The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, June 24, 1892, Image 4
LOVE SONOl
I feel tbe niiRk spirit of
U?r itwdm in the May,
Whose witching beauties breathe of love
Along the flowered way.
In the pink roae 1 see her faoe
Carven so frail and sweet;
The subtle music of her graeo
&k>ws in the dimpling wheat.
I bear the rustle of her gown
While breeaes stir tbe trees;
Whene'er they shake a blossom down,
^ 8ho throws a kiss to me.
?K. K. Munkittriok, in Harper's Weekly.
"ON THE BAY,"
liY ANN IB M. 1ITTCKKH.
r EAD1NG her pretty
n bay it few hundred
feet from the road,
3 ? then t? 11 little liil'oc*t'
12^,m Grunt
l?/\$ "unK one ftrm caressV:.'
f" g V. ingly around her
horde's neck and
' 5%A^jfliM ii-'ti gazed slowly about.
"'* Hho drew in deep
breaths of the crisp morning air, and
noted with a keen, silent, still sort of
pleasure the signs of approaching spring.
At her I'eet and about her little tufts and
patches of dead grass peeped up hero
wild there above the partially incited
snow, like dingy oases in a desert of
glittering white.
Kdtia was a gay, spirited girl, but at
times, in solitude, her lovo of naturo
threw a glow of sombre enthusiasm ovor
her face in place of the tisnal levity.
Turning her eyes once more toward the
road she beheld the brightness of the
sunlit road, clouded and obscured by tho
srioomv shade of a slow-moving funeral
procession.
Only an instant before the bounding
blood in her veius, the breatb of spring
in the air bad suggested naught but life.
Now, with a shiver, its complement,
death, threw a shadow upon her heart.
Edna closed her eyes, pressed her hand
over them and leaned iu a subdued attitude
with her face on her horse's neck.
"Life? Deathl Lite?Death!
Kucli is the burden of human breath,"
came in the deep bass of a manly voice,
so near her tliat she started violently and
opened her eyes. Quick as a flash the
softeucd look vanished from her face,
giving way to nu angry petulance.
'Why can I never be alone for an in
staut but what you must coino to annoy
tnc?" she exclaimed.
"Ladylike, as usual," returned the
man, whose toll, stately figure and strong
though not handsome face should havo
elicited a kind lor or at least more respectful
greeting. "I happened to bo
driving along on my way to visit a patient.
The cose is not a very urgent
one, so you uoed not look as though you
would soon get rid of tuc. You see 1
fell in with the end of the funeral, and,
although wc doctors are supposed to occasion
many, still I lmd no fancy for tagging
along at the end ot this. Seeing |
you wrapped in a lofty reverie I left iny
bugiry on the road, quietly walked here,
read your thoughts nud supplemented
tlieni with a strain en the same subject."
"You are a wicked wizard I How
dare you say what I was thinking of?"
she snapped.
? Apparently heedless of her anger, ho
i smiled in calm superiotity and answered :
only adds auother to the list
MPW^WWe'et names that, out of the fulne-s of
f your amiability, you have bestowed on
inc. 'Wicked wizard;* that is not so
L bad?'W. W.' It reminds mo ot an
p inscription ou an old tombstone?
I "Here lies W. W.,
vrao win nov.-r more irouuio you, trouble
1 you."
"I wish you would follow his oxa \\rl?
' hen," said she, spitefully.
"I could not lie," lie retorted; "1
am not built that way. 1 am constructed
with timbers of truth, joists of candor,
hoards of honesty, screws of integrity
and nails of common sense."
"Sparc rnc," she cried satirically,
"from further culogium of the great 'I
am,'" uud, scorning his proffered aid,
she sprang to her horse, settled herself
across him, then glanced at the doctor
defiantly, as, with a somewhat scandalized
expression, he said:
?<I jv/u ftnrc mlupaxr #l?o *ttrtxtait
skirt.''
"Yes," she answered, "and a much
more safo aud comfortable way f tiud
tins of ruling. You, 01 an people, who
pretend to study health, should bo the
first to admire tins improved method.
You know full well that riding sideways
twists the body, contracts the ribs on
one ?id<\ and is wholly injurious. But
no! don't admit itl You are too straitlaced
and narrow-minded. The only
broad thin" about you is your shoulders,"
she added sneeringly.
*'I confess to being narrow-minded
enough to esteem propriety and to udmire
a womanly woiuuu rather thuu a
tomboy."
"Y'ou would make an excellent prim
old maid, or a very proper grandmother.
Pity you miss your vocation by being a
man. Farewell, I am off for a sail on
the hay," she criwl pertly. Thon,
touching her horse and waving her hand
she dashed off.
He stood a few minutes watching the
flying figure and murmured:
' Pretty, willful child. That fond
aunt lias spoiled ner. mill sue lias a
warm little heart under all her impertinence.
How sweet aud good her face
looked before she knew I was here.
Always petted, she resents the slightest
tone of authority I use, and accordingly
detests me. "But I think I will make my
wild bird love me yet," he continued,
closing bis rather thin lips with the expression
of a mau who never admits to
his vocabulary the word fail. ">ler
very warmth and eagerness to sting me
shows somo feeling, which is far better
than a cool indifference."
Meanwhile, as be slowly retraced bis
steps to the buggy, Edna cantered up
the avenue to her home, jumped from
her horse and darted into the house,
^^^^^ma^running against a mild-eyed, sdk- j
tVIUl i
Why, my pot, how flashed you look I
I las anything gone wrong?"
That horrid Dr. Graham!" criod tho
Mi|?etu.>urt girl. "He alwayi ruin mo
do wrong way and rou*ea my temper,
^ime, aunty," throwing her arms ar mod
ier neck and drawing her Jo a lounge,
rooie, coax, pet ami talk nice to inc.
eil uio how u.<?od 1 am ami everything
veet. T need it badly, for that old
* ir has done nothing but scold and lind
ilt with me. He thinks himself so
irlnlly superior and me simply a silly,
urntit, pert miss. Oh! how I hate j
htu siace he tag uke that
nasty mtKTIcIno wnen 1 was sick. No
one else ever forced uie to do anything
gainst iny will."
Hut dearie," interposed the auot
uildly, ' he did it for your good to save
our life."
PshawI Save icy life? Moat likely
lie tried to poison lue. 1 mast have a
splendid constitution to stand the nauseous
doses ho poured down my throat. I
lon't. believe in medicine. Nature
ould work her own cures much more
piickly."
"Edna," said the lady, more gravely
ban was Iter wont, "it pains me to hear
>u speak so or ttio doctor. I know no.
man moro truly honorable, intelligent
and ambitious. lie stands high in his'
profession, lias written soveral valuable
medical works, and though comparatively
young, has won an enviable naiuo and
fortuno."
' Comparatively young," said tho still
unap|H?ased girl; "he is uoublo my age."1
"But you are only ughtecu, and oven
double that does not make him very
aged. Though ho may occasionally
chide, still he is very fond of you, and I
know desires nothing better than to
uuike you his wifo."
"Mo docs the 'unladylike tomboy' far
. too much honor to oven dream of such a
thing, but aforesaid tomboy declines his
generous oiler with thanks," responded
Edna with sntrical humility.
"Oh, aunty," she continued, her voice
softening and nestling closer to her, "I
think I love Alphonso and he wildly
adores me. Just think of thoso lovely
luminous eyes of his and that darling
curling mustache. He is really irresistible."
"But can barely support himself, not
to mcDtiou a wife," said her aunt, looking
anything but ploased.
"I prefer love with a crust in a cottage
to gilded misery," cried the romantic
girl, grandly indifferent to the luxuries
which she had never lacked.
"Excellent in theory," my child,"
said the other, "but very unpleasant in
practice, and the love that you count so ;
much on, how do you know that it is ;
geuuine? Have you any proof that it is
aught but protestation?"
"Ob, aunty," exclaimed tho girl,
drawing back, roally hurt, "can you
| doubt him, and am I not attractive
enough to win his love?"
' Yes, my sweet child, you are worthy
ot the love of the boat man living, but
1 am somewhat of a physiognomist, and
I do not feel the enthusiastic confidence
in your cavalier that I could admire.
You are known, dear, as my heiress, and
I fear that Alphonso is attracted by the
golden bait."
"You are cruel, unjust, unkind,"
sobbed the girl; "ho worships me. Iuiu
sure no mercenary thought ever entered
his bead. You ought to hear the
beautiful poetical way he talks to me."
"Put him to the test, Edna, and if ho
proves true, then I will be tho first to
interest myself in his advancement."
"How shall I do it?" questionel ttio
girl. "I will follow your advice, but
for my own part I will not wrong him
by tho shadow of a doubt."
ller aunt thought a moment, then
said:
"I do not liko to toach you to tell a
falsehood, but iu this caso 1 thiuk tho
rim jUHkiiiivs biiu iiiurius. x uu iiul WttUb
him to know you will bo rich, so this
evening, if ho calls, you might, in tho
course of conversation, casually remark
that I have made a will bequeathing my
cntiro fortune to several charitable institutions,
but that, in case of your marriugo,
I will provide a trousseau?
nothing more."
# "Agreed," said Edna, nud left tho
room. ,
That evcuing the mellow light from
the chandelier filled the richly furu ished
room and tell on the pretty, girlish from
of Edna seated at the piano, singing ia
her sweet, bird-like voice, "lu tho
Gloaming.-"
At hersidostood a handsome, stylishlydressed
youth who gazed at her in a rapt,
ecstatic way and turned her music with
an ait deferential in tho extreme. At
tho close of the ballad sac turned to hitn
and said carelessly:
"Did I ever tell you about auntie's
queer will?"
"No?I think not," said ho, protending
to hesitate, but tho quick gleam of
iiiui J?r?po<i 6a Jii? 4?y<w /lio
toner
"She is leaving nil her money to sotne
charitable institutions. I think it is very
good of her, don't you?"
Much as Edna tried to bliud herself,
she could not fnil to see that his fnco had
lengthened considerably, and it was in
doleful tones that he inquired:
"Did you not expect to be remembered?"
"Ou, no," she answered, "I could not
expect it. She has doue so much for mo
already, lias always supported au 1 educated
me, and will provide me with au
outtit if," with a little blush, "I were to
marry."
Somehow the conversation (lagged after
this disclosure, and not long after
Alphonso, with the most elaborate
courtesy, took his departure.
When three week9 had elated without
a cull from her Adonis, Edna
acknowledged her aunt's wisdom and
said, with a nervous little laugh:
"Who would think that so much deceit
could lodge behind those melting
eyes? Why, they wore like the loveliest
chocolate caramels."
"I am rejoiced to hear you take it so
lightly," returned her auut te ideriy. "I
think your vauity rather than your heart
is hurt."
"I think so, too; but if you only knew
how unutterably, intiniloiiinally small it
makes mo feel. I know now that my
personal valuation ia nothing."
"Do not think it," interrupted her
aunt hastily. "Only yesterday Dr.
{ Oraham, the wealthiest man I know,
apokt of hia love for you and anxiously
inquired if I thought you were fancy
free."
"Ia he, too, looking for some of your
money?" naked Edna, bitterly.
"Now, tudeed you aro wronging a noble
roan. Without reason, too, for he ia'
c^jito aa well off financially as you will
"Perhaps he wanta to add aomo to it.
I can trust no one, not even myself.
When Alphonac, whom I thought almost
divine, has proved false, what can 1 expect
from the aurly old bear, who, only
the last time I saw trim, called mo 'a lit t)e
heathen ?'"
"Try him. lie will Iwar any teat,"
said her aunt.
"I will do it just to satisfy you," answered
Edna indillereutiy, "though I
have as little faith in his love as I havo
in hia medicine."
So it happened, during tho doctor's
next visit, after some of the ueuel word/
1 ,
warfare, that Edna repeated her little
formula and added that she would like to
be independent, aud meant to look about
her for something to do. Could he help
her to find a position?
Tho doctor looked very grave at this
communication, thought a few minutos,
then said he would willingly assist her
and asked what kind of position she was
capable of filling; and drawing out a
little note-book be prepared to take
down her answer.
Edna's eyes gleamed maliciously as she
thought what a triumph she would have
over her aunt when she announced that
the doctor was as little in love as AJphonso,
only adding to tho insult by offering
to patronize her. Then sho said very demurely
:
"I might take a place as lady's maid,
a child's goveruess, or possibly that of!
companion."
The doctor regarded her contemplatively
a time, thon said:
"I think I can help you if you nro
equal to all the requirements; fori kuow
a person who needs a companion."
"What would bo necessaryt" asked
Edna, in a voice fairly trembling with
suppressed mirth and a little anger.
"In the first place tho person I refer
to is subject to vurious moods. Could
jou play gay, solemn or plaintive muslo1
to charm the different humor 1"
ics,-'snici uanii. i tninK l may
safely say I play well almost aay kind of
piece."
4 Secondly, the person has a terrible
Iinbit of tearing oil buttons. Are you or
nro you not handy with your needle?"
The doctor's voice w ixed stern In the
delivery of this important question.
Again Bdna answered affirming her ability
to perform her necessary task.
Lastly," said the doctor, rising and
approaching her, "the one great requirement
that far out-weighs all others and
one that the person craves for with all
his heart, with all his strength, is that
you love him a little."
He held out his hands to her with a
look of love so intense and passionate
that her heart thrilled strangely 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 aft last
LSJ 1 4 s V ?
cuuu uiovoa. Advancing, sne piacoa
both hands in his, end, with a tender
smile illuminating her face, whispered:
'Take me."?New York Journal.
SELECT S1FTINGS.
Few criminals of any kind livo to be
old men.
Plants grow faster between 4 and rt
a. m. that at any other time during tho
day.
The Ohio River, which is very nearly
1000 miles long, has a mean descent of
only 5$ inches to the mile.
Cawker City, Kan., has adopted an
ordinance requiring every owner of
chickens to keep them on his promises.
Sim Francisco has an earthquake-proof
hotel. It is constructed of irou, and in
the form of two hollow squares, ono
within the other, arranged so as to brace
each other.
The arrivals in this country from Sweden,
Norway and Denmark are next in
importance to those of Great Britain and
Germany, and exceed by one-fourth those
from Ireland.
In Burmah it is rather a suspicious
thing to give money for a charitable object.
It is supposed to mean that tho
donor has been very wicked, aud is desirous
to make amends.
Tho original manuscript of tho "Book
of Mormon" is now iu one of the banks
at Richmond, Kay County, .Mo., in custodj
of J. I). Whitncr, a straight and
non-polygamous .Mormon.
A red bird dic.l at the advanced ago
of twenty-three years in Zmesville, Ohio,
tliu other day. It had become so feeble
that it could not mount its perch iu its
cage, but it sang until a year ago.
A tree was cut in the Fagot Sound
(Washington) forest tiie other day fro u
which seven cuts wire taken without a
knot, their combined length being 17'J
feet. The tree scaled 18,000 feet.
Mrs. Handera and five daughters, of
Jlo<i<Jer*<>ti County, Tciines-oo, have feet
which are marvels for size. Mrs. San lera
wears number fifteen shoos and the
youngest daughter number twelve. The
average-sized loot, of this wonderful six
is number fourteen.
Professor Lors, the Greek rifle shot, is
attracting much attention by his feat of
snooting n glass imii iron ins own liea<l.
Tlic trie v u performed by shooting at
t'10 trigger ?>f a rille held in a frame,
with the iiiuz/.lo sighted at u glass Imll
dangling by a airing directly over the
mark man'* head.
A costly wardrobe is owned by one of
the Chinese Ministers, whoso uiaguiticcut
aud varied toilettes have driven the society
belles wild with envy. Too
celestial dignitary never appears at pubiio
entertainments twice in the same costume,
and his silk and satin garments are
valued at $150,000.
Many readers will be much surprised
to learn that at the battle of Leipsic tho
Russians brought into the Held numbers
of llaskir Tartars who were armed only
with bows aud arrows. 80 we read in
General Marbot's memoirs, written by
himself and latoly published. The Goneral
was himself wounded by an arrow in
the battle.
A Maryland farmer adopts this method
of ridding his premises of English spar*
rowf** Whenever thoy get too plentiful
he equips euch man on -the farm with a
flat boar I, and they all proceed after
dark with lanterns to the bird-roost.
The sparrows fly toward the light, and
as they couie within reach the man with
the boards knock them down by the
score.
Charles O. Leland traces the origin of
the saying in reference to a small place,
"there is not room ouough to swing a
cat," to a superstition current in Transylvania.
In this couu try, it is said, if
a cat runs away, when recovered she
must Im iwun<4 (Ukm timw nrwind to attach
her to the dwelling. The same ie
done with a stolen cat by a thief if he
would retain it.
A genealogical tree of the Hearns
family develops the fact that the na i
was originally Heron, after the bird of
thut name, just as, it U claimed, the name
Sterling and kindred names were after
the original of starling, another bird.
Germany's railroads have a trackage ol
24,843 miles, 5000 milas more than exist
in Great Britain and Ireland,the early
home of the railway.
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Hfs o w *T. e
SIGHTING fflE STEAMERS
SOW AN SXPSBT DOBS IT AT THE
BIBB ISLAND STATION.
Rcoognlalug mBttuuner by Her Hmoko
or Other lilttle Details Befbre She
Tops the Horteon Line,
SIX hour* before an Atlantic liner
is made fast to ber dock the
anaouooeinete of her arrival off
Fire Inland is oMdo known in
New York Citju.lt is impossible to
estimate the great value of suoh information.
Person# have abundant time to
prepare for the coming of friends, and
from places as far distant as Philadelphia
or Albany parties can come and be at
the steamer's landing before the gangplank
is thrown out. Carriages can bo
summoned and dinners arranged for,and
in many other ways can the coming
friends bo properly attended to.
The first laud sighted by tho majority
of incoming steamers is Fire Island
beach. Every one has heard of Firo
Island. It is not an island, but the end
of a long and narrow strip of land between
tho ocean and the Croat South '
Bav. about fortv miles from New York '
City. Among the earlier seaside resorts
in this country Fire Island held a con- <
spicuous place. It has been a place of <
marine observation for nearly ten years. I
The observatory was formerly on top of i
the famous Surf Hotel, but so satisfactory
became the results of enterprise that, <
about live years ago, th%. Western Union (
Telegraph Compauy erected a substantial ,
wooden structure near the ocean shore, ,
suitably arranged for habitation and for ,
the watching and reporting of vessels.
Mr. Peter Keegan, who had already (
shown marked ability for the work re- ,
quired, was placed in charge and is there ,
to-day, accompanied by bis wife aud (
children. The life in winter on Fire j
Island is extremely lonesome. Oommun- ]
ication with the main shore, across the
bay, is only had a few times a week, and |
the lighthouse keeper and his family and
the life-saving crew are the only neighbors
Mr. Keegan has. The past year he '
has been placed in telephonic communication
with all the life-saving stations on
the south shore of Long Island. |
It doubtless seems to many people an
easy task?that of observing passing 1
steamers and telegraphing the facts to
lien ivia?uuv nuwu vuu vuuoiuqio iuaw
most of the vessels are from fifteen to
eighteen miles away, and that many of 1
them go by in the night time and in fogs
and cloudy weather, then some idea can
be obtained of the skill and training
necessary to successfully perform this
work. ?
But once in all those years has Mr.
Keegan reported a wrong vessel. lie
was expecting a certain steamer of the
Bremen Line. Unknown to him a new
steamer had been sent over in place of
the regular one, and it was very natural
that ho should report the one whieh he
had every reason to expect would arrive.
The observatory is a woodeu oullding
about forty feet in height, and lies back
from the beach about two hundred feet.
It is surrounded by a waste of sand, and
in the winter it is an extremely lonely
place. Bay Shore, about ten miles distant,
is the nearest point on the mainland.
The top room of the town is the observatory
proper. It is a small room with
windows on the four sides aud lookout j
aperture facing ocean ward. On a small
table is a telegraph instrument, which ia (
connected by wire direct with the West- |
era Union olfice in Now York City. A j
bookcase is well lilted with standard
works, and upou the walls are pictures
of some of the best known ocean (
steamers.
Mr. Keegan has never been on board \
OK UUU Ol KI1UM5 .Ml'IllllUR*, illl'K UO
doubts if he could recognize them if he '
saw them passing through the Narrow?.
His acquaintance with vessels comes from
a long range, and lie has to make an examination
of goncral outlines and details
such as would escape tho notice of other
people. But once has he been able to
read the name of a {Missing vessel, and 1
that was a few years ago when the
Ameriquo came within three miles of the' i
shore.
Mr. Kcogan keeps a careful record of tho
departure of all incoming steamers;
also reports of storms, adverse winds,
iceborgtt, and everything that would be
apt to cause a delay, and from his
knowledge of a steamer's average speed
he approximates her arrival, and thus
fixe9 tho time when it is necessary for
him to be on the watch.
At night, all steamers, when opposite
Fire Island, send up a signal. The signal
of tho Inmau line is two blue and red
lights followed by a rocket showing blue
and red stars. The Ouoard steamers
bura two ltoinan candles, showing sis
blue balls. These signals merely indicate
to what line the steamers beloug.
To distinguish what particular vessel it
is a careful observation of the side and
stern lights has to be made. It is often
with great difficulty that signals can be
seen at night. As soon as a steamer
comes in sight the observer must fix his
gaze steadily upon one of the lights until
the signals are given. Tho work is,
of course, very tedious.
The signals in the daytime are given
by means of oolored flags, and at a long
distance are very deceptive. Boyond a
few miles colors cannot be easily distinguished,
so that the flag signals are generally
of little value. Mr. Keegan depends
almost entirely upon the outline
of the steamer, the position of the
smokestack, cabins, lifeboats, smoke,
etc., and also upon the course of the
vessel. *
For instance, on one smokestack of
the Uerviais a square white mark, while
on the others of the (,'iinnr.l flnet the
mark is oblong. Certain vessels carry
their sails in a peculiar fashion. Oac
steamer has a derrick in a certain place,
and there are a hundred other distinguishing
marks which are noticed by the
trained observer. Each line of steamers
has its own course. Prom one porthole
in the lookout room, at a certain angle,
the observer watches for a steamer of the
Qulon Line, and from another the White
Btar, and so on.
Often a vessel caq.!^ distinguished by j
die smoke. The steamers of one lino in
particular burn a curtain kind of soft
coal, nnd the smoke is so peculiar that
their approach is known at Fire Island
before the hulls are seen. In fact, it
verv oftftn hAnt^Aiia \vKnn triaitnra ar? in
the observatory watching for a certain
steamer, that Mr. Keegan has seen and
reported the veaeel's arrival some time
helnre it ia noticed \ij them. Kr.ch year
the captains of the fast linea, in their
anxiety to make a quick passage, are
keeping further and lurther away from
Fire Island, and of course the difficulty
?-f observing them increases,*-N?w Yoyk
Commercial-duvertiwr.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Oanes are now made of paper pulp.
Red hot irons touched to the flesh, a
Jerliu physician argues, will cure hyaena.
A newly patented device makes the
oad of a car vary the leverage of the
>rakes.
Au atlas of the sky is now under way.
[t is a stupendous undertaking and will
require years to complete.
Professor Smith, of Rochester, N.
thinks that the Utest arrived comet has
icon 8.000.000 vears in mttintf hers.
Boiler scale is used as a materiel for
:ement floors in the Santa tfe shops at
ropeka, Kan. With good ramming and
juddling it makos a good floor.
According to the Hatch Experimental
Station of Massachusetts, electricity ap>lied
to tho roots of plants gives moro
latibiactory results than when applied
kbore.
Tho latest kind of fotik for nuts on
ailroads, machinery or other places is
rormod of an olastic uon-motallic wash)r,
to bo placed on tho threaded ond of
:ho bolt.
It is confidently expected that long
distance telephone! will bo in working
irder between tho Columbian Exhibition
grounds, Chicago, aud New York
and Boston.
Mr. Kite, in his system of ventilation,
sruplovs a jot of water at service pressure
issutng from au orifice in tho form
of a Greek cross, for inducing the air
surrent. Theso jets may be upward,
downward or horizontal.
The necessary equipment for six mites
if electric tramway is now on its way
from this country to Siam. Six generators,
two complete steam plants, twenty
:ar equipments and extra parts to last
for six moDths make up the order. The
road is to be insta'led in Bangkok, and
will be tho first electric tramway in
9iam.
Electricity has now been applied to
stone carving?ttie blow being struck by
means of Carstarphen's electrical reciprocating
too). With this machine tho
stonecutter or tho sculptor can devote
his entire atteution to the lines his instrument
is to follow, while doing tho
work more rapidly than by his own muscular
power.
A magnincent specimen or tne Hamadryad,
or king-cobra, twelve and a half
feet long, has been shot in a tree a few
miles from Castle Hock, India, on the
Southern Mahratta Railway, and the skin
has been sent to the Bombay Natural
History Society. The existence of this
formidable Burma snake in Indiu has not
beeu kuown very long.
A Kansas City paper says that there is
a boulder in the Ozarks which will attract
a jack-knifo dropped nine feet
away, and that along the line of the fifth
principal mcridau, in tho counties of
Carter, Reynolds, Iron and Washington,
tho lines of east and west surveys are deflected
from the truo course several dogrees,
the needle being affected by deposits
of loadstone.
A new caso of mimicry, observed by
Siard, is reported. Oae is a saw- fly
and the other is a fly. When both insects
are quiet, they resemble each other
perfectly in color and patterns, and as
tho saw-fly is protected oy its unpleasant *
smell from the beaks of birds, it is probiblo
that the fly is mistaken for it by
birds on account of tho bad tasto of tho
insect it resembles.
Tho largest machiuo now in use f<V
rawing stouo can deal with blocks three
feet ono inch high by eight feet three
inches long and six feet six inches wide.
The 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 bo shifted by moans of
largo nuts so as to vary its position for a
cut iu any desire I place. The rim of
the saw is stud led with diamond.
Ed A. Bibcock, of North Stoningtod,
Conn., while crossing his rocky tarm met
an odd and brilliant-looking snake of a
species that was suppose I to be extinct
in Connecticut, and after a lively choso
captuied it. It is a little fellow not half
grown and is black, except that a broad
golden band encircles its neck. It belongs
to ttw> goldau-band racer >|>ocles,
which grows to be tun or flfteeu foot
long anil are swift und ferocious.
Killed by a Cobweb.
Some peculiar evidence was given
yesterday during an inquest before tho
Liverpool coroner touching the death of
M irtiia Roberts. Six or seven weeks ago
deceased cut her hand, and to stop the
1 >!(?<*. I linr Mill! tin* Kaiua
? 0 vuv ituujomiiv a
plau of using a co iwob. B'ojI p>isoaiug
set in?presumably became there
whs (lire on the cobweb?and the woman
died. The doctor said that death was
due to blood poisoning arising from the
wound on the hand.aud the jury returned
a verdict in accordance with this evidence.?London
Telegraph.
Gruesome Souvenir*.
A remarkable tribe of Indians arc the
ffapos, who live in the northern part of
Chilo. Instead of wearing scalps at their
bolts as tropics, like the American savages,
the heads of their enemies dangle
at their girdles. By a mysterious process
known only to themselves, they remove
all the facial and cranium bones
without cutting the skin or destroying
the interior. Then the head is then reduced,
without maiming any of the
features, to the size of a man's fist."?
Pittsburg Dispatch.
m Poisoned
Mrs. Mary K. O'Kallen,
a nurse, of Piqua, Ohio,
was poisoned while agisting
physicians at an autopsy
5 years ago,and soon
terrible ulcers broke
out on her head, arms,
toni/ue and throat. Sh?
wH?l.ed hut 78Ih??., and
*rs. a. t. o rallen.^v,, no prospect of help.
At la*! che la-gan to take HOOD'S SAR8APARILLA
an<l at onceliiiprovea; .hiIiIh. khi
get out of bed and walk. She ia now perfectly
well, weigh* 12R pound*, eats welt, ana does the
work for a large family.
HOOD'S PILLS should he In every family
medicine cheat.Once osed.alwaya preferred.
MULVSSL.
tfen haaili, Injure Ilia Iron, end tan n cfT
The Klein* Sun Btove rciwh l? Hrlllltnl. Mf,f. I
teea. Durable, and the rf?n?ii-"?r piva for no liu I
or glaaa package wic>1 every |?i/. ha a. I
/
Nebraska hus 6417 school districts, to
which there are 383,115 children ol
school age. Her school property is ral- .
ued at a trifle lees than $7,000,000.
In England second-hand cloths# rre
called 4>le(t off clothes."
Stati o? oilio, Urrr or '1x>lido, i ?
_ Lucas County, fm
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is ths
Snlor partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney S
>., doing business In the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
Will pay the sum of |10U for each and every
oae? St catarrh that cannot be eared by the
Use of Hairs Catarrh Cure. V
Sworn to before me and rabecrlbedln tny
presence, this Mb day of December, aTd., lsai
A.W.OUUSOS,
rprrr' 4 . ? fatuity PubH?. ?
Hftll b C ntarrfi Cur$ la takon Internally And
acts uireotiy ou tho blood and inur.onM surfaces
of tlu< system. Send for testimonials, free. i
K. J. C'iiknkv A Co., Toledo, O.
fff" Bold by Druggists, ?5c. 1
Trnt minimum are of employment on the
Continent is generally twelve,or from twelve
to fourteen.
The Only One Ever Primed.
CAN YOU VINO TUB WOlltlT
The*o is n <1 Inch display advert Isement in 1
tills paper, this week, which lias no two words
alKe except one Tho same Is true of
each new one Appearing crtch week, from The
Or. Mart or. Medio I tie Cd. Tills hmlso places a
''Crescent" oh everything they mrtkeanri iiuollsh.
book for II. send litem the itnitte ctr the
word ami the* will return you b ?o'k, BBAUTt"Ul.
l.tTttOUHACtlJS or SAtfPLKSJ-KJSB.
Oct of the 240,000 domestlo servants id
London it is estimated that 10,000 of theot
are always out of employment.
For Impure of thin Blood, Weakness, Malaria
Neuralgia, indigestion, artd Biliousness,
take Browne Iron Iutiers?It rives strength,
making old persons feci young-and yoh fig
persons strong; lea-gint to take.
Fa rm help la in great demand In North
Dakota.
I.adles. ladles, think of tho engagements you
have broken and the dlsnpiioTiitments consequent
to others mid Perhaps also to yourselves,
all on account of headache. Bradycrotlne will
cure you lit fifteen iiiitiiitos. Fifty cents.
C?- nada'h internal revenue for 1891 waa
7,000,000, or <800,000 less than in 1890, tha
decrease from spirits being over 11.000.000.
Fou Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Htomach
disorders, use Brown's Iron Bitters. Tho Best
Tunic, it rohui.d- the system, cleans the Blood
and strengthens the muscles. A splendid tonic
for weak and debilitated persons.
HarhtWright says CorkhtU,of Pittsburg,
the king of outfielders.
Hkkcii ih'r Pmus act like magic on the
liver and other vital organs. One dose relieves
slek headache In 20 minutes.
Thk sponge industry of the Bahama Islands
employs 600 boats and nearly 6000
men.
&YfrJP'fpC<5
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
..tem^effectually, dispels colds, headind
evers niul cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its hind ever produced,
pleasing to the taste and acceptable
to the stomach, prompt in
ita action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the moet
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 00?
and $1 bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will procure
it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Sr. NEW YORK. N.t.
"German
Syrup"
My niece, Emeline Hawley, was,
taken with spitting blood, and sbe
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly -all kinds of medicine
but nothing did her any good.
Finally she took German Syrup and
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. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. O
** Mothers*
Friend"
HIKES CHILD BIRTH EIST.
Colvin, La., Deo. 8, 1886.?My wife need
HOTUBB'S FRIEND before her third
confinement, end nays she would not be
without It for hundreds of dollar*.
DOCK MIDI*.
Sent by express on receipt of price. J1.60 per bottle.
Book " fo Mothers " mailed free.
BRAOEIELD REGULATOR CO.,
I en MU *T AU HMseaiStQ. ATLABTA, a A.
PATE NTSK'r/S1':
tree
DROPSYH
Positively Cured with Vi'ietsblr Remedies
Hato onred thouuan d* <>l rants. ?'ure patients prononnced
hnpele.a by beat phy.ictsna. From tlryt (iMt
fyinptorau rapidly disappear; in 10 daya two thirds of all
aymptoma tenanted, bend for tree book of testimonials
of mVraenloas ewtwa. IO dn y e> trrntnaewt free by
&' sag? ,?,r? w'.^'k BTO
W *^4 LadlM and
V /TrjTn*vlnaoaurnat?oOU(
A /a\Jff^kf M]fK\ , On mono Fram*.
I xtm~\ I Tubinp, Adjuitabl
V/^^) | ncl,M',nK radala
?M? ?1M?|W ?!?. j lo#me ?f ? ??,
\| JOHN P. LOVILL ARMS CO., I
,
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# 1
?Krf.? I
IPs flying in the flu*
of Nature to tako the ordinary pilLJnst
consider how it aots. TnereV
loo much bulk and bustle, and nob
enough real good. And think hoar
it leaves you when it's all over I 5
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets act?
naturally. They help Nature to do
her own work. They* cleanse and
renovate, mildly but thoroughly, the
whole system. Regulate it, too.
The help that they give, lasts. J
They're pnrclv vegetable, jper^
fectly harmless, the smallest, easiest,
and host to take. Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, Indigestion,
Bilious Attacks, and alii
derangements of the Liver, Stomachi
and Bowels aro promptly relievodl
and permanently cured. One tiny,
sugar-coated l ellet for a gentlo
laxative ? three for a cathartic.
Thcy'ro the cheapest pill you cam
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is ro?
turned. '
You pay only for tho good yon
get- ? >
This is true only of Dr. Pierce's
Hoi :oa.
YOU NEED NOT FEAR W
that people will know your hair Is dyed II
you use that perfect imitation of nature,
Tutt's Hair Dye
ft imparts a glossy color k*>d fresh lifeTo ths
hair. I'rlce, SI. OfUeu. 39 r.ark Place, N. f.
KILLER.
Catcher's Kly Killer Is sure death. Krery sheet wtB
kill a quart ot flies, and secure peace while you eat,
Sulet when you rav* end the oomforts of a nap In le
morning. Oet Dutcher'a and secure best rusulto
TRED'K DUTCHES DEUOCO.,
Sr. Albass, Vt.
? > ?t?s??es i
X purify the blood, are all sod if
2 Factual. The best gentwal family
1 ale I medicine known for minusams.
2 SSifh1 f.Sidirn?i "ftlKKSJk fS! :*
B U U PrCBlit, 11 nC| IflOkrtDurfl, iiO^pi
i Of Appetite, Mental ltepremtoa, i
ii Painful ingestion, l'lmplee, Hallow i
< Complexion, Tired Feeling, and
' srery symptom or dbeaiw resulting from Impure '
' Mood, orsfstlure by the atoinaeh, 11 rer or Intestines
to perform their proper functions. Persona slron to ,
orer-eatiag are benefited by taking sTABFEK sftar ,
, ,sachmoal. Prfee.by Dinll.ljrrossTti lbotUelflc. id- ,
I disss TH*HlPAS8CltE?fICALOO .IOSpruoeM.JfT. ,
il Agents Wanted| KtttllTY per rent prsdt.
tssssasosossossaaaaaaaaotestesste 1
j^hBHsiL-i^U ;l HCTM1 !
4 Consumptives and people H|
who hare weak lungs or Asth- m
ma, should use t'lso e cure tor am
Consumption. It has cared
thoasando. It has not Injur- I
so one. Il is not bud to laae. a
It Is the best cough syrup.
Bold orerrwhere. SSc.
H33kQSSESZQ3HflH
IF YOU ~
OWN
CHICKENS
YOU WANT"! > A -\T THXIB
THEM TOAT Jr\. JL WAY
en If you merely keep them as a direction. In ow
der to handle Fowls judiciously, you must know
something about them. To meet this want wear*
ailing a nook siring the experience / Amlw 4Ra
of a practical poultry raiser for twill J sOva
twenty-flre years. It was written by aman who put
all his mind, and time, and money to making a ?uoesa
of Chicken raising?not as a pastime, but as a
business?and If you wIII profit by his twsaty-flr#
fears' work, you can sars many Chicks annually,
-.?nn..? a > - ha
cSc:s m
fe-ssaAr ftffaftttBBftS1?5*
It tsllshow io detect and care disease; to feed for
eggs mad alio for fattening; which fowls to m? tot
Weed lug purposes; hod everything, Indeed, yoa
houtd know on this subject to mske It profitable.
Sent postpaid for twenty-flre rents in Ic. or tit
lt,~*P*lo?k Publishing House,
13-1 Lsosahd Sr.. N. Y. OSn
B^^nrTLT^
pif LIVER g
U? PILLS ?
SSlA Do MOT OBIPS MOH-RICUV.
MS enre for SICK HUP
ACHK. Impaired Jlgwtlos.eonsS.
i
a stness. Mistral flhrt on Kidd
U M/t andbladder. Oooqnsc
p _ billons perrons dls?
O O *
egar^wstata ?
A ? ?I"?W ! nicriy |iiju>iru 10 lull ftfV. H UWBUI
aaarbatoo much. Etch vialrontelna tt.earrtad tare*
poekrt. Ilk* had pencil. BatlU?M BUUt'l ml
(OBTenWnc*. Taken tatlrr than angar. SaMMf*
wharf. All (emtio* good* hear "OrreeanL"
gend ?-c*nt *Ump. Top gat ? peg* book wtth iMi|h>
w, miTW loicim co.,?t lmu. m*
R N U. 8fh
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iOHDCYQIM TqTS "I
SZ&XSJSttiZ. vlffl l\ '*>
B?H Bearing* to all running garta
Suapcnaion Saddla. >
lUapi for our lOO^pogo lllaNlr'ted cat*.I Lu
Ktgoa, Borolroro, Aportlog Uooda, (?. j I^H