The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, June 24, 1892, Image 4
LOVE BONO.
I feed the magic spirit of
Her prnraot in tba May,
Whose witching beauties breathe of lore
Along the flowered way.
In the pink rose I see her face
Careen so frail and sweet;
The subtle music of her ?"?
UMn tn the dimpling wheat.
f hear the rustle of her gown
While brossa stir the tressi
Whenever they shake a blossom down,
/ * Bb<) throws a kiss to me.
?R. K. Mnnkittriok. In Harper* Weekly.
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^ "ON THE BAY.''
BT ANNIK H. IIPCKBH.
' EADINO her protty
I hay a few hundred
fr??? fho road,
i&'f/PZZv then to n little liillock,
I'Mna tlraiit
<^-?^7. f tiling one arm enress|j
'"K'y around her
horse's neck a 11 <1
jWhi' I imH glided slowiy II limit.
She drew in deep
breaths of the crisp morning air, mid
noted with n keen, Hilent, still sort of
|i!c:imim' the signs of approachingspring.
Al litr feet and about her little tuftM mid
patches of dend grass peeped up here
and there above the partially melted
snow, like dingy oases in a desert of
glittering white.
. Ktina was a gay, spirited girl, but at
"? times, in solitude, lior love of naturo
threw a glow of sombre enthusiasm over
her face in place of the usual levity.
Turning her eyes once more toward tho
road she hehclil tho brightness of tho
sunlit roail, clouded and obscured by tho
gioomy shade of a slow-moving funeral
procession.
Only an Instant before the bounding
blood in her veins, tins breath of spring
in the nir hud suggested naught but life.
Now, with n shiver, its complement,
death, threw u shadow upon her heart.
Edna closed her eyes, pressed her Imnd
over them and leaned in a subdued utti
tudc with her face on her Iiohu'h neck.
"Life?Death I Life?I truth!
Kueli is the burden of huiiinn breath,"
came in the deep baas of n manly voice,
so near her that she started violently and
opened her eyes, t^uick aa a Hash the
softened look vanished from her face,
giving way to an angry petulance.
'Why can I never be alouc for an in'
stniit but what you must coino to annoy
ine?" she excluhned.
"Ladylike, as usual," returned tho
man, whose tall, stately figure and strong
though not handsome face should havo
elicited a kindlor or at least more respectful
greeting. "I happened to he
driving along on my way to visit a patient.
The eiiHo is not a very urgent
one, so you need not look as though you
would soon get rid of me. You sou I
fell in with the end of the funeral, and,
although we doctors are supposed to occasion
many, still I hud no fancy f.:r tagging
along at the end ol this. Seeing
you wrapped in a lolty reverie I left my
bogey on the road, ipuctly walked hero,
rend your thoughts mid supplemented
tliein with a strain on the same subject.'
"You are a wicked wizard! Mow
dare you say what 1 was thinking of/"
she snapped.
Apparently heedless of her anger, ho
smiled in calmsuperiority and answered:
"That only adds another to the li-t
of sweet names that, out. of the fultic-s of
your amiability, you have bestowed oti
me. 'Wicked wizard;' that is not so
bad?'W. >V.' It reminds me ot an '
inscription uti an old tombstone?
"Here lies W. \V
Who will ii 'v.r more trouble you, trouble
you."
"I wish you wouM follow his exu irl?
then," said she, spite!ully.
"I could not lie," ho retorted: "I
inn not huilt tluil way. 1 am coiistriicto I
willi timbers of truth, jo sis of eandnr, i
boa lots ot honesty, serows of integrity !
ami nails vif common msih1."
"Spain mo," she cried satirinallv, J
"from further culogiuin of tlio great. '1
mo,*" uml, scorning his protferod aid,
she sprang to I.or horse, sottkal herself
across htin, thou glanced at tho doctor
dotiantly, as, with a somowhat scandalized
expression, ho said:
. ilj ??? Jim ftSTT ln/lr|Ffprf rtlc 'Wirflftif
skirt.*'
"Yes," sho answered, "and a much
morn safe and comfortable way f liud
this of riding. You, ot all people, who
prcttiid to study health, should he the
first to admire this improved method.
Yon know lull well that riding sideways
twists tiie hotly, contraets tho rilis oil
one side, and is wlioilv injurious. Hut
no! don't admit it! You aro too strait
lai od and narrow.minded. The only
broad tiiim: about _\ nu is y our shoulders,'
she added sueeriiigly.
"T confess to being narrow-minded
enough to esteem propriety and to admire
a womanly woman rather tliuu a
tomboy."
" You would make an excellent prim
old maid, or a very proper grandmother.
I'ity you miss your vocation by heiug a
num. Farewell, 1 am oil for a sail on
the bay," sho crieil /wrtly. T lion,
touching her horse and waving her hand
she dashed oil.
lie stood a few minutes watching the
flying figure and murmured:
"Pretty, willful child. That fond
aunt has spoiled her. Still she has a
warm little heart under all her impertinence.
How sweet and good her face
looked before she knew 1 was here.
\iwa\s petted, she resents the slightest
tone of authority I use, aud accoidingly
detests me. "Hut I think I will m ike my
wild bird lovo rao yet," he continued,
losiug his rather thin lips with the expression
of a mati who never admit* to
his vocabulary the word fail. ".ler
very warmth and eagerness to sting me
shows some feeling, which is far better
than a cool indifference."
Meanwhile, as he slowly retraced his
steps to the buggy, Edna cantered up
the avenue to her home, jumped from
her horse and darted into the house,
i'hno3t running against a mild-eyed, silk\
i"'" ^ eldetlj lady, who greeted her
v itb:
' Why, my pet, how flushed you look 1
lias anything gone wrong?"
"That horrid Dr. Graham!" cried the
ni|ietuous girl, "lie always rubs tnu
to wrong way and rou-e.s my temper,
'.one, aunty," throwing her arm* :?r mud
er neck and drawnig ner to u loo ige,
roiiie, coax, pel ami tals inc.* to me.
?ll iiio ho?v good i am ami every thing
veet. T need it badly, for that old
a has done nothing hut scold ami liud
itt witti me. He thinks himself so
i loily superior and me simply a silly,
or.i'it, pert miss. Oh! how f hate
Jim ovet ?Luce he jaacle me take that
unity medicine wnea i wu nek. No
one else ever forced ate to do aaytbing
my will."
Hut dearie," inter|>oeed the auut
uildly, "be did it for your good to save
) our lifo.H
"I'nbawl Have icy life! Moat likely
lie tried to poison me. I must have a
nlmulid w ?utuu me uauseiin?
doses ho poured down my throat. I
Idn't believe in medicine. Nature
vouid work her own curee much more
piickly."
"Buna," said the lady, more gravely
Itiiu waa her wont, "U pain* me to bear
u apeak ao of the doctor. I know no.
[man mora truly honorable, intelligent
'and ambitious. Ho stand* high in hla'
profession, haa written several valuable
medical works, and though comparatively
young, has won an enviable name and
fortune."
"Comparatively young," said tho still
tirmpiH'iwd girl; "ho Isuouhio inyago."
"Ilutyouaro only eighteen, and oven
I double that does not make him very
| aged. Though lie may occasionally
chide, still lie is very fond of you, mid I
know desires nothing better than to
make you his wifo."
"Ifodocs the 'unladylike tomboy' far
loo much honor to even dreaiuof such a
thing, hut aforesaid tomboy declines his
generous offer witli thanks," responded
I'Mim with satriea! humility.
'Oh, aunty," she continued, her voice
softening ami nestling closer to lior, "I
think I love Alphonso and lie wildly
adores me. Just think of those lovely
luminous eyes of his ami that darling
curling mustache, lie is really irresistible."
"lint can Imrcly support himself, not
to mention a wife," said her aunt, looking
anything hut pleased.
"I prefer love with a crust in a cottage
to gilded misery," criod the romantic
girl, grandly indifferent to the luxuries
which site had never lacked.
"Excellent in theory," my child,"
said the other, "hut very u nnluasuut in
nractieo. and tho love that von count so
much on, how <lo you know that it Is
genuine/ Ifavo you any proof that it in
no4Jit hut protestation?"
"(Hi, aunty," exclaimed tho girl,
drawing hack, really hurt, "can you
iloulit him, and nin I not attractive
enough to win his love?"
"Y?J, my Hwuut child, you arc worthy
ot tlio lovo of tho hunt man living, but
I am somewhat of a physiognomist, and
I do not feel the enthusiastic coiifidenco
in your cavalier that I could admire.
You are known, dear, as my hoiroas, and
I fear that Alphonso is attracted I?y the
golden bail."
"You are cruel, unjust, unkind,"
Holihcd the girl; "he worships me. I
tun sure no mercenary thought over eute
re I his Ilea I. You might to hear the
beautiful poetical way lie talks to inc."
*V?it him to the test, Edna, and if he
proves true, then I will lie flu* first to
inteiest myself in his advancement."
"Ilo.v shall 1 do it/" ?piestioue 1 the
girl, "f will follow your advice, but
for iny own part I will nut wrong him
by the shadow of a doubt."
Her umit thought a moment, then
said :
"I do not like to toach you to tell a
falsehood, hut in tiiis case I think tho
i ud justifies the means. I do not want
him to know you will he rich, so this
evening, if he calls, you might, in tho
course of conversation, casually rem irk
that I have made a will bequeathing my
entire fortune to several charitable institlint
in i?u?? nf vii>ir nvtr.
I'll I V.' I I | IMIW VHISV, V,.?'V " J"'**
riago, 1 will provide a trouasoau?
nothing in >re."
* "Agreed," mid 10 In i, nud left tic
room.
That evening tiie m ilhv.v light from
the ehan*Idler liil>' 1 tiie riehly furn i>he i
room and tell on the pretty, vfirli-*!* Iron
if 10*In i seated it the p i'i ?, sin gin g i i
her svveet, hir IdiKe voic"In thy
t tloaminjj.-"
At her side ?t hi I i hm U une, st yiis'ily
dles-e 1 yo 11 It who i/. I i' I T 'ill lp",
ecstatic way a'i i turn I her uu-.< w.'h
an air deferential in tn>* e\*reni* A*
t lie eli m* of the I nil a I sue t urne 1 ' htm
an I said e irelessly :
"Did I ever t"ll v in aho tf auntie'a
?jlii IT Wi l t
No?I think nut," said he,
ing to hesitate, hut tie* .puck uieeii <
?J?~* iaapnU >, liM Iwlrc t tli?
tone,*
"Site is h iving all iter money to some
charitable in litufi in-. I think it is very
eoo t ot in i , don't yon
Much as lO ina tried to hiind herself,
she eoiild not tall to see that his fare ha I
lengthened considerably, and i was in
doleful touts that lie inquired:
"Did you not expect to lie remembered
?"
"t)n, no," she answered, "I could not
expect it. She has done so mueli lor me
already, has always supported mil educated
me, and will provide me with au
outfit, if," with a little tilush, "I were to
marry."
Somehow tho conversation flushed filter
tliis disclosure, ami not lon^ after
Alplionso, with tin; most elaborate
coiirltsy, took his departure.
When three weeks had elapsed without
a call from iior Adonis, Kdnu
acknowledged her aunt's wisdom and
said, with a nervous little lau^h:
"Who would think that so much deceit
could lodoe latum! those melting
eyes? \V11y, tliey were like the loveliest
chocolate caramels."
"I hiii rejoiced to hear you take it so
j lightly," returned lier aunt tenderly. "I
| think your vanity rather than your heart
| is hurt.''
"I think so, too; hut if you only knew
how unutterably, iiilitiitonin illy sin ill it
j makes mo feel. I know now that my
1 personal valuation is pothiuo."
| "Do not think it,'' interrupted her
j aunt hastily. "t>nly yesterday Dr.
j Oraliain, the wealthiest man I know,
spok i of his love for you ami anxiously
imiuired if I thought you were fancy
free."
"Is he, foo, looking for s ?ine of your
money?" asked Ivlna, bitt< rlv.
"Now, indeed you are wroujjin^a noble
man. Without reason, too, for he is
quite as well olf financially as you will
be."
"Perhaps he wants to add some to it.
I ran trust no one, not even myself, j
When Alphonse, whom I thou/lit almost
divine, has proved false, what ei i t ex
licet from the surly old bi t,, who, only
the last timo I saw him, callo I in 'a littje
' heathen V "
"T?y hint, lie will Injur any test,"
said her aunt.
"I will do it just to satisfy you," ani
swered Kdna indillerentiy, "though I
i have its little faith in his love as I have
i :ii Ins medicine."
i So it happened, during the doctor's
uoxt visit, alter some of the usual wordy
warfare, that Edna repeated her little
formula and added that the would like to
be independent, and meant to look about
ber for something to do. Could he help
her to And a position}
The doctor looked very grave at this
communication, thought a few minutes,
then said he wnuM -!!!!n^!; ber
and asked what kind of position she was
capable of Ailing; and drawing out a
little note-book he prepared to take
down her answer.
Edna's ejee gleamed maliciously as she
thought what a triumph she would bare
orer her aunt when she announced that
the dootor was as little in lore as Alphonso,
only adding to tho insult by offering
to patronize her. Then she said very demurol
v
"I might take a place a* lady's maid,
a child's governess, or possibly that of
companion."
The doctor regarded her contemplatively
a time, then said:
"I think I can help you if you are
equal to all the requirements; for I know
a jierson who needs a companion."
"What would lie necessary!" asked
Kdna, in a voice fairly trembling with
suppressed mirth and a little anger.
"In the llrst place the |>erson I rofcr
to is subject to vurioua moods. (Jould
you play g iy, solemn or plaintive muslo
to charm the different humor!"
"Yes," said Kdna. "I think I may
safely say I play well almost any kind of
piece."
"Soocndly, tne person has a terrible
habit of tearing oil buttons. Are you or
are you not handy with your needle!"
The doctor's voice wixed stern in the
delivery of this important question.
Again Kdna answered affirming her ability
to perforin her nocosaary task.
"Lastly," said the doctor, rising and
approaching her, "the 0110 great roquiroment
that far out-weighs all others and
one that the persou craves for with all
his heart, with all his strength, is that
you love him a littlo."
He held out his hands to her with a
look of love so intense and passionato
tlmt her heart thrilled strungely in response.
She closed her eyes and pressed
her hand over them, an old trick of hers
when in thought.
The man stood patient and motionless.
Minute after minute passed, till at last
Kdna moved. Advancing, she placed
hoth hands in his, and, with a tender
smile illuminating her face, whispered:
"Take inc."?New York Journal.
Sl'.U.iT SlFTINilS.
Few criminals of any kind live to he
old men.
Plants grow faster between I ami
a. >i, that at any other time during the
dav.
The Ohio Kivcr, which is very nearly
1000 miles long, has a mean descent of
only .* $ inches to the mile.
t'awkcr City, Ivan., hits Hiloptcil n*i
ordinance requiring every owner of
chickens to keep them on his promises.
S in Prnuciac > has an earthquake-proof
lmtel. li is constrncteii of iron, and in
the form of two hollow squares, one
within the other, arranged so as to brace
en h otln r.
The arrivals in this country from Swe len,
Noiway mi l Denmark are next in
import one to ill ?>f ?ire?t Ifritrin an 1
?i< rinativ, an I x> > < ?l liy miu fonrtli those
from Irelati I.
In Hannah it is rather a >uspicio as
thing to mve money for a charit.iole object.
It is siipp >se I to una a that t ns
'I nior ha* la-en very ivir'tel, n I is ?Icsir
is to mase mica Is.
I'iie orioinai nimii*erio' of the "Hit's
of \| .. ,n i.i" is n i.v in ii.it' of to* htn \S
i". U.e'iai.eel, Kivt'ni i'V, Mo., in ist>n
.1. |>. tVmtner, a straight iu I
n n- ;< _ i u iu? M r u a.
Ar -l .i rl i: I i? t e- r? Ivt ice I ago
of t \--a'y iree \ trs in /. iiCsVtlle, rj i.o, '
t ie o?h r "lav. I* nil it ?.ne so fee ;
t tat it < a i :i i i l it it* perch in iu-? j
\ S k- . r I I th- s?ir: l
t W ?- .1 i > 11 i ri'<: l i : ut i>.t < 1 ?y fr i
w .i i i v.-ti v w? r- t tic en Witii'i't' i
kit t:enr - i. > i i :t > !h?i1TJ
ft- i. I w tr? ? ilk. i 1", ' ' ' feet.
MM. ^I' '|it. ri I i*. v*. ?i k'liuMif*,
OHinir, <V*rihp?"?, flirt"
wii i ii ir- in irvi-li I'ir - /. . Mrs.
wi ?i> r..milii*r lilt i -i?e< in I t i?j |
\.m t i i ijir.-r mi i ier twelve. 1 :ia
hviti.'i' - / I ;<) >' i* fii W j:i k'flU ut
14 II'IIIiImT 1" II bell.
I'r.if.-.-nr I. mtIf' ri ;k rille shut, it
attrm ti ' j ni i>- i .i t? 1111 ? i ti, his feat of
h! mi it iu^ .t 'ii- lii.. 11 >ii in-> 11 iv ii lie t i.
The trie. i? |ieiinr ii I I . siiuotin.; at
t .i" triLi^er ut ! rili" held in a frine,
wiili tin- ih'!/./!i" ^!i!i nt a ltlali.ill
lati^lini; Ii. a string direct ly over the
inurkiiiau's head.
A cii-tly w irirnln- is owned liy otto of
the Chinese Ministers, w'iiH"f ii?.i.;nilii i'iit
ami vane.I toilettes liavc drven tin- society
belle* wild with envy. I'.io
firstial dignitary never appr ars al puliiii)
entiTtaiiiiiients t w ire in the same costume,
ami liis silk it ii i satin garments arc
vnliifil at tj>l*?b,tMM.
.Many reailers will lie inueli uur|>risud
to learn that at tiio battle of l.oipsie tho
Uussians brought into the liolil number*
of llaskir Tartars w ho were armed only
with bows and arrows. So we read in
tieneral .Marhot's ru'tnoirs, written by
himself and lately published. The (ten
cral wns himself yvoum<Ic<I l?y mi arrow in
tlie hattlo.
A Maryland farmer adopts tliis niefhod
of iiddiny liis premise* of Knylish ^pariovvh
Whenever they yet too plentiful
lie equips e,'tell iiihii till the f:triii Willi a
tl:it hour I, ami they all prweed after
ilaik with lantern^ t ? the hi rd roost.
The sparrows lly tow.ml the liyht, and
as they eome within reach the ui n with
the hoards knock tliem 'lown hy tho
score.
Charles th I,viand traces the oriyin of
the sayiny in reference to a small place,
"there is not room enoiiyh to swiny a
cat,' to a superstition current 111 Transylvania.
In this con i try, it is said, if
a cat runs away, when recovered aha
naisi he swim; tlirco tonus around to at tae'.i
her to the dwelling. The same in
done with a stolen cat hy a thief if ha
would retain it.
A yonealoyical tree of the Ilcarna
family develops the fart that tho na > o
was originally Heron, after the hir.f n[
that ii ime, just :ys, it is claimed, the name
Sterling ami kindred names were alter
the original of starling, another turd.
Germany's railroads have a trackage ol
24.S-13 miles, 500h mil >s more than exist
in ttreat Britain aud Ireland,the early
home of tfie railway.
SIGHTING THE STEAMERS
BOW AM BXPBBT DOBS IT AT T*B
BIBB IBXAJTD STATXOJT.
Rcoofnlilag m MMmftr by Her HmoIta
v? Giuer mun iwMlIt He/bm She
Tope (be Horteon I>lne.
SIX hour* before en Atlantic liner
ie made feet to ber dock the
naaouoofMBoSE of ber arrival off
Kin Iibad la oada known in
New York Citf?*~J* la Impossible to
aatimate the grant amine of such information.
Persona hare abundant time to
prepare for tbe corning of friends, and
from places as far distant as Philadelphia
or Albany parties can oonio and be at
tho steamer's landing before the gangplank
is thrown out. Carriages can bo
summoned and dinners arrangod for,and
in many other ways can the coining
friends be properly attended to.
Tho lirst land sighted by tho majority
of incoming steamers is Fire Island
lieach. Kvery one has heard of Firo
hlSDd. It is not nu inland, out tnc eon
of h long and narrow atrip of land between
tliu ocean and the Groat ftoutb
Hay, about forty miica from Now York
City. Among tbo earlier seaside resorts
in tliia country Fire Inland hold a conspicuous
place. It has been a place of
marine observation for nearly ton years.
The observatory was formerly on top of
tho famous Surf Hotel, but so satisfactory
became the results of enterprise that,
about live jcara ago, the,. Woatorn Union
Telegraph Company erected a substantial
wooiien structure near the oceau shore,
suitably arranged for habitation and for
the watching and reporting of vessels.
Mr. Peter Keegttn, who had already
shown marked ability for the work required,
was placed in chargo and is there
to-day, accompanied by his wifo and
children. Tho life in winter on Fire
Island is extremely louoso no. Communication
with the main shore, across the
bay, is only had a few times a week, and
the lighthouse keeper nuJ bis family and
the lifc-suviug crew are the only neighbors
Mr. Kcegan has. The past year ho
has boeu placed in telephouio cominuni
cation wan nil mo iuu-nnviuKni.iti.iuu3 uu
the south shore of I#ong Island.
It doubtless scums to many people an
easy task?that of observing passing
steamers and tclcgrapbiug the facts to
New York?hut when one considers that
most of the vessels are from fifteen to
eighteen miles away, and that many of
thein go by in the nighttime and in fogs
and cloudy weather, then some ides can
be obtained of the skill and training
accessary to successfully perform this
work.
Hut once iu all thuae years has Mr.
Keegun reported a wrong vessel. Ho
was expecting a certain steamer of the
Bremen Line. Unknowu to him a new
steamer had been sent over iu place of
the regular oue, and it was very natural
that liu should report the one which he
had every reason to expect would arrive.
The observatory is a woodeu building
about forty feet in height, and lies back
from the beach about two buudrcd feet.
It is surrounded by a waste of suud, and
iu the winter it is an extremely lonely
place. Hay Shore, about ten miles distant,
is the nearest point on the muinland.
The top room of the town is the observatory
proper. It is a small room with
windows on the four sides uud lookout
ajwrfure facing ocean ward. Ou a small
table i* a telegraph iLstruumut, which is
connected by wire direct with the Westera
Union olfice iu New York City. A
bookcase is well tilled with standard
w..rks, and upou the walls are pictures
of some of t iie liest kuown ocean
steamers.
Mr. Keeg m has never been on board
of one of these steamers, an<l says he
doubts if he cou'-d recoguize theiu if ho
saw them passing through the Narrow.
His acq uh in tan _ with vessels comes from
a long range, a i l lie liiis to make an examination
of gen--ral outlines and details
sucn a? would r>ea|?e the notice of other
people. Hut <?:ice has he been able to
read the name of a [Missing vessel, and
that was a few years ago when the
Ameriquo carne within three miles of the
shore.
Mr. Kccgan keeps a careful record of
the de|>*rture of ail incoming steamers;
a'so rejiorti of storing, adverse winds,
i iciiKTi/n, mill everything that would lie
apt to cause a delay, and fro;n his
knowledge of a steamer's average speed
he approximates her arrival, and thus
fixes the time alien it is nccessiry for
him to be on the watch.
At night, all -hauierr, when opp /site
Fire Island, send up a signal. Tiie signal
of the Inniau line is t.vo blue an<l red
lights followed by n rocket showing blue
and red -tars. Trie Canard steamers
burn two Human candles, showing six
blue bails These signals merely indicate
to what line the steamers belong.
To distinguish what particular vessel it
is a careful observation of the .side and
stern lights has to be made. It is often
wiiii f^reai uiiiicuiiy mat spirits can ue
Been i?t ni^ht. As hooq as a steamer
comes in sight the observer must tix his
gaze steadily upon one of the lights until
the signals are giveu. The work is,
of course, very tedious.
The signals in the daytime are given
by means of colored and at a long
ilistance are very deceptive. beyond a
few miles colors cannot he easily distinguished,
so that the flu;,' signals are generally
of little value. Mr. Keogun depends
almost entirely upon the outline
of the steamer, the position of the
smokestack, cabins, lifeboats, sinokc,
etc., and also upon the course of the
vessel.
For instance, on one smokestack of
the Servia is a s.pniv white mark, while
on the others of the Canard fleet the
mark is oblong. Certain vessels earry
their sails in a peculiar fashion. One
steamer has a derrick in a certain place,
' and there are a hundred other distin|
guishin? marks which are noticed by the
J trained observer. Kucli hue of steamers
has its own cotir-"-. From one porthole
I in the lookout room, at a certain angle,
j (luiou Line, anil I nan another t lie White
blur, ami so on.
Oftvu a voted can ^ distinguished l>y
toe sinoke. The steamer* of one line in
partieu :i? bun, n certain kiml of ?of?
eoa1, ami the smokfl is so peculiar that
Imir approach is known at Fire Island
| helore the hulls arc seen. In fact, it
, very oiteti happens, when visitors arc in
the rvatory watching for a certain
steamer, that Mr. Keegan has seen ami
reported the vessel's arrival some time
helore it is noticed by them. Kaeh year
the eaptains of the fast lines, in their
anvii ty to make a ipiiek passage, are
keeping further and Inrther away from
Foe t^I,i . |, i?, | of course the difficulty
! <*' ivm- t o'?n increases..-?New York
I'^uiuien iaLAdvertiser.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Cum are now made of paper pulp.
lied hot irons touched to the flesh, a
fieri in physicisn argues, will cure hysteria.
A newly patented device makes the
load of a car vary the leverage of the
brakes.
An atlas of the sky is now tinder way.
It is a stupendous undertaking and will
require years to complete.
Professor Smith, of Rochester, N. Y.,
thinks that the latest arrived comet has
been 0,000,000 years in getting here.
Boiler scale is used as a material for
cemeDt floors in the Santa Ye shops at
Topeka, Kan. With good ramming and
puddling it makos a good floor.
According to tho Hatch Experimental
Station of Massacliusutts, oloctricity applied
to tho roots of plants gives more
satisfactory results tli.au when applied
above.
The latest kind of (oek for nuts on
railroads, machinery or other places is
forinod of an elastic non-metallic washer,
to lie placed ou the threaded end of
tho bolt.
If ia .'.inJiil.Mi11 v I'rnnefnd tlmfc lon>r
distance telephone* will bo in working
order Iwtwceu tlie Columbian Exhibition
grounds, Chicago, and New York
and Boston.
Mr. Kite, in his system of ventilation,
oniploys a jet of water at service pressure
issuing from an orif.ee in the form
of a Greek cross, for in iucing the air
current. Those jets may be upward,
downward or horizontal.
The necessary equipment for six utiles
of electric tramway is now on its way
from this eouutry to Siatn. Six generators,
two complete steam plauts, twenty
car equipments and extra parts to last
for six mouths make up the order. The
road is to be insta'led in Bangkok, and
will be tbo first electric tramway in
Siain.
Electricity has now boen applied to
stone carving?the blow being struck by
means of Caratarphen's electrical reciprocating
tool. With this machine tlio
stonecutter or the sculptor can devote
his entire attention to the lines his instrument
is to follow, while doing the
work more rapidly than by his own muscular
power.
A magnificent specimen of the hamadryad,
or king-cobra, twelve and s half
feet long, has been shot in a treo a few
miles from Castle liock, India, on the
.Southern Mahratta Uailway, and tho skin
has been sent to tho Bombay Natural
History Society. The existence of this
formidable Burma snake in Iudia has not
been known very long.
A Kansas City paper says that there in
a boulder in the Ozarks which will attract
a jack-knife dropped nine feet
away, and that sloug the lino of the tlftli
principal meridin, in the counties of
Carter, Reynolds, Iron and Washington,
the lines of east and west surveys arc dotlected
from the true course several do|
grees, the needle bciug aftected hy doi
posits of loadstone.
A new ca<o of mimicry, observed by
Siard, is reported. Que is a saw-tly
and the other is a fl > . When both insects
are quiet, they resemble each other
perfectly in color and patterns, and as
. the saw-tly is protccte I oy its unpleasant
j smell from the beaks of birds, it is probi
able that the My is mistaken for it by
' birds cm account of the bad taste of the
| insect it resembles.
Tho largest machine now in use fas"
' sawing stone can deal with blocks throe
feet one inch high by eight feet three
inches Ioni and six feet six inches wide.
I'lie saw of this machine is seven feet
three inches in diameter and is a steel
plate mounted on a screw spindle, along
which it can be shifted by means of
large nuts so as to vary its position for a
cut in any desire I place. Tho rim of
the k nv is stu 1 lu I with diamond.
Kd A. Ilihcock, of North Stouington,
Conn., while crossing bis rooky farm inet
*'i odd nn.l brilliant-lookin/ snake of a
"peesc s that as sii5?}?.? <?* I to bo extinct
in Connecticut, and after a lively ciiaso
?captiiiei 1 it. It in a little folio.v not half
j/r iwii an I is black, except that a l?roa?l
! ;;oMon i?:m? 1 encircles its neck. It boi<mj?s
to tl?*> -Million ban I racer speelus,
( which crows to bo ten or fifteen foot
lone an<l are swift a?;.| ferocious.
Killed by a Cobttfflt
Some peculiar evi leueo was ijlvon
\ -.' r lav ilunn ' an in plot before tin
I. verji ?ol coroner loiiciuiio the ileatli ol
\| -rt i i It iliorts. Six or seven weeks a'-jo
I-! 1 cut i'er III!'!, and to stop tho
inee lni'4 s.io ;i iojito-1 the Iio.huwife's
plan ol usiiiL^ a co >.veil. 1> i > I ptiso.tiii
set in?pie.suui ilily b -o rise there
wasuirc mi thocebwe i?ami too wo:n m
?Ii?*?J. The doctor said that ?ieitli was
ihie to btooil poisoning arising Iron the
wound on the baud,and the jury rcturne 1
a verdict in accordance with this evidence.?London
Telegraph.
(frucsnmc Souvenirs.
'A remarkable tribe of Indians are th<
fTapos, who live in tie- northern part ol
Chile. Instead of wearing scalps at fuoh
belts as tropics, like the American sava^es,
the heads of their enemies diin^h
at their "irdlcs. !Jv a mvs!ei'ion> pro
cess known only to themselves, they re
move all the facial and cranium hone<
without euttino the >kin oi destroying,
the interior. Then the bed is then rc
duoed, without mainuny any of th*
features, io till si/.e of a III in's list."-'
Pittsliur?jj I)is|?:itoil.
t Poisoned
H'lh wliilrii* -i .1
inii 1111y?i? inns lit nn mi
torriblc ulcer? >ui>ki
Mis. M. K. 0 Fh1U'ii.^im j,i,i.,i uf i11
At In-.: .In-l.i unnioink. HOOD'S SARSA
PA RILL A in.<I ill ..In i...|.i..M .I; i ...||.I 1 .1
|;?'t mil ..I It.*i| mi.I wnlk Sli.' i-- now |i. rlrt t I;
will, \\. iuli~ l:> |mi!IIi<! . i-iit - IM'II, it in I ilotvs 11.
Murk fot II llirn.i >.||)tii>.
nOOD'8 PILLS li 'H.I !? iii i'V.t. fnn.
U> inciln iiii- cln'M. >ii. ? iisi..l,nl\vn\s pi.ti-iir.
W?h"V*??A. nn<1 l-;.l .M ?M' b (talc
tin- h.nnl'-. Ini?ii lli?> .'I In.. "It
Tl.fi Sii.I Si.'- " ! ii I't " ? "'l"f
tui. I).in!'V,?.i.| llir . <" > ! ' I I'll If! til
^ or gla?? J.*- . ; . l.
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Nebraska hus 6417 school districts, In
which there are 383,115 children ol
school age. Her school property is valtied
at a tnfle lass than $7,000,000.
Tn En/Unil vmmn* i rs
tailed "left off clothes."
tttAT*. or OttlO, UTTT or TOLMDO, I _
Lucas Couwrr, I
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be Is the
senior partner of the Arm of T. J. Cheney Sk
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and Htate aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of for each and every
ease of catarrh that cannot be cored by the
Use of llalrs CWtarrh Cure.
Knaifs J. I'Hurir.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this Stb day of December, A. D., UHmL
i ?*? , A. W. UUUtoi,
1 asai. >
1 ' . ti<<dru PvNto.
Hall n Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and
acta direct I}-on the blood and Millions surface*
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
K. J. < 'iiKMtr <V Co., Toledo, U.
Sold l>> Druggists, 75c.
Tito minimum are of employment on the
Continent is generally twelve,or from twelve
to fourteen.
The Only tine Ever Printed.
CAN VOU rtNII TUB WOltltT
The??e Is n n irielt display ad veri Netneni In
this paper, tills week, Which lias no two words
n!t. e except one Word. Tho same Is true of
iiiiu* /m?? diktw.dsiiitr ?rl/'li u-tmlt fr/itti 'I'll**
I?r. 11 art or Medicine <'o. This hoitse places it
"< 'rfHi i'iit" on everything they make.and ntibli-li.
for it, send them the name in il?a
word am! I her wlr feturu you 11 u>K, BtcAi'Tt"i
i. i.i ' noon aI'fis or sti<i'L? rune.
Out of the 240,000 domestic servants id
London it in estimated that 10,000 of thoul
an' ul w.'iyd out of employment.
For Impure of thin Blood, Weakness, Malaria
N. urmghi. Indigestion, aftd Biliousness,
take Brown's Iron Ititicw it give* strength,
making old persons feel young- and ycftlUg
persons strong; lea-ant to take.
Fa km help ia In great demand In North
Dakota.
Ladies. ladles, think of the engagements vou
have broken and the 'li-ap|i<iiht incuts conspijuent
to ot her- mid Perhaps al-o to yourselves,
all on aeeounl of lieiwlaehe. Ittadytrot Ine wiii
elire J'O'I ill lifteeli itiiiiutea. Fifty cents.
ci mada'h internal revenue for 1891 waa
#7,tJ0o,0W, or 9800,0t 10 less thnu iu 1890, the
dece'eme trom spirits being over tl.OW.000.
ton Dyspepsia, Indigestion, uud Stomach
dlsordi i.-, u-e Brown's iron Bitters. The Best
Ti.nie.it leliuinl t he system, cleans the Blood
and strengt hens the muscles. A splendid tonic
for weak und debilitated persons.
HakutWright says Corkhill,of Pittsburg,
s the king of outfielders.
Hkkciiam's l'ir.i.s act lik?> magic on the
liver and other vital organs. (Ine dose relieves
tdek headnelio itt 20 minutes.
Tub sponge industry of the Bahama Islands
employs 600 boats and nearly 6000
men.
oisnE I^joys
Both tlio method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system
effectually, dispels colds, headaches
and fevers nnd cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its hind ever produced,
pleasing to tho taste and acceptable
to tho stomach, prompt in
it3 action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
111 nay excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it tho most
papular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 00a
and $1 bottles by nil leading druggists.
Any reliablo druggist who
may not have it on hand will procure
it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
lOUISVIUE. KY. NEW YORK. N.Y.
"German
, Syrup"
My niece, Kmeline Hawley, was,
taken with spitting blood, arid she
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds of medicine
hut nothitnr did her anv cood.
Finally she took German Syrup and
1 she told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. It
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite. I
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Staeey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. 44
' **Mothers'
Friend"
; MAKES CHltD BIRTH EftSY.
' Colvin, La., Doc. 2. 1880.?My wife used
MOTHER'S FRIEND before her third
confinement, and cayn sho would not be
" without it for hundreds of dollarsDOCK
MILLS.
Sent hv on icf;p? of , me. Jlt.W per bot?le.
Hook " 1 ? Mi-thfi - ' wailed bee.
BFtADriF.LO HCGULATOR CO.,
. O.I All mi All I>nutaiii?. ATLANTA, OA.
A TC MTCW- T' Clixirrnld,
p A I EL lw I Q Wnnhliiiilaii, It
tO piim* bonk U rn
DROPSYM
'o?i 11 \ rl > Fiiriil %%itli X I'M#*! ii lilt* KrmttdifM
III ?\? ciiifl t lintiwnTi t|s , j i'hm'm. ? ?ir?* i?t ifi.tH nroi"ii
in ?lltf|nl#?l?\ lust | 11 \ From tir^t <lo?i?
' viiipt"liiv r ipul'y m in |o <!?>> two tItir?Im of All
*yinidmit* ifiiKivtol. SoikI f< i in-i- ln? >k ol tentunopiAlf
| ui MHMrii'on?i iiin- I <) ?ln ? i r?*nf men! I ret* l?f
^ I niMi iiyniinnift iinii mi in-, in
?t>. i?it. it. ii. < it rrn a mins. aiuihv ?>?
? LOVELL Difll
j \YVy ^'J,non^ f'?rne
i.io^rTiiilf | loifiir or (iun?
'I ^ JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.,
J
If a flying in the foot
of Nature to take the ordinary pULJust
consider how it acts. TbereV .
too much bulk and bustle, and not
enough real good. And think hoar
it leaves you when it's all over ! s V
Dr. Tierce's Pleasant Pellets act?
naturally. They help Natnre to do
her own work. They cleanse and
renovate, mildly but thoroughly, the
whole system. Rcmilnlc it, too.
The help that they give, lasts. i
They're purely vegetable, jper-*
feotly harmless, tiic smallest, easiest,
and best to take. Sick Headache,
Kiliotiii Headache, Constipation, Indigestion,
liilioiis Attacks, and all.
derangements of the Liver, Stomach',
and Dowels arc promptly relievod'
and permanently cured. One tiny,
sugar-coated lVllot for a gentle
laxative ? three for a cathartic. ' x,
They're the cheapest pill you can,
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is returned.
?
You pay only for the good you
. .
This is true only of Dr. Piercc'a
VOIT NEED NOT FEAR W
tlint people will know your linlr lit dyed It
you use tli?t perfect Imitation of nature,
Tutt's Hair Dye
it linpartita glossy color h'id fresh life to the
liitir. Price, SI. Utlleis. 30 s'H'k Place, N. ?.
KILLER. -?
butcher's Fly Killer Is sure death. Every sheet wilt
kill a quart of flies, and secure peace white you eat.
aulet when you read and the comforts of ? nap In
10 morning. Get l)utcher'? nnd secure best
FRED'K DUTCHER DRUG CO.,
Sr. Albass, Vt.
T purify the blood, are eafs and ef
factual. The beet Kew.TSl family,
i l medicine known for ITillnssnnas
t/^A9sisik7 Constipation. Dyspepsia, Foal
e^^^kj/UV^ Breath. lleadaehe.lfcartburn.Loa>
^ of Appetite, Mental Dtprealoa, >
Painful Dtircdinn. 1'lmplee, Sallow 1
Complexion. Tired Keellnt, and
TeverT sympto.n or dOieaso resulting from Impure* ?
J Wood, or a failure by tbo stomach, liver or intestines [
J to perform their proper functions, Persons given to !
! over-ratingare benefited by takings T A BtXF. after, .
Z each meal. Price. by mall 1 gross <3: t bottle lBc. Ad-, ,
a drees THE KlPAttSCHElbcALCO .lOSpruoeBt. Jt.T., ,
S AavutsWanlr.il KIOIITl prr eent prdt. i i
I Consumptives and pcoplo
who havo weak lunKsor Asthma.
should uso I'lso's Cure for
Consumption. it has cured H[
thonaanili. It ims not injured
one. It is not tui.t intake.
!t id tho best coiiuh syrup.
|D Pnld overrnln'ri'. ".1c.
IF YOU
OWN
CHICKENS
YOU WANTTl> A -\r T II E I B
THEM TOl A WAY
ren If you merely keep them as n diversion. In or?
der to fiaudlo Fowls judiciously, you must know
something iIkiiii tliem. To meet this want wear*
selling a hook giving the experience t flnlw
of a practical poultry raiser for \ will J awwi
twenty-flve years. It was written by anion who put
k)l his mind, and time, and money to making a suoress
of Chicken raising?not as a pastime, hut as a
business- and If you w III protlt by Ids twenty-flee
years'work, you cuu save many Chicks annually,
i i
" Hmlstng Chickent."
and make your Fowla earn dollars for yon. Ths
point la. that yon must ho able to detect trouble In
the Poultry Yard as aoou as It appear*, nnd know
how to remedy It. This l.ook will teach you.
It tella how to detect and cure dl*ouse; to feed for
ft# anil also for fat tenia*; which fowls to save for
breeding purposes; and everything. Indeed, yoo
should know on thta subject to make It profitable.
Sent postpaid for twenty flv# rents In 1c. or 3a.
stamps.
Book Publishing House,
I.BOSAKD ST . N. Y. Ctty^
fix LIVER m
e3f pills <
DO HOT flRIPK won RtrXKW.
VH Bore ears for SICK HEADACfllC.
Impaired Jlgettioa,constl.
pallon,torpid glumls. Tliryarouia
K vital organs, removs nausea, dlsJ>
linear M moral rITrrt on Kltftinvh
and tiliiiMer. Conquer
i bilious nervous ills,
fe fj fm onler*. Pstabliah i:al>
w ^*tUbav, ural l>aiLf AOTIOW.
Renutify complexion by purifyinK
blood. I'lTKF.t.T VlOKTAHLS.
The due Is nicely adjusted to suit esse, as on* pill ran
aerrr or loo niurh. I.'arh vial roritaina 12. carried In vest
| poekrt like lead pencil lliiaiiil-ss man's great
| convenience. l'akeir easier tt.an eugar. Noldevery.
vhrre. All geniiino good* bear "Orescent"
Hand 9-emit ataino. Top c 132 nave book with eampla.
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yiOND CYCLES D OCU
d Cents. 81* styles Ms ? Wm ,
jshion and Solid Tires. IB fl H m B \
. St?p Drop Forpnngj Stop,
bla Hall Baanngs to all running parts Mil
s Suspension Saddle.
rt7// GRADE in Every Particular.
a stantpa for our ltM>-pa*r 11 In n I r" (est rate-1
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