The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, December 04, 1891, Image 4
HOT SPRINGS GAMBLERS
That Locality Making, an Unenrita
bl* Record for Itself of L?t?.
E* Hot BriuNas, Auk., (Special.]-DuinHWV>/
log Ike recent prosecutions 01 ueverai
HKf gamblers, brought on by the Knights ol
, ' Pythias, because tonic of the incmheis of
.ujpjB^hat ord cr had been roblied, all of the
hrambliog houses in this city were closed*
fi&ut. it seems, that was ouly for effect.
' JK sooner did the Citizen*' Committee
BBbbsod?<u- rather, beemne Inactive
These ropers arc organized nnl have
their particular line ol victims. They
arc selected and assigned to work on a
* special class of people. They arc organised
into a league, which is subdivided
into classes. The fresh young roper, who
IK Ol gOOIl MdUICHKUIUI ^'IIU'CI il|l|l< ;iuiiu<-,
is assigned to a particularly swell hotel
to work on the young dudes who conic
here to spend their father's money.
These "swell" ropers attend the hops
and soon ingiutiate themselves with the
visiting swells. After a few social games
I of euchre or ten-cent ante, a fiicnd is invited
to "sit in." This "fiicnd" proves
to be an experienced gambler, who robs
the victim tliat the young swell roper lias
been nursing for him.
Another feature of swell gambling life
at the Springs is the gambler in ili?gubc
of a real estate or mining operator. I hey
put up at first-class hotels and have atried
only on the i'hicago plan. While 1
the gambleis are busy looking for victims
among the male guests, their wives are
getting acquainted with other men's wives
ami learning I he financial stains of their
husbands. If wealthy, and inclined to
be sociable, intiodtu lions are brought
about and Sociable games ami wine
luncheons follow, hater on the men have
a quiet business game, and I he gambler
robs his vieteiu. These gamblers' vvivei
are adepts at cards, and can make a false
cut and veer a curd as skillfully as tlicit
husbands. They ca?ry a "lay out" of
cards, poker checks, etc., "merely for
pastime." They always invite their holy
and gentlemen liieinls who call in the
afternoon to play 11 "social game," and
lliey always \\ in. A lavoiite dodge of
these gamblers' wife* is to encourage silly
young men, and eveu silly "old boys,"'
iy.kf.i "I"'" * he in. A game of ten-cent
too g'dhmT^eT^an!7r,to<Tir9it'TrTtWlWnnTrr"
to win from a lady, or to even object to
being .swindled, and so the gumhlei's
wife manages to win enough pin money
to pay hotel expenses. A retired showman
spent about two months here this
winter, and nreumulntcd more money
than if he had been playing to crowded
houses during the entiro season. He is
considered a star poker player.
Theic is perhaps more gamblers in Ho'
tunings, and a gieater variety of it, thai
in any oilier city with ten times its population.
It is also a better lield, heeniiso
there nie more verdant visitors here than
iiny other point, it seems that a visitor
loses his running as soon as he reaches
this Amei ienn Monaco. At his home, or
in any other city, ii would bo a very difficult
ma tci to entrap him, if lie could
be caught at all; but as soon ns hn
!eiiehes this hot water (foinorrah he falls
an easy prey to the bunco thief or
smooth-tongued poker player.
Deaf for a Year
a,t(i r,
t io i fi ?i; iiooil'n Sarnnimrilla.
"Ho. Ill Si.-- S, V., July 87. "11,
"Three years ngn, as a result of rntarrli, I lout my
bearing entirely and w as .Ir for more than a year
I tried unions things to i'iiiv il. ami liail several
physliTatis. nut no tiii|ir?ivoiiu'iil was apparent. I
COltHI j
HintiII//IIinh .V? Nomnl.
I was Inti'iulimr putting m> solf under theenreof a '
peelnlM win n s no' olio suggested thai possibly
Hood's Sarsdp.irh'.i would <|o iii!' soiiio good. i l.o
gaii taking ii wIiIioiii \|>i'oilug iniioli lii'lp. To my
mirprlso and great joy | loiilid w lion I had taken
Ihreo hoi lies l lull my In aim; w as reluming. I kept
PU taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Till I had taken lliroo m..io when i slopped. II la
now-over a year, ami lam u-milded Init very little
with the ealai'i'li I eoiisi.h'i litis a very reiiiarkiihle
ease." llr.uM t\ llii'Ks, KirarterSt.
Hood's I'ills. For 'lie liver and 'swvels, net
easily yet promptly ami eAleleiilty. I'rlee J.'s".
f'MOTHERSl
? I i ntr:rsw 7i
l
1 Makes Child Birth Easy. 11
2 Shortens Labor, |
Lessens Pain,
J Endorrcd l>y the l.cading Physicians, f i
floofc (o " >fol/ifr?"m?ll(wl h'ltEE. J 1
j bradfield regulator co.
2 ATLANTA, GA. o
SOLD UY AI L DRUGGISTS. 2
MMM MOX<SWSOSMMMS<W<H
Tin MP Hti'iK-KKKPINil, tt 14. inc... form*,
HVH1L /t-niii'iii.fiO1, Ai ilhmrtir, Short hmul, fto., '
U Tit??ni>f iiii v I \<*< .it iiv .>1 % I I,, ritvulnr* fron. i
Dryunt'n Collcyi-, |."i7 Main m . I'nfliil.,, N. V. '
PtTWT^TV A<! IS I'rtnilnx. An LhkIa Knimtaln |Mn
WnhAwAmmIs Willi Wimi.ksai.k prli't* llal nf Christ
imiH prt-Ht-nt.*. only Jn oi'IIIm. It nmki't R fllit* inowiit
Wisona Stamp Co., I*. i> liox :f.c>. Winotm. Minn.
? ? i
" All she lacks of beauty
is a little plumpness."
This is a frequent thought,
and a wholesome one,
All of a baby's beauty is
due to fat, and nearly all of a
woman's? we know it as i
curves and dimples. ,
W hat plninjncss has to do t '
with health, is told in a little ' i
book on careful bivixo; sent
free.
WouM you rather he
health) or h' annfui.' "Both"
is the propor answer.
Sr'i i i H >' Mh A v#nu?,
N?>V Vril L .
Your rtriti j<* > Kjiiuisi'.n ol cod-li??r
Oil-all dru^n'.v cv :y where do. $i. I
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1
Vf?tb?r"
1 peopfe
be?rnt
" - ' *d bu?io
THE QUEER WAYS OFl^vS ?
.An' Afri
V19 PLIA0A1TT LITTL* OVISTS, rb|(
BUT WORTH RTUDYINv. #i|.
> peb
??iiKt tiinir mill /*rr UOOU r???? gau
Cloihn ol Tlicir Hktn>?Teaching O'fi
Tiinn Trlok?~liat( a* Food. tbei
A rat'* tail ia a wonderful thing. The ne*
great naturalist, Cuvier* any* that there *u^
are more muscles in ttits curiout append- ne*
ago than are to be found in that part of
nerve* a* a aoit of hand, by means of n?"1
which the nnimal is enabled to crawl buj
along narrow ledges or other diHtcult fhc
passages, using it to balunce with or to " I
gain a hold. It is prehensile, like the [>"
tails of some monkeys. By means of it it
the little beast cati jump no heights Vn
otherwise inaccessible, employing it as a cd'
projectile spring. , f?'
It has often been said that the glovemakers
of I*iitis make use hi their trade nni
of the; skins of rats which ate caught in 8UI
the sewers, but this is denied. Certainly, w.i
says the Washington Slur, the material V
would not be strong enough to success- I"1
fully counterfeit the kid, uulcss it were c"|
for the thumb parts only, which are gen- 8a'
erally of a thinner and different kind of *w
leather from the rest. Suggestion has wu
been made that the trade might be
opened with the Chinese for the skins of foi
the ruts they cut. A tlirilty Welshman O'
Knglsiid attfreiV'in 'a' <
from top to toe of nitskins, which he had 83
spent three years and u half in collecting. t'11
The dress wis made entirely by himself. " *
It consisted of hut, neckerchief, coat, |>a
waistcoat, trousers, tippet, gaiters and rn
shoes. 'I lie number <?! rats imputed to cx
complete the suit was tl7d. Most curious ""
of the garments was the tippet, composed
entirely of nits' tails. At. one
time a hatch of seveinl thousand r itskins 1'
was imported from France into England Iln
for macufucturing purposes, but toey ell
were found too small ami ton line in Pr
texture to be useful. c?
Dr. Iluekhind says licit maty o! the t?
elephants' lusks hrougli' to Condon for I'1
the use of workers in iv.u ? are observed SP
to have their surfaces grooved into small '<(
furrows ?if uiieipial deptii as though eat ht
out hy a very sharp edge I ill-truomiit. di
This is done by taD, which a:e fond of ^
shmceT'^TltoTv^n^'lfl (m sikl'/'H jup at* .of
purposes by preference tho?e tusks which 8ft
have lieen gnawed in tin. way, because w
they are the ones wliie'i I'lui'mn t ic most
gelnline and are therefore the lust in 1,1
/ ... i i. ... i..
III.II CI lit ' * ? I"'!'!.* ""Ml M, *11' I"!'1' %
whilo jtivint: tins niu h r< cognition to
the lats' work, has ii"l i< . > ./.<'<I them
us thr authors of i:, tin mum belief w
hi tin? business lioi.i;; lli?*' I:ivory his fu
lifon thus *rii:t\vc?l l?y it*?i?. How is
it is imagined that llHm It.iis yet a oil IMi:<! m
to chew elephants tusk' is a probh n.
How many people u <ve rvri eaten jelly S
niailc Irotn elephants' tu-k-f N ?'i it is tl
very ;;o.. l imlcc I. In tlio _ Kiiyliah ?t
lactones where many ton>ol ivory are 0!
miwii up annually to make handles lor sl
knives ami lurks, t real spuiutities ot js
ivoi v dust nto obtained. l iiis ?iusi is
solit at tne rtlc of sixpence a poiuul, |{
ami, when properly boiled ami prepared,
it makes lite Illicit, pure-.I and most 0
nutritious uitiiual jelly Known. \c:ira vv
ajr0 ivory jelly was a very fashionable
?ttfww. I fart iUt'I. ^
Anion" other tliini?B lit is p ,ssible to jf
make tliem learn how to bey, to pimp *
throuoii a hoop, to draft a little cult in
harness and to carry sticks or money.
I hits have never found favor as a delieaey
for the table in Ktirope or hi this
country, hut in many lands they are ie!> .i*
ished as an article ot diet. The slaves '
of .lumaicit used to ic-pird tlieni as a ?'
I dainty, their masters not piovidimr them
with any other meat. 'I heir niclho I ot
cooking the toothsome rodents was tr,
impale each one on a lony wooden o
skewer, after cleaning the anim.il and '
cutting olT the tail, turning it hriskly V
around over a lire until the hair was all
miim mi i urn it was scraped until '
free fro.n fur, anil linallv tin- end !:f the iC
HO
"Knu r was stuck into tin- ground, in
dined toward the tire until it was toasted
dry and crisp, Huts being made ready wii
lor tin" meal. Wats may commonly lit ll0
"een for sale in the markets of any t'liiu- pi,
o?c town, split ami pre?se 1 under a heavy |-p.
weight, so as to look soniewiiat like dried |,c:
lish. In this ' hiii):' the nig hit1"-1
lid I'wnin ; n il I M'l II n "trm son
Wats oauje gveat annoyance on hoard aid
,,f tiliipi |>r K ?? ? : that if .ekot ami
what, after d'irkne-s, eotd and seurvy, nm
were the three be?? ttini* curse* of Insuretie
sojourn, lie would say rat", rats, r its. ^ |JC
Never'liele--. when in distri>s for oti.er
lood. In- was alterwiiitl very ?I * 1 to ? i* |
the pests.. II" write- , J
"Through the Ion:; wintti night I!
used to beguile his lonely hours nf u it i
by .shooting rats with b > i an I arrow. ;
I lie repugnance ol my a-s .?m ites t<> -a it.; i i
w 1111 me this taMe luxury gave me Ire j ,
ipient advantage of In -li neat soup. .,t t
which contiihulcd m; douht to my cum* hac
partitive immunity from scurvy." of >
Again he writes: "Oar diet will he ?jtt
only .a stock ot meat biscuit, to which I the
shull add for myself a f( iv rats chopped the
up and frozen into tallow balls." 1
CENSUS PORTER TALKS,
km
A.ud Produces Private Figures to "
Prove His Side of the Question.
iro
r>T i.oris, .111?., j rspeeinl. | ? Kobert I'. I j||s
roller, superintendent of the I" ti it ?>?)
i ite? census, delivered an address before
the ('ominercial ciiib of this ( itv in '^j
'.lie evening I'lic occasion was a very
e jovable one, and the attendance was I Nl1
. I!?,"
Mr. Porter said that eonitner ;
rial life centered on meat rivers j s,r
or great lakes lie traced the ) '>tM
oinniercial advancement of the country l'("
ihrotigh the various censuses from the fro
i into of Alexander Hamilton to the prosfat,
and presented figures from the the
eleventh census, now made public for the, I
iist time, to show that wool and woolen tha
manufactures had to-day increased since inc
1 s.^0 #77.040.7*?:t in value. Statistics of mx
rotton manufactures wore also'madc pub- c,rs
for the first time and show increases ,MV
over IHSi) as follows In number of es>1
-diluents, 150; in bands employed, ^
"2.1. in cotton consumed, (bales), ; jji(>
105, in value of product, #05,074,- !
I; in nnrnber of spindle?., I{,515, 500,
d in number of looms, yo.U'.ts. The r"
uu-Htest increr.se is in the Southern ls 1
I inles, which are employing nearly as
many hands in this industry now as New ??
England did in 1990.
>7
hlldrea as Finder* of DUneadi.
he discovery of diamond* in South
ica vu brought About by two Dutch
dreo, who to*?ed ? diamond in the
and caught it, thinking that it waa
ble. They were playing the childish
io one day in 1897 wnen John
leilly, an interior trader,'stopped at
ir father's farm in Oriqualsnd West,
r the Vaal River, to trade for skin*,
1 he was attracted by the pecular clear ?
and tram parency of the pebble,
asked one of the children to show il
him, aiM^tter ho had examined it h*
nc, laughed when O'Reilly offered to
f the stone, nnd said that plenty ol
in could be found in the river,
teilly accepted the stone as a gift, and
imised that if he succeeded in selling
he would givo half of the proceeds tr.
n Niekirk toward the expenses ol
ucating the girl, which was the Dutch
inur's greatest desire
At nope town uto bioiic was canned
l?y many trader*, but nobodi
[tported O'Reilly in the belief that i
ts valuable, it* size being too large,
Ktilly kept it carefully until ho lin<1
no to send it to I)r. Atberstono, f
[table authority in Grahamstown, whe
d that it was a diamond of abou
enty-two carats. Some titno aftc
ml Sir Philip Wodehouse, then Gov
lor of the Cape, bought the diainonc
r $2500. On his return to the Vaal
Rcilly gave #1250 to the little girl
d asked her if she had nny more peb
-T. 11 tnimr.ami, from the rivar
Van Nii'kcrk Itnd said, nior,7t~nfb?rt
ere, O'Reilly argued, and he hire*
tives to oollcet lor htin all the traus
rent stoucs they could Hud on th
rer banks. Sackful after sackful wen
untitled, but O'Reilly found only on
;>rc diamond?a four-carat stone.
That is the story of th
scovery of diamonds told by J
torburn in the London (Jraji/tic. I
;rcos with the authorities in describiu;
lildren as the first tinders, and it ;
obably true in regarti to details, be
use lie was one of the men who wet
the Vaal to search for diamonds aftc
c news of O'Reilly's find had [bee
road among tho traders and settlori
>r tlirco years after O'Ueilly's fiud tit
inks of the river were washed f~
umonds, but not many were found
he finding of Home diamonds in th
ud walls of a hartobeeste hut led to tli
woiiiff of tho dry diggings, Thorbur
ys, and (Too'ti tho most profitable searc
as in the ground of tho now (muoi
n Toits Pan, lie Doers and Itiiubcrlc
ines.?New York Sun.
The Real Australia.
Among the tacit, misco ic :;>tio:i* int<
liicli distant critics arc mast likely t
,11 about antipodean aiTairsis that, wliic
based upon ignorance of tint euormoii
en and possibilities of the colonie
specially is this likely i t the Unite
lutes, where the assuinptioa m ay lj
lat, as the population of Australia
rout the same as that of the thirtee
riginnl seaboard colonies of America,t!
irface over which they are distribute
also approximately tho same. As
latter of fact there is no sueh propoi
on. New South Wales alone is as lare
i tiiey were; Tasmania,the Rhode Ishm
f Australia, is as largo as that .Slab
ith New Jersey, New Hampshire au
lussachusctts added; Victoria, tli
iiallest colon v of the continent, isenu:
HWtV lVll'lll U H IVirly- ?
rgo as Western Australia, which <
self linn iwmoI.. r it.
- ijr lour uiui!s tito extent .
exits, while tho two colonics toget'.u
<: larger than the whole of K irop
ithout Kussia. '1'lie seven colotii ;s he
recti them occupy a territory grcatc
inn that of the Unite I St tie-, exclud
g Alaska. It. is true that at preset)
ustralia has harely four inillioa iniiah
uit-s, but these itntrcnsu anas ropre
lit. ;i potential population to w.iie'i i
impossible to set hound-. No part o
e continent is so hot ami so uu'calthj
to forbid white sottleinoit, tm>l if flu
ip ol low-lying cut ian Is in tin.
rtli he omitted, tiiere is no p ut of il
t colonized w!:;::! ? i. ir.ipeans oaut
work. I'orl Dir.vie, the country
nut tho (Julf of ('trpe it tri i, a id an
letinitu hclt toward the northwest lie
thin the tropics, an I are suitable for
pieal productions; hut the higli
itcau of northern t J a nshm I, woic'i
is close to the sea,is found thoroughly
^t%ottyt^al77ITss 7h no tri-:
with the Mississippi Valley, is
e to carry stock well in hi ? ' "i i >j,
I wito wells, tanks ami di m tut/ hj
de to do so in all years. I it" de1 re
mtrv of Kintern Ami's ia has vet t
found. ? Vfii/if.
He Tells It l?) rilCif flccls.
\ l ni;< .' -at?, a- on a a man
mv sl|(?; and takes o'Y his
.. | em t-II whether or not he is a
,i v. i.Kvr, a*'d h is a-totiisliiiig to
i | <> \ few men know t ie proper way
?vp .??*t. It the s'ae.e is worn down
he heel, not on the side, hut straight
k, and leather of the sole shows signs
weakness at the hall of the foot, a
le greater on the inside just hel ?w
hie-e of the gia at toe, I Know that
wearer is a goo I walker,
f, however, the heel is turned 011 one
or is worn evenly throughout nud
sole is worn most near the.toe, I
>w that 1 have to ileal wit!; <? poor
li'striait. The reason of ihediiTcri ne i
position of tiie worn spots ii> the
1 faet tliat the poor v.alker walks
in Ins knees and the good one liom
hip.
Mulch the passers-hy on tin* licet
1 \oii w ill at oni e m o the iltlh ience.
lie men out of ten will lieiul tlte knee
v considerably in walking, sleeping
?';? lit out with hut It liips on tin; .-ante
[ , ittul the toe will he the tirst to
ike the ground. The tenth man will
ml his knee very little, just enough to
nr the ground, ami w ill swine the ieg
in the hip, very much as the arm is
ting Iron; the shoulder anil not from
elhow.
5y so doing he calls upon the muscles
I are strongest to hear the strain, ami
renses the length of his stride four to
inches.- The heel touches the grouml
t ami not the toe. A single spring is
en from the hall of the loot ou innkanother
stride.
den that walk in this fashion cover
ground thirty per cent, faster with
same exertion Mian these thai walk
m the. knee. Ji igtlism the old lulu
o strike lro:r the sliouiler and not
ui the elhow. In pedeatrmoism it is
walk from the hip and not from the
pe.?>f. 1 A> u I * (jiof't-Democrat.
"v 1 * ymm *
LORD LIlBD^i DEATH.
Frenchmen tb? Loss of the
Diplomat!*-. wiYiUrtrjr
Tx ? d?
A cablegram from Pari* nji: The en
death of the earl of Lfttoa, BritUb am- g)
baaaador of Fraodfc, hns caused tbe most ri
profound regret In . ibis city. All the th
nope re publish ariick* on tbe dead dip- Ti
r s* - ?* -?? ??_ .i? i.:_* ? i_
lomai, iau ?ii, >[!?? ji# iuc ui^ucov iviuu
vi his gteat a pountry. The of
^mp?re pay hlgb ^W??? to the curl's lit en
, ?7ary Attainments. and tiiey all eommr la th
tho opinion that in awdeath Fraoce baa >Ai
lost a sincere fricndA v
In ?n article on thA ln\^arl, published 'ia
by The Kvencinent, that \iaper aaya the 9t?
. picseuce of the carl of LyUon I? Paris ''J
> was u more reassuring plcoWn of peace " uu
' than nil the pfo tests made by fb; cabinet
I of Kt. James. w
It lias been practically decide^ that
the remains of the late earl of Lyttoii^ the
J lliitisli ambassador to France, lie interred tii
f nt Kcuilwoith, Hertford, Knglaml, as :M
t s on us the necessary arrangements cau
. be made. \ W
I At the request of the dend poeftdiplo- AV
i mat, no tlowers will be placed upon his n
> colBn, and, in all other respects, the fun- 01
t, cial will be of the most simple dcacripJ
lion There is no doubt, the friedds of tr
the dead man say, that the curl's death
j was brought about, directly or iud|rcct- 11
ly, by the snuitarv condition of British l>:|
, embassy. * 'If
,' LUGGING _ HON B GREEN GOODS.
Two Southern#*^ Oreatly Surprised
o To Find Out What They
3 Had Bought. iu
A special from New York City says: ^
Big Policeman Peter Been,who docs duty ..
c in tlie Pennsylvania Kail road depot in Jersey
City, noticed two typical Southerners '.l
II waiting for the 8outhcru express train.
A One of them had a satchel which he k
19 senned to be guarding with special care. 1
5- The policcmau took l oth men to Police ,
it hcadqimttors, where the satchel was I
:r opened. Tho Southerners were the only 1
u ones who exhibited finv surprise when the (<
1. satchel was found to contain several bun- J!
e dies of green paper. They were great- '
>r ly chagrined. It was only a case of two (
I. more "green goods' swindlers. They ^
e s^id tiicv wero Albert Allen and O. L. 1
Tf nrria ..V Aoli.uilln M n Tlinv iwlmit. V
tl ted thut thoy had come North to buy
jj "green goods," and had paid out $300 of ^
good money. Superintendent Smith
* advi^ed^r^r.l^TnTiy home and relate ^
^ their experience to their neighbors as a
warning. ()
Two dupes of "greeu goods" swindlers u
were nlso interested in Newark, N. J.
i They gave tite r names as James It Smith l t
o of Folk county, Floridu, and William It.
Collins of Foi t Meade. Flu.
>
The Opening of Columbia's GreM j
d Canal. * > I;
"flail Coliuiibla'' might have been c
,s said or sung by every citizen of South
u Carolina the other day, for the gates of 1
1(2 the looks of the canal that had boon long H
'I the deferred hope of their capital city '
n were opened in the presence of thousands (
r- of peoplo, and 13,0.0 horse-power was
[0 made available for the industries that
I will soon be established,
j, An cxpcnditiuc of $1,000,000 that for
d long has seemed) to he a dead loss will 8
iC now contribute to Columbia's prosperity,
and while tlie^ty lias ho coupons to cut
r ust
)f pld thousands of wage-earners to lier 1
([ population and add in a multitude of
r ?'* fair city's prosperity 1
o ,. J ,t;re1ba?, be1en years a deal of sen- ^
l "mental talk about union between Massacbusetts
and South Carolina. Cohini- v
"a and Ilostoii liave done uwnv with any 1
, further nonsense of that kind by combin- 11
ing their enternrise ami .i
? HI II1U
|?iachcul work that was inaugurated by 11
tin- rush of waters through the canal last li
t week, aud which will now he followed 11
I by the building of large cotton mills bv '
' New England cnpilaiists. So not only s
j South Carolinians, hut all American pa- n
: I riots can with heart and voice join in
i In national cjiorus of "IJuil Columbia.(
si
hi
1*1110 Curies, the Now I'olnto. ui
A few yearn ago a scientist in Japan
discovered a plant, the tuberous roots of
which closely resembled the common potato.
Samples of this ncw-fouud tuber e
I wpre ' I'.iri?.and Hnrlin'a ??>.?;;. ci
no .v tuber, \\S all been.1 favorable to the
troduce<i^^.:iuch has been extensive in- 11
tries. *-*- i.ito'"P'?r!y all European coun- ^
Wisc^ This year a number of farmers in 1
crops ?ns?n aud Minnesota planted large 1
tiou niff the new potato under the diree- "
che niV'l ndviseinet of Albert Meyer, the 11
Stale, st of Stillwater, in the last-named :l
is Stac^ The scientific name of the plant u
41 pine I'vs tuberifera, the common iniriie, tl
account i>t>es," having been bestowed on ?
call it St ie'nys storm. So nc authorities
have it Stachys jifiuis, and still others
ing he a the diso/bieboldii, biebold bavThey
are cultiVoverer.
ucras the com mooted in the same manmore
prolific,as hi^potato, and are much
forming in one hilb'h as 301) of the tubers
large as our coinuf' They are hardly as
them would fill a^n potato, but 201) of
than 100 potatoefmuch larger measure
which will give
mous yield.
The analysis of the plant is:
Water 7*. 33
! Protein J.-VJ
: I.fill
j Fat o.l?
('ar<>'>nhyilr<tl? (|ii*nit'i|ii unlactan).. . l'V ">?
Cellulose ".7.? i
As!i>'ii i.oy
There is neither starch or sugar in tins
composition, but galaclan, n substance '
between both. Tiioy are clear ami (
white, and frost lues not hurt them in : J
the least. Their taste is so nothing like t
that of the potato, awl they are no* fl
ju'eh i before cooking. ? St. Louis lie c
fiOi ic. c
i
Sweden as Servants. C
The wedoa mako the best servants of i1
all our imported people, says Mrs. M. t
E. W. S'aerwool in the North American h
litcicu>t ami the reason of it was gravely ji
stated to ni^.-by a Swedish cook, (who n
had her nil be the mistress of |]
servant*, and wfco deeply deplored tho
idleness and tholdisobadienca which, she g
said, were erefpiog in even amongst
thcin in our American life) to be theold ?
Swedish r of "!Iui<tig?"?an old ~
Swedish law bv which tho masters are
-till cmpowore 1 to inflict corporal pun- "
isiiincut oa their servants, male and *
female. f
Ah!" -iid Freuda, "that made gooc
Servant* r"
)
L
AMONG THE SEMINOLES
M Pathstic Tale They Tell of i
First White Missionary.
Down on the horH?r of ?*t "
irness of waviDg standi and lago
icirled islands which from the K'
ades of Florida is the Beininolc I ml
Huge of Tallafagcsse, half hidden
a green hammock, llcve Chief T
ger and his bond pursue the even te
domestic life with their consorts i
fspring?a somewhat lazy existe
livened by much hunting and fishi
e only visible means of supp<
mong themselves these Bemiuole*
treinely loquacious," "but ths- Ww
is small chance of hearing any of Mi
Dries and traditions unless introdu<
r some accepted "heap good wl
an."
80, although I had heard vaguely ol
hite faint who had been worshiped
ie forefathers of Osceola three 111
cd years ago, I could not for a 1<
ine find any authority in the person
i Indian narrator.
At last the talc was told me l?y
raukacmicco, tho patriaclial chief >
as murdered a year ago. We were
hunting camp on the St. Lucie ii
ie balmy January night. The flai
ghtwood fire threw out in weii
einbliug relief the dark background
ilmctto and moss-draped ningn
cos, their trunks entwined with to
il creepers, in the rear, a stretch
ishing phosphorescent river; the f<>
[ the braves sprawling around the I
ic half-score of lauk battle-scarred t
>gs skulking without the circle,
ie deer and alligator skins at retched
pymg riwintypn?c n itua
ic narration.
The full inoon, rising jellow and w
i the heavy air, over a cypress awai
cmed to awaken sleeping memories
ie breast of the wrinkled old Sennit!
Without my urging be; began speak in;
gutteral monotone, very diliieult to
iw. In a mixture of Seminole and
lisli, lie unfolded the story which I 1
ied to outline.
The wonderful visitation took p
tree centuries ago, when the fort
w coquinu horses of St. Augustine f<
1 the only town in the forest-covi
eninsula. With a colony from Min
icrc came a young Spanish pr
[billing of his history lias survived
[facing touch of the years. Witl
esitation, as with a mission plainly
calcd, he commenced the fearfully p
us pilgrimage down tho east c
mong tho scattered Indian villa
It hough Spaniard and Seminole i
instantly warring, tho missionary >
uharined Viy canoes and on foot, si
i) the Gteat Marshes and west to
,iir.
llis holy zeal and devotiou won for
mingling of reveicut love and fear
he Indians, who thus received tlicstr
ew story of the Savior of men as a
age from the Great Spirit. For 11
c:u i this herald 01* the cross toiled
ncaching in the palmetto-thatched
ige huts, and healing the sick in a 1
Icrful manner.
At the last when all had come to
lim. and his body was bent with 1
nlTerings of a score of years' denial,
Jieal Spirit took him to Himself.
Wi;i!e aitempting to cross the
idi.'in river in the face of a fu
*nnrthcr.'! to minister to a dying
ert. liis light canoe was overtiu
Vud thus he died, alone with his
md the storm.
On the top of a swelling niouud,
liadowing the broad lngoon, stain
;roup of liees. as stalely one huu
y""llU "JAI'dHtK,
line trees.
But on the night of full moons in
uonth a strange thing hapi
iVhethcr Lie surface of the blue watt
u-fitt 1 I.I/. .l : _ . . . 1
... lilt\j >I.III< nig lippiCS l)\r till' 1
.ind, or whither i( is calm ami
hrough the pine houghs there sweej
nighty rushing wiittl, ami they loss
loa-i with a wailing ami sail no** w
lakes weep whoever may hear. Thi
aespiii: of the "Indian Father,''
lesscnger from the beyond, who ret
) earth to watch over iiis hele
endnotes, ami he mourns because
ice is so s\\ iftly vnntdiing.
Such in brief i> thi; tradition, v?l
though envelope!i in a ini->t ami iiaz
ipcrnition. nevertheless stands ou
right ami holy pi. lure fio.n the d;
iss of its times. Uxi.rii I). Pai.ni
Palent Leather ami Patent Pal
While many may apply the term "j
lit leather ' to all kinds of enamel leu
m&\Wcth ttltr'ft-'
laterial from which line shoes are ma
'lily the very iiuest calfskins are us
le enamel being applied after the s
as been through a long course of tr<
icat and all- the stretch taken thi
rom, and is, therefore, much more i
hie than patent leather which is in
siially Iroiii cowhides. ? Shoe unil Lit
! Fitcls.
SV|PP?GS
OXB ENJOYft "
Both the method ami results whe
ilyrupofFigs is taken; it is plea^ar
md refreshing to the taste, andael
jently yet promptly on the lvidneyi
Liver ami Bowels, cleanses thesyi
nr a *?
cm eneciuauy, dispels colds, head
iches and fevers and cures habitua
sonstipation. Byrun of Figs is Gh'
inly remedy of its kind ever pro
luced, pleasing to the taste and ac
eptable to the stomach, prompt ii
ts action and truly beneficial in iti
fleets, prepared only from the mosl
ealthy and agreeable substances,
ts many excellent qualities com
lend it to all and have made ii
he most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50t
nd el bottles by all leading drug
ista Any reliable druggist whe
i?.y not have it uu band wiii pro
ure it promptly for any one whe
rishes to try it Do not accepl
ny substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO.
IAN FRANCISCO, CAL
WmvtUI, RY H W YORK. N Y.
Ten years ago, Leroy Payne,a Chicago
liveryman, leased some property on
the Michigan avenue (or ninety-nine ye trs at
an annual rental of $2100. Now he has
an offer of $24,000 a year (or an eighty';!
yiirc' !v^c vf tlv MUIC piujieiij.
on- mm
cfr- ^Ttiaecontinues to find, seaion after
uao seasoj, a ItaMtlJ growing mirxet lor an
ii? tuc ice bhe cau produce and atrip.
cm j . ^ n0^
Beware ef Olntmrnts for Catarrh That
run Ceataln Mercery,
nee A" mercury will surely destroy the sense of
u? amell and completely derange the whole syae>?
tern wheu entering it through the mucous surf
rt. faces. Such art icTes should nerer be used exare
cept on prescriptions from reputable physl.
__ . clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
F' thtmnnil roucan possibly derive from tbem.?
icir HAII^^^ssi^T^^^^ufac t u red by F.J.
^ and is taken Internally, and acta dlraotl^vgai,.
lite the Mood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
, the genuine. It Is taken Internally, auu made
f a in Toledo. Ol?o, by F. J. Cheney 4t Co.
by t*" by Druggists. price 75c. per bottle. J
jn- There aro over nino hundred grain elo!,n<?
valors in North Dakota,
of
Bitown's Iron Bitters euros Dyspepsia.Malarln.
Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
old Strength,niun Digestion, tones the nerves?
v)w, creates appetite. l'bo lx-st tonic for Nursing i
Mothers, weak women and children.
Ill
ivcr This year's crop of cereals 13 estimate 1 at
int? 6,215,000,000 bushels.
American made shotguns are greatly la
?l demand abma*'.
din
Dr. Swan's Pahth.e? Cure female rceoAcnwses;
1 , hl? T-Tablets cure chronic constipation. 8amot
pies free. Dr. Swan, Beaver Dam, Wis.
rms Kansas Cttt is promised Ice at flveoentan
lire, hundred, aa a result of competition.
'V'i FITS stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No tits after first day ?
nn u*e. Mar vel?u> curcfli Treati-a and S3 trial
' u> bMtklrta Dr. Kiiuc. ?31 ArcbBt-.Phila ,Ta
There is au epidemic of"forgory and coin,
arm tngin Germany.
inn, ?1
j(! A new excitement lor tAclnbonja is sup
, plio i by the discovery ot gold-bearing quart!
?. ?t < handler.
g tn
f0t. M Al.A III A cured and eradicated frun the
ay at em by lirown's Iroi lliitcrs, which ?-nLn
riches the blood, tones the nerve*.? ids iligestave
tion. Acts like a charm on persons in ycncral
111 health, giving now energy and strength.
ilncc fim John Maodonald's estate is valued
nut) et SIX) 00(1
]f afllicted with aore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomneretl
ton'* Kye-wutor. Druggists sell at??c. per bottle
orcu ??
? Quit Even
S. S. S., is the only permanc
oast Taint Old chronic cases th;
S08- are cured in every instance w
were , .
vent triai.
the ' honestly believe that S. S.
my hfo I was afflicted wit!
from worst type of contagious bio
nnpe and was almost a solid sore f
mes" to foot The pnysicians dec
tatty . ' /
on, case hopeless I quit everyt
vi'- and commenced taking S. S.
taking a few bottles I was cu
love and well.
the rhos B. Yeager, Elizabetht
rlous ???????????
(Oil- m THE SMALLEST PILL IN THE WOULD! ^
?& t _ TXJ.TT S , ?
TINY LIVfcK fULliS"
. n ?li?virtue*of tl?? larger oiu-?; g?
over- ?ioJSuy ilfcctlvo; l>?r'lv Testable.?
,1s a W VSZtiue Hhuwu h, tW-Lo?l?r.
.irv.i mf*"*8"
!!: urei'man
i Syrup"
?s a
!!n'' Martinsville, N.J., Methodist Par,u'.1
sonngc. " My acquaintance with
your remedy, Poschee's German
urns Syrup, was made about fourteeji
,vcd years ago, when 1 contracted a Cold
tha which resulted in a Hoarseness and
a Cough which disabled me from
Vu-ii filling my pulpit for a number of
0 ?' Sabbaths. After trying a Physician,
' :l without obtaining relief?I cannot
| say now what remedy he prescribed
?I saw the advertisement of your
f4 remedy and obtained a bottle. I
(ll received such quick and permanent
t(l. help from it that whenever we have
ilftd. 7.Vl'U^t jur? llmnclvixl tcruitiioQ
,1,,. remedy and always with favorable
o.g results. I have never hesitated to
kii'i renort my experience of its use to
nit- others when I have found them
ure- troubled in like manner." Rkv.
lur- \V. II. IlAC.OARTY.
:i'lc of the Newark, New a Safe
ith" jersey, M H. Conference,
April 25, '90. Remedy.
?
0. C?. Sole Mau'fr,Woodbury,N.J.
pu_.? n>?<iM Kohti'nkTku.krwith
^ bypsy uream door nai-. < ><.nv<>ku i-m-m.
C Your FOfiTl'Sf.tohl h,/ Mull for'i.Y'. stampstaken.
3 t\i'..l.lti->,Kt.t Y,|:tl llnmhurtth Av..Hrooklyti,V'.l).,N.Y
M>ritM Weak Nksvoi*. Warvcmt v mortal* gel
\llsRC we" "'en well. Ilralth llelfrr
Vl W % tell* how. incts. a year. Sample copy
free. Or. J. II. IIVK, Kdltor. Puffalo. N. Y.
FREE?TO MEN.
When you not tired of the "doctor*" with their big
prices and quack remedies, wrltejlo me and I \vlU
Weakness. Lack of Development. Ini|)oteney, Varicocele.
etc., front excesses or other onuses \ New
Positive l(cmed) wiileh cures when everything
! else falls J. II. Illll *K, Ho?9, Albion, Mich.
H iM U?41
Plan's nemedy for Catarrh Is the
Host. Koslest to 1'sp. nml Cheapest. VS
a Sfi9r5F-\ /aII - J ->B Ifinfl
it ^ *1^in IWifl
Hold hy druggists or scut hy mull. Mjfl
* 1 Jn 60r- K-T- Hazoltlne. Warren, Pa. 01
E BD.OK-KEEPINI
{ i BRYANT & STRATTON BUSiNl
; j Colds,
: CoVLg
; | ^ Const
HOARSENESS AND A! L AFFECTIC
TAYLOR'S CHEROI
: SWEET GUM
IS THE BEST K
' Ask yoar drugtrUt or merchant fo
(OPVMCHT 18*1^
A feeling of dullness,
! ? ? .1 ? amjI /Lmrocainn mPAIlfl tbftt
yuur liver isn't doing its part. That
" i<Jw|>M| !>1>IiiiiiT to oegin with,
arul all kinds of ailments in the
end.
But you can stop them in advanon.
Dr. Pierce's Goldeu Medical Disoovery
invigorates tho liver, purifies and
| enriches the blood, and rouses every
| organ into healthy action. It prevents
and cures all diseases arising
from a torpid liver or from impure
blood. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Biliousness,
Scrofulous, Skiu and Scalp
Diseases ? even Consumption ( os
Lung-scrofula), in its earlier stages,
all yield to it.
Tho makers of tho "Discovery"
claim for it only what it will do.
They guarantee that it toill do it.
If it fails to benefit or euro, in
any case, they'll retur-HoV<vj9<?3neT.
Nothing else tha/k a ?*??
tl.o blioj is -0jo ""<* > -r
which proves, T^pcrBo*
dealers may offer,
can bo " just as goot?''-^Tliorefore^
don't accept a substituto.
ELY'S CREAM BALM
<?(.' ICR 1. V M'KKM
COLD HEAQp fJ|
/thing Else.
int cure for contagious blood
it physicians declare incurable;
here S. S. S., has had a fair
S., saved Send for our j
i the very new on
o po'so" constitutional
rom head Dl??rl
:larod my ?f Blood
hing else DlSeaSOS,
s. After mailed free,
red sound The Swift
Specific Co.,
own. Ky- Atlanta, Ga.
A RPK'Tn "*u 1001>ss:E1,T*~1 * "1:13cAaapriaw
| flIlMiiv ob tuv tortcti, U?IU. Hruihoi and Xa4l?b?l
| tr?. 1 rritorjr. Ur. &rtd%man9 m
1 ' - A<ruU A TAFT-S AUTHMALIWfc
i
; PENSION
I "awsr"iBBffiRBMWl *?won
MA'S c HAM PI ON, Ik.
fLfejg&ffrjM i.,1rtnl,"t """ l ^'-rn flheller ob Bulb.
\2?536hK# ^sy ? ""'f ^'teller thai will nob ootb
fps?' ,'ff " "?T*r?le Ilie cob. fch.ll. 10 t>oah<
*'<? l*'r hour. |>rice fS.JO. Nickel
1 /?? I'lutcd, W'arrniiU'd. The I in pmv.il .*
H 53-,? II ||tu<l (iul,aii<l is llieigMlcniwonl. Ivt
n ?s-2 \\ ?ik*Eb per mnnlh fur am nls. Nelid be
A bmi Jl, i,tr (mils. Alliiuirf mm .i'iVh.A,
?JSkM^WOODBUEY'S FACIAI. S0 ?. 7.
Jnp^Sl^^r the Skla, 8?alpaud Cnupi. >i. ... iw 7
?ultof 20y**uiN ox|K'ri?*n.e *' ?? nai?
/ *t DrufffdsU or by mail, k?*. . mpU
a^^^^t,'ak?-nud 12ap. book on Itorit*M"tOtfy
& ^9b S^BaoiI Beauty. ]IUu a. 1; on Hktn. R ,ili>.
Wf N*ttous end blood dlaeaftc and tluHr
I / _ fmM treatment, ernt valod for Ibr.t aIao
IWs. niHKKtirRKIK.vrriltkeRlltTII PMMKH,
JfflOKHj' Molet# WarU, I ml in Ink and lender
Karki, Jk?r?, Pitting*, l(p<lMri> of No**, So*
A |?frfluou? flair, I'lMpIn, Ar., n-VHO\n!
.'OHM H. ttOODHlKY, l>t K M ATtll <H.n*At
IN8TITTTK, 12k Wnt 42a<lrMre*t. N. Y. City. OnuulUt on
free, at oft*"* or bv letter. A rent wanted in each plant.
I IN THE SELECTION OF
A CHOICE GIFT
or of an addition to one's library, elegance
and usefulness will l.e found combined in
i
> * ( ?*..?. \ y 5
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<o %
8UCCKSSOK OF Till', FNADltlDOED,
> Ten years revising, inn editors employed.
Critienl examination invited. Get the Best,
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1 ! G. A C. MEHi'.IAM L (.0 . :-|?riilgfleld, Maes.
AO.
?.50 2.25 fd X F-2R,BilB
*2.00 _>? 1.75 <
r [j n?Kli1 rF?F 9
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$3SHOE CfcNTLEMEN,
1 Tl. - TtPom *
] >nti rtm r>nur. in tue World for the Money.
(ilvNTI.K.MI'N nml I.ADIt.f, your doltins
liy wearing W I* Douglas Shoes, They meet the
wants <>r i>11 clii.'w, ; ml are the moat economical
hoi niiir ever olTcrett for I lie money. Bewaro of
thaler* ivi o ofTir ti er maker, a* ' being Just aa
MM"', anil be sure you have W 1,. Douglas Shoe*,
mill name ami |>rlee stum noil on tiottom. M
?\V It, Douglas, Brockton, Mass. ?
flTTAKE NO St IISTITUTE. jff ^
Insist on local advertised dealers supplying you.
Thorough, Practical Instruction.
C? rati nates assisted to positions.
9 8 JHn>" Catalogue free. Write to
ESS COLLEGE, LOUISVILLE, KY.
I
IS,
Lmption,
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AND MULLEI1I/VW<V
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r it, AM) TAKE NO SIBMIILTE