The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 18, 1891, Image 4
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HOW INDIANS CATCH FISH J
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OTSOAJFTIOlf OP THBIR CURIOUS I
MBTHOD8 AND TACKL3. n
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Hooka of Shell. Line* of Bark, IT?u
of Vojretable Fibre, Clubs sod *
Spears. 1
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otv? auv ? u aa iw u<i w IUC 1U
duos ia the East, the aborigine* who '
waadere l over the Sbawaogunk. aal
CatskilU, caught their fish. They had 0
hooks and they ha I lines 'I h?- hooks *
poles were need they were tree branches ,n
or saplings. Upon the book* were *'
placed bug* or infect*. It is true. though. ^
that mutt Indians u**d fish trap* and net M
contrivances to get ?be tifh that then ' ,T
teemed the water* that now an angler lv
rimft patiently ?ork in with bis am- b
facial < a*t of tjirs. thankful for a dn?er>
fish, hsppy with double ths* number *'
Some idea of the primitive tackle and *
method* of the early day* of the ccun *'
try can be gained from the Indian* of ,N
the northwest rcaft. who are ?low to f(
adopt modern appsratu*. and even now u
make little substitution for the tackle of i:
200 year* ago cacept in accepting iron
barbs for the early hooks of shell or . ^
bone. The Indians of the earlier peii^l '
bad to d? mostly with salt wa'ei ti*h, ^
ar.d depending largely upon fish for fond
were obliged *o develop the piscatorial
art and make big catches. I'o put out
a hundred set books and gain a like
number of fish was a matter of common
nccuirence with them The sire of the
"tH -1--1 1 '?H? *hvm, en* fltey Mf*ry f
landed immense halibut weiahing as i f
much as 1 kO pound*.
fialmon were so common in various ,
parts of the const rivers an I streams
that a fish trap was often used. Some
times they used spears at narrow pas- 1
vnges in the rivt r.
The Indians of the northwest coast 1
retain their old tackb- to this day The
big honks obtained from the whites ate
used for oaf! hooks and as snear heads '
The hooks are travel a1, othei m^rehan : '
diee. A primitive style of hook used l
by the Haidn tribe of the northwest is a , ;
straight piece of bone, the shank a I
straight piece of wood, and the snood or 1
tnell a straight piece of whalebone, the
snell being attached to the shank by
lashings,of bark Tr another style a ,
narrow block of wood is used ^it.b a
spike ot iione, shell, or iron, and a snood
of spruce root or whalebone. In Alaska ,
large halibut hooks are also used. At, !
first these were barbed with bone, but
r.o-v thev are with iron. They are made
In two pieces, each iasbed at the joint '
?- ? *efth cedai bark, the shank* made in
different design#, supposed to give good '
luck to the fishermen. Porue are tnnde
from the forked branches of trees, yew ,
rnd spruce being generally used In the
wood is ret the bone, shell or iron barb. J 1
The bait is lashed to the arm of hoolc
which carries the barb, and place I just ,
tinder it. These are very strong, and
halibut weighingas much as fifty pounds
vrc caught on them. I ,
Wy steaming and bending a tough ,
r'r' of a yew branch, various shaped ,
rooks are made One variety in twisted
flit mft fhnnrrh th* clmnk raf u urn 1/ 1
tish hook were bent in an oval shape and
brought back so as to leave i little be- 1
f|rti*>o tf?iriuA, l(l?i ? 'n '.
'* placed upon which to tie n pjore ol |
bait. j
Ihc hook that is u-ed in catching nl
and flounder.-, constructed with the ape j
rial purpose of preventing fouling, ia
described br Judge J. (?. Swan as fo! , 1
lows
I hey ?re rc.ade of knots of hemlock
"r.iSs, cu' c-ut frcm old detavod 1 gi '
! hese are split in piece- of suitable
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Ir.'iiHv.. I .vf * !.h?? I nu rir.p- to contend h
wii, r <?[ )< p:-ie' formi'labl* l>"in:< r.
r.'ifi-jli. "i nur*'"'l?h.H? c'iilor?. f,
P'.i *V:? 111 v hirii will t?:; .>'T tJi?- j\
of a liu" o! !i*h. leaving only tli?*ir ?i
t I li< ip i- ai-o i Mna'.l eciil|im vrs n
* ''i. whi li will ? :t\ th<- bait. I >
n hip lit time* ^'ry trmililiuomo.
Whenever tl.pliulifin -i-iro of tiir pret*7\
ff> #?l thftkO *?- -- -1
ii< 10 anomer
piare to risli.''
Whalebone snoods are used monc the
V'h:>? otjvei Indians, but l?j the Ibiida, (
'i linyit and Tsimshin rarely. Indeed,
t'nt". do not hunt the whale, having a
few superstition? whh'h date; them. The
tp.fsnji of whale's blubber Is prohibited
by tradition and custom, and when th?}
, whalebone is used in fishing applian<e?
it has surely come to them through
trade. Hatk forms a lnr^ei factor in the
Indian thheiit* and has its use in line
making. Cedar roots are utilized, and
penally 'It" stems of the giant kelp.
V'L'p'tbie libre is twisted into a tv n or
t'oi vtrar led e,>rd. and is often plaited
with fhtc ?ds of wild hemp or ahedded
11 a weed,
Kejp crows i wafer from nine fo"t
f 100 in depth, an 1 a' the run- is, p*r
hap*. one 'piart.e <sfn.fin:'i in diameter.
A* the upper end it i> ?urm unite 1 by a
lug hollow I stills, from which Hoat leaves, j
streamer shaped. Toe stems are out o;T
notr the h.i't < n by betas of a knife' ;
fciiudt: lowered ou the end of >i long branch
nto th? water. Th? *tem? are than
ured in amok? or in the sun, and the?
roosted together, making strong line,
n th? north certain triba* alao u?e linnc
and?of th? intestine* of animtla. Lo*?
f th* line* ar? put out, small bladder
eing fastened to art aa a buoj. When
fish is caught h? i* clubbed till he la ,
uiet Experience has taught thU, as, 1
*i~ .. tl?, U..~?ldug iwoui io a canoe, I
hero would be dacge: of upsetting.
i. j.. .1., 1
IQC ^UriUWCH IQVIMUI ?ito
aaWc floats and carva thorn into f&aciful
hapei. Often they are carvel to repot*
cot bir it oi luigu L'nJai water floata
n un# to float IM bolt ud hooka abort
la bottom it connection with the a#
irhable uaker trevora! carietia* of oeta
e roretruoted by the Indian*, mnatly of
irk rottterial. wil l hemp or nr**lc Ahre.
>ur> into twirr They arr nowaday*
oven **;rh * *huttle The heavy r>re?
art i? of cedar hark Oeda* w.-yxl
lock4 b.i-^T *h' ne'. ?n I pebble* vpk
ie Kittoin ?ection iVep set* .^uite
milar in *h?p* to 'hoar *f the mode**
j caeter are u?ed to *.->>p out the aalreon
i they p- up the *tr*am? Trap* or
eim ?ervr to huddle the aalmoa into
antra- 'ed ?pa. *. a** I 'h* t an he lifted
p in the net* with eaee Of ? -?ur*e fUh
It epoar* are plentiful.
The ??hine club i* iu?t a? murh a part
f the Indian out^t a* the landing net i?
<at of the "r carter Th' oluba are
r.-e?at*I. | nn'ri. and maie *n form*
ni'i w l " ? >ti > ; i ?v .N' ) orr
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SCIENTIFIC AND IMU'STRML. I
A taool caivmjj machine i? miccpm
ul.
Trtrr r.tr i?. nnro powerful thin dyn '
irr.i'r
A pound if pVvpV I* eutTi ier.t ti
|A|1 I .MUM,'"' vA
Mr l>h i i\ i'rv o'h ha* invents
i horsejn. ? ii" which ' i" ? til:* in I clip.'
it r hang-' able.
A raiiroal to bp operated by
m?'M<ts tun 1'. funl <>i! will s-v>.a be in
spent! >:i R" a P. ?-g i".
I hr I'.iih '"Iphi a urn* In* instilled
in F I'lv elertr,, mot sr nf twenty 6vt i
lotip |v? vet, which is run l>y wires frorr i
he stri"'.
l? is estimate I thV twi'y thousand
horse-power will l>" if pure I fnr the
f|pr?rir lighting pi int if the C >!uaih<an
Fxpnsi'ion.
Observation step Ud lots vp to be (
used in the Itclgian artillery, the ob
jcrt being to enable a commander to
better direct the fire of his gunners. |
The sfiohigan Central Tliilnad has in
use a new machine til it does the work
of 30m men in siraping the dirt dufflpsd
alongside of the track to th" edges o|
the till.
A spring has hern disc overed in
Greenville, N* II., which contains an j
sluioit p!i? nomenal amount of lithium,!
rn-en more, it js said, than the fanaotp
ipi int? fi* FiOtvlon lerr v.
Watch erysta'v are ma I" by blowing
i sphere of ^1 ass :ii? * i* n.i" yard in diam
iter, a 11 e; which th** disks ar? rut fron
t by mentis of a pair ot < a npa.scs having
i diamond at the nxtreiiitv of ona
leg.
A i'"> liv been invented by which
an en ine i\v?v iftuofWlS
a button, thus making an electrica
connection with the governm of the en
Bine.
A toilp? brush is made of two halves
which .a*? hinged and are detachable, i
m??half bong th? brush an 1 the other
ialf the mirror, while in the space h?
i? s i ?n5?. ;i t Ktli l?rmh :ni a
? :" >u h ok
Tio M ns;h U oll.r riiyskal n! Op
lastityj h.iVi? coa?t: i ' -'I for th?
. L<"i:b:f.-va an ec.'- urn micro
. . xixps'r.c i by th" v.1 <-f c'.ec
:ty I* .\* a xp'V.fy in * j\>*\y of
. pr.-fccr.v? asl ha* co?:
i. Libner, of Aum*r-.
htt >... i ths rrrble-n
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r ". m M-:-. (?he
ft . . r*?* the French Arvleraj
-V ' Ji* -?fri 'h" action
' coM < n <!nnii!?. rh"1 nthhit onrlurog
. ,i) Aliu? hnvo lirod
i ' 1 'i ii < ini'< V'i ? i j 'Tl" I fr >-ii th"
tan > f 'i " .ir > in i>?ii? on a hnij>
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inn 'r ii Tf.i t i ti'"tpf?n <l",'rea< ('
ti*?i in 11vi lui1* !?ivo liv? 1 in porfon;
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isnpW'toly op-;) r?:i nn? iv.ioti th"
ii;i'tn*'irt* r in < I n ? n <! _rrv*? i<?
vent v (ivi- ilc^n Sii""|? in I pi ^
r ??i- > h'iIi* t > livo t'i. ? i jh ?ovpif?
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v i t.
Sm n tno** of II i*'i ? ? "*?:? I >r<.
Wlnl- in <li iyv, >>in i v - > I ( >n
ta lt flii' Kr?'ii' i ii iv i' n'm fr i*
ii/" I with tli" l{u?*!ii'i ill li i 1 npp it
iunitiv <?[ If-nrivii ; u- ii' I"*- >:i- in
? nartnow an I mi tn*hi < M uil!ri." finn
lilorv. I ii" ll'i*?in<i w i ' up- ir" "
i?n t onlv tli" Bri!:m in p tin <>( >tp,i tin'
rn"iit- an I *< Ii-.mi I- th - n i- mp-? of
th" iip|?'"?r?atr <>t tii" in * t nil nop, ,
tiini ilc' ks. Tiio ilinripliii" it f.r tihen I i
of th" Ki'onrVi \viu?, th ?n '.i !"<< "hi my 1
Mnimin, hp/ pvii h-hin 1 t m ti'minnn^ in
p'li ti<:ii'.hr'. i,t i i" ihip i-'t'in - r"
niHik iii rr^ir l i > i!i Turk*. "WIiht
i'i von 'Vj'ic' mi ii |> H ii'> Invo n??
Ik'-I- t<' 'If 11 ! > ??' ii'- V Ii IfI r ?* ?
I i ?ni? 'Iii >'ii' i ii "v? n 111i^"?
11" 'ii?' j?'if i*-, i'i ! m ii'i 13* ft mi . v -p
i!i"i? :rf 'iii'".!' v 'it:il\ r *vh. ?Ac*
lima.
i?i;?m>?ii A'ii pi nf ii 11* Mil here?"'
'in i*tioii>? Nitivo -' * riicTf'l I I if* h ha gens
. U'IMIIC tills II t t'TIIOOII. "
v* 'ifsiii'tn?''V"rv 'veil. I'll nhoot
j?. umj'iie. }' i.
^T LTf* A WO DEATH.
' ! rrt?B at tmft? Mi
Throu?b all th* praaaat I acta at UajNti
All th n|f but Oad ara la ay leaaft. I Mt
rrcv? iur tm atar aai qaoaoft tbaa AR aft
! bloat the Nmrana of proaUoa ?elftft a braiM***
"1 n Uh ?yc:it ia MttioUa AftMNlar
1 x drtvaa Ufta m*r( by oaa Aaafs ao?ta|
la iba (ra? at r>a*)ft aybp^
JCar*a?M? bn ft ftaftft ay aat aaft
rarer
TVoc* ? n?r Saa-1ma;.t aat atr tftraR %
itr .fa*.
I har.tt Lit*
! v? Srf? c? .N.t<r?njte*?
HE HOT INTT RRTGES. 1
>! r.>r?T*n Rv*j *? a* ? pr.aprr.xji,
r'tjrrlr certleman. ef ,}u:et *tn ard
trl habit* A ?ir>all circle rf familiar
'tter<1? mpjilirl ill hi* ecvial need*. be
i erected hiattelf little w.th the re*t cf
h;im*nt*. ! *! Mining to the claim ?bc
can lire tide by ?ide in the *ame Mract
wttW e lis. .11 aL.i. 12
m ,mj m icm'? urnurT n i i^inr ll?if
without so much as knowing them bv
Sigh'
Amor:g Mr R/>?r ? fixed habits wu
a yearly tout
Hut he did r."?t tak# it, like most p*o
v>i? \i> ??muin months, hut in the
early sptiog. Regularly, m the fir?t
week in March came rouqd^he eej^
brcaJ. A r rVTT^li^to >n?tr"
tracks, following the usual "tfVUtine of
travel in steamer* and trains, and lodging
at palatial hotels No adventure
bad ever broken the uneventful record
of these tours for ever a quarter of a
century, no rnoie exciting incident than
an unusual overcharge at f>af hc'el had
come within Fortman Frown's personal
rxpetienc e
In !??. when March came round, he
mad', the usual preparations for his yearly
toUr in his usual way
On the evening before his departure,
an old city friend. Mr. Goldsmith,
dined with him at his house in Harley
street. When about to leave. Gold
tmith drew n small case 'rf>m his pocket.
"I brought this with me on thv chance
fhat you were going to Cannes. Vou
will do me a great favot by giving it
into my brother's hands there It rolltains
a brilliant of <wh tare value tliat I
could intrust it to few. It will give you
no trouble, being so email, there will be
no risk, as no one will know you have
such a tbiDg with you."
"Anything to oblige a Fiend," said
Brown, lightly. "I would take the
Koh-i-noor as a traveling companion
under the same circumstan'es."
The two men were standing a* the study
window, the blind of which happened
to be tip While in the act of placing
the case jo his pocket. Brown's eyes
wandered to the street. At th? moment
the light from a lamp in front nf the.
dorr struck on the face of a man who
was passing?or had been standing there?
-n peculiar dark face, with straight
black whiskers.
i uf man movn on.
Brown drew back hastily.
'None of your people knew that you
were giving me this commission " he
inquired obCiyLd^nijjJi. T
matter is entirely between you and me.
My head clerk alone knows of the existence
of the brilliant."
" What is he like?"
"Like you, like me. Re.spe fability
itself Whatareyou thinking of?"
' Has he white whiskers?"
Grey as a badger'e?white even!
But, bless mv soul, what is the matter?
What do you mean ' Have you seen any
one>"
A man was standing there by the
lamp post as you handed me the iewel
i ase He was apparently looking at us,
and mieht have heard what we said."
Then he must he in the street still,"
said Goldsmith, throwing up the windo**
and putting his head out; Brown
did *he same. The night was bright.
Not * iOUi was to be sten anywhere?
the street fas quite deserted.
A neighbor or a neighbor's butler
H- wa? gone into ?>nie house." Gold
wmub from the wlnrV'W "In
est use oc one --yd v.* *? cverjjp-.ji
s I sh q thick. have seen u: As
-? r t 'rk T?wver* I bos?t myself an
t'-'t "iac, but 1 doc ' hc-'i'a1? to ac
? % x? *b&! b* ?c tb* koo^ft6r of th*
w * Y'-ur imagination is playing you
".'cbt I dido'* kn->w vu were pivec
V - -xai Perhar* \-<vi uonM ?.-,?
fc V *. v.?,r~*. < / Vw
But Brown would nor hear of thii.
* ready shamefaced over his hasty and
f 05'v bat rid!<- :!'?u?- suspicions, he dismissed
'hem abruptly.
"Not for worlds would I give up the
charge," he said. "I'm net such a fool
a' I seem. The man probably is one of
the new neighbors, there are a good
many newcomers in the street.''
Portmau Brown set out next morning
fot Lucerne via Brussels and the Rhine,
staying a few days at Ostend on the way.
Me took his place in the undeniable com
fort of a first, class carriage in the express
i" Mrussels with n mind as free from
i are and uneasiness as an elderly gentle
man ever possessed A life of plain, tin
diluted prose had. up to this, kept his
imaginative tauulties in complete abeyance;
lunatics, hypnotists, murderers,
etc., as possible fellow travelers, had
t'cvei entered 'tis mind. \?- a rule, indeed,
his fellow traveler.- n > more excited
Ids interest or notice tivrn his near
neighbor* at home. On this occasion hn
was just conscious, in leaving the station
at Ostend. that an elderly couple were
the other occupants of the carriage, he
merely gave a pissing glance from his
newspnper at the man. a stranger who
got in at Bruges arid sat down on the
nnnAfiitn tnut
Nearly nn hout had passed hefore
Brown hid down his newspaper, and
when he did he was horrified to see in
the traveler who not in at Bruges the
dark-faced man who had excited his
euspicions when he started from London.
Xt llriiiuU Drawn Au(1k?(1 the dark
fitced man.
Never within the whole course of his
experience in foreign ports had Brown
passed a more wretched night; the
morning found his nerves in a sad
-fate. |fe, who had nevei before known
him?r!f the possessor of nerve-! The
idgetv rna-j wh > mid- foes\ arrange
r's ahm.it .-nr'trig hr th- first train
I ,, i , "r~, jiiid niic-i1 er?s hsl a wav
of tasting furtive -not to say apptehen
-iw -glances around, ?>is strangely tin
1 ik the self-satisfied, phlegmatic Briton
who had arrived the evening before at
*Three Kings.
I'tf success of oi> tuiti-eu re iu leav
-mum
-9B
'?e vj Ihim repeat it, and.be
tidea, I^^^^^K p?Tfect ferer togitu t
the tM^HH>ui, ?od rid hlmaelt
ol ba 1 fh? diamond. Hi* o
m tkc hour ?' *
*"*^MB'BaJ,1r,w aMY without a
?J *MHKnB t)h< * ahaiowor" (p i
remained oe tbt t
fQU^d t
raenkr. '
hrtehed f
a train
a* ?nw- '
firthaat
in with '
rn BOW
' Mi i kiwartt mbht wtlihaee appalled
it* hroreat, llaVa* i? * railway
arriaf*. <htk a %o<vied~~! who had fol'
*w*d him fh> * ..JLoedti, Brown had
)'t> My tlnad, >?4 ? Onia* aim# I art . 1
right a?d archived ea< b M*a at an ahao '
lure certainty. The ?h/ect ia thUecoun ' 1
drelh eiew wee the cad ore of the ealuahi*
diamond, which at at that eery ' '
K.wfat oq BtoweV I oerecn. A long j I
>ouroey la* before thed, and Brown waa !
unarmed. At thia '-wiew of the aituaitoa
hi* bean aaak. h* drew hack ia- j 1
ftiBctirely ieto the/corner Hia eyee
tnddenly met fbcer of the other roan, a I
- *^SS8C4 " 'Hi*' T>
> unreality <m both sidea. Brown^sfur- j
1 tire gfancaa invariably rwaght?-quickly i
withdrawn jfcpugh they were- -those of
the other men levelled on him. While i
this went on,the slighest change of posi- ; i
ion, the least movement in the oppo '
| rite corner, made TV >^n start. Might \ 1
! it not herald th? approach of danger! A '
spring, a rush, the attack ! | '
Tue tendon ?s* terrible; to remain j
; inactive almoat -mnossible. Brown had
t inspiration, a? a man in extremity j
, tornetimea ha*. Though he was not ;
j armed, he would pretend to be. That
! might do something; produce hesitation,
! or delay, at least. Accordingly, he deI
liberately assumed a bold, even thrcatenI
ing demeanor. Casting a truculent
glan?e across the carriage, he plunged i
I his hand into bis pocket, affecting to
("grasp an imaginary Tevolve*. To hia
J intense delight the ruse took immediate j
I' effect. The u.an opposite gave an un- .
miatakable etart, and^shrank back into
his corner. "'So- far, so good. But how
| to keep up tlio pretence? What to do
next? At this crisis the whistling of the
I engine su idenly distracted Brown. |
! Good heavens! He had forgotten the I
j long tunnel' They were coming to it j
1 now! His eyes, with a quick, involuntary
movement, sought the lamp. It war
not lighted!
Entrapped! Doomed! The wildest
thoughts rushed confusedly to his brain.
With a shriek the train plunged noisily
into the tunnel, into darkness. The din
and rattle outside <ontrasted sharply
with the silence within the carriage.
Crouched in his cornef, Brown, his hearing
sharpened to agonizing acuteness,
listened for a stir, a rustle, "the sound of
i human breathing drawing nearer to him.
ftufteTagf.
j nation after the neglfct of a lifetime,
was now taking ampk revenge. Uncontrolled
and unconprollable were its
wild flights. Every Railway murder of
which he had ever hoard flashed upon
j him with all the ghastly details. The j
I spring upon the victim, the struggle, the :
j denth-stroke, the body thrown out on i
the rails. How idly he had read of these J
I things happening to other men! But ,
: now to realize himself as the victim, his, ;
the body! Absolute panic seized upon ;
him. hardly knowing what he was do- I
1 irrg, he tried softly to open the door. It
was locked, however. His movements \
must have beea heard, there was a stir
j at the other end of the carriage. The
fatal moment had come, the assassin was
advancing to the attack. In the exlrem- j
ity of his sank swiftly on !
the floor andrcrawled under the seat.
For wba^length of tim< he crouched :
, the.-, halt stifled. Bcarcety daring to |
#rearne. Hiopi Knew no*. Agony can
net measure time. A sudden and ex- j
traorJinary rush of air made bis heart !
erst stand still, and then sent the blood j
courjmg wildly through hi? vein?. The i
f t? door was swinging open! Something ;
b id happened ! And what ?
His straining ears detected no sound (
but th* "'p-ddc rattle aavl ium 01 too i
'ram through the tunnel, within all was !
silence, tie remained listening in in- i
ens? excitement and amazement until
the hope which had hardly dared to stir
in his breast grew into vigorous life. ;
He was alone in the carriage? He was '
hnved! Deliverance had come miraculously?why
and how he knew not!
The tunnel was coming to an end;
i light began to stream into the carriage. '
i Cautiously and slowly Brown peeped
from under tlie teat. He was quite !
J alone. JM^hHojM^gisappeared.
The fact or plV escape was, at the I
time, enough for Brown. Afterward,
in thinking over the adventure, he sur- j
mised that the man. deceived by his
(Brown's) attempt to turn the handle of
the door, had followed in supposed pursuit.
At the station, just outside the tunnel.
Bto.vn?aiighting almost before the
train had stopped -changed his place I
for one in acrowdel second class com .
partment. A few hour* later the brilliant |
was safely transferre I from his charge I
into that of Gold? nith's brother at j
Lucerne.
The rest of his tour was uneventful; :
he neither heard of nor saw his perse- j
. cut or again.
v # ? ? ?
Brown's adventure made quite a sen- 1
sat ion on his return to London. He was !
the hero of the hour in his circle. |
Whether or not he related the circuna (
stances exactly, as here set forth, need ,
not be mentionel ? His friend Jones, |
hi. i
( honor. pb'Hvn, his usual punctuality,
wasfthe first, ol the guests to arrive, j
"By, the way," Jones said chattingly ;
to hinf, n? the two stood chatting to- '
gether on the hearth-rug, "you must
!"<>!< in your laurels to-night, Brown. !
Do you know Leroy, your neighbor in |
Harlry street <
"Never saw the Hiss is my life. What's ;
the joke?"'
"A rival adventure! In Switzerland,
too, and culminating In a tunnel?not ,
J sure that it wasn't the Oltcn one also!" i
| "Dear iue! Wltft an extraordinary
coincidence!" ^
In his case it ifM ? lunatic, u >t a'
ft .
obber. He wo* shadowed at hotels
ad train*. You must hear the atorj
rotn hi* own lip*; he'* dioing here to
light. The climax i? terrific. Shut into *?
railway carriage alone with a lunatic, 1 &
foresaid lunatic armed with a revolver n0'
i long tunnel, an extinguished lamp,
he lunatic crawlina in the d.irlfn?? to llul
he attack, an oacape by tin akin of the
feth. Leroy ha sufficient presence of ~[D
nind to open the door and pretend to ^
p* out. in reality crawling under the
lent instead. The ruae aaved hi* life.
Me eupfkoac* that ho fainted in the *tinig
ur for when be was next con?
ieiou*, the train had left Olten and he
eaa atone tn the carriage, from which all
race* of the lunatic had disappeared."
donee waa *o engrossed in telling the |Qr
dory, he did no* remark it* curious an 1 eo,
startling effect on Brown w<
Jus* then the door *?? thrown opeo.
snd the tootinau announced "Mr, !,<
roy."
Jones, springing forward with e(Tn?!.>
to greet the no? comer, led him gu*'i
ngly up to Brown.
"You two must know each oth??r," h
laid.
And they did. The recognition w.i k
instantaneous on both side* With t<
g**p, Brown stared in speechless noi?'" w
on the man with the black whisker*, tl
while Leroy sia*c 1 back aehast on en- ?
countering the care cf the lunatic!? n
to-idea JVvfA. , h
t
A; Burke County Marriage.
A tnkcisl from Morganton. N. C., says: !
e^SjJpR. T. Claywel1. the newly ap
pomted magistrate at Piedmont Springs.
Crformed hii first tnai riage ceremony
t Monday night when Zachariah Kal
mi* Taylor led hi* blushing bride. Miss "
Maria Araria Carpenter, to the hymeneal f
altar The professor got the ceremony l<
a litMe mixed up with th? affidavit for t1
assault and battery, and made both par
lies hold up their right hands and kiss
(he book, but the witnesses say that he
dejivered the oath in very determined
way ana that the parties were evidently B<
impressed As an additional security. It
Mr. Taylor, who was pnsistently called
the defendant" bv th? magistrate, was ?
required to give a moitg.igc on his crop ' t<
conditioned for the faithful performance "
r>f his marriage vows John Andeison.
who bad a special invitation to attend the
marriage, says he thinks Z:i?h an 1 Maria {
were as thoroughly tied upas the circumstances
would allow."
s
Street Car Lodgers. : n
"I'm picking up lodgers early to t.
night," remarked the conductor of a 1 r
Third avenue open surface car, as wt | 'j
bowled up the Bowery at nine o'clock < 11
the other evening, and he pointed to a
man seated opposite and fast asleep,with
his hat drawn over his eyes.
"He'll ride all the way to Harlem,"
continued the conductor, "there he'll "
be shaken up and take another car and
come back, an<1 you can bet he'll sleej j
all the way. Two or three such tripi (
use up the night, and it's as cheap as go , ,
ing to a Edging house. On very warn I '
nights I often have as many as a hall
dozen such passengers."?iVece York '
Herald.
. s
Foreign Notes of Real Interest.
Egypt's cotton crop for this year is the
largest ever kuown.
Tue unvnu ?t ai umee na? given J y
000 woin-out helmets to the Salvation x
Army. f
The Tinipson tunnel will need eight
years and a half to bore, and will rost
fl2.000.0GO.
"Fortis" is a new explosive invented j
at Liege, said to be more powerful than i
anything known up to date.
The Australian fcdei at ion bill has been
passed by the Victoria Legislature, New
Zealand being excluded ft-m the feder- 1
ation.
Massachusetts Prohibition Ticket.
Worcester. Ma?.. [Spet ial 1-Th* '
Prohibition State Convention met hcie |
and adopted a platform and nominated
the following ticket
Governor, Ch?rles H. Kimball, of '
Lynn; Lieutenant Governor, Augustus |
It. Smith, of Lee: Secretary of State.
Alfred Richardson, of fcorinjheld. Audi
tor. William Oscar ArmMrnng. In COloi rrl
mani. of Boston. Attorney General, j
Wolcott 1 Imtin. of Amherst Trc.ismcr. j
Samvicl B. Shnpleigh. of llo.tou. < Mily
two or thter votes w ir i ast against
Armstrong, all the others' nominations
were unanimous. i i
What Rats Cost Atlanta.
AtI.ANT A. Ga., I Special 1 ?Fire origi ;
natert last night in the store of S F..
t'ostley. rau?ed hv rats gnawing matches.
The losses are as follows. !. T. Bonds, c
#8.000: T. M Clatk. 5.000: Di. R. H. '
Ifightower. tv I' ( ostler , s; >.000. ,
and .1. K Sett'tsworth. #1.01"
The World's Biggest Garden. j
There is an immense garden lu China l
that embraces an srea of f>0,00n square,
piles. It is all meadow laud and is'
illel with lakes, ponds and canals.
Mtoge^her it. is as large as the States of '
New York and Pennsylvania combined. *
Judgo Cooloy Resigned.
Wabhinoion, P. C . [Sprt i.il Midge 1
Cooler. I hiirman of thr lotri State I
Coimnnce ( ommi?s':on. t mlr?iI hi- I
resignation hrrau-r <>! ili lir iith. (
i 1
Ti-f hiV:I*>lnni"> 'a li' i n- P'it:r f?!l h*
Arkm^ai t'iti. Ark., 1 i thp
iTvtpe ?>( a rommo'i go I i bi?' iir an 1 j
nearlv a? bic. 1
:
A Life Saved
Mr. <*eo llAvniontt, of Scnrra 'nil*, V V.. ? n ,
pump fetter In the emplov < f |:nm*n\ rt < < ., the
well known i un)|> nink*r* of thnt plnce. He a a 1
member of llannav Kntlnr t r lle-iiva |
"Mr wife without nmitit o?e< h>v hf- p, Honf*
S*renpar!ll?. A few vesira n?o ah- >v?a ? .lei'h's |
dnnr, title tr> hloo i pcilaintn i, or as phys .* - s.ir,
pr?eml?. After avirvthlnl els* fall* I llaal i |
MrMpirllls Iimiii'i1 h *r o r o" 11? r*.? t a'l rijlt'. i
Slnee then she has ?'iT?re t a- Mm** with ntpuhnesa ,
and headache. hut continues lakitu
Hood's Sarsaparilli
and ta gradually gfttlnjnver thess tro-iWea. f?hs
ollnjrs to Hoii't, taker nothing els?, * > I tve t>e!te* s
it will effect A complete cure."
IF YOU HAViiJ
AfaUrlft or ntea, 8lcV Hratlarhe, CnaHre
Rnwela, tliimh Ariii-, Stuir Mntuarh land
Rrlrhlnn ; tf your food doe* not assimilate
and you have no appetite.
Tuft's Pills
rrill cure the** troubles. Price, 35 rents,
s N u : s
PATENTS" iSflS*.
I <> pmre book Iree
A Liberal Translation.
lany year* ago, aaja Htrper%a Yovny
pie. while some excavation* were goon
near an ancient church if toe
tbern part ol Ireland, a large atooa
i uncovered bearing a queer inscripa
in LatiD. The church had been
ucated to a aarnt and missionary
own by the simple same of Nucatua
ibulan*. The inscription was a* loirs
- 1 Sabilli Hooroa ago.
ForUbua aa im. Aro
Noacaa Marl the be trux
Votls (nncra * poa an dUx."
Borne wit who aaw the atone observed
it though not versed in antiquarian
e, he could give a translation. In
ind it is ridiculously like tho Latin
>rd?.
" I ?ay. Billy. b?rw's a gn.
Forty busses in a row.
No. says Mary; thsy tv* truck*.
What is in >mJ
Pease an 1 ducks!"
The Skewer.
The skewer was formerly used as
icd of n tally-stick, and it continues
> tind similar employment at Lyons,
here the hutchers rarely fail to stick in
he middle of a piece of meat a small
doden cylinder announcing by so many
oti lies what every housewife knows to
it' tli? exact weight, of the meat.
A rivalry between two fruit stores in
hicago suddenly reduced the price of
ananas ?o t wo doren for a cent.
nrntlMDi in Alt.
The high position attained and tbeuniversai
rrertance and approval of the pleasant ilqnld
rntt remedv, Syrup of Figs, as the mrst ex eelani
laxativo known, illustrate the value of
he qualities on which its success is based and
re ahundantlv gratifving to the CcJMlZTWiZ
1b Pyvnp Company. 7
l SNAP.\ now inspects her <yjtn pics nod
ssine, so Secretary Busk has Stopped doit?
for lier. J
\|im persons. ar? broken'Jh-vn from over "'k
et household r.irvs. Ifvyvn's Iron Bit?rs
rebuilds the system, ij is digestion, removes
?-xi??h of bile, an t ues malaria. A
olendvl tcni for women ifnd children.
The German Bundesrat'.i is preparing a
)ilt lor the suppression o! vice in which the
Smperor is greatly interested.
How o sstndent Haltee >lon?y.
Dr.ah Rf.iper.h~1 ?m ahle to pav mv board
nd tuition. wear good clothes and have
aoney In my pocket liv spending mv odd
ours and vacations plating jewelry and
ahlewate and Helling platers. I have made A3)
j? itnv no\-r>r l?wo ci I ....1.1 St. t ' _ .
. ...... ... ..... ....... . |.(! |.. jj . Mir my
later to H. K. Delno A- Co.. Cnlnpihui", O.
Inv one ran profit by my ryperimce by writnc
there for circulars. A bTCBISST.
IvROAHDixTi the recent experiments ir "fT
Fork State as entirely sueo^.-s-fu'. fhriumv
is at-t'Ut to introduce "electmention."?
\V. will eive *1?vt reward for any case of ca
irrb that cannot be cured with Hall's Canrrh
Cure. Taken interually.
F. J. Cheney A Cc., Fropra.. Toledo, O.
Smokeless pr.w.lei wasusel for the first
time in this country the other day in an
dght inch rifled gun at Sandy Hook. N. Y.
with surprising results.
I Al'irs needing a tonic. or < biliretl who
vant building up. should lake Brown's Iron
differs. If i . i b-n.-apt to fa ve. cttrcs ^talaria.
indigestion.Biliou tress and Livei complaints,
nakes the Blood rich and pure.
Some of the small shopkeepers of Pnrd
bave appeal? I to the Pope for protection
from the liig concerns that are driving then
out of trade.
,r 11 s stoppe-1 free bv !)n. Ki.ine's Bi-jiat
kEltVE HrsToiiF.fi. No fits after first dav's use.
larvelous f urcs. Treatise and $2 trial bottle
ree. l.'r Kline. t>31 Arch St.. Phlla.. Pa.
HOW TO <
is a question of vital import
but it i
use some harmlesss remec
many people
by taking mercury and potas
for pimpl
trivial disease. S. S. S. is p
veg
or poison of any kind. Anc
same time an i
Treatise on Blood ai
THE SWIFT SPECI
"August
Flower"
How does he foe! ?? He feels
Idue, a deep dark, unfading, dyedin
the-wool, (Urnal blue, and lie
nakes cverybodv feel the same way
- August Flower the Remedy.
now aoes ne teelY?He feels a
aeadache. fceucially dull and constant,
but sometimes excruciating?
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel ??He feels a
l ioleni hiccoughing or iutnping of
lie stomach after a meal, raising
>ittcr-tastiug mattci or what lie has
;aten or drunk?August Flower
the Remedy
How does he feel ??He feels
lie gradual decay of vital power;
le feels miseiable, melancholy,
lopeless. mid longs for death and
icacc?August Flower the Reniady.
How does ho feel ??He feels so
iill after eating a meal that he can
lardly walk -August Flower the
Reme'dy. ?
G G. GRRFA. Sole Manufacturer,
Wondhun, New Jersey. U. S. A.
WHi cmri'isuR s ENOUSH.
fim r >mo
JfcN iX '' v\' f??t ORI 5INSI 110 cruyiN
7 \V I fllr?. , ? |>. ?;|ci i<-? iThtkf'n f
/ I/) ' *" "nMft'ii ^.r. f-Voi Ink en
Kf , Tl'"-'- (l-k ?M
"C* t/ 1" "i?i t ? 'r. . . 'fnnr.i
fY IIW.M ,... r?-~
* - !>! i | nil I "cm
A ringing noise
in the ears, headache, deafness, eye*
weak; obstruction of nose, discharges
falling into throat, sometimes
profuse, watery and acrid, at
others, thick, tenacious, bloody and
putrid ; offensive breath ; smell and
taste impaired, and general debility*
Not all of these symptoms at once?
Probably only a few of them, J
That's Catarrh. /
A medicine that by its mild, ^
soothing, cleansing and healing *
" 1 1 ,1. I./.*, .
I properties nas curcu iuu mwoi uvp^
le6S cases. One that will cure you,.'
I no matter how bad your ease or of
i how long standing. A medicine
that doesn't simply palliate for *
| time, but produces perfect and pcr
manent cures. ' I
I That's Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
| A cash payuufpjll J. i1] ? ^uoOy " r" "*
I you, as you Jnu^ht expect, but to
you, if you canX ],e cured. It's at*
offer that's raauc jn pood faith, to?
prove their m?^j0ino, by responsible
men, the pro*,, j..(018 of Dr. Sage'i
Remcdy^*y
'fTliWxGthe ! :ind of niediciue to try.
- "^"Doesn't it seem so?
TRINITY 0OLLE6E
Open* Thursday, September S !, at Trinity
Col ejr.\ Randolph county, N. C , nith eu*
large*! f-truitv. Rites low. Terms easy.
\Viit? foi bulletin to
John P. Crpweli.. rrea'l .
Tun ty College F. O.,
Uanilu'itlt c imt* . U. C.
n.V'sdlM 'l IIA I.U
Applied Into N'ostrlls Is Qulcklv
Ateorbcd, Clesosea the V^jlTaoHOJ
Heals the Soiea nud Cures MCpi
CAT ARRH.E" f
Reatore* TaMe and Smell, quick- ^
It Hellerea Cold In nnt^H
Headache M?c. at PrugKi.t*.
F.I Y HHOS.. 5" Warren St., N. Y. - "
; DONA! 9 KENNEDY
i
| Of Roxbury, Muss,, says
Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid OM .Sires, DeepBeated
Ulcers of 40 years'
standing, Inward rumors, and'
every disease of the skin, except
Thunder Humor, and
i Cancer that has taken root.
Prjrp. &1 oO. Sold by every
I Druggist in the United States ^?_
' and Canada.
jET WELL.
ance,
s equally important that you
ly;
: completely wreck their health
h mixtures,
es and blotches, or some other
urely
^etable containing no mercury
I is at the,
infallible cure for skin diseasesnd
Skin dlscn<es fiee.
FIC, CO., Ailanta, Ga.
11 nit*Owho wl" <1? Wrllluir me at their
I fllllr O homes inako good nno oauvasslng
kriUlkV AdilrN^ with solf-ml 1rP5?m1 stampet
, tDTtltHlf V,M Mil Pltrn VII LEI . m lltll 1
"How we Make the Fruit Farm Pay/'
Samj la Co;>y Free. Address
I'. A- GltEE.V It ocli eater,
! PAICP rhe FtNEt-1 lll.lMK.'.fFP LATALOOlt of
K r" IHmnnnite. Watchtt. Jewelry, SlicesB
IlBrBu ^nir. Wfiui nlah e? et\Sourtnir Spoon
mad*. 'I' JOHNSTON A CO H Irton f?juate.N\Y.
uh^reMiJournal of Adventured n''T'2&C
Adrttfo UNFSYII I V. ?'A J rip' f iMsl note
arrt| ? 1 v.i rds I'll |;F wis m?\rr' --iitireriSpi.
PI41HU101VH Our nil
i rii??tiii'(i t? ?< for liicren-jr. -<t years ex
I ? yrt It'llr-??. ^ rut* mr I 11 > A W. 2M l ( "O R M f CK
i ronr, wahii* nro", i*, c. *. ci vf ik vati. (x
(tin %M wrak, Nitnvoir*, Wnr.Trifr.p mortal*
|i|S well and krep well llenith llrtpcr
! *? v 1m telle how. sorta a je.v. Sample copy
i fre*. Or, j. ii. u v k. Editor. entrain. n. v.
! PPNSinN I* Ptnalon. No Fm.
I rmohin
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n .?( !. " T'i? ltnpr"?*'lki
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KING COTTON
Buy or sell your CoHoo op JOtfES
A> ak5-Ton Cotton Scale.
w~ i! not cheal est rut best.
In I I For 'rrm?
Ill IB II JOWF.S OF BTNOHAMTOW.
w w binghamton, n. y.
XIIn need of BOOK-KEEPERS, 8TENO
111 ORAPHERB, .or any other office help
Hkllcan be aupplw I b\ addreMing
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Rf o Cross Diamond Brand a.
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No't-% F'inmnn'l Rrftn^ m Ne<1 ?n'l '/"M \ y
o other l?l?nl. ftrf'ii* f'i*>ihtvtionii an-f \
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TA RUH^-Beat. Pn?i*?t to use
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