILLE, KY. i'&SSSi
"aP^RL, 111* A(r? l>jr lb* T*|ht w?* lo raBttS -'fl
v\ "ie?r?iii i-.f > ,.f ths aalmu kf# .{imb
I y m P ??i? *?.?*. sit iM> nn?i not*# >sImw
Ufcr<nat>?? l>. . ( >r>* rt?? tl.i.| HiiUI HK .
| PoStpsM ?nr f.:|i .I I?. lltlMI In H?nnM
' BOOK PC*. Hoi at. its J aonanlH' . \ t. OJ^