The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, December 11, 1891, Image 4
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PI SEND OUT THI SUNLIGHT.
Beod oat tbo sunlight, the sunlight of cheer,
Bblne on earth'* aednese till 111* dieappeer,
Bouls ?r* fu waiting this dmm|* to boar.
Bend oat the sunlight In letter and word;
Bpcak it and think It till hearts aro all
Heart* that are hungry for prayer* *',UI uu
beard.
Bend oat tbe sunlight each hour and aaob
Crown all the year* with Ita luminous ray,
Nourish the seeds that aro sown on the way.
and tatters endure,
All M/w^l *L. ....ll.Li 4 A ?L
mi ut^u vnt? ?uiiii|fiii vo sirengmon ami cure.
Bend out the sunlight thatspeak* in n smile.
Often it shortens the long, woarjr mile!
Often the burdens *?>oin for n while.
Keml out the sunlight?the spirit*! real gold I
(five of it freely?this gift that's unsold,
Shower it down, 011 the young and the old!
Send out the sunlight, as free as the air!
Blessings will follow, with none to com|>are,
Blessings of peace, thit will rise from d?v
spa'r!
Send out the sunlight! You have it in you!
Clouds may obscure It just now from your
view;
l'ray for its presence! Your prayer will
come true.
?Ellen I hire, in Chicago Inter-Ocean .
. Tlili NEW CUllATii.
1IY KATK WAl.tACK CI.KMKNTH.
"You Imvcn't seen him yet? Well,
that's a pity, lie's quite a catch I'm
told; young, haridsome and single. Why
don't you set your cap for him, Multic?
You've got as good a chalice as the rest
of them, and twontv-si* is n??f ?
J ... W..? UJ
nay means."
She leaned over the garden gate, as
she spoke, this veritable village gossip.
I can see her now, with her great poko
bonnet, from honenth which tin; clustering
gray ringlets |>ccpc<!; the keen blue
eyes that sceuieil to read your very
thoughts, the trim little liguro clad always
in ample skirts of sombre brown
or Quaker gray.
Never was there ? wedding, funeral
or christening in tho village without
this estimable fadyV prosono*. What ****
""Intrudes* little lady she appeared, and
how incapable of currying about that
wonderful budget of information. How
nicely she imparled her knowledge to
her listeners, beginning with, "Well,
1 doii't mind telling you," or They do
say, but of course you can't believe
everything," and eadinir with. "That's
between you and mo;m will go no
farther."
I was busy in the garden that morning,
training sotge early June roses; my
thoughts were not the brightest, scarcely
in harmony with nature, who was ducked
in one of her brightest mantles. It was
quite unnecessary for Mrs. Itriggs to remind
me of my age; I was thinking seriously
of it. Twenty-six! not very old to
he sure, and vet. not verv vmm.r
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unmarried woman.
] must he content with fewer laurels,
less conquests, i must step out of the
lichl as it. were, ami leave the romance
at *1 the day dreams to younger and fairer
girls.
? ? it mattered iittlo to iuo, whether the
new curate was young and unmarried,or a
portly old fellow with a wife and grown
daughters. At heart I disliked this interfering
old woman who had broken in
upon my reverie. I thanked her kindly
for her advice, telling her that at present
frond no intention of setting my cap for
any one, not even the new curate; so
saying 1 went back to my work and the
roses.
"There, Mat tie, don't get riled," she
said. "()! course it's nobody's business
if you're going to leave yourself an old
maid; hut take my advice and don't
spend your time fretting and worrying
over Itoh Preston, for W ain't wuth it
nohow."
She shook her head wisely and was off,
before I had time to recover from the
cruel thrust that had opened the old
wound, Itohcrt Preston and tho past. I
hud tried to inmrd n?? t....? ( ? .
- -- n -? %m*J ?*vui u wu Vltllll|)iu
mulct loot the oltl love. I could have
laughed utjnyjpdHll- fotly aa tf it XVCtT
^ u dream, until a thoughtless wonl had
_ ? iTroTiulit back the past, like the dead
risen to life again, or a smouldering lire
that needed l?uta gentle breeze to make
it a burning llaiue.
One by one, the roses dropped frctu
my it.nets. One by one, the blinding
tears fell. 1 was only a weak woman
after all, a-, covering my face with my
u?:oi>, ! s ibbed, "Hubert, oh, Robert!
why u- re you false?"
It all c.une back to ine, that vis.? to
Aunt M ilha's, where 1 first met Robert
I'restou, a young student just returned
front eol'ege.
I cannot, tell jott all thosu bright,
happy day dreams. How I loved him
and waite-l for the In. ppy day when lie
we.ttld ask lite for that love. He read
bis answer in my tell-tale faee before my
ips uttered it.
do, engiossed with Robert's society, I
I-ok littie heed of other matters, scarcely
giving a thought to the fact that a young
lady, the daughter of a deceased friend
of my aunt's, was going to make hy
home witii u<.
She came. the u><?iietit i iooked
upon Iter lovely faee my happiness was
gone, i was a pretty girl, lair aud fragilc,
yet one might as well compare a
simple little daisy to a full blown poppy
or u rich, it'tl rose, as my frail beauty to
this g.ia's I'Xtjuisito loveliness.
for a tinii my love was unchanged.
1 laughed in my foolish heart at my
doubts and k\?i>. At times 1 would lind
bis lions eyes wandering from me and
i est in admiringly on tlic beautiful face
of K it iilern Lee.
No man could resist that wondrous fas
cinating face. ?>tio_ never uuuuuemgwthim,
but tho drooling lids, the faint
flush, the trembling of her little hands,
all told plainly that she too loved him.
How 1 sulk-red. In mv mad jealously
I grew to almost hate the child. He
loved me before -he came with her beautiful
M?>werlike face to rob me of that
love. Was she blind that she did not
fee that we were betrothed? I prayed
that she might go away and leave us to
ourselves once more, and llobert would
uo bad; to his old fond ways. Ilii
earcssc.; were glowing colder, his kisses
lighter. 1 spoke of his seeming neglect;
he answered lightly, taking both my
hands in his, and looking fondly at nie:
'Nonsense, Mattie. Uo you know,
roy little girl, that jrou are gtowiog
nearer and dearer to me ever/ da/?
Por a time I wtt satisfied^ trying to Im
content with but a aliare of bix love.
We were seated iu the garden ont
afternoon in the carl/ autumn, Robert,
Kathleen and I. tthe wan looking un
uauall/ prett/ in h dreaa of soft India
mutl. Mv lover had inst paid her a wellmerited
compliment, when Aunt Martha
came to us.
ivfuvri, sue sunt, placing her band
ilder as she spoke,
jme grapes for met
ncbes hang to high,
th you and hold th<
n thcin| deigning a
severe headajhe.
"Thoy do not want me," I reasoned
with myself. I Matched them a- the/
walked away together, he carrying the
little wieker banket, and she toning her
bright curls with that coquettish air that
curuu ho natural to her.
i cannot tell you wiiul tempted mu to
follow the ii; it iiiiihI have Keen some evil
genius.
Hlowly, I walked down the pathway,
taking every piccautioii, however, not tc
be obitervcd. {Seated u|jon a little: rtistic
bench, I could see every movement of my
lover and Kathleen. Mow lovely she
looked standing in the orchard, the sunlight
falling athwart the lovely upturned
face, on which a smile rented. Ncvci
was seen a fairer vision. Iler sleeve of
soft texture fading back showed tht
shapely outstretched arm.
Noinetiraoi a jwnl of merry laugh tor
would fall upon my ear. They did not
miss me, not even Hobcrt; he was content
with Kathleen.
The basket was full to overflowing
and still they lingered. One hunch of
his-.'ious grapes,the last gathered, was in
Hubert's hand. He stooped to place it
with the others when their eyes met,
their hands touched. Was I dreaming/
Alas, no. I saw him stoop and kiss her
fondly.
I waited 110 longer. With a cry of
pain 1 turned and lied to the seclusion of
my own room, where I sobbed out the
troubles of my young heart with only
(lud to hear uu .
I went away ipiito uucxpucte llv. 1
was homesick, I told Aunt Martha. I
left a letter for Huberts, giving no explanation
of my conduct, simply telling
iiiin it was better tint we should part. I
was 14,proud girl and would not stoop to
Acknowledge a rival.
1 remember taking the ring ho had
given me, from my hand. Oh, what a
struggle it cost mo to place it with that
letter?the last I should ever write to
Robert.
T fbintfi liamu wlio vi? 1 j
unite iiii invalid, hii>I nee It*.I ill my cure.
I never lit: il l of U >'.? rl save once
through Aunt .M irl'ia vvli ? wrote:
"Of course, Mai tie, you've not forgotten
Itohert, whom,to speak candidly,
you treated rather unkindly, lie lias
f^onc to New York to practice medicine,
lie is doing well."
An old newspipcr had fallen into my
hands where an account w is given of a
lirilliant reeejition. An m g the guests
were the iiuiium of Dr. It ?l?ert Preston
and wife, I knu.v that it was Itohert and
Kathleen.
1 made no inquiries, an ! receiving no
further information, took it for granted
that Aunt Martha's kindness of iioart
prevented her from again referring to
the past.
I closed my heart forever. The world
will never know me as a disappointed
woman I thought, llattcring myself that
I had quite sueeeeded in deceiving humanity
in general, until the gossip had
come upon inn with her idle words,
bringing to lift the hitter past that
thought I had buried years ago.
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"(doing to service, .Miss Kenwood?'1.
It was my neighbor who asked toe question,
Mnreia Kali. A dear little girl
witli the utmost faith in mankind in
general. 1 smiled laiutly as I caugh^
sight, of the new bonnet with its dainlj
ribbons; evidently gotten up for the new
curate.
"Yttiiu^ uii'i foolish," tlio ight I.
" Wait until she is six an<l twenty and
I'll wager she will not buy a new bonnet
for all the new curates in town.
I liml not vet fully recovered from
Mffc^tyrtggfs unkin I remarks and was
determined to show her my disinclination
to "set my c iji," as she termed it
by appearing in an exceedingly unbecoming
gown.
I was really disappointed, on catching
a last glimpse in the mirror, to find
that notwithstanding my plain toilet and
my six and twenty years, | was sti'l a
pretty woman, and to hear my mother
say, as 1 stooped and kissed her:
"How well you're looking, Mattie."
Ilowerowded the little village church
was. Kvcrybody was there, even that
hateful Mrs. Ilriggs. I caught a glimpse
of the gre it poke hound as I walked
quickly to my seat. They were singing
as we entered yet I scarcely heard them,
feeling rather embarrassed at coining hi
I lute to be stared at by aim ?st the entire
congregation.
| I sank wearily back among the soft
cushions, gladly taking refuge behin I a
huge palm-leaf fan kindly proffered by
a portly old gentleman beside me.
Now a hush, a sli glit lluttei among
the congregation, a rustle of garments,
with no.v and then a sn'i 1 a i whisp t as
the pulpit was roll si (?' >- t?> tne chancel,
and the new curate ascend. I. "He's
jtc-i lovely!"' wli:sp re I M ueia, puding
so'tiv a< my sleeve. "I)> look it him
\i: i- ' i "
.HIM w.iuti.
I kept my ryes downcist. If every
woman in the congregation cist "lances
of admiration, I was determine I to do
otherwise.
"Am I my brothel's keep.r?' was
the text.
Clear and distinct cam the words of
the speaker. Th" fir-t words halctnscd
mv hear!, to heat wildly. How like that
voice of long ago, that rich, soft voice
k*but had pleaded for iny love.
< I listened like one inadrcrn, until I
raised fojnkyes to sec before me K?b;rt
Preston! Changed, to he sure; not the
bright boyish face of Ion ; ago. There
were lines of eirc nil I siilTerin.' o*i it
now, .vhile the lark hair was streaked
wit a silve.'.
Was Katherina deal.' I wondered.
If id lie given up hi s practice) Was ho
happy? Fifiy dilTn?nt ipieries crowded
upon my a;".;; ,ry. Win had fate thrown
us once more together? ?>i" thing I was
ietermiued upon. I nin-t leave flic v i I lag?
. I dare I not trust myself farther.
IUm-o i is I would, mv heart told me
I that I love I him still.
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It was all over! I ooald hear tie
whispered comments of the worshiper
on the eloquence of the new curate. Th<
siogers were chanting in that nasal
drawling tone so natural to rillag<
choirs, ami still I sat dreaming.
"Are you coming? asked my com pan
ion; then as I arose mecbaniaally t
ol?ey: "Don't you like him, Miss Ken
wood? Do tell me. You listened so at
ten lively, and once I lnoU?w? ;! JC-,
thought you were going to faint. Ar
you ill?"
"Ye*, I like him," I said aloud, wbil
my heart whispered:
"God pity me, I lore him.''
We were out once mom itfwJiae WWtb
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upon a little group, comprised of th
wealthier membeis of the eougrcgatio
gathered around the uew curate. The
had learned that he wa* a man of wcalt
and standing, choosing his calling sim
ply hh a matter of taste.
Home one, I think it was the pastor'
wife, presented me to him. Our oy?
mot; our hand* touched, as, restin,
these serious eyes upon inc, he said :
"I have had tho pleasure of incetin*
Miss Kenwood before."
I cannot tell you iiow it all happenei
that wc were all walking through th
churchyard toward the highway, and
round my son alone with Robert. I wa
the first to break the sileuco. It painei
mo to think it was a commonplace re
mark.
How is Kathleen?" I asked, on en
dcavoring to show how little I cared foi
the past; and how, without betraying
the slightest emotion, I could inquire foi
his wife.
"Kathloon?" He looked rather dazed
at the question. "I believe she is well,
but not happy, poor girl."
He believed she was well. How
.strange? He had grown weary of her ai
of 1110? Was ho utterly devoid of honor
"Not happy, I said, and toyed nervously
with the roses of my bodice. "Sh*
should be very happy as?as?youi
wife," I faltered.
"As my wife?" ho said, gazing at mi
in blank amazement. "Did you?O
Mat tie! you have judged me wrongly.
I ucvor married Kathleen."
He looked like a man upon whom a
sudden truth had dawned, or one ac
cuscd of a" great, wrong who was at
length able to prove his innocence.
It was in the twilight before scrvict
that he told me all.
The notice concerning Robert i'restou
and wife referred to his cousin.
IIo had entered the ministry from
choice, having conic into possession o
an ample foi tunc. True, he had ad
mired Kathleen, as a man would irlmir
a beautiful woman, never entertaining
however, the slightest feeling of iovo foi
her.
Tiie scene in the orchard was but i
simple ruse gotten up by Robert and
Kathleen to excite my jealousy, littli
dreaming of tin* serious result.
Kathleen made a most unfortunate
mutch. Like most beautiful women,
making a poor selection from her lima)
suitors.
L'oor girl! what a dear, kiirl letter she
sent us, telling ho y pleased she was to
learn wo were reuuited.
"Just to think of it," said Mrs.
lhiggs. "lie came back to her .aftei
the other girl had given hiiu the mitten.
I wouldn't take hiiu, would you?" We
can alTorld to laugh at her idle gossip,
we are so happy, Robert and I. I smile
proudly to tbiuk that without "setting mj
OS|>" I bar* captured tlw aorr cuutu mj.
ter all.? Yank*re lilade.
Wet l?'cot (htttso Cold.
The dispensaries are crowded with
womou and children who have caught
cold. The doctors have all sorts an?l
degrees of rheum to attend to, from tin
sniffling, wheezing small hoy to tin
coughing and straining old man. Ou(
of the physicians said to a Sun reporter:
"If these people would only havs
tense enough to keep their feet dry the\
would he all right. I tell you that we
feet (ill more graveyards than an epidemic
of cholera. All the children that cann
in here to-day with swollen eyes ant
heads stopped up had wet feet. It's tin
same way with men. You would thinl
lit it nit iitta*lIi?n*iit liiwiiiii4v iivmi "'rtiilt!
know enough to take euro of himself,
hut ue doesn't. The average Nov
Yorker goes down town and trump:
around in tho wet until his feet are cold
and dump. He gets into a perspiration
nnd goes hack to his ofticc, where lio take
oil his coat and sits in his shirt sleeves
There is not an office in this city when
there is not a draught, au l that muu
will find that draught and sit in it.
Then lie sneezes a few times and says
'I will catch cold if I sit this way ani
longer.' lie does not appreciate tin
(act that he has caught cold already.
"When he goes home, instead of putting
on dry socks and warm slippers, he
takes a drink of hot whisky. Now
what connection is there between ho
whisky and a cold in the head? None
lie gets into another perspiration, ami
the chances are that he will catch mor<
cold.
"With the women it is all tho sum:
way. Take the young girls you sc:
tramping about ia tho mud of Fifth avo
nuo and Broadway. Nine out of tor
Ji:>vr* fsot on low shoos. Is it surprisiiu
that they have eohlsf They have uot hai
time to lay in their winter stock of fool
wear, or else they think their feet loot
hotter iii low shoo, an I they wear then
until the sno.v falls. 1 tut. it is of no usi
talking. As ion# as the earth turns 01
its axis people will have cohls."?Act
York Sui.
Itiel ol Strea^lu.
"Talk about, strong mitt," siyi Mr.
Murphy, ''I knew in Ir.t'.an I wan of the
strongest of thim all, ami I'll tell yi
about him. lie was a blacksmith, an'
he ran a forj^e in the town where I u* I
to live. His name was IVther McCoy
will: MiiV I I ? i U <1 ? Jl * I KMIt' IIUWII U
the forgu from the barracks, an' he wa<
a powerful lad himself ? .vas the sojer?
an' he was always bantorin' McCoy aboul
liftiu' heavy loads. 'Well,' .sez he
'Pother,would ye give me a coal to ligh
me pipe?' so/, ho to the blacksmith, 'i
will,'so/. McCoy, an' with that McCoi
takes a live coal from the forge?an' put
tin' tho coal on the anvil he lakes tin
anvil by the horn of it, an' with wat
hand he lifted it up an' handed it to tlx
sojer. The redcoat tuck the anvil
raised it up an' lit his pipe with the coal
an'thin handed it back as if it was a fag
got. Thank y<> i kindly,' sez the soier
indeed, an ye':' welc an ,' sez tli
blacksmith, and i . s >jcr wint awn
about his I), icss. n i! there wu
sthrong niin wliore I icm ir i n," con
eluded Murphy, and n> >ol, disputsi
him. ? bradjord (fitnn.) tint.
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tH?rdS^EnirAiiadia
m^^BTI>unueow.
After TMMKution the Nanulno
litre <Mp|(chei Wm KorWddw
c, tor ? Whtp?A Great Industry.
"I wood** dot* any one know tbehia;
tory of tkreku^r.r " ~M Mr. H. C. Z,K
| Iiait tllO ailuT ll*v nt tii? Knuttmrn *?I
e toll you why I wk. I wu once standing
here just u#r? I urn now anc I met no
e EeglishmS Klio Eogliiliintn had a
whoLe-baMH^twekr at things Id gen>
r;il. ' 'TQR^ice0 ia % summer,1
' be said, ?an<*^u are fcoate?ba the win.
f tor till one believe you were be*
e lug toasted brk*n iu a mistake for a
" iniilRu for brenaf.ut, and you cannot buy
? a wax vesta.' k occurred to mc that
there wns not s^ much cause for complaint
iu respeckto this last item at least,
for you know into has gone on for probg
ably n couple offthousand years without
m a match at all, duel) less the wax vesta.
Kor the comfort of such geutlomcn
g as I have just mentioned I will give you
the history of thl match. First of all,
I what do yoh<tbin^ is its value? In the
United btale* thoValue of asinglo match
i would be the IMOlh part of a cent,
e and iu Europe wiout lialf the price.
I Think of it, 36(1 matches, the wood
a chopped and all other things done, and
I the lot neatly packbl into a little box for
lc., and yet thei^ are largo fortunes
mado out of matches. France has beeu
enabled to meet the terrible heavy liar
bility involved in tho war with Germany
{ through making the match industry a
r monopojn-j^tolhavo said, tho world
had to aoTMlliiiifrtlio match for thouI
sands of yeam You would find it difii,
cult to find a monument to the genius of
the inventor, and probably the majority
i of men do not even know his name.
! "It is the old, old story. The man who
I introduced an article by which millions
_# J at a ?a * ' ....
01 uonurs nave been muue, nnu arc still
made, au article which is considered indispensable
to society,died poor, brokenhearted
and forgotten iu a lunatic
asylum. The first phosphorus match
was .nadeNfpy one John Krcdoric
IComercr, in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Ho had been Imprisoned for soino political
ollense in the penitentiary at
llohcnaspcrg. Tho Govornor of the
prison treated the convicts with humanity
uud allowed Koincrcr, who was a
chemist by profession, to make scientific
experiments. In the coll of a gloomy
dungeon the first lucifcr was struck to
the great delight of the unhappy
prisoner. It prune as a ray of hope to
the man shut out from tho rest of the
world and from all that inado life dear.
"A year later Koiuercr was released.
At that time no patent law existed, aud
the ox-prisoner being a inau without
capital had to fight three companies
in Vienna, llis opponents had means,
while be had none. Hut a still hardci
blow was iu store for him. Tho Gerinau
Govenuent had a notion that matches
wero dnttrous because somcchil
droti playing with them caused a conflagration,
and in a fit of incomprehensible
stupidity passed a law forbidding the
manufacture of alt kinds of matches.
Thus was Kotnorer ruined. Other countries
took tho matter up, and in 18-12
the law of Germany was repealed. In
r 1858 a millionaire match-maker existed
in Vienua. His millions iucreased as
1 tho years went by, and be retired aftei
twoni" years work with a fortuuc ol
[ $10,000,000^
whole globe. jThey worked iu the uio,t
impracticable way, without machinery.
There was a fixed idea that machinery
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UU9 inuiuso, mm tiiilb LIIU worn HUOUIU IH
eloue l?y hand. Out; particular evcul
' caused the downfall of the Vienna mo!
nopoly. This was the invention of the
safety match. The priucipal material
2 in which the igniting composition is
dipped is phosphorus. One hundred
; years ago it was nothing more than a
' chemical curiosity, produced in very
1 small tpiafttiflV* and an ouuco of it was
! sohl for in ounce of gold. Now a
' pound can be bought for sixty cents.
1 "The extraordinary igniting powers of
2 phosphorus cannot be equaled by any of
1 the chemical substances now in use, but
it is a most poisonous article, and many
suicides were committed with an ciuiil'
siou of the heads of the matches of which
i it tormcd a part, it also caused a ternI
lily deadly disease among the poor operai
tors in the factories. Professor Shinto r
s made n discovery of something which reduced
the deadly elements of tlio phos;
phorus. lie offered his discovery to the
i leading Vicuna manufacturers, hut the
offer was reiertod. Py some way the elio
: covcry found its way to Sweden, and
f there a new industry sprung up, wliicli
l' gave employment to thousands of hands
and realized millions of dollars.
'Sweden produces no other hut safety
! matches, uiul they are exported to all
, parts of the world. In Germany,Austria,
t Switzerland aud Holland phosphorus
mat -li factories aro under State control,
I to prevent as much as possible the spread
of th" disease to which I have referred.
The girls must wear special dresses; the
j factories must possess special lavatories
j and dining-rooms, and a medical man
must examine the surroundings and semi
i in a report ouce a week to the factory
; inspector. The manufacturer must pay
i for the medical treatment,
t "It is strange that the safety matc'.i
i has not found favor in the United States,
i the most progressive couutry in the world.
> Onlv a fe.v ?m used in Eastern cities,
i and these are mostly imported from Swe
0 den.
"The number of factories in the State'
of the Union is verysmdfr, as compared
with Europe, as the following statistic;
will show: Germany, with a population
) of 10,1)00,000, lias 140 factories; Swe
, <lcn and Norsvay, with a population ol
i 0,000,000, has 4Q; Switzerland, witl
I 3,000,000, 22; Jiussia, with 90,000,000,
200; United States, with 63,000,000,
, 30. Lumber is more plentiful in the
, United States than anywhere else, therefore
there is every pr jspcct of chance foi
^ a development of the trvlc." ? ?(. Louu
Globe- Democrat}
YJ ,
' Tlio Swamp Angel.
The Swamp Angel was an eight-incb,
3 200 pound?y Parrott rilled gun, mounted
, by tlio Federal troops in a morass on
. Morris rsland, Charleston Harbor, in
1803. On August. 22 and 23 the city
of Charleston, tivo and one-half inilcs
distant, was shelled, the gun bursting at
the thirty-sixth chot. After tlio war tu*
0 Swamp Angel was sold for old metal and
f conveyed to Trenton, N. J., but having
7i been idcntifhH it was set uj? on a graniU
pedestal at UMu^tuer of Perry and Clim
1 ton street* tv^Yoat city.?Detroit Fro
Prott,
V
J' ?T ' ' **1^1^ aflmc
r ~
, Homo First Tfclafs.
Melons were first called canteloupee
r from being cultivated at Caoteluppi, a
village uear Rome, where they had beeo
introduced from Armenia by missionaries.
i Hpcctaclei were inventel in tbe jeai
1830, but were not in general use uutil
uearly 200 years later.
musical notes, as now use I, were in*
[ vented In 1830.
; Cannons were first used in the year
i 1342.
i Two centuries and seren different men
claim tbe inventiou of guu|K>wder.
Printing was invented at Mentz, by
Oottenberjf, in 1450; introduced into
Postoffices were first established in
Prance in 1464. The first English postoffice
was opened iu 1581, the first German
office in 1611.
The first coach was made in England
(in 1594.
Potatoes were introduced into Ireland
i in 1589.
The first English clocks were inade in
1608.?tit. Louti lUpnblif,.
Th? ar?.. win. .. i.......
m Mb iinu IT ml u JiniliUIII*
After nightfall, along the 3000 miles
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, no matter
liow hare tho prairie nor how wild
or desolate the mountain or lake shore,
any one standing on the rear platform
cau see every few miles a lantern in the
hands of a trackwalker, who, after the
traiu pusses, resumes his duty along the
track. It is a rule on this road that
after the passage of each train the roadway
shall be carefully inspected, and
particularly the bridges, for. fear that
some spark from the locomotive may
have set lire to theiu. Along hundreds
of mile* between Ottawa and Winnipeg,
over tho prairies of Assiuiboia and AN
berta, and through the mountain ranges
far west, the humble hut of the railway
track repairer or guard, is olfcn the only
human habitation that is seen for loug
stretches. ? Clealari'l (0\io) IsjoLr.
Nerve Waste.
Nerve waste is somewhat of a new field
of consideration for peoplo of studious
habits. People think that tho supply of
vital energy is iuexhaustiblc, nud that
repair goes on as fast as waste. Then
comes a crash and they aro puzzled.
They should not be. Nerves should be
economized as carefully as a bank
uccount. You tynnot get out what is
not put into tho nerves any more th?u
into the bauk. Sloop is naturo's way of
winding up the machine. When wo begin
to get sleepless tho nerves aro then
exhausted, and some form of nerve depression
is near at hand. Railroad
traveling, even in a sleeper, is not like a
bed. Rapid menial work for short
hours is better than a loug struggle to do
mental work when we are weary.?
Brooklyn Citizen.
In England the average number of
' lucmbtrs of a family is four.
j 111
! flow'* Thl? f
Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars reward for
Uiy raw) of i-nlarrh that cuuuot bo curud by
taking Hall's I 'atarrli Cur_\
i P. J. ClIBNEY tN6 Co.. Props., Toledo, O.
' Wo, tho uiidertdgned, have known r\ J.
i Cheney for the lest 15 years, and believe hiua
perfectly honorable in nil business transactions,
nnd financially able to carry oat any obI
ligations made by I heir llrui.
W est Ac Tkuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
O.
Waloi.no, Kinnan .1- Majivin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, O. ,
nail's Catarrh Cure It taken Internally, nct1
Price 76c. per l>o(tle. .bnl'l'tty'Rlftlnigglgta.
American-made shotguns are greatly la
| demand abroad.
The Only tine Ever Printed.
| CAN YOU KINO the WOltO?
Tho<o is a jlittch display advertisement in
i ins paper, nils woi'K, which has no two worils
nlisc except one word. Tim name Is true of
each now nu?it|>|t?-i?riiiir each week, fioruTho
I>r. Hurler Medicine Co. This house p'nees n
"Crescent" on everything tltoy innkuiind publish.
l.ook for it, send them the name of i ho
word and they will return you i? iok, bfactiKl'l.
I.t'l lloiill AIMIS or SAMI'I.KS FIIKK.
A nkvv excitement for Okluhoma is suj>
plied by the discovery of gold-bearing quarts
at Chandler.
Foil impure of thin Wood, Weakness, Main,
rin N- urnlgiii, Indigestion. and Itilioiisness,
take Hrown's iron itinera-it gives strength,
inukio>; old persons feel young?ami young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
Sir John Maodoxald'b estate Is valued
ft NllllfltL
Prevention
Ih better (liaii cure, and pcopto who are subject to
rheumatism, enn prevent attacks liy keeping tlio
! blood pure ami free from the add which causes
i.o .ilscr-. . This mikm ms (lie usii of Hood's Sarsaparltla,
tiui|Uesttonality (he tiest Mood purltter, ami
which lias lieen used with great success for this
1 very pur|iose liy many people.
I flood's Sarsaparllln lias also cured Innumerahlo
eases of riieiimatlsm of (lie severest sort, liy lis
powerful elTeet In neutralizing acidity of the Mo ?d,
and enabling I lie kidneys and liver to properly remove
the waste of the system. Try It.
"Hood's Sarsaparilla has done ine more good
I than anything else that i have ever taken, and i
take pleasure In recommending It In the highest
terms." I-'KKDKIUCK Mii.lf.ii, Limerick Centre, I'a.
Hood's Sarsaoarilla
I Sold by nil rtriiKRlsts. $1; nix for $S. I*rppnrcd only
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apottipcurlcn, Lowell, Muss.
I YOU WILL SAVE MONEY,
Time, I'nin. Trouble S^r-0^1 f0?*A^
mi.i will clkk HCo^IARJr>ol
CATARRH fcg}]
by UHiiiK v ?
Ely's Cream Balmi" sX'm
Apply "nil" Into v..vu ..unra,
ti.Y 1IUO.S., W urrvn St., N. V. \y y'f SQc]
| _ THE SMALLEST^ !M T!!C Yi'GHLS!
' TUTT'S
tiny liver fills?
^ tin veil 111 ho virtues of I lie InrRcr oih-h; a
f 9?-'i">ll|v effective; purely vegetable. V
K>nitiilr.o nliown In thin border.
'
OONALD KENNEDY
Of Roxbury, Mass., says
Kennedy's Medical Discovery
i cures Horrid Old Sores, DeepSeated
Ulcers of 40 years'
r standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, pi[
cept Thunder Humor, and
: Cancer that has taken root.
\ Price, $1.50. Sold by every
? Druggist in the United Stalea
and Canada.
A 8mall Bey DpM a Battle Hell.
After Uie defeat of tbe Chili Oorenh
naent troops at the battle of Coo con.
Vina del Mar, near Valparaiso, a little
lad of eight or cine Tears of age, battens
snd barefooted, arrived in tbe towwof
Vina del Mar and gave a tolerably circumstantial
account of the fight. At first
lit* ami jr was not believed,
but little by little bis tale ' was
wrs credited and listened to with
uitonishmcnt that a child of his tender
age should have been present at such a
sanguinary encounter. He quite aitlessly
stated that when the Sou Fernando
battaliou left the town with banners
flvinc anrl liantli nliiinr hn inLuriSnd
I "J?O ?' J?o u uw.
1 thn ttoopa were coin if out to exercise.
' an<l followed Umru t*U
on I lie field of the
defeat and rout eLsued lie joined a
group of stragglers and at last found his
way back to Vina del Mar by way of
Qutlpue, at which place somebody gave
him a piece of bread and a drink of
water.?Detroit free J'rtu.
frscreM.
It in very important in this age of vast material
progress that a remedy be pleasing to the
ta?t? and to tho eye, easily taken, acceptable
to tho stomach and healthy In Its nature and
effects. Possessing these qualities, Syrup of
Figs is (he one perfect laxative and most gentle
diuretic knowu.
There are over nino hundred grain elavntors
in North Dakota.
For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Stomach
disorders, use Brown's Iron Bitters. Tho Best
Tonic, it rebuild* tho system, cleans the Blood
and strengthens the muscle.*. A splendid tonic
for weak and debilitated itersons.
fTaaaaa Orrr ts promised fee at UraotnUa
hundred, as a result of competition.
FITS stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No tils after first days
use. Marveleus cures. Treat be and $3 trial
bottle free. Dr. Kline, fiSl ArebSt.Phila ,Pa
Thkkk is au epidemic of forgery and coining
in Germany.
CHILD BIRTH 7
MADE EASY!
" Mothers' Friend " is a scientific
ally prepareJ Liniment, every ingredient
of recognised value and in
constant use by the medical profession.
These ingredients are combined
in a manner hitherto unknown
"MOTHERS*
FRIEND**
WILL DO all that is claimed foe
it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor,
Lessens I'ain, Diminishes Danger to
Life of Mother and'Child. Book
to " Mothers " mailed FREE, containing
valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Stntbv express on receipt of price $1.60 pet bottle
BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Qt.
SOI.D It\ A I.I, DHITUUISTa.
"August^
Flower"
I inherit some tendency to Dys.
fiepsia from my mother. I suffered
two years in this way ; consulted a
number of doctors. They did me
no good. I then used
Relieved In your August Flower
and it was just two
days when I felt great relief. I soon
got so that I could sleep and eat, and
I felt that I was well. That was
three years ago, and I am still firstclass.
I am never
Two Days. without a bottle, and
il T rrmulinntprl
the least particle a dose or two of
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that you
can stop the use of it without any bad
effects on the system.
Constipation While I was sick I
felt everything it
seemed to me a man could feel. I
was of all men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that I believe
August Flower will cure anyone of
indigestion, if taken
Life of Misery with judgment. A.
M. Weed, 229Bellefontaiue
St., Indianapolis, Iud." @
Saying Labor, Cleanliness.
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Mo Odor When Heated.
pet mfjsgjsm
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III W IV la TATF. <?n a urw plan, anil to
TO Mctirc ap^illratlonj^forlorn- aa?
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is tho surest and speediest
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